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Charter Amendment#220633Filed
In plain English
This charter amendment allows the city to revoke pension benefits for city employees found guilty of serious crimes like bribery or embezzlement after a formal hearing. It also specifies that any time served while engaging in such misconduct will not count towards their retirement benefits.
Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to provide for the forfeiture of City-funded pension benefits of a member of the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence after an administrative hearing that the member committed bribery, embezzlement, extortion, or wire fraud in connection with the member’s duties as a City employee or officer, or committed perjury in connection with or to conceal any such crime; and providing all time and service beginning with the date when the member first engaged in the specified criminal conduct or perjury through the date of the adverse administrative decision shall be excluded from the computation of the service to be credited to the member for the purpose of determining whether such member qualifies for retirement and calculating benefits; at an election to be held on November 7, 2023.
How it got here
Document trail
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Leg Dig Ver1
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CEQA Referral 053122
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CEQA Determination 060622
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Leg Dig Ver2
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Referral CEQA 070722
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220633 CEQA ver2
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How they voted
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Rules Committee · Jul 18, 2022Pass
2-0
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED
Rules Committee · Jul 18, 2022Pass
2-0
CONTINUED
Rules Committee · Jul 11, 2022Pass
2-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Rules Committee · Jul 6, 2022Pass
2-0
CONTINUED AS AMENDED
Rules Committee · Jul 6, 2022Pass
2-0
CONTINUED
Rules Committee · Jun 29, 2022Pass
2-0
Legislative journey
PresidentMay 24, 2022
→ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
Clerk of the BoardJun 1, 2022
→REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Planning DepartmentJun 23, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Rules CommitteeJun 29, 2022 – Jul 6, 2022
↷CONTINUEDPass
↷CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass
✎AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Clerk of the BoardJul 7, 2022
→REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Rules CommitteeJul 11, 2022 – Jul 18, 2022
↷CONTINUEDPass
↷CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDEDPass
✎AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Clerk of the BoardDec 5, 2023
·FILED