Walton asks about compliance with language access ordinance. Henderson: when I first came in, we weren't connected to the language access program. We are now connected, and also renovating our website to make it easier to reach out without coming down to the office.
Next up is the District Attorney (second to last!), @chesaboudin presenting.
90% of expenditures are staff and office space.pic.twitter.com/sL1UMhhq1z
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Increases are mainly to get back to "standard" level of staffing, backfilling cuts made last year due to the pandemic.pic.twitter.com/EO4wKdNAE8
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The City has a large backlog of jury trials that it may take a year to get though, in addition to "addressing emerging public safety issues."pic.twitter.com/zrlqh69Ojv
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Boudin says we have a long way to go to fulfill requirements under CA Constitution victim's bill of rights, with some requests that were not funded by the Mayor's office.pic.twitter.com/UEPQzTZENL
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Haney asks about status of fentanyl unit (which was not funded by the Mayor). Boudin says it's a pressing issue. Says the DA's office will continue to staff collaborate efforts to connect people to treatment. Expanding efforts will be difficult.
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Boudin: For context, SFPD presented DA with 700 cases of felony drug offenses, most of which are prosecuting. This is clearly not working. Supporting
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Bouding: we need a public health approach. We need to not repeat the mistakes of the war on drugs, that has been racist, costly, and ineffective.
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Walton asks for racial breakdown of attorneys. Boudin: don't have the exact numbers, but will get back to you. Attorneys/investigators are ~53% white, 16% asian, 12% Black, 13% latinx. Officewide is 39% white, 18% asian, 14% Black, 19% latinx.
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Boudin (cont.): Victim advocates are most diverse and least paid. Victim advocates speak combined 14 different languages. We have about 10 leadership positions, only 3 are white.
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Mar asks how the DA's victim services unit coordinates with other public agencies that provide victim services. Boudin: we have close to 70 MOUs with private and public entities to provide victim services.
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Mar: what is current staffing for victim services unit? Boudin: we have ~30 victim advocates. Crushing case-load with over 5,000 cases. Historically has been no effort to contact robbery victims, now have pilot in D5 that we hope to expand.
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Preston asks whether Boudin thinks whether more of the work like the aforementioned pilot should happen in the DA's office (who took the pilot on without funding for staff). Boudin: having it under us helps prevent redundancy, but I will support anything we can do.
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Okay, another break before the Sheriff and public comment, coming back at 6:15 PM.
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Okay, we're back with the FINAL department of the week, the Sheriff's office (Paul Miyamoto presenting). Most of the increases in the Sheriff's budget are related to safety upgrades, as well as cost-of-living adjustments.pic.twitter.com/ndEcftKERt
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CFO Hollins notes savings due to civilianization at DPH, which will begin in March 2022: $1 million savings in year 1, $4 million in year 2.pic.twitter.com/8iqpyNC7q1
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And here's some info on their pretrial diversion program.pic.twitter.com/OhxPnUT3OK
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Walton asks if Sheriff's been able to fill the vacant 8420 in-custody bilingual workers. Miyamoto: 1 person in process now of 3 open positions.
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Walton: when will in-person programming resume in jails? Miyamoto: this weekend (I'm not quite sure what exactly they're talking about here).
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Walton: how many vacancies in your department? Miyamoto: 119 sworn vacancies. Had been in hiring stop while sorting out inequities in hiring process.
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Walton: how are you recruiting employees of color. Miyamoto: Have 1 recruiter FTE, work to recruit from community and going to work on educational institutions, community and state colleges.
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Walton asks why we have Sheriffs posted at Goodlett after 5pm. Miyamoto: as we wind up, I think that's the only entrance open after hours.
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Walton asks about language access. Miyamoto: working on getting employees certified, adding signs.
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Haney asks whether programming at the jail has resumed (education, classes, etc). Miyamoto: We're working on it.
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Haney asks if people have access to going outdoors? Miyamoto responds that they're working on making that possible "soon."
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Haney asks about phase-out of senior deputies. Miyamoto says they're no longer testing for that position, will get back to Haney with more details.
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What is the general fund increase from the current FY to next, why? CFO Hollins: $14 million is salaries and benefits, only FTE increase is for body-worn cameras program. $11 million capital for fire safety, as well as some technological investments for transparency.
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Hollins: Elevator at CJ2 needs repairs, also upgrades at San Bruno. Haney: has the budget for vehicle maintenance/acquisition changed? Hollins: Mayor's budget includes $250,000, BLA will recommend to reduce that to $180,000.
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Haney: what's going on with CJ4, how did we not save by cutting down a jail? Hollins: 90 FTEs were working there. We've had 30 people leave since.
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Haney: so has the overall # of deputies gone down?? Miyamoto: we didn't lose positions because we filled vacant positions elsewhere. Hollins: Our FTEs have actually gone down (and cites a lot of stuff that is way too confusing for this tweet).
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Safai goes back to DPH's plan to reimagine safety at SF General, says he's worried about patients and staff. He's all for de-escalation, but wants the Sheriff to talk about that.
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Miyamoto: while we're committed to responding to DPH concerns about Sheriff presence. Main concern is to make sure response times aren't affected, working on that.
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