>> welcome. my name is caroline, i am the director of community real estate at mission economic development agency. happy new year, welcome to 25 sanchez who have not been here before. i returned to the -- as we turn the calendar to 2019, it is a perfect time to reflect on new beginnings, and that is definitely the case. looking around at this refurbished property, i'm delighted to see a prime example of collective impact. it was four and a half years ago when taking on the city's call for nonprofits to take on the rental assistance demonstration, rad for short, it seems like a daunting process for us. after all, this was a brand-new process for us.

that is why the support of many partners was enlisted. it meant city officials, funders , community members, and the residents of 25 sanchez itself, and to you, i now offer thanks for the key role you all played in making today a reality please give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] >> it should be noted that when taking a difficult project and putting all the pieces together, such as 25 sanchez, it takes a trusted partner, and/or codeveloper co. developer, bridge housing, has been that trusted partner. thank you bridge. we could not have undertaken this work without such an experienced player in the fields [applause] >> it is interesting to note that the last two mayors of san francisco grew up in public housing. the late mayor ed lee championed the rehabbing of public housing

and his beloved san francisco, having grown up in seattle public housing, and our new mayor, mayor london breed, is furthering that dynamic vision. we are honored she is with us today to cut the ribbon. [applause] >> what was our vision for the r.a.d. properties, it was to create functional, quality homes for senior and disabled residents, welcoming community spaces, and community ownership of those spaces. redefining public housing was our goal, and i'm proud to say that that goal has been met. twenty-five sanchez is just one of five r.a.d. properties we have now successfully rehabbed. all part of the mission castro clustered that totals 349 homes pervert -- preserved for seniors and disabled san franciscans. we sincerely think their residence -- we thank the residents for letting us become part of their lives. your input was vital, and

engagement was high, as evidenced by how interactive this building was during our teatime community meeting when we translated in our multiple different languages and in our many one-on-one conversations. additionally, throughout construction, we learned lessons based on your feedback. during the last three construction phases, you shared with us how we could consolidate our construction and then you worked together to prepare yourself for the changes as neighbors and as roommates. thank you for all that you have done. thank you also for your community input on these beautiful murals, on the plans and the plants in the garden, choosing paint colors, and basically making this warm your home, which it already has been. thank you so much for making

yourselves part of this. you epitomize what it means to be a community. you entrusted us as stewards of your longtime home, and that was a true gift. today we rededicate this building which represents the beginning of a bright future for this community. thank you. [applause] >> i would like to introduce cynthia parker, president and c.e.o. of bridge housing. [applause] >> thank you caroline. we were talking earlier about when we first met, i guess it was almost five years ago, to talk about our partnership and how we might approach the potential of becoming partners and rehabilitating some of the public housing under the r.a.d. program. i'm very pleased to say that it has been a great success, and i thank you for your partnership, and i thank the city also for their incredible dedication to making this happen. this kind of public housing facility, which was originally built in 1972 really, due to a

lack -- lots of factors had fallen behind, and really needed to have someone from the city and the housing authority champion it and say we are going to make a difference, we are going to put money into these projects, we are going to seek out federal funds, we will do what we need to do in order to make this place the kind of home that people believe in, and that will help them succeed in life, and unfortunately, i love that dog. [laughter] >> i wish i had mine here. the kind of home that people have is the type of place that they need to be able to age in place in. this building had fallen behind, and now i think it is significantly better. i think with our partners, and our partners at bank of america who helped finance, we were all

able to make incredible improvements to people's lives and improvements in this community room, and i think that with that, everyone can call this a place that they are proud of, and one they can call home. with that, i just said i would make a few comments on the kind of dedication it takes for this type of rehab of a public housing facility. the city of san francisco is just an incredible safety, and it is supportive housing. i wanted to make a comment about that because we do have a mayor in london breed who is a champion. as with ed to lead, but certainly she is taking that mantle further, and also knows from personal experience how important a home is for someone. with that, i wanted to thank the office of housing, bank of america, our partner, and mayor breed, you really have made a difference in people his' lives,

and i know you will continue to do so as mayor. i would like to introduce mayor london breed today. [applause] >> thank you and good morning. is that morning still? good morning everyone. i am so excited to be here today every time we do a dedication or rededication ceremony in one of our public housing developments where we are rehabbing them all over the city, 3900 units, i get really excited, but i also think about mayor lee because when i first started on the board of supervisors, and he and i sat down and talked about what my priorities would be as a member of the board of supervisors, i made it clear that my top three priorities was public housing. because i lived in public housing, as was stated to, for more than 20 years of my life. we never had a shower, we had a

lot of challenges with our bathroom and mould, we had a lot of issues with the plumbing in general, we had roaches, we had stuff that really, when you have to live like that for so long in your life, you never forget it. it becomes a part of who you are , so when you are in a position where you can change that for someone else who sadly is still living in a really terrible conditions, there is nothing you wouldn't do to fight for the people that you know deserve better, and i am so proud and honored to now be a mayor who is continuing that fight for so many of our residents throughout san francisco who need us to be champions, who need us to focus on changing the lives of people who we know need for us to invest and improve the conditions of many of our public housing developments in our city so that people don't feel as though they are not part of san francisco, because as i said,

growing up, i did not always feel like i belonged in san francisco, or didn't feel like i was part of the city, and i want residents of the city, no matter where you live, to feel like yes , you are part of san francisco, and today's investment is just one step in making sure that the seniors and the folks with disabilities who live in this community can live in place indignity, and know that we are here to support you with the many great services and things that we will continue to do. this community here will not be forgotten. i want to thank so many amazing people who made that possible. starting with bridge and their partner. they really worked with the community and the people who live here to really ensure the residence that we are not trying to displace you, we are trying to work with you to make this community a better one, and i

think, again back to my childhood, and when the property that i lived at just over the hill, 300 units of public housing. we were told they were going to be completely torn down and rebuilt, and only 200 units were being rebuilt, and that clearly meant that some people weren't coming back. it was important to us to make sure that we worked with a partner that would work with the residents to ensure people that the whole point of this is to make sure that you have a place to live and that this place is taken care of and i know this community had a lot of inputs in the rehabilitation process, including developing this amazing community room, which is absolutely incredible, and also double pane windows, which i actually don't have myself. so i am just so happy about the little things that will make a huge difference in the quality of life for the residents here and i want to thank bank of

america for your sponsorship and your investment and what we know has really made a difference. i saw all the work that was happening, and the scaffolding that was up, and even some of the folks who grew up in this neighborhood who worked on this project, it was really a team effort of so many amazing people , amazing city departments , and i'm really grateful to all of you he played a role in helping to not only get this project going, but get it going and moving it in a very fast pace, in comparison to how projects take place in san francisco, we know they can take years, and here we are, not too long ago, we are at a place where this, along with so many other places throughout san francisco, where we are making the investments, making the properties that are, so i want to thank the residents does the residents for their patients, and i'm excited about the future

at this location and so many other places in san francisco where we are committed to making these properties sustainable for years to come. thank you all so much. [applause] >> hey, everybody. i'm the district eight supervisor. welcome to district eight. i did nothing on this project. so it is an absolute delight to be able to land here. i'm sure i will in the future. i have some friends who work here, and live here, but i just want to say how this is such a wonderful occasion, and how grateful i am to be part of it. one of the first jobs i had as a lawyer, two decades ago, was doing a finance project, representing local governments and housing authorities around the bay area. i am painfully familiar with how

hard it is, how impossibly complex it is to put together the various funding sources to make 90 affordable -- to rehabilitate 90 affordable units , and to all the people at bridge and focus with the city and the mayor's office of housing and the housing authority, the investors, the other public partners around this, thank you so much for the hours of phone calls and document review and planning, and looking at spreadsheets, and all the work you did just to get us these 90 units. i do also want to say how pleased i am and grateful on behalf of my district that these 400 plus units are being rehabilitated around district eight, and that there are thousands more around the city. we have received, from the middle of the last century, a precious legacy, which is these units that were given to us for folks who were not going to be able to afford housing on the market, in the first task has been and is to make those units

rehabilitated and make sure they are available and that seniors and disabled folks are getting the best that our next london breed, that our next ed lee is growing up in a decent home, with a shower, and a bathtub that works, that we do not lose the cure for cancer or the solution to global warming that is happening that we might lose if that kid doesn't have a chance. so safeguarding that legacy and rehabilitating those units and bringing them into the 21st century is so important. but we all know that this city is so much less affordable than it was in the 1970s when this building was given to us. so the work of bringing on the tens of thousands of additional units of subsidized housing that we must develop over the next year is critically important, and i'm so happy that i have a mayor who believes in that, who is pressing forward and prioritizing affordable housing, and i know will be relentless

along with the rest of us and in looking for additional sources of funds for housing for middle-class and low income people, who must stay in san francisco if this is to be a healthy, dynamic, diverse city. i am grateful for what everyone has done here, and i'm eager for so much more in my district, and throughout the city. with that, i will introduce barbara smith, the acting executive director of the san francisco housing authority. [applause] >> good morning everyone. so i want to say that we at the housing authority are thrilled that 25 sanchez and other public high-rise buildings could get the improvements they needed to provide and preserve this wonderful housing for our residents. before this, i would get into bed and pray that none of our senior disabled residents in the high-rise buildings would be out without elevator service, or worse yet, be stuck in an

elevator. all too often, i would get a call during the night and scramble to get emergency service from our elevator repair company and send our duty officer take to help residents get to and from there departments and retrieve any essentials that they needed. i know how stressful this situation was for our residents, but with declining federal dollars, the housing authority was not able to do critical elevator and other modernization work at buildings like 25 sanchez. this enormous conversion effort to, over $2.2 billion in financing, for over $750 million of construction improvements required the brilliant dedication and support from an incredible team, beginning with mayor ed lee, and now our new mayor london breed, including the mayor's office of housing and community development, bridge, bank of america, h.u.d.,

i wish you were here. the federal home loan bank of san francisco, freddie mac multifamily, our commissioners, our s.f. ha staff who worked very hard with this transition as well, the board of supervisors, the architects, fine line construction and others. thank you to all of you who made this possible for 25 sanchez and our other public housing residents. the results are beautiful, and a special thanks to the 25 sanchez street residents who had faith in the process through temporary relocation, and living in a construction zone. at last, you have decent state housing with community-based management and connection to services. congratulations to all of you. thank you. [applause] and now i would like to introduce liz minnick from bank of america.

it certainly couldn't have happened without you. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. i don't know how to make this taller. thank you all for having us today. it is thrilling to be here at 25 sanchez to see the rehabilitation of these 90 units in this beautiful community room , and see the light pouring in from the garden. i will continue to think. thank you again, mayor breed, for your commitment to housing, supervisor mandelman, our amazing partners, you are just really a pleasure with whom to work, and of course, the san francisco's mayor his office of housing and community development. this is found in 115 years ago in 1904 and one of the first things we have the ability to do was, followed the earthquake, help get people back in their homes. housing is of key importance to us, and when the r.a.d. opportunity came to us, we were

thrilled to be able to support the $2.2 billion in our level of financing here. that is the largest project in the united states, absolutely the largest project by far from a bank of america standpoint. we are so pleased to be able to do so in the city in which we are founded. thank you for having us today. congratulations on this amazing amazing space, and all the best part of the program, let me please introduce a resident here who will sing. [applause] >> good morning everybody. good morning neighbors and distinguished guests. is a pleasure to be here this morning. i am a resident of 25 sanchez street and i am also serving on the tenant association during the time of the renovation. it is a pleasure for me to be

here today to thank all the partners, mayor breed calculates mayor ed lee, and also as a resident -- and the former president of the tenant association, i would like to say that the renovation was a very trying at times, but we worked very closely with bridge housing , also the northern california presbytery and housing services, it is also an integral partner in the development. we were very successful, and we collaborated very closely. i am very happy to say that as a resident, and on behalf of my neighbors, i would like to say that it is a pleasure to be living in this wonderful location, we are all grateful that the renovation took place because we now have even more beautiful dwellings and homes, and that is all i would like to

say. thank you so much for being here and for the celebration today. thank you. [applause] >> hi everyone. i had the pleasure of working on this really briefly with a large number -- large team of city staff and a number of you. thank you for serving for so long and listening to all of the gratitude that everyone is expressing. i will have an opportunity to thank a lot of specific people and i on a want for you to hear not just their names, the feel how many people really did come together to make this project happen, to make this building a place where we are. thank you all for their your patients and they are snacks waiting so i promised to go fast first, fine line construction. and then our architect, wayne and melody tam, and tank design group, construction management,

bridge housing, a huge team. and thank you to another few folks. i wanted to thank elaine g. -- elaine heat for starting off the project and others. they all helped the project management and the changes in this building. augustus was also help of purging the neighbors move. the construction manager who works with the bank of america team, mo hcd, and of course, kate hartley for being amazing in helping us through this

process. bank of america, we would like to thank you as well for all of your work in investing and believing in the financing of this building. thank you to our lawyers, and c.h.p. see, the people who helped us with putting together the numbers on this building. from our services team, we want to deeply thank you for helping to make sure that our residents continue to have a strong community. john mcdonald, molly marriner, and cynthia rodriguez. >> she gave me all the challenging parts. this is the rapidfire round of all the vendors that we brought on. i may say them wrong, and you might not have any idea what they're doing, but is a big list good job to the brothers. put my moving.

mhc engineering, acg engineering , tipping structural, rcl communications communications, already hsl, red cloud, watchtower security, and others. last, of course, is our funders, you really came together and helped us figure out the pile of matrixes and paperwork that make this real, the mayor's office of housing, the housing authority, bank of america, a lot of this was mentioned before. merrill lynch, the tax credit allocation committee, freddie mac, enterprise community partners, and the u.s. bank. generally, thank you so much. please enjoy the snacks. we are really happy to have you

here. [applause] >> i think we are going out front to do the ribbon-cutting now. >> here we go. >> five, four, three, two, one chair -- [cheering] [applause] [♪] shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services

within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the

businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell

things, all those things, it's very important that you do so. .

[pledge of allegiance] >> clerk: commissioner m mazzucco, i'd like to call roll. >> commissioner mazzucco: please do.

[ro [ro [roll call] >> clerk: commissioner mazzucco, you have a quorum. also with us today is the chief of police, william scott, and the director of police accountability, paul henderson. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the january 16, 2019 meeting of the san francisco police commission. without further adieu, please call the next item. [agenda item read].

>> commissioner mazzucco: thank you. before we proceed, just so you know, line item one is off calendar, the adoption of minutes. >> clerk: did i skip it? >> commissioner mazzucco: no. we can take it off calendar. >> clerk: no, no, it's okay. item one, adoption of meeting minutes of december 5, and december 12, 2018. >> commissioner mazzucco: commissioners, in your packets,

you have your minutes -- although i don't see them. >> clerk: no, they're there. >> commissioner mazzucco: they are? >> clerk: yeah. >> commissioner mazzucco: any questions or concerns about the minutes? hearing none, public comment? hearing none, public comment is now closed. let's move onto the next item. you don't need to read it. [inaudible] >> -- will present the sexual assault rape kit to our report. trends for this week, part one, crime, we are down 33% over

this week last year, and year to date, we're down 33%. total volume crime, we're down 33%, property crimes, down 33%. and to break that down, auto burglaries are down 43.9%, which is 416 incidents where we were last year. again, it's still early, but the numbers are trending in the right direction. we have had four homicides year-to-date, which is disturbing. that's an increase of one more than what we had last year, which was three in 2017 this time year-to-date. two of the four cases have been cleared, one by arrest and one by exceptional circumstance. gun violence is down 64% over 2018. again, because we're only two weeks into the year, the numbers are small, so these percentages will -- will vary

greatly in the next few weeks. of the gun violence, though, we have had two fatal shootings, both this weekend, and we've had two other shootings where the victims are injured. so i'll go into a little bit more detail with the homicides over the week -- over the weekend. the first one occurred on saturday -- or friday, i'm sorry, and it happened at the 1700 block of lasalle. our victim was a 24-year-old male of hispanic descent, and he did not survive the shooting. our second victim was also a 24-year-old male. officered responded to a shot spotter activation, and through their investigation, they discovered that one had been shot.

one suffered fatal gun shot wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene. the second one suffered gun shot wounds to the arm and upper body. our suspects who have not been identified at this time fled the scene in a dark-colored vehicle, and our witnesses are reporting that the vehicle actually fired into a crowd of people that were outside of a resident in the 1700 block of lasalle. again, we have not made arrests on this case yet, and as always, we ask for anybody out there in the public that knows anything that will help lead to the arrest of these particular individuals to call 415-475-4444, and you can report this information anonymously. the second shooting occurred a day later at the same hundred block of lasalle. our suspects at this point have not been identified. our victim, the deceased victim, was a 40-year-old male who was a resident of san francisco. our second victim was a

27-year-old male who was also a resident of san francisco, and he survived nonlife threatening injuries. and the details are officers again responded to a spot shotter activation, and they located one victim at the scene. this victim had suffered a fatal gun shot wound to the chest. officers attempted to -- they did c.p.r. but were unable to revive the victim. he was transported, and he was later pronounced deceased at san francisco general hospital. our witnesses -- some of the witnesses that seen -- actually saw our deceased victim talking with an occupant of the suspect's vehicle, which was a white audi right before the shooting. the second victim was transported to san francisco general with nonlife threatening wounds and listed in stable condition. again, we don't have a whole

lot of information at this point and we're asking for the public's help. these incidents happened on the same block, a day apart, so we're hoping that somebody can help with information that might lead to the arrest and shed should light on what happened in this case. again, the number is 415-475-4444. if anyone has any information, please call, and you can call anonymously. we have a little bit of an update on the indicate that i reported last week in ingleside where the 89-year-old woman was attacked and beaten. we released the forensic sketch yesterday, and is this based on witnesses' description of the suspect. our suspect is described as a black male in his 30's, approximately 5'6" with a skinny build. he was wearing a hoodie, and we have a team of investigators

working on that case. it was a particularly brutal and heinous crime, and we need to bring this person in. so again, we're looking for the public's help on this. that sketch went out, so if anybody seize any familiarity with the person on the sketch, please call us. last week, we had one traffic collision that occurred in the 3000 block of san bruno, and this one, actually, the injuries were not fatal, but it did involve a pregnant woman, 27-year-old, and she was injured. our suspect in that -- and this was a hit and run. it was a 24-year-old man, and he was driving a 2010 dodge charger, so we're looking to investigate and hopefully bring that case to justice, as well. we also had a hit and run at

st. charles and palmetto in the taraval district. this was at 4:30 in the morning. the victim was walking in the crosswalk when they were struck by the suspect's vehicle. the suspect left the scene on the southbound 280, and we did have a witness that attempted to get the plate of a vehicle and actually gave us information that was helpful. the driver has been actually identified in this case, and was ultimately booked on felony hit and run charges. our victim in this case was a 64-year-old female. so again, to the public, we're asking that you be aware, number one. this was a hit and run, but be category a cognizant of your surroundings. we're still focused on vision zero and we're trying to eliminate these types of traffic collisions, and the public can hear by being vigilant, and the public can

help by paying attention to your surroundings, as well. so fortunately, nobody died in these incidents, but they just illustrate the uphill battle that we have with vision zero, and we'll continue to focus on five and work toward zero traffic fatalities in 2024. major public events this week, the big public event this weekend is the women's march for life, and that will be this saturday. crowds have been estimated to be up to 25,000. it's a highly attended event, and we will be fully deployed for that event. tomorrow, we also have a public safety press conference with the mayor, mayor breed, at 11:00 a.m. -- i'm sorry. let me back up. on -- on friday, january 18, at 11:00 a.m., there'll be a -- the 22nd annual s.f. safety press conference, and the mayor

breed will be there. this be the kickoff to the l lunar new year. deputy acting assistant chief mike redmon will represent the department. the march begins on 4th and king at the caltrans building. no issues or concerns at this time, and usually it's a very festive event, so we're asking that the public come and join us. and that is the significant events for the week, and actually, that concludes this part of the chief's report.

>> commissioner mazzucco: thank you, chief. any questions for the chief? commissioner hirsch? >> commissioner hirsch: chief, i do have one question, and this was about the ingleside attack. there was a suggestion by some of the people who spoke that maybe a substation could be setup there, and i've seen other suggestions about a mobile unit. is there any thought, does that make any sense? >> well, the substation, we have to put more thought in that because the substation has to be staffed, so it gets into deployment issues, and we've opened a couple of interest substations, one in san bruno, one in chinatown. we're definitely open seven days a week, but we have to work out the staffing part. the biggest thing, this crime happened early in the morning, around 6:00 in the morning. the biggest thing is captain hart in ingleside has done a good job of this, getting out to the public, making sure the public knows we're out there. a mobile kmant post can serve that purpose, but more

importantly -- command post can serve that purpose, but movie importantly, making sure that that block of visitation, it's really the consistency of the patrols that's important at this point. like anything, when we have these issues, the mobile substation does get attention. like, we have one here at u.n. plaza, but the important thing is we have the deployment to go along with it. so the officers are there in visitation valley. we don't have the command post yet. it's a future consideration. right now, two things. we want to get this person in custody, and the second thing, we want to make sure there's the officers that have a presence there. we want the public to feel safe that they can go to and from where they're going and not have to worry about being attacked, particularly at 6:00 in the morning when people are walking in the park and that type of thing. so captain hart has done a good job with that.

he's also done a good job in community meetings and rallying the community in this, as well. i attended one such meeting yesterday. the community actually has some plans on working on their resiliency, and i actually -- a system that has worked in other neighborhoods to do just that, so those are the type things that i think will get us some progress in that area. and we will deploy, continue to deploy. a substation's not off the table, but at this point, we haven't done it. >> commissioner hirsch: thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: commissioner hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you, mr. president. how are the staffing levels at ingleside? i heard some concern -- i also spoke with some community members over the weekend, and i heard some concern that staffing levels at ingleside -- well, there's some concern that they're inadequate at this point. i looked at it on the map.

i understand it's a pretty challenging geographical district because it's very pretty outdoors and officers having to move from one end to the other can create challenges. what are your thoughts on the staffing levels right now? >> well, i wouldn't describe it as inadequate. would we like to have more officers in every station? yes, the answer's yes, and with this hiring plan, we'll hopefully grow the stations. inadequate, i don't think it appropriate -- or the -- is appropriate -- or the appropriate word. it's what we do with the officers we have. every community in this city, and i say this in all -- having been in every community in this city, everybody wants more cops, every wants more foot beat. >> commissioner hamasaki: i've heard that. >> but we only have so many, and we have to use what we have. we make adjustments where we

need to. we often supplement -- for example, we put the specialized units, the hondas, the solos, the specific deployment to enhance the area that's there, but i don't think the deployment is inadequate. >> commissioner hamasaki: you'd like more if we had them -- >> right. >> commissioner hamasaki: but based on our current city staffing. >> right. so now, we have to balance. we're always looking at constant ways to do that. in this past year, we've really developed our staffing and deployment unit. we have a much better handle where all of our officers are before we got this in place. we track or equipment in and out of the -- our equipment in and out of the stations. it's just a matter of being smart where we deploy. i was just going to say, when

we have an issue, we can make adjustments, and a lot of times through those adjustments, they're not necessarily permanent adjustments. it's just like what we're doing in other parts of the city. we had a homicide in bayview, we put a fixed post in there. it's what we have to do at this time, but it's not a solution to the problem. as this department grows, thankfully, we got the budget approved last year where we will grow the department, and we just have to, as we grow the department, deploy appropriately. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you. >> thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: anything further for the chief? chief, i checked with the chief about the homicides, too 'cause i was concerned, and i was to thank captain hart, and actually, supervisor shamann walton has been pretty remarkable. hopefully, something will take place on what happened in the ingleside and the homicide

incident. >> and now, we have captain dangerfield who will report on l.e.p., l.e.p. report. [inaudible] >> -- members of the command staff, chief scott, director henderson. i'm commander lozar of the community engagement division. this evening, i'm going to briefly present to you, make the annual presentation on the limited

. >> the manner in which interpretation services are provided, so by department interpreters, bilingual members who were not certified as bilingual members, 762. and then, bilingual certified members, 413. the method in which we delivered limited english proficiency services by telephone, 5,374, that's by using our language line or in person, 4,456 mainly by department members, and then, oral interpretations at public meetings, five. in terms of complaints from the department of police accountability over that fiscal year reporting period, we had a number of seven. that was broken-down into five sustained, two not sustained.

in terms of our department language access complaints, we're doing a lot of work around policy, around training, around how we deliver services. certified bilingual members are receiving eight hours of training on how to be an effective interpreter. what we're excited about, it's about continue years overdue, and we started having this training, trying to do it on a monthly basis because we know as a bilingual officer, those are per yishabishable skills, need to make sure that the officers are up to date on those skills. we are emphasizing the importance of language access on the ability to provide language access to the community so that recruits are prepared when they graduate to address this issue. and then, we're also, with the recruits, working on policies

and procedures that we incorporate in all potential aspects of their training, especially report writing. so when they graduate and they go to the field training program, they're ready to address this issue. operationally, we released a bulletin, 18-185 that prioritizes access to bilingual individuals. it's a great summary of 5.20, and it summarizes in three pages everything officers to need to know. we've had language access services tracked in our report writing system. that's how we're now able to give you an accurate picture as to the 3,385 instances in which a report was written. technology wise, we have a remote interpretation services available at every district station, the airport and special victims unit. it's like face time. you go to a station, and you

state what language you speak, and you click a button, and we're able to get the interpreter and do it by video chatting. what we're really excited about this year is the pilot that we're rolling out at ingleside and in the mission districts, and that is by way of our smart phone. every member has a samsung smart phone assigned to them. the main pilot is ingleside station where every officer has an app, and they're either able to hit the app and make a phone call to an interpreter, or in the cases of hard of hearing, they could -- or our deaf community, they're able to, by way of face time, get an american sign language interpreter, and for lack of a better way to describe it, face time interaction. that's at ingleside, and as we continue throughout the year, we're going to work to continue to roll that out on officers'

phones. and then, my last -- i want to end by saying that we will continue with our monthly meeting because we make a lot of progress in meeting with the community on this particular issue. we are working with the department of emergency management to get better at getting bilingual officers to the scene. we figured out a way to traffic our response time. hopefully we'll have some data for you next year on how long it takes to get a bilingual officer to the scene. i mentioned the deaf and sign language services that we're using. we're making sure d.h.r. provides testing to the recruits in the academy so that when they graduate, they're certified. and then, the last part is to identify this year liaisons on

limited english proficiency at each of the district stations so that they can be a resource in terms of policy and technology to all of the other officers that work within their station, so that's one of our short-term goals coming up in the next couple of months, and that concludes my presentation. >> well, thank you, commander lozar and captain. one of the questions i had was does dispatch know who's available each night and each shift? do they get a list every evening or do they do a callout, who's a certified cantonne cantonese interpreter. >> i think what we're trying to do is trying to get away from dispatchers calling out and requesting available bilingual officers to respond. instead of asking, we'd rather them use the list, identify that officer, and ask them to respond, and that's the

difference that we need to change in 2018. that's been a challenge, a d.e.m. in terms of getting their employees to operate in their manner, but i think we've made a little bit of headway, but we need to continue that. because the technology's there, and they know exactly what's working. >> commissioner mazzucco: that's what we discussed last time. director henderson -- >> i just marked it because sandra is not there this week. i just wanted to thank commander lozar who's worked really closely with us over the years on this program and presentation. there were a couple of things that i wanted to point out because the notes are already in there. all of this work that was being done was the most collaborative, and by collaborative, i mean the work that the commission directly was involved, back in 2000 -- last year in making this a

working group, so that made it more collaborative with many of the groups that are here and with the audience tonight and some of the other groups in making sure that this has remained a priority. i would point out there are also continued recommendations from the agency that evolved out of this working group to be found on page three of the notes. a lot of the work that was done with language access has come not just from the complaints that have come into our office from members of the communities, but from the working groups themselves and the agencies that we're working with, the affinity organizations and the groups that are here tonight. >> well, it has been collaborative, so thank you. commissioner hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: commander lozar. >> good evening. >>