# Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 20, 2018 - Meeting date: 2018-03-20 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 19 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/498/2018-03-20-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=599074&GUID=4ACDF528-8528-4C65-B558-090D066BA3DA) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 180120: Accept and Expend Grant - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Fire Department - Youth Firesetter Program - $215,380 - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 180120 [Accept and Expend Grant - Federal Emergency Management Agency - Fire Department - Youth Firesetter Program - $215,380] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Fire Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $215,380 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for resources related to the Youth Firesetter Prevention & Intervention Program for a one-year period of performance of September 1, 2017, through August 31, 2018, and waiving indirect costs. (Fire Department) Resolution No. 068-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Excused: Peskin ### File 171317: Health Code - Banning Sale and Manufacture of Animal Fur Products - Pages: 8 - Sponsors: Tang; Sheehy - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 171317 [Health Code - Banning Sale and Manufacture of Animal Fur Products] Sponsors: Tang; Sheehy Ordinance amending the Health Code to ban the sale and manufacture in San Francisco of animal fur products. Supervisor Sheehy requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Tang, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 5, Lines 15-21, by adding a new ‘Section 1D.4(e)’ to read ‘(e) The enforcement provisions in Section 1D.5(b) shall not apply to persons or entities engaged in the sale, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, gift, donation, or other distribution of a Fur Product between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019, if the person or entity selling, offering for sale, displaying for sale, trading, giving, donating, or otherwise distributing the Fur Product purchased or obtained the Fur Product on or before March 20, 2018, so long as the person or entity produces upon the Director’s request an invoice showing that the person or entity purchased or obtained the Fur Produce on or before March 20, 2018.’ The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Excused: Peskin - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Excused: Peskin ### File 180087: Park, Health Codes - Transbay Rooftop Park - Pages: 8-9 - Sponsors: Kim - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180087 [Park, Health Codes - Transbay Rooftop Park] Sponsor: Kim Ordinance amending the Park Code to treat the rooftop park located above the Transbay Transit Center as a City park for certain purposes; amending the Health Code to prohibit smoking on the rooftop park; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Excused: Peskin ### File 171170: Police, Administrative Codes - Considering Criminal History in Employment and Housing Decisions - Pages: 9 - Sponsors: Cohen; Kim, Yee and Ronen - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: Cohen; Kim, Yee and Ronen Ordinance amending the Police Code to prohibit employers and housing providers from inquiring about, requiring disclosure of, or basing housing and employment decisions on convictions for decriminalized behavior, including the non-commercial use and cultivation of cannabis; reducing from 20 to 5 the number of employees required for an employer to be covered by the Fair Chance Ordinance (Article 49); prohibit employers and housing providers from inquiring about, requiring disclosure of, or basing housing and employment decisions on a person's conviction history until after a conditional offer of employment; authorize the City to impose penalties for the first violation of that Ordinance, increase the penalties for subsequent violations, and authorize the payment of penalties to the victims of those violations; create a private right of action for the victims; and amend the Administrative Code to, among other things, as defined herein, require City contractors and subcontractors to adhere to the above requirements when making decisions regarding employment of persons for work on City contracts and subcontracts. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Excused: Peskin ### File 180088: Administrative Code - Mayoral Appearance at the Board of Supervisors - Pages: 9 - Sponsors: Peskin; Ronen - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180088 [Administrative Code - Mayoral Appearance at the Board of Supervisors] Sponsors: Peskin; Ronen Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to modify the process for the Mayor to appear at the Board of Supervisors for a question-and-answer session. (Supervisor Stefani dissented in Committee.) Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Cohen, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED ON FIRST READING to the Board of Supervisors meeting of April 3, 2018. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Excused: Peskin ### File 180212: Mayoral Appointment, Director of the Department of Police Accountability - Paul Henderson - Pages: 9-10 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 180212 [Mayoral Appointment, Director of the Department of Police Accountability - Paul Henderson] Motion approving the Mayor's nomination of Paul Henderson as the Director of the Department of Police Accountability, serving at the pleasure of the Police Commission, pursuant to Charter Section 4.136(b). (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 4.136, provides that this nomination is subject to confirmation by the Board of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors fails to act on this nomination within 30 days, the appointment shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: March 5, 2018.) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Paul Henderson, Director (Department of Police Accountability), who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Motion No. M18-032 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Excused: Peskin ## Extracted text ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/498/2018-03-20-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/20/2018 Recommendations of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee 171317 [Health Code - Banning Sale and Manufacture of Animal Fur Products] Sponsors: Tang; Sheehy Ordinance amending the Health Code to ban the sale and manufacture in San Francisco of animal fur products. Supervisor Sheehy requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Tang, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 5, Lines 15-21, by adding a new ‘Section 1D.4(e)’ to read ‘(e) The enforcement provisions in Section 1D.5(b) shall not apply to persons or entities engaged in the sale, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, gift, donation, or other distribution of a Fur Product between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019, if the person or entity selling, offering for sale, displaying for sale, trading, giving, donating, or otherwise distributing the Fur Product purchased or obtained the Fur Product on or before March 20, 2018, so long as the person or entity produces upon the Director’s request an invoice showing that the person or entity purchased or obtained the Fur Produce on or before March 20, 2018.’ The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee Excused: 1 - Peskin PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee Excused: 1 - Peskin 180087 [Park, Health Codes - Transbay Rooftop Park] Sponsor: Kim Ordinance amending the Park Code to treat the rooftop park located above the Transbay Transit Center as a City park for certain purposes; amending the Health Code to prohibit smoking on the rooftop park; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee Excused: 1 - Peskin City and County of San Francisco Page 177 Printed at 2:57 pm on 4/16/18 ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/498/2018-03-20-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/20/2018 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 171170 [Police, Administrative Codes - Considering Criminal History in Employment and Housing Decisions] Sponsors: Cohen; Kim, Yee and Ronen Ordinance amending the Police Code to prohibit employers and housing providers from inquiring about, requiring disclosure of, or basing housing and employment decisions on convictions for decriminalized behavior, including the non-commercial use and cultivation of cannabis; reducing from 20 to 5 the number of employees required for an employer to be covered by the Fair Chance Ordinance (Article 49); prohibit employers and housing providers from inquiring about, requiring disclosure of, or basing housing and employment decisions on a person's conviction history until after a conditional offer of employment; authorize the City to impose penalties for the first violation of that Ordinance, increase the penalties for subsequent violations, and authorize the payment of penalties to the victims of those violations; create a private right of action for the victims; and amend the Administrative Code to, among other things, as defined herein, require City contractors and subcontractors to adhere to the above requirements when making decisions regarding employment of persons for work on City contracts and subcontracts. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee Excused: 1 - Peskin 180088 [Administrative Code - Mayoral Appearance at the Board of Supervisors] Sponsors: Peskin; Ronen Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to modify the process for the Mayor to appear at the Board of Supervisors for a question-and-answer session. (Supervisor Stefani dissented in Committee.) Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Cohen, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED ON FIRST READING to the Board of Supervisors meeting of April 3, 2018. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee Excused: 1 - Peskin 180212 [Mayoral Appointment, Director of the Department of Police Accountability - Paul Henderson] Motion approving the Mayor's nomination of Paul Henderson as the Director of the Department of Police Accountability, serving at the pleasure of the Police Commission, pursuant to Charter Section 4.136(b). (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 4.136, provides that this nomination is subject to confirmation by the Board of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors fails to act on this nomination within 30 days, the appointment shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: March 5, 2018.) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Paul Henderson, Director (Department of Police Accountability), who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Motion No. M18-032 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Breed, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Ronen, Safai, Sheehy, Stefani, Tang, Yee Excused: 1 - Peskin City and County of San Francisco Page 178 Printed at 2:57 pm on 4/16/18