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Supervisors call for hearing to review handling of sexual assault and harassment complaints, seek accountability from city offices

3006467 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

Supervisor Catherine Ronan and multiple colleagues requested a hearing to examine how city departments handle sexual assault and harassment allegations and to evaluate the Office of Sexual Harassment and Assault Response created in 2018. The request asks department directors to report on complaint intake, outcomes, outreach, and policy changes.

Supervisor Catherine Ronan said on April 16 that she is requesting a Board hearing to examine how San Francisco city departments respond to allegations of sexual assault and harassment and to assess whether the city’s mechanisms for survivors are working.

Ronan said she read a news article that morning describing new allegations and that she immediately reached out to female colleagues to arrange a hearing. She recalled that…

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