# Board of Supervisors Minutes: July 23, 2024 - Meeting date: 2024-07-23 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 5 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1021/2024-07-23-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=1214264&GUID=56289A9C-84F6-420F-AC08-A717698585D9) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 240544: Charter Amendment - Police Staffing and Voluntary Deferred Retirement Option Program for the Police Department - Pages: 4-5 - Sponsors: Dorsey; Peskin, Stefani, Melgar, Mandelman, Safai, Chan and Engardio - Vote 1: continuance - Action: xecutive Officer/Chief Investment Officer, and Caryn Bortnick (San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System); presented information and answered questions raised throughout the discussion. Tracy McCray; Richard Careen; spoke in support of the Charter Amendment. H. Brown; Rebecca Johnson; Leslie Hue; Edward Barerra; Eliza Seeta; Lea McGeever; Speaker; Zac Dillon; Rene Garcia; spoke in opposition to the Charter Amendment. Thierry Fill; Ellen Zhou; Mae Young; spoke on various concerns relating to the Charter Amendment. The President closed public comment. (Clerk's Note: During the discussion on this matter, several references to a Budget and Legislative Analyst report were made; however, the Budget and Legislative Analyst is not required to report on ballot measures and there is no report associated with this file. Individual Members may have inquired directly to the Budget and Legislative Analyst and received responses that were referenced during the discussion.) Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Charter Amendment be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting of July 23, 2024, as a COMMITTEE REPORT. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani - Noes: Preston, Ronen, Walton ## Extracted text ### [Page 4](https://sfbos.info/documents/1021/2024-07-23-minutes#page-4) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/23/2024 240544 [Charter Amendment - Police Staffing and Voluntary Deferred Retirement Option Program for the Police Department] Sponsors: Dorsey; Peskin, Stefani, Melgar, Mandelman, Safai, Chan and Engardio Charter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to define the term “Full-Duty Sworn Officer”; modify the criteria for establishing recommended staffing levels for sworn officers; change the requirement for the Chief of Police to submit a staffing report from every two years to every three years; and establish a new voluntary Deferred Retirement Option Program (“DROP”) for the period from July 2025 - July 2030, for eligible members of the Police Department (in the rank of officer, sergeant, or inspector) that allows those members to earn additional deferred compensation in the Retirement System for up to 60 months in exchange for agreeing to perform neighborhood patrol or investigative work; at an election to be held on November 5, 2024. President Peskin inquired as to whether any member of the public wished to address the Board relating to the Charter Amendment regarding Police staffing and the Voluntary Deferred Retirement Option Program for the Police Department (File No. 240544). Greg Wagner, Controller (Office of the City Controller); Alison Romano, Chief Executive Officer/Chief Investment Officer, and Caryn Bortnick (San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System); presented information and answered questions raised throughout the discussion. Tracy McCray; Richard Careen; spoke in support of the Charter Amendment. H. Brown; Rebecca Johnson; Leslie Hue; Edward Barerra; Eliza Seeta; Lea McGeever; Speaker; Zac Dillon; Rene Garcia; spoke in opposition to the Charter Amendment. Thierry Fill; Ellen Zhou; Mae Young; spoke on various concerns relating to the Charter Amendment. The President closed public comment. (Clerk's Note: During the discussion on this matter, several references to a Budget and Legislative Analyst report were made; however, the Budget and Legislative Analyst is not required to report on ballot measures and there is no report associated with this file. Individual Members may have inquired directly to the Budget and Legislative Analyst and received responses that were referenced during the discussion.) Supervisor Dorsey, seconded by Supervisor Mandelman, moved that this Charter Amendment be CONTINUED to the Board of Supervisors Regular Meeting of July 23, 2024, as a COMMITTEE REPORT. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 8 - Chan, Dorsey, Engardio, Mandelman, Melgar, Peskin, Safai, Stefani Noes: 3 - Preston, Ronen, Walton City and County of San Francisco Page 677 Printed at 9:52 pm on 10/10/24 ### [Page 5](https://sfbos.info/documents/1021/2024-07-23-minutes#page-5) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes 7/23/2024 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Board adjourned at the hour of 11:21 a.m. N.B. The Minutes of this meeting set forth all actions taken by the Board of Supervisors on the matters stated, but not necessarily the chronological sequence in which the matters were taken up. Approved by the Board of Supervisors on September 3, 2024. Angela Calvillo, Clerk of the Board City and County of San Francisco Page 678 Printed at 9:52 pm on 10/10/24