SFPD Chief Bill Scott passing the baton after leading 8 years; Yep named to interim post

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News May 8, 2025May 7, 2025

FILE: San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott speaks at a fentanyl awareness news conference in San Francisco on May 10, 2023. Scott, who was appointed chief by former Mayor Ed Lee in 2017, announced his resignation Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Olivia Wynkoop/Bay City News)

After serving more than eight years as San Francisco’s police chief, Bill Scott is stepping down, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Wednesday.

Sworn in back in in 2017 by former mayor Ed Lee, Scott has led public safety efforts through the COVID-19 pandemic, protests in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, and the fentanyl drug crisis.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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