{"id":440416,"date":"2026-08-22T12:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440416\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:28:24","slug":"sf-official-william-palmer-faces-new-claims-involving-drugs-and-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440416\/","title":{"rendered":"SF official William Palmer faces new claims involving drugs and sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

A San Francisco official who\u2019s already in trouble<\/a> for antisemitic online rantings and allegedly abusive relationships with women faces even more explosive allegations that he gave drugs to a vulnerable woman and had sex with her.<\/p>\n

William Monroe Palmer, the president of the San Francisco Sheriff\u2019s Department Oversight Board<\/a> who has been celebrated for his\u00a0jail reform activism, still remains in his position despite growing calls from city officials for him to be removed.<\/p>\n

In the latest incident, a young woman, 26, told the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> that she left her family\u2019s home on June 30 with no money or cell phone after a dispute about her job at a strip club.<\/p>\n

William Monroe Palmer, the president of the San Francisco Sheriff\u2019s Department Oversight Board who has been celebrated for his\u00a0jail reform activism, still remains in his position despite growing calls from city officials for him to be removed. SF.gov<\/p>\n

The woman, who has a history of involuntary psychiatric holds<\/a>, was set to return home after spending two nights with a friend when she came upon some strangers in a public plaza and decided to smoke fentanyl with them.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Palmer allegedly spotted her, watching her from a red BMW convertible, the outlet reported. Palmer called her over and managed to get her inside the car, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe asked me if I wanted to do drugs with him like meth and fentanyl,\u201d the woman claimed.<\/p>\n

The pair went to his apartment and over the following five days, she allegedly smoked drugs and had sex with him. At one point, she was told she had to be resuscitated from an overdose. The drug use made her unsure in her decision-making, she said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI felt hesitant, but I took my clothes off because he told me to take my clothes off,\u201d she said. \u201cI felt very messed up, I couldn\u2019t tell if I wanted to have sex or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman never told Palmer \u201cno,\u201d she told to Chronicle, but said she was not sure if the sex was consensual.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, her mother reported her missing on July 3, panicking about her daughter\u2019s whereabouts. Four days later, an unidentified man called the mother and said her daughter was at an art studio near Market Street.<\/p>\n

Palmer was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 2021. Facebook\/@Sheriff’s Dept. Oversight Board<\/p>\n

The mom called the police, who found both her daughter and Palmer together. Officers handcuffed Palmer and placed the woman in a mental health hold, but he was eventually released.<\/p>\n

Palmer later tried to visit the woman at San Francisco General Hospital using his official position, but was turned away. He reportedly even emailed the district attorney\u2019s office that he was \u201cdeeply\u201d concerned about how police had ended his \u201ctrauma-informed intervention\u201d in the woman\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Palmer claimed he took care of the woman. He spotted her and got her out of a situation she didn\u2019t belong in, he said. He allegedly took her to acupuncture sessions, and Palmer said he gave her a drink that he claimed turned people into a \u201ctotal different person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m her life coach,\u201d Palmer told the Chronicle. \u201cI talked to her and told her the things that she needed to hear to snap out of the lifestyle she was in and to get into the life that she wants to be in.\u201d<\/p>\n

He refused to confirm whether he had sex or did drugs with her.<\/p>\n

Palmer is also a member of the Sentencing Commission. Facebook\/@Sheriff’s Dept. Oversight Board<\/p>\n

The latest allegations add to what is already a troubling string of accusations against Palmer. <\/p>\n

The Post reported that he freely ranted about Jews on social media while serving on multiple City Hall boards, repeatedly posting antisemitic conspiracy theories from hate groups on his public Facebook account. <\/p>\n

He has also been accused by four women of abuse, and he claimed homelessness to get out of 97 parking tickets with fines of $9,743.<\/p>\n

Palmer was appointed to the Sheriff\u2019s Oversight Board in 2021 as part of a push to include people with \u201clived experience\u201d to shape the jail system. He had served 31 years of a life sentence in prison for a crime he committed as a teenager.<\/p>\n

Now, some San Francisco figures want to reverse his appointment \u2014 but are running headlong into the city\u2019s onerous bureaucratic rules that require multiple votes in order to oust a public official. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable that someone who has engaged in this behavior for months, if not years, remains in a position of public trust,\u201d Mayor Daniel Lurie told the Chronicle.<\/p>\n

The city Board of Supervisors has the power to remove him through a process that requires a hearing and official votes. Supervisor Stephen\u00a0Sherrill requested an investigation into whether Palmer committed misconduct and said the removal process must begin soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis situation is unacceptable. This individual has repeatedly demonstrated that he is unfit to serve on a City commission or in any leadership capacity whatsoever,\u201d Sherrill wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Daniel Lurie, mayor of San Francisco, wants Palmer removed. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, he said the city requires an \u201cabsurd\u201d process and he is in conversations about moving the investigation more quickly. He told The California Post in an interview that the removal process is hopefully \u201cweeks away.\u201d Sherrill called attention to a measure on the November ballot that would enable quicker removals without cause.<\/p>\n

Palmer has ignored calls for his resignation and said he intends to serve until March 1, 2027, when his term ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllegations don\u2019t remove people from the board,\u201d Palmer said. \u201cSo go through the process and let the chips fall where they may.\u201d<\/p>\n

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