Community Board for Police Accountability Alternate Appointment

At a glance

Based on uploaded (human-made) captions; two roll-call responses are garbled and hedged.

What: resolution 2026-375 reappoints Bob Weinstein as an alternate member of the Community Board for Police Accountability. The reappointment is a condition of a non-monetary settlement of a lawsuit Weinstein brought after he was removed as an alternate for declining to sign a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Where it stands: on October 21, 2026 the Finance & Governance Committee of the Whole referred the resolution to the full Council with a "do pass" recommendation, 9 ayes, 2 noes and one absent.
Stakes: if the Council does not reappoint him, the settlement terms are not met and the lawsuit continues.

Chief Deputy City Attorney Heidi Brown said the earlier NDA covered "any and all confidential information" without saying what that meant, and that she and Weinstein ran out of time before his removal. The revised NDA ties confidentiality to what the public records law exempts, including attorney-client privileged material, and routes questions about what may be disclosed through the city attorney's office.
All board members will sign the revised NDA, and so will any new member. The settlement also has the board publish non-privileged training materials on its website; one training given by Brown stays privileged. The lawsuit will be dismissed once he is reappointed.

Councilor Green had objected to the original appointment because he saw a refusal to work with the city attorney; with the problem resolved he will support it.
Councilor Avalos said the very serious concerns she raised earlier remain and she would not support it. Councilor Morillo also appears to have voted no.
Councilor Kanal, a co-sponsor, said he had voted against the removal and was glad of a resolution. Councilor Smith, who moved the referral, praised Weinstein as thorough and a public servant.

Moved by Councilor Smith, seconded by Councilor Ryan; roll call with 9 ayes, 2 noes (Avalos and, as the captions suggest, Morillo) and one absent.

About 10 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-21 - Finance & Governance Committee (Whole)	10

2026-10-21 - Finance & Governance Committee (Whole) - Brown explained the settlement and revised NDA; Green, Kanal and Smith supported, Avalos opposed; referred 9-2 with one absent.
2026-10-28 - Council - Resolution 37760 adopted 10-2 (Avalos and Morillo no).