# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 10, 2024 - Meeting date: 2024-12-10 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 37 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1050/2024-12-10-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1252679&GUID=6FB98ADD-0436-44C0-8090-D348DD0F332C) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 241038: Administrative Code - Rapid Rehousing Policy - Pages: 7-8 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 241038 [Administrative Code - Rapid Rehousing Policy] Sponsors: Ronen; Walton, Peskin, Preston and Melgar Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to declare that it is City policy to provide up to five years of rapid rehousing assistance to an eligible household where the City has assessed the household’s circumstances and concluded that a shorter-term subsidy will create a risk of returning to homelessness; and requiring the Homelessness Oversight Commission to hold an annual hearing and issue an annual report analyzing the City’s implementation of this rapid rehousing policy. Ordinance No. 289-24 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton ### File 241053: Settlement of Lawsuit - Paul Wildes and Reed Sandberg - Pages: 8-9 - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 241053 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Paul Wildes and Reed Sandberg] Ordinance authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by Paul Wildes and Reed Sandberg against London Breed, José Cisneros, and Carmen Chu, each sued in their official capacities as employees of the City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit was filed on January 29, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-24-611915; entitled Michael Phillips, et al., v. London Breed, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged violations of California Constitution, article I, Section 7 - Transgender Status Discrimination; California Constitution, article I, Section 7 - Sex Discrimination; California Constitution, article I, Section 7 - Race/Ethnicity Discrimination; the proposed terms of settlement are a payment of $3,250 in attorney’s fees and costs and injunctive relief. (City Attorney) (Supervisors Peskin, Preston, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 290-24 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Ronen, Safai - Noes: Peskin, Preston, Walton ### File 241084: Business and Tax Regulations Code - Transfer Tax Exemption for Certain Port Leases - Pages: 9 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 241084 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Transfer Tax Exemption for Certain Port Leases] Sponsors: Mayor; Peskin and Chan Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to exempt from real property transfer taxes certain leases with the Port Commission with effective dates on or after November 1, 2024, and on or before December 31, 2034. (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton ### File 241096: Termination of Real Property Lease and New Real Property Lease - Waterfront Plaza - $1,000,000 Initial Annual Base Rent - Pages: 9-10 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: ty Lease - Waterfront Plaza - $1,000,000 Initial Annual Base Rent] Sponsors: Mayor; Peskin Resolution approving and authorizing (i) the execution and delivery of a Mutual Lease Termination Agreement for Port Commission Lease No. L. 8618 (the “Existing Lease”) involving Premises known as Waterfront Plaza located on Seawall Lots 315, 316, 317 between Chestnut and Bay Streets at the Embarcadero (the “Site”), and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of Port Lease No. 17224 for the Site between the San Francisco Port Commission, as landlord, and JPPF Waterfront Plaza, L.P., as tenant, (the “New Lease”) for a term of 57 years, with an initial annual base rent of $1,000,000 and including additional financial participation structures for the Port; and authorizing the Executive Director of the Port to enter into any additions, amendments or other modifications to the New Lease that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities of the City or Port and are necessary or advisable to complete the transactions which this Resolution contemplates and effectuate the purpose and intent of this Resolution. (Port) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 617-24 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/1050/2024-12-10-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/10/2024 REGULAR AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Referred Without Recommendation From the Government and Audit Oversight Committee 241053 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Paul Wildes and Reed Sandberg] Ordinance authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by Paul Wildes and Reed Sandberg against London Breed, José Cisneros, and Carmen Chu, each sued in their official capacities as employees of the City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit was filed on January 29, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-24-611915; entitled Michael Phillips, et al., v. London Breed, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged violations of California Constitution, article I, Section 7 - Transgender Status Discrimination; California Constitution, article I, Section 7 - Sex Discrimination; California Constitution, article I, Section 7 - Race/Ethnicity Discrimination; the proposed terms of settlement are a payment of $3,250 in attorney’s fees and costs and injunctive relief. (City Attorney) (Supervisors Peskin, Preston, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 290-24 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 7 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Ronen, Safai Noes: 3 - Peskin, Preston, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 1037 Printed at 2:35 pm on 1/13/25 ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/1050/2024-12-10-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/10/2024 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee President Peskin requested File Nos. 241084, 241096, and 241100 be called together. 241084 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Transfer Tax Exemption for Certain Port Leases] Sponsors: Mayor; Peskin and Chan Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to exempt from real property transfer taxes certain leases with the Port Commission with effective dates on or after November 1, 2024, and on or before December 31, 2034. (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton 241096 [Termination of Real Property Lease and New Real Property Lease - Waterfront Plaza - $1,000,000 Initial Annual Base Rent] Sponsors: Mayor; Peskin Resolution approving and authorizing (i) the execution and delivery of a Mutual Lease Termination Agreement for Port Commission Lease No. L. 8618 (the “Existing Lease”) involving Premises known as Waterfront Plaza located on Seawall Lots 315, 316, 317 between Chestnut and Bay Streets at the Embarcadero (the “Site”), and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of Port Lease No. 17224 for the Site between the San Francisco Port Commission, as landlord, and JPPF Waterfront Plaza, L.P., as tenant, (the “New Lease”) for a term of 57 years, with an initial annual base rent of $1,000,000 and including additional financial participation structures for the Port; and authorizing the Executive Director of the Port to enter into any additions, amendments or other modifications to the New Lease that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities of the City or Port and are necessary or advisable to complete the transactions which this Resolution contemplates and effectuate the purpose and intent of this Resolution. (Port) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 617-24 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 1038 Printed at 2:35 pm on 1/13/25