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Votes at a glance: Board approves multiple ordinances and resolutions including Pier 70 items, loans and district designations
Summary
At its March 28, 2024 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a series of ordinances and resolutions on a range of topics, including a development agreement for the Potrero Power Station, the 900 Kearny Street Special Use District, the Pier 70 first-phase infrastructure acceptances, and multiple administrative and budget measures.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 28, 2024, adopted a package of ordinances and resolutions spanning development agreements, appropriations, program authorizations and commemorative designations. The items below were taken as part of the board's adoption without committee reference calendar or otherwise recorded during the meeting.
Key outcomes
- Item 2: Ordinance amending a development agreement with California Barrel Company, LLC for the Potrero Power Station project to allow establishment of San Francisco Enhanced Financing District No. 1 (Power Station). Vote: unanimous (11 ayes).
- Item 3: Ordinance to create the 900 Kearny Street Special Use District. Vote: unanimously passed.
- Item 4: Ordinance with multiple planning-code amendments (Bernal Heights offset requirements, Japantown signage, temporary cannabis retail rules, inclusionary housing correction and zoning control table fix). Vote: passed.
- Item 5: Ordinance to amend the administrative code to establish a permanent Homeward Bound program administered by the Human Services Agency and Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to provide paid travel and relocation support for certain individuals experiencing or formerly experiencing homelessness. Vote: passed.
- Item 6: Ordinance appropriating ambulance service revenue to the Fire Department and reallocating funds to support projected overtime in multiple departments; passed on first reading (two-thirds required for a portion of the fire appropriation per charter section 9.113(c)).
- Item 7: Extension through June 30, 2025, of a waiver of certain first-year permit, license, and business registration fees for specified small businesses that newly form or open a new location. Vote: passed on first reading.
- Item 8: Ordinance to revise fees for copies of certain documents and services provided by the Office of the Assessor-Recorder. Vote: passed on first reading.
- Item 9: Resolution authorizing the Public Defender's Office to accept and expend approximately $525,000 from SB 101/SB 104 grant funds for representation in CARE Act and related proceedings. Vote: adopted.
- Item 10: Resolution authorizing a sharing agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for emergency radio telecommunications at an initial base rent of about $118,000 per year (term 06/01/2024 to 05/31/2029, with 3 five-year extension options). Vote: adopted.
- Item 11: Resolution approving a loan of $11.6 million in permanent financing for 936 Geary Street under the Small Sites and Preservation & Seismic Safety programs. Vote: adopted.
- Items 12-14: Three related Pier 70 items (second amendment to the DDA, acceptance of infrastructure for Phase 1 and related public-right-of-way delegations, and revocable permission for certain encroachments). With no rostered speakers these items were adopted or passed on first reading as noted by the clerk.
- Item 15: Resolution adding "Sean Monterosa Boulevard" as a commemorative street name at the intersection of Park Street and Holly Park Circle. Vote: adopted.
- Item 16: Motion confirming the mayor's nomination of Lieutenant Leonard Poggio to the Entertainment Commission (term through 07/01/2026). Motion approved.
- Item 17: Resolution authorizing the mayor's office and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to solicit donations to expand temporary shelter and homeless services notwithstanding the behested payment ordinance. Vote: adopted (10 ayes recorded in committee report roll call).
- Item 18: Ordinance amending the planning code to prohibit tobacco paraphernalia establishments in designated districts and to deem legal nonconforming establishments abandoned after 180 days of nonuse; passed on first reading.
- Items 23 and 25-29 (adoption-without-committee calendar): The clerk recorded adoption/approval of items 23 and 25 through 29 in a combined roll call (11 ayes). Item texts include a set of resolutions and motions on varied topics; the clerk's roll call showed unanimous approval on those calendar items presented together.
Items passed without extended debate were referred to the clerk's record as "same house, same call" or were recorded on first reading per the clerk's statements during the meeting. Where the clerk read a measure's short title, that title is used above; full ordinance or resolution text should be consulted in the official file for implementation details and timelines.
