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Board votes twice on ordinance to repeal travel and contracting prohibitions for states with certain laws; clerk records two roll calls
Summary
An ordinance to repeal a chapter of the administrative code that restricted city-funded travel and contracts with companies headquartered in states with laws described as discriminatory drew multiple roll calls and a motion to rescind; the clerk recorded two roll-call tallies and then stated the ordinance "is finally passed."
Item 18 on the May 2 agenda proposed amending the administrative code to repeal Chapter 12X, which had prohibited city-funded travel to states and contracting with companies headquartered in states that the ordinance described as allowing discrimination against LGBT individuals, having restrictive abortion laws, or engaging in voter suppression.
The clerk called the roll on the ordinance and recorded an initial vote with nine ayes and two no votes (Supervisors Walton and Chan recorded as voting no). Following the first tally, Supervisor Melgar moved to rescind the prior action; that motion was seconded by Supervisor Walton and the clerk then conducted a second roll call on item 18. The second roll call was recorded as seven ayes and four no votes, with Supervisors Melgar, Preston, Walton and Chan recorded as voting no and Supervisor Dorsey voting aye. After the second roll call, the presiding officer said, "Oh, I, the ordinance is finally passed. Next item, please."
The transcript does not record additional debate on the merits of the change to Chapter 12X beyond the procedural sequence captured above.
Because the clerk recorded both roll-call tallies and the presiding officer announced the ordinance as passed at the close of the sequence, this article records the votes as documented on the meeting record and notes the board president’s statement that the ordinance was final.
