# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 9, 2025

- Meeting date: 2025-12-09
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 39
- [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1128/2025-12-09-minutes)
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## Structured legislative records

### File 250701: Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Family Zoning Plan

- Pages: 9-10
- Sponsors: Mayor
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: e conforming changes to zoning tables in various Districts, including the Neighborhood Commercial District and Mixed Use Districts, 12) prohibit Lot mergers on Lots with Historic Buildings, subject to certain preservation obligations, and 13) reduce usable open space and bicycle parking requirements for senior housing; amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code regarding the Board of Appeals’ review of permits in the Housing Choice Program Housing Sustainability District; also, amending the Local Coastal Program to implement the Housing Choice-San Francisco Program and other associated changes in the City’s Coastal Zone, and directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; 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 under Planning Code, Section 302. (Economic Impact) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 245-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
  - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
  - Excused: Wong

### File 250985: Local Coastal Program Amendment - Family Zoning Plan

- Pages: 10
- Sponsors: Mayor
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 250985 [Local Coastal Program Amendment - Family Zoning Plan] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution transmitting to the California Coastal Commission for review and certification an amendment to the Implementation Program and Land Use Plan of the City’s certified Local Coastal Program to implement the Family Zoning Plan; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Supervisor Chen dissented in committee.) Resolution No. 577-25 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
  - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
  - Excused: Wong

### File 250811: Building Code - Building Permit Expiration Timelines

- Pages: 10-11
- Sponsors: Mahmood; Dorsey
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 250811 [Building Code - Building Permit Expiration Timelines] Sponsors: Mahmood; Dorsey Ordinance amending the Building Code to revise the timing of expiration of certain building permits and building permit applications; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Supervisor Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton voted No on First Reading.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton
  - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder
  - Excused: Wong
- Vote 2: rescission
  - Action: Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Chan, moved to RESCIND the previous vote. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton
  - Excused: Wong
- Vote 3: first-reading
  - Action: PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
  - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
  - Excused: Wong

## Extracted text

### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/1128/2025-12-09-minutes#page-10)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                              12/9/2025




NEW BUSINESS


Recommendations of the Land Use and Transportation Committee


250985 [Local Coastal Program Amendment - Family Zoning Plan]
            Sponsor: Mayor
            Resolution transmitting to the California Coastal Commission for review and certification an
            amendment to the Implementation Program and Land Use Plan of the City’s certified Local Coastal
            Program to implement the Family Zoning Plan; and affirming the Planning Department’s
            determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.
            (Supervisor Chen dissented in committee.)
            Resolution No. 577-25
            ADOPTED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 6 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
                 Noes: 4 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
                 Excused: 1 - Wong


250811 [Building Code - Building Permit Expiration Timelines]
            Sponsors: Mahmood; Dorsey
            Ordinance amending the Building Code to revise the timing of expiration of certain building permits
            and building permit applications; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the
            California Environmental Quality Act.
            (Supervisor Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton voted No on First Reading.)
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
              Ayes: 7 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton
              Noes: 3 - Chan, Chen, Fielder
              Excused: 1 - Wong

            Supervisor Walton, seconded by Supervisor Chan, moved to RESCIND the previous vote. The
            motion carried by the following vote:
              Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton
              Excused: 1 - Wong
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 6 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill
                 Noes: 4 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton
                 Excused: 1 - Wong




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