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Every person, firm, or corporation registering as a fixed patrol business or as a street patrol business shall pay to the Tax Collector a registration fee of $100 annually, payable in advance.
The registration fee prescribed in this Article is due and payable on a yearly basis, starting January 1, 1973. Fees for new registrations issued after the first day of January, 1973, or in any subsequent calendar year, shall be prorated with regard to the calendar year on a monthly basis.
(Added by Ord. 312-72, App. 11/2/72)
This Article does not apply to private investigators as defined in Section 7521(a) of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California, to insurance adjusters as defined in Section 7521(d) of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California, or to repossessors as defined in Section 7521(e) of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California.
(Added by Ord. 31-272, App. 11/2/72)
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Article or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Article or any part thereof. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective.
(Added by Ord. 312-72, App. 11/2/72)
The provisions of Section 1750 of this Article shall not be effective for 60 days from the effective date of this Article as it relates to registration of a fixed patrol business or street patrol business.
(Added by Ord. 312-72, App. 11/2/72)
It shall be unlawful for any armed guard, while in any place in the City and County of San Francisco, to draw or exhibit other than in a holster any firearm except in lawful response to an actual and specific threat to a person or persons.
(Added by Ord. 312-72, App. 11/2/72; amended by Ord. 218-23, File No. 230708, App. 11/3/2023, Eff. 12/4/2023)
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, or association which employs or utilizes armed guards to require, allow or permit any such guard, while in any place in the City and County of San Francisco, to draw or exhibit other than in a holster any firearm except in lawful response to an actual and specific threat to a person or persons. In any prosecution for violation of this Section 1750.20, proof that such person, corporation, partnership, or association did not, at the time a guard unlawfully drew or exhibited a firearm, have a written rule prohibiting such acts, shall be prima facie evidence that such person, corporation, partnership or association required, allowed or permitted such conduct.
(Added by Ord. 312-72, App. 11/2/72; amended by Ord. 218-23, File No. 230708, App. 11/3/2023, Eff. 12/4/2023)
(a) The Police Department (“SFPD”) shall, in consultation with the Controller’s Office, perform an analysis of this Article 25 that identifies: 1) the current state of implementation; 2) the desired state of implementation; and 3) the gaps in its implementation. This implementation analysis shall include, at a minimum, assessment of the need for, and recommendations for: development of an SFPD registration process; development of SFPD internal procedures to manage and sustain other mandates of Article 25; guidelines for denial or revocation of registrations for failing to comply with Article 25; an appellate process for denied or revoked registrations; non-discrimination and elimination of bias requirements for businesses and individuals subject to registration under Article 25; penalties for engaging in discriminatory practices, and for the drawing of firearms in violation of Article 25; and a complaint process for any alleged violations of Article 25, including but not limited to violations of non-discrimination provisions. The analysis shall also include a comprehensive plan, with strategic and operational components, an assessment of staffing needs, and a cost analysis, that focuses on feasible implementation of this Article.
(b) The analysis required under subsection (a) shall be completed and submitted to the Board of Supervisors no later than six months from the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 210869 enacting this Section 1750.21.
(Added by Ord. 13-22, File No. 210869, App. 2/11/2022, Eff. 3/14/2022)