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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
190994
Name:
Settlement of Lawsuit - Riana Buffin and Crystal
Patterson - City to Comply with New Pretrial
Detention Policies and Provide Funding for Pretrial
Diversion Project
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
10/8/2019
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
10/8/2019
11/21/2019
Enactment date:
11/21/2019
271-19
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuit filed by Riana Buffin and Crystal Patterson against
Sheriff Vicki Hennessy in her official capacity as Sheriff; the settlement prohibits the Sheriff from using
the existing bail schedule for arrested individuals and from using any similar policy that determines the
existence or length of pre-arraignment detention based on an arrestee’s ability to pay, requires the
Sheriff to release certain arrestees within 18 hours from the time of booking under some
circumstances, and is conditioned on the City providing additional funding to the Own Recognizance
Project of the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project; the lawsuit was filed on October 28, 2015, in
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 15-CV-04959-YGR; entitled Riana
Buffin and Crystal Patterson, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated v. Vicki Hennessy
in her official capacity as the San Francisco Sheriff, et al.; the lawsuit involves claims that the Sheriff’s
use of the San Francisco Superior Court’s bail schedule as a basis for pre-arraignment detention or
release of arrestees violates the United States Constitution.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Ntc of Stipulated Judgment, 3. Comm Pkt 101719, 4. Board Pkt 111219, 5. Board Pkt
111919, 6. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
9/30/2019
1
RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED
President
10/8/2019
1
RECOMMENDED
Government Audit and Oversight
Committee
10/17/2019
1
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
11/12/2019
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
11/19/2019
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
11/21/2019
1