# 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 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 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 ### [Page 16](https://sfbos.info/documents/1124/2025-11-18-minutes#page-16) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 11/18/2025 SPECIAL ORDER 2:30 P.M. - Recognition of Commendations Without objection, Rule 5.36 of the Rules of the Board of Supervisors was suspended to grant privilege of the floor to the following guest(s). Supervisor Fielder introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Sharaya Souza, Executive Director and Co-Founder (American Indian Cultural District), in honor of Native American Heritage Month and in recognition of her accomplishments protecting and preserving tribal cultural resources. Supervisors Melgar, Sherrill, and Mandelman shared in this commendation. Supervisor Walton introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Goat Hill Pizza, accepted by owner Philip De Andrade, on the occasion of their 50th Anniversary and in recognition of their accomplishments as a legacy business in San Francisco serving its signature sourdough pie. Supervisor Chen introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Kenn Yazzie, Senior Museum Registrar (San Francisco Airport Museum), in honor of Native American Heritage Month and in recognition of his accomplishments. Supervisor Fielder shared in this commendation. Supervisor Sherrill introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Marianne Harvey in honor of Native American Heritage Month and in recognition of her accomplishments as a Navajo elder keeping her culture alive. Supervisor Fielder shared in this commendation. Supervisor Chan introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Julie Fisher (SEIU 2015) in honor of National Care at Home Month and in recognition of her accomplishments as an in-home caregiver and advocate. Supervisors Chen and Mandelman shared in this commendation. President Mandelman introduced, welcomed, and presented a Certificate of Honor to Johnny Rodriguez, Clinical Program Manager (San Francisco Community Health Center), in honor of Native American Heritage Month and in recognition of his accomplishments and continued community support. City and County of San Francisco Page 957 Printed at 2:09 pm on 3/4/26