00:00:10 ,GOOD MORNING. >> THE MEETING WILL COME TO
00:00:11 ORDER. WELCOME TO THE JUNE 22ND 2026
00:00:13 MEETING OF THE RECESSED BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
00:00:20 FROM JUNE 18TH 2026. I AM SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN,
00:00:21 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR
00:00:24 SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND MEMBERS SUPERVISOR DANNY SAUTER
00:00:29 AND SHORTLY BY SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON AND PRESIDENT
00:00:32 RAFAEL MENDOZA IN OUR CLERK IT'S BRANT APA AND I WOULD LIKE
00:00:36 TO THANK SUSAN KNOWLES FROM AS OF GOTV FOR BROADCASTING THIS
00:00:40 MEETING. MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
00:00:41 ANNOUNCEMENT OUT? >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:00:44 JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE
00:00:45 MAKE SURE TO SOUNDS ALL CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES
00:00:48 TO PREVENT INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR PROCEEDINGS AND SHOULD YOU HAVE
00:00:52 ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FILING SHOULD BE
00:00:54 SUBMITTED TO MY CLERK. >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY
00:00:56 SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITING AND EITHER IN THE
00:00:59 FOLLOWING WAYS AND EMAIL THEM TO MYSELF THE BUDGET THE
00:01:00 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CLERK HAT B R E N T DOT JLI P A HAT
00:01:07 S.F. V.ORG IF YOU SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL IT WILL BE
00:01:12 FORWARDED TO THE SUPERVISORS AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF
00:01:15 THE OFFICIAL FILE. YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR WRITTEN
00:01:17 COMMENTS ABOUT U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY
00:01:19 HALL AT ONE DR. CARLTON BAKER PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO,
00:01:25 CALIFORNIA 94102 AND MADAM CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES MY
00:01:26 ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
00:01:30 BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO REMIND A PUBLIC HOW
00:01:33 TODAY'S MEETING WILL PROCEED. LAST WEEK WE QUESTIONED CITY
00:01:37 DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THEIR BUDGET PROPOSALS
00:01:41 AND DISPENSE WITH MOST OF THE BUDGET TRAILING LEGISLATION.
00:01:44 ON THURSDAY WE BEGAN DETAILED DISCUSSION WITH DEPARTMENTS
00:01:46 THAT HAD DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATOR ENDLESS
00:01:49 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS. WE RECESSED THAT MEETING SO
00:01:52 THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT WORK TODAY.
00:01:55 THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR TODAY ARE
00:01:59 LISTED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, IF A DEPARTMENT AGREES
00:02:00 TO THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST PROPOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
00:02:06 THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REQUIRED TO RETURN THE BUDGET
00:02:07 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS WILL ANNOUNCE THOSE DEPARTMENTS
00:02:11 SHORTLY. WE HAVE ONE CHANGE TO THE ORDER
00:02:15 LISTED ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL HEAR FROM THE ACADEMY
00:02:19 OF SCIENCES. >> LAST WE WILL BE WE WILL HEAR
00:02:22 FROM THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES LAST ON TODAY'S
00:02:26 AGENDA. WE WILL NOT HAVE GENERAL PUBLIC
00:02:27 COMMENT TODAY. INSTEAD GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
00:02:31 THAT ADDRESSES ANY OR ALL DEPARTMENTS BUDGETS WILL BE
00:02:34 HEARD ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH STARTING AT 10 A.M. IN IN THIS
00:02:41 CHAMBERS AND THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE
00:02:45 MINUTE. WITH THAT MR. CLERK CAN YOU
00:02:49 PLEASE CALL ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE?
00:02:52 >> YES ITEM NUMBERS ONE THROUGH THREE ARE ITEMS AS IT RELATES
00:02:55 TO THIS COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S
00:02:56 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY
00:02:59 AND COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026, 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028.
00:03:04 ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR HEARING TO CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S
00:03:08 PROPOSED BUDGETS. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE PROPOSED
00:03:09 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ALL
00:03:12 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND ALL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR
00:03:16 DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.
00:03:18 AS OF MAY 30TH 2026 AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A PROPOSED
00:03:22 ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE ENUMERATING POSITIONS IN THE
00:03:25 AOE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH 2027 AND JUNE 30TH
00:03:31 2028 CONTINUING CREATING OR ESTABLISHING THESE POSITIONS
00:03:35 ENUMERATING AND INCLUDING THEIR IN ALL POSITIONS CREATED BY
00:03:36 CHARTER OR STATE LAW FOR WHICH COMPENSATIONS ARE PAID FROM THE
00:03:40 CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS AND APPROPRIATED IN THE EO
00:03:43 AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS OR CONTINUATION OF APPOINTMENTS
00:03:47 THERE ARE TWO SPECIFYING THE FIXATIONS SORRY SPECIFYING
00:03:50 AND FIXING THE COMPENSATION TIONS AND WORK SCHEDULES
00:03:54 THEREOF AND AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS TO TEMPORARY
00:03:55 POSITIONS AND FIXING COMPENSATIONS.
00:03:58 >> MADAM CHAIR THANK YOU AND MR. COMMISSIONER, COULD YOU
00:04:03 PLEASE ANNOUNCE WHICH CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE NOW COME TO
00:04:06 AGREEMENT WITH YOUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS AND THAT WHICH THE
00:04:11 COMMITTEE WILL ACCEPT TODAY? >> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING
00:04:15 MADAM CHAIR. DAN GONE THROUGH WITH THE
00:04:16 BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE THE
00:04:18 DEPARTMENTS THAT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FULL AGREEMENT WITH
00:04:22 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY.
00:04:26 DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION
00:04:27 AND PARK THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:04:33 THE WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
00:04:37 MANAGEMENT BUT THAT'S WITH A REVISION TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
00:04:38 WHICH WERE SENT OUT THIS MORNING AND ALSO HANDED OUT I
00:04:42 THINK BY THE CLERK OF THE BOARD JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
00:04:45 ALSO FULL AGREEMENT WITH ADULT PROBATION THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
00:04:49 DEPARTMENT OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE DISTRICT
00:04:52 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE WE
00:04:56 BELIEVE WE HAVE A MODIFIED AGREEMENT WITH THE SHERIFF'S
00:05:00 INSPECTOR GENERAL WHERE THEY AGREE TO RECOMMENDATION
00:05:08 AND NUMBER ONE AND NOT TO NUMBER TWO BUT TO PUT THE
00:05:12 RECOMMENDATION THE AMOUNT OF RECOMMENDATION THREE ON
00:05:15 RESERVE. AND AS YOU PROBABLY SAW IN OUR
00:05:18 REPORT, THE BOARD CANNOT ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION TWO AND THREE
00:05:22 UNDER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:05:23 SO WHAT THEY ARE AGREEING TO IS ACCEPTING ONE RESERVING THREE
00:05:28 AND REJECTING TWO. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
00:05:30 YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU.
00:05:32 I DON'T SEE A NAME ON THE ROSTER AT THE MOMENT.
00:05:36 SO WITH THAT. COLLEAGUES IN ADDITION WE HAVE
00:05:40 REACHED AGREEMENT WITH OUR FINAL ENTERPRISE AGENCY THE
00:05:44 RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHERE WE WILL BE ACCEPTING BUDGET
00:05:50 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:05:56 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND EIGHT AND REJECTING
00:06:00 RECOMMENDATIONS SIX AND SEVEN WHICH THEN MEANS THAT THEY WILL
00:06:07 RETAIN A POSITION AND FUNDING FOR THEIR OFFICE INVESTMENT
00:06:15 AND SO. AND SINCE LAST WEEK WE HAVE
00:06:16 ALSO REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND WILL
00:06:23 BE ACCEPTING ONE THROUGH FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:06:29 AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE FIRST DEPARTMENT BEFORE US
00:06:32 TODAY BUT WE WILL GO THE WAY THAT IT WILL GO IS THAT WE'RE
00:06:39 GOING TO GO TO THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST GOING
00:06:41 THROUGH THE DISAGREEMENT AND AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO
00:06:44 ALLOW CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE TWO REBUTTAL FOR THOSE TWO
00:06:50 DISAGREEMENT. >> AND THE FIRST ONE WILL BE
00:06:53 FOR THE MAYORS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
00:07:00 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
00:07:04 I BELIEVE WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON ALL THE FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS
00:07:08 IN THE REPORT AND THAT STARTS ON PAGE 33 OF OUR REPORT.
00:07:12 AND TOTAL $77,440 IN SAVINGS ALL GENERAL FUND IN THE FIRST
00:07:21 YEAR AND $19,440 IN GENERAL FUND SAVINGS IN THE SECOND YEAR
00:07:26 WHERE I BELIEVE WE HAVE DISAGREEMENT IS WITH OUR POLICY
00:07:30 RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH START ON PAGE 34 OF OUR REPORT AND I'LL
00:07:34 GO THROUGH THOSE. SO THE FIRST ONE IS
00:07:37 RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS A VACANT OH 943 MANAGER
00:07:44 SEVEN SORRY MANAGER EIGHT POSITION.
00:07:47 AND SO TWO TO CONSIDER DELETION OF THAT POSITION AND REDUCE THE
00:07:52 ASSOCIATED REVENUE BUDGET FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY
00:07:56 REIMBURSEMENT. THE POSITION IS THE SAN
00:07:59 FRANCISCO HOUSING AUTHORITY DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HOUSING
00:08:01 AUTHORITY OPERATIONS. THE POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT
00:08:03 SINCE LAST AUGUST. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT,
00:08:07 THE POSITION IS INTENDED TO BE FILLED AT THE 905 MAYORAL STAFF
00:08:14 17 CLASSIFICATION AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO FILL THE
00:08:17 POSITION ON AUGUST 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
00:08:21 WE DO NOTE THAT THE COSTS OF THIS POSITION ARE FULLY
00:08:22 REIMBURSED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH IS WHY YOU
00:08:25 DON'T SEE ANY SAVINGS FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION.
00:08:28 >> THE NEXT ONE IS ON PAGE 35 OF OUR REPORT.
00:08:32 IT'S RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX. WE STATE THAT YOU SHOULD
00:08:36 CONSIDER DELETION OF ONE FULL TIME EQUIVALENT O9O3 MAYORAL
00:08:42 STAFF 15 WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
00:08:45 IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS POSITION IS INTENDED TO BE
00:08:49 THE PLACE BASED STRATEGY LEAD FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THE
00:08:51 MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH A FOCUS ON HOPE S.F..
00:08:54 THIS POSITION IS A GRANT SUPPORTED SO YOU SEE NO SAVINGS
00:08:57 THERE ON MAYOR SIX. MAYOR SEVEN IS AN O NINE OTA
00:09:05 MAYORAL STAFF 14 POSITION. THAT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE MARCH.
00:09:08 WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT THE ROLE OF THIS
00:09:13 POSITION WOULD BE FROM THE DEPARTMENT BUT ACCORDING TO THE
00:09:16 JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION O9O2 MAYORAL
00:09:19 STAFF 14 POSITIONS ARE CONSIDERED MANAGEMENT POSITIONS
00:09:21 WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT
00:09:24 NOT ALL POSITIONS IN THIS CLASSIFICATION ARE CONSIDERED
00:09:28 MANAGEMENT POSITIONS OR PERFORM MANAGERIAL TASKS.
00:09:31 >> THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS NUMBER EIGHT AGAIN SO THIS IS
00:09:36 AN O 9O2 MAYORAL STAFF 14. AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION
00:09:40 ON WHAT THE ROLE THIS POSITION WOULD BE.
00:09:43 IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE MARCH AND THE SAME STATEMENT THAT I
00:09:47 SAID ABOUT THE PREVIOUS APPLIES HERE WHERE THE JOB DESCRIPTION
00:09:51 SAYS IT'S A MANAGERIAL POSITION BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS USED TO
00:09:58 THE WHAT THE JOB DESCRIPTION SAYS.
00:09:59 MAYORAL RECOMMENDATION NUMBER NINE IS AN O9O FOR MAYORAL
00:10:04 STAFF 16. WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT
00:10:05 WHAT THIS ROLE WOULD BE. IT'S BEEN AGAIN VACANT.
00:10:08 THIS ONE HAS BEEN ALSO BEEN VACANT SINCE MARCH AND THE SAME
00:10:11 OF WHAT I DESCRIBED APPLIES HERE ON THE MANAGERIAL
00:10:16 RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAYORAL TEN AND 11 ARE VERY SIMILAR.
00:10:22 THEY'RE BOTH O9O3 MAYORAL STAFF 15 WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION
00:10:26 ABOUT THE ROLES. BOTH HAVE BEEN VACANT SINCE
00:10:30 SEPTEMBER OF 2021. BOTH HAVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT
00:10:35 INCLUDE MALE MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES BUT THEY DON'T
00:10:39 ALWAYS EXERCISE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES IN PRACTICE.
00:10:44 THEY'RE BOTH OFF BUDGET POSITIONS.
00:10:48 MAYOR. THE RECOMMENDATION TEN IS GRANT
00:10:50 SUPPORTED AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE ANY SAVINGS FOR
00:10:53 EITHER OF THOSE. >> AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE
00:10:57 AGREEMENT ON THE CURRENT YEAR SAVINGS RECOMMENDATION FOR
00:11:05 $611,094 TO CLOSE OUT CBO PROJECTS.
00:11:09 THAT'S ON PAGE 39 OF OUR REPORT.
00:11:10 THAT'S ALL THE DISAGREEMENTS WE'RE AWARE OF AND WE'RE
00:11:13 AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
00:11:14 >> THANK YOU. >> YES, GOOD MORNING.
00:11:24 DAN ADAMS MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
00:11:28 DEVELOPMENT ALSO WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
00:11:31 >> FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE BERKELEY AND PARTICULAR LINDEN
00:11:32 BARRY FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON REVIEWING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
00:11:36 >> WE AS I MENTIONED ARE IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE
00:11:39 FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS. WE DO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE
00:11:41 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO DELETE THE VACANT O943
00:11:46 POSITION. THIS IS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
00:11:47 HOUSING AUTHORITY OPERATIONS. IT BECAME VACANT ALMOST A YEAR
00:11:50 AGO WHEN THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY LEFT.
00:11:54 I HAVE BEEN SERVING IN A DUAL ROLE SINCE THEN AT NO
00:11:57 ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY I MIGHT ADD THIS POSITION IS
00:12:00 ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THE OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSING
00:12:04 AUTHORITY WHICH IS A LARGE PART OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:12:08 INFRASTRUCTURE IN SAN FRANCISCO .
00:12:11 >> IT WILL BE FILLED AS AN O9O5 SO AT A LOWER COST TO THE CITY
00:12:15 AND AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT IT'S 100% REIMBURSED BY
00:12:18 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BUDGET. SO IT OFFERS NO ADDITIONAL COST
00:12:22 NOR SAVINGS WERE TO BE DELETED HERE.
00:12:25 >> SO WITH THAT I'LL CLOSE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
00:12:29 >> THANK YOU. AND WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT
00:12:30 YOU WILL FILL THE POSITION? I MEAN I THINK IT'S BEEN A YEAR
00:12:33 SO ARE YOU IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS?
00:12:34 >> WE ARE. THAT'S RIGHT.
00:12:36 WE RECEIVED 44 APPLICANTS. WE HAVE WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO
00:12:39 THE THREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING THIS COMING
00:12:41 WEEK. WE INTEND TO MAKE AN OFFER
00:12:43 IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SO WHICH THEN YOU WILL
00:12:46 START ON TIME FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TO REQUIRE THAT YOU WILL
00:12:51 NEED A FULL YEAR OF SALARY. WE WILL NEED A FULL YEAR
00:12:55 SOMETHING THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.
00:12:56 ITEMS ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER? >> THANK YOU FOR THE
00:12:59 EXPLANATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:13:06 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR SOPHIA KETTLER FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:13:09 . I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK
00:13:10 LINDA BERRY AND THE BIELA FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
00:13:13 >> THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH AS ALWAYS WE ARE
00:13:17 IN AGREEMENT ON THE FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CURRENT
00:13:18 YEAR RECOMMENDATIONS. HOWEVER WE ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT
00:13:21 WITH MAYOR SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10 OR 11 OVER THE POLICY
00:13:24 RECOMMENDATIONS. >> BEFORE I GET INTO THE
00:13:28 SPECIFICS OF THE POSITIONS SO MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ITS OWN JOB
00:13:34 CLASSES AS WE ARE UNREPRESENTED BY A UNION AND SO WE ARE KIND
00:13:38 OF ON A DIFFERENT PATH AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING RANGING FROM AN
00:13:45 O891 UP TO AN 0905 AND IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WE USE O 9O4
00:13:49 CLASSES AND 905 CLASSES AS MANAGERIAL POSITIONS
00:13:53 AND EVERYTHING BELOW THAT TENDS TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR
00:13:56 . SO WHILE THEY ARE ALL NINE JOB
00:13:58 CLASSES THEY ARE NOT IN A IN A SUPERVISORY L OR MANAGEMENT
00:14:01 POSITION ALTHOUGH THEY DO HAVE AUTHORITY TO THAT EFFECT IN THE
00:14:05 COMPENSATION MANUAL ON MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION SIX THIS IS THE
00:14:09 PLACE BASED STRATEGY. IT WAS ONE THAT HAS BEEN HELD
00:14:15 VACANT FOR A LONG TIME BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY WE HAVE MADE AN
00:14:17 OFFER THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR SOMEBODY TO LEAD OUR PLACE
00:14:20 BASED INITIATIVES AND PARTICULARLY THINK ABOUT
00:14:25 KIND OF HOW TO LEAD HOPE S.F. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS
00:14:28 IN STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS THAT HAS A AN AGREED UPON START DATE
00:14:34 OF JULY 13TH AND IS IS NOT GENERAL FUND FUNDED MAYOR'S
00:14:38 OFFICE NUMBER SEVEN THE O NINE O TWO IS A BUDGET POSITION WE
00:14:45 HAD A BUDGET ANALYST LEAVE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR AND AS
00:14:49 YOU CAN IMAGINE MARCH WAS NOT THE IDEAL TIME FOR OUR OFFICE
00:14:50 TO BEGIN HIRING. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A
00:14:54 VERY LEAN TEAM IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND HAVE POSTED
00:14:57 THAT JOB TO BEGIN TO FILL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
00:15:03 MAYOR'S OFFICE EIGHT IS A POSITION THAT WE DO CURRENTLY
00:15:04 HOLD VACANT FOR ATTRITION AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE
00:15:07 POSITION TO KIND OF FLEX UP AND DOWN AS PEOPLE LEAVE
00:15:12 WHETHER WE WANT A NO. NINE NO.
00:15:13 ONE OR NO. NINE OR 9 OR 1 TWO, THREE KIND
00:15:15 OF HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY WITHIN OUR BUDGET MAYOR'S OFFICE NINE
00:15:20 IS A GRANT SUPPORTED POSITION THAT LEAVES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:15:22 OF INNOVATION THAT POSITION WAS VACATED IN MARCH AND WE ARE
00:15:25 GOING THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS RIGHT NOW AND ARE
00:15:28 IN FINAL ROUNDS OF INTERVIEWS. AGAIN, THAT IS GRANT SUPPORTED
00:15:31 SO HAS NO SAVINGS AND THEN TEN AND 11 YOU WILL SEE OUR BOTH
00:15:35 POINT FIVE FTE IS THOSE ONES ARE CURRENTLY NOT FUND THEY ARE
00:15:40 OFF BUDGET POSITIONS FOR IN THE EVENT THAT WE GET A GRANT TO
00:15:44 WORK ON A SPECIFIC STRATEGIC INITIATIVE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF
00:15:48 GENERAL FUNDS AND CURRENTLY WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE BUT
00:15:49 WERE WE TO GET A GRANT FOR FOR EXAMPLE IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN
00:15:53 USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES IN THE MAYOR'S
00:15:56 OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS WHEN WE
00:15:59 GET A GRANT AND WE WANT TO QUICKLY DEPLOY IT WITHOUT GOING
00:16:03 FOR AN ASSO AMENDMENT WE USE THESE POSITIONS.
00:16:04 IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SHORT TERM BASIS AND SO THAT APPLIES TO
00:16:10 BOTH TEN AND 11. AGAIN, NEITHER OF THOSE HAVE
00:16:11 ANY GENERAL FUND SAVINGS. THANK YOU.
00:16:14 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS BY CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR
00:16:24 CHIN I WILL SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE HAVING WORKED IN THE CITY
00:16:28 GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS ONE OF THE SORT OF LIKE
00:16:32 LITTLE AXES TO GRIND. I FEEL GOING BACK TO THE ERA
00:16:35 WHEN QUENTIN KOPP I THINK BANNED DEPUTY MAYORS I THINK IT
00:16:39 WAS IN 1991. I'VE ALWAYS FELT STRONGLY THAT
00:16:43 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE, A
00:16:44 STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
00:16:47 FUNDING THAT ADEQUATELY. SO MY MY INSTITUTIONAL BIAS IS
00:16:50 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS THE RESOURCES
00:16:54 AND EXPERTISE NEEDED AND I'M NOT SO I'M PERSUADED TO SUPPORT
00:17:01 THE MAYOR'S POSITION ON THIS. >> THANK YOU.
00:17:05 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:17:08 AND NEXT WE WILL HAVE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
00:17:12 IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING AND WE'LL START WITH THE BOE.
00:17:27 >> MADAM CHAIR, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
00:17:28 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF HOUSING ARE
00:17:31 SUMMARIZED ON PAGE 42 OF OUR REPORT AND THE DETAILS START ON
00:17:34 PAGE 43 OF OUR REPORT. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DO
00:17:38 HAVE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON THE FISCAL
00:17:41 RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH IS RECOMMENDATION ONE THROUGH FOUR
00:17:45 ON PAGE 43 OF OUR REPORT THAT TOTALS $2,026,054 IN THE FIRST
00:17:51 YEAR ALL OF WHICH IS GENERAL FUND SAVINGS AND $1,027,554
00:17:57 IN THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR. AGAIN ALL OF WHICH IS GENERAL
00:18:01 FUND SAVINGS. UM I BELIEVE WE ALSO WE MAY
00:18:08 ALSO HAVE AGREEMENT ON THE POLICY RECS OR NOT WE NOT ON
00:18:16 POLICY. OKAY.
00:18:19 >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OKAY SO SORRY.
00:18:21 OKAY SO POLICY RECS THEY START ON PAGE 45 OF OUR REPORT.
00:18:27 THERE ARE THERE'S TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SORRY
00:18:32 STATES STARTS ON PAGE 44 OF OUR REPORT THERE ARE FOUR POLICY
00:18:36 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FIVE THROUGH
00:18:39 EIGHT WHICH TOTAL $1,071,044 IN THE FIRST BUDGET YEAR.
00:18:46 THE TOTAL AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 45 IS INCORRECT.
00:18:52 IT SAYS $803,283 IT SHOULD SAY $1,071,044.
00:18:55 SORRY FOR THAT OVERSIGHT. SO RECOMMENDATION FIVE ON PAGE
00:19:02 44 OF OUR REPORT IS A VACANT OH 923 MANAGER TWO THAT WAS
00:19:06 VACATED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
00:19:10 WE CONSIDER THIS A POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD OF
00:19:13 SUPERVISORS. THE POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT
00:19:15 FOR OVER A YEAR IS ONE OF SIX VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS, FOUR
00:19:19 OF WHICH ARE IN THIS SAME JOB CLASSIFICATION AND THIS YOU
00:19:24 KNOW THIS IS ONE OF MANY THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED DUE TO THE
00:19:29 STATED BUDGET PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN MOTION
00:19:32 AM 26 DASH 25 AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE GROWTH OF
00:19:39 MANAGEMENT POSITIONS COMPARED TO NON-MANAGEMENT POSITIONS
00:19:47 AND DEPARTMENT HAS SORRY AND THEN THE NEXT
00:19:51 RECOMMENDATION IS EACH HOME SIX IS IT OH 923 MANAGER TWO IT WAS
00:19:54 VACATED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. WE CONSIDER THAT A POLICY
00:19:58 MATTER FOR THE BOARD. EACH HOME SEVEN IS ALSO A
00:20:02 MANAGER TO IT WAS VACATED IN NOVEMBER EACH HOME EIGHT IS
00:20:09 A OWN A ALSO AN OWN 923 MANAGER TWO THAT WAS VACATED IN MARCH
00:20:12 OF THIS YEAR I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE DISAGREEMENT WITH OUR
00:20:19 CURRENT YEAR SAVINGS ON PAGE 47 OF OUR REPORT.
00:20:26 SO FIRST OFF THIS IS CURRENT YEAR HOME ONE ON PAGE 47 OF A
00:20:32 REPORT. FIRST THING I WANT TO NOTE IS
00:20:35 THAT THIS SHOULD BE A ONE TIME SAVINGS AND IT'S NOT NOTATED AS
00:20:39 THAT. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
00:20:42 IF ACCEPTED THIS WOULD THE BOARD WOULD REALIZE $4,431,400
00:20:48 IN ONE TIME GENERAL FUND SAVINGS.
00:20:52 SO THIS LINE ITEM IS WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGETED IN THE
00:20:57 CURRENT YEAR BUDGET FOR $6,861,866 FOR A PROJECT TO IT
00:21:09 FOR AN INTERIM HOUSING EXPANSION PROGRAM WHEN THIS
00:21:13 CAME LAST YEAR TO THE BOARD THE DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE A PLAN
00:21:21 DEVELOPED FOR THIS INTERIM HOUSING EXPANSION.
00:21:25 THIS BODY AT THAT TIME LAST JUNE DECIDED TO PUT THE ENTIRE
00:21:29 AMOUNT ON BUDGET AND FINANCE RESERVE PENDING A DETAILED PLAN
00:21:36 ON HOW THAT INTERIM HOUSING EXPANSION PROGRAM WAS GOING TO
00:21:40 ROLL OUT. FAST FORWARD TO JUST A COUPLE
00:21:41 OF WEEKS AGO. I BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT
00:21:47 REQUESTED 2.4 MILLION OF THE 6.9 NOT FOR INTERIM HOUSING BUT
00:21:51 FOR COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR SERVICES.
00:21:52 THAT LEAVES 4.4 MILLION WHICH THE DEPARTMENT STILL DOES NOT
00:21:59 HAVE A PLAN FOR. WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE
00:22:00 DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE TOLD THAT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO THAT THE
00:22:06 DEPARTMENT PLANS TO USE THAT OR WOULD LIKE TO USE THAT FOR
00:22:10 ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR SERVICES.
00:22:13 WHY THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT INITIALLY FOR THE COMPUTER
00:22:17 COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO IS NOT
00:22:18 CLEAR TO US. >> WE YOU KNOW THESE WERE
00:22:22 ORIGINALLY THESE FUNDS WERE ORIGINALLY AGAIN FOR AN INTERIM
00:22:26 HOUSING EXPANSION PROGRAM AND WE JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT
00:22:29 THE DEPARTMENT HAS A CLEAR PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND
00:22:34 THIS THESE FUNDS. AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT
00:22:37 THESE BE TAKEN AS CURRENT YEAR SAVINGS.
00:22:41 THAT'S OUR SUMMARY OF WHERE WE BELIEVE WE HAVE DISAGREEMENT.
00:22:45 >> SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
00:22:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
00:22:52 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
00:22:56 I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAMS FOR WORKING SO
00:22:59 CLOSELY WITH OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF.
00:23:00 ALSO THANK YOU TO THE BLA FOR THE SAME THING.
00:23:04 REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND SO IN MY
00:23:07 PRESENTATION I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS WHERE WE ARE
00:23:09 NOT IN AGREEMENT SO WE ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE BLR ON
00:23:15 FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS C Y HOME DASH ONE TO REDUCE PROGRAMMATIC
00:23:18 PROJECTS THE PROGRAMMATIC PROJECTS BUDGET BY
00:23:22 APPROXIMATELY 4.4 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 THAT IS
00:23:26 CURRENTLY ON RESERVE WITH THE BOARD THE DEPARTMENT IN THE
00:23:29 MAYOR'S OFFICE SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF RESERVES
00:23:33 FOR APPROXIMATELY 4.4 MILLION TO SUSTAIN AND EXPAND COMMUNITY
00:23:39 AMBASSADOR SERVICES IN THE SOMA AND THE TENDERLOIN
00:23:40 NEIGHBORHOODS TO SUPPORT INTERIM HOUSING IN THESE
00:23:44 NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL TO
00:23:47 IMPLEMENTING THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY ACROSS MULTIPLE SERVICES
00:23:50 SITES AND SUPPORTING AREAS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT
00:23:52 IMPACTS. THIS RESERVE REQUEST
00:23:55 COMPLEMENTS PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED RELEASE OF RESERVES
00:23:59 FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION TO SUPPORT CONTINUED AMBASSADOR
00:24:02 SERVICES AT THE EMBARCADERO NAVIGATION CENTER AND THE 685
00:24:08 ELLIS SHELTER PROGRAM. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW
00:24:12 WE STARTED REALIZING SOME OF THESE THINGS FAIRLY RECENTLY AS
00:24:15 DEPARTMENTS HAVE FIGURED OUT THEIR OWN BUDGETS AND THIS IS A
00:24:17 MULTI DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT OUR
00:24:20 GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE KNOW WE
00:24:23 REALLY NEED TO INCREASE RESOURCES.
00:24:27 >> SO SORRY FOR THAT COMING IN LATE AND THEN I WE ALSO
00:24:35 UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S FISCAL CONSTRAINTS AND WE'VE ALREADY
00:24:39 MADE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
00:24:42 THE DEPARTMENT IS LOSING NEARLY 29 POSITIONS OVER TWO YEARS
00:24:45 INCLUDING AN 18.4 FTE REDUCTION IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE.
00:24:50 AT THE SAME TIME, OUR DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL BUDGET IS
00:24:53 GROWING BECAUSE OF NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE HOMELESSNESS
00:24:54 RESPONSE SYSTEM AND THAT MEANS HSA IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE
00:24:58 FOR MANAGING MORE FUNDING, MORE CONTRACTS, MORE INITIATIVES
00:25:02 AND MORE REPORTING WITH FEWER STAFF AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE
00:25:06 STAFFING IS NOT KEPT UP WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR BUDGET OVER
00:25:10 THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WHILE THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627
00:25:14 BUDGET INCREASES BY 6% FROM FISCAL YEAR 2526 STAFFING
00:25:20 ACTUALLY DECREASED 7% AND AGAIN IT'S APPROXIMATELY 18.5 FTE IS
00:25:24 SO WE AGREE WITH THE NEED TO IDENTIFY SAVINGS AND WE'VE DONE
00:25:28 THAT. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THESE FOUR
00:25:31 POSITIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO CARRYING OUT THE WORK ALREADY
00:25:32 INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
00:25:35 H. S RELIES HEAVILY ON NONPROFIT
00:25:38 PROVIDERS AND CONTRACTED PROGRAMS.
00:25:39 THOSE PROGRAMS REQUIRE INTERNAL STAFF CAPACITY TO MANAGE
00:25:43 CONTRACTS, OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
00:25:46 PROVIDERS, MONITOR PERFORMANCE AND MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:25:50 THREE OF THE FOUR POSITIONS ARE FUNDED BY KELLAM IN OUR CITY
00:25:52 OUR HOME SO DELETING THEM WOULD NOT GENERATE GENERAL FUND
00:25:55 SAVINGS THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE.
00:25:59 ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS WOULD REDUCE THE DEPARTMENT'S
00:26:02 ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THE VERY PROGRAMS THE BUDGET FUNDS.
00:26:06 >> EACH OF THESE POSITIONS IS TIED TO A CORE FUNCTION OF OUR
00:26:10 DEPARTMENT THE HOUSING PLACEMENT MANAGER HELPS ENSURE
00:26:13 PEOPLE MOVE EFFICIENTLY INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:26:16 AND THAT PLACEMENT BOTTLENECKS ARE ADDRESSED.
00:26:17 THE PREVENTION AND PROBLEM SOLVING MANAGER SUPPORTS ONE OF
00:26:21 THE MAYOR'S KEY PRIORITIES PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS BEFORE
00:26:25 PEOPLE ENTER OUR SYSTEM. THE PLANNING AND STRATEGY
00:26:28 MANAGER IS ESSENTIAL TO LONG TERM SYSTEM PLANNING AND THE
00:26:32 MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT PLAN ESPECIALLY AS SAGE PREPARES TO
00:26:36 PROCURE SERVICES THROUGH A MORE COMMUNITY CENTERED PROCESS.
00:26:39 THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS MANAGER IS THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY
00:26:40 CAPACITY FOR BOARD COORDINATION LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE
00:26:44 REPORTING, PUBLIC RECORDS AND TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.
00:26:48 THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS MANAGER IS ON A LEAVE OF ABSENCE AT THE
00:26:52 BEHEST OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ISN'T EXPECTED TO RETURN
00:26:57 IN SUMMER OF 2026. HCA RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT
00:27:02 THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PRESERVE OUR
00:27:03 DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET
00:27:06 EFFECTIVELY. THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY
00:27:09 TAKEN SUBSTANTIAL STAFFING REDUCTIONS AND FURTHER RESOURCE
00:27:13 REDUCING CORE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY WOULD UNDERMINE OUR
00:27:14 DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
00:27:21 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:27:22 AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN I AM POWERFULLY
00:27:28 PERSUADED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S POSITION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
00:27:33 THE POSITIONS. >> IN MY VIEW WE CAN'T MANAGE A
00:27:37 GROWING HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND WITH FEWER PEOPLE
00:27:41 RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND COORDINATION AND I THINK
00:27:42 THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE UNDERTAKING
00:27:45 SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES TO MAKE THIS MORE EFFECTIVE FOR IN GOOD
00:27:49 TIMES AND IN BAD WITH THIS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE HAD
00:27:52 DISAGREEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS BUT ON THIS I REALLY DO THINK
00:27:56 THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE REDUCING EXPERTISE AT A POINT
00:28:06 AT A TIME WHEN IT'S WORKING. I WOULD SAY THAT MY DISTRICT
00:28:10 AND I KNOW SUPERVISOR MACLEOD'S DISTRICT SEES THE CONSEQUENCES
00:28:14 WHEN THE CITY AND ITS IN OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AREN'T DOING
00:28:18 AS GOOD A JOB AS WE'D HOPED AND I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY
00:28:20 I THINK IN MANY RESPECTS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
00:28:23 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT'S ON US WE'RE ASKING THE
00:28:27 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WE'RE ASKING NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO
00:28:30 SOLVE PROBLEMS THEY WEREN'T INTENDED TO SOLVE.
00:28:34 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVING WORKED YOU KNOW, ON ONE PROJECT
00:28:37 THAT REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT THAT I
00:28:41 SAW WAS THE IMPACT OF A GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY AND COMMUNITY
00:28:46 AMBASSADORS WAS ESSENTIAL TO WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS
00:28:52 AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE FAILURE TO
00:28:54 DO THAT I THINK IS ASKING FOR PROBLEMS.
00:28:57 >> I ALWAYS FELT THAT YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO GOVERN
00:29:01 IN A DEMOCRACY WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS
00:29:05 AND REMEMBER THAT THE REASON WE HAVE MONEY TO INVEST
00:29:08 IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS BECAUSE OF THE GENEROSITY OF
00:29:12 VOTERS WHO WHO MADE DECISIONS IN 2018 WITH PROP C ABOUT
00:29:15 MAKING SURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A ROBUST RESPONSE WITH
00:29:19 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. BUT THEY HAVE AN EXPECTATION
00:29:23 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS BETTER THAN WE HAVE BEEN
00:29:25 DOING IT AND I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
00:29:27 AND GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY IS REALLY FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT TO
00:29:31 THAT. BEYOND THAT, WE'RE ALSO GOING
00:29:32 INTO A CRITICAL PERIOD OF PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT REFORM
00:29:35 AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY ANOTHER REASON THAT THIS THAT
00:29:39 THESE POSITIONS ARE IMPORTANT. AND THEN FINALLY YOU KNOW, I
00:29:46 THINK WE PROBABLY CAN ALL AGREE THAT PREVENTION AND HOUSING
00:29:49 PLACEMENT ARE AMONG THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE TOOLS THAT WE
00:29:51 HAVE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.
00:29:54 AND I AM PERSUADED THAT THAT THESE POSITIONS WOULD HELP MAKE
00:29:57 SURE THAT WE ARE SETTING THIS DEPARTMENT AND ITS CONTRACTORS
00:30:01 UP FOR SUCCESS RATHER THAN FAILURE.
00:30:05 >> SO I'M ON YOUR SIDE ON THIS. THANK YOU.
00:30:06 SUPERVISOR THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:30:09 SUPERVISOR SHEMAR WALTON HAS NOW JOINED THIS COMMITTEE
00:30:13 AND ALSO WELCOME SUPERVISOR BILAL MAHMOOD IF I MAY.
00:30:17 SUPERVISOR IT'S A COURTESY TO THIS BODY TO I WOULD GO WITH
00:30:21 THE COMMITTEE MEMBER FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU
00:30:22 SUPERVISOR MATT WILL SUFFICE FOR SOUDER NEXT.
00:30:26 >> THANK YOU. CHURCH IN THE BRITISH QUESTION
00:30:29 FIRST I SEE YOU HAVE 29 FIELDS REDUCED ALREADY OVER THE NEXT
00:30:34 TWO YEARS ACCORDING TO YOUR NOTES OF THOSE 29 APPROXIMATELY
00:30:38 HOW MANY ARE MANAGERS? >> THANK YOU DYLAN SCHNEIDER,
00:30:49 DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
00:30:50 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SUPERVISOR.
00:30:53 THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK
00:30:54 AND JUST DOUBLE CHECK ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS TO GET BACK TO
00:30:57 YOU. BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE
00:31:00 MANAGER POSITION THAT IS PART OF THAT 29 THAT IS TRANSFERRING
00:31:04 TO THIS YEAR THAT IS OUR OUTREACH MANAGER BUT THAT IS
00:31:08 THE ONLY MANAGER POSITION THAT I AM AWARE OF RIGHT NOW BUT WE
00:31:09 CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE DETAILS ON THAT.
00:31:12 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
00:31:13 I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF OF THE REDUCTIONS ALREADY
00:31:16 IN THE WORKS. HOW MANY OF THOSE IMPACT
00:31:17 MANAGERS AND THE RECOMMENDATION FIVE FOR EXAMPLE IT NOTES THAT
00:31:25 THERE'S FOUR VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR
00:31:27 CLASSIFICATION. AND CAN YOU I KNOW YOU'VE
00:31:31 SPOKEN TO THIS A LITTLE BIT BUT CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME THIS
00:31:34 ROLE AGAIN THE WORK IT DOES AND KIND OF THE PATH FROM WHERE
00:31:38 YOU ARE TODAY TO THE PATH TO GETTING THOSE FOUR MANAGER
00:31:41 POSITIONS FILLED WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
00:31:47 YOU KNOW, THE TIMELINE. >> SO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER
00:31:51 FIVE IS OUR HOUSING PLACEMENT MANAGER.
00:31:55 SO WHILE THIS HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE LAST MAY, THIS IS A
00:31:59 CRITICAL POSITION THAT REALLY COORDINATES ACROSS CITY
00:32:00 DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING AUTHORITY
00:32:04 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
00:32:07 AND OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT HOUSING
00:32:11 PLACEMENTS IN THE BROAD VARIETY OF HOUSING SUBSIDIES THE
00:32:14 DEPARTMENT OPERATES AS WELL AS THOSE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL
00:32:18 INITIATIVES LIKE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS IS WELL
00:32:19 COORDINATED AS WELL AS TRANSFERS BETWEEN THOSE HOUSING
00:32:23 PROGRAMS. SO THIS MANAGER NOT ONLY LEADS
00:32:26 THE DEPARTMENT'S KIND OF STRATEGY AND REFERRALS BUT
00:32:29 ENSURES THAT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING LESS TIME IN SHELTER
00:32:31 ON THE STREETS AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE TO HOUSING MORE
00:32:33 QUICKLY. >> THANK YOU.
00:32:37 AND THEN ON RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE, WE HEARD FROM THE
00:32:38 BELOW THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL THERE WAS A CLEAR PLAN HERE
00:32:42 YET. SO CAN YOU MAYBE DESCRIBE THAT?
00:32:46 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THIS WOULD BE AMBASSADORS SERVICES
00:32:50 TO ENFORCE THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY BASED ON THIS THIS PLAN
00:32:54 WHAT COVERAGE ARE WE LOOKING AT?
00:32:58 WHAT SITES WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
00:33:01 ABSOLUTELY. SO THE PROPOSAL FOR THE
00:33:06 APPROXIMATELY 4.4 MILLION WOULD BE TO COVER SOME KEY AREAS
00:33:10 IN BOTH SOUTH OF MARKET AREA AS WELL AS THE TENDERLOIN
00:33:14 CURRENTLY SOME OF WEST CBD AND MIDMARKET CBD PROVIDE
00:33:17 AMBASSADORS SERVICES THAT OFFER IMMEDIATE RESPONSE ENHANCE
00:33:21 EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY ,DETER LOITERING AND CONNECT
00:33:25 INDIVIDUALS TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES.
00:33:28 SO THE SITE IN THE TENDERLOIN IS THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
00:33:33 MANAGEMENT IS CURRENTLY FUNDING SIMILAR SERVICES AROUND THE
00:33:34 AREA OF WORK AND HIRED THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY
00:33:40 MID-MARKET ARE AROUND THE HOPE HOUSE WHICH IS ONE OF OUR
00:33:43 INTERIM HOUSING PROGRAMS AND THAT SURROUNDING AREA
00:33:44 AND THEN THERE IS ALSO PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND COMMUNITY
00:33:50 AMBASSADOR SERVICES IN THE LARGER SOUTH OF MARKET AREA
00:33:54 THAT COVER A NUMBER OF SITES INCLUDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:33:55 HOUSING SITES AS WELL AS INTERIM HOUSING.
00:33:59 >> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.
00:34:00 AND I WOULD CERTAINLY ON THOSE LOOK TO THE WISDOM OF MY
00:34:05 COLLEAGUES THAT REPRESENT THOSE DISTRICTS BUT I IMAGINE THEY
00:34:07 WOULD BE IN SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME I THINK I'VE ALWAYS HAD
00:34:10 A FEELING THAT OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY HAS TO BE
00:34:13 STRENGTHENED. IT NEEDS TO BE BACKED UP AND I
00:34:15 WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE SERVICES KIND OF BUILT IN FROM
00:34:18 THE BEGINNING. BUT IF THIS IS A WAY TO GET US
00:34:22 THERE, YOU KNOW, I'D BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE
00:34:25 YOU KNOW, WE NEED THOSE YOU KNOW, THAT COMMITMENT AND THAT
00:34:28 PROMISE TO ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING AND THESE AMBASSADOR
00:34:32 SERVICES ARE A VERY GOOD WAY TO DO THAT.
00:34:33 THANKS. >> SUPERVISOR MAMU THANK YOU
00:34:36 CHAIR AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS
00:34:41 THAT MY COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR DORSEY HAS MADE AND ARGUE
00:34:44 AGAINST THE CUTS PROPOSED BY THE BILA BECAUSE AS THE
00:34:48 DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THEY HAVE A PLAN TO REPROGRAM THAT
00:34:51 MONEY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR INTERIM HOUSING TO
00:34:55 SUPPORT AMBASSADORS IN THE TENDERLOIN AND SUMMER.
00:34:58 >> THESE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO HOST SHELTERS AND PCH
00:35:01 FACILITIES AND SERVICE CENTERS THAT ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
00:35:06 OUR CITY'S MISSION TO SERVE ITS RESIDENTS.
00:35:07 BUT IN ORDER FOR THOSE SERVICES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THE CITY
00:35:10 NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO UPHOLD ITS PROMISE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
00:35:14 I'M GOING TO COMMENT PARTICULARLY ON THE
00:35:15 INTERSECTION OF TURK AND HYDE. >> THIS WAS A HOTSPOT FOR MANY
00:35:19 YEARS IN THE TENDERLOIN GOING BACK DECADES AND WE'VE MADE
00:35:22 PROGRESS THERE AT THIS POINT AND NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO GO
00:35:26 BACK ON THAT PROGRESS AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
00:35:30 ALLOCATE THIS MONEY AS THE DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED WILL
00:35:34 ENSURE THAT WE'RE GIVING THAT INVESTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY
00:35:37 THAT IS LOOKING FOR IT AND IT REQUIRES THAT INVESTMENT AND A
00:35:38 COALITION BETWEEN D H H S H COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SO BY
00:35:46 STAFFING APPROPRIATELY SAFETY NEAR THE SHELTER SITES WILL BE
00:35:49 ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT THESE SITES CAN BE WELL
00:35:51 INTEGRATED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKE THE
00:35:54 NECESSARY EXPANSION OF THESE SITES IN FUTURE YEARS EASIER ON
00:35:58 NEIGHBORS AS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
00:36:01 SO I ASK THAT WE REJECT THIS RECOMMENDATION AND ALLOW H S H
00:36:04 TO INVEST IN THE TENDERLOIN AND SUMMER PART THE
00:36:08 INTERRUPTION MADAM CHAIR BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE
00:36:12 PUBLIC THAT WITH THE APPEARANCE OF MEMBER MELMAN WE NOW HAVE A
00:36:16 QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PARTICIPATING
00:36:17 IN THIS MEETING AND WE HAVE NOW CONVENED A SPECIAL MEETING OF
00:36:20 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS OF 1135.
00:36:23 >> MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU MR. CLERK AND WHAT IS
00:36:28 THE PERCENTAGE OF ATTRITION RATE AGAIN WE ARE PULLING THAT
00:36:42 UP. GIVE US JUST ONE MOMENT PLEASE.
00:36:46 >> I'M GOING TO ARTICULATE WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT THE ATTRITION
00:36:49 RATE. I MEAN I THINK THAT WHEN IT
00:36:50 COMES TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE POSITIONS GENERALLY SPEAKING
00:36:53 NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE H H IS THAT WE'RE EVALUATING POSITIONS
00:36:58 THAT HAS BEEN VACANT ATTRITION RATE AND IN THIS CASE YOU KNOW
00:37:02 THAT IN DISCUSSIONS ARE THAT WE CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE 32 TOTAL
00:37:06 VACANCIES OPENS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AS I'M JUST
00:37:10 TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ALONG WITH THOSE VACANT POSITION WHAT IS
00:37:13 THE PERCENTAGE OF ATTRITION HOW CAN WE BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT
00:37:17 YOU KNOW TO MAYBE YOUR BALANCING OUT ATTRITION
00:37:20 PERCENTAGE WITH THESE VACANT POSITION.
00:37:24 BUT I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU AS YOU KNOW THE QUESTION
00:37:27 BY SUPERVISOR SOUDER IS THAT YOU CURRENTLY FOR EXAMPLE FOUR
00:37:34 RECOMMENDATIONS AS YOU KNOW POLICY RECOMMENDATION FIVE YOU
00:37:38 FOR THE 0923 WAS VACATE VACATIONS MAY 2025 AND YOU DO
00:37:43 ACTUALLY HAVE THE FOUR POSITION MAKING POSITION FOR THE VERY
00:37:46 SAME JOB AND YET YOU HAVE NOT BEEN RECRUITING AND SO I THINK
00:37:54 THE QUESTION IS IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO
00:37:55 WITHOUT AND THAT USED SINCE YOU STILL HAVE FOUR AND YET YOU
00:38:01 STILL HAVE TO YOU KNOW YOU START HAVE YET TO START
00:38:04 RECRUITING. >> I'M NOT MAKING THAT DECISION
00:38:06 RIGHT NOW I'M JUST SIMPLY LAYING OUT THE ARGUMENT FOR IT
00:38:11 AND WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS YOUR ATTRITION
00:38:13 PERCENTAGE AND IF IT'S LOWER THAN 7% I THINK THEN THAT'S
00:38:19 UNDERSTANDABLE OF WHAT WHAT WHY YOU WANT TO PUSH BACK SO SO I
00:38:26 THINK WE CAN GET YOU THE SPECIFIC PERCENT EDGE OR CHANGE
00:38:30 IN YEAR OVER YEAR ATTRITION IS GOES FROM 4.6 FTE TO 5.6 FTE
00:38:36 AND OUR ATTRITION LEVEL CHANGES BY 10.5 FTE IN FISCAL YEAR 28.
00:38:43 YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT A HUGE DEPARTMENT SO WHEN WE WHEN WE
00:38:46 INCREASE THE ATTRITION IT REALLY IT REALLY HAMPERS OUR
00:38:48 ABILITY TO DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
00:38:51 THAT POSITION IS ONE WE REALLY NEED.
00:38:54 WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO PRIORITIZE OUR HIRING OVER THE
00:38:58 LAST YEAR AND FOCUS ON LIKE WHAT WE NEED IMMEDIATELY BUT WE
00:39:02 DO NEED THAT POSITION. >> WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
00:39:05 INDIVIDUALS IN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT HUNDRED AND 60 FOUR
00:39:12 NO, IT'S TWO YET TO JUST 248 ESSENTIALLY 5 TO 48.
00:39:19 >> OKAY. MORE THAN I THOUGHT.
00:39:23 >> SORRY I WAS LIKE OH HUNDRED AND 64 PEOPLE TO 48 TO 48 SO IF
00:39:26 YOU HAVE TEN FTE VACANT OR MORE ACTUALLY A MORE FTE, LET'S LET
00:39:33 ME KNOW WHAT IS YOUR ATTRITION PERCENTAGE?
00:39:36 >> MAYBE WE WILL BACK THEM. WE'LL DO THAT.
00:39:38 OKAY. >> THANK YOU.
00:39:40 I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME ON THE ROSTER.
00:39:41 SO THEN NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT CITY DEPARTMENT WHICH IS
00:39:46 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO
00:39:55 START WITH BUDGET AND I'LL JUST SAY OUR ANALYST FIRST.
00:40:08 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
00:40:09 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ARE SUMMARIZED ON PAGE 65 OF OUR
00:40:13 REPORT AND THE DETAILS START ON PAGE 66 OF OUR REPORT.
00:40:18 IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE FULL AGREEMENT WITH THE
00:40:22 DEPARTMENT ON OUR FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH AGAIN
00:40:25 START ON PAGE 66 AND GO THROUGH THE PAGE 71 OF OUR REPORT
00:40:40 AND ARE SUMMARIZED ON PAGE 71 AND TOTAL $7,002,665 IN THE
00:40:47 FIRST YEAR OF THAT AMOUNT 500,000 IS NON GENERAL FUND
00:40:50 SAVINGS AND THE REMAINDER ABOUT 6.5 MILLION ARE GENERAL FUND
00:40:54 SAVINGS MOSTLY ONE TIME IN YEAR TWO ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
00:41:03 TOTAL $1,553,442. THAT'S ALL ONGOING GENERAL FUND
00:41:05 SAVINGS WE BELIEVE WE HAVE DISAGREEMENT ON ALL THE POLICY
00:41:12 RECOMMENDATIONS AND THESE START ON PAGE 72 OF OUR REPORT.
00:41:16 SO ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT THERE ARE 23 OR AT LEAST AS OF THE
00:41:23 TIME WE PUT OUR REPORT TOGETHER THERE WERE 23 VACANT MANAGER
00:41:26 POSITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT SO I'M ONLY GOING TO
00:41:30 HIGHLIGHT A SELECT FEW FROM OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS SO
00:41:37 RECOMMENDATION 18 WHICH IS ON 72 AND 73 OF OUR REPORT
00:41:43 INCLUDES SEVEN VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
00:41:48 ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS
00:41:52 ONE MANAGER 3090931 MANAGER THREE THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR
00:41:57 OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THAT'S THE SECOND ONE ON THE
00:42:00 LIST ON PAGE 73 AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS
00:42:06 IN 0942 MANAGER SEVEN POSITION THAT'S ALSO BEEN VACANT FOR
00:42:09 MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF YEARS .
00:42:14 >> I WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PAGE 19 ON PAGE 74 OF OUR REPORT
00:42:18 WHICH HIGHLIGHTS TWO VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS IN BEHAVIORAL
00:42:22 HEALTH OF THESE ONE OF THE TWO IS AN 0931 MANAGER THREE THAT'S
00:42:27 BEEN VACANT FOR OVER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGE 20 ALSO ON PAGE
00:42:33 74 OF OUR REPORT CONSISTS OF THREE VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS
00:42:37 AND LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL. ALL THREE OF THESE POSITIONS
00:42:41 HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR LESS THAN A YEAR.
00:42:44 >> PAGE 21 ON PAGE 75 OF OUR REPORT INCLUDES SIX VACANT
00:42:49 MANAGER POSITIONS IN HEALTH NETWORK SERVICES.
00:42:53 OF THESE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS 109 FOR
00:42:56 ONE MANAGER'S SIX POSITION THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR TWO
00:42:58 AND A HALF YEARS AND FINALLY PAGE 22 ON PAGE 76 OF OUR
00:43:07 REPORT INCLUDES ONE VACANT MANAGER POSITION AND POPULATION
00:43:13 HEALTH. THIS IS AN 0932 MANAGER FOUR
00:43:15 IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR LESS THAN A YEAR.
00:43:18 OUR TOTAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE
00:43:19 VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS IS $7,281,123 IN FISCAL YEAR 2627
00:43:30 OF THAT 6.4 MILLION IS ABOUT 6.4 MILLION IS GENERAL FUND,
00:43:37 ABOUT 900,000 IS NON GENERAL FUND AND OUR POLICY
00:43:40 RECOMMENDATIONS TOTAL $7,663,709 IN BUDGET YEAR TWO
00:43:46 FISCAL YEAR 20 2728 OF THAT APPROXIMATELY 6.7 MILLION IS
00:43:51 GENERAL FUND SAVINGS AND ABOUT 945,000 IS NON GENERAL FUND
00:43:54 SAVINGS AND THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
00:44:01 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
00:44:02 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:44:09 GOOD MORNING DANCE DANZHAI DIRECTOR OF HERE.
00:44:14 FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR BALLET ANALYST CHRISTINA FOR
00:44:15 HAVING SPENT QUITE A BIT TIME WITH US RAGGED IF YOU DON'T
00:44:19 MIND PULLING UP THE SLIDES AS WELL.
00:44:22 EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS HOW DIFFICULT THE BUDGET HAS
00:44:26 BEEN FOR THESE WILL BE THINGS THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH AROUND
00:44:33 THE FISCAL PIECES BUT AFTER GOING BACK AND FORTH WE CONCUR.
00:44:35 WE UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT FOR FINDING SOME ADDITIONAL SAVINGS
00:44:38 AND SO WE HAVE CONCURRED ON THOSE FISCAL PIECES AND I'M
00:44:42 APPRECIATE APPRECIATIVE OF CHRISTINE OF THE BALLET FOR
00:44:46 WORKING BACK AND FORTH WITH US AROUND THAT THE POLICY
00:44:49 RECOMMENDATION 23 MANAGERS I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A
00:44:54 LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON AND WE ARE IN DISAGREEMENT ON
00:44:57 THAT MATTER UNDERSTANDING THE OVERALL CONTEXT HERE SO IT'S
00:45:05 ADVANCE THE GIST OF WHAT I'LL TRY TO BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH AS
00:45:08 WE IN THIS LAST IN THE BUDGET WE BROUGHT TO YOU ALL WE
00:45:14 ELIMINATED OVER 130 FTE POSITIONS.
00:45:17 19 OF THOSE WERE THE VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS AND OTHER
00:45:22 MANAGER ROLES SO WE HAVE ALREADY DELETED MORE THAN 40%
00:45:25 OF OUR VACANT MANAGERS AND AT EIGHT X THE RATE AS ARE NON
00:45:28 MANAGER POSITIONS. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US
00:45:31 TO TRY TO SUPPORT AS MUCH OF THE FRONTLINE STAFF AS POSSIBLE
00:45:34 OF ALL THE REMAINING POSITIONS WE BELIEVE ARE NEEDED SOME OF
00:45:39 THEM WE THEY HAVE A THEY'VE BEEN VACANT A LONG TIME ONLY
00:45:45 AND BECAUSE IN SO MUCH AS WE'VE DONE SOME RESTRUCTURING TO
00:45:48 DELIVER THE 19 MANAGERS WE HAVE DELETED AND USED OLD POSITIONS
00:45:53 TO REPURPOSE INTO NEW PIECES TO TRY TO MINIMIZE FTE IMPACTS
00:45:57 AND I'VE GOT SOME OF OUR CLINICAL LEADS FROM ACROSS THE
00:46:01 ABLE TO TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE POSITIONS THAT WE REALLY
00:46:05 COMBED THROUGH AND THEY GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL
00:46:06 AROUND THAT. AND SO THIS AND I SHOULD SAY
00:46:12 FIRST MADAM CHAIR, YOU ASKED OUR DEPARTMENT ABOUT ATTRITION
00:46:14 JUST SO WE HAVE BEEN AT THE LOWEST RATE OF TURNOVER IN THE
00:46:20 D H IN THE PAST TEN YEARS. >> WE'RE AT A 6.7% TURNOVER
00:46:24 RATE. I TAKE THAT TO BE A GOOD THING.
00:46:28 PEOPLE ARE I HOPE ENJOYING BEING IN THE DEPARTMENT WE WANT
00:46:31 PEOPLE WE WANT TO RETAIN PEOPLE.
00:46:32 THAT IS THE SINGLE LOWEST TURNOVER RATE WE'VE HAD AND I
00:46:36 LOOK AT A CHART GOING PAST TEN YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD AND OUR
00:46:38 BUDGETED ATTRITION FOR THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'VE
00:46:43 AGREED TO IS ALREADY AROUND 10%.
00:46:47 SO WE ARE AGREEING TO AN ATTRITION RATE THAT IS FAR
00:46:50 ABOVE OUR TURNOVER. WE'RE ALREADY HAVING DISCUSSION
00:46:51 WITH OUR REMAINING STAFF WHO ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT WORKLOAD
00:46:55 AND WE ARE UNABLE TO FILL VACANCIES AS THEY COME UP
00:46:58 BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT DELTA BETWEEN BUDGETED ATTRITION
00:47:02 AND OUR ACTIVE TURNOVER RATE ON THAT.
00:47:05 SO THAT'S CONTEXT OVERALL THIS CHART SHOWS WHERE WE LANDED ON
00:47:09 THE BUDGET WE ALL PRESENTED SO AS I NOTED WE'VE ALREADY
00:47:10 DELETED 19 MANAGER POSITIONS THAT IS 40% OF OUR 45 VACANT
00:47:16 MANAGERS. I HAD THE TEAM GO THROUGH WITH
00:47:20 A FINE TOOTH COMB AND REALLY IDENTIFY EVERY POSSIBLE
00:47:23 POSITION INCLUDING WHERE WE DID SOME RESTRUCTURING
00:47:24 AND REORGANIZED AND SO COMBINE TWO TEAMS INTO ONE THAT'S ALL
00:47:29 BUILT IN HERE. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THE RATE OF
00:47:33 MANAGER DELETION YOU'LL SEE IN THAT GRAY COLUMN WE DELETED
00:47:36 8% OF OUR TOTAL MANAGER POSITIONS VERSUS ONLY 1% FOR
00:47:40 ALL OF OUR OTHER STAFF POSITIONS.
00:47:44 SO AGAIN THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE TO REALLY
00:47:48 TAKE A HARD LOOK AT OUR MANAGER ROLES AND AS I NOTED THE BOTTOM
00:47:52 WERE AT A ATTRITION RATE OF 10% BUDGETED WHICH IS FAR ABOVE OUR
00:47:56 ACTUAL TURNOVER RATE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PAGE THIS
00:48:00 I WON'T WALK THROUGH EVERY ONE BUT THIS TAKES OUR 23 VACANCY
00:48:03 MANAGER VACANCIES AND BREAKS THOSE DOWN AT THE TOP THE 19
00:48:07 ALREADY ONES WE DELETED EVERYTHING WE FELT LIKE WE
00:48:10 COULD LIVE WITHOUT OR COULD COMBINE TWO TEAMS BECAUSE WE
00:48:14 COULD REDUCE WHAT WE CALLED SPAN OF CONTROL WE TOOK IN THE
00:48:18 19 AND THE REMAINDER BREAK DOWN AT A HIGH LEVEL INTO FIVE
00:48:22 CATEGORIES. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS THERE
00:48:25 FIVE MANAGER VACANCIES THAT WE NEED TO EITHER WITHOUT WHICH WE
00:48:29 WILL HAVE A LAYOFF BECAUSE WE HAVE A TEMPORARY STAFF THAT
00:48:33 WE'VE BEEN PLANNING ON CONVERTING INTO A PERMANENT
00:48:34 POSITION OR IT IS A MANAGER POSITION THAT MIGHT HAVE AN
00:48:41 ACTING PERSON IN THAT ROLE AND AS PART OF HOW WE ACHIEVE
00:48:44 THE 19 SO FOR EXAMPLE IN A FEW OF THESE WE TOOK TO MANAGER
00:48:45 ROLES, COMBINE THEM INTO ONE AND WE WILL NEED THAT ONE TO
00:48:51 EXECUTE ON HAVING BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
00:48:53 MANAGERS SO THAT'S THE FIRST ROW.
00:48:56 THE SECOND ARE HAVE NO GENERAL FUND IMPACT ARE FULLY REVENUE
00:48:59 BACKED AND HAVE SOME STATE REQUIREMENTS IN SOME CASES OR
00:49:03 FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND THAT.
00:49:05 THE THIRD ARE PURELY VERY FOCUSED ON REVENUE GENERATING
00:49:10 MEETING MORE MEDI-CAL MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT, OUR BUDGET
00:49:14 ASSUMES $176 MILLION OF NEW REVENUE.
00:49:15 WE WILL GO FIND AND GET WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO
00:49:19 THAT YET. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
00:49:22 TO BE TASKED WITH THAT INCLUDING THE GOOD OF HONDA
00:49:25 AND ACROSS OUR MEDICAL CODING AND NEW REVENUE INITIATIVES
00:49:29 AND OUR CLINICAL LEADS CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF NECESSARY AROUND
00:49:33 THAT THIS FOURTH BUCKET THAT YOU CAN'T SEE ON THE SCREEN
00:49:34 WITH A CLOSED CAPTIONING ARE OTHER OPERATIONAL OR REGULATORY
00:49:38 REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM OUR
00:49:41 HEAD OF CYBERSECURITY WHICH WE NOW HAVE AN ACTING PERSON
00:49:45 IN THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING AT THE A HONDA WHICH I CAN ASSURE
00:49:49 YOU WE NEED A DIRECTOR OF NURSING AND WE HAVE AN ACTING
00:49:52 PERSON IN THAT ROLE. SOME OF THE FACILITY IN CAPITAL
00:49:56 PIECES THAT WERE NOTED WITH VACANCIES WE HAVE DONE SOME
00:49:57 RESTRUCTURING AND WE'VE HAD A PROP F IN ONE OF THOSE ROLES
00:50:01 AND WE ABSOLUTELY NEED THOSE FOR BOTH SAFETY AND OUR ABILITY
00:50:04 TO DELIVER CLINICAL SERVICES ACROSS THE BOARD.
00:50:08 AND THEN THERE ARE FIVE ROLES THAT WE HAVE RECENT CRITICAL
00:50:09 VACANCIES WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST
00:50:13 OF TRYING TO FILL AROUND THAT. SO THAT SUMS UP THE 23
00:50:17 AND WE'VE REALLY I CAN ASSURE YOU WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITH A
00:50:21 FINE TOOTH COMB AND TAKEN OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND THE
00:50:24 REMAINING 23 ALL HAVE FIT INTO ONE OF THESE BUCKETS.
00:50:28 SO I THINK I WILL PAUSE THERE BY CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR
00:50:32 CHAN I WANTED TO ASK ON THE I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO BACK I
00:50:36 THINK IT'S SLIDE FIVE HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE
00:50:43 CREDENTIALING PARTICULARLY GIVEN WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH
00:50:44 LAGUNA HONDA? SO ARE THERE POSITIONS THERE
00:50:48 THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THAT? >> SO I WILL I'M GOING TO ASK
00:50:51 DR. SUSAN ERLICH TO COME UP AS CEO OF SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL
00:50:55 THAT CREDENTIALING ROLE ALSO IS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT HAS A
00:50:59 RANGE OF OTHER REORGANIZATION THINGS LINKED TO THAT.
00:51:03 BUT DR. ERLICH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT?
00:51:05 >> SURE. THANK YOU.
00:51:09 GOOD GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
00:51:13 AND CONCERN ABOUT OUR BUDGET. >> THE TWO POSITIONS WE HAVE AS
00:51:17 IS OF GE SUPPORT THE REST OF THE NETWORK AROUND REVENUE
00:51:20 PRIMARILY SO ONE IS CODING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REVENUE
00:51:25 CYCLE AND ONE HAS TO DO WITH COMPLIANCE AND BILLING AT THE
00:51:29 BACK END OF THE REVENUE CYCLE. >> SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE
00:51:33 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRST THAT WE
00:51:40 ARE THAT OUR BILLS ARE CORRECTLY PUT TOGETHER.
00:51:44 >> THESE ARE THAT ARE THERE ARE BILLS ARE CORRECTLY PUT
00:51:48 TOGETHER THAT WE HAVE CODED THEM CORRECTLY THAT THE
00:51:49 CLINICIANS HAVE INCLUDED ALL THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE
00:51:53 IN THEIR BILLS THAT'S THE FIRST ONE ON THE BACKEND WE NEED TO
00:51:57 MAKE SURE THAT OUR BILLS ARE COMPLIANT WITH ALL INSURANCE
00:52:00 AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS. WE NOTICE THAT INSURANCE
00:52:04 COMPANIES ARE TAKING MORE AND MORE OF A BITE OUT OF THE
00:52:08 BILLS THAT WE SUBMIT AND SO THAT POSITION IS MAKING SURE
00:52:12 THAT WE GET ALL THE REVENUE TO WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED.
00:52:15 SO THINK OF THE REVENUE CYCLE AS A FRONT AND A BACK AND THESE
00:52:20 THESE TWO POSITIONS OCCUPY THE FRONT END AND THE BACK END OF
00:52:22 THE REVENUE CYCLE WHERE YOU ALSO ASK ME THE CREDENTIALING
00:52:25 ROLE SO THAT FOR THE CREDENTIALING ROLE I JUST WANT
00:52:29 TO NOTE ONE PIECE AND THEN ASK DR. ERLICH TO JUMP IN AS WELL.
00:52:32 WITHOUT THAT VACANCY WE WILL ALSO NEED TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
00:52:37 LAY OFF OF AN EXISTING STAFF MEMBER THAT WE HAVE AND SO
00:52:41 THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
00:52:42 BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CREDENTIALING MORE BROADLY
00:52:45 YEAH, PARDON ME. >> SO IN IN OUR MEDICAL STAFF
00:52:48 OFFICE THE MEDICAL STAFF OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:52:52 CREDENTIALING ALL PROVIDERS ACROSS THE NETWORK.
00:52:53 SO THIS IS OVER A THOUSAND PROVIDERS WHO ARE PROVIDING
00:52:57 SERVICES PRIMARY CARE, INPATIENT CARE, CRITICAL
00:53:01 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CARE. THIS IS A REQUIRED REGULATORY
00:53:04 RESPONSIBILITY AND WE REGULARLY GO EVERY MONTH TO THE THE JCC
00:53:12 TO REVIEW THAT DAN IS CORRECT. WE ELIMINATED ONE MANAGER
00:53:18 AND THIS MANAGER THAT IS VACANT NOW IS ONE THAT SUPERVISES THAT
00:53:23 WHOLE STAFF THERE. THERE IS NO OTHER MANAGER THERE
00:53:27 AND IT IS REQUIRED TO MEET REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS BOTH AT
00:53:34 THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL.
00:53:35 >> YOU HAD MENTIONED REIMBURSEMENTS AND I WAS THAT
00:53:42 WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION GIVEN SOME
00:53:45 NEW WRINKLES WITH H.R. ONE, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW
00:53:49 CHALLENGES IN HOW WE DO THAT. I THINK THERE I MEAN IT SEEMS
00:53:52 TO ME WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
00:53:54 LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IF WE
00:53:58 CAN GET IT. IS THIS OR AM I CORRECT
00:54:00 IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE POSITIONS TO MAKE SURE
00:54:05 THAT WE ARE GETTING ALL THE REIMBURSEMENTS WE'RE ENTITLED
00:54:08 TO? >> YOU ARE 100% ACCURATE ABOUT
00:54:10 THAT. THERE ARE THINGS IN THE
00:54:14 MEDICAID PROGRAM AS A RESULT OF H.R. ONE THAT WE CANNOT CONTROL
00:54:18 . BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN
00:54:19 CONTROL THE REVENUES THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO, WE NEED TO BE
00:54:22 ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THE TWO POSITIONS I
00:54:25 DESCRIBED TO YOU ONE AT THE FRONT END OF THE REVENUE CYCLE
00:54:29 AND THE OTHER AT THE BACK END ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO
00:54:33 MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING IN AS MUCH REVENUE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN
00:54:36 . YOU KNOW, SHORT OF THE LOSSES
00:54:37 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AS A RESULT OF H.R. ONE.
00:54:41 >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THAT.
00:54:42 THANKS. >> SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU.
00:54:48 >> AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE WELL APPRECIATE
00:54:52 THE WRONG WORD RECOGNIZE THE CUTS YOU'VE ALREADY MADE
00:54:55 BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND PAINFUL CUTS
00:54:58 AND THAT'S THE CONTEXT THAT YOU'RE COMING TO US WITH IN YOU
00:55:02 KNOW, THESE PARTICULAR ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS I THINK
00:55:05 WE NEED TO SCRUTINIZE CLOSELY AND IN I WOULD SAY GENERALLY BE
00:55:10 RELUCTANT TO PURSUE AND I THINK THE YOU KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN THE
00:55:18 MANDATE IN THE ADVICE OF THIS COMMITTEE TO HEART CUTTING
00:55:25 MANAGER POSITIONS AT EIGHT X THE RATE OF ALL THEIR
00:55:26 CLASSIFICATIONS 40% OF YOUR 45 VACANT MANAGERS ALREADY DELETED
00:55:33 . SO I THINK THAT'S AGAIN
00:55:33 IMPORTANT CONTEXT FOR US TO MAKE THIS DECISION IN.
00:55:37 AND I ALSO JUST WANT I APPRECIATE THE THE VACANCIES
00:55:40 AND KIND OF THE RATIONALE LAYING THAT OUT CLEARLY SO WE
00:55:44 CAN UNDERSTAND AS WE WEIGH THESE DECISIONS YOU KNOW, THE
00:55:45 REAL IMPACT OF ANY OF THESE VACANCIES, WHETHER IT BE A
00:55:49 REVENUE GENERATING OR JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE
00:55:52 LAST FEW MONTHS. SO JUST NOT NECESSARILY A
00:55:55 QUESTION BUT JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
00:55:56 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:55:59 I WOULD SAY IF ANYTHING I'M LOOKING AT THIS I'M KIND OF
00:56:04 INTERESTED IN GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE POSITIONS LIKE THE
00:56:07 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. I KNOW THAT IT'S RECENTLY
00:56:11 VACANT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY NEED
00:56:12 THAT. >> DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE?
00:56:16 YES, I SO MANY OF YOU NOTE THE VICE THAT WAS IN THAT ROLE.
00:56:25 DEIRDRE HUSSEY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AN ACTING WHO HAS
00:56:30 BEEN HOLDING THREE HATS. IT IS ACTUALLY THE COMMS PERSON
00:56:33 WHO'S EXCELLENT AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL.
00:56:37 WE'VE PULLED UP TO DO I MEAN THE DPI GETS COUNTLESS NUMBERS
00:56:44 OF INQUIRIES ON EVERYTHING AND THAT IS NOT ONLY FROM A
00:56:48 PRESS STANDPOINT BUT ALSO HOW WE ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY
00:56:49 AND TO MAKE SURE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE PUTTING OUT HEALTH
00:56:52 BULLETINS ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY ARE AWARE OF
00:56:56 WHAT'S HAPPENING WHETHER IT BE SUPERVISOR WALTON, SOME OF THE
00:56:59 WORK WE'VE WORKED ON TOGETHER ON ISSUES OF THE BAYVIEW OR
00:57:01 RECENT TB OUTBREAKS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IS REALLY
00:57:04 KEY AND DRIVING SOME OF THOSE THOSE PIECES.
00:57:08 SO WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING WITH AN ACTING THAT ACTING HAS WORN
00:57:11 THREE HATS AT ONCE AND WE DID THREE THE ZIGZAG HEAD OF COMMS
00:57:21 THERE'S ANOTHER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR THAT WAS OUT ON
00:57:23 MEDICAL LEAVE AND JUST RETURNED WHO IS EXCELLENT BUT HAD BEEN
00:57:30 OUT ON WITH A MEDICAL LEAVE AND THEN THE HEAD OF THAT
00:57:33 ENTIRE MEDIA COMES OUTREACH ALL OF THAT.
00:57:37 SO THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS WORN THREE HATS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
00:57:41 MONTHS BUT TECHNICALLY YOU DO UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY YOU DO
00:57:47 HAVE A COMMS DIRECTOR FOR GENERAL HOSPITAL SPECIFICALLY
00:57:52 AND THEN THIS IS NOT THE SAME OR IT IS THIS IS ACROSS THE
00:57:56 ENTIRE DPA ALL $3.7 BILLION OF IT.
00:58:02 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
00:58:02 PRESIDENT AMENDMENT THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN I WANT TO JUST THANK
00:58:09 DIRECTOR CY AND HIS DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE I THINK THE LARGEST
00:58:17 CHUNK OF OUR OF OUR BUDGET AND THEREFORE WHEN CUTS COME
00:58:20 THEY COME HARDEST FOR YOU AND I THINK YOUR WORK WITH THE
00:58:27 MAYOR THE MAYOR'S TEAM TO TRY TO FIND THE LEAST I MEAN
00:58:31 THERE'S NO CUTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH THAT ARE NOT PAINFUL BUT
00:58:35 BUT TO FIND THE CUTS THAT COULD BE MADE IN THE WAY TO MINIMIZE
00:58:39 IMPACTS ON SERVICE DELIVERY TO MAKE TO SHRINK YOUR MANAGERIAL
00:58:44 RANKS AND THEN YOUR WORK WITH OUR BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
00:58:48 ANALYSTS TO TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU COULD MANAGE TO SQUEEZE
00:58:52 EVEN MORE OUT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS SOMETHING I AM
00:58:56 PERSONALLY GRATEFUL FOR. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT
00:59:00 AND I'M TAKING SERIOUSLY YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT LOSING MORE ON
00:59:04 THE POLICY SIDE. >> THANK YOU.
00:59:07 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:59:11 >> THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO
00:59:13 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
00:59:29 OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY ARE
00:59:31 SUMMARIZED ON PAGE 81 OF OUR REPORT.
00:59:34 I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE NOTE WE DO SPEAK TO GENERAL FUND VERSUS
00:59:37 NON GENERAL FUND SAVINGS BUT I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT OUR
00:59:40 RECOMMENDATIONS DON'T INCLUDE THE ADJUSTMENT TO GENERAL FUND
00:59:44 SAVINGS DUE TO SOME REIMBURSEMENTS AND THERE'S
00:59:47 DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON GETTING THOSE
00:59:52 NUMBERS FINALIZED. SO THE GENERAL FUND ON GENERAL
00:59:55 AND SAVINGS FINAL NUMBER GIVEN WHATEVER YOU ACCEPT MIGHT VARY
00:59:59 A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT WE STATED SO THE DETAILS OF OUR
01:00:06 RECOMMENDATIONS START ON PAGE 82 OF OUR REPORT.
01:00:09 MY I'LL GO THROUGH ONE BY ONE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
01:00:13 DEPARTMENT AGREES WITH NUMBER ONE ON PAGE 82 OF OUR REPORT AS
01:00:17 WELL AS NUMBER TWO NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE TWO
01:00:23 AND FIVE AND SIX ON PAGE 83 OF OUR REPORT.
01:00:27 SO I WILL SPEAK TO HSA SEVEN AND EIGHT OF OUR REPORT WHICH
01:00:35 ARE ON PAGE 83, 8485 AND THROUGH 89 OF OUR REPORT.
01:00:45 >> SO IT IS A SEVEN YEAR THIS IS SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS
01:00:53 OF A SAVINGS OF $1.5 MILLION TO ACCOUNT FOR EXPECTED DELAYS
01:01:00 IN HIRING 154 NEW FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS PROPOSED
01:01:04 BY THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO POTENTIAL DELAYS IN ACQUIRING
01:01:08 LEASED OFFICE SPACE AND PERFORMING THE NECESSARY
01:01:11 NECESSARY TENANT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT SPACE.
01:01:16 THIS IS A SEVEN AND THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION ARE
01:01:20 ALL FOR AN EFFORT OF THE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS CHANGES
01:01:26 INTRODUCED BY H.R. ONE BY THE FEDERAL LAW THAT IS GOING TO
01:01:33 INCREASE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR VARIOUS
01:01:37 BENEFITS ON THIS REDUCTION WOULD STILL ALLOW A NEARLY $21
01:01:47 MILLION INCREASE FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S H.R. ONE RESPONSE
01:01:51 IMPLEMENTATION EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FOR THE FIRST BUDGET
01:01:54 YEAR DOES NOT RESTRICT THE DEPARTMENT'S HIRING AUTHORITY
01:01:58 FOR ALL OF THE REQUESTED POSITIONS.
01:02:02 SO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THE ASSUMPTION THAT WENT INTO THIS
01:02:06 BUDGET NUMBER IS THAT 154 NEW POSITIONS WOULD BE HIRED BY
01:02:15 OCTOBER 1ST WHICH IS QUITE A TALL ORDER GIVEN THE CITY'S
01:02:19 HIRING PROCESSES. WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS IS
01:02:23 THAT WE AGREE THAT THE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY CAN DO HALF
01:02:28 OF THAT ON TIME OCTOBER 1ST BUT DUE TO POTENTIAL DELAYS IN THE
01:02:35 HIRING PROCESS, POTENTIAL DELAYS IN LEASING UP THE SPACE
01:02:37 POTENTIAL LAYS IN THE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS THAT SPACE THAT
01:02:40 THERE CONSERVATIVELY COULD BE A SIX WEEK DELAY IN HALF OF THE
01:02:49 154 POSITIONS. SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY WOULD
01:02:50 START MID-NOVEMBER INSTEAD OF OCTOBER 1ST.
01:02:56 >> SO THAT'S WHAT GOES INTO AGENCY SEVEN.
01:03:01 IT'S THAT THAT 1.5 MILLION IS THE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR
01:03:05 HALF OF THE POSITIONS STARTING SIX WEEKS LATER THAN WHAT THE
01:03:08 DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTING AND THEN HSA EIGHT THERE ARE NO
01:03:11 ACTUAL SAVINGS IN IT HSA SAY EIGHT IT'S JUST SAYING 149 OF
01:03:20 THE 100 AND 54 SHOULD BE SHOULD START OUT AT LEAST AS LIMITED
01:03:26 TERM BECAUSE THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS RESPONDING TO H.R. ONE
01:03:33 THAT COULD VERY WELL BE REVERSED IN SOME WAY THREE MORE
01:03:37 YEARS DOWN THE LINE. DO WE REALLY WANT TO COMMIT
01:03:41 OURSELVES TO 149 PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS WHEN
01:03:45 THEY COULD BE CONVERTED LATER DOWN THE ROAD IN TWO YEARS OR
01:03:50 THREE YEARS? BUT DO WE REALLY WANT TO COMMIT
01:03:52 OURSELVES RIGHT NOW TO THAT? >> SO THE TOTAL SO SO THAT IS
01:04:01 1.5 MILLION FOR THOSE TWO AND THEN I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO
01:04:08 THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH START ON PAGE 90 OF OUR
01:04:11 REPORT. SO EACH HAS A NINE INCLUDES
01:04:18 DELETING FOR VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS WHICH WE CONSIDER A
01:04:22 POLICY MATTER FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THESE FOUR
01:04:25 VACANCIES ARE WE NARROWED DOWN NOT JUST VACANCIES THAT ARE
01:04:30 BEING HELD OPEN FOR ATTRITION BUT TRUE VACANCIES IS THAT DO
01:04:34 NOT HAVE A PERSON THAT HAS BEEN TEMPORARY EXCHANGED INTO THE
01:04:38 INTO THE POSITION AND THERE WERE NO OFFER LETTERS OUT TO
01:04:42 ANY OF THESE POSITIONS WHEN WE PUT THEM DOWN ON OUR CUT SHEET.
01:04:45 SO THE FIRST ONE IS AN O922 MANAGER ONE POSITION WITH THE
01:04:48 SAN FRANCISCO BENEFITS NETWORK TRAINING AND INDUCTION PROGRAM
01:04:56 FOR ELIGIBILITY WORKERS. THIS POSITION WAS VACATED
01:05:00 IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 THE SECOND POSITIONS AT OH 923 MANAGER TWO
01:05:04 POSITION WHICH OVERSEES THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CAL FRESH
01:05:07 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PLAN AND PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINEE
01:05:11 PROGRAMS WHICH IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S H.R.
01:05:15 ONE RESPONSE THAT POSITION WAS VACATED IN NOVEMBER.
01:05:18 THE THIRD POSITION IS IN OH NINE ALSO IN O923 MANAGER TO
01:05:22 POSITION RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT AND COMPLIANCE OF THE
01:05:25 FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES FUNDING STREAMS, PROCESSES
01:05:29 AND FISCAL POLICIES NECESSARY TO MITIGATE FISCAL RISK
01:05:33 AND OPTIMIZE REVENUE MANAGEMENT.
01:05:34 THIS WAS VACATED IN APRIL AND THE FINAL POSITION IS ALSO
01:05:40 AN O923 MANAGER TWO POSITION IT OVERSEES MULTIPLE SAN FRANCISCO
01:05:44 BENEFITS NETWORK SUPERVISORS AND ELIGIBILITY WORKERS THAT
01:05:48 ARE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S H.R.
01:05:49 ONE RESPONSE THE POSITION WAS VACATED IN JANUARY.
01:05:52 OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS SAVINGS TOTAL $1,055,001 IN THE
01:05:59 FIRST BUDGET YEAR AND $1,111,648 IN THE SECOND
01:06:05 BUDGET YEAR. FINALLY I WILL JUST SPEAK TO
01:06:09 OUR CURRENT RECOMMENDATION FOR CURRENT YEAR SAVINGS WHICH ARE
01:06:13 ON PAGE 93 OF OUR REPORT WHICH I BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT AGREES
01:06:17 WITH WHICH AND THE SAVINGS FOR THAT TOTAL $68,351.
01:06:22 THAT COMPLETES MY SUMMARY OF OUR DISAGREEMENTS AND WE'RE
01:06:26 AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
01:06:27 THANK YOU CHAIR SHAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:06:33 >> TRENT RAW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY
01:06:36 WHO I'LL SPEAK TO WE ARE IN AGREEMENT OF THE FIRST SIX
01:06:40 RECOMMENDATIONS. I'LL SPEAK TO RECOMMENDATIONS
01:06:44 SEVEN AND EIGHT AND THEN I DO HAVE SOME SLIDES FOR THE THE
01:06:48 MANAGER POSITION RECOMMENDATIONS.
01:06:49 >> SO FOR FOR AGENCIES SEVEN AND THIS IS THE $1.5 MILLION
01:06:55 REDUCTION AND AS THE BUDGET ANALYST EXPLAINED TO ACCOUNT
01:06:58 FOR THE PACE OF HIRING 100 AND 54 POSITIONS I'LL NOTE THAT
01:07:03 THE BUDGET ANALYSTS SAID THAT OUR PLAN IS TO HIRE 154
01:07:07 POSITIONS BY OCTOBER. >> THAT'S NOT OUR PLAN.
01:07:10 WHEN WE ARE FULLY STAFFED WE WILL HAVE 154 FTE 154 NEW
01:07:13 POSITIONS TO IMPLEMENT H.R ONE WHEN WE PARDON ME WHEN WE BUILT
01:07:21 OUR BUDGET REQUEST AND WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE
01:07:24 WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE PACE OF HIRING THE PACE OF TRAINING,
01:07:28 THE PACE OF ONBOARDING AND SO WE'VE ALREADY BUILT IN THE
01:07:32 SAVINGS THAT THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE IS TALKING ABOUT IF WE
01:07:35 WERE TO TRY TO SCORE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS WE WOULD HAVE TO SLOW
01:07:37 OUR OUR HIRING FURTHER. >> SO LET ME GIVE YOU AN
01:07:40 EXAMPLE. WE ARE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATING
01:07:43 HIRING 84 PEOPLE, 84 POSITIONS FILLING 84 POSITIONS IN OCTOBER
01:07:49 ,ANOTHER 34 POSITIONS IN NOVEMBER AND THEN PACING
01:07:53 FROM THERE. I SHOULD SAY THAT IN ADDITION
01:07:56 TO BUILDING IN THE VACANCY ATTRITION AND INCORPORATING
01:07:58 SORT OF THE PARTIAL YEAR FTE STARTING IN OCTOBER WE HAVE
01:08:01 CURRENT ACTIVE LISTS. ONE OF THE BARRIERS AS YOU ALL
01:08:05 KNOW YOU'VE HEARD TO HIRING IS WE DON'T HAVE ACTIVE
01:08:09 ELIGIBILITY LIST SO WE DO FOR THE 2905 ELIGIBILITY WORKER
01:08:11 POSITIONS WE HAVE 602 CANDIDATES ON THE LIST WHO HAVE
01:08:14 ALREADY BEEN SCREENED AND QUALIFIED.
01:08:17 WE HAVE 70 CANDIDATES FOR OUR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING SPECIALISTS
01:08:20 97 OR FOR AN R 2913 POSITIONS. WE HAVE 206 CANDIDATES ON THE
01:08:23 LIST. >> WE ARE ALSO SHOULD WE
01:08:28 EXHAUST THOSE LISTS AND NOT BE ABLE TO HIRE FILLING THE
01:08:31 POSITIONS WE WOULD MOVE TO HIRE THEM PROVISIONALLY AND THE LAST
01:08:34 AND REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE MAYBE MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT
01:08:38 THIS WORK IS GOING TO BEGIN AND ALREADY HAS BEGUN.
01:08:39 >> THE NEW CAL FRESH REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING
01:08:45 IN WORK ACTIVITIES IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR BENEFITS WENT INTO
01:08:49 EFFECT ON ON JUNE 1ST. >> THAT REQUIRES NEW
01:08:53 ELIGIBILITY IN TERMS OF ASSESSING 19,000 PEOPLE FOR
01:08:57 POTENTIAL EXEMPTIONS TO THE WORK REQUIREMENTS HELPING PLACE
01:09:00 THEM INTO WORK REQUIREMENTS OR WORK PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES
01:09:02 THAT MEET THOSE WORK REQUIREMENTS.
01:09:04 ALL OF THIS IS VERY INTENSIVE ELIGIBILITY WORK WHICH IS THE
01:09:08 REASON WE'RE TRYING TO ADD THESE ELIGIBILITY STAFF
01:09:09 IN ADDITION TO HIRING THE WORKFORCE STAFF WHO DO SORT OF
01:09:12 THE BACK END ENGAGEMENT PIECE FOR FOR THE CLIENTS TO KEEP
01:09:16 THEM ON THEIR THEIR CAL FRESH BENEFITS FOR AGENCY AGE THIS IS
01:09:20 THE AGAIN THE BUDGET ANALYST SAID NO SAVINGS IN THIS BECAUSE
01:09:25 THIS IS JUST SAYING THEY SHOULDN'T BE TEMPORARY
01:09:28 POSITIONS, THEY SHOULDN'T BE PERMANENT POSITIONS.
01:09:29 THEY SHOULD BE TEMPORARY. >> THIS CREATES CHALLENGES TO
01:09:35 HIRING THAT THAT SORT OF ARE EXACERBATED BY THE NOTION THAT
01:09:39 IT'S TEMPORARY PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS
01:09:45 AND TAKE JOBS THAT ARE TEMPORARY IN NATURE.
01:09:47 IT DOES ASSUME THAT THIS LAW MIGHT BE OVERTURNED OR MIGHT
01:09:53 CHANGE. WE'RE NOT ASSUMING THAT AT THIS
01:09:57 POINT WE WOULD NEED A NEW PERSON, NEW PRESIDENT IN THE
01:09:58 WHITE HOUSE. >> WE NEED NEW CONGRESS WHO
01:10:01 KNOWS WHAT LEVEL OF PRIORITY OUR VERSION OF H.R. ONE WOULD
01:10:04 ACTUALLY BE. >> SO WE ARE WE ARE BUILDING UP
01:10:08 STAFF IN RESPONSE TO H.R. ONE BEING THE LAW AND BEING THE LAW
01:10:11 FOR FOR THE NEAR FUTURE SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT SHOULD THE LAW
01:10:15 CHANGE AND WE WILL BE ADVOCATING TO REVERSE THIS LAW
01:10:18 ONCE WE GET PERHAPS MORE RECEPTIVE, MORE RECEPTIVITY
01:10:22 IN THE WHITE HOUSE. >> WE HAVE SUCH HIGH ATTRITION
01:10:23 RATES IN THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE HIRING THAT WE COULD
01:10:27 MANAGE THE NECESSARY REDUCTION IN STAFF THROUGH THAT ATTRITION
01:10:30 WE HAVE SAID 12%. >> WE HAVE A 12% ATTRITION RATE
01:10:33 FOR EXAMPLE AMONG OUR ELIGIBILITY ORDERS.
01:10:37 AND SO IF WE SEE THIS LOBBYING CHANGE AND THE REGULATIONS
01:10:41 CHANGING, WE WILL SIMPLY REDUCE OUR HEADCOUNT AND MANAGE THE
01:10:45 BUDGET EFFECTIVELY IN THAT MANNER.
01:10:48 THE POSITIONS ARE CRITICAL ADDING SORT OF THIS WRINKLE
01:10:53 THAT THEY'RE TEMPORARY WILL REALLY CREATE CHALLENGES FOR
01:10:57 OUR RECRUITING AND THEN ADDITION IN TERMS OF SORT OF
01:10:58 GOOD GOVERNMENT, THESE POSITIONS PARTICULARLY THE
01:11:01 ELIGIBILITY WORKERS GO THROUGH A SIX MONTH INDUCTION TRAINING.
01:11:05 >> SO WE'RE GOING TO INVEST A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF MONEY
01:11:09 AND RESOURCES INTO HIRING A STAFF OR TRAINING THEM, GETTING
01:11:13 THEM ON LINE TO SERVE CLIENTS AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER TWO
01:11:16 AND A HALF YEARS LATER THEY EXIT.
01:11:19 >> I WOULD QUESTION WHETHER THAT'S REALLY A GOOD USE OF
01:11:21 CITY RESOURCES GIVEN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS THIS TRAINED
01:11:23 WORKFORCE. I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE
01:11:24 STRATEGIC TO MANAGE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF STAFF
01:11:30 AND PERHAPS A NECESSARY REDUCTION THROUGH ATTRITION
01:11:31 RATHER THAN A FORCED EXIT AFTER THREE YEARS OF HIRING THEM I
01:11:36 WILL PAUSE THERE AND MOVE TO THE MANAGERS TO ALLOW FOR
01:11:42 QUESTIONS FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
01:11:46 OKAY, GREAT. >> SO I'LL START WITH SORT OF
01:11:53 THE CONTEXT FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY IN TERMS OF OUR
01:11:56 OUR MANAGERS. >> THE BILL THE BILL REPORTS
01:12:00 THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE GROWTH IN MANAGER, DEPUTY
01:12:03 DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR POSITIONS ACROSS THE CITY HAS FAR
01:12:07 OUTPACED POSITION GROWTH BUT AT 20.5% INCREASE IN THOSE MANAGER
01:12:11 POSITIONS VERSUS ABOUT A 3% INCREASE IN STAFF OVERALL IT
01:12:17 JUST DOES NOT FIT THAT THAT SORT OF STATISTICAL
01:12:21 ILLUSTRATION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN FACT AGENCY MANAGER
01:12:25 POSITIONS HAVE INCREASED BY ONLY 0.6% AND IT'S A SLOWER
01:12:28 RATE OF GROWTH THAN OUR REGULAR STAFF WHICH IS A GROWTH OF
01:12:32 ABOUT 1.6%. AGENCY MANAGERS REPRESENT ABOUT
01:12:36 4% OF THE OVERALL POSITIONS AT THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY WHICH
01:12:40 IS FAR LESS THAN MOST BIG DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
01:12:43 >> IN ADDITION, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD AS I JUST WENT
01:12:47 THROUGH 154 NEW POSITIONS WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO ADD ANY
01:12:51 ADDITIONAL MANAGERS. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE
01:12:52 EXISTING MANAGERS IN OUR SFE BENEFITS NET PROGRAM AND OUR
01:12:55 WORKFORCE PROGRAM IN OUR H.R. DIVISION WILL REMAIN AND WILL
01:12:59 SIMPLY ABSORB THEIR STANCE OF CONTROL INCREASE THEY'LL BE
01:13:03 THEY'LL BE MORE INDIVIDUALS WORKING EITHER BELOW THEIR
01:13:07 DIRECT REPORTS OR DIRECTLY REPORTING TO THEM.
01:13:11 >> I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF BUILDING
01:13:14 OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THIS YEAR WE DID ELIMINATE TWO
01:13:17 VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS ALREADY AND WE CONVERTED TWO
01:13:20 OTHERS TO HIGH LEVEL ANALYST POSITIONS GIVEN THE NATURE OF
01:13:23 THEIR WORK. SO WE ALREADY HAVE ELIMINATED
01:13:24 OR CHANGED FOR POSITIONS MANAGER POSITIONS.
01:13:28 SO IF I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE OKAY THIS ONE THE VLA HAS
01:13:34 ALREADY AGREED WITH US TO TO CONVERT IT TO A AN 1824 SENIOR
01:13:39 ANALYST POSITION SO THAT WAS OFF THE LIST BASICALLY IT'S FOR
01:13:42 MANAGERS THAT WE FOR VACANT MANAGER POSITIONS THAT WE ARE
01:13:46 HOPING TO RETAIN THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
01:13:49 >> THREE OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO H.R.
01:13:51 ONE AND AS I JUST NOTED WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY NEW POSITION
01:13:53 MANAGER POSITIONS FOR EACH R ONE IMPLEMENTATION BUT WE DO
01:13:57 NEED TO KEEP THE THREE VACANT ONES AND FILL THEM TO BE ABLE
01:14:00 TO MANAGE THAT INCREASED WORKFORCE.
01:14:03 THE FIRST ONE IS AN O922 MANAGER POSITION THAT OVERSEES
01:14:04 R AND R INDUCTION TRAINING. IT MANAGES ALL OF THE
01:14:07 ELIGIBILITY WORKER INDUCTION FOR FOR MEDI-CAL AND CAL FRESH
01:14:11 WHICH ARE THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY H R ONE.
01:14:17 >> IT LEADS THE REDESIGN AND ROLL OUT OF THE TRAINING TO
01:14:18 ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND QUALITY THESE REGULATIONS THAT ARE
01:14:21 COMING FROM THE FEDS THAT THAT GIVE US THE DETAIL BEHIND THE
01:14:25 LAW ON HOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE MEDI-CAL REGULATIONS JUST
01:14:30 CAME OUT JUNE 1ST AND THOSE STILL COULD CHANGE WITHIN THE
01:14:34 NEXT 30 DAYS. WELL 30 DAYS FROM JUNE 1ST.
01:14:37 SO WE NEED A MANAGER TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF ADDRESS THE DYNAMICS
01:14:40 OF THOSE REGULATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAINING IS
01:14:44 APPROPRIATE AND THE STAFF ARE TRAINED APPROPRIATELY.
01:14:45 AGAIN, IT'S A BIG INVEST MENT IN TRAINING AND THE WAY THAT
01:14:49 WE'RE ROLLING IN OUR STAFF 84 IN THE FIRST MONTH IS AN
01:14:52 ADDITIONAL 34 ETC. THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF TRAINING CLASSES
01:14:56 THAT THAT INDUCTION TRAINING MANAGER WILL NOT PROVIDE THE
01:14:59 TRAINING BUT WE'LL OVERSEE THAT PROVISION OF THE TRAINING TO
01:15:03 ALL OF THOSE STAFF IN H.R. ONE I SHOULD SAY THAT THAT
01:15:06 POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT FOR NINE MONTHS.
01:15:09 IT HAS 12 DIRECT REPORTS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY OVERSEES THE
01:15:12 ENTIRE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR S.F. BENEFITS THAT THE NEXT IS THE
01:15:18 0923 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS MANAGER THAT HAS 42
01:15:21 INDIRECT REPORTS AND ONE AND A HALF DIRECT REPORTS OR EXCUSE
01:15:25 ME FIVE DIRECT REPORTS IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR SEVEN MONTHS.
01:15:29 THIS IS SORT OF THE BACK END OF OUR DECISION TO IMPLEMENT H.R.
01:15:32 ONE IN THE MOST HUMANE WAY POSSIBLE WHICH IS NOT SIMPLY
01:15:36 ENFORCE WORK REQUIREMENTS ON CLIENTS WITHOUT GIVING ANY
01:15:37 EFFECT GIVING THEM OPTIONS TO PARTICIPATE.
01:15:40 >> SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO WE KNOW WE WANT TO KEEP
01:15:44 PEOPLE ON THEIR MEDI-CAL ON THEIR CAL FRESH BUT ALSO FOR
01:15:48 THOSE WHO WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES
01:15:51 TO UPSKILL TO FIND JOBS, TO ATTEND CITY COLLEGE TO GET
01:15:55 THEIR GED, WE NEED STAFF TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THOSE
01:15:58 VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF VARIOUS OFFERINGS.
01:16:01 THIS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS MANAGER IS THE
01:16:03 POSITION THAT WOULD OVERSEE THE CAL FRESH EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
01:16:07 PROGRAM INCLUDING THE WORKFARE EXPANSION THAT WE'RE
01:16:10 ANTICIPATING IN RESPONSE TO H.R. ONE AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC
01:16:12 SERVICE TRAINEE PROGRAMS WHICH ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON
01:16:15 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, WORKING IN CITY DEPARTMENTS AND TRAINEE
01:16:19 ROLES TO GET REAL SKILLS AND GET REAL WAGES.
01:16:22 AGAIN, CRITICAL TO H.R. ONE THAT THAT MANAGER POSITION BE
01:16:26 FILLED. THE NEXT POSITION IS NOT
01:16:29 RELATED TO H.R. ONE. IT'S IN OUR FAMILY
01:16:30 AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES DIVISION.
01:16:32 IT'S ONLY BEEN VACANT FOR TWO MONTHS.
01:16:33 THE INCUMBENT TOOK UP PROMOTED OPPORTUNITY IN THE DEPARTMENT
01:16:37 OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES AND THERE'S BEEN AN ACTING
01:16:41 MANAGER FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
01:16:42 >> THE TIMING FOR THIS ONE REALLY COULDN'T BE WORSE.
01:16:45 >> THIS POSITION OVERSEES SIX DIRECT REPORTS AND 26 INDIRECT
01:16:49 REPORTS AND THAT UNIT AND THAT TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
01:16:53 ADMINISTERING 64 MILLION DOLLARS OF FOSTER CARE
01:16:56 PAYMENTS, ADOPTION PAYMENTS, GUARDIANSHIP PAYMENTS TO
01:16:59 SUPPORT OVER A THOUSAND KIDS WHO ARE IN OUT-OF-HOME
01:17:01 PLACEMENT OR WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED.
01:17:04 >> NOT ONLY IS THE SPAN OF CONTROL LARGE WITH THE NUMBER
01:17:08 OF DIRECT AND DIRECT REPORTS, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS LARGE
01:17:11 AND THIS IS MONEY THAT GOES TO OUR CARE PROVIDERS.
01:17:15 ANY DELAYS, ANY HICCUPS, ANY INACCURACIES MEANS THAT OUR
01:17:16 FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS ARE
01:17:20 GETTING LESS OR ARE DEALING WITH US IN OUR BUREAUCRACY TO
01:17:24 TRY TO FIX THIS AND WITHOUT A MANAGER OVERSEEING THAT IT IS
01:17:28 AS POTENTIAL FOR PROBLEMS THAT'S IN A NORMAL SITUATION.
01:17:31 >> WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING STARTING OCTOBER 1ST IS A BRAND
01:17:35 NEW STATEWIDE SYSTEM THAT OVER THAT IT SYSTEM FOR OUR FAMILY
01:17:42 AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND FOSTER CARE AND THERE'S AN
01:17:43 IT'S CALLED THE CARES SYSTEM. >> WE ARE COMPLETELY
01:17:46 TRANSITIONING THIS HAS BEEN A VERY FAST PACE OVER THE LAST
01:17:52 NINE MONTHS AT THE STATE. >> THERE IS NO PILOT FOR THIS
01:17:56 STATEWIDE SYSTEM. >> IT'S ONLY A TRAINING
01:17:58 ENVIRONMENT WHICH MEANS COME OCTOBER 1ST WHEN THE SWITCH
01:18:01 GOES ON OUR STAFF WILL NOT HAVE THE LEVEL OF COMFORT
01:18:05 AND UNDERSTANDING ON HOW TO USE THAT NEW SYSTEM.
01:18:08 AND THERE'S ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER NEW SYSTEM THE
01:18:09 NEW SYSTEM WILL CONVERT THE EXISTING DATA OF THE EXISTING
01:18:12 CASES APPROPRIATELY AND THEREFORE WILL THE PAYMENTS
01:18:15 CONTINUE? WILL THE PAYMENTS CONTINUE
01:18:17 IN THE SAME MANNER? >> WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE
01:18:22 DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN IN JANUARY REGARDING THE WAY
01:18:26 THAT THEY'RE GOING ABOUT TRANSITIONING THE SYSTEM, I
01:18:30 REFERRED TO IT AS RECKLESS. I THINK IT'S POTENTIALLY GOING
01:18:31 TO JEOPARDIZE SAFETY OF KIDS IN CARE BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S
01:18:34 GOING TO JEOPARDIZE PAYMENTS TO OUR FOSTER PARENTS AND OUR
01:18:37 ADOPTIVE PARENTS PAYMENTS THAT THEY RELY ON EVERY MONTH TO
01:18:39 PROVIDE FOOD, CLOTHING AND SUPPORT FOR THE KIDS THAT
01:18:42 WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO TAKE CARE OF AGAIN, THE POSITION HAS BEEN
01:18:45 VACANT JUST TWO MONTHS AND GIVEN ALL THOSE REASONS
01:18:49 IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE FILL IT THE LAST POSITION IS
01:18:52 IN 0923 AGAIN IN S.F. BENEFITS NET WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT
01:18:56 DOES COUNT CAL FRESH AND MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY
01:19:03 OVERSEES FIVE SUPERVISORS AND 38 ELIGIBILITY WORKERS
01:19:06 ELIGIBILITY STAFF. >> AGAIN, GIVEN THE CHANGES
01:19:10 THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH H.R. ONE, GIVEN THE NEW
01:19:13 POSITIONS THAT WE ARE BRINGING ON BOARD TO ADMINISTER H.R. ONE
01:19:17 IN A HUMANE MANNER THAT KEEPS PEOPLE ON THEIR BENEFITS, THAT
01:19:21 ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WORK AND GET JOB SKILLS TO HOPEFULLY GET
01:19:25 FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT AND LEAVE BENEFITS.
01:19:28 >> HAVING A VACANT POSITION WITH BRAND NEW STAFF ON TOP OF
01:19:30 THE EXISTING STAFF IN A BRAND NEW ENVIRONMENT THAT H.R. ONE
01:19:34 IS CREATED IS CRITICAL AS WELL .
01:19:36 >> I WILL PAUSE THERE. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR OR I
01:19:48 WILL SAY THIS THAT YOU KNOW, I THINK TWO FISCAL YEARS OR
01:19:52 ALMOST THREE FISCAL YEARS AGO IN OUR CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT
01:19:56 LIKE FOOD SECURITY BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE
01:19:59 EXPANDED QUITE RAPIDLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY FOR SECURITY
01:20:04 PROGRAMING SUPPORT IN SAN FRANCISCO ON THE LOCAL LEVEL
01:20:07 AND THEN RECOGNIZING THAT CAL FRISCH WAS ACTUALLY GOING
01:20:09 THROUGH THE STATE GOVERNMENT WAS GOING TO CUT SOME BENEFITS
01:20:13 AND HOW WE CAN AUTOMATE IT AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR
01:20:16 SECURITY MANAGEMENT OR COORDINATOR POSITIONS IN YOUR
01:20:20 BUDGET AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND YOU WERE RIGHT
01:20:23 TO WANTING THEM AND TO TO HAVE THEM EVEN THOUGH THE BUDGET
01:20:28 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDING POTENTIAL
01:20:32 ELIMINATING THEM SHOULD WE NOT HAVE THOSE PROGRAM ANYMORE
01:20:35 AND BUT WE DID WE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS
01:20:39 NECESSARY AND IT WAS IMPORTANT AND IT WAS ALSO WAS IMPORTANT
01:20:40 TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT HSA HAVE THE STAFFING TO CONTINUE
01:20:43 TO MANAGE THAT LAST YEAR I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE
01:20:46 CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR FACILITY WHICH IS ROUGHLY
01:20:50 I THINK EITHER 5 OR $7 MILLION OF MONEY THAT YOU HAVE BUT YOU
01:20:55 SAT THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND YOU DIDN'T SPEND BUT YOU
01:20:57 MAKE THE MOVE AND YOU SPEND THEM AND YOU YOU KNOW, MAKE
01:21:01 SURE THAT YOU WORK WITH REAL ESTATE AND REALLY HAVE YOUR
01:21:05 TEAM START MOVING YOUR LOCATIONS AND YOU MADE IT WORK
01:21:08 RATHER QUICKLY. >> AND SO I THINK THAT I COME
01:21:12 WITH THE SAME MENTALITY THIS YEAR IS THAT LET'S HAVE A
01:21:16 CONVERSATION BUT THAT'S NOT IN ANY WAY TO QUESTION YOUR
01:21:19 COMPETENCY AND YOUR LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I THINK AS IT TURNS OUT
01:21:23 AT LEAST FOR ME IN THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS WHEN WE SAY WE
01:21:26 REJECT A BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S RECOMMENDATION, YOU
01:21:30 YOU ALWAYS DELIVERED AND NOT TO MENTION YOU DID DELIVER TO
01:21:34 WITNESS SOME OF THE VERY CRITICAL TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO
01:21:37 RECEIVED SNAP YOUR TEAM WAS READY YOU HAVE A GOOD TEAM THAT
01:21:42 WAS READY TO TO MAKE IT WORK. SO BUT I DO WANT TO IF I MAY
01:21:46 HAVE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE HUNGER AND YOU KNOW 49 FTE
01:21:52 IS THAT THE THE I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR VISION
01:21:56 AND YOUR YOUR DECISIONS OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLY AT H.R.
01:22:01 ONE BUT ALSO TO UNDERSTAND IS VOLATILE POTENTIALLY COULD BE
01:22:05 CHANGES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR OR MAYBE MORE.
01:22:08 I MEAN IT COULD BE WORSE. IT COULD BE HOPEFULLY I AM
01:22:10 HOPING FOR THE BETTER BY DECEMBER BUT THERE'S NOTHING IS
01:22:13 GUARANTEE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WITH THE FEDERAL
01:22:17 GOVERNMENT AGAIN CONSIDERATION CONSIDERING THE WHOLE NEW ROUND
01:22:20 OF RECONCILIATION BILL AND APPROPRIATION BILLS.
01:22:24 SO I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT THAT BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE VICE
01:22:28 CHAIR DORSEY TO ASK QUESTIONS FIRST AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK
01:22:32 TO TO THAT THOSE QUESTIONS ON STAFFING.
01:22:35 >> THANK YOU SIR. SURE.
01:22:36 I ACTUALLY I WITH A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE GOING TO BE
01:22:38 ABOUT H.R. ONE COMPLIANT SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR BRINGING
01:22:40 THAT UP. THERE WAS ONE DISCRETE QUESTION
01:22:43 THAT I HAD THE SEPARATE FROM THAT THOUGH H.R. AS A
01:22:46 RECOMMENDATION FIVE INVOLVES DRUG TESTING AND I'M CURIOUS IS
01:22:50 THAT DO I UNDERSTAND IS THAT PART OF THE CONTINGENCY
01:22:54 MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE?
01:22:57 >> IT'S NOT SUPERVISOR OKAY. THE THE DRUG TESTING REDUCTION
01:23:00 AS PROPOSED IS FOR PARENTS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN OUR CHILD
01:23:04 WELFARE SYSTEM. OKAY.
01:23:04 SO IF IF A CHILD IS REMOVED FROM HIS OR THEIR PARENTS
01:23:08 BECAUSE OF A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OF THE PARENTS THAT
01:23:11 ARE PUTTING THEM IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO
01:23:13 PARENT SAFELY, WE MAY REMOVE THEIR CHILDREN.
01:23:19 >> WE MAY ALSO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME AND ON A
01:23:20 CONDITION THAT THE PARENT OR PARENTS DO PERIODIC SUBSTANCE
01:23:23 ABUSE TESTING. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT
01:23:26 REDUCTION WOULD BE AND IT'S SIMPLY A REDUCTION THAT'S
01:23:29 IN LINE WITH OUR PAST UTILIZATION.
01:23:30 SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A SERVICE IMPACT ON THAT.
01:23:33 >> IT'S VERY OFTEN THE COURT THE FAMILY COURT WHEN MAKING A
01:23:37 DECISION ON REMOVAL OR NOT WILL CONDITION THAT DECISION OR
01:23:41 RECOMMENDATION ON THE PARENTS AGREEING TO UNDERGO TO UNDERGO
01:23:45 TREATMENT BUT ALSO THEN PERIODIC A REGULAR TESTING TO
01:23:49 ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY USING AND THEN IN TO
01:23:52 THE TOPIC THAT CHAIR CHAN BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE WORK THAT
01:23:57 WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE TAKING
01:24:00 ON NEW WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT OUR BENEFICIARIES ARE
01:24:04 COMPLYING WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FROM H.R. ONE
01:24:07 WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND IT THERE IS A MORE ROBUST WORK
01:24:11 REQUIREMENT AND I BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM ONE YEAR
01:24:15 TO SIX MONTHS. THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE
01:24:17 TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THAT PEOPLE ARE
01:24:23 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT IF WE'RE PLACING PEOPLE ARE WE
01:24:27 GOING TO ARE WE ARE WE WORKING TO PLACE PEOPLE INTO WORK
01:24:28 SITUATIONS? AND I YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A
01:24:31 SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BUT I THINK I WOULD I WOULD RATHER DO IS
01:24:34 SEND IT BACK TO CHAIR CHEN I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW
01:24:38 THAT IS ALL GOING. >> I CAN IF YOU'D LIKE.
01:24:39 I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO WALK THROUGH IT
01:24:42 BECAUSE MY MY TIME RAN OUT BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH
01:24:45 JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING IT SO THE
01:24:47 CHANGES FOR H.R. >> ONE ARE TO TWO PROGRAMS CAL
01:24:50 FRESH AND MEDI-CAL. >> THE FIRST ONE IN CAL FRESH
01:24:56 AND THERE'S OTHER CHANGES AFFECTING THE WAY FEDERAL
01:25:00 FUNDING FLOWS TO CALIFORNIA AND TO COUNTIES AND I'M GOING
01:25:02 TO TALK ABOUT THAT BUT THAT ALSO IMPACTS OUR BUDGET.
01:25:05 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS ON OUR RECIPIENTS
01:25:08 . >> SO WHAT H.R. ONE SAID IS
01:25:09 THAT IS THAT NO LONGER THEY WILL ALLOW THEY WILL NO LONGER
01:25:13 ALLOW WAIVERS TO THE WORK PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR
01:25:14 CAL FRESH NATIONALLY IT'S CALLED SNAP WHICH MEANT THAT
01:25:18 THEY THAT THE WAIVER TO THIS WORK REQUIREMENT THAT
01:25:20 CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS IS
01:25:22 NO LONGER IN PLACE. IN ADDITION, IT ELIMINATED
01:25:24 EXEMPTIONS TO THE WORK REQUIREMENT THAT WERE IN THE
01:25:29 PRIOR LAW. >> SO NOW VETERANS, UNHOUSED
01:25:31 INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGE 14 AND ABOVE
01:25:35 PERSONS AGE 60 TO 64 AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH THEY ALL ARE NOW
01:25:42 FALL UNDER A WORK REQUIREMENTS TO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THEIR
01:25:43 CAL FRESH THAT'S THAT'S AN EXPANSION THAT HR1 DID
01:25:49 IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING CAL FRESH
01:25:53 AGED 18 TO 60 TO 59. SO BASICALLY IF YOU NOW IF
01:25:57 YOU'RE AGE 18 TO 64 AND ARE ABLE TO WORK YOU HAVE TO DO 20
01:26:02 HOURS OF AN ACTIVITY A WEEK OR 80 HOURS A MONTH IN ORDER TO
01:26:06 CONTINUE TO RECEIVE YOUR CAL FRESH BENEFITS IF YOU DO NOT
01:26:09 YOU ONLY GET CAL FRESH BENEFITS FOR THREE MONTHS OUT OF 36
01:26:12 IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS IMPACTED EXCUSE ME CLEARLY
01:26:17 IN FINDING A COLD IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS IMPACTED IN SAN
01:26:21 FRANCISCO IT DOESN'T AFFECT ALL THE COUNT FOR US RECIPIENTS ARE
01:26:25 ABOUT 112,000 COVERS RECIPIENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:26:27 IT IMPACTS ABOUT 50,000 OF THEM.
01:26:30 OF THAT 50,000 WE THINK THAT ABOUT 30,000 OR 60% WILL BE
01:26:36 EXEMPT WILL BE UNFIT FOR WORK. >> THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE
01:26:40 NOT WORKING WITH THEM. WE ARE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE
01:26:42 THE EXEMPTION. SO OUR ELIGIBILITY STAFF ARE
01:26:45 WORKING WITH THOSE 30,000 PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR
01:26:47 NOT THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK AND IF THEY'RE NOT THEN THEY'RE
01:26:50 EXEMPT FROM THAT REQUIREMENT. WE THINK BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS
01:26:53 THAT ABOUT 20,000 ABOUT 40% OF OF THOSE WHO FALL IN THAT BIG
01:26:59 CATEGORY WILL NEED TO DO SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY TO RETAIN
01:27:02 THEIR CAL FRESH BENEFITS. >> SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
01:27:03 IN TERMS OF WORKLOAD? IT MEANS THAT OUR ELIGIBILITY
01:27:06 STAFF NEED TO DEEM THEM ABLE TO WORK AND THEN DISCUSS WITH THEM
01:27:10 WHAT THEIR OPPORTUNITIES ARE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY REFER THEM
01:27:11 OVER TO OUR WORKFORCE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO BEGIN TO DISCUSS
01:27:15 WITH THEM HOW THEY MIGHT MEET THE REQUIREMENT IS THE MAIN
01:27:18 COMPONENT TO OUR STRATEGY TO ENGAGE THEM.
01:27:22 NOW I SHOULD SAY FOR CONTEXT BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT THE
01:27:25 STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS NOT GIVING COUNTIES ANY MONEY TO
01:27:29 IMPLEMENT THE WORK SIDE OF THIS SORT OF EQUATION.
01:27:32 THEY ARE THE LEGISLATURE HAS PROPOSED SENDING MONEY TO
01:27:34 COUNTIES TO ADD ELIGIBILITY STAFF THEY ARE NOT TAKING ON AS
01:27:37 THEIR RESPONSIBLE MONEY MAKING OUR WORKFORCE SYSTEMS MORE
01:27:42 ROBUST TO ABSORB THESE INDIVIDUALS.
01:27:45 >> THEY'RE JUST NOT AND SO THEY'RE NOT GIVING COUNTIES ANY
01:27:47 MONEY FOR THAT. BUT WE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT
01:27:50 THAT THE BENEFITS ARE MEET A BASIC HUMAN NEED AND YOU
01:27:56 SHOULDN'T ASCRIBE ANY SORT OF REQUIREMENT OR PAPERWORK
01:27:58 REQUIREMENT WORK REQUIREMENT IS SOMETHING LIKE FOOD THAT MEETS
01:28:01 A BASIC HUMAN NEED. AND SO OUR RESPONSE LED BY
01:28:04 MAYOR LURIE AND MANY OF YOU ON THE BOARD OF SUPPORT OF THE
01:28:08 SAME MANNER IS TO SAY WE'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO ADD ELIGIBILITY
01:28:10 STAFF TO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THE RULES AND WE CAN HELP
01:28:13 YOU NAVIGATE THEM. >> WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU
01:28:15 WITH REAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.
01:28:17 WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SAY GO FIND A VOLUNTEER THING
01:28:19 SOMEWHERE OR GO GO TO COLLEGE. >> AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
01:28:23 WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING CAL
01:28:27 FRESH COMMUNITY SERVICE OR CALABASH COMMUNITY WORKFARE
01:28:31 WHICH WILL PLACE INDIVIDUALS INTO NONPROFIT AGENCIES IN A
01:28:35 WORKFARE TYPE SETTING SORT OF AS VOLUNTEERS.
01:28:39 >> BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A WORK SETTING BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS
01:28:42 WHEN IT'S IN A WORK SETTING THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS
01:28:46 ACT GETS TRIGGERED WHICH MEANS THAT INDIVIDUALS MUST BE PAID A
01:28:51 MINIMUM WAGE. >> WELL THEY'RE NOT GOING BE
01:28:52 PAID A WAGE BY US OR BY THE NONPROFIT BUT WHAT THEIR WAGES
01:28:55 IS THEIR CAL FRESH BENEFIT AMOUNTS THE AVERAGE COUNSELOR'S
01:28:59 BENEFIT AMOUNT FOR A SINGLE DOLLAR IS $298 A MONTH.
01:29:01 >> WHEN YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE, THE HOUR
01:29:05 REQUIREMENT GOES FROM 80 WHICH THE FEDERAL LAW SAYS AMOUNTS TO
01:29:11 ABOUT 14. SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE BUILDING A
01:29:12 PROGRAM THAT WILL SAY TO THE CONFERENCE RECIPIENT ALL YOU
01:29:15 NEED TO DO IS VOLUNTEER IN THIS WORKFARE SORT OF SETTING
01:29:20 VOLUNTEER AT A NONPROFIT OR EVEN A PUBLIC SECTOR PLACEMENT
01:29:26 FOR AN AVERAGE OF 14 HOURS A MONTH.
01:29:30 >> IF YOUR BENEFITS LOWER IT'S FEWER HOURS BUT THAT'S ABOUT
01:29:31 THE AVERAGE. SO WE SAY TO TWO DAYS A WEEK
01:29:34 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AT THE FOOD BANK PACKING BOXES AND YOU
01:29:37 RETAIN YOUR CAL FRESH BENEFITS. >> WHAT'S EVEN MORE ELEGANT
01:29:41 ABOUT THAT APPROACH IS THAT MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE
01:29:42 ALSO ON MEDI-CAL. >> THE MEDI-CAL WORK
01:29:45 REQUIREMENTS BEGIN JANUARY OF 2027.
01:29:47 THE FEDERAL LAW SAYS IF YOU ARE COMPLIANT WITH YOUR
01:29:51 IN CALIFORNIA CAL FRESH WORK REQUIREMENT YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM
01:29:58 THE MEDI-CAL WORK REQUIREMENT. >> SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE
01:29:59 BUILDING A PROGRAM THAT SAYS YOU ONLY NEED TO DO 14 HOURS A
01:30:02 MONTH TO RETAIN YOUR CAL FRESH AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
01:30:06 ABOUT THE MEDI-CAL WORK REQUIREMENTS WHICH FOR THE CITY
01:30:11 FISCALLY IS MORE IMPORTANT. WE DON'T LOSE ANY FEDERAL MONEY
01:30:16 DIRECTLY TO THE CITY FOR ACCOUNT FOR SOMEONE NOT GETTING
01:30:17 CAL FRESH THE INDIVIDUAL LOSES THEIR $298 A MONTH.
01:30:20 >> OUR LOCAL GROCERS LOCAL MERCHANTS WILL LOSE THAT
01:30:24 REVENUE STREAM BUT THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IS NOT AFFECTED.
01:30:28 FOR PEOPLE WHO LOSE MEDI-CAL WE'VE ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF 150
01:30:33 200 $300 MILLION OF LOST FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT REVENUE
01:30:37 FOR MEDICAL LOSS IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN WE BUILT THIS
01:30:41 BUDGET AND THESE STAFF WE ASSUMED BY ADDING THESE STAFF
01:30:44 THAT WE WILL RETAIN X PERCENT MORE CAL FRESH AND MEDI-CAL
01:30:48 CLIENTS AND THEREFORE SAVE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND ON THE BACK
01:30:52 END TO RETAIN THOSE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENTS.
01:30:56 >> SO THAT WAS A LOT BUT THAT IS BROADLY WHAT OUR PLAN IS IS
01:31:00 SO TO YOUR QUESTION SUPERVISOR DORSEY, ARE WE GOING TO PLACE
01:31:04 THEM IN JOBS OR WHATEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO AND SOME WILL GO
01:31:07 INTO JOBS, SOME WILL ALSO GO TO CITY COLLEGE AND SOME WILL GET
01:31:11 THEIR GEDS AND SOME WILL IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH AS A
01:31:12 SECOND LANGUAGE. SOME WILL GO TO HARD SKILLS
01:31:15 TRAINING AT ONE OF OUR CBOS. SOME WILL GO INTO TRAINING
01:31:19 CLASSES OR TRAINING COURSES THAT ARE FUNDED BY EDI.
01:31:21 BUT MOST WE WANT TO GO INTO THIS 14 HOUR A MONTH CORE CAL
01:31:25 FRESH COMMUNITY WORKS PROGRAM BECAUSE THE HOURS ARE MUCH MORE
01:31:30 DOABLE THAN 80 HOURS A MONTH. >> YOU KNOW HUMANS ARE GOING TO
01:31:35 OUR CLIENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS WHEN WE SAY
01:31:38 YOU NEED TO DO 80 HOURS A MONTH AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WELL I
01:31:41 ONLY GET $298 OF BENEFITS AND YOU WANT ME TO DO 80 HOURS
01:31:43 A MONTH OF SOMETHING, YOU KNOW I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY MY
01:31:46 GRANDMOTHER. >> I DON'T HAVE TIME.
01:31:47 I HAVE TO WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND THEY'LL MAKE A RATIONAL
01:31:50 DECISION IF WE SAY IT'S 14 HOURS A MONTH AND IT'S TWICE A
01:31:54 MONTH, I THINK THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO SAY I'LL DO THAT.
01:31:57 AND BY THE WAY, THEY GET TO KEEP THEIR MEDICAL TOO.
01:32:01 >> SO THAT'S THAT IS OUR APPROACH.
01:32:05 I HOPE THAT CLEARS IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
01:32:06 I KNOW THAT'S A LOT SUPERVISORS ORDER THANK YOU.
01:32:12 AND A QUESTION REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HIRING
01:32:16 CLASSIFICATION YOU KNOW THE CONTEMPLATING THE IDEA OF MAYBE
01:32:20 THERE'S 154 HIRES BEING MORE IN A TEMPORARY ROLE RATHER THAN
01:32:24 PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE. I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT I
01:32:27 MEAN I KNOW YOUR YOUR YOUR POSITION ON THAT BUT MORE ABOUT
01:32:31 THAT RATIONALE AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR PAST HIRING SPURTS
01:32:35 THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT OR IN OTHERS, YOU
01:32:40 KNOW, GOING BACK TO TO LAST YEAR WITH THE GOVERNMENT
01:32:41 SHUTDOWN OR MAYBE THROUGH SOME OF THE THE COVID TIMES OF SOME
01:32:44 OF THE TEMPORARY HIRING THERE HOW THOSE HIRING EXPERTS KIND
01:32:50 OF INFORM YOUR POSITION HERE. >> THE BEST PARALLEL IS THE
01:32:58 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IN 2010 WHEN UNFORTUNATELY WHAT H.R.
01:33:05 ONE IS TRYING TO UNDO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, THE
01:33:06 REQUIREMENTS THAT H.R. ONE PUTS UPON MEDICARE RECIPIENTS TWICE
01:33:12 ANNUAL BENEFIT REUNIFICATION TWICE ANNUAL BENEFIT
01:33:13 REDETERMINE ASIANS INSTEAD OF ONCE A YEAR.
01:33:17 SO MORE PAPERWORK AND THEN WORK REQUIREMENTS.
01:33:21 >> THOSE NEW REQUIREMENTS ONLY APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
01:33:25 ENROLLED THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THROUGH OBAMACARE.
01:33:29 >> REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THE PRESIDENT KNEW THAT THEY
01:33:30 COULDN'T UNDO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
01:33:34 HAVE THE VOTES IN THE SENATE TO OVERRIDE A FILIBUSTER BUT THEY
01:33:37 KNEW THEY COULD DO IT THROUGH BUDGET RECONCILIATION.
01:33:38 SO INSTEAD OF STRIKING FROM THE LAW THEY SAID I'M GOING TO PUT
01:33:41 ALL THESE OWNERS REQUIREMENTS ON YOU SO THAT YOU FALL OFF
01:33:44 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. >> THE REASON I MENTIONED THAT
01:33:45 IS BECAUSE IN 2010 WE RAN THE NUMBERS AND WE SAW THAT WE WERE
01:33:51 PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE 80 OR 90,000 NEW RECIPIENTS FROM THE
01:33:52 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND WE STAFFED UP ACCORDINGLY, ADDED
01:33:56 HUNDREDS OF ELIGIBILITY STAFF FOR A MEDI-CAL PROGRAM VERY
01:34:00 SIMILAR DIALOG. >> I WAS HERE THEN VERY SIMILAR
01:34:03 DIALOG WITH WITH THE BOARD EYES AS PERMANENT AS THIS YOU KNOW
01:34:06 AND WE SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED FOR PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE
01:34:10 POSITIONS AND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED THAT PROGRAM.
01:34:14 >> WE'RE SORT OF IN REVERSE. WE NEED THESE POSITIONS TO COME
01:34:15 ON BOARD TO PREVENT THE REVERSAL OF THAT PROGRAM THE
01:34:19 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AS WELL AS THE CAL FRESH REQUIREMENTS.
01:34:22 >> IT IS A LARGE NUMBER OF STAFF IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
01:34:25 AGENCY. IT'S OVER 500 EVEN MORE WITH
01:34:29 CALL IT 600 ELIGIBILITY STAFF WHO WE HAVE WITH ABOUT AN
01:34:32 AVERAGE OF 12% TURNOVER A YEAR. IF THIS H.R. ONE WERE TO GET
01:34:37 UNDONE AND IT WILL NOT GET UNDONE BEFORE WE GET A NEW
01:34:38 PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE, IT JUST WON'T IT'S TOO BIG OF A
01:34:41 PRICE TAG TO FUND THE TAX BREAKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
01:34:45 NOT ON THESE PROGRAMS. >> THE SOONEST IT COULD BE
01:34:49 UNDONE WOULD BE A NEW WOULD BE A NEW WHITE HOUSE AND A NEW
01:34:52 CONGRESS AND THEN WHO KNOWS WHAT PRIORITY THAT WILL BE.
01:34:55 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST A THREE YEAR TIMEFRAME AT LEAST
01:34:59 IF WE SEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE UNDONE, WE CAN CERTAINLY
01:35:04 MANAGE THE REDUCED WORK THROUGH ATTRITION AND I CAN ARGUE THAT
01:35:10 JUST BECAUSE H.R. ONE MIGHT BE UNDONE WHICH WOULD BE A
01:35:11 FANTASTIC OUTCOME IN A NUMBER OF YEARS ALL OF A SUDDEN AND WE
01:35:14 NEED TO BE IN A POSITION TO REENROLL PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST
01:35:18 THEIR BENEFITS BECAUSE OF H.R. ONE WHICH IS GOING TO REQUIRE
01:35:21 THAT ADDITIONAL STAFF IF WE LOSE 20,000 25,000 MEDI-CAL
01:35:25 RECIPIENTS FROM THE WHO ARE IN THE EXPANSION IN THE
01:35:28 AFFORDABLE CARE EXPANSION, WE WANT THEM BACK ON THE ROLLS.
01:35:31 >> THAT TAKES WORK AS WELL. SO THIS SORT OF NOTION THAT
01:35:35 IT'S ONLY A TEMPORARY BLIP AND THIS IS A TEMPORARY SEA
01:35:38 CHANGE IN FEDERAL POLICY AROUND OUR ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS I WISH
01:35:40 IT WERE IT'S NOT IT'S THIS IS THE BIGGEST SHIFT IN FEDERAL
01:35:46 LAW GOVERNING OUR PROGRAM SINCE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
01:35:49 AND 2010 AND BEFORE THAT 1996 WITH THE FEDERAL WELFARE REFORM
01:35:53 ACT THAT CHANGED THE ENTITLEMENT FOR FAMILIES.
01:35:54 >> IT'S IT'S A DRASTIC SHIFT AND SAN FRANCISCO HAS PROVEN
01:36:01 IN 1996 AND IN 2010 AND HOPEFULLY NOW THAT WE STEP
01:36:05 UP TO THE PLATE TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE
01:36:08 AND TO THE LOWEST INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN IN OUR COUNTY.
01:36:14 >> THANK YOU. >> I AM INCLINED TO SUPPORT
01:36:22 AND REJECT THE BALLET RECOMMENDATIONS BUT I'M NOT
01:36:26 THERE YET. >> I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND A
01:36:30 LITTLE BIT MORE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WITH THE 149
01:36:36 FTE YOU MENTIONED 80 FTE THAT YOU WILL HIRE BY OCTOBER,
01:36:43 RIGHT? AND THEN ANOTHER 30 IN DECEMBER
01:36:47 AND THEN THE REMAINING BY I THINK MARCH WE'LL ROLL EACH
01:36:51 MONTH WE'LL DO A NEW INDUCTION CLASS TO ULTIMATELY GET TO THE
01:36:55 HUNDRED AND 54 THE WAY THE FEDERAL LAW IS THAT THE FEDERAL
01:36:59 LAW IS ALSO PHASED IN SHALL NOT ALL COUNT FOR RECIPIENTS ON
01:37:06 JUNE 1ST WERE SUBJECT TO THE WORK REQUIREMENTS IT WAS ONLY
01:37:08 NEW APPLICANTS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HAVING THEIR BENEFITS
01:37:11 RENEWED WHICH HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR.
01:37:14 SO ESSENTIALLY 1/12 OF THE CASELOAD WILL HAVE THEIR WORK
01:37:18 REQUIREMENTS ASCRIBED TO THEM WHEN THEY COME IN FOR TO RENEW
01:37:22 THEIR BENEFITS PLUS APPLICANTS .
01:37:25 >> SO SORT OF WE START ON JUNE 1ST AND THEN BY JUNE ONE OF
01:37:29 NEXT YEAR EVERYONE ON CAMPUS IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS
01:37:33 WILL HAVE EITHER BEEN ASSESSED FOR EXEMPTION OR WILL BE IN AN
01:37:34 ACTIVITY OR WILL BE DISCONTINUED.
01:37:37 >> SIMILARLY IN MEDI-CAL THE WORKER PARTICIPATION
01:37:41 REQUIREMENTS WILL ROLL UP THE SAME WAY MONTH OUT NEW
01:37:42 APPLICANTS AND THEN MONTH TO MONTH AND THEN THE TWICE ANNUAL
01:37:45 REDETERMINATIONS WILL BEGIN TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN MARCH AGAIN
01:37:49 ON A ROLLING BASIS. AND SO WE ARE RAMPING UP SORT
01:37:53 OF SIMILAR IN KIND OF A SIMILAR CADENCE TO THE IMPACT ON OUR
01:37:56 CLIENTS. >> SO WE'RE NOT PROPOSING WE'RE
01:38:00 NOT WE'RE NOT NEEDING 154 NEW ELIGIBILITY WORKERS ON OCTOBER
01:38:03 1ST. WE'RE NEEDING TO SLOWLY
01:38:06 INCREASE THAT COUNT AND ALSO GIVEN THE PACE OF HIRING TO THE
01:38:10 LAST POINT, VERY DIFFICULT TO HIRE 154 PEOPLE BY OCTOBER 1ST
01:38:14 AND IT'S THE REASON WHY THAT I THINK BUT BUT 80 SUPERVISOR WE
01:38:17 CAN DO SURE I THINK THAT THEN I'M HEARING THE 80 FTE IS OUT
01:38:24 OF THIS 154 FTE IS THAT IF WE COULD COME TO SOME AGREEMENT
01:38:33 THAT IT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY THE MONEY BUT COULD PUT THE MONEY
01:38:37 ON RESERVE AGAIN I THINK COLLEAGUES YOU WILL HEAR ME TO
01:38:41 SAY THIS A LOT THROUGH THIS BUDGET AND I WILL SAY THIS ON
01:38:45 THE RECORD THAT YOU WILL HEAR ME SAYING THAT TO PUT A LOT OF
01:38:49 THE SPENDING ON RESERVE INCLUSIVE OF IT WILL BE MORE
01:38:56 EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN USUAL FOR EVEN THE FIRST YEAR LIKE
01:39:03 HALF OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE FIRST YEAR BEING THAT I THINK
01:39:07 THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION IN THE COMING DAYS
01:39:11 FROM THE STATE BUDGET THAT WE WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF
01:39:15 CONSIDERATION COMES DECEMBER NOT NOT JUST FOR HSA IN GENERAL
01:39:19 BUT REALLY THE ENTIRE CITY BUDGET THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME
01:39:23 TOUGH CONVERSATION EVEN BEYOND THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND THAT WE
01:39:28 WILL HAVE TO REGROUP IN SOME TIME IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
01:39:32 WHEN WE SEE MORE ON WHAT'S COME THROUGH WITH STATE BUDGET BUT
01:39:38 ALSO FROM THE FEDERAL BUDGET. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT
01:39:43 THERE THAT HOW I'M I AM A LOT MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN PREVIOUS
01:39:46 YEARS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BOTH EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IS
01:39:50 ARGUABLY THE RIGHT SPENDING A GOOD SPENDING AND WHY I THINK
01:39:57 THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES HIRING MORE PEOPLE
01:40:02 ESPECIALLY ALL SAID AND DONE AT THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR NOT
01:40:09 THE FISCAL YEAR OF THIS YEAR THAT I WOULD THINK THAT THIS
01:40:10 BODY HAVE MORE DECISIONS UNFORTUNATELY TO MAKE IN THAT
01:40:17 THAT WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE SOME TOUGH CHOICES.
01:40:20 >> SO I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE 80 FTE MAYBE
01:40:24 IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN SEE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S
01:40:28 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AND HAVE TO DO I DON'T KNOW FOR
01:40:29 THE ENTIRE HUNDRED AND 54 NOT BECAUSE I AM IN DISAGREEMENT
01:40:32 THAT WE DON'T NEED THEM. I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT IT'S A
01:40:36 GOOD STRATEGY AND UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP DIRECTOR OR I THINK
01:40:43 IT'S SOMETHING TO TO ABSOLUTELY TO WE SHOULD FOLLOW THROUGH
01:40:46 SHOULD WE NOT HAVE TO MAKE OTHER TOUGH CHOICES NOT GIVEN
01:40:50 JUST NOW BUT I THINK WE WILL AGAIN HAVE SOME TOUGH CHOICES.
01:40:55 >> COLLEAGUES IN NOVEMBER IN DECEMBER.
01:40:58 >> SO SUPERVISOR IF I MAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
01:41:00 ONE, THE TOTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THIS NEW STAFF IS 2022
01:41:08 MILLION THAT'S GENERAL FUND AND AND FEDERAL AND STATE
01:41:12 REVENUE DRAWDOWN THE BILL IS ONLY RECOMMENDING REDUCING THAT
01:41:15 BY 1.5 MILLION. SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT DOESN'T
01:41:17 LEAD TO PUTTING HALF OF THAT 25 MILLION ON RESERVE BECAUSE THAT
01:41:20 WOULD SEVERELY HAMSTRING US. MY ARGUMENT IS THAT THE 1.5 IS
01:41:24 NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH OUR HIRING PLAN.
01:41:27 >> WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND HIRE
01:41:31 WHAT WE THINK THE WORK TO ADDRESS WHAT WE THINK THE
01:41:32 WORKLOAD WILL BE THE INITIAL REQUIREMENT ONE REQUIREMENTS
01:41:36 AREN'T GOING AWAY AND WE STILL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE OUR
01:41:40 CLIENTS WHO ARE APPLYING OR APPLYING FOR RENEWING THEIR
01:41:43 BENEFITS. >> SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE'LL
01:41:44 JUST START WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, HIRING TEMPORARY STAFF OR USE
01:41:47 OVERTIME. SO WE WILL SPEND THE SALARY
01:41:50 MONEY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND THE 1.5 IS SIMPLY COMING
01:41:53 OFF THE AGENCY SALARY LINE, RIGHT?
01:41:54 SO I UNDERSTAND THE BAILEY'S ARGUMENT BUT BUT WE REALLY DID
01:42:00 A VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE
01:42:01 WORKLOAD IMPACTS WHICH BASICALLY IS TWICE THE WORK
01:42:05 WHEN YOU SAY YOU KNOW WHEN IF IF 90,000 PEOPLE ON MEDI-CAL
01:42:08 NOW IF THEY HAVE THEIR BENEFITS RENEWED TWICE A YEAR THAT'S
01:42:11 TWICE THE WORK ANOTHER 50,000 HAVE TO BE ASSESSED FOR
01:42:15 EXEMPTIONS ETC. YOU GET YOU GET THE PICTURE, THE WORK IS GOING
01:42:19 TO BE THERE AND BECAUSE OF STATE MANDATES THAT REQUIRE WE
01:42:24 RESOLVE THAT APPLICATIONS IN 30 DAYS AND MANY COMPLICATIONS
01:42:27 WITHIN 45 DAYS AND RENEWALS WITHIN 45 DAYS WERE NOT TO
01:42:30 MENTION GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. >> WE'RE UNDER THE GUN TO DO
01:42:34 THIS WORK ANYWAY. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR OR YOU
01:42:37 MAKE GREAT ARGUMENT AS ALWAYS I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
01:42:41 >> SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRICIA.
01:42:45 >> THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR
01:42:47 PUBLIC DEFENDER. >> MADAM CHAIR, OUR
01:43:02 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE ARE
01:43:06 SUMMARIZED ON PAGE 112 OF OUR REPORT AND THEY CONSIST OF ONE
01:43:13 RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE SORRY ONE
01:43:17 FISCAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE WHICH
01:43:20 WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH.
01:43:21 THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADDRESS ADJUST ATTRITION
01:43:25 SAVINGS UPWARD BY $56,954. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO REFLECT
01:43:35 AN ANTICIPATED TWO MONTH DELAY IN HIRING A VACANT FULL ONE
01:43:39 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT 8108 SENIOR LEGAL PROCESS CLERK
01:43:43 AND A THREE MONTH DELAY IN HIRING A VACANT ONE FULL
01:43:46 TIME EQUIVALENT 8106 LEGAL PROCESS CLERK POSITION.
01:43:53 THE DEPARTMENT TOLD US ON JUNE 17TH WHICH WAS LAST WEDNESDAY
01:43:55 THAT THEY EXPECTED A TWO MONTH DELAY IN THAT FIRST POSITION
01:44:00 THE 81 TO WAIT AND THEY ALSO TOLD US THAT THE 8106 HAD NOT
01:44:04 YET RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE TO FILL.
01:44:08 WE THEREFORE THINK THAT THIS REDUCTION IS VERY REASONABLE
01:44:12 AND WE STAND BY OUR RECOMMENDATION AND REGARDING
01:44:16 THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY START ON PAGE 414 OF OUR
01:44:20 REPORT. THERE ARE THREE OF THEM.
01:44:25 SO THE FIRST ONE IS PDR TWO ON PAGE 114 HERE WE STATE THAT WE
01:44:30 RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER DENYING THE PROPOSED NEW FOUR
01:44:34 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT 8177 ATTORNEY POSITIONS WHICH ARE
01:44:41 CONVERTING FROM TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT AND ARE ASSIGNED TO
01:44:42 THE MISDEMEANOR OUR UNIT THEY STARTED OUT AS TWO YEAR LIMITED
01:44:46 TERM POSITIONS AND ARE EXPIRING ON JUNE 30TH.
01:44:50 ALL POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY FILLED WHICH IS IN PART
01:44:53 IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE DEPARTMENT NOTED REPORTED TO US
01:45:00 THAT THEIR WORKLOAD FOR THESE POSITIONS ARE PERMANENT
01:45:01 AND ONGOING. PDR THREE ALSO ON ON PAGE 114
01:45:06 OF OUR REPORT ARE THREE 8173 LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND WE
01:45:10 RECOMMEND CONSIDERED DENYING THE PROPOSED NEW POSITIONS
01:45:14 WHICH ARE ALSO TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT ASSIGNED TO THE
01:45:18 FELONY AND SPECIALTY COURTS UNIT AND CLEAN SLATE PROGRAM.
01:45:21 THEY ARE ALSO THE TWO YEAR LIMITED TERMS ARE ALSO EXPIRING
01:45:25 ON JUNE 30TH FOR THOSE THREE POSITIONS AND FINALLY PDR FOR
01:45:32 ON PAGE 115 OF OUR REPORT IS A NEW 8106 LEGAL PROCESS CLERK
01:45:38 POSITION. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER
01:45:39 DENYING THE PROPOSED NEW POSITION WHICH AGAIN IS A
01:45:43 TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT CONVERSION.
01:45:46 IT IS ASSIGNED TO THE CLEAN SLATE PROGRAM.
01:45:47 IT STARTED OUT AS A TWO YEAR LIMITED TERM POSITION AND IS
01:45:51 DUE TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH. THE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE
01:45:54 POSITION IS CURRENTLY FILLED THE TOTAL FOR THE POLICY
01:46:01 RECOMMENDATIONS IS SUMMARIZED ON PAGE 115 OF OUR REPORT
01:46:04 AND THAT TOTALS $2,139,098 IN THE FIRST YEAR
01:46:13 AND $2,250,582 IN THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR.
01:46:14 THOSE ARE ALL ONGOING GENERAL FUND SAVINGS.
01:46:18 >> WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
01:46:19 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GUNTER.
01:46:22 WE HAVE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER MOUNTAIN ROUSER HERE.
01:46:25 THANK YOU. WELCOME.
01:46:26 THE FLOOR IS YOURS FIRST OF ALL ONE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BELLA
01:46:31 ENLISTS CARRIE TAM FOR HER WORK WITH OUR OFFICE AND THANK THE
01:46:32 BOARD FOR YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AND HAPPY PRIDE AND HAPPY
01:46:38 JUNETEENTH REGARDING FISCAL RECOMMENDATION ONE WHILE THERE
01:46:45 WILL BE A SLIGHT SAVINGS IN FEELING THESE APPROVE
01:46:50 CLERICAL VACANCIES, OUR OVERALL ATTRITION TARGET IS WAY TOO
01:46:54 HIGH. IT'S 7.08 WHICH IS
01:46:56 APPROXIMATELY 2.9 MILLION. THE WAY ATTRITION WORKS IN OUR
01:47:00 OFFICE AND THE REASON THAT THAT'S TOO HIGH IS IF WE HAVE
01:47:04 SOMEONE LEAVE THEY HAVE A FULL CASELOAD SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
01:47:08 SOMEONE TO REASSIGN THOSE CASES TO.
01:47:12 WE NEED TO BRING IN PEOPLE AS SOON AS WE CAN FOR ANY POSITION
01:47:15 . IT'S ALREADY TOO HIGH IF WE ADD
01:47:16 THIS AMOUNT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE HIGHER.
01:47:20 YOU ALL WERE HERE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD TO ASK
01:47:23 FOR 1.5 SUPPLEMENTAL TO OUR BUDGET BECAUSE THE ATTRITION
01:47:27 TARGET WAS ALREADY TOO HIGH. SO ADDING ANOTHER ALMOST
01:47:33 $60,000 HERE IS JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT PROBLEM COMPOUND THE
01:47:35 PROBLEM OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR.
01:47:38 IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO PARTICULARLY WITH THEIR
01:47:42 CURRENT STATUS OF UNAVAILABILITY IF WE CAN'T FILL
01:47:46 POSITIONS BECAUSE THE ATTRITION TARGET IS TOO HIGH IT MAKES IT
01:47:49 IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET OUR WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS REGARDING
01:47:53 POSITIONS TWO THROUGH FOUR THESE POSITIONS WERE INITIALLY
01:48:00 AUTHORIZED FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 TO 26.
01:48:04 THE DOCUMENT REAL DOCUMENTED DEMAND AND THAT DEMAND HASN'T
01:48:07 GONE AWAY. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S
01:48:12 BUDGET TEAM FOR THE COMMITMENT TO MAKE THESE PERMANENT.
01:48:15 THESE ARE AS JUST JUST NOTED, CURRENTLY FILLED POSITIONS.
01:48:19 THEY'VE ALL BEEN FILLED FOR A YEAR OR MORE.
01:48:22 THESE ARE FOR ATTORNEYS IN OUR MISDEMEANOR UNIT WHO CURRENTLY
01:48:26 EACH HAVE A CASELOAD AND I JUST CHECKED THIS MORNING OF 129
01:48:29 CASES EACH WHICH IS WAY ABOVE THE NATIONAL WORKLOAD STANDARDS
01:48:36 ,CALIFORNIA STANDARDS AND ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST IN THE
01:48:37 BAY AREA. >> ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS
01:48:41 IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO GIVE THOSE 129 TIMES FOR TWO OTHER
01:48:45 ATTORNEYS WHO ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY CASES.
01:48:48 THE PARALEGAL POSITION IS EQUALLY ESSENTIAL BOTH NATIONAL
01:48:52 WORKLOAD STUDY AND D-CALIF PUBLIC DEFENSE WORKLOAD
01:48:56 AND STAFFING STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BENCHMARKS OF THE
01:49:01 RATIO OF PARALEGALS TO ATTORNEYS AND WE'RE STILL
01:49:02 TRYING TO GET TO THAT LEVEL. ELIMINATING THAT POSITION IS
01:49:08 GOING TO UNDERMINE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE
01:49:09 ATTORNEYS NEED TO CARRY THEIR CASELOADS EFFECTIVELY.
01:49:15 AND AS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGED, OUR
01:49:19 UNAVAILABILITY WE HAVE TO INCREASE IF WE LOST THESE
01:49:23 CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY CARRYING THESE HIGH
01:49:25 CASELOADS. >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
01:49:28 QUESTIONS. OH, LET ME GET TO THE CLEAN
01:49:31 SLATE. SORRY 1.5 PARALEGALS AND ONE
01:49:34 CLERK. THESE ARE NOT NEW POSITIONS.
01:49:37 >> THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY FILLED.
01:49:41 ONE OF OUR PARALEGALS IN THE CLANDESTINE UNIT IS SPANISH
01:49:42 SPEAKING. THIS IS A CRITICAL NEEDED
01:49:46 CAPACITY PARTICULARLY FOR THE CLEAN SLATE PROGRAM WHICH
01:49:50 SERVES A HIGH VOLUME OF SPANISH SPEAKING CLIENTS SEEKING TO
01:49:53 CLEAR THEIR RECORDS TO ACCESS BROADER OPPORTUNITIES.
01:49:56 ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS WOULD LEAVE OUR CLEAN SLATE
01:49:58 TEAM WITH NO PARALEGALS WHATSOEVER, NO FULL TIME
01:50:01 DEDICATED CLERK MEANING THEY'D BE LEFT WITHOUT THE DEDICATED
01:50:05 SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO SUSTAIN THEIR OPERATIONS.
01:50:08 THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR A PROGRAM
01:50:12 THAT'S ALREADY STRETCHED BEYOND CAPACITY CLEAN SLATE CURRENTLY
01:50:16 RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY 1500 NEW CLIENTS ANNUALLY CARRIES A
01:50:20 BACKLOG OF OVER 400 CLIENTS THAT ARE JUST WAITING FOR A
01:50:24 COURT DATE AND MAINTAINS MORE THAN 3132 OPEN CLIENT FILES.
01:50:29 ALL OF THE TEAM THAT'S ALREADY UNDER-RESOURCED THE WAITLIST
01:50:34 NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE HUNDREDS FOR A CLEAN SLATE
01:50:37 PROGRAM ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS WOULD PUT A PROGRAM
01:50:40 THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS MORE STAFFING.
01:50:41 IT WOULD PUSH IT TO THE BRINK AND DELAY JUSTICE FOR SAN
01:50:45 FRANCISCO RESIDENTS WHO'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH COMPLETED
01:50:49 PROBATION ARE LOOKING TO MOVE THEIR LIVES IN A MORE POSITIVE
01:50:52 DIRECTION AND WILL JUST FURTHER INCREASE THAT BACKLOG.
01:50:56 GREAT. GREAT.
01:50:57 THANK YOU PUBLIC DEFENDER. ROGER, CAN I JUST ASK GENERALLY
01:51:03 SPEAKING I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MULTITUDE OF REASONS WHY
01:51:07 OUTSIDE COUNSEL MAY HAVE TO BE USED BUT IS IT MORE COST
01:51:12 EFFECTIVE FOR THE THE REPRESENTATION FOR INDIGENT
01:51:18 PARTIES TO BE HANDLED BY YOUR OFFICE?
01:51:22 >> AND CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT?
01:51:23 SURE. OVERALL IT'S MORE COST
01:51:27 EFFICIENT WAS THE QUESTION. YEAH, MORE COST EFFICIENT
01:51:31 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WE DRAW TO OUR OFFICE PRETTY MUCH COME
01:51:35 BECAUSE IT'S A CALLING AND THEY'RE ALL WILLING TO WORK
01:51:38 HARD. THEY'RE ALL WILLING TO PUT
01:51:39 IN EXTRA HOURS THAT WE DON'T GET PAID HOURLY AND WE ALSO TRY
01:51:45 TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON TRYING TO MOVE CASES QUICKLY THROUGH THE
01:51:49 SYSTEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE WHICH MEANS WE DON'T TRY TO DISSUADE
01:51:53 OUR CLIENTS FOR EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL
01:51:56 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ENABLES EITHER RESOLUTION OR TRIAL OR
01:52:00 THE PROPER PLACEMENT IN A PROGRAM AND GETS THE CASE
01:52:04 MOVING WHICH HELPS NOT JUST THE INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED BUT THEIR
01:52:08 FAMILIES, WITNESSES, VICTIMS EVERYONE IN THE SYSTEM OF CASES
01:52:10 CAN MOVE QUICKER THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
01:52:12 I THINK THE DEDICATION THAT OUR TEAM DOES TO REDUCE JAIL COSTS
01:52:16 IS ALSO OVERALL COST EFFICIENT BY EITHER COMING UP WITH
01:52:19 RELEASE PLANS THROUGH OUR MOTIONS FOR RELEASE THAT ARE
01:52:22 BOTH SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ENABLING PEOPLE TO GET BACK
01:52:24 TO WORK AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES IS A BIG COST SAVINGS
01:52:30 OF USING THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND ALSO JUST THE
01:52:33 EFFICIENCY OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES WE'RE ABLE TO ACCESS
01:52:35 OUR IMMIGRATION UNIT SO WE CAN GET THE MANDATED IMMIGRATION
01:52:39 CONSULTATION IN-HOUSE. WE'RE ABLE TO GUIDE PEOPLE TO
01:52:43 OUR CLEAN SLATE PROGRAMS. THEY CAN GET THOSE EXPUNGEMENTS
01:52:46 QUICKLY. WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR
01:52:49 SOCIAL WORKERS SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE PLACED IN THE RIGHT
01:52:51 SYSTEM OF CARE SO THAT THERE AREN'T PEOPLE SLIPPING THROUGH
01:52:57 THE CRACKS AND BENCH WARRANT ISSUES AND THE SHERIFF OR THE
01:53:01 POLICE HAVING TO ARREST PEOPLE AND BRING THEM BACK IN MORE
01:53:04 DAYS IN JAIL AND MORE MORE OVERTIME SOMETIMES FOR OTHER
01:53:08 MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I
01:53:12 DEFINITELY THINK IT'S MORE EFFICIENT TO FUND THE PUBLIC
01:53:13 DEFENDER OVERALL FOR THOSE FOR ALL THOSE REASONS.
01:53:23 >> THANK YOU. AND I DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW,
01:53:24 NAME ON THE ROSTER AT THE MOMENT.
01:53:27 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
01:53:28 THANK YOU. >> AND WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO
01:53:31 THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> MADAM CHAIR, OUR
01:53:55 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE SUMMARIZED
01:53:59 ON PAGE 119 OF OUR REPORT AND THE DETAILS START ON PAGE
01:54:03 120. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DON'T
01:54:07 HAVE AGREEMENT ON ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS SO I WILL WALK
01:54:10 THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE. SO STARTING AGAIN ON PAGE 120
01:54:14 OF OUR REPORT, SHERIFF ONE RECOMMENDATION SHERIFF ONE IS
01:54:21 RECOMMENDING A REDUCTION TO THE PROPOSED $52,000 INCREASE FOR
01:54:28 COMMUNICATION SUPPLIES. THE DEPARTMENT HAS TOLD US THAT
01:54:32 THE FUNDING WOULD BE USED FOR REPLACEMENT BATTERIES
01:54:33 AND ACCESSORIES FOR HANDHELD RADIOS.
01:54:36 >> HOWEVER, DESPITE INQUIRIES WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE
01:54:40 NOT DEMONSTRATED TO US THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AS THESE
01:54:44 COSTS COULD BE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE EXISTING MATERIALS
01:54:47 AND SUPPLIES BUDGET. IF YOU ACCEPT THIS CUT THAT
01:54:51 WOULD STILL ALLOW AN INCREASE OF $410,000 AND THE
01:54:55 DEPARTMENT'S MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES BUDGET IN THIS
01:54:59 FUND AND BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN US WE
01:55:03 THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
01:55:06 >> RECOMMENDATION TWO IS IN A YEAR OR TWO.
01:55:10 SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2728 OF THE BUDGET THAT IS FOR SOFTWARE
01:55:16 LICENSING FEES THE SAVINGS WOULD BE $75,000.
01:55:20 THE DEPARTMENT TOLD US THAT THEY THAT THE FUNDING WOULD BE
01:55:24 USED TO FUND THE CARE CONNECT APPLICATION USED BY THE RESET
01:55:27 CENTER AND THE APPLICATION IS SCHEDULED FOR IMPLEMENTATION
01:55:34 IN THE FIRST BUDGET YEAR. SO FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND THEN
01:55:37 ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY
01:55:41 APPROXIMATELY $75,000 IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION
01:55:46 AND SO THAT HENCE THE $75,000 DECREASE IN THIS
01:55:48 RECOMMENDATION. AND SO THIS RECOMMENDATION
01:55:52 WOULD BETTER REDUCE THE APPROPRIATION TO BETTER ALIGN
01:55:55 WITH THE PROJECTED ONGOING MAINTENANCE COST STARTING
01:55:58 IN THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE IS
01:56:01 FOR BUILDING STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENTS.
01:56:04 AGAIN THIS IS IN THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR.
01:56:05 THIS WOULD BE A REDUCTION OF $70,000 AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET
01:56:11 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2720 2728 INCREASES BY 150,000 COMPARED
01:56:18 TO THE FIRST BUDGET YEAR BUDGET OF $100,000.
01:56:22 HENCE THE $250,000 BUDGETED AMOUNT YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE 120
01:56:30 THE DEPARTMENT TOLD US THAT THIS FUNDING WOULD BE USED FOR
01:56:32 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS ROAD REPAIRS AT THE
01:56:35 SAN BRUNO JAIL COMPLEX. HOWEVER WE REVIEWED THE
01:56:39 HISTORICAL SPENDING AND FOUND THAT THE DEPARTMENT SPENDS LESS
01:56:43 HAS SPENT LESS THAN THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF $250,000
01:56:49 IN ALL THREE OF THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEARS.
01:56:50 SO IN FISCAL YEAR 23, 2023, 2440 $2,000 WAS SPENT AND LAST
01:56:58 YEAR 120 $123,000 WAS SPENT AND CURRENT YEAR TO DATE
01:57:04 $177,000 HAS BEEN SPENT. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE NEED
01:57:08 HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED FOR THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
01:57:12 SO REDUCING DOWN TO $180,000 IS STILL HIGHER BY A PRETTY LARGE
01:57:18 MARGIN THAN THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE OF HISTORICAL SPENDING
01:57:22 . MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATION
01:57:23 NUMBER FOUR ON PAGE 121 OF OUR REPORT, WE RECOMMEND
01:57:26 ELIMINATING TWO FULL TIME EQUIVALENT A250 FINGERPRINT
01:57:30 TECHNICIAN TWO POSITIONS. THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS
01:57:35 FIVE VACANT FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN POSITIONS.
01:57:36 THESE TWO RECOMMENDED FOR ELIMINATION HAVE BEEN VACANT
01:57:41 SINCE MAY OF 2022 AND JUNE OF 2023 RESPECTIVELY.
01:57:46 THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED TO US THE NEED TO
01:57:50 RETAIN ALL FIVE VACANT POSITIONS AND ELIMINATING THESE
01:57:53 POSITIONS WOULD STILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO FILL THREE
01:57:55 REMAINING VACANT FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN POSITIONS.
01:58:00 RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE FOR THE SHERIFF SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
01:58:03 ALSO ON PAGE 121 OF OUR REPORT. THIS IS A $500,000 INCREASE TO
01:58:07 ATTRITION SAVINGS IN THE CUSTODY OPERATIONS IN THE FIRST
01:58:15 BUDGET YEAR AND THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR SO WOULD BE ONGOING
01:58:18 . >> SO THE FIFTH FISCAL YEAR
01:58:22 2020 627 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AN OVERALL ALMOST $20
01:58:28 MILLION INCREASE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S SALARY
01:58:29 AND BENEFITS BUDGET WHICH APPROPRIATELY HELPS THE
01:58:32 DEPARTMENT MEET THEIR NEED FOR SALARY, BENEFITS AND CUSTODY.
01:58:39 THIS INCLUDES A $7 MILLION REDUCTION IN ATTRITION SAVINGS
01:58:43 WITH THESE CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
01:58:47 THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR SALARIES
01:58:48 AND BENEFITS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CURRENT YEAR PROJECTED
01:58:51 SPENDING ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.
01:58:55 HOWEVER, IN THE CURRENT YEAR THE DEPARTMENT HAS USED BOARD
01:58:59 BOARDING OF PRISONERS REVENUE WHICH IS REVENUE THAT THE
01:59:02 COUNTY GETS FOR BOARDING STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS
01:59:06 TEMPORARILY. >> THEY HAVE USED THAT REVENUE
01:59:10 TO OFFSET A PORTION OF THEIR SALARY AND BENEFIT SHORTFALL ON
01:59:14 THE BOARDING OF PRISONERS REVENUE TOTALED 1.3 MILLION
01:59:18 LAST YEAR AND ONE POINT AND IS PROJECTED TO TOTAL 1.5 MILLION
01:59:23 IN THE CURRENT YEAR. BUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET ONLY
01:59:25 ASSUMES 150,000 OF BOARD OF PRISONERS REVENUE IN EACH YEAR
01:59:30 OF EACH OF THE TWO YEARS. >> THIS RECOMMENDATION
01:59:33 INCREASES ATTRITION SAVINGS ONLY BY $500,000 IN EACH BUDGET
01:59:37 YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT UNDERESTIMATE
01:59:41 IN BOARD OF PRISONERS REVENUE WHICH CAN EASILY REDUCE THE
01:59:44 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR CUSTODY OPERATIONS.
01:59:48 SALARY AND BENEFITS IS A WE BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY
01:59:49 CONSERVATIVE RECOMMENDATION. >> OUR TOTAL RECOMMENDED
01:59:52 REDUCTIONS UNDER FISCAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
01:59:58 20 2627 ARE $848,442. ALL BUT 52,000 OF THAT IS
02:00:04 ONGOING. IT'S ALL GENERAL FUND AND IN
02:00:07 THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR WE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TOTAL $957,568
02:00:12 ALL GENERAL FUND ALL ONGOING. SO THAT SUMMARIZES OUR FISCAL
02:00:16 RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE HAVE ONE POLICY RECOMMENDATION
02:00:23 AND THAT'S ON PAGE 122 OF OUR REPORT.
02:00:24 THAT'S SHF6. SO THIS RECOMMENDATION IS TO
02:00:31 PUT A PORTION JUST HALF OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IN FISCAL YEAR
02:00:35 20 2627 BUT ALL OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IN FISCAL YEAR 20 2728
02:00:40 OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES BUDGET
02:00:46 TO PLACE THAT ON BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE.
02:00:50 SO THE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY SUPPORTS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
02:00:54 THE DEPARTMENT AND A CONTRACTOR TO OPERATE THE RAPID
02:00:55 ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT EVALUATION AND TRIAGE OR RESET CENTER.
02:00:58 THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR
02:01:02 INTOXICATED INTOXICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ARRESTED TO
02:01:06 SOBER UP AND RECEIVE CONNECTIONS TO SERVICES FOR UP
02:01:10 TO 24 HOURS. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
02:01:14 6.7 MILLION IN THE FIRST BUDGET YEAR AND 5.3 MILLION IN FISCAL
02:01:19 YEAR 20 2728 FOR THIS CONTRACT GIVEN THAT THIS IS A NEW
02:01:23 PROGRAM AND THAT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING PROGRAM
02:01:27 UTILIZATION AND OUTCOMES. WE BELIEVE THAT PLACING 3.3
02:01:31 MILLION OR HALF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IN FISCAL YEAR 26, 20
02:01:34 2627 AND THE FULL AMOUNT OF 5.3 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 20 2728
02:01:38 ON RESERVE WOULD ALLOW THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TIME TO
02:01:42 REVIEW THE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE DATA AND DETERMINE WHETHER
02:01:46 CONTINUING FUNDING IN THE AMOUNTS PROPOSED IS WARRANTED
02:01:50 BEFORE RELEASING THE REMAINING FUNDS THAT CONCLUDES OUR
02:01:54 SUMMARY. >> WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY
02:01:55 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:01:57 >> THANK YOU, CHEF. >> GOOD MORNING OR GOOD
02:02:01 AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE APPRECIATE THE
02:02:04 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ONCE AGAIN ON OUR BUDGET AND TO ADDRESS
02:02:06 THE BALLET RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROPOSAL THAT WERE JUST
02:02:09 PRESENTED. APPRECIATE THE TIME
02:02:12 AND COMMITMENT TO REVIEW THAT BE PROVIDED US.
02:02:15 AND BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR RESPONSES I DO WANT TO ADDRESS
02:02:19 ONE CONCERN THAT THAT AROSE AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE APPEARANCE
02:02:23 AND THAT WAS IN REGARDS TO OUR OVERTIME.
02:02:27 SO OUR FIRST FEW SLIDES ARE INFORMATIONAL FOR YOU
02:02:28 IN REGARDS TO THE OVERTIME BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR I DO WANT
02:02:35 TO POINT OUT THAT ONE THING WE DID NOT MENTION TO YOU AT THE
02:02:39 END OF THAT PRESENTATION WHEN WE STARTED TO GATHER THE
02:02:42 INFORMATION FOR YOU ON THE BUDGET YOU COULD SEE ON THE
02:02:45 FIRST SLIDE HERE IT'S OUR DEPARTMENT WIDE BUDGET USE
02:02:47 TOTAL BUDGET USE. THERE WERE CONCERNS RAISED DUE
02:02:52 TO OUR OVERAGES ON OVERTIME SPENDING AND EXPENDITURES.
02:02:54 I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON OUR SECOND SLIDE THAT WE'RE
02:02:57 PRESENTING TO YOU THAT THROUGH OUR REQUEST FOR $14 MILLION
02:03:03 ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING OUR BUDGET BACK INTO ORDER, WE'RE
02:03:07 PROJECTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT EVEN ON OUR BUDGET FOR
02:03:11 THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR IN REGARDS TO OUR EXPENDITURES
02:03:14 THAT WE WON'T BE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OVERTIME
02:03:18 BECAUSE OF HOW WE ADDRESSED IT. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE
02:03:22 AND WE'RE OPEN TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE
02:03:24 REGARDING THAT. I DO WANT TO GET TO THE BILL
02:03:27 RECOMMENDATIONS AND I DO JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT DESPITE
02:03:31 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD, I'D ASK THAT YOU AT SOME POINT
02:03:35 REFERENCED THE CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT FOR OUR AGENCY WHICH WAS
02:03:39 ACTUALLY TITLED WHEN MAKING DO WON'T WORK HAD TO DO WITH
02:03:46 ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES IN REGARDS TO OUR OVERTIME
02:03:50 EXPENDITURES AND WHAT WE DO TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES ON AN
02:03:54 ANNUAL BASIS WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN THE SLIDE
02:03:57 AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT AS WE WORK WITH THE BILL
02:04:02 RECOMMENDATIONS WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH A BUDGET THAT HAS
02:04:05 NOT HELPED US TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK IN A RESPONSIBLE
02:04:12 AND NOT REACTIVE MANNER. SO GOING INTO THE BAILEY
02:04:17 RECOMMENDATIONS THEMSELVES I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON NUMBER ONE
02:04:21 THE RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE RADIO PROJECT THAT UPON
02:04:24 REVIEW WE ARE GOING TO THE WORD ESCAPES ME BUT WE AGREE WITH
02:04:37 THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT GOING FORWARD WITH THE RADIO
02:04:41 COSTS AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES FOR
02:04:44 FISCAL 2627 WHICH WAS REFLECTED IN THAT NEXT SLIDE.
02:04:49 DID I MISS SOMETHING? OH GOOD.
02:04:51 NEXT SLIDE. OKAY.
02:04:55 NUMBER TWO IN REGARDS TO OUR SOFTWARE LICENSING FEES, I WANT
02:04:59 TO COMBINE OUR PRESENTATION WITH THE PROPOSAL THE BLT
02:05:03 PROPOSAL NUMBER SIX RELATED TO THE RESEARCH CENTER BECAUSE
02:05:07 IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THE DATA AND INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE
02:05:11 THAT WE HAVE PERFORMANCE METRICS TO WORK WITH SIX WE
02:05:17 NEED THE MONEY FOR NUMBER TWO TO GET THAT DONE.
02:05:18 THE CARE CONNECT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOW WE GET THE
02:05:22 INFORMATION. THE DATA AND INFORMATION
02:05:25 GATHERED ON SHARE CONNECT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE USE TO MEASURE
02:05:28 THE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND TO DOCUMENT THOSE PERFORMANCE
02:05:30 METRICS. SO WE LIKE TO KEEP THAT IN OUR
02:05:33 BUDGET. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BULLET
02:05:37 POINTS POINTS OUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.
02:05:40 AND PATRICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT?
02:05:43 YEAH. OKAY.
02:05:47 MOVING ON TO WHAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE HAD
02:05:51 UPDATES TO THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL FOR OUR RESEARCH CENTER AS
02:05:54 OF TODAY OVER 753 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE
02:05:58 CENTER PROCESS THROUGH AND OF THAT WE HAVE A 27% RELEASE
02:06:01 PERCENTAGE THAT IS CONNECTED TO CARE.
02:06:05 SO THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE GET FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE SO
02:06:09 FAR. WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
02:06:11 THE METRICS MOVING FORWARD AND THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE
02:06:16 A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE RIGHT
02:06:17 NOW WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN THE THROES OF ADDICTION ON OUR
02:06:21 STREETS BELOW RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE I'LL LET PATRICK
02:06:25 TAKE THAT ONE. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING A
02:06:29 RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE, THE BILL HAD STATED THAT WE
02:06:32 NEVER EXPENDED MORE THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN FISCAL YEAR 28.
02:06:37 I WOULD ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALWAYS
02:06:44 SPENT TO WHAT WAS ALLOTTED IN THE BUDGET.
02:06:45 YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE OUR EXPENDITURES FOR EACH YEAR.
02:06:51 IF WE HAD MORE MONEY WE DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE SPEND IT
02:06:54 OUR EXPENDITURES FOR EACH YEAR TYPICALLY WHEN THERE'S A WINTER
02:06:59 MAJOR WINTER STORM WE EXHAUST THE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED
02:07:07 TO ROAD ACCESS AND FORESTRY. I THINK ONE POINT THAT THE
02:07:11 BLADE DOES NOT HIGHLIGHT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE EXPANDED
02:07:18 TO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, THE THERE'S TWO AREAS ONE IS
02:07:25 THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE FORECAST IS THAT IT'S GOING TO
02:07:29 BE A STRONG EL NINO WINTERS PATTERN THIS YEAR AND IF WE
02:07:33 CONSIDER THE CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S FOR ALL OF THE
02:07:38 SURROUNDING AREA AT SAN BRUNO JAIL IS CONSIDERED A HIGH RISK
02:07:41 AREA. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT
02:07:42 SLIDE. THIS SHOWS THE A MAP OF THE SAN
02:07:49 BRUNO AREA WHERE YOU CAN SEE IS THE ADJACENT AREAS HAVE A VERY
02:07:53 HIGH FIRE HAZARD RISK AND ALL OF SAN BRUNO JAIL COMPLEX IS
02:07:57 CONSIDERED A HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREA AND THESE ARE I WANT TO
02:08:08 ALSO ADD THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE
02:08:12 ROAD AND VEGETATION AREAS WITHIN SAN BRUNO JAIL.
02:08:22 >> THANK YOU PATRICK BILLIE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE REGARDING
02:08:26 THE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIANS JUST TO THAT WE HAVE 12 TOTAL
02:08:32 POSITIONS FOR A 24 HOUR OPERATION FINGERPRINTING
02:08:34 INDIVIDUALS AS PART OF BOTH THE BOOKING AND RELEASE PROCESS
02:08:37 AND IT'S A VERY KEY COMPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS
02:08:43 THAT ARE PROCESSED THROUGH ARE IDENTIFIED PROPERLY AND THAT
02:08:47 ANY CORRESPONDING WARRANTS OR LEGAL ISSUES ARE DOCUMENTED
02:08:52 NOTED AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW THEIR JUSTICE
02:08:56 INVOLVED PATH THE PROPER WAY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONLY THREE ID
02:08:59 TECHNICIANS FOR A 24 HOUR OPERATION AND OF THOSE THREE
02:09:04 THAT ARE ON OUR ACTIVE LIST ONE IS ON DISABILITY RIGHT NOW WE
02:09:08 RUN THE OPERATION RIGHT NOW WITH THE USE OF OUR CADETS WHO
02:09:12 HAVE EXPERIENCE IN FINGERPRINTING.
02:09:15 THEY'RE ON OVERTIME AND WE ALSO HAVE USED DEPUTIES TO OFFSET
02:09:18 THE STAFFING CHALLENGES OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE
02:09:22 PROCESSED AND THE PROCESS ITSELF IS VERY TIMELY.
02:09:24 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FINGERPRINTING IN A TIMELY
02:09:27 MANNER AS A PART OF BEING JUSTICE INVOLVED.
02:09:30 WE ARE RUNNING SHORT ON THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE WE WERE ON A
02:09:34 HIRING FREEZE AND COULD NOT FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
02:09:38 SO WE ARE EMPLOYING THAT. WE MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT
02:09:39 STAFFING NUMBERS ARE FTE POSITIONS AND THAT WE BE GIVEN
02:09:43 THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE
02:09:47 OUR OVERTIME EXPENDITURES IN THIS AREA AND WE DO HAVE
02:09:50 ACTIVE LISTS FOR THE POSITIONS THAT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
02:09:54 THROUGH THE H.R. BILL RECOMMENDATION NUMBER
02:10:00 FIVE. PATRICK YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS
02:10:03 ONE FIRST FOR BEING A RECOMMENDATION FOR FIVE THE
02:10:07 BOARD HAD RECOMMENDED A $500,000 REDUCTION TO OUR
02:10:10 CUSTODY OPERATIONS. I HAD ONE THING I WANT TO NOTE
02:10:15 IS THAT FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S
02:10:18 OFFICE ON CALCULATING WHAT AN APPROPRIATE BUDGET WOULD BE FOR
02:10:25 FISCAL YEAR 27. THE BUDGETED DOLLARS FOR SALARY
02:10:29 ONLY PROVIDES US FUNDING FOR THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON HAND
02:10:36 WE ASSUME FOR NEXT YEAR THAT OF THE 75 DEPUTIES THAT WE WOULD
02:10:39 HIRE THAT IT WOULD BE PAID FOR THROUGH THE APPROXIMATELY 50
02:10:45 DEPUTIES THAT WOULD SEPARATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
02:10:50 THE REASON THAT THAT WOULD HELP PAY FOR IT IS WE'RE ASSUMING
02:10:51 THAT THE DEPUTIES THAT LEAVE THAT THEY WOULD BE CALPERS
02:10:55 MEMBERS AND CURRENTLY THE COST FOR A CALPERS MEMBER IS
02:11:02 SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN SOMEBODY THAT'S ON STAFFERS,
02:11:05 THE STAFFERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM. AND SO THAT MAKES THE NUMBERS
02:11:09 BALANCE OUT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY
02:11:14 FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE BUDGET TO HELP ADDRESS ANY
02:11:20 CONTINGENCIES THAT MAY OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHERE
02:11:24 REQUESTING TO KEEP THE BUDGET HOLE AND FOR THE BUREAU OF
02:11:28 PRISONERS REVENUE I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE
02:11:35 REVENUE HAS BEEN ABOUT 1.3 MILLION FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR
02:11:39 AND CURRENTLY IT'S A MILLION AND A HALF THAT REVENUE IS NOT
02:11:43 GUARANTEED AND WE'VE ALSO USED THAT REVENUE AS A CONTINGENCY
02:11:50 IF WE WERE TO EXCEED OUR BUDGET I THINK FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE
02:11:55 OF THE VERY TIGHT BUDGET FOR OUR PERSONNEL THAT THIS KEEP
02:12:02 IN PLACE SO THAT THERE IS A CONTINGENCY WHY SHOULD THERE BE
02:12:07 ANY INCIDENTS THAT ARISE THAT CAUSE US TO EXCEED OUR BUDGET
02:12:15 THE LAST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE BLAZE MAKING
02:12:22 THIS RECOMMENDATION BASED UPON THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET
02:12:26 ALIGNING WITH THE CURRENT SPENDING PLAN PATTERNS WE THINK
02:12:30 THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET SHOULD ALIGN WITH FISCAL YEAR 27
02:12:34 SPENDING. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD 732
02:12:38 DEPUTIES AT THE START OF FISCAL YEAR 26 AND FOR THE START OF
02:12:41 NEXT YEAR WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING AND THE PROJECTING
02:12:45 IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE 780 DEPUTIES WHICH IS 48 DEPUTIES
02:12:50 MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AND SO FOR THESE THE BUDGET
02:12:54 THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, A LOT OF IT IS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
02:12:58 ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE HAVE SWORN STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON
02:13:02 HAND. SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU,
02:13:08 CHAIR CHAD THANK YOU, SHERIFF. JUST ONE QUESTION BECAUSE ONE
02:13:12 OF THE JUSTIFICATIONS YOU GAVE FOR NOT HIRING CERTAIN
02:13:16 POSITIONS WERE DUE TO HIRING FREEZES BUT SOME OF THE TIME
02:13:23 LINES THAT WE GIVE FROM THE BELLA REPORT DON'T MATCH HIRING
02:13:27 FREEZES BEING IN PLACE. SO HOW DO WE RECONCILE THAT?
02:13:34 >> BUT AT LEAST FOR THE HIRING THE FREEZES ARE PERMANENT TO
02:13:38 OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. THEY ARE NOT IN PLACE FOR OUR
02:13:45 SWORN MEMBERS AND ALSO FOR OUR SHERIFF CADETS.
02:13:49 THAT'S BEEN THE PRACTICE FOR THIS YEAR AND IT ALSO WAS
02:13:53 IN PLACE FOR LAST YEAR AS WELL .
02:13:56 RIGHT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
02:13:57 FINGERPRINTING STAFF FOR EXAMPLE, AND CADETS HAVING TO
02:14:00 PROVIDE COVERAGE TO DO THE WORK, ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS
02:14:08 THAT THE SHERIFF STATED WAS DUE TO HIRING FREEZES IS WHY YOU
02:14:10 HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET FULLY STAFFED.
02:14:12 >> BUT THERE'S THESE ARE GOING BACK TO 2022 AND 2024.
02:14:16 >> WE HAVEN'T HAD A HIRING FREEZE ALL THE WAY FROM 2022
02:14:20 ALL THE WAY TO NOW. LET ME LET ME CONTEXTUALIZE
02:14:23 THAT. YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE OVER TIME
02:14:27 PROBLEMS AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE DON'T MEET OUR OVERTIME
02:14:28 PROJECTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FISCAL YEAR SO OUR PROCESSES
02:14:31 ARE SLOWED DOWN AS A RESULT OF THAT.
02:14:34 SO SPECIFIC TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE'VE HAD INSTANCES
02:14:38 WHERE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HIRE NON SWORN STAFF.
02:14:42 THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF FREEZES THAT WE EXPERIENCE ARE
02:14:43 SOMETIMES DUE TO PROBATION BEING ON BUDGETARY PROBATION.
02:14:49 AND WHAT WHAT IS THE CONCERN WITH CADETS COVERING SOME OF
02:14:53 THIS WORK? >> I THINK THE COST FOR ONE
02:14:56 THING WHEN WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM OUR CADET POSITIONS WHERE
02:14:58 WE'RE STAFF CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 73% AND PUTTING THEM INTO THE
02:15:01 ID TECH POSITIONS, THEY'RE NOT WORKING AS CADETS SO WE'RE
02:15:05 PULLING THEM FROM THEIR POSITIONS AS CADETS.
02:15:08 THAT'S NUMBER ONE AND THEY'RE FILLING THAT ROLE AND I BELIEVE
02:15:09 THAT THEIR SALARIES ARE HIGHER THAN THAT OF A FINGERPRINT
02:15:12 TECHNICIAN. SO WHEN THEY WORK AT BOTH ON
02:15:15 SALARY AND ON OVERTIME THAT CREATES A GREATER COST FOR US.
02:15:18 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
02:15:23 MR. DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR CHIN FOR RECOMMENDATION SHERIFF A
02:15:30 SIX AND THANK YOU SHERIFF MIYAMOTO FOR IDENTIFYING ITS
02:15:34 LINKAGE TO SHERIFF TWO BOTH OF THESE PERTAIN TO THE RESET
02:15:35 CENTER. I DO APPRECIATE THE BLAZE FOCUS
02:15:39 ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
02:15:42 OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY EXPECT STRONG
02:15:46 REPORTING AND TRANSPARENT OUTCOMES FOR ANY PROGRAM OF
02:15:49 THIS SCALE AND ONE THAT REPRESENTS THIS KIND OF
02:15:53 INNOVATION. AT THE SAME TIME I DO HAVE
02:15:57 CONCERNS THAT PLACING HALF OF THE FUNDING IN RESERVE FOR F Y
02:16:00 26 AND 27 AND ALL OF THE FUNDING IN RESERVE FOR F, Y 27
02:16:07 AND 28 COULD UNDERMINE THE CONTINUITY OF A PROGRAM THAT IS
02:16:12 SHOWING SOME EARLY PROMISE. >> CAN I JUST ASK YOU TO
02:16:16 ADDRESS THAT? DO YOU HAVE SHARE CONCERNS THAT
02:16:20 I WOULD HAVE OF HOW THAT MIGHT FRUSTRATE CONTINUITY OR RAISE
02:16:25 CONCERNS WITH NEW NEW VENDORS OR CONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE?
02:16:30 I DO HAVE CONCERNS AND THAT'S WHY WE ONLY PARTIALLY AGREED
02:16:31 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND IF THE BOARD SAW FIT TO CONTINUE
02:16:37 THE FUNDING WITHOUT HOLDING THAT IN RESERVE, I ABSOLUTELY
02:16:41 AGREE TO THAT. >> OKAY.
02:16:44 >> SO I GUESS IN IN MY VIEW THIS IS THIS IS AN APPROACH
02:16:49 THAT I ADVOCATED FOR. I THINK THE RESET CENTER
02:16:53 REPRESENTS A SOMETHING THAT ADDRESSES A LONG STANDING
02:16:57 SHORTCOMING IN OUR SYSTEM BY PROVIDING A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO
02:17:00 JAIL OR EMERGENCY ROOMS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GRAVELY
02:17:06 IN TOXIC HEATED OR IN CRISIS ON OUR STREETS WHILE CREATING A
02:17:10 PATHWAY TO TREATMENT AND SERVICES IT SEEMS TO BE
02:17:12 SHOWING GREAT PROMISE. SO I'M ENCOURAGED BY THAT.
02:17:18 I THINK IT'S A MAJOR COMPONENT OF MAYOR LURIE'S BREAKING THE
02:17:22 CYCLE STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING PEOPLE OFF
02:17:26 THE STREET BUT CONNECTING THEM TO CARE.
02:17:30 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ALREADY
02:17:31 DEVELOPING A PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD WITH ADMISSIONS
02:17:34 UTILIZATION AND CLINICAL OUTCOME METRICS THAT I THINK
02:17:38 THAT WORK SHOULD CONTINUE AND THE BOARD SHOULD RECEIVE
02:17:41 REGULAR UPDATES ON THAT. IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.
02:17:45 SO GIVEN THAT ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK I THINK THERE IS
02:17:46 MERIT IN THE SHERIFF'S PROPOSAL TO PLACE ONLY THE PERFORMANCE
02:17:50 BASED PORTION OF THE CONTRACT ON RESERVE AND IF I UNDERSTAND
02:17:56 CORRECTLY THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $793,000 FOR F Y 2627
02:18:02 AND $625,000 FOR F Y 2728 I THINK THAT APPROACH PRESERVES
02:18:08 THE BOARD'S OVERSIGHT ROLE WHILE AVOIDING ANY KIND OF
02:18:10 NEEDLESS UNCERTAINTY THAT WE MIGHT BE CREATING WITH THE
02:18:17 PARTNERS ON THIS PROGRAM THAT DEPENDS ON STAFFING OPERATIONAL
02:18:18 CONTINUE CITY PROVIDER STABILITY TO SUCCEED.
02:18:24 I JUST THINK WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT TO CREATE A
02:18:26 SITUATION WHERE A LACK OF FINALIZED REPORTING
02:18:29 INFRASTRUCTURE IS A BARRIER TO MAINTAINING A SERVICE THAT IS
02:18:32 REALLY HELPING US ADDRESS PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND SHOWING
02:18:36 GOOD RESULTS. SO I WOULD SUPPORT CONTINUED
02:18:39 OVERSIGHT AND PERFORMANCE REPORTING AND I BELIEVE THE
02:18:43 RESERVES SHOULD BE TARGETED TO THE PERFORMANCE BASED COMPONENT
02:18:46 RATHER THAN THE ENTIRETY OF THE OPERATIONAL FUNDING.
02:18:48 >> THANK YOU AND SORRY. >> VICE CHAIR DORSEY, COULD YOU
02:18:52 SLOW DOWN AND REPEAT THE RESERVED DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR
02:18:55 FISCAL FIRST FISCAL YEAR AND THE SECOND?
02:18:59 >> SURE. SO THE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
02:19:02 THE SHERIFF'S PROPOSAL TO PLACE ONLY THE PERFORMER CHOICE BASED
02:19:07 PORTION OF THE CONTRACT ON RESERVE AND THE NUMBERS THAT I
02:19:11 HAVE FOR THAT INCORRECT I'LL RELY ON THE CFO TO MAKE SURE MY
02:19:15 MATH IS CORRECT. >> IT'S APPROXIMATELY 793,000
02:19:18 FOR F Y 2627 AND 625,000 FOR F Y 2728 SO THAT WOULD BE THE
02:19:29 PERFORMANCE BASED PORTION OF THE CONTRACT?
02:19:32 >> THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S REFLECTED IN SLIDE 12 I
02:19:36 BELIEVE. I BELIEVE SIX.
02:19:36 OKAY. SO IT IS THERE IF YOU WANT TO
02:19:39 RETURN AND THIS IS FOR RECOMMENDATION SIX AND WHICH
02:19:43 THE BOE IS SUGGESTING TO PUT $3.3 MILLION FOR THE FIRST FOR
02:19:50 THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2627 AND THEN FOR THE SECOND 2728 IS
02:19:58 $5.3 MILLION ON RESERVE AND THAT IS THE TOTALITY OF THE
02:20:00 CONTRACT BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME THERE IS A PROPOSAL BY VICE
02:20:03 CHAIR DORSEY AT THE MOMENT TO PUT PARTIAL OF THAT CONTRACT
02:20:09 SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND SO
02:20:13 SHOULD WE PUT THAT SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT ON RESERVE?
02:20:17 IT DOES MEAN SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO FULFILL THE CONTRACT YOU
02:20:22 HAVE TO ISSUE YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A LETTER, A REQUEST TO
02:20:25 REQUEST THE RELEASE OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT LIKELY AT THE END
02:20:29 OF THE CONTRACT HOPEFULLY BEFORE YOU COME BEFORE THIS
02:20:33 BODY AGAIN NEXT JUNE FOR THE RELEASE OF THAT FUND.
02:20:39 >> YES. AND THERE WILL BE A HEARING FOR
02:20:41 THAT. >> YEAH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO
02:20:45 THAT. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THE
02:20:47 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE BASED METRIC IN ONE
02:20:51 OF OUR CONTRACTS. I THINK I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF
02:20:52 THE FIRST TIMES THAT WE'VE DONE THAT HERE IN THE CITY SO I'D BE
02:20:54 HAPPY TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PATH.
02:20:57 >> IF I MAY, COULD I ASK THEN WHAT IS THE TIMELINE
02:21:00 SPECIFICALLY DETAIL IN THE CONTRACT OF PERFORMANCE
02:21:04 EVALUATION FOR IF I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR THE PERFORMANCE BASED
02:21:08 PORTION OF THE CONTRACT IT'S OUTLINED WITHIN THE CONTRACT
02:21:15 THAT THE AMOUNTS THAT WE SHOWED ON SLIDE SEVEN THOSE WOULD BE
02:21:22 THE PORTION THAT WOULD BE PERFORMANCE BASED AND THAT'S
02:21:23 DONE ON A MONTHLY BASIS EACH TIME THAT THE CONTRACTOR
02:21:30 SUBMITS US AN INVOICE WE WE CALCULATE WHAT PORTION OF
02:21:37 INCENTIVES THAT THEY'VE THAT THEY HAVE EARNED AND THEN THAT
02:21:45 PORTION WOULD BE PAID OUT. SO IN THIS CONTEXT FOR NEXT
02:21:48 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE AMOUNT THAT WILL BE PLACED ON RESERVE THAT
02:21:53 WOULD BE BASED UPON WHAT PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES THAT WE
02:21:57 ACTUALLY EXPECT TO PAY OUT AND THE PERFORMANCE IN LIGHT
02:22:05 EXPECTATION IS THAT WE PLACE INDIVIDUAL SORRY, GO AHEAD CHEF
02:22:12 . WELL CONNECTIONS TO CARE MAKING
02:22:13 SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THOSE CONNECTIONS
02:22:16 AND WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THAT.
02:22:17 >> WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD PERCENTAGE WISE LIKE PERCENTAGE
02:22:20 OF 93 PEOPLE ARE 93% OF THE PEOPLE INDIVIDUALS ARE PLACE OR
02:22:27 THE WE KNOW IT VARIES WITHIN THE CONTRACT WE OUTLINED
02:22:31 MULTIPLE AREAS WHERE THEY COULD EARN INCENTIVES ONE OF WHICH IS
02:22:38 THE DROP OFF TIME OR PROCESSING TIME WHEN A AN OFFICER OR WHEN
02:22:45 AN INDIVIDUAL WAS BROUGHT TO THE RESET CENTER TO WHEN THE
02:22:49 PERSON IS PROCESSED AND WHEN THE OFFICER OR DEPUTY CAN
02:22:56 RETURN BACK TO THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.
02:22:57 THERE'S OTHER PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHERE IT IDENTIFIES
02:23:03 WHETHER A PERSON IS LINKED TO SERVICES AND WITHIN THOSE AREAS
02:23:11 IT'S ALL OUTLINED WITHIN THE CONTRACT THAT WE PRESENTED
02:23:15 APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO. >> AS YOU I DON'T KNOW I KNOW
02:23:18 EXPECT YOU TO RECALL THIS YOU RECALL WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE
02:23:23 THAT YOU HAVE SET FOR THE GOAL ?
02:23:26 >> YOU HAVE TO MEET 75% OF THOSE NO, I CAN'T RECALL
02:23:30 SPECIFICALLY BUT OF TIME I HAD A IT'S I WANT TO SAY IT'S UP TO
02:23:40 12.5% IF IF THEY REACH ALL OF THE INCENTIVE MEASURES ABOVE
02:23:44 2.5%. >> OKAY.
02:23:47 >> INTERESTING. OKAY.
02:23:50 THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME ON
02:23:52 THE ROSTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
02:23:55 PRESENTATION TODAY. >> THANK YOU.
02:23:56 THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE
02:23:58 POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> >> MADAM CHAIR, OUR
02:24:17 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE SUMMARIZED ON
02:24:19 PAGE 142 OF OUR REPORT AND THE DETAILS START ON PAGE 143 OF
02:24:24 OUR REPORT. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
02:24:28 DON'T HAVE AGREEMENT ON ANY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS
02:24:31 TIME. SO I WILL WALK THROUGH THEM ONE
02:24:32 BY ONE. SO POLL ONE ON PAGE 143 IS A
02:24:41 LINE ON THE BUILDING STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET.
02:24:45 THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR $37,627 OF SAVINGS FOR THE
02:24:55 HAZMAT ABATEMENT AUTHORITY. THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT HAD ANY
02:24:59 EXPENSES UNDER THIS AUTHORITY IN THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS
02:25:02 AND HAS AN EXISTING SURPLUS OF $86,704 THAT COULD BE USED TO
02:25:08 COVER ANY FUTURE EXPENSES IN THIS AUTHORITY PEOPLE TWO IS
02:25:13 $350,000 ADJUSTMENT TO ATTRITION SAVINGS UNDER THE
02:25:17 ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY
02:25:21 MODEST CUT CONSIDERING THAT CIVILIAN VACANCIES IN THE
02:25:25 GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUBURBAN HAS GENERATED OVER $13 MILLION
02:25:33 IN ATTRITION SAVINGS COMPARED TO LESS THAN 9 MILLION BUDGETED
02:25:36 IN THE IN THE BUDGET FIRST BUDGET YEAR AND 11 MILLION
02:25:42 BUDGETED IN THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR THAT PROVIDES FOR QUITE A
02:25:43 CUSHION FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND WE BELIEVE THAT A $350,000
02:25:49 ADJUSTMENT IS VERY MODEST. >> POLL THREE IS A AN $18,000
02:25:55 CUT TO A PROJECT BUDGET FOR THE LAB INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
02:25:59 SYSTEM ANNUAL LICENSING FEE. EACH YEAR WE'VE SEEN THE
02:26:03 DEPARTMENT ONLY SPENDS $15,000 ON THIS AUTHORITY AND CARRIES A
02:26:07 VERY OR CARRIES A LARGE BALANCE.
02:26:10 THERE'S AN EXISTING SURPLUS OF $106,446 $464 TO COVER THE
02:26:17 EXPENSES IN THE FOLLOWING TWO FISCAL YEARS.
02:26:21 WE CONSIDER THIS TO BE A VERY SMALL CUT CONSIDERING THAT
02:26:24 SURPLUS PEEL OFF FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED CUT
02:26:29 TO THE TRAINING BUDGET. AGAIN THIS IS ALL UNDER POLICE
02:26:32 ADMINISTRATION AND PEOPLE FOUR AND FIVE ARE CLOSELY RELATED.
02:26:39 SO THIS PILE OF FOUR IS MONEY FOR FOLKS TO ATTEND NON
02:26:49 MANDATED TRAINING AND AN ASSOCIATED OVERNIGHT TRAVEL
02:26:57 COSTS FOR SUCH TRAINING AND OVER THE PAST THREE FISCAL
02:27:02 YEARS DUE TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
02:27:05 OFFICE AS WELL AS STAFFING CHALLENGES THAT PREVENTED STAFF
02:27:09 FROM ATTENDING ANY TRAINING NOT MANDATED BY THE COMMISSION ON
02:27:10 PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING.
02:27:13 THE DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERSPENT THEIR BUDGET.
02:27:16 THEY HAVE AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF $661,555 AND WE'RE PLANNING
02:27:23 TO CARRY THAT FORWARD COULD EASILY COVER THE COST HERE.
02:27:27 THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT PRESENTED US WITH A PLAN FOR
02:27:28 USING THOSE CARRYFORWARD FUNDS. AS I MENTIONED PLL FIVE IS VERY
02:27:34 CLOSELY RELATED. IT'S JUST OVER TIME FUNDS FOR
02:27:37 FOR THESE TRAVEL IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TRAININGS
02:27:45 . PBL WELL SIX IS ON PAGE 144 OF
02:27:48 OUR REPORT. THESE ARE FOUR VEHICLES.
02:27:51 SO THIS SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE SIX AND SEVEN ARE ALSO RELATED.
02:28:00 THERE ARE EIGHT VEHICLES IN POWER, SIX AND SEVEN
02:28:04 VEHICLES AND PEOPLE SEVEN IN THOSE LINES.
02:28:07 >> SO THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED REPLACEMENT OF 60 VEHICLES OF
02:28:14 THESE 23 UNITS ARE BUDGETED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
02:28:21 OF THESE 23 UNITS, THE UNIT PRICE FOR EACH OF THESE
02:28:24 VEHICLES IS INCORRECT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH CENTRAL SHOPS
02:28:28 ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST. THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
02:28:32 THE 23 UNITS IS 1,000,007 $1,975,932.
02:28:38 HOWEVER, IF WE LOOK AT CENTRAL SHOPS ESTIMATES FOR THESE 23
02:28:42 UNITS IT ONLY COMES TO $1,220,705 TO REPLACE THOSE
02:28:48 UNITS. SO AGAIN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:28:51 NEARLY $1 MILLION BUDGETED AND A LITTLE OVER 1.2 MILLION
02:28:56 THAT THEY ACTUALLY COST ACCORDING TO CENTRAL SHOPS.
02:28:59 THE RECOMMENDED REDUCTION WOULD STILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO
02:29:01 REPLACE ALL 23 OF THE VEHICLES THAT WERE REQUESTING.
02:29:10 SO THAT IS FOR THOSE TWO POLOS SIX AND SEVEN.
02:29:14 OUR TOTAL RECOMMENDED FISCAL REDUCTIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
02:29:23 ARE $1,278,343. >> I WILL NOTE THAT RIGHT
02:29:27 BEFORE WE FINALIZED OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE
02:29:28 DEPARTMENT I THINK HAD AGREED TO A LITTLE OVER $400,000 BUT I
02:29:34 THINK THEY'VE THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY CHANGED THEIR STANCE.
02:29:38 OUR RECOMMENDATIONS STILL STAND AT $1,278,343 IN THE FIRST
02:29:44 FISCAL YEAR. ALL GENERAL FUND SAVINGS 910
02:29:47 343 IS ONE TIME 368,000 IS ONGOING AND IN THE SECOND
02:29:53 BUDGET YEAR THAT 368,000 AGAIN IS ON GOING ALL GENERAL FUND.
02:29:56 OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS START ON PAGE 146 OF OUR
02:30:00 REPORT. PAUL EIGHT IS AN O933 MANAGER
02:30:06 FIVE POSITION AND POLICE ADMINISTRATION.
02:30:07 THE POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS BUT
02:30:11 THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO PLANS TO FILL AND AS HOLDING IT OPEN FOR
02:30:14 ATTRITION PL9 IS AN O953 DEPUTY DIRECTOR THREE POSITION IT HAS
02:30:20 BEEN VACANT FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS BUT THE DEPARTMENT
02:30:21 DOESN'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO FILL AND IS GOING TO HOLD IT OPEN
02:30:24 FOR ATTRITION. AND FINALLY P L TEN ON PAGE 147
02:30:28 OF OUR REPORT IS AN O923 MANAGER TWO POSITION.
02:30:32 THIS IS AN OFF BUDGET POSITION ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL
02:30:39 SAVINGS. IT'S A GRANT FUNDED POSITION.
02:30:43 THE FUNDING ENDED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
02:30:47 ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT THE POSITION IS CURRENTLY BE FUNDED
02:30:51 WITH TEMPORARY SALARY SAVINGS. >> AND THAT CONCLUDES A SUMMARY
02:30:55 OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE DON'T
02:30:59 HAVE AGREEMENT ON. WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY
02:31:00 QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU.
02:31:05 >> SORRY. MY APOLOGIES IS SOUNDS LIKE WE
02:31:06 HAVE SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH COMCAST IS OUT.
02:31:12 I THINK IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST THAT WE RECESS UNTIL
02:31:16 WE SORT OUT THE TECHNICAL. OTHERWISE WE JUST HAVE TO REDO
02:31:18 THIS IN KATE FOR PUBLIC RECORDS.
02:31:21 SO I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THIS. FIVE MINUTES.
02:31:24 MAY WE YOU KNOW IT'S 1:33 P.M. RIGHT NOW.
02:31:31 LET'S RECESS UNTIL 1:40 P.M.
02:44:19 . >> WE ARE RETURNING FROM RECESS
02:44:23 DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE
02:44:28 ANNOUNCEMENT? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR OR TO
02:44:31 THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. >> AND FOR THE RECORD, LET'S
02:44:34 SAY WE WERE MADE AWARE OF A A NATIONAL COMCAST XFINITY OUTAGE
02:44:39 SO IT IS JUST NOT OUR REGION BUT IT IS NATIONWIDE FOR ANY OF
02:44:44 US WHO HAVE JOINED US THROUGH AS HAVE GOV TV.
02:44:47 >> WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE CAN'T GO ON TO THIS MEETING
02:44:51 SINCE SINCE THIS MEETING IS STILL BROADCAST AT LEAST
02:44:54 REGIONALLY AND IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
02:44:55 AND WITH THAT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
02:44:58 >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. AND WITH THAT WE WERE HAVING
02:45:02 BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS GOING THROUGH THE
02:45:05 RECOMMENDATIONS OUT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOW THE
02:45:09 POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SHARE OUR CHAN VICE CHAIR DORSEY
02:45:17 AND SUPERVISOR SAUDER. >> I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
02:45:22 OFFICER KIMI WU AND TODAY I'M JOINED BY THE ASSISTANT CHIEF
02:45:26 NICOLE JONES DEPUTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATION BARROW MARK M
02:45:30 AND THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER CARL ANICETO.
02:45:33 >> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REVIEW THE TEN RECOMMENDED BUDGET
02:45:37 REDUCTIONS AND ONE POLICY RECOMMENDATION ISSUED BY THE
02:45:41 BUDGET AND LEGISLATE OF ANALYSTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 27
02:45:47 AND 28. THERE IS NO FORMAL PRESENTATION
02:45:48 DECK. >> INSTEAD WE WILL WALK THROUGH
02:45:51 EACH ITEM IN DETAIL. >> AND SO AGAIN THE RECOMMENDED
02:45:58 RATE REDUCTIONS FOR THE BUDGET YEARS FOR FISCAL YEAR TEN.
02:46:01 THE BLR RECOMMENDS A TOTAL OF 1.3 MILLION AND REDUCTIONS
02:46:07 910,000 IN 1 TIME REDUCTIONS AND 368,000 IN ONGOING
02:46:11 REDUCTIONS WHICH CARRY FORWARD INTO FISCAL YEAR 28.
02:46:18 THE BELLAS RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES 935,000 AND ONGOING
02:46:22 SAVINGS THROUGH THE ELIMINATION OF THREE NON SWORN MANAGERIAL
02:46:29 POSITIONS. >> AND WITH THAT WE WILL START
02:46:33 WITH THE SUMMARY OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
02:46:39 AGAIN, THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 FOUR 882.6 MILLION FISCAL
02:46:46 YEAR 28 PROPOSED BUDGET OF 901 MILLION AND OUR GENERAL FUND
02:46:53 BREAKDOWN IN FISCAL YEAR 27 IS 765 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.
02:47:00 AND WITH OVER 90% SUPPORTING PERSONNEL COSTS FOR THE POLICE
02:47:05 DEPARTMENT AND THE NON GENERAL FUND PORTION 100.7 MILLION IS
02:47:09 FOR THE AIRPORT BUREAU POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PERSONNEL AND 16.6
02:47:15 MILLION APPROXIMATELY FOR OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
02:47:19 AND GRANTS. AND SO I DO WANT TO MENTION THE
02:47:24 DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED FUNDING REQUEST ACROSS FOUR MAJOR
02:47:28 OPERATIONAL AND CAT CAPITAL CATEGORY.
02:47:32 BUT THESE NEEDS REMAIN UNFUNDED BY MORE THAN $14 MILLION
02:47:35 AND THIS GAP REPRESENTS THE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
02:47:39 NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICES, SUPPORT OPERATIONAL
02:47:43 READINESS AND ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT
02:47:47 REQUIREMENTS THAT CANNOT BE ABSORBED WITHIN THE EXISTING
02:47:51 BUDGET. >> AND SO MOVING TO THE FIRST
02:47:56 RECOMMENDATION POLL ONE $37,627 FOR A ONE TIME HAS MADE HAZMAT
02:48:04 ABATEMENT. >> CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO
02:48:08 REMAINING FUNDS UNDER THIS AUTHORITY.
02:48:12 ALLOCATIONS ARE FULLY COMMITTED AND THIS FUNDING SUPPORTS TEN
02:48:16 STATIONS AND 14 LEASED FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
02:48:20 >> THEY REQUIRE ONGOING UPGRADES AND REPAIRS TO
02:48:24 MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL STANDARDS AND THE CAPITAL RESOURCES
02:48:28 IN OUR BUDGET ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL OUR STATION
02:48:35 JOBS AND INVESTMENTS SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR A 24
02:48:39 SEVEN OPERATIONAL SCHEDULE INCLUDING CRITICAL BUILDING
02:48:43 SYSTEMS, SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AND COMPLIANCE DRIVEN
02:48:47 IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO WHILE THERE APPEARS TO
02:48:51 BE, YOU KNOW, NO FUNDING OVER THE PAST THREE FISCAL YEARS,
02:48:55 THIS SMALL AMOUNT IS ALLOCATED FOR HAZMAT ABATEMENT.
02:49:05 NOW MOVING ON TO POLL NUMBER TWO.
02:49:09 >> 350,000 OF ONGOING NON SWORN ATTRITION.
02:49:16 THE DEPARTMENT HAS CUT 50 FTE DURING THE MAYOR'S PHASE THAT
02:49:23 INCLUDES TWO HIGH LEVEL MANAGER POSITIONS.
02:49:27 0953 AS WELL AS A0932 AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS
02:49:34 INCLUDING THOSE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
02:49:37 >> AND SO OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OUTLOOK HAS A PROJECTED
02:49:42 DEFICIT OF 2.4 MILLION AND TEMPORARY SALARIES A
02:49:46 PROJECTED DEFICIT OF 882,000 IN PREMIUM PAY.
02:49:49 >> AND SO THE FUNDING STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE WE HAVE IN OUR
02:49:56 BUDGET IS THE SALARY SAVINGS FROM VACANCIES CURRENTLY FUND
02:50:00 TEMPORARY SALARIES AND THAT SUPPORTS NON SWORN ROLES AS
02:50:04 WELL AS THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. >> AND SO WITH THE DELETION OF
02:50:11 50 FTE DURING THE MAYOR'S PHASE THAT EQUATES TO AN ESTIMATED
02:50:15 REDUCTION OF $4.85 MILLION. AND THIS FURTHER LIMITS OUR
02:50:19 ABILITY TO GENERATE VACANCY BASED SAVINGS FOR APPROPRIATION
02:50:26 IN OVERTIME. >> AND SO THE OVERALL IMPACT IS
02:50:28 THAT WE ARE INCREASING THE STRAIN ON PERSONNEL FUNDING
02:50:34 AND REDUCES THE FLEXIBILITY TO OFFSET TEMPORARY SALARIES,
02:50:37 PREMIUM PAY AND OVERTIME NEEDS AND FURTHER INCREASES THE
02:50:42 LIKELIHOOD OF US COMING FOR A SUPPLEMENT TITLE BECAUSE OF THE
02:50:47 REDUCED FUNDING WE HAVE IN PERSONNEL COST.
02:50:53 >> SO POLL NUMBER THREE $18,000 OF ONGOING CUTS IN THE LAB
02:51:00 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THIS IS A PROGRAMMATIC PROJECT
02:51:04 BUDGET. >> HOWEVER, WE HAVE SPENT THE
02:51:08 LAST 12 MONTHS UPDATING THE CRIME SCENE RESULTS MANAGEMENT
02:51:15 PLATFORM. >> AND THIS IS USED FOR EVERY
02:51:16 CSI CALL WITH ALL ACTIVITIES ENTERED INTO THE ELECTRONIC
02:51:23 INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM WHICH CAPTURES CSI TASKS INCLUDING
02:51:27 CRIME SCENE REPORTS, EXAMINATION REPORTS, LATENT
02:51:32 PRINT PROCESSING, VEHICLE EXAMINATIONS AND THE ENTIRE CSI
02:51:39 UNIT CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND REFINE.
02:51:43 >> AND THIS SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRES THIS ONGOING
02:51:47 PROGRAMMATIC BUDGET TO SUPPORT THESE COSTS.
02:51:51 >> AND SO IT'S SPECIFICALLY THE LIM SYSTEM IS A CONTRACT THAT
02:51:55 SUPPORTS ALL LIVE SCAN SYSTEMS ACROSS H.R.
02:51:59 THE SHERIFF'S JUVENILE PROBATION PROBATION AS WELL AS
02:52:04 S.F. PD. >> AND SO IT SUPPORTS BOTH
02:52:07 CRIMINAL AND APPLICANT PROCESSING PLUS A NEW MOBILE ID
02:52:11 TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT CITYWIDE.
02:52:15 >> AND SO THIS AS I MENTIONED THE CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION IS
02:52:19 UNDERWAY. AND THE PENDING FINAL APPROVAL
02:52:23 IS IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE
02:52:26 SHOULD BEGIN ON JULY 1ST, 2026 .
02:52:34 >> AND P POLE FOUR AND POLE FIVE ARE BUDGETS SET ASIDE FOR
02:52:44 THE REAL ESTATE AUTHORITY AND A REDUCTION IN THIS ALLOCATION
02:52:49 FOR ONE TIME TRAINING WOULD DIRECTLY LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO
02:52:55 REBUILD CAPACITY, MAINTAIN REQUIRED SKILL SETS AND SUSTAIN
02:52:59 SERVICE LEVEL ONCE STAFFING RETURNS TO NORMAL LEVELS.
02:53:03 >> THIS UNIT PERFORMS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS AND DUE
02:53:11 TO THE PROLONGED STAFFING SHORTAGES WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
02:53:12 TO FULLY EXPEND THESE FUNDS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL FISCAL
02:53:17 YEARS. >> AND THE HISTORICAL
02:53:20 UNDERUTILIZATION REFLECTS STAFFING LIMITATIONS RATHER
02:53:24 THAN A DIMINISHED OPERATIONAL NEED.
02:53:28 >> AND THE DEPARTMENT WILL REQUIRE THESE RESOURCES TO
02:53:32 ENSURE THAT PERSONNEL RECEIVES THE SPECIALIZED TRAINING
02:53:36 NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATIONS AND OPERATIONAL
02:53:40 READINESS. >> AND SO THE SUPPORT FROM THIS
02:53:44 TRAINING FUND IS FOR THE ASSOCIATE OF CERTIFIED
02:53:48 AND ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIALTY AS WELL AS FOR POSTS
02:53:52 REQUIRED TRAINING ON REAL ESTATE FRAUD INVESTING OPTIONS
02:53:58 . >> AND SO THE PORTION OF THE
02:53:59 OVERTIME IS POL FIVE FOUR $98,475.
02:54:05 >> AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT FULLY UTILIZED OVERTIME
02:54:10 ALLOCATED IN THIS FUND. HOWEVER, OVERTIME FUNDING
02:54:13 REMAINS ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORT THE MISSION CRITICAL
02:54:18 INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS THAT CANNOT BE COMPLETED WITHIN
02:54:21 REGULAR WORK HOURS. >> AND THE REAL ESTATE FRAUD
02:54:25 FUND SUPPORTS THE FINANCIAL CRIMES UNIT IN INVESTIGATING
02:54:29 REAL ESTATE FRAUD CASES, MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITIES
02:54:34 AND SPECIAL LASD INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES FOCUSED ON FRAUD
02:54:40 PREVENTION, DETECTION AND DETERRENCE POLICY SIX
02:54:49 AND SEVEN IS A ONE TIME REDUCTION TO OUR FLEET VEHICLE
02:54:53 BUDGET TOTALING $755,227. >> THE CONSISTENT AND ADEQUATE
02:55:03 FLEET FUNDING TO REPLACE OUR VEHICLES IS ESSENTIAL TO MANAGE
02:55:08 LONG TERM OPERATIONAL COSTS AND MAINTAIN A DEPENDABLE
02:55:12 VEHICLE FLEET. >> REGULAR REPLACEMENT CYCLES
02:55:16 REDUCE THE RISING MAINTENANCE EXPENSES WHICH INCREASE
02:55:20 SIGNIFICANT ONLY AS VEHICLES AGE AND REQUIRE MORE FREQUENT
02:55:25 COSTLY REPAIRS. >> INVESTING IN TIMELY
02:55:28 REPLACEMENT IMPROVE FLEET RELIABILITY ENSURING VEHICLES
02:55:33 REMAIN SAFE, FUNCTIONAL AND AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED.
02:55:39 >> THE SUFFICIENT FUNDING SUPPORTS OUR OPERATIONAL
02:55:43 READINESS ENABLING UNITS TO MEET SERVICE DEMANDS WITHOUT
02:55:48 DISRUPTION CAUSED BY VEHICLE BREAKDOWNS OR EXTENDED REPAIR
02:55:52 DOWNTIME. >> AND THE PROACTIVE TURF
02:55:56 REPLACEMENT PLANNING HELPS STABILIZE THE BUDGET PREVENTING
02:55:59 LARGE UNPREDICTABLE SPIKES IN REPAIR SPENDING.
02:56:04 >> AND SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HISTORICALLY WHAT HAS BEEN
02:56:09 FUNDED THE AVERAGE VEHICLES THAT WERE REPLACED IN FISCAL
02:56:16 YEAR ENDING 2015 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR END 2020 WAS 66 VEHICLES
02:56:23 PER YEAR. >> AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED
02:56:27 AT THAT LEVEL WHICH HAS LED TO A MAINTENANCE COST INCREASE
02:56:35 SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2021 AT UPWARDS OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS
02:56:40 PER FISCAL YEAR. >> AND THE CENTRAL SHOPPES IS
02:56:44 INCURRING HIGHER EXPENSES DUE TO THE OLDER VEHICLES REQUIRING
02:56:47 MORE FREQUENT AND COMPLEX REPAIRS.
02:56:51 >> AND SO THE IMPACT IS THAT MANY VEHICLES ARE NOW BEYOND
02:56:55 THE OPTIMAL SERVICE LIFE. >> THE REPAIR COSTS FOR SEVERAL
02:56:59 UNITS EXCEED THE ACTUAL FULL VALUE OF THE VEHICLE.
02:57:03 AND THE INCREASED DOWNTIME IS REDUCING FLEET RELIABILITY
02:57:07 AND STRAINING OPERATIONAL CAPACITY.
02:57:11 >> AND DEFERRED REPLACEMENT CONTINUES TO DRIVE UP LONG TERM
02:57:16 COSTS. >> AND THAT CONCLUDES THE
02:57:23 REDUCTIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED.
02:57:24 >> THERE WAS ONE POLICY RECOMMENDATION POLL EIGHT NINE
02:57:30 AND POLL TEN TOTALING 936,200 AND $49 OF ONGOING ONGOING
02:57:37 COSTS. >> AND THOSE ARE THE THREE
02:57:40 POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS VACANT FOR
02:57:44 DELETION. >> TWO OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE
02:57:47 RECENTLY VACANT AND WE ARE ACTIVELY HIRING FOR THE 095
02:57:55 THREE DEPUTY DIRECTOR THREE. >> THAT IS OUR CHIEF
02:57:59 INFORMATION OFFICER POSITION. >> AND I DO WANT TO BRING TO
02:58:03 YOUR ATTENTION THAT TWO POSITIONS THAT IS BEING
02:58:09 PROPOSED IS IN THE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION.
02:58:10 >> AND THEY HAVE ALREADY LOST 16 FTE FEES IN THIS FISCAL
02:58:17 YEAR. >> THE THIRD POSITION IS 0923
02:58:21 MANAGER TWO IT IS OFF BUDGET. AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO CUT
02:58:25 TEMPORARY SALARIES BUT THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY FILLED.
02:58:29 >> WE USE TEMPORARY SALARIES TO PAY FOR THE POSITION THAT IS NO
02:58:36 LONGER GRANT FUNDED AS OF JANUARY 2020 SIX.
02:58:39 >> AND SO AGAIN FURTHER DELETION IS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
02:58:44 REDUCE THE MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IN THESE CRITICAL SUPPORT AREAS
02:58:48 FOR THE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION. >> AND THAT IS THE END OF THE
02:58:59 RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
02:59:02 AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
02:59:07 MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU.
02:59:10 >> COLLEAGUES, IF I MAY I CAN ARTICULATE THAT I AM INTERESTED
02:59:14 IN REJECTING THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POLICE
02:59:17 DEPARTMENT. >> HOWEVER, FOR THE FISCAL
02:59:18 RECOMMENDATION. I AM ALSO INTERESTED AND I'M
02:59:22 OPEN FOR CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION IS THAT I WOULD
02:59:26 LIKE TO PUT THAT DOLLARS ON RESERVE FOR THE POLICE
02:59:30 DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RETURN WHEN THE
02:59:36 TIME WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN IS TO REPORT BACK TO THIS BODY ABOUT
02:59:40 TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS. ONE IS YOUR LONG TERM STRATEGY
02:59:44 BECAUSE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE
02:59:48 FISCAL TRAVEL RECOMMENDATION TRULY IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE
02:59:51 VEHICLES AND ABOUT THE VEHICLES MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS YOUR
02:59:55 FACILITY MAINTENANCE. AND WHEN I'M INTERESTED
02:59:59 IN LEARNING ABOUT IS TO PUT THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT ON RESERVE
03:00:06 AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RETURN TO ARTICULATE YOUR
03:00:07 VISION AND YOUR PLAN FOR OUR TECH AND YOUR OTHER FACILITIES
03:00:14 AND INCLUSIVE OF THAT BOND THAT JUST PASSED PROPOSITION A
03:00:18 AND HOW IS THAT GOING? WHAT IS THE RENOVATION
03:00:22 RENOVATION PLAN FOR TARA WALL STATION?
03:00:25 THE BOND DOLLARS DO NOT INCLUSIVE OF CENTRAL POLICE
03:00:26 STATION. WHAT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO
03:00:29 NEXT? KNOWING THAT CENTRAL POLICE
03:00:33 STATION ACTUALLY ALSO IN NEED OF REPAIR.
03:00:34 >> AND SO BASICALLY A VISION OF YOUR FACILITY PLAN RECOGNIZING
03:00:40 THAT OUR TAKE IS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION.
03:00:44 WHAT IS YOUR LONG TERM? AND THEN ALSO OF COURSE YOUR
03:00:48 VEHICLE FLEET, YOUR FLEET MAINTENANCE FOR ALL THE
03:00:52 VEHICLES THAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE INVENTORY OF IT,
03:00:56 HOW MANY OF THEM I BELIEVE SOME OF THE VEHICLES ACTUALLY BEING
03:01:00 QUITE OLD. >> AND SO ARE THERE ACTIVE
03:01:04 STRATEGY IN APPROACH TO RETIRED VEHICLES AND MAKING SURE THAT
03:01:12 YOUR VEHICLES ACTUALLY WORK? BUT BUT CLEARLY YOU CAN'T
03:01:16 REPAIR OR REPLACE SOME AT ONCE. SO WHAT IS THE STRATEGY?
03:01:19 >> SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS ABOUT FLEET MANAGEMENT FACILITY
03:01:24 MANAGEMENT FOR THE LONG TERM VISION FROM THE AS APD.
03:01:29 AND I THINK THAT IT REQUIRES A CONVERSATION.
03:01:33 >> SO THANK YOU. >> I DON'T SEE ANY ON A NAME ON
03:01:37 THE ROSTER. WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE
03:01:40 ACADEMY OF CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
03:01:57 >> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, OUR RESERVE
03:02:01 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ARE SUMMARIZED ON
03:02:05 PAGE THREE OF OUR REPORT AND ARE DETAILED ON PAGE FOUR
03:02:09 AND FIVE OF OUR REPORT. >> WE ARE PROPOSING TO PLACE
03:02:18 THREE, FOUR FIVE LINE ITEMS 50% OF FIVE LINE ITEMS ON BUDGET
03:02:23 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE AND 25% OF A SIXTH LINE ITEM ON
03:02:29 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE IN THE FIRST YEAR
03:02:31 AND THEN 100% OF THE BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THE SECOND
03:02:35 BUDGET YEAR ON BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE
03:02:38 AND SO THESE INCLUDE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE THE
03:02:43 PROFESSIONAL SPECIALIZED SERVICES BUDGET OF 50% 50% OF
03:02:46 THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUDGET THAT'S RECOMMENDATION TO
03:02:52 50% OF THE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THE FOR ONE FULL TIME
03:02:57 EQUIVALENT 7205 CHIEF STATIONARY ENGINEER POSITION
03:03:01 THAT'S RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 350% OF ONE SENIOR ONE FULL
03:03:04 TIME EQUIVALENT 7335 SENIOR STATIONARY ENGINEER POSITION.
03:03:12 THAT'S RECOMMENDATION OF BEFORE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE IS
03:03:14 TO PLACE 50% OF SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR 11.2 FULL TIME
03:03:20 EQUIVALENT 7334 STATIONARY ENGINEERS ON BUDGET AND FINANCE
03:03:21 CAN BE RESERVE. AND RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX
03:03:27 IS TO PLACE 25% OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENT
03:03:31 PROJECT BUDGET ON BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE.
03:03:32 IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE POSITIONS
03:03:38 AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUDGETS SUPPORT THE STEINHART
03:03:42 AQUARIUM AND THAT THE BUILDING STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENT
03:03:47 PROJECT BUDGET SUPPORT FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AS WELL
03:03:50 AS CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDING AN ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION
03:03:52 PROJECT AND A PROJECT TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE
03:03:55 MAINTENANCE, WATERPROOFING AND MECHANICAL UPGRADES ACROSS
03:03:58 AQUARIUM FACILITY SYSTEMS. THE REASON WHY WE'RE
03:03:59 RECOMMENDING THESE RESERVES IS DUE TO RECENT RECENT CONCERN BY
03:04:06 BUT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS INCLUDING A
03:04:13 PROPOSED MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MELGAR ARE TO DIRECT OUR OFFICE
03:04:18 THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE TO INITIATE A
03:04:22 PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE ACADEMY OF
03:04:25 SCIENCES IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND SO WE ARE
03:04:33 RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL OF THESE IS TO PLACE THOSE FUNDS
03:04:37 IN THOSE AMOUNTS ON BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE RESERVE
03:04:40 PENDING A REPORT FROM OUR OFFICE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE
03:04:44 PENDING PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT WITH THE
03:04:45 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO YOU IN THE
03:04:49 FALL BEFORE THE YEAR THE SECOND HALF OF THAT OF THE FISCAL YEAR
03:04:59 HITS AND SO THAT IF THE BOARD ADVISORS THE BUDGET OF FINANCE
03:05:04 THROUGH THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE IS SATISFIED WITH
03:05:06 THAT UPDATE THAT THOSE FUNDS COULD AT LEAST THE FIRST FISCAL
03:05:10 YEAR FUNDS COULD BE RELEASED AT THAT TIME.
03:05:12 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS RESERVE
03:05:15 RECOMMENDATION AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
03:05:18 GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR JAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
03:05:23 AMBER MACE. I'M INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
03:05:25 FOR THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND I THANK YOU FOR
03:05:29 YOUR TIME TODAY AND INVITING US BACK.
03:05:30 >> WE WELCOME THIS AUDIT AS A CONSTRUCTIVE OPPORTUNITY AND WE
03:05:34 ARE VERY HAPPY TO COMPLY. >> I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE
03:05:41 ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE BALLET RECOMMENDATION TO PUT
03:05:44 THESE FUNDS ON RESERVE AS AN ACA ASSOCIATE AND OF ZOOS
03:05:49 AND AQUARIUMS ACCREDITED INSTITUTION THAT JUST RENEWED
03:05:52 OUR CERTIFICATION THIS YEAR WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
03:05:56 COMMITTEE NOT PLACE OUR FUNDS ON RESERVE THESE FUNDS ARE
03:06:00 ALREADY TIGHTLY CONTROLLED BY THE CITY TO FULFILL THE CHARTER
03:06:02 OBLIGATION TO STEINHART AQUARIUM WITH UTILITIES
03:06:04 AND SALARIES PAID DIRECTLY AND SERVICES AND CAPITAL
03:06:08 EXPENDITURES REIMBURSED ONLY AS INCURRED THE 932,000 INCREASE
03:06:15 FROM F Y 26 IS DRIVEN ENTIRELY BY UNAVOIDABLE COSTS RISING
03:06:20 UTILITY COST MANDATORY UNION SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASES
03:06:24 CAPITAL PROJECTS CONSTRAINED BY COMPETITIVE BID PRICING
03:06:28 AND TIMING CONSTRAINTS OF OPERATING IN A PUBLIC MUSEUM
03:06:31 OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REMAIN FLAT BY PLACING THESE
03:06:34 FUNDS ON RESERVE THIS WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE ACADEMY'S
03:06:38 ABILITY TO MAINTAIN STANDARD OPERATIONS AND ANIMAL SAFETY
03:06:42 PURCHASE AQUARIUM SUPPLIES AND MOST CRITICALLY PAY CITY
03:06:46 FUNDED LOCAL 39 ENGINEERING STAFF.
03:06:50 AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT FOR ME OUR ENGINEERS KEEP
03:06:54 OUR 60,000 ANIMALS SAFE AND ALIVE AND I WOULDN'T WANT
03:06:58 THEM TO EVEN GET A HINT THAT THEIR JOBS ARE AT RISK OR THAT
03:07:03 THEIR WORK IS NOT HIGHLY VALUED.
03:07:06 >> I WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO THINK THEY NEED TO LOOK FOR
03:07:10 OTHER PLACES FOR EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THESE FUNDS ARE ON
03:07:11 RESERVE EVEN IF THEY WOULD BE RELEASED IN A TIMELY FASHION.
03:07:15 SO I ASK THAT THESE FUNDS NOT BE PUT ON RESERVE AND THAT OUR
03:07:21 HIGHLY VALUED UNION EMPLOYEES ARE OUR ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE
03:07:25 WORK THAT THEY DO AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
03:07:29 ALONG WITH MY CFO MATTHEW LOWE THANK YOU.
03:07:36 THANK YOU. WE SO APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING
03:07:37 INTO THE LEADERSHIP ROLE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU STEPPING
03:07:40 INTO THE ROLE IN A TIME OF CRISIS FOR THE INSTITUTION
03:07:47 AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
03:07:48 I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I DISAGREE ABOUT WHAT IS WHAT
03:07:54 REALLY WOULD MAKE THE MEMBERS AND THE WORKERS AT CAL ACADEMY
03:07:59 OF SCIENCES THINK ABOUT CHANGING THEIR CAREER OR EVEN
03:08:05 LEAVING THE INSTITUTION IS THE FACT THAT YOU STARTED OFF WITH
03:08:08 THE 53 LAYOFF ALREADY AND IN THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE
03:08:13 CONFIDENCE FOR THE INSTITUTION WHEN YOU HAVE $200 MILLION OF
03:08:17 ENDOWMENT AVAILABLE ALL POTENTIALLY OFFSETS THE
03:08:21 DEFICIT. SO IT IS THE INTENTION OF THIS
03:08:25 BODY TO HAVE AN AUDIT AND THE BOARD SUPERVISOR TO HAVE THIS
03:08:29 AUDIT AND MOVING FORWARD BUT WITH THE RESERVE AS RECOMMENDED
03:08:33 BY THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS I WANT TO BE VERY
03:08:36 CLEAR IS THAT FOR THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR 2627 IS ONLY 50%.
03:08:39 IT MEANS THAT FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS IT WILL THE FUND IS
03:08:46 RELEASED TO THE CAL CAMILLO SCIENCES.
03:08:47 IT IS UNTIL THE DECEMBER THE SECOND HALF OF THE FISCAL YEAR
03:08:51 THAT IS BEING PLACED ON RESERVE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
03:08:55 THE COOPERATION AND THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CAL CAMEO
03:08:59 SCIENCES IN OUR BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST FOR
03:09:00 THIS AUDIT AND IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE FISCAL IN THE
03:09:05 SECOND FISCAL YEAR BEING PLACED ON RESERVE I THINK AGAIN IT'S
03:09:09 REASONABLE AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IT WILL BE RELEASED
03:09:13 ALREADY BY DAN BECAUSE THE AUDIT WILL BE COMPLETED.
03:09:14 WE WILL UNDERSTAND YOUR FISCAL CONDITION AND ALSO POTENTIALLY
03:09:21 WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH WORKERS.
03:09:23 WILL THEY BE MORE LAID OFF OR WILL BE NO MORE LAYOFFS AND IN
03:09:26 FACT THEY'LL BE REHIRING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT
03:09:29 THIS COMMITTEE IS WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BEFORE
03:09:33 RELEASING THE FUNDS. BUT OF COURSE THAT WE VALUE THE
03:09:37 PARTNERSHIP AND WE VALUE GREATLY OF THE CAL CAMEOS
03:09:41 SCIENCES. IT'S AN IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL
03:09:42 INSTITUTION IN GOLDEN GATE PARK AND THAT WE CERTAINLY
03:09:45 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WORK.
03:09:49 >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU. CHAIR CHEN THANK YOU FOR THE
03:09:52 PRESENTATION AND FOR COMING IN TO THE CHAMBER THIS
03:09:53 AFTERNOON. I ALSO JUST WANT TO STATE NOT
03:09:57 NECESSARILY JUST FOR THE ACADEMY, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC
03:10:00 THAT THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY HAD TO DIP INTO RESERVES TO PROTECT
03:10:03 VALUABLE PROGRAMING FROM FEDERAL CUTS AND MAKE SURE THAT
03:10:07 WE DO ALL WE CAN AND LOOK OUT FOR OUR CONSTITUENCY AS WELL.
03:10:11 SO IF YOU HAVE RESERVES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND ABILITIES
03:10:15 TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DEFICIT NOT JUST FOR THE ACADEMY
03:10:19 ANYBODY WE MAY FUND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY
03:10:23 HAS PUT SKIN IN THE GAME AS WELL.
03:10:27 >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN THANK YOU.
03:10:28 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU WITH THAT PRESENT
03:10:34 AMENDMENT SORRY I JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION WHAT DO WE THINK
03:10:38 THE TIMING ON THE AUDITOR'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE AUDIT
03:10:49 MOTION IT HAS BEEN SENT TO GOVERNMENT AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT
03:10:52 COMMITTEE. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN HEARD AT
03:10:54 THAT COMMITTEE BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE HEARD.
03:10:58 THE COMMITTEE THEN SENT BACK TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL
03:11:00 BEFORE THE SUMMER RECESS. >> THAT'S BEFORE THAT BEFORE
03:11:05 THE SUMMER THE BOARD'S SUMMER RECESS SO THAT WE ARE OUR
03:11:09 OFFICE IS DIRECTED TO START THE AUDIT BY THE END OF JULY.
03:11:16 WE COULD THEN GET STARTED ON THE AUDIT IN AUGUST SEPTEMBER
03:11:20 AND WE CAN AUDIT TAKE THE AUDIT TO COMPLETE TAKE ABOUT A YEAR
03:11:26 OR SO BUT TO GET STARTED TAKES US MAYBE A FEW WEEKS TO DO
03:11:31 AND SOME INITIAL RESEARCH PUT A WORKPLAN TOGETHER, SCHEDULE THE
03:11:36 ENTRANCE CONFERENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OR PROGRAM
03:11:39 AND WITHIN I WOULD SAY A MONTH OR TWO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD IDEA
03:11:44 OF WHETHER THE THE STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT WERE AUDITING ARE
03:11:50 COOPERATING WITH US OR NOT. >> SO WE AS YOU MAY RECALL HAD
03:11:54 SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO FOR THE FIRST FEW
03:11:58 MONTHS AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO US IMMEDIATELY THAT WE WERE
03:12:02 GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO COMPLETE OUR AUDIT
03:12:06 AND CHANGES WERE MADE WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO ZOO MANAGEMENT
03:12:12 AND THEIR AT IT THEIR APPROACH TO OUR AUDIT TEAM.
03:12:16 SO I DO I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT BY I WOULD SAY OCTOBER OR
03:12:21 SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA AND THEN COME BACK TO
03:12:25 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
03:12:29 WE WERE ABLE TO START THE AUDIT THE TASKS THAT WE WERE ALREADY
03:12:33 ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE AUDIT
03:12:36 AND THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH IN THIS
03:12:41 CASE THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SO YOU THINK THAT COMES TO OUR
03:12:45 BUDGET AND FINANCE BY NOVEMBER ?
03:12:47 I WOULD SAY YEAH FOR SURE AND THEY WOULD NEED IT LIKE
03:12:51 RELEASED BY DECEMBER. YES.
03:12:55 SO I, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD COME TO THE BOARD OF
03:12:59 SUPERVISORS IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND GIVE A REPORT BACK
03:13:03 AND I THINK THAT IF IT'S TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
03:13:06 THAT THE FUNDS COULD BE RELEASED AT THAT HEARING
03:13:10 AND THEN I THINK THEY'RE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY ALTHOUGH
03:13:11 THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE COULD SPEAK, I DON'T THINK THERE
03:13:14 WOULD BE ANY DELAY AT THAT POINT.
03:13:15 >> LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NODDING FROM THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE.
03:13:18 >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
03:13:19 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
03:13:22 I WANT TO ALSO JUST FOR THE THE KIND OF UNDERSTANDING VERY
03:13:26 SIMILAR APPROACH TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE ZOO IS THAT
03:13:30 WE PUT THE ZOO ALSO THE SECOND HALF ON A RESERVE AND SO THAT
03:13:34 THEY CAN PROCEED AND BY THE TIME WHEN THEY ACTUALLY
03:13:38 COORDINATE LIKE I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO COORDINATE
03:13:41 OTHERWISE THE THE FUNDS WILL NOT BE RELEASED AND IT'S ALMOST
03:13:46 NEAR TO THE RELEASE OF THE AUDIT TOO.
03:13:49 AND THAT WAS LIKE THE SPRING TIME AND WHEN THEY ALSO HAVE
03:13:53 NEW NEW LEADERSHIP AND SHOWED A STEP LIKE SHOW STEPS OF THE
03:13:57 NEXT STEPS AND THE CONFIDENCE OF WHAT THEY WILL WILL DO WITH
03:14:00 THE NEXT STEPS. >> SO FOR SURE WE ARE A PARTNER
03:14:07 IN THIS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW CAN WE SCIENCES
03:14:09 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU.
03:14:11 THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND WITH THAT
03:14:15 COLLEAGUES THIS IS OUR LAST DEPARTMENT FOR TODAY BUT BEFORE
03:14:24 WE DO SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE ITERATE THE
03:14:28 CONVERSATION TODAY THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S
03:14:36 FISCAL RECOMMENDATION AND THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING THOSE ARE THE
03:14:43 ONE THROUGH FOUR AND THE CURRENT YEAR AMOUNT AGAIN WITH
03:14:51 MAYOR ONE THOSE WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND WE WILL BE
03:14:55 ACCEPTING THIS AS A COMMITTEE AND THEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
03:14:59 HOMELESS AND IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING THERE ARE FISCAL
03:15:03 RECOMMENDATIONS ONE THROUGH FOUR AGREEMENT AND THAT WE WILL
03:15:07 BE ACCEPTING THAT TODAY AND WITH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
03:15:11 HEALTH THAT WE HAVE FISCAL RECOMMENDATION ONE THROUGH 17
03:15:14 ALSO AN AGREEMENT WE WILL BE ACCEPTING THOSE AND FOR HSA FOR
03:15:22 THAT AGAIN WE ALSO HAVE AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL
03:15:23 RECOMMENDATION ONE THROUGH SIX AND THE CURRENT YEAR
03:15:27 RECOMMENDATION ONE. WE WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTING THOSE
03:15:31 FROM THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST AGAIN THESE ARE THE
03:15:35 ONES THAT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
03:15:38 ANALYSTS HAVE COME TO AGREEMENT WITH.
03:15:42 WE STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING WITH THOSE THAT ARE DISAGREEMENT BUT
03:15:46 WITH THAT I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE
03:15:50 HAVE WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR LAST WEEK WHICH
03:15:57 IS ONE, TWO AND FIVE >> AND THEN WITH DEPARTMENT OF
03:16:03 PUBLIC WORKS. >> SO I DO HAVE THESE BUT I DO
03:16:07 WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT SUPERVISOR SAUTER ACTUALLY HAVE
03:16:10 ONE THAT IS A PARTIAL WITH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
03:16:14 SO CAN WE PIN THE ONE THAT IS PARTIAL WITH THE STREET
03:16:18 CLEANING VEHICLE THAT ONE AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH NUMBER IS THAT
03:16:23 THREE. WONDERFUL.
03:16:24 THANK YOU. SO WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
03:16:27 PUBLIC WORKS WE HAVE COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
03:16:31 RECOMMENDATION THREE IS FOR FIVE, TEN, 11, 12, 13
03:16:37 AND CURRENT YEAR ONE ENCOURAGE YEAR TWO AND THAT IS WHAT THE
03:16:41 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR IS
03:16:47 ONE, TWO AND FIVE IN AGREEMENT AND THEN WITH DEPARTMENT PUBLIC
03:16:51 WORKS AGAIN ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE COME TO
03:16:55 AGREEMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE THAT'S ALWAYS A STARTER
03:16:58 HAS FLAG OKAY OKAY WITH THAT MR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE
03:17:06 A CHANCE TO THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE.
03:17:10 DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT? I SEE THUMBS UP NO ADDITIONAL
03:17:11 ANNOUNCEMENT. >> MR. JOB ANY ADDITIONAL
03:17:14 ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR US TODAY? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
03:17:17 JUST AN EPILOG TO OUR HAT TO WHY WE DID RECESS THIS MEETING
03:17:21 EARLIER TO REVIEWING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WERE AFFECTED.
03:17:28 OH SORRY THAT I DID WANT TO UPDATE THAT THE THAT THE
03:17:31 COMCAST XFINITY OUTAGE HAS BEEN RESOLVED AND TO OUR VIEWING
03:17:36 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AFFECTED BY THE COMCAST XFINITY US
03:17:39 NATIONAL BROADCAST OUTAGE FOOTAGE OF OUR PROCEEDINGS WILL
03:17:41 BE AVAILABLE AT SFO VTV DOT COM ON DEMAND AFTER THE CONCLUSION
03:17:48 OF THIS MEETING AND ALSO FOR THE RECORD ALTHOUGH THESE ARE
03:17:55 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN
03:17:59 SATISFIED THAT HAVE SATISFIED PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN ACTED ON
03:18:02 AND PROCESSED AS COMPLETED BUSINESS OF THE COMMITTEE
03:18:06 DURING OUR JUNE 17TH MEETING OUR ITEM NUMBERS FOUR THROUGH
03:18:09 17 AND 19 THROUGH 22 AND FINALLY MADAM CHAIR, IF WE
03:18:16 ARE CLOSING TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO CARRY
03:18:19 OUR UNDECIDED ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE 1823 AND 24 FROM THIS
03:18:25 MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION TO OUR JUNE 24TH MEETING OF THIS
03:18:29 COMMITTEE AND THAT WE RECESS THIS MEETING AND RECONVENE ON
03:18:32 JUNE 24TH AT TEN IN THE MORNING.
03:18:33 >> GREAT. >> AND BEFORE I MADE THAT
03:18:37 MOTION IS A REMINDER THAT WE ARE WENT PUBLIC COMMON DAY IS
03:18:46 WEDNESDAY STARTING AT 10:00 AND IT WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE
03:18:49 MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THEN AND SO I WILL MAKE THEM MOTION
03:18:53 TO MOVE THE ITEMS INDICATED BY MR. CLERK SECOND SECOND BY VICE
03:19:00 CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
03:19:01 >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO CARRY OUR UNDECIDED ITEMS TO THE JUNE
03:19:07 24TH MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THAT WE RECESS THIS MEETING
03:19:10 IN RECONVENE AT TEN IN THE MORNING JUNE 24TH BY CHAIR
03:19:13 AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND VICE CHAIR DORSEY
03:19:17 AND DORSEY. I REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I
03:19:18 REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER RANDLEMAN MANAGEMENT I
03:19:22 CHAIR CHAM I CHAN I WE HAVE FIVE VOTES THE MOTION PASSES
03:19:28 AND NOW THIS MEETING WILL GO INTO RECESS UNTIL WEDNESDAY
03:19:32 JUNE 24TH AT TEN AM