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We just need people to see each other ; really accept the people who aren ’ t the same as you . We need room . We need grace . We need to give each other grace and tolerance .
for social justice , they were trying really hard to be heard in a time when it was dangerous to gather . So I felt sorry for them . I was proud of the community and how they came together and how united they were . I was proud to do my part to help from the dais and pass reforms to the police department ’ s use-of-force policy .
Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn , who grew up in Sacramento , announced his retirement in August . He has come under fire since the police shooting of Stephon Clark in 2018 . You ’ ve voted in favor of more police accountability . What is your relationship like ? I am a big supporter of Chief Hahn . He ’ s been widely criticized the last few years .
We ’ ve done a lot of policy changes . ... ( Former ) Councilman Larry Carr and I co-authored ( a police reform package ) and brought it to City Hall , and it passed unanimously . I ’ m also the person who wrote the body camera language . …
To me , it was very important to have a chief who came from a different place than chiefs before him . Daniel Hahn was raised in Oak Park , he went to ( Sacramento High School ). He ’ s the first Black police chief for Sacramento . His leadership style is very community driven . He promoted people from within who looked different than people who had been promoted previously . He brought stability to a department where people weren ’ t feeling particularly valued . He diversified recruitment .
What are your biggest accomplishments , and lowest moments ? My biggest victory , when I came on , my entire district , 110,000 people , were in a flood plain with a building moratorium in place . … I spent the first 5-6 years of my career fighting to get us out of the building moratorium , going back to ( Washington , D . C .) many times a year , fighting and fighting until we did get ( an ) act of Congress . It ’ s called ( Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 , which requires new development to be raised above flood levels ), and once that bill happened , we were allowed to start building again . So all this housing , Centene , the hospital , none of it would have been possible . We
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