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SF committee advances waiver to allow city officials to solicit donations for legal services
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Feb. 6 to forward a resolution that would temporarily allow the mayor, the city attorney, the city administrator and specified department heads to solicit or coordinate donations intended to cover legal services and related support to protect immigrant communities, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, environmental protections and racial equity.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Feb. 6 to forward a resolution that would temporarily allow the mayor, the city attorney, the city administrator and specified department heads to solicit or coordinate donations intended to cover legal services and related support to protect immigrant communities, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, environmental protections and racial equity.
The committee voted to amend and recommend the original file to the full Board of Supervisors as a committee report and directed that a duplicated, amended file adding the Assessor-Recorder's Office be continued to the committee's Feb. 20 meeting for public comment. Committee members recorded unanimous aye votes on the motions taken (3 ayes at roll call).
The resolution asks the board to temporarily waive portions of the city's behested payment ordinance so that city officers and…
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