The meeting will come to order.

Welcome to the September 20th, 2024 special meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee.

I am Supervisor Catherine Stephanie, Chair of the Committee.

To my right, we are joined by Vice Chair Engardio, and to my left is Supervisor Dorsey.

The clerk is Ms.

Monique Creighton.

Also, I'd like to thank Seuss Enos at SFGov TV for staffing this meeting.

Madam Clerk, do we have any announcements?

Yes.

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Documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk.

Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda.

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Number one, Dr.

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If you submit public comment in writing, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file on which you're commenting.

Finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors Agenda of October 1st, 2024, unless otherwise stated.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Will you please call the first item?

Yes, this is an ordinance amending the police code to number one prohibit persons from promoting a vehicle sideshow or preparations for such a sideshow.

Two, prohibit persons from assembling together to obstruct the streets, sidewalks, highways, other public right of ways, off-street parking facilities or private property in connection with a vehicle sideshow or preparations for such a sideshow.

Three, prohibit persons from knowingly being present at a vehicle sideshow, or preparations for such a sideshow for purposes of participating in the vehicle sideshow.

Four, prohibit persons present at a vehicle sideshow, or preparations for such a sideshow from interfering with official performance of law enforcement duties.

Five season and pound vehicles used in vehicle sideshow or preparations for such such a sideshow and under certain conditions, sell the vehicles, and six, make violations of these provisions and misdemeanor subject to imprisonment and or fine.

I would like to note that this item will be presented as a committee report at the September 24th Board of Supervisors meeting.

Thank you, Madam Clerk.

This item is sponsored by the mayor's office with co-sponsors me and Supervisor Dorsey.

And my understanding is that we do not have a presentation for this item today, but Commander Nicole Jones, Special Operations Bureau, Sergeant Dan Um Guzman, Lieutenant A.J.

Holder, uh, Diana Roche, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, and Carl Nichita, um, principal liaison uh legislative liaison are present um to answer any questions if we have them.

Uh I do believe Commander Jones would like to address the committee.

And we have been asked by the mayor's office to move two amendments today, which committee members have in front of them.

I will read the amendments into the record now.

And I just want to can City Attorney Brad Rusty please confirm for the committee that these amendments are not substantive.

Uh good afternoon, supervisors.

Um, yes, I confirm that these amendments are not substantive.

Thanks.

Great, thank you.

And the first amendment requires SFPD to warn people of the unlawful assembly before arresting them.

This is an existing requirement.

And the second amendment is an administrative error.

Uh the changes are on page seven, line five, and page eight, line twenty four through twenty five.

Uh uh, Deputy City Attorney, should I read this into the record or just submitting them would be fine.

Um good afternoon again, Brad Deputy City Attorney Brad Russell.

You can go ahead and read them into the records.

Okay, I'll go ahead and do that.

So on page seven, line five, it says no person shall assemble with others to block or obstruct the street, sidewalk, highway, other public right-of-ways, or private property absent consent of the private property owner, operator, or agent in connection with preparation of a vehicle sideshow or in connection with a vehicle sideshow after being warned to disperse by a law enforcement official.

On page eight, line 20 lines 24 and 25, uh subsection F says this article 56 shall be construed and enforced consistent with the first amendment of the United States Constitution.

So I don't see any questions.

So um Commander Jones, welcome.

Thank you so much, supervisors.

Good afternoon.

I am Commander Nicole Jones with the Special Operations Bureau Traffic Division.

I'm here today with my side show enforcement team.

Sergeant Dan Guzman, who is in charge of Intel and investigations, and Lieutenant A.J.

Holder, who has all of the operational components of sideshow enforcement.

So as everyone here knows, side shows have been a topic of conversation for many years now.

We've had a significant challenge with them, particularly since 2020 and beyond.