# Board of Supervisors Minutes: October 31, 2023

- Meeting date: 2023-10-31
- Document type: minutes
- Source format: PDF
- Extracted pages: 20
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## Structured legislative records

### File 230768: Public Works Code - Authorizing and Permitting Neighborhood Amenities

- Pages: 11
- Sponsors: Melgar; Stefani, Mandelman, Ronen, Engardio and Chan

### File 230985: Charter Amendment - Minimum Police Department Staffing and Five-Year Annual Funding Requirement

- Pages: 11
- Sponsors: Dorsey; Engardio and Mandelman

### File 231008: Administrative Code - Community Policing and Foot and Bike Patrols

- Pages: 11
- Sponsors: Safai; Engardio, Peskin, Ronen, Chan, Walton and Dorsey
- Vote 1: first-reading
  - Action: 231008 [Administrative Code - Community Policing and Foot and Bike Patrols] Sponsors: Safai; Engardio, Peskin, Ronen, Chan, Walton and Dorsey Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the Chief of Police to adopt a foot and bike patrol strategy for the Police Department, and to require the Police Commission to hold annual hearings regarding community policing and foot and bike patrols. Supervisors Melgar and Mandelman requested to be added as co-sponsors. PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
  - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton
  - Excused: Preston

## Extracted text

### [Page 11](https://sfbos.info/documents/956/2023-10-31-minutes#page-11)

Board of Supervisors                              Meeting Minutes                                               10/31/2023




COMMITTEE REPORTS


Recommendation of the Land Use and Transportation Committee


230768 [Public Works Code - Authorizing and Permitting Neighborhood Amenities]
            Sponsors: Melgar; Stefani, Mandelman, Ronen, Engardio and Chan
            Ordinance amending the Public Works Code to streamline and authorize the approval of certain
            neighborhood amenities, also known as Love Our Neighborhoods Projects, in sidewalks and other
            public right-of-ways within the Department of Public Works’ jurisdiction, to reduce fees for certain
            minor encroachment permits, to waive certain annual encroachment assessments, to clarify the
            approval process for commemorative plaques, and to clarify the permitting, revocation, and
            restoration requirements for all minor encroachment permits; and affirming the Planning Department’s
            determination under the California Environmental Quality Act.
            (This item was not sent as a committee report.)



Recommendations of the Rules Committee


230985 [Charter Amendment - Minimum Police Department Staffing and Five-Year Annual
       Funding Requirement]
            Sponsors: Dorsey; Engardio and Mandelman
            Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to
            establish minimum staffing levels for sworn officers of the Police Department, requiring for a period of
            five years that the Mayor and Board of Supervisors appropriate funds to meet staffing levels,
            establishing a Police Full Staffing Fund for a period of five years for purposes of facilitating minimum
            police staffing, and allowing for a temporary freeze of appropriations to the Police Full Staffing Fund in
            a budget or economic emergency; at an election to be held on March 5, 2024.
            (This item was not sent as a committee report.)


231008 [Administrative Code - Community Policing and Foot and Bike Patrols]
            Sponsors: Safai; Engardio, Peskin, Ronen, Chan, Walton and Dorsey
            Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require the Chief of Police to adopt a foot and bike
            patrol strategy for the Police Department, and to require the Police Commission to hold annual
            hearings regarding community policing and foot and bike patrols.
            Supervisors Melgar and Mandelman requested to be added as co-sponsors.
            PASSED ON FIRST READING by the following vote:
                 Ayes: 10 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Ronen, Safai, Stefani, Walton
                 Excused: 1 - Preston



ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTIONS
            See Legislation Introduced below.


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