San Francisco supervisors reopen public comment, then table motions on mayoral emergency proclamation and curfew after hours of testimony and criticism

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors reconvened on June 3 to act on two motions related to a mayoral proclamation of a local emergency and a curfew first issued May 31, then spent more than two hours hearing police and public testimony before voting to table both items.

The board reopened public comment at the start of the session and heard more than 40 speakers, including journalists, neighborhood residents and organizers of the youth‑led protest that drew thousands to the Mission District on June 2. Many called the protest “overwhelmingly peaceful” and criticized the city’s use of a curfew, arrests of demonstrators and the detention of at least one reporter.

Chief William Scott of the San Francisco Police Department told supervisors the demonstration began about 3 p.m. at 18th and Dolores, drew “thousands” and was by and large peaceful. He said officers encountered scattered incidents of objects thrown at officers, two small fires earlier in the night and what officers believed to be people carrying accelerants. Scott said a tactical decision near the end of the night led officers to detain and cite people under the city’s curfew ordinance: “Out of those, 26 people were detained; 23 were cited and released,” he said. Scott said one detained person was a juvenile who was released to…