shooting of a taco bell employee who was shot dead after not accepting a counterfeit bill from a customer. what is behind this rise in crime? well, first of all, let me talk about our staffing. we have mobilized our workforce in the sense of reassigning personnel to patrol, calling in officers on overtime. we have and will have sufficient resources to keep our city safe, as much as possible. that tragic homicide this past weekend, it s just it s senseless, it s just devastating to us as angelinos to recognize this return of violence, violence we have not seen at these levels in more than a decade. gains that have lost to, we believe, a major portion of the pandemic, the impact it has had not just on the social fabric of our communities, but also our court systems and the accountability systems that are out there and we believe that there is an element within our community that is seizing the moment, if you will, that this