sarah. >> thank you, supervisor shamann walton. i'm beyond honored to have this opportunity to share, you know, my story and the story of so many immigrant families and san franciscans. i'm a proud san franciscan myself. went to mission high school. and i'm so excited to be here. first, i want to thank the chair. chair hillary ronen, for your kindness and support. and again honor to be here with all of you. thank you, supervisor stefani. you have been so supportive and it has been an honor to work with you, along with also supervisor gordon mar. i think together we're going to win in november. and i just can't wait to have the biggest party in town. [laughter] so gabriel and i will be presenting a power point. so gabriel, can you share your screen? >> i can. >> gabriel medina is the campaign co-chair. gabriel, do you want to share a few words? >> sure. well, just logistics. thank you all, of course. thank you chair ronen and sponsor walton and unanimous supervisors for this measure. we're going to start this off. i'm going to jump

i spe with san francisco supervisor shamann walton on friday about t proposal. shamann walt, what provoked this new measure? >> well, we're just ted of seeing unarmed black man, unarmed by law enforcement, and there be no consequence. and so, one, obviously there're some thingthat we have to do to address that issue, but also there are things we can do to bv tative. and so, urging the civil service commission to never hire anyone that has had excessive force complaints, that have had racial profiling complaints or complaints of misconduct in another >> sreenivasan: what about, one of the clauses that you had was even if they left in the middle of an investigation. is that something that y seeing? we perceived to be happening.we, and if someone is in the middle of an investigation and theyld leave, that she a red flag in itself.an and so, weto make sure again that we do everything we can to have common sense policies that says we're not going to hire anyone as a part of our law enforcement bodies rat are coming to harm ou residents. >> sreenivasan: do you think th

sarah. >> thank you, supervisor shamann walton.this opportunity to share, you know, my story and the story of so many immigrant families and san franciscans. i'm a proud san franciscan myself. went to mission high school. and i'm so excited to be here. first, i want to thank the chair. chair hillary ronen, for your kindness and support. and again honor to be here with all of you. thank you, supervisor stefani. you have been so supportive and it has been an honor to work with you, along with also supervisor gordon mar. i think together we're going to win in november. and i just can't wait to have the biggest party in town. [laughter] so gabriel and i will be presenting a power point. so gabriel, can you share your screen? >> i can. >> gabriel medina is the campaign co-chair. gabriel, do you want to share a few words? >> sure. well, just logistics. thank you all, of course. thank you chair ronen and sponsor walton and unanimous supervisors for this measure. we're going to start this off. i'm going to jump in the middle. and then sara

supervisor, shamann walton once these people who are making the phone calls to police to be held accountable. >>and this is great because it's leading to death. >>harm. there should be some some some couples are using them. resources and leading to the armed people from these phone calls. >>walton also ask the board of supervisors to redirect sfpd funding to the black community, an act that he says should be viewed as reparations. well to the north and now there's been a spike in coronavirus cases at san quentin state prison. now a coalition of advocacy groups want the state to release the inmates kron four's phillipe djegal reports. >>the california department of corrections and rehabilitation says san quentin state prison's covid-19 testing rate for inmates is about 3 times the state and national testing rates. but san francisco attorney michael bien says that's not enough. he represents prisoners in a class action lawsuit against the state they need more testing. >>they need were pp protective equipment and they need more. >>cleaning supplies but certainly the new population reduction the

. >> reporter: holding officers accountable when they break the rules will lead to change, shamann walton says. >> walton is introducing a resolution tomorrow, urging the board to support legislation preventing sfpd from hiring officers from other department who's have a record of excessive force. while lawmakers work to change the rules, protesters continue to speak up, demanding it. >> if nothing changes after this, we're lost. this has to stop. >> reporter: jean elle, nbc bay area news. >>> as for protests in walnut creek, they moved from downtown streets to 680 where demonstrators blocked traffic and smashed some car windows. police eventually used tear gas to break up the crowd. in palo alto, four protesters walked right onto 101 at embarcadero, triggering a major traffic backup. the officers were able to detain a couple of them. some of the others ran off. traffic was held up, though, for about an hour. and in dublin, in the east bay, dozens marched through the streets until finally reaching the police station. they held signs, and they took a knee during the security fence. in the

i'd like to call my on my colleague, shamann walton. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much, chair fewer. i just have a few questions. and this is in regards to item number 9. can you share with the committee the process for selecting and distributing resources under this pot of money? >> sure. so the procurement for these community development block grant dollars was part of a larger request for proposals that was put out in the fall of 2019. that included both community development block grant dollars, as well as general fund dollars and housing trust fund dollars. it's part of that comprehensive process. we put it out, you know, in august. it went through a review and evaluation process. the initial recommendations were issued -- i would want to say perhaps back in february. and while we are moving forward now with the federal portion, because those dollars were not necessarily affected by the city's own budgeting process, we have another set of recommendations that will be coming out at a later date, with the federal fund dollars. so although it was all one large procurement, we are

reporter: in response to the nationwide outcry for police reforms, mayor london breed and supervisor shamann walton want to redirect funding from the city's police department to groups in the black community. he says his community could use the money. >> we need help in this community. >> reporter: the mayor's proposal didn't specify how much he planned to take from the police budget. bill scott said even though his department is already short 100 officers, he understands the mayor's intent. >> as painful as any cuts will be, we are committed to doing what we have to do to change the narrative on policing. >> reporter: the san francisco police officers union is critical of the plan saying the mayor could still support the african-american community without cutting badly needed police funds. >> you don't have to take that from the police budget. we're a city that has a $12.3 billion budget, even before all of the other stuff happens. >> reporter: the mayor says she'll include the police department cuts when she submits her budget in office. espinola hopes some will trickle back to a community trying

san francisco supervisor shamann walton says holding officers accountable when they break the rules willead to change. walton is introducing a resolution today urging the board to support legislation preventing sfpd from hiring officers from other departments with a record of excessive force. actor jamie foxx was at the protest here at city hall yesterday. he also spoke out against police brutality. >> really fight for prosecution and incarceration when our young people, our black people, our people of color, our people are killed by law enforcement. >> there has to be a deterrent. >> right? >> if that man can be happenndcd and that man can sit on his neck for that long and feel comfortable about it, that means he's not afraid of what's going to happen. we have to change the language. ds sayinger: foxx had a message it's not enough to tweet or text. you have to get out here. now the public defender is also speaking out against police brutality. he's saying change the policies and especially don't use a knee on the neck or the head when someone is on the ground. reporting live in san fran

supervisor, shamann walton wants those people who are making the calls to police to be held accountable. >>at this rate because it's leading to death. every real harm. there should be some some some couples are using them. resources and leading to the armed people from these phone calls. >>walton has also asked the board of supervisors to redirect sfpd funding to the black community an act that he says should be viewed as reparations. >>and in the east bay there's a proposal to rename a street in downtown walnut creek to support the black lives matter movement. along the creek ceo sent an open letter to the city council asking them to make a public announcement that the city supports and promotes black owned businesses and organizations. the ceo wrote quote one planet group would finance the project and that would include painting a black lives matter mural on bonanza street in downtown walnut creek. also asking for the change of name of the street to black lives matter way. >>so the kron 4 morning news felony murder is among nearly a dozen charges an ex officer is now facing in atlanta

that these incidents are examples of blatant racial discrimination, san francisco supervisor, shamann walton wants those people who are making those calls to police to be held accountable. >>at this rate because it's leading to death. every real harm. there should be some some some time on sundays resources and leading to the harm people from these phone calls. >>supervisor walton has also asked the board of supervisors to read event redirect sfpd funding to the black community an act that he says should be viewed as reparations. >>well to the east and now there's a new proposal to rename a street in downtown walnut creek to support the black lives matter movement. walnut creek ceo sent out an open letter to the city council asking them to make a public announcement that the city supports and promotes a black owned businesses and organizations. the ceo wrote quote one planet group would finance the project, including painting a black lives matter murals on bonanza street and also asked to change the name of the street, a black lives matter way. well to the south right now san jose is creatin

sarah. >> thank you, supervisor shamann walton.ond honored to have this opportunity to share, you know, my story and the story of so many immigrant families and san franciscans. i'm a proud san franciscan myself. went to mission high school. and i'm so excited to be here. first, i want to thank the chair. chair hillary ronen, for your kindness and support. and again honor to be here with all of you. thank you, supervisor stefani. you have been so supportive and it has been an honor to work with you, along with also supervisor gordon mar. i think together we're going to win in november. and i just can't wait to have the biggest party in town. [laughter] so gabriel and i will be presenting a power point. so gabriel, can you share your screen? >> i can. >> gabriel medina is the campaign co-chair. gabriel, do you want to share a few words? >> sure. well, just logistics. thank you all, of course. thank you chair ronen and sponsor walton and unanimous supervisors for this measure. we're going to start this off. i'm going to jump in the m

my committee members are shamann walton and rafael mandelman. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read] . >> chair fewer: thank you very much, madam clerk. can you please call item number 1. >> clerk: yes. item 1, resolution authorizing the officer of the treasurer and tax collector to amend a software as a service agreement and support contract with citybase, incorporated, to extend to a five-year options period of two years each, for a new term of april 17, 2018 through april 16, 2023 and increasing the contract amount by 27,400,000 for a total amount not to exceed $37 millio million. >> chair fewer: if you very much, madam clerk. we have a representative from the treasurer and tax collector's office. >> thank you so much, supervisor, for letting me speak about this contract. i'm going to share my screen, and while i do that a little bit, i'm going to try to babble and give you some time. it is a contract with citybase. it allows us to do all of our on-line payment processing: credit cards, debit cards, as w

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and supervisor shamann walton, and >> good morning. welcome to the june 25, regular meeting of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. i'm supervisor rafael mandelman. i chair this committee. supervisor walton has not been able to be here today. our clerk is john carroll. i want to folks at sfgov tv for creating this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> thank you very much. in order to protect board members and public during the covid-19 health emergency. board of supervisors legislative chambers taken pursuant to all local, state and federal orders. committee member will attend the meet thuing through video conference. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. both cable channel 26 and sfgov tv.com are streaming the public comment number across the screen. comments are your opportunity to speak during public comment and they are available by via phone. once connected and prompted in the meeting i.d. the i.d. is (145)853-2772. press pound and pound again to be connected. you

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

before wrapping up, thank my cosponsors of the legislation, supervisors hillary ronen, matt haney, shamann walton, and aaron peskin. i would like to thank my legislative aid for his work, and aaron collins on the rent board who i understand is available to answer any questions that may come up. and finally, i'd like to thank the san francisco antidispla l antidisplacement coalition and its membership and leadership on this for all of their work to protect the most vulnerable san franciscans from displacement. thank you. you are muted, chair peskin. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. preston. are there any questions for mr. collins? supervisor safai? seeing none, why don't we go -- >> supervisor safai: chair, i'm going to hold my questions and comments until after public comment. >> chair peskin: understood. okay. so why don't we go to public comment. madam clerk? >> clerk: mr. chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. operations, please let us know if there are any callers already. if you have not already done so, please press star-three to be added to the queue. you wi

my committee members are shamann walton and rafael mandelman. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read] . >> chair fewer: thank you very much, madam clerk. can you please call item number 1. >> clerk: yes. item 1, resolution authorizing the officer of the treasurer and tax collector to amend a software as a service agreement and support contract with citybase, incorporated, to extend to a five-year options period of two years each, for a new term of april 17, 2018 through april 16, 2023 and increasing the contract amount by 27,400,000 for a total amount not to exceed $37 millio million. >> chair fewer: if you very much, madam clerk. we have a representative from the treasurer and tax collector's office. >> thank you so much, supervisor, for letting me speak about this contract. i'm going to share my screen, and while i do that a little bit, i'm going to try to babble and give you some time. it is a contract with citybase. it allows us to do all of our on-line payment processing: credit cards, debit cards, as w

before wrapping up, thank my cosponsors of the legislation, supervisors hillary ronen, matt haney, shamann walton, and aaron peskin. i would like to thank my legislative aid for his work, and aaron collins on the rent board who i understand is available to answer any questions that may come up. and finally, i'd like to thank the san francisco antidispla l antidisplacement coalition and its membership and leadership on this for all of their work to protect the most vulnerable san franciscans from displacement. thank you. you are muted, chair peskin. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. preston. are there any questions for mr. collins? supervisor safai? seeing none, why don't we go -- >> supervisor safai: chair, i'm going to hold my questions and comments until after public comment. >> chair peskin: understood. okay. so why don't we go to public comment. madam clerk? >> clerk: mr. chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. operations, please let us know if there are any callers already. if you have not already done so, please press star-three to be added to the queue. you wi

i, along with supervisor shamann walton am proud to introduce the people over profits ordinance which aims to make permanent and build on reforms voted last year in san francisco to make all jail calls free and end the marking up of items in the jail commissary or store. these reforms last year were reflected in the city budget. one year later, i am proud to work with colleagues to codify our commitment to permanently end the practice of generating revenue from incarcerated people and their families. previously, the practice of san francisco was to markup jail phone calls and commissary prices to generate revenue for jail operations. virtually every jail and the prison in the country does this. this lays a heavy kbuburden one families and support network on incarcerated people, one they could not bear them and are not likely to bear now in the midst of our economic crisis. items in the commissary store like coffee or food items were marked up to generate revenue for the jail. in total, we were extracting $1.7 million from families with members in the jail each year. as we know, the ci

before wrapping up, thank my cosponsors of the legislation, supervisors hillary ronen, matt haney, shamann waltond aaron peskin. i would like to thank my legislative aid for his work, and aaron collins on the rent board who i understand is available to answer any questions that may come up. and finally, i'd like to thank the san francisco antidispla l antidisplacement coalition and its membership and leadership on this for all of their work to protect the most vulnerable san franciscans from displacement. thank you. you are muted, chair peskin. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. preston. are there any questions for mr. collins? supervisor safai? seeing none, why don't we go -- >> supervisor safai: chair, i'm going to hold my questions and comments until after public comment. >> chair peskin: understood. okay. so why don't we go to public comment. madam clerk? >> clerk: mr. chair, operations is checking to see if there are any callers in queue. operations, please let us know if there are any callers already. if you have not already done so, please press star-three to be added to the queue. you will b

i believe we need to have a motion to excuse shamann -- i mean, supervisor walton. >> supervisor safai: so moved. supervisor safai. >> second. >> president yee: okay. there is a motion and a second. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to excuse supervisor walton -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. so the motion to excuse is passed unanimously. the item itself. >> clerk: on item 31 -- [roll call] 23rs . >> president yee: okay. then the motion is approved. welcome back, supervisor walton, and congratulations. madam clerk, i have to ask that we rescind the first vote for items 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34 because i want to sever 29 out of there. >> clerk: okay. on the motion to rescind, mr. president -- >> president yee: do i need a second? >> clerk: yes, you do. >> president yee: can i have a second on the motion? >> supervisor stefani: second. >> president yee: made by supervisor stefani. can you call the vote? >> clerk: mr. president, you don't need to rescind the entire vote, you just need to rescind the vote on the item you're hearing. >> presid

i, along with supervisor shamann walton am proud to introduce the people over profits ordinance which aims to make permanent and build on reforms voted last year in san francisco to make all jail calls free and end the marking up of items in the jail commissary or store. these reforms last year were reflected in the city budget. one year later, i am proud to work with colleagues to codify our commitment to permanently end the practice of generating revenue from incarcerated people and their families. previously, the practice of san francisco was to markup jail phone calls and commissary prices to generate revenue for jail operations. virtually every jail and the prison in the country does this. this lays a heavy kbuburden one families and support network on incarcerated people, one they could not bear them and are not likely to bear now in the midst of our economic crisis. items in the commissary store like coffee or food items were marked up to generate revenue for the jail. in total, we were extracting $1.7 million from families with members in the jail each year. as we know, the ci

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

i'm joined by committee members, supervisor shamann walton, and rafael mandelman, hillary ronen and northerlienorman yee. >> clerk: yes, madam clerk. due to the health emergency and to protect board members, and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. this caution is taken pursuant to the various local, state and federal orders, declaration and directives, committee members attending the meet through video conferencing and participate in the meeting to the same extend as if they were physically present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgovtv.org. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. comments are an opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone call by calling (415)655-000 (4. again (415)655-0001. access code 145 736 9773. again 145 736 9773. you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the spea

i believe we need to have a motion to excuse shamann -- i mean, supervisor walton. >> supervisor safai: so moved. supervisor safai. >> second. >> president yee: okay. there is a motion and a second. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to excuse supervisor walton -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are ten ayes. >> president yee: okay. so the motion to excuse is passed unanimously. the item itself. >> clerk: on item 31 -- [roll call] 23rs . >> president yee: okay. then the motion is approved. welcome back, supervisor walton, and congratulations. madam clerk, i have to ask that we rescind the first vote for items 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34 because i want to sever 29 out of there. >> clerk: okay. on the motion to rescind, mr. president -- >> president yee: do i need a second? >> clerk: yes, you do. >> president yee: can i have a second on the motion? >> supervisor stefani: second. >> president yee: made by supervisor stefani. can you call the vote? >> clerk: mr. president, you don't need to rescind the entire vote, you just need to rescind the vote on the item you're hearing. >> presid