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Votes at a glance: Board of Supervisors, early August 2009
Summary
Summary of roll‑call outcomes from the Board of Supervisors meeting, including consent items, a Clipper Cove police code amendment, and the board's handling of several resolutions and ordinances.
The Board of Supervisors took a number of procedural and legislative votes during the meeting. Key outcomes included:
- Consent calendar items 1'3: Adopted by roll call (11 ayes) after an initial rescind and re‑vote earlier in the session. - Item 4 (Resolution regarding evidence obtained through torture and the San Francisco 8): Motion to table was approved earlier in the meeting. - Item 5 (Ordinance amending police code to designate Clipper Cove as a special use area): Passed on first reading by roll call (11 ayes). - Item 26 (Resolution opposing proposed BART surcharge on SFO employees): Adopted and/or referred as noted in the separate article; board later referred the resolution to committee for extended consideration. - Items 27'29 (adoption without committee reference): Items 27'29 were acted upon by roll call vote; item 26 was specifically called out as the airport surcharge resolution and advanced as described elsewhere.
Ending: The meeting included multiple ceremonial items and in memoriams and continued a pattern of the board using roll call votes for routine and ordinance items, while sending contentious policy matters to committee for deeper review.
