a sustainable communities package is with this partnership is all about. and it is a different way of doing business. it is needed at a time when we have less and less funds. it does it better for less money. we're proud to be a partner, along with hud and the department of transportation, and we want to thank them. i also want to thank and invite up mark green, president of the association of bay area governments, and the mayor of union city. thank you. [applause] >> i wanted to go on record here, said in a bit too upset, because i heard the words ophelia, and she used to be the lme the county housing authority director. i once said she was the most competent executive director i ever sat with on many executive board. take my records back to of zalea when you get a chance i want to say, merely, that the rams are in town this week, so if you have any tickets, let me know.

i am ready for them to get slaughtered again in my presence. it is agreed to be in san francisco. the supervisors, mayor, everybody here. this is a great complex that opened up in september and is the already full. it is a great testimony that was needed here and in terms of affordable housing. we know the success of the bay area's innovative the economy is critical to our nation's prosperity and global competitiveness. i want to thank the speaker and hud for giving us the $5 million that will be put to good use. we understand that we will only be truly successful if we are able to create a middle class jobs and affordable, accessible communities that provide a path of upward mobility for all of our working families. this grant will provide a regional prosperity plan to do just that. abag, which is working for the nine area counties, is in partnership with mtc, and they

both will be working and producing a sustainable communities strategy, which needs to be approved over the next year. we're looking forward to working with the bay area consortium of local government agencies, organizations, foundations to provide innovative ideas to the regional planning process but include the economic or gratuities strategy, as well as housing the work force strategy. we do have seven of our nine bay area counties and cities, at least cities, represented in this grant, and over a dozen nonprofit organizations from san francisco, the south bay and north bay. this is truly a bay area program. we look forward to working with staff. abag has been doing the heavy living -- heavy lifting. have i said abag five times it? he will not put me on his christmas list for this year but at this point, i would like to introduce mayor lee. mayor lee spoke at our abag

general assembly in san francisco in october. i am sure that was critical to his reelection success. [laughter] mayor lee -- [applause] >> yak yak, i think we're going to try to announce the banning of plastic bags peter thank you, everybody, for coming today. leader pelosi and i just finished a wonderful visit to the roof garden, and if you can actually feel prosperity, you should have been with us, because this is a wonderful project, and it is a partnership with so many people. later on when you have an opportunity to ask her, asked about the private financing that went into this. it is very remarkable that the public-private partnership that went into this project is very unique. i want to join supervisor campos as well as supervisor wiener and our mtc representatives, also

abag and all of the agencies that work together, particularly the federal agencies. hud, dot, and epa coming together to work with all of our communities. all of the community organizations have been identified. i already know that there are probably several more that we forgot to mention. i know that spur was working with us as well. individuals spend some good quality nights writing the application, making sure it reflected the strong collaboration. because i think that is -- leader policy, that is what makes san francisco so special to you know that as much as i do. when people come together with a good cause and then they speak to everybody and they get the best ideas, and collaborate, there are no boundaries as to what we can do. i am excited because it is not just the $5 million that we are getting. it is what that money will leverage with everything else. in fact, it immediately will

leverage the local dollar is pretty awesome making the commitment that we're going to use this money and the rigid with other monies that we have to make the planning process even more vigorous, more complete, more inclusive, so that we can get the best planning ideas and balance all of these issues. because we are always going to be challenged by the lack of resources. planning and planning better and better with everybody is going to be really the way to succeed. if you look back, you'll see the wonderful beaufort -- beautiful mural that i think reflects the prosperity that we're talking about today. you also know and appreciate that every time leader pelosi comes into town, and i think that is every two months, there is a very special announcement. she will tell us some of the bad news and will not happen. but then she will sprinkle it with some things that are always going to be heartfelt, evarts that she has personally made that have generally been almost always successful in getting the

bay area to reflect our success. as long as the key collaborating, planning, and including everybody in the process, i think we can keep that coming. and a leader pelosi has a tremendous challenge. we are all backing her up 150%. we need to back up our president, president obama, as he is challenged with our economy. i certainly want to thank senator feinstein and senator boxer for joining in. leader pelosi, i just want to thank you. every effort is so precious now. we want to really appreciate every moment that we can, especially at times like these where resources are so limited that we can leverage this with so many opportunities. she will talk to you about the challenges with the funds. all across the country, we're trying to use those monies and the most demonstrative way. the best thing we can do is bring more people about. that is what i have been all

about. i am so glad to take this opportunity to introduce our leader, leader pelosi. thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much, mr. mayor. and this program we're introducing, and want to return the compliment back to the mayor and thank him for his leadership, congratulate you on your recent election and for the successful first year. again, thank you, mr. mayor. let's acknowledge the mayor. [applause] as i listened to patricia, to jared, mayor green, abag -- did i say it? and our mayor, and especially, with all due respect, to everyone, to gail gilman, as executive director, to talk about what is happening here.

as i heard all of you speak, i was thinking about what the president -- when he was elected, he took office, and in one of our first meeting, he said we're going to do things differently. it was really only a matter of months after his inauguration that this collaboration was formed with hud, the department of transportation, and the epa. so i want to acknowledge secretary donovan, administrator jackson -- is that the word we use? administrator. and of course, secretary lahood, as well, for their responsiveness in getting this going. it was not long a time after, san francisco can be the beneficiary. but it is no accident that we would be a leader, an adult -- a model to the country, having an initiative of national significance right from the start. collaboration, regional

collaboration -- dave is gone but i am not taking attendance, but i was referencing him. but, steve, you know that early on if the mtc said we have to think regionally. we have to take our best shots. we have to help each other. and that collaboration among the bay area has served us very well. it was actually written into one of our -- into the transportation bill, a long time ago. so the san francisco bay area, once again, in the league. in the private sector that the mere reference, the low-income housing tax credit, has been a priority for our office for nearly 25 years. because when i went to congress, it was iffy. then it was we had to approve it every year. then we wanted to make it permanent. that was a way for the private

sector to visit a low-income housing tax credit to exploit, and the best possible way of using that term, the other community resources that were available. but what is really important about this is, of course, that the president took the lead, had an idea, appointing the people that can make it happen very quickly, and the fact is the most important people involved in this are the people who are served here. all you need to do is look around here, visit the apartment of the continuum of care, where the needs of the residents are met. the roof garden, being outside right here, to know that this is about them, that they are the important ones. they are our vip's. the dignity they reserved -- and deserve, at the respect that they are receiving is really the success story. it is a very pleased to join --

i want you to know that this $5 million is very significant. it is part of almost $96 million for cities and regions nationwide. and more than $115 million in matching grants across the country with close coordination of the epa, transportation, and hud. it is about sustainable communities. and isn't this just the perfect example? location near transit. like you said, no parking needed, because of the smart way that this has been thought out peter it is pretty exciting, and it is very helpful to me that i go back to washington, d.c., to say to my colleagues that this works.but community-based soluts are a major part of it, listening to what the residents would want. it is michael here?

thank you for what you're doing for our veterans and probably some of them will be taking advantage of the housing here. in this month of november, we thank our veterans for their service to our country. we had an event with the mayor and the salvation army some weeks ago leading up to veterans at day, and in the same month, we thank god for our blessings. among them are our veterans. again, we owe every person the respect that our veterans a fight for, a future worthy of their sacrifice, and this is a shining example of all of that. so i want to thank all of you who were part of this come into our official family in san francisco, board of supervisors, abag, mtc, and all that -- in

congress, we talk about the lists that have been given and expanded upon. but this is something that puts people first. i cannot tell you how exciting it is to see it go from the expression that the president used at the beginning -- i have some new ideas about how this should happen and how we can make things work faster and better for people. it is also really wonderful to be here at richardson in hayes valley, because julian and ray richardson, the oldest black african-american bookstore in the country, and they were involved in education. so this is about community. it is about honoring our responsibilities to each other. it is about regional collaboration. it is about national cooperation among agencies. it is about the american dream that the president has always spoke so much about.

and for these people for reigniting the american dream to give them opportunity to reach their aspirations and their own fulfillment. so i thank all of you who were so much a part of this. it is an honor to be here with each and every one of you. as i look out there, i see leaders in the community. low-income housing tax credit, every aspect of what makes this a tremendous success. so let it be a model to the nation. it is a national significance. we want more, don't we now, mr. mayor? and mr. director, to all of you. happy thanksgiving. congratulations . let's gail again -- let's applaud gail again. isn't she remarkable? [applause]

>> on behalf of community housing partnership, on behalf of the 120 individuals who are no longer spending their nights on the streets of san francisco or in institutional care, and want to thank all of you for attending today. i want to say that without good planning and good policy makers from groups like the council of community housing organizations, meta, spur, and others, it would not be possible for us to build this kind of housing in communities that provide a platform of driving for our tenants. i want to thank all of you for attending today. and welcome to richardson. thank you. [applause]

president chiu: good morning and welcome to the thursday, september 8th meeting of the board of supervisors audit and over -- oversight committee. we are joined by president david chiu. i apologize for starting the

meeting late. but there's a meeting the california state senate is having here in our chamber to talk about the makeup of the regional transportation body and a very important subject of that meeting. the level of representation san francisco will have on that body, so it is important for me to be there to make sure the rights and interests of san francisco are protected. the clerk of the committee is andrea oz barry. we want to thank the members of the sfgtv staff. commit for we began, supervisor farrell could not be here today. if we could have a motion to excuse them with that out -- to

excuse him without objection. madam court, could you call item no. 1? >> i would like to make an announcement to turn off all ringers on phones and turn in any document and speaker cards to be included as part of the file. items will appear on a january 10th agenda unless otherwise stated. item no. 1 -- hearing on the cause of family flight and potential policies to address the problem. supervisor campos: this is a matter that a supervisor farrell and supervisor avalos have recommended. because they are not here today, we would like to have this item continued. before that happens, would like to give any member of the public the opportunity to come and speak on the item number one. if you could come up, each have

two minutes. because of the number of items we have on the agenda and because of the level of attendance, we're going to limit public comment to 2 minutes. we shall try to give three, but we may lose the core of if we do that. if you have any comment, please come forward on item number one. >> good morning, supervisors. i have lived in san francisco for 59 years. i would like to speak in favor of item number one. i think this is an item that has been quietly spoken about and has not been adequately publicized. recent events in san francisco have encouraged family flight. unfortunately, there will be more events upcoming in san francisco that will encourage even more family flight. even though people keep saying the schools in san francisco are

world class, my interpretation is not the same type of world class as what other people say it is. you can draw your own conclusion from that. i have a feeling of sports fans will not find san francisco attractive after the 49ers' leave town. hopefully they will win a super bowl this year so we can have a celebration parade in san francisco rather than somewhere else. other reasons for family flight is the astronomical gas prices in san francisco and other areas. it is common knowledge if you go outside san francisco, you can say they noticeable amount of money per tank by filling up at some of the suburban stations. i would also like to take this opportunity to suggest for the audit and oversight committee to investigate why president obama still refuses to use the

executive order to lower gas prices for all of us. it has been suggested to him that if he would lower gas prices, it would have that in some stimulus for everyone in the united states. but i have a feeling that for political reasons, he refuses to stimulate the economy by lowering gas prices for everyone. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> ♪ fly the family to the moon and give them everything whoever they are. ♪ and oversight in government and give them that big bright star. ♪ in other words, please be true. ♪ in other words, give them the best opportunity, thank you. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. paulson.

is there any other member of the public who like to speak or sink on item number one? seeing none, the item is closed. we have a motion by president chiu, if we could take that without objection. we look forward to having that discussion on a very important issue of family flight, so stay tuned for our next meeting on that matter. could you please call item no. 2? >> a hearing on the city's services audio -- auditor's review of the san francisco municipal transportation agency work orders. supervisor campos: i would like to begin by work -- by welcoming the controller's office and thanking them on the important work they have done on or

quarters. we have the director of audits for the city services auditor division and let me just begin by making a very general statement about why this issue is important. if you look at the up items that are were ordered by the mta, you can see there items that include services are very important and functions are critical not only to the mta, but to the city as a whole. the question is not whether or not those items should be funding -- should be funded, but the question is whether or not but mta, the municipal transportation agency, added its own the budget should be the one paying for those items. to me, the issue comes down to what is the connection between the money being spent and the services at hand.

in other words, should riders of muni pay for some of these services? that's what the question comes down to. i know that president chiu and others on the board of supervisors have identified this item as an issue before. some progress has been made that we will not be hearing from the office on where things are based on their review. president chiu: since you and i joined the board, this has been an issue and it's been frustrating that the m.t.a. has not been able to really satisfied our information request to understand what these work orders have resulted in. i appreciate that your request and look forward to the testimony. supervisor campos: i appreciate

that and i want to thank ed riskin for playing -- for paying close attention to this issue since he began his tenure. there may be a difference of opinion between us on the board of supervisors and the mayor's office between what should be paid for by the mta. >> thank you. this review followed an april 30, 2010 report which looked at mta boss or orders for 2008 and 2009. that report included fort general recommendations about the work order procedures and 38 recommendations related to billings of more quarters with specific departments. the general recommendations we made were -- establish mou's

with each department with which it as at work order. there was no agreement with a majority of the performing department with which it at work orders. we also recommended that mta require written approval of charges outside the scope of the mou as well as modern charges against work orders to make sure they are appropriate and in compliance with agreements and not pay billing without sufficient documentation. within these 38 specific recommendations, we identified areas where an adjustment to that mta's baseline budget was warranted. the total adjustment recommend it was $4.1 million to require prior years, expenditures, an adjustment to the baseline budget going forward. just to provide some context, i want to touch on briefly what the baseline budget is. it's a percentage of general fund revenues are allotted to

certain departments as approved by voters. the city charter directed to direct the fiscal year 1999-2000 which was updated in 2006 pursuant to another voter- approved measure. the charter authorizes the controller to adjust the baseline and increases of percentages to account for what was not included in the base year. this slide shows the instances where the audit found new work order services not included in the initial baseline budget for m d a and b and now -- and the amount that was recommended. -- for the mta and the amount was recommended. mta began paying for services that were not originally in its baseline budget. mta began paying for services

provided by the economic work force development in 2006 out of a work order. the services were originally paid out of the general fund. in 2007 and 2008, and support of the third street light rail, mta requested new services from the police department and the department of public works. the total amount of adjustments recommended for priory year was $4.1 million. the report also recommended the baseline be just going forward to include the identified services. the controller worked with the department to make adjustments to the baseline budget accordingly. the scope of this audit was fiscal year 2010 and 2011. the work order procedures, with other city departments and work orders with five other city departments, we recognize --

there was a very short time frame to implement recommendations. however,cfa kept in touch and addressed some of the things before the report was issued. the objective was internal controls over work order procedures, evaluation implementation of the 2010 reports general recommendations, review a sample of mou's to determine if there are appropriate for the services provided and to determine if they comply with the mou terms. we did not do any further work or review on the baseline budget. i will discuss each of the first two objectives in the next few slides. they resulted in more generalized findings and recommendations.