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Supervisors advance charter amendment to create a civilian sheriff oversight board and inspector general
Summary
The rules committee accepted amendments to place a charter amendment on the November 3, 2020 ballot to create a seven-member civilian sheriff oversight board and an Office of Inspector General to investigate noncriminal misconduct and in-custody deaths, with an estimated annual cost of about $3 million.
Supervisor Shimon Walton and co-sponsors won committee approval on June 29 to advance a charter amendment that would create a civilian sheriff's department oversight board and an Office of Inspector General. The amendment, as amended, would place the measure on the November 3, 2020 ballot for voter approval.
Walton told the Rules Committee the proposal responds to repeated allegations of abuse and misconduct in the county jails and would give residents an independent avenue to file complaints and receive reports. "This charter amendment will place an initiative on the November 3 ballot to amend the city's charter to create a civilian sheriff's…
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