I'm noticing people treating this as mere dysfunction, but it's not. City Hall is keeping most of the commissions intact because the whole purpose of “commission reform” was to justify an executive power grab, not because anyone seriously thought having too many commissions was a major issue.
And the executive power grab is still happening. 1/
https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-commission-streamlining-prop-e-hearing/ #sfpol
One of the most damaging elements of 2024’s voter-defeated Prop D would have let the mayor remove his appointees at will, which would turn them into mayoral puppets. That isn’t in this charter amendment because it’s simply been shifted to one of Daniel Lurie’s other charter amendments (endorsed by Mandelman):
https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/sf-mayor-daniel-lurie-charter-ballot-measures/ 2/
Similarly, Daniel Lurie doesn’t actually care or think it’s a problem that ballots are too long. He thinks YOU care and will buy that as a reason to make it harder to put things on the ballot that rich people don’t like (such as taxes on the rich!), another of his “reforms.”
Number of commissions, number of things on the ballot, whatever supposed annoyance they’ll think of next: it’s all manufactured issues to take away checks and balances and erode democracy.
scott f
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