The Task Force shall consist of the following 12 voting members.
(a) Seats 1, 2, and 3 shall be held by persons with experience or expertise relevant to multifaceted approaches to addressing harms related to street-level drug dealing, and shall have a background in law enforcement, reentry, public health, harm reduction, community-based accountability, and/or restorative justice, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
(b) Seats 4, 5 and 6 shall be held by persons who are directly impacted by the harms related to street-level drug dealing, and who are persons at-risk for experiencing crime, formerly incarcerated people or their family members, individuals with past experiences of substance addiction, or members of other vulnerable communities, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
(c) Seat 7 shall be held by a person with experience relevant to street-level drug dealing, including people with experience as or with former street-level drug distributors, economics of street-level drug distribution, and/or local drug distribution practices, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
(d) Seats 8 and 9 shall be held by persons who are directly impacted by the harms related to street-level drug dealing in the neighborhoods of the Tenderloin, Mid-Market, South of Market, and/or Civic Center, and who are residents or small business owners in those neighborhoods, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
(e) Seat 10 shall be held by an employee of the San Francisco Police Department, appointed by the Chief of Police.
(f) Seat 11 shall be held by an employee of the Public Defender’s Office, appointed by the Public Defender.
(g) Seat 12 shall be held by an employee of the District Attorney’s Office, appointed by the District Attorney.
Seats 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 shall not be held by employees of the City and County of San Francisco. Seats 3 and 6 may but need not be held by employees of the City.
In making appointments to the Task Force, the appointing authorities shall give preference to residents of the Tenderloin, Civic Center, Mid-Market, and South of Market neighborhoods.
(Added by Ord. , File No. 190840, App. 10/11/2019, Eff. 11/11/2019)
(Former Sec. 5.22-2 added by Ord. , File No. 150431, App. 6/18/2015, Eff. 7/18/2015; expired 1/18/2016)
