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February 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
City Attorney’s Office – MaryJane Winslow
Controller’s Office – Peg Stevenson
Members Absent
Supervisor Alioto-Pier’s Office – Catherine Stefani
Treasurer’s Office – Pauline Marx
Assessor’s Office – Zoon Nguyen
Other Attendees
Department of Public Health—Jim Soos
Coro Center for Civic Leadership—Sarah Ihmoud
Agenda
I. ROLL CALL
II. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Action Item: the Committee voted to approve the minutes of the January 22, 2007 meeting of the State Legislation Committee.
III. PROPOSED LEGISLATION
Action items: the Committee voted to have the City take the following positions on state legislation affecting the City and County of San Francisco.
A. Department of Public Health State Legislative Plan: this plan summarizes key legislative priorities for the 2007-2008 state legislative session.
Position taken: Support
B. AB 110 (Laird): state funding for needle exchange programs.
Position taken: Support
C. SB 119 (Cedillo): to expand Medi-Cal coverage for alcohol and drug treatment for minors.
Position taken: Support
D. AB 161 (Bass): to provide increased state funding for ex-offender re-entry programs.
Recommended Position: Support
E. Bill # TBA (Migden): to authorize an exchange of public trust lands on Treasure Island.
Position taken: Support
F. Bill # TBA (Leno): to establish a Treasure Island transportation management district.
Position taken: Support
G. AB 104 (Solorio): to require the Attorney General to provide criminal history information to city attorneys pursuing civil gang injunctions.
Position taken: Support
IV. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Discussion item: no items were suggested for future meetings.
V. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
Discussion item: no members of the public wished to comment.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
