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Board president pushes ballot change to remove SFPD minimum‑staffing number as public demands to 'defund' swell
Summary
President Norman Yee introduced a charter amendment to remove the long‑standing 1,971 sworn‑officer minimum and require a biennial staffing study; the item produced hours of public comment—overwhelmingly urging defunding or abolition—and the committee amended the proposal and continued it to July 13 for further work.
San Francisco Board President Norman Yee asked the Rules Committee on July 9 to place a charter amendment on the November ballot that would remove the city’s long‑standing minimum police staffing number and replace it with a data‑driven, biennial staffing assessment.
The current charter requirement—1,971 sworn officers—was adopted in earlier ballot measures and originally reflected authorized positions decades ago, Yee said. ‘‘We should not base our community safety policies on an arbitrary police‑staffing number,’’ he said, urging a process that requires the Police Department to submit a staffing and workload assessment every two…
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