Legislation

This ordinance allows the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to use a camera management and video monitoring system under a new Surveillance Technology Policy. It establishes guidelines for how this technology can be implemented and monitored.

Ordinance approving Surveillance Technology Policy for Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco use of a camera management and video monitoring system.

This ordinance removes the ability for certain city departments to use cash revolving funds and lowers the maximum cash revolving fund amount for the Port of San Francisco. It aims to streamline financial management within these departments.

Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to remove the authorization for cash revolving funds for certain City departments (Fire, Medical Examiner, Public Works, Recreation and Park, Sheriff, San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System, and War Memorial) and reduce the maximum amount of the cash revolving fund for the Port of San Francisco.

This hearing aims to gather information on improving San Francisco's law enforcement data dashboards to make crime and response information more accessible and user-friendly while ensuring anonymity. It requests reports from the Police Department, District Attorney’s Office, Superior Court, and Sheriff's Department on this topic.

Hearing to receive information on how San Francisco law enforcement data dashboards can provide more robust, user-friendly, and anonymized online information on crime and law enforcement response through the various stages: incident, arrest, intake by the District Attorney’s Office, initiation of prosecution, sentencing, and disposition; and requesting the Police Department, District Attorney’s Office, the Superior Court, and the Sheriff's Department to report.

This resolution urges city agencies to hold a public town hall within two weeks of a traffic fatality to share information about the incident and allow residents to ask questions. It aims to improve transparency and community engagement in response to traffic deaths.

Resolution urging the Department of Public Health, Municipal Transportation Agency, and Police Department to amend the City’s Vision Zero Traffic Fatality Protocol to include a public town hall within two weeks of a traffic fatality, at which information regarding the fatal incident is presented to the public and agency representatives are available to answer questions.

This legislation calls for a hearing to discuss a report on accidental overdose deaths and the responses from various city departments. It requests updates from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Public Health, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Police Department, and Office of the District Attorney.

Hearing on the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's report on Accidental Overdose Deaths, issued on January 18, 2023, and departmental responses to accidental overdose deaths; and requesting the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Public Health, Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Police Department, and Office of the District Attorney 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 ordinance establishes policies for using technology at the airport, including apps for commercial transport, electronic toll readers, and systems to detect gunshots and other loud noises. It aims to ensure these technologies are used responsibly and effectively.

Ordinance approving Airport Surveillance Technology Policies governing the use of 1) application-based commercial transport technology, 2) electronic toll readers, and 3) detection systems for gunshots and other noises.

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 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.

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.