On methods to reduce gun violence so were discussing the membership and the duties of the task force with the legislation. Also i want to call theres been a lot of reference to the budget legislative Analyst Report which is available today for the members of the public. Its a good read and talks about things that are important. There are three key things i will put into this particular ordinance. First of all this body is defining performance metrics to evaluate Nonprofit Organization and Department Heads using money, general fund dollars. Second, this report specifically calls out that the board of supervisors needs better information on gun violence prevention programming in order to effectively appropriate money. Believe it or not there are 11 departments that receive almost 50 million and there is inconsistencies under the definition of what is violence prevention . What is a Strong Program versus an Inadequate Program . So this legislation will require the Department Head toss com
Thing that i would have a question about and i dont know that this is something that a person that should be a member of the task force per se, but i know something that has been important for us in the violence prevention work that we have done in the mission is how do we bring more than just the usual suspects or the typical players into the fold . And specifically i am thinking about the Business Community because i think i would imagine that some of the recommendations that will come out of this task force will require involvement by the Business Community. Nothing stops a bullet like a job. Well, i think that it would be helpful for us to include some role by the Business Community because i think that gun violence has not only implications in terms of human life but also there are implications in terms of the finances and the business of the city, so that would be one thing, and to the extent that some of these Major Companies and Tech Companies included see gun violence that inv
Should have a copy of the amendment in front of you. Im going to read the proposed changes just into the record. In the findings sections i would like to add the following language. According to the budget and legislative analyst january 13, v violence prevention report from the fiscal year listed San Francisco has spent approximately 208 million on violence prevention programs and services. Despite this level of funding the city doesnt have a process or way to measure performance so i would like to bring up the director of violence Prevention Service for the Mayors Office whom we have been working with from the beginning, and also want to take a moment to commend her for her hard work and thank you for the compassion you bring to your job. I would love you to begin to walk us through some of the existing violence Prevention Services that are run out of your office. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon supervisors. I actually have copies of the powerpoint so i will pass it to the clerk
From the department of Public Health who is here if there are any questions. There are no further presentations. Also maria sioux is also here, the director. I dont have anything else if you guys want to continue. Would you like us to ask for Public Comment . Oh please, yes. Any Public Comments on this item . I know you know, its okay and line up on this side and you have two minutes and state your name. Hello supervisors. I am barbara. Im a bay view resident of 21 years and the director of the bay view opera house major bayview institution for the last five years and i wanted to express my support for supervisor cohens proposal and i really appreciate it that she took this initiative i believe after a shooting that took place around the corner from the opera house and a senior was actually injured. I see the gun violence everyday. Just in the past two months it happens i was out on the street two times and each time a shooting took place when i was talking to somebody. Its extremely a
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