Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 9, 2025

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. Ordinance No. 175-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

(including certain indemnities contained therein); approving respective forms of a Supplement to Property Lease and a Supplement to Project Lease, each between the City and the Trustee, for the lease to the Trustee and lease back to the City of all or a portion of certain real property and improvements owned by the City, together with any other property determined by the City’s Director of Public Finance to be made subject to the lease and lease back arrangements; approving the form of an Official Notice of Sale and a Notice of Intention to Sell the Certificates; approving the form of an Official Statement in preliminary and final form; approving the form of a purchase contract between the City and one or more initial purchasers of the Certificates; approving the form of a Continuing Disclosure Certificate, as defined herein; granting general authority to City officials to take necessary actions in connection with the authorization, sale, execution, and delivery of the Certificates, as defined herein; approving modifications to documents; and ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith, as defined herein. (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250724 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco - Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program - $167,021] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $167,021 from the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, for the grant period of September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2026, to support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program activities and services. (District Attorney) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 407-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250751 [Contract Amendment - Project Open Hand - HIV/AIDS Food and Nutrition Services - Not to Exceed $20,528,272] Sponsor: Mandelman Resolution approving Amendment No. 4 to the agreement between the City, acting by and through, the Department of Public Health (DPH), and Project Open Hand, to provide HIV/AIDS food and nutrition services, to increase the contract amount by $1,727,928 for a new total not to exceed amount of $20,528,272 with no changes to the term of April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2027; and to authorize DPH to enter into amendments or modifications to the agreement that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the agreement or this Resolution. (Public Health Department) (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be the primary sponsor. Resolution No. 408-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250776 [Agreement - Retroactive - California Department of State Hospitals - Felony Incompetent to Stand Trial Mental Health Diversion Program - Anticipated Revenue to the City $15,060,000] Resolution retroactively authorizing the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) to enter into an agreement with the California Department of State Hospitals, to provide funding for the Felony Incompetent to Stand Trial (IST) Mental Health Diversion Program for individuals found incompetent to stand trial for a term of five years from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, having anticipated revenue of $15,060,000; and authorizing DPH to enter into amendments or modifications to the agreement that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the agreement or this Resolution. (Public Health Department) Resolution No. 409-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250825 [Real Property Lease - STEEL ARC, LLC - 8 Boardman Place - Annual Base Rent of $144,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution approving and authorizing the Director of Property, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco (“City”), to lease 4,009 square feet of real property for the Public Defender’s Office, located at 8 Boardman Place, for a five year term with two five-year options to extend at 95% of fair market value, at an annual base rent of $144,000 ($84,000 in the first year of the lease term), from STEEL ARC, LLC, a California limited liability corporation, effective upon approval of this Resolution and the lease term to commence upon completion of tenant improvements, rent payments will begin three months after lease commencement; and to authorize the Director of Property to enter into any additions, amendments or other modifications to the lease that do not otherwise materially increase the obligation or liabilities of the City to effectuate the purposes of the Lease or this Resolution. (Real Estate Department) Resolution No. 410-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250826 [Real Property Lease - NPU, Inc., a California Corporation - Old United States Mint - Participation Rent of 10% of Gross Monthly Revenue] Sponsors: Mayor; Dorsey Resolution authorizing and approving the Director of Property to execute a Lease Agreement for a term of four years with three five-year options to extend, to commence upon approval of this Resolution through July 31, 2029 with NPU, Inc. for the continued use of the Old Mint located at 88-5th Street, paying as participation rent, 10% of the gross monthly revenue generated from their use of the Old Mint; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute any amendments or modifications to the Lease including exercising options to extend the agreement term, make certain modifications and take certain actions that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City, and do not material decrease the benefits to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Lease or this Resolution. (Real Estate Department) Resolution No. 411-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250827 [Agreement - Solaris Bus US, Inc. - Purchase of Battery-Electric Buses - Anticipated Expenditure of $10,819,849] Sponsors: Mayor; Mahmood and Mandelman Resolution approving an agreement with Solaris Bus US, Inc., to procure three 40-ft and three 60-ft battery-electric transit buses from Solaris Bus US, Inc., along with associated spare parts, special tools, manuals, and training through assigned options established under a procurement conducted by King County Metro, which requires anticipated expenditures of $10,819,849 which includes a contract for an amount not to exceed $9,964,706 and a term until December 19, 2027, effective upon approval of this Resolution, with options to extend the contract to December 19, 2029, and responsibility for the payment of an estimated $855,143 in taxes; and to authorize the Acting Director of Transportation to enter into amendments or modifications to the contract that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the contract or this Resolution. (Municipal Transportation Agency) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 412-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

ly rental housing project expected to be located at 505 Mayor Edwin M. Lee Avenue (formerly known as 11 Frida Kahlo Way) (Assessor’s Parcel Block No: 3180-202), known as “Balboa Reservoir - Building E”; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a funding loan agreement, providing the terms and conditions of the loan from the funding lender to the City, and the execution and delivery of the note; approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a project loan agreement providing the terms and conditions of the loan from the City to Balboa Lee Avenue, L.P. (the “Borrower”); approving the form of and authorizing the execution of a regulatory agreement and declaration of restrictive covenants; authorizing the collection of certain fees; approving modifications, changes and additions to the documents; ratifying and approving any action heretofore taken in connection with the back-to-back loans, the note and the project; granting general authority to City officials to take actions necessary to implement this Resolution and related matters, as defined herein. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 413-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Agreement or this Resolution. (Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development) (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Melgar, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 4, Lines 1-6, by adding written reports to be submitted from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to the Board of Supervisors to read as ‘ WHEREAS, MOHCD has agreed to provide the following written reports to the Board of Supervisors for inclusion in File No. 250829: (1) within 90 days of the completion of Building E, MOHCD will transmit a report concerning the status of the Balboa Reservoir Project including the project timeline, the City funding for the horizontal and vertical development of the remaining parcels, and the total disbursement of the proposed infrastructure loan, and (2) a report on any action to forgive all or part of the proposed infrastructure loan, if applicable; now, therefore, be it’. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

(Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 414-25 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

(“MOHCD”) to enter into a Ground Lease for Real Property owned by the City and located at 11 Frida Kahlo Way (“Property”) with Balboa Lee Avenue, L.P. (“Developer”) for a lease term of 75 years and one 24-year option to extend and an annual base rent of $15,000 (“Ground Lease”) in order to construct a 100% affordable, 127-unit multifamily rental housing development affordable to very-low and low-income households, plus one manager’s unit; approving and authorizing an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement in an amount not to exceed $28,000,000 for a minimum loan term of 57 years (“Loan Agreement”) to finance the development and construction of the Project; adopting findings that the Project and proposed transactions are consistent with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1; and authorizing the Director of Property and/or the Director of MOHCD to execute the Ground Lease, Loan Agreement, and make certain modifications to such agreements, and take certain actions in furtherance of this Resolution, as defined herein. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 415-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250710 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Katrina Baptiste - $125,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Katrina Baptiste against the City and County of San Francisco for $125,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 23, 2023, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-23-608576; entitled Katrina Baptiste v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves an employment dispute. (City Attorney) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250711 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Alyonik Hrushow - $225,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Alyonik Hrushow against the City and County of San Francisco for $225,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 29, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-24-617659; entitled Alyonik Hrushow v. City of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk. (City Attorney) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250765 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Jane Gazzola - $128,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Jane Gazzola against the City and County of San Francisco for $128,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 1, 2023, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-23-610773; entitled Jane Gazzola v. City and County of San Francisco, et al; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk. (City Attorney) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250766 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Keith Baraka - $160,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of two lawsuits filed by Keith Baraka against the City and County of San Francisco for $160,000; the first lawsuit was filed on November 20, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-587897; entitled Keith Baraka v. City and County of San Francisco; the first lawsuit involves an employment dispute; the second lawsuit was filed on June 13, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-24-615403; entitled Keith Baraka v. City and County of San Francisco; the second lawsuit involves an employment dispute. (City Attorney) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250767 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Coalition on Homelessness - $2,828,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Coalition On Homelessness against the City and County of San Francisco for $2,828,000 and non-monetary terms; the lawsuit was filed on September 27, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 4:22-cv-05502-DMR; entitled Coalition on Homelessness, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves Plaintiff’s allegation that the City unlawfully seizes property of persons experiencing homelessness without adequate advanced notice, discards property the City should store under the terms of the City’s “bag and tag” policy, and fails to store property of persons experiencing homelessness in a way that allows retrieval of the property. (City Attorney) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

California, Case No. 3:18-cv-7591-CRB-JSC; entitled The City and County of San Francisco and the People of the State of California v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Richard S. Sackler, Jonathan D. Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Kathe A. Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, David A. Sackler, Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P., Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Endo International Plc, Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Insys Therapeutics, Inc., Mallinckrodt Plc, Mallinckrodt LLC, Allergan Plc F/K/A Actavis Plc, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. N/K/A Actavis, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., Actavis LLC, Actavis Pharma, Inc. F/K/A/ Watson Pharma, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and McKesson Corporation; the lawsuit involves allegations that Purdue and the Sacklers contributed to the opioid crisis in San Francisco by incentivizing the sale and use of opioids despite knowledge of the growing epidemic caused by opioid misuse. (City Attorney) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250769 [Settlement of Lawsuit - AT&T Corporation and Pacific Bell Telephone Company - City to Receive $15,400,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco ex rel. Roger Schneider against AT&T Corp. and Pacific Bell Telephone Company (collectively, “AT&T”) for $15,400,000; the lawsuit was filed on January 29, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-582552; entitled City and County of San Francisco ex rel. Roger Schneider v. AT&T Corporation, et al.; the lawsuit involves allegations that AT&T and other telecommunications companies knowingly under-collected and under-remitted amounts due under the Access Line Tax Ordinance in violation of the California False Claims Act; other material terms of the settlement are that AT&T will collect and remit access line taxes in a certain manner in the future absent a material change in the law. (City Attorney) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250858 [Presidential Appointment, San Francisco Downtown Revitalization and Economic Recovery Financing District Board of Directors - Antonio Tolentino] Motion approving President Rafael Mandelman’s nomination for the appointment of Antonio Tolentino to the San Francisco Downtown Revitalization and Economic Recovery Financing District Board of Directors, term ending July 22, 2027. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M25-094 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250913 [Presidential Appointment, San Francisco Downtown Revitalization and Economic Recovery Financing District Board of Directors - Kristen Wang] Motion approving President Rafael Mandelman’s nomination for the appointment of Kristen Wang to the San Francisco Downtown Revitalization and Economic Recovery Financing District Board of Directors, term ending July 22, 2029. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M25-095 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

Noes: None

250909 [Opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposal to Rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding] Sponsors: Walton; Sauter, Chen, Fielder, Chan, Mandelman, Engardio and Melgar Resolution opposing the United States (U.S) Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding; urging the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to adopt a similar position; and reaffirming the City and County of San Francisco’s commitment to strong climate action and air quality protections. Supervisors Mandelman, Engardio, and Melgar requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 416-25 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