Chiu. And i want to thank our sf gov. Tv. San francisco television staff. City clerk please silence all cell phones devices. Items acted upon today will appear on september 2nd agenda unless otherwise stated. Supervisor katy tang we have a special meeting today. First we need to excuse supervisors norman yee. Without objection. Madam clerk, please call item 1. City clerk item 1 motion approving rejecting the president of the board of supervisors, supervisor david chiu, nomination of Kathrin Moore to the Planning Commission, term ending july 1, 2018. Clerk of the boardddcharter, section 4. 105, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the board of supervisors and shall be the subject of a public hearing and vote within 60 days from the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk of the board. If the board fails to act on the nomination within 60 days of the date the nomination is transmitted to the clerk then the nominee shall be deemed approved. Transmittal date july
Department says it still hired people who did not pass the evaluation. Amanda . Good evening. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office, Public Information officer tells me its because of a law prior to 2016 receiving a d on your exam was considered passing and how its considered a fail. Were being transparent in coming forward and acknowledging the issues that that went on here on friday. 47 Alameda County sheriffs deputies were stripped of their duties as Law Enforcement officers after receiving a letter from sheriff gregory ahern, obviously. This was very devastating news to them. They have no idea that they did not have the passing score that was required. A lot of them were in shock. Were initially delivered the News Lieutenant ray kelly with the Sheriffs Office says they did an audit of their department after one of their deputies. Devon williams was arrested in connection to a double homicide. Thats when kelly says the office determined that a d not suited. Is no longer considered a pa
Firefighters are on the scene right now of a fire that interstate 5. 80, in oakland. As you can see there, the fire first reported about 6. 20, this evening near the edwards exit 5. 80, along the westbound side of the freeway. There. It has been contained, but crews are still out there putting out the hot spots. Oakland fire says that the incident started as a truck fire. There are no reports of injury or structure damage. This is the 3rd vegetation fire thats popped up along 5. 80, in oakland. The first one broke out near 35th avenue macarthur boulevard. That was back on september 16th. The damaged at least 4 structures. The cause of that fire is still under investigation. And then the following tuesday, 3 bru h fires broke out near 35th avenue and delaware street near that freeway. Investigators have ruled those fires as a case of arson. To the south bay, now a man was caught on Surveillance Video stealing a wheelchair of all things. Take a look at this security video from early this
Non Police Response models. Kron fours Haaziq Madyun has the story. Premise was to reduce funding the Police Department to the tune of 18 Million Dollars. And transition or or to these . No, im Police Responses. Laudable goal. But unfortunately, the money seems to have moved over, but no recalls have the president of the union that represents Oakland Police officers. Officer Barry Donelan is questioning the number of non violent calls for service. That got a response from macro, the citys mobile assistance, Community Responders of oakland. Donelan says in the month of august, opd has 911, dispatch received 60,000 calls for service. So of the 60,000 calls for service use a macro interest. 19 bain added they responded to 19 calls for service. Theres more than 20. You know what, when youre taking 2000 calls for service a day and these are residents who need help. They need a Police Officer and were just wrong. That was struggling to make it to them. And we appreciate the help for not seei
Before as sits on the city council in south San Francisco. He says that between january of 2021 in june of this year, the city investigated 433 cases of catalytic converter theft in response. The city recently passed an ordinance making it illegal to possess a stolen catalytic converter for us as governor are a big step in the right direction. Its important that we address school, the main players, the key players are core medals companies. Again, all of these need to be held accountable. Flores also says theyre looking for new ways to stop the thefts, including possibly asking Car Manufacturers to etch vin numbers under the catalytic converters of new cars. Theyre also looking at working with Insurance Companies to install Theft Prevention shield over the converters. He says they want to give Law Enforcement car owners as many tools as possible to prevent the steps. So now we need to keep up with times and what we hope is not only to put people on notice those that are committing thes