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Committee forwards DA's six-month behested-payment waiver request to full Board
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted 3-0 Oct. 23 to send a resolution allowing the District Attorney's Office to solicit private donations for a six-month period notwithstanding the Behested Payment Ordinance to fund technology upgrades and community programs.
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted Oct. 23 to forward to the full Board of Supervisors a resolution that would authorize the San Francisco District Attorney's Office to solicit private donations and other contributions for six months notwithstanding the city's Behested Payment Ordinance.
Jen Lowe, speaking on behalf of sponsor Supervisor Matt Haney Melgar, described the request as a response to "budgetary constraints" that have reduced services and said the waiver would let the office raise funds for prevention, diversion and victim services while…
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