Department of Elections
Ballot Simplification Committee
ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY
Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available.
Upon request, American sign language interpreters and/or sound enhancement systems will be available. Please contact Gerry Ashley at 415-554-4382, Gerard Gleason at 415-554-4381 or Eugene Tom at 415 554-6105, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Late request will be honored if possible.
Upon request, minutes of the meetings are available in alternative formats. If you require the use of a reader during a meeting, please contact Gerry Ashley at 415-554-4382, Gerard Gleason at 415-554-4381 or Eugene Tom at 415 554-6105 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Late request will be honored if possible.
Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities may call Gerry Ashley at 415-554-4382, Gerard Gleason at 415-554-4381 or Eugene Tom at 415 554-6105 to discuss meeting accessibility. In order to assist the City?s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.
The closest accessible BART station is located in the Civic Center at Market and Eight Streets. Accessible MUNI lines serving the location are Nos. 42 and 90. For information about MUNI accessible services call 415-923-6142.
Accessible parking is available at the following locations: two (2) designated blue curb spaces on the southwest corner of McAllister Street at Van Ness Avenue; and the Performing Arts Garage (entrance on Grove Street between Franklin and Gough Streets, immediately behind the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center).
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
Government?s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commission, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people?s business. The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to people?s review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall, Administrator, by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 234, by phone at 415-554-7724, by fax at 554-5163, or by email at [email protected]
Citizens interested on obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Donna Hall or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet at http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=4459
SAN FRANCISCO LOBBYIST ORDINANCE
Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislation or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Admin §16.520-16.534} to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 1390 Market Street, Suite 701, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone 415-554-9510, fax 415 703-1=0121 and web site http://www.sfbos.org/sunshineethics/
