Ladies and gentlemen, please Welcome Community leader Deandre Young. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Thanks for having me and for joining todays car rally. My name is Deandre Young and i was born and raised here in the city of flint, michigan and have been active in the community my entire life, organizing and engaging people to fight for environment of justice and the fight for clean, affordable water and sustainable infrastructure. I grew up union strong, with my family members working at the general motors, proud members of the uaw. My mother was a Union Representative and liaison for Flint Community schools. My family and my community motivates me to stay committed to the fight for equity, which starts at the Grassroots Level. I always tell people that fighting for change at the Grassroots Level is more than just your typical 9 005 00 job. It is your whole life. Right now, we desperately need a president who recognizes that. This pandemic has shined a light on the inequit
So as to not interrupt our proceedings here in the chamber , the board of supervisors and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow inperson attendance and Public Comment while still providing Remote Access and Public Comment via telephone. Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first, and then well take those who are waiting on the telephone line for those watching remotely and streaming through. Sfcv. Tv. Org. The Public Comment callin number is streaming across the screen and when connected you will hear the meeting discussions, but youll be muted and in listening mode only when your item of interest comes up in public. Comment is called. Those joining us in person should line up to speak and those on telephone should dial star three to be added to the speaker line. If youre on your telephone, please remember to turn down your tv and all listening devices may be using and each speaker will be allowed
Proceedings here in the chamber , the board of supervisors and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow inperson attendance and Public Comment while still providing Remote Access and Public Comment via telephone. Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. Those attending in person will be allowed to speak first, and then well take those who are waiting on the telephone line for those watching remotely and streaming through. Sfcv. Tv. Org. The Public Comment callin number is streaming across the screen and when connected you will hear the meeting discussions, but youll be muted and in listening mode only when your item of interest comes up in public. Comment is called. Those joining us in person should line up to speak and those on telephone should dial star three to be added to the speaker line. If youre on your telephone, please remember to turn down your tv and all listening devices may be using and each speaker will be allowed up to two minutes to speak
Greer, oic of the general work detail. Id like to recognize officer Michael Grande for his dedication and professionalism of the general work detail. Officer grande has over 18 years of service with the San Francisco Police Department since the general work detail was reestablished in march of 2022. Officer grande has been the sole video retrieval officer for and worked hundreds of complex cases as Video Evidence has become increasingly critical for successful prosecution of cases and is frequently the only evidence to identify perpetrators of crimes. This evidence is fleeting and is often retained for as little as one week due to data storage constraints of many systems. Office ser grande has routinely made himself available at hours beyond his normal schedule to obtain his evidence in a timely manner. The officer grande is one of only five members of the sfpd to have completed an intensive week long course on forensic video retrieval and analysis through viva. In addition to the Tech
Pressing thoughts they would like to address with the panel. Right here in the front. The flaw in the current law . There is defamation, intimidation whenever we have a high profile case, theres a from people who think they can solve the problem or people who were injured who want a new law specifically for that issue. Why do we need a new law in this case . Do you want to start . Rights work did not start with any high profile case. Years ago when average people were being affected by this. This has been something that is happening private citizens for years. This is not some high profile case we are responding to out of a sense of now that has happened to someone famous we care. We care about this because the experience of victims has been that none of these laws work. If the image is out there, if it was not necessarily by someone trying to harass, and many of them do not, just to give you a concrete example, just a couple of weeks ago, the Highway Patrol officers who have arrested