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Supervisors debate creation of elected public advocate, committee adopts amended versions and continues measure
Summary
The Rules Committee considered a charter amendment to create an elected public advocate with powers to review city programs, make appointments in some cases, and conduct systemic oversight. Members adopted multiple drafting changes, duplicated the file into two versions and continued the item for further refinement and term‑limit language.
Supervisor David Campos introduced a first draft of a charter amendment to create an elected public advocate for the City and County of San Francisco, saying the office would “have an advocate for the people of San Francisco” to address cases when city services fail or when government is unresponsive. Campos told the Rules Committee he and staff had worked with the controller’s office, civilian‑oversight advocates, labor leaders and other stakeholders to craft five principal changes to the original proposal.
The measure as amended would leave the city’s whistleblower program housed in the controller’s office while giving the public advocate limited responsibility to address whistleblower complaints about inefficient or inadequate city services. It would keep the Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC) under the police commission while giving the…
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