>> sfgtv, we are ready to begin. good morning. today is wednesday, may 18, 2011. this is a regular meeting of building inspection commission.

at this time, i would like to remind everybody to please turn off electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. president hechanov commissioner murphy? >> here. commissioner walker? >> here. the next item on the agenda. president's announcements. commissioner lee: there is no president's announcements today. >> an update on dbi. >> good morning, commissioners. good morning, vice president mar and commissioners. today we have a brief item. as requested last month by president hechanova, we're here to provide you a tentative

timetable for the plan. we will adjust it as needed. our primary focus right now is on our human resources. that is our dbi staff preparation, education, and training. the goal is to ensure the health and safety of our staff at work and ensure our ability to perform are a disaster response duties effectively integrated with other departments. i have the initial work plan that we have drafted. i put some time lines on that. i could go through that for you, or if you want to pick out anything that you notice, we can discuss that as well. we have tried to be realistic and reasonable in the timeframe given the amount of projects and objectives that we have ahead of us. through the prioritization process, we have made some good improvements in the last 60

days. any questions? commissioner murphy: the disaster service -- what does that consist of -- what does the training consist of? >> all city workers are disaster service workers and would be required to respond eye anin an emergency or disast. it involves going over the charter that requires that as well as some personal prepared this information. through the department of emergency management and human resources, there's a video. it is essentially a protocol of what your responsibilities would be in the event of an emergency or disaster. commissioner murphy: a refresher course? >> yes, very much so.

that is part of the charter. depending on when the event happens, in terms of what actions you would take, the protocol, to call, and where to go. commissioner murphy: does it mean all employees of dbi would have to report somewhere? >> yes, with all departments, it staff would be designated as more essential personnel for pre-designated assignments. everybody will have a barrel and an assignment. commissioner lee: has there been a discussion about public information about these trainings or anything like that? when will we roll out public information? >> you mean in terms of public outrage? commissioner lee: right. >> we plan on doing more of that throughout the year as we would get our program further along. i think the department of

emergency management is coordinating a lot of when we do any kind of public outrage. we will provide handouts and some information. at this point, we are more focused on our own staff and our own response requirements under the strategic plan with public works. commissioner lee: for our information, where does this is centraessential staff need? >> 1616 mission street. we have our timetable. training is one of the primary focus is. we are, again, planning on regular meetings with the work groups and other city departments on a regular basis. i know different departments share in some tabletop exercises dealing with planning for all types of events, whether it is a

planned event, such as someone coming or arriving, or an unplanned event, whether it is simple or complex. in general, we try to be pretty aggressive on the sidelines. i do want to show some productivity and some accomplishments over the period of time. a lot of the information is in the process of being renewed and written in terms of the plans and protocols. that is really motivated by total coordination from all the city departments. commissioner lee: thank you. commissioners, any other questions? commissioner walker: great. commissioner lee: thank you. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment? item three. the next item on the agenda, item four, public comment.

>> good morning, commissioners. i'm a 30-year resident of san francisco. i would like to read a prepared statement. with the one interruption. i would like to begin by thanking president hechanova for stopping by the department, meeting some of the staff, and i've had the distinct pleasure of seeing commissioner walker and commissioner murphy. i first came before you two months ago and made two increase. one regarding an additional deputy director and how a additional deputy director was created. the other inquiry was a request to know have no homhow many directives have been issued. i appeared one month ago to hear the result of those inquiries. nothing had been done. i used to the director of

malfeasance for failure to provide written directive to staff. the director is not pulling the functions required by her position. i'm here today to first ask about my initial inquiries two months ago. do you have any results? vice president mar? vice president mar: do you want to finish reading. >> i have a question. maybe you have addressed some of these items. ok, i will proceed. of course, i would be curious to know why there is no response. topic eight is rega -- topic a is regarding miss levin 's appointment. she illegally obtained her office in violation.

additionally, i reviewed the minutes of the commission meeting on december 16, 2009. the minutes state that the commissioners all agreed to make appointment for a deputy director of administration. the language states that subject to the approval of the commission in the budgetary and fiscal conditions of the charter, the director shall have the power to appoint or removed at his or her pleasure of 21 deputy superintendent and no more than two assistants. you have a legally appointed mr. levis. levin. quite frankly, the department does not need a deputy director for administration. the director is in charge of administration and should not need another deputy director on top of the other three that are provided. additional requests as to why the specific language of proposition g was not codified

in the charter. i believe that does not change the legality of the language. i'm curious to know. commissioner lee: i wanted to give you as much time as needed, but i'd like you to finish up comments. >> thank you, sir. i will talk fast. commissioner lee: you had a total of two minutes. >> i thought it was three minutes. commissioner lee: yes, but you have used three. >> again, it is only a page and a half. let me see where i am. ok, we will move on to the director's malfeasance, which is of course the more important topic. i think the problem goes further. i think she -- commissioner lee: can you get to

the chase? can i make a suggestion? maybe we have that printed out and we will read it on our time. commissioner walker: the time for public comment is exceeded. maybe in the future, i would like to agendize a city and the attorney response. >> i feel you are trying to muscle my complaints about the department. i feel that is inappropriate. i would like to state that right here. i will put the statement in writing and forward it for your review. i hope you take it all too hard. there is a really good language in here. i would like to let everyone else know about this. thank you for that. vice president mar: thank you.

>> good morning. my name is nancy. i understand that the building inspection commission will change its name to the department of building safety. i support this change in name. if the name change means anything substantive, there must be a serious commitment to the enforcement of the building code. i requested you also create procedures to respond quickly to urgent complaints from the public, which will keep people safe. case in point is the a permitted excavation and demolition job begun friday morning by my next- door neighbor, a licensed contractor, who repeatedly performs work without permits. i immediately reported this by phone to the dbi complaint line, to the district inspector, and finally an e-mail to inspector lowry and a director.

no one got back to me or ask about the jack hammering i referred to. on monday, there were still no response from dbi, so i called cal-osha and they came right out and examined the exhibitio . he told me he allowed concrete to be poured yesterday. they have not yet ruled on a violation. after my third call to dbi, i did see a building inspector at the site, but i do not know what transpired other than the work continued yesterday. now, 17 hours after the cement was poured, this project has moved at warp speed. there's no job card completed for this work because there's no permit, no plans, no inspection. dbi has no system of checks and balances to identify and then to stop rogue contractors who

routinely work without permits. how can a concerned citizen get the attention of the building inspection senior staff to put safety first? what word must i say in a completcomplete to staff to geto respond immediately? a change of the name is worthless. it includes treating the concerned citizens with the respect we deserve by requiring staff to acknowledge and to respond to our serious complaints. what will you do as commissioners to change this issue in the department beyond just changing the department's name? i was just speaking to the deputy director and he informs me that the department will be out there today and will act. i'm very pleased to have the update for you. i am now going to provide you with copies of the e-mail that i sent on friday to initiate the

investigation by the department. vice president mar: thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good morning. my name is joseph butler. i have been a registered architect in california since 1983. i am currently being renewed. i would like to bring your attention today to the rear of 2514 23rd ave. this is the excavation for the stair in question that she just addressed. when we go down into that garage, you can see that these two by 12's, which were delivered for shoring -- this is delivered for shoring -- this is a vertical face and these are