# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 21, 2020 - Meeting date: 2020-07-21 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 32 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/695/2020-07-21-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=798008&GUID=27B579DB-D690-4387-8B0C-61969016A34A) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 200478: General Obligation Bond Election - Health and Recovery - Not to Exceed $487,500,000 - Pages: 8-9 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: e use disorder, and/or homelessness; parks, open space, and recreation facilities, including green and climate resilient infrastructure; and streets, curb ramps, street structures and plazas, 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 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.) Ordinance No. 116-20 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ### File 200509: Charter Amendment - Public Advocate - Pages: 9 - Sponsors: Mar; Ronen, Haney, Preston and Walton - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 200509 [Charter Amendment - Public Advocate] Sponsors: Mar; Ronen, Haney, Preston and Walton Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to: 1) create the Office of the Public Advocate; 2) set the Public Advocate’s powers and duties; 3) authorize the Public Advocate to review the administration of City programs and services, including programs for transmitting information to the public and departments’ customer service plans, and to receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints regarding City services and programs; 4) authorize the Public Advocate to receive and investigate specified whistleblower complaints; and 5) provide for the Public Advocate’s election, removal, and salary; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. (Supervisor Stefani dissented in committee.) NOT ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Haney, Mar, Preston, Ronen, Walton - Noes: Fewer, Mandelman, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee ### File 200510: Charter Amendment - Department of Sanitation and Streets, Sanitation and Streets Commission, and Public Works Commission - Pages: 9 - Sponsors: Haney; Walton, Preston, Ronen, Mar and Safai - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 200510 [Charter Amendment - Department of Sanitation and Streets, Sanitation and Streets Commission, and Public Works Commission] Sponsors: Haney; Walton, Preston, Ronen, Mar and Safai Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Department of Sanitation and Streets to succeed to specific duties currently performed by the Department of Public Works; to create a Sanitation and Streets Commission to oversee the Department of Sanitation and Streets; to create a Public Works Commission to oversee the Department of Public Works; and to require an annual performance audit and cost and waste analysis for both departments; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. (Supervisor Stefani dissented in committee.) ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Haney, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton - Noes: Fewer, Mandelman, Stefani, Yee ### File 200514: Charter Amendment - Sheriff Department Oversight Board and Inspector General - Pages: 9-10 - Sponsors: Walton; Haney, Ronen, Preston, Yee, Safai, Mar and Peskin - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 200514 [Charter Amendment - Sheriff Department Oversight Board and Inspector General] Sponsors: Walton; Haney, Ronen, Preston, Yee, Safai, Mar and Peskin Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board to advise and report findings and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Board of Supervisors regarding Sheriff’s Department operations; to create the Sheriff’s Department Office of Inspector General, under the direction of an Inspector General appointed by the Oversight Board, to investigate complaints of non-criminal misconduct by employees and contractors of the Sheriff’s Department and in-custody deaths, develop policy recommendations for the Sheriff’s Department, and report quarterly its findings, results, and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Oversight Board; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. Supervisor Peskin requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee ## Extracted text ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/695/2020-07-21-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/21/2020 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 200509 [Charter Amendment - Public Advocate] Sponsors: Mar; Ronen, Haney, Preston and Walton Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to: 1) create the Office of the Public Advocate; 2) set the Public Advocate’s powers and duties; 3) authorize the Public Advocate to review the administration of City programs and services, including programs for transmitting information to the public and departments’ customer service plans, and to receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints regarding City services and programs; 4) authorize the Public Advocate to receive and investigate specified whistleblower complaints; and 5) provide for the Public Advocate’s election, removal, and salary; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. (Supervisor Stefani dissented in committee.) NOT ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: Ayes: 5 - Haney, Mar, Preston, Ronen, Walton Noes: 6 - Fewer, Mandelman, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Yee 200510 [Charter Amendment - Department of Sanitation and Streets, Sanitation and Streets Commission, and Public Works Commission] Sponsors: Haney; Walton, Preston, Ronen, Mar and Safai Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Department of Sanitation and Streets to succeed to specific duties currently performed by the Department of Public Works; to create a Sanitation and Streets Commission to oversee the Department of Sanitation and Streets; to create a Public Works Commission to oversee the Department of Public Works; and to require an annual performance audit and cost and waste analysis for both departments; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. (Supervisor Stefani dissented in committee.) ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: Ayes: 7 - Haney, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton Noes: 4 - Fewer, Mandelman, Stefani, Yee 200514 [Charter Amendment - Sheriff Department Oversight Board and Inspector General] Sponsors: Walton; Haney, Ronen, Preston, Yee, Safai, Mar and Peskin Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board to advise and report findings and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Board of Supervisors regarding Sheriff’s Department operations; to create the Sheriff’s Department Office of Inspector General, under the direction of an Inspector General appointed by the Oversight Board, to investigate complaints of non-criminal misconduct by employees and contractors of the Sheriff’s Department and in-custody deaths, develop policy recommendations for the Sheriff’s Department, and report quarterly its findings, results, and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Oversight Board; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. Supervisor Peskin requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee City and County of San Francisco Page 626 Printed at 1:01 pm on 8/28/20