Board approves budget package, development measures and health ordinances; key votes at a glance

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors completed a lengthy session on July 15, 2014, adopting the annual budget and a set of related ordinances and resolutions and approving several major development and public‑health measures.

Votes at a glance (major items recorded on the floor):

- Items 2–7 (consent calendar minutes and routine matters): approved (roll call; 11 ayes).

- Item 8: Ordinance to call a special election on Nov. 4, 2014, for a $500,000,000 transportation bond (and related administrative code change on landlord pass‑through); ordinance finally passed on introduction.

- Items 9–38: Annual appropriation, salary and related budget ordinances and grant resolutions (the budget package). The board took a roll call on the package and recorded 11 ayes; the measures passed and staff described targeted additions including $3,000,000 more for homeless services and approximately $2,000,000 for food security among other district and citywide priorities.

- Items 39–41 (Visitation Valley / Schlage Lock Special Use District): three ordinances (development agreement, zoning and general plan amendments) were passed on first reading with an 11‑aye roll call.

- Items 42–43 (Transbay Transit Center Community Facilities District / Mello‑Roos): the board adopted resolutions establishing a Mello‑Roos CFD for the Transbay area and setting a legal ceiling for bonded indebtedness; staff corrected an error to base the special tax on net leasable square feet rather than gross square feet and revised the draft revenue estimate downward by about 10–20% from earlier staff estimates.

- Item 44 (general plan recreation/open space element): the ordinance was voted on twice after a motion to rescind an earlier vote; the final roll call recorded 7 ayes and 4 noes and the ordinance finally passed.

- Item 45 (health code: court‑ordered assisted outpatient treatment): ordinance finally passed (roll call recorded 9 ayes, 2 noes).

- Item 46 (Children and Families charter amendment): the board voted to submit a combined charter amendment to the November 4, 2014 ballot (11 ayes).

- Item 47 (charter amendment on special elections to fill vacancies): failed on final roll call (5 ayes, 6 noes); the measure will not be placed on the ballot.

- Items 48–59 and other items heard: a series of administrative, financing and planning resolutions and ordinances were approved or advanced, including health service system contribution rates and other financing resolutions; where recorded, roll calls showed unanimous or near‑unanimous support.

Why this matters: The board’s action advanced the city’s major budget, capital and land‑use priorities for the coming fiscal years and set the framework for several ballot measures and major development projects. The Transbay CFD ceiling and the net/gross correction will influence the funding available for the Caltrain downtown extension; the Visitation Valley adoption advances a multilot redevelopment with affordable housing, parks and a grocery.

Vote tallies and notes: Where the clerk recorded roll calls, the minutes cite the roll call and an 11‑vote majority for the budget package and for several major ordinances. The children's fund charter amendment was placed before voters; a separate charter amendment on vacancy elections failed. Staff and board members repeatedly characterized several votes as conditional on future administrative or implementing actions described in committee or later resolutions.

What happened next: Several items approved on first reading or as resolutions will return for final readings or implementation steps; staff said they will continue to negotiate technical details (for example, valuation methods for the Transbay Mello‑Roos and implementation rules for the Visitation Valley development agreements).