ad states of america the republic for which it stands as one nation under god with liberty and justice for all present last let's take roll please mr. clay president mr.

benedicto president. mr. janez president commissioner ye hear vice president carter ober stone president present last you have a quorum also with us tonight we have chief scott from the san francisco police department and executive director paul henderson from the department of police accountability. thank you. can you please call the nec the first item one announcement before we go we are pulling line item seven as well as line item 12 a from tonight's agenda and one correction on line item three it states for the meeting of january 15th, 2024 it is actually for the meeting of january 15th 2025. the packet online is correct with a correct date line item one general public comment at this time the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two

minutes on items that do not appear on tonight's agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the police commission under police commission rules of order during public comment neither police or epa personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public but may provide a brief response. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways email the secretary of the police commission at speed commission it as if your or written statements may be sent via us postal service to the public safety building located at 1245 third street san francisco california 94158 if you would like to make public comment please approach the podium. >> are you doing good? you're good. i know it's just you don't like me. i know the beats is going to change. >> no, no. yeah, i know but it's fine. okay. first thing i have to say is you have got tv here. you are out of sync with what i

said at the board of supervisors on january the 28th when i declare officially append the revolution. the revolution you are out of sync so your activate otherwise you demonstrate again your incompetence either way you do it you okay so i'm going to use first the metaphor when you fall in a trap you don't expect the trouble to serve you to get you out of it right? >> make sense now i'm going to use an allegory. you are a rabbit. you got cut in a trap. >> what you do is that the rabbit you you try to get out of the tribe right first not all you don't expect to get out alive from the trouble. >> the trouble the trap to kill you the only hope you can have

is at some one save you open the trap before you die i am this person if you do not understand or to get out of the trap you put yourself in because of whatever reason money i think it's money you are then the people who put you in this trap are not going to save you ever they are there to just kill you how quickly so please self-control thought it . hi everybody.

i'm here to honor somebody and to to a to one of the chief preople the he promised to contact him and honor him and do this and that and all that but and he and he let it down. he didn't do it. i've got i'm going to talk to you about a guy named grant and i i mean there are a lot of really good people out there, a lot of brave people, a lot of wonderful people who go on recognized this guy is a barista downstairs for me and carlin's cafe the i'm an old single bachelor so and i love it. i was married six times and i mean i love him dearly but i'd rather live alone so nick says, hey, what are you doing for thanksgiving? i said i don't know. sutton stare at the wall crying. you know, he says i can't come to thanksgiving in my house so i had thanksgiving at his house and they held things for me and

all kinds of stuff. a few weeks later a guy comes in, he starts at 630 in the morning 645 and comes this guy bare mace the hoodie. >> the whole thing comes over one customer with a backpack which was all he's got in the world and guy grabs it and there's a perfect shot of it. there was a camera. it went viral. >> six minutes of him coming around the the bar there grabbed a card as the guy rushed out, slammed the card into the guy wham door on him. vadim all over back and forth across and took a whole bunch of bear spray and then got him down and got him in a headlock with his legs and held him until the cops got there and he just was not recognized and everybody came to the cops. i recognized the guy. i mean say something i want to a couple people you know nothing at all. so i saying nick grant, i thank you for being a hero it evening

i just wanted to talk it's not about my son today but i understand and i just saw on that max carter over stone is going to be leaving us. i am very upset about that. >> i he's the only one that is implementing the the resolution on how to to for tipsters to come forth. i say that too when when when chiefs got i thought they were going to get rid of chief scott and i said why do you want to do it to retraumatize us? this is retraumatizing again that people that come in and that has helping us and we're losing them. >> i know march quarter keeps people on their toes but that's no reason why you should get rid of them if it's helping people. >> people were pledged to protect us and then when we when we get some leeway they have to leave us that bothers

me. that definitely bothers me. i would love him to stay here. >> daniel laurie, if you're listening, please. he has help implement this resolution on tipsters to come through. >> keep him here. he's helping us mothers as well as chief scott as well as dean preston has got my son's name up on that street. >> who was going to do that? who was going to help that? and not only that last time when i was here i was told not to talk about a certain thing. you know, when you get people to come up here and saying and talk about you don't understand what they're saying the cindy lot that she just said don't speak about that. what did i do anything to you, miss cindy? i didn't do anything to you for you to stop me from talking on the last time i was here when you got people coming up here not speaking on the agenda. but i'm not i don't mean to even count your name out and i'm sorry, but i'm very disappointed about people

leaving us and then we're getting retraumatized again. >> please keep people here so that we can finish and get this case solved. >> how long have i been coming here asking for support? >> how long have i been coming here saying the fine waves, the just to help my son and other mothers that are here. >> thank you ms. brown. how many times this is me and it's bothering and you don't want to hear me but i'm tired. i'm tired. everyone that come in here and i say well why does this person have to leave? >> why did this person you have to leave this brown thank you. woman i'll take care of my kids. i shouldn't have not lose my son to murder. >> i need this board to help me to help the police supervisors just implement this at that. max carter open school. >> mr. brown thank you, but

your two minutes is over. thank you. >> you did? you need to wait. what? i need to know is there any further public comment? leave me alone. right. and there's no more for the public comment line item two consent calendar receive and file action dps retention policy safe streets for all fourth quarter 2024 update donation of a horse of speed's mounted unit valued at $22,000 as a annual secondary employment report for 2020 for the semiannual report to the police commission sexual assault evidence kit from december sorry july 1st to december 31st 2024 and a resolution urging the board of supervisors to retroactively authorize the police department to accept and expend in-kind gift of 1800 units of naloxone valued at 81,300 through the naloxone distribution project. >> can i get a motion?

>> motion to receive and file a second. >> what before we do that is about the horse. >> about what horse? no, it's not about the horse with respect to your retention policy where any questions? i think from the commissioners i'm not sure this should be the consent item if there was any concern some of the stuff that was in the retention was that what your question was? >> i was just going to add a comment about it. yeah. what was your comment? just i want to say it was a whole team effort updating the policy but i want to acknowledge sandra wilkerson who did the yeoman's amount of work for it. it was a complicated process involving the city attorney's office, comptroller's office, mayor's office, retirement office and payroll to get it done. but i just wanted to acknowledge the work that was done that was it. we just updated the policy. >> these are for records, right? yeah, right.

okay. all right. >> so i have a motion on the floor with the second sergeant any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item to the consent calendar please approach the podium and there is no public comment on the motion. commissioner clay, how do you vote? yes commissioner clay is yes. commissioner benedicto yes. commissioner benedicto is yes. commissioner yan yes. yes. mr. yan yes. is yes commissioner yea yes commissioner. >> yes. yes. vice president carter ober stone yes. vice president carter roberson is yes and president elias yes. present elias is yes. you have six yeses line item three adoption of minutes action for the meeting of january 15th 2025 so move if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding the line item three adoption of minutes please approach the podium. there is no public comment on the motion. commissioner clay how do you vote yes commissioner clay is yes. commissioner benedicto commissioner benedicto as yes commissioner jonas yes. commissioner jonas is yes commissioner ye yes

commissioner yes. yes. and vice president carter stone yes i was present carter always jonas yes. and president elias? yes. present licenses? yes. you have six yeses lean on him for chief support discussion weekly crime trends and public safety concerns provide an overview of offenses, incidents or events occurring in san francisco having an impact on the public safety commission discussion of unplanned events and activities the chief describes will be limited to determining whether the calendar for a future meeting. >> chief scott thank you sergeant youngblood. >> good evening president elias vice president carter over stone commission executive director henderson and the public starting off of crime trends and the chiefs report this week overall there is a 36% reduction in part one crime year to date so it's a good start after a really good year last year. but just to break it down briefly. total violent crimes are down 14%. total property crimes are down 39% in terms of violent crimes homicides we had one year to

date compared to three last year and our robberies are down 22% by about 42 robberies less than this time last year assaults we're up by three assaults so that's a 2% increase in assaults property crime is down 39% led by reduction continue reduction in car break ins, car burglaries are down 76% from a year ago 1100 a year ago, 451 this time this year. so that is driving our crime numbers also going back to violent crimes for a second, shootings are up slightly by 7%. there were 15 victims this time last year, 16 victims 2025 who are shooting incidents are up and our shooting victims are up in terms of the incidents that we had the major incidents over the past week is led by shootings. we had five non-fatal shootings

resulting in five victims shot. the first one was on the 27th of january at 4:54 p.m.. this is at ninth and mission which resulted in an officer involved shooting and we did have a town hall on that one yesterday a virtual town hall. but the details the subject ran up to the victim and shot him multiple times. a person fled on foot and the victim was transported and is now in stable condition. the incident resulted in an officer involved shooting. it was pretty horrific shooting as you watch the video that we released publicly yesterday and thanks to a good samaritan who just happened to have medical training that was passing by, medical aid was rendered until the paramedics could get there so we just want to thank that person for what they did to save this victim's life. other shootings on the 30th of january at 3:43 a.m. in the 900

block of quay avenue in the bayview. the victim was shot twice by a sibling and sibling fled prior to the officer's arrival but the officers were able to locate that person the next day and make an arrest on the 2nd of february at 12 a.m. in the 100th point in the bayview district, a victim was standing outside of their car when they heard gunshots. victim felt pain realized that they had been shot. the victim transported themselves to the hospital. the injuries are non-life threatening. that is still under investigation. no arrests have been made in the last one to report on the 30th of january at 1:40 p.m. on the 2800 block of cesar chavez . the victim was in an argument with the subject during the argument the victim sustained a gunshot wound after allegedly using a chemical spray on the subject. the victim was transported in stable condition. an arrest was made on that case but there is further investigation that's warranted on that case. >> and then on the 2nd of february at 5:09 p.m. in the mission district there was a

call that came out of the shooting but the investigation revealed that that was actually a self-inflicted shooting and an attempted suicide. significant arrests this past reporting period or this reporting period. there is an underground gambling operation where a pretty significant investigation resulted in three businesses being identified as operating illegal gambling facilities in the tenderloin officers via a search warrant seized multiple gambling machines narcotics cash over $30,000 in cash believed to be made by either narcotic sales or gambling and four subjects were arrested and 11 other male adult subjects were cited for various misdemeanor violations. these locations where were often complained about in the community and we believe that this is going to be a high

impact arrest in terms of shutting down these locations and likely a lot of the problems that surround these locations. so just want to thank all of our officers for the diligent work of narcotics officers. our tenderloin officers and our demak officers were involved in this investigation and this arrest during a dimmick fugitive recovery operation last week. our future recovery enforcement team made 59 arrests in a one day operation. this was involving various law enforcement agencies around the tenderloin and southern districts to focus on fugitive from justice who had outstanding warrants out of the 44 of the arrests people had, the suspects had outstanding warrants and during the arrest officers located suspected drugs and other illegal illegal illegal evidence that resulted in the remainder of those arrests. so really, really good work by this joint task force or

operation led by our tenderloin indymac and southern station officers. few other significant events this past week. there was a stabbing in the 3200 block of fillmore and a northern district victim and girlfriend were dancing when they end up in between two roofs, an altercation resulted in the victim was stabbed by a suspect who is yet to be identified. that investigation is ongoing. also there was a home invasion robbery at the one 10,000 block of mission street in the southern district. subject entered the victim's unlocked room when the victim was in bed and started to take items. a struggle ensued and the subject fled with the property. no arrests and that investigation is ongoing. there were no sideshows and no significant traffic or fatal or serious injury traffic collisions during this week. just one other thing to report

here and this is about is the blessing scams that have been happening in the city. we've had at least seven incidents so the department working with the district attorney's office and many of the community groups, chinese community groups and through the media have been trying to raise awareness on this issue. we've put out a video regarding blessing scams. we have gone on merchant walks and community walks passing out fliers and it's paid off. we had a victim or potential victim who actually got information from the information we have been putting out and recognize what was happening. basically call the police and prevent it a blessing scam from happening. so that's exactly what we want and that's exactly the reason that we're doing this. so we'll continue to to do that. this is these things tend to cycle and right now we're we feel like we're having to spike

them so people are losing a lot of money and and most of the times are victims are elderly and many of them lose if not all of their life savings, a significant portion of their life savings. so we will continue to work hard to investigate and arrest people that commit these type of heinous crimes. and that is my report for this week. >> any commit? >> commissioner clay now we're in good shape, chief. keep the good work going. >> all your staff and people keep it going. thank you. thank you, commissioner. commissioner thank you very much. president cindy elyse i just want to touch bases on that shooting on ninth and mission. i want to thank the 911 callers for making it clear to the people calling them to apply pressure during the shooting and for a quick response by two officers and a paramedic. looking at the i guess the town

hall meeting always looks like the two persons shooter had quite a cache of firearms in there and looking at the video, i was just wondering if he might have been involved in other shooting events or is there a continue investigations on the arms see whether there match any ballistics from, you know past shootings? >> yes. commissioner, there is still an ongoing investigation even though the suspect is is deceased. the person involved in the shooting was is deceased. there's still more investigation to be done including things that you just mentioned. there were numerous guns recovered from his his apartment so we still have some work to do in that case. >> my follow up would be on the shooter or the suspect is regards to is there any past history with the of the as a pd

or the law enforcement. >> without going into details with the person's criminal history, we we are looking into that as we investigate it to see if that's connected to any other crimes. >> yeah. and looking at the parents calling in or reporting also that their son was had a mental health condition too as well. is that true too. >> or if they report it as such . >> yeah i can't disclose his potential you know health information publicly. okay. but there were there were questions about that also. >> thanks. thank you for the press conference on i guess the last the in chinatown on bush and kearny i think commissioner kevin benedicto and myself was there to attend making sure

that the announcement went out to the chinese media and the media throughout the city. thank you, chief. thank you. >> chief, in your report i noticed you didn't mention it but whether you had an update on i know in the paper there were speculation that ice was here in san francisco. >> did you have a report on that? >> what i can say about that there have been a number of false alarms that we were able not we but collectively between community city school district ,mta management, we were able to actually get to the bottom of some of what was out on social media that caused a lot of fear. one particular incident that happened was last friday of the friday before last. the report that was going out on social media is that ice was on busses and they were making arrests on muni busses. that turned out to be not true. we believe we found the source

of where that came from. there were san francisco police department officers on busses for the purposes of a call that they received to reunite two little girls with their brother. they got in separated and somehow the girls and the brother weren't on the same bus so the officers got on the bus that the reports that were going out on social media that the ice agents had reportedly been on and we were able to verify the video that no ice agents had been on the bus. but our officers had they did reunite the kids and there was also a vehicle that was photographed that was believed to be associated with the alleged ice agents. that vehicle turned out to be a california fish and game vehicle that had nothing to do with any of this but the pitcher went out and it was a fuzzy picture and a lot of people believe that that was a homeland security vehicle. it was not. so that's just one example. we've had a couple of other

there was reports of ice agents at a school and we were able to work through the school district to verify that that did not happen as well. >> so there's just a lot of beer out there and you know, as as we walked into this building today, there was a person reportedly who had ice jacket on that had no affiliation with homeland security. so there's probably a little bit of that going on too. so our basically what we try to do as much as we can is you try to vet the information and verify if there's a rumor out there that or information we try to verify whether or not is that valid or not. we we do not interfere. we do not participate in ice immigration enforcement efforts but that information when it's out there and it's unverified is cause a lot of fear. >> so and i appreciate you providing an update to the public. >> one of the things that i

will ask next week given in the the new administration has indicated that they will be withholding federal funds for sanctuary cities. i'd like to have an update next week as to the department's position or policy or how you intend to convey to officers what they should and should not be doing when presented with these type of situation. and since we are a sanctuary city because i don't believe we have an immigration our immigration policy is still in the works. it hasn't been updated so i think we should provide officers clarity with respect to policy whether it be a department notice until we can get the dga revised as to what they should do when encountering federal agents and how we're going to deal with that. >> yes. yes, commissioner president last and 5.15 the gop is the prevailing dga but we have worked with the city attorney's office as have all the departments on that very issue. so we'll work with them as far

as whatever information that you want will continue to work with the city attorney's office. to me one of the things that's important is that you know, all city departments or on the same page in terms of how we are addressing this issue. >> good. thank you. >> sergeant, any member of the if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item for the chief's report, please approach the podium just i am h brown and the mayor came to my birthday party. >> did you come to your birthday party? ha ha ha ha ha ha. >> he also came over and had coffee with me for for an hour it for barrel i have i'm an idiot guy you know i don't do well. i pick up trash but the so i've got more advice for you daniel

the you're good looking you're you're you're rich you got a fabulous family. you even got a dog. you're going to be there eight years. no doubt about it. nobody's going to be able to beat you. and if you don't listen to me, the worst thing that you're going to waste time on in eight years is the cops. >> i mean they are going to eat you alive whether you're winning or not you're going to be wasting time. there are tons of things you could be opening casinos in the the president loves casinos. let's put a casino on the armory. let's put another in the twitter building one of the couch pals you can do that. you know what? you're going to be given a press conference after press conference after what the cops did. >> okay. elect the police chief. the people of san francisco elected our police. this town is 170 years old for the first 95 years or something we elected our police chief and somehow we got lost and and the

mayor appointing the police chief and then the cops are tied torn between the mayor and the play who really runs the force. but mr. mayor, give this chief a chance to fight for his job in a normal election you can put the elected police chief on the ballot this guy already told me he said i'd run you know, at the end, you know what the play like to marty hallorann past president gary delong as past president they said we'd love to have an election for a police chief, you know who also beloved 500,000 san francisco voters anyway and why are you leaving again? >> no, he said the tony the lights don't no, no. the chief knows he's in trouble. i mean, you know you're in trouble is everything's fake. >> okay, so we have no more government guys.

>> we you know, it's it's a bunch of crooks. >> so how do we deal with this? i mean, i shouldn't say that here because the key for me is to make sure the audience here is watching. i'm still your you're able to see on the safe good. steve my what i say is that there is no distinction so it's harder to find out and i know you know you're in trouble if you don't know you are less intelligent than a rabbit. >> you you have to understand i got in the trouble. i know you like rodents. yes. okay. so now what? i'm here to save you if you don't discern or participate in shown to what i'm telling you you are done. you can't get out of the traps you are you know it's not possible. >> the power world, the fake power now is not going to save you. >> are you joking?

absolutely no way. especially when it's realized that itself fell in the trap set by eternity traps. it's all over the place. don't fall in them. they did using usury you know the banking system corruption etc. monitor have a good night shift i will here for you as much as i can. good evening again i just wanted to use the over here because i was thinking about the when mayor gavin newsom was in office he said on august 14th can i use the overhead please? >> oh dear. on august 14th, aubrey albert castle was gunned down in san francisco streets. >> it may it may be easy to say that this wasn't it wasn't a gang on gang violence. it wasn't in one of the worst

neighborhoods and it wasn't one of those cases where police have no evidence, no leads, no suspects, no chance to arrest two killers that shot 17 year old aubrey. >> i'm saying that there's been a whole bunch of shot shootings coming up again. i was asking that the people that are helping us helping us solve these cases that they stay so that we won't be traumatized again. >> i show this picture all the time of me standing with my son . i never forget this. this is what the perpetrators left me a lifeless body. >> and it's not just my child this these things that we're trying to implement for us are making resolution on having

tipsters come forth and also keeping our chiefs got in office so that mothers like myself won't have to keep coming up here meeting different people all over and over and over again. i've been coming here for years for years begging for justice for my child and not just my child but all unsolved homicides and cold cases. >> and i hope that those of you please that letting other people entertain you listen to me too as well as they come up here and saying listen to me to keep me there. >> thank you. >> anyone knows of my son's case, please come forth. if any member of the public has any information regarding the murder of aubrey abacus, you can call the anonymous 24 seven tip line at 415575444 four. >> that is the end of public comment line item five dpa

directors report discussion a report on recent activities and announcements. executive director paul henderson thank you. >> this week well actually this time since the last time the commission met dpa has opened 44 new cases and we have closed 29 cases. >> the top allegation since that time for cases that have come into the agency have been for allegations of neglect of duty. >> we have 19 investigations that have been open for more than 270 days. and 16 of those 19 cases are told cases. we still have four cases that are pending with the commission. and 105 cases that are still pending decisions with the chief and with the department. the we have no matters that are in closed session tonight. >> we also have a senior investigator and other staff.

>> nicole is here with dpa as well for her presentation with the budget. >> i will withhold the remaining remarks for anything that comes up on the subsequent agenda for the rest of the evening. that concludes my report. >> all right. >> seeing no names in the queue, sergeant, could we go to public comment please? if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item five the dpi directors report please approach the podium and there is no public comment line item six commission reports discussion and possible action commission president's report commissioners reports and commission announcements and schedule of items identified for consideration in a future commission meeting. >> commissioner benedicto thank you acting president. just a couple of items from my report.

like commissioner you said i attended the lunar new year kickoff and busan scam morning press conference with the chief and the mayor and a number of members of the board of supervisors and local community leaders were there as well. >> i think it hopefully had some good impact. >> i'm sorry to hear that we have had a number of blessing scams in the chief's report but i know the department is being proactive and trying to prevent those as much as possible and respond to them quickly when they occur. >> i'm in my capacity as the commission liaison to the spd's collaboration with mta. i had my quarterly meeting with commander nicole jones of the traffic company who summarized the the recent and continued collaboration with speedy mta. as part of that the 2025 s.f. pd traffic plan is going to be which was presented the board of supervisors is also going to be provided to the commission. so i'll be made available to my

fellow commissioners to look at. and there's also some numbers on the number of traffic citations that were made in 2024 with respect to those that i'm working on. commissioner daniels and i continue to work on dejo 7.01. the chief last week provided a response to the letter from from a group of community members on their suggestions that was converted to a recommendation and responded to thank you chief for sending that that's been provided to the community and they'll be time to digest that and hopefully provide that back to the full commission for a final vote in the spring. dejo 10.11 on body worn cameras was on the agenda for tonight but it was pulled at after the chief and i had a productive meeting with the bar association of san francisco which was a critical voice in the working group process and that out of that a number of suggestions were out of that meeting. a number of suggestions were made. dpa was not invited to our meeting even though i think

both the bar association and myself thought that they should have been. and so i think i'm going to take some time to make sure that we incorporate some discussions i've had with db's policy director jermaine jones on some of the issues that are that were raised in acting president carter over stern's revised draft and hope to have that back before the full commission as early as next week. >> chief, the one thing i want to ask for there's been continued both media and community attention related to the joint terrorism task force. i want to know if i know the last time we spoke you told me that there were no specific asks and moves in that direction but you're sort of monitoring. i wanted to know if there was an update on or any movement and then report on whether or not as a pd will rejoin the joint terrorism task force. >> nothing has changed. commissioner there has been no movement or advancement to rejoin the jta. >> okay. and i want to clarify something that i know that you and acting president carter oberstar. the last time we spoke about

this, would you consider an mou to rejoin the gtf under 3.21 as one that would come before the commission? it has to come before the commission. that's why i see the administrative code. >> okay. so if there were any concrete movement that that would figure it would be required to come before the commission before final approval. >> yeah. right. okay. sir, i just want to be clear because i think our conversation and the last time this was brought up in the commission started a firestorm of misinformation and i want to say it one more time there has been no effort to rejoin the jttf. and just to be clear, what i said is we have always been open to that conversation. we have not made an effort to do that. >> so i just want to be very clear on that. >> thank you. that's very helpful. that concludes my report. thank you, chief, for that clarification. >> thank you, commissioner e i guess acting now chair max carter also thank you very much

. first off i want to say welcome everybody to the chinese new year lunar event here is downstairs. it's here to stay. so in chinese we say gong air joy and and sun and fi lau it and in a year or two snake said and hung over one so i wish everybody continue good health prosperity and throughout the year of the snake also attended services co police department api for metro commander derek lu and also captain eric kim and from central station and also captain brian hu from terrible station commander derek lu reported 2024 results. it was a very positive. community members also accepted it and they saw the difference in this 2024.

>> one of the issues that came out and i'll probably be talking about on the budget is the vehicles of the officers that are i guess inactive and it's probably well you know we talk about more than in a budget. >> thank you chief. thank you. could we go to public comment please, sergeant if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item six commission reports, please approach the podium. there is no public comment line item eight. >> presentation and discussion on speed is budget fiscal year 2026 through 2027 discussion and possible action i'll be going straight to budget

. good evening president elias vice president carter over stone commissioners executive director henderson and chief scott and kimi wu, the chief financial officer for the san francisco police department. my presentation today will be part one of our budget process and priorities. i will be back next wednesday

to go over more details in the budget process. >> okay. this year the department's priorities is to collaborate, improve responsiveness, measure and communicate, strengthen the department and define the future. the mayor's policy priorities for this upcoming budget has a similar focus as prior years to include improving public safety and street conditions citywide economic vitality, reducing homelessness and transforming mental health and accountability and equity and services and spending. the budget process spans over seven months starting in december with the budget instructions and the budget system is opened.

our second presentation to this commission will be next wednesday evening followed by our official due date for our department's submission on february 21st we will work with the mayor's budget office through the end of may when the mayor will publish the budget on june first. during the month of june we will work with our budget legislative analysts to review our budget and they make recommendation there will be at least two hearings in the middle of june and the board of supervisors shall adopt the final board adjusted budget by july 31st. >> budget instructions were provided in december and confirmed after mayor laurie was sworn in to office. and we should propose and we should propose ongoing permanent reductions of adjusted general funds support of 15% in fiscal year 26 and

fiscal year 27. >> the focus is on core services and limiting eliminating costs in non effective discretionary or redundant service areas. >> we have been asked to review all contracts and non personnel expenses in addition to requesting approval for overnight travel as well as new contract agreements. >> lastly, vacant positions should be eliminated and no new full time employees that do not support core functions. >> there is also a civilian hiring freeze and layoffs are not preferred but may be necessary. this slide here is a look back to the three prior fiscal years current year and the base budget for fiscal year ending 2026 the base budget across all

funds is 840.7 million. >> the majority is in general fund annual operating for a total of 723 million. the continuing project funding has been added in the mayors phase in prior years and therefore you see a slight decrease there compared to prior year in the base budget. >> and lastly the airport bureau is not supported by general fund. this next slide shows the general spending by each category in millions personnel costs have increased each year based on cost of living adjustment services by other departments have steadily increased primarily due to workers compensation, rent and

central shops for fuel and maintenance. our general fund actuals for each of the categories as of december 31st is shown in the last column. there over time actuals are included in the total personnel cost which is the first line and our fiscal year end 2025 year to date actuals is 52% of the budget in total budgeted full time equivalent positions are shown on this slide the total fiscal year 25 fund fte is is 3,032.1 which is an increase from prior years. >> the total sworn fte is 2337 and civilian fte is 695.1.

>> retirement status and staffing a review of our sworn members based on the status by years of service and over the 50 years old is shown here and in the city sworn members 306 meet that criteria and 63 members at the airport are eligible to retire in the city as of december 31st. we have 1475 full duty sworn and 115 at the airport for a total of 1590 and currently there are 56 recruits. we are experiencing an

unprecedented staffing shortage that continues in a downward trend since 2019. >> vacancy budget savings used for overtime backfill to address the staffing shortage and the recommended baseline is twice seven and 70 for sworn members. there are 1566 members if we include a short term leaves or 508 officer short and with 1475 full duty sworn members as of december 2024. >> and for this last slide we are comparing over time as of the first half of the current fiscal year to the annual total from last fiscal year over time backfill and minimum staffing

is the primary reason for overtime hours as of the first half of this fiscal year we are seeing the same number of overtime hours in the categories as last fiscal year from the highest to lowest there and the total number of hours. >> that concludes my presentation sean and happy to answer any questions you may have. so question so from the mayor the mayor's indicated is there going to be a 15% reduction year to year to 2000 2626 and 27 and so and there's going to be all the non-discretionary spending. he's indicating that he wants that terminated, is that right? >> yes. so we were going to we will be reviewing all of our programs for effectiveness as well as contracts and positions to that

extent and i know your this is just a first review of the numbers and we're going to have a second discussion regarding this. so in terms of the idea of eliminating vacancies, what is that? what does that mean? what does that really translate in to for the budget? >> so our vacant position is do cover resulting saving salaries savings that cover backfill for overtime. so at this point next week's meeting i will go over some of that and so we all know we're not fully in terms of employees we're not full as it relates to the allocation a number we know that we need to have this overtime. we need these other officers to fill in for those units that we would have had if we had them filled. and so that comes in take that salary that's out there and captured. is is there a scenario that we can envision that in in fact by the fact if we don't fill those

positions that we may have excess over our budget if in fact the overtime is cut down by way of the fact they're not going to be needed? >> so to answer your question, even though in the last the second to last slide there the total full duty sworn is 1475. we have prioritized recruitment and hiring and until those numbers increase we will continue to rely on the overtime backfill which is the result of the salary savings from the vacant sworn members. >> good first reading okay commissioner, you thank you again to vice president carter augusto just had two questions regarding the the last page regarding general funds over overtime comparison you have february 15th you have the nba

all star in town also the chinese new year pray that you factor in overtime that into this spreadsheet or so this slide here only goes through december so the first half of there but we have factored in the upcoming events next week in our overtime salary projection. >> okay. thank you. and another one is i guess that calls for the officers on the homeless issues that still go to the police department or will that amount of calls will be reduced and would that translate into the amount of volume and man hours you need for for daily use on their. >> yes, there has been some reduction with the city's efforts to the implementation of say the heart team that's that's run out of the and there had in the fire department is

now handling some of those calls to their crt street crisis response team so there has been some reduction and we've been measuring that on the other other side of that coin after the grants pass decision we have been called to to work with those departments on a lot of the issues that in our inner lab. so we do have a team of officers because 28 in total at this point that works with those other agencies because it's collaboration and we're finding that collaboration is really, really important to get at this this issue. >> so to answer your question, some calls have been reduced but work in other areas has increased. >> okay. thank you very much. my last question would be to capital outlay equipment. i see that probably on your page eight. i've been told by many stations

that there is an operator inoperative vehicles and that's if you have ten officers and only five vehicles in operation. so just wondering if that impact your you know, your coverage area and whether we can ramp up getting new vehicles, whether it's lease maybe doing some creative lease financing for the newer vehicles that as needed out there because once you have your vehicle is out also you also have your computer system tied into it that that becomes a problem and reporting to as well this just what your thoughts on that or two so we will be requesting for vehicles this upcoming budget submission and the prior years we have not been getting as not as high of

number of allocation for vehicles. so that is a concern as well as with our central shops maintenance and costs have increased as well because the vehicles are getting older. so we are looking at that and considering to request additional vehicles so that decisions i guess your recommendation goes to the board issue, is that correct? >> we'll be discussing it during the mayor's phase first and then it will again with the board of supervisors face. >> okay. thank you very much. thank you for the presentation on slide nine it shows overtime expenditure increasing into the out years. can you just explain what what the driver of that is? is that because we anticipate having more officers because there is just recently that audit done i think in december showing that a lot of our overtime expenses like a substantial amount were due to fraud, abuse and lack of adequate internal controls.

so i'm wondering why overtime spending would would would go up from where we are now. so on overtime we are increasing the need for overtime backfill. >> they are in the same similar categories where major o.t. overtime is being used as last fiscal year and as you can see on the slide with the city sworn staffing there's continuous decrease in the number of full duty sworn since 2019 right. >> so chief, maybe you might know wasn't what was the percentage of our overtime that the audit found was due to lack of internal controls or abuse? it gave a number of percentages for different aspects of it but it was very substantial rate. >> i don't know off the top of my head is in the report but i don't agree with what you just said. yes there are systems that we need to improve upon but to categorize and most of our is

fraud and abuse is just no, no not not most but just i'm just quoting that audit it did find a substantial amount correct? >> yeah. yes and we will there's a board hearing that we will address and answer some of those questions. but the way that's been framed give the indication that we had this rapid fraud and overtime. that's just not true. that's just absolutely not true. so just to be clear, the budget showing that overtime expenditure is going up, you're saying that even when you get a handle on the lack of controls and the abuse that does exist, you are which would cause a reduction in overtime you still think other legitimate needs will increase such that the total number will rise the first of all there is not a lack of controls but to answer your question yes the overtime has increased because two things personnel costs have increased substantially which drives some of those numbers up. the other part of this is when you're 500 officers short we still have to do the work so

the backfield has been basically a way of life for us if we can't we have stations sometimes that where there's without overtime there's 1 or 2 patrol units to cover a station. we have to backfill those positions. >> third thing is this work that is not necessarily excuse me a call for service that we are called to do for instance u.n. plaza. you know a lot of those those issues that the public is so upset about, they don't result in calls for service necessarily. but we have to staff that almost around the clock to get a handle on that which we have gotten a handle on that. but a lot of those types of deployments over time are car break ins down 60% overtime in the tourist areas is one of the things that help us drive those car break ins down. so you know the work that needs to be done, we don't have the people to do it and that's where overtime comes in comes in handy. >> all right. understood. thank you. thank you.

>> you're ready to go, chief, is there a date been set for the board of supervisors hearing on the auditors reports regarding the overtime spending? they pushed it back and i don't know if they rescheduled it yet but it was no, they have not yet. i would ask that you let the commission know when when that's rescheduled for and then whatever written materials are provided to the board for that hearing should also be provided to the commission for sure. >> thank you. please. you got it visually thank you for thank you very much their presence in the allies. i also want to recognize in the audience our district attorney brooke jenkins here. >> thank you very much for coming to the police commission . sergeant, members of the public. i would like to make public comment. we i had my hand up.

>> we also didn't you know okay. >> is there so sorry about that commissioner yanez, go ahead. thank you, president ladies, thank you chief and community members and commissioners was due to director henderson. just a couple of questions on the budget. one of the one of the requests from the mayor's office is to identify areas of non effective discretion, injury or redundant spending. what process is the department undertaking to identify and address and respond to this expectation and instruction from the mayor's office or commissioner we've we've tasks are for personnel to number one identify those programs that we're spending money on. you know this discussion about

overtime you know a lot of there's a significant amount of money that goes to initiatives to address crime tourism deployment tenderloin deployment, direct deployment, those types of things. so those are operational things that there are some overlaps in that and you know, maybe there are some efficiencies that can be gained there. programs that we do like are youth programs that require personnel that don't require a whole lot of money but it requires personnel to to do these programs the wilderness program or some of our po pao programs and all of those things everything has to be evaluated and what has been asked by the mayor and the budget office is to evaluate them for effectiveness and if these programs are either redundant or not effective then those are the programs that are most likely to be done away with. so we're going through that process of categorizing and basically just like you would do in your personal finances

just follow the checkbook, see what we're spending our money on and those that can be attached to a program then evaluate what the program does . how effective is it? well, it's a little bit difficult for us just in closing is there's so many things tied to our core operations that we have to spend money on. it's a matter of determining whether those those things are effective or not. >> thank you for that. i mean and considering that in some areas we don't necessarily track certain metrics as far as whether there's participation or engagement, what's that a gather will you be using to inform those decisions about what is being effective and ineffective? >> well, some things for instance things that support our core functions but let's say extra patrols in an area where we have a spike of crime and we can always look at crime numbers and that's one metric. it's not an absolute metric. other things like community

engagement, wilderness pow programs and some of the things we do with community engagement that's a little bit trickier in terms of what is the measure of effectiveness. we know that those things are necessary but they're really, really hard to measure and other things it's hard to measure as crime prevention. it's hard to measure what you prevent and oftentimes when we are out there patrolling to try to prevent crime from happening so those those crime numbers don't stack up. it's you know, basically all we have is is the statistics that i read about every or talk about here every week. so some are easier than others. i think it's a lot harder with the community engagement types of programs or some of our trainings that are necessary. that's the other thing is we have to actually go through all of our training and prioritize of what's absolutely necessary and what's a nice to have but we may have to do without it as we trim down our budget. so i think you my next question

is with regard to the projects ations of the staffing projections there's a recent article and you know this is a you know, important and to celebrate the fact that despite the fact that we had a record low number of officers throughout the year last year we did have some of the lowest crime numbers, right. whether it be whether it's in violent crimes or a number of murders. and so i believe we did a wonderful job considering some of those challenges with staffing recruitment and retention. and my question is are we expect thing or have we experience or are we projecting a dramatic increase in either calls for service or the population of san francisco to justify an increase to to 2337 officers for fiscal year 2526

or 2627? i'm not sure where that request lands because it's also challenging to track numbers when i know that the city functions under a fiscal year calendar that starts july 1st through june 30th and a lot of your numbers here the way they're presented are for single calendar years. so it makes it challenging. but the question just is the same are we projecting more calls for service or people in san francisco or is this just, you know, projecting an increase in staffing because that is just the standard way of doing things and we follow trends as far as calls for service and i don't i can't with certainty predict whether those calls are going to be increased or not. you know, the population may go up or down. that tends to generate more calls at the population increases. the other thing though to consider that we are considering whether our calls for service in our response

times have have gone up pretty substantially over the last few years. >> the staff staffing has has gotten smaller. for instance our a priority calls our goal is is now eight minutes you know it wasn't long ago where that response time was six minutes and we used to meet that response time. >> now other things factor here like traffic and population on that be priorities and see priority calls have gone up even more dramatically see priority calls on average is over an hour and that's way beyond what we would like to see on see priority calls v priority calls. we try to get there in 20 minutes and be priority calls. it's closer to double that. so those types of things have to be considered and that's a direct reflection of staffing levels even though we try to backfill with overtime we we backfill we have minimums that

we try to backfill when we're short and it's not optimal. you know there's very few stations that have all of their sector cars working on all the shifts and the night shifts are even lighter so those things are factored in. >> commissioner it's not it's not all about the the calls for service and then the other things that we have to factor in because of changes in the law. for instance i'll give you one example and not be long winded on this we have to assign officers on most public works cleanups in difficult areas and when i say difficult it's like you imply the sixth street that we're working on mission street dpw in most circumstances cannot do their jobs without having speedy security there with them. they've been attacked. they've been assaulted, threatened and they have to have us there with them and that's just the fact of the matter. so those are things that aren't necessarily showing up in calls

for service but they're things that we've been asked to do and that we have to do in order to get where we want to get as a city. and there's more things like that. so until either the laws change that allow us to do that without public works or we figure out another solution, those are the types of things that that are really causing our deployment needs to to increase. thank you for that. just one clarifying question there. when you said that we have experienced an increase in calls for service for context, are you talking about a recent increase post covid or an increase to the number to up in comparison to pre-covid call years? >> yeah, no i said response time calls for service has kind of fluctuated in some areas have have gone down some areas have gone up but it fluctuates but response times have creeped up constantly and fairly consistently since covid and

beyond. >> got it. thank you for that. those are all my questions. >> thank you. i have a good question right. thank you. i said a quick question. i know this is part one of the part two. so as a procedural matter, is there any action needed from the commission for the part one presentation? >> so i know that you answer that question. i know continue for continued feedback and typically what we do is we meet with every commissioner on budget and answer your questions and get your feedback and your your guidance on on whatever questions or concerns we have. so that will be an ongoing thing really up until mare's phase i think you all have to take a vote next week i believe and so we got okay for those commissioners who haven't been contacted you will be to have that discussion derek said

apologize for that. >> okay then then i guess there's no motion needed from our end. thank you very much for the presentation. >> we look forward to additional good evening commissioners. >> i just wanted to thank commissioner clay for his help in coordinating and working with us on this and i think that that is exactly what the chief and commissioner benedicto were referring to with respect to feedback and information that you all can relate to us. thank you. any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item eight please approach the podium and i'm just listening to what little i heard about crimes have been down and there's been less shooting than the crimes has been down and so i was wondering will this leave time for investigators unsolved for two to to work on unsolved homicides like my son and other

mothers since the crime is down and those shootings are up but the crime is down so maybe the investors can do more work on our cases. i'm just asking that please, mayor commit. >> yes, please. ms. brown yes. as far as the cold cases when when like our murders are down and they're down significantly so that actually gives us more time to work on those cold cases. you know your case you have an assigned retired person but it does give us more time to work on those cold cases. so i know a little tennis enders in the homicide unit are working on a lot of unsolved and cold cases because our homicide rate is significantly down from what it has been. yeah, i spoke with my investigator today. he's he's having surgery or had surgery so he's going to be out so i will just wondering he usually calls me often to let

me know whether there's something going on with the case. but since like you said, the crime is down, maybe someone can help him help with our unsolved homicides so that so that cases can be solved since the crime is down again. so and with that thank you. the 14th is my birthday. your just want to tell everyone on the 14th february 14th. thank you. i line item nine presentation and discussion on epa's budget fiscal year 2026 to 2027 discussion of possible actions . thank you for putting it on here already i think there's a

budget. >> good evening, commissioners president elias chief scott director henderson my name is nicole armstrong and i'm presenting the department police accountability budget proposal for the fiscal year 2526 and 26 and 27 minutes a little closer. >> yeah, sorry. that's okay. thank you. >> that was too high. yeah, no worries. all right, so today i'm going to provide an overview of our general our mission or core functions, our budget breakdown and the impact of what the 15% reductions will have on our department. >> all right. as you know, the dpa is an independent oversight agency. our mission is to investigate police misconduct review policies, conduct audits and ensure transparency and community trust.

our dpa core functions is investigations. we investigate it. we we conduct investigations. we examine officer involved shootings, misconduct complaints. we also do mediation and outreach. we facilitate dialog between the officers and complainants and we also evaluate police performance audits such as the use of force audits and stop data. we also do policy and legal where we recommend reforms or to improve our policing community relations. >> we also do our sb 1421 which is our releasing the officer involved shooting investigation records as well as sb 16 and sb two as you saw in the previous presentation, this is just a brief overview over the budget instructions that we received 15% reductions, ongoing hiring freezes, no government travel and try to reduce or eliminate vacancies.

so what you see on the slide right here is dps total budget and this is just our flat budget of what we have and it's 10.3 million that we have proposed for 2526 and then 2627 is 10.7. the change in the budget really just reflects the ongoing pay raises that were agreed upon with the union agreements. there is no additional funding that's being added over those two years. we're also proposing no changes in our staff of a total. right now we have 41 staff listed in our iso as well as in the following year and 2526 on this slide you can see our full budget breakdown. what you'll notice is primarily our budget is salary and benefits followed next by our into bardwell services and that's like d.t. you know our normal ones that we do through the city h.r. we have very limited material supplies our non personnel

programmatic funds are to support any of our charter mandate tasks and we have a revenue which is really just any kind of internal departmental agreements we do within the city. so we do hearings or if we assist with any other functions like that. bd richardson dangerous dog that's that's what the revenue is and any work we do to support the sheriff's oversight department this year in our our budget we are asking really for a minimal item. we're really our main focus for us part of this year is going to be requesting new vehicles, just one really new vehicle. we have one vehicle that's from 2006 and so we want to be able to trade in two of the vehicles for one vehicle so we can respond properly with a vehicle that will hopefully not break down to officer involved shootings as well as two in-custody deaths. so we're going to be requesting more vehicles at our department to do that. >> the current budget impact overall with the reductions

could potentially reduce staff as you saw from our budget, our budget is mostly salary in french we do not have any other areas are able to pay it. we don't have any contracts. we don't have any grants. this is really our focus so we are trying to work with the mayor's office on figuring out how to do figure out the budget going forward, having any kind of cuts with our budget will delay our case resolutions. we have limited number of staff. i said we had 41 majority of our staff as our investigation teams fewer resources will lead to a longer investigation timelines, delaying resolutions that benefit both the community and law enforcement. we will also add challenges to policy and training recommendations because it's going to reduce our ability will be working with more, working on more with less people and it will we're working on maintaining trust and transparency. so even though we're going to lose this we could potentially lose some funding. we will still fall will meet

our charter mandate as well as any of our community needs. >> right? that is the conclusion of our budget presentation. >> i'm open for any questions. i am going to get it. >> mr. clay but before your question can i ask one question? so walk me through the vehicles you have you we have three vehicles, three vehicles, a total of three vehicles. we have one from 26 and we are going to request replacing that vehicle so that way our staff can respond to officer involved shootings and in-custody deaths. >> okay, but how many officer involved shootings and in-custody deaths are you responding to in on a monthly basis? >> oh, not many. that's why we're trying to reduce from the three to just two vehicles instead so that way we have one in case we have one officer involved shooting or in custody and then another one as well for what? >> for the in-custody like so we have because you have people there's an officer involved shooting and and in-custody death at the same time you have two vehicles and we have

multiple people that go and respond to those things. >> if i may only if you give the short version. >> sure. >> there are ongoing responsibilities that involve the jails and the jails are not close and those ongoing responsibilities require transportation and that is regularly independent of the officer involved shooting in those instances that are not as frequent. okay. because that makes sense. commissioner clay you know yeah. >> so i paid a visit over to your office and you guys talk to me about the budget so when i see this the total budget for the year in and so we got mayor funding which is x dollars and they integrate what you do in terms of outside services to make up the totality of your budget is how is that what you're telling us? >> no, you talk about the our ideas or your revenue source because you say you have a revenue source but you've included that in your entire budget. so do they look at that before they before they fund you or do

they that's they disregard that you add that and then you say okay now we can get to our 41 yes. >> so we use that as any additional funding we get. we are work ordered agreement to do the vicious and dangerous dog hearings in which we support the staff with that so that work order funds position we also have where we do hearings and then also a work order for us to investigate the sheriff office cases and that's primarily we have our there's no real sheriff's office inspector general that's actually exists so we do all of that work for them right now and that's actually a majority of the ideas. everything else is like 150 $200,000. >> so some other independent group funds that revenue source but you don't included when you make your requests to the mayor because you're going to count on that outside of that it's all through city services so it's all still general fund money. >> it's just from other departments in the city. so what i'm saying so then you're saying you just get a lump sum allocated from the city and and you just break it out and say this is what you're

getting. that allocation includes whatever let's say it's 500,000. okay i get you get you get $10,500,000 500,000 of it is from the outside services revenue but it's all you that's your budget from the mayor no the other the that's what yeah no the additional one is what we we are not outside of what the mayor's office gives us so if you collapse you don't have to do any of that revenue generating services in your budget a short and you've relied on that when you've come to the table to begin the year for your staffing you are absolutely correct. >> that is why we're working on the mayor's office to make sure all of those positions are balanced in our budget. we want to make sure that we do not have any holes in our budget whether it's through on call pay comp time or anything else that we have to support with our staff. they are ongoing issues and the mayor's office is well aware of them so we are trying to make sure that we have enough funding to cover everything because that 15% reduction for you all right. that represents a huge hit to a

budget where you only have 41 employees and a fund that that could be 2 or 3 people. i don't know how i don't know what the salaries are but that could be huge. >> yeah, it's a it's a it's about $1 million is what they want to cut from our budget so yes so there's a potentially for you all that there would be layoffs we are working with the mayor's office to try to prevent that from happening. >> yes. well thank you, commissioner benedicto for the portion of the work that you're doing for the sheriff's department. >> is that a separate like what is the interaction of that for your budget requests? >> oh, so that's going to be based on the actual work that's performed. so doing intake, doing interviews the full investigative process all the way to policy. so it's it's mostly and then also because the oig doesn't have any support staff such as payroll budget any of the additional functions. so we actually provide all of that to that that department and so we get compensation back from them for supporting them

in that way. so like i do two budgets every year we run two payrolls, we run two tech departments, we run all you know and depending on how many people they have dpa is actually it's actually supporting two departments right now. >> so is the budget request here that 10.3 million for 25 and 10.8 for 26 exclusive of what you expect the work to be for dpa and speedy or and there's a separate some amount for the work that you're doing for the sheriff's apartment or is this an inclusive of that as well this is inclusive of that right now but we're working with the mayor's office to figure out we're going forward the stay as oig recently had their inspector general resign. so we're working on that with them. this really are a reflection of our budget is that it's a flat budget. we're basically asking for no cuts. no we want to keep and maintain what we have right now without the 15%. so we did that 15% is not added into here at all. >> thank you, vice president

carter oberstar thank you, president ask sir so can you just clarify i just want to pick up on something commissioner benedicto asked so can you just clarify when you say the work that you do for the sheriff's is just based on the actual work performed that that means you don't get up for an allocation that you get you get refunded after the fact based on your hourly rates for the employees who worked on the sheriff's department. >> that's correct. so basically we make an estimate of what the work order is going to be and then we perform that work. that work is hourly. it's tracked just like you were doing working at a law firm where your billing hours we take that calculated in and then every quarter we get those funds back based on the actual work we do. >> it's not a set fund but then the individuals doing the work are salaried employees and so is i guess sufficiently confident that they will bill hours in excess of their salary

. so we base our work orders based on previous years and so it's an average one that we expect to use. we've been doing it for about three years now so yes, we i'm sorry. >> please. so yes we do we are we are estimates are pretty accurate for the most part. >> right. that's that's helpful. thanks. and then this might be more of a question for director henderson and want to pick up on something that that commissioner clay raised which is i know that it's hard to do this in advance and you know have a complete picture and it's very sensitive. but i just would like for you to give us a more granular picture of what lay offs would have to look like in a scenario where you're being required to cut 15% of the workforce or have the budget. >> well, at this point i think it's clear at least from the presentation that nicole has presented so far it's a very lean department already. so almost any cuts again there's not outside expenditures. it's all salary positions. so any percentage of the cuts

have to come from the specific work that's being done in the department and as we said, it's exacerbated by the fact that the department is also supporting the work from the sheriff's department at this time. there's only one employee on the sheriff's side that's an administrative position that does the work in liaison with the board which acts as the commission not the board of supervisors. and i'm explaining all of that and probably way too much detail. but just to point out that many of our staffs wear double hats and all of the work that is being done at this point now aside from the administrator role, from the one employee is being done by the epa and so the cuts are our pretty treacherous for us at this point there are really only

three classifications of our staff in the agency and that's legal investigators and administer of our administrative side has been cut for a very long time. we've had problems for a while trying to have staff fill some of those positions and we have been able to fill a lot of those positions for a while. if we were to take cuts and to move forward with the cuts even as proposed it absolutely means and i think this answers your questions directly i'm sorry for the warm up to it but cuts for us means direct diminished capacities in our investigations and investigators and with the legal teams in management and you know aside from the various are from aside from the obvious of the several hundred independent investigations that

we do a year and the intake process that means that the investigations which we've worked very hard to be respond to too and reducing the amount of time that the investigations take and the cases are closed that we've been tracking and those numbers have gone down exponentially over the past few years to a level of efficiency and professionalism that i think the public expects that i think this commission expects that i think the department expects there to in the past when those processes would take a very long amount of time i think hurts not just the expectations of the public but it hurts the department for folks that have allegations then the investigations and the hearings take way too long and those allegations are you know, they they hamper the professional careers of the

department and those are all the things that are at risk of becoming longer and bigger problems for dpa and for the city in my opinion. and that's before we address the diminished ability to have the trainings at the level that we have them and the i think the problems that would be raised even with the transparencies that we're able to deliver currently in the department. >> well can i ask speaking of transparency, do you think that this will result in it will affect the charging decisions that dpa makes that certain cases won't be charged because there just won't be you'll have to triage and you'll have to decide which allegations are worth pursuing with charges whether they're kind of sustained or not. >> i think rather than looking at the charge i don't know that the charging would be changed directly because we would be following our charter obligations in the same way. i think that the back end of it would be that the cases would

be more difficult to process, they would be more difficult to investigate, they would be more difficult to close connecting the investigatory work to the legal analysis and legal presentations that process would be it's already at capacity and the only thing that could happen is that that process would go longer. my real concern just in answering that question is the 3 or 4 official sources that have been built into our process that we have not had to because of the hard work of the agency have not had to be we've not had to worry about that for the past 5 or 6 years now and that was an absolute >> that was going to be my next question. >> do you think you'll below 3 or 4 deadlines as a practical matter? i mean i think that's what's at risk and that was a standard before we got to this level of staffing that was a given for

years and just an accepted loss . >> i think that's a great risk for the public. i think it's a great risk for the process of oversight and i think it diminishes the professionalism of the city and for the department for that to be at risk. >> let me just ask about you mentioned admin legal management as the three buckets of employees is do you have any sense as you sit here today about where layoffs would have to happen if if and when it comes to that the layoffs would have to we have such few and such little admin and those are those are not the funded positions that would make the most impact. so i don't know what the direct correlation is because all the positions are different but it would take several of the administrative positions to add up to the value of the other

positions and so we are it the only way to move forward effective early and then it causes more problems. i mean they're problems all the way around but the only way to address $1 million ask for a budget like ours is to take the cuts with the investigations divisions and with the management divisions and yeah and why why would the investigation why would the investigators be one of the primary ways given that you know a lot of different people are overworked dpa clearly but investigators are as far as i understand extremely overworked and those are the people who are the most vital for not missing a 3 or 4 deadline. and on top of that, as you just mentioned, you know, investigator salaries are lower than for example, management salaries and so you'd have to get rid of more investigators to make up make up the

shortfall. so why why would why would we focus on investigators? >> it doesn't seem intuitive to me. well, there's only three buckets to pull from and the buckets between investigators and management and in management those are all the lawyer positions as well. they are not as vast but they are significant certainly higher and broader than the admin and so those are the only two buckets to pull and draw from and as valued as the investigatory process is the management and the lawyer process is valuable as well. i think the cuts would have to come from both of those buckets not a singular bucket. did that make sense? that makes sense that before two more questions one it's been publicly reported that a senior member of management was recently dismissed for inappropriate racialized comments that she made is her position again for purposes of this 15% analysis is would not filling her position count towards the 15% cut?

>> i wish i could answer that question but i think those answers are still being addressed and talked about. we have not been able to use that position if that makes sense. we we've started we of course tried to receive and take as many benefits from not having that position field as much as possible but that doesn't speak to a 15% withdrawal. >> last question it was reported several months ago now about staff certain staff people being being disappointed with working conditions or being critical of certain managers within dpa and there was i think a union survey that kind of collected responses. how will dpa ensure that layoffs are done in a way that leave employees and the public

satisfied that individuals who had the courage to speak out are not being targeted for for mandatory layoffs as a result of their decision to to speak up? >> i think that process would speak for itself. i mean certainly no one is trying to move in a direction reflective of that specifically . but obviously we're working very closely not just with staff but also the unions that are meeting with this regularly and our h.r. person on a regular basis in ways that didn't even exist previously. so those meetings are continuing to take place and the process of the the the process of of whatever cuts we would be asked to make certainly we would be following the city's guidance and how they wanted those processes to take place.

but those discussions will include the discussions just like this about what the roles and those functions would be and what those cuts would look like in terms of diminished service not on individual participation. >> okay. understood. thank you, mr. clay. thank you, madam president. i'm i'm done. commissioner carter oversaw the stone he and asked the questions. i need it. i think he is follow up is fine. >> i'm good. thank you, sergeant. if any member of the public would like to make public comment regarding line item nine please approach the podium and there is no public comment due to removing one of eight. we are also removing line item ten and 11 so we are going and 13 so we will go to line item 14 which is adjournment motion

to adjourn now much needed this is done. >> okay. all right. thank you >> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the

field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds is very, very exciting. it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013 season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived

anywhere outside of fridays fridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that al together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille,

can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best.

she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire

adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning

welcome to san francisco's new revitalized qatar valline this is not just an upgrade is a community transformation. taraval street under a complete

make over from 10 feet below the street to 30 feet above. >> it is part of the taraval improve am project to impprove transit performance and make the streets safer for all who use them. completed on time and on budget, this multiagency construction project is a once in a generation investment to bring safer, more reliable train service, increased accessibility. beautiful corridor, refresh roadway and reliable water and sewer systems for decades to come. >> safety is at the forefront of this transformation. new train boarding platforms are a game changer for safety am before the project 5 people per year were hit by vehicles gettinga or off trains we add 22 new or extended boarding plat

forms on the route. riders no long are exit on the street along side traffic. when my kids were young it was heard they want to plunge off the train straight in the street. up on the h stop now we have the platform that is broader when they are excited get off the trin and get home i feel better about them jumping off the train. >> having island where hay step on to is a giant improvement. >> these disability crosswalks look good and improve safety by making it noticeable to drivers. >> sidewalk extensions at intersection corners shorten the distance needed to cross the street and slow downturning vehicles. these and other safety treatments are proven tools to reduce the risk of collisions make the taraval corridor safer and inviting for people walking and driving.

another key part was replace being two miles of train track for thes first time in almost 50 years. the old tie and balist track was built for muni oldt cc streetcars and old are light trail trains not today's modern vehicles and it was noise and he prone to vibration. >> these new rails will make for a smoother, quieter ride and require less maintenance. it is much quieter with the new impresumes i livid here the entire time and plays earthquake or municipal when he it came by now we don't have to play anymore >> before when the streetcar went by i would stop talk the street cars would rumble past now i share that confirmation. i like the fact well is not a 3.4 quake every time they go by now. it is quiet temperature feels

like sliding on glass. >> this project is more than rails and concrete it is people earngaging with their community. >> local residents and merchants have told us when their community need and had than i want in their neighborhood. a quieter reliable train roadway and safer streets for people walk. gi think it is essential. i'm excited and wonderful to have a safe way it get to work i work on embarcadero i take it to the end of the line every day >> through open house, public meetings and surveys members helped shape where the stops should go to the curb plan and selecting trees and art work for the corridor. >> we relied on community feedback during construction of the project. with voting held to choose where to stow construction materials and how to sekwenls the construction. >> as a result the project was split in two segments to reduce

impacts to the community. access ability is at the forefront of the design. new features ensure people all abilities enjoy seamless travel on the taraval. these platforms and key locations have a raised boarding area level with the train to help people with walking aids or strollers board more easily. >> warning lights are flashing. >> pedestrian signal announcements assist with visual impairment its cross the street. new curb ramps are essential in providing accessible path of travel on to and off of sidewalks. the sunset district has long been shaped by transand i the qatar valcontinues linking past to present. on the heels of a new tunnelful

muni tear van line opened as a shuttle from westportal to 33rd avenue in 1919. it was not until a few years later the trains used the tunnel sparking a population boom. previously, riders transfer to the circumstance line to go east of what is today known the westportal neighborhood. by 1923, passengers could catch a one seat read on the taraval between downtown and 48th avenue. for the first time, san franciscans had a connection from the bay to the ocean tide. the taraval street cars brought development people could access the south western neighborhoods. homes and buildings sprung up from the once empty dunes. this vielth east/west corridor is the spine the neighborhood

carrying over 30,000 daily riders when service last ran the route in 2019. today, it is a bustling local business that give this area its flavor fr. cafes to quirky but teaks the taraval connects tout best of san francisco's small business scene. >> i lost fact it is not a money on cultural it is multicult rar. korean, chinese. vietnamese. french. italian. we got irish. we got a lot of good mix on this street of restaurants and businesses in those cultural veins and good ole american. helping local line help our small businesses because this is again a small community. and the traffic here is not if you have to generate big

revenue. with the l train from other parts of the city to this area has help us the small merchants as well to generate more business. >> taraval street is a reflection of the outer sunset's unique character. >> this two mile stretch of transit is not just getting from a to b it is reimagining how we move through our city to shop, dine and experience more in the places we live. >> i live in the suburbs i have to take a car or a bus that was an experience i never did again as a teen. now my kids can visit their friends cross the establishment it is a huge increase in their freedom and independent. one of the reasons we chose to raise a family in san francisco. >> it is wonderful to have a safe, clean reliable way to get to work for the neighborhood i'm excite body what it means to bring others back to our neighborhood.

we have, let of interesting shops and restaurants and i'm excited to see how things become when it is easier to get here. >> a lot know each actively it is a close knit community. in my shop i know customers by name i know what they'll order and i have it ready for them. >> what i'm most excite body the street is now unified, we have new paved roads and new rails. and new lighting. new boarding island. >> today, your new street features newrism upgrade water and sewer pipes. 5 new priority signals that hold green lights when trains approach. sidewalk extensions to make pedestrian crossing safer. high visibility crosswalks and ramps. safe boarding islands and platforms. new trees, landscaping and art.

is it time you responsiblesed this corridor to the end of the line? with great food, walks on the beach and san francisco's new add upon ventures a ride away now the sunset district is more accessible than ever. [♪music♪] ♪♪ ♪♪

>> i am supervisor melgar. i am the supervisor for district 7. [music] i am a immigrant to san francisco. my family came when i was 12 from el salvador during the civil war. this place gave us security, safety and an opportunity to thrive, so i love the city deeply, and as a mother of three kids who have grown up as city kids, i'm grateful for everything the city has to offer for people like me and families. i have been politically involved my whole life, either in government or a non profit worker and i care about the community. i care about people around me, and i want to make sure that as the world

changes around us, other people have the opportunity that my family did. >> we are back in san francisco post pandemic. so important to be out supporting our businesses, supporting our neighbors. >> i'm the first woman to represent the district, believe it or not. i'm the first latina elected to the board of supervisors without an appointment first ever, so i do think that (indiscernible) i want immigrants to be represented, women, moms, people that have different experiences because that brings richment to our decision making and i think it makes for betting decisions so that inspired me to run. district 7 is one of the most diverse districts in san francisco both in economics and ethnicity. it spans north from golden gate park. it includes all

the institutions in the park, the wheel. the music concourse, mew seem to the south to the daly city boarder and west to the organization. includes the zoo (indiscernible) all those fun things and to 280 oen the east. includes city college, san francisco state. i had ucsf parnassus so very large geographically. it is mostly single family homes, so it is the place where for generations family (indiscernible) nice parks, lake merced, mount davidson. >> this is like a village within the city, so we are very close nit community. we tend to band together and try to support one another and it is a friendly place and families and people to have a cup of coffee and check out the park. >> ocean avenue, which is the southern end of our

district is vibrant commercial corridor that mostly cater tuesday the local neighborhoods and the students. as you go further west you have the mall which has some of the best pan asian food offerings in the city. if you haven't been there, it is really fun. as you go up a little bit further, there is west portal avenue, which is a very old school commercial district where you can still find antique shops and cobbler shops and as well as like more modern restaurants. it is definitely hopping and full of families on any weekday. >> i'm matt roger, the coowner or (indiscernible) >> carl, other coowner in west portal. >> we are a neighborhood hardware store. been a community institution since it was founded in 1936. we had a little bit of

everything. (indiscernible) to gardening or gift buying. >> my entire experience in san francisco is this community. it is a very small town feel for a big city. the community is caring and connected. >> what makes me excited doing business in district 7 is i know it sell well. i grew up here. i knew a lot of customers, parents of friends. it is very comfortable place and feels like home. >> if you go up north, you have the innerpz sunset commercial corridor which has a awesome farmers market on weekdays and plethora of restaurants. there is everything you need. >> friendly and safe and (indiscernible) i love they bring their kids with them. they teach them how to use their money, and it is something you dont see

in too many markets in other communities. i love to see the kids come and talking to you. it is something different then i see from (indiscernible) >> the ev access to transit in inner sunset and ability to do a lot of shopping on foot, and now the improved biking with jfk closed to cars, because we have a 4 and a half year old who rides her bike. we now have a safe place to go and ride bike jz don't have to to worry about traffic. >> graffiti continues to be one of these things that during the pandemic just got out of control everywhere in the city and i do think that it is hampering our recovery of commercial corridors, so some of the volunteers on west portal avenue, some of the merchants got together with interns at our office to do some hands on abatement and we have been doing it

regularly. we are doing it once a week and we have a wonderful neighbor, carrie organizing and storing the paint and supplies in her office on west portal, but this needs more then just a volunteer efforts. >> i'm grateful for the collaboration. we passed legislation at the board and put $4 million in the budget over the next 24 months to help the department of public works hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7 neighbors to propose projects that improve the neighborhood and the district. anyone, any

organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on (indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful feel even though it is close to a lot of things. (indiscernible) also not boring. there is stuff to do too.

>> so, there is lots to see and experience in district 7. [music]!"■l

>> come shop dine and play. taraval street is open for business. >> this is joey smith at barber lounge. one of the coowners at 19th and taraval and sunset. this establishment came about when me and my brother andy, coowner barber decided to it was time to take a step up in the barber industry. our business is community that shows their true artistic side of the barber indust rae. we are involved in taraval bingo so please stop by, get a haircut and when you do you get the barber sticker made for us. i say in three words, we are community, artsests and here to help. visit at barber louvl, 901 taraval and find on-[indiscernible]

>> a new community game supporting small businesses, anyone can participate, it is easy, collect stickers on a gameboard and enter raffle event for a chance to win awesome prizes. for more, ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> the two largest bridges in the road, symbolizing pioneer and courage in the conquest of

space and time. between these two great bridges, in historic san francisco bay, here's tribute to the achievements of our time. he's a dream come true, golden gate international exposition on manmade treasure island. >> the 402 acre artificial island was build by engineers from 1936 to 1937 on the neighboring buena island. 300,000 tons of rock was used to build a seawall around an existing sand ball then followed by filling the interior with dredge material from the bay which was consistent of modern sand. the federal government paid for construction ask three permanent buildings which would serve as a potential future airport. treasure island was constructed at the same time as the bay bridge and it was a project of works progress

administration to construct this island, which was initially used to host the golden gate international exposition. >> carnival gone big. it was busy. >> it was going to become an airport after the exposition but it was turned over to the navy and turned over to a military base for the next 50 years. >> 1941, the united states army moved to treasure island as america prepared for world war ii. the island was a major training and education center with 4.5 million personnel shipped overseas from triangle. after the war ended in 1945, treasure island was slalthed to be an airport -- slated to be an airport but aviation changed and the clipper were no longer in regular service, and the island was never developed as an airport. the navy continued their presence on treasure island. during the cold war years, the island was a myth

training center and for military efforts throughout the pacific and asia. personnel trained on and shipped from treasure island and supported military activities in korea, vietnam and the persian gulf. >> the base was listed for closure by the navy in 1993 and the city began a process in 1994 under the redevelopment agency, forming a citizens reuse committee to look at potentially plans for the island, island's future. after the base closed in 1997, the treasure island development authority was created to develop and implement a reuse plan. >> the navy has completed their environmental cleanup in that area and last week, the california department of public health issued a radiology unrestricted recommendation for that portion of side 12. it's a big milestone for the project.

>> the treasure island development facility was setup to implement the master plan that was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2011. >> given the importance of housing in the city, both the affordable component and the market rate housing, we felt that it was important to review what the housing plan is at treasure island. >> the development facility and (indiscernible) that oversees the implementation of the master plan to make sure that the master plan, which was adopted by the board of supervisors and adopted by the city and after meeting, that's plan that the city approved. the members of the board was appointed by the mayor and the board of supervisors. [multiple voices] >> the (indiscernible) is very

detailed plan. looking at the ecological aspects of the island, looking at the geotechnical aspects of the island, but also making sure that there is an ongoing of development that's in keeping with what the original plan was, which is that we have up to 8,000 rooms of housing and there's retail and hotels. but also that there is open space that's created so it's an overall plan that guides the whole development of treasure island and the buena island. >> materials used during the construction of treasure island severely compromises the integrity to build structures. in today's geotechnical engineers standing, treasure island soil is being readdressed for soil stabilization for future development. a mechanical stabilization process is being

used to consolidate the liquid fashion of the mud and sandy soil. >> because treasure island is a manmade island, we have to do a significant amount of soil improvement before we can build new infrastructure and new buildings on the island. in the foreground, you see here, it's a process called surcharging we we import additional topsoil to simulate the dead weight of the future buildings to be constructed at that site. so this is causing bay mud that underlies island to consolidate over time and we can monitor that and as that consolidation primarily consolidation is complete, then this soil will be removed to the intended finished floor elevation of the new structures. ♪ [ music ] ♪ ♪ >> in the 1989 loma earthquake, the ground level of this island dropped by four inches. pretty much uniform across the island.

loose sand material used to build the island, whether it gets hit by a seismic forces, the sand moves and consolidated. >> one of the processes to further stabilize the loose granular ground, a dynamic rate is used to densify the soil by high frequency mechanical vibrations. >> the rig in the background has four h-piles that goes down through the upper 50 feet of sandy material and as they vibrate, they vibrate causing that san material to consolidate and settle so as we do that process, we observe about 18 inches in settlement so the ground level around that equipment will drop by 18 inches, so this causes that same type of event to happen through mechanical means rather than through a seismic event. >> the dynamic vibrant compaction rate vibrates the

soil every four square meters and moved along to the next section. to further assure stability, tamping is followed around the site, compassion takes approximately three to four months to complete 12 acres. once the compassion and tapping is done, it's settled ask using laser alignments to assure a level service to build on. >> i think that every city when they have the opportunity to do something that is as large as treasure island because treasure island is five hundred acres and it depends on their needs at that time and in 2011 to now, the most important are thing for the city is housing. there's two aspects to that master plan. one, was the new district for

san francisco. 8,000 units of housing, which is all levels of stability. the other (indiscernible) is 300 acres of open space and parks. and actually, it's the largest addition to the park system in san francisco since (indiscernible) 300 acres and this is a tremendous gift to the public, both the housing, which we desperately need in san francisco as well as an open space and park system which really is going to be worm class and it will attract people in san francisco but attract people locally as well as internationally. >> cmg architecture was brought to the project once they award the agreement between the city of san francisco and the united states navy. cmg has earned

national recognition and numerous awards for merits and design, social impact and environmental stewardship. >> we were a part of the project in the beginning when the developer initially was awarded the exclusive negotiation agreement or the ena with the city and they partnered with the planning and architecture group and we joined that team to work with the developer around the city and community to come up with a plan for treasure island. >> so there's quite a lot of open space in the master plan and there's a couple of reasons for that that's pragmatic. one is that the amount of area that could be converted for private use on treasure island was very limited, actually it wasn't allowed at all because treasure island was previously public open waters and protected by the tidal and trust act to be redevelop for public use. but there was a land swap that was allowed and approved by the

governor of california, governor schwarzenegger to be put on a public trust for a one to one swap to be taken out of the trust to be developed for private use such as residential and that amount of land was 89 acres which leaves a bunch more space that can't have housing on it and the question was, what to do with all of that space? there could be other public uses that allowed such as conference centers or museums or universities or things of that nature but what made the most sense for this location was to have more parks in a really robust parks and open space plan and that's what led us to the plan we have now. >> planting strategies for treasure island and buena island are to maximize habitat value in the park areas wherever appropriate and where we can to create comfortable at the pedestrian scale. there are these diagonal lines that go across the plan that you'll see. those are wind row trees like

you see in agricultural landscapes where they are tall tree that's buffer the winds to create a more calm areas down at the pedestrian scale. so of course, we do have some areas where we have play fields and surfaces where kids need to run around on and those will be either lawns or like you see in norm at sports field. >> related to where the housing is on the island and its convenience to the walk to the transit hub, i mentioned we're trying to create high-quality pedestrian -- and the innovations of treasure island is called the shared public way and it's a road that runs down the middle of the neighborhoods. it's a curbless street, cars are allowed to drive on it but pedestrian can walk down the middle of the street and the cars are to yield the right-of-way for pedestrian and it's intended for streets where there's a low traffic volumes and the traffic speeds are low so while car was allowed, there's not a lot of reasons for

cars to go on that street but it's to create a social street that's much more pedestrian-friendly and prioritizes pedestrians and bikes. one of the interesting things is working with all architects that have been designing buildings in the first phase to encourage them, to create architecture that welcomes people to sit on it. it's wlm like sticking its toe out and asking someone to sit on its toe so buildings integrate public seating and places for people to hang out at their base, which is really, the opposite of what you see often times in this city where there's defensive architecture that's trying to keep people off it. this is architecture that's trying to invite people to come and inhabit it at its base. >> incorporated in the landscape architect of treasure island are wetlands, which are designed to factor in coastal erosion control from incoming sea level rise and natural animal habitation and stormwater runoff

treatment. >> there's different kinds ever wetlands planned for treasure island and they have different purposes. they are stormwater wetlands that's treating the runoff from the island and filtering that water before it's released to the bay to improve the water quality in the bay and the ocean and the first phase of the large wetland infrastructure is built on buena island to treat the storm water from buena island. we might see that when we go out there. there are tidal wetlands plan for the northern side of the island where the sea level rise adaptation and flood protect for future sea level rise is held back away from the edge of the island to allow sea level rise to come onto the island to create future tidal wetland which is helpful for the bay in the future as we see sea level wise flood out existing wetlands and there are some natural vernal pool in the wetland that's captured

rainwater and capturing certain habitat so there's three purposes of the wetland primarily around water filtration and habitat creation. >> consumable sustainability was incorporated in the redesigning of treasure island. innovative urban farming is included in the plans to foster economic viability, conservation water, and to promote ecological sustainability. >> the urban farm is 20 island. and it's a commercial farm to produce food. it's not community where the volunteers and neighbors grow their own, it's commercially run to maximize the food production and that food will be distributed on the island. and interestingly, the urban farm is tied into the on island wastewater treatment plan which creates recycle use for water on the island so water used to grow the island will be a sustainable force and we're trying to close the loop of water, food, and create a new

model for sustainability. >> part of the design for sustainable landscape was incorporate natural form water garden filtering systems, the first of three natural stormwater gardens is here on buena island. and a total of ten will be on treasure island. water from storms, street runoffs from neighborhoods has the possibility to collect toxic materials as it makes its way back into the surrounding bay. this garden has been a model for future, natural filtering systems through out the bay area. >> whenever a storm comes through, all of the water, you know, it lands on the streets, it lands on the top of the buildings, and at times it often collects a lot of heavy metals and greases and it needs to be cleaned and before sent back into the back. it goes into the pipes and stormwater drainage and put into our stormwater

basin and then all of the plants and soil you're seeing in there, they are acting as a filter for all those oils and heavy metals and greases and all things that's coming off the roadways, coming off the development and so it's treated here in the storm water basin and then it's sent out into the bay as a clearer product and cleaner water which increases our water quality here and throughout the bay area. so the structure in the center of each basin is what we call the for bay. that's the point at which the stormwater exits out of the storm drainage system and into the stormwater basin itself. so the for bay is shaped as almost a gate to kind of push all water out through the pipes, all of those rocks help to disburse it before it's sent into the stormwater basin itself. the storm water basin was designed to fill up to the height of the berm of the side you're seeing here. so this is

juncus and these are well-known fresh water grasses found in any place around the bay area that you find standing water or in a drainage channel, you're going to find a lot of these junket species. this is a leave a lifter in the bio treatment. it soaks up a lot of water, to soak up the contaminants and heavy metals, so it's kind of our backbone species. this one is called douglas siana and the common name is mug war. it's a beautiful plant but doing the heavy lift and pulling, those contaminants out of the storm water and pulling oil to help treat the water before its sent back into the system and back into the bay. this plant is known as salvia or hummingbird sage. it has a lot of habitat value in that it's a strong pollinator plant. obviously, you can see the pink and purple flowers which come up in the

springtime and attracts a lot of hummingbirds, a lot of bees which help to pollinate the other species within the garden and throughout the rest of the island and all of those native plants. all of these plants are designed to be able to take a heavily inundation of water over a several day per like standing water for a long time. all of the plants can withstand that and honestly, thrive in that condition. so all of these were selected based on the ecological and habitat value but also their treatment and functional value for stormwater. >> this is super tiny. >> it's very much a big part of our design and master plan for the development of the island. it was a navy base and a lot of navy housing on this island specifically for around 80 years and during that time, a lot of innovative species were introduced on the island, eucalyptus, a lot of different

european and algerians plants were on the island. we wanted to bring in the native eye college here on the island before the navy started to redevelop it and introduce some of those invasive species so the species you're seeing in this stormwater garden in the basin and the upland area was a part of those types of ecology s that's trying to be returned to this side of the island but different other spaces through out the islands development. so whenever we started this process, we identified a number of species of native plants that seem applicable to the ecology that we're trying to grow. there's 45 species, so a -- there's 15 species so they are hard to find in the nursery trade so we needed to grow it ourselves to

achieve the biodiversity that's in the design here. as a part that have process, we brought on a nonprofit group called ledge, l-e-g- which is literacy for environmental justice. they grew those plants and put together the plant palates you see. >> most of landscape was inundated with invasive plant species eradicating species and having the plan on buena island and treasure island. literacy for environmental justice, a community volunteer educational program involved with restoring local habitats and preserving san francisco's unique bio tie varsity, teamed up with the redevelopment group to grow the 50,000 native plants to -- to

repopulate treasure island. >> the city of san francisco set up meetings between leg and they came in with high expertise and urban design, and architecture, and green infrastructure, but they really hadn't worked with flytive plants -- worked with native plants at scale and they were also kind of scratching their heads, like how are we going to grow 50,000 native plants from remnant native plant populations. it was a unique partnership of figuring out what plants can grow, what plants will function in stormwater gardens. not all native plants are ascetically pleasing to landscape architect, so we kind of worked around what plants are going to be pleasant for people, what plants are going to provide habitat, what plants are going to actually be able to sequester carbon, deal with erosion, preserve the island biodiversity

as well as be able to manage all of these stormwater treatment on the island. >> there's about 33 naturally occurring native plant species that survived the last one hundred years on yorba buena island. we were able to go in and get the seed and salvage plants in some cases, some of the development work that occurred was actually going to destroy native plant habitat and we went in before the bulldozers and before the roads were build and the new water tanks were installed and dig them up, divide them, hold them, of the 50,000 plants we grew 40,000 of them in-house and the other ten, we had to rely on our partners to do it. with the 50,000 plants we did, we did 100 species and 95 of them are from the county

of san francisco. about the other five are from the state of california. but the other 95 species really are the native plants that have been here for thousands of years. we used collection sites such as angel island, the presidio had genetics for the projects in san francisco. we used remnant plant habitats at hunters point and we used a lot of genetics from san bruno mountain. just to collect and process all of the genetics was a two-year process. and then it was about a two or three year process to grow all the species. >> this is the infamous -- it's a low, growing sprawling native herb and it's in the mint family and i'm rubbing my hands on this

and it's extremely aromatic. it feels like a flush of peppermint just came across my face. it's edible. you can make tea out of it. it's a great digestive plant for settling your stomach. it has been cool to introduce yerba buena to yerba buena. this plant is called dutchman's pipe. when in bloom, the flower looks like a dutchman's pipe. and another thing that's unique about this plant is, it's the whole specific plant for the pipeline swallow tail butterfly. so some butterflies are able to adapt to other species and can use larva and food from different species.

in the county of san francisco, there's only about three or four healthy populations of this plant. these particular plants were going to be destroyed because of the green infrastructure project needed to put pipes in and needed to demolish all water tanks and build new water tanks for the island, so we were able to go in, dig them up, cultivate them, extrapolate dozens of plants into hund hundreds of plants and restore it through the restoration process. one day one of my nursery managers was down here and she found the pipeline butterfly have flown over from yerba buena island and came to our nursery on treasure island and was breeding on this plant. and successfully did its life cycle inside of our nursery. so, it? how that butterfly knows

it's out there and find it, this is one of those unique things that we can't explain why butterflies can find this species but if we grow it and put it in the right location, they will return. so the plants we're looking at here is faranosa known as just dedlia or live forever. the construction is it work happen nothing that area, it's likely to be destroyed. a unique thing about this plant and the unique succulents we have in california and the live forever plant can live to be 150 years old. recently, the state of california just did special legislation to protect this plant. i think in its intact population on the island, there's less than 50 of them, so to be able to grow several hundred of them and have them be a part of the plant palate of the stormwater gardens that was

installed recently is an increase of biodiversity and a step forward towards protecting the natural legacy of the island. >> i moved to treasure island in 1999. i believe i was one of the first residents on the island. i have seen how the island has been destroyed and reconstruct since its beginning to restore the island to its native form is extremely important to me because that will help all the animals come back to the island and make this place even a better place to live. >> i want to be here because these are people i know, so that was my first thing is just, like, i wanted to come here to help out and be with (indiscernible) and to actually put my hands in dirt. i feel

like we as people don't work in army -- we don't see the benefits of plants, like, but i just learned about a plant that if you rub it enough, it turns into soap. that's cool. and we need those things. we need to know about those things. >> one really unique thing about this project is the scale. to use 50,000 native plants over 7 acres is a scale we have never seen. it really is trailblazing when we think about the 350 or 400 acres of open space that is planned for treasure island, it sets the stage for what is possible. there's a way to use nature-based solutions at scale to meet the needs of climate change, sea level rise, the crisis of local extinction and

create natural environment. the first phase of the project sets a stage for what is possible and i just feel really blessed to have been a part of it. >> one of the main focus on triangle is keeping vehicle traffic to a minimum. for residents and visitors, public transportation is highly encouraged and will be the center point of keeping the island pedestrian-friendly, retaining an open space sent and providing an eco system that reducing carbon emission >> we need the transit to be successful because if we had 8,000 homes here and everybody was trying to use their car to access the bay bridge every month, it will overwhelm the system. new on and off-ramp are being constructed but all over the focus of the development is to be very transit oriented.

triangle itself is very flat and very bikeable and walkable as a result and so there's a focus on using both bus and ferry service to get from the island to san francisco in the east bay. there will be a number of transit demand management tools that will be employed of the two new ramps to and from the -- to the island and allowing a limited number of cars to access the bridge and there will be a management toll to encourage the use of transit. >> all the market rate housing on the island, the price for residential unit whether that's a rental apartment or a for sale condo, the price of the unit is decoupled from the price of the parking spot. so people can buy a condominium without paying for a parking spot. they choose to have a parking spot, they would pay an additional price. market rate residents are required to purchase take transit pass each

month through their hoa fees or through their rent so the residents will begin the decision of driving or taking transit with a transit pass in hand each month. that transit pass will function as a muni fast pass allowing people to take muni and transfer within the muni network and function as an ac transit allowing people to take ac transit to the east bay and transfer within the ac transit system and it will also provide unlimited access to the treasure island ferry. >> treasure island is going to take decades to be fully build out. it's going to take some time for it to reach the envelope that was passed by the board of supervisors and maybe there will be changes to it as well. we don't know what is going to happen in 50 years but

i'm confident by the fact that the plan that was adopted was fully, fully thinking even for its time and the building the island to a way it's sustainable, it addresses sea level rise, but also gives the public the open space and parts that are so necessary to fill treasure island. there's economic, certainly, challenges and whether we're going to be able to build out all of what was desired in the master plan, it will -- time will tell, but i think that the last ten years, we've been coming to this point. we are seeing incredible progress and the infrastructure is being finished by the island. market rate housing is being finished. affordable housing is

being finished. and so, we feel within the next five years, substantial part of what we had envisioned is going to come to fruition.

>> my name is andrew england the owner and collector at real old paper. i'm a native to the bay areaismt grew up in oakland, spent high school years here and lived in hawaii about 10 years. moved back shortly. been in san francisco proper now for about 8 years. when i realized i wasn't a dealer anymore in san francisco, i found openings and decided to opening my own store in north beach in 2016. north beach was a great place to start. i got a neighborhood feel from it. i got involved in the community, but as far as business turnover,

fisherman's wharf is 2 fold, 3 fold because there are so many more people here. we have been here going on 3 and a half years. i started as a hobbyist. i started collecting movie posters in high school. not originals. just favorite. when i mouved to hawaii there was a gallery that specialized in viptage posters and that taught me about the variables beyond movies and that is where this is my career path and what iment to do. i with irked for them for 8 years, took a portion of pay in store credit so i built a collection basically and turned it into a brz. business. hobby turns business and forch int. i got bitten by the poster bug it spiraled out of control and i needed to a store to outlet my collection.

san francisco has always had a viptage poster dating with 1970 with chicago new york and paris san francisco is a city with a area to buy vintage posters so people appreciate the time capsule and history. all are vintage. most in the store is at least 40 plus years old, some back to the 1800s so we have some 140 years old. they are advertisement,b war propaganda from world war 1 and 2. movie and with travel posters and alcohol and tobaccos. thin pieces of paper meant to last maybe a mujt or 6 weeks. the lowest point was the pandemic. having to close the gallery so i didsant have a web store biltd or outlet and barely a instagram and told all the customers don't buy on line. can't be sure they are

authentic or true colors or size or condition. it was very frustrating. it was a struggle until this opportunity presented itself and when i moved into this location on the wharf, there was still nobody here yet. we hadn't officially reopened but i rolled the dice, spent everything i had left to build this place out, and give it one last shot. it worked out very well. it worked out very well. >> here we have the 1971 for the fight. ali and frazier first meeting. the one first professional loss. there is a lot that appreciate the story and understand the esthetic and message and nuances within the graphic. the champagne [indiscernible] wonderful piece. it carries both styles. it has the [indiscernible] in his garb. he has shoes and fits the earlier periods, but done in the style of art deco and that is what we offer

and part of the experience knhing into the store. we will walk through the purchase and explain how we preserved it, what are the imperfections and what does the imagery mean. you have the older story and the newer story, pasted over the top. we will give you all that information. about everything. it may not be your favorite piece until you heard the story. i are think i always had in the back of my mind a second location outside the state. i dream is tokyo, but i do a lot of consulting in las vegas with pon stars group so thought about opening a shop in las vegas. we like to branch out at some point. we are from here and where the company started and where we'll stay, we may just also open another store. i love being here. this is where my family is, this is where i was raised and not ready to leave that behind cht yes, people are looking for this store and there are fewer and fewer store fronts, brick and mortar like ours that outlet

this thing. we offer the experience. i think it is very desirable collective subject matter because we are less and less acustoms. you can pick it while looking at it. examining the flaws and scale and color. you know what you are getting because you get that exact one. poster art is my area of expertise and i have affinity for. poster art especially they are not meant to last are under appreciateated. real paper, the vintage gallery is 777 beach street, tuesday-saturday 11-5 and monday 12-5.