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Rules Committee backs Family Violence Council overhaul and advances SRO voter‑access measures amid robust public support

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee · August 2, 2007
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Summary

The committee recommended formation of a broadened Family Violence Council and forwarded two SRO voter‑access measures — a resolution urging voter‑education outreach and an ordinance to ease campaign access to residential hotels — after extensive public comment from tenant advocates and service providers.

The Rules Committee voted to forward an ordinance to revitalize the Family Violence Council, broadening its scope to address violence across the lifespan — child abuse, domestic violence and elder abuse — and to bring city and community providers together on coordination, language access and prevention.

Department and advocacy leaders testified in support. Laura Marshall of the…

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