Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 15, 2022

220009 [Planning Code - Landmark Designation - 1801 Green Street (aka Golden Gate Valley Carnegie Library)] Sponsors: Stefani; Peskin and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Planning Code to designate 1801 Green Street (aka Golden Gate Valley Carnegie Library), Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 0554, Lot No. 001, as a Landmark under Article 10 of the Planning Code; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making public necessity, convenience and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Historic Preservation Commission) Ordinance No. 047-22 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

211295 [Park Code - Admission Fees at the Gardens of Golden Gate Park] Sponsors: Mayor; Mar Ordinance amending the Park Code to waive fees for admission by San Francisco residents to the Japanese Tea Garden and the Conservatory of Flowers; to authorize the Recreation and Park Department to waive or discount other admission fees at these facilities as well as at the San Francisco Botanical Garden (all three collectively, “the Gardens”); to require the Recreation and Park Department to begin waiving admission fees for Veterans at the Gardens; to fund these changes by reauthorizing the Recreation and Park Department to set admission fees for non-resident adults at the Gardens through flexible pricing, based on certain factors and to ensure consistency among all three Gardens; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 045-22 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

Noes: Peskin

220001 [Accept and Expend Grant and Amend the Annual Salary Ordinance - Retroactive - Department of Cannabis Control - Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant Program - $3,075,769] Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Office of Cannabis to accept and expend a grant award in the amount of $3,075,769 from the Department of Cannabis Control for the Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant Program for a term of January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025; and amending Ordinance No. 109-21 (Annual Salary Ordinance File No. 210644 for Fiscal Years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023) to provide for the addition of one grant funded Class 1824 Principal Administrative Analyst position (FTE 0.20), one grant funded Class 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst position (FTE 1.0), and three grant funded class 1822 Administrative Analyst positions (FTE 3.0) at the Office of Cannabis for the period of January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025. (City Administrator) Ordinance No. 046-22 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220127 [Public Employment - Amendment to the Salary Ordinance for the Human Services Agency - FY2021-2022] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 109-21 (Salary Ordinance for Fiscal Years (FY) 2021-2022 and 2022-2023) to reflect the addition of eight class 2940 Protective Services Workers, two class 2944 Protective Services Supervisor, two class 2904 Human Services Technicians, one class 0923 Manager II, one class 1406 Senior Clerk, one class 2918 Human Services Agency Social Worker and one class 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst for a total of 16 positions (5.328 FTEs) in the Human Services Agency in FY2021-2022 for the period of April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022. (Human Services Agency) (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220128 [Appropriation - State and Federal Revenues - Human Services Agency - Various Programs - $37,627,023 - FY2021-2022] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance appropriating $37,627,023 of State and Federal Revenues to the Human Services Agency for various programs, including Shelter in Place housing and demobilization, Adult Protective Services, the Housing and Disability Advocacy Program, CalWORKS housing support, and the Transitional Housing Program and Housing Navigator Program support for former foster youth in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022; this Ordinance requires a two-thirds vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c). (Pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c), this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve such appropriation ordinance for passage.) (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220129 [Appropriation - General Reserve - Municipal Transportation Agency - Portsmouth Square Garage Parking and Transit Fares - $554,000 - FY2021-2022] Sponsors: Chan; Peskin, Safai, Mar, Haney, Preston and Walton Ordinance appropriating $554,000 from the General Reserve to the Municipal Transportation Agency to support free parking in the Portsmouth Square Garage and transit fares in February of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Preston and Walton requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220091 [Accept and Expend In-Kind Gift - Retroactive - Consulting Services - Various Providers - Valued at $1,490,720] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Technology, through its Office of Civic Innovation’s Civic Bridge program, to accept an in-kind gift of consulting services valued at $1,490,720 from various providers from March 2021 to February 2022. (Department of Technology) Resolution No. 088-22 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220121 [Grant Agreement Amendment - Meals on Wheels of San Francisco - Home-Delivered Meal (HDM) Nutrition Services to Older Adults - Not to Exceed $31,480,409] Resolution approving an amendment to the grant agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the non-profit Meals on Wheels of San Francisco, for the administration of the Home-Delivered Meal (HDM) Nutrition Services to Older Adults program; to extend the grant term by three years to commence July 1, 2022, for a total agreement term of July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2025, and to increase the grant amount by $22,908,619 for a total not to exceed amount of $31,480,409. (Human Services Agency) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 089-22 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220122 [Grant Agreement Amendment - Children’s Council of San Francisco - Early Care and Education Integrated Services - Not to Exceed $393,732,732] Resolution approving a second modification of the grant between the City and County of San Francisco and Children’s Council of San Francisco for the provision of Early Care and Education Integrated Services to support the City’s implementation of the San Francisco Citywide Plan For Early Care and Education increasing the amount by $17,680,287 for a revised total grant amount not to exceed $393,732,732 to commence following Board approval, with no change to the term period of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2022. (Human Services Agency) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 090-22 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220123 [Grant Agreement Amendment - Wu Yee Children’s Services - Early Care and Education Integrated Services - $81,044,162] Resolution approving a third modification of the grant between the City and County of San Francisco and Wu Yee Children’s Services, for the provision of Early Care and Education Integrated Services to support the City’s implementation of the San Francisco Citywide Plan For Early Care and Education to increase the grant amount by $5,234,074 resulting in a revised total grant amount of $81,044,162 to commence following Board approval, with no changes to the grant period of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2022. (Human Services Agency) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 091-22 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220152 [Agreement - Complete Coach Works - Perform Mid-Life Overhaul Services for 219 Coaches - Not to Exceed $101,659,122.25] Sponsors: Mayor; Safai, Mar and Haney Resolution approving an agreement between the City and County of San Francisco, by and through the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) and Complete Coach Works, to perform mid-life overhaul services to replace and rehabilitate systems for up to 48 standard (40 feet) Hybrid Electric New Flyer Coaches, 111 articulated (60 feet) Hybrid Electric New Flyer Coaches, and 60 articulated (60 feet) Electric Trolley Coaches, in an amount not to exceed $101,659,122.25 for a term not to exceed five years, to commence upon execution of the agreement by the Director of Transportation after Board approval; and to authorize the MTA to enter into amendments or modifications to the contract that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the contract or this Resolution. (Municipal Transportation Agency) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 092-22 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220158 [Accept In-Kind Gift - Retroactive - Tipping Point Community - Strategic and Operational Consulting Services - Value Not to Exceed $67,500] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) to accept an in-kind gift for continued strategic and operational consulting services related to the HSH’s Shelter-in-Place Winddown and Rehousing Process (“SIP Rehousing Process”) in a value not to exceed $67,500 from Tipping Point Community for a term from January 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022. (Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing) Resolution No. 093-22 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

211299 [Planning Code - Group Housing Definition] Sponsors: Peskin; Walton, Mandelman, Ronen, Melgar and Preston Ordinance amending the Planning Code to revise the definition of Group Housing; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. Supervisors Ronen, Melgar, and Preston requested to be added as co-sponsors. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Aaron Starr (Planning Department) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

tion of the Local Emergency; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Supervisors Chan, Mar, and Safai requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Safai, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 6, Lines 15-16, by striking ‘Prior to the conversion of a pandemic Shared Space permit to a Curbside Shared Space Permit’, Line 17, by adding ‘prior to April 1, 2023’, Line 18, by striking ‘physical’, Line 19, by changing ‘physical’ to ‘: enforcing’ and striking ‘necessary’, Line 20, by adding ‘emergency responder personnel, and’, Lines 20-24, by adding ‘including but not limited to unobstructed access to the sidewalk, maintenance of an accessible route with diverters, accessible tables, the provision of an appropriate platform threshold and, when provided, ramps that meet accessibility requirements; ensuring visibility (daylighting) at intersections identified in the Vision Zero High-Injury Network’, and Lines 24-25, by changing ‘emergency responder personnel’ to ‘requiring removal of abandoned structures’. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

211294 [Administrative Code - Office of Cyber Security - Chief Information Security Officer] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Office of Cyber Security and the position of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) who, in coordination with department technology professionals, is responsible for preventing, detecting, and remediating the damage to City infrastructure and information resources from cyber-related incidents; require departments to appoint a Department Information Security Officer; add the CISO as a permanent member of the Committee on Information Technology (COIT); name the City Administrator or designee as Chair of COIT; and provide that the City Administrator with the Mayor’s concurrence appoints the Chief Information Officer (CIO). PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220160 [Mayoral Appointment, Successor Agency Commission (Commonly Known as Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure) - Alex Ludlum] Motion approving the Mayor’s nomination for appointment of Alex Ludlum to the Successor Agency Commission (commonly known as the Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure), term expiring November 3, 2022. (Clerk of the Board) (Ordinance No. 215-12, Section 6(b), provides that this member shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the majority of the Board of Supervisors. There is no deadline for confirmation and the appointment is not effective until the Board takes action. Transmittal date: February 10, 2022) Motion No. M22-038 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

211188 [Approving Conditional Use Authorization - 3832-18th Street] Motion approving the decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 21016, approving a Conditional Use Authorization, identified as Planning Case No. 2020-001610CUA, for a proposed project located at 3832-18th Street; and making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M22-039 Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Motion be APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Stefani, Walton

Excused: Safai

211189 [Conditionally Disapproving the Conditional Use Authorization - 3832-18th Street] Motion conditionally disapproving the decision of the Planning Commission by its Motion No. 21016, approving a Conditional Use Authorization, identified as Planning Case No. 2020-001610CUA, for a proposed project at 3832-18th Street, subject to the adoption of written findings by the Board in support of this determination. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 4.105, and Planning Code, Section 308.1(d), provides that the Board of Supervisors may disapprove the decision of the Planning Commission by a vote of not less than two-thirds (8 votes) of the members of the Board.) Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Stefani, Walton

Excused: Safai

211190 [Preparation of Findings Related to Conditional Use Authorization - 3832-18th Street] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings in support of the Board of Supervisors' disapproval of the proposed Conditional Use Authorization, identified as Planning Case No. 2020-001610CUA, for a proposed project at 3832-18th Street. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Stefani, Walton

Excused: Safai

211324 [Proclamation of Local Emergency - Drug Overdoses in the Tenderloin] Sponsor: Peskin Motion concurring/withdrawing concurrence in the December 17, 2021, Proclamation by the Mayor Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency in connection with the sudden increase in drug overdoses in the Tenderloin. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Motion be REFERRED to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220239 [Reappointment, Commission on the Aging Advisory Council - Juliet Rothman] Motion reappointing Juliet Rothman, term ending March 31, 2024, to the Commission on the Aging Advisory Council. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M22-040 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

220246 [Opposing California State Assembly Bill No. 2063 (Berman) - Expanded State Density Bonus Law - Unless Amended] Sponsors: Peskin; Chan, Mar, Ronen, Preston, Walton, Melgar and Mandelman Resolution opposing California State Assembly Bill No. 2063, authored by Assembly Member Marc Berman, and urging the San Francisco Legislative Delegation to amend Assembly Bill No. 2063, in recognition of San Francisco’s local planning and affordable tools. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 095-22 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton