Board approves series of ordinances, leases, grants and settlements in unanimous vote

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 adopted a package of ordinances, resolutions, leases, loans and settlements by unanimous consent or single-roll calls. Several items were taken “same house, same call” and approved without extended floor debate; minutes and procedural matters also passed by roll call.

Key adopted items

- Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise food-purchasing goals and reporting requirements for the Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Department for city hospitals; program standards and reporting were extended through Dec. 31, 2035. (Item 2 — ordinance finally passed on roll call.)

- Authorization to execute and deliver tax-exempt or taxable certificates of participation up to $65,000,000 to finance and refinance certain capital improvements per the city capital plan; the ordinance passed on first reading. (Item 3 — first reading passed.)

- Grants and contract actions: retroactive acceptance/expansion of a roughly $167,000 grant for crisis-intervention services to the District Attorney's Office; amendment to Project Open Hand's contract increasing it by $1,700,000 to a total of $20,500,000 for HIV/AIDS food and nutrition services through March…