Legislation

This resolution approves a $49 million settlement between Stripe, Inc. and the City and County of San Francisco regarding unlitigated claims for various tax refunds. The claims include payroll expenses, gross receipts, and business registration fees, among others.

Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claims filed by Stripe, Inc. against the City and County of San Francisco for $49,000,000; the claims were filed on April 5, 2023, and December 3, 2024; the claims involve a refund of payroll expense, gross receipts, homelessness gross receipts, overpaid executive gross receipts, and commercial rents taxes, and business registration fees; other material terms of the settlement relate to Stripe’s filing position with respect to City taxes.

This resolution allows the City Attorney's Office to use a $410,000 grant from the California Department of Industrial Relations to enforce state labor laws from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025. It has already been approved and is now in effect.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the City Attorney to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $410,000 from the California Department of Industrial Relations, Labor Commissioner’s Office, to fund the enforcement of state labor laws, for the period from August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025.

This resolution allows the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to use a $496,684 grant from the James Irvine Foundation for workforce development from November 1, 2024, to November 1, 2026. It was passed retroactively to authorize the acceptance and expenditure of these funds.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $496,684 from the James Irvine Foundation for the Public Workforce Capacity Fund, during the grant period of November 1, 2024, through November 1, 2026.

This ordinance exempts certain commercial spaces from the commercial vacancy tax if they are in designated neighborhood districts affected by long-term city construction projects starting January 1, 2025, and also exempts specific areas from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2024. The goal is to support businesses in areas undergoing significant public infrastructure work.

Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to exempt from the commercial vacancy tax beginning on January 1, 2025, any taxable commercial space located in a named neighborhood commercial district or named neighborhood commercial transit district in which a City public infrastructure or construction project has a construction duration of more than 180 days in a calendar year, and from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2024, any taxable commercial space located in the Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial District or the Inner Taraval Street Neighborhood Commercial District.

The resolution approves a five-year agreement between the City and the Instituto Familiar de la Raza Inc for two programs aimed at supporting youth and families, with a total funding of up to $12,929,020. It also allows the Department of Children, Youth and Families to make minor changes to the agreement as needed without increasing the city's financial obligations.

Resolution retroactively approving an agreement between the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, and Instituto Familiar de la Raza Inc for two programs: Roadmap to Peace Collaborative and Roadmap to Peace School Crisis Supports, for a term of five years from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2029, and for a total not to exceed amount of $12,929,020; and to authorize Department of Children, Youth and Families to enter into amendments or modifications to the Agreement that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Agreement or this Resolution.

This ordinance establishes the Cole Valley Entertainment Zone, allowing events on specific streets without needing a special permit from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. It also confirms that the Planning Department's environmental review complies with state law.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to create the Cole Valley Entertainment Zone on Cole Street, between Frederick Street and Parnassus Avenue, and on Carl Street, between Shrader Street and Clayton Street; to delete the requirement that an Entertainment Zone Event be a special event permitted or licensed by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.

The ordinance authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to settle a lawsuit with the Stern Grove Festival Association for $225,016.38 related to damages from a water pipeline break in 2021. This settlement resolves claims of property and economic damages filed in August 2024.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Stern Grove Festival Association against the City and County of San Francisco for $225,016.38; the lawsuit was filed on August 23, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-24-617454; entitled STERN GROVE FESTIVAL ASSOCATION, a California Nonprofit Corporation - Public Benefit v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves alleged property and economic damages arising from the August 23, 2021, break of the SFPUC’s water transmission pipeline at or near the intersection of Sloat Boulevard and 19th Avenue.

This ordinance extends the Cannabis Oversight Committee's existence until January 1, 2027, and makes the change retroactive to January 1, 2025. It ensures continued oversight of cannabis-related issues in the city.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to extend the sunset date for the Cannabis Oversight Committee from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2027, and providing that the Ordinance shall be retroactive to January 1, 2025.

This ordinance allows specific health service businesses up to 5,000 square feet to operate in the West Portal area without needing a special permit. It also confirms that this change aligns with environmental regulations and the city's overall planning goals.

Ordinance amending the Planning Code to permit certain Health Service Uses up to 5,000 gross square feet without a conditional use permit in the West Portal Neighborhood Commercial District; 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 making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302.

This resolution adopts a strategy report aimed at promoting the cultural, historical, housing, and economic sustainability of the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District. It is part of the city's efforts to support and enhance the community's resources and identity.

Resolution to adopt the Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Cultural District’s Cultural, History, Housing, and Economic Sustainability Strategy Report (CHHESS) under Administrative Code, Section 107.5.

The ordinance moves various employment-related rules, such as Prevailing Wage and apprenticeship requirements, from the Administrative Code to the Labor and Employment Code, while also updating enforcement procedures and definitions. It also revises exemptions related to certain types of work and establishes new rules for determining Prevailing Wage rates.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code and Labor and Employment Code to move certain employment-related provisions, including, among others, certain Prevailing Wage requirements, apprenticeship requirements, and hours and days of labor requirements, from the Administrative Code to the Labor and Employment Code; establish new defined terms encompassing the projects and contracts subject to Prevailing Wage requirements; revise penalty and enforcement requirements and procedures for Prevailing Wage and certain other labor requirements; change the process for fixing and determining Prevailing Wage rates; move and revise the Transition Employment requirements and create new enforcement procedures for those requirements; apply Notice of Forfeiture/Certification of Forfeiture procedures for violations of Prevailing Wage requirements on Covered Real Estate Projects; renumber certain Municipal Code sections or provisions; and make other substantive or technical amendments to the Administrative Code and Labor and Employment Code, including, among others, eliminating certain exemptions from Prevailing Wage requirements for Broadcast Services work and the work of loading and unloading Commercial Vehicles on City property, while creating an exemption from Prevailing Wage requirements for work covered by the Modular Furniture Installers (Carpenters) classification.

This ordinance allows the Tax Collector to waive certain taxes, penalties, and interest for unregistered taxpayers who voluntarily disclose and pay back taxes until December 31, 2027. It also permits the Tax Collector to charge fees for reviewing applications and providing advance determinations during the same period.

Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to authorize the Tax Collector to waive taxes, penalties, and/or interest under a program ending December 31, 2027, that allows unregistered taxpayers to voluntarily disclose and pay back taxes; and to authorize the Tax Collector to collect fees through December 31, 2027, for reviewing applications for and providing advance determinations to taxpayers.

This ordinance changes the reporting requirements for city-funded nonprofit organizations, applying them only to those receiving over $1,000,000 annually. It also reduces the amount of information they must provide and allows for redaction to protect personal information.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to change the Annual Economic Statement of City-Funded Organizations requirements to limit the application of nonprofit reporting requirements to organizations receiving more than $1,000,000 annually, reduce required information types, and permit redaction of information to avoid personal harm.

This ordinance allows hotel employees or their unions to sue tourist hotels for not following required cleaning and disease prevention standards. It also gives courts the power to impose penalties and provide remedies if the hotels are found in violation.

Ordinance amending the Health Code to authorize employees of tourist hotels, or the labor organizations that represent those employees, to file civil lawsuits against tourist hotels or operators for violations of certain cleaning and disease prevention standards and practices required in tourist hotels; and authorizing courts to impose appropriate legal and equitable relief, including civil penalties, against the defendants in any such lawsuits.

This resolution allows the transfer of a liquor license to AJ's Bar at 1250 Market Street, determining it will benefit the public. It also requests that the state impose specific conditions on the license issuance.

Resolution determining that the transfer of a Type-48 on-sale general public premises liquor license to Club Allure, Inc., doing business as AJ's Bar, located at 1250 Market Street (District 6), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4; and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license.

This resolution allows Nihon SF Inc. to obtain a liquor license for their establishment, Nihon Whisky Lounge, at 1779 Folsom Street, as it is deemed beneficial for the community. It also requests that the state impose specific conditions on the license's issuance.

Resolution determining that the issuance of a Type-48 on-sale general public premises liquor license to Nihon SF Inc., to do business as Nihon Whisky Lounge, located at 1779 Folsom Street (District 9), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4; and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license.

This resolution allows VBC SF LLC to obtain a liquor license for their business, Vita Brevis Club, at 969 Market Street, stating that it will benefit the public. It also requests that the state impose specific conditions on the license's issuance.

Resolution determining that the issuance of a Type-48 on-sale general public premises liquor license to VBC SF LLC, to do business as Vita Brevis Club, located at 969 Market Street (District 6), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4; and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license.

This legislation is a hearing to discuss San Francisco's plan to tackle car break-ins. It requests reports from various city departments, including the Mayor's Office and the Police Department, on their strategies and actions.

Hearing to discuss the City's comprehensive plan to address car break-ins; and requesting the Mayor's Office, Police Department, Office of the District Attorney, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Municipal Transportation Agency, and Department of Emergency Management to report.

This resolution accepts the final plans and studies for establishing a San Francisco Municipal Financial Corporation and a Public Bank. It outlines the governance, business strategies, and financial viability of these entities.

A Resolution to accept the Reinvestment Working Group’s (RWG) Final Governance Plan, Business Plan and Viability Study for a San Francisco Municipal Financial Corporation and Final Governance Plan, Business Plan and Viability Study for a San Francisco Public Bank.