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The League of Women Voters of Santa Clara County presents this special forum featuring the two candidates for Santa Clara County Sheriff: Laurie Smith and John Hirokawa. This event was recorded October 8, 2018 at the Cupertino Community Hall. (80 min.)
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B
Good
evening
my
name
is
Eleanor
yuk
I'm,
president
of
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
Southwest
Santa,
Clara
Valley,
but
tonight
I'm
here
as
a
representative
of
the
Council
of
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
Santa
Clara
County,
which
includes
all
five
leagues.
I,
am
also
pleased
to
be
the
moderator
for
tonight's
forum
that
is
scheduled
to
last
no
longer
than
an
hour
and
a
half.
The
league
is
a
nonpartisan
organization
that
never
endorses
a
candidate
or
a
political
party.
B
As
part
of
our
mission
to
promote
informed
and
empowered
voters,
we
do
schedule
these
candidate
forums.
We
appreciate
and
wish
to
thank
our
two
candidates
for
agreeing
to
participate
in
tonight's
forum,
and
we
thank
you.
Our
audience
for
attending
the
format
for
tonight's
forum
will
be
as
follows.
Each
candidate
will
make
a
one-minute
opening
statement
next.
The
candidates
will
have
one
and
a
half
minutes
to
respond
to
questions
from
our
audience
in
a
rotating
order.
B
Audience
members
who
wish
to
submit
a
question
should
do
so
on
the
index
cards.
League
members
are
handing
out.
If
you
need
a
card,
raise
your
hand
and
one
will
be
passed
to
you
when
you
have
finished
writing
your
question.
Please
pass
your
card
to
the
end
of
the
row,
so
the
person
on
the
end
can
raise
their
hand,
so
it
can
be
picked
up.
Question
should
be
of
general
interest,
as
each
candidate
will
respond.
We
have
gathered
questions
from
the
audience
and
some
questions
have
come
in
via
email.
B
Our
question
sorters
in
the
back
over
here,
Tracy
Edwards
and
Veronica
Tincher,
are
League
members
who
will
review
and
select
questions
that
have
been
submitted,
duplicate,
questions
or
multiple
questions
on
the
same
topic
will
be
combined
or
rewritten.
Each
candidate
again
will
have
one
and
a
half
minutes
to
respond
to
each
question.
Finally,
the
candidates
will
each
have
one
and
a
half
minutes
to
end
the
forum
by
stating
and
responding
to
the
following
question:
what
question
do
you
wish?
You
had
been
asked
tonight
that
you
weren't
and
why
to
help
keep
us
on
track.
B
We
have
our
timekeepers
Ellen
Miller
and
Bruce
Kendall,
who
will
signal
each
candidate
with
signs
when
their
time
is
up
at
1
minute
30
seconds
and
stop
in
the
interest
of
time
and
decorum.
The
league
asks
our
audience
and
candidates
to
abide
by
the
following
agreed-upon
standards
for
civil
discourse.
The
questions
number
1.
The
questions
to
the
candidate
must
be
submitted
on
cards
provided
by
the
league
or
submitted
via
email.
We
request
that
no
audience
demonstration,
clapping
etc
during
the
forum.
Please
turn
off
all
electronic
devices.
B
If
any
other
devices
are
used
to
record,
we
ask
that
the
content
be
shared
in
its
entirety
to
ensure
that
any
remarks
that
are
made
are
not
taken
out
of
context.
This
event
is
being
filmed
and
will
be
shown
on
community
channels
throughout
the
county.
The
candidates
haven't
been
asked
to
abide
by
the
following
standards.
The
moderator
will
enforce
the
time
limits
after
the
moderator
says.
Thank
you.
Your
time
is
up.
B
Please
end
the
sentence
that
you're
stating
candidates
will
not
interrupt
each
other
candidates
have
brought
no
props
to
the
forum,
but
can
certainly
have
a
notepad,
pencil
and
paper.
The
league
has
provided
space
for
candidates
and
league
materials
to
be
displayed
outside
the
forum
room.
Now,
I
would
like
to
introduce
the
candidates
who
are
running
for
the
office
of
sheriff
of
Santa
Clara
County.
There
are
two
candidates
running
for
one
open
position.
B
First,
I
would
like
to
introduce
the
incumbent
sheriff
Laurie
Smith,
whom
I
will
refer
to
as
Miss
Smith
for
the
rest
of
the
forum.
Secondly,
I
would
like
to
introduce
our
second
candidate
mr.
John
hirokawa,
whom
I
will
refer
to
as
mr.
here
a
caller
for
the
rest
of
the
forum.
Welcome
and
thank
you
for
agreeing
to
participate
in
this
forum.
We
are
now
ready
to
begin
with
opening
statements.
The
candidates
selected
a
card
to
determine
the
initial
order,
and
again
each
opening
statement
is
limited
to
one
minute.
We
will
begin
with
Miss
Smith.
Thank.
C
You
thank
you
and
thank
you
to
the
League
of
Women
Voters
I'm,
really
glad
to
be
here
in
Cupertino
one
of
the
cities
that
we
provide
lawn
Grossman
services,
for
we
know
that
we
provide
exceptional
services
and
very
cost
effective
services.
My
priorities
addressing
mental
health,
safeguarding
our
most
vulnerable
I've
always
been
a
strong
advocate
for
victims
and
protecting
our
communities.
Cupertino
there's
been
a
34
percent
decrease
in
residential
burglaries
since
2017
Saratoga,
a
forty
seven
percent
decrease
in
residential
burglaries
in
2017.
We
respond
to
all
calls
and
provide
investigative
services.
C
D
To
thank
the
league's
Women
Voters
for
hosting
tonight
the
city
of
Cupertino
I'm
Johnny
hirako
running
against
a
two-decade
incumbent,
Lori
Smith
I'm
a
37
year
veteran
of
the
Santa
Clara
County
Sheriff's
Office
and
I'm
running
to
bring
trust
transparency
in
reform.
I
will
instill
trust
by
working,
collaborating
with
all
communities
in
the
county
and
conversing
with
you.
I
will
bring
transparency
to
our
jails
and
enforcement
bureaus
by
bringing
outside
organizations
to
work
both
with
the
staff
and
the
inmates.
D
I
will
bring
reform
by
creating
a
system
of
independent
oversight
to
take
the
politics
out
of
policing
I'm,
not
a
politician
on
the
public
servant.
I
want
to
bring
fresh
ideas
a
fresh
start
and
to
get
that
change
to
the
Santa
Clara
County
Sheriff's
Office
I've
served
here
in
your
community
and
have
received
awards
for
deputy
of
the
year
optimist.
Club
deputy
of
the
year
and
I
have
continued
to
volunteer
in
this
community
of
Cupertino
with
Leadership,
Awards
and
camps.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
You
and
now
we
will
move
on
to
our
audience
questions
again.
Each
response
is
limit
two
to
one
and
a
half
minutes
except
the
first
one.
The
first
one
is
really
just
a
very
simple
letter
grade
that
you're
going
to
give
so
this
one
will
just
do
like
in
30
seconds.
So
the
first
question
and
we'll
begin
with
you
mister
hirokawa.
This
is
a
very
brief
question
and
I'm
requesting
a
one-word
response.
If
you
gave
a
letter
grade
to
the
sheriff's
office,
what
would
it
be?
D?
B
D
B
D
Order
to
keep
the
community
trust
for
the
deputies
and
the
men
and
women
that
protect
you
out
in
the
street.
They
have
to
have
your
trust
in
order
in
your
cooperation
with
independent
oversight,
which
I've
been
advocating
before
the
death
of
Michael
Tyree,
and
him
been
advocating
since
the
death
of
Michael
Tyree
at
board
meetings.
There
needs
to
be
that
independent
oversight.
It's
been
long
overdue,
Michael
Tyree
died
over
three
years
ago
and
in
on
the
sheriff's
website.
D
It
talks
about
how
they
want
independent
oversight,
but
there's
been
no
movement
from
the
current
incumbent,
Miss
Smith,
and
so
for
that
that's
my
first
order
of
priority
in
order
for
them
to
do
their
job,
a
men
and
women
that
protect
you.
They
need
to
have
that
trust
and
that
trust
can
be
let
that
trust
can
be
lost
in
a
split
second,
in
order
to
gain
your
trust
in
the
Community
Trust
it
could
take
years,
and
so
without
that
independent
oversight,
that's
one
of
my
first
priority
is
to
make
it
an
A.
Thank.
C
I
gave
it
an
A
and
the
reason
I
gave
it
an
A
is
I
think
we
have
the
finest
deputies
and
our
professionals
staff
of
any
law
enforcement
agency
anywhere.
We
do
a
great
job.
We
are
highly
appreciated,
we're
in
cupertino
now,
but
by
the
cities
that
we
serve.
We
know
that
we
provide
a
good
service
really
and
a
high
quality
service
at
a
very
economical
cost.
C
If
you
will
no
one
wants
the
cheapest
law
enforcement,
but
they
want
the
best
law
enforcement
and,
if
it
happens
to
be
more
cost-effective,
that's
even
better
we're
real
proud
of
the
work
that
our
detectives
do
in
working
on
residential
burglaries.
We
see
a
rise
in
a
lot
of
the
crimes
in
many
cities
and
I'm,
proud
of
the
work
that
we
do
every
day.
I
mentioned
the
the
decrease
in
residential
burglaries
in
Cupertino
and
Saratoga.
That's
something
we're
proud
of
and
I
think
it's
because
of
the
strong
work
that
we
do
for
the
community.
C
I
think
that
leadership
is
very
important.
We
have
built
an
organization
that
I'm
proud
of
that.
The
community
is
proud
of
the
Board
of
Supervisors
I,
have
four
of
the
five
Board
of
Supervisors
have
endorsed,
and
they
have
endorsed
me
for
four
sheriff
in
the
city
of
Saratoga.
I
have
three
of
the
five
councilmembers
in
the
city
of
Cupertino
I
have
four
of
the
five
councilmembers
in
Los
Altos
Hills,
our
other
city
I,
have
five
of
the
five
council
members.
They
know
us,
they
know
our
work.
B
Thank
you
very
much
before
we
go
any
further.
Mr.
hirokawa,
would
you
move
your
microphone
in
a
little
bit?
Some
people
can't
aren't
having
problems
hearing
you.
Thank
you.
Okay,
we're
gonna
change
the
order
now
we'll
begin
with
Miss
Smith
Senate
bill,
1421,
a
police,
a
police
transparency
bill
would
begin
to
unwind
the
confidential
confidentiality
law
passed
four
decades
ago
by
opening
up
records
from
investigations
of
officer,
shootings
and
other
major
force
incidences
along
with
confin'd,
confirmed
cases
of
sexual
assault
and
lying,
while
on
duty.
First
part
did
you
support
SB,
1420
one?
C
So
I
did
not
take
a
position
on
on
that
bill.
However,
I
do
have
some
big
concerns.
Number
one
I
think
peace
officer
records
should
be
confidential,
probably
with
the
exception
of
what
you've
laid
out.
We
recently
had
a
big
issue
in
the
sheriff's
office
of
texting
and
I
was
really
glad
when
the
information
finally
became
public
I
have
some
articles
out
there,
but
I
believe
those
that
are
racist,
misogynist
and
every
other
kind
of
evil.
Texture
that
we've
had
in
this
organization.
C
I
believe
that
they
should
be
terminated
and
I
have
been
at
really
a
big
loss
on
this,
because
until
they
filed
documents
in
court,
I
was
not
able
to
talk
about.
I
was
not
able
to
show
the
true
nature
of
some
of
our
disciplines,
so
what
I
really
believe
is
I
believe
that
bad
cops
shouldn't
be
in
this
business,
particularly
when
they
have
views
of
hate
and
I
was
really
glad
when
all
of
that
information
recently
came
to
light.
But
my
hands
were
tied
prior
to
that.
C
So
I
believe
that
when
someone
tells
something
that's
not
true,
a
law
enforcement
official
should
be
able
to
respond
and
correct.
The
record
and
I
was
only
able
to
do
that
in
this,
and
my
opponent
believed
that
the
discipline
was
too
severe
and
he
testified
to
that
at
arbitration
hearing
and
that's
public,
and
that
is
also
referenced
in
some
of
the
articles
that
I
brought
today.
Thank.
D
I
was
in
favor
of
that
Senate
bill,
14
21
in
regards
to
transparency,
and
that's
what
my
campaigns
built
on
without
the
community
trust.
Again,
you
don't
have
that
the
men
and
women
cannot
do
their
job
day
to
day
and
that's
why
I'm
for
independent
oversight,
independent
of
the
elected
sheriff
or
the
police
chief,
there
needs
to
be
community
trust,
mutual
trust,
even
in
our
marginalized
communities,
especially
in
those
communities
and
for
everybody
in
this
county.
Without
that
you
don't
have
qualified
or
effective
law
enforcement.
D
She
should
be
thanking
me
right
now
in
order
for
her
to
have
fired
or
demoted
the
one
person,
because,
if
it
wasn't
for
John
hirokawa
who
kept
on
bringing
up
you're
violating
the
law
you're
violating
due
process,
eventually
she
made
a
correction
and
had
to
go
to
court.
All
that
paperwork
would
be
disclosed,
but
she's
not
going
to
disclose
it,
because
it
then
clip
clarifies
exactly
what
happened
and
that's
what's.
Transparency
is
about
and
that's
what
independent
oversight.
If
we
had
independent
oversight,
there
would
be
no
question
about
what
who
did
what
and
when.
Thank.
B
D
Once
I
take
office
on
January,
1st
2019
I
would
be
advocating
strongly
for
independent
oversight
that
independent
oversight,
those
consultants
and
working
with
the
community
and
working
with
the
rank-and-file
to
ensure
that
we
abide
by
SB
1420
one.
That's
about.
What's
transparency,
all
the
stakeholders
need
to
be
at
the
table
and
we
need
to
listen
to
them.
Just
filling
in
the
seat
does
nothing
if
nobody
is
listening
and
nobody
is
taking
taking
to
heart
what
the
SB
1420
one's
about.
No
questions,
it's
about
transparency,
and
without
that
we
will.
D
D
There's
a
lot
of
room
for
improvement,
and
that's
what
John
here
account
wants
to
do
is
bring
progressive
reforms
to
that
sheriff's
office
to
include
use
of
force.
How
we
deal
with
racial
profiling,
how
we
do
with
the
rank
and
file
and
regards
all
the
rank
and
file
want,
is
to
be
treated
fairly,
to
be
treated
equally
and
be
and
have
the
same
due
process
rights
just
because
they
may
be
a
political
opponent
of
the
incumbent
and
be
treated
differently.
That's
what
I
tried
to
stop!
C
What
he
said
on
the
Left
I'm
glad
I
got
a
part,
be
what
he
said
on
the
last
question
was
factually
not
accurate,
everything's
been
released.
That
legally
could
be
released
on
the
discipline
that
he's
referencing,
and
he
also
said
that
he
wanted
us
to
follow
the
law
and
wanted
just
the
due
process.
Due
process
was
perfect,
it
was
a.
It
was
a
discipline
that
went
to
an
independent
arbitrator
and
it
was
upheld.
Let
me
tell
you
what
the
arbitrator
said.
C
He
said
the
string
of
received
texts
from
peers
and
subordinates
also
contained
derogatory
and
occasionally
violent
sexually
explicit
statement
and
images
regarding
women,
Asians,
Asians,
American,
African,
Americans,
Mexicans,
gay
men,
some
of
these
texts
related
co-workers
above
and
below
the
rank
of
the
grievant
and
mentioned
them
by
name.
This
is
a
quote
from
the
arbitrator's
decision.
Undersheriff
hirokawa
testified
that
he
believed
grievance
penalty
was
too
severe
where
everyone
there
were
five
people
involved.
Four
were
terminated.
The
person
that
he
testified
on
behalf
of
where
he
said
the
penalty
was
too
severe,
was
merely
demoted.
C
B
C
I
was
also
I,
was
also
quoted
by
attorney
general
Becerra
in
talking
about
immigration
and
how
we
really
need
the
trust
of
the
community
and
how
sometimes
these
unconstitutional
immigration
policies
can
really
really
hurt.
The
trust
that
we
build
in
the
community
I
have
we
also
formed
within
the
Sheriff's
Office,
just
recently
an
immigration
fraud
unit,
and
this
is
a
unit
that
will
investigate
and
hold
accountable
those
that
prey
on
immigrants
the
represent
themselves.
That
I
can
solve
your
immigration
issues.
C
D
Currently
for
the
current
jail
detainer
policy
as
with
I,
believe,
though
it
does
no,
it
does
us
no
right
in
regards
to
our
community
when
we
start
separating
families
based
on
their
immigration
status,
we
need
to
protect
that
immigrate.
Immigration,
families,
dreamers,
daca,
that's
a
clear
message
from
John
hirokawa
in
a
recent
forum,
just
back
in
May
for
the
Republican
Women's
Caucus.
The
current
incumbent
here
pointed
to
John
asking
the
same
question
and
just
and
gave
me
credit
and
said
her
answer.
D
Only
answer
was
well
he's
the
one
that
actually
helped
write
it
and
helped
implement
it,
and
then,
when
it
came
to
me,
I
took
I
stood
up
and
before
that
audience,
and
yes,
that's
true
so
again,
I'm
for
rights
of
immigrants.
My
families
face
severe
discrimination
because
I'm
third
generation
they
were
interned
both
sides.
My
families
were
interned
in
the
Japanese
internment
camps,
my
mother's
side
from
La
Manzanar,
my
father's
side,
a
tule
Lake
and
they
lost
their
form.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is,
everybody
should
be
treated
equally
and
fairly.
D
B
D
There
needs
to
be
a
total
evaluation
from
top
to
bottom.
In
regards
to
the
sheriff's
office,
I've
called
for
a
peer
to
peer
peer
to
superior
evaluations
and
ban
from
there.
We
need
to
know
they're
1,800
employees
in
the
sheriff's
office,
with
a
budget
of
about
350
million
dollars.
That
organization
needs
to
be
scaled
down
from
the
top
down
to
the
bottom,
for
more
men
and
women
to
be
patrolling
the
streets
and
protecting
our
protecting
the
inmates
in
the
jail
there
needs
to
be
a
scale
down.
D
There's
been
too
much
concentration
on
the
administrative
hierarchy
in
the
sheriff's
office,
I
believe
in
scaling
that
down
and
bringing
it
down
and
then
a
full
evaluation.
The
rank-and-file
members
need
to
participate
in
regards
to
those
evaluations.
What
do
they
think
about
their
supervisors?
Where
do
they
think
about
their
lieutenants?
What
do
they
think
about
their
captains?
Are
they
making
decisions
based
on
short-term
solutions
or
long-term
solutions,
and
then
you
go
from
hiring
into
the
training?
D
Those
are
the
issues
that
I
believe
needs
to
be
addressed
in
the
Santa
Clara
County
Sheriff's
Office
I
also
want
to
do
a
collaboration
with
the
Chiefs.
In
regards
to
bringing
protecting
the
victims
of
domestic
violence,
sexual
assaults,
sexual
harassment,
elder
abuse
and
child,
these
are
the
most
vulnerable
people
in
our
community
and
they
need
to
be
protected.
They
need
to
have
advocacy
and
collaboration.
The
Sheriff's
Office
needed
these
to
do
those
things
with
the
YWCA.
D
C
Smith
so
I
mentioned
briefly
in
my
opening.
Some
of
the
things
that
I
think
are
really
really
important
on
services
that
we
provide
number
one
is
addressing
mental
health
and
homelessness.
We
see
it
everywhere.
I
am
a
strong
advocate
of
partnering,
a
deputy
with
a
clinician
to
handle
calls
mobile
mental
health.
We
have
mobile
mental
health
in
this
county
and
I
want
to
extend
it
further
homelessness
too.
C
We
recently
had
the
hope,
village
and
we
assisted
in
finding
a
good,
safe
place
for
this
homeland
encampment
that
was
clean
and
had
restroom
facilities,
also
protecting
our
most
vulnerable,
including
elder
fraud.
We
have
a
unit
that
addresses
elder
fraud,
human
trafficking,
whether
it's
labor
trafficking
or
sex
trafficking,
and
just
being
a
real
strong
advocate
for
victims,
protecting
our
communities,
reducing
crime,
we're
very
fortunate
in
this
county
that
we
live.
Our
the
three
cities
we
serve
have
some
of
the
lowest
crime
rates
in
the
state.
C
B
C
D
My
campaign
again
is
about
trust
transparency
reform,
especially
in
with
the
collaboration
and
communication
with
you
and
our
other
partners
and
law
enforcement
throughout
the
other
cities
and
throughout
the
other
counties.
Without
that
direct
communication
with
you
and
the
rank
and
file,
how
do
we
come
up
with
viable
solutions
and
how
to
protect
you
better?
Without
hearing
from
you
not
knowing
exactly
what
your
concerns
are
and
how
do
we
then
address
those
issues?
D
I
believe
it's
been
at
least
three
terms
where
the
current
incumbent
hasn't
reached
out
to
the
community
has
sent
out
her
staff,
not
herself
to
talk
to
you
in
regards
to
what
your
concerns
are.
She
hasn't
communicated
with
the
rank-and-file
guess
what
the
best
solutions
come
from
the
rank-and-file,
the
women
in
men
that
protect
you
in
the
community.
They
come
they're
the
ones
doing
the
job
they're,
the
ones
that
come
up
with
the
input
without
listening
to
them,
then
no
viable.
D
The
solution
will
come
forward
in
regards
to
you
know
promises
my
promise
to
the
rank-and-file
and
the
only
promise
to
the
rank-and-file
would
be
you
I
will
listen
to
you.
We
will
be
at
a
table
together,
we're
not
sitting
on
opposite
ends.
We
are
together
in
this
to
try
to
make
the
best
effective
way
to
serve
you
and
that's
what
that's.
What
I'm
trying
to
do
is
instill
that,
after
20
years
of
under
the
same
administration,
there
needs
to
be
change
and
with
that
there's
hope
with
there's
change,
there's
hope.
B
D
D
D
Its
confined
setting
the
the
the
sheriff
did
a
presentation
back
in
May
of
last
year,
showing
that
there
was
Emma
Depok
epidemic
assaults
in
the
jail
that
it
wasn't
true,
because
the
next
presentation
she
did
two
months
later,
they're
saying
how
the
assaults
were
down
compared
the
other
jails
and
then,
finally,
in
December
of
last
year,
she
makes
a
pitch
that
actually
the
data
was
inconclusive
in
regards
to
whether
that
the
assaults
are
up
or
down.
Why
did
she
ask
for
Tasers
in
the
jail
when
her
data
was
flawed?
D
C
Smith
so
I'm
in
favor
of
Tasers,
both
in
the
jail
and
in
our
patrol
units,
I,
don't
propose
using
tasers
without
having
looked
at
all
of
the
research
and
I'm
committed
to
having
a
strong
policy.
Strong
training
procedures
that
go
with
it.
I
actually
believe
that
tasers
can
actually
increase
the
resolution
or
shorten
the
amount
of
time
for
a
resolution
of
a
of
a
critical
incident
and
and
reduce
injuries
both
to
staff
to
those
that
we
encounter
and
to
the
greater
community.
C
The
policy
and
procedures
and
training
would
have
defined
uses
specified
times
and
we're
one
of
the
very
few
law
enforcement
agencies
that
doesn't
you
that
doesn't
use
Tasers.
The
technology
has
come
a
long
way
from
when
they
were
first
introduced,
maybe
thirty
years
ago,
I'm
a
big
supporter
in
making
sure
that
our
deputies
have
every
tool
that
they
need
to
be
safe,
to
keep
the
public
safe
and
to
keep
the
person
that
they're
interacting
with
safe
that,
coupled
with
strong
policies,
procedures
and
training,
it's
a
great
tool
for
law
enforcement.
C
C
So
not
only
do
we
have
strong
policies
within
the
Sheriff's
Office,
but
the
county
also
has
strong
policies
of
sexual
harassment.
We
will
follow
up
on
all
of
those
completely
to
make
sure
that
they're
investigated
thoroughly
completely,
and
then
we
communicate
also
with
the
victim
to
make
sure
that
the
victim
is
safe
at
the
time
when
they
make
the
allegation
we've
seen
what's
happening
right
now
in
in
the
u.s.
I.
C
Think
it's
a
travesty
I,
don't
believe
that
someone
should
be
on
our
Supreme
Court
if
they
have
that
kind
of
a
history
and
I
believe
the
woman
I
am
a
strong
supporter
of
women's
rights,
victims,
rights
and
so
should
be
thoroughly
investigated
to
protect
the
victim
policies
and
procedures
and
ongoing
training,
which
we
have.
We
actually
have
a
very
low
incident
of
sexual
harassment
and
discrimination
allegations
within
the
sheriff's
office,
but
when
we
do,
we
take
it
real
seriously
and
I'm
going
back
now
to
the
texting.
C
Some
of
the
comments
of
violence
against
women
and
violence
against
inmates
that
were
part
of
this
texting
scandal
was
just
was
horrible.
That
was
something
that
the
allegation
was
sustained.
The
person
was
demoted
and
my
opponent
believed
that
it
was
too
severe.
There
is
no
room,
anyone
who
has
an
allegation
of
sexual
harassment,
that's
confirmed,
should
be
terminated.
Thank
you.
Mister.
D
The
me2
movement
has
been
longtime
over
a
decade
by
miss
Burke
and
that
message
for
the
me2
movement
is
about
not
only
protecting
the
victim
but
listening
to
the
victim.
You
have
to
listen
and
listen
to
the
needs
and
then
protect
and
then
believe
and
then
investigate.
If
you
get
on
the
premise
that
you
don't,
it
could
be
false,
then
you
get
nowhere.
That's
what
John
hirako
is
about
it's
about
collaborating
with
other
organizations
like
the
YWCA
akhi
community
solutions
trying
to
collaborate
with
them
to
we.
D
What
we
know
is
the
vast
majority
of
domestic
violence
victims,
sexual
assault
victims
are
it's
unreported,
they
don't
feel
comfortable
reporting.
It
I
feel
that
look
the
sheriff
likes
to
make
up
her
own
facts
and
doesn't
like
doesn't
believe
in
playing
in
the
rules
just
like
when
she
removed
the
sexual
harassment
complaint
of
the
victims
statement
out
of
the
internal
affairs
records
when
she
was
a
person
of
power.
D
That's
what
this
movements
about
protecting
the
victim
against
people
of
power
who
can't
influence
their
career,
removing
that
tape
and
then
self
emitting,
removing
the
tape
and
then
saying
it
was
procedurally
correct.
It
was
ethical
is
beyond
me
in
why
people
have
not
paid
attention
regards
to
the
Mercury
News
article
in
regards
to
tell
the
missing
tape
to
listen
to
the
tape
and
then
for
it
to
go
missing
before
she
answered
any
questions.
Thank.
B
D
Off
if
I
invested
it
I
had
a
million
dollars,
I
would
hire
more
street
deputies
to
protect
you,
not
another
captain.
The
second
thing
is
the
sheriff
has
been
recently
criticized
in
regards
to
her
overspending
over
150
million
dollars
over
budget
and
the
county
exec
has
said
if,
if
this
person
was
reporting
to
her
a
department
head,
their
job
would
be
at
risk,
but
he
can't
do
anything
about
it
because
she's
an
elected,
it's
the
mismanagement
of
the
county
funds,
your
tax
payer
daughter
dollars,
she'll
say
how
this
is
about
jail
reforms.
D
It
has
nothing
to
do
with
jewelry
forms
it's
about
how
the
jail
reforms
are
being
implemented
when
the
jail
reforms
are
being
implemented.
That's
what
this
is
about
in
regards
to
the
over
expenditures
and
the
deficit
that
placed
this
county
at
risk
in
regards
to
other
services
that
can
be
offered
to
that
citizens
of
this
county
health
and
serve
Health
and
Human
Services
the
social
services
in
this
county.
Don't
list
those
are
serious
allegations
in
regards
to
being
so
over
budget
and
then
to
make
the
excuse
of
the
reforms.
D
Do
you
realize
this
county,
since
the
death
of
Michael
Tyree,
has
spent
350
million
dollars
in
less
than
three
years
just
on
jail
reforms?
The
150
is
on
top
of
that
on
top
of
her
350
million
dollar
budget.
This
is
total
mismanagement
and
not
paying
attention
and
then
trying
to
say
that
the
county
is
okay
with
it.
Thank.
C
Smith,
so
the
report
is
referring
to
is
flawed
and
his
misrepresentations
are
not
correct.
They
will
be
making
revisions
to
the
budget,
but
basically
the
Sheriff's
Office
has
always
been
under
budget,
even
the
services
that
we
provide
to
Cupertino.
We
are
always
under
budget.
My
opponent
forgets
to
say
that
he
was
the
chief
of
the
Department
of
Correction
when
he
retired
it
was
a
big
mess
and
the
jail
is
really
only
a
portion
of
what
we
do.
C
We
had
two
law
firms
that
were
reviewing
what
we
did
internally
and
and
they
filed
lawsuits
right
after
he
left
or
just
while
he
was
still
here.
We've
been
making
reforms
to
correct
what
was
going
on
in
the
jail
and
the
budget
was
spent,
with
full
knowledge
and
authority
of
the
county
executive
and
the
chief
operating
officer.
During
the
time
of
all
the
problems
we
had,
he
hid
he
froze,
he
didn't
do
what
he
was
supposed
to
do
and
then
he
retired
to
really
avoid
the
reforms
and
the
litigation
another.
C
His
payout
was
close
to
half
a
million
dollars
and
that
also
wasn't
budgeted
for
his
payout
and
his
salary
for
that
year,
and
so
we
are
spending
money
for
the
reforms
at
the
direction
of
the
county
executive.
The
report
that
he
is
referencing
hadn't,
seen
before
it
was
released
and
neither
had
the
county
exact.
So,
okay,
thank.
B
B
C
You
know
we're
real
fortunate
in
this
county
because
we
we
do
have
the
technology,
and
that
does
make
a
real
challenge
for
us,
but
we
do
some
real,
proactive
recruiting
in
the
high
schools.
We
do
training
programs
actually
for
for
the
kids.
We
hope
that
that
attracts
them
in
we
have
a
cadet
program
also,
but
one
of
the
big
pitches
that
I
make
in
law
enforcement
is
that
we
really
need
the
stem
kind
of
kids
to
to
go
into
law
enforcement.
C
In
my
mind,
we
have
some
very,
very
technologically
great
people
within
the
Sheriff's
Office
that
understand
cell
phones
and
a
lot
of
the
technology,
so
the
pitch
that
I
always
make
is
we
do
have
that
kind
of
technology
need
in
law
enforcement
and
if
you
come
to
us,
you'll,
actually
be
really
doing
a
lot
of
good
for
the
community
in
using
those
skills.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
pay
enough
and
it's
very
difficult
to
live
in
this
county.
That's
another
one
of
our
challenges,
but
we're
proud
of
the
ethnic
breakdown
that
we
have
in
the
sheriff's
office.
C
D
I
know
where
I'm
gonna
disagree
with
you
I
think
it's
a
very
noble,
the
profession
and
I
think
most
of
the
young
people,
especially
in
millenniums,
understand
that
it
is
I
believe
that,
although
I
believe
we
have
to
make
vast
improvements
in
regards
to
the
diversity
of
how
that
Sheriff's
Office
looks
in
regards
to
having
different
ethnic
groups,
religious
and
sexual
orientation
involved
in
the
hiring
process.
Guess
who
the
best
recruiters
are
for
the
Sheriff's
Office,
it's
the
rank
and
file.
If
they're
happy
the
morale
is
happy.
D
Guess
what
that
resonates
to
the
community
in
my
first
order
of
business
is
not
just
a
hand-picked
certain
people
who
I
like,
but
to
PAB
the
variety
of
different
ethnicities,
religions,
ethnic
people
in
our
department
going
out
and
actively
recruiting
to
create
more
diversity
in
our
department.
Do
you
realize
that
Laurie
Smith
has
been
almost
number
two
and
number
one
in
power
for
over
28
years
she
had
certain
opportunities
that
were
given
to
her
by
Sheriff
Gillingham,
when
he
promoted
her
to
the
number
two
position
that
was
28
years
ago.
D
There's
been
no
woman
in
the
number
two
or
number
three
spot
under
her
administration.
That's
20
years.
Let's
have
a
change.
Let's
give
somebody
else
a
chance
to
create
the
diversity
that
we
need
in
our
department.
Recruiting
starts
with
morale,
and
morale
has
to
be
improved
both
on
the
custody
site
on
the
street
enforcement
side.
Those
men
and
women
are
looking
for
change.
Let's
do
it.
B
Thank
you.
The
next
question
is
a
two-part
question
and
we'll
start
with
mr.
hirokawa
and
could
I
yes
make
sure
you
have
that
microphone
really
close
to
you.
Okay,
the
first
part:
how
will
you
improve
mental
health
screening
of
newly
booked
inmates
and
how
will
you
appropriately
house
those
inmates
found
to
have
mental
health
issues.
D
Today,
I
believe
they're,
almost
what
we
called
mental
health
teams
I
believe
they
have
at
least
ten
mental
health
teams
with
a
psychiatrist,
psychologist
mental
health
counselor
and
a
deputy
who
are
going
around
the
jails
and
visiting
those
seriously
mentally
ill
inmates
to
improve
the
conditions.
But
in
regards
to
the
booking
area,
it
was
again.
D
John
hirokawa
was
proposing
telemedicine
within
the
jails
very
expensive,
the
highway
psychiatrists
at
MD
in
the
booking
area
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week,
365
days
a
year,
especially
during
the
down
periods
of
time
between
2
and
maybe
7
o'clock
in
the
morning.
There
needs
to
be
telemedicine.
That's
what
I
was
trying
to
bring.
So
in
regards
to
the
new
jail.
D
It
was
John
hirokawa
with
the
county
exec
that
was
proposing
and
coming
up
with
the
concepts
of
the
new
jail
which
we
included,
two
mental-health
floors
and
reentry
floors
that
new
jail
was
supposed
to
be
built
by
the
end
of
2019,
because
a
current
incumbent
called
it
the
Taj
Mahal
and
wanted
it
scale
it
down
the
projection
date
to
open
up
that
new
jail
is
in
2023
and
it's
doubled
its
budget.
Originally,
she
was
trying
to
save
money.
D
C
So
mental
health
screening
I
mentioned
in
my
opening
that
I
thought
that
mental
health
is
one
of
the
big
issues.
We
do
have
a
significant
number
of
people
in
the
jail
that
really
don't
belong
in
jail,
that
that
have
serious
mental
health
issues.
There's
a
lot
of
homeless
with
mental
health
and
other
substance
abuse
issues,
and
it
is
really
a
big
issue.
You
mentioned
screening,
we
have
screening
at
intake,
we
have
improved
the
confidentiality
and
the
sections
of
it.
C
We
have
teams
within
within
the
jail
multi-service
deputies
that
are
specially
trained
to
deal
with
people
with
mental
health,
the
amount
of
training
that
we've
done
in
the
jail.
As
far
as
the
crisis
intervention
training
dealing
with
mental
health,
we
have
a
good
number
of
our
staff
fully
trained
in
those
forty
hour
classes
in
how
to
deal
with
people
with
mental
health.
We've
also
implemented
a
new
classification
system
and
that's
the
system.
C
The
classification
takes
all
of
the
parameters
of
the
person
coming
in
to
make
the
decision
on
where
to
where
to
house
that
person
where
the
appropriate
place
is
we've
increased.
The
number
of
mental
health
professionals
I
think
that
it
concerns
me
that
mental
health
has
become
the
jails,
have
become
a
place
where
people
with
mental
health
is
and
I
think
there
needs
to
be
a
wider
statewide
solution
to
to
mental
health.
C
Think
that
we
have
a
lot
left
to
do
in
the
organization,
I
think
that
we
need
to
continue
to
build
on
our
successes
find
innovative
and
creative
ways
to
deal
with
the
problems
facing
our
communities.
That's
a
dynamic
question
of
what?
What
can
we
do?
How
can
we
improve?
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
focus
on
quality
of
life,
that
that
means
whether
it
is
in
the
jail
which
is
only
a
portion
of
our
operation
or
on
the
streets.
C
What
can
we
do
as
a
team
to
make
sure
that
that
we
make
improvements
and
that
we
never
are
status
quo,
that
we're
continuing
to
make
improvements,
we're
continuing
to
look
at
things,
we're
currently
surveying
within
the
organization,
and
we
also
pay
a
lot
of
attention
to
the
surveys
that
the
cities
do
and
what
the
residents
expect
of
the
sheriff's
office.
We
also
build
so
many
relationships
with
communities
within
all
of
the
organizations
in
all
of
the
areas.
C
I
I
amount
most
of
the
time
with
organizations
that
represent
a
segment,
whether
its
geography
or
its
ethnic
based,
and
have
really
really
a
lot
of
support
from
many
many
community
organizations
and
I
think
it's
just
continued
quality
improvement
not
being
happy
with
where
we
are.
But
what
can
we
do
better
and
that's
something
that
we
that
we're
always
striving
to
do?
And
yes,
I
gave
ourself
an
A
and
I
think
we've
got
that,
but
we're
always
looking
for
what
can
we
could
do
better
and
more
efficiently?
Thank.
D
Years
of
Sherriff
20
years,
two
decades,
I
think
she
had
plenty
of
time
to
make
the
improvements
that
she
wanted
to
do.
Let's
give
somebody
else
a
chance.
Let's
have
some
change
here.
She
talks
about
running
and
hiding.
There's
been
no
explenation
since
I
left,
2017
April
48
year
old
male
committed
suicide
by
jumping
out
of
second
chair
at
at
Elmwood
May
of
2017
Edward
Davis
jr.
D
killed,
murdered
in
Santa
Clara
County
Jail
at
Elmwood.
There's
been
no
explanation:
June
22nd,
2017,
35
year-old
low
level
offender
committed
suicide
at
the
Elmwood
Jail
January
2018
72
year-old
hung
himself
at
the
Elmwood
Jail
June
30th
2018
male
jumped
from
the
second
tier
to
Elmwood
September
27th,
September,
20,
18,
feet,
7,
17,
sorry,
female
died
of
an
overdose
at
the
Elm
with
Jail
summer
of
2018
53
year
old
inmate
found
dead
in
his
cell.
That
hasn't
been
explained.
D
So
these
things
need
to
stop
we're
talking
about
life
and
death
decisions.
These
decisions
out,
as
we
move
forward,
place
inmates
and
staff
at
risk
under
the
current.
That's
why
I
want
to
be
sheriff
it.
The
sheriff,
won't,
tell
you,
but
the
jail
experts
told
her
and
her
command
staff
do
not
rush
to
implement
reforms.
You
put
people's
lives
at
risk.
B
D
Again,
independent
oversight,
three
years
on
the
sheriff's
website
that
she
wanted
independent
oversight,
no
movement
from
the
independent
elected
to
do
anything
about
independent
oversight
to
oversee
the
disciplines
and
the
operations
of
both
the
custody
side
and
the
jail
side,
no
advocacy
other
than
saying
to
the
Board
of
Supervisors.
Let's
see
what
they,
let's
see,
what
you
come
up
with
and
Joe
submitting
the
rest
of
the
board
are
working
towards
that
goal,
but
they
have
no
control
over
the
independent
elected
sheriff
as
with
her
budget
as
the
county
executive.
D
So
again,
it's
that
that's
how
you
create
Community
Trust
in
an
ombudsman
program
for
the
low
level
complaints
to
have
it
open.
So
they
can
look
at
issues
when
you
come
about
how
the
demeanor
of
the
deputies
in
the
jail
or
out
enforcement
to
track
those
types
of
complaints,
there
needs
to
be
community
trust,
and
without
that
you
you
get
nowhere
and
that's
how
you
improve
the
internal
affairs
system.
D
C
C
In
fact,
I
was
frustrated
with
the
slowness
of
the
county
and
actually
went
to
Costco
and
bought
some
first
sets
of
cameras
to
make
sure
that
we
would
have
that.
As
far
as
evidence,
we
have
good
evidence
systems,
I,
don't
think,
there's
been
any
hint
that
our
evidence
systems
are
flawed
again,
we're
always
looking
for
better
ways
that
we
can
do
it.
But
we
do
provide
quality
investigations,
we
hold
those
who
are
found
to
have
committed
any
level
of
misconduct.
We
have
different
levels
of
disciplines,
whether
it's
a
letter
of
reprimand.
B
C
So
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
that
I'm
most
proud
of
is
we
struggled
as
a
Sheriff's
Office
for
many
many
years
when
the
Board
of
Supervisors
lost
trust
in
the
sheriff
and
we
separated
at
that
time.
We
now
have
the
jail's
back,
but
we've
built
an
exemplary
law
enforcement
agency,
I'm
really
really
proud
of
the
men
and
women,
and
we
we
hire
well.
C
We
trained
well,
and
we
made
make
sure
that
people
are
accountable
for
the
level
of
service
that
they
provide
number
two,
our
training
academy
we
used
to
send
our
Academy
recruits
to
another
location.
We
now
have
a
Regional
Academy
both
for
custody
and
for
enforcement
that
all
agencies
sent
to
us.
We're
recognized
by
the
state
of
having
exceptional
training
we're
in
the
process
right
now
of
building
an
emergency
vehicle
operation
course
and
I'm
also
very,
very
proud
of
the
work
that
we've
done
with
people
with
mental
health
and
with
the
community.
C
How
interacting
with
the
community
working
with
the
community
getting
input
from
the
community
and
our
partners,
our
stakeholder
partners,
whether
it's
the
police,
chief's
and
I,
was
formerly
president
of
the
local
police
chiefs.
Association
or
the
State
sheriffs,
Association
and
I
served
as
president
of
the
State
sheriffs
Association
in
the
past,
representing
the
fifty-eight
elected
sheriffs,
I.
Think
it's
those
partnerships
and
working
with
those
agencies
that
really
I'm
proud
of
Thank.
D
Quote:
John
strives
to
maintain
cultural,
sensitive
principles
and
standards
and
treats
people
fairly
humanely
and
with
the
utmost
respect.
Laurie
Smith
quote
on
my
evaluation.
During
the
past
several
years,
John
has
been
working
two
and
a
half
executive
positions
under
Sheriff
chief
of
Corrections
assistant
chief
for
corrections
and
puts
in
countless
hours.
D
John
hirokawa
in
community
meetings
have
been
has
been
praised
in
regards
to
how
he
listens,
collaborates
and
listens
to
the
community
and
has
been
the
most
responsive
person
on
that
staff
to
include
you
had
over
six
months,
the
Blue
Ribbon
Commission
that
was
charged
that
looking
at
the
status
of
the
reforms
that
do
make
recommendations
for
the
reforms
in
the
jail.
After
the
death
of
Michael
Tyree
chaired
by
lador
retired,
judge,
ladoris
Cordell,
they
came
to
me
and
said
John.
D
You
have
been
the
most
collaborative
transparent
person
that
we've
dealt
with
in
the
sheriff's
office
staff
and
we're
looking
for
you
to
make
that
leadership
change.
Those
are
the
things
those
relationships
that
I
have
built
over
the
years
serving
you
as
a
public
servant.
Listening
to
you
as
a
public
servant,
coming
up
with
solutions
as
a
public
servant
to
you
to
keep
you
safe
in
your
homes
and
to
keep
the
inmates
safe
in
the
jail's
has
been
my
best
accomplishments
and
I
feel
very
proud.
D
B
C
So
training
is
one
of
the
one
of
our
strong
suits
within
the
Sheriff's
Office.
We
are
we're
doing
a
lot
of
of
training.
I
was
going
to
see
if
I
could
find
the
list
of
training
classes
that
we
have,
but
we
have.
We
have
a
number
cultural
sensitivity,
a
gender
bias
and
I'm
not
sure
I'm.
Getting
all
of
those
names
right.
Mindfulness,
training.
C
C
We
have
our
department,
we
have
17%
African
American
17%
Asian
Americans,
which
is
lower
than
the
population
African
Americans
5%,
Hispanics
35%,
and
then
our
organization
really
is
only
34
percent
white
non-hispanic
and
we
have
only
about
29
percent
women.
We
need
to
really
really
focus
on
hiring
women,
but
I
think
that
training,
diversity
and
being
accountable
to
the
public
is
really
what
we're
focusing
on.
Thank.
B
D
In
regards
to
diversity
in
it's
not
enough
to
have
a
seat
at
the
table,
the
seats
must
be
open
to
everyone.
It's
not
enough
to
have
a
voice
in
the
discussion.
The
voices
have
to
be
heard
and
when
those
courses
are
heard
well,
maybe
one
day
you
will
have
somebody
of
diversity
and
ethnicity
at
the
top
spot
in
the
sheriff's
office,
there's
never
been
an
elected
Asian
in
the
state
of
Hill
State
of
California
for
sure.
So
it's
listening,
it's
conversing
the
training.
D
Again,
the
county
has
spent
350
million
dollars
on
jail
reforms
which
includes
training.
It's
not
just
enough
to
check
off
the
box.
I've
done
the
implicit
bias,
training,
I've
done
the
cultural
training,
cultural
sensitivity,
training
I've,
sent
them
to
these
places,
Museum
of
Tolerance.
It's
not
just
enough
to
check
off
the
box.
Those
are
your
tech.
Those
are
your
tax
dollars.
There
needs
to
be
an
evaluation
of
the
training.
What's
working,
what's
not
working,
because
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
it
didn't.
D
Stop
the
racial
texting's
that
attitude
that
culture
did
not
stop
with
this
mere
firing.
Somebody
that's
taking
care
of
a
few
and
what?
What
hasn't
been
discussed
is
it's
still
within
the
organization
how
you
go
about
weeding
out.
That
organization
needs
to
start
at
the
top
with
the
example
from
the
top
sheriff
elected,
and
only
you
can
make
that
change.
The
evaluation
is
very
key
in
regards
to
that
training.
When
I
become
sheriff,
there's
going
to
be
a
complete
evaluation
of
all
the
training
and
the
money
and
who's
receiving
that
training.
B
D
First,
you
have
to
listen
to
them.
First,
you
have
to
engage
not
only
the
rank-and-file
and
their
union
representatives
and
not
turning
the
way
over
four
to
six
years
since
the
last
election,
so
in
order
to
prove
improve
morale,
I've
already
promised
them.
The
only
promises
that
I've
made
to
those
rank-and-file
members
or
any
individuals
were
fully
disclosed
in
those
interviews,
both
with
all
of
the
unions.
In
the
first
thing,
I
said,
if
I
get
elected
in
November,
I
will
set
up
meetings
immediately
with
all
of
the
stakeholders,
including
the
rank-and-file
in
you.
D
They
know
who
will
collaborate
and
they
know
who
will
listen
and
they
believe
in
John
here
Aikau
as
the
deputy,
sheriffs,
Association
and
other
ten
other
law
enforcement
agencies
and
crime
victims
United
it's
about
listening
and
then
trying
to
come
up
with
viable
solutions
and
listening
to
your
concerns.
Thank.
C
So
I
haven't
seen
the
numbers
recently
on
our
retention
numbers,
but
I
believe
that
they're
very
good.
When
you
look
at
the
people
who
hire
on
and
stay
with
us,
we
actually
have
been
successful
in
people
coming
from
other
law
enforcement
agencies
to
our
Sheriff's,
Office
I
think
we're
recognized
for
excellence.
C
I
have
the
support
of
the
correctional
deputies.
Association
and
endorsements
are
really
important
because
it
really
shows
who
has
a
lot
of
trust
and
confidence
in
you
and
I
know.
As
a
result
of
some
of
my
opponents
conduct,
the
largest
police
officer
organization
in
California
Porac
actually
pulled
their
endorsement
from
him
because
of
his
conduct,
so
did
San
Jose
police
officers,
association
and
so
did
Sunnyvale
police
Officers
Association.
They
did
not
want
to
be
affiliated
with
someone
who
would
protect
people
from
discipline
that
that
espoused
a
great
amount
of
hate,
I
think
in
our
organization.
B
C
Know
I
don't
know
of
allegation
as
of
corruption
in
the
organization.
If
this
is
something
new,
please
bring
it
to
my
attention.
I,
don't
know
what
this
is.
Referencing
I,
don't
know
where
the
question
came
from.
However,
we've
talked
about
internal
affairs
a
lot.
Not
only
do
we
have
internal
affairs
if
there
is
wrongdoing,
but
when
you're
talking
about
corruption,
you're
talking
about
criminal
activity
and
our
detectives
are
some
of
the
finest
detectives
around.
If
there's
ever
any
hint
of
corruption,
then
I
would
actually
take
serious
action.
C
The
only
thing
that
I
can
think
of
right
now
is
I
believe
that
my
opponent
is
under
investigation
from
the
DA's
office,
and
that
is
for
filing
false
documents
in
the
court.
I,
don't
know
the
status
of
their
investigation,
but
I
do
know
that
several
people
were
interviewed
on
him,
making
false
statements
in
court
documents
and
it's
concerning
his
valid
statement.
C
He
apparently
forgot
to
file
his
ballot
statement
and
then
he
filed
documents
with
the
court
saying
that
part
of
it
was
that
he
was
confused
and
so
I
know
that
he
blamed
the
Registrar
and
that
was
not
factual.
So
that
may
be
what
he's
being
investigated
for
that's
the
only
thing
that
I
can
think
of
as
far
as
corruption.
If
there
is
something
there
that
I'm
not
aware
of
bring
it
to
my
attention,
because
we're
very,
very
strong
on
honesty,
integrity
investigations,
whether
they're
criminal
and/or,
internal
investigations,
thing.
D
So
again,
in
regards
to
saying
that
I
thought
it
was
too
severe.
Let's
go
back
to
sexual
harassment
to
severe
compared
to
what
that
was
the
question
compared
to
the
sexual
harassment
of
sergeants
that
have
been
accused
and
were
guilty
of
sexually
harassing
subordinates
deputies
and
what
they
receive
just
days
off
versus
the
the
president
of
the
Union
who
was
accused
of
not
reporting
the
racist
texting's.
That's
what
he
was
guilty
of
received
a
demotion
now,
whether
that
was
equal
or
not,
is
beyond
it's
not
my
responsibility.
D
B
Thank
you
next
question,
and
we
only
have
two
or
three
questions
left
Wow
lots
of
questions
here
and
some
of
them
were
kind
of
repetitive,
so
I
just
I
blended
them
into
others.
But
this
one
is:
what
would
you
do
to
ensure
that
non
citizen
residents
feel
comfortable
reporting
crimes
and
operating
with
the
police
and
we'll
begin
with
you?
Mr.
Shirakawa
again.
D
There
has
to
be
community,
there
has
to
be
mutual
respect
and
mutual
trust
with
our
undocumented
or
documented
immigrants
in
this
county.
It
needs
to
come
straight
from
the
top,
and
that
has
to
resonate
to
the
rank-and-file
to
the
deputies
that
we
will
not
tolerate,
treating
them
with
disrespect
or
singling
me
out
because
of
their,
whether
they're,
documented
or
not
allowing
ice
agents
into
our
jail
and
not
resonating.
That
message
to
the
rank-and-file
I
would
have
things
in
place
to
make
sure
that
those
people
are
held
accountable
again
with
oversight.
D
As
long
as
you
have
clear
policies,
then
you
protect
them.
We
should
all
be
concerned
with
the
2020
census
and
what
the
federal
government's
right
now
is
trying
to
do
in
regards
to
asking
the
question
whether
they're,
documented
or
not,
that
will
discourage
people
and
will
not
bring
the
federal
dollars
this
county
in
regards
to
that,
the
sheriff,
as
your
elected
sheriff
I,
will
stand
up
for
immigrants
who
are
documented
or
undocumented,
not
to
separate
families
and
protect
them.
That
needs
to
come
to
be
very
clear
in
regards
to
that.
D
In
regards
to
the
issue
of
detainer
again
I'm.
In
full,
favor
of
protecting
the
people
and
keeping
ice
out
of
our
jails
and
in
the
public
only
protect
protecting
those
people
who
feel
that
they're
being
marginalized
because
they're,
not
citizens,
here's
the
here's,
the
fact
they
have
constitutional
rights.
They
have
rights,
just
like
everybody
like
we
like.
We
all
have
thank.
B
C
Miss
Smith
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
fear
right
now
because
of
some
of
the
audacious
federal
policies
that
that
we're
seeing
on
immigration
and
I
think
it's
our
job
in
law
enforcement
is
to
make
sure
that
that
they
understand
our
position.
My
position
on
immigration
has
been
very
very
clear
to
the
community
to
those
people
that
we
work
with
and.
C
So
even
having
our
immigration
fraud
unit
and
and
reaching
out
to
the
community
Xavier
Becerra,
the
state
attorney
general
quoted
me
because
we
had
one
incident.
Sierra
LaMar
was
a
young
girl
kidnapped
and
murdered
in
south.
There
were
a
lot
of
farm
workers
in
that
area,
so
we
really
reached
out
to
the
farm
workers.
I
actually
went
to
some
of
the
Catholic
masses
to
to
talk
about.
C
We
will
continue
to
support
all
victims,
all
immigrants,
everybody
who
feels
fear
from
any
kind
of
unconstitutional
federal
policies.
We
are
continuing
to
reach
out
to
the
community
and
I'm
very
often
in
the
community
talking
with
people,
but
it's
about
building
that
level
of
trust
and
keeping
that
level
of
trust
that
we
have
currently
with
our
communities.
Thank.
B
C
Have
a
I
have
a
record
of
accomplishments
and
I
didn't
hear
the
three
things
that
he
was
proud
of
when
you
talked
about
his
accomplishments,
I
get
I,
get
things
done,
I
identify
the
problem
working
with
our
team
that
were
able
to
accomplish
so
much
and
I.
Think
that
that's
really
why
we're
recognized
as
one
of
the
leading
law
enforcement
agencies.
C
My
strength
is
tenacity
and
sticking
to
it
and
moving
forward
and
recognizing
needs
and
where
we
could
go
and
direction
and
also,
if
we're
providing
something
that
is
not
producing
the
results
that
we
want
to
regroup
and
to
look
at
it
again
and
to
move
forward
with
something
that
that
is
effective,
whether
it's
a
crime
prevention
program,
I'm,
also
very,
very
strong
on
accountability
and
making
sure
that
our
deputies
in
the
field
and
everywhere
else
are
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
be
doing.
I
currently
am
in
a
master's
program.
C
Right
now,
with
the
Naval
Postgraduate,
School
and
I'm
studying
is
hiring
standards
for
police
officers.
We
know
that
we've
had
bad
cops
in
many
agencies
in
the
past
and
there's
never
been
really
a
comprehensive
analysis
of
what
makes
a
good
cop
and
who
should
we
not
hire
in
the
profession,
so
I'm
getting
another
master's
degree
from
the
Naval
Postgraduate
School
in
Monterey
and
looking
at
really
hiring
standards,
because
that's
the
way
I
think
we
need
to
focus
for
the
future.
Thank
you.
D
That's
why
the
Blue
Ribbon
Commission
commissioners
came
to
me,
listen
to
what
can
be
done
and
what
couldn't
be
done.
It
not
just
give
them
the
lip
service
that
that's
what's
going
to
happen
and
did
not
fulfill
the
promises
that
were
being
made.
Why
do
you
think
there
been
three
inmate
hunger
strikes.
B
Thank
You
candidates.
That
concludes
our
questions
and
answers,
questions
from
the
audience
and
answers
from
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
You
might
want
to
take
a
deep
breath
now
because
we're
going
to
come
to
that
very
last
statement
that
you'll
be
making
and
you'll
have
a
minute
and
a
half
to
do
this
and
we'll
be
hearing
closing
remarks
from
each
candidate
in
the
reverse
order.
So
the
opening
statement,
Miss
Smith,
went
first
that
Mister
hirokawa
so
now
we'll
reverse
that
order.
B
D
D
Trail
I
never
said
that
the
sheriff,
as
she
has
quoted
live,
has
always
been
under
budget
and
then
to
find
out
that
she's
150
million
dollars
over
budget
I'm,
not
the
one
that
says
I'll,
be
totally
transparent
in
regards
to
the
different
issues
and
then
refused
to
release
the
documents
to
different
organizations,
including
the
Mercury
News.
So
again,
I
fulfill
my
promises
and
I.
Think
can
you
trust
John
here
account
I,
believe
I
have
I
just
picked
up
Shane
and
Tyree.
The
sister
of
Michael
Tyree
who's
been
monitoring
the
about
reforms.
D
She
believes
that
I
will
bring
the
reforms.
I
have
the
confidence
of
the
civil
rights
group
called
equal
justice
Society
in
the
president
of
that
organization,
Eva
Patterson
they
and
judge
ladoris
Cordell.
These
people
believe
in
John
Eric
Allen
and
they
trust
and
has
confidence
in
John
hirokawa,
that
I
have
the
integrity
and
to
make
the
changes
in
reforms
to
the
sheriff's
office
with
Michael
Tyrese
sister
weighing
in
now.
It
should
be
apparent
to
you
as
she's,
been
monitoring.
C
Thank
you,
I
wish
you
had
asked
about
who
is
supporting
and
who
is
endorsing,
because
I
think
that
endorsements
are
so
important,
because
these
are
relationships
that
you've
built
and
you've
built
a
certain
level
of
trust.
I
have
really
strong
bipartisan
support
that
are
looking
at
my
candidacy,
and
you
know
that
really
speaks
to
trust.
My
opponent
mentioned
a
really
cheap
shot
a
while
ago
about
a
1992
investigation
of
me.
C
I
have
all
of
the
documents
here
where
I
was
totally
cleared
on
everything
I
found
them
from
1992,
and
but
these
people
on
the
list
an
endorsement
is
not
done
lightly.
State
Controller,
Betty
Yee,
is
endorsing
me
Assemblymember
kansen,
Chu,
Senator,
Bob,
Wieckowski,
Senator,
Jim,
Jerry
Hill.
All
of
the
Board
of
Supervisors,
who
have
endorsed
are
endorsing
me.
C
I
also
have
mayors
and
Mayor
Pro
tems
from
Campbell
Cupertino
Los
Altos
Hills,
Milpitas,
Santa,
Clara,
Saratoga,
Sunnyvale,
Monte,
Sereno,
Morgan,
Hill,
Gilroy,
Los,
Gatos,
San
Jose,
but
I
also
have
the
support
of
Chambers
of
Commerce
and
the
Central
Labor
Council.
They
worked
with
me
for
a
long
time.
I
built
those
relationships
that
trust
I,
know.
I
read
the
city's
fast,
but
but
I
think
it's.
It's
really
really
important.
I
have
support
of
law
enforcement
and
not
only
Chamber
of
Commerce,
but
the
Central
Labor
Council
also
is
supporting
my
candidacy.
B
Thank
you.
That
concludes
our
forum.
I
would
like
to
really
thank
the
candidates.
It's
been
a
long
forum
almost
an
hour
and
20
minutes
to
be
sitting
up
here
and
fielding
many
many
questions
so
I'd
like
to
thank
you
again
for
participating.
I
would
also
like
to
thank
all
the
volunteers
who
have
made
this
possible.