# 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 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 ### File 260705: Appointments, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - Lila LaHood, Maxine Anderson, Matthew Donahue, Matthew Yankee, Christopher Ojeda, MacKenzie Ewing, and Joseph Sangirardi - Pages: 14-15 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 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 ## Extracted text ### [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 ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/2173/2026-09-22-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes - Draft 9/22/2026 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: 11 - Chan, Chen, Dorsey, Fielder, Mahmood, Mandelman, Melgar, Sauter, Sherrill, Walton, Wong City and County of San Francisco Page 13 Printed at 3:09 pm on 9/23/26