# Board of Supervisors Minutes: January 15, 2019 - Meeting date: 2019-01-15 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 48 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/562/2019-01-15-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=672274&GUID=39BFA126-AEAC-491D-B7A2-3AC6841DF178) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 180546: Administrative Code - Harassment Prevention Training for City Employees; Reporting Requirements for City Departments - Pages: 8-9 - Sponsors: Cohen; Tang, Stefani, Ronen, Yee, Safai and Mar - Vote 1: amendment - Action: efani, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Lines 5-7, by striking ‘the City Attorney to report harassment settlements to the Department on the Status of Women (DOSW)’, adding ‘the Department on the Status of Women’, and striking ‘DOSW’, and Line 19, by adding ‘and revising Section 33.7’; on Page 5, Lines 1-4, by striking ‘Annual Reports of Settlements. Beginning on April 15, 2019 and thereafter by January 15 each year, 2019, the City Attorney shall annually report the settlements of harassment cases to the Department on the Status of Women (“DOSW”). The reports shall not include names or other individually identifying information from the cases.’, Lines 6-7, by striking ‘harassment’, adding ‘required under Section 33.7 of this Code’, and striking ‘described in subsection (d)(3)’, and Lines ’20-22, by adding ‘and the Department’, striking ‘monthly’, adding ‘quarterly’, striking ‘which includes’, adding ‘of’, and striking ‘of the City and County’; and Page 6, Line 9, by striking ‘monthly’, and adding ‘quarterly’, and Line 11, by adding ‘or the Department’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Yee - Excused: Walton - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: 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, and the Department on the Status of Women 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 AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Yee - Excused: Walton ### File 181060: Settlement of Lawsuit - Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company - $760,000 - Pages: 9 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 181060 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company - $760,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City and County of San Francisco against the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $760,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 2, 2015, in United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-04557; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company; the lawsuit involves a dispute over whether the City is covered under the terms of a commercial liability insurance policy. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 010-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Yee - Excused: Walton ### File 180735: Administrative Code - Harassment of Tenants in Single-Family Units Through Rent Increases - Pages: 9-10 - Sponsors: Ronen; Peskin, Fewer and Brown - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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. Ordinance No. 005-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Yee - Excused: Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/562/2019-01-15-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 1/15/2019 REGULAR AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 181060 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company - $760,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by City and County of San Francisco against the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $760,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 2, 2015, in United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-04557; entitled City and County of San Francisco v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company; the lawsuit involves a dispute over whether the City is covered under the terms of a commercial liability insurance policy. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 010-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Yee Excused: 1 - Walton Recommendations of the Rules Committee 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. Ordinance No. 005-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Yee Excused: 1 - Walton Supervisor Walton was noted present at 2:25 p.m. City and County of San Francisco Page 14 Printed at 3:26 pm on 2/19/19