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Commission backs ordinances to standardize code enforcement and give DBI director stop‑work authority

Building Inspection Commission, City and County of San Francisco · March 16, 2016
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Summary

Supervisors’ staff described a legislative package to standardize notice/referral deadlines across departments, improve reporting and give the City Attorney broader authority; commissioners unanimously supported the changes with a friendly amendment to limit stop‑work to severe violations.

Representatives from Supervisor Scott Wiener’s office presented two companion ordinances and a broader enforcement package designed to improve coordination across the city’s enforcement departments. The measures would standardize deadlines and transmittal forms for notices of violation, require quarterly reporting on cases set for administrative hearings, and provide the City Attorney the authority to pursue egregious cases without waiting for departmental referrals.

One ordinance (file no. 151,081) would…

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