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Board moves to separate public-advocate and police-accountability measures; hearings continued after heavy public comment
Summary
After hours of public comment and closed-door talks, supervisors amended and agreed to continue both a public-advocate charter amendment and a standalone Department of Police Accountability charter measure to later committee hearings to finalize language and consider voter submission.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 26 advanced separate charter amendments to restructure city oversight of policing and to update the public-advocate office after a large, often emotional public comment period.
Supervisor London Breed and Supervisor Jane Kim introduced a revised public-advocate measure while Supervisor Jane Kim and Supervisor London Breed worked with Supervisor Sandra Cohen on a separate proposal to convert the city’s Office of Citizens’ Complaints into a Department of Police Accountability with independent hiring and budget authority. Those parallel measures drew large crowds: residents,…
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