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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
211284
Name:
Charter Amendment - Establishment of Children’s
Agency and Commission; Funding for Children,
Youth, and the San Francisco Unified School
District; Funding Conditions on City Appropriations
for the School District
Status:
Type:
Charter Amendment
Filed
File created:
In control:
12/14/2021
Rules Committee
On agenda:
Final action:
3/4/2022
Enactment date:
Enactment #:
Title:
Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to 1)
establish a new Children’s Agency responsible for overseeing, aligning, and coordinating the
development of systems, services, policies, and planning strategies to strengthen the City’s services
for children, youth, and families; 2) authorize the Agency to include the Department of Children, Youth,
and Their Families, which is responsible for administering the City’s Children and Youth Fund and
promoting the development of programs and planning strategies to enhance services for children,
youth, and their families; 3) authorize the Agency to include a new Department of Early Childhood,
which will assume the duties previously assigned to the Office of Early Care and Education promoting
the development of programs, policies, and strategies to enhance services for children ages 0-5; 4)
establish a Children’s Commission to oversee the Agency; 5) modify the process for expending funds
in the Children and Youth Fund to support services for children; 6) modify the process for expending
funds in the Public Education Enrichment Fund to support the San Francisco Unified School District;
and 7) require the Board of Education to submit a certification of compliance with specified
governance requirements before the City appropriates funds to the San Francisco Unified School
District not otherwise required by the Charter or State law; at an election to be held on June 7, 2022.
Sponsors:
Mayor, Myrna Melgar, Rafael Mandelman
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. Referral CA CEQA, 4. Referral CA CON, 5. Referra CA Mandated, 6.
Referral YC, 7. CEQA Determination, 8. Public Corr 010422, 9. Comm Pkt 012422, 10. Controller
Rept 012122, 11. COB Memo - Childrens Commission 012122, 12. COB Memo - Department of Early
Childhood CAC 012122, 13. COB Memo - Department of Children Youth and their Families CAC
012122, 14. Public Corr 012122, 15. Public Corr 012422, 16. Public Corr 012522
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
12/14/2021
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
12/22/2021
1
RESPONSE RECEIVED
Planning Department
12/28/2021
1
DUPLICATED
Rules Committee
1/26/2022
1
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Rules Committee
1/26/2022
1
Pass
FILED
Clerk of the Board
3/4/2022
1