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At a glance: Key Board votes April 7 — stimulus application, ordinances, appointments and resolutions
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a series of resolutions, ordinances and appointments on April 7, including a stimulus-application resolution, library fee amnesty and a first-reading passage of India Basin zoning amendments; larger land-use and appointment items will require follow-up.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 7 took action on multiple items. This roundup lists key motions, outcomes and short descriptions from the meeting's calendar items and votes.
Key outcomes
- Item 3 — Resolution authorizing filing for Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for local streets and roads rehabilitation projects: adopted (recorded voice roll call reported as 11 ayes). Supervisor Daly urged a more holistic approach to stimulus planning.
- Item 10 — Ordinance amending administrative code for film rebate caps: passed final reading after contested debate (see separate article).
- Item 11 — Ordinance amending Health Code section 12Q3 on calculation of health care accountability fees: passed first reading (10 ayes, 1 no recorded); scheduled for further action per code procedure.
- Item 12 — Resolution designating agencies qualified to participate in the 2009 annual joint fundraising drive for city employees: adopted (11 ayes).
- Item 13 — Resolution authorizing the Library Commission to establish a fee amnesty program for overdue library materials: adopted (same-house, same-call; no roll-call requested at board level).
- Items 21 and 22 — Ordinances amending planning code and map for India Basin Industrial Park zoning map amendment: passed first reading (11 ayes).
- Items 24–28 — Visitation Valley redevelopment plan and companion general plan/zoning amendments: public hearing held; staff presentations and public comment received; implementing ordinances amended and continued for one week for technical findings and edits.
- Multiple appointments and administrative motions were approved without objection, including motions to appoint Diane Matsuda to the Historical Preservation Commission (item 17) and other routine confirmations.
Votes and roll calls: Where recorded as roll calls in the transcript, the clerk read individual supervisor votes; counts above follow the official roll-call statements recorded in the meeting transcript.
Context and follow-up: Several items of community and fiscal significance — notably the Visitation Valley redevelopment plan and the administrative code changes affecting film rebates — will require follow-up work by staff, and some implementing ordinances were continued to allow for technical amendments and editorial findings. Several supervisors requested briefings or asked staff to coordinate across departments for implementation, workforce development, or legal review.
For further detail on the longer debates (Visitation Valley redevelopment and the Golden Gate Bridge appointment, and the film rebate ordinance), see separate articles.
