Board permits unscheduled question; supervisors press mayor on preparations for possible National Guard deployment

Oct 21, 2025

After an 8- to 10-vote procedural motion, Supervisor Fielder questioned Mayor Daniel Lurie about steps to protect civil liberties if federal forces, including the National Guard, were sent to San Francisco; the mayor described cross-departmental coordination and a policy barring SFPD from assisting federal immigration enforcement.

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The Board of Supervisors allowed a rare unscheduled question on Oct. 21 and then heard a sustained exchange about the possibility that federal forces could be deployed to San Francisco.

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