CHAPTER 102:
OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES COUNCIL

 

Sec. 102.1.	Our Children, Our Families Council; Goals and Purpose.
Sec. 102.2.	City Members.
Sec. 102.3.	School District Members.
Sec. 102.4.	Public Members.
Sec. 102.5.	Governance.
Sec. 102.6.	Functions and Duties.
Sec. 102.7.	Children and Families Plan.

 

SEC. 102.1. OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES COUNCIL; GOALS AND PURPOSE.

   (a)   Charter Section 16.127-2 creates the Our Children, Our Families Council ("the Council"). Additional Charter sections set out the composition and the powers and duties of the Council. Charter Section 16.127-7 states that the Board of Supervisors shall, by ordinance, further provide for the membership, structure, functions and support of the Council.

   (b)   In order to advance a Citywide vision centered on the needs of children, youth, and families, City leaders and departments, the San Francisco Unified School District ("SFUSD"), and community partners must come together to coordinate their efforts across agencies and develop a strategy for achieving shared goals. The purpose of the Children and Families Plan to be developed by the Council will be to create an aligned and connected system of programs and services, in order to strengthen the City's ability to best serve children, youth and their families, with the specific goals of promoting coordination among and increased accessibility to such programs and services, and enhancing their overall effectiveness. In order to ensure that all children and youth in every neighborhood, especially those neighborhoods with the greatest needs, have access to the resources to achieve, the Council will be responsible for developing a Citywide vision, Citywide shared priorities, Citywide program goals, and Citywide best practices for addressing those needs.

(Added by Ord. 58-15 , File No. 150222, App. 5/8/2015, Eff. 6/7/2015)

SEC. 102.2. CITY MEMBERS.

   (a)   The Mayor shall be a voting member of the Council.

   (b)   The Mayor shall appoint the heads of the following City departments to serve by virtue of their offices as voting members of the Council:

      (1)   Children, Youth and Their Families;

      (2)   Public Health;

      (3)   General Services Agency;

      (4)   Human Services Agency;

      (5)   Juvenile Probation;

      (6)   Mayor's Office of Early Care and Education;

      (7)   Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development;

      (8)   Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development;

      (9)   Municipal Transportation Authority;

      (10)   Planning;

      (11)   Police;

      (12)   Public Library; and,

      (13)   Recreation and Parks.

If any of these departments or agencies are later eliminated or reorganized, the Mayor may appoint to the Council the head of a successor department or agency.

(Added by Ord. 58-15 , File No. 150222, App. 5/8/2015, Eff. 6/7/2015)