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Measure U committee adds 'public safety' to 2026 alignment, backs outreach plan and elects leadership
Summary
After debate over survey wording and scope, the Measure U Community Advisory Committee voted unanimously to add 'public safety' to the 2026 areas of alignment, postponed final outreach strategy pending a written plan, and elected Chair Georgoff and Vice Chair McGee in roll-call votes.
The Measure U Community Advisory Committee voted Jan. 26 to add "public safety" to its 2026 program alignment and took a series of procedural steps on outreach, budgeting and leadership.
Commissioner Cook argued the committee's 2026 program recommendations should explicitly list public safety, citing the committee's 2023 community survey that placed public safety among the top three priorities. "Public safety should be 1 of the areas of alignment in this table and it's not," he said during debate.
Commissioner Sala and others urged caution: Sala warned that the survey's respondents may over-represent middle‑class, English‑language respondents and recommended a broader definition of public safety that…
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