okay. >> anyone else have questions? >> commissioner mazzucco, i still want to call you president, he is the recent past president. >> i have a couple of comments, i want to thank the captain and his family that give the new meaning to the police family with the whole family had here and these at every event and i want to thank you, his wife is also a member of the police department and has two great kids. and so thank you for being here. and it is also good to hear you know, being in the most senior member of the commission right now, when i first joined that is all that we heard about was broad way street, and tonight, we are hearing that is under control and there are some problems, but i want to thank the community, you have made a difference with that along with the police department, and so, fellow commissioners have not heard that and i want to say thank you, and taking care of that problem. and again, i want to thank the people that came tonight to talk about the homeless issue and it is a big issue in the city and we have two

supervisors here who sometimes when they hear about this issue and there is a same group of people that talk to them that may have a vested interest and tonight we got to hear from the people from this community it is concerned and i know that it takes a lot of the police department's resources and i want to thank the board of supervisors for working on this problem, and the police department for there are things that we need to do and so thank you from the community that brought that out. >> thank you. >> okay. and vice president turman, you are on. >> so, captain lazar the central district crime stats, auto theft is up and burglary is up by the other crimes seem to be dropping and i know that you mentioned that you had some idea that some thoughts about how you are going to address those issues could you share those thoughts with us at that point. >> yes, auto burglary, one thing that we are doing is telling everyone about not leaving the valuables in their vehicles and so we are doing the best to market the message

at community meetings and social media and every opportunity that we have. and the next thing that we are doing, is that we think that in education, and prevention, and education is the key. so, we are going to begin our work with the hotels sf travel, and with the rental car agencies to attempt to market our message about the safety, and it will be great if someone checked into avis and got a flier that said welcome to san francisco and it is a world class and don't leave anything in your vehicle. and trying to get the message out to the best of our ability because what i am seeing mostly in this district are tourists. and they come here, and they want one last souvenir from pier 39 and park on bay and north point and they will leave all of their luggage and all of their valuables in there and they will come back and the luggage is gone and $3,000 in cash and the passports and all of the istuff, the iphone and

ipads and things like that. i know that i met with the merchant to talk about it. and in addition to prevention, and education, the other aspect here, is enforcement and we can't arrest our way out of it and we can't prevent it with arrest and we can continue to make arrest and make if he an impact and lately we have the discusses with the district office and the chief has at the higher level and we have at the lower level to talk about what we can do on prosecution. in terms of auto thefts, one thing that i mentioned earlier was that we are marking our message with our officers to say, carry a hot sheet, look for stolen vehicles and run licenses place and focus on areas that the crimes are occurring and the days and times to capture the suspect and often times we find that

the same suspects and one will be responsibility for many and we see that in all of the burglaries and in the theft. and so those are the things that we are doing and also, the message about the vehicles, i could tell you right now, if you have a hondas in the 90s model, those are primary vehicles, target vehicles, or toyota or things like that, it is about getting the message out, if you have a safety device on your vehicle, well maybe the suspect will skip over and go to another vehicle, we will continue the work on this and i watched the numbers all of the time i work with the brilliant people who helped to come up with the good plans to take care of enforcement. >> right. >> and you mentioned tourists everyone seems to be very excited about the increased foot patrol, especially in the union square areas and you are targeting three more officers for patrols at night and what is the effect and why or what

is the plan behind that? >> okay, so, i know that we have heard a lot about union square and i have heard a lot from the merchants and from the hotel council and from the others and i know that the chief has as well and i know that there are a lot of meetings about the union square and the quality of life and the crime issues and things like that, and since i have been at central, i primarily only have one beat officer on the day history shift and so i got the word that the chief increased the staffing and gives me a great opportunity to have the five officers and one that will take care and one that will be opposite of the officer, and so seven days a week in the daytime we will have an officer walking in the union square and four officers at night and two at any given time and when they first come on, they are going to take care of the union square or the grant avenue, or when the stores close they are going to be in the area mentioned tonight and they will be on geary and suter and on post, and larkin, and when i, well, when the chief was here was a officer in the 80s, there

was foot beats there when i trained in 1992, there were two officers that wore their hats and walked a beat down there. and we will support them, little wagon and we will you know, engage in the community and do something different. i am excited about this and is it starts on saturday. >> thank you. >> commissioner wong? >> commissioner melara? >> yeah, just a comment. in my previous life several years ago i served on the board of the convention of visitors bureau. and i heard about the business associations that are very much participate ng this effort, but i did not hear whether the bureau, or the hotel counsel are involved in, you know, collaborating in an effort because, i remember proposing putting a video on the hotel rooms because i saw it on tv

when i was in hawaii, it would work in san francisco too. and i got push back, saying that if we start doing that, that you know the tourists will start to think that in san francisco, it is a dangerous place to visit. >> everybody needs to work to insure that people don't do the things that makes them a target in san francisco. and i see people as i work in the hospital working the tender loin doing things that those of us that those of us who live in the city would never do. if those organizations were a part of the effort it would be a great step. >> and yeah, the hotel council and the union square bit, and pretty much all of the associations chinese chamber have been great partners in all of this. and they have had a robust video that ex-at the pointeds

down to market street and we actually made one of our outstanding shots fired with the shooting victim arrest, off of the video cameras that were part of the union square bid plan. but we don't put the videos in the hotel rooms. >> thank you for the clarification. >> i would like to add one additional thing, when i arrived at central station, i was told, no, the hotels will be against it and the rental car agencies and i am finding the opposite, the hotel council sounds to be in favor and other managers of other high end hotels seem to be in favor, and so in the coming weeks i will be meeting with them to see how we can get the message to someone checking in to remind them, because, and my response is that are the people coming back to the city if they get their car broken into and all

of their valuables taken? we have a lot of work to do on this. >> thank you. >> it is refreshing to see how people are here with the complaints and ideas and solution to have a diverse group come out and, the captain must be doing something good. >> and the second thing is about the stats. i promised the captain, and he goes, i am going to kill myself, because my stats are going to jump with the number of crimes report and that is a good thing, and there are two ways to read the stats, and we need higher reports, and we hear about the things from the community groups and everyone knows about this pick pocket and we have heard that story over and over again, and we did not get that official report, because we want the higher stats and because we want the

xhunlt 100 percent participating in reporting and i told him that i would defend him. if the stats went up, it is not because the police are doing a bad job, it is because we are doing a better job with the out reach and getting the people to report the crimes because they have the greater confidence that the police will follow up on these case and that is my third request to the chief and i don't want to be greety for this district and i think that we have 11 by lingual officers, and i want to ask for more and we heard from supervisor chiu that especially in crisis times we need to do a better job of maybe, tasking other officers from the neighboring districts, to come to respond to central, but, i have heard of isolated situations where they have not been able on access the officer because they are busy with another caller or assisting someone else and if i could make that request i would like to bump up the officers at the

central district. thank you. >> to wrap it up, one thing that i wanted to say about hearing about the community policing and there is one thing when you see it, and there is nothing better than actually seeing it and we talk about what might take away from this meeting is the commitment to the youth and to the young people. because having seeing how comfortable the kids are here with the officers and the relationship that you guys have established is so important and i think that in my experience as a first generation american, when your parent is from a different country you might not understand the rules and everything, i myself have had to navigate the things from my own family and i know that these kids are going to be so informed and comfortable and it is wonderful to see, and i also want to echo what the commissioner said and we have been here, my third year here and it was broad way, and little party bus and i think that the second year was party bus and little broad way and now, it is a good thing that we are cycling through the issues

and solving some and getting to where we can get and bringing in new ones and this is a station that does bring us what is going on and tell us us the truth and we are grateful for that and i want to compliment the central statesing and stations and i think that some of the criticisms is that you hold yourself accountable, it is a homeless issue, you guys hold yourselves accountable for the quality of life for the picture in this district. that is my take away. so thank you for doing that, i think that the results are very clear. that folks are in good hands with you guys, thank you, captain. >> thank you, very much. >> you are well loved and you have the best behalfed children that i have ever seen. >> i owe them big, thank you for coming out this evening and thank you for your support and i want to add, you know. i talk about the chief and he tells me not to talk about him and since he has been the chief, it is about the kids

kids kids and he had me at the police academy and he started this jambari with the kids and as long as i am left in the ten or 12 years that i am left, i will continue to be about the kids and thanks to dr. chiu and we are able to do that tonight and that started with the chief, you know, giving me the message to how to do things thank you. >> we are going to do administrative matters and so feel free if your evening takes you somewhere else x go ahead. >> call the next line item five. >> public comment on pertaining to below, closed section, including whether to hold item 7 in closed section, we are going to be going into closed session to handle personnel matters and matters that are confidential and protected by the law, if there is any public comment on the fact that we are going into closed session, come on up.

>> hearing none, call the next line item. >> line item 6, vote on whether to hold item 7 in closed session. action. >> can i have a motion to hole... >> so moved. >> so moved. >> all in favor. >> let's move into closed session, thank you. >> thank yo >> do i have a motion. >> aye. >> next item. >> adjournment. >> motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> ladies and gentlemen we are adjourned thank you so much.

>> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard.

this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. both have a significant force. a refreshing retreat from urban life. the romantic past that meander up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible.

public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass

for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise over the bay. this is another one of our great lookouts. we are at mount davidson. 928 feet. this is the place for you to bring someone special. to not forget that dogs and enjoy all of the pathways and

greenery that surrounds you. it provides a peaceful oasis of open space and great hiking trails. the spectacular view offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or sunset with someone you love. >> it is a good place to get away from the hectic life of the city. come up here and listen to nature, i get some fresh air. that view is fantastic. >> where sturdy shoes. hikers get the feeling of being in a rain forest. mount davidson is also a great place to escape the noise and the bustle of the city. take the 36 bus and it will drop you at the entrance. it is quite a hike to the top but the view is worth every step. this is the place to bring that

someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is an enchanting place. is a popular spot for paddling around in boats, which can be rented. created in 1893, it was designed for these your boating -- for leisure boating. it is named for the wild strawberries that once flourished. there is also a waterfall, two bridges, and trails the climb to the summit, the highest point at more than four hundred feet. you can catch glimpses of the

western side of the city that make this hilltop a romantic look out. for public transit, i take the n train. the lad the ad -- lake is ada accessible. watch many ducks, swans, and siegel's. -- seagulls. it is a great place to stroll and sail away. many couples come here to take a ride around a lake, going under the bridges, passing the chinese pavilion and the waterfall. for a quiet getaway, making for a memorable and magical experience. located on 19th avenue, this growth is the place to where

you're hiking boots, bring the family and the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the park is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for a dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy the history. the diversity of nature that exists in such an urban city, concrete streets, cars, we have this oasis of the natural environment. it reminds us of what the history was. >> there is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available on the 28 bus to get you very easily. the part is ada -- park is ada

accessible. it is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics, and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and

tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you can experience together. stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs. lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. we are here at the historic

palace of fine art in the marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated on san francisco's number waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. set against the reflecting waters of the lagoon and eucalyptus trees, the palace is one of san francisco post most -- san francisco's most romantic spots to relax with that special someone while listening to the water and gazing at the swans. a beautiful to view from many locations along the mattoon, an ideal place to -- all -- lagoon,

an ideal place to walk with a loved one. reservations for weddings are available at sfrecpark.org. discarding contains plants referred to by william shakespeare's plays and poems. welcome to the shakespeare garden here in the famous golden gate park. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, the garden was designed by the california spring blossom and wildfilower association. here is a truly enchanting and tranquil garden along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date.

stroll around and appreciate its unique setting. the gorgeous brick walkway and a brick wall, the stone benches, the rustic sundial. chaired the part -- share the bard's word hundred famous verses from a shakespearean plays. this is a gem to share with someone special. pack a picnic, find a bench, and enjoy the sunshine, and let the whimsical words of william shakespeare and floats you and your loved one away. this is one of the most popular wedding locations and is available for reservations. take a bus and have no parking worries. shakespeares' garden is ada accessible. located at the bottom of this hill, it is a secret garden with

an infinite in captivating appeal. carefully tucked away, it makes the top of our list for most intimate pyknic setting. avoid all taurus cars and hassles by taking a cable car. or the 30, 45, or 91 bus. the garden was designed by thomas church in 1957. grow old with me, the best is yet to be is inscribed on a sundial. it is anchored by twin white gazebos and flowers that bloom year-round. this is the place to tell someone special or the place to declare the commitment you two

share. weddings and the event reservations are available for this adorable hidden gem. we know there are many other romantic parks in san francisco. we hope you have enjoyed this torre of lookouts, picnics, and strolls that are available every day. until next time, do not forget to get out and play. for more information about reserving one of these romantic locations or any other location, call 831-5500. this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair buildings. or for any athletic field, call 831-5510. you can write us at --

or walk in and say hello. and of course you can find more information moresfrecpark.org. -- >> good morning. this is the regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. this meeting will now come to order. supervisor london breed will be the chair of this meeting and to my right is supervisor tang the vice-chair and president david chiu. the committee clerk is eric and i would like to thank sfgovtv, mr. jim smith, who will be facilitating sfgov on our behalf. madame clerk, do you have