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Pursuant to Charter Sections 2.103 and 3.100(7), and Administrative Code Section 2.11, the Mayor shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from Supervisor representing District 8. The Mayor may address the Board initially for up to five minutes. Discussion shall not exceed five minutes per Supervisor.
1. Mr. Mayor: San Francisco has approximately 220 park properties and almost no park patrol officers. Currently, at any given time, there are two park patrol officers on duty to police those 220 properties. That number is woefully inadequate, and our park patrol, compared to other large cities, is tiny - indeed, almost non-existent. Our parks, which constitute about 14% of San Francisco’s land mass, have massive security needs. They are regularly trashed by vandals and covered with graffiti. People are assaulted. The lack of park patrol officers make it almost impossible to enforce basic park rules and undermines public safety. I will be proposing in the upcoming budget process that we double the size of the park patrol. Do you agree that we need a larger park patrol and need to hire more park patrol officers? If so, how do you propose we increase the size of the force? If not, how do you think we should improve safety and security in our parks? (Supervisor Wiener, District 8)
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