Board adopts wide set of ordinances, leases and grants; rezoning notice change passes after split vote

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 29 approved a large set of ordinances, resolutions and contracts covering planning-code changes, leases, grant acceptances and administrative contracts.

The board approved most items on consent or by a single roll call. Key outcomes included final passage of a planning-code amendment to add notice requirements for rezoning (item 7), multiple lease approvals and an $8.5 million appropriation to pay for tenant improvements tied to the city's new lease at 1455 Market Street (item 8). Dozens of federal grant acceptances for housing and homelessness programs also were authorized.

Why it matters: the items approved include policy and budget actions that enable ongoing real estate leases for city agencies, acceptance of federal housing grants, procurement contracts and two planning-code amendments that affect future development notifications and seismic-retrofit assessments.

Votes at a glance (selected items recorded on the April 29 agenda) - Item 7 — Ordinance amending the planning code to require notice of rezoning to comply with housing-element law and to affirm a CEQA determination: final passage, roll-call vote 8 ayes, 3 no (Supervisor Dorsey, Supervisor Mahmood, Supervisor Melgar voted no). Outcome: approved. - Item 8 — Ordinance to appropriate $8,500,000 from projected revenue surplus and related transfers for tenant improvements and related costs at 1455 Market Street: passed on first reading (roll call 11 ayes). Outcome: approved (first reading). - Item 9 — Resolution authorizing a first amendment to the Hudson 1455 Market LLC lease to take additional space at 1455 Market Street and to expend funds for rent and tenant improvements: adopted (11 ayes). Outcome: approved. - Item 10 — Resolution to retroactively approve lease of Adante Hotel at 610 Geary Street for a 93‑unit non‑congregate temporary shelter, initial term beginning 04/01/2025 with 1‑year option and $1,500,000 annual base rent: adopted (same-house/same-call). Outcome: approved. - Item 11 — Resolution adopting the city’s five‑year information and community technology plan (FY2025–26 through FY2029–30) under Administrative Code section 22A.6: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 12 — Resolution authorizing the Planning Department to accept and expend a $7,000,000 HUD grant (Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program), retroactive to 01/22/2025: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Items 13–14 — Designation of outreach community newspapers and designation of the San Francisco Examiner as the city’s official newspaper for FY2025–26: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 15 — Contract authorization for as‑needed sale of city‑owned scrap metal (Circosta Iron and Metal Co., Inc.), five‑year term estimated revenue $1,000,000: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Items 16–17 — Contract authorizations for insurance brokerage services (Arthur J. Gallagher and Alliant Insurance Services): adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 18 — Resolution authorizing acceptance and expenditure of an FAA airport infrastructure grant (approx. $66,200,000 plus up to 15% contingency) for boarding area/gates enhancement project: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 19 — Resolution accepting an in‑kind gift (Rivian R1S) to Fleet Management retroactive to 03/18/2025 (estimated value $134,000): adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 20 — SFPUC contract authorization (Calpine Community Energy) for Customer Administrative Services for the Community Choice Aggregation program, $17,000,000 over three years: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Items 21–24 — Four HUD grant resolutions (Emergency Solutions Grant, Community Development Block Grant, HOPWA, HOME program): adopted (combined total amounts and program income described on the record). Outcome: approved. - Item 25 — Ordinance to amend the Planning Code to eliminate a 200‑foot buffer in the Western SoMa Special Use District for nighttime entertainment: passed on first reading. Outcome: approved (first reading). - Item 26 — Ordinance to adopt voluntary seismic retrofit standards for certain concrete buildings and to assess the city's inventory of seismically vulnerable buildings: passed on first reading. Outcome: approved (first reading). - Item 27 — Resolution adopting the Sunset Chinese Cultural District strategy: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 28 — Resolution declaring 772 Pacific exempt surplus land: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 29 — Ordinance creating Valencia Street and Ellis Street entertainment zones and a Yerba Buena Lane downtown activation location: passed on first reading. Outcome: approved (first reading). - Item 30 — Resolution accepting annual surveillance reports under Administrative Code section 19B.6 for numerous departments and commissions: adopted. Outcome: approved. - Item 31 — Motions appointing members to the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare: approved. Outcome: approved. - Item 32 — Motion to reappoint Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to the Association of Bay Area Governments executive board; motion to excuse him from the item carried (10 ayes) and the item was approved (same‑house/same‑call). Outcome: approved. - Item 33 — Motion to reappoint Supervisor Matt Dorsey to the ABAG executive board; motion to excuse Supervisor Dorsey from the item was approved and the reappointment carried (10 ayes). Outcome: approved. - Item 42 — Committee report from Land Use and Transportation Committee approving an amendment to the Mission Rock housing plan to reduce minimum percentage of inclusionary affordable units per phase at Seawall Lot 337: adopted (11 ayes). Outcome: approved.

Many other administrative and ceremonial items were taken under a "same house, same call" procedure and adopted without extended debate. Detailed roll‑call tallies and the full text of each ordinance or resolution are available in the official minutes and the clerk's packet for the April 29, 2025 meeting.

Context and next steps: Several items were passed on their first reading and will return if statutorily required; capital appropriations and lease authorizations enable ongoing agency relocations and the start of tenant‑improvement work. The planning‑code amendment on rezoning notification (item 7) passed by an 8–3 margin after recorded no votes from three supervisors.