is the health department keeping record or the planning department keeping record? >> i would guess that they would both have some measure of record keeping. whether they could share that record keeping, i can ask the department. but i believe planning would have a record of anybody that, you know, any referral that would be tied to the address just like the department of public health would. i think it would be both. >> can the public health department share the information with the planning? >> that's exactly what's happening here. public health is sharing information with planning. planning is checking it to make sure it matches the planning code. that's why there's a fee. >> so, they will share it. >> they're sharing information. then should they not charge the fee?

is the health department keeping record or the planning department keeping record? >> i would guess that they would both have some measure of record keeping. whether they could share that record keeping, i can ask the department. but i believe planning would have a record of anybody that, you know, any referral that would be tied to the address just l

department to other departments in this country, this is a very progressive forward looking police department. this is the department whose chief of police when stopped and frisked came up publically and immediately who said stop and frisk isn't appropriate. he came up and disagreed with the mayor on that that's the kind of department we have. to suggest that this police department is going to all of a sudden morph itself into a department that engages in a maliciousen for thement en n enforcement, i respect their position. this is a piece of legislation that will help us reduce vandalism in the park. we need more patrol officers and we need better resources in our police department and park control. this is not some sort of global solution, but it will have a positive impact. thank you. >> supervisor campos. >> i want to talk a little bit about that because i think if there is one thing that i completely agree with supervisor wiener is the fact that we do have an incredible police department. i think we have the best police department in the country. but i can tell you that i actually think

what we do with the department with the puc and department of public health, they are large departments demand recent months puc has been dealing with the disasters with the rim fire and the payroll has to be negotiated along with our union. >> they are just informing that there is another committee that is going to be to havecovered at 2:00. we are going to have to kick it into high gear. >> let's flip to a couple sides. they have asked the departments to come speak about several recommendations that have not been implemented and what they are doing. so forth and on to their department. how about if we go there? >> that sounds good. >> okay. okay. so we are going to look at highlights from our 2004 report and that report hat 28 recommendations. the audit found that leasing 6 parking garages to non-profit corporations was unnecessarily costly and had several recommendations to improve the department's management of those garage leases. two recommendations remain open in that subject matter. the audit found that the department needed to do more to ensure that it would comply with the req

us on the budget committee will be looking at some of the recommendation and another one is the department of children, youth and families, and is being requested to work with the community based groups and many of them that spoke today to develop the plans to expand the number of sponsors to the snacks to the youth in san francisco and to report back by march of 2014, and i am glad that okeefe who all three of us have worked with has been here and the coordination with the school district and many community based programs is really critical. but i think that my eyes have been and my stomach have been opened up in a lot of ways to a lot of the comments, and i think that innovative ideas on the eseros and the working kitchens and the wiring and a key goal and we need to look carefully at a lot of the suggestions and the suggestions of new concepts like food gentrification, or the food used as an economic development tool that can provide the jobs and better access and roof gardens, in many of the hotels and the strong coalition building among the leaders has been really inspiring. and from

i want to security commitment from the sheriff's department. supervisor avalos. >> thank you. i appreciate that question. there were a number of ways to support inmates in the jail system and it seemed like there's not unify effort applied to that. brooe from the sheriff's department was hero we made a request to put forth the fund to reduce the cost of the calls but there wasn't a commitment. i would submit a greater push for real commitment on behalf of the sheriff's department to lower the cost of calls. so if we want to continue legislation i'd be happy to do that >> mr. controller. >> supervisors ben rolling fold. it's in the privy of the board to continue the contract important that discussion. that kind of agreement with the sheriff's department is with the appropriation of the fund balance and ultimately the board of supervisors makes the final decision. so when that proimths come down forward the pot the sheriff's department will propose how to spend that money and the board can a attach conditions to it. so if the appropriation come forward in next year's budget that

this culminated in a department bulletin and that has expired and so miss marian did work with the department on renewing that department bulletin and as i understand it is in concurrence. that concludes my report. >> thanks very much . you being down four investigators is causing us some concern so i think we need to address that. >> thank you for a very thorough series of reports and commissioner raises a good point, the vacant positions are raising concerns. if i understand correctly, you don't think you'll be able to fill those positions which is july 2014? >> this is correct, and the reason being, it's a structural deficit. it is not uncommon for city departments. i was told by the budget analyst that, for example, the police department is holding 100 positions open and even though positions are identified in the budget and the budget appears to fund those positions because there is an attrition factor, as well as a step adjustment factor, it causes a budget to not be able to fund all of its positions. what i have at the office of citizen complaints is -- it's called step adjustment that

so, the planning department will get the referral from the department of public health and make sure that it matches what the zoning is. and, so, because planning has an involvement in it, that's what they've calculated their fee to be. there's not really -- we don't really see an alternative for planning not having that referral. i do expect them to be here soon and they might be able to elaborate a little bit more, but at the most basic level, it's a planning code issue. cottage food is defined in the planning code. planning has to, has to review it. and, so, that's why there's a fee. >> are there any other zoning fees for other home-based businesses in san francisco? >> this would be the first -- this would be the first allowance of something like -- exactly like this out of a -- it's in the planning code to my understanding. i don't know that there's anything comparable, but the planning department does make -- does look at, you know, whether a particular use matches a planning code all the time. there are charges and fees associated with that. so, it's not unprecedented in that

so you can donate things for free for other departments to use and saves money and departments that need something can go to the virtual warehouse first to see if there is a desk and a filing cabinet or a chair and they can get it for free by picking up those items from the donating department. >> so, what is recyclable in san francisco? well, bottle and cans, glass, colors, and even the lids alum um cans, and tin cans and even foil. people ask do i need to wash it? empty it out and give it a rinse, clean paper, and that is glossy paper and white paper and cardboard and things like phone books or envelopes even if there there is a window or a metal. plastics are confusing because there are a lot of plastics, don't look at the number any more, don't look for the symbol on the bottom of the container, ignore that altogether. the best way to know if it is recyclable is if it is not a film such as a bag wrapper, you can actually recycle it. if it is a hard plastic such as a bolts or a tub or your plastic coffee lid put it in your blue bin, material is taken to pier 96 in san francisco a

and it goes down throughout a department.listen today, you will hear stories of fabulous individuals. and you will say, wow, what is that san francisco department doing? it's not just them, look to yourselves because those values began with all of you. family and friends and those who love our officers. and thank you for being here today. it's my privilege to preside over the process to select these officers. and i look forward to the presentations by each of the captains. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, vice president turman and thank you president mazzucco. i understand that the mayor is on a tight schedule. i would like the mayor to come up and say a few words, please. thank you. >> thank you officer monroe. good evening everyone, this is a really happy occasion. and i did when chief suhr notified me that this would be happening, i wanted to make sure that i put time in to come before you for a brief moment. and to share my appreciation to the police force. to commissioners, the president mazzucco, and to the entire co

as far as current events also in the department, department command staff, the mayor and the fire department command staff marched together on veteran's day to recognize our -- those that have been in the armed services, which is a big honor for us. today i was at the alameda oes for the zone two meeting with the attorney general. she actually recognized the department for some of the progress we made in the area of technology and the justice mobile act and the smart phones and /aeu nouned there'll be a new initiative coming out that the attorney general hopes will join all counties in california for shared regional information sharing, which is something people have been talking about, a bit of a holy grail since 9-1-1. also, the san francisco police department was recognized, officer /phab lo for their efforted during the saving of the elderly woman at the fire. they were recognized with an attorney general's award, which was a nice thing to do since all those other law enforcement agents were present. the thing that everything keeps asking me about in light of all the other great work the

>> he is the victim of a crime with our department. >> the sheriff's department began investigating immediately following the shootings and stabbing at aldon smith's party. an investigation that spanned 15 months. during that time behind this gate on a saturday this past june, an event at the sheriff's shooting range. to raise money for the sheriff's advisory board. >> did you see aldon smith there? >> yes. >> did you interact with him? >> i may have talked to him. >> did he ride in your helicopter that day? >> yes. >> shooting rifle, a helicopter ride and socializing with the sheriff and members of her department. >> there are some in your department that say that's a conflict of interest. >> why? why? >> because his party, he may have been under investigation by your department. >> why do you say he's under investigation? he's a victim of that. at his house. >> a curious response, because just two days after that interview, 15 months after her department started its investigation, the district attorney filed criminal charge against aldon smith, labelled a defendant, charged with three counts

the fire department as a lot to do with fire escapes in san francisco. we have tens of thousands of fire escapes in san francisco. it's sort of like utility wires, until you start looking for them. you don't even see them. today we're going to look at them and for them and talk a little bit about what they are there for and how they should be maintained. what our standards are. so we are right here in front of building services office at 1660 mission street. we have one of many buildings served by fire escapes. they are typically used when there's a required means of existing or egressfrom the building. this building has a main stairway and all these fire escapes. i don't know about the backside. it probably has more exits that would be typically required to have. >> typically fire escapes are the second. the first is for existing buildings. my guess is the building has been broken up. that's why they add more than one fire escape. >> and in fact one of basis of the building code is to get people how the. how do you get people out safely? >> right and th

of technology and department heads that represent major service areas as well as i want to make sure to thank j.naf, our city's chief innovation officer as well as [inaudible] from my office who's been working hard for many of the members of the entrepreneurial members out there, not only here in san francisco but also nationwide, we have in front of us an opportunity to cement san francisco standing as national open data lead and her can continue to push forward the bar to create better outcomes and results here in san francisco as a result of passing this ordinance. i would be happy to take any actions and i hope to have your support today. >> thank you, supervisor farrell, i would like to ask a question of the timeline, just for clarification, when i looked at the amendments on there, so you want to change the first item which says [inaudible] >> chief data officer. >> okay, and then the next thing is this 3 month, the city department shall designate department data coordinators, would that remain the same or would that push it down a little bit since we don't know if we have the

partnering with the police department, there were 54 police departments and we were serving as a key contact for the city departments during that whole operation. it looks initially that our costs were north of $700,000 for that period. so very costly for us for the first time, i believe it was $450,000, so we're looking to seek reimburse with that. not clear what that process is or what the likely hood is. we'll try to recover those funds. my main point is i guess, i think we really stood up and made it as painless as possible, although there was pain with that strike, but i want to acknowledge the staff -- from the bus operators to the fair operators and maintenance mechanics to make sure that the trains got out. they had a difficult time getting to work because of everybody else in the bay area, but they were here and serving our public and doing it well. the supervisors some managers throughout operations of the mta also. a lot of folks working long shifts and hours to make it happen. so i want to commend everybody involved with that effort and hopefully we won't be doing that ag

we just got the nod from the department. and this brings up a question. is -- i don't recall whether the occ, if that's happening. does that happen in tandem or whether that's separate, the capital, you know, items for the occ. do you do your requests at the same time of year and same process? for some reason it didn't come up in this whole scheme. >> the o cc doesn't have a capital budget so that's why it didn't come up. >> so it's just a couple of cars essentially. i don't know, maybe that doesn't -- automobiles don't fall under capital. >> i don't know, commissioner kingsly, but... >> you don't have a separate budget, everything's in your operating budget? >> everything is in the operating budget. >> thank you for helping me. >> i suspected it as we were moving in that direction, but that makes sense. thank you director. >> thank you, commissioner terman. >> i would like to say we cover as a commission a great many items. i am, by and large, proud of the work we do here, but we don't do it alone. we do it with great support and help of the commission s

-- helm of the department? >> yes, sir. >> you said one of your priorities if confirmed is to possibleor the dhs's new responsibilities if reform becomes law. however, many of us have questions about whether dhs is effectively managing its current responsibilities in upholding our nation's immigration laws. we you commit to reviewing the status of dhs's order security and enforcement programs? >> yes. >> and specifically -- report to us in a reasonable time. i know you will be loaded, some 90 days to six months -- will you give us your word you will give us your assessment on that? >> yes, sir. >> the other thing -- i am impressed with your background in the field of law and national therity and your time at pentagon. i know you're getting up to speed on homeland security issues. as he prepared for this hearing, and did you attend to fight any programs you think were unnecessary within the department -- did you would tend to fight any programs you think were unnecessary within the department? >> i have some que

and most of those we get called out through the fire department sometimes the police department sometimes the dpw. there is no penalties for those. we issue a notice of violation, usually unsafe building. a lot of them we call unsafe building because the car goes into a building and it takes out three or four studs and it is more of a fix it ticket and so there are the three notices. in the building code, it or how that is how we assess them. and on the third floor, where the

>> wouldn't our department have the authority to say whether there were changes or not? >> and if we say that there were no changes, why do we have to send it back? why can't we just keep it? >> commissioner melgar? >> i get that, that is the point. but, we, but it is since we are the building inspection department, we are perfectly capable and our staff is perfectly capable of assessing if a change to the building, is happening, actually i think that we are more capable than the planning department to do that. in the instance where there are, then it is totally appropriate to send it back to planning but the bulk of the permits that don't have that, why are we farming that off to planning? it seems that it is actually our jurisdiction? >> commissioner walker and then, you have to field three questions. >> so, i think that there can be challenges to a permit, even going through our department, being built as applied for. and in which case there are not necessarily changes, and it is just determinations in our department in buildings, like, you know, where lights, or wher

the department of homeland security. but out of deference as they seem the senior senator from new jersey walk in, was instructed me to continue, so i shall do -- i shall do what i'm told. >> he's on our role. you don't want to stop them. welcome, senator menendez spent i know all the senators here have seen many of my letters urging the senate confirmation of jeh johnson. they were pinned not only by me but by many others, many of the most respected men and women in the military and intelligence community. i'm thrilled as a people like former chairman of the joint chiefs, mike mullen, former secretary of defense bob gates, and three previous dhs secretaries, tom ridge, michael chertoff and janet napolitano. those letters reflect the respect and admiration of people who worked long hours with jerry offered on difficult and very complex issues. -- with jerry. comes from america's police organizations. they say something really important about jeh. i may be new to the senate but as mayor i know that there are difficult iss

every single employee of the department has received one. we received 100 percent compliance for training for correctional requirements for one staff. that is extremely difficult to do. implemented and risk and needs assess many. -- assessment and using based practices. we developed risked base policies and currently upgraded to a new electronic management system that will replace the old one. all of these reforms have resulted in 2013 in july received the award for the american probation award which is as far as you can come from where we started out so many years ago with all the of these deficiencies. the city has realized the significant return on this investment. >> okay. two more. in 2013 the completion rate of 78 percent. 51 percent of our clients are ab 109 clients are completing their 12-month supervision satisfactory. the average jail population has decreased by 35 percent from 1954 to 1267 during the time of realignment with over 700 individuals having been realigned. the average population is a $35 million annual reduction to the

and most of those we get called out through the fire department sometimes the police department sometimes the dpw. there is no penalties for those. we issue a notice of violation, usually unsafe building. a lot of them we call unsafe building because the car goes into a building and it takes out three or four studs and it is more of a fix it ticket and so there are the three notices. in the building code, it or how that is how we assess them. and on the third floor, where the building, plumbing and electrical, they, issue a notice of violation and the building code does not give any specific time to, like, for instance, you put in the inlaw, or you put in the three windows and you must have a permit in 30 days it does not do that and we give them reasonable time and the reason that we do that it is so vast that it could be someone built a building without a permit and not going to get one for two years or if you do a demolition, you could be in planning for the next three or four years. if you do work to historical building and you alter it, you might never get a permit and as a matter of

and we work with the police department in that effort, but i would not comment on the police department's position. >> so you wouldn't challenge that statement today? >> i don't think that's my purview, no. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you for your presentation. okay. well, let's go back to the civil grand jury for closing remarks. good morning, thank you. >> good morning, my name is suzanne tucker. i also served on the commission on the golden gate issue with homeless. one it is already illegal to sleep in the park. second, we heard from multiple people that no good things happen in the park at night. i think what the park department is asking for in that particular legislation is something that is more clear as it relates to the hours when it is not legal to be in the park. there is another very very important issue that seems to have gotten missed and that is in general, there are two types of homeless in the park. there are what we will generally call older homeless who believe it's their right to live in the park. these are the moren entrenched, they know the park, they live in the p

>> he is a victim of a crime with our department. >> the sheriff's department began investigating immediately following the shootings and stabbing at aldon smith's party an investigation that spanned 15 months. during that time behind this gate on a saturday this past june an event at the sheriff's shooting range to raise money for the sheriff's advisory board. >> so aldon smith was at your range. >> yes. >> did he shoot the sheriff department's guns? >> probably. >> some of the 49ers including aldon smith was invited to the range to shoot high powered weapons. >> did you see aldon smith there? >> i saw him there. >> did you interact with him? >> i'm not sure if i talked to him. >> deride in your helicopter that day >> yes. >> a day of shooting rifles helicopter ride and socializing with the sheriff and members of her department. there are some in your department that say that's a conflict ever interest. >> why? >> because his party, he may have been under investigation by your department. >> why do you say he's under investigation. and he was victim of that at his house. >> a curious respons