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Votes at a glance: key actions taken by the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 27, 2016
Summary
A roundup of ordinance and resolution votes taken at the board meeting, including unanimous first‑reading passages, settlements and procedural continuances.
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At its Sept. 27, 2016 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took the following formal actions. This roundup lists items the board passed or otherwise acted on during the session; items with fuller coverage appear in separate stories.
- Items 1–21 (consent agenda): Passed unanimously on roll call (10 ayes). These routine items were approved together as the board—s consent agenda.
- Item 22: Ordinance appropriating $77,000,000 of proceeds from the General Obligation Housing Bond Series 2016 to the Mayor—s Office of Housing and Community Development for public housing, low‑income housing, Mission Neighborhood investments, and middle‑income housing; funds placed on controller—s reserve pending bond sale. Finally passed unanimously (no objections recorded).
- Item 23: Ordinance establishing the San Francisco City College Enrollment Fee Assistance Fund (administrative code amendment). Passed unanimously on final action.
- Item 24: Ordinance requiring prevailing wages for loading/unloading and associated commercial driving at city events. Passed unanimously on first reading (covered separately).
- Item 25: Waiver of competitive bidding for a lease with Amora International, Inc. for an interim employee café at SFO Terminal 1. Continued one week to 10/04/2016 for additional information and confirmation of lease term (see separate coverage).
- Item 26: Resolution retroactively authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expand a development and programming grant from the San Francisco Parks Alliance covering FY2014–15, approximately $84,202. Staff explained the retroactivity arose because in‑kind donations are tallied at fiscal year end and audited financials are received later; the resolution passed unanimously on roll call (10 ayes).
- Item 27: Resolution authorizing the SFPUC General Manager to execute Amendment No. 4 to a project design services agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants for the Water System Improvement Program, increasing the contract to a total not to exceed $18,500,000 through 12/06/2019. Passed unanimously.
- Item 28: Ordinance amending the administrative code to prohibit city‑funded travel and contracting with entities connected to states that enact anti‑LGBT laws after June 26 (covered separately). Passed unanimously on first reading.
- Items 29–30: Ordinances authorizing settlements: Allied Insurance Company ($60,000) and Raymond and Ashley Cruz ($325,000), both related to alleged flood property damage; both ordinances passed unanimously on first reading.
- Items 31–32: Resolutions responding to two Civil Grand Jury reports (on SFPD officer‑involved shootings and homeless health and housing). Adopted unanimously.
- Item 33: Ordinance amending the Planning Code to require the Housing Balance Report to include the withdrawal of housing units from the rental market, including owner move‑ins; passed unanimously on first reading.
- Item 34: Resolution urging SFPUC to provide enhanced public access to roads and trails in the Peninsula Watershed: continued one week at the request of the sponsor.
- Item 35: Midtown Terrace rezoning from RH‑1 to RH‑1D; amendment removing an ADU exemption adopted 9–1; ordinance as amended passed unanimously on first reading (covered separately).
- Item 38: Resolution urging a working group to develop a blueprint for a modular housing pilot program: referred to committee for further discussion.
- Item 41: Motion to call file 160860 and schedule a committee‑of‑the‑whole hearing on the Blue Ribbon Panel report for Oct. 4, 2016 at 3 p.m.; motion approved unanimously.
Roll‑call notes: Where the clerk read individual aye votes they were recorded as "Breed, aye; Campos, aye; Cohen, aye; Farrell, aye; Kim, aye; Mar, aye; Peskin, aye; Tang, aye; Wiener, aye; Yi, aye." Absent: Supervisor Avalos.
If an item was continued, the entry above notes the continuance and any immediate follow‑up the board requested.
This list is a concise record of ordinance/resolution votes and procedural actions taken during the Sept. 27 meeting; items that generated more detailed debate are covered in separate articles.
