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(a) Authority. The Library Commission is hereby authorized to publish and sell, at no cost to the City and County, periodicals, monographs, pamphlets and books so published relating only to library subjects, San Francisco area subjects and San Francisco Library authorship as approved by the Library Commission.
(b) Establish Fund. There shall be established in the treasury of the City and County of San Francisco a special fund to be known and designated as the Library Publication Fund into which shall be deposited all monies received from the sale of any and all periodicals, monographs, pamphlets and books published pursuant to the authority herein contained.
The Library Commission is hereby authorized to accept any gift, devise or bequest for this purpose.
(c) Use of Money in Publication Fund. The monies received into the publication fund are hereby appropriated exclusively for the purpose of publishing and selling the items authorized and approved by the Library Commission.
(d) Administration of an Expenditure from Publication Fund. The sales price for said items shall be fixed by the Library Commission. Balances not in excess of $10,000 remaining in the fund at the close of any fiscal year shall have been deemed to have been provided for a specific purpose within the meaning of Section 6.306 of the Charter, and shall be carried forward and accumulated in said fund for the purposes recited herein. Monies in excess of $10,000 shall be transferred to the General Fund.
The Library Commission shall annually submit in writing to the Mayor, to the controller and to the Board of Supervisors a report showing the total receipts and disbursements of the preceding year together with a description of the items published.
(Added by Ord. 73-71, App. 3/25/71; amended by Ord. 156-99, File No. 990743, App. 6/2/99)
(a) Fee Schedule. The Library Commission is hereby authorized to charge fees for the use of library materials and services in accordance with the following schedule:
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY FEES SCHEDULE
Note regarding lost materials and lost or damaged equipment: Except for materials on interlibrary loan, (see subsection (c) below “Fees for Lost and Damaged Materials Owned by Other Libraries”) the Library will charge value of lost materials and equipment as identified by the item record in the library catalog. Where there is an absence of an item cost in the library catalog item record, the Library shall the per item fee below. | ||
REPLACEMENT OF LOST MATERIALS | ||
Materials | Per Item | |
Hardback: Adult/Teen Non-Fiction | $35 | |
Hardback: Adult/Teen Fiction | $25 | |
Hardback: Juvenile Non-Fiction | $20 | |
Hardback: Juvenile Fiction | $15 | |
Paperback: Cataloged | ||
Adult/Teen Non-Fiction | $20 | |
Adult/Teen Fiction | $10 | |
Juvenile Non-Fiction | $10 | |
Juvenile Fiction | $5 | |
Paperback: Uncataloged | $5 | |
Paperback/Hardback: International Generic Record | Price varies: $5-$15 depending on fair market value | |
Periodicals/Magazines | $5 | |
Phonorecords | $15 | |
Audiocassettes | $5/tape | |
Videos, DVDs, and Blu- rays | $20 | |
Individual video, DVD, or Blu-ray disc from multi- video or multi-disc set | $5/video, DVD, or Blu-ray disc | |
Supplementary materials, including booklets, libretti, maps, CDs, etc. | $3/item | |
Sheet Music/Scores | $30 | |
Sheet Music/Uncataloged | $30 | |
Audio Books | $5/tape or CD | |
Compact Discs | $15 | |
Language Sets | $10/item | |
Vertical/Picture File | $5/item | |
REPLACEMENT OF LOST OR DAMAGED EQUIPMENT | ||
Laptop Computer | $500 | |
iPad/Tablet Device | $250 | |
Peripherals/Accessories | $50 | |
SERVICE FEES | ||
Borrowers | ||
San Francisco & California Residents | Free | |
Visitor’s Card (non-California) | $10.00 Non refundable 3 months duration | |
Firm (business) card | Free | |
Restricted (no proof of residency) | Free | |
Reserves | Free | |
Inter-Library Loan and LINK + | Free | |
Returned Check Fee | $35 (current City-wide charge, subject to revision by City) | |
Books-by-mail | Free | |
DOCUMENT DELIVERY AND SPECIAL SERVICES | ||
Inter-Library Loan; Photocopy (in-state libraries) (maximum 50 pages/day) | Pages 1- 20, Free | Pages 21- 50, $0.25/pag e + $5 processin g fee |
Inter-Library Loan: Photocopy (out-of-state libraries) (maximum 50 pages/day) | Pages 1-50, $0.25/page + $5 processing fee | |
San Francisco History Center: photo shoot of photographs | $1/photo | |
San Francisco History Center: scanning of photographs | $15 per 300 dpi existing scan; $20 per 300 dpi new scan; $35 per 600 dpi scan; $50 per 1,200 dpi scan; $35 per 3,000 dpi slides, negatives, or glass plates; $1 per CD | |
San Francisco History Center: permission to publish photographs (for commercial purposes) | $15 per project in a single type of media or $100 per project in unlimited types of media, plus, in either case, fair market value of any additional labor required due to age or condition of photograph
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(b) Fees for Special Meeting Room Uses. The Library Commission is hereby authorized to charge fees for special uses of library meeting rooms in accordance with the following schedule:
Meeting Room Use | Free |
Special Meeting Room Services | |
Flat Fee | |
Non-standard furniture set-up | $25 |
Custodial Services, Light Refreshments | $25 |
Custodial Services, Refreshments | $100 |
VHS/VCR Monitor/Technician | $30 |
Microphone | $30 |
Slide, VCR, Overhead projection | $30 flat fee except $30 per/hour in Koret Auditorium |
Per Hour Fee | |
Video/Film Projector/Projectionist | $30/hour |
Multiple Microphone Set-up/Mixing | $30/hour |
Web site patch. Powerpoint presentations | $30/hour |
Audio Duplication/Technician | $30/hour |
(c) Fees for Lost and Damaged Materials Owned by Other Libraries. The Library is hereby authorized to collect fees for lost or damaged materials that its patrons have borrowed from another library via interlibrary loan (ILL) in accordance with the following:
(1) in the case of lost or damaged materials borrowed from a member library of the LINK+ library consortium, the Library may collect the replacement fee set by LINK+, provided that the Library shall collect only the actual replacement cost of the item when authorized to do so by the lending library:
(2) for all other lost or damaged materials borrowed from another library via ILL, the Library may charge a replacement fee in the amount that is required by the lending library, which shall be either the fair market value of the lost item(s) or an amount set by the lending library not to exceed $200 per item.
The fees authorized by this subsection (c) shall be collected for the sole purpose of forwarding them to the lending library from which the lost or damaged item(s) was borrowed.
(d) Ratification of Prior Fines and Fees. All fines and fees charged for the use of library materials and services before the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 161108 are hereby ratified.
(Added by Ord. 53-01, File No. 002067, App. 4/6/2001; amended by Ord. 171-08, File No. 080749, 7/30/2008; Ord. 164-13
, File No. 130539, App. 8/2/2013, Eff. 9/1/2013; Ord. 2-17, File No. 161108, App. 1/20/2017, Eff. 2/19/2017; Ord. 250-18, File No. 180002, App. 11/2/2018, Eff. 12/3/2018; Ord. 196-19, File No. 190631, App. 8/9/2019, Eff. 9/9/2019)
The San Francisco Public Library ("Library") Commission shall be authorized to establish a library fee amnesty program to take place during a two-week period prior to July 1, 2001. The Library Commission, after notice and public hearing, is authorized to waive all fees charged for overdue San Francisco Public Library materials ("late fees") based on a finding that this amnesty program is likely to promote the return of needed Library materials or promote the increased use of the Library. Such amnesty program shall allow persons to return overdue Library materials without having to pay any late fees. However, in order for a person to obtain a waiver of their late fees, such person must return all overdue materials on their Library account during the two-week amnesty period designated by the Library Commission. The Board of Supervisors, by resolution, may authorize the Library Commission to establish subsequent Library fee amnesty programs under the standards set forth in this section.
(Added by Ord. 64-01, File No. 010452, App. 4/27/2001)
For the copying, certification, preparation or the borrowing of such records of the Registrar of Voters which citizens have a right by law to inspect and take a copy thereof, shall be paid to the Registrar of Voters, as follows:
(a) Photocopy of any such record not exceeding the size 8½ inches by 14 inches (per page) $ .50
(b) Photocopy of any such record exceeding the size of 8½ inches by 14 inches (per page) 2.00
(c) Certifying any such record (per page) 1.00
(d) Preparing any abstract of such record (this is in addition to certifying or searching) 1.00
(e) Searching voter registration lists (per year) .50
(f) Precinct book (per copy) at cost
(g) Index of registered voters (per 1000 names) .50
(h) Electronic data processing tape of the master index of voter registration for use in connection with election (as referred to in Resolution No. 517-67) (borrowing-per reel) 100.00
Such fees received by the Registrar of Voters shall be deposited with the City and County Treasurer, and the Controller shall reimburse the Registrar of Voters for the costs of materials and for the costs of interdepartmental services which must be paid for by the Registrar of Voters in order to perform the services and copy the documents referred to in this Section.
(Amended by Ord. 50-70, App. 3/2/70)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other ordinance or resolution relating to application fees payable to secure any permit or license, the Police Commission of the City and County of San Francisco shall from time to time when necessary, with the concurrence of the Controller, fix the fees to be charged by the Police Department when furnishing reproductions of reports, records, documents, data, other material and for the imprinting and processing of fingerprints.
Such fees shall be not less than the cost to the Police Department for the reproducing, processing and furnishing of such reports, records, documents, data, other material and for the imprinting and processing of fingerprints.
There shall be no charge to governmental agencies or other institutions affected with a public interest which in the opinion of the Chief of Police are entitled to such reproductions of reports, records, documents, data, other material and for the imprinting and processing of fingerprints, by reason of policy or reciprocation and for which the Police Department is not required to incur expenses in the reproducing, furnishing, imprinting or processing of such reports, records, documents, data, other material or fingerprints.
The Police Commission shall have full authority to adopt such rules, regulations and procedures as it deems necessary and properly related to the reproducing, furnishing and processing of said reproductions and shall have full authority to adopt rules, regulations and procedures for the imprinting and processing of fingerprints and the terms and conditions upon which said reproducing and furnishing of reports, records, documents, data, other material and the imprinting and processing of fingerprints shall be accomplished.
(Added by Ord. 225-71, App. 9/2/71)
The Recorder is hereby authorized to charge fees for the copying of the microfiche grantor-grantee index as follows:
Photocopy of such grantor-grantee index (per page) $1.00.
Such fees received by the Recorder shall be deposited with the County Treasurer. The Controller shall reimburse the Recorder for the costs of materials and for the costs of interdepartmental services which must be paid for by the Recorder in order to copy the index referred to in this section.
(Added by Ord. 489-76, App. 12/10/76)
(a) The Recorder is hereby authorized to charge an additional one dollar for filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record, as permitted by Subdivision (a) of Section 27361.4 of the Government Code of the State of California.
(b) There shall be established in the treasury of the City and County of San Francisco a special fund to be known as the Document Storage Conversion Fund into which shall be deposited all the additional fees collected by the Recorder under the statutory authority above-referenced. The monies received into this fund are to be used exclusively to defray the cost of converting the Recorder's documents to micrographics, which includes the purchasing of reader/printers and a rapid computer-assisted retrieval system; the hiring of personnel; and the funding for micrographic training expenses, cabinets for storage and other related supplies, equipment, furniture and moving expenses. The expenditures from said fund shall be in accordance with the budget and fiscal provisions of the Charter. Any balance remaining in the fund at the close of any fiscal year shall have been deemed to have been provided for a specific purpose within the meaning of Section 6.306 of the Charter and shall be carried forward and accumulated in said fund for the purpose recited above. Upon completion of the conversion and payment of the costs therefor the additional fees authorized by this section shall no longer be imposed and the fund shall be terminated.
(Added by Ord. 13-81, App. 1/7/81; amended by Ord. 420-93, App. 12/29/93)
(a) There shall be established in the treasury of the City and County of San Francisco a special fund to be known as the Recorder's Modernization Fund into which shall be deposited those portions of the fees collected by the Recorder that are described in Subsection (b) hereof. The monies received into this fund are to be used exclusively to pay the costs required to support, maintain, improve, and provide for the full operation for modernized creation, retention, and retrieval of information in the Recorder's system of recorded documents. The expenditures from said fund shall be in accordance with the budget and fiscal provisions of the Charter. Any balance remaining in the fund at the close of any fiscal year shall be deemed to have been provided for a specific purpose within the meaning of Section 6.306 of the Charter and shall be carried forward and accumulated in the fund for the purpose recited above.
(b) There shall be deposited into the Recorder's Modernization Fund the following:
(i) From the fees collected by the Recorder pursuant to the version of California Government Code Section 27361 that was adopted by Section 1 of Chapter 1156 of the Statutes of 1984 (which is operative until January 1, 1990, unless extended as provided therein), there shall be deposited $1 for each first page and $1 for each additional page or fraction of a page that is recorded; and
(ii) From the fees collected by the Recorder pursuant to the version of California Government Code Section 27361.3 that was adopted by Section 2 of Chapter 1156 of the Statutes of 1984 (which is operative until January 1, 1990, unless extended as provided therein), there shall be deposited $2 for each release of a lien, encumbrance or notice that is recorded.
(Added by Ord. 286-87, App. 7/2/87)
(a) In addition to all other fees authorized by law for the recording, filing or indexing of instruments, papers or notices, the Recorder is hereby authorized to charge a fee of $15 for the filing of a preliminary 20-day notice pursuant to Section 3097, Subdivision (o), Paragraph (1) of the California Civil Code.
(b) The additional $15 fees that are collected by the Recorder pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section 8.24-3 are to be used exclusively to defray the cost of implementing and maintaining a system to facilitate compliance with Section 3097, Subdivision (o), Paragraph (2) of the California Civil Code, which requires the mailing of certain notices to persons filing preliminary 20-day notices.
(Added by Ord. 316-88, App. 7/17/88)
(a) In addition to all other fees authorized by law for the recording, filing, or indexing of instruments, papers or notices for record, pursuant to Subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 27361.4 of the California Government Code, the Recorder is hereby authorized to charge the following additional fees:
(i) A fee of $1 for the filing of every instrument, paper, or notice for record, provided, however, that the Recorder's Office shall be open every business day except for legal holidays and those holidays designated as judicial holidays pursuant to Section 135 of the California Code of Civil Procedure;
(ii) A fee of $1 for the filing of every instrument, paper, or notice for record, provided, however, that every instrument, paper or notice charged with the additional fee hereby imposed shall be indexed within two business days after the date of recordation.
(b) There is hereby established in the treasury of the City and County of San Francisco a special fund to be known as the Recorder's Access and Indexing Fund into which shall be deposited all the additional fees collected pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section. The monies in this fund shall be appropriated solely to defray the costs of maintaining Recorder's office open to the public every business day (with the exception of legal holidays and judicial holidays) and to defray the costs of indexing every instrument, paper, or notice for record within two business days after the date of recordation. Expenditures from the fund shall be in accordance with the budget and fiscal provisions of the Charter. Any balance remaining in the fund at the close of any fiscal year shall be deemed to have been provided for a specific purpose within the meaning of Section 6.306 of the Charter and shall be carried forward and accumulated in said fund for the purposes recited above.
(Added by Ord. 420-93, App. 12/29/93)
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