# 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 231160: De-Appropriation and Appropriation - Expenditures of $39,500,000 Supporting Increased Overtime Expenditures - Department of Public Health - FY2023-2024 - Pages: 7-8 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: 231160 [De-Appropriation and Appropriation - Expenditures of $39,500,000 Supporting Increased Overtime Expenditures - Department of Public Health - FY2023-2024] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance de-appropriating $39,500,000 from permanent salaries and dependent coverage fringe benefits, and appropriating $39,500,000 to overtime in the Department of Public Health, in order to support the Department’s projected increases in overtime as required, pursuant to Administrative Code, Section 3.17. (Public Health Department) (Fiscal Impact) Ordinance No. 256-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Absent: Preston ### File 230861: Police Code - Fees, Applications, and Conditions for Certain Entertainment Permits - Pages: 8-9 - Sponsors: Mayor; Safai - Vote 1: final-passage, likely final - Action: has not been granted, conditionally granted, or denied within 12 months of its submission; 5) authorize the Entertainment Commission Director (“Director”) to issue billiard and pool table permits without a hearing, and provide that such permits may be suspended or revoked under the standards and procedures that apply to other Entertainment Permits; 6) exempt schools from the requirement to obtain a Place of Entertainment Permit, Limited Live Performance Permit, or Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit for any activities that occur on school premises in the regular course of school operations; 7) allow the Director or the Entertainment Commission to require an applicant for a Limited Live Performance Permit to propose a Security Plan if necessary to protect the safety of persons and property or provide for the orderly dispersal of persons and traffic, to make compliance with the Security Plan a condition of the Permit, and to require revisions to the Security Plan as necessary; and 8) clarify that a single One Time Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit may extend across multiple consecutive or non-consecutive 24-hour periods. Ordinance No. 250-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Absent: Preston ### 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 ## Extracted text ### [Page 8](https://sfbos.info/documents/968/2023-12-12-minutes#page-8) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/12/2023 REGULAR AGENDA UNFINISHED BUSINESS Recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee 230861 [Police Code - Fees, Applications, and Conditions for Certain Entertainment Permits] Sponsors: Mayor; Safai Ordinance amending the Police Code to 1) waive initial license and filing fees through June 30, 2025 for certain Entertainment Permits for former holders of Just Add Music Permits; 2) waive initial license and filing fees for Entertainment Permits for applicants who are newly eligible to apply for those permits due to recent Planning Code amendments; 3) eliminate masked ball permits; 4) require applicants for Arcade, Ancillary Use, billiard and pool table, Place of Entertainment, Limited Live Performance, Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound, and Extended-Hours Premises Permits to submit a new Permit application and filing fee if their existing application has not been granted, conditionally granted, or denied within 12 months of its submission; 5) authorize the Entertainment Commission Director (“Director”) to issue billiard and pool table permits without a hearing, and provide that such permits may be suspended or revoked under the standards and procedures that apply to other Entertainment Permits; 6) exempt schools from the requirement to obtain a Place of Entertainment Permit, Limited Live Performance Permit, or Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit for any activities that occur on school premises in the regular course of school operations; 7) allow the Director or the Entertainment Commission to require an applicant for a Limited Live Performance Permit to propose a Security Plan if necessary to protect the safety of persons and property or provide for the orderly dispersal of persons and traffic, to make compliance with the Security Plan a condition of the Permit, and to require revisions to the Security Plan as necessary; and 8) clarify that a single One Time Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit may extend across multiple consecutive or non-consecutive 24-hour periods. Ordinance No. 250-23 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Absent: 1 - Preston Supervisor Preston was noted present at 3:21 p.m. City and County of San Francisco Page 1085 Printed at 6:00 pm on 4/26/24 ### [Page 9](https://sfbos.info/documents/968/2023-12-12-minutes#page-9) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 12/12/2023 Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee 231165 [Fire Code - Lithium-Ion Batteries in Powered Mobility Devices] Sponsors: Peskin; Preston, Melgar, Chan and Mandelman Ordinance amending the Fire Code to provide fire protection standards for the charging and storage of lithium-ion batteries used in powered mobility devices (such as electric bikes, scooters, skateboards, and hoverboards), prohibit use of damaged lithium-ion batteries in such devices, prohibit use of lithium-ion batteries assembled or reconditioned using cells removed from used batteries in such devices, and require the Fire Department to conduct an informational campaign; affirming the Planning 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: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton 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: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 1086 Printed at 6:00 pm on 4/26/24