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San Francisco Ethics Commission forwards amended findings on sheriff misconduct to Board amid disputes over wording and counsel
Summary
The commission approved amended findings and a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors that narrow official-misconduct findings to conduct tied to Dec. 31 and the subsequent conviction (counts 4 and 5); commissioners debated whether to recommend a penalty, added a concurring statement favoring removal, and resolved who will present the Commission’s report to the Board.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission voted to approve amended findings of fact and to forward a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors concerning official-misconduct matters tied to a Dec. 31 incident and the sheriff's subsequent conviction.
Chair Herr, reading the Charter, told commissioners the Commission’s formal role is ‘‘to decide whether or not to sustain those charges’’ and that the Charter ‘‘clearly states that if there is a finding of official misconduct, then the person found to have committed official misconduct shall be removed from office.’’ That legal constraint framed much of the debate over whether the Commission should also recommend a penalty to the Board.
Commissioner Hahn told the panel she wanted her personal view recorded. ‘‘My own view is that, based on our findings, the appropriate punishment should be removal from office,’’ Hahn said, and the Commission agreed to include a one-sentence…
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