SF Ordinance Prohibits Mayor, City Heads From Requiring Undated Letters Of Resignation

CBS San Francisco

February 8, 2023

The San Francsico Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance on Tuesday that prohibits the mayor or other city heads from demanding undated letters of resignation from their appointed commissioners, per Mayor London Breed's letter "scandal" last year.

The ordinance, which was approved 8-2, clearly states that requiring resignation letters is against city policy, and that the decision to resign cannot be decided by an appointing authority, like the Board of Supervisors, the mayor, the district attorney or any other city official. The ordinance does not bar an authority from removing a commissioner.

The ordinance came about after Police Commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone alleged that he was directed to turn in an undated resignation letter upon his reappointment, seemingly a requirement. He alleged that mayoral staff threatened him by referring to the letter during a heated debate on the city's policies on "pretextual stops," which allow police to stop people for low-level offenses for other investigations.

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