Storm emergency backed; renter protections and union deals get final OK

Routine approval of the minutes of the Board's September 22, 2026 meeting. 00:03:14

• Approve the 09/22/2026 minutes as presented, moved by Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11), seconded by Shamann Walton (Supervisor, District 10). Result: passed, 11-0. 00:03:33

Fourteen settlements recommended by the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, approved together without discussion. They include ten lawsuit settlements the city pays, ranging from $50,000 to $1,500,000 (agenda), one lawsuit in which the city receives $400,000 from Genasci Dairy, Inc. et al. (agenda), and three unlitigated claims, including iHeartMedia Entertainment, Inc. at $141,686 and Owen Equipment Sales at $121,257.81 (agenda). The eleven lawsuit settlements are ordinances and passed on first reading; the three claim settlements are resolutions and were adopted. 00:04:07

• Approve items 1 through 14 on consent. Result: passed, 11-0. 00:05:02

An ordinance, retroactive to January 1, 2026, giving small hardware retailers a credit against the city's gross receipts tax for tax years 2026 through 2035. This was its final vote. 00:05:15

• Finally pass item 15. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:05:15

An ordinance appropriating $658,000 of state revenue to the Department of Elections for costs of the statewide November 2026 election in fiscal year 2026-2027. The clerk said the $308,000 of it for salary, overtime, fringe benefits and non-personnel services needed eight votes under the Charter. Final vote. 00:05:39

• Finally pass item 16. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:06:16

• The clerk noted that the part of the appropriation for salary, overtime, benefits and non-personnel services needed a two-thirds, eight-vote approval 00:06:01

Six ordinances amending the city's 2024-2027 labor agreements with IFPTE Local 21, the Municipal Executives' Association, SEIU Local 1021, the District Attorney Investigators' Association, Laborers Local 261, and Plumbers Local 38. As read by the clerk, they extend the agreements through June 30, 2031, set base wage increases for fiscal years 2027-28 through 2030-31, commit the city to issue no layoff notices and lay off no permanent civil service employees through June 30, 2029, extend provisions that were set to sunset, and (for items 18-22) allow a citywide labor-management committee for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. Final vote. 00:06:16

• Finally pass items 17 through 22. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:08:11

• The clerk read that the city agrees not to issue layoff notices or lay off permanent civil service employees through June 30, 2029 00:07:28

An ordinance amending the Housing Code to lower the minimum ceiling height in existing buildings to seven feet for habitable rooms and six feet eight inches for other rooms. Final vote. 00:08:19

• Finally pass item 23. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:08:35

An ordinance requiring online listings and leases for residential rental units to clearly disclose the total estimated monthly cost, including rent and any required fees and charges. Tenants who did not get adequate disclosure may end their leases early without penalty, and landlords are restricted from evicting or charging late penalties over fees that were not adequately disclosed. Final vote. 00:08:43

• Finally pass item 24. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:09:22

A Planning Code ordinance revising the size threshold at which a mezzanine counts as a separate story, to allow the larger mezzanines the building code permits. Final vote. 00:09:22

• Finally pass item 25. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:09:46

An Administrative Code ordinance providing that a landlord may not evict a residential tenant for unpaid rent that totals less than the local fair market rent for an equivalent-sized unit, as set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Final vote. 00:09:49

• Finally pass item 26. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:10:13

Two ordinances approving surveillance technology policies: an amended policy for the Department of Elections' continued use of security cameras, and a policy governing the Fire Department's use of social media monitoring software. Final vote. 00:10:18

• Finally pass items 27 and 28. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:10:50

An ordinance setting up a system, run by the Office of the Assessor-Recorder, that notifies property owners when documents affecting their real property are filed. Final vote. 00:10:57

• Finally pass item 29. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:11:11

A resolution authorizing the Director of Property to amend and restate the city's lease with the San Francisco Market Corporation for the Wholesale Produce Market near Jerrold Avenue and Toland Street (agenda). It allows separate parcel leases as needed to serve as security for one or more private construction loans. 00:11:26

• Adopt item 30. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:11:57

Ten resolutions approving amendments to San Francisco International Airport retail and food concession leases, including Sunglass Hut, L'Occitane, The Marshall Retail Group (two leases), Park Café Group, Lady Luck Gourmet, Andalé Management Group, High Flying Foods, Sidewalk Juice and Rylo Management. As read by the clerk, each extends the base operating term by two years (item 34's for only one facility of its premises); three are small business enterprise set-asides. 00:12:09

• Adopt items 31 through 40. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:16:07

A resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to accept and spend a FEMA grant of $238,480 by the agenda ($238,000 as the clerk read it), which comes through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, under the 2025 Next Generation Warning System grant program, for August 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. 00:16:15

• Adopt item 41. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:16:46

An ordinance changing the minimum qualifications for firearm and ammunition suppliers to the city, removing exceptions and changing the grounds for waivers from the city's firearm and ammunition procurement rules. It passed on first reading. 00:16:51

• Pass item 42 on first reading. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:17:10

A motion approving the Mayor's reappointment of a member of the Treasure Island Development Authority Board of Directors, for a term ending April 28, 2030. 00:17:18

• Approve item 43. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:17:32

A motion approving the Mayor's appointment of a new member to the Building Inspection Commission, for a term ending July 1, 2028. 00:17:40

• Approve item 44. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:17:50

A motion appointing a member to the Veterans Affairs Council, for a term ending March 17, 2027. 00:17:57

• Approve item 45. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:18:05

A resolution, forwarded as a committee report by the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee, finding that the transfer of an off-sale beer, wine and spirits license and an educational tasting license to T&T Supermarket at 2675 Geary Blvd (agenda) serves public convenience, and asking the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to attach conditions to the license. 00:18:10

• Adopt item 46. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 00:18:58

During roll call for introductions, the Board President introduced an ordinance to drop the commercial vacancy tax filing requirement for tenants and subtenants of occupied storefronts, called for a hearing on how city departments collect sexual orientation and gender identity data, and introduced resolutions declaring Golden State Valkyries Day (October 29, 2026), starting landmark designation for six small historic districts in Duboce Triangle, and declaring Diwali Day (November 8, 2026). These were introductions only; nothing was voted on. 00:19:04

▶ Hear it Should tenants of occupied storefronts have to file vacancy tax paperwork? · 0:50

• The Board President said the ordinance would drop the vacancy tax filing for tenants and subtenants of occupied spaces, while everyone would still file for vacant ones 00:20:12
• The Board President said the city got several thousand filings for tax year 2024 but only about 200 reported a vacancy 00:20:12
• The Board President said the $158 penalty for not filing applies even when a storefront is occupied 00:20:12
• The Board President called for a hearing on the city's collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data 00:21:20
• The Board President cited point-in-time counts showing the number of homeless people identifying as transgender or non-binary more than doubled from 2022 to 2024 00:22:42
• The Board President introduced a resolution declaring Thursday, October 29, 2026 Golden State Valkyries Day, the day of game six of the WNBA finals 00:23:42
• The Board President introduced a resolution to start landmark designation of six small historic districts in Duboce Triangle, asking Planning and the Historic Preservation Commission to study them 00:24:47
• The Board President introduced a resolution declaring November 8, 2026 Diwali Day and honoring the South Asian community 00:25:58

The 2:30 p.m. special order, in which supervisors honored people and groups for service to the city: the city's retiring director of risk management; a 911 dispatcher retiring after 26 years with the Department of Emergency Management; five immigrant peer health and rights educators (promotoras); Italian Community Services in North Beach, at 110 years; the Lincoln High School dragon boat team after the Club Crew World Championships; a Twin Peaks neighbor who picks up litter almost daily; and the longtime executive director of California Lawyers for the Arts. 00:27:43

• The Board President honored the city's director of risk management, retiring after more than twenty years of city service 00:27:57
• The Board President said the risk management division oversees a property insurance portfolio covering nearly $25 billion in assets 00:29:00
• A guest presenter speaking for the City Administrator's office, said departments across the city relied on the retiring risk manager's advice 00:31:30
• A supervisor honored a 911 dispatcher retiring exactly twenty-six years after he started at the Department of Emergency Management 00:35:18
• A supervisor honored five women working as immigrant peer health and immigrant rights educators, known as promotoras 00:42:30
• A guest presenter accepting for the promotoras, thanked the board for added funding to keep the rapid response line the team promotes going 00:50:04
• A supervisor honored Italian Community Services for 110 years supporting the Italian American community and North Beach 00:52:30
• A supervisor honored the Lincoln High dragon boat team, which won eight medals at the world championships and was the competition's most decorated youth team 01:02:03
• A supervisor honored a Twin Peaks resident who has picked up litter all her adult life and now does so around Twin Peaks 01:17:17
• The Board President honored the longtime executive director of California Lawyers for the Arts 01:26:11
• A supervisor said organizations like California Lawyers for the Arts often don't get the recognition they deserve 01:30:18

The roll call for introductions resumed after the commendations. A supervisor introduced a ten-month, fifteen-day extension of the city's interim moratorium on data centers. A supervisor introduced a resolution putting Public Works' street tree and sidewalk commitments on the record. A supervisor introduced a resolution urging the city and state pension systems to review their risk from AI investments and urging Congress to reject corporate bailouts. A supervisor introduced a resolution affirming election integrity and opposing intimidation of election workers and voters. These were introductions only; nothing was voted on. 01:37:08

• A supervisor introduced a ten-month, fifteen-day extension of the interim data center moratorium 01:37:25
• A supervisor argued data centers can place heavy demands on the electrical grid and differ from other commercial development 01:37:25
• A supervisor pointed to moratoriums adopted by other Bay Area cities, including Richmond and Oakland 01:38:27
• A supervisor said the board will review the Planning Department's November 10 report and keep working toward stronger regulations 01:40:31
• A supervisor said Public Works committed at a committee hearing to finish the first pruning cycle by year's end and move to about 25,000 prunings a year 01:41:29
• A supervisor said the street tree resolution asks for a six-month progress update 01:41:29
• A supervisor introduced a resolution urging the city and state public employee pension systems to review concentrated and correlated risks from AI investments 01:42:53
• A supervisor argued taxpayers should not bail out private companies if inflated AI valuations collapse 01:44:02
• A supervisor introduced a resolution affirming election integrity, supporting election workers and opposing intimidation of election officials and voters 01:45:18

Four resolutions adopted on first appearance without committee referral, which required a unanimous vote. Based on the agenda's order, they are two appointments to the Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Council, a legislative expense account for reimbursing the board's California State Association of Counties representative and alternate, and a resolution establishing the process for an official misconduct hearing involving a commissioner (agenda). 02:25:10

• Adopt items 51 through 54. Result: passed, 11-0. 02:26:22

• A supervisor asked to be added to item 49 and as a co-sponsor of item 54 02:25:52

A resolution recognizing October 2026 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in San Francisco. It was severed from the group, and a supervisor spoke on it before the vote. 02:27:00

• Adopt item 49. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 02:28:29

• A supervisor said the resolution should be a commitment to stand with survivors through action, not platitudes 02:27:10
• A supervisor called for investment in prevention, education, right to counsel, housing and survivor services during the budget process 02:27:10

A resolution commending immigrant peer health and immigrant rights educators and declaring October 27, 2026 PODER Promotoras Day (agenda). It was severed from the group, and a supervisor spoke on it before the vote. 02:28:36

• Adopt item 50. Result: passed, same house, same call (11-0). 02:29:59

• A supervisor said the resolution comes as federal immigration enforcement targets immigrant communities 02:28:50
• A supervisor called the peer educators a backbone of community health and civic rights outreach 02:28:50

An imperative agenda item, not on the posted agenda: a motion concurring in the Mayor's October 23, 2026 proclamation of a local emergency over severe storms expected to hit San Francisco soon because of El Niño conditions. It also concurs in letting certain city departments sign emergency agreements for goods, services and public works without following some Administrative Code provisions, without Civil Service Commission approval, and without the city's standard contract terms when needed. The board first had to adopt, by at least eight votes, findings that the matter was urgent and came up after the agenda was posted. The motion itself needed a unanimous vote. 02:30:13

• Adopt the serious-injury and Brown Act findings for the imperative item, moved by Matt Dorsey (Supervisor, District 6), seconded by Chyanne Chen (Supervisor, District 11). Result: passed, 11-0. 02:32:20
• Concur in the Mayor's local emergency declaration for anticipated El Niño storms. Result: passed, 11-0. 02:34:16

• The clerk read the motion concurring in the Mayor's October 23 local emergency proclamation over expected severe storms 02:30:13
• The Board President explained that two findings needed eight votes before the motion itself could be adopted unanimously 02:31:07

• About 16 people spoke in person during general public comment and one caller spoke remotely.
• A former supervisor, given extra time as a former board member, urged the board to legislate giving the Fillmore heritage building to the African American community to help revive the Harlem of the West, tying it to the board's reparations vote and apology.
• A speaker from a gun-violence prevention group began thanking the board for the firearm procurement ordinance. The clerk stopped her because that item had already had public comment in committee. Another speaker from the same group later praised staff at the Office of Contract Administration and the City Administrator's office for their work on legislation.
• A domestic violence advocacy leader thanked the board for the Domestic Violence Awareness Month resolution.
• One speaker criticized the District Attorney's handling of sexual assault cases, including the charging standard and the non-use of pre-charge arrest warrants, and criticized SFPD's lack of trauma-informed investigators and data.
• Two speakers urged the board to ban the sale of all live animals in pet stores, citing a unanimous recommendation from the city's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare.
• A Tenderloin tenant described an elevator out of service for 46 straight days and asked the board to look at whether housing enforcement deals adequately with repeated failures of essential building equipment.
• One speaker asked for a public hearing on renewing the city's contract with Flock Safety license-plate cameras, citing reported illegal searches and data-retention concerns.
• Two speakers raised AI: one urged an emergency ordinance halting frontier AI development, citing rising cyber vulnerabilities, and another spoke favorably about AI televisions.
• One speaker listed development projects in the Fillmore and Western Addition.
• One speaker asked for help with an unresolved complaint passed between the police and the Department of Police Accountability.
• One speaker proposed a 19th-century founding figure of San Francisco as an alternative name in the Cesar Chavez Street renaming process and mentioned a petition questioning the current proposed name.
• One speaker warned against socialism, and another, an inventor and architect, spoke about inventors' rights and global collaboration.
• The remote caller thanked the board for the eviction protection for unpaid rent, asked for more time or rental assistance for people looking for work, and asked that the board respond to public comments and hold public comment at a set time.
• On the imperative storm emergency item, one speaker warned that high winds in past El Niño storms had caused serious problems.

• Item 42, the firearm and ammunition procurement ordinance, passed on first reading.
• The eleven lawsuit settlement ordinances on consent (items 1-11) passed on first reading.
• A supervisor said the board will review the Planning Department's November 10 report on data centers. The proposed ten-month, fifteen-day moratorium extension was only introduced.
• The Board President called for a hearing on the city's sexual orientation and gender identity data collection. Departments and community providers are expected to report.
• The Duboce Triangle landmark resolution asks Planning and the Historic Preservation Commission to study the six districts and report back. The Board President said property owners will have more chances to weigh in.
• The street tree resolution introduced by a supervisor requests a six-month progress update from Public Works.
• Resolutions introduced for Golden State Valkyries Day (October 29, 2026), Diwali Day (November 8, 2026), AI pension risk and election integrity have not yet been voted on.
• Italian Community Services' 110th anniversary celebration is Sunday, November 8.
• Introduced at department request (agenda): settlements in files 261127 ($59,762) and 261128 ($400,000), and contract amendments with Felton Institute (not to exceed $93,559,299), Urban Alchemy (not to exceed $14,630,871) and Episcopal Community Services (not to exceed $22,749,253).