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Votes at a glance: Committee forwards several grants, loans and contract amendments to the full Board
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee forwarded, mostly with positive recommendations, several agenda items on March 16, 2022, including a taxi/TNC registration fee suspension extension, retroactive grants to DPH and the DA, a $26.2M affordable housing loan, a renewable diesel contract amendment, and a $14.6M fire overtime appropriation; the Fixed Lead SF contract was continued.
The San Francisco Budget and Finance Committee moved multiple items to the full Board on March 16, 2022. Key actions the committee forwarded include:
- Item 10: Ordinance extending the temporary suspension of business registration and fee requirements for transportation network company (TNC) drivers and taxi drivers through FY2022–23; forwarded with a positive recommendation (roll call recorded three ayes).
- Item 2: Retroactive acceptance and expenditure of $1,005,562 from the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation to support Enhanced Perinatal Services (Solid Start and Team Lilly); forwarded with a positive recommendation.
- Item 3: Retroactive acceptance and expenditure of approximately $1,900,000 from the Gerson Bakar Foundation through the SF General Hospital Foundation for inpatient psychiatry unit improvements; forwarded with a positive recommendation.
- Item 4: Retroactive acceptance of a $149,000 UC Berkeley People Lab award to support data science work in the District Attorney's Office; forwarded with a positive recommendation.
- Item 5: Loan authorization of up to $26,200,000 to Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) to preserve and rehabilitate 88 affordable units across three buildings; committee accepted BLA amendments including a right of first refusal addition and forwarded the item as amended.
- Item 8: Amendment No. 2 to a citywide renewable diesel contract with Golden Gate Petroleum (term extended to May 31, 2024); committee accepted the BLA's recommended not‑to‑exceed amendment and forwarded with a positive recommendation.
- Item 9: Ordinance appropriating approximately $14,600,000 from the general reserve to the Fire Department for FY2021–22 overtime; forwarded with a positive recommendation, while BLA noted further appropriations may still be required later in the fiscal year.
Vote patterns: Most forwarding motions recorded unanimous committee support among the three voting members present (Vice Chair Asha Safaie, Member Gordon Maher, Chair Hillary Ronan). Public comment on most items was minimal or absent; David Pilpel provided a public comment on item 1 (environmental concerns about siting and materials). The Fixed Lead SF contract (item 6) was continued to April 6 to allow Rebuilding Together to appear and for staff to provide additional procurement and relocation information.[Note: the committee meeting transcripts are the source for motions, vote tallies and public‑comment summaries.]
