SF supervisors’ audit committee forwards wage ordinance, mental‑health tech extension, I&Q and other contract recommendations to full Board

The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met June 11, 2021 and voted to forward a slate of ordinances, resolutions and contract amendments to the full Board for consideration on June 15 and June 22.

Chair Dean Preston opened the remote meeting and moved several items to be recommended as committee reports. The committee voted, consistently by 3 ayes (Mandelmann, Walton and Preston), to forward: an ordinance addressing pay adjustments for unrepresented city employees; an amendment to a memorandum of understanding to allow carryover and increased tuition reimbursement for SEIU Local 1021 staff and per‑diem nurses; an extension and budget ceiling for a statewide Tech Suite mental‑health innovation participation agreement; an amendment to the DPH isolation‑and‑quarantine contract with HealthRight 360; two Medline prime‑vendor supply agreements (amended per the Budget Legislative Analyst); an HSH grant amendment with Saint Vincent de Paul for the Division Circle Navigation Center; and a 10‑year cellular service lease for San Francisco International Airport.

The most contested procedural question was a legal deadline tied to the unrepresented wage ordinance. Supervisors asked whether the committee should act as a committee report or allow the matter to move through the regular legislative process. Deputy City Attorney Brad Russi advised the committee that "it needs…