family. the accountants come through processes administered by the comptroller's office. -- controller's office. over half of the participants in the program to come from local colleges and schools. getting them in the door, getting them into the accounting family, there is a ladder from there for the city's accountants where they grow. at this point, i think the vast majority of the senior accountants came in at the entry level through this program and kind of have grown up through the program. this is probably the single best thing we can do in terms of local hire andyouth opportunity that is under our direct control. again, we use public service aid

to hire others on a periodic basis throughout the year for short-term assignments. language access, we are a tier two language access department. unlike many of the departments you have had here today, the largest public use we have in the office is in the claims unit. these are individuals filing claims against the city. we take them and we work with the city's attorney's office to begin the process. all of our claims and information at that point is available in a number of languages, including english, spanish, chinese, vietnamese, and russian. the complaint forms involve allegations of non-treatment under the ordinance. they're available in multiple languages. we do have key documents that we

produce that we make available in multiple languages, including a guide to the san francisco spending process, a booklet we have available to the prop republic to understand how our process works. we provided in multiple languages. we do make use of language line services. we don't have bilingual staff available to cover a given need. we do have a number of bilingual staff in the controller's office, mandarin and spanish being the majority of people that are available for the public to speak with. i would be happy to answer any questions. supervisor chu: just a question on the status of the budget analyst recommendation. >> apologies. we continue to work with the budget analysts.

we are not yet in agreement. we look forward to working together during the week ahead. we can report to you next week on our progress. supervisor chu: thank you. >> our recommended reductions total $693,860 and $455,000 are ongoing. $230,000 are one-time savings. these recommendations would allow an increase of $35,000, 1/10 of 1%. those are general fund savings. are recommended reductions total $516,000. it would allow for an increase of over $1 million. the recommendations will result in five under $16,425 in general

fund savings -- $516,425. supervisor chu: think government. will you be speaking to the general responsibility item? can you speak to item 11, adjusting the tax with the consumer price index? >> i will address the general city responsibility. this is a part of the city budget that contains funds that are citywide in nature and not specifically allocated to a department. this department contains debt service funds as well as the mou reserve, litigation reserve, the general fund reserve, and other reserves we have in the city. the budget analysts, we have been working on a list of

budgets and we have made a recommendation to reduce the audit adjustment reserves to $5 million. we are not in agreement, but we will work with the budget analyst over the coming weeks. supervisor chu: thank you very much. quick question. with regards to the piece of legislation that we just passed, the question to the mayor's budget office, there is a item that we passed the full board of supervisors, and i'm wondering where that would reside at the moment. it is not in the budget. i am wondering if this would be the place where that would go. >> the -- that piece of legislation would impact the city's revenue. that comes into the budget and then gets distributed as general

fund. if that legislation were to be approved, and if the programmer to be funded, we would effectively reduce our revenue by an estimated $2 million. supervisor chu: it gets reduced -- >> yes. supervisor chu: thank you. with regard to the budget analysts recommendation?

this is an allowance under the initiative. and the budget is assumed before you. >> madam chair, eyes -- i fail to mention the control, which is $6,653, and that is ongoing savings that would allow an increase in the budgets

department of the 6%. >> if there are no questions from the committee at this time, let's move on supervisor avalos. >> i'm not sure if my staff had contacted the control office about the small-business exemption that we preliminarily passed last tuesday. it does show a hole in the budget of two million dollars and i think it would be important to consider within the context of the budget and last week we approved it without an improvement in the budget. it did not seem to go anywhere. as we are looking added, and having a discussion about the decision that we made last week, about whether we want to put a

two million-dollar hole into the budget, that means we have to restore $2 million before we want to do any kind of restoration to the budget. if there are questions as to whether we can do something to the advent codes for the budget that can remake that decision about whether we can approve that type of exemption in the budget, because i would like that to be part of it. >> you are correct in that it is not assumed in the budget before you. it is equivalent to $1.5 million each year of the budget. it is close to two $0.5 million in the second year. i would assume that once you

vote to reduce the tax that it cannot be increased by subsequent board issue. what is approved will likely be what is finally approved for the next four years. >> we have the loan fund, which is linked to job creation. but we have the full loan amount and that is also

associated with the job creation. that would have an exemption for small businesses recovering a lot of that lost revenue that will have them paying a little bit more. tomorrow i will try to have another effort to not have it approved. maybe we can continue the item to another day when we have a better sense of what the budget is going to look like we would not want to put ourselves in the hole before we even start making restoration's moving forward. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. i think the way the legislation is made is that if one form or another does end up coming to be, then the exemption for the small business is exempt. i do not believe there is a conflict between whether or not

voters pass something that is moved forward in november. if there are no further questions from the committee at this time, why do we move onto the city administrator. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm the city administrator and i'm here to propose the fiscal year 2012-13 and 2013-14 budget. the general services agency oversees the department of

technology, the department of public works, the ethnic services department and the city administrator's office. i will just talk about the city administrative services office today as he will get presentations from the department of technology and the department of public works later on. i want to go over quickly -- exxon quickly as i can the -- as quickly as i can with these departments over the next few years. the budgets are basically static because of the rising health- care costs. particularly our finance functions have gone through a major change this year. we have merge those luncheons with the city administrator's office and the department of technology. -- of those functions with the city administrator's office and the department of technology. as you heard earlier, we have

over on the left-hand part of the chart, the community tv division following the do -- the redevelopment merge from the hearing earlier today about that. they have an increase in their facilities renewal budget about $1.2 million. the medical examiner's office has been mandated by state law to examine certain types of debt. their budget is increasing -- decreasing by $6 million because they are just finishing capital plant in the halls of justice. we had planned to come before you sometime in the next few years with a proposal for the earthquake emergency response fund, too.

and we plan to acquire one new wall street's as a site for the medical examiner to relocate out of a hall of justice. that is something that we are looking for in the future. we also have the convention facilities department. they are finishing a $56 million facelift renovation of mosconi north and south with the new bathrooms, carpeting, paint and lighting. as a result of the renovations, we're in the process of restructuring the debt. there is an increase in conventions facility budget for both fiscal years 2012-13 and in 2013-14. there's the city administrator program.

the community challenge is met, formally known as the communication fund. this provides matching grants to local residences, nonprofits and organizations to make improvements to the neighborhood. there was an increase in the money sitting for the business tax. our budget will include $800,000 a year for a total of $1.8 million. the budget is decreasing by about $500,000 for the office of disability due to changes of priority. there will be legislation before you today that proposes a new plan for the mayor's office of disability plan review foresight kick -- for a site construction and new construction. the office of labor standards and enforcement, a slight

increase due to increased costs of installation contracts, which is an automated government contract that is payroll, management, and more. the majority of the budget is the purchase of insurance premiums. which risk-management there is a transfer of function of the jury bond program from the human rights commission. it is about a $1.8 million transfer function. there's the 311 call center, which their budget is pretty stable. but there are increases due to health care costs. justice, there is an increase in that budget of $338,000 due to the purchase of a da case management system migrating to the justice hardware. there is an earthquake safety

and the mentation program, which has evolved out of the community action plan and began in fiscal year 2011-12 for a program to implement education for earthquake management prepared in this next fiscal year -- for earthquake management. in its next fiscal year, we propose to hire a manager for this program. that is an increase of four hundred $40,000 -- $440,000, for wages as well as support staff.

there's the community-this program, which we are trying to memorializing the budget with an increase of $100,000. they're in charge of the senses, immigrant affairs. we have added positions to deal with community organizations, civic and institutional leaders for the native american, asian, hawaiian and pacific islander communities as was the latino community. -- as well as the latino community. we have increased $150,000 to that program. last but not least, realistic, which is responsible for the property management of over 4 million square feet of promises and different locations throughout the city.

this budget is based on work orders. for those departments that are in city-owned buildings, we have over 1 million square feet of the city-around space. -- city-pound space. 100,000 square feet of leases. the operational budget is static, but the fuel budget for the fleet is increasing by $1.8 million. we have an aging fleet, so the office of budget has agreed to replace a certain amount to minimize the increase on the department's budget.

and we will submit the effort by july 1st the effort the city is an undertaking to repair replace its fleet. -- to replace its fleet. and finally, the contract my touring unit. the mayor's office is proposing to transfer the local business compliance unit and the domestic unit from the city administrator's office, hopefully with an effective date of july 1st, 2012. the goal for the function is to begin the process of creating the one-stop shop. as has been discussed over the past decade, there has been report after report over the past 10 to 12 years, whether the blue-ribbon report, georgia report, the reportrural report -- rural report or the federal

grand jury, there has been a process of competing stakeholder interests inconsistent with stakeholder ownership. the city-wide outcome would be optimal. this is the extent of consolidating, starting the process of moving these positions into a centralized unit within the city administrator's office. in the future, may be moving the office of economic workforce development, moving local contractors into the same development. >> i want to thank the mayor's office for your efforts in working forward with us. we spoke about whether we could move forward with this consolidation and work to create the one stop shop. there are many reasons this

makes a lot of sense. contractors at different places throughout the city. -- you have contractors at different places throughout the city. it makes sense to have the application process contract in one way because it can be quite complicated and open to a lot of interpretation. i am looking forward to hearing more about this area. i know there are still a lot of pieces to be ironed out. >> absolutely. i hate to rush through when there are so many departments. the human-rights department is coming out a few budget later and they will talk about this in more detail. our two-year budget outlook for fiscal year 2011-12 is too moderate 52 million in -- is two hundred 50 two million dollars increase in to 2012 -- 13 of to

4 million. primarily, this is from the contract monitoring functions from the human rights commission as well as the charity program. this accounts for 94% of the increase in our dollars in the department of administrative services and the city administrators budget. the budget for realistic has gone up because the comptroller's office determined we should be paying more. they came up with the formula -- based on their formula which would now be gained two $0.5 million. and we have increased -- we should be paying $2.5 million. and $1.1 million to pick up eight new custodians.

there is an increase in budget due to fuel cost increase. mosconi, there is $1.7 million increase in the budget for geological and topographical surveys. as i mentioned earlier, animal care controls and capital renewal will go to plumbing, channels, and planning for a new facility. community education is also an increase. there is money that came in from business taxes. the rising health costs is about $800,000.

as you can see from the slide, 38 positions primarily to deal with the transition of projects. and there are 29 positions coming over from the human- rights commission. as for new positions, as i mentioned earlier, eight custodians for 525 bath date. these positions have been in the general fund for a while, from being created in 2010. and the administrative analysts office is seeking enforcement,

one senior purchaser, one community development specialists that will go into the neighborhood empowerment network. one project manager in the city administrator's office. one senior analyst. it one senior building inspector that will go into the office of disability, and one senior business analyst for capital planning. my next slide talks about major initiatives. the general services agency will attract new initiatives through the community investment division, investing in local neighborhoods and capital projects to include infrastructure. city administrator's office

will ensure successful delivery have the projects. -- of the projects. and the question earlier about investing in neighborhoods and the overlap between woed and the city administrator's office, i think it is more in partnership. oewb talks to businesses in the external facing primarily. and also we have the community challenge grant within the city administrator's office. then we provide individual

community groups with the residents and their interaction is more with the public. efforts to make government more responsive. we talked about the local business enterprise ordinance and the community investors program. and also, strengthening disaster efforts. i'm trying to get through this as groovy as i can, because i know there is a lot underneath. a lifeline, this is strengthening and prepared ness. it is an initiative with a focus on post-disaster, reconstruction, and recovery. it is very much a part of our budget this year to develop a plan for earthquakes. >> i appreciate your point, addressing my question earlier. we look at