Mayor Daniel Lurie initiated restructuring within San Francisco's police commission by dismissing Max Carter-Oberstone, who had been a vocal supporter of oversight. This action, which went against the typical practice of alignment with the mayor's wishes, was solidified by a 9-2 vote. Lurie appointed Mattie Scott, a proponent of gun violence prevention. In an interview, Carter-Oberstone expressed his concerns regarding the implications of such removals on the independence of commissions and the future oversight of the police department, while remaining content with his contributions during his tenure.
I have some conflicting thoughts about it. Obviously it's not good. It's not a good precedent for the city to have a mayor remove a chartered commissioner without providing any public explanation for why.
I'm concerned about the level of oversight that we'll have over the police department moving forward. At the same time, I'm very much at peace with the process.
I feel like I squeezed every last drop of public good that I possibly could have out of this job in those three and a half years.
I think the cost of being able to finish the last year of my term would have been too great - I would have had to undercut the process.
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