# Board of Supervisors Minutes: April 23, 2024 - Meeting date: 2024-04-23 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 33 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/994/2024-04-23-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1192659&GUID=E734F32E-66BD-41BA-900A-A27D289915CE) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 240345: Supporting California State Senate Bill No. 1012 (Wiener) - To Allow Supervised Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics - Pages: 19-20 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Ronen and Melgar - Vote 1: other - Action: anging ‘now, therefore, be it’ to ‘nor does it allow retail sales; and’; and on Page 1, Line 22, through Page 2, Line 11, by adding ‘WHEREAS, In 2022, the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors passed Resolution No: 379-22 [Supporting Entheogenic Plant Practices] a resolution supporting entheogenic plant practices, urging City law enforcement agencies to deprioritize the investigation and arrest of individuals involved with the adult use of entheogenic plants on the Federal Schedule 1 in the City and County of San Francisco, and urging the State of California and the United States Federal government to decriminalize entheogenic plant practices and their uses; and WHEREAS, In 2023, The California State Legislature passed SB 58 (Wiener), which would have decriminalized the personal use and possession of certain psychedelic substances; however Governor Newsom vetoed SB 58; and WHEREAS, In Governor Newsom’s veto letter, the Governor urged the Legislature to send him a bill establishing therapeutic guidelines for the use of psychedelics in California; and WHEREAS, SB 1012 is a direct response to the Governor’s request; now, therefore be it ‘. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 210-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Noes: Chan - Excused: Melgar ### File 240346: Supporting California State Senate Bill No. 1031 (Wiener, Wahab) - The Connect Bay Area Act - Pages: 20-21 - Sponsors: Mandelman; Ronen, Melgar, Engardio, Safai and Dorsey - Vote 1: amendment - Action: re as early as November 2026 and to provide for an assessment of the benefits of consolidation of Bay Area transit agencies and integration of Bay Area transit systems. Supervisor Dorsey requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 2, Line 9, through Page 3, Line 2, by adding ‘WHEREAS, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority is in active conversations with the authors and sponsor regarding desired amendments that include ensuring that MTC Regional Network Management (RNM) policies and requirements keep transit operators financially whole and do not require service cuts; fair representation of transit operators in the RNM governance structure in recognition of their experience and financial and other responsibilities as transit operators; and ensuring that the transit consolidation study does not presuppose the outcome, broadly defines consolidation, and considers other possible solutions; now, therefore, be it’; and on Page 3, Lines 3-4, by adding ‘and seeks amendments as described above for’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution No. 211-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar ### File 240356: Supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 886 (Wicks) - California Journalism Preservation Act - Pages: 21-22 - Sponsors: Peskin; Chan, Ronen and Safai - Vote 1: other - Action: AB 886’s proposal to require it to pay for linking to news content on its platform; and WHEREAS, Intentionally eliminating access to vital and credible information to a population increasingly reliant on digital news sources, in particular and most concerning shutting off voters’ access to news in the middle of a critically important election cycle, is a brazen and destructive act that undermines one of the founding principles of American democracy and will result in the disenfranchisement of voters;’, Lines 21-23, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors opposes attempts by Google LLC to threaten lawmakers, undermine a fair and democratic press, and disenfranchise voters and journalists who deserve to be compensated for their content; and, be it’, Line 24, by changing ‘ours’ to ‘San Francisco’s’, and Line 25, by adding ‘to pass it’; and on Page 4, Lines 1-4, by adding ‘, as a first step in a larger advocacy and policy effort to level the playing field in a rapidly changing media market that includes a diversity of community and ethnic local media outlets, and ensure that journalists are fairly compensated for their work’. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar - Vote 2: adoption, likely final - Action: Resolution supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 886, the California Journalism Preservation Act, authored by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, requiring social media companies to remit a journalism usage fee to each eligible digital news publisher, equal to a percentage of the social media company’s advertising revenue, as a first step in a larger advocacy and policy effort to level the playing field in a rapidly changing media market that includes a diversity of community and ethnic local media outlets, and ensure that journalists are fairly compensated for their work. Resolution No. 212-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton - Excused: Melgar ## Extracted text ### [Page 20](https://sfbos.info/documents/994/2024-04-23-minutes#page-20) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 4/23/2024 240346 [Supporting California State Senate Bill No. 1031 (Wiener, Wahab) - The Connect Bay Area Act] Sponsors: Mandelman; Ronen, Melgar, Engardio, Safai and Dorsey Resolution supporting California State Senate Bill No. 1031, introduced by Senators Scott Wiener and Aisha Wahab, to authorize a Bay Area transit funding ballot measure as early as November 2026 and to provide for an assessment of the benefits of consolidation of Bay Area transit agencies and integration of Bay Area transit systems. Supervisor Dorsey requested to be added as a co-sponsor. Supervisor Mandelman, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE, on Page 2, Line 9, through Page 3, Line 2, by adding ‘WHEREAS, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority is in active conversations with the authors and sponsor regarding desired amendments that include ensuring that MTC Regional Network Management (RNM) policies and requirements keep transit operators financially whole and do not require service cuts; fair representation of transit operators in the RNM governance structure in recognition of their experience and financial and other responsibilities as transit operators; and ensuring that the transit consolidation study does not presuppose the outcome, broadly defines consolidation, and considers other possible solutions; now, therefore, be it’; and on Page 3, Lines 3-4, by adding ‘and seeks amendments as described above for’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 1 - Melgar Resolution No. 211-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 1 - Melgar City and County of San Francisco Page 331 Printed at 5:12 pm on 10/3/24 ### [Page 21](https://sfbos.info/documents/994/2024-04-23-minutes#page-21) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 4/23/2024 President Peskin requested that File No. 240356 be severed so that it may be considered separately. 240356 [Supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 886 (Wicks) - California Journalism Preservation Act] Sponsors: Peskin; Chan, Ronen and Safai Resolution supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 886, the California Journalism Preservation Act, authored by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, requiring social media companies to remit a journalism usage fee to each eligible digital news publisher, equal to a percentage of the social media company’s advertising revenue. Supervisor Ronen, seconded by Supervisor Dorsey, moved that this Resolution be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 1, Lines 6-9, by adding ‘as a first step in a larger advocacy and policy effort to level the playing field in a rapidly changing media market that includes a diversity of community and ethnic local media outlets, and ensure that journalists are fairly compensated for their work’, Lines 11-12, by adding ‘, including community and ethnic media’, and Lines 20-21, by changing ‘newspapers’ to ‘local news outlets, including community and ethnic journalism publications,’; on Page 3, Lines 6-14, by adding ‘WHEREAS, On April 16, 2024, multi-billion dollar corporate conglomerate, Google LLC, announced it would begin pulling California news links from its search engine in retaliation for and response to AB 886’s proposal to require it to pay for linking to news content on its platform; and WHEREAS, Intentionally eliminating access to vital and credible information to a population increasingly reliant on digital news sources, in particular and most concerning shutting off voters’ access to news in the middle of a critically important election cycle, is a brazen and destructive act that undermines one of the founding principles of American democracy and will result in the disenfranchisement of voters;’, Lines 21-23, by adding ‘FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors opposes attempts by Google LLC to threaten lawmakers, undermine a fair and democratic press, and disenfranchise voters and journalists who deserve to be compensated for their content; and, be it’, Line 24, by changing ‘ours’ to ‘San Francisco’s’, and Line 25, by adding ‘to pass it’; and on Page 4, Lines 1-4, by adding ‘, as a first step in a larger advocacy and policy effort to level the playing field in a rapidly changing media market that includes a diversity of community and ethnic local media outlets, and ensure that journalists are fairly compensated for their work’. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 1 - Melgar Resolution supporting California State Assembly Bill No. 886, the California Journalism Preservation Act, authored by Assembly Member Buffy Wicks, requiring social media companies to remit a journalism usage fee to each eligible digital news publisher, equal to a percentage of the social media company’s advertising revenue, as a first step in a larger advocacy and policy effort to level the playing field in a rapidly changing media market that includes a diversity of community and ethnic local media outlets, and ensure that journalists are fairly compensated for their work. Resolution No. 212-24 ADOPTED AS AMENDED by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton Excused: 1 - Melgar City and County of San Francisco Page 332 Printed at 5:12 pm on 10/3/24