Rules committee moves to require Form 700 and ethics training for sheriff oversight board members

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Rules Committee voted unanimously June 7 to forward an ordinance that would require members of the Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board and certain Office of Inspector General appointees to file Form 700 statements of economic interest and complete sunshine and ethics training.

Clerk Victor Young read the measure into the record and Chair Aaron Peskin said the requirement stems from a voter‑approved measure sponsored by President Walton. No members of the public spoke on the item during the committee hearing.

The measure, as described by staff, would add oversight‑board members to existing conflict‑of‑interest and training rules already applied to other appointed bodies. After a brief opportunity for committee members to ask questions, Peskin moved to send the item to the full board with a positive recommendation; Supervisors Rafael Mandelmann and Connie Chan joined him in a recorded aye vote.

If approved by the full board, the ordinance would require the listed oversight members to file annual Form 700 disclosures and satisfy the city’s sunshine and ethics training requirements, consistent with other appointed boards and commissions. The committee did not identify amendments or request additional analysis before referral.