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(Amended by Ord. 346-80, App. 7/3/80)
Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 4101 through 4105 of the Building Code, Sections 713 through 714 of the Housing Code, or Sections 636 through 636.2 of the SF Police Code shall he charged with a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment, not exceeding 30 days, or by both fine and imprisonment, and shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day such violation, disobedience, omission, neglect or refusal shall continue.
(Amended by Ord. 537-85, App. 12/4/85)
[Fire and Police Alarms; False Alarms; Rewards]
(a) This Section 637 shall be known as the Caution Against Racial and Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act.
(b) Discriminatory Reports to Law Enforcement Prohibited. It shall be unlawful to knowingly cause a peace officer to arrive at a location to contact a person, with the specific intent to do any of the following on the basis of the person’s actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, place of birth, sex, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, weight, or height:
(1) Infringe upon the person’s rights under either the California Constitution or the United States Constitution;
(2) Discriminate against the person;
(3) Cause the person to feel harassed, humiliated, or embarrassed;
(4) Cause the person to be expelled from a place in which the person is lawfully located;
(5) Damage the person’s reputation or standing within the community; or
(6) Damage the person’s financial, economic, consumer, or business prospects or interests.
(c) Civil Cause of Action. Any aggrieved person may enforce the provisions of this Section 637 by means of a civil action.
(d) A person found to have violated subsection (b) in a cause of action under subsection (c) shall be liable to the aggrieved person for special and general damages, but in no case less than $1,000 plus attorneys’ fees and the costs of the action. In addition, punitive damages may be awarded in a proper case.
(e) Nothing in this Section 637 shall preclude any person from seeking any other remedies, penalties, or procedures provided by law.
(Added by Ord. 219-20, File No. 200735, App. 11/6/2020, Eff. 12/7/2020)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, or cause to be placed, any article or thing on or upon any sidewalk in such a manner as to interfere with or obstruct the free access or approach to any signal box of the Fire and Police Telegraph System; or without authority from the Chief of the Department of Electricity to run any wire or any of the telegraph poles or fixtures of said systems, or to run, erect or maintain any wire across or parallel with any wire of said system within a distance of four feet thereof; or without authority from the Chief of the Department of Electricity, to break, remove or injure or cause to be broken, removed or injured, any of the parts or appurtenances of said system; or without authority, to make, or fit, or cause to be made or fitted, any key to lock of any signal box of said system; or, without authority, to have or retain in his possession any key belonging to or fitted to the lock of any such signal box; or to pick or force the lock of any such signal box.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
It shall be unlawful for any person wilfully to make or cause to be made any false alarm of fire or any false call for police assistance, or for the police patrol wagon, or for any hospital ambulance of the Department of Public Health, by means of city or any telegraph or telephone systems, or any other way.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
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