Mayor London Breed Issues Executive Directive for Comprehensive Charter Reform

Thirty years since last major charter reform effort, Mayor Breed initiates process to improve efficiency of government with a goal of setting major reform on November 2026 ballot – August 20, 2024

San Francisco, CA — Today, Mayor London N. Breed issued an Executive Directive to initiate comprehensive Charter Reform in San Francisco. The current version of the San Francisco Charter was adopted by voters in 1995, and this would be the first comprehensive reform effort in 30 years.

“The current charter, with its layers of bureaucracy added over the years, has created inefficiency and diffused accountability across our governance structures,” said Mayor London Breed. “The good news is that we can fix this by stepping back and reconsidering the Charter as a whole. That time is now.”

The Executive Directive asks the City Controller and City Administrator to work with good government experts and City officials to identify key areas of improvements, and to establish a public outreach and education process with City leadership, residents, businesses, and labor partners to consider changes to the Charter.

The goal of this Executive Directive will be to develop, draft and pass a Charter Reform measure at the Board of Supervisors to be placed on the November 2026 ballot…(more)