more than ten times as likely as a white san franciscan and

more than four times as likely as a hispanic san franciscan to be subject to arrest or use of force, ten times. a report in 538.com ranked san francisco police department as one of the ten most racist in the nation. we demand that the police commission and city officials make their top priority correcting sfpds on going antiblackness. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello. my name is jean bridges, and i'm with the core team of wealth disparities founded by felicia jones. san francisco has a long history of racism, particularly

black violence. the judge said, quote, buckley's testimony did not include one or two falsehoods, it was an epic fantasy. this officer is unlikely to be able to testify in court in future, ever. chief scott says he has, quote, full confidence in officer buckley to serve with distinction. does the police department have full confidence that that officer will serve with distinction? that officer has been sent to the bayview to police there. we have discovered that cops with racist or antiblack

attitudes were sent there. an sfpd officer who was a trainer of the officer who killed a man was sent to the bayview until we demanded his transfer. why the police department condoning this or worse, does the commission even know that this is happening? we demand that officer buckley be removed from the bayview, and that san francisco no longer be viewed as a home for racist, bigoted, and

incompetent officers. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next caller. [inaudible] in 2016 to do a cops review and make recommendations. chief scott will be discussing these 272 recommendations tonight. the state attorney general's office took over the sfpds reporting in 2018. the a.g.s office approves or not sfpds reported progress. tonight you will only hear what sfpd says their reported progress is. they were supposed to be found competent with 230 recommendations and blew through that deadline in april. sfpd is doing its own self-reporting to the police commission. why is sfpd accepting its own

reporting on these measures. why is the sfpd not complying with the a.g.s office, and even though we meet with chief scott regularly, he has yet to provide us with written compliance from the state agency. why is sfpd not being transparent. this is unfair to san franciscans, especially black san franciscans, who continue to experience disproportionate force and instances of arrest. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, there. my name is matthew fox of district 9, and i also volunteer with wealth and disparities in the black community, founded by felicia jones. the sfpd will be speaking to the progress tonight they claim to have made implementing all

272 recommendations contained in the d.o.j. cops report. however, there seems to be no third party validation of their claims. if sfpd could be relied upon to self-correct and self-report, the d.o.j. would not have stepped in, nor would we need the police commission oversight. we would like to know what sort of reporting the police commission is being used to check their numbers, if any. if there is no third party review of their claims, that's at best oversight and at worst negligence. the sfpd has a history of extolling the virtues of its department yet continuing its blatant racism. unsurprisingly, they made hundreds of policy recommendations to the sfpd, which they are now bound to implement.

despite this, the sfpd continues to drag its heels on even basic reform. we have met regularly with them for years now, and pursuant to the last meeting, we sent five questions to chief scott asking for proof that they have substantially complied with the items that they're required to. furthermore, the sfpd has disagreed with the d.o.j.s claims. clearly, sfpd should not be allowed to self-report, and it's crazy that these osms continue to allow them to do so. we demand to seek compliance from third party review. if they could be compelled to accurately self-report, none of us would be here. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening. this is miss brown calling concerning my aubrey, who was

murdered august 14, 2006, and to this day, his homicide is still unsolved, and me, his mother, is still suffering. his next anniversary date will be august 14, next month. i'm still asking for my son's case to get solved, along with other homicides. me as a mother, i shouldn't suffer. i've been coming to this police commission for the last 15 years, and still, no justice for my child. i'm not blaming anyone, but i'm just hoping that i can get justice for my child. i thank everyone for listening to me each year and each week,

but i just feel like i'm just entertaining sometimes. it's getting tiring. it gets -- i don't even know how to explain it, but i know that i'm going to continue to do it. i have to keep my son's memory alive, keep him alive, because i'm his voice now. my son didn't deserve to die. he didn't deserve to get shot like that and have someone take his life and wrongfully being labelled a gang member. i'm still in the same neighborhood. i have not left. i still have to remember his life, i still have to remember his death, i still have to remember burying him. i still have to remember all of that, and i need some closure, and i just thank you for listening to me. i pass.

>> clerk: thank you, miss brown. for members of the public who have any information of the murder of aubrey, you can call the tip line at 415-575-4444, and president cohen, that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: thank you for the public comment. i'm actively listening and trying to follow the public comment and what they're looking to communicate and ask of us as commissioners, but i think sometimes it gets lost. it's just not that clear to me, so i just wanted to put that

out there, and perhaps i'll just follow up with felicia and just maybe it's time for a check-in meeting, a one-on-one. so i want to affirm the public comment that i heard. thank you for taking the time to weigh-in, and i believe, sergeant, there -- there's another item that we need to take up now. >> clerk: yes. item 2, consent calendar. receive and file, action. request for approval to accept gift of $1,000 from tamin and nikki peched through give2sf to be used where the department needs it most. police commission report of disciplinary actions, second quarter 2021, audit of electronic communication

devices for bias, second quarter 2021, sfpd monthly sb 1421 report, and dpa monthly sb 1421 reporter. >> commissioner cohen: and just as an explanation, give2sf allows people to give to certain city organizations, and there is a link on sfgov.org. next item, please. >> clerk: and president cohen and commissioners, i just need a motion and a second on this item. >> president cohen: do we need to take public comment on this item? >> clerk: yes, we do. members of the public who wish to make public comment press star, three now. hello, caller. you have two minutes.

>> hello, president cohen and commissioners. my name is [inaudible] and i'm with the public defender's office. >> president cohen: wait, wait, wait, hold on. we are actually on a different item, and your comment is a little out of scope. general public comment is closed. >> this is all consent calendar? >> president cohen: oh, i see what you're saying. continue. >> the charges were conducting an unofficial investigation on duty, improper use of confidential law enforcement databases, and leaving districts without permission. the officer was terminated, though i assume there's some sort of appeal that will happen. you can also see on the consent calendar tonight that sfpd has been identified and released

one case of dishonesty and [inaudible] has identified and released one case of dishonesty, and they are not the same case. i hope the commission and the department do not exclude this case from the public record. thank you. >> president cohen: i see what you're saying. next speaker. >> clerk: president cohen, that is the last speaker. >> president cohen: all right. is there a motion to accept? >> commissioner brookter: so moved. >> commissioner hamasaki: yes. >> president cohen: there is a motion to accept the items and a second. roll call vote. [roll call]

>> clerk: you have five yeses. >> president cohen: thank you. next item? >> clerk: item 3 is reports to the commission, discussion. chief's report. weekly crime trends, provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco. and the major and 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. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether to calendar for a future meeting. >> thank you very much. crimes which include burglary, auto theft, robbery, and larceny, we're down 34 and year-to-date 2%. for rape, robbery, murder, and trafficking, we are down 1% and year-to-date down 4%. we have seen an uptick in aggravated assaults this year. most of the -- although overall

aggravated assaults are up by 53% over last year, which drives up our overall aggravated assault numbers. we had one homicide last week, which i will touch on, and gun violence is up 93% [inaudible] and three nonfatal, one fatal. our homicide -- so we have one homicide during -- for the weekending 7-18. that occurred on the early morning hours -- or excuse me, on sunday at -- 7-18, at 7:30 a.m. at 7 and mission street. the victim was unfortunately a 15-year-old oakland resident who was shot by a suspect in a

vehicle. medical aid was summoned, and unfortunately, our victim succumbed to his injuries. we did have officers in the area that did see a suspect vehicle. they initially gave chase following shooting. the suspect vehicle fled, striking a pedestrian in the crosswalk near mcallister and hyde. that victim was transported to the hospital in stable condition with a broken leg, and the vehicle subsequently fled and was involved in several other collisions not causing any injury. the suspect -- tourism

deployment, plan to support businesses and residents as the city reopens as well as to safeguard an estimated 15 million people estimated to visit san francisco during the end of the year, including during the holiday season. the plan draws heavily on policing strategy, and under the plan, 26 officers will be deployed on bicycle and foot patrols in high traffic areas at iconic locations in ten areas around the city, six additional officers in the northern police district will be on bicycle patrols around the palace of fine arts, alamo

square, and japantown. there will be two additional officers on bike patrol on the haight street corridor, and two additional officers who patrol golden gate park on bicycles. within the operations order is for officers to incorporate the five strategies, including problem solving, reflection, and the guardian mindset. with guard to gun seizures and ghost guns, we've seen an increase in the seizure of ghost guns. these guns are assembled in a variety of ways with available parts and are not subject to

state or federal regulation. to date, we have seized 515 firearms, 115 which are nonserialized ghost guns. to address this growing concern regarding the sale of privately manufactured firearms, supervisor catherine stefani has introduced a local ordinance which will make it illegal to purchase, sell, offer to sell, manufacture, or receive a firearm unless federally licensed. and tomorrow, the brady campaign will join supervisor stefani in support of this ordinance at the public services and neighborhood safety committee, which will be

streamed live on sfgovtv. we had no hate crimes the weekending 7-18, there were no fatal collisions. we did have one street racing incident occurring at several locations throughout the city and we were able to send officers and disburse that. there are no major protests or events planned at this time, and just an update on the chief. the chief today was in southern california and is traveling back currently. governor gavin newsom conducted a roundtable today with state and local leaders and law enforcement leaders across the

state this morning. we extended the authority of the california highway patrol to coordinate regional retail crimes task forces, which includes san francisco's participation in the north state effort, and the task force has assisted law enforcement agencies in recovering more than 10 million in stolen retail assets statewide in 2020, including an operation led by the san mateo sheriff's office in which coordinating law enforcement agencies recovered $8 million

of items from retailers such as c.v.s., target, and walgreens, and that concludes my report, president cohen. >> clerk: president cohen, you're muted. >> president cohen: thank you very much. appreciate the report. saw the chief on the news this morning, and excited that we're addressing the retail theft. i know that supervisor safai who has concerns on the board of supervisors will be thrilled to hear that. let's see. questions. anyone have any questions? yes, commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: with the [inaudible] will that affect

the tenderloin station? >> it will not. there's an e.w.w., which is an overtime assignment, as well as deploying additional officers, so it will not affect any employment in the tenderloin district. >> president cohen: anyone else? >> commissioner yee: i'll chime in. i just want to thank mayor london breed for adding additional resources back into the police department and obtaining 26 slots for additional officers. i know in -- in district three -- or actually central, it's -- you know, it's long overdue, and throughout the whole city, i can tell you

firsthand that it is well received by our community and throughout the city. i have seen, i guess, more activities than arrests coming about and throughout the city. i don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but the police are seeing that the police is take -- but the people are seeing that the police is taking action, and i think they're seeing firsthand in doing the training that they've been taught on the c.r.i., it's meaning that during the time distance and report on suspects. today, coming out of a meeting that i was at in chinatown, there was a person that, i guess, i guess -- immediately, he was probably intoxicated or he had drug-related issues, and

the police asked for medicalto respond on that issue, so i'm glad that we're on the right path. additional resource will help us in the community and make it safer for everyone else, including our men and women in the police department. thank you. >> commissioner hamasaki: actually -- i'm sorry. >> president cohen: no, i was just going to call on you, commissioner hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you. the previous question prompted a thought. what's the expected time length for the surge that you're just

describing? >> is your question -- i'm sorry, commissioner. how long is this operation going to be running for? >> commissioner hamasaki: correct. >> i will -- i don't have that information in front of me, but i will be happy to get the length of the operation and report back to you. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. is there a specific -- you did mention one word that made my ears perk up. this is going to be through deployment, etc.? >> so there is a combination of -- there is some overtime, but it's also redeployment of additional resources on days where our deployment is heavy, double days, and i do have the dates, as well, for the operation. it is slated to run through

mid-september, september 15. >> commissioner hamasaki: and is there a specific budget for the operation or is this, like -- because i know we kind of go around on overtime and trying to control overtime because it ends up being a little costly for the city. is there a specific budget or what's the plan on that? >> i don't have the information regarding the specific budget on that, but i'd be happy to get back to you on that. >> commissioner hamasaki: great. thank you. >> president cohen: anyone else? all right. thank you very much, major, for the report. >> thank you. >> president cohen: the questions i have are more specific for the chief, and i can just ask him directly. all right. let's keep moving forward.

next item -- i should say next speaker. >> 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. >> thank you. in terms of cases closed, there are 509 cases closed so far this year. last year, we were at 497. we currently have 283 cases that are still pending. of those cases, 29 of the cases have been sustained. this time last year, we were at 21. regarding cases that have

investigations that have gone over nine months, this year, there are 27 cases. last year, there were 33 cases. we've mediated 29 cases this year. of those cases that are over nine months, 15 of those cases are tolled cases. there are 14 cases that are with the commission, and there are 21 cases that are pending with the chief. during the past week, we received 16 new cases with a total of 27 allegations. 50% of the involved officers were for allegations that they spoke or behaved inappropriately. 19% of those cases involved referrals to other agencies or departments. 13% involved officers engaged in bias policing or discrimination. 13% alleged involved officers

who failed to properly investigate, and another 13% failed -- or failed to take required action. in terms of outreach, we had a program with our speaker series this week along with the public defender's office with university of san francisco center for public services with derek brown on the 16. we also hosted a podcast for a school in the bay area focus on diversity canvas. this will be airing on spotify. also, we had an outreach for

interns with the city, and as a reminder, the interns will be making a presentation to the committee, as well, at a future commission. we also participated on the 15 with the mayor in black discussions on housing issues specifically for african americans in san francisco. this week, we have nothing in closed session, although there is something on the agenda item for our audit update. as a reminder, we have on going audits, so i'm providing this opportunity to present the commission and the public with an update on the audits. i'll be doing this more regularly, as well as actively trying to troubleshoot more areas where information is slow or denied for us to continue their audit. we've already talked about the consent calendar. i just wanted to point out that the 1421 calendar is in the

consent calendar that's been approved by the commission, as well. as always, if folks are interested in reaching out to d.p.a., they can contact us at the website sfpd.org/dpa. i'll stop from here. i think the meat of our report tonight is going to come from the audit updates, which is on the agenda, and it is agenda item 5, number 5. that's it. >> president cohen: all right. thank you very much. colleagues, any questions for the executive director? >> commissioner hamasaki: just one quick question, president

cohen. >> president cohen: please. >> commissioner hamasaki: director henderson, i was looking at the number of complaints, and is it pretty high or is it consistent at that level? >> i don't know. i'd have to look, and i don't want to answer based on memory. i don't want to tell you something wrong just from my memory. >> commissioner hamasaki: i'll follow up by the next meeting. >> okay. i mean, i have the date, but i just don't want to answer without -- >> president cohen: director henderson, is there anything about this report that you want to call our attention to? >> not really. i will talk about it if the numbers are up a little bit or down or pointed out.

or sometimes if i explain like the numbers seem a little bit higher of tolled cases, i'll reexplain -- or if the number of cases have gone beyond nine months, i'll talk about the tolled cases again. i'm trying to edit that out so i'm not just giving random numbers out and focusing more on what the commission asks for because that takes a lot more of the work so week, week to week -- to people, week to week, can gauge what the allegations are. >> president cohen: can you explain what a tolled case is so people are aware? . >> absolutely. one of the reasons that a case can go beyond nine months is if there are civil or criminal charges pending, and the district attorney's office has filed charges and/or there's a

lawsuit pending around that incident. when that's the case, and the case is going through the superior court, the time is tolled both for our complaint and the 3304 deadline, which is complaints that come to our office for the civil accountability that takes place at d.p.h., and it's the same limitation that takes place in internal affairs, as well. so that one-year limitation to become aware of the complaint is suspended while the time is tolled. is that too much? >> president cohen: no, it's perfect. sometimes a term is thrown around, and people think they

understand. >> i'm glad you asked, and i probably should explain at least once a quarter. that's exactly why i report out where the cases are, and i can track the cases had to make sure the cases don't drift into around where we lose jurisdiction because we haven't watched the 3304 deadline, but that's where the numbers allude to. >> president cohen: thank you. all right. sergeant youngblood, i think that's it. let's go to the next report. >> clerk: continuing on-line item 3, reports to the commission. commission reports will be limited to a brief description of activities and announcements. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the issues raised for a future commission meeting.

kmix president's report, commissioners' reports, and commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration at future commission meetings. action. >> president cohen: all right. i invited commissioner nancy skinner to come and present to us. she is a champion in sacramento when it comes to police reform and has introduced some pieces of legislation that have some impact specifically on sb 1421, so i look forward to having that discussion with her. she will be talking about some of her legislation, her vision for the entire state, and just updating us on where things are as their legislative session is coming to a break. so that is the one thing that i have to report. i'm going to be frank. i particularly want to hear from commissioner yee to give

us a report on how things went i think at the press conference? i think it was earlier today -- or was it yesterday? i'm sorry, the one that was in chinatown. >> commissioner yee: press conference? >> president cohen: you did something with mayor breed recently, didn't you? >> commissioner yee: yes, we did. we did that on monday, and i guess that's what assistant chief mosier reported on. we had additional funding to the police department to the tune of 26 officer positions that's going to be allocated throughout the city. 14 in central station that we're very happy to have in our community. also, in my district, district 2, the richmond, as i went on a walk with captain [inaudible],

so -- with connie chan today, so they're happy that they're getting additional officer slots for them that they will use at their discretion, i guess, on thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. so it will great to be there, and i'm looking forward to do more for them. and who knows? maybe the second half of this fiscal year, we can open up more funding throughout the whole city. i'm just happy, very happy to be there. >> president cohen: that's good. i'm glad you were there, and i appreciate you recapping your report. mosier, i have a question for you. who was deciding who would get

those individuals? >> it was high traffic corridors, and that's how we determined who would get it during those summer months. >> president cohen: okay. i know i jumped the line. all right. anyone have anything to report back? commissioner byrne, have you been walking the streets of the tenderloin? >> commissioner byrne: i plan on going out in the next couple of weeks. golden gate is a completely changed sort of area. that's something that that i haven't seen now in about a

week, but it's [inaudible] is the amount of narcan -- you can see as much narcan this year as all of last year, that obviously is related to the decline in deaths. it's a good sign in the sense that it's out there. it's a bad sign that we've already started to administer as much as the entire 2020

year, so as we're seeing in the rest of the united states, deaths from fentanyl were down. >> president cohen: that's great. commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: yes, i'll be brief. speaking to the department of police accountability, director henderson has some students coming in. always great to speak to them about their career aspirations, and looking forward to represent my colleagues on the commission at the 273 class graduation, so bringing in folks into the fold. d.c. mosier, do we know, what's the number of that graduating class? >> i believe we're at 21 on

that one. >> commissioner brookter: so 21 folks coming in at the scottish rite center. >> and just so i'm clear, that's an unpaid activity at the d.p.a., but you can feel free to bring some snacks if you'd like to. >> commissioner brookter: you can send some. >> i'm with the government, so i've got limitations. >> president cohen: okay. commissioner yee, do you have -- >> commissioner yee: yes. at the recess, i guess i'll be reaching out to many of the stations and walk with a beat officer or the captain.

so i'll go down to the bayview and i think it'll be great to see a view of what's going on. just got to get a sense of what's going on, how we can fight that or how we can handle this issue. so probably be going out there and taking a look at what's going on.

>> president cohen: commissioner hamasaki, anything you want to add to what you're doing or anything for future agendas? we can wrap it all in. >> commissioner hamasaki: yeah. i think it would be useful when the -- >> president cohen: commissioner, we can hardly hear you. >> commissioner hamasaki: can you hear me okay now? [inaudible] i've got to report on that, highlighting the cost,

[inaudible] so if it was effective, so i think that would be super helpful. the other thing is i don't quite know quite the way to deal with this is, but this -- it's been the officer that the wealth and disparities folks that have been mentioning for a while that have the admonition from the federal courts, and people are stating that that [inaudible] that clearly seems like a problem, but if that is

all accurate, i don't think they're going to be doing particularly well for that whole community police relations, especially when you're putting in in the bayview. and again, i don't know if any of this is true, i'm just reflecting on what the callers have mentioned. so i think we should probably hear more about that at some point. it doesn't have to be tonight, obviously, but i would like to know as it's been mentioned repeatedly. thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. i think we've got everyone covered. we can go onto the next item. do we need to take public comment on this item? >> clerk: am. >> president cohen: all right. let's go ahead and open up public comment. >> clerk: at this time, members of the public are welcome to make comments to the commission. please press star, three now.

good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> my name is francisco dacosta, and i've been listening to the reports. first and foremost, the way the reports are stated, it looks as if they're not taking into consideration that we're in a pandemic. as far as quality of provide issues are concerned, in the city and county of san francisco quality of life issues have been compromised. so in the very first report, we really want to know how and why are we spreading our police force only in certain areas and not in those areas where real crime is committed? and we also want to know the

segment of the population that's committing the crimes, especially when you all mention walgreens and target and maybe neiman marcus. who are these people and what are we doing about them? and i heard the police chief say that oh, you know, we see what is happening, but we're doing something about it. no, we have to nip it in the bud. and there are some of you on the commission that should be ashamed of yourselves because you are not looking at it from an angle that has to be looked at. now, let me travel on this public transportation, or even when we walk, we have a lot of

people, you may call them mentally challenged, who are assaulting people. and when you call the police, they take forever to come. they don't care. >> clerk: thank you, caller, and president cohen, that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: great. thank you. let's take a motion on this -- i'm sorry. do we have to take a vote on this? i don't think so. okay. no action item. okay. thank you. call item 4. >> clerk: line item 4, presentation of the monthly collaborative reform initiative, c.r.i., update. discussion. >> president cohen: all right. let's get to the meat. c.r.i. update. who wants to begin? >> thank you, president cohen. at this time, i'm going to call on executive director catherine

mcguire. >> thank you. catherine mcguire, and i'll be reporting on our c.r.i. recommendations. sergeant youngblood, can you pull up the presentation, please? and this'll be pretty quick tonight, i think, because as you know, the work is really right now resting with our collaborative reform partners and really -- and so the transition of recommendations is really resting in external review, external validation, and, of course, substantial compliance. so i don't know if sergeant youngblood is able to bring up that presentation. if not, i'm happy to share my version, but i have to be given sharing rights. but i can speak just verbally

and will catch up on the presentation when he's able to share it. first and foremost, in may, 11 recommendations moved to substantial compliance, and in june, six recommendations did. those recommendations really, moving into slide three,

hillard hines made the recommendation. as you can see recommendations -- that there's a summary there on the right that i don't believe we edited the external review and validation numbers so we'll revise that and get a new slide deck over to you for posting for the public and so that you can have the corrected slides, but all the subsequent slides and the chart there are correct, the pay chart. 193 recommendations in substantial compliance, one in external review, and 59 in external validation, with 19 in progress. moving into use of force specifically, again, update, not too much to update here. no recommendation shifted to

substantial compliance in the month of june, and then going to slide six for bias, we have 30 recommendations in substantial compliance there with 23 in external validation and one in external review. three recommendations shifted to substantial compliance in june, and those really had to do with the assessment of training needs related to antibias training and developing a training plan as well as sort of defining a little bit more detail on what was expected of us at that time sort of five years ago, including cultural competency and district treatment and making sure that those topics are covered in training. and then, finally, that the third recommendation that went to substantial compliance is related to training that

employs teaching methodologies interactive adult learning concepts, so more, just bigger conversation. and if you've taken the implicit bias trainings, the work that we've done there, there's a self-determination section. and another recommendation that had to do with surveying after community engagement and community policing efforts just to determine if there are any gaps, and then, of course, make improvements to those efforts.

next slide, please. the accountability objective has 53 recommendations in substantial compliance with another seven in progress and eight in external validation, and one recommendation went into substantial compliance, which was an analysis around public complaints and employee misconduct sort of to understand if there are any trends or things that we need to look at and really address either through training or others and ensuring that we're sharing that out to managers and supervisors, captains, and lieutenants so that they can digest that information and see if they can support their teams in making improvements to prevent those types of complaints. next slide, please.

recruitment hiring and retention, 72% or 23 recommendations in substantial compliance with another nine in external validation. and then, our last slide or last couple of slides. and just a reminder on our timeline and what recommendations we expect kind of complete in that timeline. we will sort of -- we're beginning to work on these a little bit more thoroughly, just meaning documentation, finalizing what the work is, and then, of course, planning for some of those longer term recommendations have begun, as well. so i'm happy to take any questions at this time. >> president cohen: thank you. i see a whole bunch of hands.

commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: yes, thank you, president cohen, and thank you for that, director mcguire. if we could go back, i was really looking at slides 7 and 8. and i know you gave a disclaimer in the beginning about one slide, and i'm no mathematician, but on one slide, it said we've received approval on four substantial compliances. >> it looks like there's just a typo. so we replicate the template each month and didn't change those -- the actual number in the header, but the numbers -- the actual recommendations that

are listed there are the ones that moved. >> commissioner brookter: okay. so for slide 7, it would be two achieved. >> correct. >> commissioner brookter: okay. >> and we'll make that adjustment, too, when we resubmit. my apologies. >> commissioner brookter: no, it just stuck out, so i wanted to require about that and brook that up. >> president cohen: i have a couple of questions. so of the 272 collaborations, 193 recommendations, which is the equivalent of 71%, are in substantial compliance, and 60 recommendations are in external review-validation. so this one represents about 93% of a completion rate, 93%. so my questions are, there's two of them.

first, what are the prospects of most of the remaining recommendations being substantial compliance or external review validation by the end of 2021? what's the prospects of it getting to that level? >> so if you go back to slide 10, which sort of outlines the timeline for each of the remaining recommendation, we expect within 12 months, we're hoping sooner than that, but within 12 months, we'll have six more recommendations submitted for review, meaning we feel like it's complete, it's ready for hillard hines to review. those six would be submitted in

the next 12 months, and then, the next six months after that, so sort of 18 months after present, another seven recommendations, and then, at the 24-month or two-year mark, another three recommendations, and then, the three to four years would be those last three recommendations really hinges on an r.m.s. implementation. >> president cohen: okay. so it sounds like it's talking about a period of two-year plus. >> correct. >> president cohen: okay. where are the gaps? are they in the financial resources taking away from time for the recommendations? >> so i'll give you an example. the obvious example is the r.m.s. implementation. so those three implementations really speak to arrest data and ensuring that it's consistent

with internally -- that it's consistent with sfpd and the sheriff's department, so those -- that is one piece. now right now, what -- what we have and what the sheriff's department has are not -- they're not talking right now, and we -- so -- and part of it is that our arrest data and very hard to count. remember, we capture data on an incident basis, and the data and the system isn't set up to capture individual offenders. it's set up about the incident so that we can do the proper federal reporting. but that, we know we're doing an r.m.s. implementation that will include -- the scope of which will include that type, that level, and that structure

of data -- that level of reporting and that structure of data, and so therefore, these three recommendations get folded into that process, and we'll be able to address the recommendations with that r.m.s. implementation. so now, why does it take so long? well, there's a procurement process which can take quite a while. we want to make sure that the r.m.s. system is implemented really well, that it takes into consideration the need of our department and other departments integrate with. so that planning process has to happen first, and then, there's a procurement process, and then, there's an implementation process. so all of those things kind of have to happen sequentially rather than all at once, and so that particular -- those series of recommendations just will take a little bit more time.

and then in order to really overall our performance evaluation process, we need to engage you all. we need to engage our officers, we need to engage a lot of -- a lot of folks to really get their input on what needs to be captured, and also aligning it with our strategic thinking and our strategic vision, so that's kind of a process, and that takes a little bit of time, and so we would need to -- so that -- that's the first step there, and i think some of the groundwork, and some of the initial meetings have happened on that, and so -- and we also envision another -- a system that will help us implement that process, as well.

>> president cohen: so question -- really, it's about the sustainability question that i think is important. cal d.o.j. flagged it for not really having a solid thorough plan. and i just want to know, without sustainability, this is kind of like a check-the-box exercise, so can you add some comments about that? >> yeah. so along with the substantial compliance comes -- many of our recommendations, as you'll remember, have multiple compliance measures, and in many, many, many of the compliance measures or in many of the recommendations, there's a compliance measure that includes an improvement loop that essentially guarantees that we have provided the infrastructure to continue the work, make sure that there's a periodic review, and that then, it's improved upon. so essentially, there is no

works -- there are a few things that we've handed in that are one-time in nature. all of this is shown to be planned for, implement, and check to make sure that we're doing it and doing it well, and then improving it and checking it again. [inaudible]. >> president cohen: hold on, hold on, hold on. so how are the improvement loops going to be tracked? >> great question. so i was getting there. probably too long winded. >> president cohen: okay. >> so no. we have already -- we've begun the work. after getting all the recommendations in, the team, my team began the work of inventorying all of those review loops and develop -- and we're currently in the process of developing an automated system to remind people, hey,

you have this audit due this quarter. >> president cohen: right now, we don't have anything, but we have a system that's being developed. >> well, yeah, the system is mere weeks away from being in place, but folks are already sending us stuff. >> president cohen: okay. >> so we're already getting things, and right now, we're just automating the system. >> president cohen: well, that's actually really good to know, that it's just weeks away. okay. i don't think i have anymore questions, but commissioner yee does now. commissioner yee? >> commissioner yee: thank you. thank you, executive director catherine mcguire. my question is, i guess there's a question of electronics, that you need to upgrade electronics to enable reporting. how much has been allocated for that, because i think that's

part of the -- i guess the hurdle to get some of these passed through. is that correct? >> yes. so right now, the records management system, r.m.s., is -- we're in the planning phase, and we have initial funding from a grant, and it's helping us get started. so the r.m.s. encompasses many things, and one of the many things it encompasses are the incidents with the national reporting system mandates, and so nivrs. it has a number of

functionalities, and so that allowed us to get started on that work. we've had to ask for additional funding, and we've already started those conversations with the mayor's office and others to ensure that we will be able to fully implement that -- those -- that series of recommendations and the technology. >> commissioner yee: and how much grant money have we received on that? >> we've received a $5.4 million grant. >> commissioner yee: $5.4 million? okay. >> and i can't quite speak to the planning piece. it has to commence and wrap up, the real full scoping of what we need as a department in an r.m.s., that all kind of has to come together. the budget will come together with that, and then, we will have a clear understanding of exactly what our gap is in funding. >> commissioner yee: so do you have a projected cost going

forward? >> i would have to get back to you on that. i know that our c.i.o. has done a little bit of the back-of-the-envelope estimating on that, but we would have to get back to you on that. >> commissioner yee: no problem. thank you, president cohen. >> president cohen: no problem. any other questions? commissioner byrne? >> commissioner byrne: thank you. one of the recommendations is that the san francisco police department be armed with tasers, and the police department has indicated that they want to derogate from that recommendation. are there any other recommendations that they want to derogate from?

>> not off the top of my head, which, to my mind, sort of suggests that none of them were too controversial. i think that in the -- that another point to this is that in the five years, in the five intervening years, we've -- you know, policing has evolved, a lot of things have changed about the expectations of policing. cal d.o.j. has done a good job of integrating some of those chases in their review process and in our collaborative partnerships, but i don't -- i can't think of anything that we've outright determined we would not do, so -- but i'm happy to get back to you on that with a little bit more firm -- >> commissioner byrne: no. the point i'm trying to make is i'm not trying to discount d.o.j. recommendations, i just want to say that other minds

can look at some of those recommendations. prior to getting on the commission, i had an opportunity to read them, and some of them are almost commonsense, more publicity, more social media outlets. i was there, like, okay, the police can do that, but it's not meaningful in the sense of what some of the other kernels that are in that recommendation report. i know you give a series of statistics and how far you get, but like i said, if i was to go pull the report right now, you know better than i do, you see that stuff. it's almost, you know, bits of it are almost cut and paste, to be quite frank. that's not to discount some of the significant stuff that they talk about. it's only to point out that that number of 270 was really

inflated. now it's a much more group of stuff, as opposed to the -- you know, all the stuff that they put in. like i said, i found -- you know, i found it almost borderline just cut and pasting on a number of them. nothing really meaningful in the suggestion of what they do. [please stand by]

>> cal doj will add their thoughts and then it gets published. the time line is a little fuzzy and i don't have the headlines although it is in our contract, i just don't have it off the top of my head. >> okay. i don't see any other names.

anyone else any questions. okay. thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioners. let's go ahead and go to the public comment. >> at this time the public is invited to make public comment on line item four. press star three now. you have two minutes. >> how this 272 suggestions or recommendations came to be. they were prepared by cops. community oriented policing services. not directly associated with doj. doj out sourced it to some layman. they would come into the community and have some

meetings. there's one person on the commission there that was work withing them who did not do the out reach. as one of you was saying, they went around listening to people making recommendations and then when the previous resident came in, the first thing they did was deactive them. the san francisco police department may be the only police department to take recommendations. taking five million dollars over five years. not out here in the trenches because there was shootings and killings. these recommendations were done

in a manner the way cops did it all over the the nation. the recommendations are lying on layingon the shelves. you have taken the stupid recommendations. not all of them but most of them. i'm listening to -- [indiscernible]. all they are doing is kicking the can down the street. >> thank you caller. president, that is the end of public comment. >> thank you. please call the next item. >> line item five.

discussion >> good evening president co hen. i'm the director of the police . this will provide a high level review. the presentation will discuss the audit process and how it applies to this specific audit. the high level overview states that the police department may conduct a criminal investigation that involves first amendment priorities to believe they are engaged in criminal activity and rolls into the criminal investigation. they will be initiated by the

special investigations division and for reference the special investigation division includes the hate crimes and mayor's investigation unit. the over all objective is to determine if the police department has complied with the requirements of the died lines. we have developed requirements. specifically we're going to look at whether the police department has complied with the training, file management, and video and photographic equipment authorized for use at these events. the scope of activities reviewed is calendar year 2020.

i want to highlight what makes this year's ought i had different than previous years ys audits. it will be produced in accordance with the standards for the federal audit requirements. it will provide a reasonable basis for finings and conclusions. to help inform our work, we've looked at author authoritative literature and rights and audits in jurisdictions around the country. we're conducting interviews with member of the police department and commission. this audit does not rely solely

on testimonial evidence. documentary evidence includes reviewing statistically significant samples of reports and event operations plans. this slide provides an overview of the three phases of the audit process. the audit is currently in the field work phase. as of last thursday we completed our review of of the incident reports in the the sample prop laition. before completing the field work phase we'll discuss the finings with the police department. pending their responses helps us define factual differences for findings in our reports. the end result in the reporting

phase is in the public report of our findings. this is sent to the police department and request for their final response. our goal is to provide the police department with a draft report by september. no matter what phase we're in our goal is open communication with the police department. we're try to go learn more about their policies that mieg be important to our audit objectives. auditors generally develop five elements for each fining in an audit. criteria, condition, effect, cause, and recommendation. the the elements in an audit is often the most difficult to determine. we want to make sure we're

addressing root cause of the condition. this means we're considering the people, processes to ensure that the first amendment rights are protected. when we make a recommendation in an audit report these are what results from it the consequence or cause that we found an will include the necessary information for the police to correct these issues. that's the end of my presentation. at this point i'm happy to answer any questions you may have about audit. >> all right. thank you. let me go to my colleagues first and see if there's any questions. any questions about the audit. >> before we go into questions. can can i add part of why we want to make this presentation is because we know that the award-winning audit division

that we've done in the past, i want the public to understand more how the awedility process s works. do you like how i throw award-winning in there. i want folks to understand it well. i want to start reporting more regularly about the audit. i'll send the slide to the commission as well. it's a overview and broader understanding on how the audit is function pg and what we're actually doing related to the work. the thing i wanted to point out is if i could you have --

>> i could try to answer those questions. it was last revised in 2008. one of the questions i was interested in learning was the evolution of this policy. i reached out and with the help of police commission personnel provide the earliest iteration was done in 2012. >> thank you for that award-winning presentation. gentleman i see you listening intently. i was wondering if you have any questions or anything? >> i do.

this has been -- i think this is going to be very interesting. maybe two years ago i sat down and we were discussing revisions to 810. i've had some concern about the department's interpretation of 810. the participation and what first amendment conduct is in the ways that the department's activities can hinge on first amendment. something as a police department and commission and the first amendment rights in san

francisco. in 2020 is obviously going to be an interesting year. we have all the protests related to george floyd and around police reform. i'm really looking forward to seeing thousand shapes out. one the of the questions i have, you mentioned you were reviewing incident reports, i psalm these are ones where the the first amendments -- are you only reviewing the ones where department said this is first amendment activity without authorization or is there any other way they are going to be handled. it seems like it would be hard. i guess you need protests -- brd things like that that are not necessarily expressive conduct. how are you gooding about

selecting what incidents or what demonstrations to cover? >> that's a good question. as part of our review we've made contact with a special investigation division which is where they said these are expected to occur. how many investigations they kn ducked in a year. a broad statistical sample closed in 20 #. 2019. that would allow us to find representative work in the sample that we're doing. >> okay. would this cover any -- i know

when there's operations. there's a full operation plan and a lot of planning. it involves an after action report. are you selecting them based on content or randomly. if it's random i can list some of the ones that are more relevant. how do you make sure are you capturing the the ones where there's a higher likely of probability of implicating the first amendment. >> the police department did tell me that have a way of tracking events and ways the first amendment is attracted to them. that helps pre vied us assurance by looking at a statistically

significant number of events what we're seeing in that sample is a sample of all those events. >> they don't cover first firstamendments. why would you use a methology that would -- i don't know how to do this in e-mail. this is your world. i'm just trying to go get a layman's perspective to make sure you get incidents or issues where it's more likely to revise

the work that you're sampling and didn't anne wup the the relevant incidents for demonstrations or protests. it doesn't seem like our expressiveness would be diminished. >> going back to the expectation of the policy and where these expectations are expected to occur. i'm the only auditor performing this work. that's one of the questions. if this is the policy questions, whether that's still relevant to the police department's operations >> okay.

we've had some issues with and i don't know if there's a working group or whatnot now looking into some of these things. is there any way you're going to be interfacing with those that are are tracking this and working on this to ensure that you're seeing where -- we've seen from out side and media errors. i wish chief powers new. you're obviously interfacing with him. just a standard audit methodology that you

>> caller: it should include police officers monitoring online gatherings and speech.

thank you. >> clerk: next caller. that is the end of public comment. >> president cohen: thank you. let's call the next item please. >> clerk: public comment on all matters pertaining to item 8 below in closed session. including public comment on item 7. press star now if you like to make public comment. we have no public comment. >> president cohen: thank you. next item. >> clerk: vote on whether to hold item 8 in closed session include on whether attorney

client privilege item 8b, action. >> president cohen: any discussions? any motion? [indiscernible] >> president cohen: i can't hear you? make pa motion to go to closed session? is there a second? >> yes. >> president cohen: please call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion to go into closed session. [roll call vote] you have five yeses. >> president cohen: thank you. let's go into closed session. [closed session]

>> i'm going to get little bit into the weeds and explaining what this plan is about. let me say that this is all about resilience. when you look behind me and to my left and right, we have our leader of our city, mayor london breed. [closed session]

[roll call] you have five yeses. >> president cohen: motion passes unanimously. >> clerk: line item 10 action item. >> president cohen: ladies and gentlemen we're adjourned, 8:04 p.m. >> thank you everybody have a good night.

>> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their

struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. ♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador. we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the

area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. they ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. checking in, you guys. >> wellness check. we walk by to see any individual, you know may be sitting on the sidewalk, we make sure they are okay, alive. you never know. somebody might walk by and they are laying there for hours. you never know if they are alive. we let them know we are in the area and we are here to promote safety, and if they have somebody that is, you know, hanging around that they don't want to call the police on, they don't have to call the police. they can call us. we can direct them to the

services they might need. >> we do the three one one to keep the city neighborhoods clean. there are people dumping, waste on the ground and needles on the ground. it is unsafe for children and adults to commute through the streets. when we see them we take a picture dispatch to 311. they give us a tracking number and they come later on to pick it up. we take pride. when we come back later in the day and we see the loose trash or debris is picked up it makes you feel good about what you are doing. >> it makes you feel did about escorting kids and having them feel safe walking to the play area and back. the stuff we do as ambassadors makes us feel proud to help keep the city clean, helping the residents.

>> you can see the community ambassadors. i used to be on the streets. i didn't think i could become a community ambassador. it was too far out there for me to grab, you know. doing this job makes me feel good. because i came from where a lot of them are, homeless and on the street, i feel like i can give them hope because i was once there. i am not afraid to tell them i used to be here. i used to be like this, you know. i have compassion for people that are on the streets like the homeless and people that are caught up with their addiction because now, i feel like i can give them hope. it reminds you every day of where i used to be and where i am at now.

>> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i

think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but also the green space on which it sits and the hill to which is rests. to understand them, you have to understand the topography of san francisco. early days of the city, the city grows up in what is the financial district on the edge of chinatown. everything they rely on for existence is the golden gate. it's of massive importance to the people what comes in and out of san francisco bay. they can't see it where they are.

they get the idea to build a giant wooden structure. the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use

for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard.

when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used for art, then, all of a sudden, he was excited about the coit tower. it became almost like a daily destination for him to enjoy the atmosphere no matter what the politics, that wasn't the point. as long as they fit in and did their work and did their own creative expression, that was all that was required. they turned in their drawings.

the drawings were accepted. if they snuck something in, well, there weren't going to be any stoolies around. they made such careful little diagrams of every possible little thing about it as though that was just so important and that they were just the big frog. and, actually, no one ever felt that way about them and they weren't considered something like that. in later life when people would approach me and say, well, what did you know about it? we were with him almost every day and his children, we grew up together and we didn't think of him as a commie and also the same with the other. he was just a family man doing normal things. no one thought anything of what

he was doing. some of them were much more highly trained. it shows, in my estimation, in the murals. this was one of the masterpieces. families at home was a lot more close to the life that i can remember that we lived. murals on the upper floors like the children playing on the swings and i think the little deer in the forest where you could come and see them in the woods and the sports that were always available, i think it did express the best part of our lives. things that weren't costing money to do, you would go to a picnic on the beach or you would do something in the woods. my favorite of all is in the staircase. it's almost a miracle

masterpiece how he could manage to not only fit everyone, of course, a lot of them i recognized from my childhood -- it's how he juxtaposed and managed to kind of climb up that stairway on either side very much like you are walking down a street. it was incredible to do that and to me, that is what depicted the life of the times in san francisco. i even like the ones that show the industrial areas, the once with the workers showing them in the cannery and i can remember going in there and seeing these women with the caps, with the nets shuffling these cans through. my parents had a ranch in santa rosa and we went there all summer. i could see these people leaning over and checking. it looked exactly like the

beautiful things about the ranch. i think he was pretty much in the never look back philosophy about the coit. i don't think he ever went to visit again after we moved from telegraph hill, which was only five or six years later. i don't think he ever had to see it when the initials are scratched into everything and people had literally destroyed the lower half of everything. >> well, in my view, the tower had been pretty much neglected from the 1930's up until the 1980's. it wasn't until then that really enough people began to be alarmed about the condition of the murals, the tower was leaking. some of the murals suffered wear damage. we really began to organize getting funding through the arts commission and various other sources to restore the

murals. they don't have that connection or thread or maintain that connection to your history and your past, what do you have? that's one of the major elements of what makes quality of life in san francisco so incredible. when people ask me, and they ask me all the time, how do you get to coit tower, i say you walk. that's the best way to experience the gradual elevation coming up above the hustle and bustle of the city and finding this sort of oasis, if you will, at the top of the hill. when i walk through this park, i look at these brick walls and this lawn, i look at the railings around the murals. i look at the restoration and i think, yeah, i had something to do with that. learning the lessons, thank

you, landmarks meet landmarks. the current situation at pioneer park and coit tower is really based in public and private partnership. it was the citizens who came together to buy the land to keep it from being developed. it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the >> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's

welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened up. i saw women doing things they hadn't been doing when i was growing up. one thing was firefighting. a woman recruited me at the

gay-pride parade in 1991. it was a perfect fit. i liked using my brain, body, working as a team, figuring things out, troubleshooting and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. in terms of coming in after another female chief, i don't think anybody says that about men. you are coming in after another man, chief, what is that like. i understand why it is asked. it is unusual to have a woman in this position. i think san francisco is a trailblazer in that way in terms of showing the world what can happen and what other people who may not look like what you think the fire chief should look like how they can be successful. be asked me about being the first lbgq i have an understands

because there are little queer kids that see me. i worked my way up. i came in january of 1994. i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehouses. the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really

trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism.

she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper

work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. the dirtier you were the harder you worked. that is a cancer causeser. it -- casser. it is not -- cancer causer. there islassic everywhere. we had to reduce our exposure. we washed our gear more often, we didn't take gear where we were eating or sleeping. we started decontaminating ourselves at the fire scene after the fire was out. going back to the fire station and then taking a shower. i have taught, worked on the decontamination policy to be

sure that gets through. it is not if or when. it is who is the next person. it is like a cancer sniper out there. who is going to get it next. one of the things i love about the fire department. it is always a team effort. you are my family. i love the city and department and i love being of service. i vow to work hard -- to work hard to carry out the vision of the san francisco fire department and to move us forward in a positive way. if i were to give a little advice to women and queer kids, find people to support you. keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next.

you really don't. [cheers and [roll call] >> madam clerk, you have a

quorum. >> and due to the covid-19 pandemic, we are holding this meeting remotely. while this technology allows this meeting to be held via teleconference, it may not be as smooth as we would like. we've had experienced where the line has been not bridged well or you cannot hear us, etc. however, we will stop and always make sure that the public can provide input. i want to thank you for your patience and thank staff behind the scenes for making sure this can happen. we can move onto our next item via agenda. >> clerk: i just wanted to let you know that this meeting is on live stream.

if you're watching and wish to comment, please comment when your item is called. for those members of the public who wish to make public comment, call 888-808-6929, and enter 996-1164, then press one and then zero. this places you on item number three, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. it places you on item number four, adopting and implementing a one-year overheadline, o.h.l., recruitment and retention pilot program for fiscal year 2021-2022 of

incentives for clarification 7235 transit power line supervisor, classification 7310 transit power cable splicer, and classification 7366 transsit power line worker. miss kirsch -- transit power line worker. >> miss kirchbaum, this is a really important matter. >> hi. julie kirchbaum with the m.t.a. it's to provide a recruiting bonus inform our existing staff

who -- really, the overhead lines community is small. we believe that in existing communities, but particularly pg&e, they can help to join the agency. overhead lines is our most challenging classification series to fill right now. we have just gone through a multiyear hiring process, and we have one person on an eligible list to fill over a dozen positions. while at first glance, our

wages appear comparable, there's a lot of things that pg&e does that makes it more appealing to people. in particular, they have incentive bonuses, they have a lot of built-in over time so people are getting much, much more payment than the base wage. we also believe the agency has a lot of other things that could be attractive if -- to the right candidates because we have a really great benefits package, you go to the same location every day, you're not in folsom one day and yreka the next, but at present circumstance, we're not able to compete. we're also interested in the signing bonus pilot because if it doesn't work, there's no on going cost to the agency.

so unlike a wage increase, if we're not able to attract candidates, it just simply goes back to our base pay. and then finally, we really think it's important to not only have a signing bonus but also moving expenses because where we're seeing markets where this works is really out of state. you know, it's in places like texas and florida, that it's already a big hurdle to come to the bay area, but to not have something to move their family creates a burden. this is not the only thing that we are doing to address the challenges we have in this classification. we also have an entry level classification called an

overhead line helper that does not fill minimum qualifications or high voltage skills to become a journey-level worker. we have created a program for -- we have -- we offered all of the helpers the opportunity to be in an acting position to help close our gap, and we have now worked with city college to develop an academic curriculum where folks will get a certificate. we have also identified a high voltage safety training that everybody will go through and work with the union to define a fixed set of on-the-job hours. once we get those six workers, the work done will then become an apprentice program, so the

worker program which creates no minimum qualifications and creates a pipeline will be retired, and we'll have an apprentice program that allows us to build. so we're trying to address this from multiple areas. we really have no other classification in the agency that is this difficult to fill, but it is not our only difficult-to-fill classification. i know for the private sector, it's no big deal, but for the city of san francisco, we feel that it's very innovative. it's really very based on research that kim and her team did in other states that are having some success in attracting workers in this area. so with that, i'm so grateful

to kim ackerman and her team. >> okay. maybe at this time we'll open this up to public comment. moderator, are there any callers on the line? >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> okay. our first caller? >> can you hear me now? >> i figured it was you, mr. pillpel. >> so some quick thoughts. welcome back, director brinkman. worried that you disappeared completely, but welcome back. the cost analysis was revised. the earlier version was only one page, and the new version has some new text is at the bottom of page one and page

two, which was helpful. the cost analysis bottom line, however, differs from the range of costs or savings in the staff report. i'm looking at it now, the cost analysis shows a bottom line cost of 119,336, and the staff report on page four shows a range of cost of 89,500 to savings of 226,500, so that was different. neither the side letter itself nor the resolution adds to the date of a side letter. i would add a date. the side letter itself also

uses an old letterhead. there are two new members on this board. i would like to get a ceqa determination as well as a copy of the letter. i support the pilot program, and i hope it improves recruitment and retention and reduces overtime in the overhead line communications. >> 30 seconds. >> thank you. hopefully we've not had the type of tragedy that b.t.a. had, and we never will, and i think having good transit in place is part of that. our thoughts also go to the people of florida, and i think the next regular m.t.a. board member is on july 20 and there's none next tuesday. finally, since it's the last

day of the fiscal year, i think it's appropriate to remember some m.t.a. retirements. there's some fairly significant retirements happening today, and i think it's good to take a moment to recognize our employees. thanks very much. >> thank you, mr. pillpel. next caller. is there any caller on the line? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> with that, we will close public comment. directors, are there any questions you have of miss kirchbaum, miss ackerman, or mr. tomlin? >> i have a question. so we talked about the recruitment and retention and getting new workers, and that's great, but is there anything we are doing or can do to enter retention of our current

workforce? >> yes, thank you for that question. in our analysis, it's actually part of why we went with the signing bonus was that we don't have a big retention issue with this team. the biggest issue is retirement and not being able to recruit new staff. we are going back into contract negotiations. i do know that local 6s feeling on this is they could help, but they really do feel that the long-term strategy is to address wages, and that's something, you know, that we will cover at that junction. >> and then, i guess my last question is i see -- i think it's the referral bonus is paid in two parts. is there a reason why that's

the case? >> kim, could you speak to that? >> sure. hi, everyone. i think it's really helpful to split it up. first way, that way, someone gets the initial 1250, and then, you know in terms of the person doing well, performing well on the job, and then, they would also get the second -- you know, the second segment of that, and typically, that's how it's handled. we definitely didn't want to delay it and give it after six months, either. i think it's important to have some initial up front money as incentive, so it could be that's why it's handled that way, two payments. >> great. director eakin, you had a question? >> thank you, director brinkman. i just wanted to thank everyone

for this presentation, so if if there are any other ways we can be innovative and save money, we'd encourage you to keep bringing those to us. just curious. you know, it's quite a range from a cost to a potential couple hundred k savings. do you have any -- do we have any way of knowing or having any sort of confidence of where within that range we would fall? >> you know, we're -- we're using so much overtime in this classification. i do anticipate we'll be closer to the higher end. i think our issue is that right now, we have the work that we're doing our base salary, and then, we have the work that we're doing on our overtime, and then, we have a pretty significant amount of work that

is not being done, so that includes supporting citywide construction, it also includes being able to retire noncritical or nonsafety defects, so we anticipate that if we get a lot of staff, then we'll be able to address what's not being done and what's being done on overtime, but if it's a small number, it may just allow us to more completely do the work program. >> okay. thank you. i'd be happy to make a motion to approve. >> all right. is there a second? >> i just had -- >> i'm second then. >> i hate to be this voice, but, you know, i think i agree with director eakin. thank you. this is great selective solution making. i guess, what's plan b if this

doesn't fill positions quickly? what's our next strategy to get these folks employed? >> well, two. one is, again, the pipeline and building our own staff. that's a slow and steady solution, but it is not an immediate fix. the second option we have in contract negotiations is to look at an increased wage. >> okay. thank you, director. >> thank you. are there any other questions? seeing none, secretary silva, can you please call the roll? >> clerk: on the motion to adopt the item -- [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. the motion passes unanimously. >> great, and that concludes the items for our board today, so with that, we will adjourn,

and our next meetings are july 20 and august 3. have a great fourth of july, everyone. thank you. >> bye, everyone. >> (clapping.) >> in san francisco the medical examiner performs the

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powerful for them. and as a mom, i can tell you that's so important. the social confidence development of our early learners. [♪♪♪] . >> clerk: this is the regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. i would like to remind everybody to mute yourself if you're not speaking. the first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call]

>> clerk: we have a quorum. the next item is the oath. will all parties giving testimony today please raise your right hand. i can't see everyone, but if you can do that, raise your right hand that you're giving testimony. if you're giving testimony, do

you answer that the testimony that you're giving is to the best of your knowledge? on the state of the appeals, the appellant will present their case, then -- the department will state their case, then the appellant. next, there will be rebuttal for the department and then the appellant. then, there's public comment, and members will have two minutes each to speak. all right. so our next item on our agenda is item c, order of abatement. case number 6880 at 1200 indiana street. owners of record and appellant,

cesar andre vitari, 1200 indiana street, san francisco, california, 96107. action requested by appellant. appellant peals from a january 29, 2021 order of abatement based on violations for unpermitted plumbing work. appellant requests that the board hold the order in abeyance to allow time to obtain approval for permits to correct the violations and waive fees. >> i believe that one of our commissioners has a disclosure. >> i think that item is for the next meeting, not this one, for the disclosure. sorry. i mixed up the agenda item. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. then chief hernandez, would you like to present your case? >> thank you. thank you, sonya.

good morning, commissioners. my name is mauricio hernandez, and i am the chief inspector for the building commission. the case summary is as follows. on january 23, 2017, inspection of premises by plumbing department of [inaudible] with a shower, a kitchen, a bar, and a pool and ground floor. up stairs had bedroom, bathroom, and water heater. on january 24, [inaudible] started doing physical inspections, a notice of violations was issued, and on [inaudible] met to discuss the permit process to clear the complaint. case was put on hold for 30 days. on may 8, 2017 [inaudible] found that a plumbing

[inaudible] was secured and 30-day extension. [inaudible] in which the hearing officer renders a decision in which an order of abatement to be issues with the owner to obtain all permits needed to correct all plumbing violations. owner was present at the hearing. on july 1, 2021, a notice of violation has not corrected. instead, the owner has removed some of the plumbing fixtures without benefit of the permit. all other violations remain outstanding. at this time, d.b.i. staff still impose the order of abatement and impose all the assessment of costs. >> okay. thank you. that concludes your report?

>> yes. >> okay. thank you. okay. i have to see if the person on is for the appeal. >> i think you're on mute, sonya. >> i want. hello, mr. vitari?

>> yes, good morning. >> yes, you'll be appellant for the case. >> great. >> okay. just one moment. okay. i've made you a panelist, mr. vitari. is there -- do you know, is there someone else assisting you? >> my wife was here over the phone. i don't know if you see her. >> okay. just one moment. hello, good morning. are you part of the case this morning? >> yeah. >> okay. just a minute. okay. so i will allow you time to speak when you'd like. i can't make you a panelist since you're calling in on the phone, so i'll just temporarily mute you, okay? >> okay. >> okay. so mr.