Good morning. Everyone. Welcome to the october 25th meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority board. Im ra fell mandelman. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner [indiscernible] 37 present. Commissioner dorsey, dorsey excused. Chair mandelman. Present. Commissioner mar. Mar present. Commissioner mel guard. Present. Commissioner present. Present. Commissioner Preston Preston present. Ronen present. Commissioner safai. Safai present. Commissioner stephanie. Stefy absent. Commissioner walton. Walton present. Thank you, mr. Clerk. Im going to be excusing commissioner stephanie and dorsey who reached out to me and asked to be excused and i believe you have a Public Comment announcement. I do. For members of the public interested in participating, we welcome nor presence inperson or you may watch channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider or stream this live. For those wishing to make Public Comment remotely, dial 415 6550001 and when prompted put in the access cod
Lwv board of education. The League Women Voters were a Nonprofit Organization and if you would like to support our work, please become a member or donate on our website. Today im pleased to introduce maxine anderson. Born and raised, and the california criminal justice reform. Respond for travel and readers im really pleased and welcome maxine our moderator for this evening. [applause] thank you allison. And welcome to the candidates for San Francisco board of education. And welcome to all of you who have come out this evening, either via electronic or here in person to hear what they have to say. The candidates will have a chance to present their views on issues affecting the city and to answer questions about those issues that were submitted in advance for tonights forum. First, i would like to remind you of our ground rules. Response to see questions should be on the issues and policies related. Candidates are expected to be respectful of other candidates and ask to not make persona
Alleviate overcrowded prisons and address racism in the Justice System. As we come together, we need to discuss although incarceration has a significant role to play in our Justice System, it can be ineffective and unsustainable. It poses a significant uneconomic burden. It comes with human and moral costs that are impossible to calculate. Michael the attorney general. The defendants with drug charges but no ties to large scale drugs organizations will be able to hold draconian mandatory minimum sentences. Eric holder comes after one month after 1,000 inmates in california initiated a Hunger Strike to protest conditions there. They said, quote, overcrowded prison versus been increasingly president bush. In 1978 the u. S. Held over just 300,000 prisoners. In 2009 we reached a high of 716 million prisoners. That is an 800 increase. Crime has not increased by prison incarceration has. The u. S. Holds 25 of the worlds prisoners even though we only have 5 of the worlds population. This morn
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