Board of Supervisors Minutes: January 5, 2021

201261 [Planning Code - Cannabis Uses] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Ordinance amending the Planning Code to extend from January 1, 2021, to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the provision allowing for the conversion of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries with Planning Commission approval to a Cannabis Retail Use; 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 making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. Ordinance No. 004-21 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

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

Ordinance waiving certain license fees originally due on March 31, 2020, and March 31, 2021, business registration fees for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021, and payroll expense taxes for the tax year beginning January 1, 2020, for businesses with no more than $20,000,000 in San Francisco gross receipts holding a place of entertainment permit; waiving certain license fees originally due on March 31, 2020, business registration fees for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and payroll expense taxes for the tax year beginning January 1, 2020, for businesses with no more than $750,000 in San Francisco gross receipts holding a restaurant permit; refunding any waived amounts paid to the City; extending the deadline to pay license fees originally due on March 31, 2020, and March 31, 2021, to November 1, 2021; extending the deadline to pay business registration fees originally due on June 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021; and extending the deadline to pay and file returns for certain business taxes for the 2020 tax year to April 30, 2021. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Safai and Preston requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

200933 [Contract Amendment - Cross Country Staffing, Inc. - Registry Services - Not to Exceed $25,928,000] Resolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the agreement between Cross Country Staffing, Inc. and the Department of Public Health, for as-needed registry personnel to maintain mandated staffing levels, to increase the agreement amount by $16,088,000 for a new not to exceed amount of $25,928,000 to commence following Board approval, and to extend the term by one and one-half years, from January 1, 2021, for a total agreement term of July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2022. (Public Health Department) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 001-21 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

201219 [Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code - Form 700 (Statement of Economic Interests) Filing Requirements] Sponsor: Yee Ordinance amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to update the Conflict of Interest Code’s Form 700 (Statement of Economic Interests) filing requirements by adding, deleting, and changing titles of designated officials and employees to reflect organizational and staffing changes, and by refining disclosure requirements for designated officials and employees. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

201146 [Mayoral Appointment, Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors - Emanuel Yekutiel] Motion approving the Mayor's nomination for appointment of Emanuel Yekutiel to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, term ending March 1, 2024. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 8A.102(a), provides that the Board of Supervisors shall confirm the Mayor's appointment by a majority (six votes) of the Board of Supervisors after a public hearing. Transmittal Date: October 5, 2020.) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Joel Ramos (Municipal Transportation Agency), Anne Pearson (Office of the City Attorney), and Sophia Kittler (Mayor's Office) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Motion No. M21-001 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

Noes: Fewer, Preston

201237 [Mayoral Appointment, Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors - Fiona Hinze] Motion approving the Mayor's nomination for appointment of Fiona Hinze to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, term ending March 1, 2024. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 8A.102(a), provides that the Board of Supervisors shall confirm the Mayor's appointment by a majority (six votes) of the Board of Supervisors after a public hearing. Transmittal Date: October 29, 2020.) Motion No. M21-002 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

201323 [Reappointments, Bicycle Advisory Committee - Marc Brandt and Kisai Henriquez] Motion reappointing Marc Brandt and Kisai Henriquez, terms ending November 19, 2022, to the Bicycle Advisory Committee. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M21-003 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

201338 [Appointment, Eastern Neighborhoods Citizens Advisory Committee - Kelly Kozak] Motion appointing Kelly Kozak, term ending October 19, 2021, to the Eastern Neighborhoods Community Advisory Committee. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M21-004 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

201341 [Appointment, South of Market Community Planning Advisory Committee - Mary Claire Amable] Motion appointing Mary Claire Amable, term ending August 1, 2021, to the South of Market Community Planning Advisory Committee. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M21-005 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

201316 [Street Encroachment Permit - Retroactive - Harlan Place - 300 Grant Avenue] Resolution retroactively granting revocable permission to A-Z300 Grant LLC, to occupy and maintain the pavers, benches, bollards, and raised crosswalk improvements within the public right-of-way on Harlan Place between Grant Avenue and Mark Lane fronting 300 Grant Avenue (Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 0287, Lot No. 014) effective November 16, 2020; adopting environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, and making findings of consistency with the priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Public Works) Resolution No. 002-21 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

201419 [Supporting Immediate Economic Relief for Small Businesses] Sponsors: Haney; Walton and Safai Resolution supporting the immediate prioritization of small business economic relief in the appropriation of discretionary funds. Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 007-21 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

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

201362 [Commending Supervisor Norman Yee] Sponsor: Board of Supervisors Resolution commending and honoring Supervisor Norman Yee for his distinguished service to the City and County of San Francisco, and as President and Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Resolution No. 535-20 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

201376 [Commending Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer] Sponsor: Board of Supervisors Resolution commending and honoring Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer for her dedicated service to San Francisco and her venerable service as a Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Resolution No. 534-20 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

201403 [Commending Matthew Goudeau] Sponsors: Mandelman; Ronen, Stefani, Peskin and Safai Resolution commending and honoring Matthew Goudeau for his 20 years of distinguished service with the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisors Stefani, Peskin, and Safai requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 005-21 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

201405 [Urging Grocery Stores to Provide All Employees an Additional Five Dollars Per Hour in Hazard Pay] Sponsors: Walton; Haney, Ronen, Preston, Safai, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Yee and Fewer Resolution urging Grocery Stores in San Francisco to provide all employees an additional five dollars per hour in hazard pay for the duration that the City and County of San Francisco is in the Purple, Red, or Orange level of Community Disease Transmission for COVID-19 under State Health orders. Supervisors Preston, Safai, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Yee, and Fewer requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Fewer, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 3, Line 10, by striking ‘12’ and adding ‘40’, and Lines 19-20, by adding ‘that are considered Formula Retail Establishments’. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Resolution No. 006-21 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

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

201421 [Supporting California State Assembly Bill Nos. 15 and 16 (Chiu) - Eviction Protections] Sponsors: Peskin; Haney, Walton, Fewer, Mandelman, Safai, Yee, Ronen and Preston Resolution supporting California State Assembly Bill Nos. 15 and 16, introduced on December 7, 2020, by Assembly Member David Chiu (AD-17), which would extend certain eviction protections through December 31, 2021, and establish a fund and framework for distribution of financial support to ensure long-term stability for renters, small landlords, and affordable housing providers, protect tenants during the ongoing public health crisis, and ensure an equitable, broadly shared recovery. Supervisors Fewer, Mandelman, Safai, Yee, Ronen, and Preston requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Preston, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED on Page 3, Line 11, by striking ‘bet’ and adding ‘be’. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Supervisor Preston, seconded by Supervisor Peskin, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 3, Lines 12-14, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors urges that Assembly Bill No. 15 be amended to remove any preemption of local tenant protections during the pandemic; and, be it’. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Resolution No. 008-21 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

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

201406 [Appointment, Health Officer - Grant Nash Colfax, MD] Sponsors: Peskin; Safai Motion appointing Grant Nash Colfax, MD, to the position of Health Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Motion be REFERRED to the Rules Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

201416 [Concurring in Actions to Meet Local Emergency - Coronavirus Response - Thirty-Second Supplement] Sponsor: Yee Motion concurring in actions taken by the Mayor in the Thirty-Second Supplement to the Proclamation of Emergency to meet the ongoing local emergency related to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic by authorizing the Mayor, upon the request of a department, to provide an extension of up to 30 days to submit and post the department’s racial equity action plan, upon a showing by the department that it is unable to meet the deadline because the current surge in COVID-19 cases has required it to divert resources to the emergency response. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Sophia Kittler (Mayor's Office) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Motion No. M21-006 APPROVED by the following vote:

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