Board approves neighborhood budget hearings, housing and stormwater ordinances and a set of appointments; adopts animal‑welfare resolutions

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 6 approved a package of measures that included two off‑site budget hearings, first‑reading passage of stormwater and green‑landscaping ordinances, a housing‑code rule requiring residential hotels to post 3‑1‑1 contact information, and several mayoral reappointments.

The board voted to send budget hearings into neighborhoods as the city faces a projected general‑fund shortfall running into the hundreds of millions. Supervisor David Campos, who introduced the off‑site hearings, said the outreach series is intended to let residents hear department briefings in their own neighborhoods and explain how service cuts could affect them.

In votes taken during the meeting, supervisors also: appropriated approximately $158,000 from the general‑fund reserve for a loan to the “community center project of San Francisco”; adopted a resolution authorizing tax‑exempt commercial paper dealer documentation; approved multiple mayoral reappointments to commissions; and adopted two animal‑welfare resolutions urging vegetarian options on Mondays and commending businesses that use only cage‑free eggs.

Votes at a glance

- Item 10 — Ordinance appropriating approximately $158,000 from the general fund reserve for a loan to the community center project of San Francisco: passed (9 ayes, 1 no). - Item 11 — Resolution approving the city’s reimbursement and dealer agreements in connection with tax‑exempt lease revenue commercial paper / certificates of participation: adopted (9 ayes, 1 no). - Items 12 & 13 — Motions ordering off‑site budget and finance committee meetings (Horace Mann Middle School, 04/14/2010; Hall of Flowers, 04/21/2010): approved (10 ayes). - Item 14 — Zoning map amendment for Market & Octavia area plan (first reading): passed on first reading (unanimous/no objection). - Item 15 — Housing code amendment requiring residential‑hotel owners/operators to post notice advising occupants they may report alleged violations to 311 (first reading): passed on first reading (unanimous/no objection). - Item 16 — Public works code amendment requiring development and maintenance of stormwater management controls (first reading): passed on first reading (unanimous/no objection). - Item 21 — Green landscaping ordinance to add screening/greening/street‑tree maintenance requirements: passed on first reading (unanimous/no objection). - Items 22–29 (adoption without committee reference): adopted; items 28 and 29 (Meat‑Free Mondays;…