Today . Clerk yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, the Committee Room are closed, however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. The media through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent at the each item on the agenda, and sfgovtv are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. You can call 415 6550001, meeting i. D. 1451400281. Then press pound twice. Then you will hear the meeting discussions. Your item of interest comes up, star needs to be added to the speaker line. Speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, Public Comment in either of the following ways, email to myself, the budget and finance committee clerk. And submit Public Comment video email, and will be included as part of the file. Finally, items are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda of june 30, 2020, unless otherwise stated. Supervisor fewer t
The people marching in the streets are telling you enough is enough. It is on you to make sure that his death is not in vain. House republicans invited witnesses to testify, including the sister of dave patrick underwood. He is a federal Security Officer from pinole that was shot and killed at his post at the oakland Federal Building on may 29 during a night of protest that happened in the city. Police brutality of any kind must not be condoned. However, it is blatantly wrong to create an excuse out of discrimination and disparity to loot and burn our communities and to kill our officers of the law. The fbi is investigating his death. A second guard of the building was wounded in that shooting. In the meantime, the ranking republican, jim jordan of ohio says the calls to defund the police are pure insanity. The House Democrats have drafted the justice and policing act that would, among other things, ban the chokeholds. It will create a database of police misconduct, make it easier for
Good evening. Im dion lim. And im ama daetz. Thank you for being here. We begin with the backlash over the black lives matter fallout. In San Francisco a new firing and apology over the couple who called the police on a man stencilling black lives matter outside of his home. And in san carlos where were getting Restaurant Owners to share their side of the story after a viral photo surfaced accused them of being racist. That is where stephanie sierra starts us off. Reporter this Restaurant Owner is scared for her life. I dont know if i need to close my doors tomorrow. I dont know if shun is going to break into my home. I dont know if someone is throwing rocks at my restaurant right now. Reporter the family is dodges dozens of Death Threats after this surfaced on social media accusing their restaurant of being racist. It claims the man whose image we blurred was dining on the outdoor patio heckling and spewing hateful comments at a group of peaceful demonstrators during a and one pulled
About concrete steps, not only on a state level or here in san jose, but also on a national level. Reporter san jose and San Francisco joined los angeles in calling for a national use of force standard in addition to creating a National Database of former Police Officers fired for gross misconduct. The goal, to also root out any racist individual from their ranks. We need to admit that, identify them, and make sure they dont join or if theyre here, make sure that we show them the way out. Reporter today, state attorney general javier basara called for legislation to discertify Police Officers for serious misconduct and shared information for use of force policies and deescalation. We have moved farther and in some cases faster than many other jurisdictions in trying to change the way we do public safety. Reporter some of these proposals have grained traction following the death of george floyd in minneapolis. It is impossible to watch that or think about that and not say, we have to do
I have had many consultations with the community about what they want. As you have heard and i personally can attest to we need more green space assesssible when games are going on. At the moment we have none. Actually we have all of it but under normal circumstances we would have none. It has been great to take my kids to the park and we would like to see that project happen before my kid grows up. I have been working on it since they were 1yearold. I would also like to briefly speak in support of the square. We dont use that park, i know they have been working for a long time and it would be great to see them get dedicated funding, too. Thank you. Caller my name is dan byron. I work for the owners of Japan Center Mall. I am calling add adjacent to peace plaza. On behalf of the associates of Japan Center Mall we urge you to support 25 million for the japan town peace plaza in the bond measure. It has waited 20 years for space to be properly repaired and create an open space to reflect