# Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 12, 2023

- Meeting date: 2023-04-12
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 30
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## Structured legislative records

### File 230195: Settlement of Unlitigated Claims against CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. - City to Receive Approximately $4,500,000 to $12,000,000 Over 10 Years

- Pages: 7-8
- Vote 1: adoption, likely final
  - Action: 230195 [Settlement of Unlitigated Claims against CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. - City to Receive Approximately $4,500,000 to $12,000,000 Over 10 Years] Resolution authorizing settlement of unlitigated claims on behalf of the City and County of San Francisco and the People of the State of California against CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc. for abatement funds in the range of $4,500,000 to $12,000,000 to be paid over 10 years; the claims relate to CVS’s allegedly improper and unlawful dispensing of prescription opioids at its pharmacies, which contributed to the epidemic of opioid abuse and misuse and caused a public nuisance. (City Attorney) Resolution No. 147-23 ADOPTED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Walton
  - Excused: Melgar, Ronen, Stefani
- Vote 2: other
  - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 310 Printed at 2:40 pm on 3/29/24 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 4/12/2023 Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee Supervisor Safai Excused from Voting Out of an abundance of caution, Supervisor Safai requested to be excused from voting on File No. 210585 due to a possible conflict of interest. Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that Supervisor Safai be excused from voting on File No. 210585. The motion carried by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Walton
  - Excused: Melgar, Ronen, Safai, Stefani

### File 210585: Planning Code - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Controls

- Pages: 8-9
- Sponsors: Mayor
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: 210585 [Planning Code - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Controls] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending the Planning Code to clarify the ministerial approval process for certain Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) meeting certain requirements in single-family and multifamily buildings and to permit certain ADUs in the rear yard under the City’s local, discretionary approval program; making findings 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 adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. Ordinance No. 053-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Walton
  - Excused: Melgar, Ronen, Safai, Stefani

### File 230055: Public Employment - Amendment to the Salary Ordinance for the Office of the Public Defender - Immigration Legal Defense Support - FY2022-2023

- Pages: 9
- Sponsors: Mayor; Melgar, Safai, Mandelman and Preston
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 230055 [Public Employment - Amendment to the Salary Ordinance for the Office of the Public Defender - Immigration Legal Defense Support - FY2022-2023] Sponsors: Mayor; Melgar, Safai, Mandelman and Preston Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 162-22 (Salary Ordinance Fiscal Years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024) to reflect the addition of two positions (0.34 FTEs) in the Office of the Public Defender to support Immigration Legal Defense in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Preston requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Walton
  - Excused: Melgar, Ronen, Stefani

### File 230209: Appropriation - $1,051,298 State Settlement Award to the Office of Public Defender - FY2022-2023

- Pages: 9-10
- Sponsors: Mayor; Safai, Mandelman and Preston
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 230209 [Appropriation - $1,051,298 State Settlement Award to the Office of Public Defender - FY2022-2023] Sponsors: Mayor; Safai, Mandelman and Preston Ordinance appropriating $1,051,298 of state settlement funds to support immigration legal defense in the Office of the Public Defender (PDR) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023. (Fiscal Impact) Supervisor Preston requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Walton
  - Excused: Melgar, Ronen, Stefani

## Extracted text

### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/916/2023-04-12-minutes#page-8)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                               4/12/2023




Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee


Supervisor Safai Excused from Voting
            Out of an abundance of caution, Supervisor Safai requested to be excused from voting on File No.
            210585 due to a possible conflict of interest.
            Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that Supervisor Safai be excused from
            voting on File No. 210585. The motion carried by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 7 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Walton
                 Excused: 4 - Melgar, Ronen, Safai, Stefani


210585 [Planning Code - State-Mandated Accessory Dwelling Unit Controls]
            Sponsor: Mayor
            Ordinance amending the Planning Code to clarify the ministerial approval process for certain
            Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) meeting certain requirements in single-family and multifamily
            buildings and to permit certain ADUs in the rear yard under the City’s local, discretionary approval
            program; making findings 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 adopting findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section
            302.
            Ordinance No. 053-23
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 7 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Walton
                 Excused: 4 - Melgar, Ronen, Safai, Stefani




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### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/916/2023-04-12-minutes#page-9)

Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                                4/12/2023




NEW BUSINESS


Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee
            President Peskin requested File Nos. 230055 and 230209 be called together.


230055 [Public Employment - Amendment to the Salary Ordinance for the Office of the
       Public Defender - Immigration Legal Defense Support - FY2022-2023]
            Sponsors: Mayor; Melgar, Safai, Mandelman and Preston
            Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 162-22 (Salary Ordinance Fiscal Years 2022-2023 and
            2023-2024) to reflect the addition of two positions (0.34 FTEs) in the Office of the Public Defender to
            support Immigration Legal Defense in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023.
            (Fiscal Impact)
            Supervisor Preston requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 8 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Walton
                 Excused: 3 - Melgar, Ronen, Stefani


230209 [Appropriation - $1,051,298 State Settlement Award to the Office of Public
       Defender - FY2022-2023]
            Sponsors: Mayor; Safai, Mandelman and Preston
            Ordinance appropriating $1,051,298 of state settlement funds to support immigration legal defense in
            the Office of the Public Defender (PDR) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023.
            (Fiscal Impact)
            Supervisor Preston requested to be added as a co-sponsor.
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 8 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Walton
                 Excused: 3 - Melgar, Ronen, Stefani




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