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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
140354
Name:
Formal Policy Discussions - April 15, 2014
Status:
Type:
Hearing
Filed
File created:
In control:
4/9/2014
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
4/15/2014
4/15/2014
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Pursuant to Charter Sections 2.103 and 3.100(7), and Administrative Code Section 2.11, the Mayor
shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from Supervisor representing District 8. The
Mayor may address the Board initially for up to five minutes. Discussion shall not exceed five minutes
per Supervisor.
1. Mr. Mayor: San Francisco has approximately 220 park properties and almost no park patrol
officers. Currently, at any given time, there are two park patrol officers on duty to police those 220
properties. That number is woefully inadequate, and our park patrol, compared to other large cities, is
tiny - indeed, almost non-existent. Our parks, which constitute about 14% of San Francisco’s land
mass, have massive security needs. They are regularly trashed by vandals and covered with graffiti.
People are assaulted. The lack of park patrol officers make it almost impossible to enforce basic park
rules and undermines public safety. I will be proposing in the upcoming budget process that we
double the size of the park patrol. Do you agree that we need a larger park patrol and need to hire
more park patrol officers? If so, how do you propose we increase the size of the force? If not, how do
you think we should improve safety and security in our parks? (Supervisor Wiener, District 8)
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Board_Pkt_041514
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Date
Action
Result
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ASSIGNED
President
4/9/2014
1
HEARD AND FILED
Board of Supervisors
4/15/2014
1