Legislation

The ordinance requires the Police Department to develop a Community Policing Plan for each district station, which includes foot and bike patrols and a process for community input. It also mandates that these plans be publicly posted and updated annually.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the Police Department to create a Community Policing Plan (“CPP”) at each district police station, that, among other strategies, incorporates a foot and bike patrol deployment, and also includes a community process for eliciting input; and to require the public posting of the CPPs with a yearly update.

The ordinance requires the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to create and submit a plan for a program called "Place for All," aimed at providing shelter and permanent housing for unsheltered individuals in San Francisco, along with a cost estimate. It also mandates that the department implement a phone registration system for those seeking shelter.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) to submit to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor a plan to implement a program to provide unsheltered persons in San Francisco with access to shelter and permanent supportive housing (“Place for All Program”), including a cost estimate of implementation; requiring HSH to fully implement the Place for All Program; requiring HSH to implement a system to allow individuals experiencing homelessness to register for shelter by telephone; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.

This ordinance removes the Trial Courts Courthouse Construction Fund and decreases the additional amounts the City had previously added to court-related penalties and fines for courtroom projects. It aims to streamline funding related to courthouse construction in San Francisco.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to delete the Trial Courts Courthouse Construction Fund; and to reduce amounts that the City previously added to court-imposed penalties, fines, or forfeitures in San Francisco to support the acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, and financing of courtrooms or courtroom buildings.

The ordinance prohibits the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment by the City starting July 1, 2024, and by all property and business owners in San Francisco starting January 1, 2026, with certain waivers available. It also establishes a Buy-Back Program to help transition away from this equipment and requires public education and annual reporting on the ordinance's enforcement and progress.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code and Police Code to 1) prohibit the City from using gas-powered landscaping equipment to perform a City function starting July 1, 2024, with temporary waivers for City departments that document to the satisfaction of the Director of the Department of the Environment (“Department”) the unavailability of needed technology to replace such equipment; 2) prohibit the City from contracting for the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment to perform a City function starting July 1, 2024, with waivers for City departments that document to the satisfaction of the Purchaser the necessity of such waiver; 3) prohibit the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment in the City starting January 1, 2026, except such equipment for which the Department determines replacement technology is unavailable, and penalize property owners and business owners and managers that violate that prohibition; 4) establish a buy-back and/or incentive program (“Buy-Back Program”) to assist owners of such equipment in transitioning away from its use; 54) require that the Department conduct a public education campaign regarding the gas-powered landscaping equipment ban and the Buy-Back Program; 6) establish a fund to receive penalties collected for violation of the ban and other monies, to use for purchases of equipment for City departments to replace gas-powered landscaping equipment, for the Buy-Back Program, for safe disposal of gas-powered landscaping equipment, and/or to fund the Department’s public education campaign; 7) designate the Department to administer and enforce the ordinance; and 8) require the Department, starting in 2026 and ending on December 31, 2036, to report to the Board of Supervisors by March 31 of each year on progress over the prior calendar year in enforcing the restrictions on gas-powered landscaping equipment, conducting the public education campaign, administering the Buy-Back Program, and using the monies in the fund.

This ordinance moves the County Veterans Service Officer to the Department of Disability and Aging Services, allowing its Director to nominate the Officer and updating reporting requirements to the Board of Supervisors and Mayor. It also ensures administrative support for the Veterans’ Affairs Commission.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to place the County Veterans Service Officer (“Officer”) under the Department of Disability and Aging Services (DAS) rather than the Department of Administrative Services; give the Director of the DAS authority to nominate the Officer; update annual reporting requirements of the Officer to the Board of Supervisors and Mayor; and provide administrative support to the Veterans’ Affairs Commission.

The ordinance authorizes a settlement payment of $864,282 to Tessa Luu for a personal injury lawsuit against the City related to a sidewalk incident. This amount includes a cash payment of $730,000 and the forgiveness of a $134,282 lien held by the City.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Tessa Luu against the City and County of San Francisco for $864,282, comprised of a payment of $730,000 and the forgiveness of the City’s lien in the amount of $134,282; the lawsuit was filed on September 2, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-586519; entitled Tessa Luu v. City and County of San Francisco; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk.

This resolution approves a settlement of $203,056.18 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for fire suppression services related to a fire that reportedly started on Hetch Hetchy property. The claim was filed on January 13, 2022, and the resolution has been passed.

Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim filed by United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service against the City and County of San Francisco for $203,056.18; the claim was filed on January 13, 2022; the claim involves fire suppression services due to a fire that allegedly originated on Hetch Hetchy property.

This resolution allows the District Attorney's Office to accept and use $250,000 worth of free legal services from the University of San Francisco's Racial Justice Clinic to aid in their work on sentencing reviews and wrongful convictions. The support is retroactively authorized for the period from November 2021 to November 2022.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend an in-kind gift of pro bono legal services, with a value estimated at $250,000 provided by the University of San Francisco School of Law’s Racial Justice Clinic (RJC), and funded by the Vital Projects Fund and Elizabeth Zitrin, to support the RJC’s work assisting the Office of the District Attorney’s Sentencing Review Unit and Wrongful Conviction Unit and Innocence Commission, for the grant term of November 2021 through November 2022.

The ordinance authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to settle a lawsuit for $450,000 related to personal injuries from a vehicle collision. This lawsuit was filed by Daniel Wong, Elaine Mak, and Carolyn Wong against the city in 2019.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Daniel Wong, Elaine Mak, and Carolyn Wong against the City and County of San Francisco for $450,000; the lawsuit was filed on October 28, 2019, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-19-580302; entitled Daniel Wong, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injuries from a vehicle collision.

This ordinance allows direct financial assistance to low-income tenants and grants to nonprofit organizations for administering rent relief, while also extending the use of the COVID-19 Rent Resolution and Relief Fund until June 30, 2023. It revises existing rules to make rent relief more accessible and flexible.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to revise the COVID-19 Rent Resolution and Relief Fund to allow for direct assistance to low-income tenants (in addition to existing authority to provide direct assistance to their landlords), allow for grants to nonprofit, community based organizations to administer rent relief from the Fund, and remove certain restrictions on the provision of rent relief from the Fund, while authorizing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to develop rules governing such rent relief; and to extend the use of the Fund for COVID-19 related purposes from March 31, 2023, to June 30, 2023.

The ordinance authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to settle a lawsuit for $35,000 related to a personal injury claim by Martin Collins due to a dangerous condition on public property. This lawsuit was filed in December 2020 in San Francisco Superior Court.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Martin Collins against the City and County of San Francisco for $35,000; the lawsuit was filed on December 15, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-588446; entitled Martin Collins v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury from a dangerous condition of public property.

This ordinance authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to settle a lawsuit for $100,000 related to a personal injury claim from a rear-end collision. The lawsuit was filed by Angelo Dumlao against the city in February 2020.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Angelo Dumlao against the City and County of San Francisco for $100,000; the lawsuit was filed on February 5, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-582729; entitled Angelo Dumlao v. City of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury from a two vehicle rear-end collision.

This ordinance authorizes the City to settle a lawsuit for $45,000 related to a personal injury claim on a City sidewalk. The lawsuit was filed by Scott Crayne in April 2021.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Scott Crayne against the City and County of San Francisco for $45,000; the lawsuit was filed on April 19, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-21-591124; entitled Scott Crayne v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk.

The ordinance authorizes the City to settle a lawsuit with Leslie Drapkin for $75,000 related to a personal injury claim on a City sidewalk. This settlement resolves the legal dispute that began in July 2020.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Leslie Drapkin against the City and County of San Francisco for $75,000; the lawsuit was filed on July 20, 2020, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-20-585425; entitled Leslie Drapkin v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves alleged personal injury on a City sidewalk.

This resolution allows the Department of the Environment to use a $2.38 million grant from the California Energy Commission to create an Electric Vehicle Ready Blueprint, promoting local vehicle electrification until March 2024. It also includes support from Google, EVgo, and other city agencies to provide services and equipment for public use.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of the Environment to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $2,384,797 from the California Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to implement an Electric Vehicle Ready Blueprint to accelerate local vehicle electrification for the period of August 1, 2022, through March 29, 2024; as a term of the grant agreement, Google, EVgo, and other City agencies will provide in-kind services and equipment for use by the public; and approving the grant agreement pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118(a).

This resolution allows the Department of Technology to officially accept a gift of internet access service from Monkeybrains.net, valued at $173,400, for the period from March 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022. It has already been approved.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Technology to accept an in-kind gift of Internet Access Service valued at $173,400 from Monkeybrains.net for the period of March 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022.

The ordinance requires the City to acquire at least 20 additional housing units for homeless transitional age youth in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood by March 31, 2023. It also mandates the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to report progress on this acquisition to the Board of Supervisors within 120 days.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the City to acquire at least 20 additional dwelling units for use as transitional housing for homeless transitional age youth in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood no later than March 31, 2023; and to require the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to report to the Board of Supervisors on its progress for such acquisition no later than 120 days after the effective date of this Ordinance; 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.