Board approves consent items, leases, grants and contracts; nominations and resolutions adopted

At its March 12 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted routine consent items and a series of resolutions, contracts and appointments. Most consent items and the bulk of the calendar passed by roll call, often unanimously; a handful of items required excusals or roll‑call votes noted below.

Summary of major outcomes

- Consent calendar (Items 2–7): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes). These routine items were taken together and passed by roll call.

- Lease and small-dollar authorizations: • Item 8: Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Department on the Status of Women to accept and expend an approximate $385,000 grant from the Blue Shield of California Foundation for domestic-violence work and add one part-time grant-funded position (vote: passed, 10 ayes; Supervisor Walton excused for this item). • Items 9–10: Ordinances to amend the general plan and zoning for 175 Golden Gate Avenue (De Marillac Academy) for preservation and rezoning; passed unanimously (11 ayes). • Items 12–13: Resolutions authorizing real‑estate lease actions (1360 Mission Street and 729 Filbert Street) were adopted (recorded as 9 ayes for the roll call noted; two supervisors absent per record for these items).

- Contracts, grants and service agreements: • Item 14: Resolution approving Amendment 1 to the agreement between Conard House and the Department of Public Health to increase the agreement by $36,200,000 to a…