Charter Amendments: Legislation Introduced at Roll Call May 24,2016
160581 Charter Amendment – [Homeless Housing and Services Fund; Transportation Improvement Fund – Budget Set-Asides] Sponsors: Mayor; Avalos, Wiener and Farrell
160582 Charter Amendment – [City Responsibility for Maintaining Street Trees] to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to transfer responsibility for the maintenance of street trees from abutting property owners to the City; Sponsor: Avalos
160583 [Charter Amendment – Public Advocate] Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the office of Public Advocate. Sponsors: Campos; Avalos, Kim and Mar
160584 [Charter Amendment – Independent Investigations Bureau in the Office of the District Attorney] to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to designate an Independent Investigations Bureau in the Office of the District Attorney as the primary agency to investigate criminal conduct arising out of critical incidents in the City involving officer-involved use of force, upon the District Attorney’s establishment of the Bureau; Sponsor: Cohen
160585 [Charter Amendment – Dignity Fund] to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to: 1) establish the Dignity Fund to support Seniors and Adults with Disabilities; Sponsors: Cohen; Mar, Yee, Avalos and Campos
160586 [Charter Amendment – Independent Police Oversight Department and Budget Set-Aside] to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to: re-name the Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC) as the Independent Police Oversight Department (IPOD); Sponsor: Cohen
160587 [Charter Amendment – Non-Citizen Voting in School Board Elections] Draft Charter Amendment to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section 8.100 and adding Section 13.111 to authorize San Francisco residents 18 years of age or older who are the parents, legal guardians, or caregivers of children in the San Francisco Unified School District to vote in elections for the Board of Education, Sponsor: Mar
160588 [Charter Amendment – Housing and Development Commission] to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco, to create the Housing and Development Commission to oversee the Department of Economic and Workforce Development, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Real Estate; Sponsors: Peskin; Kim
160589 [Charter Amendment – Municipal Transportation Agency – Appointments to Board of Directors and Budget Process] to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to split the power to make appointments to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors between the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors, to lower the vote by which the Board of Supervisors may reject the SFMTA Budget from seven to six, Sponsors: Yee; Kim, Peskin and Campos
Grassroots Actions 