March 23, 2022 State Legislation Committee Meeting

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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    Overview

    MEMBERS:
    Mayor’s Office (Chair) – Edward McCaffrey
    Supervisor Dean Preston – Preston Kilgore
    Supervisor Connie Chan -- Ian Fregosi
    Assessor’s Office -- Holly Lung
    City Attorney’s Office -- Rebekah Krell
    Controller’s Office -- Dan Kaplan
    Treasurer’s Office -- Eric Manke

    Agenda

    1. Approval of meeting minutes

      Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes from the meeting of February 23, 2022

    2. State lobbyist overview and update

      The City’s state lobbyist will present to the Committee an update on State legislative matters.

    3. Proposed legislation

      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.

    4. New business

      Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development

      Presenter: Sheila Nickolopoulos

      AB 2094 (Rivas): General plan: Annual report: Extremely low-income housing

      Recommended Position: Support

      Existing law requires a city or county to adopt a general plan, which includes a housing element. The local planning department reports annually on the city or county’s progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs (RHNA) and local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing. AB 2094 would additionally require this annual report to include the locality’s progress in meeting the housing needs of extremely low-income (ELI) households. By requiring cities and counties to include additional information in their annual reports, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

      San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

      Presenter: Rebecca Peacock

      AB 1814 (Grayson): Transportation electrification: community choice aggregators

      Recommended Position: Support

      This bill would authorize Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) to file applications for transportation electrification programs and investments with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). AB 1814 will provide fair access for all ratepayers to these important funds. The SFPUC recommends a support position on AB 1814. 2

      Department on the Status of Women

      Presenter: Elise Hansel

      SB 975 (Min): Debt: coerced debts: right of action

      Recommended Position: Support

      Economic coercion plays a significant role in domestic violence and other forms of abuse, yet current law does not provide adequate protection for victims. SB 975 will establish consumer and credit protections for individuals who have been coerced into taking on debt without their knowledge or consent.

      Department of Public Health

      Presenters: Max Gara & Sneha Patil

      SB 1035 (Eggman): Mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment

      Recommended Position: Support

      SB 1035 would clarify that medication can be included as part of a treatment plan ordered under assisted outpatient treatment (AOT). DPH recommends a support position on this bill, as the change would provide counties an important tool for ensuring that individuals with serious mental illness receive the recommended medication that helps them maintain stability in the community.

      Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector

      Presenter: Michelle Lau SB 1106 (Wiener): Criminal resentencing: restitution

      Recommended Position: Support

      Senate Bill 1106 removes barriers to criminal record relief by ensuring outstanding restitution and restitution finds are not used to deny a request for expungement. We recommend supporting this bill. Ensuring successful re-entry for people with past convictions benefits the broader community; expungement petitions should not be denied due to outstanding restitution debt.

    5. General public comment

      Members of the public may address the Committee on items of interest that are within the Committee’s subject matter jurisdiction and that do not appear on the agenda.

    6. Adjournment

    Date & Time

    Wednesday, March 23, 2022
    11:00 am to 1:00 pm

    State Legislation Committee

    City Hall
    1 Dr Carlton B. Goodlett Place
    Room 201
    San Francisco, CA 94102
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    Documents

    Supporting documents

    March 23, 2022 Minutes

    Notices

    Disability access

    Disability access

    Room 201 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.

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    Know your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance

    The 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.html.

    Lobbyist registration and reporting requirements

    Lobbyist registration and reporting requirements

    Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code Sec. 2.100 –2.160) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone 415-581-2300, fax 415- 581-2317, Internet website: www.sfgov.org/ethics.

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    Public comment

    Public comment

    Public Comment will be taken on each item on the agenda before or during consideration of that item.

    Document review

    Document review

    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 Edward McCaffrey, Manager, State and Federal Affairs, Mayor’s Office at: (415) 554-6588.

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