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At a glance: key votes and actions from the March 2012 Board of Supervisors meeting
Summary
The Board approved several ordinances, appointments and appropriations in a meeting that included consent items, a multi-item adoption calendar and votes on campaign code and right-to-counsel measures; one resolution opposing a state food-truck restriction was continued for further local review.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors completed a broad set of routine and substantive actions at its March 2012 meeting. Items adopted by roll call included consent calendar items, several ordinances and appointments. Key outcomes recorded in the meeting minutes include:
- Items 1–7 (consent agenda): Adopted by single roll-call vote (clerk recorded 11 ayes). These are noncontroversial items acted on as a block.
- Item 9: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to declare San Francisco a right-to-civil-counsel city and to establish a one-year pilot program was approved (board clerk recorded 9 ayes and 2 noes). The board announcement states the ordinance "has finally passed."
- Item 10: Ordinance amending the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code to delay certification of 2012 supervisorial candidates seeking public financing until the redistricting task force completes its revisions to supervisorial district boundaries was approved (11 ayes). The clerk recorded the item as "finally passed."
- Item 11: Motion appointing Moneta White and William Ortiz Cartagena to the Small Business Commission (terms ending 01/06/2016) was approved without objection.
- Item 12: Ordinance appropriating approximately $3.4 million in fund balance and reappropriating approximately $1.8 million from 2010 revenue bond–funded projects to the Port Commission for development of a mixed-use cruise terminal at Pier 27 was passed on first reading.
- Adoption calendar (items 18–24): The board adopted items 18 through 24 by roll-call, with the clerk recording 11 ayes for the package except where members severed individual items for separate consideration.
- Item 21: Resolution opposing Assembly Bill 16 78 (state-level restriction on proximity of mobile food vendors to schools) was introduced and the author moved to continue consideration for one week to allow further local discussion; the board agreed to continue the item to the March 13 session for additional outreach and review.
Taken together, the actions show the board advancing a mix of policy and budget items (some on first reading), confirming commissions appointments, and using committee referrals or continuances where members sought additional public process or agency analysis.
