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Board adopts multiple ordinances and resolutions, including APX Inc. contract amendment
Summary
On Oct. 21 the Board passed consent and unfinished business items including an ordinance postponing certain development impact fees (item 17, 9-1), tax-code changes (items 18-19, first reading passed 8-2), and a $365 million amendment to an APX Inc. SFPUC contract (item 22). Several other grants, leases and appointments were adopted on consent.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a slate of ordinances, resolutions and motions on Oct. 21, acting on both unfinished business and a large consent calendar.
Key outcomes
- Item 17 (final passage): An ordinance amending building and planning codes to postpone collection of development impact fees for certain residential projects to the date of first certificate of occupancy (to comply with the California Government Code citation in the ordinance). Roll call: 9 ayes, 1 no (Supervisor Fielder). The ordinance was finally passed.
- Items 18 and 19 (first reading): Two ordinances amending the business and tax regulations code (Item 18: temporary exemption of certain transfers of rent-restricted affordable housing from the real property transfer tax retroactive to 04/12/2024; Item 19: gross receipts exclusion and fee suspensions for low-income housing partnerships beginning with the 2026 tax year). Clerk recorded 8 ayes and 2 nos (Supervisors Walton and Fielder); both ordinances passed on first reading (item 19 requires an 8-vote threshold).
- Item 20 (resolution): Recreation & Park Department accepted approximately $500,000 (cash and/or in kind) from the San Francisco Irish Famine Memorial Committee to support the Irish Famine Memorial Project; adopted unanimously.
- Item 21 (resolution): SFPUC authorized a funding and license agreement with the Unified School District for a 653,000 on-site solar photovoltaic system at Mission Bay School for a 30-year term; resolution adopted.
- Item 22 (resolution): SFPUC approved the third amendment to a contract with APX Inc. for power scheduling and related services, increasing the contract by $365,000,000 for a new total of approximately $1,260,000,000 and extending the term; adopted without objection.
- Items 23-51: A range of grant agreements, lease approvals (including Chinese Hospital Association lease at 845 Jackson Street), Transbay joint powers authority lease amendment for Salesforce Transit Center, landmark initiations, committee appointments, and administrative-code amendments were taken on consent and adopted as presented.
Why it matters: The APX Inc. contract amendment represents a substantial increase in SFPUC contract authority and will affect power-scheduling costs and operations; tax-code changes and the development fee ordinance affect affordable-housing finance and project cashflow timing.
Vote details: The transcript provides roll-call tallies where recorded: item 17 (9 ayes, 1 no — Fielder), items 18 & 19 (8 ayes, 2 nos — Walton and Fielder), consent blocks recorded unanimous or noted tallies in the clerk's roll calls where applicable.
What's next: Several items (including 8, 18 and 19 referenced by the clerk earlier) may return with amendments or further committee work; SFPUC contract amendments will be implemented under SFPUC procedures and monitoring.
