Budget and Finance Committee forwards 12 items — $40M housing bonds, SFPUC contract increase, multiple grants

The Budget and Finance Committee on Jan. 22 forwarded 12 items to the full Board of Supervisors with positive recommendation, each passing on 3–0 roll calls by Supervisor Connie Chan (chair), Supervisor Matt Dorsey and Vice Chair Rafael Mandelmann.

The committee advanced a mix of grant acceptances, contract amendments and financing actions. Key items included: a retroactive $410,000 state grant to the City Attorney’s Worker Protection Team to fund wage‑theft enforcement; a $9.5 million amendment to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) construction‑management contract for the Mountain Tunnel improvements to raise the AECOM contract ceiling to $34 million; a $496,684 (approx.) James Irvine Foundation grant to the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to scale worker‑owned cooperative programs; a $750,000 Metropolitan Transportation Commission grant for a Visitation Avenue bicycle and pedestrian safety project; and authorization to issue up to $40 million in general obligation (G.O.) bonds for affordable housing preservation and seismic safety.

Votes at a glance

- Item 1 — Resolution to retroactively accept a $410,000 grant from the California Department of Industrial Relations (Labor Commissioner’s Office) to the City Attorney’s Office for wage‑theft enforcement. Motion forwarded to full board with positive recommendation. Vote: Mandelmann — Aye; Dorsey — Aye; Chan — Aye.

- Item 2 — Resolution to approve Amendment No. 3 to SFPUC professional services agreement PRO 96 with AECOM Technical Services Inc., increasing the contract by $9,500,000 to a not‑to‑exceed $34,000,000 and extending the term five months through Dec. 30, 2027, for Mountain Tunnel construction‑management services. Motion forwarded to full board with positive recommendation. Vote: Mandelmann — Aye; Dorsey — Aye; Chan — Aye.

- Item 3 — Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to accept and expend approximately $496,684 from the James Irvine Foundation for the Public Workforce Capacity Fund (11/1/2024–11/1/2026). Motion forwarded to full board with positive recommendation. Vote: Mandelmann — Aye;…