Rules Committee advances two reappointments and SFMTA automated speed-enforcement policy
May 20, 2024 | San Francisco County, California
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on May 20 approved motions to send three routine items to the full board, including two reappointments and an ordinance establishing an SFMTA policy for automated speed-enforcement cameras.
Chair Supervisor Hillary Ronan moved to forward a reappointment of Supervisor Catherine Stephanie to the Reentry Council (term ending June 1, 2026). The committee recorded Vice Chair Shimon Walton and Chair Ronan as voting aye and noted Supervisor Asha Safaie absent; the clerk announced the motion "passes without objection."
The committee then considered the mayor's nomination to reappoint Mark Dunlop to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board for a term ending Feb. 26, 2028. Dunlop joined remotely and described development progress on Treasure Island, saying the project currently has "746 units under construction" and that 229 are completed, including about 100 designated as affordable. Chair Ronan moved to remove language rejecting the nomination and forward it with a positive recommendation; the motion carried unanimously.
The committee also reviewed a proposed surveillance-technology policy for San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency use of automated speed-enforcement cameras. Suhail Varsi, director of SFMTA's information-technology program office, described how vendor-owned cameras would detect speed violations, capture a rear license-plate image and transmit it to a vendor site for preliminary review before the department verifies and requests issuance of a notice. Varsi told the committee the agency is in an RFP procurement phase and described proposed retention limits: data tied to a notice would be kept five days after issuance, vendor photographs up to 60 days after a final disposition, and a 120-day maximum for retention in some circumstances. He said access would be restricted and external sharing would require legal process such as a subpoena.
No public comment was offered on the items. Each of the three items was sent to the full board with a positive recommendation.
Chair Supervisor Hillary Ronan moved to forward a reappointment of Supervisor Catherine Stephanie to the Reentry Council (term ending June 1, 2026). The committee recorded Vice Chair Shimon Walton and Chair Ronan as voting aye and noted Supervisor Asha Safaie absent; the clerk announced the motion "passes without objection."
The committee then considered the mayor's nomination to reappoint Mark Dunlop to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board for a term ending Feb. 26, 2028. Dunlop joined remotely and described development progress on Treasure Island, saying the project currently has "746 units under construction" and that 229 are completed, including about 100 designated as affordable. Chair Ronan moved to remove language rejecting the nomination and forward it with a positive recommendation; the motion carried unanimously.
The committee also reviewed a proposed surveillance-technology policy for San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency use of automated speed-enforcement cameras. Suhail Varsi, director of SFMTA's information-technology program office, described how vendor-owned cameras would detect speed violations, capture a rear license-plate image and transmit it to a vendor site for preliminary review before the department verifies and requests issuance of a notice. Varsi told the committee the agency is in an RFP procurement phase and described proposed retention limits: data tied to a notice would be kept five days after issuance, vendor photographs up to 60 days after a final disposition, and a 120-day maximum for retention in some circumstances. He said access would be restricted and external sharing would require legal process such as a subpoena.
No public comment was offered on the items. Each of the three items was sent to the full board with a positive recommendation.
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