Sam Liccardo

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

@JoellSerrano @Scoop_Johnson @SanJoseD4 Good question. We use overtime because we don’t have enough officers to cover needs citywide—particularly when there’s an outbreak of gang violence in a specific neighborhood. overtime bill has dropped dramatically as we have restored staffing in the last couple of years. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a moment to raise our gaze & lift our heads. 20 yrs in the making, @bartsv deserves to be celebrated. It’s a reminder of our collective resilience + what we can accomplish when we work together on a long & difficult road to triumph. To ride: https://t.co/yvyjEYbTg4. https://t.co/1c1udnXKKw — PolitiTweet.org

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@IvanTorresCA @BradUrso @starrrsky @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief Let’s just make sure those receipts say what we say they do. In this case, the accusation is false—and the video undermines his false claim — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradUrso No, it came from an independent outside group of experts: https://t.co/NPSuDxYPeX. Mercury News reporter Robert Salonga covered it two weeks ago — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradUrso @starrrsky @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief The only person that can be seen or heard on the video is Chief Garc… https://t.co/xNBJdCtlVO — PolitiTweet.org

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@deadluvrbot @BradUrso @starrrsky @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief Watch the video—I’m not talking anywhere on it, and you certainly don’t see me laughing. It’s a false assertion — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradUrso @starrrsky @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief The video undermines your false assertions. Watch the video again. You don’t see me talking, and my reaction isn’t visible. You omit showing the portion of the same meeting when I defend my city’s policy of refusing to enforce immigration laws, against the boos of right-wingers — PolitiTweet.org

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@Rodney_Nielsen It’s not our decision. All authority under the state direction rests with the County Public Health Officer, and city has no control — PolitiTweet.org

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@TellADork @matthewmahan @nbcbayarea @abc7newsbayarea Yes, we have an Independent Police Auditor: 408-794-6226. They are an independent agency not reporting to the police chief , but to the Council — PolitiTweet.org

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@caitlinmoriah Dr. Moriah, my “no” merely indicated that I would not change my plans simply b/c an advocacy organization changed theirs. When parents complain that schools have failed their children, we don’t defund schools. Reform is hard, & it takes all of us rolling up sleeves together — PolitiTweet.org

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@MSTiZA897KFJC @idkk408 @SanJosePD And when parents complain about schools failing their children, do we defund them? How about public hospitals that misprescribe medication causing patient deaths? Defund? — PolitiTweet.org

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@bobby21g @SanJosePD Then don’t believe me: look it up for yourself. Our budgets are all on-line, hundreds of pages: https://t.co/qyhmehJnGR. Just stop reciting claims that you’re seeing on social media without doing your homework first — PolitiTweet.org

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@bobby21g @SanJosePD Of course not—but those other funds do fund affordable housing and homeless services, to which advocates seem to repeatedly compare police spending. If they’re going to do so, they should compare apples to apples — PolitiTweet.org

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@blzdlo @SanJosePD We had about 1400 cops then— ratio was slightly higher. Still extremely low, by national standards — PolitiTweet.org

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@blzdlo @SanJosePD Not sure what magic you believe is involved in them “adjusting themselves for the population boom,” but it’s pretty simple: we lack the money to add more police officers, so we have fewer—than any other big city, in fact — PolitiTweet.org

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@babyangel141 @SanJosePD Michelle, if you look again @ the slides, you’ll see why the 40% figure you cited is wrong—it only applies to the general fund. Our total budget=$4.1 billion, not $1.1 billion. Also, in Calif, Counties are given state & fed $$ to address mental health & drug treatment—not cities — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI: The Mayor’s Circle met last week to discuss ways to revitalize struggling businesses for #SVRecovery. The Recovery Roundtable will channel in on what our residents/business owners need to survive this crisis & give them a fighting chance to recover. https://t.co/hsF5ngi2le — PolitiTweet.org

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@misterjesse88 Since I came into office, I’ve launched several initiatives to invest heavily In youth education in high-need neighborhoods, overwhelmingly supporting children of color: https://t.co/0garB6Q0XB — PolitiTweet.org

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Don’t forget: Restaurants + cafes have the green light to reopen w/ outdoor dining. For more guidance & help for small businesses, visit https://t.co/kLTdwXjxGi. https://t.co/8jZCGKWBQX — PolitiTweet.org

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This message was posted by my staff, not by me. — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

@leftcasual @bobby21g @SanJosePD No, to the contrary: it’s very disingenuous (or uninformed) to claim that only 0.05% of the general fund is spent on housing, when that’s NOT the fund that is the source of the city’s $130 million+ of affordable housing funding. That’s my point. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bobby21g Please review my 2019 budget message: I called for many millions of dollars of spending to be subjected to an equity screen, and boosted funding to several programs focused on education in our most diverse, high-need neighborhoods. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DWAP_em_Bears This was posted by my staff. At the time this was posted, I was in the middle of a 7-hour hearing, listening to hundreds of community members express their frustration about policing during the protests. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bert_gilfoyle Bertrand, agreed; we’ve sought to enlist health professionals to ride along with officers responding to those calls, but staffing has been a huge (& understandable) challenge for county. We’ve implemented mandatory training to address episodes of mental health crises — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Tonight, I explain why defunding the police doesn’t work in San José (read on Medium: https://t.co/6NlUDQSCGG). My budget message calls for investments in equity—standing up an Office of Racial Equity + committing to a use of force review w/ the IPA. ▶️ https://t.co/3EXfeL7ES3. https://t.co/hHcraSQm7N — PolitiTweet.org

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@lameymoo @dianesequoiare1 Yes, that’s the way it works in a democratic republic. People elect officials who make decisions, and if you don’t like our decisions, you vote us out. That’s what I signed up for. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bobby21g @SanJosePD No fluff—that’s the total budget that we approve this Tuesday: $4.1 billion. It’s misleading to point only to the General Fund, which generally doesn’t fund housing, our clean energy utility, airport, sewage system, etc — PolitiTweet.org

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@bobby21g @SanJosePD If you look at that spike in SJ crime in 2012, it correlates with a substan drop in the number of officers — PolitiTweet.org

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Lawful, peaceful protestors should be able to have their voices heard w/o fear of injury. I’m pushing for a ban on the use of rubber bullets in large crowds or protests (https://t.co/qMAVm8juBb) because we know too many innocent people are getting hurt. https://t.co/u4uOwyp6N8 — PolitiTweet.org

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@ScotchGuyDan @CookeWJ1 @lilyjamali A customer-owned utility—we have 800 examples in the US alone — PolitiTweet.org