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Votes at a glance: Key Board actions Feb. 9 — bond, vaccine plan, housing and a slate of resolutions
Summary
The Board of Supervisors on Feb. 9 acted on a slate of matters including a scaled-back MTA bond authorization, emergency public-health and vaccine transparency measures, transportation and airport financing items, and multiple state- and federal-level resolutions; most measures passed unanimously.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took final action on numerous measures at its Feb. 9 meeting. Below is a concise list of enacted items, outcomes and key details from the meeting record.
Items passed or acted on (selected):
- Items 2through 6 (consent agenda): Passed unanimously on roll call (11-0). These were routine consent items placed on the agenda together.
- Items 7 and 8 (MTA bond package): As amended (par value $129,000,000; appropriation $118,000,000) amendments passed and the ordinance passed first reading; the companion financing resolution was adopted. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 9 (Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund ordinance): Passed on first reading (11-0). The ordinance establishes a grant fund for music and entertainment venues affected by COVID-19.
- Items 10 and 11 (Office of Economic and Workforce Development grant acceptances): Resolutions retroactively authorizing acceptance and expenditure of grants (North Valley Workforce Development Board and EDD Workforce Accelerator funds) were adopted. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 12 (Airport contract modification with Cone, Inc.): Resolution approving a third modification to airport contract No. 50205 to add $8,500,000 for escalator/walkway services, increasing the not-to-exceed to approximately $18,260,000. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 13 (Airport bond trust agreement): Resolution approving an amended and restated trust agreement for special facility revenue bonds was adopted. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 14 (State TDA funds for Vision Zero bicycle and pedestrian projects): Board adopted amendments (clarifying uses and attaching project list) and authorized acceptance/expenditure of approximately $1,215,999 in TDA funds; amendments and resolution adopted unanimously. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 15 (FEMA grant for Fire Department): Resolution retroactively authorizing acceptance and expenditure of a FEMA grant of approximately $13,700,000 to hire 36 firefighters; waived indirect costs; adopted. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 16 (Right to reemployment ordinance): Supervisor Matt Dorsey (note: sponsor listed as Marr in record) moved to send the regular ordinance to committee for further consideration; motion to refer to committee was adopted. Vote: 11-0. (The item was referred for amendments and further consideration.)
- Item 17 (Liquor license transfer for Grocery Outlet at 355 Bayshore Blvd): Resolution finding transfer will serve public convenience and necessity; adopted. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 18 (Reenactment of emergency public health leave ordinance): Emergency ordinance reenacting expanded public health emergency leave for certain private employers was finally passed; required two-thirds and was approved. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 19 (Emergency ordinance requiring DPH vaccine plan): Adopted unanimously (11-0); charter two-thirds requirement noted and met.
- Items 22and 23: Item 22 (extension for Planning Commission review on a hotel-to-supportive-housing planning code amendment) was continued to Feb. 23 at the request of the mayor's office and Supervisor Peskin. Item 23 was adopted by roll call (11-0).
- Items 24 and 25 (historic preservation commission review extensions for landmark nominations at 447 Battery St. and 1 Montgomery St.): Supervisors adopted non-substantive amendments and passed the extensions. Vote: 11-0.
- Items 26 and 27 (state legislation support): Resolutions supporting California Senate Bill 2 (peace officer decertification reforms) and Assembly Bill 328 (reentry housing program) were adopted. Vote: 11-0.
- Item 28 (resolution urging the U.S. Treasury to expedite placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill) and Item 29 (recognizing February as Black History Month) were adopted. Vote: 11-0 for each.
- Item 30 (resolution condemning the military coup in Burma/Myanmar and urging federal action): Adopted unanimously. Vote: 11-0.
Notes on procedure and voting: Most roll-call votes recorded in the Feb. 9 transcript show unanimous support (11 ayes). Several measures required or noted special thresholds under the charter for emergency ordinances; the clerk announced and the board met those thresholds.
Sources: Roll-call tallies and ordinance/resolution descriptions from the Feb. 9 Board of Supervisors transcript and clerk announcements.
