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Votes at a glance: February Board meeting — ordinances, leases, grants and settlements adopted; select items continued
Summary
The Board unanimously adopted multiple consent items including transit, infrastructure and public‑health grants, approved first‑reading ordinances on notice and civil counsel, established a Balboa Park Station advisory committee and continued appointments and select measures to March.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors took action on a broad set of consent and adoption calendar items at its February meeting. Below are the principal outcomes and vote results recorded during the meeting.
Key outcomes
- Item 1 — Meeting minutes for January 10 and January 24, 2012: Motion to approve carried on roll call (motion by Supervisor Mark Farrell, seconded by Supervisor Campos). Final roll call: 11 ayes.
- Item 2 — Appointments to the Small Business Commission (Juanita White and William Ortiz Cartagena): Supervisor Cohen moved to continue the item one week; motion seconded by Supervisor Olague and the board continued the item to March without objection.
- Items 3–4 — Ordinances creating the Chinatown Transit Station Special Use District and permitting demolition related to construction of the Chinatown central subway station: Finally passed (same house, same call). Adopted.
- Item 5 — Ordinance accepting public infrastructure improvements for Mission Bay South (Blocks 2–7 and 13 Phase 1) and dedicating additional property as public right of way: Finally passed (same house, same call). Adopted.
- Items 6–8 — Real property lease amendments for court facilities at 575 Polk Street, lease expansion at 555 Polk Street for Department of Public Health community justice center, and Terminal 3 Boarding Area F lease at SFO: Resolutions adopted (same house, same call).
- Items 9–13 — Housing and Department of Public Health grant resolutions and disbursement agreements (including a ~$4.7M transit-oriented development infrastructure grant and DPH grants ~ $1.3M and ~$256,000): Adopted (same house, same call).
- Item 14 — Ordinance amending environment code to require secure bicycle parking in commercial buildings: Supervisor Avalos requested continued drafting; continued to March 6 per motion.
- Item 15 — Ordinance amending Administrative Code (citizens’ right to know notice requirements): Passed on first reading (same house, same call).
- Item 16 — Ordinance to declare San Francisco a Right to Civil Counsel city and create a one‑year pilot for right to civil counsel: Passed first reading by roll call (9 ayes, 2 noes).
- Item 17 — Ordinance amending campaign and governmental conduct code delaying certification of publicly funded supervisorial candidates until Redistricting Task Force completes revisions: Passed first reading (11 ayes).
- Item 18 — Resolution establishing Balboa Park Station area plan community advisory committee: Board amended sunset language and passed the resolution as amended (10 ayes; one member absent for part of the vote).
- Items 24–25 — Proposed settlements: Karl Broger claim not to exceed $240,000 and Marco Fontana claim not to exceed $60,000: Resolutions adopted (same house, same call).
- Items 27–36 — A batch of adoption calendar items were approved unanimously on roll call (11 ayes).
Procedural votes on America's Cup and related port financing items
- Item 26 — Motion to schedule committee of the whole for America's Cup documents: Board scheduled a committee-of-the-whole hearing; scheduling vote was rescinded and the hearing was rescheduled to March 27 (final roll call 11 ayes).
- Items 20–21 (resolutions approving America's Cup project transactions and a resolution of intent to form a waterfront infrastructure financing district) were continued to the committee-of-the-whole hearing on March 27.
Why this matters: The consent and adoption calendar included a mix of zoning and planning approvals (Chinatown transit station; Mission Bay infrastructure), property lease approvals, grant acceptances for housing and public health programs, programmatic ordinance changes (notice requirements; right to civil counsel), and settlement approvals. Several items were continued for additional drafting or referral back to committee.
Ending: Items that required further work were continued; several high-profile matters will return to the board in March for public hearing and final votes.
