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4689 City and County of San Francisco Legislation Details File #:  Version: 1 140021 Name: Hearing - Code Enforcement Policies and 
Procedures Status: Type: Hearing Filed File created: In control: 1/7/2014 Land Use and Economic Development Committee On agenda: Final action: 8/30/2014 Enactment date: Enactment #: Title: Hearing directed to the Housing and Building divisions of the Department of Building Inspection, the  Planning Department, the Department of Public Health, and the Fire Department to report on  inspection and enforcement of city code violations in San Francisco’s buildings, including internal  departmental procedures for inspections, pursuit, and referral of violations; examples of problematic  cases; requirements for referral of cases to the City Attorney’s Office or departmental committees;  description of types of cases, including examples, being referred to the City Attorney’s Office or  departmental committees; number and percentage of cases not being referred for enforcement and  whether lack of referral for enforcement results from the merits of the case or other factors such as  budget concerns; yearly statistics, including the number of cases received, the number of referrals  made, the number of cases closed; and record-keeping practices, including ability of the public to  track process of violations; whether legislation is needed to ensure better coordination on code  enforcement and more consistent enforcement, and referrals by the various departments. Sponsors: Scott Wiener, Malia Cohen Attachments: 1. Comm Pkt 020314, 2. Response Fire Dept 013114 Action By Date Action Result Ver. RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED President 1/7/2014 1 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 1/21/2014 1 RESPONSE RECEIVED Fire Department 1/31/2014 1 CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Land Use and Economic 
Development Committee 2/3/2014 1 Pass FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 3.41 Clerk of the Board 8/30/2014 1