Board of Supervisors Minutes: October 1, 2024

nefit District Master Permitting for Entertainment Activation Program] Sponsor: Peskin Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Greater Downtown Community Benefit District Master Permitting for Entertainment Activation Program (“Greater Downtown Activation Program”) to coordinate and streamline permitting for Community Benefit District-sponsored public events taking place at certain locations in the Greater Downtown Area, and to designate Greater Downtown Activation Program locations as Entertainment Zones to allow the off-site consumption of alcoholic beverages purchased at businesses within the Entertainment Zone during events; amending the Public Works Code to establish the requirements for the Greater Downtown Activation Program; amending the Fire Code to establish a new permit type for the Greater Downtown Activation Program; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. Ordinance No. 237-24 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

onnection with a Vehicle Sideshow or preparations for such a sideshow; 3) prohibit persons from knowingly being present at a Vehicle Sideshow or preparations for such a sideshow for purposes of participating in the Vehicle Sideshow; 4) prohibit persons present at a Vehicle Sideshow or preparations for such a sideshow from interfering with official performance of law enforcement duties; 5) seize and impound vehicles used in a Vehicle Sideshow or preparations for such a sideshow, and under certain conditions sell the vehicles; and 6) make violations of these provisions a misdemeanor, subject to imprisonment and/or fine. Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Supervisor Safai, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 3, Line 17, by striking ‘had’, Lines 18-21, by changing ‘in connection with these incidents during the year’ to ‘including 8 from sideshows and 59 others for reckless evasion (when a person flees or attempts to elude a pursuing officer while driving will willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property, including street takeover maneuvers such as doughnuts and burnouts)’. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240842 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Jobs First Catalyst Program - $14,000,000] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $14,000,000 from the California Economic Development Department for the California Jobs First Catalyst Program, for the grant period of May 1, 2024, through September 30, 2026; and exempting the California Jobs First Catalyst Program subgrants from the grantmaking requirements under Administrative Code, Chapter 21G, and all other provisions in the Administrative, Environment, and Labor and Employment Codes imposing obligations or restrictions on subgrantees related to the program. (Department of Economic and Workforce Development) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240788 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - National Institutes of Health - Florida State University - Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Scientific Leadership Center - $173,063] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman, Dorsey, Engardio and Ronen Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant increase in the amount of $138,434 for a total amount of $173,063 from the National Institutes of Health through Florida State University for participation in a program, entitled “Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Scientific Leadership Center,” for the period of December 1, 2023, through November 30, 2024. (Public Health Department) Supervisor Ronen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 498-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240789 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - Department of Health and Human Services - MyPrEP Plus: Development and Pilot Testing of Novel Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Support Tools for Transgender Women - $177,860] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman, Dorsey, Engardio and Ronen Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $177,860 from the Department of Health and Human Services through Heluna Health for participation in a program, entitled “MyPrEP Plus: Development and Pilot Testing of Novel Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Support Tools for Transgender Women,” for the period of September 7, 2023, through September 6, 2025. (Public Health Department) Supervisor Ronen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 499-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240850 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - National Institutes of Health - Heluna Health - The Bridge Clinic: Optimizing Injectable PrEP Delivery for Transgender and Non-Binary People - $160,074] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman, Dorsey, Engardio and Ronen Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant increase from the National Institutes of Health through Heluna Health for participation in a program, entitled “The Bridge Clinic: Optimizing Injectable PrEP Delivery for Transgender and Non-Binary People,” in the amount of $88,930 for the period of February 22, 2024, through January 31, 2025, for a total amount of $160,074 for the total period of April 1, 2023, through January 31, 2025. (Public Health Department) Supervisor Ronen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 501-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240829 [Agreement Amendment - Hunters Point Family - Pit Stop Workforce Development Grant Program - Not to Exceed $16,238,478.52] Resolution approving Amendment No. 6 to Contract No. 1000029167 between the City, acting by and through the Department of Public Works, and Hunters Point Family, to create employment opportunities, job training and workforce development programs, and ensure the availability of safe and clean public restrooms for the Pit Stop Workforce Development Grant Program, extending the term by nine months for a total term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, increasing the contract amount by $6,972,047.52 for a new total not to exceed amount from of $16,238,478.52; and to authorize the Director of Public Works to make necessary, non-material changes to the Amendment before its execution. (Public Works Department) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 492-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240836 [Accept and Expend In-Kind Gift - Deloitte Tax LLP - Climate Tax Advisory Services - Estimated up to $112,089] Sponsor: Mandelman Resolution authorizing the Environment Department to accept and expend an in-kind gift of pro bono tax services, with an estimated value of $112,089 for a term of engagement effective upon approval of this Resolution through May 31, 2025, provided by Deloitte Tax LLP, to help the City identify opportunities to obtain federal tax credits for qualifying sustainability activities, and authorizing the Director of the Environment Department or the Director’s designee, to enter into and execute the agreement, and amendments thereto, consistent with the proposal and necessary to carry out the purpose of the agreement or this Resolution, as defined herein. (Environment) Resolution No. 493-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

mmunity-serving uses (“Commercial Project”); 2) approving and authorizing the Director of Property and the Director of MOHCD to enter into a First Amendment to the Residential Ground Lease to remove the Commercial Property from the leased premises under the Ground Lease between the City and 735 Davis Senior, L.P., related to a 52-unit affordable housing development for low-income seniors, including 15 units for homeless seniors; 3) adopting findings that the Project and proposed transactions are consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; 4) determining that the less than market rent payable under the Commercial Ground Lease will serve a public purpose by providing commercial spaces for community-serving spaces, in accordance with Administrative Code, Section 23.3; and 5) authorizing the Director of Property and/or the Director of MOHCD to execute the Commercial Ground Lease and the First Amendment to the Residential Ground Lease and make certain modifications to such agreements, as defined herein, and take certain actions in furtherance of this Resolution, as defined herein. Resolution No. 500-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

y, located at 42 Otis Street (the “Property”), for an initial lease term of five years with 10 automatic extensions of the lease term for an additional period of five years each and a total rent not to exceed $1 in order to operate the Property as permanent supportive housing; 2) determining in accordance with Administrative Code, Section 23.33 that the below market rent payable under the Ground Lease will serve a public purpose by providing permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless and low-income households; 3) adopting findings declaring that the Property is "exempt surplus land" under the California Surplus Land Act; 4) affirming the Planning Department's determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and adopting the Planning Department's findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of the Planning Code, Section 101.1; and 5) authorizing the Director of Property and/or the HSH Executive Director to execute and make certain modifications to the Ground Lease, as defined herein, and take certain actions in furtherance of this Resolution, as defined herein. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 491-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

erm of 57 years (“Loan Agreement”) to finance the development and construction of the Project; 5) approving and authorizing a limited payment guaranty in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 from MOHCD for the benefit of Wincopin Circle LLLP (“Limited Payment Guaranty”); 6) adopting findings declaring that the Property is “exempt surplus land” pursuant to the California Surplus Lands Act; 7) determining that the less than market rent payable under the Ground Lease will serve a public purpose by providing affordable housing for low-income households in need, in accordance with Section 23.30 of the Administrative Code; 8) adopting findings that the Project and proposed transactions are consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and 9) authorizing the Director of Property and/or the Director of MOHCD to make certain modifications to the Purchase Agreement, Ground Lease, Loan Agreement, and Limited Payment Guaranty, as defined herein, and take certain actions in furtherance of this Resolution, as defined herein. (Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 494-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240668 [Board Response - Civil Grand Jury Report - Come Hell or Highwater: Flood Management in a Changing Climate] Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2023-2024 Civil Grand Jury Report, entitled "Come Hell or Highwater: Flood Management in a Changing Climate;" and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. (Government Audit and Oversight Committee) Resolution No. 479-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240709 [Board Response - Civil Grand Jury Report - Commission Impossible? Getting the Most from San Francisco’s Commissions] Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2023-2024 Civil Grand Jury Report, entitled "Commission Impossible? Getting the Most from San Francisco’s Commissions"; and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. (Government Audit and Oversight Committee) Supervisor Preston, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 15, Lines 5-6, by changing ‘will not be implemented because it is not warranted or is not reasonable’ to ‘requires further analysis to be completed within six (6) months’, and Lines 13-14, by changing ‘requires further analysis to be completed within six (6) months’ to ‘will not be implemented because it is not warranted or is not reasonable’. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

Resolution No. 480-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240711 [Board Response - Civil Grand Jury Report - Building San Francisco: Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining City Infrastructure] Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2023-2024 Civil Grand Jury Report, entitled "Building San Francisco Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining City Infrastructure"; and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. (Government Audit and Oversight Committee) Resolution No. 481-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240720 [Board Response - Civil Grand Jury Report - Lifting the Fog: On Budgets, Innovation, Silos, and More] Resolution responding to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2023-2024 Civil Grand Jury Report, entitled "Lifting the Fog: On Budgets, Innovation, Silos, and More"; and urging the Mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. (Government Audit and Oversight Committee) Resolution No. 482-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240438 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the 555 9th Street Special Sign District] Sponsor: Dorsey Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to establish the 555 9th Street Special Sign District encompassing the real property consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 3781, Lot No. 003, and to modify sign controls for the existing shopping center; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240808 [Administrative Code - SFPUC Social Impact Partnership Program] Sponsor: Walton Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to expand the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Social Impact Partnership Program by requiring that all covered contracts that include a Social Impact commitment, including those contracts that were solicited before April 22, 2023, increase such commitment upon amendment or modification of the contract and by removing the minimum threshold for applicable amendments or modifications. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240835 [Appointment, Child Care Planning and Advisory Council - Claudia Quinonez] Motion appointing Claudia Quinonez (residency requirement waived), term ending March 19, 2027, to the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (District 4). (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M24-091 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240866 [Appointment, Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee - Melinda Burrus] Motion appointing Melinda Burrus, term ending December 31, 2024, to the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M24-092 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

individual wished to address the Committee of the Whole regarding the Grant Agreement for Planned Parenthood (File Nos. 240946 and 240930). Drew Murrell, Chief Financial Officer (Department of Public Health); Kimberly Ellis, Director (Department on the Status of Women); and Ruth Nunez, Director (Planned Parenthood); provided an overview of the hearing matter and responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Thierry Fill; Alondra Esquivel Garcia; Cheryl Jackson; Otto Duffy; spoke on various concerns relating to the Grant Agreement. The President closed public comment, declared the matter heard and filed, adjourned as the Committee of the Whole, and reconvened as the Board of Supervisors. HEARD AND FILED Committee of the Whole Adjourn and Report City and County of San Francisco Page 841 Printed at 3:14 pm on 11/1/24 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/1/2024 Supervisor Safai was noted absent at 6:04 p.m. and for the remainder of the meeting. Supervisor Safai Excused from Attendance Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that Supervisor Safai be excused beginning at 6:04 p.m. and for the remainder of the meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Stefani, Walton

Excused: Safai

240930 [Grant Agreement Amendment - Planned Parenthood Northern California - Security Services - Not to Exceed $571,000] Sponsors: Stefani; Mandelman and Preston Ordinance authorizing the Department of Public Health to amend an existing grant to Planned Parenthood Northern California by increasing the not to exceed amount by $171,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $571,000 to fund security personnel to support access to family planning and other sexual and reproductive healthcare services, with no changes to the grant term of April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2025; and waiving the competitive solicitation requirements in the Administrative Code. (Public Health Department) Supervisors Mandelman and Preston requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Stefani, Walton

Excused: Safai

240798 [Building Code - Change of Use Designation] Sponsors: Mayor; Peskin, Melgar and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Building Code to excuse the requirement for professionally prepared architectural drawings for building permits to change certain use designations that do not increase occupant load or occupancy class, or include alterations; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

240945 [Committee of the Whole - Grant Agreement - Planned Parenthood Northern California - Security Services - Not to Exceed $571,000 - October 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.] Sponsor: Stefani Motion scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole on October 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing to consider an Ordinance authorizing the Department of Public Health to amend an existing grant to Planned Parenthood Northern California by increasing the not to exceed amount by $171,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $571,000 to fund security personnel to support access to family planning and other sexual and reproductive healthcare services, with no changes to the grant term of April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2025; and waiving the competitive solicitation requirements in the Administrative Code. Motion No. M24-094 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

Excused: Melgar

240941 [Supporting United States House of Representatives Bill H.R. 9662 (Senator Smith and Representative Ocasio-Cortez) - Homes Act] Sponsors: Preston; Ronen, Walton, Safai and Peskin Resolution supporting United States House of Representatives Bill H.R. 9662, the Homes Act, introduced by United States Senator Tina Smith and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to address the affordable housing crisis by establishing a national Housing Development Authority to create permanently affordable, climate-resilient housing and provide an alternative to market-rate housing. President Peskin requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 497-24 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

Excused: Melgar