Police Oversight Resolution Advances After Tense Walton-Mandelman Exchange

The San Francisco Rules Committee sent a police oversight resolution to the full Board of Supervisors on April 13 — but not before Board President Rafael Mandelman stripped language opposing the mayor's push for hire/fire authority over the police chief, overruling Chair Shamann Walton in a 2-1 amendment vote. The committee also delayed a hotel cleaning enforcement ordinance that has labor and industry at odds, and forwarded a routine commission appointment.

• Police oversight resolution amended to remove opposition to mayor's charter proposal, then forwarded unanimously to full board

• Hotel workers' union and Hotel Council deliver dueling testimony on ordinance that would let employees sue over cleaning violations

• Supervisor Chyanne Chen appointed to Local Agency Formation Commission through 2030

The committee's main event was a resolution affirming the Board of Supervisors' support for independent civilian oversight of the San Francisco Police Department through the Police Commission. The resolution carried five co-sponsors — half the board's ten active members — and had been continued from a prior meeting to allow discussion of amendments proposed by Board President Rafael Mandelman.