the department is responsible -- the fire department is responsible for finding employees and injuring the employee time allocation in to our city wide payroll. part of human resources is responsible for negotiating collective bargaining and coordinating with city departments, and payroll and personnel services division is responsible for processing time submitted by city departments and issuing employee checks and maintaining our payroll system, and the retirement services is responsible for confirming employees retirement eligibility and monitoring retirement policy. for the critical department terms, we wanted to quickly talk about some of the critical department terms. one of those terms is depression or field employees who work a work week average of 48.7 hours per week or an average of two 24-hour shifts per week. then, there are designations for positions. our temporary appointments made to fill in an open position, and there are two types of definitions -- short-term and long-term. we have short-term acting assignments. our appointments made on a daily basis to fill open suppre

for our department, we have a blended funding source within our department. we have something called the children's fund, which comes from property tax revenue, and we had general fund, which is what mr. wagner explained earlier. within our general fund, we are looking at a possible reduction of $5.7 million. our proposal for meeting this reduction is primarily to reduce a particular funding source that came into our department after mayor newsom last year submitted a budget. these are supplemental allocations to our budget by the board of supervisors. they came into our budget to restore funding cuts that we made to programs that had received funding from our department's previous years. right now, we are looking at reducing $5.7 million from these $7.5 million restoration or supplemental add back into our apartment. we believe back by doing this, we are preserving the intent of the policy work that we have worked with our communities over the past two years, in creating -- we were closely in creating, planning for how we allocate dollars, particularly to tw

just a sense of how many departments do manual in putting. >> all of the department's except for at this point, in the system, fire will be one of the apartments that does interface. supervisor campos: i would imagine that if this is happening with the fired apartment to the extent that the manually in putting that information is a very real possibility happening with other departments. >> i would expect so and we're determining which are extraneous at this point and which ones we need to have to avoid that kind of error. supervisor campos: thank you very much. >> what we also found was that approximately 65% of the total fire department's special pay codes and tests are basically not used to pay employees. what we have recommended to the fire department was to request the controller to temporarily remove those pay cuts, but again, we also recognize this is going to eliminate some of the concerns and issues that we are having. additionally, they premiums that a majority of employees received can be administered more efficiently. 82% of employees received a holiday premium pay. as the pre

[applause] i am equally honored to welcome department heads from some of our most important departments -- hint hint. i'm going to bother them up for all of us. it is also wonderful to see so many people from our communities here tonight. we are having this meeting because the city, as you know, faces a deficit of $300 million, and the mayor's predecessor requested that all agencies cut 10% from their budget and prepare an additional 10% cut in their contingency. this means that agencies like department children and the families come upon a public health will have to spend a lot less money to do things that they want to do throughout the city. and to help us carry out the missions of many of the organizations that are in the room today. the goal tonight is to come up with our community priorities and a vision for the district as well as the city. i want to focus the conversation on city agencies that can fund cbo's rather than cut programs. i'm hopeful that with all the smart mines in this room, that we can collaborate on ways to find some savings. here are a couple of questions for you

, our police department, our sheriff's department, and our public health department, health and humanervices agency, department of children, youth and their families. these are the critical services that i think our residents depend on. that's what makes up the vast majority of that $1.2 billion we're looking at when we're trying to solve our budget budgt deficit. we have difficult decisions ahead of us to make over the next few weeks. and you may have heard just earlier this week the nine-month budget status update for the current year, that showed good news. there's no doubt that we're seeing some stabilizing in our economy, and our revenues are looking up, and that's a good thing. that's a good thing. we have $45 million more than in the current year we thought we had to work with, that's certainly welcome news, but it doesn't fundamentally change the picture we're facing for next year, the fact we have difficult decisions to make in balancing the budget. i want have people keep in mind that even though next year is looking a little bit better than we had thought, we also, in addit

this reflects san francisco and the best in the department. i would like to congratulate everyone. >> i was out of town, but i did read about it. thank you, chief. i would like to congratulate everybody. commissioner marshall: i set mine yesterday. commissioner kingsley: congratulations to each and everyone of you. i look forward to working with you. >> thank you. >> thank you and welcome aboard. [applause] president mazzucco: could you call line item 1? >> if i may reach before we began, i have to do this. i know we will have a great meeting tonight. i have the knowledge that the vice chair of the human rights commission is the former police commissioner, doug chan. the executive director of the human rights commission is the former president of the police commission, theresa sparks. we're going to have a great meeting. >> thank you. president mazzucco: please call item one. >> general public comment. the public is welcome to address the commission regarding items that do not appear on the agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction

the building department's processs are slightly different than the planning department. their process is -- their processes relate to a fixed time frame that potentially is a little different than the planning department. but both departments have time frames in which something has to be acted upon and finalized. so my take is in this particular instance in 1999 a permit was issued legally, it was entitled at that point in time. the permit, however, wound up lapsing because all those time frames by either department do not run to the extent of 10-12 years. and the statement made by the department that a renewal permit goes with the original permit and would entail -- and the basis for the original permit was gone. so i don't see how the renewal permit is valid, and i believe it was issued in there. >> i'm just struck after all the fanfare over signage that we've been accustomed to reading about both here at the board and then in the public for this to -- the renewal to be treated by over the counter means and to be largely ignored for at least two months and the landowne

given your past experience within the department, are you aware that any cases wherein the department has made a co-defendant, along with the other federal agencies with respect to third party claims? >> i am not aware of such a circumstance, no. commissioner chan: my concern here is that the defense of participating sfpd members in the jttf appears largely as a matter of grace to the federal bureau of investigation or the attorney general of the united states. since it's discretionary rather than mandatory. they apparently on the m.o.u. have preserved that determination on case by case basis as it states there. has this section of the m.o.u. ever been reviewed by department council? >> i believe that the 8.10 g.o. was reviewed by department council as was the m.o.u. from 2002. i think that the most recent m.o.u., as has been discussed, there was somehow a mishap where it was not reviewed. commissioner chan: so at least the department hasn't been advised by its council as to what its liability exposure would be for members participating in jttf activities? >> well, again, if the offic

as the largest department in the city. because we're the largest department and we get the most about the general fund, and of the largest of budget reduction target. lived asked her to reduce our health department budget by $70 million. when i am very proud to tell you is that we think we have closed $60 million of the $70 million without any reduction of services that all. we weren't sure that was going to be possible. we have leverage state and federal money. live been able to identify significant deficiencies were we can continue to provide the same service at a lower cost. we're left with about a $10 million gap that can probably only be close with some service reductions. what we're doing right now is working closely with the mayor and our stakeholders to try to put that, if we have to make cuts, we want to make sure they are done very carefully and thoughtfully. and that they have the least impact on the populations that we serve. the only thing i want to say, and want to thank hon the mayor in the past mayors for t

the department reviewed the resolution. the city stepped out of the jttf because of the concern of not being able to be informed of potential terrorist activities by the fbi and federal authorities. they recently rejoined and adopted an mou that we took content from in drafting this bureau order that i think

and other departments. because that is a major department. since we are hitting all of the major departments i would likecn the last one? commissioner: i would like to add that. it is such a great department involved in so many businesses. that is my only suggestion. president o'brien: thank you. commissioner kasselman? commissioner kasselman: do they already know that they have to start relocating? how is this working group >> support is engaged with those in the area -- how is this working? >> upwards is engaged. -- the port is engaged. those conversations are already happening. as we go down the road, there may be others, but the board is engaged with those that are definitely known to be impacted. commissioner kasselman: what about those on the periphery of the construction? construction vehicles, things going on that would impact them? >> at this point, i do not know, and i do not know how far along in their planning process they are, but it sounds like it would be nice to bring forward the america's cup event authority as inappropriate

and the building department. at the time, there was nothing to indicate any issue with design department, no complaints. there was simply a sign, and the least bit from the property owner, -- they lease it from the property owner who controls the sign. >> before you sit down, in your opening, you stated you had evidence of four add additional permanence -- permits that were not processed in the manner of planning arguments. what was the time on about? >> i have four of fun -- of them. >> we said, we will go see if renewal permits are issued that way, and we found four permits issued over the counter. >> for what time? >> this was 2009, 2010, 2009. >> was that as far back as you went? was that an exhaustive review? >> it was not an exhaustive review. >> have you shared that with planning? >> no, and that is why i brought it up with few -- with you. >> thank you for this opportunity. she brings to light the question of a policy. the planning department requires either a good review of linnean and new apartment. tha

we also have the head of the department of public works and ann from the department of aging services. we also have someone from the wrecked apartment. we also have the director of small business in the city. -- we also have someone from the recreation department. we also have the director of small business in the city. very soon, we are expecting ed harrington from the public utilities commission. we have carla johnson from the mayor's office of disability and maria from the department of children youth and families who will be coming shortly. i will hand this over to mayor lee who has been to eight other budget meetings. there will be one more after this. >> thank you, actually there ruby two more. one supervisor decided not to. been hurt everyone was going to do it and decided to added on. -- 1 supervisor was not planning to do it but then heard everyone was doing it and decided to add it on. i am enjoying these town halls. -- there are two more of these meetings. i am enjoying these town halls as a resident. i know is important to people here, raising families. i have had the priv

department of environment, please? >> i am from the department of environment and i am here to shore support for this ordinance. i want to share with you our experience and plans for the pilot and demonstrate how that ties into this ordinance. as you noted, the ordinance that you brought forward last year did result in genetech providing $110,000 to our department to create a pilot program that will last about 18 months. we are in process of developing that. we have more than one dozen independent pharmacies that will serve as collection points. that is a great start for our first citywide collection program. a large portion of these funds will be used for outreach and education. we know from experience that the valuable outreaches in-store or at the point of sale. 90%, the first place they go to find out how to dispose of something as the place they purchased it. in this case, pharmacies. it is key that point of purchase be the primary component of our outreach, just as in-core pharmacy collection is the primary locat

budgets and changes we make comparing your and your department to department. we are often not having a discussion comparing overall budgets of agencies with regard to each other and really tried to understand what our best practices, ratios of how much we spend on all of our major areas. you look at, for example, the federal government budgeting process, they typically have a two-the budget process, where, first, they debate the appropriate levels of military thsspending and education spendg to better health spending compared to other types of spending. then once those major decisions are done, they look to see what is the best way to spend an education budget of a certain number of dollars. that is not something we do here, and those types of trade- offs -- i wonder if there is a way for us to take a step back and think more holistic play that way. but i know you did a lot of work here, and i know that was not necessarily within the purview of this five-year plan. supervisor chu: with regards to -- i think today's presentation really was a big overview, and i

, the fire department and health department, where there mob a moderator that we can talk to and say can we get something resolved here? because there was a lot of stuff flying around. we didn't think we were out of line in what we did. thank you. >> sir, your fire occurred when? >> sorry? >> your fire? >> the fire? it occurred in -- >> when did it occur? >> september of 2008. >> and eight. and then when you -- you indicated that two members of the planning department came by, what was that time period? >> that was in 2010. i'm not sure what time. can i check with my wife please? >> sure. i kind of give you the time. it took us 5 1/2 months to get the permit. we had the fire in the middle of september of 2008 and it took us three months due to the construction, which brought us into june of 2009. a nsh who w.h.o. complained about everything forever. she filed a larger complaint. we had not even thought this was an issue anymore. we have forgotten about the store thing. it was only 300 square feet to begin with. so then my time line might not be exactly right. but then we had -- we ha

what will you do as commissioners to change this issue in the department beyond just changing the department's name? i was just speaking to the deputy director and he informs me that the department will be out there today and will act. i'm very pleased to have the update for you. i am now going to provide you with copies of the e-mail that i sent on friday to initiate the investigation by the department. vice president mar: thank you. >> thank you very much. >> good morning. my name is joseph butler. i have been a registered architect in california since 1983. i am currently being renewed. i would like to bring your attention today to the rear of 2514 23rd ave. this is the excavation for the stair in question that she just addressed. when we go down into that garage, you can see that these two by 12's, which were delivered for shoring -- this is delivered for shoring -- this is a vertical face and these are

department operations. this is the area where we have accounted for, for example, the loss of revenue and the over expenditures at the health department that was subject of the supplemental appropriation that you just looked at. so, again, we have a negative balance there in departmental operations of $4.2 million for a netflix balance of $46.9 million. the revenues, property taxes, are $34.2 million better than the budget which is about the same that was reported in the six-month mark. as of the date of the completion of this report. but where we are seeing gains are in the payroll tax. and although the unemployment is still high in san francisco, what we're seeing from the business tax receipts is that employees are starting to gain in the number of hours worked as well as in their actual pay. so that is resulting in a netflix increase to our business tax receipts. sales tax continues to be positive and strong, stronger than was projected in the budget. and we're seeing that both throughout the state as w

the department's work. the department, i think, receives 5% from the jefrpbl fund -- general fund. >> i think it's 6%. commissioner sugaya: if you compare that to years ago when the city actually ran off its general fund at some point, i think people should understand that the fees are kind of what they are because various departments, including planning and probably d.b.i., i don't know how much of theirs is but it's probably equally applicable here. have to generate revenues in that fashion in order to provide the services that they do. i was going to say something else, but i'm not going to go there. president olague: commissioners, the motion on the floor and i'm assuming the motion is for both resolutions? >> yes. president olague: thank you. the motion on the floor is for approval on that motion. commissioner antonini stepped out. >> make sure with the revised language. >> yes, with the revised language. >> right. >> section 302 environmental -- all of that stuff. >> actually, the motion that was just

it is fun coming to your department." that is the bottom line for us. we are the fun department. we want people coming to us to have fun. i see in this building you have a yoga program we are not providing. maybe that is an opportunity for us to provide some more fun. i want to and it with this. recently, i have been in charge of alternative recreation. i have to run around twice a week to get cooking supplies for our culinary programs. i heard somebody call my name and i turned around. it turned out it was a person who played on my baseball team 18 years ago. she came up to me with her children and said, "this is that crazy park director i told you i did all those things with." now, her children are coming to our program. in short, we hope to support us. we hope to increase things we do to get the job done for the city of san francisco. thanks. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the recreation supervisor for the waterfront. i am also a shop steward. i am not here in either of those roles. i am here as a paying participant in a recreation and park department program. every nigh

the department offered this bulletin. in it, members must identify themselves as members of -- as police officers, not federal agents. they work on terrorist cases that have a criminal maxus. the chief reviews all investigations on a quarterly basis and he is to meet with any change in fbi

department -- public works department with regard to sounds? >> yes. we have to comply -- i don't know that they necessarily have -- under the old evidence, i don't recall having a requirement that we showed them, but we have to comply with the order. tests were run to ensure the equipment was in compliance with the ordinance under the permit. >> are there multiple models of that fan that is utilized? >> yes. they were installed with 37-what fans -- 37-watt fans. when we received inquiries about noise, i asked our technician of how we could lower the noise. we had found a different version of the fan that will lower the noise. that change was made at this location, as well as doing software differences. >> it is safe to assume the equipment has since been painted? >> yes. in painting it, it was originally painted brown in order to match the pole. that is why you see the brown box in the photo. we re-evaluated it and thought that a light gray would match better because they fade to gray. >> thank you, commissioners. a couple of corrections to th

. >> this is my department's ceo. >> good afternoon, supervisors. the capital programs have not been fully approved. this is why this number is down. >> -- supervisor chu: so that is not finalized. >> no. >> -- currently, we are there. supervisor chu: is there something like a hybrid? >> we are providing all of the security. supervisor chu: just the average age. this may be a question for the mayor's office on this. i am wondering if this trend is representative in the dollars. >> this trend is not reflected on the supplemental melhuse. -- values. it is to correct the budget for a current fiscal year, so that is required to operate, status quo operations, and the adjustments will be felt next year. supervisor chu: there is a downward trend, it looks like, from april through june of this year. is that correct? >> supervisor, maybe a share to speak with it. we have budgeted. there was a decline in the population that started about this time last year, we budgeted a significant amount of savings and probably a little bit too much savings we took it out

one of the things a new chief and parents is the department culture -- inherits is the department culture, which chief suhr is working with, whether you come from internally or externally. sometimes cultures change. what bothers me is when we see evidence like we saw, we can tell the numbers of officers who were allegedly involved in that and put that against the numbers of officers there are in this bay area region or nationally. but it makes good press. and so, what we do is -- including me -- we paid with that broad a brush. i understand what. it is perception, and truth is only 10% fat and 90% perception. -- fact and 90% perception. what do we do to prevent it? we start teaching what our expectations are in the academy. we reinforce those expectations, not just to the academy, but throughout every single daily -- every day, every hour, every minute. this is what we expect of you as our employees, whether you are a sworn officer or not. i really feel that one needs to be more loyal to the integrity than the people. [applause] i came from a background for my parents were holocaust survi

department, and fire department. health department and human services agency are our core county functions. those five departments together are about 3/4 of our discretionary general fund city in the city. we have asked the departments to make expenditure reductions or increase revenues totaling 10% and another 10% contingency. none of us or none of the department heads here on the stage are enjoying this process, but those are the instructions that we have had to issue to meet this challenge. we are trying to do it in every way possible to minimize the impact on services to residents as we do that, but it is a big challenge, so we are really hoping to hear your thoughts and feedback on how we can do that and on the proposals that are out there tonight. just one last point, to emphasize again, even though the economy is recovering, we do have some longer-term financial challenges for the city, and we're working very hard to try to address these as the mayor said, so that we are not back here every year, doing the sam

, rather than looking askance at it and assuming that every police department and employee in that department -- is not fair. >> mr. hanlon? >> i think one thing to keep side of -- sight of, if we're giving people the power to carry a gun and arrest citizens and put them in jail forever. we talk about how we deal with this situation, to minimize it and say it is just a few officers, the department is generally ok, that there is not a culture here, whether it is a code of silence or a code that we can do what ever we want, it is not dealing with the problem. [applause] i believe that it has to be dealt with. but it cannot be dealt with by minimizing it and saying there's too much media about this stuff, that it is not fair. it is fair because the police are given this incredible power. more than anybody else. you know, i can deal with a cop in court, but i will not mess with him on the street, because he can tell me or arrest me. there has to be a standard -- he can kill me or arrest me. there has to be a standard. ianne is talking about her clients are basically on the street. this is not a m