Overview

• Bill Scott, San Francisco's longest-serving police chief in decades, has officially stepped down after more than eight years in the role.
• Paul Yep, previously serving in a public safety policy role, has been appointed interim chief as the transition in leadership begins.
• Mayor Lurie will select Scott's permanent replacement from a list of nominees provided by the city's police commission, which now has a majority aligned with Lurie.
• Scott's tenure saw the closure of nearly a decade of federal oversight of the SFPD following controversial police shootings in 2015 and 2016.
• While overall crime in San Francisco has dropped significantly, open-air drug dealing and illegal street vending persist as major issues in neighborhoods like SoMa, the Tenderloin, and the Mission.