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Commission approves minutes, votes to hold closed sessions and declines to disclose two closed-session matters
Summary
The commission approved the March 12 minutes, voted to hold two closed sessions and, after closed session, announced it unanimously upheld an existing policy in one matter and voted not to comply with or disclose material requested by the Sunshine Task Force in another matter.
At the March 26 meeting the San Francisco Fire Commission completed several formal votes.
Minutes: The commission voted to approve the minutes from the regular meeting on March 12, 2025. Commissioner Armee Morgan moved to approve the minutes; Commissioner Alan Lowe seconded. The motion passed (recorded as aye votes by the chair and vice chair on the roll call).
Closed sessions: The commission voted to conduct two closed sessions under the San Francisco Administrative Code. For item 7 the motion to go into closed session passed and, on return, the commission announced it had voted unanimously to uphold the current policy in that matter (the meeting report stated: “The commission voted unanimously to uphold the current policy”).
For item 8 the commission also voted to go into closed session. After reconvening in open session the commission announced two actions related to item 8: it voted not to comply with an order from the Sunshine Task Force, and it voted not to disclose any or all discussion on item 8 held in closed session, specifically declining to disclose the January 12, 2022 closed-session tape. The commission recorded those votes as unanimous.
Why it matters: The votes reflect the commission’s formal procedural actions on minutes and two personnel/administrative matters handled in closed session; the decision not to disclose a specific closed-session tape and not to comply with the Sunshine Task Force order may have transparency and legal implications.
Record: The motions were placed on the meeting record and the commission’s outcomes were announced in open session as required by the city’s administrative and state government code provisions.
