# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 16, 2019 - Meeting date: 2019-07-16 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 35 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/606/2019-07-16-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=711266&GUID=5282A0CB-235B-4D7A-893E-01688531CE59) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 190495: General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000 - Pages: 3-4 - Sponsors: Mayor; Yee, Brown, Safai, Walton, Stefani, Ronen, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin and Fewer - Vote 1: amendment - Action: view of Affordable Housing Bond expenditures; setting certain procedures and requirements for the election; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed Bonds are in conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). (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.) Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Brown, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 10, Line 23, through Page 24, Line 2, by adding ‘Section 18. Landlords may pass through to residential tenants under the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (Administrative Code Chapter 37) 50% of any property tax increase that may result from the issuance of Bonds authorized by this ordinance. The City may enact ordinances authorizing tenants to seek waivers from the pass-through based on financial hardship.’; and making other clarifying and conforming changes. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Excused: Mar - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: essary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants under Administrative Code, Chapter 37; providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest on such Bonds; incorporating the provisions of the Administrative Code relating to the Citizens’ General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee’s review of Affordable Housing Bond expenditures; setting certain procedures and requirements for the election; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed Bonds are in conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). (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.) Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED AS AMENDED ON FIRST READING to a Committee of the Whole hearing at the Board of Supervisors meeting of July 23, 2019. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Excused: Mar ### File 190573: Administrative Code - Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program - Pages: 4-5 - Sponsors: Ronen; Haney and Safai - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 190573 [Administrative Code - Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program] Sponsors: Ronen; Haney and Safai 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) Ordinance No. 163-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Excused: Mar ### File 190513: Settlement of Lawsuit - Joseph Alvarado - $175,000; Related Appropriation - Wastewater Enterprise Fund Balance - Pages: 5 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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) Ordinance No. 162-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Excused: Mar ### File 190595: Settlement of Lawsuit - Gwendolyn Woods - $400,000 - Pages: 5 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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) Ordinance No. 164-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Excused: Mar ### File 190596: Settlement of Lawsuit - De’Mario Grant - $175,000 - Pages: 5 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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) Ordinance No. 165-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Excused: Mar ### File 190645: Settlement of Lawsuit - Emmett Waldrip through Dixie Waldrip - $125,000 - Pages: 5-6 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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) Ordinance No. 166-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Excused: Mar ## Extracted text ### [Page 4](https://sfbos.info/documents/606/2019-07-16-minutes#page-4) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/16/2019 Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, for the purpose of submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur bonded indebtedness not to exceed $600,000,000 to finance the construction, development, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation, and repair of affordable housing improvements, 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 under Administrative Code, Chapter 37; providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest on such Bonds; incorporating the provisions of the Administrative Code relating to the Citizens’ General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee’s review of Affordable Housing Bond expenditures; setting certain procedures and requirements for the election; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed Bonds are in conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). (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.) Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED AS AMENDED ON FIRST READING to a Committee of the Whole hearing at the Board of Supervisors meeting of July 23, 2019. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Mar Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 190573 [Administrative Code - Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program] Sponsors: Ronen; Haney and Safai 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) Ordinance No. 163-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Mar City and County of San Francisco Page 615 Printed at 2:40 pm on 8/20/19 ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/606/2019-07-16-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/16/2019 President Yee requested File Nos. 190513, 190595, 190596, 190645, and 190646 be called together. 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) Ordinance No. 162-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Mar 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) Ordinance No. 164-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Mar 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) Ordinance No. 165-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Mar 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) Ordinance No. 166-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Mar City and County of San Francisco Page 616 Printed at 2:40 pm on 8/20/19