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C. Don Clay

President, San Francisco Police Commission

Presides over the Police Commission; asked 36 questions at the 20 meetings where we identified them.

20 of 20transcribed meetings with their voice identified
36questions at the Police Commission
11 of 11present at roll calls through Jul 15, 2026, from the clerk

Presides over the Police Commission

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Next Police Commission meeting: Wed, Nov 4, 6:00 pm · Clerk’s calendar

Three clips, newest first

“Do the lawyers not explain to their clients what the process is between DPA and, and the commission?”C. Don ClayCommissioner · Police Commission · Mar 18, 2026 · 50:41Play at 50:41
“…these shootings and where the people are, are been shot and died, are they close up versus farther away?”C. Don ClayCommissioner · Police Commission · Mar 4, 2026 · 30:54Play at 30:54
“…going to have an actual presentation from the crisis intervention team later on in the year. Not later on in the year, in the next couple of months. Is that correct, Sergeant?”C. Don ClayCommissioner · Police Commission · Apr 8, 2026 · 11:41Play at 11:41

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Every roll call, and Clay’s other bodies

Present at 11 of 11 roll calls at the Police Commission, roll call through Jul 15, 2026

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentExcusedAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 0. Jan 21, 2026 to Jul 15, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 11 of the 23 meetings we hold, through Jul 15, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →
  • Police Commission: talk time not compared. Presides over its meetings, so isn’t compared with the members.
Questions

Clay asked 36 questions at the 20 Police Commission meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Clay’s 30 questions to city departments at the Police Commission, 21 went to police.

Who they question: 30 questions to a department, 1 body · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 8, 2026.

Police Commission30 questions to city departments
Police Commission: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Police2170%
Police and sheriff oversight723%
City attorney / law department27%
Neighborhoods Clay named

2 places Clay named in meetings

Lines where Clay named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

San Francisco
  • Bayview Hunters Point 1 time
  • Tenderloin 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Analysis Neighborhoods file (DataSF (City and County of San Francisco)). A dot says the place was named, not where Clay was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Clay’s voice

20, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Clay’s first remark.

  1. Oct 7, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety5.6 min43:24
  2. Sep 9, 2026Police Commission6.3 min29:46
  3. Jul 15, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety1.9 min29:27
  4. Jul 8, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety4.5 min5:44
  5. Jun 17, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety4.4 min19:50
  6. Jun 10, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety6.1 min5:02
  7. Jun 3, 2026Police Commission8.2 min0:24
  8. Apr 8, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety11.2 min4:20
  9. Apr 1, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety10.3 min17:47
  10. Mar 18, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety6.2 min20:30
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  1. Mar 4, 2026Police Commission2.2 min29:35
  2. Feb 18, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety5.9 min24:35
  3. Feb 11, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety · Budget and spending5.6 min4:52
  4. Feb 4, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety13.0 min29:41
  5. Jan 21, 2026Police CommissionBudget and spending2.9 min5:10
  6. Jan 14, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety2.6 min16:39
  7. Jan 7, 2026Police CommissionPolicing and public safety1.7 min0:32
  8. Nov 19, 2025Police CommissionPolicing and public safety2.1 min8:42
  9. Nov 12, 2025Police Commission0.8 min17:36
  10. Nov 5, 2025Police CommissionPolicing and public safety4.5 min3:54
How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 340 commission lines drawn, 260 right, 4 wrong, 1 unclear, 75 couldn’t be judged

We identified Clay’s voice at 20 meetings. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Clay was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets C. Don Clay’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Clay said. For commissions, of 340 lines drawn, 260 were right, 4 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 75. We have since removed the voices behind 64 of those lines (3 wrong, 0 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 276 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 228: 226 right, 1 wrong and 1 unclear (90% lower bound 0.97). They couldn’t judge the other 48. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Clay or of San Francisco alone.