San Francisco County Municipal Code § 5.14 Southeast Community Center

The Board of Supervisors finds and declares that it is necessary and essential to the well-being of the City to establish a Council to review and provide guidance for the operations of the Southeast Community Center. The Council will foster the following public purposes and municipal affairs of the City: (a) The full and gainful employment of residents of chronically economically depressed areas of the City; (b) The progressive development of marketable job skills for untrained and undertrained City residents; (c) The creation and expansion of opportunities for residents to participate in day and evening education programs; (d) The creation and expansion of opportunities for providing day care services at a low and reasonable cost to parents; (e) The expansion of opportunities for special community services for senior citizens; (f) The overall improvement of the general economic prosperity, health, safety and welfare of residents of chronically economically depressed areas of the City. The Board of Supervisors further finds and declares that the Bayview-Hunters Point community, as defined in Section 5.14-2, is an historically disadvantaged and economically depressed part of the City and that guidance by and participation of persons living or working in that area are essential to the successful operations of the Southeast Community Center and the attainment of the goals and purposes mentioned above. (Added as Sec. 54.1 by Ord. 438-87, App. 11/12/87; amended and redesignated by Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) There is established a Council to be known as the Southeast Community Center Council consisting of seven members. The Council shall be an Advisory Body as defined in Section 5.1-1, except that the Council shall exercise the authority set forth in this Article XIV. Council members shall be appointed by the Mayor. Unless the Mayor determines that it is otherwise impracticable, persons appointed to serve as members of the Council shall either reside or work in the Bayview-Hunters Point community, as defined in subsection (b). (b) For purposes of this Chapter, the Bayview-Hunters Point community is defined as the area south of the southern curb line of Army Street, east of the eastern curb line of the James Lick Freeway (also known as U.S. Route 101), north of the city and county boundary line shared with San Mateo County, and west of San Francisco Bay. (c) The Council will hold a regular meeting not less than once each month. (d) Subject to the budgetary and fiscal requirements of the Charter, each member shall be paid $50 per Council meeting or committee meeting attended. Total compensation shall not exceed $100 per month. (e) The Council shall appoint an Executive Director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Council and shall not be subject to the civil service provisions of the Charter. The Executive Director shall possess the qualifications and experience essential to the administration of the Southeast Community Center. The Executive Director shall be responsible for the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the Council and shall manage the daily activities of the Southeast Community Center not undertaken by lessees. (Added as Sec. 54.2 by Ord. 438-87, App. 11/12/87; amended by Ord. 407-89, App. 11/8/89; Ord. 287-96, App. 7/12/96; Ord. 108-00, File No. 000539, App. 5/26/2000; amended and redesignated by Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026)

The powers and duties of the Council shall be limited to those necessary to: (a) Provide guidance necessary for the establishment, retention and enhancement of business activities of the educational and job skills centers, child care and senior activities centers, and any other appropriate activities at the Southeast Community Center; (b) Provide guidance to ensure that operation of the facility enhances opportunities first for the benefit of the residents of the Bayview-Hunters Point community and thereafter for the benefit of all other residents of the City to engage in employment training and educational activities; (c) Review and provide guidance on budget matters necessarily affecting the development and improvement of operations of the educational and job skills centers, child care and senior activities centers, and any other appropriate activities at the Southeast Community Center; (d) Review and provide guidance regarding proposed lessees and agreements with qualified private, community, public assistance and

horticultural organizations; (e) Provide policy guidance necessary to ensure compliance with all relevant municipal, State and federal laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, construction grant agreements, regulations and orders; and (f) Review and provide guidance on a regular basis on budgetary matters related to the operation and maintenance expenses at the Southeast Community Center. (Added as Sec. 54.3 by Ord. 438-87, App. 11/12/87; amended and redesignated by Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026)

(a) In accordance with State and federal grant agreements, regulations and orders, all proceeds from the leasing of the Southeast Community Center shall be used to defray City costs of operating and administering the facilities. (b) Proceeds from the leasing of the facilities that exceed the costs of operating and administering the facilities, as calculated at the end of the fiscal year, shall be known as “surplus funds.” (c) Subject to the budgetary and fiscal requirements of the Charter, the Council may allocate surplus funds accrued during the prior fiscal year for certain uses related to the operations and activities of the Southeast Community Center. (d) Surplus funds may be allocated for the following purposes: (1) Scholarships first for residents of the Bayview-Hunters Point community and thereafter for all other residents of the City and County of San Francisco to attend classes and other educational activities at the Southeast Community Center or other accredited institutions of education; (2) Scholarships first for children residing in the Bayview-Hunters Point community and thereafter for all other resident children of the City and County of San Francisco to attend child care centers at the Southeast Community Center or other State-licensed child care providers; (3) Supplementary funding for job training programs and activities at the Southeast Community Center; (4) Supplementary funding for community agencies which address the needs as identified in Section 5.14-1. (e) There is hereby established a reserve fund to consist of 10 percent of each year’s budget surplus for the facility, as available, to be used for the purpose of facility maintenance only. This reserve fund will be maintained for a five-year period, and the use of this reserve fund will be reviewed at the termination of the five-year period. (Added as Sec. 54.4 by Ord. 438-87, App. 11/12/87; amended by Ord. 287-96, App. 7/12/96; amended and redesignated by Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026)