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San Francisco County Municipal Code § 38 Enforcement of Litter Laws; Designated Officers and

San Francisco County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-22 · San Francisco County

Cite as: San Francisco County Municipal Code § 38 · Text as of 2026-10-22

EMPLOYEES. The classes of officers or employees of the City and County of San Francisco hereinbelow set forth may have the duty of enforcing those provisions of state law or the San Francisco Municipal Code which relate to abatement of nuisance conditions on public property or the littering of private or public property, including, but not limited to, streets, sidewalks, parks, squares or recreation areas within said City and County, the removal or abatement of any such litter from said private or public property or the unauthorized use of litter receptacles. In addition to any other authority provided by state law or the Municipal Code, each of these classes of officers or employees may also issue citations imposing administrative penalties authorized by Section 39-1. Classification Number Class Title Classification Number Class Title 0922 Manager I (positions assigned to the Recreation and Park Department only) 0932 Manager IV (positions assigned to the Department of Public Works only) 0933 Manager V (positions assigned to the Department of Public Works only) 0941 Manager VI (positions assigned to the Department of Public Works only) 0954 Deputy Director (positions assigned to the Department of Public Works only) 0964 Director of Public Works 1310 Public Relations Assistant (positions assigned to the Department of Public Works only) 1312 Public Information Officer (positions assigned to the Department of Public Works only) 1314 Public Relations Officer (positions assigned to the Department of Public Works only) 2716 Custodial Assistant Supervisor 2917 Program Support Analyst 3234 Harbormaster 3292 Assistant Superintendent, Recreation

6120 Environmental Health Inspector 6122 Senior Environmental Health Inspector 6124 Principal Environmental Health Inspector 6126 Chief, Bureau of Environmental Health Services 6127 Assistant Chief, Bureau of Environmental Health Services 6230 Street Inspector 6231 Senior Street Inspector 6232 Street Inspector Supervisor 7215 General Laborer Supervisor I 7281 Street Cleaning Supervisor II 7514 General Laborer (receiving lead pay only) 8208 Park Patrol Officer 8210 Head Park Patrol Officer H4 Inspector, Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety H22 Lieutenant, Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety H32 Captain, Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety H40 Battalion Chief, Fire Department H50 Assistant Chief, Fire Department

(Added by Ord. 76-87, App. 3/20/87; amended by Ord. 175-92, App. 6/16/92; Ord. 87-03, File No. 030482, App. 5/9/2003; Ord. 283-13 , File No. 131032, App. 12/26/2013, Eff. 1/25/2014)

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