# Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 5, 2024 - Meeting date: 2024-03-05 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 29 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/982/2024-03-05-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1182051&GUID=C8AF5EEA-28EF-49D3-AD78-C698A63A7E6F) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 240196: Planning Code, Zoning Map - Family and Senior Housing Opportunity Special Use District - Pages: 12-13 - Sponsors: Melgar - Vote 1: amendment - Action: f up to 18 units per lot or one unit per 1,000 square feet of lot area on Corner Lots resulting from three lot mergers in RH-1 districts, and the greater of up to 12 units per lot or one unit per 1,000 square feet of lot area on Corner Lots resulting from two lot mergers in RH-1 districts; extend various development and streamlining benefits, including lot merger benefits, to RM-1 (Residential, Mixed), RH-2, and RH-3 Districts within the area of the SUD bounded by the Great Highway, Lincoln Way, 19th Avenue, and Sloat Boulevard; and refine project eligibility criteria in the SUD; amending the Zoning Map to reflect the renamed Family and Senior Housing Special Use District; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302. Duplicated from File No. 230808. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Melgar, moved that this Ordinance be REFERRED 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 230864: Administrative Code - Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund and Program - Pages: 13-14 - Sponsors: Melgar; Walton and Engardio - Vote 1: other - Action: ’; on Page 4, Line 9, by adding ‘Subject to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Charter’; on Page 6, Lines 13-23, by adding ‘and shall consult with MOHCD regarding those responsibilities. The HRC Director may delegate to MOHCD functions and responsibilities set forth in this Chapter 110, including but not limited to, the establishment of Program Regulations described in subsection (b), the administration of loans described in Section 110.7, and annual reporting described in the Administrative Code Chapter 10, Article XIII, Section 10.100-13(d), and MOHCD may agree to assume such functions and responsibilities. Any delegation pursuant to this subsection (a) shall be memorialized in a memorandum of understanding between the HRC Director and the MOHCD Director. The memorandum of understanding shall identify the scope and extent of the delegation and shall state the degree to which, if at all, MOHCD shall consult with HRC as to matters that have been delegated to MOHCD.’, Line 3, by striking ‘in implementing this Program’, and Lines 24-25, by adding ‘in consultation with MOHCD’; on Page 10, Line 8, by adding ‘in consultation with MOHCD’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Noes: Peskin - Vote 2: first-reading - Action: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Program and the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund to assist low, moderate, and middle-income first-time homebuyers who would otherwise not be able to purchase a primary residence in San Francisco; and to require the Human Rights Commission, in consultation with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, to establish policies and procedures to issue and possibly forgive loans from the Fund, and to provide oversight, monitoring, and forgiveness of such loans. (Supervisor Peskin voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Melgar requested this Ordinance be DUPLICATED AS AMENDED. See duplicated File No. 240197. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Noes: Peskin ### File 240197: Administrative Code - Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund and Program - Pages: 14 - Sponsors: Melgar; Walton and Engardio - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 240197 [Administrative Code - Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund and Program] Sponsors: Melgar; Walton and Engardio Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Program and the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund to assist low, moderate, and middle-income first-time homebuyers who would otherwise not be able to purchase a primary residence in San Francisco; and to require the Human Rights Commission, in consultation with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, to establish policies and procedures to issue and possibly forgive loans from the Fund, and to provide oversight, monitoring, and forgiveness of such loans. Duplicated from File No. 230864. Supervisor Melgar, seconded by Supervisor Engardio, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 6, Lines 14 and 18, by changing ‘may’ to ‘shall’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Vote 2: referral - Action: Supervisor Melgar, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Ordinance be REFERRED 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 230867: Public Works Code - Excavation by Microtrenching for Fiber - Pages: 14 - Sponsors: Safai; Engardio - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 230867 [Public Works Code - Excavation by Microtrenching for Fiber] Sponsors: Safai; Engardio Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to allow the use of microtrenching to install fiber-optic facilities; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ### File 240047: General Plan - Potrero Bus Yard Project - Pages: 14-15 - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 240047 [General Plan - Potrero Bus Yard Project] Ordinance amending the Urban Design Element of the General Plan to facilitate the Potrero Bus Yard Project; adopting 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 making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 340. (Planning Commission) (Pursuant to Charter, Section 4.105, the Planning Commission recommends General Plan amendments to the Board of Supervisors for approval or rejection. If the Board fails to act within 90 days of receipt, the proposed General Plan amendment shall be deemed approved. Transmittal Date: January 16, 2024.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/982/2024-03-05-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/5/2024 230864 [Administrative Code - Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund and Program] Sponsors: Melgar; Walton and Engardio Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Program and the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund to assist low, moderate, and middle-income first-time homebuyers who would otherwise not be able to purchase a primary residence in San Francisco; and to require the Human Rights Commission to establish policies and procedures to issue and possibly forgive loans from the Fund, and to provide oversight, monitoring, and forgiveness of such loans. (Supervisor Peskin Dissented in Committee.) Supervisors Walton and Engardio requested to be added as co-sponsors. Supervisor Melgar, seconded by Supervisor Engardio, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Lines 8-9, by adding ‘in consultation with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development’; on Page 3, Lines 13-14, by adding ‘"MOHCD Director” means the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, or the MOHCD Director’s designee’, and Line 20, by adding ‘in consultation with MOHCD’; on Page 4, Line 9, by adding ‘Subject to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Charter’; on Page 6, Lines 13-23, by adding ‘and shall consult with MOHCD regarding those responsibilities. The HRC Director may delegate to MOHCD functions and responsibilities set forth in this Chapter 110, including but not limited to, the establishment of Program Regulations described in subsection (b), the administration of loans described in Section 110.7, and annual reporting described in the Administrative Code Chapter 10, Article XIII, Section 10.100-13(d), and MOHCD may agree to assume such functions and responsibilities. Any delegation pursuant to this subsection (a) shall be memorialized in a memorandum of understanding between the HRC Director and the MOHCD Director. The memorandum of understanding shall identify the scope and extent of the delegation and shall state the degree to which, if at all, MOHCD shall consult with HRC as to matters that have been delegated to MOHCD.’, Line 3, by striking ‘in implementing this Program’, and Lines 24-25, by adding ‘in consultation with MOHCD’; on Page 10, Line 8, by adding ‘in consultation with MOHCD’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Noes: 1 - Peskin Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Program and the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund to assist low, moderate, and middle-income first-time homebuyers who would otherwise not be able to purchase a primary residence in San Francisco; and to require the Human Rights Commission, in consultation with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, to establish policies and procedures to issue and possibly forgive loans from the Fund, and to provide oversight, monitoring, and forgiveness of such loans. (Supervisor Peskin voted No on First Reading.) Supervisor Melgar requested this Ordinance be DUPLICATED AS AMENDED. See duplicated File No. 240197. PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Noes: 1 - Peskin City and County of San Francisco Page 168 Printed at 6:22 pm on 4/26/24 ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/982/2024-03-05-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/5/2024 240197 [Administrative Code - Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund and Program] Sponsors: Melgar; Walton and Engardio Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Program and the Forgivable Loan for First-Time Homebuyers Fund to assist low, moderate, and middle-income first-time homebuyers who would otherwise not be able to purchase a primary residence in San Francisco; and to require the Human Rights Commission, in consultation with the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, to establish policies and procedures to issue and possibly forgive loans from the Fund, and to provide oversight, monitoring, and forgiveness of such loans. Duplicated from File No. 230864. Supervisor Melgar, seconded by Supervisor Engardio, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 6, Lines 14 and 18, by changing ‘may’ to ‘shall’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Supervisor Melgar, seconded by Supervisor Ronen, moved that this Ordinance be REFERRED 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 230867 [Public Works Code - Excavation by Microtrenching for Fiber] Sponsors: Safai; Engardio Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to allow the use of microtrenching to install fiber-optic facilities; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton 240047 [General Plan - Potrero Bus Yard Project] Ordinance amending the Urban Design Element of the General Plan to facilitate the Potrero Bus Yard Project; adopting 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 making findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 340. (Planning Commission) (Pursuant to Charter, Section 4.105, the Planning Commission recommends General Plan amendments to the Board of Supervisors for approval or rejection. If the Board fails to act within 90 days of receipt, the proposed General Plan amendment shall be deemed approved. Transmittal Date: January 16, 2024.) PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 11 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 169 Printed at 6:22 pm on 4/26/24