# Board of Supervisors Minutes: January 9, 2024 - Meeting date: 2024-01-09 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 25 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/970/2024-01-09-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1162108&GUID=5D7469DC-50EF-4E53-9B6C-0F6A99554BF4) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 231076: Administrative Code - Composition of Behavioral Health Commission - Pages: 12 - Sponsors: Dorsey - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 231076 [Administrative Code - Composition of Behavioral Health Commission] Sponsor: Dorsey Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to reduce the membership of the Behavioral Health Commission from 17 to 12 seats; provide that the full Board of Supervisors rather than individual Supervisors makes these appointments; require that at least one seat be held by a veteran or veteran advocate; reduce the minimum number of seats reserved for consumers and families of consumers from nine to six; provide two seats for mental health professionals; update staggered terms for all seats; and retain existing members. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ### File 231217: Administrative Code - Surveillance Technology Policy - City Administrator - Security Camera Systems - Pages: 12 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 231217 [Administrative Code - Surveillance Technology Policy - City Administrator - Security Camera Systems] Ordinance approving a modified Surveillance Technology Policy for the City Administrator’s Office’s acquisition and use of security camera systems. (City Administrator) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ### File 240014: Appointment, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - Ankita Mukhopadhyay - Pages: 12-13 - Vote 1: approval, likely final - Action: 240014 [Appointment, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - Ankita Mukhopadhyay] Motion appointing Ankita Mukhopadhyay, term expiring April 27, 2025, to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M24-002 APPROVED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Absent: Preston, Ronen ### File 231263: Calling for Sustained Ceasefire in Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Release of Hostages, and Condemning Antisemitic, Anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic Rhetoric and Attacks - Pages: 13-14 - Sponsors: Preston; Ronen - Vote 1: other - Action: 15, through Page 2, Line 9, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors condemns Hamas’s attack on Israeli civilians, resulting in the deaths of at least 1,200 Israeli people on October 7, 2023; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors condemns the Netanyahu government’s attacks resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors believes that a just and lasting peace between the Palestinian and Israeli people requires new leadership on both sides with a willingness and commitment to negotiate in good faith; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors urges the international community to work with Palestinian and Israeli people to find a just and lasting peace, and to conduct a full investigation of the conduct of all parties in this conflict and hold all parties and individuals who have overseen or engaged in war crimes and international human rights violations – including but not limited to gender based violence and killing of children – accountable.’ The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Engardio, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton - Noes: Dorsey, Mandelman, Stefani - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 003-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Engardio, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton - Noes: Dorsey, Mandelman, Stefani ## Extracted text ### [Page 12](https://sfbos.info/documents/970/2024-01-09-minutes#page-12) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 1/9/2024 COMMITTEE REPORTS Recommendations of the Rules Committee 231076 [Administrative Code - Composition of Behavioral Health Commission] Sponsor: Dorsey Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to reduce the membership of the Behavioral Health Commission from 17 to 12 seats; provide that the full Board of Supervisors rather than individual Supervisors makes these appointments; require that at least one seat be held by a veteran or veteran advocate; reduce the minimum number of seats reserved for consumers and families of consumers from nine to six; provide two seats for mental health professionals; update staggered terms for all seats; and retain existing members. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton 231217 [Administrative Code - Surveillance Technology Policy - City Administrator - Security Camera Systems] Ordinance approving a modified Surveillance Technology Policy for the City Administrator’s Office’s acquisition and use of security camera systems. (City Administrator) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Supervisors Preston and Ronen were noted absent at 3:20 p.m. 240014 [Appointment, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force - Ankita Mukhopadhyay] Motion appointing Ankita Mukhopadhyay, term expiring April 27, 2025, to the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force. (Rules Committee) Motion No. M24-002 APPROVED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani, Walton Absent: 2 - Preston, Ronen Supervisor Preston was noted present at 3:29 p.m. Supervisor Ronen was noted present at 3:32 p.m. City and County of San Francisco Page 11 Printed at 1:55 pm on 3/8/24 ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/970/2024-01-09-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 1/9/2024 Appointment of President Pro Tempore At the request of President Peskin, Supervisor Walton assumed the chair at 2:18 p.m. so the President could participate in the debate on File No. 231263 from the floor. The President resumed the chair at 2:27 p.m. Referred Without Recommendation from the Rules Committee 231263 [Calling for Sustained Ceasefire in Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Release of Hostages, and Condemning Antisemitic, Anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic Rhetoric and Attacks] Sponsors: Preston; Ronen Resolution calling for a sustained ceasefire in Gaza, humanitarian aid, release of hostages, and condemning antisemitic, anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks. Supervisor Safai requested a moment of silence for all the lives lost during this conflict (File No. 231263); President Pro Tempore Walton obliged and called for a moment of silence. Supervisor Peskin, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 1, Line 7, through Page 3, Line 2, by striking all of the ‘WHEREAS’ clauses; and on Page 1, Line 15, through Page 2, Line 9, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors condemns Hamas’s attack on Israeli civilians, resulting in the deaths of at least 1,200 Israeli people on October 7, 2023; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors condemns the Netanyahu government’s attacks resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors believes that a just and lasting peace between the Palestinian and Israeli people requires new leadership on both sides with a willingness and commitment to negotiate in good faith; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the San Francisco Board of Supervisors urges the international community to work with Palestinian and Israeli people to find a just and lasting peace, and to conduct a full investigation of the conduct of all parties in this conflict and hold all parties and individuals who have overseen or engaged in war crimes and international human rights violations – including but not limited to gender based violence and killing of children – accountable.’ The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Chan, Engardio, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton Noes: 3 - Dorsey, Mandelman, Stefani Resolution No. 003-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Chan, Engardio, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Walton Noes: 3 - Dorsey, Mandelman, Stefani President Peskin recessed the meeting at 3:07 p.m. and reconvened at 3:20 p.m. Appointment of President Pro Tempore At the request of President Peskin, Supervisor Walton assumed the chair at 3:50 p.m. The President resumed the chair 3:52 p.m. City and County of San Francisco Page 12 Printed at 1:55 pm on 3/8/24