Legislation Details

File #: 260536    Version: Name: Charter Amendment - Department, Board, Commission, and Advisory Body Updates
Type: Charter Amendment Status: Unfinished Business
Introduced: 5/19/2026 In control: Rules Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by 1) requiring or authorizing the Board of Supervisors to amend specified initiative ordinances; 2) transferring from the Charter to the Municipal Code certain commissions and advisory bodies, in some cases with modified functions; 3) requiring that the Commission Streamlining Task Force be convened every ten years; 4) removing the general requirements that boards and commissions develop and keep an annual statement of purpose, appoint an executive secretary, and prepare an annual report; 5) changing the membership qualifications, composition, and member selection process for certain bodies; 6) eliminating, consolidating, and changing the functions and authorities of certain bodies; 7) changing the planning and reporting schedule of the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (“DCYF”) and related policy bodies, and changing the names but not the functions of those related policy bodies; 8) specifying that elected members of the Retirement Board, Health Service Board, and Retiree Health Care Trust Fund Board may be removed only for official misconduct; 9) making various changes to departments’ operations and reporting requirements; 10) updating the Public Utilities Commission’s exclusive charge over matters related to water, power, and sewer infrastructure and services; 11) providing that the Board of Supervisors shall approve settlements or dismissals of legal proceedings recommended by the City Attorney by resolution, rather than by ordinance; 12) authorizing the City Administrator to conduct real estate strategic planning and to negotiate and manage acquisitions, leases, and conveyances of City real property; and 13) making clarifying edits, deleting obsolete language, and updating out-of-date references in various sections; at an election to be held on November 3, 2026.
Sponsors: Rafael Mandelman, Bilal Mahmood, Myrna Melgar, Stephen Sherrill, Matt Dorsey
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CON 052626, 4. Referral DHR Meet and Confer referral 052626, 5. Referral FYI 052626, 6. CEQA Referral 052626, 7. DHR Meet and Confer not required 061026, 8. Controller Referral Ver 2 062326, 9. CA Mandated ver2 062326, 10. CA CON ver2 062326, 11. CA DHR ver2 Meet and Confer referral 062326, 12. Controller Costing Letter 062526, 13. 260536 CEQA Referral Ver2, 14. 260536 Comm Pkt 062926, 15. Leg Ver2, 16. Leg Dig Ver2, 17. Board Pkt 070726, 18. Public Corr 070626, 19. Cosponsor request - Dorsey 070726, 20. Public Correspondence 070726, 21. Board Pkt 071426
Legislation Details
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