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Supervisor Farrell introduces ordinance to allow bicycle and personal‑item storage in garages, and a student civic engagement challenge
Summary
Supervisor Farrell introduced an ordinance to remove an outdated city rule that limited garage use to automobiles, and announced a partnership with the OpenGov Foundation and local schools for a civic engagement challenge tied to SanFranciscoCode.org.
Supervisor Farrell introduced an ordinance to amend a longstanding municipal rule that currently says private and public garages “shall be used only for the storage of automobiles,” and said the provision is outdated and discourages bicycling and other non‑motorized storage needs.
Farrell said the change was prompted by constituent feedback posted to the city’s newly launched SanFranciscoCode.org platform, run in partnership with the OpenGov Foundation and the Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation. The proposed amendment would allow residential garage storage of bicycles, scooters and other personal items; no detailed ordinance text or implementation schedule was discussed at the meeting.
Farrell also announced a civic engagement challenge with the OpenGov Foundation and local colleges and universities, to be held in February. The challenge will invite student teams to identify outdated or problematic local laws on SanFranciscoCode.org and submit policy proposals; top submissions will receive scholarship funds and the sponsor pledged to introduce winning ideas at the Board of Supervisors when appropriate.
Ending: The ordinance was introduced for committee referral; the civic engagement challenge will proceed with participating campuses and scholarship awards as described by the supervisor.
