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Written Testimony: City Council Public Safety Committee, FY23 Budget & Oversight Hearings
March 18, 2022
Written Testimony: City Council Public Safety Committee, FY23 Budget & Oversight Hearings 
Good afternoon Chair Kamillah Hanks and members of the Committee on Public Safety. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today regarding my Office’s Fiscal Year 2023 Preliminary Budget, to highlight what we are doing to address and disrupt the rise in violence in our city and the help we need to meet the challenges we face. We thank the City Council for past support, my fellow District Attorneys for their collaboration, and know that a safer and fairer city requires all of us working together.
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