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Supervisors hear hours of public testimony and staff briefings as MOU talks with police union continue
Summary
At a March 21 Government Audit & Oversight Committee hearing, supervisors, DHR and SFPD leaders discussed successor MOU talks with the San Francisco Police Officers Association amid intense public testimony demanding that contract negotiations not block DOJ-backed reforms. The committee filed the hearing for the record and forwarded related items to the full board.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit and Oversight Committee on March 21 held a lengthy public hearing on successor memorandum-of-understanding negotiations between the city and the San Francisco Police Officers Association, focusing on whether contract language could be used to block police-reform measures.
Supervisor Malia Cohen, who sponsored the hearing, opened by saying the Board has a consultative role in bargaining and must ensure transparency in negotiations. ‘‘This is an important conversation that we’re having on behalf of the people, the city and county of San Francisco,’’ Cohen said, adding she would publicly identify changes she wants the mayor and the Department of Human Resources to press during bargaining.
Carol Eisen, employee relations director at the Department of Human Resources, described the charter and legal framework governing bargaining and interest arbitration (as stated to the committee), and said the city will meet the May 15 deadline to submit either a negotiated agreement or an arbitration award. Eisen told supervisors that…
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