Board of Supervisors adopts multiple ordinances, resolutions and lease approvals; funding measures cleared

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a series of ordinances and resolutions Tuesday and approved lease agreements after a special 3 p.m. hearing, the board clerk announced.

The board voted unanimously on multiple items early in the meeting and again after the board recessed for the special hearing. Major actions included final passage of planning and health-code ordinances, formal responses to grand jury reports, authorization of a public-utilities property purchase, approval of operating subsidies for formerly homeless residents, and acceptance of energy program grant funds.

Why it matters: The package includes regulatory changes affecting planning and health code enforcement, multi-year housing subsidies, and city property and lease commitments that will affect departmental operations and city budgets over the next decade.

Most important actions

- Item 1: Ordinance amending the planning code regarding signage requirements for privately owned public open spaces (POPOS). Roll call recorded 11 ayes; the clerk announced “The ordinance is finally passed.”

- Item 2: Ordinance requiring the Mayor’s Office of Housing and the Planning Department to report every five years on implementation of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Charter Amendment in the residential transit-oriented Mission District. Announced as finally passed.

- Item 4: Ordinance amending the health code on bed-bug prevention, treatment, disclosure and reporting. Announced as finally passed.

- Item 5: Resolution responding to the presiding judge of the Superior Court with respect to the civil grand jury report on city technology; adopted by unanimous consent.

- Item 6: Resolution responding to the grand jury investigation into the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency; adopted by unanimous consent.

- Item 7: Ordinance amending the administrative code to authorize prepayment of Jobs-Housing Linkage Program obligations for developments on certain Port lands. The sponsor presented the measure and the board passed the item on first reading without objection.

- Item 12: Ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to prevent the payroll expense tax exclusion for small businesses from terminating during 2012–2015 if voters pass a gross-receipts tax; passed on first reading.

- Item 13: Resolution approving a real property purchase agreement for the Public Utilities Commission for 1550 Evans Avenue and 330 Newhall Street at a purchase price of $15,000,000; adopted.

- Item 14: Resolution authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing to execute a Local Operating Subsidy Program grant agreement to provide operating subsidies for formerly homeless single adults at Kelly Cullen Community from 12/01/2012 to 11/30/2027 in an amount not to exceed approximately $18,400,000; adopted.

- Item 15: Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept a grant in the amount of $2,977,000 to continue an energy use and demand reduction/energy-efficiency program; adopted.

Adoption calendar and consent-style votes

Items 18–21 were bundled on the adoption calendar and approved by a single roll-call vote. The clerk recorded 11 ayes on the bundled adoption. Later special-items 9–11 (part of the 3 p.m. hearing) were also adopted by roll call (11 ayes). The clerk announced adoption language for several other items noted as “same house, same call” or “without objection.”

What the board did not finalize in full

Item 7 was advanced in the first reading at the meeting; the ordinance’s language and subsequent readings remain part of the council process before final adoption as law.

Meeting context and next steps

The clerk recessed the meeting for the 3 p.m. special hearing and then returned to approve several lease items after that public hearing. Multiple items adopted by “same house, same call” reflect unanimous or uncontested action; details of some items (including precise implementation instructions or future reporting) will appear in committee or following subsequent readings as required.

Votes at a glance (selected items with outcomes)

- Item 1: Ordinance (POPOS signage) — adopted (roll call: 11 ayes). - Item 2: Ordinance (Affordable Housing Trust Fund reporting) — adopted. - Item 4: Ordinance (bed-bug health code) — adopted. - Item 5: Resolution (civil grand jury, city technology) — adopted. - Item 6: Resolution (grand jury, SFMTA) — adopted. - Item 7: Ordinance (jobs-housing linkage prepayment, Port lands) — passed first reading. - Item 12: Ordinance (payroll expense tax exclusion for small businesses) — passed first reading. - Item 13: Resolution (PUC property purchase, $15,000,000) — adopted. - Item 14: Resolution (Kelly Cullen operating subsidy, up to ~$18,400,000) — adopted. - Item 15: Resolution (energy-efficiency grant, ~$2,977,000) — adopted. - Items 18–21: Adoption calendar bundle — adopted (roll call: 11 ayes). - Items 9–11 (special afternoon hearing leases) — adopted (roll call: 11 ayes).

Ending

Clerk records show unanimous or uncontested passage of the listed items; several measures will require implementation steps or subsequent readings. The board adjourned the meeting in memory of Esther Jakimowitz and closed business for the day.