again. but you will be seeing much of us in the future. commissioner mirkarimi: are there new staff positions being created as well? >> at this point, no. i did fill on the uwasi staff, i did fill a position that had been vacant for seven months with someone from our department of technology who could not be here today, but he is very well informed on this project. and from his d.t. hat has worked on it for many, many months. we are really lucky to have him. that's barry, and he's just -- it's his second week on the job. and i'm sure that as we roll this out there will be other opportunities for additional personnel. commissioner mirkarimi: excellent. any comments or questions? just one that i think i had indicated, madam clerk, i wanted to be a co-sponsor. it's not on this agenda, but it may be on the legislation. >> yes, mr. chairman.

it's on the legislation. and has been added to the system. >> i thank you both for co-sponsoring this. that means a lot to us to have your support. and i think being early leaders in this, my hope is that the j.p.a. will be up and functional. we'll have 10 signators on it by mid to late june. commissioner mirkarimi: i have a question for the captain. something that occurred to me maybe not on the level of the j.p.a., i'm sort of stretching a little bit in the brainstorming, but since we are in the public safety committee, why isn't there a regional round table like this just on normal public safety? for the nine area county, that may not have to be memorialized by j.p.a., like we have bay area regional governments, but something that just allows for the public safety partners that would be able to coalesce together but do so not just in a formal but informal way.

i don't mean to put you in the spot, but i think this raises a good example that perhaps this could be applied in other endeavors not just for man-made or natural disasters, but the day to day efforts of us fighting crime, since we often hear people coming from other jurisdiction, coming to san francisco, blah, blah, blah, why isn't something more formalized? feel free to say we'll talk about this offline. >> that's an excellent question. we do in certain areas. we just don't do it as an all inclusive collective conversation. like you'll have m.t.a. and part get together and talk. and with the san mateo county transit. those three will get together and talk. and you'll get all of the county with the county of alameda to talk about mutual things. that's something san francisco hasn't jumped into the forefront on, like mutual aid issues. it's an excellent idea to probably have all the leaders either get together maybe once a

quarter and talk about what's going on, because with transit, with bart, with all the commuter-type ways of coming into san francisco, clearly our criminals are going somewhere else and committing crime and their criminals are coming to our city. i think this would be a perfect segue to that. commissioner mirkarimi: perhaps we can all give it thought and figure out a way if there is any relevance to this template and how we can further that along. it's time san francisco i think is talking more formally with other jurisdictions and have a more regional -- everything's becoming regionalized in many ways because of where the state is or is not going, right? it's sort of deflecting responsibility back to us. maybe like this example of us stepping up and wanting to maintain our leadership, this gives us purpose on the normal challenges. a commissioner cohen: i wanted to chime in on this conversation

and i believe that technology, which is the purpose we are here today to talk about, but technology is also forcing cities to start to plan from a regional perspective. as well as a more broad vision of how we'd like the bay area to -- what safety would look like for the entire bay area. and san francisco's i think beginning to think outside our little geographical boundaries, out of our little districts and begin to really take this very seriously. commissioner mirkarimi: it's true. whatever progress or gains we make here in fighting crime, and public safety in the city, you would be hard to ignore that someone of just a few miles away across the bay is having an exorbitant problem and that doesn't somehow impact us eventually. it just would make sense if there was something along this model that would apply to the

current challenges. >> you are probably going to see that with the start of the formation of the groups getting together for america's cup. that would be a perfect segue from talking about that one narrow focus to a much more broader picture. commissioner mirkarimi: the first meeting in the bay right there. bring everybody together. >> also i think with the conversations that i have had with the new chief, you'll also start to see a more hiegereegal approach how we make sure our residents are safe. commissioner mirkarimi: good. thank you for that answer. commissioner cohen: i also think with the new m.o.u. for our work spanning the footprint and we are adding mari nifment county, and san mateo county, but those are the kinds of things we have been talking about. we need to do that regional planning. and uwasi pays for regional planning. i think it's not exactly what you are looking for, but it's one piece of the puzzle.

commissioner mirkarimi: i think it's relevant. i think it really helps sets up kind of an overlay we can use for something else. because you already are establishing what that structure looks like for cooperation. i think that that serves a purpose for other things. such as what we just talked about. i don't think we have any more questions or comments. thank you. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. may we take this motion with recommendation. very good. so moved. thank you. madam clerk, is there anything further? >> i believe this item needs to go in the committee report commissioner mirkarimi: he believe it does. -- i believe it does. >> there are no further items before the committee, mr. chairman. commissioner mirkarimi: i want to thank sfgtv for their fine ongoing coverage. this now concludes the public safety committee. thank you all.