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specifically, our charter currently provides that unless otherwise provided in the ordinance, any ordinance that the voters adopt, whether placed on the ballot by signature, the board of supervisors or the mayor, cannot be amended except by the voters. the rationale is to prevent the board from undermining the will of the voters. i respect that ration nail. the problem is that it is eternal, no matter how much time has passed, no matter how minor the change, any change to a voter-adopted ordinance, however large or small, must go back to the voters, must add to what the voters have to work their way through in voting and has to go through that process. for example, i recently introduced a ballot measure at the request of the ethics commission to make technical changes to the political consultant reporting requirements to enhance and harmonize then with the lobbyist reporting around nance -- ordinance. it's ridiculous that the voters have to vote on these technical amendments but because it was originally adopted by the voters, that's what we have to do. i know i will get phone calls from co
specifically, our charter currently provides that unless otherwise provided in the ordinance, any ordinance that the voters adopt, whether placed on the ballot by signature, the board of supervisors or the mayor, cannot be amended except by the voters. the rationale is to prevent the board from undermining the will of the voters. i respect that ration nail. the problem is that it is eternal, no matter how much time has passed, no matter how minor the change, any change to a voter-adopted...
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request your support of the ordinance. thank you all the co-sponsors. supervisor kim: thank you. any questions or comments about this or that? seeing none, i will at this time open up for public comment. and i oppose this legislation at the ethics commission, so be -- to be consistent, i will oppose it at this committee, and i am aware that all three of you are sponsors of the legislation, so i do not anticipate any of you changing your mind on this. but this ordinance, this charter was initiated by the voters. to me, this should go back to the voters and see if the voters approve of the special legislation for mayor lee. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i came here today expecting to see a lot more people dealing with this item. some of my friends in different parts of the country were telling me it was such a special interest item that they did not believe it was actually proposed in san francisco. i do notice that under the sponsors, there are three supervisors not listed. those thr
request your support of the ordinance. thank you all the co-sponsors. supervisor kim: thank you. any questions or comments about this or that? seeing none, i will at this time open up for public comment. and i oppose this legislation at the ethics commission, so be -- to be consistent, i will oppose it at this committee, and i am aware that all three of you are sponsors of the legislation, so i do not anticipate any of you changing your mind on this. but this ordinance, this charter was...
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without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. >> item 10 is an ordinance appropriating approximately $6.9 million of loan funding from the california department of boating and waterways for the renovation of west harbor of the san francisco marine a yacht harbor. >> this is an additional loan from the california state department boating and waterways to finish the completion of the marina west yacht harbor renovation. this will be done in time right now for the america's cup in 2013, and a quick point, to make sure people know this is at 0 expense to the taxpayer. this is being done and being paid for by increased booklet fees. good deal for us, bad deal for boat owners, but i think everyone is happy it is getting done. supervisor chiu: can we take this same house, call? the ordinance is passed on first reading. item 11. >> item 11 is a resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a lease with asiana airlines for carter warehouse and support office space. supervisor chiu: same house, call? the resolution is adopted. >> item 12, a resolution authorizing the mayor's office of
without objection, the ordinance is finally passed. >> item 10 is an ordinance appropriating approximately $6.9 million of loan funding from the california department of boating and waterways for the renovation of west harbor of the san francisco marine a yacht harbor. >> this is an additional loan from the california state department boating and waterways to finish the completion of the marina west yacht harbor renovation. this will be done in time right now for the america's cup...
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the blight ordinance and our sidewalk inspection and repair ordinance, which actually work very well. they are very effective because they are designed to enable us to, once we have identified a problem, if the property owner does not address it, it allows us to address it and recover the city's cost. we do not have that ability with the myriad of other aspects of the codes that we are meant to enforce. they have cumbersome processes and the legal means of cost recovery, so they are, frankly, not very effective. what this proposed legislation does is for all those other elements of public right of way in enforcement that we have responsibility for, it basically holds them into the plight ordinance, allows us to use that process, which we have found has been very effective. just so you know, i know you have had questions about blight, and i think have called for a hearing on it. the plight ordinance was initially intended to address kind of a wide range of issues of non-building code property blight building code issues. what we found in practice is the great majority, well over 90%, o
the blight ordinance and our sidewalk inspection and repair ordinance, which actually work very well. they are very effective because they are designed to enable us to, once we have identified a problem, if the property owner does not address it, it allows us to address it and recover the city's cost. we do not have that ability with the myriad of other aspects of the codes that we are meant to enforce. they have cumbersome processes and the legal means of cost recovery, so they are, frankly,...
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the office enforces seven ordinances, including the minimum wage ordinance, which was enacted in 2003 by the voters. the office received 75 minimum wage claims in 2009 and allocates a portion of fixed staff to minimum wage cases. our analysis came up with three main findings. our first finding was that case processing is lower than the state, specifically the average time between the receipt of minimum-wage client until a formal hearing takes place an average of 788 days in san francisco, but only 200 days for the state. the average is 45 cases that have gone to a hearing that do not represent the entire caseload. this contrasts with the investigations that cannot go to a hearing. some hearings were resolved in favor of the claim that took a average of 67 days. >> you talked about the averages here. what is the median? >> i do not know if i have the median for all of the cases in front of me. this represents up until the time we did our analysis. this represents a very small portion. >> our numbers seem much different comparatively. is it one or two cases blowing up the average? is th
the office enforces seven ordinances, including the minimum wage ordinance, which was enacted in 2003 by the voters. the office received 75 minimum wage claims in 2009 and allocates a portion of fixed staff to minimum wage cases. our analysis came up with three main findings. our first finding was that case processing is lower than the state, specifically the average time between the receipt of minimum-wage client until a formal hearing takes place an average of 788 days in san francisco, but...
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also, and in the spirit of the ordinance, it is not hurting our general fund. so, ensuring that we are maintaining levels we have had in the past. i did have some concerns about this legislation because there were some differences. one, a lot of community advocates had asked when we passed the midmarket legislation
also, and in the spirit of the ordinance, it is not hurting our general fund. so, ensuring that we are maintaining levels we have had in the past. i did have some concerns about this legislation because there were some differences. one, a lot of community advocates had asked when we passed the midmarket legislation
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ordinance. seconded by supervisor campos. any objections to the amendments? without objection, the amendments will be adopted. supervisor chu: i would just like to be added as a co- sponsor. supervisor chiu: any further discussion? avalos i would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well, and i want to thank supervisors cohen for her work on this. supervisor chiu: can we take the same house, call? without objection, the ordinance is passed as amended. >> item 6, ordinance amending the public works and police could regarding posting of signs on city property and increasing penalties and enforcement. supervisor mirkarimi: i wanted to thank supervisors wiener for his co-sponsor ship. -- thanks supervisor wiener for his co sponsorship of this. i think this helps streamline what the law should be. department public works has been looking for this enhanced tool, and that is exactly what this ordinance does. supervisor chiu: colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? without objection, the
ordinance. seconded by supervisor campos. any objections to the amendments? without objection, the amendments will be adopted. supervisor chu: i would just like to be added as a co- sponsor. supervisor chiu: any further discussion? avalos i would like to be added as a co-sponsor as well, and i want to thank supervisors cohen for her work on this. supervisor chiu: can we take the same house, call? without objection, the ordinance is passed as amended. >> item 6, ordinance amending the...
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that is currently within the san francisco rent ordinance. we talked about how those would apply in this instance. we have the potential strengths and weaknesses of those. in the development agreement, we have added a number of provisions for the rent control provisions including establishing the clear intent of providing when the city would not enter in that without rent control protections. two, giving the attendance the private right to enforce the it rent-controlled provisions. we have included the requirement that the rent control provisions be added into each lease with each tenant that occupies the replacement unit. that reiterates all of the protections. i am reading this off of the last. -- list. number 4 is the requirement that the rent control provisions be controlled in the assumption agreement so that if be read controller transfers this, they transfer the rights and obligations under the agreement. that agreement must be consented to end signed by the city. we will have a direct contractual pricy by the owner. the amendments int
that is currently within the san francisco rent ordinance. we talked about how those would apply in this instance. we have the potential strengths and weaknesses of those. in the development agreement, we have added a number of provisions for the rent control provisions including establishing the clear intent of providing when the city would not enter in that without rent control protections. two, giving the attendance the private right to enforce the it rent-controlled provisions. we have...
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unless there is any objection, why don't recall item six. >> ordinance amending the annual salary ordinance to reflect the addition of a 0.25 social worker in the office of the public defender. president chiu: roll-call vote. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: next item. >> item 7, resolution authorizing the department of the environment to accept and expand a grant of $100,000 from the bay area air quality management district to contribute to the cost of installing 60 publicly available electric vehicle chargers. president chiu: same house, col. >> item 8 is from the budget and finance subcommittee without recommendation, the resolution funding the proposed cruise terminal project at pier 27 physically feasible. supervisor kim: -- fiscally feasible. supervisor kim: i want to talk about some of my concerns and some of the responses i got. a
unless there is any objection, why don't recall item six. >> ordinance amending the annual salary ordinance to reflect the addition of a 0.25 social worker in the office of the public defender. president chiu: roll-call vote. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. supervisor chu: aye. supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. >> there...
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most ordinances are a -- are subject to a 30-day referendum period. this ordinance does two things. it creates the redistricting task force, which is required by charter and is an administrative action. it also places people in the task force under air conflict of interest code. that would be an action that is subject to referendum. given that we understand that there is a desire to get the task force convened quickly and up and running and doing its work, it seems imprudent to have that piece of it tied to legislation. what we are suggesting is to divide the file. i have done that for you already. we have copies of it. we could divide the file and create to get be of different ordinances. one would reconvene the districting taskforce and one would designate the members of the task force under the conflict of interest code. convening the task force would not be subject to referendum. then the task force could be up and running and conducting its business without delay. >> our city attorney has proposed that we divide the file. in motion by supervisor mirkarimi. sentiment by avalos.
most ordinances are a -- are subject to a 30-day referendum period. this ordinance does two things. it creates the redistricting task force, which is required by charter and is an administrative action. it also places people in the task force under air conflict of interest code. that would be an action that is subject to referendum. given that we understand that there is a desire to get the task force convened quickly and up and running and doing its work, it seems imprudent to have that piece...
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the san francisco minimal wage ordinance is significantly different than state law in two areas. one, it directs us to provide for the confidentiality of the claimant, and it provides for the liability of individual orders, and we are able to pierce the corporate veil. the olse chose to create a new enforcement model. we investigate. we thought it payroll records. we correct employer behavior. we prosecute cases. we reach settlements, and we oversee the disbursement of back wages, interest, and penalties. olse procedure is we meet with claimants. we often need to reassure them of the confidentiality of their claim, that we will enforce the law regardless of the claimant's immigration status, and we work hard through the process to earn and maintain their trust. unlike the state, we will take a case against a business that has close, and we will work to identify individual owners to hold accountable for back wages owed. we conduct a site visit within a few days and not on the same day of receiving acclaim. we will go on daytime, nighttime, weakens, whenever most employees will be
the san francisco minimal wage ordinance is significantly different than state law in two areas. one, it directs us to provide for the confidentiality of the claimant, and it provides for the liability of individual orders, and we are able to pierce the corporate veil. the olse chose to create a new enforcement model. we investigate. we thought it payroll records. we correct employer behavior. we prosecute cases. we reach settlements, and we oversee the disbursement of back wages, interest, and...
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supervisor chiu: this ordinance is passed and the first reading as amended. madam clerk -- we need to rescind items 20 through 324 on advice of the mayor's office -- through at 24 on advice of the mayor's office. can you explain what we need to do that? >> if we could request that items 20, 21, 23, and 24 could be continued well we wait for a delegation from federal applied. supervisor chiu: a motion to rescind the vote, motioned -- motion to rescind the vote, seconded by supervisor kim. without objection, we will rescind the vote. we will continue this item until what date? june 14. motion by supervisor carmen chu -- it is in the middle of budget season. i assume these will be relatively simple items to resolve, right? >> yes, sir. supervisor chiu: motion by supervisor carmen chu, seconded by supervisor mercury me -- supervisor mirkarimi. if we could now call the treasure island items 26 through 36. >> items 26 through 36 are the ordinance is that pertain to the treasure island/yerba buena project regarding ceqa guidelines and chapter 31, the adoption of a m
supervisor chiu: this ordinance is passed and the first reading as amended. madam clerk -- we need to rescind items 20 through 324 on advice of the mayor's office -- through at 24 on advice of the mayor's office. can you explain what we need to do that? >> if we could request that items 20, 21, 23, and 24 could be continued well we wait for a delegation from federal applied. supervisor chiu: a motion to rescind the vote, motioned -- motion to rescind the vote, seconded by supervisor kim....
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he was a co-sponsor of the ordinance. david is excited to see this legislation come to fruition. >> it is great to see everyone here today. it takes a village to build a garden. it is great to see this village around us. i want to thank the mayor had his predecessor. and our friends from the department of the environment, you help do this. i also want to thank supervisors as the chair of the land use committee. as was the case at planning, a very friendly reception with a sea of green t-shirts. also all want to thank all the men and women that stand behind me better part of the urban agriculture alliance. you're the ones that came to my office late last fall and confirmed for me what i had wandered for many years. can we bring it green back to the urban jungle? the district that i represent in the northeast part of the city, we have very little green. one thing i had been wondering for years, why can't we use those little plots of land in the middle to growth in the. what is so exciting about today is that we are creating
he was a co-sponsor of the ordinance. david is excited to see this legislation come to fruition. >> it is great to see everyone here today. it takes a village to build a garden. it is great to see this village around us. i want to thank the mayor had his predecessor. and our friends from the department of the environment, you help do this. i also want to thank supervisors as the chair of the land use committee. as was the case at planning, a very friendly reception with a sea of green...
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we have standards for the ordinance. we do not have a whole lot of stuff that addresses 90% of the city's existing building stop. >> as for practicality in meeting safety standards, they are all necessary to address performance of existing building sites. >> barry, by the way, is running the new task force on what should we do about existing couldn't marshal -- commercial buildings, and how do we increase efficiency. >> energy first, but also water if this and say an overall resource deficience a -- deficiency. major consideration. >> with commercial stuff, there is a big stuff to look up residential features, and those include a wide range of things, some of which are already covered. but if i can read through a list of handouts, what are the other laws that apply to existing new buildings, and what is covered, so you do not think it is just green buildings covering everything? so, for example, and this must be tangential, but regulations have been required in the building code since 1974. has to do with the quality of
we have standards for the ordinance. we do not have a whole lot of stuff that addresses 90% of the city's existing building stop. >> as for practicality in meeting safety standards, they are all necessary to address performance of existing building sites. >> barry, by the way, is running the new task force on what should we do about existing couldn't marshal -- commercial buildings, and how do we increase efficiency. >> energy first, but also water if this and say an overall...
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[applause] and of course, this ordinance has teeth. we hope never to have to resort to every using them, but we will. if we have contractors who simply decide that they're not going to do what is necessary to get our local people hired. when you look at the kids behind us and you see what hours they poured in to be trained and ready, it's no longer that you just call people up anymore. these kids have gone through exorbitant training to get ready for these jobs. some of them have learned extra skills to a ton of work to get that mta -- it will be out there doing tunnel work. they will be doing the concrete and asphalt and all the implications we needed to do to make sure we get the highest number of local people hired. i say to you today, it's a very simple task. the announcement that we have -- we are ready to go as a city police spent the time doing this. we covered all the bases. we warned everybody that we could 41. what we created today are a family of contractors who know how to do city work. they have hired people who are ready
[applause] and of course, this ordinance has teeth. we hope never to have to resort to every using them, but we will. if we have contractors who simply decide that they're not going to do what is necessary to get our local people hired. when you look at the kids behind us and you see what hours they poured in to be trained and ready, it's no longer that you just call people up anymore. these kids have gone through exorbitant training to get ready for these jobs. some of them have learned extra...
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also, and in the spirit of the ordinance, it is not hurting our general fund. so, ensuring that we are maintaining levels we have had in the past. i did have some concerns about this legislation because there were some differences. one, a lot of community advocates had asked when we passed the midmarket legislation that does not be the beginning of a slippery slope, that as we tax the midmarket -- as we passed the midmarket legislation, if companies come to the board of supervisors threaten to leave the city, we do not pass piecemeal legislation to keep and retain companies. i took that commitment seriously as i thought seriously about this legislation, because to me, this is a definite step in applying tax exclusions for other companies in san francisco. there are other things missing from this legislation. one is a focus on neighborhoods. a focus on neighborhoods where there are high levels of vacancy. the second is the community benefits agreement for companies that contributed a high amount of payroll to san francisco. after some thought, a kind of came to
also, and in the spirit of the ordinance, it is not hurting our general fund. so, ensuring that we are maintaining levels we have had in the past. i did have some concerns about this legislation because there were some differences. one, a lot of community advocates had asked when we passed the midmarket legislation that does not be the beginning of a slippery slope, that as we tax the midmarket -- as we passed the midmarket legislation, if companies come to the board of supervisors threaten to...
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i am sorry that you were waiting. >> this ordinance, i believe it is very clear. this is the redistricting task force. after the census from 2010 and the announcement of this showed that the population in these districts had changed, we decided to have the task force convened. this ordinance was introduced at the first meeting available after the director of the department of elections reported this to the memo that i referred to. we have the full board of the committee report. this is one step in the process for this committee. the committee will, in june -- they will have appointments for the task force, and i am certain that they are aware that they will post the vacancy notice for the redistricting task force and this can be found on the web site. and they have more information on the seats that will be appointed, and if you have more questions, call us -- >> can you repeat this more slowly? >> 415-554-7719, sfvos.org. and i believe that later on in may or june, you'll have a schedule for when we will consider this appointment. >> we will schedule the consider
i am sorry that you were waiting. >> this ordinance, i believe it is very clear. this is the redistricting task force. after the census from 2010 and the announcement of this showed that the population in these districts had changed, we decided to have the task force convened. this ordinance was introduced at the first meeting available after the director of the department of elections reported this to the memo that i referred to. we have the full board of the committee report. this is...
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of the creation -- that we cannot issue compliance with the ordinance. this is something else but i would ask that you consult with the city attorney to see if there is a way that we could condition this as part of the approval, compliance with this ordinance. i do not know that there is anything that precludes us from requiring us to comply with the sunshine ordnance going forward. those are a couple of things that maybe, you can look into before the comeback to the board of supervisors. >> great. and are there any other questions or comments? we have a resolution in before the committee. there has been indication as the kinds of changes that we would like to see as the matter comes before the board. a motion by farrell with a recommendation. thank you to everyone wh ocame out -- who came out on the matter. >> can you call item six? >> a hearing on the debt structure and the non-voter approved debt. >> this item has been introduced by supervisor farrell. he and his staff have spent time working on the item. the floor is yours. >> thank you, chair campos
of the creation -- that we cannot issue compliance with the ordinance. this is something else but i would ask that you consult with the city attorney to see if there is a way that we could condition this as part of the approval, compliance with this ordinance. i do not know that there is anything that precludes us from requiring us to comply with the sunshine ordnance going forward. those are a couple of things that maybe, you can look into before the comeback to the board of supervisors....