San Francisco supervisors approve GO bonds, housing financing and multiple grants; unanimous votes carry most items

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on May 20 approved a slate of ordinances, resolutions and nominations addressing capital finance, affordable housing, public health and human services, and agency contracts.

The most prominent fiscal item was an ordinance and companion resolutions related to issuance and appropriation of general obligation (GO) bond proceeds. Together the items described appropriation of GO bond proceeds to the Department of Public Health, Public Works and the Municipal Transportation Agency for health, safety and public-space projects; authorizations for the issuance and sale of bonds; and related administrative actions. The board took the actions on first reading and adopted the resolutions by unanimous recorded vote.

The board also approved grant and contract actions that included: agreements for food assistance programs (a Glide Foundation free-meals contract and a San Francisco Marin Food Bank contract), a retroactive authorization to accept approximately $2.7 million in regional catastrophic preparedness grant funds to the Department of Emergency Management, and a roughly $1.27 million increase and 18‑month extension to the Bayview Hunters Point Foundation contract with the Department of Public Health, bringing that agreement to a stated total of $18,000,000 through Dec. 31, 2026.

On housing and real property matters the board approved: a ground lease and amended loan agreement for the 160 Freelon Street project to construct a 100% affordable, 84-unit rental development including 22 local subsidy units and five units set aside for the city’s plus housing list; authorization of multifamily housing revenue notes and related back-to-back loan documents to finance construction; the San Francisco…