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File #: 251162    Version: 1 Name: Health Code - Spaying, Neutering, and Sterilizing of Dogs
Type: Ordinance Status: Pending Committee Action
Introduced: 12/2/2025 In control: Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee
On agenda: 12/2/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Ordinance amending the Health Code to require that every dog in San Francisco, with certain exceptions, be spayed, neutered, or chemically sterilized, rather than requiring such procedures only for pit bulls; to establish a process and fee for applying for an unaltered dog permit, and a process for granting, denying, or revoking such permit, with a hearing following a denial or revocation; to regulate the transfer, sale, and breeding of unaltered dogs; and to establish penalties and conditions of impoundment for violations of the mandatory spay, neuter, or chemical sterilization requirements.
Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. ADM Memo 111725
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