Board approves range of routine measures; short‑term rental and ghost‑bike items draw separate votes

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors conducted a large consent calendar and several separately called votes at its Nov. 29 meeting. Below are the principal outcomes and short descriptions for items that attracted votes or separate consideration during the session.

Votes at a glance

- Items 1–6 (consent calendar): Adopted unanimously on roll call. (Routine: minutes, standard procedural items.)

- Item 7 — Short‑term rental ordinance (amend Administrative Code): Adopted; roll call recorded three “no” votes (Supervisors Tang, Weiner, Cohen) and the remaining supervisors voted yes. The ordinance limits short‑term rental of a residential unit to no more than 60 days per calendar year for units registered on or after Nov. 15, 2016, and includes changes to private‑right‑of‑action rules and nonprofit standing provisions as described on the agenda.

- Item 8 — Fossil‑fuel lease prohibition (covered in separate article): Adopted unanimously. Ordinance prohibits entering into or extending city leases for fossil‑fuel extraction on city‑owned land and directs inspections and just‑transition planning for currently leased sites.

- Items 9, 10, 12 — Grants and retroactive authorizations: Adopted unanimously. These included EPA Brownfields cleanup grants (total $400,000 for remediation planning and cleanup), a retroactive Department of Public Health grant ($360,000) for transit/congestion mitigation programs, and district attorney victim‑compensation grants totaling $267,372 (retroactive authorization), among others.

- Item 11 — Treasure Island infrastructure financing plan: Continued to Dec. 6 to align with related resolutions of intention; sponsor and staff cited coordination needs.

- Item 13 — Alcatraz embarkation MOU and related leases: Adopted unanimously; the board endorsed a term sheet and MOU with the National Park Service and Port Commission regarding a ferry embarkation site and related lease exemptions from competitive bidding.

- Items 14–16 — Certificates of participation and multifamily housing revenue notes/bonds: Adopted unanimously. Authority approvals for financing an animal care and control facility and revenue notes/bond financings for multifamily housing projects (Patero Block X and Transbay Block 9) were approved as described on the agenda.

- Items 17, 18, 20 — Settlements and claims: Approved on first reading / adopted as listed; the board approved settlement ordinances and a resolution to settle an unlitigated claim involving tax/fee refunds.

- Item 19 — Historical property contract approval: Adopted unanimously.

- Item 21 — Appointment to Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee (Natalie Dillon): Approved unanimously.

- Item 22 — Motion to direct the Budget and Legislative Analyst to perform a performance audit of the Department of Technology (FY 2016–17): Approved unanimously.

- Item 23 — Planning code amendment on student‑housing inclusionary exemption: Passed unanimously on first reading; changes the ownership/leasehold requirement from five to two years for student housing to qualify for the inclusionary‑housing exemption.

- Item 24 — Health code amendment on alternate water‑source systems: Supervisor Wiener moved technical clarifications and amendments; the amendments and the ordinance as amended passed unanimously on first reading. Sponsor said amendments clarified aggregation of multi‑building projects toward the 250,000‑square‑foot threshold.

- Item 25 — Official naming of unnamed street to Martin Avenue: Adopted unanimously.

- Item 26 — Recommendation to deny a Type 48 liquor license (Real Drinks Inc., Jackalope, 1104 Polk Street): Adopted unanimously on the police recommendation to deny; motion asks ABC to deny application.

- Items 27–29 — Transfers of off‑sale licenses (Trader Joe’s, MainLand Market, Najwa Inc.): Adopted unanimously; the board recommended conditions on the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for issuance.

- Items 30–37 — Appeal and conditional‑use matter at 2675 Folsom Street: Continued to Jan. 10 (later modified to Dec. 13 in committee discussion) by request of parties and staff to allow further analysis, including socioeconomic review per prior board direction.

- Items 38–41 — Tentative map appeal for 875 California Street/770 Powell Street: Appeal withdrawn and the board tabled the matter.

- Items 43 — Resolution of necessity for 1975 Galvez (eminent domain): Adopted (see separate article for details); vote was 9 ayes and 2 noes (Peskin and Breed no).

- Item 46 — Ghost bikes/memorial policy resolution: Adopted unanimously after sponsors and the Bicycle Advisory Committee urged a process to permit memorial installations or alternatives and to involve DPW/SFMTA and affected families in policymaking.

- Item 54 — 1515 South Van Ness community plan exemption findings: The board amended the motion and continued the item to Dec. 6 to request additional analysis from Planning on socioeconomic impacts, including potential effects on the Latino cultural district, and to return to the board for review.

What to watch next: Several continued or introduced items (1515 South Van Ness CEQA/community‑plan questions, Treasure Island financing and the Campos universal‑representation budget request) were left for follow‑up in December and the budget process.

Sources: Roll‑call votes and staff descriptions given in the meeting transcript; items above summarized from the clerk’s agenda read into the record and from on‑the‑record sponsor presentations and roll calls.