Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 1, 2020

200672 [Administrative Code - Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Member Nominations] Sponsor: Peskin Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to designate the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as the nominating body with authority to recommend nominees to the Board of Supervisors to hold the seat on the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force designated for a journalist from a racial/ethnic-minority-owned news organization, and to modify the qualifications for that seat. Ordinance No. 160-20 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200765 [Emergency Ordinance - COVID-Related Employment Protections] Sponsors: Ronen; Mar, Yee, Walton, Haney, Mandelman and Preston Emergency ordinance to temporarily protect workers from adverse action if they test positive for COVID-19, are isolating or quarantining, or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to COVID-19 symptoms or exposure; and to protect applicants from discrimination if they test positive for COVID-19, are isolating or quarantining, or have previously isolated or quarantined, due to COVID-19 symptoms or exposure. (Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.107, this matter requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors (8 votes) for passage.) Supervisors Mandelman and Preston requested to be added as co-sponsors. Ordinance No. 162-20 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

tive Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street Project] Hearing of persons interested in or objecting to the approval of a Revised Final Mitigated Negative Declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act for the 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street Project, identified in Planning Case No. 2013.1383ENV, and issued by the Planning Department on March 25, 2020. (District 9) (Appellant: Kathleen Angus, on behalf of the Bernal Heights South Slope Organization) (Filed April 24, 2020) (Clerk of the Board) President Yee opened the public hearing Supervisor Ronen provided opening remarks, indicating she would be making a motion to continue this appeal hearing and associated Motions to a later date. The President then inquired as to whether any individual wished to address the Board on the proposed continuance. Speaker; Herb Feltzmanfell; Kathy Midas; spoke on various concerns regarding the proposed continuance. There were no other speakers. President Yee closed public comment on the continuance. Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Preston, moved that this Hearing be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of September 15, 2020. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200801 [Affirming the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street Project] Motion affirming the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared by the Planning Department under the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed project located at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Preston, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of September 15, 2020. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200802 [Conditionally Reversing the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street Project] Motion conditionally reversing the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared by the Planning Department under the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed project located at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street, subject to the adoption of written findings of the Board in support of this determination. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Preston, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of September 15, 2020. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200803 [Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Revised Final Mitigated Negative Declaration - Proposed 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street Project] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings reversing the Planning Department’s preparation of a Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed project located at 3516 and 3526 Folsom Street. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Preston, moved that this Motion be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of September 15, 2020. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200884 [Affirming the Statutory Exemption From Environmental Review - MTA - Slow Streets, Phase 1] Motion affirming the determination by the Planning Department that the proposed Municipal Transportation Agency's Slow Streets, Phase 1 project is statutorily exempt from environmental review. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M20-118 Supervisor Preston, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Motion be APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200885 [Conditionally Reversing the Statutory Exemption From Environmental Review - MTA - Slow Streets, Phase 1] Motion conditionally reversing the determination by the Planning Department that the proposed Municipal Transportation Agency's Slow Streets, Phase 1 project is statutorily exempt from environmental review, subject to the adoption of written findings of the Board in support of this determination. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Preston, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200886 [Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Statutory Exemption From Environmental Review - MTA - Slow Streets, Phase 1] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings reversing the determination by the Planning Department that the proposed Municipal Transportation Agency's Slow Streets, Phase 1 project is statutorily exempt from environmental review. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Preston, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

h Officer, and requiring the Department of Public Health to: develop a protocol to assist health care providers to identify SRO Residents who may require protection against or treatment for COVID-19; notify the operator of a residential hotel when an SRO Resident has tested positive for COVID-19, to facilitate contract tracing, testing for COVID-19, and cleaning; establish a telephone hotline for SRO Residents, to respond to questions about accessing COVID-19 health screenings, testing, and solitary hotel rooms; provide face coverings to SRO Residents and workers in residential hotels; and provide daily aggregate data concerning the incidence of COVID-19 among SRO Residents, access to quarantine rooms by such residents, and the number of such residents who have died due to complications from 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.) Supervisors Safai and Haney requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

(Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.107, this matter requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors (8 votes) for passage.) FINALLY PASSED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200983 [Affordable Housing Week - September 15 through 22, 2020] Sponsors: Preston; Ronen, Walton, Mar, Mandelman, Peskin, Stefani, Fewer, Haney, Yee and Safai Resolution proclaiming September 15, 2020, through September 22, 2020, as the Fifth Annual San Francisco Affordable Housing Week in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 387-20 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200955 [Urging the Association of Bay Area Governments in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation Process to Focus on Unmet Needs for Affordable Housing] Sponsors: Mar; Ronen, Walton, Preston, Fewer, Mandelman and Peskin Resolution urging the Association of Bay Area Governments in its upcoming Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Process to focus on San Francisco’s unmet needs for housing affordable to low- and moderate-income residents, and to maintain the current RHNA allocation level of above-moderate housing in San Francisco. Supervisors Mandelman and Peskin requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

City and County of San Francisco Page 777 Printed at 10:24 pm on 10/2/20 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 9/1/2020 Resolution urging the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) in its upcoming Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Process to focus on San Francisco’s unmet needs for housing affordable to low- and moderate-income residents, counteract the displacement of low- and moderate-income communities of color in core urban cities like San Francisco and Oakland, prioritize increases to the region’s above-moderate RHNA allocation in high resource and high opportunity jurisdictions, and limit increases in above-moderate RHNA allocations to Bay Area cities with concentrations of Sensitive Communities. Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Preston, moved that this Resolution be REFERRED AS AMENDED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee

Absent: Stefani

Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved to rescind the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Preston, moved that this Resolution be REFERRED AS AMENDED to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200981 [Condemning the Arrests of Peaceful Protesters in Belarus and Declaring Solidarity With the Bay Area’s Belarusian Community] Sponsors: Peskin; Mandelman Resolution condemning the arrests of peaceful protesters in Belarus prior to and following the August 9, 2020, presidential election, which has been widely decried as rigged and illegitimate; and declaring support for the Belarusian community across the San Francisco Bay Area. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

Resolution No. 386-20 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee

200984 [Urging to Not Apply for Any State Waivers That Grant a Reduction in Existing Patient-to-Nurse Ratios] Sponsors: Safai; Peskin, Mandelman, Walton, Mar, Preston, Ronen, Stefani, Fewer, Haney and Yee Resolution urging the Department of Public Health and San Francisco-based public and private hospitals to not apply for any State waivers granting a reduction in existing patient-to-nurse ratios. Supervisors Peskin, Mandelman, Walton, Mar, Preston, Ronen, Stefani, Fewer, Haney, and Yee requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 388-20 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton, Yee