number of public integrity reports under the leadership of the previous controller recollect , ben rosenfield. let me thank the city attorney office for help and collaboration as thought partners in drafting this charter amendment. let me just start out with the obvious, which is, government relies on trust, and the erosion of public trust is an erosion of government and our ability to do what government is supposed to do, and the last number of years have been really quite shameful as a number of high profile public integrity scandals have thankfully been uncovered and as somebody who dovoted the lion share of my adult professional life to governance and good governance, it has been devastating and eroded public trust, and these are not new occurrences. the occurrences have gone back long before i was elected 24 years ago. while i thank the federal bureau of investigation and the u.s. attorney for rooting out corruption in san francisco government, i think it is time that san francisco have the mechanisms in place to clean our own house. we know that in the last half dozen years charges have

when the commission was launched two years ago, i was appointed by controller ben rosenfield. pleased to have been reappointed for your consideration by controller greg wagner. as you know, public works is one of the city's largest departments and has been around for 120 years. but it never had a citizens oversight commission until two years ago. so as vice chair xabi mentioned, it's been a learning process for the department and for us. but i'm pleased to tell you, i think the two years have been a big success. as commissioner zarb mentioned, one of my biggest responsibilities last year was leading a national search for a new director for the department. it was a robust search at the mayor's request, and in our own backyard, interim director short rose to the top as the most qualified candidate. we were pleased by the appointment and i think she's breathed new life into the department. inspired new joie de vivre and has stepped up the department's performance citywide. for me, any commission, it's really has a very simple mandate. to answer one question is the department fulf