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At a glance: Board adopts multiple ordinances and resolutions on first reading; key items pass unanimously
Summary
The Board passed a package of ordinances and resolutions on the consent and immediate-adoption calendars, approving multiple first-reading ordinances and adopting several resolutions unanimously.
The Board of Supervisors approved a multi-item consent and immediate-adoption calendar, passing numerous ordinances and resolutions on first reading and adopting several resolutions unanimously.
Highlights and roll-call outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript:
- Items 1–13 (consent calendar): Passed unanimously by voice/roll call (10 ayes; Supervisor Wiener excused).
- Item 14: Ordinance to amend the Business and Tax Regulations Code to repeal Article 3 (license requirement and tax on transient merchants). Passed on first reading without objection.
- Item 15: Ordinance authorizing the Treasurer-Tax Collector to accept a $100,000 grant from Earned Assets Resource Network for the Office of Financial Empowerment’s Kindergarten to College program and to create one grant-funded position; passed on first reading unanimously.
- Item 16: Ordinance authorizing a second amendment to the agreement between the city and AT&T, extending the term through Dec. 31, 2015, and increasing the not-to-exceed amount to approximately $98,000,000; passed on first reading unanimously.
- Item 17: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to provide procedures for issuance of power revenue bonds by the Public Utilities Commission; passed on first reading unanimously.
- Item 18: Ordinance approving issuance and sale of Public Utilities Commission revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $48,000,000 to finance capital projects and approving the department's CEQA determination; passed on first reading unanimously.
- Item 19: Ordinance authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District against the City for approximately $31,000; passed on first reading (roll-call recorded: 8 ayes noted in transcript at the time of that vote).
- Items 20–24: Resolutions regarding transfers or issuance of alcoholic-beverage licenses (items 20–23) and recognizing the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights (item 24) were adopted unanimously.
- Item 26: Ordinance amending the San Francisco general plan by repealing the 2009 housing element and adopting the 2014 housing element (after Land Use and Transportation Committee recommendation). Roll call recorded: 9 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Farrell voted no); passed on first reading.
- Item 29: Resolution calling on cities to urge owners of delinquent mortgages to sell at-risk loans to qualified nonprofits to prevent foreclosure; adopted unanimously.
- Item 30 (City College resolution): Adopted unanimously (see separate article on displaced Civic Center classes). Roll-call recorded 10 ayes.
- Items 31 and 32: Adopted by roll call along with item 30 (part of the immediate adoption calendar); passed unanimously.
Ending: The meeting record shows broad unanimous support for the consent and many first-reading ordinances. Item-level roll-call tallies and the transcript should be referenced for exact vote counts per item when needed.
