00:00:08 . >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
00:00:09 THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:13 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
00:00:14 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE SAN
00:00:17 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 28TH, 2026.
00:00:21 >> I'M SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY, CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE AND I'M
00:00:26 JOINED BY MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS VICE CHAIR DANNY SORTER
00:00:28 AND SUPERVISOR ALAN WANG. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CLERK
00:00:32 TODAY AS MONIQUE CREIGHTON AND WHOM WE THANK FOR STEPPING
00:00:34 UP AND KEEPING US ON TRACK AS WELL.
00:00:37 WE'RE APPRECIATIVE TO THE ENTIRE TEAM AT S.F. GOV TV FOR
00:00:40 FACILITATING AND BROADCASTING TODAY'S MEETING AND THAT'S
00:00:43 ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR OUR PRODUCER TODAY MR. JAIME ASHER
00:00:44 VERY. >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:48 ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
00:00:49 PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC
00:00:52 DEVICES DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FALL
00:00:56 SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK.
00:00:57 PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON EACH ITEM ON THIS AGENDA.
00:00:59 WHEN YOUR ITEM OF INTEREST COMES UP AND PUBLIC COMMENT IS
00:01:00 CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK ON YOUR RIGHT.
00:01:03 ALTERNATIVELY YOU MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING
00:01:07 IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS FIRST YOU MAY EMAIL THEM TO
00:01:08 MYSELF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
00:01:11 COMMITTEE CLERK AT EMAIL IN IQ U E DOT C R A Y T O N AT S F G
00:01:19 O V FOR G OR YOU MAY SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA U.S.
00:01:23 POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL.
00:01:25 NUMBER ONE DR. CARLTON B GOOD PLACE FROM 244 SAN FRANCISCO,
00:01:31 CALIFORNIA 94102. IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT
00:01:32 IN WRITING IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISOR FACT
00:01:35 SUPERVISORS AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL
00:01:39 FOLLOWING WHICH YOU ARE COMMENTING.
00:01:40 FINALLY ITEMS ACTED UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON ON
00:01:43 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF JUNE NINTH 2026 UNLESS
00:01:46 OTHERWISE STATED. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK WOULD
00:01:50 YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE?
00:01:51 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A HEARING TO
00:01:53 DISCUSS PLANS FOR INCREASING SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT
00:01:56 STAFFING. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:01:57 COLLEAGUES, THIS HEARING TODAY IS FOCUSED ON STAFFING
00:02:01 AND RESOURCES FOR THE SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT.
00:02:04 SOUTHERN STATION HAS BEEN ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS FOR A LONG
00:02:08 TIME. THIS DISTRICT FACES SOME OF THE
00:02:09 CITY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES.
00:02:12 IT HAS MAJOR COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE CORRIDORS, HIGH
00:02:16 DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, NIGHTLIFE,
00:02:17 TOURISM, TRANSIT HUBS, LARGE EVENTS, OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS,
00:02:24 HOMELESSNESS AND DANGEROUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDE
00:02:25 SOME OF OUR CITY'S LARGEST SHARE OF HIGHWAY EXITS
00:02:28 AND ACCESS POINTS. IT'S NO SECRET THAT OUR POLICE
00:02:33 DEPARTMENT FACES STAFFING CHALLENGES BUT SOUTHERN
00:02:36 STAFFING HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW EVEN
00:02:38 COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS. WE ARE NOT HELPING ANY PUBLIC
00:02:41 SAFETY IMPERATIVE BY UNDER-RESOURCING THAT.
00:02:44 ALTHOUGH THIS HEARING IS NOT FOCUSED ON SPEEDY UNDERSTAFFING
00:02:48 CHALLENGES CITYWIDE, I DO THINK THE CONTEXT OF THAT IS WORTH
00:02:54 MENTIONING HERE. OUR CURRENT RECOMMENDED
00:02:56 STAFFING LEVEL AS DETERMINED BY THE METHODOLOGY POLICYMAKERS
00:03:01 AND VOTERS AGREED TO BACK IN 2020 IS SUPPOSED TO BE TO
00:03:09 2257 FULL DUTY POLICE OFFICERS. INSTEAD OF THAT WE HAVE
00:03:15 APPROXIMATELY 127 FULL DUTY OFFICERS MERELY MEANING THAT
00:03:19 NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
00:03:21 HAVE ISN'T THERE. NOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD MY
00:03:24 RANTS ABOUT THIS IN MY THROUGHOUT MY FIRST TERM ABOUT
00:03:27 THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T WHAT THE HEARING IS ABOUT
00:03:31 TODAY BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DEPLOYMENT ISSUES
00:03:34 THAT ARE PLAYING OUT WITH POLICE STAFFING.
00:03:35 BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND
00:03:39 THAT THE ORIGINAL SIN OF POLICE STAFFING IS WHAT THIS PEOPLE
00:03:42 THOSE OF US WHO ARE ELECTED LEADERS IN THIS BUILDING SHOULD
00:03:46 HAVE BEEN DOING TEN YEARS AGO, WHICH IS DOING MORE TO SOLVE A
00:03:49 POLICE STAFFING PROBLEM THAT WE KNEW WAS COMING.
00:03:52 AND YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE.
00:03:55 WE CAN PROBABLY BE FORGIVEN FOR KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE YOU
00:03:57 KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT COVID WAS COMING.
00:04:00 WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A DRUG LIKE FENTANYL THAT
00:04:03 WAS MORE POTENTLY ADDICTIVE AND WOULD PLAY OUT IN PUBLIC
00:04:06 SAFETY CHALLENGES WE COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED.
00:04:09 BUT WE KNEW COPS RETIRE AND WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A
00:04:11 DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE GENERATIONAL COHORT OF POLICE
00:04:14 OFFICERS NOT JUST IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT THROUGHOUT THE
00:04:18 LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION THAT WERE APPROACHING RETIREMENT AGE
00:04:22 . >> IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE
00:04:22 ENVIRONMENT. SO AS WE'RE SORT OF AS WE'RE
00:04:25 BRINGING UP PEOPLE TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY
00:04:30 ,I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE ALSO WE AS
00:04:31 CITY LEADERS ALSO NEED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
00:04:34 ROLE THAT WE NEED TO PLAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FIXING THE
00:04:37 GIVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS.
00:04:41 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
00:04:43 IN THIS BUILDING AND I'VE WATCHED HOW THE CITY LEADERS
00:04:45 SOMETIMES WILL SET DEPARTMENTS UP FOR FAILURE AND THEN MAKE A
00:04:49 BIG PRODUCTION OF BLAMING THEM FOR FAILING.
00:04:50 SO I JUST WANT TO OWN THAT WE AS CITY LEADERS HAVE A HAVE A
00:04:53 ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS THAT IS IN MANY WAYS LIKE I SAID, THE
00:04:57 ORIGINAL SIN THIS LARGER PROBLEM PLAYS OUT OBVIOUSLY AT
00:05:01 A MULTITUDE OF UNFORTUNATE OUTCOMES INCLUDING WHOLE
00:05:04 CATEGORIES OF LOW LEVEL CRIME THAT VERY QUICKLY OVERWHELM OUR
00:05:08 ABILITY TO RESPOND. HISTORICALLY UNPRECEDENTED
00:05:12 LEVELS OF POLICE OVERTIME AND ABYSMAL POLICE RESPONSE
00:05:16 TIME CITYWIDE. AND THAT BEING SAID, THE
00:05:17 SOUTHERN STATION HAS HISTORICALLY FACED SOME OF THE
00:05:21 WORST RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY A, B AND C CALLS.
00:05:24 YOU WILL HEAR LATER FROM SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE
00:05:28 SUFFERED SOME OF THE REAL WORLD IMPACTS OF THESE RESPONSE TIMES
00:05:31 . IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT
00:05:32 SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS WAIT MUCH LONGER FOR BASIC CITY
00:05:36 SERVICE THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
00:05:37 IT'S INEQUITABLE AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
00:05:40 I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PLANS TO FIX THAT.
00:05:43 >> ITS CHALLENGE CHALLENGES WILL ONLY BE EXACERBATED LATER
00:05:47 LATER THIS YEAR POTENTIALLY WHEN THE DISTRICT EXPANDS TO
00:05:50 TAKE ON EVEN MORE TERRITORY UP TO MARKET STREET AS PART OF THE
00:05:54 POLICE REDISTRICTING. >> CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES
00:05:58 DURING THE POLICE REDISTRICTING PROCESS I WAS CLEAR WITH THE
00:05:59 COMMUNITY AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT INCREASED CALL VOLUMES
00:06:03 MUST COME WITH COMMENSURATE INCREASES IN ADDITIONAL
00:06:07 OFFICERS. DISTRICT SIX STAKEHOLDERS
00:06:09 DESERVE TRANSPARENCY ON SPEEDY'S PLAN TO NOT ONLY
00:06:13 INCREASE STAFFING TO MEET THE NEW WORKLOAD BUT TO ALSO
00:06:16 ADDRESS SYSTEMIC UNDERSTAFFING THAT HAS PLAGUED THE DISTRICT
00:06:18 BEFORE ITS BOUNDARIES WERE EXPANDED.
00:06:21 WHEN THE CITY MAKES PROMISES TO MY CONSTITUENTS I HAVE A
00:06:24 RESPONSIBILITY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND TO ASK WHY SOME
00:06:28 OF THOSE COMMITMENTS AREN'T BEING MET OR MET.
00:06:32 >> TODAY'S HEARING IS A CENTRALIZED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
00:06:33 DEPARTMENT TO HEAR FROM THE DISTRICT SIX COMMUNITY AND FOR
00:06:37 THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR STAFFING
00:06:40 PLAN. AND BEFORE WE START I WANT TO
00:06:41 THANK THE MANY ENGAGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE TAKEN
00:06:44 TIME OVER THE LAST YEAR TO ENGAGE WITH THE REDISTRICTING
00:06:48 PROCESS AND THE STAFFING ANALYSIS THEY'VE SHOWN UP TO
00:06:51 COMMISSION MEETINGS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RESOURCES WE KNOW OUR
00:06:55 NEIGHBORHOODS NEED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
00:06:56 PRESENTATION FROM S.F. PD AND AFTER THE DEPARTMENT
00:07:00 PRESENTATION WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME REMARKS FROM DIFFERENT
00:07:03 DISTRICT SIX COMMUNITY GROUPS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC
00:07:04 COMMENT. SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
00:07:08 UP I BELIEVE OUR JASON CUNNINGHAM IS FROM CPD OR JUST
00:07:11 OKAY ALMOST CHIEF, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR.
00:07:21 >> YEAH. GOOD MORNING.
00:07:22 I'LL START I'LL KICK US OFF ANYWAYS AND THEN LET JASON TAKE
00:07:25 OVER ON THE PRESENTATION. SO GOOD MORNING CHAIR DORSEY
00:07:29 VICE CHAIR SAUDER SUPERVISOR ONE I'M CHIEF DEREK LIEU.
00:07:32 >> AS YOU KNOW AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF FIELD
00:07:36 OPERATIONS SCOTT BIGGS AND CRIME STRATEGIES DIVISION
00:07:40 PROGRAM MANAGER JASON CUNNINGHAM WHO WILL HANDLE THE
00:07:41 PRESENTATION. BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
00:07:44 PRESENTATION I DID WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU
00:07:48 VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
00:07:52 SOUTHERN STAFFING IN A PUBLIC FORUM.
00:07:55 IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A SCENARIO THAT'S CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERN
00:07:59 RIGHTFULLY SO WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I ALSO WANTED TO
00:08:03 ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF THEIR INPUT AND CLEARLY
00:08:06 A LOT OF WORK AND CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF DATA AND ADVOCACY
00:08:09 FOR FOR THEIR FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:08:14 SO I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO START OFF
00:08:17 BY SAYING THAT THE DEPARTMENT, MYSELF, THE LEADERSHIP FULLY
00:08:21 INTENDS ON WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION.
00:08:29 I THINK THAT THAT INTENTION HAS BEEN EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT
00:08:30 WE'VE ALREADY BROUGHT TO US A MATERIAL AMOUNT OF RESOURCES
00:08:36 BACK INTO THIS OTHER AND TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES
00:08:40 AND THAT WE JUST OVERALL REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU
00:08:44 ALL TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AT LEAST GETTING IT UP TO A
00:08:48 COMMENSURATE LEVEL WITH THE REST OF THE CITY.
00:08:51 SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT. SO MOVING ON, TODAY'S
00:08:55 PRESENTATION PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON SOUTHERN STATION STAFFING
00:08:58 AND DEPLOYMENT. THE PRESENTATION ADDRESSES TWO
00:09:02 RELATED OPERATIONAL ISSUES. >> FIRST OFF IMPLEMENTATION
00:09:06 PLANNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROVED DISTRICT BOUNDARY
00:09:09 CHANGES AND THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN WORKLOAD FOR
00:09:11 SOUTHERN STATION. SECOND, THE DEPARTMENT'S
00:09:14 CURRENT RESPONSE TO PUBLIC SAFETY ENTRY CONDITIONS
00:09:18 CONCERNS WITHIN THE DISTRICT INCLUDING CERTAIN HIGH DEMAND
00:09:21 AREAS IN THE SOMA. THE PRESENTATION WILL ALSO
00:09:25 ADDRESS HOW TECHNOLOGY AND CITYWIDE COORDINATION ARE
00:09:28 SUPPORTING SOUTHERN STATION OPERATIONS AND DEPLOYMENT
00:09:30 PLANNING. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JASON
00:09:33 TO PRESENT AND DEPUTY CHIEF BIGGS AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER
00:09:37 ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AFTER THE FACT.
00:09:40 >> OKAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
00:09:41 THANK YOU. WELCOME, MR. CUNNINGHAM TO THE
00:09:44 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:09:47 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.
00:09:49 THANKS, CHIEF DC BIG SUPERVISORS.
00:09:52 >> GOOD MORNING. I'M JASON CUNNINGHAM, A PROGRAM
00:09:56 MANAGER FROM THE CRIME STRATEGIES DIVISION OF THE SAN
00:09:57 FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO BE SPENDING THE
00:10:00 NEXT FEW MINUTES PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF BOUNDARY CHANGES
00:10:03 IN THE SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT .
00:10:06 >> SO BY WAY OF OVERVIEW THE POLICE COMMISSIONER APPROVED
00:10:10 THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGES IN NOVEMBER OF 2025.
00:10:14 THIS IS AFTER ABOUT A YEAR'S WORTH OF PROCESS THAT WE RAN
00:10:18 IN ABOUT 2024 GOING THROUGH THE COMMISSION PROCESS AND 25
00:10:21 IMPLEMENTATION FOR THESE BOUNDARY CHANGES WILL OCCUR ON
00:10:25 THE 1ST OF OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
00:10:28 THESE CHANGES WERE APPROVED BY THE POLICE COMMISSION AND THEY
00:10:30 DO REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL PLANNING.
00:10:32 UNDER THE NEW BOUNDARIES SOUTHERN STATION ASSUMES
00:10:33 ADDITIONAL GEOGRAPHY TO THE NORTH UP TO MARKET STREET
00:10:37 AND PROJECTED ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD.
00:10:40 SOUTHERN DOES GIVE UP A SMALL AMOUNT OF TERRITORY ON ITS
00:10:44 WESTERN SIDE TO THE WEST OF SOUTH VENICE WHICH IS MOVING TO
00:10:47 NORTHERN DISTRICT. >> IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING
00:10:48 INCLUDES STAFFING ANALYSIS SECTOR ADJUSTMENTS, CAD
00:10:53 AND DISPATCH IMPACTS DEPLOYMENT PLANNING, TRAINING
00:10:56 AND OPERATIONAL COORDINATION. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:11:00 >> SO THIS IS OUR SOUTHERN NEW SOUTHERN BOUNDARY MAP.
00:11:04 IT SHOWS THE BOUNDARY APPROVED BY THE POLICE COMMISSION.
00:11:08 AGAIN EXPANDED TERRITORY UP TO MARKET STREET WHICH ARE OF
00:11:11 WHICH THOSE AREAS WERE PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO
00:11:15 TENDERLOIN AND CENTRAL STATIONS.
00:11:16 AS A DISTRICT FOOTPRINT EXPANDS, THE DEPARTMENT MUST
00:11:20 EVALUATE RESULTING IMPACTS ON CALLS FOR SERVICE STAFFING,
00:11:24 PATROL SECTORS AND DEPLOYMENT. NEXT SLIDE.
00:11:30 SO THIS IS JUST A LOOK AT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE.
00:11:32 SHOWING PROJECTED INCREASES IN CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR
00:11:35 SOUTHERN STATION UNDER THE NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
00:11:38 >> THE ANALYSIS COMPARES SOUTHERN'S CURRENT WORKLOAD
00:11:40 AGAINST PROJECTED WORKLOAD UNDER THE EXPANDED DISTRICT.
00:11:43 >> THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY LOOKING AT CALLS FOR SERVICE
00:11:47 IN 2024 AND 2025 UNDER CURRENT BOUNDARIES AND THEN RELOOKING
00:11:50 AT THOSE CALLS EXCEPT UNDER THE EXPANDED BOUNDARIES.
00:11:53 PRIORITY CALLS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE 18% PRIORITY B 19
00:11:59 PRIORITY C 28 WITH AN OVERALL INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 23%
00:12:04 GOING FROM 128,000 CALLS ANNUALLY TO ABOUT 158,000 CALLS
00:12:09 ANNUALLY. AS A REMINDER THIS IS A
00:12:13 RETROSPECTIVE LOOK, I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
00:12:14 I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY CALLS WILL OCCUR ONCE
00:12:17 THESE BOUNDARIES MOVE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT
00:12:21 WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD THESE BOUNDARIES BEEN IN EFFECT BACK
00:12:24 IN 2024 AND 2025. >> THE DEPARTMENT IS EVALUATING
00:12:28 STAFFING SECTORS AND DEPLOYMENT DEPLOYMENT MODELS AGAINST THIS
00:12:29 PROJECTED INCREASE IN WORKLOAD. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:12:33 SO THIS IS A TIME OF DAY BREAKDOWN.
00:12:38 >> SO JUST LOOKING AT CALLS FOR SERVICE IN BLOCKS OF TIME.
00:12:41 >> THE LARGEST PROJECTED INCREASE OCCURS DURING THE
00:12:44 EVENING HOURS BETWEEN 8 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT OR CALLS FOR
00:12:46 SERVICE ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE APPROXIMATELY 27%.
00:12:49 OTHER TIME PERIODS SHOW SUBSTANTIAL PROJECTED INCREASES
00:12:53 RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 24%.
00:12:56 THIS ANALYSIS IS OPERATIONALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS THE
00:13:00 DEPARTMENT EVALUATE NOT ONLY TOTAL WORKLOAD BUT WHERE
00:13:03 AND I'M SORRY WHEN THAT WORKLOAD OCCURS.
00:13:07 IT ALSO HELPS EXPLAIN WHY STAFFING AND DEPLOYMENT NEEDS
00:13:08 VARY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:13:13 SO STAFFING COMMISERATE WITH BOUNDARIES.
00:13:15 SO ONE OF THE CENTRAL QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY
00:13:18 CHANGES IS WHETHER OF STAFFING WILL BE COMMISERATE WITH THE
00:13:21 PROJECTED WORKLOAD INCREASES. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE
00:13:22 STAFFING ANALYSIS THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
00:13:26 SOUTHERN HAS ALREADY RECEIVED STAFFING INCREASES AND IN
00:13:29 ANTICIPATION OF THESE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS THE
00:13:32 DEPARTMENT IS ALSO EVALUATING ADDITIONAL STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS
00:13:34 THROUGH TRANSFERS AND ACADEMY GRADUATES.
00:13:37 AT THE SAME TIME THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO OPERATE WITHIN
00:13:41 CITYWIDE STAFFING CONSTRAINTS. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO ALIGN
00:13:45 SOUTHERN STAFFING AND DEPLOYMENT AS CLOSELY AS
00:13:48 POSSIBLE WITH PROJECTED OPERATIONAL DEMAND.
00:13:51 THE STAFFING ANALYSIS FROM 2025 RECOMMENDS 105 PATROL OFFICERS
00:13:55 FOR SOUTHERN STATION UNDER THE OLD BOUNDARIES UNDER THE NEW
00:13:59 BOUNDARIES THAT TARGET IS NOW 121.
00:14:02 >> SOUTHERN'S CURRENT STAFFING LEVEL IS UP APPROXIMATELY 20
00:14:07 PATROL OFFICERS SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2026, INCREASING FROM 91 TO
00:14:13 111 AS OF TODAY. THAT IS A 20% INCREASE OVER THE
00:14:17 LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. >> TOTAL SECTOR PATROL
00:14:20 OFFICERS. >> THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE
00:14:21 TO EVALUATE STAFFING NEEDS IN SOUTHERN AND ACROSS THE CITY
00:14:26 TO ENSURE EFFICIENT DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES.
00:14:30 >> NEXT SLIDE. >> SO SOUTHERN SECTORS
00:14:34 AND OPERATIONAL PLANNING THIS IS OUR SLIDE SHOWING THE NEW
00:14:38 PATROL OR THE NEW PATROL SECTORS FOR SOUTHERN STATION.
00:14:41 SECTOR PLANNING IS A CORE PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT
00:14:45 AND FUNDAMENTAL TO CPD DEPLOYMENT.
00:14:48 UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS EACH SECTOR IS STAFFED BY ITS OWN
00:14:52 PATROL CAR WITH TWO OFFICERS AT ALL TIMES.
00:14:55 >> THE DEPARTMENT IS EVALUATING HOW PATROL GEOGRAPHY WORKLOAD
00:14:57 DISPATCH ROUTING AND FIELD OPERATIONS ALIGN UNDER THE
00:15:00 EXPANDED SOUTHERN FOOTPRINT. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOME SECTORS
00:15:04 ARE NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY EQUAL. SOME ARE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN
00:15:08 OTHERS. I WILL NOTE THERE IS AN
00:15:09 ADDITIONAL SECTOR IN SOUTHERN. UNDER THIS NEW SECTOR MAP WHICH
00:15:15 MEANS FUNDAMENTALLY THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL PATROL CAR ON PATROL
00:15:19 IN SOUTHERN 20 473 65 UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS.
00:15:23 THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT IS DEPLOYING
00:15:24 RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY WITHIN THE NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
00:15:28 NEXT SLIDE. >> SO SEPARATE FROM OUR
00:15:34 BOUNDARY IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT SOUTHERN STATION IS ALSO
00:15:36 RESPONDING TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS
00:15:39 AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS. >> THAT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL
00:15:42 DEPLOYMENT ATTENTION IN CERTAIN HIGH DEMAND CORRIDORS WITHIN
00:15:46 THE DISTRICT INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SOME AND DOWNTOWN SOUTHERN
00:15:50 RESOURCES ARE ALSO BEING SUPPLEMENTED BY SPECIALIZED
00:15:54 CITYWIDE UNITS TO INCLUDE THE DEMARK NARCOTICS FUGITIVE
00:15:57 RECOVERY TEAM AND HONDA UNIT. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO CONTINUES
00:15:58 TO COORDINATE WITH H SOC DPW AND OTHER CITY PARTNERS
00:16:02 REGARDING STREET CONDITIONS AND RELATED PUBLIC SAFETY
00:16:05 CONCERNS. >> DEPLOYMENT DEPLOYMENT REMAIN
00:16:09 FLEXIBLE BASED ON OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
00:16:13 >> NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A CALL FOR SERVICE
00:16:14 DENSITY MAP THAT SHOWS CALL FOR SERVICE DENSITY IN THE SOUTHERN
00:16:18 DISTRICT UNDER THE NEW BOUNDARIES AND SECTORS USING
00:16:21 THE DATA FROM 2024 AND 2025. >> THE MAP ILLUSTRATES WHERE
00:16:29 OPERATIONAL DEMAND IS MOST CONCENTRATED INCLUDING PORTIONS
00:16:30 OF SOMA. THE DEPARTMENT USES THIS TYPE
00:16:33 OF OPERATIONAL DATA TO HELP GUIDE STAFFING AND DEPLOYMENT
00:16:36 DECISIONS. >> CALLS FOR SERVICE DENSITY IS
00:16:39 ONE FACTOR AMONG SEVERAL USED TO EVALUATE DEPLOYMENT NEEDS.
00:16:43 NEXT SLIDE. SIMILARLY THIS IS AN INCIDENT
00:16:47 DENSITY MAP SHOWING INCIDENT REPORTS THAT WERE GENERATED
00:16:53 IN 2024 AND 2025 UNDER THE NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND SECTORS
00:17:00 . >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:17:00 THIS IS A LOOK AT RESPONSE TIMES TO CALLS FOR SERVICE
00:17:05 IN SOUTHERN STATION BY PRIORITY USING 2024 AND 2025 DATA.
00:17:08 >> RESPONSE TIMES ARE AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE ORGANIZED
00:17:13 OPERATIONAL FACTORS INCLUDING STAFFING LEVELS, CALL VOLUME,
00:17:17 GEOGRAPHY, CALL PRIORITIZATION AND COMPETING CITYWIDE DEMANDS.
00:17:20 THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES MONITORING RESPONSE TIMES AS
00:17:24 STAFFING AND DEPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENTS PROCEED.
00:17:25 NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS A LOOK AT THAT TIME PERIOD 2024
00:17:31 AND 2025 AVERAGE RESPONSE TIMES BY PRIORITY.
00:17:36 AS COMPARED TO OTHER STATIONS ACROSS THE CITY SOUTHERN
00:17:39 STATION IS RIGHT IN THE AVERAGE FOR PRIORITY RESPONSES BUT SITS
00:17:44 IN THE BOTTOM QUARTILE FOR BOTH PRIORITY B AND PRIORITY C
00:17:47 RESPONSES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
00:17:48 >> NEXT SLIDE TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO SUPPORTING SOUTHERN
00:17:55 STATION OPERATIONS AND DEPLOYMENT PLANNING.
00:17:58 AN UPCOMING DRONE IS FIRST RESPONDER PILOT AND SUPPORT
00:18:02 FROM THE REAL TIME INVESTIGATION CENTER.
00:18:06 OUR TECH CAN IMPROVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
00:18:07 AND DEPLOYMENT EFFICIENCY. >> THESE TOOLS WILL HELP THE
00:18:11 DEPARTMENT DEPLOY LIMITED STAFFING RESOURCES MORE
00:18:14 EFFECTIVELY, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH DEMAND ENVIRONMENTS.
00:18:17 THE DEPARTMENT ALSO CONTINUES COORDINATING WITH MULTIPLE CITY
00:18:19 PARTNERS REGARDING STREET CONDITIONS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:18:22 CONCERNS, ENCAMPMENTS, CLEANING OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
00:18:26 ISSUES. MANY OF THE OPERATIONAL
00:18:27 CHALLENGES AFFECTING SOUTHERN REQUIRE A COORDINATED CITY
00:18:31 RESPONSE. SO JUST SOME TAKEAWAYS.
00:18:37 SOUTHERN STATION FACES BOTH PROJECTED FUTURE WORKLOAD
00:18:38 INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH BOUNDARY CHANGES AND CURRENT
00:18:42 OPERATIONAL PRESSURES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
00:18:45 THE DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY PLANNING FOR BOTH.
00:18:48 THAT WORK INCLUDES STAFFING ANALYSIS, SECTOR PLANNING
00:18:49 DEPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENTS, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
00:18:52 AND COORDINATION WITH CITY PARTNERS.
00:18:55 WE RECOGNIZE THE CONCERNS RAISED BY RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES
00:18:57 AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THE
00:19:00 DEPARTMENT CONTINUES WORKING TO ALIGN STAFFING AND DEPLOYMENT
00:19:03 WITH PROJECTED OPERATIONAL DEMAND.
00:19:07 AND WITH THAT I WILL STEP BACK AND WE WILL STAND BY FOR
00:19:11 QUESTIONS OR THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
00:19:12 >> OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CUNNINGHAM.
00:19:15 I YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE OPEN UP TO SOME COMMUNITY REMARKS, I DO
00:19:19 HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON ONE OF
00:19:23 THE SLIDES. THERE'S A REFERENCE TO I THINK
00:19:24 WE ARE THE CURRENT STAFFING LEVEL APPROXIMATELY 20 BELOW
00:19:28 PATROL OFFICERS SINCE WE HAVE ADDED SINCE DECEMBER 2025.
00:19:38 WHAT IS THE CURRENT STAFFING? WHAT IS THE CURRENT NUMBER OF
00:19:42 PATROL OFFICERS AND HOW DOES THE NUMBER COMPARE TO THE
00:19:46 STAFFING ANALYSIS RECOMMENDATION?
00:19:47 >> SO AS OF TWO KNOW AS OF THE LAST REPORT WHICH IS I WANT TO
00:19:51 SAY INSIDE OF 30 DAYS THERE WERE 111 PATROL OFFICERS
00:19:57 ASSIGNED TO SOUTHERN STATION WHICH IS ABOVE WHERE THEY WERE
00:20:01 STAFFED BACK IN ACTUALLY THE SLIDE SAYS DECEMBER 2025.
00:20:04 SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE TARGET THAT WE'RE GOING FOR
00:20:09 UNDER THE NEW BOUNDARIES, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET TO 121.
00:20:15 >> OKAY. >> COULD YOU CLARIFY IF THE
00:20:19 NUMBERS INCLUDE SPECIALIZED UNITS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR
00:20:24 SOUTHERN BUT DON'T NECESSARILY RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE?
00:20:28 SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATING
00:20:32 CENTER DEMAK. I THINK THERE'S THE MAYOR LURIE
00:20:35 INSTITUTED THE HOSPITALITY'S OWN.
00:20:38 >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THOSE RESOURCES I
00:20:43 THINK I SUPPOSE THEY'RE DOING POLICING ALTHOUGH COULD YOU
00:20:46 JUST CLARIFY HOW THAT INTERACTS WITH THE STAFFING LEVELS?
00:20:48 >> SURE. SO THE 111 PERSONNEL ON GROUND
00:20:51 ARE ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO SECTOR PATROL INSIDE OF CENTRAL
00:20:55 STATION SO THEY REPORT TO SOUTHERN STATION EVERY MORNING,
00:20:58 GO TO LINE UP YOU KNOW, GET THEIR ASSIGNMENT DROP IN A
00:20:59 PATROL CAR OUT OUT THE DOOR THEY GO TO 111 DOES NOT ACCOUNT
00:21:05 FOR SPECIALIZED UNITS FOOT BEATS ANYTHING ELSE ASSIGNED TO
00:21:09 SOUTHERN OR ANYTHING ELSE ASSIGNED CITYWIDE INTO THE
00:21:12 SOUTHERN DISTRICT. >> OKAY.
00:21:16 >> OKAY. VICE-CHAIR SLAUGHTER THANK YOU
00:21:20 CHAIR DORSEY AND THANKS FOR CALLING THIS.
00:21:23 >> I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE RECENT ADDITIONS AND SOME
00:21:25 PROGRESS. >> THERE ARE THOSE COMING FROM
00:21:28 OTHER STATIONS OR THOSE COMING FROM THE ACADEMY.
00:21:32 >> WHAT DOES THAT MIX LOOK LIKE ?
00:21:38 >> GOOD MORNING. SCOTT BIGGS DEPUTY CHIEF OF
00:21:42 FIELD OPERATIONS. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
00:21:43 SO IF YOU DON'T MIND CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAST QUESTION?
00:21:47 >> THESE THESE RECENT 20 ADDITIONS TO SOUTHERN STATION
00:21:48 IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OTHER STATIONS OR IF THEY'RE
00:21:51 PRIMARILY OUT OF THE ACADEMY JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
00:21:54 WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM TO UNDERSTAND AND YOU KNOW
00:21:58 PARTICULARLY WITH THE ACADEMY ARE ARE THOSE NEW GRADUATES
00:22:01 BEING PRIORITIZED FOR SOUTHERN STATION?
00:22:05 >> HOW DOES THAT LOOK? YEAH SO THE THE THE 20 INCREASE
00:22:09 FROM DECEMBER OF 2025 TO PRESENT IS A COMBINATION OF A
00:22:13 COUPLE OF THINGS ONE NEW RECRUITS COMING OUT OF THE
00:22:17 ACADEMY GO INTO FIELD TRAINING PHASE AND THEN THEY WE SEND
00:22:20 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTO SOUTHERN.
00:22:23 AND THEN SECOND IS WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED THE FIELD TRAINING
00:22:24 PHASE THEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SHIFTING
00:22:31 RESOURCES AROUND WITHIN THE CITY BETWEEN OUR DISTRICT
00:22:32 STATIONS TO WHERE THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE CAN ALSO
00:22:35 ADDITIONALLY SUPPLEMENT THE STATION.
00:22:38 AND THEN THIRD WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO PUT THEIR NAME ON A LIST
00:22:44 AND THEY WANT TO WORK AT SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
00:22:48 SO WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THESE THREE BUCKETS AND THEN
00:22:50 THAT'S WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO SHIFT RESOURCES.
00:22:52 >> AND IS IT FAIR TO SAY FROM DECEMBER TO NOW YOU KNOW THAT
00:22:57 ADDITION OF 20 IS THAT THE THE LARGEST ADDITION TO ANY
00:23:00 STATION? >> I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A
00:23:02 SENSE OF ARE WE ACTUALLY TRULY ADDING INCREMENTAL HERE?
00:23:06 >> YES, SOUTHERN STATION STAFFING IS A PRIORITY.
00:23:07 WE DO KNOW THAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE CHANGING AND THE WORKLOAD
00:23:10 IS GOING TO INCREASE. SO WE'VE BEEN PRIORITIZING THAT
00:23:13 AS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR US IN SHIFTING OFFICERS INTO THAT
00:23:17 DISTRICT. >> GOOD.
00:23:18 AND IN TERMS OF THE I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE DRONE PILOT
00:23:21 THAT WAS MENTIONED. >> WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
00:23:24 >> YEAH. SO FOR DRONE AS A FIRST
00:23:27 RESPONDER KIND OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IS THAT WE
00:23:31 WILL BE LEVERAGING DRONES TO RESPOND TO SPECIFIC CALLS FOR
00:23:35 SERVICE, PROBABLY LOWER LEVEL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
00:23:38 SO PROBABLY NOT A PRIORITY TO BE MORE LIKE B AND C PRIORITY
00:23:40 CALLS. THAT'LL DO A COUPLE OF THINGS
00:23:43 FOR US. ONE IT'LL BE A LOT MORE
00:23:45 EFFICIENT FOR THE OFFICERS WHO ARE RESPONDING.
00:23:46 A LOT OF THESE CALLS ARE GONE ON ARRIVAL OR UNABLE TO LOCATE.
00:23:50 SO IF WE CAN CLEAR THESE CALLS WITH A DRONE THAN A PHYSICAL
00:23:54 OFFICER A PATROL CAR DOESN'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
00:23:58 YOU KNOW TO THAT SCENE TO WHAT IT'LL DO AS A DRONE CAN GET
00:24:02 THERE A LOT QUICKER THAN THE OFFICERS CAN GET THERE AND THEN
00:24:06 CAN POTENTIALLY HELP DIVERT THESE OFFICERS TO THE ACTUAL
00:24:13 INDIVIDUALS THAT FOLKS ARE CALLING ABOUT OUT ON THE STREET
00:24:14 TO WHERE INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE SCENE AND THEN HAVING TO
00:24:18 WASTE TIME DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
00:24:21 HAVE MAY HAVE CREATED OR CAUSED A CRIME TO OCCUR, THEN WE'LL BE
00:24:25 ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND WE'RE
00:24:28 USING DRONES MORE CITYWIDE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF
00:24:32 RESPONSE WITH DRONES IS THIS IN PLAY ANY IN ANY OTHER
00:24:36 DISTRICT RIGHT NOW OR IS THIS A FIRST OF ITS KIND IN SAN
00:24:40 FRANCISCO? >> SO ONCE WE GET ONCE WE GET
00:24:44 THE PILOT OFF THE GROUND, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.
00:24:45 WE'RE STILL IN THE BEGINNING PHASES OF WORKING THROUGH THE
00:24:48 PROCESS. >> IT WILL BE SPECIFIC FOR
00:24:49 SOUTHERN DISTRICT AND IT'S NOT HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE, RIGHT?
00:24:52 >> THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY, GOOD.
00:24:55 >> I THINK THAT'S WELL I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION I MEAN
00:24:58 AND HOPEFULLY SO MY LAST QUESTION WE HEARD FROM CONCERNS
00:25:00 FROM PARTICULARLY FROM SOME OF OUR CBD AND SOME OF THE
00:25:03 RESPONSE TIMES I'M HOPING I'M THINKING ALREADY AHEAD TO THE
00:25:07 TO THE DRONE RESPONSE THAT THAT COULD BE A APPROACH.
00:25:10 ARE THERE ANY REASONS RIGHT NOW WHY THE RESPONSE TIMES ARE
00:25:15 SLOW? I MEAN IS IT REALLY TO THE IS
00:25:19 IT REALLY RELATED TO THE STAFFING SHORTAGE OR ANYTHING
00:25:23 ELSE AT PLAY IN SOUTHERN WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?
00:25:24 >> YEAH. SO I THINK I THINK IT I THINK
00:25:27 IT'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
00:25:28 ONE STAFFING SHORTAGES ALWAYS WILL INCREASE RESPONSE TIMES
00:25:30 BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO THE
00:25:36 CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE COMING IN.
00:25:37 WHAT WE'RE HOPEFUL THOUGH IS THAT JUST RECENTLY WITHIN THE
00:25:43 LAST 30 DAYS WE HAVE SHIFTED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
00:25:44 SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE THE D-MAX OFFICERS OR OUR HONDA
00:25:48 UNITS THAT WILL COME INTO THIS AREA THAT WILL BE ABLE TO
00:25:52 ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS FOR A LOT OF THE
00:25:56 STREET CONDITION ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING TO WHERE
00:25:57 HOPEFULLY WITH THIS DEPLOYMENT THIS YOU KNOW THE SUBS TO WITH
00:26:03 THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WILL ASSIST
00:26:07 IN REDUCING SOME OF THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE BECAUSE IT'LL BE
00:26:08 MORE OF LIKE A PROACTIVE TYPE POLICING ENVIRONMENT.
00:26:11 >> AND MY LAST QUESTION FOOT BEATS WITHIN SOUTHERN.
00:26:15 HOW DO THOSE LOOK RIGHT NOW? >> YEAH.
00:26:18 SO WE WE STILL HAVE OUR HOSPITALITY ZONE THAT IS
00:26:22 PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE I'LL JUST SAY MOSCONI
00:26:25 AND AROUND THE STREETS OF MOSCONI.
00:26:26 AND THEN JUST RECENTLY I WANT TO SAY WITHIN THE LAST 30 TO 60
00:26:31 DAYS WE SENT EIGHT OFFICERS WHICH IS A PART OF THE 20 THAT
00:26:37 WE SENT FROM DECEMBER. THOSE OFFICERS ARE PRIMARILY
00:26:41 ASSIGNED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO SOMA SPECIFICALLY CURRENTLY
00:26:47 DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE SIXTH STREET CORRIDOR IN THE
00:26:49 ALLEYS. >> OKAY.
00:26:49 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:51 VICE CHAIR OF SUTTER SUPERVISOR HUANG.
00:26:56 >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
00:26:57 I WANTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE POLICE DISTRICT
00:27:00 CHANGES. >> HOW DOES THAT USUALLY
00:27:03 HAPPEN? IS THAT ONCE EVERY SO MANY
00:27:04 YEARS OR WHEN THERE'S A NEED THAT'S SEEN AND HOW IS IT
00:27:11 DETERMINED? IS IT BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL
00:27:15 AREA STAFFING OR HOW MANY WERE THE WHAT AREAS HAVE MORE ACUTE
00:27:20 ISSUES? >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
00:27:27 SO THE STAFFING THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS IS MANDATED IN THE
00:27:31 ADMIN CODE. ONCE EVERY TEN YEARS AFTER THE
00:27:32 END OF THE DECENNIAL CENSUS AND SO WE STARTED PLANNING FOR
00:27:35 THIS ACTUALLY BACK IN 2023 WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR THE
00:27:42 FINAL OUTPUTS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU TO COME OUT WHICH COME
00:27:46 OUT ROUGHLY 2023, 2024 THEY TO THEIR MOST DETAILED LEVEL OF
00:27:50 RELEASE THE ADMIN CODE ACTUALLY DICTATES TEN DIFFERENT FACTORS
00:27:53 THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND SO RESPONSE TIME
00:27:57 NEIGHBORHOODS, GEOGRAPHY PUBLIC INPUT SUPERVISOR INPUT A WHOLE
00:28:04 HOST OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND OVER 2024 WHAT THE
00:28:08 DEPARTMENT DID WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH A CONTRACTOR AN ENGAGEMENT
00:28:13 PLAN AND AN ANALYSIS PLAN THAT LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE TEN
00:28:18 DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GOT US TO A ROUND OF INTERNAL
00:28:22 DISCUSSION WITHIN THE SPD AND THEN EVENTUALLY DISCUSSIONS
00:28:26 WITH COMMUNITY ON WHAT KIND OF BOUNDARY CHANGES WE WOULD LIKE.
00:28:30 ALL OF THIS IS DOCUMENTED I BELIEVE ON THE WEBSITE OFF SITE
00:28:35 MY HEAD IS S.F. PD BOUNDARY ANALYSIS.COM.
00:28:37 I BELIEVE THE ENTIRE REPORT IS POSTED THERE.
00:28:41 IT'S ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE BUT IT IS MANDATED IN THE ADMIN
00:28:44 CODE ONCE EVERY TEN YEARS FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK.
00:28:46 IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY REQUIRE THAT WE CHANGE ANYTHING BUT
00:28:49 BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH
00:28:53 EVERYONE WE LANDED AT THE CHANGES THAT AT LEAST FOR
00:28:54 SOUTHERN WE PRESENTED TODAY. >> OKAY.
00:28:57 AND THEN FOR THE YOU MENTIONED CENSUS IS THERE ANY SORT OF
00:29:00 REQUIREMENT FOR POPULATION OR OR IT'S THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT
00:29:04 FOR EQUAL POPULATION IN NEED. >> THE ADMIN CODE REQUIRES US
00:29:09 TO USE POPULATION AS PART OF OUR ANALYSIS.
00:29:15 IT DOESN'T SAY HOW TO USE POPULATION AS PART OF OUR
00:29:17 ANALYSIS ALTHOUGH WE DID TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT.
00:29:19 SO WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE YOU KNOW, A DISTRICT THAT
00:29:23 HAS TEN PEOPLE IN IT AND A DISTRICT THAT HAS 100,000
00:29:26 PEOPLE IN IT THAT'S NOT USEFUL OR EQUITABLE.
00:29:28 SO IT WAS PART OF THE ANALYSIS WHEN WE INITIALLY SAT DOWN
00:29:33 AND I GOT A SIMILAR QUESTION TO WHAT SURPRISED OR SORT OF
00:29:36 MENTIONED WHEN SUFFICIENTLY ASKED FOR CAN RELATE TO TO MY
00:29:40 OWN DISTRICT TOO. SO WE HAVE 54 OFFICERS AT THE
00:29:43 TERRIBLE STATION WHEN I REMEMBER IN THE PASSES OVER 120
00:29:47 A BEFORE MANY YEARS MANY YEARS BACK SEEMS ONE TO UNDERSTAND
00:29:52 HOW HOW THE DEPARTMENT DECIDES TO IF OFFICERS MOVE FROM ONE
00:29:59 DISTRICT STATION TO ANOTHER BASED ON OUR NEEDS HOW HOW THAT
00:30:03 IS DONE. >> SURE I'LL I'LL DEFAULT TO MY
00:30:07 OPERATIONAL PARTNERS. >> YEAH.
00:30:10 SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO ALL
00:30:17 DISTRICT STATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD.
00:30:18 SO FOR EXAMPLE FOR TRAVEL I DO BELIEVE CURRENTLY TODAY 59
00:30:24 OFFICERS AND WHEN I SAY OFFICERS I DON'T MEAN LIKE
00:30:25 SERGEANTS LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAIN JUST PATROL
00:30:28 OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO SECTOR PATROL ARE ASSIGNED.
00:30:32 SO WE DO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ACROSS THE BOARD
00:30:36 WHEN THE PIPELINE ALLOWS US LIKE FOR NEW RECRUITS
00:30:40 AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. I DO BELIEVE THAT TRAVEL IS NOT
00:30:44 A TRAINING STATION. SO IT PREVENTS US FROM SENDING
00:30:47 NEW RECRUITS TO TRAVEL BUT ONCE THEY GET OUT OF THEIR FIELD
00:30:49 TRAINING FIELD TRAINING PHASE THEN AT THAT POINT IS WHEN WE
00:30:55 CAN DISTRIBUTE ACCORDINGLY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CITY
00:30:58 . AND SO THERE'S A DEPARTMENT
00:30:59 EVER OUT EVERY WOULD REQUIRE OFFICERS OR TELL OFFICERS THAT
00:31:03 THEY NEED TO MOVE TO MORE PRIORITY AREAS OR MORE AREAS OF
00:31:07 MORE ACUTE NEED. >> YEAH.
00:31:10 SO UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT
00:31:15 WE CAN SHIFT OFFICERS BUT THEY'RE BOUND BY UNION RULES SO
00:31:19 IT'S REALLY THE OFFICERS THAT WE CAN SHIFT OR OUR
00:31:23 PROBATIONARY OFFICERS AFTER THAT THEN IT BECOMES LIKE A P
00:31:29 ONE REQUEST THAT THE OFFICER HAS THE ACTUAL REQUEST TO GO TO
00:31:33 THE PHYSICAL STATION ITSELF AND THEN YOU KNOW SO USUALLY
00:31:36 HOW WE SHIFT OFFICERS AROUND IS WHEN THEY'RE COMING OUT OF
00:31:37 THEIR TRAINING PHASES AND INTO THEIR PROBATIONARY PHASES OR
00:31:41 OUT OF THEIR PROBATIONARY PHASE INTO THEIR PERMANENT OFFICER
00:31:45 PHASE IS WHEN WE CAN SHIFT THESE OFFICERS AROUND IN THE
00:31:48 CITY. >> THANK YOU.
00:31:49 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MR. CUNNINGHAM.
00:31:56 I PROBABLY WILL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS BUT I DO WANT TO GET
00:31:59 TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PRESENTERS.
00:32:00 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE SOUTH BEACH RINCON MISSION BAY
00:32:04 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTED TODAY BY SARA
00:32:08 BERTRAM. MS..
00:32:09 BERTRAM, WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD
00:32:12 SERVICES COMMITTEE. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:32:13 HI. GOOD MORNING.
00:32:15 CHAIR DORSEY AND VICE CHAIR SAUDER AND SUPERVISOR WANG.
00:32:19 >> I AM SARA BERTRAM A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:32:23 I'M A PARENT AND I'M A BOARD MEMBER ON THE SOUTH BEACH
00:32:26 RINCON MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HERE TODAY TO
00:32:30 HIGHLIGHT THE URGENCY OF EQUITABLE STAFFING INCREASES
00:32:34 FOR SOUTHERN STATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
00:32:35 ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER. >> AS HAS BEEN REFERENCED BY
00:32:39 SCOTT, THERE WAS A BOUNDARY ANALYSIS AND A COMPREHENSIVE
00:32:43 REPORT DONE IN 2024. THAT REPORT DOCUMENTED
00:32:49 COMPREHENSIVELY OVER THE RECENT DECADE THE HIGHEST DEMAND FOR
00:32:54 PRIORITY CALLS ON SOUTHERN IT'S LOWER STAFFING RELATIVE TO
00:32:57 OTHER STATIONS AND NOTED THAT THE SERVICE DEMANDS FOR MOSCONI
00:33:02 CENTER AND OUR TWO MAJOR EVENT CENTERS WERE NOT EVEN
00:33:05 CALCULATED IN THAT DATA FOR TEN YEARS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED,
00:33:12 SOUTHERN HAS BEEN BEHIND ITS COUNTERPARTS IN STAFFING
00:33:16 AND THE SITUATION IS SET TO COMPOUND COUNT AS IT ABSORBS
00:33:19 THE MARKET STREET CORRIDOR. THIS DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME
00:33:23 AND I HOPE IT DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH YOU.
00:33:27 >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL STATIONS ARE UNDERSTAFFED.
00:33:31 WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR PRIVILEGED TREATMENT.
00:33:35 WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW THINGS STAFFING COMMENSURATE WITH
00:33:39 DOCUMENTED WORKLOAD WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF EXISTING STAFFING
00:33:44 NUMBERS EQUITABLY ALLOCATED CLARITY WHICH WE GOT A LITTLE
00:33:51 BIT OF THIS MORNING ON HOW THE DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATING
00:33:55 CENTER, THE DEMAK UNIT AND ALSO THE HOSPITALITY TASK FORCE BOTH
00:33:59 OF WHICH ARE WITHIN SOUTHERN'S BOUNDARIES ARE STAFFED TO
00:34:02 ENSURE THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT COUNTED AS AS PART OF
00:34:06 SOUTHERN'S CORE STAFFING AND THEN THIRD STAFFING TO FILL
00:34:11 THE FOOT BEAT POSITIONS DESIGNATED TO SERVE THE
00:34:14 EMBARCADERO NAVIGATION CENTER. THERE IS A CITY APPROVED MOU
00:34:19 IN PLACE GOVERNING THIS BUT SOUTHERN IS CURRENTLY RELYING
00:34:22 ON VOLUNTEER HOURS AS AVAILABLE IN OVERTIME PAY AND WE WOULD
00:34:29 LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED. OUR SOUTHERN STATION OFFICERS
00:34:33 AND OUR SUCCESSION OF CAPTAINS HAVE REALLY BEEN DOING AN
00:34:34 IMPRESSIVE IMPRESSIVE WORK AND THEY HAVE OUR FULL SUPPORT
00:34:38 BUT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS THE SAME THING THAT PEOPLE
00:34:42 LIVING AND WORKING IN SOUTHERN'S BOUNDARY AREAS
00:34:46 DESERVE WHICH IS FOR HIGH LEVEL S.F. PD MANAGEMENT TO
00:34:49 SUPPLEMENT THE SOUTHERN STATION'S STAFFING NUMBERS
00:34:53 RELATIVE TO THE DOCUMENTED DEMANDS AND IN PROPORTION TO
00:34:57 ALL DISTRICTS. >> THANK YOU.
00:35:01 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BERTRAM.
00:35:02 NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE MISSION BAY NEIGHBORS
00:35:05 BETTINA COHEN, WELCOME IS CALLING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
00:35:09 COMMITTEE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:35:12 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS AND POLICE STAFF.
00:35:13 MY NAME IS BETTINA COHEN FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES I AM
00:35:19 THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD
00:35:20 ASSOCIATION. I WANT TO START BY THANKING
00:35:23 SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING MISSION BAY
00:35:27 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FORMED IN PART OVER CONCERNS RELATED
00:35:31 TO SOUTHERN'S UNDERSTAFFING GLACIAL RESPONSE TIMES FOR
00:35:35 PRIORITY C CALLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH CAN EXTEND
00:35:39 INTO DAYS WHILE THERE ARE EVENTS AT MOSCONI, ORACLE PARK
00:35:43 AND CHASE CENTER AND OUR ALARM AT THE EXPANSION OF THE
00:35:47 SOUTHERN DISTRICT AND THE RECENT POLICE REDISTRICTING ARE
00:35:52 NOT WELL KNOWN. A FACT ABOUT MISSION BAY IS
00:35:55 THAT HUNDREDS OF UNITS OF HOUSING OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:35:59 HOUSING THESE NEIGHBORS ARE REPRESENTED BY THE NEW MISSION
00:36:02 BAY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH A COUPLE OF THEM SERVING
00:36:03 ON OUR BOARD MISSION BAY NEIGHBORS INCLUDE ELDERLY
00:36:10 AND DISABLED PEOPLE FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND THERE
00:36:14 ARE EASILY MORE THAN A THOUSAND LOW INCOME FAMILIES
00:36:17 AND INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING FORMERLY UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
00:36:21 >> MISSION BAY'S PRIORITY SEE CALLS HAVE THE SLOWEST RESPONSE
00:36:25 TIME IN THE CITY WHILE WE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WELCOMING
00:36:30 CHASE CENTER AND ORACLE PARK CROWDS, THE GAMES AND CONCERTS
00:36:33 ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND ARE
00:36:38 OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH GREATER FREQUENCY.
00:36:45 >> MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE LAST FALL WHEN DUAL EVENTS OCCURRED
00:36:49 WAS THAT TWO DAYS WENT BY BEFORE A PRIORITY C CALL AT MY
00:36:56 BUILDING WAS ANSWERED AFTER MY BUILDING WAS VANDALIZED
00:36:59 AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WAS STOLEN INCLUDING THEFTS FROM
00:37:03 OUR MAIL ROOM I ATTENDED A SOUTHERN STATION COMMUNITY
00:37:08 MEETING THE SECOND NIGHT AFTER THE BREAK IN WHERE POLICE STAFF
00:37:11 INFORMED ME THAT SOUTHERN HAD MORE THAN 30 UNANSWERED SERVICE
00:37:14 CALLS THAT DAY AND MY BUILDING WAS ONE OF THOSE UNANSWERED
00:37:19 CALLS. >> I SPOKE AT POLICE COMMISSION
00:37:23 HEARINGS TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR BUT COMMISSIONERS PERSISTED
00:37:26 IN FRAMING REDISTRICTING AND UNDERSTAFFING IN TERMS OF
00:37:33 SOUTHERN ISN'T AS BAD AS THE TITLE.
00:37:36 >> I SPOKE AT POLICE COMMISSION.
00:37:38 YEAH OKAY. >> I DESCRIBED CHANGES I'M
00:37:42 SEEING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND TOLD COMMISSIONERS IN ONE
00:37:47 HEARING EQUITY IS NOT ACHIEVED BY MAKING OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
00:37:51 SUFFER AS THE TITLE SUFFERS ONE MORE PLEA PLEASE ENSURE THAT
00:37:59 SOUTHERN IS ADEQUATELY STAFFED FOR GREATER ENFORCEMENT OF
00:38:03 TRAFFIC LAWS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT WE DO NOT
00:38:05 SEE ANOTHER TRAGEDY LIKE THE ONE THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY
00:38:10 27TH WHEN A TWO YEAR OLD GIRL WAS FATALLY INJURED AND HER
00:38:14 MOTHER SEVERELY INJURED WHILE CROSSING FOURTH STREET A
00:38:17 CHANNEL ON A NIGHT WHEN EVENTS WERE HAPPENING IN TWO VENUES
00:38:21 GREATER POLICE PRESENCE WOULD DETER VIOLENT DRIVING.
00:38:28 PLEASE TAKE US SERIOUSLY WHEN WE REQUEST ADEQUATE STAFFING
00:38:32 FOR THE SOON TO BE EXPANDED SOUTHERN DISTRICT, OUR STAFFING
00:38:34 LEVELS NEED TO MATCH THE SOUTHERN STATION'S WORKLOAD.
00:38:37 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. COHEN.
00:38:41 AND THEN WE WILL NEXT UP HAVE TWO BRIEF PRESENTATIONS FROM
00:38:45 THE SOMA WEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND IT'S GOING TO
00:38:48 BE STARTING WITH ISBELL. MR. ISBELL, WELCOME TO THE
00:38:51 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:38:53 >> THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS
00:38:59 AND I APPRECIATE IT. MY NAME IS REESES BELL
00:39:03 AND FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE SUMMER WEST NEIGHBORHOOD
00:39:06 ASSOCIATION. TO BE BLUNT WE EXIST BECAUSE OF
00:39:10 THE DE FACTO WITHDRAWAL OF BASIC MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN OUR
00:39:14 NEIGHBORHOOD IF SOME OF WEST THIS UNFORTUNATELY INCLUDES THE
00:39:17 DETRIMENTALLY INEFFICIENT ATTENTION AND SUPPORT TO
00:39:21 SOUTHERN STATION OVER THE YEARS ORGANIZATION DEVELOPED OVER THE
00:39:25 LAST FIVE YEARS FROM THE FACT THAT NEIGHBORS SIMPLY BEGAN
00:39:28 CONNECTING AROUND A GROWING THREAT TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
00:39:32 AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:39:35 TWO LIFE EXAMPLES INCLUDE NEIGHBORS DEVELOPING A SLACK
00:39:37 CHANNEL TO DISCUSS THE HUGE 50 PLUS OPEN AIR DRUG MARKET
00:39:44 IN FRONT OF THE LOBBY OR TO SHARE SAFETY SUGGESTIONS WHEN
00:39:47 ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS NOTICES A GUY WITH A MACHETE OUTSIDE THE
00:39:51 LOBBY OR TO CREATE OUR OWN VERSION OF A PATROL CHANNEL SO
00:39:55 WE COULD BE NOTIFIED IF THERE WERE OTHER THREATS OUTSIDE WHEN
00:39:59 WE WERE COMING AND GOING INSIDE OF OUR HOMES NEIGHBORS CREATING
00:40:03 A WHATSAPP GROUP JUST TO HANDLE UPDATING EACH OTHER OVER
00:40:04 ENCAMPMENT ANTS AND DRUG USERS CREATING MOUNDS OF TRASH
00:40:10 MEETINGS BY A GROUP OF PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF
00:40:11 THEIR KIDS WHILE DRUG DEALS ON THEIR FORMERLY FAMILY FRIENDLY
00:40:15 STREET GROW EXPONENTIALLY ORGANIZING SAFETY CLASSES TAKEN
00:40:22 BY GAY MEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASED
00:40:23 NUMBER OF TIMES WE'RE ALL CALLED TARGETS BY THE DEALERS
00:40:27 AND USERS WORKING TOGETHER TO BLOCK COVERED PARKING SPACES
00:40:31 AND REMOVE PUBLIC BUS SHELTERS BECAUSE THEY HAD BECOME DRUG
00:40:34 DENS RATHER THAN ANYONE USING THEM FOR PARKING OR BUS RIDES.
00:40:41 SMALL BUSINESSES CONVENING AS THEY WERE OVERWHELMED BY
00:40:45 BURGLARIES, TRASH HUMAN AND WASTE GRAFFITI AND DRUG USE
00:40:49 BLOCKING THEIR BUSINESS AND ENTRYWAYS AND HURTING THEIR
00:40:53 BOTTOM LINES THESE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIC ACTS AND THEY WERE MANY
00:41:00 OF THEM INDIVIDUAL ORGANIC ACTS ON THEIR OWN OF NEIGHBORS
00:41:04 AND SMALL BUSINESSES TRYING TO FIND SOME KIND OF SEMBLANCE OF
00:41:08 SANITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OVERRUN BY CRIME, VIOLENCE,
00:41:12 HATE SPEECH AND DRUG MARKETS ALL LED TO THE FACT THAT WE
00:41:17 FORMED AS AN ORGANIZATION KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF SO MANY
00:41:20 WEST HAVE NOT BEEN WELL SERVED BY THE POLICE OVER THE YEARS
00:41:24 NOR WAS SERVED WELL BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT AS A WHOLE AT THE
00:41:27 VERY SAME TIME THAT SOUTHERN STATION WAS BARELY FUNCTIONING,
00:41:31 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS BEGAN TREATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A
00:41:34 CONTAINMENT ZONE OF THE CITY'S PROBLEMS WITHOUT A STRATEGY OR
00:41:38 A DESIRE IN DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS OF THEIR
00:41:43 SERVICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN WE AS NEIGHBORS WOULD GO
00:41:46 TO THESE SERVICES AND ASK FOR SUPPORT IN KEEPING THE DRUG
00:41:50 DEALERS AWAY WHO WERE LITERALLY OUTSIDE THEIR VERY OWN DOORSTEP
00:41:54 PREYING ON THE CLIENTS OF THESE SERVICES PROVIDERS WOULD TELL
00:41:58 US THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR ROLE AND THAT WE SHOULD CALL THE
00:42:02 POLICE. NOT ONLY DID THIS NOT HELP THE
00:42:05 NEIGHBORHOOD, IT ALSO EXACERBATED THE CRISIS WITHIN
00:42:09 SOUTHERN STATION IN RESPONDING TO RESPONDENTS GENERAL
00:42:12 CONCERNS, THIS USE OF FUZZY MATH IN CITY DEPARTMENTS OR
00:42:17 BADLY NOT CONSIDERING THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS OF
00:42:21 PROGRAMS BEING BROUGHT IN AND CHOOSING TO PUSH THAT ON TO
00:42:24 OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE AS A PD OR DPW EVENTUALLY LED OUR
00:42:28 NEIGHBORHOOD TO CREATE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT TO
00:42:30 CLEAN UP THE MESS THAT WAS LEFT BY ALL THE TRASH BUT ALSO
00:42:36 RECENTLY ADDED A ONE OF A KIND SECURITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO
00:42:40 MAKE UP FOR THE LACK OF SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS FROM SOUTHERN
00:42:43 STATION WHILE THE SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
00:42:48 INCREDIBLY HELPFUL TO NEIGHBORS, THE MORE THEY ARE
00:42:51 DEPLOYED IN FINANCE THEIR INCREASED USE TENDS TO SUPPRESS
00:42:54 THE DATA FOR THE NEEDS FOR STAFFING AT SOUTHERN STATION
00:42:56 IT'S BEEN POPULAR FOR CITY LEADERS TO CLAIM THAT CRIME IS
00:43:00 GOING DOWN AND THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR THE CITY.
00:43:03 THAT IS SIMPLY NOT THE REALITY IN SOME OF WEST WITH THE
00:43:06 DEFICIENT ATTENTION AND RESOURCES PROVIDED TO OUR
00:43:10 SOUTHERN STATION, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY THAT SOUTHERN
00:43:14 STATION WILL HAVE A FEW MORE OFFICERS OR EXPANDED TECHNOLOGY
00:43:15 LIKE DRONES IF THE REALITY IS ON ON THE GROUND IS THAT WE
00:43:19 STILL SUFFER LIKE THIS LIVING IN OUR HOME IN DISTRICT SIX IT
00:43:23 IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET BETTER AT RESPONDING TO THE CRISES UNDER
00:43:27 THE OLD LINES WHEN THE NEW LINES GREATLY EXPAND THE
00:43:30 DISTRICT AND NEEDS FOR HELP. WE WENT TO THE POLICE
00:43:34 COMMISSION LAST YEAR SEVERAL TIMES TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR
00:43:35 CONCERN ABOUT THE IN ADEQUATE SUPPORT ALREADY UNDER THE OLD
00:43:41 LINES AND OUR FEARS THAT AN EXPANDED DISTRICT WOULD JUST
00:43:45 MAKE THINGS WORSE. I HAVE NOT YET SEEN ANYTHING
00:43:49 WHICH MAKES ME FEEL THE CITY IS ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING THE
00:43:51 ISSUES OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT SIX
00:43:54 UNDER THE SOUTHERN STATION. AS SUCH WE WILL CONTINUE TO
00:43:58 SPEAK OUT AT THE POLICE COMMISSION AS A PD MEETINGS
00:44:01 IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH ALL OF OUR ELECTED LEADERS UNTIL
00:44:05 PUBLIC SAFETY IS PROVIDED EQUITABLY FOR SO MY WEST AS THE
00:44:08 CITY HAS SHOWN IT CAN DO FOR OTHER SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS
00:44:10 IN THE CITY. >> THANK YOU.
00:44:13 GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. ISBELL AND NEXT
00:44:16 UP ALSO FROM THE SOMA WEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SHAWN
00:44:20 AUCKLAND. MR. MACLEOD, WELCOME YOU TO THE
00:44:24 PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE.
00:44:26 >> FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.
00:44:40 GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHAWN AUCKLAND ALSO
00:44:42 REPRESENTING THE SOMA WEST NEIGHBORHOOD AS A BOARD MEMBER
00:44:44 TODAY I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME DATA THAT WE'VE PULLED THE
00:44:46 METHODOLOGY OF WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY VETTED WITH THE CITY
00:44:50 AND SO NO TO BE ACCURATE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY
00:44:53 WAY WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS ON THIS ISSUE IS IF WE HAVE A
00:44:56 COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM.
00:44:57 AND I WILL ADMIT I'M A BIT FRUSTRATED BY TODAY'S
00:45:01 PRESENTATION BECAUSE DESPITE SHARING THIS DATA THERE'S
00:45:02 NOTHING THAT I WILL SHOW TODAY THAT HASN'T BEEN SHARED WITH US
00:45:06 SFPD AND THE COMMISSION AND SUPERVISOR US TODAY WE
00:45:09 APPEAR TO STILL BE TALKING PAST ONE ANOTHER AND I ACTUALLY WANT
00:45:12 TO PICK UP WITH ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT S.F. PD PRESENTED
00:45:16 SO THEIR PRESENTATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE LONG WAIT
00:45:19 TIMES BUT THIS PARTICULAR CHART HERE DOES NOT SHOW CITYWIDE
00:45:26 MEDIAN. IT SHOWS TWO YEARS WORTH OF
00:45:27 DATA AND IT'S GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND IT IS
00:45:31 ABSOLUTE TIMES INSTEAD OF PERCENTAGES.
00:45:34 SO I TOOK THE SAME SLIDE AND I ADJUSTED IT FOR YOU.
00:45:39 SO THIS IS NOW JUST THE LAST 12 MONTHS WHERE THINGS HAVE
00:45:42 WORSENED. IT SHOWS PERCENTAGE VARIATION
00:45:45 FROM CITYWIDE MEAN AND IT IS SORTED BY PRIORITY BIG YOU KNOW
00:45:50 PRIORITY A WE TEND TO HAVE EQUITABLE RESPONSE TIMES
00:45:56 IN THIS CITY AND THAT IS A GOOD THING FROM THE RESEARCH THAT WE
00:46:01 HAVE DONE A NORMAL VARIANCE ON ANY GIVEN DAY WOULD BE 10 TO
00:46:05 15% DUE TO GEOGRAPHY DIFFERENCES, STAFFING
00:46:08 DIFFERENCES ON A WEEK TO WEEK BASIS.
00:46:12 BUT ONCE YOU START TO EXCEED GREATER THAN 20% DIFFERENCES BY
00:46:15 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS STRUCTURAL ,THAT IS SYSTEMIC AND WHEN
00:46:19 THAT GOES ON MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT IS A CHOICE.
00:46:22 YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THERE ARE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STAND
00:46:26 OUT THAT ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY BY SAN FRANCISCO.
00:46:29 SOUTHERN RESIDENTS WAITED 45% LONGER FOR PRIORITY B RESPONSES
00:46:33 COMPARED TO THE CITYWIDE MEDIAN AND THE TENDERLOIN WAS EVEN
00:46:37 LONGER AND WE BRING THEM ALONG IN OUR ARGUMENTS TODAY WE DO
00:46:41 NOT NEED TO KEEP SHIFTING THE PROBLEMS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
00:46:44 SOMA AND THE TENDERLOIN. >> WE WANT TO HEAL BOTH
00:46:46 NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR MOST COMMON PRIORITY B CALL
00:46:49 IS FIGHT NO WEAPON. SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT
00:46:53 THESE ARE ACTIVE VOLATILE CONFLICTS AND THE CITY IS
00:46:56 FAILING TO STAFF ACCORDING TO NEED THEREBY PRIORITIZING
00:46:59 AND COMPROMISING THE BASELINE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS WITHIN THE
00:47:03 CONTAINMENT ZONE IT HAS CREATED .
00:47:07 >> YOU CAN SEE ALSO THAT SAN FRANCISCO SUFFERS THE LONGEST
00:47:11 PRIORITY C TIMES IN THE CITY AT 47% LONGER THAN CITYWIDE
00:47:14 AVERAGE. A LOT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE
00:47:18 CITYWIDE STAFFING CRISIS. IT IS FULLY IRRELEVANT TO THIS
00:47:21 CONVERSATION. >> THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE DEPLOY
00:47:23 THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. >> SO A COUPLE OF DATA POINTS
00:47:29 THAT I SHARED. THIS IS A DECADE OF DELIBERATE
00:47:38 ABANDONMENT OF SOUTHERN SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT
00:47:41 NEW AND IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME.
00:47:44 WE ANALYZED THE SAME DATABASE RECALLS GOING BACK TEN YEARS.
00:47:46 THAT'S SEVERAL MILLION CALLS. THE MIDDLE LINE HERE AT 0% IS
00:47:53 THE CITYWIDE MEDIAN RESPONSE TIME AGAIN FOR PRIORITY B CALLS
00:47:57 NORMALIZED TO ZERO. THE LINE ABOVE IT REPRESENTS
00:48:01 HOW MUCH LONGER SOME AWAITED IN ANY GIVEN MONTH.
00:48:08 YOU CAN SEE THAT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE BEEN WITHIN NORMAL
00:48:12 VARIATION AND LESS THAN SYSTEMIC HOWEVER SO MY
00:48:16 EXPERIENCE PRIORITY BE RESPONSE TIMES THAT MASSIVELY DIVERGE
00:48:20 STARTING IN 2022. SO ANOTHER BOOGEYMAN THAT HAS
00:48:23 BEEN DESCRIBED HERE IS COVID. >> DURING COVID THE POLICE CAME
00:48:30 THEY WERE BARRED FROM ENFORCING BUT THEY CAME THE DIVERSION
00:48:34 STARTED IN 2022 AND RECENTLY SINCE JANUARY 2025 OUR WAIT
00:48:40 TIMES HAVE SPIKED DRAMATICALLY TO SOMETIMES 80% LONGER, 92%
00:48:51 LONGER IN DECEMBER AND 62% LONGER JUST A MONTH AGO.
00:48:57 >> THIS SHOWS THAT OUR SAFETY WAS DELIBERATELY DEPRIORITIZED
00:49:00 WHEN STAFFING WAS STRETCHED SO WHEN OFFICERS RETIRED WE BORE
00:49:04 THE BRUNT NOT THE REST OF THE CITY.
00:49:05 OUR WAIT TIMES HAVE NOW BEEN DEEPLY INEQUITABLE FOR 18
00:49:09 MONTHS AND THAT ROUGHLY COINCIDES WITH THE INAUGURATION
00:49:12 OF THE LEARY ADMINISTRATION. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT'S
00:49:16 OBVIOUS NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT A TALE OF TWO NEIGHBORHOODS
00:49:24 WHETHER YOU ARE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CHOSEN
00:49:27 CONTAINMENT ZONE WHERE THEY WITHDRAW POLICE.
00:49:31 THIS IS THE EXACT SAME GRAPH THAT I SHOWED YOU BEFORE BUT I
00:49:32 ADDED ONE MORE LINE WHICH IS HAIGHT ASHBURY.
00:49:35 HAIGHT ASHBURY HAS AN AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT IS DOUBLE
00:49:39 THAT OF SOMA AND IS GEOGRAPHICALLY NOT VERY FAR.
00:49:43 SO WHILE OUR WAIT TIMES SKYROCKETED, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
00:49:49 SERVICED BY PARK STATION ENJOYED A DECADE OF
00:49:50 SYSTEMICALLY FASTER RESPONSE TIMES AND AGAIN IN 2022 WHEN
00:49:57 OFFERS OFFICERS RETIRED SOMA GOT DISPROPORTIONATELY WORSE
00:50:01 AND THE HAIGHT GOT DISPROPORTIONATELY BETTER.
00:50:05 WE DID NOT ALL SUFFER THE SAME CONSEQUENCES.
00:50:11 NOW LASTLY WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE FIX WHICH IS WE HEAR YOU,
00:50:15 WE HAVE BEEN SHARING THIS DATA WITH THE POLICE COMMISSION,
00:50:19 BOTH CHIEFS OF POLICE AND SUPERVISORS GOING BACK TO
00:50:22 LAST FALL. BUT NO CHANGES WERE MADE
00:50:26 AND YES, IN MARCH WE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE AND IN
00:50:30 THE LAST MONTH SFPD HAS ADDED EIGHT OFFICERS TO SOUTHERN
00:50:34 STATION TO ADDRESS THESE GLARING INEQUITIES.
00:50:38 THAT IS ACCORDING TO A DIFFERENT SFPD STAFF MEMBER.
00:50:42 AND I ACKNOWLEDGE I HEAR THE NUMBER OF 20 TODAY WHETHER IT'S
00:50:45 8 OR 20, IT HAS BARELY MADE AN IMPACT EVEN WITH THOSE CHANGES
00:50:51 MONTH TO DATE MAY 1ST TO FOUR DAYS AGO THREE DAYS AGO OUR
00:50:58 PRIORITY CALLS HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
00:51:02 LET'S GO BACK WHAT WERE WE 62 IN APRIL AND WE ARE NOW 43
00:51:09 AND SO WE SLIGHTLY MOVED THE NUMBER BUT WE REMAIN
00:51:12 SYSTEMICALLY UNDERSTAFFED. THE BASELINE DEFICIT IS SO
00:51:17 SEVERE THAT MINOR STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS DO NOT AND HAVE NOT
00:51:21 RESOLVED THIS DISPARITY. NOW IT BRINGS US TO THE
00:51:31 BOUNDARY EXPANSION AS SFPD ACKNOWLEDGED IN THEIR
00:51:32 PRESENTATION JUST NOW, THIS EXPANSION WILL ADD A 23%
00:51:38 INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME AND THEY HAVE SHARED THAT THEY
00:51:41 WILL ADD 5 TO 10 OFFICERS TO THE CURRENT ROSTER WHICH WOULD
00:51:45 RESULT CHARITABLY IN A 6 TO 12% STAFFING INCREASE.
00:51:48 SO I BELIEVE WHAT WAS ASKED TODAY WAS TO COME TO THIS
00:51:52 HEARING AND SHARE WITH US A SOLUTION TO US BEING THE WORST
00:51:55 STAFFED DISTRICT AND THE SLOWEST RESPONSE NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:51:59 BUT WHAT I THINK I'M SEEING IS THAT THEY HAVE SHOWED HOW THEY
00:52:03 WILL MAKE IT WORSE BY OCTOBER WHICH IS TO ADD MORE CALL
00:52:07 VOLUME THEN INCREMENTAL OFFICERS WHEN THE PROBLEM IS
00:52:11 ALREADY BAD. I WILL JUST SAY OUR
00:52:14 NEIGHBORHOOD THE STAFFING BOUNDARY CHANGE IS A
00:52:15 DISTRACTION. >> WE ARE NOT STAFFED EQUITABLY
00:52:18 TODAY SO HOW COULD WE TRUST THAT ADDING MORE CALLS WILL ADD
00:52:22 MORE OFFICERS IS WHEN WE'RE SAYING OUT LOUD YOU DON'T HAVE
00:52:27 TO HAVE A MATH DEGREE TO KNOW THAT THE TITLE ON THIS IS
00:52:30 CORRECT. WE WILL MAKE THE WORST DISTRICT
00:52:34 EVEN WORSE. WHY?
00:52:37 BECAUSE IT IS A MATTER OF POLICY.
00:52:38 IT IS BY DESIGN. IT ALLOWS US TO PROTECT THE
00:52:42 OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKE MORE MONEY AND THAT HAVE MORE
00:52:45 POLITICAL INFLUENCE. AND I WANT TO CLOSE BY TALKING
00:52:49 ABOUT CULTURE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK A SENIOR MEMBER OF OUR
00:52:53 SFPD COMMAND STAFF SHARED THIS QUOTE WITH ME WE HAVE A SAYING
00:52:57 IN OUR SF PD THE BEST GO TO THE WEST TO REST AND OFFICERS GET
00:53:03 TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY WORK. WE CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE GO TO
00:53:07 SOUTHERN WELL I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IS A POLICY THAT
00:53:12 DOES NOT STAFF ACCORDING TO NEED AND YOU HAVE A CULTURE
00:53:16 THAT AVOIDS THE WORST PLACES AND THE WORST PLACES ARE
00:53:19 CREATED BY THE CITY. SO I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION.
00:53:20 I AM ONLY ASKING FOR HELP BECAUSE THIS IS BY DESIGN.
00:53:26 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR..
00:53:30 >> THANK YOU MR. OFTEN AND IT IS A CUSTOM OF THE BOARD OF
00:53:35 SUPERVISORS TO REFRAIN FROM AUDIBLE SIGNS OF APPRECIATION
00:53:38 OR CRITICISM BUT JAZZ HANDS ARE FINE BUT THANK YOU FOR THE
00:53:43 PRESENTATION AND FOR THAT FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
00:53:49 >> I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DISTRICT SIX GROUPS WHO HAVE
00:53:50 PRESENTED TODAY AND ALSO NOTE THAT THESE ARE GROUPS THAT HAVE
00:53:54 BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SO MANY WAYS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
00:53:57 INCLUDING THE POLICE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
00:54:01 MANY OF THEM HAVE TAKEN TIME TO ATTEND POLICE COMMISSION
00:54:02 MEETINGS TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE STAFFING.
00:54:05 I APPRECIATE THAT STAFFING IS SEEING PROGRESS.
00:54:09 I DO THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT TOOK THE KIND OF
00:54:11 ORGANIZING EFFORT AND THE THE HEAVY LIFT OF RESEARCH TO
00:54:14 REALLY ELEVATE THIS IN WAYS THAT THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL
00:54:20 IN GETTING ATTENTION TO THE DISPARITIES.
00:54:21 IT CERTAINLY GOT MY ATTENTION. >> SO I'D LIKE TO IF I COULD
00:54:25 CALL THE DEPARTMENT UP FOR A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
00:54:29 THE THE CORE QUESTION FOR ME FROM THIS HEARING IS WHEN CAN
00:54:33 SOUTHERN DISTRICT RESIDENTS EXPECT TO SEE IMPROVED RESPONSE
00:54:37 TIMES AND HOW DOES THE STAFFING PLAN ADDRESS THE DEEP INEQUITY
00:54:41 FACED BY SOUTHERN CONSTITUENTS? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
00:54:45 CHIEF BIGGS. I'M NOT TOO SURE OR CUNNINGHAM
00:54:48 OR CHIEF LEW. >> SO I GUESS I'LL START WITH
00:54:59 JUST SAYING THAT IT'S NOT QUITE AS EASY AS MOVING YOU KNOW, A
00:55:09 HUGE SWATH OF PEOPLE OVER TO A PARTICULAR STATION.
00:55:13 CLEARLY WE HAVE SOME UNION RULES THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
00:55:16 WE HAVE WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED IP1 LIST BUT WHERE WE
00:55:20 ARE MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO BRING RESOURCES TO SOUTHERN.
00:55:27 AGAIN EIGHT OFFICERS WHICH I THINK DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT
00:55:34 . I WILL SAY THAT IT IS VERY
00:55:35 DIFFICULT TO EVEN BRING EIGHT OFFICERS TO A PARTICULAR
00:55:37 STATION BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS.
00:55:38 THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO TO MAKE THOSE
00:55:42 MOVES THAT THAT THAT DC BIG SPOKE ABOUT.
00:55:45 I HAVE A LOT MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE FACT THAT I THINK THAT
00:55:53 DFA WILL BE A GAME CHANGER. THERE ARE ANECDOTAL YOU KNOW
00:55:56 DATA WITH OTHER MAJOR AGENCIES THAT HAVE EMPLOYED OF OUR
00:56:02 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE REDUCED FOR EXAMPLE CALLS FOR SERVICE NEED
00:56:05 NEEDING TO BE RESPONDED TO BY LIVE OFFICERS BY UPWARDS OF
00:56:11 10%. SO AND THAT IS THAT DOESN'T
00:56:14 EVEN ACCOUNT FOR THE EFFICIENCIES THAT DRONES
00:56:15 PROVIDE TO OFFICERS IN TERMS OF INFORMATION AND WHERE TO GO,
00:56:19 HOW MANY OFFICERS WOULD NEED TO GO IN THE FIRST PLACE OR FOUR
00:56:25 TO PROVIDE STREET SUPERVISORS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE INFORMATION
00:56:27 AND THEN BE ABLE TO COORDINATE HOW MANY OFFICERS NEED TO GO TO
00:56:30 A PARTICULAR INCIDENT. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THE DRONE
00:56:33 PILOT PROGRAM WILL ADD EFFICIENCIES THAT JUST WE WON'T
00:56:37 BE ABLE TO TELL UNTIL WE SEE THAT.
00:56:41 SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE INCREASED OFFICERS UP TO THIS
00:56:44 POINT. CLEARLY IT'S NOT THE AMOUNT
00:56:48 THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE
00:56:50 COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION.
00:56:54 I WON'T GO DELVE INTO THE PAST AND YOU KNOW THE FEELINGS
00:56:58 TOWARDS WHAT THE CITY OR THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE IN TERMS OF
00:57:02 THE SOUTHERN. I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT UNDER
00:57:05 MY LEADERSHIP AND THIS COMMAND STAFF WE'RE COMMITTED TO
00:57:09 CONTINUE TO WATCH WATCH WHAT THE PROGRESS IS LIKE AND WE'RE
00:57:10 MAKING IT WE ARE PERFECTLY WILLING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS
00:57:14 POSSIBLE AND THEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE DO NEED TO RUN
00:57:18 THE REST OF THE CITY AS WELL. THERE'S A CERTAIN SUNK COST
00:57:22 THAT IS BAKED INTO RUNNING A STATION.
00:57:25 SO IN ORDER TO RUN A 24 SEVEN OPERATION YOU JUST CAN'T FALL
00:57:29 BELOW CERTAIN LEVELS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
00:57:33 HELPFUL. AND JUST IN THE IN THE
00:57:36 PRESENTATION THERE WAS A HEAT MAP WITH SOME CLEAR HOT SPOTS.
00:57:40 >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS BOTH HOW THE HOTSPOTS IMPACT
00:57:44 DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS AND THEN I ALSO NOTE THERE IS AN INCIDENT
00:57:50 THERE IS A SEPARATE MEASURE FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE VERSUS
00:57:55 INCIDENTS. AND I JUST WOULD WELCOME JUST
00:57:59 AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THAT CAN PLAY OUT.
00:58:05 >> SURE. SO CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE ONE
00:58:08 MEASURE THAT WE CAN USE TO MEASURE OFFICER WORKLOAD.
00:58:12 SO CALL COMES IN, OFFICER GOES OUT IN RESPONSE TO IT AT SOME
00:58:14 POINT IN TIME IT'S THE REPORTS ARE ANOTHER WAY WE CAN MEASURE
00:58:17 OFFICER WORKLOAD SO OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY HAS TO AFTER TAKING A
00:58:21 CALL IF THAT CALL RESULTS IN AN ARREST A CITATION, A USE OF
00:58:25 FORCE ANY ANY NUMBER OF THINGS AN OFFICER THEN HAS TO COME OFF
00:58:28 THE STREET TO WRITE THAT REPORT.
00:58:29 SO THE NUMBER OF REPORTS WHERE THEY ARE GENERATED, HOW MANY
00:58:32 ARE GENERATED ARE ALSO A DIFFERENT WAY WE CAN MEASURE
00:58:36 HOW MUCH WORK OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN ACROSS BOTH TIME
00:58:40 AND LOCATION OR IS IT THE CASE THAT LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE IT
00:58:44 WAS BROUGHT UP THAT A PRIORITY B EXAMPLE WOULD BE A FIGHT?
00:58:47 LET'S SAY THERE'S A FIGHT ON SIXTH STREET.
00:58:50 >> IS IT THE CASE THAT THERE MIGHT BE 5 OR 6 CALLS FOR
00:58:53 SERVICE ON ONE INCIDENT? >> YES.
00:58:54 OKAY. OKAY.
00:58:56 I THINK I WAS I THINK JUST GETTING TEASING OUT WHY THERE'S
00:59:00 IT'S ALMOST MORE INTENSITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HEAT MAP ON
00:59:04 CALLS FOR SERVICE PURPOSES. >> WE WE TRADITIONALLY SEE
00:59:05 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CALLS WHEREAS WE SEE TENS OF
00:59:08 THOUSANDS OF INCIDENT REPORTS. >> OKAY.
00:59:13 THERE WAS. DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN WHEN
00:59:18 WOULD SOUTHERN BE FULLY STAFFED AT RECOMMENDED LEVELS?
00:59:28 AND IS AND MAYBE LET ME LET ME SAY THIS I THINK THIS IS ALSO A
00:59:32 LARGER QUESTION THAT GOES TO SOME OF THE INTRODUCTORY
00:59:36 REMARKS. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON
00:59:37 GETTING TO A FULLY STAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:59:40 SO THIS MAY BE FUTURE HEARINGS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED
00:59:44 TO HAVE IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.
00:59:47 >> BUT WHAT ARE WE THINKING IN TERMS OF GETTING TO A
00:59:50 RECOMMENDED STAFFING LEVEL? >> YEAH.
00:59:51 SO I THINK I THINK I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY
00:59:59 MILESTONES COMING UP HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE BOUNDARY
01:00:03 IMPLEMENTATION IN OCTOBER 1ST AS THE CHIEF HAD MENTIONED, WE
01:00:07 ARE COMMITTED TO SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
01:00:10 WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE STAFFING AT SOUTHERN
01:00:13 IT'S IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY WHEN A STATION WILL BE AT FULL
01:00:21 STAFFING BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY OTHER CAVEATS THAT GO INTO
01:00:24 IT HOW MANY RECRUITS ARE COMING INTO THE INTO THE DEPARTMENT
01:00:28 AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE INFLUX AND HOW
01:00:29 MANY CLASSES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
01:00:32 SO IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO THE YOU KNOW, THE INFLUX INTO THE
01:00:36 DEPARTMENT OF HOW MANY OFFICERS AND THEN ONCE AND THERE'S
01:00:39 THERE'S A TIMELINE TO THAT BECAUSE WE ONLY CAN WE ONLY ARE
01:00:44 ABLE TO HAVE SO MANY RECRUIT CLASSES PER YEAR.
01:00:47 SO YOU KNOW AS THE YEARS PROGRESS THEN YOU KNOW, I'M
01:00:51 VERY HOPEFUL THAT YOU KNOW WITH OUR VERY ROBUST RECRUITMENT
01:00:55 STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN INFLUX
01:00:59 OF OFFICERS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE TO SUPPORT S.F.
01:01:03 P.D. SO I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE BUT I YOU
01:01:07 KNOW, YOU DO HAVE OUR COMMITMENT ON SOUTHERN DISTRICT
01:01:10 AND ALL DISTRICTS IN SAN FRANCISCO AS WELL.
01:01:13 >> OKAY. THERE WAS ONE AND THEN FINALLY
01:01:14 THERE WAS ONE THING THAT CAME UP I THINK MISS BERTRAM RAISED
01:01:18 IT ABOUT THE CITY HAD MADE A COMMITMENT ON FOOT BEATS AT THE
01:01:23 NAVIGATION CENTER UP NEAR THE EMBARCADERO AND I WANTED TO
01:01:27 JUST ASK IF THERE'S A STATUS REPORT ON THAT.
01:01:30 >> YEAH, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED TODAY THAT CURRENTLY
01:01:33 HOW THAT DEPLOYMENT IS OPERATING IS ON AN OVERTIME
01:01:37 BASIS UNTIL WE CAN GET ENOUGH OFFICERS INTO SOUTHERN STATION
01:01:42 TO WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO THEN DEPLOY ON DUTY OFFICERS TO
01:01:45 THAT AREA. >> OKAY.
01:01:49 THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU.
01:01:53 CHIEFS MR. CUNNINGHAM, NEIGHBORS SEEING NO ONE ON THE
01:01:57 ROSTER WITH MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
01:01:58 MADAM CLERK, MAY WE INVITE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
01:02:02 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
01:02:04 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY
01:02:06 THE WINDOWS. ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
01:02:07 MINUTES FOR SPEAKER PLEASE. >> YES HI MY NAME IS DEBBIE
01:02:21 GOULD. I AM PART OF CAPTAIN HURLEY'S
01:02:25 COMMUNITY POLICE ADVISORY BOARD.
01:02:26 THAT'S CPAP AND I'M ALSO A RETIRED FLIGHT ATTENDANT
01:02:32 AND I'VE BEEN MULLING OVER EVERYTHING IN THE LAST COUPLE
01:02:34 OF DAYS AND IT BROUGHT TO MIND THE TIMES THAT MY EMPLOYER
01:02:43 WOULD CLOSE THE DOOR WHILE WE WERE UNDERSTAFFED.
01:02:47 WE WOULD BE UNDERSTAFFED BY TWO THREE FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS
01:02:50 SOMETIMES ON A FULL LOAD AND A FULL LOAD COULD BE 350
01:02:54 PASSENGERS. >> AND LONG STORY SHORT THAT
01:02:57 THE COMPANY KNEW THAT WE COULD DO IT AND OFTENTIMES WE WOULD
01:03:01 HAVE WE WOULD GET PAID ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO $40 AN HOUR PER
01:03:09 FLIGHT ATTENDANT THAT WE WERE MISSING.
01:03:12 WE WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THE BODIES WE MUCH RATHER HAVE THE
01:03:19 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AS THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING
01:03:24 OVERTIME WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE THEIR COLLEAGUES.
01:03:28 >> IT'S THEIR SAFETY WITH RESPECT IT GOES BOTH WAYS.
01:03:32 I ALWAYS TELL THE OFFICERS GET HOME SAFELY BUT THAT ALSO MEANS
01:03:39 GET HOME WITHOUT BURNOUT AND THEY BURN OUT QUICKLY IF
01:03:44 THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING UNDERSTAFFED.
01:03:47 >> I ALSO HAVE ONE QUESTION IS PUTTING ALL A TREASURE ISLAND
01:03:54 IN YOUR BABOON ISLAND ON THE TABLE MOVING IT FROM SOUTHERN
01:03:58 OVER TO CENTRAL THAT WOULD FREE UP AT LEAST TWO POLICE OFFICERS
01:04:04 AT SOUTHERN. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSI
01:04:05 APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:04:09 NEXT WEEK REPLACE LOSE SUPERVISORS.
01:04:13 >> MY NAME IS LUCAS ELLA I'M IN DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT I DO
01:04:16 WANT TO PICK ON THE ISSUE OF AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE
01:04:21 MOST FOLKS ADMITTED THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A
01:04:24 SOLUTION. I THINK ONE OF THE AREAS THAT
01:04:28 WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON IS WHETHER OR NOT POLICE ARE THE
01:04:31 BEST RESPONDENTS TO PRIORITIES SEE CALLS LIKE ENCAMPMENT
01:04:35 REMOVALS OR RESPONDING TO THE SITE OF VISIBLE POVERTY AND NOT
01:04:40 TALKING ABOUT FIGHTS. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE.
01:04:44 I'M TALKING ABOUT FOLKS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE ECONOMIC MEANS FOR
01:04:48 PRIVACY AND IS THERE THE SAME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND ENERGY
01:04:54 AROUND IMPROVING SHELTERS, MAKING SHELTERS MORE INVITING,
01:04:59 EXPANDING THE COMMUNITY SPACES, THE RECREATION SPACES
01:05:02 IN SHELTERS, PROVIDING PHYSICAL SPACE FOR FOLKS TO GO OTHER
01:05:06 THAN CLEARING THEM OUT BLOCK BY BLOCK BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE
01:05:10 ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT DOES NOT WORK AND IT'S A CONSTANT MOVE
01:05:14 FOR OFFICERS AS WELL AS THE HOMELESS FOLKS EXPERIENCING THE
01:05:19 MOVE THE FRUSTRATION FROM NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
01:05:20 SIGHT OF VISIBLE POVERTY AND I'M NOT DEBATING THE THE
01:05:23 THE VALIDITY OF THOSE COMPLAINTS.
01:05:27 >> I'M MORE SAYING THAT I THINK WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF
01:05:31 GRASPING THAT POLICE ARE NOT THE BEST USE FOR THOSE TYPES OF
01:05:35 CALLS. >> WHERE ARE THE SOCIAL WORKERS
01:05:39 ? WHERE IS THE HOUSING?
01:05:39 WHERE IS THE DIGNIFIED SHELTER AND WHY IS THAT NOT THE FOCUS?
01:05:43 >> AND AT LEAST PART OF THE CONVERSE ATION FOR POLICE
01:05:47 STAFFING I HAVE YOU KNOW I'M NOT COMMENTING ON THE THE THE
01:05:51 EXPANSION OF THE SOUTHERN PRECINCT.
01:05:54 >> I'M NOT COMMENTING ON POLICE STAFFING AT LARGE.
01:05:58 I'M JUST SAYING THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE USE OF
01:05:59 OFFICERS FOR THIS MEANS I THINK EVERYONE IS AN AGREEMENT THAT
01:06:03 THAT IS NOT WHAT WORKS. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:07 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER I'M I WAS ONE OF
01:06:13 THE ONES THAT LIVED IN THE DISTRICT SIX I HAD ENCOUNTERED
01:06:21 THE WORST THING EVER LIVED IN DISTRICT SIX IS ONE OF THE
01:06:24 BEAUTIFUL AREAS RIGHT YOU HAD THE CHASE CENTER.
01:06:28 YOU HAVE ALL THESE NICE BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING BUT
01:06:29 THE PEOPLE THE THE THE STRUCTURE OF HOW PEOPLE ARE
01:06:32 LIVING AND IN IN THESE PLACES IS BAD.
01:06:36 IT'S BAD AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR OF THAT
01:06:40 DISTRICT AND YOU EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT'S GOING ON AND NOTHING
01:06:44 HAPPENS IS A PROBLEM FOR ME. >> RIGHT.
01:06:47 AND IT'S A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF US THAT THAT LIVES IN THE
01:06:52 DISTRICT. >> SO WHEN YOU SIT HERE AND YOU
01:06:53 ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW MANY POLICE IS
01:06:56 WORKING AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT'S COMING OUT, YOU HAVE
01:07:00 FIVE CARS COMING OUT FOR ONE CALL THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY
01:07:02 SENSE UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY MAJOR GOING ON.
01:07:06 RIGHT? SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE
01:07:10 THAT THE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR COULD DO FOR THAT DISTRICT AS
01:07:13 OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT
01:07:16 AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. THANK YOU.
01:07:20 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS LISA.
01:07:25 I'VE BEEN A DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT FOR MORE THAN TEN
01:07:27 YEARS. >> YOU HEARD US F PD SAY THAT
01:07:31 THEY CONSIDER A NUMBER OF FACTORS WHEN DETERMINING
01:07:33 BOUNDARIES AS DOCUMENTED IN THE STAFFING ANALYSIS.
01:07:36 >> DESPITE READING THIS ANALYSIS I CANNOT FIGURE OUT
01:07:39 HOW AN ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION CHANGE OR CALL VOLUME OR CRIME
01:07:43 RATES OR REALLY ANYTHING ELSE WOULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO THE
01:07:47 CONCLUSION THAT SOUTHERN STATION BOUNDARIES SHOULD BE
01:07:48 EXPANDED TODAY SOUTHERN ALREADY HAS THE MOST CALLS THE SLOWEST
01:07:54 RESPONSE TIMES AND DISPROPORTIONATELY FEW
01:07:55 OFFICERS TENDERLOIN AND MISSION USED TO BE THE HIGH CRIME AREAS
01:07:59 PER CAPITA BUT NOW IT'S SOUTHERN INCLUDING FOR VIOLENT
01:08:03 CRIME AND THAT'S BEFORE THE BOUNDARY CHANGES.
01:08:06 >> IT MAKES NO SENSE TO HAVE A LARGE HIGH CRIME AREA ON TOP OF
01:08:11 THE CITY'S ALREADY MOST OVERLOADED POLICE STATION
01:08:14 AND IS EVEN MORE BAFFLING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE FINANCIAL
01:08:17 DISTRICT SOUTH BEACH MISSION BAY AND SOMA ARE SOME OF THE
01:08:22 MOST ECONOMICALLY CRITICAL PARTS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:08:23 >> I APPRECIATE THAT USB PD IS ADDING MORE STAFF TO SOUTHERN
01:08:26 BUT THE OUTCOME MATTERS A LOT MORE THAN THE INPUTS WE WILL
01:08:30 KNOW SOUTHERN IS STAFFED APPROPRIATELY WHEN SOUTHERN
01:08:34 RESPONSE TIMES ARE IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE CITY.
01:08:35 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:08:38 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:08:42 MY NAME IS DAVID SINGER. I'M A RESIDENT OF SOMA.
01:08:45 WE NEED TO STAFF SOUTHERN STATION TO MEET THE STRATEGIC
01:08:49 NEEDS OF THE CITY AND THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK
01:08:53 THERE. SOMA SUPPORTS THE CITY SOMA HAS
01:08:54 GROWN AND SUPPORTED THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING NEEDS BY
01:08:57 ADDING MORE HOUSING THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
01:09:01 SOMA IS ONE OF THE ENGINES DRIVING CITY RECOVERY, HOSTING
01:09:05 MANY START UPS AND NEW BUSINESSES.
01:09:06 YET SOME AS TAX REVENUE BOTH PROPERTY AND SALES TAX IS
01:09:10 AFFECTED BY THE STREET CONDITIONS.
01:09:13 WE DO NOT HAVE THE POLICING TO PROTECT AND ENCOURAGE OUR
01:09:16 ENGINE OF RECOVERY SOMA SUPPORTS THE CITY SOME IS PROUD
01:09:20 TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S NEEDS IN SERVICES NOTABLY HOMELESS
01:09:24 SERVICES BUT IS CURRENTLY OVERLOADED WITH THEM MANY OF
01:09:28 THEM USING THESE SERVICES FIND THE STREET CONDITIONS
01:09:31 FRIGHTENING. WE DO NOT HAVE THE POLICE TO
01:09:35 SUPPORT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE NEEDED.
01:09:36 THE NEW STREET PATROLS ARE A WELCOME START TO ADDRESSING
01:09:39 THIS BUT THEY DO NOT OPERATE 24 BY SEVEN AND SOUTHERN STATION
01:09:42 ASTONISHINGLY HAS NO HOMELESS SPECIALISTS.
01:09:46 >> WE ARE STAFFING SOUTHERN ONLY ENOUGH TO MANAGE A PROBLEM
01:09:50 NOT TO SOLVE IT. THE CORRECT STAFFING IN SOMA
01:09:51 WILL ENABLE A STRONGER CITY RECOVERY, MORE INCOME AND LONG
01:09:55 TERM STAFFING WILL SAVE MONEY BY SOLVING PROBLEMS RATHER THAN
01:09:58 SIMPLY MITIGATING THEM FOREVER. >> SOUTHERN STAR SOUTHERN
01:10:05 STATION WE CAN FUEL THE ENGINES OF HOUSING GROWTH AND RECOVERY
01:10:09 STAFF SOUTHERN STATION THE EXISTING LEADERSHIP AND STAFF
01:10:13 ARE EXCELLENT WITH THE STAFF THEY CAN DO THE JOB AND WE CAN
01:10:16 TRANSFORM THE CORE SAN FRANCISCO THANK YOU.
01:10:20 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS NEXT WEEK PLEASE THANK YOU
01:10:27 SUPERVISORS. >> I'M ALEX LUDLUM, HEAD OF
01:10:31 SOME WEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICTS.
01:10:34 I WOULD ECHO A LOT OF COMMENTS, SAID EARLIER AND I WANTED TO
01:10:39 SHARE AN ANECDOTE FROM LATE 2023 WHEN A YOUNG INEXPERIENCED
01:10:45 MAN VISITED US TO ASK US TO VOTE FOR HIM FOR MAYOR AND WE
01:10:53 IT WAS A BAD TIME A WORSE TIME THAN NOW IN WHICH OUR
01:10:57 RESTAURANTS WERE GETTING ROBBED TWICE IN THE SAME WEEK AT
01:11:00 GUNPOINT AND THIS AND THAT AND HE CAME TO A VERY ANGRY
01:11:05 ROOM AND HE AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING CRIME'S OUT OF CONTROL.
01:11:08 AND THEN HE SAID GUYS, GUYS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
01:11:12 CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL EVERYWHERE I WAS JUST IN THE
01:11:15 RICHMOND AND PEOPLE ARE RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND OBVIOUSLY THE
01:11:19 ROOM ONE REALLY SILENT AND WE HAD TO HAVE A WORD AFTERWARDS.
01:11:23 >> BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SOUTHERN STATION IS IN THE
01:11:27 SAME POSITION AS THE RESIDENTS OF SELMA.
01:11:30 THE REST OF THE CITY IS SCREWING SOUTHERN STATION
01:11:34 OBVIOUSLY A DISTRICT WITH BOTH STADIUMS AND TREASURE ISLAND
01:11:41 HAS TOO MUCH ON ITS PLATE WHATEVER THE RESPONSE TIMES
01:11:46 WERE, THOSE ARE LIKE JUST SUCH CRITICAL HUBS AND SO TO ADD
01:11:53 THESE VERY HIGH VOLUME, VERY PROBLEMATIC BLOCKS THE POLICE
01:11:58 COMMISSION INTENTIONALLY SET SOUTHERN STATION UP TO FAIL
01:12:06 FURTHER IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS OF ITS BOUNDARIES.
01:12:09 SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING AGAINST AND IN THE LAST MONTH
01:12:13 THERE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN DIRECTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
01:12:20 THE NEW THE NEW DEPLOYMENTS ARE HAVING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT SO
01:12:24 WE'RE VERY GLAD TO SEE FOOT PATROLS FOR THE FIRST TIME
01:12:28 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:12:29 >> THANK YOU DANNY AND ALAN, WE NEED YOUR POLICE.
01:12:35 >> I'M SORRY. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING.
01:12:39 MARGARET KANE, ALMOST 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX AND A
01:12:43 MEMBER OF CAPTAIN HURLEY SUPERB A FULLY STAFFED SOUTHERN
01:12:47 DISTRICT IS THE TIPPING POINT BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC ENGINE
01:12:51 THAT DRIVES THE CITY OR WHAT WE SEE IN THE DOOM LOOP PICTURES
01:12:55 ON X AND FOX NEWS I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FIRST.
01:13:02 >> AM I EXAGGERATING? NO I'M NOT.
01:13:03 LET'S LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
01:13:05 LET'S LOOK AT CUSTODIAL ARRESTS, CUSTODIAL ARRESTS OR
01:13:06 WHEN SOMEBODY GOES TO JAIL. THESE ARE FELONS.
01:13:10 THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO GET A CITATION AND A COURT DATE.
01:13:13 THESE CALLS TAKE LONGER. THEY TAKE LONGER TO PROCESS.
01:13:14 THEY CAN TAKE HOURS AS OPPOSED TO MINUTES WITH THE NEW
01:13:17 BOUNDARIES SOUTHERN WILL LEAD THAT FOR THE CITY WITH OVER A
01:13:23 THOUSAND CUSTODIAL ARRESTS A YEAR TO DATE WITHOUT THE NEW
01:13:24 TERRITORY, SOUTHERN'S CUSTODIAL ARRESTS HAVE INCREASED BY 138%
01:13:30 IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. >> BASICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
01:13:34 THE TENDERLOIN AND SOUTHERN YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40% OF THE
01:13:38 CUSTODIAL ARRESTS IN THE CITY. THAT MEANS WE HAVE THE MOST
01:13:42 SERIOUS CRIME PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO BE STAFFED DIFFERENTLY
01:13:45 TELLING US HEY, THE WHOLE CITY'S UNDERSTAFFED.
01:13:46 >> WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PROBLEM AND WE NEED DIFFERENT
01:13:49 RESOURCES. >> WE ALSO HAVE REPORTS THAT
01:13:53 USE OLD STALE DATA. WE ARE THE GALACTIC CAPITAL OF
01:13:56 A.I. WE HAVE NVIDIA ANTHROPIC AND OPEN AIR AND WALKING
01:14:01 DISTANCE FROM SOUTHERN STATION AND YET WE DID A BOUNDARY
01:14:05 REPORT WITH 2019 TO 2023 DATA. WE COULDN'T DO BETTER THAN
01:14:09 THAT. HUH?
01:14:12 NONE OF THE NUMBERS CAME OUT WRONG.
01:14:15 OUR 2025 STAFFING ANALYSIS IT'S BASED ON CALLS FOR SERVICE.
01:14:19 >> LET'S LOOK AT THE STOP DATA. LET'S SEE WHERE SOUTHERN IS
01:14:23 IN THAT WE'RE ON THE TOP. >> HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS COME
01:14:26 FROM CITIZENS? >> THOSE ARE OFFICER INITIATED
01:14:27 ON VIEW CALLS. THOSE ARE NOT CALCULATED IN THE
01:14:30 STAFFING MODEL USED IN THE 2025 REPORT.
01:14:34 >> IT'S TIME FOR US TO LOOK AT THE DATA, WAKE UP AND RECOGNIZE
01:14:37 ALL OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT EQUAL THINGS AND HERE'S MY COMMENTS.
01:14:45 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:14:45 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
01:14:48 I JUST HAVE A FEW POINTS AND QUESTIONS TO MAKE.
01:14:53 >> I LIVE ON MARKET STREET BASICALLY AT SEVENTH STREET SO
01:14:57 THE BORDER BETWEEN THE TENDERLOIN AND SOMA I'M
01:15:01 FAMILIAR WITH BOTH DISTRICTS AND I WANT TO ECHO THE POINT
01:15:07 THAT LUCAS MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE POLICE NOT BEING A SOLUTION
01:15:11 TO SAY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND THE WORD EQUITABLE IS BEING
01:15:15 USED A LOT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FLESH
01:15:17 THAT OUT SOME THAT IF YOU WANT EQUITABLE POLICE STAFFING
01:15:22 AND EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE VIOLENCE AND POVERTY YOU SEE ON
01:15:27 THE STREETS, YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY PUT MORE POLICE OVER
01:15:31 ON THE WEST SIDE AND ON BILLIONAIRE'S ROW AND GIVE US
01:15:35 THE RESOURCES THAT THESE BILLIONAIRES AND WEALTHIER
01:15:38 PEOPLE HAVE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HANDLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES,
01:15:42 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, SOME VERY BASIC THINGS HOUSING
01:15:49 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE THAT WOULD BE A FLESHED OUT
01:15:50 EQUITABLE SOLUTION NOT JUST THROWING THE HAMMER AT THE
01:15:54 PEOPLE SUFFERING THE MOST WHO ARE THE MOST POOR, WHO ARE
01:15:58 BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES,
01:16:01 COMMUNITIES ETC. I WONDER HOW IS A CONTAINMENT ZONE EVEN
01:16:09 CREATED? >> TO ME YOU WOULD NEED THE
01:16:10 COOPERATION OF THE POLICE TO HYPER POLICE THE AREA AROUND A
01:16:14 CONTAINMENT ZONE WHICH I SEE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS.
01:16:18 I HAVE POLICE STATIONS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN FRONT OF MY DOOR
01:16:22 EVERY NIGHT. EVERY TIME I COME DOWN TO OPEN
01:16:25 MY FRONT DOOR I SEE A POLICE VEHICLE DRIVE BY.
01:16:29 >> SO THERE'S NO LACK OF POLICE IN OUR AREA AND TO NOT RESPOND
01:16:33 OR NOT DEAL WITH ISSUES WITHIN THE CONTAINMENT ZONE I'M JUST
01:16:37 THROWING THAT OUT THERE. >> ALSO DISTRICT SIX HAS TWICE
01:16:40 THE AMOUNT OF DRONE SURVEILLANCE TIME TOTALED
01:16:43 AND THE OTHER DISTRICTS SO WE ARE HEAVILY SURVEILLED.
01:16:45 >> WE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
01:16:51 AND NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:16:56 AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, THE DATA CLEARLY SHOW SOMA CONTINUES TO
01:16:59 HAVE HIGH CRIME AND LONG RESPONSE TIMES COMPARED TO THE
01:17:00 REST OF THE DATA REST OF THE CITY.
01:17:04 THAT'S A FACT. I LIVE ON TEHAMA STREET JUST
01:17:06 OFF SIXTH. THIS WAS ONCE A QUIET
01:17:09 RESIDENTIAL BLOCK. TODAY THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING
01:17:11 DRUGS AND PASSED OUT PUBLIC DEFECATION PEOPLE WIELDING
01:17:14 KNIVES AND SHOUTING RAMBLINGS OF THE MENTALLY DISTURBED.
01:17:18 >> THIS IS FUELED BY THE MORNING RITUAL OF S.F. PD
01:17:21 PUSHING THE HUNDREDS OF DRUG ADDICTS FROM MARKET AND SIXTH
01:17:25 STREET INTO SOMA, LEAVING RESIDENTS TO DEAL WITH THE
01:17:30 CONSEQUENCES IN THE HOURS IT TAKES FOR POLICE TO RESPOND TO
01:17:33 OUR CALLS. THE INCIDENT IS OVER.
01:17:34 THE DAMAGE IS DONE AND THE PERPETRATORS CONTINUE THEIR
01:17:37 CRIMINAL TRAJECTORY IN SOMA. >> TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THE
01:17:41 POLICE COMMISSION HAS DEFIED ALL DATA DRIVEN LOGIC BY
01:17:45 DECIDING TO FURTHER BURDEN ONE OF ITS WORST PERFORMING
01:17:48 STATIONS BY ADDING THE MARKET TO MISSION STRIP WHICH IS KNOWN
01:17:51 FOR ITS HIGH POLICE CALL VOLUME.
01:17:55 >> SO AS BAD AS IT IS, IT WILL GET WORSE UNLESS SOUTHERN
01:17:58 STATION IS FULLY STAFFED. >> THIS UNEQUAL LEVEL OF PUBLIC
01:18:02 SAFETY REINFORCES THE COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THE CITY FOR
01:18:06 HAVING POLICIES THAT INTENTIONALLY TREAT SOMA AS A
01:18:09 CONTAINMENT ZONE. >> THANK YOU.
01:18:10 THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD MORNING
01:18:18 SUPERVISORS. ALAN SO DO WE HAVE A MID-MARKET
01:18:21 COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT? AS YOU KNOW SOUTHERN STATION
01:18:22 REMAINS THE MOST UNDERSTAFFED STATION IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:18:26 >> THIS DISPARITY IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING GIVEN THE UNIQUE
01:18:30 CHALLENGES FACING THE DISTRICT SEVEN STATION COVER A LARGE
01:18:34 GRAPHIC AREA WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE
01:18:38 FACILITIES AND DENSE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.
01:18:41 >> THE DISTRICT IS HOME TO NUMEROUS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
01:18:46 SITES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT SERVE
01:18:49 COMMUNITIES CITYWIDE AND YOUR STRONGER CITYWIDE SOLUTIONS ARE
01:18:54 IN PLACE. AS SFPD OFFICER WILL CONTINUE
01:18:55 CARRYING MUCH OF A RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADDRESSING
01:18:59 THE IMPACT THESE ISSUES HAVE ON SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS
01:19:02 AND BUSINESSES. >> SOVEREIGN STATION ALSO FACES
01:19:05 SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST PERSISTENT PUBLIC SAFETY
01:19:09 CONCERNS. FOR DISTRICT INCLUDES SEVERAL
01:19:12 AREAS STRUGGLING WITH OPEN AIR DRUG ACTIVITY ILLEGAL VENDING,
01:19:16 RETAIL THEFT AND VIOLENT CRIME INCLUDING THE AREA SURROUNDING
01:19:20 SIXTH STREET AND NEARBY ALLEYWAYS.
01:19:21 >> WE STRONGLY SUPPORT ALL EFFORTS TO INCREASE STAFFING
01:19:25 LEVELS AT SERVING STATION EXPANDING RESOURCES IN THE
01:19:29 DISTRICT. WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY
01:19:32 STRENGTHENED NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS AND HELP BRING
01:19:36 STAFFING LEVELS MORE IN LINE WITH OUR SFD STATIONS ACROSS
01:19:40 THE CITY. >> THANK YOU.
01:19:40 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:19:47 >> HI SUPERVISORS. I'M SCOTT ROBERTS AND THE
01:19:48 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR .
01:19:51 WE'RE GOING TO PARTNERSHIP THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT
01:19:53 IN DISTRICT SIX BETWEEN SECOND AND FIFTH AND MARKET AND THE
01:19:55 HIGHWAY AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HEARING TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR
01:19:59 THE POLICE AND THEIR REPORTS AND CHIEF AND THE FEEDBACK ETC.
01:20:03 I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I THINK FIRST OF ALL THE DISTRICT
01:20:06 ALIGNMENT BOUNDARIES MAKES SENSE.
01:20:10 THIS IS RIGHT. THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION
01:20:11 CLEANING UP THE MARKET MISSION LINE IS VITAL.
01:20:14 IT DOES CREATE THIS ADDITIONAL CHANGE AND ADDITIONAL
01:20:19 COMPLEXITY ON TOP OF ALREADY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS SO THE
01:20:22 DOUBLING DOWN AND WHAT THE POLICE ARE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT
01:20:26 INCREASE IN STAFFING IS STAGE ONE.
01:20:27 WE NEED TO TRIPLE DOWN. I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING
01:20:31 TODAY IS CORRECT. WE NEED MORE STAFFING
01:20:34 IN SOUTHERN IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.
01:20:38 >> WE WERE NOT AT BASELINE WHERE WE NEEDED TO SO
01:20:40 APPRECIATE THE DOUBLING DOWN NOW TRIPLE DOWN AND I WANT TO
01:20:42 USE SORT OF EVERYTHING ABOUT EQUITY AND ALL THAT IS RIGHT
01:20:46 SOUTHERN NEEDS THE SUPPORT SOUTHERN DOES BUT I WANT TO
01:20:50 TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DRIVER OF SAN FRANCISCO WHICH IS CHASE
01:20:53 CENTER CONVENTION CENTER AND WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN
01:20:54 IN SOUTHERN CONNECTED TO ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
01:20:58 IN SOUTHERN IF WE DON'T INVEST IN SOUTHERN AS A CITY AND IN
01:21:02 THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND IT'S EVERYTHING IN SELMA
01:21:05 CONNECTED IT REALLY THEY'RE THE DRIVERS OF THE ECONOMICS WHICH
01:21:09 IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY WILL DRAMATICALLY AFFECT THE
01:21:13 GENERAL FUND AND WHAT HAPPENS ACROSS THE BOARD.
01:21:14 SO INVEST IN AND SUPPORTING S.F. PD TO GO FURTHER, DEEPER
01:21:17 TRIPLE DOWN ON STAFFING IN SOUTHERN AND EVERYTHING IS
01:21:24 NOT EQUAL INVEST THERE NOW NOW'S THE MOMENT WE HAVE WE'RE
01:21:25 ON RECOVERY LET'S KEEP GOING. THIS IS THE MOMENT TO REALLY
01:21:29 DOUBLE DOWN ON SOUTHERN TRIPLE DOWN AND MAKE IT STRONG.
01:21:34 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS NEXT SPEAKER YEAH SEAN OAKLAND
01:21:39 AGAIN BEFORE MY COMMENTS WERE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD I WANT TO
01:21:43 SHARE A BRIEF PERSONAL COMMENT .
01:21:47 I LIVE WITHIN THE LGBT LEATHER AND CULTURAL DISTRICT AND OVER
01:21:51 THE LAST SIX MONTHS THERE'S BEEN NO GREATER TIME IN MY
01:21:55 ENTIRE LIFE AS A GAY ADULT THAN I HAVE BEEN CALLED ANTI GAY
01:21:59 HATE SLURS ON MY OWN STREETS. ACCORDING TO CITY DATA, SOME
01:22:03 ACCOUNTS FOR 11% OF ALL REPORTED HATE CRIMES DESPITE
01:22:08 HAVING LESS THAN 3% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION AND ACCORDING
01:22:09 TO THAT SAME PUBLIC DATA ZERO NONE OF THEM ARE SOLVED.
01:22:15 >> LAST MONTH A MAN THREATENED MY PARTNER AND I MY PARTNERS
01:22:19 HERE IN THE AUDIENCE HE TAUNTED US WHILE WE WERE ON THE PHONE
01:22:23 WITH DISPATCH ASKING FOR HELP. HE SAID TO US GO AHEAD, CALL
01:22:26 ANYONE YOU WANT. UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS RIGHT WHEN
01:22:31 THE POLICE ARRIVED MUCH, MUCH LATER THEY SIMPLY SAID WELL MR.
01:22:34 ROCKLAND, HE'S GONE NOW WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO?
01:22:38 IMPORTANTLY THEY DID NOT ASK WHAT DIRECTION HE WENT.
01:22:42 THEY DID NOT ASK HIS DESCRIPTION.
01:22:43 THEY DID NOT ASK IF I TOOK A PHOTO OF HIM OR A VIDEO AND YES
01:22:47 I HAD AND I SAID BACK YOUR JOB YOU ALLOW OFFICERS TO CHOOSE
01:22:53 THEIR DISTRICTS. YOU ALLOW A CULTURE WHERE
01:22:54 OFFICERS AVOID THE HARDEST NEIGHBORHOODS.
01:22:57 YOUR OFFICERS KNOW THAT SELMA HOSTS 30% OF THE CITY'S BEDS
01:23:00 WHILE HAVING HOMELESS SUPPORTIVE SHELTER BEDS WHILE
01:23:04 HAVING ONLY 3% OF THE POPULATION AND YOUR SYSTEM
01:23:07 ALLOWS THEM TO OPT OUT OF PROTECTING US.
01:23:10 YOU ALLOW PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE A VACATION FOR OFFICERS WHO WANT
01:23:12 ARREST AS I SAID, WHILE RESIDENTS LIKE ME ARE LEFT TO
01:23:15 FEND FOR THEMSELVES AGAINST HATE CRIMES AND ACT OF VIOLENCE
01:23:20 EVERY DAY ADDING A HANDFUL OF OFFICERS FOR A MAN OF MASSIVE
01:23:24 BOUNDARY EXPANSION IS AN INSULT.
01:23:27 THE PROBLEM IN SOUTHERN STATION IS ACTUALLY NOT JUST A LACK OF
01:23:31 RESOURCES IT IS A PROFOUND LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL COURAGE.
01:23:34 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:23:38 >> NEXT SPEAKER HELLO MY NAME IS CALLING MCCARTHY I'M A
01:23:42 SOCIAL WORKER. I'VE WORKED AT SANCTUARY
01:23:45 SHELTER ON EIGHTH AND HOWARD AND ALSO AT THE MARIA MARTINEZ
01:23:47 CLINIC ON STEVENSON AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT TO YOU
01:23:53 KNOW, SUPPORT WHAT LUCAS HAS SAID BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT
01:23:57 OF PEOPLE ALMOST GETTING IT HERE WHEN THEY'VE SAID WE NEED
01:24:00 A HOMELESS SPECIALIST. >> I'VE WORKED MY WHOLE SOCIAL
01:24:02 WORK LIFE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED.
01:24:05 >> WE NEED A DIFFERENT RESOURCE TO SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE AND WE
01:24:08 KNOW THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICES ARE RADICALLY BEING DEFUNDED.
01:24:13 I JUST GOT MY MSW. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A SOCIAL
01:24:17 WORK JOB IN SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY
01:24:20 ANYMORE. I'M GOING TO WORK IN SAN MATEO
01:24:21 OR SANTA CLARA OR ALAMEDA AND SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT
01:24:25 ALL OF THIS DATA HERE AND WE'RE SAYING LOOK AT WHAT'S
01:24:28 HAPPENING. WE KNOW SOCIAL SERVICES ARE
01:24:29 GOING TO BE DEFUNDED. ON TOP OF THAT I HAVE WORKED
01:24:32 IN THIS DISTRICT ALL THE TIME. I LIVE TWO BLOCKS OR THREE
01:24:36 BLOCKS FROM THE CHASE CENTER AND WE'RE JUST SAYING WE JUST
01:24:40 NEED TO GET ALL OF THESE MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND THAT'S
01:24:45 GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. YOU CAN GET ALL YOU WANT WITH
01:24:48 DEFUNDING OF THE REST OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES.
01:24:49 IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET WORSE.
01:24:52 SO I HOPE EVERYONE WHO IS HERE WILL ALSO SUPPORT AND COME
01:24:56 AND SPEAK OUT FOR THESE SOCIAL SERVICES BECAUSE I KNOW THESE
01:25:00 PEOPLE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I PROBABLY KNOW THE PERSON THAT
01:25:04 MADE THIS HATE SPEECH AND COULD HAVE HELPED YOU FIND THAT
01:25:08 PERSON AND ADDRESS WHAT THE SITUATION IS BECAUSE I WORK
01:25:11 AND KNOW ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE.
01:25:12 >> SO I THINK THIS IS NOT A SITUATION AS WE ARE AS SOCIAL
01:25:17 WORKERS ARE TAUGHT TO THINK FROM AN ECOSYSTEM PERSPECTIVE
01:25:20 THAT CAN BE SOLVED IN ONE WAY. AND SO I HOPE YOU ALL SHOW UP
01:25:23 TO GET MORE SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO BRING THESE
01:25:27 PEOPLE AND BRING THEM AND HELP THEM GET CARE HELP THEM BE YOU
01:25:33 KNOW, FIND WAYS INTO RECOVERY, HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHERE
01:25:37 THEY'RE AT. I DON'T SEE YOU THERE BECAUSE I
01:25:41 AM THOSE THANK YOU AND THOSE COMMENTS HERE NEXT SPEAKER
01:25:45 PLEASE. THANKS.
01:25:51 AND MY PERSONAL COMMENT AS WELL.
01:25:53 I'VE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 26 YEARS.
01:25:58 20 OF THOSE YEARS WERE ON LOWER HILL AND DISTRICT THREE ON BUSH
01:26:02 STREET. I WALKED THROUGH THE TENDERLOIN
01:26:05 EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK IN CIVIC CENTER.
01:26:07 I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE IN THE TENDERLOIN AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S
01:26:14 LIKE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. WHEN I MOVED TO SOMA WEST I
01:26:21 HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS AFRAID AND THIS WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY
01:26:25 AS I WAS IN OTHER PLACES IN THIS CITY AND I SAY THAT NOT
01:26:31 IN RELATION TO THIS BEING A FIGHT BETWEEN SOCIAL SERVICES
01:26:35 AND POLICE RESPONSE WHERE WE HAVE SOME FOLKS SPEAKING TODAY
01:26:40 ABOUT THAT WHEN SHELTER IN PLACE HOTELS WERE PUT ACROSS
01:26:47 THE STREET FROM MY BUILDING WE WELCOMED THAT AT THE TIME
01:26:51 BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT COVID WAS A PRIORITY AND NEEDED
01:26:54 TO HAPPEN AND WE WERE WANTING TO WORK WITH THOSE SERVICES.
01:27:01 THEY DID NOT WANT TO WORK WITH US.
01:27:02 THAT'S THE REALITY. THEY TOLD US TO CALL THE POLICE
01:27:05 IF THE DRUG DEALER OUTSIDE OF OUR LOBBY OUTSIDE OF THEIR
01:27:10 LOBBY WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS AND SELLING DRUGS THAT THEY
01:27:16 WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THEIR CLIENTS
01:27:17 THAT WERE BEING TARGETED. >> SO THIS IS NOT A FIGHT OVER
01:27:23 SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS THE POLICE.
01:27:24 THIS IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE
01:27:31 WELL-INTENTIONED AND DO GOOD WORK.
01:27:32 BUT THE CLIENTS AND THE STAFF WITHIN THEM DO NOT FEEL SAFE
01:27:36 AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THEM DO NOT FEEL
01:27:40 SAFE. AND SO FOR THOSE SUPERVISORS
01:27:41 WHO ARE NOT DISTRICT SIX, ALL OF THIS FUZZY MATH GOING INTO
01:27:47 BUDGETING AROUND HOMELESS SHELTERS AND SOCIAL SERVICES
01:27:51 ALSO IMPACTS AS A POLICE MATTER.
01:27:52 >> COMMENTS NICK SPEAKER HI, GOOD MORNING JENNIFER FREEDOM
01:27:59 COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE
01:28:03 SOME CONNECTIONS HERE BECAUSE HAVING SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING
01:28:10 WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLICIES,
01:28:14 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON IS DID REALLY DEEP
01:28:18 DIVES INTO THE RESPONSE CALLS INTO KIND OF THINKING ABOUT HOW
01:28:25 THE APPROACH COULD BE DIFFERENT AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SO
01:28:29 ON THE PRIORITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT INVOLVES SOME LEVEL
01:28:37 OF VIOLENCE, SOME KIND OF URGENCY AND THE RESPONSE TIME
01:28:42 ON THAT IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY HAVING POLICE TASKED WITH
01:28:46 RESPONDING TO THINGS THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT THE MOST
01:28:50 APPROPRIATE ONES TO RESPOND TO. AND SO THERE IS A DIRECT
01:28:53 CONNECTION THERE AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY.
01:28:57 >> SO WE HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK WORKING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF
01:29:00 AT THE TIME WITH THE POLICE COMMISSION WITH A WHOLE BUNCH
01:29:04 OF RESEARCHERS AND SOCIOLOGISTS AND DID THIS PROCESS CALLED
01:29:08 CART WHERE WE LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM FORMS
01:29:13 ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLANET ACTUALLY
01:29:16 REALLY DEEP DIVES AND CAME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
01:29:20 ADDRESS THIS IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE
01:29:25 OF COURSE THE POLICE DON'T AREN'T ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF
01:29:28 THESE SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES THAT THEY'RE TASKED WITH.
01:29:32 THAT'S NOT THEIR TRAINING. THEY'RE HIGHLY TRAINED
01:29:34 IN WEAPONS. THEY'RE HIGHLY TRAINED IN A
01:29:36 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS. THEY COST WITH BENEFITS ABOUT A
01:29:39 QUARTER OF A MILLION EACH AND WHEN THEY'RE SPREAD TOO
01:29:43 THIN THIS IS THE RESULT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY
01:29:47 URGE THE WESTERN SOMA NEIGHBORS TO LOOK AT THAT AND TO REALLY
01:29:51 KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT INTERFACE THERE BECAUSE THAT IS
01:29:54 A GREAT WAY TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY IN A MORE POSITIVE
01:30:01 OUTCOME. THANK YOU.
01:30:02 THANK YOU, JENNIFER. NEXT SPEAKER, POLICE.
01:30:08 >> HELLO. I MY NAME IS MATTEO.
01:30:10 I'M 59. I BELIEVE POLICE ARE IMPORTANT.
01:30:12 HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT THE ONE I'LL BE SOLUTION.
01:30:16 >> THIS CITY HAS BUDGETED TOWARDS POLICE WITH MANY OF
01:30:19 THEM GOING INTO OVERTIME PAY AND WE'RE STILL SEEING THE SAME
01:30:23 PROBLEM. >> WE'RE SEEING RESPONSE TIMES
01:30:26 TAKING FOREVER FOR FOLKS IN WHICH PEOPLE LEAVE THE SCENE
01:30:30 OF THE CRIME BECAUSE THEY ARE DEALING WITH HOMELESS
01:30:34 ENCAMPMENTS THAT NEIGHBORS ARE JUST ANNOYED BY SEEN.
01:30:38 >> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD TARGET THOSE ISSUES.
01:30:42 >> THERE IS ACTUAL LIKE VIOLENCE.
01:30:46 THERE IS LIKE DANGER. POLICE ARE MEANT FOR THOSE
01:30:47 CASES. THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO DELEGATE
01:30:53 AND GIVE CITATIONS OUT TO FOLKS THAT ARE HOMELESS SIMPLY FOR
01:30:57 EXISTING. I KNOW GRANT PASS GIVES
01:30:58 PERMISSION FOR THAT BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S RIGHT OR
01:31:01 MORAL FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO FOLLOW IN THAT FOOTSTEP.
01:31:08 I THINK THAT CUTTING EVERY OTHER SERVICE EXCEPT THE POLICE
01:31:12 AND OUR PROSECUTORS OFFICE SO SIMPLY LAYS OUT A FORMAT
01:31:16 IN WHICH WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO JUST GO IN JAIL AND THEN
01:31:20 EVENTUALLY COME BACK OUT WITH LESS OPPORTUNITIES, LESS
01:31:24 RESOURCES AND NO REAL MEANS TO ACTUALLY CURB THE REAL PROBLEM
01:31:31 AND THAT'S LIFTING PEOPLE UP RATHER THAN PUTTING PEOPLE DOWN
01:31:34 . >> I THINK YOU THANK YOU FOR
01:31:38 YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER I WANT MAUREEN
01:31:45 JUST TO SUPERVISE. >> HERE'S MY NAME AND MIGUEL
01:31:50 CABRERA. I WORK IN THE COALITION ON
01:31:51 HOMELESSNESS. SO SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY I
01:31:54 OPPOSED WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO PROVIDE MORE POLICE
01:31:57 OFFICERS TO TRANSITION PEOPLE I THINK IS NOT REALLY A GOOD IDEA
01:32:04 . >> WELL, THE REASONS WHY I SAY
01:32:05 THAT IS BECAUSE TO BRING IN MORE POLICE OFFICERS IS NOT
01:32:09 A SOLUTION TO SWEEPING PEOPLE PUSHING FROM TENDERLOIN TO
01:32:13 SOUTH SUDAN OR THE MISSION OR TO THE BAYVIEW TO EVERYWHERE
01:32:16 AND BRINGING BACK AGAIN. SO EVERY TIME YOU DO SWEEPS
01:32:20 AND TRYING TO VERIFY ONE ASPECT AND THE CITY SO WE CREATE MORE
01:32:24 PROBLEMS WE GO WE NOW BRING IN MONEY WE DON'T BRING
01:32:27 ANYTHING. WE DON'T CREATE SHELTER.
01:32:28 WE DON'T CREATE HOUSING. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO SOLVING
01:32:31 THIS PROBLEM. >> SO THE ONLY THING WE'RE
01:32:32 DOING IS PUSHING PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO OTHER PLACE ISN'T
01:32:35 THE SOLUTION. WE HAD TO CREATE HOUSING.
01:32:39 WE HAD TO CREATE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THESE FOLKS TO TO BE
01:32:43 STABLE. SO IF WE DON'T DO THIS TYPE OF
01:32:46 WORK WE WE DON'T WORKING TOGETHER WE CANNOT SOLVE THIS
01:32:50 PROBLEM. SO THE PROBLEM THAT CAN BE
01:32:51 SOLVED IN WHEN WE COLLECTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER WE DO GUYS
01:32:57 AND DIRECTLY WITH THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE WHO AFFECT THE
01:32:59 PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING OUTSIDE. >> WE NEED THE VOICES FROM THE
01:33:02 PEOPLE TO TELLING US HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREATE A PROGRAM
01:33:06 THAT CAN WORK FOR YOU? >> THEY CAN WORK FOR ME.
01:33:09 HOW WE GET THE HOUSING HOUSING TO SUPPORT YOU.
01:33:13 >> AND THE BEST WAY YOU CAN SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS THAT WE
01:33:17 CAUSE WE DON'T DO. >> AND THIS IS THE REASON WE
01:33:20 CREATE THIS INSTABILITY THE POOR PEOPLE IN HOMELESSNESS
01:33:24 AND WE DISPLACED FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE AND NOT
01:33:25 FINDING SOLUTIONS WHERE WORKING AND REAL SOLUTIONS.
01:33:28 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:33:32 >> NEXT SPEAKER. HI, MY NAME IS JORDAN VOLESKY.
01:33:36 I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE TENDERLOIN WHICH IS RIGHT ABOVE
01:33:39 US. I'M A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY
01:33:40 FROM THE SOUTHERN PRECINCT. ANYWAY, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT
01:33:47 SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTERS HAVE SAID LIKE LUCAS AND LEAH THAT
01:33:48 PLEASE DON'T ALWAYS KEEP US SAFE AND THAT WE NEED TO INVEST
01:33:51 IN MORE PROGRAMS TO CREATE PUBLIC SAFETY SO THAT WAY WE
01:33:55 DON'T NEED THE POLICE. AND I'M JUST LIKE REALLY ANGRY
01:33:59 THAT THERE'S IN THE TIMES THE BUDGET CRISIS, THERE'S ALL
01:34:02 THESE CUTS HAPPENING. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I
01:34:06 MYSELF AM ALSO A VICTIM OF OF POLICE RESPONSE TIME ISSUES.
01:34:12 A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I HAD A PACKAGE STOLEN SURPRISINGLY BY
01:34:14 THE PERSON WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERING MY PACKAGE AND MY
01:34:17 BUILDING AND THANKFULLY THEY GOT THEIR SECURITY CAMERAS
01:34:21 AND THE FOOTAGE WAS CAUGHT IN MY BUILDING MANAGER IN MY
01:34:25 PURSE IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING BUILDING CAUGHT IT.
01:34:29 AND THEN OF COURSE I CALLED THE POLICE THAT MORNING.
01:34:32 IT TAKES FIVE HOURS AND THEY HAD TO SEND SHERIFFS BECAUSE
01:34:35 TENDERLOIN STATION WAS SO BACKLOGGED I GUESS THEY WERE
01:34:40 TRYING TO CLEAR OUT ENCAMPMENTS AND BUSTING LOW LEVEL DRUG USE
01:34:42 THAT WE ALMOST DIDN'T GET TO BE ABLE TO LIKE COME.
01:34:47 >> THE POLICE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME UNTIL LIKE 3:00 WHEN THE
01:34:51 BUILDING MANAGER WAS ABOUT TO GO OFF FOR THE WEEKEND AND THEN
01:34:55 THEY SO THAT WE THANKFULLY WERE ABLE TO GET THE VIDEO FOOTAGE
01:35:02 AND NOW IT'S LIKE GO THROUGH THE THING BUT JUST YEAH I'M
01:35:03 JUST SAYING LIKE PLEASE DON'T KEEP US SAFE AND LIKE WITH ALL
01:35:06 THE MONEY YOU'RE THROWING TO POLICE IT'S NOT GOING TO CAUSE
01:35:10 ANYMORE. IT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP US SAFE.
01:35:13 IT'S NOT GOING TO PREVENT LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING.
01:35:15 SO JUST YOU KNOW, THIS LIKE THE POLICE ARE JUST DEFUNDING
01:35:21 THEMSELVES. >> I YIELD MY TIME.
01:35:22 YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
01:35:31 I'M SARAH BERTRAM. >> I SPOKE EARLIER.
01:35:33 I WANTED TO MAKE JUST A BRIEF PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:35:36 IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD
01:35:39 I ALSO SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE MISSION BAY
01:35:43 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
01:35:47 AND I JUST WANTED TO IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THE CONVERSATION
01:35:48 ABOUT RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, FLAG FOR CHIEF LEW, THE
01:35:54 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO MAKE
01:35:56 SURE THAT THE MISSION BAY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND
01:36:01 IS FUNDED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WHICH I EXPECT TO COME OUT I
01:36:05 THINK ON MONDAY THAT BUDGET WAS FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE ADVISORY
01:36:10 COMMITTEE. >> IT INCLUDES $2.6 MILLION FOR
01:36:13 FUNDING FOR POLICE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AROUND EVENTS AT
01:36:22 CHASE. AND HERE'S WHAT THE MAYOR'S
01:36:22 OFFICE SAID WHEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ADVOCATED TO CREATE THE
01:36:26 MISSION BAY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND, THEY SAID
01:36:30 AMONG OTHER THINGS IT IS OUR INTENTION TO FULLY FUND ALL OF
01:36:34 THE SERVICES THROUGH THIS FUND AND FOR THE ARENA IN A WAY THAT
01:36:40 DOES NOT DEPRIVE SERVICE ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.
01:36:42 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING CONTROL
01:36:45 OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ROLLING STOCK THAT WE HAVE
01:36:48 ENOUGH DRIVERS AND FOOT PATROL OFFICERS TO SERVE THE SITE
01:36:51 WITHOUT SHORT LINING ANY OTHER ROUTES OR BRINGING PEOPLE OFF
01:36:53 OF THEIR EXISTING BEAT. SO I WOULD JUST FLAG I WOULD
01:36:56 HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT IN SEEKING TO HAVE THE
01:36:59 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND FUNDED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S
01:37:03 BUDGET TO ALLEVIATE YOUR STAFFING CHALLENGES.
01:37:07 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> NEXT SPEAKER HI BETTINA
01:37:13 COHEN. AND I WASN'T GOING TO ADD AN
01:37:18 ADDITIONAL COMMENT UNTIL I HEARD WAS SARA WAS SAYING
01:37:22 AND THAT FUND THAT IS YOU KNOW THE REQUEST TO THE MAYOR'S
01:37:29 BUDGET OFFICE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.
01:37:32 THIS IS THIS IS HOW I MEAN WHEN I'M TALKING EARLIER ABOUT DUAL
01:37:36 EVENTS TAKING PLACE AND ONE OF THEM BEING A CHASE CENTER, YOU
01:37:40 KNOW, THOSE SERVICES ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE GREATER
01:37:47 POLICE SERVICE THOSE NIGHTS THAT ANYTHING IS TAKING PLACE
01:37:51 AT THE CHASE CENTER AND IT'S EVEN MORE SO WHEN WE HAVE
01:37:58 EVENTS ALSO HAPPENING AT ORACLE PARK ON THE SAME NIGHT.
01:38:00 >> SO PLEASE. >> YEAH, WHATEVER SUPPORT THAT
01:38:06 REQUEST BY THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE MISSION BAY
01:38:07 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THOSE SERVICES TO BE FUNDED
01:38:14 IT WOULD REALLY BE CRIMINAL IF THEY WEREN'T.
01:38:18 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BETTINA.
01:38:19 DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS?
01:38:25 >> MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:38:26 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WELL, THE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM
01:38:29 IS NOW CLOSED AND SEEING NO ONE ON THE ROSTER WITH FURTHER
01:38:33 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
01:38:37 PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S HEARING.
01:38:39 I THINK WHAT WE HEARD TODAY UNDERSCORES THAT POLICE
01:38:41 STAFFING IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ME AS WELL AS MY CONSTITUENTS
01:38:44 IN DISTRICT SIX AND IN THE SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT
01:38:49 RESPONSE TIMES IN PARTICULAR ARE VIEWED AS UNACCEPTABLE.
01:38:52 I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE IS ALSO A NEED TO REALLY
01:38:55 REBUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLICE AND NEIGHBORS
01:38:59 IN SOUTHERN AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH
01:39:00 CAPTAIN HURLEY ABOUT. >> I WOULD ADD THAT IT'S
01:39:03 ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE LGBTQ
01:39:07 PLUS COMMUNITY THAT I'M A PART OF AND THERE WAS ONE REFERENCE
01:39:10 TO HATE CRIME ISSUES THAT COME UP THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH
01:39:14 INCREASING FREQUENCY THAT WE WILL HAVE LEGISLATION THAT IS
01:39:18 WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO CREATE A
01:39:22 HATE CRIME WAR REWARD FUND THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP THE POLICE
01:39:26 TO IDENTIFY AND PROSECUTE PERPETRATORS OF HATE CRIMES
01:39:30 MOVING FORWARD, I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE AWKWARD
01:39:34 REALITY THAT AT LEAST ONE COMMENTER MENTIONED THAT THAT
01:39:39 OUR DISTRICT MAY BE ASKING FOR RESOURCES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS
01:39:42 AND I HOPE THAT THAT IS NOT YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT THIS REALLY
01:39:46 PLAYS OUT. I THINK WHILE IT MAY SEEM THAT
01:39:49 WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR A LARGER SLICE OF PIE AND IN SOME
01:39:52 RESPECTS WE ARE I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT REALLY THE BIG SO
01:39:56 THE THE THE RIGHT SOLUTION IS A BIGGER PIE A FULLY STAFFED
01:40:01 POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO
01:40:04 ALLIES ON THAT AND VICE CHAIR SLAUGHTER AND SUPERVISOR WONG
01:40:07 WHO HAVE BEEN STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY ALLIES FOR A PUBLIC
01:40:11 FULLY STAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT.
01:40:14 SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO BE TAKING FROM ONE ANOTHER'S
01:40:16 DISTRICTS. THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO.
01:40:20 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FROM S.F. PD CHIEF LEW, CHIEF BIGGS,
01:40:23 MR. CUNNINGHAM, MR. NASSETTA AND OUR COMMUNITY PRESENTERS
01:40:27 MISS BERTRAM, MISS COHEN, MR. ISBELL AND MR. AUCKLAND AND TO
01:40:31 EVERYONE WHO OFFERED PUBLIC COMMENTARY.
01:40:32 I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
01:40:35 DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.
01:40:36 AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO FILE THIS HEARING ABOUT
01:40:39 I'M THIRD MAYBE WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION.
01:40:40 >> YES AND ON THE MOTION THAT THIS ITEM BE HEARD AND FILED.
01:40:43 >> MEMBER WANG NUMBER ONE I FLY SCHRADER FLETCHER SLATER I
01:40:50 CHAIR DORSEY I SURE DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES THANK YOU MADAM
01:40:54 CLERK THE MOTION PASSES AND THE HEARING IS FILED.
01:40:58 >> MADAM CLERK CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM?
01:41:01 >> YES. THE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN
01:41:02 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO STATE
01:41:05 THAT IT IS CITY POLICY TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF SITE
01:41:09 BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT PROHIBITS ONSITE
01:41:13 ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG RESIDENTS TO MEET THE DEMAND OF
01:41:16 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO PREFER SUCH A
01:41:18 RESIDENTIAL OPTION. BAR THE CITY FROM FUNDING NEW
01:41:21 SITE BASED PCH FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT
01:41:25 PROHIBITS EVICTIONS ON THE BASIS OF DRUG USE ALONE EXCEPT
01:41:29 WHERE OPERATION OF THE HOUSING IS DRUG FREE PCH WOULD CONFLICT
01:41:32 WITH STANDARDS IMPOSED BY LAW OR BY A CONDITION OF OTHER
01:41:36 FUNDING OR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS WAIVED THE
01:41:40 FUNDING FOR PROBATION BASED ON SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND REQUIRE
01:41:42 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO
01:41:44 SURVEY RESIDENTS OF THE SITE BASED PCH TO ASSESS THEIR
01:41:48 INTEREST IN LIVING IN EITHER DRUG TOLERANT PCH OR DRUG FREE
01:41:52 PCH AND REPORT ON THE SURVEY FINDINGS AND H H STRATEGIES TO
01:41:59 MEET PCH RESIDENTS DEMANDS. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
01:42:03 COLLEAGUES, WE HEARD THIS ITEM A FEW WEEKS AGO AND ALTHOUGH WE
01:42:06 HAVE SIX CO-SPONSORS AND PRESUMABLY THE VOTES TO GET
01:42:10 IT ENACTED WITHOUT FURTHER AMENDMENTS I THINK I SPEAK FOR
01:42:14 MOST OF MY CO-SPONSORS WHEN I SAID THAT WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS
01:42:16 IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE AN ABUNDANCE OF COLLABORATION TO
01:42:19 THOSE WHO ARE VOICING CONCERNS AND TO GIVE ONE MORE
01:42:22 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ADVOCATES TO ADDRESS AREAS
01:42:25 WHERE THERE IS STILL OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMON GROUND.
01:42:27 SINCE SENDING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE I HAVE BEEN WORKING
01:42:30 WITH ADVOCATES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS
01:42:34 CONCERNS ABOUT HOW EVICTIONS WOULD BE HANDLED IN DRUG FREE,
01:42:37 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THE AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD
01:42:40 LIKE TO PROPOSE TODAY PROVIDE MORE DIRECTION TO TWO
01:42:44 DEPARTMENTS ON HOW TO SUPPORT TENANTS WHO FACE EVICTIONS FROM
01:42:48 DRUG FREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:42:49 ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO NARROW THE SCOPE OF THE FUNDING
01:42:52 REQUIREMENT TO NOT APPLY TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
01:42:55 HISTORICALLY THAT HAS AND WE HAVE NEVER THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
01:42:57 AN ISSUE WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:43:00 BUT JUST OUT OF CONCERNS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO STOP ANY
01:43:03 HOUSING PRODUCTION. THAT WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT WE
01:43:07 THOUGHT WAS EASY TO ACCOMMODATE .
01:43:10 SO WE HAVE AN EXPLICIT CARVE OUT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FROM
01:43:14 THIS. FOR TRANSPARENCY I WILL READ
01:43:15 THE NEW AMENDMENTS REGARDING EVICTIONS.
01:43:18 ON PAGE NINE UNDER SECTION 12 K SIX SUBSECTION B WILL READ B
01:43:25 ESTABLISH AGENCY PROTOCOLS FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS
01:43:29 FACING EVICTION FROM DRUG FREE HOUSING FOR ILLICIT DRUG USE BY
01:43:33 ONE ENSURING THAT SUCH RESIDENTS MAY CONTINUE TO
01:43:37 ACCESS CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
01:43:38 APPROPRIATE TO THEIR NEEDS AND HOUSING STABILITY INCLUDING
01:43:42 BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOUSING RETENTION, MONEY MANAGEMENT
01:43:45 AND BENEFITS, ENROLLMENT SUPPORT SEMI-COLON AN END TO
01:43:49 OFFERING SUCH RESIDENTS APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING
01:43:53 ,SHELTER PLACEMENT OR A PATHWAY TO HOUSING PRIOR TO
01:43:56 PROGRAM DISCHARGE OR EVICTION SEMICOLON AND THREE
01:44:00 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
01:44:04 MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH RESIDENTS
01:44:06 HOUSING AND SERVICE NEEDS WHEN IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE
01:44:09 PLACEMENTS WITH THE GOAL OF AVOIDING RETURNS TO
01:44:13 HOMELESSNESS. I HOPE THESE AMENDMENTS PROVIDE
01:44:16 SOME MORE CLARITY TO DEPARTMENTS AND EMPHASIZE THE
01:44:17 IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS.
01:44:21 THIS IS NOT THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK ON
01:44:24 THIS PROCESS. THE LEGISLATION STILL SPELLS
01:44:25 OUT A RULEMAKING PROCESS AND I INTEND FOR THAT TO BE A
01:44:29 COLLABORATIVE ONE. THIS LANGUAGE ESTABLISH THE
01:44:32 CORE PRINCIPLES THE GUARDRAILS IN EFFECT FOR THAT RULE MAKING.
01:44:35 I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT ON THESE AMENDMENTS SEEING NO ONE
01:44:39 ELSE. VICE CHAIR SLAUGHTER THANK YOU
01:44:43 CHAIR DORSEY JUST BRIEFLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THESE
01:44:45 AMENDMENTS. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING
01:44:48 WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS
01:44:51 AND I DO THINK THIS IS AN IMPROVED PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
01:44:54 IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE AND CLEAR THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:44:58 HOUSING IS IMPORTANT AND IS VALUABLE AND ALSO WE NEED MORE
01:45:02 CHOICES AND WE NEED DRUG FREE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:45:05 SO I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR
01:45:07 YOUR WORK TO IMPROVE THIS. >> GREAT.
01:45:10 THANK YOU VICE CHAIR SLAUGHTER SO SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE
01:45:17 ROSTER WITH A COMMENTS OR QUESTION LET'S.
01:45:21 >> MADAM CLERK MAY WE OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
01:45:22 YES. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
01:45:25 WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW ON THE SIDE
01:45:27 BY THE WINDOWS. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
01:45:29 MINUTES FOR SPEAKER OH MY NAME IS MAXINE JONES AND I SIT ON
01:45:44 THE HOMELESS BORDER COMMITTEE HERE AT CITY HALL AND I JUST
01:45:47 HAVE MAYBE IS ME I'M WONDERING DID YOU SAY THAT THIS IS ABOUT
01:45:52 PEOPLE THAT'S ON DRUGS RIGHT. AND IF THEY'RE ON DRUGS THEY
01:45:56 SHOULD BE EVICTED OR IF THEY RELAPSED ON DRUGS THEY SHOULD
01:46:00 BE EVICTED. >> DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
01:46:03 NO ONE WANT TO ANSWER. WELL, MY THING IS THIS WE HAVE
01:46:08 ENOUGH HOMELESS PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT
01:46:12 SHOULD BE THE CASE WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD BE EVICTED BECAUSE OF
01:46:16 THAT. I THINK YOU NEED TO FIND
01:46:16 ANOTHER SOLUTION TO THAT. THAT'S LIKE SOMEONE SITTING UP
01:46:20 SMOKING MARIJUANA AND THEY SAY OH, I'M GOING TO COME UP WITH A
01:46:23 LEGISLATION TODAY. I'M GOING TO EVICT THE PEOPLE
01:46:25 THAT'S DEATHS ON DRUGS AND THEN I'M GOING TO THE ONES THAT
01:46:28 RELAPSE. I'M GOING TO EVICT THEM TOO.
01:46:31 NO, WE NEED TO FIND OUT A SOLUTION OF HELPING THESE
01:46:32 PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK. IT'S A SICKNESS JOKE.
01:46:34 DRUGS ARE A SICKNESS. WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT.
01:46:38 NOT EVICTING PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY USE DRUGS IF
01:46:41 THEY'RE PAYING THEIR RENT, IF THEY'RE CAPABLE OF PAYING RENT
01:46:43 THEY SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF LIVING THEIR.
01:46:48 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:46:52 >> HELLO MY NAME'S LEE MCKEEVER.
01:46:56 >> I JUST IT'S HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND HOW ANY OF THIS TYPE
01:47:03 OF LEGISLATION CAN BE IN GOOD FAITH WHEN YOU DON'T BEGIN YOUR
01:47:07 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS POLICYMAKING BY WORKING WITH
01:47:11 THESE ADVOCATES, THESE HARM REDUCTION ADVOCATES, THESE
01:47:12 PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T BECOME
01:47:16 HOMELESS AGAIN ON THE STREETS YOU DON'T BEGIN WITH THAT.
01:47:19 >> WHAT YOU TRY TO DO IS RAM IN THE WORST VERSION OF YOUR
01:47:24 LEGISLATION AS POSSIBLE AND THEN WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER
01:47:28 AT THE END OF ALL THE FIGHTING OVER YOUR LEGISLATION THAT IS
01:47:32 WHAT GETS USUALLY PASSED BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE OTHER
01:47:35 SUPERVISORS HERE SITTING NEXT TO YOU THE MODERATE DEMOCRATS,
01:47:39 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE BILLIONAIRES, THE FASCIST
01:47:41 FOOT SOLDIERS WITH BILLIONAIRES ACTUALLY THEY TELL YOU WHAT TO
01:47:44 DO AND THEN YOU AND AT THE FASCISM THROUGH THESE POLICIES.
01:47:47 >> SO I JUST CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING YOU PROPOSE IN GOOD
01:47:54 FAITH UNTIL YOU BEGIN BY WORKING WITH ADVOCATES, BY
01:47:58 DOCTORS, BY PROFESSIONALS, BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE RELATIONS CHIPS
01:48:02 WITH THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING, YOUR LEGISLATION IS
01:48:06 ALWAYS AT THE EXCLUSION OF THESE PEOPLE.
01:48:10 >> YOU FOCUS ON TRYING TO ENACT SOME SORT OF MORAL HIERARCHY
01:48:14 WHERE ABSTINENCE ONLY PEOPLE DESERVE THE BEST AND IF YOU UP
01:48:18 IN YOUR WORLDVIEW HERE YOU DESERVE PUNISHMENT WHICH I
01:48:26 DON'T BELIEVE IN PUNISHING PEOPLE WELL ESPECIALLY WITH
01:48:29 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER YOU KNOW AND I KNOW PERSONALLY RUNS
01:48:33 IN MY FAMILY THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN NECESSARILY
01:48:35 CONTROL OR THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS IN OUR ENVIRONMENTS
01:48:39 AND SUPPORT WE HAVE IS WHAT ALLOWS US TO BE PRODUCTIVE
01:48:42 CARING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. >> I WISH YOU WOULD REMEMBER
01:48:46 THAT AND PUT THAT INTO YOUR LEGISLATION.
01:48:52 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE I JENNIFER
01:48:56 FRIEDEN BACK FROM THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
01:48:59 >> THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU IS INTENDED TO CREATE SOBER
01:49:01 PERMANENT HOUSING. WE AT THE COALITION ON
01:49:03 HOMELESSNESS DON'T OPPOSE THE CONCEPT AND IN FACT HAVE FOUGHT
01:49:06 SUCCESSFULLY FOR IT OVER THE YEARS.
01:49:07 BUT THERE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT ARE STILL NEEDED IF A
01:49:11 SOBER HOUSING COMES TO FRUITION IT WILL INCLUDE PEOPLE
01:49:15 IN RECOVERY. A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER IS A
01:49:16 CHRONIC DISEASE PEOPLE WILL RETURN TO USE THEY WANT TO BE
01:49:22 SOBER. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CHOOSING IT
01:49:23 PRESUMABLY WHY NOT ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL TO GO TO A PROGRAM
01:49:27 AND RETURN TO HOUSING LIKE ANY OTHER MEDICAL CONDITION?
01:49:30 >> WHY BAN FUNDING FOR OTHER FORMS OF HOUSING?
01:49:32 WHY NOT? WHAT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH FUNDS?
01:49:35 WHAT ABOUT BACKING UP LAS FEDERAL FUNDING?
01:49:39 >> AND IT'S AN EASY FIX MAKE SOBER HOUSING A PRIORITY.
01:49:40 LOOK, I HAVE DECADES OF WORKING ON POLICY WITH DOZENS OF
01:49:46 LEGISLATORS FROM A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL BACKGROUND.
01:49:50 >> I'VE SEEN REALLY GOOD POLICY COMING ONLY ONLY FROM TRUE
01:49:54 COLLABORATION AND IN THIS CASE WE PULLED TOGETHER ADDICTION
01:49:58 SPECIAL IS WHO POINTED OUT WHAT THE DISEASE MODEL LOOKS LIKE
01:50:05 AND WHAT WOULD WORK. WE PULLED TOGETHER SUPPORTIVE
01:50:07 HOUSING PROVIDERS THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE OPERATIONAL
01:50:10 ISSUES. >> WE PULLED TOGETHER TENANTS
01:50:11 WHO SAID I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE INTO I WANT SOBER HOUSING BUT
01:50:14 I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE INTO IT IF IT EVICTS ME FOR DRUG USE.
01:50:18 SO WE DID NOT HAVE WHAT I WOULD CALL A TRULY COLLABORATIVE
01:50:25 PROCESS. >> WE HAD WE DID NOT GET SHARED
01:50:29 AMENDMENTS. WE DID NOT HAVE A BACK
01:50:30 AND FORTH DISCUSSION. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PROBLEM
01:50:33 SOLVING COME TOGETHER. THAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
01:50:37 THAT WORKS BEST. THAT'S WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS
01:50:40 . >> I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ACCEPT
01:50:41 THE AMENDMENTS THAT MEL GA'S OFFICE ALREADY HAS APPROVED A
01:50:45 FORM THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT WOULD SOLVE SOME OF THIS
01:50:48 STUFF AND MAKE YOUR IDEA SUPERVISOR DORSI EVEN BETTER.
01:50:51 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU.
01:50:59 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE I THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK
01:51:04 AGAIN ON THIS. AS YOU KNOW I SAID I HAVE OF
01:51:07 YOU I'M A SOCIAL WORKER WORKED AT MARIA MARTINEZ AND ALSO AT
01:51:11 SANCTUARY SHELTER. I ALSO WORKED IN SUPPORT OF
01:51:12 HOUSING AT THE GRANADA AND AT THE RESTORE PROGRAM THAT IS
01:51:16 PART OF H. >> I WORK VERY DEEPLY WITH
01:51:19 PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE WHO WANT TO GET IN RECOVERY AND I
01:51:23 JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THERE'S AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY MCKINSEY
01:51:26 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WAS WRITTEN BY SOMEONE NAMED KUNAL
01:51:30 MODI AND OFTEN PAN PEOPLE I THINK WE KNOW AND ALEXIS KOVIC
01:51:34 WHO IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY CLASSMATES FROM WHEN I GOT MY
01:51:38 MBA AT STANFORD AND WHAT IT SAYS IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
01:51:41 IS THAT WE FOCUS ON CASE MANAGEMENT.
01:51:48 CASE MANAGEMENT IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
01:51:50 SO YOU KNOW I THINK THE WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT OH THESE
01:51:55 CLIENTS WON'T BE EXCERPTED FROM USING CASE MANAGEMENT IF THEY
01:52:00 RELAPSE BUT THE KEY IS HAVING WORKED IN ALL OF THESE PLACES
01:52:05 THAT WHEN YOU WEAPONIZE RELAPSES AS PART OF THIS WHEN
01:52:13 YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVICTED, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
01:52:14 TO MOVE BECAUSE YOU'VE RELAPSED.
01:52:18 PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WORK WITH THEIR CASE MANAGERS.
01:52:21 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.
01:52:22 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WORK WITH ANYONE FROM THE CITY BECAUSE
01:52:25 THEY WANT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF INTERACTION WITH THEM AS
01:52:26 POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY
01:52:29 TO EVICT THEM. ANY LITTLE THING THAT THEY DO
01:52:33 IN THEIR RECOVERY PROCESS WHICH IS NOT COMPLETELY SOBER WHEN
01:52:37 THEY'RE THERE THEY'RE GOING TO SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND
01:52:40 THEM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT I'M HIGH.
01:52:44 I THINK THAT SOMETHING'S GOING ON THAT I'VE RELAPSED SO I'M
01:52:45 JUST NOT GOING TO WORK WITH THEM AT ALL BECAUSE THAT'S TOO
01:52:48 DANGEROUS BECAUSE I CAN'T LOSE MY HOUSING BECAUSE I AM SO
01:52:51 TRAUMATIZED FROM WHEN I WAS HOMELESS.
01:52:55 SO OPERATIONALLY THIS THESE EVICTION, THESE VERY VAGUE HELP
01:53:02 WITH EVICTION IS NOT GOING TO HEAR COMMENTS.
01:53:06 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:53:10 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS CHELSEA KAPLAN AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF
01:53:11 OF THE SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION'S EQUITY
01:53:14 ADVISORY HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE WELCOME THE CONVERSATION
01:53:18 THAT DRUG FREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ORDINANCE
01:53:21 INVITES AROUND HOUSING CHOICE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MEETING
01:53:26 RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE. AFTER ALL, PCH RESIDENTS HAVE
01:53:29 VARYING NEEDS AND WE NEED HOUSING MODELS THAT REFLECT
01:53:31 THAT DIVERSITY OFFERING RESIDENTS GENUINE OPTIONS ABOUT
01:53:37 WHERE AND HOW THEY LIVE IS ITSELF A TRAUMA INFORMED
01:53:39 PRACTICE THAT CENTERS AGENCY DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY AND THE
01:53:45 OPPORTUNITIES PEOPLE NEED TO BEGIN THE LIFELONG RECOVERY
01:53:48 JOURNEY. >> OUR SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH
01:53:49 THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE INCLUDE AS WRITTEN THE ORDINANCE WOULD
01:53:53 NOT LEAD TO INCREASE INCREASE SOBRIETY BUT TO INCREASED
01:53:57 HOMELESSNESS AND DRUG USE AMONGST AN ALREADY MARGINALIZED
01:54:00 POPULATION SPECIFICALLY, WE BELIEVE THAT THE ORDINANCE
01:54:04 WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT IMPACT BLACK AND LATINX
01:54:07 RESIDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL
01:54:12 HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WHO ALREADY ARE
01:54:13 DISPROPORTION REALLY REPRESENTED IN CALIFORNIA'S
01:54:17 HOMELESS POPULATION. IT WOULD PENALIZE MORE THAN A
01:54:20 SINGLE RELAPSE WHEN DATA AND ADDICTION SCIENCE IS CLEAR
01:54:25 THAT RECOVERY IS RARELY LINEAR AND INVOLVES AN AVERAGE OF FIVE
01:54:28 RELAPSES. AND IT WOULD PLACE TENANTS WHO
01:54:31 ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH RECOVERY BACK ON THE STREETS
01:54:35 WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE DATA SHOWS THAT PEOPLE FREQUENTLY
01:54:36 BEGIN USING SUBSTANCES AS A RESPONSE TO THE ACUTE TRAUMA,
01:54:40 STRESS AND DANGER OF LIVING. SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS TO
01:54:44 AVOID THE UNNECESSARY HARM WE URGE SUPERVISORS TO ENGAGE IN A
01:54:48 COMPREHENSIVE, CAREFULLY DESIGNED SURVEY CONDUCTED BY AN
01:54:53 INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY RESEARCH OR A THIRD PARTY
01:54:56 RESEARCH PARTNER BEFORE AMENDING THE PROPOSED
01:54:58 LEGISLATION SO YOU CAN REALLY KNOW WHAT WHAT ARE THE VARYING
01:55:01 NEEDS OF SAN FRANCISCO'S POPULATION AND HOW CAN YOU
01:55:05 ACTUALLY CREATE ORDINANCES THAT SUPPORT THAT?
01:55:08 >> SO PLEASE PLEASE CONSIDER THAT.
01:55:11 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:55:12 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI.
01:55:19 >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY SUPERVISOR SATO SUPERVISOR WONG.
01:55:23 >> CLERK CRAYTON I'M SARAH SAYING I'M THE POLICY DIRECTOR
01:55:26 FOR THE CITY'S OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY WHERE A TEAM WITHIN THE
01:55:28 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY LOCAL ORDINANCE
01:55:34 TO PROVIDE AN OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS TO YOU AS YOU CONSIDER
01:55:37 PENDING ORDINANCES. >> WE HAVE CONDUCTED AN INITIAL
01:55:42 ANALYSIS ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY IMPACTS OF THIS
01:55:46 ORDINANCE. >> I REALIZE IT'S COMING QUITE
01:55:49 LATE IN THE PROCESS WHICH MUST BE VERY FRUSTRATING GIVEN YOU
01:55:51 KNOW THE TWO YEARS OF CONVERSATION YOU HAD ABOUT
01:55:54 THIS. BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
01:55:57 OUR ANALYSIS AND OUR RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS ARE
01:56:01 BASED ON REALLY DEEP CONCERN FROM CITY STAFF THAT WE'VE
01:56:05 SPOKEN TO ACROSS ALL THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS.
01:56:08 NEVER IN MY TIME WORKING ON POLICY ISSUES IN THE U.S.
01:56:13 AND CANADA HAVE I SEEN SUCH A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF CONCERN AT
01:56:17 EVERY LEVEL FROM FRONTLINE STAFF, FROM SENIOR MANAGERS,
01:56:20 DEPUTY DIRECTORS, EVEN DEPARTMENT HEADS.
01:56:24 >> THOSE CONCERNS EVEN WITH THE NEW AMENDMENTS WHICH I THINK
01:56:31 ARE DEFINITELY A STEP FORWARD AS YOU'VE MENTIONED SUPERVISOR
01:56:34 SAUDER THERE STILL CONTINUES TO BE THIS LEVEL OF CONCERN BUT
01:56:36 GIVEN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE BUDGET PROCESS OUR FEAR
01:56:42 IS THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY IS THAT YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING
01:56:46 THE BEST TECHNICAL ANALYSIS TO MAKE THIS AND MAKE A DECISION.
01:56:50 I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO MY COLLEAGUES AT MANUEL BEHIND ME
01:56:54 TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WE
01:56:57 ALSO HAVE PAPER COPIES OF. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:56:59 I'M GOING TO RESTART YOUR TIME. YOU'LL BE COMMENTING SEPARATELY
01:57:04 . >> YES.
01:57:05 THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:57:06 THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:57:06 THANK YOU, SARA MY NAME IS ZACH MANUEL.
01:57:10 I'M A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST WITHIN THE OFFICE OF
01:57:12 RACIAL EQUITY. THE HANDOUT YOU'RE RECEIVING
01:57:16 LIST SIX STAFFING RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT WHICH
01:57:17 I'LL GO THROUGH NOW IDEALLY THE LEGISLATION SHOULD SEPARATE THE
01:57:20 RESIDENTS SURVEY FROM THE BROADER PUBLIC CHANGE.
01:57:23 THIS PUTS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE BEFORE RESTRUCTURING
01:57:27 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CITYWIDE THE CITY SHOULD FIRST
01:57:31 ASSESS RESIDENT NEEDS PROVIDER CAPACITY AND RECOVERING HOUSING
01:57:35 DEMAND THROUGH A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY PROCESS BEFORE PUTTING
01:57:39 FORTH THIS CHANGE. SECOND, THE FRAMING OF THE
01:57:40 HOUSING MODELS MATTERS DRUG FREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:57:43 HOUSING SHOULD INSTEAD BE DESCRIBED AS RECOVERY FOCUSED
01:57:46 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING EMPHASIZING SUPPORT
01:57:51 AND RECOVERY RATHER THAN EXCLUSION.
01:57:52 LIKEWISE, DRUG TOLERANT HOUSING SHOULD BE RENAMED STANDARD OR
01:57:55 LOW BARRIER PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHICH MORE
01:57:58 ACCURATELY REFLECTS HOUSING FIRST ALIGN MODELS AND AVOID
01:58:00 STIGMATIZE AMONG RESIDENTS. THIRD, THE ORDINANCE SHOULD
01:58:04 CLARIFY THAT THE CITY'S GOAL IS TO EXPAND HOUSING OPTIONS
01:58:08 OVERALL. SUPERVISOR SARTOR I LIKE WHAT
01:58:11 YOU SAID IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY INCLUDING
01:58:13 DIFFERENT SERVICE MODELS, LOCATIONS AND SUPPORT TYPES
01:58:15 IN WAYS THAT PROMOTE LONG TERM HOUSING STABILITY AND REDUCE
01:58:20 RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS. THE LEGISLATION SHOULD ALSO
01:58:23 PRESERVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO FUND BOTH RECOVERY FOCUSED
01:58:27 AND STANDARD PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MODELS.
01:58:31 AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THE ORDINANCE RISKS LIMITING ACCESS
01:58:34 TO EVIDENCE BASED HOUSING FIRST APPROACHES THAT HAVE WORKED
01:58:37 AND THAT THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS CURRENTLY RELY ON FOR STABILITY
01:58:41 . THE RESIDENT SURVEY ITSELF
01:58:42 SHOULD ALSO BE BROADENED. IN ADDITION TO HOUSING MODEL
01:58:45 PREFERENCES, IT SHOULD EXAMINE RECOVERY GOALS AND NEIGHBORHOOD
01:58:49 PREFERENCES, SUPPORT NEEDS AND BARRIERS TO LONG TERM
01:58:52 HOUSING RETENTION, A PARALLEL ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING PROVIDERS
01:58:54 AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WOULD ALSO HELP THE CITY BETTER
01:58:58 UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES
01:59:01 AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS. AND FINALLY, ANY FUTURE HOUSING
01:59:04 MODEL SHOULD INCLUDE STRONG EVALUATION MEASURES AROUND
01:59:06 HOUSING RETENTION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, RESIDENCY INSPECTION
01:59:10 AND PLACE. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:59:13 THANK YOU. THANKS.
01:59:13 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS SHAKIRA
01:59:17 STRAKER. I'M AN ORGANIZER AT THE
01:59:21 COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND A RECENT MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
01:59:23 GRADUATE FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.
01:59:24 WHEN PEOPLE HEAR SOCIAL WORK THEY OFTEN PICTURE THERAPY OR
01:59:28 DIRECT PRACTICE. BUT MY FOCUS IS MUCH DIFFERENT.
01:59:29 I WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF POLICY AND RESEARCH THE SPACE
01:59:33 BETWEEN THE LAWS THAT GOVERN US AND THE REAL LIVED IMPACT THOSE
01:59:37 LAWS HAVE ON OUR DAILY LIVES. THAT GAP IS WHERE HARM QUIETLY
01:59:40 ACCUMULATES AND IT'S OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THAT
01:59:44 OBSERVED THE MOST DAMAGE WHEN POLICY FAILS.
01:59:47 THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY ASKING YOU TO AMEND TO CREATE A
01:59:48 PILOT PROGRAM FOR THIS MODEL WITHOUT RESTRICTING FUNDING FOR
01:59:52 CURRENT MODELS. >> PILOT ACTING IS THE
01:59:55 RESPONSIBLE PATH. IT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO
01:59:56 TEST, OBSERVE AND COURSE CORRECT BEFORE HARM BECOMES
01:59:59 ENTRENCHED. BUILD IN MEANINGFUL MONITORING
02:00:03 AND EVALUATION RIGHT FROM THE START NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
02:00:07 SHOW THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE MOST
02:00:08 AFFECTED BY THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN AND THAT WHEN
02:00:11 SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING WE WILL FIX IT.
02:00:15 >> JUST LIKE RECOVERY WHICH I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
02:00:16 POLICY IS A BUMPY ROAD AND IT'S NOT LINEAR AND THE PEOPLE THIS
02:00:20 PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SERVE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FAILED TO TOO
02:00:23 MANY TIMES BY SYSTEMS THAT MOVE TOO FAST WITHOUT LOOKING BACK.
02:00:27 >> I URGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CARE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
02:00:30 AND WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS AT THE
02:00:31 CENTER OF YOUR DECISION. >> THANK YOU.
02:00:34 THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
02:00:38 GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:00:41 MY NAME IS JORDAN WESOLOWSKI AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER?
02:00:45 I SPENT THE LAST DECADE ADVOCATING FOR TENTS LIKE US
02:00:49 AND FOR SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BROADLY POPULAR AMONG PERMANENT
02:00:50 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TENANTS. I'VE WON SOME CAMPAIGNS, LOST
02:00:54 SOME CAMPAIGNS. >> THEY ALL NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE
02:00:58 THAT. BUT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
02:01:00 THE CITY COULD DO RECOVERY HOUSING AND DRUG FREE HOUSING
02:01:03 WITHOUT THIS LEGISLATION. YOU COULD ALSO HAVE WORK WITH
02:01:07 TENANTS AT FRONT LINE WORKERS TO CREATE AN ACTUAL BALANCED
02:01:09 EVICTION POLICY THAT ENSURES A JUST TRANSITION TO LOW BARRIER
02:01:12 HOUSING. BUT THAT SHOWED THAT DORSEY
02:01:15 WANTS TO PUSH HIS OWN AGENDA. HE'S DRIFTED BEYOND COMPROMISE
02:01:19 AND WANTS TO GIVE WAY TO THE ANTI-TRANS SALVATION ARMY.
02:01:23 LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS
02:01:27 TALKING WITH TENANTS ABOUT A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:01:30 TENANTS BILL OF RIGHTS. WE'RE LIKE SOME OF THE MOST
02:01:31 UNDERREPRESENTED PEOPLE OUT THERE.
02:01:34 WE ARE LIKE THE VICTIMS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT JUST
02:01:38 IT'S JUST TOO COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN AND WE TALKED ABOUT
02:01:41 LIKE HARM REDUCTION AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOBER HOUSING
02:01:45 AND RECOVERY HOUSING IN A IT HAS TO COEXIST WITH A NEW LOW
02:01:53 BARRIER. WE TALKED ABOUT EVICTION
02:01:56 PROTECTIONS. WE LED ON HEARINGS AROUND
02:01:57 EVICTION ISSUES BOTH AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND HLC
02:02:01 GENERALLY AND SOME OF THESE IDEAS ARE BASICALLY IDEAS THAT
02:02:06 WOULD MAKE OUR LIVES A LOT BETTER AND MAYBE PREVENT US
02:02:09 FROM HAVING TO DO DRUGS TO COPE WITH LIVING IN SOME OF THESE
02:02:13 HOLES. AND I'M JUST I'M TIRED RIGHT
02:02:17 NOW. I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO
02:02:20 JERSEY ON YOUR AGAIN BUT HERE WE ARE.
02:02:21 YOU ARE A DISGRACE. >> I YIELD MY TIME.
02:02:24 YOU. NEXT WEEK PLEASE.
02:02:31 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS MATTEO AND I'M A
02:02:32 RESIDENT OF D9. I WORK AT HOSPITALITY HOUSE
02:02:34 WHERE WE WORK WITH HOMELESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO BECAME
02:02:36 HOMELESS DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT BY THE CITY INCLUDING MANY
02:02:39 VETERANS. >> MANY OF THEM ARE TRYING TO
02:02:42 GET INTO HOUSING, MEET ALL THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND ARE PUT
02:02:44 ON A WAITLIST FOR YEARS. >> INSTEAD OF SOLVING THAT
02:02:46 ISSUE. THE BOARD OF SUPES WORKS TO
02:02:50 SOLVE A NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM NO ONE ASKED FOR BY REQUIRING ALL
02:02:53 SOCIAL HOUSING BE SOBER HOUSING EVICTING PEOPLE FOR DRUG USE.
02:02:56 SOBER HOUSING IS IMPORTANT. HAVING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE IS
02:03:00 GREAT. MANY OF THE SPEAKERS HERE WILL
02:03:02 AGREE WITH THAT BUT YOU STRIP THEM OF THAT AND KEEP TO A
02:03:05 STANDARD THAT THE AUTHOR OF THIS MEASURE SAID THAT IN THE
02:03:08 SAME CIRCUMSTANCE THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UPHOLD THE MEASURE
02:03:12 THEMSELVES AND WOULD FACE EVICTION IF THEY CAN'T KEEP TO
02:03:13 IT. WHY DO WE EXPECT EVERYONE ELSE
02:03:16 TO FOLLOW THAT SAME STANDARD? HAVE GUARDRAILS TO PROTECT
02:03:19 FOLKS FROM FACING EVICTION SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE
02:03:22 HOMELESSNESS. THESE AMENDMENTS DON'T STOP
02:03:24 EVICTIONS. THIS LEGISLATURE SHOULDN'T ASK
02:03:27 RESIDENTS TO HIDE THEIR DRUG USE PROBLEMS SO THEY HAVE A
02:03:29 PLACE TO LIVE. >> THIS DOESN'T HELP US AT
02:03:31 HOSPITALITY HOUSE WHO WORK TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE SERVICES
02:03:35 AND HELP THEM FACE THEIR ISSUES WHEN THEIR HOME IS NOT
02:03:38 ACCEPTING OF THEIR RECOVERY AND PUNISHES THEM FOR IT.
02:03:40 >> WHY DO YOU GIVE PEOPLE NO CHOICE ON HOUSING CHOICE
02:03:43 IN THIS SITUATION A HOSPITALITY HOUSE AND OTHER NON-PROFITS ARE
02:03:48 WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WITH HOMELESS FOLKS AND DOING OUR
02:03:52 BEST TO SUPPORT THEM. BUT HOW CAN WE DO THAT IF WE
02:03:54 HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT WANTS TO INCREASE HOMELESSNESS RATHER
02:03:58 THAN DECREASE IT? >> PLEASE SEE REASON AND VOTE
02:03:59 AGAINST THIS MEASURE AS IS AND CHANGE IT TO SHOW THAT YOU
02:04:03 CARE. >> PLEASE.
02:04:09 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. I.
02:04:12 >> MY NAME MIGUEL CABRERA AGAIN.
02:04:13 SO I WORK IN THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
02:04:19 >> I OPPOSE THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE THIS REGULATION IS NOT
02:04:23 REALLY TO HELPING AND SUPPORTING POOR
02:04:27 AND HOMELESS PEOPLE OF FORMERLY HOMELESS PEOPLE.
02:04:31 >> AND I WANT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING MORE
02:04:33 THAN THREE YEARS IN THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
02:04:35 >> I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MOVING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
02:04:38 TO PERMANENT HOUSING. >> AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
02:04:42 THESE FOLKS FOR OVER 30, 40 YEARS AND I STILL BE CONNECTING
02:04:46 WITH THESE FOLKS. THEY ARE STILL HOUSING.
02:04:49 >> THEY'RE STILL IN RECOVERY BECAUSE TRAUMA THEY'LL NEVER GO
02:04:53 AWAY BECAUSE YOU SHOES. >> WHEN WE BECOME HOMELESS WHEN
02:04:58 WE ARE OUTSIDE WE SUFFER SO MUCH.
02:05:01 >> SO OF COURSE WE HAVE A THREAT ON US.
02:05:02 SO WE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. >> SO WHEN YOU CREATE AN
02:05:05 ILLUSION TO GO INTO A BIG TENT PEOPLE DO CRAZY MORE THAN
02:05:12 IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> YOU CREATE MORE DIFFICULT
02:05:16 FOR SOMEONE WHO IS GOING OUT KNOW FROM THE HOUSING.
02:05:19 AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING HIM BACK TO HOUSING THAT
02:05:23 KIND OF THING IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY TAKE HIM MORE TIME
02:05:26 TO BRING HIM BACK TEMPORARILY. IF YOU PASS THE LEGISLATION THE
02:05:30 PEOPLE THEY CAN NEVER GET BACK TO HOUSING.
02:05:31 THE REASON WE OPPOSE IN AND WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING THIS
02:05:35 LEGISLATION. SO IF YOU WANT TO CREATE
02:05:39 SOMETHING MORE POSITIVE. >> SO WE NEED TO WORK IN LIKE I
02:05:42 SAY EARLY TOGETHER NO ISLANDS. LIKE ARE YOU DOING THIS
02:05:47 REGULATION WITHOUT COMMUNICATE WITHOUT WITHOUT COMMUNICATION
02:05:50 WITH THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO GO TO THE PEOPLE AND TALK TO THE
02:05:52 PEOPLE WHO LIVING IN THIS HOUSING AND GETTING THESE IDEAS
02:05:55 AND RECOMMENDATIONS HOW THEY CAN WORK THIS HOUSING THE HOW
02:05:59 THEY CAN BE IN RECOVERY FOR MANY YEARS.
02:06:02 >> YOU HAVE TO ASK IN THESE QUESTIONS TO THE PEOPLE WHO
02:06:04 IT'S ALREADY EXISTING AND LIVING IN HOUSING DON'T
02:06:07 HAVE IT IN PEOPLE PLEASE. >> AND IT'S TOUGH TO OPPRESS
02:06:10 PEOPLE AND AND AND DISPLACE. THANK YOU.
02:06:14 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI SUPERVISORS LUCAS FROM THE
02:06:18 COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT YOU
02:06:24 KNOW THIS I WANT I I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF SOBER HOUSING
02:06:29 EXISTING I JUST I THINK THIS LEGISLATION PRESUMES EMS
02:06:33 TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE AND IS BEING OFFERED THERE IS AN
02:06:37 ABILITY IT'S WRITTEN INTO OUR FEDERAL HUD GUIDELINES FOR
02:06:40 FOLKS TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSING TEMPORARILY FOR UP TO 180 DAYS
02:06:44 FOR TREATMENT. YOU KNOW, SUPERVISOR DORSEY
02:06:48 AND YOU KNOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALL OF YOU ARE BIG SUPPORTERS
02:06:52 OF FOLKS GETTING INTO TREATMENT.
02:06:53 >> I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS NOT BEING GRANTED AS AN
02:06:57 OPTION. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE EVICTION
02:07:00 PROTECTIONS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
02:07:01 THE OPTION TO GO FROM HOUSING YOU KNOW, GETTING FOLKS INTO
02:07:05 PCH IS HARD WORK LIKE MIGUEL SAID.
02:07:08 >> AND FOR THE OPTION TO HAVE THEM FALL BACK INTO SHELTER IS
02:07:12 REDUCTIVE. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ALSO
02:07:17 SHOULD CONSIDER THE COST OF EVICTION DEFENSE THE EVICTION
02:07:23 DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE THE CITY FUNDS BOTH THE EVICTION
02:07:25 ATTORNEY FEES FOR YOU KNOW, EVICTING FOLKS FROM PCH AS WELL
02:07:29 AS THE ATTORNEYS DEFENDING FOLKS FROM EVICTION.
02:07:33 >> AND SO THAT IS NOT ONLY A LONG PROCESS, IT'S A COSTLY
02:07:37 PROCESS FOR THIS CITY. >> THIS BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE
02:07:40 THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING
02:07:41 FOR THAT. >> AND AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE
02:07:45 CONNECTING FOLKS WITH THE OPTION FOR TREATMENT.
02:07:49 >> THERE IS THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU KNOW EXISTS IN THIS
02:07:52 LEGISLATION CURRENTLY THAT OFFERS THAT FOR FOLKS AND I
02:07:54 THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS,
02:07:57 CHAIR DORSEY, IS THAT YOU KNOW ,RECOVERY IS A LONG PROCESS.
02:08:00 IT IS AN ACCOUNTABLE ONE BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE RESOURCES
02:08:04 AVAILABLE MADE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS FOR THAT RECOVERY TO BE
02:08:08 MADE POSSIBLE AND TREATMENT HAVING A TREATMENT PLAN FOR
02:08:11 FOLKS THAT SLIP UP IS FUNDAMENTAL.
02:08:15 >> PLEASE PUT THAT IN. >> THANK YOU.
02:08:19 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:08:22 >> HELLO SPEAKERS MY NAME IS CODY KEENE AND I'M HERE ON
02:08:27 BEHALF OF THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDER NETWORK.
02:08:30 I WANTED TO EXPRESS ENCOURAGEMENT AROUND THE
02:08:34 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROPOSED BUT WE DO STILL HAVE CONCERNS
02:08:38 AROUND THE SHELTER COMPONENT OF OUR SHELTER SYSTEM IS ALREADY
02:08:45 UNDER A LOT OF STRAIN AND IF WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE PEOPLE FROM
02:08:49 THESE PROGRAMS IT WOULD BE MORE IDEAL FOR THEM TO HAVE A
02:08:53 LENDING SPACE THAT'S MORE PERMANENT.
02:08:57 >> BUT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE OPEN TO TALKING
02:09:01 AND COLLABORATING MORE AROUND THIS.
02:09:04 >> AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
02:09:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
02:09:08 SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? >> MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES
02:09:12 PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
02:09:16 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED AND I WANT TO THANK
02:09:20 EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT AND I ALSO WANT
02:09:27 TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MY CO-SPONSORS AND IN
02:09:31 PARTICULAR BOARD PRESIDENT RAFAEL MAILMAN WHO WAS THE
02:09:35 ORIGINAL PARTNER WITH ME ON THIS WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON
02:09:39 THE PROCESS TWO YEARS AGO THROUGH MANY ITERATIONS, MANY
02:09:43 MEETINGS AND MUCH COLLABORATION INCLUDING THOSE FRANKLY WHO ARE
02:09:47 NOW CLAIMING THAT THE PROJECT PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN
02:09:50 COLLABORATIVE THAT ISN'T TRUE. >> I THINK WE HAVE DONE
02:09:55 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE AS COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE.
02:09:58 >> WHAT'S ALSO FALSE IS THE PERSISTENT MISREPRESENTATION
02:10:01 THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS ABOUT SOBER, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
02:10:03 HOUSING ALTHOUGH I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PREVIOUS
02:10:06 ITERATIONS OF THE LEGISLATION DID HAVE RECOVERY ORIENTED
02:10:10 OPTIONS. THIS LEGISLATION HASN'T BEEN
02:10:13 THAT FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR. THIS IS DRUG FREE SUPPORTIVE
02:10:17 HOUSING. >> IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE
02:10:21 ONSITE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS LIKE FENTANYL
02:10:22 AND METHAMPHETAMINE IN LEGAL INTOXICANTS LIKE ALCOHOL
02:10:26 AND LEGALLY ACQUIRED MARIJUANA ARE ALLOWED.
02:10:30 THERE IS NO EXPECTATION OR REQUIREMENT THAT RESIDENTS OF
02:10:34 DRUG FREE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WILL HAVE TO HAVE
02:10:37 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR DIAGNOSIS OR BE IN RECOVERY.
02:10:41 IT IS ENTIRELY ABOUT RESIDENTIAL CHOICE THAT I
02:10:42 BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:10:46 IN SAN FRANCISCO DESERVE. IMPORTANTLY THE LEGAL MODEL FOR
02:10:49 THIS IS THE 240,000 STANDARD RESIDENTIAL LEASES IN SAN
02:10:52 FRANCISCO FOR WHICH THE USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS ON SITE IS
02:10:56 ALREADY GROUNDS FOR EVICTION AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS.
02:11:00 THIS IS A STANDARD PROVISION IN CALIFORNIA LEASES ILLICIT
02:11:04 DRUG USE ON SITE CAN BE GROUNDS FOR EVICTION.
02:11:08 >> THERE IS A MATURE WELL DEVELOPED LEGAL PROCESS FOR HOW
02:11:12 LANDLORDS AND COURTS HANDLE EVICTIONS IN THESE
02:11:15 CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN IT IMPINGES ON THE RIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY
02:11:19 AND THE QUIET ENJOYMENT STANDARD FOR OTHER RESIDENTS
02:11:23 ONLY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA
02:11:27 DO WE REQUIRE 100% OF RESIDENTS TO LIVE IN EXPLICITLY DRUG
02:11:31 TOLERANT SETTINGS. THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT
02:11:34 PEOPLE IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HAVE AN OPTION OF
02:11:38 CHOOSING A DRUG FREE OPTION IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT AND THIS
02:11:42 LEGISLATION WILL ENABLE US TO GET THERE.
02:11:43 THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST ADD IS THAT IT HAS BEEN
02:11:46 ENDORSED BY SOME OF THE LEADING ADDICTION MEDICINE EXPERTS
02:11:50 IN THIS COUNTRY INCLUDING KEITH HUMPHREYS WHO IS THE PROFESSOR
02:11:54 OF PSYCHIATRY AT STANFORD. HE IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
02:11:55 ADDICTION MEDICINE EXPERT WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
02:11:59 WHITE HOUSE SENIOR POLICY ADVISER IN THE OFFICE OF
02:12:02 NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY. LIKEWISE, ANNA LEMKE, WHO WAS A
02:12:06 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DRUG DEALER M.D. AND DOPAMINE
02:12:10 NATION. SHE IS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF
02:12:14 ADDICTION MEDICINE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
02:12:15 SHE ALSO SERVES AS PROFESSOR THE PROFESSOR AND PROGRAM
02:12:19 DIRECTOR FOR THE STANFORD ADDICTION MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP.
02:12:22 DR. LEMKE HAS SAID THAT SHE BELIEVES IT IS SIMPLE COMMON
02:12:26 SENSE THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE ILLICIT
02:12:29 DRUG USE IS PROHIBITED ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND FAMILIES
02:12:31 WITH YOUNG CHILDREN WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE IN RECOVERY.
02:12:33 >> SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THE COLLABORATION.
02:12:37 >> OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE MEETINGS EVERY EVERY
02:12:41 TUESDAY AND PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE
02:12:45 AND LEGISLATE ON THESE ISSUES. THE DRUG POLICY ISSUE
02:12:49 AND DISCUSSION ISN'T GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.
02:12:50 SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE MY CO-SPONSORS AND EVERYBODY WHO
02:12:53 HAS SPOKEN AND EVERYBODY WHO WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.
02:12:56 SEEING NO ONE ON THE ROSTER WITH FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
02:13:00 COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE
02:13:01 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE CIRCULATED AND READ.
02:13:04 >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION?
02:13:05 YES. AND ON THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE
02:13:08 AMENDMENTS AS THEY WERE PRESENTED OR READ INTO THE
02:13:11 RECORD BY CHAIR DORSEY. >> REMEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG
02:13:16 I. >> FISCHER.
02:13:16 SARTOR. FISCHER.
02:13:17 SARTOR I CHAIR DORSEY I SAW DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES.
02:13:20 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES AND AS THESE
02:13:24 AMENDMENTS ARE SUBSTANTIVE I WOULD LIKE TO NOW MAKE A MOTION
02:13:28 TO CONTINUE THE ITEM AS AMENDED.
02:13:29 MADAM CLERK MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION?
02:13:32 >> YES. AND ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE
02:13:33 THIS ITEM AS AMENDED. >> REMEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG
02:13:36 I FISCHER DORIS FISCHER. >> EXCUSE ME.
02:13:40 FISCHER SARTOR. FISCHER.
02:13:40 SARTOR I SURE DORSEY SURE DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES.
02:13:43 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE MOTION PASSES AND MADAM CLERK,
02:13:50 MAY WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM?
02:13:54 >> ITEM NUMBER THREE? YES.
02:13:55 ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER THAT THE PERSON TO
02:13:58 PERSON PREMISE TO PREMISE TRANSFER OF A TYPE 48 ON SALE
02:14:01 GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES BEER WINE A DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR
02:14:05 LICENSE TO AZIBERT. DOING BUSINESS AS INDIE DARLING
02:14:11 LOCATED AT 537 STEVENS STREET IN DISTRICT SIX WILL SERVE THE
02:14:15 PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY OF THE CITY
02:14:18 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
02:14:19 I WANT TO WELCOME OFFICER BRANDON ERICKSON FROM THE SAN
02:14:22 FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S LIAISON UNIT TO THE CALIFORNIA
02:14:26 DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL OR ABC OFFICER
02:14:30 ERICKSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
02:14:31 WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
02:14:35 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
02:14:38 YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A REPORT FOR OATH OF OPERATING AS ANDY
02:14:42 DARLING THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 48 LICENSE AND IF APPROVED
02:14:46 THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE IN ANSWER.
02:14:49 SALE GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISE 537 STEVENSON STREET THERE IS ONE
02:14:55 LETTER OF PROTEST ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT THEY ARE LOCATED
02:14:57 IN PLOT 208 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CRIME AREA.
02:15:00 THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 176 .04 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A LOW
02:15:06 CONCENTRATION AREA. TENDERLOIN STATION HAS NO
02:15:10 OPPOSITION AEW RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING
02:15:14 CONDITIONS CONDITION NUMBER ONE EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN CONDITION
02:15:19 TWO BELOW NO NOISE SHALL BE AUDIBLE BEYOND THE AREA UNDER
02:15:20 THE CONTROL OF THE LICENSEE CONDITION TO ANY NOISE CAUSED
02:15:27 BY ENTERTAINMENT OR OR AMPLIFIED SOUND THAT IS SUBJECT
02:15:28 TO THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT ISSUED BY
02:15:32 THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
02:15:36 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THAT
02:15:40 ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT INCLUDING ANY LIMITATION THAT IT EXCUSE
02:15:43 ME ANY LIMITATION ON HOURS DURING WHICH ENTERTAINMENT OR
02:15:47 AMPLIFIED SOUND IS PERMITTED A VIOLATION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT
02:15:51 OR AMPLIFIED ZONE NOISE CONDITIONS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT
02:15:52 PERMIT AS DETERMINED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT
02:15:56 COMMISSION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A VIOLATION OF THIS
02:15:59 CONDITION. ANY NOISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO OR
02:16:03 IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT SHALL BE
02:16:07 SUBJECT TO CONDITION ONE ABOVE ENTERTAINMENT PER PERMIT MEANS
02:16:11 ANY OF THE FOLLOWING A JUST ADD MUSIC PERMIT A LIMITED LIVE
02:16:15 PERFORMANCE PERMIT A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT A FIXED
02:16:16 PLACE AMPLIFIED SOUND PERMIT OR ANY SIMILAR SUCH PERMIT ISSUED
02:16:22 BY THE SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION.
02:16:25 CONDITION THREE PETITIONER SHALL ACTIVELY MONITOR THE AREA
02:16:27 UNDER THEIR CONTROL IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE LOITERING
02:16:30 OF PERSONS ON ANY PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE LICENSED
02:16:34 PREMISES AS DEPICTED ON THE ABC FORM 257 CONDITION FOR THE
02:16:40 PETITIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER
02:16:44 THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE
02:16:45 CONTROL AS DEPICTED ON ABC FORM 257.
02:16:49 >> LASTLY CONDITION FOUR BETWEEN THE HOURS OF FIVE FIVE
02:16:54 PM AND 2 A.M. OR AT ANY TIME THE PREMISE PREMISES ARE
02:16:58 PROVIDING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT THE PETITIONER SHALL PROVIDE
02:17:02 TWO UNIFORMED SECURITY GUARDS IN THE PARKING LOT AND OR
02:17:03 PREMISES AND SHALL MAINTAIN ORDER THEREIN AND PREVENT ANY
02:17:06 ACTIVITY WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF
02:17:10 THEIR PROPERTY BY NEARBY RESIDENTS OR THE SURROUNDING
02:17:13 COMMUNITY. THE LICENSE UNIFORMED SECURITY
02:17:14 GUARDS MUST BE LICENSED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
02:17:18 OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. THANK YOU OFFICER ERICKSON
02:17:27 AND I KNOW THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF
02:17:28 DISTRICT SIX, THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT IN THE SOUTH OF
02:17:31 MARKET NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO
02:17:34 VISIT INDIE DARLING YET BUT I CERTAINLY APPLAUD THEIR VISION
02:17:38 . I BELIEVE THERE'S VALUE
02:17:38 IN BRINGING MORE SPACES LIKE THIS TO SOMA PLACES THAT HELP
02:17:42 ACTIVATE OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND CONTRIBUTE TO
02:17:45 NIGHTLIFE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.
02:17:46 MADAM CLERK ARE THERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
02:17:50 APPLICANT PRESENT? >> I'M NOT THAT I NOT THAT I
02:17:53 KNOW OF. WELL SEEING NO ONE ON THE
02:17:56 ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS MADE BUT I'M CLERK MAY
02:17:59 WE OPEN THIS ITEM UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT YES MEMBERS OF THE
02:18:00 PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW
02:18:04 ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
02:18:06 MINUTES IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
02:18:14 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS
02:18:15 NOW CLOSED AND SEEING NO ONE ON THE ROSTER WITH FURTHER
02:18:18 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE CLERK PREPARE
02:18:21 A RESOLUTION MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ISSUANCE
02:18:25 OF A TYPE 48 LIMITED ON SALE GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES BEER
02:18:28 WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT
02:18:32 WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY.
02:18:36 >> MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT MOTION?
02:18:37 YES. AND ON THE MOTION TO DIRECTING
02:18:40 THE CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION AND FOLLOW THAT
02:18:41 RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH A POSITIVE
02:18:45 RECOMMENDATION. REMEMBER WONG?
02:18:48 REMEMBER WONG? I SURE THOUGHT HER FISCHER
02:18:51 ORDER I CHAIR DORSEY I CHAIR DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES.
02:18:55 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
02:18:56 APPLICANT. THE MOTION PASSES AND MADAM
02:18:58 CLERK MAY WE CALL THE NEXT ITEM?
02:19:00 >> YES, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A HEARING HEARING TO CONSIDER
02:19:03 THAT THE PERSON TO PERSON PREMISE TO PREMISE TRANSFER OF
02:19:06 A TYPE 21 OFF SALE BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR
02:19:10 LICENSE TO HARLAN RECORDS LLC DOING BUSINESS AS HARLAN
02:19:14 RECORDS LOCATED AT 447 BUSH STREET AND SLASH SCUSE ME 18
02:19:21 HARLAN PLACE IN DISTRICT THREE WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC IN THE
02:19:25 IN SONG NECESSITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:19:29 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I WANT TO WELCOME BACK OFFICER
02:19:30 ERICKSON FROM THE SURPRISE LIAISON UNIT TO THE ABC FLOOR
02:19:37 IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU.
02:19:37 YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A PIECE IN REPORT FOR HALL HARLAN
02:19:40 RECORDS LLC OPERATING AS HARLAN RECORDS.
02:19:44 THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A TYPE 21 LICENSE AND IF APPROVED THIS
02:19:47 WOULD ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE AN OFF SALE GENERAL LIQUOR STORE
02:19:48 FOR FOUR SEVEN BUSH STREET AND 18 HARLAN PLACE.
02:19:54 THERE ARE ZERO LETTERS OF PROTEST, ZERO LETTERS OF
02:19:56 SUPPORT. >> THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT 160
02:20:00 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CRIME AREA.
02:20:01 THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 117.00 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH
02:20:07 CONCENTRATION AREA. CENTRAL STATION HAS NO
02:20:09 OPPOSITION AEW RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING
02:20:12 CONDITIONS CONDITION ONE PETITIONER SHALL ACTIVELY
02:20:15 MONITOR THE AREA UNDER THEIR CONTROL IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT
02:20:19 THE LAUNDERING OF PERSONS ON ANY PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE
02:20:22 LICENSE PREMISES AS DEPICTED ON THE ABC FOUR FORM 257
02:20:26 AND LASTLY CONDITION TWO THE PETITIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
02:20:29 FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE
02:20:33 PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONTROL AS DEPICTED ON ABC FORM
02:20:37 257. THANK YOU OFFICER ERICKSON I
02:20:41 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS I UNDERSTAND IS A WELL REGARDED
02:20:45 COCKTAIL LOUNGE AND MUSIC VENUE.
02:20:49 IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF VICE CHAIR SAUDER SO IT WAS BY SHORT
02:20:52 ORDER. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE
02:20:53 TO ADD? >> THANK YOU CHAIR TRACY LOOK
02:20:58 I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
02:21:00 I THINK THIS IS IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE SPOT IN UNION SQUARE
02:21:02 AND I THINK THIS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF ITS FUTURE
02:21:07 SUCCESS. SO BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION
02:21:08 AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR SAUDER
02:21:10 MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
02:21:15 APPLICANT PRESENT? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE.
02:21:16 OKAY. WE'LL SEE SEEING THEN NO ONE ON
02:21:19 THE ROSTER, NO ONE PRESENT ARE THERE.
02:21:21 WHY DON'T WE INVITE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
02:21:25 >> YES. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
02:21:26 TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY
02:21:28 THE WINDOWS. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
02:21:30 MINUTES. IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO PUBLIC
02:21:35 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
02:21:37 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.
02:21:39 >> VICE CHAIR SAUDER YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO REQUEST
02:21:44 THE CLERK PREPARE A RESOLUTION TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT
02:21:45 THE ISSUANCE OF A TYPE 21 OFF SALE GENERAL BEER, WINE
02:21:49 AND DISTILLED SPIRITS LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT WOULD
02:21:52 SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY AND FOR THAT TO THE
02:21:56 FULL BOARD WITH OUR POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND CLERK MAY WE
02:21:59 HAVE A ROLL CALL ON THAT? >> YES.
02:22:00 AND ON THE MOTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION
02:22:03 IN FORWARDING THAT RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A
02:22:05 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION. REMEMBER WANG REMEMBER WANG I
02:22:11 FISCHER SAUDER FISCHER SARTOR I CHAIR DORSEY I SHOULD DORSEY I
02:22:15 HAVE THREE EYES. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK THE
02:22:16 MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS.
02:22:18 THE APPLICANT MADAM CLERK MAY WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM?
02:22:22 >> YES, THE NEXT ITEM FIVE IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER THAT THE
02:22:25 PERSON TO PERSON PREMISE TO PREMISE TRANSFER OF A TYPE 20
02:22:29 ALL SALE BEER AND WINE LIQUOR LICENSE TO CASTROL BOTTLE SHOP
02:22:33 I AND SEE DOING BUSINESS AS CASTRO BOTTLE SHOP LOCATED AT
02:22:37 2306 MARKET STREET IN DISTRICT EIGHT WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC
02:22:41 CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
02:22:42 FRANCISCO. >> I THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
02:22:45 WELCOME BACK OFFICER ERICKSON THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
02:22:48 >> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A REPORT
02:22:50 FOR CASTRO BOTTLE SHOP INC OPERATING AS CASTRO BOTTLE SHOP
02:22:55 . THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR TYPE 20
02:22:56 LICENSE AND IF APPROVED THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE
02:22:59 IN OFF SALE BEER AND WINE CONVENIENCE MARKET AT 2306
02:23:02 MARKET STREET THERE ARE ZERO LETTERS OF PROTEST ZERO LETTERS
02:23:06 OF SUPPORT. THEY ARE LOCATED IN PLOT 412
02:23:09 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH CRIME AREA.
02:23:13 THEY ARE IN CENSUS TRACT 169 WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HIGH
02:23:14 CONCENTRATION AREA. MISSION STATION HAS NO
02:23:17 OPPOSITION YOU RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING
02:23:21 CONDITIONS CONDITION ONE PETITIONER SHALL ACTIVELY
02:23:24 MONITOR THE AREA UNDER THEIR CONTROL AND AN EFFORT TO
02:23:28 PREVENT THE LOITERING OF PERSONS ON ANY PROPERTY
02:23:29 ADJACENT TO THE LICENSE PREMISES AS DEPICTED ON THE ABC
02:23:32 FORM 257 AND CONDITION TWO THE PETITIONER SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE
02:23:39 FOR MAINTAINING FREE OF LITTER THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE
02:23:41 PREMISES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE CONTROL AS DEPICTED ON ABC FORM
02:23:46 257. >> THANK YOU OFFICER ERICKSON.
02:23:50 THIS HAS THE SUPPORT OF DISTRICT EIGHT SUPERVISOR
02:23:51 AND BOARD PRESIDENT RAFAEL MAILMAN.
02:23:55 >> THIS BUSINESS WILL BE LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE
02:23:56 CASTRO LOT FOR A CURATED SELECTION OF BEER AND WINE
02:23:59 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT THRIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN
02:24:03 I VISIT MADAM CLERK ARE THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
02:24:06 APPLICANT PRESENT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
02:24:10 HE WAS PRESENT BUT HE HAD TO DEPART SO HE HAD COMMENTS AND I
02:24:13 FORWARD TO ALL OF YOU. >> OKAY.
02:24:16 >> THANK YOU THEN SEEING NO ONE ON THE ROSTER WITH QUESTIONS OR
02:24:18 COMMENTS MADAM CLERK, MAY WE OPEN THIS ITEM UP TO PUBLIC
02:24:21 COMMENT? >> YES.
02:24:22 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL
02:24:25 LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BAR THE WINDOWS.
02:24:26 ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO
02:24:31 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
02:24:35 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED AND I WOULD LIKE TO
02:24:41 MAKE A MOTION AT THIS TIME TO MOVE THAT THE CLERK PREPARE A
02:24:45 RESOLUTION MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ISSUANCE
02:24:48 OF A TYPE 20 OFF SALE BEER AND WINE LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE
02:24:49 APPLICANT WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR
02:24:53 NECESSITY. MADAM CLERK, MAY WE HAVE A ROLL
02:24:54 CALL AND THAT MOTION? >> YES.
02:24:56 AND ON THE MOTION TO RETAIN THE CLERK TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION
02:24:59 FOR THAT RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH A
02:25:01 POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND MEMBER WONG REMEMBER WONG I
02:25:05 FISCHER SLAUGHTER FISCHER SARTOR I CHAIR DORSEY I SAW
02:25:11 DORSEY I HAVE THREE EYES. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK THE
02:25:12 MOTION PASSES CONGRATULATIONS TO THE APPLICANT MADAM CLERK DO
02:25:15 WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TODAY?
02:25:19 >> MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING AGENDA.
02:25:20 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
02:25:23 PARTICIPATED FOR YOUR CIVIC PARTICIPATION.
02:25:24 WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED