that person with or without lethal force and an impact weapon the less lethal depolars of projectiles that will not have a lethal capita as a firearm and then the pilot program one hundred electronic control devices that will be deployed to the tactical and spfldz units that are control weapons we will issue an additional deficiencies to all the patrol cars with the officers that be armed with the electronic control weapon to make sure that these officers are as less lethal as possible and again there are more coming but i have to truly is your budget reflect your priorities and certainly as outlined by the mayor and under his leadership

this bucket emphasize we want to getting is that better place a police department worthy of san francisco thank you, chief. >> reverend brown. >> from the naacp and also the head of the american advisory forum. >> thank you very much mr. mayor members of the panel especially susie i didn't and your chief greg suhr be deputy chaplain. >> i'm speaking from the bottom and my first words are you pray and hope that out of

this conversation of the press conference that out of sensitivity of the press that the word will go forth loud and clear our city our fair city of st. francis was unfortunately ruined about culture of the benign neglect over 50 years that is mirrored in the fact that has we speak in the city and county of san francisco the african-americans student population has dropped from a high of 24 thousand and 1970 to

4 thousand 4 hundred and 43 in 2016 and of that 4 thousand 4 hundred and 43 only 11 percent of those students are proficient in math, and 18 percent efficient in languages, arts and english i will repeat that for emphasis out of 4 thousand 4 hundred and 43 students african-americans in the school district only 11 percent are proficient in math, additional 18 percent proficient in language arts and english. >> that's an indictment on san

francisco not only are the one group any one governmental agency we all share collective guilt but the good thing is we have not committed ourselves to rest in the ruins this mayor didn't rest in the ruins of the fallout of that population unlearned and untutored and great measure to this rash of violence and the unfortunate loss of several lives due to excess force no men and women is an island to himself or herself we're a part

of humankind and for whom the bell tells you that tells you for thee when any person is married or tarnished or destroyed but i repeat this mayor didn't rest in the ruins mayor ed lee listened, commissioner president loftus listened, the chief listened and they are about reconciliation and rebuilding trust rebuilding communities, refamilies and this i feel is a signal for the future i hope those persons that exercise their free speech the

right to protest, will come to the point of reasonable and say there's a heart in the city it pain us that young men die where the young lie far too soon but this dedicate only both sides of the ledger i say without reservation through office of the city administrator monies provided through our collaboration with police department, and through the coordination of families, schools, community-based organizations, we must stop wringing our hands. >> talking about how bad the reproduces are and a bad mess we're in we have an opportunity

to join hands not be engaged and in economic activities thinking and master that little produce noun i speak of we we are about getting out of this department any person who was sworn to keep the peace but broken the trust as the destroyed lives we say the same thing bloichtd and western edition and potrero hill now is no excuse any young national black anthem e african-americans or latino that underserved to take the lives of another human being so as pastor of third baptist for 40 years seeing things come and go as

president of the naacp we're saying 2509 world san francisco is showing that it is a city and knows how to deal with a flawed situation knows how to touch a messy situation and leave that better than that was before we touched that. >> thank you very much he is a director of program called road map to peace and working us on the ground with young people. >> thank you, mayor and thank you all for joining us today i'd like to acknowledge reverend brown and thank you very much for the words you've

impaired as usual your strength and words are received well and want to show respect and appreciation for you the road map to peace as you may know we call it the rp example t b public works to address a series of untimely and sense of death occurring in your community from go young latinos and not only in the mission but throughout san francisco the initiative grew out of a series of pain and greech we are experiencing and seeks to improve the healthy and economic well-being of our young people not only in the mission but throughout san francisco we connect our young people for a number of services including jobs and equation education how

to provide services for young people restrictive of rooveng fallen through the cracks of a benign city the reverend sat down in a way to good afternoon young people to get involved and thrive in today's san francisco r t p is a collaborative efforts from a horrific approach to ensure the latinos are involved in the future and additionally working with any my brother's keeper and recognize the importance of that initiative to make sure that young men and women are thriving in their opportunities before them to that extent we share the notion that black and whites and before lives matter day a may 10th

through the latin america it is mother day so for those of you who speak spanish day- and that word you may want to look that that with your honoring our parents and mothers for all the support they've provided

>> i would be remisif i didn't thank the community based organizations that comprise. -there is a african prover stating takes a village. in conjunction with a bunch of different organizations, we hope to fulfill that effort and lead our young people to a better life in the future to come. thank you very much. >> thank you, allen. finally,

brian [inaudible] is the director of the ipo program, the interrupt, predict and organizing program we authored in the last few years and talk about the case management work there. >> good afternoon. as a case manager i work directly with the young people involved in the prab and being i'm pleased and excited to know we'll be moving forward in because the short time we afected so many lives of the young people in san francisco. we helped them get employment opportunities and gave the skills to compete in the job market and helped with educationing barriers further their education and some going to college. we reached and touched them mentally and health wise, which is very

important. knowing how important this is, giving them a tonight opportunity is a very unique #24i7ck and this is a city saying we are assisting and willing to help the young people as long as they with willing to walk with us and i will keep it short and say that very proud the ipo program has done so much in such liting time so want to thank the mayors office as well. >> would sth breath of input we reflected in the budget, i hope you understand that affective pub lb safety and police reform has to be comprehensive. has to involve the community at its roots, but also a major commitment from myself, the board of supervisors, the commissioners from the management of the police department and community based agencies there to

help us. no one answer is the magic that it has to be a comp rehensive across the field. in the ipo and road map to peace, these are not new programs. we are not announcing these as new programs, but we are announcing is a investment in what has worked and discardment of what has not worked so we get emphasis. the ipo program i watched for the last years and have done a tremendous job with the age group fraup 10 to 18. we have gotten a lot of young people to turn their heads to work with us while we build trust and get them engaged and supportive to scholarships to family support to trauma intervention to skill sets that give them a real good chance to

be involved from paid internships to city jobs to semi public private job. in evolving this we wealized particularly in the bayview as input has been giving to us by reverend brown there is a segment we are missing and thereat is the age from 18 to 25 and that is a difficult age group to intervene with because of tremendous amount of barriers built over time and deeper level of mistrust and harder cultural to really engage them. that will be our center piece for this particular round because it is most difficult and we have to figure out how people are coming out of maybe multiple incident engage with the crimial justice system to really turn the corner with

them because data has guided us and said that group has the highest propensity of violence occurring among them and if we dont do it we will not reduce the level of violence that is occurring and that data is telling us that and that is why we want to reinvest of this approach for that particular group we know the numbers are telling us, that is the group to focus on and we should not take away any of the services and support that we had from the 10 to 18, that is working. we have to domore and this is where we have a tremendous investment. >> thanks to [inaudible] medical center. recent initiative established

in the community. youths will be receiving [inaudible] over 300 will be receiving free medical test ing addressing their psychological, mental and emotional challenges and that is one factor that we have not been up with [inaudible] former surgeon general did say years ago, we should consider violence as a helths issue and many young people are living in public housing and the toxicity is in their bodies for years and is causing mental damage and that why many can't go to school and be still because of the adverse effects of mold, mildew and other environmental chemicals

that are not safe. i think that is another plus for what we are doing under your leadership to move forward. >> thank you and the only way we understand those thing is get constant community input as you and other members the advisory committee do and that is why the budget has to comprehensive reflect everything we are doing. the environment and families are asking but rather than just good services for people in poverty why not have services that end poverty. what is the meaning foreneding poverty rather than just treat the problem. these are things we are fortunate to do because we have the revenue resource squz must do them to figure outcomes rather than just treatment. that is what we emphasis in the budget and ongoing support from the health

department to social service to my brothers and sisters keeper to hope sf to puc and employment training, to constant vigilance and support for fmlies and getting out of traumatized families to creating more trust in the police reforms and constant interaction by our police department as well as other interactions from city service. with that, we'll open up for questions and hopefully-- >> [inaudible] >> i'll jump in on that. my understanding is there is allocation there if it is approved by the commission, the decision has not been made by the commission yet. >> [inaudible]

>> this money is going to office of citizen complaint. it is superate from the budget of the police department because it is by charter a independent agency. in collaboration with the director of that department she has given us what she believes is a appropriate lechbl level of support seit will hire at least 4 more investigators she manages along with a senior investigate so every officer involved shootding she will have the resources to investigate plus she has independent authority to do a recommend discipline to the commission

for officers involved in inappropriate behavior. >> so, i think there is confusion about this. the police commission both department chief and director of the occ report independently to the police commission, so the director reports to the 7 commissioners. part of the role the commission has in that way also is, identifying where there are additional needs that the director and department would need and so given the emphasis on the need for independent investigation and officer involved shootings, given the need to make sure the case loads are reasonable so the investigators can do a deeper dive into allegation of misconduct and have the cases filed with the police commission, the budget gives 5 investigators which is 20 percent [inaudible] she reports outside of the chain of the police

department to the commission. >> [inaudible] >> the occ budget is independent of the police department budget, it is two separate budgets. >> [inaudible] >> i have not. >> [inaudible] >> there is a lot going on between the district attorney and poa so having not seen the report and speaking directly to the report we appreciate the work of the committee and when we get the report we will follow through to get that to the review team from dp apartment of justice for consideration of those recommendations as appropriate. >> i commit to read report thury and discuss with the commissioners

once it has gotten to us in the final form. >> [inaudible] >> again, i listened to that, i engaged with both the protesters supporters around this and the question i continue to follow up with is, what do we get out of that particular position. i believe that the things that we are doing now are the most important things in chathe culture and have leadership responds to reforms, insigated oversight with agencies like federal department of justice as well as paying attention to community groups including this protesting group as well as all community groups city wide. in doing so, i just dont believe having a

different chief automatically gains the kind of grown work we are already gaining with reforms that we have and responses we have and constant attention to rebuilding the trust that we need to build and so you know, i have never [inaudible] it out right but always said i'm not ready to make that change if the changes we are already making are ones that are embedded in the leadership that chief suhr provided and find he is not a imp pediment and the commission which i work in concert with has felt the same. >> one man can not create this racial bigotry in the department. we share the responsibility and the

overriding issue is every person is due due process and no one has [inaudible] we live in a society and with this mayor [inaudible] some are trying to do the right thing in the community working together to deal where a systemic problem and not just one personalty. personalties which and go. [inaudible] that was one man, one administration. did we go out [inaudible] no. this position the [inaudible] i

think what we are doing now is a good thing and should stay the course. >> [inaudible] >> yes, i have. i continue to do so and i do it with the rational that i have explained earlier which is i work with the commission and chief and community groups and i work on the city wide basis. i understand the protesters demand and i respect their right to protest and even to advise us on what they believe is helpful, but i also have a responsibility to make sure

that the city moves forward in all the reforms and therefore i believe the chief is leading those reforms with the commission and unless i believe there was obstruction and believe the chife is doing the right thing. >> [inaudible] >> it is not allowed and when itprinted itself i acted quickly, swiftly, severely sending them straight to the commission for termation and that will continue to be the place. there no place in the san francisco police department for intolerance and we will continue to seek it out and act on it quickly and again the punish will be swift and severe. i do not have the authority to fire a officer,

but the commission does and they will be sent directly to the commission as has been the case with a recommendation for termation and then it is the responsibility and jurisdiction orphthe police commission. y i have to way in, on behalf the commission it is if the police department was created 5 years gow when greg suhr became chief. this was created [inaudible] to the extent they are bias we are identified in the department the quelgz are we surprised they exist, they exist in our society, the question is what wlee doing. i think it is importantiosee there is a declaration that there is no room for racism and sexism and this department is taking a proactive approach and the commission is clear there is no tolerance for that belaveier so

rather than suggest identifying officers who have a bias shows there is something drasticly wrong that is true, the question is what are we doing about it and this commission and department is clear there is no place for officers who hold those views and have taken swift action. >> good afternoon everybody and welcome to the regularly scheduled meeting of san francisco board of