As Sacramento mayor unveils police reform proposals, activists question whether they go far enough

Dennis Shanahan reports

HAS SOME GOOD IDEAS.

SOME SAYTHESE PLANS ARE LONG OVERDUEAND JUST DON'T GO FAR ENOUGH.FOX FORTY'S DENNIS SHANAHANHAS MORE.OUR POLICE FORCE MUST NOLONGER BE THE FIRST AND LASTOPTION FOR VIRTUALLY EVERYSITUATION MAYOR STEINBERG SAYSTHE POLICE REFORM PROPOSALS HEUNVEILED MONDAY ARE THE RESULTOF EXTENSIVE TALKS WITH CITYLEADERS AND THE POLICE CHIEFAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS BUT SOMECITIZENS ARE NOT IMPRESSED.

WEHAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THATHAD TEETH WE HAVE TO HAVESOMETHING THAT HAS THE ABILITYTO GIVE CONSEQUENCES OF POLICEOFFICERS UNDERSTAND WHEREWE'RE AT.WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THERE'SNEVER BEEN TRUE CONSEQUENCESAND ACCOUNTABILITY.AND TRANSPARENCY COMMUNITYACTIVIST VERY X YES ECHOES THESENTIMENTS EXPRESSED IN AMONDAY WRITTEN STATEMENT FROMBLACK JUST AS HEELSSACRAMENTO, CALLINGSTEINBERG'S PROPOSALS LIPSERVICE RATHER THAN ACTUALJUSTICE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TOBE LOOKED UPON AS THAT HEROICLEADER THAT STANDING IN WASGOING TO BE THE PERSON THAT'SGOING TO BE A CATALYST OFCHANGE AS FOR HOW TO PAY FORNEW CITY STAFF MEMBERS WHOWOULD HANDLE NON-EMERGENCY 911CALLS THE MONEY WE ARECURRENTLY SPENDING WITH IN THEPOLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THESECALLS.AND RESPONSES WILL BESHIFTED.TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT TOGET THE PROGRAM OFF THE GROUNDQUICKLY STEINBERG SUGGESTSINITIALLY USING $5 MILLIONFROM THE GENERAL FUND DARYLTAKEN FROM THE POLICE BUDGETTHAT I HEARD HIM SAY THAT $10MILLION THAT WE ALLOCATED FORMEASURE YOU DOLLARS TO THEPOLICE BUDGET WE WANT TOUTILIZE THAT 44 THISCONVERSATION IS A WHOLEDIFFERENT CONVERSATION.TO SAY DO GET A LITTLE BITMAYOR PRO TEM AND JULIE CASHBE RELEASED A SEPARATE LIST OF14 PROPOSALS, SOME OF THEMCOINCIDE WITH THE MAYOR, SOMEOF THEM ARE SEPARATE ANDDIFFERENT AND STAND-ALONE OUROVERALL GOAL HERE IS TO FIGUREOUT HOW WE CAN UNIFY OUR CITY.MOVE FORWARD BUILDING TRUSTMAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOWTHAT THEY'RE BEING HEARD ANDTHINGS FEEL MEANINGFUL ANDTHAT WE ALSO SUPPORT CITYSTAFF IN IN EVERY DIVISIONRESTRUCTURING THE POLICEDEPARTMENT INVESTING INCOMMUNITIES.

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