Crime in communities. Reporter Minnesota City council announced they planned to defund their police force following the killing of george floyd, explaining defunding is a reallocation of funds from police to other forms of police safety. At this black lives matter rally pin san jose, theyre calling fr reforms but not quick to take a stand on defunding police. We need a dialogue on reformative change. Reporter the mayor is expected to announce his budget tonight, aware that his community is looking for change. Its critical for us to respond with action for reform. Reporter in san jose, chris reyes, for abc7 news. Chris touched briefly on what it really means to say defund the police. Lets get into that a little deeper. Heres an explanation. Reporter its something were hearing about right now as we talk about solutions for ending police brutality. Defunding the police. Its not a new idea, but sit new to a lot of people just learning about it. So what does it mean . The answer really depe
On george floyd and his killing in minneapolis. Just last night chief eddie garcia announcing that the city is banning the use of kneeling on someones neck to subdue a suspect. Officers are required to intervene and report when they experience Excessive Force used by another officer. Now, in todays meeting the San Jose City council will consider if those changes are substantial enough as calls grow louder for cities to consider defunding and allocating funds to other social services that would try to address the root causes of crime. Sam liccardo says he is against it. The path forward is to reform not to defund the police. Mayor sam liccardo said it is already lean compared to others and a Police Auditor to address the issue. In part, the City Council Meets at 11 00 this morning. Im julian glover, abc7 news. The death of george floyd has fueled these growing calls for defunding the police, not just in san jose, but around the country. But what exactly do people mean by defunding . Let
Mike, thank you. This morning, more businesses reopening in Solano County. Amy hollyfield live in benicia with what you can expect. Hey, amy. Hey, reggie. It appears this caught some businesses off guard. This health and Fitness Center in benicia says it is not ready to reopen yet even though the county of solano has given gyms permission to go ahead and reopen. Take a look at this list of businesses that the county says can reopen. Gyms and Fitness Centers, wineries, bars and breweries, Family Entertainment centers, zoos and museums and hotels. As long as they meet the requirements set up by the state. Now, this comes as a surprise because the state has said these businesses can reopen friday. Solano county originally said that, too. But now says go ahead and reopen if you are ready and have met the requirements. Gyms we have checked on this morning are closed. Including this one. So, be sure and check with the business youre wanting to go to before you head that way. Just make sure t
Neighborhoods. Even hotter tomorrow, ill show you those numbers. Before the weekend forecast coming up. Heres liz with more news. Ill take it from here, thanks, mike. More north bay businesses are now reopening. Solano county allowing places like gyms, bars, museumsnd zoos to open ahead of the states schedule. Amy hollyfield is live for us in benicia this morning. Amy . Not as easy as just flinging open the doors. As we found this Benicia Health and fitness club could reopen today but theyre not quite ready yet. They still need to do some more work to meet all the states requirements. Solano county are saying some businesses can start reopening today as long as they meet state requirements. Wineries, bars and breweries and Family Entertainment centers, zoos and museums and hotels. They actually said go ahead and open yesterday if youre ready. Some confusion on the date. The state said these businesses can open this friday and Solano County originally said that but now the county said,
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