Animal Care And Control Department Report of the 1999-2000 San Francisco Civil Grand Jury

Conclusions 1

• CL1
  (1) The Civil Grand Jury finds that the ACCD is doing an excellent job of carrying out their departmental duties. (2) Though no major shortcomings were observed in the Tax Collector's administration of the dog licensing program, improvements in program implementation are possible. The ACCD, which has a more vested interest in the goals and outcomes of the dog licensing program, is a more logical owner of the program. The benefits of the ACCD handling the dog licensing program would include: a likely increase in the number of dogs licensed, resulting in increase to concurrent benefits for dog guardian/owners and general public health considerations; better statistics on dog populations and dog guardian/owner populations, which would allow for better planning and development of public policy; better education and outreach opportunities; increased revenues, which could not only make the dog license program self-supporting but ensure that animal populations continue to be served 24 hours a day, seven days a week; a probable reduction in use of General Fund monies by ACCD; possible increase in revenues to the Tax Collector due to increased attention to other priorities such as delinquent revenue.