Locally you can weigh in on the subdivided property at 95 Nordhoff (the tree will stay rooted) or advocate for funds for the the Sussex/Elk crossing.
Citywide, the Transportation Authority Board will hear how SFMTA will handle traffic at the new basketball arena (don’t drive and don’t have a heart attack). + D8 Supe Mandelman has called a special hearing Friday to learn more about the availability of mental health and substance abuse treatment for people in the criminal justice system. (That’s also the day the BOS will discuss the restrictions on Juul. Smoke all the weed you want, but don’t vape it, apparently.) As always, if you attend, please send us a summary.
Careful readers will remember that last week the City Controller’s Office issued a report on the Healthy Streets Operation Center. I’m still muddling through it so can’t give a summary, but click here to wade through the bureaucrat-ese yourself!
The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, April 8, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, April 8, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
The Transportation Authority Board will meet Tuesday, April 9, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
- The Authority will vote on allocating funds for the improvements at Sussex and Elk.
The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, April 9, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
The SFMTA Operations and Customer Service Committee will meet Tuesday, April 9, 3:30 p.m., at 1 S. Van Ness Ave., 7th fl. Agenda
- Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding The SFMTA’s plans to address the influx of passengers due to the upcoming opening of the Chase (Warriors) Center in Mission Bay. Slide presentation
The SFMTA Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, April 9, 6 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. Agenda
The BOS Budget and Finance Subcommittee will meet Wednesday, April 10, 10 a.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
The BOS Budget and Finance Committee will meet Wednesday, April 10, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
The SFMTA Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation (ISCOTT) will meet Thursday, April 11, 9 a.m., at 1 S. Van Ness Ave., 7th floor. See agenda and supporting documents here.
The BOS Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will meet Thursday, April 11, 10 a.m, in City Hall, room 263. Agenda
The Planning Commission will meet Thursday, April 11, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 400. Agenda
- As previously reported in CAH, Supe Mandelman is proposing some Planning Code changes that would make it slightly easier to build a second building on through lots, among other things. Read it here. Planning staff recommends the Commission approve with modifications.
- 95 Nordoff
2018-015554CUA (G. PANTOJA: (415) 575-8741) 95 NORDHOFF STREET – between Stillings and Mangels Avenues, Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block 6763 (District 13) – Request a Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning Code Sections 121 and 303 for the subdivision of an existing lot currently containing a singlefamily dwelling unit into four new lots, two which will be substandard lots, within a RH-1 (Residential House, One-Family) Zoning District and 40-X Height and Bulk District. The proposal will also individually develop two of the proposed four lots with a single-family dwelling unit, for a total of three single-family dwelling units, and alter the existing singlefamily dwelling unit. This action constitutes the Approval Action for the project for the purposes of CEQA, pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 31.04(h). Preliminary Recommendation: Approve with Conditions
This is the property that Mr. Pantaleoni (of Kotas Pantaleoni Architecture, which did some of the interesting houses on Laidley and the less interesting condos on Church and 28th) wanted to subdivide into four lots. Neighbors protested the loss of a redwood tree and the original structure, so a compromise has been made that includes two non-conforming lots. I assume that’s why there’s a CUA? (Tree and original house will stand.) There are plans for the lots/houses in the document. Feel free to email us a summary!
The BOS Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will hold a special meeting Friday, April 12, 1 p.m, in City Hall, room 263. Agenda
MANDELMAN LEGISLATION
The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, April 8, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
The following legislation is submitted under the “30-Day Rule,” meaning it must be proposed 30 days before any hearing. The 30-Day Rule legislation is reserved for proposals that would “create or revise major city policy.”
- 190248 [Planning Code – Uses in the Upper Market NCT and NCT-3 Zoning Districts] Sponsor: Mandelman
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to revise the NCT-3 (Moderate-Scale Neighborhood Commercial Transit) District controls to allow Arts Activities, Philanthropic Administrative Services, and Public Facilities as a principal use on all stories, revise the Upper Market Neighborhood Commercial Transit (NCT) District controls to allow Arts Activities and Institutional Uses as a principal use on the first and second stories and as a conditional use on the third story and above and to allow General Entertainment as a principal use on the first and second stories, modify the requirements for liquor stores and bars in the NCT-3 and Upper Market Street NCT Districts, add additional conditional use criteria for liquor stores and require liquor stores to comply with standard location and operating conditions, and add additional uses to the definition of Open Air Sales; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and general welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. 3/5/19; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Land Use and Transportation Committee. 3/12/19; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, April 9, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
- 181188 [Administrative Code – Implicit Bias Training – Department Heads and Commissioners] Sponsors: Stefani; Ronen, Walton, Mar, Brown, Haney, Safai and Mandelman
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require department heads and members of City boards and commissions to complete implicit bias training by December 31, 2019; to require newly appointed department heads and members of City boards and commissions to complete implicit bias training within 60 days of assuming office; and to require the Department of Human Resources to provide the training. 04/02/2019; PASSED ON FIRST READING. Question: Shall this Ordinance be FINALLY PASSED?
- 190143 [Administrative Code – Harvey Milk Terminal Signage at San Francisco International Airport] Sponsors: Ronen; Mandelman, Mar and Haney
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to set the minimum size of lettering for exterior and interior signage for the Harvey Milk Terminal, Terminal 1 of the San Francisco International Airport. (Fiscal Impact) 03/19/2019; RE-REFERRED to the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee. Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
The following items will be considered by the Government Audit & Oversight Committee at a Regular Meeting on Thursday, April 4, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. The Chair intends to request the Committee to send the following items as Committee Reports on Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
- 190286 [De-Appropriation and Re-Appropriation – Public Utilities Commission Water Enterprise Fund Balance – Payment of Unlitigated Claim of Sambou Makalou – $124,523.97] Sponsor: Mandelman
Ordinance de-appropriating $124,523.97 from the Wastewater Enterprise Fund Balance and re-appropriating the same amount to the Water Enterprise Fund Balance for the Public Utilities Commission to fund the settlement of the unlitigated claim of Sambou Makalou. Question: Shall this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING?
- 190319 [Opposing California State Senate Bill No. 50 (Wiener) – Housing Development: Incentives – Unless Amended] Sponsors: Mar; Mandelman, Yee, Fewer, Peskin, Walton and Ronen
Resolution opposing California State Senate Bill No. 50, authored by Senator Scott Wiener, which would undermine community participation in planning for the well-being of the environment and the public good, prevent the public from recapturing an equitable portion of the economic benefits conferred to private interests, and significantly restrict San Francisco’s ability to protect vulnerable communities from displacement and gentrification, unless further amended. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
- 190380 [Urging a Full Pardon of Kang Hen and to Vacate His Plea to Remain in the United States] Sponsors: Walton; Peskin, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Fewer, Brown, Ronen and Yee
Resolution urging the Honorable Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, to grant Kang Hen a full pardon, and the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office to vacate his plea to allow him to remain in the United States with his family. 04/03/2019; REFERRED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. Question: Shall this Resolution be ADOPTED?
The BOS Budget and Finance Subcommittee will meet Wednesday, April 10, 1 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda
- 181212 [Administrative, Business and Tax Regulations Codes – Nonprofit Organizations’ First-Right-to-Purchase Multi-Family Residential Buildings] Sponsors: Fewer; Ronen, Haney, Mar, Walton, Safai, Peskin, Mandelman, Brown, Yee and Stefani
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to confer upon certain nonprofit organizations a first-right-to-purchase, consisting of both a right of first offer and a right of first refusal, over all multi-family residential buildings (and related construction sites and vacant lots) in the City, for the purpose of creating and preserving rent-restricted affordable rental housing, and to establish related procedures for the selection of such nonprofits, the preservation of rent-restricted affordable housing, and implementation and enforcement; amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to exempt rent-restricted affordable housing created under this ordinance from increased rates of transfer tax; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. 12/11/18; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Rules Committee. 12/27/18; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. 1/15/19; SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED to the Rules Committee. 2/28/19; TRANSFERRED to the Budget and Finance Committee. 3/6/19; TRANSFERRED to the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee. 3/14/19; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. 4/1/19; RESPONSE RECEIVED. 4/3/19; AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. 4/3/19; CONTINUED AS AMENDED.
- 190291 [Accept and Expend Grant – Retroactive – California Department of Health Care Services – Homeless Mentally Ill Outreach and Treatment Grant – $3,179,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman and Stefani
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the total amount of $3,179,000 from the California Department of Health Care Services to participate in a program, entitled “Homeless Mentally Ill Outreach and Treatment,” for the period of January 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, and waiving indirect costs. (Public Health Department) 3/12/19; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee.
The BOS Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will meet Thursday, April 11, 10 a.m, in City Hall, room 263. Agenda
- 190164 [Police Code – Acceptance of Cash by Brick-and-Mortar Businesses] Sponsors: Brown; Fewer, Walton, Peskin, Safai, Mandelman, Ronen and Yee
Ordinance amending the Police Code to require, in general, that brick-and-mortar businesses accept payment in cash in connection with the purchase of goods and services other than professional services. 2/12/19; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. 2/20/19; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT. 3/4/19; RESPONSE RECEIVED. 3/19/19; SUBSTITUTED AND ASSIGNED to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. 3/27/19; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT.
The BOS Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will hold a special meeting Friday, April 12, 1 p.m, in City Hall, room 263. Agenda
- 190124 [Hearing – Access to Treatment and Services for Jail Population] Sponsor: Mandelman
Hearing to discuss the availability of mental health services and drug treatment for the jail and justice-involved population; and requesting the San Francisco Collaborative Courts, District Attorney, Public Defender, Sheriff, Adult Probation, Jail Re-entry Services, Department of Public Health, and Citywide Case Management to report. 1/29/19; RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. 2/6/19; REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT.
