Board adopts package of ordinances and resolutions on landmarks, EV infrastructure, public health grants and housing finance

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 22 voted on a group of ordinance and resolution items ranging from a landmark designation to environmental and housing finance measures. Several items were adopted unanimously; a number of budget and grant resolutions for the Department of Public Health and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development were also approved.

Votes at a glance

- Item 1 — Ordinance to amend the planning code to designate 2031 Bush Street as a landmark (Article 10). Outcome: finally passed unanimously (11–0). - Item 2 — Ordinance amending the Environment Code to require commercial parking lots/garages with more than 100 spaces to install electric‑vehicle charging equipment. Outcome: finally passed unanimously (11–0). - Item 3 — Ordinance establishing the South of Market Community Planning Advisory Committee and related planning code amendments. Outcome: finally passed unanimously (11–0). - Item 4 — Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to clarify right‑to‑return for temporarily displaced tenants. Outcome: finally passed unanimously (11–0). - Item 5 — Ordinance approving terms for a Memorandum of Agreement with the City of Mountain View (up to 20 years). Outcome: passed on first reading unanimously (11–0). - Item 6 — Resolution authorizing execution of a Terminal 2 specialty retail lease (MRG San Francisco LLC). Outcome: adopted unanimously (11–0). - Item 7 — Resolution authorizing first amendment of a lease with Lexington, Lyon, San Francisco LP (350 Rhode Island St. N). Outcome: adopted unanimously (11–0). - Items 8–11 — Four DPH resolutions accepting grants and authorizing applications/agreements (substance use disorder services, HIV prevention and Ryan White funding, pretrial felony mental health diversion grant). Outcome: adopted unanimously (11–0). - Items 12–14 — Resolutions to declare intent to reimburse expenditures and to permit issuance of residential mortgage revenue bonds (several projects). Outcome: adopted unanimously (11–0). - Item 15 — Resolution to amend and restate a loan agreement with Block 6 Housing Partners LP (Sunnydale Hope SF Block 6); board approved technical amendments on the floor and adopted the resolution as amended unanimously (11–0). - Item 16 — Resolution authorizing the Treasurer to accept a California Student Aid Commission grant (Every Kid Counts College Savings Program). Outcome: adopted unanimously (11–0). - Items 17–19 — Amendments to memoranda of understanding with firefighter and labor unions and related implementation; outcome: passed on first reading unanimously (11–0). - Item 20 — Appointments to the Urban Forestry Council; outcome: motion approved unanimously (11–0). - Item 22 — Ordinance (rules committee report) amending the Administrative Code on pass‑through of general obligation bond repayment costs (tenant relief and limits on banking pass‑throughs). Outcome: passed on first reading unanimously (11–0). - Item 25 — Adoption without committee reference (resolution). Outcome: adopted (8 ayes; some supervisors absent).

Several votes were procedural (first readings and committee reports were acknowledged) or grouped for consent. Where roll calls were read the clerk recorded unanimous approval in most cases; a small number of items were passed on first reading and will return for final adoption as prescribed by city rules.

Why it matters: The package spans land‑use protections, environmental regulation to support electric vehicles, public‑health funding, and housing finance mechanisms. Several of the housing bond items and loan agreements move work on affordable housing and financing forward and include specific principal amounts and loan authorizations noted in the clerk’s summaries.