Credit: Gary Raynaldo /  Rally organized by San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton to encourage the Board of Supervisors to adopt a Vision Zero plan for homicides and violence prevention outside City Hall on Tuesday, July 30, 2019.  Family members of Day’von Hann, ( in large poster photos)  who was shot and killed at age 15 in a Mission District shooting on July 8 were present at the rally. 

By Gary Raynaldo     DIPLOMATIC  TIMES

SAN FRANCISCO   –    San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton is demanding that officials take action to dramatically reduce the number of homicides and violent crime in the City by the Bay.  Walton unveiled  his ambitious plan called “Vision Zero on Homicides and Violent Crimes”  at the SF Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday July 30.  The supervisor then introduced a resolution at the Board meeting,  which calls on Mayor London Breed  to  work with district supervisors to identify a violence prevention coordinator for each district that will orchestrate resources and provide a safety plan. According to Supervisor Walton,  just this year alone, as of July 19, “we’ve had seven murders, 17 shootings involving injuries and 55 shootings without injury. Although these are not the high numbers we used to see, this senseless violence has to stop,” he said at Tuesday’s rally. 

Credit: sfbos. org /  SF Supervisor Shamann Walton

“It’s time for us to take a major stance against homicides and against violent crimes. It’s time to allocate resources and services to the areas that suffer from the plagues of violence the most here in San Francisco.”

-San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton

The SF Supervisor was born in San Francisco and lived in public housing at an early age in Bayview and Potrero Hill. He has worked in District 10 neighborhoods for decades and has witnessed firsthand the challenges “our community faces from long-time residents being pushed out of the city to losing childhood friends to violence and incarceration.”

DIPLOMATIC TIMES Video /  Speakers outside San Francisco City Hall Call For End to Homicides and Violence at rally.

Day’von  Hann , 15-Years Old, Shot and Killed In Mission District Shooting –  No Arrest Has Been Made in The Case.

Photo Credit: Gary Raynaldo  /   Day’von  Hann’ s brother, Deavion Hann, (center)  and family supporters outside City Hall at rally to end homicides and violent crime in San Francisco Jul 30, 2019 with his photo. 

Fifteen -year-old  Day’Von Hann who was shot and killed in the Mission District on  July 8, near 24th and Capp Streets. Officers found Hann suffering from gunshot wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No arrest has been made in the case.

Photo by Gary Raynaldo  /   Member of United Playaz, San Francisco-based violence prevention and youth development organization,  at City Hall Stop The Violence Rally July 30, 2019. 

United Playaz motto is: It Takes The Hood To Save The Hood.    UP’s programs provide youth with adult support, academic enrichment, and leadership skills to prevent them from entering and re-entering the justice system.

Photo by Gary Raynaldo  /   Members of United Playaz, San Francisco-based violence prevention and youth development organization,  at City Hall Stop The Violence Rally July 30, 2019.  United Playaz motto is: It Takes The Hood To Save The Hood

Photo by Gary Raynaldo /  SF City Hall Stop The Violence Rally July 30, 2019.