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Votes at a glance: Board adopts consent items, appropriations and minor ordinances
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved multiple routine ordinances and resolutions on March 12 on the consent calendar, including appropriations to the Planning Department, grants to parks and housing projects, and personnel changes; several development and capital financing items also moved forward.
San Francisco ' The Board of Supervisors approved a series of consent calendar items and smaller legislative measures on March 12, covering routine appropriations, grant acceptances and technical updates to city codes.
What passed (selected items):
- Items 2–4: Routine consent calendar measures (no severing) were adopted by roll call. - Item 9: Ordinance rescinding a sunset clause in a San Francisco bonding and financial assistance program (passed on first reading). - Item 10: Ordinance appropriating approximately $2,770,000 of fee revenue for the Planning Department for FY 2012–2013 (passed on first reading). - Item 11: Ordinance amending the annual salary ordinance for FY 2012–2013 to add 8 planning positions to reduce backlog (passed on first reading). - Item 12: Resolution authorizing the Planning Department to accept and expend a $200,000 grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for central corridor streetscape work (retroactive authorization adopted). - Item 13: Resolution authorizing Recreation and Parks to accept and expend about $777,000 in HCD funds for Bodecker Park and Promontory Park projects (adopted). - Item 15: Resolution authorizing acceptance of a $150,000 CalRecycle tire‑derived products grant for park materials (adopted). - Item 16: Resolution authorizing issuance and sale of multifamily mortgage revenue notes up to $30,000,000 for an 88‑unit project at 2175 Market Street (adopted). - Item 18: Ordinance amending the Building Code regarding seismic standards (passed on first reading). - Item 30: Motion to sit as a committee of the whole for the CPMC LRDP hearing (adopted, 11–0). - Items 31–33: A set of adoption calendar items were approved by roll call.
Vote summary: Many consent and routine items were approved without separate debate; where roll calls are recorded in the transcript the board registered 11 ayes on the consent measures and related adoption calendar votes noted above. Several ordinances were advanced on first reading and will require subsequent hearings or second reads for final adoption.
How to read this: The consent calendar bundles routine administrative matters that staff describe as noncontroversial. Several items involved direct appropriations of fee revenue, grant authorizations, or technical code changes intended to carry out already‑authorized programs. When items required subsequent approvals (for example, ordinances advanced on first reading), they will return to the board on later calendars for final passage.
If you need action details: Contact the Clerk of the Board or the sponsoring department for each item to obtain the adopted ordinance text, timelines for the second reading (where applicable), and any implementing guidance.
