the department has to contracts. the first supports genetic dna testing required for paternity establishment and the second to the subsurface of court documents to parents. both contracts comport with the requirements of due process law. providing graced customer service -- a great customer service is our number one priority. the department dedicates over 93% of its annual budget to direct services. 66% of our case workers are certified bilingual translators, with 25% fluent in cantonese, mandarin. 75% fluent in spanish. in addition, the department has access to a language line if language is not represented and gas tty lines -- and has tty lines for the hearing impaired. over the last 10 fiscal years, the department has set aside funding foryouth summer jobs. this summer, we are employing three students. going forward, the department will carefully manage its staffing levels and reduce spending. we will continue to settle worker injury cases when possible and remain committed to reducing the number of new cases thro

department of emergency management. department of emergency management, a church you and members of the budget and finance committee. it is a pleasure to be here before you. we do agree with the budget analyst recommendation detailed on page 29 and the top of page 30. this totals $36,083 for year 1 and $17,325 for year to. we do not agree with two areas that the budget analyst recommended. the first is part of the exempt transition project. as i think you heard last week, we have been working with the department of human resources for the past six months in converting 33 positions that had been exempt into permanent civil service positions. dhr as part of that to change the public information officer to a manager one position. since i am a director of emergency management, i have changed the core function of that position. in fact, she used to report to rob and now reports directly to me. that to change theshe has many more responsibilities to determinundr currently. i did not agree with that. i am hoping the board will

that decline will be offset by the department. we are anticipating a small percentage of anticipated impact fees that can be used to cover administrative processes. just a note, there is a technical adjustment that we will need to make. we might have mentioned this to you. the budget is showing $2.3 million of development impact fee revenue that needs to be in the rec and park impact development budget. i understand that the comptroller's office is aware that and the need to make the adjustment as we move forward. let me just move forward to the expenditure budget. so, our most significant expenditures continue to be department staff, which represents 68% of all expenditures. salary and fringe costs are expected to increase by 5.8% over the next two years. we do have some increase in non-personnel services for one time expenditures. such as the individual funding transportation sustainability program. for the first time, we have some capital budget expenditures this year. the better market street program and the street inventory p

the first for our police department. the police to barman is committed to being a world-class police department. a leader among urban police departments by hiring and promoting talented officers and professional staff, employing the highest standards of performance, the best practices in policing and accountability, and reflecting the values of world-class city that it deserves. we have brought the city's violent crime rate down to historic lows and implemented in a bit of crime-prevention strategies to keep san francisco the safest big city in our country. our officers have dedicated long hours to protecting our citizens and have shown a commitment to finding better methods to deliver police services to victims of crime. volunteer time, both on and off duty to provide at-risk kids an opportunity and positive attitude with in their neighborhoods. a goal to be a mentor to new officers as they begin a career in a dangerous yet rewarding profession. with the expiration of the deferred retirement option program, the so-calle

walton about his department. do you have an analysis of i.t. spending in other departments? >> good afternoon. we did do an analysis this year to look at the budget, both this past budget and the proposed budget for i.t.. the amount is $100.90000000 -- $190 million. president tch

when did you leave the department of labor statistics? >> january of this year. >> did the department of labor or any other entity within government that is focused on the development and advancement of policy interfere with the bls development of the methodology for counting green jobs? >> no, they didn't. they were very good about letting us do our work and staying at arm's length. >> as i listen to the testimony, clearly i understand and sympathize with the news organizations, i understand exactly what you're saying. seems like we have a question here of balance. anytime anything gets out of balance you usually run into problems. it appears our security problems are not equal to wte

we will start working with other departments. any department can use the system. we need to just understand and work with them on how their implementation would work. we have also participated in project poll, this summer. a yearlong type of internship, we have used works. and then the language access ordinance. we are in compliance. we have many things that we are doing. we have 18 supported and -- inspection staff that are bilingual in chinese and spanish. everything is provided in english, chinese, and spanish. we have telephone lines for chinese and spanish-speaking customers. we have a voice recognition system for scheduling inspections. both of our contracts for the single room occupancy programs provide services, depending upon the area in the city. chinese, russian, and other languages. finally, in terms of professional services, that budget is about 3.9 million. 1.8 is the permanent tracking system. primarily it is the singular market code enforcement. we had a couple of things that were i.t.-related, but the majority were non-profit. supervisor chu: than

major department all initiatives. the budget proposal does not include new programs but focuses on process improvements related to i.t. first is an amount of 350 for a system tracking replacements. this will allow them to pay for its online. good evening the current system is an unstable and no longer supported, and the new system will not only support access for the public but also make work more of fission. good second, and retains to our worker program. good evening includes nonfat -- it includes the program. my office excepted id based on the skills needed for the position and in consultation with the department of human resources. and while not yet included in the budget, my office has a place favor request for the project, which if approved would be included in the 2014 budget. the current system does not demonstrate use of available technology and should, because it would allow for easy access and assures a would have paper. and i would like to note current successes. the first is our online tool to access legi

on page 7, the department disagrees with planner 3. the department does agree with the planner 3 in pharma to review. on the bottom of page seven. finally, on page 8, the department disagrees with the planner 3 in march interview with a savings of 144,555. supervisor chu: thank you. the department agrees with that assessment? >> that's right. supervisor chu: let us take the areas where there is agreement by the department. this just leaves out the positions currently. motion to take the areas where there is agreement? yes? ok, without objection. with regard to the remaining items, colleagues, my preference, rather than stripping it out and potentially adding it back in, what we can do is come on thursday, we can leave these items out until thursday and look at all of our priorities as a whole. from my point of view, the environmental review positions that are dedicated general fund department items or general fund projects, i think, is an important one. tins to be areas where we fall short when we talk about not delivering bond project

so we have most of the departments coming back today. in addition, we also have a brief update from the mta about their budget. if you recall, when they came forward, there were some changes from labor negotiations, among other things, and they wanted to fall back up with the committee on. they will be doing a presentation for us today. city planning department will be called out of order as well as the treasury tax collector, because of conflicts in their schedule. >> john ram, planning department. i do have a board meeting at 11:00 as well that i need to attend. in summary, during the past week, we have been working closely with the budget analysts office. at this point, we are in concurrence with four of their seven propose recommendations. we have agreed to $221,000 in cuts in the our disagreement on three positions, which for the next fiscal year, would total about $250,000. i want to remind the committee, while our budget appears to have increased on paper about $5 million, in fact, $2.3 million of that is incorrectly in our budget

welcome to the department of justice. regrettably the obama administration has shown a disregard for the constitution and rule of law in an effort to impose their agenda on the american people. and there are many examples. efforts to block congressional inquiries about the administration's actions undermine the balance of power on which our nation is founded. the department of justice still has not provided enough information about operation "fast and furious" so that the american public and congress can judge who in the department bears responsibility for the decisions that led to agent brian terry's death. the justice department refuses to comply with congressional subpoenas that may shed light on why this program was authorized and who had knowledge of the inappropriate tactics. the department of justice also has failed to provide relevant information that would have revealed the extent of justice kagan's involvement in the development of the affordable care act when she was solicitor general. if she did give counsel o

-- about the department investigations? we have the list of requirements said employees are required to follow when there is an ongoing investigation. section d, give answers that are clear, responsive, an ambiguous, and most accurately reflect the truth of the matter. do you see that? >> yes. >> do you it knowledge that you had a responsibility to do just that? -- do you acknowledge that you had a responsibility to do just that? >> yes. >> now, looking at page 21, the next page. another one of the rules of conduct. "employees are required to be truthful at all times, whether under oath or not." possess that apply to u.s. sheriff? >> yes. -- does that standard apply to u.s. sheriff? >> yes. >> you are required to participate in counseling, correct? >> correct. >> specifically, you must participate in domestic violence counseling. >> yes. >> this is also called a batterer's program. >> objection. >> sustained. >> so, when you go to these domestic violence counseling classes, do you learn anything? >> objection, vague. >> do

the department is very active and vigilant in their requisitions, more so than other departments. they're doing a great job to make sure that is always on our radar. i'm happy to answer any questions as well. >> commissioner? rex first, i want to thank human-resources and everybody -- >> first, i want to thank human- resources anybody who came. but i think the reason this was put on the agenda is because the main complaints the department gets is our ability to deliver permit. and also, complaints from tenants. both sides of the inspection services and things like that. what this commission noticed was that we have a lot of unfilled vacancies. one of the things that i think that was raised in the commission, i think some of that has been resolved. we have the ability to bring back some retirees. with all respect to how long civil service takes and the rose you guys have to follow, we know we cannot change that -- the rules you guys have to follow, we know we cannot change that. it is just the way it is. in the mayor's office we say, we know bringing back retirees may not be the mo

department issue the justice department a license or a written waiver and order to allow for the transfer of thousands of weapons across the u.s. mexico border. secretary clinton's response s was, congressman, this is the first time i have asked this and i can tell you based on the record of any activity by the bureau that would have been responsible, we see no evidence but let me check. secretary clinton points out that in her department they weren't asked for a written waiver. that's in violation of the law. so as this committee moves forward, and i thank the chairman for his patience, we need to make sure that we get to the bottom of this, that the state department acknowledges that they weren't asked for this waiver. we're just looking for the information. here at the last hour the president is trying to -- if they were so willing to give the documents, you wouldn't at the last hour have a letter come from the administration claiming executive privilege or whatever it is they're claiming. we owe it to the people of this country to get to the bottom of this and owe it to the family tha

absolutely. >> maybe as a general comment for this department and other departments, the department is actually correct that there are increases in salaries and no increases in other areas. our recommendations are based on actual experiences. if you look at recommendations such as air travel, membership fees, other occurring expenses. and this is not a criticism. our recommendation is strictly based on actual experience, and then we provide a cushion so that when we make our recommendations to reduce, based on several prior years of experience, we believe our recommendations will provide more than the department can expand. in this particular department about we're recommending reductions, as the department indicated, 60,700 four dollars in 2014. -- 60,007 average $4 in 2014. the department is correct that the savings would be about 60%. in 2013-14, our recommended reduction total is ongoing savings. it would allow an increase of about 1.6%. 1.6% of the department's budget. about 60% of that, or $39,000 would be general fund savings. chairperson chu: if there are no further questions f

walton about his department. do you have an analysis of i.t. spending in other departments? >> good afternoon. we did do an analysis this year to look at the budget, both this past budget and the proposed budget for i.t.. the amount is $100.90000000 -- $190 million. president tchi: have begun an analysis of what the actual saar for this past fiscal year compared to what we budgeted. last year? >> we could do that. i do know that in some instances, the funds are spent in a different fiscal year of then in which there were appropriate. we have a large project that may be funded but it takes two years to expand the money. the budget and the expenditure are not necessarily a match but we can provide the total spending to the committee as well. presdienident chiu: the puc's actual was higher than was budgeted and i wanted to get a sense of whether that is the case for other departments. >> it is very likely, the puc and most of the enterprise departments, they do budget in one year even though it might take two or three years to spend the money. it would not necessarily be uncomm

we hoping to better understand the labor department's concerns and see if we could find a way the department could meet its sfont prevent early release of data without the draconian changes it was planning. we now held a series of what i would describe at constructive meetings with labor department officials and staff and the meetings left us optimistic we'll be able to agree on procedures and policies while not perfect and not the status kuo we would prefer would represent a work compromise and allow news organizations to disseminate information from the lockup quickly, reliably and accurately. we're not there yet. we're hoping to complete an agreement in time for the july 6th deadline set by labor. if not we'll ask for a short delay to allow short changes to be implemented in as least destructive way as possible and i want to under score as we discuss other issues and reach agreement on other issues the times is an important issue for us. it's now june 6th. as dan said, the equipment comes oun june 14th and 15th. the new procedure goes in place july 6th, the next unemployment report, hugel

waldron and his department. those who deal with the unsecured borders on a regular basis now must also live in fear of these firearms. the citizens deserve contempt charges to begin. it is contempt for their safety that this was carried out. what is perhaps more discouraging is that the people fail the american people so badly. we are dealing with the department of justice, and the lawyers took an oath to uphold the constitution. from sending congress a false letter to continue stonewalling but continue to believe attorney general eric holder brought this upon himself are refusing to cooperate with congress and i believe content charges are the appropriate way to go forward. i applaud chairman issa in moving this forward. i yield back. >> i would announce to all members, it is the intent of the chair to take a recess upon conclusion of all striking of the last word. with that, does anyone seek recognition? ms. davis -- mr. davis is recognized for five minutes. >> i think it's most unfortunate that the deliberati

the department of justice has challenged common sense voter i.d. laws that require voters to identify themselves before they are allowed to vote. the department of justice recently moved to block implementation of voter i.d. laws enacted by legislators in texas and south carolina. the proposal was based on a similar law passed by the ann legislature which was upheld by the supreme court in 2008. the justice department challenge to the law ignores precedent which affirms a state's right to enact laws to protect integrity of its elections. the department of justice even threatened to sue florida for trying to remove ineligible noncitizens from its voter rolls. why would the department of justice not want states to remove ineligible felons, ineligible noncitizens and the dead from their voter rolls? the administration's actions aren't just wrong, they are arrogant, undemocratic and insult to the rule of law. the administration's disregard for the constitution and rule of law not only undermines our democracy, it threatens our national security. the ju

our next department is the police department's budget. from my understanding, the bulk of the recommendations are the police department's budget. however, there is one of recommendation, i believe, that is related to the occ, and that is on page 39. correct? >> correct. >> supervisor chu: i would like director hicks. to speak to that item. >> good morning. the police department is in agreement with the budget and their recommendations for a nearly $1.9 million cut in one- time and ongoing reductions. this year, just under $1.61 million of on going and one-time costs. next year, again, with the exception he

police department as well. the investment in the public safety of the city is something the city bridge the deserves. -- richly deserves. we are at a very critical level in terms of our staffing. but we have a plan to march forward in the future. supervisor cohen: this is a very serious issue for you. >> yes. i have a very modest staff, but sometimes when we get overworked we can get a little movie. sometimes it takes more to get motivated. i'm curious from your leadership if you have noticed that people are -- i do not want to say -- >> on edge? supervisor cohen: yes, that is a good way to say that appeared on edge, moody, less enthusiastic about coming to work. -- yes, that is a good way to say that. on edge, moody, last enthusiastic about coming to work. >> it is important to come to work and be on your "a" game. having said that, it is difficult to play that role and also try to play the role of a spouse or parent or caregiver at home. for a host of reasons, the more new folks we can get on board, the bette

final department of the day, but also the largest department of public health. >> good afternoon. great to be here for the budget discussion. i do want to recognize the mayor's office. we do not come here with major cuts in our budget because the mayor's office support for the services. that helps us with the beginning of next year. the health-care reform issue will require us to invest in people in our department and in technology. we do have federal requirements. we have been working on that for the last two years. we have received federal dollars for that. we do have revenue challenges in realignment as well as reductions in services. particularly in the hiv area. we also have major capital projects going on with the rebuild of san francisco general hospital. to review on our revenue issues, we have always been pretty aggressive on looking at revenue increases and trying to do our best internally. however, we do have some challenges without. we do have a $42.5 million from the government. we have to earn those dollars to access and quality standards. the hiv and aids area, wher

supervisor chu: given that the department has agreement with the department recommendations, i would recommend we accept the policy recommendation by the budget analysts. i am a big fan of expanding the library hours and would hope the committee would not take the recommendations the we're able to expand the library hours. supervisor cohen: i want to echo your comments, and i also want to say thank you for your commitment, particularly the visitation library. we have seen as a destabilizing force that is forcing nonprofits, largely due to the economic climates that are no longer able to support the community, but the library has been a stabilizing force in supporting not the summer reading programs and summer parents for programs -- summer programs, but also reinforcing educational values that many of the students are receiving throughout the school year. i want to say thank you. i will ago the comments of the chair and will be standing in favor of the hours expansion for the public library. >> let me add the visitation library communities. we're very proud of that. >> thank you. sup

public safety does not just stop with the police department, does not stop with the sheriff's department, but i see adult probation during realignment being a very important partner in our public safety and reentry time that we're living in. i am actually inclined to support the chief on her budget request. i do share the same concerns as supervisor kim, possibly not two cars, but one. but being a partner with you and public safety and a lot of the folks that are coming back to the community are nestled into the southeastern neighborhood. i do feel that sense of urgency. i feel that stress and can see from analysis that the police department is providing me, the stress that it is providing on the community. and i would like to continue to support you and your efforts through your budget request. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, there was one area where there was agreement and that is the attrition savings. do we have a motion to accept that? we will take that without objection. again, the department and the budget analyst did remove the reserve

finally, department language access. we keep close track of the extent of the reach of our partner agencies into our diverse community. so, over half of the clients that we have served our spanish- speaking. the pie chart brings up some of the rest of the language is served by our partner agencies. our staff, among the five on our team, we have mandarin, japanese, and italian capacity. so, i am happy to entertain questions about our department budget. supervisor chu: thank you very much. to the budget analyst, is there anything the you would add to the presentation? ok, thank you for the presentation. given that there are no recommendations, we will not be requiring you to come back. why don't we go to the fire department? >> good afternoon, chairman, members of the budget finance committee. we have approximately 10 slides that we have prepared for our presentation. we would be happy to answer any questions. i wanted to acknowledge my chief financial officer. i also wanted to acknowledge and thank the mayor's budget offi

and as i and understand it, the department -- the department concurs. chairperson chu: if we have no other questions for the department, can we entertain a motion? we will do that without objection. thank you to micki and her team. we will not need you to come back next week. >> thank you pierpont chairperson chu: thank you -- thank you. chairperson chu: thank you. and to the retirement system. >> good morning, supervisors. i am the executive director of the san francisco employees' retirement system. i'm very pleased to be here for you this morning. i prepared a very short presentation. if i could get the overhead, i would appreciate it. we are in concurrence with the budget analyst recommendations regarding our budget this year. the first slide of our presentation gives you a basic indication of the impact of the last two years of pension reform and the -- the proposals that have been approved by city voters and the effect on our department. prior to 2010, we were administering a total of six benefit plans, to each to fire and four other -- two each t

department. we are committed to the partnership with director day to look at brand new positions, position substitutions, to ensure that we provide as much resources as is necessary to develop as well as we can lists in advance. that is the key to all of this. insuring there are hiring lists available when the request to film gets produced. i know we are committed to the department, to ensure that we begin to look towards the future. the second point i want to make, we develop these position-based exams to develop a list. it is pertinent to look at exams that can potentially be read minister so that we can create some ongoing lists. as you know, when somebody applies for an exam -- at a certain point, that list gets stale. people look for other opportunities and get opportunities. our goal is to make sure that there are viable lists always available, and that is the goal of the dhr, to make sure we have all lists available whenever there is a need. we are also resource- constrained, so we want to

the department, the u.s. department of labor led by secretary hilda solis, has unilaterally changed the method by which the media accesses the bureau of labor statistics job data. this unprecedented action has serious freedom of the press implications. let there be no doubt we appreciate the need for simultaneous release of this sensitive information. but that has been accomplished for more than a generation through a procedure that was much more effective, as effective, and more acceptable to the media itself. the abrupt nature of this change coupled with the absence of a clear explanation and a lack of public input raises key questions about who made this decision to implement this change and why? did that individual have the authority of law? as the committee has examined this, this isn't the first time the issue has come up concerning the labor department's reach into the bureau of labor statistics. you'll recall the bureau received $500 million in stimulus funds to train workers for so-called green skill

our next department is the sheriff's department. actually, i am sorry. one other thing -- there was an item that was related to your budget. i believe it is item number 4. it is the police code increased permit and license fee. we will not be taking action on it, but you have a conversation quickly about what it is. and then we can continue the item. >> i am not prepared to speak on that at this time. i thought this was just budget. supervisor chu: it is a piece of legislation trailing with your budget. perhaps the budget office could explain that? it is an increase to am not pren that. supervisor your permit and license fee, item number four. >> i chu: the budget office to respond? >> supervisors, this is a fee associated with trying to get the police department closer to full recovery for part of their commercial parking permit. as well as to make sure the treasured tax collector also has a full cost recovery. in the item, the fees are changing. a number of fees are changing. mostly it is small dollar values. >> [inaudible] >> the primary fee would inc

i know there are a number of departments. we will take about a half an hour break after the city attorney's presentation. supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you. i want to follow up on a couple of questions that supervisor kim raised earlier with regard to code enforcement. you said you increase your code enforcement team. from what? >> this is about 10 years ago, and a double that. i would say it was 95 to six range in we went to 10 to 12. -- i would say it went from the five to six range. and there has to be a referral process. there are certain cases that are coded for some cases that do not have to go through the administrative process, and my office just takes them. there are other cases where you have a notice of violation on a have the ability issue or housing issue that you have to exhaust your administrative remedies before a lawsuit can be filed. so we rely on the department of building writ -- building inspection tour for those cases to us before we can file legation on those cases. that is the law. we have

this would be lost if the department, if lockup participants must use a department provide a standard configuration computer and the department provided internet service provider. and it would be lost without any assurance that the new procedures would materially decrease the probability of premature leaks. they can make and argue that it would increase the difficulties with the dissemination of the data. because of these concerns, we joined with three other news organizations, number, "the associated press" and dow jones, and requesting a meeting with the white house to voice opposition to the april 10 announce the. we are also hoping to better understand the labor department's concern, to see if we could find a way the department could meet its responsibility to prevent early release updated without the draconian changes it was planning. we have now held a series of what i would describe as destructive meets with labor department officials and staff. those meetings have left us optimistic. while not perfect have not the status quo we would prefer, what anarchy represent a work confl

the general services agency oversees the department of technology, the department of public works, the ethnic services department and the city administrator's office. i will just talk about the city administrative services office today as he will get presentations from the department of technology and the department of public works later on. i want to go over quickly -- exxon quickly as i can the -- as quickly as i can with these departments over the next few years. the budgets are basically static because of the rising health- care costs. particularly our finance functions have gone through a major change this year. we have merge those luncheons with the city administrator's office and the department of technology. -- of those functions with the city administrator's office and the department of technology. as you heard earlier, we have over on the left-hand part of the chart, the community tv division following the do -- the redevelopment merge from the hearing earlier today about that. they have an increase in their facilities renewal budget about $1.2 million. the medical examiner's

>> we do have to who are in the department of an barman. we just promoted one to a leader who is leading the environment now team. supervisor cohen: what is the criteria that you use to evaluate will be accepted into the program? >> we work with quite a few nonprofits that do the kind of work we do in that community. we have close partnerships with goodwill, the san francisco conservation corps, we work with a lot of development programs where they have maybe six or eight week program and provide an opportunity for participants to do a two-year stint with us. it's a much longer opportunity. we work with a lot of partners and that's the main way we have been recruiting. >>supervisor cohen: these are paid positions? >> yes. i believe the hourly rate is $14 an hour. supervisor cohen: this is 18-24? >> not all of them, but many of them. supervisor cohen: is there an age limit? >> there is not an age limit. the department of the environment has 30 staff whose primary responsibility is an outreach. 90% of our outreach staff are bilingual. they sp