Oversight commissioner suspended; Flower Mart towers; a housing fee break

Five ordinances the agenda treats as routine, voted on together with no discussion and finally passed: prevailing wages for street cleaning services (file 260084); signs in mixed use districts (260679); commercial-to-residential adaptive reuse (260771); the Transbay Under Ramp Park project's Oscar Alley street vacation, conveyance, sidewalk changes and related acceptances (260873); and exempting members of the Rent Board from term limits (260875). No member asked to remove an item. 00:03:12

• Final passage of consent agenda items 1 through 5, by roll call. Result: passed, 11-0. 00:04:03

Three measures for Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District No. 1 on Treasure Island (files 260556, 260557, 260558): a resolution declaring the results of a special landowner election, an ordinance adding territory as new project areas and adopting an annexation supplement to the district's financing plan, and a resolution modifying Resolution No. 7-17 to authorize issuance of bonds. The clerk reported the election result before the board acted. 00:04:10

• Passage on first reading of the annexation ordinance (item 7) and adoption of the two resolutions (items 6 and 8), taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:05:29

• The chair said the board held the hearing on annexing territory to the Treasure Island district and called the special election the week before, and that the Department of Elections had since canvassed the returns. 00:04:51
• The clerk reported that the elections director gave notice on September 28, 2026 that all of the qualified electors voted in favor of the ballot measures tied to the annexation. 00:05:11

An ordinance (file 260772) amending the Administrative and Business and Tax Regulations Codes to raise the amount the board delegates to the City Attorney's Office to settle claims and lawsuits for or against the city from no more than $25,000 to no more than $100,000, to require an annual report to the board and to Daniel Lurie (Mayor) on settlements between $25,000 and $100,000, and to raise the delegated authority for settling grievances under labor agreements from $50,000 to $100,000, with city attorney approval. Settlements under the new threshold would no longer need a board vote. It was on its final vote. 00:05:47

• Final passage of the ordinance, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:06:32

• The clerk read the ordinance as raising the delegated settlement authority from no more than $25,000 to no more than $100,000. 00:05:47

A resolution (file 260811) authorizing a lease amendment with Opera Plaza, L.P. for about 8,600 rentable square feet of office space at 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite P, used as administrative offices by the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. The extended term runs August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029 at $345,840 annual base rent (agenda; read aloud as approximately $345,000) in the first year, rising $1 per square foot each August 1. 00:06:40

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:07:24

A resolution (file 260813) retroactively authorizing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to accept and spend $846,952.62 (agenda; read aloud as approximately $850,000) from the California Highway Patrol's Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program for toxicology testing related to driving under the influence of drugs, for a grant term of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. 00:07:30

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:07:58

A resolution (file 260833) approving a second amendment to the city's as-needed contract with Sid Tool Co., Inc., doing business as MSC Industrial Supply Company, for industrial supplies. It raises the contract by about $7.6 million to a new total not to exceed $17,100,000, with no change to the term, which the clerk read as December 1, 2023 through November 8, 2028. 00:08:05

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:08:36

Four resolutions letting the Police Department accept and spend outside money. Item 13 (file 260847): $3,000,000 in cash gifts from the San Francisco Police Community Foundation for technology, software and infrastructure at the Real Time Investigation Center. Item 14 (260848): a retroactive in-kind gift of venue space at Oracle Park from China Basin Ballpark Company LLC, valued at $45,500 (agenda; read aloud as 45,000), for a recruitment testing event on July 22, 2026. Item 15 (260849): a retroactive cash gift of $103,750 (agenda; read aloud as approximately 104,000) from the same foundation for the O2X Wellness Initiative and officer wellness programming, April 1 through June 30, 2026. Item 16 (260966): a retroactive grant of $772,507 (agenda) from the California Highway Patrol's Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program for fiscal year 2026-2027, for drug recognition expert, roadside impaired driving enforcement and field sobriety testing programs, July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. 00:08:42

• Adoption of the four resolutions, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:10:24

A resolution (file 260855) retroactively authorizing the Human Rights Commission to amend a grant with TransCanWork, Inc., fiscal sponsor for Parivar Bay Area, under the LGBTQI+ and Various Communities grant. It adds $150,000 for a total not to exceed $450,000 and extends the grant term; the clerk read the new end date as June 30, 2025, which may be a transcription error. 00:10:32

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:11:04

Three resolutions for the District Attorney's office. Item 18 (file 260876): retroactive renewal of a $75,000 revolving fund agreement with the California Victim Compensation Board to pay crime victims' expenses on an emergency basis, through June 30, 2029. Item 19 (260964): accepting a grant from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for the Victim Witness Assistance Program, estimated at $1.3 million a year for three years, October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029, for a total of $4,017,774 (agenda; read aloud as an estimated $4,000,000). Item 20 (260965): a retroactive grant of $1,005,686 (agenda; read aloud as $1,000,000) from the California Department of Insurance for the Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Program, July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. 00:11:14

• Adoption of the three resolutions, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:12:48

A resolution (file 260879) retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and spend an in-kind gift of materials and supplies worth $300,000, through June 30, 2027, from Community Initiatives through its Food As Medicine Collaborative, in support of food pharmacies at department clinics. 00:12:52

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:13:19

A resolution (file 260933) approving Professional Services Contract No. 50447 with SP Plus LLC for the curbside management program at San Francisco International Airport, not to exceed $45,000,000, for a three-year term through October 31, 2029, with an option to extend that the clerk read as two years. 00:13:24

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:13:49

A resolution (file 260948) approving a Port of San Francisco lease with Pier 23 Café at Pier 23.5, covering roughly 2,400 square feet of indoor space plus about 2,425 square feet of dining space, with one five-year option to extend. The agenda gives potential base rent revenue of $3,236,685; the clerk read the base rent as 10,700 per month and the revenue as 3,200,000. 00:13:56

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:14:39

A resolution (file 260968) approving a first amendment to the amended and restated loan agreement with 3300 Mission Partners L.P., for a total not to exceed $16,083,595 (agenda; read aloud as 16,000,000), to finance development of a 35-unit, 100% affordable multifamily project for low-income families on Mission Street, including one manager's unit and a commercial shell for community-serving space. 00:14:44

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:15:21

An ordinance (file 260874) amending the Labor and Employment Code to revise the Healthy Airport Ordinance. Beginning on the later of January 1, 2027 or the ordinance's effective date, it modifies contracting parties' obligations to provide minimum health care expenditures to certain airport workers. The clerk's reading did not describe how the obligations change. There was no discussion. 00:15:27

• Passage of the ordinance on first reading, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:15:49

An ordinance (file 260930) authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by Airlines for America against the city for $0 and non-monetary terms. The suit is a federal preemption and constitutional challenge to the Healthy Airport Ordinance. Under the settlement, the group dismisses the suit contingent on enactment of an ordinance making specific amendments to that law, with each side paying its own costs. Item 25, heard just before, amends the Healthy Airport Ordinance. 00:15:56

• Passage of the settlement ordinance on first reading, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:16:28

• The clerk read the settlement terms as a dismissal of the lawsuit that depends on enactment of specific amendments to the Healthy Airport Ordinance. 00:15:56

Five resolutions (files 260650, 260676, 260704, 260722, 260730) giving the board's responses to the presiding judge of the Superior Court on findings and recommendations in 2025-2026 civil grand jury reports, and urging Daniel Lurie (Mayor) to have accepted findings and recommendations carried out through department heads and the annual budget. The reports cover wildfire risk in Glen Canyon; conditions in San Francisco jails; the outdoor public warning system; the city's warning system more broadly; and data and oversight of homelessness services. The board adopted the responses without discussion; the clerk's reading did not say what the responses contain. During public comment later, one speaker criticized the response on the homelessness services report. 00:16:39

• Adoption of the five response resolutions, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:17:43

• The clerk read the resolutions as responding to the court on five grand jury reports and urging that accepted findings and recommendations be implemented through department heads and the budget. 00:16:39

A resolution (file 260857) letting the Film Commission's executive director, commissioners and deputy director solicit donations and in-kind support from the San Francisco Travel Association and hotels for six months, notwithstanding the Behested Payment Ordinance, to promote San Francisco as a film and media production destination and support the local film community through marketing and events. 00:17:51

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:18:22

An ordinance (file 250928), sent from the Government Audit and Oversight Committee without recommendation, that would amend the Administrative Code to eliminate statement-of-intention disclosures and reporting requirements for candidates for the Retirement Board, the Health Service Board and the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund Board, eliminate disclosure requirements for third parties making independent expenditures for or against those candidates, and delete the related training, audit and enforcement provisions. The board did not debate it and put it off for a week. In public comment, three speakers tied to a retiree group raised concerns about legislation on these board elections. 00:18:29

• Motion to continue the item one week, seconded by Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10); the transcript renders the mover as Chen, which could be Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) or Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1). Result: continued, without objection. 00:19:06

• The clerk read the ordinance as eliminating disclosure and reporting requirements for candidates to the three boards and noted it came from committee without a recommendation. 00:18:29

An ordinance (file 260569) amending the landmark designation for Landmark No. 61, the Sylvester House at 1556 Revere Avenue, and affirming the environmental determination. The clerk's reading did not describe what the amendment changes. 00:19:06

• Passage of the ordinance on first reading, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:19:43

An ordinance (file 260869) amending the Administrative Code to establish an Office of Food Security Coordination within the Human Services Agency. The office would coordinate citywide efforts on food insecurity, prepare a food security report every five years, maintain an understanding of the city's food services and resources, and plan strategies and programs to meet emergency food needs. There was no discussion. 00:19:51

• Passage of the ordinance on first reading, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:20:25

• The clerk read the ordinance as creating the office inside the Human Services Agency to coordinate citywide work on food insecurity. 00:19:51

A resolution (file 260897) confirming the nomination of Gerardo Carr as County Veterans Service Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. 00:20:30

• Adoption of the resolution confirming the nomination, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:20:43

A motion (file 260812) appointing one member to the Fire Code Technical Advisory Council for a term ending September 18, 2027. The agenda does not name the appointee; the clerk read a first name of Nicholas and a surname the transcript does not render reliably, and apologized for a possible mispronunciation. 00:20:50

• Approval of the appointment motion, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:21:04

A motion (file 260828) reappointing Jennifer Hand to the Children, Youth and Their Families Oversight and Advisory Committee for a term ending July 1, 2028. 00:21:12

• Approval of the reappointment motion, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:21:23

A motion (file 260899) reappointing Jason Oringer and Julienne Fisher, for terms ending December 17, 2027, and Coyote Marin, for a term ending December 17, 2028, to the Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group. 00:21:32

• Approval of the reappointment motion, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:21:45

Two ordinances for the Potrero Power Station mixed-use development, sent to the full board as committee reports after the Land Use and Transportation Committee heard them the day before. Item 40 (file 260724) approves an amended and restated development agreement with California Barrel Company LLC, including amendments to the project's housing plan, transportation plan and phasing plan, and waives certain Public Works Code provisions where inconsistent with the agreement. Item 41 (file 260770), recommended by the committee as amended, changes the Planning Code and zoning map for the Potrero Power Station Special Use District to increase height limits and modify land use, parking, rooftop, building design and building approval requirements. The clerk's reading gave no figures for the new heights or housing changes, and the board did not discuss them. 00:22:00

• Passage of both ordinances on first reading, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:23:29

• The clerk reported that items 40 through 42 were heard by the Land Use and Transportation Committee on Monday, September 28 and recommended as committee reports. 00:22:00
• The clerk read item 41 as amending the Planning Code and zoning map for the special use district to raise height limits, and said it was recommended as amended. 00:23:01

A resolution (file 261026), sent as a committee report, authorizing Public Works to approve a commemorative street plaque honoring Mark Bittner, described in the clerk's reading as a San Francisco icon remembered for championing the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill. The plaque would go on the Public Works retaining wall of the Greenwich Street stairway next to 241 Greenwich Street, after the Arts Commission approves the design and permit materials are reviewed. 00:23:35

• Adoption of the resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 00:24:20

A motion (file 261030), sent as a committee report after the Rules Committee heard it the day before, to suspend Commissioner William Palmer from the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board and approve charges of official misconduct against him under Charter Section 15.105. It directs the clerk to transmit the motion and charges to the Ethics Commission and the city attorney to serve them on the commissioner. The specific charges were not described at the meeting. The board voted twice: first 10-0 with Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) recorded absent, then, after public comment, it rescinded that vote at her request and voted again, 11-0. 00:24:31

• Motion to suspend the commissioner and approve charges of official misconduct, on a roll call with Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) recorded absent. Result: passed, 10-0, one absent. 00:26:07
• Motion by Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) to rescind the earlier vote on item 43 so she could vote, with a second the transcript appears to give to Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1). Result: passed, without objection. 02:32:45
• Motion to suspend the commissioner and approve charges of official misconduct, on a second roll call after the rescission. Result: passed, 11-0. 02:33:03

• The clerk read the motion as suspending the commissioner from the oversight board and approving charges of official misconduct under the charter. 00:24:31
• A speaker called the situation unusual and said the action was not taken lightly. 00:25:10
• A speaker said the inspector general's office provided clear evidence of multiple incidents of official misconduct. 00:25:10
• A speaker argued the board has a duty to suspend the commissioner while an ethics investigation proceeds, and urged colleagues to vote yes. 00:25:10
• The chair thanked Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2) and that office for leading on the matter before calling for the roll. 00:25:58

Supervisors announced new legislation and requests; nothing here was voted on. The roll call started before the 2:30 p.m. commendations and resumed afterward. Introduced: a Filipino American history month resolution and an ordinance exempting publicly funded Port resilience projects from the city's fiscal feasibility review; a hearing on street conditions around public schools and an ordinance changing Sunshine Ordinance Task Force terms and removal rules; an ordinance banning sale of certain locking butane torch lighters and a National PrEP Day resolution; a resolution designating a Twin Peaks biodiversity region; a letter of inquiry to the Planning Department on shadow impacts and a resolution on proposed 2030 census changes. Two in-memoriam requests were made. Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3), Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2), Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10), Alan Wong (Supervisor, District 4) and Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1) submitted without remarks. 00:26:53

• A speaker introduced the annual resolution celebrating the Filipino community each October, noting the tenth anniversary of the SoMa Pilipinas cultural heritage district, with Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11), Rafael Mandelman (Supervisor, District 8; President, Board of Supervisors), Connie Chan (Supervisor, District 1), Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7), Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9), Alan Wong (Supervisor, District 4), Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3) and Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) as cosponsors. 00:26:59
• A speaker introduced legislation, with the Port, to exempt publicly funded resilience projects in the Port's jurisdiction from the Administrative Code Chapter 29 fiscal feasibility analysis required before environmental review. 00:29:04
• A speaker said the Port's experience is that the fiscal feasibility process can add roughly six to nine months to a single project. 00:30:06
• A speaker cited a preliminary Port estimate that each year of delay could add between $31 million and $110 million in present-value costs. 00:30:06
• A supervisor requested a hearing on street conditions and city services around public school sites, naming Marshall, Bryant and Flynn elementary schools in District 9 and asking departments and the school district to report on conditions and plans. 01:41:49
• A supervisor described recent incidents at Marshall Elementary, including a first grader picking up a used syringe through the fence and a beer bottle shattering on the playground, and said no children were hurt. 01:41:49
• A supervisor introduced an ordinance on the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force that would remove the sixty-day limit on holdover service, lengthen terms from two years to four, and allow the board to remove members only for official misconduct, with Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7) and Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10) as early cosponsors. 01:43:55
• A supervisor said the changes would give the board time to consider appointments without the task force going dark, as she said it did this year, and would not prevent new appointments. 01:43:55
• Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) asked to honor a Haight Street gallery founder, known as Magic Mike, who came to San Francisco from Miami in 1988 and whose death was reported September 12; the transcript renders his surname two ways. 01:45:18
• Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) recounted that the man being remembered founded Visionary Art Exchange in 2017 and opened Psychedelic SF on Haight Street in 2022. 01:46:18
• The chair introduced an ordinance amending the Fire Code to ban the sale of locking butane lighters with plastic components, with Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6), Alan Wong (Supervisor, District 4), Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3) and Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2) as early cosponsors. 01:47:57
• The chair cited Fire Department figures of 31 butane-related fires from 2020 to 2025 with about $3.2 million in losses, rising from three incidents in 2020 to 21 in 2025, and linked the lighters to street drug use. 01:47:57
• The chair described the ordinance as narrow, leaving unlocked butane lighters and the locking types most used in commercial kitchens legal to sell, and said the restaurant association was consulted. 01:47:57
• The chair introduced a resolution recognizing October 10, 2026 as National PrEP Day in San Francisco. 01:49:03
• The chair said the city reported a record low of 136 new HIV infections in 2025, twelve fewer than the year before, and credited much of the decline to PrEP. 01:50:05
• The chair asked that the meeting adjourn in memory of Lucius Charles Conrad, an Air Force veteran, retired oil company executive and longtime supporter of LGBTQ and AIDS organizations, who died September 6, 2026. 01:52:16
• Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7) introduced a resolution designating a biodiversity region covering Twin Peaks, Mount Sutro, Mount Davidson, Glen Canyon, Sutro Forest and Laguna Honda, much of it public land held by several city departments, the school district and UCSF. 01:54:09
• Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7) said Daniel Lurie (Mayor) had announced plans for a Twin Peaks Bioregional Park and that the resolution would bring stakeholders together on a strategy for stewardship, access and resilience to flood, heat and fire risk. 01:56:17
• A speaker submitted a letter of inquiry asking the Planning Department to analyze potential shadow impacts of new development on public spaces, recreation centers, schools and parks not protected by Proposition K, and to offer mitigations, following a Land Use Committee hearing the day before on limiting environmental review and appeals of shading impacts. 01:57:48
• A speaker introduced a resolution urging the Census Bureau to reconsider proposed 2030 census changes that she said would exclude noncitizens and drop race, ethnicity and sexual orientation data, with Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10), Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6), Rafael Mandelman (Supervisor, District 8; President, Board of Supervisors), Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2), Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3), Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9), Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7) and Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) as cosponsors. 01:58:48

The board's ceremonial commendations, taking about 70 minutes. Six were presented: by Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10), to Taris Madison, retiring after 27 years with the city, most recently as deputy director of administrative services at Adult Probation; by Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11), to a longtime youth organizer and environmental justice mentor, during Latinx Heritage Month; by Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3), to the team behind Four Kings, a Chinatown restaurant on Commercial Street; by Alan Wong (Supervisor, District 4), to a doula, an AMR ambulance crew and Fire Department members who delivered a baby in stalled traffic on Crossover Drive on September 19; by Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5), to Liz Jackson Simpson, chief executive of Success Centers; and by Rafael Mandelman (Supervisor, District 8; President, Board of Supervisors), to Jenny Louie, who stepped down in September as chief operating officer of the Department of Public Health. No votes were taken. 00:31:40

• Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10) honored a retiring Adult Probation deputy director for 27 years of city service across the mayor's finance office, building inspection, the assessor-recorder, the children and families department and Adult Probation. 00:32:00
• Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7) added praise for the retiree's mix of directness and accuracy with warmth and support. 00:36:14
• A speaker said, speaking as the head of Adult Probation, that the retiree was instrumental in transforming the department. 00:39:16
• A speaker honored a former teacher from a cross-cultural youth program she joined in 2001 as a young immigrant, crediting the honoree with shaping her path to the board. 00:41:22
• A speaker said the honoree mentored Latinx immigrant and working-class youth for more than two decades, became lead steward of Hummingbird Farm in the Excelsior, and now works at Willie Brown Middle School. 00:45:34
• A supervisor honored the Four Kings team, citing a San Francisco Chronicle ranking as the Bay Area's top restaurant for 2026 along with recognition from Esquire and Bon Appetit. 00:56:44
• A supervisor noted the restaurant opened in 2024 and described its menu as a modern take on Cantonese cooking with a 1990s Hong Kong theme. 00:57:45
• A speaker recounted how a couple were stuck in heavy traffic on Crossover Drive on September 19 as their baby arrived, with ambulances delayed by the same traffic, and how a passing doula, bystanders, AMR medics and firefighters delivered the baby at the roadside. 01:02:47
• City staff credited the outcome to preparation as much as performance and praised the Station 14 crew, the acting rescue captain, the AMR crew and the doula. 01:08:50
• A speaker said, speaking as the honored doula, that she later learned the traffic was caused by a six-car accident ahead, and credited the bystanders and first responders who ran to the scene on foot. 01:12:19
• Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) honored the Success Centers chief executive for more than 45 years of service, including 16 years at Juvenile Probation and co-authoring a federal grant that brought $28 million for youth employment. 01:16:04
• Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) said Success Centers grew under her leadership from a $450,000 operation to a $3.5 million organization that is doubling its staff. 01:18:11
• Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10) joined the commendation, crediting the honoree's mentorship in workforce development and juvenile justice and in his own career. 01:20:59
• An honoree thanked family, staff and colleagues, saying the work was never hers alone, and noted she came in from a sabbatical to accept. 01:22:23
• The chair presented a commendation for nearly two decades at the Department of Public Health to an executive who joined the city in 2000, became the department's chief financial officer in 2021 and stepped down in September to spend more time with family. 01:31:08
• The chair noted she became chief operating officer in 2024, overseeing finances and administration for what he called the city's largest department. 01:32:08
• City staff called the departing executive a consummate public servant who fixed problems behind the scenes and championed staff. 01:34:20

Resolutions and motions introduced for adoption without going to committee, which need a unanimous vote on first appearance. The chair pulled item 49 for separate remarks; the other nine passed on one roll call with no discussion. Per the agenda they are: Housing Element equity-oriented policy actions (file 261057); a temporary sidewalk closure on both sides of Howard Street between 3rd and 4th streets for RSAC 2027 (261058); calling a special district election for the Public Transit Revenue Measure District and consolidating it with the November 3, 2026 election (261060); San Francisco Good Neighbor Week, September 26 through October 4, 2026 (261062); a 90-day extension for the landmark designation of Mel's Drive-In at 3355 Geary Boulevard (261064); reappointment of Yensing Sihapanya to the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (261050); and, for the Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Council, appointment of Phoebe Preston (261051) and reappointment of Sophia Constantinou (261069) and Nicholas Belloni (261070). 02:33:57

• Adoption of items 46 through 48 and 50 through 55, by roll call. Result: passed, 11-0. 02:35:00

• The clerk explained that a unanimous vote is required to adopt a resolution on first appearance and that any member may send one to committee instead. 02:33:57
• The chair severed item 49 from the group and asked for a roll call on the rest. 02:34:12

A resolution (file 261061) proclaiming October 2026 as the first Walktober in San Francisco, celebrating walking and encouraging residents and visitors to explore the city's stairways, trails, parks and public spaces on foot. It was pulled from the group for remarks by its sponsor; cosponsors named were Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6), Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9), Danny Sauter (Supervisor, District 3), Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) and Stephen Sherrill (Supervisor, District 2). 02:35:00

• Adoption of the Walktober resolution, taken same house, same call without objection. Result: passed, 11-0 (same house, same call). 02:38:52

• The chair explained that the resolution declares October 2026 the first annual Walktober, inviting people to explore the city on foot. 02:35:28
• The chair said the city has more than 900 public stairways and more than 150 miles of trails, built up through years of work by neighborhood groups, artists and city staff. 02:35:28
• The chair said the festival is led this year by the SF Crosstown Trail group with SF Stairway Month and Glen Park Beautiful, with more than 30 events through the month hosted with partner organizations. 02:37:42

The clerk reported no imperative agenda items. The meeting was adjourned in memory of two people: a Haight Street gallery founder, at the request of Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5), and Lucius Charles Conrad, at the request of Rafael Mandelman (Supervisor, District 8; President, Board of Supervisors). 02:39:00

• The clerk read the in-memoriam adjournments requested by Bilal Mahmood (Supervisor, District 5) and Rafael Mandelman (Supervisor, District 8; President, Board of Supervisors). 02:39:09

• Fifteen people spoke in general public comment, 13 in the chamber and two by phone, each given two minutes.
• Three speakers, two in person and one caller, all identifying with the retiree group Protect Our Benefits, addressed legislation on elections to the retirement and health service boards. One said the group was confused by efforts to streamline those elections and could not locate a related file; one thanked the board for continuing the matter and offered to work with supervisors; the caller urged thorough vetting of people who serve on those boards.
• One speaker, the sister of a man whose death is discussed in the civil grand jury report on homelessness services, said she was disappointed in the board's response on critical incident reports and asked the board to reconsider making patterns in those reports public while protecting residents' privacy. She said only Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)'s office had responded to her.
• One speaker asked supervisors to sign the Trans March's letter of demands, including dropping charges against people arrested at the event and replacing police presence with civilian traffic management, and criticized the District Attorney's handling of other Pride-weekend arrests.
• One San Francisco State University student asked the board and the public to be more involved with the campus, citing cuts to theater, Cantonese and environmental science programs and falling enrollment.
• One speaker said they were homeless, without shelter that night, and struggling to get on general assistance, and asked city departments for help.
• One speaker said police had failed to investigate their case for months and that the Department of Police Accountability told them it could not investigate; they asked the board to set up a committee to look into it.
• One speaker alleged a decade of unpermitted construction, hazardous conditions and misuse of public funds at a residential hotel, accused city officials of inaction, and said a court action was planned. These were the speaker's allegations; no official responded.
• One speaker asked the board to cancel the contract for Flock cameras, look at the environmental impacts of data centers, shorten city hiring times, require apartment vacancies to be posted online, and support eviction defense and emergency rental assistance.
• One caller urged the board to act on risks from artificial intelligence companies based in the city, pointing to actions the caller attributed to officials in New York and Florida.
• One longtime Fillmore and Western Addition activist promised regular updates to the board, mentioned an upcoming committee hearing on housing in the Western Addition, and announced an anniversary event at City Hall.
• One speaker described a proposal for a sculptural garden on Alcatraz and said materials had been delivered to supervisors' offices.
• Two speakers gave remarks not tied to city business: one religious commentary that also referred to Gaza, and one speech about long-term thinking and business follow-through.

• Item 33 (file 250928), the ordinance removing disclosure and reporting rules for elections to the Retirement Board, Health Service Board and Retiree Health Care Trust Fund Board, was continued one week.
• Ordinances passed on first reading at this meeting: the Treasure Island annexation ordinance (item 7), the Healthy Airport Ordinance amendments (item 25), the Airlines for America settlement (item 26), the Sylvester House landmark amendment (item 34), the Office of Food Security Coordination (item 35), and the two Potrero Power Station ordinances (items 40 and 41).
• Under the motion approved as item 43, the clerk is to transmit the suspension motion and misconduct charges against the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board commissioner to the Ethics Commission, and the city attorney is to serve them on the commissioner.
• The Airlines for America settlement is contingent on enactment of amendments to the Healthy Airport Ordinance; the amended obligations in item 25 would begin on the later of January 1, 2027 or the ordinance's effective date.
• Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9) requested a hearing on street conditions and city services at public school sites, with city departments and the school district asked to report.
• Newly introduced legislation announced at roll call: a Port resilience-project exemption from Chapter 29 fiscal feasibility review (Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6)); changes to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force terms, holdover and removal (Jackie Fielder (Supervisor, District 9)); a Fire Code ban on sale of certain locking butane lighters and a resolution recognizing October 10, 2026 as National PrEP Day (Rafael Mandelman (Supervisor, District 8; President, Board of Supervisors)); a Twin Peaks biodiversity region resolution (Myrna Melgar (Supervisor, District 7)); and a resolution on proposed 2030 census changes (Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11)).
• Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11) submitted a letter of inquiry asking the Planning Department for an analysis of shadow impacts on public spaces not protected by Proposition K and a menu of mitigations.
• The board called a special district election for the Public Transit Revenue Measure District, consolidated with the November 3, 2026 election (agenda title, file 261060).
• The board approved a 90-day extension for the landmark designation of Mel's Drive-In at 3355 Geary Boulevard (agenda title, file 261064).
• Walktober events run through October 2026.
• The agenda lists legislation introduced at the request of departments, not discussed at the meeting, including four lawsuit settlements ($150,000, $52,500, $50,000 and $350,000), an unlitigated claim settlement of $72,447, amended surveillance technology policies for the Airport and Recreation and Park, a Conard House grant amendment not to exceed $32,803,756, three airport concession leases, a $38,000,000 airport baggage handling and boarding bridge services agreement, and a Towne Ford Sales contract amendment not to exceed $30,500,000.

The commission had a vacancy among its officers and elected a vice president. The chair explained that under the bylaws one officer post is held by a mayoral appointee and the other by an appointee of the Board president. All seven commissioners were present, and the commission elected Joel Koppel (Commissioner; Vice President, Planning Commission) vice president 7-0. No one spoke in public comment. 00:01:34

• Lydia So (Commissioner), recognized by the chair, nominated Joel Koppel (Commissioner; Vice President, Planning Commission) for vice president of the Planning Commission; the nomination was seconded. Result: passed, 7-0. 00:04:36

• The commission secretary told commissioners there was a vacancy among the commission's officers and that they should take nominations and vote. 00:01:34
• A commissioner explained that the bylaws split the two officer posts between a mayoral appointee and a Board president appointee, and that as a mayoral appointee herself the nominations should go to Board president appointees. 00:02:46
• A commissioner nominated Joel Koppel (Commissioner; Vice President, Planning Commission) for vice president, citing his knowledge and history with the commission, and welcomed a fully seated commission and his return to it. 00:03:16
• A commissioner accepted the nomination and said he would assist the president with the week-to-week process. 00:04:19
• A commissioner said he would keep his current seat rather than move to the seat traditionally taken by the vice president beside the president, and would move over when needed. 00:05:09

The planning director's regular report. City staff described the Planning Department's pending merger with the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) and an earthquake exercise held with Daniel Lurie (Mayor) and other department heads, and introduced the manager of the department's District 6 development review team. No action. 00:05:39

• City staff introduced the staff member who manages the department's District 6 development review team, saying almost every big or tall project the commission sees comes through that team. 00:05:52
• City staff said the main news of the week concerned Planning's pending merger with DBI and the roles the two departments will share. 00:05:52
• City staff reported taking part in an earthquake exercise with Daniel Lurie (Mayor), her DBI counterpart and other department heads, a practice run of roles in the first twelve hours after a disaster. 00:05:52
• City staff explained that DBI has inspectors trained under a state safety assessment program to inspect buildings after a disaster, and is training more. 00:06:53

The commission secretary's regular rundown of what happened to planning legislation at the Board of Supervisors and its Land Use and Transportation Committee. There was no Board of Appeals report and the Historic Preservation Commission had not met. No action. 00:08:30

• The commission secretary reported that the Land Use and Transportation Committee amended the story count and mezzanines ordinance to include the commission's recommended modifications, then continued it a week because the amendments were considered substantive. 00:08:30
• The commission secretary reported that the committee forwarded the local CEQA implementation administrative code item with a positive recommendation. 00:08:30
• The commission secretary reported that the Potrero Power Station development agreement package was forwarded with a positive recommendation and passed on first reading at the full Board. 00:08:30
• The commission secretary reported that ordinances on signs in mixed-use districts and on commercial-to-residential adaptive reuse passed on second reading, and a landmark designation amendment for the Sylvester House passed on first reading. 00:08:30
• The commission secretary reported that the Board adopted a resolution urging the Planning Department to report on the status of equity-oriented policy actions in the 2022 housing element. 00:08:30

An informational presentation, with no vote, on a proposed amendment to the 2019 development agreement for the roughly 6.5-acre Flower Mart site on Brannan Street between 5th and 6th streets in Central SoMa (case 2025-008569PRJ, agenda). The project sponsor is Kilroy Realty, with Gensler as designer. City staff said the 2019 approval was mainly office with ground-floor retail and a maximum height of 270, and that the wholesale flower market has already been relocated to a new building that opened in January 2025. The amendment would let the site be built as housing, commercial, institutional or a mix: up to 3,532 homes if entirely residential, or about 2.6 million square feet of commercial space; height limits of up to 600 feet for residential and 300 feet for commercial buildings; above-grade parking with facade screening; a new set of design standards; and a new 15-year term with one possible five-year extension. Staff said an affordable housing land dedication, public art, parks, clean-streets and workforce commitments stay in the agreement. The commissioner who had been chairing recused herself as an employee of Gensler, and Joel Koppel (Commissioner; Vice President, Planning Commission) chaired the item. The project is to return for approvals after environmental review. 00:09:43

• Informational presentation only; no motion was made and no action was requested. Result: no action. 01:16:59

• A commissioner announced she was recusing herself from the item because she is an employee of Gensler, which is working on the project, and handed the chair to the vice president. 00:10:32
• City staff said the hearing was informational, with no commission action requested, and was meant to introduce the amendment and gather questions and feedback. 00:10:56
• City staff described the site as about 6.5 acres between 5th and 6th streets along Brannan, within the Central SoMa plan area and one of the plan's key sites. 00:11:58
• City staff said the 2019 approval was primarily commercial, with office and ground-floor retail and a maximum building height of 270, and included relocating and preserving the wholesale flower market as a public benefit. 00:11:58
• City staff said the flower market's relocation has happened, with the new market open since January 2025 and vendors operating there. 00:13:02
• City staff said the amended framework could allow up to 3,532 residential units if the site were entirely residential, or about 2.6 million square feet of commercial development, with institutional uses also possible. 00:13:02
• City staff said maximum heights could rise to 600 feet for residential projects only, or 300 feet for commercial development. 00:14:04
• City staff said the proposal would allow above-grade parking, but only with facade screening requirements. 00:14:04
• City staff said this was the first informational hearing on the amendment and that the project would return to the commission for approvals after environmental review is completed. 00:15:08
• A speaker speaking for the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, said the original 2019 agreement had a ten-year term with one five-year extension and the amendment would give the developer a new 15-year term with one possible five-year extension. 00:17:49
• A speaker said the community benefits still include an affordable housing land dedication, now with inclusionary units added if housing is built, and that public art, community space, parks, clean-streets and workforce commitments remain. 00:18:50
• A speaker said the notable change in the benefits is the obligation to retain and rebuild the flower market, since the sponsor has already built the new market. 00:18:50
• A guest presenter speaking for Kilroy Realty, argued that development is not feasible in Central SoMa today given construction costs, city requirements and the real estate market, and that the amendment is meant to create conditions for the project to be built. 00:20:02
• A guest presenter speaking for Gensler, described the design as a flexible framework: towers that can be built as the market allows, above a fixed public realm at ground level. 00:25:19
• A speaker speaking as Gensler's urban designer, said the plan adds new internal streets with a jog designed to reduce cut-through traffic, two connected open spaces and a set of alleys. 00:26:12
• A speaker said each parcel is designed to hold its own parking, placed above the active ground-floor uses. 00:30:39
• A commissioner recalled the Central SoMa plan's adoption and credited David Chiu (City Attorney) with helping form the housing sustainability district in the neighborhood. 00:37:33
• A commissioner voiced support for the revised project, including its mid-block alleys, screened above-ground parking and added housing. 00:38:35
• A speaker gave the project full support, saying too many approved projects in the area have sat idle and this one could get the neighborhood moving. 00:38:53
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) raised a concern that the draft design guidelines allow fences around the privately owned public open spaces without a limit on how long they could be up. 00:43:06
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) voiced concern about the above-grade parking, calling it a major change, and asked about the lower tier of screening along Brannan Street. 00:45:16
• A guest presenter answered that fencing of the open spaces is not required but is wanted as an option for closing them at night for safety, with the spaces open during the day. 00:46:58
• A speaker added that the conditions for operating any fences will be set out in the development agreement. 00:48:11
• A guest presenter explained the parking screening tiers: in the first the building's architecture continues down over the parking, while the second allows a different treatment for cost reasons but still screens the parking. 00:50:29
• A guest presenter said ground-floor residential is allowed by the design standards and that ground-floor townhomes could work on the site as they have in the Transbay and Rincon Hill area. 00:52:43
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) asked what is driving the 600-foot residential height limit and what inclusionary housing the agreement would require if housing is built. 00:54:03
• A guest presenter said the 600-foot limit matches what the project could have reached using the state density bonus program, which the sponsor agreed to waive in exchange for the city changing the height limit. 00:54:53
• A guest presenter said the sponsor agrees to meet citywide inclusionary housing requirements and to do so on-site for the 600-foot projects, giving up the off-site option for those. 00:55:55
• A speaker said an affordable housing parcel will be dedicated to the city whether or not housing is built on the site, and that the final benefits package is still being worked out. 00:56:16
• Lydia So (Commissioner) said the proposed heights are consistent with the city's future vision for that part of South of Market. 00:58:31
• Lydia So (Commissioner) asked that the towers vary in height rather than all match, as one diagram in the packet showed. 00:59:33
• Lydia So (Commissioner) said she preferred the first two parking screening options for the design standards and disliked the third. 01:00:34
• A guest presenter replied that the equal-height drawing is only a diagram and not prescriptive, and that the goal is varied heights. 01:03:02
• A guest presenter said the third screening type would be used only where parking faces loading areas and back alleys with little public view. 01:03:02
• Malea Chavez (Commissioner) asked what engagement with the cultural district community is continuing and what the commitment to it now looks like. 01:05:02
• A speaker said the city is still working with the cultural district and that the earlier, specific public art commitment is being reworked into a more flexible one. 01:06:03
• A speaker said the developer leads community engagement, with the city guiding which stakeholders are reached. 01:06:47
• A guest presenter said the cultural district art commitment from the original agreement carries over into the amendment, with details still being worked out. 01:07:08
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) asked about a provision in the design standards allowing gates and fences at access points to the site's private streets. 01:07:40
• City staff said gates on the streets would not be automatic: they would need the planning director's approval and the sponsor would have to show a safety concern, with the process spelled out in the agreement. 01:08:23
• A guest presenter said the sponsor has bought the land for the affordable housing dedication but has not yet transferred it to the city. 01:09:49
• A speaker clarified that the timing of the land transfer would be at the choice of the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development rather than tied to the first construction document. 01:10:32
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) raised concern that one stretch of a new street near 6th Street would have a sidewalk on only one side, and asked for sidewalks on both. 01:11:15
• City staff said the right of way there is too narrow for two sidewalks and that staff vetted the one-sidewalk design with a Public Works accessibility coordinator. 01:11:44
• City staff listed what will come back to the commission: a Planning Code amendment, a map amendment for height, the development agreement and the design standards. 01:13:08
• City staff said there will also be a joint hearing of the Planning and Recreation and Park commissions because the project casts a shadow. 01:13:20
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) said that if developers are given a choice between office and housing, policymakers should consider how to make housing as competitive to build as office. 01:13:38
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) suggested that above-grade parking with screening and design standards could be considered for other projects as a way to cut building costs. 01:15:46

A Planning Code amendment (case 2026-004766PCA, agenda) sponsored by a member of the Board of Supervisors, a supervisor, who presented it. As introduced, it would exempt housing projects on corner lots that use the HCSF program in the Family Zoning Plan area from development impact fees for childcare, transit sustainability and applicable area plans, while keeping inclusionary housing requirements. Planning staff recommended approval with two changes: extend the exemption to all HCSF-eligible parcels, not just corner lots, and add a 2032 sunset date. The commission's vote is a recommendation. After a long debate over the sunset date, it voted 7-0 to recommend approval with the exemption extended to all eligible parcels and without the sunset. Staff said the fees fund infrastructure, transit and childcare but that collections from these parcels have been low; projects using the state density bonus or other ministerial pathways would keep paying the fees in full. 01:16:59

• Sean McGarry (Commissioner) moved to recommend approval; the commission secretary later described the motion as approval with both staff modifications (extend to all eligible parcels and add a 2032 sunset). Amy Campbell (Commissioner; President, Planning Commission) seconded and then withdrew her second; Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) later seconded. Sean McGarry (Commissioner) withdrew the motion before a vote. Result: withdrawn. 02:25:27
• Lydia So (Commissioner) moved to adopt a recommendation for approval with staff modification one only (extend the fee exemption to all HCSF-eligible parcels) and without the 2032 sunset date; seconded by Amy Campbell (Commissioner; President, Planning Commission). Result: passed, 7-0. 02:25:39

• A supervisor said he introduced the legislation to eliminate non-inclusionary impact fees on corner lots under the Family Zoning Plan in order to cut construction costs. 01:20:21
• A supervisor said the median monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment now exceeds $4,200. 01:19:20
• A supervisor argued impact fees bring the city little money but can cost developers an extra $27,000 per unit in some cases. 01:20:21
• A supervisor said corner lots account for more than half of the new-unit capacity under the Family Zoning Plan. 01:20:21
• A supervisor said he is also interested in using the legislation to consider a modest increase in the allowable average floor plate size on corner lots. 01:21:31
• A supervisor said he wants to explore similar fee reductions for housing created by adaptive reuse of historic buildings, probably in separate legislation. 01:21:31
• A speaker presenting for planning staff, said the ordinance would waive childcare, transit sustainability and applicable area plan fees in the Family Zoning Plan area while keeping inclusionary requirements. 01:23:26
• A speaker gave a figure for impact fees generated by HCSF-eligible parcels since September 2023, nearly all from childcare and transit fees and roughly $15,000 from area plan fees; the total is garbled in the recording. 01:23:26
• A speaker said studies from the 2025 rezoning found feasibility gaps of $80,000 to more than $400,000 per unit, against total development costs of about $1 million per unit. 01:24:30
• A speaker estimated the fee savings at $6,000 to $7,000 per unit for larger projects and about $530 for smaller ones, calling the relief modest but meaningful for projects on the edge of feasibility. 01:24:30
• A speaker said corner lots are about 10 percent of parcels but hold nearly half the rezoning capacity, and that so far seven HCSF applications have been mid-block and four on corner lots. 01:25:31
• A speaker acknowledged the exemptions reduce revenue for infrastructure, transit and childcare but said collections from these parcels have been low. 01:26:32
• A speaker noted that projects using the state density bonus or other ministerial pathways would still pay the fees in full. 01:26:32
• A speaker gave staff's first recommended change: extend the exemption to all HCSF parcels, since constraints are similar on corner and interior sites. 01:27:37
• A speaker gave staff's second recommended change: a 2032 sunset date so the exemption can be reassessed. 01:27:37
• A speaker backed the proposal as a five-year program that can be reassessed, and moved to approve. 01:30:35
• A commissioner argued against a sunset date, citing interest rates, labor and material costs, and made a second motion to approve with only staff's first recommended change. 01:34:54
• A commissioner withdrew her second of the first motion and seconded the motion without the sunset. 01:35:33
• A speaker answering for planning staff, said the fee rules are complex enough that staff sometimes have to double-check and have had to revise calculations. 01:36:31
• City staff said parcel-by-parcel differences in overlapping rules add complexity and time to reviews the department is trying to speed up. 01:38:06
• A speaker said planning staff will begin including analysis of administrative complexity in staff reports on legislation. 01:38:42
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) supported extending the exemption to all Family Zoning Plan sites, partly to ease the administrative burden. 01:40:32
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) argued the default should be that the fees stay off unless the city acts to restore them, and backed the motion without a sunset. 01:41:35
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) described the question as a balance between funding transit, childcare and neighborhood needs and encouraging housing, and said the balance tips toward housing. 01:43:56
• City staff explained that staff proposed the sunset as a regular check-in, as with the inclusionary reductions' three-year review, and that it would not necessarily mean reverting to today's fees. 01:46:13
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) seconded the motion to approve with both staff changes, including the sunset. 01:47:08
• Malea Chavez (Commissioner) voiced concern about transportation funding and favored the sunset as a chance to check on the impact and any unintended consequences. 01:49:00
• A commissioner said, speaking as chair, that 2032 is too close given how long development takes, and asked for a broader conversation about impact fees. 01:51:14
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) floated a longer sunset, such as ten years, as a possible compromise. 01:52:06
• City staff said the commission can expect a broad discussion of impact fees and other housing cost constraints in early 2027. 01:53:00
• City staff said the housing element has a circuit-breaker trigger in January 2027, when the city looks at whether more strategies or rezoning are needed to meet its housing goals. 01:53:00
• Lydia So (Commissioner) argued a sunset date would undermine the confidence of people deciding whether to invest in building housing in the city. 01:57:33
• Joel Koppel (Commissioner; Vice President, Planning Commission) noted the ordinance has a second supervisor as co-author and asked the sponsor for his view on the two staff changes. 02:00:57
• A supervisor endorsed staff's first change, extending the exemption to all eligible parcels. 02:01:27
• A supervisor said that on the sunset he leaned toward the reasoning of the commissioners who opposed it, and that housing should not be pitted against transit and childcare for money. 02:01:27
• A speaker said he was conflicted: dropping the fees with no end date removes the option to reassess, and the money for transit and childcare would have to come from somewhere. 02:03:51
• Malea Chavez (Commissioner) maintained that a sunset carries little risk and would let the city learn whether removing the fees increases applications. 02:06:30
• Mike Chen (Commissioner) summed up three reasons against a sunset: the city can still act later either way, a sunset adds administrative burden, and dropping it signals the city is open to housing. 02:09:16
• A commissioner said she did not want to return to burdening housing projects with these fees in the near future and that there will be other chances to revisit how transit and childcare are funded. 02:09:53
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) came around to supporting approval without a sunset as a gesture of support for the Family Zoning Plan, while saying she still slightly preferred the other approach. 02:24:00
• A speaker withdrew his motion after the commissioner who had seconded it shifted her position. 02:25:27

A Planning Code amendment (case 2026-007353PCA, agenda; Board file 260791) introduced by a member of the Board of Supervisors and presented by that supervisor's legislative aide. It would exempt restrooms that the plumbing code requires for common-use rooftop spaces from a building's height limit, adding them to existing exemptions such as elevator penthouses and stairways. The aide said the Department of Building Inspection stepped up enforcement of the restroom rule this year, leaving projects with common rooftop space to redesign the top floor and possibly lose homes, exceed the height limit, or build shorter. Staff recommended approval without modifications, and the commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval. 02:25:39

• Mike Chen (Commissioner) moved to recommend approval of the rooftop restroom height exemption, as staff recommended, without modifications; the motion was seconded. Result: passed, 7-0. 02:37:46

• City staff introduced the item for planning staff, giving its Board file number and its sponsoring supervisor, and handed off to the sponsor's aide. 02:26:48
• A speaker speaking as the sponsoring supervisor's aide, said DBI stepped up enforcement earlier this year of a plumbing code rule requiring a restroom on or one floor below a common rooftop space. 02:27:00
• A speaker said projects such as the Freedom West co-op's senior housing and 3333 California face a choice of reworking the top floor, adding a rooftop restroom that would break the height limit or development agreement, or building shorter. 02:28:02
• A speaker said the legislation adds restrooms serving rooftop common areas to the list of features exempt from height limits. 02:28:02
• City staff flagged an error in the draft resolution: the ordinance is not a project under CEQA rather than categorically exempt, which staff will correct in the final resolution. 02:29:13
• City staff explained that putting the required restroom one story below the roof avoids the height issue but can cost interior space, possibly a dwelling unit. 02:29:13
• City staff said staff found no implementation concerns and recommended approval without modifications. 02:30:18
• A commissioner gave the amendment full support, calling it straightforward and modest and likely to open up opportunities for projects. 02:31:03
• City staff clarified that a private roof deck serving a single unit would not need a restroom; the requirement applies to common-use spaces above occupancy thresholds. 02:31:54
• A commissioner urged a proactive review of conflicts between the planning and building codes rather than fixing them one at a time as projects run into them, and offered to support more staff for it in the next budget cycle. 02:33:03
• City staff said limited staffing and the city's budget crunch have kept the department from doing a comprehensive review of code inconsistencies, which it still intends to do. 02:33:30
• City staff said staff already have lists of local building code amendments they want to change, though not yet covering the electrical, mechanical and other codes as fully. 02:35:40
• Malea Chavez (Commissioner) supported the item and said she hoped it would encourage more accessible common space on rooftops. 02:36:36
• Elizabeth Macdonald (Commissioner) gave the amendment full support, calling it an easy decision. 02:37:13

• General public comment: no one spoke.
• Election of officers (item 2): no one spoke.
• Flower Mart development agreement amendment (item 5): six speakers, all in support. They included two representatives of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (one said he formerly served on the commission), and representatives of the Bay Area Council, a carpenters union and the Housing Action Coalition, plus a longtime resident who works in construction. Themes: large projects need flexibility as conditions change, the site has sat idle for years, construction jobs, and the chance for up to about 3,500 homes near transit.
• Impact fees on corner lots (item 6): one speaker, from the Housing Action Coalition, supported waiving the fees on corner lots and all Family Zoning Plan lots and said the group has asked the sponsor to add a 10 percent larger allowable floor plate on corner lots. Staff said the department also received one email with questions.
• Rooftop restroom height exemption (item 7): no one spoke.

• Flower Mart: staff said the project will return to the commission for approvals after environmental review is completed. Staff listed a Planning Code amendment, a height map amendment, the development agreement amendment and the design standards and guidelines, plus a joint hearing with the Recreation and Park Commission on shadow. A commissioner referred to the development agreement amendment coming by the end of the year; staff did not give a date.
• Flower Mart: city staff said the final community benefits package, including inclusionary housing terms and the public art commitment to the cultural district, is still being worked out and will be brought back.
• Corner-lot impact fee ordinance: the commission's recommendation (approve, extend to all HCSF-eligible parcels, no sunset date) goes forward as a recommendation; the sponsor, a supervisor, said he is also considering a modest floor plate increase for corner lots and separate legislation on fee reductions for adaptive reuse of historic buildings.
• City staff said the commission can expect a broad discussion of impact fees and other housing cost constraints in early 2027, alongside the housing element's circuit-breaker review in January 2027, with conversations over the next six to nine months.
• Planning staff said they will begin including analysis of administrative complexity in staff reports on proposed legislation.
• Rooftop restroom ordinance: staff will correct the final resolution to say the ordinance is not a project under CEQA. City staff said the department intends a deeper review of inconsistencies between the planning and building codes when staffing allows and will keep the commission posted.
• The commission secretary reported that the story count and mezzanines ordinance was continued one week at the Board's Land Use and Transportation Committee.