lateral that i'm connected to and how would the insurance cover the lateral to lateral people like me. >> that's a very good question. >> thank you. >> it is a slightly a tip i canaitypicalconfiguration. they have laterals that meets current building codes at this time. there would be some sort of communication between the insurance program and they will provide some guidance of how to bring it back up to code or to provide guidance as far as how to proceed. >> it might need to be taken off line but it sounds like the unique customers like me would actually probably need to pursue an upgrade or a replacement letterral in order to qualify for the insurance. do i have that right?

>> potentially, yes. >> i think it's a good question that if we know some laterals are attached to other laterals instead of chasing great, so what happens in that per and they've been paying for five years, and all of a sudden something happens, and then we look at it and say you are not covered. that's what she's concerned with. >> i would be a candidate and i'm sure other customers, i don't know how many, to purchase the insurance but i would want to make sure that i was covered because i'm in a unique lateral to lateral situation. >> it would more or less have a configuration that would follow under the lower lateral. it's different to give you a more specific answer. >> what i recommend we come back and give you what the policy

would be pertaining to chasing laterals. >> it would be nice to know from me but right now i'm interested in that happening to other customers who might sign up and think they're insured but they might not be covered. i had one other -- and, does the insurance cover all kinds of issues like -- i know that age you mentioned, age of the house, so i would think that means a lateral is falling apart or a tree root. these are all situations i have. so, i guess i would like to understand is the insurance really comprehensive for anything that might happen. an earthquake that might damage a literal? >> those are great questions. >> they have a list of covered

and they have example of items that may not be covered. the normal wear and earth movement caused by normal settlement and that is technically covered. if there's a catastrophic earthquake event, specific events are not covered. mine are seismic events that cover soil. because of the soil movement settlement. >> that will be explained in the materials, marketing materials that people receive when they're asked to enroll. >> and part of the marketing material is that the p.u.c. will have an opportunity to review what is communicated to all the p.u.c. customers as far as advertising. >> great. thank you. >> you bring up a very good point. it's $156 a year for the coverage. so i think it's important that we know what is covered.

>> do we vote on it? >> so, the only outstanding item is from my understand asking chasing great? is this something that you have a literal that is not up to code and it is covered because it's after 30 days because it's working and something happens, we just need to find out, do they bring it up to code or do they just say that it's not covered or i think we just need to -- >> or is there a requirement for the homeowner to bring it up to code to get coverage. that might be the situation? >> do you guys know? >> let me just add on to that. when someone buys insurance do they do the inspections to make sure it's up to code and things

will be covered? or is this only after the fact that you get the rude surprise if it's not covered? >> they do no pre inspections in order to be enrolled in this. they would not be able to do the inspections beforehand in order to qualify someone to be enrolled in this. >> so my understanding is that it's a 30-day and everything is working for 30 days then you are covered, right? >> correct. >> if everything is working for 30 days what? >> then they -- well, you are actually -- >> you get signed up. >> you start paying. >> for the 30 days you can't make a claim. >> but then after that -- >> it's like triple a. >> it's a different question of after that, it's something comes up, revealing that you are lateral is not up to code, is it covered by the policy or excluded? i think they just need a list of exclusions which i they have we

have. >> i have one comment. the city has the right to pre approve and modify the marketing materials so we're hearing having a clear list of those exceptions would be something that we required to be included in the marketing materials. that would hopefully address that concern so that consumer purchasing it would have full disclosure of what they are getting or not getting. does that make sense? >> ok.

that's one area i had concern. this is not our product but our name is on it and we need to make sure that it's a good deal. having said that, we also need to be very clear that it will be a good deal for some people and not for others. and it's a voluntary program we're not recommending that people do it, at least i'm saying this but tell me if i'm wrong. we're not recommending the people to do it. we're offering it as an extended warranty. some people buy them and some people don't and it's a personal choice. i think we need to be very clear about that in the marketing materials. you may have given the answer to my second thing which is the exclusions and if we are clear that the exclusions need to be in the marketing materials, then we probably have what we need there. it's my understanding the contract itself doesn't provide for our review of exclusions and

contracts terms explicitly. but if we have that as part of the marketing materials, then that should do it. one thing i wanted to make sure, one of the reasons i ask this be put over, i wanted to make sure there was no change in responsibility. the city is responsible for the lower lateral and remains the case after the program is adopted. i wanted to make sure we didn't have change for who is responsible for what. it brings up another question, you said the public works code is in the process of revision. for those that might affect our customers, would those revision comes to the commission first? >> yes, they will. you are correct, this action today with the insurance program makes zero changes in city ordinance or responsibilities.

those are all future actions that will come to the commission. >> ok, good. i think that does it. thank you. >> i have one additional question. and at point of sale, what happens then? does the insurance? >> this does not have a link with point of sale. this is strictly a private transaction between american water resources and the property owner as far as purchasing this insurance. in the future, we anticipate bringing you in the form of the updated lateral ordinance and quite likely some of those common triggers you may be aware of such as a home sale where you you have a code trigger for inspections and that is not connected with this. >> can you please speak into the mic when you go up. >> sorry about that. this action before you, this is a private transaction between the american water resources of the insurance providers and the

property owner and it has no such triggers tired to home sales and it's something we anticipate bringing for your consideration and the future is part of the lateral ordinance update. >> i just wanted to say, this is part of our zooser system improvement program. we realize that the laterals are the first point where we receive flows from the homes and we have seen in several cases that there have been roots that have cracked the pipes and you get sand. if you look at our digester they're full of sand and sometimes, you know, flows bring sand and go back into the laterals and so we need to pay attention to the laterals and so

we felt through this program we'll get more televised laterals so we have better information. the other thing is the whole thing with pg&e gave us a lot of televised laterals but also, the point of sale is when you have a house that is changing hands from one private person to another hopefully it will bring forward a way we tryinger and look at those so we're just trying to be more till general about making sure the laterals are intact. as we put in new sewer lines, we're looking at the laterals so we're trying to be aggressive and looking at the laterals over all. >> so, if i've lived in my -- if i buy this insurance and i live there for six months, and i've paid my $75 or whatever it is and all of a sudden my lateral

busts, there's a tree and i realize there's an issue. do they come in, there's no deductible and they come in and rebuild my lateral? >> yes. you are upper lateral. and is it a maximum pay out? whatever it costs? sips i'm a lateral to a literal, it might be so cheap. >> there's no limit for the cost. >> you know, they can get dicey because the sewer main could be like eight feet below the surface and just to be clear, if what happened for example you have a blockage they go out and they will determine hey, if it's part of the upper lateral, they will take care of it. if it's part of the lower

lateral they will notify us and we will coordinate and do our part like we do now. the one advantage is that the homeowner doesn't have to be involved with who is responsibility because right now, when they have a blockage, they call us and we say oh, is your upper lateral and they call a colombiaer and the plumber said no it's a lower and it goes back and fourth until it's resolved. >> if i were considering buying insurance and i notice the condition conclusion for out of code construction and i call the p.u.c. to say is my lateral up to code, how would we respond to that? >> >> again, you know, we have not really talked about it. i think the inspection of the lateral is the homeowners'

responsibility it's only the repair of the lower lateral. i believe, since i was at d.p.w. city, maybe when the code was written, but anyway, it was not to protect the streets. if you have everyone digging and breaking the con crest for. >> our response to that question would be that for confirming the

lateral is installed up to code, that would be the homeowner's responsibility. >> it's covered by the insurance policy. >> if you know there's an inclusion if it's not too cold, they wouldn't cover it. how could you tell vice it and how much would it be to guarantee that if you have any issues it would be covered. this is a ball bark and it's many years around the bay area and just getting a cktv inspection from a qualified plumber is probably in the 200 to $400 range to give you a sense. >> does the p.u.c. have a list

of referrals or does the insurance company. i have to try and put myself in the position of a customer. not only for the inspection part but also for the repair. i couldn't kno wouldn't know wh. it would be nice to have a list of referrals. like here is a list of qualified plumber. >> the insurance company will develop a local network of licensed plumbers. so they will have a set of plumbers that are ready to go on each one of these things. in the event that they find there's something that is excluded, it will be up to at least the vetting of that contractor that will be done by the insurance company and th. >> how much is the typical cost? it varies in surprise if you say had a lateral, how much would it cost if you didn't have

insurance? >> it was five to $10,000. >> to repair. >> that would be full replacement into the property. for a multi-unit would be the responsibility party and the insurance provided offered to those folks. >> just a resident. it's not commercial. it's not offered to commercial. >> opportunities. >> yeah. >> two inch water service. >> if you live in an apartment building. >> as long as the water service lateral is smaller. >> it's probably not. >> the individual apartment downer doesn't own any part of the lateral.

they just rent. if you were in a condo that shared a meter s. that the same answer? >> it would be either their h.o.a. from a condo and the property owner this would be more applicable. >> this would be? >> this would be available for the property owner and for the actual h.o.a. association. >> ok. >> so then the -- if it was a condo building, and it would be up to the association to figure out how to figure out costs. >> if it's two inches or less. >> ok. >> if it's more, it's not offered. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> any public comment on this? >> chairwoman: any further

discussion? was there a request to continue this item or no? >> no. >> i think what greg pointed out was we want to make sure we list the exclusions. >> in the marketing material. >> we we do have. >> right. >> ok. with that caveat, i'd like to move the item. >> i' i'll second it. >> chairwoman: all those in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. the motion carries. so, we are coming to the very end of the agenda. is there any other new business to be brought forward? seeing none. this meet asking adjourne meetit 2:24. >> wow, that's early.

>> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively.

the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets,

our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that

your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business.

i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that

government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the

board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't

believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful.

hirs >> president hirsch: call the meeting to order. >> clerk: yes. please turnoff all cell phones and electronic devices as they may disrupt the room. please stand for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> president hirsch: good evening, everybody. this is the march 13, 2019 meeting for the san francisco police commission. we have a fairly light agenda tonight, i believe, so we will allow public comment at three minutes, and i ask all the commissioners to be succinct, as well. we are ready for the first item on the agenda.

>> clerk: commissioner, i'd like to call roll. >> president hirsch: okay. >> clerk: [roll call] >> clerk: commissioner, you have a quorum. also present is chief scott from the san francisco police department and paul henderson, director of accountability. >> president hirsch: okay. everybody we're ready for the first line item on the calendar. >> clerk: 1-a, chief's report. provide an overview of significant crimes in san francisco. significant incidents. chief's incident will be limited to a brief description of the incidents. commission discussion will be limited to calendaring any incidents that the chief describes for a future commission meeting.

commission events. a brief overview of any unplanned events or activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether to calendar for a future meeting. staffing and overtime. staffing of current levels and overtime expenditures to date for fiscal year 2018-2019. community engagement division highlights including a presentation by the operation genes genesis students and the upcoming trip to ghana, africa. release of police reports and presentations highlighting women's history month. >> president hirsch: okay. good evening, chief. >> good evening, president hirsch, commissioners, and director henderson. i have a couple of things on my report today. i'm going to go through the weekly crime events, staffing and overtime, and the community

engagement will be -- officer john will have a presentation to be followed by commander walsh to present department order 3.16, the release of police reports. and then, we have a video highlighting women's history month that we would like to present to the public. so i'm going to be brief in my remarks so we can get on with the presentation. crime overall is down 17%, and that includes property crime and violent crime. our total violent crime is down 21%, and homicides, we have five this time year to date. 2018, we had eight, so that's a 38% decrease. last one was in february -- it occurred on -- it was brought to our attention on february 18, and that is the body that was found in the bay that turned out to be a homicide. our gun violence is down 27%

over 2018, so we're pleased with that. overall, our violence is going in a good direction. so three years -- going into the third month in the year, we're going in a good direction. our property crime is down overall 16%, and our auto burglaries are down 23% year to date, so that's very good news, as well. kind of continuing the momentium from this time last year. major incidents for the week, we had no homicides to report, fortunately. we had a -- one shooting case of significance. that was in the 2000 block of jerrold. the driver eventually found to

be the eventual suspect of the shooting was found suffering from a gunshot in his abdomen. we had a beggun shooting on har road. he was driving himself to the hospital when he collided the two vehicles. just short after the incident he pointed a gun at a passer by and demanded that the passer by call 911. they called medical personnel and he was taken to the hospital. he is in serious medical condition, and that investigation is ongoing. we've had some pretty significant traffic cases this year, and we had unfortunately another fatal on the 9 of march involving a hit and run. actually, there was a serious injury. it's not a fatal, i'm sorry, at columbus and vallejo.

a victim was northbound in the crosswalk when he was hit by a vehicle. he suffered major internal injuries, and the driver actually fled the scene, so that investigation is ongoing. we had another collision, vehicle versus pedestrian, on the 9th at sacramento and polk in the northern district. victim was in a crosswalk, struck by a vehicle, and he also suffered major injuries. in this one, the driver did stay on scene and was cooperative. on monday, march 11, we had another vehicle versus pedestrian at vanness and golden gate in the northern district. c.h.p. officers were alerted to a hit and run in the area of golden gate and jones. the officers were unable to get the driver to pull over. the information was given to san francisco police officers who subsequently located the vehicle and attempted to stop it. the abandoned vehicle was

located with the driver's license of the victim owner. our victim suffered a broken neck and pelvis injury, and we did eventually locate the driver and arrested him for felony hit and run and evading. the last traffic incident to report was on howard at 6th on the 8th. she was riding her bike on howard street when a driver of a parked vehicle opened a door into the cyclist. cyclist was knocked off her bike and into the on coming traffic. with that, i would like to ask the public, there are many

phases of our goal to get to vision zero, which is no traffic fatalities by 2024. part of it is we do have to have the public cooperation. the road has to be shared by everyone: bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists, and our officers are doing what they can in the enforcement piece, but they're also trying to educate the public on the ways to stay safe. if you're a pedestrian, bikist, you have to pay attention to ways to stay safe. you can't be distracted, cell phone and distracted driving, that's a big thing for us. we're going to reach out to the public to get an emphasis on do what you can to keep the road safe, and that message will be forth going and we'll definitely continue to spread that out to the public because we've had a pretty rough year to date with traffic and pedestrians. major events this week,

st. patrick's day parade is the biggest of this weekend. we have no planned events at the civic center this week. it's usually busy with the night clubs and bars, and we'll be heavily deployed. you should see many san francisco police officers out and about this weekend. there's also a rap concert at bill graham saturday night. this is the second show for this artist, y.g., and the last show last saturday, we had no issues of note, and hopefully, this will be the same, but we'll be deployed for that, as well. as far as overtime, we are right on budget. this time, we have three months

left in the fiscal year, so we are asking our kmant staff -- command staff, lieutenants, sergeants, to stay on budget for the rest of the year. the public wants foot beats in their communities, and we've done some employment adjustments to put feet beats out, so that's an ongoing thing. we'll adjust where we can, and how that plays into our overtime, we have had some overtime funding for some of our foot beats at b.a.r.t. and civic center resources. the presence does make a difference, but the good news is we are on budget with our overtime, to three monthsing there. our staffing as of january 2019, we're at 2307 total sworn

staffing. that includes the airport. our full duty f.t.e.s, we're at 1869, which is 102 below the mandated level of 1971. when we have new recruits graduate, that'll bring us closer to the 1971. that concludes this portion of the report. if there's any questions before officer johnson comes up? >> president hirsch: don't see any. >> okay. next, we have officer johnson to give a report on genesis in office and community engagement division. >> all right. so a lot of new faces. operation genesis is a

nonprof nonprofit that i created about seven years ago. i was inspired by -- well, not inspired, but what got me was i was stationed at the willie mays boys and girls club, and one of the boys that i mentored was found at 16 years old guilty of first degree murder. it hurt me, and i wanted to change the whole demographic of the community in which i served. so i thought what better way to expose kids to where the their ancestors came from. next trip is our sixth trip to ghana. after this trip, we've taken about 62 students from the bayview and fillmore district to ghana -- and counting, and

it's been a really good experience. the results -- initially, it was supposed to be a one-time thing, but the results were so amazing that we had to keep it going. the first year, give you an example, a young lady was 15 years old, and i've been in her life for two years, seeing her pretty much every day at the club, and took her on this trip, and she was really quiet during the trip the whole time, and i was wondering how it was impacting her. by the time we got to the end of the trip, she just opened up. it was like, you know, jay, thank you for bringing me. she told me that she had a two-year-old son that she wasn't taking care of. she was 15 years old, dropped out of high school and doing drugs. she came back, got back her

son, went back to school and maintained a 3.66 g.p.a. at least until she graduated. that story -- and others but at least that's why we keep it going. we have amani hall who went last year, and is now going as a chaperone this year. i'll give you a chance to hear from her. >> president hirsch: good evening. >> as he said, my name's imani hall. i went in 2015 for the first time, and when he asked me, i was, like -- he was like, yo, you want to go to africa? i want, like, i don't, do i want to go to africa?

i don't know. i've never been on a plane, and this was, like, when ebola was out, and i go what do i need to do? he's like oh, you have to write an essay. so i asked my mom, and she was, like, no. so i told him, my mom said no. so he said talk to her and all of this. long story short, i ended up going. i didn't think it would be what it was, but it was actually a great experience for me. i grew up privileged but i didn't have the best childhood, and i've been knowing j.j. since i was seven going to the club as a kid, and he watched me grow from a kid till now standing in front of you guys. and when i went, it was more so like a learning experience for me, an eye opener in a lot of ways. when i came back, i was more vigilant of my every day life,

and just even the way i treat people, walking down the street because the love that they have out there was just so different from home, and i wanted to bring that back and share it with my community. and going back as a chaperone, i was like -- he asked me again, and i'm, like, you sure you want me to go? and he was like yeah, i think you'd be the perfect fit. i'm only 20, but i see myself in a lost of tt of the kids th helped him mentor. yeah, when i went back, it was a different experience from what -- when i went as a kid or a student. because i wasn't as open-minded and willing to try new things and step out of my comfort zone, but i enjoyed going and a

good opportunity, and all kids should be able to witness what i witnessed. >> president hirsch: good evening. >> how's everybody doing? my name is elijah gachard. i'm going to be talking about genesis. this was my first year. i'm a junior. i knew good j.j. because i met him in omega i live and free. my mother talked to him a lot, and he talked to her about the program. i was going to do it my junior year, but i didn't. i have a sister, and i wanted us to both have the experience. project genesis, it was a little bit of a doozy. to me, having this opportunity for operation genesis is

outstanding. it's a wonderful opportunity, one opportunity that i'm very grateful for, and being able to go on a trip to africa to the mother lands is outstanding in my opinion. all the hardship that i put into this program is going to be worth it afterwards. [applause] >> president hirsch: thank you. [applause] >> i just wanted to add, the genesis is only one opportunity we have. we have another centered around the legal system because i'm a firm believer that a lot of people have issues with the legal system, whether it's criminal justice system as a whole or law enforcement, and i believe that one way you can

bring about change is getting involved. we've been doing that -- this is our fifth year, as well. and body engineers is a fitness program we did at log cabin ranch before it got shutdown where we would actually work out with the youth up there. and then try and mentor them and provide them opportunities when they got out. i'm very thankful for the position i was in. i really applaud chief scott for allowing me to do this. i think this is one of those things that sets sfpd apart from other agencies. i'm very thankful for that, and

captain troy dangerfield always had my back. what we try to do in genesis is create a community where everyone feels welcome. we have several people here, yeah, so thank you. any questions? >> president hirsch: yeah. i just want to ask you just a couple of quick questions. one, how do the young people spend their time, and do you stay with families? do you stay in other type of housing? >> while we're there? >> president hirsch: yeah. so we have it unique setup. when first get there, we make it real touristy. we go to the w.e. duboce

museum. that's where he moved when he left here. then, we drive into the culture into villages, dancing and exchanging culture -- dancing, things like that, and they choose to exchange with us. and then from there, we look at the connection between here and the united states and ghana, so slave rivers and slave fortresses and things like that. >> president hirsch: commissioner hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you. good evening, officer johnson. i just wanted to say thank you for putting this program together and thank you to the chief for allowing this to happen. it sounds like a good thing for the department and i really

like that you're taking a practice active approach to -- proactive approach to policing, and we've been talking about that in a couple different capacities about that at the commission recently. how do we end up having these people have these interactions and end up in the criminal justice system? so i just wanted to say thank you to you and the attendees. the people that participate, i think it's great that you're participating, and i look forward to hearing more about this program in the future. >> president hirsch: thank you. commissioner elias? >> commissioner elias: thank you. i want to commend you and thank you for your service to the youth especially in our community. i know that a lot of youth look up to you especially in the police department. the one thing i wanted to ask you about is funding. where do you get your funding

and is there an opportunity to donate to your great cause? >> yeah. we have angel donors, people who help us. >> commissioner elias: is there a website? >> yes. it's operation-genesis.org. >> president hirsch: thank you. >> i just want to make sure that we highlight and say thank you. i think when we look around this room. this speaks to what community policing can look like. i think that folks in the community, they don't even call him officers, it's j.j., that's how he's addressed. i've had the opportunity to spend people in the workshops that he hosted before they went to ghana. the one thing i wanted to highlight is the effect that it

had an affect on not only the young people, but members of the community. it's reflective, and it's reciprocated. so commissioner elias definitely took the words out of my mouth in figuring out how we can take more than the ten people that we're taking out. it's a heavy lift, but i want to say thank you for your work for all that you do, and i also want to say thank you to the young people for coming out and speaking. i encourage you to come back and be a chaperone and be a mentor to those who come behind you, and as we continue to climb, so i just wanted to say thank you. >> thank you. >> president hirsch: vice president taylor. >> vice president taylor: hi. that sounds incredible.

i want to focus on the students. you guys did a wonderful presentation. thank you so much for you guys coming and speaking to us. i hope you come back, elijah, after your experience, and talk to us. and i want to plug operation-genesis.org. [inaudible] >> president hirsch: thank you all. >> thank you. so before -- before commander walsh comes up, i just want to say, too, i'd like to give credit to my predecessor because we have a lot of talent in the san francisco police department, but to take a risk and allow that to fluorish, to

take j.j.'s idea and allow him to degree that program, that was -- grow that program, that i chief sur. i think we owe chief sur a debt of gratitude for allowing it to takeoff. also, on another note, tenderloin is doing another field trip, and the officers in these field trips, they take time to engage with the youth. they tour the neighborhood, they discuss safety tips, but there's over 4,000 children that live in the tenderloin. it's really the most populated part of the city in terms of families and children. so that type of work, to commissioner brookter's point is what we are about and what we need to be about. so good work for tenderloin. they -- the pal for cadet

program, 20 cadets participated in the lay long event, exposing them to law enforcement. when we -- day long event, exposing them to law enforcement. it really is toet th let them o wherever they want to go. to the cadet program, officer dangerfield's here, it's another good step in community engagement with our youth. and lastly, i wanted to mention our youth police roundtable that we did last night with the youth commission. commissioner dejesus was there, and it was great to see the meeting facilitated.

we have some really bright young people in this city. we hope that we will continue and do them quarterly, but i just want to give my hats off to the youth commission. we've been talking about making this happen since i got here, but they did all the work. it was a really nice event. so next, we have commander pete walsh. >> president hirsch: before, i wanted to say to j.j., thank you for doing this. before, i couldn't get my button -- but yeah, commissioner turman, talking about angel investors, i know he really loved this program and it really meant a lot to him. he increased the number of kids going. i know he's looking at this, going thank you. what we heard the last time, what they said after being there is very important. i'm glad you mentioned chief sur. i understand he went last year and didn't follow the