6 days ago · Mayor Daniel Lurie today moved to oust outspoken police commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone as part of an attempted overhaul of the body that oversees the San Francisco Police Department. In a letter to the Board of Supervisors, which must vote to approve Carter-Oberstone’s removal, Lurie wrote today that he will seek a replacement “who will ...

Max is an attorney specializing in appellate litigation. He has litigated matters across a wide range of subject areas, both criminal and civil, with a particular emphasis on constitutional litigation and statutory interpretation.

5 days ago · Max Carter-Oberstone stands in front of the SFPD Northern District Police Station in the Fillmore District in San Francisco on Mar. 12, 2024. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office asked Carter-Oberstone to resign from the civilian-led Police Commission, but he refused. Lurie is now taking steps to remove him.

Apr 29, 2024 · Max serves as the Vice-President of the San Francisco Police Commission—the volunteer citizen agency charged with overseeing the San Francisco Police Department—where he has spearheaded numerous reforms, including …

4 days ago · Max Carter Oberstone, the lawyer and Police Commission member Mayor Lurie wants to fire, will get his day in court, so to speak, on Feb. 25, when the Board of Supes will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting to consider the mayor’s request.

6 days ago · Max Carter-Oberstone, an attorney who was appointed to the Police Commission in late 2021, received an email Tuesday from Staci Slaughter, the mayor’s chief of staff, informing him that he would no longer be needed.

6 days ago · Firing Max Carter-Oberstone would undermine the independence of the Police Commission—and likely signals the end of Chief Bill Scott’s tenure. Official city photo. Mayor London Breed tried and failed to fire him after he voted in …

6 days ago · Mayor Daniel Lurie wants to remove Max Carter-Oberstone, a San Francisco police commissioner who clashed with the city's former mayor, London Breed.

Feb 22, 2024 · Police Commission Vice President Max Carter-Oberstone, one of the leading proponents behind the proposal, said that the policy will deprioritize officers making certain stops that rarely result in arrests or gun seizures.