Supervisor Dean Preston, chair of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, filed a formal inquiry on Tuesday regarding the San Francisco Police Department’s (SFPD) failure to comply with state law requiring Assembly Bill 481, sponsored and passed in 2021 by then-Assemblymember David Chiu. While the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office complied with Assembly Bill 481 (Chiu), the San Francisco Police Department missed its deadline by four months, and has yet to file its report.
On the heels of Safeway's decision to keep its Fillmore grocery store open until January 2025, one San Francisco supervisor wants to regulate grocery store closures in the city to ensure local communities are not blindsided.