# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 18, 2025 - Meeting date: 2025-11-18 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 33 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1124/2025-11-18-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1354791&GUID=AD13CDB6-3B91-4B5A-841D-1FF98AA6FF4E) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 250426: Planning Code, Zoning Map - San Francisco Gateway Special Use District - Pages: 13-14 - Sponsors: Walton; Fielder, Chen, Melgar, Dorsey and Mandelman - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 250426 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - San Francisco Gateway Special Use District] Sponsors: Walton; Fielder, Chen, Melgar, Dorsey and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Planning Code and the Zoning Map to establish the San Francisco Gateway Special Use District generally bounded by Kirkwood Avenue to the northeast, Rankin Street to the southeast, McKinnon Avenue to the southwest, and Toland Street to the northwest; making findings 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. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 250427: Development Agreement - Prologis, L.P. - San Francisco Gateway Project - Toland Street at Kirkwood Avenue - Pages: 14 - Sponsors: Walton; Fielder, Chen, Melgar, Dorsey and Mandelman - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: rship, for the development of an approximately 17.1-acre site located at Toland Street at Kirkwood Avenue with two multi-story production, distribution, and repair buildings in a core industrial area, including 1,646,000 square feet of production, distribution, and repair, space for non-retail sales and service, automotive, and retail uses, a rooftop solar array, ground-floor maker space, and streets built to City standard; making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b); making findings of public convenience, necessity, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302; approving certain development impact fees for the Project and waiving certain Planning Code fees and requirements; confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of Labor and Employment Code, Articles 131, 132, 103, 104, and 106, and Administrative Code, Chapters 56, 14B, 82, 83, and 23; and ratifying certain actions taken in connection therewith, as defined herein. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 250808: Planning Code; Administrative Code - Legacy Businesses in Neighborhood Commercial Districts - Pages: 14-15 - Sponsors: Chan - Vote 1: amendment - Action: business that has been operating for 15 years to qualify as a Legacy Business; 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 adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. (Supervisor Mahmood dissented in committee.) (Pursuant to Charter, Section 4.105, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of the Board of Supervisors to reverse the disapproval of the Planning Commission and approve this Ordinance for passage.) Supervisor Walton requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 9, Lines 17-18, by adding ‘Legacy Business. A Use Characteristic that applies to Non-Residential uses listed on the Legacy Business Registry pursuant to Administrative Code 2A.242.’; on Page 10, Lines 10-11, by adding ‘is a Legacy Business’; and on Page 11, Line 7, by adding ‘is a Legacy Business or'. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: NOT PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Mandelman, Melgar, Walton - Noes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Sauter, Sherrill ### File 250420: Appointments, Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee - Barbara Ellen Walden and Monique Guidry - Pages: 15 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 250420 [Appointments, Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee - Barbara Ellen Walden and Monique Guidry] Motion appointing Barbara Ellen Walden (residency requirement waived) and Monique Guidry, terms ending October 8, 2027, to the Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M25-117 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ### File 251023: Appointments, Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee - Shanell Williams, Julia D'Antonio and William Lemon - Pages: 15-16 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 251023 [Appointments, Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee - Shanell Williams, Julia D'Antonio and William Lemon] Motion appointing Shanell Williams, Julia D'Antonio and William Lemon, terms ending April 22, 2027, to the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee. (Rules Committee) Supervisor Fielder requested that the question be DIVIDED to consider the appointment of William Lemon separately. The question to consider the appointment of William Lemon was APPROVED AS DIVIDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder - Vote 2: approval, likely final - Action: Motion No. M25-118 The remaining balance of the question was APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/1124/2025-11-18-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/18/2025 250427 [Development Agreement - Prologis, L.P. - San Francisco Gateway Project - Toland Street at Kirkwood Avenue] Sponsors: Walton; Fielder, Chen, Melgar, Dorsey and Mandelman Ordinance approving a Development Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Prologis, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, for the development of an approximately 17.1-acre site located at Toland Street at Kirkwood Avenue with two multi-story production, distribution, and repair buildings in a core industrial area, including 1,646,000 square feet of production, distribution, and repair, space for non-retail sales and service, automotive, and retail uses, a rooftop solar array, ground-floor maker space, and streets built to City standard; making findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b); making findings of public convenience, necessity, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302; approving certain development impact fees for the Project and waiving certain Planning Code fees and requirements; confirming compliance with or waiving certain provisions of Labor and Employment Code, Articles 131, 132, 103, 104, and 106, and Administrative Code, Chapters 56, 14B, 82, 83, and 23; and ratifying certain actions taken in connection therewith, as defined herein. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton 250808 [Planning Code; Administrative Code - Legacy Businesses in Neighborhood Commercial Districts] Sponsor: Chan Ordinance amending the Planning Code to define Legacy Business and to require conditional use authorization prior to replacing a Legacy Business with a new non-residential use in certain Neighborhood Commercial, Named Neighborhood Commercial, and Neighborhood Commercial Transit Districts, and in the Chinatown Mixed Use Districts; amending the Administrative Code to allow a business that has been operating for 15 years to qualify as a Legacy Business; 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 adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. (Supervisor Mahmood dissented in committee.) (Pursuant to Charter, Section 4.105, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of the Board of Supervisors to reverse the disapproval of the Planning Commission and approve this Ordinance for passage.) Supervisor Walton requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 9, Lines 17-18, by adding ‘Legacy Business. A Use Characteristic that applies to Non-Residential uses listed on the Legacy Business Registry pursuant to Administrative Code 2A.242.’; on Page 10, Lines 10-11, by adding ‘is a Legacy Business’; and on Page 11, Line 7, by adding ‘is a Legacy Business or'. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton NOT PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 6 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Mandelman, Melgar, Walton Noes: 4 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Sauter, Sherrill City and County of San Francisco Page 955 Printed at 2:09 pm on 3/4/26 ### [Page 15](https://sfbos.info/documents/1124/2025-11-18-minutes#page-15) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/18/2025 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 250420 [Appointments, Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee - Barbara Ellen Walden and Monique Guidry] Motion appointing Barbara Ellen Walden (residency requirement waived) and Monique Guidry, terms ending October 8, 2027, to the Early Childhood Community Oversight and Advisory Committee. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M25-117 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton 251023 [Appointments, Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee - Shanell Williams, Julia D'Antonio and William Lemon] Motion appointing Shanell Williams, Julia D'Antonio and William Lemon, terms ending April 22, 2027, to the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee. (Rules Committee) Supervisor Fielder requested that the question be DIVIDED to consider the appointment of William Lemon separately. The question to consider the appointment of William Lemon was APPROVED AS DIVIDED by the following vote: Ayes: 7 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Noes: 3 - Chan, Chen, Fielder Motion No. M25-118 The remaining balance of the question was APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Upon approval of both the divided and remaining balance questions, the Motion was APPROVED, as a whole. City and County of San Francisco Page 956 Printed at 2:09 pm on 3/4/26