Board adopts 10‑year capital plan, approves grant and multiple measures amid dissent over street resurfacing funding

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 7 adopted the city's 10‑year capital expenditure plan for fiscal years 2010 through 2019 and approved a series of related ordinances and resolutions, including a resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept a $157,000 Habitat Conservation Fund grant for the Glen Canyon Restoration Project.

Supervisor John Ellsberg said he would not support the capital plan because it lacks clarity about long‑term funding for street resurfacing. "I want some more security as to how we're going to take care of street resurfacing in the future," he told the board during debate, and said the plan "doesn't meet what I think is necessary to approve it." Ellsberg voted against the measure.

The board adopted the capital plan by roll call vote, 8 ayes to 3 noes. The meeting record shows supervisors Maxwell, Mercarimi, Avalos, Campos, Chu, Dufty and Marr voting in favor; Supervisors Elliot O'Pier, Daley and Ellsberg recorded no votes on the measure. The board also approved on the consent calendar several items by roll call and moved forward first readings and other measures across multiple departments.

Why it matters: the capital plan is the city's multi‑year roadmap for large public projects and borrowing. Dissent from a sitting supervisor over a major maintenance program such as street resurfacing signals a potential area for follow‑up debate or changes as the plan moves toward implementation.

Key facts and immediate actions

- The board adopted the 10‑year capital plan, FY2010–2019 (roll call: 8 ayes, 3 noes). - The board adopted a resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept a state Habitat Conservation Fund grant of $157,000 for the Glen Canyon Restoration Project; that resolution passed after an amendment circulated by Supervisor Dufty and was adopted by roll call (11 ayes reported at adoption). - Several items were passed on the consent agenda and by "same house, same call" introductions, including first‑reading ordinances and revenue items involving the Department of Elections and the San Francisco Employees Retirement System.

Quotes

"So I would offer this as an amendment to this resolution," Supervisor Dufty said when raising technical changes to the Recreation and Park Department grant resolution;…