City and County of San Francisco - File #: 180480

• File #: 180480
• Version: 3
• Name: Administrative Code - Office of Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Introduced: 5/8/2018
• In control: Clerk of the Board
• Final action: 9/13/2018
• Enactment date: 9/13/2018
• Enactment #: 215-18
• Title: Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to establish, and to set rules governing the appointment of the Director and the qualifications and duties of employees of the Office of Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention (Office) as a City department under the direction and oversight of the Human Rights Commission, which Office shall be responsible for: 1) receiving complaints concerning the manner in which any City department has responded or failed to respond to allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment, and assisting complainants in navigating within City government to resolve those complaints; 2) compelling the attendance of City officers or employees at meetings with complainants; 3) notifying relevant City departments of any failure, in connection with a complaint of sexual assault or sexual harassment, to perform a duty imposed by law, or to perform a promised act, or to respond reasonably to the complainant’s or Office’s requests, or to otherwise fully and conscientiously respond to the complainant’s or the Office’s concerns, and reporting to the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors if any City department so notified fails to take timely and adequate corrective action; 4) in certain cases, referring City officers and employees to appropriate disciplinary authorities for possible professional or administrative discipline; 5) requiring City departments to report aggregated or otherwise de-identified information concerning the department’s handling of allegations of sexual assault and harassment; 6) engaging with community members to develop recommendations for improving the City’s efforts to combat sexual assault and harassment, and making related recommendations to City policymakers; 7) making regular reports to the Human Rights Commission; and 8) maintaining the confidentiality of information required by law to be kept confidential, and respecting complainants’ wishes for confidentiality to the maximum extent permitted by law.
• Sponsors: Hillary Ronen, Catherine Stefani, Jane Kim, Sandra Lee Fewer, Malia Cohen, Katy Tang, Ahsha Safai, Norman Yee, Aaron Peskin, Vallie Brown, Rafael Mandelman

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/13/2018	3	Mayor	APPROVED
9/4/2018	3	Board of Supervisors	FINALLY PASSED	Pass
7/31/2018	3	Board of Supervisors	PASSED ON FIRST READING	Pass
7/19/2018	2	Budget and Finance Sub-Committee	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE	Pass
7/19/2018	3	Budget and Finance Sub-Committee	RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED	Pass
7/12/2018	2	Clerk of the Board	TRANSFERRED
6/20/2018	1	Rules Committee	AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE	Pass
6/20/2018	2	Rules Committee	REFERRED AS AMENDED	Pass
6/19/2018	1	Department on the Status of Women	RESPONSE RECEIVED
6/14/2018	1	Department on the Status of Women	RESPONSE RECEIVED
5/18/2018	1	Clerk of the Board	REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
5/8/2018	1	President	ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE