Votes at a glance: Budget & Finance Committee moves multiple items to full Board (March 2, 2022)

At its March 2, 2022 meeting the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee took the following formal committee actions (motions and roll‑call votes recorded at the remote meeting):

• Item 2 — Airport trustee agreement and Modification No. 6 (Bank of New York Mellon): Committee voted to forward a resolution seeking retroactive approval of the trustee agreement and approval of Modification No. 6 (increase of roughly $1,050,000 to a total not to exceed approximately $3,800,000) to the full Board with a positive recommendation (recorded: 3 ayes). BLA recommended approval; airport staff said city attorney advised retroactive approval to resolve charter compliance uncertainty.

• Item 1 — Parks code (garden admission fees): Committee voted to forward an ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation (3 ayes). BLA noted the flexible pricing change from a percentage cap to a $7 cap on certain fees.

• Item 3 — Treasurer–Tax Collector: sale of tax‑defaulted parcels at public auction: Committee adopted the staff‑submitted substitute parcel list (which removed 7 parcels and one defective notice) and agreed to remove 239 Fairlawns from the auction list at the committee’s direction; committee forwarded the resolution to the full Board with a positive recommendation (3 ayes after the amendment was noted).

• Item 4 — SFPUC power scheduling coordinator agreement with APX: Committee adopted the BLA recommended reduction in the contract ceiling and forwarded the contract to the full Board with a positive recommendation (3 ayes). The original not‑to‑exceed amount included large pass‑through electricity charges; BLA suggested lowering the services cushion.

• Item 5 — Office of Cannabis: Local Jurisdiction Assistance Grant (~$3M): Committee forwarded the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation (3 ayes). Presenters said the grant will fund positions and technical assistance and will not affect the general fund.

• Item 6 — San Francisco Public Library: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant (~$2M) for jail and reentry services: Committee forwarded the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation after Vice Chair connectivity was restored (3 ayes recorded).

• Item 7 — HSH Homekey award for 1321 Mission: Committee forwarded the standard agreement to the full Board with a positive recommendation (3 ayes). The award was described as approximately $54.8M with a required local match of about $16M and a planned five years of operating subsidy funded via Prop C.

• Item 8 — Appropriation for free parking/transit: the committee adopted substantive amendments reducing the appropriation from $700,000 to $554,000 and adding transit fares coverage; because amendments were substantive the item was continued to the March 9 Budget & Finance Committee meeting (3 ayes on the continuation motion).

• Item 9 — Street‑vending ordinance: Committee adopted amendments, including the 48‑hour cure window, 90‑day storage/appeal and donation language, and forwarded the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation (recorded roll call showed two ayes with Member Gordon Marr absent at the time of the recorded roll call).

• Item 10 — Hearing on SFGH staffing shortages: Committee voted to continue the hearing to the March 23 meeting (2 ayes recorded with one member absent).

These outcomes were recorded on the remote committee record and will be transmitted to the full Board of Supervisors for final action where required.