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Rules Committee backs temporary narrowing of city'employee charities list after complaints
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to send a resolution to the full Board to relaunch the city'employee Combined Charities Drive with a shorter, Bay Area‑focused list of federations after complaints that some participating charities appear to be anti‑LGBTQ; employees would retain the option to write in any nonprofit.
The Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Nov. 28 to forward to the full board a resolution that would temporarily narrow the list of federations in the city's Combined Charities Drive after staff reported complaints that some participating charities "appear to be anti LGBTQ groups." Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann, the item sponsor, said the city paused the campaign in October after receiving employee complaints and proposed a relaunch with a shorter list focused on Bay Area service providers.
Sophie Hayward, director of legislation and public affairs in the City Administrator's Office, told the committee that Administrative Code section 16.93 requires the city to hold an…
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