April 10, 2013

MEMBERS:
Mayor’s Office (Chair) – Jason Elliott (Kelly Pretzer)
Supervisor Chiu – Judson True
Supervisor Seat 2 – Vacant
City Attorney’s Office – Mary Jane Winslow
Treasurer’s Office – Greg Kato
Assessor’s Office – Trisha Prashad
Controller’s Office – Michelle Allersma (Drew Murrell)

AGENDA

I. ROLL CALL

Judson True and Michelle Allersma joined after approval of minutes

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 3-13-2013 (Action Item)

Approved 4-0

III. PROPOSED LEGISLATION (Discussion and Action)
Discussion and possible action item: the Committee with review and discuss state legislation affecting the City and County of San Francisco. Items are listed by Department, then by bill number.

Discussion and possible action item: the Committee with review and discuss state legislation affecting the City and County of San Francisco. Items are listed by Department, then by bill number.

 
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
a. AB 1273 (Ting) – Piers 30-32 Revitalization Act
Recommended position: Sponsor
Would authorize the use of Piers 30-32 trust lands for a project that includes a multi-purpose venue.

b. AB 229 (Perez) – Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District
Recommended position: Support
Would authorize the creation of an infrastructure and revitalization financing district and the issuance of debt with 2/3 voter approval.

c. AB 416 (Gordon) – Local Emissions Reduction Program
Recommended position: Support
Would create the Local Emission Reduction Program.

d. SB 470 (Wright) – Local Government Economic Development
Recommended position: Support
Would authorize local governments and partner-agencies to pursue a range of economic development activities.

e. SB 603 (Leno) – Tenant Security Deposit Bill of Rights
Recommended position: Support
This bill would require the court to award statutory damages to tenants in specified cases. Would also require rental deposits to be held in a separate account from the landlord's personal funds.

f. SB 635 (Leno) – Local Determination of Extended Beverage Service Hours
Recommended position: Support
Would allow local city or county government to apply to Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control to authorize the selling, giving, delivering, or purchasing of alcohol at licensed premises between 2am and 4am.

g. SCA 3 (Leno) – 55% Parcel Tax Approval Threshold
Recommended position: Support
Would change the approval threshold for a parcel tax for a school district, community college district, or county office of education from 2/3 to 55%.
Items (a) through (g) approved 6-0

ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT

a. AB 36 (Dahle) – Probation Officer: Appointments
Recommended position: Oppose
Would require that each Chief Probation Officer be appointed and removed by the county Board of Supervisors, in consultation with the district’s Presiding Judge.
Continued to call of the chair 5-1 (Ayes: Judson True, Mary Jane Winslow, Greg Kato, Trisha Prashad, Michelle Allersma; No: Jason Elliot)

CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

a. AB 683 (Mullin) – Fines and Penalties Assessments
Recommended position: Request Amendments
Would authorize a city or county to specially assess or record a notice of lien for fines or penalties related to ordinance violations that constitute a threat to public health or safety.
Approved 6-0

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

a. SB 580 (Leno) – Trauma Recovery Center Grants
Recommended position: Support
Would authorize the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to administer a program to award up to $2mil in grants to trauma centers.

b. SBX1-3 (Hernandez) – California Health Benefits Exchange “Bridge Plan”
Recommended position: Support
Would create a low-cost “bridge plan” for qualified enrollees through the California Health Benefits Exchange, Covered California.
Items (a) and (b) approved 6-0

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

a. AB 300 (Perea) – 911 Fees
Recommended position: Support
Would include a fee to support 9-1-1 services in the cost of pre-paid phone cards.
Continued to call of the chair 6-0

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

a. AB 635 (Ammiano) – Drug Overdose Treatment
Recommended position: Support
Would decriminalize prescription of opioid antagonists.
Approved 6-0

b. SB 62 (Price) – Coroners: Reporting Requirements
Recommended position: Support
Would require the county coroner to report when he or she receives information that indicates a death may be the result of prescription drug use.

c. SB 400 (Jackson) – Employment Protections
Recommended position: Oppose
Would require specific accommodations for victims of stalking, including transfer, reassignment, modified schedule and installing locks.
Items (b) and (c) continued one month 6-0.
DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES
a. AB 471 (Atkins) – Medi-Cal
Recommended position: Support
Would delete a limitation on number of PACE contracts.

b. SB 740 (Padilla) – Telecommunications: California Advanced Services Fund
Recommended position: Support
Would increase funding for the California Advanced Services Fund.

c. AB 1299 (Bradford) – Telecommunications: California Advanced Services Fund
Recommended position: Support
Would allow the California Advanced Services Fund to support adoption.

d. AB 581 (Ammiano) – Retaliation: Residential Care Facilities
Recommended position: Support
Would prohibit an adult residential facility licensee, or officer or employee of the licensee, from discriminating or retaliating in any manner against a resident of the facility, or against any employee of the facility, on the basis that the person or employee has initiated or participated in the filing of a complaint, grievance, or a request for inspection with the Department of Social Services or the local or state Ombudsman.

e. SB 612 (Leno) – Tenancy Rights for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking
Recommended position: support
Would authorize a tenant to notify the landlord that he/she or a household member is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, abuse of an elder or dependent adult, or Human Trafficking and intends to terminate the tenancy.

f. AB 776 (Yamada) – Medi-Cal
Recommended position: Support
Would add Area Agencies on Aging and Independent Living Centers as stakeholders in the Governor’s Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI).
Items (a) through (f) approved 6-0.

HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY

a. AB 271 (Mitchell) - CalWORKS
Recommended position: Support
Would eliminate the Maximum Family Grant rule.

b. AB 419 (Lowenthal) – CalWORKS
Recommended position: Support
Would ensure equal treatment for very ill children whose families are receiving CalWORKs support, regardless of the type of hospital in which they are placed.

c. SB 283 (Hancock) – CalWORKS and CalFresh eligibility
Recommended position: Support
Would allow individuals previously convicted of a drug felony, who meet all other eligibility rules, to receive basic needs services, employment training
and work support through the CalWORKs and CalFresh programs, provided that they are complying with the conditions of probation or parole, or have successfully completed their probation or parole.
Items (a) through (c) approved 6-0

ARTS COMMISSION

a. AB 580 (Nazarian) – California Arts Commission
Recommended position: Support
Would increase the State’s allocation to the CAC to $75 million.
Approved 6-0
MAYOR’S OFFICE OF HOUSING
a. AB 639 (Perez) – Veterans’ Housing and Homeless Prevention Act
Recommended position: Support
Would re-purpose CalVet bond funds for use in veteran multi-family housing project that target homeless and low income veterans.

b. AB 523 (Ammiano, Brown) – Department of Housing and Community Development: loans
Recommended position: Support
Would allow HCD to reduce the interest rate on any loan issued by the department to a rental housing development to as low as 0% if the development meets specified requirements.

c. AB 1051 (Bocanegra) – Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Recommended position: Support
Would appropriate an unspecified sum from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to be allocated to HCD to provide loans for the development and construction of housing development projects.

d. AB 1229 (Atkins) – Inclusionary Housing
Recommended position: Support
Would authorize the legislative body of any city or county to adopt ordinances to establish, as a condition of development, inclusionary housing requirements.
City Attorney offered amendments, accepted 6-0

e. SB 391 (DeSaulnier) - California Homes and Jobs Act of 2013
Recommended position: Support
Would impose a feeof $75 to be paid at the time of the recording of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded. The bill would require that revenues from this fee be expended for supporting affordable housing, and administering housing programs.
Items (a) through (e) approved as amended 6-0.

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

 
a. AB 728 (Muratsuchi) – Land use: school advertising displays
Recommended position: Oppose
Would authorize the governing board of a school district, by a 2/3 vote of its members, to render a city or county zoning ordinance that applies to an advertising display inapplicable to nonclassroom facilities.
Approved 6-0.

b. AB 380 (Dickinson) – CEQA: noticing
Recommended position: Oppose
Would require notices be filed with both the State Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk. Bill would require the county clerk to post the notices within one business day, and for the posting to remain for at least 30 days.
Continued to call of the chair 6-0.

IV. PROPOSED STATE POLICY AGENDA – (Discussion and Action) Discussion and possible action item: the Committee will review and discuss proposed state policy agendas. Proposed state policy agendas for review and possible adoption will be listed by submitting department, then specific policy item.
Mayor’s Office– Recommended position: Support
a. Infrastructure Financing Districts

Approved 6-0.

V. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Discussion item: members of the public may address the Committee on items of interest that are within the Committee’s subject matter jurisdiction.

VI. ADJOURNMENT

 

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Public Comment will be taken on each item.

 

 

 

 

Documents that may have been provided to members of the State Legislation Committee in connection with the items on the agenda include proposed state legislation, consultant reports, correspondence and reports from City departments, and public correspondence. These may be inspected by contacting Renee Willette, Deputy Director of Legislative & Government Affairs, Mayor’s Office at: (415) 554-6971.

 

 

 

 

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