The Board of Supervisors held its regular meeting on April 28, 2026, at 10:15 AM. The meeting included roll call (10 members present, Supervisor Fielder excused), land acknowledgment, approval of minutes, consent calendar, unfinished business, special order recognitions, introduction of new business, public comment, and a closed session. Key actions included passage of the SB 79 alternative plan with a last-minute amendment, approval of the Sheriff's Office military equipment use policy over one dissenting vote, and recognition of community leaders and public servants.
Good afternoon. Welcome to the April 28th, 2026 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 not present, Supervisor Mahmoud. Mahmoud present, Supervisor Mandelman. Present. Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar. Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter. Sauter present, Supervisor Cheryl. Cheryl present, Supervisor Walton. Walton present, and Supervisor Wong. Wong present. Mr. President, you have a quorum. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramatushalone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramatushaloni 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 Ramatushalone community, and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance? On behalf of our board, I'd like to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV. And today that is particularly Colina Mendoza. 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 Board of Supervisors welcomes you all, your attendance here in person in the Board's legislative chamber, room 250, second floor of City Hall. And when you're not able to be here, you can catch the proceeding. It is airing live on SFGOV TV's Channel 26 or the live stream at WWW.sfgovtv.org. If you have public comment that you would like to submit in writing, either sending an email to BOS at sfgov.org, or use the postal service, just address the envelope to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the number one, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlit Place, City Hall, Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. If you need to make a reasonable accommodation for a future meeting under the Americans with Disability Act, or to request language assistance, please contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling 415-554-5184. And as stated previously, pursuant to a memo dated April 7th, 2026 from Supervisor Jackie Fielder. A motion we're renewing it every week between April 7th and June 30th, 2026, to excuse Supervisor Fielder from the current meeting. Thank you, Mr. President and members. Thank you, Madam Clerk. I notice that Supervisor Dorsey is in the queue. Thank you, President Mandelman. I want to express my gratitude to our clerk for welcoming today's viewers, and I wanted to add my own special welcome to the class from Civ Lab, how San Francisco Government Works, and express my gratitude to uh District 6 Resident Michael Adams for leading that effort. So I just want to say thank you to all of you for your civic engagement and welcome to the Board of Supervisors Chambers. Thank you, Supervisor Dorsey, and welcome. All right.