Sam Liccardo

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

@NguyAMinh @SanJosePD I’m told that what they used a couple weeks ago wasn’t full riot gear, but even using that as an example: extremely rarely, and probably not more more than a couple times a decade — PolitiTweet.org

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@Invicta_Inda @SanJosePD Evidence comes from looking at data & having independent experts evaluate it—and you’ll see those reports posted at https://t.co/qWgx6BghPi, showing substan elimination of racial disparity in use/force rates vs arrest rates — PolitiTweet.org

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@StephenFDiamond I pushed to restore officers to address our inability to meet critical emergency response times due to anemic staffing — PolitiTweet.org

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@freedom4theppl @VTA @SFBART @CarlGuardino @CityofSanJose Please see my last tweet string... — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Assertions that the City doesn’t spend enough on education or mental health or hospitals are misplaced: cities in California don’t fund those priorities— they’re funded through State via school districts & counties. Important for folks to have clear view of facts here. (5/5) — PolitiTweet.org

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For example, we will spend at least $108 million on affordable housing from multiple funds, plus we expect to spend another $30-70 million annually from Measure E (depending on tax revenue projections), not counting Fed/state/county dollars we leverage (4/5) — PolitiTweet.org

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There have been misleading assertions on social media comparing @SanJosePD spending as share of General Fund— but the $440 million we spend on cops should be compared to ALL city funds in the $4.1 billion budget, where we draw $$ for priorities like affordable housing, etc (3/5) https://t.co/LK0oPRULk4 — PolitiTweet.org

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The number of officers in the most thinly-staffed US major city police department has declined over the years—we have 300 fewer officers than we had 20 years ago, despite the fact that we have 200,000 more people now. This chart compares staffing from just 10 years ago: (2/5) https://t.co/5zeZ847EJr — PolitiTweet.org

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For those seeking to #DefundThePolice, some important data points to consider: first, @SanJosePD has fewest officers/per 1,000 population of any major US city— we have deployed non-police interventions for years (eg, we don’t arrest students on campus to avoid stigma) (1/5) https://t.co/6WWqte4Edm — PolitiTweet.org

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I took this last night as I rode my bike by our new @VTA @SFBART station in Berryessa/North San Jose. My first political job came on the 2000 Meas A campaign w/ @CarlGuardino to bring BART to @CityofSanJose, & have been pushing ever since to make this dream a reality #OpeningDay https://t.co/WyQsq1vj6o — PolitiTweet.org

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It won’t matter much after a couple of fire seasons—@PGE4Me stock will be worthless. Insurance subrogees get $11 billion cash from PG&E bankruptcy, yet wildfire victims will see half their settlmt evaporate, holding paper certificates in the company that burned down their homes — PolitiTweet.org

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@lilyjamali It won’t matter much after the next couple of fire seasons— stock will still be worthless. While hedge funds buying insurance claims get paid $11 billion in cash, victims will be left w/ half of their compensation evaporating. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EcoSocYogi @DemMayors @CABigCityMayors @MayorOfLA And @citylosangeles has more than twice as many police officers per capita as @CityofSanJose, which has by far the lowest ratio of cops person of any major city in the US. SF has 3x ratio of SJ; Washington DC has 5x. We’ve run our Dept on a “defunded” model for years — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYPRPR Sorry to be losing you from the Bay Area, Audrey—really appreciate your professionalism and great work. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradUrso @starrrsky @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief @surjsacredheart @SV_DSA Yes, and your recollection is incorrect. My views have been consistent on this issue since I first articulated them in 2015, and they are hardly anti-immigrant: https://t.co/zpNCccwBOQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@teafni @alyohsob Nisa, our budget is $4.1 billion. You’ve excluded the capital and enterprise budgets (eg, airport, clean energy, sewage, etc), which distorts the picture because the denominator is inaccurately diminished. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BradUrso @starrrsky @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief That’s false—there was zero laughing or pandering to xenophobic people from me or Eddie—we have both taken plenty of heat for our unwillingness to have SJPD participate in immig enforcement . I know there were several news crews present to record that meeting as well — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DemMayors: Happening now: @CABigCityMayors are calling for $350m to fight #homelessness and safeguard their communities from #COVID19.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MichaelDTubbs: The racism is the point. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @latimes: The Tulsa Race Massacre took place in May of 1921 when, for 18 hours, white mobs raced through the city's “Black Wall Street”… — PolitiTweet.org

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@cimoreno18 @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief They take far less—you’re only looking at the $1.1 billion General Fund, and missing the $3 billion other funds (capital, airport, water treatment, etc) — PolitiTweet.org

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@starrrsky @CityofSanJose @sjpdchief No, I won’t. — PolitiTweet.org

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In @CityofSanJose, we have already implemented 6 of the #8CantWait elements of police use of force reform under @sjpdchief, & I commit to ensure we complete them all. https://t.co/wY7ezKhSr5 — PolitiTweet.org

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We know industries are changing to adapt to #COVID19, while others may not bounce back for months or years. You can “meet” employers looking to hire NOW at work2futures’s virtual job fair today from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. For more resources + free training: https://t.co/rlwS0N6hw1. https://t.co/UdGtYCFA6S — PolitiTweet.org

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@MayorOfLA, @Kevin_Faulconer, @Mayor_Steinberg, @LibbySchaaf, @LongBeachMayor, @CityofSantaAna Mayor Miguel Pulido, @Mayor_Bailey, & @MichaelDTubbs. — PolitiTweet.org

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When CA invests w/ cities—incl. the $350M allocated in the legislature’s budget for local gov—we can get housing built, shelters open, & homeless housed. The cost of doing nothing is far too great when tackling homelessness + COVID-19. #BigCityMayors ▶️: https://t.co/OjmE85sZoP https://t.co/hJBqXnsITt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AHurxthal: Got a bold idea to revolutionize #SanJose? This Thursday: learn about the $5k Emerging City Champions fellowship with past p… — PolitiTweet.org

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@dianesequoiare1 We’re not increasing spending on cops—cuts will apply to police and other programs to balance the budget — PolitiTweet.org

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@emyrakhannavoj We have no authority over any school funding decisions. — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

@emyrakhannavoj In California, schools are not funded through cities—our funding decisions have no impact on schools. We help support after-school and other educational programs, eg, for the digital divide — PolitiTweet.org