# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 4, 2025 - Meeting date: 2025-11-04 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 23 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1120/2025-11-04-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1349800&GUID=F5EB504E-E2B0-4E85-AC54-87707CEC82B5) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 250812: Administrative Code - Artist Housing Certification Program - Pages: 9-10 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey and Sherrill - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 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 - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 250981: Labor and Employment Code - Health Service System - Exemption for Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance Contract - Pages: 10 - Sponsors: Dorsey - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 ### File 251022: Appointment, Homelessness Oversight Commission - Thomas James Rocca - Pages: 10 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 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 ### File 251028: Mayoral Appointment, Homelessness Oversight Commission - Obai Rambo - Pages: 10-11 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 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 ## Extracted text ### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/1120/2025-11-04-minutes#page-10) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/4/2025 Supervisor Dorsey was noted absent at 2:22 p.m. 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: 9 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Absent: 1 - Dorsey Supervisor Dorsey was noted present at 2:24 p.m. 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: 8 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Noes: 2 - Fielder, Mahmood President Mandelman requested File Nos. 251028 and 251029 be called together. 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: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 927 Printed at 6:25 pm on 1/5/26