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State Legislation Committee

March 10, 2004
10:00 am

City Hall, Room 288
MEETING MINUTES

I. ROLL CALL

    Members Present

    Joyce Newstat - Mayor's Office of Public Policy and Finance
    David Grenell - Supervisor Matt Gonzalez's Office
    David Owen - Supervisor Aaron Peskin's Office
    John Farrell - Assessor's Office
    Mary Jane Winslow - City Attorney's Office
    Peg Stevenson - Controller's Office
    Jay Banfield - Treasurer's Office

    Other Attendees
    Mark Westlund - Department of Environment
    Colleen Chawla - Department of Public Health
    Todd Rydstrom - Controller's Office
    Karen Hong - Administrative Services
    Eileen Shaw - Department of Aging and Adult Services
    Paula Jesson - City Attorney's Office
    Noelle Simmons - Mayor's Office
    Amiee Albertson - Mayor's Office

II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

    Action item: The Committee voted to approve the minutes of the February 11, 2004 meeting.

III. PROPOSED LEGISLATION

    Action items: The Committee unanimously agreed that the City would support the following state legislation:

    Mayor's Office

    A. Bill number pending (Leno): Authorizing San Francisco to enact a local Vehicle License Fee via ballot initiative.

    Department of Environment

    B. AB 1876 (Chan): To require testing and reporting on beach contamination along San Francisco Bay.

      Note: the Committee agreed to support the bill if amended to address the concerns of the Department of Public Health regarding the content and frequency of testing.

    Department of Public Health

    C. SB 1159 (Vasconcellos): To allow adults to purchase up to 10 syringes at one time without a prescription.

    Assessor's Office

    D. AB 2857 (Nunez): To authorize counties to adopt local legislation that would require additional information on applications for an assessment reduction of property value.

    City Attorney's Office

    E. AB 2867 (Nunez): To reduce the practice of requiring tenants to check out of SRO's prior to 30 days of occupancy in order to prevent tenants from obtaining residency.

IV. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

    Discussion item: the Committee discussed the possibility to place discussion of pending state bond measures on the agenda for the April 14 meeting.

V. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

No members of the public offered public comment.

VI. ADJOURNMENT