All right, thanks everyone for being here.

We're gonna go ahead and get started and call this meeting to order and ask Kevin to conduct a roll call.

Thank you.

Commissioner Kinsey.

Present.

Commissioner Sabiano.

Commissioner Alcara.

Present.

Commissioner Guerrero.

Present.

Commissioner Escobar.

Commissioner Zamora.

Commissioner Falcone.

Here.

Commissioner Carter.

And Chair Savage Segwin.

Present.

If uh you're here to speak to the Commission this evening, you'll need to fill out a speaker slip located at the back of the room and turn the slip into the staff member located at the front of the dais.

We ask that you uh submit a speaker slip for uh the item before uh we call the item uh to uh order.

Uh also if you need any listed assisting or speaking devices, uh speak to the staff member up front.

Uh at this time we ask you to silence or mute your electronic devices.

So thanks everyone for coming out tonight.

We really appreciate your participation.

I just want to reiterate um Kevin's comment that if you wish to speak on an item, you need to submit your speaker slip before the item begins.

So if you're here to speak on the state legislation item, now would be the time to submit your speaker slip.

And those are found in the back of the room.

Um so our first order of business tonight is to approve the consent calendar.

I'd like to move that.

Second it.

Um, all in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed to abstain.

Great.

So now we'll move on to the discussion calendar.

Our first topic is Assembly Bill 392 dealing with use of force.

And we're very lucky tonight to have um author and co-author and real champions of this issue here to discuss it.

So I'd like to introduce um first assemblywoman Shirley Weber.

Thank you so much for being here all the way from San Diego.

Um, we're really grateful to have you here.

Um, just some some brief notes on your biography.

Um, so uh Assemblywoman Shirley Weber is from the San Diego area, as I mentioned.

She's been a lifelong champion, particularly of education, access to education for all children.

Um, she served on many, many different boards and commissions and organizations in the San Diego um area.

Um, and she's been really a leader on policing issues.

So thank you for being here.

Thank you for the invitation, and good evening, Madam Chair and members.

Uh, I'm here with my uh co-author, Assembly Member McCarty, which I think most of you know was once a member of this body to present AB 392, the California Act to Save Lives.

This bill seeks to change California's legal standard for when police can use deadly force to match best practices already in place at some departments.

The power of police officers to use deadly force is perhaps the most significant responsibility we confer on any public official, and it must be guided by the goals of safeguarding human life.

However, current law sanctions police use of deadly force even when officers do not face an imminent threat to life or bodily security, and even when officers have reasonable alternatives at their disposal to safely address a situation without taking anyone's life.

This code being the single oldest unarmed, unamended use of force statute in the country.

Not only fails to include best practices, but authorizes deadly force that violates the U.S.

Constitution.

AB 392 is about preventing unnecessary deaths by clarifying law enforcement's obligations when making the decision to use deadly force.

This bill limits the use of deadly force by a police officer to those situations where it is necessary to prevent imminent and seriously bodily injury or death to the officer or another person.

This bill is squarely in line with best practices and standards recognized by academics and experts in the field.

And these are modeled after practices that are currently in place at several law enforcement agencies around the country.

AB 392 is supported by the ACLU, Policy Link, PICO California, Youth Justice Coalition, the Anti-Police Terror Project, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Black Lives Matter, the California Faculty Association, Families United for Justice, United Domestic Workers of America, Ask Me Local 3930, Silicon Valley Debug, Stop Coalition, and the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color.

In addition, the bill has over 70 organizations in support.

Some police departments in California have recognized that they need to hold themselves to a higher standard, updating their use of forced policies to adopt best practices, like requiring de-escalation when feasible, using force that is proportional to the law enforcement objective, and grounding their policies in the sanctity of human life.