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Board approves wholesale slate of grants, leases, contracts and technical ordinances in unanimous votes
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 25 approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and contract actions — many on unanimous consent — including grant acceptances, a $40 million networking contract, and multiple planning and tax‑district steps. Several items were passed on first reading or adopted without committee referral.
San Francisco — The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a large package of routine and programmatic items on Jan. 25, adopting resolutions and ordinances that included grant acceptances, lease approvals, and several administrative or financing measures.
Why it matters: The votes clear city authority to accept federal, state and philanthropic grants, to pursue financing for capital projects and to begin steps on tax‑district proceedings. Several items were handled on the consent calendar and recorded as unanimous roll‑call votes.
What passed (selected items, all recorded as unanimous votes unless noted): • Item 1–3 (consent) — technical routine matters; finally passed unanimously. (Roll calls recorded “11 ayes.”) • Item 4 — Ordinance approving a long‑term lease with Dolphins Swimming and Boating Club for 502 and 504 Jefferson St.; passed on first reading unanimously. • Item 5 — Retroactive acceptance of an approximately $658,000 California Department of Public Health grant for the California Home Visiting State General Fund expansion and one grant‑funded public health nurse position; passed on first reading unanimously. • Item 6 — Administrative Code amendment to authorize a $7,000 cash revolving fund for the Office of the City Administrator Real Estate Division; passed on first reading unanimously. • Item 7 — Resolution authorizing a PeopleSoft contract with InterVision Systems, LLC to acquire Juniper Networks hardware/software/support, with a contract cost of $40,000,000 and a term through Jan. 31, 2027; adopted unanimously. • Item 8 — Retroactive authorization for the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families to accept and expend a $10,000,000 grant to support before‑and‑after‑school programming; adopted unanimously. • Item 9 — Resolution authorizing the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to accept and expend funds to expand workforce services (item as stated on the record was for response to dislocated workers; vote recorded unanimously). The clerk confirmed the amount on the record during roll call; the resolution was adopted unanimously. • Item 10 — Resolution approving reissuance of tax‑exempt revenue obligations by the California Enterprise Development Authority (about $11,400,000) for educational facilities — adopted unanimously. • Items 11 & 12 — Special tax district and bonded indebtedness notices for Special Tax District No. 2020‑21; committee motions amended to set a 3 p.m. hearing; resolutions adopted as amended unanimously. • Items 13–18 — Annual reports for several Community Benefit Districts (Ocean Avenue, Castro/Upper Market, Noe Valley, Discover Polk, Lower Polk); accepted/adopted unanimously. • Item 19 — Planning Code amendment to landmark the Casa Sanchez Building at 2778–80 Fourth Street; ordinance passed on first reading unanimously. • Item 22 — Reappointments to the SweatFree Procurement Advisory Group (technical corrections made on the floor); approved unanimously after amendment. • Item 23 — Resolution urging the SFMTA to prioritize Vision Zero improvements around schools, playgrounds and senior zones and to implement AB 43 changes by 12/31/2022; adopted unanimously. • Items 28, 29, 31 — Miscellaneous concurrence/administrative resolutions relating to pandemic proclamations and other procedural matters; adopted unanimously.
Votes and formality: The clerk called roll on each consent and first‑reading measure; multiple items were explicitly reported as passed or adopted “unanimously” with 11 ayes recorded on the public roll call.
Background/context: Many of these items were routine or technical (grant acceptance, administrative code adjustments, annual reports). Several require contract implementation steps (e.g., the $40 million InterVision networking contract) or set future public hearings (tax‑district hearings) that will return to the board with additional details.
What’s next: Implementation and contracting steps are now run through the approving departments (e.g., Office of Contract Administration for the Juniper/InterVision procurement). For items passed on first reading, later readings or ministerial clerk steps remain for final enactment where required.
