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Rules committee backs making select committee on gun and gang violence a standing Public Safety Committee
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to forward an amendment to Board rules that would rename the select committee on ending gun and gang violence the Public Safety Committee and establish it as a standing committee of the Board of Supervisors, with proponents citing ongoing citywide public-safety needs.
Ross Mercurimi, chair of the Rules Committee, presided as David Noyola, representing Supervisor Aaron Peskin's office, introduced a rules amendment to convert the select committee on ending gun and gang violence into a standing Public Safety Committee. "It changes the name of what is now the select committee on ending gun and gang violence to the Public Safety Committee and establishes it as a standing committee of the Board of Supervisors," Noyola said.
Supporters on the committee framed the change as responsive to sustained public-safety concerns. One supervisor said the change would keep the issue from becoming marginal and said he intended to join the committee "whenever I can." Chair Mercurimi and others signaled approval, and the committee moved the item forward as a committee report to the full Board.
There was no public comment on the item. The amendment was forwarded to the Board with a committee recommendation; no vote tally was recorded in the transcript.
