Board actions at a glance: key ordinances, resolutions and approvals from the March 2019 meeting

The Board of Supervisors took votes on dozens of calendar items at the March 2019 regular meeting. Below are the notable formal approvals, as recorded in the meeting transcript.

Votes at a glance (selected items): - Items 1'12 (Consent calendar): Approved unanimously. These routine items were adopted without objection. - Item 13 (SoMa West CBD): Resolution to form the SoMa West Community Benefit District and accept amended management plan (see separate article). Vote recorded as 11 ayes. - Item 14 (Juvenile interrogation ordinance): Ordinance to amend the administrative code to prohibit police officers from questioning persons 17 years or younger in custody unless certain conditions are met; passed unanimously on first reading (no roll call shown). - Item 15 (Blue Shield grant for domestic violence programs): Retroactive approval of approximately $385,000 grant and one grant-funded part‑time position; adopted 8' 0 (Supervisor Walton recused; two supervisors absent). - Items 16 and 17 (Emergency loan ordinances for federal employees): Passed unanimously on first reading (no roll call shown). - Items 18'20 (SFO Terminal 1 food and beverage leases): Resolutions approving three concession leases; adopted unanimously. - Item 21 (OEWD grant from Humboldt State University Grama Foundation, ~$204,000): Adopted unanimously. - Item 22 (Westside Community Mental Health Center agreement amendment): Authorized an $18,000,000 increase (total not to exceed $23.3M) and term extension; adopted unanimously. - Items 23'28 (Affordable housing financing and No Place Like Home applications): Multiple resolutions authorizing loans, revenue notes and No Place Like Home applications for multifamily affordable housing projects (735 Davis Senior Apartments, 88 Broadway, etc.); adopted unanimously. - Items 29'30 (Public Health grant acceptances): Retroactive grants accepted for HIV prevention and vocational rehabilitation services; adopted unanimously. - Item 31 (Our City, Our Home oversight committee): Ordinance to establish oversight committee for homelessness gross receipts tax fund; passed unanimously on first reading. - Item 32 (Donation of retired ambulance to SFUSD Health Academy): Adopted unanimously. - Item 33 (Summary street vacation at Alameda Farmers Market site): Passed unanimously on first reading. - Item 34 (Vacant storefront registration and inspection ordinance): Passed unanimously on first reading (see separate article). - Item 35 (Administrative code amendments expanding eligibility for multiple assistance programs): Passed unanimously on first reading. - Items 36'41 (Appointments and waivers): Multiple appointment motions were approved unanimously (e.g., assessment appeals boards, advisory committees); item 42 confirmed Cindy Elias to Police Commission (see separate article). - Item 44 (Tentative map appeal at 630 Natoma Street): Board approved item 44 and tabled appeals (items 45 and 46); unanimous. - Items 47'50 (Public hearing on 2831' 33 Pierce Street): After a full hearing, the board affirmed Planning Department's categorical exemption for environmental review (item 48) and tabled items 49 and 50; no roll call recorded for the final motion. - Items 51'55 (Committee referrals and historic preservation appointments): Committee reports and nominations forwarded or approved as committee reports; items acted on in block with amendments recorded where noted. - Items 59'64 (adoption without committee/reference items): Several items were adopted or continued; item 60 (support for AB 1611 on balance billing protections) was adopted as amended with an 11‑0 roll call; item 62 (SB 281 / Cow Palace firearms sales restriction) was continued one week; item 64 (closed session scheduling) was continued to April 2 by motion.

Where recorded in the transcript, vote tallies and recusals are noted above; many items were adopted "without objection" or "unanimously," in which case the clerk recorded passage without a separate roll call appearing in the transcript. For items with complex debates or public hearings (notably item 13 SoMa West CBD, item 15 grant authorization, and the 2831' 33 Pierce CEQA appeal), please refer to the full meeting coverage for details and supporting documents.