# Board of Supervisors Minutes: May 5, 2026 - Meeting date: 2026-05-05 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 28 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2136/2026-05-05-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1410517&GUID=62A5384F-5785-40C3-BA8B-F1802C538E0A) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 260301: East Clementina Street - Public Right-of-Way Acceptance - Establishing Official Sidewalk Widths - Approving Public Sidewalk Easements on Folsom Street - Pages: 10-11 - Sponsors: Dorsey - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 - Excused: Fielder, Mahmood ### File 260302: Administrative Code - Purchase of Electric Facilities - Pages: 11 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Melgar - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 - Excused: Fielder, Mahmood ### File 260138: Commemorative Street Name Designation - “Helen Waukazoo Way” - Julian Avenue - Pages: 11 - Sponsors: Fielder; Melgar, Chen and Mandelman - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 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 - Excused: Fielder, Mahmood ### File 251003: Administrative Code - Expanding Drug-Free Permanent Supportive Housing - Pages: 11-12 - Sponsors: Dorsey; Mandelman, Sherrill, Sauter, Mahmood and Wong - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 - Excused: Fielder, Mahmood ## Extracted text ### [Page 11](https://sfbos.info/documents/2136/2026-05-05-minutes#page-11) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 5/5/2026 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: 9 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong Excused: 2 - 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: 9 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong Excused: 2 - Fielder, Mahmood Recommendations of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee 251003 [Administrative Code - Expanding Drug-Free Permanent Supportive Housing] Sponsors: Dorsey; Mandelman, Sherrill, Sauter, Mahmood and Wong Ordinance amending 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: 9 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong Excused: 2 - Fielder, Mahmood City and County of San Francisco Page 402 Printed at 4:45 pm on 6/10/26