Alan Wong

File 251003: Administrative Code - Expanding Drug-Free Permanent Supportive Housing

Source texteet the demand of people experiencing homelessness who prefer such a residential option; require that City funding for new Site-Based PSH for people experiencing homelessness be used for Drug-Free PSH except where operation of the housing as Drug-Free PSH would conflict with standards imposed by law or by a condition of other funding, where the funding is for new construction, or the Board of Supervisors has waived the funding requirement based on specific findings; require the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) to survey residents of Site-Based PSH to assess their interest in living in either Drug-Tolerant PSH or Drug-Free PSH and report on the survey findings and HSH’s strategies to meet PSH residents’ demands; and require HSH to adopt rules and regulations establishing standards and protocols for evictions from City-funded Drug-Free Housing. (Racial Equity Impact) Supervisor Fielder, seconded by Supervisor Melgar, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED on Page 4, Lines 18-19, by striking ‘or shelter’; on Page 8, Line 12, by adding ‘comparable’, Lines 12-13, by striking ‘or shelter’, and Line 19, by striking ‘shelter’. The motion FAILED by the following vote:

File 260538: Planning, Administrative, Building Codes - Inclusionary Housing Program Updates and Reductions; Development Impact Fee Reductions

Source text-23, by adding ‘(4) In the Mission Area Plan (See San Francisco General Plan, Eastern Neighborhoods Planning Areas, Map 1) for any Rental Housing Project, the number of Affordable Units constructed on-site shall be 8% of all units constructed on the project site. A minimum of 6% of the units shall be affordable to low-income households, and 2% of the units shall be affordable to moderate income households. Rental Units for low-income households shall have an affordable rent set at 55% of Area Median Income or less, with households earning up to 65% of Area Median Income eligible to apply for low-income units. Rental Units for moderate-income households shall have an affordable rent set at 80% of Area Median Income or less, with households earning up to 90% of Area Median Income eligible to apply for moderate-income units. MOHCD may reduce Area Median Income pricing and the minimum income required for eligibility in each rental category, and may apply the income eligibility ranges set forth in this subsection(a)(4) to previously approved Rental Units located in the Mission Area Plan area.’; and making other clarifying and conforming changes. The motion carried by the following vote:

File 260281: Various Codes - Cannabis Cafés

Source textbis cafés from the prohibition on smoking in business establishments; eliminate the prohibition on establishments with a cannabis consumption permit requiring employees to enter a designated smoking room as a condition of employment; exempt cannabis cafés in certain circumstances from the 600-foot buffer rule that applies to cannabis retail establishments; restrict eligibility for cannabis café permits for one year to businesses that currently hold a cannabis storefront retailer permit or that have the same owners as such a business; require Equity Applicants that apply for a cannabis café permit to pay the $2,000 application fee, any permit amendment processing costs, and the $3,000 license fee for the first year of operation, associated with the cannabis café permit; affirming the Planning Department’s determination 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 public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Melgar, and Wong voted No on First Reading.) FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

File 260281: Various Codes - Cannabis Cafés

Source textnly for consumption on the premises of the café; exempt cannabis cafés from the prohibition on smoking in business establishments; eliminate the prohibition on establishments with a cannabis consumption permit requiring employees to enter a designated smoking room as a condition of employment; exempt cannabis cafés in certain circumstances from the 600-foot buffer rule that applies to cannabis retail establishments; restrict eligibility for cannabis café permits for one year to businesses that currently hold a cannabis storefront retailer permit or that have the same owners as such a business; require Equity Applicants that apply for a cannabis café permit to pay the $2,000 application fee, any permit amendment processing costs, and the $3,000 license fee for the first year of operation, associated with the cannabis café permit; affirming the Planning Department’s determination 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 public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:

File 260535: Charter Amendment - Municipal Finance Corporation and Public Bank

Source text260535 [Charter Amendment - Municipal Finance Corporation and Public Bank] Sponsors: Chen; Fielder, Melgar, Mahmood and Walton Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to authorize the establishment of a Municipal Finance Corporation and Public Bank as nonprofit corporations, and to set forth the mission, principles, and governance structure of those corporations; at an election to be held on November 3, 2026. (Supervisor Wong voted No to the continuance on first appearance.) ORDERED SUBMITTED by the following vote:

File 260535: Charter Amendment - Municipal Finance Corporation and Public Bank

Source text260535 [Charter Amendment - Municipal Finance Corporation and Public Bank] Sponsors: Chen; Fielder, Melgar, Mahmood and Walton Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to authorize the establishment of a Municipal Finance Corporation and Public Bank as nonprofit corporations, and to set forth the mission, principles, and governance structure of those corporations; at an election to be held on November 3, 2026. (Supervisor Wong voted No to the continuance on first appearance.) CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors meeting of July 7, 2026, by the following vote:

File 250929: Business and Tax Regulations Code - Extending Suspension of Cannabis Business Tax

LLM summaryAn ordinance extending the suspension of the cannabis business tax until December 31, 2035, was finally passed.

Source text250929 [Business and Tax Regulations Code - Extending Suspension of Cannabis Business Tax] Sponsors: Mandelman; Dorsey, Sauter and Mahmood Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to extend the suspension of the cannabis business tax, through December 31, 2035, and remove references to the cannabis business tax from the common administrative provisions of the Code. (Fiscal Impact) (Supervisors Chan and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Ordinance No. 261-25 FINALLY PASSED by the following vote:

File 250701: Planning, Business and Tax Regulations Codes - Family Zoning Plan

LLM summaryAn ordinance related to the Family Zoning Plan was passed on first reading.

Source textn Francisco Program and other associated changes in the City’s Coastal Zone, and directing the Planning Director to transmit the Ordinance to the Coastal Commission upon enactment; affirming the Planning Department’s determination 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 public necessity, convenience, and welfare findings under Planning Code, Section 302. (Economic Impact) (Supervisors Chan, Chen, Fielder, and Walton voted No on First Reading.) Privilege of the floor was granted unanimously to Lisa Chen (Planning Department) who responded to questions raised throughout the discussion. Supervisor Chan, seconded by Supervisor Walton, moved that this Ordinance be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE, on Page 13, Line 10, by striking ‘more than two’ so that it reads ‘(9) is not located on a site containing residential units where the project would require the demolition of residential uses that are subject to the rent increase limitations set forth in Chapter 37 of the Administrative Code; and’. The motion failed by the following vote: