Votes at a glance: Board adopts routine measures, approves Dreamforce sidewalk closure and calls on Walgreens to reconsider store closures

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28 adopted a slate of routine and substantive items on the consent and regular agendas, approved a temporary sidewalk closure needed for the Dreamforce convention, and adopted a resolution urging Walgreens to reconsider planned store closures in neighborhoods that could become pharmacy deserts.

Key items adopted (selected)

- Items 2–4 (consent): adopted on voice/roll call (11 ayes). These are routine consent items listed on the agenda packet. - Item 5: Ordinance creating the 30 Van Ness Avenue Special Use District and related Planning Code and zoning map amendments — finally passed. - Items 6–7: Ordinance and resolution to authorize issuance and sale of $40,000,000 in taxable general obligation bonds for affordable housing preservation/seismic safety (series 2025) and related appropriations — ordinance passed on first reading; resolution adopted. - Item 8: Resolution authorizing the SF Public Utilities Commission to execute a third amendment to a professional services agreement with AECOM Technical Services for Mountain Tunnel construction management services — resolution adopted (contract increase $9,500,000 to a $34,000,000 total, plus five‑month extension). - Item 10: Resolution retroactively authorizing OEWD to accept and expend an approximately $497,000 James Irvine Foundation grant (Public Workforce Capacity Fund) — adopted. - Items 12 & 13: Contract resolutions — Agurto Corporation dba Pestec (integrated pest management, up to $15.5M over term) and Pitney Bowes, Inc. (mailroom services, up to ~$23.5M) — adopted. - Item 14: MOHCD first amendment to a loan agreement for 2530 Eighteenth Street (affordable housing acquisition) increasing a loan to $6,900,000 — adopted. - Item 15: Resolution authorizing MOHCD to submit a Pro Housing Incentive program application for $1,500,000 — adopted. - Item 16: Department of Public Health resolution accepting a $750,000 grant for a children and youth behavioral health program — adopted. - Item 17: Recreation & Park Department to accept and expend $750,000 from the MTC for Visitation Avenue safety improvements, with a 20‑year operations/maintenance commitment — adopted as amended. - Item 18: Resolution to approve settlement of unlitigated claims filed by Stripe Inc. for $49,000,000 — adopted. - Item 19: Planning Code amendment to permit certain health service uses up to 5,000 sq ft in West Portal with a conditional use permit — ordinance passed on first reading. - Item 20: Ordinance accepting public infrastructure offers for Sunnydale Hope SF Project Phase 2, establishing widths and accepting improvements for city maintenance — passed on first reading. - Item 21: Resolution accepting and recording abatement easements for SFO noise‑insulation program (132 easements in San Mateo County) — adopted. - Items 22–23: Ordinances to reestablish the African American Arts & Cultural District advisory committee and to extend the cannabis oversight committee sunset date — passed on first reading. - Items 29–32 (committee reports): forwarded and adopted per the rules committee report, including motions reappointments to regional boards (e.g., Golden Gate Bridge board, Bay Area Air Quality Management District board) — adopted; roll calls reflected required excusals when appropriate. - Item 36: Resolution authorizing temporary closure of public sidewalks on Howard Street for Dreamforce (Oct. 11–17, 2025) — adopted after Supervisor Dorsey explained the economic value of the convention and the city’s three‑year agreement with Salesforce. - Item 38: Resolution urging Walgreens to reconsider store closures and prioritize alternatives to maintain pharmacy presence in vulnerable neighborhoods — adopted without objection.

How the board voted

Most consent and routine items were adopted without objection and recorded by roll call with 11 ayes. Select items with roll calls or recorded motions are noted above; the Dreamforce sidewalk closure (Item 36) passed after Supervisor Dorsey described the economic significance of Dreamforce and the city’s multi‑year commitment with Salesforce.

Why it matters

The items the board adopted include capital financing for affordable housing, program grants, contract awards for city services, and local land use and zoning changes. Item 36 enables logistical preparations for a major convention that draws tens of thousands of attendees; Item 38 signals the board’s concern about retail pharmacy access and asks a large private chain to reconsider closures that could leave neighborhoods with limited medication and basic‑health access.

Speakers referenced in these actions include supervisors who introduced severed or discussed items (e.g., Supervisors Dorsey, Walton) and multiple department representatives who presented the items during the consent and regular agendas.

Sources: Jan. 28 Board of Supervisors meeting transcript and agenda packet.