# 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 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 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