# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 28, 2026

- Meeting date: 2026-07-28
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 39
- [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2158/2026-07-28-minutes)
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## Structured legislative records

### File 260602: Neighborhood Beautification and Graffiti Clean-Up Fund Tax Designation Ceiling

- Pages: 9-10
- Sponsors: Mayor
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: 260602 [Neighborhood Beautification and Graffiti Clean-Up Fund Tax Designation Ceiling] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance adopting the Neighborhood Beautification and Graffiti Clean-up Fund Tax designation ceiling for tax year 2026. FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

### File 260543: Police Code - Penalties for Prohibited Discharge of Fireworks

- Pages: 10
- Sponsors: Wong; Sherrill, Melgar, Sauter, Dorsey and Mandelman
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: 260543 [Police Code - Penalties for Prohibited Discharge of Fireworks] Sponsors: Wong; Sherrill, Melgar, Sauter, Dorsey and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Police Code to provide penalties for the prohibited discharge of fireworks, including that a first offense is punishable as an infraction with a fine not less than $125 or more than $250, and a second and any subsequent offenses within five years of a prior offense are punishable as misdemeanors with a fine not less than $250 or more than $750, or imprisonment in the County Jail of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Supervisors Fielder and Walton voted No on First Reading.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong
  - Noes: Fielder, Walton

### File 260486: Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Department of Parks and Recreation - General Fund Specified Grant - Sunset Dunes Striping and Signage Project - $200,000

- Pages: 10
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 260486 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Department of Parks and Recreation - General Fund Specified Grant - Sunset Dunes Striping and Signage Project - $200,000] Resolution retroactively authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend a grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation from the General Fund Specified Grant for the Sunset Dunes Striping and Signage Project, in the amount of $200,000 for a grant performance period starting July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. (Recreation and Park Department) ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

### File 260711: Accept and Expend Grant - Jain-Trivedi Fund - “Be The Jury” Program - $250,000

- Pages: 10-11
- Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 260711 [Accept and Expend Grant - Jain-Trivedi Fund - “Be The Jury” Program - $250,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman Resolution authorizing the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the Jain-Trivedi Fund for the purpose of increasing juror per diems to qualifying low-income jurors in criminal cases in the San Francisco Superior Court through the “Be The Jury” program from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. (Treasurer-Tax Collector) ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

## Extracted text

### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/2158/2026-07-28-minutes#page-10)

Board of Supervisors                           Meeting Minutes - Draft                                           7/28/2026




Recommendation of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee


260543 [Police Code - Penalties for Prohibited Discharge of Fireworks]
            Sponsors: Wong; Sherrill, Melgar, Sauter, Dorsey and Mandelman
            Ordinance amending the Police Code to provide penalties for the prohibited discharge of fireworks,
            including that a first offense is punishable as an infraction with a fine not less than $125 or more than
            $250, and a second and any subsequent offenses within five years of a prior offense are punishable
            as misdemeanors with a fine not less than $250 or more than $750, or imprisonment in the County
            Jail of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
            (Supervisors Fielder and Walton voted No on First Reading.)
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 9 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong
                 Noes: 2 - Fielder, Walton



NEW BUSINESS


Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee


260486 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - California Department of Parks and
       Recreation - General Fund Specified Grant - Sunset Dunes Striping and Signage
       Project - $200,000]
            Resolution retroactively authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend a
            grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation from the General Fund Specified Grant
            for the Sunset Dunes Striping and Signage Project, in the amount of $200,000 for a grant
            performance period starting July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. (Recreation and Park Department)
            ADOPTED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton,
                 Wong


260711 [Accept and Expend Grant - Jain-Trivedi Fund - “Be The Jury” Program - $250,000]
            Sponsors: Mayor; Mandelman
            Resolution authorizing the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector to accept and expend a grant in
            the amount of $250,000 from the Jain-Trivedi Fund for the purpose of increasing juror per diems to
            qualifying low-income jurors in criminal cases in the San Francisco Superior Court through the “Be
            The Jury” program from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2031. (Treasurer-Tax Collector)
            ADOPTED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton,
                 Wong




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