>> welcome everybody. i am rudy, executive director of the violence prevention organization unite players. born and raised in san francisco. we have pretty much everybody from every walk of life in every sector from the sfpd to the private sector, community-based organizations. brothers and sisters on the other side of the wall. mothers who have lost kids to gun violence. brady campaign. mazda action. we have the sbip. my two brothers, guy and gary, you all, soldiers for real.

attorney general who is in the house. chief of police. we have everybody under one umbrella in solidarity. mayor of san francisco who is going to speak. we should have our senator here. we are all here together in solidarity to end senseless gun violence. there is so much going on right now in the city, region with the gun violence going on. somebody has to have enough courage to stand up to take a stand to let everybody know that we do not accept senseless gun violence. i am not against the second be amendment. trust me. everybody has a right as human being to protect their family, property, and community. when you run around with guns, especially ghost guns or guns in the people of the wrong hands.

we must end that. you have kids who are getting killed. two years old sleeping in the back of a car trying to get home. reporters like you guys out here trying to do your job to bring information, to be promised while gun violence and people are shot and killed to protect even you guys. everybody in between. we are here together to stand against senseless gun violence. i will bring on our attorney general of california, my brother. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. california attorney general. i am honor to be here with unite players. so many great community leaders doing their part, rolling up their leaves to make the community better. collaboration is how we get

things done working together. in united states of america every day on average 316 people are shot. that is every day. among those 106 are killed. a 23-month-old child in the back seat of his mom's car murdered by a stray bullet interstate 80. immigrant father shot in the mission district next to a playground. retired police officer murdered providing security in his retirement across the bay. when is enough going to be enough? when is the violence going to end? we cannot accept this. folks are taking a stand. we are in a full on crisis when it comes to gun violence in america. we have a serious problem in the nation that is unique in the whole world only to us. it is taking all of the above approach to cure this sick disease. i want to thank rudy, united

players for hosted the gun buy back and many partners in the fight today including mayor breed and senator weiner. at cal department of justice we are fighting to defends gun laws in court, confiscating illegally held firearms and cracking down on untraceable ghost guns. we can't do it alone. we need to fight this epidemic at every level. community-based efforts like this are part of the solution. this is the tenth year of buy back. congratulations on 10 successful years. this year and every year united players brought in approximately 350 guns. that is roughly 3500 guns over 10 years they are doing the gun buy back. some link to serious crime are

off the streets because of this one single effort. 3500 guns. thankfully, this effort is not just here. it is duplicated across the state and nation. that is many guns off the street. i support this work united players leading. they have a close connection with the community and they are on the ground to keep the neighborhoods safe. this is important work. if you want to get rid of guns, come down and make a difference this saturday. it just takes one bullet from one gun to kill, to end alive, to leave an irrepairable wound for a family and entire community. thank you, united players for your work and to promote safety and opportunity. i will hand it back to rudy. i want to acknowledge i have to

catch a flight to southern california to announce an operation in san bernadino where we have taken deadly firearms off the street. we are committed to this important work. i didn't want to miss this opportunity to be part of this effort to thank rudy and united players for your efforts to make the communities and neighborhoods safer. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, rob. attorney general california. before our next speaker i want to say real quick this collaboration would not happen without front line soldiers. what i mean by that we have teams here that put their life on the line every day. i definitely have to acknowledge sbip. sometimes people don't see the work they do when they are out

in the field in the trenches, in the mud. people wouldn't go. i wanted to say to you brothers and sisters doing this work. my brother from us against us right here. this brother right here is everywhere and anywhere. this brother is everywhere. i want to thank you for him and the leadership of my team, 23 people including the moms doing outreach, gun buy back saturday. a brother who has been organizing other guys who came home from doing a life sentence. my brother everett butler. he came home with a life sentence to organize 23 other guys and girls who came home from behind the walls that are out there leading the way to stop violence.

i want to applauds you for being a change agent, brother. i want to bring on our senator, scott weiner. scott, come on up. [applause] >> thank you, rudy. i am continually in awe of united players for the work it does. gun buy back every year to keep our community safe, work that up did during the pandemic to up sport so many families struggling. it is an amazing organization to help people turn their lives around, helps people get on track, keeps young people on track and supports everyone. thank you, united players. it is a scary time in this country when it comes to guns. we know the data is really clear that the more guns you have, the

more gun violence you are going to have. this fantasy that everyone can have a gun or 10 guns as long as they are responsible it is good. there is a direct correlation. the more guns in state, community, society, more people are going to get shot and killed. it played out again a few weeks ago. more high school students getting murdered by another student who had access to a gun. his parents gave him the gun. this has to stop. we know our federal government, congress is paralyzed. can't even pass the most basic reforms with 90% support in the country. members of congress have taken to posing with young children with assault rifles. it is sending the wrong message.

i am worried what take radical supreme court might do in terms of the second amendment. we can't control the federal government. we need to take it back and change change. we can control locally. in california we have some of the strongest gun safety laws in the country and it has an impact. we will continue to work in sacramento. you have my commitment. locally we can take action here. what united players is doing with gun buy back is taking large numbers of guns off the street. it is so impactful. i look forward to saturday. let's keep fighting. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, scott. i cannot forget my brothers from

cyc. thank you, rico and henry. where is henry? we got stories. i ain't going to share them now. next we have a couple more speakers. i will bring up the chief of police of san francisco, my brother, chief bill scott. [applause] >> good morning everybody. i want to first of all, say thank you. i know many of you might not know how much work it takes to keep us all safe. there is a community infrastructure that is absolutely necessary to get guns off the streets, to reduce gun violence and to engage with people who are the most at risk. what i am here to tell you this morning is the people that you see surrounding me, people from the community. mothers, fathers, people that

have been through the criminal justice system and come out to help their community. that is what it takes. that is what it takes to lift a city up, lift a community up. i am so thankful to be in partnership with united plays and all of the -- united players so we can make a difference. we have to make a difference. far too many times we knocked on doors to say a mother, father, aunt, uncle or brother or sister their child is not coming home. we have to do everything we cannot to allow that to happen. 10 years of gun buy backs 3500 guns off the streets is the way to do that. i am very thankful for the partnership and for these people that are surrounding me that do

the workday in and day out. they are all doing treacherous situations. they don't have equipment that i have. they don't have backup. they have back up because they have us. they don't have body armor and guns and radios and things that we do. those of us in law enforcement. they are out there day in and day out getting the job done. i thank them and i hope you thank them. i shout out to one of the captains from the southern district, tim, who supports united players and this effort. he is a partner as well. they are members of the san francisco police department. thank you for allowing me to be part of it. we have got to be here. when you are here it is serious. the chief is in the building.

we have a couple more speakers to bring up. he is my brother. district supervisor, district 6. give it up for matt haney. [applause] >> thank you, rudy. thank you, united players, cyc, moms that demand action. this is what it looks like when people who have seen firsthand the pain and devastation that is caused from gun violence come together for solutions. these folks are in our community in the south of market every day working with young people, working to prevent violence. some folks have been working here for a long time. they have served time, incarcerated and come back to our community to prevent harm and violence hatching to anyone

else -- happening to anyone else. that is a power full statement of what it looks like when we listen to and support the people who know what needs done. i thank sfpd, chief scott, senator weiner and attorney gen. so many of us watching what is happening in the city are watching what is happening across the country. there could be a sense of powerlessness when it comes to gun violence. we see it on the tv. we don't know how to help. this is a way to help to get guns out of places where they hurt people and get them destroyed so they never hurt anyone again. this is a way to help. a lot of people might think i

have a family member or friend in the home. it is safe. >> it is not safe. and the data bears this out. if there is a gun in the home there is an exponential increase somebody is hurt from violence, accident or suicide. we have in this country about twice as many people who die of suicide and from homicide. very often that is because there is a gun accessible to them. often teenagers. people who for whatever reason feel depressed or afraid. experiencing violence or trauma they may being a decision we can never bring back. i lost my best friend 19 years old to suicide.

he shot and killed himself because he had access to the gun. if you have a gun in the home please consider bringing to the gun buy back on saturday. if you think this will never be used in an act of violence somebody could be hurt or die because they hurt themselves. we can save lives with the gun bike. they have been doing it for 10 years. >> if you know someone with a gun and they will get rid of it, that can save someone's life. we hope to see you this saturday. >> as we anticipate and weight for our mayor to speak, i have to make sure we have people survivors of gun violence. my brother dame me another on .

on. i am a san francisco native. i am one of the individuals who have been on both sides. shot five times in the city. i have also served 10 year in prison for possession of firearm. i am part of all of the gun buy backs. i am in charge of violent cheers that come out. it is very important that we get home -- guns out of homes. we see a lot of senior community come out, husband passed on. he had a lot of guns. they are in the house. i want you to think about a father who passed on who

collected guns properly now his wife and grand children are in the home or someone breaks in the house. now someone not trained to use the weapon has 10 unregistered guns out in the community. that is what we fight against. not against the second amendment if you are trained through the proper channels you have the right to bear arms and defend yourself. that was the case in my situation. if i didn't have a gun i wouldn't have done 10 years in prison. i am screaming loud and proud in support of these amazing community activist i work with every day on the front lines. i had a meeting yesterday at the youth lounge with the district

attorney's office. we had the family of jada who caught a stray bullet. those individuals didn't have a registered firearm, now the family has to deal with the holidays without their baby girl. i can't have it. i have been fighting for it. i will continue to fight. i will stand here. i am going to keep on doing it. we have been doing it for 10 years. we will do it for 10, 20 or more, whatever it takes. thank you, rudy. >> i want to acknowledge my brother rod. front line soldier. thank you for putting your life on the line every day. that is one of the highest

sacrifices you can do on this planet is to put your life in front of somebody else's life. to sacrifice your light so people will live. we are brothers and sisters on both sides of the guns. i want to bring up somebody who lost their kid to gun violence. a mother. you can never know the mother's pain when you lose one of your kids. mamma lia, you all. >> thank you. thank you for being here for us mothers who lost children to gun violence. thank you sfpd, san francisco police department for working with up and all of us to get guns off our streets.

i stand today other as mother representing killing for families and nation and representing every mother and father, brother and sister who lost a child to gun violence. i am elizabeth torres and i lost two sons to gun violence. it is a pain no mother or father or family member should have to endure. i am here for my sons. francis to and al better to. the weapons used to kill them had the numbers scratched off. i fought because i couldn't see in this city or any other cities someone coming into rob my sons from me.

they had a future. i sacrificed to bring them up the right way. yet the bullets found them and took them away from our families. the most important thing to say is to the mothers out there, fathers, sisters, brothers, cousins who loved and lost their dear once, take a breath. take a spend. i know you want justice. justice is going to come at its own time, not in yours. what you can do in the meantime, take care of yourself. your loved ones are looking at you. yes, i do believe that. if god could open up a window to our lives what we are doing. what do we want our loved ones

to be proud how we are taking care of ourselves. they would want us to keep going. after all we are the only ones that can help and bring justice by being an example, by cop operating with the police. by getting on the investigators to not let them forget or loved ones. that is what we could do. the holidays are rough. every holiday, anniversary, birthday. it is very hard. go easy on yourself. please stay away from the drugs, alcohol, anger. get into peace. that is the most precious gift. find your peace. thank you very much. (applause).

>> thank you. as we anticipate and wait for the mayor to get here, i want to say it is serious business, you all. this is not no game. one of those bullets leave the chamber from the gun, it is going to destroy everything in its path. that bullet that has no name on it does not discriminate. it will kill and destroy anything it comes out. black, white, pepper min stripe, paul, gay, straight, doesn't matter. a lot of guns out here in the hands of people. reckless people that should not have guns in their hands. that is what we are about. getting guns off the streets. destroying the guns so they will

end somebody's life that will affect the community. you will see the ripple effect it would do. if that 2-year-old kid had not got shot and lived or the guy who was protecting the camera people was alive you don't know what impact this person will make on this planet. it destructs everything in its path. why do we do this? >> i am not against the second amendment. i am a survival. that is why i am passionate about this. i will bring up somebody else who is very passionate. on both sides of the gun. i want to bring up my brother, everett butler. shots out for urban for the

great work you all do. >> good morning. as i listened to the stories, i was a promoter of senseless gun violence. one of the decisions i made cost me the death penalty. after knowing i could sit on death row for two years, wow. that is traumatizing. we ain't going to talk about the lives taken and the life taken in doing the life i lived because i chose it. i made the conscious decision to become a gang member. then i ended up in prison. it saved my life. prison afforded me to be out hear what i am doing for the community every day. where you meet us? in the back field.

a lot of work. we have to show up. it is not hard. it has to be done. we don't do it. saturn it in. help us save another life. i will share something before i leave. day of remembrance was right here on the steps of city hall. it was a picture of a youngster killed watching fireworks. fireworks. you in what the picture read? don't shoot. i want to grow up. if that can't encourage me to get out and help stop it, i don't know what will. i encourage you to get out here and help us do what we do. one bang, one sound. that is all we got.

boots on the ground. me and my brother had 10toes, one sock. facts for gun buy back. this is important. this saturday, december 11, 8:08 howard street in san francisco gun buy back. one hundred dollars handguns. $200 for assault rifles. no questions asked. pull up we will give you the cash. we ain't asking for id, no information. we will give you your money when you turn-in your guns. guns in the trunk or walk up. you know, either way it doesn't matter. we have a team trained to make

sure they are professionally handled. this is not easy around a lot of people driving up with guns. you have people against what we do. we have to make sure we stay professional, vigilant. anything can happen. everybody involved will demand action. brady campaign and community-based organizations and sponsors. don't forget our sponsors. weed dispensaries who supported making it happen. private sector. sbip. everybody on stage. urban brothers and sisters, united players, chief of police. everybody coming together to make this happen. shout out to our district supervisor. asha.

supportive against gun violence. altogether if we pull one gun off the street that will make the difference. with that said i will bring up one of our sisters on the front line who comes out all of the time to help with the gun buy back support. shantay. say some words. >> good morning. you put me on the spot. i want to thank rudy. i appreciate this gun buyback. i lost my brother in 1998. once the victim is gone, it is the families affected. to this day i am still affected by it. i stand before you and do this work for the street violence intervention to save another

life. thank you, rudy. thank you to all of you guys that are in support of gun buy back to those out there one gun can change one life. thank you. >> you got to get ready that is how we got to stay 10toes to the ground. captain falvey. >> i am proud to work with united players to participate in the gun buy back. we will bring out enough staff to retrieve these firearms from vehicles to take them if they walk up, we have them destroyed through property control division. a lot of reasons for the gun buy

back are stated. i will reiterate. a lot of people have guns in their homes they inhaled or relative passed on and you are never going to use that gun in your mind. you don't won't children finding your gun in a closet. don't say a burglar are looking in closets for guns. we don't want that to harp. this is our tenth year to do this. third year participating as captain. i will be there at 8:00 in the morning. you have heard why we do this. i ask people to come participate and bring guns. take the money for holiday shopping, get the community safer and we will continue to work with united players until the guns are off the street. it is the long process. the officers at southern station

will be there with them and the rest of the sfpd. thank you. >> i think she is pulling up. i want to bring out another leader of san francisco who has been leading the way to help making change. district supervisor asha. >> i will say real quick, you know this issue with regard to violence in the city, guns, illegal guns on the street. opportunity to have a buy back program driven by the community for the community. i appreciate united players and all people that have driven this conversation. we are here to be support and always think about safety. this is a really important opportunity to look to folks with experience and history with

violence. turn their lives around and drive safety for the community. i appreciate that. thank you so much for the opportunity to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you. we caught you off guard. i don't care if you are sfpd with a gun in your house up locked and loaded with children in the house. turn those guns in. i will shout out to the urban brothers right there. front line. [applause] >> she is here, you all. i will bring up the san francisco leader. our mayor london breed. [applause]. >> mayor breed: thank you, rudy. i want to take this opportunity to celebrate and recognize so many amazing organizations who

have been at the forefront of addressing the challenges around violence in our city. in fact, as we celebrate 10 years of doing this gun buy back and betting thousands of guns off the street and out of people's hands it is important to recognize that this work is not easy. yes, this gun buy back is important. the work we do to change policies in this opportunity tree and city are critically to turning things around for the communities. shout out to so many people who are on the front lines including street violence intervention. can you raise your hands if you are joining us today from urbannal cammy and svip.

these are the people who constantly put themselves in harm's way with united players to ensure the safety of the communities throughout san francisco. they are always there when there is a tragedy orthopedic any situation. brady, mom to demand action, united players leading can cause. which one would stop something from hatching because we don't be want to lose people in the city and opportunity tree to gun violence. we can do it. i want to voice supervisor stefani. yesterday we signed legislation banning the sale, distribution

and purchasing of these ghost guns that had been rampant in our community. last year alone 42% of the lines in san francisco. imagine if those ghost guns never entered our streets. those people would be alive today. thank you so much steve scott for your work and helps us get guns off the streets of san francisco. mattie scott is not here from the healing circle. she has been at the forefront of advocating for change. she is a mom who lost her son. who was an amazing person.

i grew up with him in my neighborhood. there were people like george scott and others i grew up with that i police, that i loved as we played in the schoolyard and played tag and all kinds of other fun games before there social media and technology. when i go to united players and go to their home. i see the board with the people that we lost. african-american and latino men in the city mostly in their hail teens and early 20s. i know almost every person on those boards. what we ask people to do put down the weapon. here is your opportunity. no questions asked. turn-in your guns.

let's have peace on our streets. let's have love on the streets. come together like we once did before. we were one san francisco to catch buses all over to the bayview. sunnydale by 501. we were in every community in the city growing up. we can get back there. it has everything to do with putting down the guns. you have these incredible people and organizations to emplace you and help you turn your life around. to those with guns and lock boxes. turn them in. for parents know your child is struggling for mental illness or

you may by him a gun? i appreciate parents being held accountable in that particular case. we are better than that. getting guns off the streets why we are here today. what team takuma sato at 10 -- no questions asked no questions asked. turn-in your guns. make san francisco and this country a safer place so that your child is not the next victim. thank you. (applause). >> thank you, london. leader of our city. before we end i want to say do not wait until somebody you love and you know is shot or hurt and

is victim of gun violence. you need to get involved. do not wait until somebody you love or somebody you know gets shot and killed before you say i want to get involved. like mattie scott would say it is about. none of us. special shout out to james who helps us get together under one umbrella to unify to ender the gun violence. a lot of people helping us out. front line soldier. i see you. all of you guys. reporters. you feel up safe because you felt unsafe about you getting

robbed. >> it is not going to happily with us. look at the front line soldiers her to protect community and pemin between. you are looking at them right here right now. the brothers on front line, sister, leslie. chief of police our super-veessors coming together to end the gun violence. thank you for coming and taking a chance. we got your back.

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>> supervisor melgar: good afternoon. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the december 13, 2021 regular meeting of the land use transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. i would also like to