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Correct! That's what I'm sayin

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Wasnt judging. I'd imagine a lot of ppl who like big police budgets probably voted against that interest when voting no on A because it was not clear

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Fiankan had interesting politics, and Measure A was a naked general fund increase measure which would have disproportionately benefited SDPD, which claims a giant portion of the GF. Measure A = millions to SDPD, just math. Probly would've used it to prop up failing surveillance tech

Its the AI man it makes everything harder to know but then you see it and it's

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Mind Blown Reaction

ALT: Mind Blown Reaction

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Also San Diego's Measure A was a veiled budget increase initiative for SDPD, apparently the veil was a little too thick

Someone wants to save the multimodal transit team. 👍

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Oh public bathrooms. Someone speaks up for public bathrooms! Should we be a city with no bathrooms, no daytime homeless service and no arts but plenty of surveillance? That sounds like a really vibrant place.

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Speaker has measured the police budget in inches and demonstrates that its more than 7ft long compared to millimeters for the homeless day center. Next speaker thanks her for the art.

Dozens of speakers have argued for arts and homeless funding, nobody so far asking for surveillance. "We don't give a Flock, restore the arts" chant broke out though.

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Speaker would like the daytime homeless center to be rescued from being shut down. Sadly, first person I've heard mention that

Recent speaker read a nice haiku about the budget. It was not in support of surveillance I'm pretty sure but with haiku you can't ever really be sure

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This speaker uses arts funding to take music in to correctional facilities. That will be gone.

"Arts and culture are not a luxury they are a public good." "It is our entire livelihood."

Speakers for arts and youth identify surveillance as an example of funds that shouldn't be spent while youth and arts funding are being cut

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Speaker argues for arts funding and identifies the mayors communications staff as a source for millions of funding.

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Several speakers urging council to keep arts funding flat at least, and pleadings to find the money. 6 speakers and counting I think. Opera guy notes a clubhouse for a golf course got funding back in May, though

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Old Globe guy would like city money to continue to help keep people going to the theater. He says there could be money in the budget for this, doesn't note where.

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More speakers advocating for youth, specifically the office of youth services. nobody asking for more mass surveillance, they must have missed the memo on how much safety they would get

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Another speaker urges money for youth programs. " cameras will not stop crime they will only show you the bodies."

2 speakers don't think money for surveillance is a good idea. Strong words against surveillance that failed to stop a recent mass shooting tragedy.

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This speaker's priority is the office of youth services set for closure. He thinks that funding should come from the police budget.

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One speaker just doesn't want money spent on surveillance.

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Fair critique I think that people who want arts funding need to learn better how to join with other community orgs to figure our how to keep funding going

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Youth programs to keep kids busy and growing and mentored instead of unsupported out on their own after schools. (Gosh that sounds like public safety @joelacava.bsky.social ) Speaker specifically asks to defund surveillance.

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(I would note that people like Joe LaCava, Raul Campillo and Marni von Wilpert routinely dominate the narrative of "Public Safety" with exclusively funding for the police department. Maybe they think cops should help blind folks cross streets and repair City Heights parks?)

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Repair of park infrastructure in City Heights. Neglect of park deterioration has the effect of making neighborhoods dangerous.

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Street safety for blind people. Unmaintained/broken street level infrastructure represents a life and death problem for the blind community.

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Arts funding. The arts commission has lots of ideas about how the city can keep arts funding alive on a smaller budget. Not zero budget, though.

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Seth Hall @loteck.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Tonight I'm at San Diego City Council listening to San Diegans ask for public funding at the final budget hearing. I bet none of them are here to ask for money for mass surveillance technology. Here are the things San Diegans want, in their own voices, instead of millions of dollars of surveillance:

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It's a force multiplier guys, chill

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Sadly the modern answer to your question about lack of enforcement is to whip up fear in the community in support of mass surveillance technology as a false solution for enforcement. It diverts millions and doesn't work, but anyone with an "enforcement" mindset eats it up

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No, you cant disagree that adding a new type of vehicle that unlocks dangerous thrilling behavior at many earlier ages than previously available is newly additive to the total risk of all potential vehicle related injuries today. Foul ball! Perhaps you mean risk relative to you as a street cyclist

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Adolescents don't have broad access to pickup trucks. This is additive risk, not zero sum.

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Your main point stand well enough but nevertheless I'd estimate 80% of the ebike use I observe in my hood shows no regard for safety of rider or surroundings. Likely to do with apparent age of driver. I'm not panicking, I'm witnessing.