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Board roundup: dozens of ordinances, grants and appointments pass in unanimous votes
Summary
At its March 23 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a broad portfolio of ordinances, bond and grant authorizations, routine planning code items and appointments, mostly by unanimous roll call, and established a new Youth, Young Adults and Families standing committee.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 23 cleared a broad slate of routine and non‑controversial business by first reading or resolution, including bond refunding authority, state grant acceptances, minor code amendments, zoning changes, and multiple appointments to boards and commissions.
Key votes and outcomes (selected)
- Item 1: Ordinance to extend temporary suspension of business registration/fee requirements for transportation network company drivers and taxi drivers — passed unanimously on final reading.
- Items 2 & 3: Planning code amendments and a development agreement for 542–550 Howard Street (rezoning and a development agreement between the city and Parcel F Owner LLC) — passed 10–1 (Supervisor Peskin recorded the lone no vote) on the roll call.
- Item 4 & 5: A $220,000,000 general obligation bond refunding appropriation (Item 4) and the related bond issuance resolution (Item 5) — first reading passed; the bond issuance resolution passed on roll call (11–0 on resolution).
- Items 6 & 7: Retroactive authorizations for the District Attorney to accept two state grants for insurance fraud programs (approx. $316,000 and $928,000) — unanimously adopted.
- Item 8: Resolution approving a roughly $52,300,000 contract between Color Health Inc. and the Department of Public Health for community COVID‑19 testing services (04/06/2021–03/31/2022) — adopted unanimously.
- Item 9: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Emergency Relief Program grant authorization (~$3,000,000 total, retroactively increased by ~$226,000) to fund O'Shaughnessy Boulevard emergency relief project — adopted unanimously.
- Item 10: Airport Commission grant acceptances (FAA CARES/subsequent grant funds up to approximately $46,500,000 plus contingency) — unanimously approved.
- Item 11: Ordinance to extend deadlines to pay various registration and fee payments billed by the Tax Collector — first reading unanimous.
- Item 12: Planning code clarifications tied to Central SoMa Area Plan cleanup — passed first reading unanimously.
- Item 13: Resolution urging expanded city efforts to close the digital divide and deliver high‑quality devices and connectivity to vulnerable residents — adopted unanimously.
- Item 14: Ordinance to amend the administrative code to change composition of the Family Violence Council and extend its sunset date to 05/01/2024 — approved on first reading unanimously.
- Item 15: Ordinance allowing certain contracting parties at SFO to charge limited premium shares on more expensive health plans, and clarifying coverage rules — first reading unanimous.
- Item 16: Motion to establish a new Youth, Young Adults and Families standing committee within the Board of Supervisors (requires 8 votes) — approved unanimously.
- Item 17–18: Executive appointments and board appointments (MTA reappointment; Housing Stability Fund Oversight Board appointments) — motions approved unanimously.
- Items 26–28: Labor/administrative measures including adoption of an emergency layoff rehiring right (Item 26 — first reading passed 10–1, Supervisor Stephanie voting no), the mayoral nomination of Carol Eisen as Human Resources Director (Item 27 — confirmed 11–0), and an amendments to board rules to streamline appointments to subordinate bodies (Item 28 — approved unanimously).
- Items 31 & 32: Adoption without committee reference — both resolutions were adopted (item 32 affirms support for a state office of racial equity bill). Both passed by unanimous roll call.
What this means
Most of the day’s business was taken up by committee recommendations and routine roll calls. The board approved a range of capital and operating authorizations, accepted grants, created a new standing committee focused on youth and families, and confirmed a new Human Resources director. The most prominent non‑routine action at the meeting was the board’s full de novo appeal and disapproval of the AT&T rooftop wireless site at 590 Second Avenue (covered in a separate article).
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