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Board approves a slate of ordinances, resolutions and financing actions; downtown revitalization item amended
Summary
At its June 3, 2025 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a range of ordinances, resolutions and financing authorizations on the consent and regular agendas, including a downtown revitalization financing district ordinance amended to require departmental reimbursement language.
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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on June 3 approved multiple ordinances, resolutions and motions on the consent and regular agendas, including several financing measures, grant amendments and contract modifications.
Most items on the consent calendar were adopted or passed on first reading without debate. Notable items included ordinances authorizing certificates of participation refunding and appropriations (Items 9 and 10), an appropriation of ambulance service revenue to the Fire Department (Item 13), multiple grant and contract amendments for homelessness services (Items 16'18), and a contract increase and extension for capital program support services at San Francisco International Airport with TY Lin International (Item 15). The board also approved a resolution of intention and an ordinance to establish the Downtown Revitalization and Economic Recovery Financing District (Items 22 and 23); Supervisor Dorsey successfully moved a non-substantive amendment to item 23 to make clear city departments— costs for supporting the district will be funded by the district.
Votes and outcomes - Consent items 1—: adopted as presented (roll call recorded 11 ayes). - Items 9 and 10: ordinances authorizing certificates of participation documents and appropriating approximately $379,000,000 in refunding proceeds; passed on first reading (same house, same call; no recorded objections). - Item 11: ordinance to increase Assessment Appeals Board fees; passed on first reading. - Item 12: ordinance to increase farmers market and Alemany flea market vendor fees; passed on first reading. - Item 13: ordinance appropriating roughly $7.9 million of ambulance service revenue to support projected overtime and salary shifts in the Fire Department and related departments; passed on first reading. The ordinance requires a two-thirds vote of the board for the Fire Department appropriation (the clerk announced the ordinance was taken same house, same call and passed on first reading). - Item 14: resolution retroactively authorizing the Adult Probation Department to accept and expend a $1.5 million grant from the California Department of Health Care Services (CalAIM JI Path Round 3); adopted. - Item 15: resolution approving a second modification to a capital program support services contract with TY Lin International, increasing the contract by $32,000,000 to a new total of $40,000,000 and extending the term through Sept. 29, 2029; adopted. - Items 16—8: three resolutions approving amendments for homelessness services and related assignments, including substantial increases in grant amounts and extensions of terms (Episcopal Community Services, 5 Key, and a property management/assignment involving Tides/Tides SF/Dish SF); adopted. - Item 19: resolution increasing a senior operating subsidy grant with Chinatown SROs LLC by $572,000 for a new total of $6.7 million to fund rent subsidies for 35 extremely low-income seniors at 1005 Powell St.; adopted. - Item 20: resolution approving the use of tax-exempt revenue obligations by the California Enterprise Development Authority in an aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000 for the California Institute of Integral Studies; adopted. - Item 21: motion approving a 4.5% cost-of-living adjustment for Budget and Legislative Analyst contract services, effective July 1, 2025; approved. - Items 22 and 23: resolution of intention and ordinance to establish the San Francisco Downtown Revitalization and Economic Recovery Financing District; item 23 was amended on the floor to add language requiring the district to pay costs incurred by city departments that support the district; the amended ordinance passed on first reading. - Item 24: ordinance waiving certain contracting requirements for tenant improvements by Cast at Large LLC for the Port lease at Pier 29; passed on first reading. - Items 25'7: recognitions and commemorative street name resolutions for Dr. Amos C. Brown; adopted. - Item 27: authorization for Planning Department to apply for Priority Conservation Area designations; adopted. - Item 28: motion approving the mayor—s nomination of Ken McNeely to the Port Commission (term ending 05/01/2029); approved.
What the actions mean Many of the approvals are routine first-reading passages or administrative resolutions that will either return for a second reading or have been routed as committee reports; a subset involved appropriations, contract increases, or grant acceptances that move money or change existing agreements now. The downtown revitalization ordinance was amended in committee and on the floor to clarify how departmental support costs will be reimbursed by the new district.
Details and next steps Several items that passed on first reading will appear again for final passage in accordance with municipal procedure. The certificate of participation refunding (Items 9 and 10) will proceed toward sale of the certificates; appropriation and reserve placements identified in item 10 were placed on the controller—s reserve pending sale. The board recorded roll-call tallies where required; the clerk announced votes and counts during the meeting.
