Monday, January 26, 2026
Only five of the seven members attended.
▶1:08:42The commission works on an audit model, reviewing files after the fact rather than running its own investigations, and Councilmember Phan pressed on how narrow that makes it.
▶1:47:16Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
Well, it was actually city manager office input, city attorney's office input. What happened at the time that we decided we were gonna review it is everyone took an independent review and look at it, and then we all came together and put all of our comments…
is also a public safety issue. There are a variety of priorities that we have to figure out in this city and this is one of those many priorities. So I think we just have to be honest with people to say if we are going to investigate, we can do one at a time…
Councilman Becerra Thank you, Madam Mayor. I, too, want to express my appreciation for the clarity on the charter, because when we talk about legislative oversight, I feel like when I hear certain comments up here, It feels like there are commissioners that…
So when we talk about all the cases that we're paying out currently, there are cases that that as you had indicated, Jack, city manager, police chief, during the ad hoc we had talked about, it takes years for cases to settle. So, the previous chief, previous…
She was told the commission can only look at complaint files, so patterns like pedestrian stops fall outside what it can examine.
▶1:49:05Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
Well, it was actually city manager office input, city attorney's office input. What happened at the time that we decided we were gonna review it is everyone took an independent review and look at it, and then we all came together and put all of our comments…
is also a public safety issue. There are a variety of priorities that we have to figure out in this city and this is one of those many priorities. So I think we just have to be honest with people to say if we are going to investigate, we can do one at a time…
Councilman Becerra Thank you, Madam Mayor. I, too, want to express my appreciation for the clarity on the charter, because when we talk about legislative oversight, I feel like when I hear certain comments up here, It feels like there are commissioners that…
So when we talk about all the cases that we're paying out currently, there are cases that that as you had indicated, Jack, city manager, police chief, during the ad hoc we had talked about, it takes years for cases to settle. So, the previous chief, previous…
More than a dozen residents spoke first, most of them organised around strengthening the commission's powers, and one who spoke against.
▶38:25Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
Well, it was actually city manager office input, city attorney's office input. What happened at the time that we decided we were gonna review it is everyone took an independent review and look at it, and then we all came together and put all of our comments…
is also a public safety issue. There are a variety of priorities that we have to figure out in this city and this is one of those many priorities. So I think we just have to be honest with people to say if we are going to investigate, we can do one at a time…
Councilman Becerra Thank you, Madam Mayor. I, too, want to express my appreciation for the clarity on the charter, because when we talk about legislative oversight, I feel like when I hear certain comments up here, It feels like there are commissioners that…
So when we talk about all the cases that we're paying out currently, there are cases that that as you had indicated, Jack, city manager, police chief, during the ad hoc we had talked about, it takes years for cases to settle. So, the previous chief, previous…
The council asked the city attorney to come back in about three months with options, leaving the existing ordinance in force meanwhile.
▶3:18:25Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
Well, it was actually city manager office input, city attorney's office input. What happened at the time that we decided we were gonna review it is everyone took an independent review and look at it, and then we all came together and put all of our comments…
is also a public safety issue. There are a variety of priorities that we have to figure out in this city and this is one of those many priorities. So I think we just have to be honest with people to say if we are going to investigate, we can do one at a time…
Councilman Becerra Thank you, Madam Mayor. I, too, want to express my appreciation for the clarity on the charter, because when we talk about legislative oversight, I feel like when I hear certain comments up here, It feels like there are commissioners that…
So when we talk about all the cases that we're paying out currently, there are cases that that as you had indicated, Jack, city manager, police chief, during the ad hoc we had talked about, it takes years for cases to settle. So, the previous chief, previous…
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