TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FROM: Sarah Zárate
AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION DATE: August 11, 2022
STUDY SESSION
Approved Date
8/11/2022
PURPOSE OF STUDY SESSION
To provide the City Council with background information and policy strategies related to gun violence prevention, including a contextual overview of gun violence from a public health perspective, perspectives on gun violence prevention from nationally recognized researchers, and potential policy approaches to prevent gun violence.
OUTCOME
City Council is informed about strategies to prevent gun violence.
BACKGROUND
As part of its action to approve the Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance at the January 25, 2022 City Council meeting, the City Council directed staff to schedule a joint study session with the County of Santa Clara (County) Board of Supervisors with a focus on gun violence prevention. City Council further directed, in the event that the Board of Supervisors did not move ahead with a joint study session, staff was to proceed with a City Council study session and include experts from relevant County departments. In response to this direction the Administration proposed, and the City Council approved, a study session on Gun Violence Prevention for August 15, 2022. The Study Session agenda was approved by the Rules and Open Government Committee on August 3, 2022 and included the following subtopics:
1. Introduction
2. Gun Violence in the United States: A Public Health Perspective
3. Gun Violence in Santa Clara County
4. Local Gun Violence Preventative Approaches
5. Legal Context and Current Policy Efforts
STUDY SESSION AGENDA: 08/15/22
FILE: 22-1273
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 11, 2022
Subject: Gun Violence Prevention Study Session
The Analysis below provides additional context and speakers for the study session and additional materials are provided as attachments to this report to support preparation for the Study Session.
ANALYSIS
Study Session Agenda and Resources
The following provides additional context for the study session agenda including presentation objectives and presenters:
Time allotted Subject Objective Presenter(s)
1:30 – 1:35 p.m. Introduction Summarize and frame
discussion.
Sarah Zárate
1:35 – 2:00 p.m. Gun Violence in the United States: A public health perspective Provide audience with an
overview of gun violence
in the US/CA including
scale, types, who it
impacts, risk/protective
factors.
Provide audience with
some additional
information on intimate
partner violence plus
mental health and how
they intersect with gun
violence.
Prof. Daniel Webster,
Johns Hopkins
University
-Director, Center for
Gun Policy and
Research, Johns
Hopkins University
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Gun Violence in Santa Clara County (SCC) 15 mins The landscape
of local gun
violence
Provide the audience with
data that contextualizes
what type of gun violence
is seen locally/ where it is
happening/ who is
involved/ major factors
and how it is being
responded to by key
stakeholders.
SCC District Attorney’s
Office
- James Gibbons-
Shapiro, Assistant
District Attorney, and
Marisa McKeon,
Supervising Deputy
District Attorney
15 mins The cost of gun
violence locally
Present the audience with
information related to the
newly released report from
SCC’s Public Health.
Rhonda McClinton-
Brown, SCC Public
Health, Branch
Director, Healthy
Communities
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 11, 2022
Subject: Gun Violence Prevention Study Session
BREAK 2:30 – 2:35 p.m.
2:35 – 3:00 p.m. Local Gun Violence Preventative Approaches 15 minutes Community-
based
approaches
Provide the audience with
an overview of local
approaches: Mayor’s Gang
Prevention Taskforce and
the East San José Peace
Partnership.
Andrea Flores-Shelton,
Parks, Recreation, and
Neighborhood Services
Annie Wu, SCC Public
Health
10 minutes City’s Public
Safety-based
approaches
Provide the audience with
an overview of the City’s
Gun Violence Orders
process, how use has
changed over time, how
the City is working with
partner agencies, and
general outreach.
Lieutenant Steve
Donohue, San José
Police Department
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Legal Context and Current Policy Efforts 15 minutes Gun Violence
Orders
Provide the audience with
policy context for these
orders and how to improve
use.
Dr. Shannon Frattaroli,
Johns Hopkins
University
-Center for Gun
Violence Solutions
15 minutes Concealed
Carry Permits
Provide the audience with
an overview of the
changing legal landscape
for concealed carry
permits following the
Supreme Court ruling, and
what it means for
California and cities like
San José.
Prof. Adam Winkler,
UCLA
-Connell Professor of
Law
3:30 – 3:35 p.m. Conclusion
To help prepare for the Study Session, the following material is provided as attachments to this memorandum:
Gun Violence in the United State: A Public Health Perspective Attachment A: The Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention
Attachment B: Racial Equity Framework for Gun Violence Prevention Attachment C: A Year in Review: 2020 Gun Deaths in the U.S.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 11, 2022
Subject: Gun Violence Prevention Study Session
Gun Violence in Santa Clara County
Attachment D: Interim report on the study on public costs of gun violence Attachment E: Gun Violence Reference Data (2017 – 2021) Local Gun Violence Preventative Approaches
Attachment F: East San Jose Peace Partnership
Legal Context and Current Policy Efforts
Attachment G: Gun Violence Restraining Orders: Alternative or Adjunct to Mental Health-Based Restrictions on Firearms?
Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance Update
At the January 25, 2022 City Council meeting, the Council approved the Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance, which establishes an insurance requirement for gun owners in San José and requires them to pay a yearly Gun Harm Reduction Fee. At the June 16, 2022 Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support (PSFSS) Committee meeting, staff provided a work plan and timeline for implementation of this ordinance. (The PSFSS committee report is included with this
memorandum as Attachment H.) Legal challenges against the ordinance are still pending, but with the recent denial of preliminary injunctions in those cases, staff will proceed to implement the ordinance as outlined in the work plan.
CONCLUSION
At the conclusion of this study session, the City Council will have additional information about the national and local gun violence context, and strategies to prevent gun violence.
EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP
The Administration will continue implementation of the Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance as outlined in the Analysis section.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
This memorandum will be posted on the City’s Council Agenda website for the August 15, 2022 Study Session.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
August 11, 2022
Subject: Gun Violence Prevention Study Session
COORDINATION
This memorandum was coordinated with the City Attorney’s Office and the City Manager’s Budget Office.
CEQA
Not a Project, File No. PP17-010, City Organizational and Administrative Activities resulting in no changes to the physical environment.
/s/
SARAH ZÁRATE
Director, City Manager’s Office of
Administration, Policy, and
Intergovernmental Relations
For questions, please contact Peter Hamilton, Assistant to the City Manager, at 408-535-8116, [email protected].
Attachment A: The Public Health Approach to Gun Violence Prevention
Attachment B: Racial Equity Framework for Gun Violence Prevention Attachment C: A Year in Review: 2020 Gun Deaths in the U.S.
Attachment D: Interim report on the study on public costs of gun violence Attachment E: Gun Violence Reference Data (2017 – 2021) Attachment F: East San Jose Peace Partnership
Attachment G: Gun Violence Restraining Orders: Alternative or Adjunct to Mental Health-Based Restrictions on Firearms?
Attachment H: Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance Update