# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 29, 2025 - Meeting date: 2025-07-29 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 55 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1104/2025-07-29-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1328586&GUID=1E8EF2A3-A705-49E4-8988-514FB3332D52) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 250702: Building Code - All-Electric Major Renovations - Pages: 25-26 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 250702 [Building Code - All-Electric Major Renovations] Sponsors: Mandelman; Mahmood, Fielder and Melgar Ordinance amending the Building Code to require buildings undergoing major renovations to remain or convert to All-Electric Buildings with exceptions for physical and technical infeasibility, commercial food establishments, non-residential-to-residential conversions, buildings with recent major system replacements, and 100% Affordable Housing; 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. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 250760: Commemorative Plaques - San Francisco Little Italy Honor Walk Expansion - Pages: 26 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 250760 [Commemorative Plaques - San Francisco Little Italy Honor Walk Expansion] Sponsors: Sauter; Dorsey, Chan and Mandelman Resolution authorizing the placement of commemorative sidewalk plaques at various locations within and around the North Beach neighborhood, as part of the San Francisco Little Italy Honor Walk to celebrate prominent figures in the Italian-American community. Supervisors Chan and Mandelman requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 393-25 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 250634: Planning Code - Use Size Limits - Pages: 26-27 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: e - Use Size Limits] Sponsors: Melgar; Sherrill, Sauter and Dorsey Ordinance amending the Planning Code to eliminate limits on Non-Residential Use Sizes in the Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD), Polk Street NCD, West Portal Avenue NCD, North Beach NCD and North Beach Special Use District, Regional Commercial Districts, and Residential-Commercial District; allow specified Non-Residential Uses that exceed the Use Size limits to divide into smaller spaces that may continue to exceed the Use Size limits, without conditional use authorization; adjust the Use Size limit in all NCDs to a round number; 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 Chan and Chen voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Dorsey requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Chen, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED ON FIRST READING. The motion FAILED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton - Noes: Dorsey, Engardio, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton - Noes: Chan, Chen ### File 250753: Administrative Code - Food Purchasing for Hospitals and Jails - Pages: 27 - Vote 1: amendment - Action: od Purchasing for Hospitals and Jails] Sponsors: Walton; Fielder, Chan and Chen Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the goals and reporting requirements for food purchasing by the Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Department for City hospitals and jails; and eliminating the sunset date such that the program’s standards and reporting requirements will remain in effect indefinitely. Supervisor Chen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Line 5, by changing ‘eliminating’ to ‘revising’, Lines 6-7, by changing ‘indefinitely’ to ‘until December 31, 2035’, and Line 16, by striking ‘and’ and ‘deleting Section’; and on Page 11, Line 1, by changing ‘Sections 21D.3, 21D.4, and 21D.5 shall become inoperative five years after the effective date of this Chapter 21D’ to ‘Sections 21D.3, 21D.4, and 21D.5 shall become inoperative on December 31, 2025. After that date, the City Attorney is authorized to cause Sections 21D.3, 21D.4, and 21D.5 to be removed from the Administrative Code’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the goals and reporting requirements for food purchasing by the Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Department for City hospitals and jails; and revising the sunset date such that the program’s standards and reporting requirements will remain in effect until December 31, 2035. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 250535: Appointment, Children and Families First Commission - Amanda Pyle - Pages: 27 ### File 250586: Appointment, Citizen's Committee on Community Development - Kelly Yun - Pages: 27-28 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 250586 [Appointment, Citizen's Committee on Community Development - Kelly Yun] Motion appointing Kelly Yun, term ending February 23, 2026, to the Citizen's Committee on Community Development. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M25-092 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 26](https://sfbos.info/documents/1104/2025-07-29-minutes#page-26) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/29/2025 250760 [Commemorative Plaques - San Francisco Little Italy Honor Walk Expansion] Sponsors: Sauter; Dorsey, Chan and Mandelman Resolution authorizing the placement of commemorative sidewalk plaques at various locations within and around the North Beach neighborhood, as part of the San Francisco Little Italy Honor Walk to celebrate prominent figures in the Italian-American community. Supervisors Chan and Mandelman requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 393-25 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Referred Without Recommendation from the Land Use and Transportation Committee 250634 [Planning Code - Use Size Limits] Sponsors: Melgar; Sherrill, Sauter and Dorsey Ordinance amending the Planning Code to eliminate limits on Non-Residential Use Sizes in the Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD), Polk Street NCD, West Portal Avenue NCD, North Beach NCD and North Beach Special Use District, Regional Commercial Districts, and Residential-Commercial District; allow specified Non-Residential Uses that exceed the Use Size limits to divide into smaller spaces that may continue to exceed the Use Size limits, without conditional use authorization; adjust the Use Size limit in all NCDs to a round number; 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 Chan and Chen voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Dorsey requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Chen, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED ON FIRST READING. The motion FAILED by the following vote: Ayes: 4 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton Noes: 7 - Dorsey, Engardio, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Noes: 2 - Chan, Chen City and County of San Francisco Page 701 Printed at 5:54 pm on 9/8/25 ### [Page 27](https://sfbos.info/documents/1104/2025-07-29-minutes#page-27) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/29/2025 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 250753 [Administrative Code - Food Purchasing for Hospitals and Jails] Sponsors: Walton; Fielder, Chan and Chen Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the goals and reporting requirements for food purchasing by the Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Department for City hospitals and jails; and eliminating the sunset date such that the program’s standards and reporting requirements will remain in effect indefinitely. Supervisor Chen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Line 5, by changing ‘eliminating’ to ‘revising’, Lines 6-7, by changing ‘indefinitely’ to ‘until December 31, 2035’, and Line 16, by striking ‘and’ and ‘deleting Section’; and on Page 11, Line 1, by changing ‘Sections 21D.3, 21D.4, and 21D.5 shall become inoperative five years after the effective date of this Chapter 21D’ to ‘Sections 21D.3, 21D.4, and 21D.5 shall become inoperative on December 31, 2025. After that date, the City Attorney is authorized to cause Sections 21D.3, 21D.4, and 21D.5 to be removed from the Administrative Code’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the goals and reporting requirements for food purchasing by the Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Department for City hospitals and jails; and revising the sunset date such that the program’s standards and reporting requirements will remain in effect until December 31, 2035. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton 250535 [Appointment, Children and Families First Commission - Amanda Pyle] Motion appointing one member, term ending October 8, 2026, to the Children and Families First Commission. (Rules Committee) (This item was not sent as a committee report.) 250586 [Appointment, Citizen's Committee on Community Development - Kelly Yun] Motion appointing Kelly Yun, term ending February 23, 2026, to the Citizen's Committee on Community Development. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M25-092 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 702 Printed at 5:54 pm on 9/8/25