# Board of Supervisors Minutes: October 1, 2024 - Meeting date: 2024-10-01 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 25 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1034/2024-10-01-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1232532&GUID=DABC94C5-D01C-47FD-B781-D23AB5CA0ECF) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 240720: Board Response - Civil Grand Jury Report - Lifting the Fog: On Budgets, Innovation, Silos, and More - Pages: 11-12 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 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 ### File 240438: Planning Code, Zoning Map - Establishing the 555 9th Street Special Sign District - Pages: 12 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 ### File 240808: Administrative Code - SFPUC Social Impact Partnership Program - Pages: 12 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 ### File 240835: Appointment, Child Care Planning and Advisory Council - Claudia Quinonez - Pages: 12 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 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 ### File 240866: Appointment, Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee - Melinda Burrus - Pages: 12-13 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 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 ### File 240943: Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Unaccounted $20,000,000 Special Education Funding - Unfilled Positions of Support Work at SFUSD - Review of $8,400,000 Student Success Fund for Newly Created School Stabilization Team - October 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. - Pages: 13-14 ## Extracted text ### [Page 12](https://sfbos.info/documents/1034/2024-10-01-minutes#page-12) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/1/2024 Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee 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: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Recommendations of the Rules Committee 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: 11 - 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: 11 - 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: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 839 Printed at 3:14 pm on 11/1/24 ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/1034/2024-10-01-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/1/2024 SPECIAL ORDER 2:30 P.M. - Recognition of Commendations Without objection, Rule 5.36 of the Rules of the Board of Supervisors was suspended to grant privilege of the floor to the following guest(s). Supervisor Ronen introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Bryan Suchi-Lopez and Edwin Suchi-Lopez in honor of Latinx Heritage Month and in recognition of their accomplishments benefiting from legislation passed a decade ago that provides legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children. SPECIAL ORDER 3:00 P.M. Board of Supervisors Sitting as a Committee of the Whole 240943 [Hearing - Committee of the Whole - Unaccounted $20,000,000 Special Education Funding - Unfilled Positions of Support Work at SFUSD - Review of $8,400,000 Student Success Fund for Newly Created School Stabilization Team - October 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.] Sponsors: Safai; Peskin Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing to examine the unaccounted for $20,000,000 in the San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) budget for Special Education and the unfilled positions that support SFUSD’s Special Education work, and the $8,400,000 from the Student Success Fund the Mayor allocated to the newly announced School Stabilization Team; and requesting the SFUSD Superintendent, Department of Children Youth and Their Families, Recreation and Park Department, Mayor's Office, Controller's Office, Human Services Agency, Department of Human Resources, and Treasurer & Tax Collector to report; scheduled pending approval of the Motion contained in File No. 240942, to be considered on October 1, 2024. President Peskin opened the public hearing and inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Committee of the Whole regarding unaccounted special education funding and unfilled positions at the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) (File No. 240943). Matt Alexander, President (San Francisco Board of Education); Vanessa D. Marrero, Parent and Community Advocate; Maria Su, Director (Department of Children Youth and Their Families); Matt Wayne, Superintendent (San Francisco Unified School District); and Alida Fisher, Commissioner (Board of Education); provided an overview of the hearing matter and responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Rev. Amos Brown; Mika Chanvil; Rye; Shanell Blackwell; Allison; Kaylin; Sabrina Rey; Matthew Reese; William Patterson; Bernice Casey; Jeff Lucas; Efrain Barrera; Speaker; Audrey Sulay; Alison; Cheryl Jackson; Regina Chung; Rex Ridgeway; Ryan Amoly; Leslie Woo; Speaker; Otto Duffy; Thierry Fill; spoke on various concerns relating to funding at the SFUSD. 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 City and County of San Francisco Page 840 Printed at 3:14 pm on 11/1/24