Welcome to the july 13th, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. Im chair of the committee. With me on the Video Conference is rules Committee Vice chair captain stephanie and rules Committee Member supervisor gordon mar and we are joined by supervisor matt hainey. I would like to thank sf gov tv for staffing this meeting. Are there any announcements . Yes, thes. The legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. Committee members will attend and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. President Public Comment will be available on the agenda and both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streams across the stream. Opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415 6550001 and again thats 415655ooo1. The i. D. Is 14666153 146 661. You will be muted and in listening mode only. Best practises are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit either to myself at
Make sure that the demonstrations that we see are translated into real action. As has sadly been demonstrated by the death of george floyd, black communities are also disproportionately represented in our criminal justice system, so reforms go hand and hand both around Police Reforms and criminal justice reforms, as well. Weve seen in San Francisco a lot of real change but also knowing that we have a lot more to do. So we are really excited with this panel here today to talk about the work that San Francisco has already done but also our commitment to doing even more, including using the police in response to noncriminal activities, addressing police biases and strengthening our ability, and promoting economic justice. If were going to make real change, we need to fundamentally change the nature of policing itself. Here is an incredible opportunity, and so todays conversation will discuss other paths, criminal justice reforms that have been made in San Francisco, and joining us today,
The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the july 9, 2020, regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. Im supervisor mandelman. I chair this committee. Joined by supervisor stefani and supervisor walton. I want to thank the great folks at sfgovtv for staffing this. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes, thank you very much. In order to protect board members, City Employees and the public during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative Committee Room is closed. This is taken pursuant to local state, federal orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meetings as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. The number is being streamed across the screen. Public comment is available by phone, by calling 408 4189 8 408 4189388. Once connected and prompted, todays i. D. Is 146789102. Press pound and then a second time. When connected, youll he
Are streaming the number across the stream. And each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. And the opportunity to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 1 408 4189388. And, again, that is 1 408 4189388. And the meeting i. D. Is 146 661 0524. Again, that is 146 661 0524. And then press pound and pound again. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, hit star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. Speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively you may submit the Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email to myself, the rules Committee Clerk at bic. Org sfgov. Org. If you submit by email its forwarded to the supervisors and its included as part of the file. And finally items are expected to be on the board of supervisor agenda of july 7th, unless otherwise stated. Chair ronen can you call item one. Clerk item one is the Chart
Im the first to say that we have a problem that we have some services for those people who have the most severe, most complicated needs, that they dont want you know, as many people as we put on the streets say thats not how people want to engage, and thats what i hope we get to moving forward on in these main areas around that Mental Health s. F. Legislation. Supervisor mandelman but i would just point out and i think i have a couple more questions, and ill feed to the other members of the committee. You know, the meth Sobering Center was i mean, what is it many different people on the Meth Task Force had many different ideas what the Sobering Center would be and what services it would have, from a place to get out the streets to more of an altern e alternative to p. E. S. From what ive heard on the streets, there was a real need to reduce pressure on p. E. S. And how a Sobering Center does that i can see stories how it does a little bit on the margins, but unless it has more, unless