SEC. 4.117. ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION.
§ 4.117
The Entertainment Commission consists of seven members: four nominated by the Mayor (subject to Board of Supervisors approval) and three appointed directly by the Board of Supervisors. Members represent neighborhood associations, entertainment groups, urban planning, law enforcement, and public health, with staggered terms and removal procedures specified by law.
San Francisco has an Entertainment Commission with seven voting members. The Mayor picks four people and the Board of Supervisors picks three. The Mayor's picks must be approved by the Board within 60 days; if the Board doesn't act, the Mayor's nominee automatically gets approved. Each side appoints people to represent different groups: neighborhoods, entertainment industry, urban planning, law enforcement, and public health. Initial members serve different term lengths (2, 3, or 4 years) to stagger when they rotate off; after that, new members serve 4-year terms. The Mayor can suspend his or her appointees and the Board can fire them only under separate rules. The Board can suspend its own appointees with six votes and remove them under separate rules.
- Complex:The section involves multiple cross-references (Section 15.105), overlapping appointment and approval procedures, and staggered term mechanics that require careful parsing to understand the full governance structure.
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Official text
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission shall consist of seven members nominated and appointed pursuant to this section. The Mayor shall nominate four members to the commission, and the Board of Supervisors shall appoint, by motion, three other members to the commission. Each nomination of the Mayor shall be subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors, and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days. If the Board of Supervises fails to act on a mayoral nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, the nominee shall be deemed approved. Appointments to the commission shall become effective on the date the Board of Supervisors adopts a motion approving the nomination or on the 61st day following the date the mayoral nomination was transmitted to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors if the Board of Supervisors fails to act upon the nomination prior to such date.
Of the four members nominated by the Mayor, the Mayor shall nominate one member to represent the interests of City neighborhood associations or groups, one member to represent the interests of entertainment associations or groups, one member to represent the interests of the urban planning community, and one member to represent the interests of the law enforcement community. Of the three members of the commission appointed by the Board of Supervisors, one member shall represent the interests of City neighborhood associations or groups, one member shall represent the interests of entertainment associations or groups, and one member shall represent the interests of the public health community.
To stagger the terms of the members, the initial appointments to the commission shall be as follows: the Mayor shall nominate two members to serve terms of four years, one member to serve a term of three years, and one member to serve a term of two years. Of the three remaining members of the commission, the Board of Supervisors shall appoint one member to serve a term of four years, one member to serve a term of three years, and one member to serve a term of two years. Except for appointments to fill a vacancy, all subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four years.
Members of the commission nominated by the Mayor may be suspended by the Mayor and removed by the Board of Supervisors only as set forth in Section 15.105. Members of the commission appointed directly by the Board of Supervisors may be suspended by a motion of the Board of Supervisors approved by six votes and may be removed by the Board of Supervisors only as set forth in Section 15.105.
(Added November 2002)