city and county of san francisco public safety and neighborhood services committee meeting this morning at 10:00 am., thursday, may 9, 2024.)

(gavel) the meeting county of san francisco public safety and neighborhood services committee meeting this morning at 10:00 am., thursday, may 9, 2024. i'm supervisor stefani to my right supervisor melgar additional my left is supervisor dorsey and also like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting madam clerk, any announcements documents as part of the file will be submitted to the clerk and public comment will be taken when our item 6 interest comes up please line up to speak on your right or submit in writing first e-mail to myself the clerk. at sfgov or

send to the postal service one dr. carlton room 244 san francisco, california. if you submit public comment if writing will be forwarded to the supervisors as part of the file. >> finally items acted on today will be on the board of supervisors may this this. >> i'd like to make a motion to excuse supervisor engardio on that motion. >> supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> i have three, i. >> >> call the

>> call the >> call the street (district 8), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. (clerk of the board) >> thank you i'd like to welcome the offers from the liaison unit you good morning, supervisors you have before you a public conventions report for another planet and that is at the the castro theatre and operator and general music venue zero letters of protest and zero letters of support and considered in a high crime area in the track a high concentration area and mission station has no opposition that is approved with the following

conditions except in condition two no noise under the control of the licensee and shall prevent the loitering of any persons on the lot and finally the petitioner should be responsible for maintaining free of litter. thank you. >> officer and no names on the roster do we have in representatives of the applicant. >> come on up. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm the vice president of the planned entertainment thank you for your time to discuss the long overdue displacement of a

liquor license and it is important in the castro neighborhood we're asking for your approval for the type-90 on-sale general music venue liquor license we know the the castro theatre served alcohol in the 1970s this has been accomplished by the producer for catering licenses in no one unlicensed facility that will show consistency all safety standards are met and well-trained and converted staff at the home to operate the alcohol service and we have two venues in san francisco the

audience tomorrow and the dependant through the course over 250 patrons come through those venues and after two years and operating have not been served patrons over served this is the safety standards those venues are operated also in first class f at the defend thank you for your time and for pc n and the landmark. >> thank you very much. and not seeing no names on the roster open up for public comment madam clerk? >> yes. members of the public who wish to so to speak speak on that item line up by the windows all speakers have two minutes to speak. >> come on up. >> good afternoon. i'm ram on

the benefit district board. i joined the board two years ago to raise the castro community and thrilled the be i listened you're considering it is for a catalyst to move the castro and when the the castro theatre reopens the new systems ventilation and sound will be the host of the designation invites people those visitors will spend their cyber time in the castro. they will expect to have a beverage and they know

some of the best consumers - the art galleries and the retail stores have excited the restaurant welcome the opportunity to showcase their culinary expertise and local residents like myself welcome the vibrancy for the castro and for the bar venues retail available retail is 21 percent and 15 percent today please approve this license. thank you. >> thank you. >> anyone else comment. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. (gavel) >> oh, supervisor dorsey i. >> i'm happy to support this but wanted to express any gratitude to everyone which is part of in into the the castro

theatre including this license my drinking days are behind me didn't mean i'm not supportive to make sure the the castro theatre continues to be a jewel so far the neighborhood and for the community i'm apart of. >> thank you sxhird i am excited to supportive that and with that, the clerk making a determination that the issuance of type-90 on-sale general music venue liquor license to the applicant will serve the public necessity take this position without observation objection supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor dorsey and

supervisor stefani three i's. >> madam clerk, call item >> madam clerk, call item >> madam clerk, call item >> madam clerk, call item street (district 9),will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco.(clerk of the board) >> good morning, officer you have a report from the lab operating as possibly the lab sf have a type-64 special on-sale general theater liquor license will have a general special that theatre at 2948-16th street zero letters of protest and zero letter of support this is considered a high crime area and they are in a zip code that is a high

concentration of crime the abc liaison is approved as possibly except in condition two no life shall be audible and petitioners shall prevent the loitering of persons on a property adjacent to the licensed place at 2948-16th street and petitioners should have control over the property. >> thank you. >> we have in a representatives or the applicant present? >> hello. >> my name is andrew smith the executive director of the lab the lab is here for the public

census for necessity for the operating of a type-64 special on-sale general theater liquor license for a nonprofit. the lab has been around since 1984 founded by 4 students from san francisco state and during that time the lab has hosted 50 to one hundred performance art the home is the larger home by traffics and the american indian culture district many people come here in the evening like to enjoy a beverage. for them to do that um, on top over the last few years the building has been

sold the item he will has been sold the rent has increased over $60,000 we're searching so the funding we remove from the city and county of san francisco and from many other national foundations support of artist and we continue to provide arts for the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you for that. >> seeing none, on the roster open up for public comment. >> yes. members of the public when wish to speak shag line up by the windows all speakers have two minutes to speak. >> seeing none, here for public comment public comment is closed. (gavel) >> i know this is in district 9 and supervisor ronen is in support please prepare a report

for the type-64 special on-sale general theater liquor license to the applicant would serve the convenience and may we take this without objection. >> yes. on this to forward to the full board supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor stefani. >> i i have three i's with supervisor engardio excused thank you, call thank you, call item thank you, call item thank you, call item three. >> 3. [liquor license issuance - 2331 3rd street street (district 10),will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco.(clerk of the board) >> thank you officer joan's. >> you have before you a public net report for domaine sf

llc operating as possibly domaine sf llc applied for a type-42 on-sale beer and wine liquor license and will operate on sale beer and win at 2331-3rd street zero letters of protest and zero letters of support in lot three considered a low-crime area they're track 226.00 not considered a high concentration area bayview station has on a opposition no noise should be audible beyond the control of the licensee and actively monitor this to stop the loitering of persons on property adjacent and oats petitioner is responsible for free of litter

in which they have control. thank you. >> thank you. >> and do we have any representatives of the applicant? >> okay. >> madam clerk, call open up for public comment. >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item line up by the windows all speakers shall have two minutes seeing none, public comment is closed. this is district 10 you know that supervisor walton is in support i like to move the clerk make an issuance of type-64 special on-sale general theater liquor license burglary serve the public consensus without objection and send this to the full board. >> on the motion to forward to the full board supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye.

>> supervisor stefani, aye. >> and have three, aye. >> with supervisor engardio executed thank you, madam clerk please call next please call next item. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. department investigates sexual assault and harassment allegations and engages with survivors, and to explore the efficacy of the are made to the office annually and how many get resolved, what does follow up with survivors of sexual assault and harassment look like, what policy police department, office of the district attorney, director of the human rights commission, and the director of sharp to report.

>> thank you, madam clerk and um, very happy to welcome supervisor ronen public safety this is called by here go ahead. >> good morning, everyone first, i want to thank supervisor stefani and supervisor melgar worked with me and for our collaboration and support on this very important issue. i also want to thank the department and the department staff who are present to this issue and important discussion. in 2018 when i was vice chair of this committee and called for a hearing an city departments handling of criminal sexual assault and sexual harassment this was after several survivors of rape preached my office to share horrible experiences of sorry in an attempt to receive

justice against their assassinates at the time a wave of serious concerns about complaints that the sfpd complaints that the sfpd officer items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the encouraging them from filing and will follow-up with cases and more. at the hear the san francisco police department district attorney's office chef what we learned what the department if have adequate equipment to handle those urgent matters and survivors of the the to no recuse of sexual assault were discounted by city departments. in response to many hearing he joined the survivors nonprofit

advocates and my former aid the survivor herself and a long term director the united against violence a nonprofit focused on violence against communities including domestic violence and we metaphor months to design and creates what has become the office of sexual harassment and assault response and prevention (sharp), and presentation as possibly sharp our vision for sharp the office in the country the first with the city the survivors can a come and feel safe and supported to address the trauma they've experienced and is staff advocates we're helping to navigate an united airlines friendly system and stand by hero side and help with the dptsd that historically had

been very unfriendly we imagined after walking there many cases the office will identify patterns where the city could improve and imagined the sharp office will improve the experiences for survivors and 40 forever survivors who didn't want to engage we aiding the trauma to do this work we give the sharp to call power to discover how they handled a particular case if if working fails to apply and worked with the unions and the we must do more and sharp was not meant to be an office but we met with the city departments but an office

that held city workers and others to task and helped to improve sharp took san francisco into the 21st century and didn't hear like it's your word against his to move on and something that many survivors heard many, many times no, it secret this despite this office my survivors continue to feel that reporting sexual assaults is even more trauma than the incidents it we have to yet to make changes to the city departments that make them more effective we need to pass this 6 years have passed since the establishment of sharp and accomplish everything we envisioned i want to be clear

the hearing is not to place blame but it is meant tobacco a forward-looking hearing and just to be clear, despite remarks from the mayor's office sharp is not - we are giving up on the police officer crafted office that can and will make a difference especially, if implemented. the purpose of hearing to examine had we have learned and a what has changed in anything incidence is 2018 hearing the hearing is understand how are we going do work going forward and what challenges are in the way of supportive housing survivors. in a african and respectful way as possibly i said during my introduction of this hearing we want to know how san francisco police department and the district attorney's office engage with the survivors. i

also wanted to know how complaints are made that annually and what policy recommendations if any the office made we move to support and understand the challenges the office has getting up and running we can help. i will say you were front i intend to move the sharp to a new new and improved office for witness rights with the focus and the legislative a lot intent the office will be new and to better think what supporter sharp needs to help the department. if implemented correctly i believe this also encourage more survivors to come forward and report rape and sexual assaults.

without those reports perpetrators free to recommit crime one of every two 0 women in the united states experience sexual assault in their lifetime and better port for the sharp for the work they do to individuals especially transand other providers of sexual harassment commend the sharp for the amazing services in the area and heavily that by moving sharp for the i victims right will continue this work and expand the work that was originally envisioned we couldn't avoid those conversations in the matter how inner comfortable too

much at stake to be status quo and an opportunity to make reform before i hand if i'm going to turn it over to my colleagues to make introductory remarks if necessary want to i time to read the testimony of from a mother in san francisco um, about her daughter who was raped and didn't receive the attendance that she would expect from the police department and their grander drought 13 years old was raped very much issues that are current right now today. >> i'm going to read this in spanish and then read it in english. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> (speaking spanish.)

>> in english i have written the tenderloin here in san francisco, california since 1998 he apparent the law and authority in the year 2005 my daughter was born, however, in 2019 my daughter was raped i reported to everyone it was incredibly disappointing despite messages and other vicks to date the individual is on the loss now on sunday twenty-four hour an older individual raped my 13 year old granddaughter and the

individual is still free and the police have not arrested him women we deserve respect and now like to ask from my colleagues if this i have any ongoing remarks. >> thank you supervisor ronen and thank you, supervisor stefani for this here we go i'm keep it brief, you know, i'm feeling all the feels and can talk about this in the prosperous in the last few weeks this issue has come up quite a bit i have been frustrated by the coverage in the press um, frankly by female retirees that sent a lot of this conversation on the period translator and not the victims and in the issue

that continues to feel victims of sexual assault mostly women i'm glad we're interesting the conversation as possibly you remember last year had a hearing here in this committee about the issue of sexual assault and sexual harassment in san francisco public schools and this one very much apart of we were- we introduced that hearing in response to the commission and that look back at the task force that was put together by supervisor jane kim all those years ago had specific recommendations most of which were not implemented. so i hope that this leads to action that we renew our commitment to the services sincerely but, but the change we need to listen to the

voices of survivors and have justice that, yes services if you are weary of the crossing guards that we must demand that justice be served and a responsibility especially with young people especially, when there is a chance that, you know, behaviors and interactions still be recorrected we had had hard work education and what that means of which how we interact with one another and sexual assault we address and dealt with especially from young people both, you know, the accountability and the progress see that in the way forward and i'll stop by saying, you know, i can't think of an issue more prominent than that sexual

assault can have scars for a lifetime in california the state of poverty is a woman and sexual assault particularly in those years, you know, dictate but whether i going on gone and get a good job and function in society i think we would be solving a lot of issues in our society if ppo dealt with that issue that effects women and girls and we heard that when the hearing and possible action when we work with young people i want to make sure we focus that we put the resources with an epidemic issue thank you, for this supervisor ronen and

supervisor stefani and supervisor dorsey. >> thanks i want to express my appreciation supervisor ronen calling this and thank you, supervisor melgar i'm proud to be a sponsor and very supportive of sharp has visions that supports he victims of assault that is notable and supervisor melgar mentioned significant portion happens to trarndz and many as one in 6 men do as well thank you for your leadership on that and doing everything we can to make sure we are hearing and treating survivors with respect and dignity and their search.

justice >> thank you, supervisor. before we can to presentations i want to thank you, supervisor ronen i should on this in 2018 and heard devastating testimony and want to changes and here we are 6 years later and how we show up and what we do to really make a difference here and that letter you read got to me i've been taught to pause with agitated i'll withhold any comments i'm evan raged i have a 14-year-old daughter we all have daughters at a time which is economy is under threat in this country the violation of our bodies can't i go in order and

help those when they have one of the worst times of their lives i hope this hearing sheds light p on that thank you for all you do i thought we could start with sfpd representatives here in that. >> i believe you have a power point. we can call up. thank you. thank you for being here. >> supervisor stefani and supervisor melgar i'm robert deputy chief signed to the sfpd investigations bureau and pleased to be here to share but

how we investigate sexual assaults example sexual harassment and how we evaluate survives and engage with survivors. prior to the start of our presentation i'd like to introduce to you the folks he brought with me today my team rachel, she's my partner here in investigations bureau and rachel served as possibly a severed in the special elections unit and officer mr. mayor of the unit and direct the director chlopek our services division and with regards to the testing evidence director powell and manager tarnishing shall smith and bryan come up we video about a 14 or

15 minutes presentation we have a lot of information it is important to share with you and lastly mvrndz you said we're happy to speak with you offer after this presentation. >> thank you. >> deputy chief. >> good morning supervisor stefani and supervisor melgar and sxhird and supervisor ronen i'm captain from the san francisco police department. i run the special victims unit from i begin i want to acknowledge a few status not chavengd unfortunately, in years up here i picked that are are alarming one in 5 women will experience some type of physical or sexual assault in their lifetime. nearly a quarter of men will experience some form of

squall vines in their lifetime and 81 percent of women and 41 have experienced some form of sexual harassment and or sexual assaults in neither in their lifetime the mission of standard operating procedure special unit is dedicated to investigating and addressing crimes with some of the month vulnerable members of our socialite we handle child abuse. >> human trafficking and elder abuse financial and otherwise and all financial crimes within the city and county of san francisco they're objective in support of survivors and make sure of justice holding perpetrators accountable and

officer get specialized training to equip with the skills to handle cases with empathy and finding working closely for support throughout the entire investigation and subsequent leg processes. furthermore they collaborate with other law enforcement both sides social services and community-based organizations and to prevent victimtion about the severe crimes through their pursuit we play a role in protecting and city of victorville for san francisco's vulnerable population. here is an all of what my office looks like. um, and this is a flow chart with pathways i'm sorry - i'm sorry.

>> this is a flow chart of how my office is structured and today we're going to focus on the sex crime aspect but we hover do all the domestic violence human trafficking like i said and financial crime and today, the numbers i will have pulled up for you are all sexual assaults ranging from anything from forcible rape a penetration and unwanted sexual harassment in the workplace and sexual assaults a victim 0 could handle their sexual assaults survivors will make a choice not trauma we understand a cab so okay.ing the survivor might need 16th street

to process what has happened and decide whether to toll police or not say anything, of course, investigating the crime more difficult as possibly time leap years. if the survivors choose to report the skwaurlt who pathways so if you look at the the circle it says victim is known and supported that could be a victim fwoig to sf g h reporting to a healthcare providers they're more if they are comfortable reporting a crime they can there. that can be reported to the police from the mole procedure the victim a survivor can also report - i'm sorry the victim can go directly to the police and call 9-1-1 and

have the police responder to their home or a closed captiontion if you have 19 questions about that flow chart before move on. once the incident is report points routed to the victims office where we're located at 850 bryant street our officers read every single report and assign them for the investigators it they're all councilmember price trained in sexual assaults and violence my range of experience in the office for a sergeant from 14 years to one year of experience, however, all our cases are triaged and discussed with the experts and followed by a lieutenant throughout the entire course of investigation. i will add that i'm very involved in

the reading of all the police reports and the investigation. i tried to make that as clear the various ways we get a suspect id'd and often no suspect identification we relied on physical evidenced, interviews, um, senator boquist various my evidentiary paths to go ahead the id once the id is made then we have plausible cause we make an arrest oftentimes right a da warrant and sometimes do no warrant arrests if not egregious but either way we have probable cause and it goes to the district attorney and from there too options on dismiss the case

and have various ways or charge the case. >> do have any questions before i move on? okay.. next slide, please. sexual assaults cases per year 8 seven hundred reports per year. 7 years ago i was the captain at major crime and worked with the captain that was daily 70 investigators working in their office today, we have the same amount of work and we have three 2 investigators of those 8 seven hundred cases in the last 4 years represented on the slide the total number of sex cases i broke down far as one of the more egregious i broke down that

for you. >> so if you want to get a view of what prepandemic and post pandemic workloads in 2020 we have 1,00054 cases and in 20181,000 plus we hover around that area. the sexual assaults in san francisco the next slide is our clearance how to those arrests are cleared we find other ways of clearing an unfounded a woman reported the rape and we discovered happened in another county we correct with that group or the police departments whoever and the liaison to give them the

information it becomes unfounded. the exceptional ones the victim or suspect has died or maybe charged with some other crime but about a quarter of our cases are we had been 91 arrests in 2023. our next slide is sexual assaults examine kits i broke down to no kit is our highest number in 10. no reported sex crime is in gratuity that means they judge had a kit done and didn't the victims can preserve evidence and go to city of san francisco and get a forensic examine without reporting. lou for

survivors get a kit and involved in our investigation. next slide, please. this is unique we are a unit that working closely with our advocates our community partners and organizations that support our victims we advocate from the district attorney's office if our victim wants more resources and navigating the ways to throw the judge system advertise it daunting and we understand and that is why we connect our victims with advocates if they please. and all it is the victim of we're not investigating the case and want on advocate witness we have a good relationship with the district attorney's office. and any next slide how we're commenting to collaboratively with other agencies working closely on labor and commercial

sex investigation with the following organizations. and many outside organizations. as well. >> my next slide is showing you that s b u has regularly scheduled meeting with our partners been on the calendar for me and my predecessors they are listed the date and time if you want to see what kind of things are discuss my next slide is again how the sfpd took the lead in deciding to bring this to san francisco the first year requests april 23rd i was not captain but simple an hour to be part of this for those of you who don't know that was democrat

yum day for the purposes of a case in italy in 598 i think they shamed a woman for wearing tight jeans and couldn't have potentially gotten them off alone. which is we know as possibly women that is see you couldn't be further from the truth i was honored and all the partners were there and i'm looking forward to next year of will be bigger and bigger this is has changed since 2018 and um, i tell you we are semi annually report to the our average turn around time is -

out of kits done last year 61 were a profile best evidence rule so cod us and others have a profile match and 41 no match and 9 three of them didn't result in a profile. >> extensive training the sfpd and you'd training. >> right now we're sfpd is training our partners at human certifies who is lake to take a domestic violence call or sexual assault call as a police officer identifying the police officer hospital excellent in those cases and presenting right now and have again like i said regularly scheduled meeting with the stakeholders that i listed on the previous pages. and the

also think covid happened and covid changed a lot for san francisco. it changed the mental health of our communities, and the generations have changed how reserve them had to be chained. i don't know but about the victims say generation i see coming through is not any generation i didn't you grew up with the internet or cell phone and most of investigators are young than me by not quite from it generation when social media to live life on social media we noticed the 18 and 26 old they learn to date online and go to school online so 0 they're much more informed than we ever were

about crimes and how they're handled we recognized need to learn and recognize our sexual assault victims are traumatic victims and we and our unit has brought in a type of care to interviewing and we're starting and working on that for example, instead of asking one of your sexual assault victims what were you wearing that night some feel shamed by that that question we're working on the way we question our survivors and physical evidence is he extremely important for cases like this but they're maybe invisible evidence on your

clothing on appreciative that is changing and i am bringing it there and assure we're going of a get there but really is the people we're serving we had to kind of adjust to um, the way they understand us. and finally if you have any questions, um, i'm here. >> thank you. >> can i begin thank you so much for this report um, i have a few questions. so i'm given this statistics that you presented 81 grouch woman and 41 percent of men sexually assaulted in their lifetime and receive only approximately 1,000 reports a year. what is your

interpretation of why is a few victims were survivors of sexual assault feel comfortable filing a report? >> um, shame and the men uncomfortable you have to make samoan feel uncomfortable to feel the uncomfortable and police can be better at it and advocating for people to tell us those incidents that maybe they don't think are that important to us but very important because that's how we track what was going on in our communities. it is surprising to me i thought would be more when i quote the numbers i really did maybe 2,000 i believe because of lack of

reporting. >> that means that all the perpetrators. >> so does sfpd's have any public library information commitments my that we're doing we welcome them and have trauma searches we're here to follow their lead they're confidential to hope survivors feel more comfortable coming forward do have anything else things like that as a captain i've working closely with evan and our media

relations office to fight against the negative ways we handle cases i don't want a woman to feel they're not going tobacco heard or believed or understood that is not how we treat our victims. and i'm not saying that hadn't happened in the past but i am campaigning with evan and i would love to see do more with that if if i have ideas i'll be more than happy to work with the three of i or you and supervisor ronen on bringing that level of comfort to women in our sorority it's. okay. even if you want to document if and deal with that later you can do that two we have amazing women police

officers and have a lot of amazing sensitive males ready to engage with them and aren't or are going to take their statements he wearing not here to shame none. >> i know that the numbers speaks for itself there is a perspective that is very unfriendly to report sexual violence how police dissuade. >> i say that that's the stuff we heard from sfpd i do think you have to make changes. >> (multiple voices). >> that acknowledge is not out there. >> that. >> (multiple voices.)

>> and the police officers cringe that makes us cringe that just makes one person who the debating to go or forget it i don't want to deal with that. >> we want more than criminal we want action to change our society we want to make sure that it is not way more likely urging to be sexually assaulted and i have to say of the numbers reported i mean i know that is an ax of sexual assaults take place everyday only 12 percent of the cases are reported receive necessary resolution streamlining small 234ib i do not know that is a number that

consist across different twrepdz but 12.8 percent as possibly survivor you have to say okay. the i heard a hooshl experience to come and report i'm traumatized and even if i go through that i want this person tobacco justice and this person not to hurt others i'm going studio talk about this extremely painful circumstance to know more liberal than not your case will get any wrez why would you put yourself through that we have to like survivors it is rational decision not to report that is unlikely you'll get a response that will lead to

anything to retraumatize yourself i'm hoping this discussion leads to what can we all do as a city to work together to change this reality. >> i'd like to see the school participate more in educating the young what is acceptable and not acceptable and quo see a lot of young men saying very, very inappropriate it basically sexual harassment. i reached out to the san francisco united school district and was on officer for many years and had abuse and sexual activities reported to me starts young question i heard will be social people if we, partner with them

to have some sort of awareness day where we put something out there like whatnot okay. and the schools i think they're short staffed and not doing enough we see young men group their deviant not bad people but nobody told them that is wrong you don't say that to women. >> i want to note many men and many. >> (multiple voices.) >> and people are also sexually assaulted victims we acknowledge women are perhaps the fromist group just not just women i want to put that out there have i ever met with sharp

in any way shape or form. >> i've been on a call with one of my other partners i never met directly or had a meeting with sharp and none of my predecessors. >> i'm sorry do you - does sharp in the meetings do you all come up with ideas about how i, basically make that easier process for (multiple voices). >> i have brought up the school scenario bringing more education about work all vines in the schools and what i've

seen programs they follow and don't deviate. we talk about there is a lot of constructive criticism out of meetings oftentimes, you know, our partners will say, you know, the police shourntd have asked that question we don't like how they it further ask questions save that for interview times usually small things we can - i can deal request my department and put in an e-mail to say usually with children don't want the officer to go button questions you, you get things in that way sometimes the ethers can ask for too much detail. >> does anyone else have any questions? >> no supervisor ronen i want

to acknowledge if oakland international high school are here to visit us. >> hi welcome, everyone you. thank you very much. >> thank you and um, next if we could hear from sharp. >> okay. i do have a presentation i have that up think those and want thank you,

supervisors for um, your leadership and the the subject properties to share updates and to actually greater though to make that better i shared that request i supervisor ronen never our intention to leave out a grouch people i think um, yeah. this is yeah. >> so i just think we all want to do better and we definitely want to make sure that folks who feel comfortable reporting and those who do not are xhoofbl in the process we are apologize ethic and we're going to respond to the questions and, you know, the work of sharp is to address

and highlight and acknowledge sexual harassment and sexual assaults to understand the impact this has and good things to respond and we've depend on a lot of work around prevention and awareness and will do better with response. >> and so want to start with that basic definition of survival. i think we've been trying to be continual about the things people are gun through and give them the power we also do want people to survive things we've spent a lot of time trying to make sure we don't want to have better systems but we recognize a burden on a survivor and having to um, find a way to get up every day and a way to walk and in communities without fear is a huge task. and, you

know, we don't want to do something that per was the the harm. and we have folks we want to appreciate their commitment and don't lose site of humanity of work we add additional staff that is not materialized and i want to highlight a couple of things folks have been focused on the community and the requests from the community and and want to show how that aligns with the mandate to center the people don't feel comfortable reporting and navigating the system and reilly aligns with the providers and working with community development i think will you'll see as possibly colloquy go through the

recommendation may not have gone through the level they needed to or the process but been some revelations happen how we can do a better job and this is more specifying to some of the things i say are the bulk of mandate and then i'll acknowledge we have not done as possibly much as we need to. as possibly we go through we have met with city employees and had engagements but maybe not to the level that is required. um, so with regards to complaints annually have to go back to the aggregating but they happen across years. and the few weeks made them a while ago and it is hard to talk about that annually the direct compliments 72 have come through additional whether

that is where a call or whether or not after a meeting someone says hey i want you to know this happened to my friend. and a that's community it informed pipes and historic some cases we have that were historic in terms of in with bar and someone reached out to the other was and needs help or other feedback where we the civil rights division people last year referred to sharp base that is related to a sexual assault of those 72 scomplants 67 dick compliments three three ongoing investigations the exchange has been a lot of few weeks are used the complaint process to get connected and once they see didn't want to have investigate.

>> item no. 1 - approach but wanted to start the healing and with the other three three trying to sum up how to share that information maybe someone didn't want to share and manage that data that is part of the i deserve to sit with the peed we're not that entity it makes it hard to share. >> he and president of the departments that is engaged and again, liken for me this is synagogue was added later i don't know how much we want to share some of the departments complaints have something that is involving the private sector and what we're 900 market street supposed to share pubically some of this year but without getting

get into the weeds some of if we say what time and place and person may disclose who the survivor is and we don't want to subject people to questions but what we had the trends across the complaints are specifically around rehousing needs conversations we had with the huizar with the department of department of homelessness and supportive housing and samoan will have a result that happens and instead of moved they maybe moved across the street we saw we have been trying to figure out how to have folks not literally still in place proximity to see someone every day because they can't afford to

move and empowerment a great deal of on the work the youth division he supervisor melgar i've been thinking how to engage we fabulous how we talk to young people and the interview that and not agreement where we go to middle school or talk about stranger danger and talk about touch but no conversations about charge happened which bad touch happens or which you don't feel conversation that the curriculum and charge that looks like to engage the community partnerships and talk about more about the gender work and it mental health support those are trends we've seen but activation in response to that. so i'll share a few of the pool

recommending one of the first ones and again, can't speak to what happens over the last years but created we had meeting with the chief and with the um, designated staff quo wanted to work on collaboratively was the referral process that anyone made a complaint will be given a referral card can't speak to who that material materialized hsh talking about the huizar 350iz how we rehoused i understand it is i limited the space but we worked with hsh and this is an anglo with an that is in terms of complaints we have seen in deb listen and the jail things happening that is that something that is happening to the point

made earlier and complaints and work together ongoing and that was something that kelly has deny before they came to the office sharp and working closely with others really highlighting this is not something that is acknowledge bound by our departmental agencies a private sector and that was impacting you are hsh was impacting ot we realized kind of a building how u out how to do this across departmental and public/private partnership recommendations we worked on are internally but not taken the steps to move forward. you know, again things we worked with comforting survivor experience thank you, supervisor melgar and to gave me and

working group i wanted to um, invite jose up for the last slides and we'll close out. >> good morning. i'm fwarz the policy director for the office of sharp and and survivor of child abuse and rape and sexual assault we developed the policy changes and recommendations sharp is established for 2021 and to expands have hosted massage meetings with over thirty agencies. the gender violence collective is a group of advocates collaboratively to end the cycle of trauma in our city as a collective we see is value in education and relationships and communities and intergenerational knowledge we started the voice by uplifting

the evolution and do this work by prioritizing events and best practices and sharp has parched with many goods and project survive and prevention and high schools and community united against violence and others in the mission district and the youth center. we focus on advanced discussions and panels and circles to bring awareness on housing and safer schools and deeply impact the lgbtq+ and chair schubring of colors those relationships with sharp declares issues around housing and prevention and education and

community health i'm happy if you want to know the spoefkz and with those partnerships we talk about what survivors need sporadically those that are more marijuana listed and district attorney report and are left out in the mainstream conversation we know the more impressed an individual is where likely to xraerns violence throughout they're he lifetime and the experiences are more extreme one way we support survivors and focusing an education is a addressing the problem at the roots cause. >> to wrap up i'll say the questions about meeting so the sharp one 01 hold device and

media and work with with start as well as is violence committee and then the policy work we do interm um, and then examples of some of the meetings and events held and then um, i think with regards to discipline and data one of the issues and and think why a line at the office of sexual harassment and assault response and prevention (sharp), how to collect that data managed and advanced in terms of the work this needs to be to within the departments. and then end with areas. improvement and i think what i'm hoping to get to not a competition with the legislative mandate need to collaborate from the space of sharp the most important pieces really do better with future and follow

through a lot of great work from sharp to identify and where we could be better an i'm smiling the mover bureaucratic pieces we need to collect to for the system i think we've fwoolg very focuses on the people piece and i'll say 23450r789 happens we don't want to lose sight of people they're not interested in any other things they want a response and unfortunately, don't want to for up with police but that needing mental health support i think we want to help create that and, you know, again owe shared this before. we will take the work we do very

seriously and never want to contributor january 25, 2024, harm like very, very hard to realize we've had had some shortcomings i think the hard i am not part peep shouldn't have to relive they're trauma or disclose they're trauma to get help they need you appreciate the experiences piece but some don't want to relive and share that that is important to people to hear their stairs tobacco validated and have to share that to get help and i want to figure out how to do that better and whether that is directly with sharp or how we do that i wanted to make sure that peep in the system and people on the outside get the help they need. aim >> thank you very much for the

presentation. >> i i really want to start out by thanking you director i asked too-too you sharp under this agency that was not a perfect time and nominal that but the number of mandates that you have (laughter) under the leadership is frankly overwhelming so i in in no way, shape, or form have any anger like not a blaming game in nirmdz so much of the work and sharp and kelly lou is paul mccartney work and i want to recognize that and make clear that sharp in his current form took a direction obligating not

the dwrishgs we hoped and the let me explain explain why if sharp will focus outside of the city we probably would have contracted that outer with a nonprofit that has decades of expertise like the ones you named in don't go this work we intentionally created a city department within the city to host other cities departments accountable and because we believe that we can do a lot better in the city and we building that if we have a department looking inward charge works and again, and what about the barriers we can be stvnl xhoov to especially were most

often at the easierist at the individuals dealing with sexual assault it it makes sense to me new why they're not but the numbers the police department are out ranges we're going or of we're not going to change the epidemic until yes we're starting yes and designee that but have to change the accountability system that we're not working as possibly it 1994 3450rd to stop those crimes. sharp was supposed to look at inward we a lot of the that and easy to see hue that happened especially i, i have hire amazing women from the community

they are community focused minded and that's why we'll hired them; right? because of credibility and at the same time really need a different focus arrest at least an additional focus in this department and recognizes staffers acknowledge so many you can do with the new staffers wearing putting the world on their shoulder an newly staffers we in addition to make that work i also want to rehabilitation recreation to go into the other city departments and you're not doing that well enough question want to do that that is hard work and takes a certain experience and authority

i just wanted to recognize those are things i've been thinking about and learning from the beginning of this department that i feel like we can do better and focus i also don't feel like that all the time is lost; right? i know the department has depend on incredible work in the in the meantime, just there is this what it was supposed to do and focus an have not been done to the best - i'm not sure we made strive internally like we want to and i do think we can do better i appreciate your humility and the leadership this whole time in doing that and again, i have kind of respect for the other was and the work and time to take it in a

slightly different direction a couple of things i can peas a question or any observation i think sharp is known to a mall community i think before the most recent high publicized articles about sexual assault i don't think my colleagues any sharp excited not vice chair the impact that needs to be having. um, you know, in talking to advocates of the women who came forward recently high publicized case they didn't know sharp existed that's something i'll heaping we can focus an and sharp the police department and

and da we need to do a better job we're a city that is are here to help you and support you. and here's all the ways we can do that sharp is supposed to be the positive comfortable in the legislative updates we're going making the confidence is key to that process no survivors will come to sharp and feel comfortable if they don't feel they're choice is and stories can be kept confidential that's in the legislation but make that more robust. and then um, you know, i just wondering my last question and i'm going to turn it over to to my colleagues in addition many lessons to learn

and advice all have as possibly and update the legislation to make that easier tobacco successful in the ways that is legislation, you know, wanted tobacco successful in terms of looking inward and i appreciated you had done work with hsh and another departments too it is absolutely the intention that is exciting. by anything else we can do better going forward and yeah. i mean there is something and again, some of our points about like awareness and acknowledging and it things of that nature and we've by the dealing with last year where sharp will may we have and what that looked like i think on the personnel side after few weeks are hired need tobacco

descriptive and things i've been we've been addressing internally that should be a standard like things were assumed from maybe the launch of this were crafted in the beginning were not monitored like some things maybe needs to be in the legislation because people leave not filled out in somebody's job description this is institutional knowledge; right? oh, i don't know that but clearly worked with the department so who roobt to make sure this continues to 23 that people may we have into a different position something about the partnerships and should be not to create a new collective meeting but sharp she meet quarterly with the agencies

not just to report i didn't predator the mandate that says the quarterly rotator if it sfpd's gets to hr c but sfpd didn't know we're looking at the states status i think something to be said about specific agencies no-brainier who worked in any another agency it is prescribed in that way. >> much like this is happening here with an thing people see that as um, a curse but the one thing about the keeper and opportunities for all an manual if not work hearing and possible action or update in happens i

think that something where they have to come before the board to give you an update will be helpful to create accountability in the department itself. >> thank you. >> colleagues any questions? >> thank you so much. >> supervisor ronen and thank you so much director. >> um, you know, i um, worked for the city for a long time before i became supervise and as possibly a, you know, civil certainty experienced all kinds of stuff that happens within your city structure. that constitutes harassment and witnessed that with women in the city structure. i um, you know, things have gotten a little bit

better with r h.r. procedures are better and acknowledging that has goggle better by still you're the there a couple of weeks ago a report burglary a dbi inspector was engaged in the prostitution ring and still employed by the department so, you know, to me the things that you just stated garage davis about the regular reporting i want to go farther than that but recommendations for other departments so, you know, the captain talked about captain a brian talked about hue the way that a work has schand ether time about how instead of saying what were you wearing but explain why it is important to

have evidence those practices should be in the recommendations not sharp to but the police department to the district attorney to h.r., you know,s things i'd like to see how we tackle that and regularly reporting so that that is not jay sharp that is responsible but the departments themselves are regent for the implements on the recommendations so that that would be great and also be that would be great i know we have no jurisdiction but part of roller-coaster could be the school district because i think that we have, you know, gotten away from having school resource officers and withdrawing away from all that that that maybe a mistake all a big fan of supervisor stefani and newsom's

curriculum and misrepresentation and start questioning had that means to have a deputytion typed up to opposition and all things that led to bases is that would be great specific recommendations to um, the school district on, you know, the things that it was talked about in terms of the advice and what peep in addition part of regular reporting as well i think we'll all be better oath for it if we are rowing in the same direct and accountable thank you, warehouse. >> thank you xhvrndz and director davis i heard the dream keeper initiative that is amazing so i want you to know

from me i know from the colleagues too all we are beyond things you do and this is in on a way. >> reflection and criticism at all. supervisor ronen mentioned the beginning about may we have the sharp position on a way are we - this is some something that is necessary and the witness rights the proposition on the battle in adjoin june of 2022 any violation to consolidate the victim certifies in the city and county of san francisco in the various departments so we can better safety officer victims and not - their overwhelmed and not all peep want to go forward and the arresting does never made but

more work to be depend on which 0 people are victimized i reilly think moving sharp to the office laborer a good thing and touch on something because captain o brain mentioned this in want public campaign people don't know about sharp the reason why they don't question are not vesting or given the money to advertise it where are are the valuess services exist and that's my intention which i - i created this office and fundraiser to get that that the battle and make sure that passed i learned the static given to women and girls organization is this 5.8 percent this, you know,

obviously this definitely a women's issue i think our values how we budget. >> what we're saying to the people of san francisco we're not telling you that our services if we're not giving you the money to invest that is on us. and i think that is alone learned we hear green from the department they, only do so much not able to vesting but one thing question make the services better but let everyone know. thank you. >> you know what that was 20 something dwroorgz i went to work in the building i've seen it it play out by many times city departments don't work as possibly well with the city

departments not new but something didn't mean um, there is not from and important life-changing work that sharp and you are department is doing i felt real the people who have rocketed to make sure the departments with wvshth and the policymakers and i'll say to close by expressing my appreciation it supervisor ronen for her leadership approaching a hearing not but embarrassing but it make the fwef you a successful became that is poor san francisco historic preservation commission we have start and aim grateful to be part of it. >> thank you. >> i wanted to invite the

district attorney's office to a couple i know no presentation but i wanted to give you you think opportunity to share anything think is pertinent to the conversation and also to mention several administrations in 2018 so give you you an opportunity to talk about sexual assaults at the for the opportunity supervisors my name is lessee the chief of staff in the district attorney's office you've neon me previously and with me have what our newly prooementd chief of is where i am services she has served over 18 years as a victim advocate from the grown up so we are very

fortunate to have that expertise he helm of victim services. um, i think before get senate bill 9 presentation that i have for i all i really want to acknowledge that language matters and language anticipates you are you manners and i want to thank you, supervisor ronen for starting with that hearing about collectively working to improve our system how we operate interagency wide this is not necessarily criticized but a place far quality improvement a term that is a japanese term that highlights the patrons of that the spirit in schi live from so refreshing and what you'll hear about a general overview how our office manages case of sexual assault and a

response as well as a service response and end with highlights what we've depend on to that chief since are wri6 2018 leave with recommendation. >> so agree i know we're two prolonged we have a civic san diego response and letter of the law. we have case referred 23 he law enforcement agencies and to identify burden of proof once that burden of proof is met charges are filed i want to highlight post pandemic filing rate has increased in fy2022-23 had filing rate of 78 percent two 2020 was 31 percent so, so being able to file charges that

were bring to your attention. >> once a case is brought to our coffee unit will refer 2509 victim services so that a trained advocate can right hand within 2020-2024 to the victim or siefrm and get referrals from the community-based organizations but something that is important to notice that we also receive individuals serving for other chimes sometimes you're working with someone for a robbery they might talk and learn about their story and hear that many, many years ago happen to me too and an opportunity for victim services to step in and

prides resources and over the opportunity to report as well. and in respect i want to add he definitely work with you they're great partners. the response is to continue on to that when the vaccine mediated with the survivor they conduct an is where he goes the assessment of is that what are the mental health needs and huizar it was brought up earlier and financial nominees to help this person feel safe we pull from the resources and pull that web and a wrapping wrap around that individual and educate them on the rights and restitution i want to highlight that and keep them abbreviate of legal procedures victim services we

will handle cases not surcharged apart from the illegal side we continue services and in fact, continue request individuals that don't report we'll give options to to collect the evidence so that if you choose to report later will be there (clearing throat) and so um, another piece of of your services how we have - we think that is important that victims open up claims down the line unusually takes three months and so we try to congest folks to apple up the applications can come back and

get compensated far the services if they choose to into evidence or any other lose if they're qualified what the underline pies are advocates in our unit again through a lot of infrastructure changes they have a 40 hour to engage in the advocate say qualifying training but we particle leverage the community organization training to make sure our advocates that respond to the skwaurlt cases are specialized in the nuances that comes into we all work from a tramway informed lens a creed a in the division but special ways to ask anyone a question issuing captain mentioned can change the tide how they respond

to you. so all of the advocates work in this populations are trained in responding accordingly and leads me to education. one of the biggest goals of advocates educating the survivors of trauma. and how trauma can combauvenlg a question earlier about why potentially few weeks are not reporting well (clearing throat) we look at things biological the center part of our basin is think fire you're in a state of fight or flight not in the proper space to gave me engaged, however, we provide -

that awareness and insight hopefully helped people thinks what is happening to you right now and leads them to a blast of comfort to put in a report and brrpt 2509 collaboration we're tied close to the sexual assault response team to start at that time meeting and participate we have met sharp office through those in courtesy events i've been in meetings and highlighted we talked about the sexual assault and evaluation and one of the things prior to me out you think this maternity leave i'm a mom and the tracking of those kits one of the things we talk about barriers an individual who is engaged and giving offer their buildly information to agencies they

don't know where this is going in the process of analyzed additional did i give it in vain one to track that and then actually the victims right to have the um, the power to track they're kits so a file is excluded in the inn take packet regardless of crime that encourages individuals i think i have been a victim of sexual assault you can track the kit that it moves through the system many interviews with the encloses and part of coon summer so you've been hearing between

two or three vaccines that are trained and dedicated to assault cases we cross train other advocates we can sort of um, hold cases accordingly and advocates train at the academy of criminal investigation to make sure the law enforcement said the role i mentioned is can i tracking we increased advocates in the community we know that walking go into a district attorney's office is not is an ideal option for reporting something we have better community advocates in community-based organizations so folks can walk into a hopefully a familiar place eased 145ir a report or report any crimes happened and lastly, and this is didn't i think that is important

as i mentioned language matters have outreach to school through work shop called healthy relationships it is a really important again as possibly i'm and a trained mental health parole we. >> item no. 8 - peep the behavior we want to see that is one thing to say that is bad but put that high and loud but what we want to see the workshop we put forward to to healthy relationships what you expect something i'm personally very proud of to push out to the school systems with respect to the quality of improvement and lake to see more of the that workshop dba being invited into a the school district at and

more across training and councilmember price referrals and lastly, wasn't love to see victim services at the district attorney's office um, pass a little bit earlier an sacrifices we can are more of an asset team and all pace there for any questions? >> thank you for your presentations colleagues any questions? >> and my to the public comment i appreciate you coming. thank you very much. >> i want to appreciate everyone waiting for public comment. okay. chair will open up for public comment. >> yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up but the windows all speakers have two minutes.

>> we'll have our first speaker come forward. >> good morning and my name is jay i'm the manager of transcending and transnon-conforming programs at openhouse sophomore i have been part of the community building effort by sharp for too years and seeing the gender violence 2 it collective not just in terms of collective wisdom brought by folks living in our city in san francisco and working to heal communities harmed by sexual violence for the first time daring to imagine the practice of collective healing not just because of violence were plenty in the community but despite of that personally as a survivor

found the conversations around imagining and educating to addresss issues in schools. so that shame can be removed with grace and care so healing can begin and agency of survivors centered in you'll conversations of the any mingled psa paradise was healing as possibly a community organizer working in san francisco sideline not only of the genders journeys but the ageism sharp never had a vice up lifts them and helps them to speak and finds themselves city's appearing robs

us of humanity (bell ringing) thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> and my name is if a come an english teacher since 2003 sharp has been will be helpful despite sexual battery i write and since koormdz i've buffoon terrorized due to the complaints for k4r5i789s against white males and i was force to go on leave any person he twrart has kept his job and had numerous occasions of sexual assault i'm treat this way after 23 years of

service than what does it mean to other victims unhoused victims. the word rape is hard 2 write it was hard for sexual assault my abuser sexually assaulted me and hue he had his sometime his monster raped me kwhefs 8 years old (bell ringing) in outdoor for me to be believes none nobody a man that is clearly to the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl in 1982 the details i'm notable to talk

about wuts convulsions. negotiated for me san francisco needs a (bell ringing) afford time. >> ma'am. >> i'm sorry. >> causing dennis herrera sales tax to us all. >> thank you nicole for your comments next speaker. >> good morning dear members and of the board and the punishment safety community supervisor ronen my name is sophia and i'm the dpa director in the entire san francisco bayview and unfortunately, the

dwrooshg a moment tobacco present with all of us that she has the port to sharp i am going to proceed to read at that moment i'm an immigrant refugee and survivor writing on the on behalf of and (unintelligible) i can't excite all and following the holistic principle of the decision that i belong do we represent to 5 board members and 4 hundred plus and all peep people feel similar to me we want to talk about the commitment it sharp requested 2509 sxhurnt for example listening to the concerns around the huizar crises and for more

sharp has reading with the survivors who report and those (bell ringing) is marijuana strong alive and work to support the trarndz and the services we provide they are - in a moment of sorry, grieve and despair when one of our work is in any type of violence i'm a survivor (bell ringing) only in california and i have always lists sharp as possibly within the services in the city of san francisco. >> thank you, thank you so much thank you for your comments. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> good morning. my name is lisa i'm a license social worker

and women against rape i received services and completed the certification for crises presentation in 2010 and i've been here to evaluate sharp work despite having been refunded in 2018 having only two staff members and during the challenges during a global pam's sharp has the requests of the community the report was on a covid 19 shows partnership like scornful and sexual assault durings years the survivors in healthcare services have been impacted due to the risks of transition tea sharp continues in support of survivors whether

necessary choose to report to the police or not and spearheading the collective meetings we appreciate the work that sharp has at an to fool the leadership by developing partnerships and education and community healing that is so necessary. eve neon her for more than 18 years and widow her commitment to end sexual assault to educating (bell ringing) in a trauma informed way to support survivors and leadership community commitment by women of collar as possibly an education consultant for seven years is indispensable and many years she continues to help with her tireless work for the communities of san francisco. sharp work with important our community brerns needs more

color led services thank you, sharp. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> my name is losing i'm a hiv research in c sf a a doctoral gnat and i'm a survivor them of of dhoold sexual assault and sexual assault and i've not roared to the police i don't trust the police like many people in any community i'm not seeing instances the police are prevented sexual assault or 23 if occurring and as we saw the police are notable to follow-up on sexual assault when it is reported to them what we're learning in the conversation the impacts the police have in communities marijuana listed and how our continuity don't trust the

police and question trust this organization this is incredible we don't see that much. supervisor ronen you talked about the department with survivors feel supported and where places that where people can suggest policy changes within the city and heard three supervisor kim has a link list of improvements the way the city was handling the epidemic so my ask for you which you create ass new elective (bell ringing) how will the follow-up occur for the department making the recommendations and like to comment on the police departments saying that men are deviant and people that

commissioner vice-president lim sexual assaults not augural are colleagues of us have a prior history and joan was mentored (bell ringing) what was done to healed him accountable. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is gordon i'm a survivor of municipalities instances of sexual assault over plus two years i want to not name names but i contributed to the council hearing in 2013 what is that i'm - i regularly tell law enforcement to go fuck themselves they don't make peep better the jails i'm personally

anti incarcerations but the accountability is for more and fuck the feminism they per what the rape i worried about how domestic violence can make peepholes i know putting someone in an sro and the smamgs - google columbia - i want to relate what supervisor ronen how one sexual assault can impact someone's life i suffered a shit loads of sexual assault but with the cherry an top that was a

popular teacher i got through undergraduate fine but for the reaching my full potential because of sexual assault and tried to rapists in the system that encourage i yield my time fuck you (bell ringing) >> next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm here as possibly proud latino in support the other was of sharp can i want to his own that is amazing to bring awareness and non-conforming individuals and working with the kelly lou in 2021 we were part

of the women's foundation and dr. institute from the beginning our initial project i was to address how peep he - for a and a half presented to the local homelessness corresponding board and met with the stakeholders engaged survivors of violence and the complernz of trarndz for safe and secure housing and advocacy and among other things through our extensive the extensive work to we maids mind-boggling discoveries or encountered information how we approach pollution

(bell ringing) i - i wants to say a few weeks ago a 15-year-old girl found dead in a driveway on ingleside and absolutely shattering and f it led me to the release we needs nor ways to report sexual violence anyway. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors my name is launching garcia the direction for the commission and also on behalf of the commission today we want to center on voices and the portions of bringing in youth voices in all gender voices advocacy sharp partnered 2 host town hall to focus on the needs of youth and

students regarding safety and healing from vines and since 2005 and remembering that youth voices are traumatic informed and we want to reestablish the task force sharp helped to better understand needed urge we urge you to listen to make sure that sharp to keep the community corrections and continue the victims centered work. thank you. >> thank you. do we have any additional speakers? >> not seeing thank you, no other public comment

comment is closed. >> (gavel) i'm going to turn it over to supervisor ronen. thank you. so much. >> supervisor stefani i didn't want to thank all the city departments that came out and i know dpooep about this initial i want to thank the community members who came out to share of their experiences with sexual assault and brave enough talk about that in public is extraordinarily and all the community members who have had positive experiences are sharp is again great and having said that, i am going tobacco introducing legislation shortly that will be moving forward sharp from human rights commission as to witness rights with reviewed focus. on the

original mandate of the sharp legislation with more robust confidentiality provisions as possibly sxhirgd suggested renewed regular and specific reporting requirement. um, and peer perfect and /* the reality is that sexual assaults rape, is system ethic in the society we don't twraet it mere that way and internationally no near the level of the problem that is it is and in the country we don't see in the city or state question can and will do better.

the fact that sharp office is only received 72 complaints in 6 years not if enough of request a small staff of good does incredible work in other ways with working with community and advise and appraiser. >> items submitted by the mayor. >> referrals to mental health services, etc. the fact that only a framework of those reporting to the police is not okay we need to do more. >> we need all city departments and all city elected optimisms the entire san francisco community to know that sharp exists and understand the

purpose and it's purpose is to look internally in the city departments what are we doing good and what are we don't go wrong and what can we get better at? to make that easier to rotator those crimes and for victims and survivors to feel supported during the process to get timing roof signs tobacco heard. we have a robust discussion that's the bottom line by despite what a long way we have to go i have a lot of optimism we're going to have a renewed focus and thanks to supervisor stefani we're going to have a new office focused an survivors and their rights and

better supporting them and that is a lot better place for sharp to grow as possibly an agency and be able to safety officer the original mandate in what mere robust way thank you, to the committee for 450e8d this meeting and all the departments and the members of the public that came to support um, and with that, i ask a member of the committee to have declare this hearing heard and filed and looking forward to as a member of the legislation moving forward thank you thank you, supervisor ronen i - i don't see money on the roster thank you, supervisor ronen for your incredible work and supervisor melgar i look forward to working on that together and like to make a motion to file that

hearing. >> the motion supervisor melgar, aye. >> supervisor dorsey, aye. >> supervisor stefani, aye. >> i have three i sees with supervisor engardio excused. >> thank you, madam clerk call the. >> call the next item. >> yes. >> call the next item. >> yes. staffing needs, and efforts to civilianize positions;and requesting sfpd and the department of human resources to report. >> it madam clerk colleagues, i so-called today's hearing to discuss the police department and human rights commission to recruit and retain sworn and civilian personnel obviously we

don't have enough police officers to deal request the. >> (repeated.) >> the constitution of the united states. many a hearing think sexual assault and hearing into captain o'brien and knowing not enough officers this is having great impacts through the the city and county of san francisco and in the police department the reality of our staffing shoorj is evidenced the long response time and in your city safety public health is basin observation of what a well functioning city? driveways we have are more than seven hundred positions what is needed to meet the needs of our community i analyzed repeating the shortage of patrol officers exacerbates

our pandemic shortages and we must make the use of the resources we have the san francisco police department is not a department where we can simply demand doing more with less with public safety and keep telling the public library we 2345ed more officers we need to explain how we're accomplishing that given the concerns about the public safety on the streets it is imperative we have approaches to addressing those challenges the public is seeking answers and crucial to knows we recognize this i czarist that cries by increasing transparency we raised awareness about the urgency of the hiring crises and develop effective recruitment and retention at the deputy chief peter welch did i get our

title wrong. >> you got it right. >> (laughter.) >> from the san francisco police department and david in the high-rise and with that, i'm going to turn it over to to i. thank you. supervisors and thank you, for being so interested in the subject which i think we all agree will take a combined fortunate planning code section 340 mayor's office and the build and within the police department to get meaningful we will presenting with h.r. both has come together to in the last several months and working into interventions and capture times i'll turn it over to the team and screen won background so everyone knows where we are this

first slide shows individual time from may 1st to 2024 you get the questions exactly how many officers we have at any given time the red line the totally number of sworn officers within the department so he understanding from the chief to the most important person the eefrlgs on the street the next is full duty now from people on leave through all was these the with an that he everything noosed the notice glaring the full duty officers on the rank

of officers 234r from 2020 to 2024 that patrol your neighborhood that you all represent 24/7 and new seven hundred and 69 in the 10 districts and stations are staffed based on everything from calls to 120i6r geometry so the stations are another evenly distribute five hundred for everyone's awareness. next slide, please. so going back to 2019 this is specific chart shows three different areas. the blue is the people we hire. so the next is separation and separation again can be anyone leaving to take a position or row signing want to

two into a different profession and retirement the third red which i see that is kind of diagonally stripped how many people we're dune that year the first if you look at the first year 2019 accomplice four come batted our. >> introduction of new or unfinished business by board members. >> but into a deficit beventdz year or the fwiven of that year was one hundred and 89 you see those numbers we're trying to fight our attrition numbers and two where are we in the deficit as you can see join that is to anyone's surprise come ba.5 things in 2020 and moving forward. objective 2020 had the pandemic, our outreach and classes go down. we had classes

cancelled and at the same time to everybody's knowledge a very big november policing was not a job that people wanted to get into pushed downtowns retention and as you can see the separation jump dramatically in the midst like one stauvengs had reviewing 70 people retired early or they left to go to others departments or left the profession so that's where we dramatically see things going downward can't keep you were with attrition and those added outside instances. this next slide is just a projection a projection of if we stopped hiring right now, these groups of people and the number we used 55 years at 25 those are being

the too mediums and found in the last few years come about most people think of thirty years this is the goals standard for the police department come in supervisor hagman 127b 25 owe 25 work oig years most people retire slefrl as a number factor at 55 get three percent just in the formula by at 55 and 25 so you're retiring as possibly 75 percent and leaving 5 percent of any pension over the next several years build you think on the table with the three percent get 78 so people are leaving um, monetary value on the table for multiple of reasons one of the things we get to the slide i'll

reiterate the current contract the longevity has to retain a few peep our numbers i'll get into it is a good sign for this year. next slide, please. so this is where dhr and police department that by square under the pursue and dba square falls under dhr again? a team effort i don't want you to think they're 19 siloed we get applications and those applications good into smart recruiter dhr will drill into and going through the system a smart recruiter of

those peep a certain anybody didn't meet the minimum qualifications and an example might be district attorney have your ged like basic minimum or may not have other things that make you somebody who can come into the police department and the next thing is the written examine administered dhr but i needed that if you look at the fall offs this intervention within the 234i7kz we're going looking at people eco system onto the police department on a larger level not dramatic but larger so is that something we take out 6 process if you have a b.a. or an a and get people to

the world every step of the way we continue to lose people in all fairness can't task. task we did want to lower the standards and quo want to raise that in certain areas we lose them we get is eligible list from dhr that's where the backwards start and what that of the things in baushdz we get and question about that number of 800 and 11 that number is fluxed we don't want to be at zero if we are is the deter that anyone no one in the queue and then so

position a long process and that is one of the interventions to speed up and i'll let dhr any questions? to explain how we're speeding that up. if we go into the next slide um, one of the things i'd like to say about backgrounds a lot we example do better the dhr help whether users better technology and track things and being able to communicate which use 250sh your investigator or our team recruiting e-mail or call you now text-messaging an each of that is automated are you interested do you still want to join the san francisco police department it is coming next we're meaningful into that but a

passive tape recruitment i mean day look at the numbers and look at hue this works? if i get hired i need a company of your in addition to be footprint i can't drag you in we have to between we need to information so slowly may we have from snail mail and using a system dolled guardian let's i upload things so there is improvement and hopefully within the next couch of lists we'll be 100 percent automated wearing working off the old groups looks like probably, you know, with the i thought she was here a big packet it is hard to get new data so we slool transmit or may

we have onto the another areas wale definitely be able to have better information. next slide, please. i asked did team to put this in the reason is policing and how we train police officers how we get them is not please come to work on moped we're going to sends you out but basic recruitment this is just an illustration that when we say we have three or four academy classes focus on the pipeline once into the academy months and months and medias of training we talk about the wide numbers are off just the way the academies run i really like to really

point out to a lot of people yes, we hire someone on 34507bd but not letting them out for 9 months and it is along and arrested with us process to get the people through. so modern branding is we're like to do that 40 or 45 miles if silicon valley movie into a areas have the website that is tells us from all-star and another codes which people go out to recruit we're hitting the right places as opposed to to going to a place just to go if we say we're

going to 250 events but not vooeldz outside of 50 we need a refocus that's one of the ways wearing marc benioff through and again, back it training the team using seizure tracking and efficiency question get senate bill i think the background part if we can skip down to that part smart recruiters will be the biggest help and dhr has been helping that is with application 2509 end one of the biggest complaint internal from candidates and another agencies are take advantage of of wearing building out with dhr where am i in backgrounds or my medical or other things i have to go and do so this is performing the

biggest game scharng you want to have a francis scott key not sit back and get 8 or 9 thighs flashgsz it is new battle for amazing people >> by an of the areas i want to highlight is all-star helping us to market at this point we are boo may month three and - but as you can see the full assessment of with contracted with period of time and another developers i told her them we work withal star 3 vendor said you're in good hands not the

best advertisement but we made a good choice we're going to know what social each of that people identify with simple things everyone is eying and i want for us this is implemented and heavily done by february of 25 we're processing by all coming in as possibly that is being built. i don't know if david wants to come up? >> thank you, deputy chief welch i'm david with the h.r. myers station and the hr to improve h.r. using for data and one of the main areas we focused in hiring deputy chief welch been focusing an patrol officer hiring time to share a few

examples meeting the resources 2 to 3 to commissioner bravo the hiring process for the future of hiring and the first place is acknowledging the uniqueness of hiring and building out the custom hiring process alm three when peep apply for they are going through different stages and by acknowledging that in the technology we can automate more communication and automate um, marc benioff people forward in the process based on their answers is certain questions that's with an thing we partnered on the the other thing is about the uniqueness to better report how to to the stakeholders and hue we might be able to address drop off rates as possibly deputy chief was

pointing out with the technology to xhoofts communications and the data. another thing are citywide forecasts that lie us to commissioner caminong an example is question noticed looking at the hiring process as possibly the stuart lovely was a lot of time taking up with the investing that is medical checks for the last 18 months adding vendors to the city's contract to it engage with them and accepted candidates to the vendors instead of we have been partnering with the police department to give the police department access to the contracts and see candidates can improve the timing by weeks to get appointments and move

forward. the third example of an intervention deputy welch said hue to help with baufshgd around tracking the backgrounds you heard and pointed that out feels like and blank bookstore and feel lake that to candidates by staffing smart recruiters we he can help the candidates to asphyxiate the black box concerns but commissioner bravo the transparency to others stakeholders and humane candidates at any given moment three examples with technology and to improve the processes we think wale not only shed light but better address the points quo identified and one no silver

bullets but needs to be injection and we think stwrirl changes will help us. >> hand that back to the chief. thank you. next slide, please. >> so some of the questions you um, have proposed or interested in are civilian position good things we have positions that one, we will use as possibly any another city department whether admin or clerks, etc. and have is second 250er that is what positions how are we getting patrol officers out of those positions and on the students let's talk about the budget positions as you can see 6 hundred and fwoour budgeted positions for the saber

department from our cfo and peep retrooefl that concludes my report. that gambit of people. the vacancies that we have are one hundred and 39 seeing the process again have a little bit of a hump as opposed to to other agencies we have to go senate bill a backward check foot objective as possibly much as possibly police officer but someone you're exposed to areas of information and guided by federal or state law is background checks are necessary. what i'm is going to the proposing f specifically to this it is a lot retired officers come back ambassadors to neighborhoods we have them some of the officers tyrone training up at the academy pier 52 can

come in and train full-time but our biscuit contributions right now had a big push have 35 members of the proposing f in asbestos that almost just out of 15 in the last month or month and a half closed the chief of police pushed to get a class indoor for you to do a background on patrol officers you have to do a - is he send 5 people to santa fe or post came to the san francisco practical 345e78d and have monticello question 250k 2, 3, 4 from

oakland what better to know what that they need and what tentative person and hue they're tobacco used we have these to be able to take in some of the packets and working on a program they're fat training someone to review the background we're trying to get backgrounds throw at many people and have to full-time non-sworn people doing background one started this week and had about 5 in the queue and so heavily heavily and the accounts hopefully using third party contractors not not like the mou the city use they backed outdo post certified backgrounds

we started that and be able to take so the volume of people we'll be able is large and large with that and at the same time david talked about the medical areas we kind of advanced we are contracting out in the bay area all the to san francisco and where all the eefrlz we cannot not having peep in certain areas the modification bureau encomments the fields the property section you need to have sworn people in we cut those areas down and again, those numbers are specific to officers to help out in the another areas with an needed i'd

like to appetite in the crime at the scene investigation we have one current non-sworn question is working in that and put in a bunch of requests up to 25 for this coming budget we had had everything from video retrieval the amount of video out there from everyone's ring doorbell to cameras we don't have the capacity to go out there we have people budget to do that and another group through electronic dive crime scenes to some of the computer work we're moving to get more non-sworn or professional staff into something like that crime scene we continuing look at that and in homosexual you may or may not be aware your psa that is a held

by dhr to move them and some of them want to volunteer too cold cases that eefrlz don't need to go to a burglary they handle that call and get it customer service instead waiting for patrol officer we continue to hopefully at dhr and whereby rolling out once that program that mafias will be a large commitment performing in the neighborhoods of about 12 or 120 total to look at that as as whole program of psas not to station but the cold cases to help the police officers that's

my appreciation happy to take questions. >> thank you, supervisor dorsey. thank you. sxhifrd i want to ask about a number on the first slide of full duty officers i think samoans i know different ways of defining a historic way that didn't conduct the airplane i know also the number that was here encouraging is 158 three to live initial i see is 1460 i think that may account for the airplane that's correct. >> and day. >> as possibly quo moved on things i may ask are we're

talking about the same numbers there is an historic way of describing that back to the 1994 charter will be just helpful we're all talking about the same thing. i did want to actually i have a board i serve on where there is going to be a quantum issue if i don't get there soon but to express my gratitude studio especially to supervisor stefani for her long time leadership on this issue before staffing and hiring and recruiting and retention of police department even the last couple of years and actually die is my too year anniversary of being think is board of supervisors i feel like i need

to apologize for the police staffing he talk with the people in the community. i'm sick of hearing myself talking about about my my rants but supervisor stefani perhaps take a large royal in state government my hope that hearing is the first of many just to really bring continuity to this i know important to many of the residents and important to me. so i want to express my appreciation to everyone for the work they've done over the last several months but you're doing on many hearing with that, i think that's my acknowledge question and sometime. thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisor.. supervisor melgar.

>> thank you supervisor stefani i'm okay the gratitude for my colleagues on this issue. i um, he representing district 7 served by 3 ingleside and park and very understaffed. um, especially carville and, you know, the district is the elaborate demographic in the city it takes time to get from carville braefg to the park or the daily parrot eras i have seen in the last 4 years supervisor the flubs have gone down so and i really eager to get to the staffing level that is sustainable because running every time for years is not good for the human body i worried

about workers, you know, in the police department how they're families are experiencing this as well, you know, as possibly we do more recruitments and hiring i'm glad we're using the technology to make sure that, you know, folks are spread out where they're needed everywhere and not just in the downtown core bus crime happens everywhere we 2345ed to have police protection i wanted to ask you about a capture of things specifically thank you for the presentation it was really informative and theory. i am l.a. county the draft law of, you know, in the different stages i'm woovrnd if you've depend on any analysis you can share three has for example, as a written examine is that cross the board that is or seen any

patterns in terms of the druch for example, for people that english is not the first language or by gender women versus he men or any of thes things we can go back and look at the best practices and say that is where it is may not serving us well. >> this is interesting i say that we have a blind demographics process early on we don't know when they are that's one of the things we are changing i know you're a big sport we've talked about that but 35, there are no we don't get our democrat garlics when you reach out and use the different technologies are we targeting that will be changing

that's a a quo we've asked one of the things we're looking at are we making it hard but not if you go and get our a or b.a. do you need to take that test? and mafia i straight onto the oral and the physical place we will eventually have information broke down who is not passing and looking those on the as possibly i may know that may become a factor we really do have to look at the fact that my now you are able in california to become a patrol officer as a non-u.s. citizen you're an immigrant and and want to look at that population onto the department we need to information possibly it is something we or working on and

going to go back who is coming in. >> so i'm also happy that the presentation we got from h.r. i'm very hopefully about the smart recruiters just nike used tobacco a developer before a supervisor and have one 23 particular i met him in middle school and went to san francisco state and in criminal justice he's got everything; right? like loving and kind family and waiting far three years and nobody has said anything to him, i think that transitioning that would be great to go back for people that apply because, you know, when people are eager to

come that is also, you know, also keep in touch and let them what is going on i'm eager to make that real in terms of the 35/thirty commitment you have, you know, puts so much time and energy senate bill that i'm wondering who else in working on that in any female employees have, you know, involved in this effort i feel like in terms of things we could do better. and specific work for, you know, services, and things that will make that more enticing for women and yeah to answer your

question right now the person that runs under the umbrella of pb i see lieutenant carla she's doing a fantastic job maybe have to bifurcate that by thirty by thirst something we're aware of but i really time to see lieutenant i think she's delivered information that is fascinating and outdoors of united states how everybody from 92 new sdaeldz and just as possibly tactical team aunt very much other than that, as you can see request the dbi but we're expected to do stuart she's got all of that and probably

something one bifurcated or two objective go to an area need to get her more help both of those options have come up we came up with that and fathom about that an active discussion. >> thank you supervisor melgar i have a few questions nevertheless slayed with the timeline for the academy classes but hire to start what did that lastly for articulate rally but our original throughout about 20 to thirty we had about 20 to thirst laterals with the law enforcement individuals ready to come to sfpd's they're

backgrounds are shorter that is basically done don't have to go back by talk about the issues while in the departments but got back a push to we want to work with supervisor melgar don't want to wait i want to come and work for sfpd we hired 4 a last week and time at the academy and basically out onto the program it is very, very short and that slide was just the academy that is from day one a basic recruiter goes through the academy approximately 8 months and on that front end approval from every phase of background. so it came back a link process we lose peep i'll use the term

headhunters that's where i think that 1345er9 recruiters will tell you hears where we're at at mcdot and i'm confused so. >> if you're i've heard that is easier to get back out how much longer than you're coming throat academy for the first time. >> yeah. so good afternoon. i'm the o ic officer since 2019 years ago we started talking about hiring laterals and the link fwilt pay how do we take a lateral our old took out take a lateral and put them into a class or an academy class fully

trained overall but once through the background we identify one or two or in this case 4 we bring them to staff services for administrative purposes from uniforms or getting past the city recruiters. and on a reflection on you, we can assign them into the office and they do an orientation like a 7d orientation they don't reteach things they pass is academy and sometimes, it is years but give an orientation as to what is required in sfpd use of force really the high-level of and leave it up 2509 lateral to review the other things and we

can get a lateral from admin week to f po in a month much quicker we are to spend time to drill dune on this specific issues by much, much shorter and they make mean for us right now they're doing the job their evaluated like a basically grew up but for a shorter time and once the training they're out that probation like any other officers but bring years of experience. >> that's what i thought and trying to get it number 7 hundred officers storage for me why are we not doing recruitment of laterals or taking out adds,

aye. >> newsletters to let them bang the contracts we have a po a a lot of the are we using that to get laterals to come here. >> we absolutely are, in fact, someone dedicated within recruiting who side specifically that so we are doing that outreach and again, we know as possibly a battle we've had discussions but the sufficiency of time people that other departments are throwing at people but i think we're really seeing our program come together and people are to happen to work for civic san diego all question

eave but here on a san francisco they're movie we don't want to wait until scruple but upwards of 5 to 10 and pit them off for no other reason to confuse what the curt numbers are we'll talk about like the academies. >> i know i heard there the hearing and a apec wearing excited about working in san francisco and keep working that especially with thirty by thirty initiative no good female detectives but really it targeting either efforts to find more, you know, officers to bring them on board.

>> can you touch an one one of the things going on a while but pa focus has been to bring in part time recruiters we can't pull off every officer but have part time focus think not just women before you noting any other communities not thought about mrfrlz but question target areas like to point out (captioning is ending at this point due to the time limit provided for captioning)