Board of Supervisors Minutes: May 5, 2026

260236 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Ladies & Gentlemen, Inc. - $40,612.45] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Ladies and Gentlemen, Inc. against the City and County of San Francisco for $40,612.45; the lawsuit was filed on September 19, 2024, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CPF-24-518702; entitled Ladies & Gentlemen, Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco Police Department; the lawsuit involves claims related to the Sunshine Ordinance and California Public Records Act. (City Attorney) Ordinance No. 086-26 FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260299 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Community Oriented Policing Services - San Francisco Police Department - FY25 COPS Hiring Program - $6,250,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman, Sauter and Wong Ordinance retroactively authorizing the San Francisco Police Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $6,250,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program to fund 50 new police officer positions for approximately one year for the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030; and amending the Annual Salary Ordinance No. 120-25 (Annual Salary Ordinance, File No. 250590 for Fiscal Years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027) to provide for the addition of 50 grant-funded positions, in Class Q002, Police Officer (50 FTEs). (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 087-26 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260355 [Memorandum of Understanding - San Francisco Police Officers’ Association] Sponsors: Mayor; Wong, Dorsey, Mandelman and Sherrill Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Officers’ Association, to be effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030. Supervisor Sherrill requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Ordinance No. 088-26 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260356 [Memorandum of Understanding - San Francisco Fire Fighters Union Local 798, IAFF, AFL-CIO, Unit 2] Sponsors: Mayor; Sherrill, Wong, Mandelman and Dorsey Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Union Local 798, IAFF, AFL-CIO, Unit 2, to be effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030. Ordinance No. 089-26 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260357 [Memorandum of Understanding - San Francisco Fire Fighters Union Local 798, IAFF, AFL - CIO, Unit 1] Sponsors: Mayor; Sherrill, Wong and Mandelman Ordinance adopting and implementing the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Union Local 798, IAFF, AFL-CIO, Unit 1, to be effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030. Ordinance No. 090-26 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

sites zoned M (Industrial), SALI (Service/Arts/Light Industrial), PDR (Production, Distribution, Repair), WMUO (WSoMa Mixed Use-Office), and P (Public), and sites with a walking path of more than one mile to the closest transit development stop; 3) amending the Planning Code to permit additional density and height for residential projects on certain parcels within one-half mile of a transit-oriented development stop; 4) adopting an Alternative Plan to SB 79, including making findings that the Alternative Plan provides equivalent development capacity; 5) making findings that these exemptions and the City’s residential capacity meet the requirements of SB 79; and 6) directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to transmit a copy of this ordinance to the California Department of Housing and Community Development; and 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. Ordinance No. 082-26 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260238 [Administrative, Public Works, Transportation Codes - Electric Vehicle Curbside Charging] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to authorize the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to establish a curbside electric vehicle charging station permit program for the installation and operation of curbside electric vehicle charging stations on City sidewalks and provide that permittees are not required to obtain a sidewalk encroachment permit from the Department of Public Works; amending the Public Works Code to reflect the authority of the SFMTA to issue permits for the curbside electric vehicle charging station program; amending the Transportation Code to authorize SFMTA to impose administrative penalties for violations of electric vehicle charging station permits; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 076-26 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260298 [Appropriation - General Reserve - Public Defender - Salaries and Benefits - $1,500,000 - FY2025-2026] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance appropriating $1,500,000 from the General Reserve to the Public Defender to support the projected increases in salaries and fringe benefit costs in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026; this Ordinance requires a two-thirds approval vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c). (Pursuant to Charter, Section 9.113(c), this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve such appropriation ordinance for passage.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260341 [Grant Agreement Amendment - HomeBridge, Inc. - Department of Disability and Aging Services - Contract Mode In-Home Supportive Services - Not to Exceed $158,400,000] Resolution approving the First Amendment between the City, acting by and through Department of Disability and Aging Services, and Homebridge, Inc. for the provision of contract mode in-home supportive services, increasing the agreement amount by $118,800,000 for a new total not to exceed amount of $158,400,000, with no changes to the original term of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029; effective upon approval of this Resolution; and to authorize the Executive Director of the Department of Disability and Aging Services to make necessary, non-material changes to the Amendment before its execution. (Department of Disability and Aging Services) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 257-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260354 [Agreement - San Francisco In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority - Independent Provider Mode In-Home Supportive Services - Not to Exceed $991,313,916] Resolution approving an Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco, acting by and through the Department of Disability and Aging Services, and San Francisco In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority for the provision of independent provider mode in-home supportive services, for a term of five years from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2031, and for a total not to exceed amount of $991,313,916; and to authorize the Executive Director of the Department of Disability and Aging Services to make necessary, non-material changes to the Amendment before its execution. (Department of Disability and Aging Services) (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 259-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260366 [Accept and Expend Grant Increase - Retroactive - National Institutes of Health - Florida State University - Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Scientific Leadership Center - $408,021] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant increase from the National Institutes of Health through Florida State University for participation in a program, entitled “Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Scientific Leadership Center,” in the amount of $172,663 for the period of January 15, 2026, through January 14, 2027, for a total amount of $408,021 for the total period of January 25, 2023, through January 14, 2027. Resolution No. 260-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260402 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Natural Resources Agency - ADA Work at Charity Cultural Services Center - $50,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Sauter and Mandelman Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to accept and expend a grant award in the amount of $50,000 from the State of California, California Natural Resources Agency for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) restroom improvements at the Charity Cultural Services Center during the fiscal year of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. (Department of Economic and Workforce Development) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 262-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260294 [Transportation, Administrative Code - Temporary Street Use Permits and Closures] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman, Wong, Mahmood, Sauter, Dorsey, Chen, Melgar and Sherrill Ordinance amending Division I of the Transportation Code to authorize the Director of Transportation to approve temporary street use permits under certain circumstances; amending the Administrative Code to authorize the Director of Transportation to approve certain street closures proposed by Community Benefits Districts under the Downtown Entertainment Event Activation Program; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Supervisor Sherrill requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260295 [Housing Code - Structural Maintenance Inspections] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending the Housing Code to revise qualifications and deadlines for conducting structural maintenance inspections; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

liability purposes and 2) take other related actions such as establish official public right-of-way widths and street grades; conditionally accepting offers of improvements from Transbay 2 Family, L.P., and Transbay 2 Senior, L.P., (collectively, “Transbay 2”) for public improvements on Beale, Folsom, and Main Streets and approving Folsom Street public sidewalk easements from Transbay 2; waiving the application of Ordinance No. 1061, entitled “Regulating the Width of Sidewalks,” to allow establishment, expansion, and reduction of official sidewalk widths through administrative action associated with the Street Segment and Transbay 2 public improvements; adopting 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; approving a Public Works Order recommending various actions in regard to the segment of East Clementina Street and Transbay 2 public improvements; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance to be taken by the Public Works Director and other San Francisco officials, as defined herein. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260302 [Administrative Code - Purchase of Electric Facilities] Sponsors: Mandelman; Melgar Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to authorize the Public Utilities Commission to purchase utility infrastructure from customers that the Public Utilities Commission would otherwise be required to install, subject to specified conditions. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260138 [Commemorative Street Name Designation - “Helen Waukazoo Way” - Julian Avenue] Sponsors: Fielder; Melgar, Chen and Mandelman Resolution adding the commemorative street name “Helen Waukazoo Way” to Julian Avenue in recognition of Helen Waukazoo’s legacy as the founder of Friendship House and her contributions to the Native American community in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 255-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

ending the Administrative Code to state that it is City policy to expand the availability of Site-Based Permanent Supportive Housing (“PSH”) that prohibits on-site illicit drug use among residents (“Drug-Free PSH”) to meet the demand of people experiencing homelessness who prefer such a residential option; bar the City from funding new Site-Based PSH for people experiencing homelessness that prohibits evictions on the basis of drug use alone (“Drug-Tolerant PSH”), except where operation of the housing as Drug-Free PSH would conflict with standards imposed by law or by a condition of other funding, or the Board of Supervisors has waived the funding prohibition based on specific findings; and require the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) to survey residents of Site-Based PSH to assess their interest in living in either Drug-Tolerant PSH or Drug-Free PSH and report on the survey findings and HSH’s strategies to meet PSH residents’ demands. (Racial Equity Impact) Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Supervisor Sherrill, moved that this Ordinance be CONTINUED ON FIRST READING to the Board of Supervisors meeting of May 12, 2026. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260223 [Supporting the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp] Sponsors: Wong; Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar and Sherrill Resolution supporting and recognizing the importance of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and encouraging the San Francisco Unified School District to continue to provide high school students the opportunity to participate and ensure the program is preserved as currently constituted. Supervisor Sherrill requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 264-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong

Noes: Walton

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260307 [Condemning ICE Action at San Francisco International Airport] Sponsors: Chan; Chen, Fielder, Walton, Mahmood, Melgar, Sauter and Mandelman Resolution condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Action; urging the United States Congress to fund the Transportation and Security Agency; and urging San Francisco Law Enforcement Agencies to continue to abide by Sanctuary City policies. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Resolution No. 265-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260352 [Liquor License Issuance - 1401 Haight Street - The Mellow SF] Resolution determining that the issuance of a Type-90 on-sale general music venue liquor license to THE MELLOW LLC, to do business as The Mellow SF, located at 1401 Haight Street (District 5), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4; and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. (Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee) Resolution No. 258-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260278 [Report of Assessment Costs for Blighted Properties] Resolution approving report of assessment costs submitted by the Director of Public Works for inspection and/or repair of blighted properties ordered to be performed by said Director pursuant to Administrative Code, Chapter 80, the costs thereof having been paid for out of a blight abatement fund. (Public Works) Woojoo Chung (Public Works) indicated that the following addresses be removed from the accompanying report due to recent resolution or receipt of payment: 2404 19th Avenue; 2987 24th Street; 15 Duboce Avenue; 200 Potrero Avenue; 980 Potrero Avenue; 1271 Potrero Avenue; 500 33rd Avenue; 969 Buena Vista Avenue West; 131 6th Street; and 1131 Mission Street. The amendments to the accompanying report, as provided by the Department of Public Works, included in File No. 260278, were received without objection. Resolution No. 256-26 ADOPTED, after accepting the amendments to the accompanying report, by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260379 [Street Name Changes - Official Naming of Unnamed Public and Private Streets - Renaming of Bill Walsh Way at Candlestick Point] Sponsor: Walton Resolution approving the official naming of certain unnamed public and private streets and the proposed renaming of the existing Bill Walsh Way to Giants Drive along Gilman Playground Park (between Gilman and Ingerson Avenues) to establish consistency with the segment of Giants Drive located north of Carroll Avenue located at Candlestick Point. Resolution No. 261-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260464 [Temporary Sidewalk Closure - Dreamforce 2026 - Both Sides of Howard Street Between 3rd Street and 4th Street] Sponsor: Mandelman Resolution authorizing the temporary closure of the public sidewalk on both sides of Howard Street between 3rd Street and 4th Street, from September 12 through September 18, 2026, subject to Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation issuing a permit for each year’s event. Resolution No. 263-26 ADOPTED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood

260465 [Jewish American Heritage Month - May 2026 - San Francisco Jewish Week - May 9 through 16, 2026] Sponsors: Mandelman; Melgar, Dorsey, Chan, Sherrill, Mahmood, Sauter and Chen Resolution recognizing May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Month; and May 9 through 16, 2026, as San Francisco Jewish Week in the City and County of San Francisco. Supervisors Chan, Sherrill, Mahmood, Sauter, and Chen requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 268-26 ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Fielder, Mahmood