We have been attending the SF ACW meetings and nothing, NOTHING, has happened yet. We are not giving up! This is a minimum of what we want to happen:
1) SF ACC to reverse the policy changes in regards to feral queens and kittens.
2) SF ACC to reinstate contacting Volunteer Trappers when member of the public call in about feral mom cats and/or kittens.
3) Reverse Call Interested Person (CIP) changes.
These changes make it more difficult for anyone who turns in a homeless animal to prevent that animal from being euthanized. SF ACC is giving themselves the power to refuse to return the stray animal to the person who brought it in. As a result, a volunteer with an SF ACC rescue partner states they are now very hesitant to recommend people bring cats to the city shelter. Further, the new “Good Samaritan” policy (which replaces CIP) has language that is trying to categorize feral cats as wildlife, rather than domestic cats that are homeless
4) Set up an oversight committee with power to oversee and insure that laws are being followed in regards to animal welfare, that data and statistics (including medical data) are accurately collected and available to the public.
5) All recent SF ACC policy changes be reverted back and not allowed to be made without public meetings that include input from volunteers, the rescue community, the public, the ACC Advisory Commission and approved by the oversight committee.
There is a more detailed legislative proposal here.