Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 22, 2026

260814 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Christiana Porter - $825,000] Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Christiana Porter against the City and County of San Francisco for $825,000; the lawsuit was filed on March 3, 2025, in United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 25-cv-02155-AMO; entitled Christiana Porter v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves an alleged civil rights violation. (City Attorney) FINALLY PASSED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260084 [Labor and Employment Code - Prevailing Wages for Street Cleaning Services] Sponsors: Melgar; Chan, Chen, Mandelman, Wong, Fielder, Walton, Sherrill, Mahmood and Dorsey Ordinance amending the Labor and Employment Code to require prevailing wages in City contracts and grants for street cleaning services. (Fiscal Impact) (Procurement Impact) Supervisors Mandelman, Wong, Fielder, Walton, Sherrill, Mahmood, and Dorsey requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260755 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - San Francisco Foundation - Affirmative Litigation and Enforcement Outreach and Coordination - $200,000] Sponsors: Dorsey; Mandelman Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the City Attorney to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $200,000 from the San Francisco Foundation to fund engagement, strategic planning, outreach, litigation support, and coordination with a coalition of public law offices to support affirmative litigation and enforcement, for the period from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. (City Attorney) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260756 [Professional Services Agreement - Environmental Science Associates - As-Needed Environmental Review Services - Not to Exceed $15,000,000] Resolution approving and authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute Contract No. PRO.0333.A, As-Needed Environmental Review Services, with Environmental Science Associates, to provide as-needed environmental services pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and to obtain resource agency permits, for an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for a period of seven years, beginning October 14, 2026, through October 14, 2033, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118. (Public Utilities Commission) (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260757 [Professional Services Agreement - AECOM Technical Services, Inc - As-Needed Environmental Review Services - Not to Exceed $15,000,000] Resolution approving and authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute Contract No. PRO.0333.B, As-Needed Environmental Review Services, with AECOM Technical Services, to provide as-needed environmental services pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and to obtain resource agency permits, for an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for a duration of seven years, starting October 14, 2026, through October 14, 2033, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118. (Public Utilities Commission) (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260758 [Professional Services Agreement - Panorama Environmental, Inc. - As-Needed Environmental Review Services - Not to Exceed $15,000,000] Resolution approving and authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute Contract No. PRO.0333.C, As-Needed Environmental Review Services, with Panorama Environmental, Inc. to provide as-needed environmental services pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and to obtain resource agency permits, for an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for a period of seven years, beginning October 14, 2026, through October 14, 2033, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118. (Public Utilities Commission) (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260759 [Professional Services Agreement - GEI Consultants - As-Needed Environmental Review Services - Not to Exceed $15,000,000] Resolution approving and authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute Contract No. PRO.0333.D, As-Needed Environmental Review Services, with GEI Consultants to provide as-needed environmental services pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and to obtain resource agency permits, for an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for a duration of seven years, starting October 14, 2026, through October 14, 2033, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118. (Public Utilities Commission) (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260760 [Professional Services Agreement - Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. - As-Needed Environmental Review Services - Not to Exceed $15,000,000] Resolution approving and authorizing the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to execute Contract No. PRO.0333.E, As-Needed Environmental Review Services, with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. to provide as-needed environmental services pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and to obtain resource agency permits, for an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for a period of seven years, beginning October 14, 2026, through October 14, 2033, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118. (Public Utilities Commission) (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260832 [Real Property Lease Amendment - Townsend Associates, LLC - 650-5th Street, Suites 307-309 - $122,400 Annual Base Rent] Resolution approving and authorizing the Director of Property, on behalf of the Department of Public Health, to execute a second amendment to the lease of real property located at 650-5th Street, Suites 307-309 from Townsend Associates, LLC, at an annual base rent of $122,400 with 3% annual increases, for an initial term commencing upon full execution of the lease amendment and expiring on July 31, 2031, plus one five-year option to extend; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of the lease, as amended, and this Resolution. (Real Estate Department) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260854 [Grant Amendment - Retroactive - Community United Against Violence - LGBTQI+ and Various Communities Grant - Not to Exceed $300,000] Sponsors: Mandelman; Chan and Dorsey Resolution retroactively authorizing the Human Rights Commission to execute a Grant Amendment between the City and County of San Francisco and Community United Against Violence (CUAV) for the Request For Proposals No. 85 - LGBTQI+ and Various Communities grant to increase the grant amount by $100,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $300,000; and to extend the grant term from December 31, 2024, for a total term of January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260877 [Grant Agreement - San Francisco Housing Authority - Emergency Housing Voucher Transition - Not to Exceed $28,750,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Dorsey, Mandelman and Chan Resolution approving the Grant Agreement between the San Francisco Housing Authority (“SFHA”) and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) for rental subsidies and other supports needed to support tenants as part of the transition of Emergency Housing Vouchers; approving a term of October 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, and a total not to exceed amount of $28,750,000; and authorizing HSH to enter into any amendments or other modifications to the Amendment that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities, or materially decrease the benefits to the City and are necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of the Agreement. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Mandelman and Chan requested to be added as co-sponsors. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

r Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to enter into a Grant Agreement for a term commencing on the execution of the Grant Agreement, through December 31, 2028, between the City and County of San Francisco (“City”), acting by and through its Department of Public Health (“DPH”), and the California Department of Health Care Services for the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP), and its third-party administrator Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., having anticipated revenue of $11,199,999.98; including a provision allowing for the retroactive reimbursement of allowable project expenses incurred from February 27, 2026, the date of the Notice of Conditional Award; including a Permitted and Restricted Use at 1660 Mission Street; authorizing DPH to retroactively accept and expend grant funds; authorizing the Grantor to apply for a Receiver in the event of the City’s default; and authorizing DPH to enter into amendments or modifications to the Grant Agreement that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities of the City and are necessary to effectuate the purpose of the Grant. (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260890 [Accept and Expend Grant - Budget Act of 2025 - CA State Water Resources Control Board - 2025 State Earmark - Sunset Boulevard Recycled Water Irrigation Improvement Project - Up to $1,000,000] Sponsors: Wong; Mandelman Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept and expend up to $1,000,000 in grant funds from the Budget Act of 2025, administered by the California State Water Resources Control Board, to fund the Sunset Boulevard Recycled Water Irrigation Improvement Project (“Project”); waiving inclusion of indirect costs in the grant budget for the Project; authorizing the Department of Public Works to execute all required documents to accept and expend the funds for the Project; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260971 [Setting Property Tax Rate and Establishing Pass-Through Rates for Residential Tenants - FY2026-2027] Sponsor: Dorsey Resolution levying property taxes at a combined rate of $1.18162182 on each $100 valuation of taxable property for the City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco County Office of Education, San Francisco Community College District, Bay Area Rapid Transit District, and Bay Area Air Quality Management District; and establishing pass-through rates per $100 of assessed value for residential tenants and based on tenancy commencement dates pursuant to Administrative Code, Chapter 37, for the Fiscal Year (FY) ending June 30, 2027. (Fiscal Impact) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260679 [Planning Code - Signs in Mixed Use Districts] Sponsor: Dorsey Ordinance amending the Planning Code to increase the allowable number and size of signs in Mixed Use Districts on lots over one-half acre and in the Mixed Use-Office District south of Townsend Street; 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 public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260771 [Planning Code - Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse] Sponsors: Dorsey; Sauter and Sherrill Ordinance amending the Planning Code to exempt Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse Projects from certain parking limits, car share obligations, loading requirements, and other development controls; 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 Sauter and Sherrill requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260802 [Liquor License Transfer - 700 4th Street - Tazza D' Amore Cafe] Resolution determining that the person-to-person, premise-to-premise transfer of a Type-21 off-sale general beer, wine, and distilled spirits liquor license to Tazza D' Amore, Inc, doing business as Tazza D' Amore Cafe, located at 700 4th Street (District 6), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the City and County of San Francisco, in accordance with California Business and Professions Code, Section 23958.4; and requesting that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control impose conditions on the issuance of the license. (Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee) ADOPTED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

rector with the approval of the City Attorney to settle grievances under labor memoranda of understanding from $50,000 to $100,000; and to update and modernize other provisions concerning claims and lawsuits. Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Sherrill, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Line 1, by adding ‘, Business and Tax Regulations’, and changing ‘Code’ to ‘Codes’, Line 3, by adding ‘and Business and Tax Regulations’, and changing ‘Code’ to ‘Codes’; on Page 12, Lines 15-16, by adding ‘Section 2. Article 6 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code is hereby amended by revising Section 6.15-1, to read as follows:’; on Page 13, Line 1, by changing ’$25,000’ to ‘$100,000’, Lines 3-4, by changing ’$25,000’ to ‘$100,000’, Lines 12-13, by adding ‘Section 3. Article 12-C of the Business and Tax Regulations Code is hereby amended by revising Section 1113, to read as follows:’, and Line 25, by changing ’$25,000’ to ‘$100,000’; on Page 14, Line 2, by changing ’$25,000’ to ‘$100,000’, Line 11, by changing ’$25,000’ to ‘$100,000’; 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

Noes: None

Ordinance amending the Administrative and Business and Tax Regulations Codes to increase the amount that the Board of Supervisors delegates to the City Attorney to settle claims and lawsuits in favor of and against the City from no more than $25,000 to no more than $100,000; require the City Attorney to annually report settlements between $25,000 and $100,000 to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor; increase the amount the Board of Supervisors delegates to the Human Resources Director with the approval of the City Attorney to settle grievances under labor memoranda of understanding from $50,000 to $100,000; and to update and modernize other provisions concerning claims and lawsuits. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260875 [Administrative Code - Exempting Members of the Rent Board from Term Limits] Sponsor: Mandelman Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to exempt members of the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board from term limits. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260705 [Appointments, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - Lila LaHood, Maxine Anderson, Matthew Donahue, Matthew Yankee, Christopher Ojeda, MacKenzie Ewing, and Joseph Sangirardi] Motion appointing Lila LaHood, Maxine Anderson, Matthew Donahue, Matthew Yankee, Christopher Ojeda, MacKenzie Ewing, and Joseph Sangirardi, terms ending April 27, 2028, to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. (Clerk of the Board) Applicants considered in committee: Lila LaHood, seat 2 Saul Sugarman, seat 3 Michael Christensen, seats 3-9 Maxine Anderson, seat 5 Andrea Gallardo Lopez, seats 8-10 Chris Hyland, seats 6-10 David Pilpel, seats 6-10 Laura Stein, seats 6-10 Matthew Yankee, seats 6-10 Matthew Donahue, seats 6-7 Nadia Desai, seats 6-10 Njon Sanders, seats 7-10 MacKenzie Ewing, seats 8-10 Christopher Ojeda, seat 10 Joseph Sangirardi, seat 10 Motion No. M26-087 APPROVED by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260904 [Affirming the Final Environmental Impact Report Certification - Proposed PG&E Power Asset Acquisition Project] Motion affirming the Planning Commission’s certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the proposed Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Power Asset Acquisition Project. (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M26-088 Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Motion be APPROVED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260905 [Conditionally Reversing the Final Environmental Impact Report Certification - Proposed PG&E Power Asset Acquisition Project] Motion conditionally reversing the Planning Commission’s certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the proposed Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Power Asset Acquisition Project, subject to the adoption of written findings of the Board of Supervisors in support of this determination. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

260906 [Preparation of Findings to Reverse the Final Environmental Impact Report Certification - Proposed PG&E Power Asset Acquisition Project] Motion directing the Clerk of the Board to prepare findings related to reversing the Planning Commission’s certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared for the proposed Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Power Asset Acquisition Project. (Clerk of the Board) Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Motion be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

r a nominal fee; waiving the appraisal requirement of Administrative Code, Chapter 23, in connection with the conveyance of the street vacation area; amending Ordinance No. 1061, entitled “Regulating the Width of Sidewalks,” to narrow the sidewalk widths on Folsom Street between Essex and 2nd Streets and on Clementina Street between 1st and 2nd Streets; making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, for the street vacation and sidewalk width changes; conditionally accepting a public sidewalk easement granted by the TJPA for an area adjacent to the Clementina sidewalk narrowing to allow for continuation of the path of travel; accepting Irrevocable Offers of Improvements for traffic signal infrastructure at the intersection of 1st and Clementina Streets; accepting this infrastructure as a public improvement for City maintenance and liability purposes; and authorizing official acts in connection with this Ordinance to be taken by the Public Works Director and other San Francisco officials, as defined herein. Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong

Noes: None

261010 [Reappointment, Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Council - Laura Mancuso] Motion reappointing Laura Mancuso, term ending February 1, 2028, to the Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Council (District 3). (Clerk of the Board) Motion No. M26-094 APPROVED The foregoing items were acted upon by the following vote:

Ayes: Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Wong

Noes: None

Excused: Walton