# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 9, 2019 - Meeting date: 2019-07-09 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 29 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/604/2019-07-09-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=710121&GUID=9862BB64-B906-4CA7-8750-A35A0BA24087) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 190573: Administrative Code - Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program - Pages: 5-6 - Sponsors: Ronen; Haney - Vote 1: amendment - Action: Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and Program] Sponsors: Ronen; Haney Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Loan Fund and the Cooperative Living Opportunities for Mental Health Program to finance the acquisition of residential properties to be operated as communal housing for people with chronic mental illness and/or substance use disorders; requiring the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Public Health (“DPH”) to establish policies and procedures to issue loans from the Fund; and authorizing DPH to place eligible clients in properties financed by the Fund, and to provide oversight and monitoring of such properties. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Jon Givner (Office of the City Attorney) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Safai, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 5, Line 25, by adding ‘appraisal of the Property’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: (Fiscal Impact) PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ### File 190389: Administrative Code - Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Cultural District - Pages: 6 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Brown, Ronen and Safai - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 190389 [Administrative Code - Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Cultural District] Sponsors: Mandelman; Brown, Ronen and Safai Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Cultural District in and around the Castro neighborhood; to require the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to submit written reports and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor describing the cultural attributes of the District and proposing strategies to acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the District; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 160-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ### File 190501: General Obligation Bonds - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000 - Pages: 6-7 - Sponsors: Mayor; Yee, Brown, Safai, Walton, Stefani, Ronen, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin and Fewer - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: eskin and Fewer Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the construction, development, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation and repair of affordable housing improvements and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; to be financed through bonded indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $600,000,000; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants under Administrative Code, Chapter 37; providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest on such bonds; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). (Pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 43607 and 43608, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve passage of this Resolution.) (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin, and Fewer requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 308-19 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ### File 190495: General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000 - Pages: 7 - Sponsors: Mayor; Yee, Brown, Safai, Walton, Stefani, Ronen, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin and Fewer - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: , acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation, and repair of affordable housing improvements, and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants under Administrative Code Chapter 37; providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest on such Bonds; incorporating the provisions of the Administrative Code relating to the Citizens’ General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee’s review of Affordable Housing Bond expenditures; setting certain procedures and requirements for the election; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed Bonds are in conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). (Pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 43607 and 43608, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve passage of this Ordinance.) Supervisors Mar, Haney, Peskin, and Fewer requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ### File 190666: 2019 General Obligation Affordable Housing Bond Report - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Yee; Ronen and Mar - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 190666 [2019 General Obligation Affordable Housing Bond Report] Sponsors: Yee; Ronen and Mar Motion urging the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to update and amend the 2019 General Obligation Affordable Housing Bond Report to reflect the increase to the Bond amount, updated allocations of proposed funding, and proposed amendments on prioritized uses. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Motion No. M19-107 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee - Excused: Stefani ## Extracted text ### [Page 6](https://sfbos.info/documents/604/2019-07-09-minutes#page-6) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/9/2019 Recommendation of the Rules Committee 190389 [Administrative Code - Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Cultural District] Sponsors: Mandelman; Brown, Ronen and Safai Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Castro Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Cultural District in and around the Castro neighborhood; to require the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to submit written reports and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor describing the cultural attributes of the District and proposing strategies to acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the District; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. Ordinance No. 160-19 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee President Yee requested File Nos. 190501, 190495, and 190666 be called together. 190501 [General Obligation Bonds - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Yee, Brown, Safai, Walton, Stefani, Ronen, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin and Fewer Resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the construction, development, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation and repair of affordable housing improvements and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; to be financed through bonded indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $600,000,000; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants under Administrative Code, Chapter 37; providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest on such bonds; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed bond is in conformity with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). (Pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 43607 and 43608, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve passage of this Resolution.) (Fiscal Impact) Supervisors Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin, and Fewer requested to be added as co-sponsors. Resolution No. 308-19 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani City and County of San Francisco Page 589 Printed at 2:12 pm on 8/20/19 ### [Page 7](https://sfbos.info/documents/604/2019-07-09-minutes#page-7) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/9/2019 190495 [General Obligation Bond Election - Affordable Housing - Not to Exceed $600,000,000] Sponsors: Mayor; Yee, Brown, Safai, Walton, Stefani, Ronen, Mandelman, Mar, Haney, Peskin and Fewer Ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, for the purpose of submitting to San Francisco voters a proposition to incur bonded indebtedness of not-to-exceed $600,000,000 to finance the construction, development, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, preservation, and repair of affordable housing improvements, and related costs necessary or convenient for the foregoing purposes; authorizing landlords to pass-through 50% of the resulting property tax increase to residential tenants under Administrative Code Chapter 37; providing for the levy and collection of taxes to pay both principal and interest on such Bonds; incorporating the provisions of the Administrative Code relating to the Citizens’ General Obligation Bond Oversight Committee’s review of Affordable Housing Bond expenditures; setting certain procedures and requirements for the election; adopting findings under the California Environmental Quality Act; and finding that the proposed Bonds are in conformity with the General Plan, and with the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1(b). (Pursuant to California Government Code, Sections 43607 and 43608, this matter shall require a vote of two-thirds (8 votes) of all members of the Board of Supervisors to approve passage of this Ordinance.) Supervisors Mar, Haney, Peskin, and Fewer requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani 190666 [2019 General Obligation Affordable Housing Bond Report] Sponsors: Yee; Ronen and Mar Motion urging the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to update and amend the 2019 General Obligation Affordable Housing Bond Report to reflect the increase to the Bond amount, updated allocations of proposed funding, and proposed amendments on prioritized uses. Supervisor Mar requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Motion No. M19-107 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee Excused: 1 - Stefani City and County of San Francisco Page 590 Printed at 2:12 pm on 8/20/19