# Board of Supervisors Minutes: March 19, 2024 - Meeting date: 2024-03-19 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 21 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/986/2024-03-19-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1184000&GUID=14854BC8-C272-464C-938B-6D6D89398E3D) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 240238: Board Policy Prioritizing Municipal Affairs - Pages: 12-13 - Sponsors: Engardio; Peskin, Melgar and Dorsey - Vote 1: continuance - Action: 240238 [Board Policy Prioritizing Municipal Affairs] Sponsors: Engardio; Peskin, Melgar and Dorsey Resolution setting forth an official Board of Supervisors policy to prioritize Municipal affairs and issues that most directly impact and affect the City and County of San Francisco in the conduct of Board business. Supervisor Engardio, seconded by Supervisor Melgar, moved that this Resolution be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of March 26, 2024. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Ronen - Vote 2: other - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 217 Printed at 6:41 pm on 4/26/24 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/19/2024 Supervisor Engardio requested that File No. 240245 be severed so that it may be considered separately. Supervisor Engardio Excused from Voting Supervisor Engardio requested to be excused from voting on File No. 240245, due to a possible conflict of interest. Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that Supervisor Engardio be excused from voting on File No. 240245. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Engardio, Ronen ### File 240245: Urging the California Public Utilities Commission to Require Protections as a Condition of Approval of AT&T’s Request to Relinquish its Carrier of Last Resort and Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designations - Pages: 13-14 - Sponsors: Peskin; Chan - Vote 1: continuance - Action: 3, by adding ‘WHEREAS, COLRs serve the public good by requiring that residents have access to critical services regardless of location or the customer’s ability to receive service from another carrier; and’, on Line 16, by striking ‘given that among 62,779 POTS lines’, Line 17, by adding ‘using POTS lines’, and Line 24, by changing ‘offering’ to ‘participating in the’; and on Page 3, Lines 13-15, by changing ‘deny’ to ‘require lasting protection, including a published written transition plan that outline steps AT&T will take to ensure no customers are left without phone service, as a condition of approval of’, Lines 15-19, by striking ‘unless the CPUC requires AT&T to transition remaining customers to upgraded or alternative services, or until an alternative Carrier of Last Report or Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation has been identified to ensure all residents continue to have access to basic, affordable phone service’, and Lines 20-22, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the CPUC identifies an alternative COLR to maintain guaranteed access to basic phone service for all of Californians if they grant AT&T’s request; and, be it’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Engardio, Ronen - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: City and County of San Francisco Page 218 Printed at 6:41 pm on 4/26/24 Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/19/2024 Resolution urging the California Public Utilities Commission to require lasting protection and to identify an alternative Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) to preserve guaranteed access to basic phone service for those who are most vulnerable as a condition of approval of AT&T’s request to relinquish its COLR and Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) Designations. Resolution No. 132-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Engardio, Ronen ### File 240262: Administrative Code - Community Opportunity to Purchase Act - Pages: 14 - Sponsors: Peskin; Preston, Chan and Ronen ### File 240263: Planning Code - Divisadero Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District - Pages: 14-15 - Sponsors: Preston ## Extracted text ### [Page 13](https://sfbos.info/documents/986/2024-03-19-minutes#page-13) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/19/2024 Supervisor Engardio requested that File No. 240245 be severed so that it may be considered separately. Supervisor Engardio Excused from Voting Supervisor Engardio requested to be excused from voting on File No. 240245, due to a possible conflict of interest. Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that Supervisor Engardio be excused from voting on File No. 240245. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 2 - Engardio, Ronen 240245 [Urging the California Public Utilities Commission to Require Protections as a Condition of Approval of AT&T’s Request to Relinquish its Carrier of Last Resort and Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designations] Sponsors: Peskin; Chan Resolution urging the California Public Utilities Commission to deny AT&T’s request to relinquish its Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) and Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) Designations without conditions to require AT&T to transition remaining customers to upgraded or alternative services, or until an alternative COLR or ETC has been identified to ensure all residents have access to basic, affordable phone service. Supervisor Chan requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Lines 1-2, by adding ‘Require Protections as a Condition of Approval of’, Lines 3-4, by changing ‘deny’ to ‘require lasting protection and to identify an alternative Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) to preserve guaranteed access to basic phone service for those who are most vulnerable as a condition of approval of’, Line 6, by changing ‘Carrier of Last Resort (COLR)’ to ‘COLR’, and Lines 7-10, by striking ‘without conditions to require AT&T to transition remaining customers to upgraded or alternative services, or until an alternative COLR or ETC has been identified to ensure all residents have access to basic, affordable phone service’; on Page 2, Lines 1-3, by adding ‘WHEREAS, COLRs serve the public good by requiring that residents have access to critical services regardless of location or the customer’s ability to receive service from another carrier; and’, on Line 16, by striking ‘given that among 62,779 POTS lines’, Line 17, by adding ‘using POTS lines’, and Line 24, by changing ‘offering’ to ‘participating in the’; and on Page 3, Lines 13-15, by changing ‘deny’ to ‘require lasting protection, including a published written transition plan that outline steps AT&T will take to ensure no customers are left without phone service, as a condition of approval of’, Lines 15-19, by striking ‘unless the CPUC requires AT&T to transition remaining customers to upgraded or alternative services, or until an alternative Carrier of Last Report or Eligible Telecommunications Carrier Designation has been identified to ensure all residents continue to have access to basic, affordable phone service’, and Lines 20-22, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the CPUC identifies an alternative COLR to maintain guaranteed access to basic phone service for all of Californians if they grant AT&T’s request; and, be it’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 2 - Engardio, Ronen City and County of San Francisco Page 218 Printed at 6:41 pm on 4/26/24 ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/986/2024-03-19-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 3/19/2024 Resolution urging the California Public Utilities Commission to require lasting protection and to identify an alternative Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) to preserve guaranteed access to basic phone service for those who are most vulnerable as a condition of approval of AT&T’s request to relinquish its COLR and Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) Designations. Resolution No. 132-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 9 - Chan, Dorsey, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Preston, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 2 - Engardio, Ronen IMPERATIVE AGENDA There were no imperative agenda items. LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AT ROLL CALL Introduced by a Supervisor or the Mayor Pursuant to Charter, Section 2.105, an Ordinance or Resolution may be introduced before the Board of Supervisors by a Member of the Board, a Committee of the Board, or the Mayor and shall be referred to and reported upon by an appropriate Committee of the Board. ORDINANCES 240262 [Administrative Code - Community Opportunity to Purchase Act] Sponsors: Peskin; Preston, Chan and Ronen Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require owners of multifamily residential buildings to provide notice to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and qualified nonprofit organizations of foreclosure proceedings related to said multifamily residential buildings; and add a deed in lieu of foreclosure in the definition of a “Sale of a Multi-Family Residential Building” as a type of transfer that requires notice to qualified nonprofit organizations, right of first offer, and right of first refusal for a multifamily residential building under the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. 03/19/24; ASSIGNED to Land Use and Transportation Committee. 240263 [Planning Code - Divisadero Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District] Sponsor: Preston Ordinance amending the Planning Code to permit liquor stores in the buildings with off-street parking accessed on Broderick Street within the Divisadero Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District; 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. 03/19/24; ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE to Land Use and Transportation Committee, expires on 4/18/2024. 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