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Votes at a glance: budget ordinances, park bonds and public-safety rules pass; several items continued
Summary
At the July 24 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting the board approved a series of ordinances and resolutions on budget, fees, and public-safety rules, passed a contentious $200,000 security-camera line item, and continued several appeals and charter matters for later hearings.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 24 took final action or first-reading votes on a range of routine and contested items, including the consolidated budget and salary ordinances, grant acceptances, park bond authorization, police-code fee changes and firearm restrictions, and a $5 million HOPE SF appropriation. Several land-use appeals and a major charter amendment were continued for later hearings.
Key votes and outcomes
- Consolidated budget and salary ordinances (Items 6 and 7): The board passed the budget and salary ordinances on the divided question; the bulk of the ordinances were approved in a roll call (10–1 on the balance without a $200,000 security-camera allocation). The board later voted separately on the $200,000 security/surveillance camera allocation and approved that allocation by roll call 6–5.
- HOPE SF Fund appropriation (Item 24): The board approved an ordinance to appropriate $5,000,000 to a newly established HOPE SF Fund for FY 2007–08. Vote: 9 ayes, 2 noes. The ordinance was finally passed.
- Grants and workforce ordinances (Items 8 and 9): The Board approved…
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