# 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)
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## Structured legislative records

### 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

### File 181029: Municipal Elections Code - Deadline for Filing Declaration of Candidacy

- Pages: 16
- Vote 1: amendment
  - Action: 181029 [Municipal Elections Code - Deadline for Filing Declaration of Candidacy] Sponsor: Peskin Ordinance amending the Municipal Elections Code to require that candidates for local elective office file their declaration of candidacy on the same date as they file their declaration of intention to accept or solicit campaign contributions. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 2, Line 20, by adding ‘(c)’ before ‘Failure’, and changing ‘subsection (b)’ to ‘Section 201’. 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

### File 181044: Administrative Code - Increasing Compensation - Assessment Appeals Board Members

- Pages: 16
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 181044 [Administrative Code - Increasing Compensation - Assessment Appeals Board Members] Sponsor: Cohen Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to increase compensation received by members of the Assessment Appeals Board to $125 for each hearing, or for each morning or afternoon of a hearing, not to exceed $375 per day; except, when sitting individually as an assessment hearing officer, members receive $125 for each morning or afternoon of service, not to exceed $250 per day. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

### File 180972: Official Seal of the City and County of San Francisco - Use for an Artist Publication

- Pages: 16
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 180972 [Official Seal of the City and County of San Francisco - Use for an Artist Publication] Resolution approving the use of the official seal of the City and County of San Francisco for the purpose of an artist publication documenting their one month project in City Hall, The Unofficial Department of Handshakes. (Arts Commission) Resolution No. 423-18 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

### File 181099: Appointments, Food Security Task Force - Ave Lambert, Jennifer Siswandi, Kimberly Madsen, Meg Davidson, Raegan Sales, and Rita Mouton-Patterson

- Pages: 16-17
- Vote 1: approval, likely final
  - Action: 181099 [Appointments, Food Security Task Force - Ave Lambert, Jennifer Siswandi, Kimberly Madsen, Meg Davidson, Raegan Sales, and Rita Mouton-Patterson] Motion appointing Ave Lambert, Jennifer Siswandi, Kimberly Madsen (residency requirement waived), Meg Davidson, Raegan Sales, and Rita Mouton-Patterson, for indefinite terms, to the Food Security Task Force. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M18-164 APPROVED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee
- Vote 2: other
  - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 955 Printed at 3:58 pm on 1/18/19 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/11/2018 Supervisors Kim and Ronen Excused from Voting Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Tang, moved that Supervisors Kim and Ronen be excused from voting on File No. 181150. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Mandelman, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee
  - Excused: Kim, Ronen

## Extracted text

### [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


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Board of Supervisors                               Meeting Minutes                                                12/11/2018



181029 [Municipal Elections Code - Deadline for Filing Declaration of Candidacy]
            Sponsor: Peskin
            Ordinance amending the Municipal Elections Code to require that candidates for local elective
            office file their declaration of candidacy on the same date as they file their declaration of intention
            to accept or solicit campaign contributions.
            Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN
            AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 2, Line 20, by adding ‘(c)’ before
            ‘Failure’, and changing ‘subsection (b)’ to ‘Section 201’. 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


181044 [Administrative Code - Increasing Compensation - Assessment Appeals Board
       Members]
            Sponsor: Cohen
            Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to increase compensation received by members of
            the Assessment Appeals Board to $125 for each hearing, or for each morning or afternoon of a
            hearing, not to exceed $375 per day; except, when sitting individually as an assessment hearing
            officer, members receive $125 for each morning or afternoon of service, not to exceed $250 per
            day.
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee


180972 [Official Seal of the City and County of San Francisco - Use for an Artist
       Publication]
            Resolution approving the use of the official seal of the City and County of San Francisco for the
            purpose of an artist publication documenting their one month project in City Hall, The Unofficial
            Department of Handshakes. (Arts Commission)
            Resolution No. 423-18
            ADOPTED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee


181099 [Appointments, Food Security Task Force - Ave Lambert, Jennifer Siswandi,
       Kimberly Madsen, Meg Davidson, Raegan Sales, and Rita Mouton-Patterson]
            Motion appointing Ave Lambert, Jennifer Siswandi, Kimberly Madsen (residency requirement
            waived), Meg Davidson, Raegan Sales, and Rita Mouton-Patterson, for indefinite terms, to the
            Food Security Task Force. (Rules Committee)
            Motion No. M18-164
            APPROVED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee




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