The San Francisco Police Department Full Staffing Act is a charter amendment in the process of qualifying for the March 5, 2024 ballot. If enacted by voters, this Act would re-establish minimum police staffing levels, and mandate certain budgetary provisions over a five-year period to achieve a fully staffed municipal police force in the City and County of San Francisco.
The SFPD Full Staffing Act will include the following four elements:
#1. Minimum Staffing Level. Re-establish a specific minimum staffing level, beginning with 2,182 officers citywide, with mandatory (rather than optional) readjustment of this number in the future.
#2. 5-Year Budget Set-Aside. A mandatory budget set aside, to sunset after 60 months, which will set aside funding to maintain minimum citywide sworn-officer police staffing at the following levels: 1,800 in Year 1;
1,900 in Year 2;
2,000 in Year 3;
2,100 in Year 4; and
2,182 (or the reset minimum staffing level, whichever is greater) in Year 5.
#3. Recruitment and Retention Fund. From unspent funds set aside for sworn police hiring, a temporary “SFPD Recruitment and Retention Fund” shall be established for recruitment, retention and performance bonuses — together with other recruitment initiatives necessary to achieve full staffing levels in the prescribed time period — under the direction of the Chief of Police.
#4. Escape Clause for Emergencies. The Charter Amendment shall include emergency “escape clause” provisions to enable the postponement (but not cancellation) of mandatory budget set-asides in years that the Mayor, City Controller, and Chief Economist agree it is warranted due to a budgetary and/or economic crisis.
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