Board actions: roll-call votes and approvals from May 23, 2017 meeting

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took a series of votes and approvals on May 23. Below is a concise roundup of the substantive items that were acted on during the meeting with outcomes recorded on the public record.

Votes at a glance

- Item 1 — Ordinance requiring city passenger vehicles be zero-emission: Passed unanimously (11–0). The ordinance amends administrative and environment codes to require new passenger vehicles procured by the city to be zero-emission and requires the entire passenger fleet to be zero-emission by December 31, 2022 absent a waiver.

- Item 2 — Transfer of Moscone Center Garage and Performing Arts Garage (continuance): Continued to July 11, 2017 at the request of Supervisor Kim and SFMTA staff; the item requires an eight-vote threshold under state law.

- Item 3 — Ordinance appropriating $5,000,000 from PUC wastewater enterprise reserves for storm-related claims: Passed unanimously (11–0). Funds were appropriated to pay claims, settlements and related legal expenses arising from the winter storms of 2016–17; $3,000,000 was placed on budget and finance reserve.

- Item 5 — Supplemental appropriations for overtime across multiple departments: Ordinance to appropriate $3,000 (water fund) and to reallocate approximately $19,000,000 to overtime budgets in Sheriff, DEM, Fire, DPH and PUC operating budgets; passed unanimously (11–0); the DPH portion required a two-thirds vote per Charter §9.113(c) and passed.

- Item 6 — Resolution approving third amendment to DPH behavioral health agreement with Positive Resource Center: Approved unanimously.

- Item 7 — Resolution setting prevailing wage rates for security guard services and events on city property: Adopted unanimously.

- Items 8 & 9 — SOMA Community Stabilization Fund expansions: Resolutions authorizing MOHCD to expand SOMA stabilization funding by approximately $1,200,000 (programmatic stabilization) and $10,000,000 (small sites acquisition/rehab within SOMA): Adopted unanimously.

- Item 10 — Acceptance and expenditure of a State Transportation Development Act pedestrian and bicycle grant (~$991,000): Adopted unanimously; grant term through June 30, 2020.

- Item 11 — Intention to establish the Japantown PBID (property-based business improvement district): Resolution declaring intent and setting public hearing for July 25, 2017: Adopted unanimously.

- Item 12 — Ordinance narrowing portions of sidewalks on Mission Street (specified parcels): Passed first reading unanimously.

- Items 18–23 — Budget and real-estate finance items related to 1500 Mission Street, wastewater commercial paper program increase, acquisition applications for supportive housing and purchase of property at 772 Pacific Avenue: Forwarded by Budget & Finance and adopted as described; see agency files for contract and financing details.

- Item 13–15 (Airbnb litigation settlement and tolling agreement): The Board held a public hearing on the proposed settlement (item 15) and, after closed-session legal advice, endorsed the settlement by resolution (see article on the settlement). The motion recorded a one-time payment of $80,000 plus $10,000 annually and the City will proceed with implementation steps.

- DBI delinquent charge report (Item 16–17 special order at 5 p.m.): The board heard the Department of Building Inspection’s report of delinquent charges, took public testimony and adopted the resolution approving imposition of special assessment liens as amended; several items were stricken from the list at the board’s request and property owners were directed to meet with DBI staff to discuss payment or remediation options.

Notes on procedure and follow-ups

- Several items were passed by “same house, same call” (no roll-call discussion). A number of measures require follow-up actions by the mayor’s housing office, planning, DBI or the City Attorney’s Office. For development- and housing-related items, supervisors repeatedly requested that staff provide implementation plans and monitoring reports.

- Items that required supermajority votes (e.g., certain appropriations) met the necessary thresholds as recorded in the roll calls.

Sources and documents: Board roll-call records; on-the-record public hearing comments; agenda and ordinance/resolution text filed with the Clerk of the Board.