# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 11, 2018 - Meeting date: 2018-12-11 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 41 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/556/2018-12-11-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=656389&GUID=64882278-6AC7-4954-85F5-088236AA5629) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 181090: Resolution of Intention - SoMa West Community Benefit District - Pages: 13-14 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 181090 [Resolution of Intention - SoMa West Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Kim Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to establish a property-based business improvement district known as the “SoMa West Community Benefit District” and levy a multi-year assessment on all parcels in the district; approving the management district plan and engineer’s report and proposed boundaries map for the district; ordering and setting a time and place for a public hearing of the Board of Supervisors, sitting as a Committee of the Whole, on February 5, 2019, at 3:00 p.m.; approving the form of the Notice of Public Hearing and Assessment Ballot Proceeding, and Assessment Ballot; directing environmental findings; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to give notice of the public hearing and balloting, as required by law. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Absent: Safai - Vote 2: rescission - Action: Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Vote 3: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 421-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 181091: Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - SoMa West Community Benefit District - Pages: 14 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 181091 [Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - SoMa West Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Kim Resolution authorizing the Mayor or their designee(s) to cast an assessment ballot in the affirmative for the proposed formation of a property and business improvement district to be named the SoMa West Community Benefit District, with respect to certain parcels of real property owned by the City that would be subject to assessment in said district. ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Absent: Safai - Vote 2: rescission - Action: Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Vote 3: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 422-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 181055: Budget and Legislative Analyst Performance Audit - San Francisco Housing Authority and Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development - Pages: 14 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 181055 [Budget and Legislative Analyst Performance Audit - San Francisco Housing Authority and Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development] Sponsor: Peskin Motion directing the Budget and Legislative Analyst to conduct a performance audit of the San Francisco Housing Authority’s reported financial shortfall that includes a prospective analysis of the City’s assumption of all responsibilities for the San Francisco Housing Authority’s essential functions, including the role currently performed by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and related oversight. Motion No. M18-163 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 180090: Building Code - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Expedited Permit Process - Pages: 14-15 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180090 [Building Code - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Expedited Permit Process] Sponsors: Tang; Peskin, Safai, Ronen and Brown Ordinance amending the Building Code to enact an expedited and streamlined permit process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. Supervisor Brown requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 180217: Administrative Code - Dissolving Inactive Advisory Bodies - Reauthorizing and Extending Sunset Date of Workforce Community Advisory Committee and Committee on City Workforce Alignment - Pages: 15 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180217 [Administrative Code - Dissolving Inactive Advisory Bodies - Reauthorizing and Extending Sunset Date of Workforce Community Advisory Committee and Committee on City Workforce Alignment] Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to dissolve the Wage Theft Task Force and Surplus Property Citizens' Advisory Committee; and to reauthorize the Workforce Community Advisory Committee and the Committee on City Workforce Alignment, and extend their sunset dates to June 30, 2019. (Clerk of the Board) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 180546: Administrative Code - Harassment Prevention Training for City Employees; Reporting Requirements for City Departments - Pages: 15 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 180546 [Administrative Code - Harassment Prevention Training for City Employees; Reporting Requirements for City Departments] Sponsors: Cohen; Tang, Stefani, Ronen, Yee, Safai and Mar Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require City employees to complete harassment prevention training annually; Department of Human Resources (DHR) to post harassment prevention training and complaint information on its website; City Attorney to report harassment settlements to the Department on the Status of Women (DOSW); DOSW to post on its website reports from DHR and the City Attorney; and recommending that the Civil Service Commission adopt a rule requiring DHR to accept complaints of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation up to one year after the date of the alleged incident. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ### File 180735: Administrative Code - Harassment of Tenants in Single-Family Units Through Rent Increases - Pages: 15-16 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: ay qualify as tenant harassment. Supervisor Brown requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 3, Line 1, by changing ‘harass tenants’ to ‘impose a rent increase’, Lines 2-3, by adding ‘action constitutes’ and striking ‘can occur through rent increases that are imposed in bad faith’, and Lines 12-15, by adding ‘Evidence of bad faith may include but is not limited to the following: (1) the rent increase was substantially in excess of market rates for comparable units; (2) the rent increase was within six months after an attempt to recover possession of the unit; and (3) such other factors as a court or the Rent Board may deem relevant.’; and Page 4, Lines 5-9, by adding ‘in which case evidence of bad faith may include but is not limited to the following: (1) the rent increase was substantially in excess of market rates for comparable units; (2) the rent increase was within six months after an attempt to recover possession of the unit; and (3) such other factors as a court or the Rent Board may deem relevant.’ The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/556/2018-12-11-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/11/2018 181091 [Assessment Ballots for City Parcels - SoMa West Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Kim Resolution authorizing the Mayor or their designee(s) to cast an assessment ballot in the affirmative for the proposed formation of a property and business improvement district to be named the SoMa West Community Benefit District, with respect to certain parcels of real property owned by the City that would be subject to assessment in said district. ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Stefani, Tang, Yee Absent: 1 - Safai Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Resolution No. 422-18 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Supervisor Safai was noted present at 3:10 p.m. 181055 [Budget and Legislative Analyst Performance Audit - San Francisco Housing Authority and Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development] Sponsor: Peskin Motion directing the Budget and Legislative Analyst to conduct a performance audit of the San Francisco Housing Authority’s reported financial shortfall that includes a prospective analysis of the City’s assumption of all responsibilities for the San Francisco Housing Authority’s essential functions, including the role currently performed by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and related oversight. Motion No. M18-163 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee 180090 [Building Code - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Expedited Permit Process] Sponsors: Tang; Peskin, Safai, Ronen and Brown Ordinance amending the Building Code to enact an expedited and streamlined permit process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. Supervisor Brown requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 953 Printed at 3:58 pm on 1/18/19 ### [Page 15](https://sfbos.info/documents/556/2018-12-11-minutes#page-15) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/11/2018 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 180217 [Administrative Code - Dissolving Inactive Advisory Bodies - Reauthorizing and Extending Sunset Date of Workforce Community Advisory Committee and Committee on City Workforce Alignment] Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to dissolve the Wage Theft Task Force and Surplus Property Citizens' Advisory Committee; and to reauthorize the Workforce Community Advisory Committee and the Committee on City Workforce Alignment, and extend their sunset dates to June 30, 2019. (Clerk of the Board) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee 180546 [Administrative Code - Harassment Prevention Training for City Employees; Reporting Requirements for City Departments] Sponsors: Cohen; Tang, Stefani, Ronen, Yee, Safai and Mar Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require City employees to complete harassment prevention training annually; Department of Human Resources (DHR) to post harassment prevention training and complaint information on its website; City Attorney to report harassment settlements to the Department on the Status of Women (DOSW); DOSW to post on its website reports from DHR and the City Attorney; and recommending that the Civil Service Commission adopt a rule requiring DHR to accept complaints of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation up to one year after the date of the alleged incident. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee 180735 [Administrative Code - Harassment of Tenants in Single-Family Units Through Rent Increases] Sponsors: Ronen; Peskin, Fewer and Brown Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to prohibit landlords of single-family homes and condominiums covered by existing eviction controls from circumventing eviction controls through rent increases; and to clarify that a rent increase intended to defraud, intimidate, or coerce the tenant into vacating such a rental unit may qualify as tenant harassment. Supervisor Brown requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 3, Line 1, by changing ‘harass tenants’ to ‘impose a rent increase’, Lines 2-3, by adding ‘action constitutes’ and striking ‘can occur through rent increases that are imposed in bad faith’, and Lines 12-15, by adding ‘Evidence of bad faith may include but is not limited to the following: (1) the rent increase was substantially in excess of market rates for comparable units; (2) the rent increase was within six months after an attempt to recover possession of the unit; and (3) such other factors as a court or the Rent Board may deem relevant.’; and Page 4, Lines 5-9, by adding ‘in which case evidence of bad faith may include but is not limited to the following: (1) the rent increase was substantially in excess of market rates for comparable units; (2) the rent increase was within six months after an attempt to recover possession of the unit; and (3) such other factors as a court or the Rent Board may deem relevant.’ The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 954 Printed at 3:58 pm on 1/18/19