Board approves multiple ordinances and resolutions, including Ellis Act changes; several major bond and grant measures advance

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 22, 2014 adopted a series of ordinances and resolutions and took first-reading votes on major bond measures during a meeting that combined routine consent business with several high-profile items.

The board approved the bulk consent calendar (items 1–11) by roll call and later took separate votes on a number of ordinance and resolution items, including an amendment to the Administrative Code to address tenant displacements under the Ellis Act (Item 12), and first-reading passage of a roughly $2 billion airport bond appropriation (Item 13).

The Ellis Act amendment (Item 12) was taken twice on the floor after supervisors recalled and re-voted the item; on final passage the board recorded nine ayes and two noes. The board also passed multiple related finance and infrastructure measures on first reading, adopted resolutions authorizing grant acceptance and program approvals, and approved ceremonial and place-name recognitions.

Votes at a glance (selected items): - Items 1–11 (consent calendar): approved (roll call; unanimous where recorded). These were treated as routine items and passed together. - Item 3: resolution designating the 100 block of Turk Street as a ceremonial Vicki Marlane Way; adopted (same-house, same-call). (ceremonial street naming) - Item 12: ordinance to amend the Administrative Code to mitigate adverse impacts of tenant evictions under the Ellis Act: final passage recorded as 9 ayes, 2 noes after the board rescinded and re-took the vote. (ordinance) - Item 13: ordinance to appropriate approximately $2,000,000,000 in proceeds from bond sales for airport capital projects; passed on first reading (vote recorded as 10 ayes on first reading). (ordinance — first reading) - Item 14: ordinance waiving certain public works fees for Small Business Week sidewalk sales on specified dates; passed on first reading (uncontested on the floor). (ordinance — first reading) - Items 15–18: resolutions and program approvals for airport projects, port grant acceptance (approx. $700,000), and the Sheriff’s Home Detention and Electronic Monitoring Program; adopted (same-house, same-call where noted). - Item 19: ordinance amending the subdivision code regarding condominium conversion fee appeals and fee deferral; passed on first reading. - Item 20: ordinance waiving certain planning and building facade improvement fees for May; passed on first reading (11 ayes recorded). - Item 21: resolution exempting specified ground-floor commercial uses from a portion of the police code to allow up to 10 arcade devices at qualifying locations in the Upper Market neighborhood commercial transit district; adopted (committee report, same-house same-call). - Items 24–27: grouped for immediate adoption; roll call recorded 11 ayes and the measures were adopted.

Formal actions recorded on the floor included roll-call tallies for many items. Several items (notably the airport bond appropriation and the Ellis Act amendment) required or received formal roll-call votes; others were adopted by unanimous consent or same-house/same-call practice described on the record.

What this means: the board cleared a broad set of legislative and administrative items in one session, advancing capital financing for airport projects and adopting measures on housing displacement, municipal fees, and public-safety and port programs. Several measures advanced only on first reading and will return for final action when required.

Notes: This article summarizes the formal roll-call outcomes announced on the chamber record. Where individual vote tallies were reported on the record those counts are shown above; some items were adopted without further floor debate under the board’s same-house, same-call procedure.