Board adopts series of grants, park and housing measures in unanimous roll calls

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a bundle of resolutions, grant acceptances and ordinances during its October meeting, approving funding and administrative actions by unanimous roll call votes.

The measures approved included multiple retroactive grant acceptances for the Office of the District Attorney, acceptances of state and federal grant awards for park and community programs, an administrative ordinance related to rent stabilization and the right to return for revitalized public housing, and approval under Charter Section 4.113 for Central Subway construction in Union Square. Board members took these actions mainly without extended discussion and by single roll-call votes.

Highlights of adopted items (outcomes and vote tallies as recorded on the meeting floor): - Items 1–6 (consent ordinances): adopted; announced as “those ordinances are finally passed” after roll call showing 10 ayes. - Item 8: Resolution authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to retroactively accept and expend a California Department of Justice grant for a foreclosure crisis recovery program (approx. $399,000 for 07/01/2012–06/30/2013): adopted, roll call recorded 10 ayes. - Item 9: Resolution authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to retroactively accept and expend an approximate $714,000 grant from the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for a joint powers agreement project (07/01/2012–06/30/2015): adopted, roll call recorded 10 ayes. - Item 10: Resolution authorizing Recreation & Park to accept a Habitat Conservation Fund grant (approx. $164,000) for the Glen Canyon Creekside Loop Trail (07/01/2011–06/30/2031): adopted as amended with technical amendments accepted on the floor. - Item 11: Resolution to accept and expend approx. $86,000 from the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the Criminal Restitution Compact Program (07/01/2012–06/30/2013): adopted. - Item 12: Resolution supporting FY2013–2014 consolidated plan goals for Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant, and HOPWA: adopted. - Item 13: Resolution authorizing OEWD to accept and expend a $105,000 U.S. Department of Labor grant (Assistive Technology California Disability Employment Initiative, 10/01/2011–09/30/2014): adopted. - Item 14: Resolution responding to the presiding judge regarding the 2011–2012 civil grand jury report “Where There Is Smoke”: adopted. - Item 15: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish city policy on right to return for revitalized public housing and expanding powers for the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board: passed first reading. - Item 16: Resolution authorizing acceptance of a purchase and sale agreement and a restrictive easement for a former Waller Street parcel (Laguna to Buchanan): adopted. - Item 17: Resolution approving under Charter Section 4.113 construction of surface and subsurface structures in Union Square Park for the Central Subway’s Union Square/Market Street Station: adopted. - Items 24–26 (adoption calendar items): adopted by roll call (10 ayes reported).

Vote at a glance (recorded roll-call participants): Wiener (aye), Avalos (aye), Campos (aye), Chu (aye/absent for some votes as noted on the record), Cohen (aye), Ellsburn (aye), Farrell (aye), Kim (aye), Mar (aye), Olague (aye). The clerk noted “there are 10 ayes” on multiple motions.

The board handled these items mostly as routine business; several grant acceptances were described as “retroactive” by staff when read into the record. Item 10 (Glen Canyon trail) included technical amendments moved and seconded on the floor and accepted without objection.