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Votes at a glance: Board passes multiple ordinances and appointments, including suspension of empty homes tax pending litigation
Summary
On March 25 the Board of Supervisors approved consent items, passed an ordinance suspending the empty homes tax pending litigation (8–1), approved a $5 million appropriation for CalWORKs housing support (unanimous), and confirmed three mayoral appointments (9–0); several other resolutions and committee reports were adopted without objection.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors completed a series of votes on March 25, 2025, adopting routine consent items, passing final ordinances and confirming appointments.
Item 9: The board passed an ordinance to suspend the empty homes tax pending a final decision in Eric DeBain v. City and County of San Francisco, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024, and to reinstate the tax for the tax year following the calendar year of a final decision. The roll call recorded 8 ayes and 1 no; Supervisor Fielder voted no.
Item 10: An appropriation ordinance to allocate approximately $5,000,000 of state and federal revenues to the Human Services Agency for CalWORKs housing support in FY 2024–25 passed unanimously (9 ayes).
Items 11–17: A set of resolutions and authorizations were taken under 'same house, same call' and were adopted without objection. These items included findings that the marina improvement and remediation project is fiscally feasible (item 11), acceptance of in‑kind gifts and consulting services for the Civic Bridge program valued at roughly $338,000 from ZS Associates and Adobe (item 12), resolutions establishing appropriations limits under the California Constitution (items 13–14), settlement acceptance for delinquent special taxes and related release with AMB Pier 1 LLC (item 15), authorization for issuance of up to $160,000,000 in general obligation bonds for the San Francisco Unified School District (item 16), and a transfer of a liquor license for Luke's Local Inc. (item 17).
Items 19–21: The board approved three mayoral appointments to the successor agency commission (Commission on Community Investment and Infrastructure): Carolyn Ransom Scott and Earl Shaddix (terms ending 11/03/2028) and Mark Miller (term ending 11/03/2026) by unanimous vote.
Items 26–28 and 31–37: Committee reports and a set of resolutions (including a resolution authorizing the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to solicit donations for temporary shelter and an amendment to board rules to add a parental leave policy) were adopted without objection; items 31–37 (introduced for adoption without committee reference) were adopted unanimously on first reading.
The meeting record shows the board adopted these items under standard procedures; where a supermajority is required by charter or code, clerks announced the legal vote thresholds at introduction.
