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Votes at a glance: Key actions by San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Oct. 26, 2010
Summary
The board approved ordinances, resolutions and first‑reading actions across a broad consent calendar and separate items including Hope SF financing, airline lease agreements, redevelopment spending, building code updates, and several departmental grants and leases.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday handled a broad consent calendar and several separate items. Below is a concise accounting of formal actions, roll-call outcomes where recorded and items continued for further work.
Major items adopted or advanced - Items 1–15 (consent agenda): Passed on a single roll-call vote (10 ayes). These items were acted on by unanimous consent unless individually severed; the clerk recorded "There are 10 ayes." (Consent roll call recorded on the transcript.)
- Items 16–17: Ordinance authorizing execution and delivery of taxable or tax‑exempt certificates of participation (COPs) for the Hope SF development project in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed approximately $38,000,000 (item 16); ordinance appropriating approximately $38,000,000 of COP Series 2011B proceeds for Hope SF and placing funds on controller's reserve pending issuance (item 17). Board voted to finally pass both ordinances; roll call recorded 9 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Daley recorded as no) where noted in the floor roll call.
- Item 18: Resolution approving contract between the Municipal Transportation Agency and Hill International for capital program controls — adopted (see separate detailed story).
- Item 19: Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and retroactively expand a grant from the California Department of Rehabilitation in an approximate amount of $7,700,000 — adopted by unanimous consent.
- Item 20: Resolution authorizing amendment of four leases to reduce rent and extend lease terms for Department of Public Health, Human Services Agency and Department of Child Support Services — adopted by unanimous consent.
- Item 21: Resolution approving an amendment to the redevelopment agency budget for FY 2010–11 authorizing expenditures not to exceed approximately $521,000 for positions associated with implementation of Candlestick Point Hunters Point Shipyard Phase 2 projects — adopted by unanimous consent.
- Items 22–23: Resolutions approving new or modified airline lease and use agreements at San Francisco International Airport — adopted by unanimous consent.
- Item 24: Ordinance adopting MOU amendment with SEIU Local 1021 covering fire rescue paramedics — passed on first reading.
- Item 25: Ordinance amending the administrative code pertaining to employee relations — continued to Nov. 9 at the request of the author (motion to continue adopted without objection).
- Items 26–32: Ordinances adopting 2010 building/fire/electrical/mechanical/plumbing code updates, including the 2010 California Green Building Standards Code and San Francisco amendments; all passed on first reading.
- Item 33: Ordinance creating a drug stewardship/take‑back requirement — the board adopted several floor amendments and continued the measure to Nov. 23 to allow the pharmaceutical industry and the Department of the Environment to meet (see separate detailed story).
- Item 34: Ordinance amending the Health Code on nuisance enforcement — continued to Nov. 16 at the request of the author.
- Items 35–39: Adoption without committee reference calendar items — these resolutions and ordinances were acted on as a block and adopted by roll call (items 35–39 adopted; item 40 was severed for separate consideration).
- Item 40: Resolution urging the governor to reinstate Stage 3 child‑care funding of $256,000,000 to protect 1,214 children in San Francisco and 81,000 statewide and urging First 5 to provide bridge funding — severed for floor discussion and adopted after a staff briefing and public comment (see separate detailed story).
Votes recorded on the floor Where the transcript records a roll call, that roll call has been reflected above (consent roll call 10 ayes; items 16–17 recorded as 9 ayes, 1 no). Many other items were adopted "same house, same call" without individual roll-call detail in the transcript beyond the clerk's announcement of adoption or the number of ayes.
Items continued or referred - Item 25: Continued to Nov. 9 for additional bargaining process time. - Item 33: Continued to Nov. 23 for pharmaceutical industry and Department of the Environment meetings; amendments adopted on the floor. - Item 34: Continued to Nov. 16.
How to find additional detail Detailed discussion and questions about Item 18 (MTA contract), Item 33 (drug stewardship ordinance) and Item 40 (Stage 3 childcare funding) were reported separately in the meeting record and are summarized in full articles on those items. For specific ordinance texts, resolution numbers, and final ordinance language, consult the Clerk of the Board's official docket and posted legislation package for Oct. 26, 2010.
