i am joined by dave jensen, our lead manager for whistleblower program. we'll provide a quick overview of some of the activities and initiatives that we have been working on highlighting some of the new information since we last reported before the committee in december 2020. >> thank you for this opportunity to present before you. here today to give you a quick update on some of the program's recent activities and initiatives. we'll go on to the next slide please. the authority to derive from city and state law. i think most of you have seen this. we'll move on to the next slide. the whistleblower program is aprized under the city and county law and state law, excuse me, to investigate or attempt to resolve complaints concerning the misuse of city funds, allegation of -- and wasteful and efficient government practices. next slide. per the charter, the whistleblower program is mandated for certain complaints, often in areas where the charter has carved out authority for other city departments, including complaints where another city's department is requir

i'm joined by dave jensen, our lead manager for the whistle-blower program, and also with us is steven munoz, who will be assisting with navigating our slides today, and together we'll be presenting to you some highlights and initiatives to date, using quarter two whistle-blower update report, which we issued about a month ago on march 15th, as a basis for providing you with new information. >> as a quick background, our whistle-blower office is contained in the office of the controller. it serves as the city's chief finance officer, or accountinging officer. the city services auditor has been tasked with carrying out the audit function for the controller's office, including risk based audits, and general standards, as well as administering our city's whistle-blower program, with the goal of investigating complaints or received on our whistle-blower hot line of fraud, waste, and abuse of city resources. on that slide three, it really provides an overview of the authority that we have at the controller's whistle-blower program in carrying out function. and really the three primary state