# 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 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 ### File 190625: Appropriation - Public Utilities Commission - $12,218,229 - De-Appropriation and Re-Appropriation - Expenditures of $2,431,505 - Port Commission and Airport Commission - FY2019-2020 - Pages: 5 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 190625 [Appropriation - Public Utilities Commission - $12,218,229 - De-Appropriation and Re-Appropriation - Expenditures of $2,431,505 - Port Commission and Airport Commission - FY2019-2020] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance appropriating $12,218,229 in the Public Utilities Commission, de-appropriating and re-appropriating $2,127,062 in the Airport Commission, and de-appropriating and re-appropriating $304,443 in the Port Commission; this Ordinance requires a two-thirds vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors for $12,195,582 in the Public Utilities Commission appropriations approval, $282,917 in the Airport Commission re-appropriations approval, and for $139,396 in the Port Commission re-appropriations, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c). (Pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c), this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve such appropriation ordinance for passage.) (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 161-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ### File 190573: Administrative Code - Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program - Pages: 5-6 - Sponsors: Ronen; Haney - Vote 1: amendment - Action: Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program] Sponsors: Ronen; Haney Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Program to finance the acquisition of residential properties to be operated as communal housing for people with chronic mental illness and/or substance use disorders; requiring the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Public Health (“DPH”) to establish policies and procedures to issue loans from the Fund; and authorizing DPH to place eligible clients in properties financed by the Fund, and to provide oversight and monitoring of such properties. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 5, Line 25, by adding ‘appraisal of the Property’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ## Extracted text ### [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 ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/604/2019-07-09-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/9/2019 190625 [Appropriation - Public Utilities Commission - $12,218,229 - De-Appropriation and Re-Appropriation - Expenditures of $2,431,505 - Port Commission and Airport Commission - FY2019-2020] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance appropriating $12,218,229 in the Public Utilities Commission, de-appropriating and re-appropriating $2,127,062 in the Airport Commission, and de-appropriating and re-appropriating $304,443 in the Port Commission; this Ordinance requires a two-thirds vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors for $12,195,582 in the Public Utilities Commission appropriations approval, $282,917 in the Airport Commission re-appropriations approval, and for $139,396 in the Port Commission re-appropriations, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c). (Pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c), this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve such appropriation ordinance for passage.) (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 161-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani Recommendation of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 190573 [Administrative Code - Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program] Sponsors: Ronen; Haney Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Program to finance the acquisition of residential properties to be operated as communal housing for people with chronic mental illness and/or substance use disorders; requiring the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Public Health (“DPH”) to establish policies and procedures to issue loans from the Fund; and authorizing DPH to place eligible clients in properties financed by the Fund, and to provide oversight and monitoring of such properties. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 5, Line 25, by adding ‘appraisal of the Property’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED 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 588 Printed at 2:12 pm on 8/20/19