# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 14, 2026

- Meeting date: 2026-07-14
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 31
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## 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

## Extracted text

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250630 [Various Codes - Streamlining Reporting Requirements and Procedures,
       Removing Obsolete Programs and Requirements, and Other Code Cleanup]
            Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey
            Ordinance amending the Administrative, Environment, Health, Labor and Employment, Park,
            Planning, Police, Public Works, Subdivision, Transportation, and Building Inspection Commission
            Codes to modify numerous reporting requirements, including those related to 1) value of City-owned
            parcels, 2) code enforcement violations, 3) updates to nutrition standards and guidelines, 4) rental of
            City vehicles, 5) revenue recovery for damage to City property, 6) representations of women on City
            property, 7) the Commission on Disability and Aging, 8) meetings of the State Legislation
            Committee, 9) the City records center, 10) claims to the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue Collection,
            11) the District Attorney State Forfeiture Fund, 12) the Food Empowerment Market Fund, 13) the
            Infant and Toddler Early Learning Scholarship Fund, 14) the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Credits Sales
            Fund, 15) the Mayor’s Home Ownership Assistance Loan Fund, 16) the Mayor’s Housing Programs
            Fees Fund, 17) the Public Health Environment Enforcement Fund, 18) Proposition 1B Local Street
            and Road Improvement Funds, 19) the Community Mental Health Service, 20) studies and plans to
            develop the Moscone Center Garage and the Performing Arts Garage, 21) managed care contracts,
            22) the City’s telecommunications program, 23) City property leased for fossil fuel extraction, 24) the
            Redevelopment Agency, 25) the Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program, 26) loans related to the
            designation of residential rehabilitation areas, 27) the Housing Code Enforcement Loan Program, 28)
            residential hotels, 29) the Short-Term Residential Rental Program, 30) the Affordable Housing and
            Home Ownership Bond Program, 31) nonprofit arts organizations, 32) the Healthy Food Retailer
            Ordinance, 33) the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority, 34) the historical property contract
            (Mills Act) program, 35) the Housing Innovation Program, 36) Healthcare Impact Reports, 37) the
            Better Streets Policy, 38) Navigation Centers, 39) the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental
            Health Program, 40) the Safe Oversight Parking Pilot Program, 41) surveillance technology audits,
            42) the Neighborhood Anchor Business Registry, 43) the Citywide Project Labor Agreement
            Ordinance, 44) work performed under Chapter 6 public works contracts, 45) the 706 Mission Fund,
            46) the Animal Shelter Fund, 47) the County Surveyor’s Survey Monument Preservation Fund, 48) the
            Cultural District Fund, 49) the Disability and Aging Services Community Living Fund, 50) the Jackson
            Playground Park Fund, 51) the Public Works Adopt-a-Tree Fund, 52) the San Francisco Film
            Production Fund, 53) San Francisco Gift Funds, 54) housing production, 55) Administrative Code
            Chapter 31 appeals pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, 56) City employee overtime,
            57) the Early Care and Education for All Initiative, 58) the Homeward Bound Program, 59) the Open
            Data Policy, 60) the Office of Emerging Technology, 61) the Commission on the Status of Women,
            62) management information services, 63) the Entertainment Commission, 64) fees associated with
            water conservation certification, 65) notices and orders issued to Large Refuse Generators, 66)
            compliance with the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Ordinance, 67) restrictions on City
            purchases of bottled water, 68) the lead poisoning prevention program, 69) the Hunters Point
            Shipyard health and safety ordinance, 70) the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program, 71) Equal
            Pay Reports, 72) noise assessment and prevention in land use planning and environmental review,
            73) amplified sound from unenclosed tour buses, 74) adjustments to the street damage restoration
            fee, 75) fixed pedestal zones, 76) cost of parking places, 77) use of a Public Works revolving fund,
            78) offset of use of fresh water due to the Nonpotable and Reclaimed Water Use Master Plan, 79)
            surface-mounted facility site permits, 80) Tier 3 Love Our Neighborhood Project Applications, 81)
            limited equity housing cooperative conversions and related fees, 82) Police Department and
            Municipal Transportation Agency costs associated with street fairs, 83) progress of the Transit
            Center District, Market/Octavia, East SOMA, West SOMA, Inner Mission, Lower Potrero/Showplace
            Square, and Central Waterfront Area Plans, 84) the Housing Inventory, 85) impact fees for Area
            Plans, 86) bicycle parking requirements for City properties, 87) the Transportation Demand
            Management Implementation, 88) the Affordable Housing Bonus Program, 89) the Van Ness Special
            Use District, 90) office development limits, 91) the Market Octavia Plan Area, 92) economic feasibility
            of the Transportation Sustainability Fee, 93) the Rincon Hill Community Improvements Fund, 94) the
            SOMA Community Stabilization Fund, 95) General Advertising Sign Inventory, 96) Neighborhood

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            Commercial District Zoning Controls, 97) replacing auto-oriented uses with housing, 98) the Local
            Accessory Dwelling Unit Program, 99) the State-mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Program, 100)
            the legalization of Unauthorized Dwelling Units, 101) the Van Ness & Market Community Facilities
            Fee, 102) Better Roof implementation, 103) the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program, 104)
            settlement of litigation not exceeding $25,000, 105) the Urban Agriculture Program, 106) Police
            Department staffing, 107) payments for requested Police services for events; 108) crime victim and
            domestic violence data, 109) the Narcotics Forfeiture and Assets Seizure Fund; 110) the Office of
            Small Business; 111) convention facility public works; 112) employment discrimination; and 113)
            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; 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)
            Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Sherrill, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN
            AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 2, Lines 6-7, by striking ‘the Citywide Project
            Labor Agreement Ordinance’, Line 9, by striking ‘the Cultural District Fund’, Lines 14-15, by adding
            ‘sexual harassment complaints’, and Line 24, by striking ‘Equal Pay Reports’; on Page 3, Line 11, by
            adding ‘Housing Balance’; on Page 4, Lines 3-4, by striking ‘convention facility public works’; on Page
            12, Line 19, by adding ‘Report by March 1 and September 1 of each year', Line 21, by striking ‘and the’,
            and Lines 23-24, by adding ‘numbers of small businesses obtaining City contracts and their dollar
            amount, and on other performance measures as determined by the Small Business Commission’; on
            Page 18, Lines 1-4, by adding ‘(2) The Department on the Status of Women shall submit to the Board of
            Supervisors and the Mayor written reports regarding the proportion of women in each of the categories
            described in subsection (a) by no later than December 31st of each even-numbered year.’; on Page 20,
            Line 25, by adding ‘annually’; on Page 21, Line 1, by adding ‘annual’, and Line 14, by adding ‘a quarterly’;
            on Page 34, Line 7, by adding ‘Board of Supervisors and the’; on Page 250, Line 20, through Page 251,
            Line 2, by adding ‘(1) Semi-annual Reports. The Human Resources Director shall provide, on a
            semi-annual basis, to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Department on the Status of
            Women a written report on the number of sexual harassment complaints filed and the departments
            that were involved. The report also shall include information on the dispositions of complaints that are
            concluded and the status of complaints that are pending. The reports shall not include names or other
            identifying information regarding the parties or the alleged harassers.’; on Page 260, Line 25, by
            changing ‘quarterly’ to ‘annual’; on Page 261, Line 3, by striking ‘that quarter’, and Lines 13-14, by
            adding ‘The Human Resources Department 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
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            revisions made in Ordinance No. 121-26.’; 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




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            Ordinance amending the Administrative, Environment, Health, Labor and Employment, Park,
            Planning, Police, Public Works, Subdivision, Transportation, and Building Inspection Commission
            Codes to modify numerous reporting requirements, including those related to 1) value of City-owned
            parcels, 2) code enforcement violations, 3) updates to nutrition standards and guidelines, 4) rental of
            City vehicles, 5) revenue recovery for damage to City property, 6) representations of women on City
            property, 7) the Commission on Disability and Aging, 8) meetings of the State Legislation
            Committee, 9) the City records center, 10) claims to the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue Collection,
            11) the District Attorney State Forfeiture Fund, 12) the Food Empowerment Market Fund, 13) the
            Infant and Toddler Early Learning Scholarship Fund, 14) the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Credits Sales
            Fund, 15) the Mayor’s Home Ownership Assistance Loan Fund, 16) the Mayor’s Housing Programs
            Fees Fund, 17) the Public Health Environment Enforcement Fund, 18) Proposition 1B Local Street
            and Road Improvement Funds, 19) the Community Mental Health Service, 20) studies and plans to
            develop the Moscone Center Garage and the Performing Arts Garage, 21) managed care contracts,
            22) the City’s telecommunications program, 23) City property leased for fossil fuel extraction, 24) the
            Redevelopment Agency, 25) the Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program, 26) loans related to the
            designation of residential rehabilitation areas, 27) the Housing Code Enforcement Loan Program, 28)
            residential hotels, 29) the Short-Term Residential Rental Program, 30) the Affordable Housing and
            Home Ownership Bond Program, 31) nonprofit arts organizations, 32) the Healthy Food Retailer
            Ordinance, 33) the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority, 34) the historical property contract
            (Mills Act) program, 35) the Housing Innovation Program, 36) Healthcare Impact Reports, 37) the
            Better Streets Policy, 38) Navigation Centers, 39) the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental
            Health Program, 40) the Safe Overnight Parking Pilot Program, 41) surveillance technology audits,
            42) the Neighborhood Anchor Business Registry, 43) work performed under Chapter 6 public works
            contracts, 44) the 706 Mission Fund, 45) the Animal Shelter Fund, 46) the County Surveyor’s Survey
            Monument Preservation Fund, 47) the Disability and Aging Services Community Living Fund, 48) the
            Jackson Playground Park Fund, 49) the Public Works Adopt-a-Tree Fund, 50) the San Francisco
            Film Production Fund, 51) San Francisco Gift Funds, 52) housing production, 53) Administrative
            Code Chapter 31 appeals pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, 54) sexual
            harassment complaints, 55) City employee overtime, 56) the Early Care and Education for All
            Initiative, 57) the Homeward Bound Program, 58) the Open Data Policy, 59) the Office of Emerging
            Technology, 60) the Commission on the Status of Women, 61) management information services,
            62) the Entertainment Commission, 63) fees associated with water conservation certification, 64)
            notices and orders issued to Large Refuse Generators, 65) compliance with the Environmentally
            Preferable Purchasing Ordinance, 66) restrictions on City purchases of bottled water, 67) the lead
            poisoning prevention program, 68) the Hunters Point Shipyard health and safety ordinance, 69) the
            Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program, 70) noise assessment and prevention in land use planning
            and environmental review, 71) amplified sound from unenclosed tour buses, 72) adjustments to the
            street damage restoration fee, 73) fixed pedestal zones, 74) cost of parking places, 75) use of a
            Public Works revolving fund, 76) offset of use of fresh water due to the Nonpotable and Reclaimed
            Water Use Master Plan, 77) surface-mounted facility site permits, 78) Tier 3 Love Our Neighborhood
            Project Applications, 79) limited equity housing cooperative conversions and related fees, 80) Police
            Department and Municipal Transportation Agency costs associated with street fairs, 81) progress of
            the Transit Center District, Market/Octavia, East SOMA, West SOMA, Inner Mission, Lower
            Potrero/Showplace Square, and Central Waterfront Area Plans, 82) the Housing Inventory, 83) impact
            fees for Area Plans, 84) Housing Balance, 85) bicycle parking requirements for City properties, 86)
            the Transportation Demand Management Implementation, 87) the Affordable Housing Bonus
            Program, 88) the Van Ness Special Use District, 89) office development limits, 90) the Market
            Octavia Plan Area, 91) economic feasibility of the Transportation Sustainability Fee, 92) the Rincon
            Hill Community Improvements Fund, 93) the SOMA Community Stabilization Fund, 94) General
            Advertising Sign Inventory, 95) Neighborhood Commercial District Zoning Controls, 96) replacing
            auto-oriented uses with housing, 97) the Local Accessory Dwelling Unit Program, 98) the
            State-mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Program, 99) the legalization of Unauthorized Dwelling
            Units, 100) the Van Ness & Market Community Facilities Fee, 101) Better Roof implementation, 102)
            the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program, 103) settlement of litigation not exceeding $25,000,
            104) the Urban Agriculture Program, 105) Police Department staffing, 106) payments for requested

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            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




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