>> i will try to keep this under three minutes so thank you commissioners for your time, attention and devotion to the issues and i want to thank the sfpd on these issues with public safety and the data driven report on focus on the five is a great example how to use information to make the best most sound and efficient decisions for allocation of resources. i also really want to point out the emphasis for the db related to the language change from the word "accident" to "collision" and has a meaning and words have power and convey something to people that hear them and a key change that will have a positive impact of the lastly as december as commander ollie pointed out seven people died. the only good news is two of the drivers

involved in the fatalities were the cited and charged with vehicular manslaughter and a positive sign from the period and i want to personally commend commander ollie but i think he left and working with nicole snyder and i worked there as well and worked with them and extremely responsive to solve these problems but there is still work to be done and quickly to sum up what they are. we want to see all collisions reported by the sfpd. i know it's hard work but it needs to be done so we need to know what problems to solve. we need to investigate the collisions and not just report them but investigate them. officers should be trained on an ongoing basis. the lessons you learn you keep. it takes 60 days to form a habit, not what they

tell you in school. and it's important to enforce the traffic laws that have the biggest impact adversely on the most vulnerable road users. that's key as well. and if we're doing that enforcement and transparency in the monitoring of the activities and act smartly how we're enforcing the law so i look forward to seeing all of you or some of you at the next meeting and i thank you for your service to the city. >> thank you very much. >> i want to speak to the speakers and the way the focus on the five works and if there is a sixth intersection and not just limited to five but at each intersection there is a primary collision factor and the violation that contributed to the accident to make that particular intersection that much less safe than others so when the officers go out and

focus on the five they're also told what the primary collision factor is and look for that for the citation to modify the behavior for folks to go away for the unsafe violation, whatever is the case so as the last speaker spoke to it would be good that is part of it. that is part of it. >> further public comment? >> yeah. it was good to note the domestic violence and the elderly abuse as we start to have more of an aging population in san francisco those are going to be problems. with that i do appreciate it but i'm also wondering we have -- what i just looked up we have 112 languages instead of like the 10-15 on the list, so i guess i'm wondering

what do you do when you have someone speaking a language that you don't have an officer for? and also what are your chances of recruiting people who speak like other languages from nigeria? we have a small percentage of people that speak that as well. and i think regarding the public safety and the traffic i think it's just how do we get people to be more mindful of what's happening in -- i mean it's a little bit difficult on everybody because people just getting into their own mind set and go where they're going. i mean you don't need a cell phone or a mp3 player or physical device to distract you. you could be somewhere else. you could be

meditating on where you have to go or something. >> thank you very much. >> i just want to comment on the video on domestic violence and elder abuse. i think it was a good video. i was thinking maybe they could have a video on how -- on homicide, how to detect those, how to talk about how to bridge the gap between law enforcement and the community so that people can talk, you know. have a video on something like that. i brought videos here before, and now that i know that the sound works maybe i will bring some. i

also wanted to say that -- i'm kind of getting out of what i was going to say. yeah, well that video was a good video and i really think that something needs to be made up on that also. this is what i remember. the last time i was here we were supposed to talk about the cold cases and that we were supposed to get information on the cold cases. i hadn't heard anything from anybody yet on the cold cases that they were supposed to checkup on it and i haven't heard anything. i haven't gotten a call. i am out there trety much doing it myself. i would like to hear. i would like to hear about my son's case and the other mothers want to hear too. these cases are still out there. >> i will have someone follow up with tomorrow. >> please, please, thank you. >> thank you ms. brown.

>> hi. i love how the numbers just magically fix themselves to three. speaking of numbers i really appreciate the fact that i am in san francisco and not in oakland and not even in my home town of berkeley california. san francisco really is the city that knows how to do things correctly where law enforcement is concerned, and i really needed to say that. i sat here and i listened or tried to because some people just didn't make any sense to me. there's only so much that the police can do. there's a lot that people need to do taking responsibility for the fact that they want to engage in criminal activity

with impunity. they want to engage in stupid activity with impunity. i am on the mack community which the multi-model access advisory committee of mta, and mta had the keep your phone down and your eyes up campaign to get people who are riding on muni to pay attention to the fact that you're not in your own bubble. there's a real world out there and evil does exist and evil is out there and waiting for you to not be attentive. that's on you. you are to pay attention to what is going on. be it that you're going to cross the street and hopefully bicycles not on the sidewalk where you're going and the to pay attention to what is

going around you, pay attention to the people around you. you're not supposed to sleep walk through life. i sat here and listen. i wanted to thank the commissioners for getting here and on time so we have a imorrum and stop. i appreciate the chief being here. he's got the wink action going down. hello to joyce and those of you that are here and participated in the production of the video because there is a lot to be said about domestic violence. [inaudible] knows about that one and a lot to be said about elder abuse. there's a lot going on out there and i see san francisco being on top of it. although i am a mills girl stanford dolly combo you couldn't pay me to live in oakland again ever. keep up

the good work. >> thank you. public comment is now closed. please call next line item. >> line item four discussion and possible action to appoint john fitzinger as patrol special officer or take other action if necessary. >> commissioners you have in your packet -- would you please come forward officer fitzinger and our patrol special liaison. we will start with our liaison. do you have a report for us? . >> i don't know if specifically is a report but a memo they wrote i would recommend that he be approved. he has met all of the qualifications to be a

patrol special. the only problem there is a current investigation going on which ebb had been completed but it was for administrative issues only for paperwork not turned in. the paperwork has been turned in and this has taken several months. i don't see that is a problem or any reason he's not appointed to a patrol special for that reason. >> commissioner chan. >> thank you for putting together the information in the packet. i was trying to understand and i was going through the packet and different than the ones i seen before and application that the person fills out to be a patrol specialists. is that missing? >> that's separate and he's already one and that stuff is already done so that is if

somebody wanted to be one and not part of the program so that is done, all of the fingerprinting, all of this took place prior to that. >> how old is that application, the prior one to be assistant patrol specialist? >> 2002. >> 2002? so that's a long time ago. >> the packet, there was the fingerprinting done. i did a check through our system and was clear. the only different stuff perhaps if there is an address change or things like that that are different from that. >> the reason i am looking for the application generally i look closely at the application and i noticed in prior ones sometimes that will bring up a little flag for us to look into previous employment history, any concerns at all i have seen so i feel uncomfortable voting on this

without the information and i think for 2002 that's an old application and make sense to ask for a new application or updated application to moved from assistant patrol special to patrol special and given all of the problems that we had and compliance and make sure we're thorough and that's where i am when i saw the packet so i will vote no on this or ask for a continuance. that's where i am. >> commissioners any further questions? commissioner loftus. >> presumably you reviewed his application and maybe you just want to talk us through the steps that you took and presumably you couldn't come and recommend him unless you looked into his background? >> past history and other complaints that have happened in his service history since now, problems like that. i looked into. that's why i did it.

normally it's not done that you reprint and i did another computer check since that and use the lexus system to find minute things and i didn't find anything and normally for the application it's not required when coming from assistant to a patrol special and maybe that's the confusion. >> what about employment history and i think i know what commissioner chan is talking about and employment history can show a complaint and working here exclusively? >> [inaudible] >> come to the microphone please. >> sure. prior to being a appointed assistant patrol special i worked for the same company for 25 years. >> i think what the commissioner's question is this your primary -- >> yes it is. >> this is what you done since

2002? >> yes. >> so in other words a new application would show this is what you do? >> yes. >> yeah, so it's not like you worked in best buy in 2004 and the manager had a complaint about you? >> no. absolutely not. >> commisioner dejesus. >> and i have to say there are assumptions that i read that he was a current patrol specialist and this is like a promotion he's getting and you had done updated check on the fingerprint and complaints or anything like that so i didn't have a problem moving this forward because he's employed by this agency and he's been monitored by the department and recommendation of the department is to move forward so that's how i saw it. >> back on the rooster here. a couple of things and the city attorney can stop me if these are questions i shouldn't be

asking but i can ask how many internal investigations there has been? >> i think just one -- current one that is before the commission. >> since 2002. >> i find absolutely no occ complaints or internal affairs investigation prior to the one i am going through right now since 2002. there was one allegation of -- i believe calling a restraining order violettor over the radio and arrested and turned out the restraining order was rescinded and not in the computer and i received a internal affairs totally clearing me of all charges. >> that's a different investigation? >> right. but i never had a citizen complaint or anything on my record while in this position. >> got it. and the reason i

ask for this information just sometimes i think the department what they do in terms of recommending an applicant is just checking off the key pieces. do you have the insurance, all of the things the officer worked hard providing us with, but i want to look at the detail and see everything for myself so even if we don't require an update application and do one i would like to see everything before i vote on it so that's still i am given the concerns with these positions. >> may i ask what was the complaints issue? again it can't be disclosed and for the public they're patrol special officers and not san francisco officers or peace officers but we have supervisory responsibility over them and they don't have the same police

officer protections as the police officers bill of rights and we had compliance problems with the patrol special and what it here and how was it resolved? >> these are minor compared to the others we're having. it wasn't providing current guard and firearms card to me and a question about the liability insurance, having the city listed as additional insurer and both have been cleared up and the investigation is closed. >> commissioners any further questions? no. okay. is there a motion? >> [inaudible] >> i second. >> let's take a vote. >> president mazzucco. >> aye. >> commissioner marshall.

>> aye. >> commisioner dejesus. >> aye. >> commissioner chan. >> no for the reasons i stated earlier. >> commissioner kingsley. >> aye. >> commissioner loftus. >> aye.. >> the motion passes five to one. >> congratulations and set a nee trend of compliance. >> and be safe here. >> i have to call out officer brown and you have been spectacular and when you come to the podium i have full confidence and officer fitzinger god bless you for having few problems in 12 years and officer brown keep doing what you're doing. >> i second that. >> great. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> best of luck. >> thanks.

>> all right. please call line item five. >> public comment on items related to item seven below closed session including public comment whether to hold item seven in closed session. >> public comment regarding item seven that involve disciplinary matters. seeing none please call item six. >> vote whether to have item seven in closed session. >> i move we go into . >> president mazzucco we're back in open session and you have a quorum. >> do i have a motion for non disclosure. >> motion for non disclosure. >> all in favor.

>> aye. >> and the next item. >> motion for adjournment. >> thank you very much. when a resident of san francisco is looking for health care, you look in your neighborhood first. what is closest to you? if you come to a neighborhood health center or a clinic, you then have access it a system of care in the community health network. we are a system of care that

was probably based on the family practice model, but it was really clear that there are special populations with special needs. the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth. tom woodell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet.

the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general hospital. we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after they have their children, up to age 5 they are

able to receive food vouchers to get milk and cereal for their children. >> it's for the city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are

serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i see the behavior change in front of my eyes. maybe they have never been able to go out of boundaries, their lives have been so rigid to sort of expressing that makes tremendous changes. because we did what we did, it is now sort of a nationwide model. >> i think you would be surprised if you come to these clinics. many of them i think would be your neighbors if you knew that. often times we just don't

discuss that. we treat husband and wife and they bring in their kids or we treat the grandparents and then the next generation. there are people who come in who need treatment for their heart disease or for their diabetes or their high blood pressure or their cholesterol or their hepatitis b. we actually provide group medical visits and group education classes and meeting people who have similar chronic illnesses as you do really helps you understand that you are not alone in dealing with this. and it validates the experiences that you have and so you learn from each other. >> i think it's very important to try to be in tune with the needs of the community and a lot of our patients have -- a lot of our patients are actually immigrants who have a lot of competing priorities, family issues, child care issues, maybe not being able to

find work or finding work and not being insured and health care sometimes isn't the top priority for them. we need to understand that so that we can help them take care of themselves physically and emotionally to deal with all these other things. they also have to be working through with people living longer and living with more chronic conditions i think we're going to see more patients coming through. >> starting next year, every day 10,000 people will hit the age of 60 until 2020. . >> the needs of the patients that we see at kerr senior center often have to do with the consequences of long standing substance abuse and mental illness, linked to their chronic diseases. heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stroke, those kinds of chronic illnesses.

when you get them in your 30's and 40's and you have them into your aging process, you are not going to have a comfortable old age. you are also seeing in terms of epidemics, an increase in alzheimer's and it is going to increase as the population increases. there are quite a few seniors who have mental health problems but they are also, the majority of seniors, who are hard-working, who had minimum wage jobs their whole lives, who paid social security. think about living on $889 a month in the city of san francisco needing to buy medication, one meal a day, hopefully, and health care. if we could provide health care early on we might prevent (inaudible) and people would be less likely to end up in the

emergency room with a drastic outcome. we could actually provide prevention and health care to people who had no other way of getting health care, those without insurance, it might be more cost effective

[gavel] >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. it is tuesday, january the seventh, 2014. the inaugural meeting of 2014, colleagues, welcome back. with that, matt a.m. clerk