the recommendations, is your department in any agreement? >> we are saying about the same, and i think we need to have that discussion. at this time we are not. good >> mr. rose. good >> are recommended reductions totaled $1,189,000 in 13. $88,105 is one time savings. this would allow an increase of 12.7% in the department's budget. the recommendation would result in $77,000 savings in the general fund. for 1314, recommended reductions total $1 million.

these are ongoing savings. they would still allow an increase of $6.6 million or 4.5% in the department's budget when and $800,000 ended general fund, and we are still working with the apartment and will report by new next week. >> i appreciate you are presenting a budget that has a small increase from the general funds, and i think a lot of departments have taken advantage of that in the request today, and i appreciate the stable funding request you are making, but in light of our budget analyst report, i wonder if you could speak to some of the positions and brought up commo.

one said that an accounting that had been vacant since 1989, and if those are positions you feel you can fill in the next year. drexel lot of them will be filled this -- >> a lot of them will be filled with temporary staff. give we are in the process of filling in a permanent staff, so our expenditures have increased. good >> i am wondering what dpw is doing in terms of the law library. i saw that was under your project. >> we are working to relocate the law library itself. >> you are helping to guide the relocation process? >> yes. >> thank you very much, and we

want to thank you for coming, and we will see you next week. the next apartment is our own department, the board of supervisors. we have excellent -- angela. >> good afternoon, members of the committee. gooby my side is several landis- debra landis, who helped me present this budget. we are presenting it in the framework of the budget for 2014. goothis resources our offices to meet our mandates, and while doing so in a cost-effective manner.

i would like to thank katherine newman for her work, and the staff, thank you for attending to answer any questions you may have a rigorous slide now two reflects historic net revenue budgets. this shows the measures implemented during the economic downturn has resulted in a flat budget from year to year. examples of cost savings measures include an accord eliminating its program. give we have combined it with the analysts project. give me classifier region reclassify assignments for strategic business needs. we have the foresight to develop in the department, which was replaced by a package. rove we have reduced our cost significantly and provided a electronic documents and packets

whenever possible. good thing gift that keeps giving, and -- >> the gift that keeps giving, operating expenses, and the lower chart shows notable efforts with regards to increasing revenues and recovery. we received a planning appeal filed at the board and requested the planning department of supply a surcharge to categorical exemptions. there has been an increase in fees and an increase in volume of applications, and finally we increase for citywide number ships -- memberships. major department all initiatives. the budget proposal does not include new programs but focuses on process improvements related to i.t.

first is an amount of 350 for a system tracking replacements. this will allow them to pay for its online. good evening the current system is an unstable and no longer supported, and the new system will not only support access for the public but also make work more of fission. good second, and retains to our worker program. good evening includes nonfat -- it includes the program. my office excepted id based on the skills needed for the position and in consultation with the department of human resources. and while not yet included in the budget, my office has a place favor request for the project, which if approved would be included in the 2014 budget.

the current system does not demonstrate use of available technology and should, because it would allow for easy access and assures a would have paper. and i would like to note current successes. the first is our online tool to access legislations. it has been fully functional for several years, and this fall we expect to open it to the public so the public can access our legislation as well. and while we are talking about i t programs, supervisor kim, i know you are curious about this. we have had a positive impact of late. i was pleased to hear the director of i.t. states that the departments that have migrated to the consolidated e-mail system cannot migrate to -- can migrate to 365.

this is what we have been advocating for. this will allow us to avoid duplication of potential disruption that we may incur, even though we are going to migrate one time. it is very successful, so i am hopeful it will be for us and the department. our major expenses and revenues. i am thinking probably by thanksgiving is when they would have time to migrate the department does well, but let's say in the fall to reduce the proposed expenditure budget totals $11.4 million. this is a $591,000 increase from the current year, driven by a

labor costs saw, so the revenues anticipated to increase but taper off beginnings in 1314. dodi here is a view of the proposed budget allocated by expense-for fiscal year 2014. a part of our allocation is salaries and benefits to give the breakdown in professional services, and $2 million for analyst services, 3,000,015, 174 citywide management, and $350,000 for the project. slide fixes the proposed fiscal year 13-14 budget, andit is

similar except the one-time money for the project are missing. good it is a greater sharapova -- is a greater share of new resources. funding may appear here curi. -- increases reflect salary differences. there is a decrease of $50,000. good we have utilize its pure eg.

we are currently looking for a memo that contemplates the option going forward. now to our staffing plan. the department has undergone and continues to undergo changes. with each retirement we lose considerable knowledge. it is an opportunity to rethink duties and creates cost savings, such as a training program. it will allow us to save $15,000

in her position while they go through the training, and it will guarantee a knowledgeable staff. we are taking this opportunity to examine the ideal role of each position and to apply the best classifications. we will examine the possibility of reordering positions and particularly regarding the accounted. we're looking at changing our i.t. support to a business analyst to help the department successfully implement if projects. gthe budget includes a down word classification to help with this. good our initiatives for summer youth employment.

first, we were to promote jarvijobs to revise the board on youth-related policies. and we work to make san francisco's summer jobs plus program of reality of. iwe included youth involvement plan and deals the city will negotiate with the private sector. the city expanded ifts youth works program. in my final slide, pursuant to the administrative code, language access. we are a department that conduct itself as a type one of the apartment -- type 1 dept..

we take our duty very seriously and are able to provide oral interpretation if requested 48 hours in advance. these services are funded by the general fund and are part of our operational procedure. give we own our transmitters and receivers to assist with interpreting. are informational brochures are printed in english and chinese and spanish. ghraib all pages can be translated using the google translates tool. speaker cards are also available. our main number is entered by a live person, so anyone needing

assistance, we provide that service. we have employees proficient in multiple languages who provide translation if needed in several dialects. that concludes my presentation, and we are able to answer questions you may have triggered >> the department is in agreement with -- you may have. >> the department is in agreement? >> that is correct. good >> is there anything you wish dato add? >> no. >> we will look into whether we can do a role as well as accounting services to the extent we are able to do that as of the apartment richard -- to

do the for the department. goowe have a motion, and we cano that without objection. given there are no outstanding items, we will not require you to come back next week. >> there is a number of cases where the budget analysts have identified savings and the current year. good just as a technical matter, it will require the use of funds to balance, which increases the revenue side of the budget, which would ultimately require the mayor's office to increase the budget. >> we will ask the comptroller's office to tally those items, and we will have a conversation with regards to growing revenue. thank you.

now the mayor's office. fax in afternoon -- >> good afternoon, members of the committee. i put together a brief set of responses to the questions posed by the committee. i would also be happy to let you know we are in agreement with the budget analyst, and we will defer to you if you would like a more detailed presentation. ghraib >> perhaps you could pass out those handouts. good >> i provide a written summary. >> if you could provide a summary, that would be great,

and just to give some indication of where the department is changing because there is growth and the department, and we would like to know what that refers to your good parts the mayor's office rose by $15 million. good a majority of thought is due to redevelopment. the remaining growth is under $600,000, and that is driven by two things. one is the increasing cost of benefits as well as the end utilization of the benefit fund. the board of supervisors included $300,000 in last year's budget for the transition fund. good to the mayor's office use those funds to fill vacant positions, which had previously been held vacant for salary savings. give with regards to the

$600,000 increase not related to the redevelopment agency, how much of this is it is related to general wage and furloughs versus new position is? >> it is a little over $100,000, and the remainder isla adjustmes to interest and savings. good >> $450,000 in new positions and 150 related to general increases and other things. supervisor kim: last year this was recommended as a way for the mayor's office to hire his or

her own staffing while we may be transitioning staff that may be leaving, and it was recommended because we were not anticipating an administration change for several terms, such as the one that might come before us this past january, so i know the board has set aside $300,000 so the mayor could retain staffing will keeping existing ones, so now instead of transitioning people, it turns out to be an additional staff. of i was hoping you could address that. >> perhaps there was a difference in understanding about the funds. i think the mayor's office understanding is the those funds are able to be used to manage the transition but that they would be included in an ongoing

way and the budget, so that is what is being included in your good over the last several years the mayor's office has held several positions vacant in order to reduce the impact on the general fund, and this was a way of providing a new administration the opportunity to staff at the level it felt was appropriate. >> i completely understand the need for adequate staffing. ghraib i do want to clarify this was purely because we were anticipating a very different administration. in no way was it characterize for staffing next year. good i do not have an issue with this.

i understand we made many cuts. i would not want to characterize the request last year has been framed that way. i know it is temporary. good >> on a few other high- level matters, the mayor's office includes the mayor's office of housing, and state and federal funding continues to fluctuate. there has been a decrease of 48% in home funding your year that is obscured somewhat by the absorption. on job creation and summer employment, we have summer interns that our grant school age, and they will generate 836 new units in affordable housing

and 800 new construction jobs. i am happy to answer any further questions. >> i do not think there are any other further questions. i thing many understood this to be a transition. i do not know if we spoke about whether we expected to be analyzed or not. that was my understanding there was a transition. why don't we go to the budget analyst report them ? >> as i understand, the mayor's office does concur with our recommendations. they recommend reductions thin 1213 of $44,000.987.

your they will allow a significant increase of the department's budget, and we recommend closing out 12,485 encumbrances to the general funds. the recommendations total 35.765. they are ongoing savings and would allow for substantial increase in budget. >> thank you very much. you folks are also in agreement with them. good liketo a have a motion to e recommendations on the general budget as well as project close out? we have that motion, and we can do that without objection. let's move to the next

apartment, the ethics commission during goo. >> you are receiving a one-page summary of our budget request. i apologize for not having a power point presentation, but i cannot afford juaone. >> at this point we are happy it is just one page. >> funding for a fix is relatively stable -- for ethics is relatively stable, and the majority of our funding is staffing. we have one major program under

way in terms of trying to convert to a program where we do all the electronic filing, which we hope is going to save staff time and money. i will be testifying tomorrow. give we have high hopes for this. there is a relatively minor change in our fte level. in terms of internes and job creation, it is not something we have a budget for, although we do have talented intern's. we do offer services in spanish, cantonese, and mandarin. i do want to point out there was a lot of paperwork going around that indicated we have $4 million in revenue expected for the year, which is not the case.

i think everybody is working on the same page as far as that goes, but i have to say we spend so much time going back and forth we never had a discussion about recommended cuts, so i did not learn about the proposed cuts until the close of business on friday, so we have not had much discussion on those. i oppose those cuts and with all the drama i can create, and i am willing to have those discussions as necessary. good >> thank you very much. and we are not in trauma, but why don't we ask the budget analyst to provide your report? a wax our budget has totaled $59,000. they are ongoing savings. in 1314 it has totaled 80,000.

they are savings. goowe will work with the departt and report back to you in next week. goo>> if there are no questions, we'll look forward to seeing you for a drama-free presentation. our final department, department of elections. >> good evening, supervisors stere. for our budget, the main cause drivers will be free elections

region will be free elections. -- will be three elections. you can see about half of our cause is a professional services. git is pretty consistent through time. as far as revenue is concerned we will have reimbursements for the school district elections. good we are seeing such a large increase for the fiscal year. >> the increase from 1213 to 1314 is for an additional election democrats for the revenue?