and, so, that's what we're showing here. you can see people are going to be looking for their pets. they're going to be looking for rides. people are going to need to be sharing resources a much as they possibly can. another thing that you can see here is they're going to need to be fair tools and some of the things that people are going to need in order to be able to stay safer within their homes. so, we're just showing sort of a gesture to that with all these different tools here. but then also tarps, people are going to need to cover their windows if their windows are cracked, if their roofs are broken. so, ideally, the city would be able to know where all these neighborhood centers are and help deliver some of these supplies. >> they could come from a neighbor, maybe not. thank you so much for allowing us to come in and share this wonderful exhibit. and thank you for test, test, test, test, test, test,

test, test >> thank you and good morning and welcome to the meeting of the board of supervisors neighborhood services and safety committee of july 18th i'm david campos we're joined by supervisor eric mar and later by the committee members supervisor yee. we have supervisor breed. the clerk of the committee and we want to thank him is derrick and thank you members of the sftv staff (calling names) and for our staff from the city

attorney's office. mr. clerk do you have any announcements >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic doblths. all documents shall be submitted n to the mr. clerk. thank you very much >> we've been joined by supervisor yee. >> item number one is for preventing bike theft in the city of is no. >> i want to thank supervisor mar on the committee as well for submitting this item that is co- sponsored by other and myself. >> chair campos. thank you everyone for being here this morning it's actually been planned several months on

this serious issue but i be given the data that shows maybe a thee to one bicycles stolen compared to cell phones it's worth to attention in our city is important. many have put their heads together and mr. fred has drafted an incredible report we'll be talking about a little bit later. but i want to say that bike thefts have been an issue in the city. it's been eating at me for 40 years when i had my bicycle stolen in mid-school first year also in understanding how those steps happen is really important. this hearing is the best way to

get a much better system in the city. i've been riding bicycles for 45 years. i used to live in davis california so i see in many ways how bicycling can improve lives and we're trying to increase this is a

the police department according to national studies undercuts the measures by many studies but like thefts have increased in our city at a similar rate and that's been a tremendous increase so bike thefts have

gone up singularly as well. if we want to address the bike thefts we have to address that in a significant way. my third aid peter i think it was a couple of months ago had a direct experience and he's been the main person in my office trying to put this together but his bike was stolen about a week after i called for this report and he getting got a close up look how his bike was recovered but how the system has debated getting their bicycles back and his experience is similar to others we've heard from throughout the city that some

police stations do a really excellent job of processing bike thefts and but many of the stations can learn from the best practices and could use support i think from within the department and the community. so a major goal from this hearing is to look at the best practices to share that throughout the police departments and our city. but the police can't do this all by themselves and based on our research i've also supported the creation of a new bicycle regulatory and theft outreach program which we're hoping it approved in the budget. i want to thank the mta especially neil and mta staff. our planning department and the

transportation authority as well that is working on many different bicycle projects but funding for important projects and quickly rolling out our bicycling program throughout the city. that's a key part to allow folks to park their bikes in a safe place. i want to say colleagues if there are no questions if we could have a few presentations from staff and we're asking the staff presentations to be as succinct as possible after the budget and analyst office presents the finding >> supervisor mar i want to make sure that any of my colleagues if they want to make any introductory remarks.

>> i'd like to associate myself with the issue. this is important especially because one of the things the information i've governor from constituents in my districts their bicycles locked in their garages are getting stolen. i want to figure out ways in which to address this problem in addition to all other thefts. thank you that for taking the leadership in this. like the residents my second bike was stolen out of my garage happened in october a few months before any colleagues was stolen. i had it locked in the garage and other residents in my

building as well. it's a very sophisticated method of bike theft for our building especially. and thank you. i wanted to say after fred presents the findings of the report we'll also have officer from our local police department and neil to present. i'm pleased we've been working with supports in our communities on bicycle theft so morgan st. clarg clare is a 37-year-old organizations it that's been working that the police department. and i think sf save has been a tremendous resources. i'm going to introduce mr. fred

>> thank you supervisors i'm fretting fred from the budget and analyst office. our office conducted an analysis at the question of the inspire mary looking at the return of stolen bicycles in san francisco. we've objected compute from the mta. we had exchanges about potential plans for the future. i have a couple of slides and i will start those on the other hand, and go through them quickly. >> i think the slides will be up

soon hopefully. >> are they not there? >> i don't see them - there it goes. >> so the first points and i think supervisor mar you hit on most of those the current share of all transit modes is 23.35 percent of all trips by san franciscans were on bicycles. it may not sound like a huge number basing but has grown by 2 thousand since 2005. most important it's been growing dramatically in recent years.

and as you mentioned the goal strategy so to increase the share of all trips on bicycles by 2002. the steps we obtained there were reported actual in attempted bicycle themselves theflz in 2012 were 1 hundred and 15. they've come up with a measure of actual bicycle thefts that states that for every one reported there are on average four more not reported so so when you for about that in you've known people who have their bicycles stolen they don't report it but that brings up to

4 thousand and 85. we remember through an experience to attempt to value those bicycles. there's a wide range to a range of low priced bicycles. but we came up with a figure of $4.6 million in value of the stolen bicycles in 2012. the rate at which the bicycle rates stolen has increased there's a 70 percentage rate reported by bicycle theft folks. the st. pd has recovered 8 hundred and 64 and against this

is 2012 data but a very small number of owners recover their bikes it's 1 hundred and 42 this which is 16 percent. the reason is the difficulty in proving ownership by bicycle owners and some don't know to go to the police departments there's this warehouse full of bikes. quickly distribution by the supervisorial districts. it effects all neighbors as you can see some more than others like district 6. no district went untouched by bicycle thefts as you can see. this table is just the methods we use and the average bike

value we've assigned to stolen bikes that were classified as grand theft. over $950 is granted theft. and part of this assignment is looking at the policies and procedures in place that the police department has to deal with stolen bikes. quickly thefts when their tracked and the police departments crime data warehouse. recovered bikes are under the jurisdiction of the department and the property control division. they store the bikes and records of the bikes in custody are kept separate. >> so can i just say the 8634 is

for one year and that's the average. >> it will be going up with the number of thefts because the theft rate is compared took the theft growth. for required is proof of ownership. it's not that common place it people keep their receipts and they only have their bikes for a couple of years but simply showing up and saying i lost my bike that won't do it >> well, if my two bikes were there i couldn't access them without proof maybe you could go back to the place of purchase and get a

receipt but that may not be possible. in terms of investigation of reports of stolen bikes some stations have dedicated resources that are dedicated to bicycle thefts per we were able to get some information but there's no policy at a point for sprld approach that insures that all stations will have staff daeblgd to this or it's handled the same way at all stations. there is no department-wide approach to educating the public will ways they can prevent bike theft and also how they can come to the police department to recover their stolen property.

we contacted the district attorney's office and they said that bike theft is considered merits of the case and the decision is made whether or not to prosecute the case, however, we asked for caseload data to see how many cases were prosecuted and they didn't have any data to indicate their work in that area. we contacted and got information from the bike police since they've got stations of bikes in san francisco. the same approach there in terms of theft their treated bilk my other crime they take the reports and try to contact the owner. they have the same limitations

as sfpd. both bart and sfpd will either auction or donate their bikes. we have found that san francisco police department they have regular education leaflets and brochures they leave and other material of the most effective way to prevent theft. they have bike racks at most of their stations so pedestrians can leave their bikes and they were reasonably protected and

under the surveillance of bart agencies. they have community officers who repeatedly patrol the streets. this is the photo of the day we visited and you can see many of them but it's quite a process to locate a bike in there without identification. the bike theft in the low level of bicycle recovery this was based on our discussions with the police department and looked at it some literature on the topic and the improper locking techniques but this is the information that owners need to have if they don't know it.

the issue of establishing proof of ownership is a vexing problem. i think i hit on that enough but clearly if you don't have a receipt of ownership there will be a problem. insufficient bicycle parking the bart stationary a good example of what could be down. the underground station don't have those kind of facilities and mta also has in its bicycle plan some aggressive ideas for expanding the number of bicycle racks and facilities on city streets in varies locations. the police department approach the bicycle theft it's another transmitting for about it would

be helpful if the police departments took a standard strategy department-wide. sfpd staffing channels is moot matter we found it they have bicycle baiting where they'll you put a best of my knowledge out on the street with a poor lock and observe thieves but that's not something that can be done and it requires staff resources to do that but it's prove that to be a fairly successful unique. we did look at other cities and a bicycle programs are in place in a number of cities and a an important decision whether it's

a volunteer or voluntarily involuntarily system. city of oakland has volunteer programs. predictability in trends where their reviewed and pro-active methods see are taken where the bicycle theft is expected to be in the future. city of santa cruz had a program and one precinct in the city of la had a program in place and found the same results. finally optioned for the board of supervisors to consider in dealing with the issue

establishing a bicycle program would be a improvement and it would take some paperwork but it's not particularly hard for bicycle shop owners or the police department make the process easier if some kind of serial number was brought forward. standa standarding the methods we found they're actively in terms of taking actions according and some other stations less so. conducting bike baiting operations i've mentioned. they do require staff resources but it's something to consider both to stem the tied and a send a message to bicycle thieves. we found when we talked to the

police department there's a strong perception that there are not going to be repercussions >> and particularly in the areas of locking and safety and where to park your bikes where their safer than other when you leave them on the street. enhancing information on stolen bicycles the police department does collect data the moss more standardized to the public more folks will take advantage of how to handle this.

and they're creating a bicycle unit within the sf police department so their improving the system to recover more likes i bikes and get them back to their owners. that's the summary of the report and -- excuse-me. we can respond to any comments and we have tour staff to respond to the questions >> actually let me just ask could you elaborate on santa cruzs model. >> sure. the unique that's been used in police departments for a variety of crimes and problems is the city there took data where the bicycle thefts were occurring

and other indicators so there's are crimes that happen in conjunction with thefts and they'll get those to the areas where those go hand no hand >> that's a type of indicator. i believe the program was a pilot i don't know if it's still in effect they ran it for a year they reported a drop in bicycle thefts and also burglaries >> and i think your information was to give riders some since of where it's happening to avoid key spots. >> yes. i could show where the crimes are occurring and where

the safer parking facilities are and help the public navigate with their bikes and i think supervisor breed has a question. >> i went to davts and one of the things we went we had to register our bike. it's interesting to know whether they have mandatory registry but what the recovery rate is in terms of folks who have their bikes stole to actually recover their bikes in davis in comparison so that would be some interesting information to have to implement a program similar like that in san francisco >> supervisor we didn't look at

davis in particular but it improves the recovery rate because there's a serial number and the police can line them & up and the biggest problem is the owners can't prove ownership. >> i don't know what the system or how it works but once you, you referring recover a bike it has a license plate and the owner can be contacted or when 33 contact the police department it seems like a lot easier for recovery. beyond the scope i have a receipt for my bible and i think wow. how would i