{"id":32014,"date":"2024-02-28T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32014"},"modified":"2024-02-28T12:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:38:21","slug":"meet-the-district-5-candidates-what-do-you-think-of-proposition-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/meet-the-district-5-candidates-what-do-you-think-of-proposition-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the District 5 candidates: What do you think of Proposition E?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Avatar by\u00a0ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/strong> FEBRUARY 27, 2024 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bilal Mahmood, Dean Preston, and Allen Jones are running for District 5 supervisor in the November 2024 election. Illustrations by Neil Ballard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the latest in our \u201cMeet the candidates\u201d series for District 5, where we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election, with answers capped at 100 words. All the responses will ultimately be compiled onto a single page, where readers can peruse the potential supervisors\u2019 stances on upwards of 40 topics before it\u2019s time to vote in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, here\u2019s our latest question for the District 5 candidates: What do you think of Proposition E\u2019s proposed limits on the Police Commission and policy changes for the San Francisco Police Department? How will it affect District 5 residents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allen Jones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I think Proposition E\u2019s Police Chief\/Commission aspect is asinine. However, I voted Yes on E because I am unwilling to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I support less police paperwork. The surveillance technology is akin to \u201cSee something, say something.\u201d This includes possible police misconduct. I am not looking for fairness in Proposition E; I am looking for the challenge of making it help fight crime in District 5, if passed by voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bilal Mahmood<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amid a fentanyl epidemic, smash-and-grab crisis, and small-business break-in extremity, ensuring public safety must be a priority in District 5. Reducing the bureaucratic bottlenecks for our first responders to ensure they can do their job is one avenue to ensuring we achieve better outcomes on public safety. In turn, the intent of some of the elements of Proposition E I find are in the right direction, but some of the facets like amendments to vehicle-pursuit policies are questionable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dean Preston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We need public safety interventions that work to make us safer, not empty rhetoric and failed approaches. Unfortunately, Proposition E offers nothing that will make us safer. The measure reduces oversight of police, blocks crucial reforms, encourages dangerous, high-speed car chases through our streets, and unleashes unchecked surveillance on San Franciscans. It will increase racial disparities in policing, especially when it comes to use of force by police. We need real public-safety solutions, not harmful political gimmicks like Proposition E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Candidates are ordered alphabetically. Answers may be lightly edited for formatting, spelling, and grammar. If you have questions for the candidates, please let us know at eleni@missionlocal.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the rest of the District 5 questions here<\/a>, and the entire \u201cMeet the Candidates\u201d series here<\/a>. Illustrations for the series by Neil Ballard.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can register to vote via the sf.gov<\/a> website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

eleni@missionlocal.com<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REPORTER. Eleni reports on policing in San Francisco. She first moved to the city on a whim more than 10 years ago, and the Mission has become her home. Follow her on Twitter @miss_elenius.More by Eleni Balakrishnan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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