Board adopts multiple ordinances and resolutions; empty-homes tax item continued

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 11 adopted a number of ordinances and resolutions on the consent and regular agendas and voted to continue one ordinance for further amendment.

Key outcomes

- The board approved an ordinance to retroactively authorize the San Francisco Public Library to accept and expend a $1,900,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a jail and reentry services program (grant period 11/01/2024–12/31/2027) and to add three grant-funded staff positions. (Ordinance; final passage recorded on consent.)

- An ordinance updating the conflicts-of-interest (Form 700) filing requirements in the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code was finally passed on consent.

- The board passed an ordinance authorizing the tax collector to refund property taxes when the refund is under $10,000 and there has been no transfer of the property in the fiscal year in question. (Final passage on consent.)

- The business and tax regulations code was amended to remove the requirement that parking operators certify and report the ratio of unaccounted parking tickets to total issued tickets; the ordinance passed…