Two Police Commission Hopefuls Surface After Monthslong Vacancy

San Francisco CA

08 December, 2021

6:27 AM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local December 6, 2021 After a seven-month vacancy on the San Francisco Police Commission, a committee of three supervisors appeared on the brink of recommending a Latinx candidate and then stopped short and decided instead to wait another week. The vacancy on the seven member board opened in April after Petra DeJesus retired. She held one of three seats filled by the Board of Supervisors. Today, the Rules Committee of the Board of Supervisors heard from four contenders for the seat, two of whom, according to the committee chair Aaron Peskin, "rise to the top." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.