my name is [inaudible] and i also volunteer at the [inaudible] founded by felicia jones. last month, as we have the month prior, we called in to make comment during the [inaudible] case. [inaudible] never has the police commission spent the amount of time that they have about [inaudible]. thank you. that's all. >> clerk: thank you, caller. >> good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello. my name is david aaronson, and i'm a member of district 1 and a member of disparities in the black community, founded by felicia jones [inaudible] department of justice community oriented policing services. these recommendations were made by the federal d.o.j. after numerous killings of -- by the sfpd of san franciscans, mostly black and brown, particularly from 2014 to 2015. the d.o.j. came to san francisco in 2016 as the city hit a boiling point of unrest. the former chief was made to resign after months of protests calling for his ouster. in the years that the sfpd has been reporting its prorace statistics from 2016 to the present, the antiblack disparity has continued unabated

the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community, miss felicia jones. and finally, the program director for bay area community resources, miss ruth barajas. [applause] >> so with that we'll work our way starting with you, arturo and work our way to the end. today we're going to talk a little bit about implementation specifically around fellowship, guaranteed income, and what some of the organizations are doing to support that work. but first, we want to understand workforce and training programs. can you talk about some of the challenges that this city is experiencing with workforce training programs and how that relates to violence prevention? >> do you want to ask me first? okay. well, i think people have spoken about some of the problems of people of color, right? and there's sects, groups, turfs, and a lot of the problems that we have are behavioral problems. when you talk about the elephant in the room, we don't talk enough about substance abuse. back in the 80s when everybody knew about crack and in the 60s and 70s when i was a kid it was about he

the founder of wealth and disparities in the black community, miss felicia jones. and finally, the program director for bay area community resources, miss ruth barajas. [applause] >> so with that we'll work our way starting with you, arturo and work our way to the end. today we're going to talk a little bit about implementation specifically around fellowship, guaranteed income, and what some of the organizations are doing to support that work. but first, we want to understand workforce and training programs. can you talk about some of the challenges that this city is experiencing with workforce training programs and how that relates to violence prevention? >> do you want to ask me first? okay. well, i think people have spoken about some of the problems of people of color, right? and there's sects, groups, turfs, and a lot of the problems that we have are behavioral problems. when you talk about the elephant in the room, we don't talk enough about substance abuse. back in the 80s when everybody knew about crack and in the 60s and 70s when i was a kid it was about he