officer cody clements to 2511 or take other action if necessary. >> officer brown. >> waiting for the projector. >> this is 69 which takes up most of the mission district. that is the beat up for sale from marina fitzinger. the sale prize is $50,000 monthly installments of 2,000. there are 35 client on the beat and two other assistants that work on the beat including mr. clements. >> all right. i would move to accept the sale

of the beat from mrs. fit zinger could cody clements. he is well loved in the community we tragically lost your husband and we think about him often. thank you. do i have a second? >> second. >> any public comment? >> yes, we do. public comment on item 5. seeing up, public comment is now closed. all right. the motion on the floor is to approve the sale of patrol beat 69 from marina fit zinger to patrol officer cody clements. all in favor. any opposed? >> motion passes unanimously. >> thank you ms. fitzinger.

next line item. >> the next line item is line 7. public comment on all matters pertaining to item 9 below including on public comment on whether to hold item 9 in closed session. >> okay. members of the public. we are about to go into closed session to deal with personnel matters. if you have any comment about us going into closed session and the fact we are going to take a vote about going into closed session now is the time for public comment on those issues. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. next line item please. >> vote 8 vote on whether to

hold in closed session. >> all in favor? >> the motion passes unanimously. >> we are now, >> we are back on the record in open session. >> all right. next line item, please. >> line 10. open session vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussion on item 9 held in closed section. 67.12a, action. >> move for nondisclosure. >> all in favor? any opposed.

>> motion passes unanimously. >> 11 adjournment. action item. >> so moved. >> all in favor. any opposed? thank you members of the police commission. we are now adjourned.

good morning and welcome to the community and assessment services center. today's event focuses on our efforts specific to the firearm compliance and safety initiative. this initiative is a collaborative efficient toen sure the -- effort to ensure the removal of guns from our communities. the adult probation department plays a critical role in the

process as outlined in new responsibilities defined in proposition 63. the safety for all act. these new responsibilities coupled with the sheriffs department work in recovering a firearm from restrained persons is at the very core of the work we do to promote public safety. many thanks to those individuals who have joined us this morning and their continued support to keep our communities safe from gun violence. specifically, mayor mark farrell, supervisor stefani, supervisor sheehy, chief freeno representing sheriff hennessey. chief bill scott from the san francisco police department. beverly upton and the domestic violence consortium. it is truly my distinct

privilege to introduce mayor mark farrell, a long time advocate for gun control and safety. as district 2 supervisor, mr. farrell introduced anti-gun ordinance to 2015 which was subsequently approved by the board of supervisors. this gun control package was intended to fill gaps that existed in federal, state and local oversight of firearm dealers and ammunition sales. this included requiring the video taping of all gun and ammunition sales within san francisco and required the regular storage and electronic transmission of ammunition sales data to the san francisco police department. as district 2 supervisor, mr. farrell introduced a safe gun storage and trigger lock law apooreded by -- approved by the board of supervisors in 2016. this mandated that all be kept

in a locked container or be disabled by a trigger lock. as district 2 supervisor, mr. farrell announced his intention to introduce a gun restriction law after the krissy field rally in 2017. as you recall, an alt-right group, requested a permit to hold a rally. there was a city-wide response to prevent the rally from becoming violent against the anti-immigrant national rhetoric. ultimately, the group withdrew from holding the rally, citing safety concerns for their own members. as you can see, our mayor of san francisco has been a true advocate of gun safety and gun control. please join me in welcoming mayor mark farrell. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, chief fletcher. i want to thank you for your hard work.

i want to thank the police department, chief, thank you for being here, the sheriffs department and supervisor stefani and sheehy, who have been leaders and beverly upton and doctor. it's an honor to be here. recent events across the country unfortunately have brought gun reform and control questions back to the forefront. we did not learn from columbine and sandy hook and we're faced with another mass shooting in one of our schools in the parkland shooting in florida just a couple of weeks ago. as congress continues to stick its head in the sand on the issue, it is up to state and local governments to counteract and to do everything we can locally to protect the sanctity of life for our residents. i was honored last week to join the walkout with the school along with supervisor sheehy, which is in district 8.

with the high school students there. at 10:00 a.m. i know schools across the country and right across the entire san francisco were participating in the walkouts. very proud of our students and local leaders here in san francisco for all of the efforts they did in terms of walking out and demonstrating their own first amendment rights, but also the voice of the next generation. this is a fight that doesn't end today or tomorrow. this is going to be the next generation of americans that will carry this issue forward and make a difference in the country. so inspiring to be there at the high school last week, watching students in israel walk out of their classrooms, watching students in iceland walking out, in solidarity with the youth of the united states of america. we are not alone in this fight. for once, last week, instead of fighting against d.c. which we do constantly in san francisco, we were fighting with generations of young children

across the entire globe. it was incredibly inspirational. unfortunately, the nra continues however to dominate politics in washington d.c. and as chief fletcher kindly mentioned, as a supervisor, thanks to the leadership and producing of my legislative aid, now supervisor catherine stefani, we worked on a number of gun control laws in san francisco during my time. chief among them, a law that then forced the last gun store in san francisco to leave our city limits and to shut down. as i was trending on twitter with the nra because of all the hatred they were spewing toward us in san francisco, toward me personally as a legislator, we told people in the community in san francisco, we would rather see a preschool or grocery store, as opposed to a gun store. that's what we need more of in san francisco.

very proud to have seen that go through. and then to see lieutenant-governor newsom and his efforts with prop 63. huge credit to lieutenant-governor for his efforts and bold leadership on so many issues here a san francisco and across the state. specifically around gun control. chief among the parts of prop 63 and what we're here today to talk about and announce, is the ability for local law enforcement personnel, for our sheriff's department to confiscate for guns. we want less guns. we will never pander to the nra here in san francisco. guns do not belong on our streets in san francisco. and i am proud to be here today

along with chief fletcher because since prop 63 was enaced on january 1 of this year, our adult probation department has done heroic efforts and their case load has skyrocketed through the roof in the ability to confiscate firearms from homes here in san francisco. firearms we do not want to appear on our streets. we do not want them in the hands of san francisco residents. because of the work they've been doing, and because of what we are seeing into the future, today we're announcing that we're funding in this upcoming budget, close to $1 million of new funding for the probation department alone to make sure they have the staffing they need. 500 will be hired, so they have the staffing they need. because these people are going to be working full-time to get the guns off the streets of san francisco, i cannot think of a

better priority for the budget. i want to thank everyone for being here today. i want to thank chief fletcher for her leadership on this issue. this is something that everyone behind me supports. this is something the entire san francisco supports and as mayor of san francisco, this is something i will never forget and we will always prioritize in our city government. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, mayor farrell. it is a tremendous amount of dedication and support you have committed to this effort. and we thank you very much and on behalf of the residents of san francisco, i know each of them feels safer with having you committed to such an effort. thank you. it is now my pleasure to introduce supervisor catherine stefani, supervisor is ardent advocate for gun control. supervisor stefani is familiar

with district 2 and all of their concerns as she worked as an aide to both micayla, and now mayor farrell for nine years when they each serveds the district 2 supervisor. in february 2018, supervisor stefani. join me in welcoming supervisor stefani. >> thank you. first i want to thank mayor farrell for committing to the funding to make sure we comply with proposition 63 passed in 2016. a clear mandate from california voters that they wanted to keep weapons out of the hands of felons. and to make sure that after

they're convicted, their weapons are actually confiscated. it is not by sent that this -- accident that this proposition passed. as a gun violence activist for two decades, i have seen support for commonsense gun support continue to grow as we're inundated with devastating stories and gruesome scenes of gun violence every day in this country. more than 90 americans are shot and killed and hundreds more injured every single day in america. our gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of other developed nations making this a uniquely american crisis. i also want to mention in light of the fact that we're celebrating women's history month, the board of supervisors today, that gun violence disproportionately affects women who are 16 times more likely to be shot and killed in america

than peer nations. 50 women are shot to death in a month by current or former partner. 4.4 million american women have been threatened with guns and guns are weapon of choice in domestic violence murders. women are the victims of mass shootings. as a mother and i know i speak for millions of other mothers, we are tired of sending our children to school to participate in lockdown drills, preparing for mass shootings and wondering if you're children's school could be next. there was a school shooting today at a high school in maryland. one is dead. one is in critical condition. a woman. and another has serious injuries. it is time to stop this madness and i praise the students who walked out last week. i went into the crowd and told them, thank you, you are the

next generation. you're going to help us solve this. i was so moved last week by their activism. i know they're going to be the force that helps change and turn the tide on this horrible epidemic in our country. proposition 63 will make california the first state in the nation to require all prohibited criminal offenders to provide proof that they sold or transferred their firearms after their conviction. i want to really thank lieutenant-governor newsom for everything he did to make sure the proposition passed. i would also like to thank chief fletcher for doing everything you can, beginning january 1, to make sure your team and san francisco is following the law and removing illegal guns from dangerous individuals. i also want to thank the efforts of the department of the status of women and our family council led by beverly upton, for their

important work. and chief scott with the chair, we cannot do this work without all our partners. i am so proud to join the mayor today and the colleagues up here in supporting additional funding to make sure that san francisco is removing guns from violent offenders and following the letter of the law. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor stefani. we're pleased to have with us today, supervisor jeff shery. he was appointed by mayor lee in 2017 and serveses as the chair of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. 20 years ago, mr. sheehy helped create and defend san francisco's historic equal benefits ordinance. making san francisco the first city in the country to require employers with city contracts to offer equal benefits to the domestic partners of their

employees. supervisor sheehy recently declared support for the march 20, 2018, march for our lives, where commonsense gun reform and commended the students in san francisco and around the nation for leading a movement to demand commonsense gun laws and school safety measures. please help me welcome supervisor sheehy to the podium. [applause] >> thank you, chief. you know, the movement by the kids has really been inspiring. my 13-year-old daughter at her middle school, public middle school here, her whole class, whole school participated. to see this next generation take the baton and show leadership in fighting against the scourge of guns is something that i am so proud to see. what i also find very

interesting is having watched the kids from florida, they're insistent on not being coopted by politicians like myself and insistent on driving the movement themselves for the nation. i'm particularly focussed on this day, on the issue of domestic violence. i actually -- i think maybe worked in 850 brian. i worked for the district attorney as a victim advocate for victims of domestic violence. i think in almost no other setting is it more important to get weapons out of hands of the people who are committing the crimes. i know from my experience that the vulnerability of women, the intense fight to escape the power and control of the men who are abusing them, is a huge challenge. and the irrationality that

surrounds the perpetrators, they're focus on maintaining power and control, even to the point of killing their victims, killing the family of their victims. i think -- it's one of the most dangerous situations i believe for a police officer to be put into, walking into a domestic violence situation. it disproportionate number of murders happen to victims of domestic violence. and so i really want to salute the effort to get the funding to make sure that no guns remain in the hands of people who commit domestic violence. so again, i want to thank the city for the initiative. thank you, mayor, for your leadership and it's an honor to be here. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much for your support supervisor sheehy. it is my pleasure to introduce

beverly upton. she serves as the executive director of san francisco's domestic violence consortium. a 7-member panel of domestic violence organizations and their supporters committed to the effective delivery of services and public policy. ms. upton has actively supported individuals who have lost loved ones to domestic violence. through court hearings, and regularly attending community events to promote domestic violence awareness. ms. upton and the department on the status of women have worked with the sheriff's department and the probation department to identify those crossovers to collaborate to keep the guns off our streets. please join me in welcoming beverly upton. [applause] >> thank you, chief, thank you, mayor farrell, thank you to the doctor for her leadership and everybody who is with us today.

i am also proud to be one of the tri-chairs of san francisco's family violence council and it shows that domestic violence threats with weapons are up 50% in san francisco. we have to stop this trend and this will help us. this weekend alone, the thousand oaks mall shooting started with a domestic violence incident. the parkland shooter was set off by relationship that ended poorly. who knows what got the young man that shot today at his high school in delaware? but as supervisor sheehy reminds us, domestic violence is at the kernel of so many of these dangerous mass shootings and taking entire families out around the country. this weekend in brooklyn, a family was shot and killed. four members of a family.

including a one-year-old. there have been 15 calls of domestic violence to this household. the gun was still in the home. the prerp traitor of the domestic -- perpetrator of the domestic violence took out four of his family members. we have taken every effort in all of our careers to make sure this doesn't happen here in san francisco. we need to take the guns out of the hands. perhaps getting the gun out of the house in brooklyn would have saved lives. it's a first step, we have more work to do. we hope to see other programs this year, but it is a first step. it's a first step toward safety and healing and as chief karen said, safety for all.

we're hopeful. i'm hopeful and i hope you're hopeful, too. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, beverly, you are a champion for victim rights throughout the city and beyond and we appreciate your efforts. as stated over and over today, proposition 63 is a historic and unprecedented step forward for gun safety in california. this really is an effort to bring agencies together to ensure the safety of the residents of this jurisdiction. and we are certainly proud to be part of that. since the implementation of this mandate, the adult probation department has received 63 referrals for investigation. we see all kinds of people come through the department and people referred and it is

critically important to work together to identify where individuals have legal weapons and illegal weapons in their possession that are going to result in crimes and death. we support and applaud the support that we have from our board of supervisors and from our criminal justice agencies. each of them has been a viable partner in making this proposition a reality in terms of how we can implement and save lives. the adult probation department is pleased to partner in this process of removing guns from prohibited persons. we look forward to the collaboration with the sheriff department, police department, board and mayor farrell in making this a reality. we thank you for attending today to support the city's efforts in this initiative. we certainly at the close of this press conference will be open to questions. so again, thank you so much for being here and supporting the effort. and we look forward to the

collaboration in the future. thank you. [applause]

the meeting will come to order. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the april 18th, 2018, special meeting oh of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. i'm supervisor jeff sheehy. to my left is katherine stefani in for ronan and the clerk is john carol. i was like to thank leo, ceilna and sf gov tv for staffing this meeting. do we go to your announcements or excuse supervisor peskin. can i beat a motion? >> stefani: i move to excuse

him. >> peskin >> sheehy: do you have any announcements? >> silence all phones. items acted upon today will appear on the april 24th, 2018 board of supervisors agenda unless other wise stated. >> sheehy: thank you. read the first item. >> the ordnance to prohibit the police code. >> sheehy: we will hear from supervisor stefani. >> superwiser stefani: thank you for hearing this today. i would like to recognize everyone in the audience today. my friends, thank you for being here. on february 13th i introduced this ordnance to make it clear that when you are in san francisco you are free to exercise your first amendment rights without intimidation or fear from those carries concealed firearms. last august

a proposed demonstration in my district on chrissy field by a far right wing group wreaked havoc throughout this entire city. coming off the hills of charlest charlottesville, virginia there was fear. many officials went on the record at that time expressing thundershoweir conce the potential for violence then mayor lee and now mayor farrell. the u.s. has a gun homicide rate 25 times higher than other developed nations. other 90 americans are shot dead in this country every day and hundreds more are injured. just one day after i introduced this legislation the tragic events at marjory stoneman douglas high school happened. 17 lost their lives and 17 were wounded changing their lives forever.

sadly this isn't the only mass shooting to have happened since its introduction. closer to home we saw the terrible events at the you tube headquarters just a few weeks ago. it's no secret to anyone that public safety is one of my top priorities as supervisor. over many decades san francisco has led the charge on many issues like the right to marry whomever you love. our first amendment right, the freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble and protest should not be infringed, chilled or suppressed. there can be no peace when the threat of concealed weapons are present. to make matters worse, why this is so important, why i'm so concerned about this, the house of representatives approved the concealed carry reciprocity act. the nra's bill to allow people without a state permit to carry a concealed gun in san francisco which could dramatically

increase the number of people carrying concealed guns in san francisco at any time. imagine the chilling effect that would have on events like the rally we had in the castro after the pulse nightclub shooting, the women's march or the student-led march for our lives rally and march down market street. not only did they propose patriot prayer rallies send our city into chaos it cost us millions of dollars. it struck the fear of violence in many and that must end. museums were closed, my son's 7th grade camping trip was canceled and kids sporting leagues had to cancel games. it is time for san francisco to continue to lead the way and protect our represesidents and visitors from the threat of gun violence at public gathering and our first amendment related events in our beautiful city. the legislation before you today, chair sheehy will amend the police code and prohibit concealed weapons at certain

public gatherings. i have circulated amendments that highlight one change in the ordnance under section 361, subsection c and i can go through it later. i'm proposing oh change from the minimum number of attendees from 20 to 50. i want to thank john gibner and brad hufney for this and all those who have come out to speak today. chair sheehy, i'll turn it back over to you at this time. >> sheehy: great. just one thing, could we also have a motion to excuse vice chair ronay as well? >> supervisor stefani: yes. >> sheehy: do you have anyone

to call up? >> supervisor stefani: yes and then we can provide to public comment. >> i'm alison andrewman at the law center to prevent gun violence, the gun safety organization led by gun violence and former congresswoman gabby giffords. for 25 years we have been providing legal and policy expertise to legislatures nationwide. on behalf of our organization i urge you to support the ordnance introintdu. where there's guns there's gun incidents whether intentional or accidental. at rallies, protests and other types of public demonstrations these types of guns incidents are a particular threat to public safety due to the large number of people in attendance. guns discharge accidentally and in a crowd filled with parents, children, elderly attendees and others an accident gun discharge could be deadly. also protests,

r rallies and demonstrations are filled with high emotion. they occasional attract counter protesters. the presence of a gun in an intense and emotional situation makes it more likely the gun will be used. research has shown that people tend to perceive their gun perceives a threat whether that's in reality or not. guns in public especially at large events also present grave risks to law enforcement. as noted in the findings to this ordnance the white supremacist rally in charlottesville was one example. they were out gunned by the participants. that should never be the case. further more, the present of guns at first amendme amendment activities is likely to chill speak and intimidate participants from attending or counter protesting out of gear of -- fear of gun violence. the

city will help except the shared expectation that public spaces be free of gun and gun violence. for these reasons i respectfully request you vote in favor of the proposed ordnance. thank you. >> sheehy: so now we'll go to public comment but before we go to public comment -- well, no. sorry. i'm not reading my script right. any members of the public who wish to testify? speakers will have two minutes. state your first and last name clearly and speak into the microphone. those who have written states are encouraged to leave them with the clerk. no applause or booing is permitted. in the interest of time, reputation of previous statements so not encouraged. so if any of these speakers would like to come up now. any public comment?

>> my name is claire sensina. my only child was killed by a stranger's gun in san francisco in 2014. i now advocate for sensible gun laws. this particular law will not stop all shootings but if one person's life is saved in san francisco, if it is your loved one's life, then it is worth your consideration. thank you. >> sheehy: thank you. is there a next speaker? someone else? that would be great. >> hi, hi name is ellen ginsberg. i'm a san francisco resident and i'm a local group lead for mom's demand action. mom's demand action is a

nationwide organization with 4.5 million supporters nationwide and chapters in every state. we support common sense gun laws and we are very honored that supervisor stefini's contribution to our organization over many years. there is no greater person and she's worked tirelessly on this issue for years and we are grateful for all that you've done and all your efforts. it's a great privilege to live in a city that takes gun violence prevention seriously and doesn't wait to be reactive to gun violence and to respond to tragedy but looks to prevent tragedy from happening. consideration of supervisor steste stefaini's ordnance is that measure. we believe that a public rally is not the time or the place. we thank you

supervisor and the board for leading the discussion on this important measure. thank you. >> sheehy: thank you. are there any additional speakers for public comments? please. >> my name is celeste and i'm a member of mom's demand action for gun sense in san francisco. i just wanted to share an experience i had similar to supervisor when the white supremacist rally was happening -- proposed to happen at chrissy field. i got an e-mail from my son's soccer coach saying due to the rally we have to move our soccer game away from fort scott field to someplace outside the city. i couldn't believe that in san francisco we couldn't do something about it, we couldn't prevent this potentially violent rally from happening in our city. also i just wanted to add that i enjoy taking my children to public free speech events, to the pride ma -- parade, the

women's march, the march for science and i would hate to think there's concealed weapons at this event even if people don't intend to use them. fights can escalate and fights can happen. it's something that shouldn't be happening here in san francisco. thank you for introducing this important law. >> sheehy: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is amy rosen, i'm a citizen of san francisco and a mother of two children, therapist and a person who is practicing mental health professional in san francisco. i'm here today because i was actually astonished to learn in august when the patriots prayer act rallies were happening in san francisco that it was actually legal and permissible for people to have open carry weapons in san francisco. one of the reasons i choose to live in this amazing city is because i found it to be a place that

honored safety and well being of all people first and foremost. in choosing to raise my family here i was saddened to learn that on that day i wasn't going to be able to safely feel that i could bring them to speak about their first amendment preference to be in a safe community and to share their voices in a forum that honored first amendment rights of public speech. on that day, which actually to be my birthday, instead decided to avoid at all costs any environment where people were going to potentially be available or permitted to have open carry guns. so i'm definitely very, very grateful for this legislative act or this writing in trying to support not

having guns open carry. thank you. >> sheehy: thank you. next speaker, please. >> supervisor max from the san francisco district attorney's office. we are happy to support this and glad we are doing as much as we can to limit the number of guns out there in public and especially at gathering such as these. thank you for bringing this matter. >> sheehy: thank you. yes, please. >> hi. just two items to comment on. i definitely believe for some of the reasons that people mentioned earlier that the presence of guns at gatherings chills free speech. i also choose -- i attend a lot of gathering and protests but i choose that day to not go to chrissy field because i did feel some threat to my safety just based on what was going to happen there. the other thing is i think it's just widely recognized that there are certain situations where the presence of guns just is

inadvisable for safety reasons. you know, we go to baseball games and obviously we are not allowed to bring them there. i would also like to point out that the nra at their national convention didn't allow guns. people were not allowed to bring guns there. i think it should be widely recognized by anybody with a brain that there are certain situations where having weapons present present a security risk to everybody there. so thank you. >> sheehy: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is crystal opalado. i'm a residence -- resident here in san francisco. from the perspective of a new parent to a toddler i'm proud to be raising her in san francisco, the heart of free speech productiotectiop did experience in the last year feeling unsafe with the rally at chrissy field. i left town that weekend. then with the recent

student demand action, march for our lives, i did not bring her to that event out of concern that perhaps there might be people carrying concealed weapons and the threat of violence there. so i think this ordnance is a fantastic idea and would certainly make me feel safer in our community. thank you. >> sheehy: thank you. are there additional persons interested in testifying? public comment on this item? seeing no more public testimony, public comment is now closed. >> supervisor stefani: i would like to move my amendment that changes the number from 50 to 20. that change is reflected on page -- let's see. page number

3, lines 12 through 13 and 14, 17 and 19. so that's the only amendment. >> sheehy: sure. without objection those amendments are accepted. >> supervisor stefani: i want to thank everybody who came out today to express your support for this proposed ordinanance. i've done gun violence prevention for two decades now and i've been able to do it alongside many of you in the audience and to that it's been one of my greatest pleasures in life and working on something that is so meaningful, especially as a mother to a 13-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter, i was in my son's classroom the day that sandy hook happened. he was 8 years old. the kids that were killed at sandy hook were in 1st grade, my son was in 2nd grade. it's very real. it's a very

real feeling for mothers when we drop off our children at school and don't know sometimes if they are going to come home to us for many reasons. gun violence in this country is absolutely out of control. i've had these conversations with my children. you know, they hear things. we said, you know, it doesn't feel like a free country sometimes when our children and loved ones can be shot dead at a concert, in church, at a movie theater, a nightclub or a rally. it doesn't feel like a free country when we know that our gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of developed nations. it is a uniquely american crisis. it's one of the reasons why i put this forward today. san francisco has led the way on so many issues. we have the chance to lead the way on this today with concealed carry so that people feel safe at first amendment rights. another thing, you know, my daughter said to me, she's 8 years old, it doesn't feel like a free country, mom, because they have lock down drills. when children huddle beneath their desks as

they practice lock down drills for mass shootings. she's right. we need to do better by our children. i look forward to moving this to the pull board. i know the today. >> sheehy: thank you, supervisor for your leadership on this issue. i think that we are all recognizing really that gun violence has gotten out of control. i have a 13-year-old daughter. i think a lot of us are here as parents. our children are facing a world that we ourselves did not experience. the level of gun violence in our communities across the country and the fact that it's actually coming to our schools, i was at the school of the arts when the -- everyone marched out. i took my daughter who by the way was very unhappy that her school didn't -- her middle school didn't allow them to join the high school kids in the district in march, they did a little action within the school on the

school grounds. when i look at my daughter and i talk to her friends and you've had this similar experience and i think other parents have as well, the fear of gun violence is tangible. it's real. they think about this all the time. they think about it when they go to school. when i went to school i'm sure for you as well, we didn't have to think about it. you know, then you couple that which i'm so grateful that you're trying to address this, i was here when the white supremacist and the neo nazis came last summer. when i took this position i never dreamed that in san francisco that these were the forces that i would immediately be faced with, withstanding in opposition to. i will say for the city we came together and we came together in love and we stood up to these forces and all the city agencies, the way they worked, we didn't have the incidents like in charlottesville and other places and i want to give a shout out to the san francisco

police department for their effectiveness and mayor lee for his leadership at the time. this one gap is huge. we were frustrated that it wasn't going to be possible to keep people from bringing weapons to free speech rallies. again, i want to commend supervisor stefani not just now but over many years and how proud i am to have her as a colleague. i think our next thing is to take a motion to continue to next week. is that right? >> the next scheduled meeting is april 25th, next wednesday. >> sheehy: i thought it was next week. without objection. so mr. clerk, can we call item number 2? >> agenda item number 2, a hearing ohhen the sta -- on the status of radiology and

ultrasound staffing at the hospital. >> sheehy: great. i'll wait until everyone kind of clears. so the purpose of this hearing is really to look at staffing levels in the radiology and ultrasound technical staffing levels at san francisco general. i just note that this is an issue that involves patient safety, this is an issue that frankly as we dig into it we have to recognize that these types of services are profit centers so a lot of times when we start to look at how these services provided they're in the context of net cost. the

reality is within the hospital setting these are reimbursed and they the reimbursements should be adequate the cover the cost of being adequately staffed. so we have three presentations. we have ron from the department of public health. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ron, i'm the human resources director for the health department. i want to stress first that our mission is to provide safe and outstanding medical support to the public. we do that through our staff at zuckerberg at san francisco

general in the network. many of the people who came to speak on this are staff members at the hospitals who do this great work. we have over 8,000 staff. we have hundreds of units. of course they all advocate for themselves for more money and more staffing. everybody wants to do the most they can possibly do. in this particular case in radiology this has been an on going issue for several years which we talked about in negotiations. from 2015 until now we had a 35% physician growth in radiology. that is that we went from 68 permanent positions to 92 permanent positions. we currently have five vacant permanent positions and we are just now publishing the list that people can select off of to hire those five permanent positions. eight months ago we hired a new manager in that university. her name is andrea turner. i'll have her stand for just a

moment. so this is andrea. if we have a moment i'll let her speak. she took over eight months ago. some of the things she's done to improve this situation is she's created a new staffing model. that staffing model makes better use of staff time. she's also worked with karen hill, our personnel manager out there who has developed a leaves team to reduce v reduce vacancies due to leave. we want people to use protected leave but manage leaves so we don't have such a high vacancy rate. this has resulted in less over time use and we continue to work to reduce registry. the hospitals generally can't operate without registry because they are needed to fill in in certain circumstances. we submitted a proposal which susan guard will talk about and which we would encourage the union to accept and adopt but that's another process. with that i'll just say that we have a proposal to increase pay for those

modalities that we truly need and that we have reduced vacancies and we've added staffing and reduced over time and we strive to reduce regis r registries. that will conclude my presentation. thank you. >> sheehy: you have someone else? >> andrea, would you like to come up for a moment? >> good afternoon, board. my name is andrea turner. the reason that i wanted to speak is to speak on behalf of my team as well as the hospital.