Overview
(A portion of the BIC Litigation Committee meeting (item 3 on the agenda) will be held in Closed Session. The Committee will take public comment regarding Item 2 prior to going into Closed Session. After the Committee reconvenes in open session, the Committee will hear general public comment in Item 3, and will hear public comment on item 4 as well. Members of the public who address the Commission have the discretion on whether or not they wish to identify themselves for the record.)
Members of the BIC Litigation Committee will attend this meeting in-person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or remotely online as described below. Members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every item.
In addition to in-person public comment, the Building Inspection Commission will hear up to 20 minutes of remote public comment on each agenda item. The Building Inspection Commission will hear remote public comment on each item in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on the item. Because of the 20-minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote public comment. Remote public comment from people who have received an accommodation due to disability (as described below) will not count toward the 20-minute limit.
Agenda
- Call to order and roll call
- Election of Chair of the Litigation Committee
- Closed session
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c) and the San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d)(2).
a. Public Comment on all matters pertaining to the Closed Session.
b. Possible Action to convene a Closed Session.
c. Conference with legal counsel
Investigation and/or Litigation:
As plaintiff (Active and/or Monitored): 49 cases
As defendant: 0 cases
Review and possible action regarding Department of Building Inspection’s referrals to the City Attorney’s Office from the CED/HIS and DAD Divisions.
d. Discussion and possible action to set a meeting and identify items that could be placed on the agenda of future meetings of the Committee.
e. Reconvene in Open Session to vote on whether to disclose any or all discussions held in Closed Session (Administrative Code Section 67.12 (a)) and to disclose any direction or approval given to the City Attorney to prosecute a case (Administrative Code Section 67.12(b)).
- Public comment
The BIC will take public comment on matters within the Commission’s jurisdiction that are not part of this agenda.
- Adjournment
Date & Time
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Department of Building Inspection
DBI49 South Van Ness Avenue
5th floor, Room 544
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
Online
Webex Webinar Password: 1012
Phone
Documents
Litigation Committee agenda 10-12-2023
Submit a public comment before the meeting
Submit a public comment before the meeting
If you cannot attend live, you may submit written comments regarding a calendared item to the BIC Commission Secretary, Sonya Harris, at sonya.harris@sfgov.org.
Comments submitted by 5 pm the Tuesday before the meeting will be included in the record. These written comments shall be made a part of the official public record and these comments will be brought to the attention of the members of the Building Inspection Commission. (Twenty copies are necessary.) This is pursuant to Section 67.7-1(c) of the San Francisco Administrative Code.
Call in and make a public comment during the meeting
Call in and make a public comment during the meeting
Each member of the public may address the Commission once for up to two minutes on any agenda item.
Follow these steps to call in
- Call 415-655-0001 and enter the meeting ID
- Press #
- Press # again to be connected to the meeting (you will hear a beep)
Make a public comment
- After you've joined the call, listen to the meeting and wait until it's time for public comment
- When the clerk announces it's time for public comment, dial *3 to get added to the speaker line
- You will hear “You have raised your hand to ask a question. Please wait to speak until the host calls on you"
- When you hear "Your line has been unmuted," you can make your public comment
When you call
- Make sure you're in a quiet place
- Speak slowly and clearly
- Turn off any TVs or radios
Sunshine Ordinance
Sunshine Ordinance
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 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 more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force:
- By mail at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco, CA 94102-4689
- By phone at 415-554-7854
- By email at sotf@sfgov.org
Disability access for in-person meetings
Disability access for in-person meetings
The meeting will be held at the City Hall Building, located at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, 4th Floor, Room 416.
The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at 8th (at the United Nations Plaza) and Market Streets.
Accessible MUNI/Metro lines servicing this location are the J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval, M-Ocean view, and N-Judah at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; 9-San Bruno, 71-Haight, and 42-Downtown bus lines. For information about MUNI accessible services, call 415-923-6142.
The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible. Accessible curbside parking spaces have been designated on the Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street perimeters of City Hall for mobility-impaired persons. There is accessible parking available within the Civic Center Underground Parking Garage at the corner of McAllister and Polk Streets, and within the Performing Arts Parking Garage at Grove and Franklin Streets.
Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available. Assistive Listening devices will be available at the meeting.
To request a sign language interpreter, reader, materials in alternative formats, or other accommodations for a disability, please contact the Commission Secretary, Sonya Harris 628-652-3510. Providing 72 hours notice will help to ensure availability.
Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call 628-652-3510 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such persons, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
Cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices
Cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices
The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair or the Interim Chair may order the removal from the meeting of anyone responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.
Language access
Language access
To request an interpreter for a specific item during the meeting, please contact the Commission Secretary, Sonya Harris, at 628-652-3510 or by email at sonya.harris@sfgov.org at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing.
For questions about the Language Access Ordinance, please contact OCEIA at 415-581-2360 and ask for the Executive Director or Language Access Compliance Officer.
Minutes
Minutes
Minutes are posted online 10 days after approval by the BIC.
Lobbying activity
Lobbying activity
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance to register and report lobbying activity.
For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, contact the Ethics Commission:
- Mail: 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102
- Telephone: 415-252-3100
- Fax 415-252- 3112
- Website: sfethics.org
Political contributions
Political contributions
SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code section 1.127 prohibits any person with a financial interest in certain land use matters from making a political contribution to any committee controlled by an individual currently holding, or seeking election to, the office of Mayor, Supervisor, or City Attorney.
Solicitation or acceptance of such a contribution is also prohibited.
Be aware that certain matters pending before or acted upon by the Building Inspection Commission may constitute land use matters under section 1.127.
Please visit sfethics.org to learn more about whether your involvement in such matters affects your ability to make political contributions, or contact the Ethics Commission at ethics.commission@sfgov.org or 415-252-3100.
Ramaytush Ohlone Land acknowledgement
Ramaytush Ohlone Land acknowledgement
The Building Inspection Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders, and Relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.