Votes at a glance: key ordinances, contracts and grants approved March 1 by San Francisco supervisors

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a range of ordinances, amendments and resolutions on March 1, most by unanimous consent. Items included bond authorization language for a June ballot, emergency contracting amendments to house people in hotels, DPH staffing contracts, grants and program expansions, and a school-district loan forgiveness measure. Below are the key items taken up and the outcomes as recorded by the clerk.

- Proposition bond for transportation and street-safety projects (item 4): The board adopted an ordinance calling a special election for June 7, 2022 to submit to voters a proposal authorizing up to $400 million in bonded debt for transportation, street safety and transit-related capital improvements. Because the ordinance required an eight-vote supermajority under California Government Code provisions for bonding, the clerk took a roll-call vote; the ordinance passed 11–0.

- Human Services Agency hotel contract amendments (item 5 and item 9): Item 5 approved a fifth amendment to an emergency agreement with 1231 Market Street owner LP (the Whitcomb) to extend the city’s use of hotel rooms and related services, increasing the contract by approximately $24.4 million for a total not-to-exceed amount of approximately $78.9 million and a potential term through Dec. 1, 2022 (extension beyond Aug. 31 requires an ordinance). The board amended the resolution to conform to the mayor’s supplemental emergency language and adopted it unanimously. Item 9 approved a third amendment to an emergency agreement with SF Americana, LLC, increasing the amount by about $6.6 million to approximately $16.4 million and extending the term to Aug. 31, 2022 with an additional option; adopted unanimously.

- Department of Public Health staffing agreement (item 10): The board approved a third amendment to an agreement with Cross Country Staffing, Inc., adding approximately $59.7 million for a new total not-to-exceed $85.6 million and extending the term through June 30, 2024. Adopted unanimously.

- Public Defender grant and sentencing pilot (item 8): The board approved an ordinance allowing the Public Defender to accept and expend a $750,000 grant from the Board of State and Community Corrections to implement provisions of Penal Code §1170.03 (resentencing updates) and to create two grant-funded positions; passed on first reading unanimously.

- Public Health grants (items 11 and 12): The board authorized DPH to accept and expand a $1,000,000 Gerson Baker Foundation grant (telehealth access) and to accept and expend an additional $350,000 from the CDC to support the Ending the HIV Epidemic program; both passed unanimously.

- Lease and bond-related items (items 13–16): Items including a fixed-base operator lease modification at the airport, multifamily housing revenue bond amendment items, planning code amendments and first-reading items (landmark designations, special-use districts) were adopted on consent or passed first reading as indicated by the clerk; unanimous.

- School district loan forgiveness (item 26): The board passed an ordinance to waive and rescind prior directions requiring San Francisco Unified School District to repay approximately $26.6 million in voter-approved parcel-tax revenues (Proposition G) to cover prior general-fund advances, contingent on the district’s adoption of a multi-year fiscal stabilization plan; passed on first reading unanimously.

- Housing development incentive resolution (item 32): The board adopted a resolution to create a housing development incentive program to help homeowners build accessory dwelling units and small-scale units, expand technical assistance and explore financial incentives for keeping some units affordable; adopted unanimously.

Miscellaneous appointments and procedural items (items 20–23 and many others): The board approved multiple appointments to boards and commissions and advanced items to the ballot, including item 23 (ordering submission to voters an ordinance to amend the police code for public health emergency leave) and other consent items listed on the agenda. Most items were adopted unanimously as recorded by the clerk.

Speakers and source notes: Where staff described contract amounts or grant sizes those figures were read into the record by the clerk or presented by departmental staff (for example, Robert Walsh for HSA on item 5). All items noted in this roundup were adopted by the board as recorded in the roll-call votes cited by the clerk.