Board adopts a series of resolutions and ordinances; approves funding for unaccompanied minors' legal services

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted multiple items on the consent and adoption calendars and advanced several policy measures during its September meeting.

Key votes and actions

- Appropriation for legal services for unaccompanied minors (Item 4): The Board introduced and passed an ordinance to appropriate approximately $2,000,000 from the general fund reserve to the Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH) to be expended over two fiscal years (2014-15 and 2015-16) for legal services for unaccompanied children and families on the San Francisco immigration court—s expedited removal docket. The item was amended per Budget and Finance Committee recommendations and passed on first reading via "same house, same call." No roll-call tally for the final adoption was recorded in the meeting transcript; the item moved forward on first reading.

- Treasure Island sublease (Item 5): The Board adopted a resolution approving a sublease and property management agreement on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island between the Treasure Island Development Authority and the John Stewart Company for market-rate rental housing, with a reported yearly base rent of approximately $633,000 for a seven-year term. The resolution was adopted under "same house, same call."

- District Attorney authorizations and grants (Items 6-8): The Board adopted three items for the District Attorney—s office: (Item 6) retroactive authorization to renew a revolving fund agreement with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board in the amount of $75,000 for verified emergency loss expenses for eligible homicide victims (07/01/2014——/06/30/2017); (Item 7) retroactive authorization to accept an in-kind gift of technical assistance and a racial justice program valued at approximately $409,000 from the Vera Institute of Justice for 07/01/2014——/06/30/2015; and (Item 8) retroactive authorization to accept and expend a technical assistance grant valued at approximately $228,000 from the Vera Institute of Justice funded by the Open Society Foundations. Each resolution was adopted under the adoption calendar.

- Building code ordinance, private school earthquake evaluation (Item 9): The Board advanced an ordinance to amend the building code to require earthquake performance evaluations of private school structures. Supervisor Wiener and other stakeholders described the measure as a screening step (not an immediate retrofit mandate) that requires private schools to perform evaluations to understand seismic vulnerability; the ordinance passed first reading "same house, same call."

- Responses to civil grand jury reports (Items 10-12): The Board adopted resolutions responding to the presiding judge of the Superior Court on findings and recommendations contained in 2013-14 civil grand jury reports on (1) the Port of San Francisco; (2) rising sea levels; and (3) ethics in the city, urging the mayor to cause implementation through department heads and budget development. Each resolution was adopted under "same house, same call."

- Camp Mather resolution (Item 15): The Board adopted, as amended, a resolution recognizing the ninetieth anniversary of Camp Mather and commending firefighters and agency staff for saving Camp Mather during the August 2013 Rim Fire. The resolution was adopted and will be presented at a ninetieth-anniversary celebration.

- Resolution opposing selective abortion bans (Item 17): The Board adopted a resolution affirming San Francisco—s opposition to so-called "sex-selective" or similarly framed selective abortion bans that critics say perpetuate racial stereotypes and create barriers to care; the resolution was co-sponsored and advanced under "same house, same call."

Other adoption-calendar items: Items 2 and 3 on the consent calendar and items 16 and 18 on the adoption calendar were adopted under the board rules requiring unanimous first-reading adoption; recorded roll-call tallies indicated 11 ayes on those roll calls. Several items were adopted with the "same house, same call" procedure indicating no member sought to sever them for separate discussion.

Ending: Several items were adopted without extended debate on the floor; other substantive matters (for example, the EMS concerns raised by Supervisor Breed, and introduced legislation by Supervisors Campos and Wiener) were introduced for further committee consideration.