SEC. 18.103. TRANSFER OF 1932 CHARTER SECTIONS TO ORDINANCE AND INITIATIVE ORDINANCES.
§ 18.103
This section converts specific sections of San Francisco's 1932 Charter into municipal ordinances that the Board of Supervisors can amend, while maintaining that the Charter prevails if there is any conflict with those ordinances. It also specifies that voter-approved initiatives are to be published and codified as initiative ordinances rather than as part of the Charter itself.
When San Francisco adopted this new Charter, certain rules from the old 1932 Charter were turned into regular ordinances (laws that the Board of Supervisors can change). If any of these ordinances clash with the Charter, the Charter wins. The section also says that when voters pass initiative laws, those should be published and organized with other ordinances in the city's official law books, and labeled as 'initiative ordinances' so people know they came from voters, not the Board.
- Complex:The section consists largely of an unstructured list of 80+ Charter section references with varying formats (single sections, ranges, and partial sections), making it difficult to parse without the original 1932 Charter document.
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Official text
The following sections of the Charter of 1932 shall be deemed enacted into ordinance and may be amended by the Board of Supervisors on the operative date of this Charter; provided, however, that in the instance of conflict or inconsistency between the ordinance or a portion of the ordinance and this Charter, this Charter shall prevail:
1.103
2.101
2.203
2.203-3
3.100, paragraph 8, sentences 5 – 6
3.201
3.301 – 3.303, inclusive
3.402
3.501
3.502
3.523
3.529
3.531
3.533 – 3.535, inclusive
3.537 – 3.539, inclusive
3.540 – 3.547, inclusive
3.551 – 3.552
3.560
3.570 – 3.572, inclusive
3.590 – 3.599, inclusive
3.601
3.621 – 3.624, inclusive
3.631, 3.632, and 3.634
3.640 – 3.641, inclusive
3.642, second sentence only
3.680, third paragraph only
3.691 – 3.694, inclusive
3.698.1 – 3.698.3, inclusive
3.699-2
3.707
6.207
6.300 – 6.304, inclusive
6.306 – 6.310, inclusive
6.312 – 6.313
6.400 – 6.403, inclusive
6.407 – 6.408, inclusive
6.410
7.100 – 7.104, inclusive
7.200 – 7.203, inclusive
7.205 – 7.206, inclusive
7.304
7.306
7.308
7.400 – 7.405, inclusive
7.600 – 7.606, inclusive
7.701 – 7.703, inclusive
8.104
8.106
8.311
8.410 – 8.411
9.104, fifth paragraph only
9.113 – 9.115, inclusive
Ordinances and policy declarations adopted by the voters shall not be published as part of this Charter, in an appendix or otherwise, but shall be published as provided in this Charter for other ordinances, and shall be included in any codification of ordinances as provided in this Charter and be designated as initiative ordinances.