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Board approves consent agenda, leases and grants; harassment training ordinance passes first reading
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a broad consent agenda on Jan. 15 — including airport concession leases, grants for environmental and port projects, and a package of technology purchasing contracts — and passed an ordinance (first reading, as amended) requiring annual harassment prevention training for city employees.
The Board of Supervisors on Jan. 15 approved a wide set of routine and substantive items in its consent and unfinished‑business calendars. Highlights include a first‑reading passage of an amended ordinance on harassment prevention training, several grant acceptances, multiple airport concession leases, and authorization of a set of citywide technology marketplace contracts.
Key outcomes at a glance
- Harassment prevention training ordinance (Item 9): The board passed on first reading, as amended, an ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require annual harassment prevention training for city employees, direct the Department of Human Resources to post training and complaint information online, and request the Civil Service Commission adopt a rule expanding complaint acceptance to 1 year after an alleged incident. The item passed on first reading unanimously after amendments described as technical and scheduling changes were accepted. (Moved by Supervisor Stephanie; deputy city attorney John Givner assisted staff.)
- Insurance settlement (Item 11): The board authorized settlement of a lawsuit against Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company for $760,000 related to a commercial liability coverage dispute; the ordinance was finally passed. (Item described in unfinished business.)
- Eviction‑circumvention ordinance (Item 12): The board adopted an ordinance amending the municipal code to prohibit landlords of single‑family homes and condominiums covered by existing eviction controls from circumventing controls via rent increases and clarified when rent increases may amount to tenant harassment.
- Elections code change (Item 13): The board adopted an amendment to the municipal elections code to require candidates for local elective office to file declarations of candidacy on the same date as declarations of intent to solicit or accept campaign contributions.
- Banners and fee waivers (Items 14–15): The board passed first‑reading ordinances waiving fees for banners placed by the Alzheimer’s Association and APA Family Support Services at specified locations and dates.
- Airport food & beverage concession leases (Items 17–22): The board approved six Terminal 1 concession leases at San Francisco International Airport with minimum annual guarantees on the order of several hundred thousand dollars for the first year and 10‑year terms, with options to extend. (Examples in the file: Bun Me LLC; Amy's Kitchen Restaurant; Perdiz La Jardin; Soaring Food Group; others.)
- Grants (Items 23–25): The board adopted resolutions authorizing acceptance and expenditure of grants, including: • $4.5 million from the California Air Resources Board for demonstration of zero‑ and near‑zero emissions freight vehicles (Item 23); • $5 million from the California Natural Resources Agency for the Port of San Francisco Seawall earthquake and disaster prevention program (Item 24); • $200,000 from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for a refrigeration and maintenance program (Item 25).
- Technology marketplace contracts (Items 26–44): The board authorized 19 technology purchasing contracts for an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 each for a three‑year term (through 12/31/2021) with two one‑year extension options. The contracts prequalify vendors in an as‑needed marketplace; departments must use a competitive process among prequalified firms for specific procurements.
- Environmental and land‑use items: The board adopted or otherwise acted on multiple planning and environmental items, including approval of amendments to planning‑code provisions for HOME SF project authorizations and temporary provisions (Item 45 passed first reading as amended) and affirmation of CEQA exemption determinations for key projects (see separate items: Page Street and Gladys Street appeals affirmed by roll call).
Votes: Several items were adopted unanimously (roll calls recorded as 11 ayes where shown). The board frequently used the "same house, same call" provision to pass multiple consent items together. Notable unanimous tallies shown in the record include items taken together where clerks recorded 11 ayes.
What the board said: Supervisor Stephanie introduced the harassment‑prevention ordinance and said the city attorney’s office proposed technical amendments to reporting schedules and duplicative reports; Deputy City Attorney John Givner assisted with legal detail. Supervisor Peskin questioned the criteria for extensions on the technology marketplace contracts and received an explanation from the Office of Contract Administration that departments solicit competitive proposals from the prequalified pool when an opportunity arises; Alejandro Gaffrey (Office of Contract Administration) explained the as‑needed marketplace approach.
What’s next
Several of the items (including ordinances passed on first reading) will return for final reading and adoption in subsequent board meetings as required by city rules. Grants and resolutions authorizing contract awards will move forward to implementation per departmental procedures.
