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The measure, introduced by Supervisor Breed, authorizes the city to collect and better preserve graffiti evidence, allows the city attorney to pursue civil lawsuits against repeat offenders for monetary penalties or community service, and extends administrative remedies for graffiti committed on public property. The board adopted several amendments on the floor, including language clarifying the ordinance applies to \"graffiti vandalism,\" explicitly listing restorative justice outcomes such as community service and repair of affected properties as available remedies, and shortening the lookback period for prior graffiti convictions from 10 years to seven years.

Breed told supervisors the ordinance is the result of months of work with multiple city departments, impacted property owners and artists and drew on national best practices. \"We no longer have to depend solely on the criminal courts,\" she said, arguing civil suits would allow the city to hold “the worst and repeat offenders” accountable and pursue remedies beyond criminal penalties. Breed said the policy could reduce graffiti and save the city money: she cited an estimate that graffiti costs San Francisco about $19,000,000 per year and said similar systems in other jurisdictions had reported significant decreases in graffiti.

Supervisor Kim led several floor amendments, asking the board to define the measure as targeting \"graffiti vandalism,\" to make the conviction lookback consistent with the city's Fair Chance and background-history rules, and to add restorative justice language. Several amendments were accepted without objection and were incorporated into the ordinance before the first-reading vote.

Deputy City Attorney John Givner advised the board there were no legal obstacles to the seven-year change and offered to follow up on technical questions. Supervisors who spoke in favor highlighted cross-department coordination and endorsements from community groups; the ordinance's staff report and the sponsor’s remarks listed endorsements from Mayor Ed Lee, the Graffiti Advisory Board and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

Roll-call voting on the amended ordinance produced 11 ayes; the clerk announced the measure “passed on the first reading as amended.” The matter will return for the second reading and final passage according to the city's ordinance process.

Supporters said the ordinance would improve evidence collection and expand remedies available to the city; advocates also noted the bill intentionally preserves restorative approaches as well as civil remedies. Opponents did not block the first-reading approval on May 6, though some supervisors asked for and received floor amendments to limit unintended impacts; the board agreed to revisit details and implementation in subsequent steps.

The ordinance text and the planning/administrative materials filed with the clerk show the measure amends policing and public-works code sections to ban convicted graffiti offenders from bringing graffiti tools into parks or onto municipal transit vehicles, extends administrative processes for graffiti on public property, and permits the city to seek civil remedies against repeat offenders. The clerk recorded the ordinance as passed on the first reading; the second-reading date will be posted in subsequent board materials.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Sanfrancisco Government tv - 139935960005/06/14 - Apr 16, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","An ordinance to expand enforcement tools for graffiti offenses and to tighten controls on graffiti in parks and on municipal transit vehicles passed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on first reading May 6.","taxTitle","San Francisco County, California","taxId",2862,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6596618,"Board approves $15M tax-exempt bond allocation and air-rights lease for Transbay Block 6 affordable housing",777,11694000,12471000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3006051-bdb40856a8819156b402433ffc519138&start=11694&end=12471","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3006051-bdb40856a8819156b402433ffc519138/thumbnail_11694000.jpg","/articles/6596618/San-Francisco-County/California/Board-approves-15M-tax-exempt-bond-allocation-and-air-rights-lease-for-Transbay-Block-6-affordable-housing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6596618-9bee23bb2b7fb6b48f12364a2faea9e5/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437282&Signature=EC4PKP-Z5psIFR9OOM40UOd26U1zyc0PMC2vgG8joDYpVh8SVFz91VFJs6WyumdJzuuKtJ2rRpGpLpAs3V3kcs2-cDrzT0JpAZPzA2Mi3wH-QBin~W4Q7CqULkKV-tZHb67~5naH9cgXui-yp0JQmabQGNG4HqL-6WlZ97ug-tH3nwRihO4TAT658C-iuunsWfcZaN66U0riGNAtCKLQdHW4oQsBLXAbUfb5iZnwCn~BpZJOr2WV56awkLnUzTQ8d9MPnhHW4z9KnZikRoqHqMjx~-J99HcZszj8WqHchwmPu3p7UdySjjWjQVTgElTNS78nscuJENYv9GgqpoZ0hg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of Supervisors on May 6 approved resolutions authorizing the issuance of approximately $15 million in tax-exempt conduit bonds to finance construction of a 70-unit affordable family housing development at Transbay Block 6 and approved a long-term air-rights lease for the parcel to Mercy Housing California.

Supervisor Kim described the project as a key component of the larger Transbay redevelopment and noted the city's requirement—under state law—for 35 percent of new Transbay-area housing to be affordable. She said Block 6 is a mid-rise building sharing a podium with a market-rate tower under construction; Block 6 will include 55 one-bedroom units, 14 two-bedroom units, and one manager's unit targeted to households earning no more than 50 percent of area median income (AMI). The staff presentation recorded the bond allocation award from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and noted the project's construction schedule: ground-breaking in the weeks after the meeting and completion projected in mid-2015.

Elizabeth Colomello of the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) explained project financing: developer Golub & Company will pay a fee of $24.3 million to OCII; $14 million of that fee will be applied as gap subsidy for the Mercy Housing Block 6 project and the remainder will help fund the adjacent Block 7 affordable project. The air-rights parcel will be owned by OCII during construction and will transfer to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) following redevelopment-agency successor requirements. The board was also told the project will be subject to the Transbay redevelopment plan and statutory successor-agency procedures.

The board voted on the related bond-inducement and air-rights lease resolutions together. Roll call produced 11 ayes; the clerk announced the measures adopted. Staff present included Mercy Housing representative Sheila Jeevan and deputy MOHCD staff; they answered supervisors’ procedural questions and confirmed programmatic details, including targeted AMI level and unit mix.

The action enables Mercy Housing to move forward under the public-private development framework for the Transbay plan area. The transaction uses a combination of developer fees and tax-exempt bond financing to fill a financing gap and move affordable units into construction alongside market-rate development in the rapidly redeveloping Transbay neighborhood.","The Board authorized MOHCD to issue up to $15 million in tax-exempt bonds and approved a long-term air-rights lease to develop 70 affordable housing units at Transbay Block 6, to be built by Mercy Housing California. The board also accepted related developer payments that will be applied as gap subsidy for Block 6 and Block 7.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6596623,"Board releases $1.4 million reserve to expand homeless outreach; stakeholders seek clear evaluation metrics",1406,4263000,5669000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3006051-bdb40856a8819156b402433ffc519138&start=4263&end=5669","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3006051-bdb40856a8819156b402433ffc519138/thumbnail_4263000.jpg","/articles/6596623/San-Francisco-County/California/Board-releases-14-million-reserve-to-expand-homeless-outreach-stakeholders-seek-clear-evaluation-metrics","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6596623-e631421f027c7798776f4f9547349121/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437282&Signature=Vm1UCFmkGeI5s3JZbxmOVDdOuAipSZ74SdcMFArYeo3rmQsnd3NlTQeRj9~zonM35KqkGiRiW1bjvIk1~IcMpPvFt9FfYlZrq3OAelIntl4B4TZzOaYRLrOy5Vjn2xSBZkwHx~8-UoqGJjcn0osk9uF243eEYI5hJcBVsqfEeXL-ffs2GIkS9-EjpIYesNeB5YmwBZMu~E4BHF-VFVd-d8EK2yqH1FjOBcZ~gBUMavO3wwvaUgIAgSqLmu0taLRv8pK8K9pmxryjKF5oKeyxjU6KCZlYdZ~tmI1KeQY-hb6FauKymeWxuqgCB8HJuhO-Y3xlS~chHttIBBQ2sJKeyA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Board of Supervisors on May 6 voted to release about $1,400,000 in reserve funding to expand homeless outreach services citywide, approving a reconfigured plan that adds medical street-medicine staffing and a stabilization-room coordinator and redistributes previously approved dollars to better support outreach teams.

Supervisor Mark Farrell, who led the supplemental request, said the release follows four stakeholder meetings with DPH, the Human Services Agency, the Mayor’s Office of HOPE, service providers and advocates. He summarized that stakeholders asked for better coordination between the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) and local service providers, more presence across neighborhoods, enhanced medical capacity on outreach teams, strengthened team management and pathways to flexible housing and permanent exits for clients.

Maria Martinez, interim director of the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (DPH), explained the technical changes agreed in the stakeholder process: rather than adding two new \"teamlets\" as originally proposed, the plan adds one teamlet and reallocates funds to create a dedicated street-medicine team (including a physician and nurse practitioner with day and evening shifts), expands outreach specialist roles with additional cultural-competency training, adds a stabilization-room coordinator to oversee SRO stabilization rooms and transfers some stabilization-room beds into permanent housing when appropriate. Martinez said the total supplemental bottom-line remained the same but the proposed annualized cost of the expanded configuration is approximately $6,300,000.

Public comment at the hearing pressed for stronger evaluation and transparency. Ray Hartz of San Francisco Open Government urged the board for measurable performance metrics and asked for evidence of outcomes from prior outreach efforts. Peter Warfield of the Library Users Association and activists said the city should publicize program availability and report outcomes more clearly. Other public speakers described neighborhood-level problems and criticized city contracting with substandard SRO landlords; Supervisor Kim pressed DPH about pathways and enforcement when contracted SRO owners do not remedy bed-bug and code conditions.

Supervisor Tang reiterated concerns that, because the supplemental will be annualized in the budget, the board should be cautious so close to the city budget process; Tang voted no. Supervisor Wiener, while acknowledging budget-process concerns, supported the release and argued supplementals are sometimes the most effective tool to fund urgent services during the budget year. Supervisor Mar and others urged a strategic, humane approach and noted other hearings and analyses on supportive housing and anti-eviction efforts.

After debate, Supervisor Farrell moved to release the reserve; the motion was seconded by Supervisor Mar. Roll-call voting was 10 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Tang). The clerk announced the motion passed. Mayor's Office and DPH staff said they would implement the reconfigured staffing and report back to the board on operations and outcomes.

Stakeholders and advocates asked the board to require more explicit reporting and evaluation of the expanded services; the board record shows public requests for documented outcome measures and audits of contracts and contracts enforcement. DPH officials said they would provide follow-up details and implementation schedules to supervisors and could return with reports on stabilized exits, bed usage and coordination metrics.","The Board approved releasing approximately $1.4 million from reserve funds to expand the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team, adding street-medicine capacity and a stabilization-room coordinator after stakeholder meetings. The motion passed 10–1 after debate about timing and evaluation of services.","actionData","errors"]

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