# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 7, 2023 - Meeting date: 2023-11-07 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 26 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/958/2023-11-07-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1134163&GUID=1ACBE090-FC0C-43C3-B567-D060CD8481B1) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 230959: Settlement of Lawsuit - Katy Sullivan - $207,500 - Pages: 3-4 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 230959 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Katy Sullivan - $207,500] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Katy Sullivan against the City and County of San Francisco for $207,500; the lawsuit was filed on August 13, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-21-593827; entitled Katy Sullivan v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves an employment dispute. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 233-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar, Ronen ### File 230960: Settlement of Lawsuit - Twilio Inc. - $18,000,000 - Pages: 4 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 230960 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Twilio Inc. - $18,000,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Twilio Inc. against the City and County of San Francisco for $18,000,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 27, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-21-592267; entitled Twilio Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves a claim for refund of telephone users taxes and access line taxes, and related penalties and interest, for tax periods June 1, 2009, through and including December 31, 2018; other material terms of the settlement are that the City will not impose additional telephone users taxes and access line taxes, and any related penalties and interest, for any periods through two months after the settlement is paid, and Twilio Inc. will collect and remit telephone users taxes and access line taxes in a certain manner for all subsequent periods. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 229-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar, Ronen ### File 230996: Settlement of Lawsuit - Adam Smith, et al. - $130,401.66 - Pages: 4 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 230996 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Adam Smith, et al. - $130,401.66] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Adam Smith, et al., against the City and County of San Francisco for return of the Expedited Conversion Program fee in the amount of $130,401.66; the lawsuit was filed on September 28, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CPF-21-517578; entitled Adam Smith, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit challenges the Board of Supervisors’ denial of Petitioners’ application to convert their six-unit building at 424-434 Francisco Street to condominiums under the City’s Expedited Conversion Program (Subd. Code, Section 1396.4); the settlement includes return of Petitioners’ Expedited Conversion Program fee and waiver of the City’s litigation costs; other material terms of the settlement are the parties’ agreement to withdraw their respective appeals. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 234-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar, Ronen ### File 231008: Administrative Code - Community Policing and Foot and Bike Patrols - Pages: 4-5 - Sponsors: Safai; Engardio, Peskin, Ronen, Chan, Walton, Dorsey, Melgar and Mandelman - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 231008 [Administrative Code - Community Policing and Foot and Bike Patrols] Sponsors: Safai; Engardio, Peskin, Ronen, Chan, Walton, Dorsey, Melgar and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the Chief of Police to adopt a foot and bike patrol strategy for the Police Department. Ordinance No. 232-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar, Ronen ### File 230986: Charter Amendment - Mayoral Authority to Disapprove Certain SFMTA Budget Proposals - Pages: 5-6 - Sponsors: Safai; Peskin and Ronen - Vote 1: amendment - Action: ’s review as provided in subsection (a)(1)’, Line 22, by striking ‘increases and’, and Lines 23-24, by striking ‘The Mayor shall submit the budget to the Board of Supervisors, without change.’; on Page 4, Lines 15-16, by adding ‘or at any other time in the Agency’s discretion’; on Page 4, Line 23, through Page 5, Line 5, by changing ‘The’ to ‘At any time the Agency proposes a budget amendment that includes a Fare and/or Meter Increase, the Agency shall first submit the budget amendment to the Mayor and the Mayor shall have 15 days to disapprove any Fare and/or Meter Increase. The Mayor’s disapproval shall be in writing and shall identify the specific Fare and/or Meter Increase(s) that are disapproved. If the Mayor disapproves any Fare and/or Meter Increase, the Agency shall not submit the budget amendment to the Board of Supervisors. If the Mayor does not disapprove any Fare and/or Meter Increase within 15 days, the Mayor or the Agency shall submit the budget amendment to the Board of Supervisors. Once submitted, the’; on Page 5, Lines 14-15, by changing ‘his or her’ to ‘the Controller’s’; and making other clarifying and conforming changes. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar, Ronen - Vote 2: continuance - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 968 Printed at 5:09 pm on 4/26/24 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/7/2023 Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to provide that the Mayor may disapprove in writing certain San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) proposals that must be part of SFMTA’s proposed budget or budget amendment; proposals subject to disapproval are increases in fares and parking meter maximum rates, and net expansion of hours or days of parking meter operation; at an election to be held on March 5, 2024. (Supervisor Dorsey dissented in committee.) Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Stefani, moved that this Charter Amendment be CONTINUED AS AMENDED to a Committee of the Whole at the Board of Supervisors meeting on November 14, 2023. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar, Ronen ## Extracted text ### [Page 4](https://sfbos.info/documents/958/2023-11-07-minutes#page-4) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/7/2023 230960 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Twilio Inc. - $18,000,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Twilio Inc. against the City and County of San Francisco for $18,000,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 27, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-21-592267; entitled Twilio Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves a claim for refund of telephone users taxes and access line taxes, and related penalties and interest, for tax periods June 1, 2009, through and including December 31, 2018; other material terms of the settlement are that the City will not impose additional telephone users taxes and access line taxes, and any related penalties and interest, for any periods through two months after the settlement is paid, and Twilio Inc. will collect and remit telephone users taxes and access line taxes in a certain manner for all subsequent periods. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 229-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 2 - Melgar, Ronen 230996 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Adam Smith, et al. - $130,401.66] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Adam Smith, et al., against the City and County of San Francisco for return of the Expedited Conversion Program fee in the amount of $130,401.66; the lawsuit was filed on September 28, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CPF-21-517578; entitled Adam Smith, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit challenges the Board of Supervisors’ denial of Petitioners’ application to convert their six-unit building at 424-434 Francisco Street to condominiums under the City’s Expedited Conversion Program (Subd. Code, Section 1396.4); the settlement includes return of Petitioners’ Expedited Conversion Program fee and waiver of the City’s litigation costs; other material terms of the settlement are the parties’ agreement to withdraw their respective appeals. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 234-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 2 - Melgar, Ronen Recommendations of the Rules Committee 231008 [Administrative Code - Community Policing and Foot and Bike Patrols] Sponsors: Safai; Engardio, Peskin, Ronen, Chan, Walton, Dorsey, Melgar and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the Chief of Police to adopt a foot and bike patrol strategy for the Police Department. Ordinance No. 232-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 2 - Melgar, Ronen City and County of San Francisco Page 967 Printed at 5:09 pm on 4/26/24 ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/958/2023-11-07-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/7/2023 230986 [Charter Amendment - Mayoral Authority to Disapprove Certain SFMTA Budget Proposals] Sponsors: Safai; Peskin and Ronen Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to provide that the Mayor must affirmatively approve in writing certain San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) proposals as part of the SFMTA’s proposed budget or budget amendment; proposals subject to the approval requirement include changes to fares, parking meter maximum rates, and hours or days of parking meter operation; at an election to be held on March 5, 2024. (Supervisor Dorsey dissented in committee.) Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Charter Amendment be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Line 1, by changing ‘Mayor Approval Required for’ to ‘Mayoral Authority to Disapprove’, Line 5, by changing ‘must affirmatively approve’ to ‘may disapprove’, Line 6, by changing ‘as’ to ‘that must be’, Line 7, by changing ‘the approval requirement include changes to’ to ‘disapproval are increases in’, and adding ‘and’ after ‘fares’, and Line 8, by adding ‘net expansion of’ before ‘hours’, Line 22, by striking ‘and’; on Page 2, Line 10, by adding ‘(b)’ before ‘8’, and Lines 18-21, by adding ‘(iv) Notwithstanding the authority established in subsection (b)8, the Agency shall submit any increases in parking meter maximum rates or net expansion of hours or days of parking meter operation to the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors as part of the submission of the Agency’s budget or submission of a budget amendment under Section 8A.106.’; on Page 3, Lines 1-12, by adding ‘(a) (1) If the Agency’s proposed budget includes an increase in fares or parking meter maximum rates, or a net expansion of hours or days of parking meter operation (“Fare and/or Meter Increase”), then no later than April 15 of each even-numbered year, after professional review and public hearing, and after receiving the recommendations of the Citizens’ Advisory Council, the Agency shall submit its proposed budget with annual appropriation detail in a form approved by the Controller, for each of the next two fiscal years to the Mayor. By no later than May 15, the Mayor may disapprove any proposed Fare and/or Meter Increase and return the budget to the Agency to submit an alternative proposed budget to the Mayor by no later than May 31. The Mayor’s disapproval shall be in writing and shall identify the specific Fare and/or Meter Increase(s) that are disapproved. If the Mayor takes no action to disapprove any Fare and/or Meter Increase by May 15, the Mayor shall submit the proposed budget to the Board of Supervisors, without change, for its review and consideration.’, Lines 13-14, by changing ‘No’ to ‘(2) For a proposed budget that does not include any Fare and/or Meter Increase as set forth in subsection (a)(1), no’, Line 15, by adding ‘and’, Lines 17-18, by changing ‘and’ to ‘and the Mayor shall submit it to’, Line 18, by adding ‘without change’, and changing ‘their’ to ‘its’, Lines 21-22, by adding ‘any Fare and/or Meter Increase subject to the Mayor’s review as provided in subsection (a)(1)’, Line 22, by striking ‘increases and’, and Lines 23-24, by striking ‘The Mayor shall submit the budget to the Board of Supervisors, without change.’; on Page 4, Lines 15-16, by adding ‘or at any other time in the Agency’s discretion’; on Page 4, Line 23, through Page 5, Line 5, by changing ‘The’ to ‘At any time the Agency proposes a budget amendment that includes a Fare and/or Meter Increase, the Agency shall first submit the budget amendment to the Mayor and the Mayor shall have 15 days to disapprove any Fare and/or Meter Increase. The Mayor’s disapproval shall be in writing and shall identify the specific Fare and/or Meter Increase(s) that are disapproved. If the Mayor disapproves any Fare and/or Meter Increase, the Agency shall not submit the budget amendment to the Board of Supervisors. If the Mayor does not disapprove any Fare and/or Meter Increase within 15 days, the Mayor or the Agency shall submit the budget amendment to the Board of Supervisors. Once submitted, the’; on Page 5, Lines 14-15, by changing ‘his or her’ to ‘the Controller’s’; and making other clarifying and conforming changes. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 2 - Melgar, Ronen City and County of San Francisco Page 968 Printed at 5:09 pm on 4/26/24