Board adopts multiple leases, grants and ordinances; sends Justice for Renters stance to rules committee

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 2 approved a series of routine and substantive measures—ranging from library leases and large youth grants to an ARPA-funded utility assistance program—and referred a resolution about the Justice for Renters Act to the Rules Committee.

The board adopted items 1 through 15 on the consent calendar by roll call, with Supervisor Aaron Peskin confirming a quorum before the vote. Several individual measures on the adoption calendar were passed by the body “same house, same call,” meaning no member requested separate consideration.

Key measures approved or advanced: 1–15 (consent calendar) were adopted; an ordinance amending the Public Works Code to streamline vending permit enforcement was finally passed; a five-year lease of 387 square feet at the Main Library for the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library was adopted; the board approved a retroactive lease for Cafe Melange at City Hall and a related revocable license; the Human Rights Commission lease at 141 Industrial Street with Greater Calvary Hill Missionary Baptist Church was adopted; the board affirmed the planning director’s approval of an assignment and assumption agreement for the Potrero Power Station project block 2, involving UCSF; two multi-million-dollar grant agreements with the Japanese Community Youth Council were approved; the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission was authorized to accept approximately $23,400,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to assist customers with water/wastewater arrears; and the board advanced an ordinance to change transient occupancy tax exemption thresholds for first reading.

The board also took the following calendar actions: the Land Use and Transportation Committee’s ordinances and resolutions on streamlining awning permits and a two-year pilot for restricted late-night operation in parts of the Tenderloin were advanced on first reading; a resolution to rename Oakdale Avenue between Third Street and Newhall Street was adopted; and the board adopted an in‑memoriam proclamation recognizing Kim Marie Thompson Chrome and other departed members of the city community.

On the adoption-without-committee-reference calendar, Supervisors moved to sever items 30, 32 and 33 for separate consideration. Item 30, a resolution expressing support for the Justice for Renters Act and urging repeal of the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, was removed from immediate adoption and referred to the Rules Committee after a motion from Supervisor Dean Preston; the referral was seconded and taken without objection. Supervisor Preston said he wanted the Rules Committee to hear and consider the item. The referral means the board did not adopt an immediate city position at this meeting.

Item 31, a proclamation declaring June 29 as Kim Marie Thompson Chrome Day, was adopted unanimously. Item 32, a resolution urging the San Francisco Unified School District to include explicit equity criteria in its resource alignment initiative, passed as amended to add several neighborhoods of concern, including Chinatown, the Tenderloin, Bayview‑Hunters Point, Western Addition and the Mission. Item 33, a motion to appropriate approximately $58,000,000 in cost savings to restore programs for children, youth, seniors and vulnerable residents, was amended and adopted.

Several of the adopted measures included specific dollar amounts or contract terms noted on the record: the Main Library lease was described as an initial five-year term at about $15,000 in annual base rent; a grant agreement with the Japanese Community Youth Council for multiple youth programs was described as totalling up to $40,380,000; a second grant agreement for the Opportunities for All youth works program was described as up to $43,200,000; and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ARPA award was described as approximately $23,400,000. Where staff or the clerk provided only approximate figures on the record, the board’s actions reflected those approximations.

The board took roll call votes where required; many calendar items were adopted on unanimous or unopposed voice/roll calls when no member requested separate consideration. Formal referrals and recorded roll calls were noted in the clerk’s record for each item.

Looking ahead, the Rules Committee will consider the Justice for Renters Act resolution at a future meeting. The board’s referrals and amendments mean several of these matters will receive further committee or staff review before final implementation.