# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 13, 2018

- Meeting date: 2018-11-13
- Document type: minutes
- Pages in official PDF: 42
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## Structured legislative records

### File 180911: Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Ordinance

- Pages: 19-20
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 180911 [Planning Code - Inclusionary Housing Ordinance] Sponsors: Mayor; Cohen and Brown Ordinance amending the Planning Code to modify the date by which projects that are eligible for the temporary inclusionary housing requirements must obtain a building or site permit; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. Supervisors Cohen and Brown requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

### File 181004: Environment Code - Single-Use Food Ware Plastics, Toxics, and Litter Reduction

- Pages: 20
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 181004 [Environment Code - Single-Use Food Ware Plastics, Toxics, and Litter Reduction] Sponsor: Tang Ordinance amending the Environment Code to allow food vendors to supply single-use plastic straws only upon request; provide for sale of plastic straws; clarify that nothing in Chapter 16 shall be construed to conflict with laws concerning the rights of individuals with disabilities; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

### File 180947: Endorsing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Diesel Free By ’33 Statement of Purpose

- Pages: 20
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 180947 [Endorsing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Diesel Free By ’33 Statement of Purpose] Sponsors: Ronen; Mandelman Resolution endorsing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Diesel Free By ’33 Statement of Purpose to establish a goal to cut diesel use to zero by the end of 2033. Resolution No. 384-18 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

### File 180490: General Plan Amendments - Central South of Market Area Plan

- Pages: 20-21
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 180490 [General Plan Amendments - Central South of Market Area Plan] Ordinance amending the General Plan by adding the Central South of Market (SoMa) Area Plan, generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area, and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; making conforming amendments to the Commerce and Industry Element, the Housing Element, the Urban Design Element, the Land Use Index, and the East SoMa and West SoMa Area Plans; and making environmental findings, including adopting a statement of overriding considerations, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Planning Commission) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

### File 180184: Administrative, Planning Codes - Central South of Market Area Plan

- Pages: 21
- Vote 1: amendment
  - Action: along Folsom, Howard and Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; making approval findings under the California Environmental Quality Act, including adopting a statement of overriding considerations; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. (Economic Impact) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, by adding a new Planning Code, Section 249.78(f), entitled ‘Effect of Litigation’; by adding a new Planning Code, Section 249.78(g), entitled ‘Non-Severability’; and a new Planning Code, Section 263.34(B), that states ‘Notwithstanding Sections 145.1(c)(4) and 249.78(d)(10), non-residential and PDR uses on the ground floor shall have a minimum floor-to-floor height of 14 feet, measured from the ground floor slab’. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee
- Vote 2: first-reading
  - Action: (Economic Impact) (Proposition X, November 2016, requires a two-thirds vote (eight votes) of the membership to amend the requirements imposed by Planning Code, Section 249.78.) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

### File 180185: Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central South of Market Special Use District

- Pages: 21-22
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 180185 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central South of Market Special Use District] Sponsors: Mayor; Kim Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the Planning Code to create the Central South of Market (SoMa) Special Use District and make other amendments to the Height and Bulk District Maps and Zoning Use District Maps consistent with the Central SoMa Area Plan, encompassing an area generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area (an irregular border that generally jogs along Folsom, Howard and Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Economic Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee

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Board of Supervisors                              Meeting Minutes                                                11/13/2018



181004 [Environment Code - Single-Use Food Ware Plastics, Toxics, and Litter Reduction]
            Sponsor: Tang
            Ordinance amending the Environment Code to allow food vendors to supply single-use plastic
            straws only upon request; provide for sale of plastic straws; clarify that nothing in Chapter 16 shall
            be construed to conflict with laws concerning the rights of individuals with disabilities; and affirming
            the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee


180947 [Endorsing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Diesel Free By ’33
       Statement of Purpose]
            Sponsors: Ronen; Mandelman
            Resolution endorsing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Diesel Free By ’33
            Statement of Purpose to establish a goal to cut diesel use to zero by the end of 2033.
            Resolution No. 384-18
            ADOPTED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee



Referred Without Recommendation from the Land Use and Transportation Committee

180490 [General Plan Amendments - Central South of Market Area Plan]
            Ordinance amending the General Plan by adding the Central South of Market (SoMa) Area Plan,
            generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street,
            on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area, and on its southern portion by
            Townsend Street; making conforming amendments to the Commerce and Industry Element, the
            Housing Element, the Urban Design Element, the Land Use Index, and the East SoMa and West
            SoMa Area Plans; and making environmental findings, including adopting a statement of
            overriding considerations, and findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority
            policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Planning Commission)
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee




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Board of Supervisors                              Meeting Minutes                                              11/13/2018



180184 [Administrative, Planning Codes - Central South of Market Area Plan]
            Sponsors: Mayor; Kim
            Ordinance amending the Administrative and Planning Codes to give effect to the Central South of
            Market Area Plan, encompassing an area generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth
            Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street, on its northern portion by the border of the
            Downtown Plan Area (an irregular border that generally jogs along Folsom, Howard and
            Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend Street; making approval findings
            under the California Environmental Quality Act, including adopting a statement of overriding
            considerations; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority
            policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and
            welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
            (Economic Impact)
            Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who
            responded to questions raised throughout the discussion.
            Supervisor Kim, seconded by Supervisor Yee, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN
            AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, by adding a new Planning Code, Section
            249.78(f), entitled ‘Effect of Litigation’; by adding a new Planning Code, Section 249.78(g), entitled
            ‘Non-Severability’; and a new Planning Code, Section 263.34(B), that states ‘Notwithstanding Sections
            145.1(c)(4) and 249.78(d)(10), non-residential and PDR uses on the ground floor shall have a minimum
            floor-to-floor height of 14 feet, measured from the ground floor slab’. The motion carried by the
            following vote:
               Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee
            (Economic Impact)

            (Proposition X, November 2016, requires a two-thirds vote (eight votes) of the membership to
            amend the requirements imposed by Planning Code, Section 249.78.)
            PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee


180185 [Planning Code, Zoning Map - Central South of Market Special Use District]
            Sponsors: Mayor; Kim
            Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the Planning Code to create the Central South of Market
            (SoMa) Special Use District and make other amendments to the Height and Bulk District Maps
            and Zoning Use District Maps consistent with the Central SoMa Area Plan, encompassing an area
            generally bounded on its western portion by Sixth Street, on its eastern portion by Second Street,
            on its northern portion by the border of the Downtown Plan Area (an irregular border that generally
            jogs along Folsom, Howard and Stevenson Streets), and on its southern portion by Townsend
            Street; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental
            Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority
            policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1.
            (Economic Impact)
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Brown, Cohen, Fewer, Kim, Mandelman, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Tang, Yee




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