he San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted to remove a whistleblower police commissioner before his term end date next year in a controversial move that drew dissent from dozens of people during public comment.
The move to oust Max Carter-Oberstone began earlier this month when Mayor Daniel Lurie sent him an email asking him to resign without detailed explanation, other than to say he didn’t feel he worked “collaboratively” enough.
Carter-Oberstone remained defiant and refused to step aside.
“There is nothing classy about bending the knee to a mayor who would rather have a rubber stamp in my place,” Carter-Oberstone said during Tuesday’s meeting.
Carter-Oberstone was originally appointed to the commission by former mayor London Breed. But the two clashed over policy disagreements and after he exposed her practice of forcing commissioners to sign undated resignation letters.
In 2022, Carter-Oberstone revealed that Breed mandated police commissioners to sign preemptive resignation letters in case she should decide to jettison them from their positions. He won the James Madison Freedom of Information Award for exposing the now-banned practice.
“I think he’s exactly the kind of person San Franciscans should want on a commission,” said former District 5 supervisor Dean Preston in an interview. “It makes no sense whatsoever that he would be removed before his term.”
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