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Votes at a glance: Board adopts consent calendar measures, bond authorizations and major contracts
Summary
At its Nov. 19 meeting the Board of Supervisors adopted a consent calendar and approved several major resolutions and contract modifications, including bond authorization items and procurement and contract amendments for utilities and transportation projects.
The Board of Supervisors on Nov. 19 adopted a wide consent calendar and approved several major financial and procurement actions with limited floor debate. Items taken by “same house, same call” included multiple bond authorizations, grant acceptances, contract amendments, and administrative actions.
Key consent and adoption items announced on the floor:
- Items 2–4: Consent ordinances (final passage) — referred to as routine and adopted by same-house action; details not contested on the floor.
- Items 5–9: General obligation bond authorizations and related resolutions. Item 5 appropriates approximately $6.1 million in interest earnings from prior earthquake safety and emergency response bonds (2010 and 2014 ESER bonds) to fund planning and design of emergency firefighting water-system projects funded by the 2020 ESER bond for FY 2024–25. Items 6–8 authorize issuance of bonds for Series 2024B ($225,000,000 — earthquake safety and emergency response), Series 2024C ($70,000,000 — social bonds for affordable housing), and Series 2024D ($152,000,000 — social bonds for affordable housing). Item 9 authorizes $300,000,000 for Proposition A 2024 bond issuance and related levy and agent appointments.
- Item 10: SFPUC contract first amendment — authorized an increase to a transmission-pipeline engineering services contract (Kennedy Jenks Consultants, Inc. / AGS Inc. JV) by approximately $10,000,000 to a total of $17,000,000; term through 09/22/2029.
- Item 11: SFPUC easement acquisition — authorized purchase and easement deeds with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals for temporary construction easements in San Mateo County (1200 El Camino Real) for $266,000.
- Items 12–13: DPH CDC grants — retroactive authorizations to accept and expend CDC funds for HIV prevention and surveillance: Item 12 increases an existing award by about $648,000 (total ~$5.7M through 07/31/2025); Item 13 authorizes an approximate $5.9M award through 05/31/2025 for the eligible metropolitan area.
- Item 14: Plumbing supplies contract — 7-year procurement with Underground Republic Water Works Inc., not-to-exceed $50,400,000.
- Item 15: Airport professional-services modification — third modification to extend and increase contract with Professional Business Providers, Inc., extending the term two years and increasing the amount by $13,300,000 (new total $26,500,000).
- Items 16–17: DPH contract amendments — second amendments extending terms through 06/30/2028 and increasing amounts for Richmond Area Multi Services, Inc. (add ~$22,000,000 to total ~$38,000,000) and San Francisco AIDS Foundation (add ~$9,960,000 to total ~$19,600,000).
- Item 18: SFMTA communications-based train control contract — authorized a multi-phase agreement with Hitachi Rail GTS USA Inc. for design, implementation, and long-term support of a communications-based train control (CBTC) system: design/procurement ~$212,000,000; 10-year support ~$114,000,000; two 5-year support-option periods not to exceed ~$237,600,000; total contract up to ~$564,000,000 with a term up to 29 years.
- Item 19: District Attorney grant — retroactive acceptance and expenditure of approximately $319,000 from the California Department of Insurance for automobile insurance fraud program through 06/30/2025.
- Item 20: Official street naming — approved naming of two street segments within Hunters View Hope SF infrastructure phase 3: Memory Lane and extension/continuation of Fairfax Avenue on the project’s unbuilt segments.
- Item 21: Reappointment — motion to reappoint Supervisor Rafael Mandelman to California State Association of Counties (term through 12/31/2025); Supervisor Mandelman was excused from the vote on his reappointment and the item passed.
- Items 22–23: Committee-reported ordinances including repealing police-code regulations governing public bathhouses (Article 26) and amending administrative code procurement timeframe for firearms and ammunition suppliers (end date set to 06/24/2025); both advanced on first reading.
- Items 25–26: DPH authorizations for access to criminal-history summaries for massage-business licensing (Item 25) and adoption of the Mental Health Services Act annual update (Item 26) — both adopted on the consent calendar.
- Item 29: Retroactive 90-day extension to the Planning Commission review of Central SOMA/Transit Center district commercial development requirements (file 24787) — adopted without committee referral.
- Item 30: Resolution honoring Supervisor Catherine Stefani — declared Nov. 19, 2024, “Supervisor Catherine Stefani Day” in the City and County of San Francisco and adopted by unanimous consent.
Nearly all consent items were moved on the board by "same house, same call" and recorded on the floor as adopted. Where exact vote tallies or movers/seconders were not announced in the transcript excerpt, the meeting record indicated adoption by unanimous consent or same-house call.
