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President Yee opened the public hearing, and Supervisor Peskin gave opening remarks about CleanPowerSF Community Aggregation Program electric generation rates. Barbara Hale (Assistant General Manager-Power), Harlan Kelly, Jr. (General Manager from the Public Utilities Commission), and Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) then went on to provide an overview of the rates and charges and responded to questions raised during the discussion by the council. Francisco Da Costa expressed various concerns relating to the rates and charges. The President closed public comment and declared the hearing heard and filed.

President Yee announced the 2019 Board of Supervisors Committee assignments, effective January 28, 2019, listing each committee (Budget and Finance, Land Use and Transportation, Rules, Government Audit and Oversight, Public Safety and Neighborhood Services) along with the appointed supervisors, noting the chair and vice-chair for each.

Sabrina Hall shared concerns about retaliation after whistleblowing on various City departments and entities. Francisco Da Costa shared concerns regarding Native American history and the need to support those being harassed. Gloria Berry shared concerns regarding affordable housing and contamination found at the Shipyard. Ally Su shared concerns regarding corruption in the planning and building permit processing. Peter Warfield shared concerns regarding library fines and fees. Wynship W. Hillier shared concerns regarding involuntary court-ordered mental health treatment programs and requested the Board stop funding Citywide Case Management / Community Focus.

President Yee opened the public hearing, and Supervisor Walton made opening remarks and indicated he would move to continue these matters to a future date. The President then inquired as to whether any individual wished to address the Committee of the Whole relating to the continuance of the street vacation in the Sunnydale HOPE SF project site. Ace Washington; spoke on various concerns. There were no other speakers. The President declared public comment on the continuance closed, adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Walton moved that this Hearing be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of January 29, 2019, at a 3:00 p.m. Special Order.

The Board approved various ordinances under the consent agenda, including an ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require a citywide project labor agreement applicable to certain types of public work or improvement projects (Ordinance No. 001-19). An ordinance authorizing an increase of the principal amount of the Power Enterprise’s Commercial Paper Program by $160,000,000 to finance and refinance various capital projects (Ordinance No. 002-19). An ordinance amending the Building Code to enact an expedited and streamlined permit process for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (Ordinance No. 003-19). Also passed were Ordinances No. 007-19, 011-19, 004-19, 006-19, and 009-19 related to planning codes for family child care, landmark designation, inactive advisory bodies, cannabis businesses and assessment appeals.

Mayor London Breed addressed the Board of Supervisors regarding the need for housing and homelessness, including two Ordinances she is introducing today that will assist in addressing the shelter crisis and other emergency programs and policies currently underway. Mayor Breed further addressed the Board regarding PG&E, including the findings of our current electrical network and legislative work that may be necessary to deliver clean and renewable energy to constituents in San Francisco. Although the topic submitted by the District 4 Supervisor was not received timely, Mayor Breed graciously agreed to move forward with the discussion on the referenced topic to meet the spirit of the authorizing legislation. Supervisor Mar began the discussion by asking about opportunities for public input on the City’s budget priorities. Mayor Breed responded by stating her directive to City departments on ensuring equity during the budget process and confirming there is a broad representation from constituents through targeted meetings and outreach.

Ordinance No. 010-19 authorized the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the City against the Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $760,000. Additionally, Ordinance No. 005-19 was passed, amending the Administrative Code to prohibit landlords of single-family homes and condominiums from circumventing eviction controls through rent increases and clarifying that rent increases intended to harass tenants may qualify as tenant harassment.

Ordinance No. 008-19 passed which amended the Municipal Elections Code to require that candidates for local elective office file their declaration of candidacy on the same date as they file their declaration of intention to accept or solicit campaign contributions.

Ordinances retroactively waiving banner fees for the Alzheimer’s Association and authorizing banner installations and fee waivers for APA Family Support Services were passed on first reading. A resolution was passed retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend an in-kind gift from Apple, Inc. Resolutions No. 022-19 through 027-19 were passed, approving lease agreements with Bun Mee, LLC, SSP America, Inc., Amy’s Kitchen Restaurant Operation Company, LLC, Paradies Lagardere @ SFO 2018 (F&B), LLC, Tastes on the Fly San Francisco, LLC, and Soaring Food Group, LLC for Terminal 1 food and beverage concessions. Resolution No. 028-19 retroactively authorized the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant from the California Air Resources Board, and Resolution No. 030-19 authorized a grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Lastly, several contracts for Technology Marketplace purchases were approved for various vendors including California Creative Solutions, Inc., CDW-Government LLC, Central Computers, Inc., ConvergeOne, Inc. etc (Res. No. 001-19 to 019-19).

The Board discussed and amended an ordinance related to HOME-SF project authorizations, including changes to the definition of “Development Application”. Additionally, an ordinance amending the Planning Code to allow Medical Cannabis Dispensaries (MCDs) to convert to Cannabis Retail Uses under the same conditions as MCDs that held valid final permits from the Department of Public Health was discussed, with Nicole Elliott, Director from the Office of Cannabis, providing input.

The Board receives and approves the bi-annual Housing Balance Report No. 6, dated May 10, 2018, and Report No. 7, dated September 20, 2018, submitted as required by Planning Code, Section 103 with Teresa Ojeda (Planning Department) providing additional information.

An ordinance was passed on first reading retroactively authorizing the Department on the Status of Women to accept and expend a grant for the Domestic Violence High-Risk Program and amending the Annual Salary Ordinance to provide for the addition of one grant-funded part-time position. Additionally, ordinances related to rezoning Mission Street and amending the General Plan to revise maps of the Downtown Area Plan and the Market and Octavia Area Plan were passed on first reading with a focus on impact fees and building uses.

The Board considered for the first time, multiple legislation items including several newly proposed ordinances. Items included, Ordinance [181185] regarding homelessness/behavioral health/affordable housing, Ordinance [190044] relating to light rail vehicles/energy audits, Ordinance [190045] relating to building, business, and tax regulations, Ordinance [190047] relating to homeless services/shelters, Ordinance [181212] relating to nonprofit first-right-to-purchase residential buildings, Ordinance [190048] related to building standards, Ordinance [190049] related to tourist usage under hotel conversion ordinance, Ordinance [190060] relating to grants related to domestic violence. They also discussed and approved several new proposed resolutions including items such as [190050] grants revocable permission to 650 Indiana St LLC, [190051/190052] relating to labor agreements for firefighters and police officers, [190053] LGBTQ leather-focused public pedestrian plaza space. Also discussed were item like [190054] housing preference requirements, [190055] agreements with pier 70, [190056] multifamily housing revenue notes, [190057] United States Census agreements, [190058] agreements with JC Decaux for restroom, [190061/190062] grants related to gun violence and grants to the United States Department of Justice, [190063] supporting California State Senate Bill No. 127(Wiener). Lastly multiple hearing request where received including items [190064] and [190065] relating to Five-Year Financial Plan, San Francisco General Hospital pricing policies. An additional hearing was scheduled [190028] at the request of a department