# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 13, 2018 - Meeting date: 2018-11-13 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 42 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/550/2018-11-13-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=649075&GUID=939C159C-9DD6-40F6-BA4A-F4674A9324B2) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 181058: Closed Session - Existing Litigation - Pacific Gas and Electric Company - January 29, 2019 - Pages: 29-31 - Vote 1: continuance - Action: sors Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, and Yee Persons in attendance: Jon Givner, Theresa Mueller, and Bill Sanders, Deputy City Attorneys (Office of the City Attorney); Juliet Ellis, Assistant General Manager-External Affairs, and Barbara Hale, Assistant General Manager-Power Enterprise (Public Utilities Commission); and Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board, and Alisa Somera, Legislative Deputy Director (Office of the Clerk of the Board). Supervisors Fewer and Kim were noted absent at 6:38 p.m. and for the remainder of the meeting. Matter was heard in closed session and no action was taken. RECONVENED AS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The Board reconvened at the hour of 6:53 p.m. The following Supervisors were noted present: Supervisors Brown, Cohen, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, and Yee Before the vote was taken, President Cohen asked if any member of the public wished to address the Board on the proposed continuance. There were no speakers. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Closed Session be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of January 29, 2019. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Absent: Fewer, Kim - Vote 2: other - Action: [Elect Not to Disclose] Motion that the Board finds that it is in the best interest of the public that the Board elect at this time not to disclose its closed session deliberations. Supervisor Yee, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved not to disclose its Closed Session deliberations. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Absent: Fewer, Kim ### File 181056: Calling from Committee - Committee of the Whole - Hearing (File No. 180630) - African-American Workforce Hiring, Retention, and Promotional Opportunities; Workplace Discrimination and Complaints - November 27, 2018 - Pages: 31 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 181056 [Calling from Committee - Committee of the Whole - Hearing (File No. 180630) - African-American Workforce Hiring, Retention, and Promotional Opportunities; Workplace Discrimination and Complaints - November 27, 2018] Sponsor: Cohen Motion calling from the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, pursuant to Board Rule 3.37, the Hearing (File No. 180630) to consider African-American workforce hiring, retention, promotional opportunities, and data tracking of work place discrimination complaints at the City and County of San Francisco; and requesting the Department of Human Resources, Department of Public Health, City Attorney's Office, Controller's Office, City Administrator, and other applicable departments to report; and scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole on November 27, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing on the subject matter. Motion No. M18-157 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Absent: Fewer, Kim ### File 181077: Business and Tax Regulations Code - Validation Actions and Statute of Repose for November 2018 Proposition C - Pages: 31-32 ## Extracted text ### [Page 31](https://sfbos.info/documents/550/2018-11-13-minutes#page-31) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/13/2018 FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE 181056 [Calling from Committee - Committee of the Whole - Hearing (File No. 180630) - African-American Workforce Hiring, Retention, and Promotional Opportunities; Workplace Discrimination and Complaints - November 27, 2018] Sponsor: Cohen Motion calling from the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, pursuant to Board Rule 3.37, the Hearing (File No. 180630) to consider African-American workforce hiring, retention, promotional opportunities, and data tracking of work place discrimination complaints at the City and County of San Francisco; and requesting the Department of Human Resources, Department of Public Health, City Attorney's Office, Controller's Office, City Administrator, and other applicable departments to report; and scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole on November 27, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing on the subject matter. Motion No. M18-157 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Brown, Cohen, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Absent: 2 - Fewer, Kim IMPERATIVE AGENDA There were no imperative agenda items. LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL Introduced by a Supervisor or the Mayor Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.105, an Ordinance or Resolution may be introduced before the Board of Supervisors by a Member of the Board, a Committee of the Board, or the Mayor and shall be referred to and reported upon by an appropriate Committee of the Board. ORDINANCES 181077 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Validation Actions and Statute of Repose for November 2018 Proposition C] Sponsors: Mayor; Cohen, Kim, Ronen and Yee Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to permit validation actions and impose a statute of repose with respect to Proposition C, adopted by San Francisco voters on November 6, 2018. 11/13/18; ASSIGNED to Budget and Finance Committee. 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