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The following definitions were amended or added by the Ordinance: “ ‘Custodial
relationship’ means, with respect to a child and a tenant, that the tenant is a legal guardian
of the child, or has a court-recognized caregiver authorization affidavit for the child, or
has provided full-time custodial care of the child pursuant to an agreement with the
child’s legal guardian or court-recognized caregiver and has been providing that care for
at least one year or half of the child’s lifetime, whichever is less. [¶] ‘Educator’ means
any person who works at a school in San Francisco as an employee or independent
contractor of the school or of the governing body that has jurisdiction over the school,
including, without limitation, all teachers, classroom aides, administrators, administrative
staff, counselors, social workers, psychologists, school nurses, speech pathologists,
custodians, security guards, cafeteria workers, community relations specialists, child
welfare and attendance liaisons, and learning support consultants. [¶] ‘Family
relationship’ means that the person is the parent, grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, or
uncle of the child or educator, or the spouse or domestic partner of such relations. [¶]
‘School’ means any state-licensed child care center, state-licensed family day care, and/or
any public, private, or parochial institution that provides educational instruction for
students in any or all of the grades from kindergarten through twelfth grade. [¶] ‘School
year’ means the first day of instruction for the Fall Semester through the last day of
instruction for the Spring Semester, as posted on the San Francisco Unified School
District website for each year.” (S.F. Admin. Code, § 37.9, subd. (j)(4).)
Prior to enactment of the Ordinance, San Francisco Administrative Code section
37.9, subdivision (j) provided a defense to owner move-in evictions if a child under 18
resided in the unit and had a custodial or familial relationship with a tenant, the tenant
had resided in the unit for 12 or more months, and the effective date of the notice of
termination fell during the school year.