# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 14, 2026 - Meeting date: 2026-07-14 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 31 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2154/2026-07-14-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1428153&GUID=AE320981-01FE-4A2A-AC5E-F8091FBC9A5E) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 250630: Various Codes - Streamlining Reporting Requirements and Procedures, Removing Obsolete Programs and Requirements, and Other Code Cleanup - Pages: 7-11 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey - Vote 1: amendment - Action: t shall compile the information regarding the complaints and report it to the Commission annually.’; on Page 282, Line 14, by changing ‘BI-ANNUAL’ to ‘SEMI-ANNUAL’, and Line 17, by changing ‘bi-annual’ to ‘semi-annual’; on Page 285, Lines 5-6, by adding ‘the Human Rights Commission, the Department on the Status of Women’; on Page 308, Line 22, by striking ‘revising Section 131.2 and’; on Page 362, Lines 3-9, by adding ‘In the amendments to this ordinance adopted by the Board of Supervisors on July 14, 2026, the Board removed Section 131.2 of the Labor and Employment Code from this ordinance, because Ordinance 192-25 previously revised that section and removed the reporting requirement for equal pay reports. In the amendments to this ordinance adopted by the Board of Supervisors on July 14, 2026, the Board removed Section 6.6 of the Transportation Code and added amendments to Section 6.4.3 of the Transportation Code to reflect City and County of San Francisco Page 7 Printed at 4:45 pm on 7/15/26 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 7/14/2026 revisions made in Ordinance No. 121-26.’; 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: first-reading - Action: able Purchasing Ordinance, 7) reduce the scope of reporting required for Tier 3 Love Our Neighborhood Project Applications, 8) eliminate the Parking Authority as a responsible party to report costs to maintenance districts of maintaining public improvements and facilities, 9) eliminate the Human Rights Commission as a body that verifies the absence of evictions for parcels whose owners apply for conversion of the form of ownership and for the purpose of the residential condominium conversion lottery, 10) update requirements for the Health Care Service Master Plan, 11) change the department responsible for submitting annual reports for the Van Ness & Market Community Facilities Fee, and 12) eliminate Planning Department monitoring of the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans; making other conforming amendments; 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 findings of necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong - Noes: Chan, Fielder, Melgar, Walton ### File 260281: Various Codes - Cannabis Cafés - Pages: 11-12 - Sponsors: Mandelman - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: bis cafés from the prohibition on smoking in business establishments; eliminate the prohibition on establishments with a cannabis consumption permit requiring employees to enter a designated smoking room as a condition of employment; exempt cannabis cafés in certain circumstances from the 600-foot buffer rule that applies to cannabis retail establishments; restrict eligibility for cannabis café permits for one year to businesses that currently hold a cannabis storefront retailer permit or that have the same owners as such a business; require Equity Applicants that apply for a cannabis café permit to pay the $2,000 application fee, any permit amendment processing costs, and the $3,000 license fee for the first year of operation, associated with the cannabis café permit; 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. (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Melgar, and Wong voted No on First Reading.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton - Noes: Chan, Chen, Melgar, Wong ### File 260536: Charter Amendment - Department, Board, Commission, and Advisory Body Updates - Pages: 12 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Mahmood, Melgar, Sherrill and Dorsey - Vote 1: referral - Action: ns and authorities of certain bodies; 7) changing the planning and reporting schedule of the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (“DCYF”) and related policy bodies, and changing the names but not the functions of those related policy bodies; 8) specifying that elected members of the Retirement Board, Health Service Board, and Retiree Health Care Trust Fund Board may be removed only for official misconduct; 9) making various changes to departments’ operations and reporting requirements; 10) updating the Public Utilities Commission’s exclusive charge over matters related to water, power, and sewer infrastructure and services; 11) providing that the Board of Supervisors shall approve settlements or dismissals of legal proceedings recommended by the City Attorney by resolution, rather than by ordinance; 12) authorizing the City Administrator to conduct real estate strategic planning and to negotiate and manage acquisitions, leases, and conveyances of City real property; and 13) making clarifying edits, deleting obsolete language, and updating out-of-date references in various sections; at an election to be held on November 3, 2026. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong - Noes: Chan, Fielder ### File 260537: Charter Amendment - Housing Trust Fund - Pages: 12-13 - Sponsors: Melgar; Walton, Sauter, Sherrill, Dorsey, Wong, Mahmood, Mandelman, Fielder - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 260537 [Charter Amendment - Housing Trust Fund] Sponsors: Melgar; Walton, Sauter, Sherrill, Dorsey, Wong, Mahmood, Mandelman, Fielder and Chen Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to increase the amount of funding the City must appropriate to the Housing Trust Fund each fiscal year that is used for the creation, acquisition, and rehabilitation of affordable rental and ownership housing, for downpayment loans and housing stabilization for certain households, and for housing-related infrastructure; provide for a temporary freeze and temporary reduction in the annual appropriation to the Housing Trust Fund under certain circumstances; extend the sunset date of the Housing Trust Fund from July 1, 2043 to July 1, 2058; and delete obsolete provisions; at an election to be held on November 3, 2026. Supervisor Chen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong ## Extracted text ### [Page 11](https://sfbos.info/documents/2154/2026-07-14-minutes#page-11) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 7/14/2026 Police services for events; 107) crime victim and domestic violence data, 108) the Narcotics Forfeiture and Assets Seizure Fund; 109) the Office of Small Business; 110) employment discrimination; and 111) Area Plan Progress Reports; remove various obsolete reporting requirements; eliminate defunct funds, agencies, plans, staffing requirements, and programs; make other updates, including to 1) remove reference to library fines, 2) modify the library fee amnesty program, 3) modify the permissible uses of the Administrative Services Vehicle Leasing Program Fund, 4) eliminate approval of certain expenditures from the Library Special Collections and Services Fund, 5) streamline the process for preparing departmental equal employment opportunity plans, 6) reduce the scope of report regarding compliance with the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Ordinance, 7) reduce the scope of reporting required for Tier 3 Love Our Neighborhood Project Applications, 8) eliminate the Parking Authority as a responsible party to report costs to maintenance districts of maintaining public improvements and facilities, 9) eliminate the Human Rights Commission as a body that verifies the absence of evictions for parcels whose owners apply for conversion of the form of ownership and for the purpose of the residential condominium conversion lottery, 10) update requirements for the Health Care Service Master Plan, 11) change the department responsible for submitting annual reports for the Van Ness & Market Community Facilities Fee, and 12) eliminate Planning Department monitoring of the Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans; making other conforming amendments; 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 findings of necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 7 - Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong Noes: 4 - Chan, Fielder, Melgar, Walton Referred Without Recommendation From the Land Use and Transportation Committee 260281 [Various Codes - Cannabis Cafés] Sponsor: Mandelman Ordinance amending the Health, Planning, Police, and Business and Tax Regulations Codes to establish a new permit type for cannabis cafés to be administered by the Office of Cannabis that will authorize the permittee to sell cannabis and cannabis products only for consumption on the premises of the café; exempt cannabis cafés from the prohibition on smoking in business establishments; eliminate the prohibition on establishments with a cannabis consumption permit requiring employees to enter a designated smoking room as a condition of employment; exempt cannabis cafés in certain circumstances from the 600-foot buffer rule that applies to cannabis retail establishments; restrict eligibility for cannabis café permits for one year to businesses that currently hold a cannabis storefront retailer permit or that have the same owners as such a business; require Equity Applicants that apply for a cannabis café permit to pay the $2,000 application fee, any permit amendment processing costs, and the $3,000 license fee for the first year of operation, associated with the cannabis café permit; 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. (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Melgar, and Wong voted No on First Reading.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 7 - Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton Noes: 4 - Chan, Chen, Melgar, Wong City and County of San Francisco Page 10 Printed at 4:45 pm on 7/15/26 ### [Page 12](https://sfbos.info/documents/2154/2026-07-14-minutes#page-12) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 7/14/2026 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 260536 [Charter Amendment - Department, Board, Commission, and Advisory Body Updates] Sponsors: Mandelman; Mahmood, Melgar, Sherrill and Dorsey Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by 1) requiring or authorizing the Board of Supervisors to amend specified initiative ordinances; 2) transferring from the Charter to the Municipal Code certain commissions and advisory bodies, in some cases with modified functions; 3) requiring that the Commission Streamlining Task Force be convened every ten years; 4) removing the general requirements that boards and commissions develop and keep an annual statement of purpose, appoint an executive secretary, and prepare an annual report; 5) changing the membership qualifications, composition, and member selection process for certain bodies; 6) eliminating, consolidating, and changing the functions and authorities of certain bodies; 7) changing the planning and reporting schedule of the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (“DCYF”) and related policy bodies, and changing the names but not the functions of those related policy bodies; 8) specifying that elected members of the Retirement Board, Health Service Board, and Retiree Health Care Trust Fund Board may be removed only for official misconduct; 9) making various changes to departments’ operations and reporting requirements; 10) updating the Public Utilities Commission’s exclusive charge over matters related to water, power, and sewer infrastructure and services; 11) providing that the Board of Supervisors shall approve settlements or dismissals of legal proceedings recommended by the City Attorney by resolution, rather than by ordinance; 12) authorizing the City Administrator to conduct real estate strategic planning and to negotiate and manage acquisitions, leases, and conveyances of City real property; and 13) making clarifying edits, deleting obsolete language, and updating out-of-date references in various sections; at an election to be held on November 3, 2026. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong Noes: 2 - Chan, Fielder 260537 [Charter Amendment - Housing Trust Fund] Sponsors: Melgar; Walton, Sauter, Sherrill, Dorsey, Wong, Mahmood, Mandelman, Fielder and Chen Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to increase the amount of funding the City must appropriate to the Housing Trust Fund each fiscal year that is used for the creation, acquisition, and rehabilitation of affordable rental and ownership housing, for downpayment loans and housing stabilization for certain households, and for housing-related infrastructure; provide for a temporary freeze and temporary reduction in the annual appropriation to the Housing Trust Fund under certain circumstances; extend the sunset date of the Housing Trust Fund from July 1, 2043 to July 1, 2058; and delete obsolete provisions; at an election to be held on November 3, 2026. Supervisor Chen requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong City and County of San Francisco Page 11 Printed at 4:45 pm on 7/15/26