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2013 San Francisco Divestment Resolution No. 126-13

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Finance & Procurement

This resolution urges the San Francisco Retirement Board of the Employees' Retirement System to divest from publicly-traded fossil fuel companies....

2008 San Francisco Ordinance 080406 Preventing Excess Energy Consumption in Commercial Buildings

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2008

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

This ordinance requires commercial building owners to turn off non-essential lighting between 11 PM and 6 AM to reduce energy consumption and promote sustainability. Non-essential lighting includes lighting used for advertising or aesthetic purposes. Building owners must post signs...

1989 San Francisco Sanctuary City Ordinance No. 375-89

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1989

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Children & Families

An ordinance declaring San Francisco to be a sanctuary city and outlining prohibitions on obligating funds toward deportation-related purposes. In particular, no department, agency, commission, officer, or employee of the City and County of San Francisco shall use any City funds or...

2011 San Francisco Ordinance 175-11 Regarding Wage Theft

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance enhances the ability of the City and County of San Francisco to enforce its minimum wage by requiring employers to create dispute resolution policies, increasing the penalty for employer retaliation, and establishing penalties for employers that fail to provide personal,...

2019 San Francisco Ordinance 001-19 Requiring Project Labor Agreements for Public Works and Improvement Projects

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This resolution establishes a "right to counsel" program that would provide Milwaukee County residents facing eviction or foreclosure with no-cost legal representation. It also authorizes an appropriation of $916,576 from the County's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to fund...

2019 San Francisco Ordinance 170029 Requiring Disclosure of Campaign Contributions

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance requires elected officers to disclose campaign contributions greater than $10,000 to the City's Ethics Commission, which will then make the information publicly available. It also prohibits campaign contributions to members of the Board of Supervisors, candidates for...

2019 San Francisco Ordinance 42-19 Prohibiting Police Departments from Joining the National Rifle Association

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This ordinance prohibits the San Francisco Police Department from being a National Rifle Association (NRA) member or using public funds to pay for NRA membership fees. The ordinance aims to address the issue of gun violence and reduce the influence of the NRA on local law enforcement....

San Francisco Charter: Instant Runoff Elections

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2002

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

The law establishes that the Mayor, Sheriff, District Attorney, City Attorney, Treasurer, Assessor-Recorder, Public Defender, and members of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected using a ranked-choice, or "instant runoff" ballot. The ballot shall allow voters to rank a number...

2019 San Francisco Ordinance 74-19 Benchmarking Energy Usage

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Energy

The ordinance requires owners of certain residential and non-residential buildings to track and report their energy usage to San Francisco's Department of the Environment. In turn, the Department of the Environment will make this data available to the public. ...

2016 San Francisco Ordinance 160222 Prohibiting Leasing for the Extraction of Fossil Fuels

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Energy, Environment & Natural Resources

This ordinance prohibits the city and county from entering into or extending leases that allow for the extraction of fossil fuels on city-owned or controlled land. It also requires the Director of Property to inspect these properties to ensure that any current or former lessee complies...

2019 San Francisco Ordinance 190926 Regulating the Use of Facial Recognition Tools

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Data & Technology, Public Safety

This ordinance explicitly prohibits municipal departments from using facial recognition technology on city-issued software or devices. It also restricts the use of information obtained through facial recognition technology. City departments that inadvertently access technology that...

2010 San Francisco Ordinance Benchmarking Energy Efficiency

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2010

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces, Energy

This ordinance amends the San Francisco Environmental code by requiring owners of nonresidential buildings to conduct Energy Efficiency Audits of their properties and file Annual Energy Benchmark Summaries for their buildings, that will be publicly shared. Not only will this double...

2016 San Francisco Ordinance 96-16 Prohibiting Use of City Resources in Immigration Enforcement

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance prohibits the use of City funds or resources to assist in the enforcement of Federal immigration law, except for individuals who have been convicted of a violent or serious felony....

2019 San Francisco Ordinance 41-19 Regulating Police Questioning of Minors

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Public Safety

This ordinance regulates police questioning of persons 17 years of age or younger. Specifically, the ordinance requires police officers to inform minors of their right to have a "responsible adult" present during questioning and to obtain written consent from the minor and their "responsible...

2022 San Francisco Ordinance 211096 Requiring Landlords to Allow Tenant Association Meetings in Common Areas

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Housing

This ordinance requires landlords to allow tenant organizing activities to occur in common areas of their rental properties. It also requires them to confer in good faith with these tenant associations, and to attend some of their meetings upon request. The aim of this ordinance is...

2006 San Francisco Ordinance 21-06 Authorizing a City-Wide Green Business Program and Amending Tax Code

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Community Development, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Economic Justice

This model ordinance adopts the International Green Construction Code; establishes that where there is a conflict between an existing law or regulation and a specific requirement of this code, the specific law or regulation shall be applicable; and establishes the range of application...

2018 San Francisco Ordinance 99-18 Regulating Powered Scooter Usage

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2018

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Powered scooters can obstruct limited street and sidewalk space, thereby discouraging the use of public right-of-ways for pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit. This ordinance regulates the use of electric scooters in San Francisco. It requires companies that provide electric...

2018 San Francisco Ordinance 132-18 Protecting Tenants from Unreasonable Rent Increases

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2018

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing

This ordinance prohibits landlords from imposing rent increases on existing tenants due to increases in debt service and property tax costs that have resulted from a change in ownership. It also prohibits landlords from imposing rent increases due to increased management fees unless...

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