Supervisors seek quarterly WESIP updates, ask for charter budget drafting and introduce immigration and bingo measures

During roll call and the introductions portion of the April 7 Board of Supervisors meeting, several supervisors announced new requests and drafting actions the board will consider in coming weeks.

Supervisor David Campos said he would work with Supervisor John Avalos to bring a hearing request for regular quarterly updates from the Public Utilities Commission on the Water System Improvement Program (WESIP). "In particular, we're interested in making sure that we have thorough information about projects completed to date, corresponding costs for those completed projects, as well as corresponding costs for upcoming projects," Campos said. He noted the WESIP program "is more than $4,000,000,000 large."

President David Chiu said he submitted a drafting request on behalf of a majority of the board and the mayor proposing a charter amendment on budget reforms for the next election. The drafting request seeks to create a two‑year budget process with a mid‑cycle correction, establish a five‑year financial plan to inform the two‑year budget, and adopt formal financial policies to smooth the city's revenue cycles.

Supervisor Chris Duffy (noted on the record as introducing an item) described legislation and a resolution he and colleagues will pursue on immigration and same‑sex couples: a resolution calling on Congress to pass legislation to allow partners to sponsor nonresident partners and support for private federal legislation in a specific case (the transcript references Shirley Tan). Duffy also said he would introduce an ordinance aligning the city's police code for bingo prizes with a 2008 California law that raised the maximum single‑game prize to $500.

Supervisor Mar requested the Office of the Legislative Analyst to research the number of families with children displaced by owner move‑in (OMI) evictions each year and to work with family service providers, eviction defense groups, landlord associations and tenant groups to collect data and anecdotal information.

Why it matters: These drafting requests and hearing calls set the policy agenda for future action. The WESIP program and the proposed charter amendment address large financing and governance questions; the OMI request targets housing displacement data that could inform tenant protections; the immigration and bingo measures change local policy positions or local code to reflect state law changes.

Speakers (attributed in this article)

- Supervisor David Campos, who requested quarterly WESIP updates and framed the $4+ billion program as an issue for regular board oversight. - Supervisor John Avalos (co‑sponsor of WESIP hearing request). - President David Chiu, who submitted a drafting request for a charter amendment on budget reforms. - Supervisor Chris Duffy, who introduced a resolution on immigration relief for same‑sex couples and an ordinance to raise city bingo prize limits to align with state law. - Supervisor Mar (Marr), who requested Legislative Analyst research on owner move‑in eviction impacts on families.

Actions and next steps

- Hearing request: Public Utilities Commission to provide regular quarterly WESIP updates (requested by Supervisors Campos and Avalos); schedule and scope to be determined by the board clerk and committee staff. - Drafting request: Mayor and board majority asked the City Attorney to draft proposed charter language for a two‑year budget, five‑year financial plan and formal financial policies; Controller to assist in drafting. - Legislative request: Supervisor Duffy to introduce a resolution urging Congress to consider immigration legislation relevant to same‑sex couples and to introduce a local ordinance to update the police code's maximum bingo prize amount to $500 to match state law. - Research request: Office of the Legislative Analyst to collect data on families displaced by owner move‑in evictions and related uses of relocation payments.

Provenance

Transcript sections capturing the roll call and introductions record the requests and drafting motions as statements by the named supervisors (transcript lines during roll call and the item introduction sequence). Example segments: Supervisor Campos's WESIP hearing request text and President Chiu's drafting request text.

Ending: Supervisors said they will follow up in committee scheduling and with the city attorney and controller's offices to develop draft language and hearing dates; no formal votes on these drafting or hearing requests were recorded at the April 7 meeting.