Board actions at a glance: December 7, 2010 — grants, ordinances and appointments

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Dec. 7 considered a large consent calendar and acted on numerous items by single roll-call votes, committee reports and individual motions. Below is a concise summary of notable actions taken, organized by item numbers from the agenda and reflecting votes and continuances announced during the session.

Key consent and committee actions (items passed or adopted unless noted as continued or referred): - Items 1–8: Consent agenda approved by roll call (minutes, routine communications). (Adopted.) - Item 9: Ordinance approving General Plan amendments for the San Francisco Better Streets plan. (Finally passed.) - Item 10: Ordinance amending the Environment Code to require producers of drugs sold in the city to participate in drug stewardship programs — Supervisor Mark (Mercarimi) requested a one‑week continuance; the item was continued one week for further consultation with industry and administration. - Items 11–12: The Department of Emergency Management ordinances to retroactively accept and expend regional catastrophic preparedness and Urban Area Security Initiative grants (approx. $3.5 million and $35 million respectively) and to add grant-funded positions were taken together and passed on first reading. (Adopted on first reading.) - Item 13: Resolution retroactively approving approximately $674,000,000 in behavioral-health contracts between the Department of Public Health and nonprofit providers and UCSF covering 7/1/2010–12/31/2015. (Adopted.) - Item 14: Resolution approving up to $30,000,000 in tax-exempt bonds for financing and refinancing the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse Garage; motion to continue for one week to resolve final details was approved. (Continued one week.) - Item 15: Resolution authorizing the mayor to accept and expand a grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development in an amount not to exceed approximately $1,500,000 for low-income homebuyer assistance. (Adopted.) - Item 16: Resolution authorizing an amendment to the public-works professional services agreement on a new public safety building, increasing not-to-exceed design amount from approximately $3.9 million to $17.2 million. (Adopted.) - Item 17: Ordinance on mandatory local hiring (detailed item) — passed on first reading as amended (see separate article). (First reading adopted, 8–3.) - Item 18: Ordinance amending public-works code for freestanding and fixed pedestal news racks — passed on first reading (roll call recorded; 10 ayes, 1 no on first reading as recorded). (Passed on first reading.) - Items 19 and 21: Ordinances amending inclusionary/affordable-housing program materials and a student-housing exemption; technical amendments were adopted on the floor and the items were passed (item 19 passed on first reading as amended; item 21 discussed with remarks in support). (Passed on first reading.) - Item 22: Ordinance establishing the Bayshore Boulevard home-improvement special use district and rezoning — passed on first reading. (Passed.) - Items 23–25: Motions confirming appointments (Redevelopment Agency, Port Commission, reappointment of the City Administrator under the charter) — approved as noted. (Approved.) - Items 28–40: Transbay resolutions of necessity — the board sat as a committee of the whole, conducted public hearings and adopted multiple resolutions authorizing acquisition of specified parcels and parking easements by eminent domain (see separate article for full hearing summary). (Resolutions adopted.) - Items 41–48: Rules committee reports and administrative-code items (electronic distribution, definition of “published,” ethics disclosure updates) — several administrative-code ordinances were passed on first reading as committee reports indicated. (Passed on first reading.) - Items 49–51: Public safety committee reports including event promoter registration (police code), administrative code changes to implement assault victim evidence handling standards and a Department of Justice grant related to cold-case DNA testing — passed on first reading or adopted as committee reports indicated. (Passed on first reading/adopted.) - Item 52 (committee of the whole motion to consider succession procedure for mayor): The board took public comment on whether to convene as a committee of the whole to take nominations and appoint a successor mayor and then voted to continue the item and associated matters (items 26 and 27) for one week to Dec. 14. Motion passed 9–2 (ayes: 9; nos: 2). (Continued to Dec. 14.) - Item 53: Resolution regarding swans at the Palace of Fine Arts Lagoon — deferred to committee. (Referred to committee.) - Items 54–57: Immediate-adoption calendar items not otherwise severed were adopted by roll call. (Adopted.)

Other notes from the meeting: - The clerk announced a certification from the Director of Elections related to consolidated general municipal election results (mentioned in communications). - The board approved multiple settlement ordinances on the first reading (claims and lawsuits) and several administrative adjustments to salary ordinances tied to grant-funded positions. - Several memorials, proclamations and commendations were presented during the 3 p.m. special orders, including recognitions for early-childhood education leaders and winners of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Great Race for Clean Air employer challenge.

This roundup lists the principal calendar motions and formal roll-call results as recorded in the meeting minutes for Dec. 7, 2010. For complete language of ordinances, resolutions, committee reports and staff memos—including the detailed ordinance text for Item 17 (local hiring) and the full Transbay EIR and condemnation materials—refer to the official clerk’s files and the city attorney’s office records.