Policy Proposal Process

The SFWPC Policy Committee has a process to engage, track, and advocate around local and state legislation.

Policy Agenda

The SFWPC Policy Agenda guides SFWPC’s decision-making about which policies to engage in, whether that be to support, oppose or take an alternative action. The Policy Agenda is updated each year by the Co-Chairs and members of the Policy Committee. It is released no later than three-months after the new SFWPC Board term begins. The Policy Agenda must receive a two-thirds majority vote by the SFWPC board for approval. 

Policy Proposals

SFWPC is committed to transparency in our process. See the policy proposal form for more details about our policy process and to submit a policy proposal.

Policy Process

At a high-level, we will adhere to the following process prior to deciding to engage in a policy issue or take a position:

1. Board members and Policy Committee members may submit a policy proposal for consideration by the Policy Committee using the policy proposal form by the third Monday of the month.
2. The Policy Committee meets the third Thursday of the month to consider policy proposals and actions recommended made by the submitter (i.e. support, oppose or watch a bill, ordinance, resolution or other policy efforts). Discussion about the issues will occur during these meetings. After that, SFWPC dues-paying members in the Policy Committee vote on the actions recommended by the submitter.
3. The Policy Co-Chairs will inform the Board of the Committee’s recommendation and initiate an up-down electronic vote by the Board to approve or oppose the recommendation. The Board will have 48 hours to vote.

Please note that submitting a policy proposal does not guarantee support from the Policy Committee or Board. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to reach out to Kudrat Kontilis-Chaudhary at kudrat@sfwpc.org or Darion Johnston at darion@sfwpc.org