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Commission approves consent items and a $54,972.09 donation; moves to closed session on personnel matters
Summary
The commission approved the consent calendar (two donations listed) and later approved a $54,972.09 estate distribution for the department’s general fund. Commissioners voted to enter closed session to address personnel matters tied to the text‑message cases and later voted not to disclose closed‑session discussions.
The Police Commission voted to approve the consent calendar early in the meeting, which included the chief’s request to accept a $2,500 donation from Boston Properties for the Special Operations Bureau and the gift of a 10‑year‑old quarter horse from the SFSPCA valued at $3,500 for the SFPD mounted unit.
Later in the agenda the commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a $54,972.09 distribution from the estate of Nguyen Wu to the department’s general fund; a motion to accept that donation was made by Commissioner Malara and seconded, and the commission voted to approve the measure in open session.
Facing personnel matters arising from the text‑message investigation, the commission then moved into closed session to review privileged disciplinary matters; the motion to go into closed session passed. After returning to open session, the commission voted under San Francisco Administrative Code 67.12 not to disclose discussions held in closed session. The meeting concluded with a unanimous motion to adjourn.
Why it matters: The votes record routine governance (donations) alongside high‑stakes procedural decisions to consider personnel discipline in closed session and to withhold details publicly per the city’s administrative code.
