The ACLU of Northern California, Ella Baker Center, National Lawyers Guild, La Raza Centro Legal, National Organization for Women, Coleman Advocates and victims of police misconduct are among the groups that have called for reforms. Meanwhile, the Police Officers Association has already launched a major misinformation campaign with automated phone calls and a 70,000 piece mailing urging residents to oppose the police reform measure.

"The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has sent a clear message: give San Francisco voters the opportunity to put into place mechanisms that will ensure police accountability,” said Mark Schlosberg, Police Practices Policy Director of the ACLU of Northern California. The proposed initiative will:

• Make the Police Commission more independent and responsive by expanding the number of commissioners to seven and granting the Supervisors the power to appoint three of its members;
• Provide that Commissioners may only be removed with consent of the Board of Supervisors;
• Give the OCC the power to file disciplinary charges before the Police Commission in cases where the department fails to act;
• Require the Department to turn over all documents related to cases the OCC is investigating, except where expressly prohibited by law.