§ 5.32 — San Francisco Administrative Code

Sec. 5.32-1. Citizen’s Advisory Council.¶

*Editor’s Notes:

The name of Ch. 5, Art. XXXII, “Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Council,” is not marked for addition in Ord. 99-26. It is included here for ease of reference, with the brackets indicating that it is unofficial. Former Ch. 5, Art. XXXII, “Eastern Neighborhoods Community Advisory Committee,” comprising former Secs. 5.32-1 through 5.32-4, expired January 1, 2024 per the terms of its sunset provision (former Sec. 5.32-4) and was removed from the Code at the direction of the Office of the City Attorney.

Ord. 242-19 redesignated former Sec. 10E.2(d), with amendments, as Ch. 5, Art. XXXII, Secs. 5.32-1 through 5.324.

SEC. 5.32-1. CITIZEN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL.¶

(a) Membership. The Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Council (“Council”) shall be an Advisory Body as defined in Section 5.1-1 comprised of 13 voting members. Eleven members shall be appointed by the members of the Board of Supervisors and approved by the full Board, with one member appointed by each Supervisor from their supervisorial district; and each Supervisor shall also appoint from their supervisorial district a specific alternate for the regular voting member, subject to approval by the full Board. The alternates shall not be seated on the Council, but if a regular voting member is unavailable to attend or unable to vote as a result of recusal, then that regular voting member’s specific alternate shall be seated and shall act in the place of the regular voting member. Alternates are expected to attend and participate in meetings of the Council. The Mayor shall appoint one member of the Council. The President of the Board of Supervisors shall appoint one additional member of the Council, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Council members shall all be City residents and shall have relevant experience with park, environmental, recreational, cultural, sports, youth, disability, racial equity, or senior citizen issues. Where a voting seat that is subject to appointment by a Supervisor is vacant for more than 30 days, the Council shall advise the appointing Supervisor of the vacancy. If the vacancy is not filled within 30 days of transmission of the notice of vacancy to the appointing Supervisor, the President shall appoint a member to the vacant seat, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors, and shall become the member’s appointing authority for the remainder of the member’s term, at the end of which the authority to appoint a member to the seat shall revert back to the appointing Supervisor. (b) Duties. The Council shall have the following duties:

(1) The Council shall submit written comments to the Recreation and Park Department (“Department”) on its proposed Strategic, Capital and Operational Plans, and all updates to such plans. The Council shall submit comments on each such plan within 30 days after the plan is delivered to the Council.

(2) The Council shall assist the Department in conducting at least two public hearings on evenings or on weekends to permit the public to comment on the Department’s full budget and programming allocations prior to adoption by the Recreation and Park Commission.

(3) Members of the Council appointed from supervisorial districts shall serve as liaisons between the Commission and the residents, neighborhood groups, and organizations dedicated to park and recreational issues in

their districts. Members may also serve as liaisons to the public at large and to citywide organizations that are concerned with park and recreational issues, and may assist the Department to arrange meetings with neighborhood groups, citywide organizations, and the public at large to discuss such issues.

(4) The Council shall select a representative of the Council to make the Council’s quarterly report to the Commission on all significant park and recreational issues that have come to the attention of the Council or its members.

(Added as Park Code Sec. 13.01 by Ord. 118-00, File No. 000478, App. 6/2/2000; amended by Ord. 140-23, File No. 230482, App. 7/20/2023, Eff. 8/20/2023; Ord. 194-23, File No. 230809, App. 9/15/2023, Eff. 10/16/2023; amended and redesignated by Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026)

(Former Sec. 5.32-1 added by Ord. 242-19, File No. 181215, App. 11/1/2019, Eff. 12/2/2019; expired 1/1/2024) SEC. 5.32-2. [EXPIRED.]

(Added by Ord. 242-19, File No. 181215, App. 11/1/2019, Eff. 12/2/2019; expired 1/1/2024) SEC. 5.32-3. [EXPIRED.]

(Added by Ord. 242-19, File No. 181215, App. 11/1/2019, Eff. 12/2/2019; expired 1/1/2024) SEC. 5.32-4. [EXPIRED.]

(Added by Ord. 242-19, File No. 181215, App. 11/1/2019, Eff. 12/2/2019; expired 1/1/2024)