Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 2, 2025

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. Ordinance No. 174-25 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

250487 [Administrative Code - Equitable Citywide Access to Shelters, Transitional Housing, and Behavioral Health Services] Sponsors: Mahmood; Walton, Dorsey, Sauter and Melgar Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to promote equitable access to shelter and behavioral health services by prohibiting the City from siting a new, City-funded homeless shelter, transitional housing facility, or certain behavioral health residential care and treatment facilities (collectively, “Covered Facilities”) in a neighborhood where the neighborhood’s share of the City’s shelter and transitional housing beds exceeds the neighborhood’s share of the City’s unsheltered persons, and prohibiting the City from siting a new City-funded homeless shelter within 300 feet of an existing homeless shelter; and authorizing the Board of Supervisors to waive these prohibitions upon a finding that approving the Covered Facility or homeless shelter at the proposed location is in the public interest; and providing that this ordinance shall sunset on December 31, 2031. (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisors Chan and Chen voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 172-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

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

Noes: Chan, Chen

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.) Ordinance No. 173-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

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

Noes: Chan, Chen

250753 [Administrative Code - Food Purchasing for Hospitals and Jails] Sponsors: Walton; Fielder, Chan, Chen and Mandelman 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. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Chan, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 6, Lines 20-22, by adding ‘source 5% of food from medium/small farms by January 2027, and increase sourcing from medium/small farms to 5-7% by January 2028, and to 10-15% by January 2032’; and on Page 7, Lines 23-24, by adding ‘DPH will continue to adhere to patient dietary protocols if plant-based foods are not appropriate substitutes for a patient’. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250675 [Liquor License Transfer - 761 Jackson Street - Jumbo Trading Company LLC] Resolution determining that the person-to-person, premise-to-premise transfer of a Type-21 off-sale general beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to Jumbo Trading Company LLC, located at 761 Jackson Street (District 3), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4; and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose a condition on the issuance of the license. (Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee) Resolution No. 400-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250713 [Liquor License Issuance - 1123 Folsom Street - The Stud] Resolution determining that the issuance of a Type-90 on-sale general music venue liquor license to Universal Life Corral LLC, to do business as The Stud located at 1123 Folsom Street (District 6), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4; and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. (Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee) Resolution No. 401-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250880 [Muni Heritage Month - September 2025] Sponsors: Dorsey; Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Chen, Sherrill, Fielder, Chan, Walton, Engardio and Mahmood Resolution declaring September 2025 as Muni Heritage Month in the City and County of San Francisco in recognition of the San Francisco Municipal Railway’s enduring legacy, cultural significance, and historical contributions to the city’s identity and transportation. Supervisors Melgar, Sauter, Chen, Sherrill, Fielder, Chan, Walton, Engardio and Mahmood requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 406-25 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

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

Noes: None