Board approves array of budget, permitting and grant measures in unanimous votes

San FranciscoBoard of Supervisors members on Jan. 13 approved a slate of ordinances and resolutions including bond appropriations, grant acceptances, airport lease amendments and several administrative code changes, mostly by unanimous roll call votes under the board's "same house, same call" procedure.

The measures addressed a range of city business: amendments to the administrative code on the city's general reserve policy; changes to business and tax regulations; salary ordinance updates; water-system and bond reappropriations; an amendment to the health code on restroom requirements at certain stations; and multiple grant and lease authorizations for city departments including the District Attorney, Public Utilities Commission and Recreation & Park.

Why it matters: Taken together these votes enact routine and technical items that fund city services, enable contracts and accept external grant money for departmental programs. Approving them in bulk lets staff proceed on capital financing, program spending and contract administration without additional delay.

Key outcomes (items called and adopted by the board at the Jan. 13 meeting): - Item 1: Ordinance to amend the administrative code on the binding financial policy under Charter section 9.12 (general reserve and Rainy Day Reserve Fund) ' passed (final passage recorded by roll call as unanimous). - Item 2: Ordinance amending Business and Tax Regulations Code Article 7 to change the daily exemption threshold and require future controller review of exemption amounts ' passed (unanimous). - Item 3: Ordinance amending annual salary ordinances for FY14-15 and FY15-16 to reflect implementation of the State-County Assessor Partnership grant for the Assessor-Recorder ' passed (unanimous). - Item 4: Ordinance to de-appropriate $1,400,000 in existing Water System Improvement Program budgets and re-appropriate to the Water System Improvement Projects Bond/Commercial Paper ' passed (unanimous). - Item 5: Ordinance to appropriate $430,000,000 (one or more series) of general obligation refunding bond proceeds and place funds on controller reserve pending sale ' passed (unanimous). - Item 6: Ordinance amending the health code to eliminate the requirement that gasoline stations provide separate restroom facilities for men and women ' passed (unanimous). - Items 7 & 11: Ordinance to appropriate $1,300,000 to Recreation & Park for hosting PGA World Golf Championship at Harding Park (Item 7) and Resolution authorizing the fourth amendment to the PGA master tournament agreement for Harding Park (Item 11) ' both passed (first reading/resolution adopted; sponsors noted improved revenue-sharing; unanimous support documented). - Item 8: Ordinance retroactively authorizing the District Attorney's Office to accept and expend an approx. $288,000 California Office of Traffic Safety grant for Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driver Prosecution and to add one grant-funded attorney position ' passed (first reading; unanimous). - Item 9: Ordinance retroactively authorizing the District Attorney's Office to accept and expend approx. $435,000 from U.S. Department of Justice (Bureau of Justice Assistance) for the Smart Prosecution initiative and to add one grant-funded administrative analyst position ' passed (first reading; unanimous). - Item 10: Resolution approving retroactive amendments to multiple domestic terminal food and beverage leases at SFO (multiple tenants; minimum annual guarantees listed in staff report) ' adopted (unanimous). - Item 12: Resolution authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to accept and expend $234,000 in state grant funds for a large landscape water conservation program ' adopted (unanimous). - Item 13: Resolution approving a lease between Haas Development Company (landlord) and Muni (tenant) at 1 Bayview Park Road for use as an MTA radio transmission site; initial annual lease rate and term specified ' adopted (unanimous). - Item 14: Resolution retroactively authorizing Recreation & Park to accept and expand a $500,000 California Coastal Conservancy priority conservation area grant for park planning work ' adopted (unanimous).

Votes and procedure: Most measures were handled "same house, same call," meaning the clerk called the series and the board adopted them without separate debate. Roll-call tallies recorded unanimous support for the listed items when final passage was recorded. Several items were first readings (ordinances requiring a subsequent final passage) and were noted as passed on first reading by unanimous vote.

Background/next steps: Many of these actions fund specific capital or programmatic work (e.g., Harding Park tournament hosting, bond financing, water-system work) and direct departments to proceed. Items that were enacted on first reading will return for final passage per city ordinance rules. Grants accepted retroactively required approvals to align City and grant program schedules; departmental implementation and budgeting follow the controller's office procedures.

Ending note: The bundle of measures reflects routine fiscal and operational governance: appropriations, grant acceptances, lease approvals and minor code adjustments that keep departmental programs and capital planning moving forward.