Votes at a glance: key ordinances and resolutions approved Sept. 20 by San Francisco supervisors

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Sept. 20 adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions across a range of city functions. The list below summarizes each distinct formal action recorded on the meeting transcript, with key details and the recorded outcome.

Votes at a glance (selected items listed by agenda number)

- Item 1 — Ordinance to amend the Administrative Code and Police Code to phase out gas‑powered landscaping equipment (ban on city use starting 07/01/2024; citywide prohibition starting 01/01/2026; establishes buyback/incentive fund and reporting requirements): Passed on first reading unanimously (11 ayes).

- Item 2 — Resolution authorizing the Director of Property to approve a fourth amendment to the lease at 25 Van Ness Avenue for New Conservatory Theater Center (extend ~14,000 rentable square feet five years from 10/01/2028 to 09/30/2033; forgive rent for Jan 21–June 2021 ~ $50,000): Adopted unanimously (without objection).

- Item 3 — Resolution to accept and expand ~$1,200,000 in California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection grants for the South of Market Tree Nursery workforce development program (term 07/01/2022–03/30/2026): Adopted unanimously.

- Item 4 — Resolution to retroactively accept ~$1,400,000 from the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control for the 900 Inez remediation project (period June 30, 2022–06/29/2023): Adopted unanimously.

- Item 5 — Resolution authorizing extension of the lease at 124 Turk Street for 55 permanent supportive housing units (base rent approx. $563,000/year; 10‑year term expiring 07/31/2032): Adopted unanimously.

- Item 6 — Resolution authorizing Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to execute a project Homekey acquisition agreement not to exceed ~$7,500,000 for property at 3055–3061 16th St and to commit match funds (~$1,600,000) and operating subsidy: Adopted unanimously.

- Item 7 — Resolution urging the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning to prepare a financing plan for expanding emergency firefighting water systems to unprotected areas by 12/31/2022: Adopted unanimously.

- Items 8 & 9 — Resolutions consenting to issuance of revenue obligations by the California Enterprise Development Authority to finance Urban School of San Francisco (up to $10,000,000) and San Francisco University High School (up to $49,000,000): Adopted unanimously.

- Item 10 — Resolution to amend and restate the lease for the San Francisco Wholesale Produce Market to enable private construction loans and related terms: Adopted unanimously.

- Item 11 — Ordinance to amend the planning code to designate City Cemetery as a landmark (minor amendments introduced and approved at the meeting): Passed on first reading unanimously.

- Item 12 — Resolution extending and modifying interim zoning controls requiring conditional use authorization for certain residential developments: Adopted unanimously.

- Item 13 — Ordinance to place the County Veteran Service Officer under the Department of Disability and Aging Services and update nomination/reporting protocols: Passed on first reading.

- Item 14 — Ordinance approving a Police Department surveillance technology policy (see separate article for full coverage): Amended and passed 7‑4.

- Item 15 — Ordinance to remove the requirement to charge a legacy business registry administrative fee: Passed on first reading unanimously.

- Item 16 — Ordinance reestablishing the Committee on City Workforce Alignment with procedural and seat‑assignment changes (amendments approved): Passed on first reading.

- Item 18 — Motion to appoint Andrea Tory to the Children, Youth and Their Families Advisory Committee (term ending 07/01/2024): Approved unanimously.

- Items 23 & 25 — Resolutions responding to Superior Court presiding judge recommendations in two Civil Grand Jury reports ("Shovel Ready" and "Safe and Accessible Parks for All"); resolutions urging mayoral implementation through budget processes and departmental action: Adopted unanimously.

- Items 26–28 — Resolutions approving tolling agreements to extend statutes of limitations for several hotel property claims (PK Domestic Property LLC, Park Intermediate Holdings LLC): Adopted unanimously.

- Item 29 — Ordinance creating the Tenderloin Neon Special Sign District (planning code amendment); passed on first reading unanimously.

- Item 30 — Ordinance amending campaign and governmental conduct code around certain solicitation and conflict rules (committee report recommended as amended): Passed on first reading unanimously.

- Items 33 & 34 — Introduced for adoption without committee reference and approved unanimously on first reading (transcript does not specify additional details): Adopted unanimously.

- Items 19 & 20 — Committee of the whole and item 20 (Park Merced street and easement vacation order): Committee heard; item 20 passed on first reading unanimously (11 ayes) — see separate Park Merced article for details.

- Items 21 & 22 — Transbay Block 4 redevelopment plan amendment: Committee of the whole hearing was continued to Nov. 1, 2022 by motion (moved by Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Mandelmann) and approved unanimously.

Notes on votes and procedure

- Items listed as "passed on first reading" will return to the board for subsequent readings or final actions in accordance with the city's legislative process when required by the Administrative Code and Planning Code. - Many items were adopted "without objection" or "same house, same call"; where a formal roll call was recorded in the transcript the tally is reported above. If no individual roll call names were given in the transcript, the item was recorded as adopted unanimously in the meeting minutes.

Full list of formal items and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript is reflected above. For further detail on any specific ordinance or resolution, the clerk's office posts the final ordinance text, committee reports and supporting documents on the Board's website.