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Among the measures approved without extended debate were financing actions for the Port of San Francisco, a $11.5 million increase to a rapid rehousing agreement, multiyear agreements for youth services, and several leases and licenses for city programs and partners.

Key items adopted or passed on first reading included:

- Port certificate of participation refunding (items 10 and 11): The Board approved ordinances authorizing refunding certificates of participation for Port capital improvements and related documents; the staff summary described proposed refunding COPs with an aggregate principal amount cited as $25,000,000 and related appropriations and deappropriations in port funds pending sale and receipt of proceeds in fiscal year 2024–2025. The ordinances were passed on first reading.

- Episcopal Community Services grant amendment (item 14): The board approved a third amendment to a grant agreement with Episcopal Community Services and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to extend the grant term through June 30, 2027 and increase the agreement by $11,500,000 for a new total of $21,500,000 for short- to medium-term rapid rehousing of adults.

- Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (items 15–18): The board adopted four retroactive agreements for multiyear youth programs with the Community Youth Center of San Francisco ($13,700,000 and $11,700,000 in two separate agreements), Instituto Familiar de la Raza ($12,900,000), and Richmond District Neighborhood Center ($10,300,000), each covering terms through June 30, 2029.

- Public Defender grant (item 19): The board retroactively authorized acceptance and expenditure of a $250,000 grant from the Crankstart Foundation to fund the Public Defender’s Clean Slate unit for July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025.

- Leases and real property actions (items 20–24): The board approved a license at 199 Forest Road with the U.S. Coast Guard (no base rent), a lease for approximately 3,000 square feet at 745 Franklin Street with the California Employment Development Department for the Jobs Now program (term through Dec. 31, 2029, annual base rent cited as $1,105,000), an amendment extending a lease at 729 Filbert Street with annual base rent of $437,000, an in-kind gift of consulting services valued at $345,000 to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, and a planning-code exception for 99 Rhode Island Street to exceed cumulative use size requirements in a production/distribution/repair district (passed on first reading).

- Midtown Park Apartments and other local actions (items 24–29): The board passed, on first reading, an exemption from construction contracting requirements for Midtown Park Apartments (prevailing wage and apprenticeship rules to apply) and adopted a Castro cultural-district housing and economic sustainability strategy report under administrative code section 107.5. The board also adopted a commemorative street naming and determinations regarding two ABC license transfers.

- Black History Month (item 33) and other proclamations: The board adopted a resolution recognizing Black History Month in San Francisco for February 2025 and multiple commendations and retirements were recognized during the meeting.

Many items were adopted “same house, same call” or “without objection,” and the clerk repeatedly recorded unanimous or near-unanimous votes where roll calls were taken. The board took some items on consent (items 1–9) and then proceeded through a series of administrative and funding items with routine votes.

Why this matters: The measures together move funds and authorizations for homeless services, youth programming, port capital financing and routine city operations. The Episcopal Community Services funding amendment increases the city’s committed rapid-rehousing resources through mid-2027; the port financing moves forward a refunding plan for capital work; and several multiyear nonprofit agreements secure youth services funding through 2029.

Provenance: These items and votes are recorded across the transcript in the consent calendar and new-business sections of the Jan. 28 meeting; specific agenda item numbers cited above correspond to the clerk’s agenda calls and roll call results in the transcript.

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The ordinance, described by supporters as a tool to cut red tape for shelter, treatment and outreach, reauthorizes expedited hiring and allows limited waivers of procurement and “behest of payment” approval processes for a time-limited period. Supporters said the changes are meant to let the city scale up services faster; opponents said the board was approving broad powers without a concrete plan or cost estimate.

Supervisor Chan, who led the budget committee’s work on the item, said the legislation includes amendments to narrow its scope and added guardrails. Chan said the long title and text were edited to limit acceptance and expansion of nongovernmental donations tied to the core initiatives to $10,000,000 and to clarify publication and timing requirements for the ordinance. Chan added that the ordinance will return to the board for oversight and additional review.

“...we are limiting at $10,000,000,” Supervisor Chan said while describing technical edits circulated to colleagues before the vote.

Supervisor Jackie Fielder, an early co-sponsor, said she supported the measure while stressing it was an unusual transfer of authority. “This ordinance is an unprecedented transfer of power and a significant transfer of responsibility to Mayor Lurie to transform street conditions over the next year,” Fielder said, adding that she expects the administration to staff hundreds of treatment beds and that the board would retain oversight as the plan is implemented.

Fielder urged a comprehensive approach combining enforcement, treatment and outreach and cited examples from other countries as models for combining services with public-health interventions.

Opposing the measure, District 10 Supervisor Shimon Walton said the board was being asked to grant broad authorities before seeing a detailed operational plan. Walton called the vote “putting the cart before the horse” and said he had not seen specifics on where or how the hundreds or thousands of beds—figures mentioned in public discussion—would be created, staffed or funded.

“This is probably the most vivid example of putting the cart before the horse I have seen in my entire 6 plus years in office,” Walton said, arguing that the fiscal impact was unclear and fundraising assumptions were speculative.

Supervisor Mahmood (Mahmoud) said the ordinance would help cut red tape and called it a necessary step to get life-saving resources out faster to neighborhoods most affected by overdoses and street conditions. “It will streamline the city's ability to quickly address homelessness, addiction, mental health, and public safety,” Mahmood said, and announced his vote in favor.

The ordinance includes: a time-limited deadline for the special authorities included in the measure (as amended the deadline was clarified in committee text to be Jan. 8, 2026), a cap on certain nongovernmental donations tied to the initiative ($10,000,000), and provisions intended to expedite hiring of behavioral-health professionals. The board adopted a package of amendments before calling the roll; the ordinance passed as amended 10–1.

What happens next: the mayor’s office is expected to outline specific contracting decisions, bed and shelter siting, and fundraising plans as the administration implements the ordinance. The board’s amendments require ongoing reporting and leave the legislation subject to future oversight and potential modification by supervisors.

Votes at the meeting: the ordinance was recorded as item 13 on the agenda. The clerk recorded the vote as 10 ayes and 1 no (Walton).

Why this matters: Supervisors and the mayor have appeared to be moving to accelerate city responses to a lethal fentanyl and overdose crisis and longstanding homelessness challenges. Supporters say temporary administrative flexibility is needed to stand up services quickly; opponents warn that broad delegations of authority without clear, published plans risk costly contracts and reduced legislative oversight.

Provenance: Discussion of item 13 appears in the meeting transcript beginning with the introduction of item 13 and the budget committee remarks (transcript segment starting at the board’s readout of item 13) and concludes with the roll call on the amended ordinance.

Speakers quoted and referenced in this article are identified in the meeting record.

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