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Board approves routine consent items and multiple contracts, bonds and grants (Nov. 8)
Summary
The Board approved a slate of consent items, contracts, bonds, grants and ordinances on Nov. 8, most by unanimous vote, including bond authorization for the Transbay Transit Center and multiple vendor agreements for parking and workers’ compensation services.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Nov. 8 adopted several consent items and standalone measures without extended debate. Many items were taken "same house, same call" and passed unanimously. Below are the key measures reported at the meeting and the recorded outcomes.
- Items 2–12 (consent): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes). These were routine items placed on the consent calendar.
- Item 13 (unanimously finally passed): Ordinance approving settlement of litigation filed by the City and County of San Francisco against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Xavier Becerra, and authorizing the Department of Public Health to enter a sole-source contract not to exceed $3,000,000. The transcript records a settlement figure of approximately $204,000; the board took the item with no recorded roll-call dissents.
- Items 14 & 15 (adopted/passed on first reading unanimously): Resolution authorizing issuance and sale of special tax bonds for Community Facilities District 2014-1 (Transbay Transit Center) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $90,000,000, and an ordinance appropriating the bonds for the Transbay Transit Center project.
- Item 16 (passed on first reading unanimously): Ordinance amending business and tax regulations to permit the tax collector to enter into payment plans on or before April 30, 2023 for certain delinquent public health license fees.
- Item 17 (adopted unanimously): Agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services for the San Francisco mental health plan for a five-year term (transcript lists amount as $0; details in the staff file were not recited on the floor).
- Item 18 (adopted unanimously): Amendment to a grant agreement with Mid-Market Foundation to manage the Mid-Market/Tenderloin community-based safety program; transcript records a total not-to-exceed amount of approximately $20,000,000 and a three-month extension to a total period described in the item.
- Items 19 & 20 (adopted unanimously): Agreements with Intercare Holdings Insurance Services and InnerCare Holdings Insurance Services for workers’ compensation third-party administrator services, for amounts not to exceed approximately $34,000,000 and $29,000,000 respectively, for base three-year terms with extension options.
- Items 21 & 22 (adopted unanimously): Agreements with LAZ Parking California and Emco Parking to manage multiple parking garages and lots operated by the Municipal Transportation Agency, each for amounts not to exceed approximately $180,000,000 over a five-year term with extension options.
- Item 23 (adopted unanimously): Resolution to expand community stabilization fund dollars for SoMa impacts; transcript lists an approximate amount of $513,000 and an additional six-month term extension (date range recited in the transcript appears to contain a typographical error and should be verified in the official file).
- Item 24 (adopted unanimously): Grant agreement with Mercy Housing California for a not-to-exceed $11,000,000 grant to finance construction of the Sunnydale Hope SF Community Building (55-year term described in the item).
- Item 25 (adopted unanimously): Retroactive authorization to accept an in-kind gift of consulting services valued at $300,000 from Coral Northern California.
- Item 26 (passed on first reading unanimously): Ordinance accepting public infrastructure and real property offers associated with a development project (identified in the agenda as the 5M project) and dedicating phase 1 and phase 2 infrastructure for public use.
- Item 27 (passed on first reading unanimously): Ordinance approving surveillance technology policies for body-worn cameras (Recreation and Park Department), security cameras (Department of Elections), and third-party airport cameras.
- Item 28 (motion): Reappointment of Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann to the California State Association of Counties (term ending 12/01/2023); the board voted to excuse Mandelmann from the vote and approved the reappointment motion.
- Items 32–35 (adopted without committee reference; unanimous): Resolutions and motions on the "adoption without committee reference" calendar, approved unanimously (11 ayes).
Ending: Most items were adopted unanimously and taken as routine. Where the transcript included amounts, dates or other specifics, those figures are noted above; for items where the floor summary omitted staff-file details (for example, precise contract language, full dollar accounting, or apparent transcription typos), readers should consult the official board files and staff reports posted with the meeting record for authoritative text and correct dates.
