# Board of Supervisors Minutes: November 21, 2019

- Meeting date: 2019-11-21
- Document type: minutes
- Pages in official PDF: 3
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## Structured legislative records

### File 191005: Initiative Ordinance - Business and Tax Regulations, Administrative Codes - Excise Tax on Keeping Commercial Property Vacant

- Pages: 3
- Vote 1: approval, likely final
  - Action: 191005 [Initiative Ordinance - Business and Tax Regulations, Administrative Codes - Excise Tax on Keeping Commercial Property Vacant] Sponsors: Peskin; Ronen, Walton and Haney Motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to be held on March 3, 2020, an Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code and Administrative Code to impose an excise tax on persons keeping ground floor commercial space in certain neighborhood commercial districts and certain neighborhood commercial transit districts vacant, to fund assistance to small businesses; increasing the City’s appropriations limit by the amount collected under the tax for four years from March 3, 2020; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. (Economic Impact) Motion No. M19-172 APPROVED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mar, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee
  - Excused: Mandelman, Peskin, Stefani

## Extracted text

### [Page 3](https://sfbos.info/documents/634/2019-11-21-minutes#page-3)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                               11/21/2019




COMMITTEE REPORTS

191005 [Initiative Ordinance - Business and Tax Regulations, Administrative Codes -
       Excise Tax on Keeping Commercial Property Vacant]
            Sponsors: Peskin; Ronen, Walton and Haney
            Motion ordering submitted to the voters at an election to be held on March 3, 2020, an Ordinance
            amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code and Administrative Code to impose an excise
            tax on persons keeping ground floor commercial space in certain neighborhood commercial
            districts and certain neighborhood commercial transit districts vacant, to fund assistance to small
            businesses; increasing the City’s appropriations limit by the amount collected under the tax for four
            years from March 3, 2020; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the
            California Environmental Quality Act.
            (Economic Impact)
            Motion No. M19-172
            APPROVED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 8 - Brown, Fewer, Haney, Mar, Ronen, Safai, Walton, Yee
                 Excused: 3 - Mandelman, Peskin, Stefani



PUBLIC COMMENT
            There were no public comment speakers.



ADJOURNMENT
            There being no further business, the Board adjourned at the hour 2:04 p.m.

            N.B. The Minutes of this meeting set forth all actions taken by the Board of Supervisors on the
            matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken
            up.

            Approved by the Board of Supervisors on January 14, 2020.




                                                               Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board




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