Pedestrian and Public Safety
In San Francisco, motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of injury
death after drug and other poisoning deaths. Pedestrians account for 49% of motor
vehicle deaths in San Francisco. 19th Avenue has registered 13 total deaths since
2000, including a 19-year old San Mateo County driver who was killed after street
racing in June. Even more recently, a 54-year old pedestrian was killed by a drunk
driver on August 16, 2006.
As a parent, community leader, Supervisor and in the State Assembly, Leland Yee
has long been one of the city’s strongest proponents for pedestrian and public
safety.
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| Wrote Law to Slow Traffic on Deadly 19th Avenue Corridor.
Law would have doubled fines for unlawful passing and overtaking, excessive speed,
reckless driving, drunken driving, and other similar serious moving violations on
19th Avenue. Yee’s bill passed the Legislature but was vetoed by Governor
Schwarzenegger
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| Fought Sex Trafficking and Child Prostitution by Increasing
Penalties for Predators. Recent busts of human trafficking rings in
San Francisco bring home the fact that 200,000 to 300,000 children are forced
into prostitution nationwide. To protect children, Yee partnered with San
Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris to bring greater penalties for those
who solicit child prostitutes and who engage in intrastate human trafficking
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| Pedestrian Safety Funding. Passed law in the State
Assembly that would allow the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to adopt an
ordinance to impose a local vehicle registration fee dedicated to road repair
and pedestrian safety (vetoed by Governor)
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| Children’s Safety. Sponsored the Portola Neighborhood
Children’s Safety and Health Town Hall to educate the public on safety issues,
featuring presentations from the Polly Klaas Foundation, San Francisco Police
Department, San Francisco Fire Department and other public safety organizations
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| Safety Awareness. Led effort with the San Francisco
Police Department, the Council of District Merchants, and San Francisco S.A.F.E.,
Inc. (Safety Awareness for Everyone) to create a Safety Awareness Walk following
the murder of a small business owner in the Sunset District
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| Added Police to Our Streets. Added 400 new Police Officers
in two years, bringing San Francisco police force to full strength for the first
time. Crime dropped a dramatic 20% in his district, the largest drop of any district
in San Francisco
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| Protected our Firefighters. Put more firefighters on
the street and dedicated $1.9 million to improve the safety of their uniforms
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| Ensured access to 911. Leland fought to make our 911
system serve multiple languages so that immigrants and non-English speaking
families are equally protected
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| Combated hate crimes. Created task force to deal with
hate crimes, vandalism and graffiti in his District, and held numerous town hall
meetings with constituents to address the issue
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| Fought bridge tolls for pedestrians. Joined with the
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Assemblyman Mark Leno to oppose the imposition
of tolls for pedestrians or cyclists on Golden Gate Bridge
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