member nadendra, you had mentioned outcomes? is that something we see more on a special meeting or march 16th? >> if we're not going to have a meeting before march 16th, if possible i would like to have it then. >> thank you. >> chairwoman: member ledbetter, was there anything else? okay, great. okay. well, i guess we'll just take public comments on that item and then everyone will be free to go. >> members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 415-655-0001, i.d. 1464654190. then pound and then pound again. if you haven't already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comment. please note that you have three minutes. there are no public

comments. i will go ahead and take roll to adjourn the meeting. >> chairwoman: great. thank you. >> i think we need a motion. >> yes, we do. >> let's adjourn the meeting. >> second. >> member andrews? absent. member friedenbach? >> yes. >> i think she left. >> member haines? >> yes. >> member ledbetter? >> yes. >> member miller? >> yes. >> member nadendra? >> yes. >> member reggio? >> yes. >> chair williams? absent. great. the meeting is adjourned at 12:07:00 p.m.

thank you. this morning, our office filed a lawsuit with the superior court against the san francisco board of education and the san francisco unified school district for its failure to formulate a plan designed to get the 54,000 students in the san francisco unified school district back to in-class learning as quickly as possible. more specifically, the california education code requires school districts across the state to adopt a learning continuity and attendance plan, lcap, describing the actions school districts will offer to take classroom-based instructions whenever possible. particularly for pupils who experienced significant learning loss due to school closures in the 2019-2020 school year.

or are at greater risk of experiencing learning loss due to future school closures. the requirements under state law are detailed and specific. unfortunately, the plan prepared by the san francisco unified school district and adopted by the board of education is ambiguous empty rhetoric. it's a plan to make a plan. it's legally insufficient. the city is suing for a single cause of action at this point, violation of duty, when government officials fail to perform their official duties. the city is seeking a court among that among other things, requires san francisco school district to fulfill under state law to "prepare to offer in-person instruction" now that it's possible to do so safely. we're asking the court to order the school board and school district to put in place a

plan -- a viable plan to reopen safely. if that plan is followed, schools will reopen. san francisco schools have generally been allowed to reopen since september 2020. the san francisco department of public health, the california department of public health and u.s. center for disease and prevention all say schools can reopen safely. in san francisco, the overwhelming majority of private and parochial schools have done so. over the past several months, 113 private and parochial schools in san francisco have reopened and remain open. almost 16,000 students have returned to in-person schools. and less than five cases of in-class transmission have been reported. in [indiscernible] county 90% of schools resumed in-person instruction, including public

schools which began opening classrooms last fall. there have been only nine cases of suspected in-class transmission there. various public schools opened in san mateo, santa clara and napa counties and the results were similar. undisputed scientific consensus is schools can reopen safely for teachers, staff and students with proper precaution. and that in-person instruction is not causing spikes in covid infections. but as of the date of this complaint, not a single san francisco public school student has set foot in their classroom in 327 days. disturbingly, the school district and the board of education seem to have no plan for how or when in-person instruction will begin for any of its students. other than falsely proclaiming schools cannot be reopened safely and telling families that it is unlikely we'll be able to offer most middle and high

school students the opportunity for in-person learning this school year, the district and the board have provided virtually no current information to the city or to the public. the leadership for both the school district and the educators union can't seem to get their act together. the board of education and the school district have had more than 10 months to roll out a concrete plan to get kids back in school. unfortunately, so farther's earning an "f". having a plan to make a plan, doesn't cut it, and is no plan at all. the district's own data show the achievement gap is widening under san francisco school district's distant learning approach. black, latino and other students of color in san francisco, as well as those from low-income families, have lost significant academic ground compared with wealthier and white students during the pandemic. while research is increasingly showing that the mental and emotional health of many

students is at greater risk during the pandemic as they struggle with distance learning, san francisco officials, children, and families do not know what steps have been taken, what remains to be done, or how they can help. this is not just shameful; it's also unlawful. it's regrettable we've had to take this decision that we filed today. suing the school district is not something we ever wanted to do. but something needs to change. the status quo is failing our children. and we hope that this will move the district to do the right thing. i know that there are countless teachers doing heroic work to educate their students in these unprecedented times. ; to them, we say thank you. day after day, they're fighting the impossible battle against the tide of isolation and distance learning. we couldn't be more grate he have for their service and

sacrifices they've made to educate our kids during this very difficult time. we want them to be able to return safely to the classroom. it is up to the district, the board of education, and their leadership to agree on a plan to do so. more than 54,000 san francisco school chirp are suffering. they are being turned into zombies by online schooling. enough is enough. getting kids back in school needs to be the only priority of school district leadership. and with that, i'd like to introduce marilyn -- mayor breed who is supportive of the lawsuit. >> thank you to our city attorney herrera working with us to find a solution we know is not easy. i know, but i appreciate you are

really stepping up to help meet what we know is an incredible, incredibly challenging time facing our city. nothing matters more than getting our kids back in school. as a city, we don't have control over this decision, which is really frustrating. but we've offered support and help for months. we've helped inspect schools and classrooms to get them ready. we work with the district to set up the testing necessary to monitor the virus when our educators he and students return. we've given $15 million to support our schools. above what we already do through our normal budget process. and look, i know some of our educators have concerns. i understand those concerns. and i believe we should listen to them and work to address them. and i do support our teachers. in fact, i led a ballot measure last fall to support pay increases for teachers with

the -- which the voters of this city supported overwhelmingly. the legitimate concern of our teachers cannot stand in the way of getting kids back in the classroom. when i was in the community the other day, i had a teacher approach me who said i want to go back into the classroom. what are we going to do? i believe we can do this safely. as we've seen in private schools and community hubs that we've been -- they've been open for months. as we've seen in other districts across the bay area and the state, that our city attorney just talked about, our kids are suffering. the inequalities that existed before the pandemic have become more clear. the data is clear. students have lost ground in academic achievement. and that is a problem. health experts say that issues relating to mental health such

as depression and eating disorders are on the rise. almost 1,000 of the school district's 53,000 students have missed over 60% of their classes. 70% of those students are from low-income families. and 3/4 of them are from black and latino families. the school district is failing to meet this most basic responsibility. and for all of the talk i hear from the board of education about equity, the data speaks for itself. i'm hearing every day from parents, who are concerned that their kids are falling behind. mostly single parents. i'm hearing from parents who have had to leave their jobs to stay home and facilitate distance learning. and we know when this happens, it's almost always women, who bear the brunt of this responsibility. families right now aren't able to plan for their future.

they can't decide whether to accept a job offer, because they don't know when they're going to be able to once again have their kids return to the classroom. i know that this is a drastic step. but i feel we're out of options at this point. the department of public health. the leading force around this pandemic, the department of public health that has been the most conservative putting out health orders, they issued guidance to this school district will safety precautions needed to open schools last september. it's been five months since then. and there's not even an agreement or a plan in place to start reopening. in fact, there were a number of agreements put into place, and then, they changed. during that time, the school board has alienated parents and made national news for renaming 44 of our schools, all while

there wasn't a plan to reopen those very same schools? all while even the children who are a part of these schools have not necessarily been able to participate in the discussion, which could be an incredible learning opportunity. look, i'm committed to working with the school district and the school board. we've been providing support for months. we've been prioritizing the schools and rolling up our sleeves in the city and doing everything we can. we're still here, ready to help. and while i don't control the schools, i am the elected leader of this city, and i'm not going to stand by while our students and families continue to suffer with no end in sight. it's not acceptable to tell parents, who are already under unbelievable stress, and are seeing with their own eyes how their children are falling behind. that distance learn something not good enough. this is offensive.

and completely unacceptable. this is san francisco. we have been a national leader in our response to covid. let's be a national leader in getting our kids back to school. i'm a proud graduate of san francisco's public schools. the only reason why i was able to grow up in public housing in a very challenging environment, in poverty, in this city, and go onto become mayor, was because of our public schools. but if i were in school today, i would likely have been one of those very same students who today are falling behind because of distance learning. in fact, my niece and nephew are two of those san francisco students. so yes, i'm here as a mayor, but i'm also here as an aunt who is concerned about her family. every day we wait is another day we let our students fall behind. this is not the route i would

have chosen five months ago. i'm not sure that -- this is not the route i would have chosen five months ago, but i don't see any other option. we're ready to help. but the school district needs a plan to reopen, and they need it now. our students and our families deserve nothing less. so once again, i want to thank our city attorney herrera and his team at the city attorney's office. i know in their hearts, all they want to do is see our schools reopen. people of san francisco want to see our schools reopen. and i'm hopeful that we are one step closer to getting there today. let's not continue to let our children suffer in this city. thank you. >> thank you mayor breed, and thank you city attorney herrera. we will be taking a select

number of comments from reporters. so if you do have any questions, please send them to myself, the host. and we will try and get in as many as we can. for mayor breed, we have a question from jim carlson. can the mayor speak more on the remaining controversy and why this is quote-unquote "the wrong time"? >> mayor breed: i am sorry. i don't understand the question. >> jim, can you narrow that down a little bit. >> mayor breed: what media outlet? >> sorry. jim, can you cite your media outlet as well, thank you.

for city attorney herrera from "the examiner", there are a few questions. i'll start with one. did the city offer to meet before filing suit? and if so, did they refuse so? >> let me put it this way: if the question did i, the city's attorney office, meet with the school district, the answer is no. but in terms of the city itself as an entity, going back for the entirety of the time the school has been closed, there were numerous conversations between the city as an entity and the school district about how we could be of assistance in terms of giving them the resources they need to ensure that schools could reopen as safely as possible from discussions of

testing, money, of other availability of resources. that's something that the city as an entity and my client's departments and the mayor's office has had numerous conversations, continual conversations. members of the board of supervisors with the district over the past several months. with respect with me filing this lawsuit, did i have a meeting and discussion with them? no. quite frankly, i didn't think it was worthwhile considering the lack of progress that has been made over the last several months, despite all of the continual discussions that were happening with the city and the school district. >> thank you, city attorney herrera. the second part of the question is why isn't testing help offered, considering it's a major barrier, as school officials have said.

maybe mayor breed can answer. >> i don't agree with the supposition of the question. i think there have been numerous conversations from the department of public health and other places in the city to say that they would be at assistance and try to be at assistance to try to deal with testing issues. i think that's been something that's been discussed quite often over the course of the last several months. >> mayor breed: in fact, we worked with the school district and had a plan to implement testing capacity to support the request of the teachers' union, and unfortunately things changed after that. >> thank you, both. this comes from kathie novak. for city attorney herrera, what could happen in practical terms if the court rules the schools

should reopen but the teachers refuse to return or strike? >> >> attorney herrera: i'm hopeful with the policy issues you've seen across the state. this is legal, and based on a failure of the school district to do what is required under the law. so we are not seeking a court order requiring schools to reopen exactly. we're asking the court to order the unified school district to prepare to offer in-person instruction, file the appropriate plan to show they're ready to do so. and that is going to require that -- and hopefully provide a platform for the district and the board and the union to hammer out an agreement to get this done. so schools can reopen as quickly as possible according to the plans that the court will likely require -- the detail and

specific plan the court will likely require the school district to file. so i think this is providing a platform and vehicle for everybody to come to the table and hammer out an agreement that will result in kids getting back to school as quickly as possible. >> thank you, can city attorney herrera. we've got another question from ktvu. if the district board and teachers' union comes up with a plan, would the city drop the lawsuit? >> attorney herrera: i'm not going to speculate on what i would do or not do based on an agreement that hasn't occurred. we're going into court. i'm seeking a preliminary injunction next week. if that forces folks at the district and at the teachers' union to come to some kind of agreement, great. if that's embodied in the documents that we're asking the

court to require the district to come up with, fabulous. but i want to see the details, concrete results, and then, i'll make my decision about where this lawsuit goes or doesn't go based on the circumstances at the time. >> thanks very much. we're waiting for just a few more questions to come in. for mayor breed, this comes from kpix. for the schools closed in march 2020, how many times did you meet with superintendent matthews to discuss reopening and what city officials could do? how many times have you met with uess since schools closed? >> mayor breed: i meet with superintendent matthew quite frequently. we have a regular meeting on a monthly basis. we've had to increase the number of conversations we've had to

focus on our reopening efforts. and -- what was the second part of the question? >> sure. the second part of the question is: how many times have you met with uess since schools closed? >> mayor breed: so i've talked individually to members of uesf on numerous occasions. i don't know the exact number of times i've met with either. but they've been over the course of the past year, there have been a few times. thanks very much. sorry. just to clarify, you know, how many times have you met with superintendent matthews? and have you discussed reopening with him and what city officials

could do to help? >> who is that question for? >> for mayor breed from kpix. >> okay. >> mayor breed: look, i can get back to you on the exact number of times. but i have a standing monthly meeting with the superintendent. and there have been increased in the number of meetings that i've had with him around the reopening efforts. so i don't know the specifics of how many times. but we definitely have a open relationship. we constantly communicate with one another. we're definitely trying to work together. i know he's working very hard to get the elected board of directors for the school district on board with number of plans and initiatives. and this is what we discuss on a regular basis. so the specifics of the number of times, i do not know off the top of my head.

>> thank you. and just a follow-up. we're going to take two more questions. this is from ken troth. what else will be done in the next couple of weeks by city officials such as yourself? you mentioned testing and money for schools. can we elaborate on that. >> that was for mayor breed, correct? >> mayor breed: what else? >> what else could be done in the next couple of weeks by city officials? you mentioned testing, offering money to inspect schools. >> mayor breed: that as far as i'm concerned, we don't know what else we could do. president that's what the problem is. we've tried to meet every request that has been made. and there was actually just to

clarify, an agreement for testing. and so we have provided the resources, the systems, the support. and we just need the school board and the superintendent to move in this direction. and so we're here. we're here to work with them. we're here to continue to provide whatever resources that are available to support them. but it doesn't -- we're not sure what else we could do to move this forward. and i think that's really why we're here today, because now it's time for us to start using whatever tools we have, whether it's a lawsuit or legislation or what have you to address this issue. and sadly, you know, take matters into our own hands. >> thank you, mayor breed.

one more. we're just sorting through. we've gotten quite a few. that's all we have time for today. i really appreciate everyone coming. and their interest in this issue. thank you to mayor breed for her time. and thank you of course to the city attorney herrera for speaking today. if you would like more additional information on the lawsuit filed today or anymore of city attorney herrera's comments visit www.sfcityattorney.org for our full press release.

>> commissioner cohen: it's 6:00 p.m., and we are just

getting started. commissioner youngblood, could you please call the roll. >> clerk: yes, commissioner. [roll call] [pledge of allegiance] >> commissioner cohen: thank you for joining me in that pledge. sergeant youngblood, we've got a very awesome agenda ahead of us today. colleagues, i hope you're ready to dig in. chief, it's good to see you,

and thank you, everyone else, on tonight's zoom. thank you. chief youngblood, let's go ahead and call the next item. >> clerk: line item one, general public comment. at this time, the public is now welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. comments or opportunities to speak during the public comment period may be had by calling 415-655-0001 and entering meeting i.d. 187-764-9428. press pound and pound again, and then star, three when your item is called.

additionally, you may e-mail your comments. we will be taking public comment for 30 minutes, and then, we will continue this item at the end of the agenda after line item 11. based on the length of tonight's agenda based on the number of tonight's speakers and the items on tonight's agenda, public comment will be limited to two minutes. at this time, if you wish to make public comment, press star, three now. a reminder, this is general public comment, not for items on the agenda which include the budget. all right. president cohen, we have about ten. >> commissioner cohen: let's go ahead and get started. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, there. thank you. this is danielle harris from

the public defender's office. i'm following up on something that's been raised a couple of times recently and asking the commission to clarify its proceedings when an sfpd retires pending a misconduct investigation. in december 2019, the public was told by this commission that the city attorney had advised that it does have the authority to continue these investigations, and then several times last year, there were requests that that occur, and then suddenly, in october 2020, the commission was referring cases back to the chief, chief scott, under these circumstances. when it was raised again a couple weeks ago, it was stated there's now an informal policy of the commission to refer the cases back to the chief.

i'm asking that the commission adopt a formal policy on when it should or should not, when it will not or will not adopt investigations in the circumstances of a strategic retirement. it seems there are some cases where the commission absolutely needs to continue an investigation and to do so so that the public can understand what the considerations that the commission's taking into account are and comment upon it. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. my name is david aaronson. i live in district one. [inaudible] first of all, thank you to president cohen for mentioning our work at the last police commission meeting. [inaudible] quarterly statistical reports have been a

problem, only reporting on a per capita [inaudible]. the sfpd has resisted this reporting because it shows that the sfpds racist and policy has not improved. this is highlighted in a major national news story earlier this month on fox38.com. the article called san francisco the third worst u.s. city in the west and the fourth worst city of all u.s. cities regarding killing by police. this killing has been well documented for years. the last police commission meeting featured a presentation on a report by the center for policing equity. there have been further reports on policing and racism in san

francisco for the past several years with little to no improvement. one thing i'd like to specifically call out with the c.t.e. report, presentation was one data analyst matthew graham said in no uncertain terms, chief scott's [inaudible] and i quote the black and brown community did not explain the incredible rates of the antiblack policing in san francisco. we control for that, and there is still a bias. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening. my name is kate hodge. i live in district seven, and i'm also with the core team of wealth and disparities.

thank you for the [inaudible] in the last police commission meeting [inaudible] to the point that we were dismayed by the police. the police commission has not made solving this problem a top priority. [inaudible] at the same time, very real needs the community has are not being met, including [inaudible] through employment opportunities and training, workforce development, and other services. we demand that the [inaudible] quality of life programs and that officials come together to stop the suffering of residents of the bayview [inaudible]. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller.

you have two minutes. >> thank you. my name is susan buckman, and i am also a core team member of the wealth and disparities in the black community. thank you, president cohen, for acknowledging the work of our founder, felicia jones, and the work of our core team at the last police commission meeting. as we noted in our public comment last week, we need to understand the role of the department of police accountability. we met with director paul henderson of d.p.a. on february 1, 2021 regarding the letters exchanged between d.p.a. and sfpd in may through july 2020 on the april 2020 killing of mario woods. of particular concern to us, the four recommendations that d.p.a. made to sfpd, which chief scott then flatly refused to adopt. mr. henderson indicated to us that there were no plans to push back against chief scott on his refusal to consider

these four recommendations. indeed, in discussing a recommendation which chief scott rejected that d.p.a. be allowed to act in an advisory role if, after a shooting, officers can be returned to active duty, director henderson directed us to chief scott. it is clear that mr. henderson's stance is public safety is someone else's responsibility. we are eager to hear the police commission's view on this.

thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is noah, and i live, work, and study in san francisco. i'm calling today to request that the police commission not approve the proposed sfpd budget as a larger allocation of a reduction of the police budget is actually necessary for reform to materialize. it is imperative to this city to move away from forms of punishment. i ask that you respond with a reduction in police force with the role of officers and the relationships to communities of color. like many san franciscans over the past year, i asked the commission to assure the 4.8 million is divested from the police commission to fund

the compassionate alternative response team or c.a.r.t. sfpd fields 100,000 calls directly related to mental health in the last year. commissioners, the way you vote now can help bring real impactful change. please do not kick the can further down the road. our community is relying on the integrity of this commission to use their vote to address the need for resources and compassionate responses. i thank you for your time, and i hope you reject the current budget that's being produced by the sfpd.

thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> yes. my name is nick french. i'm a resident of district two. i'm calling with regards to public corruption in the city over the last many months. our city has not only struggled with the pandemic and a reckoning with racial justice issues but also a unique wave of public corruption throughout the city. one question that i think that this commission needs to wrestle with is the participation of john hamasaki who runs an independent law firm that benefits from his participation on this commission. in concert with his recent activities on social media, it's become apparent that he is not serving in the interests of our industry on this commission

and is clearly benefiting from participation on it personally, and i think that needs to be explored by this commission. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. my name is abbie, and i live in district five. i'm really glad that i live in a community that agree that we need to move money from the p.d. to black and brown communities. you've heard many of us calling to move money into the community and away from sfpd, and i'm pleased to see that you all feel the same way, as well, and this is really cool.

this was awesome. that was supported by chief scott and was an awesome proposal, and let's make it fucking happen. i would like to generally make a comment asking to make the massive reductions to the budget that we've all been working towards, and asking to put $4.5 million, which is really a small reduction to the budget, to funding the c.a.r.t. it's sure to save the city money and better support our unhoused neighbors. we all want better safety for san francisco, and the public has spoken about what that looks like in great detail, and you as commissioners have the power to make it actually happen, so please help make that happen. thank you.

>> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. i agree with the caller two callers ago that mentioned john hamasaki and his conflict of interest. i do agree that that should be explored and he should not be benefiting personally from sitting on this commission. this should be a benefit to the public, not to yourself. and i would also disagree with the caller just prior to me who wants to continue defunding the police. our city is in trouble right now. there are not enough police on the street to look out for public safety, and you have this happening all over the city in all districts. the crime is on the rise, yet we've all heard the number

that's crime is down. well, crime is down if you count a car break in the same exact way that you would count a hot prowl burglary or a hot car break-in the same as you would count a murder. crime in my district, the richmond, is up 370% from last year. this is unacceptable. we have elderly people being knocked down, two killed in the last couple of weeks, from people on the street just attacking them. this is not okay, and it is clear that san francisco is supporting a -- an attitude of lawlessness. when you have that attitude, guess what you get? you get criminals who are more brazen and who think they can go out and do whatever they want, and that's what's

happening, and they will become more and more brazen. we need more programs, but the police budget has already been cut. i urge you not to cut it further. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. my name is cheryl thornton, and i wanted to first thank the police commission for passing the resolution last week with the officers, the police officers to now be included in the vaccination for the corona vaccine, but i wanted to follow up on that because i heard one of the officers were maybe turned away at the s.f. airport, so i wanted to make sure that they get those

vaccinations, officers. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, ul willer. you have -- good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> okay, yeah. i want to explore c.a.r.t. and get what they have in other cities. it's one of the easiest and most straightforward ways of building empathy with the community and sort of creating a new chapter with the community and reforming and rethink public safety's place in san francisco, and i hope this commission will consider that seriously and consider more forms of this budget approval. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller.

president cohen, that is the end of the public comment. we do have miss brown on the line, but she is using a device that does not have a microphone, so i'm unable to mute her. other than that, public comment is done. >> commissioner cohen: okay. so are you proposing -- what are you suggesting that we do with ms. brown? >> clerk: ms. brown, if you could call in with a division -- device that has a microphone, but at this time, it's not working. >> commissioner cohen: okay. we'll continue to move on. let's move onto the next agenda item, if you could call it, sergeant, please.

>> clerk: line item 2, reports to the commission. chief's report. weekly crime trends. provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. major-significant incidents. provide a summary of plans activities and events. this will include a brief overview of any unplanned events or activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. >> president cohen: okay. thank you, chief. >> good afternoon, president cohen and the commission. i'm going to start reporting on the significant crime trends, and for the public that are interested, they have been made available to the commission and the public. but our big concern is shootings. last year at this time, we had nine shootings, and this year, we have 46, which is a disturbing and significant

increase. as was asked in comments last week, i want to talk about where these shootings are occurring and our strategy to try to turn this narrative around. this last week, we had an incident in the bayview district where individuals were shot in a -- where six individuals were shot in a street. we also had an incident in the tenderloin where three individuals were shot and an incident near the embarcadero where two individuals were shot. good news, if there is good news, in the embarcadero case, we did make an arrest. on the tenderloin case, we do have significant information that we hope to make an arrest soon, and we're still working on the bayview case. in terms of strategies to

[inaudible] had a series of bad incidents on the third street corridors, and although we have put additional officers on a permanent basis in the bayview, they need more in the bayview. the mission for many of these officers is the foot beat and really engage with the community. as was stated last week, it's not just about putting officers in the community, it's about working with the community and working to turn this around, so that is what we did in the bayview. the tenderloin, we -- what we

have seen in the tenderloin is related to drug activity, so we will continue with the activity in the tenderloin -- >> president cohen: chief, real quick, just for the listeners that are listening, could you describe fixed posts? >> oh, yes. fixed posts are when an officer is deployed at a location and they stay there. fixed posts are effective when there's a need for presence, and oftentimes with foot beats and even with patrol units patrolling an area, they don't stay in the area. people return, the people return to the same area, and the officers are in that area.

i know president cohen, you asked to get that on calendar. that has led to an in-depth analysis on our shootings. we really have a good handle on where these shootings are, what occurred, but we have to work that longer term. we have to obtain a grant to really develop our work with intervention, and that grant is from the state of california department of justice, and i think that's going to get us a long way toward that goal. it's worked in other areas,

where we bring everybody to the table and work on strategies. we also are working with the california partnership to develop a focused return strategy, which amounts identifying the people that are at risk to being shot or shootings and addressing that in a manner that that is known as a call-in, so we can speak directly with those individuals and with community partners and with the community agencies that are there to prevent those incidents from happening, so these are our on going strategies to address the shootings. and the other things that i want to talk about are burglaries. we need visible deployment of patrol officers to be in the

neighborhood. you will see police officers out there, and the commercial corridors, the foot beats will be present, and again, officers deter this activity. i want to mention one incident that resulted from our plain clothes units this morning. two of our officers were actually assaulted by a suspected burglar as they came in contact with individuals who they believe were breaking into garages in the noe valley area. fortunately, the officers were treated and expected to be okay. one officer was stabbed, but he is okay. lastly, i want to report the follow up on an incident that i reported last week, two kids that were basically kidnapped

when two suspects stole their father's car, and this was -- this was over a week ago. we arrested one suspect last week. i reported on that. just today, right before the commission meeting a couple of hours before, we arrested the second suspect in that case. he is a 27-year-old, german morasen of san francisco, and he was arrested at the intersection of [inaudible]. he was booked on kidnapping, child endangerment, robbery, aggravated assault, and conspiracy, and we are working with the district attorney to present prosecutable evidence. last week, we had a case in the tenderloin, this week, where

another gentleman was attacked unprovoked. the officers, because they know their beats and the areas, were quickly able to identify the suspects, and an arrest was made quickly on that particular suspect, as well. we have to prevent everything from the incidents happening in the first place. lastly, working with the community, i want to thank members of the community in working on our kidnapping case that i just mentioned. information was pouring in from everywhere, social media and everywhere. a lot of people became involved in that with these two young children, ages four and one, that were taken from their father as the individual stole the car, and it was that type

of really support and cooperation from members of our community that makes our jobs much easier and that we need in order to turnaround some of the narrative with what's happening in our city, so i want to bring out that, and that concludes my report. if you have any questions. >> president cohen: thank you very much, chief. i saw cindy elias' hand first, so we'll go to her. >> vice president elias: thank you. one thing that i wanted to ask, chief, was the status of the vaccines. i heard the commenters commenting about it earlier. do you have a status on the vaccines for the officers? >> yes, and i want to thank you, commissioner elias, and

everyone for all your support. we are getting the officers back to being vaccinated at a higher rate. the problem is the city is very short in vaccination, and as a result, the moscone center has temporarily halted, but i'm happy to report our public health and san francisco city leaders and public health including d.h.r., many were able to get vaccinated, and we are continuing to encourage our officers to sign up. those in other counties are also getting vaccinated in other counties with the help of the state of california website. unfortunately, our city is not getting enough vaccinations -- vaccine, and i know that the mayor and dr. colfax and other city officials are working on

that, but we have to have more of that. we just don't have enough. >> vice president elias: are you aware of anybody being turned away? >> i'm not aware of anybody being turned away prior to -- what was yesterday? monday? tuesday. i know for a fact that there were officers vaccinated at moscone whether they lived here or not. if they are getting turned away, my advice is to get their name to the list. >> vice president elias: i appreciate that. if you can just inquire, chief, if any officer was turned way and let us know offline, that would be helpful. >> i'll follow up.

>> vice president elias: that would not great. thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. next speaker is john hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you, chief cohen. my question is about the shooting kicking off in the bayview, it's really involving the vandalism, but the clearance rate is really well. >> yes. we actually are doing pretty well you our homicides and our shootings. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. is that -- are those coming through community contacts, through foot beats and patrols?

it seems like i think things are pretty hot right now, right, and whatever it is that's going on in the neighborhood, it's back and forth from what we see from time to time, and i guess a lot of other cities see it. >> some of the it is interrelated. it helps for an officer to know their community and people in the community. we had a home invasion yesterday with shots fired, and the officers, because they were in the area, they were actually working on another case. they got this quickly and arrested -- got there quickly and arrested one of the three individuals, so a lot of it was being at the right place at the

right time, and knowing who is doing what, and that only comes from people knowing the community and feeling comfortable with talking to the officers. and, of course, physical evidence always helps. i've got to say, from video evidence around the city, from businesses and provide residences, we -- private residences, we do get a lot of video. i know the d.a.s office has [inaudible] and also with the city in some respects, you know, with m.t.a. and the cameras on the buses and the m.t.a. lines, all of that is very helpful. particularly, commissioner, when we have trouble getting people to come forward and cooperate, video evidence definitely makes the case a lot stronger. >> commissioner hamasaki: sure. i appreciate that, chief.

the other part of that is i saw this week another federal case involving a bad search by the department. i don't know if it was in the chronicle or mercury news, but it always helps showing the community as part of the community. and my position has been when you're going into the community, doing unnecessary stops or searches, that alienates the community. commissioner elias has been working very diligently in this area, but i think we need to consider all of this

holistically. no one thing is going to solve the problem of the violence in the bayview and also [inaudible]. the other question i had was residential garage burglaries are now one of the biggest challenges in san francisco. it used to be that vehicle break-ins, the smash-and-grabs in the cars for cameras, but now, it's garages. and i thought i heard you say you were deploying officers in commercial corridors to address that? >> we are having issues in our business corridors, as well, so the residential corridors are a big part. we are deploying officers where we are seeing spikes.

as i said a moment ago, that led to the injury of the two officers this morning. there was an overnight shift that they were assigned to work in a residential area, and when they observed two individuals with a flashlight doing what they believed to be scoping out garages. we do businesses, particularly a lot of the businesses that are closed. we've had this problem really since this summer with businesses that have been closed because of covid, but it's still on going, so we've had to do both. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. i've had a neighbor that's had their garage broken into three separate times and had some expensive items stolen, so i want to make sure we're addressing the commercial end but also the residences.

i just want to make sure that you are taking care of it. >> i know it, and we are. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. thank you, chief. >> thank you. >> president cohen: all right. let's see...any other folks had their hands up? i don't see any other names, so chief, i am going to keep moving forward. thank you very much for your presentation. thank you for specifically calling out what the strategy is, and what i think we should do, if not this week, maybe the following week, folks that are talking, so perhaps bayview station captain. i also would be interested in hearing our street violence prevention team members, getting their take on it, bringing them to the table. who knows? maybe we'll even have some

community members to -- agendized about what they're seeing and hearing. i just want to get a full preview of what's happening and get suggestions on how we can develop strategy to implement to quell the violence. i've as reached out to the mayor's office, as well, to talk to their violence prevention experts and may call on them to make a presentation, as well. so i'm introducing this idea here at this particular juncture on the agenda with a question about what questions they're specifically going to speak to. chief, i didn't mean to catch you off guard, and i want you to know that you're a key element in fighting crime, but

like you said, we need people to be alert, to be visual. there's some -- the bayview station captains have -- for many years have had station meetings -- well, i know bayview station has had some regulars. maybe we'll reach out to them, what they're saying. i'm also interested in reaching out to the organizations, and i think that will complement what you're reporting back to us and also qualify the numbers that you're seeing. so just a heads up, i will be working on that with you with your staff, and let my fellow commissioners know that this is where i'm coming from, and if you have any further questions

or comments, let me know, and i'll work to incorporate some of your thoughts. okay, chief? how does that sound? >> sounds great. thank you. >> president cohen: of course. and on that note, let's go ahead to the next agenda item. >> clerk: d.p.a. director's report. report on recent d.p.a. activities and announcements. d.p.a.s report will be limited to a brief description of d.p.a. activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting. >> president cohen: and director, before you get into that, the department of police

accountability is very important, and although you make a bunch of recommendations, very thoughtful ones, you have no authority to compel that these recommendations be implemented, and that's a tough position to be in, so we use a whole different skill set. we use reasoning, but in the end, it's up to the chief to determine whether these recommendations are something that he will be able to implement, and the chief has a whole host of reasons and process, so i respect his decisions to implement and not implement. but i wanted just to talk a little bit into the record before you make your report

about oversight. the oversight is separate from their -- one of the roles for d.p.a. investigations is making findings of misconduct and the other critical part of d.p.a. is audit, so i'm really speaking to the folks that question whether d.p.a. is relevant or not, and i think it is incredibly relevant in providing investigations that are transparent to the public and the police commission, and there is no other body in this country that is doing what we're doing. and i also at this point want to acknowledge -- i believe you guys received a national award for your work, and what's interesting is that i get calls now all the time for

[inaudible] how the city of san diego can duplicate the efficiency that the department of police accountability has put together. and also want to note that, unfortunately, you don't have the jurisdiction or the authority to force anyone to implement these recommendations. so i'm going to stop here and not belabor the issue, but i support the department of police accountability. i support and uplift you, and now, we'll turn it over, director henderson, to you for your report. >> thank you. and i just wanted to say that one of the best issues that we have is the power to raise the issues and present them, not just to the police commission but to the department and to the public, as well. a part of our role is to make

reports that people see and hear from us in addition to the weekly presentations that i make, the quarterly presentations that i make, and the annual presentations, as well as the reports that come in so there's no ambiguity that these fact-based and evidence-based recommendations that we make. thank you for acknowledging that, and we should follow up on the discussion. i think the report was on the schedule for the first meeting in january, and then, it got moved, but it's just an overview, an outside evaluation of the reporting processes for civilian oversight agencies, and i'll raise it again because we should schedule it at some point. i don't want to belabor it, but let me go through my report of what we've got for this week, and we have a lot on the calendar today, so let me share the statistics that i have so far. we are at 89 cases have been

opened this week. at this time last year, we had opened 102 cases. we've closed 84 cases so far this year. last year this time, we had closed 169 cases. we currently have 352 open cases that are pending. this time last year, we had 366 cases pending. we've sustained seven cases this time. last year this time, we had 12. we have 36 cases past the six-month investigation, and last year, we had 32. of those 36 cases, 19 of those cases are tolled cases, so that means there are other processes that have stopped the investigation or they're being tolled. that could be a criminal case

that's being investigated or prosecuted. that could also be a civil case that's also currently in the courts, so those are things that are beyond our control. the other cases, the majority of which are cases that came in through march and april, and so there was a delay in the beginning, when we all had to do the shelter in place. those cases are still on going, but they're beyond the nine-month mark, beyond what those numbers are. the standard we are up against is the 944 deadline, the 365-day deadline, a deadline that we have not missed since i first took over this agency and we will not miss, but i just wanted to mention what was going on in terms of the numbers. there are a number of cases that are pending with the

commission. they are 14 of those cases, and there are currently 42 cases that are pending with the chief of police. in terms of our outreach, since last week, we've had a number of events on the 10th, one of which was in collaboration with the long beach citizens complaint commission. that was also done in collaboration here in san francisco with the san francisco young community developers, y.c.d., with civilian oversight and community engagement and reporting transgressions with the civilian oversight agencies. we also have an event on the 12 with kasierge, an organization that provides resources specifically targeting homeless communities and working with

civilian oversight agencies, as well. again, all of our outreach events can be found on our d.p.a. community calendar, which is located on our website in case people have questions or want to see some of these events about how d.p.a. works, operates, and participates in community events. there are no closed cases today in closed session with the d.p.a. also present on the call is senior investigation chris casnell, and if people have questions for the d.p.a., they can contact us on the website

or call us. that concludes my report. thank you, and that's all i got for you guys. >> president cohen: sorry. thank you. let's see...cindy, that your name i see in the chat? >> vice president elias: am. >> president cohen: okay. please take it away. >> vice president elias: thank you. you know, i do want to also piggyback on what president cohen said about d.p.a. earlier. i know that d.p.a. takes a lot of -- i don't want to call them hits -- >> oh, be fair. they're hits. >> vice president elias: but in all fairness, paul, you always bounce back. every time we criticize or make suggestions, you try to follow through, so i give with that. >> thank you. >> vice president elias: with

that in mind -- >> commissioner hamasaki: moving right in there. >> hold on while i buckle. >> vice president elias: you handle discipline cases, you do audits, and you do policy recommendations. and with all of those in mind, what i'm going to ask you to do is two-fold. i know with respect to the policy recommendations you provide to the commission and to the department, what i want to know is i want a policy recommendation from d.p.a., and i want it to be solutions based. i want solutions as to why there are disparities with respect to the stops, the searches, and the use of force against people of color, specifically, brown and black people. we know what the numbers are. i want to know what can we do to stop it. what can we do to curb these

huge disparities. and some of them might not work, but i want to know what we can do and what we can implement to get some of these things to change, so that's what i'm going to ask you to get for the commission and provide to the commission so we can at least begin the conversation to find out what policies we can implement to help end these racial disparities because they're present, and we know the numbers, and we know the audits, and they all say the same thing. so i want to change the conversation to solutions. >> yes. >> vice president elias: that's my first question. the second is i notice that the discipline cases have gone down from last year, and i know that one of the issues that was raised a while ago were the aging of cases because of a lock of documentation or information from the department being provided to d.p.a., and i know that there's a presentation later on tonight's

agenda addressing that issue, but i want to know whether or not you're still having this issue with respect to the discipline cases and if there are any delays in your disciplinary cases because of a lack of records or materials that you need from the department. >> so i'll start with your first recommendation. i'm happy to give you our recommendations. i would say a lot of the recommendations are piggybacking off of the 273 recommendations the d.o.j. has made, as well, but i'm happy to present our own ideas about those things, and i'd love to do that concurrently with the department, right? like, i don't want to just, in a vacuum, present mine and not have anything to compare them against, although mine will be based -- evidence based on the complaints that we were giving, and maybe that's the opportunity to have the

department present theirs from the complaints that we don't get that we don't ever even see. >> vice president elias: i'm asking for that in commission reports. >> okay. i'm just saying. i'm happy to give it up. >> vice president elias: okay. >> the other thing, in terms of the dip in numbers that are going down, i think the numbers have gone down slightly because last year at this time, the numbers we were seeing was a reflection of the accountability in cases from the body-worn cameras. so having that shift incorporated into trainings and incorporated into the behavior from the department is what i would say what the dip has come from. that said, there are a few esoteric areas in terms of delays, and you're going to get that full report shortly. i think one of the main things that causes the delay that we're looking for -- and again, i don't want to give a

precursor to everything from the report that you're about to hear, but it would be access to training manuals and documents and also aspects with collective documents, as well, body cameras. it's really cumbersome going back and forth with individual requests. remember in every case, there could be up to six, 20, 30 body-worn cameras, and going back and forth with requests is time-consuming. we're doing it, but the ultimate issue is we have not and will not, as long as i can control it, miss any of the deadlines because of these delays or our investigations, but those are where the two areas are that i think we need to do -- we all collectively need to do more work to make some changes onto reduce that time. >> vice president elias: okay. so just so i understand correctly, director henderson, you're saying with respect to

any delays in the disciplinary cases that you have, the two areas that are causing the delays are the flet, which are the -- clets, which are the body-worn cameras, and the evidence -- >> direct. >> okay. i think that's something we should be -- correct. >> okay. i think that's something we should be able to get from the department because as officers, it's important to know what they're trained on. thank you. >> president cohen: okay. thank you. commissioner hamasaki? >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you. director henderson, i just wanted to add something to what commissioner elias said, which is, you know, something that's come up in other jurisdictions

relating to or as a measure to decrease these -- [inaudible] >> commissioner hamasaki: -- is one either limiting -- [inaudible]. >> commissioner hamasaki: -- the actual investigation that's conducted as the basis for the stop. so if you're pulled over for swerving late at night, and they smell alcohol, that's a d.u.i. stop as compared to -- yeah. i feel like that's something that just makes sense to take on. it goes to the underlying question about creating division within the black, brown, and marginalized communities -- you know, why am i always being stopped? and so i know other jurisdictions have discussed policies around this. and then, also, the defaults,

are you on probation or pa el -- parole, can i search your car based on that? i think there's other things that i have seen other jurisdictions doing. i know that commissioner elias -- i think we're all interested in the idea of reforming policing so it's not this adversarial occupation style engagement with certain neighborhoods, and so, you know, probation and parole, searches, and unnecessary questioning, i think are areas that we should look into. thank you. [please stand by]

with respect to a procedure when officers retireprior to discipline being exposed . just to let the public know that we are working on a solution to that. we will be able to present it to the public shortly. i've been working on it with

our call to people so that's coming. the second request, this one is to the chief and it's my understanding that the 96 a report or the first court order is ready and will be a generalized shortly and what i am asking that apartment to do with respect to this report is we know the numbers, we know what assistance say and when the department presents on this report i would like a focus on the solution. i want to know what the department is going to be doing with respectto these racial disparities,physically when it comes to stops , searches , the clearest rateof searches and the use of force . i want to know what specifically and detailed and outlined steps the department plans to take to addressthese

disparities when it comes to the communities of color , specifically black and brown people and again, the sustained theory that i told director henderson.we may not have all the answers but i think at thi point we need to stop focusing on in the first because we know what they say and focus on what we're doing about it . and i want that to be approach moving forward. even if they don't work, who knows. but we need to be tangible to show that we are trying and these are the steps we are taking to try and occur these numbers, because something needs to be done and it's not acceptable, the incremental improvement that has been happening.so i want that and i also welcome the public to submit any solutions they think to the commission office so that we can also have that discussion with the community and maybe there are solutions that they have the department and dca can process so that

would be helpful and the third and final thing is i know several weeks ago i have asked for a presentation on the internal affairs so i'm going to request that apartment let us know when they are ready to agenda eyes that presentation and specifically what i had asked for is you know, director henderson is very transparent when it comes to his agency and he is also bound by the same restrictions that apartment is with respect to these discipline cases but i think that by him providing us information on the types of cases he receives and that are and charges he's filing i think that same ruleshould apply to the department . what i request that apartment do is to present to the commission and the public how there are two divisions, the criminal and the abstract and

what happens when there's a concurrent investigation meaning if there's a criminal investigation what happens on i a? i know on the police department website there are the ia complaints in terms of the numbers of cases that are filed and the recommendation. however, it lists the types of the cases but it doesn't tell the more specific types of cases, it only gives us the categories meaning it gives us neglectof duty or conduct unbecoming an officer . what i would like to know is out of those many are related to fourth amendment violations, specifically searches and seizures and the use of force and i think that type of data reporting should be presented to the commission and the public so i am going to ask for an ia presentation from an apartment and i'm hoping she's you will give us a date as to when we can have that agenda eyes and i'm happy to work with

staff on some of the areas that should be presented to the commission on public so that people are moreaware of the disciplinary process in the police department .because we get so many emails about discipline and often times they are incorrect in how this is handled in the department so i think we need to be transparent through this process and the types of cases we are seeing moving forward so those are the three things president colin, thank you for your time >>president cohen: i appreciate that and i look forward to working with the chief and sergeant youngblood on getting that agendized. i see no other names so is there nothing you want to add? susan, anything youwant to add or talk about ? >> on the partwhere we report ? we attended the ies today and

our officers are doing a good job with what you have certainly that needs improvement and i'm glad we would be sitting on and so we can see if we can move into a data-driven system and we can get money to get analysis of our data. >>president cohen: actually i wanted to also confirm commissioner dejesus's report. early warning systems are making a comeback and is making progress but we've identified an area particularly a need for technology, data management systems, reportingsystems . so that has a budget ask to it and catherine, i know you're on the call. i hope you've got built into the budget despite the orders to cut the need for technology.

i believe we are going to be, we're not going to be successful in executing all the doj recommendations without technology to undergird allour efforts . so i just want to report that i've had a series of telephone calls specifically around addressing, beginning to understand the strategy and also the elements that are moving into the base. i heard conversation last week you saw there was so start to concentrate our time and energy and in many ways i'll call a strike team, we're going to concentrate a lot of energy on this issue so that we can begin to better understand it and implemented or bolster strateg that's already in existence . i've had conversations with james caldwell at the mayor's office . i had conversations with mayor

lee outside the mayor's office to understand more clearly how the mayor can help us target a view and i've had that conversation with the chief as well .about strategies and kind of reached out to troy dangerfield was the captain at the navy station as well with part of this conversation to see what he is seeing and what he's hearing. i didn't get a chance to talk to my folks in the task force but the streets aretalking and i think you guys are doing a good job and we're narrowing down to identifying who the shooters are . one thing i've learned is we need to do a better job doing cross jurisdictional work and the chief is the one that has suggested this and i get credit for this but we've always know

anecdotally that people are coming outside the city , into the city perpetuating and inciting crime.making sure we are talking to all these jurisdictions in the peninsula, wherever they're coming from two apprehend these suspects of these crimes in san francisco. so i want to just celebrate the officers that are doing that and making network.definitely a team effort and this commission isa part of that . not only are we going to be rule-making also going to clear the way to make sure the department has the resources they need to pursue their job. also on my to do list is to tony montoya with the boa and i will report back on the conversation next week about focusing on navy right so with

that said i am going to have i , sergeant youngblood. let'skeep moving forward . >>sergeant youngblood: next is public comment, access code 187-765-9428. otherwise if you are already on the line please press á3. good eveningcollar, you have 2 minutes . >>caller: my name is francisco dacosta and i want to remind the commissioners this is not a sitcom. there's a lot under discussion and a lot you're talking about that you can take off. we don't need to hear it. what we really need to hear is

quality of life issues and why is there pandemonium? there is pandemonium because there is lack ofleadership . they go their way and they leave and we can't have that. and missing in this dialogue is the supervisor. that's his district. so there are people telling themselveswhat to do, you do it off-line . i know the individuals, most of the individuals who can produc , but this is not about producing that we got to know really the citizens. we are interested in quality of life issues. why is it that a small percentage of the population is adversely impacting others?

it's national news,these are the things we need to address . you want to have these abilities, do it off-line. we want you to address quality-of-life issues . once thereport we are giving you because we are the taxpayers . >> good eveningcollar, you have 2 minutes . >>caller: i am calling, i called from i believe this line before i am calling about my son and him being murdered and i want to also bring the stereotyping of my son being affiliated with a game. and i've been again, i'm thinking of her letter and in it everybody else can still

piggyback off that. and i also think that david lazar for his attempt to give a letter and i'm also thinking thanking chief stoddard for the letter that he has to give to the city attorney but my problem is and we've said this is taking a long time so my son was in again this would have been proven once he was murdered but no, nobody's doing anything. the only reason why this is coming up is because i made a complaint against the state attorney accused my son of the office ofprofessional responsibility . that's my right to do that. as my right and my son has never been in again. and it's been proven by the investigators, the police , the homicides. why doi have to go through this, whatam i still going through this ? i've been coming to the commission for 15 years now .

nobody has ever said anything about this to me though i get some notes from the attorneys, all i'm asking for is support my son was in one, let me know and he was not so i'm just asking for support for everybody to recap this story about my son beingin again. i don't want to protect the attorneys, i'm not worried aboutliability . my son was not in again. i'm not worriedabout these other attorneys . i feel like they're being protected more than my son is being protected . my sonis not here to defend himself . i'm the only person that can speak for him right now and i raised him well and i feel like a protection is more on the community. >> president colin,that is the end of public comment . see one i appreciate that. move on to the next item please

class line item 3,presentation of the dba monthly sb 41 report . >>president cohen: now we're getting to the nitty-gritty. hello, gentlemen. >> good evening. vice president elias, commissioners, director henderson and chief stopped scott, i'm the commander's office and i am here to give you or provide the january 14 21 report and sergeant youngblood i don't know if you intend to pull up the report itself. >>paul henderson: >>sergeant youngblood: would you like it up? >> if you don't mind. while doing that i'll continue with background with regards to senate bill 1521. the bill requires the disclosure of records and information concern in the following types of incidents

and there are four. records relating to the report investigation or findings regarding officers discharge of a firearm person . records relating to the report investigation or findings regarding an officer's use of force that result in death or bodily injury. records relating to the state finding an officer engaged in sexual assault and effort in public and finally records relating to the state finding an officer was directly relating to the reporting investigation or prosecution of a crime and directly relating to the reporting of or investigation of misconduct by another officer including but not limited to any sustained finding of injury or destruction or concealing evidence. with all of that as background, this month's report is as follows. since january 1 which is when the senate villages with the department has received 209

public records requests related to senatebill 14.1 and we have closed 92 of those requests . for the most recent period of january 1through january 29 , we received five additional public records request and produced 71 new releases. the release is defined as a production of records in order to determine the requester that the department has or has not identified records responsive to one or more categories of disclosure for a specific reason. five public records requests wereclosed and an additional hundred 85 pages . officer involved shooting and an officer involved shooting were related and that brings the grand total of officer involved shootings two 33,000 and an additional 81 distinct incidents were reviewed in the prior 29 days.

that is my report and i'm happy to take any questions. >>president cohen:i don't see any names in the chat .are there any questions? all right, i'm going to look at mynotes . so one of the things in our meeting last week was just concerned that i have about the personnel positions implemented in 1421. in june of 21 of this year, this is information that has emerged that san francisco will have $125 million for the current fiscal year as opposed to the projected $15 million budget.

i hope that we can factor into these rejections as we make decisions regarding allocating funds and obligations under senate bill 1421. i was wondering if youhad any comment . >>rob o'sullivan: i'm nodding my head in the affirmative and i hope in fact there is a surplus along with some of the technology concerns that we had that were related to earlier and we discussed those as the county asked but also with regards to personal, it's important for us to keep this presentation as we want to be in this position at the public demands is to be being responsive to these requests so it's no secret we've had these conversations and were unable to build a position in this economic climate and it certainly understandable . things right now are

unprecedented but i would just to repeat myself i would advocate for us as a department getting those positions approved in our upcomingbudget . we are short, we're short by positions. >>president cohen: if i heard you correctly you said4 . >>rob o'sullivan: that's correct, for positions remain vacant and the attachments that is through the positions that we could fill the five, we had two extra incidents that came in that we hired an additional three of those were internal candidates and it was a vertical loop and they were very qualified. the position that puts us in is a bigger picture of the budget is that we need the funding to back those positions so essentially, it's for qualified individuals we had 21 requests