Rules Committee forwards ordinances and mayoral appointments, including Prop F codification and HSA social-media policy

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on July 17 advanced several ordinances and mayoral appointments to the full Board as committee reports.

Key actions

- Campaign-ad disclaimers: The committee heard a presentation from Supervisor Connie Chan on an ordinance to codify Proposition F’s campaign-ad disclaimer requirements into the Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code (sec. 1.161) to conform to a court order by Judge Breyer. Chan said Prop F requires disclosure of the top contributors and, when a top contributor is a committee, the top two contributors to that committee if they gave $5,000 or more; small-print ads and audio/video ads of 30 seconds or less remain excepted. The committee moved the ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation.

- HSA social-media policy: The Human Services Agency presented a surveillance-technology policy governing use of social media management software and said it currently uses Hootsuite while seeking to procure Sprout Social after cybersecurity vetting. COIT considered the policy in prior public hearings and recommended adoption; the committee forwarded the item to the Board with a positive recommendation.

- Appointments: The committee forwarded multiple mayoral reappointments and nominations to the full Board, including two Entertainment Commission reappointments (Ben Blyman and Xin Wang), an Entertainment Commission neighborhood seat (Dori), a Building Inspection Commission nominee (Earl Shaddix), and the Dina Aslanian Williams nomination to the Homelessness Oversight Commission (covered in a separate article). Motions generally struck language rejecting nominations and recommended the items as committee reports; roll calls recorded unanimous or unopposed committee support with one or more supervisors absent in some votes.

- Parks advisory committee amendments: Supervisor Asha Safaie presented substantive amendments to the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee membership and process (including alternates, at-large appointment authority, and vacancy-notification requirements); the committee accepted the amendments and continued the item to July 24 for finalization.

Quotes

"The sole purpose of this ordinance is to bring the Proposition F...disclaimer requirements to codify in campaign and governmental conduct code section 1.161 in line with Judge Breyer's order," Supervisor Connie Chan said on the Prop F codification.

"We are currently using Hootsuite... We are seeking approval to purchase a new social media tool called Sprout Social," Theresa Young of HSA said while presenting the social-media management policy.

What’s next

All advanced items will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda (the clerk noted July 25 as the expected date for these items to reach the full Board unless otherwise noted). The Parks advisory committee amendments were continued to the Rules Committee meeting on July 24 for further consideration.