2026-09-29 - Board of Supervisors

Summary

Built from the draft official minutes. No video record or transcript is on file for this meeting.

Regular meeting, 2:03 to 4:42 p.m., President Mandelman presiding; all 11 supervisors present (Supervisor Chen was noted absent from 2:28 to 2:30 p.m. during one vote).
Consent agenda finally passed 11-0: street cleaning prevailing wages, mixed-use sign rules, commercial-to-residential parking exemptions, the Transbay Under Ramp Park street vacation at Oscar Alley, and the Rent Board term limit exemption.
Treasure Island financing district: election results declared (100% of qualified electors in favor), annexation ordinance passed on first reading, bond resolution adopted.
City Attorney settlement authority raised from $25,000 to $100,000; finally passed 11-0.
Suspension of a Sheriff's Department Oversight Board commissioner approved 11-0 after a 10-0 vote was rescinded to count an absent member.
Healthy Airport Ordinance changes and the Airlines for America settlement passed on first reading; Potrero Power Station ordinances and Sylvester House landmark rename passed on first reading; Food Security Office passed on first reading.
Five Civil Grand Jury responses adopted. Retirement Board election rules ordinance continued one week.
Commendations, appointments, and many routine grants, gifts and leases adopted 11-0.

Finally passed 11-0: Street Cleaning Wage Standards, Commercial Conversion Parking Exemptions, Rent Board Term Limit Exemption, the mixed-use sign ordinance (File No. 260679) and the Oscar Alley street vacation (File No. 260873).
Adopted 11-0 (selected): lease amendment for Homelessness and Supportive Housing offices at 601 Van Ness Avenue ($345,840 a year); Cannabis Tax Fund grants of $846,952.62 (Medical Examiner) and $772,507 (Police); $450,000 grant amendment for Parivar Bay Area; District Attorney grants of $4,017,774 (Victim Witness Assistance) and $1,005,686 (insurance fraud) and a $75,000 revolving fund; $300,000 in-kind Food as Medicine gift; Pier 23 Cafe lease at Pier 23.5; $17,100,000 industrial supplies contract; commemorative plaque for Mark Bittner at the Greenwich Steps; temporary sidewalk closure for RSAC 2027; election consolidation for November 3, 2026 including a Public Transit Revenue Measure District special election; a 90-day extension for the Mel's Drive-In landmark review.

Clerk Clerk Calvillo reported the September 28 canvass: 100% of qualified electors voted for the annexation measures. Results resolution adopted 11-0; annexation ordinance passed on first reading 11-0; bond authorization resolution adopted 11-0.

Commissioner Palmer suspended and charges of official misconduct approved; first vote 10-0 with Supervisor Chen absent, rescinded on Chen's motion, then approved 11-0.

Development agreement and Special Use District ordinances passed on first reading together, 11-0.

Food Security Office passed on first reading, 11-0. Supervisor Chen moved, seconded by Supervisor Walton, to continue the Retirement Board election ordinance to October 6 (11-0). Five grand jury responses adopted 11-0.

Real Time Investigation Center Funding: $3,000,000 police foundation gift and three related police items adopted 11-0.
Mission Street Affordable Housing Loan Amendment: loan up to $16,083,595 adopted 11-0.
Board Appointment Confirmations: County Veterans Service Officer confirmed and four advisory body appointments approved 11-0.
City Surveillance Technology Policies: Airport and Recreation and Park license plate reader policies introduced; Airport Concession Lease Extensions: new airport leases and contracts referred or adopted.
Also introduced: lawsuit and claim settlements (referred to Government Audit and Oversight), a Conard House grant amendment up to $32,803,756, a Towne Ford pickup truck contract amendment up to $30,530,000, and a City Administrator code cleanup ordinance (Rules, 30-day rule expiring October 29).

Certificates of Honor were presented, among others, to a retiring Adult Probation Department employee, Success Centers SF, Four Kings restaurant, a Public Health Department retiree, a Fire Department-assisted birth response team, and PODER SF.
Fifteen public comment speakers raised police conduct, retiree benefits, San Francisco State University cuts, artificial intelligence, surveillance cameras, data centers and other concerns.