Two things are back on the agenda for tomorrow's board meeting: The ban on unsolicited Yellow Pages and Temporary Mayor Ed Lee's monthly book report. Since we can hardly contain the wave of excitement over the Mayor's appearance, let's start this week by reviewing the questions our even-numbered supervisors have submitted:
Supervisor Farrell, District 2: Farrell wants a status update on conversations between the City and the 49ers. He also wants to know what we're doing to bring the Golden State Warriors over from Oakland. Not exactly hard-hitting policy questions and kind of an obvious choice from a guy whose haircut just screams "SPORTS!" Farrell probably could have asked President Chiu for updates on the Niners, since Chiu mentioned the renegotiated Candlestick lease pretty much every week in the month of March.
Supervisor Chu, District 4: Carmen Chu wants to know what the city can be doing to "proactively help smaller businesses in our many local business corridors" - "smaller businesses" meaning things that aren't Twitter, Zynga or other tech company that's outgrown the startup label.
Supervisor Kim, District 6: If last month's questions were softball, Jane Kim is throwing heaters: She wants to know why the city isn't enforcing the Sanctuary City ordinance that prohibits the Juvenile Probation Department from reporting undocumented youths (unless they commit a felony, that is)?
Supervisor Wiener, District 8: Wiener's question is more like a slider: Starting off easy by mentioning we're doing well building low-income housing, but how does the city plan to increase the amount of middle-income housing? And to add a little break at the end, the D8 Supe reminds us we're going to need sufficient housing for those with moderate incomes if we're going to make that local hiring ordinance work.
Supervisor Cohen, District 10: The rookie from the Bayview picks up her team's legacy: How are we cleaning up the Potrero Power Plant? More importantly, what are we doing to make sure PG&E doesn't-dilly dally on this one?
Mayor Lee will be on the clock with five minutes to answer each question. On to the regular agenda:
Item 2: West Marina Yacht Harbor Renovations - We warmed up to this one last week when Farrell pointed out the only people who are losing out in this deal are the Yacht owners.
Item 4: "Yellow Pages Distribution Pilot Program", is what we're technically calling this thing now. You'll remember it passed on first reading back in March, but it has now been amended with an Economic Impact report. We'd be surprised if the report has any information of substance more than "it hurts my plumbing business."
Item 8: Resolution stating that the Pier 27 Cruise Terminal is fiscally feasible. Apparently Supervisor Kim is the only one from the Budget and Finance Committee who thinks it isn't fiscally feasible. Sounds like we've got the makings for an exciting debate down on the waterfront.
Items 12-15: Appeal of Environmental Impact Report for 2004 and 2009 Housing Elements. Kathryn Devincenzi and the "various organizations" she represents (mostly neighborhood groups and "improvement clubs"), weren't too excited that no one did an EIR on the2004 housing plan back in 2007. Now that the EIR has been prepared and approved for both the 2004 and 2009 plans, these groups are putting the kibosh on it once again by appealing the approval. It's a citywide battle that could get ugly and will certainly make for good public comment watching.
Item 18: Sean Elsbernd is resolving to have a grand re-opening at the Merced Branch Library.
And one last item of interest if you're a Media Geek and a City Hall Nerd: a proposed resolution to make the San Francisco Examiner the "official newspaper of the City and County of San Francisco for all official advertising."
As usual, the full board agenda is available here and the meeting thing kicks off at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays. For those of you who like to follow along from home, you can stream it live on SFGovTV.org.