Legislation

The hearing aims to evaluate the city's approach to criminalizing individuals with substance use disorders, including data on arrests and their effects on health and services. It requests reports from various city departments to assess compliance with state laws regarding harm reduction materials.

Hearing to discuss the increased efforts to criminalize individuals suffering from substance use disorder; and to provide data on how many individuals have been arrested, the results of those arrests, the impact of this effort on the health of drug users, the impact of this effort on service providers and use of harm reduction services, and how the police are complying with state laws that protect harm reduction materials from confiscation by police; and requesting the Mayor's Office, Police Department, Office of the District Attorney, Department of Emergency Management, Sheriff's Department, Office of the Public Defender, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, and Department of Public Health to report.

This legislation aims to address open-air drug dealing in San Francisco by prioritizing investigations, arrests, and prosecutions related to these activities, while also focusing on reducing the supply of opioids. It requests reports from the Police Command Staff and the District Attorney on their strategies and actions.

Hearing to consider the City's comprehensive strategy to prioritize the investigation, arrests, charging and prosecution of San Francisco's rampant open-air street-level drug dealing rings, as well as cutting off the supply of deadly opioids; and requesting the Police Command Staff and the District Attorney to report.

This ordinance approves a policy for the Human Services Agency to use social media management software while ensuring proper oversight and privacy protections. It aims to enhance communication and engagement with the community through social media platforms.

Ordinance approving Surveillance Technology Policy for Human Services Agency use of social media management software.

This ordinance updates the fees for emergency medical services to align with annual adjustments and introduces fees for additional services. It also defines "trauma center" and "pediatric center" in the Health Code.

Ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code to update emergency medical services fees to reflect amounts authorized under annual adjustment provisions and to require fees for certain additional services; and amending the Health Code to define the terms “trauma center” and “pediatric center.”

This resolution urges social media platforms like Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok to better enforce their community standards to remove content that promotes guns, violence, racism, and hate. It has been passed by the city to encourage safer online environments.

Resolution urging Social Media Platforms to enforce their Community Standards and/or Guidelines to prevent and eliminate content promoting guns, violence, racism, hate, or any other content that violates the Community Standards and/or Guidelines through their platforms on Meta, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, among other products and services.

This legislation calls for a hearing to prioritize criminal trials and safely reopen courtrooms to uphold the speedy trial rights of defendants and victims, addressing a backlog of felony cases and untried defendants in custody. It also requests reports from the San Francisco Superior Court, District Attorney, Public Defender, and Sheriff's Department on these matters.

Hearing on prioritizing criminal trials and safely opening courtrooms to ensure that speedy trial rights of both defendants and victims are upheld and to address the backlog of 437 felony cases and 248 untried defendants in custody past their statutory deadline; and requesting the San Francisco Superior Court, District Attorney, Public Defender, and Sheriff's Department to report.

The ordinance amends the Police Code to waive certain fees for entertainment permits, eliminate masked ball permits, and streamline the application process for various entertainment-related permits. It also exempts schools from needing specific permits for regular activities and allows for security plans to be required for certain permits to ensure safety.

Ordinance amending the Police Code to 1) waive initial license and filing fees through June 30, 2025 for certain Entertainment Permits for former holders of Just Add Music Permits; 2) waive initial license and filing fees for Entertainment Permits for applicants who are newly eligible to apply for those permits due to recent Planning Code amendments; 3) eliminate masked ball permits; 4) require applicants for Arcade, Ancillary Use, billiard and pool table, Place of Entertainment, Limited Live Performance, Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound, and Extended-Hours Premises Permits to submit a new Permit application and filing fee if their existing application has not been granted, conditionally granted, or denied within 12 months of its submission; 5) authorize the Entertainment Commission Director (“Director”) to issue billiard and pool table permits without a hearing, and provide that such permits may be suspended or revoked under the standards and procedures that apply to other Entertainment Permits; 6) exempt schools from the requirement to obtain a Place of Entertainment Permit, Limited Live Performance Permit, or Fixed Place Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit for any activities that occur on school premises in the regular course of school operations; 7) allow the Director or the Entertainment Commission to require an applicant for a Limited Live Performance Permit to propose a Security Plan if necessary to protect the safety of persons and property or provide for the orderly dispersal of persons and traffic, to make compliance with the Security Plan a condition of the Permit, and to require revisions to the Security Plan as necessary; and 8) clarify that a single One Time Outdoor Amplified Sound Permit may extend across multiple consecutive or non-consecutive 24-hour periods.

This ordinance updates the city's salary schedule by removing two full-time positions and adding four full-time positions in the Police Department for the fiscal year 2023-2024. It aims to adjust staffing levels within the department.

Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 145-23 (Salary Ordinance Fiscal Years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025) to reflect the deletion of two positions (2.00 FTE) in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and the addition of four positions (4.00 FTE) in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in the Police Department.

The ordinance authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to settle a lawsuit for $50,000 related to a personal injury claim involving a police car accident. The lawsuit was filed by Ike Ohannesyan in May 2021.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Ike Ohannesyan against the City and County of San Francisco for $50,000; the lawsuit was filed on May 17, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-21-591955; entitled Ike Ohannesyan v. Johnathon Ng, et al.; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury arising from an accident involving a police car.

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.

This ordinance updates various city codes to clarify the roles and authority of several city commissions and departments, ensuring they align with current state and local laws. It also confirms that the Planning Department has complied with environmental regulations in these changes.

Ordinance amending the Public Works, Administrative, Police, Health, and Building Codes to clarify the authority of the Public Works Commission, the Sanitation and Streets Commission, the Department of Public Works, and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; amending said Codes to provide clarifications, corrections, and updates consistent with changes in state and local laws; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.

This hearing focuses on discussing ways to prevent fires in apartment buildings and support victims, including the city's current protocols and resources for those at risk of displacement. It also requests reports from the San Francisco Fire Department and the Human Services Agency on these issues.

Hearing on strategies for apartment building fire prevention and support for victims, including current City protocols and resources available for those facing displacement; and requesting the San Francisco Fire Department and the Human Services Agency to report.

This resolution approves an emergency declaration allowing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to contract for repairs on Cherry Lake Road and Hetch Hetchy Road, which were damaged by severe winter storms. The total cost for these emergency repairs is estimated to be up to $20 million.

Resolution approving an emergency declaration of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, pursuant to Administrative Code, Section 6.60, to contract resources to repair the road failures on Cherry Lake Road and Hetch Hetchy Road, which were damaged by above normal precipitation and a series of recent winter storms, with a total estimated emergency contract cost not to exceed $20,000,000.

This resolution supports a proposed amendment to the California Constitution that aims to explicitly prohibit slavery and forced labor in all forms, even as a punishment for crimes. It was introduced by Assembly Member Lori Wilson and has been passed by the city.

Resolution supporting Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 8, introduced by Assembly Member Lori Wilson, to prohibit slavery in any form, including forced labor as a punishment to a crime.

This ordinance requires the Board of Supervisors to approve policies on funding and using specific law enforcement equipment, in line with state law. It also approves the Police Department's policy on using drones and other remotely operated vehicles.

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 relating to the use of unmanned, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicles.

This hearing addresses funding and design plans for the Emergency Firefighting Water System on the westside of San Francisco. It also requests a report from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on the matter.

Hearing on the Emergency Firefighting Water System funding and design on the westside of San Francisco; and requesting the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to report.

This ordinance allows the Department of Elections to use social media monitoring technology as part of its surveillance policy. It aims to ensure that the use of such technology is regulated and transparent.

Ordinance approving the Surveillance Technology Policy for the Department of Elections’ use of social media monitoring technology.

This resolution supports Governor Gavin Newsom's proposal for a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution aimed at establishing key gun safety measures. It has been officially passed by the San Francisco city government.

Resolution supporting California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to enshrine fundamental, broadly supported gun safety measures into law.

This ordinance creates a new Labor and Employment Code that consolidates existing worker protection laws and regulations for City contractors from other codes. It also instructs the City Attorney to renumber and update references in the Municipal Code accordingly.

Ordinance establishing the Labor and Employment Code; redesignating worker protection ordinances and ordinances related to employees of City contractors, currently in the Administrative Code and the Police Code, as provisions of the new Labor and Employment Code; and directing the City Attorney to renumber the provisions added to the Labor and Employment Code and to update cross-references throughout the Municipal Code.

This resolution allows the Department of Adult Probation to use a $100,000 grant from the California Emergency Management Agency for a specialized supervision program aimed at supporting victims of violence against women. The funding is retroactively authorized for the period from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Adult Probation to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $100,000 from the California Emergency Management Agency for Probation Specialized Supervision Program federally funded through the Violence Against Women Act, for the period of October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.

This legislation is a hearing to discuss San Francisco's plan to tackle car break-ins. It requests reports from various city departments, including the Mayor's Office and the Police Department, on their strategies and actions.

Hearing to discuss the City's comprehensive plan to address car break-ins; and requesting the Mayor's Office, Police Department, Office of the District Attorney, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Municipal Transportation Agency, and Department of Emergency Management to report.

The ordinance authorizes the City to issue up to $77.17 million in Certificates of Participation to finance and refinance capital improvement projects, including repairs and renovations to City-owned buildings and facilities. It also includes provisions for leasing arrangements and grants authority to City officials to manage the process.

Ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of Certificates of Participation, in one or more series on a tax-exempt and/or taxable basis and from time to time, evidencing and representing an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $77,170,000 (“Certificates”), to finance and refinance certain capital improvement projects within the City and County of San Francisco’s (“City”) capital plan and generally consisting of critical repairs, renovations and improvements to City-owned buildings, facilities, streets and works maintained and utilized by various City departments; approving the form of a Supplement to Trust Agreement between the City and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor-in-interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (“Trustee”) (including certain indemnities contained therein); approving respective forms of a Supplement to Property Lease and a Supplement to Project Lease, each between the City and the Trustee, for the lease to the Trustee and lease back to the City of all or a portion of certain real property and improvements owned by the City and located at 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard within the City and at 1 Moreland Drive, San Bruno, California, together with any other property determined by the City’s Director of Public Finance to be made subject to the lease and lease back arrangements; approving the form of an Official Notice of Sale and a Notice of Intention to Sell the Certificates; approving the form of an Official Statement in preliminary and final form; approving the form of a purchase contract between the City and one or more initial purchasers of the Certificates; approving the form of a Continuing Disclosure Certificate, as defined herein; granting general authority to City officials to take necessary actions in connection with the authorization, sale, execution and delivery of the Certificates; approving modifications to documents, as defined herein; ratifying previous actions taken in connection therewith, as defined herein; and repealing and rescinding a portion of the authorization to issue Certificates of Participation of the City established through the adoption of Ordinance No. 226-19 of the City on October 11, 2019.

This ordinance prohibits firearm possession in certain locations, including childcare facilities, City property, and places of worship, with exceptions for designated concealed carry license holders. It also applies to private commercial establishments unless the owner allows it.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to prohibit firearm possession, with exceptions for designated concealed carry license holders, in childcare facilities, City property, election facilities, medical facilities, and private parks and playgrounds, and in places of worship and private commercial establishments unless the owner provides express consent.

This resolution outlines the overdose prevention strategies that various San Francisco departments and their partners will implement to reduce drug overdoses among clients who use drugs. It is a formal acknowledgment of their plans, as required by city regulations.

Resolution receiving Overdose Prevention Policies for the Department of Public Health, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Healthy Streets Operation Center through the Department of Emergency Management, and the Human Services Agency describing how the department and its grantees that provide direct services to clients who use drugs will promote strategies to reduce drug overdoses, submitted as required by Administrative Code, Section 15.17.

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 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 hearing reviews the city's response to motor vehicle stunt driving and updates on an ordinance aimed at enforcing laws against reckless driving and speed contests. It also requests reports from the Municipal Transportation Agency, Police Department, and Public Works on these issues.

Hearing to review the response to Motor Vehicle Stunt Driving and receive updates on the Ordinance amending the Police and Transportation Codes to establish a City policy to protect the health and safety of residents by enforcing state laws prohibiting reckless driving, motor vehicle speed contests, and exhibitions involving stunt and tricks with vehicles; and requesting the Municipal Transportation Agency, Police Department, and Public Works to report.

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.

This ordinance authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to settle a lawsuit for $465,000 related to a personal injury claim against the city involving a police car accident. The lawsuit was filed by Wayne Kha in September 2021.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Wayne Kha against the City and County of San Francisco for $465,000; the lawsuit was filed on September 7, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-21-595136; entitled Wayne Kha v. Johnathon Ng, et al.; the lawsuit involves an alleged personal injury arising from an accident involving a police car.

This resolution approves an emergency declaration for repair work at Laguna Honda Hospital, allowing the city to spend up to $28.4 million for necessary repairs. The work is deemed urgent and exceeds the typical spending limit for such projects.

Resolution approving the Director of Public Works’ declaration of emergency under Administrative Code, Section 6.60, for repair work at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, located at 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard, estimated to cost in excess of $250,000 but not to exceed $28,400,000.

This resolution allows the Department on the Status of Women to use a $150,000 grant from the Blue Shield California Foundation for a program aimed at ending domestic violence, covering the period from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. It was passed retroactively to authorize the funding.

Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department on the Status of Women to accept and expend a grant from the Blue Shield California Foundation in the amount of $150,000 for a one-year grant period from April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, for the Leveraging Collaboratives to End Domestic Violence Program.

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.

This resolution urges the San Francisco Department of Public Health to develop a program that offers resources and education to gun violence victims about their legal rights to sue gun manufacturers under California Assembly Bill No. 1594. It has been passed by the city legislature.

Resolution urging the San Francisco Department of Public Health to create a program to provide resources and education for victims of gun violence regarding their rights to file lawsuits against gun manufacturers in accordance to California State Assembly Bill No. 1594.

This resolution urges the San Francisco Department of Human Resources to consider matching recruitment bonuses offered by competing law enforcement agencies to attract new police officers and sheriff deputies. It also calls for the Police Commission and Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board to create staffing plans to meet recommended staffing levels and improve recruitment efficiencies.

Resolution urging the San Francisco Department of Human Resources to explore ways to adopt policies to match top recruitment bonuses offered by law enforcement agencies in Northern California that compete for new and laterally hired police officers and sheriff deputies; urging the Police Commission and Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board to develop sworn staffing plans to achieve recommended full-duty police and sheriff staffing levels; and urging continued improved efficiencies in the recruitment and hiring of prospective San Francisco Police Department officers and San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Deputies.

The ordinance authorizes a settlement of $2,223,500 for a lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco related to allegations of abuse and privacy violations at Laguna Honda Hospital. This settlement is subject to approval by the Probate Court.

Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit, subject to the approval of the Probate Court, filed by Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 4, Jane Doe 5, Jane Doe 6, Jane Doe 9, John Doe 1, John Doe 2, John Doe 3, John Doe 4, John Doe 6, John Doe 7 against the City and County of San Francisco for $2,223,500; the lawsuit was filed on May 28, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. CGC-21-592296; entitled Jane Doe 1, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.; the lawsuit involves allegations of abuse and privacy violations brought by current and former residents of Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.