The San Francisco Board of Supervisors met on June 16, 2026, at 10:15 AM. All 11 supervisors were present except Supervisor Fielder, who was excused. The meeting covered consent calendar items, commendations, a special order for a $200 million SFMTA loan, and a Belenson hearing on Department of Public Health budget cuts. Several ordinances and resolutions were adopted unanimously.
Good afternoon. Welcome to the June 16th, 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, Mahmood present, Supervisor Mandelman. Present. Mandelman present, Supervisor Melgar. Melgar present, Supervisor Sauter. Saudder 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 in 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 Ramatoshalone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. On behalf of our board, I would like to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV. And today that is especially Colina Mendoza. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, do you have any communications? Yes, thank you. The Board of Supervisors welcomes you all to be present in the board's legislative chamber. And when you're unable to be here, you can watch the proceeding. It's airing live on SFGOV TV's local cable channel, or you can catch the live stream at sfgovtv.org. If you would like to submit public comment in writing, you can do so by sending an email to BOS at sfgov.org or use the postal service. Just address the envelope, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the number one, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlit Place, City Hall, Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. And if you need to make a reasonable accommodation for a future meeting under the Americans with Disability Act, or to request language assistance, just contact the clerk's office at least two business days in advance by calling 415-554-5184. And in line, Mr. President, with Supervisor Fielder's April 7th memo requesting to be excused from the board meetings until June 30th. The motion would be in order today. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Clerk, is there a motion to excuse Supervisor Fielder from today's meeting? Moved by Dorsey, seconded by Chen. We can take that without objection. Without objection, Supervisor Fielder is excused. Madam Clerk, let's go to approval of our meeting minutes. Yes, approval of the May 12th, 2026 board meeting minutes. Is there a motion to approve the minutes as presented, moved by Chen? Is there a second seconded by Melgar?