# Board of Supervisors Minutes: October 28, 2025 - Meeting date: 2025-10-28 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 32 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1118/2025-10-28-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1348574&GUID=0D173574-509E-4C04-A1A1-9D32ED530E95) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 250902: Behested Payment Waiver - Fundraising for Services Related to Immigration, LGBTQ+ Rights, Environmental Protection, Reproductive Rights, and Racial Equity - Pages: 14-15 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Sherrill, Dorsey and Sauter - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: ayor, Office of the City Attorney, Office of the City Administrator, and the head of each division, office, and department under the supervision of the City Administrator to solicit donations from various private, nonprofit, philanthropic, and other entities to support 1) the urgent provision of legal services related to the creation and enforcement of immigration laws, regulations, and policies, including litigation and regulatory reform efforts at the local, state, and federal level and non-legal services and support for the City’s immigrant communities, 2) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending and supporting LGBTQ+ rights, 3) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending and supporting reproductive rights, 4) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending existing environmental protection laws and promoting environmental protection efforts, and 5) goods and services, including legal services, related to racial equity initiatives, all notwithstanding the Behested Payment Ordinance. Supervisors Sherrill, Dorsey, and Sauter requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 515-25 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 251038: Behested Payment Waiver - Fundraising for Services Related to Immigration, LGBTQ+ Rights, Environmental Protection, Reproductive Rights, and Racial Equity - Pages: 15 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey and Sauter - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: ors: Mandelman; Dorsey and Sauter Resolution authorizing the Assessor Recorder, the Deputy Assessors, and Director of Policy and Government Affairs in the Assessor-Recorder’s Office to solicit donations from various private, nonprofit, philanthropic, and other entities to support 1) the urgent provision of legal services related to the creation and enforcement of immigration laws, regulations, and policies, including litigation and regulatory reform efforts at the local, state, and federal level and non-legal services and support for the City’s immigrant communities, 2) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending and supporting LGBTQ+ rights, 3) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending and supporting reproductive rights, 4) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending existing environmental protection laws and promoting environmental protection efforts, and 5) goods and services, including legal services, related to racial equity initiatives, all notwithstanding the Behested Payment Ordinance. Supervisors Dorsey and Sauter requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 529-25 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton - Noes: Chan, Fielder ### File 250480: Appointments, Immigrant Rights Commission - Hans How, Kudrat Kontilis, Laura Padilla, Adoubou Traore, Aseel Fara, Mario Paz, Celine Kennelly, Yu Pok Ng (Jose Ng), Sarah Souza and Lucia Obregon - Pages: 15-16 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 250480 [Appointments, Immigrant Rights Commission - Hans How, Kudrat Kontilis, Laura Padilla, Adoubou Traore, Aseel Fara, Mario Paz, Celine Kennelly, Yu Pok Ng (Jose Ng), Sarah Souza and Lucia Obregon] Motion appointing Hans How, Kudrat Kontilis (residency requirement waived), Laura Padilla, Adoubou Traore (residency requirement waived), terms ending June 6, 2026, and Aseel Fara, Mario Paz (residency requirement waived), Celine Kennelly, Yu Pok Ng (Jose Ng), Sarah Souza and Lucia Obregon, terms ending June 6, 2027, to the Immigrant Rights Commission. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M25-108 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 15](https://sfbos.info/documents/1118/2025-10-28-minutes#page-15) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 10/28/2025 Referred Without Recommendation From the Government Audit and Oversight Committee 251038 [Behested Payment Waiver - Fundraising for Services Related to Immigration, LGBTQ+ Rights, Environmental Protection, Reproductive Rights, and Racial Equity] Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey and Sauter Resolution authorizing the Assessor Recorder, the Deputy Assessors, and Director of Policy and Government Affairs in the Assessor-Recorder’s Office to solicit donations from various private, nonprofit, philanthropic, and other entities to support 1) the urgent provision of legal services related to the creation and enforcement of immigration laws, regulations, and policies, including litigation and regulatory reform efforts at the local, state, and federal level and non-legal services and support for the City’s immigrant communities, 2) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending and supporting LGBTQ+ rights, 3) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending and supporting reproductive rights, 4) goods and services, including legal services, related to defending existing environmental protection laws and promoting environmental protection efforts, and 5) goods and services, including legal services, related to racial equity initiatives, all notwithstanding the Behested Payment Ordinance. Supervisors Dorsey and Sauter requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 529-25 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Noes: 2 - Chan, Fielder Recommendation of the Rules Committee 250480 [Appointments, Immigrant Rights Commission - Hans How, Kudrat Kontilis, Laura Padilla, Adoubou Traore, Aseel Fara, Mario Paz, Celine Kennelly, Yu Pok Ng (Jose Ng), Sarah Souza and Lucia Obregon] Motion appointing Hans How, Kudrat Kontilis (residency requirement waived), Laura Padilla, Adoubou Traore (residency requirement waived), terms ending June 6, 2026, and Aseel Fara, Mario Paz (residency requirement waived), Celine Kennelly, Yu Pok Ng (Jose Ng), Sarah Souza and Lucia Obregon, terms ending June 6, 2027, to the Immigrant Rights Commission. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M25-108 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 900 Printed at 5:43 pm on 12/15/25