Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting

We encourage the public to submit comments before the meeting. You can:

• Email us at civilservice@sfgov.org
• Call the Commission's main office at 628-652-1100 and leave a message
• Call the Commission's dedicated public comment line at 415-655-0001 and enter the access code.

If you submit your comment by 5 pm the Friday before the meeting, it will be included in the record.

Follow these steps to call in

• Call 415-655-0001 and enter the access code
• Press #
• Press # again to be connected to the meeting (you will hear a beep)

Make a public comment 

• After you've joined the call, listen to the meeting and wait until it's time for public comment
• When the clerk announces it's time for public comment, dial *3 to get added to the speaker line
• You will hear “You have raised your hand to ask a question. Please wait to speak until the host calls on you"
• When you hear "Your line has been unmuted," you can make your public comment

When you call

• Make sure you're in a quiet place
• Speak slowly and clearly
• Turn off any TVs or radios
• Speak to the Commission as a whole, not to specific Commissioners

Read the complete policies and procedures for Civil Service Commission hearings.

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.

For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:

Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Administrator
City Hall – Room 244
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA  94102-4683
415-554-7724 (Office)
415-554-7854 (Fax)
E-mail: SOTF@sfgov.org

Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library, and on the City’s website.

Copies of explanatory documents are available to the public.

Location

The Civil Service Commission normally meets in Room 400 (Fourth Floor) City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. City Hall is wheelchair accessible. When we don't meet in this room, our meetings are in the Civic Center area.

Transportation

BART

Closest station is Civic Center, which is 2.5 blocks from City Hall

MUNI lines

• 7 Van Ness Avenue
• 9 San Bruno
• 71 Haight/Noriega
• METRO stations Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center

For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 415-923-6142.

Parking

Accessible curbside parking is available near City Hall next to Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue.

Allergies and environmental illness

You can get help if you have:

• Severe allergies
• Environmental illness
• Multiple chemical sensitivity
• Related disabilities

Contact our ADA coordinator:

• Phone: 628-652-1100
• Email: civilservice@sfgov.org

We can discuss ways to make the meeting accessible to you.

Deaf or hard of hearing

On request, we can provide:

• American Sign Language interpreters
• Use of a reader during a meeting
• A sound enhancement system
• Alternative formats of the agenda and minutes

Please contact the Commission office to make arrangements.

• Phone: 628-652-1100
• Email: civilservice@sfgov.org

Late requests will be honored, if possible.

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity.

For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact:

San Francisco Ethics Commission
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-252-3100
Fax: 415-252-3112