Legislation

This resolution approves the Sheriff Office's home detention and electronic monitoring program as an alternative to confinement and confirms that the program administrator, Sentinel Offender Services, LLC, has met financial responsibility requirements for the fiscal year 2022-2023. It is currently filed and awaiting further action.

Resolution approving the Sheriff Office’s home detention and electronic monitoring program in lieu of confinement rules and regulations; and approving evidence of financial responsibility demonstrated by program administrator, Sentinel Offender Services, LLC, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023.

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.

Schedules a public hearing about: Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on November 10, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., for the Members of the Board of Supervisors to hear and receive updates on the progress and implementation status of the Unites States Department of Justice recommendations regarding reforms within the Police Department.

Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on November 10, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., for the Members of the Board of Supervisors to hear and receive updates on the progress and implementation status of the Unites States Department of Justice recommendations regarding reforms within the Police Department; scheduled pursuant to Motion No. M20-125, approved on September 15, 2020.

This ordinance requires the Board of Supervisors to approve policies related to funding, acquiring, and using specific law enforcement equipment, ensuring compliance with state law. It also approves the Police Department's existing Equipment Policy.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require Board of Supervisors approval of a policy governing the funding, acquisition, and use of certain law enforcement equipment consistent with the criteria set forth in state law, and approving the Police Department's use of Equipment Policy.

This legislation schedules a public hearing for the Board of Supervisors to discuss Laguna Honda Hospital's strategy for recertification and plans for patient transfer and relocation. The Department of Public Health is requested to present information at this hearing, which will take place on November 1, 2022.

Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing on Laguna Honda Hospital’s Strategy for Recertification and the Submission of a Closure and Patient Transfer and Relocation Plan; and requesting the Department of Public Health to present; scheduled pursuant to Motion No. M22-098 (File No. 220618), approved on May 24, 2022.

This legislation changes the election cycle for the Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney, and Treasurer to even-numbered years, extending their current terms to January 8, 2025. It also updates the definition of general municipal elections and lowers the signature requirement for initiative ordinances to two percent of registered voters.

Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to change the election cycle for the offices of Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney and Treasurer so that these offices will be elected in even-numbered years; to provide that the current term for the aforementioned offices will end on January 8, 2025 rather than January 8, 2024; to amend the definition of general municipal election so that such elections occur only in even-numbered years; and to change the signature threshold for initiative ordinances to two percent of the number of registered voters in San Francisco; at an election to be held on November 8, 2022.

This resolution allows the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to use up to $3,171,000 in federal Emergency Housing Voucher funds to support eligible individuals and families from February 1, 2022, to June 30, 2026. It was passed to ensure that the department can cover costs related to these supportive services.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to accept and expend Emergency Housing Voucher grant funds in the total amount not to exceed $3,171,000 from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development through the San Francisco Housing Authority for costs incurred from February 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026, to provide supportive services for eligible individuals and families who receive an Emergency Housing Voucher.

This charter amendment allows the city to revoke pension benefits for city employees found guilty of serious crimes like bribery or embezzlement after a formal hearing. It also specifies that any time served while engaging in such misconduct will not count towards their retirement benefits.

Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to provide for the forfeiture of City-funded pension benefits of a member of the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence after an administrative hearing that the member committed bribery, embezzlement, extortion, or wire fraud in connection with the member’s duties as a City employee or officer, or committed perjury in connection with or to conceal any such crime; and providing all time and service beginning with the date when the member first engaged in the specified criminal conduct or perjury through the date of the adverse administrative decision shall be excluded from the computation of the service to be credited to the member for the purpose of determining whether such member qualifies for retirement and calculating benefits; at an election to be held on November 7, 2023.

This ordinance establishes and enforces a collective bargaining agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, covering the period from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024. It outlines the terms of employment, including wages and working conditions for deputy sheriffs.

Ordinance adopting and implementing the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, to be effective July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024.

This ordinance formalizes the agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco District Attorney Investigators’ Association regarding employment terms and conditions. It will be in effect from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024.

Ordinance adopting and implementing the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco District Attorney Investigators’ Association, to be effective July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024.

This ordinance establishes a collective bargaining agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Sheriffs’ Managers and Supervisors Association, which will be in effect from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024. It outlines the terms and conditions of employment for the sheriff's managers and supervisors during this period.

Ordinance adopting and implementing the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Sheriffs’ Managers and Supervisors Association, to be effective July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024.

This ordinance restores a 1% base wage increase for San Francisco police officers that was deferred from July 1, 2020, effective June 30, 2022. It updates the existing agreement between the city and the police officers' union.

Ordinance adopting and implementing the Second Amendment to the 2018-2023 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Officers Association, to restore effective June 30, 2022, a deferred one percent (1%) base wage increase originally due on July 1, 2020.

This ordinance restores a 1% base wage increase for municipal executives in the San Francisco Police Department, effective June 30, 2022, which had been deferred from its original due date of July 1, 2020. It updates the existing agreement between the city and the Municipal Executives' Association Police.

Ordinance adopting and implementing the Second Amendment to the 2018-2023 Memorandum of Understanding between the City and County of San Francisco and the Municipal Executives’ Association Police, to restore effective June 30, 2022, a deferred one percent (1%) base wage increase originally due on July 1, 2020.

This resolution allows the Sheriff’s Department to extend its lease for 18,862 square feet at 1740 Folsom Street for an additional five years, starting from July 1, 2022, with an initial rent of $1,030,400 and annual increases of 3%. It also gives the Director of Property the authority to make necessary modifications to the lease without increasing costs to the City.

Resolution approving and authorizing the Director of Property, on behalf of the Sheriff’s Department, to extend the lease of 18,862 square feet located at 1740 Folsom Street with 120 14th Street LLC for an additional five years, at a base rent of $1,030,400 in the initial year, with 3% annual adjustments, commencing on approval of this Resolution; and approving and authorizing a five-year lease extension beginning July 1, 2022, with a total term of July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2027, at the City’s option; authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of the Lease and this Resolution, as defined herein; and to authorize the Director of Property to enter into amendments or modifications to the Lease that do not increase the rent or otherwise materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Lease or this Resolution.

The ordinance allows the Police Department to use surveillance cameras from non-City entities under a specific policy, with a review period that ends fifteen months after it takes effect. This ensures oversight and evaluation of the policy's impact during that time.

Ordinance approving Surveillance Technology Policy for Police Department use of non-City entity surveillance cameras and establishing a sunset date fifteen months after the effective date of the ordinance.

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 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 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.

This resolution allows the Police Department to extend its lease at 750 and 752 Vallejo Street for five more years, with a yearly rent of $120,792 that increases by 3% annually. It also includes funding for necessary improvements to the property, not exceeding $267,382, and grants the Director of Property the authority to manage the lease amendment process.

Resolution approving and authorizing the Director of Property, on behalf of the Police Department, to amend the lease of real property located at 750 and 752 Vallejo Street, with Evans Investment Partners, LLC, at a base rent of $120,792 per year with 3% annual increases, with tenant improvements for the City’s lawful occupancy of the premises, the cost of which shall not exceed $267,382 and extending the term of the lease for five years, from August 15, 2022, for a total term of August 15, 2017, through August, 15, 2027, plus two five-year options to extend; and authorizing the Director of Property to execute documents, make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of the lease amendment, the lease and this Resolution, as defined herein.

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 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 hearing aims to update the public on San Francisco's plan to fix issues related to hand hygiene, documentation, contraband, and infection control at Laguna Honda Hospital, which led to the loss of its accreditation and funding. The Department of Public Health will also present a plan to restore these programs by the federal deadline.

Hearing to receive an update on the City's plan to address "hand hygiene, documentation, contraband and infection prevention and control" deficiencies identified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) resulting in the loss of Laguna Honda Hospital's accreditation and CMS Medicare/Medicaid program funding and to present a clear plan for reinstatement of these critical programs by the federal deadline; and requesting the Department of Public Health to report.