# 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 240804: Various Codes - Greater Downtown Community Benefit District Master Permitting for Entertainment Activation Program - Pages: 4-5 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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 ### File 240844: Police Code - Vehicle Sideshows - Pages: 5-6 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 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 - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ### File 240842: Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Jobs First Catalyst Program - $14,000,000 - Pages: 6 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 ### File 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 - Pages: 6-7 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 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 ## Extracted text ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/1034/2024-10-01-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/1/2024 REGULAR AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Recommendation of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee 240844 [Police Code - Vehicle Sideshows] Sponsors: Mayor; Dorsey, Stefani, Engardio and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Police Code to 1) prohibit persons from promoting a Vehicle Sideshow or preparations for such a sideshow; 2) prohibit persons from assembling together to obstruct the streets, sidewalks, highways, other public right-of-ways, off-street parking facilities, or private property in connection 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: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 832 Printed at 3:14 pm on 11/1/24 ### [Page 6](https://sfbos.info/documents/1034/2024-10-01-minutes#page-6) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/1/2024 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 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: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton President Peskin requested File Nos. 240788, 240789, and 240850 be called together. 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: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 833 Printed at 3:14 pm on 11/1/24