The San Francisco Administrative Code bars the City from entering into contracts with automatic renewal of a contract’s term and requires a statement regarding the MacBride Principles be inserted into City contracts.

This ordinance would approve waiver of those requirements in a contract with the American Registry of Internet Addresses for the assignment of Internet addresses.

The ordinance concentrates management and payment of Internet address services under the Department of Technology by bringing separate department accounts into a managed account for internal network use and by establishing a public-facing network account for free WiFi services.

The ARIN operates a pro forma contract essential for assigning and managing Internet addresses. The City departments previously had separate ARIN agreements, which this ordinance aims to unify under the Department of Technology for efficiency and cost reduction.

The ordinance becomes effective after 30 days from enactment, which occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, returns it unsigned, does not sign it within 10 days, or if the Board of Supervisors overrides a Mayoral veto.

The ordinance allows the Board of Supervisors to authorize the Executive Director of the Department of Technology to execute ARIN Agreements for up to 20 years and allows modifications to this form so long as they do not materially decrease the City's rights or materially increase its liabilities.