Votes at a glance: key board actions from March 18, 2025 meeting

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors conducted a substantial agenda on March 18, adopting ordinances and resolutions across tax policy, leases, contract amendments, appointments, and land-use items. The list below summarizes the formal actions the board approved during the meeting and the vote tallies published in the transcript when recorded.

- Item 1 — Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to authorize the tax collector to waive taxes, penalties and/or interest under a voluntary disclosure program and to authorize fee collection through 12/31/2027: finally passed (clerk announced “this ordinance is finally passed”); roll-call recorded 11 ayes.

- Item 2 — Ordinance to suspend the empty homes tax pending final decision in litigation and to reinstate the tax to apply in the tax year following a final decision: passed on first reading; recorded roll call 9 ayes, 2 nos (Supervisors Walton and Fielder).

- Item 3 — Ordinance to appropriate approximately $5,000,000 of state and federal revenues to the Human Services Agency for CalWORKs housing support in FY 2024–25: passed on first reading (charter supermajority threshold noted). (See separate article for details.)

- Items 4 and 5 — Airport lease modifications and third amendments: both resolutions adopted; clerk recorded 11 ayes.

- Items 6–9 — Four contract amendments under the Technology Marketplace program (ISS Squared/Computerland, Cornerstone Technology Partners JV, Insight Public Sector, XTech JV / Eaton Associates 21 Tech LLC) to increase not-to-exceed amounts for multi-year IT purchasing contracts: clerk announced these resolutions were adopted; no roll-call tallies printed in transcript.

- Items 10 and 27 — Settlement ordinance with Hotel Day Arts LLC and accompanying Planning Code amendment to permit tourist hotel rooms at 447 Bush Street: passed on first reading (committee recommendation noted). (See separate article for details.)

- Item 11 — Resolution authorizing Recreation and Park Department and mayoral staff to solicit donations for Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Berman Park for six months notwithstanding behest of payment restrictions: adopted after floor discussion about behest-of-payment waivers and Recology’s past corruption case; clerk took item without objection.

- Items 12–13 — Central SoMa package (General Plan and Planning Code amendments to reduce commercial requirements and modify land-dedication rules): passed on first reading without objection. (See separate article.)

- Item 14 — Ordinance accepting public infrastructure offers for Treasure Island/Yerba Buena Island sanitary pump stations: passed on first reading without objection.

- Items 15–18 — Appointments approved by motion (Soda drinks tax advisory committee appointees; Veterans Affairs Commission appointment; MTA Board appointment; Police Commission appointment): approved by unanimous consent; motions recorded as approved.

- Items 19–23 — Special orders/hearings: Item 19 (DOJ recommendations on SFPD reforms) and items 20–23 (CEQA appeal and associated motions for 2142–20 Second Street) were continued to future dates as noted on the record (19 continued to 05/06/2025; 20–23 continued to 04/15/2025).

- Items 24–26 — Land Use and Transportation Committee ordinances (limits on restrictions for window replacement; interim housing in tourist hotels; continuation of nonconforming public parking lots): passed on first reading without objection.

- Items 30–32 — Adoption without committee reference (unanimous vote required): clerk recorded 11 ayes and announced adoption.

This list reflects actions recorded on the public transcript. Where the clerk announced adoption “without objection” or “same house, same call,” the transcript did not always capture individual roll-call tallies; those items are listed with the clerk’s procedural note rather than a roll-call breakdown.