State Legislation Committee

March 21, 2007

3:00 pm

City Hall, Room 288

Meeting Minutes

Members Present

Mayor’s Office (Chair) – Amiee Albertson
Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s Office – David Noyola
Supervisor Alioto-Pier’s Office – Catherine Stefani
City Attorney’s Office – MaryJane Winslow
Treasurer’s Office – Pauline Marx

Assessor’s Office – Zoon Nguyen

Members Absent

Controller’s Office – Peg Stevenson

Other Attendees

MTA – Judson True

DPW – Anna LaForte

Elections – Linda Tulett

PUC – Nathan Purkiss

AGENDA

I. ROLL CALL

II. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

Action Item: the Committee approved the minutes of the February 21, 2007 and March 2, 2007 meetings of the State Legislation Committee.

III. PROPOSED LEGISLATION

Action items: the Committee voted to take the following positions on state legislation affecting the City and County of San Francisco.

A. AB 1686 (Leno): to provide improved protection to Parking Control Officers.

Position Taken: Support

B. AB xxx (Ma): to improve transit efficiency though authorization of bus-only lanes and photo-enforcement of parking violations.

Position Taken: tabled until the next Committee meeting

C. SB 445 (Torlakson): to create the Road User Task Force to study the gas tax.

Position Taken: Support

D. SB 446 (Yee): to create a state grant program for micro-enterprise.

Position Taken: Support

E. SB 967 (Simitian): to allow counties to subtract the number of permanent absentee voters from the total number of voters in a precinct when calculating the maximum number of voters allowable by law (1,000) in a precinct.

Position Taken: Support

F. AB 1451 (Leno): to extend the existing property tax benefit for installing photovoltaic panels on properties from fiscal year 2008/09 to fiscal year 2015/16.

Position Taken: Support

G. SB 376 (Migden): to clarify standing for city attorneys to bring unfair competition actions.

Position Taken: Support

IV. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

Discussion item: David Noyola inquired about Leno legislation to implement a local Vehicle License Fee. Chair Albertson stated that she was aware of that bill, and recommended that it be considered as a Board of Supervisors resolution instead.