The Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 on Sept. 29 to send to the full Board an ordinance to add Protecting San Francisco, a nonprofit supporting deputy sheriffs and their families, to the list of organizations eligible for city employee payroll-deduction donations.

The measure would amend the Administrative Code to include Protecting San Francisco among organizations city officers and employees may support by payroll deduction. Chair Supervisor Shamone Walton moved to send the item to the full board with a recommendation; Vice Chair Supervisor Steven Sherrill and President Rafael Mandelmann voted aye. The committee recorded the motion as passing "without objection." The committee clerk noted items acted on Sept. 29 are expected to appear on the Board agenda on Oct. 7, 2025.

Ken Lamba, who identified himself as president of Protecting San Francisco and president of the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs Association, told the committee the nonprofit's work includes funeral assistance for deputies, financial help for deputies with medical emergencies, toy drives, distribution of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, and meals for deputies working on holidays. "My name is Ken Lamba. I'm president of Protecting San Francisco. Also, I'm president of a labor organization, the San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs Association," he said.

Tom O'Connor, a retired San Francisco firefighter and member of the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation, urged approval and described prior benefits his organization received from similar payroll-deduction access. "I urge you to help pass this ordinance so the sheriff's department can continue donating to such important organizations and causes that touch so many lives," O'Connor said.

Committee members, including President Rafael Mandelmann, who asked to be added as a cosponsor, expressed support and moved the item forward without additional changes. The ordinance text as presented to the committee would add Protecting San Francisco to the city's combined charities payroll-deduction catalog; the committee did not amend the draft language during the meeting.

If approved by the full Board, the change would permit city employees to designate regular payroll-deduction contributions to Protecting San Francisco through the city's combined charitable giving program. The committee record did not specify any implementation timeline or administrative steps beyond referral to the full Board, nor did it list an Administrative Code section number beyond the ordinance description presented at the hearing.