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Votes at a glance: Board actions on April 7, 2020 — emergency measures, resolutions and ordinance readings
Summary
The Board of Supervisors adopted multiple measures on April 7, including the emergency paid‑leave ordinance, resolutions on public restrooms and transit worker protections, and several first‑reading ordinances. This roundup lists each item, outcome and roll‑call result where recorded.
At its April 7, 2020 meeting, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted on a series of ordinances and resolutions. The items below summarize the official actions recorded on the transcript. Where roll‑call tallies were recorded, votes are shown by name as entered in the meeting transcript.
- Items 1–5 (Consent agenda): Adopted, final passage recorded as unanimous (11 ayes).
- Item 6 (Ordinance — building code accessibility deadline extensions): Passed on first reading unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 7 (Ordinance — planning code corrections and CEQA determination): Passed on first reading unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 16 (Emergency ordinance — public health emergency paid leave for private employers with 500+ employees): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes). See separate article for full details.
- Item 20 (Resolution — increase access to public restrooms to meet minimum sanitation standards for unhoused populations): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 21 (Resolution — urge FDA to end federal ban on blood donation by gay and bisexual men): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 22 (Resolution urging state to pass AB 828 and SB 939 to prohibit foreclosures and evictions): Continued for one week at sponsor’s request.
- Item 23 (Resolution — urge Insurance Commissioner to consider COVID‑19 property impacts in claims): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 24 (Resolution — urge Governor to suspend ICE detentions during COVID‑19): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 25 (Resolution — urge SFMTA to continue protecting transit operators): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 26 (Resolution — urge Bay Area county health officials to evaluate public‑health threat of panic buying weapons): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes).
- Item 29 (Motion — concur in mayoral emergency actions of 03/27/2020 and 03/31/2020): Concurred by roll call; unanimous (11 ayes). Supervisor Peskin noted one clause in a supplemental order would be amended by the mayor’s office the following day.
Roll‑call method: The transcript records roll‑call “ayes” for each adoption. The 11 supervisors recorded as voting yes in roll call across these items are Preston, Ronan, Safaie, Stephanie, Walton, Yi, Feuer, Haney, Mandelmann, Mar and Peskin.
Ending: For items continued or introduced, supervisors directed staff and the city attorney to prepare texts for committee hearings and to coordinate with administration and stakeholders; the board requested further briefings and data from departments where applicable.
