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Rules committee accepts amendments to split DPW, create Department of Sanitation and Streets and commissions
Summary
Supervisor Matt Haney's charter amendment to create a Department of Sanitation and Streets, establish commissions with enforceable cleanliness baselines and delay costs until July 22, 2022 passed the committee with amendments; the Controller and BLA will finalize fiscal analyses.
Supervisor Matt Haney told the Rules Committee that San Francisco's streets — particularly in neighborhoods such as the Bayview, Mission and Tenderloin — are "covered with trash, feces, and needles," and argued the city's existing Department of Public Works (DPW) combines disparate functions that dilute accountability for street cleanliness. He proposed removing the Bureau of Operations from DPW to form a Department of Sanitation and Streets, add job qualifications for directors, create oversight commissions with legally enforceable cleanliness baselines,…
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