Board passes wide slate of ordinances and resolutions on consent calendar and committee reports

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a broad set of consent items, committee reports and ordinance first readings on Dec. 12. Many of these were considered routine, adopted “same house, same call” and passed unanimously as listed below.

Key items enacted or advanced (selected highlights from items called on the floor): - Item 6: Ordinance amending public works and police codes to prohibit autonomous delivery devices on sidewalks and rights-of-way — passed unanimously. - Items 7–8: Resolutions retroactively approving airport commission lease amendments with SSP America, Inc. (international terminal and domestic terminal food/beverage concessions) — adopted unanimously. - Item 9: Resolution authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend $447,000 from the Association of Bay Area Governments for energy‑retrofit technical assistance — adopted unanimously. - Item 10: Resolution authorizing the District Attorney’s office to renew a $75,000 revolving fund agreement with the California Victim Compensation Board — adopted unanimously. - Item 11: Resolution authorizing acceptance of three gifts totaling approximately $95,000 for the SFO Museum collection — adopted unanimously. - Items 13–14: Resolutions approving an MOU for Bay Area governance of Urban Areas Security Initiative funds and accepting approximately $22,000,000 in FY2017 UASI funds — adopted unanimously. - Items 15–17: Three resolutions declaring intent to issue residential mortgage revenue bonds (aggregate amounts not to exceed $150,000,000; $200,000,000; and $90,000,000) for specified housing projects — adopted unanimously. - Items 23–24: Ordinances amending the transportation code to allow motorized scooters and mopeds to park in motorcycle parking and to change the term “car share vehicle” to “shared vehicle” — passed first reading unanimously. - Item 25: Ordinance reauthorizing the San Francisco Sentencing Commission and extending its sunset to 06/30/2023 (suspension of board rule 2.21 requires eight votes for some procedural steps) — passed first reading unanimously. - Items 47–51: A package of resolutions enabling Geneva Car Barn and Powerhouse renovation — including grant acceptance ($3.5M), development services agreements and a 55-year lease — adopted unanimously. - Item 55: Resolution authorizing up to $110,000,000 in multifamily housing revenue bonds for a 117‑unit mixed‑income rental project at 2675 Folsom Street / 970 Treat Avenue — adopted unanimously. - Items 53–54: Resolutions authorizing MOHCD to submit Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities grant applications as a joint applicant for projects at 1950 Mission and 2060 Folsom (amendments added requiring MOHCD to return to the board to accept and expend awards) — approved as amended. - Item 58: Interim zoning control limiting off‑street parking ratios in a hub area for 18 months — adopted unanimously. - Item 60: Ordinance establishing a Tenant Assistance Fund for hazardous housing conditions (first reading passed) — a legislative response to recent hazardous housing discoveries and to provide a transitional housing subsidy mechanism.

Votes and process notes: Most items on the consent calendar and many committee reports (items 1–5; 9–55 with exceptions noted above) passed by unanimous voice vote under “same house, same call.” Several items required roll-call votes when noted on the record. Where items required committee referral or separate action (for example, the contested items discussed elsewhere on the agenda), the board took those up separately.

Why it matters: The consent and committee items packaged many routine city authorizations — grants, contracts, lease approvals, bond declarations and zoning controls — that collectively shape city capital projects, public safety grant allocations, housing finance and planning rules for the coming months. Several items (bond authorizations, UASI grant, Powerhouse funding) represent multi‑year capital or funding commitments that will require follow-up implementation by the relevant departments.