Supervisor preston. Preston aye. Supervisor safai. Safai, aye. You have two ayes. Supervisor safai thank you. I dont believe that theres any other items before us, correct, madam clerk . Clerk thats correct. No further business. Supervisor safai we are adjourned. Clerk thank you. Supervisor preston thank you. Clerk thank you. Chair fewer the meeting will come to order. This is the special budget and finance Committee Meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, the chair of the committee. And im joined by supervisor walton and rafael mandelman. I thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, any announcements. Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect the Board Members and the City Employees and the public, the legislative agenda and the Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in a meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the local, state and federal orders and declarations and directives. The meeting is through video conversation and
Department representative said, theres no data on whether it increases the proportion of the people showing up for court. Nor apparently the data about whether it prevents people from committing more crimes before their court date. My heartbreaks for the woman who spoke earlier, but the way to decrease the Domestic Violence is better education, more funding for shelters and Restorative Justice programs, not electronic monitoring. And i cannot believe that youre thinking about extending sentinels contract. If you knew that a plumber had three lawsuits against them, would you hire them . Come on, folks. Please, do the right thing here. Clerk thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Caller hi, good afternoon, supervisors. I am carolyn, and im the San Francisco policy director for the Public Defenders Office and i wanted to just thank you so much for delving into this critical and underrepresented issue. The Public Defenders Office had a front row seat to our local court system a
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Worrying scenes in the last hour or so this was a lot fuller than than it is now a lot of the protesters a lot of who were supporting various different opposition groups that its a very peacefully gathering here showing some sort of unity. Basically left because a group of rival opposition supporters from maine who support the new Prime Minister a man that was voted in by an emergency parliamentary session. Last week who was freed from jail by those protesters a group of them came into the square they were both tools projectiles thrown. Scuffles the statue behind me that you can see there were indeed gunshots. And as i say a lot of people here are very nervous and have left the square now the supporters of the Prime Minister most of them have gone back to where they are protesting around the Prime Ministers office but there is a great sense of factionalism here in tension this evening and as you say the president has called this state of emergency concern what he says about possible co
And directives. The meeting is through video conversation and participate in the meeting as if physically present. Public comment is available on each item on this agenda. And sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker is allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period and available by calling 1 415 6550001. Again, 1 415 6550001. Meeting i. D. , 1460595898. Again, 1460595898. Then press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be in mute and in this mode only. When your item of interest comes up dial star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. And best practices are to call from a quiet location and speak slowly and clearly and turn down your television ore radio. You can submit Public Comment by emailing to the budget and finance committee clerk, and if you submit Public Comment via email it is forwarded to the supervisors and it will be included as part of the official fi