SEC. 10.100. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
§ 10.100
San Francisco establishes a five-member Civil Service Commission appointed by the Mayor to recruit qualified people for city jobs. Commissioners serve six-year terms, must include at least two women, and must swear opposition to political patronage. Meetings are open to the public and held outside standard business hours to allow public participation.
The city creates a five-person Civil Service Commission whose job is to find and recommend qualified people for city jobs. The Mayor picks the commissioners for six-year terms, and at least two must be women. Before starting, commissioners must promise under oath that they won't hire people based on politics. The commission holds public meetings at times when regular workers and the public can attend (after 5 p.m. or before 8 a.m.), and anyone involved in a case gets to speak before the commission makes a decision.
- Could be simpler:The phrase 'Civil Service Commission which is charged with the duty of providing qualified persons for appointment to the service of the City and County' could be more directly stated as 'to recruit and recommend qualified candidates for city jobs.'
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Official text
There is hereby established a Civil Service Commission which is charged with the duty of providing qualified persons for appointment to the service of the City and County.
The Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Mayor, pursuant to Section 3.100, for six-year terms. Not less than two members of the Commission shall be women.
The persons so appointed shall, before taking office, make under oath and file in the office of the County Clerk the following declaration: "I am opposed to appointments to the public service as a reward for political activity and will execute the office of Civil Service Commissioner in the spirit of this declaration."
A commissioner may be removed only upon charges preferred in the same manner as in this Charter provided for elective officers.
The regular meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public and held at such a time as will give the general public and employees of the City and County adequate time within which to appear before the Commission after the regular daily working hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Such person or persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard by the Commission before final action is taken in any case involving such person or persons.