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At a glance: San Francisco supervisors pass routine ordinances, confirm appointments and endorse state ballot measures
Summary
At its Sept. 6 meeting the Board of Supervisors approved several consent items and resolutions (many unanimously), confirmed appointments including one split vote, advanced a street‑vacation ordinance on first reading, and continued several land‑use appeals to later meetings.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Sept. 6 took a number of routine and procedural actions, voting unanimously on several items and recording one dissent on a key appointment.
Key outcomes
- Consent agenda and meeting minutes: The board approved the consent agenda items and a package of meeting minutes by unanimous roll calls after a brief procedural resending of a votes on the minutes.
- Ordinance — paid parental leave technical amendments (Item 3): The board passed an ordinance amending the police code to make technical amendments to the paid parental leave ordinance; the item was finally passed unanimously.
- Appointment — Ethics Commission (Item 4): The board voted to appoint retired Superior Court Judge Quentin L. Kopp to the Ethics Commission for a term ending Feb. 1, 2017. Roll call recorded 10 ayes and 1 no (Supervisor Avalos in dissent). The transcript does not record a mover or seconder for the motion.
- Appointment — In‑Home Supportive Services Public Authority (Item 5): The board approved the appointment of Jesse Sandoval to a term ending March 1, 2018. The motion passed unanimously (11 ayes).
- Park Merced street vacation ordinance (Item 11): Acting as a committee of the whole, the board held the public hearing and then passed an ordinance on first reading that conditionally vacates portions of streets and public‑service easements within phases 1A and 1B of the Park Merced development project. The roll call was unanimous on first reading.
- Final map and subdivision (Item 21): The board approved a final map for a two‑lot vertical subdivision at 100 Van Ness Avenue; the motion passed unanimously.
- Resolutions supporting statewide ballot measures (Items 16–18): The board unanimously adopted three resolutions expressing support for statewide ballot measures: Proposition 55 (extension of temporary income tax increases for education and health care), Proposition 56 (increase in cigarette tax), and Proposition 58 (California Multilingual Education Act).
- Continuances: Multiple land‑use items were continued. The hearing on a Peralta Avenue tentative map (items 6–9) was continued to Dec. 13, 2016. Items 19 and 20 (plastic bag ban/state action and a San Francisco Unified School District bond matter) were continued to Sept. 13, 2016 per the sponsor's motion.
Vote tallies and roll calls recorded in the transcript
- Many roll calls are recorded as unanimous (11 ayes) for consent items, the paid parental leave ordinance, item 5 (Jesse Sandoval), item 11 (Park Merced first reading), items 16–18 (proposition support), and item 21 (final map). The Ethics Commission appointment (Quentin L. Kopp) recorded 10 ayes and 1 no (Supervisor Avalos). Peralta map continuance to Dec. 13 recorded 11 ayes.
What the record shows and what it does not
The meeting transcript records roll‑call tallies and many unanimous votes, as summarized above. Several items were introduced or continued rather than decided — including newly introduced legislation (for example, Supervisor Wiener’s rooftop green‑roof alternative) and resolutions that were introduced without a final vote recorded the same day. Where the transcript did not show a final vote, this summary notes that no recorded final action was taken at the Sept. 6 meeting.
