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 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.

The ordinance authorizes the City to settle a lawsuit for $375,000 related to allegations of civil rights violations by San Francisco Police during a traffic stop. The lawsuit was filed by three individuals who claimed they were unlawfully detained and subjected to force by police officers.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Arthur Higgins, Larry Tiller, and Lorenzo Bell against the City and County of San Francisco for $375,000; the lawsuit was filed on August 31, 2020, in United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 3:20-cv-06129-CRB; entitled Arthur Higgins, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves allegations that Plaintiffs’ civil rights were violated when San Francisco Police Department (“SFPD”) Officers detained and used force against them following a traffic stop.

The hearing aims to address the rising reports of sexual assault and harassment in San Francisco public schools and gather data on gender-based violence and available resources for students. It requests reports from various city departments and the school district on their responses and support systems for affected students.

Hearing to discuss San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and City departments' responses to the increased student reports of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and other forms of gender-based violence at SFUSD schools, and requesting data and information pertaining to gender-based violence in public schools and resources made available to students, via partnerships with SFUSD or community-based organization partners, that support survivors of sexual assault or harassment and promote safe and healthy environment in our schools; and requesting SFUSD, Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, Office of Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention, and Department on the Status of Women to report.

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.

This resolution approves the naming of a section of Howard Street as "United Playaz Way" to honor 25 years of violence prevention and youth development efforts by the organization United Playaz in the South of Market area. The street name change is now official following its passage.

Resolution approving the addition of the commemorative street name “United Playaz Way” to the 1000 Block of Howard Street in recognition of 25 years of incredible, life-saving violence prevention and youth development work of United Playaz in the South of Market.

This hearing will examine the conditions at the Psychiatric Emergency Services unit at San Francisco General Hospital and private psychiatric emergency services. It also requests reports from various city departments and organizations involved in mental health services.

Hearing on conditions at the Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) unit at San Francisco General Hospital and private psychiatric emergency services; and requesting the Department of Public Health, SEIU 1021, Street Crisis Response Team, Police Department, and Hospital Council to report.

This legislation calls for a hearing to discuss how the Compassionate Alternative Response Team (CART) is being implemented in San Francisco. It requests reports from the Department of Emergency Management, Department of Public Health, and the CART Working Group on this initiative.

Hearing on the implementation of the Compassionate Alternative Response Team (CART), as supported unanimously in Board Resolution No. 320-21 (File No. 210459); and requesting the Department of Emergency Management, Department of Public Health and the CART Working Group to report.

This legislation calls for a hearing to discuss public safety in San Francisco's parks and playgrounds, focusing on alternatives to police involvement, like Park Rangers and community security measures. It requests reports from the Recreation and Park Department and the Committee on Information Technology on these topics.

Hearing on public safety and calls for service at San Francisco's parks and playgrounds, specifically, to explore non-police public safety resources such as Park Rangers, community security cameras and lighting; and requesting the Recreation and Park Department and Committee on Information Technology to report.

This legislation calls for a hearing to examine an independent study on police staffing, including current levels, service demands, and recruitment efforts. It also requests the Police Department to provide a report on these findings.

Hearing to review the independent study on police staffing, current staffing levels, demands for service, and recruitment and retention initiatives at the Police Department; and requesting the Police Department 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.