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Votes at a glance: Board approves airport bond, parking restriction and multiple licenses; several items passed on unanimous or recorded votes
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Summary
At its October meeting the Board of Supervisors approved a package of ordinances, resolutions and appointments, including a $543.2 million appropriation for airport capital projects and several land‑use, transportation and licensing actions.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acted on multiple ordinances, resolutions and appointments during its October meeting, approving a mix of routine and higher‑profile items. Below are the principal actions recorded on the floor, with vote details where the roll call was read into the transcript.
Key outcomes (selected):
- Successor agency ordinance (Item 4): An ordinance of the successor agency to the former redevelopment agency implementing the state redevelopment dissolution law was finally passed. The transcript records a roll call of 9 ayes and 1 no (Supervisor Campos voting no).
- Airport bond appropriation (Item 5): The board approved an ordinance appropriating $543,200,000 of proceeds from the sale of bonds for capital improvement projects to the Airport Commission for fiscal year 2012‑2013 and placing the appropriation on the controller's reserve pending the bond sale. The roll call in the transcript shows 10 ayes.
- Transportation code amendment (Item 6): The board adopted an ordinance amending the transportation code to restrict large‑vehicle parking between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. where Municipal Transportation Agency signs provide notice. The transcript records 6 ayes and 4 noes; the ordinance was finally passed.
- Police code: foreclosure owners (Item 7): An ordinance amending the police code to subject individuals and entities who own significant numbers of foreclosed properties to increased civil penalties for failing to maintain their properties was finally passed; roll call recorded 10 ayes.
- Summary vacation and sale of easement (Item 8): The board ordered the summary vacation of a public service easement and approved the sale of the City's interest in the vacated easement over property located at 1407 through 1435 Market Street for $77,000; the ordinance was finally passed (no roll call tally printed in the transcript for the floor action).
- Planning code transit impact fee (Item 9): Supervisor Wiener moved to continue the item for two weeks to October 16; the motion to continue was entered.
- America's Cup lease security (Item 10): The board adopted a resolution approving updated security provisions for the America's Cup lease/disposition agreement (adopted same‑call).
- Telecomm lease renewal (Item 12): A resolution authorizing a renewal lease agreement for telecommunications equipment from American Towers at 99 Moultrie for use by multiple city departments was adopted same‑call.
- Ordinance repealing MWLBE extensions (Item 13): An ordinance amending the administrative code to repeal provisions extending the expiration date of the 02/2003 minority, women and local business enterprise ordinance passed on first reading.
- Liquor license transfers and determinations (Items 14–16): The board adopted resolutions determining public convenience for several on‑sale liquor license transfers, including the Type 48 transfer connected with the Eagle (item 14) and other license matters; the floor recorded the items as adopted.
- General Plan community safety element update (Item 17): An ordinance adopting the 2012 Community Safety Element update was passed on first reading; supervisors emphasized seismic hazards and disaster resiliency in the discussion.
- Appointments (Items 19 and 21): Ellie Quintos was appointed to the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (term to 03/19/2015). The board also approved multiple appointments to the Wage Theft Task Force (Ace Wiseman, Charlotte Noss, Terrence Ballen, Shaw San Luis, Tina Liang Chen, Don Houston, Karen Heisler and Manny Sheik; terms to be determined).
- Police code: vehicle press cards (Item 22): An ordinance amending the police code to remove the chief of police's authority to issue or regulate vehicle press cards passed on first reading.
- Rosie the Riveter plaque (Item 29): The board approved a resolution authorizing installation of a new Rosie the Riveter bronze sidewalk plaque on Valeo Street at the Kearny intersection; roll call was 10 ayes.
Why it matters: The actions include a major airport bond appropriation and multiple public‑safety and land‑use steps; several items were resolved by unanimous or same‑call adoption while others recorded split roll calls.
Ending: Several items were continued or passed on first reading, and the board scheduled follow‑up as needed.
