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Showing Public Safety · Apr 2024 legislation (13).

Ordinance#240469
Apr 30, 2024

This ordinance updates the rules for using pre-security cameras at the airport to enhance surveillance practices. It aims to improve safety and security measures while ensuring compliance with privacy standards.

Ordinance approving the amended Airport Surveillance Technology Policy governing the use of pre-security cameras.

Public Safety
Passed
11-0
Resolution#231083
Apr 30, 2024

This resolution allows the San Francisco Police Department to use a grant of $1,407,675.74 to enhance officer wellness and mental health resources for its members, covering the period from July 1, 2022, to December 1, 2025. It was passed retroactively to authorize the acceptance and expenditure of these funds.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Police Department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,407,675.74 from the California Board of State and Community Corrections Officer Wellness and Mental Health Grant Program to improve officer wellness and expand mental health sources for our sworn members with the project period beginning on July 1, 2022, through December 1, 2025.

Public SafetyTransportationPublic Health
By Rafael Mandelman
8-0
Resolution#230815
Apr 30, 2024

This resolution allows the Police Department to accept and use 900 units of Naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses, valued at $48,750. The Naloxone is provided through a project funded by a federal health agency and managed by the Department of Health Care Services.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Police Department to accept and expend an in-kind gift of 900 units of Naloxone valued at $48,750 through the Naloxone Distribution Project, which is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and administered by the Department of Health Care Services.

Public SafetyBudget & TaxesPublic Health
By Matt Dorsey, Rafael Mandelman
8-0
Ordinance#240407
Apr 29, 2024

This ordinance establishes a two-year pilot program that restricts retail food and tobacco establishments in a high-crime area of the Tenderloin from operating between midnight and 5 a.m. It allows for fines and legal actions against businesses that violate these hours.

Ordinance amending the Police Code to create a two-year pilot program, during which retail food and tobacco establishments in a high-crime area of the Tenderloin police district are prohibited from being open to the public from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., or from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. if subject to regulation by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; authorizing the Department of Public Health to impose administrative fines for violation of the hours restrictions; declaring an establishment’s operation in violation of the hours restrictions to be a public nuisance; authorizing enforcement actions by the City Attorney; and creating a private right of action for persons harmed by a violation of the hours restriction.

Public SafetyPublic HealthSocial Services & Equity
Passed
12-0
Ordinance#231145
Apr 29, 2024

This ordinance establishes a policy for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to use driver-safety video analytics technology. It aims to enhance safety measures for public transportation while ensuring proper oversight and accountability.

Ordinance approving a Surveillance Technology Policy for San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) use of Driver-Safety Video Analytics.

Public SafetyTransportation
By Rafael Mandelman
11-0
Hearing#220961
Apr 25, 2024

This legislation is a hearing to evaluate traffic enforcement and street safety in San Francisco. It requests reports from the Police Department and the Municipal Transportation Agency on these issues.

Hearing on the state of traffic enforcement and street safety in San Francisco; and requesting the Police Department and Municipal Transportation Agency to report.

Public SafetyTransportationEnvironment
By Stephen Sherrill, Danny Sauter, Rafael Mandelman
8-0 /1
Motion#240392
Apr 23, 2024

This motion approves the Mayor's choice to reappoint Debra Walker to the Police Commission, extending her term until April 30, 2028. The motion has been passed by the city legislature.

Motion approving the Mayor’s nomination for the reappointment of Debra Walker to the Police Commission, for a term ending April 30, 2028.

Public SafetyGovernance & Elections
Passed
10-2 /2
Motion#240393
Apr 23, 2024

This motion approves the Mayor's choice of C. Don Clay to serve on the Police Commission until April 30, 2028. The motion has been passed by the city legislature.

Motion approving the Mayor’s nomination for the appointment of C. Don Clay to the Police Commission, for a term ending April 30, 2028.

Public SafetyGovernance & Elections
Passed
7-0 /2
Ordinance#240367
Apr 16, 2024

This ordinance approves the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's use of an Automated Speed Enforcement System to monitor and enforce speed limits. It establishes guidelines for how this surveillance technology will be implemented and managed.

Ordinance approving the Surveillance Technology Policy for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) use of Automated Speed Enforcement System.

Public SafetyTransportation
By Connie Chan, Matt Dorsey, Myrna Melgar
11-0
Resolution#230903
Apr 12, 2024

This resolution accepts the reports from the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board for the first and second quarters of 2023. It acknowledges the board's findings and activities during that time.

Resolution accepting the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board’s First and Second Quarter Reports for the calendar year (CY) 2023.

Public Safety
Passed
9-0
Ordinance#240333
Apr 10, 2024

This ordinance requires large supermarkets to give six months' notice to customers and the City before permanently closing. It also mandates that they explore options to continue selling groceries at that location.

Ordinance amending the Police Code to require large supermarkets to provide six months notice to their customers and the City before permanently closing, and to explore ways to allow for the continued sale of groceries at the location.

Public SafetyHonorary / Symbolic
By Connie Chan, Shamann Walton
12-0
Ordinance#240330
Apr 8, 2024

This ordinance approves the use of ShotSpotter, a gunfire detection technology, by the Department of Emergency Management in San Francisco. It establishes a policy for how this surveillance technology will be used and managed.

Ordinance approving Surveillance Technology Policy for the Department of Emergency Management’s use of ShotSpotter, a gunfire detection technology.

Public Safety
By Rafael Mandelman
11-0
Ordinance#221071
Apr 4, 2024

This ordinance aims to prevent housing discrimination against individuals based on pregnancy or related medical conditions. It is currently awaiting action from the committee.

Ordinance amending the Police Code to prohibit housing discrimination based on pregnancy or medical conditions related to pregnancy.

HousingPublic SafetyPublic Health
By Connie Chan, Matt Dorsey, Myrna Melgar
1-0