carved out of wood and it is a cast plaster sealing and the only spanish design in an arts building. there are no records about how many people worked on this building. the workman who worked on this building did not all speak the same language. and what happened was the person working next to the other person respected a skill a skill that was so wonderful that we have this masterpiece to show the world today.

>> he has a way about him that brings people in and seeks to involve the people of san francisco. that is what we need. the polarization and san francisco does not benefit the people we are about to help. they need compassion, support, and they need us to work together to build a system o and employment and drug treatment and family building and all of those services that will enable us not to pay so much money on the back end. what you are doing is spectacular. i am humbled to be with you. i am excited the mayor has me this opportunity to work with great people to do this work. believe me, the best is yet to comment. thank you so much. [applause] >> this is only his third day on the job. thank you for coming out.

it is exciting to live in a cityç really believe in changig chrysostom of care with homelessness. -- changing the system of care with homelessness. we admire and respect and are so excited to have them here. it makes our day when we start the day with them. thank you, mayor lee. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. she wanted to introduce people who are above her. we are never above her, we are with her. [applause] anytime we can have a thousand volunteers and over 300

providers to help us withç helping others who need our help, that is what san francisco is about. yesterday, were you there at city hall? how many people were there at city hall to celebrate 50 years of tony bennett? you saw it on the news. you've heard about him being there. we gave them the proclamation, the key to the city. what i was thinking about all day long was how wonderful our city is. the fact that tony bennett has sung about our city, and i just kept thinking, why do we do this? why did you come out so much? you'll love this city as much as i do. çpeople of all levels, whether

you are working for a great institution or you are working with a different company or you were just a volunteer and someone who cares about somebody else, you do what you can. when we can organize and city government to provide that to opportunity, and whether it is a haircut, how can we provide training, how can we get you some eyeglasses, how can we set you up on e-mail -- q different parts of life we live normally may not be available to everybody, but you are here to make that available. when i think about the otani bennett is singing to, i think about you. -- when i think about who tony bennett is singing to, i think about you. it is a city of people to know

how to do things for other people. that is what makes me so proud to be the mayor of this city. i am willing to sacrifice everything there is to do what is good for the city. i do not care about the politics so much as i care that we can bring more people together under this big tent we call the city of san francisco. triple the effort to help so many other people change their lives, and if we can have a moment and their lives to suggest there is a way out, venues in which we care for them, it isç represented in the way you do things today. çthe way you talk to people. the way you communicate.ç i love these efforts come at these efforts for we can demonstrate all the humanity we have. people watch us and they think about san francisco and they

think that is the place -- you can get lonely in manhattan. when you come to san francisco, it is not law only. bottom of my heart. thank you for coming out and sharing with us your skill sets as we go and do what we're supposed to do to solve the chronic and long-term needs. we enjoy these moments where so many of you as sure your resources, your time, your character and personality. congratulations, thank you to çthe 43rd homeless can act. thank you for being here. -- connect. thank you for being here. >> we have never given the mayor a t-shirt. i think to date is the day. [applause]

they are one of us, right? [applause] i want to close today by thanking -- you see if the people up here, but there are hundreds of people getting things set up. have a wonderful day. we also have a very new committee that will be here today. çthey will be walking around to make sure that you, the volunteers, had everything indeed. if you need something&j, let us know. ok? have a wonderful day. [applause]

we are proposing three audits for calendar year 2012. this is part of our proposed work plan. we have selected these audits based on what we have experienced in terms of our review of city departments, budget review, a legislative item review, and discussions with various members of the board of supervisors. we are recommending three audits. they would comprise 3600 hours of audits time in 2012.

our proposed burk plan includes -- are proposed work plan includes 5500 hours of special projects in 2012. this is what was in our work plan. we are currently completing an audit on the evaluation of museum governance. hopefully, it will be completed shortly. do you would be three projects they would be ready to begin at -- these would be three products we would begin -- we would be ready to begin immediately. this would be an evaluation of how these two departments determined the need for services, whether the services are being contracted out, how they measure the level of service. their policies and procedures are for contracting and how they identify performance measures.

we selected these two based on experiences we have had in other reports. we have found some concerns on prior reports in this area. the second when we are recommending, and this would be something we would recommend doing later in the year, would be to look at the impact of the transfer of the redevelopment agency's assets to the city. when we wrote our initial reports prior to february 1, we said there were many outstanding questions we needed to address. they need to be looked at more closely. at that time, there were some significant issues in terms of where the staff would be assigned. we were told that a lot of this would be presented in the budget.

we believe that under the state law, the comptroller -- controller has certain obligations that they have. we are looking less at that that we are on the impact of city departments. our proposal -- so we know what we're working with in terms of 2012-2013. the third one is to look at public safety realignment. our proposal would be to start this much later in the year. this comes out of are looking at the budget in the current fiscal year where there were significant requests from resources from the sheriff's department and the adult probation department. we did make some

recommendations. they were not necessarily accepted by the committee. we still have concerns about staffing levels and help the sheriff's department and the adult probation department are making this transition to new case loads. >> thank you. the ratio of plan hours versus allocated hours, that remains consistent from past practices? >> pretty much. but we added up all of our hours in 2011, and we found that we were on target with our work plan. we found we were able to be responsive and flexible within the work plan. >> thank you. >> these are the three right

subjects. the one question i have is about the order. i think you have answered it in your comments about why redevelopment would come second. i thought before i heard your comments that it might make sense to make redevelopment first. the mayor and many of us have discussed the idea that there could be some sort of measure on the ballot to help address some of the funding shortfall. if we have the results of your proposal, it would help us frame how much we should shoot for. but i think you are making the point that you are not born to have much to analyze yet. >> that is our concern, yes. >> assuming this ms. forward as you have proposed, -- past -- assuming this moves forward as you have proposed, when can we expect to see the first audit completed? >> we would begin immediately. it depends on other resources.

we would aim for shortly after budget. because of the nature, we might even consider a two-faced report. -- phased report. >> one of the issues that has been low on the priority scale, low on the issue at scale, but it is concerning to me, all the redevelopment employees are state employees. they will become members -- will you be looking at all of those various employment issues as well and what it means as a cost to the city? >> yes, we will be. the state has some very clearly defined responsibilities. anything we consider risky, we called back out in our report in

february. we would definitely proceed on that. >> great. >> is there something you wanted to add? >> good afternoon. i am trying to sort out what would be the most helpful information to give you. we usually get more of an opportunity discuss this with the budget analyst office ahead of time so this list is new to us. it is your prerogative to audit whatever you like and we will be helpful and provide the resources that we have. in each of these three areas, there is a significant body of work that is already going on. one area or the other, health and human services, nonprofit contract, for example, i am sure you are aware there have been several task forces. there are live recommendations going forward in different

formats from several of them. improvement in the contracting process. a very strong joint monitoring effort that the city makes. we can help with design to make sure that the time the budget analyst spans is most productive. i feel like in that area we have a lot of strong interest appropriate control activities already going on. -- risk of appropriate control activities already going on. a lot of the transition process these will not be complete until quite a bit after the budget is done. the financial statement audit, which is required, will come after that. in each of the major transition issues, there is a working group that is trying to do things like -- i am not the most qualified person to speak on it. i am not part of the working

groups. but we do have staff in these projects. finally, with realignment, you approved a transition plan. there is a county executive body. my office has a commitment of resources to data tracking. we have a project that is looking at every place or a piece of data about any of the populations are being tracked and treated and managed. i just want to make you aware of all those things. if you choose to go forward, we will try to make sure we help. i wanted to let you know that. >> thank you. questions, colleagues? we will open up to public comment. in the members of the public who wish to speak on the matter? they will have two minutes each. >> i agree with the first two

recommendations i do not think the sheriff's department safety issues is a high priority at this time. i would prefer to see an audit of the city attorney's office or even the ethics commission. secondly, in your budget plan, you are allowing each individual supervisor to request of to 150 hours for an audit. i do not think that is good public policy. i think it can lead to abuse. they can be used as political weapons. supervisor wiener was held in violation of the sunshine ordinance last month, i believe. within a week, he ordered an audit of the cost of complying with the sunshine ordinance.

it is more than coincidence that supervisor wiener asked for a survey of complying with the sunshine or dance. -- ordinance. if each supervisor requested 150 hours, that is one-third of the amount of hours you are budgeting for the entire year. the 150 should be eliminated. the audit should be pursuant to

>> the first is political retaliation. the second is a biased research and the third is a waste of money. supervisors, please reconsider that survey. >> thank you. next speaker. >> as my fellow public people mentioned in the fall of 2011, shortly thereafter, he ordered a survey of the sunshine ordinance be prepared by the budget

analysts office. he did several information requests from members of the public to find out that supervisor wiener was behind this survey of the cost of the sunshine ordinance. e-mails from the budget analysts office a short -- a short -- assured the are only conducting an analysis for the board of supervisors. why would he be trying to keep the request secret? why would the office been concealing his role in this? what did they have to hide from the public? last year, this committee approved a 2011 work plan that included research reports as requested by individuals and the board of supervisors. these reports may be kept confidential at the discretion of the requesting board member. the same statement is in your

2012 plan. this type of secrecy is against open government. please do not approve a work plan that allows for secret reports. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i would like to thank the board of supervisors for approving an audit for the department of public health. it is a start. if you are serious about saving money to help the poor in san francisco, and you'll find plenty of waste and inefficiency at the department of health. the budget which analyst the did the budget analyst did do a report on the department of

public health and 20 -- in 2003. my own department was involved in that report. i would like to recommend that the 2003 report be read before the audit plan is done so you will have an idea of what to look for in order to save money. secondly, i was very impressed by the three previous speakers. for the record, this committee is supposed to be a watchdog, not a lap dog. hopefully, we continue that tradition with the current makeup. for the record, dereliction of duty, abuse of power under the

color of authority. let's put it this way, everybody knows that san francisco is a mountain to climb if you are trying to fix certain things. the only way you'll get it fixed is to put people on notice, so they cannot say they were not aware of it. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i have no specific objection to the three priorities for the work plan. i do think it is good for the unit not to duplicate efforts. i had to other ideas that either could be audits or handled in another fashion. one is the law library. there has been recent activity to move them out of the memorial while the building is worked down.

more recently, their downtown branch is slated to close in two weeks. they have some funding issues because of the -- a better understanding of what the city is required to do. both under state law and the charter requirement and what is currently happening. this may be a small thing that someone could do and there may be another way to do it. i do not think it needs to be put in the formal work plan. i am kind of interested in the future of law library. the second is city property south of cesar chavez and east of 101. department of technology, they all have properties there in various configurations. there are a lot of issues with that property both east and west of the caltrain tracks. this could be a work item for the real estate division, the capital planning committee but i

understand there is some movement with respect to the market which the city -- a focused look of all of that property and that configuration going forward. i look forward to those items and maybe you can find some way for them to death attended to in the next 12 months. -- for them to gets attended to in the next 12 months. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> i am not sure about that. i am not sure if i'm the best person to answer that. i did not come here to talk about sunshine, but i certainly can. >> if you could send me an e- mail about some of your thoughts. >> i do not have e-mail. >> however you want to communicate. >> in the other members of the public who wish to speak on item

number one? public comment is closed. i just want to thank members of the budget and legislative analyst's office. i appreciate your hard work on this. in the comments? -- any comments? so moved. >> item number two, work plan for 2012, establishing performance goals and setting a date for the annual performance evaluation of the joint partnership. >> miss campbell is here to speak on this item again. >> good afternoon. our proposed work plan for 2012 is very similar to our work plan for 2011. it does include a series of performance measures by which we would be evaluated at the end of

the year. we have not made any significant changes to the performance measures. we have identified there will be changes to the budget. budgeting procedures the share. -- this year. we will be moving into a two- year budget for the general fund department. however, we have not recommended any changes. previously, the right on target. we thought it worked well. we are recommending 3000 hours for budget, mostly made in japan. -- mostly in may and june. the same provision that we would do limited number of hours for a special request of supervisors that did not require