In june of 2018, almost a year ago, the budget and legislative analysis analyst provided the board with a performance audit of the San Francisco Police Department so we could better understand, number one, how to put the police are deploying police staff, that is funded by the general fund, and number two , how uniform staff is allocated to administrative versus patrol duties. One major finding and recommendation of that audit was that in light of an increase in property crime in our city, with public demand for more officers on the street, the San Francisco Police Department should put as many administrative positions in as possible. This is best practice is recognized by major Law Enforcement associations including the International Association of chiefs of police and adopted by most major Law Enforcement departments in the country, but San Franciscos ratio of sworn officers to civilian staff remains higher than the National Average over its peers. While there is a need for sworn off
Please ensure you have silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and documents should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the november 5th, 2019 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Can you please call the first item . Number one is a resolution declaring a state of emergency regarding pedestrian and cyclist fatalities. Supervisor haney . Welcome. Yes. Thank you, chair mandelman and thank you for having me back, committee members. I feel like i am an honorary member of this committee at this point. Thank you for hearing these very important items. I authored this resolution with president yee declaring a Traffic Safety state of emergency on pedestrian cyclists pedestrian and cyclist fatalities with walk s. F. Immediately after the tragic death of Benjamin Dean and the injury of his wife in the tenderloin after a driver ran a red light and struck them both, but this is about even more than one death i
And policy bill for 2020. Initial votes mid afternoon. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend Asriel Mclain, capitol hill presbyterian church, shreveport, louisiana. The chaplain let us pray. O lord, in the name of jesus, we praise you for the liberties paid for by our sons and daughters who gave their last full measure of devotion. New orleans, gettysburg, normandy, iwo jima, vietnam and the middle east. Thank you for those who marched in places like selma and montgomery. Seeking to perfect our union. Now, lord, bless this the peoples house of which it is said here served the people govern. Bless, o lord, this body, leadership on both sides of the aisle whose composition mirrors the apples orchard the washington state, to the citrus groves of florida to the sun kissed beaches of california and to the beloved bayous of louisiana. Remember our staff, constituents back home as they function as servan
Then last week on 4th of july, no less, congressman amash shocked political world again, he wrote an oped in Washington Post that reads in part. Today i am declaring my independences and leaving the Republican Party. No matter your circumstance, i am asking you to join me in rejecting the part son partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us. During a parade on same day, in his home state of michigan, he explained his reasoning. We see too many people trying to find but that means is shallow that leads to hyper partisanship that is driving wedges, truth is that most americans are not political, they are not super partisan, and despite what social media and plain old media might have you believe, there is more that unites us than divides us. Far more. But back to calls for impeachment, sunday, congressman amash reiterated his belief that donald trump needs to go. From a moral position, she is making a position, from a strategic possession, she making a mistake, if she b
Turned on him. Then last week on 4th of july, no less, congressman amash shocked political world again, he wrote an oped in Washington Post that reads in part. Today i am declaring my independences and leaving the Republican Party. No matter your circumstance, i am asking you to join me in rejecting the part son partisan loyalties and rhetoric that divide and dehumanize us. During a parade on same day, in his home state of michigan, he explained his reasoning. We see too many people trying to find but that means is shallow that leads to hyper partisanship that is driving wedges, truth is that most americans are not political, they are not super partisan, and despite what social media and plain old media might have you believe, there is more that unites us than divides us. Far more. But back to calls for impeachment, sunday, congressman amash reiterated his belief that donald trump needs to go. From a moral position, she is making a position, from a strategic possession, she making a mi