Board approves consent agenda, adopts IHSS resolution; several items continued

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 5, 2010 approved routine consent items, adopted a resolution urging the California Department of Social Services to reverse a policy that excludes people with certain felony convictions from serving as in‑home supportive services providers, passed a planning‑code amendment on first reading and continued several other items to a later meeting.

The board approved items 1 through 6 on the consent calendar by roll call vote with eight ayes, as recorded by the clerk. A separate roll call showed passage of a resolution (item 10) urging the Department of Social Services to reverse the exclusionary policy for in‑home supportive services independent home care providers; the clerk recorded eight ayes and the resolution was adopted. The planning code ordinance providing a special height exception for some commercial ground‑floor uses (item 11) passed its first reading without objection. Several other items were continued for one week or to a specified future meeting, including an amendment to the annual salary ordinance (item 8), changes to the Residential Rent Stabilization Arbitration rules (item 9), and a proposed prohibition on certain owner move‑in evictions for households with children (item 12).

The board also voted to continue agenda items 13 through 16—related to an appeal and conditional use application for property at 1969 California Street—to a special order next week, after a discussion about the legal requirements for quasi‑judicial hearings when full membership is not present. The motion to continue that hearing passed on an 8‑0 roll call.

Several motions to continue other items carried in recorded roll calls; where the clerk recorded tallies, those tallies are noted below. Where an official mover or seconder was recorded in the public record, that person is listed; where not, the roll call tallies and outcomes are given as recorded.

Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (items 1–6): approved by roll call; clerk recorded 8 ayes. Outcome: adopted. - Item 7 (planning department exception finding for 2750 Vallejo Street environmental review): approved without objection. Outcome: motion approved. - Item 8 (amend annual salary ordinance): motion to continue one week — motion passed (recorded as 5 ayes, 3 noes). Outcome: continued one week. - Item 9 (amend Administrative Code Chapter 37 — rent stabilization arbitration / just‑cause eviction extension): motion to continue one week — outcome: continued to January. (no roll call tally given in transcript at the moment of continuation statement). - Item 10 (resolution urging Department of Social Services to reverse exclusionary policy for IHSS independent providers): roll call recorded 8 ayes. Outcome: adopted. - Item 11 (planning code special height exception for NC‑1 parcels — first reading): passed first reading without objection. Outcome: ordinance passed first reading. - Item 12 (ordinance prohibiting owner move‑in evictions impacting households with children under 18): motion to continue one week — outcome: continued to January. - Item 17 (campaigning / dignitary security reimbursement ordinance): motion to continue one week — outcome: continued to January. - Items 13–16 (appeal and related motions for 1969 California Street, Tobin House / Anthony Meier Fine Art Gallery): motion to continue to next week's special order (04:00) — roll call recorded 8 ayes; outcome: continued. - Items 18 through 21: items 19–21 were approved by roll call (clerk recorded 8 ayes); item 18 was continued for one week.

What the votes mean - Formal approvals on this agenda were limited mostly to routine consent items, one social‑services resolution and a first reading of a planning ordinance. Several items of higher public interest were postponed to allow a full board to hear quasi‑judicial appeals or to permit additional member consultation.

Sources and provenance This summary is based on the Board of Supervisors meeting transcript for the Jan. 5, 2010 session, including roll call statements and clerk roll call tallies recorded during the meeting. The transcript records the roll calls and motions cited above; specific roll call tallies cited in this article match the clerk’s announced totals as spoken on the record during the meeting.