The only out member of the San Francisco Police Commission has stepped down as her term has ended. Petra DeJesus, a lesbian and attorney, concluded her stint on the powerful oversight panel April 30.
Speaking to the Bay Area Reporter on her penultimate day in office, DeJesus said, "I've been there a long time and my term is up." DeJesus, who was initially appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 2005, has used her time on the commission to advocate for police reform. "I think they are on the way," she said about how that is going, adding that in the past year Mayor London Breed's efforts to establish a street crisis response team to answer some 911 calls is a step forward.