either is a data base for personnel city wide and match needs with talent and ability. we don't do that because we don't look at technology as important city wide service. we propose the introduction of city wide annual report to the mayor and the board of supervisors. at the last meeting the mayor's representative endorsed an idea like this. we applaud that. it needs to happen. we proposed a consolidated city wide budget and staffing plans, and if my slides work correctly, you can read that what your administrative code requires. it's not necessarily what is presented. without comprehensive information there is no way to evaluate the success of ict city wide consolidations. we found no real analys

there is a need for data base of city wide personnel. agree. this could assist coit in the city cio to understand duplicative functions and prchl personnel to assist different functions. let's go to recommendations. recommendation number 11 which is a recommendation to the city cio work with the controller for a survey not limited to performance data, et cetera and for this i would state requires further analysis. the city cio should work to provide survey performance, decision making and annual baselines to measure performance. recommendation number 12. the city cio should report annually on the state of technology to the mayor and the supervisors. my understanding this will be implemented with the new cio and there is little by the board of supervisors except for the supervisors that have chosen to learn more. recommendation number 13. the city cio or the controller create asset management system for cio equipment. i will state this will be implemented from my understanding in the next six months and this is only prudent. recommendation number

to have a lot of lessons learned out of that activity and it would be a good exercise for the city personnel to understand how they would operate using the military aid. >> i think one of the things that i wrote in my after action report it my boss was about training. we actually have an acu1,000 type capability in pendleton and that is a piece of equipment that bee don't train with routinely the expeditionary folks. i think there is an opportunity in training, it's great when marines get to see the gear and do that type of cross banding we spoke about. civilian authority operates in 700-800 megahertz range. we know fires happen a lot and we're often asked to support so training is a big recommendation i make. >> what i'd recommend is practice makes perfect and flexibility is required. so with communications being flex i will and you have to practice. we did some training events with the acu's in order to teach other agencies how to cross band the radios but it continues to grow. next year there will be a new version of the acu's, which does cross banding of radios. as long as we stay engage

city volunteering in new york. helping fire department personnel here rebuild their homes. >> seven years ago we had a pretty big storm in new orleans. and the city of new york sent 600 guys down to help us out. and they made a huge difference for us. >> reporter: their work is partly about repaying that kindness. when hurricane katrina hit. >> when they showed up, you know, we fought fires with these guys. they helped us with rescues. they came and they did what we are doing today, which is incredibly noble but the most important thing that they did was the lifting of the spirits. >> reporter: 9 team assigned to rueter's house made quick work of his flooded base am. in just a couple of hours they tore down the basement's waterlogged wall, work rueter says would have taken him weeks on his own. >> what would you want to say to these guys. >> i love them for coming up here. >> you love them. >> and doing this, yeah. >> reporter: they didn't have to do that. >> no, no. >> you doing all right. >> reporter: before they said good-bye, the firefighters surprised rueter. >> maybe you can buy a little something. >> reporter:

initially when we came up with this idea but we provided both funds and personnel for some use of moscow. but now the city hall will carry on this work. as regards our staff they will now focus on our next project. we are now going to university we want to deliver a series of lectures on fighting poverty do you have any statistics about the number of homeless in russia because because we did have very hard times in the ninety's in the beginning of the twenty first century but we believe that life is getting better in russia in moscow but as you say the better the live gets the more helpless it is a true for me to want to talk to this is the same all over the world. countries develop this very development causes some for a child people to be left out it's ironic that is the general situation improves some french people are left out. i don't have an exact figure and no one can give it to you because it's very difficult to count people who are mean largely invisible to us but on the whole i would say that the situation has improved over the past few years because i mean do you work in other cities of russia

country of chad to help evacuate american citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring countr rebel forces are approaching the city. the president said it is a deteriorating security situation. the evacuation comes in the wake of criticism of the obama administration's in telling -- handling of the situation in libya. >> former president george h. w. bush is out of the intensive care unit into a regular hospital room tonight. he had been in the hospital since november 23 from a bronchitis-related costs. he was moved to intensive care before christmas after developing a fever. he is the country's oldest living president. >> new information into a plane crash that killed four people in russia. what happened to another airplane from the same airline just days ago. >> why an attorney for a new town massacre survivor says the state of connecticut is to blame. if >> how of >> we're learning more tonight about the crash of a russian airplane in moscow. four people were killed after the red wing airplane broke into pieces and caught fire while landing. four people were hurt. your plane rolled off the runway into a snowy f

border guard was among the passengers who were thought to include a senior military personnel to the seventy two near the city of shouldn't kent and seven pm local time no indication yet about what went wrong. in other news police in bahrain of used to go so more anti-government protest is continuing an intense crackdown on public gatherings the demonstrators want the prime minister to quit and this new democratically elected government did was also say leading a human rights campaign it said you see for stay in jail for the fifty days he was caged for writing about the crackdown on twitter meanwhile the country's just wrapped up for gulf economic and military summit. school bus this past weeks in china at least eleven preschools in preschool children long called their principal was behind the wheel of a corner plunged into a lake she was arrested for dangerous driving and all suspicion of overloading the bus ticket garden will also be closed no because it was found to be operating without a license. the health of venezuela president hugo chavez has reportedly improved he called a respiratory infection after

year-old tradition will reducing the burden on local law enforcement and security personnel, as well as d.c. residents. city officials expect 600 to 800,000 visitors, but much less than the estimated 1.8 million who packed a mall on a frigid january mall onin 2009. this time, tourism officials say rooms are still available. if you get a ticket to the ball you can probably make in out out on the town. tickets will be a made available on a first-come, first-served basis. there is a limit of two per person. you have to register online ahead of time to find out when they are on sale. we have a link on wjla.com to get to the page where you can be notified about when they go on sale. kris van cleave, abc 7 news. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we begin tonight on storm

>> well, we have been able to get to the outskirts of the city and discuss with different medical associations and medical personnel to get an idea of the situation within the city. >> what do they need? i know you guys are in every tough place in the world, you are there with the sold yes, with the fighters, with the reporters. what do they need in this particular city, deir azzour? >> inside deir azzour, they are in great need of replacing the doctor there for months now, working around the clock. and four doctors in a field hospital inside the city where they have to serve a population of between 10 and 30,000 people. and they need, of course, supply. they need medicines, medications, and medical equipment in order to serve the population. but the most important thing is to be able for them to evacuate the wounded people from inside the city. and of course, bring inside medical stuff and medication. to do so, the only swine get combatants stopping firing on medical teams and people trying to help these guys inside. way t combatants stopping firing on medical teams and people trying to help these guys inside. >>

the free syrian army is trying to organize the tent city, but they lack the money, experience, and personnel to take care of such a large group of people. >> from morning at 7:00 evening, this is for five people, for a family. >> he is living with his family of 17 in an old tent. >> the rain was terrible. everything -- really everything got wet. even our mattresses. hopefully, my children will not get sick, too. >> basil is trying to provide the children at the camp with education, teaching them how to read, write, and drop. the children's drawings illustrate the impact of the war on their lives and the months many have spent in the camp. >> this is the helicopter of b ashar al assad. until a few months ago, about 5000 people live here. now there are four times that number. the refugees are glad to have a roof over their heads. osama hassan from aleppo spent months in a tent. >> i just wanted to get over the border. a turkish border soldiers shot me in the leg without warning. they are not letting anyone through any more. >> it is hard for the syrian air force because of its proximity to the

and benefits of other employees in the city, other work orders that we have, city attorney costs, the sfgtv and other it personnel that provide support to the website. >> and you just pay contributions for the benefits? >> we pay and give a contribution to the departments and basically pay for the services. >> it is not a line item in our budget that it is our particular fringe benefits. it is just a work order money. that is the biggest chunk of our budget, we also have 4 percent for infrastructure and the two percent for the services that we use from outside vendors and the interpreters and the neighborhood prep people and about a one and a half percent for materials and supplies. we are just about a third of wait through, just a little more than a third of the way through the current budget year and we have already collected about a little more than a third of our projected revenue, so i am as i said optimistic that we will be doing well this year. it is still early to know, of course, and we are doing what we can to monitor our expenses so that we can stay on budget. we did reduce, you may remember, when we l

was among the passengers there were thought to include other senior military personnel as well the seventy two went near the city of shame came to seven pm local time recovery teams at the crash site there's no indication yet about what caused that aircraft to go down. other world news stories making headlines in brief police in bahrain have used tear gas on more government protesters in an intense crackdown on public gatherings demonstrators what the prime minister to quit and they're seeking a democratically elected government activists also say leading human rights campaigner youssef will stay in jail now for a further fifteen days he was caged for writing about the crackdown on twitter meanwhile the country's just wrapped up a go supernova community summit. two bus crash in eastern china killing at least eleven during school children the principal was behind the wheel of a vehicle which plunged into a pond he was arrested for dangerous driving and on suspicion of overloading the bus you can the government be closed now because it was found we operated with otherwise. the health of venezuelan president hugo c

i know that personnel he i have had the opportunity to participate in many of the massage parlor inspections. that to me was another example of our city being incredibly innovative in figuring out a way to confront the challenges that we do face particularly in the area of human trafficking on one side. i think it all fits to having this hearing tonight, the work of the family violence council for me - i feel like a broken record, i feel it is a model, the benefit of being both a city and county, in some respects it is easier to bring all partner agencies together by choice or by hook. but i would urge us to continue to look at regional partnerships and for ways to support this beyond our boundaries. the crimes are not just within our boundaries. >> a want to make this comment before we go into public comment, more question than anything else. in the spirit of how i do business. this is the part of tonight's agenda. i'm not saying it should have been. but tonight looking at the response of domestic violence, the prosecution rates, the query reporting module, and the other things i'm curious about the status of women. at some point i w

expected there's lots of security actually thirty five thousand security personnel police and other security services are patrolling the city center currently because it's not only in the red square where the celebration are the celebrations are being held but also pretty much all the squares in the city center the streets near red square are all traffic free at the moment so that all the best to get to red square you do have to go from the idea that that's one of the sides. off the square that's for just ordinary people so if you just visit the city just go through there no problem you go through the metal detectors everybody is really polite everybody's celebrating the new york course and the police as well so paint a picture for us this is the big holiday for russians acosta can't be underestimated kelly you are russian guy yourself paint a picture for us what listener like looking ahead to the new year means for you. well really the new year's is probably the biggest holiday in the country for each person is probably the birthday and then the new year this is the time when really all the friends and families get togethe

the agenda is a staff report on informational notice of classified personnel trackses, and item v, adjourn. meeting adjourned. ú the cityn francisco sfgtv meeting of the san francisco transbay joint powers occurring november 19, 2012 will begin shortly. >> good morning and welcome to the special transbay point powers authority board of directors meeting. today amonday, november 19th, and could we please take roll call? >> sure, i will note for the record that director harper is joining as ortiz's alternate. and with that, director harper? >> here. >> lloyd. here. >> metcalf. >> here. >> kim. >> here. you do a quar um. >> thank you. are there any communications today? that i am aware of board of directors in more old business? seeing none we can move to the executive director's report. >> good morning directors and members of the public and just a few announcements before we move on for our construction update for today. it is now displayed to the public at the academy of science and that will run for a number of months. so we would like to thank the california academy for putting on display the mammoth tooth. and we wil

supervised by anyone in the department, and has the ability to change the personnel at the top level if necessary. >> reporter: the city would pay the compliance officer salary, and those last remaining reforms would have to be completed by the end of the next year. reporting live tonight, in oakland, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> oakland's mayor and police chief also attended a neighborhood crime meeting tonight. a mother of two isn't convinced things are going to get better. >> tired of it. tired of the violence. tired of the shooting. it was like it takes them a while, to try to find people that's doing it, but they never seem to find them. >> reporter: crime continues to plague the city. last night, two men and a women were shot on east 18th near lake merritt. a stray bullet struck another man a couple of blocks away. all four shooting victims are expected to survive. we're told three men in hoodies were seen running from the scene. >>> john mcafee is no longer on the run. he is now under arrest in guatemala. authorities say he was taken into custody at an upscale hotel in guatemala did he, after he for

among the passengers who were thought to include other senior military personnel to the antonov a n seventy two went down near the city of kent around seven pm local time recovery teams are at the crash site now there's no indication yet as to what caused the aircraft to come down and we take you to some other world news stories in brief making headlines right now this twenty fifth of december police in bahrain they've used some more anti-government protest is continuing an intense crackdown on public gatherings the demonstrators want the prime minister to quit in the seeking a democratically elected government activists also say leading human rights campaigners say it yusuf will stay in jail for further fifteen days now he was caged to writing about the crackdown on twitter while the country's just wrapped up a gulf economic and military summit. school bus was about to be eastern china killing at least eleven including schoolchildren the principles behind the wheel of the watch plunged into a pond she was arrested for dangerous driving and on suspicion of overloading the bus because the garden also be closed now beca

supervised by anyone in the department, and has the ability to change the personnel at the top level if necessary. >> reporter: the city would pay the compliance officer salary, and those last remaining reforms would have to be completed by the end of the next year. reporting live tonight, in oakland, heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> oakland's mayor and police chief also attended a neighborhood crime meeting tonight. a mother of two isn't convinced things are going to get better. >> tired of it. tired of the violence. tired of the shooting. it was like it takes them a while, to try to find people that's doing it, but they never seem to find them. >> reporter: crime continues to plague the city. last night, two men and a women were shot on east 18th near lake merritt. a stray bullet struck another man a couple of blocks away. all four shooting victims are expected to survive. we're told three men in hoodies were seen running from the scene. >>> john mcafee is no longer on the run. he is now under arrest in guatemala. authorities say he was taken into custody at an upscale hotel in guatemala did he, after he for

first time a city that catered near the border with pakistan has witnessed such attacks two suicide bombings earlier this year killed forty one people including six u.s. military personnel. divisive election campaign is looming over egypt with a new parliamentary vote now due to take place within the next two months it comes after present merci signed into effect the country's first post about constitution passed to stage a referendum on the yes vote was confirmed on tuesday after an official probe into allegations of vote rigging turned up nothing but in reaction a furious position protesters took to the streets of cairo liberals claim the islamist drafted constitution betrays the revolution and sidelines the rights of women and minorities in egypt one middle east expert told r.t. is the mists will lose a power if they fail to meet the people's demands this is the first time. constitution that you have the president not the egyptian parliament went and cannot. you have a prime minister who is actually empowered to take decisions without going back to the president so it empowers other centers as other elected civilian centers of power but you have. democratic elections

first time the city katydid near the border with pakistan has witnessed such attacks two suicide bombings earlier this year killed forty one people including six u.s. military personnel. in syria antigovernment activists claim twenty people have been killed in shelling by i said loyalists in the country's north at least eight of the dead are said to be children. that age forty shows the aftermath of the attack it comes as the head of the country's military police has become the latest top official to defect from the regime fighting between rebels and us forces is intensifying across the country as insurgents continue their drive towards damascus. with only days left until the end of the year our team is recalling some of the most significant global events of the past twelve months today our team used teams on the back of the coverage of the american presidential debates to reveal what was happening on the sidelines with the third party candidates. we have been running the election of close to your reason for more than two weeks before the election every single day there was a story by a correspondent running wild guests on the show and cetera et cetera so given the v

i know that personnel he i have had the opportunity to participate in many of the massage parlor inspections. that to me was another example of our city being incredibly innovative in figuring out a way to confront the challenges that we do face particularly in the area of human trafficking on one side. i think it all fits to havg

been carrying other high ranking military personnel the plane took off from the capital and came down just twenty kilometers from its destination near the city of shem kent local media reports the pilots were trying to make an emergency landing the exact cause of the crash is unknown and investigation is underway. yes in bahrain it used tear gas and anti-government protesters continuing in a tense cracked out on public gatherings demonstrators demand the prime minister's resignation and a democratically elected government they also want the release of human rights campaigners saeed yousef who was jailed earlier this month for writing about the crackdown on twitter this comes just as the country is wrapping up a gulf economic and military summit. eleven preschool children in china have been killed in a bus accident the principal was behind the wheel of the vehicle that one hundred to a pond she's been arrested on suspicion of reckless driving overloading the bus a kindergarten also faces closure as it was found to be operating without a license. and syrian rebels claim to have captured a small town near the turkish border government forces su

city attorney suggests that we give 2 minutes per person without a five-minute limit. >> speaker shall address remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners, or department or occ personnel. neither police or occ personnel or commissioners are required to respond to questions, but may provide a brief response. occ personnel and police shall refrain from entering into a debate with speakers. limit your comments to two minutes. >> as any public comment regarding tonight presentations? there is no comment. before we move to the last item, we will like to adjourn in memory of some folks. i want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for tonight's presentation. a lot of work went into this from the commission staff, members of the commission and this was very important in light of recent events. our goal tonight was to let the public know that the san francisco police department, attorney's office, occ, the commission, we want to assure women and men dickens of domestic violence that we are here to help you. this is the community matter. we want to help break the cycle of violence. the presentations tonight were excellent. the message is very clear. the city and discou

personnel without putting fear in everyone. >> he argued since timothy mcveigh used fertilizer to kill men, women and children in oklahoma city, restricting firearms will not make children safer but many lawmakers are skeptical about the nra plan. >> we have armed officers in many schools in washington, d.c. we have armed officers in schools. and some of that is appropriate and perhaps we can do more. it actually doesn't cost $8 billion. we have 130,000 elementary and secondary schools in the country. if you had two officers in each, that would cost $25 billion. where is that money going to come from? >> friday. nra c.e.o. said the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. he explained parents will feel safer dropping kids off at school after the holidays if there's an armed police officer standing guard over their child's classroom. >> lots of folks on both sides of this. peter, thank you so much. >>> in the meantime, rasmussen reports asked voters what they thought of limiting all firearms to just police and military use banning them for civilians. look at this. 63% opposed a ban. 23% of voters su

investigator to look into the matter, we're handling it as a personnel matter and we are waiting for the results of the >>pam: kron 4 went to richmond cityto get knight's reaction to the allegations and left several phone messagesbut she was not available. tonight, new information regarding the suspects wanted in a case the san francisco district attorney calls "brutal". it happened sunday. two victims were found bound and gagged on a portola valley street. one man died. the woman is still in the hospital. kron 4's j.r stone is here with us now. he was in the courtroom with four of the five suspects today. j.r.? >> the judge would not let us show the suspects on camera so you won't see them here. these are suspects with nicknames of snow, pocahantas, and killer. i couldn't really see one of the suspect's eyes because his dreads were so long. another had a black eye and she had a bruised cheek. the defense attorney for one of the murder suspects says his client is a model husband who has three kids.the fifth suspect in this case will be in court to look at the evidence to see if i will ask it to amend these murder charges. that decision h

personnel in benghazi. >> four americans died in the attack, including the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is spending new years eve in a new york cityospital. mrs. clinton is being treated for a blood clot discovered yesterday. late today doctors said the clot was located between her brain and skull, right behind her right ear. mrs. clinton is making excellent progress. they also predict a full recovery. >>> 2013 arrives in the u.s. in just a matter of hours. the wait is especially exciting and cold for folks in new york city's times square. >>> welcome back, everybody. with less than six hours until 2013, hundreds of thousands of people are in new york's times square for the annual new year's eve celebration. many of them arrived before dawn to get the best spots to watch mayor michael plume berg and the world famous rockettes drop the giant ball at the stroke of midnight. security is very tight. police are checking all bags, plus no alcohol is allowed. if you think it's cold here, windchills are going to make it feel well below freezing tonight in the big apple. police in our area will be out in force looking for drunk drivers. if

personnel, to the company or things like that, that may be specified in the contract. and may need to be changed but does not necessarily change the contract. but it isn't just to reflect city, or other guidelines that may be changing on the board. it is also to deal with the sort of the basics of keeping that contract active. and we can clarify that some more, even in the resolution that goes to the board. >> all right. >> it is not a blanket authority, especially not on the financial side of this. >> and i trust that you and the staff are making decisions that are in the best interests of what we are trying to achieve. it would be good to clarify the circumstances in which the changes can be had and if, again, i think that what you delineated, personnel changes and changes that governor you and administrative changes and those make sense and would be helpful. >> great. >> comments or questions, and we will open up for public comment and who would like to comment on item three? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> let's move forward with the full authority with recommendation? that will be the order. >> item four. >> item four. internal accounting report for the trhee

also include senior military personnel themselves and seventy two took off from the capital us tonight then came down just twenty kilometers from the airport at shin ken city witnesses say it fell from around eight hundred meters while it was trying to land not know what went wrong. so that is a brief place in bahrain have used tear gas some more anti-government protesters continue an intense crackdown on public gatherings demonstrators want the prime minister to quit and they're seeking a democratically elected government activists also say leading human rights campaigners say abusive will stay in jail for a further fifteen days he was caged for writing about the crackdown on twitter meantime the country's just wrapped up a gulf economic and military summit in china a school bus is parked in the east that killed at least eleven preschool children their principles behind the wheel of the vehicle when it all and do a leg she was arrested for dangerous driving and on suspicion of overloading that bus kindergarten also closed because it was found created without a license. the health of venezuelan president hugo chavez has reportedly improved he'd caught a re

retrain personnel who reviewed tickets, continue the ticket hold on cameras in question, and marked the roadways with progression lines. xerox says its audit of all 75 fixed pole speed cameras in the city will be finished on friday. the dot also pointed out that, since the camera program started two years ago, they have seen a 58% drop in red light running another drop in speeding in some spots. >> for the first time in maryland, a gay and lesbian couples can apply for marriage licenses. it allows same-sex partners a whole host of options, but when it comes to federal issues, there will not enjoy the same benefits that they're heterosexual counterparts enjoy. >> even though maryland will soon recognize same-sex marriage, it is not recognized on the federal level gay couples will need to be careful when it comes to taxes and financial planning. as soon as word spread -- >> we are crazy about each other and we are going to get married. >> weddings can begin on january 1. along with the vows, couples will enjoy some of the bane -- the same benefits as their heterosexual counterparts have. but when you start talking about financial protection, it gets a little perkier. >> helping them work

the city goes through a public hearing at the interdepartmental staff committee on traffic and transportation, or what we bureaucrats call is cot, which requires extensive detour signage, personnelduring any closure. all of these costs are paid for by event sponsors. but above and beyond staff cost and street closures, these major events are very positive -- have that deserve equal attention. these events create and support thowntdz of jobs in this city, where tourism is our number one industry. let's examine these two events specifically. during the dream force conference this year, san francisco had a 94% occupancy rate in our hotels. during oracle open world, we ran a 92% occupancy rate. for both of those weeks, san francisco had the highest occupancy rate in the whole country. let me repeat, in the whole occupied rooms than anywhere else. high occupancy in our hotels means increased sales tax dollars being generated focusing again on the subject of your question of the open world oracle open world, it is estimated that they had an economic impact of $120 million for the week that they were here. during that week, over 97,000 hotel room nights were occupied. on average, this

marine corps personnel and conducting recovery and rescue and we rescued all kinds of people from the collapsed freeway and we brought an aircraft carrier in here and took the heat off of the city and took 500 homeless people on the aircraft carrier for a week. it was a wonderful exercise in taking care of the more fragile among us. anyway fast forward three and a half years newly elected mayor he asks me to be the director of emergency services and i really didn't want to do it because of what i have seen and he went to my house and my wife wanted to. >> >> live in san francisco so my goose was cooked. i took over the job and i planned to return to the east coast. there was one staff member, no vehicles, no money, no nothing, and through the good efforts of a director of public works at the time they built seismically configured foundations and they brought in double wides and built the interim emergency command center which is the community building over there and that was where we were. no furniture, no telephones, no nothing. i came the first day and ask where is the command center? it's in construction. it's that area in the park and you have one employee. she's not really