Lot, lets get to the news this morning in the east bay, the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure. To make sure that the Citizens Police commission is more independent in its decision making. The oakland Police Commission was established by voters back in 2016. Under measure l l earlier this year, the commission made headlines when it was involved in the firing of former Oakland Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick the lead author of the Measure Council member Rebecca Kaplan says this will protect the cities. Public of the public civil rights and also help increase Police Accountability and oversight. The residents of all clinton voters, the bulk and tired of this and we want to make sure than we have someone in there that can make sure that these reforms are man. Well if this measure passes in november civilian Inspector Generals Office will be established within the commission the office will research an audit the commission on the Police Departments effect in this at f
In the center of lot of 70s rather and the Santa Clara Valley got that and were also check the tropics quite busy including down around texas with a new Tropical Storm. All right dave thanks a lot. We begin in the east bay this morning more accountability for the Oakland Police department thats the change. The City Councils putting. In the hands of the voters. The City Council Unanimously approved a ballot measure to make the Citizens Police commission more independent in its decisionmaking kron fours dan thorn reports. In an effort to strengthen oaklands citizen Police Commission City Council Members vote to eliminate what oversight advocates called a poison pill now that weve excluded wording of exigent circumstances. Well give the Police Commission more authority and more independents exigent circumstance would have allowed the open police chief to change policies without the commissions consent in relation to Public Safety mariano contrasts with the coalition and Police Accountabil
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Everybody. Im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan in for Vicki Liviakis tonight. There are now more than 42,000 cases and 720 deaths in the bay area were seeing the most cases in Alameda County more than 9600 but the still it has been deadliest in Santa Clara County which has 180 deaths. Well we are doing. Should not change regardless of what list the white house puts us on what we need to do is what we know we need to do all along which is individually we need to take responsibility. So wearing mask for socially distancing. San jose mayor sam liccardo theyre responding to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator doctor deborah birx she called out san jose is one of 12 cities in the u. S. That she says are quote lagging behind need to do a better job of slowing the spread. According to the Santa Clara County Health Department san jose specifically has seen 500 and im sorry 5,523 cases of the virus and doctor birx said they are tracking cases very closely and the city they are wor
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