from the department. open means that we have received a response, but yet the finding remains outstanding. either the department is currently working on that particular finding and recommendation, or they contested it. closed means cfa have reviewed department recommendations of what actions they have taken, and it has been determined by the audit staff that the action taken is appropriate to resolve the issue. even though we might close a particular recommendation finding, it does not necessarily mean that we have done actual field work to attest to it or to validate its validity. for the following status for the third quarter, there are several departments there. there are 14 audits which might have multiple departments involved that we did some follow-up activity within the third quarter. we had eight that remain closed. six are open. three audits we have not yet received the request from, but they are here, and they will be able to talk about where they are in the process. on the audit's open summary,

department. i have spent 15 years there -- years there and i believe that change can come from within. on that foundation, i believe that we have stability right now. stability in transition is key as we face this issue of realignment. in addition, once we face this challenge and effectively come to a conclusion on how to deal with it, i think that the next step is to be able to change from within in pro in a foundation of success. >> thank you. mike hennessey will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest sheriff's in the history of california. there is only one hennessey. i was honored to be recruited by him two years ago, and i have the honor of working for him for one year. my years of public safety in the community, eight years as a labor leader in law-enforcement, many years later in treatment work, were " in the system under governor davis. that will be what brings me to the office of sheriff. my career has culminated in that. i think that the office of sheriff is a big job at a time when

or planning department. i'm simply trying to bring to your attention the kind of disconnect that bring people into problems. i support the idea of having people from building going to the planning commission. thank you and going to leave you with this documentation. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing nine, item number six, item on disaster training units >> good morning. i'm from the department of building inspection reporting on this issue. let me give you a little background. our disaster coordination unit was activated on march 7th, 2011, with the assignment of the acting chief as manager and seizing -- existing housing manager reporting to the deputy director. last may, we came before you to outline our work plan time line, which we will update today. just to give the a mission statement, our mission is to prepare, coordinate, and organize department personnel and resources to provide and effectively manage response to earthquakes, and other disasters in conjunction with the department of

department cannot afford. and that brought up other questions in that conversation and has hands. that is, how do you budget for this level of commitment, when the department's budget is about $480 or so this coming year, how do you then it sort of us in those fiscal resources in staffing resources to make sure that community policing is more than just a paper target? >> as i said, if this is as intended, it covers everything, the officer to be engaged as prescribed in this order. i appreciate foot patrols, and they are actually in this order. if you look on page 3, the assignment of steady peace in sectors on a daily basis, regular attendance of beat officers at community meetings in their assigned areas and at regular staffing as it is allowed. there are going to be instances where there are other priorities that may take away from a foot beat. but foot beats are a priority for us. we know they are particularly special to those commercial corridors that have them. there something that are specific to commerc

i am with the planning department. the department found that the proposed conversion of a 29-room hotel to a 25-room group housing units includes a sud would not result in a significant effect on the environment. the litigation measures have been agreed to buy the project sponsor and a mitigated negative declaration was appropriately prepared. the department's response to the primary concerns raised by the appellate can be grouped into the four main points. two related to the environmental review process and two related to the fmnd. the department maintains that the preliminary maintained negative declaration was properly circulated. and the city complied with the california environmental quality act, or ceqa, prior to any approval. in response to the substance- related concerns, the department asserts that the project density would not result in any significant impact. and the fmn,'s analysis was inadequate. preparation of an eir is not warranted. in one process-related issue is the circulation of the pmnd. the depart

is a treasury department or department of energy? >> is certainly not treasury department. >> you know the department of energy? >> i'm not sure if it's department of energy or department of justice are exactly where the authority -- >> department of energy runs the program. and they heard from you, your department that there were concerns about the subordination issue. isn't that correct? >> i think we raised the issue of whether they could come to my saqlain bowed to government. it's not specifically whether there was subordination to be clear about the concern we raised. >> it was no legal decision or memorandum, just raising concern by the way look at what? >> no, we did not have legal conclusion are rendered legal judgment. we were fighting an issue to consider. >> you fact in issue for to consider. they heard what you have to say them and their lawyer issued a legal opinion. a legal opinion is a legal opinion. it's not statement of facts. its statement of what they think the law is. and that's the document returned to make publ

i have seen policies in most departments. it is more about how you impose those policies, how do you know what the person is supposed to do. it is a comment i have seen from judges many times. it is a question of trust, but verify. there are enough mechanisms in place to audit internally -- not an internal audit department itself, but a way to look to see whether or not the integrity in the process that people are involved in. you can look on the spot check basis to determine whether drugs in the department are supposed to be there. you can look to find out whether or not people are being truthful when they say the police have taken the money. i have seen that. and you can develop policies to look to say. look, does this particular officer have a history of arresting people and there is no underlying offense? or does the person have a history with drug cases were small amounts of drugs and have been obtained from people and it looks kind of funny when purses -- when the person is saying "i did not do with -- it"? of course, t

by have been in the department now for 15 years. my entire career has been with the sheriff's department. i have been promoted through the ranks by the sheriff and the very people providing that visionary leadership as someone to continue and make sure that success is carried out. i am completely, absolutely dedicated to bringing this department forward. i have children in san francisco. i am dedicated to making sure that they grow up in a state sen francisco. as people go back into our neighborhoods, they should have education and polls, reducing the chances of recidivism, defending public safety for all of us. i believe that with knowledge of the department, we can make this more efficient. but believe that that is very important within the concerns of our budgetary constraints. i also believe that it is important to realize, some people say that you need to be an expert in politics to be a good sheriff. if that is our belief, and might not be your number one choice, and might be your number two choice. but my belief is that to be

representing the department of public health. if i may, i would like to group our responses, they are related responses, but i will mention each one. in general, in looking at the recommendations and responses to items #1-4, the concerns were about we were not properly sharing information, that there was conflicts of interest or confusion between departments that were inappropriately accepting funds and not implementing appropriate sort of ethics procedures. in general, we agree with the recommendations to provide the material and in force as expert requirement, but we would argue we are already doing so. we regret we monitor the navy cleanup activities. we maintain and reviewed data from all of the regulatory agencies. we oppose this information on our website and update the web site at least once per month. the website is public and working, and the public should have access to this information. in addition, we go to man the public meetings and hearings whenever requested. we disseminate information through community-based orga

we have uniformed members of this department. we have many of the civilian members of this department. all of us hear your pain and grieve with you and continue to grieve with you and you have my commitment that we will continue to be here with you as a family. not as replacements for tony and vince, but as supporters. and those of you that will continue to always contact you and reach out to you and i want you to know that you have a family in all of the members of the san francisco fire department. today we're joined by several people. i'd like to acknowledge a couple of people that were instrumental and helped us all out on june 2 and 3rd and 4th, the members of san francisco general hospital. dr. andre campbell and leslie dubbin who were very helpful and were hoping for a different outcome than what we experienced. we also have our police chief with us. thank you for being here. members of the command staff. you'll hear from the mayor soon. i'd like to start off this, a simple but symbolic ceremony and i'd like to ask our dep

the planning department, when the department receives a permit, the department has divided the city into four quadrants. those building permit applications are assigned by quadrants. building permits are viewed with respect to the planning code. those are the standards. we review them according to design guidelines and other applicable area planned objectives and policies. if you are lucky enough and the scope of your work is small enough, you can get an over-the- counter approval date primarily pertain to interior work. exterior work without any expansion such as windows, replacement and kind, certain minor expansions, permitted obstructions and certain? , also certain changes of use that don't require notification or further environmental modification. if you are not getting approval over the counter, it is likely subject to neighborhood notification. in 1996, the planning code section 311 was created for residential districts was the intent of notifying neighbors within 150 feet of the subject property of horizontal and or vertical additions to a dwelling unit. in 2000, this expanded

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

we are working with the fire department and police department on that. in november, we have the world cup of sailing in san diego. that is the first time america's cup will come to the united states, so that will be interesting to watch as that unfolds down in san diego. that is it for september, october -- september/october. >> all right, last on the parade is bag alicia -- the parade is alicia johnson, the most recent to our department of emergency management. about one month on the job now, and she has hit the ground running. >> thank you. we have two events coming up. one on october 17 in commemoration of the loma prieta earthquake in 1989. the department of emergency management is partnering managementkqed -- partnering with kqed to present a symposium that will feature a keynote from fema's deputy administrators and will additionally include a panelist discussion and question and answer session from the audience regarding the aspect of whole community preparedness and disaster recovery itself. that will take place beginning at 8:30 on the 17th, as

the idea is to share the history of the san francisco sheriff's department, police department, fire department, and paramedics and emergency responders. as they say, those who forget history are destined to repeat it. it is also an effort to remind people of the challenges that we faced in the past and will face in the future. it is personalities, events, and amazing stories of humans overcoming incredible obstacles. that is why i enjoy the guardians of the city so much. i want to emphasize that today's remembrance of the 1989 earthquake, it is hard for me to believe it was 22 years ago. it seems like it was not that long ago to me. the city is much better prepared. we want to continue to work on those preparations so that we can face as best as possible any calamity that san francisco faces. thank you very much. [applause] >> another strong supporter. [applause] >> it is a real privilege to be here with mayor lee and my public safety partners. he is the longest serving sheriff in the state of california. he is only being modest when he says he was not here in 1906. [laughter] [applause] it is

, 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

thank you very much for providing the service that the department always liked to hear of, from the department of public service. other than that, that is it. >> all right. public comments on the president's announcement? item number four, general public comment. we will take comments on terrorist action items that are not within the agenda. >> kenai have the overhead on? >> it is on. >> a they're going to focus on it when you put it down. >> good morning, commissioners. i want to bring to your attention a rather unusual circumstance that you may wish to look into. you will see that there is a copy here of the lobby permit tracking system that shows a missing -- how do you prove a negative -- but a missing complaint. i wanted to bring to your attention that the complaint on the system, as early as august 17 of this year, was recorded correctly. the case was opened. the case was abated. but i am not familiar in any way without to remove a complaint from the tracking system. we make -- which take them, we investigate them, they are left open until they're finished. i would like to leave these pi

one is alone dictated a china health department annt. these agreements are based on a contract approved by the california public utilities commission. they are subject to board approval because the agreements are likely to exceed 10 years. the city is limited and making changes to these agreements. on november 12, 2009, sfpcu authorize an agreement for the design and construction of these projects. they are now in the final construction phase. in order to interconnect and operate these projects, there must be a generating facility interconnection agreement. sfpcu is entering authorization to enter into these agreements. do you have any questions? supervisor chu: thank you for your presentation. i agree to open this item up for public comment. many members of the public that wish to speak on this item, number two? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion by supervisor mirkarimi to send item # two forward with recommendations. we will do that without objection. >> item #3, ordinance amending the san francisco administrative

where we go department by department to figure out the investments that we have to make in terms of critical services for the community and some things that are no longer meeting their intended purpose that we should not be funding going forward. we are running an incredibly grass-roots campaign. we have met with 200 -- we have been at $200,000, that with over 1300 merchants and thousands upon thousands of voters at bus stops. we believe the way to win a mayor's race is to engage one- on-one with people. i look forward to getting your support. i look forward to your votes, and a look forward to being your mayor. thank you. >> the league of women voters and sfgovtv have collaborated to bring it statements by 14 candidates for mayor of san francisco. our final two statements. >> i am run for mayor because i believe government works best when you all have more say. we live in a world-class city with world-class people, yet often times, people describe our government has anything but world class. that is why i started my organization to get your ideas to figure out the best way to solve

is it the treasury department or the department of energy?se instances i not sure if it is the department of energy or justice or exactly where -- >> of the department of energy runs the program. and they have heard from you, your department, but there were concerns about the subordination issue, isn't that correct? >> i think we raised the issue of whether they could compromise a claim of the government, not specifically whether there was subordination to be clear about the concern we raised. >> there was no legal decision on memorandum latest to them by the we look at what? >> we did not have a legal conclusion or render a legal judgment. we were flogging an issue for them to consider. >> the flag an issue for them to consider and they heard what you had to say and then their lawyer issued a legal opinion and a legal opinion is a legal opinion. it's not a statement of facts is a statement of what they think the law is and the the document we are trying to make public. this is a document that republicans have had for months. in fact at the v

is it the treasury department or the department of energy? >> certainly not the treasury department. >> department of energy? >> i am not sure if it is the department of energy or the department of justice -- >> they heard from you, your department that there were concerns about the subordination issue. is that correct? >> i think we raise the issue of whether they could compromise the claim to government debt not specifically whether there was subordination, to be clear about the concern raised. >> there was no legal decision or memorandum? >> no, we did not have or render a legal judgment. we were flagging an issue for them to consider. >> you flag an issue for them to consider. they heard what you had to say. and then a lawyer should the legal opinion. the legal opinion is a legal opinion. it is not a statement of fact, it is a statement of what they think the law is. hence the document we are trying to make public. this is a document that republicans have had for months. at the very first hearing we had on solyndra, congressman gingrey re