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Board adopts series of ordinances and resolutions on taxes, parks, transit bonds and grants
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a series of ordinances and resolutions during its September meeting, including tax and tenant-protection measures, MTA bond authorization, park grant acceptance, and a resolution supporting SNAP; several items were adopted with unanimous roll-call votes or on first reading.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved multiple ordinances and resolutions spanning tax code changes, tenant protections, park grants and transit financing, and adopted a resolution urging support for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Items moved quickly through the consent and adoption calendars with several taken "same house, same call" and without extended debate. The clerk announced multiple unanimous roll calls after which a range of measures were adopted or passed on first reading.
Key outcomes
- Consent calendar and routine ordinances (Items 1–6): Adopted unanimously as routine consent items.
- Item 7: Ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to remove provisions referring to the now-expired Transfer Tax Review Board (expired 01/01/2013) — passed.
- Item 8: Ordinance providing revenue and levying property taxes for the City and County of San Francisco, the Unified School District, the Community College District, BART and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District; establishes a pass-through rate of assessed value for residential tenants for the period ending June 30, 2014 — passed.
- Item 9: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish standards and procedures for residential tenant financial hardship applications seeking relief from landlord pass-through capital improvement costs and requiring the rent board to notify tenants of application procedures — passed.
- Item 11: Ordinance amending business and tax regulations related to common administrative provisions, taxes on parking spaces, business registration and payroll expense tax provisions — passed on introductory/first action as noted in the record.
- Item 12: Resolution authorizing the director of real estate to record a memorandum of unrecorded grant agreement for the Buena Vista Park Project pursuant to a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant agreement — adopted.
- Item 13: Resolution retroactively authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation in the approximate amount of $187,000 for the McLaren Park Connector Trail project (09/16/2011–06/30/2014) — adopted. Supervisor Avalos spoke in support, noting prior park bond funds and recent improvements at McLaren Park.
- Items 14–15: Resolutions and ordinances authorizing the Municipal Transportation Agency to issue up to $165,000,000 in revenue bonds and appropriate proceeds for transit, bicycle, pedestrian and parking garage projects in fiscal year 2013–14 — approved (resolution adopted; ordinance passed on first reading).
- Items 16–17: Resolutions containing the Board’s responses to two civil grand jury reports (2012–13) related to roadway sharing and use of publicly owned real estate — adopted.
- Item 18: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to authorize financing by special tax districts for seismic safety work (Article 43.1) — passed on first reading.
- Special order (Items 19–22): Continued by motion to a subsequent hearing date (continued one week to allow mediation/continuing review).
- Adoption calendar items 25–29: Adopted (item 26 severed for separate consideration). Item 26 — a resolution urging local and state officials to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and noting SNAP’s role for low-income San Franciscans — was discussed by Supervisor Moore and adopted.
What passed without extended debate
Most consent-calendar ordinances and administrative code amendments were taken by unanimous or expedited roll calls and recorded as "finally passed" or "adopted" for resolutions. When brief remarks were offered, supervisors praised project-specific benefits (for example, park bond funds and local grant support for McLaren Park) but no additional policy debate delaying adoption occurred.
Votes and formal records
Clerks recorded roll-call votes for the adoption calendar and consent items. For the items called on the consent and adoption calendars the clerk announced multiple unanimous "ayes" and stated when ordinances "have finally passed" or resolutions were "adopted." Item 26 (SNAP) was taken separately, discussed and adopted without recorded opposition.
Next steps and implementation
Several ordinances passed on first reading and will return for additional readings as required by city rules (for example, the seismic financing ordinance and MTA bond appropriation). Departments and agencies named in the measures (Recreation and Park Department; Municipal Transportation Agency; Director of Real Estate) will proceed with implementation, grant recording or bond issuance steps consistent with adopted resolutions and ordinances.
