# 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) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1429946&GUID=6AAB7A5B-CA8B-42C6-8F3F-0DB3363A22BC) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 260797: Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21 - $201,174 - Suspending Rule 3.25.2 - Pages: 16-17 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 260797 [Settlement of Unlitigated Claim - International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21 - $201,174 - Suspending Rule 3.25.2] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution suspending Board Rule 3.25.2 requiring referral of this settlement to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, and approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by International Federation of Technical Engineers, Local 21 against the City and County of San Francisco for $201,174; the claim was filed with the Public Employee Relations Board on May 4, 2026, Case No. SF-CE-2400-M; the claim involves an unfair practice charge arising from an employment dispute. (Board Rule 3.25.2, requiring referral of this settlement to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee pursuant to Board Rule 5.2 by the affirmative vote of eight Supervisors unless there are fewer than eight Supervisors present; in which case the unanimous consent of the Supervisors, but not less than six, shall be required.) ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong - Excused: Walton ### File 260798: Settlement of Unlitigated Claims - Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 - $181,306 - Suspending Rule 3.25.2 - Pages: 17 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 260798 [Settlement of Unlitigated Claims - Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 - $181,306 - Suspending Rule 3.25.2] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution suspending Board Rule 3.25.2 requiring referral of this settlement to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, and approving the settlement of the unlitigated claims filed by Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 against the City and County of San Francisco for $181,306; the claims were filed with the Public Employee Relations Board on July 11, 2025, and May 4, 2026, Case Nos. SF-CE-2299-M and SF-CE-2399-M; the claims involve unfair practice charges arising from an employment dispute. (Board Rule 3.25.2, requiring referral of this settlement to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee pursuant to Board Rule 5.2 by the affirmative vote of eight Supervisors unless there are fewer than eight Supervisors present; in which case the unanimous consent of the Supervisors, but not less than six, shall be required.) ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong - Excused: Walton ### File 260692: Initiative Ordinance - Business and Tax Regulations Code - Real Property Transfer Tax Foreclosure Exemption - Pages: 17-18 - Sponsors: Mahmood; Dorsey, Melgar, Chen, Wong, Walton and Mandelman - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 260692 [Initiative Ordinance - Business and Tax Regulations Code - Real Property Transfer Tax Foreclosure Exemption] Sponsors: Mahmood; Dorsey, Melgar, Chen, Wong, Walton and Mandelman Motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, an Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to, beginning March 1, 2027, eliminate the real property transfer tax foreclosure exemption for the transfer of all properties other than the transfer of residential and mixed-use properties with fewer than five residential units, and to make other non-substantive clarifications to the real property transfer tax; and increasing the City’s appropriations limit by the amount of real property transfer tax collected for four years from November 3, 2026. (Economic Impact; No Economic Analysis Report) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Motion No. M26-070 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong - Excused: Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 17](https://sfbos.info/documents/2158/2026-07-28-minutes#page-17) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 7/28/2026 260798 [Settlement of Unlitigated Claims - Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 - $181,306 - Suspending Rule 3.25.2] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution suspending Board Rule 3.25.2 requiring referral of this settlement to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, and approving the settlement of the unlitigated claims filed by Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 against the City and County of San Francisco for $181,306; the claims were filed with the Public Employee Relations Board on July 11, 2025, and May 4, 2026, Case Nos. SF-CE-2299-M and SF-CE-2399-M; the claims involve unfair practice charges arising from an employment dispute. (Board Rule 3.25.2, requiring referral of this settlement to the Government Audit and Oversight Committee pursuant to Board Rule 5.2 by the affirmative vote of eight Supervisors unless there are fewer than eight Supervisors present; in which case the unanimous consent of the Supervisors, but not less than six, shall be required.) ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong Excused: 1 - Walton 260692 [Initiative Ordinance - Business and Tax Regulations Code - Real Property Transfer Tax Foreclosure Exemption] Sponsors: Mahmood; Dorsey, Melgar, Chen, Wong, Walton and Mandelman Motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, an Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to, beginning March 1, 2027, eliminate the real property transfer tax foreclosure exemption for the transfer of all properties other than the transfer of residential and mixed-use properties with fewer than five residential units, and to make other non-substantive clarifications to the real property transfer tax; and increasing the City’s appropriations limit by the amount of real property transfer tax collected for four years from November 3, 2026. (Economic Impact; No Economic Analysis Report) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Motion No. M26-070 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong Excused: 1 - Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 16 Printed at 2:42 pm on 7/29/26