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Board adopts a package of ordinances, budgets and grants; several fiscal resolutions approved
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a series of ordinances, appropriations and grant applications on April 22, 2008, including zoning changes for the Market-Octavia plan, administrative-code changes to require recording of hearings, several appropriations, and applications for federal housing and community-development grants.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 22 adopted multiple ordinances, resolutions and appropriations covering planning, administrative procedures, public-safety budgets and federal grant applications.
The board approved an amendment to the Planning Code implementing the Market and Octavia Area Plan (Item 1); an Administrative Code change requiring audio or video recording of any public meeting held in a City Hall hearing room that is equipped with recording equipment (Item 2); and technical amendments to the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code clarifying when the Ethics Commission executive director may raise a candidate expenditure ceiling (Item 3). The board also adopted changes establishing an enforcement, collection and administrative-review process for fines imposed for ordinance violations (Item 4).
Several appropriation and contract items cleared the board. The board approved a contract with Guards Mark LLC to provide security services to the Human Services Agency covering May 1, 2008, through April 2, 2013, in an amount cited in the meeting as $21,000,000 (Item 5). It passed appropriations for the War Memorial (roughly $275,000 noted for grievance, arbitration and workers’ compensation settlement costs; Item 6) and a sheriff/public-health officers’ compensation and housing package (approximately $6,600,000; Item 7, passed on first reading). The board adopted an amendment to the Mental Health Services Act agreement to include a housing budget of roughly $9,900,000 (Item 8).
The board authorized the city to apply for a variety of federal housing and community-development grants: the HOME Investment Partnership Program (approximately $7,700,000; Item 9), the Community Development Block Grant program (about $23,000,000; Item 10) and the Emergency Shelter Grant program (about $950,000; Item 11).
Other land-use and procedural items advanced: an ordinance adding properties to an Excelsior alcohol-restricted use district and related zoning map amendments (Item 12), designation of 900 Innis Avenue as a landmark (Item 13), and a resolution renewing temporary selling spaces downtown and at Harvey Milk Plaza for artists certified by the Arts Commission (Item 14). An ordinance to authorize settlement of lawsuits filed by MJSF Investments LLC (Item 19) was also approved.
Adoption-without-committee items (Items 22–35) included proclamations, commemorations and several final-map approvals. The board continued Item 24 (a resolution proclaiming May 1, 2008, International Workers’ Day and urging repeal of the Real ID Act of 2005) for one week on a motion to continue. Item 35 (final map at 1350–1354 Stevenson Street) proceeded after Supervisor Daly recused himself because of the item’s proximity to his residence; the motion passed with nine ayes.
Votes at a glance (selected items from the meeting record): - Item 1 (Market & Octavia Planning Code amendment): Passed — 8 ayes. - Item 2 (Administrative Code: require recording of City Hall hearing-room meetings): Passed — 7 ayes, 3 noes. - Item 3 (Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code technical amendment): Passed — 9 ayes, 1 no. - Item 4 (Administrative Code chapter establishing fine enforcement/administrative review): Passed — 10 ayes. - Item 5 (Guards Mark LLC contract, $21,000,000): Adopted (resolution). - Item 6 (War Memorial appropriation, ~$275,000): Passed on first reading. - Item 7 (Sheriff and public-health appropriations, ~$6,600,000): Passed on first reading — 9 ayes, 1 no. - Item 8 (MHSA housing budget amendment, ~$9,900,000): Adopted — 10 ayes. - Items 9–11 (HOME, CDBG, Emergency Shelter grants): Adopted; amounts reported in session as approximately $7.7M (HOME), $23M (CDBG), and $950K (Emergency Shelter). - Item 19 (Settlement authorization for MJSF Investments LLC): Ordinance passed (no roll-call detail recorded in the excerpt). - Item 24: Continued one week on motion; Item 35: Final map approved after recusal, 9 ayes.
The clerk recorded roll calls for the ordinances and resolutions in sequence; where the meeting transcript recorded tallies or counts, they are reported above. Several items were passed on first reading as noted in the record. The meeting record did not supply full text for every ordinance or staff report during the excerpt; amounts and descriptors above reflect the language read into the record during the April 22 session.
