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Board approves $1.5M for Public Defender and a slate of ordinances, grant agreements and loans
Summary
The Board of Supervisors adopted multiple ordinances and resolutions on May 12, including a $1.5 million appropriation to the Public Defender, grant agreements to support shelter operations, loan disbursement for the San Francisco Zoo (first reading), a 10‑year lease for a Drug Market Agency Coordination Center (recusal noted), and several first‑reading ordinances and financing actions.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopted a package of ordinances, resolutions and first‑reading items on May 12 as part of its regular meeting.
The board finally passed Item 1, an ordinance appropriating $1,500,000 from the general reserve to the Public Defender to cover projected salary and fringe increases for fiscal 2025–26. The clerk recorded 10 ayes and the ordinance was finally passed.
The board also adopted multiple other ordinances and resolutions on consent or by unanimous action. Items 2–5 (amendments to the transportation and housing codes and conditional acceptance of a segment of East Clementina Street for city maintenance) were taken with 'same house, same call' and finally passed. Item 7 (various departmental appropriations including overtime adjustments in the Fire Department) passed on first reading; Item 8 (initial loan disbursement to the San Francisco Zoo) passed on first reading after Supervisor Melgar described audit findings and required loan milestones.
Items 9–13 approved amended grant agreements with Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Community Forward SF, 5 Keys Schools and others to extend terms and increase funding for shelter and property management services. Item 15 authorized acceptance of a $1,000,000 state grant for an oncology clinic at San Francisco Chinese Hospital; Item 16 authorized a three‑year $87,000 grant for shoreline pathogen sampling by the Department of Public Health.
On Item 14 (a 10‑year lease at 338 8th Street for use by the Drug Market Agency Coordination Center), Supervisor Dorsey recused because the agreement is with his landlord; colleagues moved to excuse him from the vote and then adopted the resolution (nine ayes after the recusal).
The board also authorized multifamily housing revenue notes not to exceed $30,000,000 to finance construction of 1687 Market Residences (Item 18); the clerk recorded 10 ayes and the resolution was adopted.
Several items were taken to committee or continued where further work was requested. Item 6 (an ordinance defining and permitting drug‑tolerant permanent supportive housing and restricting city funding for drug‑free PSH in some circumstances) was sent back to committee for substantive amendment at Chair Dorsey’s request. Item 25 (an update on DOJ policing‑reform recommendations) was continued to Nov. 10 after a motion by Supervisor Walton.
Where supervisors recused or abstained, the board followed standard procedure and recorded the excusal. Several items were advanced on first reading and will return to the board for final action or further committee review as required by municipal rules.
