On November 4, 2025, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors met to consider a range of legislative items, including affordable housing funding, building code updates, and a widely discussed emergency appropriation to backfill CalFresh benefits due to the federal shutdown. The meeting included a 2:30 p.m. special order to honor community members and a 3:00 p.m. special order to address the CalFresh funding shortfall. All 11 supervisors were present for most votes, with a few notable dissents.
Supervisor Introductions & Letters of Inquiry:
Commendations (2:30 p.m. Special Order):
CalFresh Emergency Backfill (3:00 p.m. Special Order, Items 26, 27, 37):
Good afternoon and welcome to the November 4th, 2025 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Thank you, Mr. President, Supervisor Chan. Chan present, Supervisor Chen, Chen present, Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey present, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder present, Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud present, Supervisor Mandelman. Present. Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar. Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter. Sauter present, Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl present and Supervisor Walton. Walton present. Mr. President, 10 members are present. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatush Aloney, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatushalone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatush Aloney community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance? On behalf of this board, I want to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV today. That is especially James Kawana. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, do you have any communications? Thank you, Mr. President. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors welcomes you all to attend this meeting in person here in the board's legislative chamber. We're in room two fifty on the second floor in City Hall. When you cannot be here, we are showing or airing the proceedings live on SFGOV TV Channel 26, or you may view the live stream at www.sfgovtv.org. If you have public comment you'd like to submit in writing, you can either send an email to BOS at SFGov.org or via the U.S. Postal Service. Just address the envelope to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the number one, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlitt Place, City Hall, Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. If you need to make a future reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disability Act or to request language assistance, please contact the clerk's office two business days in advance by calling 415 554 5184. Thank you, members. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Let's go to approval of our meeting minutes. Approval of the September 30th, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes. Can I have a motion to approve the minutes as presented, moved by Walton, seconded by Chen. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? On the minutes as presented, Supervisor Chan. Chan I, Supervisor Chen, Chen I, Supervisor Dorsey. Dorsey I, Supervisor Fielder, Fielder, I, Supervisor Mahmoud, Mahmoud I, Supervisor Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman I, Supervisor Melgar. Melgar, I, Supervisor Sauter. Sauter, I, Supervisor Cheryl, Cheryl, I, and Supervisor Walton. Walton, I.