Votes at a glance: key Board actions Dec. 16, 2014

On Dec. 16 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took a large number of routine and substantive votes. Below are the principal actions recorded in the meeting, organized by agenda item number and outcome. This is a factual rollup of formal outcomes recorded on the transcript; language is taken from agenda titles and board discussion.

Passed (selected items and outcomes) - Items 2–4 (consent calendar): Resolutions adopted (roll call recorded; 9 ayes). - Item 5: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise binding financial policy (first reading as amended; technical amendment adopted changing a figure). - Item 6: Ordinance authorizing electronic parking payment methods and other changes (finally passed unanimously). - Item 7: Ordinance authorizing prevailing wage provisions in MTA security contracts (finally passed unanimously). - Item 8: Ordinance revising tobacco sales permitting and fee structure (finally passed unanimously). - Item 9: Campaign and governmental conduct code amendments (finally passed unanimously). - Item 10: Establish duties and citizens advisory committee for Office of Early Care and Education (finally passed unanimously). - Item 11: Settlement authorization for Paul Haines ($110,000) (finally passed unanimously). - Item 12: Ordinance to levy and collect special taxes for Community Facilities District 2014‑1 (Transbay) (passed on first reading unanimously). - Item 13: Ordinance amending hotel tax exemption thresholds (passed on first reading unanimously). - Item 14: Annual salary ordinance amendments adding five grant‑funded positions (passed on first reading unanimously). - Item 15: Ordinance related to water system improvement program reappropriation (passed on first reading unanimously after discussion and brief postponement earlier in the meeting). - Item 16: Ordinance to appropriate $430,000,000 of GO refunding bond proceeds (passed on first reading unanimously). - Item 17: Resolution authorizing Cinole Valley water facilities not to exceed $33,000,000 (adopted unanimously). - Item 18: Resolution authorizing PUC to execute master license agreements for outdoor DAS pole installations (adopted unanimously as amended to direct intent of lease proceeds to streetlight reinvestment). - Item 19: Resolution authorizing issuance and sale of Fairbox revenue bonds (adopted unanimously). - Item 20: Resolution to accept and expend assessor partnership grant ($1,280,000 approx.) (adopted unanimously). - Item 21: PUC to accept and expend a $1,400,000 grant from California Dept. of Water Resources (adopted unanimously). - Item 22: Resolution to authorize GO refunding bonds not to exceed $430,000,000 (adopted unanimously). - Item 23: Resolution to authorize issuance of up to $1,400,000,000 in special tax bonds for CFD 2014‑1 (Transbay) (adopted unanimously). - Item 24–26: Various OEWD and Muni purchases and grant acceptances (adopted unanimously; New Flyer bus purchase approx. $68,250,000). - Items 27–28: Resolutions authorizing multifamily housing revenue bonds for Alice Griffith revitalization and technical amendments (adopted unanimously as amended). - Item 29: Revenue bonds for Presidio Knoll School not to exceed $13,500,000 (adopted unanimously). - Item 30: Resolution authorizing expenditures for SoMa Community Stabilization Fund $500,000 for property acquisition and programs (adopted unanimously by roll call). - Item 31: Resolution declaring intent for multifamily housing revenue bonds for Mission Bay South Block 7 West not to exceed $62,500,000 (adopted unanimously). - Item 32: Ordinance amending health code to eliminate the separate men/women requirement for gas station restrooms (passed on first reading as presented). - Item 33: Urgency ordinance extending SoMa interim zoning moratorium (finally passed unanimously).

Continued or deferred - Items 34–37 (tentative map appeal for 639 Peralta Ave): Continued to Jan. 27, 2015 at request of appellant and project sponsor to allow mediation and briefings (board action recorded). - Items 38–41 (312 Green Street CEQA exemption appeal): Continued to Jan. 13, 2015. - Items 42–45 (Clement Street tentative map appeal): Board upheld the decision of Public Works to approve the tentative map (the appeal was denied on the record; staff materials and testimony considered). - Items 46–47 (Committee of the Whole hearing on reappointment of Wendy Paskin Jordan to the retirement board): Board voted to continue this matter to Jan. 7, 2015 (committee scheduled for additional review and questioning of the appointee). - Item 48 (SFO restaurant labor dispute): Continued to Jan. 7, 2015 for additional Committee of the Whole informational hearing and oversight (board asked PUC/airport/attorney to report back on leases and pricing authority).

Other notes - Item 49: Resolution authorizing revocable permission for Illuminate the Arts to install a subway‑responsive light sculpture along Market Street was adopted unanimously (sponsor: Supervisor Wiener; cosponsors joined during discussion). - Item 52: Resolution on equal justice, police reform and right to protest was debated, failed on the floor and was sent to committee for further consideration (see separate article).

This roundup reflects formal votes and outcomes recorded in the transcript of the Dec. 16, 2014 Board of Supervisors meeting. For details on individual items, committee records or adopted ordinances and resolutions, consult the City Clerk’s official minutes and the final adopted ordinance/resolution texts.

Speakers quoted in this article spoke during the Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 16, 2014.