sfmta, at this point, accounts for 41.52% of the city's total overtime for fiscal year 2010- 2011. that is a pretty significant amount. and with respect to the amount of money, that $40 million that exceeded the overtime expenditure that was budgeted, mta for fiscal year 2009-2010 spent $11.9 million more in overtime. that was actually budgeted. and so when we talk about overtime being an issue and being a problem for the city and county of san francisco, the one agency that really stand out is the sfmta, which is why this resolution is here, which is why we're having this hearing today. let me note that i have met with the new sec -- the new

executive director for the sfmta, and he has indicated to me that he understands the gravity of this issue and that he is going to take all the steps that are necessary to address it. i know that he wanted to be here. there is a tjpa meeting right now that is happening, and depending on when that ends, he may be able to be here. but i see that ms. bose is here. so i would like to ask you to please come forward and to talk to us about this issue of overtime. because it is a pretty significant issue. again, in the last few years, we have seen pretty significant cuts to service in this system. in my view, to be able to restore a lot of those service cuts, we have to get our hands around this issue and tackle the

issue of overtime. i think we owe that to the ridership. >> thank you. the director of transportation would have liked to been here, you're right. because he's committed to do what you suggested, looking at the overtime issue. it has been a significant issue for the mta. i know the new directors committed to not only looking at managing over time but assessing our budget impacts and holding our manager accountable. he has had several meetings already about the overtime within the agency. he has received a significant number of reports already. the mta has given him reports. he has requested monthly reports, toning down on the details. he has already expressed interest in what to look at this issue of overtime. supervisor campos: the resolution calls upon the mta to actually develop a plan for dealing with overtime. as i understand it, there's not

a plant per se that actually does that. can you comment on how long it would take for the sfmta to do something like that? >> i think what we will do next is we have a policy adviser group meeting tomorrow with the board. over time is on the agenda. we will bring this resolution before them and suggest that we put something together for their approval before bringing it to you. i do not anticipate, given the level of interest in the agency and the new director, that it would take a long time. we request that the mta board weigh in on it before we actually bring you the plan. i would feel comfortable with this and a 60-day timeframe to bring something back for your review. supervisor campos: ok, and part of the request is that in creating that plan bee, you proe some level of detail about how

overtime is actually managed. >> absolutely. supervisor campos: i just want to make sure that is included. is there a specific target in terms of the kind of reduction that you would be aiming for, or is this something you are still working on? >> supervisor, this fiscal year, we spent about $15 million in revenue. if we could even get back to the budget number of $30 million or somewhere in that range, i would say that is a significant achievement. in addition to over time, one of the major reasons for overtime as the individuals who do not show up to work every day. mostly in the front-line areas. so we have to manage the absence of individuals. that would be part of the program. it will require assistance from our human resources folks in terms of how much of these are manageable and how much are legally required. we have not officially declared

a target, but we can certainly bring that before the board and the director of transportation for discussion and come back to you and hopefully give you a more solid target. from the cfo perspective, i am eager to see that dollar never increase. -- i am eager to see that dollar amount decrease. supervisor campos: colleagues, any questions? from my perspective, i think coming back to this item sooner rather than later is really important. if we're talking about 60 days, you're talking about coming back sometime in early november. >> yes, if that is 60 days. i am trying to count. yes. mid-november is probably a good time. i would like to pick the first tuesday in november for the board meeting. supervisor campos: a final

question. one of the things that we found when we conducted the budget -- the budget analyst conducted a performance audit of the mta, looking two years prior to the completion of that audit, the sfmta board had actually not even entered talks about the issue of overtime in its meeting speeded you have any idea on whether or not that item has been on the agenda for the mta board? at they discussed that issue? >> for the last five or six months at least, the policy advisory group with three board members has done that every month. they're asking staff to report every month on overtime. it has not gone to the full board for discussion, but the three active board members regularly reviewed this every month. >> i would encourage the full board of the mta to tackle this issue. i think when you constitutes 40%

+ of the cities over time that you haven't obligation to make sure you continue to monitor this closely. president chiu? why don't we open it up to public comment? thank you, ms. bose. >> good morning. my name is douglas. i would like to make one suggestion on how you can handle this problem immediately. i would like to suggest that the mayor take charge. calling the relevant department heads, said in a room, and work something out before anybody gets the lead. i think that is the kind of leadership needed to solve a problem like this that has been going on and on and on. it is pretty obvious that some of our past leaders, which i

suspect are doing it for political reasons, have not touched this item efficiently enough. so what is wrong with calling all the people that are the decision makers, putting them in a room, and say you're not leaving until we make some progress on this? i think the people would appreciate something like that, and it is a first step to solving this problem. i think it is reasonable to ask that. people have an excuse for not showing up for whatever reason, then i think that reflects and tells the people in san francisco that we have leaders session not be our leaders. secondly, this problem has been ongoing for so long. it is obvious that it has not been solved. i would like to suggest that there are solutions, but for political reasons, those solutions are not being discussed.

i think it comes down to, are we going to waste more money where we could be using that same money for the poor and needy? i think everybody in charge of san francisco needs to sit down and say, are we going to spend money on the poor and needy that spend -- that deserve the money or are we going to continually tolerate what has been going on at the mta? i would like to further suggest that maybe we should call in somebody that has run a smaller mta-type organization, may be in the midwest where common sense prevails and ask them how they would solve the problem that we have in san francisco. i can guarantee you that they have some pretty common-sense solutions that may be san francisco would consider politically incorrect. [bell chimes] are we going to commit to waste

more money? or are we going to use the same money to the poor and needy? a think everybody would agree that the poor and needy need that money rather than the politically connected. our past leaders have not solved the problem. i have a suspicion that they're very interesting reasons why the problem has not been solved. today's hearing is a very good first step. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues? we have a motion to continue. motion by supervisor farrell. we can take that without objection. thank you. we will come back to this item. madam clerk, is there any other business? >> there is no other business. supervisor campos: thank you very much. meeting is adjourned.

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--www.ncicap.org-- >> it's seems like we have plenty of people to the back of the room. you may notice that i am not -- mayor lee. i have been filling in for him a lot this year. i have been filling in for his former position. my name is amy brown. the mayor since his regrets. he has a very busy schedule, as i am sure that you understand. welcome, everyone. mostly i want to just express to you that we do know in city government how important this industry is. we know it is important for our tourism visitors and our economy, the jobs that it directly and indirectly creates. most of all it is important

because it is part of what makes san francisco san francisco. a vibrant nightlife is part of why tourists come here. the kinds of people that are creative and entrepreneurial, that come here and live here, creating jobs in high-tech industries, it is part of why they want to be here. because of our restaurants, entertainment, and clubs. i want to stress that we know how much good that you do for the city and we appreciate it. often we make it difficult to be small businesses here. i know that there is a lot of bureaucracy. we are trying, through the entertainment commission, to find ways to streamline the process. we look forward to hearing from you how we might help the entertainment industry specifically. i know that often we focus on

the negative about this industry. that is because that is mostly what we hear. complaints about noise and graffiti. obviously, we are camp -- concerned and are doing anything they can to make sure that our night life is safe for everyone to enjoy. i want to say that while we all need to work together to address those issues, we want to work to make sure that you are a strong and thriving industry. so, thank you all for being here. it is very important. i know that there will be feedback an opportunity for questions and comments. letting us know how what we might do it better. we really welcome that kind of feedback and we look forward to working with you. thank you, and welcome.

>> a good afternoon. as the first speaker said, ia am not ed lee either. again, i want to echo all of the sentiments said before me. i think that the entertainment commission has come a long way. as has the industry. we see a lot less complaints and a lot more cooperation between law enforcement and the industry. i am proud to say that that is all accomplished by four people. that is as large as the entertainment commission is. i think that they are doing a stellar job. i look forward to working with them in the future to make things move as smoothly as we can.

thank you very much. >> my old boss, with these glasses he keeps telling me that i look like the monopoly guy. pretty somber group for entertainment. i hope it is not because of the police in the room. [laughter] i go out and bought. i like entertainment. -- i go out a lot. i like entertainment. i was deputy chief when this commission was born. i know many of the entertainment commissioners. we have become friends. that said, we have had some tough goes over the last few years. we have made gains. i do not necessarily want to

give back the ground that the game with regards to making the city safer. i have a son in a band. for me to pop up at cafe dunor, trigger, or blondie's -- if they have a live entertainment permit. i was in there once and i was told to make sure that they should get a permit because i thought it was great. i do not have a lot of prepared comments. i have been to this summit before and i know that you have a lot of comments. could i take a few minutes of questions? that will leave you to your captains and permit officers. any questions? or are we golden with regards to entertainment in san francisco?

>> [inaudible] [laughter] >> san francisco police. how does he get to be a preferred vendor? >> [inaudible] >> i think is bid and clout. sell yourself to the job. keep it safe. that is how that works. >> no one has any questions? >> [inaudible] is there feedback on that?

>> i know that everyone has concerns with regards to be a tight -- videotape and big brother watching. but we do not monitor the crime cameras in san francisco. the quality is often not such that the images are presentable in court. the private cameras, many of them are great. recently there were cases in the media where we made fantastic cases or corroborated other stories based on quality video. as a place of entertainment, it is not necessarily big brother watching, it is that no one is watching the cameras. but they do pay s big dividends later. i know that we are going to

seek, in instances where there is, for lack of a better phrase, at risk of venues? where we might suggest or highly recommend the condition of video? anyone that wanted to have video, it generally makes the area safer. >> [inaudible] part of the future? >> i never thought we would have the internet. i will not say no. as soon as we had it and it is not cost prohibitive, there is nothing that you could rule out right now. >> [inaudible] >> we met with the answer to it -- entertainment commission. much has been made of the potential conflict of interest. officers not being able to work directly for places with a liquor license. i have discussed that would command staff.

as far as i am concerned, we have been and will continue to hold the club's accountable for what happens outside. it seems fair that if you want to hire officers, like in the bayview, often the neighborhood or the area may have hired officers for out front, boosting patrol, violence reduction. whenever. i would support that. absent the city telling me in black and white that that is not something we can do, i do not think it is a good fight -- bad idea. >> [inaudible] >> pie in the sky, that is already supposed to happen. traditionally the beat cops work

the business corridors. most businesses, absent the entertainment industry, they are closed by 9:00 or 10:00 at night. the lion's share of the foot beat officers work from 11 in the morning until 9:00 at night. we tried to take in the transit corridors. we get spread pretty thin when it gets to be midnight, 2:00 in the morning. certainly, valencia st. would be one of the areas. i am sure that he would love to hear more from you. >> [inaudible]

>> i am happy to have that conversation, the problem is that we are down a certain amount of officers. when we spread the time out midnight shift, that is traditionally one that we try to catch up with by the morning. by extending the evening and the crowd, any potential problems with it, we spread our resources thin. at a certain hour, we roll up the sidewalks in san francisco. you are asking us not to roll them up for a while. absent staffing that we would like to have to do that on straight time, that will definitely be an ongoing conversation. hopefully the city recovers more

than -- i mean, we are going in the right direction. but we need to replace the bodies that will head for retirement over the next three years. that is in progress. that is the answer to that question. ok? thank you. [applause] >> hello, everyone. you will hear from me a lot. my name is jocelyn kane. next up, scott wiener, the board of supervisors, like a ding dong i forgot that they were in recent -- recess. he will be here to talk about a cool project that we are working on. >> good afternoon, everyone. the supervisor left this statement on his behalf.

"i am not in town while we do -- while we are in recess, but i am here in spirit. the sooner that we recognize in a brace the fact that night life is key to the city, policy makers to often viewed this as challenges to deal with, focusing on violence, drunken behavior, and the like. it is one of the things that makes san francisco unique and defines us. without these unique abilities to enjoy ourselves, it would not be san francisco. understanding and embracing this has been a priority for me as a member of the board of supervisors. engaging in the study of the economic impact as an entertainment and lite light industry, this study, which i anticipate will be completed later this year, will be providing a key policy tool. no longer will we be unduly

focused on the negative. instead we will see the negative and the positive. i look forward to sharing this with you and working on it together. the commission does not have nearly enough resources to do what we wanted to do. the commission has done a very good job over the past year in focusing on its core mission. we need to make sure that continues to have credibility. finally, as we activate more public spaces, it is important for the entertainment community to work with our city department and make them interesting. thank you for what you do to make this town interesting and break. i will always be our ally." [applause] >> he is a lot shorter than supervisor wiener, if you know.

again, thank you for coming. as the tgv is more bunched than i want them to be, but thank you for being here. i hope that you will take the time to turn around and find your permit officer and your venue. it is really important that you have a relationship. one of the things that we will do in the breakout sessions is talk about that relationship, shared space, and shared resources. that will be important to think about. in the meantime, i wanted to underscore the economic impact policy. we were hopeful to be more further along. i will ask that you be prepared to engage in that study when the survey instrument it's done.

it will probably be an online survey that should be fairly easy. the more people that fill it out, the better the data we will have we think it will likely be in the billions. the more you that it involved and give the data that is asked of you, the more accurate it will be. i will leave it there. the other thing i was hoping to do today, just a power play instead of the actual web site. many remember when, about one year ago, we had some violence going on. the mayor shook a finger in city hall and talk about fixing the

night life and policing yourself. it was passed by david shu, regarding promoters. it started a few years ago ended did not go anywhere. basically it wound up being a listing of promoters. so, we are pretty close to launching this website. it will look like that. not bad. it is super simple and it is one of those things that you sign up for this free. it does not create a good promoter list or a