Board adopts multiple ordinances, grants and leases including Port refunding COPs and $21.5M rapid rehousing amendment

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28 approved a broad package of ordinances, resolutions, grants and lease actions across the city budget and operations, adopting most items on the consent calendar and taking up several finance, housing and administrative measures.

Among the measures approved without extended debate were financing actions for the Port of San Francisco, a $11.5 million increase to a rapid rehousing agreement, multiyear agreements for youth services, and several leases and licenses for city programs and partners.

Key items adopted or passed on first reading included:

- Port certificate of participation refunding (items 10 and 11): The Board approved ordinances authorizing refunding certificates of participation for Port capital improvements and related documents; the staff summary described proposed refunding COPs with an aggregate principal amount cited as $25,000,000 and related appropriations and deappropriations in port funds pending sale and receipt of proceeds in fiscal year 2024–2025. The ordinances were passed on first reading.

- Episcopal Community Services grant amendment (item 14): The board approved a third amendment to a grant agreement with Episcopal Community Services and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to extend the grant term through June 30, 2027 and increase the agreement by $11,500,000 for a new total of $21,500,000 for short- to medium-term rapid rehousing of adults.

- Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (items 15–18): The board adopted four retroactive agreements for multiyear youth programs with the Community Youth Center of San Francisco ($13,700,000 and $11,700,000 in two separate agreements), Instituto Familiar de la Raza ($12,900,000), and Richmond District Neighborhood Center ($10,300,000), each covering terms through June 30, 2029.

- Public Defender grant (item 19): The board retroactively authorized acceptance and expenditure of a $250,000 grant from the Crankstart Foundation to fund the Public Defender’s Clean Slate unit for July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025.

- Leases and real property actions (items 20–24): The board approved a license at 199 Forest Road with the U.S. Coast Guard (no base rent), a lease for approximately 3,000 square feet at 745 Franklin Street with the California Employment Development Department for the Jobs Now program (term through Dec. 31, 2029, annual base rent cited as $1,105,000), an amendment extending a lease at 729 Filbert Street with annual base rent of $437,000, an in-kind gift of consulting services valued at $345,000 to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, and a planning-code exception for 99 Rhode Island Street to exceed cumulative use size requirements in a production/distribution/repair district (passed on first reading).

- Midtown Park Apartments and other local actions (items 24–29): The board passed, on first reading, an exemption from construction contracting requirements for Midtown Park Apartments (prevailing wage and apprenticeship rules to apply) and adopted a Castro cultural-district housing and economic sustainability strategy report under administrative code section 107.5. The board also adopted a commemorative street naming and determinations regarding two ABC license transfers.

- Black History Month (item 33) and other proclamations: The board adopted a resolution recognizing Black History Month in San Francisco for February 2025 and multiple commendations and retirements were recognized during the meeting.

Many items were adopted “same house, same call” or “without objection,” and the clerk repeatedly recorded unanimous or near-unanimous votes where roll calls were taken. The board took some items on consent (items 1–9) and then proceeded through a series of administrative and funding items with routine votes.

Why this matters: The measures together move funds and authorizations for homeless services, youth programming, port capital financing and routine city operations. The Episcopal Community Services funding amendment increases the city’s committed rapid-rehousing resources through mid-2027; the port financing moves forward a refunding plan for capital work; and several multiyear nonprofit agreements secure youth services funding through 2029.

Provenance: These items and votes are recorded across the transcript in the consent calendar and new-business sections of the Jan. 28 meeting; specific agenda item numbers cited above correspond to the clerk’s agenda calls and roll call results in the transcript.