but there's other m.o.u.s that we have agreements with the school district, for example, policing the athletic events? >> commissioner dejesus: so i'm happy with addendum a, and then we can work on as a commission the ones we want to put on there, and you can put any significant m.o.u. that rises to the level of these particular ones. >> commissioner mazzucco: something that rises public intere interest, about the joint terrorism task force, that's something we should be involved? >> commissioner dejesus: if we just say addendum, we can work out the details on the adean dumb. >> commissioner mazzucco: yeah. that's fine. >> commissioner hamasaki: how are you going to come up with when there's no onew ones. >> commissioner hamasaki: it's going to add more time to your

process because you're going to have to put it on the calendar, we're going to have to agree that it's something we want to review, put it onto the next meeting. >> it can be done by a subcommittee of commissioners. i don't think we have to have the whole commission review each one. we can have two commissioners designated to review m.o.u.s, and as m.o.u.s come in, you can send an e-mail to the commissioners, we have these two m.o.u.s. we can figure it out -- let's not do it here, but let's figure out how it works. >> commissioner dejesus: yeah. i think -- >> commissioner mazzucco: commissioner taylor. >> commissioner taylor: i think a list would be helpful because frankly every time you have an m.o.u. for academic research, that would slow down the business and the good work of the department and things that i think most of us don't really care about. so if we could get -- have a list, then, we could decide and agree on what we'd like to see. and as additional m.o.u.s come up, we can supplement the list. >> and if it works for the

commission -- >> commissioner dejesus: yeah, that works for me. >> commissioner mazzucco: director henderson, since you've gotten to the commission, you never slow anything down. >> let me just say this is the reflection of a lot of work and a lot of time, so i'm excited that this is getting to a place where we're ready to take some action. i would just ask that if we have further discussions where we're either reorganizing the d.g.o.s that d.b.a. is allowed to participate because those changes directly impact our data collection systems, as well, based on the old numbers as they are changing or moving arp around, so that's my only request. >> commissioner dejesus: i'm not following. the numbers are new numbered? >> commissioner hamasaki: what are you referring to? >> commissioner dejesus: it's a number, just the number itself. >> right, but as they come up, if we're going to be renumbering new ones, we just want to be a part of that so we

can do know what the numbers are -- exactly. >> commissioner mazzucco: why wouldn't you? zb >> i'm sorry? >> commissioner mazzucco: in light of all the discussion, do i have a motion. >> commissioner dejesus: yeah. i move to accept the d.g.o. 3.01 with a friendly amendment that at the end of the sentence it says comma, and presented to the police commission for approval as set forth -- >> commissioner mazzucco: how about this. with good legal advice, i think what we should do is move to approve without the addendum, and then we can do a commission resolution regarding the addendum. >> commissioner dejesus: no, i'm not comfortable with that. >> so there is a legal problem with approving an item with an addendum when the addendum is not in front of you. that would not be approved by the commission, so we would

need the addendum to come back to the commission for approval? because you cannot approve something you cannot see. >> commissioner hamasaki: so if we write it on a piece of paper, would that suffice. >> do you have a list of those m.o.u.s? i thought the discussion was about bringing back a list so you can decide each one. so we need that list of addendums to attach it and incorporated it by reference into the d.g.o. >> commissioner dejesus: so why don't we continue it until we have a chance to put the data together. >> commissioner mazzucco: any public comment on what didn't happen? hearing none, public comment is closed. hearing none, call the next line item. >> clerk: item four, general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners nor department or d.p.a. personnel. under police commission rules

of order, during public comment, neither police or d.p.a. personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions presented by the public but may provide a brief response. individual commissioners and police and d.p.a. personnel should refrain however from entering into any debates or discussion with speakers during public comment. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you. welcome. >> my name is shawn walker, and i'm a long time resident of district ten, bayview, and i wanted to come before the commission tonight to speak to what i think is a policy and then also the person. we have recently had a rotation out of our captain. i see captain ford here. i didn't realize he was going to be here, and so it's a little bit intimidating to compliment someone when they're behind you. >> commissioner mazzucco: he'll accept it. >> but i don't know if it's a policy, but i want you let you know that i am very troubled by

the fact that as soon as the community trains and teaches a captain how to serve it, how to serve the community and how to work with the community stakeholders, they're rotated out. and so i understand that may be good for the individual person, but it's not good for the neighborhood. and i don't know if that's a commission policy or a staff policy, but it doesn't work for us. and -- and this is no -- no statement about any captains who came before him or the new captain that we have now. we have good working relationships with people because we teach them how to serve the community, but that community has a lot of needs when it comes to police service, and we need someone who is going to stay and have the commission and the department allow them to do so. captain ford -- and we're talking about the person. but captain ford really was the right person for that neighborhood, that he came with the educational gravitas, but

he also same with the community cred to be able to serve the community in a way that has not been done quite sometime. i just wanted to come to the commission and let you may about my dismay. it's not about the current captain. she's fine. but that policy of rotating captains out and this particular captain is a problem for the neighborhood. thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you very much, and that was an issue that was brought up many times by many different d.o.j. -- many different folks, and it's difficult. i think every district station loves their captain, and it's a great thing when we see that, but you know, captains do rotate. we don't do -- that's policy and procedural, and we're operational. a lot of times, captains move onto other things as they develop their career. it's never easy, but captain matthews is really good. she's pretty darn good, and obviously, the chief listens to

the community, as does the commission. when they get that rank of captain, they're not around much longer at that rank, and they move quicker to the top. >> and we love chief scott. >> he's not going anywhere. >> but here's what i want you to know, and then i will take my seat. i think there's some folklor around bayview being a training station. it may be folklore, but that's the community belief. you cut your teeth in the bayview, and then you leave. what i'm communicating to you, commissioners, and to the chief, that the bayview doesn't believe that's the case, and you have to -- >> commissioner mazzucco: we can get in trouble because we're having a dialogue. >> there needs to be some public conversation around that. >> commissioner mazzucco: no, i got it. thank you for your advice. next speaker, please. good evening, sir. >> good evening, commissioners,

chief, director. some of you all may know me, some of you may not. i'm sean richards, executive director against brothers against guns. been around 25 years. let me say this to you guys. i've seen so many different commissions in my last 25 years and so many different mayors and so many different directors. i want to say that what leshawn just mentioned about the changing of the guard, i think we're okay where we're at with the new captain, but i think it needs to told in input to the community what's going to happen, and not just switch out. i love chief scott, and he's my guy. he's a hard worker, and we talk on record, and we talk off record, but at the same time, we have to give the community some say-so, some input on what's going on. now as you guys now, we had two homicides in less than 24 hours, four people shot.

and these are young men that i work with and i know personally, and to me, that district has to be more considered and concentrated on on what's going on with the violence because it can easily spill over to different community does, such as the mission, such as the western addition, such as the o.m.i., and then, other parts of the city, we don't want to see happen, we don't want to see happen, period. so i have created a community and captains meeting once every two weeks, and the chief attends many of them, and i want to get you guys start coming out, commissioners. and we have them at different police stations throughout the city and county of san francisco. so i want you guys to know the next one will be february 5. i will get in touch with the secretary, with the sergeant, and let her know exactly where we're going to have this meeting at, and we'll move them around. i'm a big fan of chief scott, i'm a big fan of captain

matthews, i'm a big fan of captain ford, but i just think, commissioners, that you have to do a better job of letting the public know when the captain is being transferred out. and so i want to say in closing that with all of what's going on in the city, let me just be very clear, because a lot of folks in the community don't know who you guys are. you guys have to be more present in the community. i know you guys are from the community and from san francisco, but you guys have to be more present in the community so folks can know and -- and sometimes, you're going to have to get the anger and the venting, too, but take it. trust me, when there's a police involved shooting, he takes it. so sometimes as a commissioner, you're going to have to sit there and take it and understand what the community have to say. so with that being said, i will be in touch with the sergeant and let her know about the next

available meeting that we're going to have, the community and captain's meeting. look forward -- >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you. >> commissioner dejesus: thank you. thank you, shawn, and you look forward to going to one of your meetings. >> commissioner mazzucco: miss brown. >> good evening, everyone. thank you, shawn, for that, because we need to bring more awareness to our children getting murdered on the street every day. and as you know, shawn brought up, we have a healing circle with mothers and fathers shot, and those two men, edward powell lost his daughter some years ago, and then, he loses his son, and the other boy that's shot that is still living, they are a part of our healing circle, and this needs to stop, you know? i've been coming here for all these years, thinking about

what happened to my son, and we're losing all our other children out there. but with that, i'd like to use the overhead. again, as i come here every year concerning my son, aubrey abercaso who was murdered august 14, 2006, and it 's not working. still, today, there's no -- there's no justice for his homicide. i carry these because this is all i have left to bring to the police commission. at one time, i was getting help, and now, it's 2019. this is going to be the 13th year -- yeah, the 13th year, and i continue to ask to help

us put some posters out there so that we as mothers and fathers don't have to climb on cars, go to people's houses, commit to retaliation if we can get these cases solve does. that's why it's a -- solved. that's why it's a rippling effect, and these homicides continue to happen because no one is doing anything. i feel it's because we're people of color and we're not looked at as if we were another color. i always say if my son was a little white boy, maybe his case would be solved, but he's not, he's an african american boy, and a lot of african american boys are getting killed every day, and that bothers me, and especially if it's mothers that i know. so i'm reliving this -- and fathers that i know, i'm reliving this.

and as i bring up, we do have the healing circle, and we do it every second and fourth thursday of the month. this is something we shouldn't be doing. we should be going to graduations, not funerals. but again, i'm still asking for justice for my son, and i have to come here every thursday. so help us get some justice for our children, especially these unsolved homicides so that some mothers like myself can heal. thank you. >> commissioner mazzucco: thank you, miss brown. if anybody has any information regarding the murder of aubrey abrakasa, please call the anonymous tip line at

415-475-4444. thank you, miss brown. any further public comment? only one shot. sorry. any further public comment? public comment's now closed. thank you. call next line item. >> clerk: public comment on all matters pertaining to item seven below, closed session, include public comment on item six, vote whether to hold item seven in closed session. >> commissioner mazzucco: any public comment on item? seeing none, public comment is closed. call the next item. >> clerk: vote on whether to hold item seven in closed session, san francisco administrative code section 67.15. >> commissioner mazzucco: do i have a motion? i have a motion. do i have a second? we're now in closed session. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi

left right halt i had a burning doorway to do the right thing and join the department such this we my brother applied and fortunately we'll here and this means a lot i'm home everyone night to study and we workout together and it is a blessing i have a brother to go home and fed off of one another we're the twins but

pretty much we're not treated and individuals sometimes treated as a item if he did something wrong they use the word instead of you the it heroism we're going our our separate ways and good morning our own individuals middle of steadfastly a twin all the it but inside of the district i've seen negative and positive things and with that made me want to be a police officer i want to give back and do public serve always a class president i dealt with everyone and served my class not only be humble enough to serve my class and pierce being a squad leader is a responsibility of maintaining my squad and being that voraciously person i need to step up to the challenge i believe during the 8

months i fulfilled any dude and after graduation just be a good officer to learn the skill and profession and give to the community to give the best to them and be a helpful hand that's the main thing and the new people coming into the did not know why you're doing it join the department for the right reason and do it to help the community and it is sharing you're time when you get into the department do is commented to the craft and enjoy it along the way enjoy it along the way i encourage you to talk about over with our families and talk 2 over with yourselves ultimately you'll do the job and find a senseably reason for doing it after the hard work everyday for

8 months straight and finally it pays off and you know as honey honor and privilege not anyone can do this job i look forward to getting often the street and learning and hit the ground running it will be a surreal moment day one i thought months here but sat down me and my brother talked about it and we're on the right track and stay focused and walking tloo across the stage is a huge honor

>> welcome everyone. my name is david cook. i am the president of the board of the directors of the episcopal community services. is my privilege to thank you all for being here on this wet but very important day as we inaugurate the bryant street navigation center. i wanted to take a minute to give a special welcome to our distinguished roster of guest speakers will be hearing from in a few minutes. the mayor is here, filled tagging tag tony tried various, and rebecca from google. i would also like to welcome leaders and staff of the department of homelessness and supportive housing, here. i would also like to welcome all our other partners and friends and members of the press who are covering these issues so diligently. a special welcome to the board members and staff who showed up

today. one of our senior staff members will be offering some interesting insight into this new facility a little bit later on. last but not least, i want to welcome our navigation centre residents who are here in the room. the folks who are on the front lines who are experiencing or have recently experienced homelessness first-hand. as you probably know, conventional homeless shelters have been around for a long time , but navigation centers are pretty new. less than four years ago, in march of 2014, we were instrumental in opening and operating the very first navigation center in the united states over on mission street. since that time, five additional navigation centers have been opened, and today, a sixth. the navigation centers in this town have become a national model for removing barriers to housing for high need individuals who are dealing with

complex issues and two as a result, have experienced homelessness. along the way, ecs has continued to operate two of the navigation centers, but has established itself as an innovative thought leader in the field, providing expert consultation to sister agencies both in san francisco, and across the country, and early-stage planning, set up, and ongoing operations, which brings us to what we are doing here today. we are so excited to be starting and operating this brand-new 84 bed navigation center here in the south of market. as you will hear, opening a facility like this requires the hard work, dedication, and generosity of a lot of people and a lot of companies and agencies. but long-term success in addressing homelessness can never be achieved without committed leaders at the highest levels of local governments. that is what we have in mayer london breach. just this past october, a few months after she was elected, she set an ambitious goal of

adding 1,000 new shelter beds in san francisco by the end of 2020 and of getting half of them online -- [cheers and applause] >> and of getting half of them online by this coming july. eighty-four of them are right here. under her leadership, we are on the way. ladies and gentlemen, mayer london breed. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i am excited to be here today and i'm also excited to welcome in the new incoming supervisor for district six, matt haney, who is joining us here today. [applause] >> please direct any of your complaints to him. [laughter] >> this is a great day. i am just excited about what we're doing here in san francisco and it does take a village to get to a place where we can address what we know is one of the biggest challenges we face in this city, and that is homelessness. so many incredible organizations groups that continue to build

partnerships with each and every one of us, to focus on providing shelters, providing navigation centers, providing services, one of our great partners is here today, thank you downtown streets team for being here, it all the work that you continue to do to keep our communities clean and safe, and many of you know that this is definitely a top priority for my administration, and i am committed to making sure that we add at least 1,000 shelter beds to the city and county of san francisco by 2020, and what that would do is help provide a place for so many people that we know are sleeping on the streets every single night. we need to make sure that regardless of the challenges that we face as a city, in terms of building more housing, regardless of any of the issues around support for funding, for programs, we have to have places for people to go. we have to have places for people to go where they are able to stay for 24 hours and not be

told that they have to leave in the morning. that is my commitment in helping to address this issue. it is an ambitious goal because we haven't increased the number of shelter beds by that amount since the 1989 earthquake. many of us remember that time in our city where it was a very challenging time. we know that if we are going to get to a better place, we have to also be honest, and have an honest conversation about what we know are some of the root causes of homelessness. many people that sadly are down on their luck, many people who are struggling with mental illness, and addiction, we know that we can do better by providing more permanent services to get people to a better place. i am excited because since the navigation centers have been in existence, it is really a great place to transition people into more permanent housing.

we have connected people to permanent housing. we connected people to resources and we have, through our homeward bound program, we have connected people to their family members. over 1,000 people serve through our navigation center program that have been reconnected to their families. what we are doing is not traditional in that navigation centers are 24 hours, they have a great staff and team of people who continue to greet people with a smile, and treat people with respect and the dignity that they deserve. and more importantly, they have a really strong desire to help people get off the streets and get permanently housed. ultimately that is the goal, it anything that we do. we basically, with these navigation centers, people are able to bring their partners, their pets, and in fact with this particular center with 84 beds, 20 will be dedicated specifically to women peer given

women a private location where they can get the support and the services that they need as well. just a few days -- 623 people out of our navigation centers since december have been transferred -- transitioned into permanent housing. 144 people have had temporary placement, and over 1200 have been reconnected with their families through our homeward bound program. thank you all so much for that hard work in getting people connected to. [applause] >> we know that it takes a village to get to a place where we have more opportunities for people to get into permanent housing and to get stabilized, and a lot of this work is done -- bureaucracy is involved, but also creative, hard-working leaders like our assembly member who is here with us today, who

not only pass the legislation that made it possible for us to lease the land for this particular purpose, but help to provide a significant portion of funding to get these navigation centers open, so i just want to thank phil for his leadership in sacramento, and continuing to push this conversation that has led us to this place of opening what is probably the third navigation center since the work he has been doing, in the and the second on caltrain land specifically. [applause] >> i want to thank tony taveras from caltrain, because again the people who work for these departments are the drivers of what we need to do in terms of paperwork, and issuing funds, and those kinds of things. so thank you to tony from district four who is here with us today. and also our private partner, google, rebecca is here with us today. they provided $3 million to get

this place open sooner rather than later. [applause] >> jeff kaczynski and his team from the department of homelessness, they don't just work on trying to provide these spaces, they work every single day on the front lines, the hot team, they are out there trying to get people to help, and the support that they need to, and through our coordinated entry system, they have been able to register thousands of our homeless residents in order to get them into places like the navigation centers, and it has been a fascinating system where we are able to track people, and get them to help and the support they need without duplicating services. i want to thank you mohammed nuru with the department of public works who facilitated the building of this building, and some of the other navigation centers. i want to thank the real estate division in the city, and i especially want to thank the folks with community services for continuing to be a great

partner in continuing to provide the kinds of services that we get to build, we go through the process, we get the legislation, but it takes community partners, and the work they do on the front lines in order to make that these places are working for the people that we want to take care of. it will take a consistent effort from each and every one of us if we are going to address this issue. every day i am thinking about what are some more ways in which we can get to a place where not only we are able to address some of the challenges around homelessness, but how will we build more housing, pete -- keep people housed, and make sure that when someone is homeless, we are able to get them into some permanent situations where they are able to live in dignity while we have a lot of work to do, but this is a great start and i'm i am looking forward to getting to our goal of making sure that 1,000 shelter beds exist, an additional a thousand beds in addition to the ones we have and they are open and

available to anyone at any time so that no one has to sleep on our street at night in the cold. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. as she suggested, the challenges of homelessness require the commitment of knowledgeable and dedicated legislatures. we also have this in our assembly member from the 19th district. [applause] >> thank you, david, thank you to e.c.s. for doing this amazing work, day after day. it is because of organizations like yours that you really make me so proud to be from san francisco. we have some of the best nonprofits, not just in our state, but across the country. thank you to mayor breed for your amazing leadership. it seems like a few months ago we are at division circle on caltrain land, and doing a similar celebration.

i know that at times it feels so daunting. we walked the streets, would drive the streets, we see folks sleeping on sidewalks, sleeping in the park, and i think for years, we have always grappled with, what do we do while what can we do? it feels like we put people in homes and in shelters and then there's more people in streets. at times it feels like an epic problem that really can't be solved. i think at times where i look at our city and we often times are a lightning rod for people. people are coming -- there are folks frustrated here and people are coming here from all over because san francisco is doing their part. san francisco is offering their services. that is one of the reasons why the state has decided to get involved. we realize this is no longer a city by city issue. mayor breed can't talk to other mayors, we have to figure out

how to do this. everyone in the state has to do their part. one in four homeless people in our country lives in california. one in four. 134,000 people. we have 75 -- we have 7500 people here in san francisco. los angeles has 60,000. think about it. that is not a small town. that is a medium-sized town in california. so the problem is great. it is also a stage that we know we can solve problems. we know if we can build bridges, we can build all these buildings , we can build all this amazing housing and build the economy. we have an economy here in san francisco with 2% of unemployment, we are the fifth largest economy in the entire world in california. there is nothing we feel like we can't do. if we can't find a way to put people in homes, if we can't find a way to have people, offer

people a life with dignity, than i don't think anybody else can. we will not stop trying, because that is what our city stands for we know that we believe that we are welcoming people from all around the world his, all around the country to come and live here regardless of their circumstance, regardless of their documents, regardless of why they're here, and because for the simple reason that they come here because this is a place where they can live, where they can thrive, where they can succeed. we want to continue to be the beacon of hope. that city ants that state where people want to come, where people can thrive, and where people can live out their dreams , that california dream is still alive and well. in terms of the state, we were so proud to work with the city about 20 years ago to ensure that caltrain's land, ten different parcels in the area, we want to thank tony at the

team for working with us, to be able to give us land at a reduced rate. many of us probably walked by and drove by the slabs thinking okay, it is just empty land. it is just part of an offramp. before i saw the division circle , i had no idea what could be done with >> clerk: commissioner, you still have a quorum with commissioner dejesus, hamasaki,

elias, taylor, and brookter. >> commissioner dejesus: can we call the next item? >> clerk: vote whether or not to disclose any items discussed in the closed session pursuant to san francisco code 69.12. >> commissioner dejesus: call the next item. >> clerk: all in favor? [voting] >> clerk: and this is item nine, adjournment, action item. >> so moved. >> second. >> commissioner dejesus: thank you. >> commissioner hirsch: no. >> oh -- >> thank you. >> clerk: motion passes, and then, that's it. >> commissioner dejesus: thank you, everybody.

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the percentage of women in the department and us connecting with the community trying to get people to realize this job is definitely for them our community relations group is out attempt all the time. >> in other words, to grow in the fields he capitalized any education and got my bachelors degree so i can current work at city hall i provide security for the front of the building and people are entering entering but within any security or control within the building and checking personal bags is having a awareness of the surrounded. >> there is so month people the brunet of breaking into this career that was every for easier for me had an on the with an before he cleared the path for

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>> san francisco was part, we were one of the first teams that showed up here through the state mutual aid system request.

and we were able to come and help the town of paradise set up their emergency operation center. we provided help in the area of logistics, planning, operations, public information, and animal care and control. all of those areas are ones that are really very much needed in the beginning of the response and continue to be. the entire town of paradise was affected by this tragedy. and many of the employees for the town had lost everything. they were still coming to work, but for us to be able to come and help them set up the structure they would need for the response was a critical response that was very helpful to the town. [ ♪ ] >> everyone who comes to these deployments is there to support one another, whether they're the people from the local

jurisdictions or people coming from different areas, different parts of the state. whatever that might be. and i think being prepared, understanding what it is you're going to be asked to do and being flexible, understanding you may be asked to do something different. that mindset will really help you. along the way, i think being prepared in bringing equipment that you need, self-sustaining, so you're not relying on the area that you're deploying to support you, those things will help new the long run. what we do is provide resources for the field who may be lacking equipment. for instance, we've been looking for backhoes, chain saws, there is a lot of tree removal. so today we're concentrating on getting together contracts for arborists and tree removal. working closely with finance to make sure we're creating a strong paper trail for cost recovery so that the area can

get as much as reimbursement from the federal government as possible. >> when san francisco provides mutual aid, we provide important humanitarian assistance to our neighbors and other jurisdictions within the state. we learned so much as a city, but also individually. it really builds our capacity to respond every time we send a staff person out. i'm really pleased that we were able to send employees from the department of emergency management, the general services agency, animal care and control, the public utilities commission, and of course, our firefighters who have been here from the start. there is few disasters that any jurisdiction can really handle on their own, and certainly nothing like the scope of what we're seeing here. so i can't stress enough how important it is for us to -- to be prepared and available to deploy to help our neighbors throughout the state when

needed. to the communities that have been affected here, the city of paradise, the entire county of butte, should just know that the city of san francisco is with you. and we'll do whatever we can to support. as i saw today, the state and feds, fema, everybody is here. this is a beautiful place, even surrounded by ashes. and we have such a sense of how strong this community is. and just know that we're with you.

>> good morning and welcome to the government audit and oversight committee for today, january 16th, 2019. i am the chair of the committee for this one and only meeting, aaron peskin, to my right as vice chair of the committee, supervisor valley brown, and to my left for the day, committee member and soon to be chair of the government audit and oversight committee, supervisor gordon moore --