Francisco 49 ers deal with their first loss of the season. A look at what went wrong as several key players were injured. Live from Jack London Square this is mornington to the. Nine today is monday, october 16th. Were looking live across the oakland estuary towards San Francisco right now. Were going to check in with steve in just a moment to see and talk about the fog thats moving into parts of the bay area now, lets go ahead and start our newscast overseas as there has been so much concern over whats happening in the middle east. And well go ahead and start now with some new developments in the war. Now, as more than a million palestinians have left their homes in gaza in just the past week, we know israeli troops are preparing for a potential Ground Invasion. Well turn to ctvs madeleine rivera. She is explaining how the United Nations is warning of a humanitarian crisis in gaza if critical aid is not allowed into that area. Israeli Defense Forces are gearing up for a major ground o
Gasia mikaelian. And im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. We begin in vallejo where state attorney general rob bonta Just Announced a new agreement with the city to reform its Police Department at ktvu. Crime reporter henry lee is live at Vallejo City Hall with the details. Henry yeah, the attorney general says this agreement will improve accountability, reduce the unlawful use of force by officers and protect the civil rights of citizens of vallejo. Now, ag rob bonta did come to vallejo this morning to announce this agreement. Under this agreement, the department will address a number of issues as to how to improve its operations. Now, this includes ensuring that all stops, searches and seizures comply with the law. Theyll continue to review incidents when an officer points a gun at someone. And they will also address unreasonable uses of force. Now, this agreement comes after a number of high profile deadly shootings by officers, including the one that led to the death of sean
Police. You have enough as it is now. You need to fix income for people to get low Income Housing to make it better. You know what i am saying . You all spend a lot of money on nothing. Its bull crap but you can do better if you put your minds to it. Thank you and have a blessed day. Thank you. If there is anyone else to speak please come forward were going to close public comment. Thank you debbie leman and thank you for holding this hearing today. The cost of business is the number one issue in the sector for over a decade now and increases are sporadic and less than inflation and less than comparable City Employees receive although its from the same source of funding. I want to look at the issue in the context of the income inequality in the city and the primary team of the mayors address this year. Were in the midst of an economic boom but seeing record of San Francisco poverty and 13. 8 driven by rising unaffordability in the city. The cost of doing business is a key piece of this
The academy four classes maxed out . We will talk to you next time. Its not lost on the Mayors Office as all. Its one of the top priorities. Got it. How do you feel about lateral hiring versus academy clazs . We hire laterals and there is interest in the bay area to be members of the San Francisco Police Department. We try to be judicious who we hire from other departments because we dont want to take officers that might not be a good fit in San Francisco and over the last i guess since 2012 we had a Lateral Academy class. About a year its 10 to 15 officers per class and maybe 10 to 15 attrition of those classes but were making sure that we get real good officers again and benefited in 2012 because others were forced to layoff and the officers that were free agents if you will. They didnt come upon being available at their own doing. It was a matter of seniority. They let the most Junior Officers go and they few have been stand outs for us in San Francisco. Even if you bring laterals i
Retirements out paced the hiring of three classes and working with the Mayors Office we were able to identify salary savings thanks to director gannon and other staff and acknowledge they did a great job on the budget and able to get us back on track to meet the projected hiring and back to full staffing in june 2018. Chief, as it relates to that and i know supervisor wiener is doing work on this topic in particular in terms of the Academy Classes whats the max you couldnt put anymore officers through the Academy Every year . How many classes would that entail just from a logistics perspective . Working with ms. How to find out that number. Howard and what that number would be and the Mayors Office. Are hoping when we come back i can answer that. We have three going and we in the process of adding four so were determining what the capacity is. Yeah. Thats what it is and is it what is possible and the academy four classes maxed out . We will talk to you next time. Its not lost on the Ma