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Votes at a glance: Board adopts consent calendar, several bond and grant measures; condo conversion fee appeals denied
Summary
The Board approved multiple consent and finance items, adopted a series of bond and grant measures and denied several appeals of condominium conversion fees in votes taken Tuesday.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a slate of routine consent items and several finance and bond measures on Tuesday and ruled on multiple condominium conversion fee appeals.
Key outcomes
- Consent calendar and routine items: Items 2–11 (consent calendar) were adopted by roll call (11 ayes). Items 36–44 were adopted on the adoption calendar (11 ayes).
- Grants and appropriations: Item 13 — the Office of Economic and Workforce Development accepted a $500,000 grant (Mission Bay South Plan First Source hiring program) and added two positions; the board approved the acceptance and the related salary ordinance by roll call (11 ayes).
- General obligation bonds and hospital financing: Items 14 and 16 — ordinances and resolutions to appropriate and direct the competitive sale of approximately $210 million of general obligation bonds for San Francisco General Hospital improvement projects — advanced as committee/consent actions (passed as introduced).
- Miscellaneous finance and approvals: Items 15, 17, and 18 — waiver of payment in lieu of taxes for the San Francisco Housing Authority and authorizations related to tax‑exempt obligations and residential mortgage revenue bonds — were adopted as read.
- Condo conversion fee appeals: The board considered several appeals seeking reduction, adjustment or waiver of condominium conversion fees. The board denied the appeal for 273A 20 Ninth Street (motion to deny the appeal approved; vote 9 ayes, 2 no). The board also denied appeals related to 124 Fifth Avenue (both Apartment 2 and Apartment 5 appeals denied; votes 9 ayes, 2 no). The board took these actions under the statutory standard that an appellant bears the burden of showing an absence of any reasonable relationship (nexus) between the impact of the conversion and the fee amount.
Why it matters: The consent and finance items move forward capital projects (notably the hospital bond spending package) and workforce initiatives, while the condo conversion appeals underscore the narrow legal standard for fee waiver or reduction and leave limited administrative relief for owners claiming financial hardship absent a gap in the economic nexus analysis.
Votes and procedures: Most consent and finance items were adopted without separate debate under same‑house/same‑call or the consent calendar; roll‑call tallies were recorded on the record for multiple items.
