# Board of Supervisors Minutes: May 14, 2019 - Meeting date: 2019-05-14 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 29 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/590/2019-05-14-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=693648&GUID=E736F5F5-B91C-4413-B299-9753A31E6EB0) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 190426: Resolution of Intention - Downtown Community Benefit District - Pages: 6-7 - Sponsors: Peskin - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 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 - Excused: Ronen, Walton ### File 190049: Administrative Code - Definition of Tourist or Transient Use Under the Hotel Conversion Ordinance - Pages: 7 - Sponsors: Peskin - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 - Excused: Ronen, Walton ### File 190439: Tina Modotti Commemorative Plaque - 1952 Taylor Street - Pages: 7 - Sponsors: Peskin - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 - Excused: Ronen, Walton ### File 190318: Resolution of Intention - Street Name Change - Gilbert Street to Jeff Adachi Way - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Haney; Walton and Peskin - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 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 - Excused: Ronen, Walton ### File 190110: Administrative Code - Acquisition of Surveillance Technology - Pages: 8-9 - Sponsors: Peskin; Yee, Walton, Ronen and Haney - Vote 1: continuance - Action: 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 - Excused: Ronen, Walton - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Yee - Noes: Stefani - Excused: Ronen, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/590/2019-05-14-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 5/14/2019 Recommendations of the Land Use and Transportation Committee 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: 9 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee Excused: 2 - 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: 9 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee Excused: 2 - 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: 9 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee Excused: 2 - Ronen, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 424 Printed at 12:12 pm on 6/11/19 ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/590/2019-05-14-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 5/14/2019 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 190110 [Administrative Code - Acquisition of Surveillance Technology] Sponsors: Peskin; Yee, Walton, Ronen and Haney Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require that City departments acquiring surveillance technology, or entering into agreements to receive information from non-City owned surveillance technology, submit a Board of Supervisors approved Surveillance Technology Policy Ordinance, based on a policy or policies developed by the Committee on Information Technology (COIT), and a Surveillance Impact Report to the Board in connection with any request to appropriate funds for the purchase of such technology or to accept and expend grant funds for such purpose, or otherwise to procure surveillance technology equipment or services; require each City department that owns and operates existing surveillance technology equipment or services to submit to the Board a proposed Surveillance Technology Policy Ordinance governing the use of the surveillance technology; and requiring the Controller, as City Services Auditor, to audit annually the use of surveillance technology equipment or services and the conformity of such use with an approved Surveillance Technology Policy Ordinance and provide an audit report to the Board of Supervisors. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney), Commander Greg McEachern (Police Department), and Glenn Mar (Municipal Transportation Agency) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by 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: 9 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee Excused: 2 - Ronen, Walton PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Safai, Yee Noes: 1 - Stefani Excused: 2 - Ronen, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 425 Printed at 12:12 pm on 6/11/19