>> >>[gavel] >> i guess we are ready. okay. good morning. the meeting will come to order. this is the meeting of the government audit and oversight committee for july 16, 2015. i named his supervisor yee and chaired a committee to my right is supervisor christiansen, vice chair. and on my left will be supervisor read. the committee clerk and the sfgtv. we have jesse larson and cameron smith who recorded each of our meetings the transcripts available to public online. mdm. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> guested please make sure all cell phones and electronic devices are off. items acted

upon today will here on the july 28 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. mdm. clerk, can we talk please call item to out of order >> item number two is a resolution approving the agreement with nonprofit owners association for ministration management established property-based community benefit district known as the lower community district. >> so, i believe the representative from the mayor's office of economic reports the moment is here to present. good morning. >> good morning chairman yee christiansen. senior project manager from the office of economic and workforce development i oversee the cities committee benefit district program. i just like to thank supervisor christiansen for sponsoring the resolution will authorize the management contract for the established excuse me, lower community benefit disappeared as you all know, on july 29 of 2014 the board of supervisors

adopted a resolution to establish the cbd and levy assessments and parcels within the proposed boundaries. in order to the city controller to transfer those assessment funds collected the city must enter into a management agreement with the owners association of the lord polk committee benefit district. there are members here of the lord polk cvd that in case you had questions, are here to answer them. the document attached to the resolution is a template for use for all cds in the city and adjusted accordingly. if approved august committee and by the full board, this will allow the city to transfer the collective assessment funds woefully in september of this year. we anticipate the delivery of just over seven and $60,000 to the cbd within the 2014 seven and $60,000 to the cbd within the 20 $14 for the 2014 fiscal year and in 2015-16 we anticipate a collection of just under $800,000. i can answer any questions if you have any. >> any questions?

>> no questions. >> i want to point then i'm not sure by supervisor london breed. okay. if there's no questions is there a motion? any public comments on this item? >> i come to city hall every morning. on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, almost every single meeting. from chinatown. [inaudible] the next up was actually [inaudible]. i know well about polk. lower polk

, every person in polk, most of those areas, they feel the business treasure, the way they conduct business. lower polk cannot be extended to a movie theater, 20 years ago, there was actually a [inaudible]. a movie theater. so we extend the café of entertainment [inaudible]. planning for this [inaudible]. >> any other public comments on this item?

>> morning, supervised. my name is chris charming. i'm the chair and president of the local cbd board of directors. very briefly, i'm only here to think some folks. i'd like to thank those who were fortunate of all three supervisors in our district here. i like to thank supervisor christiansen brawlers support, especially for curing this resolution. our staff has been great. supervisor kim thank you for your support as we get we met with your staff recently and we appreciate it. supervisor read, we appreciate your continued support. i guess there are no questions, then that's all i have. i also like to thank -- for their support. they were key to us they support a strongly and i do want to thank the late michelle thomas for all his efforts to set up. we would not have been able to do it without him. thank you. shifted and other public comments? seeing none, public comment is now closed >>[gavel] >> supervisor christiansen >> i just want to thank chris and of course show for making this happen to everybody knows, i'm a big proponent of the cbd's. they been such a

important part to augment city services in our commercial district. i think this lower polk cvd is going to be a challenging one. it's been challenging so far and i think there will continue to be. this is certainly an area, as chris mentioned, touches on a lot of different districts, a lot of different types of conditions both commercial and residential. the money that's been allocated for this cbd is going to allow great promise and also bring great responsibility. so, i look forward to having myself and my staff continue to work with the cbd and with oe wb to make this an inclusive and progressive group that can hopefully accomplish great things for lower polk. so thanks to all involved. >> any other comments? seeing none, can leave a motion to for this item to the full board? >> so moved. >> over no objection the motion passes >>[gavel] >> mdm. clerk, please call

item number one. >> item number one a hearing on a jail regaled as the party city and county of san francisco's 10 year capital plan. >> so, supervisor kim has joined us, and she has some questions at this year. i like to ask you to make remarks and introduce the presented. >> thank you. i want to note the cosponsor of this hearing, supervisor president london breed as well. first of all, what i think everyone for joining us on this hearing. we did engage in a lively discussion yesterday when an action item was before the budget committee on the state grant application and mitigated certification kit today, this hearing is really about fleshing out all the possible alternatives that the city can take to a jail rebuild which is being proposed before this body today. i think the key question

is that the board has before the city spends $290 million of taxpayer dollars, construction costs alone to build a replacement facility to imprison people, we should know why and whether this is the best course of action to take. one of the main questions that several members of this board is asking, what is the appropriate jail site. this number has fluctuated over the last year and a half. it actually has been shrinking as we further studied the issue. when we already have two facilities in san fran appeared san francisco has built three gels over the last 30 years and is the only county in the state of california to have built a jail since 2000 however or pete

that i get it were only in the state county in the state of california is build a new jail since 2000 and the handout for members of the committee and the public can see the history of the jill construction of san francisco based on information contained in the may 2014 reported by the public policy institute of california. we know that gels are expensive to build and because we were not able to include it in our bond measure, in the past, we use very expensive form of financing in order to do this which is our certificates of participation. we end up paying for these new gels for decades. the city will be building the facility with financing obtained against cop's though cost san francisco almost a third of $1 billion in construction costs alone. san francisco voters not approved construction of a jail in 25 years according to the department of election. and, the construction costs only 10% of the total cost of the jill over its life, according to the california state sheriffs association. originally, the plan calls for 2000 and jail beds and 2018. the controller then revised the estimate for only 2091 and we have therefore then reduced the estimate based

on jail population that resulted willie from the good work of the criminal justice partner and the sheriffs department get the pretrial diversion project artistic attorney, public defender, our peace department, and of course our innovative adult probation department. let me just say, i applaud the work of all of our agencies in doing this work we are really a model i think the rest of the nation. in reducing our incarceration and providing real alternatives that actually prevent individuals from recidivism which is our goal to keep our city safer. we will also be hearing today from the controller's office on their update to the jail population forecast, which includes the lower lowest forecast published by any organization to date but options that range from zero new beds to the high-end estimate of 393 beds. there are two factors that directly determine the total job population. the number of people booked into jail and the

length of their stay in custody. the average length of stay for those obtained, the time between booking and release, has followed by an average of 13% since 2010. over the last five years, the average daily population declined by an average of 8% per year faster than the previous days. in fact, the average jail population 2014 has been the lowest since 1982. based on the impact of proposition 47, the strategic use of alternative methods of incarceration including electronic monitoring and home detention, and continuing advances being made in pretrial diversion and supervision practice the new public defenders funded program on providing more legal support during the actual bail hearing, the decrease in number of beds in the jill seems like a strong likelihood it's not a surety. if the city's only 50% of our beds today, why don't we have enough when we still know we have 1532 beds available without a new jail facility? so, we will be exploring this

is questioned. i know there are multiple perspectives and i look forward to it. i think the big question i also have is that, you know, it was a server edition eight at the budget committee yesterday that this is not extension of our gels. this is a rebuild. let me just say first of all, i completely agree. the current jail is a jail three and number four are completely unsafe. not just our inmates but the sheriffs deputies that work there and i think we need a plan today to empty both floors did we've emptied one already. immediately. even if we do this site to build a new jail won't be completed until 2021 ivanek six years were putting our men and women at risk at life risk, during that time her back. but others of construction of a new jail, i like to come up with a plan to empty the final floor of this current jail at the

hall of justice. second, i think before we determine what the size of the new jail should be we should further look at more alternatives. what percentage of our jail population as they are because they're severely mentally ill ask what percentage are there because they're homeless and nowhere to go? we realize there are other solutions to the population that is there i think we can come up with some real alternatives that will really help make our gels -- i'm sorry will help make our city safer in the long term and i believe take the city into the 21st century. with those comments, i'd like to give the floor to pres. london breed at all, our presenters. >> thank you supervisor kim cared thank you supervisor yee for allowing us to host this hearing today. the very important hearing about very important issue. thank you everyone for coming today can we have i know a lot of speakers so i will be as brief as possible. supervisor kim clearly outlines a number of things that were very concerned about. we are being asked for most recent million dollars to build a new jail and that's a lot of money. gels are not something i'm very excited

about building more poorly, i have not yet heard a detail or compelling case for why this plan is the best option. that's my problem. more importantly, we know that -- is unsafe and needs to be closed. we all agree on that. which means, only to find space for 300 or so inmates that are housed in cj four. i think be averages are right with expanded diversion program, we can and should reduce incarceration rates starting today. so let's say of those 300 we end up with 100 or 150 or even 200 needed jail beds. we have cj-one has no beds. there is no additional space in cj-five and aptly look at what it would cost in detail three model cj-two in order to accommodate the number of beds

that we will need. i don't like the idea, buddy interests of due diligence, is there any viable cost effective way to model cj-six. what are the details, why or why not? if we build a new structure, why isn't it being planned as a combined jail, mental health, and diversion facility instead of just a jail? more importantly, why are we not looking at a conference a plan for a-50 high-end in general which also includes the das office, adult probation, the courts, the sheriffs department and the public defender's office? we need to think about inefficient way to include all of these departments and do what's necessary in order to address some of the most pressing issues with our jail population, especially the issue of mental health. our plan should reflect our values and include safer conditions for staff and inmates, more programs to reduce recidivism,

more and more diversion programs. whatever plan we move forward with, city staff must make a compelling case for it before i'm going to feel comfortable supporting it. the current plan is not something i feel comfortable supporting, which is why we are here, to ask questions and explore alternatives. i look forward to hearing those in detail today and thank you everyone again for being here. >> so, if there are no other comments from the committee, i will now open up for the presentation. we do have a number of presenters today. so, i apologize for the length but we did ask each of the presenters if they could keep their presentation to under 5-7 min. i will list all the presenters in order. so, everyone is aware of who is presenting. first we do have