Danny Sauter
Supervisor, District 3, San Francisco Board of SupervisorsRaised homelessness at six meetings. Named Chinatown 10 times, more than any other official.
Chairs the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee; sits on 4 more other bodies
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- Board of Supervisors · Supervisor
- Budget and Finance Committee · Member
- Budget and Appropriations Committee · Member
- San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board · Supervisor
- Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee · Chair
- SFCTA Personnel Committee · Supervisor
- Government Audit and Oversight Committee · Vice chair · until May 7, 2026
Four clips, newest first
Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.
Issues Sauter raised, by number of meetings
- Homelessness6 meetings
District 3 on the current Board of Supervisors map
Every roll call, and Sauter’s other bodies
Present at 18 of 19 roll calls at the Board of Supervisors, roll call through Apr 14, 2026
- San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board: 0.9 min of speech a meeting, range 0.3–1.9. In the same range as seven other members.
- Budget and Appropriations Committee: talk time not compared. Fewer than four members can be compared fairly.
Commendations, ceremonies and memorials took 25% of Sauter’s speech with a checked topic
Sauter asked 12 questions at the 31 Board of Supervisors meetings where we identified them
Of Sauter’s 9 questions to city departments at the Board of Supervisors, 5 went to building permits and inspection.
| Department | Share | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Building permits and inspection | 556% | |
| Planning and zoning | 222% | |
| Human services, aging, youth | 111% | |
| Parks and recreation | 111% |
7 places Sauter named in meetings
- Chinatown 10 times, the most of any official
- North Beach 6 times, the most of any official
- Russian Hill 4 times, the most of any official
- Nob Hill 3 times, the most of any official
- Mission Bay 2 times
- Financial District/South Beach 1 time
- Mission 1 time
Every meeting where we identified Sauter’s voice
- Oct 8, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteePolicing and public safety10.7 min0:05
- Oct 7, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.1 min1:00:14
- Oct 6, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials4.5 min22:59
- Sep 29, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials3.5 min56:41
- Sep 24, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteeAlcohol, cannabis and business permits8.1 minVideo
- Sep 23, 2026Budget and Finance Committee1.0 min12:00
- Sep 22, 2026Board of Supervisors4.5 min2:57:08
- Sep 16, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeCity workforce and labor · Health and behavioral health2.2 min51:42
- Sep 15, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials7.0 min48:35
- Sep 10, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteeAlcohol, cannabis and business permits1.7 minVideo
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- Sep 2, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health3.2 min3:08
- Sep 1, 2026Board of Supervisors4.9 min11:14
- Jul 28, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials12.3 min16:10
- Jul 23, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteeFire and emergency services1.0 min2:15:12
- Jul 22, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health · Parks and recreation8.9 min11:41
- Jul 21, 2026Board of SupervisorsBusiness and economic development3.1 min3:34:04
- Jul 15, 2026Budget and Finance Committee1.4 min7:29
- Jul 14, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board0.8 min42:12
- Jul 9, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee0.4 min18:13
- Jul 8, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeParks and recreation1.6 min26:06
- Jul 7, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials5.4 min19:43
- Jun 25, 2026Budget and Appropriations Committee2.9 min7:58:43
- Jun 23, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials5.6 min20:22
- Jun 22, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor3.6 min31:04
- Jun 18, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor5.6 min39:14
- Jun 17, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.8 min22:02
- Jun 17, 2026Budget and Appropriations Committee1.6 min10:54
- Jun 16, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials0.9 min58:36
- Jun 12, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor3.9 min18:06
- Jun 11, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor1.7 min45:58
- Jun 10, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor3.3 min1:20:15
- Jun 9, 2026Board of Supervisors2.5 min1:51:22
- Jun 9, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority BoardPublic transit1.0 min42:52
- Jun 3, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBusiness and economic development4.1 min21:27
- May 28, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteePolicing and public safety · Alcohol, cannabis and business permits2.6 min21:39
- May 27, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHomelessness · Policing and public safety5.7 min1:03:50
- May 20, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health1.9 min23:37
- May 20, 2026Budget and Appropriations Committee0.4 min25:11
- May 19, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials4.0 min29:04
- May 14, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteeHealth and behavioral health6.4 min1:01:35
- May 13, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeCity workforce and labor6.1 min48:36
- May 12, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials · Business and economic development7.3 min44:10
- May 12, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority BoardPublic transit0.7 min48:31
- May 6, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHomelessness2.9 min19:42
- May 5, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials5.4 min54:02
- Apr 29, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeHealth and behavioral health2.9 min17:50
- Apr 28, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials7.9 min44:04
- Apr 23, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteeHomelessness1.3 min6:06
- Apr 22, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeCity workforce and labor1.9 min7:16
- Apr 15, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.8 min30:07
- Apr 15, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeBudget and spending2.8 min3:38
- Apr 14, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials6.0 min38:10
- Apr 14, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board1.7 min9:27
- Apr 8, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.8 min20:10
- Apr 7, 2026Board of SupervisorsDevelopment and land use · Commendations, ceremonies and memorials18.7 min50:11
- Mar 25, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.1 min1:03:17
- Mar 25, 2026Budget and Appropriations CommitteeBudget and spending1.7 min33:53
- Mar 24, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials7.4 min1:24:14
- Mar 10, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials5.8 min41:17
- Mar 3, 2026Board of Supervisors1.7 min23:13
- Feb 25, 2026Budget and Finance Committee0.8 min30:51
- Feb 24, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials3.4 min1:26:08
- Feb 23, 2026SFCTA Personnel Committee0.1 min1:15:11
- Feb 12, 2026Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteeHomelessness13.0 min9:49
- Feb 11, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBudget and spending1.1 min15:50
- Feb 10, 2026Board of Supervisors0.2 min1:02:31
- Feb 10, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board0.2 min17:38
- Feb 4, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeSchools and youth2.4 min57:32
- Feb 3, 2026Board of SupervisorsBusiness and economic development6.8 min20:22
- Jan 28, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeBusiness and economic development2.7 min28:17
- Jan 27, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials6.7 min1:08:46
- Jan 27, 2026San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board0.1 min15:49
- Jan 14, 2026Budget and Finance CommitteeArts, culture and libraries1.4 min55:24
- Jan 13, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials6.0 min44:46
- Jan 6, 2026Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials1.4 min39:00
- Dec 16, 2025Board of Supervisors3.1 min1:47:15
- Dec 16, 2025San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board8.9 minVideo
- Dec 9, 2025Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials5.7 min1:02:26
- Dec 9, 2025San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board1.4 min41:51
- Dec 3, 2025Budget and Finance CommitteeHomelessness2.5 min14:00
- Dec 2, 2025Board of SupervisorsDevelopment and land use · Appointments to boards and commissions9.9 min16:11
- Nov 18, 2025Board of SupervisorsDevelopment and land use · Business and economic development7.9 min27:55
- Nov 13, 2025Public Safety and Neighborhood Services CommitteePolicing and public safety · Alcohol, cannabis and business permits3.6 min6:43
- Nov 5, 2025Budget and Finance Committee0.8 min40:00
- Nov 4, 2025Board of SupervisorsCommendations, ceremonies and memorials · Budget and spending5.3 min33:32
- Nov 4, 2025San Francisco County Transportation Authority Board2.7 min26:13
How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged
We identified Sauter’s voice at 86 meetings across seven bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Sauter was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Danny Sauter’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 Sauter said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Sauter or of San Francisco alone.
