Proposition D

San Francisco, Sheriff Oversight

Should San Francisco create two new agencies to review Sheriff’s Department policies and investigate deputies’ conduct?

The measure would create a Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board that would make policy recommendations, and a Sheriff’s Department Office of Inspector General that would investigate in-custody deaths and complaints. The mayor and Board of Supervisors would appoint members of the Oversight Board. Both entities would have the power to request records and compel testimony during their investigations. Neither the oversight board nor the inspector general would directly discipline employees nor set policy. They would instead make recommendations to the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors. The city estimates the Oversight Board would cost $400,000 a year and the Office of Inspector General would cost $2 million to $2.5 million a year. Passes with a majority vote.

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