officers having 20-plus system any to access for criminal history, entering reports, arrests, etc. that is just too many passwords for an officer to remember. on my team, i have developed my vision of what the organization needs to look like, which is 94 people. we are supporting 10 district police stations, the crime lab, the training academy, the gun range, the brick operations center. we simply do not have the resources. as for supervisor mirkarimi's earlier comment, consider this my kickoff of advocating for better technology be sourcing for the police department. we have a strategy in place to address these issues. we have a chief who is a big technology advocate. his first comment to me was that

we have to rollout e-mail to the department and by the end of next week, everyone in the department will have e-mailed. and then we will see it paperwork can change with the department using e-mail. the approach we are taking is essentially to sunset all the projects except for two to five strategic ones. i will talk about one of those in a moment. focus on building leadership teams within the technology department and basically utilizing existing assets. when i came in, we had oracle in place. we had the beginnings of a database. we are now turning that into a data warehouse. we had city personnel eager to learn more, and they have done so. we sort of use what we had to try to build and moved from there as opposed to trying to change everything all at once. the strategic project i want to talk about that is relevant to the conversation we are having today is called our crime data

warehouse. we are in the first stages. basically, this is a very simple project, and it is the automation of the crime records or the incident reports so that today, where a police officer sits down, the typed out a report, but they will be typing the report into a data warehouse. so that will allow us to search data, count data, and the great news about not having a data warehouse currently is that we are able to leapfrog ahead of other major cities, and the technology we are implementing is really tremendous. it will allow us to do searching on all kinds of different factors. i was reading this morning about the blue to the bandit who is pigeon towed -- pigeontoed and apparently did this on the east coast four or five years ago. we will be able to search on

those kinds of key words and pull up all those incidents reports, the field interviews, in the incident report reported by a community member, and eventually, we will tie that in to bay area and nationwide incident reports. this is an important project. we are in the first phase. we have actually automated our current incident reports in san francisco. we are piloting it with a small group of investigators and getting really great results. additionally and again, subject of a different meeting, but we have a road map in place of where we would like to go with the police department, subject to funding, raese sourcing, etc. >> thank you. you say you are in the middle of the first phase. how many total are there? then there are several. first is basically thinking of it as a geographic rollout. the first is field interviews

and san francisco field and abuse and crime reports. they will be bay area crime reporting, and then it will be nationwide and international crime reporting. this is a multi-year project where we can add more and more things so that ultimately, what we want to do is use the data in this warehouse, like, passed information to predict the future. for example, eventually, we will have -- we will say, in august, in the bayview, murders intensified. we will be able to support officers into the bay view in august to prevent crime. the simple answer to your question is there are four phases that we have outlined, but it is something we will continue to add more and more functionality to the system as we go. supervisor cohen: [inaudible] >> comstat was sort of the

beginning. that is what we're building on. it was an oracle database, but much of the work that was put in was manuel, so we are essentially making it automated so that the information going in will be coming directly from a police officer. a police officer enters a crime report, everyone will know about it instantly because it will be going directly in as opposed to it gets printed, sent to the records room, entered into a mainframe, stand, goes to a records room, and the most important part of the crime report, which is the narrative, is not accessible, other than by walking down, knocking on the room, and pulling out the police report. >> i just wanted knowledge will have representatives here from the part of public health and human services agency.

unfortunately, lisa from the department of emergency management had to go address an emergency, so she is no longer here, but i wanted to introduce commissioner stephan a. simmons, the liaison. >> good afternoon, and thank you for your time and for hearing us today. as a new member of the commission and liaison to the family violence council, i have been witness to the power of collaboration. there are not many instances where probation officers are sitting next to social workers, prosecutors, and public defenders who are usually on the opposite side of the courtroom on the same side of the issue of how to best address family violence. this is also one of the few places where city officials and community advocates have the opportunity to interact with judges. in our case, a judge who was recently named by the presiding

judge to represent the superior court on the council. the commission's work in convening the council is essential in our fight against family violence. while we are grateful to the mayor for his leadership in protecting funding for violence against women prevention and intervention grants, the fact that our hard-working staff of five has been cut by 15% is a blow to our work. i hope you will demonstrate your commitment to the issue by continuing to support anti- violence programs and staffing for our commission. on behalf of the commission, i thank you for your time, and that is it. >> ok, all right, if that

includes staff presentations, i will close and open up for public comment. is there anyone for public comment? >> walter pualson -- paulson. ♪ i know there is a violence problem from new york to l.a. and the da's office also in the city by the day -- bay and i know you are glad to be in a city where at least i know you are frites and i'm glad you're going to give you every public safety need you need and i will gladly stand up to the committee today and let you know today bring safety our way and i know you are glad to be a

city where at least i know you are free and i know you are glad you're going to have public safety and all that you need and i would gladly stand up to the committee and board and tell you here today bring public safety, violence, better all the way ♪ supervisor cohen: are there any other members of the public that would like to sing or speak their testimony? seeing that there are no other members of the public, i will close public comment. madam clerk, are there any other items on the agenda? >> no, madam chair. supervisor cohen: thank you very much. well, then, this meeting is

adjourned. >> we need an action on the item. supervisor cohen: 0, that is right, and action on the item. supervisor campos: just a question -- is this just a hearing? should we just moved to file the item? supervisor cohen: thank you, everyone.

>> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world.

the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora showcases the history, art, and cultural richness that

resulted from the dispersal of africans throughout the world. we do that through compelling and innovative exhibitions, public programs, and education programs. our goal is to celebrate and present for appreciation to our broad and diverse public the controversial energy contributions of people of african descent to world culture in all aspects in all areas, including politics, culture, economics, education, just in all aspects of cultural forms of expression. >> one of the fascinating things since 2005 when the museum was established, is that it has become clear from science that all of humanity originates in africa. how does that influence the education programs or presentation here at moad? >> obviously, being able to attenuate that, and there is a sign at the door that says,

"when did you know that you were african?" our point is that we share a common dna, and it connects us on a number of different levels. this institution is an institution available to everyone, a resourced for everyone. >> you have both permanent and temporary exhibitions, right? >> we do. our temporary exhibition program is one that we are restructuring. i have been here now for about a year and a few months, and as a former curator, i'm very interested in this aspect of developing the visual arts program. part of what we are looking at is using the four core seems that define our program -- origins, migration and movement, transformation, an adaptation -- as a framework for our thinking about the kinds of exhibits we present. >> we want everybody to come and see the permanent exhibition. there might be a special

opportunity to visit with the current show that you currently have, which is constructing the jazz tradition, which is a very striking exhibition of quilts. >> it is a compelling exhibit on a number of different levels. visually, it is compelling. in terms of the subject matter, in terms of the approach to materials, it is so rich and diverse. it is a colorful show, a show that is deep in content, and we know something of the history of the "'s tradition within the african-american community. it is a tradition that came from africa, has its roots in africa, but during slavery, this was a combination of things. one was a way to be able to communicate with each other, a way to create beautiful objects, and a way to create functional, utilitarian objects for the family and community. the other part that makes it so interesting is the focus on jazz.

there are two attritions being celebrated here. certainly, the tradition as we know it -- these are not traditional quilts. they have their roots in traditional aspects, but what you will find in this exhibition are works that include materials on the surface, new processes, copying, and putting photographic images on the surface. you will find packets sewn onto the surface, so the methodology from traditional " making has changed from how traditional quilt makers use the medium. >> our visitors can visit the web site, which we will be showing on the segment, so follow the link to the website, and get all of the latest information about all these events related to this exhibition, and, of course, you guys are very active. throughout the year, with all

kinds of special programs. >> yes, we are. this is what i'm so excited about. >> this may take us off track a little bit, but a couple of things i wanted to highlight is that the creation of moad is one of the flagship creations of the redevelopment of san francisco. it is housed inside -- what is the building? the regency, right? >> the st. regis museum tower. >> the st. regis museum tower, which is one of the development projects that was promoted by the redevelopment agency is what allows the city to -- and the development agency to give form and establish moad in the yerba buena cultural district. now, we are looking at governor brown oppose a proposal, which means that in the future, it he is successful, they would not

have had the rebel the agency to promote these economic and cultural projects. it is something that has relevance today in terms of public policy today, what is going to happen in the future if we do not have a redevelopment agency to promote this development. >> yes. moad is the result or culmination of a public/private partnership that included the redevelopment agency and former mayor brown, and included the developer of this area. we had an opportunity to develop, create important cultural components of this public/private partnership. i understand the concern. i'm delighted they are here and will continue to be here and will continue to do the good work we are doing. >> absolutely. thank you so much for being part of "culturewire." >> thank you for having me.

>> for more information about the museum of the african the museum of the african diaspora, visit moadsf.org.

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>> i am glad to see some many of you people survived the apocalypse. he is doing a great job here. i see you've. who else is here that i can recommend. could deceive from the redevelopment agency. los is here? could this deal, it is good to see you. we have a great celebration today because i get to a 0.12 commissioners, -- get to appoint 12 commissioners, about half of them are repeats.

i just wanted to signify that we got the opportunity to welcome new and existing commissioners, but to let the public know even more about what we're doing. they wanted to put together something that was in the works. making sure that we have an online ability to let the public and tell all of the positions, who is serving on them, when the terms are up. decentralized online database that represents all of the commission's and all of the appointments that we have, the terms that are about to expire at the terms continuing are now on line for the public. all your lives are going to be much more public.

we have just a diversity of the apartments and commissions to fill today. our deputy administrator is here. think you for being here. the mayor's office of housing, thank you. as henry here, too? we cover a let me. let me go through the names as we start out. thank you for being one of our new commissioners and coming aboard. your expertise has been in the private sector, making sure that the ordinary citizen has an

understanding of our changes that we want to make. how to thank you for your ability to communicate even better put goals of our department and the environment. thank you for joining the family. we have in the veterans affairs commissions, thank you for joining back up again. and chris, you and i have talked at some length. i will personally be working with the veterans commissioned this year because of what to understand even better not only the work that the commission does the what goals we have to welcome back our troops and our people who, i think they found dignity in the work for the country. can define dignity as they come back here? a lot to thank the member for

working with us as well. you and alexander are two of three women already on the commission. i know your expertise works making sure that there is a look at the health of our survivors and people coming back making sure that these people are critical to our approach. allowed to make sure that we also have dignified jobs for everyone that wants and can work. what to make sure that we are hooked up with our community colleges when we do that. thank you for agreeing to serve. our goal and a concourse authority. the key for serving again and helping us. certainly with nancy conner, thank you very much for agreeing to work with us.

we're going to be working together as well because i am so interested in making sure that the music concourse is activated for the benefit of everyone in the city and to make sure that we have good approaches, to fill that area more as we are in between the two fantastic and wonderful institutions. thank you for serving on and helping me make sure that the golden gate concords gets filled and it's done right. to the housing authority, we are challenged by some money different things that affect our economy. and with housing being as critical as it is for those economically struggling, it is important that we have

expertise. a lot to thank you for bringing your expertise interiors of commitment and your shallots and connections. lead them everywhere we can to help the housing authority. and the residence of that agency, vacuum much for of the housing authority. and of course to our new commissioners, thank you for stepping ahead and helping our report. for the many years the use serve, at the helm of their international real-estate, it will bring us tremendous talent for the port commission. think you very much for stepping up. thank you for being such a wonderful candidate for us. i want to thank supervisor scott

wiener. you identified what we could have. and the the the mta is going to be a very big challenge for anyone that serves on that. it will be one of those years of service that are very sacrificing for all of us. i know all of you love the city in some anyways had to reflect very strongly what i feel the city needs. with that, i also want to thank our rules committee of the board of supervisors for making it a very smooth the appointment process. supervisors kim, elsbernd and farrell have worked with me on

the rules committee to make sure that the appointees are transferred -- the transition to correctly. had received by unanimous vote of confidence that is very reflective of how we are administering government here. and the closeness with the board of supervisors. with that, please stand and we will take the oath and if you could raise your right hand and repeat after me, we will go through every one of your names and we will say that the commission you will be serving on that will go through that as well.