Legislation
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Showing Public Safety · Mar 2021 legislation (4).
This legislation aims to facilitate the sharing of traffic collision data among various City departments. It requests reports from the Police Department, Department of Public Health, and Municipal Transportation Agency on this matter.
Hearing to discuss sharing of traffic collision data between City departments; and requesting the Police Department, Department of Public Health, and Municipal Transportation Agency to report.
The ordinance simplifies and streamlines procedures for neighborhood, cultural, and entertainment establishments in San Francisco by expanding review processes, allowing temporary outdoor activities, and extending performance hours. It also removes certain permit requirements and definitions to support the continuation of entertainment venues and activities.
Ordinance amending the Planning, Business and Tax Regulations, and Police Codes to simplify procedures and allow flexibility for neighborhood, cultural, and entertainment establishments by 1) expanding streamlined review and inspection procedures to principally permitted storefront uses citywide; 2) deleting separate definitions of “Cat Boarding,” and “Services, Instructional” from the Planning Code; 3) allowing the continuation of longstanding places of entertainment; 4) temporarily requiring a conditional use authorization for uses replacing Nighttime Entertainment uses; 5) allowing temporary outdoor entertainment, arts, and recreation activities; 6) eliminating the one night dance permit; 7) extending time for limited live performances from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.; 8) allowing additional One-Time Entertainment Permits and One-Time Outdoor Amplified Sound Permits; 9) exempting single individual performances without amplification from permit requirements; affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making findings of consistency with the General Plan and the eight priority policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
This legislation initiates a hearing to evaluate the effectiveness of public safety strategies in commercial areas, including police patrols and community programs aimed at crime prevention. It requests reports from various city departments on these strategies and their impact on reducing crime.
Hearing to address concerns on public safety strategies in commercial corridors and their effectiveness on reducing crime, including but not limited to Police Department foot and bicycle patrols, the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs' Community Ambassador Program and similar programs, and other crime prevention and community building strategies; and requesting the Police Department, Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, Office of Small Business, and Office of Economic and Workforce Development to report.
The hearing aims to discuss crime and violence affecting Asian-American seniors and other vulnerable groups, focusing on prevention efforts and support services. Various city departments will report on their strategies to enhance public safety and promote solidarity among communities.
Hearing to address concerns on crime and violence targeting Asian-American seniors and other vulnerable groups and the rise of anti-Asian racism, including crime prevention efforts, status of investigations, victim services programs, other public safety resources, and strategies the departments are deploying to reduce crime and violence targeting the Asian Pacific Islander and person of color communities and to promote cross-racial solidarity; and requesting the Police Department, Office of the District Attorney, Human Rights Commission, Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs, Adult Probation Department, and Juvenile Probation Department to report.