SEC. 4.132. EXECUTIVE BRANCH REORGANIZATION.
§ 4.132
The Mayor may reorganize executive-branch duties and functions by notifying the Board of Supervisors; the reorganization takes effect after 30 days unless the Board disapproves. Any reorganization must transfer affected civil-service employees without harming their status or benefits, and must transfer unexpended budget balances for their original purposes.
The Mayor can shuffle duties and jobs around between city departments by giving the Board of Supervisors notice. The change happens 30 days later unless the Board votes to stop it. When this happens, any city workers doing those jobs have to move with them, but their pay, job level, and retirement benefits stay the same. Any leftover money in the budget for those jobs also transfers over, and it can only be spent on what it was originally approved for.
- Controversial:Executive reorganization power is a matter of government structure and authority that reasonable San Franciscans may debate regarding checks and balances.
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Official text
The Mayor, by issuing a notice to the Board of Supervisors, may reorganize duties and functions between departments and other units of government within the executive branch. Such reorganization shall become effective 30 days after its issuance unless disapproved by the Board of Supervisors during that time.
A proposed reorganization shall provide for the transfer of:
1. Civil service employees who are engaged in the performance of a function or duty transferred to another office, agency or department; such transfer shall not adversely affect status, position, compensation or pension or retirement rights and privileges;
2. Any unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available for use in connection with any office, agency, department or function affected by the reorganization; any unexpended balance so transferred shall be used only for the purpose for which the appropriation was originally made, except as this Charter otherwise permits.