{"id":28997,"date":"2023-10-11T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28997"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:38:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:38:54","slug":"wtaf-is-up-with-newsom-and-why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-sf-police-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/wtaf-is-up-with-newsom-and-why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-sf-police-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"WTAF is up with Newsom? And why is it so hard to get SF police reports?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vetoes of a series of progressive reforms show the guv is thinking about Iowa 2028, not California today. Pus: A hearing on police data. That’s The Agenda for Oct. 8-15<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By TIM REDMOND<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCTOBER 9, 2023 (48hills.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the space of a few hours, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bill to protect domestic workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bill to set up a pilot project for social housing in California<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bill to legalize the personal use of some psychedelics<\/a>, like psilocybin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bill\u00a0to allow cannabis cafes in California cities<\/a>\u00a0that wanted to permit them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The governor wants to be president, even if it means making life worse for millions of Californians.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith this veto, the governor sends a clear message that he does not value the critical work of the state\u2019s homecare, childcare, and household workers, denying them the same rights all other workers enjoy. As a result of his actions, women of color and immigrant women, who are the backbone of our economy, will continue to face debilitating injury and illness and be treated as disposable by our state\u2019s institutions,\u201d Kim Alvarenga, executive director of California Domestic Workers Coalition, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assemblymember Alex Lee, sponsor of the social housing bill, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m extremely disappointed that AB 309, The Social Housing Act, has been vetoed by the Governor. The bill would have brought a monumental and much needed change in California\u2014the paradigm shift in providing housing as a fundamental and universal right. That\u2019s the vision which has guided my social housing legislation ever since I took office three years ago. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

State Sen. Scott Wiener, normally a Newsom ally, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a setback for the huge number of Californians \u2014 including combat veterans and first responders \u2014 who are safely using and benefiting from these non-addictive substances and who will now continue to be classified as criminals under California law. The evidence is beyond dispute that criminalizing access to these substances only serves to make people less safe and reduce access to help. Today\u2019s veto is a huge missed opportunity for California to follow the science and lead. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As one commenter on Twitter noted: \u201cWhat the actual fuck is going on in the Governor\u2019s Office?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s WTAF is going on: Newsom no longer cares about the people who elected him in California. He\u2019s running for president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe in 2024 (if Biden can\u2019t or doesn\u2019t), certainly in 2028, and everything he does from now on is about getting support from moderate and even Republican voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsom will run a campaign that takes the left for granted; he will rely on things like his early support of same-sex marriage to shore up his progressive credentials, then move as far to the right as he dares (or as his political consulting team tells him to do).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will see and hear more attacks on the unhoused, more law-and-order messaging, and no support for anything that could seem like an endorsement of drug use.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The California Domestic Workers Coalition will hold rallies in SF and Los Angeles Thursday\/12 to protest the governor\u2019s move. 10am, 455 Golden Gate Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sup. Joel Engardio, who has long called for more police and more prosecutions<\/strong> and who supported the recall of Chesa Boudin, is holding a hearing at the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee Thursday\/12 on law-enforcement data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s asking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How San Francisco law enforcement data dashboards can provide more robust, user-friendly, and anonymized online information on crime and law enforcement response through the various stages: incident, arrest, intake by the District Attorney\u2019s Office, initiation of prosecution, sentencing, and disposition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is, of course, something that the anti-Boudin, pro-incarceration groups like StopCrimeSF can use to try to take on judges<\/a> and demand they lock up more people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there\u2019s some potential for positive change in the way the SFPD and the DA\u2019s Office release information, and the Society of Professional Journalists is also weighing in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My question: Why doesn\u2019t the department routinely release police reports?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many cities in the country, the police give incident reports to the news media, and if requested, members of the public without any hassle at all. Chief Bill Scott admits that these are public records<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But try to ask for one\u2014even a pretty routine one. It\u2019s a long, involved, and often fruitless effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not how things were before the Copley decision<\/a>, which gave cities much more latitude in withholding some police records. Before 2006, you could just walk into a district station and ask for a copy of an incident report, and they would give it to you. Reporters could ask Public  Affairs, and get the report the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve never understood why incident reports (with, of course, victim\u2019s names and other confidential information redacted) aren\u2019t posted regularly on the web. The city could restore its own interactive crime map, and link each event to the full report. After all, the reports are the cop\u2019s side of the story; why wouldn\u2019t the department want share that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hearing starts at 10am.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Redmond<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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