San Francisco supervisors approve a package of ordinances, leases and grants; votes at a glance

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on April 29 approved a broad package of ordinances, resolutions and contract actions ranging from lease amendments and emergency shelter contracts to multiple federal grant acceptances.

The board handled most items on consent or “same house, same call” votes; a small number of items drew recorded roll-call opposition or separate public comment. The session included: final passage of a planning-code amendment (item 7) that drew three “no” votes; authorization of an expanded lease and tenant-improvement funding tied to the city’s new 1455 Market Street lease (items 8–9); retroactive approval of a hotel lease for a 93-unit noncongregate shelter (item 10); acceptance of several HUD grants and other federal awards (items 12, 21–24); and first-reading passage of ordinances affecting nightlife buffers and voluntary seismic retrofit standards (items 25–26).

Why it matters: several items commit or authorize large sums of city money and multi‑year obligations — including tenant‑improvement funding and long-term lease options — and the planning-code change in item 7 passed on final reading with recorded dissent, signaling policy disagreement among supervisors.

Key actions and outcomes - Item 7 — Ordinance amending the planning code to require notice of rezoning intended to comply with housing element law; affirmed CEQA determination and related findings: finally passed (8–3). Supervisors Dorsey, Mahmood and Melgar voted no.

- Items 8–9 — Leases and appropriations for Human Services Agency space at 1455 Market Street: the board appropriated $8.5 million from surplus revenue (item 8, passed on first reading without recorded opposition) and adopted a resolution authorizing a first amendment to the lease with Hudson 1455 Market LLC to take additional rentable floor area and authorize up to $15.5 million to be expended for digital technology costs, tenant improvements, alternates and furniture, fixtures and equipment for the project (item 9 adopted).

- Item 10 — Resolution retroactively authorizing a lease with Roshan Investments LLC for use of the Adante Hotel at 610 Geary Street as a 93‑unit noncongregate temporary shelter (initial term one year beginning 04/01/2025; $1.5M annual base rent): adopted unanimously without objection.

- Item 12 — Resolution authorizing the Planning Department to accept and expend a $7,000,000 HUD Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing grant (01/22/2025–09/30/2030): adopted.

- Items 21–24 — Four HUD grant acceptances adopted: FY 2025–26 Emergency Solutions Grant (approx. $1.9M), Community Development Block Grant (approx. $20.1M plus estimated program income), HOPWA (approx. $8.2M combined), and HOME (approx. $7.3M combined).

- Item 25 — Ordinance to eliminate the 200‑foot buffer restriction for nighttime entertainment uses in the Western SoMa Special Use District: passed on first reading.

- Item 26 — Ordinance to assess seismically vulnerable rigid wall/flexible diaphragm concrete buildings and adopt voluntary retrofit standards: passed on first reading.

- Item 31 and Items 32–33 — Several board appointments and reappointments were approved (Commission of Animal Control and Welfare; Association of Bay Area Governments executive board appointments and reappointments): motions approved without objection.

- Item 42 — Committee report adopting an amendment to the Mission Rock housing plan to reduce the minimum percentage of inclusionary affordable housing units per phase: adopted as recommended by the Land Use and Transportation Committee.

Other routine resolutions, contract authorizations and designations (official newspaper, community outreach newspapers, scrap‑metal contract, insurance broker contracts, airport grant contingent items, Calpine/CCA customer admin services contract, gifts, and surveillance reports) were adopted mostly without objection; the clerk recorded roll calls on each item as part of the consent or same‑house calls.

What the board did not finalize today - Items 34–41 (an administrative CEQA exemption appeal and conditional‑use authorization for a project at 1310 Junipero Serra Boulevard) were opened for public comment and continued to a date certain: May 13, 2025, to allow more time for negotiation between appellant and project proponents.

Meeting context and next steps Most of the items were adopted on unanimous or near‑unanimous votes under the board’s “same house, same call” procedure. A few items — notably the planning‑code rezoning notice ordinance — recorded explicit dissent and will remain points of attention for housing and planning stakeholders. The board set further public hearings on the Junipero Serra Boulevard appeals for May 13, 2025. Several large planning, lease and grant actions will require department implementation and, in some cases, further authorizations by the city’s real estate or budget offices.

Votes at a glance were compiled from the official roll calls recorded on the April 29 meeting transcript.