Board acts on grants, shelter contracts, public‑health grants, and other measures; minutes and multiple resolutions adopted

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Sept. 13 approved a slate of consent and regular‑calendar items by roll‑call and same‑call votes. Below is a concise listing of the major measures acted on during the meeting with outcomes recorded in the public record.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of meeting minutes (July 26, 2022 regular meeting and Aug. 8, 2022 special meeting): Approved by roll call (11 ayes). No changes reported.

- Items 2–8 (consent ordinances): Considered routine and finally passed unanimously (no separate discussion recorded).

- Items 9 and 10 (resolutions to authorize retroactive grant agreements to support early care and education): Adopted unanimously on same‑call. Item 9: grant with the Children’s Council of San Francisco for the period through 06/30/2024 in an amount not to exceed the figure included in the clerk’s report (item text referenced an amount); Item 10: grant with Wu Yi Children Services for 07/01/2022–06/30/2024 in amount listed in the clerk’s report. (Adopted unanimously; cosponsors noted.)

- Items 11 and 12 (Department of Public Health grant increases from CDC): Adopted (roll call recorded 10 ayes at time of vote; one supervisor noted absent earlier). Item 11 authorizes a grant increase for a medical monitoring project (an increase of $109,000 to a new total reported as $1,100,000); Item 12 retroactively authorizes a $2.2 million CDC grant increase for sexually transmitted disease prevention and control (new total approximately $3.3 million). Adopted as presented.

- Item 13 (SF Public Utilities Commission ARPA‑sourced assistance fund): Adopted unanimously. Resolution retroactively authorized SFPUC to accept and expend ARPA funds sourced through the State Water Resources Control Board (amount reported in clerk’s summary approximately $9,300,000) to assist eligible water customers behind on payments between March 4, 2020 and June 15, 2021.

- Items 14–16 (grant/contract amendments for shelter‑in‑place hotel support services and operations): Adopted unanimously on same call. These resolutions authorized multi‑million dollar contract increases and term extensions for operators, including 5 Keys Schools and Programs and St. Vincent de Paul Society for shelter operations; clerk’s summaries showed multi‑million increases and extended terms through March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024 for some amendments. Supervisor Safaie noted committee scrutiny and a shortened contract term for MSC South to require updated service data.

- Item 18 (Tourism Improvement District renewal and expansion): Adopted as amended after public hearing (see separate article). Ballot tabulation indicated 4.43% of returned weighted ballots opposed; no majority protest.

- Items 22–25 (adoption without committee reference): Adopted unanimously. Item 23: resolution supporting Burmese people’s return to democratic civilian governance; Item 24: resolution urging Rec & Park to install interpretive signage at Sharp Park acknowledging its history as a detention site during World War II; item sponsors and co‑sponsors recorded in the clerk’s minutes.

Notes and next steps

Many items were adopted by same‑call or unanimous roll call votes; several items (notably the Laguna Honda and Tourism Improvement District matters) also generated separate hearings and follow‑up actions. The board recorded roll‑call tallies for multiple items; clerk’s minutes should be consulted for precise ordinance/resolution numbers and the exact dollar amounts where clerk summaries described large figures.

Ending: These approvals move funding and program authority forward for early care and education, public‑health projects, utility customer assistance, shelter operations and tourism marketing. The board recorded votes and directed implementation to the responsible city departments.