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Votes at a glance: Board adopts range of leases, grants, contracts and local approvals Nov. 14
Summary
The Board adopted a package of ordinances, resolutions and contracts at its Nov. 14 meeting, approving leases, grants, contract modifications and departmental appropriations that cover airport bus procurement, housing and public‑health grants, an electric bicycle delivery pilot expansion, and district reappropriations.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a series of ordinances, resolutions, lease approvals and contract modifications at its Nov. 14 meeting. These items required routine votes and were adopted with little or no extended debate in the public hearing record provided.
Highlights and outcomes (adopted unless noted):
- Airport compressed natural gas buses (Item 1): Ordinance waiving competitive bidding to authorize the Airport Commission to procure up to 14 used compressed natural gas transit buses from the City of Phoenix for $350,000. Roll call recorded 11 ayes; ordinance finally passed.
- Administrative Services fees (Item 3): Ordinance amending administrative code to increase Department of Administrative Services reproduction and notary fees and to authorize the Controller to make future cost‑recovery adjustments; recorded as finally passed.
- District 7 reappropriation (Item 4): Ordinance to de‑appropriate $377,000 from general city responsibility and $150,000 from the Municipal Transportation Agency and reappropriate $527,000 to District 7 projects across departments; sponsor described 17 community-selected projects (murals, traffic calming, rainy day fund for small businesses); passed on first reading.
- Health code amendment (Item 5): Ordinance amending the health code regulating medical specimen collection sites; finally passed.
- Leases (Items 6–8): Resolutions retroactively approving or authorizing leases at 716–720 Sacramento Street (fourth amendment), 2205 Jennings Street, and 42 Golf Street with stated rents and term details; all three resolutions adopted.
- HOPWA grant renewal (Item 9): Resolution retroactively approving the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HOPWA permanent supportive housing renewal grant for FY2022 in the amount of $1,500,000 for the term 06/01/2023–05/31/2026; resolution adopted.
- Contract modification and Medi‑Cal administrative agreement (Items 10–11): Resolution authorizing a one‑year extension and third modification to an as‑needed auction services contract; and a resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to enter a participation agreement for county‑based Medi‑Cal administrative activities (effective 07/01/2019) with anticipated revenue to the city of $1,000,000 or more; both adopted.
- Electric bicycle pilot expansion (Item 12): Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend approximately $605,000 in U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office funding to expand the city’s electric bicycle pilot for delivery workers, increasing participation from about 30 to up to 80 delivery riders. Supervisor Aaron Peskin noted sponsor and co-sponsor acknowledgments and Supervisor Matt Preston described the expansion and cited prior cohorts and supporting studies; resolution adopted.
- MTC OBAG 3 compliance confirmation (Item 13): Resolution affirming San Francisco’s compliance with certain state housing laws to support SFMTA’s application for Metropolitan Transportation Commission One Bay Area Grant (OBAG 3) funding. Supervisor Preston secured amendments to change language that he said implied inevitability of regional underproduction; the board adopted the resolution as amended.
- SOMA community stabilization planning (Item 14): Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to expend $99,000 from the SOMA Community Stabilization Fund to hire a consultant to develop a five‑year strategic plan addressing destabilization impacts; adopted.
- Public library MOU (Item 15): Resolution approving a 10‑year MOU between the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library and the San Francisco Public Library to clarify fundraising and capital project roles; adopted.
- Airport surveillance technology policy (Item 16): Ordinance approving airport surveillance technology policies governing application‑based commercial transport technology and detection systems; passed on first reading.
- Appointments and referrals: Mayor's nomination for Kent Lim to the Successor Agency Commission (Item 17) was approved; Item 18 (charter amendment about minimum staffing levels for sworn police officers) was continued to Nov. 28. Item 22 (planning code amendment to create the Nonprofit Arts Education Special Use District) passed first reading; Item 24 (Ballot Simplification Committee appointments) was approved.
What to watch Several items signaled follow‑up work: fund allocations in District 7 projects; the expanded e‑bike pilot’s implementation details; and the charter amendment items (18 and 21) that were continued to future meetings. The HOPWA and other grant approvals include reporting and contract follow up by the respective departments.
If additional roll‑call tallies are required for formal recordkeeping, the clerk's office will include full recorded votes in the official minutes.
