Legislation

This ordinance allows employees to request flexible or predictable work arrangements, unless it causes significant difficulty for the employer. It also requires employers to work with employees to find a suitable arrangement and enhances enforcement of these provisions.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to provide under the Family Friendly Ordinance that Employees shall be permitted a Flexible or Predictable Working Arrangement unless such an arrangement would cause an Employer undue hardship; requiring Employers to engage in an interactive process to find a mutually agreeable Flexible or Predictable Working Arrangement; strengthening enforcement of the Ordinance; and making other changes, as defined herein.

This ordinance allows the Department on the Status of Women to use a $1,000,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for the Domestic Violence High Risk Program and adds a new Junior Administrative Analyst position funded by this grant. It is retroactive and covers the period from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2024.

Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Department on the Status of Women to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 through the United States (U.S.) Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women for the Domestic Violence High Risk Program, and amending Ordinance No. 109-21 (Annual Salary Ordinance File No. 210644 for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021-2022, 2022-2023) to provide for the addition of one grant-funded Class 1820 Junior Administrative Analyst position (FTE 1.00) for the period of October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2024.

This charter amendment aims to create a new Children's Agency in San Francisco to improve services for children, youth, and families by coordinating existing departments and establishing new ones. It also proposes changes to funding processes for children's services and requires the Board of Education to meet certain governance standards before receiving city funds.

Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to 1) establish a new Children’s Agency responsible for overseeing, aligning, and coordinating the development of systems, services, policies, and planning strategies to strengthen the City’s services for children, youth, and families; 2) authorize the Agency to include the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, which is responsible for administering the City’s Children and Youth Fund and promoting the development of programs and planning strategies to enhance services for children, youth, and their families; 3) authorize the Agency to include a new Department of Early Childhood, which will assume the duties previously assigned to the Office of Early Care and Education promoting the development of programs, policies, and strategies to enhance services for children ages 0-5; 4) establish a Children’s Commission to oversee the Agency; 5) modify the process for expending funds in the Children and Youth Fund to support services for children; 6) modify the process for expending funds in the Public Education Enrichment Fund to support the San Francisco Unified School District; and 7) require the Board of Education to submit a certification of compliance with specified governance requirements before the City appropriates funds to the San Francisco Unified School District not otherwise required by the Charter or State law; at an election to be held on June 7, 2022.