it seems to me that you are under-staffed. i wouldn't want to later on have you be -- go in the mayor's office or the board of supervisors and said, well, back in such and such a year when you cleared this many cases, you had the same staffing levels. so i think it -- providing the case load is incredibly valuable information. also at the same time giving a comparison on the staffing would be valuable to those folks. i would suspect that the staffing situation was vastly different and there were probably a lot more resources when they were clearing a lot more cases. i guess i would ask you to what aextent there are fewer complaints in 2010 than in 2009. i view that a as a good thing, and i was wondering if you have through your experience ideas of what you can tribute that to. -- what you can attribute that to. director hicks: i view that as a good thing, unless the o.c.c. -- well, we do out-reach. because we did less paperwork involved in out-reach last year, perhaps we didn't reach as many people. but i don't think it is att

that would only be a minimum staffing levels of 15 investigators. also in the 2007 controllers thought it, they pointed out that having a this for probably was not the best tool to determine staffing needs. what should be looked at is the number of cases per investigator to determine what the staffing level should be based on a and. i would say that the $4.2 million budget compared to a $445 million budget is woefully small based on the importance to the police department's disciplinary process. i would also say that in ideal circumstances, there would be additional legal staff because they only have a couple of trial attorneys to appear before you. there is no other way to slice and dice the other attorney to have him present cases to you. we operate within our budget hough and we are going to provide the best service and quality services that we can. commissioner slaughter: when you were here last presenting year budget, you had charts that showed how many cases over time were being filed and cleared. and you know how many cases per investigator y

this kind of staffing is necessary in light of what is coming away. supervisor mirkarimi: you mean the attrition? >> right. retirement eligible. we have over 300 with 30 years or more service. supervisor mirkarimi: so 30 officers have been brought on, but there had been resignations or retirements of 17, leaving the remainder of 25 is what we had calculated. we get that. yes. >> sorry. just the attrition, the regular attrition of the police department. i do not know if you were talking about attrition of the 42 being hired and the non- successful candidates. supervisor mirkarimi: oh, that is a good question. how many did not cut it? >> 42 were hired. 19 positions are open again. that is where we are. we are hopeful the hiring people with the underlying skills that the department can train and deploy quickly. supervisor mirkarimi: i will make arrangements with your department to go ahead and follow through for those larger questions, see what we can funnel, you know, into a better understanding of how a grant of this importance will be applied and we w

that would only be a minimum staffing levels of 15 investigators. also in the 2007 controllers thought it, they pointed out that having a this for probably was not the best tool to determine staffing needs. what should be looked at is the number of cases per investigator to determine what the staffing level should be based on a and. i would say that the $4.2 million budget compared to a $445 million budget

that would only be a minimum staffing levels of 15 investigators. also in the 2007 controllers thought it, they pointed out that having a this for probably was not the best tool to determine staffing needs. what should be looked at is the number of cases per investigator to determine what the staffing level should be based on a and. i would say that the $4.2 million budget compared to a $445 million budget is woefully small based on the importance to the police department's disciplinary process. i would also say that in ideal circumstances, there would be additional legal staff because they only have a couple of trial attorneys to appear before you. there is no other way to slice and dice the other attorney

>> the higher staffing ratio? that was the study you are going to -- i was talking about 20% direct correlation -- the most of the in thing we can do to reduce recidivism for medium and high risk offenders is reduced their caseloads. supervisor campos: as we are looking to the budget, going forward for your department, is there a clear understanding of that point? in terms of the folks in the mayor's office looking at your budget? >> i am having those discussions with the mayor's office, yes. in terms of what the outcome will be -- as you know, times are challenging. what my concern has been is not losing any resources to even basically having the ratios become hire and having to go after grand dollars to support that and efficiencies through the 678 funding. if we get the girl population -- parole population, we could be more efficient and effective, but it would drive additional resources. supervisor campos: and what are the ratios of san francisco relative to other jurisdictions in the state? >> they are all ov

we do not have anyone staffed up because the new program has not yet been approved. we're hoping to staff up in a way that is smart and takes into account what the revenue issues are, but also is realistic with regards to what has to take place in those limitations. vice president moran: thank you for that. it is incredibly timely. i was noticing at our december meeting that we had two or three items that talked about the triple bottom line. [laughter] and it made me start thinking about what we really mean by that. what we mean by it gets defined as we figure out how to describe it and quantify it and act on it. the closest parallel i think we have had experience with is in need -- in the mtd area. we said in contracting we wanted the lowest priced bid, but on the other hand we encourage small local hiring. over a considerable time, we developed a way of thinking about that. we said this is work -- is worth up to a certain percentage of the price, but not for huge contracts, and only can qualify after review criteria. and that is not directly applicable here. this i

. >> i appreciate your notes and the staffing levels. over the next year is come up to, three years, this is just troops attrition. we need to start planning now. we are talking about very difficult economic times. that goes before our safety mission. this is something that has to be moved. this is something that needs to -- we need to figure out what our plan is. >> we hae to wonder 57th vehicles that are 5-6 years old, 325 years that are 11-15 years old. -- 325 vehicles that are 11-15 years old. we have 100 vehicles that have a hundred and 24,000 on them. i agree with your statement that they're getting older. >> there is a reduction and says that there was an additional seven and a half reduction. this adds up to 10%. i am confused that we have to make up for. where is the 10% going forward, what is that based on? >> this is 10%. what we look like was the charter minimum staffing level. we're looking at the amount of budgets that did not go to that is where the 10% comes from. 10% of what is not a charter- mandated. >> what about the

the office of citizen complaints became fully operational and staffed in 1983. it is under the jurisdiction of the police commission. the mission of the o.c.c. is to promptly, fairly, and impartially represent civilian complaints of police misconduct and to also make policy recommendations for police policies and practices that will enhance police community relations. in 2010, several things happened in the organization of note. it was my organization of note. it was my third year as the director of the office of citizen complaints. the overarching issue of the o.c.c. were potential budget cuts which threaten service delivery as well as staff vacancies that were created by retirement, resignation, and unplanned extended leaves of absence, except for one planned one. our mediation attorney, as you know, had an unplanned leave for two months, and during those two months that she was away, our mediation program ground to a halt. we had two investigators on extended leaves of absence averaging five months. four investigators resigned. more than half the o.c.c.'s sta

it is even more challenging in what we have is a very lean time for staffing. we do not have an infrastructure in existence at our sites for the exchange of cash. in years past, you would have had things like student stores, things like accountants who would be there several days a week. the latest number i got from the superintendent was on average, you have an accountant on-site maybe two hours a week. it gives us limited the ability to move this kind of a program in a way that has been a key issue for the youth commission and one we tried to honor. we have also tried to align this work with existing contractual agreements. is not a simple case of where we can change work habits at the site or central office to simply implement the program. the agreements that we have with our labor partners are in many ways strict and rigid, and we need to be in compliance with that. this takes some level of finesse and refinement to be able to work with in this program. next issues include the risk of over identification of students at the school site. what i mean by this i

the challenge is staffing and having enough people as well as education. one of the programs that he we implemented was electronic devices. it used to be ipods. it's a target for criminal activity in terms of ipod. also work in terms of educational processes. it's nice to have those, put it in your pocket so no one has the urge to take it. there's also a lot more we can do. i am here too look for ideas to do it better. right now we have mtap. there's not a day that goes by that our people aren't reporting back they stopped a fight. we could do even more and also, i think there maybe an student to look at our bus operators. they have a responsibility to drive the bus. they are aware of issues brewing and they need to step up their involvement with student safety. there's a great deal more work to do. in the past 6 months, there as not been and incidents involving weapons. we feel like we are headed in the right direction. not just for our youth. but we have to look at it from a home land security aspect. while it may not appear to be amount of work going on

. >> it's the president's table with a long time sometimes for staffing so, that could have an impact on our homicide >>christine: intractability christine: these numbers would bring the force down to numbers they haven't seen in decades. >> were going back to staffing records like 1984 where the population was a lot lower than it is now. approximately 50% higher today than it was at that time. >>christine: the risk for layoffs are real. even police fire another concession, the city said the police department could still lose up to 237 positions and the fire department 82. it's still too early to tell her exactly how this will play out. the final decision on layoffs is expected to be made during budget sessions in june. in san jose and christine conley, kron 4 news. >>pam: other cuts include turning off neighborhood street lights from 11:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.. reducing library branch hours from 4.5 days a week to three days a week. and cutting spending on the city's pavement maintenance as well as eliminating park ranger program. the oakland school district is bracing itself for a slew

to even suggest going down that staffing level is irresponsible and reckless.: the possible impact as a result of the proposed budget cuts, as many as three and in 49 layoffs. across-the-board pay cuts of 10%, the loss of the police helicopter, gang prevention will unit mounted patrol, a school crossing guards and a likely increase in contributions to its retirement fund. even if police agreed to pay cut mayor chuck reed said there could still be layoffs. >> the members to lay off of all we get is 10% concessions that will be enough. there of the things we do to save money in order to avoid layoffs. or try to figure that out. >>rob: please union said the recent spike in homicides should be a wake-up call to city hall. the department would surely delighting gangs and criminals as police response time will slow to a crawl, procter police work will come to an end and will become a thing of the past. war crimes will go on self >>rob:. in san jose rob kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: we've been talking the last couple of days the possibility of snow in the bay area. here'

a penny on size, there is a pretty uniform way of staffing each of these projects, but depending on the size of this project and may be each point in their construction should maybe look at various kinds of how each one is staffed and maybe being able to consolidate some of those positions. maybe one person functioning in the same role in multiple projects where appropriate. reviewing breakdown structures of projects that are in place, making sure they are not so detailed that it is bogging down progress. like tasks can be combined, just so that you get an accurate picture of what is going on, but it is not creating an undue amount of work. continuing to involve contractors and risks of identification and monitoring and mitigation. sometimes there is a hesitation to bring in a contractor in identifying risks, thinking it is going to give the contractor some ideas of where to initiate changes to the contracts, but over all, it is good to have that extra set of eyes and ears in thinking ahead and looking towards possible risks and attenuating these risks. and then, consider conducting reg

around key issues including master schedule and inclusion and -- transportation, and finance and staffing. in terms of our next steps, our assistant superintendent, genie pon is going to bring it home. >> next up, we're going to make revision tots project plan based on the decision that you're going to have tonight and feedback from the commissioner. the district leadership project team, pps and pack and the middle school principal as well, engage staff and parents in providing feedback on how to create quality middle schools and also to -- to provide feedback on the proposed feeder pattern. the project team and middle school principals will also complete the quality middle school asset inventory chi passed to you at the last meeting and draft a feasibility plan. and -- will also keep the board apprised of the progress on the project at future c.o.w. meetings. >> just to wrap up, we included a appendix with a number of data points. we encourage you at your leisure to look over those charts. as many of them relate to questions that were asked to us at the last presentation. we want to than

at the time the decision was made, that office was staffed with people that they could dedicate to just this project, including budget staff, project management, you name it. in the ensuing years, staffing at that office has been greatly reduced, and at this point, there is one person there. it simply does not have the resources to do the administration of the project as it needs to be done. so my understanding is that then-mayor newsom asked then- chief administrative officer ed lee to look at taking over the project. supervisor campos: what i would say is i have every confidence in the city administrator's office being able to effectively play this role. i think it makes a lot of sense because of the abilities that are there to make that change. the issue for me is not so much what happens here, but where does that leave us in terms of what the mayor's office of criminal justice actually does? if they are not doing the coordination of these kinds of projects, then i do not understand what their function is, at this point. but that is a separate and larger issue. supervisor mirkarimi:

>> the higher staffing ratio? that was the study you are going to -- i was talking about 20% direct correlation -- the most of the in thing we can do to reduce recidivism for medium and high risk offenders is reduced their caseloads. their caseloads. supervisor campos: as we are

take that and hit the ground running in developing a comprehensive community benefits program and staffing up with that. that will be used as we think about how to put some meat on the bones around the policy with regard to implementation. in the last couple of days, there have been questions raised with regards to the policy. it has been noticed and people have seen it again. one question we wanted to respond to was a question around how we will operationalize the triple bottom-line approach referred to in the policy. this also speaks really well to the comments that were provided about how we think about measuring and communicating what the impact is and the taurus is we are making between economic benefit -- and the choices we are making between economic benefit and community benefit and environmental benefit. the question is how you create a framework so commissioners can make choices. it will be around making choices with regard to how we way economic benefit, environmental benefit, and equity benefit. how do we find the sweet spot in the middle where we are getting all three of those

. >> the highway patrol is increasing staffing today in preparation of the incoming storm. officers that normally worm inside will instead hit the streets. >>> new information this morning on an accident on interstate 880 that sent five people including a child to the hospital. that happened at about 8:30 last night in hayward. an suv, van and a car all collided. the highway patrol now tells us that the crash may be dui- related. an investigation is underway. >>> the incoming storm could cause more flight days at san francisco international today. last night some arriving flights were delayed for nearly three hours because of wind and rain. that could mean airlines having to catch up this morning. now make sure you check in with your airline ahead of time. >>> don't forget to stay with us here at ktvu for the latest on the winter storms moving into the bay area. and don't forget on our website at ktvu.com you can keep an eye on the storms with live storm tracker 2. just click on our weather tab. >>> this morning the oakland fire department is keeping a close eye on a wall i