advanced departments in the country. we have the opportunity to assess how we are using alternative sentences putting forward. with the expansion of electronic monitoring and supervision, this would be in support of expanding the resources that go through the sheriff's department. with regard to the sheriff's department, they have been apprised of this legislation since the initial drafting and have certainly been aware of the conversation we have been having. i would not want to speak on behalf of the sheriff's department. they have been apprised of it and they're welcome to come here today. courts has anyone expressed or e-mail or laid concerns to you or have a dialogue about this? >> there are certain aspects about this. i don't want to speak on behalf of the sheriff's department, i would love to have the opportunity to speak to that. >> is your any further commentary? i have three public comment cards. if anyone else would like to speak, please step forward. >> in looking at the members of the realignment committee,

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,

to bring together the department of public health, the vw, and our department, with empty lot issues. are those other departments going to be able to input status, so that we can hopefully have more access to what is going on in those coordinated efforts? >> we are doing a coordinated analysis of the work flows and proposals for improving the work flows, and utilizing the system. >> great, thank you. >> what percentage of work will basically be needed to include those other departments? or is it strongly focused on planning and ddi's immediacy? >> right now is focused on planning requirements. later on we will kid into the add-on products and systems that are to be integrated. those people will be brought on board. but rates. -- >> great. >> pamela levin. the goal is to end up with a system at the end of the project that will serve the needs of the department, the other departments, in the fashion they are currently doing. in other words, the p.w. -- dpw input information, as well as others. i do not know who inputs dph, i do not know that they have direct access. the second phase of

of justice and the department of treasury. >> yeah. there's a number of investigations underway. we're working with our counterparts, the state ig's who have been extremely helpful, and who, i think, have been extremely effective. we'll be looking at these matters to see if criminal cases can be made. if there's other ways in which we can hold accountable organizations or people, perhaps similar remedies as well, but it's our intention to ensure those responsible for the mortgage crisis are, in fact, held accountable. >> and i would like to pursue this area in greater detail, my time is close to expired, and i hope with your staff own yourself i could do so in that regard. >> i'd be glad to. >> and i want to ask on a related topic, i know that so far the department of justice has declined to intervene in a lawsuit that has been brought by two mortgage brokers in georgia alleging that a number of largest lending institutions in the country have been in effect cheating veterans and taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars by char

, 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

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

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

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

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

and to have the department itself turnaround and investigate that. what do other jurisdictions do? what is the best practice for something like this? >> the standard practice we have seen in other government programs is consistent with ours, for lower-level complaints, they are referred to a department for investigation. reviewing how the investigation was conducted and completed. for high-risk cases, using investigators and those investigations. there are circumstances where it would be inappropriate for the department themselves to be involved in the investigation of the complaint. we received allegations against department heads and we go to great pains to investigate those complaints without involvement from the department had or their senior staff. that would be true conflict. fundamentally, i believe that the department of public works has -- organizationally, it should have the desire to police the use of vehicles by employees. i think it is appropriate that the human resources function, it is appropriate for them to investigate allegations of

i am not convinced that the department was unclear. i am convinced that there was a resistance to apply with -- comply with of the building code at all. i do not feel that it is fair to grant a continuance to a party that, from the beginning, did not want to deal with the department. i do not feel that they have actually offered -- that we have all for that kind of leniency to others that have come before us. >> ok. commissioner? >> given not only the limited resources of an academy and the conversion of a building that has, for many years, needed the attention to help move things forward, in support of what their needs to be. good faith efforts within the next 30 days to reach a resolution. to meet both sides. that is my category. this is a situation where we have to have that category of understanding what is more important. finding out what is resolved as opposed to generalizing. >> the department has been trying to resolve this issue. the resolution for the project sponsor is to try to appeal the notice and abatement action. we usu

this is the first year we are issuing fees for all departments. that means there is even more of a need to look good on going solutions. we have to balance the second year, too. it will really be important that we think about ongoing solutions, and its departments come in with recommended savings and revenues -- if departments come in with recommended savings and revenues. supervisor chu: what will be different this year is the general fund and develop project apartments will come in with a balanced -- will be different this year is the general fund and developmental departments will come in with a balanced two-year budget. >> correct. including potentially limits on our use of one-time revenues, a position of a fixed budget for enterprise departments where we would not open up the budget and the second year and less revenue and expenses vary by a certain amount, and caught fire limitations on our ability to issue debt cop's and other revenue bonds. again, 27 labor agreements expiring june 30. labor agreements will take place in the spring. obviou

busy times in the police department. we did have a story, commissioner kingsley called and asked me to comment, public defender adachi in the week before the election announced another video. the video showed officers contacting a businessman on clement street. the call was a dispute involving a knife. when the officer encountered the merchant, they had some words, and the officer ended up handcuffing the man after he observed a clenched fist at his side. mr. adachi said this did not amount to a fighting gesture or fighting posture, the officer believed it did. that's something that's the matter for discussion or court or the o.c.c. so i called the o.c.c. to see if they had a complaint, they did not. so we're treating it as a complaint received from another agency and referring it to internal affairs. so we'll give it to o.c.c. for them to look at. but i don't think it was -- as earth-shattering as would indicate a press conference. to go with that press conference, there were five additional reports filed by those with

we have been working with them and planning department staff as well. it was presented to the planning commission last month in october. that was really the first public hearing before the public to start to understand what the proposal was. we tried to jump on board. it is a broad piece of legislation. there are over 200 different amendments peppered throughout the planning code. most of it does not deal with the waterfront areas. i am not really in a position to speak to the full scope of it. we have tried to focus it to the controls that would reduce that we wanted to bring to your attention and to the stakeholders attention about what the proposals are. there are some comments and forward steps on how to address some particular issues in a proposal that we otherwise think it's quite a masterful effort to try and advance sustainable development in san francisco. the staff report, we have tried to outline the issues in some detail. what i would like to be able to do is give you an overview about what the issues are, what the staff analysis and propose

i know the department has an agenda of major legislative efforts, some proposed by the department, proposed by various members of the board of supervisors. i am confused why universal plan a vacation or something along those lines is not also part of the major legislative agenda for this department right now. it is the soft tissue that makes your job, commissioners, either very difficult or a little bit easier. on this legislation and others like it on the agenda that the department has, i am concerned that because these are unusual, this is not an application by a sponsor that already has various triggers for how folks get involved. there are no standards for knowledge is that the proposals are vetting with the general public or standing bodies. i am is part of the community advisory committee, or whether i am and never the person off the street. there no standards, protocols, or procedures for how legislative proposal actually get vetted. it is essentially made up on the fly. i appreciate supervisor mirkarimi's office taking the extra time to reach out to folks and have the various meetin

there have been a general fund supported department. the municipal railway, which runs on our clean green greenhouse gas free power pays us about $4.9 million through 333 megawatt hours. our cost to provide that power is $11.3 million. for the mta alone, our subsidized power provides a discount of $6 million from what our costs are. if the mta had to secure their power through pg &e, they would be paying $13.1 million. we charge them $4.9 million. they would charge and $13.1 million. because we have such an efficient, low-cost system, our subsidy bursa's cost is $6.6 million for it looking at the bottom of the page, our total subsidization, because our rates now currently set are below cost, it is about $23 million. the goose that lays the golden is often what i call the hedge hajji -- hetch hetchy local power system. it has served us well for a number of years and we had been able to provide subsidized rates for public service like the municipal railway or general hospital, or even city hall. because our costs now on this aging system

they've been coming to the police department all morning bringing candles and flowers. just about everyone who talks about the officer uses the word "hero." counselors at the high school are helping students through their grief. officer james capoot was known as coach capoot here. he served as the head coach of the girl's basketball team. >> the girls are pretty down. which they should be. we expect that. he touched a lot of lives. >> reporter: school officials are encouraging students to write cards or talk. the team the morning in seclusion. >> i got a lot of my girls basketball players 30 kids together just to do a lot of processing. i've been sitting in those sessions all day today. it has been rewarding to know the great work that he did as a leer. >> jim was all about the kids. -- he loved those girls. he did the extra that most coaches won't. >> reporter: in his police uniform officer capoot also did a little extra to help those in trouble get back on track. >> i've done prison time but jim never gave up on me. he said don if you get clean there's a better life f

we do not have the input from the police department, or we do? we do not. i do not understand conditional approval. >> unless i have the signoffs, it is always a conditional grant. we're asking for a conditional grant. we would be willing to stipulate that we will come back before the commission once there are conditions proposed by the police, which we can then discuss. the conditional grant is, we will not be open any time in the next six months we have lots of time to talk about conditions. we're under a time crunch with the planning commission. president newlin: 6 months, is this all going to be completed before you open, the construction? >> no. we have some time. are we going to open the existent place while we are getting going? this has to go through a conditional use and planning, it has to go through a lot of hoops. just to get a demolition permit on something like this, it is the lowest level. >president newlin: this is long- range, something in the future. right now you want a conditional permit for place of entertainment on the old location. no

, i think you better get an opinion from the justice department. now, the department of energy ignored that and went ahead and got their own letter from in-house counsel and came up with some, in my opinion, bad idea and the law was broken. you have explained your feeling was well, if you didn't do it the taxpayer was very likely, almost immediately to see a bankruptcy of the company and total loss of the loan, the $535 million. and if you restructured or allowed them to come in with $75 million more private setting, that that might save the day. so, it was a tough decision and you approved and went ahead with this restructuring of the loan. clearly a break in the law. you have seen the slide earlier, the language is pretty clear. and the result of course was the same. not unlike what happened in atlanta this past sunday when coach smith made that fateful decision. my colleague from louisiana here says it was a good decision. but everybody said this decision you made was a bad decision. i just don't understand why you didn't go ahead and submit thi

- interior department's involved with. but the big picture and the big answer is that we have initiated a number of pro-development initiatives to encourage early operation of these leases, early exploration, early development of the leases that's reflected in the lease terms that we've applied and will apply in the upcoming gulf of mexico sales. >> thank you. and then, but in response to my question wouldn't it be, um, the oil companies, to their benefit to speed up their completion of these steps if they wanted to begin producing more quickly? >> yes. and we're implementing policies to encourage them to do that. >> mr. secretary, should we not be looking at incentives then to shorten these lease times and to move the production forward quickly? >> congresswoman napolitano, the answer to that is, yes, and, in fact, those are some of the reforms that have been made by the bureau of ocean energy management as we move forward. it is our view we ought not to have idle acreage, and we ought to do everything we can to move forw

and the planning department and all the other departments to fully integrate that there is no room for mistake, i would hate for this to be the precedent of how things are done here. partially we have cases perhaps where that are not as amicable between two parties or whether there -- where there was a third party who thought she or he would be heard and with us agreeing that particular detail of how something is documented in an approval, in a form is something i'm having a hard time with. >> commissioner moore, david lindsay from department staff. i should point out that there is a plan set at the back of your packet with a green tab that does include a representation of the project as -- as proposed to be revised. that project has not been formerly submitted to the city. it's here for -- for review purposes. if you wish -- the green -- the green tab. commissioner moore: ok. >> yes. and it's the -- they've combined drawings of three different plans on the one which is a little bit confusing, i have to agree. but it's the -- it's the -- it's the drawings farthest to the right on that

million into the police department with the current budget. for every four people that they are rest -- arrest, and that the district attorney prosecutes, three are repeat offenders. are we looking at ways to how effectively distribute money? the police department's budget should be in consideration in this equation right now, too. i don't think this is entirely well thought through if it is strictly from a district attorney's office to the sheriff's department unless we are looking at all members of the criminal justice sy a