A formal position or approval by the Board: Declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to renew and expand the property-based business improvement district, known as the Downtown Community Benefit District (District), and to levy a multi-year assessment on all parcels in the District. In short: a symbolic stance, not a binding law.
Resolution declaring the intention of the Board of Supervisors to renew and expand the property-based business improvement district, known as the Downtown Community Benefit District (District), and to levy a multi-year assessment on all parcels in the District; approving the management district plan and engineer’s report and proposed boundaries map for the District; ordering and setting a time and place for a public hearing of the Board of Supervisors, sitting as a Committee of the Whole on July 21, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.; approving the form of the Notice of Public Hearing and Assessment Ballot Proceeding, and Assessment Ballot; directing environmental findings; and directing the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to give notice of the public hearing and balloting, as required by law.
How it got here
A formal position or approval by the Board: To establish the property-based business improvement district known as the “Downtown Community Benefit District,” ordering the levy and collection of assessments against property located in that district for 10 years commencing with Fiscal Year 2026-2027, subject to conditions as specified, and making environmental findings.
Schedules a public hearing about: Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on July 21, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., to consider renewal and expansion of a property-based business improvement district, known as the Downtown Community Benefit District, pursuant to the California Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 (Streets and Highways Code, Sections 36600 et seq.), and City and County of San Francisco the city's business-tax rules, Article 15.