Board approves multiple ordinances and resolutions; several items continued

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a batch of ordinances and resolutions on its consent and adoption calendars, continued several items for later consideration and scheduled a closed session on labor negotiations.

The board took a single roll-call vote to approve items 1 through 15 on the consent agenda; the clerk recorded nine ayes on that vote. Several individual items later on the agenda were finally passed, adopted on first reading, or continued. Where a roll call was recorded, the clerk’s statements in the transcript are reflected below; where no roll call was recorded the board acted by unanimous consent as noted in the meeting record.

Key outcomes: the board finally passed an ordinance amending Chapter 37 of the Administrative Code to extend just-cause eviction protections to tenants in units newly subjected to foreclosure (item 16) by unanimous consent. The board passed an ordinance appropriating $400,000 of revenues from the Little Hollywood property exchange to fund park and open-space planning (item 18) by roll call (6 ayes, 3 noes). The board re-referred an ordinance amending the Planning Code to require conditional use authorization for garage installations in certain districts back to committee for amendment and public hearing (item 19) by roll call (8 ayes, 1 no). The board passed an amendment to the Health Code prohibiting smoking in sports stadiums and other defined areas (item 20) by roll call (9 ayes). Several other administrative and planning items were adopted on first reading or by resolution, including creation of the Rainbow Honor Walk (item 22), amendments to the floodplain management program (item 23, first reading), and reorganization of certain municipal transportation funds (item 21, first reading).

The board also granted a one-week continuance for a resolution relating to redevelopment agency bonds (item 17) at the request of Supervisor Avalos, and continued a city planning environmental-review appeal (items 24–27) to April at the request of both parties. The board scheduled a closed session on March 16, 2010, to discuss labor negotiations with city labor unions; the clerk said that closed session is permitted by Government Code section 54957.6 and the San Francisco Administrative Code section 67.10(e). After the closed session the board voted not to disclose the closed-session information.

Votes at a glance (selected items) - Items 1–15 (consent agenda): approved by single roll call (clerk recorded nine ayes). - Item 16 (ordinance extending just-cause eviction protections to units subject to foreclosure): finally passed (unanimous consent; no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript). - Item 17 (resolution concerning redevelopment agency bonds up to $28,000,000): continued to March (motion by Supervisor Avalos; continued by unanimous consent to align with related committee action). - Item 18 (ordinance appropriating $400,000 from Little Hollywood property exchange for park/open-space planning): roll call recorded—Chu, Dufty, Duffy, Ellsburn, Marr, Maxwell voted aye; Daly, Avalos, Campos voted no; tally recorded as 6 ayes, 3 noes; ordinance finally passed. - Item 19 (Planning Code amendment regarding garage installations in specified districts): motion to re-refer to committee passed by roll call, recorded as 8 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Daly recorded as no); motion referred to committee. - Item 20 (Health Code amendment—no smoking in sports stadiums and certain areas): roll call recorded nine ayes; ordinance finally passed. - Item 21 (appropriation from MTA information fund): passed in first reading (no roll-call tally recorded in transcript). - Item 22 (Rainbow Honor Walk resolution): adopted (clerk recorded same-house/same-call adoption). - Items 29–38 (adoption without committee reference): adopted by single roll call (nine ayes); Item 37 was continued by motion to March.

The meeting record indicates the board used a mix of single-roll-call consent votes and specific roll-call votes for contested items. Several items were continued or returned to committee for further amendment or public hearing.

Speakers quoted or recorded in the roll call and actions include President Chiu and Supervisors Maxwell, Daly, Dufty, Duffy, Ellsburn, Marr, Avalos and Campos, as shown in the transcript roll calls.