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The Retirement Board of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby commended for its efforts in support of the MacBride Principles (with the exception of Principle E, as listed in Section 12F.3 of this Code) and the addition of the Principles to the Social Investment Policy of the Retirement Board. The Retirement Board is encouraged to take further steps to support these Principles by moving to the next level of the Social Investment Procedures which will be to actively promote proxies which would conform with the policy position of the Retirement Board, and by encouraging businesses with whom it deals, and in whom it invests, likewise to support the MacBride Principles.
(Added by Ord. 107-89, App. 4/7/89)
All contracts entered into by a department head or officer empowered by law to enter into contracts on behalf of the City and County for public works or improvements to be performed, for a franchise, concession or lease of property, or for goods and services or supplies to be purchased at the expense of the City and County, or to be paid out of monies deposited in the Treasury or out of trust monies under the control or collected by the City and County, shall contain a statement urging companies doing business in Northern Ireland to move toward resolving employment inequities, and encouraging them to abide by the MacBride Principles. Each of these statements shall also urge San Francisco companies to do business with corporations that abide by the MacBride Principles. Above the signature line for use by contractors on each contract shall be placed an acknowledgment confirming that they have read and understood the City's statement urging companies doing business in Northern Ireland to move toward resolving employment inequities, encouraging compliance with the MacBride Principles, and urging San Francisco companies to do business with corporations that abide by the MacBride Principles.
(Added by Ord. 107-89, App. 4/7/89)
(a) The Board of Supervisors shall send, and the Mayor is asked to join in, a letter to all United States corporations listed by the Investment Responsibility Research Center as doing business in Northern Ireland. This letter shall state the City's support for the MacBride Principles and urge the corporations to abide by the Principles. The letter shall ask that each recipient company sign and return to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors a statement agreeing to the Principles. Each letter will clearly state that the Board shall evaluate the issue further in one year, and may amend the City's policies regarding implementation of the MacBride Principles in light of the progress made with regard to the elimination of employment inequities in Northern Ireland.
(b) The Clerk of the Board shall report to the Board of Supervisors by July 1, 1989 and by January 1, 1990 on the letters that were sent as required in the immediately preceding paragraph, and on any responses received. The Controller shall report to the Board of Supervisors by July 1, 1989 and by January 1, 1990 on the number of companies with whom the City is doing business who are conducting business in Northern Ireland.
(c) The City Treasurer shall sent a statement to banks with whom the City has deposits and encourage them to do business with corporations that abide by the MacBride Principles.
(d) The Board of Supervisors, through the Clerk of the Board, shall send a letter to the government of the United Kingdom conveying a copy of this legislation and expressing opposition to religious discrimination.
(Added by Ord. 107-89, App. 4/7/89)
The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.
(Added by Ord. 107-89, App. 4/7/89)