Votes at a glance: Board adopts tax ordinances, zoning controls and a set of appropriations; several items continued or re‑referred

At its Sept. 19, 2006 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors handled a multi‑item agenda including consent items, tax ordinances, appropriations, a contract extension and interim zoning controls. Many items passed on first reading or by resolution; several were re‑referred to committee or continued.

Key actions (roll‑call votes and formal outcomes):

- Consent agenda (Items 1–2): adopted. The clerk announced the consent calendar and supervisors voted to adopt the listed consent items.

- Item 3: A licensing/permit matter (referencing California Business and Professions Code section 23958.4) was re‑referred to committee at the request of supervisors to allow the Police Department and the applicant to provide additional information on complaints and late hours of operation.

- Item 4 (ordinance): Adopted on first reading to add Administrative Code Section 2A.90 requiring that the boundaries of SFPD district stations be reviewed at least every 10 years; set factors for consideration and established a process for adjustments. (Passed on first reading; no recorded objection.)

- Item 5 (ordinance establishing foot‑patrol pilot): Amended (see separate article). The board approved an amendment expanding the pilot and re‑referred the ordinance to committee as amended for implementation details.

- Items 6–10 (ordinances levying property taxes and establishing appropriation limits for FY 2006–07 for general city purposes, SFUSD, San Francisco Community College District, BART, and an appropriation‑limit resolution under California Constitution Article XIII): Passed on first reading by roll call.

- Item 11 (ordinance): Appropriation for street maintenance and reconstruction to Public Works for FY 2006–07; passed on first reading.

- Item 12 (ordinance) and Item 13 (appropriation): See separate article on public‑health nurses; ordinance passed on first reading and linked appropriation approved.

- Item 14 (ordinance): Appropriation of $54,807 from Building Inspection fund balance to support a Human Rights Commission representative position (to provide fair‑housing services to monolingual Spanish‑speaking clients). Supervisors amended the funding source back to the General Fund at the meeting and passed the ordinance on first reading.

- Item 15 (ordinance): Amended business tax regulations (parking occupancy tax) passed on first reading by roll call.

- Item 16 (resolution): Authorized a two‑year extension of the agreement with PRWT Services Inc.; adopted.

- Item 17 (ordinance amending planning code for massage establishments): Continued to October 24, 2006 to allow additional outreach and to review related public‑health information; the board agreed to continue the item. The Department of Public Health announced the launch of an anonymous hotline to collect information about sex‑work issues over six months; supervisors said that data should inform further action.

- Item 18 (resolution): Interim zoning controls imposing conditional‑use authorization for formula retail in specified areas (Showplace Square, Potrero Hill and Central Waterfront) for 12 months; adopted (7 ayes, 2 nos).

- Adoption without committee reference calendar (Items 21–33): A bundle of resolutions and acceptances of gifts/grants and other routine items were adopted by roll call.

Several supervisors used the introductions and special‑order time to introduce resolutions, letters of inquiry, and proclamations (including Hispanic Heritage Month recognitions and in‑memoriam remarks). The board also adopted commendations and several in‑memoriams by unanimous vote.

This summary captures the board’s formal outcomes; separate articles cover the extended debates on the foot‑patrol pilot and the public‑health nurses appropriation.