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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
AGENDA
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 2:00 PM
Regular Meeting
NORMAN YEE, PRESIDENT
SANDRA LEE FEWER, MATT HANEY, RAFAEL MANDELMAN, GORDON MAR, AARON
PESKIN, DEAN PRESTON, HILLARY RONEN, AHSHA SAFAI, CATHERINE STEFANI,
SHAMANN WALTON
Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board
Agendas of the Board of Supervisors are available on the internet at www.sfbos.org
BOARD COMMITTEES
Committee Membership Meeting Days
Budget and Appropriations Committee Wednesday
Supervisors Fewer, Walton, Mandelman, Yee, Ronen 1:00 PM
Budget and Finance Committee Wednesday
Supervisors Fewer, Walton, Mandelman 10:00 AM
Government Audit and Oversight Committee 1st and 3rd Thursday
Supervisors Mar, Peskin, Haney 10:00 AM
Joint City, School District, and City College Select Committee 2nd Friday
Supervisors Haney, Fewer, Mar (Alt), Commissioners Moliga, Collins, Cook (Alt), 10:00 AM
Trustees Randolph, Williams, Selby (Alt)
Land Use and Transportation Committee Monday
Supervisors Peskin, Safai, Preston 1:30 PM
Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee 2nd and 4th Thursday
Supervisors Mandelman, Stefani, Walton 10:00 AM
Rules Committee Monday
Supervisors Ronen, Stefani, Mar 10:00 AM
First-named Supervisor is Chair, Second-named Supervisor is Vice-Chair of the Committee.
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Agenda Item Information
Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents:
1) Legislation
2) Budget and Legislative Analyst report
3) Department or Agency cover letter and/or report
4) Public correspondence
These items will be available for review at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, Reception Desk.
Meeting Procedures
The Board of Supervisors is the legislative body of the City and County of San Francisco. The Board has several
standing committees where ordinances and resolutions are the subject of hearings at which members of the public
are urged to testify. The full Board does not hold a second public hearing on measures which have been heard in
committee.
Board procedures do not permit: 1) persons in the audience to vocally express support or opposition to statements
by Supervisors or by other persons testifying; 2) ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar
sound-producing electronic devices; 3) bringing in or displaying signs in the meeting room; and 4) standing in the
meeting room.
Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the President
or Chair at the beginning of each item or public comment, excluding City representatives, except that public
speakers using interpretation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time
limit. If simultaneous interpretation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time
limit applied to speakers not requesting interpretation assistance. Members of the public who want a document
placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they
want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The public is encouraged to testify at Committee meetings. Persons unable to
attend the meeting may submit to the City, by the time the proceedings begin, written comments regarding the
agenda items. These comments will be made a part of the official public record and shall be brought to the
attention of the Board of Supervisors. Written communications expected to be made a part of the official file
should be submitted to the Clerk of the Board or Clerk of a Committee: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room
244, San Francisco, CA 94102. Communications which are not received prior to the hearing may be delivered to
the Clerk of the Board or Clerk of the Committee at the hearing and you are encouraged to bring enough copies for
distribution to all of its members.
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LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS: Language services are available in Spanish, Chinese and Filipino at all regular
and special Board and Committee meetings if made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to help ensure
availability. For more information or to request services: Contact Wilson Ng at (415) 554-5184.
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The Legislative Chamber (Room 250) and the Committee Room (Room 263) in City Hall are wheelchair
accessible. Meetings are real-time captioned and are cablecast open-captioned on SFGovTV, the Government
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The nearest accessible BART station is Civic Center (Market/Grove/Hyde Streets). Accessible MUNI Metro lines
are the F, J, K, L, M, N, T (exit at Civic Center or Van Ness Stations). MUNI bus lines also serving the area are
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(415) 701-4485. There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to
Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex. Accessible curbside parking is available on Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place and Grove Street.
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Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards,
councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures
that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For
information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67) or to
report a violation of the ordinance, contact by mail Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102; phone at (415) 554-7724; fax at (415) 554-5163; or by email at
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Administrative Code, Chapter 67, on the Internet at http://www.sfbos.org/sunshine
Ethics Requirements
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be
required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code, Section 2.100]
to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the
San Francisco Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415)
252-3100; fax (415) 252-3112; web site http://www.sfgov.org/ethics.
Under Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code, Section 1.127, no person or entity with a financial interest in a
land use matter pending before the Board of Appeals, Board of Supervisors, Building Inspection Commission,
Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure, Historic Preservation Commission, Planning
Commission, Port Commission, or the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors, may make a
campaign contribution to a member of the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor, the City Attorney, or a candidate for
any of those offices, from the date the land use matter commenced until 12 months after the board or commission
has made a final decision, or any appeal to another City agency from that decision has been resolved. For more
information about this restriction, visit sfethics.org.
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Remote Access to Information and Participation
In accordance with Governor Gavin Newsom’s statewide order for all residents to “Stay
at Home” - and the numerous local and state proclamations, orders and supplemental
directions - aggressive directives have been issued to slow down and reduce the spread
of the COVID-19 virus. On March 17, 2020, the Board of Supervisors authorized their
Board and Committee meetings to convene remotely and allow for remote public
comment, pursuant to the lifted restrictions on videoconferencing and teleconferencing.
Therefore, Board of Supervisors meetings that are held through videoconferencing will
allow remote public comment.
Watch San Francisco Cable Channel 26 or visit the SFGovTV website
(www.sfgovtv.org) to stream the live meetings or watch them on demand. Members
of the public are encouraged to participate remotely by submitting comments
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As the COVID-19 disease progresses, please visit the Board’s website (www.sfbos.org)
regularly to be updated on the current situation as it affects the legislative process and the
Board of Supervisors.
ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COMMUNICATIONS
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CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board
of Supervisors and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Board. There will be no separate
discussion of these items unless a member of the Board so requests, in which event the matter shall
be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.
Questions on the Consent Agenda are on final passage, first reading, adoption, or approved, as
indicated.
Items 1 through 5
Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee
Present: Supervisors Mar, Peskin, Haney
1. 200175 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Juan Ortiz - $125,000]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Juan Ortiz against the City and
County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 2, 2019, in
United States District Court, Case No. 18-cv-07727 HSG; entitled Juan Ortiz v. City and
County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged civil rights violations. (City
Attorney)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
2. 200176 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Erlinda Barahona and Saul Barahona - $615,000]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Erlinda Barahona and Saul
Barahona against the City and County of San Francisco for $615,000; the lawsuit was
filed on December 18, 2018, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No.
CGC-18-572183; entitled Erlinda Barahona, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco,
et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury from collision with City vehicle. (City
Attorney)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
3. 200177 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Nancy Barsotti, et al. - $190,000]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Nancy Barsotti, Martin Beltran,
Desmond Cotter, David Dawley, Paul Gallegos, Alan Harvey, Warren House, Ricky Hui,
Tomie Ann Kato, James Kimball, Barry Lo, Colin Mackenzie, David Maxion, Mark
Nicholas, Michael Orlando, George Petty III, Romelia Scott, Ellen Stein, and Richard
Stevens against the City and County of San Francisco for $190,000; the lawsuit was
filed on February 6, 2014, in the Superior Court of California - County of San Francisco,
Case No. CGC-14-537224; entitled Nancy Barsotti, et al. v. City and County of San
Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves an employment dispute. (City Attorney)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
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4. 200210 [Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - Jennifer Roldan - $47,574.99]
Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by Jennifer Roldan
against the City and County of San Francisco for $47,574.99; the claim was filed on
November 30, 2019; the claim involves alleged property damaged due to a water main
rupture. (City Attorney)
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
Recommendation of the Rules Committee
Present: Supervisors Ronen, Stefani, Mar
5. 191183 [Administrative Code - American Indian Cultural District]
Sponsors: Ronen; Mandelman, Haney, Fewer, Peskin, Mar, Safai, Walton, Yee,
Stefani and Preston
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the American Indian Cultural
District in and around the northwestern quadrant of the Mission District; to require the
Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to submit written reports and
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor describing the cultural
attributes of the District and proposing strategies to acknowledge and preserve the
cultural legacy of the District; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination
under the California Environmental Quality Act.
03/31/2020; PASSED ON FIRST READING.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
REGULAR AGENDA
NEW BUSINESS
Recommendations of the Land Use and Transportation Committee
Present: Supervisors Peskin, Safai, Preston
6. 191150 [Building Code - Mandatory Disability Access Improvements for Places of
Public Accommodation - Extension of Time Deadlines]
Sponsor: Yee
Ordinance amending the Building Code to extend for the time for existing buildings with
a place of public accommodation to comply with the requirement to have all primary
entries and paths of travel into the building accessible to persons with disabilities or to
receive a City determination of equivalent facilitation, technical infeasibility, or
unreasonable hardship, to extend the period for granting extensions from those
deadlines, and to extend the time for the Department of Building Inspection’s Report to
the Board of Supervisors.
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
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7. 200077 [Planning, Various Codes - Technical Corrections]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to correct typographical errors, update outdated
cross-references, and make non-substantive revisions to clarify or simplify Code
language; amending Article 4 to move the language regarding timing of fee payments to
the beginning of the Article and cross-reference it in the individual impact fee sections,
and to add an additional fee waiver based on the replacement of gross floor area in
buildings damaged or destroyed by fire or other calamity; amending the Administrative,
Health, and Police Codes to correct outdated Planning Code cross-references; affirming
the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act;
making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of
Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience,
and general welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. (Planning Commission)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
SPECIAL ORDER 2:30 P.M. - Recognition of Commendations
In accordance with the "Declaration of Local Health Emergency Regarding Novel
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)," special commendations have been suspended.
SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.
Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON THE CONTINUANCE
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(Due to the local health emergency, the President will entertain a motion to continue this
Hearing indefinitely until the emergency is over; future scheduling will be decided for the
appropriate meeting at a later date.)
(Scheduled pursuant to Motion No. M20-024 (File No. 200151); approved on February
25, 2020.)
8. 200155 [Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Disclosure Responsibilities of Board of
Supervisors Under Federal Securities Laws - April 7, 2020, at 3:00 p.m.]
Sponsor: Yee
Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on April 7,
2020, at 3:00 p.m., for the Members of the Board of Supervisors to receive an
educational training on their legal obligations under Federal securities laws with respect
to any Official Statement approvals; scheduled pursuant to Motion No. 20-024 (File No.
200151) approved February 25, 2020.
Question: Shall this Hearing be HEARD AND FILED?
Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report
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SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M.
Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON THE CONTINUANCE
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(Scheduled pursuant to Resolution No. 84-20 (File No. 200117); approved on March 6,
2020. The President will entertain a Motion to continue this Hearing and the associated
items to the Board of Supervisors meeting on April 14, 2020.)
9. 200119 [Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission
Rock Facilities and Services) - April 7, 2020, at 3:00 p.m.]
Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on April 7,
2020, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing to consider the following legislation to form
Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services); a Resolution
proposing the formation of the Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities
and Services) and a future annexation area (File No. 200120); a Resolution determining
necessity to incur bonded indebtedness and other debt in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $ 3,700,000,000 (File No. 200121); a Resolution calling a special election
for the Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (File No. 200122); a Resolution declaring the
results of the special election (File No. 200123); a Resolution authorizing and ratifying
issuance of bonded indebtedness and other debt in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $3,700,000,000 (File No. 200124); and an Ordinance levying Special Taxes
for the Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (File No. 200125); scheduled pursuant to
Resolution No. 84-20 (File No. 200117), adopted on February 25, 2020. (Clerk of the
Board)
Question: Shall this Hearing be HEARD AND FILED?
Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report
10. 200120 [Resolution of Formation - Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock
Facilities and Services)]
Sponsor: Mayor
Resolution of formation of the City and County of San Francisco Special Tax District No.
2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services) and a future annexation area; determining
other matters in connection therewith, as defined herein; and making findings under the
California Environmental Quality Act.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
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11. 200121 [Determining Necessity to Incur Bonded Indebtedness and Other Debt -
Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services) - Not to
Exceed $3,700,000,000]
Sponsor: Mayor
Resolution determining the necessity to incur bonded indebtedness and other debt in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3,700,000,000 for the City and County of
San Francisco Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services);
and determining other matters in connection therewith, as defined herein.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
12. 200122 [Calling Special Election - Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock
Facilities and Services)]
Sponsor: Mayor
Resolution calling a special election in the City and County of San Francisco Special Tax
District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services); and determining other
matters in connection therewith, as defined herein.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
13. 200123 [Declaring Results of Special Election - Special Tax District No. 2020-1
(Mission Rock Facilities and Services)]
Sponsor: Mayor
Resolution declaring the results of the special election and directing recordation of the
notice of special tax lien for the City and County of San Francisco Special Tax District
No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services); and determining other matters in
connection therewith, as defined herein.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
14. 200124 [Authorizing and Ratifying Issuance of Bonded Indebtedness and Other Debt -
Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services) - Not to
Exceed $3,700,000,000]
Sponsor: Mayor
Resolution authorizing and ratifying the issuance and sale of bonded indebtedness and
other debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3,700,000,000 for the City
and County of San Francisco Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities
and Services); and determining other matters in connection therewith, as defined herein.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
15. 200125 [Levying Special Taxes - Special Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock
Facilities and Services)]
Sponsor: Mayor
Ordinance levying special taxes within the City and County of San Francisco Special
Tax District No. 2020-1 (Mission Rock Facilities and Services).
Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
Reports from committees, if any, recommending emergency or urgent measures.
The following item will be considered by the Rules Committee at a Regular Meeting on
Monday, April 6, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. The Chair intends to request the Committee to
send the following item as a Committee Report on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
16. 200313 [Emergency Ordinance - Public Health Emergency Leave]
Sponsors: Mar; Haney
Emergency ordinance to temporarily require private employers with 500 or more
employees to provide public health emergency leave during the public health emergency
related to COVID-19.
(Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.107, this matter requires the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors (8 votes) for passage.)
Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
17. ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
Roll call for introduction of ordinances, resolutions, charter amendments, requests for hearings, letters
of inquiry, letters of request to the City Attorney and Board Members' reports on their regional body
activities.
18. PUBLIC COMMENT
An opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Board on items of interest to the
public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, including items being considered
today which have not been considered by a Board committee and excluding items which have been
considered by a Board committee. Members of the public may address the Board for up to three
minutes. Each member of the public will be allotted the same number of minutes to speak, except that
public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public
testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the
public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. The President or
the Board may limit the total testimony to 30 minutes.
Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state
such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of
the meeting.
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FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE
These measures were introduced for adoption without committee reference. A unanimous vote is
required for adoption of these resolutions today. Any Supervisor may require any resolution to go
to committee.
Questions on the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda are on for adoption, or
approved, as indicated.
(PUBLIC COMMENT for Items 19 through 29 will be taken during Item 18 -
General Public Comment.)
Items 19 through 29
19. 200338 [Declaration of Election Results - March 3, 2020 - Consolidated Presidential
Primary Election]
Sponsor: Yee
Resolution declaring the results of the Consolidated Presidential Primary Election of
March 3, 2020.
04/01/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
20. 200343 [Urging Public Works and the Department of Public Health to Increase Access
to Public Restrooms]
Sponsors: Haney; Ronen and Walton
Resolution urging Public Works and the Department of Public Health to increase access
to public restrooms in order to meet minimum standards as set for by the United Nations
High Commissioner on Refugees, American Red Cross, and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to improve sanitation for the unhoused and slow the spread of
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).
03/31/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
21. 200344 [Urging the End of the Blood Donation Ban by Gay and Bisexual Men]
Sponsors: Mandelman; Yee
Resolution urging the United States Food and Drug Administration to end the federal
ban on blood donation by gay and bisexual men.
03/31/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
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22. 200345 [Urging Immediate Passage of California State Assembly Bill No. 828 (Ting)
and Senate Bill No. 939 (Wiener, Gonzalez) - Eviction and Foreclosure
Moratoriums for Residential and Commercial Tenants During the COVID-19
State of Emergency]
Sponsors: Mandelman; Walton and Yee
Resolution urging the State Legislature to immediately pass State Assembly Bill No. 828
as proposed to be amended, authored by Assembly Member Phil Ting, and Senate Bill
No. 939, authored by California State Senators Scott Wiener and Lena Gonzalez, to
prohibit foreclosures and the eviction of residential and commercial tenants during the
state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
03/31/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
23. 200346 [Supporting COVID-19 Orders for Business Interruption As Necessary Due to
Physical Property Loss or Damage]
Sponsors: Mar; Ronen, Walton, Preston, Fewer and Yee
Resolution supporting the COVID-19 orders by civil authority interrupting and prohibiting
access to businesses as necessary, due to physical property loss or damage; and
urging the California Insurance Commissioner to consider it a material misrepresentation
to deny in any public filing that the Coronavirus does not have the propensity to cause
property loss or damage.
03/31/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
24. 200347 [Urging Statewide Action to Suspend ICE Detention Facilities]
Sponsors: Mar; Preston, Ronen, Walton, Haney and Yee
Resolution affirming that continued operation of ICE detention facilities during the
COVID-19 emergency is inhumane; and urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to
take immediate action to suspend ICE detentions in California.
03/31/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
25. 200348 [Encouraging the Municipal Transportation Agency to Develop Additional
Policies and Protections for Muni Operators During the COVID-19 Crisis]
Sponsors: Safai; Preston and Mar
Resolution encouraging the Municipal Transportation Agency to continue working with
Muni Operators and the Transit Workers Union Local 250-A to adopt additional policies
and protections for these essential employees during the COVID-19 crisis.
03/31/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
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26. 200349 [Urging County Health Officials to Assess Public Health Impacts from Panic
Buying Weapons]
Sponsor: Stefani
Resolution urging county health officials from the six Bay Area counties, Alameda,
Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara to evaluate the public
health threat of panic buying weapons and to warn Americans of the danger of panic
buying weapons.
04/01/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
27. 200350 [Reaffirming Support for Survivors of Domestic Violence and the City’s
Service Providers]
Sponsor: Stefani
Resolution reaffirming the Board of Supervisors support for San Francisco’s survivors of
domestic violence and the City’s service providers while they experience a heightened
need for services, increased expenditures to support these essential services, and an
uncertain financial future.
04/01/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
28. 200351 [Urging State and Federal Funding for Caltrain]
Sponsors: Walton; Peskin
Resolution urging State and Federal emergency funding for Caltrain to remain
operational in light of operational and budget declines due to COVID-19; and affirming
the role that Caltrain plays in transporting people to essential activities.
03/31/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
29. 200352 [Concurring in Actions to Meet Local Emergency - Coronavirus Response]
Sponsor: Yee
Motion concurring in actions taken by the Mayor on March 27, 2020, and March 31,
2020, to meet the ongoing local emergency related to the novel coronavirus COVID-19
pandemic declared on February 25, 2020.
04/01/2020; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT
BOARD MEETING.
Question: Shall this Motion be APPROVED?
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30. IMPERATIVE AGENDA
Resolution(s), if any, to be adopted within limits imposed by the Sunshine Ordinance and the Ralph M.
Brown Act, introduced today, not on the printed agenda. For such resolutions to be considered, the
Board must first adopt the Serious Injury Finding or the Purely Commendatory Finding and the Brown
Act Finding. Each motion requires eight (8) votes or a unanimous six (6) or seven (7). A unanimous
vote is required for the resolution(s).
[Serious Injury Finding]
Motion that the Board find that for the resolution(s) being considered at this time "the need to take
action is so imperative as to threaten serious injury to the public interest if action is deferred to a later
meeting."
[Purely Commendatory Finding]
Motion that the Board find that the resolution(s) being considered at this time are purely
commendatory.
[Brown Act Finding]
Motion that the Board find by roll call vote that, for the resolution(s) being considered at this time,
there is a need to take immediate action. The need to take action came to the attention of the
City and County of San Francisco after the agenda was posted.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN on any Imperative Agenda item introduced.
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LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL
Introduced by a Supervisor or the Mayor
Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.105, an Ordinance or Resolution may be introduced before the Board
of Supervisors by a Member of the Board, a Committee of the Board, or the Mayor and shall be
referred to and reported upon by an appropriate Committee of the Board.
Legislation Introduced will appear on the Final Minutes for this meeting. Once the
Legislation Introduced is approved, it will be available on
http://www.sfbos.org/legislation_introduced.
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Introduced at the Request of a Department
Pursuant to Rules of Order of the Board of Supervisors, Section 2.7.1, Department Heads may submit
proposed legislation to the Clerk of the Board, in which case titles of the legislation will be printed at
the rear of the next available agenda of the Board.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
200330 [Settlement of Lawsuit - The Hertz Corporation, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. of
San Francisco LLC, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, and Sixt Rent A Car LLC -
$500,000]
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by The Hertz Corporation,
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. of San Francisco LLC, Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, and Sixt
Rent A Car LLC, against the City and County of San Francisco for $500,000 (payment to
Sixt Rent A Car LLC only); the lawsuit was filed on September 24, 2019, in San Mateo
Superior Court, Case No. 19-CIV-05663; entitled The Hertz Corporation et al. v. City and
County of San Francisco et al.; the lawsuit involves a challenge to the City’s application
of prevailing wage requirements for City-owned off-street parking lots, garages, and
vehicle storage facilities to leases for the use of the Rental Car Center at the San
Francisco International Airport, and the Airport Commission’s failure to seek approval by
the Board of Supervisors of leases that do not require such payment of prevailing wages
applicable to. (City Attorney)
03/30/2020; RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT.
04/07/2020; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS
200331 [Lease Agreement - Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC - On-Airport Rental Car
Operations - $11,076,378 Minimum Annual Guarantee]
Resolution approving the On-Airport Rental Car Operations Lease No. 18-0343,
between Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, and the City and County of San Francisco, acting
by and through its Airport Commission, for a term of five years with two two-year options
to extend, and a minimum annual guarantee of $11,076,378 for the first year of the
Lease, to commence upon Board approval. (Airport Commission)
03/30/2020; RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT.
04/07/2020; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
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200332 [Lease Agreement - Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co of San Francisco, LLC -
On-Airport Rental Car Operations - $16,087,548 Minimum Annual Guarantee]
Resolution approving the On-Airport Rental Car Operations Lease No. 18-0342,
between Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co of San Francisco, LLC, and the City and County of
San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission, for a term of five years
with two 2-year options to extend, and a minimum annual guarantee of $16,087,548.00
for the first year of the Lease, to commence following Board approval. (Airport
Commission)
03/30/2020; RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT.
04/07/2020; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
200333 [Lease Agreement - The Hertz Corporation - On-Airport Rental Car Operations
- $16,501,462 Minimum Annual Guarantee]
Resolution approving the On-Airport Rental Car Operations Lease No. 18-0341,
between The Hertz Corporation, as tenant, and the City and County of San Francisco,
acting by and through its Airport Commission, for a term of five years with two 2-year
options to extend, and a minimum annual guarantee of $16,501,462 for the first year of
the Lease, to commence following Board approval. (Airport Commission)
03/30/2020; RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT.
04/07/2020; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
200334 [Lease Agreement - Sixt Rent a Car, LLC - On-Airport Rental Car Operations -
$3,501,004.32 Minimum Annual Guarantee]
Resolution approving the On-Airport Rental Car Operations Lease No. 18-0344,
between Sixt Rent a Car, LLC, and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and
through its Airport Commission, for a term of five years with two two-year options to
extend, and a minimum annual guarantee of $3,501,004.32 for the first year of the
Lease, to commence following Board approval. (Airport Commission)
03/30/2020; RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT.
04/07/2020; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee.
200335 [Grant Agreement Amendment - San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project, Inc.
- Pretrial Incarceration Alternatives - Not to Exceed $15,864,317]
Resolution approving a fifth amendment to the agreement between the Sheriff’s Office
and the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project, Inc. to extend the agreement by one
year for a total term of October 1, 2017, through June 30, 2021, and increase the
agreement amount by $5,905,402 for a total amount not to exceed $15,864,317.
(Sheriff)
03/19/2020; RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT.
04/07/2020; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Budget and Finance Committee.
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200336 [Petitions and Communications]
Petitions and Communications received from March 23, 2020, through April 2, 2020, for
reference by the President to Committee considering related matters, or to be ordered
filed by the Clerk on April 7, 2020.
Personal information that is provided in communications to the Board of Supervisors is
subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act and the San Francisco
Sunshine Ordinance. Personal information will not be redacted.
From the Office of the Mayor, submitting supplements to the Mayoral Proclamation
Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency, dated February 25, 2020. 3 letters.
Copy: Each Supervisor. (1)
From the Office of the Mayor, submitting a letter providing guidance and direction
regarding the financial impacts of the health crisis on the City’s budget. Copy: Each
Supervisor. (2)
From the Office of the Mayor, authorizing a commission meeting waiver. Copy: Each
Supervisor. (3)
From the Health Officer of the Department of Public Health, issuing an updated Health
Order regarding the COVID-19 virus. Copy: Each Supervisor. (4).
From the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, regarding the Special Board of Supervisors
Meeting scheduled on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Copy: Each Supervisor. (5)
From the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, submitting a press
release with information on a shelter guest who tested positive for COVID-19. Copy:
Each Supervisor. (6)
From the City Administrator, regarding facility cleaning, sanitization and building access
for buildings and facilities managed by the Real Estate Division and other City facilities.
Copy: Each Supervisor. (7)
From the City Administrator, regarding City Policy regarding enforcement of certain
tenant lease obligations by City departments from March 17, 2020 through April 30,
2020. Copy: Each Supervisor. (8)
From the Ethics Commission, regarding the deadline extension for Form 700s, as well
as the Ethics and Sunshine Trainings from April 1, 2020 to June 1, 2020. Copy: Each
Supervisor. (9)
From the City Administrator, submitting the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
(OLSE), annual report on the enforcement of certain labor laws. Copy: Each Supervisor.
(10)
From the City Administrator, regarding Transbay CFD Special Tax Bonds and Transbay
Joint Powers Authority Tax Allocation Bonds. File No. 200291 and 200292. Copy: Each
Supervisor. (11)
From the California Public Utilities Commission, submitting notice of projects from
Verizon Wireless. 3 letters. Copy: Each Supervisor. (12)
From concerned citizens, regarding the hearing on criminal justice reform and the
closure of County Jail No. 4. 2 letters Copy: Each Supervisor. (13)
From concerned citizens, regarding a moratorium on rent payments. Copy: Each
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Supervisor. File No. 200234. 26 letters. (14)
From concerned citizens, regarding the use of the term “Chinese virus” and “Wuhan
virus.” 13 letters. Copy: Each Supervisor. (15)
From concerned citizens, regarding using the Public Library as a teen daycare during
the COVID-19 crisis. 2 letters. Copy: Each Supervisor. (16)
From various businesses, pursuant to WARN Act, California Labor Code, Section 1401,
submitting notice of plant closure and/or mass layoffs. 8 letters. Copy: Each Supervisor.
(17)
From Valerie Tulier, Mission Peace Collaborative, regarding a proposed Ordinance to
create a COVID-19 Emergency Family Relief Fund. File No. 200340. Copy: Each
Supervisor. (18)
From concerned citizens, regarding COVID-19. 13 letters. Copy: Each Supervisor. (19)
From Department of Human Resources, submitting updated guidance on respirator and
mask protocols for first responders. Copy: Each Supervisor. (20)
From Department of Emergency Management, submitting a press release entitled
“Seven Bay Area Jurisdictions to Update Shelter-In-Place Order in Coming Days.” Copy:
Each Supervisor. (21)
From concerned citizens, regarding a proposed Resolution - Urging Public Health
Orders to Prioritize the Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness During the
COVID-19 Crisis. File No. 200322. 318 letters. Copy: Each Supervisor. (22)
From Thomas Busse, regarding the proposed Resolution on the settlement of an
unlitigated claim with Bryan Carmody for $369,000. File No. 200211. Copy: Each
Supervisor. (23)
From Thomas Busse, regarding Assembly Bill 857, allowing city and county
governments to create, or sponsor, public banks. Copy: Each Supervisor. (24)
From San Francisco Taxi Alliance, regarding the desperate need for the city to support
its taxi drivers. Copy: Each Supervisor. (25)
From concerned citizens, regarding people experiencing homelessness. 41 letters.
Copy: Each Supervisor. (26)
From Clear Channel, regarding a transit shelter advertising agreement with the City and
County of San Francisco. Copy: Each Supervisor. (27)
From Construction Employers’ Association, regarding exemption for construction
activities during the shelter in place order. Copy: Each Supervisor. (28)
ADJOURNMENT
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