00:00:08 AND GOOD MORNING. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:10 WELCOME TO THE JUNE 10TH MEETING OF THE BUDGET
00:00:13 APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. I AM SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN,
00:00:17 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:21 MATT DORSEY AND MEMBER SUPERVISOR DANNY SAUDER.
00:00:24 SHERMAN WATSON AND OUR CLERK IT'S BRANT HALPER.
00:00:28 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEANNETTE ETHANOL FROM SAG-AFTRA FOR
00:00:33 BROADCASTING THIS MEETING. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:37 ANNOUNCEMENT? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
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00:00:49 SUBMITTED TO MYSELF THE CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN ON
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00:01:18 HE MAILED THEM TO MYSELF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS
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00:01:37 HALL AT ONE DR. CARLTON BECAUSE THE PLACE ROOM 244 SAN
00:01:43 FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102. HEY AND FINALLY ITEMS ACTED
00:01:46 UPON TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF
00:01:47 SUPERVISORS AGENDA OF JUNE 16TH UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED MADAM
00:01:51 CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
00:01:55 BEFORE WE START WE WILL NEED TO EXCUSE PRESIDENT RAFAEL MENDO
00:02:01 MEN AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO EXCUSE HIM
00:02:05 SECOND. SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY
00:02:06 AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THE MOTION EXCUSE.
00:02:10 SUPERVISOR MAN FROM ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING BY CHURCH
00:02:13 AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY
00:02:16 I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I CHURCH
00:02:24 AND I CHANT WE HAVE FOUR EYES. THE MOTION PASSES AND ALSO
00:02:27 WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT TODAY'S FOR TODAY THE PUBLIC
00:02:31 COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE AND SO WITH THAT MR.
00:02:35 CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:02:39 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR HEARING
00:02:40 TO DISCUSS THE CONTROLLERS NINE MONTH BUDGET STATUS REPORT FOR
00:02:43 FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:02:49 >> AND TODAY WE HAVE THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE HERE.
00:02:53 GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. I'M MICHELLE ALAMO FROM THE
00:02:54 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AND THIS IS OUR FINAL UPDATE ON THE
00:02:58 CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OPERATING PERFORMANCE.
00:03:01 >> WE HAVE A SHORT SLIDE DECK Q IN GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF $54
00:03:11 MILLION FROM THE LAST TIME WE CAME TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE
00:03:15 CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WHICH TWO THIRDS OF WHICH GETS APPLIED TO
00:03:19 THE BUDGET THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER LATER TODAY?
00:03:22 OVERALL THE IMPROVEMENT IN REVENUE FROM THE LAST TIME
00:03:26 WE CAME IS $53 MILLION AND WE HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT SURPLUSES
00:03:30 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
00:03:33 AGENCY LARGELY YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THIS YEAR'S OVERTIME
00:03:38 SUPPLEMENTALS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SHERIFF'S
00:03:39 DEPARTMENT WHICH IS ON 30 DAY HOLD AND WE'LL COME TO YOU
00:03:45 LATER THIS MONTH OR I BELIEVE VERY QUICKLY LOOKING AT THE
00:03:53 GREEN BOX ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE
00:03:54 THE CITY WIDE REVENUE IMPROVEMENT.
00:03:56 THAT'S REALLY OUR TAX REVENUE. 9.5 MILLION OF THAT GETS SENT
00:04:01 TO THE BASELINES AS OUR CHARTER REQUIRES 20 $3.5 MILLION GETS
00:04:07 DEPOSITED TO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE BECAUSE
00:04:08 MOST OF THAT SURPLUS IS EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH
00:04:11 IN TRANSFER TAX REVENUE AND OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES REQUIRE US
00:04:16 TO PUT 75% OF THAT GOOD NEWS INTO THIS RESERVE.
00:04:21 SO NONE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT $20 MILLION IN REVENUE NEWS
00:04:24 AND THE REST IS FROM DEPARTMENTS LOOKING A LITTLE
00:04:28 BIT MORE AT THE REVENUE PICTURE AGAIN ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT
00:04:31 IN THIS REPORT AND MOST OF THE GOOD NEWS IS IN TRANSFER TAX
00:04:34 $31 MILLION. THIS IS JUST A THIS IS KIND OF
00:04:38 SETTING THE STAGE FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE
00:04:42 BUDGET AS WELL. WE'RE JUST PROJECTING A
00:04:43 CONTINUATION OF A REALLY YOU KNOW, SAN FRANCISCO COMMERCIAL
00:04:46 IS ON SALE AND SO FOLKS ARE SCOOPING IT UP AT DISCOUNTS
00:04:50 AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF THERE'S BEEN AN UPTICK IN SOME
00:04:53 OF THE RESIDENTIAL AS WELL I THINK SORT OF COMPARED TO
00:05:00 BUDGET THE STORY IS REALLY REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
00:05:04 AND BUSINESS TAX TO THE GOOD AND YOU'LL SEE FURTHER DOWN
00:05:08 BELOW WE'VE WRITTEN OFF OUR FEMA COVID REIMBURSEMENTS FOR
00:05:12 THE CURRENT YEAR. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BUDGET
00:05:15 AND WE ARE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH FEMA
00:05:19 AND ARBITRATION ABOUT SOME DISALLOWANCE THAT THEY HAVE
00:05:20 MADE SO THAT STORY IS NOT OVER IS JUST WE'RE NOT ASSUMING ANY
00:05:26 ANY REVENUE COMING INTO THIS YEAR OR ANY FUTURE YEARS.
00:05:30 SO NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY MAY OR MAY NOT CLAW BACK
00:05:31 FROM US BUT YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT IN TERMS
00:05:35 OF DEPARTMENTS THE OVERTIME SUPPLEMENTAL THAT YOU WILL BE
00:05:38 CONSIDERING SHOULD SOLVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SHORTFALL
00:05:43 IN THIS TABLE. BUT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW THEY
00:05:46 CLOSE THE YEAR LITERALLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAY PERIODS IF
00:05:50 THEY CAN BRING THEIR OVERTIME SPENDING IN LINE WITH WHAT'S
00:05:54 IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL. MOST OF THIS IS PAID FOR WITH
00:05:57 LIQUIDATING EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, CAPITAL PROJECTS
00:06:01 AND SOME PERMANENT SALARY DOLLARS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
00:06:04 THIS IS REALLY AN INDIGENT DEFENSE OVER SPENDING ISSUE.
00:06:09 AND WILL THEY THEY REALLY BILL ,AT THE VERY END OF THE FISCAL
00:06:13 YEAR SO WE WILL KNOW IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS HOW THEY STAND
00:06:16 AGAINST THIS FORECAST AND IF THERE IS A RETROACTIVE
00:06:20 SUPPLEMENTAL THAT IS NEEDED TO THE GOOD MOST OF THE REST OF
00:06:24 THE SORT OF UNDERPERFORMING IS REALLY A REVENUE PICTURE
00:06:28 AND THAT WILL BE OFFSET BY TAX REVENUE TO THE GOOD LOOKING AT
00:06:32 DEPARTMENT SURPLUSES REALLY EXPENDITURE SAVINGS IN THE
00:06:33 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY ARE DRIVING THAT AND REVENUE NEWS
00:06:37 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MOST OF THAT IS
00:06:41 IN THE GENERAL FUND AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND IT
00:06:42 WE'RE GOING TO FIND A HOSPITAL THERE'S A REVENUE SHORTFALL AT
00:06:45 THE GENERAL AND A LOT OF THIS NEWS AGAIN IS GOING TO BE
00:06:48 CARRIED THIS IS KIND OF SETTING THE STAGE FOR REVENUE THAT
00:06:51 WE'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGET AS WELL.
00:06:57 >> WE ONLY SHOW YOU REVENUES AGAIN WE'LL COVER THIS A LITTLE
00:07:01 BIT MORE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION ON THE REVENUE
00:07:02 LETTER SO I WON'T SPEND ANY MORE TIME ON IT RIGHT NOW BUT
00:07:06 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOT AT THE MOMENT
00:07:16 RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
00:07:51 . >> DO YOU NEED A COLOR ITEM OR
00:07:56 SHOULD I JUST JUMP IN AT THIS SIGN THAT RED REVENUE LETTER?
00:07:59 >> ALL RIGHT. DO I THINK WE NEED TO GO TO
00:08:03 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE?
00:08:04 YES. SO MY APOLOGIES.
00:08:07 SO LET'S GO TO ITEM LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER
00:08:09 ONE. >> YES.
00:08:10 WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OUR ITEM NUMBER ONE
00:08:14 ON THE DISCUSSION OF THE CONTROLLERS NINE MONTH BUDGET
00:08:17 STATUS REPORT. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
00:08:18 PUBLIC QUESTION ADDRESSES COMMITTEE MADAM CHAIR WE HAVE
00:08:23 NO SPEAKERS SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
00:08:27 CLOSE AND MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL.
00:08:31 >> I KNOW NUMBER TWO THIS ITEM NUMBER TWO IS OUR HEARING.
00:08:35 >> OH SORRY. MY APOLOGIES FOR ITEM NUMBER
00:08:36 ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY MAKE
00:08:38 THE MOTION TO HAVE THIS HEARING FILE AND HEARD AND THE ROLL
00:08:43 CALL PLEASE. >> SO SORRY I CAN SECOND BY
00:08:46 VICE-CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THAT MOTION
00:08:50 BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT THE HEARING
00:08:53 IN ITEM NUMBER ONE BE HEARD AND FILED VICE CHAIR DORSEY
00:08:55 AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I'M AMBER WALTON WALTON
00:08:58 I CHURCH AND I CHANT I REALLY FOR US THE MOTION PASSES
00:09:05 AND NOW LET'S CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR THE REVENUE A LETTER.
00:09:09 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS OUR HEARING
00:09:10 ON THE FISCAL YEARS 2026 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028 REVENUE
00:09:15 LETTER AND THE CONTROLLERS DISCUSSION OF THE MAYOR'S
00:09:19 PROPOSED BUDGET. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:09:20 AND TODAY WE HAVE OUR CONTROLLERS HERE AT THANK YOU
00:09:27 CHAIR CHAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE GREG WAGNER
00:09:28 CONTROLLER I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME BRIEF OVERVIEW REMARKS
00:09:31 ABOUT OUR REVENUE LETTER AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
00:09:35 MY COLLEAGUE CAROL LU TO TALK ABOUT SOME NUMBERS.
00:09:38 >> BUT AS I THINK THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE, CHARTER SECTION 9.1 O
00:09:44 TWO REQUIRES THE COMPTROLLER TO COMMENT ON THE REASONABLENESS
00:09:48 OF ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS AND REVENUE ESTIMATES IN THE
00:09:51 MAYOR'S BUDGET. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROVISION
00:09:52 IS YOU'LL OFTEN SEE IN OTHER LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS
00:09:59 THAT THERE'S AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT THE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS
00:10:01 ARE OR SOME OF THE BASIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE BUDGET IN SAN
00:10:05 FRANCISCO. THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD SAY
00:10:07 THAT WE DO RELATIVELY WELL COMPARED TO MANY JURISDICTIONS.
00:10:11 WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR WORKING THROUGH AND GETTING A CONSENSUS
00:10:18 PROJECTION ON REVENUES AND THIS IS A MEASURE IN THE CHARTER FOR
00:10:22 US TO COME TO REPORT TO YOU ON WHETHER THAT CONSENSUS KIND OF
00:10:26 HELD THROUGH THAT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET SUBMISSION WE HAVE FOUND
00:10:30 THAT THE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE BUDGET ARE REASONABLE.
00:10:33 THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROJECTIONS THAT WERE IN THAT
00:10:37 FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN AND REFLECT SOME OF THE THINGS
00:10:41 THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT THE UPDATES FROM THE NINE MONTH
00:10:44 REPORT. SO WE DO FIND THE REVENUE
00:10:47 ESTIMATES ASSUMPTIONS TO BE REASONABLE THERE IS OF COURSE
00:10:51 SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY FOR REASONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
00:10:55 AT THIS COMMITTEE AND ELSEWHERE.
00:10:56 WE'RE AT A MOMENT OF TRANSITION IN BOTH THE ECONOMY
00:11:00 AND UNCERTAINTY IN OUR POLICY ENVIRONMENT AT THE FEDERAL
00:11:04 AND STATE LEVELS WHICH I DON'T NEED TO ELABORATE ON BUT THERE
00:11:08 IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE. WE FIND THAT THE BUDGET MAKES
00:11:14 PRUDENT USE OF RESERVES FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
00:11:18 THERE'S OF COURSE A POLICY ELEMENT TO THIS BUT FROM OUR
00:11:20 REVIEW WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE ARE TWO KIND OF
00:11:26 CATEGORIES OF USES OF RESERVES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
00:11:30 ONE EACH YEAR SINCE WE'RE MAKING WHERE WHERE WE HAVE A
00:11:36 TWO YEAR BUDGET THERE ARE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT USE OF
00:11:38 RESERVES. THERE ARE USES OF RESERVES THAT
00:11:41 LAST YEAR IN THE TWO YEAR BUDGET WERE SCHEDULED FOR YEAR
00:11:44 TWO. THOSE RESERVES REMAIN NOW
00:11:48 IN YEAR ONE AND SO WE FIND THOSE TO BE PRUDENT GIVEN THAT
00:11:52 THEY WERE KIND OF PREVIOUSLY ASSUMED AS A SOURCE IN THE
00:11:53 BUDGET. >> THE OTHER CATEGORY IS THE
00:11:56 USE OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL RISK RESERVE.
00:11:59 AS YOU ALL KNOW IN THE PRIOR YEAR'S BUDGET THE BOARD AND THE
00:12:03 MAYOR APPROVED CREATION OF A STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUE RISK
00:12:07 RESERVE AND APPROPRIATED FUNDING TO THAT RESERVE.
00:12:11 THE BUDGET DOES PROPOSE TO USE SOME FUNDING FROM THAT RESERVE
00:12:18 41.4 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR AND 43.5 IN THE SECOND YEAR.
00:12:24 THE USE OF THE RESERVE IS I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE
00:12:28 WE CREATED THAT RESERVE FOR SEEING A RISK IN FEDERAL
00:12:32 REVENUE AND THAT RISK HAS BECOME A REALITY AND SO THIS
00:12:35 THE BUDGET PROPOSES TO USE A PORTION OF THE RESERVE TO
00:12:37 ADDRESS WHAT IS NOW A REALITY THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE
00:12:41 RESERVES CREATION AND IT USES A PORTION OF THE RESERVE BUT IT
00:12:44 RETAINS FUNDING IN THE RESERVE THAT SEEMS KIND OF A REASONABLE
00:12:51 BALANCE COMMENSURATE WITH THE ONGOING RISKS TO STATE
00:12:55 AND FEDERAL REVENUES THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF SIGNIFICANT RISKS
00:13:02 TO THE BUDGET. WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME RISKS.
00:13:03 I THINK WE'RE IN A MOMENT OF FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY BUT WE IT
00:13:10 DOES APPEAR LIKELY THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT
00:13:11 NUMBER AND VALUE OF FINANCIAL MEASURES ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT
00:13:15 AND THERE ARE STILL DECISIONS TO BE MADE ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE
00:13:19 GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT FOR THE MOST PART THIS IS
00:13:25 GOING TO BE A BIG FINANCIAL YEAR AT THE BALLOT AND THERE IS
00:13:29 DOWNSIDE COMPARED TO WHAT'S ASSUMED IN THE BUDGET.
00:13:33 >> SO A COUPLE OF THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES WE HAVE
00:13:36 TWO MEASURES THAT APPEAR LIKELY TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR FUNDING
00:13:39 MUNI A REGIONAL SALES TAX AND A PARCEL TAX.
00:13:43 MUNI'S BUDGET ASSUMES THAT THOSE MEASURES ARE GOING TO
00:13:47 PASS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ON
00:13:48 CONTINGENCY PLANNING BUT THERE IS RISK THERE IF ONE OR BOTH OF
00:13:54 THOSE MEASURES DON'T PASS THE GENERAL FUND WOULDN'T
00:13:58 AUTOMATICALLY STEP IN AND BACKFILL BUT THIS WOULD BE A
00:14:02 REDUCTION IN FUNDING THAT WOULD REQUIRE VERY SIGNIFICANT
00:14:06 SERVICE LEVEL CHANGES THAT PROBABLY WOULD COMPEL US ALL TO
00:14:07 HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENS AT MUNI BUT
00:14:11 WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO STEP IN.
00:14:15 THE OTHER POINT THAT I'LL MAKE ON THIS IS GIVEN THE NATURE OF
00:14:18 WHERE WE ARE IN THIS ECONOMIC MOMENT, A LOT OF OUR KIND OF
00:14:25 TRAJECTORY OF OUR RECOVERY IS DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE GETTING TO
00:14:29 DOWNTOWN, GETTING TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
00:14:30 DISTRICTS, COMING TO VISIT AND IF WE HAVE A BIG REDUCTION
00:14:33 IN OUR TRANSIT SERVICES IT'S HARD TO SQUARE THAT WITH OUR
00:14:38 ECONOMY CONTINUING ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE HOPE.
00:14:42 SO THERE'S RISKS TO OUR GENERAL FUND TAX REVENUE IF WE WERE TO
00:14:46 SEE A BIG REDUCTION IN TRANSIT FUNDING.
00:14:49 >> SECOND ONE THAT I'LL JUST MENTION AS A POTENTIAL STATE
00:14:53 MEASURE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD QUALIFY AND APPEAR ON THE
00:14:57 NOVEMBER BALLOT WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATE OUR REAL
00:15:01 PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX, WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO IMPOSE IT BUT
00:15:05 ONLY A TINY FRACTION OF THE CURRENT RATES THAT APPLY IN SAN
00:15:11 FRANCISCO. YOU HEARD FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF
00:15:15 THE BUDGET ANALYSIS DIVISION THAT TRANSFER TAXES.
00:15:17 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN A POSITIVE SPOT IN OUR REVENUES
00:15:21 IF THIS STATE MEASURE PASSES IT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY OVER $300
00:15:29 MILLION REDUCTION TO GENERAL FUND SOURCES AND TO THE PRIMARY
00:15:32 REVENUE THAT FEEDS OUR ECONOMIC STABILIZATION RESERVES.
00:15:36 SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.
00:15:40 SO BETWEEN THOSE MEASURES, OTHER POTENTIAL TAX MEASURES,
00:15:44 POTENTIAL GENERAL FUND SET ASIDE MEASURES THAT ARE PENDING
00:15:47 AND COULD GO ON THE BALLOT, WE HAVE POTENTIALLY $700 MILLION
00:15:52 OR MORE FINANCIAL DOWNSIDE COMPARED TO WHAT'S ASSUMED
00:15:56 IN THE BUDGET AND THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE PROBABLY IN A
00:16:00 MODE OF MONITORING AND ADJUSTING AS WE GO THROUGH
00:16:04 THIS BUDGET PROCESS. >> I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT THE
00:16:08 PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED ASSUMING APPROXIMATELY $80
00:16:13 MILLION OF SALARY SAVINGS IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE
00:16:15 BUDGET. THOSE ARE UNSPECIFIED POSITION
00:16:20 REDUCTIONS AND THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE KIND OF FLESHED OUT
00:16:22 AND OPERATIONAL LIST AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMING YEAR.
00:16:25 THERE'S A REASONABLE REASON FOR DOING IT THIS WAY WHICH IS TO
00:16:30 TRY TO INSTEAD OF MAKING CUTS TODAY GIVING CREATING A RUNWAY
00:16:37 TO MAKE PLANNING ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES AND HAVE
00:16:41 A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DO THAT.
00:16:42 BUT AGAIN, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO
00:16:45 FINANCIALLY MONITOR AS WE GO THROUGH THIS NEXT YEAR LEADING
00:16:49 UP TO OUR UPCOMING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS SINCE THERE IS A
00:16:53 SAVING ASSUMPTION THE BUDGET DOES CREATE A SIGNIFICANT
00:17:00 IMPROVEMENT IN THE ONGOING STRUCTURAL DEFICITS.
00:17:04 SO WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT THERE'S ABOUT A $300 MILLION
00:17:07 IMPROVEMENT IN THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.
00:17:08 SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THAT COMES FROM A COMBINATION
00:17:12 OF SAVINGS AND REVENUES. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT
00:17:15 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FORECAST, WE'RE
00:17:19 GOING TO CLOSE THAT BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CLOSE IT ALL THE
00:17:23 WAY. THE BUDGET DOES RELY ON ONE
00:17:27 TIME SOURCES PARTICULARLY THE RESERVES I MENTIONED IN THE USE
00:17:32 OF FUND BALANCE TO GET US THROUGH THESE TWO YEARS AND IT
00:17:34 MAKES PROGRESS ON THE DEFICIT. BUT ONCE WE GET TO YEAR THREE
00:17:38 WE DO EXPECT THAT WE WILL STILL HAVE A DEFICIT AND A STRUCTURAL
00:17:45 DEFICIT GOING FORWARD ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE SMALLER BECAUSE OF
00:17:49 THE ON ANY ONGOING ACTIONS TAKEN TO BALANCE IN THIS CYCLE.
00:17:53 THE FUND BALANCE IS UNEVEN BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS THERE'S
00:17:57 MORE FUND BALANCE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BUDGET WHICH
00:18:00 MATCHES KIND OF THE SHAPE OF OUR DEFICIT.
00:18:02 BUT AGAIN THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION THAT WILL CONTINUE FULLY INTO
00:18:07 YEAR THREE ALTHOUGH THERE IS FUND BALANCE DESIGNATED FOR
00:18:11 YEAR THREE AND THEN I WON'T BELABOR IT BUT OF COURSE
00:18:15 HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTY COMPARED TO OUR KIND OF NORMAL OPERATING
00:18:19 STATE GIVEN THAT FEDERAL AND STATE AND VIRONMENT SO I'LL
00:18:23 LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY
00:18:24 COLLEAGUE CAROL LU AND THEN HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF
00:18:28 YOU HAVE THEM. >> OKAY.
00:18:34 SUPER QUICK PICTURE OF THE OVERALL BUDGET IS $16.9 BILLION
00:18:41 ALL FUNDS GOING TO 17.2 IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT 7.6 BILLION
00:18:46 SORRY BILLION GOING TO 7.9 BILLION OF GENERAL FUND.
00:18:53 >> SO A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. >> FIRST IS TAX REVENUE WHICH
00:18:57 MAKES UP TWO THIRDS OF THE GENERAL FUND TAX REVENUES
00:19:02 GROWING BY $143.0 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR VERSUS NINE
00:19:06 MONTHS AND THEN DECLINES BY $50.4 MILLION IN THE SECOND
00:19:11 YEAR. THE BIG STORY THERE KIND OF
00:19:15 GROWING ON THE NINE MONTH REPORT IS THAT BUSINESS TAX
00:19:16 REVENUE IN THE FIRST YEAR IS GROWING BECAUSE OF STRENGTH
00:19:19 IN TECHNOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LOCALLY AS WELL AS
00:19:22 WORLDWIDE AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES RELATED
00:19:27 TO PROPOSITION M. >> THE SECOND BIG GENERAL FUND
00:19:30 TAX STORY IS RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE RESET
00:19:33 WHICH MICHELLE ALSO DISCUSSED. WE SEE IN THE NINE MONTH THE
00:19:37 CURRENT YEAR AS WELL THAT HAS KIND OF TWO EFFECTS.
00:19:40 THE FIRST IS A SUSTAINED TRANSFER TAX INCREASE WHICH IS
00:19:44 ASSUMED IN THE BUDGET BUT MODERATING THAT IS THAT
00:19:47 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS ARE KIND OF RESTRAINED.
00:19:51 THEY'RE EITHER FOLLOWING FALLING YEAR OVER YEAR OR ARE
00:19:56 VERY MODEST AND THEN OUR OTHER ECONOMICALLY SENSITIVE TAXES
00:20:00 SUCH AS SALES AND HOTEL ARE STILL BELOW PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS
00:20:03 BUT WE DO SEE THEM GROWING THE CURRENT YEAR AND TO CARRY THAT
00:20:08 ASSUMPTION FORWARD. SO HERE ARE A FEW NUMBERS TO
00:20:11 KIND OF UNDERSCORE THOSE POINTS .
00:20:14 >> YOU'LL SEE BUSINESS TAX JUMPING UP REALLY HIGH IN 2526
00:20:18 BY ALMOST 20%. >> THAT CONTINUES TO GROW
00:20:23 IN 2627 MAINLY BECAUSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE TIMING CHANGES
00:20:27 AND THEN IT FALLS IN 2728 BUT IT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE 2627 IS
00:20:30 ABNORMALLY LARGE AND GOING FORWARD IT SHOULD LOOK A LITTLE
00:20:35 BIT SMOOTHER. >> YOU'LL SEE THE PROPERTY
00:20:38 AND TRANSFER TAX EFFECTS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
00:20:43 SO TRANSFER TAXES VERY STRONG PROPERTY TAXES WEAKER WHEN IT
00:20:46 COMES TO GROWTH AND THEN SALES AND HOTEL IN THE SECOND YEAR OF
00:20:50 THE BUDGET ARE TO 91.6 MILLION TO A 7.8 MILLION WHICH ARE
00:20:54 BELOW OUR PRE PANDEMIC HIGHS OF THREE 92.3 MILLION AND TO 13.6
00:21:01 MILLION. >> ANOTHER BIG KIND OF REVENUE
00:21:04 STORY HAPPENING IN THE BUDGET IS REALLY TO H.R. IS RELATED TO
00:21:10 H.R. ONE AND DEEP REVENUE CONSISTENT WITH THE MARCH 5TH
00:21:14 YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
00:21:16 INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT REVENUE LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH H.R.
00:21:18 ONE, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BETTER VERSUS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
00:21:22 ASSUMED WHAT MADE IT BETTER IS BECAUSE OF INVESTMENTS
00:21:27 IN ELIGIBILITY WORKERS AT HSA WHICH MAINTAIN MEDI-CAL AND CAL
00:21:30 FRESH ENROLLMENT TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN AS WELL AS INCREASE
00:21:35 CLAIMING COSTS RELATED TO UNCOMPENSATED CARE AS WELL AS
00:21:39 THE STATE BUDGET BACKFILL. SO IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS
00:21:40 ASSUMED TO BE BUT STILL PRETTY BAD DIP.
00:21:44 >> PUBLIC HEALTH REVENUES ARE ALSO PROJECTED TO GROW BY A BIT
00:21:47 IN THE FIRST YEAR AND DECLINE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE OR
00:21:50 WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER ABSENT THE FEDERAL AND STATE CUTS.
00:21:54 GREG ALREADY DESCRIBED THE ONGOING SOLUTIONS OR DESCRIBE
00:21:58 THIS A BIT BUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAKES PROGRESS TOWARDS
00:22:01 CLOSING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WITH ABOUT $300 MILLION OF
00:22:05 ONGOING SAVINGS ON THE MARCH FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN
00:22:08 FORECASTED A GAP OF 750 AND 2829.
00:22:14 WITH THIS 300 WE THINK 2029 WILL BE CLOSER TO 450 MILLION
00:22:17 ROUGHLY HALF OF THE ONGOING SOLUTIONS WERE REVENUE RELATED
00:22:21 BETWEEN TAX AND PUBLIC HEALTH REVENUE AND THE REMAINING WERE
00:22:24 DRIVEN BY REDUCTIONS IN CITYWIDE PERSONNEL COSTS
00:22:28 AND OTHER INITIATIVES AND CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT WILL
00:22:32 REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE REVENUE OUR EXPENDITURES SITES.
00:22:36 >> THERE ARE ALSO ONE TIME SOLUTIONS TO CLOSE THE GAP OF
00:22:42 505 MILLION WAS RELAYED TO PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE 200
00:22:45 MILLION RELATED TO RESERVES. WE DESCRIBED THE FEDERAL
00:22:49 AND STATE REVENUE RISK RESERVE THE PRUDENT AND COMMENSURATE
00:22:52 USE WITH THE FINANCIAL RISK. THERE'S ALSO THE USE OF
00:22:54 BUSINESS TAX STABILIZATION RESERVE OF $30 MILLION WHICH
00:22:57 PARTIALLY OFFSET THE TIMING DIFFERENCE THAT I JUST
00:23:02 DESCRIBED AND THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE CERTIFIES COMPLIANCE
00:23:05 WITH THE CITY'S NONRECURRING REVENUE POLICY WHICH SAYS THAT
00:23:09 THE CITY NEEDS TO MATCH ONE TIME SOURCES WITH ONE TIME
00:23:13 USES. WE JUST NOTE THAT THE COSTS FOR
00:23:16 INCREASED ELIGIBILITY WORK AT THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES AS
00:23:21 BUDGETED AS ONE TIME AND THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE ONGOING WORK
00:23:27 . THIS IS A TYPE TAKING A
00:23:28 SNAPSHOT, A STEP BACK, A SNAPSHOT OF OUR RESERVE STATUS
00:23:31 WHICH SHOWS WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
00:23:35 THERE'S ALSO THE ADDITIONAL $70 MILLION OF RESERVES THAT WERE
00:23:39 APPROPRIATED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL AS REQUIRED
00:23:43 RESERVE DEPOSITS SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE AS WELL.
00:23:47 >> THE BUDGET ASSUMES A $100 MILLION DEPOSIT TO THE OUR CITY
00:23:50 OUR HOME FUND TO RESERVE FOR FEDERAL AND STATE CONTINGENCY
00:23:54 RISKS DUE TO STRENGTH IN HOMELESSNESS GROSS RECEIPTS
00:24:01 TAX REVENUE IN THE CURRENT YEAR .
00:24:04 >> SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RISKS THAT WE'VE ALREADY
00:24:08 OUTLINED PREVIOUSLY. >> FIRST IS LEGISLATIVE RISK.
00:24:12 THIS BUDGET DID NOT ASSUME PROPOSITION D OR C OR D PASSED
00:24:20 AND THEY DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE PASSED.
00:24:21 SO THERE'S NO RESULTS. THERE'S NO RESULTING CHANGE
00:24:24 IN THE BUDGET. THIS TABLE BELOW SHOWS SOME
00:24:28 SELECTED NUMBER OF RELEVANT FINANCIALLY RELEVANT NOVEMBER
00:24:31 26 PROPOSALS TOTALING UP TO POSSIBLY $700 MILLION OF RISK
00:24:36 SHOULD THINGS PASS OR NOT PASS DEPENDING.
00:24:43 >> AND I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND GREG ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED
00:24:47 THIS BUT THE BIG THE BIGGEST NUMBER HERE IS THE $350 MILLION
00:24:50 LOSS. SHOULD THE STATE INITIATIVE TO
00:24:54 RESTRICT TRANSFER TAX PASS THERE CONTINUE TO BE FEDERAL
00:25:02 FUNDING RISK BESIDES H.R. ONE, THERE ARE VARIOUS PROPOSALS TO
00:25:05 REDUCE FUNDING IN POLICY AREAS SUCH AS PERMANENT
00:25:09 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS WELL AS JUST ONGOING RISK RELATED TO
00:25:13 TERMINATION AND THE FREEZING OR CONDITIONING OF GRANTS.
00:25:17 >> THERE'S ALSO STATE BUDGET RISK THAT THE GOVERNORS MAY
00:25:20 REVISE REDUCE. THIS HAS A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
00:25:26 REDUCE THE CITY'S EXCESS ERAP REVENUE BY APPROXIMATELY $30
00:25:29 MILLION ANNUALLY AND THESE CHANGES ARE NOT FULLY ASSUMED
00:25:33 IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. >> AND FINALLY THERE'S JUST
00:25:34 GENERAL ECONOMIC RISK. TAX REVENUE IN THE BUDGET
00:25:38 ASSUMES A RELATIVELY STRONG NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
00:25:41 GROWTH, MODEST LOCAL GROWTH AND STABLE INTEREST RATES.
00:25:45 >> BUT POLICY CHOICES MADE AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE
00:25:48 BEEN INFLATIONARY AND DESTABILIZING
00:25:52 AND ADDITIONALLY THERE'S SO MUCH ECONOMIC GROWTH ASSUMED
00:25:56 ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA AND SAN FRANCISCO RELATED TO
00:25:58 A.I. AND THAT CAN BE UNCERTAIN AND VOLATILE.
00:26:04 >> FINALLY, OUR LOCAL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET IN THE
00:26:05 BUDGET WE'RE MAKING. THE CITY IS MAKING PROPOSAL
00:26:08 MAKING REQUIRED DEPOSITS OF $163 MILLION TO THE BUDGET
00:26:12 STABILIZATION FUND AND GENERAL RESERVES.
00:26:16 THOSE ARE DRIVEN BY FORMULA BY REVENUE AND THEY MEET OUR THE
00:26:20 CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE
00:26:23 MAYOR AND THE BOARD. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAYOR'S
00:26:27 PROPOSED BUDGET ADHERES TO ALL THE VOTER ADOPTED SPENDING
00:26:31 MANDATES TOTALING THE GENERAL HAVING A GENERAL FUND IMPACT OF
00:26:35 ALMOST 1.2 BILLION DOLLARS. >> AND THIS IS A TABLE KIND OF
00:26:39 OUTLINING THOSE MANDATES. I THINK THAT'S IT.
00:26:45 ANY QUESTIONS? >> YES.
00:26:49 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:26:57 NOT ONLY THAT I UNDERSTAND BUT SORT OF HIGHLIGHT FOR WHICH
00:27:00 WELL, LET ME PUT THIS IN CONTEXT FIRST I APPRECIATE
00:27:04 WITH THE BUDGET THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUSIVE OF
00:27:09 ALMOST $1.3 BILLION WORTH OF RESERVE AND I THINK THAT'S
00:27:14 THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR TIME THAT WE
00:27:18 HAVE TO TACKLE PRETTY POTENTIALLY MORE CUTS FROM H.R.
00:27:22 ONE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
00:27:25 AND UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE FEDERAL AND STATE REVENUE RISK
00:27:29 RESERVE THAT IT SEEMS MAJORITY OF THE PORTION THAT REALLY
00:27:33 COMES FROM IT FOR THE $433.3 MILLION WHATEVER IT'S REALLY
00:27:41 THE ANTICIPATED A SHIFT AT DOLLARS FROM FROM HEALTHY S.F.
00:27:44 REIMBURSED MEANT YES THAT'S CORRECT I THINK IT'S ABOUT HALF
00:27:49 OF IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH PRIOR OTHER RESERVES BEING
00:27:53 CONSOLIDATED AND THE OTHER HALF OF THAT 4430 3.3 ANTICIPATED
00:27:59 RESERVE IS COMING FROM THE H C I SO MISTREATMENTS YEAH
00:28:04 AND WHICH I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THAT RESERVE BUT I WANT TO
00:28:07 UNDERSTAND SO THAT MEANS IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
00:28:11 BOTH THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND THE SUBSEQUENT EACH YEAR IS
00:28:15 BEING LIKE THEY ARE ACTUALLY DRAWING DOWN THAT RESERVE ABOUT
00:28:21 $41 MILLION IN THE NEXT FISCAL FIRST FISCAL YEAR AND THEN
00:28:24 ADDITIONALLY ANOTHER 40 MILLION.
00:28:27 SO THEN IS DRAWING DOWN FROM THAT RESERVE CORRECT?
00:28:31 >> CORRECT. AND THEN NOW WE'RE FACING
00:28:32 ANOTHER PROPOSAL BY MAYOR LURIE ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR MELGAR,
00:28:38 WHICH IS THE HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT IT'S GOING TO COME TO THIS
00:28:42 BODY. AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND ABOUT
00:28:43 THAT WHICH IS THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR IS GOING TO TAKE DOWN $50
00:28:49 MILLION AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY I SEE THAT AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY
00:28:53 IS ADDITIONAL. SO A TOTAL OF $125 MILLION FOR
00:28:59 THE NEXT TEN FISCAL YEARS. BUT THEN I DON'T I DON'T
00:29:06 UNDERSTAND IT LIKE AND THEN HOW IS THAT INCREASE ADDITIONAL $9
00:29:09 MILLION PER YEAR AND GO UP TO $60 MILLION?
00:29:12 >> OKAY. I'LL TAKE A FIRST STAB AT THAT
00:29:13 BUT RIGHT NOW THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS ABOUT $50 MILLION AS
00:29:18 CURRENTLY WRITTEN AND I BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL WOULD GROW THAT
00:29:23 FROM ITS EXISTING $50 MILLION UP TO $125 MILLION OVER A
00:29:29 PERIOD OF TEN YEARS PER YEAR PER FISCAL YEAR.
00:29:32 >> YEAH. AND SO THE THE COSTS WOULD BE
00:29:39 $6.1 MILLION AND 2829 AND 13.6 MILLION DOLLARS AND 2930 BUT IT
00:29:42 WOULD GROW FROM 50 TO 125 SO THE FIRST YEAR WILL BE LIKE
00:29:45 LIKE SO TECHNICALLY WILL BE PER FISCAL YEAR IS A SET ASIDE OF
00:29:52 50 MILLION FOR THE FIRST YEAR IS $50 MILLION AND THEN IT GROW
00:29:55 BY THAT THOSE SUBSEQUENTLY WILL BE 56 POINT SOMETHING AND THEN
00:29:59 ANOTHER 56 PLUS NINE. SO THEN THAT MAY 65TH AND THEN
00:30:04 CONTINUE TO GROW UNTIL IT REACH IN 2035 WHICH AT $125 MILLION
00:30:11 CAP PER YEAR CORRECT. >> THOSE ARE GENERAL FUND
00:30:15 TRANSFERS OF THAT AMOUNT. >> YEAH.
00:30:19 AND SO I JUST AGAIN WANTED TO SET IN CONTEXT ABOUT THE
00:30:23 HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT'S GOING TO COME NOT THIS BODY.
00:30:27 IT'S A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE. IT'S GOING TO COME TO THE RULES
00:30:30 COMMITTEE. THIS IS ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY
00:30:31 HAPPENING AND WHICH THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS AS
00:30:35 FULL BORE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO A SET ASIDE
00:30:41 OF HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THEN 2% FOR THE FOR THE VOTERS TO
00:30:45 APPROVE. >> MEANWHILE WE ACTUALLY HAVE
00:30:49 WHAT AS THE COMPTROLLER HAS INDICATED IT WHICH IS ALARMING.
00:30:53 WELL, FOR ME THAT IT'S ALARMING THAT POTENTIALLY EARLY YOU
00:30:57 KNOW, OTHER TAX MEASURE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO COME
00:31:01 BEFORE US THAT'S INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUARANTEE
00:31:05 ACT AGAIN THAT WILL SET ASIDE ANOTHER CHUNK OF MONEY IN FACT
00:31:10 IN A BIGGER CHUNK MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY BUT IT
00:31:14 SEEMS TO ME THAT IS ACTUALLY SETTING IT ASIDE OF A
00:31:19 IMMEDIATELY $114.1 MILLION. >> CORRECT.
00:31:23 MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PROPOSAL ALL OF WHICH MIGHT BE
00:31:28 COLLECTING SIGNATURES IS THAT IT WOULD SHIFT FUNDING FROM THE
00:31:31 GENERAL FUND TO A SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND.
00:31:36 >> AND THEN I'M GLAD TO HEAR I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND IT
00:31:40 CORRECTLY THAT MAYOR LAURIE ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR BYLAW
00:31:42 MEMO IS NOW NO LONGER GOING FORWARD WITH THE REAL PROPERTY
00:31:48 TRANSFER TAX RATES THAT IS ALSO KNOWN AS A BUILT ACT BECAUSE
00:31:51 THAT ONE WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY DECREASE OUR REVENUE BY $93.8
00:31:58 MILLION AND MORE PER FISCAL YEAR.
00:32:01 THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME WE
00:32:06 COULD BE ON A STATE LEVEL FACING A SAY PROP 13 BALLOT
00:32:16 MEASURE BUT THAT'S AT A STATE LEVEL THAT WILL IMPACT US AS A
00:32:20 CITY THAT WE WILL ALSO THEN LOSE REVENUE TAX REVENUE
00:32:24 TRANSFER TAX REVENUE APPROX. SIMILARLY $349.2 MILLION WELL
00:32:34 $350 MILLION PER FISCAL YEAR CORRECT.
00:32:38 I MAY HAVE A CURSE WORDS FOR THAT BUT I WILL NOT GO WITH
00:32:42 THAT. SO AND THEN WE'RE ALSO SO WITH
00:32:46 THAT WE'RE ALSO FACING A DEFICIT AS A 48 SHOULD WE DO
00:32:52 NOT HAVE VOTERS DECIDE NOT TO PASS THE PARCEL TAX AND THE
00:32:56 AND POTENTIALLY REGIONAL SALES TAX THAT'S ROUGHLY ANYWHERE
00:33:02 BETWEEN 300 AND $400 MILLION DEFICITS ALONE FOR S.F. MTA.
00:33:06 >> THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU.
00:33:10 THANK YOU FOR VALIDATING THOSE QUESTION AND I KNOW THAT THEY
00:33:14 SOMEWHAT ARE RHETORICAL BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
00:33:18 THEM TO FOLLOW UP FOR ME TO HIGHLIGHT AS BUDGET COMMITTEE
00:33:21 CHAIR THAT COLLEAGUES I THINK THAT CLEARLY IT'S NOT JUST DOES
00:33:26 BODY HAS TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS I THINK WE'RE BASICALLY HAVING
00:33:30 A HEARING TODAY TO HAVE THIS UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHERE THE
00:33:34 CITY'S FINANCIAL AND FISCAL CONDITIONS.
00:33:37 BUT I DO THINK THAT IN THE FULL BORE WE WILL HAVE SOME DECISION
00:33:41 TO MAKE AND ALSO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT
00:33:48 IN MY OPINION IN THE BEST FISCAL HEALTH AT THE MOMENT
00:33:53 AND THAT WE WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR LAURIE HAS PRESENTED
00:33:57 US A BALANCED BUDGET IS TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT BUDGET HAS
00:34:03 ALREADY USE ONE TIME REVENUE TO BRIDGE THAT GAP SO THAT WE DO
00:34:11 NOT SUFFER SIGNIFICANT CUTS AROUND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCY
00:34:15 SERVICES OR CAL FRESH AND MEDICAID MEDI-CAL CUTS THAT
00:34:20 THE CITY IS ALREADY FACING. WHILE I APPRECIATE IT'S ONLY
00:34:26 $41 MILLION PER FISCAL YEAR DRAWING FROM RESERVE, THERE'S
00:34:30 NO DOUBT THAT IT IS ALREADY WE SEE AS A CITY AS WITHDRAWING
00:34:35 FROM RESERVE TO BRIDGE SOME OF THESE GAP.
00:34:37 I ALSO DO APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR LAURIE PROPOSED A
00:34:39 BALANCED BUDGET WITH ADDRESSING A ONGOING FISCAL LIKE A
00:34:46 STRUCTURAL DEFICIT LIKE PHYSICAL DEFICIT AND THAT'S
00:34:47 IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD IN MY OPINION I AM
00:34:50 COMMITTED TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO SUPPORT THAT AND TO KIND
00:34:57 OF MAINTAIN A WAYS TO AGAIN CONTINUE TO TACKLE STRUCTURAL
00:35:02 DEFICIT. >> BUT I AM NOT IN A POSITION I
00:35:06 DON'T THINK I WILL BE CONVINCED THAT AFTER ALL SAID AND DONE
00:35:10 THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET TO SUPPORT ANY MEASURE BE A
00:35:13 SIGNATURE GATHERING OR EVEN THAT BY VOTE TO PERCENTS THE
00:35:18 VOTER FOR THE OPTIONS TO SIMPLY SET ASIDE WHEN WE'RE I'M NOT
00:35:22 IN A POSITION TO ACTUALLY SET ASIDE ANY FUNDING WHEN I KNOW
00:35:26 NOT IT COULD THEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING REST OF THIS CITY
00:35:29 IN ITS OPERATION SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT ON RECORD ON RECORD
00:35:34 AT RIGHT LIKE RIGHT NOW WITH THIS AND IT'S BASED ON THE FACT
00:35:37 THAT IS PRESENTING TO US FROM THE REVENUE LETTER.
00:35:41 >> THANK YOU. I DO NOT SEE NAMES ANY NAMES ON
00:35:45 THE ROSTER BUT UNLESS ANY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS
00:35:48 AND COMMENTS WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
00:35:51 YES WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM NUMBER TWO
00:35:56 REGARDING THE COMPTROLLER'S REVENUE LETTER IF WE HAVE ANY
00:36:00 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE.
00:36:03 >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEING ALL PUBLIC
00:36:04 COMMENTS. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE
00:36:07 COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION HAVE THIS ITEM FILE
00:36:11 AND HURT AND FILE SECOND SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL
00:36:15 CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
00:36:18 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT THIS HEARING BE
00:36:22 HEARD AND FILED THE VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I MEMBER
00:36:25 SORTER SORTER I MEMBER WALTON WALTON I CHAIR CHAN I I WE HAVE
00:36:29 FOR US THE MOTION PASSES AND SO WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL
00:36:34 ITEMS THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER. >> YES I KNOW NUMBERS THREE
00:36:40 AND FOUR ARE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026
00:36:44 TO 2027 BUDGETS OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
00:36:48 INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATING AS A SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE SAN
00:36:51 FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. ITEM NUMBER THREE APPROVES
00:36:54 THEIR INTERIM BUDGET OF OCI IN ITEM NUMBER FOUR SORRY ITEM
00:36:58 NUMBER FOUR APPROVES THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND APPROVING THE
00:37:01 ISSUANCE BY OCI OF BONDS IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT
00:37:06 TO EXCEED 275 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A PORTION
00:37:09 OF ALL USES ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS.
00:37:12 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU AND TODAY WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF
00:37:16 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE HERE.
00:37:19 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GREETINGS.
00:37:23 MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THOUGHT KOZLOWSKI, THE
00:37:25 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
00:37:27 IN INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR FORMER SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT
00:37:31 AGENCY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
00:37:32 OPPORTUNITY PRESENT ON OUR FISCAL 2627 BUDGET.
00:37:35 YOU CAN MOVE TO NEXT SLIDE MOSES WORK BEGAN IN 2012 AFTER
00:37:45 THE STATE DISSOLVED CALIFORNIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ACROSS
00:37:49 THE STATE AND TODAY OSES COMPLETING IT STATE AUTHORIZE
00:37:53 ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS IN THREE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
00:37:57 AREAS THAT REMAIN. ONE OF THEM IS THE TRANSBAY
00:38:01 AREA DEPICTED ON THE MAP IN RED AT THE TOP THE MISSION BAY AREA
00:38:05 DEPICTED IN THE MIDDLE IN PURPLE AND THE PORTION
00:38:08 SHIPYARD AND CANDLESTICK AREAS DEPICTED IN GREEN TOWARDS THE
00:38:12 BOTTOM I WORK IS FOCUSED ON DELIVERING TANGIBLE RESULTS
00:38:16 IN HOUSING PRODUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY.
00:38:20 NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
00:38:24 THOSE ARE SHARED PRIORITIES ACROSS THE CITY AND REFLECTED
00:38:28 IN THE MAYOR AND THIS BOARD'S BUDGET AND POLICY AGENDA.
00:38:32 >> NEXT AND THOSE AREAS WE LEVERAGE PUBLIC PRIVATE
00:38:39 PARTNERSHIPS TO INVEST IN HOUSING ESPECIALLY
00:38:40 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NEW PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS,
00:38:46 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THROUGH OUR PROJECTS
00:38:47 MAXIMIZE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES
00:38:51 AND WORKERS THROUGH THESE THREE MAJOR PROJECTS WE WILL PRODUCE
00:38:57 28,000 UNITS OF HOUSING OF WHICH NEARLY 50% WILL BE
00:39:00 AFFORDABLE ALMOST 400 ACRES OF PARKS AND 13,000,000FT2 OF
00:39:03 COMMERCIAL SPACE. >> WE'VE COMPLETED
00:39:07 APPROXIMATELY HALF OF OUR COMMERCIAL PROJECTS AND HAVE
00:39:10 NEARLY 350 ACRES OF PARKS REMAINING TO BE BUILT.
00:39:13 CURRENTLY WE HAVE BUILT OVER 35% OF OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION
00:39:18 AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE PROJECTS FROM PLANNING TO
00:39:19 COMPLETION AT A TIME WHEN HOUSING PRODUCTION REMAINS ONE
00:39:25 OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST URGENT CHALLENGES.
00:39:26 THIS HELPS TO ENSURE THAT WORKING FAMILIES, SENIORS
00:39:29 AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS CAN REMAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:39:32 AND ADVANCES THE CITY'S BROADER GOAL OF RETAINING RESIDENTS
00:39:36 AND STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY.
00:39:39 >> I WANT TO GIVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AN UPDATE ON OUR
00:39:43 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS.
00:39:46 DURING THIS TIME OUR DEVELOPED WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
00:39:49 WE'VE OPENED UP SIX SITES TOTALING NEARLY 700 UNITS OF
00:39:52 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY.
00:39:53 THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE DESIGN THAT THE ARCHITECT DREW
00:39:57 AN IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS THE BUILDING AS IT STANDS TODAY
00:40:01 IN REAL LIFE THE IMAGE AT THE TOP IS IN THE TRANSBAY AREA AT
00:40:04 THE CORNER FOLSOM AND BEAL IT'S 150 SENIOR UNITS RENTING AT 15%
00:40:13 TO 50% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR AM I?
00:40:17 >> THE SITE BELOW IS ALSO IN TRANSBAY AS WELL AT THE
00:40:19 CORNER FOLSOM AND MAIN AND IT'S 180 FAMILY UNITS RENTING A 30%
00:40:25 TO 80% OF AM I NEXT THE SITE AT THE TOP IS IN MISSION BAY AT
00:40:35 THE CORNER OF TERRY FRANCOIS BOULEVARD AND CHINA BASIN.
00:40:38 IT'S 150 UNITS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP AND IT'S SELLING AT 80% TO 110%
00:40:42 OF AM I. >> THE SITE BELOW IS IN THE ONE
00:40:46 DISAPPOINT SHIPYARD IN BAYVIEW .
00:40:49 IT'S AN INCLUSIONARY PROJECT WITH 60 MARKET RATE UNITS
00:40:52 AND NINE AFFORDABLE UNITS SELLING AT 80% OF AM I.
00:40:55 >> NEXT SLIDE THESE SITES ARE ALSO IN THE SHIPYARD IN BAYVIEW
00:41:02 . THE TOP ONE IS 70 FAMILY UNITS
00:41:03 RENTING AT 40% TO 50% OF AMI AND AT THE BOTTOM IS A PROJECT
00:41:10 WITH 100 AND TEN FAMILY UNITS RENTING AT 30% TO 50% OF AM I.
00:41:15 >> SO LET ME JUST ELIMINATE AND SHARE WITH WHAT THESE
00:41:19 AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS MEAN.
00:41:22 THE MAJORITY OF OCA IS HOUSING OVER 70% OF IT IS FOR
00:41:24 HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 50% OF AMI OR LESS AND LET'S PUT THAT
00:41:30 IN CONTEXT IN 2026 A FAMILY OF FOUR IN SAN FRANCISCO AT 50% OF
00:41:35 AMI QUALIFY FOR HOUSING AT $81,000 A YEAR OF INCOME
00:41:41 MINIMUM WAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS JUST OVER $19 AN HOUR.
00:41:47 SO THAT MEANS THAT TWO PEOPLE IN A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR DOING
00:41:52 ANY JOB IN SAN FRANCISCO MAKING MINIMUM WAGE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE
00:41:56 IN OSSEO IS HOUSING. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE HOUSING
00:41:57 AFFORDABLE FOR AS MANY SAN FRANCISCANS AS POSSIBLE.
00:42:00 >> WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR
00:42:04 HOUSING, WHAT THEIR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WERE, WHAT THEIR
00:42:07 HOUSING JOURNEY HAS BEEN AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE
00:42:08 STORIES WITH YOU TODAY. >> ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT
00:42:11 WAS RECENTLY HOUSED AT THE SHIPYARD WAS LIVING FOR MANY
00:42:15 YEARS IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND A ONE BEDROOM WITH HER DAUGHTER.
00:42:18 AS HER DAUGHTER GOT OLDER THE FAMILY NEEDED MORE SPACE.
00:42:22 WELL SHE APPLIED FOR AND WAS ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR A TWO
00:42:24 BEDROOM HOUSING UNIT AT THE SHIPYARD.
00:42:25 SHE SAYS SINCE MOVING IN SHE'S EXPERIENCED A STRONG SENSE OF
00:42:29 COMMUNITY AND HAS LED A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO ESTABLISH
00:42:33 A SCHOOL BUS STOP FOR THE SHIPYARD FAMILIES.
00:42:34 WE WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER ADVOCACY.
00:42:36 >> ANOTHER RESIDENT IS A DESCENDANT OF A FAMILY
00:42:40 DISPLACED ORIGINALLY BY THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
00:42:44 DURING URBAN RENEWAL. THE FAMILY LIVED IN LAS VEGAS
00:42:45 AND WAS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AND WAS RECENTLY EVICTED.
00:42:48 >> THEY WERE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR FOUR BEDROOM AT THE
00:42:52 SHIPYARD AND SINCE MOVING IN ONE PARENT IS NOW ATTENDING
00:42:55 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY AND PURSUING HER INSURANCE
00:42:56 LICENSE AND WE'VE RESTORED A GENERATIONAL CONNECTION TO SAN
00:43:00 FRANCISCO. ANOTHER RESIDENT WAS ALSO
00:43:03 DISPLACED BY REDEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RENEWAL.
00:43:05 HE'S A SINGLE FATHER. HE IS RAISING HIS SON
00:43:07 IN SACRAMENTO AND CAME BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:43:10 HE DESCRIBED HIS MOVE TO SAN FRANCISCO AS A FRESH START FOR
00:43:14 HIS FAMILY AND SAID THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOMING AND HAS
00:43:17 A GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE
00:43:19 A CAR SO HE ENJOYS THAT. >> ANOTHER RESIDENT PURCHASED A
00:43:24 TWO BEDROOM HOME FOR HERSELF AND HER 84 YEAR OLD MOTHER.
00:43:27 SHE'S A SELF-EMPLOYED BOOKKEEPER AND IS THE HEAD OF
00:43:29 HOUSEHOLD. >> SHE STRIVES TO MAKE ENDS
00:43:32 MEET WHILE PROVIDING IN-HOME CARE FOR HER ELDERLY MOTHER
00:43:35 AND THAT STABLE HOUSING THAT SHE OWNS.
00:43:39 >> LAST STORY I KNOW THIS A LITTLE LONG BUT I WANT TO SHARE
00:43:40 THESE STORIES WITH YOU. THERE WAS A FAMILY OF FOUR THAT
00:43:44 MOVED IN TO THE SHIPYARD. THEY WERE LONG TIME RESIDENTS
00:43:47 OF BABY POINT ALREADY. THEY PURCHASED A TWO BEDROOM
00:43:50 HOME FOR THEIR GROWING FAMILY. THEY HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN
00:43:53 UNDER THE AGE OF SIX. ONE OF THE PARENTS WORKS AS AN
00:43:56 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AT AN INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE OTHER
00:43:59 IS A COORDINATOR AT A LOCAL HOTEL.
00:44:00 THE PURCHASE ALLOWED THEM TO GET A HOME BIG ENOUGH FOR THEIR
00:44:04 GROWING FAMILY AND STAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
00:44:06 WE HIGHLIGHT THESE STORIES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
00:44:08 WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND ELEVATE THEIR STORIES
00:44:11 AND THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE IT HELPS US DO OUR JOB BETTER.
00:44:13 >> NEXT SLIDE. >> SO WHAT ARE WE PLANNING FOR
00:44:18 THIS FISCAL YEAR? THIS THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR AREAS
00:44:21 OF FOCUS IN FISCAL 2627 AND THE PROPOSED OVERALL BUDGET OF
00:44:25 APPROXIMATELY 660 $5 MILLION. THE MISSION BAY WILL BE
00:44:28 COMPLETING PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE STORMWATER
00:44:32 INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE MISSION CREEK PARK NEAR THE
00:44:36 FOURTH STREET BRIDGE. >> DESIGNS FOR NEW PARKS
00:44:39 ADJACENT TO THE NEW MISSION BAY SCHOOL AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY
00:44:43 WALKING AREAS NEAR THE RECENTLY COMPLETED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:44:44 ALONG CHERRY FRANCOIS BOULEVARD WILL COMPLETING THE PERMITTING
00:44:50 OF THE UNDERGROUND PARK. THE THREE BLOCK LONG PARK THAT
00:44:52 WILL ACTIVATE AND ENLIVEN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS OF SAN
00:44:54 FRANCISCO. UNDERNEATH THE TRANSBAY JOINT
00:44:58 POWERS AUTHORITY OVERHEAD BUS RAMPS AND PORTIONS OF THE
00:45:02 SHIPYARD HOUSING ARE COMPLETE AND OCI IS WORKING TO CLOSE OUT
00:45:05 THE REMAINING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS AND TRANSFER THEM TO
00:45:06 THE CITY. >> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
00:45:10 CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITTING TO START
00:45:13 CONSTRUCTION ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS
00:45:16 YEAR AND TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 675 UNITS OF
00:45:19 HOUSING IN THE MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE
00:45:22 IN CANDLESTICK AND EXTEND SPECIAL GRATITUDE TO THE
00:45:27 DISTRICT TEN OFFICE AND SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HIS
00:45:28 WORK ON THE FINAL MAP THERE AND IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:45:31 IN TRANS BAY AT THE CORNER OF FOLSOM AND MAIN WE'LL CLOSE OUT
00:45:35 CONSTRUCTION, FINANCING AND LEASING OF JUST OVER 300
00:45:38 UNITS OF HOUSING ALSO IN TRANS BAY AT THE CORNER OF HOWARD
00:45:42 AND BEAL STREETS. WE'LL CONTINUE THE DESIGN OF
00:45:45 APPROXIMATELY 300 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
00:45:48 MISSION BAY. WE'LL CONTINUE PLANNING FOR
00:45:50 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF APPROXIMATELY 250 UNITS ALONG
00:45:52 CHANNEL STREET 400 UNITS ON THIRD STREET ACROSS FROM THE
00:45:56 POLICE HEADQUARTERS. AND FINALLY SALES OF 150
00:45:59 AFFORDABLE UNITS ALONG TERRY FRANCOIS BOULEVARD NEAR CHASE
00:46:03 CENTER IN THE SHIPYARD WILL CLOSE OUT FINANCING AND ASSET
00:46:07 TRANSFER TO THE MAYOR'S HOUSING.
00:46:08 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PER
00:46:10 STATE LAW THAT'S 180 UNITS ACROSS THREE SITES AT THE
00:46:14 SHIPYARD AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION ON
00:46:18 300 AFFORDABLE UNITS AT CANDLESTICK.
00:46:19 >> THANKS. >> HERE YOU'LL SEE OUR OVERALL
00:46:24 BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY 665 MILLION OVER 70% OF OUR BUDGET
00:46:28 IS DIRECT SPENDING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARKS OR
00:46:31 INFRASTRUCTURE. HALF OF OUR BUDGET IS ON
00:46:32 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ABOUT 24% OF OUR BUDGET IS ON
00:46:35 INFRASTRUCTURE AND ABOUT 20% OF OUR BUDGET IS ON DEBT SERVICE.
00:46:38 FOR BONDS FOR EITHER CURRENT OR PRIOR PROJECTS IN THE UPCOMING
00:46:42 FISCAL YEAR WE'RE ISSUING NEW BONDS IN A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT
00:46:48 OF $275 MILLION TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
00:46:49 >> WE ALSO HAVE $32 MILLION IN A TAX PLEDGE AGREEMENT WITH
00:46:53 THE TOWN TO FUND THEIR DOWNTOWN RAIL EXTENSION PROJECT.
00:46:57 ALSO CALLED THE PORTAL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OSHA'S
00:47:01 RESOURCES ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS PROJECT DELIVERY.
00:47:04 OUR OPERATING COSTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 3% OF OUR TOTAL
00:47:08 BUDGET AND THIS REFLECTS THE COSTS OF OUR STAFFING
00:47:11 AND OPERATIONS TO RUN THE AGENCY.
00:47:12 >> LET'S LOOK THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR OUR
00:47:19 WORK PROGRAM. >> OVER HALF OF OUR WORK IS
00:47:22 FUNDED THROUGH BONDS OR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
00:47:25 >> 240 SEVEN OF THE NEW BONDS 247 MILLION OF THE NEW BONDS
00:47:28 WILL BE PROGRAMED TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARKS
00:47:32 AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND APPROXIMATELY $150 MILLION
00:47:35 OF NEW TAX INCREMENT IN THE BUDGET IS MOSTLY FOR DEBT
00:47:36 SERVICE. >> AGAIN ON BONDS FOR CURRENT
00:47:39 PROJECTS OR PAST PROJECTS THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET REFLECTS
00:47:43 MULTI-YEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOANS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
00:47:46 PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE.
00:47:50 >> YOU'LL SEE HERE A BREAKOUT OF OUR CURRENT BOND ISSUANCE OF
00:47:54 A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $275 MILLION.
00:47:55 THERE'LL BE FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE
00:47:58 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CANDLESTICK AND REPLACEMENT
00:47:59 HOUSING UNDER SB 593 EMISSION BAY AND WEST IN ADDITION.
00:48:05 >> NEXT THE COMMITTEE ALSO REQUESTED DATA ON OUR
00:48:09 PERFORMANCE AND OUR TRACKING OF 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:48:12 PRODUCTION. >> YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE'VE
00:48:15 COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 3500 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:48:19 WITH THE REMAINDER OF OUR 100% AFFORDABLE PORTFOLIO LAID OUT
00:48:21 ACROSS VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
00:48:23 >> AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE OUR PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:48:27 WE'RE NEARING CONSTRUCTION IN MISSION BAY
00:48:28 AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN PARKS
00:48:31 AND TRANSFERRING COMPLETED PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE
00:48:32 CITY IN THE SHIPYARD. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:48:39 >> OCR IS NOT SIMPLY WORKING ON HOUSING.
00:48:42 WE'RE HELPING TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE AND LIVABLE
00:48:43 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PARKS, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS,
00:48:46 UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SPACES. THESE INVESTMENTS IMPROVE THE
00:48:51 QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE CREATING
00:48:54 CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR FUTURE HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH.
00:48:57 >> INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS UNDERWAY IN MISSION BAY BEING
00:49:01 CANDLESTICK WILL HELP UNLOCK FUTURE HOUSING PRODUCTION
00:49:05 AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
00:49:08 ONE OF THE KEY OUTCOMES OF OUR WORK IS COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
00:49:12 DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
00:49:13 PROGRAM THAT HAS GOALS OF 50% FOR SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
00:49:17 CONTRACTING AND 50% FOR LOCAL LOCAL HIRING.
00:49:24 >> SINCE 2012 OCI HAS ADMINISTERED CONTRACTS ON OUR
00:49:29 PROJECTS TOTALING $1.1 BILLION IN CONTRACTS.
00:49:32 THIS WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO SMALL BUSINESSES THOSE
00:49:34 CONTRACTORS VAULTED IN NEARLY 60,000 JOBS WITH OVER $170
00:49:40 MILLION IN WAGES GOING INTO THE POCKETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
00:49:43 RESIDENTS. >> THIS OVERALL ECONOMIC
00:49:44 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY WORKS SYNERGISTICALLY TO CREATE
00:49:48 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO THAT FOLKS CAN STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:49:51 AND BUILD COMMUNITY HERE BUT ALSO GIVE FOLKS ACCESS TO
00:49:52 BUSINESS AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES TOO SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE
00:49:56 ANYPLACE THEY'D LIKE IN THE CITY.
00:49:57 EXCELLENT. >> THE COMMITTEE ALSO REQUESTED
00:50:02 OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. >> YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A PROJECT
00:50:05 MANAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM, A
00:50:09 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT WORKS IN OUR BOND
00:50:12 PORTFOLIO AND ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS HUMAN
00:50:14 RESOURCES. THIS REFLECTS OUR OVERALL
00:50:17 WORKFORCE NEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR REDEVELOPMENT WORK ACROSS OUR
00:50:21 THREE MAJOR PROJECT AREAS. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:50:24 >> WE HAVE 54 FULL TIME STAFF IS AUTHORIZED IN OUR AGENCY BUT
00:50:28 ONLY 40 OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE FILLED.
00:50:29 OUR VACANCIES ARE NOT FUNDED BUT RATHER THEY'RE BEING HELD
00:50:33 FOR FUTURE NEEDS AS WE UNDERTAKE OUR DEVELOPMENT
00:50:36 PROJECTS. THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT SHOWS
00:50:39 OUR VACANCIES. THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS
00:50:40 OUR MANAGER TO NON MANAGER RATIO.
00:50:46 22% OF OUR AGENCY ARE MANAGERS AND 78% ARE NON MANAGERS.
00:50:52 AND WE HAVE A 3% STAFF ATTRITION RATE.
00:50:53 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> OKAY.
00:50:57 I RECOGNIZES THE CITY'S FISCAL CHALLENGES.
00:51:01 OUR PROJECTS FOLLOW MAYOR LARIS AND THIS BOARD'S PRIORITIES FOR
00:51:05 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY AS WELL
00:51:08 AS THE LEVERAGING OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE
00:51:12 EFFECTIVE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. >> OKAY.
00:51:16 A'S FUNDING SOURCES ARE PRIMARILY BOND PROCEEDS WITH
00:51:19 ABOUT 25% OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGET FUNDED BY REDEVELOPMENT
00:51:23 PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT GENERATED AND OZ'S CURRENT
00:51:24 AND FORMER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS.
00:51:27 OUR BUDGET IS REVIEWED, APPROVED AND AUDITED BY THE
00:51:31 STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ALSO MONITORED BY THE
00:51:35 CITY'S COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. >> OCR IS NOT A GENERAL FUND
00:51:38 DEPARTMENT BUT THE BOARD MUST APPROVE OUR BUDGET
00:51:40 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD'S 2012 ORDINANCE ON THIS MATTER.
00:51:43 OCR IS EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES ARE FUNDING
00:51:48 MANDATORY COSTS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY DEBT SERVICE
00:51:52 AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOANS AND RETIREE HEALTH CARE
00:51:55 AND PENSION COSTS. MOST FUNDING IS NOT
00:51:56 DISCRETIONAL AND OCI WORKS WITH THE COMPTROLLER TWICE A YEAR TO
00:52:00 REVIEW AND ADJUST THE USE OF TAX INCREMENT.
00:52:03 WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND THE
00:52:07 COMPTROLLER TO REFINE AND REDUCE OUR NEW BOND PAYMENT
00:52:10 ESTIMATE FROM $14 MILLION TO $10.8 MILLION.
00:52:14 >> AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS BY
00:52:17 REDUCING NEW BOND DEBT SERVICE BY NEARLY $1 MILLION THROUGH
00:52:20 BOND REFINANCING WHICH WILL LOWER COSTS AS WELL.
00:52:23 >> WE'LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE SAVINGS WHERE POSSIBLE
00:52:25 CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY AS SAN
00:52:28 FRANCISCO FOCUSES ON HOUSING PRODUCTION, ECONOMIC RECOVERY
00:52:31 AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC RESOURCES, WE CONTINUE
00:52:35 TO BE AN IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY DELIVERING THOSE OUTCOMES ON
00:52:39 THE GROUND THROUGH FISCAL DISCIPLINE, LEVERAGING OF
00:52:43 PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND STATE AUTHORIZED FINANCING
00:52:46 . OUR WORK TURNS LONG TERM PLANS
00:52:47 ON HOUSING, PARKS AND JOBS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
00:52:51 BENEFIT OF ALL SAN FRANCISCANS. THANK YOU.
00:52:57 >> THANK YOU AND VICE-CHAIR DORSEY.
00:53:01 >> THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT
00:53:04 YOUR AGENCY IS DOING. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
00:53:08 EXCITEMENT IN THE TRANSBAY AREA AND MISSION BAY.
00:53:11 I HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE EIGHT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS
00:53:15 SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR FOR ME TO KNOW
00:53:17 AND ALSO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS .
00:53:19 IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SECTION OF THE PIE THAT IS
00:53:20 INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER NON HOUSING IS THAT I ASSUME MUCH
00:53:24 OF THAT IS PARKS BUT IS THERE A WAY TO SORT OF GET A BREAKOUT?
00:53:28 >> DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PARKS
00:53:32 AND OPEN SPACES COMMERCIAL SPACES I ASSUME THIS IS SORT OF
00:53:36 A CATCHALL FOR ALL OF EVERYTHING NON HOUSING IS PARKS
00:53:39 IN THERE. >> THANK YOU.
00:53:40 SUPERVISOR DORSEY ABSOLUTELY YOU'RE CORRECT.
00:53:43 IT IS A CATCH ALL. IT'S THE SOURCE OF FINANCING
00:53:46 SORT OF CREATES THAT BROADER CATEGORY CATEGORY BUT WE CAN
00:53:48 SUPPLY THE COMMITTEE A BREAKOUT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
00:53:51 AND THE PARK PROJECTS AS SORT OF SEPARATE LINE ITEMS.
00:53:54 >> THAT'LL BE GREAT. THANKS.
00:53:57 THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALWAYS.
00:53:58 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
00:54:02 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
00:54:05 CANDLESTICK MOVING FORWARD. >> I DO HOPE THAT WHATEVER IT
00:54:10 IS THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO CAN DO TO SUPPORT
00:54:14 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HELP YOU MOVE INTO PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT
00:54:21 SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
00:54:25 AND SO WITH THAT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE TWO
00:54:28 ITEMS. >> YES, WE'RE OPENING PUBLIC
00:54:29 COMMENT ON THIS ITEM NUMBERS THREE AND FOUR.
00:54:32 IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THIS
00:54:36 COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SEEN ON PUBLIC COMMONS
00:54:40 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. ONCE AGAIN I THINK THIS IS VERY
00:54:44 CRITICAL WORK AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THESE TWO ITEMS TO FULL
00:54:48 BORE YES TO FULL BORE WITH RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY
00:54:58 VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
00:54:59 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR CHANCE LATER BY VICE CHAIR
00:55:03 DORSEY TO FORWARD BOTH RESOLUTIONS TO THE FULL BOARD
00:55:06 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER
00:55:09 SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER GENTLEMAN OH
00:55:14 SORRY HE WAS ABSENT CHURCH AND I CAN I HAVE FOR US THE
00:55:18 MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU.
00:55:21 AND WITH THAT MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS FIVE THROUGH TEN
00:55:26 TOGETHER. >> YES.
00:55:29 ITEM NUMBERS FIVE THROUGH TEN ARE ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO THIS
00:55:31 COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
00:55:33 THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR
00:55:37 FISCAL YEARS 2026 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028.
00:55:42 ITEM NUMBERS FIVE AND EIGHT ARE OUR HEARINGS TO CONSIDER THE
00:55:46 MAYOR'S PROPOSED INTERIM AND PROPOSED BUDGETS.
00:55:49 ITEM NUMBER SIX AND NINE ARE THE PROPOSED INTERIM
00:55:52 AND PROPOSED BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCES
00:55:54 RESPECTIVELY APPROPRIATE ALL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND ALL
00:55:57 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY
00:56:00 AND COUNTY AS OF MAY 30TH 2026 AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND TEN
00:56:04 ARE THE PROPOSED INTERIM AND PROPOSED ANNUAL SALES
00:56:07 SALARY ORDINANCE ENUMERATING POSITIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
00:56:11 OATHS FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30TH 2027 AND JUNE
00:56:17 30TH 2028 CONTINUING CREATING OR ESTABLISHING THESE POSITIONS
00:56:21 AND ENUMERATING AND INCLUDING THEIR IN ALL POSITIONS CREATED
00:56:22 BY CHARTER OR STATE LAW FOR WHICH COMPENSATIONS ARE PAID
00:56:25 FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS AND APPROPRIATED IN THE ARROW
00:56:29 AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS OR CONTINUATION OF APPOINTMENTS.
00:56:33 THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIED IN FIXING THE COMPENSATIONS
00:56:34 AND WORK SCHEDULES THEREOF AND AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS TO
00:56:38 TEMPORARY POSITIONS AND FIXING COMPENSATIONS.
00:56:41 >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND TODAY WE HAVE MARE'S BUDGET
00:56:45 DIRECTOR SOPHIA KETTLER HERE. >> GOOD MORNING AND MEMBERS OF
00:56:53 THE COMMITTEE CHAIR CHAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
00:56:57 MY NAME IS SOPHIA HITLER. I AM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
00:57:00 DIRECTOR. I'M GOING TO GIVE WHAT I'M I
00:57:04 WILL PROBABLY TALK TOO FAST BUT I'M GOING TO TRY AND KEEP IT AS
00:57:05 SHORT AS POSSIBLE TO FRAME UP THIS BUDGET.
00:57:08 >> THESE SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE I HAVE THE WRONG FISCAL YEARS ON
00:57:13 THEM. I WILL UPDATE THEM.
00:57:16 BUT THIS IS THE THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL 22
00:57:18 SEVEN AND FISCAL 28 VERY QUICKLY HIGH LEVEL I KNOW THAT
00:57:22 THE COMPTROLLER MENTIONED THIS ALREADY.
00:57:25 THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $16.9 BILLION IN YEAR ONE GOING TO
00:57:31 17.2 IN YEAR TWO AND BALANCES OF $643 MILLION DEFICIT AS OF
00:57:34 THE MARCH UPDATE WE DID THIS THROUGH A FEW WAYS.
00:57:38 ONE WAS A LOOKING AT POSITIONS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
00:57:42 ELIMINATE OR REDUCE OUR PERSONNEL SPENDING ACROSS THE
00:57:45 BOARD. WE ELIMINATE AROUND 550
00:57:49 POSITIONS IN FISCAL 27 AND THEN AGAIN AS THE COMPTROLLER
00:57:52 MENTIONED, WE HAVE AN ASSUMED $80 MILLION OF LOWER PERSONNEL
00:57:57 SPENDING IN YEAR TWO THAT HAS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED AND WE
00:57:58 WILL BE GOING THROUGH A REORGANIZATION PROCESS.
00:58:01 WE ARE HAPPY TO KEEP YOU APPRIZED AS WE WORK THROUGH
00:58:02 THAT WE ALSO REDUCE GRANTS AND CONTRACT SPENDING BY ABOUT
00:58:07 $75 MILLION THAT IS A PORTION OF WHICH IS CBO GRANTS THAT I
00:58:11 THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IN THIS
00:58:13 CHAMBER AS WELL AS REDUCING ASSUMPTIONS AROUND HOW OUR
00:58:16 CONTRACTS CONTINUE TO GROW THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN CAN
00:58:20 RENEGOTIATE SOME OF OUR TECH CONTRACTS THINKING THROUGH
00:58:23 PIECES LIKE THAT TO REDUCE OUR OPERATION OR SPENDING OUTSIDE
00:58:27 OF PERSONNEL. >> THIS BUDGET IS GOING TO
00:58:28 REQUIRE CONTINUED HIRING DISCIPLINE.
00:58:32 WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT WE COULD NOT WE COULD KIND OF
00:58:36 STAVE OFF ADDITIONAL LAYOFFS THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
00:58:40 BUDGET. BUT BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO BE
00:58:43 IN A VERY TIGHT FISCAL SITUATION AS THE COMPTROLLER
00:58:44 MENTIONED AND THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO
00:58:48 WORK ON A VERY SLOW HIRING TIMELINE IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE
00:58:52 TO TO TO MEET THESE PERSONNEL TARGETS.
00:58:55 >> THE GROWTH DRIVERS FOR THE BUDGET ARE WAGE INCREASES WHICH
00:59:00 ARE AROUND 3.3 TO 4% DEPENDING ON KIND OF WHICH BARGAINING
00:59:06 UNITS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH RATES ARE ACTUALLY
00:59:10 GROWING FASTER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.
00:59:11 >> THEY WILL BE GROWING AT AROUND 10.5% IN THIS BUDGET
00:59:14 ABOVE THE NINE AND A HALF RATE THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY
00:59:17 DISCUSSED BASELINES AND SET ASIDE GROWTH MAKE UP AROUND
00:59:21 $1.5 MILLION OF OUR SPENDING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE
00:59:25 DEFICIT UPWARDS THROUGH YOUR FIVE.
00:59:28 AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE DID IS WE THAT WE ARE VERY PLEASED
00:59:30 ABOUT IS WE'VE INCREASED OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS KIND OF
00:59:33 REVERSING A TREND OF YEARS OF UNDERINVESTMENT IN DEFERRED
00:59:36 MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL. AND SO WE HAVE OUTS BEYOND WHAT
00:59:40 WAS ASSUMED IN THE DEFICIT. WE HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT
00:59:44 INVESTMENT IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON
00:59:51 THIS SLIDE. >> THE PRIMARY GOAL THAT WE
00:59:55 WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN THIS BUDGET WAS TO PRESERVE THE
00:59:56 SOCIAL SAFETY NET. >> LAST YEAR WE HAD MADE AROUND
00:59:59 ONE THIRD OF PROGRESS OF ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR STRUCTURAL
01:00:02 DEFICIT AND JUST TO GET HIT BY H.R.
01:00:05 >> ONE WHICH TOOK AROUND 200 AND 20 TO $250 MILLION OUT OF
01:00:09 OUR OPERATING REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS EACH ONE DECREASES
01:00:15 ACCESS TO BENEFITS BY INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF
01:00:18 ELIGIBILITY CHECKS BY IMPOSING STRICTER ENFORCEMENT ON
01:00:20 WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS SUCH THAT PEOPLE WHO USED TO GET
01:00:24 WAIVERS WILL NO LONGER BE GETTING.
01:00:28 THOSE WAIVERS ARE NOW ARE EXPECTED TO PUT IN A CERTAIN
01:00:29 NUMBER OF HOURS WORKING EVERY WEEK IF THEY ARE TO RECEIVE
01:00:32 BENEFITS AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL AND THEN LIMITS NEW
01:00:35 ENROLLMENTS OR RE ENROLLMENT FOR WHAT THEY CALL
01:00:39 UNSATISFACTORY IMMIGRATION STATUS.
01:00:42 THIS AFFECTS WE THINK AROUND 25% OF OUR MEDI-CAL ENROLLEES.
01:00:46 WE HAVE 200,000 PEOPLE RELYING ON MEDI-CAL IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:00:52 FOR THEIR FOR THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS AND THIS THIS IS
01:00:56 AROUND 25% OF THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE LATTER
01:00:59 TWO AND ELIGIBILITY CHECKS AFFECTS EVERYBODY.
01:01:03 SO WE BELIEVE THAT H.R. ONE COULD REDUCE BENEFITS FOR AS
01:01:07 MANY AS 40 TO 50,000 INDIVIDUALS AND COULD LEAD TO A
01:01:08 REVENUE LOSS OF AS MUCH AS $250 MILLION FOR THE CITY.
01:01:12 >> SO ONE THING THAT WE DID IN THIS BUDGET OR WE DID TWO
01:01:15 THINGS IN THIS BUDGET FIRST WE WERE ONE OF OUR PREMISES WAS
01:01:18 THE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM SPREAD THE PAIN.
01:01:24 >> WE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ALL OF THAT REVENUE LOSS OUT OF THE
01:01:27 TWO DEPARTMENTS WHERE IT WOULD HAVE HITS THAT IS THE
01:01:29 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SERVICES
01:01:32 AGENCY. INSTEAD WE WANTED TO BACKFILL
01:01:35 THAT WITH GENERAL FUND AND TREAT IT AS A CITYWIDE
01:01:39 DEFICIT AND SO YOU WILL SEE HARSHER CUTS ACROSS ALL OF
01:01:43 DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH ACCESS.
01:01:46 AND SO WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THAT IS A BENEFITS ACCESS
01:01:48 PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONNECTED TO CAL FRESH AS WE
01:01:51 SPEND MORE MONEY ON KEEPING PEOPLE ENROLLED.
01:01:55 >> PEOPLE WILL HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO
01:01:58 HEALTH CARE BOTH THROUGH MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY AND WHEN
01:02:02 THEY SHOW UP IN OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN
01:02:06 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM CARE WHETHER THEY HAVE MEDI-CAL
01:02:07 ENROLLMENT OR NOT. >> AND THEN HOUSING STABILITY I
01:02:10 THINK IS A BIG ONE FOR US GIVEN SOME OF THE RISKS IN THE MORE
01:02:14 RECENT PRESIDENT'S RECONCILIATION BILL LOOKING AT
01:02:18 POTENTIAL CUTS TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE CONTINUE POTENTIAL CUTS
01:02:21 TO EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS THERE IS A LOT OF RISK TO
01:02:25 KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED AND THAT IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR THIS
01:02:29 BUDGET AND FOR THIS MAYOR AND I KNOW FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE WE
01:02:33 LEVERAGE $38 MILLION OF THE FEDERAL RISK RESERVE TO FUND
01:02:37 INCREASED ELIGIBILITY AND WORKFORCE CASE MANAGEMENT
01:02:40 AT HSA AND THAT WILL HELP US ACHIEVE BOTH THE BENEFITS
01:02:42 ACCESS AND THE HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND THAT WAS A KIND OF
01:02:45 OUR DRIVING PRINCIPLE IN CREATING THIS WHOLE BUDGET.
01:02:51 >> ANOTHER REALLY KIND OF BIG HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS BUDGET
01:02:52 AND SOMETHING THAT KIND OF MAKES A AN AWKWARD NARRATIVE
01:02:59 BUT SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS DESPITE THIS
01:03:03 DEFICIT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN OUR CITY, OUR HOME
01:03:07 . >> WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
01:03:08 INCREASE IN EXPECTED REVENUES WHICH ALSO CREATES A
01:03:11 SIGNIFICANT FUND BALANCE OF MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND DOWN.
01:03:15 AND SO THIS BUDGET LEVERAGES BOTH THAT HIGHER PROP C REVENUE
01:03:18 AS WELL AS $200 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE OVER THE TWO YEARS TO
01:03:22 ACHIEVE FOUR GOALS FOR US. THE FIRST IS STRENGTHENING THE
01:03:25 SYSTEM WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE HAVE KIND OF HISTORICALLY
01:03:29 UNDERINVESTED IN A LOT OF THE PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE THAT
01:03:31 HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF A REALLY TOUGH HOMELESSNESS WORK
01:03:34 FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE VERY UNEVEN REIMBURSEMENT RATES
01:03:36 IN OUR SHELTERS AND OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:03:39 WE ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF MOVING TOWARDS A RE
01:03:43 PROCUREMENT FOR ALL OF THAT AND WE BELIEVE WE NEED A
01:03:46 STOPGAP MEASURE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN BE PAID FAIRLY
01:03:48 WHILE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT RE PROCUREMENT.
01:03:51 SO THAT IS A BIG A BIG USE OF ONE TIME DOLLARS IN PARTICULAR
01:03:55 IN THE HOUSING BUDGET. >> SECONDLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT
01:03:59 SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS AND WHETHER THEY ARE BEING USED
01:04:00 IN THE BEST WAY FOR EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
01:04:03 PEOPLE LIVING IN BUILDINGS THAT HAVE ONE BATHROOM FOR EVERY 20
01:04:06 ROOMS THOSE ARE BETTER AS SHELTER THAN AS PERMANENT
01:04:10 HOUSING AND WE'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
01:04:12 REPOSITION THOSE HOW WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT ANYBODY LOSING
01:04:14 THEIR HOUSING, HOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO AN APPROPRIATE TIMELINE
01:04:18 TO GET EVERYBODY INTO THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM.
01:04:21 WE ARE INVESTING IN HELPING ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS BILL OUT
01:04:22 MEDI-CAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ARE INVESTING IN WORKFORCE
01:04:25 SAFETY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THESE SITES
01:04:28 ARE PROTECTED. SECONDLY, WE ARE MOVING HATE
01:04:32 AND FAMILIES OUT OF HOMELESSNESS FASTER.
01:04:33 >> WE SAW THAT THE THE POINT IN TIME COUNTS WAS MADE REALLY
01:04:36 GREAT PROGRESS TOWARDS REDUCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS BUT WE
01:04:41 DID SEE AN UPTICK IN FAMILY AND HOMELESSNESS AND THAT'S
01:04:44 SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO NIPPED IN THE BUD.
01:04:47 WE HAVE INCREASED SHALLOW SUBSIDIES FOR FAMILIES
01:04:48 AND TODAY WE WERE DOING A MASSIVE EXPANSION IN OUR
01:04:52 PREVENTION WORK. WE ARE ACCELERATING FAMILY
01:04:53 EXITS OUT OF OUR SORROWS BY 50% AND WE ARE INCREASING EMERGENCY
01:04:59 HOTEL VOUCHERS TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF THEIR CARS, HELP
01:05:03 PEOPLE IN AT RISK OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE KIND OF GETTING
01:05:07 PEOPLE INTO A SAFE PLACE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND ONTO A
01:05:10 PATH TO DISABILITY. >> WE ARE EXPANDING OUR
01:05:11 CONNECTING OUR CONNECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TREATMENT,
01:05:15 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET PEOPLE INTO THE RIGHT BED
01:05:18 AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THEN CREATE A PATH TOWARDS TOWARDS
01:05:22 RECOVERY. THIS INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL
01:05:26 STEPDOWN BEDS, EXPANDED RESTORE FOR RESIDENTIAL ADDICTION
01:05:27 TREATMENT, LONG ACTING INJECTABLES, ACCESS TO IMPROVE
01:05:33 RECOVERY FROM A MEDICATED MEDICALLY ASSISTED LENS
01:05:37 AND THEN EXPANDING THE MOVING ON INITIATIVE TO HELP PEOPLE
01:05:39 WHO ARE LIVING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT NO
01:05:42 LONGER NEED THE INTENSE KATE WRAPAROUND CASE MANAGEMENT INTO
01:05:45 A KIND OF LIKE A MORE FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.
01:05:50 >> AND THEN FINALLY WE ESTABLISHED A $98 MILLION
01:05:53 REVENUE RISK TO RESPOND TO THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS.
01:05:56 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE LAST SLIDE BUT SETTING ASIDE
01:05:58 MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY
01:06:01 STAYS HOUSED. ANOTHER OF THE MAYOR'S
01:06:04 PRIORITIES IN THIS WAS CLEAN AND SAFE STREETS AND I WANT TO
01:06:08 REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT ONE THING WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IN THE
01:06:09 MAYOR'S OFFICE IS IS WHAT IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR WHOM
01:06:15 AND I THINK WE KIND OF DEFINED IT AS MAKING SURE THAT
01:06:16 EVERYBODY FEELS SAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY NO MATTER WHAT.
01:06:20 AND SO SOME FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT MEANS MORE LAW
01:06:21 ENFORCEMENT. FOR SOME PEOPLE IT DOES NOT
01:06:23 MEAN MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN
01:06:25 RE-ENVISION THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY PROCESS TO KEEP
01:06:28 PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THIS BUDGET ENVISIONS THE
01:06:32 STREET VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVES THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY
01:06:35 WORKED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH BRINGING THOSE
01:06:37 IN-HOUSE AS A AS A COMBINED INITIATIVE BETWEEN DCF
01:06:40 AND ADULT PROBATION. IT BACKFILL STATE GRANTS FOR
01:06:44 JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUTH TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE EXITING THE
01:06:47 JUSTICE SYSTEM HAVE A PATH TO A LIKE A STABLE AND PROSPEROUS
01:06:51 LIFE. >> IT ROOTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
01:06:54 STREET RESPONSE TEAM IN DATA DRIVEN AND TREATMENT BASED CARE
01:06:57 THROUGH MOVING THAT OUT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BRANCH A D M
01:06:59 AND THEN SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDS STAFFING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:07:02 ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
01:07:05 ACCOUNTABILITY ON STREET CLEANING WE'VE MAINTAINED
01:07:06 FUNDING FOR STREET CLEANING AND TRYING TO START LOOK AT
01:07:10 SOME DATA DRIVEN INITIATIVES ON HOW TO GET FURTHER WITH THOSE
01:07:14 DOLLARS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT REROUTING TRUCKS AND CHANGING
01:07:17 HOW WE DO PICK UP SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE FOR OUR MONEY
01:07:21 THERE. >> AND THEN FINALLY ON LAW
01:07:22 ENFORCEMENT, THE TWO THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO NOTE ARE
01:07:25 FIRST WE FULLY FUND THE AMMO USE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO
01:07:28 SHOOT THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE FIRE
01:07:29 DEPARTMENTS AND WE REALLY THINK D H R FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP
01:07:32 THERE AND AS WELL AS CREATING A BRIDGE BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:07:36 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE RESET CENTER
01:07:39 THROUGH OUR FIRST PERFORMANCE BASED CONTRACT IN THE CITY
01:07:40 WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL HERE
01:07:46 BUT WE MAKE A HUGE INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL IN THIS BUDGET MORE
01:07:49 THAN DOUBLING WHAT WAS ASSUMED IN THE DEFICIT EXPANDING ADA
01:07:53 ACCESSIBILITY PACKAGES, SECURITY ACROSS ALL OF OUR ARE
01:07:57 NOT ALL BUT MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
01:08:01 ARE MAINTAINING OUR PCI SQUARE FOR STREET RESURFACING AT 75
01:08:05 FUNDING EMERGENCY POWER IN A NUMBER OF OUR BUILDINGS
01:08:09 AND THEN INVESTING IN LIFE SAFETY LIKE SEISMIC REPAIRS,
01:08:13 FIRE ALARM SUPPRESSION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE FLEET TECHNOLOGY
01:08:19 EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE TRIED TO TAKE A REALLY
01:08:20 DATA DRIVEN APPROACH THIS YEAR AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THE
01:08:23 TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP, THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE
01:08:27 SPENDING MORE MONEY ON MAINTAINING VEHICLES OR
01:08:30 SPENDING MORE MONEY IN IN KIND OF UP KEEPING OLD TECHNOLOGY
01:08:34 NEW SYSTEMS RATHER THAN KIND OF INVESTING IN A NEW THING THAT
01:08:36 MIGHT SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG TERM.
01:08:39 SO AN UPFRONT INVESTMENTS FOR A LONGER TERM SAVINGS THAT SHOWS
01:08:43 UP IN OUR FLEET WITH REPLACING TEN YEAR OLD FIRE RIGS, PATROL
01:08:46 CARS, TRANSPORT VEHICLES THAT THE SHERIFF OLD VEHICLES AT DPW
01:08:49 THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE BUDGET ON UNIFIED
01:08:53 BUILDING UNIFIED DATA PLATFORM A NEW MODERNIZATION THINKING
01:08:57 ABOUT A RESPONSIBLE USE OF AI AND KIND OF REALLY BEEFING UP
01:09:01 SOME OF OUR TRANSLATION SERVICES WHICH I THINK WE'VE
01:09:04 HAD SOME STRUGGLES WITH IN THE PAST.
01:09:05 AND THEN LOOKING AT PAYROLL AND SCHEDULING SOFTWARE TO KIND
01:09:09 OF THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER MANAGE OUR OVERTIME
01:09:12 ACROSS THE BOARD PARTICULARLY IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
01:09:13 DEPARTMENTS. >> AND THEN FINALLY ON
01:09:16 EQUIPMENT IDENTIFYING EQUIPMENT THAT PROTECTS OUR WORKERS,
01:09:17 PROTECT SERVICE OUTCOMES AND HELPS US AGAIN SAVE MONEY
01:09:24 IN THE LONG RUN EVERYTHING FROM FAST FREE TURN OUT CODES IT SFD
01:09:28 TO WEAPONS DETECTION AT ZUCKERBERG HOSPITAL THAT IS A
01:09:31 VERY BRIEF RUN THROUGH AND FRAME UP OF THE BUDGET.
01:09:35 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS OVER THE
01:09:38 NEXT THREE DAYS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK EACH OF
01:09:40 THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THEIR CFOS
01:09:42 AND THEIR STAFF FOR WHAT WAS A GRUELING BUDGET PROCESS AND IT
01:09:46 FEELS LIKE THESE BUDGET PROCESSES NEVER END AND THIS
01:09:50 YEAR WILL BE NO EXCEPTION. WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING BUT IT'S
01:09:53 BEEN A A REALLY IMPORTANT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND I
01:09:58 REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR WORKING SO HARD.
01:10:02 I ALSO REALLY WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE JACK
01:10:05 ENGLISH MATTHEW PUCKETT. ELIZA PUGH.
01:10:10 SANTIAGO SILVA. TABITHA ROMERO, JOSHUA CARDENAS
01:10:13 AND LUIS AGUIRRE AND DANIEL COLLI.
01:10:17 I'M PRAYING I DID NOT FORGET ANYBODY BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I
01:10:19 DID NOT. THEY HAVE WORKED TREMENDOUSLY
01:10:21 HARD THIS YEAR AND I AM REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE
01:10:24 TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS BUDGET AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
01:10:28 PARTNERSHIP AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
01:10:31 I'M SORRY FOR TALKING SO FAST AND SO I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON
01:10:46 THE ROSTER. >> SO COLLEAGUES I THINK WHAT
01:10:49 WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO NOW DIVE INTO THE CITY
01:10:52 DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATION AND THE FIRST UP WE HAVE OUR
01:10:56 ELECTED OFFICE AND IT'S OUR ASSESSOR RECORDER WALKING
01:11:00 TOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:11:05 >> GREAT THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERVISOR CHURCHMEN VICE CHAIR
01:11:09 DORSEY PRESIDENT MANAGEMENT IN ABSENTIA BUT SUPERVISOR
01:11:13 SAUTER AND WALTON WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS SET UP FOR US RIGHT
01:11:17 NOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR
01:11:22 PROPOSED BUDGET TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
01:11:27 . OUR MISSION IS TO FAIRLY
01:11:28 AND ACCURATELY ASSESS ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SAN
01:11:32 FRANCISCO AND TO SECURE RECORD AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO PROPERTY
01:11:35 AND OTHER RECORDS. JOAQUIN TORRES, YOUR ASSESSOR
01:11:36 RECORDER HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO ADDRESS CHAIR CHAN'S
01:11:40 QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE RESPOND TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
01:11:42 INSTRUCTIONS WE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU WITH A HANDOUT THAT
01:11:44 LISTS OUR FUNCTIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
01:11:47 OF OUR OFFICE UNDER OPERATIONS AND OUR PROGRAM DIVISIONS
01:11:52 LISTED UNDER LEGALLY MANDATED OUR FUNCTIONS
01:11:55 AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE
01:11:56 CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION AND THE REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE WE DO
01:11:59 NOT POSSESS DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS.
01:12:03 OUR WORK DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE CITY'S REVENUE BASE THROUGH
01:12:06 FAIR AND ACCURATE ASSESSMENTS LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND PUBLIC
01:12:10 ACCESS TO RECORDS. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED
01:12:11 EFFICIENCIES. WE'VE MODERNIZED OUR WORK OVER
01:12:15 THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT EVEN WITH THOSE CONTINUOUS
01:12:18 IMPROVEMENTS CURRENTLY AND FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO FISCAL
01:12:22 YEARS EVERY POSITION HERE IS NECESSARY AND WORTHWHILE IN THE
01:12:26 PUBLIC'S INTEREST. EVERY MEMBER OF OUR STAFF IS AN
01:12:27 ESSENTIAL PART OF PERFORMING THESE VITAL DUTIES AND I'LL BE
01:12:30 HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AFTER THE
01:12:33 PRESENTATION. MY FOCUS TODAY IS PRIMARILY ON
01:12:34 OUR DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET BUT I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE
01:12:38 IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK.
01:12:41 WE SERVE OVER 51,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY AND THAT INCLUDES
01:12:44 IN-PERSON ON THE PHONE, ONLINE AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY
01:12:48 PORTALS. AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE SEEN
01:12:49 MORE IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE AT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAN EVER
01:12:52 BEFORE INCLUDING THE SIGNATURE PROGRAMS LIKE OUR ANNUAL FAMILY
01:12:56 HEALTH CONFERENCE, STATE PLAN PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDED WITHOUT
01:12:59 CITY COST AND OTHER MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE WE ENGAGED
01:13:03 DIRECTLY WITH SAN FRANCISCANS. THIS REFLECTS THE ONGOING
01:13:04 DEMAND FOR INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING AND NEED
01:13:08 ON FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, PROPERTY ASSESSMENT RECORDING
01:13:11 SERVICES AS WELL AS CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING
01:13:15 IN STATE LAW THAT AFFECT THEIR BOTTOM LINES AND THEIR NEED FOR
01:13:19 ACCESSIBLE RESPONSIVE SERVICE DELIVERY.
01:13:20 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> AS I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH
01:13:23 MANY OF YOU, WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH A PERIOD OF
01:13:27 HISTORICALLY HIGH ASSESSMENT APPEALS THAT ARE DRIVEN BY
01:13:28 ONGOING ADJUSTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO'S REAL ESTATE MARKET
01:13:31 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AT THE SAME TIME, REASSESSMENT
01:13:34 ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY HIGH DESPITE THESE
01:13:39 PRESSURES. >> THE CITY'S ASSESSMENT ROLE
01:13:40 GREW BY 1.9% IN THE MOST RECENT YEAR, REACHING ABOUT $357.8
01:13:45 BILLION IN ASSESSED VALUE AND GENERATING APPROXIMATELY
01:13:51 $4.2 BILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
01:13:52 >> OUR BUDGET IS $42.3 MILLION AND THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 1%
01:13:59 ONLY OF THE TOTAL REVENUE THAT WE BRING IN.
01:14:00 >> IN ADDITION TO OUR PROPERTY ASSESSMENT DUTIES WE
01:14:04 PROACTIVELY AUDIT TRANSFER TAXES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE
01:14:07 IS PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE. AND THIS YEAR OUR OFFICE
01:14:09 TRANSFER TAX AUDITS HAVE BROUGHT IN.
01:14:11 AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, $9.5 MILLION IN REVENUE.
01:14:14 WE FOCUS ON EFFICIENCY. WE BUDGET PRECISELY WE MANAGE
01:14:18 OUR RESOURCES ACCORDINGLY. THIS YEAR WE ARE ON TRACK TO
01:14:23 SPEND 99% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
01:14:26 THAT LEAVES VERY LITTLE ON THE TABLE AT YEAR END.
01:14:27 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> OUR PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU
01:14:30 CAN SEE HERE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 IS 43.3 MILLION.
01:14:36 THAT REPRESENTS A 2% INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR ABOUT
01:14:39 $900,000. >> THE FOLLOWING YEAR FOR
01:14:43 FISCAL YEAR 2728 THE BUDGET GROWS TO $45.1 MILLION AND THAT
01:14:47 REPRESENTS A 4% OVER THE FIRST YEAR.
01:14:48 PRIMARILY THIS IS BASED ON SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS.
01:14:53 ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE RECORDING FEES WE COLLECT ARE
01:14:56 THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF REVENUE GROWTH INCREASING 47% OVER THE
01:14:59 CURRENT YEAR WHILE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT GROWS BY 1% IN TERMS OF
01:15:04 EXPENDITURES AND AS I JUST MENTIONED, SALARIES
01:15:07 AND MANDATORY FRINGE BENEFITS MAKE UP THE BULK OF OUR BUDGET
01:15:10 AT 83%. NON PERSONNEL SERVICES GROW
01:15:14 PRIMARILY TO COVER THE COST OF THOSE DATA SUBSCRIPTIONS
01:15:16 AND SOFTWARE LICENSES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR OUR APPRAISERS TO
01:15:19 INFORM THEIR APPRAISAL WORK. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
01:15:22 CHAIR CHAN IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
01:15:27 POSITIONS IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION
01:15:30 IN THE HARD COPIES WE SHARED WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
01:15:31 AND OUR HIRING PLAN. WE ALSO SUMMARIZE OUR CURRENT
01:15:34 AND PROPOSED POSITIONS ON THIS SLIDE NOTING THE PERCENT FILLED
01:15:38 AND VACANT AS WELL AS A MANAGEMENT RATIO FOR EACH
01:15:42 DIVISION THAT AVERAGES ABOUT 1 TO 11 DEPARTMENT WIDE BASED ON
01:15:45 OUR RESEARCH THAT IS A RATIO THAT IS COMPARABLE TO OTHER
01:15:49 ASSESSOR'S OFFICES WITH WHERE THOSE RATIOS RANGE FROM ABOUT 1
01:15:53 TO 6 TO 1 TO 10. SO OUR 1 TO 1 RATIO IS STANDARD
01:15:56 FOR AN OFFICE WITH THE SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS THAT WE
01:16:00 HAVE OR OVERSIGHT AND COMPLIANCE ARE CRITICAL.
01:16:03 OVERALL THE BUDGET OF POSITIONS REMAIN STABLE AND ALL OUR VITAL
01:16:07 TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE EXISTING WORKLOADS ALL OF WHICH WE FIND
01:16:08 TO BE IN THE CITIES INTEREST. I WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH THAT
01:16:12 WITH OUR IN-PROGRESS HIRING WE WILL HAVE 190 PEOPLE ON STAFF
01:16:15 BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. YET THIS BUDGET ONLY PROVIDES
01:16:20 FUNDING FOR 183 OPERATING POSITIONS.
01:16:23 THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CAREFULLY
01:16:27 MANAGE OUR HIRING PLAN BY DELAYING SOME HIRING OR
01:16:31 SELECTIVELY PAUSING BACK FILLS .
01:16:34 THIS IS NOT A NEW ACTIVITY FOR US.
01:16:35 WE CAREFULLY MANAGER HIRING PLAN EACH YEAR BUT IT DOES
01:16:38 PLACE SOME NEW EXTERNAL CONSTRAINTS ON US DURING ONE OF
01:16:40 OUR OFFICES MOST CHALLENGING PERIODS.
01:16:43 IN MY OPINION THE CITY WOULD BE BEST SERVED BY BUDGETING OUR
01:16:46 OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY
01:16:47 NECESSARY TO BACKFILL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
01:16:50 IN LINE WITH LAST YEAR'S POLICY DECISION THAT YOU MADE TO ADD
01:16:55 POSITIONS TO OUR BUDGET. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
01:17:00 >> SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACED.
01:17:04 THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SHARED WITH YOU LAST YEAR.
01:17:06 UNFORTUNATELY THE ASSESSMENT APPEALS CONTINUE TO BE OUR MOST
01:17:09 PRESSING CHALLENGE. THIS IS OUR THIRD CONSECUTIVE
01:17:12 YEAR OF RECORD BREAKING APPEALS FILINGS.
01:17:15 YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART THAT OUR PAST PANDEMIC AVERAGE IS
01:17:19 ALMOST FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE HEIGHT EVEN OF THE GREAT
01:17:23 RECESSION. THIS IS ALSO AN EIGHT FOLD
01:17:24 INCREASE OVER PRE-PANDEMIC YEARS.
01:17:27 AND AT THE TIME THE SURGE BEGAN WE WERE NOT STAFFED TO MEET
01:17:28 THIS CHALLENGE. THESE APPEALS REPRESENT
01:17:31 HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY VALUE UNDER DISPUTE
01:17:34 AND THESE ARE CASES THAT MUST BE RESOLVED WITHIN TWO YEARS
01:17:37 UNLESS A WAIVER IS GRANTED WHEN WAIVERS ARE GRANTED.
01:17:41 TAXPAYERS ALSO STILL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO REVOKE THE WAIVER
01:17:44 AND APPEALS MUST BE PROMPTLY SCHEDULED.
01:17:45 IT IS VITAL TO THE CITY'S INTERESTS THAT WE SUCCESSFULLY
01:17:49 MANAGE THIS APPEALS SURGE THAT WE WORK EVERY APPEAL AND THAT
01:17:52 WE DO SO TIMELY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
01:17:56 >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW THIS SLIDE SHOWS A FULLER
01:18:01 PICTURE OF OUR APPEALS. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
01:18:02 ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE WHAT WE CALL REASSESSMENTS.
01:18:05 THOSE ARE CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP AND YOU CONSTRUCTION THAT WE
01:18:08 VALUE. THESE TWO WORKLOADS ARE HANDLED
01:18:09 BY OUR APPRAISERS. WHEN APPEALS SPIKED
01:18:13 AND REASSESSMENTS REMAINED CONSTANT, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME
01:18:16 HARD CHOICES. WHAT WORK GETS DONE FIRST?
01:18:19 WHAT WORK WILL BE DELAYED? >> OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WE
01:18:21 PRIORITIZE WORKING ALL SCHEDULED APPEALS
01:18:24 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE ASSESSMENT
01:18:27 APPEALS BOARD. THIS FOCUS HAS ENABLED US TO
01:18:28 CLOSE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE APPEALS WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON
01:18:31 THE SLIDE HERE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT HAS ALSO
01:18:35 MEANT SLOWING THE RATE AT WHICH WE COMPLETE REASSESSMENTS.
01:18:36 AND SO PRODUCTION AS A RESULT HAS DROPPED IN FISCAL YEAR
01:18:41 2425. WITH THE CHANGES ALREADY
01:18:42 UNDERWAY IN THE ADDITIONAL APPRAISER POSITIONS YOU
01:18:46 APPROVED LAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEGUN TO TURN THIS AROUND.
01:18:49 WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESOLVED APPEALS
01:18:51 AND WE ARE COMPLETING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
01:18:54 REASSESSMENTS. WE'VE CLOSED OVER 11,000
01:18:57 REASSESSMENTS THROUGH THE END OF MAY.
01:18:58 WE EXPECT TO REACH OVER 12,500 BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH.
01:19:03 >> WHEN WE CLOSE OUR ASSESSMENT ROLL THIS IS NEARLY THREE TIMES
01:19:07 THE AMOUNT THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
01:19:08 BUT DESPITE THIS GROWING SUCCESS, WE STILL HAVE ELEVATED
01:19:12 WORKLOADS THAT CONTINUE AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THIS
01:19:15 FISCAL YEAR OF 2627 WITH 10,000 OPEN APPEALS AND ROUGHLY 18,000
01:19:21 OPEN REASSESSMENTS. ANY DELAY IN WORKING THOSE
01:19:24 REASSESSMENTS ONLY CREATES FURTHER PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
01:19:26 DEFERRALS TO THE CITY AND INCREASES FRUSTRATION FOR
01:19:29 TAXPAYERS WHO GET BILLED MORE THAN ONE YEAR PROPERTY TAXES
01:19:33 ALL AT ONCE. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK
01:19:36 AND CATCH UP ON OUR BACKLOG. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
01:19:39 WHAT I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS PRESENTATION
01:19:41 SUPERVISORS IS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEEPLY RESPONSIVE TO THIS
01:19:45 MOMENT OF COURSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND YOUR INVESTMENTS
01:19:48 IN OUR OFFICE. WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
01:19:49 AND WITH THE COLLABORATION OF COURSE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
01:19:52 THE COMPTROLLER, THE TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR, CITY
01:19:55 ATTORNEY, CLERK OF THE BOARD I KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO
01:19:56 SUCCESSFULLY MEET THIS CHALLENGE FOR THE GOOD OF OUR
01:19:59 CITY. I VERY MUCH WANT TO THANK OF
01:20:00 COURSE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, CITY
01:20:03 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BUT OF COURSE OUR BUDGET TEAM.
01:20:04 SIMON JACK, EMILY AULT, ERIC CHAN, JENNIFER ROMAN AND OUR
01:20:08 DEPUTY ASSESSOR OF OPERATIONS JUAN CARLOS CANSINO.
01:20:10 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
01:20:14 >> I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
01:20:18 >> THANK YOU. ASSESSOR TAURUS AND SUPERVISOR
01:20:22 SAUTER THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
01:20:23 >> CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE THE PROACTIVE
01:20:27 AUDITS? YOU KNOW, IS THERE IS THERE
01:20:30 MORE THAT YOU COULD BE DOING THERE IN TERMS OF YOU AND MAYBE
01:20:36 DON'T WANT TO REVEAL BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF AUDITS YOU
01:20:38 ACTUALLY OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TRANSACTIONS YOU AUDIT?
01:20:41 I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. >> SURE.
01:20:45 THIS IS A REFLECTION AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
01:20:46 SUPERVISOR THIS IS A REFLECTION OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
01:20:49 STATE AND THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION WILL WE'RE
01:20:51 COORDINATING ON MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THERE ARE
01:20:53 TRANSACTIONS IN THE OPEN MARKET SPECIFICALLY WITH LEGAL ENTITY
01:20:56 OWNERSHIP ENTITIES THAT WE ARE CAPTURING THAT VALUE IN A
01:21:00 TIMELY MANNER THROUGH A COORDINATION WITH THE STATE.
01:21:03 WE'VE SEEN A DOUBLING OF THAT AMOUNT FROM LAST YEAR.
01:21:07 I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT 4.5 MILLION VERY SPECIFICALLY FOR
01:21:11 THESE TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS TO THE NUMBER THAT I SHARED
01:21:15 EARLIER OF 9.5 MILLION. IT IS A MATTER OF WHAT IS
01:21:19 COMING IN AND HOW HOW BOTH FOOT FORWARD WE ARE IN MAKING SURE
01:21:22 THAT WE CONTINUE THOSE DIALOGS AND CAPTURE THAT VALUE AS
01:21:26 APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE LEGAL ENTITIES ARE ALSO
01:21:29 PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE. FAIR AND ACCURATE BUT FAIR
01:21:31 SHARE. >> THANK YOU.
01:21:36 I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION.
01:21:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH. ASSESSOR TORRES THANK YOU SO
01:21:41 MUCH FOR YOUR LEAN AND BUT MIGHTY TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT
01:21:44 THEY DO GENERATING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROPERTY TAX FOR THE
01:21:48 CITY. SO WE SO APPRECIATE YOU.
01:21:51 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT
01:21:53 WE ARE LIKE THE PLAYERS THAT HAMLET IS LOOKING FOR.
01:21:56 WE WERE DISCRETION IS OUR TUTOR.
01:21:57 THAT'S WHY WE SPEND SO EFFICIENTLY BUDGET SO
01:22:00 EFFECTIVELY AND ALSO SUITING OUR WORDS TO ACTION THAT I HOPE
01:22:03 THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE IN THE PRESENTATION.
01:22:05 SO THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY
01:22:08 CONTINUE CONVERSATION YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE.
01:22:10 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:22:11 WORK. AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL HAVE
01:22:14 OUR TREASURER HERE. THANK YOU.
01:22:25 GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS.
01:22:29 I'M JOSE CISNEROS. I'M JOINED HERE WITH MY
01:22:32 COLLEAGUE AMANDA FREED. I FIRST WANT TO THANK OUR NBA
01:22:36 BUDGET ANALYST MATTHEW AND OUR B BUDGET ANALYST RASHI.
01:22:40 AND OF COURSE I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OWN BUDGET TEAM
01:22:43 JEFF CHESTER AND SUZANNE. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OUR
01:22:48 MISSION IS TO COLLECT AND SAFEGUARD THE CITY'S MONEY
01:22:51 AND TO USE OUR EXPERTISE TO HELP LOW INCOME SAN FRANCISCAN
01:22:54 FAMILIES TO BUILD ECONOMIC SECURITY AND MOBILITY.
01:22:58 TODAY WE'LL WALK THROUGH OUR CORE OPERATIONAL SERVICES
01:23:02 AND HOW WE KEEP THE CITY RUNNING.
01:23:03 THESE ARE THE CITYWIDE FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS THAT ARE
01:23:06 THE BACKBONE OF HOW SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTS REVENUE,
01:23:10 MANAGES MONEY AND PAYS ITS BILLS AND EVERY YEAR WE COLLECT
01:23:14 OVER $7 BILLION IN TAX AND FEE REVENUE FOR THE CITY ROUGHLY
01:23:18 HALF THE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET POLICE, FIRE, HOUSING, SCHOOLS,
01:23:25 PARKS ALL OF IT DEPENDS IN PART ON THE REVENUE WE COLLECT.
01:23:29 WE USE ADVANCED ONLINE PLATFORMS TO SUPPORT TIMELY
01:23:33 FILING AND PAYMENT FOR 99,000 REGISTERED BUSINESSES.
01:23:37 WE REACH TAXPAYERS THROUGH MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS
01:23:38 CHANNELS WHICH LEADS TO OVER 16 MILLION ONLINE TRANSACTIONS
01:23:44 BEING PROCESSED. >> IMPLEMENTING PROPOSITION M
01:23:49 THE BUSINESS TAX OVERHAUL PASSED BY VOTERS IN 2024
01:23:52 DEFINED MUCH OF OUR LAST YEAR. THE SCOPE WAS ENORMOUS NEW TAX
01:24:00 STRUCTURE REDESIGNED FORMS, REBUILT SYSTEMS AND NEW
01:24:04 WORKFLOWS. WE BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
01:24:05 A SINGLE SIMPLIFIED COMBINED FILING UNDER ONE DEADLINE
01:24:10 AND DELIVERED IT ON TIME MARCH 2026.
01:24:13 THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST MAJOR FILING DEADLINE UNDER THE NEW
01:24:17 UNIFIED STRUCTURE. FULL PROP M REVENUE DATA WILL
01:24:21 FOLLOW WHEN EXTENSION FILERS WHO ARE OFTEN LARGER BUSINESSES
01:24:24 COMPLETE THEIR FILINGS AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.
01:24:27 FOR SMALL BUSINESSES PROP M MEANT REAL RELIEF.
01:24:31 WE ELIMINATED $10 MILLION IN REGULATORY LICENSE FEES FOR
01:24:35 EXAMPLE IN MIDSIZE RESTAURANTS THAT USED TO PAY OVER $1,400 A
01:24:39 YEAR IN FEES. NOW KEEPS THAT MONEY 91% OF
01:24:45 RESTAURANTS AND 8,087% OF 90 NIGHTLIFE BUSINESSES WILL NO
01:24:48 LONGER PAY AN ANNUAL LICENSE BILL.
01:24:52 WE ALSO INVESTED IN COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE BUSINESSES
01:24:56 UNDERSTOOD THE NEW RULES. WE CONDUCTED WEBINARS,
01:25:00 PUBLISHED DETAILED GUIDANCE AND LAUNCHED TWO NEW PROGRAMS
01:25:04 THE VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAM WHICH
01:25:07 HAS ALREADY BROUGHT IN OVER $6 MILLION IN VOLUNTEER FEE PAID
01:25:11 BACK TAXES AND THE CITY'S FIRST ADVANCED WRITTEN DETERMINATION
01:25:15 PROGRAM GIVING BUSINESSES BINDING ANSWERS TO THEIR TAX
01:25:19 QUESTIONS. CERTAINTY FOR BUSINESSES
01:25:22 MATTERS WHEN THE RULES ARE NEW .
01:25:25 IN ADDITION TO OUR REGULAR TAX COLLECTION WORK, OUR OFFICE IS
01:25:29 RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT EVERY TAXPAYER PAYS WHAT THEY
01:25:33 OWE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES
01:25:37 FOLLOW THE RULES. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:25:38 EVERYONE ELSE DOES TOO. WE LEAD TWO DISTINCT BUT
01:25:42 ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS TO ADDRESS THAT DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS
01:25:48 AND AUDITS. THROUGH OUR AUDIT TEAM WE FOCUS
01:25:49 ON ACCURACY VERIFYING THAT THOSE WHO DO FILE ARE REPORTING
01:25:53 THE CORRECT AMOUNTS UNDER THE LAW.
01:25:56 IN THE PAST YEAR OUR AUDITS RESULTED IN THE COLLECTION OF
01:26:00 $206 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR TAX LIABILITIES INCLUDING
01:26:04 PENALTIES, INTEREST AND FEES. OUR BUREAU OF DELINQUENT
01:26:08 REVENUE FOCUSES ON NON-FILERS AND NON PAYERS MAKING SURE
01:26:11 EVERY BUSINESS DOES ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER FILE
01:26:15 AND PAY ACTUALLY DOES. LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED 146
01:26:21 MILLION IN DELINQUENT TAXES. WE ALSO SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS
01:26:25 ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING THE MTA HOSPITALS, FIRE AND THE
01:26:30 RENT BOARD HELPING THEM RECOVER DELINQUENT PAYMENTS
01:26:34 AND STRENGTHEN THEIR OWN BILLING AND COLLECTION
01:26:35 PRACTICES. WE APPROACH EVERY DELINQUENT
01:26:38 CASE WITH ETHICS, FAIRNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHICH IS WHY
01:26:42 IT IS CRITICAL THAT THIS WORK BE DONE BY CITY EMPLOYEES
01:26:46 RATHER THAN PRIVATE DEBT COLLECTORS.
01:26:51 OUR TREASURY AND BANKING SERVICES ARE THE FINANCIAL
01:26:52 BACKBONE OF CITY GOVERNMENT. WHEN A PART GETS FUNDED, A
01:26:55 VENDOR GETS PAID OR A RESIDENT RECEIVES A REFUND.
01:26:59 OUR TEAM HELPS MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
01:27:02 THIS YEAR WE PROCESSED $4.1 BILLION IN ONLINE CITYWIDE
01:27:05 TRANSACTIONS AND WE MANAGED A $19 BILLION POOL INVESTMENT
01:27:11 FUND. NOW OUR ECONOMIC JUSTICE CENTER
01:27:16 IS WHERE OUR FINANCIAL EXPERTISE MEETS THE DAILY LIVES
01:27:19 OF SAN FRANCISCANS WHO NEED IT MOST IN FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS LIKE
01:27:23 KINDERGARTEN TO COLLEGE AND THE FINANCIAL COUNSELING PROJECT.
01:27:28 WE USE THE SAME FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO
01:27:32 POWER OUR DAILY OPERATIONS TO REMOVE BARRIERS AND OPEN DOORS
01:27:35 FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
01:27:38 AND WE KEEP INNOVATING BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
01:27:42 STOP SCAMS. S.F. OUR NEWEST INITIATIVE THAT
01:27:44 LAUNCHES SOON WILL HELP US SCAM PROOF CITY GOVERNMENT
01:27:48 AND PROTECT VULNERABLE SAN FRANCISCANS FROM THE FINANCIAL
01:27:52 FRAUD AND SCAMS THAT INCREASINGLY TARGET SENIORS,
01:27:55 YOUNG PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS. THE LARGE VEHICLE BUYBACK
01:28:02 PROGRAM SHOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN CITY FINANCIAL
01:28:04 EXPERTISE GOES TO WORK DIRECTLY FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.
01:28:06 OUR OFFICE HELP THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SAGE RESEARCH
01:28:10 AND DESIGN A LARGE VEHICLE BUYBACK PROGRAM THAT INTEGRATES
01:28:17 A TWO PART FINANCIAL PAYMENT WITH MUNICIPAL DEBT RELIEF
01:28:18 AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING. WE KNOW HOW TO COLLECT ADDED
01:28:22 TAX AND WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES CLEARING DEBT IS THE
01:28:26 MOST EFFECTIVE OUTCOME FOR THE CITY AND TRANSFER MAJORS.
01:28:30 SO FAR WE'VE HELPED LARGE VEHICLE BUYBACK PARTICIPANTS
01:28:34 ELIMINATE $95,000 IN CITY CITYWIDE DEBT AND CONNECTED
01:28:40 THEM TO ONE ON ONE FINANCIAL COUNSELING TO HELP THEM OPEN
01:28:41 BANK ACCOUNTS AND BUILD THE CREDIT THEY NEED FOR HOUSING
01:28:45 AND EMPLOYMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING
01:28:48 THESE SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:28:51 AND HCA. NEXT YEAR OUR PROPOSED BUDGET
01:28:55 FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 IS APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION WITH
01:28:59 HALF COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER HALF COMING
01:29:02 FROM DEPARTMENTAL GENERATED INCOME.
01:29:05 THIS WAS A YEAR THAT REQUIRED DIFFICULT AND DELIBERATE
01:29:10 CHOICES. WE WERE GIVEN A GENERAL FUND
01:29:11 REDUCTION TARGET OF 1.2 MILLION WHICH WE MET THROUGH A
01:29:14 COMBINATION OF INCREASED REVENUE RECOVERIES THROUGH
01:29:17 CHARGES FOR SERVICES AND TARGETED POSITIONAL
01:29:20 ELIMINATIONS INCLUDING ONE FILLED ROLE AND TWO VACANT
01:29:22 POSITIONS. WE IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST PHASE
01:29:25 OF A BUDGET NEUTRAL REORGANIZATION TO MAXIMIZE
01:29:28 ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND OUR FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET
01:29:33 INCLUDES ADDITIONAL COST NEUTRAL SUBSTITUTIONS TO
01:29:37 COMPLETE THIS WORK. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT ONE
01:29:41 EXISTING MANAGER THREE POSITIONED FOR OUR IN-PROGRESS
01:29:44 REORGANIZATION THAT WE INCLUDED IN OUR BASE BUDGET WAS
01:29:45 ELIMINATED. WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY
01:29:48 CHALLENGING YEAR BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET THIS
01:29:50 RESTORED WITH YOUR SUPPORT. OUR DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING TELLS
01:29:56 A CLEAR STORY. WE HAVE DONE MORE WITH LESS
01:30:00 CONSISTENTLY OVER MANY YEARS FROM 207 AT THE TIME FUNDED
01:30:04 POSITIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 23 WE'RE NOW DOWN TO 178 IN THE
01:30:10 UPCOMING YEAR A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION WHILE OUR WORKLOAD
01:30:14 HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY. DURING THE SAME YEAR WE
01:30:18 IMPLEMENTED MULTIPLE NEW TAXES AND THE LARGEST BUSINESS TAX
01:30:22 OVERHAUL IN A GENERATION. AND WE INCREASED COLLECTION BY
01:30:25 COLLECTIONS BY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
01:30:28 THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
01:30:32 IT REFLECTS DELIBERATE RESTRUCTURING, CAREFUL PLANNING
01:30:33 AND A COMMITMENT TO RUNNING AN EFFICIENT OPERATION.
01:30:39 I AM ALSO CONCERNED AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO A $1 MILLION ATTRITION
01:30:43 SAVING TARGET IN THE SECOND YEAR 2728 WITH SEVERAL NEW TAX
01:30:46 MEASURES AGAIN ON THE HORIZON. WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO
01:30:50 REDUCE FURTHER WITHOUT ACTUALLY IMPACTING REVENUE COLLECTION.
01:30:57 NOW THIS WORK CHART REFLECTS OUR DEPARTMENTAL FOLLOWING A
01:30:58 THOUGHTFUL REORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO ALIGN OUR TEAMS
01:31:02 WITH CORE FUNCTIONS. WE ARE NOW ORGANIZED WITH FOUR
01:31:05 DIRECT REPORTS TO MY OFFICE THE CHIEF ASSISTANT TREASURER, THE
01:31:09 TAX COLLECTOR, THE CHIEF OF PEOPLE BUDGETING COLLECTIONS
01:31:12 AND THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND SYSTEMS.
01:31:15 WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 178 BUDGETED AND FUNDED POSITIONS.
01:31:20 IN ORDER TO MEET OUR LABOR FUNDING AFTER ATTRITION WE'RE
01:31:21 HOLDING 12% OF TOTAL POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET VACANT WITH 85%
01:31:27 OF OUR POSITIONS ARE FILLED AND 3% ARE ACTIVELY IN THE
01:31:30 HIRING PROCESS. OUR MANAGEMENT STAFF RATIO IS
01:31:34 21 MANAGERS TO 157 NON-MANAGEMENT STAFF 12%
01:31:37 MANAGEMENT OVERALL. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
01:31:41 WORK OF OUR DEPARTMENT WHICH IS SPECIALIZED AND COMPLEX AND A
01:31:44 FULL POSITION LIST IS AVAILABLE AS A SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT.
01:31:48 WITH THAT I'LL CONCLUDE AND BE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
01:31:52 >> THANK YOU FISCHER DORSEY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR.
01:31:57 SO I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN DELINQUENT
01:32:00 COLLECTIONS AND AUDIT RECOVERIES.
01:32:03 >> IS THAT DUE TO IMPROVED ENFORCEMENT OR WORSENING
01:32:07 NONCOMPLIANCE? >> I'M JUST MICHAEL OBVIOUSLY
01:32:11 FOR PEOPLE BUDGETING COLLECTIONS.
01:32:14 SO YES WE WE RECEIVED INCREASED ASSIGNMENTS AS WELL AS WHEN I
01:32:18 SAY ASSIGNMENTS WE GET ASSIGNMENTS OF DEBTS FROM OTHER
01:32:22 DEPARTMENTS. SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE
01:32:25 INCREASE ASSIGNMENTS WE'VE HAD VERY EFFECTIVE RESULTS ON THOSE
01:32:26 COLLECTIONS. WE'VE ALSO CHANGED SOME OF OUR
01:32:29 ENFORCEMENTS A LOT OF THAT WITH THE BUSINESSES ON ON THE
01:32:33 SUPPLIERS AND HOLD ON SUPPLIER HOLDS.
01:32:34 SO WHENEVER AND THAT MEANS THAT WHENEVER WE ARE GOING TO BE
01:32:37 SENDING OUT MONEY TO THOSE VENDORS OR TO THOSE SUPPLIERS
01:32:40 AND THEY OWE DEBTS TO THE CITY, WE PLACE THOSE ON HOLD AND THAT
01:32:41 HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN BEING ABLE TO RECOVER ON
01:32:45 THOSE OBLIGATIONS OR. >> THANK YOU.
01:32:54 THANK YOU. TREASURER.
01:32:54 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
01:32:55 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
01:32:58 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
01:32:59 AND SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:33:02 TECHNOLOGY. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CHEN
01:33:34 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MIKE MAXIMUM THE CITY CIO THANK
01:33:38 YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET TODAY.
01:33:41 WE WILL AIM TO KEEP OUR PRESENTATION TO THE MANDATED
01:33:45 FIVE MINUTES. OUR SUBMITTED BUDGET MEETS
01:33:46 AND EXCEEDS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE REDUCTION TARGET.
01:33:49 REACH THAT MARK BY REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL
01:33:53 COSTS RENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOFTWARE LICENSING.
01:33:56 WE FOCUS ON PROTECTING THE FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES
01:34:00 THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND RESIDENTS DEPEND ON.
01:34:01 >> BEFORE OUR CFO WALKS YOU THROUGH THE NUMBERS I WANT TO
01:34:08 ANSWER CHAIR CHAN'S QUESTION ABOUT OUR CORE PROGRAMS.
01:34:09 MY ANSWER IS DIRECT EVERY PROGRAM IN OUR BUDGET IS CORE
01:34:12 TO THE CITY'S ABILITY TO OPERATE.
01:34:15 EMAIL KEEPS 13,000 CITY EMPLOYEES COMMUNICATING.
01:34:19 OUR NETWORK CONNECTS EVERY CITY FACILITY, EVERY POLICE STATION
01:34:23 IN EVERY FIRE STATION. NONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS ARE
01:34:25 DISCRETIONARY. EACH ONE IS A BUILDING BLOCK.
01:34:28 THE CITY NEEDS TO DELIVER SERVICES EFFECTIVELY
01:34:31 AND EFFICIENTLY. >> NEXT SLIDE.
01:34:35 >> THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY RUNS THE SHARED TECHNOLOGY
01:34:36 FOUNDATION TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS RELY ON IN OUR WORK
01:34:41 COMES DOWN TO FOUR MAJOR COMMITMENTS WE'RE MAKING THE
01:34:42 CITY SYSTEMS MORE RESILIENT. MODERNIZING INFRASTRUCTURE SO
01:34:46 THE SERVICES PEOPLE COUNT ON STAY RELIABLE EVEN DURING A
01:34:49 DISRUPTION. >> WE'RE KEEPING THE CITY'S
01:34:53 CYBER SAFE DEFENDING OUR DATA AND SYSTEMS AROUND THE CLOCK.
01:34:57 WE'RE INNOVATING RESPONSIBLY, PUTTING AI AND NEW TOOLS TO
01:35:00 WORK TO MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE EFFECTIVE.
01:35:03 AND WE'RE CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
01:35:05 OUR FIBER TO HOUSING PROGRAM BRINGS HIGH SPEED FREE INTERNET
01:35:08 ACCESS TO MORE THAN 20 FORCES AND FAMILIES IN LOW INCOME
01:35:12 HOUSEHOLDS AT AFFORDABLE AND PUBLIC HOUSING.
01:35:18 >> THIS IS OUR NATIONAL STRUCTURE IS STREAMLINED
01:35:22 AND LIGHTWEIGHT. OUR DIVISIONS PROVIDE SERVICE
01:35:23 AS A DEPARTMENT SAN FRANCISCO RELY ON EVERY DAY.
01:35:27 >> A RADIO NETWORK KEEPS POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS
01:35:30 CONNECTED DURING EMERGENCIES. OUR CYBERSECURITY NETWORK TEAMS
01:35:34 KEEP CITY DATA SECURE IN EVERY FACILITY ONLINE.
01:35:37 FIBER TO HOUSING WHEN I JUST MENTIONED CAN ACCOUNTS OF LOW
01:35:39 INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THE INCREASE OF GOVT TV BROADCASTS
01:35:42 PROCEEDINGS LIKE THIS ONE SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN SEE THEIR
01:35:45 GOVERNMENT AT WORK. I WILL NOW TURN MY PRESENTATION
01:35:49 OVER TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LEN BENVENUTI TO
01:35:52 PRESENT OUR BUDGET. >> THANK YOU.
01:36:00 GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
01:36:01 >> MY NAME IS ILENE BENVENUTI AND I AM THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
01:36:05 OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY.
01:36:08 BEFORE I DELVE IN I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TO
01:36:11 ACKNOWLEDGE THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
01:36:15 OFFICE AS WELL AS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK
01:36:19 IN REVIEWING OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
01:36:20 SO NEXT THIS FIRST SLIDE IS OUR BUDGET OVERVIEW.
01:36:26 AS YOU CAN SEE FOR FY 2627 THE TOTAL SUBMITTED BUDGET IS
01:36:38 $172.5 MILLION 174.5 FOR F Y 28.
01:36:42 HOWEVER, AS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT FUNDING
01:36:46 SUPPORTS PASS THROUGH COSTS FOR DEPARTMENTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS
01:36:50 AND OTHER CITYWIDE PROGRAMS. AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR THESE NON
01:36:54 OPERATING COMPONENTS THE DEPARTMENT'S NET OPERATING
01:36:58 BUDGET SUBMITTED FOR F Y 27 IS IS APPROXIMATELY $100 MILLION
01:37:07 AND 102 MILLION FOR F Y 28. THE INCREASES FOR THE TWO YEARS
01:37:11 ARE PRIMARILY DUE TO CONTRACTUAL AND COMPLIANCE
01:37:15 COSTS INCLUDING CAL CAP ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAS
01:37:19 WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY GENERALLY TO CONTAIN COSTS
01:37:23 THROUGH STRATEGIC NEGOTIATIONS ,TARGETED BUDGET REDUCTIONS,
01:37:27 RISING CRIME RISING COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD CONTINUE TO
01:37:34 PUT PRESSURE ON OUR BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE.
01:37:42 >> THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE COMPOSITION OF OUR BUDGET.
01:37:45 AS YOU CAN SEE THE LARGEST SLICE ON THE EXPENDITURE
01:37:49 SUPPORTS CLIENT DEPARTMENTS PASSED THROUGH ACTIVITIES
01:37:53 INCLUDING IT PROJECTS, ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENTS
01:37:57 AND OTHER CONSUMPTION BASED COSTS SUCH AS PUBLIC CLOUD.
01:38:01 >> THE OTHER LARGE CATEGORY IS SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND CRITICAL
01:38:05 TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH TOGETHER ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF
01:38:09 RELIABLE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE ACROSS THE CITY.
01:38:13 >> INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
01:38:17 AND CYBERSECURITY REMAIN PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS THE
01:38:21 CITY CONTINUES TO MODERNIZE SYSTEMS AND ADDRESS EVOLVING
01:38:24 SECURITY THREATS. NEXT SLIDE OUR NEXT SLIDE IS
01:38:31 OUR POSITION. SO WITH REGARD TO STAFFING, THE
01:38:34 DEPARTMENT HAS BUDGETED 245.2 FTE AND 27.
01:38:40 >> THIS REFLECTS THE ELIMINATION OF 23 POSITIONS TEN
01:38:44 FUNDED AND 13 UNFUNDED AND AS PART OF THE CITY CITY'S BUDGET
01:38:50 BALANCING EFFORTS. >> DESPITE THESE REDUCTIONS THE
01:38:51 DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ESSENTIAL
01:38:55 SERVICES INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS, CYBERSECURITY
01:39:01 OPERATIONS AND CITYWIDE NETWORKING.
01:39:05 AND FINALLY NEXT SLIDE. AND FINALLY THIS THIS SLIDE I
01:39:09 WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACTIONS THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS
01:39:13 THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN TO MEET THE MAYORS BUDGET
01:39:16 OFFICE REDUCTION TARGETS THROUGH A COMBINATION OF
01:39:20 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, COST SAVINGS MEASURES AND STRATEGIC
01:39:24 USE OF FUND BALANCE REVENUE OFFSETS AND POSITION
01:39:28 REDUCTIONS. THE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED
01:39:31 $17.5 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS IN F Y 27 AND APPROXIMATELY
01:39:38 $22.5 MILLION IN F Y 28. >> THESE REDUCTION INCLUDES
01:39:42 SAVINGS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE LICENSING FACILITY
01:39:45 COSTS, NETWORK OPERATIONS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE
01:39:50 EFFICIENCIES. >> WHILE THESE MEASURES HAVE
01:39:54 REQUIRED DIFFICULT DECISIONS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED TO
01:39:59 MITIGATE IMPACTS ON CORE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
01:40:02 AND MAINTAIN RELIABILITY, SECURITY AND AVAILABILITY OF
01:40:06 THE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT CITY OPERATIONS.
01:40:09 >> IN SUMMARY, THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS A
01:40:13 CAREFUL BALANCE BETWEEN ACHIEVING SIGNIFICANT BUDGET
01:40:17 REDUCTIONS AND SUSTAINING THE CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
01:40:21 UPON WHICH CITY DEPARTMENTS DEPEND ON.
01:40:24 THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. I THINK YOU AND MICHAEL AND I
01:40:29 ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE
01:40:33 MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU.
01:40:33 VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR CHEN.
01:40:37 I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT IS PROBABLY ON
01:40:44 THE SONG TOO OFTEN ABOUT THE WORK YOU DO ON CYBERSECURITY
01:40:45 AND EVERY TIME I READ ABOUT I THINK IT MOST RECENTLY WAS
01:40:49 FOSTER CITY OR OAKLAND. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
01:40:52 CHALLENGES THAT MUNICIPALITIES FACE WHEN IT COMES TO
01:40:54 CYBERSECURITY SO GOOD WORK THAT THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
01:40:59 >> TWO THINGS ONE I WANTED TO ASK DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE ON?
01:41:03 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A STATE LAW THAT LOCAL
01:41:06 GOVERNMENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MOVING TO TOP LEVEL DOMAINS SO
01:41:08 THAT ALL OF OUR EMAILS ARE GOING TO BE S.F. DOT GOV AND I
01:41:11 ASSUME THAT'LL INCLUDE WEBSITES AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT I JUST
01:41:15 WANTED TO GET THE STATUS REPORT ON THAT AND ASK IF THERE'S
01:41:18 GOING TO BE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT WHEN IT
01:41:21 HAPPENS. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.
01:41:25 YES THERE'S A TIMELINE. I THINK THE DETAILS WOULD BE
01:41:26 BEST PROVIDED BY DIGITAL SERVICES WHICH IS A DIVISION
01:41:30 WITHIN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.
01:41:33 OKAY. THE OTHER THING I NOTICED WAS
01:41:37 THERE WAS A COST REDUCTION FOR ADOBE AND I IT REMINDED ME THAT
01:41:43 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR WITH THE
01:41:47 DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
01:41:51 AND MANY OF THEM HAVE DISCRETE CONTRACTS WITH LEXIS-NEXIS
01:41:55 AND WESTLAW A LOT OF THE SERVICES I ASSUME SORT OF
01:41:58 SIMILAR TO THIS HAVE. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE
01:42:02 SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT SORT OF BRINGING TO BEAR THE
01:42:06 THE ENTIRE CITY AS TO LEVERAGE OUR BUYING POWER RATHER THAN
01:42:11 HAVING MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS GETTING THEIR OWN
01:42:14 CONTRACTS? I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING
01:42:17 THAT CAME UP FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL.
01:42:18 THEY'D LIKE TO GET THAT COST DOWN.
01:42:21 >> ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? YEAH.
01:42:25 SUPERVISOR I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT APPROACH
01:42:26 THAT DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY HAVE HAS TAKEN OVER THE LAST
01:42:32 I'D SAY A DECADE. WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE
01:42:36 RESPONSIBLE USE OF ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN
01:42:40 THERE'S SIGNIFICANT SPENT OR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ARE
01:42:43 INVOLVED. WE'RE ALSO ENGAGED UNDER THE
01:42:44 UMBRELLA OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR IN OUR REVIEW OF
01:42:50 MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR USE OF SOFTWARE LICENSES.
01:42:55 I WOULD SAY THAT THE CURRENT BUDGET REDUCTIONS LIMIT OUR
01:42:59 ABILITY TO TAKE ON NEW ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS BUT WE
01:43:02 CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT GOAL. THANK YOU.
01:43:10 THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
01:43:13 WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. AND SO WITH THAT OUR NEXT IS
01:43:17 THE OFFICE OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
01:43:24 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, KATIE, PATRICIA ONLY SETS
01:43:28 UP OUR PRESENTATION. LET ME JUST ANSWER THE
01:43:32 QUESTIONS THAT SUPERVISOR DORSEY MENTIONED.
01:43:33 I HAD SID HARRELL HERE WHO IS WHO RUNS OUR DIGITAL SERVICES
01:43:39 TEAM AND OUR STATE DEADLINE FOR THE TRANSITION OF WEB PAGES IS
01:43:42 JANUARY 2028. AND WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY
01:43:43 WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO TRY TO GET TO THAT
01:43:47 SPACE AT THE MOMENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT I THINK YOU
01:43:49 HAD ASKED MIKE A BIT ABOUT THE TECH STACK AND SORT OF THE
01:43:53 ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST THERE.
01:43:54 THAT IN FACT IS A BODY OF WORK THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON
01:43:58 COLLECTIVELY ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY
01:44:02 UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE DECK OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE
01:44:05 UTILIZING FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF OPERATIONS.
01:44:09 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH A CITY AS LARGE AS OURS WITH SO MANY
01:44:10 FUNCTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
01:44:13 THERE'S REAL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHETHER THERE ARE CERTAIN
01:44:16 DEPARTMENTS THAT COULD COLLABORATE OR COULD HAVE
01:44:17 AND EXIST UNDER EXISTING CONTRACTS.
01:44:20 AND WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE BENEFITS TO THAT.
01:44:21 NOT ONLY COULD WE POTENTIALLY NEGOTIATE FROM A BETTER
01:44:24 POSITION, A STRONGER POSITION WITH A BIGGER BUYING POWER BUT
01:44:27 WITH NOT MULTIPLE CONTRACTS WE ALSO SAVE ON THE ADMINISTRATION
01:44:31 OF DIFFERENT CONTRACT TERMS. WE ALSO HAVE BETTER VISIBILITY
01:44:34 IN TERMS OF RISKS ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL.
01:44:36 SO THAT IS ACTUALLY AN ACTIVE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON
01:44:38 WE'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. >> WITH THAT I DO WANT TO START
01:44:42 OFF AND JUST SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
01:44:44 OFFICE AND IN PARTICULAR SOPHIA KETTLER AND HER TEAM WHILE
01:44:46 SOPHIA ACCURATELY DESCRIBED THE PROCESS AS A GRUELING ONE WHICH
01:44:52 I CAN ATTEST THAT IT TRULY WAS A GROWING ONE.
01:44:56 >> WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULT WORK THAT YOU HAD TO
01:44:57 DO TO HELP TO BRING THE BUDGET TO BALANCE AND WANT TO THANK
01:45:00 YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AND FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR
01:45:04 COMPLAINTS AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH PROBABLY 70
01:45:07 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO HAD THE SAME THINGS.
01:45:08 I ALSO WANT TO THANK OF COURSE THE BUDGET ANALYSTS IN ADVANCE
01:45:11 FOR WORKING WITH US AS WELL. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
01:45:14 DIDN'T THANK MY TEAM NOT ONLY THE FOLKS WHO WORK ON THE
01:45:16 BUDGET BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF MY STAFF DAY IN AND DAY OUT THE
01:45:19 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO DO WORK ON EVERYTHING FROM FLEET TO
01:45:23 CARING FOR OUR ANIMALS AND PEOPLE.
01:45:24 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
01:45:27 >> AS YOU KNOW, OUR CITIES ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE TEAM IS A
01:45:30 PRETTY DIVERSE ONE AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE FIRST PAGE OF OUR
01:45:33 PRESENTATION MAYBE THE NEXT PAGE.
01:45:36 >> OUR GOAL IS TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL CORE SERVICES THAT
01:45:41 ENABLE CITY OPERATIONS AND I THINK AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WITH
01:45:44 OVER 21 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT SERVE UNDER THE CITY
01:45:48 ADMINISTRATOR, WE HAVE A VERY, VERY BROAD RANGE OF
01:45:49 STAKEHOLDERS ANYONE FROM AN EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER MEMBERS OF
01:45:53 THE PUBLIC TO INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS DEPARTMENTS WHO
01:45:56 DEPEND ON US IN ORDER TO DELIVER THEIR WORK.
01:45:59 >> WE HAVE BASIC GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS THINGS THAT YOU AND I
01:46:03 CAN IMAGINE GOING INTO CITY GOVERNMENT FOR FINDING VITAL
01:46:06 RECORDS IN OUR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, BEING ENGAGED WITH THE
01:46:08 MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE LANGUAGE ACCESS CONCERNS
01:46:14 CALLING OUR 311 CALL CENTER AS WELL AS ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL
01:46:18 AMONGST MANY OTHERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY
01:46:19 ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE IS ALSO UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO WORK ON
01:46:23 CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL ISSUES AND THINGS THAT WILL REALLY
01:46:27 HELP TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
01:46:31 THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE THAT WE DO A GREAT JOB OF MANAGING
01:46:34 AND REPAIRING OUR CITY'S FLEET THAT ALL OF OUR CITY
01:46:38 DEPARTMENTS DEPEND ON TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS
01:46:41 TO GET AND CLEAN THE STREETS TO GO AND VISIT INDIVIDUALS ACROSS
01:46:45 THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO
01:46:46 WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ON CONTRACTING
01:46:50 CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE WORKING TO HARMONIZE
01:46:54 TECHNOLOGY AS SUPERVISOR DORSEY YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT
01:46:58 SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE AND WE CARRY OUT MUCH
01:47:01 OF THE LONG TERM PLANNING WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY'S
01:47:04 ROADS, OUR BUILDINGS, OUR BRIDGES ARE IN A STATE OF GOOD
01:47:05 REPAIR AS BEST WE CAN DO. >> IN THE NEXT THREE PAGES OF
01:47:09 OUR PRESENTATION YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF TEXT AND UNFORTUNATELY I
01:47:13 COULDN'T FIGURE OUT A MORE GRAPHICALLY PLEASING WAY TO
01:47:16 PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE WITH 21 DIFFERENT
01:47:18 DIVISIONS. BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST TALK
01:47:21 ABOUT AND HIGHLIGHT PERHAPS VERBALLY WITH YOU YOU HAD THE
01:47:22 PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU AND FOLKS CAN LOOK INTO IT.
01:47:25 BUT I WANT TO TALK VERBALLY ABOUT THE TRANSITION THAT WE'RE
01:47:28 MAKING IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.
01:47:29 I THINK AS I HAVE STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE WE HAVE BEEN THINKING
01:47:32 A LOT AND REFLECTING A LOT ABOUT WHAT IS THE UNIQUE
01:47:35 OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE
01:47:38 AND I THINK WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN THINGS
01:47:42 THAT HAD BEEN VIEWED VERY MUCH AS JUST ADMINISTRATIVE BACK
01:47:44 OFFICE FUNCTIONS HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE STRATEGIC
01:47:47 AND TO BE A PARTNER IN HOW THE CITY DELIVERS THINGS.
01:47:51 AND SO EVERYTHING FROM HOW IT IS THAT WE BUY THINGS WHAT IT
01:47:54 IS WE BUY HOW WE MANAGE OUR VEHICLES, HOW IT IS THAT WE
01:47:59 PLACE AND HAVE INDIVIDUALS SERVED IN OUR REAL ESTATE
01:48:01 DIVISION TO HOW IT IS THAT WE DEPLOY TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE
01:48:03 CITY. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT OUGHT
01:48:06 TO BE MORE STRATEGIC AND HOW WE ACTUALLY DEPLOY THEM RATHER
01:48:09 THAN JUST ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.
01:48:10 THERE REALLY ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT
01:48:12 IN FOCUSING IN THAT WORK. WE ARE ALSO WORKING VERY
01:48:17 CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE
01:48:18 OTHER DIVISIONS WITHIN OUR OFFICE ACTUALLY FIND HOMES
01:48:21 WHERE THEY WILL BE BETTER SERVED, WHERE THERE IS BETTER
01:48:23 MISSION ALIGNMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR WORK.
01:48:25 SO IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR'S BUDGET YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TWO
01:48:28 BIG CHANGES TO DIVISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD THE CITY
01:48:31 ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE. I'LL JUST MENTION THAT BRIEFLY
01:48:33 WE'RE NOT TOUCHING ON THEM TODAY IN OUR PRESENTATION BUT
01:48:35 YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS LATER.
01:48:38 ONE IS THE TRANSITION OF THE GRANTS FOR THE ARTS PORTFOLIO
01:48:39 OUT OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE TO A LARGER ARTS
01:48:43 ORGANIZATION. >> AND OF COURSE THE SECOND IS
01:48:46 THE TRANSFER OF THE PERMIT CENTER TO THE PLANNING
01:48:49 DEPARTMENT TO HELP TO BRING BETTER ALIGNMENT TO A LOT OF
01:48:50 THE PERMITTING FUNCTIONS THAT EXIST THERE.
01:48:53 SO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A
01:48:54 HAND IN THOSE SPACES BUT WE'RE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK
01:48:58 THAT OUR TEAM HAS DONE TO CREATE THE FOUNDATION AND TO
01:49:01 SUPPORT IN THIS TRANSITION AND OF COURSE WILL CONTINUE TO
01:49:05 BE GREAT PARTNERS THERE IN JUST FOCUSING ON A FEW OF THE MAJOR
01:49:08 AREAS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
01:49:11 ONE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IS AROUND OUR TECHNOLOGY STACK
01:49:13 AND OUR TECHNOLOGY WORK. WE HAVE AS A CITY REALLY VIEW
01:49:17 TECHNOLOGY IN THE PAST AS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE PAY FOR THAT
01:49:20 WE JUST NEED TO HAVE AND WE PAY FOR COMPUTERS AND NETWORKING
01:49:24 AND OTHER THINGS OTHER THINGS. BUT IN FACT THERE REALLY IS A
01:49:27 MUCH MORE STRATEGIC APPROACH THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING TO
01:49:31 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR ALL OF
01:49:32 THE CITY TO WORK THROUGH. THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE WHEN WE
01:49:35 DON'T DO THIS IS THAT WE REALLY HAVE INFORMATION AND DATA THAT
01:49:39 IS REALLY OPERATING IN SILOS. WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT DON'T WORK
01:49:43 WITH EACH OTHER AND AS A RESULT OUR CITY OPERATIONS AND OUR
01:49:44 PROCESSES DON'T FUNCTION AS SMOOTHLY AS THEY CAN AND PEOPLE
01:49:47 FEEL THIS WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR CITY AND THEY TRY TO BUY A
01:49:51 PARTICULAR GO THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS OR THEY TRY
01:49:54 TO GET A CERTAIN LICENSE THEY OFTEN HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH
01:49:58 MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO GET TO A SINGULAR PLACE.
01:50:01 >> WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON A FEW THINGS
01:50:03 AND FUNDAMENTALLY TO STRENGTHEN OUR CITY'S DIGITAL FOOTPRINT.
01:50:07 ONE IS REALLY INVESTING IN A UNIFIED DATA PLATFORM.
01:50:11 RIGHT NOW OUR DATA IS LOCKED UP IN MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT
01:50:13 ARE OLD LEGACY SYSTEMS HARD TO GET INFORMATION, HARD TO HAVE
01:50:16 THAT INFORMATION BE UNDERSTAND DOABLE ARE USABLE BY
01:50:20 PRACTITIONERS ON THE GROUND AND WE ARE CREATING A UNIFIED
01:50:23 DATA PLATFORM IN ORDER TO CREATE A SECURE, RELIABLE
01:50:24 FOUNDATION WHERE STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED DATA CAN COME
01:50:28 IN FOR ALL OF THE CITY TO USE. WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:50:32 WE ARE REEVALUATING OUR TECHNOLOGY STACK AS I MENTIONED
01:50:35 EARLIER BECAUSE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS ALL OF THE
01:50:37 SEVEN DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY
01:50:39 TO SAY WHAT ARE WE PURCHASING AND WHY ARE WE PURCHASING IT
01:50:42 AND COULD WE ACTUALLY BE DOING IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY?
01:50:45 I THINK MIKE SPOKE A LOT TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT HE'S
01:50:47 DOING AROUND DIGITAL DIGITAL THAT THE CYBERSECURITY WORK
01:50:50 IN ADDITION TO THE NETWORK PIECE.
01:50:54 SO WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
01:50:55 BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING VERY MUCH ABOUT
01:50:58 THE WORK THAT WE HAVE ABOUT BRINGING A FRONT FACE TO SAN
01:51:01 FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT AS WELL WITH SAN FRANCISCO SAN
01:51:05 FRANCISCANS COME TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
01:51:06 THEY DON'T MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THIS DEPARTMENT OR THAT
01:51:09 DEPARTMENT THEY VIEWS AS ONE SAN FRANCISCO AND WE ARE TO
01:51:13 OPERATE THAT WAY AS WELL AND MAKE IT AS EASY FOR
01:51:14 INDIVIDUALS TO DO THAT. IN ADDITION TO THE TECHNOLOGY
01:51:18 WORK, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A VERY, VERY LARGE FOCUS ON HOW
01:51:21 IT IS THAT WE IMPROVE CONTRACTING AND PURCHASING GOV
01:51:24 OPS IS A ENTITY THAT WE OR EFFORT THAT WE HAD LIFTED
01:51:28 SEVERAL YEARS AGO INITIALLY TO GET US OUT OF THE PANDEMIC
01:51:32 AND GET US BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS.
01:51:33 BUT IT HAS TRULY EVOLVED TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE'RE THINKING A
01:51:36 LOT ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT WE STREAMLINE PURCHASING ACROSS
01:51:38 THE CITY. THERE IS NO SINGLE CITY
01:51:40 DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PURCHASING THE
01:51:44 LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT TAKES HOW ONEROUS THAT PROCESS LOOKS
01:51:45 LIKE, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET VENDORS IN TO DO THE WORK
01:51:49 AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE WITH OUR CITY STAFF.
01:51:51 AND SO WE ARE WORKING VERY MUCH TO CREATE DIFFERENT AVENUES TO
01:51:55 BE MORE INNOVATIVE AND MORE NIMBLE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW IT
01:51:57 IS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING. ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE WILL
01:52:00 BE LIFTING AND THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE LAUNCHING WE HOPE
01:52:03 IN JULY OF THIS YEAR IS A TRIBE OF FOR YOU BY RFQ POOL TO ALLOW
01:52:08 DEPARTMENTS TO TEST OUT IN A LOW RISK WAY EMERGING
01:52:12 TECHNOLOGY TOOLS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:52:15 THERE'S ONE FRONT DOOR IN THAT THERE IS STANDARDS THAT WE
01:52:19 ACTUALLY PUT IN PLACE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO BUSINESS
01:52:20 WITH US. IT SHOULDN'T BE THE WILD WILD
01:52:22 WEST. WE HAVE CERTAIN DATA
01:52:23 AND INFORMATION WE NEED TO PROTECT.
01:52:25 IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EASE THE WAY
01:52:27 SO THAT INDIVIDUALS DON'T HAVE TO REPLICATE THE SAME
01:52:29 PROCUREMENT PROCESS ACROSS 770 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OVER
01:52:33 AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> IN ADDITION TO THAT IN OUR
01:52:36 FLEET I THINK AS SOPHIA HAD MENTIONED AND WE'RE WORKING
01:52:39 VERY MUCH TO UTILIZE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY INSTALLED
01:52:41 CURRENTLY ABOUT 92% OF OUR VEHICLES HAVE TELEMATICS
01:52:45 INSTALLED IN THEM AND THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH
01:52:48 FUEL WE'RE USING, HOW MUCH SPEED WE'RE HOW FAST WE'RE
01:52:52 GOING, WHAT THE UTILIZATION OF VEHICLES ARE.
01:52:55 WE WANT TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT
01:52:57 WE'RE RETIRING VEHICLES THAT TAKE A LOT MORE TO MAINTAIN
01:53:00 THAN IF WE WERE TO REPLACE THOSE VEHICLES OUTRIGHT.
01:53:03 IT'S A SMARTER WAY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT
01:53:04 INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND RIGHT SIZING OUR FLEET SO
01:53:07 THAT WE CAN DO GOOD THERE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK AS
01:53:11 MANY OF YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS OF THE CITY HAS
01:53:14 HAVE BEEN TO GREEN OUR FLEET AND WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING
01:53:15 TOWARDS THAT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES
01:53:19 TO THAT IS ACTUALLY HAVING ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS TO
01:53:21 BE ABLE TO POWER THOSE VEHICLES.
01:53:22 >> LUCKILY FOR US WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING 403 GRANT
01:53:26 FUNDED CHARGERS IN CITY BUILDINGS.
01:53:30 THIS WE BELIEVE WILL MEET ABOUT 50% OF THE CHARGING NEEDS FOR
01:53:33 OUR VEHICLES ONCE WE GET TO OUR FULL GOAL.
01:53:34 SO THIS IS GOING TO MOVE US A VERY, VERY LONG PART OF THE WAY
01:53:37 THERE AND IN PARTICULAR WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE WORLD
01:53:40 TODAY WITH RISING FUEL COSTS, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG
01:53:44 IMPROVEMENT TO HELP US TO MANAGE SOME OF THOSE
01:53:45 FLUCTUATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT FRANKLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY
01:53:48 CONTROL OVER. AND THEN FINALLY I'LL SAY
01:53:50 IN TERMS OF OTHER CITYWIDE INITIATIVES, WE'RE GOING TO BE
01:53:52 WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO CONTINUE TO POSITION REAL
01:53:55 ESTATE AS A STRATEGIC PARTNER IN THINKING ABOUT HOW IT IS
01:53:58 THAT WE DELIVER THE CITY'S SPACE NOT ONLY FOR OUR WORKERS
01:54:00 TO HAVE GOOD QUALITY SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK BUT ALSO TO
01:54:03 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE CITY'S KIND OF
01:54:07 MOVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE.
01:54:08 AND I THINK I WANT TO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR YOUR
01:54:12 SPONSORSHIP OF THE 1455 INITIATIVE THAT MOVES US
01:54:14 TOWARDS THAT THAT POSITION. >> MOVING QUICKLY AWAY FROM
01:54:17 SOME OF THE CITYWIDE EFFORTS THAT WE WILL BE ENGAGING WITH
01:54:21 IN THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A PRETTY FULL
01:54:24 PLATE FOR US. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW
01:54:25 OTHER DIVISIONS THAT WILL FLOW PERHAPS TO THE NEXT PAGE WHERE
01:54:29 WE SEE CONTRACT. THIS IS A RIGHT PAGE FOR
01:54:32 CONTRACT MONITORING DIVISION. I DID WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE
01:54:33 BIT ABOUT OUR LOCAL PROGRAM FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN
01:54:36 FRANCISCO. I THINK AS MANY OF YOU KNOW
01:54:39 WHEN WE DO INVEST IN OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHEN WE HIRE OUR
01:54:43 LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DO GOOD WORK FOR OUR CITY, THEY IN TURN
01:54:46 OFTENTIMES REINVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, HIRE PEOPLE FROM
01:54:48 THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT.
01:54:51 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN IN TRYING TO MAKE
01:54:52 SURE THAT WE SUPPORT EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE THAT WE
01:54:58 AWARD TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES A REQUIREMENT AND IT'S ACTUALLY
01:55:02 PUTTING ABOUT $500 MILLION IN AWARDED CONTRACTS INTO LOCAL
01:55:05 BUSINESSES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
01:55:06 THAT IS WORTH REALLY THINKING ABOUT AS A CITY AS WE THINK
01:55:10 ABOUT KIND OF WHERE OUR DOLLARS GO.
01:55:13 MAKING SURE WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN OUR ESTEEMED DIVISION A
01:55:14 FEW MAJOR THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. SUPERVISOR WALTON, I KNOW THIS
01:55:18 IS SOMETHING YOU HAD CHAMPIONED QUITE A LOT DURING YOUR TERM.
01:55:21 WE'VE DONE A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT LIBBY'S ARE AWARE WHEN
01:55:25 PROJECTS ARE AWARDED AND THEY ACTUALLY WON A BID SOMETIMES
01:55:29 ALBIES DON'T KNOW IT AND SO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO ACTUALLY
01:55:30 GETTING THEM TO DO THE JOB, THEY'RE NOT PREPARED AND READY
01:55:34 TO GO AND THAT BECOMES A REAL BIG PROBLEM WHEN THE MAIN
01:55:36 CONTRACTOR WANTS YOU TO MOVE QUICKLY WITHOUT THE RESOURCES
01:55:38 OR PREP TIME TO DO IT. AND SO WE'VE TAKEN ON THE EXTRA
01:55:41 STEP OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT AWARENESS EARLY ON SO
01:55:44 THAT THEY CAN PREPARE AND GET THEIR TEAMS READY AND NOT LOSE
01:55:48 THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> SECOND, WHICH IS A HUGE,
01:55:49 HUGE WIN I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LBA
01:55:53 COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME ON THIS ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE
01:55:57 WORKED VERY CLOSELY TO THE CREATIVE CODE TO ENSURE THAT
01:55:59 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTFOLIO HAS LOCAL LBB GOALS,
01:56:04 NOT JUST THE STATE GOALS AND THAT'S GOING TO ALSO BE AN
01:56:07 IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OPEN UP FOR
01:56:08 LOCAL BUSINESSES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:56:11 AND THEN FINALLY ONE OTHER QUICK THING I'LL SAY IS THAT ON
01:56:13 THE EQUAL BENEFITS PART SUPERVISOR DAWSEY YOU MENTIONED
01:56:16 THIS PIECE BEFORE. WE HAVE REALLY DRIVEN DOWN OUR
01:56:19 EFFICIENCY IN TERMS OF OUR INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY
01:56:20 AND DRIVEN DOWN THE TIME TO PROCESS THOSE THOSE
01:56:23 APPLICATIONS. WHAT USED TO TAKE ABOUT
01:56:26 POTENTIALLY 3 TO 10 HOURS TO TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION NOW TAKES
01:56:31 TEN MINUTES IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THE EQUAL BENEFITS
01:56:33 COMPLIANCE. AND THEN OUR REVIEW HAS GONE
01:56:37 DOWN FROM 30 DAYS TO SAME DAY APPROVALS.
01:56:40 SO WE REALLY ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL HELP TO
01:56:43 I THINK REDUCE SOME OF THE BARRIERS BOTH FOR LOCAL
01:56:45 BUSINESSES BUT ALSO FOR OUR STAFF TIME THAT'S ON THESE
01:56:49 PROJECTS. >> FINALLY PERHAPS ON THE LAST
01:56:52 PAGE I'LL JUMP TO THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE SUCCESS STORIES
01:56:56 AND MANY MORE EFFORTS THAT I COULD SPEAK TO BUT I DO WANT TO
01:56:57 SPEAK TO THE OFFICE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS
01:56:59 FOR JUST A MOMENT. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
01:57:01 TIME AS YOU KNOW, FOR MANY COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE
01:57:04 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OF COURSE HERE AS
01:57:07 WELL. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:57:08 WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
01:57:11 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING UP ONLINE IS THAT WE
01:57:14 WILL BE CERTIFYING VIETNAMESE AS A OFFICIAL LANGUAGE THAT
01:57:16 WILL NEED TO BE TRANSLATED THIS COMING MONTH.
01:57:19 I THINK IT'S JUNE 23RD ISH OR SO THAT IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY
01:57:24 CERTIFIED AS THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.
01:57:28 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE'RE
01:57:29 GOING TO BE MANAGING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT OVER THE
01:57:33 NEXT YEAR AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
01:57:34 AND DEPARTMENTS ON HOW IT IS TO BEST HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:57:37 THEIR DOCUMENTS, THEIR INFORMATION IS ALSO TRANSLATED
01:57:41 IN A TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE WAY.
01:57:42 THERE IS I WON'T I WON'T SUGARCOAT IT.
01:57:45 NOT A LOT OF RESOURCES TO DO IT.
01:57:46 WE DIDN'T HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT GOT PUT INTO THIS
01:57:49 SPACE BUT WE WILL WORK ACROSS ALL OF OUR EXISTING TOOLS
01:57:53 WHETHER IT'S OUR LANGUAGE LINE, OUR EXISTING CONTRACTS, OUR
01:57:54 CITY STAFF TO TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE
01:57:57 THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
01:58:01 AND FINALLY I WILL JUST SAY THAT I'M I'M GOING TO
01:58:04 TRANSITION IT OVER TO KATIE WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE
01:58:05 SPECIFICS OF OUR BUDGET. BUT WE AS A WHOLE HAD A $20
01:58:08 MILLION REDUCTION IN BOTH YEARS FOR OUR BUDGET IN YEAR TWO WE
01:58:11 HAVE AN UNIDENTIFIED $4.3 MILLION ADDITIONAL SALARY CUT.
01:58:18 THERE IS NOT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE CUTTING THAT YET
01:58:19 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK VERY QUICKLY AFTER THIS BUDGET
01:58:22 PROCESS IS DONE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE ADDITIONAL CUTS
01:58:25 WILL COME FROM. AND SO WHILE THIS IS PHASE ONE
01:58:29 OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S HARD WORK YET TO
01:58:30 COME. AND SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT
01:58:32 OVER TO KATIE. >> THANK YOU, CARMEN.
01:58:33 GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS. I AM KATIE PATRICIA YONI THE
01:58:36 DEP, A DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE CFO FOR
01:58:40 THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND AS CARMEN
01:58:41 SAID I WILL WALK THE COMMITTEE THROUGH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
01:58:47 THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS. >> THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED
01:58:51 BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 IS $594 MILLION NEARLY 60% OF THIS
01:58:58 FUNDING COMES FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO PAY FOR THE
01:59:02 SERVICES THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR PROVIDES THEM
01:59:06 INCLUDING FLEET CONTRACTING AND FACILITY NEEDS.
01:59:10 >> THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S BUDGET CARRIES THE COST OF
01:59:11 PROPERTY RENT, DEBT SERVICE AND INSURANCE FOR THE ENTIRE
01:59:15 CITY. >> ONLY 19% OF OUR BUDGET IS
01:59:19 GENERAL FUNDED SUPPORTING STAFF WHO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES
01:59:23 SUCH AS 311. AND COUNTY CLERK VITAL
01:59:26 DOCUMENTS TO SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS.
01:59:30 ANOTHER 26% OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR REVENUES SUPPORT
01:59:33 SPECIFIC DEDICATED PURPOSES OF WHICH THE LARGEST OF THOSE ARE
01:59:37 MOSCONI CONVENTION CENTER AND TREASURE ISLAND.
01:59:43 ROUGHLY A THIRD OF OUR BUDGET FUND STAFF NOT INCLUDES AUTO
01:59:44 MECHANIC CONTRACT ANALYSTS AND CUSTODIANS AMONG MANY
01:59:48 OTHERS. A THIRD OF OUR BUDGET COVERS
01:59:52 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND THAT INCLUDES THE COST OF BUILDING
01:59:56 LEASES INSURANCE OPERATION OF THE MOSCONI CONVENTION CENTER
02:00:00 AND OTHER SMALLER SURFACE ISSUES SUCH AS SOFTWARE
02:00:04 LICENSING AND COPY MACHINES. >> 14% OF OUR BUDGET NEXT YEAR
02:00:10 PAYS FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR THE PAST PURCHASE OF CITY BUILDINGS
02:00:15 AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO MOSCONI.
02:00:18 14% COVERS THE SERVICES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OTHER CITY
02:00:22 DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING UTILITIES AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION
02:00:25 AND TELEPHONE AND NETWORK SERVICES.
02:00:29 AND THEN THE REMAINING SMALLER SLICES OF THE PIE FUND GRANTS
02:00:30 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION CENTRAL OFFICE COSTS SUCH AS
02:00:37 ACCOUNTING AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND THEN MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
02:00:43 . GIVEN THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY
02:00:47 OF OUR DEPARTMENT WE HAVE 957 FUNDED FTE.
02:00:52 >> THIS ORG CHART ROLLS UP OUR DIVISIONS TO THE CITY
02:00:55 ADMINISTRATORS THREE FUNDING SOURCES THE GENERAL FUND
02:00:59 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND DIVISIONS FUNDED THROUGH
02:01:00 WORK ORDERS. >> I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE
02:01:04 HIRING FREEZE OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS HAS HAD AN ACUTE EFFECT
02:01:08 ON OUR STAFFING LEVELS. >> THE HIRING FREEZE HAS CAUSED
02:01:12 PARTICULAR IMPACTS TO DIVISIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT
02:01:19 AND ON POSITIONS INCLUDING THINGS SUCH AS ANIMAL CARE
02:01:23 ATTENDANTS AND MEDICAL EXAMINER INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS
02:01:27 IMPACTS TO POSITIONS IN OUR WORK ORDER SUCH AS CONTRACT
02:01:30 ANALYSTS, MECHANICS AND STATIONERY ENGINEERS.
02:01:34 THESE ONGOING VACANCIES AFFECT STAFF MORALE AND THEY HAVE REAL
02:01:38 OPERATIONAL IMPACTS FOR US. >> OUR INABILITY TO HIRE MEANS
02:01:42 THAT WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO EUTHANIZE ANIMALS AND TO TAKE
02:01:45 MORE TIME TO REMOVE BODIES FROM CRIME SCENES AS WELL AS TO
02:01:49 NEGLECT CRITICAL MAINTENANCE ON CITY INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS
02:01:53 BOILERS AND TO KEEP POLICE CRUISERS IN FIRE TRUCKS THAT
02:01:56 NEED REPAIRS OFF THE STREETS FOR WEEKS RATHER THAN MONTHS.
02:02:00 >> SORRY DAYS. >> THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
02:02:06 OVERSEES 22 DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS IN THE CURRENT
02:02:07 FISCAL YEAR BUT AS CARMEN MENTIONED WE WILL BE
02:02:11 TRANSFERRING TWO DIVISIONS GRANTS FOR THE ARTS AND THE
02:02:14 PERMIT CENTER TO THE ARTS COMMISSION AND TO THE PLANNING
02:02:17 DEPARTMENT RESPECTIVELY. >> 11 OF THE REMAINING 20
02:02:24 DIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE PUBLIC FACING INCLUDING COUNTY
02:02:27 CLERK, OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT AND THE
02:02:29 OFFICE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS.
02:02:32 OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT WE MANAGE ARE INTERNALLY FACING
02:02:36 SUPPORTING THE WORK OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING
02:02:39 PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF THE
02:02:43 CITY'S VEHICLE FLEET AND ADMINISTRATION OF CITY
02:02:45 PROPERTY. >> THIS OVERVIEW ORGANIZES OUR
02:02:47 DIVISIONS AND THEIR BUDGETS BY FUND TYPE AND AS YOU CAN SEE
02:02:51 OUR DIVISIONS RANGE VERY SIGNIFICANTLY IN SIZE WITH
02:02:55 SMALL DIVISIONS INCLUDING COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION
02:02:58 TECHNOLOGY AND THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION WITH
02:03:02 BUDGETS THAT ARE LESS THAN $2 MILLION AND THAT ARE ALMOST
02:03:05 100% COMPRISED OF STAFF UP TO OUR REAL ESTATE DIVISION WHOSE
02:03:10 TOTAL BUDGET NEXT YEAR IS $187 MILLION AND WHICH INCLUDES
02:03:13 MULTIPLE STAFF AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT COSTS FOR EXPENSES
02:03:18 SUCH AS RENT WORK ORDERS AND DEBT SERVICE.
02:03:24 >> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BEGAN THE BUDGET PROCESS BY ASKING THE
02:03:28 CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO REDUCE OUR WORK ORDER COSTS BY 10%.
02:03:34 >> ULTIMATELY THE BUDGET OFFICE REQUESTED THAT THE CITY
02:03:38 ADMINISTRATOR REDUCE ITS BUDGET BY $12 MILLION AND AS YOU CAN
02:03:41 SEE ON THIS SLIDE WE EXCEEDED THAT TARGET IN THE DEPARTMENT'S
02:03:45 FEBRUARY 21ST BUDGET SUBMISSION .
02:03:48 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE RETURNED TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND TO
02:03:54 OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN MARCH WITH THE INSTRUCTION TO CUT
02:03:57 DEPARTMENTS FROM CUT POSITIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL
02:04:01 FUND BUDGET AND THEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CAME BACK AGAIN
02:04:05 IN MAY WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO BUDGETED ATTRITION
02:04:09 . >> ALL TOLD, THE CITY
02:04:10 ADMINISTRATOR HAS REDUCED ITS BUDGET BY OVER NEARLY $22
02:04:16 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2620 SEVEN AND $21 MILLION IN FISCAL
02:04:22 YEAR 2728. SO TO GIVE SOME DETAILS ON OUR
02:04:26 BUDGET BALANCING, I WILL START WITH REVENUE.
02:04:30 THE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO BUDGET $1.6 MILLION GROWTH
02:04:34 IN REVENUE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND 780 $1,000 YEAR AFTER.
02:04:40 >> THIS GROWTH COMES FROM INCREASES IN REVENUE AT THE
02:04:45 ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION AS WELL AS CITY HALL EVENTS FROM
02:04:48 INCREASED EVENTS AT MOSCONI CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL AS
02:04:53 REVENUE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT PAY US FOR SERVICES THAT
02:04:57 WE RENDER. THIS PRIMARILY REFLECTS AN
02:05:00 INCREASE IN REVENUE TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL
02:05:05 EXAMINER FOR TOXICOLOGY SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
02:05:08 >> SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
02:05:12 >> THE BUDGET THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY REDUCES SALARY
02:05:16 AND FRINGE BENEFIT COSTS IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE BY
02:05:20 NEARLY $5 MILLION NEXT YEAR AND ALMOST $9 MILLION THE YEAR
02:05:24 AFTER. >> THIS INCLUDES DELETION OF
02:05:28 VACANT POSITIONS THAT THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR MADE IN ITS
02:05:30 FEBRUARY BUDGET SUBMISSION AS WELL AS THE DECISION IN MARCH
02:05:35 TO ACCELERATE THE CONCLUSION OF THE COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR
02:05:37 PROGRAM WHICH RESULTED IN THE RELEASE OF 16 STAFF BEFORE THE
02:05:44 END OF THEIR THREE YEAR CONTRACTS AND THE CAP PROGRAM
02:05:47 CONCLUDED AT THE END OF MAY. THE BUDGET ALSO REFLECTS A
02:05:52 MARCH DECISION TO DELETE FIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENTS AT 311
02:05:56 WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE LAYOFF OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY
02:06:00 SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF JUNE. IN ADDITION, THE BUDGET
02:06:04 INCLUDES THE DELETION OF 10923 MANAGER POSITION AT DIGITAL
02:06:07 SERVICES AND THE RELEASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL FROM AN EXEMPT
02:06:11 POSITION AS THE RESULT OF THAT DECISION.
02:06:15 >> IN ADDITION TO THE 22 POSITIONS THAT I'VE JUST
02:06:18 OUTLINED, THE BUDGET DELETES 12 VACANCIES INCLUDING CUSTODIANS
02:06:22 AS WELL AS ANALYSTS AT THE OFFICE OF CONTRACT
02:06:26 ADMINISTRATION AND THE CONTRACT MONITORING DIVISION WHICH WILL
02:06:30 LEAD TO REDUCTIONS IN CUSTODIAL SERVICES AT THE WAR MEMORIAL
02:06:34 VETERAN'S BUILDING AND 525 GOLDEN GATE AS WELL POTENTIALLY
02:06:37 AS TWO FEWER COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENTS ISSUED BY THE
02:06:41 OFFICE OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
02:06:44 >> AND FINALLY, AS THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR MENTIONED, THE
02:06:48 PERSONNEL BUDGET INCREASES ATTRITION THAT DECREE LEASES
02:06:53 THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO HIRE POSITIONS
02:06:54 PRIMARILY IN THE GENERAL FUND. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MAYOR'S
02:07:01 OFFICE PLACED $4.3 MILLION OF UNALLOCATED ATTRITION IN THE
02:07:05 DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN FISCAL YEAR 27 28.
02:07:08 >> THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO APPROXIMATELY 20 FTE AND WILL
02:07:12 REQUIRE US TO RETHINK SERVICE DELIVERY IN OUR GENERAL FUND
02:07:16 PROGRAMS. >> IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE
02:07:21 HAVE SOUGHT TO LIMIT THE IMPACTS OF BUDGET CUTS ON
02:07:24 SERVICES. >> WE'VE FOUND EFFICIENCIES, WE
02:07:27 HAVE CUT VACANCIES, WE HAVE MADE REDUCTIONS TO NON-SALARY
02:07:31 EXPENSES. >> THIS IMPERATIVE THOUGH TO
02:07:35 CUT $4.3 MILLION FROM OUR GENERAL FUND SALARY BUDGET
02:07:39 IN YEAR TWO FORECLOSES ANY REMAINING EASY SOLUTIONS.
02:07:43 >> IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO MEET THIS TARGET WITHOUT
02:07:48 ELIMINATING SERVICES AND LIKELY LAYING OFF ADDITIONAL STAFF
02:07:52 IN THIS PERIOD OF SUSTAINED LIMITED RESOURCES.
02:07:58 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EVALUATE OUR OPTIONS AND MAKE
02:08:00 SOME VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. >> OUR BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES
02:08:06 SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN NON-SALARY COSTS.
02:08:10 THIS INCLUDES SAVINGS TO CITY INSURANCE AS A RESULT OF SOME
02:08:14 UNEXPECTED POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE INSURANCE MARKET.
02:08:18 >> IT ALSO INCLUDES CHANGES FOR FUNDING TO THE CONTRACTOR
02:08:22 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO REFLECT USAGE OF THAT PROGRAM.
02:08:27 >> WE ARE RIGHTSIZING THIS BUDGET TO MATCH ACTUAL
02:08:30 UTILIZATION. >> WE ARE PROPOSING SAVINGS
02:08:31 FROM THE SURETY BOND PROGRAM WHICH RESULT FROM THE FACT THAT
02:08:35 THIS PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY SUPER FUNDED LEADING US TO REQUEST A
02:08:41 PAUSE TO ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS. >> THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
02:08:45 REQUIRES THAT THE CITY MAINTAIN $2 MILLION IN THE SURETY BOND
02:08:49 FUND. BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE $4.3
02:08:52 MILLION IN THE FUND. SO WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE
02:08:56 REASONABLE TO DEFER FUTURE DEPOSITS UNTIL NECESSARY.
02:08:59 >> OTHER NON NON-SALARY BUDGET SAVINGS WILL COME FROM CHANGES
02:09:04 TO OPERATIONS WITHIN OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT DIVISION INCLUDING
02:09:08 CONTINUAL CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF A NO IDLING
02:09:12 POLICY FOR CITY VEHICLES CONTINUING TO REDUCE THE SIZE
02:09:16 OF THE CITY'S FLEET AS WELL AS INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRIC
02:09:20 VEHICLES WHICH DO REQUIRE LESS MAINTENANCE.
02:09:24 >> UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH THE FUEL SAVINGS THAT WE HAD HOPED
02:09:28 TO ACHIEVE FROM THE NO IDLING POLICY WILL BE OFFSET LARGELY
02:09:31 BY AN INCREASE IN OUR FUEL PRICES AS A RESULT OF THE WAR
02:09:35 IN IRAN. >> AND THEN FINALLY THE BUDGET
02:09:39 REDUCES SOME CONTRACT SPENDING AND MAKES SMALL REDUCTIONS TO
02:09:43 THE SERVICES THAT WE BUY FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
02:09:46 >> IN SUMMARY, THE TWO YEAR SPENDING PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT
02:09:50 OF YOU SEEKS TO MEET THE CITY'S NEED TO BUILD A BALANCED BUDGET
02:09:56 WHILE SUSTAINING CENTRAL SERVICES.
02:09:57 THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR CONTINUES TO SEEK TO STREAMLINE
02:10:01 OURSELVES BY SHIFTING FUNCTIONS SUCH AS GRANTS FOR THE ARTS
02:10:05 AND THE PERMIT CENTER TO OTHER AGENCIES WHERE APPROPRIATE
02:10:09 AND WHERE THAT SHIFT WILL RESULT IN STRONGER SERVICE
02:10:14 DELIVERY. >> THIS BUDGET ALSO REFLECTS
02:10:17 OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO FOCUS ON CORE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR
02:10:21 CITY DEPARTMENTS PROVIDING STRATEGIC SERVICES SUCH AS
02:10:25 CAPITAL PLANNING, PROCUREMENT, REAL ESTATE PLANNING
02:10:28 AND TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOW OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO FOCUS ON
02:10:33 DELIVERING THEIR KEY SERVICES TO SAN FRANCISCO'S RESIDENTS,
02:10:36 BUSINESSES AND VISITORS. AND WITH THAT THE CITY
02:10:40 ADMINISTRATOR AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
02:10:43 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:10:44 AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN.
02:10:48 A QUICK JUST LARGELY FOR MY EDIFICATION BUT I'M JUST
02:10:51 CURIOUS THE SAVINGS TO CITY INSURANCE IS THAT FOR THE
02:10:54 INSURANCE FOR OUR FLEET AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE.
02:10:59 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING GENERALLY WE'RE SELF-INSURED AS A CITY
02:11:03 BUT I SUPPOSE I IF I RECALL CORRECTLY ABSOLUTELY WERE CITY
02:11:07 ATTORNEY DAYS THERE WERE TIMES THAT WE HAVE TO AND WE'RE
02:11:10 LEGALLY REQUIRED TO OBTAIN INSURANCE FOR THINGS.
02:11:13 >> JUST INVITE YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT.
02:11:14 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE DO AS LARGELY THE CITY IS
02:11:17 A SELF INSURED CITY AND SO WE DO HAVE I THINK THE COMPTROLLER
02:11:21 CAN SPEAK TO IT MANY RESERVES THAT WE PUT ASIDE TO ACCOUNT
02:11:24 FOR OUR LITIGATION RESERVES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED
02:11:26 TO ACCOUNT FOR. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE
02:11:29 ARE TIMES WHEN WE DO GO OUT TO THE MARKETPLACE IN ORDER TO
02:11:32 PURCHASE INSURANCE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF ONE OF
02:11:34 THOSE EXAMPLES IS PURCHASING INSURANCE TO INSURE OUR CITY'S
02:11:37 ART COLLECTIONS FOR EXAMPLE. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS
02:11:41 THAT WE ACTUALLY DO GO OUT TO TO PROVIDE INSURANCE FOR THE
02:11:44 AIRPORT HAS SOME INSURANCE THAT WE PURCHASE ON THEIR BEHALF.
02:11:48 THE PORT DOES AS WELL AS OTHER ENTITIES.
02:11:51 >> I THINK IF YOU REMEMBER RECENTLY THERE WAS A FIRE AT
02:11:53 THE PORT FACILITIES, ONE OF THE THE ON THE PIER THERE WAS A
02:11:57 FIRE THAT OCCURRED THAT ALSO TAPPED INTO INSURANCE THAT WE
02:12:00 HAD PURCHASED ALONGSIDE WITH THE PORT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
02:12:04 WERE PROPERLY INSURED. >> SO BY AND LARGE MOST OF THE
02:12:05 CITY IS INSURED THROUGH OUR SELF INSURANCE POLICY BUT THERE
02:12:08 ARE A FEW PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE THAT WE PURCHASE
02:12:12 AND THEN SEPARATE TOPIC. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOUR
02:12:15 OFFICE HAS BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN CHARTER REFORM AMONG OTHER
02:12:19 THINGS INCLUDING PROCUREMENT REFORM THAT I THAT ARE SORT OF
02:12:23 THINGS THAT I HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN ASSUMING THE
02:12:26 CHARTER MEASURES AND I THINK WE'RE THINK I THINK IT'S GOING
02:12:31 TO BE THREE OR POSSIBLY FOUR ASSUMING THOSE WERE TO PASS
02:12:34 IN THE FALL. >> AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING
02:12:38 THAT YOUR OFFICE WOULD HAVE A LARGE ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THAT
02:12:42 RIGHT? >> IS IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE
02:12:45 THAT IS ACCOUNTING FOR THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED?
02:12:49 >> ARE YOU ADEQUATELY RESOURCED FOR A THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FOR
02:12:52 THE QUESTION? >> I THINK AS YOU RIGHTLY SAID
02:12:53 THERE ARE SOME IDEAS THAT ARE OF THAT BEING FLOATED THAT
02:12:59 INCLUDE HAVING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR PLAY A CONTINUED
02:13:00 MORE INDEPENDENT AND KIND OF LONG TERM ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO
02:13:03 STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT WORK AND IN ADDITION TO TECHNOLOGY
02:13:07 CURRENTLY WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS A STATUS QUO
02:13:11 BUDGET WITH A FEW ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN UNIFIED DATA
02:13:14 PLATFORM. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT THERE IS NO
02:13:16 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
02:13:18 I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE WERE TO PICK UP AND REALLY RUN WITH
02:13:22 SOME OF THOSE THE INTENTION OF SOME OF THOSE MEASURES THAT WE
02:13:27 WOULD HAVE TO REALLY THINK MORE THOROUGHLY ABOUT OUR
02:13:28 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND WHETHER WE'RE ACTUALLY SET
02:13:30 UP TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. >> I THINK JUST WHILE I CAN'T
02:13:34 QUOTE HAMLET AS OUR ASSESSOR CAN, YOU KNOW THERE IS THE
02:13:39 NEWTON LAW OF PHYSICS WHICH SAY THAT SOMETHING THAT IS IS
02:13:42 STATIC WILL STAY STATIC AND LESS THAN EQUAL
02:13:43 AND OPPOSITE FORCE PUSHES IT. AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY APT
02:13:47 DESCRIPTION FOR CITY FUNCTIONS AND PROCESSES TOO.
02:13:51 IT'S REALLY EASY TO KEEP THINGS AS THEY ARE RIGHT.
02:13:53 IT'S EASY TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO AS IT IS BUT IF YOU WANT TO
02:13:55 CHANGE SOMETHING IT TAKES SO MUCH EFFORT TO BRING PEOPLE
02:13:58 TOGETHER TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
02:14:02 GET PEOPLE'S BUY IN TO MAKE THAT PROCESS AS GOOD AS
02:14:03 POSSIBLE AND THEN THE ACTUAL WORK OF IMPLEMENTATION AND WE
02:14:06 DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR ALL OF THAT YET.
02:14:09 >> SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
02:14:12 >> THANK YOU. AND I AM GOING TO EXPRESS MY
02:14:17 CONCERN BUT ALSO GRATITUDE MY GRATITUDE FOR CITY
02:14:23 ADMINISTRATOR CHU AND YOUR TEAM FOR WORKING WITH THE MAYOR AND
02:14:28 REALLY JUST FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BALANCED
02:14:31 BUDGET AND TAKING A LOT OF REDUCTION.
02:14:35 I AM GOING TO SAY THIS ON THE RECORD AT THIS MOMENT AND I
02:14:39 KNOW THAT WE CAN'T PROBLEM SOLVE RIGHT NOW IN THE MONTH OF
02:14:43 JUNE BUT I DO HOPE THAT IN THE MIDYEAR PARTICULARLY
02:14:49 IN DECEMBER WHEN WE HAVE BETTER IDEAS ON MANY FRONTS BE IT TAX
02:14:54 REVENUE MEASURE FOR ON A LOCAL LEVEL BUT ALSO ON THE STATE AS
02:14:58 WELL AS THE FEDERAL RECONCILIATION BILLS.
02:15:02 AGAIN, THAT'S COMING THROUGH IN SEPTEMBER ALONG WITH MIDTERM
02:15:05 AND ALL THAT THAT IT IS MY I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON RECORD THAT
02:15:10 I THINK THE CITY SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE CITY
02:15:13 ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE FOR ANY RESTORE CUTS WOULD SHOULD BE A
02:15:21 ACTUALLY A POWER TITHING TO $4.3 MILLION FOR ATTRITION
02:15:27 BECAUSE I DO I DO AGREE THAT REACH UP FOR THE REDUCTION THAT
02:15:32 NOW WE'RE PROBABLY SET TO APPROVE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IS
02:15:36 GOING TO BE SEVERE AND POTENTIALLY DETRIMENTAL FOR
02:15:40 THE OPERATION OF THIS CITY AS A WHOLE AND IT'S FAIRLY IMPACTFUL
02:15:47 . >> I THINK IF WE COULD I THINK
02:15:48 WE WOULD FOR YOUR SECOND YEAR OF ATTRITION PROBLEM THAT WE
02:15:54 SHOULD ADDRESS FOR THIS $4.3 MILLION I'LL KEEP YOU HAVE MY
02:16:01 COMMITMENT I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO OVER THE NEXT
02:16:03 WEEK OR TWO TO SEE WHERE WE LAND.
02:16:06 BUT I SHARED A CONCERN. I WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD FOR
02:16:11 THAT BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU.
02:16:14 >> MY APOLOGIES. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHANNING.
02:16:18 I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
02:16:20 SO WITH THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
02:16:22 THANK OUR CONVERSATION CONTINUES.
02:16:24 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
02:16:28 AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO HOW SERVICE SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING
02:16:50 TO DRIVE THE SLIDE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN
02:16:54 AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M REAGAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
02:16:57 FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM AND TODAY I'M
02:17:01 JOINED BY OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL AND AFFORDABILITY OFFICER
02:17:04 TERESA TAN. AND TOGETHER WE'LL WALK YOU
02:17:06 THROUGH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 27 AND 28 FISCAL YEARS.
02:17:14 AS YOU KNOW, THE SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM SERVES AS
02:17:20 THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATOR FOR FOUR SEPARATE
02:17:22 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC AGENCIES THE CITY AND COUNTY UNIFIED
02:17:26 SCHOOL DISTRICT, CITY COLLEGE AND THE SUPERIOR COURT.
02:17:29 BETWEEN ALL FOUR OF OUR EMPLOYER AGENCIES WE MANAGE
02:17:33 MORE THAN $1.3 BILLION IN ANNUAL PREMIUMS AND ARE
02:17:36 RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 139,000 LIVES.
02:17:39 >> WE DO THIS WITH A LEAN BUDGET AND STAFF OUR PROPOSED
02:17:43 TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET FOR 2027 IS $17.5 MILLION THAT WILL FUND 49
02:17:49 FTE FEES IF YOU DO THE MATH THAT MEANS THAT EACH ONE OF OUR
02:17:53 REMAINING 40 YEARS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 2800 MEMBERS
02:17:56 AND FOR OVERSEEING $26.5 MILLION IN PREMIUMS.
02:18:02 OUR BUDGET IS FUNDED BY TWO SOURCES THE GENERAL FUND WILL
02:18:06 PROVIDE US WITH 12.2 MILLION WHICH WILL SUSTAIN 37 MUFTIS
02:18:10 AND OUR HEALTH SERVICE BOARD HAS APPROVED USE OF $5.4
02:18:16 MILLION ANNUALLY FROM THE HEALTH CARE SUSTAINABILITY FUND
02:18:17 WHICH WILL SUPPORT 12 TO EASE WITH THESE LIMITED RESOURCES WE
02:18:23 DELIVER AND WE STRIVE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY BENEFIT
02:18:25 PLANS WELL BEING PROGRAMS AND MEMBER SUPPORT TO THE
02:18:28 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY MAKES
02:18:32 LIKE OUR SMALL STAFF IS KEPT EXTREMELY BUSY.
02:18:41 >> IN 2025 OUR STAFF SERVED 7600 WALK INS AT OUR OFFICE AT
02:18:45 1145 MARKET STREET THEY ANSWERED MORE THAN 33,000
02:18:49 CALLS. THEY MAILED MORE THAN 170,000
02:18:52 NOTICES TO OUR MEMBERS AND THEY PROCESSED OVER 21,000 MEMBER
02:18:56 ENROLLMENTS AND CHANGES. >> NEXT SLIDE WHEN WE RECEIVED
02:19:03 OUR BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS IT CAME
02:19:06 WITH THE DIRECTION TO ELIMINATE THREE FTE FEES FROM OUR GENERAL
02:19:09 FUND BUDGET A STAFF REDUCTION OF 7.5%.
02:19:13 THIS WAS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING .
02:19:17 HOWEVER, WE FOLLOW THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTED PROCESS TO CATEGORIZE
02:19:19 OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INTO THE CATEGORIES OF CORE
02:19:22 STRATEGIC AND DISCRETIONARY FOUR CORE WE FOCUS ON THE
02:19:26 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS MANDATED BY CITY CHARTER CHARTER SECTION
02:19:32 8.422 ASSIGNS US THE DUTY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL PLANS FOR OUR
02:19:36 FOUR EMPLOYER GROUPS FOR STRATEGIC PLANS AND SERVICES WE
02:19:39 INCLUDED THOSE BENEFITS THAT THE SERIOUS CITY'S VARIOUS
02:19:41 LABOR AGREEMENTS REQUIRE TO MAINTAIN FOR THE DURATION OF
02:19:45 THOSE CONTRACTS SUCH AS DENTAL LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE
02:19:49 ALL OUR OTHER PLANS AND PROGRAMS FELL INTO THE
02:19:53 DISCRETIONARY CATEGORY INCLUDING OUR FLEXIBLE SPENDING
02:19:56 ACCOUNTS, OUR INTERNAL EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OFFERINGS
02:19:59 AND PILOT PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE OUT OF STATE KAISER PERMANENTE
02:20:03 HEALTH PLANS FOR RETIREES LIVING IN THE STATES OF
02:20:05 WASHINGTON, OREGON AND HAWAII. THE THREE POSITIONS WE
02:20:10 IDENTIFIED FOR ELIMINATION INCLUDE TWO SENIOR EMPLOYEE
02:20:14 ASSISTANCE PLAN COUNSELORS AND ONE ACCOUNTANT TO THE
02:20:20 ELIMINATION OF THE TWO SENIOR EAP COUNSELOR POSITION
02:20:21 POSITIONS DOES NOT MEAN THE CITY IS DISCONTINUING ITS
02:20:25 EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SINCE 2020 WE HAVE CONTRACTED
02:20:29 WITH AN EXTERNAL EAP PROVIDER COMMSEC WHO IS CURRENTLY
02:20:36 PROVIDING 80% OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SERVICES TO CITY
02:20:37 EMPLOYEES. WITH THE ELIMINATION OF OUR TWO
02:20:41 INTERNAL EAP COUNSELORS THE REMAINING 20% OF THOSE VISITS
02:20:44 THEY CURRENTLY HANDLE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO COMMSEC.
02:20:48 HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT OUR TWO STAFF MEMBERS
02:20:52 PROVIDE WILL BE DISCONTINUED SUCH AS MANAGEMENT
02:20:55 CONSULTATIONS, MEDIATION SERVICES AND CUSTOM WELLNESS
02:21:00 WORKSHOPS. >> THE ELIMINATION OF THE COUNT
02:21:03 INTO POSITION COINCIDES WITH ACTION THAT OUR HEALTH SERVICE
02:21:04 BOARD TOOK AT ITS MAY MEETING TO DISCONTINUE THE KAISER STATE
02:21:08 KAISER OUT OF STATE PILOT PROGRAM AND THE REMAINING WORK
02:21:12 OF THE COUNT TWO WILL BE REDISTRIBUTED AMONG OUR
02:21:14 REMAINING FISCAL STAFF. PLEASE KNOW THESE DECISIONS
02:21:18 WERE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT BUT NECESSARY TO ENSURE OUR CORE
02:21:22 AND STRATEGIC SERVICES REMAIN PROTECTED.
02:21:26 >> NEXT SLIDE THE ORG CHART REFLECTED HERE SHOWS THE TOTAL
02:21:33 CURRENT STAFF OF EIGHT ASSESS THE 40 ROLES IN THE WHITE BOXES
02:21:36 ARE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY
02:21:40 SUPPORT THE CORE AND STRATEGIC SERVICES OUR DEPARTMENT IS
02:21:43 MANDATED TO PROVIDE THE ROLES IN THE GRAY BOXES ARE FUNDED BY
02:21:47 OUR HEALTH CARE SUSTAINABILITY FUND.
02:21:48 THAT FUND IS FINANCED BY A $6 PER MEMBER PER MONTH FEE ADDED
02:21:52 TO OUR MONTHLY HEALTH PLAN PREMIUMS CHARTER SECTION 8.423
02:21:58 LIMITS USE OF THAT SUSTAINABILITY FUND TO FUND
02:22:01 EXPENSES RELATED TO COMMUNICATIONS MEMBER WELLNESS
02:22:05 PROGRAMS, ACTUARIAL EXPENSES AND OTHER EFFORTS TO REDUCE
02:22:09 HEALTH CARE COSTS. AGAIN AFTER A THOUGHTFUL
02:22:13 AND THOROUGH REVIEW, THE ONLY GENERAL FUND POSITIONS
02:22:14 AVAILABLE TO US TO ELIMINATE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING
02:22:18 OUR CORE AND STRATEGIC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WERE THE TWO
02:22:22 INTERNAL EAP COUNSELORS AND THEY COUNT INTO A POSITION
02:22:25 THAT WORKED ON THE KAISER MULTI REGION PLAN AND THOSE THREE
02:22:29 POSITIONS ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND CALLED ON THIS ORG CHART.
02:22:30 I'LL NOW TURN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION
02:22:34 TO TERESA TAN, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL AND AFFORDABILITY
02:22:37 OFFICER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
02:22:41 AND SUPERVISOR I AM TRISTAN CHIEF FINANCIAL
02:22:44 AND AFFORDABILITY OFFICER. I'LL WALK THROUGH THE REST OF
02:22:46 THE SLIDES FROM THE CHART THE BLUE LINE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
02:22:52 ALL MEMBERS ARE INCREASING FROM 34,000 239,000 WHILE THE ORANGE
02:22:56 DOTTED LINE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT SHOWS OUR GENERAL FUND FTES
02:23:02 MOVING FROM 49.97 DOWN TO 36.65 FTE.
02:23:05 WE ARE SERVING MORE MEMBERS WITH FEWER STAFFED FOR FISCAL
02:23:11 27 WE HAVE REDUCED THREE FTE IN THE FIRST TABLE 2027 COLUMN
02:23:18 LAST ROLL HIGHLIGHT TO SERVICE RATIO OF 3811 MEMBERS PER ONE
02:23:25 FTE. >> MANY CHALLENGING TO PRESERVE
02:23:28 QUALITY SERVICE LEVEL FOR OUR GROWING POPULATION.
02:23:32 NOLA MEMBERS HAVE COME TO OUR HEALTH SERVICE BOARD MEETINGS
02:23:35 TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS ON LONG HAUL AND WAIT TIME.
02:23:40 WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO REDUCE HEADCOUNTS
02:23:43 IN ONE OF THE ONLY DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS UNDER
02:23:45 THE GENERAL FUND. >> THE SECOND TABLE ON THE LEFT
02:23:51 SIDE FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 WE HAVE 36.65 BUDGETED GENERAL
02:23:56 FUND POSITIONS WITH 92 CURRENTLY FILLED.
02:23:59 WE ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING TO BENEFIT OURS AND ONE VACANT
02:24:03 INFORMATION SYSTEMS POSITION WILL BE FILLED BEFORE OPENING
02:24:06 ENROLLMENT TO SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALL MEMBERS.
02:24:10 THE LAST TABLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE ACROSS BOTH THE GENERAL
02:24:15 FUND AND OUR HEALTH CARE SUSTAINABILITY FUND MANAGEMENT
02:24:18 MAKES UP 16% AND NON-MANAGEMENT 84%.
02:24:21 THIS REFLECTS OUR SERVICE ORIENTED STRUCTURE FOCUSED ON
02:24:25 MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
02:24:31 THE ORIGINAL BUDGET COLUMN SHOWS OUR BASE BUDGET TO CHANGE
02:24:36 COLUMN REFLECTS UPDATES FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S
02:24:40 FEES. MOST ADJUSTMENTS ARE
02:24:41 UNNECESSARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS TIED TO THE PREVIOUSLY
02:24:44 DISCUSSED STAFFING CHANGES. >> THE FINAL COLUMN FOR FISCAL
02:24:50 27 ROSTRO TOTAL EXPENDITURE BUDGET OF 12.2 MILLION KEEPS
02:24:54 OUR OPERATING BUDGET ALIGNED WITH THE QUARRY TARGETS.
02:24:58 WE ARE CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE AND PRESERVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES
02:25:01 FOR ALL MEMBERS. FOR FISCAL 28 TOTAL EXPENDITURE
02:25:04 BUDGET IS 12.8 MILLION. >> WE ARE HONORED TO SUPPORT
02:25:12 PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS IS AT THE
02:25:13 CENTER OF OUR WORK. THANK YOU.
02:25:17 THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
02:25:20 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.
02:25:24 I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BUDGET BUT I DO WANT TO
02:25:28 TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND AND JUST ALLOW A BRIEF
02:25:32 DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LETTER INQUIRY THAT WE PROVIDED TO
02:25:38 WHICH YOU PROVIDED A RESPONSE AND I WANTED TO VERIFY THE DATA
02:25:43 THAT IT'S PROVIDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING
02:25:44 THAT DATA. I THINK IT'S IT'S SOMEWHAT
02:25:47 ENLIGHTENING BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOW IT BRINGS MORE
02:25:50 QUESTIONS TO MY MIND. WHAT I HAVE FOUND
02:25:54 AND UNDERSTOOD THIS TO BE THOUGH FROM THE DATA THAT YOU
02:25:58 PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY ON OUR REQUEST AND DENIALS FOR CARE
02:26:05 AMONG ALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT IT'S KAISER PERMANENTE
02:26:10 BLUE SHIELD AND HEALTH NET IT LOOKS LIKE THE BREAKDOWN THAT
02:26:11 KAISER PERMANENTE IS ALLOWED TO IT'S ACTUALLY PROVIDING US
02:26:15 SPECIFICALLY ON NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
02:26:18 CLEARLY THEY'RE LARGE LIKE NATIONALLY SO I CAN UNDERSTAND
02:26:22 IT BUT THEY ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE PROVIDED SPECIFIC FLEET THAT
02:26:26 ARE UNDER THE SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM.
02:26:30 ON THE OTHER HAND, BLUE SHIELD DOES NOT SURPRISE AT TWO
02:26:34 CATEGORIES AND HAVE PROVIDED ALL CALIFORNIANS AND IN HEALTH
02:26:39 NET PROVIDED ONLY A SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM
02:26:43 AND YET THERE'S A SUBSTANTIALLY LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
02:26:47 INFORMATION THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO US EVEN THOUGH
02:26:54 THEY DID BREAK OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THAT CATEGORY.
02:26:58 IT SEEMS TO ME THOUGH THAT DENIAL FOR STANDARD DENIAL
02:27:03 PERCENTAGE THE HIGHEST IS ACTUALLY BY BLUE SHIELD FOR ALL
02:27:07 CALIFORNIANS AND THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF BOTH NON MEDICARE
02:27:14 RETIREES AS WELL AS THE MEDICARE RETIREES.
02:27:15 THEY ARE ACTUALLY AT A TOP COMPARED TO AT THERE ARE AT
02:27:23 8.4% OF DENIAL VERSUS A 2.2% FROM KAISER PREMIUM AND THEN
02:27:31 FOR THE RETIREES AT 12% DENIAL COMPARED TO ROUGHLY 4.6% FOR
02:27:37 KAISER PERMANENTE. >> SO THEY'RE RATHER HIGH BUT
02:27:42 THEN AGAIN THEY ARE ABLE TO SEEMS TO RESOLVE SOME OF THESE
02:27:50 DENIALS AT A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE TO OVERALL BY
02:27:54 COMPARISON. >> SO I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE A
02:27:58 MIXED BAG AND I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE
02:28:01 AND YOUR TAKE FROM THE REPORT. >> YES.
02:28:05 THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN AGAIN FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO ELEVATE THIS
02:28:09 ISSUE WITH CARE AND URGENCY. WHAT I WILL NOTE IS BASED UPON
02:28:13 THE INFORMATION THAT WE INCLUDED REPORT WE INCLUDED
02:28:16 WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.
02:28:18 WE DID MAKE THE REQUEST OF ALL OUR PLANS TO PROVIDE ALL THEIR
02:28:21 ENTIRE BOOK OF BUSINESS AND SFH AS THEIR SPECIFIC DATA.
02:28:25 THEY ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING IT.
02:28:28 THEY JUST WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE IT AS OF THE DATE THAT
02:28:31 WE HAD TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO USE OF.
02:28:32 WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT INFORMATION AT ANY POINT
02:28:35 IN TIME. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
02:28:38 THAT THAT INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE PLANS IS
02:28:43 NOT SOMETHING THEY CURRENTLY DEVELOPED OR HAVE REPORTS
02:28:47 DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE. THEY CURRENTLY PROVIDE THIS TO
02:28:50 THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES FOR
02:28:52 SENIOR MEDICARE PLANS BUT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION
02:28:58 TO ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION FOR THE ACTIVE IN THE EARLY RETIREE
02:29:00 POPULATION. SO THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
02:29:03 TWEAK THEIR SYSTEMS TO PULL THAT INFORMATION AND I KNOW
02:29:06 THEY ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING IT AND WILL PASS IT ALONG AS
02:29:08 SOON AS THAT WE GET IT TO YOU. I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT IT
02:29:11 IS REALLY HARD TO COMPARE KAISER TO OUR OTHER PLANS.
02:29:15 AGAIN, KAISER IS NORMALLY AN ENCLOSED SYSTEM WHERE THEY
02:29:21 PRIMARILY REFER THEIR MEMBERS TO OTHER PROVIDERS WITHIN THE
02:29:22 KAISER NETWORK. THOSE SERVICES DO NOT REQUIRE
02:29:26 ANY TYPE OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND IT'S ONLY WHEN THEY ARE
02:29:30 REFERRING MEMBERS TO OUTSIDE THE KAISER SYSTEM IN THE CASE
02:29:34 THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIALIST THEY NEED TO MAKE A
02:29:38 PRIOR GET PRIOR AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE THAT OUTSIDE REFERRAL.
02:29:41 WHEREAS BLUE SHIELD BECAUSE THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT'S
02:29:45 WORKING WITH MEDICAL GROUPS ALL SERVICES GENERALLY ARE SUBJECT
02:29:49 TO PRIOR AUTHORIZATION. AND SO ONE OF THE PIECES OF
02:29:52 INFORMATION WE ALSO REQUESTED FROM THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE NOT
02:29:55 YET RECEIVED IS NUMBER OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS PER THOUSAND
02:29:59 MEMBERS WHICH I THINK WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT DIFFERENCE
02:30:00 BETWEEN KAISER AND THOSE OTHER PLANS.
02:30:03 AND SO REALLY IT'S ONLY THOSE MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES TO
02:30:07 OUTSIDE PROVIDERS THAT GET PRIOR AUTHORIZATION
02:30:09 AND NORMALLY THOSE RESULT IN A HIGHER APPROVAL OF THOSE PRIOR
02:30:14 ORDERS. >> AND SO I THINK ONCE WE HAVE
02:30:15 MORE INFORMATION WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
02:30:18 >> I THINK THAT WILL TELL A BETTER STORY.
02:30:19 I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.
02:30:22 I DO AND THE EFFORT AND THE ONGOING EFFORT AS FAR AS I CAN
02:30:26 TELL THAT ON JUNE 8TH WHICH IS JUST TWO DAYS AGO, BLUE SHIELD
02:30:31 ONCE MORE HAD A MEETING WITH OUR RETIREES REPRESENTATIVE
02:30:38 INCLUDING FRENCH SANCHEZ AND ADAM WOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:30:42 THEY CONTINUE TO SET UP THAT SYSTEM FOR RESPONDING TO SOME
02:30:46 OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY FIREFIGHTER KEN JONES
02:30:50 AND HIS CANCER TREATMENT PROCESS AND AND THE EXPERIENCE
02:30:54 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION IN A SEPARATE
02:30:58 CONTACT IN A SEPARATE HEARING THAT THE HEARING THAT WE HAD
02:31:02 AND WHICH WE CONTINUED TO COCHAIR I'M VERY MAY VERY
02:31:05 LIKELY TO BRING IT BACK IN AUGUST OR END OF JULY.
02:31:09 BEFORE WE GO ON RECESS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION
02:31:14 THEN. >> BUT WILL WAS TO COMMUNICATE
02:31:17 DIRECTLY TO SEE THE TIMELINE FOR THOSE MORE OF THOSE
02:31:21 INFORMATION AND EVEN NEED TO BE SEPTEMBER.
02:31:22 I CAN UNDERSTAND SO THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE US
02:31:26 FOR A MORE CONCRETE AND PRODUCTIVE HEARING.
02:31:29 >> SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
02:31:33 TODAY. I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE
02:31:34 ROSTER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
02:31:37 WORK AND SO COLLEAGUES WITH THAT NOW IS 12:33 P.M..
02:31:44 I THINK THAT LET'S GO ON A ONE HOUR LUNCH RECESS FOR EVERYBODY
02:31:47 AND SO WE WILL RETURN AT 1:30 P.M..
02:31:51 AT THIS POINT AND THE NEXT WHEN WE RETURN THE FIRST CITY
02:31:56 DEPARTMENT SITE WILL COME UP IS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
02:32:45 S.F. GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION
02:45:33 AND ANTHEM GO TV SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT TELEVISION THERE ARE
02:45:50 WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:45:54 THERE ARE FEW PLACES MORETHEW ICONIC THAN WHERE WE ARE
02:45:58 STANDING TODAY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THAT'S NOT JUST
02:46:01 BECAUSE ARIANA GRANDE DAYS POP EVERY DAYO BLOCK
02:46:05 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEGIN THEIR SAN FRANCISCO EXPERIENCEEON RIGT
02:46:09 HERE AT THE PALACE STREET CABLE CAR TURNAROUND FOR VISITORS
02:46:14 THIS IS OFTEN THEIR FIRST STOP IN OUR CITY AS THEY MAKE THEIR
02:46:15 WAY UP TO UNION SQUARE OR THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND ON TO
02:46:19 CHINATOWN AND ON TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OUR HEART OF
02:46:25 THE CITY INITIATIVE WE ARE BUILDING A DOWNTOWN WHERE
02:46:26 PEOPLE LIVEDI, WORK, PLAY AND LEARN.
02:46:30 A DOWNTOWN THAT IS FULL OF HOURS A DAY, SEVEN
02:46:36 DAYS A WEEK. TODAY WE ARE TAKING A MAJOR
02:46:40 STEP TOWARD THAT REALITY. I AM PROUD TO SIGN LEGISLATION
02:46:44 ACCEPTING A $14.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
02:46:47 CORPORATION TO ADVANCE THE POWER STREET IMPROVEMENT
02:46:51 . OJECTWE >> THIS INVESTMENT WILL HELP
02:46:58 TRANSFORM THE THREE BLOCKS BETWEEN MARKET STREET AND GEARY
02:47:01 STREET INTO A WORLD CLASS GATEWAY CONNECTING VISITORS,
02:47:05 WORKERS, RESIDENTS AND SHOPPERSS TO UNION SQUARE FROM UNION
02:47:09 SQUARE DOWN TO THE HEART OF OUR FINANCIAL DISTRICT.
02:47:13 THIS PROJECT WILLL WIDEN SIDEWALKS, IMPROVE LANDSCAPING,
02:47:17 UPGRADE CABLELE CAR STOPS, CREAE MORE SPACE FOR OUTDOOR DINING
02:47:21 AND IT WILLOR ADD BEAUTIFUL NEW LIGHTING INSPIRED BY THE
02:47:24 HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE B OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:47:28 WHEN COMPLETED PAOLA STREET WILL BE MORE WELCOMING FOR
02:47:31 EVERYONE WHO VISITS HEREWI. DOWNTOWN'S RECOVERY IS NOT
02:47:35 GOING TO BEY THE WORK OF ANY ONE SECTOR.
02:47:40 IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US CITY GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY
02:47:42 ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL BUSINESSES, MAJOR EMPLOYERSCIMU
02:47:46 AND CIVIC LEADERS ALL PULLINGD IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
02:47:50 SAN FRANCISCO MOVES FORWARD. WHEN
02:47:51 WA PEOPLE STEP UP LOOKING AROUND TODAYOK BEHIND ME AND IN
02:47:57 FRONT OF ME YOU CAN SEE PARTNERS DOING EXACTLY Y E THAT
02:48:01 BRINGING THEIR TIME, RESOURCES AND IDEAS TOGETHER TO
02:48:05 STRENGTHEN DOWNTOWN AND ACCELERATE OUR RECOVERYNG.
02:48:09 AND WHEN DOWNTOWN THRIVES EVERY BENEFIT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
02:48:13 BENEFITS A STRONGER DOWNTOWNN MEANS MORE JOBS, MORE VISITORS
02:48:18 SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSESESOR AND MORE REVENUE TO FUND THEEV
02:48:22 SERVICES SAN FRANCISCANS RELY F ON ACROSS OUR CITY.
02:48:25 SOSO TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS INVESTMENT POSSIBLE, THANK
02:48:29 YOU FOR BELIEVING IN DOWNTOWN
02:48:32 AND IN OUR CITY'S FUTURE. >> OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE
02:48:39 INVESTED IN REBUILDING THE RANKS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
02:48:43 STRENGTHENED PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH OUR SPEED HOSPITALITY
02:48:47 ZONE TASK FORCE AND WORKED RELENTLESSLY TO IMPROVE STREET
02:48:51 CONDITIONS DOWNTOWN. THOSE EFFORTS ARE MAKING A REAL
02:48:54 DIFFERENCE. CRIME IS DOWN INCLUDING RETAIL
02:48:59 THEFT WHICH IS DOWN 29% YEAR OVER YEAR IN UNION SQUARE
02:49:05 AND YERBA BUENO WELCOMED 44 NEW STOREFRONTS LAST YEAR.
02:49:11 YES, MORE THAN 800,000 PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PROGRAMING
02:49:19 AND EVENTS IN UNION SQUARE. NICE WORK, MARISSA.
02:49:22 AND WE JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW FREE MOVIE SERIES COMING TO
02:49:27 UNION SQUARE THIS SUMMER. ALL IN ALL, SAN FRANCISCO IS
02:49:30 PROJECTED TO WELCOME MORE THAN 24 MILLION VISITORS THIS YEAR
02:49:34 WHICH MEANS TOURISM WILL SURPASS ITS 2019 LEVELS.
02:49:39 PEOPLE ARE01 COMING BACK BECAUSE THEY CAN FEEL THE MOMENTUM.
02:49:42 AND THIS PROJECT C C ON POWELL STREET BUILDS ON IT.
02:49:47 INVESTING IN POWER STREET SAYS THATAT WE BELIEVE IN DOWNTOWN SN
02:49:50 FRANCISCO. I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN B THANK THE
02:49:53 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THIS
02:49:55 EXTRAORDINARY PARTNERSHIPWN AND INVESTMENT.
02:49:58 THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR
02:49:59 LEADERSHIP Y AND YOUR CONFIDENT
02:50:02 CONFIDENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK DPW O
02:50:06 E W D S.F. MTA THE CTA, THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE
02:50:10 AND EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED MOVE THIS VISIONYO FORWARD.
02:50:13 SOON VERY SOON I HOPE PEOPLE STANDING RIGHT HERE WILL
02:50:18 EXPERIENCE A TRANSFORMED POWELLI STREET. .
02:50:21 THEY WILL SHOP, DINE AND RIDE THE CABLE CARS THROUGH THE
02:50:22 CORRIDORIN THAT REFLECTS THE ENERGY AND OPTIMISM OF OUR
02:50:26 CITY. AND WHEN THEY ARRIVE HERE THEY
02:50:30 WILL KNOW THEY ARE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:50:34 LET'S GO SAN FRANCISCO GO. >> NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
02:50:44 OUR INCREDIBLE DISTRICT THREE SUPERVISOR DANNY SAUTER.
02:50:48 >> >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
02:50:52 I'M DANNY SAUTER. I SERVE AS THE DISTRICT THREE
02:50:55 SUPERVISOR. AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
02:50:56 AND ITTHS IS A REALLY, REALLY GD MORNING FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
02:51:02 I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT OF A SPACE THIS IS.
02:51:06 THIS IS A HUB OF SAN FRANCISCO AND FRANKLY A HUB OF THE ENTIRE
02:51:11 BAY AREA. TENS OF THOUSANDSS OF PEOPLE
02:51:15 PASS THROUGH THESE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
02:51:18 AND WHETHER THEY'RE ON OUR ICONIC CABLE CARS TAKING MUNI
02:51:22 OR BART, SOME COMMUTING, SOME COMING INTO THE CITY FOR THE
02:51:24 WEEKEND TO SHOP, MAYBE FAMILIES VISITING SAN FRANCISCO FOR THE
02:51:29 FIRST TIME FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
02:51:30 AND THISRO IS THEIR FIRST
02:51:32 IMPRESSION. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
02:51:33 ABOUT FIRST IMPRESSIONS. SO
02:51:34 W WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT.
02:51:36 AND WITH THIS PROJECT WE ARERO GOING TO GET IT RIGHT.
02:51:40 JUST AS IMPORTANT ASS THIS PROJECT AND TRANSFORMATION
02:51:43 ITSELF I THINK IS HOW IT'S COME TOGETHER.
02:51:47 THE VISION, THE URGING, THE PERSISTENCE OF THE UNION SQUARE
02:51:51 ALLIANCE AND MARISSA AND HER ENTIRE TEAM.
02:51:52 THANK YOUND. >> THE VOTERS THE 2024 PROP B
02:52:00 IS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE HERE. AND THE VOTERS SAID YES
02:52:04 AND THEY'RE SEEING THEIR DOLLARS DELIVERED HERE.
02:52:06 THEE GOVERNMENT EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT COMING TOGETHER.
02:52:13 IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR COUNTY
02:52:15 TRANSIT AUTHORITY S.F. CTA. $4 MILLION FROM THAT ENTITY TO
02:52:21 FUND THIS PROJECT. >> THANK YOU.
02:52:25 >> AND THEN MAYBE THE MISSING PIECE THE PIECE THAT WE'VE ALLAY
02:52:26 WANTEDT THAT IDEA OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMINGG TOGETHER,
02:52:32 WORKING TOGETHER WE'VE ALL WANTED THAT.
02:52:33 WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD IT UNTIL NOW
02:52:34 W W U. BUT THANKS TO THE MAYOR'S
02:52:37 PARTNERSHIP. THANKS TO THE DOWNTOWNOR
02:52:40 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THANKS TO BUSINESS LEADERS, CIVIC
02:52:41 LEADERS, LEADERS HERE IN UNION
02:52:44 SQUARE IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT AND IN DOWNTOWN.
02:52:45 WE HAVE THAT NOW. ARICICAND THAT IS WHY WE'RE SIGG
02:52:49 THIS LEGISLATION TODAY $14 MILLION.
02:52:50 THANK YOU. DOWNTOWNWNLA DEVELOPMENT
02:52:51 CORPORATION. >> AND TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
02:52:56 INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THE DDC IS DOING ON THIS PROJECT AND MANY
02:53:03 MORE TO COME I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING THE CEO
02:53:05 OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT T CORPORATION, SHEILA ORIL LATOYA
02:53:08 STROLLER SPEAK HERE. >>D GOOD MORNING.
02:53:15 GOOD MORNING.
02:53:15 MY NAME IS SHOLA OR LATOYA. THANK YOU.
02:53:16 SUPERVISOROU. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
02:53:19 THIS MORNING. WE EVERY DAYAYOR EVERY TIME WE O
02:53:23 THIS MAYOR, WE HAVE GREAT WEATHER SO WE LIKE IT'S LIKE
02:53:24 REALLYE GOOD. THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD WINNING
02:53:27 STREAK. WONDERFUL TO WIN BE WITH YOU ALL
02:53:31 HERE TODAY. WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLEHE TO
02:53:34 THANK. WE HAVE TO THANK MAYOR LAURIE
02:53:35 FOR HIS STEADFAST P T H LEADERSP AND COMMITMENT TO DOWNTOWN
02:53:42 IN HIS ENTIRE TEAM NEDEA AND LAUREL, OUR FOLKS AT DPW,
02:53:47 THE MTA, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY AT TO BRING
02:53:54 TO MAKE TODAY HAPPEN AS THE SUPERVISOR SAID, ONE OF THE
02:53:59 COMPONENTS OF OUR WORK HAS BEEN BRINGING TOGETHER OUR PRIVATE
02:54:03 AND CIVIC SECTORS AND THAT IS TRULY THE EMBODIMENT THAT IS
02:54:07 THE DDC. WE ARE A NONPROFIT PUBLIC
02:54:11 PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS BUILT TO RAISE CATALYTIC
02:54:14 CAPITAL TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT WORK THAT DRIVE THE
02:54:18 DOWNTOWN RECOVERY. >> WHEN WE CAME WHEN I STARTED
02:54:22 A LITTLE MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS AGO AND WE STARTED TALKING
02:54:25 ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WE STARTED TALKING TO SO MANY
02:54:27 LEADERS HERE IN THE CITY THERE WAS ONE PERSON, ONE PARTNERSHIP
02:54:33 THAT WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THE
02:54:37 REALITY OF A REIMAGINED CABLE CAR AT POWELL STREET HAPPEN.
02:54:44 AND THAT IS CATHERINE AND DAVID DE WILDE.
02:54:45 SO PLEASE THANK YOU. >> PLEASE THANK YOU CATHERINE
02:54:49 AND DAVID FOR YOUR INAUGURAL SUPPORT IN MAKING THIS PROJECTKI
02:54:52 HAPPEN AND YOUR CONTINUED FOCUS ON DETAILS AND PROCESS TO MAKE
02:54:59 SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT. >> WE THERE ARE
02:55:00 SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK AND WE'LL SHARE A
02:55:03 LONGER LIST WITH THE PRESS T AFTERLO.
02:55:06 BUT CERTAINLY OUR OUR OURHE HOTL YOUR PARTNERS AT HILTON, WE ARE
02:55:11 INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT WHO UNDERSTANDLY
02:55:15 THE IMPORTANT PLACE THAT POWELL
02:55:16 STREET AND THE CABLE CAR PLAY BOTH IN THE CITY AND THE
02:55:19 COUNTRY'S IMAGINATIONARE AS OUR GATEWAY TO TO SANAN FRANCISCO.
02:55:26 >> AND I WANT TOO MAKE THE CASE FOR INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN
02:55:30 AND WHAT WE KNOW K IS THAT DOWNTOWN IS SHOWING REAL
02:55:34 MOMENTUM M. WE HAVE REAL NUMBERS TO BACK UP
02:55:39 THAT THAT TO BACK UP THAT THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
02:55:43 DIRECTION. FOOT TRAFFICTG ON THIS CORRIDOR
02:55:46 IS UP NEARLY 20% YEAR OVER YEAR.
02:55:47 RROUR BY OUR BART RIDERSHIP IS SINCE THE
02:55:51 PANDEMIC IS UP 20% YEAR OVER YEAR AND OUR HOTEL
02:55:57 REVENUES ARE STARTING TO EXCEED PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS S, MOSCONI S
02:56:02 NOW FULLY BOOKED FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND NEARLY BOOKED
02:56:06 FOR THE REST OF 2027. >>R THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
02:56:10 METRICS. >> I'M A NERDIC SO I LIKE DATA.
02:56:14 BUT DATA REALLY MATTERS WHEN YOU ARE USINGTA THE PUBLIC'S
02:56:17 INVESTMENT THE PRIVATE SECTORS INVESTMENT TO INVEST IN SUCH
02:56:21 IMPORTANT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:56:22 THAT IS WHY WE ARE SOUR PROUD TODAY AS THE GDC TO BE
02:56:28 ANNOUNCING A $14.5 MILLION COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECTIL.
02:56:32 >> THESE THIS INVESTMENT NOT ONLY WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASETM
02:56:36 IN PROPERTY VALUES CATALYZE THE AMAZING TOURIST TOURISM REBOUND
02:56:40 AND BOOST AND SUPPORTPP SMALL BUSINESSES THIS JUST THIS ISN'T
02:56:44 JUST A ONE OFF. STHIS IS PART OF A LARGER
02:56:48 DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PLAN THAT THE DDCAN AND HER MANY
02:56:52 PARTNERS ARE CBD PARTNERS. >> OUR AMAZING UNION SQUARE
02:56:57 COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT LED BY MARISSA RODRIGUEZ WHO YOU'LL
02:57:01 HEAR FROM IN A MOMENT WHO HASS HAD AND BEEN LEADING THIS THIS
02:57:04 PUSH FOR A A REIMAGINED P POWELL STREET.
02:57:07 THANK YOU MARISSA AND THE MANY CBD PARTNERS HERE IN THE
02:57:11 DOWNTOWN. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE A CITY
02:57:15 OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND A DOWNTOWN OF DISTRICTS.
02:57:16 AT WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING ISF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR
02:57:19 INVESTMENT FOR OUR DOWNTOWNNS. AND WE AREE VERY EXCITED TO BE
02:57:24 HELPING TO DRIVE THAT VISION. TODAY IS PART OF THAT BROADER
02:57:28 STRATEGY AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT DOWNTOWN'S FUTURE WILL NOT
02:57:31 CANNOTWN LOOK LIKE THE PAST. AND SO WE ARE NOT ONLY MAKING A
02:57:36 CASE FOR INVESTMENT HERE BUT AROUND DOWNTOWN BECAUSE WE KNOW
02:57:42 A STRONGER DOWNTOWN IS A STRONGER SAN FRANCISCO.
02:57:43 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE A PUBLIC PRIVATE I
02:57:47 PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED AND IT'S MY
02:57:51 PLEASURE TO HAND IT OVER J S TO MARISSA RODRIGUEZ.
02:57:54 ACTUALLY, MARISSA, ONE LAST THERE'S ONE MORE PERSON I NEED
02:57:58 TO SAY WHICH IS OUR DTC BOARD MEMBER CHRIS MEANEY YES.
02:58:04 >> HAS PLAYED WITH CHRIS WHERE ARE YOU CHRIS?
02:58:06 ABBY BEHIND ME. OKAY.
02:58:08 CHRIS HAS PLAYED AN EXTRAORDINARY ROLE IN WORKING
02:58:12 WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS BOTH HERE AND AROUND POWER STREET
02:58:16 BUT ALL AROUND DOWNTOWN TO MAKE THE CASE FOR INVESTMENT.
02:58:20 AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL AND PROUD FOR HIS
02:58:23 LEADERSHIP AND HIS SUPPORT. SO THANKRS YOU, CHRIS.
02:58:26 >> Y AND NOW MARISSA. THANK YOU.
02:58:28 THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
02:58:30 ARE YOU EXCITED? >>UA ALL RIGHT.
02:58:34 I ACTUALLY CHRIS, I NEED YOUR SECRET SAUCE BECAUSE I'M GOING
02:58:38 TO NEED MORE MONEY. I KNOW IT SOIN. I'M GOING TO NED
02:58:42 TO KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. OKAY.
02:58:45 I NEED NOTES BECAUSE I'MOT AS YU KNOW REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
02:58:49 EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOMENT FORTH SAN FRANCISCO.
02:58:52 SANRA FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS BEENA CITY OF VISIONARIES
02:58:54 AND DREAMERS. I'M
02:58:56 ONE OF THOSE. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO
02:58:58 THINK BIG. >> AND THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS
02:59:01 THAT SAME SPIRIT. TODAY IS ABOUT MORE THAN
02:59:05 REDESIGNING A STREET. IT'SGN ABOUT INVESTING IN THE
02:59:08 FUTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING F THAT OUR
02:59:12 FRONT DOOR TO THE WORLD D REFLECTS THE BEAUTY, INNOVATION
02:59:16 AND RESILIENCE THAT HAS ALWAYS DEFINED THIS CITY.
02:59:21 AND I AM VERY CAREFUL WHEN I USE THE WORD RESILIENCE.
02:59:24 IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE OF COURSE BEING HERE
02:59:28 AND EXPERIENCING CERTAINLY THE HARDSHIP BUT WE ARE COMING
02:59:32 BACK. >> AND IT'S ABOUT SENDING A
02:59:33 CLEAR MESSAGE. SAN FRANCISCO IS MOVING FORWARD
02:59:36 AND OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US.
02:59:39 >> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS MARISSA
02:59:43 RODRIGUEZ. I'M THE CEO OF THEHE>> UNION SQE
02:59:46 ALLIANCE. THIS PROJECT MEANS SO MUCH TO
02:59:47 ME AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY HERE IN UNION SQUARE.
02:59:51 I WANT TO THANK THE MAN BEHIND MET, OUR MAYOR DANIEL LEARY,
02:59:54 ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCAN WHO I KNOW UNDERSTANDS JUST THE
02:59:58 IMPORTANCE THAT THIS GATEWAY TO SAN FRANCISCOCO REPRESENTS FOR
03:00:01 OUR COMMUNITY. >> I WANT TO THANK THE DOWNTOWN
03:00:03 DEVELOPMENTOM CORPORATION. THIS IS A LOT OF THANK YOU.
03:00:07 SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. I I KNOWW IT'S HOT.
03:00:09 DPW CARLA SHORT I GUESS THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE MY TEAM,
03:00:17 OUR AMBASSADORS HERE ON THE STREET, BOOTS ON THE STREET
03:00:21 KEEPING THIS UP. IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING TO SEE
03:00:24 HERE BUT THAT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY TIME TO MAKE SURE OUR
03:00:28 COMMUNITY FEELS SAFE AND WELCOMING.
03:00:29 I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM THAT'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE COMMUNITY
03:00:33 MEMBERS THAT I SEE. I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE LOCAL
03:00:36 PROPERTY OWNERS WHO STEPPED UP BIG TIME IN EARLY.
03:00:39 THANK YOU CHRIS MEANEY FOR THAT.
03:00:40 THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITYTY IM SEEING THOSE WHO I SEE I LIKE TE
03:00:44 BARLOW FAMILY RUSS KYLEE I KNOW HIM, LARRY, JOHN AND LARRY.
03:00:47 THANK YOU. >> IOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
03:00:51 AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE. I HAVE AI LIST AND A LIST WILL
03:00:56 BE PROVIDED TO EVERYONE AS WELL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISS
03:01:00 ANYONE. MTA SEE T T TO FIELD OPS SIGHT .
03:01:03 WHEN I SAY OH I SEE YOU JACKIE AND SELINA AND LAUREL AND AND
03:01:07 TOPIA ALL OF YOU LEAN IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND WE GET THIS
03:01:13 DONE AND TO OUR CBD PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE.
03:01:14 I SAW SCOTT OFUR H YERBA S BUENI THINK I SAW ANDREW RIGHT AT THE
03:01:18 EAST CUT WHERE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
03:01:22 WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO TRY TO BRING OUR CITY BACK'ROR.
03:01:25 >> IT TAKES ALL OF US. NED SEGAL THIS GUY PUSHES THIS
03:01:33 ALONG DAY IN AND DAY OUT. >> WE REALLY IT'S PARTNERS
03:01:34 RECOVERY ISWE NOT ACHIEVED BY AY ONE ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL.
03:01:38 IT TAKES COLLABORATION AND TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS A
03:01:41 POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER
03:01:45 AND THINK BIG IF WE WANT TO CALL THIS BEN WHITE.
03:01:49 THANK YOU. >> YEAH.
03:01:52 YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO CALL THIS A WORLD CLASS CITY WE MUST
03:01:56 INVEST IN OURSELVES. WE MUST INVEST IN OUR
03:02:00 INFRASTRUCTURE. WE MUST INVEST IN WHAT WE PUT
03:02:03 FORWARD. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME TO VISIT
03:02:07 US, THEY WANT TO STAY A WHILE AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK.
03:02:11 AND FOR ME IT'S A STORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIANS.
03:02:14 BAY AREA RESIDENTS IN SAN FRANCISCANS BEING PROUD OF
03:02:19 THEIR CITY BY THE BAY AGAIN. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU HERE
03:02:23 FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. >> AND NOW I'D LIKE TO WELCOME
03:02:30 UP TODD MASON IS A DANDELION CHOCOLATE AND ONLY IN S.F.
03:02:34 THESE ARE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES WE WANT TO SEE
03:02:35 LINING POWELL STREET, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS
03:02:38 RE-IMAGINED SPACE. >> THANK YOU.
03:02:40 >> THANK YOUAN SO MUCH. >> GOOD MORNING.
03:02:44 AND THANK YOU MAYOR LAURIE AND EVERYONE AT THE DTC FOR
03:02:48 INVITING US HERE TODAY. DANIELEL ION HAS ITS ROOTS IN SN
03:02:52 FRANCISCO. WE MAKE CHOCOLATE ACTUAL
03:02:55 CHOCOLATE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY.
03:02:56 WE IMPORT SACKS OF COCOA BEANS, WE ROAST THEM, WE SELL THEM, WE
03:03:00 GRIND THEM, WE TEMPER THEM. WE ACTUALLYY TURN IT INTO A REAL
03:03:03 PHYSICAL PRODUCT IN THE CITY PROPER WHICH ISLRO A LITTLE
03:03:06 UNUSUAL FOR A CITY MOSTLY KNOWN FOR TECH AND AIHH BUT WE'RE PROD
03:03:10 OF THAT. >> SAN FRANCISCO IS PART OF OUR
03:03:11 DNA AND WE'RE NOW CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST CRAFT CHOCOLATE
03:03:14 MAKERS IN THE WORLD. AND IRE O HONESTLY DON'T THINK T
03:03:17 COULD HAVE HAPPENED ANYWHERE ELSE.
03:03:18 SAN FRANCISCO UNDERSTANDS CRAFT
03:03:21 AND HAS THE TECHNICAL GRIT NECESSARY TO TAKE SOMETHING
03:03:25 SEEMINGLY SIMPLE AS TWO INGREDIENT CHOCOLATE AND MAKE
03:03:27 IT A REALITY. AND SO AS WE'VE GROWN WE'VE
03:03:30 EXPANDED BIT BY BITIT AND WE ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING A
03:03:34 LOCATION NEAR UNION SQUARE HEA. AND IN FACT A COUPLE OF YEARSUN
03:03:38 AGO WE LOOKED AROUND FOR A LOCATION HERE.
03:03:41 AND I'LL BE HONEST WE WERE WE WERE A LITTLE HESITANT ABOUT
03:03:44 WHERE THE CITY WAS OUT. THERE WEREN'T MANY PEOPLE
03:03:46 . LKING THE STREETS STOREFRONTS WERE EMPTY.
03:03:49 THE CHARM WAS GONE AND WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE COMEBACKST
03:03:52 STRATEGY WAS FOR THE CITY AND WE DIDN'T SEE THE PATH.
03:03:53 ABOUT A YEARR AGO WE WERE APPROACHED BY VACANT TO VIBRANT
03:03:57 THROUGH THE CITY AND KIND OF SKEPTICALLY WE TOOK A BET ON A
03:04:01 SMALL POP UP SPOT RIGHT UP THE STREET HERE.
03:04:02 POAND WE WERE SO BLOWN AWAY BY THE SURPRISE BY HOW MUCH THE
03:04:09 CITY HAD CHANGED AND HOW WELL THIS SPOT HAS DONE FOR US.
03:04:10 >> PEOPLE SHOWED UP EVERY DAY.
03:04:13 THE LOCALS HAVE COME IN FOR A QUICK TREAT.
03:04:14 THE TOURISTSE COME BY EVERY DAY LOOKING FOR THE BEST OF WHAT
03:04:17 SAN FRANCISCO HAS TO OFFER. >> AND EVERY SINGLE DAY WE HEAR
03:04:21 THE SAME QUESTIONS WHICH ARE CAN YOU STAYR FOREVER?
03:04:24 AND CAN I GET A FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE?
03:04:25 OTSO TODAY I'M ACTUALLY THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE JUST
03:04:29 SIGNED A PERMANENT LEASE ON OUR POP UP SPOT.
03:04:34 AND WE'RE NOT JUST KEEPING THE SMALL SHOP BUT WE'RE GOING TO
03:04:39 ADD A LITTLE CHOCOLATE CAFE INSIDE.
03:04:41 AND ACTUALLY WITH ALL OF THE NEWS STREETSCAPE WORK WILL
03:04:43 ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING AND ACTUALLY
03:04:47 CREATE A MINI DANDELION EXPERIENCE ON ONE OF THE MOST
03:04:50 IMPORTANT STREETS IN THE CITY. >> SO THIS MATTERS TO US NOT
03:04:58 JUST BECAUSE STREETS ARE PLACES YOU WALK THROUGH.
03:04:59 THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLACES WHERE YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME.
03:05:02 THE WIDER SIDEWALKS, THE OUTDOOR DINING, THE MORE
03:05:05 WELCOMING CABLE CAR TURN AROUND THE GOLDEN LANTERN THAT CAN
03:05:09 CELEBRATE PRIDE THE WARRIORS, THE GIANTS, THE VALKYRIES, THE
03:05:11 HOLIDAYS AND MORE. THIS IS HOW IT BECOMES A
03:05:14 DESTINATION AGAIN. SO WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST
03:05:17 THAT SAN FRANCISCO HAS HAD SOME REAL CHALLENGESS.
03:05:21 IT HASN'T BEEN EASY TO MANUFACTURE A REAL PHYSICAL
03:05:24 PRODUCT HERE. BUT THIS IS STILL THE MOST
03:05:26 INNOVATIVE CITY IN THE WORLD. AND IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT'S
03:05:29 HAPPENING HERE IS A VERY SAN FRANCISCO KIND OF INNOVATION.
03:05:35 YOU'VE GOT SMALL BUSINESSES, THE PUBLIC SECTOR PROPERTY
03:05:37 OWNERS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS ALL MOVING TOGETHER AND MOVING
03:05:41 FASTER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO WE AS THE END LINE ARE SO
03:05:44 INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL GRATEFUL TO THE MAYOR, GRATEFUL TO DC,
03:05:48 GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO IS HELPING TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLEEF
03:05:52 AND BUILD A MORE BEAUTIFUL CITY.
03:05:53 WE ARE OPTIMISTIC RALPH AND MYSTIC ABOUTUT POWELL STREE,
03:05:56 ABOUT UNION SQUARE, ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO.
03:05:57 IT FEELS LIKE SAN FRANCISCO IS BACK.
03:06:00 AND WE ARE PROUD THAT DANDELION GETS TO BE A SMALL PART OF WHAT
03:06:04 COMES NEXT. >> SO THANK YOU.
03:06:07 >> AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO KAREN FLOOD OF THE
03:06:10 FLOOD BUILDINGHE. >> GREAT.
03:06:14 ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE
03:06:15 AND THANKNG YOU SO MUCH, TODD. WHO DOESN'T LOVE LOCAL BUSINESS
03:06:21 AND CHOCOLATE? >> MY FAVORITE.
03:06:22 I'VE BEEN IN THERE NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THEY OPENEDOCOC
03:06:23 O. THANK YOU, TODD, FOR BEING AN
03:06:26 EARLY PIONEER TO RETURNING TO POWELL STREETEA AND HAVING THE
03:06:30 FORESIGHT TO SEE THAT OUR STREET IS COMING BACK.
03:06:33 SO ANK FEW MORE THANK YOU'S. BEAR WITH ME.
03:06:35 BEAR WITH ME. SO THE DDC THANK YOU SO MUCH,
03:06:37 SHEILA, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP S. CHRIS MEANEY WHO ACTUALLY HAS
03:06:42 WORKED WITH US ATCH THE FLOOD BUILDING FOR OVER.
03:06:45 CAN I SAY, CHRIS, ALO ABOUT 30 YEARS AND REIMAGINED OUR
03:06:48 BUILDING BACK IN THEE EARLY 90S DURING THAT CHAPTER NOW OF
03:06:51 COURSE IS LEADING THE EFFORT TOA RAISE SOME FUNDS TO REALLY
03:06:54 REALIZE THIS VISION. THANK YOU KATHRYNUN FOR BEING AN
03:06:58 EARLY INVESTOR AND BELIEVING IN THIS PROJECT.
03:06:59 WE SOO I APPRECIATE YOU. AND OF COURSERE THE MAYOR FOR
03:07:05 PRIORITIZING DOWNTOWN AND REALLY SUPPORTINGG DOWNTOWN
03:07:09 IN HIS RECOVERY. YOU'RE EVERYWHEREREER.
03:07:13 WE SOO APPRECIATE YOU. YOU'VE SINGLEHANDEDLY TURNED
03:07:14 AROUND THE NARRATIVE WHICHCH MEANS THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE
03:07:17 TENANTS TO TALK TO WITH THE HELP OF MY BROKERSRS.
03:07:21 SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:07:22 SO I'MK KAREN FLOOD.'M I'M ONE OF THE PARTNERS OF THE
03:07:25 FLOOD BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND MY LEFT B SHOULDER HERE.
03:07:27 WE ARE SO S PROUD OF OUR BUILDIG WHICH WAS BUILT BY O MY GREAT
03:07:31 GRANDFATHER OVER 120 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD WOODEN SIDEWALKS
03:07:35 HERE WE HAD HORSE AND BUGGIES BUT ALWAYS THE STEADY STEADY
03:07:39 CABLE CAR BEHIND ME. NOW OF COURSE YOU SEE MORE
03:07:43 WAYMO'S AND AND SCOOTERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU BUT WE REALLY
03:07:47 HAVE SEEN A LOT. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN A WITNESS
03:07:48 TO HISTORY WITH A COUPLE OF PANDEMICS.
03:07:54 >> HELLO THERE. HELLO THERE.
03:07:55 WE LOVE DOGS. WE HAVE BEEN VERY RESILIENT
03:07:58 OVER THE YEARS. A COUPLEWE OF PANDEMICS WORLD
03:08:02 WARS, FIRES. WE'VE SEEN IT ALL.
03:08:05 >> BUCKET DRUMMERS, BROKEN WINDOWS LIKE BRING IT ON.
03:08:09 >> WE CAN TAKE IT. BUT THIS IS THIS CONTINUES OUR
03:08:13 STORY THIS DAY HERE ON POWELL STREET SO WE ARE SO VERY
03:08:14 EXCITED.
03:08:16 WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SEE THE REALIZATION OF THIS PROJECT.
03:08:18 MARISSA CHANDELIER IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
03:08:21 >> MARISSA IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
03:08:22 YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING THIS FORWARD ALL THROUGH THE DESIGN
03:08:25 PROCESS. IT'S GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY
03:08:26 GORGEOUS .
03:08:28 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LANTERNS UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK,
03:08:29 BEAUTIFUL NEW SIDEWALKS AND WHAT SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW
03:08:32 IS THIS STARTED LIKE OVER WHAT, 11 YEARS AGO BACK IN 2010
03:08:36 BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC HERE.
03:08:40 WE WERE SO FORTUNATE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE SO HO
03:08:42 WE HAD TO WIDEN THE SIDEWALKS AND WE HAD THE POWER STREET
03:08:44 PROMENADE RUSS REMEMBERSRS THAT CAMMIE REMEMBERS THAT RIGHT?
03:08:47 WE WIDEN THE SIDEWALK. IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PROJECT THEN
03:08:51 WE NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. WE COULDN'T.
03:08:52 WE N LOOKING FOR THE MONEY. IT TOOK A WHILE.
03:08:54 WE HAD A FAILED BOND MEASURE BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN PROP B
03:08:58 WAS CAME THROUGH AND THE VOTERS SUPPORTED IT AND SO WE HAD
03:09:01 FUNDING FROM THAT. WE SAW THE FIGHT FOR IT A
03:09:04 LITTLE BIT AS NED AND THE MAYOR.
03:09:05 NO, BUT ANYWAY AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY
03:09:08 CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGHIT THAT MEASURE ALSO OF
03:09:12 MTA AND THEN OF COURSE THE DDC COMING
03:09:15 THROUGH WITH THIS CRITICAL 14.5 MILLION AT THE
03:09:19 END HERE. SO WE ARE WE ARE SO VERY
03:09:20 GRATEFUL WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
03:09:23 AND YOU KNOW, WE AS PROPERTY OWNERS THIS WILL BE TRANSFORMED
03:09:26 FOR US IT REALLY IT REALLY WILL BE.
03:09:27 >> I FINALLY HAVE PEOPLE TO TALK TO THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME
03:09:31 OPEN UP BUSINESSES AGAIN IN OUR BUILDING
03:09:33 AND I CAN REALLY POINT TO THE PROJECT AND SAY LISTEN
03:09:34 THIS IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A
03:09:39 REIMAGINED REFORMED STREET. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHETHER IT
03:09:42 BE FOOD OR RETAIL OR ENTERTAINMENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU
03:09:45 ,WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRAW THOSE THOSE TENANTS BACK
03:09:47 AND BRING AS THE MAYOR SAID EARLIER, BUSINESS ACTIVITY
03:09:53 JOBS, MORE REVENUE TO OUR CITY. IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE
03:09:56 INCREDIBLE AND MAKE US ALL SO PROUD SO THANK YOU AGAIN,
03:10:00 EVERYBODY. AND I BELIEVE NOW I TURN THIS
03:10:04 PODIUM BACK TO THE MAYOR FOR A A SIGNING.
03:10:05 >> YES, MR. MAYOR, YOU SIGNED OKAY.
03:10:08 ALLOR RIGHT. YOU ALL STAY RIGHT HERE.
03:10:15 WE'RE ONYE THE TABLE. YEAH, THE TABLES.
03:10:18 THANK YOU, SIR. YOU GOT IT.
03:10:19 GOOD. HOW YOU DOING THIS WE'RE
03:10:32 OFFICERS COMING BACKG RIGHT SHOULDER RIGHT.
03:10:47 ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S SIGN THIS.
03:10:53 >> YES PHOTO WITH THE ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE LOOKING RIGHT
03:11:08 HERE. ONE, TWO, THREE.
03:11:13 GREAT. YEAH.
03:11:13 ALL RIGHT M. ESA GOV TV SAN FRANCISCO
03:11:42 GOVERNMENT TELEVISION. YOU'RE WATCHING SAN FRANCISCO
03:11:50 RISINGRE WITH CHRIS MANNERS. >> TODAY'S SPECIAL GUEST ISID
03:11:57 DAVID CHIU. >> HI, I'M CHRIS MANNERS
03:12:03 AND YOU'RE WATCHING SAN FRANCISCO RISING THE SHOW
03:12:05 THAT'S ABOUTWA RESTARTING, REBUILDING AND REIMAGINING OUR
03:12:08 CITY. OUR GUEST TODAY IS DAVID CHIU,
03:12:11 THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
03:12:13 , TO US ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS,
03:12:16 REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND THE NON CITIZEN VOTING PROGRAM.
03:12:19 >> MR. CHIU, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
03:12:20 THANKS FOR HAVING METH ON. HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER
03:12:23 YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT. SO CAN WE START BY EXPLAINING
03:12:26 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE
03:12:27 DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? I THINKY IT CAN BE SLIGHTLY
03:12:30 CONFUSING. >> THAT IS A VERY COMMON
03:12:31 CONFUSION T IO WITH MEMBERS OF THE
03:12:34 PUBLIC. SO IF YOU GET ARRESTED IN SAN
03:12:38 FRANCISCO BY THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL CRIMINAL
03:12:42 MATTERS ARE ARE DEALT WITH BYRE THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT
03:12:46 ATTORNEY. WE HANDLE ALL CIVIL MATTERS ON
03:12:49 BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:12:50 WHAT THAT MEANS IS A NUMBER OF THINGS.
03:12:54 WE PROVIDE ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO ALL ACTORS WITHIN CITY
03:12:58 GOVERNMENT FROM OUR MAYOR, EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
03:13:02 SUPERVISORS TO THE 100 PLUS DEPARTMENTS, COMMISSIONS,
03:13:06 BOARDS THAT REPRESENT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:13:08 WE ALSO DEFEND THE CITY AGAINST THOUSANDS OF LAWSUITS.
03:13:13 SO IFF YOU SLIP AND FALL IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, IF
03:13:14 THERE'S A BUS ACCIDENT, IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT INVOLVING
03:13:17 THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DEFEND THOSE
03:13:21 MATTERS. WE ALSO BRING LAWSUITSRS ON
03:13:24 BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:13:25 WE'RE MOST FAMOUSY FOR LITIGATING AND OBTAINING THE
03:13:29 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO MARRY FOR LGBTQ COUPLES.
03:13:32 WE HAVE SUED GUNPL MANUFACTURERS ,PAYDAY LENDERS, OIL
03:13:35 COMPANIES, YOU NAME IT WHO ARE UNDERCUTTING THE RIGHTS OF SAN
03:13:39 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> SO NOW MOVING ON TO THE
03:13:44 OPIOID CRISIS, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS
03:13:47 IN COURT DEALING WITH MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS
03:13:51 AND PHARMACIES.
03:13:54 COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT FOR US?
03:13:56 >> SOFO THE OPIOID INDUSTRY AND BY THAT I REFER TO THE
03:13:59 LEGAL INDUSTRY THAT PRESCRIBES PAIN PILLS OVER YEARS DECEIVED
03:14:09 AMERICANS AND RESULTED IN LITERALLY THOUSANDS UPON
03:14:13 THOUSANDS OF DEATHS AND TRAGEDIES THATDE WE SEE ON
03:14:17 OUR STREETS EVERY DAY. WHEN IT COMES TO THE
03:14:18 ADDICTIONS THAT FOLKS ARE EXPERIENCING,
03:14:21 MANY OF THE ADDICTIONS REALLY STEMMED FROM WHAT HAPPENED OVER
03:14:25 A DECADE PLUS PERIOD WHERE THE PRESCRIPTION PAIN INDUSTRY
03:14:29 MARKETED PRESCRIPTION PILLS IN WAYS THAT WERE FALSE.
03:14:33 WE WERE ONE OF THOUSANDS OF JURISDICTIONS AROUND AMERICA
03:14:37 THAT BROUGHT A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OPIOID INDUSTRY.
03:14:38 BUT WE'VE HAD ADU PARTICULAR SET OF SUCCESSES THAT OTHERS HAVE
03:14:41 NOT. WE INITIALLY BROUGHT A LAWSUIT
03:14:45 A FEW YEARS AGO AGAINST EVERY PART OF THE OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN
03:14:48 AND THAT INCLUDED MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS
03:14:52 AND RETAILERS INCLUDING PHARMACIES
03:14:55 OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR PLUS YEARS.
03:14:56 A NUMBER OF THESE CORPORATE DEFENDANTSEA SETTLED WITH US.
03:15:00 WE'VE AS OF THIS MOMENT BROUGHT IN OVER $120 MILLION OF CASH
03:15:04 AND SERVICES TO THE CITY TO HELP ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OFD
03:15:09 WHAT T WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD
03:15:13 REALLY A H HISTORIC VERDICT AGAINST THE PHARMACY WALGREENS
03:15:16 . WALGREENS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
03:15:21 LITERALLY OVER 100 MILLION PILLS FLOODING THE STREETS OF
03:15:27 SAN FRANCISCO OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS WHERE THEY FLOUTEDD
03:15:31 FEDERAL LAW THAT REQUIRE THEM TO TRACK WHERE THEIR PILLS WERE
03:15:33 GOING TOE . THEY HAD A WHAT WHAT WE REFER
03:15:36 TO AS A FILL FILL FILL PHARMACY CULTURE WHERE FOLKS WOULD BRING
03:15:40 IN THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS AND THE
03:15:43 PHARMACIST WOULD JUST FILL THEM WITHOUT CHECKING WHY SOMEONE
03:15:46 WAS COMING IN MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT CHECKING WHY CERTAIN
03:15:48 DOCTORSLE WERE SEEING A 100 FOLD INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
03:15:52 THAT THEY WERE PRESCRIBING.
03:15:55 SO WE HAD A HISTORIC JUDGMENT AGAINST WALGREENS RECENTLY, BUT
03:15:58 IT'S BEEN A VERY INTENSE LAWSUIT AND WE KNOW THAT WILL
03:16:02 NEVER BRING BACK THE K LIVES THT WE HAVE LOST TO OPIOID
03:16:07 ADDICTIONS. BUT IT'S CRITICAL FOR US THATD
03:16:10 WE GET THE RESOURCES THAT THAT WE NEED.
03:16:12 MAYBE ONE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN A
03:16:14 CONFUSIONOF A LARGE PERCENTAGE F FOLKS WHO ARE ADDICTED TO
03:16:20 STREET LEVEL DRUG SAY HEROIN OR FENTANYL STARTED THEIR
03:16:24 ADDICTIONS WITH PAINKILLERS. OPIOIDER MEDICATIONS THAT WERE
03:16:28 PRESCRIBED THROUGH DOCTORS PROVIDED THROUGH PHARMACIES.
03:16:32 AND SO LITERALLY THE SUFFERING THAT WE'RE SEEING ON OUR
03:16:33 STREETS WAS CAUSED S BY THE OPIOID INDUSTRY OVER MANY, MANY
03:16:36 YEARSMA AND HAS CREATED THE SIGNIFICANT CRISIS THAT WE ARE
03:16:40 DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT.
03:16:43 RIGHT. NOW MOVING ON I UNDERSTAND
03:16:44 AFTER THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING STRIKING DOWN ROAD
03:16:48 VERSUS WADE THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S
03:16:51 DESIGNED TO HELPNE PROVIDE FREE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BOTH
03:16:55 SEEKING ABORTIONS AND PROVIDING THEM.
03:16:59 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION?
03:17:00 SURE O. SO BEFORE THE DOBBS DECISION
03:17:03 CAME DOWN BUTHE AFTERDE WE LEARD ABOUT THE LEAK FROM THE SUPREME
03:17:07 COURT ABOUT THE DRAFT THAT SUGGESTED THERT T DECISION WOULE
03:17:11 AS BAD AS IT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE, I REACHED OUT TO LEADERSHIP
03:17:15 FROM THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT
03:17:18 IF THAT DECISION CAME DOWN THERE WOULD BE TENS OF
03:17:20 THOUSANDS OF W T PATIENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS
03:17:23 PROVIDERS WHOSE LEGAL SITUATION
03:17:27 WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY. WOMEN DOCTORS, NURSES WHO COULD
03:17:31 BE SUBJECTED TO LAWSUITS WHO COULD BE ARRESTED, WHO COULD BE
03:17:35 PROSECUTED PARTICULARLY IN RED STATES.
03:17:36 ST26 STATES WHERE RIGHTS ARE BEING ROLLED BACK OR IN THE
03:17:41 PROCESS OR HAVE ALREADY BEEN ROLLED BACK BECAUSE OF THE
03:17:43 DOBBS DECISION. BEBESO WE PUT OUT A CALL TO LAWS
03:17:46 AND FRANKLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
03:17:49 AND AS OF THIS MOMENT THERE HAVE BEEN OVERER
03:17:52 70 LAW FIRMS THAT HAVE ANSWERED OUR CALL TO
03:17:54 BE PART OF O THE LEGAL ALLIANCE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WHO
03:17:57 HAVE COMMITTED TO REVIEWING CASES AND PROVIDING PRO-BONO
03:18:00 ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS WHO ARE AT LEGAL
03:18:05 RISK. WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT
03:18:08 POTENTIAL CASES THAT THESE LAWYERS CAN BRING AGAINST
03:18:09 STATES IN THESE AREAS THAT ARE LOOKING TO DEPRIVE
03:18:13 WOMEN AND PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS OF THEIR OF THEIR
03:18:16 RIGHTS. IT IS A VERY DARK TIME
03:18:20 IN AMERICA I AND I'M REALLY PROD THAT THAT BAY AREA ATTORNEYS,
03:18:24 THE LEGAL COMMUNITY HERE HAVE STEPPED UP TO ANSWER THE CALL.
03:18:28 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'SR GREAT.
03:18:31 SO NOW THE NON-CITIZEN VOTING PROGRAM THAT WASON PASSED BY
03:18:35 VOTERS JUST FOR SCHOOL BOARDS HAS FACED SOME COURTR RD CHALLES
03:18:39 RECENTLY BUT IT WAS IN PLACE FOR THE MOST RECENT ELECTIONCE
03:18:42 THAT WE'VE HAD. >> HOW DO YOU SEE THAT
03:18:43 SITUATION PANNING OUT? YEAH, IN FACT IT'S BEEN
03:18:47 IN PLACE FOR NOW FIVE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS SOOW A LITTLE BT
03:18:51 OF BACKGROUND IN OUR SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOLS OVERUR ONE OUT
03:18:55 OF THREE KIDS HAS A PARENT WHO IS AT NON-CITIZEN AND WHO
03:18:59 DOESN'T HAVE A SAY IN THE ELECTION OFN THE POLICYMAKERS
03:19:03 THAT DICTATE THE FUTURE OF OUR SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
03:19:07 AND SO OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A MOVEMENT TO
03:19:09 ALLOW IMMIGRANT PARENTS TO VOTE IN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.
03:19:12 ABOUT THAT IS OUR COUNTRY HAS A VERYCO
03:19:15 LONG HISTORY WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOWING IMMIGRANTS TO VOTE.
03:19:19 FROM 1776 FOR 150 YEARS TILL AFTER WORLD WAR ONE, IMMIGRANTS
03:19:24 WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN MOST STATES IN OUR COUNTRY ON THE
03:19:29 THEORY THAT WE WANT TO
03:19:29 ASSIMILATE IMMIGRANTS AND AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC VALUES
03:19:36 AND INSTITUTIONS. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL AN
03:19:37 ANTI-IMMIGRANT BACKLASHIT IN WORLD WAR ONE THAT THAT SORT
03:19:40 OF ENDED. BUT IN RECENT YEARSND CITIES
03:19:43 ACROSS AMERICA HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN.
03:19:47 IN FACT, AT THIS MOMENT I BELIEVE THERE ARE OVER A DOZEN
03:19:49 EN NON-CITIZENS TO VOTE IN A
03:19:51 NUMBER OF CONTEXTS. NOW THIS IS PARTICULARLY
03:19:54 IMPORTANT IN OUR SCHOOLS JUST GIVEN HOW CHALLENGED OUR
03:19:56 SCHOOLS ARESEN AND GIVEN THAT WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE ENGAGE MORE
03:20:00 PARENTS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM REGARDLESS OF THEIR
03:20:03 FOR ALL PARENTS.ELPS TO LIFT AND SO IN 2016 THE VOTERS OF
03:20:10 SAN FRANCISCO PASSED A BALLOT MEASURE THAT ALLOWED THIS TO
03:20:14 HAPPEN. UNFORTUNATELY EARLIER THIS YEAR
03:20:15 THERE WERE EER CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME TO SAN
03:20:18 FRANCISCO TON BRING A LAWSUIT TO TRY TO OVERTURN THIS.
03:20:22 AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTIONTU IT S OBVIOUSLY THE PERSPECTIVE OF
03:20:25 OUR OFFICELYVE AND OUR CITY THAT THIS IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
03:20:28 NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS NON-CITIZENS FROM
03:20:32 VOTING AND IN FACT THERE'S AN EXPLICIT PROVISION IN THE
03:20:36 CONSTITUTION THAT ALLOWS CHARTER CITIES LIKE SAN
03:20:39 FRANCISCO WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS TO BE
03:20:40 ABLE TO DICTATE THE THE TIME AND MANNER OF THOSE ELECTIONS.
03:20:44 AND SO WE ARE INVOLVED IN LITIGATION ON THIS ISSUE.
03:20:48 THERE WAS AN INITIAL I RULING THAT WAS NOT GOOD FOR US THAT
03:20:52 ESSENTIALLY SAID AT THE TRIAL COURT LEVEL WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW
03:20:56 THIS. WE APPEALED IT UP TO THE
03:21:00 APPELLATE LEVEL. THE APPELLATE COURT MADE AN
03:21:01 INITIAL DECISION TO ALLOW THIS PAST NOVEMBER ELECTION TO
03:21:04 PROCEED AS IT HAS FOR THE LAST PREVIOUS FOUR ELECTIONS.
03:21:08 WE'RE GOINGOU TO BE IN FRONT OF THAT COURT SOON.
03:21:11 >> STAY TUNED. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
03:21:12 IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO REACH A T
03:21:15 SETTLEMENT WITH THE CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES.
03:21:18 THAT MEANT LAGUNA HONDA COULD FD STILL OPERATE.
03:21:21 >> YES. HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO REACH
03:21:22 THAT AGREEMENT? IT WAS NOT AN EASY
03:21:25 CONVERSATION, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
03:21:26 LAGUNA HONDA HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
03:21:29 INSTITUTIONED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 150 YEARS TAKING CARE OF
03:21:33 OUR MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS OUR FRAIL, VERY ELDERLY
03:21:40 PATIENTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE AT END OF LIFE.
03:21:42 AND A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WERE SOME ISSUES IN THAT HOSPITAL,
03:21:46 SOME VIOLATIONS OF RULES THAT WE VERY MUCH WANT TO MAKE SURE
03:21:49 DON'T GET VIOLATED. THERE WERE FOLKS THAT WEREN'TT R
03:21:52 USING PROPER PPE WHO WERE BRINGING CIGARET LIGHTERSBR INTO
03:21:56 THE FACILITY WHO MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT SOME CONTRABAND INTO
03:21:58 THE FACILITIES. WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THAT
03:22:00 AND HAVE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. WE SELF-REPORTHA SOME OF THESE
03:22:04 VIOLATIONS TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND UNFORTUNATELY
03:22:08 FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THEY TOOK THE VERY DISPROPORTIONATE STEP
03:22:09 OFPR ORDERING THE CLOSURE THE HONDA PROBLEMATIC ON A NUMBER
03:22:15 OF REASONS. FIRST AND FOREMOST.
03:22:18 THERE ARE JUST NO SKILLED NURSING FACILITY BEDSKI NOT JUST
03:22:22 IN CALIFORNIA BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY.
03:22:23 AFTER THEIR ORDER CAME DOWN WE LITERALLY WERE PUTTING A
03:22:27 THOUSAND CALLS A DAY TO SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AROUND
03:22:30 CALIFORNIA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND COULD FIND NOWHERE
03:22:32 TOCO MOVE THE 700 PATIENTS THAT WE HAD HAD IN THE GREEN HONDA.
03:22:38 BUT JUST AS DISTURBINGLY AS WE WERE FORCED TO START MOVING
03:22:42 SOME OF THESE PATIENTS, A NUMBER OF THEM DIED.
03:22:43 THERE'S AMB CONCEPT IN MEDICINE KNOWN AS TRANSFER TRAUMA.
03:22:46 WHEN YOU MOVE SOMEONE WHO IS THAT FRAIL AND UNFORTUNATELY
03:22:50 FOLKS FOLKS DIED AND WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE WE WERE FIVE
03:22:57 WEEKS AWAY FROM THE DEADLINE THEY HAD PROVIDED TO US TO
03:23:01 CLOSE THE FACILITY. SO AND HAD BEEN TRYING FOR
03:23:04 MONTHS TO GET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER THEIR
03:23:05 ACTIONT. SO I WAS COMPELLED TO BRING A
03:23:09 LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
03:23:13 AND VERY PLEASED AND APPRECIATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO A
03:23:16 SETTLEMENT WHEREBY TRANSFER WILL BE DELAYED AT LEAST UNTIL
03:23:20 NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT LEASTEX A
03:23:24 YEAR OF FUNDING TO KEEP THE FACILITY OPEN AND HOPEFULLYKE WE
03:23:28 CAN GET BACK UP ON OUR FEET AND ENSURE THAT NO FUTURE
03:23:29 VIOLATIONS OCCUR BECAUSE THIS IS AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS TO
03:23:32 STAY OPEN FOR THE GOOD OF THESE PATIENTS.
03:23:36 >> QUITE RIGHT. QUITE RIGHT.
03:23:37 SO FINALLY CONGRATULATION ON WINNING AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC
03:23:40 SERVICE DISPUTE WITH PGAER. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT THE
03:23:44 CITY'S RIGHTS AS A LOCAL POWER PROVIDER ARE MAINTAINED?
03:23:47 >> WELL, SO SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN A LOCAL POWER PROVIDER FOR
03:23:51 FOUR DECADES. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVEEC ACCES
03:23:55 THROUGH OUR HETCH HETCHY HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEM TO PROVIDE
03:23:59 ELECTRICITY TO A NUMBER OF PROVIDERS, PARTICULARLY PUBLIC
03:24:03 RECIPIENTS OF THAT. AND UNFORTUNATELY PGENF HAS USED
03:24:07 ITS MONOPOLY WHEN IT COMES TOOP PRIVATE ELECTRICITY TO TRY TO
03:24:11 STOP THAT AND TO BLOCK THAT. AND FROMT, OUR PERSPECTIVE THEY
03:24:14 VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW IN ADDING LITERALLY TENS OF MILLIONS OF
03:24:19 DOLLARS OF EXPENSES TO SAN FRANCISCO AND INSTITUTIONS THAT
03:24:23 WERE TRYING TO ENSURE PUBLIC POWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
03:24:26 PUT YEARS OF DELAYSIN ON OUR ABILITY TO DO THIS AND SO WE
03:24:31 HAD TO BRING A NUMBER OF APPEALS IN A FEDERAL
03:24:33 COMMISSION. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE
03:24:37 APPEALS AND THERE WAS A DECISION RECENTLYEA THAT
03:24:41 BASICALLY HELD THE GENIE COULD NOT USE ITS MONOPOLY TO
03:24:45 UNFAIRLY DELAY OR ADD TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFEL COST TO
03:24:49 THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AS WE ARE TRYING TO
03:24:50 MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR VISION OF PUBLIC POWER.
03:24:53 CLEARLY PGEEA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVE NOT JUST SAN FRANCISCO
03:24:57 BUT NORTHERNTNC CALIFORNIA. WELL WE ALL KNOW THAT WITH THE
03:25:00 WILDFIRES WITH ITSRE BANKRUPTCY, WITH ALL THE ISSUES THAT
03:25:04 THEY'VE HAD, WE THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENT MODEL TO MOVE
03:25:07 FORWARD ON. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE
03:25:08 E IN PROVIDING A RULING THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD.
03:25:11 >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.
03:25:15 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU'VE GIVEN US HERE TODAY.
03:25:16 LL TI APPRECIATE IT AND THANKS R YOUR THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS
03:25:19 AND THANK YOU. WELL, THAT'S IT FOR THIS
03:25:22 EPISODE. >> WE'LL BE BACK WITH ANOTHER
03:25:23 ONE SHORTLY FOR OUR SELF OF TVTL I'M CHRISHR MATTERS.
03:25:25 >> THANKS FOR WATCHING AND ALSO GO TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
03:25:46 TELEVISION. >> D I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO E
03:25:55 AN EXPERT TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE THEO INCREASING
03:25:58 FREQUENCY OF FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
03:26:02 THEY'RE CONTINUING AT A EVER INCREASING RATE EVERY SUMMERC
03:26:05 AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THE A DROUGT CONTINUES.
03:26:07 WE HAVE HUGE SHORTAGES OF WATER RIGHT NOW AND SO I DON'T THINK
03:26:10 YOU HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT TOE SEE THE IMPACT.
03:26:14 >> WHEN PEOPLE CREATE GREENHOUSE GASES WE'RE DOING SO
03:26:18 BY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES LIKE BURNING FOSSIL FUELSG.
03:26:22 WE AREN LETTING OFF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
03:26:23 BUT WE ALSO DO THIS THROUGH FOODFF WASTE AND SO WHEN WE ARE
03:26:27 WASTING SOLID FOOD AND LEAVING ITE IN THE LANDFILL, IT PUTS OUT
03:26:31 METHANE GAS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE WHICH IS A REALLY POTENT
03:26:34 GREENHOUSE GAS AND THAT WEELERATE THE RATE AT WHICH
03:26:38 ARE WARMING OUR PLANET AND MAKES ALL THE EFFECTS OF
03:26:39 CLIMATE CHANGE WORSEHE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THEREE ARE A
03:26:42 LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN BE DOING PARTICULARLYT LIKE COMPOSTING
03:26:46 AND THEN THE ADDED BENEFIT IS COMPOST IS ACTUALLY
03:26:49 APPLIED TO THE SOIL IT HAS THE ABILITY TO REVERSE CLIMATE
03:26:54 CHANGE BY PULLING CARBON OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND INTO THE
03:26:57 SOIL AND THE ROOTS. AND THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF
03:27:00 SCIENCE THAT'S KIND OF BREAKING RIGHT NOW AROUND THATH.
03:27:12 IN THE EARLY 90S SAN FRANCISCO HIRED SOME ENGINEERSRE TO ANALYE
03:27:18 THE MATERIAL SAN FRANCISCO WAS SENDING TO LANDFILL.
03:27:23 THEY DID A WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY AND THAT
03:27:24 SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE MATERIAL SAN FRANCISCO WAS
03:27:27 SENDING TO LANDFILL COULD BE COMPOSTA S AND IT WAS THINGS LIE
03:27:31 FOOD SCRAPS LIKE COFFEE GROUNDS AND BANANA PEELS AND EGGSHELLS
03:27:35 AND THEN STICKS AND LEAVES FROM GARDENING.
03:27:36 TOGETHER RECOLOGY AND SAN
03:27:38 FRANCISCO STARTED THIS CURBSIDE COMPOSTING PROGRAMAR.
03:27:42 WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTRY TO COLLECT FOOD SCRAPS
03:27:45 SEPARATELY FROM OTHER TRASH AND TURN THEM INTO COMPOST.
03:27:47 A OUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE EVER DID.
03:27:51 ITDI KEPT 2.5 MILLION TONS OF MATERIAL OUT OF THE LANDFILL,
03:27:57 PRODUCED A BEAUTIFUL NUTRIENT RICH COMPOST THAT HAS GONE ON
03:27:58 TO HUNDREDSMP OF FARMS, ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS.
03:28:04 SO IN THAT WAY YOU CAN MANAGE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS AND PRODUCE
03:28:06 FAR LESS METHANE. THAT'S PART OF THE SOLUTION
03:28:09 THAT GIVES PEOPLE HOPE. THENHASO WE'RE DOING SOMETHING O
03:28:13 SLOW DOWN CLIMATE CHANGE. I'VE BEEN INTO ORGANIC FARMING
03:28:17 MY WHOLE LIFE.
03:28:20 WHEN WE STARTED PLANTING TREES HERE 15 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, IT
03:28:22 WAS A VERY NATURAL TO JUST GO GET SOME COMPOST FROM RECOLOGY.
03:28:25 SO COMPOST IS JUST THE AIR I BREATHE HOW IT WORKS IN NATURE
03:28:32 IS THAT THE SOIL BIOLOGY OR THE MICROBES IN THE SOIL FEED THE
03:28:36 PLANTS AND OUR JOB AS FARMERS AS REGENERATIVE FARMERS.
03:28:37 WED FEED THE MICROBES WITH COMPOST AND THEY'LL FEED THE
03:28:40 PLANTSST. IT'SKE VERY MUCH LIKE IN BUSINES
03:28:44 WHERE YOU SAY TAKE CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOUR VOICE WILL
03:28:48 TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS. >> IT'S C THE SAME THING TAKE
03:28:51 CARE OF YOUR SOIL MICROBES THE SOIL LIFE S AND THAT SOIL LIFE
03:28:54 WILL FEED AND TAKE CARE OF THE PLANTSED.
03:28:58 THEY LOVE COMPOST BECAUSE IT'S A NUTRIENT RICH SOIL AMENDMENT.
03:29:02 IT'S FOOD FOR THE SOIL. THAT'S PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS
03:29:06 PULLING CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE, PUSHING IT BACK
03:29:08 INTO THE SOIL WHERE IT BELONGS I AND THOSE ROOTS EXUDE CARBON
03:29:11 INTO THE SOIL. EYOU'RE HELPING TURN A FARM INTO
03:29:15 A CARBON SINK. IT'S REALLY AN INTERNAL
03:29:18 NATIONAL MODEL. DELEGATIONS FROM 135 COUNTRIES
03:29:21 HAVE COME TO STUDY THIS PROGRAM AND IT ACTUALLY HELPED INSPIREMA
03:29:25 A NEW LAW IN CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 1383 WHICH REQUIRES CITIES
03:29:28 UP AND DOWN CALIFORNIA TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
03:29:33 COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL THEYORH SED TO LANDFILLS BYF 75% BY 2025.
03:29:38 >> WE ARE RETURNING FROM RECESS FOR THE JUNE 10TH, 2026 MEETING
03:30:03 OF THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE AND NOW WE WILL
03:30:07 CONTINUE ON THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET HEARING AND THIS NEXT
03:30:14 DEPARTMENT IS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
03:30:36 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. >> I AM SANDRA KING, THE
03:30:41 EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND I HAVE WITH ME DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAVINA
03:30:44 HOLMES. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
03:30:48 TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 THROUGH 28.
03:30:52 >> ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE OUR MISSION STATEMENT THE
03:30:56 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AS A POLICYMAKING AND APPELLATE BODY
03:31:00 ESTABLISHED BY THE VOTERS TO SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY
03:31:03 AND FAIRNESS OF THE MERIT SYSTEM FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY
03:31:06 OF SAN FRANCISCO ENSURING THAT EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ARE FAIR,
03:31:10 EQUITABLE, TRANSPARENT AND COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW WE
03:31:14 CARRY OUT THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE CITIES
03:31:18 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ORDINANCE SUCH AS DECERTIFICATION OF AN
03:31:21 EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION OR OVERSEEING THE ELECTION OF AN
03:31:25 EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION RECOGNITION WE SERVE AS THE
03:31:26 POLICY AND RULEMAKING AUTHORITY AND FINAL DECISION MAKER ON
03:31:29 CIVIL SERVICE MATTERS PROVIDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT
03:31:33 FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:31:37 COMMISSION STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
03:31:40 RESOURCES AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CIVIL SERVICE
03:31:44 RULE APPLICATION TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR AN EXPEDITED
03:31:45 BUT FAIR AND IMPARTIAL HIRING PROCESS TO DEVELOP A DIVERSE,
03:31:49 WELL-QUALIFIED STAFF REFLECTIVE OF THE PUBLIC WE SERVE.
03:31:53 >> THIS INCLUDES REVIEWING AND AMENDING RULES, POLICIES
03:31:57 AND HIRING PRACTICES IN ADDITION TO HEARING APPEALS
03:32:00 AND CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS TO RESOLVE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE
03:32:04 CONCERNS ON MERIT SYSTEM MATTERS THE COMMISSION PER THE
03:32:07 CHARTER SETS THE SALARIES ANNUALLY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
03:32:12 AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. >> THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS
03:32:13 TRAININGS ON THE MERIT SYSTEM FOR HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF,
03:32:16 HIRING MANAGERS AND UNION REPRESENTATIVES TO INCREASE
03:32:19 THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE MERIT SYSTEM APPLICATION OF THE CIVIL
03:32:21 SERVICE RULES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
03:32:24 >> THE COMMISSION REVIEWS AND APPROVES REQUESTS FOR
03:32:27 PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS TO DETERMINE IF WORK CANNOT BE
03:32:31 PERFORMED BY CITY EMPLOYEES. OUR OFFICE WORKS CLOSELY WITH
03:32:35 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
03:32:36 STAFF OFFICE OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION STAFF AND THE
03:32:40 GOV OPS TEAM DEVELOPED TO DEVELOP METHODS TO EFFICIENTLY
03:32:43 MOVE FORWARD PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS WHILE MAINTAINING
03:32:46 TRANSPARENCY WITH THE UNIONS AND THE PUBLIC.
03:32:50 >> PERFORMANCE METRICS. THE PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE
03:32:54 ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION FOR STAFF TO APPROPRIATELY
03:32:56 ASSESS THE TIMELY RESOLUTION OF APPEALS AND INSPECTION
03:32:59 SERVICES. PERCENTAGES HAVE BEEN
03:33:02 INCREASING MODERATELY FROM ONE FISCAL YEAR TO THE NEXT.
03:33:03 >> HOWEVER, THE CIVIL SERVICES COMMISSION IS ENCOURAGED THAT
03:33:07 THE AUTOMATION OF APPEALS AND INSPECTION SERVICES
03:33:10 MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WILL MAKE THE FOLLOW UP AND RESOLUTION OF
03:33:14 APPEALS AND INSPECTION SERVICE MUCH TIMELIER APPEALS THAT
03:33:17 REFLECT A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF RESOLUTION ARE THE RESULT OF
03:33:21 DELAYED STAFF REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENTS DUE TO PENDING
03:33:25 GRIEVANCES ARBITRATION LITIGATION SETTLEMENT
03:33:29 AGREEMENTS OR STAFFING. >> IT IS THE COMMISSION'S GOAL
03:33:30 TO RESOLVE APPEALS AND INSPECTION SERVICES WITHIN
03:33:33 60 DAYS TO PROVIDE APPELLANTS WITH THE RESOLUTION THEY
03:33:37 REQUIRE PROVIDING FINAL DETERMINATION AND CLOSURE OF
03:33:41 THEIR COMPLAINT. AND NOW YOU HAVE THE BUDGET.
03:33:45 >> THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET ALLOWS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE
03:33:47 COMMISSION TO MAINTAIN OUR VERY LEAN STAFFING AND OPERATE
03:33:50 OPTIMALLY AS SOON AS WE CAN FILL OUR VACANT POSITION.
03:33:54 WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING AN ATTRITION RATE OF 16%
03:33:57 BECAUSE OF THE VACANCY SINCE DECEMBER.
03:34:01 >> FULL STAFFING ENSURES EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE
03:34:02 MERIT SYSTEM AND CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND THE AUTHORITY TO
03:34:05 PROVIDE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR CITY AND COUNTY POSITIONS.
03:34:09 >> THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO ADVISE DEPARTMENTS ON THE
03:34:12 APPLICABILITY OF THE RULES AND PROVIDES TRAINING TO
03:34:16 EMPLOYEES AND UNIONS ON THE MERIT SYSTEMS, APPEALS
03:34:17 AND INSPECTIONS SERVICE REQUESTS AND THE CIVIL SERVICE
03:34:21 COMMISSION POLICY ON PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.
03:34:24 >> COMMISSION STAFF ALSO SERVES AS THOUGHT LEADERS AND MEMBERS
03:34:28 OF THE PATHWAYS AND PIPELINES PEER LEARNING COHORTS
03:34:29 AND COLLABORATE WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
03:34:33 THEY FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS AVENUES TO CITY
03:34:36 EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCING THE CITY'S EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION
03:34:40 GOALS. >> THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
03:34:44 REPRESENTS THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION PERMANENT
03:34:47 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.
03:34:48 >> THE DEPARTMENT WAS FULLY STAFFED IN EARLY 2025.
03:34:52 HOWEVER, IN DECEMBER A KEY STAFF MEMBER OF 30 PLUS YEARS
03:34:58 RETIRED LEAVING A VOID OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WITH
03:35:01 THE CURRENT LEVEL OF REDUCED STAFFING IT REQUIRES THE ENTIRE
03:35:05 DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE. HYBRID COMMISSION MEETINGS.
03:35:09 >> YES, OUR POLICY BODY STILL CONDUCTS A HYBRID COMMISSION
03:35:13 MEETINGS WHILE MANAGING OFFICE COVERAGE AND OTHER COMPETING
03:35:14 WORK PRIORITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY. >> THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
03:35:18 HAS A LONG HISTORY OF OVERSEEING THE MERIT SYSTEM
03:35:21 AND BEING A RELIABLE, RESPECTFUL AND TRUSTED RESOURCE
03:35:25 FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. HIRING MANAGERS, CITY
03:35:29 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM UNION REPRESENTATIVES
03:35:33 AND THE PUBLIC. WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE FOR
03:35:34 THE MAYOR TO ESTABLISH A BALANCED BUDGET DURING A
03:35:38 DEFICIT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING NECESSARY PUBLIC
03:35:41 SERVICES. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO RETAIN OUR
03:35:45 FTE COUNT AND HOPE TO BACKFILL OUR VACANCY SEEING ON THE
03:35:49 PROPOSALS BUDGET AS YOU SEE HERE.
03:35:53 DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAVINA HOLMES HAS CLOSELY BEEN WORKING WITH
03:35:57 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE TO PREPARE THE BUDGET REQUEST
03:35:58 WITHOUT IMPACTING MISSION CRITICAL SERVICES REQUIRED OF
03:36:01 THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION WHILE SEEKING ADDITIONAL WAYS
03:36:05 TO COLLABORATE, EXPEDITE AND IMPROVE THE APPEALS
03:36:08 INSPECTION SERVICE AND SUPPORT HIRING PROCESSES IN WAYS THAT
03:36:12 AUTOMATE REMAIN EQUITABLE, RETAIN FAIRNESS
03:36:16 AND TRANSPARENCY AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST QUALIFIED
03:36:19 CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF SAN
03:36:21 FRANCISCO. THE DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT
03:36:24 IS ON TARGET TO SAVE APPROXIMATELY 12.5% OF OUR
03:36:28 CURRENT BUDGET ALLOCATION PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE HIRING
03:36:31 FREEZE SINCE THE POSITION BECAME VACANT DUE TO
03:36:35 RETIREMENT. >> THE PREPARED BUDGET ASSUMES
03:36:36 SOME SAVINGS OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MATERIALS
03:36:40 AND SUPPLIES AND SERVICES OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
03:36:43 LINE ITEM REDUCED IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
03:36:46 >> KEEP IN MIND OUR BUDGET FOR MATERIAL SUPPLIES IS AT ITS
03:36:50 LOWEST LEVEL OF TWO THOUSAND 979 DOLLARS.
03:36:54 >> WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE
03:36:58 WHO REDUCED OUR RENT AND REVIEWING THE POSSIBILITY
03:37:01 OF MOVING OUR DEPARTMENT TO A SMALLER SPACE WITH THE
03:37:05 WILLINGNESS TO SHARE CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS
03:37:08 FOR TRAINING AND MEETINGS. WE PLACE EMPHASIS ON THE
03:37:12 MEASURES WE HAVE TAKEN TO MEET THE MAYOR'S PRIORITIES,
03:37:16 PARTICULARLY WITH AN EYE TO RESTRUCTURING THE ORGANIZATION
03:37:20 AROUND OUR CURRENT BUDGET STAFFING LEVEL TO INCREASE
03:37:21 EFFICIENCY AND ELIMINATE REDUNDANCY.
03:37:24 >> MUCH OF THIS WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET
03:37:28 CYCLE WITH THE AUTOMATION OF APPEALS AND INSPECTIONS SERVICE
03:37:31 PROCESSING. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WE ARE
03:37:32 VERY THANKFUL FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ALLOWED THE
03:37:36 DEPARTMENT TO FILL THE VACANCY WITH AN EXEMPT POSITION SO WE
03:37:39 CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SPECIAL PROJECT.
03:37:43 WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND WE JUST RECENTLY
03:37:47 RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
03:37:48 TO FILL THE POSITION. >> BUT EVEN WITH THE BUDGET
03:37:55 CHALLENGES FACING ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS, THE CIVIL SERVICE
03:37:56 COMMISSION CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH DEPARTMENTS IN EXPANDING
03:38:00 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOURAGING GROWTH
03:38:03 AND RETENTION BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND TRAINING ON MERIT
03:38:07 SYSTEM MATTERS AND BEING OPEN TO HEARING IDEAS AND CONCERNS
03:38:11 AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR SERVICES.
03:38:12 >> WE ARE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
03:38:18 THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL
03:38:19 QUESTIONS TO THE BUDGET BUT JUST SIMPLY KIND OF I'M KIND OF
03:38:23 CURIOUS ABOUT HOW HAS IT BEEN WITH THE PROP JAY APPROVAL AS
03:38:30 WELL AS THE MOST RECENTLY PERMANENT S.F.?
03:38:31 LIKE I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SPECIFIC
03:38:37 COMMISSION HEARING OR MEETING AGAIN AND PROBABLY ALREADY
03:38:41 PASSED OR DID IT DID IT? >> YES.
03:38:42 WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED ACTUALLY FOR JUNE
03:38:45 18TH. OUR DEPARTMENT HAS CONTINUOUSLY
03:38:49 MET ON THE DEPARTMENT SIDE AND THE UNION SIDE JUST
03:38:54 INFORMING THEM ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW PIECES ARE
03:38:58 REVIEWED, BEING PREPARED TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THE
03:39:02 COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS. >> AND THE COMMISSIONERS
03:39:05 CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE TO BUILD THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
03:39:09 DEPARTMENT AND THE UNIONS. AGAIN, THE CIVIL SERVICE
03:39:12 COMMISSIONS ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTRACTS REALLY HAS TO
03:39:14 DO WITH CAN OUR CITY EMPLOYEES PERFORM THE WORK RIGHT.
03:39:20 >> AND IT IS AN OPEN HEARING. SO AS YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD
03:39:24 THAT MANY HAVE MADE PUBLIC COMMENT AND OUR COMMISSIONERS
03:39:25 TAKES THIS MATTER VERY SERIOUSLY.
03:39:28 SO BUT THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR
03:39:32 JUNE 18TH WHEN WE WILL HEAR BACK FROM BOTH THE DEPARTMENT
03:39:35 THE UNION WHEN THEY HAVE HAD TIME TO MEET AND TO REPORT BACK
03:39:39 TO US. >> THIS IS ALSO MY ROUNDABOUT A
03:39:40 WAY TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
03:39:44 IT IS ALWAYS KIND OF IT'S ONE OF THOSE YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE
03:39:47 CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT IT IS UNTIL CRUNCH TIME.
03:39:50 SOMETIMES PEOPLE TAKE A CITY DEPARTMENT LIKE YOURS FOR
03:39:54 GRANTED AND BUT IT IS A TIME LIKE THIS A CRITICAL TIME, A
03:39:58 CRUNCH TIME THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WHY NOW THEY HAVE TO
03:40:02 RECOGNIZE WHY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IS SUCH A CRITICAL
03:40:05 UNIT FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO FUNCTION AND TO FUNCTION
03:40:09 WELL AND WITH INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
03:40:12 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
03:40:13 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
03:40:14 AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT CITY DEPARTMENT WHICH
03:40:17 IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
03:40:38 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. >> MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
03:40:46 MY NAME IS CAROL EYES AND I'M YOUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
03:40:49 AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
03:40:53 HUMAN RESOURCES. OUR DEPARTMENT SERVES AS THE
03:40:57 CITY'S STRATEGIC PARTNER IN WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT.
03:41:00 WE SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY IN ATTRACTING
03:41:02 DEVELOPING, RETAINING AND SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES WHO
03:41:05 DELIVER ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES TO SAN FRANCISCANS.
03:41:09 >> I'M GOING TO DISCUSS BOTH OUR RECENT PROGRESS
03:41:13 AND PRIORITIES THAT ARE GUIDING US OVER OUR WORK FOR THE NEXT
03:41:17 TWO YEARS AND PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET.
03:41:21 >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE D H R HELPS TO ENSURE CITY
03:41:25 DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE WORKFORCE TOOLS AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES
03:41:29 SUPPORT NEEDED TO DELIVER SERVICES TO SAN FRANCISCANS.
03:41:32 WE SUPPORT THE ENTIRE EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE FROM RECRUITING
03:41:36 AND HIRING EMPLOYEES TO TRAINING DEVELOPMENT, LABOR
03:41:40 RELATIONS, WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS AND WORKER'S
03:41:43 COMPENSATION. OUR WORK IS ORGANIZED INTO SIX
03:41:47 CORE SERVICE AREAS HIRING AND ASSESSMENTS, LABOR
03:41:51 RELATIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
03:41:55 OPPORTUNITY CLAIMS AND INVESTIGATIONS OR HUMAN
03:42:00 RESOURCES CONSULTING SERVICES LARGELY SUPPORTING SMALL
03:42:03 DEPARTMENTS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
03:42:06 AND OUR WORKERS COMPENSATION DIVISION.
03:42:07 TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE SERVICES SUPPORT ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
03:42:11 WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE WIDE. WE ARE A CITYWIDE DEPARTMENT
03:42:15 THAT SERVES ALL AGENCIES. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
03:42:19 IN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRESS
03:42:24 WE'VE MADE IN ADVANCING OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND IN
03:42:27 DELIVERING RESULTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
03:42:32 >> THIS YEAR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES HAS CONTINUED
03:42:36 TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY MOSTLY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, AUTOMATION
03:42:40 AND BUILDING BETTER WORKFORCE DATA THAT WE CAN RELY ON TO
03:42:44 MAKE DECISIONS. WE'VE AUTOMATED WORKFLOWS THAT
03:42:48 HAVE REDUCED MANUAL WORK AND STREAMLINE KEY HUMAN
03:42:51 RESOURCES PROCESSES INCLUDING REDUCING THE TIME TO HIRE
03:42:55 AND ONBOARDING OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND A HOST OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
03:42:59 THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. WE'VE ENHANCED OUR REPORTING
03:43:02 CAPABILITIES. WE'VE AND BY DOING SO WE'VE
03:43:06 MADE IT EASIER FOR DEPARTMENTS TO ACCESS TIMELY AND RELIABLE
03:43:10 WORKFORCE INFORMATION ON WHICH THEY CAN RELY TO MAKE THEIR OWN
03:43:14 DECISIONS. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE A SINGLE
03:43:18 EXAMPLE AND WE HAVE MANY OTHERS .
03:43:21 WE RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NEW CAL OSHA INJURY MANAGEMENT TOOL
03:43:25 THAT AUTOMATES REQUIRED STATE AND LOCAL REPORTING.
03:43:29 THIS TOOL HAS BEEN WILDLY POPULAR.
03:43:33 IT'S REALLY IT'S EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS ON THEIR OWN
03:43:37 USING LARGELY MANUAL PROCESSES SPREADSHEETS THAT THEY WERE
03:43:41 DEVELOPING SINGULARLY. >> WE NOW HAVE PUT THIS RIGHT
03:43:45 INTO THE SYSTEM AND EVERYBODY CAN USE IT.
03:43:48 SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT THE BUILDING
03:43:49 BLOCKS IN PLACE OF THIS NATURE TO AUTOMATE A LOT OF WORK.
03:43:56 >> OVERALL THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE HELPED THE DEPARTMENT OF
03:44:00 HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY, STRENGTHEN
03:44:04 COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE BETTER DATA TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING
03:44:07 ACROSS THE CITY. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
03:44:09 PLEASE. >> IN ADDITION TO MODERNIZING
03:44:12 OUR SYSTEMS, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING THE
03:44:16 CITY'S WORKFORCE AND SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THEIR
03:44:20 CAREERS. A KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS
03:44:21 PAST YEAR WAS ADVANCING THE CITY'S REBUILDING THE RANKS
03:44:24 INITIATIVE. WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY
03:44:27 WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS IN PARTICULAR THE
03:44:31 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FILL CRITICAL VACANCIES AND TO
03:44:35 INCREASE SWORN OFFICER STAFFING .
03:44:39 WE HAVE ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED LONG
03:44:43 TERM LABOR AGREEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES AND THE
03:44:44 POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THIS PROVIDES STABILITY FOR THE
03:44:48 EMPLOYEES FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND FOR THE CITY'S LONG TERM
03:44:52 FINANCIAL PLANNING. >> OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
03:44:55 INCLUDING EXPANDING OUR CAREER WITH CAREER SERVICES
03:44:59 AND SUPPORTING EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND WELL-BEING.
03:45:00 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> IN FISCAL YEAR 26 TO AVON,
03:45:06 DHS WILL FOCUS ON FOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT
03:45:10 SUPPORT THE CITY'S WORKFORCE AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
03:45:15 FIRST, H.R. SERVICES AND POLICY REFORMS.
03:45:17 WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CITY EMPLOYMENT PROCESSES
03:45:20 MORE EFFICIENT, CONSISTENT AND RESPONSIVE TO WORKFORCE
03:45:24 NEEDS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A BIG
03:45:28 FOCUS ON ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO USE FORMS THAT EXIST
03:45:36 WITHIN SELF-SERVICE TO MAKE THEIR OWN APPLICATIONS FOR
03:45:39 THINGS LIKE TELECOMMUTING AGREEMENTS OR APPROVAL FOR
03:45:43 OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT. THE RANGE OF THINGS THAT HAVE
03:45:44 TO BE DOCUMENT ENTERED AND FOLLOWED AND APPROVED
03:45:48 AND WE NOW ARE ABLE TO DO THAT INTERACTIVELY AND KEEP ALL THE
03:45:51 RECORDS IN ONE PLACE SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES THROUGH THEIR CAREERS
03:45:57 BY EXPANDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES,
03:46:01 PROMOTING WELL-BEING, PROVIDING RESOURCES THAT HELP EMPLOYEES
03:46:03 SUCCEED IN PUBLIC SERVICE. AS I SAID LAST YEAR I HOPE YOU
03:46:06 DO IT PLEASE STOP BY OUR CAREER CENTER IF YOU GET A CHANCE
03:46:09 AND SAY HELLO TO THE FOLKS DOWN THERE.
03:46:10 IT'S A VERY BUSY ENVIRONMENT. >> WE DO A LOT OF WORK DOWN
03:46:14 THERE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
03:46:20 INTEGRATION, DATA ANALYTICS AND DIGITAL TOOLS.
03:46:21 AND FINALLY WE WILL AS WE ALWAYS DO WE'RE WORKING ON OUR
03:46:29 COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LABOR AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR
03:46:34 NEGOTIATIONS FOR ALL THE NON-UNIFORMED LABOR AGREEMENTS
03:46:40 THAT ARE COMING UP NEXT SPRING .
03:46:43 >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TURNING TO OUR BUDGET OUR TOTAL
03:46:48 BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $164 MILLION.
03:46:51 THE LARGEST EXPENDITURES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IT'S
03:46:55 ABOUT 105 MILLION. BUT WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW AND I
03:46:58 WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE THAT ABOUT $96 MILLION
03:47:05 ARE OR MORE THAN 90% OF THIS CATEGORY ARE DIRECT WORKERS
03:47:09 COMPENSATION COSTS. SO IT'S FOR THE SUPPORTING
03:47:13 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE EITHER FALLEN ILL OR BECOME INJURED ON
03:47:17 THE JOB. THIS SUPPORTS BOTH THEIR INCOME
03:47:20 REPLACEMENT AND ALL THE MEDICAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
03:47:24 THESE ARE CITYWIDE COSTS AND WE ARE SELF-INSURED AND THAT'S
03:47:31 THAT IS IN OUR CONTAINED IN OUR BUDGET AND WE MANAGE THAT
03:47:35 THROUGH OUR WORKER'S COMPENSATION DIVISION.
03:47:36 THE REMAINING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXPENDITURES SUPPORT
03:47:40 CITYWIDE PROGRAM INCLUDING TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC
03:47:44 SAFETY EXAMS, LICENSE SEEING SERVICES, BACKGROUNDING
03:47:48 AND MEDICAL SCREENING AND SOME LABOR RELATED SERVICES AS WELL.
03:47:55 OUR SECOND LARGEST CATEGORY IS OUR SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS.
03:47:59 43.7 MILLION OR ABOUT 27% OF OUR BUDGET.
03:48:03 THESE FUNDS SUPPORT THE STAFF WHO DELIVER THE CORE SERVICES
03:48:07 THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. RECRUITMENT, LABOR RELATIONS.
03:48:10 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EEO INVESTIGATIONS H.R.
03:48:14 CONSULTING AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION.
03:48:15 SO WE DO A LOT WITH NOT A LOT. OVERALL THIS REFLECTS OUR DUAL
03:48:22 ROLE AS BOTH A SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATE OF
03:48:27 WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AND OBLIGATIONS.
03:48:30 >> LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
03:48:34 THE PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCES THE HOURS ON BUDGET STAFFING LEVEL
03:48:39 BY ABOUT 7% OVER THE TWO YEAR BUDGET.
03:48:42 IT IS A NET REDUCTION OF 13 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS
03:48:49 . >> SOME OF THAT 11 OF IT IS
03:48:50 THROUGH ATTRITION, SOME IS THROUGH SEVEN POSITIONS THAT
03:48:53 HAVE BEEN CUT AND WE ARE ALSO TAKING BACK THE FINAL PIECE OF
03:49:00 THE DECENTRALIZATION OF OUR EEO WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
03:49:05 PUBLIC HEALTH. AT PRESENT EEO DOES ITS OWN
03:49:11 DOES ITS OWN INTAKE INTERVIEWS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THAT
03:49:15 AGENCY. THEY HAVE ASKED THAT WE ASSUME
03:49:18 THAT WORK SO WE'RE ASSUMING FIVE PEOPLE WHO DO IT
03:49:20 AND PROBABLY A LOT MORE WORK THAN FIVE PEOPLE CAN COVER.
03:49:24 BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST. THESE REDUCTIONS TAKEN TOGETHER
03:49:27 DO BRING DOWN OUR STAFFING TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN MANY YEARS.
03:49:31 IT WILL REQUIRE US TO REALLY FOCUS ON CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE
03:49:36 TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND REALLY RETHINKING HOW WE
03:49:39 WORK TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE
03:49:43 AND RESPONSIVE SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
03:49:52 CHAIR CHAN, YOU ASKED FOR THIS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW OUR
03:49:57 BUDGET HAS CHANGED THIS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THIS BASED ON
03:50:01 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS WE REDUCED A TOTAL OF NINE
03:50:06 POSITIONS SEVEN WERE ON BUDGET, TWO WERE OFF BUDGET.
03:50:10 THOSE TWO WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT
03:50:12 OPERATIONS RECOVERY INITIATIVE WHICH YOU'VE HEARD SEVERAL
03:50:18 SPEAKERS PRIOR TO ME SPEAK ABOUT THAT THE REDUCTIONS ARE
03:50:22 IN ADDITION TO THE ATTRITION SAVINGS THAT'S ALREADY
03:50:26 INCORPORATED INTO OUR BUDGET. IT ALSO REFLECTS A $1.5 MILLION
03:50:30 REDUCTION IN WORKER'S COMP CLAIMS EXPENDITURES.
03:50:33 I JUST WANT TO CAUTION THE COMMITTEE THAT DOES NOT MEAN
03:50:36 THAT MEDICAL EXPENSES ARE GOING DOWN.
03:50:37 IT'S SIMPLY A REFLECTION OF PROJECTION OF OUR CURRENT
03:50:41 CLAIMS RATE THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW AND THE OTHER CHANGES
03:50:49 INCLUDE A ONE TIME INCREASE TO SUPPORT NEXT YEAR'S BARGAINING
03:50:51 ACTIVITIES. WE'RE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING
03:50:55 27 LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT WORK IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO START
03:50:58 AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR A VERY INTENSE YEAR AND ADDITIONALLY
03:51:06 WE HAVE FUNDING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY EXAMS.
03:51:10 THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S EFFORT TO RECRUIT
03:51:13 AND FILL ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY FUNCTIONS AND WE HAVE A
03:51:17 SMALL EXPANSION OF THE CITY'S FELLOW PROGRAMS INCREASING THE
03:51:21 NUMBER OF FELLOWS FROM 8 TO 11 .
03:51:24 WE VALUE THIS PROGRAM A LOT EVEN THOUGH IT IS SMALL.
03:51:28 IT REALLY HELPS US TO BUILD OUR TALENT PIPELINE AND PATHWAYS
03:51:32 INTO PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS. AND FINALLY THE FIVE POSITIONS
03:51:37 THAT ARE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM US THAT I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED
03:51:40 . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
03:51:41 THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR
03:51:45 PARTNERSHIP, YOUR SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED OVER THE YEARS
03:51:48 AND TO OUR WHOLE TEAM. MIKE COTTER HERE TO MY LEFT,
03:51:53 OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SOPHIA KETTLER AND HER
03:51:56 WHOLE TEAM ALONG WITH THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS
03:52:00 FOR THEIR WORK. WE HAVE A VERY COOPERATIVE
03:52:04 RELATIONSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING ONE OF THE PRESSURES THAT OUR
03:52:07 DEPARTMENT IS UNDER TO DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT ALL OF YOU
03:52:11 DEMAND. THANK YOU.
03:52:14 >> THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTIONS.
03:52:15 ARE YOUR SEVEN POSITIONS THAT YOU ELIMINATED WERE THEY VACANT
03:52:20 ? >> NOT ALL OF THEM, NO.
03:52:21 SO YOU HAVE LAYOFF? WE DID, YES.
03:52:24 HOW MANY? >> TWO.
03:52:28 ONE PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE AND ONE PROJECT POSITION.
03:52:32 >> THANK YOU. >> SORRY.
03:52:37 TWO OUT OF THE SEVEN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
03:52:39 >> THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
03:52:44 STILL GOING THROUGH FOR NEXT YEAR.
03:52:47 YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:52:48 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE
03:52:54 NEXT DEPARTMENT IS DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS.
03:52:59 >> IF NOONE GIVES A SECOND HERE PLEASE BE REAL.
03:53:19 ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR JACKSON
03:53:23 ADVISORS GENERAL ELECTIONS. SO THE MISSION OF THE PORT OF
03:53:28 ELECTIONS IS TO CONDUCT FREE, FAIR AND FUNCTIONAL ELECTIONS
03:53:30 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO VOTING
03:53:32 SERVICES. TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION, OUR
03:53:35 KEY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE DELIVERING ACCESSIBLE
03:53:37 MULTILINGUAL AND EQUITABLE VOTING SERVICES ENSURING
03:53:40 COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS,
03:53:44 PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND VOTER PARTICIPATION,
03:53:48 MAINTAINING ACCURATE VOTER ROLLS AND ELECTION RELATED DATA
03:53:50 TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS WE
03:53:57 WILL CONDUCT TWO ELECTIONS THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER CONSOLIDATED
03:54:01 GENERAL ELECTION AND THE MARCH 2028 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
03:54:04 ELECTION. OUR BUDGET ENSURES THAT WE
03:54:06 PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE, SECURE AND RELIABLE ELECTION SERVICES
03:54:09 IN EACH OF THESE ELECTIONS. >> THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED
03:54:12 BUDGET IS $22.1 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 CONSISTING OF
03:54:21 $23 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES OFFSET BY $900,000 IN REVENUE
03:54:24 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2728. THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $23.2
03:54:30 MILLION WITH $23.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES AND $400,000
03:54:33 IN REVENUE. THESE CHARTS SHOW THE
03:54:36 ALLOCATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED EXPENDITURES
03:54:40 AND REALLY THE NUMBER OF BALLOT CARDS, THE NUMBER OF PAGES
03:54:41 AND THE VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET AND PERSONNEL COSTS
03:54:44 ARE THE MAIN DRIVERS OF OUR BUDGET.
03:54:47 >> IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS, THE
03:54:52 DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OPERATIONAL
03:54:56 NECESSITY AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE DELIVERY OF
03:54:59 SERVICES TO VOTERS. CORE OPERATIONAL SERVICES WERE
03:55:01 IDENTIFIED AS PROGRAMS REQUIRED BY ELECTION LAW.
03:55:04 THOSE NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER ELECTIONS AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL
03:55:08 VOTER SERVICES. EXAMPLES INCLUDE VOTER
03:55:09 REGISTRATION VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT ADMINISTRATION POLLING
03:55:12 PLACE OPERATIONS, ELECTION WORKER RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING
03:55:16 IN POST ELECTION CANVASS. STRATEGIC PROGRAMS WERE
03:55:19 IDENTIFIED AS INITIATIVES THAT IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY,
03:55:23 VOTER ACCESS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
03:55:26 EXAMPLES INCLUDE LANGUAGE ACCESS INITIATIVES,
03:55:27 ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION
03:55:30 PROJECTS AND DIGITAL SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS.
03:55:34 DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS WERE IDENTIFIED AS ACTIVITIES THAT
03:55:37 COULD BE REDUCED OR DELAYED WITH THE LEAST IMPACT ON THE
03:55:41 DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO MEET ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND CORE
03:55:42 SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. EXAMPLES INCLUDE OUTREACH
03:55:45 GRANTS, PILOT PROJECTS, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS,
03:55:49 SCHEDULES OR OTHER ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE NOT LEGALLY MANDATED.
03:55:51 BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DIDN'T CUT ANY PROGRAMS DURING THIS
03:55:54 BUDGET CYCLE. >> THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE
03:55:57 DEPARTMENT'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
03:56:01 THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFFING LEVEL WILL DECREASE FROM 36.5 TO 34.5
03:56:07 FTE POSITIONS WITH AN ATTRITION RATE OF 2.6 FTE POSITIONS.
03:56:13 THE 34.5 FTE POSITIONS 3 OR 9% ARE SOLELY MANAGEMENT
03:56:17 POSITIONS. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT
03:56:18 EMPLOYS HUNDREDS OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO SUPPORT ITS
03:56:21 OPERATIONS DURING EACH ELECTION CYCLE.
03:56:26 >> AND FINALLY THE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING FREE
03:56:28 AND SECURE ELECTIONS WHILE KEEPING OUR OPERATIONS
03:56:30 EFFICIENT AND ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL VOTERS.
03:56:34 I WANT TO THANK BOTH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE BOARD
03:56:35 SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENTS FOR
03:56:38 THE DEPARTMENT AND ITS MISSION. I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY
03:56:40 QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
03:56:42 SUPERVISOR WALTON. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
03:56:46 THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THAT
03:56:49 WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PRECISE TO THE POINT
03:56:53 PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
03:56:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
03:56:59 >> THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH
03:57:03 FOR YOUR WORK. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU.
03:57:06 AND WE WILL GO TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
03:57:17 >> NOW I THINK THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW CAREFULLY BEFORE
03:57:39 THE COMPTROLLER JOINS YOU. I'LL JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY TO JAN
03:57:43 GENERAL SENSE OF CITY RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IS A
03:57:47 DEPARTMENT IN OUR SYSTEM WHICH HANDLES EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T
03:57:50 BELONG TO A SPECIFIC OPERATING DEPARTMENT.
03:57:52 SO IT'S WHERE WE PUT ALL OF OUR TAX REVENUES AND IT'S FROM
03:57:55 WHICH WE PAY ALL OF OUR CITYWIDE OBLIGATIONS LIKE
03:57:58 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DEBT ALL OF THE BASELINE
03:58:02 REQUIREMENTS THAT THE VOTERS HAVE MANDATED AND CERTAIN LIKE
03:58:06 GENERAL CITYWIDE COSTS LIKE ALL THE RETIREE HEALTH FOR ALL
03:58:09 GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS. MOST OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT
03:58:16 DOES WAS ACTUALLY COVERED THIS MORNING BY CAROL LOU IN THE
03:58:18 REVENUE LETTER AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND YOU CAN
03:58:21 CHECK THIS DEPARTMENT OFF OF YOUR LIST RIGHT HERE.
03:58:40 >> A CHURCH AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, GREG WAGNER
03:58:44 COMPTROLLER UH WELL TRY TO BE BRIEF AND CONCISE.
03:58:52 WE'RE PULLING UP SLIDES. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SLIDES THAT
03:58:56 WE WON'T COVER VERBALLY BUT THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU ALL,
03:59:00 PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM THE CHAIR.
03:59:07 >> UM AND SO VERY BRIEFLY I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR
03:59:20 MISSION BUT IT'S TO ENSURE THE CITY'S FINANCIAL INTEGRITY
03:59:24 AND PROMOTE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE
03:59:28 GOVERNMENT. OUR DEPARTMENT HAS TEN
03:59:32 DIVISIONS. FOUR OF THOSE ARE VOTER
03:59:33 MANDATED DIVISIONS INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
03:59:37 CITY PERFORMANCE AND AUDITS WHICH TOGETHER MAKE UP THE CITY
03:59:40 SERVICES AUDITOR FUNCTION FUNDED BY A VOTER APPROVED
03:59:44 GENERAL FUND SET ASIDE OF 2/10 OF 1% AND THE REFUSE RATES
03:59:47 ADMINISTRATOR WE ALSO HAVE DIVISIONS THAT PROVIDE CORE
03:59:51 FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING
03:59:55 ACCOUNTING BUDGET ANALYSIS, DEBT, PAYROLL, FINANCIAL
04:00:02 AND H.R SYSTEMS AND THEN FINANCE AND ADMIN SUPPORT OUR
04:00:06 BUDGET KIND OF BY SIZE. OUR LARGEST DIVISIONS ARE THE
04:00:11 CITY SERVICES AUDITOR DIVISIONS THAT CITY PERFORMANCE
04:00:14 AND AUDITS COMBINED. AGAIN THOSE ARE FUNDED BY A
04:00:17 GENERAL FUND SET ASIDE IN THE CHARTER OF 2/10 OF 1% PERCENT
04:00:21 AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO DEPARTMENTS.
04:00:25 OUR SECOND LARGEST DIVISION IS OUR SYSTEMS DIVISION WHICH
04:00:29 OPERATES THE ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL AND OPERATING SYSTEMS
04:00:32 FOR THE CITY. SO THAT'S A SERVICE THAT'S
04:00:37 PROVIDED TO ALL DEPARTMENTS AND IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR
04:00:40 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING WHICH COMES TO
04:00:44 THIS BOARD. AND THEN BEYOND THAT ACCOUNTING
04:00:48 AND OTHER FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN OUR IN OUR DEPARTMENT THIS
04:00:51 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING BUDGET YEAR FOR US.
04:00:55 WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF POSITION ELIMINATIONS IN OUR
04:00:59 BUDGET. 12 FTE IS ONGOING.
04:01:03 IN ADDITION TO THAT AS WE DISCUSSED IN OTHER CONTEXTS
04:01:07 TODAY THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION OF SALARY SAVINGS IN YEAR TWO OF
04:01:11 OUR BUDGET TOTALING $2.1 MILLION.
04:01:14 SO WE'LL BE WORKING TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT OVER THE COMING
04:01:21 MONTHS. WE DO HAVE SOME GROWTH IN OUR
04:01:22 FUNDING THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO CONTRACTED COSTS AND ARE
04:01:29 PRIMARILY OUR SYSTEMS FUNCTION AND THEN SOME FUNDING WHICH
04:01:33 I'LL DISCUSS BRIEFLY. >> OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO STAY
04:01:40 IN NOMINAL TERMS ABOUT EVEN SO WE REMAIN AT ABOUT $86.2
04:01:44 MILLION. HOWEVER WHEN YOU FACTOR IN OF
04:01:49 COURSE INCREASES IN WAGES BENEFITS, OTHER INFLATION FLAT
04:01:56 TO STAY FLAT REQUIRES REDUCTIONS.
04:01:57 AND SO ALTHOUGH WE'RE FLAT WE HAVE MADE REDUCTIONS.
04:02:00 YOU CAN ALSO SEE I'LL JUST POINT OUT HERE A CHANGE IN OUR
04:02:05 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT WHICH OF OUR $86.2 MILLION BY FISCAL
04:02:12 YEAR 2728 WILL BE $11.5 MILLION OR ONLY ABOUT 13% OF OUR TOTAL
04:02:18 BUDGET. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET
04:02:21 COMES EITHER THROUGH OUR SET ASIDE FUNDS OR THROUGH WORK
04:02:25 ORDERS OR BILLING OF EXTERNAL REVENUE SOURCES THAT SUPPORT
04:02:29 THE WORK THAT WE DO IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
04:02:33 >> SO LASTLY I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING
04:02:37 YEAR. >> WE ARE ALWAYS COMMITTED TO
04:02:40 DOING THE MOST AND THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE
04:02:45 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND ALL OF OUR
04:02:48 DEPARTMENT PARTNERS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST.
04:02:55 THERE WILL BE A STRAIN WITH THE REDUCTION OF RESOURCES.
04:02:59 WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE QUITE FUNDING RECOMMENDED FOR
04:03:03 AUTOMATION OF OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING.
04:03:04 AN UPDATE TO OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE
04:03:08 PLATFORM THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS USE AND A TRAINING REAL TIME
04:03:12 TRAINING FUNCTION IN OUR PEOPLESOFT FINANCIALS.
04:03:19 SO WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT AS A WAY TO IMPROVE SERVICES.
04:03:23 >> SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. >> AGAIN, THERE'S AN APPENDIX
04:03:27 IN THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT HAS A LOT OF THAT SPECIFIC DATA
04:03:31 REQUESTED BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE TODAY.
04:03:37 >> THANK YOU. AND JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS
04:03:38 ABOUT THE 12 FTE THAT WAS ELIMINATED.
04:03:41 WERE THEY VACANT? >> NOT ALL OF THOSE WERE
04:03:45 VACANT. WE DID HAVE SEVEN POSITIONS
04:03:48 THAT WERE ELIMINATED THAT HAVE THAT ARE NOT VACANT INCLUDING
04:03:55 FIVE PERMANENT POSITIONS AND TWO EXEMPT POSITIONS.
04:04:01 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU,
04:04:05 CHAIR. >> CHAIR COMPTROLLER WAGNER,
04:04:06 YOU MENTIONED HAVING TO REDUCE TO STAY FLAT OR PRACTICAL FOR
04:04:12 DO YOU IMAGINE HAVING TO CONTINUE THAT PRACTICE EVEN
04:04:16 BEYOND THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS?
04:04:17 >> THANK THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION SUPERVISOR.
04:04:21 I THINK MY MY KIND OF THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THERE IS
04:04:27 KIND OF GENERALLY TRUE OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE OUR
04:04:31 UNDERLYING FINANCIAL PICTURE IS THAT OUR OUR COSTS ARE
04:04:36 INCREASING AND THAT'S TRUE THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMY.
04:04:39 SO AS LONG AS OUR REVENUE IS GROWING AT A SLOWER RATE THAN
04:04:43 OUR EXPENDITURES WHICH HAS BEEN THE CASE, I DO ANTICIPATE THAT
04:04:47 IN ORDER FOR US TO STAY AT A LEVEL EXPENDITURE LEVEL WE
04:04:51 WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE COSTS IN ORDER TO STAY
04:04:55 IN A FLAT BUDGET. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION IS
04:04:59 THAT GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC FOR YOUR OFFICE TO NOT BE ABLE
04:05:03 TO GROW AT ALL? IT IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC.
04:05:07 YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE.
04:05:10 IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE WITH STAFFING REDUCTIONS AND SO I
04:05:17 WILL JUST PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE INCREDIBLY COMMITTED
04:05:21 AND COMPETENT AND DEDICATED TEAM IN THE COMPTROLLER'S
04:05:25 OFFICE THERE. THEY DO A LOT AND WE'RE OFTEN
04:05:29 BEING ASKED TO DO MORE SO. SO IT IS DEFINITELY A STRAIN TO
04:05:33 TRY TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE EXPECT
04:05:38 WITH REDUCTIONS IN OUR BUDGET. >> THANK YOU.
04:05:43 >> THANK YOU. COMPTROLLER, WE APPRECIATE YOU
04:05:44 AND YOUR TEAM GREATLY. TRULY IT IS TRUE THAT WE ALWAYS
04:05:49 JUST CALL ON YOU TO PROBLEM SOLVE WHENEVER IT'S NECESSARY
04:05:55 BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT YOU'RE ON.
04:05:59 >> YOU ALSO NOW HAVE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL UNITS UNDER
04:06:00 YOUR SHOP. >> RECOGNIZING THAT IS ANOTHER
04:06:03 ADDITIONAL COST THAT IS MANDATED BY THE VOTERS.
04:06:07 SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES.
04:06:11 >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
04:06:14 AND WITH THAT, THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS HUMAN SERVICES
04:06:15 AGENCY. OR MAYBE NOT.
04:06:28 >> IF NOT, THEN WE'LL GO TO A SIX.
04:06:36 IT'S LIKE WAIT, NO ONE'S READY .
04:06:39 SHALL WE GO ON RECESS? NO.
04:06:43 >> THEN LET'S GO TO THEN LET'S GO TO PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE
04:06:47 PUBLIC WORKS IS HERE. >> I SEE BRUCE.
04:06:54 >> SOPHIA, YOU GOT TO LET BRUCE COME UP ALONG WITH CARLA.
04:06:59 WHERE'S CARLA? >> BRUCE, YOU'RE UP RIGHT ON
04:07:08 TIME. >> SORRY.
04:07:10 BUT MEANWHILE, THIS IS INTERESTING.
04:07:14 >> BRIAN, DO YOU WANT TO CHECK MR. CLARK?
04:07:19 I'LL WAIT FOR MR. CLARK. >> PLEASE CHECK TO SEE.
04:07:26 >> HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY. I'M READING THIS RIGHT.
04:07:29 >> ETHICS COMMISSION. >> BUT GO AHEAD, SUPERVISORS.
04:07:37 >> WE WERE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HUMAN
04:07:41 SERVICES AGENCY AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION WERE BEFORE PUBLIC
04:07:42 WORKS AND I HAVE WILL IMMEDIATELY TO A QUICK TEXT TO
04:07:46 MY DIRECTOR WHO IS WATCHING THAT SHE IS ON HER WAY.
04:07:52 I THINK WE EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD THE ORDER OR THE ORDER CHANGED
04:07:54 AND WE WEREN'T AWARE OF ANY ORDER.
04:07:56 >> I'M JUST CALLING WHOEVER THAT'S HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
04:08:00 >> MADAM CHAIR, I WILL CONFIRM THAT ON OUR PUBLISHED HEARING
04:08:07 CALENDAR BOTH HSA AND ETHICS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
04:08:12 >> AND I SEE MR. BURR WALKING IN RIGHT NOW.
04:08:16 >> THERE YOU GO. HUH?
04:08:20 WHERE YOU SUPPOSED TO GO NEXT? >> I WANT TO SAY DIRECTOR
04:08:27 KILLER YOU CUT EVERYTHING SO BAD FOR ME.
04:08:36 YOU WENT. HI, EVERYONE.
04:08:37 SORRY WE'RE LATE. YOU WENT THROUGH THREE
04:08:41 DEPARTMENTS BY THE TIME IT TOOK US TO WALK HERE FROM 1455
04:08:44 MARKET. SO NICE WORK.
04:08:48 >> ALL RIGHT, I'M OUT OF BREATH BUT I'M GOING TO START ANYWAY.
04:08:51 >> CHAIR SHAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TRENT RAW EXECUTIVE
04:08:55 DIRECTOR, HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY.
04:08:56 >> AND WE'LL QUEUE UP THE SLIDES.
04:09:00 HERE WE GO. THANKS YOU.
04:09:06 >> ALL RIGHT. SO GIVEN THAT WE HAVE FIVE
04:09:10 MINUTES AND WE'VE ALREADY EXHAUSTED ABOUT A MINUTE OF IT
04:09:11 BEING LATE, I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF BUT I'M GOING TO I'M
04:09:16 GOING TO FOCUS CERTAINLY. CHAIR SHANNON, YOUR QUESTIONS
04:09:19 BUT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS MOST OF MY PRESENTATION ON THE
04:09:24 CHANGES THAT WILL BE IN OUR BUDGET BOTH THE REDUCTIONS
04:09:27 IN ORDER TO MEET THE MAYOR'S BUDGET REDUCTION TARGET
04:09:28 AND THEN THE AUGMENTATION THAT ARE IN OUR BUDGET AROUND H.R.
04:09:32 ONE. >> AND I WILL STAY WITHIN OUR
04:09:35 TIME LIMIT SO FIRST SLIDE. AS YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN SERVICES
04:09:43 AGENCY HAS TWO DEPARTMENTS. IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF
04:09:46 DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BENEFITS
04:09:50 AND FAMILY SUPPORT. >> AND BROADLY, AS YOU KNOW,
04:09:54 THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PROVIDES AID, SUPPORTS
04:09:58 AND PROTECTION TO LOW INCOME CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
04:10:02 AND SINGLE ADULTS OLDER ADULTS, DISABLED ADULTS, VETERANS, OUR
04:10:06 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND OTHERS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
04:10:10 BENEFIT FAMILY SUPPORT, ENDORSE AND ARE SUPPORTED
04:10:11 ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY.
04:10:14 >> NEXT SLIDE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROGRAM SO
04:10:18 QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
04:10:21 THIS FIRST DEPICTION OF OUR BUDGET SHOWS ARE $1.38 BILLION
04:10:29 BROKEN DOWN BY PROGRAM. YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRAMS THERE
04:10:33 THAT THAT BENEFIT EACH OF THE POPULATIONS I JUST WALKED
04:10:34 THROUGH ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE SPENDING
04:10:40 OUR MONEY. ABOUT 42% OF OUR 1.38 BILLION
04:10:46 DOLLAR BUDGET IS SPENT ON CLIENT AID AND SUPPORT TO
04:10:48 CLIENTS SUCH AS FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS, CASH ASSISTANCE TO
04:10:54 OUR SINGLE ADULT POPULATIONS THROUGH OUR COUNTY ADULT
04:10:56 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. OUR EXCESS WAGES ARE DEPICTED
04:10:59 IN THAT 42%. THE NEXT BIG AREA OF COURSE IS
04:11:02 GOING TO BE EMPLOYEES. THERE'S SALARY AND FRINGE WHICH
04:11:06 IS ABOUT 32% AND THEN THE THIRD LARGE AREA OF SPENDING IS FOR
04:11:10 GRANTS TO OUR COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERS WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT
04:11:15 16% OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. >> ALSO AS YOU KNOW, HSA IS NOT
04:11:22 ENTIRELY SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE
04:11:25 ADMINISTER FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS WE ARE FUNDED TO
04:11:29 ADMINISTER ADMINISTER THEM AND GENERALLY THE BREAKDOWN IS
04:11:33 IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR BUDGET COMES FROM EACH SOURCE.
04:11:36 >> IT'S IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AND ACTUALLY OVER THE
04:11:40 PAST YEAR OR TWO AND THAT THE STATE HAS ACTUALLY NOW
04:11:43 CONTRIBUTES A LITTLE MORE THAN THE STATE HAS HISTORICALLY BUT
04:11:48 27% OF OUR BUDGET COMES FROM FEDERAL SOURCES ABOUT 41% IS
04:11:52 STATE REVENUE AND THE REMAINING REMAINING THIRD OR 32% ACTUALLY
04:11:56 IS THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND THAT TOTALS ABOUT 442 MILLION IN OUR
04:12:01 PROPOSED BUDGET. BUT THE NATURE OF OUR GENERAL
04:12:05 FUND IS IS DIFFERENT THAN MOST GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS
04:12:11 AND NOT VERY MUCH OF IT IS CONSIDERED DISCRETIONARY.
04:12:15 >> SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND OUR IS SET ASIDE WHETHER IT'S A
04:12:19 BALLOT INITIATIVE OR SOMETHING ELSE AND THINGS LIKE THE
04:12:20 DIGNITY FUND OR THE COUNTY DOLLAR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CARE
04:12:23 FUND A LOT OF OUR GENERAL FUND IS BASICALLY REQUIRED LOCAL
04:12:27 SPENDING IN ORDER TO DRAW DOWN THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE
04:12:30 REVENUE EITHER LEGALLY REQUIRED SHARES OF OF COSTS OF
04:12:33 ADMINISTRATION AND BENEFITS OR MATCHING REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER
04:12:37 TO DRAW DOWN THAT MONEY. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE TO SORT OF
04:12:41 SORT OUT THOSE TWO BIG BUCKETS WE HAVE ABOUT 60 MILLION OR SO
04:12:46 LEFT THAT WOULD BE TRULY DISCRETIONARY.
04:12:48 AND SO WHEN WE GET A BUDGET REDUCTION TARGET THAT'S THE
04:12:50 BUCKET WHERE WE'RE REDUCING FROM THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A
04:13:01 VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL ORGANIZATION OR CHART FOR HSA.
04:13:05 >> CHAIR SHANTA, YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT STAFF BREAKDOWN MANAGERS
04:13:09 VACANCIES ETC. IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WE ARE PROPOSING 200 OR
04:13:15 EXCUSE ME 2440 TWO FTE OF WHICH ABOUT 4% A LITTLE MORE THAN 4%
04:13:21 ARE MANAGERS. THE NUMBER OF MANAGERS IN OUR
04:13:24 PROPOSED BUDGET IS 102. >> WE CURRENTLY FEEL THE
04:13:28 NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY AS OF I THINK THE END OF MARCH 185
04:13:32 VACANCIES. OF THOSE HUNDRED 85 VACANCIES
04:13:35 75% OF THEM OF THOSE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT LESS THAN A
04:13:39 YEAR AND ALMOST 60% HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR LESS THAN SIX
04:13:43 MONTHS. OUR VACANCY RATE CURRENTLY IS
04:13:46 ABOUT 8% WHICH IS OUR REGULAR RATE OF OF ATTRITION.
04:13:49 OKAY. NOW TO THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
04:13:54 I'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THIS SLIDE SO OUR BUDGET
04:13:56 REDUCTION TARGET WAS $10.5 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND AND WE
04:14:00 GOT THERE THROUGH A NUMBER OF CUTS BOTH TO PROGRAM UNDER THE
04:14:05 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY AS WELL AS UNDER DEPARTMENT OF BENEFITS
04:14:08 FAMILY SUPPORT AS WELL AS DOS. >> WE DID HAVE SOME GUIDING
04:14:12 PRINCIPLES WHEN LOOKING AT THESE REDUCTIONS.
04:14:13 THE FIRST IS AND ALWAYS IS TO PRESERVE OUR CORE SERVICES.
04:14:18 THE SECOND IS TO MAXIMIZE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES MEANING
04:14:20 WE DON'T WANT TO REDUCE OR MAKE BUDGET CUTS THAT ARE GOING TO
04:14:24 LEAVE A LOT OF FEDERAL OR STATE MONEY ON THE TABLE.
04:14:27 WE WANT TO OF COURSE MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CLIENTS
04:14:31 AND ON OUR STAFF AND LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES THROUGH WHETHER
04:14:34 IT'S A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OR LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE
04:14:36 RESOURCES OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND OR EXISTING
04:14:39 GENERAL FUND RESOURCES THAT COULD PERHAPS MEET SOME OF THE
04:14:42 NEED DUE TO THE OFFSET THE REDUCTIONS.
04:14:46 >> SO IN THIS TABLE YOU'LL SEE THE REDUCTIONS WE ARE PROPOSING
04:14:49 TO REDUCE SOME GRANTS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AREA.
04:14:57 >> A LOT OF THE REDUCTIONS ARE DUE TO CHANGES IN STATE
04:14:59 MANDATES WHICH DON'T REQUIRE US TO FUND CERTAIN INITIATIVES
04:15:02 RELATED TO THE WORK PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
04:15:06 AND CALWORKS AND THEN WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE SPECIFIC
04:15:13 EMPLOYMENT TRAINING TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS REALLY SORT OF
04:15:20 ALONG THE LINES OF OF HAVING THOSE SPECIALIZED POPULATION
04:15:24 AND TRAINING PROGRAMS BE WOVEN INTO THE EXISTING OFFERINGS
04:15:28 IN OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AND HSA WE'RE
04:15:29 PROPOSING TO REDUCE OUR PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TEMPORARY
04:15:33 ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED PERSONS DUE TO FIRE GENERALLY
04:15:39 WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE LIFETIME SUBSIDY SUPPORT FROM 2
04:15:44 TO 4 YEARS DOWN TO ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE LEASE THAT
04:15:47 THEY SIGNED OUR CURRENT PROGRAM IT'S TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF
04:15:53 THE FIRE, THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT AND THEN AN OPTION TO
04:15:56 EXTEND FOR ANOTHER 1 OR 2 MORE YEARS A SMALL REDUCTION IN CAP
04:16:02 AGE SUPPORT WHICH REALLY IS A BYPRODUCT OF OUR SAVINGS DUE TO
04:16:07 DISCONTINUANCE IS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT FALL UNDER THE
04:16:08 PROP F TREATMENT MANDATE AND SO THAT THOSE REDUCTIONS IN AID
04:16:14 WILL FLOW TO SUPPORT THE TREATMENT SERVICES PROVIDED
04:16:19 THROUGH PROP F AND IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT SUPPORTED THE
04:16:20 TREATMENT PRIOR TO THIS PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD REVERT TO
04:16:23 THE GENERAL FUND AS SAVINGS AND THEN WE'RE PROPOSING TO
04:16:29 ELIMINATE 31 FTE OF WHICH 19 ARE FILLED AND CHURCH
04:16:36 IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR QUESTION OF THE 19 FIELD
04:16:39 POSITIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE, TEN OF THEM WERE
04:16:43 REASSIGNED INTO DIFFERENT SAME CLASSIFICATION, DIFFERENT
04:16:47 POSITIONS WITHIN HSA. AN EXAMPLE WE ELIMINATED A UNIT
04:16:51 OF ELIGIBILITY WORKERS IN OUR COUNTY ADULT ASSISTANCE
04:16:55 PROGRAM. THEY MOVED OVER TO FULFILL
04:16:57 ELIGIBILITY WORKER ROLES IN OUR S.F. BENEFITS NET OR MEDI-CAL
04:17:02 CAL FRESH DIVISIONS IN RESPONSE TO H.R ONE MOSTLY AND THEN NINE
04:17:08 OF THE POSITIONS ENTERED THE CITYWIDE LAYOFF LAYOFF POOL.
04:17:14 I WILL PAUSE THERE AND HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE THE
04:17:18 DIRECTOR OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES KELLY
04:17:19 DORFMAN. THANKS.
04:17:25 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
04:17:26 SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS KELLY DEARMAN AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE
04:17:29 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES.
04:17:33 >> BEFORE I PRESENT MY TWO SLIDES, I JUST NEVER WANT TO
04:17:37 MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY THANK ALL OF THE STAFF AT DOSS
04:17:40 WHO WORK TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF OLDER ADULTS,
04:17:43 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, VETERANS, CAREGIVERS AND THEIR
04:17:44 FAMILIES. AS THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO
04:17:47 AGE AND GROW, OUR WORK BECOMES MORE CRITICAL.
04:17:51 AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF CUTS TO DISCRETION AREA
04:17:55 FUNDING WHICH IMPACTS SERVICES. LAST YEAR DOS REDUCED OVER $2.5
04:18:00 MILLION IN CBO CONTRACTS AND NEARLY $800,000 $800,000
04:18:06 THROUGH CONTRACTED ATTRITION. >> DID I SAY 2.5 MILLION
04:18:10 BECAUSE I'M SORRY GUIDED BY CRITERIA SUCH AS LEVERAGING
04:18:13 STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS PAUSING NEW PROGRAMS, RIGHT SIZING
04:18:18 BUDGETS BASED ON SPENDING AND REVIEWING PERFORMANCE THIS
04:18:22 YEAR WE LOOK TO DO SIMILAR THINGS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THOSE
04:18:26 EFFORTS DID NOT GET US TO OUR TARGET SO WE HAD TO MAKE DEEPER
04:18:30 AND HARDER CHOICES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CRITERIA
04:18:33 WE USED TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES. >> SO FIRST WE WANT TO PROTECT
04:18:37 AND MAINTAIN CORE SERVICES. THESE ARE PRIMARILY DICTATED
04:18:40 THROUGH THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT .
04:18:43 >> THESE SERVICES LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS, CASE
04:18:45 MANAGEMENT AND MEAL PROGRAMS, SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WERE
04:18:48 REDUCED OR ELIMINATED ACHIEVE THE SAME OR SIMILAR OUTCOMES AS
04:18:52 THE CORE SERVICES BUT NOT AT THE SAME SCALE WHERE A CUT TO A
04:18:56 CORE SERVICE IMPACTS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PEOPLE.
04:19:00 >> ALSO IT WAS HOPED THAT THE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SOME OF
04:19:03 THESE REDUCTIONS COULD BE REFERRED TO THE CORE SERVICES
04:19:06 THAT ARE STILL IN PLACE. >> SECOND, WE REVIEWED AREAS OF
04:19:10 BUDGET GROWTH OVER MULTIPLE YEARS AND AGAIN WITH THE IDEA
04:19:14 TO MAINTAIN SERVICES BUT TRIMMED SERVICES BACK TO THEIR
04:19:18 CORE. THIRD, WE ASSESSED OUR PILOT
04:19:21 PROGRAMS PILOTING NEW PROGRAMS HAS ALLOWED US TO TEST
04:19:26 INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND LEARN WHAT RESONATES WITH THE POPULATIONS
04:19:29 WE SERVE DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS WE LOOKED AT PILOTS
04:19:34 THROUGH THE LENS OF OUTCOMES FUNDING RESOURCES NEEDED
04:19:38 AND WHETHER IT WAS A CORE SERVICE OR A VALUED SERVICE BUT
04:19:42 NOT CORE. UNFORTUNATELY THE REALLY NICE
04:19:45 TO HAVE VALUED SERVICE WASN'T ALWAYS AN OPTION AS WE LOOKED
04:19:49 AT OUR BUDGET TARGET. >> THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT
04:19:51 EXPIRATION OF ONE TIME FUNDING. IN GOOD TIMES WE HAVE HAD THE
04:19:55 OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS THROUGH LOCAL FUNDING.
04:19:58 FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR EXTENDING FUNDING WOULD POTENTIALLY MEAN
04:20:02 CUTTING OTHER FUNDING SIMILAR AND OR OVERLAPPING SERVICES
04:20:06 ALSO BECAME A KEY CRITERIA FOR US.
04:20:10 AGAIN IT WASN'T THAT THE SERVICES BEING REDUCED DIDN'T
04:20:14 HAVE VALUE. >> THEY DO HAVE VALUE BUT IT
04:20:17 WAS MORE LOOKING TO SEE IF OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES WERE
04:20:21 AVAILABLE. >> IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE
04:20:22 THAT DOOR SERVICES ARE VERY POPULAR AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED
04:20:26 OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
04:20:30 WE HAVE STRONG DEDICATED PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH
04:20:33 HAS MADE FOR VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS AS TO THE POSITION
04:20:37 DELETIONS WE REDUCED ADMINISTRATE OF SUPPORT BY TWO
04:20:42 CLERKS IN OUR APS AND PAY PROGRAMS AND WE DID A POSITION
04:20:47 SUBSTITUTION IN OUR 0922 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
04:20:49 MANAGER POSITION. >> WE'VE SAID THAT DOWN TO AN
04:20:54 1824 PRINCIPLE ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST.
04:20:55 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> SO THIS IS ABOUT THE DIGNITY
04:20:59 FUND. THE ENACTING LED LEGISLATION
04:21:03 THAT GOVERNS THE DIGNITY FUND CHANGES THE METHODOLOGY BY
04:21:06 WHICH GROWTH IS CALCULATED IN FISCAL YEARS 20 2728 THROUGH
04:21:12 2036 37 BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 THE CITY'S ANNUAL
04:21:16 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUND WILL EQUAL ITS MANDATORY
04:21:20 CONTRIBUTION FOR THE PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTED BY THE PERCENTAGE
04:21:23 INCREASE OR DECREASE IN AGGREGATE CITY DISCRETIONARY
04:21:27 REVENUES AS DETERMINED BY THE COMPTROLLER AND ANNOUNCED
04:21:31 IN MARCH UPDATES TO THE JOINT REPORT.
04:21:34 ACCORDING TO THE COMPTROLLER PROJECTIONS IN TWO OF THE NEXT
04:21:37 THREE YEARS WE WILL HAVE A DEFICIT.
04:21:38 WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO USE THE SAME
04:21:42 FORMULA INCLUDING DC, Y F THE LIBRARY AND THE ARTS COMMISSION
04:21:46 WHO HAVE ALL SAID WE NEED A STABILIZATION RESERVE TO
04:21:50 PREVENT MID-CYCLE AND MID-YEAR CUTS.
04:21:53 >> SO WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THE $3
04:21:57 MILLION GROWTH FUNDING THIS YEAR, OUR PLAN IS TO USE IT AS
04:22:00 FOLLOWS. FIRST, AS I JUST SAID, THE
04:22:01 STABILIZATION STABILIZATION AND RESERVE WHICH IS 1.1
04:22:08 MILLION DOLLARS ALSO COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS FOR THOSE
04:22:12 PROGRAMS THAT WERE NOT THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE COVERED
04:22:16 AND THOSE ARE SOME STATE PROGRAMS AND TO SUSTAIN
04:22:20 BASELINE FUNDING FOR CORE SERVICES.
04:22:24 THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT NEED SHORING UP BECAUSE THE STATE
04:22:27 FUNDING IS ENDING AND WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY ONE TIME ONLY
04:22:30 FUNDING. SO WE NEED TO BASELINE THESE
04:22:34 CORE PROGRAMS TO PREVENT MORE CUTS.
04:22:35 >> LASTLY, WE'RE ALLOCATING A SMALL AMOUNT TO HIV AGING
04:22:38 SERVICES BECAUSE LIKE YOU ALL WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE HIV
04:22:42 POPULATION IS AGING AND IN FACT 70% OF THOSE LIVING WITH A HIV
04:22:48 ARE OLDER ADULTS. IN AN EFFORT TO BE RESPONSIVE
04:22:52 TO A DEVELOPING NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL WORK WITH
04:22:53 EACH AND EACH CD TO CREATE PATHWAYS TO DOS AND TO BRIGHT
04:23:00 AND TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE TRAINING.
04:23:02 THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU.
04:23:09 THANK YOU. >> AND BY CHER DORSEY.
04:23:11 THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I WANTED TO IF I MIGHT PICK
04:23:14 UP ON THAT FINAL POINT YOU MADE ABOUT OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE
04:23:18 LIVING WITH HIV AND THE NUMBER THAT'S EXPECTED TO DOUBLE AND I
04:23:22 WILL SAY I KNOW THAT THIS IS A POPULATION THAT FACES COMPLEX
04:23:29 AND IN SOME WAYS, YOU KNOW, UNKNOWN NEEDS.
04:23:32 IT LOOKS TO ME THAT THE $3.2 MILLION IN ANNUAL SAVINGS WAS
04:23:37 ACHIEVED WHERE THE GRANT REDUCTIONS I THOUGHT IF I
04:23:41 UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THERE WERE THREE LGBTQ PLUS PROGRAMS FOR
04:23:47 OLDER ADULTS AND TWO OF THEM WERE CUT THE STEPPING STONE
04:23:51 HEALTH AND CURRY SENIOR CENTER. >> SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF
04:23:55 CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE NEW HIV AGING INVESTMENT THAT'S
04:23:59 PART OF THE DIGNITY FUND AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS
04:24:03 PLANNING ON THE TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEEDS AND THAT MAY ALSO
04:24:10 BE BECAUSE YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENTS
04:24:14 . SO IS THE NEED BEING PICKED UP
04:24:15 ELSEWHERE? I JUST WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY
04:24:16 JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT FIRST.
04:24:19 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE OTHER
04:24:25 OUT THE TWO OTHER LBGT Q PLUS PROGRAMS.
04:24:26 >> SO ONE IS ADULT DAY HEALTH CENTERS, THEIR LICENSED
04:24:33 COMMUNITY BASED DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH
04:24:37 MEDI-CAL PRIMARILY VIA COMMUNITY BASED ADULT SERVICES.
04:24:40 SO THE REDUCTION THERE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM STARTED IN JULY
04:24:46 2022 WHICH OFFERED ENHANCED PROGRAMING TO ADULT HEALTH
04:24:50 CENTER PARTICIPANTS WHICH THE IDEA TO DESIGN TO CREATE A MORE
04:24:55 INCLUSIVE SPACE. >> SO ENDING THIS PILOT PROGRAM
04:24:59 SHOULD NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS IN THE ADULT DAY
04:25:03 PROGRAM NOR SHOULD IT LEAD TO FEWER LBGTQ PLUS PROGRAM
04:25:06 OPPORTUNITIES. THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
04:25:10 CONTINUE TO HAVE CULTURALLY COMPETENT PROGRAMS.
04:25:13 AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE ALSO JUST RENEWED OUR GRANT FOR
04:25:17 LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ELDERLY AND AIDS LEGAL REFERRAL FOR
04:25:20 LIFE PLANNING FOR THE LBGTQ POPULATION AND WHICH WE KNOW IS
04:25:25 REALLY IMPORTANT NOW AND THE SECOND PROGRAM WE DID MAKE A
04:25:31 $100,000 REDUCTION IN MENTAL HEALTH THE MENTAL HEALTH
04:25:33 CONNECT PROGRAM. IT STILL REMAINS A $500,000
04:25:37 GRANT AND HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
04:25:40 THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GRANT SHOULD NOT RESULT IN REDUCED
04:25:44 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THE REDUCTION WAS FOR THE
04:25:48 DIGITAL DIVIDE. SO TRAINING ON DIGITAL
04:25:49 CONNECTION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN AS CRITICAL AS THE MENTAL
04:25:53 HEALTH CONNECT PROGRAM. AND ADDITIONALLY FOR HELP WITH
04:25:57 THE DIGITAL CONNECTION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH SRF
04:26:01 CONNECTED WHICH IS A CORE SERVICE.
04:26:04 SO SO THAT'S FOR THOSE TWO PROGRAMS.
04:26:07 AND THEN AS TO YOUR INITIAL QUESTION ABOUT THE $150,000
04:26:13 THAT WERE USING TO TO DEVELOP A CLEARER LIKE ROADMAP FOR FOLKS
04:26:21 WITH WHO ARE USING DPA OR WHO ARE USING CD AND WHERE WE FIT
04:26:26 IN WITH THAT AND HOW WE CAN FIT IN AND HOW WE CAN REFER FOLKS
04:26:30 TO OTHER SERVICES AND ALSO TO DO SOME TRAINING ON CULTURALLY
04:26:36 COMPETENT PROGRAMING. >> OKAY.
04:26:40 >> DO YOU SEE I MEAN I ASSUME I ASSUME THAT IT'S YOUR YOUR
04:26:44 DEPARTMENT THAT TAKES A LOOK AT WHERE THERE ARE SERVICE GAPS.
04:26:47 YES. AND THEN WORKS WITH OTHER
04:26:48 DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. >> THAT'S THE HOPE.
04:26:52 YES. WHAT GAPS DO YOU SEE IN THE
04:26:55 CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE NOW? WELL, THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING
04:27:02 QUESTION AND I'LL JUST SAY I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENED OVER THE
04:27:06 LAST YEAR OR SO IS THAT THOSE GAPS ARE NOT AS WIDE I THINK
04:27:15 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE AND THE VARIOUS CHIEFS WERE ALL
04:27:18 WORKING TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY
04:27:22 TOGETHER SO I THINK WHEREAS BEFORE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
04:27:29 WIDER GAP BETWEEN US AND DPA OR US AND CD OR REC AND PARK THOSE
04:27:33 SEEM TO BE CLOSING BECAUSE WE ARE MEETING MORE SHARING MORE
04:27:38 AND FIGURING OUT WHERE YOU KNOW THESE WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT
04:27:42 BEING SERVED. I WILL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
04:27:46 JUST COMPLETED OUR DIGNITY FUND COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT
04:27:50 WHICH ALSO GIVES US A DEEP LOOK INTO WHERE FOLKS ARE
04:27:54 UNDERSERVED. OKAY.
04:27:57 >> THANKS. THANK YOU.
04:27:58 SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR THE
04:28:02 PRESENTATION. >> CAN YOU.
04:28:05 YOU STARTED BUT COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SOME OF
04:28:10 THE RATIONALE WITH THE DIGNITY FUND AND HOW YOU CAME TO THIS
04:28:13 SET OF USES AND WHY YOU ARRIVED HERE VERSUS MORE MORE FOCUS ON
04:28:17 RESTORING CUTS FOR EXAMPLE? >> RIGHT.
04:28:21 OKAY. SO I THINK ONE IT WAS REALLY
04:28:24 IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT THE THE FUNDING FORMULA IS
04:28:28 CHANGING AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SITUATION TWO YEARS FROM
04:28:33 NOW WHERE THE PROJECTIONS THAT THE COMPTROLLER PUT OUT BECOME
04:28:36 REAL. AND IN FACT WE ARE GOING TO
04:28:40 HAVE TO CUT SOME PROGRAMS MID-YEAR MID-CYCLE AS A RESULT
04:28:44 OF THAT. WE KNEW THAT IT'S REALLY
04:28:47 IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS STABILIZATION RESERVE TO MAKE
04:28:51 SURE WE HAVE THE PROPER FUNDING FOR THE WHOLE DIGNITY FUND NOW.
04:28:56 SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THAT ONE PIECE.
04:28:59 AND THEN WITH THE OTHER PROGRAMING THAT I MENTIONED
04:29:03 WHERE THERE IS NO LONGER ANY STATE STATE FUNDING OR THERE
04:29:09 WAS ONE TIME ONLY FUNDS BEING USED WHICH IN THE PAST WE HAVE
04:29:10 BEEN ABLE TO USE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
04:29:13 AND SINCE THOSE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT
04:29:17 WE WERE LOOKING AT ARE CORE SERVICES WE KNEW WE HAD TO
04:29:18 SHORE THOSE UP TO ALSO PREVENT CUTS WHICH MEANS FEWER PEOPLE
04:29:25 ARE BEING SERVED. THE OTHER THE ISSUE AROUND THAT
04:29:29 IS THAT WE KNEW AFTER WE HAD TO MAKE THOSE THOSE DECISIONS
04:29:33 AROUND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IT WAS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
04:29:37 TO DETERMINE THEN FROM THE CUTS THAT WE MADE WHO IS MORE
04:29:44 WORTHY. ALL OF THE PROGRAMS ARE WORTHY.
04:29:48 ALL OF THEM ARE ADDING A VALUED SERVICE.
04:29:49 BUT FOR US WE HAD TO FOCUS ON CORE SERVICES AS DEFINED BY THE
04:29:56 OLDER AMERICANS ACT AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE'RE ABLE TO DO
04:29:57 THAT. >> AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD
04:30:00 PORTION OF THE ALLOTMENT GOES TO A RESERVE.
04:30:04 CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT RESERVE?
04:30:07 IS IT A A SPECIFIC RESERVE RATE YOU SAY?
04:30:08 WHERE DOES THAT GO? >> STAND BY ONE SECOND PLEASE.
04:30:18 I WAS DOING REALLY WELL. >> THANK YOU.
04:30:22 SUPERVISOR CINDY KAUFMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT
04:30:23 OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES.
04:30:26 WE ARE TRYING TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND EXACTLY WHAT THE ADR IS
04:30:30 AND I KNOW THERE'S BUDGET PEOPLE BEHIND ME THAT CAN
04:30:34 POSSIBLY ANSWER IT BETTER THAN I CAN.
04:30:37 IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO DOS. THERE ARE SIMILAR RESERVES AS
04:30:41 IS MY UNDERSTANDING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHICH IS WHY WE
04:30:42 REACHED OUT TO LIBRARY TO DCF ARTS COMMISSION TO SEE HOW THEY
04:30:49 HANDLE THIS AND IT IS BASED ON REVENUE.
04:30:53 AND SO AS THE REVENUE INCREASE IS THERE IS A PERCENTAGE BASED
04:30:57 ON THE DIGNITY FUND THAT WILL WILL GROW AND IF THE REVENUE
04:31:01 GOES DOWN THEN IT IS A DECREASE .
04:31:05 AND SO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS FOR THESE TYPES OF FUNDS IN MOST
04:31:09 YEARS WE HAVE TO ALSO COVER NOT BE THE FIRST TWO YEARS IT IS
04:31:13 BEING COVERED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT DIRECTOR
04:31:16 CHAIRMAN POINTED OUT. SO THIS IS WHERE IT IS TO
04:31:20 ENSURE WE ARE COVERING CURRENT SERVICES AND GRANTS AS WELL AS
04:31:23 THE COST BE AS WE AS IT GETS PROJECTED OUT IT IS A
04:31:28 PROJECTION. IT DOES CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE NOW
04:31:31 BASELINE FOR THE STABILIZATION FUND WAS BASED ON CURRENT
04:31:35 PROJECTIONS. SO LOOKING AT THE NEXT THREE
04:31:39 YEARS WHERE WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO COVER.
04:31:42 >> SO THAT IS WHAT THAT IS BASED ON.
04:31:43 THANK YOU. >> YEAH.
04:31:46 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPTROLLER AND THANKS FOR
04:31:53 AND THANKS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME.
04:31:54 JUST TO CLARIFY THE 80 ARE REFERS TO AGGREGATE
04:31:56 DISCRETIONARY REVENUES. THAT'S A METRIC THAT WE USE TO
04:32:00 CALCULATE THE GROWTH IN MANY OF OUR BASELINES AND SET ASIDES.
04:32:04 THIS FUND HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE
04:32:09 LANGUAGE THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED WHERE THERE IS MORE OF
04:32:12 A FIXED PREDICTABLE GOAL RATE OF GROWTH.
04:32:16 BUT ONCE YOU'RE SET ASIDE OR YOUR BASELINE IS DETERMINED BY
04:32:20 AGGREGATE DISCRETIONARY REVENUES, IT WILL MOVE UP OR
04:32:23 DOWN WITH REVENUES OVER TIME AND IS UNCERTAIN LIKE OTHER
04:32:30 OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE BUDGET. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
04:32:34 >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU CHAIR AND DIRECTOR ROHRER JUST
04:32:38 A QUICK QUESTION. >> WOULD THE 2919 CLASS THOSE
04:32:45 POSITIONS THAT WERE LAID OFF WILL THERE BE NO MORE CHILDCARE
04:32:47 PROVIDED FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE BEING SERVED?
04:32:50 >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU.
04:32:53 AND WHERE DID THEY GO? THANK YOU.
04:32:55 SUPERVISOR ONE. TRENT RODRIGUEZ DIRECTOR HUMAN
04:32:58 SERVICES. >> CORRECT.
04:33:01 THE THREE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS DROP IN CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
04:33:06 THERE AT THREE DIFFERENT DROP IN SITES IN OUR OFFICES AT ON
04:33:09 HARRISON STREET OTIS AND THEN IN THE MISSION.
04:33:12 >> YES, WE BASICALLY WOULD BE ENDING THAT DROP IN CHILD CARE
04:33:16 SERVICE MOVING FORWARD IF THE REDUCTIONS WENT THROUGH.
04:33:20 >> WE DID AN EXAMINATION OF THE UTILIZATION OF THE THREE DROP
04:33:25 IN SITES AND IT WAS AVERAGING ABOUT NINE CHILDREN A SEASON I
04:33:31 THINK WAS NINE CHILDREN PER DAY AT EACH SITE.
04:33:32 >> OVERALL SO NINE CHILDREN AT USING THE THREE SITES OVERALL.
04:33:42 >> THE TOTAL PROGRAM IS WHEN WE MAKE SURE I GET THE NUMBERS
04:33:46 RIGHT I GET 650 IT'S CLOSE TO $650,000 WHEN IT WHEN WE BROKE
04:33:54 IT DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF HOURS IN A DAY THE NUMBER OF DAYS THE
04:33:58 DROP IN SOCCER OPEN AND THE UTILIZATION IT WAS ABOUT $307
04:34:04 PER HOUR THAT CORRECT? >> YEAH.
04:34:09 SO AGAIN I SAID ONE OF OUR BUDGET FRAMES WAS LOOKING AT
04:34:13 SORT OF A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS BECAUSE OF THE OTHER CHANNELS
04:34:16 THAT WE OFFER OUR APPLICANTS AND OUR RECIPIENTS TO ACCESS
04:34:21 OUR SERVICES WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR THROUGH THE PHONE.
04:34:24 THERE'S LESS NEED TO COME IN PERSON AND SO WE'RE JUST
04:34:27 WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES BRINGING
04:34:29 THEIR KIDS INTO OUR CENTERS. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR
04:34:31 3120 MISSION SITE AS AN EXAMPLE ,IT'S OUR LOWEST USED DROP
04:34:36 IN CENTER. THERE ARE DAYS WHERE WE HAVE NO
04:34:39 KIDS YET WE HAVE A FULL TIME DROP IN CHILD CARE SUPERVISOR
04:34:42 THERE. >> SO WE JUST FELT THAT GIVEN
04:34:46 THAT LOWER UTILIZATION THAT THAT THE 650,000 OR SO DOLLARS
04:34:49 COULD BE MOVED TOWARDS THAT REDUCTION AND WHERE WERE THEY
04:34:53 GOING? I'M SORRY THE ONES THAT WERE
04:34:57 LAID OFF, WHERE ARE THEY? I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN THE CITY
04:35:00 WIDE LAYOFF POOL. SO THAT'S UP TO DATE AND HOW
04:35:05 THAT'S GOING TO WORK ACROSS THE CITY.
04:35:07 AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TREND CHANGES?
04:35:08 I'M SORRY. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TREND
04:35:13 CHANGES? IF THE WHAT CHANGES THE TREND
04:35:16 TREND CHANGES NOT IF WE TRY TO WE'RE SEEING TREND CHANGE.
04:35:23 >> IF IF WE SAW UTILIZATION DRAMATICALLY INCREASE OR WE HAD
04:35:27 A LOT MORE CHILDREN COME THROUGH THEN WE WOULD, YOU
04:35:28 KNOW, REASSESS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
04:35:31 I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING JUST AGAIN GIVEN THE
04:35:35 NUMBER THE VOLUME WE HAVE OF EXISTING CLIENTS AND APPLICANTS
04:35:39 WHO CALL IN TO OUR SERVICE CENTERS, WE AVERAGE CLOSE TO 15
04:35:43 HUNDRED CALLS A DAY AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY ARE JUST USING THOSE
04:35:50 THOSE DIFFERENT CHANNELS TO ACCESS OUR SERVICES.
04:35:53 >> ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS NOW CAN BE UPLOADED THROUGH THE
04:35:57 BENEFITS PORTAL THAT THROUGH THE STATE SYSTEM THAT GOES
04:36:02 IN OUR COUNTY AND JUST SORT OF I THINK EASIER FOR FAMILIES TO
04:36:06 NAVIGATE THAT THAN YOU KNOW, BRINGING THEIR KIDS TO ONE OF
04:36:09 OUR ONE OF OUR THREE OFFICES. THANK YOU.
04:36:10 SURE. I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT
04:36:13 IS YOUR CURRENT VACANCY POSITION?
04:36:16 HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE ANY VACANCY POSITION WE DO YOU MEAN
04:36:20 WITHIN THAT CLASSIFICATION OVERALL OVERALL?
04:36:23 YEAH IT'S I BELIEVE OUR CURRENT NUMBER OF VACANCIES IS 187.
04:36:27 >> SO YOUR 187 A VACANT POSITION OR EXCUSE ME 185 AS OF
04:36:31 THE END OF MARCH? >> YES.
04:36:34 SO YEAH 185 VACANT POSITION. >> AND THEN WHAT IS YOUR
04:36:36 ATTRITION RATE RIGHT NOW AS IT CURRENTLY ABOUT 8%.
04:36:39 >> WHAT IS IT ABOUT 8%? >> 8%?
04:36:44 8% IS OUR ATTRITION RATE? YEAH.
04:36:46 YEAH THAT'S AGAIN SORT OF OUR NATURAL TURNOVER AS I SAID
04:36:49 IN MY PRESENTATION SUPERVISOR ABOUT 58% OF THOSE 185
04:36:52 VACANCIES HAVE BEEN VACANT. LESS THAN SIX MONTHS WHICH IS
04:36:55 SORT OF A NORMAL PATTERN OF OF YOU KNOW SOMEONE EITHER BEING
04:37:00 PROMOTED OR RESIGNING AND THEN MOVING TOWARDS REFILLING THE
04:37:04 POSITION. AND ONE OF THE DYNAMICS I THINK
04:37:07 IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO HCA BUT IT'S CERTAINLY IS IS COMMON IS
04:37:11 POSITIONS ARE FILLED THROUGH PROMOTIONS.
04:37:15 SO AN ELIGIBILITY WORKER A VERY COMMON FOR AN ELIGIBILITY
04:37:19 WORKER TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY WORKER SUPERVISOR POSITION.
04:37:23 RIGHT SO THEY WOULD FILL THAT VACANT POSITION YET THE NET
04:37:26 REDUCTION IN VACANCIES IS ZERO BECAUSE THEY CREATE A VACANCY
04:37:29 BY MOVING INTO THAT SUPERVISORY OPPOSITION.
04:37:33 >> JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF HOW OUR DEPARTMENT IS STRUCTURED
04:37:34 ORGANIZATIONALLY THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE PROMOTED OPPORTUNITIES
04:37:38 FROM GENERAL CLARK TO SENIOR CLERK FROM PROTECTIVE SERVICE
04:37:41 WORKER TO PROTECTIVE WORKER SUPERVISOR.
04:37:45 WE HAVE OUR ANALYSTS FROM 1820 TWOS UP THROUGH 18 2425.
04:37:48 AND SO WE ENCOURAGE HIRING FROM WITHIN.
04:37:52 WE THINK IT'S GOOD FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
04:37:53 AND CONSISTENCY IN A MISSION DRIVEN ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS.
04:37:56 BUT THE RESULT IS THAT IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO MOVE THAT
04:38:00 THAT NUMBER OF VACANCIES DOWN EVEN THOUGH MONTH TO MONTH 185
04:38:06 OR SO REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT 185 OR PART OF THAT 185 IS
04:38:09 DIFFERENT. >> I MEAN YOU HAVE SENSE MORE
04:38:12 THAN 2000 FTE. >> WE HAVE WE HAVE 2442
04:38:15 PROPOSED EFFORTS FOR RIGHT SO BY RATIO I'M NOT QUESTIONING I
04:38:20 MEAN I THINK THE DELETION OF 30 FTE IS 31 FTE MAKES SENSE.
04:38:26 I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE 185 AND EVEN THOUGH
04:38:30 OUT OF WHICH 50% OF IT IS SIX MONTHS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF
04:38:34 VACANCY. SO YOU HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT HALF
04:38:37 OF THAT AND JUST SAY I DON'T KNOW 80 IT'S 58% LESS THAN SIX
04:38:42 MONTHS AT 75% LESS THAN A YEAR LESS THAN A YEAR AND THEN SO
04:38:46 WHAT THAT DECISION THAT YOU WERE ASKED TO FOR FURTHER
04:38:50 REDUCTION YOU DECIDED TO HAVE 31 FTE OUT OF WHICH 19 OF THEM
04:38:53 WERE FILLED. OF THAT OUT OF THAT 31.
04:38:57 IS THAT CORRECT OR IS IT RIGHT ?
04:39:00 >> THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN OUT OF THAT 19 OF FTE
04:39:04 IS TEN YOU'RE REASSIGNED. CORRECT.
04:39:08 AND NINE WERE TECHNICAL LAYOFFS.
04:39:09 SO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THAT WENT INTO THE CITYWIDE
04:39:12 LAYOFF PROCESS. >> THAT'S CORRECT.
04:39:13 YEAH. I SHOULD SAY THAT WE IN LOOKING
04:39:16 AT THE DIRECTIVE TO REDUCE POSITIONS FROM FROM THE MAYOR'S
04:39:20 OFFICE, WE DIDN'T JUST LOOK AT VACANCIES, YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE
04:39:27 WE GET TRIPPED UP IN THINKING THAT THE LENGTH OF A VACANCY IS
04:39:31 A PROXY FOR NEED OF THE POSITION AND GENERALLY IT'S NOT
04:39:35 GENERALLY THE LENGTH OF VACANCY .
04:39:38 THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS GOING ON WHETHER THE CIVIL
04:39:39 SERVICE EXAMINATION NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHETHER WE GET APPROVAL
04:39:43 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO FILL AND THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF
04:39:47 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSE VACANCY POSITIONS TO BE VACANT
04:39:50 FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT WE DID IN THE EXERCISE OF
04:39:54 IDENTIFYING POSITIONS TO ELIMINATE IS THE EXERCISE THAT
04:39:57 WE DID FOR THE CHILDCARE SUPERVISORS AS AN EXAMPLE THAT
04:40:01 SUPERVISOR WATTENBERG BROKE UP $305 AN HOUR FOR CARE SEEMED
04:40:05 WAY OUT OF BOUNDS FROM SORT OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD AND THE
04:40:07 UTILIZATION OF CHILDCARE WAS MUCH LOWER.
04:40:10 IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THOSE POSITIONS HAPPEN TO BE FILLED
04:40:12 IN ADDITION TO A SUPERVISORY ROLE POSITION OVER THEM WHICH
04:40:14 WAS ALSO ELIMINATED. BUT IN TERMS OF SORT OF GOOD
04:40:17 GOVERNMENT AND LOOKING THROUGH A LENS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT, I
04:40:20 THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ELIMINATE POSITIONS WHERE THERE
04:40:24 REALLY IS MUCH LESS OF A NEED THAN POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT
04:40:26 WHERE WE HAVE A BIG NEED LIKE WE HAVE 50 OR 60 VACANT
04:40:31 ELIGIBILITY WORKERS POSITIONS THAT WILL BE HIRED TO ADDRESS
04:40:35 THE H.R. >> ONE NEEDS BUT I'M NOT GOING
04:40:36 TO ELIMINATE AN ELIGIBILITY WORKER POSITION IN CAL FISHER
04:40:39 MEDICAL BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM EVEN THOUGH
04:40:41 THEY'RE VACANT RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S SORT OF AN EXAMPLE OF
04:40:44 HOW WE APPROACHED IT. WE WE ELIMINATED FOR EXAMPLE
04:40:47 TELEPHONE OPERATORS BECAUSE WE CAN PEOPLE WHO CALL INTO OUR
04:40:51 AGENCY CAN BE DIRECTED AUTOMATICALLY.
04:40:55 WE DON'T NEED PHYSICAL PEOPLE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
04:40:56 WE ELIMINATED A AN ACCOUNT CLERK THAT HANDLED THE FAST
04:40:59 PASS LIFELINE FASTPASS THE REDUCED FEE FASTPASS FOR LOW
04:41:03 INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND SENIORS BECAUSE NOW THAT'S AN AUTOMATED
04:41:07 PROCESS. SO THAT MTA DOES THAT THEY
04:41:11 DON'T NEED US. SO I CAN GO EXAMPLE AFTER
04:41:12 EXAMPLE BUT THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE LENS WE LOOKED AT
04:41:15 SUPERVISOR WHICH IS WHY WE ONLY CAME TO 31 YOU KNOW OF 2400 OR
04:41:19 SO FTE WE FIGURED YOU KNOW AMONG THAT AND TWO OF THEM WERE
04:41:23 MANAGER POSITIONS THAT WE ELIMINATED AGAIN SORT OF SPAN
04:41:26 OF CONTROL, A BIT OF A REORGANIZATION ADDING SOME
04:41:30 RESPONSIBILITIES TO SOME MANAGERS AND TRYING TO DO IT,
04:41:33 YOU KNOW, WITH AS MINIMAL HARM ON ACTUAL CITY EMPLOYEES AS
04:41:38 POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW AND BUT THAT WAS THE BALANCE WE LOOKED AT.
04:41:42 >> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME ON
04:41:46 THE ROSTER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR PRESENTATION TODAY
04:41:49 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH OUR WORK ABSOLUTELY I THINK WE'RE ALSO
04:41:50 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TEAM. WHEN LAST YEAR WHEN TRUMP
04:41:53 ADMINISTRATION CUT FOOT SECURITY PROGRAMING LIKE SNAP,
04:41:57 YOUR TEAM ACTUALLY WAS THERE IN A FAST TURNAROUND AND BE
04:42:01 ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. >> WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL.
04:42:05 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR AND AGAIN
04:42:06 APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE. >> THANK YOU.
04:42:09 AND NEXT WE HAVE THE ETHICS COMMISSION
04:42:47 . >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAN
04:42:51 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. FOR THE RECORD, I'M PAT FORD,
04:42:52 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
04:42:55 HAVE A SET OF SLIDES THAT DISCUSS OUR CURRENT BUDGET
04:42:59 THAT'S BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
04:43:03 BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, A BRIEF RECAP OF THE PROGRAM AREAS
04:43:07 AND PROGRAMS THAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION ADMINISTERS.
04:43:10 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAM AREAS NOT JUST ETHICS BUT ALSO
04:43:14 CAMPAIGN FINANCE LOBBYING ACTIVITY BY MAJOR DEVELOPERS,
04:43:18 CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS
04:43:21 AND WITHIN ALL OF THOSE WE CONDUCT COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES
04:43:25 LIKE TRAINING, GIVING ADVICE TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO COMPLY WITH
04:43:29 THESE RULES PUBLISHING INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS SO THAT
04:43:33 PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE RULES.
04:43:34 >> WE ALSO OPERATE A NUMBER OF COMPLEX DISCLOSURE SYSTEMS
04:43:37 ELECTRONIC DISCLOSURE SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE FORM 700 OR
04:43:40 CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE SYSTEMS.
04:43:41 WE ALSO HAVE A VERY ROBUST ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL AS
04:43:45 A ROBUST AUDIT PROGRAM THAT AUDITS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.
04:43:48 AND WE ALSO DO POLICY DEVELOPMENT WITH CITY
04:43:52 DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THEM ALIGN THEIR PROGRAMS WITH CITY
04:43:53 AND STATE ETHICS RULES. >> TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR
04:44:00 MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN FY 26, WE'VE CONTINUED TO ESTABLISH
04:44:05 OUR KPIS. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE USES THE
04:44:06 TERM OKRS BUT ESSENTIALLY OUR METRICS THAT WE USE TO TRACK
04:44:11 AND MONITOR OUR PROGRESS. >> SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES HERE
04:44:14 WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS.
04:44:18 WE'VE MADE OUR INVESTIGATION PROCESS MUCH FASTER.
04:44:21 WE CAN MEASURE THAT NOW VERY EFFECTIVELY.
04:44:25 MOST OF OUR CASES ARE RESOLVED WITHIN ONE YEAR SO WE HAVE A
04:44:29 LOT FASTER RESOLUTION TIME NOW. SIMILARLY I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE
04:44:33 ON THIS. OUR AUDITS ARE COMPLETED VERY
04:44:34 QUICKLY NOW. WE'VE ALREADY FINISHED ALL OF
04:44:37 THE CANDIDATE AUDITS FROM THE 2024 ELECTION ARE NOW WORKING
04:44:40 ON INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE
04:44:44 AUDITS. AUDITORS ARE ABLE TO ALSO VERY
04:44:48 EFFECTIVELY PROCESS CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CANDIDATES
04:44:51 SUBMIT THROUGH THE PUBLIC FINANCING PROGRAM.
04:44:52 SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE FUNDS TO THE CANDIDATES VERY
04:44:55 QUICKLY. ALSO ON THE COMPLIANCE SIDE OF
04:45:00 OUR DEPARTMENT WE RESPONDED TO OVER 2500 SUPPORT TICKETS.
04:45:03 SO THAT'S THAT ADVICE COMPLIANCE WORK THAT WE DO.
04:45:07 THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO US ASKING HOW TO COMPLY
04:45:11 WITH ETHICS RULES, CAMPAIGN FINANCE RULES, WHAT THEY NEED
04:45:14 TO DISCLOSE ON THEIR FORM 700. A TRULY MASSIVE VOLUME OF
04:45:15 PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO US AND SEEKING HELP WHICH IS A
04:45:19 REALLY GOOD THING. WE WANT THAT.
04:45:22 WE'VE TRIED TO FOSTER THAT WITHIN THE CITY ORGANIZATION.
04:45:23 I THINK WE SHOULD SEE THIS AS REALLY GOOD FOR ALL OF US HERE
04:45:26 IN THE CITY AND COUNTY. WE ALSO PROCESSED OVER 12,000
04:45:30 FILINGS ACROSS ALL OF THOSE PROGRAM AREAS WHICH AGAIN
04:45:34 REPRESENTS A REALLY GOOD HIGH COMPLIANCE RATE OF PEOPLE
04:45:37 FILING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FILE.
04:45:38 AND THEN OUR DEPARTMENT DOING THE WORK OF MAKING ALL THOSE
04:45:42 FILINGS VERY READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
04:45:45 SO THE PEOPLE SAN FRANCISCO JOURNALISTS, RESEARCHERS, THEY
04:45:47 HAVE ALREADY ACCESS STATE OF THE ART ACCESS TO THIS
04:45:51 INFORMATION AND WE SEE IT USED QUITE WIDELY IN REPORTING
04:45:54 AND IN STUDIES. ALSO WE PARTNERED WITH THE
04:45:58 MAYOR'S OFFICE THIS YEAR TO HELP ENSURE COMPLIANCE BY
04:46:01 COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER CITY OFFICERS WITH THE FORM 700
04:46:04 FILING REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVE A RECORD HIGH 98% COMPLIANCE
04:46:07 RATE CITYWIDE AND 99% WITHIN CITY OFFICERS THINK WE ONLY
04:46:13 HAVE FIVE WHO DIDN'T FILE THE FORM.
04:46:14 >> SO I THINK WE'VE REALLY REACHED A GREAT POINT AS A CITY
04:46:17 OF GETTING PEOPLE TO FILE THAT FORM AND THAT'S A LOT OF HARD
04:46:19 WORK. >> JUST TO REITERATE OUR AUDIT
04:46:23 WORK. YOU CAN SEE HERE IN OUR FY 26
04:46:26 THE COMPLETION OF ALL 27 AUDITS OF CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVED
04:46:29 PUBLIC FINANCING IN THE 2024 ELECTION.
04:46:33 THOSE ARE DONE PUBLISHED AND RESOLVED.
04:46:36 >> THAT'S AS MANY AUDITS AS OUR OFFICE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO
04:46:40 IN MANY FISCAL YEARS COMBINED. WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM
04:46:44 IN PLACE NOW. WE CAN GET THOSE DONE VERY
04:46:46 EFFICIENTLY. SO I THINK YOU SEE THAT ACROSS
04:46:48 OUR OFFICE. IT'S HOW WE'VE MET A LOT OF
04:46:52 BUDGET CUTS OVER PAST YEARS IS FINDING WAYS TO USE TECHNOLOGY
04:46:56 TO STREAMLINE, TO AUTOMATE SO THAT WE CAN DO MORE WITH LESS.
04:47:00 WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AND CONTINUING TO
04:47:02 PRODUCE MORE WHILE HAVING FEWER STAFF.
04:47:07 THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT OUR COMPLIANCE PROGRAM SO YOU CAN
04:47:10 SEE THE REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE, THE SUPPORT TICKETS
04:47:14 BROKEN DOWN BY PROGRAM AREA. SO A LOT OF FORM 700 QUESTIONS
04:47:16 WHICH I THINK REFLECTS OUR WORK TO GET PEOPLE TO FILE THAT FORM
04:47:20 AND TO FILE IT ACCURATELY. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR AVERAGE
04:47:21 RESPONSE TIMES WE ARE VERY QUICK WE GET BACK TO PEOPLE
04:47:25 WITH HELPFUL ADVICE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED THIS
04:47:28 INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY AND WE ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE HOW THEY'RE
04:47:31 FINDING OUR SERVICE AND PEOPLE GENERALLY REPORT THAT IT'S VERY
04:47:35 HELPFUL TO THEM AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THERE'S ABOUT A 30%
04:47:42 JUMP IN PEOPLE'S PERCEIVED AWARENESS OF ETHICS RULES AFTER
04:47:46 THEY TAKE OUR ETHICS TRAINING AS OPPOSED TO BEFORE.
04:47:47 SO I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON HELPING BUILD
04:47:51 CONFIDENCE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT CAN FOLLOW ETHICS
04:47:53 RULES WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT. >> SO TO GET INTO THE BUDGET
04:47:57 YOU CAN SEE OUR CURRENT F Y 26 BUDGET AND WHAT IS IN THE
04:48:02 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ONE AND TWO OF THIS BUDGET.
04:48:08 IT WOULD REPRESENT A DECREASE IN OUR FUNDED POSITIONS.
04:48:12 AND ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HOW THAT LOOKS IN THE
04:48:13 CONTEXT OF THE LAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS.
04:48:16 >> SO WE DO SEE A CONSISTENT DECREASE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
04:48:20 >> SO THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT OF US FINDING
04:48:23 WAYS TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AND EFFICIENCY TO CONTINUE TO
04:48:28 TRY AND MAINTAIN OR ACTUALLY GROW OUR WORK WHILE LOSING
04:48:32 POSITIONS. >> I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY
04:48:33 SUCCESSFUL AT THAT. SOME WAYS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN
04:48:36 SUCCESSFUL IS TRYING TO WIND DOWN UNDERUSED PROGRAMS.
04:48:40 WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE'VE TRIED TO
04:48:43 GET THROUGH THE BOARD TO TRY AND WIND DOWN PROGRAMS THAT WE
04:48:47 KNOW HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND ARE NOT WIDELY USED BUT
04:48:48 THAT REPRESENTS JUST A CONSTANT DRAG ON OUR STAFF BANDWIDTH
04:48:51 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT.
04:48:54 SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT'S HARD FOR US
04:48:56 TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES TO WHERE WE KNOW THEY'RE NEEDED
04:48:59 WHEN WE'RE STATUTORILY BOUND TO ALLOCATE THEM IN PROGRAMS THAT
04:49:03 ARE REQUIRED UNDER CITY LAW. AND IT'S VERY HARD FOR US
04:49:06 SOMETIMES TO ROLL THOSE PROGRAMS BACK.
04:49:10 TO PUT THIS ALSO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY'S OVERALL
04:49:13 WORKFORCE. THIS CHART SHOWS THE CITY'S
04:49:14 WORKFORCE OVER THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THE LAST THREE
04:49:21 FISCAL YEARS HASN'T CHANGED A TON WHEREAS OUR WORKFORCE HAS
04:49:24 CHANGED AND CONTINUES TO CHANGE EVERY YEAR.
04:49:26 THIS IS ACROSS MAYORAL ADMINISTRATIONS ACROSS
04:49:28 ITERATIONS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
04:49:32 THIS IS A CONCERNING TREND I WOULD SAY WE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR
04:49:36 WITH USING TECHNOLOGY AND STREAMLINING PROGRAMS TO
04:49:39 TRY AND CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEED OF THE CITY TO FOLLOW
04:49:43 ETHICS RULES. AT A CERTAIN POINT WE ARE JUST
04:49:44 NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP IF WE CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE
04:49:47 SIZE AND SUPPORT OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION WHILE MAINTAINING A
04:49:51 VERY LARGE CITY GOVERNMENT. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR
04:49:55 US TO BE THERE TO ANSWER THOSE ADVICE QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE
04:49:57 THOSE ONLINE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE WORKING FOR PEOPLE THAT THE
04:50:00 PUBLIC CAN GET THIS INFORMATION .
04:50:03 IT'S JUST GOING TO GET REALLY, REALLY HARD AT A CERTAIN POINT
04:50:04 AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING IS TRUE FOR OUR CAMPAIGN
04:50:07 FINANCE PROGRAM. WE JUST SEE MORE AND MORE MONEY
04:50:11 GETS SPENT EVERY YEAR. I MEAN YOU SEE IT IN THE NEWS
04:50:12 EVERY ELECTION BREAKS NEW RECORDS FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
04:50:15 THAT SPENT. IT'S SO INCREDIBLY COSTLY TO
04:50:18 RUN FOR OFFICE OR TO HAVE BALLOT MEASURES AND THAT'S A
04:50:22 BIG PART OF OUR WORK. SO AGAIN, WE SEE THAT ACTUALLY
04:50:23 GOING UP AND UP WHEREAS OUR STAFF IS GETTING SMALLER IT
04:50:27 JUST MAKES IT REALLY TOUGH. SO AT A CERTAIN POINT I THINK
04:50:30 WE'RE GOING TO START TO FEEL SOME REAL SHORTFALLS FRANKLY.
04:50:33 SO SOME OF THE PARTICULAR WAYS I THINK THAT'S GOING TO START
04:50:37 TO MANIFEST IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE WELL
04:50:41 IN PARTICULAR WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A COMPLIANCE POSITION.
04:50:45 WE LOST ONE LAST YEAR SO WE'LL LOSE ANOTHER ONE IN THIS
04:50:51 BUDGET. >> WE'LL ALSO LOSE IT
04:50:51 OPERATIONS POSITION, A PAYROLL CLERK POSITION.
04:50:55 SO SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT WE FORESEE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR
04:50:59 WOULD BE A SPECIFIC CUT TO OUR COMPLIANCE WORK.
04:51:03 >> IN PARTICULAR WE'LL HAVE TO STOP MOST OR ALL OF OUR LIVE
04:51:07 IN-PERSON TRAININGS AND JUST USE RECORDED TRAININGS
04:51:10 AND MODULES WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO ROLLBACK QUITE A BIT OF OUR
04:51:14 TAILORED DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT. SO THIS IS WHEN DEPARTMENTS
04:51:17 REACH OUT TO US AND SAY WE'D LIKE YOUR HELP TO CONSULT AS WE
04:51:18 SET UP A PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH
04:51:22 ETHICS RULES THAT'LL BE REALLY HARD FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO.
04:51:25 SIMILARLY THAT KIND OF PROACTIVE WORK TO REACH OUT
04:51:29 AND GET PEOPLE TO FILE THE FORM 700 AND GET THOSE HIGH
04:51:32 COMPLIANCE RATES THAT'S THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE JUST WON'T
04:51:34 BE ABLE TO DO IF WE DON'T HAVE COMPLIANCE POSITIONS.
04:51:38 SIMILARLY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE LONGER RESPONSE TIMES
04:51:42 AND JUST FEWER RESOURCES THAT WE CAN OFFER FOLKS WHEN THEY
04:51:43 REACH OUT TO US FOR HELP. WE'LL STILL ENDEAVOR TO ANSWER
04:51:47 QUESTIONS AND BE THERE AND BE THAT HELPFUL RESOURCE BUT IT'S
04:51:50 JUST GOING TO GET REALLY DIFFICULT SO PEOPLE MIGHT WAIT
04:51:53 A BIT LONGER. THERE MAY BE SOME FRUSTRATION
04:51:54 THERE THEY MIGHT NOT GET YOU KNOW, ALL THE INFORMATION
04:51:57 THEY'RE HOPING FOR MAYBE FEWER WRITTEN RESOURCES FOR THEM.
04:52:01 SIMILARLY, IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO PIVOT ON ISSUES WHERE WE WE SEE
04:52:08 CONCERNING TRENDS AS A CITY. JUST FOR EXAMPLE THE BLR CAME
04:52:10 OUT WITH A REPORT LAST MONTH ABOUT 4700 FILING BY
04:52:13 CONTRACTORS. JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN ISSUE
04:52:17 WHERE YOU KNOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS RECOGNIZING
04:52:20 THERE MAY BE AN AREA WHERE WE NEED TO DO SOME WORK ON ETHICS
04:52:23 RULES TO MAKE SURE THERE'S TRANSPARENCY.
04:52:24 THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A PLACE WHERE THEN THE ETHICS
04:52:27 COMMISSION WOULD COME IN AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE BOARD
04:52:29 WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS POTENTIALLY MOVE A PIECE OF
04:52:31 LEGISLATION. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
04:52:35 IT'S IMPORTANT WORK BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT'S GOING
04:52:36 TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO WITH THE DIRECTION THAT
04:52:39 OUR STAFF AND OUR BUDGET IS HEADING.
04:52:42 >> JUST A QUICK NOTE WE ALSO HAVE THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND
04:52:46 AS PART OF OUR BUDGET. THAT'S THE FUND THAT'S USED TO
04:52:48 FUND THE CITY'S PUBLIC FINANCING PROGRAM.
04:52:51 IT'S KIND OF AN IRREGULAR APPROPRIATION OF THAT FUND
04:52:54 WHERE TOGETHER WITH THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE WE TRY
04:52:58 AND PROJECT WHAT WE THINK THE NEEDS MAY BE OF THE PROGRAM HOW
04:53:01 MANY CANDIDATES WILL QUALIFY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THIS KIND
04:53:03 OF IRREGULAR HISTORY OF HOW THAT FUND IS FUNDED.
04:53:08 >> I DO WANT TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION RESTORING THE
04:53:15 1823 COMPLIANCE POSITION THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED IN THIS
04:53:16 BUDGET BASICALLY TO AMELIORATE THOSE EFFECTS THAT I TALKED
04:53:20 ABOUT. >> SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
04:53:23 ARE ABLE TO STUDY EMERGING TRENDS TO PROVIDE THOSE KINDS
04:53:26 OF TRAININGS COMPLIANCE RESOURCES WORK DIRECTLY WITH
04:53:27 DEPARTMENTS OR WITH CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE TRYING TO COMPLY WITH
04:53:31 THESE RULES. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
04:53:35 KEEP THE CURRENT LEVEL THAT WE HAVE IF WE DON'T I THINK WE
04:53:39 WILL START TO SEE YEAH, PERHAPS NOT THE LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE
04:53:42 SUPPORT THAT WE WOULD WANT AND THIS IS OUR CURRENT WORK
04:53:46 CHART AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE TWO POSITIONS WITH THE RED
04:53:50 BORDER THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED
04:53:54 IN THIS BUDGET. ONE OF THEM IS FILLED THE
04:53:55 PERSONNEL CLERK POSITION THE INCUMBENT IN THAT POSITION
04:53:58 WOULD GO TO CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AS MY
04:54:01 UNDERSTANDING AND WE WOULD HAVE OUR PERSONNEL PAYROLL FUNCTIONS
04:54:05 FILLED THROUGH WORK ORDER EXISTING WORK ORDER WITH THE
04:54:09 CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE. OTHERWISE THE 1823 COMPLIANCE
04:54:12 POSITION IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT ALSO
04:54:15 WOULD BE ELIMINATED. >> SO I THINK I WILL LEAVE IT
04:54:20 THERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
04:54:23 >> VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU. CHAIR CHAN I WANTED TO JUST ASK
04:54:28 YOU TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT. I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT
04:54:32 THERE WERE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU HAVE THAT MAYBE WE
04:54:35 SHOULD BE LOOKING AT LEGISLATIVELY.
04:54:38 COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT THAT THERE'S THINGS
04:54:42 THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO? >> YES.
04:54:46 SO THAT DON'T INVOLVE MONEY, CORRECT?
04:54:47 CORRECT. SO THIS TIME LAST YEAR THROUGH
04:54:50 LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS WE LOST ONE OF THESE 1823
04:54:54 COMPLIANCE POSITIONS AND AT THAT TIME WE PRESENTED TO THE
04:54:57 BOARD ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT WE THINK IF WE WERE GOING TO LOSE
04:55:00 THAT POSITION WE WOULD NEED TO CUT BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
04:55:01 SUPPORT THEM ANYMORE. SO IN PARTICULAR THE CITY HAS A
04:55:05 PROGRAM WHERE MAJOR DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER
04:55:08 AND FILE DISCLOSURES BUT ONLY IN A VERY KIND OF NUANCED
04:55:12 AND SPECIFIC SITUATION WHEN THEY GIVE MONEY TO A NONPROFIT
04:55:16 ORGANIZATION THAT THEN LATER COMMUNICATES WITH THE CITY
04:55:19 GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE PROJECT. SO IT'S A KIND OF VERY SPECIFIC
04:55:24 SCENARIO. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF
04:55:27 UPTAKE OF THAT PROGRAM BOTH IN FOLKS FILING THOSE FORMS
04:55:31 AND PEOPLE ACCESSING THEM. SO THAT'S ONE WE JUST DON'T
04:55:34 THINK THAT'S A GOOD VALUE, YOU KNOW, ROI THAT WE CAN USE OUR
04:55:38 STAFFING RESOURCES TO DO OTHER WORK LIKE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
04:55:42 AND ETHICS. >> SIMILARLY THE CITY HAS A
04:55:46 PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS TO REGISTER
04:55:49 AND FILE DISCLOSURE FORMS AND THAT PROGRAM WAS CREATED
04:55:53 MANY, MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE THE CITY AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION
04:55:54 HAD ELECTRONIC FILINGS FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURES.
04:56:00 NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS VERY EASY
04:56:02 TO PARSE IT'S SIMPLE TO SEE IN A CAMPAIGN'S FILINGS WHO
04:56:07 THEIR CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT IS AND HOW MUCH THEY PAID THEM.
04:56:09 YOU CAN SEE THAT NOW I THINK BACK WHEN THAT PROGRAM WAS
04:56:11 CREATED I THINK TWO DECADES AGO ALL OF THOSE FORMS WERE
04:56:15 IN PAPER FORMAT SO IT HAD BEEN DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH
04:56:19 THEM MAYBE AND SEE ALL THE CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS THAT HAD
04:56:23 BEEN HIRED. SO THAT I THINK THE CITY BACK
04:56:25 THEN THOUGHT WELL WE'LL CREATE A SEPARATE PROGRAM JUST FOR
04:56:27 THAT. SO BE EASIER TO SEE.
04:56:29 FRANKLY THAT'S JUST OBSOLETE NOW IT'S I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO
04:56:30 DO IT IN TWO MINUTES, HOW TO GO IN AND LOOK THROUGH THE
04:56:34 CAMPAIGN FINANCE DATA AND SEE ALL THE CONSULTANTS.
04:56:36 SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST AN AREA WHERE I DON'T SEE A LOT OF ROI.
04:56:39 I THINK IF WE WERE TO ELIMINATE THE CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT FILING
04:56:41 PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE A LOT LESS THAT WE HAD TO PRODUCE
04:56:44 FEWER QUESTIONS WE HAD TO ANSWER AND WE COULD JUST USE
04:56:48 THOSE RESOURCES TO TO DO OTHER WORK.
04:56:51 SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE MAIN THE MAIN TWO.
04:56:54 THERE'S ALSO CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC FINANCING PROGRAM, SOME
04:56:57 VERY CUMBERSOME PARTS OF THAT PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY THE
04:57:01 INDIVIDUAL EXPENDITURE CEILINGS.
04:57:02 WE THINK THERE'S A MUCH FASTER AND EASIER WAY TO ADMINISTER
04:57:07 THOSE THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE AS MUCH TIME BOTH BY OUR STAFF
04:57:10 AND FRANKLY BY THE CANDIDATES, BY THE CAMPAIGNS.
04:57:13 SO WE THINK THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF EFFICIENCY SAVINGS TO
04:57:16 MOVING THAT TO A DIFFERENT MODEL.
04:57:17 WE THINK IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME POLICY OUTCOMES, THE SAME
04:57:21 EFFECTS THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO HAVE BUT IT WOULD BE LESS
04:57:24 COSTLY TO THE CITY AND TO THE CAMPAIGNS.
04:57:25 SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE MAIN THREE AND THOSE ARE IN SEPARATE
04:57:28 ORDINANCES. BUT THE COMMISSION SENT THEM
04:57:30 OVER TO THE BOARD ALMOST A YEAR AGO AS A PACKAGE AND WE HAVE
04:57:35 NOT HAD ANY PROGRESS ON THOSE THUS FAR.
04:57:36 SO THEY'RE STILL ON THE BOOKS. IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT MY
04:57:39 STAFF HAS TO SPEND TIME DOING AND IT JUST CREATES A DRAG.
04:57:42 IT'S JUST MAKES IT HARDER FOR US TO PICK UP THE PHONE WHEN
04:57:46 SOMEONE HAS A FORM 700 QUESTION OR WHEN A CAMPAIGN IS TRYING TO
04:57:49 FILE THEIR 460 AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ASK A REALLY TIMELY
04:57:50 QUESTION. MEANWHILE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER
04:57:54 PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT .
04:57:55 OKAY. THANKS.
04:57:59 >> I HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT
04:58:03 YOU JUST SAID BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
04:58:07 IT'S NOT RELATED TO BUDGET IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT POLICY
04:58:11 PERSPECTIVE TO WHICH I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES MYSELF ALONG WITH
04:58:16 MY COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR WALTON FIELDER AND CHEN HAS A VERY WE
04:58:20 ALL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ALONG WITH CLEAN
04:58:21 GOVERNMENT FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING CLEAN GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN
04:58:24 WORK STATEWIDE. I HAVE A VERY JUST DIFFERENT
04:58:28 PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THOSE PROPOSED LEGISLATION NAMELY I
04:58:31 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY
04:58:35 IT'S ACTUALLY RAISING INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION FOR
04:58:39 $500 TO $1000. AGAIN, I'M AGAINST RAISING THAT
04:58:44 CAP FOR VERY SIMPLE REASON. $500 IS ALREADY NOT EASY FOR
04:58:49 MANY WORKING FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO CONTRIBUTE TO
04:58:52 TO ANY MATCHING IN PUBLIC FINANCE INCOME.
04:58:59 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LONG TO RAISE IT TO $1,000.
04:59:02 >> SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE IT LIKE THAT FOR NOW AND THEN
04:59:06 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
04:59:08 >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. >> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME
04:59:11 ON THE ROSTER. WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC WORKS.
04:59:35 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CARLA
04:59:39 SHORT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
04:59:42 TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET TODAY. >> BEFORE JUMPING IN TO OUR
04:59:46 PRESENTATION I WANT TO THANK OUR BUDGET TEAM FOR ALL THEIR
04:59:50 HARD WORK IN PARTICULAR DONNA LEE, VICTORIA CHAN, JENNIFER
04:59:53 MARQUEZ AND OUR CFO BRUCE ROBERTSON.
04:59:57 >> PUBLIC WORKS IS ONE OF THE CITY'S PRIMARY SERVICE DELIVERY
04:59:59 DEPARTMENTS AND AS DESIGNATED BY FEDERAL LAW WE ARE ALSO
05:00:03 FIRST RESPONDERS. EVERY DAY OUR EMPLOYEES
05:00:05 MAINTAIN STREETS, SIDEWALKS, TREES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS
05:00:08 AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT RESIDENTS RELY ON IN EVERY
05:00:12 NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR WORK SUPPORTS MANY OF THE
05:00:16 CITY'S PRIORITIES INCLUDING CLEAN AND SAFE STREETS
05:00:19 ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, HOUSING DELIVERY, ECONOMIC
05:00:20 RECOVERY AND CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY.
05:00:24 >> AS WE DEVELOP THIS BUDGET, OUR FOCUS WAS ON PRESERVING
05:00:27 CORE SERVICES, IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND CONTINUING TO
05:00:31 DELIVER RESULTS FOR SAN FRANCISCANS.
05:00:34 JUST A QUICK REMINDER OUR CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET IS
05:00:38 $428.5 MILLION. THAT OF COURSE IS OUR OPERATING
05:00:41 BUDGET. OUR TOTAL BUDGET PORTFOLIO
05:00:45 EXCEEDS 2 BILLION DOLLARS. >> PUBLIC WORKS WORK TOUCHES
05:00:49 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO.
05:00:53 IN FISCAL YEAR 25 WE PAVED 557 BLOCKS, REPAIRED MORE THAN
05:00:58 10,000 POTHOLES CONSTRUCTED OVER 1200 CURB RAMPS PLANTED
05:01:02 NEARLY 800 TREES ADDRESSED MORE THAN 53,000 GRAFFITI REQUESTS
05:01:09 AND RESPONDED TO OVER 163,000 STREET CLEANING SERVICE
05:01:13 REQUESTS. >> THESE METRICS REPRESENT OUR
05:01:16 CORE SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS SEE AND RELY ON EVERY DAY.
05:01:20 AS WE RESPONDED TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS, OUR GOAL
05:01:22 WAS TO PRESERVE THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES WHILE IDENTIFYING
05:01:25 OPPORTUNITIES TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
05:01:31 >> PUBLIC WORKS DID NOT WAIT FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE TO BEGIN
05:01:34 LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES. IN OCTOBER OF 2024 WE COMPLETED
05:01:38 A DEPARTMENT WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN DECEMBER OF 2024 WE
05:01:42 IMPLEMENTED A MAJOR DEPARTMENT OF REORGANIZATION.
05:01:46 THAT REORGANIZATION CENTRALIZED SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, STREAMLINED
05:01:50 REPORTING STRUCTURES, EXPANDED SPANS OF CONTROL AND ALIGNED
05:01:54 RESOURCES WITH OUR CORE MISSIONS.
05:01:57 >> PUBLIC WORKS IS BOTH A SERVICE DELIVERY DEPARTMENT
05:01:59 AND A CENTRAL SERVICE PROVIDER TO MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS.
05:02:02 >> IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, TREES
05:02:05 AND PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL
05:02:08 ENGINEERING PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
05:02:13 CONTRACTING AND PROJECT DELIVERY SERVICES THAT SUPPORT
05:02:14 CITYWIDE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND MAJOR INITIATIVES.
05:02:18 >> AS PART OF THAT EFFORT WE ELIMINATED SOME MANAGEMENT
05:02:21 POSITIONS AND IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE
05:02:24 EFFICIENCY WHILE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT SERVICE DELIVERY
05:02:28 AND PROJECT EXECUTION. THOSE EFFORTS POSITIONED US
05:02:32 WELL TO RESPOND TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS.
05:02:35 >> AS REQUESTED, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DEPARTMENT'S
05:02:40 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOLLOWING OUR DECEMBER 2024
05:02:43 REORGANIZATION. >> WE ARE ORGANIZED INTO SIX
05:02:46 DIVISIONS THAT SUPPORT BOTH DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY
05:02:47 AND CITYWIDE PROJECT DELIVERY. THE REMAINING DIVISIONS PROVIDE
05:02:51 THE FINANCE TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE PERMITTING
05:02:54 AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT NEEDED TO DELIVER THOSE
05:02:55 SERVICES EFFICIENTLY. THE STRUCTURE REFLECTS THE
05:02:59 EFFICIENCIES IMPLEMENTED THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
05:03:02 AND REORGANIZATION WHICH AGAIN CENTRALIZED FUNCTIONS REDUCED
05:03:06 DUPLICATION AND IMPROVED COORDINATION ACROSS THE
05:03:09 DEPARTMENT. >> WHILE PUBLIC WORKS HAS A
05:03:10 BROAD CITYWIDE MISSION, WE OPERATE WITH A VERY LEAN
05:03:14 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE WHICH IS REFLECTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
05:03:21 >> PUBLIC WORKS HAS APPROXIMATELY 1935 AUTHORIZED
05:03:24 POSITIONS. MORE THAN 96% OF OUR WORKFORCE
05:03:28 CONSISTS OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO MAINTAIN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS,
05:03:32 PLANT AND CARE FOR TREES, RESPOND TO GRAFFITI AND STREET
05:03:35 CLEANING REQUESTS, DESIGN PROJECTS, INSPECT CONSTRUCTION
05:03:39 AND KEEP CITY INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATING EVERY DAY.
05:03:43 >> THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITH A VERY LEAN MANAGEMENT
05:03:44 STRUCTURE ALLOWING THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESOURCES TO BE
05:03:47 DIRECTED TOWARD SERVICE DELIVERY AND PROJECT EXECUTION.
05:03:50 >> THE DEPARTMENT'S GROSS VACANCY RATE IS APPROXIMATELY
05:03:54 23%. HOWEVER, APPROXIMATELY 100
05:03:58 AND 50 OF THOSE VACANCIES REPRESENT BUDGETED ATTRITION
05:04:01 SAVINGS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET
05:04:02 AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR RECRUITMENT.
05:04:05 AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR ATTRITION, THE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONAL
05:04:09 VACANCY RATE IS APPROXIMATELY 15%.
05:04:13 >> DESPITE THIS, STAFFING CHALLENGES PUBLIC WORKS
05:04:16 CONTINUES TO DELIVER ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
05:04:21 WHILE SUPPORTING CAPITAL PROJECTS AND CITYWIDE
05:04:22 INITIATIVES. >> AS PART OF OUR DECEMBER 2024
05:04:27 REORGANIZATION, PUBLIC WORKS EVALUATED SPAN OF CONTROL
05:04:29 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND STAFFING NEEDS ACROSS THE
05:04:32 DEPARTMENT. >> DURING THE F Y BUDGET SORRY
05:04:36 DURING THE F Y 26 BUDGET PROCESS WE ELIMINATED THREE
05:04:39 MANAGEMENT POSITIONS. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
05:04:43 FOUR ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT POSITIONS REDUCTIONS ACROSS TWO
05:04:47 BUDGET CYCLES. >> PUBLIC WORKS WILL HAVE
05:04:48 ELIMINATED SEVEN MANAGEMENT POSITIONS WHILE CONTINUING TO
05:04:52 MAINTAIN CORE SERVICES AND SUPPORT CITYWIDE PROJECT
05:04:55 DELIVERY. >> INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S
05:04:59 BUDGET THE REMAINING POSITION REDUCTIONS ARE PRIMARILY
05:05:03 VACANCIES AND POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED
05:05:06 CONTRACTING OUT OF THE MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORY.
05:05:09 OUR APPROACH WAS FIRST TO IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES THROUGH
05:05:11 REORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, ATTRITION AND VACANCY BEFORE
05:05:15 IMPACTING FRONT LINE SERVICE DELIVERY.
05:05:18 AGAIN, DESPITE THESE STAFFING REDUCTIONS WE REMAIN LASER
05:05:22 FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
05:05:23 RESIDENTS RELY ON EVERY DAY AND CONTINUE TO FIND
05:05:27 EFFICIENCIES. >> THIS BUDGET INCLUDES
05:05:30 APPROXIMATELY $41 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL CAPITAL FUNDING
05:05:36 IN F Y 27 TO SUPPORT PAVING CURB RAMPS AND EQUIPMENT
05:05:40 REPLACEMENT. THESE INVESTMENTS HELP MAINTAIN
05:05:41 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORT LONG TERM SERVICE
05:05:45 DELIVERY. >> AT THE SAME TIME, THIS
05:05:49 BUDGET ASSUMES APPROXIMATELY 4.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL
05:05:52 ATTRITION SAVINGS IN F Y 28 EQUIVALENT TO ROUGHLY 23
05:05:58 ADDITIONAL FTE. >> WHILE THESE SAVINGS HELP
05:06:01 ADDRESS FISCAL CHALLENGES, THEY WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL STAFFING
05:06:02 PRESSURES AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN SERVICE
05:06:06 LEVELS OVER TIME. >> PUBLIC WORKS IS RESPONSIBLE
05:06:13 FOR MAINTAINING ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST PUBLIC ASSETS TO
05:06:16 KICK SORRY SORRY. >> PUBLIC WORKS IS RESPONSIBLE
05:06:24 FOR MAINTAINING ONE OF THE CITY'S LARGEST PUBLIC ASSETS.
05:06:27 ITS STREET NETWORK THROUGH STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
05:06:30 AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SAN FRANCISCO HAS ACHIEVED A
05:06:34 PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OR PCI OF 75 WHICH REMAINS ABOVE THE
05:06:37 REGIONAL AVERAGE. MAINTAINING THAT CONDITION
05:06:41 REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL AND SUSTAINED INVESTMENT.
05:06:45 >> AS THE CHART SHOWS, STATE AND BOND FUNDING DECREASE OVER
05:06:48 TIME RESULTING IN A GREATER RELIANCE ON LOCAL FUNDING TO
05:06:50 MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT PAVEMENT CONDITIONS.
05:06:53 >> INVESTING IN MAINTENANCE TODAY HELPS AVOID SIGNIFICANTLY
05:06:56 HIGHER RECONSTRUCTION COSTS IN THE FUTURE AND PROTECTS THE
05:07:00 CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.
05:07:01 FOR EXAMPLE, MAINTAINING A BLOCK IN GOOD CONDITION
05:07:05 REQUIRES ABOUT $60,000 WHEREAS REBUILDING A BLOCK IN POOR
05:07:09 CONDITION REQUIRES AS MUCH AS $600,000 OR MORE.
05:07:16 >> THIS BUDGET INCLUDES ADDITIONAL PAVING AND CAPITAL
05:07:19 FUNDING THAT WILL HELP US CONTINUE MAINTAINING SAFE
05:07:21 AND RELIABLE STREETS FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, VISITORS
05:07:24 AND ALL MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION.
05:07:33 >> PUBLIC WORKS MANAGES ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST IMPORTANT
05:07:38 ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION
05:07:41 REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF CURB RAMPS THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO
05:07:44 . TODAY APPROXIMATELY 79% OF CURB
05:07:48 RAMPS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. HOWEVER, MORE THAN 8700 CURB
05:07:50 RAMPS STILL NEED TO BE UPGRADED OR CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE
05:07:54 CITY'S LONG TERM ACCESSIBILITY GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS.
05:07:58 THIS BUDGET CONTINUES THE CITY'S INVESTMENT
05:08:02 IN ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 8
05:08:05 MILLION IN FY 27 AND 8 MILLION IN FY 28.
05:08:08 FOR CURB RAMP CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR PUBLIC WORKS WORKS
05:08:11 CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE ON DISABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY
05:08:15 ODA TO PRIORITIZE LOCATIONS BASED ON PUBLIC REQUESTS,
05:08:19 ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO COORDINATE
05:08:21 IMPROVEMENTS WITH PAVING AND OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS.
05:08:24 >> WHILE SIGNIFICANT WORK REMAINS A CONTINUED INVESTMENT
05:08:28 AND CURB RAMPS IMPROVE IMPROVES ACCESSIBILITY, ENHANCES
05:08:32 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND HELPS ENSURE SAN FRANCISCO REMAINS A
05:08:36 LEADER IN ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE.
05:08:39 I'M GOING TO GO TO 2.5 SPEED FOR THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES.
05:08:43 FOR THE RECORDS THESE TWO SLIDES ARE PROVIDED FOR
05:08:44 REFERENCE PUBLIC WORKS RELIES ON A DIVERSE MIX OF FUNDING
05:08:48 SOURCES TO DELIVER SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
05:08:51 MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE WORK
05:08:52 PERFORMED ON BEHALF OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
05:08:54 REFLECTING OUR ROLE AS A CITYWIDE SERVICE PROVIDER.
05:08:58 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT REMAINS AN IMPORTANT FUNDING SOURCE FOR
05:08:59 CORE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WHILE CAPITAL GAS TAX AND OTHER
05:09:04 DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCES SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
05:09:07 MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT. THIS DIVERSIFIED FUNDING
05:09:08 STRUCTURE ALLOWS PUBLIC WORKS TO MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICES
05:09:11 WHILE DELIVERING CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SUPPORTING
05:09:14 CITYWIDE PRIORITIES. >> THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC WORKS
05:09:18 BUDGET IS INVESTED DIRECTLY IN PEOPLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
05:09:20 NEARLY HALF THE BUDGET SUPPORTS THE WORKFORCE THAT DELIVERS
05:09:23 SERVICES AND PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
05:09:25 MORE THAN ONE QUARTER SUPPORTS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, EQUIPMENT
05:09:27 AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING PAVING CURB RAMPS,
05:09:30 TREES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. TOGETHER THESE INVESTMENTS
05:09:33 ALLOW PUBLIC WORKS TO MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE RESIDENTS
05:09:35 CAN RELY ON EVERYDAY WHILE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE
05:09:38 NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO.
05:09:39 >> IN CLOSING, PUBLIC WORKS HAS ALREADY TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS
05:09:44 TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING
05:09:49 REORGANIZATION, EXPANDED SPANS OF CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
05:09:53 REDUCTIONS. >> TODAY AGAIN MORE THAN 96
05:09:54 PERCENT OF OUR WORKFORCE SUPPORTS FRONTLINE SERVICES,
05:09:58 TECHNICAL WORK, PROJECT DELIVERY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE
05:10:01 OUR RESIDENTS RELY ON EVERY DAY.
05:10:02 >> ACROSS TWO BUDGET CYCLES WE HAVE REDUCED MANAGEMENT
05:10:05 POSITIONS, CONSOLIDATED FUNCTIONS AND CONTINUE TO
05:10:09 ABSORB ATTRITION SAVINGS WHILE MAINTAINING CORE SERVICES.
05:10:13 AT THE SAME TIME THIS BUDGET INVESTS AN ADDITIONAL 41
05:10:16 MILLION IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING PAVING
05:10:19 CURB RAMPS AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT IMPROVE
05:10:20 SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS
05:10:24 THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON DELIVERING
05:10:27 ESSENTIAL SERVICES EFFICIENTLY WHILE PROTECTING THE CITY'S
05:10:31 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORTING CITYWIDE PRIORITIES.
05:10:35 >> THANK YOU AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
05:10:38 >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU CHAIR.
05:10:42 AND DIRECTOR THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
05:10:43 I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN PARTICULAR IN THE
05:10:47 CURB RENT PROGRAM. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
05:10:50 AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO CATCH UP ON THAT.
05:10:53 CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT HERE WITHIN THIS $41
05:10:57 MILLION THAT YOU INTEND TO PURCHASE?
05:11:01 >> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SAUTER FOR
05:11:02 THAT QUESTION. WE INTEND TO PURCHASE TEN
05:11:05 ELECTRIC PICKUP TRUCKS WITH THAT ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
05:11:09 FUNDING. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE
05:11:13 HAVE A VERY OLD FLEET THE THOSE WOULD REPLACE TEN VEHICLES THAT
05:11:19 ARE ON AVERAGE 23 YEARS OLD AND ON AVERAGE HAVE OVER
05:11:25 200,000 MILES ON THEM. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE
05:11:28 CURRENT SAFETY FEATURES THAT WE REALLY WANT OUR EQUIPMENT THAT
05:11:33 OUR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES RELY ON EVERY DAY TO HAVE.
05:11:37 >> WE HAD LOOKED INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF TRYING TO
05:11:41 PROCURE SOME POWER WASHING PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
05:11:44 HOWEVER, WE DID NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY CARB CREDITS THAT
05:11:48 WOULD ALLOW US TO BUY NON-ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THERE
05:11:52 ARE NOT ELECTRIC VEHICLES AVAILABLE THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR
05:11:56 POWER WASHING EQUIPMENT. VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU
05:12:04 CHAIR CHIN. >> I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT
05:12:07 ILLEGAL VENDING. >> I THINK IT'S ON PAGE EIGHT
05:12:11 THE FOUR $4.5 MILLION INCREASE .
05:12:17 LET'S SEE. IT WILL SEVERELY IMPACT THE
05:12:18 ABILITY TO CLEAN STREETS AND CONDUCT ILLEGAL VENDING
05:12:22 ENFORCEMENT. SO IN MY DISTRICT ILLEGAL
05:12:25 VENDING IS BEDEVILS A LOT OF BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES ALL
05:12:30 OVER ORACLE PARK IS ONE WHERE A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES DOWN
05:12:34 THERE THEY NEED TO MAKE THEIR MONEY WHEN THE BALL GAMES ARE
05:12:37 THERE AND SOME OF THE ILLEGAL VENDING THAT HAPPENS IT ISN'T
05:12:40 JUST LIMITED TO THE HOTDOG VENDORS, IT'S ALSO FULL BARS
05:12:43 AND PEOPLE ARE SELLING LIQUOR AND YOU KNOW THIS PROBLEM
05:12:46 PRESUMABLY NOT CARDING ANYONE. I MEAN IT'S JUST ILLEGAL
05:12:52 IN MULTIPLE RESPECTS AND I OFTEN GET HERE FROM DIFFERENT
05:12:55 ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF
05:13:00 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ABC FOUR LIQUOR I THINK HAS SOME
05:13:02 INVOLVEMENT IN THIS. I THINK PUBLIC WORKS HAS SOME
05:13:06 INVOLVEMENT IN THIS. >> CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT
05:13:10 YOU COULD DO WITH MORE RESOURCES IN ACTUALLY OTHER
05:13:16 PLACES IN MY DISTRICT THE FOLSOM STREET CORRIDOR IN THE
05:13:18 NIGHTCLUB, 11TH STREET DURING THE NIGHT NIGHT HOURS THERE'S A
05:13:22 LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SELL FOOD THERE
05:13:25 BUT THEY JUST THEY'VE THEY'VE GIVEN UP BECAUSE WE JUST
05:13:29 TOLERATE THIS LEVEL OF LAWLESSNESS WITH ILLEGAL
05:13:33 VENDING. BILL GRAHAM IS ANOTHER ONE I
05:13:35 THINK MARKET STREET AND A FOURTH IS WHAT IS ONE WHERE
05:13:40 THERE'S JUST A LOT OF VENDING ON THE STREET THAT I THINK
05:13:42 REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THAT MOST OF THE BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES
05:13:44 ARE CLOSED. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD
05:13:47 LOOK FOR AN AREA OF DOWNTOWN THAT WE NEED TO I THINK THIS IS
05:13:51 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
05:13:53 >> SO COULD I ASK YOU TO ELABORATE ON WHAT RESOURCES IS
05:13:58 WHAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH MORE RESOURCES ON ILLEGAL
05:13:59 VENDING ENFORCEMENT? >> SURE.
05:14:02 THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SUPERVISOR DORSEY OUR TEAM
05:14:05 SPENDS A LOT OF TIME ADDRESSING TRYING TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL
05:14:13 VENDING ALL OVER THE CITY AND THERE ARE VERY HIGH DEMAND
05:14:16 AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE WE END UP HAVING THE TEAMS HAVE TO
05:14:20 FOCUS MORE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO
05:14:25 ADDRESS ILLEGAL VENDING. WE DO END UP RELYING QUITE A
05:14:26 LOT ON OVERTIME FOR THOSE STAFF AND IT CAN RESULT IN OUR TEAMS
05:14:32 GETTING REALLY BURNT OUT OF HAVING TO CONSTANTLY COVER
05:14:36 SHIFTS ON THE WEEKENDS WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A SWING SHIFT
05:14:40 WITH THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE GOT IN LAST YEAR'S
05:14:44 BUDGET WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO COVER THE EVENING HOURS.
05:14:50 WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS WITH THE PORT OF SAN
05:14:52 FRANCISCO AT ORACLE AND ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
05:14:58 >> UM WE DO GENERALLY TRY TO WORK AS A TASK FORCE SO AS YOU
05:15:01 SAID THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE
05:15:03 INVOLVED IN THIS ENFORCEMENT WE'RE NOT ALONE DOES PLAY A
05:15:06 ROLE IN THEY ARE ALONGSIDE US WHEN WE WHEN WE DO THESE
05:15:10 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. I THINK THE CONCERN WE'RE
05:15:13 RAISING WITH THIS BULLET POINT IS THE ATTRITION SAVINGS THAT
05:15:14 WERE BUILT INTO YEAR TWO. OUR GENERAL FUND SAVINGS
05:15:21 AND OUR GENERAL FUND ALLOCATIONS GO TO STREET
05:15:23 CLEANING AND ILLEGAL VENDING. >> SO WE FEAR THAT THAT THAT
05:15:29 BUILT IN ATTRITION SAVINGS IS GOING TO FURTHER IMPACT OUR
05:15:30 ABILITY TO PERFORM ILLEGAL VENDING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
05:15:34 WE HAVE A HIGHER DEMAND NOT NOT LESS OF A DEMAND AS YOU POINT
05:15:37 OUT. SO WE'RE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT
05:15:40 WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN YEAR TWO.
05:15:41 >> AM I IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PUBLIC WORKS ALSO
05:15:44 REGULATES FOOD TRUCKS? FOOD TRUCKS ARE ANOTHER FORM OF
05:15:48 ILLEGAL VENDING WHERE THE TRUCK ITSELF ISN'T NECESSARILY
05:15:52 ILLEGAL BUT IT'S JUST OPERATING AT A PLACE THAT IS ILLEGAL
05:15:56 DURING HOURS WHERE IT'S NOT LICENSED TO BE.
05:15:58 YES, I HAVE AGAIN BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS ON THE
05:16:01 FOLSOM STREET CORRIDOR THAT THIS IS JUST DRIVING THEM
05:16:04 CRAZY. WE MAKE SMALL BUSINESSES JUMP
05:16:05 THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS AND IT'S INFURIATING TO THEM THAT WE ARE
05:16:11 TOLERATING LAWLESS BEHAVIOR BY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T PAYING A DIME
05:16:15 OF TAXES PRESUMING YOU KNOW THIS IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEAR
05:16:18 A LOT ABOUT AND I WISH I HAD A BETTER ANSWER FOR THEM.
05:16:23 >> I SHARE THAT FRUSTRATION. I WISH I HAD A BETTER ANSWER
05:16:25 FOR YOU. SUPERVISOR IT IS THAT SAME TEAM
05:16:27 OF STREET INSPECTORS WHO ALSO ENFORCE FOOD TRUCKS WHO ARE NOT
05:16:33 EITHER WHO ARE EITHER OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT OR WHO ARE NOT
05:16:37 FOLLOWING THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR PERMIT.
05:16:38 AND SO WE ARE PULLED IN MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND WE WE
05:16:41 SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION. >> OKAY.
05:16:42 THEN SEPARATE ISSUE I WANT I KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE THAT
05:16:46 THERE WAS A PRESIDENT ATION HERE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS PAVING
05:16:50 PROGRAM. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
05:16:53 THERE WAS ELSEWHERE IN MY WE HAD A RECURRING SINKHOLE I
05:16:57 THINK ON WALL STREET IN MY DISTRICT AND WE HAD HEARD THAT
05:16:59 IT WON'T BE ADDRESSED UNTIL 2030 AND I WAS ENCOURAGED WHEN
05:17:01 I SAW THAT THE MAYOR IS MAKING SOME INVESTMENTS IN PAVING OR
05:17:08 AT LEAST YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STREET REPAIR.
05:17:12 >> CAN I ASK IS SOME OF THE WHAT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
05:17:16 INCREASES IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PUT YOU IN A
05:17:20 BETTER POSITION TO SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES OVER THE NEXT
05:17:23 COUPLE OF YEARS? >> WE CERTAINLY EXPECT THAT IT
05:17:27 WILL. AS I NOTED, IT'S MUCH, MUCH
05:17:28 MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO INVEST IN MAINTAINING ROADS THAT ARE
05:17:31 ALREADY IN GOOD CONDITION TO KEEP THEM IN GOOD CONDITION.
05:17:35 >> BUT PART OF OUR PROGRAM EVERY YEAR BALANCES OUT THE
05:17:39 RIGHT TREATMENT ON THE RIGHT ROAD AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE
05:17:41 RIGHT PRICE. >> SO WE DO REBUILD ROADS THAT
05:17:43 HAVE FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR WITH THESE RESOURCES AS WELL AS
05:17:47 TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DO SURFACE TREATMENTS THAT WILL MAINTAIN
05:17:51 GOOD ROADS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR THE LONGER TERM.
05:17:55 >> I WILL NOTE A SINKHOLE IS PROBABLY CAUSED BY A VOID UNDER
05:17:59 THE ROADWAY. IT MAY BE RELATED TO OTHER
05:18:02 ISSUES. >> AND SO THE PAVING PROGRAM
05:18:06 WOULD NEED TO WORK ALONGSIDE WITH THE PUC AND THE SEWER
05:18:07 PROGRAM TO ADDRESS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
05:18:10 THAT'S A BIT BIT OF A BIGGER UNDERTAKING TO RECONSTRUCT.
05:18:14 >> GREAT. THANKS.
05:18:17 THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
05:18:22 TIME. THANK YOU.
05:18:22 AND WE WILL NOW THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
05:18:26 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
05:18:27 WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR CLERK OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE
05:18:43 COMMITTEE CHAIR CHAN I AM ANGELA CALVILLO MR. CLERK I'M
05:18:50 HERE TODAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S ADMINISTRATIVE
05:18:51 DEPUTY DR. DIAZ'S EDWARD DIAZ'S WHO MAINTAINS THE DEPARTMENT'S
05:18:58 BUDGET TRANSPARENTLY, EFFICIENTLY AND MAINTAINS THE
05:19:05 WELLNESS FOR YOUR REVIEW. >> FIVE MONTHS AGO, AFTER
05:19:09 CONSULTING AS WE DO WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND ALL MEMBERS
05:19:14 OF THE BOARD, WE PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE A FISCAL YEAR 20 2627
05:19:20 AND 20 2728 BUDGET WITH ONLY COLA AND LEFT CO STATUTORY
05:19:27 REQUIREMENT AND A FEW MODEST REQUIREMENTS IN THE OUTYEARS 20
05:19:33 2728 REQUIRED TO CONTINUE THE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONS
05:19:37 AND THIS IS OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO ECONOMIC
05:19:38 RECOVERY AND THE DESIRE THAT NO EMPLOYEES BE LAID OFF MUCH LESS
05:19:45 ANY IN OUR DEPARTMENT. >> BUT THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU
05:19:46 TODAY FULFILLS THAT EXPECTATION IN JUST A MOMENT.
05:19:50 FEARING THAT MY VOICE MAY NOT HOLD OUT DR. DIAZ'S HAS AGREED
05:19:57 TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE
05:20:02 BOARD'S PHASE OF THE BUDGET. HE WILL OUTLINE THE FINAL
05:20:05 ANNUAL MAY LAUGH CO FINAL NUMBERS AND THE EXPECTED
05:20:09 NEGOTIATED MOU IS FOR THE BASE WAGE AND BENEFITS GROWTH
05:20:16 PURSUANT TO THE JUNE 1ST MAYOR MAYOR'S BUDGET
05:20:20 AND THEREAFTER WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS AND BEFORE I HAND
05:20:24 OVER THE PODIUM I KNOW THAT WE IN THIS DEPARTMENT IN THE
05:20:28 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT WE ALL WORK IN A
05:20:31 VERY PUBLIC AND HIGH RISK ENVIRON MEANT YOUR BOARD STAFF,
05:20:36 THE CLERK STAFF EVERY DAY BRING PRIDE AND GOOD JUDGMENT TO
05:20:40 THEIR WORK AND WITH EACH OTHER THE CONSTITUENTS AND IT SHOWS
05:20:47 AND I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND SO THANK YOU DOCTOR
05:20:49 DIAZ'S CHURCH AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
05:20:54 GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DR. EDWARD DIAZ'S I'M THE
05:20:58 DEPARTMENT'S CFO AND I'LL BE WALKING THROUGH YOU THROUGHOUT
05:20:59 THE REST OF OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
05:21:02 >> SO SLIDE TWO DEPICTS THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION TWO
05:21:08 HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR CORE WORK AND OUR ONGOING PROJECTS THAT
05:21:09 YOU'VE ALL BEEN BRIEFED ON ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THROUGH ALL
05:21:13 THIS WORK ALL OF OUR STAFF HAVE PERFORMED EXEMPLARY THROUGH
05:21:17 CHALLENGING TIMES AND HAVE CORNERED HIGH PRAISE FROM
05:21:20 COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
05:21:25 I WILL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS OF CITYWIDE
05:21:26 SIGNIFICANCE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
05:21:29 FIRST IS THE PROCESSING OF A HIGH VOLUME OF ASSESSMENT
05:21:33 APPEALS THAT IS BEING RECEIVED BY OUR ASSESSMENT APPEALS BOARD
05:21:36 ASSESSOR TORRES TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER THE LAST TWO YEARS
05:21:40 THE IB HAS RECEIVED 8000 APPEALS EACH YEAR AND IT'S
05:21:46 FORECASTED TO REMAIN HIGH THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET YEARS.
05:21:47 SO CONTINUING RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO ADJUDICATE THESE
05:21:51 APPEALS TIMELY. THE SECOND IS CONTINUING WORK
05:21:54 ON OUR NEW LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
05:21:57 CURRENTLY WE ARE UNDERTAKING THE FINISHING OF PHASE ONE
05:22:02 WHICH INVOLVES VALIDATING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SYSTEM
05:22:06 AND EXTENSIVE TESTING OF THE USER INTERFACE TO MAKE SURE
05:22:10 THAT IT MEETS USER NEEDS. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON PHASE
05:22:13 TWO TO ADD INNOVATIONS THE HEAT MAP TRACKING TOOL BOARDS
05:22:18 AND COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATE OPTION FEATURES.
05:22:21 AS YOU KNOW THE CITY CAN GARNER REVENUE FROM SELLING THIS
05:22:25 SYSTEM TO OTHER AGENCY FEES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
05:22:30 DEMONSTRATE THIS SYSTEM TO INTERESTED PARTIES THROUGHOUT
05:22:33 THE BUDGET YEARS. SLIDE THREE PROVIDES AN
05:22:37 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART REQUESTED FOR BY THE COMMITTEE.
05:22:41 IT'S REMAINED STATIC. THE DEPARTMENT HAS 96 FULL TIME
05:22:43 ON BUDGET. FTE IS 29 OUR PARKS AND 67 ARE
05:22:49 EXEMPT. THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART HAS
05:22:50 REMAINED STATIC THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
05:22:53 THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS THE ADDITION OF THE DOWNTOWN
05:22:55 REVITALIZATION AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY FINANCING DISTRICT
05:22:58 WHICH ADDED SIX COMMISSIONER SEATS.
05:23:00 SO NOW WE HAVE 67 COMMISSIONERS IN THE DEPARTMENT WHICH HAS
05:23:04 ADDED TO THE WORKLOAD OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE
05:23:08 BOARD AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
05:23:10 >> SLIDE THREE PROVIDES A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE
05:23:15 DEPARTMENT'S FTE. AS YOU KNOW THE DEPARTMENT'S
05:23:16 FTE IS REMAINED FLAT FOR THREE DECADES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
05:23:19 THE ADDITION OF A FOURTH LEGISLATIVE AIDE IN EACH OF THE
05:23:23 OFFICE AND THIS IS IN 2019. >> CURRENTLY THE DEPARTMENT HAS
05:23:26 SIX VACANCY FEES. ONE IS AN ASSISTANT CLERK
05:23:30 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.
05:23:33 ANOTHER IS AN OPERATIONS JUNIOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT AND AN
05:23:37 1820 YOUTH COMMISSION DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY
05:23:38 PARTNERSHIP ANALYST. THERE'S A VACANCY IN OUR H.R.
05:23:42 AND A SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST POSITION.
05:23:46 THERE'S ALSO VACANCY FOR OUR CHIEF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
05:23:49 OFFICER. THE CSO POSITION AND THE
05:23:52 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT POSITION .
05:23:56 THE ASSISTANT POSITION WERE RECENTLY VACANT THE 1492 WE
05:24:00 WILL BE HIRING TO HELP WITH TESTING OF THE NEW LEGACY TWO
05:24:04 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WE KEPT THE 1820 YOUTH COMMISSION POSITION
05:24:08 AS WELL AS THE TOTAL 44 SENIOR H.R.
05:24:10 ANALYST POSITION VACANT FOR SALARY SAVINGS AND WE ALSO DID
05:24:14 THE SAME FOR A SECOND VACANCY IN LIFE GO AND THERE POLICY
05:24:18 ANALYST POSITION SLIDE FOUR UNDERSCORED THE CONTINUED
05:24:24 CHALLENGES FACING THE A B AS ASSESSOR WAS TALKED ABOUT
05:24:27 EARLIER AND AS I ALLUDED TO IN OUR PREVIOUS SLIDE THE
05:24:31 VOLUME OF APPEALS APPLICATIONS REMAINS HIGH AT 8000 PER YEAR
05:24:35 AND SO THE CURRENT YEAR WE'RE FORECASTING TO RECEIVE OVER
05:24:38 7000 APPLICATIONS IN BOTH BUDGET YEARS EACH YEAR WHICH
05:24:43 WILL ADD TO THE BACKLOG. SO PRESENTLY THERE'S A BACKLOG
05:24:46 OF 16,000 APPEALS THAT NEED TO BE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THE TWO
05:24:49 YEAR DEADLINE. >> SO THE SLIDE ALSO
05:24:53 ILLUSTRATES THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED BY THE A, B AND ALSO
05:24:57 THE VACANCIES ALLUDED TO IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
05:24:58 SO OUR STAFF ARE WORKING HARDER, THEY'RE DOING MORE
05:25:04 AND THE VACANCIES FRANKLY HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED BACKUPS THAT
05:25:09 ARE NEEDED IN EACH DEPARTMENT. SO THERE'S A RISK THAT IF A
05:25:13 VACANCY ISN'T FILLED THE OUR DIVISIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT
05:25:17 AND RATHER BACKUP NEEDED TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS SHOULD
05:25:20 SOMEBODY GO ON LEAVE OR LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT.
05:25:24 >> SLIDE SIX SHOWS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR JUNE 1ST FOR THE
05:25:29 DEPARTMENT. THE JUNE 1ST PROPOSED BUDGET
05:25:32 CONTAINS ALL OF THE BUDGET REQUESTS THAT THE COMMITTEE
05:25:36 APPROVED IN FEBRUARY. THOSE INCLUDED EXTENDING THREE
05:25:39 LIMITED TERM 1406 SENIOR POSITIONS SENIOR CLERK
05:25:43 POSITIONS IN THE A B A JUNE 30TH, 2029 TO HELP WITH A HIGH
05:25:47 VOLUME PROCESS A HIGH VOLUME OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS A PERMANENT
05:25:51 INCREASE TO EACH DEPARTMENT'S LEGISLATIVE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO
05:25:54 $10,000 A PERMANENT FUNDING TO PERMANENTLY INCREASE THE
05:25:58 STIPEND FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO $175 PER SESSION AN ONGOING
05:26:01 PERMANENT REVERSAL OF CUTS TO ATTRITION SAVINGS SO THAT THE
05:26:05 DEPARTMENT CAN PAY OUT VACATION PAY OUTS TO DEPARTING
05:26:09 LEGISLATIVE AIDES IN THE COMING BUDGET YEAR AND AFTERWARDS
05:26:12 AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES MINIMUM STATUTORY
05:26:17 FUNDING FOR LIFE CO OF 446,532 AS WELL AS THE 4.5% BUDGET FOR
05:26:26 THE 4.5% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE B L A THAT'S
05:26:27 MANDATED BY THE BY BY THE CONTRACTS SO ONE THROUGH FOUR
05:26:33 WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED AS A ONE TIME ADDITIONS LAST YEAR.
05:26:37 SO THE JUNE 1ST BUDGET SIMPLY ANNUALIZE THIS AND MAKES THEM
05:26:40 ONGOING SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS FIVE
05:26:46 AND SIX OUR ANNUAL REQUESTS THAT WE BRING BEFORE THE BOARD
05:26:47 EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR APPROVAL .
05:26:50 LASTLY NUMBER SEVEN IS A NON GENERAL FUND REQUEST TO
05:26:54 APPROPRIATE SAVINGS FROM THE PROXY OUTREACH FUND TO CONTINUE
05:26:55 THE CHARTER MANDATE OF PUBLISHING OUTREACH ADVERTISING
05:26:58 SO GIVEN THAT THE JUNE 1ST BUDGET CONTAINS ALL OF THE
05:27:02 REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND IN LIGHT
05:27:06 OF THE CITY'S CHALLENGE ING ECONOMIC AND FISCAL OUTLOOK
05:27:10 WHICH HAS RESULTED IN LAYOFFS IN THE DEPARTMENTS, WE'RE
05:27:14 MAKING NO NEW ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR JUNE ONE.
05:27:17 WE'RE SIMPLY REQUESTING THAT THE JUNE 1ST PROPOSED BUDGET
05:27:21 FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE WITH NO
05:27:25 CHANGES AS IS. I'D LIKE TO THANK TIANGONG FOR
05:27:28 THE BALLET. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH
05:27:31 COMPTROLLER'S BUDGET OFFICE GREG CHARGE YOU AS WELL AS
05:27:36 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE FOR THE REVIEW OF THE BUDGET AND I
05:27:39 WILL. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY SO
05:27:41 YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR
05:27:43 QUESTIONS. I DON'T SEE NAME ON THE ROSTER
05:27:50 I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTION WE REALLY APPRECIATE
05:27:54 ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.
05:27:57 WE ALREADY APPROVED THIS BUDGET YOU WHEN YOU CAME BEFORE US TO
05:28:01 AUTHORIZE FOR YOU TO GO FORWARD THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
05:28:06 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
05:28:09 >> THANK YOU MEMBERS MADAM CHAIR AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL
05:28:14 GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE SET
05:28:17 PUBLIC COMMENTS AT ONE MINUTE EARLIER WHEN WE START TODAY.
05:28:20 >> YES, WE'RE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS
05:28:24 FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND TEN WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE
05:28:29 INTERIM APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AND SALARY ORDINANCE AS WELL AS
05:28:34 THE PROPOSED. WE ARE ASKING THE LESSEE WITH A
05:28:41 PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PRESENTED
05:28:42 TODAY AS THE THE BUDGETS OF THE ASSESSOR RECORDER TREASURER
05:28:48 AND TAX COLLECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY CITY
05:28:49 ADMINISTRATOR HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, CIVIL SERVICE
05:28:53 COMMISSION HUMAN RESOURCES ELECTIONS GENERAL CITY
05:28:57 RESPONSIBILITY COMPTROLLER HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY ETHICS
05:29:00 COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKS AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND YES WE
05:29:07 DID DECLARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT PUBLIC COMMENT
05:29:10 WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE AND WITH THAT FIRST SPEAKER
05:29:12 PLEASE I WILL TALK FAST. >> MY NAME IS GABRIELA.
05:29:18 CASSIAN WAS RAMBO. I WAS APPOINTED BY THE RULES
05:29:20 COMMITTEE TO ONE OF THE HEALTH EQUITY SEATS ON THE SODA TAX
05:29:22 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I TAKE THAT COMMITMENT
05:29:25 AND RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY.
05:29:28 THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M HERE TO FIGHT FOR HEALTH EQUITY
05:29:32 ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE UNDERSERVED CHILDREN OF COLOR.
05:29:36 I'VE NOTICED A TREND AFTER THE YEARS OF CONTINUED
05:29:40 DISINVESTMENT IN THEM RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE FOCUSES OF THE
05:29:41 MAYOR'S BUDGET IS FOOD SECURITY WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLY
05:29:45 IMPORTANT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED
05:29:48 IN ORDER TO EAT THAT FOOD HEALTHY TEETH AND A DISEASE
05:29:51 FREE MOUTH. DID YOU KNOW THAT 1 IN 3
05:29:54 KINDERGARTNERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AN ACTIVE
05:29:56 BACTERIAL INFECTION IN THEIR MOUTH?
05:29:59 THAT'S WHAT A CAVITY REALLY IS AN INFECTION THAT CREATES A
05:30:02 HOLE IN THE TOOTH AND YOUR CHANCES OF THAT INCREASE IF YOU
05:30:05 ARE BLACK API OR LATINO FOLKS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY A HARDER
05:30:10 TIME RECEIVING CARE A GLARING BLIND SPOT THAT I HAVE NOT
05:30:14 HEARD DURING ANY OF THESE PRESENTATIONS IS THAT H.R. ONE
05:30:18 IS NOT ONLY CHANGING MEDICAL BENEFITS BUT COMPLETELY
05:30:21 STOPPING DENTAL COVERAGE. >> PROGRAM TIME HAS EXPIRED
05:30:23 WITH UNSATISFACTORY. >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR
05:30:26 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
05:30:32 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MARIE JOBLING.
05:30:33 I'M THE SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT AND LEADER WITH THE DIGNITY
05:30:37 FUND COALITION AND THE COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN.
05:30:39 >> WHILE YOU TRY TO BALANCE YOUR BUDGET, CONSIDER THE
05:30:41 CHALLENGES SO MANY RESIDENTS FACE.
05:30:44 PLEASE MAKE YOUR FINAL DECISIONS WITH EMPATHY AND A
05:30:48 COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE.
05:30:49 IMAGINE THEY'RE YOU ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO SENIORS.
05:30:51 THAT WOULD BE ABOUT ONE IN EVERY FOUR NEIGHBORS.
05:30:54 NEARLY HALF DEPEND ON SOCIAL SECURITY AS THEIR PRIMARY
05:30:57 SOURCE OF INCOME. >> THE AVERAGE SENIOR IS TRYING
05:30:58 TO GET BY ON AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $1,500 A MONTH TO COVER
05:31:01 RENT, FOOD TRANSPORTS, FASHION UTILITIES AND HEALTH CARE.
05:31:06 >> IN LARGE PART GETTING BY RELIES ON SERVICES FUNDED
05:31:09 THROUGH THE DIGNITY FUND NOT EXTRAS BUT ESSENTIAL SUPPORTS
05:31:13 AND FOR INDIVIDUALS ON FIXED INCOMES ACCESS TO PART TIME
05:31:14 EMPLOYMENT IS ONE OF THE FEW OPTIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE ENDS
05:31:18 MEET. THE MAYOR SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT
05:31:21 TO LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND BUT HE IS LEAVING US BEHIND.
05:31:24 WE'VE HEARD CITY LEADERS SAY THAT THINGS WILL BE BETTER
05:31:27 IN FIVE YEARS. JUST BE PATIENT.
05:31:28 WELL, WE MAY NOT BE AROUND THEN .
05:31:31 WE NEED THE CITY'S HELP NOW. SO WE ASK YOU TO DELAY CREATING
05:31:32 THE NEW DIGNITY FUND STABILIZATION FUND.
05:31:35 REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF COST OF LIVING BUSINESS TRANSFER.
05:31:39 >> BUT THANK YOU MUCH AND WATCH OUT FOR ADDRESSING THIS
05:31:40 COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
05:31:45 >> MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M JANET CRANE
05:31:49 HERE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE SENIOR PROGRAMS THAT WAS CUT
05:31:53 FROM THE DIGNITY FUND. THIS ONE IS DISTRICT TWO
05:31:56 UNIVERSITY WHICH IS A PROGRAM OF NEXT VILLAGE SAN FRANCISCO
05:31:59 HELPING NEIGHBORS AGE IN PLACE AND MAINTAINING JUDGMENT
05:32:04 AND PREVENT LONELINESS DUE TO YOU AND NEXT VILLAGE BETWEEN
05:32:08 THEM HAVE BEEN GOING NOW FOR 16 YEARS AND THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY
05:32:11 VALUABLE MOMENTUM WE CAN'T EXPRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW
05:32:18 VITAL THESE PROGRAMS ARE FOR SENIORS AS A SOCIAL SAFETY NET
05:32:21 PHRASE NEXT VILLAGE HAS GOT THAT MOMENTUM AND IS SUPPORTING
05:32:26 OLDER ADULTS IN WAYS YOU PLEASE WITH ENGAGEMENT AND RESOURCES
05:32:33 WE ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING DEPENDENT ON MUCH MORE
05:32:37 COSTLY SENIOR CITY SERVICES. SO PLEASE USE YOUR CREATIVITY
05:32:41 TO RESTORE THESE SENIORS SERVICE CUTS.
05:32:45 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH JANET CRAIG.
05:32:46 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
05:32:51 MY NAME IS JACQUELINE ZIMMER JONES AND I'M THE DIRECTOR AT
05:32:55 NEXT VILLAGE SAN FRANCISCO AND WE OPERATE DISTRICT TWO
05:32:58 UNIVERSITY. WE TAKE EXCEPTION TO BEING
05:32:59 REFERRED TO AS A LOW VOLUME AND DUPLICATIVE PROGRAM IN THE
05:33:03 DEPARTMENT OF AGING SERVICES RECOMMENDATIONS D TO YOU IS NOT
05:33:06 A LOW VOLUME PROGRAM. IT WAS CREATED TO RESPOND TO A
05:33:10 DOS SURVEY THAT SHOWED THAT SENIORS IN DISTRICT TWO WERE
05:33:13 ISOLATING OUR PROGRAMS NOT ONLY BROUGHT THOSE SENIORS OUT, IT
05:33:17 CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SENIORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IT
05:33:21 DEMONSTRATED AN UNMET NEED FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION
05:33:25 AND OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF SENIOR CENTERS.
05:33:29 OUR SOCIAL PROGRAMING TAKES PLACE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
05:33:32 SENIORS VISIBLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL CULTURAL
05:33:33 EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS THAT THE
05:33:38 CITY HAS TO OFFER AND IT IS ALSO KIND OF BECOME A PIPELINE
05:33:42 TO OTHER DIRECT SERVICES AND DIRECT VOLUNTEER SERVICES
05:33:45 THAT NEXT PROVIDES THAT KEEPS PEOPLE INDEPENDENT AND LIVING
05:33:49 IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND OUT OF THE CITY OFFICES WHERE THEY'RE
05:33:53 REQUESTING HIGHER SERVICES. >> FINALLY, MAY WE SUGGEST
05:33:56 USING RESERVES BECAUSE TIME'S EXPIRED?
05:33:58 >> THANK YOU BUT THANK YOU MUCH TO JACQUELINE SIMMER JOAN'S
05:33:59 NEXT SPEAKER. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
05:34:08 MY NAME IS KATE COOK GROW. I AM A D11 RESIDENT AND A
05:34:11 CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KELSEY COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN.
05:34:15 >> I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO RESTORE THE PROPOSED $500,000
05:34:17 CUT TO OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM S.F. RESERVE.
05:34:21 THE PROGRAM CONNECTS OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH
05:34:22 DISABILITIES WITH SUBSIDIZED PART TIME WORK AT NONPROFITS,
05:34:26 SCHOOLS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
05:34:30 ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. OTHER WORKFORCE PROGRAMS DO NOT
05:34:34 FULLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS POPULATION.
05:34:38 MANY NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT FLEXIBLE PART TIME WORK
05:34:41 AND HELP NAVIGATING BENEFITS. >> THAT'S WHY THE PROGRAM
05:34:45 EXISTS. IF THIS IS CUT PROGRAMS THE
05:34:49 PEOPLE WILL BE LEFT WITHOUT REAL ALTERNATIVES FOR
05:34:50 PARTICIPANTS RESERVE HELPS PAY FOR RENT, FOOD AND THE REAL
05:34:54 COST OF STAYING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
05:34:58 87% OF RESERVISTS SAY THEIR INCOME IS ESSENTIAL FOR STAYING
05:35:03 IN THE CITY. >> WE ALSO GIVE BACK EVEN MORE
05:35:07 TO OUR NEIGHBORS BY PAIRING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH
05:35:08 THESE TALENTED, ENERGETIC AND EXPERIENCED WORKERS.
05:35:12 >> SPEAKER'S TIME HAS EXPIRED BUT THANK YOU MUCH KATE KUGLER.
05:35:15 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
05:35:19 MY NAME IS HUGO BALL. SORRY.
05:35:23 I AM A NATIVE OF SAN FRANCISCO. I STARTED WORKING HERE WHEN I
05:35:27 WAS 11 YEARS OLD. >> AND A COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE
05:35:28 PASSED SINCE THEN BUT I'VE NOW GOTTEN THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
05:35:34 THROUGH THE FILTON INSTITUTE AND TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK
05:35:39 INTO THE WORKFORCE, TO TRAIN THEM TO REESTABLISH THEIR
05:35:42 DIGNITY AS WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
05:35:46 FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING IN A BACK TO WORK
05:35:50 PROGRAM WHICH IS A PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP NOT
05:35:54 ONLY SENIORS BUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OF ANY AGE
05:35:57 RETRAIN, REGROUP AND GET BACK TO BECOMING CITIZENS, EARNING A
05:36:05 LIVING AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY.
05:36:06 I WAS JUST TOLD TWO DAYS AGO THAT OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN CUT.
05:36:10 I AM LOOKING FOR WORK. CAN YOU HELP US?
05:36:13 THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU.
05:36:16 >> SORRY. NEXT SPEAKER.
05:36:17 GOOD AFTERNOON. >> KATHY SPENCELEY FELTON
05:36:21 INSTITUTE SUPERVISORS PLEASE CONSIDER THAT EFFECTIVE JOB
05:36:24 TRAINING AND HELPING VERY LOW INCOME OLDER ADULTS AT RISK OF
05:36:29 BECOMING HOMELESSNESS. HOMELESS IS A SOLUTION TO THE
05:36:31 CURRENT AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY AND THE GROWING SAFETY NET
05:36:33 NEEDS THAT ARE ADDING TO THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES TODAY.
05:36:36 >> SINCE 2010 THE FILTON INSTITUTE HAS BEEN THE SFR
05:36:40 PROVIDER OF THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT
05:36:43 PROGRAM SIZE UP UNDER THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING WHERE
05:36:46 FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY
05:36:48 IN GETTING OLDER ADULTS JOBS WITH U.S. OF LABOR DOLLARS.
05:36:54 >> A CUT TO THE RESERVE PROGRAM WILL CLOSE THE ONLY LOCALLY
05:36:58 FUNDED PORTION OF THE SUCCESSFUL MODEL THAT HUGO JUST
05:36:59 SPOKE ABOUT. THAT WILL LEAVE US IN THE HANDS
05:37:03 OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHO WANTS TO CUT SEATS UP ACROSS
05:37:06 THE COUNTRY. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US IN THE
05:37:07 HANDS OF TRUMP AND PLEASE PRESERVE THIS LOCAL MODEL.
05:37:10 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU KATHLEEN SPENCER.
05:37:13 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, MY NAME IS MARTY GARCIA.
05:37:18 SUPERVISOR GARCIA LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT.
05:37:21 AND I'M ALSO WITH THE FELT AN INSTITUTE.
05:37:25 AND I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT CUTTING THIS
05:37:27 PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND WHY IT HURTS EVERYONE.
05:37:29 >> SO IT PAYS FOR ITSELF. I THINK WE HEARD SOME OF THE
05:37:32 OTHER SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN WORK
05:37:35 IN IT IN WORKFORCE TRAINING OR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED RETURNS
05:37:37 MULTIPLE DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE, REDUCE PUBLIC
05:37:40 ASSISTANCE COST AND DECREASE RELIANCE ON SOCIAL SERVICES.
05:37:44 >> THE POPULATION THE SENIOR POPULATION FACES COMPOUNDING
05:37:48 BARRIERS THE ADULTS WHO ARE 55 AND OVER WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR
05:37:51 BELOW THE POVERTY LINE FACE AGE DISCRIMINATION SKILLS GAPS
05:37:55 AND HEALTH CHALLENGES. >> WITHOUT TARGETED SUPPORT
05:37:56 THEY CYCLE DEEPER INTO POVERTY .
05:37:59 THE COST OF INACTION IS HIGHER. CUTS SHIFT COST TO MEDICAID,
05:38:03 FOOD ASSISTANCE, HOUSING PROGRAMS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
05:38:04 ALL MORE EXPENSIVE THAN JOB TRAINING.
05:38:07 >> THESE ARE WORKERS, NOT DEPENDENTS.
05:38:09 THIS PROGRAM CONVERTS BENEFITS RECIPIENTS INTO TAXPAYERS
05:38:11 AND CONTRIBUTORS. STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL ECONOMY
05:38:15 AND WORKFORCE. SO THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
05:38:18 RIPPLE EFFECT IS THAT EMPLOYED PARTICIPANTS SPEND LOCALLY
05:38:19 SUPPORT FAMILIES AND REDUCE THE BURDEN.
05:38:23 >> IT'S BECAUSE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
05:38:24 BUT THANK YOU MUCH MARY GARCIA .
05:38:25 >> NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON.
05:38:33 MY NAME IS MARVIN RON WILLOW. I'M A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN
05:38:39 AND I'M A PARTICIPANT TRAINEE IN FELTON INSTITUTE'S SENIOR
05:38:41 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM C SAP.
05:38:44 IT IS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT HELPS SENIORS GET
05:38:48 BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY VOICE
05:38:52 IN SUPPORT OF SENIOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND SERVICES FOR
05:38:55 ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. I REDISCOVERED MY VOICE DURING
05:38:59 THE COURSE OF MY BECOMING A TRAINEE MYSELF.
05:39:03 >> ESTEEM MY SELF-WORTH. MY DIGNITY HAS BEEN BOLSTERED
05:39:07 BY MY PARTICIPATION IN C SUP SAN FRANCISCANS LOVE APPRECIATE
05:39:12 AND LOOK OUT FOR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
05:39:15 AND AS A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN I AM GRATEFUL.
05:39:16 WE ARE A GENEROUS AND SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE.
05:39:20 REDUCING FUNDING FOR SENIOR SERVICES FLIES IN THE FACE OF
05:39:23 OUR COLLECTIVE SENSE OF SUPPORT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
05:39:26 HERE IS WHY SENIOR SERVICES ARE IMPORTANT.
05:39:28 SENIOR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS ARE ALL ENCOMPASSING.
05:39:31 FOSTERING CONNECTION ENGAGED JUDGMENT, FINANCIAL AUTONOMY
05:39:35 AND THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE VERY REAL CHALLENGE OF AGEISM.
05:39:38 >> TIME HAS EXPIRED. BUT THEY HAVE MUCH MORE.
05:39:41 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
05:39:45 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR
05:39:46 CONCERNS. WE NEED MORE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS
05:39:53 FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED NOT LESS.
05:39:54 I'M CURRENTLY A PARTICIPANT IN A WORKFORCE PROGRAM GAINING
05:39:59 IMPORTANT SKILLS DIGITAL LITERACY WHICH WE ALL KNOW
05:40:03 THERE'S A DIGITAL DIVIDE. AND PREVIOUSLY I WORKED AT AN
05:40:07 ORGANIZATION FOR 12 YEARS. I WAS LAID OFF DURING THE
05:40:11 PANDEMIC. AND AGEISM IS REAL.
05:40:14 I FOUND THAT WHEN SEARCHING FOR A JOB FOR TWO PLUS YEARS I
05:40:21 WOULD SEE THAT THEY HIRE 20 YEAR OLDS AND 30 YEAR OLDS.
05:40:25 AS SOON AS I WENT TO THE INTERVIEW.
05:40:28 >> I SAW IT WAS PLAIN AS DAY. SO MOST COMPANIES DO HIRE
05:40:31 YOUNGER. SO WITH THIS COMPETITION I KNEW
05:40:36 THAT I NEEDED TO GAIN MORE SKILLS.
05:40:37 AND LUCKILY I FOUND THIS WORKFORCE PROGRAM BEFORE
05:40:44 FINDING THIS PAYING WORKFORCE PROGRAM.
05:40:47 >> AT THE END OF EACH MONTH I WOULD GET SO DESPERATE I WOULD
05:40:51 DUMPSTER DIVE THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH TO FIND FOOD TO EAT.
05:40:53 SPEAKER SO REALITY IS REAL. >> WE ARE.
05:40:56 THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
05:40:57 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE SUPERVISORS I URGE YOU TO
05:41:02 CONTINUE FUNDING WORKFORCE PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS AND THE
05:41:06 DISABLED. I AM A LOW INCOME SENIOR
05:41:09 AND DISABLED. I AM EXTREMELY ISOLATED
05:41:12 AND HAVEN'T WORKED IN DECADES. >> MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES
05:41:16 MAKE DOING A FORMAL JOB SEARCH AND FINDING A JOB ON MY OWN
05:41:20 NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. >> PROGRAMS LIKE CEASE UP
05:41:24 AND BACK TO EARTH BACK TO WORK PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL COACHING
05:41:28 AND SUPPORT THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AS WELL AS
05:41:31 PEOPLE THAT HAVE OTHER CHALLENGES SUCH AS OUR OUTDATED
05:41:36 OR NO JOB SEARCH SKILLS, OUTDATED OR NO COMPUTER SKILLS
05:41:42 AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS TO NAME A FEW.
05:41:46 THESE ARE SOME OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT SENIORS
05:41:47 AND DISABLED FOLKS FACE. ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS
05:41:51 I'VE GOT NOW TO PARTICIPATE IS A RENEWED ENERGY TO FIND A JOB
05:41:58 AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
05:41:59 BECAUSE OF MY INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER SENIORS AND DISABLED
05:42:03 FOLKS IN SIMILAR POSITIONS, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
05:42:06 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
05:42:09 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ANDREA.
05:42:13 >> I'M THE AMA PARTICIPATING IN CSA.
05:42:18 >> I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK ABOUT FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE
05:42:22 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS BE PROTECTED AND STRENGTHENED.
05:42:26 >> THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE
05:42:30 CONFIDENCE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO
05:42:34 WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO THE ECONOMY.
05:42:37 >> MANY OLDER ADULTS STILL HAVE VALUABLE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE
05:42:42 AND A STRONG DESIRE TO WORK. >> WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
05:42:46 PROGRAMS HELP CONNECT PEOPLE WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND ALLOW
05:42:50 THEM TO REMAIN ACTIVE, PRODUCTIVE AND INDEPENDENT
05:42:53 INVESTING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS AN INVESTMENT
05:42:58 IN PEOPLE, FAMILIES, BUSINESS AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
05:43:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE CONSIDERATION.
05:43:06 >> THANK YOU MUCH AND GREAT. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
05:43:13 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS CHRISTINA ERVIN WITH THE
05:43:14 DIGNITY FUND COALITION AND A D-3 RESIDENT.
05:43:17 I URGE YOU TO REJECT CUTS TO SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS
05:43:20 AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. THESE CUTS ARE SHORT SIGHTED
05:43:23 AND DO NOT REFLECT SAN FRANCISCO VALUES.
05:43:25 COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES KEEP PEOPLE STABLE, CONNECTED
05:43:28 AND LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE REDUCING THE NEED FOR
05:43:29 MORE COSTLY SERVICES LATER ON. OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH
05:43:32 DISABILITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED BY
05:43:36 BUDGET CHOICES INCLUDING THE SUSPENSION OF THE DIGNITY FUND
05:43:40 ALLOCATION FOR FOUR YEARS. THAT WAS A CHOICE AND NOT A
05:43:43 REQUIREMENT OF THE LEGISLATION. AND IT WEAKENS SERVICES DURING
05:43:47 AND AFTER COVID WHEN ISOLATION HEALTH RISKS WERE RISING.
05:43:50 THE CITY IS ALSO USED THE FUND TO COVER COSTS OF DOING
05:43:52 BUSINESS INCREASES LEAVING LESS FOR DIRECT SERVICES
05:43:55 AND UNDERMINING THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.
05:43:58 OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES MAKE UP MORE THAN
05:44:00 20%. 27% OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
05:44:01 POPULATION AND THEY ARE THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF THE
05:44:05 CITY. THEY VOTE AND THEY WILL
05:44:06 REMEMBER THE CHOICES THAT THE CITY MAKES.
05:44:08 PLEASE PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND FULLY
05:44:12 FUND THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. >> THANK YOU.
05:44:13 THANK YOU, CHRISTINE ERVIN. >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
05:44:19 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JANETTE LONG AND I
05:44:23 AM ONE OF THE TWO PCC'S COUNCILORS COUNCILOR POSITIONS
05:44:27 THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE CUT THUS ELIMINATING THE INTERNAL
05:44:31 AND INTERNAL ERP THAT HAS BEEN A VITAL SUPPORT TO EMPLOYEES
05:44:36 AND LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
05:44:39 >> I NEED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THE HCC DIRECTOR RAY
05:44:43 GOODLAND HAS REPEATEDLY STATED A FALSE METRIC STATING THAT HCC
05:44:50 COUNCILORS ONLY DO 20% OF THE WORK.
05:44:54 >> IN FACT THE PERSON WHO FOLLOWS THE METRICS DEEPLY
05:44:58 AND IS IN CHARGE OF THEM. >> WE DISPUTED THAT FALSEHOOD
05:45:02 AND INFORMED RAY OF THAT. THE COUNCILORS DO ACTUALLY MORE
05:45:09 LIKE 91% AND CARMIKE 9%. >> AN OUTSIDE VENDOR CANNOT
05:45:15 REPLACE THE LEVEL OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND IMMEDIATELY
05:45:16 IMMEDIATE SPECIALIZED CARE OFFERED BY THE INTERNAL ERP.
05:45:23 >> AT A TIME OF UNPRECEDENTED STRESS AND SCREEN TIME THERE'S
05:45:27 EXPERT CARE. >> THANK YOU.
05:45:28 THANK YOU, JEANETTE. LONG TIME.
05:45:29 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS
05:45:34 OF GAMING PUBLIC WORKS PATROL TESTING LAB MANAGER.
05:45:36 I'M HERE TO SHARE CONCERNS REGARDING CLOSING ANTIRACIST
05:45:39 LAB. I LEAD A TEAM OF TECHNICIANS
05:45:42 THAT PROVIDE QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING THAT TEST MATERIALS
05:45:46 AND ALSO VERIFY THAT CODE CONTROL MEASURES OVER
05:45:50 CONTRACTORS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
05:45:51 WITH THE ELIMINATION OF MY POSITION AND RETURN TO SLEEP
05:45:55 POSITIONS THE CITY WILL SUFFER FROM RELYING ON CONSULTANTS TO
05:45:58 PROVIDE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND NOT CITY STAFF PERFORMING
05:46:00 THEIR DUTIES WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY AT HEART.
05:46:02 THERE WILL BE LESS CONTROL OF SCHEDULING AND ABILITY TO REACT
05:46:05 TO SHORT NOTICE SCHEDULES AND CHANGES AND POSSIBLE
05:46:10 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH CONSULTANTS AND JOINT VENTURE
05:46:11 TEAMS WORKING ON BOTH THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CALL
05:46:13 CONTROL PORTIONS. THESE STAFFING REDUCTIONS MAY
05:46:17 ACHIEVE SHORT TERM SAVINGS BUT WILL HARM THE CITY IN THE LONG
05:46:19 RUN WITH INCREASED CITY STAFF MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD
05:46:22 AND COORDINATION WITH QUALITY ASSURANCE CONSULTANT EFFORTS.
05:46:25 INCREASED TESTING COSTS DUE TO EMPTY 48 HOUR DAYS AND LOCAL
05:46:29 THREE CHARGING IN INCREMENTS OF FOUR AND EIGHT HOURS
05:46:31 IN ADDITION TO INCIDENTAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY CHARGES.
05:46:35 WE ASK TAKE ACTION SPEAKER THE TIME HAS EXPIRED BUT THANK YOU
05:46:39 MUCH DAVID. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
05:46:42 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOSEPHINE WANG AND I
05:46:46 HAVE WORKED FOR THE CITY AS A JUNIOR ENGINEER FOR THE PAST
05:46:48 TEN YEARS. >> THE MATERIAL TESTING
05:46:49 LABORATORY HAS SERVED SAN FRANCISCO FOR ONE OVER 100
05:46:53 YEARS. IT PERFORMS REQUIRED REGULATORY
05:46:56 TESTING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INCLUDING THE CONCRETE
05:47:00 COMPRESSION TEST MOISTURE DENSITY TEST, NUCLEAR GAUGE
05:47:01 TEST ROLLING STRANGE CORING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR
05:47:04 INVESTIGATIONS WHICH IS FINDING OUT IF THERE'S UTILITIES
05:47:08 UNDERGROUND LIKE X RAYS AND MORE OR WHAT MAKES THE CITY
05:47:13 LAB UNIQUE IS ITS RESPONSIVENESS.
05:47:14 THE TECHNICIAN WHO ANSWERS THE PHONE IS PART OF THE SAME TEAM
05:47:17 WHOSE SKETCH HOLDS AND PERFORMS THE TEST.
05:47:20 RESPOND IMMEDIATELY INCLUDING EMERGENCY PROJECTS WITHOUT
05:47:24 REQUIRING A CONTRACT OR ADDITIONAL FEES.
05:47:27 WE DO NOT REQUIRE THAT DURING COVID WE WORKED WILDFIRES.
05:47:31 >> WE WORKED PRIVATE LABS HAVE DISPATCHERS AND SCHEDULERS.
05:47:35 THEY HAVE MISSED SCHEDULED AND MISSED TESTS BEFORE.
05:47:39 THE COST OF A MISSED OR DELAYED TEST CAN COST WAY MORE THAN THE
05:47:41 SAVINGS. >> PLEASE, PLEASE WE
05:47:44 RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU VOTE NO PROPOSITION, JAY.
05:47:48 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOSEPHINE WONG.
05:47:49 NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON.
05:47:51 CHRIS KENNEDY LEAD LAB TECH 26 YEARS OF SERVICE.
05:47:56 WE ARE NOT A LINE ITEM OR A NUMBER ON A SPREADSHEET OR
05:48:00 BUDGET. WE REPRESENT THE CITY
05:48:01 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. EVERY DAY WE COME TO WORK AT
05:48:04 THE LAB. OUR FOCUS IS ON SERVING THE
05:48:07 BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PUBLIC
05:48:09 SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND DELIVERING THE HIGHEST
05:48:12 QUALITY OF WORK ENTRUSTED TO US.
05:48:15 WHEN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTIONS ARE OUTSOURCED TO A PRIVATE LAB
05:48:16 PRIORITY CAN DIFFER. PRIVATE COMPANIES MUST ANSWER
05:48:21 TO FINANCIAL INTEREST AND BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
05:48:24 AND WHILE THEY MAY PROVIDE VALUABLE SERVICE, THEIR PRIMARY
05:48:27 OBLIGATION IS NOT THE SAME AS THAT PART OF THE MTA WHOSE
05:48:31 RESPONSIBILITY IS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
05:48:34 FRANCISCO. THE QUESTIONS BEFORE US IS NOT
05:48:35 SIMPLY WHETHER A SERVICE CAN BE FORMED BY AN OUTSIDE VENDOR.
05:48:39 THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO ARE
05:48:41 BEST SERVED BY MAINTAINING EXPERIENCED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
05:48:45 WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND PRESERVE INTO
05:48:46 AND INSTITUTION FULL KNOWLEDGE AND REMAIN DEDICATED TO THE
05:48:51 CITY'S MISSION. PLEASE VOTE NO ON PROP J.
05:48:54 >> THANK YOU MUCH CHRIS KENNEDY FOR HELLO CURTIS COURTESY
05:48:58 MATERIALS TESTING TECH FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS.
05:49:01 PUBLIC SERVICES SHOULD BE EVALUATED EVALUATED DID NOT
05:49:05 ONLY ON COSTS BUT ALSO ON QUALITY ACCOUNTABILITY
05:49:06 TRANSPARENCY, CONTINUITY IN THE LONG TERM INTERESTS OF THE
05:49:10 COMMUNITY WE SERVE. FOR MANY YEARS MTO HAS
05:49:13 DEMONSTRATED THE VALUE OF THESE PRINCIPLES.
05:49:16 THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE MTO HAS BEEN A CRITICAL
05:49:18 COMPONENT A PROJECT ACCEPTANCE AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
05:49:21 FEDERAL AND STATE AUDITS OF SAN FRANCISCO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
05:49:25 HAVE ROUTINELY RELIED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE
05:49:27 RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE MTA TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH
05:49:31 FUNDING REQUIREMENTS. >> THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS
05:49:32 THEMTO HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE AND RESPONSIVE RESOURCE.
05:49:36 CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS AND RESIDENT ENGINEERS HAVE
05:49:39 CONSISTENTLY RELIED ON LABORATORY ON THE LABORATORY TO
05:49:40 PROVIDE TESTING RECORDS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
05:49:44 WHENEVER REQUESTED. THOSE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN
05:49:47 FULFILLED PROMPTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COSTS ENSURING THAT
05:49:49 ESSENTIAL RECORDS REMAIN READILY ACCESSIBLE.
05:49:51 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH CARTER.
05:49:53 >> NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
05:49:58 WHAT IS YOUR LAPTOP FOR 14 YEARS?
05:50:01 THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE HAS HELPED PROTECT AND SECURE
05:50:05 SIGNIFICANT FUNDING IN SAN FRANCISCO SUPPORTING SUCCESSFUL
05:50:06 DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE OF CRITICAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
05:50:10 AND PRESERVED INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT SERVES THE
05:50:13 CITY'S LONG TERM INTEREST. THESE BENEFIT CAN BE MEASURED
05:50:17 SOLELY IN DOLLARS AND CENTS. THEY REFLECT THE VALUE OF A
05:50:21 PUBLIC WORKFORCE WHOSE FIRST RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIBILITY
05:50:24 TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE PEOPLE SERVES
05:50:28 AS WE CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF THESE SERVICES.
05:50:29 >> WE SET RECOGNIZE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, CONTINUITY
05:50:35 AND PUBLIC TRUST ARE NOT EXPENSES TO BE MINIMIZED.
05:50:36 >> THEY ARE THE INVESTMENT IN THE INTEGRITY AND SUCCESS OF
05:50:41 OUR CITY. >> PLEASE VOTE NO ON PROP EIGHT
05:50:44 AND DO NOT OUTSOURCE OUR LAB. THANK YOU AGAIN ALSO.
05:50:47 >> NEXT PAPER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
05:50:51 MY NAME IS FRANCIS LAB TECH FOR 19 YEARS.
05:50:55 >> THE MATURE TESTING OF SERVICES IS ESSENTIAL TO THE
05:51:02 CITY AND DON'T OUTSOURCE THE LAB AND WROTE NO ON PROPERTY.
05:51:06 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, FRANCIS.
05:51:09 SPEAKER ROB URBAN ASSESS FIELD TECHNICIAN.
05:51:14 THE CITY COUNTY IN SAN FRANCISCO IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A
05:51:17 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM QIP WITH CALTRANS DISTRICT FOUR TO
05:51:21 QUALIFY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY
05:51:25 CAN HIRE AND A PRIVATE LAB FOR QUALITY CONTROL QC BUT MTL IS
05:51:29 THE ONE THAT OVERSEES QUALITY ASSURANCE.
05:51:33 Q A CAN YOU GUARANTEE THAT A PRIVATE CONSULTANT WILL BE ABLE
05:51:38 TO WRITE AND ASSURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERY QUALIFICATION PLUS
05:51:42 ALL EQUIPMENT TO FALL WITHIN THE SHAPE PLAN WHILE BEING
05:51:46 ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC? IF YOU ABOLISH MTL YOU LOSE A
05:51:50 QIP IN TANDEM SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY AND CITY WILL LOSE THE
05:51:54 STATE FEDERAL FUNDING FROM CALTRANS CALTRANS WILL OBTAIN
05:52:01 OWNERSHIP AND CONSTRUCTION RESPONSIBILITIES OF SAN
05:52:05 FRANCISCO'S HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES ROUTES LOSING
05:52:09 MILLIONS IN THE CITY FUNDING AND REVENUE.
05:52:11 >> FOR EXAMPLE, THE CUT OF THOSE HIGHWAYS LOMBARD STREET,
05:52:14 VENICE, GEARY STREET 90 MINUTES PEAK TIME THAT EXPIRED NEXT
05:52:18 SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MY NAME IS SEAN STOGIE
05:52:26 MCMANUS I'M A PERMANENT CIVIL SERVANT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
05:52:27 OF SAN FRANCISCO SINCE 2017 AT THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB IN MY
05:52:30 ROLE AS MATERIALS TESTING TECHNICIAN I WORK EVERY DAY
05:52:34 WITH DPW, PUC AND THE MTA ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
05:52:38 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I'M ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF IFP
05:52:42 LOCAL 21 AND I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE
05:52:43 CITY'S RASH PROPOSAL TO LAY OFF EVERY SINGLE FIELD, TAKE OUT
05:52:47 THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB. THESE NINE LAYOFFS WILL RESULT
05:52:50 IN THE PERMANENT SHUTTERING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS MATERIALS
05:52:53 TESTING LAB WHICH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF PUBLIC WORKS
05:52:56 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. >> TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THE
05:52:58 WORK WE ALREADY DO IS TO BE OUTSOURCED TO PRIVATE TESTING
05:53:01 LABS THEREFORE SENDING MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS DIRECTLY INTO
05:53:04 THE HANDS OF PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANIES WHICH ARE BASED
05:53:05 OUTSIDE THE CITY. THESE NINE LAYOFFS WILL CAUSES
05:53:08 EXTREME FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WHILE ONLY REDUCING THE BUDGET
05:53:12 DEFICIT BY AN ESTIMATED ONE TENTH OF 1%.
05:53:14 >> AGAIN, THESE PROPOSED LAYOFFS WILL FINANCIALLY
05:53:17 DEVASTATE NINE FAMILIES FOR AN ESTIMATED DEFICIT REDUCTION OF
05:53:21 ONE TENTH OF 1% WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PUTTING SAN FRANCISCO
05:53:25 TAXPAYER MONEY INTO THE POCKETS.
05:53:26 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. VOTE NO ON PROP EIGHT.
05:53:28 >> THANK YOU MUCH. NEXT WEEK.
05:53:32 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
05:53:36 JOCELYN COHEN. >> I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER WITH
05:53:38 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS .
05:53:40 >> I'M SPECIFICALLY A SEWER ENGINEER AT THE AT THE AT THE
05:53:44 DEPARTMENT'S BUREAU OF ENGINEERING.
05:53:45 >> SO MY WORK DIRECTLY INVOLVES ADDRESSING THE POT, THE
05:53:48 POTHOLES AND THE AND THE KEEPING THE SEWERS IN A STATE
05:53:52 OF GOOD REPAIR IN CONJUNCTION WITH DPW AS PAVING PROGRAM
05:53:55 ELIMINATING THE TEST LAB HAS BEEN A CRITICAL SUPPORT TO THE
05:54:01 S A FEW C'S AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OF ENSURING
05:54:04 THAT OUR UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE IS MAINTAINED
05:54:08 IN GOOD QUALITY AND TAKING THE TEST THAT WOULD IMPEDE MY
05:54:11 ABILITY TO DELIVER AND QUALITY WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN
05:54:15 FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:54:16 THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:54:18 NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON TO SOME OF THE
05:54:22 FA ALSO WITH PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING HERE SUPPORT MY
05:54:26 COLLEAGUES AT THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB.
05:54:30 IT'S AN OLD INSTITUTION. IT'S BEEN DOING WORK FOR CLOSE
05:54:34 TO A HUNDRED YEARS SO I URGE YOU TO NOT CLOSE IT DOWN
05:54:39 AND RETHINK THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU.
05:54:40 THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
05:54:43 >> NEXT SPEAKER SUPERVISORS DANNY CONNIE, MATT SHERMAN
05:54:50 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I WORK
05:54:53 WITH THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB THE MAYOR'S BUDGET CUTS, THE
05:55:03 ENTIRE LAB AND THESE NINE POSITIONS.
05:55:17 >> SO ARE THIS TOTALLY BECAUSE THIS IS MY TIME.
05:55:20 BUT I GUESS WHAT I WOULD JUST WOULD WANT TO SAY IS THAT
05:55:24 ALTHOUGH A COST SAVINGS IS PROPOSED, I WOULD JUST URGE YOU
05:55:28 TO TO TO NOT APPROVE THAT BUDGET CUT THAT IN THE SHORT
05:55:35 AND LONG TERM IT WILL NOT BE A SAVINGS.
05:55:39 WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS FOR A REASON AND WE
05:55:45 WE OPERATE IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF SAN
05:55:46 FRANCISCO. SO I WOULD JUST JUST ASK YOU WE
05:55:51 AS AS LIVE AS PUBLIC WORKS HAS EXPIRED.
05:55:54 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DANIEL.
05:55:56 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON .
05:56:04 MY NAME IS WALLACE LEE AND I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY IN COUNTY
05:56:05 SAN FRANCISCO FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES AND HAVE RISEN TO
05:56:08 THE RANKS OF SENIOR ENGINEER. I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY
05:56:11 CONCERNS AND CLOSURE OF THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB AND THE
05:56:14 LAYOFFS OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL EXPERTS WHO ARE OUR EYES
05:56:18 AND EARS OF THE CONTRACTORS QUALITY ASSURANCE ON OUR CITY
05:56:21 INFRASTRUCTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION.
05:56:23 I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK ON BOTH DESIGN
05:56:26 AND CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH ENDS OF THE PROCESS OF OF PROJECTS.
05:56:30 AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS IF IT WASN'T FOR SOME OF THE WORK
05:56:35 THAT OUR TEAM HERE, THOSE TOUGH SCHEDULES WOULD HAVE BEEN
05:56:39 IMPOSSIBLE SCHEDULES. SO I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT
05:56:43 IF YOU WANT TO ACCELERATE YOUR DISTRICT'S STREET PAVING A CURB
05:56:49 RAMP EMERGENCY FIRE WATER SYSTEM BOND PROGRAM, EMS AND SO
05:56:54 FORTH, YOU WOULD NEED OUR OUR MATERIALS TESTING LAB TO BE
05:56:58 PART OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM FOR THE CITY.
05:57:02 >> I FEAR TEST RESULTS GENERATED FROM THIS BECAUSE
05:57:06 TIME HAS EXPIRED BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
05:57:09 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
05:57:16 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MINERVA WALSTON
05:57:18 STAFF WITH IFP LOCAL 21 ACCORDING TO THE CONTROLLER
05:57:21 CERTIFICATION. >> THIS WORK IS PROPOSED TO BE
05:57:25 CONTRACTED OUT BECAUSE IT IS ALLEGEDLY LESS EXPENSIVE THAN
05:57:29 HAVING CITY EMPLOYEES PERFORM IT.
05:57:30 >> I AM SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED PROP EIGHT CONTRACT
05:57:34 FOR THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB LOCAL 21 HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED
05:57:37 UNDERLYING COST ANALYSIS OR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
05:57:41 NECESSARY TO EVALUATE THAT CLAIM.
05:57:44 WE HAVE ALSO NOT HAD THE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS REQUIRED
05:57:45 UNDER OUR MOU. >> SO THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT JUST
05:57:49 ABOUT A CONTRACT IT IS WILL RESULT IN ELIMINATING THE CITY
05:57:53 WORK AND APPROXIMATELY TEN EMPLOYEE LAYOFFS.
05:57:56 PUBLIC WORKS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT HAS
05:57:57 COMPLIED WITH ITS LABOR OBLIGATIONS.
05:58:00 LOCAL 21 MOU REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY, DOCUMENTATION
05:58:03 AND DISCUSSION WITH THE UNION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.
05:58:07 ON BEHALF OF IFP LOCAL 21 I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THIS
05:58:10 ITEM ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA BE REJECTED OR POSTPONED UNTIL THE
05:58:14 CITY PROVIDES THE REQUIRED INFORMATION TO MEET THE UNION
05:58:18 AND COMPLY WITH THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER OUR MOU.
05:58:21 >> THANK YOU MUCH FROM AN OVERALL ALASKA I KNOW, I KNOW
05:58:25 IT'S A LITTLE LATE IN THE QUEUE BUT WHENEVER WALSTON DID BRING
05:58:29 UP A VERY GOOD POINT THAT THE CERTIFICATION FOR PROP J IS
05:58:33 ACTUALLY ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA AND AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL WE
05:58:36 CAN ONLY ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE
05:58:40 AGENDA. SO IF YOU COULD LIMIT YOUR
05:58:41 COMMENTS TO THE BUDGETS OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY PRESENTED
05:58:47 TODAY I'D BE MUCH APPRECIATED. >> THANKS.
05:58:50 HI, MY NAME IS JOHN AND I WORK WITH FROM SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE
05:58:54 AND I'M HERE IN SOLID WITH MY DPW BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
05:58:55 THE HISTORY OF OUTSOURCING THESE KIND OF SERVICES IS
05:58:59 DISASTROUS. OKAY.
05:59:02 THESE COMPANIES THESE PRIVATE COMPANIES WILL BE DRIVEN BY THE
05:59:04 PROFIT MOTIVE. THEY WILL CUT CORNERS.
05:59:07 IT WILL BE A LONG TERM DISASTER.
05:59:08 THESE GUYS ARE DRIVEN BY THEIR MISSION.
05:59:10 >> GOODBYE. THANK YOU MUCH, JONATHON.
05:59:11 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.
05:59:19 HELLO SUPERVISOR CHEN AND SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON
05:59:23 WHO I KNOW VERY WELL. I WANTED TO FIRST INTRODUCE
05:59:27 MYSELF. MY NAME IS EDITH YAMATO.
05:59:30 I WORK FOR FELTON INSTITUTE. I STARTED AND SINCE MAYBE TEN
05:59:34 YEARS AGO AND IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE.
05:59:38 AND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH FELTON AND WORKING IN THE
05:59:42 CAPACITY AS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOCUSING ON DISTRICT TEN,
05:59:46 DISTRICT ONE AND COUPLE OF OTHER DISTRICTS.
05:59:49 >> AND BECAUSE OF THIS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING VARIOUS
05:59:53 SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS ESL AND ALSO CREATING AN EMERGENCY
05:59:58 PREPAREDNESS PROCESS AND SYSTEM ONE OF ITS FIRST KIND IN THIS
06:00:05 STATION VALLEY. AND I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE
06:00:06 TO ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THIS HAD I NOT BEEN PART OF THE SYSTEM.
06:00:10 SO I URGE YOU TO SAVE THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
06:00:14 RESERVE BACK TO WORK AND SEE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:00:19 THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH EDITH YAMANAKA.
06:00:22 >> AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN LINE, MADAM CHAIR, THAT
06:00:26 COMPLETES OUR QUEUE SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS PUBLIC
06:00:30 COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE. >> COLLEAGUES THANK YOU SO MUCH
06:00:34 FOR THE WORK BEING DONE TODAY. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE
06:00:40 MOTION TO FILE I HAVE THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE HEARD AND FILE.
06:00:46 SECOND SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR DORSEY IN A ROLL CALL PLACE.
06:00:51 >> AND ON THAT MOTION THAT THE HEARING AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE BE
06:00:54 HEARD AND FILED MOVED BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
06:00:56 DORSEY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER
06:00:59 SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER OH SORRY CHAIR CHAN
06:01:06 I CAN I WE HAVE FOR US A MOTION PASSES AND THEN NOW FOR THAT
06:01:10 CITY'S INTERIM BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR FOR THE INTERIM
06:01:18 BUDGET WHICH IS ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN.
06:01:21 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THESE 2 TO 4 FOUR WITH RECOMMENDATION
06:01:25 AND THE SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY IN A ROLL CALL
06:01:29 PLEASE. AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
06:01:32 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE REFER THE
06:01:33 ORDINANCES AND ITEMS SIX AND SEVEN TO THE FULL BOARD
06:01:36 WITH RECOMMENDATION. VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I
06:01:40 REMEMBER SENATOR SOUDER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON
06:01:43 IN CHURCH WHEN I AND I WE HAVE FOUR EYES THE MOTION PASSES
06:01:48 AND SO THEN WITH THAT FOUR ITEMS EIGHT AND SEVEN WHICH
06:01:51 CLEARLY WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TOMORROW I WOULD LIKE TO
06:01:57 CONTINUE TO TOMORROW SECOND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY
06:02:01 AND A ROLL CALL PLACE AND ON THAT MOTION TO CONTINUE THE
06:02:05 HEARING AND ITEM TEN AND BOTH ORDINANCES AND ITEMS NINE
06:02:10 AND TEN TO THE JUNE 11TH MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE MOVED
06:02:14 BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY, VICE CHAIR DORSEY
06:02:18 AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SENATOR SAUTER, I REMEMBER WALTON
06:02:22 WALTON I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FOUR EYES.
06:02:26 >> THE MOTION PASSES AND MR. CLERK DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
06:02:29 BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY? >> I JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
06:02:32 HOUSEKEEPING MADAM CHAIR WHEN THIS COMMITTEE REFERRED ITEMS
06:02:36 THREE AND FOUR TO THE FULL BOARD I FORGOT TO DEFINE THAT
06:02:42 WE ARE REFERRING ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS THE FULL OCI
06:02:46 BUDGET TO THE JULY 14TH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
06:02:53 >> MY APOLOGIES I WILL RESENT THE VOTE MAKE THE MOTION TO
06:02:58 RESCIND THE VOTES FOR ITEMS FOR THE SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY
06:03:04 AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THE MOTION TO RESCIND THE VOTE
06:03:06 ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR
06:03:10 DORSEY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND DORSEY I REMEMBER SOUDER.
06:03:14 SOUDER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE
06:03:18 FOR US THE MOTION PASSES AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO
06:03:22 ITEM ITEMS FOR TWO FULL BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
06:03:30 JULY 1414 FULL BOARD MEETING SECOND SECOND AND BY BY SURE
06:03:34 DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHURCH
06:03:38 AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT WE REFERRED THE
06:03:41 ROLL THE RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR TO THE JULY 14TH MEETING OF THE
06:03:44 FULL BOARD SUPERVISORS VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER
06:03:48 SAUTER SAUTER I MEMBER WALTON WALTON I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE
06:03:52 HAVE FOR US THE MOTION PASSES AND SO WITH THAT DO WE HAVE ANY
06:03:59 OTHER ITEMS BEFORE US TODAY I MADAM CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES OUR
06:04:00 BUSINESS. THANK YOU.
06:04:02 THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED