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Council member inquires about the issuance of criminal summonses to street vendors

6:03:38

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Council Member Alexa Avilés questions Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez about the doubling of criminal summonses issued to street vendors. They discuss the discretionary nature of officers issuing these summonses.

  • The number of criminal summonses nearly doubled from 1,244 in 2023 to 2,037 in 2024.
  • Kaufman-Gutierrez explains that the decision to issue a civil or criminal summons is at the discretion of the individual officer.
Alexa Avilés
6:03:38
Thank you.
6:03:39
Karina, in terms of the criminal summonses and the doubling of the numbers, is that what is determining at this point when an officer gives a criminal summons?
6:03:53
Is that completely discretionary in your view or what is moving that or driving it?
Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez
6:03:59
Our understanding is that it's discretionary per the officer issuing the summons, whether they issue a civil or a criminal summons.
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