# Board of Supervisors Minutes: September 5, 2023

- Meeting date: 2023-09-05
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 31
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## Structured legislative records

### File 230764: Planning, Building Codes - Development Impact Fee Indexing, Deferral, and Waivers; Adoption of Nexus Study

- Pages: 7-8
- Sponsors: Mayor; Peskin, Mandelman, Dorsey, Stefani and Safai
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: m all development impact fees for a three-year period; 4) allow payment of development impact fees, with the exception of fees deposited in the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund, to be deferred until issuance of the first certificate of occupancy; and 5) adopt the San Francisco Citywide Nexus Analysis supporting existing development impact fees for recreation and open space, childcare facilities, complete streets, and transit infrastructure and making conforming revisions to Article 4 of the Planning Code; amending the Building Code to allow payment of development impact fees, with the exception of fees deposited in the Citywide Affordable Housing Fund, to be deferred until issuance of the first certificate of occupancy and repealing the fee deferral surcharge; affirming the Planning Department’s determination 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 making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare pursuant to Planning Code, Section 302. (Supervisor Preston voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 193-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton
  - Noes: Preston

### File 230769: Planning, Administrative Codes - Development Impact Fee Reductions

- Pages: 8-9
- Sponsors: Peskin; Safai, Mandelman, Dorsey and Stefani
- Vote 1: final-passage, likely final
  - Action: d that receive a first construction document within a specified period; 2) adopt a process for those projects to request a modification to conditions of approval related to development impact fees, subject to delegation by the Planning Commission; 3) reduce Article 4 development impact fees, including Inclusionary Affordable Housing fees, for projects approved before November 1, 2026 that receive a first construction document within 30 months of entitlement; and, 4) modify the Inclusionary Housing Program Ordinance effective November 1, 2026 to reduce applicable fees, and on-site or off-site unit requirements, for projects that exceed a stated unit size; amending the Administrative Code to update the Inclusionary Housing Technical Advisory Committee member requirements; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings 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. (Supervisor Preston voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 187-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton
  - Noes: Preston

### File 230686: Settlement of Lawsuit - Walgreen Co. - City to Receive $229,610,002 Over 15 Years

- Pages: 9-10
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: ct of California, Case No. 3:18-cv-7591-CRB-JSC; entitled The City and County of San Francisco and the People of the State of California v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Richard S. Sackler, Jonathan D. Sackler, Mortimer D.A. Sackler, Kathe A. Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, David A. Sackler, Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P., Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Endo International Plc, Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Insys Therapeutics, Inc., Mallinckrodt Plc, Mallinckrodt LLC, Allergan Plc f/k/a Actavis Plc, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. n/k/a Actavis, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., Actavis LLC, Actavis Pharma, Inc. f/k/a Watson Pharma, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and McKesson Corporation; the lawsuit involves Walgreen Co.’s 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 in San Francisco. (City Attorney) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton

## Extracted text

### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/942/2023-09-05-minutes#page-8)

Board of Supervisors                            Meeting Minutes                                               9/5/2023



230769 [Planning, Administrative Codes - Development Impact Fee Reductions]
            Sponsors: Peskin; Safai, Mandelman, Dorsey and Stefani
            Ordinance amending the Planning Code to: 1) reduce Inclusionary Housing Program requirements of
            the Planning Code, for projects exceeding a stated unit size that have been approved prior to
            November 1, 2023 and that receive a first construction document within a specified period; 2) adopt a
            process for those projects to request a modification to conditions of approval related to development
            impact fees, subject to delegation by the Planning Commission; 3) reduce Article 4 development
            impact fees, including Inclusionary Affordable Housing fees, for projects approved before November 1,
            2026 that receive a first construction document within 30 months of entitlement; and, 4) modify the
            Inclusionary Housing Program Ordinance effective November 1, 2026 to reduce applicable fees, and
            on-site or off-site unit requirements, for projects that exceed a stated unit size; amending the
            Administrative Code to update the Inclusionary Housing Technical Advisory Committee member
            requirements; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental
            Quality Act; making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings 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.
            (Supervisor Preston voted No on First Reading.)
            Ordinance No. 187-23
            FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton
                 Noes: 1 - Preston




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Board of Supervisors                             Meeting Minutes                                                9/5/2023




NEW BUSINESS


Recommendations of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee
            President Peskin requested File Nos. 230686, 230687, and 230688 be called together. During the
            discussion on these matters, privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Ben Rosenfield,
            Controller (Office of the City Controller), who responded to questions raised.


230686 [Settlement of Lawsuit - Walgreen Co. - City to Receive $229,610,002 Over 15
       Years]
            Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco and
            the People of the State of California against Walgreen Co. for $229,610,002 (the City to be paid
            $200,000,002 over 15 years, the City’s outside counsel to be paid $29,610,000); the lawsuit was filed
            on December 18, 2018, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case
            No. 3:18-cv-7591-CRB-JSC; entitled The City and County of San Francisco and the People of the
            State of California v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Richard S. Sackler, Jonathan D. Sackler, Mortimer D.A.
            Sackler, Kathe A. Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, David A.
            Sackler, Trust for the Benefit of Members of the Raymond Sackler Family, Rhodes Pharmaceuticals
            L.P., Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Endo
            International Plc, Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
            Inc., Insys Therapeutics, Inc., Mallinckrodt Plc, Mallinckrodt LLC, Allergan Plc f/k/a Actavis Plc,
            Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. n/k/a Actavis, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., Actavis LLC, Actavis
            Pharma, Inc. f/k/a Watson Pharma, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., and
            McKesson Corporation; the lawsuit involves Walgreen Co.’s 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 in San Francisco. (City Attorney)
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani,
                 Walton




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