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He's spending his 17-day summer holiday in new jersey, you heard that right, new jersey -- italics added to emphasize disdain. faint praise doesn't get any better than this. not all of new jersey is as charm last as the notorious pulaski skyway. oh, and those concrete barriers on the interstate. thank the lord he chose new jersey, gushed john aly, a commissioner who lives on martha's vineyard where bill clinton and barack obama returned multiple times. ask if he would ever vacation in new jersey, he answered quickly, hell no, jersey is a place you pass through to get somewhere else. mr. alley,...

beginning part of the year that spike and my recollection and statistics and chief, correct me if i'm wrong is that it started to level out mid year coming into the third and fourth quarters. if these statistics, 44% increase, if you can talk about whether that's leveled off at all or whether the increase unfortunately has remained consistent out here in richmond. because i know it's a problem that is not specific to the richmond, unfortunately and we're taking steps across the department to address it, get it under control. i was wondering from a timing perspective if you could comm...

>> i was fortunate enough previous to have char envelope population. i didn't have the -- golden gate park. we have a lot of venues within the golden gate park. and the weather has been very nice. a lot of tourists. consently, the education of the tourism in regards to putting valuables -- the suspects watch the individuals and it's target rich. it's a target rich environment, whether it be the venue at the cliff house area, point lobos or the golden gate point. we get a lot of influx of individuals coming into and providing an opportunity. therefore, we've been utilizing our plaincl...

>> for public comment, sir? >> i'm john aly and i live in the central richmond district and i don't know whether this is the purview of the commission and i want to make it clear that my comments are disconnected from captain keith sanford or my colleagues on the community advisory board. i don't think i have to tell any of you that the public is under attack. i don't think i'm being pair noiled. when -- what i mean by that is entities that are in the public's trust like the police department, the fire department, the universities, the public schools are being defunded. and one of th...

i've been a victim coming out of my own building, and i am involved in many, many areas of the community. i was a co-founder of cleanup clement street i was the co-founder of senior arks network. i am with the california alliance for retired americans. i've been out there shooting my mouth off and i am very happy to see this commission here. it's been three years and you need to hear from the community, but i am very grateful to the captain and also to lori, who has been my big support and i have one question to ask you this evening. some of my contingency have contacted me about the...