# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 23, 2019 - Meeting date: 2019-07-23 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 38 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/608/2019-07-23-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=712087&GUID=CA4EE8FA-E6A6-4880-8EA8-C43E2B24ADE6) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 190802: Hearing - Committee of the Whole - General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000 - July 23, 2019 - Pages: 21-22 ### File 190495: General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000 - Pages: 22-23 - Sponsors: Mayor; Yee, Brown, Safai, Walton, Stefani, Ronen, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin and Fewer - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: ndebtedness 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.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Absent: Haney - Vote 2: rescission - Action: Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee - Vote 3: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 190547: Administrative Code - Office of Racial Equity - Pages: 23 - Sponsors: Fewer; Brown, Walton, Mandelman, Ronen, Mar, Safai, Haney, Yee, Stefani and Peskin - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 190547 [Administrative Code - Office of Racial Equity] Sponsors: Fewer; Brown, Walton, Mandelman, Ronen, Mar, Safai, Haney, Yee, Stefani and Peskin Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to create an Office of Racial Equity as a Division of the Human Rights Commission Department, with authority to create a citywide Racial Equity Framework, assist City departments with the development of Racial Equity Action Plans, analyze and report on the impact of ordinances on racial equity, and carry out various other policy and reporting functions regarding racial equity; require City departments to create Racial Equity Action Plans and to provide annual updates on such Plans; require City departments to designate employees as racial equity leaders; and require the Department of Human Resources to produce an annual report concerning racial equity in the City workforce. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Haney and Yee requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 190404: Settlement of Lawsuit - San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods - $247,799.50 - Pages: 23 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 190404 [Settlement of Lawsuit - San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods - $247,799.50] Ordinance authorizing settlement of petitioner’s claim for attorney’s fees and costs in the lawsuit filed by San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods against the City and County of San Francisco for $247,799.50; the lawsuit was filed on August 4, 2011, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 513-077; entitled San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves a challenge to the environmental impact report prepared in support of, and the approval of, the 2009 Housing Element of the San Francisco General Plan. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 190647: Settlement of Lawsuit - Fidel Joshua - $460,000 - Pages: 23-24 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 190647 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Fidel Joshua - $460,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Fidel Joshua against the City and County of San Francisco for $460,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 9, 2014, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 14-cv-05394-JD; entitled Fidel Joshua v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves an employment dispute. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 22](https://sfbos.info/documents/608/2019-07-23-minutes#page-22) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/23/2019 Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee 190495 [General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Yee, Brown, Safai, Walton, Stefani, Ronen, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin and Fewer 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.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Absent: 1 - Haney Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee Supervisor Walton was noted present at 3:44 p.m. City and County of San Francisco Page 667 Printed at 3:14 pm on 8/20/19 ### [Page 23](https://sfbos.info/documents/608/2019-07-23-minutes#page-23) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/23/2019 COMMITTEE REPORTS Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 190547 [Administrative Code - Office of Racial Equity] Sponsors: Fewer; Brown, Walton, Mandelman, Ronen, Mar, Safai, Haney, Yee, Stefani and Peskin Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to create an Office of Racial Equity as a Division of the Human Rights Commission Department, with authority to create a citywide Racial Equity Framework, assist City departments with the development of Racial Equity Action Plans, analyze and report on the impact of ordinances on racial equity, and carry out various other policy and reporting functions regarding racial equity; require City departments to create Racial Equity Action Plans and to provide annual updates on such Plans; require City departments to designate employees as racial equity leaders; and require the Department of Human Resources to produce an annual report concerning racial equity in the City workforce. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Haney and Yee requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee President Yee requested File Nos. 190404, 190647, and 190648 be called together. 190404 [Settlement of Lawsuit - San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods - $247,799.50] Ordinance authorizing settlement of petitioner’s claim for attorney’s fees and costs in the lawsuit filed by San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods against the City and County of San Francisco for $247,799.50; the lawsuit was filed on August 4, 2011, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 513-077; entitled San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves a challenge to the environmental impact report prepared in support of, and the approval of, the 2009 Housing Element of the San Francisco General Plan. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee 190647 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Fidel Joshua - $460,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Fidel Joshua against the City and County of San Francisco for $460,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 9, 2014, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 14-cv-05394-JD; entitled Fidel Joshua v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves an employment dispute. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 668 Printed at 3:14 pm on 8/20/19