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Supervisor Daley introduced the charter amendment during the board's committee-of-the-whole hearing and moved an amendment of the whole to set affordability targets; Supervisor Mercarimi seconded the motion. The board adopted the amendment of the whole by voice vote. After an extensive public-comment period, Supervisor Daley made a separate motion, seconded by Supervisor Ammiano, to continue the item one week and return it to the committee of the whole on Dec. 11 for final action; that motion passed without objection.

Why it matters: The proposal would create a baseline annual appropriation by setting aside a dedicated portion of local property tax revenues for affordable housing for the next 15 years. Supporters said the funding stream would permit steady planning, acquisition and construction of housing for very low- and low-income households; opponents and some members urged further review of budgeting priorities and the measure's citywide fiscal effects.

Key points and the amendment passed

- Set-aside amount and duration: The proposed charter text would reserve two and one-half cents ($0.025) per $100 of assessed property value for 15 years for affordable housing purposes. Supervisor Daley said the set-aside would produce roughly $33 million a year under typical revenue assumptions.

- Income targeting: The amendment of the whole adopted on Dec. 4 establishes that of the units produced with new set-aside funds, 40% must be affordable to households at 30% of area median income (AMI) and below, and 60% must be affordable to households at 80% of AMI and below. Supervisor Daley described the 80% AMI band as \"real working-class San Franciscans\" and noted $64,267 as an illustrative four-person household threshold used in staff examples.

- Planning and public process: The proposal would require a citywide affordable-housing needs assessment and a three-year planning cycle to set priorities and guide allocations. Backers emphasized the public-participation requirements in the text.

Public comment and stakeholder views

The public-comment period was extensive: residents, tenant advocates, labor representatives, affordable-housing developers and service providers urged the board to place the measure on the ballot. Connie Ford, secretary-treasurer of Office and Professional Employees Local 3, said the measure would help working families who \"cannot afford to live in the city.\" Representatives of community groups including Coleman Advocates, the San Francisco Organizing Project, Community Housing Partnership, and Chinatown Community Development Corporation described overcrowding, long waiting lists, and the displacement of longtime residents as reasons to adopt the amendment.

Some speakers asked the board to set clear safeguards so the new funding would not cause cuts to other essential city services; supporters said they planned to seek companion revenue measures and insisted they would protect other programs.

Next steps

Because the board adopted the amendment language on Dec. 4, members voted to continue the item one week for the clerk and city attorney to prepare final findings and the precise charter text for placement on the ballot. The board set a committee-of-the-whole session for Dec. 11 to take the next formal step.

What the text does not yet decide

The board's action so far approves the amendment language and the income targeting in principle and continues the item for final drafting. It does not yet (a) authorize a specific revenue measure to accompany the charter set-aside, (b) adopt implementing ordinances for administration of the new fund, or (c) commit the board to any particular ballot-placement financing vehicle beyond placing the charter question before voters after final drafting.

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Votes and formal actions (high level)

- Consent calendar (Items 1'8 as read at the start of the meeting): Items 1'8 were adopted by roll call (the clerk recorded 10 ayes on the consent agenda). The consent calendar included routine administrative resolutions and the initial reading/passage of various ordinances listed on the agenda.

- Item 9 (376 Eureka Street environmental exemption): Motion to continue one week made by Supervisor Dufty and seconded; the board continued the item 1 week.

- Item 10 (ordinance amending agreement with U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration for scheduling coordination and delivery of low-cost electric power to Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island): Adopted on roll call; the clerk recorded ayes and no objections (ordinance passed on first reading/final reading as recorded).

- Item 11 (funds for street resurfacing, FY 2007'008): Ordinance passed on first reading (roll call recorded 10 ayes).

- Item 12 (initiate landmark designation for Metro Theatre, 2055 Union Street): Resolution to begin landmark designation was adopted by the board.

- Item 13 (authorize Mayor's Office of Housing to accept and expend $100,000 from the California Department of Housing and Community Development and participate in CalHome): Resolution adopted by voice vote on the consent calendar.

- Items 14'16 (appointments to Urban Counties Caucus and California State Association of Counties board representation): Resolutions appointing Supervisors Chu and McGoldrick were adopted by roll call.

- Item 17 (rules committee matter re suppression order): Motion made by Supervisor Sandoval to continue the item to the board's first meeting in January; continued to Jan. 8, 2008.

- Item 18 (board sitting as committee of the whole: public review of proposals for outside counsel in an official-misconduct matter): At the 3:00 PM special order the board accepted the offer of services from Professor Robert Weisberg (Stanford) to advise the board and authorized the clerk to enter into an agreement; motion made by Supervisor Sandoval, second by Supervisor Amiano; action approved without objection.

- Item 19/35 (hearings relating to the oil spill response; item 35 amended to set hearing on Jan. 29): The board amended item 35 to schedule a committee-of-the-whole hearing on the city's oil-spill response for Jan. 29 and continued item 19 to that date.

- Item 29 (resolution authorizing Dept. of Emergency Management to accept and extend a federal pass-through grant approximately $1,700,000): Adopted by roll call (10 ayes recorded).

- Item 30 (ordinance authorizing DEM to retroactively accept and expend a COPS grant of approximately $5,700,000): Ordinance passed on first reading (consent calendar entry; roll call recorded as passed on first reading).

- Item 31 (ordinance amending Planning Code section 304.5 to require a qualified health planner in institutional master plans for medical institutions): Passed on first reading as recorded.

- Items 21'4 and 25'8 (appeals and planning department exemptions for projects at 2721 Pierce Street and 3424 Jackson Street): The board continued/held those items to future dates as requested by the parties (several were continued to Jan. 8, 2008 or Feb. 26, 2008 as recorded in the transcript).

- Item 34 (motion requesting the legislative analyst research J-Power USA and parent company J-Power): Motion passed with recorded tally (6 ayes, 3 noes as recorded by the clerk).

- Adoption without committee reference calendar (Items 36\u00044): A set of resolutions honoring volunteer organizations, adopting procedural motions, and approving final maps were approved by roll call (9 ayes recorded on the adoption calendar as noted by the clerk).

Context and notes

- Several items were continued at the board's request to allow additional staff work or negotiation (planning/environmental appeal items and the oil-spill hearing date change are notable examples).

- The board selected outside counsel assistance for a pending official-misconduct matter by accepting an offer from Professor Robert Weisberg and authorizing the clerk to prepare an agreement; board members discussed the differences between private law firm representation and a pro bono academic option but ultimately approved retention of Weisberg for advisory representation in the matter.

- Numerous routine resolutions, ceremonial recognitions, and final map approvals were adopted without extended debate; the clerk recorded roll-call tallies on the consent and adoption calendars as indicated above.

This roundup summarizes formal actions and recorded outcomes as captured in the Dec. 4 meeting transcript. Individual items will return to committee or the board for further action where the transcript records a continuance or further drafting requirement.","The board approved routine consent items, several grant acceptances and ordinances, appointed members to outside bodies, continued several planning/environmental items, and approved selection of outside counsel for an ethics-related matter. This roundup lists formal actions taken during the Dec. 4 meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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Supervisors advance charter amendment to set aside funding for affordable housing, continue measure for final wording

At-a-glance: key motions and votes from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Dec. 4, 2007