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At a glance: Key outcomes from the Nov. 30 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting
Summary
A roundup of ordinances, resolutions and votes taken by the Board of Supervisors at its Nov. 30 regular meeting, including final‑reading approvals and continuances. Major items included passage of a 12 kV Seawall Lot electrical acceptance, acceptance of grants and numerous consent items.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors conducted a broad slate of business on Nov. 30. Many routine consent and ordinance items were acted on without extended debate; the board also voted on several notable measures.
Highlights and outcomes
- Consent and routine items (1–7, 8, 12, 15, 16, 18–21, 24–27, 28): Taken on the consent calendar or adopted without extended debate; most passed unanimously. Examples: an SFMTA ordinance to set parking rates on park property (item 8) and the acceptance of a conditional property exchange for a City parcel (item 18).
- Item 10 (Mayor’s Office / Bloomberg grant): Ordinance retroactively authorizing acceptance of an approximate $3,400,000 Bloomberg Philanthropies grant to fund five grant‑funded positions in the Mayor’s Office and City Administrator’s Office (term through 08/31/2024). Passed final reading 10–1 (Supervisor Preston voted no).
- Item 11 (Planning Code: oil and gas): Ordinance repealing Article 12 of the planning code (regulations governing oil and gas exploration/processing) and related code amendments. Passed unanimously on final reading.
- Item 13 (Sheriff supplemental law enforcement contracts): Continued one week to 12/07/2021 at request of the chief for further review.
- Item 14 (Housing Stability Fund appropriation): First reading passed 8–3 (covered in depth in a separate article).
- Item 23 (planning exemption for converting medical cannabis dispensaries): Continued to 12/07/2021 to allow worker‑side stakeholders time to confer (motion approved unanimously).
- Item 31 (medallion resolution): Adopted, amended to require consultation with purchased medallion holders (see separate article for detail).
Selected vote tallies (as recorded on the floor)
- Item 10: 10 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Preston in the dissent). - Item 11: 11 ayes (unanimous final reading). - Item 13: Continued to 12/07/2021 (11 ayes). - Item 14: First reading passed 8 ayes, 3 noes (Melgar, Safaie, Stephanie). - Item 15: 11 ayes (banner fee ordinance passed first reading). - Item 16: Resolution to increase contract with SF AIDS Foundation by ~$6.5M adopted unanimously.
Notes: Items described as “first reading” may require a subsequent final reading to be fully enacted; when the board said items were “finally passed” on the record, those items were enacted at that meeting.
For readers: Detailed coverage of the housing appropriation (Item 14) and the medallion resolution (Item 31) is available in separate items in this package.
