Budget and Finance Committee: votes at a glance — July 23, 2025 (selected items)

The Budget and Finance Committee on July 23 forwarded multiple resolutions and one contract modification to the full Board of Supervisors. The following is a summary of each item, the committee action and key details drawn from presentations and the budget and legislative analyst report.

• Item 2 — Planning code amnesty program (continuance). Action: Continued to the call of the chair. No public speakers. Vote: 3‑0 to continue. Key detail: Proposal creates a time‑limited amnesty path for properties listed on the Department of Building Inspections’ audit with waivers/refunds for fees and penalties; sponsor (President Mendelmann) requested continuance.

• Item 3 — MOHCD grant agreement with 180 Jones Associates LP for operating subsidy. Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: MOHCD requested authority to execute a 25‑year grant agreement not to exceed approximately $5,980,012 to provide operating subsidies for a 70‑unit affordable project at 180 Jones Street (34 affordable units, 35 supportive units, 1 manager unit). Funding source: inclusionary fees from the 950–974 Market Street project; project came in under budget and the additional funds increase the operating subsidy from ~$2.0M to ~$5.98M and extend subsidy period from 20 to 25 years.

• Item 4 — Clean Power SF contribution to California Community Power Agency shared costs. Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: Request increases a not‑to‑exceed contribution for Clean Power SF’s share of CC Power general and administrative costs from ~$4.77M to ~$8.29M for the remaining term to align with long‑term procurement commitments and an assumed escalation (proposal based on an estimated $200,000/year share escalated at 5% per year).

• Item 5 — OEWD retroactive accept and expend: RITEI (Rapid Information Technology Employment Initiative) grant increase. Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: OEWD requested retroactive authorization to accept an additional $179,000 for a total of $679,000 from Jobs for the Future/US DOL RITEI grant; the expansion followed strong performance and extended project activities through 9/30/2025.

• Items 6 & 7 — Department of Public Health retroactive NIH grants (HPTN participation and statistical methods award). Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: Item 6 (HPTN) is approximately $108,968 for 04/01/2024–11/30/2025 to test mobile tools for PrEP and DoxyPEP uptake among young Latino men who have sex with men. Item 7 is approximately $105,832 for statistical methods research through 02/28/2026; both are retroactive and the department reported completing fiscal approvals.

• Item 8 — Port mutual termination with Scoma's Restaurant (Smokehouse lease) and demolition plan. Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: Port will execute a mutual termination of two leases for the smokehouse pier structure (vacant/red‑tagged); termination saves Scoma’s roughly $480,000 over the remaining lease term and paves way for demolition and a pedestrian viewing platform; restaurant’s primary operation will continue.

• Item 9 — Port lease with Autodesk, Pier 9 consolidation (retroactive). Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: Retroactive 36‑month lease for Pier 9 space (approx. 33,000 sq. ft. of shed space and related roof/marginal wharf licenses) with monthly rent near $147,000; three‑year revenue ~ $5.5M, with option year would increase to ~$7.3M. No competitive award; rents consistent with port parameters.

• Item 10 — Port lease with TEC of California at Pier 80 (truck services/maintenance). Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: New three‑year lease with three one‑year options for shed and paved land at Pier 80 for commercial truck repair/parking; 6‑year potential revenue ~ $2.7M.

• Item 11 — Port accept $12.4M CalSTA Port Freight Infrastructure Program grant (Pier 80 subsidence project). Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: CalSTA award of $12.4M (with port match from Harbor Fund of ~$3.0M) to fund drainage, pump and surface stabilization at Pier 80; total project cost ~$15.0M; procurement and construction planning underway.

• Item 19 — Clerk of the Board contract amendment (WCG Inc.) for legislative management system. Action: Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation. Vote: 3‑0. Key detail: Motion authorizes increasing the not‑to‑exceed amount by $2.0M (to ~$3.19M total) for phase 2 innovation work on a new legislative management system (confidential drafting tool, public heat map, boards/commissions automation); phase 1 is entering testing and a fall go‑live.

Ending: All items summarized here were advanced to the full Board with positive committee recommendations or continued where indicated. The full Board will act on the items at its next scheduled meeting.