# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 9, 2019 - Meeting date: 2019-07-09 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 29 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/604/2019-07-09-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=710121&GUID=9862BB64-B906-4CA7-8750-A35A0BA24087) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 190513: Settlement of Lawsuit - Joseph Alvarado - $175,000; Related Appropriation - Wastewater Enterprise Fund Balance - Pages: 3 ### File 190595: Settlement of Lawsuit - Gwendolyn Woods - $400,000 - Pages: 3 ### File 190596: Settlement of Lawsuit - De’Mario Grant - $175,000 - Pages: 3 ### File 190645: Settlement of Lawsuit - Emmett Waldrip through Dixie Waldrip - $125,000 - Pages: 3 ### File 190646: Settlement of Lawsuit - Jarell Washington - $40,000 - Pages: 3-4 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 190646 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Jarell Washington - $40,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Jarell Washington against the City and County of San Francisco for $40,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 5, 2016, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-16-549718; entitled Jarell Washington v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury at San Francisco General Hospital. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING City and County of San Francisco Page 586 Printed at 2:12 pm on 8/20/19 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/9/2019 The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ### File 190494: General Obligation Bond Election - Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response - Not to Exceed $628,500,000 - Pages: 4-5 - Sponsors: Mayor; Fewer, Stefani, Mar, Safai and Brown - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: l and interest; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b), and is consistent with the General Plan; consolidating the special election with the general election; establishing the election precincts, voting places, and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by Municipal Elections Code, Section 510; complying with the restrictions on the use of bond proceeds specified in California Government Code, Section 53410; incorporating the provisions of Administrative Code, Sections 5.30-5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Administrative Code, Section 2.34. (Pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 43607 and 43608, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve passage of this Ordinance.) Ordinance No. 159-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ## Extracted text ### [Page 3](https://sfbos.info/documents/604/2019-07-09-minutes#page-3) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/9/2019 CONSENT AGENDA Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 190513 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Joseph Alvarado - $175,000; Related Appropriation - Wastewater Enterprise Fund Balance] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Joseph Alvarado against the City and County of San Francisco for $175,000 and appropriating the same amount from the Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Enterprise Fund balance; the lawsuit was filed on September 6, 2018, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-18-569501; entitled Joseph Alvarado v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injuries on a City street; other material term is waiver of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital lien. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING 190595 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Gwendolyn Woods - $400,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Gwendolyn Woods against the City and County of San Francisco for $400,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 11, 2015, in United States District Court, Case No. 15-cv-05666; entitled Gwendolyn Woods v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING 190596 [Settlement of Lawsuit - De’Mario Grant - $175,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by De’Mario Grant against the City and County of San Francisco for $175,000; the lawsuit was filed on September 20, 2017, in the United States District Court, Northern Division of California, Case No. 3:17-CV-04869-WHA; entitled De’Mario Grant v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves an employment dispute. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING 190645 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Emmett Waldrip through Dixie Waldrip - $125,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Emmett Waldrip through Dixie Waldrip against the City and County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 23, 2017, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-17-562069; entitled Emmett Waldrip, an incompetent, by Dixie Waldrip, his conservator of the estate v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves alleged medical negligence. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING 190646 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Jarell Washington - $40,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Jarell Washington against the City and County of San Francisco for $40,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 5, 2016, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-16-549718; entitled Jarell Washington v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury at San Francisco General Hospital. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING City and County of San Francisco Page 586 Printed at 2:12 pm on 8/20/19 ### [Page 4](https://sfbos.info/documents/604/2019-07-09-minutes#page-4) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/9/2019 The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani REGULAR AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 190494 [General Obligation Bond Election - Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response - Not to Exceed $628,500,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Fewer, Stefani, Mar, Safai and Brown Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, for the purpose of submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur the following bonded debt of the City and County: $628,500,000 to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, renovation, and seismic retrofitting of the Emergency Firefighting Water System, firefighting facilities and infrastructure, police facilities and infrastructure, facilities for the Department of Emergency Management’s 911 Call Center, and other disaster response facilities and infrastructure for earthquake and public safety and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants in accordance with Administrative Code, Chapter 37; finding that the estimated cost of such proposed project is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed project; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition; fixing the maximum rate of interest on such bonds and providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that a portion of the proposed bond is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA for the remaining portion of the proposed bond; finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b), and is consistent with the General Plan; consolidating the special election with the general election; establishing the election precincts, voting places, and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by Municipal Elections Code, Section 510; complying with the restrictions on the use of bond proceeds specified in California Government Code, Section 53410; incorporating the provisions of Administrative Code, Sections 5.30-5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Administrative Code, Section 2.34. (Pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 43607 and 43608, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve passage of this Ordinance.) Ordinance No. 159-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani City and County of San Francisco Page 587 Printed at 2:12 pm on 8/20/19