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This memorandum provides a status report on the City of San José's Increasing Community Safety Focus Area, detailing the implementation and progress made towards building long-term infrastructure for community safety. It outlines the framework established by the City Council on September 30, 2025, which organizes efforts into five Focus Areas, including Increasing Community Safety. The report highlights milestones achieved from July to December 2025, including the completion of logic models, retrospective trainings, and the launch of public dashboards. It also discusses various problem areas such as emergency response, crisis response, crime reduction, and traffic safety, providing updates on initiatives and outcomes. The report concludes with next steps for continued learning and improvement in the implementation of the Focus Area Model 2.0.
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The City Council approved the Focus Area Model 2.0 on September 30, 2025.
The model organizes City efforts into five Focus Areas, including Increasing Community Safety.
Milestones from July to December 2025 include completion of logic models and retrospective trainings.
Updates on problem areas include police recruitment, crisis response initiatives, and traffic safety projects.
Next steps involve refining processes, improving public dashboards, and building capacity for long-term success.
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PSFSS COMMITTEE AGENDA: ITEM: TO: PUBLIC SAFETY, FINANCE AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT COMMITTEE SUBJECT: City Council Focus Area Status Report: Increasing Community Safety Approved 12/4/25 (d)2 FROM: Jennifer Schembri DATE: November 24, 2025 Date: 11/24/2025 RECOMMENDATION Accept this status report on the City’s Increasing Community Safety Focus Area implementation and progress toward building the long-term infrastructure required for learning and continuous improvement. BACKGROUND On September 30, 2025, the City Council approved the Focus Area Model 2.0—a framework designed to strengthen and accelerate progress on San José’s most significant, cross-cutting challenges.1 The model organizes City efforts into five Focus Areas: 1. Increasing Community Safety 2. Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness 3. Cleaning Up Our Neighborhoods 4. Growing Our Economy 5. Building More Housing Model 2.0 represents a major shift from data reporting to a shared learning model, structured through quarterly cycles of planning, executing, reflecting, and improving. Each Focus Area is supported by a logic model—a framework linking long-term goals to near-term actions and measurable results—and by a regular cadence...
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The document outlines the Increasing Community Safety Focus Area for San José, detailing long-term goals and specific problems related to emergency response, crisis response, and crime reduction. It includes metrics and goals aimed at improving police and fire response times, integrating crisis response systems, and reducing crime rates. The document emphasizes the need for enhanced community safety through various initiatives and programs.
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Long-term goal: San José residents live in a community with responsive emergency services and safe streets and roads.
Emergency response challenges include lean staffing and high call volumes affecting police and fire response.
Crisis response goals aim to improve the integration of 911 and 988 systems and increase community awareness of crisis services.
Crime reduction strategies focus on operationalizing public safety cameras and combating organized retail theft.
The document includes specific goals with associated metrics for tracking progress.
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Attachment How do we know whether we’re achieving our long-term goal? Increasing Community Safety Focus Area Long-Term Goal San José residents live in a community with responsive emergency services and safe streets and roads. What achievable, near-term goals can help address these problems? What is preventing us from reaching this goal? Indicators What metrics help us learn whether our approach is working? Problem 1. Emergency Response. Lean staffing and high call volumes strain the capacity of police and fire response. Goals Metrics Problem 2. Crisis Response. Missed opportunities to connect crisis calls with a more appropriate response that does not drain emergency response capacity. Goals Metrics Problem 3. Crime Reduction. Though crime rates are trending downward, a few crime categories remain stagnant across California. Goals Metrics Problem 4. Traffic Safety. Traffic engineering practices initially prioritized speed and volume, often at the expense of safety. Speeding is the primary cause of fatalities and serious injuries in San José. Goals Metrics 1 Increasing Community Safety Focus Area Long-Term Goal San José residents live in a community with responsive emergency...
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This document is a City Council Focus Area Status Report on Increasing Community Safety, detailing the execution of work aimed at building long-term impact. It includes updates on various focus areas, metrics for community safety, and the budget process for FY 2026-2027. Key contributors include city officials from various departments. The report outlines long-term goals, challenges, and lessons learned in areas such as emergency response, crisis response, crime reduction, and traffic safety.
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The report is focused on increasing community safety in San José.
It outlines a philosophy of continuous improvement and learning within the city government.
Metrics are provided to measure progress in community safety, including resident safety perception and emergency response times.
Challenges include lean staffing and high call volumes affecting response times.
The report details specific goals and initiatives for police and fire services, crisis response, crime reduction, and traffic safety.
The document discusses the budget process for FY 2026-2027, emphasizing the integration of focus areas into budget discussions.
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(d)2: City Council Focus Area Status Report: Increasing Community Safety Executing Work While Building the Infrastructure for Long-Term Impact Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee December 4, 2025 Jennifer Schembri, Deputy City Manager, City Manager’s Office Robert Sapien, Fire Chief, San José Fire Department Stephen Donohue, Captain, San José Police Department Andrea Flores Shelton, Assistant Director, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department John Ristow, Director, Department of Transportation City of San José City Manager’s Office Agenda 1 Focus Areas 2.0 – City Council Approved Evolution 2 Execution as Learning – Focus Area Portfolio Update Next? Focus Areas and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 3 What’s Budget Process 2 Focus Area 2.0 – City Council Approved Evolution Philosophy Behind 2.0 We are cultivating an organizational mindset of learning and continuous improvement that will drive results for our community ▪ While data support storytelling, numbers alone do not show progress and require context setting ▪ Learning in public builds trust and accountability ▪ Retrospection contributes to learning and understanding ▪ Progress requires...