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Votes at a glance: Board approves cannabis tax suspension, Clipper MOU, leases, grants and multiple routine items
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a range of ordinances, resolutions and contract amendments on Nov. 29. Most consent and routine items passed unanimously; several items had recorded roll‑call votes summarized below.
At its Nov. 29 regular meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors considered consent calendar items and a series of ordinances, resolutions and contract actions. The meeting record shows most consent and routine items were adopted without recorded dissent. Below is a concise summary of key recorded votes from the full board session.
Highlights
- Item 8 — Cannabis business tax suspension (ordinance). The board voted 9–2 (supervisors Ronen Chan and Aaron Peskin recorded as dissenting) to finally pass an ordinance to suspend imposition of the cannabis business tax through Dec. 31, 2025.
- Item 9 — Communications‑based train control RFP authorization (ordinance, first reading). Passed on first reading unanimously (11–0). The ordinance authorizes the Municipal Transportation Agency to issue a request for proposals and waive the administrative prohibition on contracts longer than 10 years to allow a procurement for a communications‑based train control system.
- Item 10 — Treasure Island lease amendment (resolution). Adopted unanimously; resolution approves Amendment No. 47 to the Treasure Island master lease extending certain lease terms through Nov. 30, 2023.
- Item 11 — Office lease for MTC center (resolution). Adopted unanimously; approves first amendment to renew an office lease with Hudson 1455 Market LLC for the Transportation Management Center with initial base rent and annual adjustments.
- Items 12 & 13 — Grants to District Attorney (resolutions). Adopted unanimously; retroactive authorizations to accept and expand grants from the California Department of Insurance for automobile and workers’ compensation insurance fraud programs (roughly $300,000 and $1,000,000 respectively for fiscal 2022–23).
- Item 14 — Department of Public Health Prop. 47 grant (resolution). Adopted unanimously; authorizes acceptance and expenditure of approximately $6,000,000 from the California Board of State and Community Corrections to participate in Proposition 47 treatment and recidivism‑reduction programs.
- Item 15 — Transit advertising agreement amendment (resolution). Adopted unanimously; extends Clear Channel contract five years and adjusts financial and maintenance terms (see separate coverage).
- Item 23 — Historic property contract for 942–944 Fell Street (resolution). Supervisor Preston recused; with recusal the resolution carried 10–0 and was adopted unanimously by remaining members.
- Item 24 — Next‑generation Clipper system MOU (resolution). Adopted unanimously 11–0; authorizes SFMTA director to execute the Clipper MOU with MTC and Bay Area transit operators.
- Item 26 — Planning code amendments (ordinance, first reading). Passed on first reading unanimously; among other things the ordinance allows temporary vehicle triage/safe parking uses and extends temporary cannabis retail expiration to Jan. 1, 2024.
- Item 28 — Police equipment policy (ordinance, first reading). Adopted on first reading after amendment; vote was 8–3 in favor. (Separate, detailed coverage of the debate and the amended language appears in a companion article.)
- Item 29 — Administrative code definitions (ordinance, first reading). Passed on first reading unanimously (11–0).
- Item 30 — Establish 706 Mission Fund (ordinance, first reading). Passed on first reading unanimously (11–0); establishes a fund to receive purchase‑and‑sale proceeds for 2706 Mission Street with specified uses and reporting requirements.
- Item 34 — Adoption without committee reference resolution supporting human rights in Iran. Adopted unanimously 11–0; motion declared out of committee for immediate adoption.
Several other consent items — including community‑benefit district annual reports (items 16–22), a set of performance‑audit directives to the BLA (item 25), a set of historical‑property and community benefit resolutions (items 23, 16–22), and various lease and contract items — were approved without recorded objection as part of the consent calendar.
Roll‑call voting records and committee reports are part of the official meeting minutes and the clerk’s record. Items that passed on first reading will return for a second reading as required by the city’s ordinance rules.
Items to watch: the police equipment ordinance (item 28) will return for second reading and final vote; the SFMTA advertising amendment (item 15) will carry follow‑up reporting obligations on maintenance and revenue performance.
