# 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)
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## Structured legislative records

### File 250783: Initiating Landmark Designation - The Mint Mall and Hall - 951-957 Mission Street

- Pages: 29-30

### File 250786: Pete Escovedo Day - August 2, 2025

- Pages: 30

### File 250787: South Asian American Heritage Month - July 18 through August 17, 2025

- Pages: 30

### File 250788: National Health Center Week - August 4 through August 8, 2025

- Pages: 30

### File 250789: Lady Gaga Day - July 22, 2025

- Pages: 30-31
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 250789 [Lady Gaga Day - July 22, 2025] Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey, Chen, Mahmood and Melgar Resolution declaring July 22, 2025, as Lady Gaga Day in the City and County of San Francisco. Resolution No. 399-25 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

### File 250785: Supporting the Golden State Valkyries Players in Equal Pay Compensation

- Pages: 31
- Vote 1: amendment
  - Action: 250785 [Supporting the Golden State Valkyries Players in Equal Pay Compensation] Sponsors: Fielder; Walton, Dorsey, Chen, Melgar, Mahmood, Sauter, Sherrill and Mandelman Resolution supporting the Golden State Valkyries Women’s Basketball Team and their fight for a fair collective bargaining agreement and equal compensation in the Women’s National Basketball Association. Supervisors Sauter, Sherrill, and Mandelman requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Fielder, seconded by Supervisor Mahmood, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Line 1, by adding ‘Players’, and Line 3, by changing 'Women's Basketball Players' to ‘players’; on Page 2, Line 15, by adding ‘a member’, and Lines 24-25, by adding ‘between the WNBA and WNBPA (Women’s National Basketball Players Association)’; and on Page 3, line 9, by adding ‘players’. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton
- Vote 2: adoption, likely final
  - Action: Resolution supporting the Golden State Valkyries players and their fight for a fair collective bargaining agreement and equal compensation in the Women’s National Basketball Association. Resolution No. 395-25 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

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Board of Supervisors                              Meeting Minutes                                                7/29/2025



250786 [Pete Escovedo Day - August 2, 2025]
            Sponsors: Fielder; Melgar, Walton and Mandelman
            Resolution designating August 2, 2025, as “Pete Escovedo Day” in the City and County of San
            Francisco; and celebrating the prolific work of the legendary percussionist and visual artist in his 90th
            year, culminating in the closing ceremony of the exhibit displaying his impact on Bay Area art and
            culture at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.
            Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
            Resolution No. 396-25
            ADOPTED


250787 [South Asian American Heritage Month - July 18 through August 17, 2025]
            Sponsors: Mahmood; Mandelman, Walton, Dorsey, Chen, Fielder, Sherrill, Sauter, Engardio
            and Chan
            Resolution declaring July 18, 2025, through August 17, 2025, as South Asian American Heritage
            Month in the City and County of San Francisco; and affirming the cultural, religious, and linguistic
            richness within the South Asian community, and recognizing this pluralism as a source of strength
            that contributes to San Francisco’s identity as an open, inclusive, and forward-looking city.
            Supervisor Chan requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
            Resolution No. 397-25
            ADOPTED


250788 [National Health Center Week - August 4 through August 8, 2025]
            Sponsors: Mandelman; Walton, Melgar, Sherrill, Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Sauter and Engardio
            Resolution recognizing the week of August 4 through August 8, 2025, as National Health Center
            Week in the City and County of San Francisco.
            Resolution No. 398-25
            ADOPTED


250789 [Lady Gaga Day - July 22, 2025]
            Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey, Chen, Mahmood and Melgar
            Resolution declaring July 22, 2025, as Lady Gaga Day in the City and County of San Francisco.
            Resolution No. 399-25
            ADOPTED

            The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill,
                 Walton




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Severed from the For Adoption Without Committee Reference Agenda
            Supervisor Fielder requested that File No. 250785 be severed so that it may be considered
            separately.


250785 [Supporting the Golden State Valkyries Players in Equal Pay Compensation]
            Sponsors: Fielder; Walton, Dorsey, Chen, Melgar, Mahmood, Sauter, Sherrill and
            Mandelman
            Resolution supporting the Golden State Valkyries Women’s Basketball Team and their fight for a fair
            collective bargaining agreement and equal compensation in the Women’s National Basketball
            Association.
            Supervisors Sauter, Sherrill, and Mandelman requested to be added as co-sponsors.
            Supervisor Fielder, seconded by Supervisor Mahmood, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN
            AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Line 1, by adding ‘Players’, and Line 3, by
            changing 'Women's Basketball Players' to ‘players’; on Page 2, Line 15, by adding ‘a member’, and
            Lines 24-25, by adding ‘between the WNBA and WNBPA (Women’s National Basketball Players
            Association)’; and on Page 3, line 9, by adding ‘players’. The motion carried by the following vote:
               Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill,
               Walton
            Resolution supporting the Golden State Valkyries players and their fight for a fair collective bargaining
            agreement and equal compensation in the Women’s National Basketball Association.
            Resolution No. 395-25
            ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Engardio, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill,
                 Walton



IMPERATIVE AGENDA
            There were no imperative agenda items.




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