# Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 22, 2026 - Meeting date: 2026-09-22 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 23 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/2173/2026-09-22-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1445104&GUID=00773924-4B88-46B1-B8C5-1E41FD5C86F3) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 260679: Planning Code - Signs in Mixed Use Districts - Pages: 11-12 - Sponsors: Dorsey - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 ### File 260771: Planning Code - Commercial to Residential Adaptive Reuse - Pages: 12 - Sponsors: Dorsey; Sauter and Sherrill - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 ### File 260802: Liquor License Transfer - 700 4th Street - Tazza D' Amore Cafe - Pages: 12-13 - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 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 ### File 260772: Administrative, and Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Settlement of Claims and Lawsuits - Pages: 13 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Sauter, Wong, Dorsey, Mahmood and Sherrill - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 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 - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: 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 ### File 260875: Administrative Code - Exempting Members of the Rent Board from Term Limits - Pages: 13-14 - Sponsors: Mandelman - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 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 ## Extracted text ### [Page 12](https://sfbos.info/documents/2173/2026-09-22-minutes#page-12) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 9/22/2026 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: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong Recommendation of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee 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: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong City and County of San Francisco Page 11 Printed at 3:09 pm on 9/23/26 ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/2173/2026-09-22-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 9/22/2026 Recommendations of the Rules Committee 260772 [Administrative, and Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Settlement of Claims and Lawsuits] Sponsors: Mandelman; Sauter, Wong, Dorsey, Mahmood and Sherrill Ordinance amending the Administrative Code 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. 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: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong 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: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong 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: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong City and County of San Francisco Page 12 Printed at 3:09 pm on 9/23/26