Votes at a glance: committee forwards nine items to full Board with recommendations

At the March 15 Budget & Finance Committee meeting the body forwarded several items to the Board of Supervisors with positive recommendations. A summary of the committee's committee-level outcomes follows:

- Item 1: Resolution authorizing the mayor and DPH to solicit private donations for safe consumption sites — forwarded with committee approval (roll recorded as two ayes, one absence).

- Item 2: Ordinance extending temporary suspension of business registration/fee requirements for TNC/taxi drivers through FY 2027-28 — forwarded with positive recommendation (chair vote recorded; member Safai absent).

- Item 3: Amendment to the assessor-recorder contract with Sapient Corporation (increase to approx. $27.2M, net increase ~$5.7M) — forwarded with positive recommendation; BLA recommended a six-month oversight hearing.

- Item 4: Annual appropriations (Gann) limit for FY 2022-23 set at approximately $10.6B — forwarded with positive recommendation.

- Item 5: Resolution initiating an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) for the Potrero Power Station project — forwarded with positive recommendation after presentations and substantial public comment from labor and neighborhood groups.

- Item 6: Second amendment to HSH's agreement with 5 Keys for the Embarcadero Safe Navigation Center — forwarded with positive recommendation; amendment increases near-term funding and authorizes contingent extensions if the Port permits.

- Item 7: Retroactive acceptance and expenditure of a $900,000 James Irvine Foundation grant for workforce/apprenticeship programming — forwarded with positive recommendation.

- Item 8: Authorization for multifamily housing revenue notes (conduit financing) for Hunters Point Shipyard Block 56 (73 units, majority at 50% AMI) — forwarded with positive recommendation.

- Item 9: Ordinance to reallocate funds from the 706 Mission Street Fund; committee accepted amendments to split sub-fund allocations and continued the item one week to March 22 for further departmental consultation.

Most motions were recorded as unanimous among attending members; where roll-call tallies were read, they were included in committee records.