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Board approves a slate of ordinances and resolutions covering settlements, planning, infrastructure and contracts
Summary
The Board approved multiple ordinances and resolutions on March 5, including a $9 million settlement, planning-code changes for historic districts, authorization for fleet-charging conversions in industrial districts, and other matters taken largely as consent or by unanimous voice votes.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors handled a broad set of routine and substantive items at its March 5, 2024 meeting, approving a number of ordinances and resolutions on first or final reading. Several items drew little floor debate and were taken as "same house, same call." Below are the principal outcomes recorded on the floor.
Major votes and approvals recorded on the floor - Item 8: Ordinance to extend the sunset date of contracting waivers for homeless services. Vote: 7 ayes, 4 no (Supervisors Chan, Dorsey, Peskin and Safaie voted no). Outcome: finally passed.
- Item 9: Ordinance authorizing settlement of Mason Masuda lawsuit for $9,000,000 (alleged personal injury on a city street). Vote: 11 ayes. Outcome: finally passed.
- Item 10: Amendment to the planning code adjusting density limits in Northeast Waterfront Historic District and Jackson Square Historic District (with exceptions for projects using the commercial-to-residential adaptive reuse program). Vote: 8 ayes, 3 no (Supervisors Dorsey, Engadio, Melgar voted no). Outcome: finally passed.
- Item 11: Ordinance requiring conditional-use authorization to convert private parking or vehicle storage lots to fleet charging in PDR districts. Vote: 11 ayes. Outcome: finally passed.
- Item 12: Business and Tax Regulations Code amendments for short-term rental hosts and transient occupancy tax and tourism assessment collection; passed first reading (no roll call recorded on floor).
- Items 13'15: Resolutions approving leases for food vendors at Harvey Milk Terminal 1 (Tastes on the Fly San Francisco LLC and Amora International Inc.) including term lengths and first-year minimum annual guarantees; adopted (no roll-call recorded on floor).
- Item 16: Retroactive authorization of agreement to accept state-issued EBT debit payments at the Ella Mann Farmers Market; resolution adopted.
- Item 17: Increase to PUC administrative code power-sales revenue limit and authorization for the PUC general manager to execute power sales contracts subject to annual revenue limits; resolution adopted.
- Item 18: Agreement (memorandum of agreement) with the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, for watershed management supporting the San Francisco Regional Water System, not to exceed approximately $41,000,000 over four years (through 06/30/2028); resolution adopted.
- Items 19'22 and 26'27: A set of resolutions and ordinances including authorizations for JPA participation with the California Mental Health Services Authority, retroactive grant agreements, in-kind gifts, and Potrero Yard project design and zoning changes; multiple items were adopted or passed on first reading as announced by the clerk (see transcript for item-specific terms and guarantees).
- Item 23: Planning-code amendment to rename and revise the Family Housing Opportunity SUD; clerk and sponsors moved clerical amendments and duplicated the file for Land Use Committee (see separate coverage of the duplication and referral).
- Item 24: Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers ordinance (see separate coverage). Outcome on the floor: passed on first reading as amended (10-1) and duplicate re-referred to Land Use.
- Item 25: Ordinance to allow microtrenching for fiber-optic installation to expand broadband access; passed on first reading.
- Item 28: Ordinance to encourage housing production by exempting certain projects from notice and review outside priority equity geographies and removing some conditional-use requirements; passed on first reading.
- Item 29: Resolution approving transfer of a type 21 liquor license to Trader Joe's (555 Fulton Street); adopted.
- Item 30: Ordinance on controller oversight and nonprofit contracting (see separate coverage); passed on first reading.
- Items 31'32: Appointments to the Veterans Affairs Commission and the Market and Octavia Community Advisory Committee; motions approved via roll call votes recorded in the transcript.
- Items 33'36: A continued appeal concerning a tentative parcel map at York Street was withdrawn by the appellant; the Board approved item 34, and tabled items 35 and 36.
- Item 38: Ordinance to establish partial parcel-delivery service uses and revise zoning control tables (Land Use and Transportation committee item); passed on first reading.
Other floor actions and non-legislative items The Board presented several special-order commendations and in-memoriam statements during the meeting, including recognition of the San Francisco'Cork sister-city relationship, and commendations for public servants and community groups. General public comment included multiple speakers addressing various topics; those remarks appear in the transcript.
Notes on votes and records This roundup reflects floor actions recorded by the clerk and announced during roll-call votes. Where the clerk recorded a roll call, vote tallies are reported above; where items were taken "same house, same call" or "adopted" without a roll-call on the floor, the transcript notes the clerk's adoption statement. For full motion text, ordinance language, and committee reports, refer to the official file materials on the Board of Supervisors docket.
