The brick struck a high school girl who had been due to participate in the meeting hosted by Mayor London Breed, and a 26-year-old woman was arrested.
reported cost $4,000 in terms of multi-agency staffing, clearing the area and logistics—was supposed to address the drug crisis, with the mayor expected to answer to the Board of Supervisors. She wanted to discuss a plan for a pilot program that will see tougher law enforcement against open-air drug use.
Mayor London Breed outside City Hall ahead of the mayoral inauguration on July 11, 2018, in San Francisco, California. The city remains gripped by crime, homelessness and rampant, open drug use on the streets.But speaker Aaron Peskin, the Board president, was repeatedly drowned out by shouts from the public as he tried to question Breed.
When Breed approached the microphone, instead of responding to Peskin's question about whether she supported a increased coordination among local and regional agencies to stamp out drug-dealing, she said:"The fact is, I'm not sure, without listening to the public, that this is going to be the right forum to answer your question thoroughly."
Peskin agreed and cut the hearing short:"In light of the mayor's statement, which I appreciate, we will recess this meeting to the Board of Supervisors' chamber, wherein the mayor will respond to the afore-asked question... you are all welcome to join us."
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