# Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 3, 2026 - Meeting date: 2026-03-03 - Document type: minutes - Pages in official PDF: 29 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1138/2026-03-03-minutes) - [Authoritative City PDF](https://sfbos.archive.sf.gov/sites/default/files/bag030326_minutes.pdf) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City PDF is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 260142: Emergency Preparedness - Restoration of Outdoor Public Warning System - Pages: 19-20 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 260142 [Emergency Preparedness - Restoration of Outdoor Public Warning System] Sponsor: Wong Resolution urging the Department of Emergency Management and Department of Technology to prioritize the restoration of San Francisco's outdoor public warning system in tsunami evacuation zones and coastal areas, and to allocate funding for this critical public safety infrastructure. Resolution No. 130-26 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong - Noes: Mandelman ### File 260192: Supporting California State Senate Bill No. 875 (Wiener) - Access to Public Power Act - Pages: 20 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 260192 [Supporting California State Senate Bill No. 875 (Wiener) - Access to Public Power Act] Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey, Sauter, Melgar, Wong, Mahmood and Fielder Resolution supporting California State Senate Bill No. 875, introduced by State Senator Scott Wiener, which will strengthen and protect the ability of local jurisdictions within the Pacific Gas and Electric service territory to form or expand their own public utilities. Resolution No. 133-26 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong ### File 260193: Supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 1897 (Haney) - Mentally Disordered Offenders: Criteria for Commitment - Pages: 20-21 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 260193 [Supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 1897 (Haney) - Mentally Disordered Offenders: Criteria for Commitment] Sponsors: Mandelman; Sauter and Sherrill Resolution supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 1897, introduced by Assembly Member Matt Haney, which clarifies legal standards governing continued treatment for offenders with severe mental illness and strengthens evidence-based evaluation requirements. Supervisor Sherrill requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 134-26 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong ### File 260200: Preparation of Proponent/Opponent Ballot Arguments and Rebuttal Ballot Arguments - June 2, 2026 - Pages: 21 - Vote 1: other - Action: EQA) and adopting findings under CEQA for the remaining portion of the bond proposal; finding that the bond proposal is in conformity with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b) and is consistent with the General Plan; consolidating the special election with the general election; establishing the election precincts, voting places, and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by Municipal Elections Code, Section 510; complying with the restrictions on the use of bond proceeds specified in Section 53410 of the California Government Code; incorporating the provisions of the Administrative Code, Sections 5.30-5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the Administrative Code. (Board File No. 251216) (Initiative Ordinance, Submitted by Petition) Strengthening the Overpaid Executive Tax Rates Ordinance; changes to Business Tax based on comparison on top executive’s pay to employees’ pay. (Initiative Ordinance, Submitted by Petition) Small Business and Economic Recovery Act; changes to Business Taxes.’; and making other clarifying and conforming changes. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong - Vote 2: approval, likely final - Action: Motion No. M26-021 APPROVED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong ## Extracted text ### [Page 20](https://sfbos.info/documents/1138/2026-03-03-minutes#page-20) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/3/2026 260192 [Supporting California State Senate Bill No. 875 (Wiener) - Access to Public Power Act] Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey, Sauter, Melgar, Wong, Mahmood and Fielder Resolution supporting California State Senate Bill No. 875, introduced by State Senator Scott Wiener, which will strengthen and protect the ability of local jurisdictions within the Pacific Gas and Electric service territory to form or expand their own public utilities. Resolution No. 133-26 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong 260193 [Supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 1897 (Haney) - Mentally Disordered Offenders: Criteria for Commitment] Sponsors: Mandelman; Sauter and Sherrill Resolution supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 1897, introduced by Assembly Member Matt Haney, which clarifies legal standards governing continued treatment for offenders with severe mental illness and strengthens evidence-based evaluation requirements. Supervisor Sherrill requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 134-26 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong City and County of San Francisco Page 195 Printed at 4:26 pm on 4/13/26 ### [Page 21](https://sfbos.info/documents/1138/2026-03-03-minutes#page-21) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/3/2026 260200 [Preparation of Proponent/Opponent Ballot Arguments and Rebuttal Ballot Arguments - June 2, 2026] Motion authorizing preparation of written Proponent and Opponent ballot arguments and rebuttal ballot arguments for submittal to the voters for the June 2, 2026, Statewide Direct Primary Election. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Mahmood, seconded by Supervisor Sherrill, moved that this Motion be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 1, Line 15, by striking ‘Melgar, Sherrill, Dorsey, Sauter, Wong’; on Page 2, Lines 20-21, by striking ‘Supervisors Mandelman, Dorsey, Wong, Mahmood, Sauter, Chen, Chan, Sherrill, Melgar’; on Page 3, Line 5, by striking ‘Chen, Mandelman, Walton’; on Page 3, Line 6, through Page 4, Line 15, by striking ‘(General Obligation Bond) Ordinance submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur bonded indebtedness of up to $535,000,000 to finance the construction, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, renovation, expansion, and seismic retrofitting of the Emergency Firefighting Water System, Firefighting Facilities and Infrastructure, Police Facilities and Infrastructure, transportation facilities for the Municipal Railway Bus Storage and Maintenance Facility at Potrero Yard, and other Public Safety Facilities and Infrastructure for earthquake and public safety and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes (collectively, the “ESER Facilities”); authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase, if any, to residential tenants in accordance with Chapter 37 of the Administrative Code; finding that the estimated cost of such proposed ESER Facilities is and will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the City and County and will require expenditures greater than the amount allowed therefor by the annual tax levy; reciting the estimated cost of such proposed ESER Facilities; fixing the date of election and the manner of holding such election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition; fixing the maximum rate of interest on such bonds and providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest; prescribing notice to be given of such election; finding that portions of the bond proposal are not a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and adopting findings under CEQA for the remaining portion of the bond proposal; finding that the bond proposal is in conformity with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b) and is consistent with the General Plan; consolidating the special election with the general election; establishing the election precincts, voting places, and officers for the election; waiving the word limitation on ballot propositions imposed by Municipal Elections Code, Section 510; complying with the restrictions on the use of bond proceeds specified in Section 53410 of the California Government Code; incorporating the provisions of the Administrative Code, Sections 5.30-5.36; and waiving the time requirements specified in Section 2.34 of the Administrative Code. (Board File No. 251216) (Initiative Ordinance, Submitted by Petition) Strengthening the Overpaid Executive Tax Rates Ordinance; changes to Business Tax based on comparison on top executive’s pay to employees’ pay. (Initiative Ordinance, Submitted by Petition) Small Business and Economic Recovery Act; changes to Business Taxes.’; and making other clarifying and conforming changes. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong Motion No. M26-021 APPROVED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong IMPERATIVE AGENDA There were no imperative agenda items. City and County of San Francisco Page 196 Printed at 4:26 pm on 4/13/26