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Committee advances Fillmore Jazz CBD annual report; public commenters urge sunshine ordinance compliance
Summary
The committee received the Fillmore Jazz Community Benefit District annual report and recommended it for approval; public commenters raised concerns that community benefit districts receiving city grants or using city collection services should comply with the city's Sunshine Ordinance.
The Budget and Finance Committee recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive and approve the Fillmore Jazz Community Benefit District annual report and proposed fiscal-year 2010 budget.
No presenter attended to introduce the item; the clerk opened public comment. Speakers raised a question about whether community benefit districts are subject to San Francisco’s Sunshine Ordinance when they receive city grants or use city collection services. A public commenter said the mayor’s office of economic/workforce development had advised districts they need not comply but argued that because districts receive city grants and use a city department as their collection agent, they are subject to the Sunshine Ordinance and that the committee should include compliance language when approving district resolutions.
Public comment included informal remarks in support of jazz and local culture. The committee closed public comment and moved the item forward with recommendation.
