17 NEW PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS FOR NOV. 4th SF BALLOT

Dear Everyone;
Listed below are all the proposed Charter Amendments for the November San Francisco ballot. To go on the ballot as a charter amendment 6 supervisors must vote yes. They have until July 24 to say aye or nay. Please read over the proposed initiatives and call your district supervisors office if you think they should know how you feel about the measures and how they should vote to continue to have your support. :slight_smile:

Ron Getty - SF Libertarian
Hostis res Publica

Board Members:
  * District 1 Jake McGoldrick
  * District 2 Michela Alioto-Pier
  * District 3 Aaron Peskin*
  * District 4 Carmen Chu
  * District 5 Ross Mirkarimi
  * District 6 Chris Daly
  * District 7 Sean Elsbernd
  * District 8 Bevan Dufty
  * District 9 Tom Ammiano
  * District 10 Sophie Maxwell
  * District 11 Gerardo Sandoval
http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=80915
Charter Amendments

080618 [Board of Supervisors Aides]
Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 2.117, to authorize a third aide for members of the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee. 5/9/08, Referred to departments for review and comments (see file for dept. list). SUBSTITUTED. Supervisor McGoldrick submitted a substitute charter amendment bearing new title. RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning CEQA determination. RESPONSE RECEIVED. Planning CEQA determination. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080638 [Creating an Independent Rate Payer Advocate to review and recommend utility service rates proposed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 8B.128, to require the City Administrator to appoint an Independent Rate Payer Advocate, and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of the Independent Rate Payer Advocate. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080639 [Retirement system credit for unpaid parental leave]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by: adding Sections A8.523 through A8.523-7, to allow retirement system credit for eligible safety members who have taken unpaid parental leave while employed with the City and County; amending Sections A8.559-10, A8.585-10, A8.586-10, A8.588-10, A8.595-10, A8.596-10, A8.597-10, and A8.598-10, relating to computation of service credit for a period of unpaid parental leave; and amending Sections A8.559-11, A8.585-11, A8.586-11, A8.588-11, A8.595-11, A8.596-11, A8.597-11, and A8.598-11, relating to the source of funds for eligible safety members who elect to purchase service credit for a period of unpaid parental leave. Supervisor Alioto-Pier presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080640 [Ordinances and Resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors under the Community Redevelopment Law]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 2.15 and 3.103, to modify the procedures for adoption of ordinances and resolutions when the Board of Supervisors acts as the local legislative body under the Community Redevelopment Law. Supervisor Daly presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080641 [Pier 70 Maritime District plan approval and financing; priorities for use of Port funds; Port agreements with other City departments]
Draft Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by: amending Section B6.406 to update the priorities for use of Port funds; adding Section B7.310 to authorize the Board of Supervisors to approve a financial and land use plan for a Pier 70 Maritime District submitted by the Port, which may include financing or incentives for Pier 70 waterfront improvements; and adding Section B7.320 to require appropriations for certain agreements between the Port and other City departments submitted by the Mayor to the Board of Supervisors and approved by the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Maxwell presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080642 [Raising the number of signatures required to qualify a recall petition for member of the Board of Supervisors]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 14.103, to raise the number of signatures required to qualify a recall petition for member of the Board of Supervisors from 10 percent of the registered voters of the district to 20 percent. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080643 [City Elections In Even-Numbered Years]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 2.101 and 13.101 and Article XVII to change the election cycle for the offices of Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney and Treasurer so that these offices will be elected in even-numbered years; and to amend the definition of general municipal election so that such elections occur only in even-numbered years. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080644 [Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors; Parking Authority Commission]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 8A.102, 8A.112, and 15.105 to divide the power to nominate members of the Municipal Transportation Agency's Board of Directors between the Mayor, the President of the Board of Supervisors, and the Controller, subject to confirmation of all nominations by the Board of Supervisors, setting the compensation of members of the Board of Directors at $1,000 per month, and fixing the status of the Board of Directors as members of the Parking Authority Commission. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080645 [Prohibition on City employees serving as members of Charter boards and commissions]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 4.101, to prohibit City employees from serving as members of boards and commissions created in the Charter. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080646 [Eliminating the Police Department minimum staffing requirement]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 4.127 and 16.123, to eliminate the Police Department minimum staffing requirement. Supervisor McGoldrick presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080647 [Commission on the Environment]
Draft Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 4.118, to clarify the authority of the Commission on the Environment to consider environmental justice issues and to review City building and land use policies for environmental sustainability; and allowing the Commission to investigate and make recommendations to City agencies regarding climate change. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080648 [Energy Security, Cost Reduction and Environmental Protection]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County by amending Sections 8B.120, 8B.123, and 9.107 to address the need to change electricity production, delivery, and use to ensure environmentally sustainable and affordable electric supplies for residents, businesses, and City departments and to require the Public Utilities Commission to comprehensively study and determine the most effective means of providing clean, sustainable, reliable and reasonably-priced electric service to San Francisco residents, businesses and City departments. Supervisor Mirkarimi presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080649 [Promoting and Sustaining Music and Culture in San Francisco]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 16.128, which is designed to promote music and culture in San Francisco by establishing a music and culture sustainability policy and incorporating those principles into the General Plan of the City and County; and amending Section 4.106 to provide that the Board of Appeals shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals involving entertainment-related permits and events under the jurisdiction of the Recreation and Park Commission or Department. Supervisors Mirkarimi, Ammiano presented. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080650 [Creating a Landmarks Preservation Board]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 4.105 and adding Section 4.135 to establish an independent Landmarks Preservation Board with authority to: recommend approval, disapproval or modification to the Board of Supervisors of landmark, historic district, and conservation district designations under the Planning Code and historical property contracts under Chapter 71 of the Administrative Code without referral to the Planning Commission; approve, disapprove, or modify certificates of appropriateness as set forth in Article 10 of the Planning Code; approve, disapprove, or modify permits for major alterations as set forth in Article 11 of the Planning Code; and take such other actions on matters as may be prescribed by ordinance. Supervisor Peskin presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.

080651 [Policy regarding budget set-asides]
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 9.119 to: (1) establish as official City policy that the voters will not approve new set-asides or other mandated levels of spending without identifying a new funding source for the program, and that the duration and any annual growth in the set-aside or mandated level of spending be limited; and (2) require that the voter information pamphlet include a specific Controller's analysis of the fiscal impact of a proposed new set-aside. Mayor presented.ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Rules Committee.