(a) Establishment of Fund. The District Attorney Neighborhood Justice Fund is established as a category eight fund to receive all community restitution payments collected from participants in the Neighborhood Courts Program, as established in Section 10.100-295, to resolve eligible misdemeanor offenses. All community restitution payments collected from participants in the Neighborhood Courts Program to resolve eligible misdemeanor offenses shall be deposited into the District Attorney Neighborhood Justice Fund account. Monies previously being held in the Mayor's Community Support Fund account shall be deposited in the District Attorney Neighborhood Justice Fund account.
(b) Use of Funds. The District Attorney shall expend the monies in the District Attorney Neighborhood Justice Fund to enhance the safety, livability, and cohesion of San Francisco's neighborhoods. The District Attorney shall establish guidelines for the disbursement of monies consistent with these purposes. No cost that may be incurred by any City department in administering these monies shall be recovered therefrom.
(c) Exceptions to Fund Category. The District Attorney may disburse monies consistent with the guidelines referenced in subsection (b), provided that any single expenditure in excess of $5,000 may not be disbursed without prior approval of the Board of Supervisors.
(Added as Sec. 10.100-95 by Ord. 316-00, File No. 001911, App. 12/28/2000; amended by Ord. 189-05, File No. 051001, App. 7/29/2005; redesignated and amended by Ord. 150-16
, File No. 160633, App. 8/1/2016, Eff. 8/31/2016)