San Francisco Police Officers' Ass'n v. San Francisco Police Comm'n

The San Francisco Police Officers' Association (Association) appeals from the trial court's order denying its petition to compel arbitration brought against the San Francisco Police Commission (Commission); the City and County of San Francisco (the City); and Toney Chaplin, in his official capacity as interim Chief of Police of the San Francisco Police Department (collectively, respondents). The action arose from the City's denial of the Association's grievance challenging the City's refusal to further meet and confer before adopting and implementing a revised use of force policy for the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). On appeal, the Association contends the court improperly (1) found that *756 its challenge to the City's denial of its grievance related to the revised use of force policy was not subject to arbitration under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and the Association, and (2) denied the petition to compel arbitration based on the substantive merit of the underlying grievance.

Because we conclude the trial court properly found that the parties had not agreed to subject the City's determinations regarding the revised use of force policy to…