Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 5, 2013

130143 [Appointments, Food Security Task Force - Leo O'Farrell, Linda Lau, Maria LeClair, Paula Jones, Jessie Mandle, and Mei Ling Hui] Motion appointing Leo O'Farrell, Linda Lau, Maria LeClair, Paula Jones, Jessie Mandle, and Mei Ling Hui, for indefinite terms, to the Food Security Task Force, residency requirements waived. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M13-038 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Absent: Mar

121124 [Administrative Code - Compensation For City Employees With Same-Sex Spouses Or Same-Sex Domestic Partners to Offset Federal Income Tax on Health Insurance Premiums] Sponsors: Farrell; Campos, Chu, Wiener, Avalos, Mar, Breed, Chiu, Kim and Cohen Ordinance amending the Administrative Code, by adding Sections 16.704 and 16.29-7.6, to mandate payments to City employees to offset federal income taxation on health insurance premiums for their same-sex spouses or same-sex domestic partners and to exclude such payments from the computation of compensation under the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Kim and Cohen requested to be added as co-sponsors. Ordinance No. 034-13 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130020 [Contract Modification - Children’s Council of San Francisco Management of Preschool Subsidies - Not to Exceed $40,730,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution approving the contract modification with the Children’s Council of San Francisco to manage preschool subsidies to eligible children of the City for an amount not to exceed $40,730,000 for the period of July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 061-13 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130046 [Accept and Expend Gift - Knight Living Trust - $500,000] Sponsor: Yee Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health, Laguna Honda Hospital, and Rehabilitation Center to retroactively accept and expend a gift of $500,000 to the Laguna Honda Gift Fund from the Knight Living Trust for the period of July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2032. Resolution No. 062-13 ADOPTED by the following vote: play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130088 [Accept and Expend Grant - Improving Early Learning and Development Programs for Young Children - $1,269,400] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution authorizing the Children and Families Commission to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,269,400 from the United States Department of Education through the California Department of Education to support an Early Learning Quality Improvement System for the period of July 1, 2012, through December 31, 2015. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 063-13 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130124 [Correcting the Accept and Expend Grant Amount in Resolution No. 384-12 - Compensation for Crime Victims - $2,142,414] Sponsor: Avalos Resolution correcting the not to exceed amount in Resolution No. 384-12, a resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept a grant from the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for a project entitled “Joint Powers Agreement,” from $714,138 to $2,142,414 for the period of July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015. Resolution No. 066-13 ADOPTED by the following vote: play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130147 [Accept and Expend Grant - FY2009 Buffer Zone Protection Program - $282,506] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution amending Resolution No. 529-11 to retroactively increase FY2009 Buffer Zone Protection Program grant funds from $199,820 to $282,506 for the period of April 1, 2009, through March 31, 2013. Resolution No. 058-13 ADOPTED by the following vote: play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130039 [Police Code - Reporting Ammunition Sales of 500 or More Rounds] Sponsors: Mayor; Cohen and Campos Ordinance amending the Police Code, Section 615, to require firearms dealers to report to the Chief of Police the sale of 500 or more rounds of ammunition in a single transaction. Supervisor Campos requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130040 [Police Code - Possession or Sale of Law Enforcement or Military Ammunition] Sponsors: Mayor; Cohen, Breed and Campos Ordinance amending the Police Code, by adding Section 618, to prohibit the possession or sale of certain ammunition, including black talon ammunition and ammunition intended exclusively for law enforcement and military purposes. Supervisors Breed and Campos requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

120254 [Liquor License - 1425 Folsom Street] Resolution determining that the issuance of a Type 42 on-sale beer and wine public premises license to Jordan Muir Lewis and Case Aynesly Lewis for Folsom Street Foundry, located at 1425 Folsom Street (District 6), will serve the public convenience and necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4, and recommending that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. (City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee) Resolution No. 060-13 ADOPTED by the following vote: play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

120067 [Liquor License Transfer - 135 Powell Street] Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type 21 off-sale general license from 345 Eddy Street to 135 Powell Street (District 3), to Daniel J. Kramer of Haas Najarian, LLP, for Walgreens Co., dba Walgreens, will serve the public convenience and necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4, and recommending that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. Supervisor Chiu, seconded by Supervisor Farrell, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED on Page 3, beginning on Line 1, by adding 'WHEREAS, After working with the Board of Supervisors, Walgreens agreed to purchase two liquor licenses, one in the Tenderloin and one from a premises located in a census tract with undue concentration in either District 3 or District; and WHEREAS, Walgreens also agreed to additional voluntary conditions as described in a letter included in this file and dated February 21, 2013, from the law firm Strike & Techel;'. The motion carried by the following vote: play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Supervisor Chiu requested to be added as sponsor. Resolution No. 059-13 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130098 [Accept and Expend Grant - Sloat Boulevard Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project - $797,000] Sponsor: Yee Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to retroactively accept and expend a Federal grant in the amount of $797,000 from the Federal Highway Administration for the Sloat Boulevard Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project for a period of January 2013 through December 2016. Resolution No. 065-13 ADOPTED play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Recommendations of the Rules Committee Supervisor Breed Excused from Voting Supervisor Farrell, seconded by Supervisor Wiener, moved that Supervisor Breed be excused from voting on File No. 130139. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Breed

130139 [Appointment, Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District - Supervisor London Breed] Motion appointing Supervisor London Breed, term ending January 31, 2015, to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M13-039 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

Excused: Breed

130140 [Reappointment, Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors - Tom Nolan] Motion confirming the Mayor's reappointment of Tom Nolan, term ending March 1, 2017, to the Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors. (Mayor) Motion No. M13-040 APPROVED by the following vote: play video

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130189 [Urging the California State Legislature to Pass Senate Bill 219] Sponsors: Mar; Yee Resolution urging the California State Legislature to Pass Senate Bill 219 to permanently extend double fine zones along State Highway Route 1 between Junipero Serra Boulevard and Lake Street and State Highway Route 101 between Golden Gate Avenue and Lyon Street. Resolution No. 069-13 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None

130219 [Rosa Parks Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program Day - March 9, 2013] Sponsors: Mar; Chiu and Campos Resolution declaring March 9, 2013, as Rosa Parks Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program Day; and recognizing the 40th anniversary of its founding. Supervisors Chiu and Campos requested to be added as co-sponsors. The President inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board relating to File No. 130219. There were no speakers. The President declared public comment closed. Resolution No. 070-13 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Avalos, Breed, Campos, Chiu, Cohen, Farrell, Kim, Mar, Tang, Wiener, Yee

Noes: None