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Board of Supervisors approves ordinance creating Office of Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Sept. 4 to adopt an ordinance establishing an Office of Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention under the Human Rights Commission, after supervisors described years of survivor testimony and late opposition from a municipal bargaining unit.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Sept. 4 approved an ordinance to amend the Administrative Code to create an Office of Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention (Sharp) as a city department under the oversight of the Human Rights Commission.
Supervisor Ronan, who led the item on final reading, described a multi-month process that began with hearings in May and said the ordinance responds to repeated accounts from survivors who said they were improperly treated by city employees. "I first introduced the legislation on May 8 of, about 5 months ago," Ronan said, and recounted testimony at a board hearing from women who described mistreatment by police, the district attorney’s office and hospital staff. She said the office is…
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