Board of Supervisors Minutes: May 14, 2019

190164 [Police Code - Acceptance of Cash by Brick-and-Mortar Businesses] Sponsors: Brown; Fewer, Walton, Peskin, Safai, Mandelman, Ronen, Yee, Haney and Stefani Ordinance amending the Police Code to require, in general, that brick-and-mortar businesses accept payment in cash in connection with the purchase of goods and services other than professional services. Supervisor Stefani requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Ordinance No. 100-19 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190440 [Apply for, Accept, and Expend Grant - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Community Development Block Grant Program - $23,974,217 - FY2019-2020] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution approving the FY2019-2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City’s FY2019-2020 CDBG Program entitlement from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $18,139,217 and to expend program income and reprogrammed funds in the amount of $5,835,000 for a combined total of approximately $23,974,217 for a period beginning July 1, 2019, through the date when all funds are expended. Resolution No. 238-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190441 [Apply for, Accept, and Expend Grant - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Emergency Solutions Grants Program - $1,553,133 - FY2019-2020] Sponsors: Mayor; Brown Resolution approving the FY2019-2020 Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City’s FY2019-2020 ESG Program entitlement from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, in the amount of $1,553,133 for an unspecified period starting July 1, 2019. Resolution No. 239-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190442 [Apply for, Accept, and Expend Grant - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program - $7,570,360 - FY2019-2020] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Resolution approving the FY2019-2020 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (“HOPWA”) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City’s FY2019-2020 HOPWA Program entitlement from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $7,520,360 and to expend program income of $50,000 for a combined total of $7,570,360 for the period of July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2024. Resolution No. 240-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190443 [Apply for, Accept, and Expend Grant - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - HOME Investment Partnership Program - $7,011,427 - FY2019-2020] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution approving the FY2019-2020 HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program; and authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for, accept, and expend the City’s FY2019-2020 HOME Program entitlement from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of $5,896,427 and to expend program income in the amount of $1,115,000 for a combined total of $7,011,427 for the term of July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2024. (Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development) Resolution No. 241-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190444 [Accept and Expend Grant - John Pritzker Family Fund - India Basin Park Project - $25,000,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Walton Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend a grant from the John Pritzker Family Fund in the amount of $25,000,000 payable over five years, to commence following Board approval, for the India Basin Park Project; and approving a grant agreement with the John Pritzker Family Fund pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118(a). (Recreation and Park Department) Resolution No. 242-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190445 [Grant Agreement - San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority - India Basin Park Project - $4,998,600] Sponsors: Mayor; Peskin and Walton Resolution approving a grant agreement between the Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority for the receipt of a $4,998,600 grant for environmental remediation at 900 Innes Avenue at India Basin, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118(a). (Recreation and Park Department) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 243-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190426 [Resolution of Intention - Downtown Community Benefit District] Sponsor: Peskin Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to establish a property-based business improvement district known as the “Downtown Community Benefit District” and levy a multi-year assessment on all parcels in the District; approving the management district plan, 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 July 16, 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. Resolution No. 237-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190049 [Administrative Code - Definition of Tourist or Transient Use Under the Hotel Conversion Ordinance] Sponsor: Peskin Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the definition of Tourist or Transient Use under the Hotel Conversion Ordinance, to change the term of tenancy to less than 30 days, revising the provision in the Administrative Code providing that the term of tenancy is less than 32 days and superseding the City’s temporary stipulated agreement that the term of tenancy is less than seven days; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190439 [Tina Modotti Commemorative Plaque - 1952 Taylor Street] Sponsor: Peskin Ordinance approving the Tina Modotti commemorative plaque to be installed on the sidewalk in the vicinity of 1952 Taylor Street; waiving the Public Works hearing under the Commemorative Street Plaque Ordinance in the Public Works Code; accepting the plaque in honor of Tina Modotti as a gift to the City; directing official acts in furtherance of this Ordinance, as defined herein; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190318 [Resolution of Intention - Street Name Change - Gilbert Street to Jeff Adachi Way] Sponsors: Haney; Walton and Peskin Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to rename Gilbert Street, which runs parallel to 6th and 7th Streets and perpendicular to Bryant and Brannan Streets, to Jeff Adachi Way. Resolution No. 235-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

Supervisor Fewer, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 6, Lines 4-7, by adding a definition for ‘Protected Class’; on Page 11, Line 18, by changing the subsection reference from ‘(b)’ to ‘(d)’; on Page 12, Lines 15-17, by providing the Department’s use of Surveillance Technology to conduct internal investigations for specified uses; on Page 14, Lines 1-13, by changing the deadline for submission of a proposed Surveillance Technology Policy ordinance from ‘120 days’ to ‘180 days’; on Page 14, Lines 14-21, to allow Departments to continue use of Surveillance Technology pending Board consideration of the policy; on Page 14, Line 20, through Page 15, Line 4, by changing the deadline for the Department’s Annual Surveillance Report from ‘January 15’ to ‘February 15’ each year; on Page 15, Lines 4-5, by changing ‘Clerk of the Board’ to ‘COIT’ who will have the discretion to extended the deadline for compliance, and Lines 21-23, by changing the deadline for submission of a written report summarizing the acquisition and/or use of Surveillance Technology from ‘within 45 days’ to ‘within 60 days’. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Yee

Noes: Stefani

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190409 [Mayoral Reappointment, Successor Agency Commission (Commonly Known as Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure) - Mara Rosales] Motion approving the Mayor’s reappointment of Mara Rosales to the Successor Agency Commission (commonly known as the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure), for a four-year term ending November 3, 2022. (Clerk of the Board) (Ordinance No. 215-12, Section 6(b), provides that this member shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the majority of the Board of Supervisors. There is no deadline for confirmation and the appointment is not effective until the Board takes action. Transmittal date: April 12, 2019) Motion No. M19-088 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Absent: Haney, Safai

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190411 [Mayoral Appointment, Successor Agency Commission (Commonly Known as Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure) - Desi Danganan] Motion approving the Mayor’s appointment of Desi Danganan to the Successor Agency Commission (commonly known as the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure), for a four-year term ending November 3, 2022. (Clerk of the Board) (Ordinance No. 215-12, Section 6(b), provides that this member shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the majority of the Board of Supervisors. There is no deadline for confirmation and the appointment is not effective until the Board takes action. Transmittal date: April 12, 2019) Motion No. M19-089 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Absent: Haney, Safai

Excused: Ronen, Walton

[Report of Assessment Costs - Blighted Properties] Resolution approving report of assessment costs submitted by the Director of Public Works for inspection and/or repair of blighted properties ordered to be performed by said Director pursuant to Administrative Code, Chapter 80, the costs thereof having been paid for out of a blight abatement fund. (Public Works) Joseph Thoppil (Public Works) requested that the following addresses be removed from the accompanying report of assessment costs for inspection and/or repair of blighted properties, due to recent resolution or receipt of payment: 37 6th Street (Block No. 3704, Lot No. 053); 1721 15th Street (Block No. 3555, Lot No. 057); 2807th Street (Block No. 3730, Lot No. 290); 2144 Market Street (Block No. 3542, Lot No. 009); 2937 24th Street (Block No. 4269, Lot No. 023); and 280 7th Street (Block No. 3730, Lot No. 290). Supervisor Fewer, seconded by Supervisor Mar, moved to accept the amendments to the accompanying report, as provided by Public Works, included in File No. 190384. The motion was received without objection. Resolution No. 236-19 ADOPTED, after accepting the amendments to the accompanying report, by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Absent: Brown, Peskin

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190491 [Final Map 9662 - 790 Pennsylvania Avenue and 1395-22nd Street] Motion approving Final Map 9662, a 264 unit mixed use (one commercial and 263 residential) condominium project, located at 790 Pennsylvania Avenue and 1395-22nd Street, being a merger and resubdivision of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 4167, Lot Nos. 011 and 013; and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Public Works) Motion No. M19-092 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

rban areas; between the 1950s and 1980s, as many as 750,000 Native Americans migrated to cities, and it is well documented that overall, the program had devastating long-term effects including but not limited to an increase of missing and murdered indigenous women; and’; on Page 2, Lines 11-17, by adding ‘WHEREAS, The Bay Area has one of the highest populations of Native Americans in the country, and San Francisco specifically continues to be a place of residence, activism and cultural empowerment for the Native American community; and WHEREAS, The City of San Francisco has taken progressive steps in restoration of American Indian traditions and policies such as legislating Indigenous People’s Day, supporting the American Indian Cultural Center, and compelling the removal of the ‘Early Days’ statue in the Civic Center; and’; and Page 3, Lines 4-7, by adding ‘WHEREAS, Organizations dedicated to documenting and monitoring MMIW, such as the Sovereign Bodies Institute, continue to face challenges with local jurisdictions’ record-keeping and cooperation, including the San Francisco Department, and specifically, in the case of Jessica Alva; and’. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

Resolution No. 247-19 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

190507 [Urging Creation of a Systematic Daylighting Plan] Sponsors: Yee; Mandelman, Brown, Mar, Stefani, Ronen and Haney Resolution urging the Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to create a Daylighting plan and systematically implement parking restrictions at intersection corners to improve traffic safety; and requesting a report from the SFMTA. Supervisors Ronen and Haney requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 248-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Ronen, Walton

City and County of San Francisco Page 432 Printed at 12:12 pm on 6/11/19 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 5/14/2019 Supervisor Mandelman requested that File No. 190511 be severed so that it may be considered separately. Supervisors Mandelman and Peskin Excused from Voting Supervisor Fewer, seconded by Supervisor Brown, moved that Supervisors Mandelman and Peskin be excused from voting on File No. 190511. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mar, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Walton

190511 [Nominating Supervisor Peskin or Supervisor Mandelman - Appointment to California Coastal Commission] Sponsor: Stefani Resolution nominating Supervisor Aaron Peskin or in the alternative Supervisor Rafael Mandelman for the North Coast Central seat on the California Coastal Commission. Resolution No. 234-19 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mar, Safai, Stefani, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Walton