Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 4, 2025

250946 [Appropriation - Treasure Island Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District Tax Increment Revenue Bond Proceeds and Bond Proceed Interest Earnings - MOHCD - $5,769,288 - FY2025-2026] Sponsors: Mayor; Dorsey Ordinance appropriating $5,769,288 consisting of $5,500,000 from the issuance of Treasure Island Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District (IRFD) No. 1 Tax Increment Revenue Bonds and $269,288 accumulated interest earnings from the Series 2022B and Series 2023B Treasure Island IRFD Bond to fund affordable housing projects to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), and placing these funds on Controller’s Reserve pending the sale of the Tax Increment Revenue Bonds and receipt of proceeds in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026. (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 215-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

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

250210 [Labor and Employment Code - Health Care Expenditure Requirements for Certain Employers at the Airport] Sponsors: Mandelman; Walton and Chan Ordinance amending the Labor and Employment Code to revise the Healthy Airport Ordinance to require, beginning on January 1, 2027, that Contracting Parties employing certain airport workers make Irrevocable Health Care Expenditures on behalf of their employees at tiered rates reflecting the employee’s household size. (Meet and Confer obligations not applicable.) (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Districts] Sponsor: Sauter Ordinance amending the Planning Code to: 1) eliminate the North Beach Special Use District and consolidate certain controls into the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District, expand allowable uses and increase use size limits in the North Beach Neighborhood Commercial District, 2) expand allowable uses and increase use size limits in the Polk Street Neighborhood Commercial District, 3) expand allowable uses in the Pacific Avenue Neighborhood Commercial District, 4) expand allowable uses and increase use size limits in the Nob Hill Special Use District, and 5) reduce limitations on Restaurants and Bars in the Jackson Square Special Use District; amending the Zoning Map to reflect removal of the North Beach Special Use District; 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 under Planning Code, Section 302. (Supervisors Chan and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 217-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill

Noes: Chan, Walton

250972 [Apply for Grant and Accept Funds Allocation - California Department of Housing and Community Development - Transitional Housing Programs - Up to $4,741,224 - Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program - Up to $617,870] Resolution authorizing the Human Services Agency, on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, to apply for and accept the county allocation award under the California Department of Housing and Community Development Transitional Housing Program for an amount up to $4,741,224 and Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program for an amount up to $617,870 which provide funding to help young adults secure and maintain housing. (Human Services Agency) Resolution No. 541-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

250976 [Lease Amendment - DFS Group, L.P. - The International Terminal Duty Free and Luxury Lease - Temporarily Reducing Percentage Rent and Minimum Annual Guarantee Rent for 2026 through 2029] Resolution approving Amendment No. 6 to the International Terminal Duty Free and Luxury Store Lease No. 17-0303 between DFS Group, L.P. and the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through its Airport Commission, temporarily reducing Percentage Rent to 28% of Gross Revenues up to $100,000,000 and 32% for Gross Revenues above $100,000,000 for Lease Years 7, 8, 9, and 10 (Lease Years 2026 through 2029), and a temporary reduction in the Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) for the same period by establishing the MAG at $25,000,000 for 2026 (Lease Year 7), with annual adjustments as provided in the Lease, effective upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. (Airport Commission) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 542-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

251005 [Agreement - Complete Coach Works - Perform Mid-Life Overhaul Services for 221 Coaches - Not to Exceed $95,443,127.86] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Resolution approving an agreement with Complete Coach Works to perform Mid-Life Overhaul services to replace and rehabilitate systems for up to 152 standard (40ft) Hybrid Electric New Flyer Coaches and 69 articulated (60ft) Hybrid Electric New Flyer Coaches, in an amount not to exceed $95,443,127.86, for an initial term of five years to commence from the date of Notice to Proceed with two one-year options to extend. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 543-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

251017 [Lease Agreement Extension - SkyStar Wheel, LLC - Observation Wheel - $11,000 Monthly Base Rent with Annual Increases Plus a Percentage Rent of 8% - Estimated Revenue $1,800,000] Sponsor: Sauter Resolution exempting from the competitive bidding policy set forth in Administrative Code, Sections 2.6-1 and 23.33, approving Port Lease 17322 for the continued operation of an observation wheel at SeaWall Lot (SWL) 301 between the Port of San Francisco and SkyStar Wheel, LLC for a period of 18 months with one 18-month extension option, to commence on November 1, 2025, through April 30, 2027, for a monthly base rent of $11,000 with annual increases plus a percentage rent of 8%, for an estimated revenue of $1,800,000; and adopting environmental findings under the California Environmental Quality Act. Resolution No. 544-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:

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

250809 [Planning Code - Conversion of Medical Cannabis Dispensary Uses to Cannabis Retail Uses] Sponsor: Fielder Ordinance amending the Planning Code to establish a process for the conversion of certain Medical Cannabis Dispensaries to Cannabis Retail establishments; 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 public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250889 [Business and Tax Regulations, Planning Codes - Appeal Timelines for Zoning Administrator Actions] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code and the Planning Code to clarify time periods for appeals of decisions or determinations by the Zoning Administrator; 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. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250892 [Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Program] Sponsors: Mayor; Mahmood Ordinance amending the Planning Code and Business and Tax Regulations Code to modify the City’s State-mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit (“ADU”) approval process and conform to changes to State ADU law, including by removing any appeal to the Board of Appeals, and increasing size limits for certain detached, new construction ADUs on a lot containing a single-family dwelling; 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. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250893 [Public Works Code - Elimination of Contractor Parking Plan Requirements and Fees] Sponsors: Mayor; Mahmood Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to eliminate the requirement for a contractor parking plan as a condition precedent for approval of excavation permits for major work that is 30 consecutive calendar days or longer and as a condition precedent of specified temporary street space occupancy permits for construction work, as well as the associated parking plan notice requirement and the parking plan review and inspection fees; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250894 [Public Works Code - Streamlining Approvals of Commemorative Public Right-of-Way and Public Place Designations and Installation of Commemorative Street Plaques] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to streamline the requirements and approval processes for the commemorative designation of public right-of-way and public places and the installation of commemorative street plaques to honor sites, events, and persons of historical interest or significance to San Francisco; eliminating the requirement that Public Works hold a hearing on applications for a commemorative street plaque; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250925 [Public Works Code - Pollution Liability Insurance Requirements for Excavators] Sponsors: Mayor; Mahmood Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to authorize the Department of Public Works to determine the circumstances under which contractors performing excavation in the public right-of-way shall be required to obtain a pollution liability insurance policy; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Public Works) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250955 [Plumbing Code - Repeal of Existing 2022 Code and Enactment of 2025 Code] Ordinance repealing the 2022 Plumbing Code in its entirety and enacting a 2025 Plumbing Code consisting of the 2025 California Plumbing Code as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings and findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code; providing an operative date of January 1, 2026; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250956 [Mechanical Code - Repeal of Existing 2022 Code and Enactment of 2025 Code] Ordinance repealing the 2022 Mechanical Code in its entirety and enacting a 2025 Mechanical Code consisting of the 2025 California Mechanical Code as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings and findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code; providing an operative date of January 1, 2026; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250957 [Electrical Code - Repeal of Existing 2022 Code and Enactment of 2025 Code] Ordinance repealing the 2022 Electrical Code in its entirety and enacting a 2025 Electrical Code consisting of the 2025 California Electrical Code as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings and findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code; providing an operative date of January 1, 2026; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250958 [Green Building Code - Repeal of Existing 2022 Code and Enactment of 2025 Code] Ordinance repealing the 2022 Green Building Code in its entirety and enacting a 2025 Green Building Code consisting of the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings, findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code, and findings under the California Public Resources Code; providing for an operative date of January 1, 2026; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250959 [Existing Building Code - Repeal of Existing 2022 Code and Enactment of 2025 Code] Ordinance repealing the 2022 Existing Building Code in its entirety and enacting a 2025 Existing Building Code consisting of the 2025 California Existing Building Code as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings and findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code; providing for an operative date of January 1, 2026; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250960 [Building Code - Repeal of Existing 2022 Code and Enactment of 2025 Edition] Ordinance repealing the 2022 Building Code in its entirety and enacting a 2025 Building Code consisting of the 2025 California Building Code and the 2025 California Residential Code, as amended by San Francisco; adopting environmental findings and findings of local conditions under the California Health and Safety Code; providing for an operative date of January 1, 2026; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward the legislation to the California Building Standards Commission as required by State law. (Building Inspection Commission) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

250975 [Housing Code - 2025 Triennial Code Update] Ordinance amending the Housing Code to update references to provisions of the 2025 Building Inspection Codes; providing an operative date of January 1, 2026; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Building Inspection Commission) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

herrill, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 2, Lines 21-22, by striking ‘The Tannery Lofts in Santa Cruz is the closest to San Francisco’; on Page 5, Line 21, by changing ‘Commission’ to ‘Director of Cultural Affairs’, on Lines 21-22, by changing ‘said Commission’ to ‘Commission staff’, and Line 22, by changing ‘Commission’ to ‘Director of Cultural Affairs’; on Page 6, Line 6, by changing ‘the Commission’ to ‘Commission staff’, Lines 7-9, by adding ‘(D) Any applicant whose application is denied may file a request for reconsideration in writing to the Director of Cultural Affairs, not later than 10 days after receipt of the notice of the decision.’, Lines 10-11, by adding ‘if the Director of Cultural Affairs determines following consultation with MOHCD that’, Lines 13-15, by changing ‘within five years after the effective Operative Date of the ordinance adding this Section 2A.150.2’ to ‘construction by May 31, 2031. Upon expiration, the City Attorney shall cause this Section 2A.150.2 to be removed from the Administrative Code’, and Line 21, by changing ‘is no later than’ to ‘shall be’. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

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

250981 [Labor and Employment Code - Health Service System - Exemption for Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance Contract] Sponsor: Dorsey Ordinance exempting the Health Service System’s Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance services contract from the requirements of Article 111 (Minimum Compensation) and Article 121 (Health Care Accountability) of the Labor and Employment Code. (Meet and Confer obligations not applicable.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

Absent: Dorsey

251022 [Appointment, Homelessness Oversight Commission - Thomas James Rocca] Motion appointing Thomas James Rocca, term ending May 1, 2029, to the Homelessness Oversight Commission. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M25-111 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton

Noes: Fielder, Mahmood

251028 [Mayoral Appointment, Homelessness Oversight Commission - Obai Rambo] Motion approving the Mayor’s nomination for the appointment of Obai Rambo to the Homelessness Oversight Commission, term ending May 1, 2027. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 4.133, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors within and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk, the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: October 10, 2025.) Motion No. M25-112 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

251029 [Mayoral Appointment, Homelessness Oversight Commission - Dontaye Ball] Motion approving the Mayor’s nomination for the appointment of Dontaye Ball to the Homelessness Oversight Commission, term ending May 1, 2029. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 4.133, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors within and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk, the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: October 10, 2025.) Motion No. M25-113 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

251079 [Appropriation - State and Federal Revenue Risk Reserve - Human Services Agency - CalFresh (SNAP) Benefits Backfill - $9,100,000 - FY2025-2026] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman, Chan, Melgar, Chen, Fielder, Walton, Mahmood, Sherrill, Dorsey, Sauter and Alcaraz Ordinance appropriating $9,100,000 from the State and Federal Revenue Risk Reserve to the Human Services Agency (HSA) for CalFresh (SNAP) Benefits Backfill in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026. Supervisor Sherrill, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Ordinance be PASSED ON FIRST READING and sent to the Board of Supervisors Special Meeting on November 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. The motion carried by the following vote:

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

250888 [Planning Code - Planning Fees] Sponsors: Mayor; Dorsey Ordinance amending the Planning Code to require certain Planning Department fees to be paid to the Department at the time the Development Application is submitted, modify the environmental review fees for large projects, and remove the separate fee schedule for “Class 32” categorical exemptions under the California Environmental Quality Act; 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. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

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

251039 [Presidential Appointment, Building Inspection Commission - Judy Lee] Motion approving/rejecting President Rafael Mandelman’s nomination for the appointment of Judy Lee to the Building Inspection Commission, term ending July 1, 2027. (Clerk of the Board) (Charter, Section 4.121, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board. If the Board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk, then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date: October 16, 2025.) Motion No. M25-114 APPROVED by the following vote:

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

251088 [Impact of Federal Government Shutdown on State and Local Governments] Sponsors: Walton; Mahmood, Fielder, Chan and Chen Resolution reaffirming the San Francisco Labor Council’s call to fund the government and the impact the federal government shutdown has on state and local governments. Resolution No. 548-25 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

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

251091 [Committee of the Whole - Appropriation - State and Federal Revenue Risk Reserve - Human Services Agency - CalFresh (SNAP) Benefits Backfill - $9,100,000 - FY2025-2026 - November 4, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.] Sponsors: Mandelman; Chan Motion scheduling the Board of Supervisors to sit as a Committee of the Whole on November 4, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. to hold a public hearing and consider the Ordinance appropriating $9,100,000 from the State and Federal Revenue Risk Reserve to the Human Services Agency (HSA) for CalFresh (SNAP) Benefits Backfill in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 (File No. 251079). Supervisor Chan requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Motion No. M25-115 APPROVED by the following vote:

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