Board adopts wide package of leases, grants and code updates; several items moved forward on consent

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 29 approved a broad package of measures including lease amendments, grant acceptances, contract authorizations, and first‑reading ordinances.

Highlights included approval on first reading of an ordinance to appropriate funds for tenant improvements tied to the city's new lease at 1455 Market Street and a companion resolution authorizing the lease amendment; a retroactive lease for non‑congregate shelter at the Adonte Hotel (610 Geary Street); acceptance of multiple federal housing grants; large contract authorizations for insurance brokerage services; and a Federal Aviation Administration grant acceptance for airport gate improvements.

The board took most votes under “same house, same call,” moving numerous items on unanimous voice or roll call votes. Several items that were recorded included: an ordinance to appropriate $8.5 million from projected revenue surplus, de‑appropriate roughly $3.3 million from other capital projects and appropriate $11.8 million to interdepartmental rent and tenant improvement costs related to the Human Services Agency’s new space at 1455 Market Street (item 8; passed on first reading); a resolution authorizing a first amendment to the lease at 1455 Market Street that would add approximately 226,000 rentable square feet of office space and about 6,000 rentable square feet of basement storage for a 21‑year balance of term and to authorize tenant improvement and technology expenditures up to $15,500,000 (item 9; adopted); and a resolution to retroactively authorize a lease with Roshan Investments, LLC for the Adonte Hotel at 610 Geary Street for a 93‑unit non‑congregate temporary shelter, initial term 1 year commencing April 1, 2025, with base rent of $1,500,000 (item 10; adopted).

The board also adopted on the consent calendar acceptance and expenditure of multiple U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants (items 21–24), and accepted a separate $7,000,000 HUD Pathways grant for planning (item 12). The board approved contract amendments for insurance brokerage services (items 16 and 17), a Calpine contract for community choice aggregation services with a $17,000,000 value (item 20), and accepted an FAA grant offer for the Boarding Area G gates enhancement project at San Francisco International Airport (item 18).

Two ordinances were passed on first reading relating to nightlife and building safety: elimination of a 200‑foot buffer for nighttime entertainment in the Western SOMA Special Use District (item 25) and amendments to the building code to assess the city’s inventory of seismically vulnerable rigid‑wall flexible‑diaphragm and concrete buildings and to adopt voluntary retrofit standards (item 26). The board also passed a pair of entertainment‑zone ordinances (item 29) on first reading and adopted a report and strategy related to the Sunset Chinese Cultural District (item 27).

Other routine actions included designation of official outreach newspapers (items 13–14), authorization for sale of city scrap metal (item 15), acceptance of an in‑kind gift of a zero‑emission vehicle for official use (a Rivian R1S retrofitted with security upgrades; item 19), adoption of the city’s five‑year information and community technology plan (item 11), and approvals of various appointments and reappointments to city commissions (items 31–33).

The board also adopted a committee report recommending an amendment to the Mission Rock housing plan to reduce the minimum percentage of inclusionary affordable housing units per phase for the Mission Rock project (item 42). That measure was recommended by the Land Use and Transportation Committee and later adopted by the full board.

Several items were continued or set for further hearing: a multi‑item CEQA and conditional use appeal for a project at 1310 Junipero Serra Boulevard (items 34–41) was continued to the May 13, 2025 meeting to allow additional negotiations among parties; and the board convened a closed session on existing litigation matters (item 45).

Votes at a glance (selected items): - Item 7 (Planning Code amend. — rezoning notice/housing element compliance): final passage, 8 ayes, 3 no (Dorsey, Mahmood, Melgar). - Item 8 (appropriation for 1455 Market tenant improvements): passed on first reading, roll call unanimous where recorded. - Item 9 (1455 Market lease amendment): adopted (same house, same call). - Item 10 (Adonte Hotel lease for non‑congregate shelter): adopted (same house, same call). - Items 12, 21–24 (HUD grants including Pathways, ESG, CDBG, HOPWA, HOME): adopted (same house, same call). - Items 16–17 (insurance brokerage contract authorizations): adopted. - Item 18 (FAA grant for boarding area G gates): adopted. - Item 19 (in‑kind vehicle gift — Rivian R1S): adopted. - Item 25 (Western SOMA buffer removal for nighttime entertainment): passed on first reading. - Item 26 (seismic building code update): passed on first reading. - Item 29 (Valencia Street/Ellis St. entertainment zones and downtown activation): passed on first reading. - Item 42 (Mission Rock housing plan amendment): adopted on recommendation of Land Use & Transportation Committee (vote recorded in committee; full board adopted without objection). - Item 47 (declaring April 2025 American Muslim Appreciation & Awareness Month): adopted (same house, same call). - Item 50 (Parkinson’s Awareness Month): adopted (amendment made to clarify language).

What the votes mean: Most items were procedural or administrative authorizations — appropriations, lease approvals, grant acceptances, and contract authorizations — enabling city departments to proceed with leases, capital work, grant‑funded programs and vendor contracting. Several ordinance changes moved forward on first reading and will return for final passage at a later meeting, per standard procedure.

The board’s routine handling of many items by consolidated votes kept the agenda moving; several items of public interest — including the Junipero Serra CEQA appeal and Mission Rock inclusionary housing amendment — will require further hearings or implementation steps.

Ending note: The board adjourned after a closed session; no reportable action emerged publicly from the closed session. The board’s next scheduled meeting will take up continued hearings and the items returned for final reading as required by ordinance.