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He said his team worked hard with the mayor and other members of the board to negotiate safeguards, including strict reporting requirements on when live monitoring was used and whether it improved safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I realized that is anathema to some,” said Peskin. “I am willing to give it a try.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police use of private surveillance equipment has ramped up across the country as a way to deter and investigate crime. 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Only outdoor areas can be monitored.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11841385,news_11899726,news_11747249\"]The trial period will last 15 months, giving supervisors about a year’s worth of data to review before they decide whether to extend the pilot program, tweak it or end it, Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU of Northern California was among more than two dozen groups that called on supervisors to prohibit live surveillance except in emergencies, saying it would disproportionately affect African Americans and other vulnerable communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued San Francisco on behalf of protestors in 2020, claiming \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11841385/sf-police-used-camera-network-to-illegally-spy-on-protestors-new-lawsuit-alleges\">San Francisco police illegally monitored live feeds of protestors\u003c/a> who were marching in the wake of George Floyd’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Privacy advocates argued that police violated a local ordinance requiring the department to gain permission from the Board of Supervisors to monitor live feeds when they accessed a camera network operated by the Union Square Business Improvement District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also said police surveillance of public demonstrations can discourage people from exercising their rights to free speech and assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, a judge decided in favor of San Francisco. In his ruling, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer said the Union Square group gave police access to the cameras for the 2019 Pride Parade, before the ordinance was implemented, and therefore the police were allowed to continue accessing the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two advocacy groups announced last month that they will appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board President Shamann Walton, who is Black and voted against the legislation, said police already have the tools to request video footage from private citizens and make arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know the thought process is, ‘Just trust us, just trust the police department.’ But the reality is people have been violating civil liberties since my ancestors were brought here from an entirely, completely different continent,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Breed thanked the board, saying live surveillance would allow the police “to respond to the challenges presented by organized criminal activity, homicides, gun violence,” and even officer misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11899726/sf-mayor-breed-declares-state-of-emergency-in-tenderloin\">In December, the mayor called for a crackdown\u003c/a> on illegal vending and drug dealing in the Tenderloin, one of the most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in the city with among the highest overdose rates. At the time, she announced she would seek legislation allowing law enforcement real-time access to surveillance video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite her harsh words — Breed said it was time to be “less tolerant of all the bull— that has destroyed our city” — the neighborhood remains troubled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">San Francisco’s progressive prosecutor Chesa Boudin was ousted\u003c/a> from the district attorney’s office in a rare recall and replaced by Brooke Jenkins, who supports the trial program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To become law, the proposal needs a second vote, which is usually perfunctory and given the following week. Two members of the city’s five-member police commission, a citizen-led oversight body, have requested that the board hold off on the final vote until they have an opportunity to review the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The trial period will last 15 months, giving supervisors about a year’s worth of data to review before they decide whether to extend the pilot program, tweak it or end it, Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU of Northern California was among more than two dozen groups that called on supervisors to prohibit live surveillance except in emergencies, saying it would disproportionately affect African Americans and other vulnerable communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued San Francisco on behalf of protestors in 2020, claiming \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11841385/sf-police-used-camera-network-to-illegally-spy-on-protestors-new-lawsuit-alleges\">San Francisco police illegally monitored live feeds of protestors\u003c/a> who were marching in the wake of George Floyd’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Privacy advocates argued that police violated a local ordinance requiring the department to gain permission from the Board of Supervisors to monitor live feeds when they accessed a camera network operated by the Union Square Business Improvement District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also said police surveillance of public demonstrations can discourage people from exercising their rights to free speech and assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, a judge decided in favor of San Francisco. In his ruling, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer said the Union Square group gave police access to the cameras for the 2019 Pride Parade, before the ordinance was implemented, and therefore the police were allowed to continue accessing the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two advocacy groups announced last month that they will appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board President Shamann Walton, who is Black and voted against the legislation, said police already have the tools to request video footage from private citizens and make arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know the thought process is, ‘Just trust us, just trust the police department.’ But the reality is people have been violating civil liberties since my ancestors were brought here from an entirely, completely different continent,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Breed thanked the board, saying live surveillance would allow the police “to respond to the challenges presented by organized criminal activity, homicides, gun violence,” and even officer misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11899726/sf-mayor-breed-declares-state-of-emergency-in-tenderloin\">In December, the mayor called for a crackdown\u003c/a> on illegal vending and drug dealing in the Tenderloin, one of the most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in the city with among the highest overdose rates. At the time, she announced she would seek legislation allowing law enforcement real-time access to surveillance video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite her harsh words — Breed said it was time to be “less tolerant of all the bull— that has destroyed our city” — the neighborhood remains troubled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">San Francisco’s progressive prosecutor Chesa Boudin was ousted\u003c/a> from the district attorney’s office in a rare recall and replaced by Brooke Jenkins, who supports the trial program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To become law, the proposal needs a second vote, which is usually perfunctory and given the following week. Two members of the city’s five-member police commission, a citizen-led oversight body, have requested that the board hold off on the final vote until they have an opportunity to review the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arguing about San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s performance in office is practically the city’s pastime these days. Is “Chesa” the root cause of the city’s assaults, its thefts, its \u003cem>anarchy\u003c/em>, as some publicly put it?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those are the salvos launched by keyboard warriors on social media every day, but Monday night, those experienced in criminal justice took the debate to center stage.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Francisco’s United Democratic Club, Eastern Neighborhoods Democratic Club, Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club, and Willie B. Kennedy Democratic Club hosted a virtual debate among professionals who have seen different sides of the criminal justice system, to get at the heart of Boudin’s time in office.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evening’s talks were moderated over Zoom by KQED politics correspondent \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mlagos\">Marisa Lagos\u003c/a> and San Francisco Chronicle criminal justice reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/meganrcassidy?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Megan Cassidy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many in virtual attendance seemed dug in on either side — for, or against, the upcoming recall election against Boudin — organizers hoped the night’s discussions could illuminate Boudin’s career for those finding themselves on the electoral fence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a particularly rough few weeks for Boudin’s political prospects, \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/da-chesa-boudin-recall-campaign-poll-crime/\">as a recent poll, paid for by proponents of his recall\u003c/a>, found that 68% of San Franciscans would remove him from office if the recall election were today. (The recall is set for June.) In another public blow, his office recently lost a case against San Francisco Police Department officer Terrance Stangel, in what may be the city’s first trial against an officer for excessive force allegations in the line of duty, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11907396/san-francisco-officer-not-guilty-of-using-excessive-force\">KQED previously reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Monday’s debate, two prosecuting attorneys formerly with Boudin’s office, Brooke Jenkins and Don du Bain, argued Boudin needed to be recalled in light of the fear of crime pervading San Francisco. Jenkins was assigned to the homicide unit in the DA’s office and has been a sex crimes prosecutor. Du Bain is a 30-year prosecutor and also has served as Solano County district attorney.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Brooke Jenkins, attorney\"]‘The issue for us is Chesa creates the landscape where criminals think this is OK behavior.’[/pullquote]Those arguing against the recall characterized crime statistics used against Boudin as cherry-picked, with fear-mongering used to drive a wedge between Boudin and the public. The debaters against the recall included Tinisch Hollins, who is a crime survivor and also executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://safeandjust.org/staff/tinisch-hollins/\">Californians for Safety and Justice\u003c/a>, and Richard Corriea, a retired San Francisco police commander who is now the director of the International Institute of Criminal Justice Leadership at the University of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The role of people who prosecute was not viewed as something people who look like me do,” said Jenkins, the former prosecutor for Boudin, speaking of people of color. She joined the San Francisco District Attorney’s office specifically to serve former DA George Gascón, whom she described as “leading the way” on alternative forms of incarceration.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was able to help us balance reform with making sure we kept the community safe,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin, she said, is “failing to keep San Franciscans safe.”[aside label=\"Boudin comes to KQED on May 3\" link1=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/1814,San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin with Political Breakdown\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking against the recall, Richard Corriea said his family has been in the San Francisco Police Department since the 1906 earthquake. He’s a fourth-generation San Franciscan who attended George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did not support Chesa Boudin in his race for district attorney,” Corriea said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what is he doing opposing the Boudin recall? Corriea said he’s seen half-truths and “lies” take hold of crime statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been disturbing, and seems bent on fomenting fear,” he said. “I object to the recall because the promoters said San Francisco would be safer if we’d just dump the district attorney, which is absurd.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the night, the criminal justice experts tackled homicide rates, shoplifters, and the records of previous district attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the first question, Jenkins suggested that diversion, a procedure by which defendants avoid criminal conviction if they agree to rehabilitation and a period of probation, is overused by DA Boudin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MEGAN CASSIDY: Why is it we should blame the DA for increases in property crimes, but not credit his policies, let’s say, for the relatively low murder rate? If the murder rate goes up somewhat here, but is consistent with the rest of the country, why should we blame the DA’s office for this?\u003c/strong>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Richard Correia, retired San Francisco police commander\"]‘The idea that a DA is going to change property crime in the city? I just don’t see it.’[/pullquote]\u003cstrong>JENKINS\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the most part I think everyone agrees, even in the street, murder is wrong and it won’t go unpunished, but when the DA creates an environment where property crime, where assault, where burglary is acceptable, where there is no consequence, where even if you are arrested, you are released within hours, at most a day or two, and you’re back out into the street, it doesn’t matter if you commit five more burglaries, you’re going to be released each time and at most get probation. At best you get diversion regardless of how many offenses you pick up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He’s creating a landscape where criminal offenders desire to come here and commit crimes. They know that there’s no penalty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CORRIEA\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’d just like to say, after 35 years of police work, I don’t believe criminals in their calculation are thinking about what Chesa Boudin is going to do or not do to them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What they think about is, “What are the chances of getting maybe a tourist car with valuable items in it? What are their chances of getting caught?” Those factors weigh in. What are their chances of blending into the surroundings? How many ways can they escape? But honestly, they’re not sitting there going, “Well, in the marketplace of the Hall of Justice, how will I do?”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908889\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908889\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1.jpg\" alt=\"A zoom call with nine windows featuring various experts on criminal justice, two journalists, and community members. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Criminal justice experts gathered Monday night for a debate on San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin’s recall. Top row, left to right: Megan Cassidy (San Francisco Chronicle), Marisa Lagos (KQED), Richard Corriea (retired San Francisco police commander). Middle row, left to right: Don du Bain (attorney), Brooke Jenkins (attorney), Tinisch Hollins (Californians for Safety and Justice). Bottom row, left to right: Kristen Webb (United Democratic Club); Bruce Agid (Eastern Neighborhoods Democratic Club). \u003ccite>(Courtesy United Democratic Club)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MARISA LAGOS: Even if you support this district attorney, there’s no question that people feel unsafe. \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>So why shouldn’t the DA be held accountable for some of the really horrific or just upsetting things we’ve seen, particularly around property crimes?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CORRIEA\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Property crimes are changing because of the pandemic. The issue of poverty, drug addiction, mental illness, failed public policy, mass incarceration, discrimination, all those factors come into play.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So to say, hmm, someone is here shoplifting, it’s the DA’s fault … What about retailers that have gone from stopping people and holding them and arresting them, to not using security and passing on the cost to the consumer?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can tell you that I never made a shoplifting arrest, ever, because they were done by private security in the stores who would call the police and sign a citizen’s arrest card, and we would take them down and book them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea that a DA is going to change property crime in the city? I just don’t see it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HOLLINS\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s also important to mention that property crime closure rates have been sadly low in San Francisco for a very long time. That did not just start. That’s not really related to who the DA is.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CASSIDY: The DA’s office is just one arm of the criminal justice system. We’ve seen police clearance rates, particularly with property crimes, drop significantly. A lot of these crimes are not getting arrested in the first place. Do the police also share the blame for crime rates? Particularly with property crimes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JENKINS\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The issue for us is Chesa creates the landscape where criminals think this is OK behavior.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can talk about examples where we’ve heard from the police that they will make an arrest and somebody will tell them, “That’s fine because I’ll be out in a few hours. The DA’s office isn’t going to do anything about it.” Or jail calls where they’re saying, you know what, pretty much theft is legal in San Francisco. These are the stories that we are hearing. It doesn’t take the responsibility off of the police to make arrests, of course.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think we have to understand we are in a universe now where morale is low, I think in law enforcement, period. 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Here in San Francisco, we had both Kamala Harris and George Gascón, who were very progressive district attorneys.\u003c/span>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Brooke Jenkins, attorney\"]‘Boudin is failing to keep San Francisco safe.’[/pullquote]\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They were progressive because they created new, innovative programs to try to keep our young people out of the criminal justice system in the first place and to rehabilitate those criminal offenders who ended up in the system.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kamala Harris created Back on Track, which was a successful program to keep kids out of the criminal justice system, employed and in a productive lifestyle. George Gascón expanded that program into young adult court. He also created a mental health court called Behavioral Health Court … and Intensive Supervision Court for adult offenders who are recidivists.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those are true progressive prosecutors. Chesa hasn’t developed a single rehabilitative program.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CORRIEA\u003c/strong>: \u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, I’m looking at five pages of accomplishments that would hurt your eyes to look at. My brother was murdered in 1988 and my worst memories are dealing with the criminal justice system. The rest of it has faded for me, over time.\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CASSIDY: Including crime, one of the things polls show people are worried about [is] drug overdoses, open-air drug use on the streets, particularly in the Tenderloin. 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But the drug crisis is much bigger than the DA’s office.\u003c/span>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Richard Correia, retired San Francisco police commander\"]‘We’ve seen in these high-charging, hard-on-crime jurisdictions increases in crime when some folks would suggest it should be the opposite.’[/pullquote]\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don’t think it’s been any better under any of the previous DAs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just to reference the programs that had been implemented under District Attorney Harris and Gascón, I worked very closely with people who implemented those programs. Again it is a national crisis, not one that’s just focused here in San Francisco. It’s a public health issue that needs to be dealt with with a public health lens.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CASSIDY: Diversion rates are up, conviction rates are down. What should voters take away from that?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CORRIEA\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think that the statistics, if you read them, are really mind-numbing, you know? How many cases came in the door and where they went, and which had action and which didn’t.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What equates to safety?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We’ve seen in these high-charging, hard-on-crime jurisdictions increases in crime when some folks would suggest it should be the opposite.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What I want to say about statistics, this is the most telling: The burglary rates in some neighborhoods in San Francisco grew during the pandemic as crime patterns changed. I noticed that they were up in the Richmond and people were very upset about that, and I noticed they were down in other parts of town.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Folks tore into that the day after: “Look at burglaries out of control.” I always wondered, “Well, what about where it’s dropped?” Shouldn’t you get an offsetting penalty there? I think statistics are not ultimately very helpful.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you look at the chat [of viewer comments in the Zoom debate], it’s almost scary how worried people are and the level of hostility. I would love to see more conversations like this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking against the recall, Richard Corriea said his family has been in the San Francisco Police Department since the 1906 earthquake. He’s a fourth-generation San Franciscan who attended George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did not support Chesa Boudin in his race for district attorney,” Corriea said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what is he doing opposing the Boudin recall? Corriea said he’s seen half-truths and “lies” take hold of crime statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been disturbing, and seems bent on fomenting fear,” he said. “I object to the recall because the promoters said San Francisco would be safer if we’d just dump the district attorney, which is absurd.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the night, the criminal justice experts tackled homicide rates, shoplifters, and the records of previous district attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the first question, Jenkins suggested that diversion, a procedure by which defendants avoid criminal conviction if they agree to rehabilitation and a period of probation, is overused by DA Boudin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MEGAN CASSIDY: Why is it we should blame the DA for increases in property crimes, but not credit his policies, let’s say, for the relatively low murder rate? If the murder rate goes up somewhat here, but is consistent with the rest of the country, why should we blame the DA’s office for this?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JENKINS\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the most part I think everyone agrees, even in the street, murder is wrong and it won’t go unpunished, but when the DA creates an environment where property crime, where assault, where burglary is acceptable, where there is no consequence, where even if you are arrested, you are released within hours, at most a day or two, and you’re back out into the street, it doesn’t matter if you commit five more burglaries, you’re going to be released each time and at most get probation. At best you get diversion regardless of how many offenses you pick up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He’s creating a landscape where criminal offenders desire to come here and commit crimes. They know that there’s no penalty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CORRIEA\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’d just like to say, after 35 years of police work, I don’t believe criminals in their calculation are thinking about what Chesa Boudin is going to do or not do to them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What they think about is, “What are the chances of getting maybe a tourist car with valuable items in it? What are their chances of getting caught?” Those factors weigh in. What are their chances of blending into the surroundings? How many ways can they escape? But honestly, they’re not sitting there going, “Well, in the marketplace of the Hall of Justice, how will I do?”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11908889\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11908889\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1.jpg\" alt=\"A zoom call with nine windows featuring various experts on criminal justice, two journalists, and community members. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/03/Screenshot-2022-03-21-192521-1-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Criminal justice experts gathered Monday night for a debate on San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin’s recall. 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The issue of poverty, drug addiction, mental illness, failed public policy, mass incarceration, discrimination, all those factors come into play.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So to say, hmm, someone is here shoplifting, it’s the DA’s fault … What about retailers that have gone from stopping people and holding them and arresting them, to not using security and passing on the cost to the consumer?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can tell you that I never made a shoplifting arrest, ever, because they were done by private security in the stores who would call the police and sign a citizen’s arrest card, and we would take them down and book them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The idea that a DA is going to change property crime in the city? I just don’t see it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HOLLINS\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s also important to mention that property crime closure rates have been sadly low in San Francisco for a very long time. That did not just start. That’s not really related to who the DA is.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CASSIDY: The DA’s office is just one arm of the criminal justice system. We’ve seen police clearance rates, particularly with property crimes, drop significantly. A lot of these crimes are not getting arrested in the first place. Do the police also share the blame for crime rates? Particularly with property crimes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JENKINS\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The issue for us is Chesa creates the landscape where criminals think this is OK behavior.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can talk about examples where we’ve heard from the police that they will make an arrest and somebody will tell them, “That’s fine because I’ll be out in a few hours. The DA’s office isn’t going to do anything about it.” Or jail calls where they’re saying, you know what, pretty much theft is legal in San Francisco. These are the stories that we are hearing. It doesn’t take the responsibility off of the police to make arrests, of course.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think we have to understand we are in a universe now where morale is low, I think in law enforcement, period. We keep hearing, “The DA’s office isn’t going to do anything about it, so why should I risk my safety to make an arrest?”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CORRIEA\u003c/strong>: \u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Point of fact, Chesa has reached out to the unions and department, over and over again. What people don’t know about city government is, it’s a large blame game, and now Chesa is being blamed.\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>LAGOS: What is criminal justice reform, if not what Chesa is doing? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DU BAIN\u003c/strong>: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like Mr. Corriea, I’ve been in law enforcement myself for 30 years as a prosecutor, in various counties in California. I recognize the complexity of what we do in criminal justice. I’ve known plenty of progressive district attorneys in my time, [such as] Nancy O’Malley in Alameda County. Here in San Francisco, we had both Kamala Harris and George Gascón, who were very progressive district attorneys.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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This case has highlighted that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stangel testified that his aim was to protect his partner from a violent man after the interaction between Martínez and Spiers quickly turned into a melee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was trying to get him to stop fighting my partner and I was trying to get us out of the situation without getting hurt,” Stangel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His defense attorney, Nicole Pifari, said Stangel used necessary force to control a violent situation created by Spiers. She called the case politically motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”We are thankful that the jury was able to see through the dishonesty of the DA’s office in this case and see it for what it was—unjust and unsupported,” she said in a statement. “Everyone should be deeply concerned about this case, about this District Attorney, and about the rule of law in San Francisco. 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The judge also fined the city, saying that the police department failed to disclose three interviews with officers who were involved, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2022/03/sfpd-sanctioned-for-withholding-evidence-in-dacari-spiers-sfpd-beating-case/\">Mission Local first reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the trial, Scott terminated an agreement that allows the district attorney’s office to investigate police shootings, excessive use of force and in-custody deaths, citing serious concerns over the office’s impartiality. 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The chief pointed to a litany of other alleged violations of the memorandum of understanding, or MOU, that included delayed information in other cases and the failure of the district attorney to coordinate with police when charging an officer that led to a scramble to disarm and remove officers from public contact after they were facing felonies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The men and women of this department and the nonbinary members of this department, when they’re telling me that this is a crisis, when they’re telling me that our faith in this system, this investigative process is shaken, I think that should be listened to,” Scott said. “I think that is important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police chief also referenced a wrongful termination lawsuit brought in November by Hayashi’s former boss, former district attorney’s independent investigations bureau Lieutenant Jeffrey Pailet. 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Pointing to a judge’s ruling that no evidence was withheld in the Stangel case, multiple commissioners said repeatedly that they didn’t see how any investigation was substantively derailed by the district attorney’s alleged violations of the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Chesa Boundin called in to public comment as the meeting stretched past 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The decision to withdraw is a massive violation of public trust and a huge step backwards in police reform and police accountability,” Boudin said, repeating his response from last week that the police department regularly violated parts of the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t pick up my ball, walk off the field and go home,” Boudin said. “I don’t go to the press. I call the chief to try to work it out. 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As noted by several commissioners as well as residents who called into public comment, the agreement Scott says he’ll cancel is a crucial piece of ongoing reform of the SFPD that’s overseen by the state Department of Justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the politics and sour grapes, Commissioner Max Carter-Oberstone summarized the concern going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re going to take the extreme step of tearing up the MOU, how could we do that without having a plan in place?” Carter-Oberstone asked Scott. “What is going to happen if, God forbid, an officer shoots someone one month from now and this MOU has lapsed? 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Put simply: more cops on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are areas in this city that need constant, 24-hour police presence while we make those arrests,” Scott said, portraying a chaotic environment of rampant open-air drug use and street crime.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11892879,news_11892123,news_11889586\"]If Breed’s budget request for more officers goes through, one thing is likely to change, Scott said: The police will stop ignoring open-air drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People will not be allowed to smoke meth, to smoke fentanyl, to inject heroin in their arms in public spaces,” he said. “And it’s very important that we are consistent and that we sustain this effort, because to do it for two weeks is not going to help us long-term.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But more police officers on the street will require significantly more funding, a move that comes roughly a year and a half since Breed championed a much different plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862094/sf-mayor-breed-unveils-plan-for-reinvesting-120-million-from-police-into-black-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">divert $120 million\u003c/a> away from law enforcement. 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A separate ordinance would crack down on illegal street vending in an effort to stem the resale of stolen goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some city leaders were quick to support the plan, others expressed serious doubts about its efficacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Police Commissioner John Hamasaki \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HamasakiLaw/status/1470866635149897728?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pointed out on Twitter\u003c/a> that tough-on-crime tactics have come to the Tenderloin before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The myth that we just need to ‘prosecute harder’ is garbage,” he said, referencing the most recent federal crackdown targeting the Tenderloin that brought stiff prison sentences for drug dealing. “Dealing has gone up, supply has gotten bigger, violence increased. Is that success? Why are we doing the same thing and expecting a different result?”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He accused Cha and his partner of trespassing and said they had no grounds to arrest Moore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11267862\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 273px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11267862\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-160x150.jpg\" alt=\"A man’s headshot.\" width=\"273\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-160x150.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-800x752.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-1020x959.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-1180x1109.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-960x903.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-240x226.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-375x353.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23580_1470-qut-520x489.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean Moore (Courtesy of Kenneth Blackmon)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When we see a crime committed, a violent crime committed, it doesn’t matter who the suspect is, we’re going to investigate and we’re going to take action to hold people who cause serious harm in our community accountable,” Boudin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cha is the second officer that Boudin has pursued homicide charges against since he was elected two years ago. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Stangel’s attorney criticized the DA’s charging decision in a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When District Attorney Chesa Boudin says there is no evidence of domestic violence, he is wrong,” attorney Nicole Pifari said. “Everyone in San Francisco should be concerned the DA can’t get his facts straight and is attempting to frame an innocent officer who was doing what society asks of him — protect the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, Spiers filed a civil suit against the city. The suit alleges that a district attorney’s investigator tried to secretly record him in his hospital room, and that five officers later entered the room “and attempted to threaten (Spiers) to remain silent about the attack and to coerce (him) into not seeking legal representation for the beating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to those allegations, Boudin would only say that his office is not pursuing any additional charges related to this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin has also helped spearhead other changes to how police are investigated in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he restructured his office’s Independent Investigations Bureau — a unit at least four years in the making that was initiated by Boudin's predecessor, George Gascón. More recently, the bureau became the lead investigating agency in police shootings and in-custody deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a public Facebook Live discussion Boudin held on Wednesday, Chief Scott said that his department used to be more clued in to the information needed to make charging decisions, and it's now become increasingly challenging to be left out of “an information loop” and be “somewhat in the dark.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11851991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1155px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-16-at-12.19.36-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11851991\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-16-at-12.19.36-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1155\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-16-at-12.19.36-PM.png 1155w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-16-at-12.19.36-PM-800x506.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-16-at-12.19.36-PM-1020x645.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-16-at-12.19.36-PM-160x101.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1155px) 100vw, 1155px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from a Facebook Live discussion on Wednesday, Dec. 18 with San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin (top right), Police Chief Bill Scott (bottom) and DA Communications Director Rachel Marshall. \u003ccite>(Zoom/Facebook Live)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He added that although he may not agree with every decision the DA makes, he appreciates the faster pace of charging decisions, which in the past often languished for years after investigations were presented to prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These cases are hard enough as it is,” Scott said. “When we have to rise to that level of force, nobody's happy with that, and it's an ordeal. And so when officers can get closure, when families can get closure, whichever way those decisions go, I think that's a good thing, particularly when it's done in an expedient manner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that it’s important for all stakeholders to have “confidence and faith that this justice system is fair, that this system is just, that this system is doing what it was designed to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It's exceedingly rare for a police officer to be charged with committing murder or manslaughter, and even more unusual for one to be convicted. Between 2005 to 2019, only 104 officers nationwide have faced criminal homicide charges for on-duty shootings, and just 35 have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/health-and-human-services/document/Criminal-Justice-Program/policeintegritylostresearch/-9-On-Duty-Shootings-Police-Officers-Charged-with-Murder-or-Manslaughter.pdf\">convicted\u003c/a>, according to the Police Integrity Research Group at Bowling Green State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which makes Boudin's first year in office all the more noteworthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last month, Boudin brought manslaughter charges against former police Officer Christopher Samayoa who fatally shot unarmed Keita O'Neil in the city's Bayview District in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on Dec. 7, just a week before Boudin filed charges against Stangel, a grand jury indicted Officer Christopher Flores for assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a 2019 Mission District police shooting that left a man — Jamaica Hampton — in critical condition. The jury brought charges against Hampton as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial for that case will be heard in the next few months, Boudin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Alex Emslie contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Bay Area voters delivered strong support to a half-dozen measures that aim to strengthen independent oversight of local law enforcement, many spurred by a national movement demanding police reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local measures come after the California Legislature this summer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101879558/major-police-reform-bills-fail-in-california-legislature\">failed to pass\u003c/a> several major statewide police accountability bills — including one to remove police officers who commit serious misconduct — after facing strong opposition from law enforcement groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a rundown of each of those measures and how they fared on Tuesday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#S1\">Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#D\">San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#E\">San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#II\">Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#G\">San Jose: Measure G\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#P\">Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"S1\">\u003c/a>Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstators and OPD\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators face a police line on May 29, 2020 in Oakland during protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 80% of Oakland voters approved an effort to boost oversight of the city’s police force as of late Tuesday night. \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/24-Measure-S1-City-of-Oakland-Police-Commussion.pdf\">Measure S1\u003c/a> — backed unanimously by the Oakland City Council — creates a new independent Office of the Inspector General and increases the authority of both the Oakland Police Commission and the Community Police Review Agency, which investigates complaints of officer misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure allows the commission and CPRA to hire attorneys independently of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure also requires Oakland’s police chief to respond to the commission’s requests for information and allows the City Council to suspend members of the commission for cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The independent OIG is tasked with reviewing cases of police misconduct and submitting reports to the Police Commission and the Oakland City Council. It also oversees compliance with a 2003 settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit — known as the Riders case — when the city and Police Department entered into an agreement to address serious allegations of police misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is such an important issue,” City Council President Rebecca Kaplan said late Tuesday night, “that there be a trusted decision maker that isn’t part of the department so that you can build that trust and ensure accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changes under Measure S1 touch on several sources of recent controversy in the Oakland Police Department. Former Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, fired in February, has targeted the Police Commission and the court-appointed federal monitor in a lawsuit alleging she was retaliated against for reporting malfeasance by commissioners and disagreeing with the monitor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"D\">\u003c/a>San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg\" alt=\"seal of the SF sheriff's department\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposition D comes in the wake of several high-profile allegations of misconduct in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters showed up with strong support for independent \u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/sheriff-oversight\">oversight of the county Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a>, with more than 67% of ballots counted Tuesday in favor of Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"police-reform\"]The proposition creates two new bodies to bring independent oversight to the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Department. The Office of Inspector General investigates misconduct within the department, and a seven-member oversight board will make policy recommendations regarding department operations, complaints against deputies and in-custody deaths. The sheriff, though, retains authority to determine any discipline against deputies and other staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, placed on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors, comes after major misconduct in the Sheriff’s Department. Deputies were criminally charged in 2016 with \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/qv5enm/san-francisco-sheriffs-deputies-accused-of-forcing-jailed-inmates-to-participate-in-fight-club\">arranging gladiator-style fights\u003c/a> between inmates in San Francisco County Jail. A subsequent botched internal investigation resulted in those charges being dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the department entered into an agreement allowing the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability to investigate a number existing allegations of misconduct. Proposition D, however, creates an oversight structure for the county that is separate from city Police Department oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As elected officials, California sheriffs have typically seen less civilian oversight than local police departments, which are accountable to mayors and city councils. That may be changing. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/uncategorized/2019/09/sheriff-power/\">Assembly Bill 1185, \u003c/a>which Gov. Gavin Newsom approved last month, codifies every county’s ability to establish a sheriff oversight board and inspector general’s office with subpoena powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"E\">\u003c/a>San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg\" alt=\"SFPD chief William Scott\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Chief William Scott listens during a town hall meeting at César Chávez Elementary School in the wake of a December 2019 police shooting in the Mission District. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Voters in San Francisco were also approving \u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/police-staffing\">Proposition E\u003c/a> with more than 71% in favor as of Wednesday. The measure amends the city charter to scrap a mandatory minimum of 1,971 full-duty sworn police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposition requires the department to submit a report and recommendation for police staffing levels every two years to the Police Commission. The commission would then have to consider the report when approving the department’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, San Francisco would have been in violation of its charter if it fell below the minimum staffing level, which the officers’ union charged that it routinely has in opposition to the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passage of Proposition E allows city leaders — including the mayor, supervisors and the Police Commission — to hire fewer full-duty officers, if they choose to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort aligns with recent proposals from Mayor London Breed and Police Chief Bill Scott that aim to divert responses to some mental health-related issues and other non-violent complaints away from armed police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"II\">\u003c/a>Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley police line\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley police officers form a line on Telegraph Avenue during protests in December 2014 following a New York jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley voters were in support of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Elections/Police%20Charter%20Question%20and%20Text.pdf\">Measure II\u003c/a> by a 5-to-1 margin Tuesday, which gives the city the go-ahead to scrap its existing Police Commission and replace it by early 2022 with a nine-member independent oversight body and director. The new Police Accountability Board will have the authority to access internal police records and seek officer testimony, investigate complaints filed by the public and recommend discipline. The board will also advise on the hiring of future police chiefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Introduced by a coalition of Berkeley police officials, City Council members and current oversight commissioners, Measure II will also give the public \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/post/berkeley-measure-ii-police-accountability-board#stream/0\">more time\u003c/a> to file complaints against police officers and lower the burden of proof in the process of investigating those allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley was an early adopter of civilian police oversight. Its current Police Review Commission was established in 1973, long before most other cities had even considered such entities. But some Berkeley residents and city leaders say it now lacks the authority of oversight bodies in cities like San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"G\">\u003c/a>San Jose: Measure G\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11828875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11828875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police officers in riot gear block off a street in downtown San Jose on May 29, 2020, in advance of a large protest against police brutality, spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Jose voters were passing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/appointees/city-clerk/elections/measure-g-charter-amendment\">Measure G\u003c/a> with 78% yes votes as of Wednesday. It institutes a handful of fairly wide-ranging changes in the city — some unrelated to police accountability — including changing the size of the Planning Commission and allowing the council to establish different timelines for redistricting if U.S. census results arrive late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerning police oversight, Measure G will expand the review authority of the Independent Police Auditor. The IPA will now be able to review administrative investigations initiated by the Police Department against its officers and gain access to unredacted records related to police shootings and other serious use-of-force incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes as the San Jose Police Department is being sued for its officers’ use of tear gas and projectiles against mostly peaceful demonstrators during the George Floyd protests in the city in late May and early June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A scandal also erupted this summer when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/sjpd-officers-mock-muslims-blm-protesters-on-facebook/\">blogger exposed\u003c/a> that current and former San Jose police officers swapped bigoted messages in a Facebook group, prompting the department to place four officers on leave. The Santa Clara County district attorney has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-22/social-media-scandal-santa-clara-police-charges-dropped\">announced plans to dismiss charges\u003c/a> in 14 criminal cases tainted by those officers’ involvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"P\">\u003c/a>Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11818497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg\" alt=\"A screen shot from body camera video of the Nov. 27 in-custody of death of David Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward's face against the car's door frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-160x82.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-800x412.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-1020x525.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from body-camera video of the Nov. 27 police killing of David Glen Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward’s face against the car’s door frame. \u003ccite>(Via Sonoma County Sheriff)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Sonoma County \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/Elections/PDFs/Measure-P-IOLERO-November-3-2020/\">measure\u003c/a> seeking to increase power of the county’s independent oversight of its Sheriff’s Office was leading by wide margin Wednesday night. Over two-thirds of votes counted so far are in favor of the measure that drew strong opposition from the sheriff and deputies’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really hopeful that now that we have this outcome, they’ll shift gears and take the hand that’s been held out to them so we can improve these relationships,” said Jerry Threet, former director of Sonoma County’s Independent Office of Law Enforcement Outreach and supporter of Measure P.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure increases powers and budget of the office, which was created in the years following the 2013 killing of 13-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/andy-lopez/\">Andy Lopez\u003c/a>. Backers of the measure say the office known as IOLERO was underfunded from the start and has relied on the voluntary cooperation of the sheriff to provide access and allow for any substantive oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, which was put on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, requires the sheriff to cooperate with investigations and gives IOLERO authority to obtain evidence, contact witnesses and subpoena records. The office would also be able to publish body camera footage on its website and recommend disciplinary actions for officers under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure P also increases funding for the office, requiring that its budget be equal to 1% of the overall sheriff’s budget, and prohibits its directors from being removed unless approved by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes a year after former Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount, who had a history of misusing neck holds, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11789667/in-custody-death-sonoma-county-deputy-lied-in-court-about-past-carotid-hold\">was caught on body camera video\u003c/a> slamming a man’s head into a car door frame following a chase after attempting to put him in a headlock through the driver’s side window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, David Glen Ward, who had a disability, subsequently died from his injuries according to coroner’s findings, which also found methamphetamine in his system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick moved to fire Blount, but the deputy was allowed to retire before he was officially disciplined and is now presumably collecting a pension. A criminal investigation into Ward’s death took months to complete and the Sonoma County district attorney has yet to make a charging decision in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure P was strongly \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/campaign-heats-up-on-sonoma-county-ballot-measure-to-beef-up-law-enforcemen/\">opposed\u003c/a> by the sheriff and the union representing its deputies. Its funding provision is expected to be challenged in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alex Emslie and Kate Wolffe of KQED News contributed reporting to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Bay Area voters delivered strong support to a half-dozen measures that aim to strengthen independent oversight of local law enforcement, many spurred by a national movement demanding police reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local measures come after the California Legislature this summer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101879558/major-police-reform-bills-fail-in-california-legislature\">failed to pass\u003c/a> several major statewide police accountability bills — including one to remove police officers who commit serious misconduct — after facing strong opposition from law enforcement groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a rundown of each of those measures and how they fared on Tuesday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#S1\">Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#D\">San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#E\">San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#II\">Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#G\">San Jose: Measure G\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#P\">Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"S1\">\u003c/a>Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstators and OPD\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators face a police line on May 29, 2020 in Oakland during protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 80% of Oakland voters approved an effort to boost oversight of the city’s police force as of late Tuesday night. \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/24-Measure-S1-City-of-Oakland-Police-Commussion.pdf\">Measure S1\u003c/a> — backed unanimously by the Oakland City Council — creates a new independent Office of the Inspector General and increases the authority of both the Oakland Police Commission and the Community Police Review Agency, which investigates complaints of officer misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure allows the commission and CPRA to hire attorneys independently of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure also requires Oakland’s police chief to respond to the commission’s requests for information and allows the City Council to suspend members of the commission for cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The independent OIG is tasked with reviewing cases of police misconduct and submitting reports to the Police Commission and the Oakland City Council. It also oversees compliance with a 2003 settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit — known as the Riders case — when the city and Police Department entered into an agreement to address serious allegations of police misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is such an important issue,” City Council President Rebecca Kaplan said late Tuesday night, “that there be a trusted decision maker that isn’t part of the department so that you can build that trust and ensure accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changes under Measure S1 touch on several sources of recent controversy in the Oakland Police Department. Former Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, fired in February, has targeted the Police Commission and the court-appointed federal monitor in a lawsuit alleging she was retaliated against for reporting malfeasance by commissioners and disagreeing with the monitor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"D\">\u003c/a>San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg\" alt=\"seal of the SF sheriff's department\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposition D comes in the wake of several high-profile allegations of misconduct in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters showed up with strong support for independent \u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/sheriff-oversight\">oversight of the county Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a>, with more than 67% of ballots counted Tuesday in favor of Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The proposition creates two new bodies to bring independent oversight to the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Department. The Office of Inspector General investigates misconduct within the department, and a seven-member oversight board will make policy recommendations regarding department operations, complaints against deputies and in-custody deaths. The sheriff, though, retains authority to determine any discipline against deputies and other staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, placed on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors, comes after major misconduct in the Sheriff’s Department. Deputies were criminally charged in 2016 with \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/qv5enm/san-francisco-sheriffs-deputies-accused-of-forcing-jailed-inmates-to-participate-in-fight-club\">arranging gladiator-style fights\u003c/a> between inmates in San Francisco County Jail. A subsequent botched internal investigation resulted in those charges being dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the department entered into an agreement allowing the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability to investigate a number existing allegations of misconduct. Proposition D, however, creates an oversight structure for the county that is separate from city Police Department oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As elected officials, California sheriffs have typically seen less civilian oversight than local police departments, which are accountable to mayors and city councils. That may be changing. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/uncategorized/2019/09/sheriff-power/\">Assembly Bill 1185, \u003c/a>which Gov. Gavin Newsom approved last month, codifies every county’s ability to establish a sheriff oversight board and inspector general’s office with subpoena powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"E\">\u003c/a>San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg\" alt=\"SFPD chief William Scott\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Chief William Scott listens during a town hall meeting at César Chávez Elementary School in the wake of a December 2019 police shooting in the Mission District. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Voters in San Francisco were also approving \u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/police-staffing\">Proposition E\u003c/a> with more than 71% in favor as of Wednesday. The measure amends the city charter to scrap a mandatory minimum of 1,971 full-duty sworn police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposition requires the department to submit a report and recommendation for police staffing levels every two years to the Police Commission. The commission would then have to consider the report when approving the department’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, San Francisco would have been in violation of its charter if it fell below the minimum staffing level, which the officers’ union charged that it routinely has in opposition to the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The passage of Proposition E allows city leaders — including the mayor, supervisors and the Police Commission — to hire fewer full-duty officers, if they choose to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort aligns with recent proposals from Mayor London Breed and Police Chief Bill Scott that aim to divert responses to some mental health-related issues and other non-violent complaints away from armed police officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"II\">\u003c/a>Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley police line\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley police officers form a line on Telegraph Avenue during protests in December 2014 following a New York jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley voters were in support of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Elections/Police%20Charter%20Question%20and%20Text.pdf\">Measure II\u003c/a> by a 5-to-1 margin Tuesday, which gives the city the go-ahead to scrap its existing Police Commission and replace it by early 2022 with a nine-member independent oversight body and director. The new Police Accountability Board will have the authority to access internal police records and seek officer testimony, investigate complaints filed by the public and recommend discipline. The board will also advise on the hiring of future police chiefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Introduced by a coalition of Berkeley police officials, City Council members and current oversight commissioners, Measure II will also give the public \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/post/berkeley-measure-ii-police-accountability-board#stream/0\">more time\u003c/a> to file complaints against police officers and lower the burden of proof in the process of investigating those allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley was an early adopter of civilian police oversight. Its current Police Review Commission was established in 1973, long before most other cities had even considered such entities. But some Berkeley residents and city leaders say it now lacks the authority of oversight bodies in cities like San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"G\">\u003c/a>San Jose: Measure G\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11828875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11828875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police officers in riot gear block off a street in downtown San Jose on May 29, 2020, in advance of a large protest against police brutality, spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Jose voters were passing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/appointees/city-clerk/elections/measure-g-charter-amendment\">Measure G\u003c/a> with 78% yes votes as of Wednesday. It institutes a handful of fairly wide-ranging changes in the city — some unrelated to police accountability — including changing the size of the Planning Commission and allowing the council to establish different timelines for redistricting if U.S. census results arrive late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerning police oversight, Measure G will expand the review authority of the Independent Police Auditor. The IPA will now be able to review administrative investigations initiated by the Police Department against its officers and gain access to unredacted records related to police shootings and other serious use-of-force incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes as the San Jose Police Department is being sued for its officers’ use of tear gas and projectiles against mostly peaceful demonstrators during the George Floyd protests in the city in late May and early June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A scandal also erupted this summer when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/sjpd-officers-mock-muslims-blm-protesters-on-facebook/\">blogger exposed\u003c/a> that current and former San Jose police officers swapped bigoted messages in a Facebook group, prompting the department to place four officers on leave. The Santa Clara County district attorney has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-22/social-media-scandal-santa-clara-police-charges-dropped\">announced plans to dismiss charges\u003c/a> in 14 criminal cases tainted by those officers’ involvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"P\">\u003c/a>Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11818497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg\" alt=\"A screen shot from body camera video of the Nov. 27 in-custody of death of David Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward's face against the car's door frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-160x82.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-800x412.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-1020x525.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from body-camera video of the Nov. 27 police killing of David Glen Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward’s face against the car’s door frame. \u003ccite>(Via Sonoma County Sheriff)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Sonoma County \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/Elections/PDFs/Measure-P-IOLERO-November-3-2020/\">measure\u003c/a> seeking to increase power of the county’s independent oversight of its Sheriff’s Office was leading by wide margin Wednesday night. Over two-thirds of votes counted so far are in favor of the measure that drew strong opposition from the sheriff and deputies’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really hopeful that now that we have this outcome, they’ll shift gears and take the hand that’s been held out to them so we can improve these relationships,” said Jerry Threet, former director of Sonoma County’s Independent Office of Law Enforcement Outreach and supporter of Measure P.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure increases powers and budget of the office, which was created in the years following the 2013 killing of 13-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/andy-lopez/\">Andy Lopez\u003c/a>. Backers of the measure say the office known as IOLERO was underfunded from the start and has relied on the voluntary cooperation of the sheriff to provide access and allow for any substantive oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, which was put on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, requires the sheriff to cooperate with investigations and gives IOLERO authority to obtain evidence, contact witnesses and subpoena records. The office would also be able to publish body camera footage on its website and recommend disciplinary actions for officers under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure P also increases funding for the office, requiring that its budget be equal to 1% of the overall sheriff’s budget, and prohibits its directors from being removed unless approved by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes a year after former Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount, who had a history of misusing neck holds, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11789667/in-custody-death-sonoma-county-deputy-lied-in-court-about-past-carotid-hold\">was caught on body camera video\u003c/a> slamming a man’s head into a car door frame following a chase after attempting to put him in a headlock through the driver’s side window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, David Glen Ward, who had a disability, subsequently died from his injuries according to coroner’s findings, which also found methamphetamine in his system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick moved to fire Blount, but the deputy was allowed to retire before he was officially disciplined and is now presumably collecting a pension. A criminal investigation into Ward’s death took months to complete and the Sonoma County district attorney has yet to make a charging decision in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure P was strongly \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/campaign-heats-up-on-sonoma-county-ballot-measure-to-beef-up-law-enforcemen/\">opposed\u003c/a> by the sheriff and the union representing its deputies. Its funding provision is expected to be challenged in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alex Emslie and Kate Wolffe of KQED News contributed reporting to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and a multitude of other Black people in America have sparked nationwide — and international — protests this year, with calls for sweeping reforms: from defunding entire police departments to strengthening civilian oversight of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area alone, at least six measures on local ballots seek to expand the authority of police commissions and strengthen independent investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures go before voters just two months after the California Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101879558/major-police-reform-bills-fail-in-california-legislature\">failed to pass\u003c/a> several major statewide police accountability bills — including one to remove police officers who commit serious misconduct — after facing strong opposition from law enforcement group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a rundown of the local measures:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#S1\">Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#D\">San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#E\">San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#II\">Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#G\">San Jose: Measure G\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#P\">Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"S1\">Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstators and OPD\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators face a police line on May 29, 2020 in Oakland during protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/24-Measure-S1-City-of-Oakland-Police-Commussion.pdf\">Measure S1\u003c/a> would strengthen oversight of Oakland’s police force by creating a new Office of the Inspector General (OIG), independent from the Police Department, and increasing the authority of both the Oakland Police Commission and the Community Police Review Agency (CPRA) — both of which conduct investigations into police misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the measure, the commission — which voters approved in 2016 (Measure LL) — would operate independently from the city administration. Both it and the CPRA could hire their own attorneys, be able to more quickly conduct investigations into police misconduct and may more readily release their findings to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would also require Oakland’s police chief to respond to the commission’s requests for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the measure passes, the new independent OIG would be tasked with reviewing cases of police misconduct and submitting reports to the police commission and the Oakland City Council. It would also oversee compliance with a 2003 settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit — known as the Riders case — when the city and Police Department entered into an agreement to address serious allegations of police misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/oakland-police-negotiated-settlement-agreement-nsa-reports\">Under the settlement\u003c/a>, which the city has yet to fully comply with, the department was placed under ongoing federal oversight and required to implement a series of reforms, including improved police training and supervision, better systems for identifying inappropriate police behavior and increased public access to the complaint process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure is backed unanimously by the Oakland City Council and the California Democratic Party, with no official opponents listed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"D\">San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg\" alt=\"seal of the SF sheriff's department\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prop. D comes in the wake of several high-profile allegations of misconduct in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/sheriff-oversight\">Proposition D\u003c/a> would create two new oversight bodies for the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Department: the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which would investigate misconduct within the department, and an oversight board. The seven-member board — four of whom would be appointed by the Board of Supervisors and three by the mayor — would make policy recommendations to the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors regarding department operations, complaints against deputies and in-custody deaths. However, the sheriff would retain the authority to determine any disciplinary actions against deputies and other departmental staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, placed on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors, comes in the wake of several high-profile allegations of misconduct in the Sheriff’s Department. Most notably, sheriff’s deputies were accused in 2016 of \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/qv5enm/san-francisco-sheriffs-deputies-accused-of-forcing-jailed-inmates-to-participate-in-fight-club\">arranging gladiator-style fights\u003c/a> between inmates in San Francisco County Jail. A subsequent botched internal investigation resulted in those charges being dropped. And last year, the department entered into an agreement allowing the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability to investigate a number existing allegations of misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto has come out \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Election-2020-A-breakdown-of-the-Bay-Area-s-15594960.php\">opposing the investigation portion of the measure\u003c/a>, saying it would create a redundant “wasteful bureaucracy” that overlaps with the independent investigations into his department already in progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"police-reform\"]In California, the county sheriff is an elected position whose role is largely defined in the state Constitution. Sheriff’s departments operate independently of policies that govern local police departments, and are authorized to carry out their own investigations into misconduct. Because county officials don’t have the same authority over them that mayors and city councils have over appointed police chiefs, oversight of sheriff’s departments has traditionally been limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in recent years, as more cases of potential misconduct within individual sheriff’s departments have come to light, a small but growing number of counties have established oversight agencies to investigate those allegations. Additionally, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/uncategorized/2019/09/sheriff-power/\">Assembly Bill 1185, \u003c/a>which Gov. Gavin Newsom approved last month, codifies every county’s ability to establish a sheriff oversight board and inspector general’s office, both with subpoena powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"E\">San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg\" alt=\"SFPD chief William Scott\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Chief William Scott listens during a town hall meeting at Cesar Chavez Elementary in the wake of a Dec., 2019 police shooting in the Mission District. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/police-staffing\">Proposition E\u003c/a> would amend the city charter to scrap the mandatory minimum staffing number for full-duty sworn police officers in San Francisco, and require the department to submit a report and recommendation for police staffing levels every two years to the Police Commission. The commission would then have to consider the report when approving the department’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, San Francisco would be in violation of its charter if it fell below the minimum staffing level of 1,971 full-duty officers, a number established several decades ago. Proponents of the new measure say that staffing mandate is arbitrary and antiquated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would ultimately allow city leaders — including the mayor, supervisors and the Police Commission — to hire fewer full-duty officers. The effort aligns with some of the recent reforms pushed by Mayor London Breed and Police Chief Bill Scott to divert responses to some mental health-related issues and other non-violent complaints away from the Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Police Officers Association opposes this measure, arguing that the city has not consistently met the minimum staffing requirements, leaving the department perennially understaffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"II\">Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley police line\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley police officers form a line on Telegraph Ave during protests in Dec., 2014 following a New York jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley was an early adopter of civilian police oversight. Its current Police Review Commission was established in 1973, long before most other cities had even considered such entities. But some Berkeley residents and city leaders say the commission has become antiquated, and lacks the authority of oversight bodies in cities like San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Elections/Police%20Charter%20Question%20and%20Text.pdf\">Measure II\u003c/a> would replace the existing commission by early 2022 with a nine-member independent body and director called the Police Accountability Board, with increased oversight of the Berkeley Police Department’s policies and practices. The measure would create a new process to investigate and review allegations of police misconduct, giving the board authority to obtain access to police records and officer testimony, investigate complaints filed by members of the public against sworn officers and recommend disciplinary action. The board would also advise on the hiring of future police chiefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, which was introduced by a coalition of Berkeley police officials, City Council members and current oversight commissioners, would also give the public \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/post/berkeley-measure-ii-police-accountability-board#stream/0\">more time\u003c/a> to file complaints against police officers and lower the burden of proof in the process investigating those allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure II is endorsed by local chapters of the NAACP, ACLU and National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform. No one has submitted a formal argument opposing the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"G\">San Jose: Measure G\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11828875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11828875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police officers in riot gear block off a street in downtown San Jose on May 29, 2020, in advance of a large protest against police brutality, spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Placed on the ballot by the City Council, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/appointees/city-clerk/elections/measure-g-charter-amendment\">Measure G\u003c/a> would amend the city charter to institute a handful of fairly wide-ranging changes — some not directly related to police accountability — which include changing the size of the Planning Commission and allowing the council to establish different timelines for redistricting if U.S. Census results arrive late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerning police oversight, Measure G would expand the review authority of the Independent Police Auditor (IPA). Currently, the IPA reviews police department investigations of complaints against police officers and makes recommendations regarding police department policies and procedures, but lacks access to key pieces of evidence in those investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the measure, the IPA could review administrative investigations initiated by the police department against its officers and would gain access to un-redacted records related to police shootings and other serious use-of-force incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes as the San Jose Police Department is being sued for its officers’ use of tear gas and projectiles against mostly peaceful demonstrators during the George Floyd protests in the city in late May and early June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A scandal also erupted this summer when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/sjpd-officers-mock-muslims-blm-protesters-on-facebook/\">blogger exposed\u003c/a> that current and former San Jose police officers swapped bigoted messages in a Facebook group, prompting the department to place four officers on leave. The Santa Clara County district attorney has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-22/social-media-scandal-santa-clara-police-charges-dropped\">announced plans to dismiss charges\u003c/a> in 14 criminal cases tainted by those officers’ involvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"P\">Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11818497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg\" alt=\"A screen shot from body camera video of the Nov. 27 in-custody of death of David Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward's face against the car's door frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-160x82.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-800x412.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-1020x525.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from body-camera video of the Nov. 27 in-custody of death of David Glen Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward’s face against the car’s door frame. \u003ccite>(Via Sonoma County Sheriff)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/Elections/PDFs/Measure-P-IOLERO-November-3-2020/\">Measure P,\u003c/a> put on the ballot in a unanimous vote by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, would increase the powers of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO). That office was created in the years following the controversial 2013 killing of 13-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/andy-lopez/\">Andy Lopez\u003c/a>. Proponents of the new measure say the office was underfunded and has relied on the voluntary cooperation of the sheriff to provide access to records and allow for any substantive oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would require the sheriff to cooperate with investigations and give the office authority to obtain evidence, contact witnesses and subpoena records, as well as to publish body camera footage on its website and recommend disciplinary actions for officers under investigation. The measure would also guarantee funding for the office, requiring that its budget be equal to 1% of the overall sheriff’s budget, and prohibit its director’s from being removed unless approved by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes a year after former Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount, who had a history of misusing neck holds \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11789667/in-custody-death-sonoma-county-deputy-lied-in-court-about-past-carotid-hold\">was caught on body camera video\u003c/a> slamming a man’s head into a car door frame following a chase, and attempting to put him in a neck hold through the driver’s side window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, David Glen Ward, who had a disability, subsequently died from his injuries according to the coroner’s findings, which also noted finding methamphetamine in his system. The sheriff was required under a recent state law to release body camera video from the incident, and said at the time he was moving to fire Blount. But Blount retired before he was officially disciplined and is now presumably collecting a pension. A criminal investigation into Ward’s death took months to complete and the Sonoma County district attorney has yet to make a charging decision in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff and the union representing its deputies \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/campaign-heats-up-on-sonoma-county-ballot-measure-to-beef-up-law-enforcemen/\">oppose the measure\u003c/a>, comparing it with efforts to defund police departments while contending that county supervisors violated state labor laws by placing it on the November ballot before conferring with the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, supporters of the measure dispute that argument, noting that IOLERO is supported by the county’s general fund, and the measure in no way reduces funding to the sheriff’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Alex Emslie contributed reporting to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and a multitude of other Black people in America have sparked nationwide — and international — protests this year, with calls for sweeping reforms: from defunding entire police departments to strengthening civilian oversight of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area alone, at least six measures on local ballots seek to expand the authority of police commissions and strengthen independent investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures go before voters just two months after the California Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101879558/major-police-reform-bills-fail-in-california-legislature\">failed to pass\u003c/a> several major statewide police accountability bills — including one to remove police officers who commit serious misconduct — after facing strong opposition from law enforcement group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a rundown of the local measures:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#S1\">Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#D\">San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#E\">San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#II\">Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#G\">San Jose: Measure G\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#P\">Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"S1\">Oakland: Measure S1\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstators and OPD\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS43436_026_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_05292020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators face a police line on May 29, 2020 in Oakland during protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/24-Measure-S1-City-of-Oakland-Police-Commussion.pdf\">Measure S1\u003c/a> would strengthen oversight of Oakland’s police force by creating a new Office of the Inspector General (OIG), independent from the Police Department, and increasing the authority of both the Oakland Police Commission and the Community Police Review Agency (CPRA) — both of which conduct investigations into police misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the measure, the commission — which voters approved in 2016 (Measure LL) — would operate independently from the city administration. Both it and the CPRA could hire their own attorneys, be able to more quickly conduct investigations into police misconduct and may more readily release their findings to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would also require Oakland’s police chief to respond to the commission’s requests for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the measure passes, the new independent OIG would be tasked with reviewing cases of police misconduct and submitting reports to the police commission and the Oakland City Council. It would also oversee compliance with a 2003 settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit — known as the Riders case — when the city and Police Department entered into an agreement to address serious allegations of police misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/oakland-police-negotiated-settlement-agreement-nsa-reports\">Under the settlement\u003c/a>, which the city has yet to fully comply with, the department was placed under ongoing federal oversight and required to implement a series of reforms, including improved police training and supervision, better systems for identifying inappropriate police behavior and increased public access to the complaint process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure is backed unanimously by the Oakland City Council and the California Democratic Party, with no official opponents listed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"D\">San Francisco: Proposition D\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843548\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg\" alt=\"seal of the SF sheriff's department\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS21357_20161005_100742-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prop. D comes in the wake of several high-profile allegations of misconduct in the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/sheriff-oversight\">Proposition D\u003c/a> would create two new oversight bodies for the San Francisco County Sheriff’s Department: the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which would investigate misconduct within the department, and an oversight board. The seven-member board — four of whom would be appointed by the Board of Supervisors and three by the mayor — would make policy recommendations to the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors regarding department operations, complaints against deputies and in-custody deaths. However, the sheriff would retain the authority to determine any disciplinary actions against deputies and other departmental staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, placed on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors, comes in the wake of several high-profile allegations of misconduct in the Sheriff’s Department. Most notably, sheriff’s deputies were accused in 2016 of \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/qv5enm/san-francisco-sheriffs-deputies-accused-of-forcing-jailed-inmates-to-participate-in-fight-club\">arranging gladiator-style fights\u003c/a> between inmates in San Francisco County Jail. A subsequent botched internal investigation resulted in those charges being dropped. And last year, the department entered into an agreement allowing the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability to investigate a number existing allegations of misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto has come out \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Election-2020-A-breakdown-of-the-Bay-Area-s-15594960.php\">opposing the investigation portion of the measure\u003c/a>, saying it would create a redundant “wasteful bureaucracy” that overlaps with the independent investigations into his department already in progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In California, the county sheriff is an elected position whose role is largely defined in the state Constitution. Sheriff’s departments operate independently of policies that govern local police departments, and are authorized to carry out their own investigations into misconduct. Because county officials don’t have the same authority over them that mayors and city councils have over appointed police chiefs, oversight of sheriff’s departments has traditionally been limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in recent years, as more cases of potential misconduct within individual sheriff’s departments have come to light, a small but growing number of counties have established oversight agencies to investigate those allegations. Additionally, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/uncategorized/2019/09/sheriff-power/\">Assembly Bill 1185, \u003c/a>which Gov. Gavin Newsom approved last month, codifies every county’s ability to establish a sheriff oversight board and inspector general’s office, both with subpoena powers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"E\">San Francisco: Proposition E\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg\" alt=\"SFPD chief William Scott\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS40522_IMG_2406-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Police Chief William Scott listens during a town hall meeting at Cesar Chavez Elementary in the wake of a Dec., 2019 police shooting in the Mission District. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sfelections.org/en/police-staffing\">Proposition E\u003c/a> would amend the city charter to scrap the mandatory minimum staffing number for full-duty sworn police officers in San Francisco, and require the department to submit a report and recommendation for police staffing levels every two years to the Police Commission. The commission would then have to consider the report when approving the department’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, San Francisco would be in violation of its charter if it fell below the minimum staffing level of 1,971 full-duty officers, a number established several decades ago. Proponents of the new measure say that staffing mandate is arbitrary and antiquated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would ultimately allow city leaders — including the mayor, supervisors and the Police Commission — to hire fewer full-duty officers. The effort aligns with some of the recent reforms pushed by Mayor London Breed and Police Chief Bill Scott to divert responses to some mental health-related issues and other non-violent complaints away from the Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Police Officers Association opposes this measure, arguing that the city has not consistently met the minimum staffing requirements, leaving the department perennially understaffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"II\">Berkeley: Measure II\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley police line\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS13484_460085990-e1418082501731-qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley police officers form a line on Telegraph Ave during protests in Dec., 2014 following a New York jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley was an early adopter of civilian police oversight. Its current Police Review Commission was established in 1973, long before most other cities had even considered such entities. But some Berkeley residents and city leaders say the commission has become antiquated, and lacks the authority of oversight bodies in cities like San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Clerk/Elections/Police%20Charter%20Question%20and%20Text.pdf\">Measure II\u003c/a> would replace the existing commission by early 2022 with a nine-member independent body and director called the Police Accountability Board, with increased oversight of the Berkeley Police Department’s policies and practices. The measure would create a new process to investigate and review allegations of police misconduct, giving the board authority to obtain access to police records and officer testimony, investigate complaints filed by members of the public against sworn officers and recommend disciplinary action. The board would also advise on the hiring of future police chiefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, which was introduced by a coalition of Berkeley police officials, City Council members and current oversight commissioners, would also give the public \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/post/berkeley-measure-ii-police-accountability-board#stream/0\">more time\u003c/a> to file complaints against police officers and lower the burden of proof in the process investigating those allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure II is endorsed by local chapters of the NAACP, ACLU and National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform. No one has submitted a formal argument opposing the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"G\">San Jose: Measure G\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11828875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11828875\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-800x554.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/IMG_8296-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police officers in riot gear block off a street in downtown San Jose on May 29, 2020, in advance of a large protest against police brutality, spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Placed on the ballot by the City Council, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/appointees/city-clerk/elections/measure-g-charter-amendment\">Measure G\u003c/a> would amend the city charter to institute a handful of fairly wide-ranging changes — some not directly related to police accountability — which include changing the size of the Planning Commission and allowing the council to establish different timelines for redistricting if U.S. Census results arrive late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerning police oversight, Measure G would expand the review authority of the Independent Police Auditor (IPA). Currently, the IPA reviews police department investigations of complaints against police officers and makes recommendations regarding police department policies and procedures, but lacks access to key pieces of evidence in those investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the measure, the IPA could review administrative investigations initiated by the police department against its officers and would gain access to un-redacted records related to police shootings and other serious use-of-force incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes as the San Jose Police Department is being sued for its officers’ use of tear gas and projectiles against mostly peaceful demonstrators during the George Floyd protests in the city in late May and early June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A scandal also erupted this summer when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/sjpd-officers-mock-muslims-blm-protesters-on-facebook/\">blogger exposed\u003c/a> that current and former San Jose police officers swapped bigoted messages in a Facebook group, prompting the department to place four officers on leave. The Santa Clara County district attorney has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-22/social-media-scandal-santa-clara-police-charges-dropped\">announced plans to dismiss charges\u003c/a> in 14 criminal cases tainted by those officers’ involvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"P\">Sonoma County: Measure P\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11818497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11818497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg\" alt=\"A screen shot from body camera video of the Nov. 27 in-custody of death of David Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward's face against the car's door frame.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"988\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-160x82.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-800x412.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Blount-screen-shot-1-1020x525.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot from body-camera video of the Nov. 27 in-custody of death of David Glen Ward shows former Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount as he grabs Ward by the head, a few seconds before slamming Ward’s face against the car’s door frame. \u003ccite>(Via Sonoma County Sheriff)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/Elections/PDFs/Measure-P-IOLERO-November-3-2020/\">Measure P,\u003c/a> put on the ballot in a unanimous vote by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, would increase the powers of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO). That office was created in the years following the controversial 2013 killing of 13-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/andy-lopez/\">Andy Lopez\u003c/a>. Proponents of the new measure say the office was underfunded and has relied on the voluntary cooperation of the sheriff to provide access to records and allow for any substantive oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would require the sheriff to cooperate with investigations and give the office authority to obtain evidence, contact witnesses and subpoena records, as well as to publish body camera footage on its website and recommend disciplinary actions for officers under investigation. The measure would also guarantee funding for the office, requiring that its budget be equal to 1% of the overall sheriff’s budget, and prohibit its director’s from being removed unless approved by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure comes a year after former Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Blount, who had a history of misusing neck holds \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11789667/in-custody-death-sonoma-county-deputy-lied-in-court-about-past-carotid-hold\">was caught on body camera video\u003c/a> slamming a man’s head into a car door frame following a chase, and attempting to put him in a neck hold through the driver’s side window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man, David Glen Ward, who had a disability, subsequently died from his injuries according to the coroner’s findings, which also noted finding methamphetamine in his system. The sheriff was required under a recent state law to release body camera video from the incident, and said at the time he was moving to fire Blount. But Blount retired before he was officially disciplined and is now presumably collecting a pension. A criminal investigation into Ward’s death took months to complete and the Sonoma County district attorney has yet to make a charging decision in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff and the union representing its deputies \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/campaign-heats-up-on-sonoma-county-ballot-measure-to-beef-up-law-enforcemen/\">oppose the measure\u003c/a>, comparing it with efforts to defund police departments while contending that county supervisors violated state labor laws by placing it on the November ballot before conferring with the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, supporters of the measure dispute that argument, noting that IOLERO is supported by the county’s general fund, and the measure in no way reduces funding to the sheriff’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Alex Emslie contributed reporting to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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