Law enforcement. These protests come at a time when our communities have been struggling even more because of the coronavirus. For too long, black people have been subjected to abuse at the hands of those in power. Now is the time that we can make sure that the demonstrations that we see are translated into real action. As has sadly been demonstrated by the death of george floyd, black communities are also disproportionately represented in our criminal justice system, so reforms go hand and hand both around Police Reforms and criminal justice reforms, as well. Weve seen in San Francisco a lot of real change but also knowing that we have a lot more to do. So we are really excited with this panel here today to talk about the work that San Francisco has already done but also our commitment to doing even more, including using the police in response to noncriminal activities, addressing police biases and strengthening our ability, and promoting economic justice. If were going to make real c
I am joined by committee members. Also joining us today is president yee. Our clerk is miss linda wong. Madam clerk, any announcements today . Yes, madam chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employee exposes e board, th members will be participating remotely. This is pursuant to state and local orders. Committee members will attend through Video Conference and participate as if they are physically president. Present. Sfg tv. Org is streaming across the tv. Opportunitpair call 415 65500. Again 145 2541827 and then press pound twice. When connected, you will hear the meeting discussions and you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practises is to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. You may submit Public Comment to the budget and finance clerk at linda. Wong sof. Org. It will be forwarded to the supervisors and in
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Thank you. Thank you, commissioner yee. Commissioner yee thank you. I wasnt too sure how this fits into the par tic particular ite. When you talk about congestion and the balance of people getting into vehicles and the lack of Public Transportation at this point. And probably the people on the west side see a lack of Public Transportation the most because its just not there. And i feel particularly in my district that its really lacking. Theres a few lines that are running and i want to thank m. T. A. For getting the 43 line back and running. Thats one of the few lines that we have now that go up on the hill a little bit. Theres no plans to bring back in some. And if you take the area around parkson, that when you cut off the line with the 57, youre pretty much like the desert there and so in rethinking and it seems that 57 and other lines like that are not in the plans to come back and it means that we have workers that need to get to work uptown and so forth and so how do you balance
Weve were been moving this process forward for the last month and a half now and so, definitely it wont were going to do our jobs and do everything we can to make it as smooth as possible, but from our perspective, past perspective, would it be further . Just to circle back one more time around, the works that theyve done about that work in the capacity to do this with us. My job is for the public and im here to support the superintendent and to guide the superintendent, but its to ensure that were focusing on the public and that theyre involved and we hear it all of the time, were not reaching out to them. If theyre developing a plan, and were the ones who execute it, why would we need them anyway . I want us to hole o hold on to. If were doing all of the work, that doesnt make sense to me. This is one were of the situations where, you know, this is something that i think that rachel has said before and it has come up before when we were asking the superintendent to do his job and hes