Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 22, 2025

241209 [Administrative Code - Nonprofit Reporting] Sponsor: Mandelman Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to change the Annual Economic Statement of City-Funded Organizations requirements to limit the application of nonprofit reporting requirements to organizations receiving more than $1,000,000 annually, reduce required information types, and permit redaction of information to avoid personal harm. Ordinance No. 056-25 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

, Management Agreement, and Utilities Licenses and Absolving Services Agreement - Mission Rock] Sponsors: Mayor; Dorsey Ordinance approving and waiving competitive solicitation obligations for a Port Commission Park Lease and Loan for China Basin Park and for a Management Agreement for adjacent public and open spaces between the Port and an affiliate of Seawall Lot 337 Associates, LLC, Developer of the Mission Rock Project bounded by China Basin Channel, Third Street, Mission Rock Street, and the San Francisco Bay (“Project”); approving a Port Commission License with Mission Rock Utilities, Inc., a private utility provider servicing the Project; and approving two Port Commission Licenses and an Absolving Services Agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to facilitate gas service to private property in the Project area and electric power service to the Third Street Bridge Pilot House; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act, and its findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 060-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

250262 [Accept and Expend Grant - Wu Yee Children’s Services - Tenderloin Recreation Center Children’s Playground Improvements Project - Valued Approximately $1,125,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Mahmood Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to enter into a Grant Agreement with Wu Yee Children’s Services to accept and expend cash and/or in-kind grants from Wu Yee Children’s Services valued at approximately $1,125,000 for the Tenderloin Recreation Center Children’s Playground Improvements Project, effective upon approval of this Resolution, and shall expire once the Grant has been expended and the Project is complete; and authorizing the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department to enter into amendments or modifications to the Grant Agreement provided they do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities of the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Project or this Resolution. (Recreation and Park Department) Supervisor Mahmood requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 172-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

250290 [Accept and Expend Grant - KABOOM! - Children’s Playspaces Improvements - $5,000,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman and Mahmood Resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to enter into a Grant Agreement with KABOOM! and to accept and expend cash and/or in-kind grants from KABOOM! valued at approximately $5,000,000 to support improvements for up to eight children’s playspace sites, effective upon approval of this Resolution through notice of substantial completion; and to authorize the General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department to enter into amendments or modifications to the Grant Agreement provided they do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities of the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Project or this Resolution. (Recreation and Park Department) Supervisor Mahmood requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 173-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

241210 [Planning Code - Notice for Housing Element Rezoning] Sponsors: Chan; Fielder, Walton, Chen and Sherrill Ordinance amending the Planning Code to require notice of rezoning intended to comply with Housing Element law; 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 pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. (Supervisors Dorsey, Mahmood, and Melgar voted No on First Reading.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Engardio, Fielder, Mandelman, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Melgar

250209 [Administrative Code - Content and Data Subscriptions] Sponsors: Mahmood; Mandelman, Melgar, Sherrill and Sauter Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to allow City departments to purchase content and data subscriptions without complying with solicitation requirements that would otherwise apply, and without adhering to provisions in the Municipal Code that impose obligations on contracting parties as a condition to agreement with the City; and to list conditions required for amendment or modification of such agreements. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

250100 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - 3250 19th Avenue Special Sign District] Sponsor: Melgar Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Zoning Map to establish the 3250 19th Avenue Special Sign District, encompassing the real property consisting of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 7231, Lot No. 003, to provide signage opportunities commensurate with the size of the parcel; 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, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

250101 [Planning Code - Removing Conditional Use Requirement for Formula Retail Uses on Van Ness Avenue and for Certain Pre-existing Formula Retail Uses] Sponsors: Sherrill; Sauter, Mahmood, Melgar, Dorsey and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Planning Code to remove the conditional use authorization for formula retail uses in the Residential-Commercial zoning districts along Van Ness Avenue, for lots fronting Van Ness Avenue, and to establish that a change of owner or operator of a pre-existing formula retail use that had not previously received a conditional use authorization is not an intensification of such use that would require conditional use authorization; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. Supervisor Dorsey requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

250384 [Final Map No. 12381 - 1101-1123 Sutter Street] Motion approving Final Map No. 12381, a 303 Residential Unit and a five Commercial Unit Mixed-Use Condominium Project being a Merger and Subdivision, located at 1101-1123 Sutter Street, being a subdivision of Assessor’s Parcel Block No. 0692, Lot Nos. 001 and 019; and adopting findings pursuant to the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Public Works Department) Motion No. M25-046 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

250402 [Arab American Heritage Month - April 2025] Sponsors: Mahmood; Dorsey, Mandelman, Sauter, Engardio, Fielder, Chen, Sherrill, Chan, Walton and Melgar Resolution recognizing the month of April 2025 as Arab American Heritage Month in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisors Chan, Walton, and Melgar requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 177-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None

250405 [Affirming San Francisco’s Commitment to Preserving BIPOC and LGBTQ+ History] Sponsors: Mandelman; Walton, Chan, Chen, Melgar, Dorsey, Engardio and Mahmood Resolution affirming San Francisco’s commitment to preserving Black, Indigenous, and Black People of Color (BIPOC) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) history, and providing a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and belonging environment for its workers, residents, and visitors. Supervisors Chan, Chen, Melgar, Dorsey, Engardio, and Mahmood requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 180-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: None