Supervisors Hear Task Force Plan to Shrink and Recode City Commissions; Public Widely Opposes Charter Changes

The Board of Supervisors held a lengthy public hearing on the Proposition E Commission Streamlining Task Force report, which recommends cutting commissions from 152 to about 87, moving roughly 20 chartered bodies to the administrative code, and changing appointment/removal and discipline processes. Presenters urged the board to consider the recommendations; hundreds of public commenters and multiple supervisors warned the proposals would weaken civilian oversight, especially for police, youth, arts, women and homeless oversight bodies.