back to the department. we had very public and open process in terms of where we engage significantly across the community. lot of issues and concerns were identified. this culminated in a report, 272. recommendations, october of 2016. our members of the team here today supported that process. it was one that was owned, driven and reported by the department of justice. you all know, that once that report was published and you started to work on the implementation, in the summer of 2017 we start to saw little bit wobble on that. in september of 2017, the u.s. department of justice withdrew from the program. again, to the credit of this commission the city and department you recognized have been forward-leaning. you made commitment to our residents and you are also putting yourselves out there in terms of being able to drive through the reform that was recommended by the department of justice. also within that context, i'm here to give you the larger picture, the department of justice brought with it financial

department, the justice department. the justice department would come in and do a top to bottom review of the police department. that occurred. they hired, as a subject matter expert, hillard hines, a private company. they came in and did the audit with the police department. the u.s. justice department eventually backed out of the relationship after the change in the president administration. the city of san francisco went to the state attorney general's office and the state attorney general's office stepped into where the u.s. justice department had been and the san francisco police department also retained hillard hines to continue their work in reviewing the audit that was done and basically the 272 recommendations that were made in which the city committed to implement. which we have been in the process of doing for the last two plus years. so, we're at some mid point now where we're ready for an interim report. i think hillard hines will release an interim report in a couple of weeks. i've asked the department and

>> similar to the fire department. every time we have to get gas we have to check in with the mileage and it's checked in via chip and logged each time we get gas. >> commissioner: is there a quarterly report that is produced for the chief's review? >> we would do have a report that has mileage and maintenance from central shops. that would have all the mileage of the cars. >> commissioner: you have the reports so if we were to request reports have you them for the last couple years? >> we could obtain the mileage reports, yes. >> commissioner: do you also feel the admin code is outdated and doesn't truly reflect the department's needs? >> i do in that we have expanded our roles since twrou2004. we have different roles necessitate response in after hours. any other questions from colleagues? seeing none, thank you very much, chief. is the public defender here? >> commissioner: sheriff's department? do you think this reflects the needs at the sheriff's department? >> no, we need more in the admin code. right now of 24 t

now onto my fire department family.ave had the absolute honor, privilege and good fortune of serving in the san francisco fire department for over 25 years. i came in as a firefighter, promoted to firefighter paramedic, lieutenant, captain, battalion chief, and deputy chief. to my brother and sister firefighters, e.m.t.s and paramedics, i say to all of you, i have sat where you sit, i have an understanding of and an appreciation for what you do each and every day. i thank you for doing the work you do and for the sacrifices you make. i am so grateful that we get to do this together. thank you. [applause] >> there is no crying in baseball, all right? no crying. the san francisco fire department is unique in any -- in many ways. we work in a one-of-a-kind city of densely constructed wood buildings on hillsides. we fight fires in our own way and do a darn good job of it. we do the second-most dense city population in the country, second only to new york. that brings its own challenges. we have the most diverse department i

the sheriff's department.i know you've been working hard on overtime and can probably give me a dissertation on overtime. it's been the bane of your job because the staffing has been an issue is that correct? >> when you add 1,015 employees after the previous number was a 1% decrease but our work load has increased 13% roughly. they're mandates or service requests we have service requests providing security services at places like city hall. we have been filling that spot with overtime. we would very much like to reduce our overtime department wide. our overtime is about 20% of total hours but within the dsa work group and if we look at the schedule overtime makes up 28% of that. we're making progress with comp time. the city established a cap one the city interpreted to be part of the mou but it was lifted and the comp time doubled in the few pay periods following the lifting of the cap. i believe it's going to stay lifted. with regard to exemption, we have aapplied -- applied for it every year and we have ap

-- department club. i want to thank them for their support and advocacy. i wanted to acknowledge all of those organizations that have been supportive of the legislation. i would like to speak to the seven amendments. the first one at page 6, lines four through seven. that was a suggestion of supervisor yee that refines the existing language around the definition of what is a protected class. the second amendment is a nonsubstantive reference to a subsection. the third amendment is to extend the time for compliance from 120 days to 180 days which was a request from supervisor stefani and police chief bill scott. the fourth amendment -- amendment at supervisor stefani and the p.d.'s request allows departments to continue use of surveillance technology pending board of supervisors consideration of a surveillance technology policy. amendment five, at the request of the committee on information technology will now have discretion to extend the deadline for compliance in a 90 day increments as opposed to the c

so again, on behalf of myself and the department of justice, thank you for your service. we knowd you farewell, this is not really goodbye. you'll always be a friend to me and a friend to the department of justice. \[applause] thank you. so another tradition at the department when a deputy attorney general steps down is to present him with an american flag that has been flown over the main justice building. and so on behalf of your friends and colleagues at the department, it is my honor to present this flag to you. \[applause] >> i believe we have a special presentation, if we can dim the lights.

that is the one thing about having a separate benefit from the department department so these are not department clinicians that are seen by their own providers, so it keeps the confidentiality. >> really quick, i wanted to echo my fellow commissioners in saying thank you, thank you for the work you do. this is something that came up and was heavy on community's hearts as we going through our appointment process. one question that i had, just looking at the 33%, are there conversations or talks about actually enhancing the program to have more officers and chaplains involved to be able to provide these services? >> certainly that's why the community -- the model of the dod -- d.o.j. best practice model is to have chaplains for the community and chaplains from -- for law enforcement. the idea is to grow that so we can have more of these folks keeping an eye on officers and reporting back to us. we are seeing an officer that you should follow up on. that is part of having the eyes and the ears in the field. i think, you know, we know it has grown, and i think it's just because we are ge

the commission investigates the department. dpa investigates complaints that are brought to their attention. >> chief scott. >> i just want to speak on a couple issues. i would ask commander walsh who has been deeply involved in this process as well. just for commissioner elias, one thing i want to clarify is, these are dpa investigations so they have to forward them to the department. these aren't -- there's two issues. one is concurrent investigation and the other one, the first part of number six, completed dpa investigations, non concurrent. we have the dpa recommendation for me to be able to make a decision, and that is, i don't think, the issue here. the issue is on the concurrent investigation. commander walsh that's been involved. i want him to clarify a few things. >> thank you. this is a really small subset of investigations where the public makes a complaint and the chief at the same time says, i need to know what happened. so, for instance, we may get a viral video that goes out. dpa needs a complaint to start that

the fire department has been a great fit for her. has gotten deep meaning and joy out of her work as a member of s.f. sd. so she looks for values in other ways too. she also has pets that are rescue animals. she has both cats and dogs, and they seem to get along well under her leadership. which may be due to her focus on teamwork, which is present in all aspects of her life. finally, her nieces and nephews think she is the coolest aunt ever. she seems to know the right thing to say and do when their parents do not, but she doesn't appreciate, and she isn't so cool that she indulges the breaches of the safety rules, i'm still a bit better that she did not allow my son, and let's be honest, me, to pull myself down the fire pole at the new station. however, the cool factor is undeniable and does not need my elaboration. i was told to make this sort, so i will some up. her personal qualities, including her tenacity and determination, which she gets largely, although not exclusively from our mom, and her tremendous heart and empathy , whi

the department and u.s.neys offices, our staff is skilled and principled leaders devoted to the values that make america great. it is such a privilege to succeed you as united states attorney for the district of maryland. you advised me that the most important thing i can do is to hire good people. i followed that advice. one of my favorite things to do is to welcome new hires to the office on their first day and share with them my thoughts on the importance of safeguarding the reputation for integrity and administering the oath of office. i know that it is familiar to you as you administered it to many. you have sworn the oath many times yourself. swearing an oath is no small thing. it forces us to slow down and mark with solemnity a significant challenge we are about to take on. we do not swear to do easy things. they are about serious things that require real fortitude and commitment. entering the military service, testifying in court, beginning a marriage, becoming a police officer. it is fitting that we

and the police department and the sheriff and the fire department. (please stand by). -- we like to use the acronym dime, improve, meet and ensure services for all individuals that are exposed to the streets or live in conditions on the streets. the first area of the goal that we like to emphasize is that there is an agreement between the four partners to deliver a coordinated, to deliver coordinated city services to effectively address encampments, hot spots and quality of life issues, and the second goal, behavioral health of individuals on the streets and that's an emphasis that's been closely looked at a lot more in the last 6 to 8 months. just because when we look at the issues on the street, as many of you know, we need to be looking at what type of behaviors and what type of health needs are needed in order to deal with the issues of homelessness or any of the issues of encampmentes, and ensuring san francisco streets are safe and clean while improving the response to resident concerns. so, how does it work? we wanted to quickly highlight. typ

and how does your department interface with nert, which is the fire department. >> yeah, so we provide -- so nert actually has been part of our team in different deployments, especially during care and shelter exercises. >> what is that? >> when we are exercising our ability to execute mass sheltering that may be needed after an emergency. >> shelter in place? >> not shelter in place, but where folks are displaced from their homes due to flooding or an earthquake, and they would need a place to be sheltered after fires and that sort of thing. nert is a key partner in not only community preparedness but community response. so, we really depend on the nert teams to be those boots on the ground within neighborhoods, to be able to provide first response before the first responders can get there. >> okay. well, thank you very much. >> you're welcome, and just to put it out there, we are constantly, and i would now say encouraging everyone who can to sign up for nert and go through the training. building that team of nert volunteers is so important, so we definitely encourage folks to look i

and the police department. i would also like, with respect to that protocol process, that the city attorney will be drafting, there should be a definition or a process of more detail with respect to what the threat assessment is, and what the agency will be doing when it makes the threat assessment and how those procedures will be in place. i do want a more thorough analysis with respect to the protocol process that the city attorney will be drafting, and secondly, with putting it on the agenda and putting it on the calendar, i want us to be more brown to the -- brought to the unity can come in voicing concerns on the entire 1421 process, whether it be the protocol that we have drafted, or our compliance or noncompliance however, they view it, or how they characterize it. >> i would ask then that we put this on the agenda so we can see what the department has agreed to and we can discuss it and part of that discussion would include where it is in the meet and confer process. >> i think we were told it is out, i

that's about half the department. of that half, not all of those individuals were in patrol, so under the best scenario, if we were to roll it out to everybody that's in training would be half the department. don't plan to it all at once. it will be phased in. the plan is phase it in, and funding has a lot to do with that as well. >> i understand you finalizing the policy. next time we can have something in writing, but you were going too fast for me to take notes. >> no worries. and intended to be a status update. you asked for a status update. a lot is still in process so it's hard to give you a final project when it's still in process. >> appreciate that. i want to talk about the o.i.s., m.o.u., officer-involved shooting with the district attorney. when we first got word that was going to happen, we asked a lot of questions. i'm just, and we were told we were in process and i have seen the interview where he said it was dragging on and a long time. so, i guess -- i didn't realize it was signed. i was hoping we woul

to the department of public health and planning department. both departments determined this application complies the with article 25. public works issued a approval and post notice of of this approval per article 25 section 1512. following the hearing the director of public works approved the permits and notice of determination was distributed to the public. specifically, we mailed notices to protesters and neighborhood groups. >> thank you. mr. sanchez, anything to add? commissioners this matter is submitted. >> commissioner tanner: you have not heard anything that would enable me to grant the appeal. >> commissioner lazarus: i agree. >> commissioner tanner: it was considered and issued. it's important for of the public to understand that we have limited discretion in these matters. the federal government and the state government have worked to create a framework under which we have to operate and public works planning created local policies. we have limited discretion in these matters in regards to esthetics and health concerns and that we

the special counsel's office is part of the department of justice. as part of regulation, it was bound by that policy. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. the department's written opinion explaining the policy makes several important points that further informed our handling of the obstruction investigation. summarize s are indeed our report and i will them for you.f first, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting president because it is important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available. among other things, that evidence could be used if they were co-conspirators who could be charged now. the opinions says the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. beyond department policy, it would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge. that was justice department policy. those were the principles under which we o

all the departments below the line exceed the admin code and for most they're nine departments. seven are not allocated any vehicles in the admin code and two are allocated vehicles but the actual number exceeds the admin code. so the other thing is when we look at assignments, most are not specific to the issue of public safety or emergency response. and this is a summary of the departments who have vehicles in excess of the add min code. as you look at this, for instance, many of the departments define the take-home vehicles their responsibility and didn't consider it unreasonable if a department head or deputy head needs to be concerned with what happens 24 hours a day. some defined their need to be in emergency response. you'll see several of these have what we call canine which is basically police dog, sheriff dogs. the vehicle is specially designed for transporting the dog so that didn't seem so particularly unusual. there were others we had questions about. some were well, with fire 30 staff take the vehicles home and garage them at home. that's allowed in the admin code

the department is heading in the wrong direction. in response to our latest good faith offer, the department abruptly announced that if we move forward today it will ask president trump to invoke what on all the materials subject to our subpoena. just minutes ago, it took that dramatic step. besides misapplying the doctrine of executive privilege, since the white house waived these privileges long ago and the department seemed open to sharing these materials with us just yesterday, this decision represents a clear escalation and the trump administration's blanket defiance of congress constitutionally mandated duties. i hope that the department will think better of this last-minute outburst and return to negotiations. as a co-equal branch of government, we must have access to the materials that we need to fulfill our constitutional responsibilities in a manner consistent with past precedent. this is information we are able to receive and constitutionally obligated to review. i would remind the members that the mueller report is no ord

more than 20 departments have an oversight commission from the fire department to the rec and park department to the san francisco public library. the department of homelessness which oversees the response to homelessness, which most agree is among the top priorities, lacks a consistent venue for gathering input, discussing departmental policies and budget plans. the only avenue for homeless individuals and service providers to help inform the policies, programs and priorities of the department of homelessness is through a patchwork of committees that loosely advise the department in nonbinding ways. the local homelessness coordinating board. these existing bodies are advisory in nature, only provide input in limited areas and lack the formal authority to ensure meaningful oversight over the department's activities. having a patchwork of nonbinding committees and relying on one-off community meetings, meetings with service providers is slowing us down in doing the important work of solving homelessness. right now, the department's policy making approach lacks a formal venue for policy making.

so an attorney representing a department or advising a department should be working with that department head or department reps to figure out a division of responsibility. it is about what we are tracking , what they are tracking some departments putting many of the departments in and they have staff who specifically spend a lot of time tracking changes in state law. based on in terms of the departments i work with, for example, if there is a change to public meetings or public record laws, i am responsible for informing the clerk and tracking that. i also work with the department of elections downstairs. they have staff who regularly, all the time, are tracking changes in state law regarding their operations. we do that, too, but it tends to be their primary responsibility, and that is just something we worked out between our office and the department client based on their individual needs. with d.p.w., i believe there is a mix. d.p.w. does also is of things. for example, they are on telecom and utility matters. we still have an attorney who closely tracks all changes in the regulatory

justice department. you're getting new information, i understand, on what this statement -- the first public comments from the special counsel -- are about. >> reporter: well, jim, we're told that the statement will be substantial. what exactly it will say, how far it will go, whether it will go into the reports' conclusions or whether it will go into mueller's perception of how the attorney general depicted those conclusions in that controversial four-page memorandum, all of that remains to be seen. but i am told that it will be substantial, so it will be a substantiative statement. it will not be just a two-minute good-bye. he is not taking questions, though, however. and so it is important to note, there will be no back and forth with reporters. it will only be mueller up there making a statement. i'm also told that the attorney general, bill barr, who is actually traveling right now in alaska, he did receive a heads up about this. i know that was a question that you had for me in the last hour. just

we have them with the police department, with the department of elections, department of homelessness now, as you have read about, we got to open our second navigation centre on port property. recreation and park, all of which include, by the way, payment of rent. it is not singling you out. >> we also have a work order with you for our fireboat staffing and dry docking and all that stuff, which is separate from this. anyways, i am in support of this moving forward, and thank you again for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. at this time, commissioner freeman. >> thank you very much for your presentation. i have a couple of questions. how do you establish the market rate rent? >> that is a good question. one thing that we do is every year, the port commission approves a parameter rent rate. these are rental rates for different types of port properties where if the rent charged falls within these narrow bands for these different types of property, then it doesn't need to go back specifically to the port commission, it is already approved. so that was one of the reasons wh

i look forward to hearing the information from the san francisco police department and the department of emergency management so that we can get to the bottom of this incident and ensure that our immigrant and non-english speaking victims report crimes and have confidence in our emergency services. thank you. >> thank you. i appreciate that. i just want to add a couple of things. i think what i would like to do is if we can, i think it would be helpful to have the department speak, but i also want to give the time, i think there's only a few people here to speak in terms of public comment. it might be helpful to go to public comment and allow the departments to do the presentation. did you want to say something? >> i want to reiterate everything that my colleagues have said, because also in inner sunset, i have had many people coming to my office and myself and saying that they are scared now. they are nervous that if something happens there will not be a response because they feel like the language barrier is there. i definitely want to make sure that we let everyone know that we hea

department and with other departments. then you know, looking at e.m.s. and our call volume and what we can do to help the mayor meet, meet the priorities of this administration, in terms of homelessness and opioid use. last, but not least, thank you all for attending the swearing in ceremony the other day. it was really a wonderful experience for myself and my family. i'm really heartened by all the support that i have gotten. we just want to keep this train rolling along, so we're back to work. thank you. >> thank you very much chief nicholson. at this point i'll call for public comment on chief nicholson's report. any member of the public that wish to give public comment, please approach the podium at this point. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, would you like to give a question or a comment with chief nicholson's report or would you like to wait? vice president covington. >> thank you mr. president and thank you chief nicholson on your maiden voyage. >> probably a better term, i apologize. >> no ne

department of education 40 years ago. then congress vowed that the move would, quote, not increase the authority of the federal government over education or diminish the responsibility for education, which is reserved to the states. and i'll add communities and parents. yet over the past 40 years, federal taxpayer spending on education has increased about 180%, amounting to over $1.2 trillion cumulatively, and we're still 24th in reading, 25th in science, and 40th in math when compared to the rest of the world. doing the same thing and more of it won't bring about new results. a great education shouldn't be determined by where you live, nor by who you know. it shouldn't be determined by family income, and education shouldn't be an old-school, one size fits all approach. that's why i propose something different, freedom. this administration focuses on freedom for teachers, freedom for parents, and freedom for all students. because we recognize each is a unique individual and each should be treated as such. every child shou