Votes at a glance: Key ordinances, contracts and resolutions approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Nov. 15, 2022

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors conducted a regular meeting Nov. 15 and approved a range of items by unanimous consent or recorded roll call votes. The following summarizes the principal formal actions recorded in the meeting.

Key outcomes - Items 1–4 (consent): Ordinances on the consent calendar were passed unanimously for final adoption. (Roll calls recorded.)

- Item 5 (cannabis business tax): First reading passed 9-2 (Chan and Peskin voted no). See separate coverage for debate and details; an amendment to limit the suspension to one year failed 4-7.

- Item 6 (DPH emergency contract): Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to enter an emergency contract with Health Management Associates and related amendments (total not to exceed ~$5.8 million) was adopted unanimously (11 ayes).

- Items 7–9 (Office of Contract Administration modifications): Resolutions authorizing contract amendments with MSC Industrial Supply, W.W. Grainger and Buckles Smith Electric to increase not‑to‑exceed amounts and extend terms were adopted unanimously.

- Items 11–13 (Recreation and Park Department grants): Resolutions accepting and expanding multiple state grants (Twin Peaks trail improvements; Marina vessel turn‑in; and Hers playground/recreation center) were adopted unanimously.

- Items 14–16 (Department of Public Health grants and agreements): The board adopted multiple resolutions authorizing the retroactive acceptance and expansion of state CDC grant funding and a multi‑year agreement for substance use disorder services, unanimously.

- Item 17 (lease for supportive housing operations): The board authorized lease/property management arrangements and city funding for operating costs for a property at 1321 Mission St. to support a supportive housing program, with the city's net property management costs capped in the resolution; the measure passed unanimously.

- Item 18 (Pacific Islander cultural district): The board adopted a resolution expressing intent to establish a Pacific Islander cultural district for Visitation Valley and Sunnydale, and the measure passed unanimously.

- Items 23 (committee of the whole) and 29–34 (for adoption without committee reference): The board convened a committee of the whole for a public hearing on the 2022 draft housing element (no final vote recorded at hearing). Items 29–34 were adopted or approved on the published calendar without committee reference, mostly by unanimous vote; item 31 was amended by the board and approved as amended.

Roll‑call patterns: Many contract and grant resolutions were approved by unanimous recorded roll calls (11 ayes). Where recorded roll calls show opposition (notably item 5) the transcript lists individual yes/no votes.

Why it matters: The meeting included both routine contract and grant approvals that fund city operations and the high‑stakes housing element hearing, which could affect future state funding and local land‑use policy. The first‑reading passage of the cannabis tax suspension ordinance will return for a second reading and final adoption.

Ending: Most business at the Nov. 15 session passed with broad support; a handful of items produced recorded splits of the board and will return for further action or implementation by city departments.