Votes at a glance: Key board actions Sept. 5 — ordinances, settlements, proclamations and continuances
Summary
A summary of roll-call outcomes from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Sept. 5, 2023, including ordinances modifying development impact fees, settlement authorizations and adopted proclamations.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took the following formal actions on Sept. 5, 2023. Vote tallies and notes below are taken from roll-call records read into the record at the meeting.
- Consent calendar (Items 1–6): Adopted as presented. Vote: 11 ayes.
- Items 7 and 8 (ordinances amending planning and building codes on development impact fees; adopt citywide nexus analysis and related findings, and affirm CEQA determinations): Finally passed. Vote: 10 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Preston voted no). The clerk recorded the ordinances as finally passed.
- Items 9–11 (ordinances authorizing settlement of opioid-related lawsuits): Passed on first reading. Vote: 11 ayes. The ordinances authorize settlement of lawsuits filed by the City and People of the State of California against Walgreens (about $229,000,000), Cephalon/Teva ($24,800,000) and Allergan Finance LLC (approximately $12,900,000). These were presented and passed on first reading; additional procedural steps will follow before final appropriation or disbursement.
- Item 14 (acceptance of the Reinvestment Working Group governance plan, business plan and viability study for a municipal finance corporation/public bank): Adopted unanimously under the "same house, same call" procedure. Vote: 11 ayes.
- Item 15 (resolution recognizing International Overdose Awareness Day and urging the mayor to open wellness centers): Continued to Sept. 12 after motion by Supervisor Dorsey; continuation taken without objection to allow fuller debate outside the unanimous adoption rule.
- Item 16 (resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee's passing): Adopted (unanimous, same house/same call).
- Item 17 (resolution recognizing Chuseok Day and honoring the Korean Center): Adopted (same house/same call); supervisors Safaie, Peskin and Ronan were listed as cosponsors on the record.
The board also recorded roll calls that adopted minutes and other routine items. Several items passed on first reading will require follow-up steps for final adoption or appropriation.
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