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200510
| 4 | | Charter Amendment - Department of Sanitation and Streets, Sanitation and Streets Commission, and Public Works Commission | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Department of Sanitation and Streets to succeed to specific duties currently performed by the Department of Public Works; to create a Sanitation and Streets Commission to oversee the Department of Sanitation and Streets; to create a Public Works Commission to oversee the Department of Public Works; and to require an annual performance audit and cost and waste analysis for both departments; and affirming the Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. | RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT | Pass |
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200509
| 4 | | Charter Amendment - Public Advocate | Charter Amendment | Failed | Charter Amendment (Fourth Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to: 1) create the Office of the Public Advocate; 2) set the Public Advocate’s powers and duties; 3) authorize the Public Advocate to review the administration of City programs and services, including programs for transmitting information to the public and departments’ customer service plans, and to receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve complaints regarding City services and programs; 4) authorize the Public Advocate to receive and investigate specified whistleblower complaints; and 5) provide for the Public Advocate’s election, removal, and salary; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. | RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT | Pass |
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200650
| 1 | | Hearing - Initiative Ordinance - Planning Code and Business and Tax Regulations Code - Save Our Small Businesses Initiative, Simplifying Restrictions in Neighborhood Commercial Districts and Permitting Processes for Certain Businesses | Hearing | Filed | Hearing to consider the proposed Initiative Ordinance submitted by the Mayor to the voters for the November 3, 2020, Election, entitled “Ordinance amending the Planning Code and the Business and Tax Regulations Code to adopt and implement the Save our Small Businesses Initiative to simplify procedures and allow greater flexibility for certain kinds of businesses by 1) coordinating and streamlining City review and inspection procedures for principally permitted storefront uses in Neighborhood Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial Transit districts; 2) allowing eating and drinking uses in Neighborhood Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial districts to offer workspaces; 3) expanding principally and conditionally permitted uses in Neighborhood Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial Transit districts; 4) removing neighborhood notice requirements for principally permitted uses in Neighborhood Commercial and Neighborhood Commercial Transit districts and limited commercial and limited corner commercial uses; 5) broadening the definition of a Bona Fide Eating Place and Social Service or Phi | HEARD AND FILED | Pass |
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200515
| 2 | | Charter Amendment - Police Department Staffing Levels | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to remove the minimum police staffing requirement, to require the Police Department to submit a report and recommendation regarding police staffing levels to the Police Commission every two years, and to require the Police Commission to consider the report and recommendation when approving the department’s proposed budget; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. | RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT | Pass |
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200514
| 3 | | Charter Amendment - Sheriff Department Oversight Board and Inspector General | Charter Amendment | Passed | Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board to advise and report findings and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Board of Supervisors regarding Sheriff’s Department operations; to create the Sheriff’s Department Office of Inspector General, under the direction of an Inspector General appointed by the Oversight Board, to investigate complaints of non-criminal misconduct by employees and contractors of the Sheriff’s Department and in-custody deaths, develop policy recommendations for the Sheriff’s Department, and report quarterly its findings, results, and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Oversight Board; at an election to be held on November 3, 2020. | RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORT | Pass |
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