Board adopts interim budget, labor MOUs, botanical garden fees and cell-phone SAR disclosure; multiple items passed

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a series of ordinances, resolutions and budget measures during its June meeting, approving an interim consolidated budget and salary ordinance, authorizing disclosure of cell-phone specific absorption rate values, adopting many labor memoranda of understanding and approving an ordinance to establish admission fees for the Botanical Garden for non–San Francisco residents.

The measures were largely passed on roll-call votes or by unanimous “same house, same call” procedure. The board approved the interim consolidated budget and annual appropriation ordinance and the interim consolidated annual salary ordinance for fiscal years ending June 30, 2011 (and related 2012 provisions for certain agencies). It also approved a first-reading ordinance authorizing refunding certificates of participation (not to exceed $155 million) to refinance capital projects, and it adopted numerous memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and compensation ordinances covering multiple unions.

Key adop…