Votes at a glance: key ordinances, appropriations and resolutions approved or advanced Dec. 16

The Board of Supervisors took votes on multiple ordinances and resolutions during its Dec. 16 meeting. Many items were acted on by —0—same call—0— (consent) or passed on first reading; several required roll-call votes. The following list summarizes principal items that received formal action at the meeting and the roll-call tallies recorded in the clerk—s minutes.

- Item 22 — Ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to expand eligibility for a clean-technology payroll tax exclusion: final passage recorded as 7 ayes, 4 noes (ordinance finally passed).

- Item 23 — Ordinance appropriating approximately $1,900,000,000 of water revenue bonds to fund the Public Utilities Commission Water System Improvement Program: recorded as 11 ayes (ordinance finally passed).

- Item 24 — Ordinance appropriating approximately $998,000 (General Fund) in the Mayor—s Office of Community Justice and $761,000 federal grant revenue in the Department of Public Health for the Community Justice Center (FY2008/09): roll-call recorded as 6 ayes, 4 noes on first reading.

- Item 25 — Ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code (technical code updates): roll-call recorded as 8 ayes, 3 noes (passed on first reading).

- Item 26 — Ordinance delegating to the City Attorney authority to grant or deny property tax refund claims and to establish rules and procedures: roll-call recorded as 9 ayes, 2 noes (passed on first reading).

- Item 27 — Ordinance amending the subdivision code to update condominium conversion below-market-rate provisions: roll-call recorded as 9 ayes, 2 noes (finally passed).

- Item 28 — Ordinance creating a method for limited-equity housing cooperatives to convert existing residential buildings: roll-call recorded as 11 ayes (finally passed).

- Item 29 (amendment) — Zoning map amendment and height-district changes for Mission Street theater parcels: amendment to delete the first block and restore existing heights for the second parcel passed on a 6–5 roll call, and the ordinance as amended passed on first reading.

- Item 31 — Ordinance amending the health code to include platform-lift requirements under disability access standards for medical cannabis dispensaries: recorded as 11 ayes (finally passed).

- Items 32–36 — Multiple bond ordinances/resolutions related to San Francisco General Hospital project (including a note authorizing sale and appropriation of bond proceeds): the board moved these items together and the clerk recorded that the ordinances were passed on first reading and the resolutions adopted.

- Item 37 — Ordinance authorizing the Police Department to retroactively accept and expand a National Institute of Justice grant for the Forensic DNA Unit: passed on first reading.

- Items 38–42 — A series of property, procurement, port-lease and grant resolutions (including acceptance of regional Homeland Security catastrophic grants and a port lease for Pier 17): each adopted by same-house/same-call vote as listed in the clerk—s minutes.

- Item 43 — Ordinance amending the administrative code to prohibit alcoholic beverage advertisements on City property: passed on first reading (11 ayes recorded).

- Item 49 — Ordinance designating a portion of State Trust Parcel 1 as Mission Creek Park for public open-space and park purposes: roll-call recorded as 11 ayes (passed from first reading).

- Item 52 — Resolution declaring the Board's intention to maintain Francisco Reservoir as open space and urging the PUC to preserve the property for public recreation and open space: recorded as 9 ayes, 2 noes (resolution adopted).

- Item 53 — Motion appointing Joseph Tam to Assessment Appeals Board No. 2 (term to 09/05/2011): motion approved (11 ayes recorded).

- Committee reports and committee-recommended items (items 71 through 78, 71: Moscone management amendment; 72: prevailing wage resolution; 73–78: assorted code and project approvals): committee recommendations were acted on as recorded; resolution and ordinances adopted per clerk—s minutes (see clerk—s roll-call entries for details).

This summary captures principal formal votes recorded in the meeting minutes; many other routine consent items (items 1–20 and other noncontroversial resolutions) were adopted by single roll-call and noted as passed.

Provenance

Evidence excerpt — topic introduction: "Item 22, ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code to expand eligibility for a clean technology payroll tax exclusion to include solar panels and other clean technology research and development related businesses." (transcript segment)

Evidence excerpt — topic finish: "Those resolutions are adopted and motions approved." (transcript segment)