Board approves ordinances and resolutions on ammunition, preschool subsidies, Laguna Honda donation, pedestrian safety grant and liquor licenses

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted on a series of ordinances and resolutions at its March 5 meeting, adopting measures that ranged from gun‑safety rules and early‑learning contract modifications to transportation and liquor‑license determinations. Several items were approved without objection or by roll call.

Votes at a glance (selected items adopted March 5)

- Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to permit city payments to offset federal income taxation on health‑insurance premiums for employees’ same‑sex spouses or domestic partners (Item 9). Vote: 11 ayes; passed by roll call.

- Resolution approving a contract modification with the Children’s Council of San Francisco to administer Preschool for All subsidy payments — amount described in the meeting as not to exceed approximately $40,700,000 for the period beginning July 1, 2012 (Item 10). Vote: adopted without objection; roll call recorded 11 ayes.

- Resolution authorizing Laguna Honda Hospital to retroactively accept and expend a charitable gift of $500,000 to the hospital’s patient gift fund (Item 11). Sponsor remarks identified the Knight Living Trust Fund as the donor. Vote: adopted without objection.

- Resolution accepting a U.S. Department of Education…