September 11, 2013
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
11:00am
City Hall, Room 201
MEMBERS:
Mayor’s Office (Chair) – Jason Elliott (Tamsen Drew)
Supervisor Chiu – Judson True
Supervisor Farrell – Jess Montejano
City Attorney’s Office – Mary Jane Winslow
Treasurer’s Office – Greg Kato
Assessor’s Office – Trisha Prashad
Controller’s Office – Michelle Allersma (Drew Murrell)
MINUTES
I. ROLL CALL
Elliott, True, Montejano, Winslow, Kato, Prashad, Murrell present.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 8-14-2013 (Action Item)
No public comment. Approved 7-0.
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.
MAYOR
a. AB 483 (Ting): Taxes, Fees, Assessments, and Charges
Recommended position: Support
Clarifies that Business Improvement Districts, like Property-based Improvement Districts, are exempt from Prop. 26’s supermajority-vote requirement.
No public comment. Position of “support” adopted 7-0.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
a. SB 461 (Leno): State Tide and Submerged Lands
Recommended position: Support
Appropriates between $6 and $10 million a year to state agencies for activities that prepare, plan and implement measures to address and adapt to sea level rise and coastal climate change.
No public comment. Position of “support, and advocate for appropriation of funds to go directly to local governments” adopted 7-0.
OFFICE OF THE TREASURER & TAX COLLECTOR
a. AB 792 (Mullin):Utility User Tax: Exemption: Distributed Generation Systems
Recommended Action: For Discussion
Creates an exemption from a local utility user tax through 2019 for electricity generated from a clean energy source on the premise of a customer. This could reduce UUT revenues in the coming years. AB 792 offers an incentive that may be consistent with the City’s Climate Action Plan.
No public comment. No action taken.
IV. 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.
No public comment.
V. ADJOURNMENT
Room 288 of City Hall is located at 1 Dr. Carton B. Goodlett Place, and is wheelchair accessible. The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible Muni lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness, as well as Muni Metro stations at Van Ness and Civic Center. For more information about Muni accessible services, call 923-6142. There is accessible parking at the Civic Center Plaza garage.
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Donna Hall at Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102, by phone at 415-554-7724, by fax at 415-554-7854, or email the Sunshine Ordinance Taskforce Administrator at sotf@sfgov.org. Citizens may obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance by contacting the Task Force, or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at www.sfgov.org/sunshine.
The ringing and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devises are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.
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.
