# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 21, 2026 - Meeting date: 2026-07-21 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 37 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2156/2026-07-21-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1429113&GUID=9B0A1C22-B18E-4229-B102-EB5B37536EF7) > 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: 10-12 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: ting 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) (Supervisors Chan, Fielder, Melgar, and Walton voted No of First Reading.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong - Noes: Chan, Fielder, Melgar, Walton ### File 260538: Planning, Administrative, Building Codes - Inclusionary Housing Program Updates and Reductions; Development Impact Fee Reductions - Pages: 12-13 - Sponsors: Mayor; Melgar, Dorsey, Sherrill, Sauter and Mandelman - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: rojects under 25 units; 3) allow all projects to dedicate land to the City as an alternative to payment of the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program fee; 4) adopt a process for projects to request a modification to conditions of approval related to Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program requirements; 5) delete certain Article 4 affordable housing and development impact fees; and 6) adopt conforming amendments to various sections of the Planning Code; amending the Building Code to reduce Planning Code Article 4 development impact fees and allow deferral of payment of such fees; and amending the Administrative Code to adopt conforming amendments to the requirements of the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisors Chen and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong - Noes: Chen, Walton ### File 251003: Administrative Code - Expanding Drug-Free Permanent Supportive Housing - Pages: 13 - Sponsors: Dorsey; Mandelman, Sherrill, Sauter, Mahmood and Wong - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 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; require that City funding for new Site-Based PSH for people experiencing homelessness be used for Drug-Free 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, where the funding is for new construction, or the Board of Supervisors has waived the funding requirement based on specific findings; 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; and require HSH to adopt rules and regulations establishing standards and protocols for evictions from City-funded Drug-Free Housing. (Racial Equity Impact) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder and Walton voted No on First Reading.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong - Noes: Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton ### File 260567: Appropriation - Sheriff’s Office - Revenue - $1,926,125 - Overtime Salaries - $14,043,516 - De-Appropriation - Retirement Fringe Benefits, Vehicles, Capital Projects, and Work Orders - $12,117,391 - FY2025-2026 - Pages: 13-14 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 260567 [Appropriation - Sheriff’s Office - Revenue - $1,926,125 - Overtime Salaries - $14,043,516 - De-Appropriation - Retirement Fringe Benefits, Vehicles, Capital Projects, and Work Orders - $12,117,391 - FY2025-2026] Ordinance appropriating $1,926,125 of Boarding of Prisoners revenue and $14,043,516 to overtime salaries and de-appropriating $12,117,391 from retirement fringe benefits, vehicles, and various capital projects and work orders in the Sheriff’s Office to support the Department’s projected increases in overtime as required per Administrative Code, Section 3.17 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026. (Sheriff) (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong ## Extracted text ### [Page 12](https://sfbos.info/documents/2156/2026-07-21-minutes#page-12) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 7/21/2026 260538 [Planning, Administrative, Building Codes - Inclusionary Housing Program Updates and Reductions; Development Impact Fee Reductions] Sponsors: Mayor; Melgar, Dorsey, Sherrill, Sauter and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Planning Code to: 1) reduce Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program requirements for projects of 25 units or more; 2) delete Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program requirements for projects under 25 units; 3) allow all projects to dedicate land to the City as an alternative to payment of the Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program fee; 4) adopt a process for projects to request a modification to conditions of approval related to Inclusionary Affordable Housing Program requirements; 5) delete certain Article 4 affordable housing and development impact fees; and 6) adopt conforming amendments to various sections of the Planning Code; amending the Building Code to reduce Planning Code Article 4 development impact fees and allow deferral of payment of such fees; and amending the Administrative Code to adopt conforming amendments to the requirements of the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisors Chen and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong Noes: 2 - Chen, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 11 Printed at 3:34 pm on 7/22/26 ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/2156/2026-07-21-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 7/21/2026 Recommendation 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; require that City funding for new Site-Based PSH for people experiencing homelessness be used for Drug-Free 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, where the funding is for new construction, or the Board of Supervisors has waived the funding requirement based on specific findings; 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; and require HSH to adopt rules and regulations establishing standards and protocols for evictions from City-funded Drug-Free Housing. (Racial Equity Impact) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder and Walton voted No on First Reading.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 7 - Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong Noes: 4 - Chan, Chen, Fielder, Walton NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 260567 [Appropriation - Sheriff’s Office - Revenue - $1,926,125 - Overtime Salaries - $14,043,516 - De-Appropriation - Retirement Fringe Benefits, Vehicles, Capital Projects, and Work Orders - $12,117,391 - FY2025-2026] Ordinance appropriating $1,926,125 of Boarding of Prisoners revenue and $14,043,516 to overtime salaries and de-appropriating $12,117,391 from retirement fringe benefits, vehicles, and various capital projects and work orders in the Sheriff’s Office to support the Department’s projected increases in overtime as required per Administrative Code, Section 3.17 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026. (Sheriff) (Fiscal Impact) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong City and County of San Francisco Page 12 Printed at 3:34 pm on 7/22/26