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4689 City and County of San Francisco Legislation Details File #: Version: 3 230985 Name: Charter Amendment - Minimum Police Department
Staffing and Five-Year Annual Funding Requirement Status: Type: Charter Amendment Pending Committee Action File created: In control: 9/19/2023 Rules Committee On agenda: Final action: 11/28/2023 Enactment date: Enactment #: Title: Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to define “Full-Duty Sworn Officers” for purposes of establishing minimum staffing levels for sworn officers of the Police Department; and, contingent upon the Controller’s certification that a future tax measure passed by the voters will generate sufficient additional revenue to fund the cost of employing Full-Duty Sworn Officers at specified minimum staffing levels and the minimum amount necessary to implement a police staffing fund: 1) set the Minimum Staffing Number for five fiscal years beginning with 1,700 full-duty sworn officers in year one, with increases each year such that by the fifth fiscal year, the Minimum Staffing Number shall be 2,074; 2) require for a period of five years that the Mayor and Board of Supervisors appropriate funds to pay for at least the number of sworn officers as of February 1 of the prior fiscal year; 3) establish a Police Full Staffing Fund (“Fund”) for a period of five fiscal years to facilitate minimum police staffing; 4) require that $16.8 million be appropriated into the Fund in the first year, and varying amounts in years two through five, calculated based on staffing shortages, but allowing for a temporary freeze of appropriations to the Fund after the first year in a budgetary or economic emergency; at an election to be held on March 5, 2024. Sponsors: Ahsha Safai Attachments: 1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. CON Referral 092623, 4. Dept Referral 092623, 5. CEQA Referral
092623, 6. CEQA Determinaton 100223, 7. Public Corr 101923, 8. Controller Analysis 101923, 9.
Comm Pkt 102323, 10. Public Corr 10223, 11. Leg Ver2, 12. Leg Dig Ver2, 13. CON Referral 102323,
14. Referral FYI 102323, 15. CEQA Referral 102323, 16. CEQA Response 102423, 17. Police
Presentation 102323, 18. Co-Sponsor Request, 19. Comm Report Req 102623, 20. Public Corr
101923, 21. Public Corr 102223, 22. Public Corr 102523, 23. Public Corr 102623, 24. CON Response
102623, 25. Comm Pkt 103023, 26. Leg Ver3, 27. Leg Dig Ver3, 28. CON Referral 103023, 29.
Referral FYI 103023, 30. CEQA Referral 103023, 31. Public Corr 102923, 32. Public Corr 110223, 33.
Comm Pkt 110623, 34. Controller Analysis 110323, 35. Pulic Corr 110523, 36. Public Corr 110823, 37.
Public Corr 110923, 38. Board Pkt 111423, 39. 230985 Public Corr 112123, 40. Board Pkt 112823, 41.
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Action By Date Action Result Ver. ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE President 9/19/2023 1 REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 9/26/2023 1 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Department 10/3/2023 1 RESPONSE RECEIVED Controller 10/19/2023 1 AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Rules Committee 10/23/2023 2 Fail CONTINUED AS AMENDED Rules Committee 10/23/2023 2 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE Rules Committee 10/23/2023 1 Pass REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT Clerk of the Board 10/23/2023 2 RESPONSE RECEIVED Planning Commission 10/25/2023 2 CONTINUED AS AMENDED Rules Committee 10/30/2023 3 Pass AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE Rules Committee 10/30/2023 2 Pass