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At a glance: key votes and outcomes from the Dec. 9 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting
Summary
The board disposed of multiple zoning, budget and administrative items on Dec. 9. This roundup lists major roll-call outcomes, including failed and passed ordinances and notable first-reading actions.
This “votes at a glance” summary lists notable items that received board votes during the Dec. 9 Board of Supervisors meeting, with outcomes and key details.
- Consent (Items 1-6): Passed by roll call, recorded as unanimous (11 ayes). Ordinances in consent finalized.
- Item 7 (West Bend A2 redevelopment plan amendment, as amended): Motion to amend and pass (first reading) carried. Vote recorded as 11 ayes.
- Item 8 (budget and reporting on nonprofit executive director salaries): Title to be updated to reflect amendments; ordinance passed as amended (no roll-call objections reported).
- Item 9 (Sidewalk flower vending — Public Works Code amendments): Failed on roll call, 5 ayes, 6 noes.
- Item 10 (Planning Code: conditional use permit for formula retail in certain residential-commercial districts): Passed, 7 ayes, 4 noes.
- Items 11, 12, 14 (Eastern Neighborhoods general plan and implementing code amendments and Eastern Neighborhoods monitoring program): Passed (10 ayes); item 13 (zoning map) passed on first reading, with some parcels severed for separate treatment.
- Item 13 (Zoning map / Eastern Neighborhoods): Passed on first reading; two landmark theater parcels were severed and later amended on the floor to include higher height allowances for specific lots (see Eastern Neighborhoods article).
- Items 15-17 (Special use districts for SoMa and Potrero; rezoning of public parcels): After motions and discussion, these items were passed (items 15 through 17 final votes recorded as passed).
- Items 36-38 (1335 Stanyan encroachment appeal): Board disapproved DPW’s denial and granted the encroachment permit with conditions; motion approved and implemented as amended (see related article).
- Item 18 (deappropriation involving Mayor’s Office of Community Dept & DPH Community Justice Center): Continued one week to allow more time for review.
- Item 19 (Amend business & tax code to expand clean technology payroll tax exclusion): Passed on first reading after removing carbon trading language (9 ayes, 2 noes). Carbon trading language was deleted at sponsor’s request.
- Item 20 (Water revenue bond appropriation for PUC water system improvement): Passed on first reading (11 ayes) after a technical amendment.
- Items 21-24, 25-35 (contracts, grants, additional ordinances and resolutions): A series of resolutions and first-reading ordinances were approved under “same house, same call” and roll-call votes as recorded in the clerk’s record. Notable first readings passed: item 29 (smoking prohibition in taxicabs — first reading), item 30 (massage practitioner certificate requirements — first reading), item 35 (conditional use authorization for reduction of recreational space of 15,000+ sq ft — first reading, 7 ayes, 4 noes).
- Item 55 (Condominium conversion and BMR adjustments): Ordinance passed from first reading (9 ayes, 2 noes) after committee discussion and public testimony.
How to read this list: Items described as “passed on first reading” require a subsequent vote (final reading) before becoming final. “Same house, same call” indicates grouped adoption without separate roll calls recorded for each in the minutes.
Sources: Board roll-call statements, on-the-record votes and motions recorded during the Dec. 9 meeting.
