# Board of Supervisors Minutes: December 12, 2023 - Meeting date: 2023-12-12 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 35 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/968/2023-12-12-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1145335&GUID=EEBE65AA-5217-49CC-8C68-00F0A6727E8A) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 231165: Fire Code - Lithium-Ion Batteries in Powered Mobility Devices - Pages: 9-10 - Sponsors: Peskin; Preston, Melgar, Chan and Mandelman - Vote 1: amendment - Action: lanning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to forward this Ordinance to the California Building Standards Commission upon final passage. Supervisor Preston, seconded by Supervisor Melgar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, : on Page 3, Lines 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9, by changing ‘attributed to’ to ‘associated with’; on Page 6, Lines 11-18, by adding ‘Subject to the approval of the Fire Department, the minimum 3 feet (914 mm) separation distance while charging multiple Powered Mobility Devices may be reduced to a minimum of 6 inches (152 mm) if the Powered Mobility Device is UL 2272 listed, contains a UL 2271 listed battery tested and certified by an approved Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, and such battery is contained in a completely enclosed non-combustible compartment within the Powered Mobility Device that has been tested and certified by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory’, and Line 23, by adding ‘a Batter Cabinet approved by the Fire Department’; and on Page 7, Line 8, by adding ‘(c)’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Vote 2: amendment - Action: Supervisor Preston, seconded by Supervisor Safai, moved that this Ordinance be RE-REFERRED AS AMENDED to the Land Use and Transportation Committee. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ### File 230446: Planning and Subdivision Codes, Zoning Map - Housing Production - Pages: 10-11 - Sponsors: Mayor; Engardio, Dorsey, Melgar and Safai - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: subject to delegation from the Planning Commission; 8) sunsetting the Conditional Use requirements established by the Corona Heights Large Residence and the Central Neighborhoods Large Residence Special Use Districts at the end of 2024, and thereafter limiting the size of any Dwelling Units resulting from residential development in those Special Use Districts to 3,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area; and 9) making conforming amendments to other sections of the Planning Code; amending the Zoning Map to create the Priority Equity Geographies Special Use District; amending the Subdivision Code to update the condominium conversion requirements for projects utilizing residential density exceptions in RH Districts; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Supervisors Chan and Peskin voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Ordinance No. 248-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Noes: Chan, Peskin ### File 231162: Accept and Expend Grant and Amend the Annual Salary Ordinance - Retroactive - Board of State and Community Corrections - Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program - $15,326,301 - Pages: 11 - Sponsors: Mayor; Safai, Mandelman and Engardio - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 31162 [Accept and Expend Grant and Amend the Annual Salary Ordinance - Retroactive - Board of State and Community Corrections - Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program - $15,326,301] Sponsors: Mayor; Safai, Mandelman and Engardio Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Police Department, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco, to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $15,326,301 from the Board of State and Community Corrections Organized Retail Theft Grant Program to fund personnel, training, equipment, and other activities in furtherance of combatting organized retail theft and motor vehicle accessory (catalytic converter) theft in San Francisco, for the period of October 1, 2023, through June 1, 2027; approving the associated grant agreement under Charter, Section 9.118; and amending Ordinance No. 145-23 (Annual Salary Ordinance, File No. 230645 for Fiscal Years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025) to provide for the creation of two grant-funded full-time positions in Class 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst (2.0). (Police Department) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ### File 221027: Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District - Pit Stop Public Toilet Program - $250,000 - Pages: 11-12 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: adoption, likely final - Action: 221027 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District - Pit Stop Public Toilet Program - $250,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept and expend a grant of up to $250,000 from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District for the Pit Stop Public Toilet Program starting July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 585-23 ADOPTED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 10](https://sfbos.info/documents/968/2023-12-12-minutes#page-10) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/12/2023 Referred Without Recommendation from the Land Use and Transportation Committee 230446 [Planning and Subdivision Codes, Zoning Map - Housing Production] Sponsors: Mayor; Engardio, Dorsey, Melgar and Safai Ordinance amending the Planning Code to encourage housing production by (1) exempting, under certain conditions, specified housing projects from the notice and review procedures of Section 311 and the Conditional Use requirement of Section 317, in areas outside of Priority Equity Geographies, which are identified in the Housing Element as areas or neighborhoods with a high density of vulnerable populations; 2) removing the Conditional Use requirement for several types of housing projects, including housing developments on large lots in areas outside the Priority Equity Geographies Special Use District, projects that build additional units in lower density zoning districts, and senior housing projects that seek to obtain double density; 3) amending rear yard, front setback, lot frontage, minimum lot size, and residential open space requirements in specified districts; 4) allowing additional uses on the ground floor in residential buildings, homeless shelters, and group housing in residential districts, and administrative review of reasonable accommodations; 5) expanding the eligibility for the Housing Opportunities Mean Equity - San Francisco (HOME - SF) program and density exceptions in residential districts; 6) exempting certain affordable housing projects from certain development fees; 7) authorizing the Planning Director to approve State Density Bonus projects, subject to delegation from the Planning Commission; 8) sunsetting the Conditional Use requirements established by the Corona Heights Large Residence and the Central Neighborhoods Large Residence Special Use Districts at the end of 2024, and thereafter limiting the size of any Dwelling Units resulting from residential development in those Special Use Districts to 3,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area; and 9) making conforming amendments to other sections of the Planning Code; amending the Zoning Map to create the Priority Equity Geographies Special Use District; amending the Subdivision Code to update the condominium conversion requirements for projects utilizing residential density exceptions in RH Districts; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302, and findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1. (Supervisors Chan and Peskin voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Safai requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Ordinance No. 248-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Noes: 2 - Chan, Peskin City and County of San Francisco Page 1087 Printed at 6:00 pm on 4/26/24 ### [Page 11](https://sfbos.info/documents/968/2023-12-12-minutes#page-11) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/12/2023 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 231162 [Accept and Expend Grant and Amend the Annual Salary Ordinance - Retroactive - Board of State and Community Corrections - Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program - $15,326,301] Sponsors: Mayor; Safai, Mandelman and Engardio Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Police Department, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco, to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $15,326,301 from the Board of State and Community Corrections Organized Retail Theft Grant Program to fund personnel, training, equipment, and other activities in furtherance of combatting organized retail theft and motor vehicle accessory (catalytic converter) theft in San Francisco, for the period of October 1, 2023, through June 1, 2027; approving the associated grant agreement under Charter, Section 9.118; and amending Ordinance No. 145-23 (Annual Salary Ordinance, File No. 230645 for Fiscal Years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025) to provide for the creation of two grant-funded full-time positions in Class 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst (2.0). (Police Department) Supervisor Mandelman requested to be added as a co-sponsor. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton 221027 [Accept and Expend Grant - Retroactive - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District - Pit Stop Public Toilet Program - $250,000] Sponsor: Mayor Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept and expend a grant of up to $250,000 from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District for the Pit Stop Public Toilet Program starting July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. (Fiscal Impact) Resolution No. 585-23 ADOPTED by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 1088 Printed at 6:00 pm on 4/26/24