市府是否應修改市憲章，設立縣警局監察長辦公室和縣警局監督委員會，來向縣警長及市議會就有關縣警局的運作提出建議？
摘要 由選票簡釋委員會撰寫
現況：縣警長由三藩市選民選出。在三藩市，縣警長的主要職責為管理及營運本市監獄，對被監禁者負責，以及維護和平。
三藩市縣警長指揮大約800名正式員工。縣警局內務處負責調查縣警局內員工的瀆職行為。地方檢察官負責調查及起訴縣警長和縣警局員工的刑事瀆職行為。市府道德委員會負責調查違反道德法律事件。縣警局還有一項規範正式員工使用武力的政策。
市府沒有任何部門、理事會或委員會監督縣警長或縣警局的工作。
建議：提案D是一項市憲章修正案，會設立縣警局監察長辦公室（下稱OIG）和縣警局監督委員會（下稱監督委員會）。
OIG將是一個獨立於縣警局之外的市府部門。監察長將主管OIG。針對縣警局每100名正式員工，OIG至少會設置一名調查員。OIG向監督委員會報告，以及向縣警長提供資訊與建議。
除受某些限制外，OIG將有權：
• 調查有關對縣警局員工和合約員工的某些投訴；
• 調查監禁期間死亡案件，除非調查會妨礙刑事調查；
• 當OIG判定某員工違法或違反縣警局政策，會建議縣警長採取紀律處分；
• 就有關縣警局的武力使用政策提出建議；
• 監督縣警局的運作；以及
• 將案件轉介給地方檢察官或市府道德委員會。
縣警局內務處繼續保持對監禁期間死亡、員工瀆職、違反縣警局政策等事件的調查權。刑事瀆職行為仍可能轉介給地方檢察官。
監督委員會由七名成員組成，四人由市議會委任，三人由市長委任。市議會委任的委員中，有一人必須具有代表工會的經驗。
除受某些限制外，監督委員會將有權：
• 委任、評估、延續委任以及解除監察長職務；
• 評估監察長辦公室的績效；以及
• 就有關縣警局的運作與監獄情況詢問公眾以及被監禁者的意見。
根據來自OIG的資料以及監督委員會本身的相關程序， 監督委員會一年至少會提交四份報告給縣警長和市議會。監督委員會負責就有關OIG與監督委員會的活動向縣警長和市議會提交年度報告。
除受某些限制外，OIG和監督委員會均有權舉行聽證會以及傳喚證人。
提案D不會禁止或限制縣警長調查員工或合約員工的行為，也不會禁止或限制其採取紀律處分或糾正行動。
投「贊成」票的意思是：如果您投「贊成」票，即表示您同意修改市憲章，設立縣警局監察長辦公室和縣警局監督委員會，來向縣警長及市議會就有關縣警局的運作提出建議。
投「反對」票的意思是：如果您投「反對」票，即表示您反對進行這些變更。
市主計官對提案「D」的意見書
市主計官Ben Rosenfield就提案D對本市財政的影響發表以下聲明：
在我看來，如果建議的市憲章修正案獲得選民通過， 它對政府支出將有嚴重程度的影響。
建議的市憲章修正案將設立一個由七名成員組成的新縣警局監督委員會（下稱SDOB），以及一個新縣警局監察長辦公室（OIG），兩者均獨立於縣警局之外。 SDOB委任監察長以及評估OIG的工作。OIG將接受、審理、調查對縣警局、其員工和合約員工及其他為被監禁者服務的市府員工的投訴，以及調查在監禁期間的死亡案件。OIG還會針對武力使用政策以及武力使用與重大事件的內部審查程序向縣警局提出建議。OIG會接管某些目前由市主計官辦公室舉報人組執行的調查職務。
SDOB的預計年度費用是40萬元，其中包括工作人員支出以及委員、委員會秘書和分析人員的材料費。該修正案對OIG工作指定人員如下：監察長、一名律師， 以及對每100名縣警局正式員工設置一名調查員。OIG 的預計年度費用，包含13名工作人員、辦公空間及材料 / 用品等支出，在200萬元至250萬元之間。
提案「D」如何被列入選票
2020年7月21日，市議會以11票對0票通過將提案D列入選票。市議員的投票情況如下：
贊成：Fewer、Haney、Mandelman、Mar、Peskin、 Preston、Ronen、Safai、Stefani、Walton、Yee。
反對：無。
本提案需要有50%+1的贊成票才能獲得通過。
贊成提案 D 的論據是監督與問責縣警局的時候了，投票贊成提案D！
我們必須馬上行動，加入全國司法改革運動，終結數十年來縣警局內存在的歧視與不公平對待情況。現在是我們一起努力的時候，來停止對被監禁者和職員的不公正與虐待行為，並且讓那些受害者能夠發聲。
贊成提案D將設立一個監督委員會，負責：
• 任命一名監察長來評估縣警局的工作，搜集和建議最佳做法，並進行社區外展，聆聽公眾對於縣警局運作和監獄狀況的意見。
• 針對所有的武力使用和重大案件制定一項武力使用政策和完備的審查程序。
• 調查任何個人在縣警局被監禁期間的死亡。
• 受理、審閱和調查縣警局員工和合約員工的非刑事凟職投訴，以及監禁期間死亡案件。
• 發展政策建議
對三藩市縣警局提出的法律訴訟已花費本市數百萬元和解金，這還不包括花費在這些案件上的人員時間與資源。縣警局監督委員會和監察長的設立將能在調查這些凟職、不當對待和虐待事件上提供公眾透明度。
贊成提案D：縣警局的監督將對三藩市縣警局建立真正的公眾透明度、監督和問責。本提案由三藩市市議會一致投票通過後被提交列入選票。
請和我們一起投票贊成提案D：現在就開始監督縣警局！
市議員Shamann Walton
市議員Matt Haney
市議員Hillary Ronen
市議員Dean Preston
市議員Norman Yee
市議員Ahsha Safai
市議員Aaron Peskin
市議員Sandra Lee Fewer
地方檢察官Chesa Boudin
公共辯護律師Mano Raju
三藩市民主黨
三藩市勞工理事會
反駁贊成提案 D 的論據請投票反對提案D。
贊成者聲稱這項提案將能建立監督與問責制。我大力支持這兩者，然而我不認為提案D是對症下藥的正確方法。
我不確定這是否是全國司法改革運動的一環，也不相信三藩市縣警局存在長達數十年的歧視與不公平對待、不公正和虐待情況。
縣警局已經：
• 在進行內部調查；
• 有一項武力使用政策；
• 在調查監禁期間死亡案件；
• 在調查指控的員工凟職；以及
• 發展（並實施）政策建議。
監禁期間死亡茲事體大，目前至少已經由縣警局、警察局、法醫和地方檢察官展開調查。
作為一個州執法機構，縣警局有各項不同職務要執行。涉及監督的新職務應來自沙加緬度，並一致適用於加州全部58個縣。
儘管市議會一致投票通過，但依然無法保證能確實發揮監督作用或是能解決訴訟進而節省金錢。它只不過是一個我們目前不需要的市府新部門而已。
請投票反對提案D。感謝您。
David Pilpel
反對提案 D 的論據
請投票反對提案D。
您可能認為監督縣警局有其必要。這是一個見仁見智的觀點，但我持的是反對意見。依我所見，提案D並非我們此刻需要的解決方案。
縣警局已經有一個內部事務單位進行行政調查以及一個訓練單位培訓正式人員。雖然被監禁者人數減少， 但縣警局正在擴大與現有警察問責處（前身是市民投訴辦公室）的關係，並在情況允許時將人員調查轉介到其他外部獨立機構。
如果您想要更多政府服務，您應投票支持額外稅金 （例如此次選票中的提案F、I和L）或是尋求其他資源來支付服務。
如果您支持政府效率和監督，現在已存在可使用的工具包括：
• 市議會預算和立法分析室，以及其聽證和查詢權；
• 市府律師調查和民事執法；
• 民事大陪審團調查和公開報告；
• 市主計官辦公室財政與績效審計；
• 地方檢察官調查和刑事執法；以及
• 道德委員會調查和道德法的行政執法。
市主計官表示，提案D對政府支出將具有中等至嚴重程度的影響。它必定會增加更多行政、官僚體系以及經常性開支費用，但卻不保證具有任何實質監督效果。
在疫情期間，我們不需要新的市府部門、不必要的支出，或是其他噱頭。我們應該更有效率地使用現有的資源和監督機制。請投票反對提案D。感謝您。
David Pilpel
反駁反對提案 D 的論據沒有人提交反駁反對提案D的論據
贊成提案 D 的付費論據沒有提交贊成提案D的付費論據
反對提案 D 的付費論據反對提案D的付費論據
投票反對提案D！這實在蠢透了！
這將給一位民選官員的職責增加更多官僚作風：增加一名「監察長」，在目前123個委員會的基礎上再加一個委員會，並為大約800名警長雇員增加8名調查員。
此外，我們所謂的立法機構（市議會）將任命7名委員中的4名，而任命是市長的行政職能。費用是多少？市主計長預測每年高達一千萬美元。
阻止食稅者！
投票反對提案D！
三藩市納稅人協會
法官Quentin L. Kopp（退休）
這項論據的刊登費用的資金真正來源是：三藩市納稅人協會。
委員會真實受款來源的三大貢獻者是：1. Scott Feldman，2. Paul Sack，3. Claude Perasso, Jr.
法律文本Describing and setting forth a proposal to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2020, to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board to advise and report findings and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Board of Supervisors regarding Sheriff’s Department operations; to create the Sheriff’s Department Office of Inspector General, under the direction of an Inspector General appointed by the Oversight Board, to investigate complaints of non-criminal misconduct by employees and contractors of the Sheriff’s Department and in-custody deaths, develop policy recommendations for the Sheriff’s Department, and report quarterly its findings, results, and recommendations to the Sheriff and the Oversight Board.
Section 1. The Board of Supervisors hereby submits to the qualified voters of the City and County, at an election to be held on November 3, 2020, a proposal to amend the Charter of the City and County by adding Section 4.137 and revising Section 15.105, to read as follows:
NOTE: Unchanged Charter text and uncodified text are in plain font.
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SEC. 4.137. SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT OVERSIGHT.
(a) Establishment of Oversight Board.
(1) The Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board (“SDOB”) is hereby established. The SDOB shall consist of seven members. The Board of Supervisors shall appoint four members (to Seats 1, 2, 3, and 4), and the Mayor shall appoint three members (to Seats 5, 6, and 7). Seat 4 shall be held by a person with experience in labor representation.
(2) Members shall serve four-year terms, beginning at noon on March 1, 2021; provided, however, the term of the initial appointees to Seats 1, 3, and 5 shall expire at noon on March 1, 2023, whereas the term of the initial appointees to Seats 2, 4, 6, and 7 shall expire at noon on March 1, 2025.
(3) No person may serve more than three successive terms as a member. No person having served three successive terms may serve as a member until at least four years after the expiration of the third successive term. Service for a part of a term that is more than half the period of the term shall count as a full term; further, this subsection (a)(3) makes no distinction between the two-year terms referenced in subsection (a)(2) and four-year terms.
(4) Members may be removed from office only for official misconduct under Article XV.
(5) All members shall complete a training and orientation on custodial law enforcement, constitutional policing, and Sheriff’s Department (“SFSD”) policies and procedures, within 90 days of assuming office for their first term. The Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee shall prescribe the content of and shall administer the training and orientation regarding SFSD patrol and custodial law enforcement, policies and procedures. SFSD shall develop the training content based on guidelines recommended by the National Association of Civilian Oversight for Law Enforcement (“NACOLE”) or successor association, the Bar Association of San Francisco or successor association, and/or the American Civil Liberties Union, and SFSD shall consult with the Department of Police Accountability, Public Defender, and the District Attorney in developing the training content.
(b) SDOB Powers and Duties. The SDOB shall:
(1) Appoint, and may remove, the Inspector General in the Sheriff’s Department Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), established in subsection (d).
(2) Evaluate the work of the OIG, and may review the Inspector General’s individual work performance.
(3) Compile, evaluate, and recommend law enforcement custodial and patrol best practices.
(4) Conduct community outreach and receive community input regarding SFSD operations and jail conditions, by holding public meetings and soliciting input from persons incarcerated in the City and County.
(5) Prepare and submit a quarterly report to the Sheriff and Board of Supervisors regarding the SDOB evaluations and outreach, and OIG reports submitted to SDOB.
(6) By March 1 of each year, prepare and present to the Board of Supervisors or a committee designated by the President of the Board, an annual report that includes a summary of SDOB evaluations and outreach, and OIG reports submitted to SDOB, for the prior calendar year.
(c) In performing its duties, the SDOB may hold hearings, issue subpoenas to witnesses to appear and for the production of evidence, administer oaths, and take testimony.
(d) Establishment of Office of Inspector General. There is hereby established the Sheriff’s Department Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), which shall be a department under the SDOB, and separate from the Sheriff’s Department. The OIG shall be headed by the Inspector General, appointed by the SDOB as set forth in subsection (b)(1). The Inspector General shall be exempt from civil service selection, appointment, and removal procedures.
(e) OIG Powers and Duties. The OIG shall:
(1) Receive, review, and investigate complaints against SFSD employees and SFSD contractors; provided, however, that the OIG shall refer complaints alleging criminal misconduct to the District Attorney, and refer complaints alleging violations of ethics laws to the Ethics Commission.
(2) Investigate the death of any individual in the custody of the SFSD. The OIG shall refer evidence of criminal misconduct regarding any death in custody to the District Attorney. Notwithstanding such a referral, the OIG may continue to investigate a death in custody unless OIG’s investigation will interfere with a criminal investigation conducted by the District Attorney, or any law enforcement agency to which the District Attorney may refer the evidence of criminal misconduct.
(3) Recommend disciplinary action to the Sheriff where, following an investigation pursuant to subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2), the OIG determines that an employee’s actions or omissions violated law or SFSD policy; provide notice of and a copy of the recommendation, the reasons for the recommendation, and supporting records, to the extent permitted by State or federal law, to the employee; and make available to the public any records and information regarding OIG’s disciplinary recommendations to the extent permitted by State or federal law.
(4) Develop and recommend to the Sheriff an SFSD use of force policy and a comprehensive internal review process for all use of force and critical incidents.
(5) Prepare and submit a quarterly report to the Sheriff and the SDOB regarding OIG investigations that includes the number and type of complaints under subsection (e)(1) filed; trend analysis; the outcome of the complaints; any determination that the acts or omissions of an employee or contractor, in connection with the subject matter of a complaint under subsection (e)(1), or a death in custody under subsection (e)(2), violated law or SFSD policy; the OIG’s recommendations, if any, for discipline; the outcome of any discipline recommendations; and the OIG’s policy recommendations under subsection (e)(4).
(6) Monitor SFSD operations, including the provision of services to incarcerated individuals, through audits and investigations, to ensure compliance with applicable laws and policies.
(f) In performing its duties, the OIG may hold hearings, issue subpoenas to witnesses to appear and for the production of evidence, administer oaths, and take testimony. The OIG also may request and the Sheriff shall require the testimony or attendance of any employee of the SFSD.
(g) Cooperation and Assistance from City Departments. In carrying out their duties, the SDOB and OIG shall receive prompt and full cooperation and assistance from all City departments, officers, and employees, including the Sheriff and SFSD and its employees, which shall, unless prohibited by State or federal law, promptly produce all records and information requested by the SDOB or OIG, including but not limited to (1) personnel and disciplinary records of SFSD employees, (2) SFSD criminal investigative files, (3) health information pertaining to incarcerated individuals; and (4) all records and databases to which the SFSD has access, regardless of whether those records pertain to a particular complaint or incident. The Sheriff also shall, unless prohibited by State or federal law, allow the OIG unrestricted and unescorted access to all facilities, including the jails. The SDOB and OIG shall maintain the confidentiality of any records and information it receives or accesses to the extent required by local, State, or federal law governing such records or information.
In carrying out their duties, the SDOB and OIG shall cooperate and collaborate with organizations that contract with SFSD to provide legal services to incarcerated individuals.
(h) Budget and Staffing. Subject to the fiscal, budgetary, and civil service provisions of the Charter, the OIG staff shall include no fewer than one investigator for every 100 sworn SFSD employees. No SDOB or OIG staff, including the Inspector General, shall have been employed previously by a law enforcement agency or a labor organization representing law enforcement employees.
(i) Nothing in this Section 4.137 shall prohibit, limit, or otherwise restrict the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee from investigating the conduct of an employee or contractor of the SFSD, or taking disciplinary or corrective action permitted by City or State law.
(j) Nothing in this Section 4.137, including but not limited to subsections (f) and (g), is intended to or shall be interpreted to abrogate, interfere with, or obstruct the independent and constitutionally and statutorily designated duties of the Sheriff, including the Sheriff’s duty to investigate citizens’ complaints against SFSD personnel and the duty to operate and manage the jails, the California Attorney General’s constitutional and statutory responsibility to oversee the Sheriff, or other applicable State law. In carrying out their duties, the SDOB and OIG shall cooperate and coordinate with the Sheriff so that the Sheriff, the SDOB, and the OIG may properly discharge their respective responsibilities.
SEC. 15.105. SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL.
(a) ELECTIVE AND CERTAIN APPOINTED OFFICERS. Any elective officer, and any member of the Airport Commission, Asian Art Commission, Civil Service Commission, Commission on the Status of Women, Golden Gate Concourse Authority Board of Directors, Health Commission, Human Services Commission, Juvenile Probation Commission, Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors, Port Commission, Public Utilities Commission, Recreation and Park Commission, Fine Arts Museums Board of Trustees, Taxi Commission, War Memorial and Performing Art Center Board of Trustees, Board of Education or Community College Board is subject to suspension and removal for official misconduct as provided in this section. Such officer may be suspended by the Mayor and the Mayor shall appoint a qualified person to discharge the duties of the office during the period of suspension. Upon such suspension, the Mayor shall immediately notify the Ethics Commission and Board of Supervisors thereof in writing and the cause thereof, and shall present written charges against such suspended officer to the Ethics Commission and Board of Supervisors at or prior to their next regular meetings following such suspension, and shall immediately furnish a copy of the same to such officer, who shall have the right to appear with counsel before the Ethics Commission in his or her defense. The Ethics Commission shall hold a hearing not less than five days after the filing of written charges. After the hearing, the Ethics Commission shall transmit the full record of the hearing to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation as to whether the charges should be sustained. If, after reviewing the complete record, the charges are sustained by not less than a three-fourths vote of all members of the Board of Supervisors, the suspended officer shall be removed from office; if not so sustained, or if not acted on by the Board of Supervisors within 30 days after the receipt of the record from the Ethics Commission, the suspended officer shall thereby be reinstated.
(b) BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION, BOARD OF APPEALS, ELECTIONS COMMISSION, ETHICS COMMISSION, SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT OVERSIGHT BOARD, AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION. Members of the Building Inspection Commission, the Planning Commission, the Board of Appeals, the Elections Commission, the Ethics Commission, the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board, and the Entertainment Commission may be suspended and removed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section except that the Mayor may initiate removal only of the Mayor’s appointees and the appointing authority shall act in place of the Mayor for all other appointees.
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