Votes at a glance: San Francisco Board actions, February 2009 meeting

At its February 2009 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recorded multiple formal actions: several ordinances passed on first reading, resolutions adopted, appointments approved, settlements authorized, and a few items were sent back to committee or tabled for later consideration. The list below summarizes each recorded vote or formal outcome that was taken on the floor of the Board during this session.

Votes and formal actions (summary)

- Consent calendar (items 1–5): Approved by roll call (11 ayes). The clerk announced the passage of ordinances and adoption of the resolution that were included in the consent calendar.

- Items 6 and 7 (mayoral vetoes relating to election procedures and a June 2, 2009 special election): Board waived Rule 4.19 to consider mayoral vetoes the same day they were received; subsequently the board voted to table consideration of the vetoes (motion to table passed by roll call, 11 ayes). (See separate article on tabling of vetoes.)

- Item 8: Ordinance adding four grant-funded positions at the Department of the Environment — passed on first reading (11 ayes).

- Items 9 and 11: Item 9 (ordinance amending administrative code re: health service system plans and contribution rates) passed on first reading; Item 11 (resolution establishing monthly contribution amount to health service trust fund) was adopted (same house, same call).

- Item 10: Ordinance appropriating approximately $11,600,000 of Water System Improvement Program funding at the Public Utilities Commission — passed on first reading (same house, same call).

- Item 12: Resolution authorizing adoption of the Mental Health Services Act prevention and early intervention three-year program and expenditure plan and authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend approximately $875,000 — resolution adopted.

- Items 13–15 (tax measures scheduled for a June election): The board voted to send these items back to the Budget and Finance Committee for further discussion (motion passed; no immediate placement on the June ballot recorded).

- Item 16: Ordinance amending the planning code for property at 483 Bosworth Street — passed on first reading (same house, same call).

- Item 17: Ordinance rescinding prior ordinance and reestablishing the name of an area as the Richmond District — passed on first reading.

- Item 18: Ordinance amending the administrative code to eliminate the First Source hiring program expiration date and adjust enforcement provisions — passed on first reading.

- Item 19: Motion appointing Supervisor John Avalos to the Association of Bay Area Governments Executive Board (term ending 06/30/2009) — roll call approval recorded (10 ayes reported in transcript for that item) with recusal noted for the appointee on the item.

- Items 20–23 (appointments): The board approved a set of supervisory appointments to regional bodies and commissions (motions approved; roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript for each appointment as noted by the clerk).

- Items 24–28 (lawsuit settlements and an administrative penalty): The board approved settlements as follows (roll-call vote recorded): • Item 24 — settlement in Computers for Marketing Corporation v. City: $42,000 (ordinance authorizing settlement). • Item 25 — settlement in Susan Howard v. City: $175,000 (ordinance authorizing settlement). • Item 27 — settlement in Mejardrade El Mozaffar v. City: $350,000 (ordinance authorizing settlement). • Item 28 — administrative enforcement action with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board: penalty of $87,000 (resolution approving settlement). Item 26 was not sent as a committee report and was not included with the others for roll-call adoption.

- Item 31: Board convened in closed session to confer with the City Attorney regarding significant exposure to litigation with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco related to application of the City's documentary transfer tax to certain property transfers (closed session; no public action recorded).

- Item 32: Board convened in closed session (with the mayor's office and Department of Human Resources) concerning labor negotiations representing city workers (closed session; no public action recorded).

- Item 40 (final map for 1315–1327 Seventh Avenue): Motion to table was made and the item was tabled after roll-call action (vote to table passed; item to be continued to a later point on the calendar).

- Items 34–42 (adoption without committee reference calendar): Multiple ceremonial resolutions and final-map motions were adopted; the clerk recorded adoption and approvals by roll call (11 ayes for the bulk of items; one final-map motion was continued as noted above).

- Imperative agenda item recognizing the opening of the Portola Branch Library (02/28/2009): Adopted by roll call (11 ayes).

Notes on procedure and recurring patterns: several items were taken with “same house, same call,” meaning related ordinances and resolutions were advanced together. Multiple supervisory appointments included recusals where the appointee was the subject of the nomination; those recusals were noted and recorded in the roll-call announcements.

Documents and next steps: items sent back to committee (notably the tax measures in items 13–15) will be returned to Budget and Finance Committee for additional consideration; tabled matters (veto items and the final map) will require future scheduling by the Clerk of the Board.

For reporters and civic stakeholders: the board recorded financial settlement amounts for lawsuits (items 24, 25, 27 and 28) and several first-reading ordinances that will require subsequent hearings or a second reading before becoming final law.