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Votes at a glance: key actions taken Oct. 18 by San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Summary
Summary of items adopted or advanced by the Board on Oct. 18, 2016, including contract waivers, service agreements, grants, and settlements; includes roll-call outcomes and brief notes on each item.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took numerous actions at its Oct. 18, 2016 meeting. Below are the items that were adopted or advanced with the roll-call outcomes and brief notes. This roundup covers items with little or no extended debate on the floor.
- Items 1–2 (Minutes, routine consent): Approved unanimously (11 ayes). These were routine meeting minutes.
- Item 3 (Ordinance to waive competitive process for Amora International lease, Terminal 1): Passed after a rescission and re-vote; final recorded vote 7 ayes, 4 noes (see separate article for details).
- Item 4 (Resolution retroactively authorizing Sheriff’s Department fourth amendment with Global Tel*Link for inmate telephone service, lowering call rates per FCC action and modifying department commission): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes). The resolution retroactively authorized a contract amendment to reduce inmate-call rates to comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations; motion passed roll call and departments will implement the amended rates.
- Item 5 (Resolution approving second amendment and one-year extension with JCDecaux for automatic public toilets and kiosks): Adopted (7 ayes, 4 noes). The resolution approved extending the revenue agreement through Oct. 17, 2017.
- Item 6 (Resolution authorizing Department of Public Health to apply for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Emergency Relief Program funding from HRSA): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes). The item authorized submission of an application to continue receiving federal HIV emergency relief funds for the San Francisco Eligible Metropolitan Area.
- Item 7 (Appropriation from General Reserve to DEM for Italy earthquake relief): Passed (7 ayes, 4 noes). See separate article for debate.
- Item 10 (Ordinance authorizing settlement of City bankruptcy claim against Mexicana Airlines, approximately $110,000): Passed unanimously on first reading.
- Items 11, 12 and 14 (Responses to Civil Grand Jury reports on county jails, drinking water safety, and the crime lab): Adopted unanimously (11 ayes); motions/resolutions respond to the presiding judge and urge mayoral follow-up on accepted recommendations.
- Item 13 (Resolution approving settlement of unlitigated claim by Darlene Lau for $140,000): Adopted unanimously.
- Items 15–16 (Planning-code amendments to allow temporary homeless shelters in certain PDR/mixed-use districts and summary vacation of portion of 20 Fifth Street for a temporary navigation center): Passed unanimously on first reading (11 ayes). See separate article for details.
- Item 17 (Resolution urging establishment of LGBTQ nightlife and culture working group): Adopted unanimously.
- Items 20–24 (Adoption without reference to committee): Items 20 and 21 adopted unanimously; item 23 (motion to schedule a Committee of the Whole joint meeting with the Police Commission to consider DOJ initial assessment report) was amended to add additional reporting requirements and a subsequent joint hearing on Nov. 15 at 5 p.m.; the amended motion passed unanimously. Item 22 was amended to schedule quarterly Committee of the Whole hearings beginning in December and continuing quarterly through early 2017; the amended motion passed unanimously. Item 24 (planning report on interim zoning moratorium) was tabled at the request of Supervisor Kim for a fuller planning-department report.
These actions represent the board’s procedural and policy decisions for the day; separate items with extended debate are covered in dedicated articles.
