Rules Committee Advances Sanctuary City Ordinance, Wharf Entertainment Zone

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee moved unanimously through a packed eight-item agenda Monday, but the headline was an ordinance that would bar city property from being used for federal civil immigration enforcement — a measure that drew an organized show of support from immigrant advocacy groups and is already rippling across the Bay Area. The committee also greenlit an entertainment zone designed to jolt Fisherman's Wharf's post-pandemic economy back to life and approved changes to how the Fire Department fills its top leadership ranks.

• Sanctuary city ordinance prohibiting use of city property for immigration enforcement advances with six co-sponsors

• Fisherman's Wharf Entertainment Zone created to boost small business revenue; all three committee members sign on as co-sponsors

• Fire Department wins broader applicant pool for vacant deputy chief post after supervisors press chief on recruitment shortage

• Immigrant advocacy coalition turns out four speakers urging protection for communities afraid to access city services

• Keontae Clark appointed to In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority

Supervisor Bilal Mahmoud introduced the meeting's most consequential item: an ordinance that would prohibit the use of city property for civil immigration enforcement, explicitly declaring such enforcement is not a city purpose and empowering the City Attorney to take action against unauthorized use of city facilities.