Gun Violence Task Force: Office of Violence Prevention
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:28 pm
Dear Colleagues;
I drafted the post below before learning of the killing downtown yesterday evening. While we do not yet know all the details of the tragic events, I feel even greater urgency in wanting to advance our longstanding efforts to reduce violence in our community.
As you know, in August of 2019 Council established a Task Force on Gun Violence. I sponsored that effort along with Council Members Tovo, Ellis, Renteria, and Kitchen. On July 22, 2020 we received the Task Force’s Final Report. I would like to thank all the Task Force members for their contributions and hard work. I am deeply grateful for their thoughtful recommendations.
The Task Force’s key suggestion is to create an appropriately resourced Office of Violence Prevention. I have been following their work closely and in anticipation of their final direction, you may recall that on June 11th I offered an amendment to item 96 calling on the City Manager to explore reallocating resources to new city units, such as an Office of Violence Prevention, as part of our work to reimagine public safety. We also discussed this at a recent Public Safety Committee meeting.
I am writing today to indicate that I intend to advance this recommendation and other related actions in our upcoming budget process. In addition, to the extent necessary, I will put forward a separate resolution. Knowing how much this Council cares about violence prevention and especially stemming gun violence, I invite my colleagues to indicate if they would like to collaborate on the next steps of this issue.
Regards,
Alison Alter
I drafted the post below before learning of the killing downtown yesterday evening. While we do not yet know all the details of the tragic events, I feel even greater urgency in wanting to advance our longstanding efforts to reduce violence in our community.
As you know, in August of 2019 Council established a Task Force on Gun Violence. I sponsored that effort along with Council Members Tovo, Ellis, Renteria, and Kitchen. On July 22, 2020 we received the Task Force’s Final Report. I would like to thank all the Task Force members for their contributions and hard work. I am deeply grateful for their thoughtful recommendations.
The Task Force’s key suggestion is to create an appropriately resourced Office of Violence Prevention. I have been following their work closely and in anticipation of their final direction, you may recall that on June 11th I offered an amendment to item 96 calling on the City Manager to explore reallocating resources to new city units, such as an Office of Violence Prevention, as part of our work to reimagine public safety. We also discussed this at a recent Public Safety Committee meeting.
I am writing today to indicate that I intend to advance this recommendation and other related actions in our upcoming budget process. In addition, to the extent necessary, I will put forward a separate resolution. Knowing how much this Council cares about violence prevention and especially stemming gun violence, I invite my colleagues to indicate if they would like to collaborate on the next steps of this issue.
Regards,
Alison Alter