00:00:12 AND GOOD MORNING AND THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:17 WELCOME TO THE JUNE 18TH, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE
00:00:18 GOVERNMENT AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:00:21 BOARD SUPERVISORS. I'M SUPERVISOR STEPHEN CHERYL
00:00:25 CHAIR THE COMMITTEE JOINED BY VICE CHAIR BELAL MAHMOOD
00:00:29 AND TODAY BY BOARD PRESIDENT RAFAEL MILLMAN.
00:00:32 >> COMMITTEE CLERK IS MONIQUE CREIGHTON.
00:00:36 >> OUR THANKS TO JAMES QUAN OF US OF OF T V.
00:00:39 >> MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS?
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00:01:34 PROCEEDINGS. >> FINALLY, ITEMS ACTED UPON
00:01:35 TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AGENDA
00:01:40 OF JUNE 30TH 2026 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.
00:01:44 THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER
00:01:47 ONE? >> YES.
00:01:48 ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:01:49 ENVIRONMENT HEALTH, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT PARK PLANNING
00:01:53 POLICE PUBLIC WORKS SUBDIVISION TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDING
00:01:57 INSPECTION COMMISSION CODES TO MODIFY NUMEROUS REPORTING
00:02:01 REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR MOVING OBSOLETE PROGRAMS
00:02:05 IN REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER CODE CLEANUP.
00:02:08 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. I THINK WE'RE REPRESENTED.
00:02:12 WE'RE JOINED HERE TODAY BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUPERVISOR
00:02:16 CHEN'S OFFICE AND ALSO BY BOARD PRESIDENT MENDELSOHN.
00:02:19 WELCOME WERE PRESENT GENTLEMEN YOU ARE THE LEAD SPONSOR ON
00:02:24 THIS ITEM. >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:02:25 THANK YOU, CHAIR CHERYL AND THANK YOU FOR AND THANK YOU
00:02:28 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD VICE VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD FOR MAKING TIME
00:02:31 ON YOUR CALENDAR IN A BUSY MONTH TO CONSIDER THIS PIECE OF
00:02:39 LEGISLATION. ALTHOUGH MY NAME IS ON IT AND I
00:02:42 STRONGLY BELIEVE IN IT AND SUPPORT IT, I WANT TO BE
00:02:46 CLEAR THAT THE CREDIT FOR THIS LEGISLATION GOES TO OUR CITY
00:02:50 ATTORNEY AND HIS STAFF WHO WORKED DILIGENTLY TO TRY
00:02:54 AND PUT THIS TOGETHER. THE REASON I SUPPORT THIS
00:02:58 LEGISLATION THIS EXERCISE OF TRYING TO FIND REPORTING
00:03:02 REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE OUTDATED OR DUPLICATIVE OR NO LONGER
00:03:06 MAKES SENSE IS MY OBSERVATION OVER THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON
00:03:10 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT IT IS THE NATURAL TENDENCY OF
00:03:14 LEGISLATORS TO LEGISLATE AND TO ADD REQUIREMENTS AND THAT AS
00:03:17 THAT HAPPENS OVER TIME, OVER YEARS AND DECADES WE MAKE IT
00:03:22 HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER FOR GOVERNMENT TO ACTUALLY
00:03:25 DELIVER SERVICES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MORE AND MORE TIME
00:03:29 REPORTING ON THE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT IS DOING
00:03:32 AND RELATIVELY LEAVING LESS TIME TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK OF
00:03:36 GOVERNMENT. >> SO HAVING REGULAR EXERCISES
00:03:39 IN GOING THROUGH THE THINGS THAT HAVE ACCRETED AND FIGURING
00:03:44 OUT WHAT IS WHAT IS OUT LASTED ITS USEFUL LIFE IS I THINK VERY
00:03:52 WORTHWHILE AND I THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD OF
00:03:53 SUPERVISORS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED DOING THERE.
00:03:56 >> THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN KICKING AROUND FOR A VERY LONG
00:04:00 TIME. IT WAS INTRODUCED BY THE CITY
00:04:04 ATTORNEY JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO .
00:04:08 I KNOW THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS I ASSUME FOR MANY, MANY
00:04:09 MONTHS BEFORE BECAUSE I ASSUME ON A PIECE OF LEGISLATION LIKE
00:04:12 THIS IS A BIG CHUNK OF WORK AND YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT LAST
00:04:20 YEAR I THINK HAS BEEN TIME WELL SPENT PERHAPS IN THAT YOU KNOW,
00:04:23 WE TOOK SOME TIME TO GO CAREFULLY THROUGH EACH OF THE
00:04:25 CHANGES AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE WERE ANY OF THESE REPORTS THAT
00:04:28 MAYBE SHOULD BE SALVAGED. WE FOUND ONE.
00:04:31 I KNOW OTHER OFFICES HAVE FOUND SOME THAT THEY WANT TO TRY TO
00:04:36 PRESERVE. I BELIEVE THAT SUPERVISOR CHAN
00:04:39 HAS SOME AMENDMENTS. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, AMENDMENTS A
00:04:42 FEW AMENDMENTS AS WELL. BUT ON BALANCE AND THE REASON I
00:04:46 WANTED TO INSIST THAT THIS BOARD CONSIDER THIS DISCUSS IT
00:04:50 IN A COMMITTEE AND IDEALLY FORWARD THIS TO THE FULL BOARD
00:04:51 IS I THINK WHEN PEOPLE TAKE ON THIS KIND OF WORK WE WE WANT TO
00:04:58 ENCOURAGE THAT AND MORE OF THIS.
00:04:59 PLEASE. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
00:05:02 REVIEWED I THINK IT'S SOMETHING MORE THAN 500 OF THESE REPORTS
00:05:05 MOST OF THESE REPORTS WILL STICK AROUND EVEN AFTER THIS
00:05:10 LEGISLATION. I THINK IT'S 336 OR SOME NUMBER
00:05:12 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> THOSE REPORTS WILL CONTINUE
00:05:16 TO BE REQUIRED AND AND DELIVERED AND PERHAPS SOMEONE
00:05:18 WILL REVIEW WILL READ THEM OR FIND THEM USEFUL AT SOME POINT.
00:05:21 BUT THE IF THE BOARD ACTS ON LEGISLATION REASONABLY IN THE
00:05:28 FORM OF WHAT'S BEEN INTRODUCED NORTH OF 100 OF THESE REPORTING
00:05:31 REQUIREMENTS WILL GO AWAY. >> AND I THINK THAT WILL BE A
00:05:34 POSITIVE THING FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:05:38 >> SO THE AMENDMENTS THAT I HAVE HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED.
00:05:42 >> JUST TO QUICKLY RUN THROUGH WHAT IS IN MY AMENDMENTS ONE WE
00:05:49 DID DETERMINE THAT WE THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE TO KEEP THE
00:05:54 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ABOUT
00:05:57 FILED SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS AND SO ON PAGES 238 TO 240 THE
00:06:04 RESTORATION OF THAT REPORTING REQUIREMENT IS WHAT'S IN THERE
00:06:07 ON PAGE 34 THERE'S AN UPDATE TO A REFERENCE OF WHAT WHAT BODY
00:06:14 RECEIVES REPORT BECAUSE THE THE INTERAGENCY PLANNING
00:06:21 AND IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE IS ONE OF THE BODIES THAT WAS
00:06:22 ELIMINATED IN THE COMMITTEE STREAMLINING ORDINANCE.
00:06:26 SO WE HAVE STREAMLINING OVERLAPPING THE STREAMLINING ON
00:06:29 PAGES 25 AND THEN 198 THROUGH 99 WE HAVE SOME CROSS-REFERENCE
00:06:33 CORRECTIONS ON PAGE 348 WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCES
00:06:39 EFFECTIVE DATE ON PAGE 349 THERE'S A NEW SECTION 15
00:06:47 EXPLAINING THAT THE AMENDMENTS INCORPORATE CHANGES FROM TWO
00:06:50 ORDINANCES THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY PASSED THAT ARE SHOWN AS
00:06:52 EXISTING CODE TEXT AND THEN THERE'S SOME CORRECTIONS TO THE
00:06:55 LONG TITLE AND LIST OF SECTIONS ON THE FIRST PAGE.
00:06:59 THAT'S WHAT'S IN MY AMENDMENTS WHICH I HOPE THIS I HOPE THE
00:07:02 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE BEFORE FORWARDING THIS TO
00:07:06 THE FULL BOARD I BELIEVE THERE IS A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY
00:07:10 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I THINK ANDREA IS UP.
00:07:17 >> THANK YOU. I'M SURE A LOT OF YOUR WORK
00:07:20 AND CERTAINLY NOT ALL OF MY IN THE WORK OF INCREDIBLE
00:07:24 NUMBER OF DEACONS IN OUR OFFICE AND FRANKLY THE STAFF OF THE
00:07:28 MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ACTUALLY REVIEWED EACH
00:07:30 AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE AND MADE THE RESPECTIVE POLICY
00:07:31 DECISIONS THAT THEY DID SO ENJOY ABREAST WITH THE OFFICE
00:07:35 OF THE CITY ATTORNEY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF ORDINANCE
00:07:39 OF WHAT'S IN THE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE
00:07:42 AND THEN I KNOW DAN SNYDER AND SOME OTHER FOLKS FROM THE
00:07:44 PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE HERE AND WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO
00:07:47 ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
00:07:48 SO AS YOU MENTIONED, PRESIDENT MANTEL HOLMAN, THIS PROCESS
00:07:51 BEGAN WELL OVER A YEAR AGO ACTUALLY WE RECEIVED A NUMBER
00:07:55 OF REQUESTS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS TO LOOK AT VARIOUS
00:07:59 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAD THAT THEY BELIEVED
00:08:02 WERE EITHER OUTDATED OR NO LONGER NECESSARY.
00:08:06 AND AT THE SAME TIME OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE
00:08:10 PLANNING DEPARTMENT WERE GOING THROUGH THEIR OWN EXERCISES OF
00:08:12 LOOKING AT THEIR RESPECTIVE CODE CLEAN UP AND IDENTIFYING,
00:08:18 YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO MODIFY OR ELIMINATE REPORTS TO
00:08:22 BETTER ALIGN THEIR STAFF RESOURCES AS WELL AS REFLECT
00:08:26 THE TRANSITION THAT MANY DEPARTMENTS WERE MOVING TOWARDS
00:08:27 WHICH IS PROVIDING MORE REAL TIME DATA, INFORMATION
00:08:30 AND SHARING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC RATHER THAN ANNUALS OR
00:08:33 OTHER CADENCE OF STATIC REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
00:08:37 >> SO THE RESULT WAS THIS ORDINANCE WE DID PLAY A ROLE
00:08:39 IN HELPING TO IDENTIFY THE VARIOUS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
00:08:42 AND SUPPORTED DEPARTMENTS IN ANALYZING WHAT THEY WANTED
00:08:45 TO DO WITH THEM AND PROVIDED THE DRAFTING SUPPORT FOR THIS
00:08:53 ORDINANCE WHICH REFLECTS THE DECISIONS OF MANY, MANY, MANY
00:08:54 DEPARTMENTS ACROSS MANY, MANY, MANY CODES.
00:08:58 >> WHILE THE ORDINANCE IS LONG IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE
00:09:05 LEGISLATIVE DIGEST, WE DID PROVIDE THE SUMMARY OF
00:09:06 PROVISIONS WHICH YOU MENTIONED THAT HAS BEEN IN THE BOARD FILE
00:09:09 FOR SOME TIME THAT GOES THROUGH EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE BY
00:09:12 PAGE NUMBER BY DEPARTMENT WITH A SUMMARY OF WHAT IS BEING
00:09:16 CHANGED WHILE WHILE LONG I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO THINK
00:09:20 ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE IN FIVE DISTINCT CATEGORIES.
00:09:24 >> THE FIRST CATEGORY AND THE LARGEST CATEGORY REPRESENTED
00:09:27 HERE GIVE OR TAKE 180 PAGES OF THIS ORDINANCE IS THE DELETION
00:09:34 OF OBSOLETE PROGRAMS, FUNDS AND CODE SECTIONS.
00:09:38 >> SO THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE THE DELETION OF CHAPTERS 12 D
00:09:42 AND 14 A WHICH ARE NO LONGER USED BY THE CITY.
00:09:46 >> THESE ARE OLD AND B E, D, B AND WB E REQUIREMENTS WHICH
00:09:51 WERE REPLACED MANY YEARS AGO WITH THE CITY'S L B PROGRAM
00:09:54 WHICH REMAINS UNTOUCHED BY THIS ORDINANCE.
00:09:58 >> OTHER OBSOLETE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR DELETION
00:09:59 INCLUDE. >> THESE ARE JUST A FEW
00:10:03 EXAMPLES THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR PERSONS
00:10:05 DISQUALIFIED FROM FEDERAL RENT SUBSIDY PROGRAMS OPERATED UNDER
00:10:07 A FEDERAL 1998 LAW THAT IS NO LONGER ADMINISTERED BY HSA, A
00:10:13 PILOT PROGRAM WHICH HAS ENDED REGARDING REAL ESTATE LOAN
00:10:15 COUNSELING AND REPORTS RELATED TO STATE PROPOSITION ONE B
00:10:19 FUNDS WHICH THE CITY HAS FULLY EXPENDED AND 11 FUNDS THAT WERE
00:10:22 IDENTIFIED BY CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN USE
00:10:27 AND THE COMPTROLLER CONFIRMED HAVE NO BALANCES IN THEM.
00:10:31 >> THE NEXT CATEGORY OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE
00:10:35 THOSE THAT WERE ONE TIME OR LIMITED IN TIME AND HAVE
00:10:39 PASSED. THESE SPANNED VARIOUS
00:10:40 DEPARTMENTS VARIOUS CODES BUT JUST A FEW EXAMPLES INCLUDE A
00:10:45 1981 REPORT ON SIGNAGE IN THE UPPER MARKET STREET AREA A ONE
00:10:49 TIME EVALUATION OF THE HOME F PROGRAM AND ONE TIME REPORTS
00:10:53 RELATED TO THE HABITAT RESTORATION FOR THE RED LEGGED
00:10:57 TREE FROG. >> THE AIRPORT'S PROGRESS ON
00:10:58 THE NAMING OF THE HARVEY MILK TERMINAL AND REPORTS RELATED TO
00:11:01 CANNABIS USE. >> THE THIRD CATEGORY OF
00:11:05 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE BEING DELETED DEPARTMENTS
00:11:09 HAVE A VARIETY OF REASONS FOR WHY THEY CHOSE TO DO THAT.
00:11:12 >> SOME OF THEM ARE VERY OLD AND HAVEN'T BEEN DONE IN A LONG
00:11:17 TIME. >> FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A 1939
00:11:20 REQUIREMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO REPORT
00:11:23 QUARTERLY EXPENDITURES. >> THIS IS NOT DONE AND THE
00:11:27 CURRENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
00:11:28 OKAY. I SUBMITS REGULAR BUDGETS AS
00:11:31 WELL AS COMPLIES WITH VARIOUS STATE FINANCIAL REPORTING
00:11:35 OBLIGATIONS. >> ADDITIONALLY THE REAL ESTATE
00:11:38 DIVISION PROVIDES REGULAR REPORTS REGARDING THE STATUS OF
00:11:40 CITY PROPERTY BUT DOES NOT REPORT ON PARCEL LEVEL VALUE
00:11:43 ANALYSIS WHICH IS REQUIRED BY A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE CODE
00:11:47 FOR SOME DEPARTMENTS THEY CHOSE TO DELETE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE
00:11:51 THEY'RE NO LONGER ALIGNED WITH A DEPARTMENTAL FOCUS OR FOR
00:11:54 OTHERS THEY HAVE LARGELY BEEN REPLACED BY MORE RECENTLY
00:11:58 ENACTED REPORTS ON SIMILAR TOPICS.
00:11:59 >> THIS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT FOR THE PLANNING
00:12:02 DEPARTMENT ON THEIR VARIOUS HOUSING REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
00:12:06 THAT HAVE INCREASED OVER TIME. >> THE THIRD CATEGORY ARE
00:12:10 MODIFICATIONS TO VARIOUS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITH
00:12:13 CHANGES TO THINGS LIKE THE FREQUENCY OF A REPORT OR HOW IT
00:12:17 IS PREPARED OR HOW IT IS SUBMITTED.
00:12:18 IN LARGE PART DEPARTMENTS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN
00:12:22 CURRENT DEPARTMENTAL PRACTICES OR CONSOLIDATE THEIR MANY
00:12:26 EXISTING REPORTING. >> THERE ARE MANY EXISTING
00:12:29 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMPLE, PUBLIC WORKS IS
00:12:33 PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE A REPORT ON THE ADOPT A TREE FUND
00:12:37 WITH THEIR ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING STREET TREES TO
00:12:38 PROVIDE A MORE CONCRETE SENSE OF REPORT ON TREES.
00:12:41 >> THE FILM COMMISSION IS PROPOSING TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR
00:12:45 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE FILM PRODUCTION FUND WITH THEIR
00:12:46 DEPARTMENTS ANNUAL REPORT. SOME ARE JUST CHANGING THE
00:12:49 FREQUENCY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEPARTMENT ON
00:12:53 THE STATUS OF WOMEN WILL REPORT ANNUALLY ON THEIR WORK ON THEIR
00:12:56 ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN EVERY SIX MONTHS AND SOME DEPARTMENTS
00:13:00 HAVE REPORTS THAT ARE TIED TO ACTIVITY THAT DOES NOT OCCUR
00:13:02 REGULARLY. >> SO FOR EXAMPLE MOST CD
00:13:05 AND REC AND PARK HAVE TO REPORT ANNUALLY ON THE 706 MISSION
00:13:09 FUND BUT NO FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED YET.
00:13:12 >> SO WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS TO CHANGE THE REPORTING
00:13:13 OBLIGATION TO APPLY WHEN ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING IN THAT
00:13:16 FUND AND THE LAST CATEGORY ARE CHANGES THAT ARE OTHER SMALL
00:13:20 CLEANUP ITEMS SUCH AS REMOVING REFERENCES TO LIBRARY FINES
00:13:24 THAT NO LONGER EXIST, REMOVING OUTDATED REFERENCES TO ENTITIES
00:13:28 LIKE THE PARKING AUTHORITY AND REMOVING HRC AS THE BODY
00:13:31 THAT REVIEWS RENTAL HISTORY FOR CONDO CONVERSIONS WHICH IS
00:13:35 CURRENTLY DONE BY THE RENT BOARD.
00:13:38 >> SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND THANK
00:13:42 YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR SUMMARIZING THOSE AMENDMENTS
00:13:43 AND WE WILL BE HERE. >> THANKS.
00:13:49 THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ANYONE ANY FURTHER
00:13:53 COMMENTS? I DO WANT TO THANK MAVE SKELLY
00:13:57 IN MY OFFICE AND THEN PREVIOUSLY MELANIE MATHESON WHO
00:13:59 MELANIE DID IN-DEPTH GO THROUGH EACH OF THE ITEMS SUMMARIZED BY
00:14:04 THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE AND THERE IS A LOT IN HERE BUT
00:14:07 YOU KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK ON OUR END AS WELL AND I KNOW
00:14:11 FOR SOME OF THE OFFICES THAT LOOKED AT THIS AND I THANK
00:14:14 EVERYBODY WHO'S DONE ALL THEIR ALL THEIR WORK ON IT ESPECIALLY
00:14:16 THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
00:14:19 >> GREAT. THANK YOU.
00:14:20 PRESENT GENTLEMEN. >> WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
00:14:23 HEAR FROM SUPERVISOR CHEN'S OFFICE REPRESENTED BY CHARLIE
00:14:27 SCAMBOS. >> CHARLIE, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:14:31 COME UP TO THE PODIUM? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
00:14:34 . >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SHERYL
00:14:35 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD PRESIDENT BENJAMIN CHARLIE SHARMA
00:14:39 SUPERVISOR CHEN'S OFFICE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:14:42 SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE IN REVIEWING THIS LEGISLATION.
00:14:43 SUPERVISOR CHEN WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ELIMINATION OF
00:14:47 SEVERAL LONGSTANDING AND VITAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE
00:14:50 FOUNDATIONAL TO INFORM POLICYMAKING AROUND LAND USE
00:14:54 AND HOUSING. THESE REPORTS AND INDICATORS
00:14:55 SERVE A CRITICAL PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR PROVIDING POLICYMAKERS THE
00:14:59 MEDIA MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH ACCURATE CONTEXTUALIZED
00:15:03 DATA ON DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES.
00:15:06 THEY INCLUDE INDICATORS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PROGRESS
00:15:10 TOWARDS MEETING AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS AND HOW THEY'RE
00:15:11 IMPACTED BY THE LOSS OF RENT CONTROLLED UNITS TO HUNDREDS OF
00:15:15 NO FAULT EVICTIONS EACH YEAR A JOBS HOUSING FIT ANALYSIS TO
00:15:19 BETTER DOCUMENT HOW HOUSING PRODUCED MATCHES THE WAGE
00:15:22 LEVELS OF NEW WORKERS SO THAT WE MAY TRACK OUR ABILITY TO
00:15:25 HOUSE OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE REPORTS AND INDICATORS RELATED
00:15:29 TO TENANT IMPACTS AROUND SHORT TERM RENTALS ACCESSORY DWELLING
00:15:31 UNITS AND FOR PLEX'S AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION
00:15:34 AND PRESERVATION FUND THAT HAS SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF
00:15:38 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RENT
00:15:41 CONTROL UNITS AND THE PREVENTION OF DISPLACEMENT.
00:15:44 >> THESE REPORTS AND INDICATORS ARE MORE VITAL NOW THAN EVER
00:15:48 GIVEN THAT THE CITY IS BESET WITH DEEPENING INEQUALITY
00:15:50 AND MANY DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES .
00:15:54 I WANT TO APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR CHERYL AND YOUR STAFF
00:15:57 AND PRESIDENT BENJAMIN AND YOUR STAFF FOR WORKING
00:15:58 COLLABORATIVELY WITH SUPERVISOR JED TO CARRY AND CRAFT THESE
00:16:01 AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
00:16:04 CONSIDERATION, CHARLIE THANK YOU.
00:16:08 ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
00:16:09 NO. NO QUESTIONS.
00:16:11 I KNOW WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, ANGELA
00:16:16 CALVILLO WHO HAS A FEW COMMENTS AS WELL.
00:16:17 >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:16:20 >> SUPERVISOR MY CHAIR. >> CHERYL, THANK YOU FOR THE
00:16:24 FLOOR FOR A MOMENT. >> I'M HERE IN MY CAPACITY AS
00:16:27 THE LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATOR PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION
00:16:31 2.117 NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MERITS OF MODIFYING ANY OF
00:16:35 THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT. IT'S SPECIFICALLY HERE TO TALK
00:16:40 ABOUT THE VEHICLE THAT'S BEFORE YOU WHAT WE'RE NOTICING IN THE
00:16:43 OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD IS THAT THERE IS A
00:16:47 DEVIATION FROM THE NORM. THE STANDARD LEGISLATION THAT
00:16:51 IS PROVIDED TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE
00:16:58 THAT'S BEFORE YOU I PUT A COPY OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIGEST ON
00:17:00 YOUR DESKS UNDER THE NAME OF EFFICIENCY AND STREAMLINING.
00:17:09 I THINK THERE IS A DETRIMENT TO THE PUBLIC WHEN SO MANY ITEMS
00:17:13 ARE COMBINED INTO SUCH A DOCUMENT SUCH AS THIS ONE WHICH
00:17:17 IS I THINK A 357 PAGE DOCUMENT WITH 195 MOVING PIECES AMENDING
00:17:27 MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE
00:17:29 CODE AGAIN NOT TO THE MERITS OF WHICH SHOULD STAY IN WHICH
00:17:35 SHOULD BE MODIFIED BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE STANDARD OF
00:17:39 AN AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW
00:17:46 A 357 PAGE LEGAL TEXT, COMPARE IT TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIGEST
00:17:50 THAT'S ON YOUR DESK. YOU HEARD DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY
00:17:54 ANDRE ABREAST MENTIONED THERE WERE PERHAPS FIVE SECTIONS THAT
00:17:58 THIS THAT BUCKETS THAT THIS INFORMATION FALLS INTO THE
00:18:02 LEGISLATIVE DIGEST. I THINK MENTIONS FOR THE
00:18:05 MODIFICATION OF NUMEROUS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO
00:18:09 REMOVAL OF NUMEROUS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THE ELIMINATION OF
00:18:13 NUMEROUS DEFUNCT FUNDS AGENCIES PLANS AND PROGRAMS AND FOR
00:18:17 OTHER NUMEROUS STREAMLINING AND UPDATING CHANGES I
00:18:21 PERSONALLY AS WELL AS OUR CLERK VICTOR YOUNG SEPARATELY TRIED
00:18:25 TO MAP THE LEGISLATIVE DIGEST 195 ITEMS TO WHERE THEY RESTED
00:18:33 IN THE LEGAL TEXT COULD FIND THE MAJORITY OF THEM BUT
00:18:37 HONESTLY THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY OR THE
00:18:38 TITLE WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN EITHER THE LEGAL TEXT OR THE
00:18:42 LEGISLATIVE DIGEST. >> I HAVE TO GIVE GREAT CREDIT
00:18:45 TO JOHN GOVERNOR AND DCA BRAD RUSTY AND PROBABLY TO ANDREA
00:18:52 BRUST WHO ACTUALLY CREATED THE MATRIX OF ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE
00:18:56 IN THE FILE WHICH TRIED TO SPECIFIC LEE DELINEATE OUT
00:19:00 THESE REPORTS BUT STILL IF SOMEONE OF AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE
00:19:04 IS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M PROBABLY AVERAGE COULD NOT
00:19:08 TRULY MAP THE LEGISLATIVE DIGEST 195 ITEMS TO THE LEGAL
00:19:15 TEXT THAN PERHAPS PART OF THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM
00:19:19 DOING THAT AS WELL. AND SO I JUST ASK THAT GOING
00:19:22 FORWARD THAT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT THAT I WILL JUST ADD
00:19:28 FIRST THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL SAY THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL
00:19:30 ISSUE HERE AND I'M NOT CLAIMING THAT THERE IS.
00:19:33 I AM CONCERNED ABOUT A CONSUMERS RIGHTS ISSUE WHERE
00:19:37 THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO IN SMALLER CHUNKS REALLY LOOK
00:19:41 AT WHAT IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OR THE BOARD.
00:19:45 I THINK IDEALLY AS I REQUESTED BEFORE AND AS THE RULES CHAIR
00:19:49 REQUESTED BEFORE THAT THE ITEMS AS DELINEATED IN THE
00:19:53 LEGISLATIVE DIGEST THAT IS HOW THIS ORDINANCE BE BROKEN UP.
00:19:57 BUT MR. CHAIR, I'M NOT ASKING YOU FOR AMENDMENTS AND I'VE
00:20:00 ALREADY LET THAT TRAIN GO BUT I THINK FOR FUTURE ORDINANCES
00:20:04 THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I
00:20:07 THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE NOT ALLOW A DOCUMENT SUCH AS
00:20:12 THIS TO BE PLACED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THAT WE ARE
00:20:15 WE MINIMIZE THE CHUNKS IN YEARS PAST WE'VE ALWAYS USED
00:20:20 COMPANION LEGISLATIVE ORDINANCES AND IN EACH OF THE
00:20:24 FILES THEY ARE ALL RELATED TO EACH OTHER AND THAT'S THAT'S
00:20:27 HOW I LEARNED TO WRITE LEGISLATION AND TOM AMMIANO IS
00:20:28 OFFICE WITH THE GREAT TED LAKEY WHO WAS THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF
00:20:32 THE BOARD AT THAT TIME. AND I THINK THAT IS HOW WE
00:20:36 SHOULD CONTINUE TO WRITE THESE ORDINANCES WHERE YOU HAVE
00:20:39 RELATING ORDINANCES TOGETHER. I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS TO SAY
00:20:43 BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE .
00:20:46 I THINK THAT THOSE COMMENTS WERE CONCISE ENOUGH.
00:20:47 THERE IS ONE MORE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE AND THAT IS FOR
00:20:53 THE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED DOCUMENT WE ARE NOW GOING TO
00:20:57 CREATE A SECTION OF THAT DOCUMENT TYPICALLY WE WORK HAND
00:21:02 IN HAND WITH OUR GOOD PARTNERS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
00:21:05 ATTORNEY BUT GOING FORWARD WHEN THERE IS AN ITEM SUCH AS THIS
00:21:09 THAT I OR A CHAIR OF ONE OF THESE COMMITTEES REQUESTS TO BE
00:21:13 BROKEN UP INTO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENT SECTIONS, I'M GOING
00:21:18 TO PLACE THEM IN A SECTION CALLED IT'S A HOLDING TANK
00:21:21 ESSENTIALLY EITHER THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL
00:21:25 CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO TOGETHER
00:21:26 IS PUT THESE INTO BITE SIZED ORDINANCES AND MOVE IT INTO THE
00:21:30 COMMITTEE VERY QUICKLY OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN A
00:21:33 HOLDING SECTION ON THE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED SECTION
00:21:36 NOT READY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
00:21:41 AND I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE TRY TO SECTION 2.117 PLACES THE
00:21:44 RECORDS IN THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE INTO THE HANDS THE
00:21:45 CUSTODIAL SHIP OF THE CLERK AND WE HAVE A BOARD RULE I
00:21:51 THINK IT'S 2.8 I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BUT IT
00:21:55 STATES THAT THE CLERK OF THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE SURE THAT
00:21:56 EVERY SINGLE ITEM IS READY FOR BOARD ACTION BEFORE VOTE IS
00:22:02 TAKEN ON THAT ITEM. SO IN ORDER TO DO OUR JOB FROM
00:22:06 INTRODUCTION ON A TUESDAY TO RELEASE OF THE LEGISLATION
00:22:10 INTRODUCED ON A THURSDAY WE HAVE TWO DAYS TO UNWRAP ALL OF
00:22:14 THESE ITEMS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMPLETE.
00:22:15 WE ARE GOING TO BE PLACING THEM NOT ON A PENDING LIST BUT IN AN
00:22:19 AREA UNTIL THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I COME TO SOME KIND OF
00:22:23 AGREEMENT ON THE LEGISLATIVE FORMAT OF THESE ITEMS WE ARE
00:22:27 GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS THAT HAVE
00:22:31 ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT THERE ARE
00:22:34 HIDDEN ITEMS IN THESE DOCKET DOCUMENTS NOT ON PURPOSE BUT
00:22:38 INADVERTENT AND AND THAT IS NOT HOW I WOULD LIKE OUR
00:22:42 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO BE WELL TO BE SEEN AS I'M AVAILABLE FOR
00:22:49 QUESTIONS. PRESIDENT PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN,
00:22:57 I DON'T GET UP I DON'T GET TO THINK I DON'T HAVE A DOOHICKEY.
00:23:01 >> OH WELL IN THAT CASE NEVER MIND THAT I DON'T GET TO SPEAK
00:23:06 . I WANT I WANT TO THANK THE
00:23:07 CLERK FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND CERTAINLY INTERESTED
00:23:10 IN DISCUSSING THAT THE NEW PROPOSAL AND HEARING FROM THE
00:23:14 CITY ATTORNEY THEIR VIEW OF THAT.
00:23:18 THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE A I TALKED ABOUT THE
00:23:25 ACCRETION OF REQUIREMENTS OVER TIME THEY DO GET ADDED ONE BY
00:23:31 ONE AND THEY ARE SIMPLE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND AS THEY
00:23:35 GET ADDED AND USUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS DESIRABLE
00:23:38 OR GOOD OR POSITIVE BUT THEY GET ADDED TO A STACK AND THE
00:23:43 STACK GROWS EVERY YEAR DECADE AFTER DECADE AND REAL HUMAN
00:23:47 BEINGS WHO ARE ASKED TO DELIVER FOR SAN FRANCISCANS ARE
00:23:50 CONFRONTED WITH THOSE STACKS AND FIND THEMSELVES MIRED
00:23:54 IN SYSTEMS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE.
00:23:58 WE'RE NOT IN POTS WE HOPE NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT VERY, VERY HARD.
00:24:01 >> SO I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE THE KIND OF ACTIVITY
00:24:05 THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS TAKEN ON HERE AND I DO
00:24:09 THINK THAT EVEN WITH THE STREET YOU KNOW WHAT FEELS LIKE BIG
00:24:13 STREAMLINING COMING OUT OF THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE'RE
00:24:17 LEAVING SO MUCH COMPLEXITY IN PLACE, SO MANY REQUIREMENTS
00:24:22 THAT GO WELL AND BEYOND WHAT YOUR AVERAGE JURISDICTION OR
00:24:25 EVEN YOUR ABOVE AVERAGE JURISDICTION WOULD DO.
00:24:29 I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE AND I THINK THE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
00:24:36 PEOPLE WOULD TAKE ON THE SORT OF ONE BY ONE REPEALING OF
00:24:40 REQUIREMENTS IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ADDED OVER TIME IS
00:24:44 PRETTY UNLIKELY. SO I DO THINK THERE HAS TO BE
00:24:47 SOME KIND OF BATCHING MECHANISM AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S
00:24:51 SOME MIDDLE GROUND HERE WHERE WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BATCH
00:24:54 IN A WAY AND IF THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT ON THE FRONT END.
00:24:56 >> I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS
00:24:59 MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS LEGISLATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
00:25:00 >> BUT I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE THE ACTIVITY OF
00:25:03 ASKING DEPARTMENTS AND ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO
00:25:06 LOOK FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE COME UP WITH
00:25:10 THOSE LISTS, GIVE THEM BACK TO US AS LEGISLATION AND HAVE THE
00:25:13 BOARD TAKE ACTION TO TRY TO MAKE THE CITY MORE GOVERNABLE
00:25:17 AND THE OPERATION OF CITY GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT SO
00:25:20 THANK YOU IN MANY WAYS THE PURE SIZE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS
00:25:32 REFLECTIVE OF THE COMPLICATIONS IN THE CODE AND I THINK TO YOUR
00:25:36 POINT THIS IS ESPECIALLY AFTER THE AMENDMENTS WE'RE GOING TO
00:25:40 CONSIDER BASICALLY GETTING RID OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT USED BY
00:25:42 ANYBODY. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH US
00:25:47 DISCUSSING ALL THAT GOING FORWARD.
00:25:48 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS BUT WE ALSO
00:25:52 HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN HAVING, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL
00:25:56 HUNDRED INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND LESS.
00:26:00 >> YOU'RE TRYING TO WIN A CONTEST FOR MOST PIECES OF
00:26:01 LEGISLATION PASSED WHICH BASED ON YOUR YOUR YOUR LANDMARKING
00:26:04 YOU MIGHT BE A PLEASE NOTE THE JOKE NATURE NO ANYWAY PRESIDENT
00:26:19 MINIMAL THANK YOU BEFORE WE GET INTO TO MORE OF THE POLICY
00:26:23 DISCUSSION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC UNLESS
00:26:24 ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES OBJECTS I'D LIKE TO OPEN TO PUBLIC
00:26:30 COMMENT AND COLLEAGUES. >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN
00:26:31 WE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE? YES.
00:26:34 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM
00:26:35 SHALL LINE UP NOW. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
00:26:37 MINUTES. >> CHAIR IT APPEARS WE HAVE NO
00:26:41 PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK
00:26:45 SEEING NO ONE ELSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENT
00:26:46 IS NOW CLOSED. >> I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE
00:26:52 MERITS OF THIS ORDINANCE PRESENT IN THANK YOU FOR
00:26:56 LEADING ON THE KEY POLICIES KIND OF REPRESENTED HERE NOT
00:26:59 ONLY IN THIS LEGISLATION BUT ALSO TO A LARGER EXTENT ACROSS
00:27:03 A LOT OF THE CLEAN UP THAT YOU'VE BEEN LEADING ON.
00:27:07 >> BUT I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEY DAVID
00:27:10 CHIU AND DEFINITELY ANDREA BROUS WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD ON
00:27:14 THIS YOU KNOW MUCH LIKE SOME OF THE COMMISSION STREAMLINING
00:27:22 WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ISN'T ABOUT EFFICIENCY FOR SPEAKING
00:27:26 SAKE. THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC TRUST,
00:27:27 PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY. IF THE PUBLIC CAN'T TRUST US TO
00:27:30 STOP DOING THINGS THAT NOBODY NEEDS, HOW CAN THEY TRUST US TO
00:27:38 START DOING THE IMPORTANT THINGS?
00:27:39 SO I THINK THIS IS WILDLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE ON AND I
00:27:46 THINK IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT WE SHOULDN'T WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE
00:27:50 TO DO 100 AND I'M GOING TO FORGET THE NUMBER HERE 119 OF
00:27:53 THESE ALL AT ONCE AND MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A CRACK AT
00:27:58 THESE MORE OFTEN. >> THE OTHER GROUP WHO I HOPE
00:28:04 BENEFITS HIGHLY FROM THIS IS OUR CITY STAFF WHO YOU KNOW,
00:28:06 WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT BUDGET DEFICITS AND THE LIKE.
00:28:12 >> AT THE END OF THE DAY WE RELY ON OUR CITY STAFF TO
00:28:13 PROVIDE SERVICES AND WHEN WE ASK THEM TO DO THINGS THAT DO
00:28:16 NOT ACTUALLY PROVIDE REAL SERVICES, WE ARE WASTING
00:28:20 TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WE'RE PUTTING A HUGE BURDEN ON THE
00:28:24 FANTASTIC EMPLOYEES THAT WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
00:28:29 AND SO I THINK EVEN IF IT'S JUST SAYING TO THE PEOPLE WHO
00:28:32 WORK HERE, HEY, WE RESPECT YOUR TIME, WE RESPECT YOUR MENTAL
00:28:35 HEALTH, I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
00:28:39 SO I'M FRANKLY VERY EXCITED THAT THIS LARGE, LARGE, LARGE
00:28:43 ORDINANCE IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY.
00:28:44 YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.
00:28:47 BUT BEFORE MOVING THIS ON TO THE FULL BOARD, I WANT TO LOOK
00:28:52 AT THE AMENDMENTS FIRST I WANT TO MAKE SURE PRESIDENT
00:28:55 RANDLEMAN YOUR AMENDMENTS ARE SUFFICIENTLY READ INTO THE
00:28:59 RECORD. I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB
00:29:00 EARLIER. DO YOU WANT ANYTHING TO CLARIFY
00:29:02 ON ANY OF THOSE BEFORE WE MAKE MOTION?
00:29:06 NO. OKAY, GREAT.
00:29:06 SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE TAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS WHICH I
00:29:10 BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND ADD THEM TO THE FILE.
00:29:13 >> ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES FROM ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR OTHER
00:29:14 FROM COLLEAGUES BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION?
00:29:18 GREAT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND THE
00:29:19 ALLEGES SITUATION AS DETAILED BY PRESIDENT EDELMAN.
00:29:22 >> YES. AND ON THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE
00:29:25 AMENDMENTS AS DETAILED BY PRESIDENT MANDELSON RUSSIA
00:29:29 MAHMUD FISCHER MAHMUD I CHAIR CHERYL CHAIR CHERYL I HAVE TWO
00:29:33 EYES. >> THANK YOU.
00:29:33 THE MOTION PASSES GREAT. >> I NOW WANT TO DISCUSS
00:29:37 AMENDMENTS THAT CHARLIE SHARMA'S FROM SUPERVISOR CHEN'S
00:29:41 OFFICE REFERENCED EARLIER. I'VE CIRCULATED THESE
00:29:44 AMENDMENTS WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH THE CLERK.
00:29:48 THESE ARE FOCUSED ON REINSTATING THREE REPORTING
00:29:49 REQUIREMENTS FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT JOBS HOUSING FIT
00:29:52 REPORT SHORT TERM RENTALS REPORT AND THE HOUSING
00:29:55 INVENTORY REPORT. THESE ARE ABOUT RETAINING
00:29:56 TRANSPARENT C ARE AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ARE TRUE
00:30:01 HOUSING SUPPLY AND NOT JUST PRODUCTION SPECIFICALLY THESE
00:30:03 AMENDMENTS CREATE A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTION TEN
00:30:07 E IS AN EDWARD WITH SUBJECT WITH SUBSECTION EXCUSE ME 10.1
00:30:12 ANNUAL HOUSING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS STARTING ON PAGE
00:30:16 69 OF THE LEGISLATION THE SECTION OF FOUR SUBSECTION A
00:30:19 THROUGH D IS IN DOG THAT ENCOMPASSES AS A PURPOSE
00:30:23 SECTION OF FINDING SECTION OF SECTION OF THE RE REINSTATES
00:30:26 THE THREE AFOREMENTIONED REPORTS AND A HEARING PROCESS
00:30:30 FOR THE BOARD TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE REPORTS.
00:30:33 ADDITIONALLY THESE AMENDMENTS ALSO INCORPORATE THE AFFORDABLE
00:30:35 HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION FUND REPORT ON
00:30:38 PAGE 29 LINE 17 LOOK, WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND THESE
00:30:44 AMENDMENTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. SO WE NEED TO PUSH FOR BOLD
00:30:48 POLICIES THAT REALLY ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE COST OF LIVING
00:30:52 AND HOPEFULLY THESE REPORTS WILL ENSURE THAT OUR POLICY
00:30:56 DISCUSSIONS ARE INFORMED BY REAL METRICS.
00:30:59 >> SO DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR CHEN CHARLIE ALSO
00:31:03 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
00:31:05 I WANT TO THANK MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE LORENZO ROSAS AND I ALSO
00:31:08 WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY DAN
00:31:11 SEIDER FOR WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET TO THE RIGHT SOLUTION
00:31:15 ONE THAT BALANCES COSTS. THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL
00:31:19 FEES NECESSARY FOR THESE AND BALANCES GETTING THE RIGHT
00:31:26 INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND FRANKLY TO POLICYMAKERS.
00:31:30 SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THESE
00:31:35 CIRCULATED AMENDMENTS TO THE FILE BEFORE I DO SO.
00:31:39 >> CHARLIE DAN, DID I MISS ANYTHING HERE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD
00:31:42 FOR THE RECORD? >> GREAT.
00:31:43 THANK YOU. COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES GREAT
00:31:47 . THANK YOU.
00:31:48 SCENE OF HER COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THE AMENDED
00:31:51 LEGISLATION AS CIRCULATED BY ME REINSTATING THESE THREE REPORTS
00:31:54 TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
00:31:55 >> YES AND ON THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS AS
00:31:59 CIRCULATED AS CIRCULATED SCUSE ME BY CHAIR CHERYL FISCHER
00:32:06 MEHMOOD FLEISCHMANN MOVED I CHAIR CHERYL CHAIR CHERYL I
00:32:09 HAVE TWO EYES. >> THANK YOU.
00:32:10 THE MOTION PASSES. >> NOW THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED
00:32:14 BOTH SETS OF AMENDMENTS I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEND THIS
00:32:17 ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH A POSITIVE
00:32:19 RECOMMENDATION. YES.
00:32:21 AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD THIS ORDINANCE AS AMENDED TO
00:32:25 THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:32:30 AND VICE CHAIR MAHMUD VISHNU MAHMUD I CHAIR CHERYL TAUSCHER
00:32:33 I HAVE TWO EYES. >> THANK YOU.
00:32:34 MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU.
00:32:38 THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU HERE FOR THAT AS WELL.
00:32:42 AND MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER TWO?
00:32:45 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS AN ORDINANCE
00:32:46 AMENDING THE POLICE CODE TO MODIFY PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR
00:32:49 CHANCE ORDINANCE THAT REGULATE THE USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY
00:32:53 IN CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING DECISIONS
00:32:55 SPECIFICALLY BY PROVIDING THAT EMPLOYERS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:33:00 PROVIDERS MAY NOT USE OUT-OF-STATE CRIMINAL
00:33:01 CONVICTIONS OR ARRESTS FOR CONDUCT THAT IS LAWFUL
00:33:04 IN CALIFORNIA OR RELATED TO ABORTION RELATED HEALTH CARE
00:33:09 DRAMA PERFORMANCES GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AND SPONTANEOUS
00:33:12 ABORTION AS DEFINED IN MAKING CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT OR HOUSING
00:33:16 RELATED DECISIONS INCREASING ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR
00:33:21 VIOLATIONS AND INCREASING LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AVAILABLE
00:33:23 IN A LAWSUIT. THANK YOU.
00:33:27 BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS HERE, VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD, I
00:33:31 WANT TO JUST ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THIS ITEM
00:33:35 OFTEN SAN FRANCISCO DECIDES TO LEAD ON THINGS THAT MAYBE WE
00:33:40 SHOULDN'T. >> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING
00:33:43 WE SHOULD AND SO I KNOW WE'RE JOINED HERE BY WE'RE WILLING TO
00:33:47 VENUE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO
00:33:51 PRESENT. >> I SEE HONEY MAHOGANY HERE AS
00:33:55 WELL. I SEE DIANA ROACH, A LOT OF
00:33:56 GREAT FOLKS HERE ON THIS ITEM. BUT VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD, I'D
00:33:59 LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHERYL.
00:34:06 I SHOULD SEND IT OVER TO DR. TO YOU FIRST.
00:34:07 >> GREAT DIRECTOR BENU FOR YOURS.
00:34:13 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SUPERVISOR MAHMUD MY NAME IS
00:34:18 MARGARITA BANJO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:34:22 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. AND THANK YOU FOR THE
00:34:24 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
00:34:28 THE FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE. FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS THE
00:34:31 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS PROTECTED CIVIL AND HUMAN
00:34:32 RIGHTS OF SAN FRANCISCANS THROUGH ENFORCEMENT OF CITY'S
00:34:36 THE CITY'S ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS AND THAT INCLUDES THE FAIR
00:34:41 CHANCE ORDINANCE AS ONE OF THOSE CRITICAL PROTECTIONS.
00:34:43 THE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN QUITE LONG IN THE MAKING AND THEY ARE
00:34:49 WERE PRESENTED TO MY COMMISSION IN UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THE
00:34:54 ORIGINAL ORDINANCE REFLECTS A SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE
00:34:59 THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE EVALUATED BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS,
00:35:03 THEIR CONDUCT AND THEIR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE NOT PERMANENTLY
00:35:06 EXCLUDED BECAUSE OF PAST INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JUSTICE
00:35:10 SYSTEM. WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS FIRST
00:35:14 ADOPTED I REMEMBER HEARING CONCERNS FROM EVERY CORNER OF
00:35:17 THE CITY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR
00:35:21 EMPLOYERS, FOR LANDLORDS AND OTHER HOUSING PROVIDERS FOR
00:35:25 AND WHAT IT MEANT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE CITY.
00:35:29 AND FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND AFTER A DECADE OF EVIDENCE
00:35:36 WE HAVE SEEN THAT THOSE CONCERNS HAVE NOT COME TO
00:35:39 FRUITION. INSTEAD THE FAIR CHANCE
00:35:41 ORDINANCE HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, SUPPORTED
00:35:47 SUCCESSFUL REENTRY AND REDUCED RECIDIVISM AND HELPED REDUCE
00:35:51 BARRIERS FOR FOLKS GENERALLY. THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT
00:35:55 PUBLIC SAFETY AND FAIRNESS ARE NOT COMPETING VALUES.
00:35:59 THEY REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER. THE AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU BUILD
00:36:02 UPON THE SUCCESSFUL FOUNDATION THAT WE CREATED ALL THOSE YEARS
00:36:08 AGO AND SPECIFICALLY THEY CLARIFY THAT OUT OF STATE
00:36:10 CONVICTIONS AND UNRESOLVED ARRESTS RELATED TO CONDUCT THAT
00:36:13 IS LAWFUL IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
00:36:17 CARE, MISCARRIAGE RELATED CARE, GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AND DRAG
00:36:21 PERFORMANCE CANNOT BE TREATED AS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOUSING
00:36:25 OR EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS. UNDER THE FAIR CHANCE
00:36:29 ORDINANCE. THESE AMENDMENTS RESPOND TO A
00:36:32 RAPIDLY CHANGING LEGAL LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:36:36 FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THIS PROPOSAL IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT
00:36:39 ENSURING THAT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS REMAIN MEANINGFULLY
00:36:44 ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO CURRENT REALITIES.
00:36:47 THE HUMAN RIGHTS MANDATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MANDATE UNDER
00:36:52 THE CHARTER IS TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
00:36:55 THAT PROTECT SAN FRANCISCANS FROM DISCRIMINATION.
00:36:59 THESE AMENDMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
00:37:03 THEY REINFORCE SAN FRANCISCO'S LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO
00:37:07 ENSURING THAT WOMEN, TRANSGENDER AND GENDER
00:37:08 EXPANSIVE PEOPLE AND ALL RESIDENTS ARE NOT DENIED ACCESS
00:37:12 TO EMPLOYMENT OR HOUSING BECAUSE OF CONDUCT THAT IS
00:37:16 LAWFUL AND PROHIBITED IN THE STATE.
00:37:19 >> THE AMENDMENTS ALSO TO PROVIDE CLARITY FOR EMPLOYERS
00:37:23 AND HOUSING PROVIDERS BY MAINTAINING THE ORDINANCES
00:37:28 FOCUS ON CONVICTIONS THAT ARE GENUINELY RELATED TO HEALTH
00:37:31 AND SAFETY CONCERNS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
00:37:35 SUPERVISOR MAHMUD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS LEGISLATION
00:37:38 AND FOR ADVANCING A THOUGHTFUL PROPOSAL THAT STRENGTHENS SAN
00:37:42 FRANCISCO'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS FRAMEWORK.
00:37:46 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK HIS STAFF THE HRC TEAM THAT WORKED
00:37:50 ON THIS DUE DIEBOLD IS HERE FOR SUPPORT AND THE AUDIENCE RIGHT
00:37:54 BEHIND ME AND WORKED FOR ALL THOSE YEARS TO ADVANCE THIS
00:37:58 LEGISLATION. HONEY MAHOGANY, DIRECTOR OF THE
00:38:02 OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES AND BRITTNEY SIKORA
00:38:05 AND OTHERS. I WOULD ALSO ESPECIALLY LIKE TO
00:38:06 THANK THE ADVOCATING ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELPED PUSH
00:38:10 THIS FORWARD ORIGINALLY AND HAVE COME TOGETHER AGAIN TO
00:38:14 IMPROVE THE LAW TODAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'RE
00:38:18 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU DIRECTOR TO VENUE
00:38:22 VICE CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHERYL
00:38:26 AND THANK YOU AGAIN DR. TIPTON YOU FOR SHARING THOSE REMARKS.
00:38:29 >> THIS PRIDE MONTH WE ARE WATCHING.
00:38:30 UNFORTUNATELY POLITICIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TURN HEALTH
00:38:34 CARE. IDENTITY AND SELF-EXPRESSION
00:38:37 INTO GROUNDS FOR PUNISHMENT. >> EARLIER THIS MORNING I WAS
00:38:41 JOINED BY COMPTROLLER AMELIA COHEN.
00:38:43 PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRESIDENT AND CEO DR. NICOLE BARNETT HRC
00:38:47 DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER
00:38:48 AND DIRECT INITIATIVES DIRECTOR MAHONEY MAHOGANY.
00:38:52 DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS OF WOMAN DIRECTOR DR. DIANA ROSS.
00:38:56 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRIANNA
00:39:00 MCCREE. THE TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER
00:39:01 POLICY ATTORNEY ANDREW ORTIZ. WHEN THE S.F. PRIDE DIRECTOR
00:39:04 SUZANNE FORD AS WE HEARD SO MANY FACTS ABOUT WHAT IS
00:39:08 HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY, THE FACTS OF THOSE IS
00:39:12 THAT IN AT LEAST 13 STATES ABORTION IS NOW BANNED ENTIRELY
00:39:15 AND FORCED WITH CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
00:39:18 ACROSS THE COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE BEING INVESTIGATED, PROSECUTED
00:39:22 AND CRIMINALIZED FOR SEEKING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
00:39:25 EXPERIENCING MISCARRIAGE OR HELPING SOMEONE ACCESS THAT
00:39:26 CARE AT THE SAME TIME NEARLY 30 ANTI-TRANS BILLS HAVE ALREADY
00:39:33 BEEN PASSED AND 2025 TO 26 ALONE TARGETING GENDER
00:39:36 AFFIRMING CARE. DRAG PERFORMANCE AND LGBT PLUS
00:39:41 EXPRESSION. >> AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE
00:39:42 CRIMINALIZED UNDER THESE DISCRIMINATORY LAWS THOSE
00:39:46 CONVICTIONS CAN FOLLOW THEM LONG AFTER THEY LEAVE THOSE
00:39:49 STATES. >> THEY CAN FOLLOW SOMEONE INTO
00:39:50 A JOB INTERVIEW, INTO A AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICATION,
00:39:53 INTO EVERY ATTEMPT TO REBUILD THEIR LIFE SAFELY AND WITH
00:39:57 DIGNITY. >> SAN FRANCISCO'S LONG BEEN A
00:40:00 REFUGE FOR PEOPLE SEEKING FREEDOM, SAFETY AND OPPORTUNITY
00:40:04 . AND NOW WE MUST ENSURE THAT
00:40:05 DISCRIMINATORY LAWS FROM OTHER STATES DO NOT CONTINUE HARMING
00:40:08 PEOPLE ONCE THEY ARRIVE HERE. >> THE CURRENT FAIR CHANCE
00:40:12 ORDINANCE LIMITS HOW EMPLOYERS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:40:15 PROVIDERS CAN USE QUOTE UNQUOTE CRIMINAL HISTORY IN EMPLOYMENT
00:40:19 AND HOUSING DECISIONS. >> THIS LEGISLATION UPDATES
00:40:20 THAT FRAMEWORK TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGING LEGAL LANDSCAPE
00:40:23 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> SPECIFICALLY THIS
00:40:27 LEGISLATION MAKES CLEAR THAT EMPLOYERS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:40:30 PROVIDERS IN SAN FRANCISCO CANNOT USE OUT OF STATE
00:40:32 CONVICTIONS RELATED TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
00:40:35 GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, DRAG PERFORMANCE OR GENDER
00:40:38 EXPRESSION AS A BASIS TO DENY SOMEONE EMPLOYMENT OR
00:40:42 AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN THE CONDUCT IS LAWFUL IN CALIFORNIA
00:40:45 . THIS LEGISLATION STRENGTHENS
00:40:46 DUE PROCESS PROTECTIONS FOR APPLICANTS AND CLARIFIES
00:40:49 TIMELINES FOR RECONSIDERATION WHEN BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE
00:40:50 INACCURATE OR IMPROPERLY USED AND STRENGTHENS PENALTIES FOR
00:40:54 VIOLATIONS. >> WE ARE ALREADY SEEING MORE
00:40:58 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE AND WOMAN RELOCATE TO
00:41:02 CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE OF ESCALATING ATTACKS
00:41:06 ON THEIR RIGHTS IN OTHER STATES.
00:41:09 A RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN
00:41:13 400,000 TRANSGENDER AMERICANS HAVE RELOCATED SINCE THE 2024
00:41:15 ELECTION DUE TO ANTI-TRANS LAWS AND POLICIES IN THEIR HOME
00:41:19 STATES. I WAS TALKING TO DR. NICOLE
00:41:20 BARNETT FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD THIS MORNING AS WELL WHO NOTED
00:41:24 THAT SHE AND THEIR SAN FRANCISCO CLINICS FOR PLANNED
00:41:27 PARENTHOOD HAVE TREATED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME FROM
00:41:31 OTHER STATES STILL WITH THEIR LUGGAGE IN HAND.
00:41:32 >> THAT DISCRIMINATION SHOULD NOT FOLLOW PEOPLE HERE IN SAN
00:41:35 FRANCISCO. >> THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT
00:41:39 MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PERMANENTLY PUNISHED FOR WHO
00:41:42 THEY ARE, FOR HOW THEY IDENTIFY FOR THE HEALTH CARE THEY GAVE
00:41:46 OR THEY SOUGHT OR THE WAY THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
00:41:47 >> THIS LEGISLATION THEN WAS DEVELOPED ACCORDINGLY IN CLOSE
00:41:51 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE
00:41:53 OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES.
00:41:55 I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK MY FRIEND DIRECTOR MAHOGANY FOR
00:41:59 HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION INITIALLY
00:42:00 AND FOR ALL HER ADVOCACY AND CONTINUED WORK IN FIGHTING
00:42:04 FOR TRANSGENDER SAN FRANCISCANS AND THE BROADER LGBTQ COMMUNITY
00:42:08 DURING THIS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT MOMENT NATIONALLY.
00:42:11 I ALSO WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR MOLITOR BENGIO WHO HAS BEEN
00:42:15 WORKING ON THIS APPARENTLY FOR OVER 1214 YEARS SINCE HE WAS
00:42:18 IN THEN SUPERVISOR OF THE AKON'S OFFICE BUT HAS CONTINUED
00:42:22 THAT WORK AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR THEIR
00:42:26 COLLABORATION IN SHAPING THIS LEGISLATION AND FOR THEIR
00:42:27 CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING CIVIL RIGHTS
00:42:30 PROTECTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO AS WELL AS TO OUR DRAFTING DEPUTY
00:42:33 CITY ATTORNEY BRIAN OF US. >> I WANT TO GIVE A VERY
00:42:35 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JUDY ABLED FOR BEING THE PRIMARY DRAFTER
00:42:39 OF THIS LEGISLATION. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SHE THEY
00:42:42 HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS LEGISLATION FOR YEARS
00:42:46 AND CONTINUE TO PUSH IT FORWARD DESPITE OBSTACLES, DESPITE
00:42:50 BLOCKERS AND YOUR TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LEGAL WORK AND POLICY
00:42:54 WORK AND DEDICATION IS WHAT LED US TO TODAY.
00:42:57 THANK YOU AS WELL TO ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
00:43:00 AND ADVOCATES WHO HELPED INFORM THIS EFFORT INCLUDING PLANNED
00:43:02 PARENTHOOD LEGAL SERVICES FOR PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN, THE
00:43:05 TRANS LAW CENTER AND THE TRANSGENDER DISTRICT.
00:43:08 I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS OF
00:43:10 WOMEN AND ALL THE ORGANIZERS, ADVOCATES, LEGAL EXPERTS
00:43:12 AND IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE PUSHED THE CITY TO
00:43:16 MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE.
00:43:19 THANK YOU AS WELL TO DIRECTOR PAT MULLIGAN OF THE OFFICE OF
00:43:21 LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT FOR THEIR COLLABORATION ON THE
00:43:24 ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. I WANT TO AGAIN ALSO RECOGNIZE
00:43:28 SUPERVISOR MELISSA COHEN, THEN SUPERVISOR OF THE CURRENT
00:43:29 AND NOW STATE COMPTROLLER COHEN AND HER OFFICE AS WELL AS
00:43:32 FORMER SUPERVISOR JANE KIM AND HER OFFICE FOR THEIR
00:43:36 LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING THE ORIGINAL FAIR CHANCE ORDINANCE
00:43:39 FRAMEWORK YEARS AGO. >> WE NOTED THIS MORNING HOW
00:43:40 BACK THEN IT WAS A TOUGH FIGHT TO GET THIS PASSED INITIALLY
00:43:44 BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE IN OUR CITY'S
00:43:48 HISTORY THAT THAT SAME FIGHT DID NOT OCCUR THIS TIME BECAUSE
00:43:52 WE HAVE MOVED THE GOALPOST AND SHIFTED THIS TO BE SIMPLY
00:43:56 COMMON SENSE AND SAN FRANCISCO THAT WE SHOULD BE DEFENDING
00:44:00 BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY
00:44:01 COLLEAGUES ADVISOR DORSI AND PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR
00:44:04 YOUR EARLY CO-SPONSORSHIP. AND FINALLY I WANT TO THANK MY
00:44:07 STAFF WILL MACPHEE AND SAM LOGAN FROM MY OFFICE FOR THEIR
00:44:09 WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE IN THE END SAN
00:44:11 FRANCISCO SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REBUILD THEIR
00:44:15 LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY, NOT CONTINUE
00:44:16 TO FACE DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF EXTREMIST LAWS ELSEWHERE
00:44:20 IN OUR COUNTRY. TODAY I URGE FOR YOUR SUPPORT
00:44:23 IN MOVING THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD AS A
00:44:25 WHOLE BECAUSE THIS PRIDE MONTH IT IS VITAL TO ENSURE SAN
00:44:28 FRANCISCO REMAINS A CITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE OPENLY,
00:44:32 SAFELY AND FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION.
00:44:35 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WOULD.
00:44:39 >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:44:40 YES. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO
00:44:44 WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL LINE UP NOW.
00:44:45 ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
00:44:52 >> I SUPERVISORS THANK YOU FOR TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
00:44:59 ISSUE AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED.
00:45:00 MY NAME IS CARLA GOMEZ. I AM THE CO-DIRECTOR OF THE
00:45:05 TRANSGENDER DISTRICT. MY COLLEAGUE KEPT TESTIMONY
00:45:07 THIS MORNING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
00:45:08 I JUST WANT TO REGISTER OUR OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR THIS
00:45:11 ORDINANCE AND TO RECOGNIZE THE REALITY OF OUR TRANS COMMUNITY
00:45:16 AS 1 IN 3 SUFFER FROM EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
00:45:21 ALREADY 1 IN 3 EXPERIENCED UNHOUSED SITUATIONS.
00:45:25 WE WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TYPES OF
00:45:26 ORDINANCES THAT GIVE PEOPLE A FAIR CHANCE TO HAVE A
00:45:30 LIVELIHOOD ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME WHEN WE'RE BEING
00:45:33 CRIMINALIZED FOR ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO EVEN
00:45:36 RELIEVING OURSELVES IN BATHROOMS WITH FELONIES
00:45:40 AND OTHER FEES BEING CHARGED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
00:45:44 PROPOSAL AND FOR MOVING THIS THROUGH.
00:45:47 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
00:45:52 PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC SPEAKER EXCUSE ME MR.
00:45:56 CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
00:46:00 >> GREAT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN PUBLIC
00:46:01 COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSED.
00:46:04 >> MADAM KRIEGER I'D LIKE TO ADD MYSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR OF
00:46:06 THIS ITEM PLEASE. >> AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE
00:46:11 MOTION? >> I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
00:46:15 SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE POSITIVE
00:46:18 RECOMMENDATION. >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
00:46:19 CALL THE ROLL? YES.
00:46:21 AND THEN THE MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN MOVE TO FORWARD THIS
00:46:25 ORDINANCE TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION
00:46:26 BY SHAH MAHMOOD FISCHER MOOD I CHAIR CHERYL CHAIR CHERYL, I
00:46:31 HAVE TWO EYES. >> THANK YOU.
00:46:32 THE MOTION PASSES FOR GOOD ITEM THREE.
00:46:36 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE ON THIS ITEM AND MADAM CLERK
00:46:39 CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER THREE?
00:46:43 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A
00:46:44 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
00:46:47 USE OF EQUIPMENT POLICY 2025 ANNUAL REPORT CONSISTENT WITH
00:46:50 THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN STATE LAW.
00:46:53 >> THANK YOU. TODAY I BELIEVE WE HAVE CAPTAIN
00:46:58 MATT MASON AND CAROLYN, THE CITY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER
00:47:00 WITH SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT ON ITEM
00:47:05 NUMBER THREE. >> CARL, WELCOME.
00:47:06 GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHERYL THANK YOU.
00:47:09 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR MAHMUD AS YOU SAID I'M CARL ANICETO
00:47:11 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:47:13 I'M JOINED BY CAPTAIN MATT MASON AS WELL AS SERGEANT
00:47:16 BATCHELDER. I'LL GIVE A VERY BRIEF PROCESS
00:47:18 OVERVIEW ABOUT ASSEMBLY BILL 481 AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO
00:47:21 CAPTAIN RACING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS OF OUR 2025
00:47:25 ANNUAL REPORT. >> ASSEMBLY BILL FOUR 81 WAS
00:47:32 ENACTED IN 2021 AND IT REQUIRES CALIFORNIA LAW ENFORCEMENT
00:47:35 AGENCIES TO OBTAIN THEIR GOVERNING BODY APPROVAL BEFORE
00:47:39 ACQUIRING FUNDING OR USING DEFINED CATEGORIES OF MILITARY
00:47:43 EQUIPMENT. COVERED ITEMS INCLUDE ARMORED
00:47:47 VEHICLES, ROBOTS, SPECIALIZED FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, TACTICAL
00:47:51 YEAR AS WELL AS DRONES AN AGENCY'S GOVERNANCE GOVERNING
00:47:55 BODY MUST PASS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A MILITARY EQUIPMENT
00:47:57 USE POLICY BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT CAN ACQUIRE OR
00:48:01 DEPLOY COVERED EQUIPMENT. AND THEN AGENCIES MUST PREPARE
00:48:04 AND PUBLICLY POST AN ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARIZING USE
00:48:08 COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY ANY COMPLAINTS AS WELL AS COST
00:48:11 INCLUDING ACQUISITION, TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE.
00:48:14 THE DEPARTMENT MUST ALSO ANNOUNCE ANY INTENTION TO
00:48:16 ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF AB
00:48:21 41 AS WELL AS HOLD AT LEAST ONE WELL-PUBLICIZED COMMUNITY
00:48:24 ENGAGEMENT MEETING WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RELEASING THE ANNUAL
00:48:26 REPORT BEFORE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REPORT
00:48:32 BY THE GOVERNING BODY AS WELL AS APPROVAL TO CONTINUE USING
00:48:36 THE EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED THEREIN.
00:48:37 SO THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLICLY RELEASED
00:48:41 ITS AB 41 2025 ANNUAL REPORT ON JANUARY 22ND 2026 THE
00:48:47 DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED VIA A PRESS RELEASE AS WELL AS AN
00:48:51 INSTAGRAM AND EX POST TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS
00:48:54 TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT.
00:48:58 THAT FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING WAS HELD VIRTUALLY ON
00:48:59 MONDAY FEBRUARY 9TH VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS AND THEN THE
00:49:05 SECOND MEETING WAS HELD IN PERSON AT THE SOUTHERN
00:49:06 STATION CAPTAINS COMMUNITY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
00:49:09 18TH. FINALLY THE DEPARTMENT ALSO
00:49:12 PRESENTED THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE POLICE COMMISSION ON MARCH
00:49:15 4TH WHICH WAS JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
00:49:16 ENGAGEMENT. SO TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING THIS
00:49:20 COMMITTEE FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL REPORT
00:49:24 WITH RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:49:27 >> THE BOARD'S APPROVAL WILL AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO
00:49:29 CONTINUE TO USE THE EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED WITHIN THE REPORT AS
00:49:32 WELL AS OUR APPROVED POLICY. >> NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
00:49:36 CAPTAIN MASON AS WELL. GOOD MORNING.
00:49:45 >> I'M JUST GOING TO BASICALLY GO WITH THE THROUGH THE
00:49:49 EQUIPMENT WE USE AND I THINK YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON THE
00:49:52 SCREEN. >> SO SECTION EIGHT UNMANNED
00:49:53 REMOTELY PILOTED POWERED GROUND VEHICLES.
00:49:57 >> SO IT'S KIND OF A FANCY NAME HERE FOR WE HAVE THROW BOTS.
00:50:01 THERE ARE MANY ROBOTS YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE ON THE SCREEN.
00:50:05 THEY'VE BEEN UTILIZING IT SEVEN TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
00:50:12 AND THEY'RE USUALLY USED IN HIGH RISK TACTICAL
00:50:16 OPERATIONS SEARCH WARRANT SERVICE.
00:50:17 AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE TACTICAL COMPANY SO BASICALLY OUR SWAT
00:50:20 TEAMS WOULD USE THESE BEFORE HE'S DOING A ENTRY.
00:50:21 WE TRY TO THROW THEM IN THE DOOR AND THEY SHOW A PICTURE
00:50:25 BACK. SO BEFORE ENTERING WE CAN LOOK
00:50:27 AT THEM. NO OTHER ROBOTS LISTEN.
00:50:31 UNDER THIS SECTION WE'RE USED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES.
00:50:32 THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS OF INJURIES OR VIOLATIONS AS
00:50:35 REPORTED DISCOVERED. THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF THE
00:50:36 EQUIPMENT IN THIS SECTION WAS $1,445 AND WE DON'T INTEND TO
00:50:40 ACQUIRE ANY MORE IN 2026. SECTION B MINE RESISTANT AMBUSH
00:50:47 PROTECTED VEHICLES MRAPS OR ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS.
00:50:51 WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE VEHICLE THAT WOULD MATCH THIS
00:50:55 DESCRIPTION. IT'S A LINCOLN BURKHART ARMORED
00:50:59 VEHICLE PICTURED BELOW AND HAS A LIBRARY THREE RAMPS SYSTEM SO
00:51:02 THE ONE PICTURE DOESN'T HAVE A RAMP SYSTEM THINK LIKE METAL
00:51:05 RAMP BASICALLY. IN SAN FRANCISCO OBVIOUSLY WE
00:51:09 HAVE FLATS, WE HAVE STORE HIGH STORY BUILDINGS.
00:51:13 YOU CAN USE THE RAMP TO GET INTO THOSE BUILDINGS, BRING
00:51:16 PERSONNEL AND THEY'RE NOT JUST FOR SWAT ENTRIES.
00:51:17 YOU CAN USE THEM FOR ANY TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH OR HOSTAGE
00:51:20 NEGOTIATION SITUATION. ALSO FOR THE AIRPORT THE RAMP
00:51:23 SPECIFICALLY WORKS WITH GOING UP TO WINGS TO GET PEOPLE
00:51:27 IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. IT'S QUITE LARGE.
00:51:31 YOU CAN SEE 10 TO 12 PEOPLE IN THERE.
00:51:33 IT'S USED FOR HIGH RISK TAC OPERATIONS AND HIGH RISK SEARCH
00:51:35 WARRANT SERVICE. IN 20 2542 TIMES WAS DEPLOYED
00:51:38 AND NO INJURIES COMPLAINTS OR VIOLATIONS REPORTED DISCOVERED
00:51:43 IT COST OF $1,500 TO USE IN 2025 AND 2026.
00:51:48 THE DEPARTMENT'S LOOKING TO COIN A NEW LANCO BEARCAT AND IT
00:51:52 SHOULD BE DETERMINED FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE.
00:51:55 AND ALL THIS INFORMATION ALSO COVERS WHAT'S IN SECTION C OF
00:51:57 THE REPORT MOVING ON TO SECTION D COMMAND AND CONTROL VEHICLES
00:52:02 ,WE HAVE FIVE COMMAND CONTROL VEHICLES.
00:52:04 THEY WERE DEPLOYED IN 2025 FOR SAFE SHOP OR CRIME PREVENTION
00:52:07 PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS PREPLAN FOR THE EVENT AND DUI
00:52:11 CHECKPOINTS. THINGS LIKE LARGE MOTORHOMES AT
00:52:14 UNION SQUARE THAT'D BE ONE OF THEM.
00:52:17 YOU GO OUT TO CARNIVAL KIND OF LIKE A MOBILE OFFICE.
00:52:20 THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE USED FOR. NO INJURIES, COMPLAINTS OR
00:52:23 VIOLATIONS ARE JUST DISCOVERED. THEY COST JUST OVER $100,000
00:52:29 IN 2025 AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD IN ONE MORE IN 2026.
00:52:32 >> BATTERING RAM SLUGS BREACHING THE APPARATUS THAT
00:52:37 ARE EXPLOSIVE IN NATURE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 14 BREACHING
00:52:40 TOOLS. THEY'RE UTILIZED DURING
00:52:41 TRAINING EXERCISES HIGH RISK TACTICAL OPERATIONS, HIGH RISK
00:52:43 SEARCH WARRANTS TO BREACH DOORS .
00:52:46 SO BASICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUIPMENT TO GET
00:52:47 IN THROUGH THE DOOR. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
00:52:51 NO COMPLAINTS OR VIOLATIONS REPORTED DISCOVERED.
00:52:54 IT COST $13,252.22 IN 2025 AND WE INTEND TO MAINTAIN OUR
00:53:02 STOCK OF THAT IN 2026. FLASHBANGS TEAR GAS EXPLOSIVE
00:53:07 BREACHING TOOLS AND PEPPER. THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS
00:53:10 FLASHBANGS AND PEPPER NOT JUST THE TITLE COMPANY.
00:53:13 CURRENTLY DEPARTMENT HAS ROLLED OUT PEPPER FOR THE STATION
00:53:17 PERSONNEL. FLASHBANGS UTILIZED 31 TIMES.
00:53:20 I CAN COMMENT ON WHAT FLASHBANGS ARE IF YOU HAVE ANY
00:53:22 QUESTIONS. LATER THEY'RE USED DURING HIGH
00:53:25 RISK TACTICAL OPERATIONS AND PEPPER BALL WE USE ONE TIME
00:53:28 FOR THE SAME PURPOSE. NO LIFE THREATENING INJURIES
00:53:30 WERE SUSTAINED BY SUSPECTS DURING DEPLOYMENT AND THERE'S
00:53:35 ONE PAIN INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE USE OF PEPPER
00:53:36 AND THAT WAS UTILIZED PER DEPARTMENT POLICY.
00:53:39 IN A DEMONSTRATION WE'RE A MARKET AND FELL DURING THE YEAR
00:53:45 AND 2026. THE DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO
00:53:47 MAINTAIN OUR STOCK LEVELS AND IT COST $15,292.67 LAST
00:53:53 YEAR. >> TASER SHOCKWAVE MICROWAVE
00:53:57 WEAPONS, WATER CANNONS WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE BUT WE DO
00:54:01 HAVE LONG RANGE ACOUSTIC DEVICE THINK MEGAPHONE LIKE ON
00:54:05 STEROIDS. HUGE THING.
00:54:06 GO OUT TO BIG PUBLIC EVENT. YOU PLUG IT IN TO YOUR POLICE
00:54:09 CAR AND IT'S JUST A MASSIVE MEGAPHONE.
00:54:10 WE DON'T USE IT FOR ANY SHOCKWAVE.
00:54:13 IT'S NOT USED FOR THAT. IT'S CALLED AN EL RAD LONG
00:54:14 RANGE ACCUSED OF DEVICE. THINK 4TH OF JULY NITRO
00:54:17 DISPERSE HAVE TO HEAR MANY BLOCKS AWAY.
00:54:21 WE USE THAT MASSIVE MEGAPHONE. IT WAS USED 52 TIMES IN 2025
00:54:27 ONLY AS A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM DURING HIGH RISK WARRANT
00:54:31 SERVICE TACKLE OPERATIONS AND FOR CROWD CONTROL AND I
00:54:32 KIND OF DESCRIBED THE CROWD CONTROL NO INJURIES AS A
00:54:34 COMPLAINTS REPORTED AND $59,666 WAS THE ANNUAL COST AND WE
00:54:42 DON'T INTEND TO ACQUIRE ANY MORE IN THE NEW YEAR.
00:54:45 SPECIALIZED FIREARMS AMMUNITION CLASSIFIED AS ASSAULT WEAPONS
00:54:49 BUT LESS THAN 50 CALIBER EXCLUSION ARE STANDARD ISSUE
00:54:51 WEAPONS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 16 SUBMACHINE
00:54:54 GUNS AND 80 FULLY AUTOMATIC SHORT BARREL RIFLES.
00:54:58 THE 16 SUBMACHINE GUNS ARE SPECIFICALLY USED IN OUR
00:54:59 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TRAILERS.
00:55:02 THEY'RE SET ASIDE FOR THAT IN CASE AN EVENT LIKE THAT
00:55:06 HAPPENS WHERE THEY CAN'T BE USED AGAIN, THEY BE THROWN
00:55:07 AWAY. THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE
00:55:10 FOR THAT. THEY'RE NOT ON THE STREET OR
00:55:11 DEPLOYED. THE 80 FULLY IMAX TURBO RIFLES
00:55:14 ARE UTILIZED BY THE SWAT TEAM. THERE WAS ONE INCIDENT WHERE AN
00:55:15 OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WHERE THE SHORT BARRELED RIFLE WAS
00:55:18 USED AND RESULTING THE DEATH OF THE SUSPECT.
00:55:22 ANYTIME AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING HAPPENS, THE
00:55:23 MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION HAS NOT LED BY THE POLICE
00:55:26 DEPARTMENTS LED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
00:55:28 AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
00:55:30 ALL USES WERE IN LINE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF FORCE
00:55:33 POLICY. NO COMPLAINTS OR USE VIOLATIONS
00:55:34 REPORTED. AND IN 2025 ALL THOSE WEAPONS
00:55:38 COST US $17,831.88. IN 2026 WE INTEND TO ACQUIRE
00:55:44 ADDITIONAL FOR SURE BUT RIFLES FOR NEWLY ASSIGNED OFFICERS TO
00:55:48 THE TACTICAL UNITS SWAT TEAM ESPECIALLY SPECIALIST TEAMS,
00:55:54 PROJECTILE LAUNCH PLATFORMS AND ASSOCIATED MISSIONS FORMULA
00:55:58 BEANBAGS, RUBBER BULLETS AND SPECIALLY IMPACT MUNITIONS.
00:56:01 SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS LESS LETHAL MUNITIONS
00:56:03 ARE USED IN PATROL AND ON TACTICAL OPERATIONS.
00:56:06 THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS 40 MILLIMETER LAUNCHERS AND SIX
00:56:10 NINE AND SIX NON-LETHAL AMMUNITION TYPES.
00:56:13 SO THE FORMULA LAUNCHERS LIKE ONE IT'S JUST ONE PROJECTILE AT
00:56:16 A TIME. THEY'RE UTILIZED 38 TIMES
00:56:19 IN 2025 DURING CRITICAL INCIDENTS HIGH RISK TACTICAL
00:56:23 OPERATIONS SERVICES, SEARCH WARRANTS INVOLVING ARMED OR
00:56:24 DANGEROUS SUBJECTS. NONLIFE LIFE THREATENING
00:56:27 INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY SUSPECTS DURING INCIDENTS BUT
00:56:30 NO OTHER INJURIES TO CIVILIANS OR OFFICERS WERE NOTED.
00:56:34 THERE'S ONE PAIN INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE MISUSE OF A 40
00:56:38 MILLIMETER FOAM BATON. THAT'S THE SAME INVESTIGATION
00:56:39 THAT THE PEPPER BALL IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY.
00:56:42 THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS $562,513.30
00:56:47 IN 2026. THE DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO
00:56:51 ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL 42 LAUNCHERS TO MAINTAIN OUR STOCK LEVELS
00:56:54 UNMANNED REMOTELY POWERED DRONES.
00:56:55 >> WE HAVE 98 AERIAL DRONES. THEY WERE DEPLOYED
00:56:59 APPROXIMATELY 1122 TIMES FOR PATROL TRAINING, CRIMINAL
00:57:03 INVESTIGATIONS, CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND PLANNED
00:57:06 OPERATION. FLIGHT LOGS ARE AVAILABLE
00:57:07 PUBLICLY IN THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
00:57:09 NO COMPLAINT INJURIES OR USE VIOLATIONS REPORTED DISCOVERED.
00:57:11 THE TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF THE EQUIPMENT THIS SECTION WAS
00:57:16 5,000,002 $277,107 FLYING THROUGH A DONATION APPROVED BY
00:57:20 THE COMMISSION, THE BOARD OF SUPES AND IN 2026 THE
00:57:23 DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO EXPLORE ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL DRONES
00:57:27 DRONES IN OUR TACTICAL WORLD HERE ARE REALLY TWO FLOWN
00:57:31 IN LOOK FOR SUSPECTS. CONTAIN THE PERIMETER.
00:57:34 THEY KIND OF REPLACE THE THROW BOX.
00:57:35 THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT NUMBER COMING DOWN.
00:57:38 >> EQUIPMENT NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT.
00:57:39 IT'S NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN INVENTORY AND WE'RE NOT
00:57:43 GOING TO INQUIRE ON ANY TRACTOR ARMORED VEHICLES.
00:57:46 THIS LEGISLATION REALLY CAME OUT OF CITIES AND COUNTIES
00:57:49 TAKING OUR MILITARY EQUIPMENT FROM THE MILITARY GET IT DONE
00:57:53 TO THEM SO THEY WOULD DONATE TRACTOR ARMORED VEHICLES WHICH
00:57:55 WE'VE NEVER HAD AND WE DON'T INTEND TO GET THEM WEAPONIZED
00:57:58 AIRCRAFT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WITH
00:57:59 GUNS ON IT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY AIRCRAFT
00:58:02 EXCEPT FOR DRONES. BUT THIS THING IS TALKING ABOUT
00:58:05 PLANES OR BOATS OR VESSELS OF ANY KIND.
00:58:08 WE HAVE NO FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION OVER 50 CALIBER
00:58:10 AND WE HAVE NO LIKE FIREARM OR FIREARM ACCESSORIES DESIGNED TO
00:58:14 LAUNCH AN EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE. SO IT'D BE LIKE IN YOUR MOVIES
00:58:17 YOU HAVE YOUR MACHINE GUN AND YOUR ARNOLD TERMINATOR
00:58:20 AND THERE'S LIKE A THERE'S LIKE A SHOOTER LIKE A GRENADE BELOW
00:58:24 . >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE.
00:58:25 THEY'RE NOT EVEN LIKE IN STOCK AT THE POLICE RANGE MUCH ABOUT
00:58:27 IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> SURE I HAVE I I HAVE A
00:58:34 COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE COSTS AND THIS IS NOT LIKE A
00:58:38 WHY ARE WE SPENDING SO MUCH AS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
00:58:39 THE COST. >> OKAY.
00:58:41 SO LIKE THE THROW BOTS COST 1400 $45 A YEAR.
00:58:45 >> WHAT DOES THAT COST THAT BECAUSE WE BOUGHT A NEW ONE OR
00:58:49 IS THAT LIKE. >> SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE
00:58:50 REPAIRS ON THOSE THE THOSE THINGS DON'T WORK TOO GOOD WE
00:58:54 WERE LIKE THE DRONES WITH ROBOTS ARE REALLY BASICALLY
00:58:55 USED IN THE TACTICAL WORLD OR IF WE WERE CALLED LIKE A PATROL
00:58:58 SCENE IN NEW ZEALAND THAT COST WOULD BE LIKE A REPAIR REPAIR,
00:59:01 RIGHT? YEAH THEY BREAK AND THEN ALSO
00:59:04 YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM BACK. >> YEAH, EXACTLY.
00:59:05 AND THEN BECAUSE THE DRONES THEN AT A COST OF 562,533
00:59:10 THAT'S LIKE SO WHAT IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE BUYING THE
00:59:11 DRONE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE YEAH BUYING SO WE'RE KIND OF MIXING
00:59:16 A LITTLE BIT OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL EXPENSES HERE.
00:59:18 >> YEAH THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NOT INTEND TO BUY ANY MORE
00:59:19 THROWBACKS. OKAY GREAT.
00:59:21 >> AND THEN SIMILARLY THE BEARCAT COST $1,500 TO USE
00:59:25 RIGHT? THAT IS LIKE WHAT'S THE COST
00:59:29 FOR THAT TO BE GAS, GAS GAS OR LIKE REPAIR AT CENTRAL SHOPS
00:59:32 IT'S ALSO 15 YEARS OLD. IT'S KIND OF I MEAN IT'S PRETTY
00:59:34 CHEAP TO OPERATE SO UAC WHICH NOW HAS BEEN DEFUNDED ARE YOU
00:59:40 IS IT A REGIONAL ASSET SO IT'S PURCHASED THROUGH THAT
00:59:41 ORIGINALLY GREAT. >> AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE
00:59:44 COMMAND AND CONTROL COSTS WERE A LOT HIGHER.
00:59:45 IS THAT BECAUSE WE JUST USE THEM MORE IN GAS OR LIKE YEAH
00:59:49 AND THERE'S ALSO REPAIRS SO THIS DOES MOTOR HOME TYPE THAT
00:59:52 YOU SEE AT YOUR PLAZAS ONE WE CALL THE MIAC WHICH WOULD BE
00:59:55 LIKE THE NEW FANCY ONE THAT ONES ARE QUITE OLD YOU KNOW
00:59:57 I'VE WORKED ONE IN PERSON WHERE WE COVER A MALL AND THAT ALL
01:00:01 NEEDS TO BE CLEANED. >> WHAT DOES A NEW ONE COST?
01:00:03 >> I, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT $800,000 THAT WE GOT FROM OUR
01:00:06 ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT GRANT TO PURCHASE A NEW COMPANION SO WE
01:00:10 THINK IT'LL COST ABOUT LESS THAN A MILLION BUT YEAH, GREAT
01:00:13 GREAT. >> THANK YOU.
01:00:16 ANY GREAT. >> MADAM CLERK LET'S TAKE
01:00:20 PUBLIC COMMENT AND THANK YOU. >> YES.
01:00:24 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SHALL
01:00:27 LINE UP NOW. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
01:00:28 MINUTES. MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC
01:00:35 COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM I'M COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW
01:00:37 CLOSED. I LIKE TO MOVE TO SEND THIS
01:00:40 BOARD TO THIS ITEM TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:00:43 RECOMMENDATION. >> MADAM CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE
01:00:44 CALL THE ROLL? >> YES AND ON THE MOTION TO
01:00:47 FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE
01:00:49 RECOMMENDATION WRITTEN BY SHALL MAHMUD FISCHER MAHMUD I CHAIR
01:00:52 CHERYL I CHAIR CHERYL I HAVE TWO EYES.
01:00:55 >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES, MADAM CLERK CAN
01:00:58 YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER FOUR?
01:00:59 >> YES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A
01:01:02 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO CAST
01:01:03 AN ASSESSMENT BALLOT IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THE PROPOSALS
01:01:06 WERE NO ON EXPANSION OF A PROPERTY AND BUSINESS
01:01:09 IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT
01:01:12 DISTRICT WAS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN PARCELS OF REAL
01:01:16 PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENT
01:01:17 AND SET DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU.
01:01:21 TODAY WE HAVE JACKIE HAZELWOOD COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT
01:01:24 PROGRAM DIRECTOR FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WORK FORCE
01:01:28 DEVELOPMENT TO PRESENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
01:01:29 >> JACKIE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
01:01:31 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHERYL AND VICE CHAIR
01:01:35 MAHMOOD JACKIE HAZELWOOD COMMITTEE MEMBER DISTRICT
01:01:39 PROGRAM DIRECTOR WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
01:01:40 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON A
01:01:43 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO CAST
01:01:46 AN ASSESSMENT BALLOT IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE
01:01:50 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AS THE OWNER OF 16
01:01:53 PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY OVER WHICH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
01:01:55 HAS JURISDICTION THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENT IN THE
01:01:58 RENEWAL AND EXPANSION OF THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS
01:02:02 IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NAMED THE COMMUNITY DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY
01:02:05 BENEFIT DISTRICT ON MAY 19TH, 2026 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
01:02:08 PASSED A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION TO RENEW
01:02:12 AND EXPAND THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT
01:02:14 AND THEREBY INITIATING THE BALLOTING PROCESS ON JUNE 5TH,
01:02:19 2026, THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS MAILED BALLOTS TO ALL
01:02:21 PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE PROPOSED DISTRICT WITH 16 BALLOTS BEING
01:02:26 SENT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, THE MAYOR COULD
01:02:28 VOTE ON THESE BALLOTS IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WERE TO
01:02:31 APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION A LIST OF THE PARCELS IS INCLUDED
01:02:34 WITHIN THE RESOLUTION AND AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS ITEM AS
01:02:38 SHOWN IN THE ATTACHMENT THE 16 PARCELS CARRY A TOTAL ANNUAL
01:02:41 ASSESSMENT OF $63,985.01 REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY
01:02:49 8.58% OF THE TOTAL ASSESSMENTS TO BE LEVIED IN THE PROPOSED
01:02:51 DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY
01:02:53 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST
01:02:55 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE ROBBIE SILVER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
01:02:57 OF THE ORGANIZATION HERE IN CHAMBERS WITH US TODAY.
01:02:59 >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, JACKIE.
01:03:01 RAVI, GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY
01:03:04 . >> VICE CHAIR MAHMOOD, ANY
01:03:05 QUESTIONS? NO.
01:03:08 GREAT. THANK YOU.
01:03:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CLERK CAN WE TAKE PUBLIC
01:03:10 COMMENT PLEASE? >> YES.
01:03:13 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR
01:03:15 SHOULD LINE UP NOW. ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
01:03:18 MINUTES. >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC
01:03:22 COMMENT. >> WE GOT ONE.
01:03:23 WE GOT ONE. OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
01:03:24 I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY.
01:03:28 AND YOU CAN START. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:03:30 THANK YOU. CHAIR CHERYL AND SUPERVISOR
01:03:33 MAHMUD. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS TO
01:03:34 RENEW AND EXPAND THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT ALSO
01:03:38 KNOWN AS THE DOWNTOWN AS A PARTNERSHIP A YEAR AND A HALF
01:03:42 AGO. WE ARE ACTUALLY EIGHT YEARS
01:03:45 AHEAD OF OUR RENEWAL SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT DOWNTOWN
01:03:49 NEEDS TO ACCELERATE ITS ECONOMIC RECOVERY
01:03:53 AND STAKEHOLDERS ARE ASKING FOR MORE CLEANING, MORE SAFETY AS
01:03:56 WELL AS PLACEMAKING SERVICES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
01:04:00 WE ALSO HAVE THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN
01:04:04 IN THE NEWS. IT'S ALSO AT THE PARK
01:04:05 COMMISSION RIGHT NOW TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT DESIGN FOR
01:04:08 EMBARCADERO PARK. THAT AREA IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE
01:04:12 OF OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF WHICH THIS WOULD BE INCLUDED.
01:04:15 WHAT MAKES THIS PROCESS VERY UNIQUE AND NOT HAS NOT BEEN
01:04:19 DONE BEFORE IS WE ARE APPLYING A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO ENSURE
01:04:23 FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF PROGRAMING ACTIVATION AS WELL
01:04:28 AS SOME SUPPLEMENTAL CLEAN AND SAFE SERVICES TO THE PARK
01:04:31 ONCE IT'S COMPLETED. I'M ALSO REALLY HAPPY TO SAY
01:04:35 THAT WE PASSED OUR PETITION DRIVE WITH ABOUT 43% OF THE
01:04:41 NEEDED 30%. THAT IS A HUGE CONFIDENCE FROM
01:04:43 OUR PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY WILLING TO PAY MORE
01:04:47 FOR THESE SERVICES. LAST WEEK WE ALSO PRESENTED TO
01:04:50 THE FULL PORT COMMISSION AND RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL
01:04:54 FOR THE PORT JOINING THE CBD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
01:05:00 SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
01:05:04 BALLOTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
01:05:07 ON JULY 21ST AND THIS IS ONE STEP FURTHER IN OUR LEGISLATIVE
01:05:11 PROCESS AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND US TO THE FULL BOARD
01:05:15 TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
01:05:18 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
01:05:20 PUBLIC SPEAKERS? >> MR. CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES
01:05:26 PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU.
01:05:27 SINGING NO ONE ELSE MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
01:05:30 CLOSED AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO SEND THIS ITEM TO THE FULL
01:05:34 BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
01:05:36 >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
01:05:37 YES AND THEN A MOTION TO FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
01:05:40 FULL BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
01:05:41 VISHAL MAHMOOD FLEISCHMANN AND I SURE, CHERYL.
01:05:45 >> ALL RIGHT. SURE.
01:05:45 CHERYL I HAVE TWO EYES. >> THANK YOU.
01:05:48 THE MOTION PASSES. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
01:05:49 CALL ITEM NUMBER FIVE? >> YES.
01:05:52 ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A HEARING TO CONSIDER THE CITY
01:05:55 AND COUNTY'S COMPLIANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL NUMBER 2561
01:05:58 AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 3502.3 REGARDING VACANCIES
01:06:01 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
01:06:07 >> THANK YOU. TODAY WE HAVE GIGI WHITLEY,
01:06:11 DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AT D H R WITH US WHO'S
01:06:16 GOING TO PRESENT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
01:06:17 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.
01:06:19 GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHERYL AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
01:06:20 I'M GIGI WHITLEY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
01:06:24 I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE ALIYA CHISTI HERE TO PRESENT
01:06:28 THE ANNUAL VACANCY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION REPORT.
01:06:31 I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE CITY WIDE VACANCY LEVELS AND VACANCY
01:06:36 RATES AS OF MAY 1ST 2026, INCLUDING VACANCIES BY EMPLOYEE
01:06:43 BARGAINING UNIT AS WELL AS UPDATES ON RECENT HIRING
01:06:46 REFORMS AND ONGOING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS FOR RECRUITMENT
01:06:50 AND RETENTION OVER THE NEXT UNDER STATE LAW THE CITY IS
01:06:54 REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON VACANCY LEVELS,
01:06:58 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS IN A PUBLIC HEARING
01:06:59 BEFORE ITS GOVERNING BODY. THE LAW AIMS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
01:07:02 SECTOR STAFFING SHORTAGES AND TURNOVER COMING OUT OF THE
01:07:06 COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND WORKFORCE
01:07:09 MANAGEMENT. IF A BARGAINING UNIT HAS A
01:07:13 VACANCY RATE OF 20% OR HIGHER, UNIONS CAN REQUEST ADDITIONAL
01:07:15 INFORMATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ANY ISSUES IN HIRING
01:07:19 INCLUDING AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS TO COMPLETE THE HIRING
01:07:22 PROCESS AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR VACANT
01:07:26 POSITIONS. >> HOWEVER, DHS EFFORTS GO
01:07:28 ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS MANDATE AS WE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE
01:07:31 EACH STAGE OF THE HIRING PROCESS CREATING A FASTER, MORE
01:07:35 EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE HIRING ACROSS THE CITY TO SECURE THE
01:07:39 TALENT WE NEED AND ENSURE RELIABLE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC
01:07:43 SERVICES. >> NEXT SLIDE THE CITY
01:07:46 CALCULATES POSITION VACANCIES COMPARED TO FILL POSITIONS FOR
01:07:50 THOSE BUDGETED TO FILL THE ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE ADOPTED
01:07:54 BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY TO BUILD
01:07:58 FILL POSITIONS IN THE CITY'S JOB CLASSIFICATIONS INCLUDING
01:08:03 POSITIONS EXCLUDED FROM THIS REPORT SUCH AS TEMPORARY
01:08:04 POSITIONS, COMMISSIONERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
01:08:08 HOWEVER, NOT EVERY POSITION IN THE ANNUAL SALARY REPORT
01:08:11 ORDINANCE IS FUNDED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND CAN BE
01:08:15 FILLED AS YOU KNOW POSITIONS ARE HELD VACANT TO MEET TO MEET
01:08:19 BUDGETED ATTRITION SAVINGS TO ACCOUNT FOR EMPLOYEE TURNOVER
01:08:23 AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL NEEDS FOR REPORTING PURPOSES.
01:08:27 THE CITY DEFINES VACANCIES AS THOSE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS
01:08:31 MINUS BUDGETED ATTRITION LEVELS MINUS THE FILLED POSITIONS AS
01:08:34 SEEN ON THIS GRAPHIC. >> NEXT SLIDE.
01:08:38 FOR PERMANENT POSITIONS THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS 38,372 FTE
01:08:45 AS AUTHORIZED IN THE ISO IN THOSE PERMANENT POSITION
01:08:48 CATEGORIES. THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE
01:08:49 ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS AND ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL
01:08:52 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE BUT ALSO INCLUDE SO-CALLED OFF
01:08:56 BUDGET POSITIONS WHICH ARE FUNDED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES
01:08:59 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS SUCH AS ONE TIME FEDERAL GRANTS
01:09:03 OR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND POSITIONS AFTER REMOVING FOR A
01:09:07 CALCULATED ATTRITION RATE OF 3998 FTE IS AN ACCOUNTING FOR
01:09:13 32,890 FILLED POSITIONS. WE'RE LEFT WITH 1480 FOR VACANT
01:09:18 POSITIONS AS OF MAY 1ST. THIS VACANCY LEVEL TRANSLATES
01:09:22 TO ABOUT A 4.3 PERCENT VACANCY RATE.
01:09:25 >> FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THE
01:09:29 CITY'S AVERAGE VACANCY RATE WAS BETWEEN 7 AND 8%.
01:09:36 >> ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENT WAY TO SLICE THE
01:09:39 DATA REALLY FOCUSING ON ON BUDGET POSITIONS WHICH ARE
01:09:40 THOSE PERMANENT POSITIONS FUNDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL
01:09:43 BUDGET PROCESS AND CONSIDERED CORE OPERATING POSITIONS.
01:09:47 WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 35,781 ON BUDGET PERMANENT POSITIONS
01:09:54 ACCOUNTING FOR ATTRITION AND FILLED POSITIONS.
01:09:58 WE ARE DOWN TO A VERY LOW 678 VACANT FTE IS EQUIVALENT TO A
01:10:05 2.1% VACANCY RATE. THE LOWER VACANCY RATE REALLY
01:10:09 DEMONSTRATES THE CITY'S SUCCESS IN EFFORTS TO SPEED UP HIRING
01:10:13 AND REDUCE VACANCIES AS WELL AS THE CURRENT FISCAL CLIMATE
01:10:17 WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN A SOFT HIRING FREEZE FOR THE LAST 18
01:10:21 MONTHS. >> AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT
01:10:22 SLIDE, THE TREND IS SHIFTING DOWNWARD IN TERMS OF OUR
01:10:26 VACANCY RATES. IT REACHED A HIGH DURING THE
01:10:29 COVID 19 PANDEMIC DRIVEN BY A SLOWER HIRING RATE DIFFICULTY
01:10:35 FILLING POSITIONS AND A FOCUS ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
01:10:39 IN OCTOBER 2022 THE VACANCY RATE REACHED A HIGH OF 14.2%.
01:10:42 >> SINCE THEN OUR VACANCY RATES HAVE DECLINED MORE THAN 60%,
01:10:47 REFLECTING OUR FASTER TIME TO HIRE AND WE'VE REACHED OUR
01:10:50 LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 200 SINCE 2018.
01:10:53 >> THROUGH PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS ,IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY AND MANY
01:10:57 HIRING REFORMS ARE IN OUR CITY. PARTNERS HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL
01:11:01 CHANGES TO THE CITY'S HIRING AND SEEN SIGNIFICANT
01:11:05 IMPROVEMENTS. >> ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE
01:11:09 A BREAKDOWN OF VACANCIES AND VACANCY RATES BY OUR
01:11:12 BARGAINING UNITS. THE TABLE SHOWS VACANCIES FROM
01:11:16 THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TOTAL PERMANENT VACANCIES TO THE
01:11:18 LOWEST. YOU'LL NOTICE THE CITY'S
01:11:21 LARGEST BARGAINING UNITS HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TOTAL
01:11:25 VACANCIES. HOWEVER, VACANCY RATES VARY.
01:11:28 THOSE RATES VARY FOR SEVERAL REASONS THE DIFFERENCES ARE
01:11:29 MAINLY DUE TO CHANGES IN INDUSTRY AND JOB MARKET
01:11:36 FACTORS AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL NEEDS WITHIN THE CITY.
01:11:40 VACANCIES ARE ALSO A FACTOR AS I SAID OF THE CITYWIDE HIRING
01:11:44 FREEZE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER
01:11:48 FRONTLINE WORKERS THAT HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED FOR HIRING.
01:11:51 >> ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THE REMAINDER OF OUR 32
01:11:55 EMPLOYEE UNIONS INCLUDING SOME OF OUR SMALLEST UNIONS.
01:11:59 >> SOME OF THOSE DO HAVE HIGH VACANCY RATES JUST GIVEN THE
01:12:02 FEW NUMBER OF POSITIONS WITHIN THAT BARGAINING UNIT.
01:12:09 HOWEVER, SOME BARGAINING UNITS HAVE NO NET VACANCIES AND ARE
01:12:13 SHOWN HERE AS A0A VACANCY RATE COUNT MAY BE ACTUALLY A
01:12:17 NEGATIVE NUMBER REFLECTING THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POSITIONS
01:12:21 THAT ARE FILLED EXCEED BUDGETED ATTRITION LEVELS.
01:12:25 FOR THIS REASON SOME OF THE SOME OF TOTAL VACANCIES BY
01:12:29 BARGAINING UNIT DON'T TIE TO THE SUMMARY TABLE.
01:12:32 >> NEXT SLIDE I'M GOING INTO JUST BRIEFLY ON WHERE WE ARE ON
01:12:36 SOME OF THE HIRING FORMS REFORMS PUT INTO PLACE.
01:12:40 >> THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED A SLEW OF THESE OVER THE LAST
01:12:44 SEVERAL YEARS INCLUDING EXPECT EXPEDITING THE PERMANENT HIRING
01:12:48 OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES MANY WHO WERE BROUGHT ON DURING THE
01:12:51 COVID PANDEMIC. WE'VE ADDED MORE THAN A
01:12:54 THOUSAND EMPLOYEES TO ELIGIBLE LISTS AND HAVE CLOSED ON 207
01:12:59 PERMANENT HIRES SPANNING 72 JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.
01:13:03 WE'VE ALSO REDUCED OUR TIME TO HIRE THROUGH MODERNIZED EXAM
01:13:07 PROCESSES, STREAMLINING AND REDUCING MEDICAL EXAMS,
01:13:10 IMPLEMENTING CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY
01:13:14 BARRIERS TO CITY SERVICE AND A REAL FOCUS A D H R ON
01:13:21 TECHNOLOGY MAKING SURE OUR WORKFORCE DATA CAN GET OUT
01:13:25 QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO HIRING MANAGERS AND BEING ABLE
01:13:29 TO SPEED UP WHAT WERE DUPLICATIVE OR MANUAL HIRING
01:13:33 PROCESSES. >> AND THEN ON THE LAST SLIDE
01:13:37 JUST A BRIEF REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR RETENTION
01:13:41 AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. WE HAVE OPENED AND HAVE BEEN
01:13:45 VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR CAREER CENTER REALLY FOCUSING WITH
01:13:48 DEPARTMENTS ON HARD TO FILL JOBS ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY
01:13:52 IN THE TRADES. WITH PROGRAMS LIKE
01:13:55 APPRENTICESHIP S.F. TO EXPAND CITY JOBS AND CONSTRUCTION
01:13:59 AND OTHER SKILLED TRADES THROUGH PAID ON THE JOB
01:14:00 TRAINING COMBINED WITH CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONS.
01:14:03 AND GIVEN THE MAYOR'S FOCUS ON REBUILDING THE RANKS AN
01:14:08 INITIATIVE TO REALLY EXPEDITE AND REBUILD OUR POLICE
01:14:12 AND OTHER SWORN OFFICERS, WE'VE ACCELERATED AND DOUBLED OUR
01:14:15 POLICE EXAMS, STREAMLINE THE HIRING PROCESS AND IMPROVE THE
01:14:20 ANALYTICS WE USED TO REALLY SHOW RESULTS AND YOU'RE SEEING
01:14:24 THAT IN THE LATEST ACADEMY CLASS WHICH IS AT 86% CAPACITY
01:14:28 UP FROM 73%. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
01:14:31 APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION. I WILL NOTE WE DID INVITE OUR
01:14:35 LABOR PARTNERS IF THEY WANTED TO PRESENT AND DID NOT HEAR
01:14:39 BACK BUT ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD THEY HAVE
01:14:43 THEM? >> THANK YOU.
01:14:46 GREAT. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
01:14:48 I KEEP HEARING THAT WE ARE 5 TO 600 OFFICERS SHORT AT THE
01:14:52 POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT HERE I'M SEEING THE VACANCIES AT 258.9.
01:14:55 >> YES. >> GIVE ME A LITTLE DETAIL
01:14:59 AROUND HOW I SHOULD BE INTERPRETING.
01:15:02 >> SURE. OUR TOTAL VACANCIES IN SWORN
01:15:06 OFFICERS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT 480.
01:15:09 WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WHEN YOU ACCOUNT FOR ATTRITION WHICH
01:15:13 AS YOU KNOW CAN BE APPLIED DIFFERENT WAYS BY A DEPARTMENT,
01:15:17 IT'S AT THAT LOWER NUMBER. SO THE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE
01:15:20 FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THEY APPLY ATTRITION.
01:15:27 I'M I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I HERE AND I'M GOING TO
01:15:31 LIKE TREAT ME LIKE A FIFTH GRADER HERE.
01:15:35 SURE. THAT FLIPPANTLY WHEN I HEAR
01:15:39 THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SHORT 480 SWORN OFFICERS, WHAT
01:15:42 I HEAR IS THAT IF TOMORROW 480 LATERAL SHOWED UP OR SOMETHING
01:15:49 AND WE DECIDED TO HIRE AND BOOM WE HAVE POSITIONS WE CAN SLAP
01:15:53 MOON AND START PAYING THE MONEY.
01:15:54 >> IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT BUT LIKE
01:15:57 THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I HEAR. >> YES, BUT THEN I HEAR WITH
01:15:59 ATTRITION ABOUT IT'S ACTUALLY 258 AND SO I DON'T I JUST I, I
01:16:03 DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ATTRITION APPLIES TO THAT.
01:16:04 >> SURE. >> FOR YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
01:16:08 CITYWIDE REPORT AND THE CITY NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A
01:16:11 STANDARD FOR HOW TO REPORT THESE VACANCIES RIGHT.
01:16:15 IT WOULD BE OVERSTATING ON A CITYWIDE LEVEL IF WE ONLY
01:16:19 REPORTED WHAT IS AUTHORIZED IN THE ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE
01:16:23 WITHOUT ATTRITION. SO THAT'S HOW THE REPORT IS
01:16:26 FRAMED FOR POLICE OFFICERS. I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE DID
01:16:30 REPORT YOU KNOW, THE DATA IN SEVERAL WAYS BUT AS YOU SAY,
01:16:34 CHAIR CHERYL, THEY ARE ABOUT 480 FTE VACANT IN THEIR GO TO
01:16:44 POLICE OFFICERS. HOWEVER, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
01:16:45 THIS CITY WRITE REPORT WE'RE SHOWING ALL OF THE BARGAINING
01:16:49 UNITS WITH THAT ATTRITION APPLIED.
01:16:53 AND SO WHEN YOU APPLY A SALARY SAVINGS TO EACH BARGAINING UNIT
01:16:57 YOU COME UP WITH THAT LOWER NUMBER.
01:17:03 SORRY, I, I, I THINK I AGREE WITH THE WORDS OF CHERYL IN OUR
01:17:08 CONFUSION IF YOU'RE COUNTING FOR ATTRITION SHOULDN'T THE
01:17:11 NUMBER BE EVEN HIGHER? >> NO, BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT
01:17:14 DOESN'T HAVE THE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU APPLY ATTRITION CITYWIDE
01:17:19 THEY WOULD NEED TO MAKE OTHER TRADE OFFS OR THE CITY'S
01:17:23 GENERAL FUND WOULD NEED TO MAKE OTHER TRADEOFFS TO FILL THOSE
01:17:26 POSITIONS AS OUR IS IS HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT ON A
01:17:30 CITYWIDE LEVEL. >> ARE YOU SAYING THAT ONCE
01:17:32 THOSE POLICE OFFICERS RETIRE THEN THE POSITION GOES AWAY?
01:17:36 >> NO, I'M SORRY I'M NOT BEING CLEAR.
01:17:41 I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE DATA FOR ALL VACANCIES POSITIONS
01:17:45 WITHOUT ATTRITION. THAT IS NOT HOW THE CITY HAS
01:17:49 DETERMINED TO DO THE REPORT. WHEN YOU APPLY ATTRITION BY A
01:17:53 BARGAINING UNIT SUCH AS A IT GOES FROM THAT 480 NUMBER OF
01:18:00 TOTAL VACANT G TWO POSITIONS TO A LOWER NUMBER WHEN THE POLICE
01:18:06 DEPARTMENT IS OPERATIONALIZING THEIR BUDGET AS YOU SAY THEY
01:18:10 ARE PRIORITIZING AS IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE CITY THOSE POLICE
01:18:14 OFFICERS. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT
01:18:15 APPLYING ATTRITION MEANS? >> SURE.
01:18:18 I LIKE VAGUELY PAINSTAKING DETAIL.
01:18:22 >> SURE. SO WHEN YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET
01:18:26 YOU HAVE SO MANY POSITIONS IN THE ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE
01:18:34 THAT CAN BE FILLED. ATTRITION THOUGH IS SALARIES
01:18:38 SAVINGS. THAT IS A FACTOR OF BUDGETING
01:18:42 TO ACCOUNT FOR THINGS LIKE RETIREMENTS AND TURNOVER.
01:18:46 ON A CITYWIDE LEVEL IT'S JUST A SALARY SAVINGS NUMBER THAT WE
01:18:51 APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD TO THIS REPORT.
01:18:54 SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS
01:18:58 BEFORE YOU THEIR ATTRITION RATE MAY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN
01:19:02 TAKING THAT AGGREGATE NUMBER AND DIVIDING IT BY ALL OF OUR
01:19:06 BARGAINING UNITS. >> THE REASON WE'RE DOING IT
01:19:07 THIS WAY IS BECAUSE TO SHOW IT WITHOUT ATTRITION WOULD
01:19:12 OVERSTATE WHAT THE CITY CAN FILL ACROSS ALL OF ITS LABOR
01:19:17 UNITS. >> SO OUR VACANCY RATES ARE NOT
01:19:18 NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT AND I'M JUST CAN USE THE POLICE
01:19:24 DEPARTMENT HERE BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS ACROSS
01:19:26 THE CITY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS.
01:19:29 SO I'LL JUST USE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS AN EXAMPLE EVEN
01:19:32 THOUGH WE ARE 480 SWORN OFFICERS SHORT USING THAT
01:19:37 NUMBER, WE COULDN'T ACTUALLY HIRE ALL THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE
01:19:41 WE HAVEN'T SET THE MONEY ASIDE AND REALLY THINK ABOUT ALL THE
01:19:44 MONEY WE SET ASIDE ETC. IT'S REALLY MORE LIKE 258 FOR THE
01:19:47 NUMBER WE COULD HIRE THIS YEAR .
01:19:50 >> IT'S HOW AM I I GUESS MY REAL QUESTION HERE IS LIKE IF
01:19:53 WE ARE PRODUCING THIS REPORT THE IDEA IS THIS REPORT IS
01:19:58 EITHER USED FOR THREE THINGS IT'S EITHER USED FOR INTERNAL
01:20:01 STAFF TO DO STUFF IT'S EITHER OR POLICYMAKERS TO UNDERSTAND
01:20:09 WHERE TO FOCUS OR TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC TO
01:20:13 TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING ON. >> CORRECT.
01:20:14 IT IS FOR STAFF TO DO STUFF THAT'S GREAT BUT IT'S BEING
01:20:18 PRESENTED HERE SO I ASSUME IT'S PROBABLY FOR US AND FOR THE
01:20:21 PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING LIKE WHAT
01:20:25 WOULD THE WHAT IS THE PUBLIC SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THAT
01:20:26 INFORMATION? >> WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO
01:20:30 WITH THAT INFORMATION? I THINK THE PUBLIC SUPPOSED TO
01:20:31 UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE 3998 POSITIONS CITYWIDE THAT CAN
01:20:36 THAT ARE THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD BUT CANNOT BE FILLED
01:20:40 FOR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. THOSE DEPARTMENTS ON AN
01:20:47 INDIVIDUAL LEVEL SUCH AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR BUDGET
01:20:51 MAY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN AN ACROSS THE BOARD ANALYSIS BUT I
01:20:56 THINK THE GOAL OF PRESENTING THE DATA THIS WAY IS NOT TO
01:20:59 OVERSTATE HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE VACANT AND CAN BE FILLED
01:21:03 BECAUSE THE GOAL OF THE REPORT FROM THE STATE WAS SAYING THERE
01:21:07 ARE TOO MANY VACANCIES IN PUBLIC IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
01:21:15 AND CITIES AND COUNTIES NEED TO DO BETTER RIGHT IF WE WERE NOT
01:21:19 TO REPORT WITH ATTRITION THE RESULT WOULD BE WE WOULD HAVE A
01:21:23 LOT MORE VACANCIES THAT WE AREN'T BUDGETED TO FILL.
01:21:26 I THINK THIS CHAIR CHERYL AND SUPERVISOR MIKE MERGE YOU
01:21:31 MAKE AN EXCELLENT POINT ABOUT HOW WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO THE
01:21:34 POLICE OFFICERS SITUATION OR NURSES ETC. THAT IT CAN BE HARD
01:21:41 TO DESCRIBE SO I THINK WE CAN WORK ON THAT FOR NEXT TIME.
01:21:45 FOUR KEY JOB CLASSIFICATIONS. WE CAN SHOW THE DATA BOTH WAYS
01:21:50 AND THAT'S EXCELLENT FEEDBACK. >> SO JUST TO PUT A PANEL IF
01:21:54 I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT LIKE SOME
01:21:56 OTHER SHOWS SAID THAT WE HAVE 480 POSITIONS IN THE POLICE
01:21:59 OFFICER DEPARTMENT THAT THEY ARE AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZED TO
01:22:03 FILL BUT IN SUPERVISOR CHERYL'S EXAMPLE IF WE MAGICALLY GOT A
01:22:10 BUNCH OF LATERALS TO COME OVER WE WOULD ONLY ABLE TO ACTUALLY
01:22:14 FUND 258 OF THEM IN A YEAR. >> WE ARE NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO
01:22:18 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. THEY MAY BE ABLE WITH OTHER
01:22:22 SAVINGS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
01:22:23 NANCY WARREN OFFICERS OTHER EQUIPMENT SAVINGS THAT YOU
01:22:27 HEARD BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR SALARY SAVINGS LEVEL.
01:22:30 WHAT THIS REPORT IS INTENDED TO DO ON A CITYWIDE LEVEL IS TO
01:22:34 TELL THE PUBLIC AND OUR LABOR PARTNERS EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE
01:22:40 38,000 PERMANENT POSITIONS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, YOU
01:22:41 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FILL ALL OF THOSE.
01:22:44 HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN ON A DEPARTMENT LEVEL IS REALLY A
01:22:48 PART AND PARCEL OF THEIR BUDGET.
01:22:49 >> BUT AGAIN, DIDN'T WANT TO OVERSTATE WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME
01:22:55 OF THESE BARGAINING UNITS THAT ARE ABOVE 20%, THERE MAY NOT BE
01:22:59 RESOURCES TO FILL THAT OR AN OPERATIONAL NEED TO FILL THAT.
01:23:03 BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND HAPPY TO REVISE THIS.
01:23:07 >> WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO USE THE
01:23:10 POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS CALCULATION SAYS MORE OR LESS
01:23:14 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE MONEY NEXT YEAR TO FILL 258.9
01:23:18 VACANT POSITIONS. >> MAYBE THEY CAN MOVE SOME
01:23:22 MONEY AROUND FROM DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE THAT NUMBER GO
01:23:23 UP OR DOWN. BUT LIKE AS WE'RE THINKING
01:23:26 ABOUT WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD AND IS AIMING
01:23:28 TO DO, I JUST OR LIKE WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO.
01:23:33 I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
01:23:36 LIKE I DON'T GET WHY WE HAVE THIS REPORT AND IF THE LAWS IS
01:23:40 A STUPID STATE LAW I'M OKAY FOR THAT TO BE THE ANSWER.
01:23:41 THIS IS A STUPID STATE LAW BUT LIKE I GET WHY NOT BARGAINING
01:23:48 UNITS OR I. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE
01:23:52 TRYING TO. >> I'M SORRY.
01:23:52 I JUST. YEAH.
01:23:53 AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW FOR WE HAVE DASHBOARDS AVAILABLE TO
01:23:57 OUR LABOR PARTNERS THAT CAN SLICE AND DICE THE DATA
01:24:00 DIFFERENTLY THEY WE DO PROVIDE THE DATA BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT
01:24:04 THIS ATTRITION TO YOUR POINT. CHAIR CHERYL, I THINK THE LAW
01:24:11 WAS REALLY INTENDED FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT
01:24:15 AND A DIFFERENT FISCAL ENVIRONMENT THAN THE CITY IS
01:24:19 NOW. IT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE
01:24:22 IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ABOUT REBUILDING OUR RANKS AND THE
01:24:26 NEED FOR THOSE 480 PLUS OFFICERS.
01:24:29 >> I JUST LOOK, WE'RE COMING UP AGAINST A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET
01:24:34 ENVIRONMENT. OUR PARTNERS IN LABOR ARE GOING
01:24:37 TO BE SERIOUS BE ADVOCATING FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS AND IF WE
01:24:45 CAN'T UNDERSTAND AND LIKE THERE ARE LIKE TOO MANY VACANCIES OR
01:24:50 TOO MUCH THIS OR NOT ENOUGH THAT LIKE I JUST DON'T I DON'T
01:24:53 KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS. SORRY I JUST I DON'T GET IT.
01:25:00 >> I DON'T GET IT. I THINK YOU'VE PROVIDED A LOT
01:25:04 OF FEEDBACK THAT IS VERY HELPFUL ABOUT HOW WE CAN
01:25:08 PRESENT THE DATA GOING FORWARD. I WILL SAY THIS IS HOW WE
01:25:11 PRESENTED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR AND AND YOU KNOW I
01:25:15 THINK THE KEY POINT HERE IS THAT THE THREE 38,000 POSITIONS
01:25:21 THAT ARE PERMANENT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ANNUALLY THAT THE
01:25:25 BUDGET DOESN'T ALLOW ALL OF THOSE TO BE FILLED
01:25:29 AND TRADEOFFS HAVE TO BE MADE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
01:25:33 >> I'M NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO HARP ON THIS TODAY BUT LIKE MY
01:25:34 NEXT QUESTION WAS LOOKING AT PAGE SIX AND PAGES FIVE AND SIX
01:25:40 AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE TWO THINGS DIFFER.
01:25:41 BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SPEND TIME ON THAT TODAY.
01:25:52 I AM TEMPTED TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO THE NEXT I'D LOVE TO
01:26:00 HEAR THAT MORE. >> YEAH, I'M GOING TO MAKE A
01:26:04 MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
01:26:07 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AUDIT.
01:26:10 OKAY. >> GOVERNMENT AUDIT.
01:26:11 AUDIT. EXCUSE ME GOVERNMENT AUDIT
01:26:14 AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH I BELIEVE IS JULY 2ND.
01:26:25 >> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL.
01:26:29 >> I'LL TRY TO CLARIFY MY QUESTIONS.
01:26:32 I JUST I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE .
01:26:36 I WILL GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SAY THAT MY COLLEAGUE AND I ARE
01:26:43 OKAY INTERPRETING THESE THINGS .
01:26:47 WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE OVER AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE AND I THINK WE'RE
01:26:52 STRUGGLING. I'M NOT SURE HOW THE GENERAL
01:26:55 PUBLIC IS GOING TO REACT AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WHEN WE
01:26:58 ARE LOOKING AT MAKING MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS WE NEED TO
01:27:06 COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WHEN WE CAN SEIZE STAFFING LIKE
01:27:10 WE JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT OF
01:27:14 DASHBOARDS THAT SLICE AND DICE BUT LIKE SPENT TWO YEARS
01:27:18 LOOKING AT DASHBOARDS. >> YES.
01:27:21 LIKE THEY'RE NOT ALL PERFECT AND SOMETIMES DATA SOMETIMES
01:27:25 BECAUSE WE HAVE STATE LAWS THAT ARE ASKING US TO DO THINGS THAT
01:27:26 DON'T MAKE SENSE WHICH COULD BE THE ANSWER AND I'M OKAY WITH
01:27:30 THAT BEING THE ANSWER. BUT FOR NOW LIKE I YEAH SO WE
01:27:33 FOLLOW UP WITH MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR YOU KNOW MAYBE
01:27:37 GIVE WAY TO ANSWERS BUT YEAH I'D LIKE TO HAPPY TO DO THAT
01:27:43 IN A SERIES. >> DO YOU WANT TO CALL FOR.
01:27:48 DO YOU WANT TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST OR DO YOU WANT TO
01:27:50 WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:27:51 >> I APOLOGIZE. YES.
01:27:52 LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YES.
01:27:54 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FIVE
01:27:57 SHOULD LINE UP NOW. >> ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO
01:27:59 MINUTES. >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC
01:28:05 COMMENT. >> THANK YOU.
01:28:07 PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSED. >> MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL
01:28:11 THE ROLL ON THE MOTION. YES, I'M ON THE MOTION TO
01:28:14 CONTINUE THIS ITEM FIVE TO THE JULY 2ND MEETING OF THE
01:28:18 GOVERNMENT AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE VICE SHALL MAHMOOD
01:28:21 FISCHER MOOD I CHAIR CHERYL CHAIR CHERYL I HAVE TWO EYES.
01:28:28 >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES MADAM CLERK CAN
01:28:32 YOU PLEASE CALL ITEMS NUMBER SIX THROUGH NINE?
01:28:34 YES. ITEM SIX THROUGH NINE ARE THREE
01:28:37 ORDINANCES AND ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING
01:28:38 SETTLEMENT OF LAWSUITS AND THEN LITIGATED CLAIMS AGAINST THE
01:28:42 CITY. >> LET'S OPEN FOR PUBLIC
01:28:52 COMMENT. >> SURE.
01:28:56 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEMS SIX THROUGH
01:28:59 NINE SHALL LINE UP NOW ALONG THE SIDE BY THE WINDOWS ALL
01:29:01 SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES .
01:29:06 >> MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS SIX THROUGH
01:29:10 NINE THANK YOU. >> PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSED.
01:29:13 I MOVE TO SEND ITEM 6 OR 9 TO THE FULL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
01:29:15 WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION .
01:29:18 >> CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
01:29:19 YES AND ON THE MOTION TO FORWARD ITEM 6 TO 9 TO THE FULL
01:29:22 BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
01:29:25 >> FISCHER MOOD FISCHER MAHMUD I CHAIR CHERYL FIRST CHERYL I
01:29:28 HAVE TWO EYES. >> THANK YOU.
01:29:28 THE MOTION PASSES AND I'M CLERK ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT
01:29:32 COMPLETES OUR MEETING AGENDA THE THIRD