Votes at a glance: Board adopts multiple ordinances and resolutions including homeland security grant and tenant protections

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted multiple measures on Feb. 10, 2009. Several items were taken under "same house, same call" and a series of roll-call votes or unanimous calls completed the calendar items.

Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript:

- Homeland security grant (Item 2): The board passed an ordinance authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to retroactively accept and expend a federal Homeland Security Grant Program award in the amount of approximately $2,000,000 for disaster planning, and to amend the annual salary ordinance to add three grant-funded positions at the Comptroller's Office, the Mayor's Office on Disability, and Animal Care and Control. The clerk recorded 10 ayes and the ordinance was finally passed.

- Rent Stabilization amendment (Item 3): The board adopted an ordinance amending Chapter 37 (residential rent stabilization and arbitration) to provide protections for tenants who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, amending sections 37.2 and 37.9 per the text before the board. The clerk indicated the ordinance was finally passed.

- Port lease resolution (Item 4): Adopted (see separate article for details and Q&A).

- DPH lease resolution (Item 5): Adopted (see separate article for details and Q&A).

- Other routine items: The board adopted resolutions authorizing the tax collector to auction certain tax-defaulted property (Item 6),…