tv Sheriffs Oversight Commission SFGTV January 13, 2025 9:00am-9:31am PST
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january 10, 2025, this is united states of america and san francisco we're no session. >> i'd like to call the meeting to order. dan please roll call. >> i can - >> okay. we are actually not meeting don't have to quorum present today so we are cancelling today's meeting. the meeting will revert to a public information session short one own the budget. >> okay. >> um, inspector general terry wiley my last duties as inspector general to give an overview this this year's budget i'll start with what are are the duties of the inspector general and the purpose for mit a sufficient budget. charter
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section lays out the roles and roundabout of the office of the inspector general and we conduct investigations complabt against the sheriff's office about employees and or contractors we investigate the death of any individual while in the custody of the san francisco sheriff's department and make disciplinary actions to the sheriff. we also evaluate with policy review parallel that mind for the use of force and we develop and recommend policies for the sheriff's office. and we report an anti they're overall operations and construct hearings if necessary that's the role of the inspector general. and this year um, as a relates
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to the budget there are not any major changes from the last presentation of the budget which was made in december of 24. so i'll move pot mayors budget instructions and the button instructions are basically the priorities that the mayor's office has laid out for the overall budget and also the budget of the specific agencies within the city and county of san francisco. and one is to maintain the first priority so maintain core city services safety and clean streets and continuing to make progress decreasing unsheltered i homelessness and insuring mental health treatment and third for
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opportunity to improve the operational sufficient excuse me - efficient in service delivery and reporting across all areas of the city services all to reduce their budget thinking by 15 percent and all city funding for over night and air travel is prohibited. >> so in terms of our proposed budget we are looking at a proposed budget of one $.4 million plus and there is no change from what we requested back if december of 2024 no change in the number of positions we're requesting and no real changes to the salaries
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and benefits. now what is the a impact of current budget? well it is significant to the office of the inspector general in that the origin budget was presented three years ago didn't include sufficient funding foreseeable personnel and a infrastructure of the office of the inspector general. which didn't allow us to meet the mandate the charter mandate have been laid out by 4.137 of the charter. >> and will unless the budget will we're requesting is not necessary there may result in further reductions and will allow we've been reduced to the phone i don't much more you can reduce from the inspector
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general budget we're to maintain a positive attitude in hopes that things get birth in terms of the financial health of the city and county of san francisco. and specifically the office of the inspector general. and with that, any has questions or comments? and if not questions questions or comments. thank you. >> okay. [off mic.] >> yeah. >> thank you the meeting is
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>> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state
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university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our products and fun to come in and
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look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we have minimal hours because of our small team during covid. we do welcome visitors to come in and browse through our products. also, visit us online. we have minimal hours. it is nice to set up viewings of these products here.
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>> bring up person that [laughter]. for me it was we had neighbors growing up that were fold my dad he is raising me wrong for having me pursue the things that are not traditionally female roles. and i think the biggest barrier to anyone in general is when you have cultural norms that make you feel like you can't do something that make you doubt yourself and make you feel you should not be there i don't belong. those other big efbarriers i think that is the thing to focus on the most is belong everyone should belong here. [music]
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>> wishing we trained women grow in production. and recording arts and so we have everything from girls night classes for middle and high school girls. we have certification academy program. that would be women and gender [inaudible] adid you tell us. progress in the internship frm program where they are working in the studios. they are helping to mentor the youth in the youth programs and the job place am component. most of the time we hire interns instructors in our programs and engineer in our studios here. we have conferences we do all overnight country and we have
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concerts that we feature bay area women and gender artists. [music] [music] >> an education forward organization. and so advocacy organization. dedicated to closing the gender gap and the audio and production industries. >> started out of the lead answer, why is there a critical gender gap in this industry that started at city college. why are there so few in this
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class i was ashamed i did not have the answer being a feminist. why have i never thought of this i have been in the industry for decades and why have i accept today of all people. it was out of that and unraffling it. actually started the infernship last fall and just fell in love with all the things about women's oshg mission because we are diverse and so many aspects of audio i did not know and i feel like eyes opened up and i gained a lot of confidence in myself and other fells and queer people in the industry i felt there was more connection and community. ironically my time in the industry is all pretty good. i think what happened is i was raised by a father who is an engineer. i was comfortable being strounlded by men all the time in his lab i was used to technology. when i got in industry my mentors were men and i saw i had a unique importance that got mow in the place i could be fluent and navigate something difficult and it was the norm for me. what if it was not woman was createed provide it for everybody. have this environment you are surrounded by technology and people that are going to support you and get you in this industry in a good way. i have been interested in audio i was never train in music took piano when i was a kid. i never pursued it because not a lot of women doing that. and my family is not musically inclined. when i want to davis the first time i took a music class there were few females in the class. like a rodey for my dayed was
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load you will the mixers and monitors and the giant speakers and gigs and help run out the cables and take things down and set up mics i did all of that growing up and never occurred to mow that that was a field they could at all. and then one i could pursue i didn't nobody else was doing temperature my dad and then i go with him to studios and see -- the men in the studio. dj for 5 years now and comments you get like wow you are a girl dj that is crazy. that is wild. and i have great moments where it does not happen. and they treat me like easy. telling mow what to do they correct mow in ways that make me feel less i sprjs the opposite
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and i notice hand's on like you don't know what you are doing rather than asking me. not consistent times it happens. it is like when i talk to other females they are like say the same things it is like funny i know that nice men don't experience tht main thing triggers me when i experience different treatment and that happens a lot in the audio world. industry is changing slowly. there is still that issue making the places that are places belonging for everybody. i don't think so. having a studio where it is not all run by white men like most studios. the studios are only in the word built and run by women. it has been super normalize
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thered are opportunity for girls and nonbinary people. you go in school and middle and high schoolers know that this is a field. this is a thing there are many jobs you can have in this field. some producing pod casts to setting up live shows. there are so many things you can do >> wee go in and teach the audio skills and give them equipment. i pads and then teach them how to make music and they get to come in here and will getting the tools to people who don't have t. that is really important to me. that's why i was like wow. i want to be there for other fell and queer people who don't have the opportunity and also to be a mentor for them to really push them to experiment and not going to break it. does not matter if it sounds bad that is the point to try it. i think it is the goal to see
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confidence what they are doing and passionate and asking for hymn and excite body learning and excited about making music and it changed my life to realize i'm callented in the field i can make music without being trained to it it is amazing to be able to be part of that process and -- ushering women to the field. we can entirely transform how -- the technology part of what you hear every day. we can put xhg something in women's points of view in this every time. it affects the store and he messaging. think our best example is how we transformed an entire city. place that major artists on tour one of the men looks likeip don't get it there are woman every where i go and the person
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was like you are in san francisco. you like oh , you are right it is here. most venues have graduates we are grateful to the city for that reason because than i supported us at the beginning. following your curiosity and interest and don't let anybody get in the way what is presented to you, go for t. no matter what! we are here for a reason. find what it is. don't let somebody else tell you what it is. you are the oldsmobile one that have bcan kow when you are supposed to do. go do it.
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♪♪ >> san francisco! ♪♪ >> this is an exhibition across departments highlighting different artworks from our collection. gender is an important part of the dialogue. in many ways, this exhibition is contemporary. all of this artwork is from the 9th century and spans all the way to the 21st century. the exhibition is organized into
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seven different groupings or themes such as activities, symbolism, transformation and others. it's not by culture or time period, but different affinities between the artwork. activities, for example, looks at the role of gender and how certain activities are placed as feminine or masculine. we have a print by uharo that looks at different activities that derisionly performed by men. it's looking at the theme of music. we have three women playing traditional japanese instruments that would otherwise be played by men at that time. we have pairings so that is looking within the context of gender in relationships. also with how people are questioning the whole idea of pairing in the first place.
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we have three from three different cultures, tibet, china and japan. this is sell vanity stot relevar has been fluid in different time periods in cultures. sometimes being female in china but often male and evoking features associated with gender binaries and sometimes in between. it's a lovely way of tying all the themes together in this collection. gender and sexuality, speaking from my culture specifically, is something at that hasn't been recently widely discussed. this exhibition shows that it's gender and sexuality are actually have been considered
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and complicated by dialogue through the work of artists and thinking specifically, a sculpture we have of the hindu deities because it's half pee male and half male. it turns into a different theme in a way and is a beautiful representation of how gender hasn't been seen as one thing or a binary. we see that it isn't a modest concept. in a way, i feel we have a lot of historical references and touch points throughout all the ages and in asian cultures. i believe san francisco has close to 40% asian. it's a huge representation here in the bay area. it's important that we awk abouk about this and open up the discussion around gender. what we've learned from
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organizing this exhibition at the museum is that gender has been something that has come up in all of these cultures through all the time periods as something that is important and relevant. especially here in the san francisco bay area we feel that it's relevant to the conversations that people are having today. we hope that people can carry that outside of the museum into their daily lives. >> the city of san francisco invest nothing resources to care for people experiencing a mental
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health or substance use crisis on the streets this includes new programs and the expansion of pilots. >> paramedic and street crisis. you all right? >> when we receive a call on 911 when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, the street crisis response team would be sent out for that person. more people are looking at 911 for the medical or police or fire response this is actually a response that is needed on 911, mental health is a big issue. >> we are like another tool in the box. because sometimes people call 911 and will not want to go to the hospital. >> and other times people are afraid of safety or worried about the person and -- sometimes they will send pd out which may not be the best resource for that person. jot street crisis response team assists and stabilizes many experiencing crisis on the
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street. >> sometimes people have more complex needs. behavioral health clinicians from the team or best, provide follow up care after the initial 911 call response. >> best provides street behavioral health support over dose follow up and linkage to appropriate mental health treatment and medical care. >> behavioral health starts with us and the coalitions that can relate. and build the friendships and the resource this is go with that. >> if you are experiencing an emergency, or a worried about someone's safety on the street, call 911. for nonemergency, use 311. you can learn more >> so i'm linda i'm part owner and manager of the paper tree in jeopardy an town. >> paper tree opened by my
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parent in 1968. so we other second oldest business in jap an town. at 55 years this year. we have beautiful papers from japan, thailand, italy, korea and the biggest selection of orgami. i do it because of my grand father and he wrote to the first english in it in the early 50s. he had an import business to import japanese goods and of course we had our line of paper. to go with the books he produced. it is something i have been doing since i was 5 and i'm happy to say i'm a designer now and of course having paper tree. it is grit. >> during the pandemic i wanted do something to make a statement to help combat the asian hate that was prevalent at that time.
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and so i put a call out to have a thousand hearts. this is a spin on the tradition of holding 1,000 cranes when you have a wish. well, a thousand cranes does not make a statement enough why not change it and a call for a thousand hearts? i created a website dedicated to the project. a video and fold heart instructions. people sent them in the first mont was 1,000 hearts. they kept coming in. and the next goal was 7, 698, which was the total number of case of reported hate by the ap i website. those were the reported case of hate. there are more not reported. that became the new goal. we achieved 2 months later. the hearts were coming in it it is a big project, we have it part of our store. anyone can come and fold an easy
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heart. keeping that part of the japanese tradition of this in that way here in japantown is pretty special. its great. . >> thank you all for being here . first i want to express my deep concern for everyone affected by the wildfires down in southern california and our first responders working to keep them safe. given this morning's earthquake and the one we had about ten minutes ago, i want to remind san franciscans of the importance of emergency preparedness
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