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Votes at a glance: April 8 Board actions — consent and adoption items
Summary
The Board approved a slate of consent and adoption items on April 8. Several ordinances and resolutions passed with minimal debate; one item was continued. The list below summarizes each item, the action and the recorded vote where provided.
At the April 8 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a number of consent and adoption items by roll call or same‑house, same‑call procedure. The board also continued one item by agreement. Record of actions below is drawn from roll calls and clerk announcements in the meeting transcript.
Summary of items and outcomes
- Item 1 — Approve budget and legislative analyst services work plan for 2014: Motion approved by roll call; 11 ayes recorded.
- Item 2 — Ordinance amending administrative code to expand first‑source hiring requirements for developers applying for permits (final passage announced): Clerk recorded “this ordinance is finally passed.” (vote not separately read at that time; item proceeded by unanimous consent language earlier in the agenda process).
- Item 3 — Ordinance appropriating approximately $1,100,000 in surplus general‑obligation bond sale proceeds for 2008 Clean and Safe neighborhood park capital projects: Clerk announced final passage.
- Item 4 — Ordinance amending the residential rent stabilization and arbitration ordinance to adjust daily compensation for temporary dislocation according to CPI: Clerk announced final passage.
- Item 5 — Ordinance recognizing Small Business Month and retroactively waiving certain facade‑improvement fees for May 2014: Clerk announced final passage.
- Item 7 — Ordinance to provide a legalization process for existing units constructed without permits (with conditions and temporary suspension of enforcement): Passed final reading by roll call (9 ayes, 2 noes recorded earlier in the roll call sequence).
- Item 8 — Ordinance designating the sheriff to help county jail inmates submit applications for health insurance affordability programs consistent with federal requirements: Passed on final reading (11 ayes recorded).
- Item 9 — Ordinance waiving competitive solicitation and authorizing Recreation & Park Department to contract with Adeline Darling Design for approximately $838,000 (Geneva Car Barn): Passed first reading under same‑house, same‑call procedure.
- Item 10 — Ordinance to adopt arbitration award for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 6: Passed first reading same‑house, same‑call.
- Item 12 — Revocable permission for driveway/vehicular carousel at 1410 Stanyan Street: Item continued to a date certain by motion of Supervisor Yee (continuance was seconded; hearing to be kept open and returned May 6).
Adoption calendar and other consent motions
- Items 24–27 on the adoption calendar (including a resolution urging the state legislature to consider reversing the constitutional ban on affirmative‑action criteria in higher education, as amended) were adopted by roll call. Item 24 was amended on the floor and adopted as amended.
Notes and next steps: Items described as "finally passed" were announced by the clerk under the board's unanimous‑consent language; the clerk's record and ordinance files in the clerk's office contain the full text and final ordinance numbers. Item 12 (1410 Stanyan) was continued; no final action was taken on that item at the April 8 meeting.
