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Fire commission adopts binding-arbitration rules after heated public comment
Summary
The San Francisco Fire Commission voted 4–1 on Sept. 13 to adopt revised binding-arbitration rules to provide an administrative-appeal option for final disciplinary decisions, after commissioners and members of the public disputed the timing and completeness of the process. Critics said the change comes too late for firefighters already separated.
The San Francisco Fire Commission voted 4–1 on Sept. 13 to adopt revised binding-arbitration rules that add an administrative-appeal option for final disciplinary determinations in the San Francisco Fire Department.
City attorney representatives said the new rules are intended to bring the city into compliance with the Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act. “These rules are meant to bring the city in compliance,” the city attorney’s presenter said during the hearing.
Commissioners probed the history and scope of the change. Commissioner Catherine Feinstein repeatedly pressed city counsel and staff on why the rules were not in…
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