Supervisors approve range of ordinances and resolutions; Hope SF financing and several appropriations advance

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved multiple ordinances and resolutions ranging from land-use code changes to budget appropriations and certificate-of-participation financing for housing projects.

Among the actions approved were final passage of an ordinance adding Planning Code section 7.87 to create a special-use district for the 1800 Market Street community center project (item 4); an ordinance appropriating about $2.2 million from the general fund reserve for indigent defense expenses in Superior Court for fiscal year 2009–10 (item 22); and approvals advancing financing for the Hope SF development through certificates of participation and a related appropriation of proceeds (items 28 and 29). The board also adopted a port-commission lease for office space at Pier 26 Annex (item 30) and a memorandum-of-agreement authorization related to National Park Service watershed management (item 31).

Several items were passed on first reading, including amendments to the building and planning codes and an ordinance to add two Environment Department positions to the annual salary ordinance (items 24, 25, 27). A resolution accepting infill infrastructure…