>> commissioners, i'm now going to call roll. [roll call] we have a quorum. we have chief william scott from the san francisco police department and sarah hawkins from the department of police accountability. members of the public, this is being televised if you are interested in making public comment, dial (415)655-0001 and enter access code (146)973-3657.

press pound and pound again to join the meeting as a participant. you will hear a beep when you have entered the meeting. when public comment announced, public comment dial star 3 and this will advise the moderator you wish to speak. when you hear them say good evening, callers, you have two mints and thiminutes to provider comments. when your two minutes have ended you will be moved out of the queue has a participant in the meeting and members of the public may stay on the meeting and listen when another line item is called in order to make public comment by pressing star three to be added back into the queue. so, line item 1. vote for the election of the officers as rules of the order and duration of officers. action.

>> clerk: we are vote for the election of officer and duration of offices action. >> i would like to nominate leah cullen for president and suzie ally as for vice president. >> i second that. >> all right. on the motion to elect public comments, are we -- do you want to do this as one vote for both of them or split it up as a president and vice president? >> one vote is fine. >> one vote is fine. >> thank you. >> ok, the public that would like to make public comment online item 1, please press star 3 now to raise your hand.

we have no public comment. on the motion to elect commissioner cohen as president and commissioner elias as vice president. [roll call vote] >> we have five yeses and the motion passes. you are now chair of the meeting. >> madam president. >> thank you, everyone. good evening. i appreciate that vote of confidence and i'm excited to be

taking the helm with ms. cindy who is fantastic and i just want to thank my colleagues for that vote of confidence and also note that today has been an interesting day. 2021 is off to an interest start as you have been catching what is happening at the capital and i think it's very evident the importance and the need for good, strong leadership transparent leadership so, i would like to have part of our discussion today on the agenda talking a little bit about our goals about what we'd like to accomplish, just in 2021 as a commission. and i will keep my remarks brief because i believe in a brief meeting. i want inform ensure that we are focusing on how we spend our

time together and with that i will say elias has anything she'd like to add? >> i want to be brief and thank you and the new model in 2020 is we're not going to talk about it, we're going to be about it so let's get to work. >> that's awesome. all right. >> thank you. next item, please. >> and just for clarity, commissioner, can i clarify the link of the president vice president it may 2021? >> i can't give you a yes or a no on that one. we'll schedule the next election and we'll have a discussion at the board and we'll schedule it there and i'll do to my colleagues and i have no idea.

>> what i would add is that trends on the commission leadership have generally been one year and so i think it will be probably right to start with that assumptions and obviously things can change and that is the history in practice and i think that the assumption we should start with today. if my fellow commissioners agree. >> that makes sense. >> i agree. >> it looks like we have consensus so there's your answer, sergeant. one-year term. you are welcome. >> so what is next on the agenda. >> line item 2. adoption of minutes. action force meetings of december second and 16 the of 2020. >> any discussion on this item? >> all right. >> second. >> before we take that motion, let's take public comment on it. for members of the public online

back adoption of the minutes and please press car 3 to raise your hand. it looks like there are no public comment, commissioners. >> good. so public comment is closed. motion is made by commissioner hamasaki and can we take this call without objection. without objection, motion minutes are adopted unanimously. line item 3. report to the commission discussion chief's report and crime trends and occurring in san francisco and major significant provide merchandise planned activities and events and this will include a brief overview of activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commissioner discuss on unplanned events and activities will be limited to determining whether the calender for a future meeting. before question get started i

just wanted to enter a note here and going forward i'd like to see reports to the commission be no longer than 10 minutes we are all adults and we've read the materials and so what i'm looking for is a report of the highlights, a summary, within 10 minutes about the slides and presentation. i want to make sure that we leave enough time for conversation on follow-up questions. good evening, chief. >> thank you. president cohen, congratulations and congratulations vice president elias and happy new year to everybody. i will start with just the big issue of the day which is what president cohen mentioned about what is happening in our nation's capital. i want today say in our city, we have not had any residual effects of that and we're monitoring what is happening in our nation's capitol as well as other cities around the country

and some protests and other cities around the country and some of our major messages but nothing like what we saw in washington d.c. so the good news is that at this point there's nothing to report in tims of activities and they have been a couple of social media about the protest and nothing of concern to note and we'll keep an eye on that throughout the night and moving forward. i'll start off with an overview of our crime year to date and by these reports it's tricky and this time of year because the numbers fluctuate because the numbers of small. we have to keep that in mind as i tell what you i've year to date. we are 63% down and on crime but again we're talking about a few

days of the year and these numbers are small and they fluctuate this time of year and we look compared to last year and the last week of the year and 28% and now that it breaks down we can continue to see larceny and burglaries which we were plagued with throughout 2020 and sorry far there's a slight decrease year to date but again i'm going to caution about putting too much credence where we are this time of year. we did have a significant arrest and we believe an individual was arrested that was a serial burglar and the officers tapped into tenderloin and that individual is taken in the custody and he had eight outstanding warrants in addition to open burglary cases and you grow it's an impact and we'll

keep an eye on that to see how tim pacts what is happening in that part of time and as far as our violent crimes is concerned, we had a homicide the last week of the year and we finished the year with 48 homicides ask 17 decreased compared to the 41 that we have in 2019 which was 50 plus year low and our afternoon are 50 homicides a year and our average over the last 10 years of 52 a year so we are below our averages but 48 is a number we hope to reign down these years because it's far too many and hopefully we make head way on that and we strategize on what we're going to focus on 2021. there are no on sides year to date yet we have had six

shooting grips from five shooting incidents so that is from and it's alarming and there are no connections that we can determine at this point between the individual shootings and some of them appear to be random just argument and they have turned into gun play and two were robberies gone awry and there was one as a result of vice games that went awry and as far as the spread, they were spread across six different districts in our city and i will name those here in a second. southern bayview mission, and tenderloin all each have one shooting so far this year. as we move forward to 2021 there's a few things that we want to turn around in terms of

just over all strategies and we know they have a tough year and we had a burglary and we all reduction of crime and the burglary was alarming and they were spread all across town so that's something that we can focus on working with our partners and community members to be resilient and identifying the prolific burgers who we believe are causing damage as part of that strategy and i will keep the commission how it transpired throughout the year and another one is to reduce gun violence. we had 48 homicides last year many of them were gun related and we want to get a better handle and reduce our gun violence in the city. we were all over all in gun violence in 2020 and we hope to bring that down and reduce that in 2021. we have also moving to traffic fatalities, there are two fatalities and this was the

result of an incident which a hit two pedestrians which resulted in the deaths and that individual was arrested and the district attorney has followed changes manslaughter among other charges on that individual and an unfortunate incident and he was found out from our investigation involved with other crimes apart from the manslaughter that i just mentioned and this resulted in our first traffic fatalities of 2021 and we will continue to work on vision zero and reducing traffic collision and fatalities in our high incident high collision corridor and that will be an ongoing issue for 2021 as well and the last thing i would like to report is just our progress on our driving or

rushing a.k.a. side shows and we have what i agreed to be much more efficient response on this schuff and we had a number of those incidents occur over the new year's eve weekend and we were deployed and we had our unit ready to take action and all of these events were disrupted. we did issue citations so this has been an ongoing discussion that i presented to the commission in the past and we want to make head way on that issue because those events are extremely dangerous and disruptive and we want to do better in that regard. that concludes my report and if there are any questions from the commission i will answer them. >> great, do you have any questions for the chief?

>> thank you, chief. happy new year to you as well. my question was we were provided a crime trend chart this morning. will this be published on the website for the public? >> yeah, we can publish this on the west side and just for the public information our crime data is on our department website as well as data sf so there are many ways and we can publish this report that we provided that information to the public. yes, ma'am. >> it breaks it down very nicely and the department did a great job and it shows that even though we are a weekend to the new year, that crime is down in all categories from last year except for homicides and bug lar he's. >> we are actually having no

soldiers so we're dealing with it last year and it's up slightly and that is for the most part. >> >> thank you, president and thank you chief for thaw date. especially at the beginning of the year. i was thinking in just the last meeting we asked he was asking about some of the terms that we might be seeing due to covid. since we know covid isn't going anywhere as we come into the new year i was just wondering and thinking is there anything that the department has learned from the course of the last nine months that we'll really look into as we come into this new year? >> >> we really have to focus our strategies on the ving that we believed are called in the most damage and the jail population and for good because of the

outbreak and the jail system including the personal system and so when we make an arrest, some people will be released and may not be released and we have seen other issues for the same offenses and that area where we are working with our partners and probation and parole to get traction when we have are prolific and i think that focus will do us good and we can get track on and maybe reduce a little bit of what we saw this past year and the other thing, just to note quickly is some of these trends were national trends which is happening in the other cities i remember size and

larger. burglar he's are up and car thefts are up across the country and you are seeing and across the country so the connection with the possibility and the mental health issue as it relates to this and we don't know that to be proven but it definitely anecdotal that there may be some correlation there. as we work through that and our health professionals and do what we can to test that issue will be important as well. >> mr. hamasaki. >> thank you, president cohen. i just wanted to fall up on the chief's comments and notes that i think there's a lot of public concern about the increase in property crime over the years and if you look throughout

california, this is happening everywhere and it's not too hard to draw a correlation between covid and our wonderful and failing to provide working for us and that this property crime wave has been happening. i appreciate everything is doing and this is not a local issue. thank you,. >> all right. is there any other comments? >> i appreciate it, chief. >> 11 minutes, not bad. including questions and comments. not bad. >> you are off to a good start. >> thank you. >> let's see if there's any public comment. >> public comment comes right after line item 3. >> got it.

>> and we will continue with the d.p.a. if you would like me to read the d.p.a. portion. >> yes, please, i would. >> d.p.a. director report. report on recent d.p.a. activities and announcements and they will be limited to a activities and announcements commission discussion will determine there the issues raised for future commission meetings ex. >> congratulations president cohen and so i'm going to start with the weekly stats and in 2020, as of the end of the year, we've had opened 798 cases in

2019 it was 773 cases. we had closed cases and in 2019 we were (inaudible) cases. at the close of 2020 we had 351 cases pending compared to 417 in 2019 and in 2020 we sustained 44 cases compared to 86 in 2019 and we discussed. they have extended beyond the 370 mark of those 17 are told pending other criminal investigations and of those 12, 11 were cases we received before the shelter in place order went into effect and so that is a little bit of a delay. we closed out 2020 with 50 cases

mediated compared to 38 in 2019. to date, we have 14 cases that are pending before the commission. two of those are appeals. we currently have 38 cases pending with the chief. those are statistics at the end of december of 2020. turning to our november statistical report, we received 34 complaints in the month of november that is down from 49 complaints we received in november of 2019 however, looking at the year to date as of november, we received 729 total complaints in 2020 compared to 713 complaints in 2019. so, that is the monthly snapshot as of november. i'm going to go through some other updates and i'll turn to our third quarter statistical report. times of outreach, our last commission meeting on december 17th, 2020, on d., a.

staff were and the operations center and the city covid task force and holiday prop up site at 24th and mission. highlight the events in yan and there's a virtual mediation tabletop focusing on our balances and on the 15th, we'll have a take holder engagement on the 21st we'll have two separate pan als, the importance of language access in oversight agencies and one about police oversight auditing and d.p.a. is participated in and our last meeting and obviously spoke to the commission and all

of the staff attended and 2018 and recently december 4th of 2020 and the staff has not attended that training and hiring and implicit bias training virtual tim hortons and on december 18th, we are having our staff train on cross culture that's also and virtual training and then in february broken up into two long sessions our staff will attend the office initiatives general update and i will start from our third quarter reports. can you please bring up the

powerpoint? >> >> thank you so much, next slide, please. this is an overview of what we will talking about. i won't go through and we will go through it in the slides and i am hearing the call. if you can advance to the next slide. what this slide down is breakdown the allegations by type in the third quarter and i'm going to go through the broad categories and i'll give you a little bit more information about what each category means and that was a request of commissioner ally as and we advance it and do these reports you will get even more of a breakdown in the draft themselves. the left column is the neglect of duty of allegations and we received 160 complaints which fell into that category and what

they do includes failure to activate body corn cameras and failure to display and failure to issue relief and make an arrest and failure to prepare incident reports and failure to care for a person in custody and investigate and process property and supervise and fail your to properly provide a number and when you get in the point and we'll get numbers of what these mean but that's just an overview of what neglect can include. with regards to contact and which we had 126 allegations of june third quarter and that can include general conduct on becoming by policing and

statement and specifically to denieder identity and misrepresenting a trend and authority and selected enforcement and harassing behavior of use or profanity. the next is all the way to the right which is unrented action and that can mean citation without cards and justification and without cars and in proper search or seizure and intentional property damage and that might not fall within those specified categories and we will have unnecessary force and policy violations or referrals and referrals is someone makes a complaint that it's not within d.p.h. jurisdiction and might be another law enforcement agency or jurisdiction that falls

within internal affairs as opposed to d.p.a. next slide breaks down the complaints by district so you will see that 40% of the complaints we received were from central and 30% from the airport bureau and the biggest category that we see here was from the mission and 67% of the cases so this breaks down where the complaints are coming from. if you can add advance to the next slide please, this is findings by allegations so on the left we sustained seven complaints and we break that down by the allegation type in that pie chart so there were 40

sustained allegations. of those if you look at the section of 28, that is neglective duties and 26 of that 28 represented a violation of a department rule or law and that would be a general order or another violation of a specific loss. when you look at number eight, the next section of the pie chart that is becoming uncoming and of those seven of this sustained allegations were for in appropriate behavior and comments and one for general conduct on becoming an officer. for the next category of seven and three of those were fail your to comply with the general order 5.01 and three unauthorized force and one was unnecessary use of force.

and finally with regard to the unwarranted action, we sustained two allegations and one of those was a search and seizure and one a general unwarranted action. this shows a comparison of cases opened and closed by quarter and the lighter shade on the left from 2019 and the darker on the right is 2020 to get a comparison of cases we opened and closed per quarter. and a large number were received phones and then there's referrals and it's the same process i talked about that we might refer to other agencies and others referred to us including internal affairs or

other outside agency partners and we do still receive some from mail and earlier and we received 10 referrals and i would like to know there's been a change with covid and us being closed inform in-person complaints but we have a process where someone shows up in-person there's a phone where they can call and either write them and make their complaints over the phone or set up a specific time to do so. if you can advance to the next slide, please. if you look at the decline to state on the left most graph, that's 42% so while we definitely adept to get demographics and they don't tell a full story because it is an optional piece of information

that individuals may provide if they want. that said f. they did want to, 6% were asian and 11% black or african american and 9% hispanic or latin x and 24 white and 8% other and we have a breakdown by age and gender and so we will keep compiling these numbers and presenting those in our quarterly and annual reports and if you advance to the next slide. they are talks about our mediation and the amount of pieces that were mediated and what the status was so what this breaks down is per quarter new eligible cases which means cases when they came to d.p.a. were identified as being eligible for mediated and the number of cases being meeted and we will get officers who were ineligible.

sometimes officers have had a mediation within the past six months and it would make them ineligible for a certain amount of time and we breakdown officers who officer the opportunity to mediate and only one officer out of all the officers declined mediation and it's a voluntary process and officers has to agree and similarly we showed the comply ants and not those who declined and the cases that the mediation didn't solve the issues so the cases were returned for investigation and the last column is the number of mediations at the end of each quarter. if we can advance to the next slide, please. this is the complaints who mediation and black or african

american and latinx and again, whether or not to provide this information is voluntary. if you can advance to the next slide, please. i'm happy to answer and that you have. >> thank you, very much. no one? >> am i overseeing anything? sixth a couple questions and you noted on slide five that a significant a lot of complaints occur in the police district and tenderloin had 25. >> zahra: and the mission had 33 complaints. and is there a view as to why

this is the case? >> that's a great question. i would love to be your answer but i'm curious to know if these correlate with the increase of community policing? increase the police presence on the streets and you might also be introduced more opportunities for police interaction both positive and negative. i wanted to get your thoughts. >> we have not looked at whether or not the numbers correlate with the increase of community and i agree that is something you should look at and we can work on the timeline and what the complaints why and we haven't other than collecting the data and i think that's something that we should do for our annual report when we present this data to you again. >> it will include the fourth

quarter so we do quarterly reports for quarters one and two and three and they're plus the fourth quarter and it's something we can look into and research before that time. >> i appreciate it. >> any other questions? >> sergeant young blood, let's pivot and go to public comment. >> commissioner, do you want to finish off line item 3? >> yes, let's finish line item 3. >> commissioner reports. commissioner reports will be limited to a brief description and announcements and commissioner discussion will be holding to determine will be the calender any of the issues raised and a commission meeting. president report and scheduling of items identified for consideration as future commission meetings action. the floor is yours. any thoughts? >> any reports?

there we go. >> thank you and go back and i wanted to the right time to comment was but i wanted to comment on the election and congratulate president cohen and vice president elias. i think as a commission we have a good strong five members now and i'm very optimistic as we start 2021 that that is going to be a productive year and wore going to push reforms forward in a way that i think it will make (inaudible) and people proud.

that was it other than the commissioner spoke at the beginning. i would like us to (inaudible) around goals we would like to do this year and you can be the next two meetings about and we can achieve -- >> i'm sorry, commissioner. it sounds like someone is on the line but their computer is not muted. it is now it sounds like. >> >> that was my point to raise and i think we need to act more proactively instead of

reactively and i appreciate commission president approach to spending our time working as opposed to getting bogged down in hour long presentation was a issue in the past and so i'm excited for the new leadership and it's a good sign that we're returning the commission to acting on behalf of the city and it's people so i'm excited and thank you. >> yeah, i think to that comment, we did have a meeting on tuesday president cohen and getting some work done with d.g.o. 7.01 and commissioner hamasaki ihamasaki is part of tg group and we met seven or eight times with this working group so it's the policy for youth and

non psychological detention and custody and i wanted to give a shout out to that working group. we have several young people who are part of the working group and providing great input and giving us great feedback as we work through this d.g.o. which we will bring forward to our colleagues and to members of the public, soon. any other thoughts or colleagu colleagues? i just wanted to let the welcome disparities group know that we did receive their e-mail and we are working on a response and the three commissioners were present with a lengthy and productive conversation with them and we may have quorum issues with another commissioner responding before the three of us had an opportunity so, please

be patient with us and we're working on trying to appropriate respond and to the group and the issues raised turning and we appreciate your patients. sergeant young blood, can you check to see if she has anything she would like to discuss. >> yes. i don't think she can unmute on her found. >> i can't unmute her either. >> ok. we tried to figure out and i'm going to just. >> i've been trying to think about how we deal with public comment and how we address the

public's concerns and one thing that i have been toying with is we can go on to our business and from there if there's any remaining public comment, we can at the end of our business ex this is general public i'm speaking about and having it appointed time where we take a certain number of speakers for a controlled amount of time and i'm open to ideas on this and why i'm bringing this is because it's unfair for people to wait hours to give public and we have business to take care of and don't have the luxury to sit and spend hours and hours of public

comment and not get our work done so i'm trying to find a happy medium that will strike a nice balance so we can accommodate everything that we nodneed to get accomplished. with that said, i would welcome any comments or feedback. if it's a terrible idea, don't hesitate to let me know and i'll reach out to the commission secretary, not to violate any brown act violations but to solicit some feedback to the members listening i welcome in of yours. >> can you hear us?

>> yeah. >> if you don't have anything to say, we don't want to force you. we wanted to give you an idea to share your ideas or something you want us to work on for 2021. >> i'm here. >> we're going to get moving. we will keep this conversation open but let's keep going with the agenda. >> we have line item 4. discussion and action to approve draft 5.03 investigative

detentions and for meeting and conferring with the san francisco police officer association. >> i don't think we took public comment on item 3. >> sorry, you are correct. >> for members of the public that would like to make public comment online item 3, please dial (415)655-0001 and enter 146 973 3457 and press pound and pound again and then press star 3 to raise your hand. members of the public that would like to make public comment now, please press star 3. >> i'm here i just couldn't find the mute for this thing. >> we're in public comment right now. >> i'm, i'm going back to mute. >> we have one public comment. >> great. >> good evening, ms. brown. you have two minutes. >> yes, hi.

congratulations to ms. cohen lisa. thank you. i'm calling -- as always, i'm calling about my son. i'm talking about my son murdered august 14th, 2006 to gun violence. to this date his case is not involved. as a mother i just wanted the police commission to keep my son's memory alive and announce his murder to the public on sf gov and i want to thank commissioner de jesus for this lovely letter of the it was an early christmas present. she not only did this for my son, this is not a christmas press enter for my son but all african american people of color

that have lost their loved ones, you know, that they're being stereo typed as gang members and just because they live in a certain neighborhood, and they're going to be labeled also and i just wanted to thank everyone that was involved with helping her get this letter. i know i can be a pest and i can be a squeaky wheel but i've been dealing with this for a long time and i wanted to thank her personally versus everyone else, thank her personally for this wonderful letter and i hope everyone read it and if anyone can piggyback off what she's done, i would love to have that because not only is my son being stereo typed, it's a lot of us being stereo typed out there and again, i think this is just to keep bringing remembrance to our children's homicides that are getting murdered everyday in this world and in this san

francisco world. i just wanted to say that and to again thank de jesus for this so much. please, piggyback after her. >> it is. i was happy to do that. any time. thank you so much. >> any other speakers? >> there are no other speakers. let's keep moving forward. >> line item 4. discussion and possible action to approve draft 5.03. for meeting and conferring with the san francisco police officer association as required by-law. discussion and possible action. -- by law. this is a revision by the department of general order 5.03 investigative detention and a become interest are several

provisions that relate to reasonable suspicion. what wants to talk on this item. of course, commissioner elias. burning up the chat line to get in queue. >> thank you president cohen. this d.g.o. has been a long time in the making and we worked very hard on this and i'd like to especially thank the chief, who we had a special meeting with respect to some of the language in this d.g.o. to finalize the adding additional language for report sewing we wilreporting ss in investigation and have a more thorough data set. i'd like to thank julie tran

from the san francisco bar association, rebeca young from the public defenders office and janelle kaywood for providing memos regarding the issue that were helpful in guiding our discussion so we can get this to the finish line and bring it before the commission. i would also like to thank the group and the members that participated in this, especially all of those that attended all the various meetings that we have so thank you to the community for your support. with that, i would ask that the fellow commissioners support 5.03 and i'll turn it over to the chief with respect to any additional comments that he has on this. >> thank you, vice president elias and i too just want to say there's a lot of work that went into this and a lot of discussion and thoughtful discussion. you may have mentioned it but i didn't hear it so pardon me if

you did but i also would like to thank the d.p.a. for their input on what i believe to be a really solid policy and a good upgrade to this retention policy that allows us to do many things including collecting the data you mentioned so i want to thank everyone for working on this and i think it's a great start to what i believe to be a really sound policy on detention. and with that, we have commander bird, teresa who is available to present and answer any questions regarding either the d.g.o. or the process. >> perfect. before we hear from your staff, i wanted to give commissioner hamasaki an opportunity to weigh in. >> thank you. i just wanted to thank vice

president elias this got bogged down earlier in the year and there was opposition to it and elias worked with the d.p.a. and bar association to bring everybody to the table to get it in the fashion that it is in today which is why i was particularly excited to have her elevate to vice president. she's shown a real dedication to doing the hard work that is required to hammer out policy. so, with that, i would move to adopt it. >> so commissioner hamasaki has made a motion to move. is there a second?

>> second. >> second. let's hear from sfpd and their presentation. [please stand by]

>> the policy requires a certificate of relief anytime someone is not free to leave. then also an incident report. updated forms as well, 105 form. the follow-up form, officer business cards to include information on how to come in or make complaint against officer. it is more comprehensive and provides clear direction to the officers. any questions i can answer for

you, i am here for you. >> any questions, colleagues? >> there is a gram attical error commissioner elias wants to point out on final draft on page 3. >> there is a -- it isfetty extra period in section c2. period before public safety exception. if we make changes once the motion is passed it may be difficult. that is the only be issue that i see. other than that it is great. >> commander, i have a question for you. how do we -- how does the department ensure officers are regularly trained and informed

of this d.g.o. regarding the investigative intention? >> they have to sign off acknowledging the d.g.o. >> sorry what? >> power dmf online as opposed to just signing off in hrms. >> is that a technology platform, i am not familiar good another anothe-- with it? >> it is a better way of auditing to make sure everybody is signing off. this is something that is gone over in the academy as well as follow-up in arrests.

we have a host of classes we talk about in regards to fourth amendment and roll call training as well as ao and cb t. mandatory plain clothes training officers have to attend as well. it is gone over regularly. >> are there refresher courses that happen? >> yes, ao cb t is every two years. >> if i could piggyback. i know we talked in acronyms. advance officer is inservice training that officers have to go through routinely. we have to have so much training every year. that is an opportunity for refresher. also, there are regular training and lineup where our commanders

and supervisors. this is policy. we will issue through power dms. everybody has to sign for it. the academy goes through the regular training of in service to refresh people on these rules. also, because of right now we are in formation to give us more time to train we want to incorporate the policy changes in our regular rotation of training. reality is we have a really aggressive revision calendar for the revisions. we have to go through all d.g.o.s on five year rolling basis. we have to have a rhythm to make sure it is what we do. we are not all the way where we need to be we changed the lineup

six months ago. it allows more time for training to refresh on these issues. we are excited about that as well. >> thank you very much. commissioner elias. >> one other thing. my understanding and the chief can speak to this as well. with respect to this d.g.o. and 5.01, use of force that these policies will be reviewed by field training force option training unit, which is a special unit to look more in depth in terms of tactically how this is played out rather than the training scenarios they are given from the post training and other trainings they receive. the ftfo department is where it is fine tuned. this d.g.o. 5.01 will go there. >> that's correct.

ftfo plays apart in helping us implement changes in policy and law with use of force and tactics. thathat is a lot of what they d. with the dba and chief of staff can speak to this. working with the d.p.a., we are working together and she has started creating some trainings scenarios for officers on these types of issues. definitely that is something that is going to give us more energy for training as well. that is really important as well. >> thank you, chief. any other discussion on this? we will move to public comment. please check the phone lines. >> clerk: members of the public

for comment online item 4 press star 3 now. we have one caller. >> welcome, caller. >> you have two minutes. >> caller: this is rebecca young, public defender of the working group. first, congratulations to the commission on excellent selections for president and vice president. i agree with chief scott that 5.03 is good and clear and well defined general order members on the street should appreciate. 5.03 is the product from dedicated public servants on a final goal to serve common good. why does this 5.03 serve the common good? because it sets clear

expectations for members regarding maintaining respect in tone and conduct with citizens. it also follows well established law. respect by police towards citizens in de tension will improve community respect for police and hopefully improving overall public safety for citizens of san francisco. i want to commend commander for her guidance of our working group and i want to thank chief scott for his openness in listening the bar association of san francisco regarding the language in the d.g.o. and how important it was to follow well established united states supreme court law. i urge its passage. thank you. >> thank you. any other speakers, sergeant?

>> one caller. good evening, you have two minutes. >> caller: thank you. this is pastor. i am a chaplain for the san francisco police department speaking on my capacity as citizen and resident of san francisco. i will extend greetings on the epiphany. we have a fine lutheran president of the commission now. i want to just raise up the leadership of the executive work group and everyone who really worked hard to bring this d.g.o. into a space where it can be before you at the commission, and i want to lift up the leadership of the commander and the way that all community members were able to have a voice at the table. this is a fine example of ways to care about safety and respect

in our community and also find ways that we can be the best we can as a police department and decrease bias. thank you for everyone who put hard work into this. >> any other members of the public to speak? >> that was it. there is no more public comment. >> i am sorry to interrupt. i apologize. i want to thank sergeant kilshaw who sheparded this for the past several years. this did fall offtrack for quite awhile. she brought it back even in her retirement she is dedicated and tirelessly working on these d.g.o.s it is because of her sheparding that this is here. thank you so much, sergeant

kilshaw. >> very nice. let's keep moving. >> on the motion to approve the draft of 5.03 with the correction of the two periods. commissioner day de jesus, how do you vote? >> yes. >> commissioner hama saki. >> yes. >> commissioner elias. >> yes. >> commissioner brookter. >> yes. >> vice president cohen.

>> aye. >> i have five ayes. >> thank you. is there anyone else on the line? i have an indication someone is calling on public comment. >> there is no hand raised. if they are on the line they need to press star three. they just came up. good evening, you have two minutes. >> thank you. so sorry there is julie. i am on the line. 5.03 i wanted to commend particularly the chief, who i think had a strong hand in the drafting of this changing how we

document. at the very beginning of the work with the bar association i with a number of people including tony cam ever -- chaplain wrote this and we had no way to track detentions. the chief led the way to make sure the detentions will be tracked. it was air lot of discrepancy. i think we understand how all of us coming together to get it and involve many have come up with the best general order, which like the use of force and bias, free policing general orders will serve as model for the rest of the states.

the commander and for cindy for reminding us there is a jury instruction regarding detentions that refocused our attention. i know you are voting. thank you very much. i just appreciate the hard work that went into this and, of course, we support it fully. thank you so much. >> next item. >> line item 5. discussion and possible action to adopt revised deputy general order 11.11. meeting and conferring with the san francisco police officers association as required by law. discussion and possible action. >> any discussion?

>> yes we will present on this one. >> chief, i don't see them on here at the moment. >> rather than spend time. i can go with overview of the policy for the commission.

i can brief the commission on it. the purpose of updating this policy to reflect that ddo11.11 is primarily designed as resource for members with problematic and ad duc and addie behaviors. we want to get to the problems before it becomes a crisis or tragedy or disciplinary issue. thathat is the spirit behind 11. to pride timely intervention and recovery resources for problematic addictive behavior alcohol use, drug use, gambling, anger management. that is not all inclusive. members may be mandated to participate in the program as a condition of displane and chief of police determines the

duration. members can elect to participate in the program on their own. that is, when a member sees they have a problem they can selfie elect to participate in this program and get help. our behavioral science unit is a confidential resource. they do a really good job. i want to make sure members who are struggling with any of the issues that fall in this category have resources they need to get help before a problem and not have to deal with these issues on disciplinary level after something happens. couple of updated procedures in the policy to highlight. officer in charge of internal affairs division shall ensure the program administrator is notified when a member is referred to the program as a result of disciplinary action.

if a member fails, the program administrator will notify the internal affairs division to conduct an investigation following the department protocol. also, the behavioral unit which is a confidential resource to assist members and successfully completing intervention and resource programs will be a big part of hopefully getting officers and members when they have these challenges, getting them back on the right track to get them the support they need. the program is really designed for that purpose to provide resources for members in need. formal updating of the program to emphasize the concept of intervention with members and resources available to members is one of the intentions of the program. to let officers, members, know

the resourceses are available and not let it be a secret to anybody. the resourceses can be set up by members prior to the actions that result in discipline. that is what we are after. get help before it becomes a problem. focus of the program is to keep members mentality and physically healthy and provide assistance to members in need. healthy members result in safe and productive police officers and better delivery of public service. that is an overview of the intent of this updating of the general order. if there are any questions, i can answer them. >> commissioner hama saki. >> it doesn't seem like there is any particularly much substantive changes or changes that will impact this in practice. is that fair to say?

>> there are a few subtle changes that are important changes. one, the tracking of this and the commission asked in the past about the tracking and ad ministration of the program. we felt we can do a better job tracking the administrative program. when somebody gets in the situation that they need support in this area, one of the things that is follow-through tracking to make sure that support is actually yielding the results that the program is designed to do. i mentioned about the internal affairs, administration of the program. those are subtle but important issues that i think will put us in a better position, commissioner. >> i know we have had this discussion a few times, mainly

related to discipline cases, and there is some concern as to whether or not part of it is settlement agreements or discipline may involve referrals to bsu. from there whether or not the officer or member is getting the type of oversight and support they need. i know we saw at least one that i am thinking of where somebody had gone through, i think multiple referrals without addressing the problem. is there -- is this going to track referrals voluntary, people who come to the program

follow daily and -- voluntarily or how do you plan to show the effectiveness and officers to learn what areas can be improved on? >> well, if it is voluntary that information is kept confidential, if a member seeks help and they go to the unit. that is confidential. as far as discipline, these cases are mandated by discipline. definitely that will be tracked. some including mandatory testing to make sure the testing is being done. of course, a negative outcome on the testing results in further disciplinary action. that is an area where we thought we could do better and that definitely will be tracked. >> that is what i was thinking about. there was a situation where an individual had gone there and

had it for a period of time. we discussed this previously. it seemed like the commission that perhaps the individual needed to be on a tighter reign. it sounds like this is what you are addressing. >> that's correct. >> i am glad to hear that. >> commissioner elias. >> thank you. chief, i wanted to know how this is going to interplay with the early intervention system. i know when the mayor released the goals for the 20% policing early intervention is going to interplay with this policy. i do belief the early intervention system is aimed at finding issues that may arise

from officers in a manner that we can basically intervene earlier rather than later after the disciplinary part. >> there could be interplay between that system and this program. early intervention system has triggers based on adverse behavior complaints or other issues. if those issues are the result of somebody who has a substance abuse problem and then they start to impact the impact how they do their job, start getting involved of use of force and we trigger early intervention.

there could be there. they could be referred to this program and that will be tracked and monitored. if it is self-select. the person says it is impacting my job and that is confidential. there could be a correlation. the eis system does not follow these issues. if we have an intervention and derm that these type of issues are the root cause of what is going on, that is where it coming together. >> okay. commissioner elias, does that satisfy you? any other questions? >> no, thank you. >> any other questions?

we can go to public comment. sergeant, public comment. >> members of the public regarding line item 5, department 11.11. call 415-655-0001. access code (146)973-3457. press pound, pound and star 3. press star 3 for public comment. we have no public comment. >> all right. a motion to approve 11.11? >> so moved. >> second. >> motion moved by brookter. second by eelias. for the record i don't see petra

on. did she drop off? >> she is here. >> i am here. >> we will take this without objection. thank you. this motion passes unanimously. next item, please. >> line item 6. presentation of 2 and and third quarter sfpd/dpa document protocol report. discussion. >> i will not go through the documents. i will give context and background. this document protocol used to be on the consent calendar, meaning not subject to discussion. there were a few questions that came up with regard to the information sharing project that we are working on in terms of better communication between

d.p.a. and sfpd about exchange of documents body-worn camera and things of that nature. the commission put this as separate agenda item to ensure that we were working with the department towards those goals of ensuring we were getting what we needed and had an opportunity to communicate with the commission for outstanding issues. i will say that you have the second and third quarter breakdown of items we requested, what we received, what the outstanding status was. further update i received today was at the end of the third quarter there were 15 outstanding requests. as of today there are six of those that are still outstanding which all involve body worn cameras which has been coming out on a rolling basis. as we discussed before many

incidents involved several body worn cameras from several officers and large amount of time where the complaint is only on the small portion of time. there is a lot of back and forth between us and the department to narrow or get the body worn camera we need. at the next fourth quarter document protocol presentation we will update those six pieces and continue to ensure if there are issues we bring them up. i point out that i believe at one of the later january commission meetings ac moser will be back to give you an update on the information sharing that is done. i am very optimistic about that status of that work. >> i appreciate the update. my question was on the old numbers.

in my notes for the second quarter 17 documents remain pending. third quarter there were 15 documents that remained pending. how do we know if the pending requests from each quarter have been addressed? >> the request for documents, are there requests for documents still pending in. >> there are requests pending the body-worn camera, six body worn camera pieces. it is for six cases of body-worn camera. i can't say with certainty that the cases the 17 second quarter and 15 from the third quarter are carryover versus new. we can track that in the fourth quarter. i don't know that for sure.

>> thank you. commissioner elias do you have a question for this item or was that previous? >> that was previous. thank you. >> any other questions? i see none. public comment. >> for public comment online item 7. third and fourth quarter -- i'm sorry document protocol report. press star 3 now to raise your hands for public comment. we have no public comment be. >> this is a discussion item. there is no vote. we will keep moving forward. please call next item. >> 7. presentation of the third answer fourth quarter 2020 police

commission report of disciplinary actions and update on cases remanded back to the chief. discussion item. [ inaudible ] >> commissioner hama sack key. >> i withdraw that. >> commission, this is a follow-up of disciplinary cases in which officers were -- had cases pending and they resigned from the department and the commissioner requested that i follow in open session on these cases on today's commission. there are four cases that i will

speak about. how i will do this to protect the confidentiality of the officers is read the case number, what the charges and violations were, findings were and where we are. there was another issue. i can't remember which commissioner asked whether any cases worr would be releasable r the criteria. i will let the commission know which ones are and aren't. those four cases. i will start with first one. i.e.d. 2018-0212. the general order violation was violation of 2.01 rule 9 three counts. charges of a misdemeanor

conviction of fish and game section 2002. unlawful possession of creature to members of the public out-of-county law enforcement agents. making false misleading statements to the commission. it was taken off because of retirement. that was remanded to the chief of police for further decisions and to reach final determination to permit the public release to the personnel file as permitted by law. 1421 question. improper conduct. what happened after i may being the findings the member is notified by mail, a letter of the findings. they have a right to appeal. if they decide to appeal, they get to review all of the case

files and the information to make that appeal, and then from there we don't have any jurisdiction. they do have a right to appeal and to object to the findings. those letters are sept out. we have not heard back at this point. they had 30-days to make the appeal. there were letters sent out within the 30-days. on this particular case it is our belief this case is releasesible under 1421. next case is d.p.a. 0213-18. violations were violation of 5.01, which is the violation of 2.01 and violation of d.g.o.

10.11, body-worn camera. charges consist of use of excessive force, misrepresenting truth about use of force, areas to activate body-worn camera. officer resigned or retired from the department. this was remanded to me to the chief of police for proceedings and for a final determination. it was improper conduct and the officer was sept a letter of right to appeal. we believe this also falls under 14.21. this case is releasable. id2019-0115. that case isvey violation of rule 9. charges of officer involved in violent road rage incident while off-duty armed with off-duty

firearm. this member retired as well and case was remanded to the chief of police for further proceedings and to reach final determination which was improper conduct. this one we don't believe under the law is releasesible under 1421. next case is i.e.d. 2018-0204. violation is 2.02, 01, 9, rule 9 and charges consist of firearm while intoxicated and destruction of property. this is taken off calendar. member resigned from department. this is remanded to the chief of police for further proceedings and to reach final determination. that determination was roomed improper conduct. that member was sent final determination letter and we are

waiting a response on possible appeal. we don't believe under the law this is releasesible under 1421. that is update on those cases. >> commissioner hama saki. >> chief, thank you for this report. this is the first of these reports that we have received. to give the public a little background. this has been a long process for this commission that unfortunately that the public hasn't been able to see. you know, the big issue, there are two. one is transparency and

accountability that we want to make as many records public as allowable under the law. i am pleased to hear the two cases are 1421 eligible and should be released publicly. the second concern raised since before i got on the commission but even came up during the summer and the black lives matter demonstrations and discussions was around the idea of officers retiring with open discipline cases and then being rehired in other jurisdictions and including individuals who had been charged with pretty substantial conduct would be able to be rehired elsewhere if they presented a danger to the community of san francisco which is why they had to leave. this process by the chief completing the investigation himself will allow, i believe,

files to be noted as such. if they ever try to work in another jurisdiction and that jurisdiction requests files and disciplinary files, they will be advised. i can imagine from assurance and liability perspective it will help keep dangerous officers off the streets. this is really important work. this has been going on behind the scenes with multiple city attorney memos and legal guidance to get to this state. thank you to the chief for implementing this. it may beings me happy to see this and feel like we as commission are doing our job to ensure the transparency, account ability and protection of the community is foremost. thank you. >> chief, i have a technical

question dealing with policy failure. i want to note in the disciplinary report for the fourth quarter that there were charges neglect of duty to report and investigate and/or investigate used during the agreement policy failure execution of a wanter. the neglect of duty not reporting use of m4 rifle as forced after it was used during the execution of warrant. the m4 rifle at minor children not subject of the want. neglect of duty not reporting the use of the m4 rifle after used during the execution of the warrant. i would like to know what

happened. >> yes. the good news on this is the commission's revision of 5.01 back in july addressed this issue. the issue is this. the way the previous policy before the revision the only intentional pointing of the weapon was being the reportable use of force. this particular situation it was definitely some questions on whether or not the weapons were drawn, whether or not there was intentional pointing of weapon during a search warrant, tactical operation and search warrant and whether or not those weapons were intentionally pointed at an individual's. that really was a bigger discussion on the intent of how those weapons were positioned.

the policy didn't -- other than what the previous standing policy said at the time which was it had to be intentional pointing of weapon to be a use of force. that issue has been addressed now because the commission's revisions now have language that when a weapon is drawn even when it is not intentionally pointed, even if it doesn't amount to use of force it is reportable. it clears up a lot of that issue. that is the good news. i think, you know, there is some acknowledgment when guns are drawn whether or not they are pointed to a certain degree of promise to other incidents or those who witnessed that. this policy will address this or give us the ability to evaluate whether or not the mere drawing

of the gun even if you are down already. which there was a lot of discussion on low ready if that should be reported or not. now it will be reported in most situations. that has been addressed. at the time this incident happened that was the issue. it is the policy that didn't cover it based on circumstances of that case. >> thank you. seeing no names in the ky, i think we have no other questions. public comment, please. >> public comment online item 7 regarding the commission report of disciplinary action. press star 3 to raise your hands. we have no public comment.

>> all right. thank you. next item. >> 8. general public comment. at this time the public is welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes for items not on the agenda. under the rules and order neither police or d.p.a. personnel or commissioners are to respond but may provide brief response. opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. enter access code 146 -- star 3 if you wish to comment. if you wish to speak you will be added to the queue. speak clearly and slowly and turndown devices in the background. you may submit comment in the following ways. e-mail the secretary of the

police commission or written comments to the public safety building located at 1245 third street, san francisco. members of the public to make comment press star 3. we have one public comment. >> thank you. this is rebecca young again. some of the commission members know me. i wear several hats. i am a public defender and member of the san francisco police department bias working group co-chair racial justice, it is on bar association of the san francisco criminal justice task force. as a result of these roles i have done a fair amount of study around meet and confer policy that protects the san francisco police department can collective bargaining from any sort of

public reviews. under the city charter 11.100 and .101, all negotiating power is invested in dhr, department of human resources as agent of the mayor. the san francisco police department in 19 88 gave mayor authority over labor negotiations with this bargaining unit. we are asking for transparency. not only in san francisco but across the country is asking this collective bargaining unit poa that they are transparent in their bargaining. we are encouraging the commission to do whatever you can to encourage the dhr to advise the poa to include a transparency rule on their meet and confer process. we are also asking that you

propose a charter amendment so that in the form of a proposition so that the voters can weigh in on whether they want transparency in police negotiation process. without transparency there will not be any accountability. transparency and accountability are like salt and pepper. they go together. you cannot have complete accountability for police behavior and change the culture that chief scott is trying to do without transparency. thank you. >> what was the caller's name? >> rebecca young. >> one more caller. you have two minutes.

>> i just wanted to -- i don't expect this but i am going to do it. i wanted for the sfgovtv concerning my son on august 14 at 3:00 a.m. he was murdered in grove and baker. 17-years old. if anybody has any information we urge them to call the inspector. i forget his name right now. (415)553-1145. the case number tip line 575-4444. case number 060-86-2038. i wanted to keep awareness of my son in the light of the public. i will continue to do that.

hopefully we will get back into the city hall real soon so i can see you guys in person and we can see each other's expressions again. thank you. >> thank you. any other members of the public like to comment? >> that is the end of public comment. >> thank you. let's continue moving forward on the agenda. >> line item 9. public comment on all matters pertaining to item 11 below. closed session including public comment on item 10, vote whether to hold item 11 in closed session. >> public comment is open. check the lines.

>> we have no public comment. >> all right. public comment is closed. next item. >> 10. vote whether to hold item 11 in closed session. administrative code section 67.10. action. >> i will take a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> motion by hama saki and seconded by commissioner elias. without objection the motion passes unanimously. >> i will take us into closed session. >> thank you. [closed session]

i'd like to entertain a motion. is there a motion? >> motion. >> all right, motion made by commissioner lai, seconded by dejesus. thank you. without objection and the motion

passes unanimously. all right. i don't believe we need to take public comment on that do we? >> normally we do, yes. >> i'll take a motion to rescind. is there a motion to rescind. >> motion. >> made by elias seconded by -- thank you, dejesus. so the motion is rescinded. public comment not to disclose what was in closed session. >> public comment on line item 12 regarding not to disclose, please press star 3 now to raise your hand. and we have no public comment, commissioner. >> excellent. thank you very much. all right, let's redo that motion. motion made by commissioner elias not to disclose. seconded by commissioner dejesus. we can take that again, without objection. without objection, motion passes unanimously.

>> yes. >> all right, what else is on the agenda for tonight? >> line item 15, adjournment, action item. >> all right, folks. >> motion to adjourn. >> motion made by supervisor -- supervisor? by commissioner brookter. >> don't do that. >> seconded by -- force of habit. seconded by dejesus. ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. i take it we take that without objection? >> yes. >> thank you, everyone. good night. >> thank you. good night. is --

>> our united states constitution requires every ten years that america counts every human being in the united states, which is incredibly important for many reasons. it's important for preliminary representation because if -- political representation because if we under count california, we get less representatives in congress. it's important for san francisco because if we don't have all of the people in our city, if we don't have all of the folks in california, california and san francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in funding. >> it's really important to the city of san francisco that the federal government gets the count right, so we've created count sf to motivate all -- sf count to motivate all citizens

to participate in the census. >> for the immigrant community, a lot of people aren't sure whether they should take part, whether this is something for u.s. citizens or whether it's something for anybody who's in the yunited states, and it is something for everybody. census counts the entire population. >> we've given out $2 million to over 30 community-based organizations to help people do the census in the communities where they live and work. we've also partnered with the public libraries here in the city and also the public schools to make sure there are informational materials to make

sure the folks do the census at those sites, as well, and we've initiated a campaign to motivate the citizens and make sure they participate in census 2020. because of the language issues that many chinese community and families experience, there is a lot of mistrust in the federal government and whether their private information will be kept private and confidential. >> so it's really important that communities like bayview-hunters point participate because in the past, they've been under counted, so what that means is that funding that should have gone to these communities, it wasn't enough. >> we're going to help educate

people in the tenderloin, the multicultural residents of the tenderloin. you know, any one of our given blocks, there's 35 different languages spoken, so we are the original u.n. of san francisco. so it's -- our job is to educate people and be able to familiarize themselves on doing this census. >> you go on-line and do the census. it's available in 13 languages, and you don't need anything. it's based on household. you put in your address and answer nine simple questions. how many people are in your household, do you rent, and your information. your name, your age, your race, your gender. >> everybody is $2,000 in funding for our child care, housing, food stamps, and medical care. >> all of the residents in the city and county of san francisco need to be counted in census 2020. if you're not counted, then

your community is underrepresented and will be underserved. >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer

community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from

all-gender bathrooms to making sure that there's lgbt data collection across the city. get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. >> transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and i'm so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so intelligently. >> i would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that we've lost this year. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in missoula, montana. so as you can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive

family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because

we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are still taking place. we push back against washington. that kind of impact is starting to impact trans black folks, so it's important for our office to advocate and recognize, and come together and really remember our strength and resilience. as the only acting director of a city department in the country, i feel like there's a lot of pressure, but working through my own challenges and barriers and even my own self-doubt, i think i've been try to remember that the action

is about helping our community, whether that's making sure the community is housed, making sure they have access to health care, and using kind of my access and privilege to make change. >> i would like to say something about clair farley. she has really inspired me. i was a nurse and became disabled. before i transitioned and after i transitioned, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i'm back at college, and clair farley has really impressed on me to have a voice and to have agency, you have to have an education. >> mayor breed has led this effort. she made a $2.3 million investment into trans homes, and she spear headed this effort in partnership with my office and tony, and we're so proud to have a mayor who continues to commit and really make sure that everyone in this city can thrive. >> our community has the most

resources, and i'm very happy to be here and to have a place finally to call home. thank you. [applause] >> one, two, three. [applause] >> even in those moments when i do feel kind of alone or unseen or doubt myself, i take a look at the community and the power of the supportive allies that are at the table that really help me to push past that. being yourself, it's the word of wisdom i would give anyone. surely be patient with yourself and your dream. knowing that love, you may not always feel that from your family around you, but you can

>> mayor breed: thank you. this is the beginning of a new year, after the end of a very long year. i am optimistic about what lies ahead for our city and our country, and i do believe there is hope on the horizon. that being said, we really -- wy challenging days in front of us. our daily average case rates of 237 cases per day remains alarming. and we've never had so many people in the hospital with covid at one time. right now, in this very precarious moment, we are seeing what the impacts of the holidays will be. dr. kofax will provide more insight of those numbers, but we won't know the full affect of the holidays for the next few weeks. at this very point, san

francisco and the bay area are under the stay-at-home order for the future. we have no control over lifting most restrictions, like those related to dining and personal services. what we do have control over is how we closely follow the health orders. we have control over our individual actions that can lead us to improve our numbers so we can keep people healthy, save lives, and get out of these state restrictions. i know this continues to be so hard for everyone, especially our small businesses, that remain closed or are very limited in the services they can provide. we're doing everything we can to help. and today, at the board of sup visorssupervisors, they will vote on legislation to waive fees. these are fees that are previously deferred and are scheduled to come due in march. frankly, it is not enough.

we need to eliminate them entirely. our small businesses need any and all of the help they can get. while we have provided a lot of direct support for small businesses over the month, including over $25 million in grants and loans, we know we need to do more. that includes finding ways to provide more immediate relief, and we are working on that right now. we're also helping our small businesses apply for new rounds of p.p.p. loans that are part of the new federal relief package. we know a lot of our small businesses are closed or are struggling to stay afloat, and we will keep working to find ways to support them in every way we can. we all have a long road ahead. december was a really hard month, and january is not going to be any easier. but, like i said, there is hope. the rollout of the vaccine is something like we've never seen. hundreds of millions of doses will be distributed

around the country. this is going to take all of us working together. today we're joined by dr. josh aldler, who is the chief clinical officer of health and vice dean of the school of medicine. the doctor will speak a little about how ucsf is participating in the rollout of the vaccine. it is important for everyone to remember that the distribution of the vaccine is different from how testing was set up in this country. with test, the federal government basically left it to the local and state governments to figure out, on our own, which is why we created our own city-run testing city, city test s.f., which puts san francisco at the forefront of providing testing in this country. but in an expensive and complicated system that we

built from scratch. with the vaccine, the federal government has purchased the vaccine and is distributing them through established networks of state and health care providers. so the vaccine rollout is a lot bigger than the city and the department of public health. but we do have a role to play, and one of those roles is to distribute the vaccine to our city-run facilities. that includes laguna honda hospital, where over 715 vulnerable residents currently live. the good news is that starting yesterday, working with walgreens, we started vaccinating the resident of laguna honda, and by tomorrow, all residents who want the vaccine will receive it. this is in addition to the over a thousand staff members who have already been vaccinated and more to come. now, it's important, for a moment, to take a step

back. often these press conferences, we talk about numbers, we talk in data. we talk in concept, like infection rates and i.c.u. capacity. we say things like, we're going to -- we're taking certain actions to keep the virus out of laguna honda, but la laguna honda is just a building. they attack our seniors. and people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable. protecting the residents of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling because they are not able to visit. our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive, until we could do what we started doing yesterday: protecting them with the vaccine. i want to show a few pictures from yesterday.

lathis is a photo of bernadette yee. she is someone who has been living for months and months in the type of facility that has seen outbreaks across this country. she, like so many others, have lived with the fear each and every day, and now she has the vaccine. now she and other residents of laguna honda are waking up today with an end in sight. this next photo is jasper harris. while many of us had to sacrifice by staying home and limiting interactions, his sacrifice was to be in the facility where no one from the outside has been able to visit. he has had to deal with isolation and separation. thanks to the hard work of the staff at laguna honda, and all of the policies, our department of public health has put in place, he is alive and well, so that he can get the vaccine, so that he can

keep on living his life. these are the lives we have been fighting for day after day to save. after months of uncertainty, they will now be protected. they are alive because of public health orders we put in place, because of the staff of the facility who have done their very best to care for them. because of the center of disease control who helped create a plan to protect this specific hospital. and because of everyone at the department of public health, who has done the workday after day to keep our city safe. like i said, this is a moment, but it's a real moment of hope for our city. and we should be so proud. i know it is hard right now, but remember that each one of these people in laguna honda being vaccinated is someone who will continue to have birthdays with families and visits with friends. they will have more time.

they will have months and years ahead that so many across this country, sadly, have lost to this virus. i know it is hard to see, but there is hope. the people of this city have rallied together, even though these truly difficult recent months -- through these difficult recent months, and soon we will push this city forward. i know that health orders can be hard to follow and confusing. i know that people feel like the rules are shifting and changing and contradictory to one other. and even those who are doing their best aren't quite clear on what is okay and what is not okay. all we are asking is for you to do your very best, to use common sense, and to limit your interactions with others as much as possible, to help get us through this. we know it hasn't been easy. it has been tough on every one of us. and i would also ask that you have some understanding, some patience, and really some grace.

we are all going through this together. it has been extremely challenging. so let's just remember the vaccine is here. these are difficult times, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. and i can't wait until we're able to get back together again and able to celebrate without a mask on. that day is coming. so let's get through this together. thank you, everyone, for all that you've done and what you've continued to do. and now i'd like to introduce dr. adler to talk a little bit about what ucsf's role is in helping to distribute the vaccine. >> doctor: thank you very much, mayor breed. good morning to all of you. let me just start with a couple of comments about the public health orders. ucsf has been a partner in supporting the health orders from the beginning. we know they've been affective in helping to slow the spread of covid-19. we've seen this in our own

data for our hospitals and our clinics, but, in particular, as we've examined the situations in other health systems throughout california or the united states, it is imminently clear that the san francisco health orders have helped to keep our case orders, and especially the numbers of hospitalized patients in san francisco, lower than most other urban areas. and the importance of this is that it has allowed our hospitals to continue to function in a somewhat normal fashion, without becoming overwhelmed, as has happened elsewhere, both in our state and in the country. and that's enabled us to continue to serve all of the patients who need hospital care throughout the pandemic. so we are committed to continuing to work with the city and the county to support the residents through this pandemic. and i encourage you all to do the very best you can to ensure that you continue to comply with these health orders, as they are so important. let me turn to vaccines

for a moment. so with the approval of two vaccines in the u.s., ucsf is now very focused on vaccination as supplies become available. i will say that the size and scale of this effort is unlike any we've ever seen. so let me describe briefly how ucsf as one health system is part of the chain to provide vaccines to the people of san francisco. so ucsf is part of what is called a multi-county system. along with other facilities throughout california. as such, the vaccine is allocated to ucsf directly by the california department of public health. and then the deliveries come to ucsf from the vaccine manufacturers directly, based on the allocation of the california department of public health. it is clear that this is a major and complex

initiative, and all of us are learning as we go. what is also clear is that we need to increase the rate at which we're able to deliver vaccine to people. and i believe that from the beginning of the time we started vaccinating two and a half weeks ago, that this is already happening. for example, at ucsf, we're now able to vaccinate up to 1100 people per day, and are working to increase this number even further. at the moment, we are continuing to focus our efforts on vaccinating health care workers primarily, and hope to move on to additional groups in the next few weeks. and i can say that so far the supply of vaccine from the manufacturers and from the state has been able to keep up with the rate at which we are actually vaccinating people, and we hope that this will continue, particular as we increase the number of people we can vaccinate per day.

thank you all. i'll turn it back to you, mayor breed. >> mayor breed: thank you so much. and now i want to turn it over to dr. grant colfax to provide an update on where we are in the city with our numbers. and thank you so much for joining us today, dr. colfax. >> doctor: good morning. and thank you, mayor breed. and thank you, dr. adler. we've always -- the health department has always had a special relationship with ucsf, and we really appreciate the support during this unprecedented time. i also want to express our support for the people in communities and central and southern california, where the covid pandemic is particularly severe, and the situation is dire. and my gratitude to the thousands of people on the frontlines in san francisco fighting the virus every day. including in our hospitals, skilled nursing

facilities, community testing sites, and now vaccination clinics. and, of course, to all of you who live and work in san francisco, who have sacrificed so much for nearly a year. a tough year. but i have great hopes for 2021, and i'm sure you do as well. and nearly 12 months into the pandemic, and with a holiday, i know this has taken a toll on us, including on our mental health and well-being. so i want you to know that if you or someone needs help, it is available. you can call our behavioral health line 855-845-7415, to talk with someone who knows what it is like to struggle with behavioral health issues, or please reach out to your primary care provider or counselor. we need to care for

ourselves and each other during this time. i hope we can all commit to that. another hope, of course, is that we will continue to join together to save lives and fight the current surge of covid-19, to vaccinate our residents and workers against it, and to finally overcome this pandemic that has dominated our lives. the great news is that the vaccine is here. and it is being administered every day. but it will not have much of an impact on our current surge or any post-december holiday surge we may experience in the coming weeks. we remain in a serious and critical position, but our collective actions are making a difference. our cases of covid-19, and unfortunately our deaths due to covid-19 in san francisco, continue to

increase, but the rate of increase seems to be slowing. however, at this time we do not know the full impacts of the december holiday. and it is plausible that we could see a sharp increase in cases, followed by hospitalizations, in the next few weeks. let's see where we currently are. can we have the slide, please. as this slide shows, our number of cases have been on the uptake. this slide shows we are currently at 27 new covid positive cases per 100,000 people here in san francisco. and right now we are averaging about -- could we go to the slide before this, please? this is the slide. this slide shows that we're averaging about 27 cases per 100,000 people in san francisco. and we are averaging about 237 new cases of covid-19 every day.

we have seen an increase, as you can see, since december 24th. but the 237 new cases per day is still a drop from about 290 new cases we were seeing in mid-december. but given the infectiousness of this virus, 237 is still far too many for us to let our guard down. when we stay home, avoid gatherings, stay physically distant, and wear masks over both our noses and our mouths, we will drive this number down. we will keep our fellow san franciscans and ourselves from getting sick, help prevent hospitalizations, and make sure that we are all here for the vaccine. next slide, please. now, this shows the hospitalizations of people

with covid-19 since the pandemic began. as you can see, the number of covid-19 -- people with covid-19 who need hospital care continues to climb, as we would expect when the number of cases climb. but thanks to your efforts with regards to precautions, hospitalizations appear to be climbing more slowly now. but, as with cases overall, we will not know until mid-january how many people got covid-19 over the christmas and new year's holiday, and became seriously ill, requiring hospitalization. that's just based on how long it takes for people to show symptoms and become severely ill with covid-19. it usually takes up to a week, and even two. currently, and unlike many parts of this state, hospitals in san francisco have enough room to care for covid-19 and other

patients. locally, we have roughly 35% of i.c.u. beds available. however, across the region, just 5.9% of beds are available. and because our regional i.c.u. bed availability remains well-below the state's threshold of 15%, we here in san francisco will remain under the state regional stay-at-home order. and, as you know, the situation is much worse in central valley and in southern california. and while we have those i.c.u. beds now in san francisco, it is plausible, with our regional or statewide surge, that those numbers of i.c.u. capacity will drop sharply, perhaps due to a worsening of our local situation, or because of needs in the region and the state. staying home, as hard as

it is, is keeping our already strained health system from being overwhelmed. it is saving lives. now i want to talk a little bit about vaccines. we are working with our health care partners, including ucsf, throughout the city, to get as much vaccine into as many arms as possible. unlike testing, we do not have local control of when vaccine is sent to san francisco. or how much is received. the federal and state government have developed a distribution plan for the vaccine, and the state has defined the prioritization plan, which we must follow locally. that distribution plan shiftships the vaccine directly to health care providers, such as kaiser, ucsf, and d.p.h., which is a health

care provider in the city, primarily for people who have medicaid or who are uninsured. with the exception of the vaccine, d.p.h., the health department, gets from the state, we currently have no ability to track the amount of vaccine that is being sent to providers. i can tell you this, that the department of public health, as a health care provider, has vaccinated more than 6,000 people. most frontline acute care staff at zuckerberg san francisco hospital and laguna honda have been vaccinated, and nearly all paramedics and e.m.t.s have been offered the vaccine. and after today, over 90% of the residents at laguna honda will have received the first dose of the pfizer vaccine. that is great news. given the limited initial supply of covid-19 vaccine, the state has

developed a phase approach for which group of people will get the vaccine and when. the first phase, the phase we are in now, defined by the state as phase 1a, prioritizes those workers in health care settings most likely to be exposed to the virus, and most needed to support our health care system. in san francisco, that is estimated to be over 80,000 health care workers, including nurses, doctors, technicians, environmental service workers, nutrition service workers, e.m.t.s, paramedics, and many, many others. the majority of these workers are being vaccinated by their employer, whether it be the health department, c.p. m. c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next

phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply

remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyone who wants a vaccine will get one eventually, and we will work together, as we have done throughout this pandemic, to make this happen. while we planned for the availability of the vaccine, we still must make a difference in this current surge by supporting each other and continuing to make good and smart choices that we know slow the spread of the virus, such as wearing a mask over both your nose and your mouth when you go outside, avoiding gatherings outside of your immediate household, and physically distancing whenever possible. as we start this new year, nearly 12 months into this pandemic, believe me, i'm

counting the days, let's remember that our collective actions have changed the course of the virus in march and july. we can, and we will, do it again. thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed, dr. adler, and dr. colfax. before we start the "q" and "a," we're going to take a moment for our reporters to submit questions on webex. we'll be right back. >> dr. colfax, are you ready? >> doctor: i'm ready, hello.

>> dr. colfax, your first set of questions comes from various news outlets. california has six confirmed cases of the new coronavirus strain. which strain is more contagious and severe, and is there any new and detailed plan to stop spreading the strain. and there is a followup question: how can san francisco track the possible new strain? >> doctor: so when you're referring to the -- >> the u.k. >> doctor: -- the u.k. strain, we know that the u.k. strain now is responsible for the majority of infections in the u.k., and, as we know, it has been detected across many parts of this country. we have not yet detected the new strain here in san francisco, but it certainly would not be surprising if and when it does get detected.

and a number of laboratories, including at ucsf are genotyping of the virus, a select sample, to determine if and when this strain does show up. unfortunately, there is not a lot of capacity to do that, so only a very small member of samples are sent to la laboratories for this sub-typing, but we would not be surprised if and when it is detected in san francisco or in the region. a couple of things about the virus: while it does appear to be more transmissible than other variants of the virus, it does not appear to be more lethal. and there is no reason at this time to believe that it is somehow resistant to the vaccine. and i think, most importantly, for people going about their lives right now, it just reinforces the need for us to practice those

prevention activities, to wear a mask over both your nose and your mouth, to physically distance, and, again, not to gather because with more virus out there than ever before, and with the likelihood that this variant is out there, the things that we may have done in the past that we avoided getting infected, those activities are much more risky now. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next set of questions also come from multiple news outlets. why does san francisco have so much more i.c.u. availability than the regional average? even some counties that have had similar public health responses. and the followup is: could you expand on what you said about san francisco's i.c.u. capacity potentially dropping because of needs across the state?

>> doctor: sure. i think right now our i.c.u. capacity is really good shape compared to certainly the rest of the state, for a number of factors. primarily, we have as a community so far weathered the worst of surges, so we don't have as many people proportionately in our hospital system because of covid-19 because of all of the efforts we have invested and the sacrifices we have made. the other key piece right now is seasonally, during the holidays and right after the holidays, there are generally fewer people in the hospital for elective surgeries and so forth, and so we have more hospital capacity for that reason as well. and we have been working very hard with our hospital partners in the city to ensure that i.c.u. capacity is maintained as much as possible. with regard to that i.c.u. capacity being used for

other -- for people in need across the state, and even, indeed, across the region, there is a statewide system by which hospitals, regions, can ask for assistance to transfer patients when they run out of capacity, to transfer patients into another jurisdiction. right now, for instance, we have more patients in our i.c.u.s across the city who are from outside of san francisco. and while we have care available and people need care, it is the moral and ethical and right thing to do to provide that care when asked and when needed. and, again, we are watching that number very careful -- our capacity very carefully because as the central and southern part of the state continue to experience catastrophic situations, and as the region has fewer i.c.u. beds, we would expect our local i.c.u. bed capacity

to start going down as well. obviously, i hope that doesn't happen, but it certainly is plausible at this time. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next set of questions, again, come from various outlets. and it's a two-part question. how many vaccine doses has san francisco received from the state, and of those, how many doses have been administered. and a followup: how often is san francisco receiving vaccine doses? >> doctor: so dr. adler mentioned the multi-county entities, kaiser, and others are receiving the vaccine allocated by the state. we don't have those numbers. right now the state is working on data systems to have that visibility, but i don't have those

numbers, unfortunately, available. they have not been made available to us. i know the state is working very hard to get those numbers to local jurisdictions. what i can tell you is that the health department has distributed -- has -- has delivered 6,000 vaccines to people in our system, the frontline workers at zuck ber zuckerberg hospital, and our e.m.t.s, and others. so we are distributed 6,000 vaccines. d.p.h. received 30,000 vaccines that were distributed to these other entities across the city. after that, the state switched to the small county entities distribution system, and we do not have those numbers available at this time. >> thank you. again, the next question

is from various news outlets. has san francisco hospitals had any excess supply of vaccines? and if so, how have they determined how to distribute them? >> doctor: well, i wish that were the case. i can say we are pushing vaccines out into arms as quickly as possible. i know all of the entities in the city are doing that. that has not been an issue. we're getting vaccines into arms, and certainly demand for the vaccine far outweighs supply. and we are working with our county partners to scale up vaccine distribution as quickly as possible, so that we will be ready when more vaccine comes. again, right now the demand far outweighs the supply. we are still in the phase 1a, and as required by the state, that phase 1a tier, we estimate that is over 80,000 people who live or work in san francisco who

need vaccines. this is, remember, the first dose. we're just starting the second doses this week. >> thank you. this question from various news outlets: what are the city's plans for administering the vaccine to san francisco's immigrant community and people who are undocumented? >> doctor: so vaccines will, most likely, be distributed through health care providers. and we will be doing extensive outreach with health care providers, through media, through trusted community partners, community stakeholders, community-based organizations, to let people know that vaccine is available. as you know in san francisco, we have a robust health care system. anyone, regardless of immigration status, receives top-quality care, including at the health department, and we are working very, very hard with stakeholders in

communities, including immigrant communities, to ensure that people understand about the vaccine, and that people are able to -- will be able to access vaccine when it is available. >> thank you. the next question comes from multiple news outets. new york city is setting up mass vaccination sites and its five boroughs to avoid delays in getting people vaccinated. is that possible in san francisco? >> doctor: so there have been no delays in getting people vaccinated. the demand far outweighs the supply. we are working with our health care providers, who we expect will be receiving the majority of the vaccines, kaiser, which as we know, covers many, many people, dignity health, and of course, here at the health department, to explore

whether we can -- whether the vaccine will be more rapidly distributed and made available to people through these types of mass vaccination sites. and we are working with them to ensure that, again, the vaccine gets into as many arms as quickly as possible. our goal is to make sure that vaccine is not sitting in the freezer, and that as soon as the feds and the sat supply vaccine to local jurisdictions, to health care entities in san francisco, that we get it into as many arms as possible. >> thank you. the next set of questions come from multiple outlets: how will san francisco determine who will be next in line for vaccines? and is san francisco taking any covid-19 patients from outside the county and/or region? >> doctor: so i will answer that second question first. as i said, there are four patients who are

transferred from -- that we know of that are transferred from outside of san francisco in our current hospital systems across the city. so that total is four. with regards to determining who goes next for the vaccine, we are required to follow the state recommendations. again, we are in that phase 1a, and we are waiting for the state to finalize 1b, which includes essential workers and people 75 and over. and it is anticipated there will be a phase 1c, and we will following the state guidelines in terms of prioritizing those populations for vaccine. >> thank you. and, dr. colfax, your final question from the day, from various news outlets: what is the current situation with infections at laguna honda, prior to

vaccinations? >> doctor: so i think the really great news is that vaccinations started yesterday for residents at laguna honda. over 300 were vaccinated. we expect vaccinations to be completed by tomorrow. right now we have 15 laguna honda residents who have been diagnosed with covid-19, and we have 34 staff who were diagnosed. >> thank you, dr. colfax, for your time today. this concludes today's press conference. we want to thank mayor breed, dr. adler, and yourself, dr. colfax, for your time. for future questions...

>> this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. i would like to remind everyone to please mute yourself if you're not speaking. the first item on the agenda is roll call. president mccarthy... [roll call] >> clerk: we have a quorum. and the next item is item 2. president's announcement. >> president mccarthy: good morning, and welcome, everybody, to the building inspection commission meeting, december 2020. sonya, can everyone hear