Supervisors Suspend Sheriff Oversight Commissioner, Send Misconduct Charges to Ethics
Board of Supervisors • San FranciscoSeptember 29, 2026
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San Francisco's Board of Supervisors used a rarely invoked Charter power Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, to suspend William Palmer from the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board over Inspector General findings of official misconduct. The final vote was unanimous after a late-meeting do-over. The board also advanced a $0 settlement ending the airline industry's lawsuit against the airport worker health ordinance, and it paused a plan to scrap campaign disclosures in pension board races after retiree advocates objected.
- 1 big thing: Palmer suspended, 11-0, with official misconduct charges sent to the Ethics Commission
- $0 settlement advances to end Airlines for America's challenge to the Healthy Airport Ordinance
- Pension board disclosure rollback delayed one week after Protect Our Benefits pushback
- New proposals: Port flood projects fast-track, locking torch lighter ban and a school safety hearing
- Sister of man who died in supportive housing demands public incident data
Why it matters: The action targets a civilian member of the body created to watch the Sheriff's Department. It tests whether the city will police its own overseers.
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