in the justice department this is 30 minutes. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] good afternoon. it is nice to see some of you here in the great hall and to be able to connect with all of you virtually today. my first day as attorney general i spoke with all of you more than 115,000 employees of the department of justice for the first time. today i've brought us all together again for two reasons. first and foremost, to thank you. thank you for the work you yhave done. not just over the last ten months over the past several years. work that you have done in the face of unprecedented challenges ranging from an unprecedented deadly pandemic to an unprecedented attack on our democracy. thank you for your service, for your sacrifice, for your dedication. i am honored to serveal alongside you. and second, as we begin a new year end prepared to mark a solemn anniversary tomorrow, it is a fitting time to reaffirm that we, at the department of justice, will do everything in our power to defend the american people

the answer from the department of justice was shameful. you said, the department is dedicating resources commensurate with the significance of these events. i guess significance means the a political benefit to the biden white house. there are a great many americans who are deeply concerned about the politicization of the department of justice under president joe biden. it has been 218 days since we sent you that letter. doj refused to answer the letter. when senator lee and i ask you about it, your answer to every damn question is i don't know. you may believe that the department of justice you are unaccountable to the american people, but that is not the case. the widely disparate standards are unacceptable. ms. sanborn, i want to turn to the fbi. how many fbi agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of january 6? ms. sanborn: i'm sure you can appreciate i can't go into the specifics -- sen. cruz: did any fbi agents or confidential informants actively participate, yes or no? ms. sanborn: i cannot answer that.

, the department's functions. our employees rise to many challenges. the director provides vital mission support services designed to enable frontline operation to a more effectively respond to these challenges. since the founding of the department, the challenge for djs leadership has been to integrate the numerous diverse organizations brought together in the aftermath of 9/11. most of these organizations had unique and sometimes long-standing management practices and systems in place. because of these challenges, the gao designated implementing and transforming dhs as an area of high-risk in 2003. after a decade of work, they have acknowledged their progress in 2013, narrowing the high-risk areas to focus on five key functions, acquisition and program management, information technology, financial management, human capital and -- management functions across the department. dhs has addressed a 22 of the 30 high-risk outcomes and gao is a partner in this effort. we are working closely with gao to narrow the scope

, department of homelessness and supportive housing, and department of public health to report. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001 and enter the meeting i.d. of 2481-775-8861. press pound and pound again, and then press star, three to raise your hand. please wait until the system has been unmuted before you begin your comments. mr. chair? >> chair mar: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i called for this hearing to look at the first steps at how our city is going to meet our housing service needs. this hearing request and follow up work that i'm really committed to doing on this important issue comes from several different places for me that i just wanted to highlight. first, i think most of us are aware that the state of california recently created and finalized a new master plan for aging, so it's a really important step forward on our state level how we can support our aging population comprehensively. and one of the key goals in the california master plan for aging is -- and it's really the first goal, i think, in the master plan, is housing

intying the hands and the police department thank you to the men and women of the police department who will always make a difference. we appreciate you. god bless. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. and, president cohen, that concludes public comment. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. i appreciate that. okay. let's go back to the business before this body. is there a motion to yet for item nine. >> vice president elias: i'd like to make a motion to pass d.g.o.3.01 with the direction of the police commission staff to work with the attorney's department to correct any nonsubstantive errors and to the extent that this d.g.o. requires meet and confer and report back to the commission on february 1st. january 19th. i'm sorry. our next commission meeting. >> president cohen: february 2nd. >> vice president elias: okay. >> commissioner hamasaki: can i ask a question of clarification, president cohen? >> president cohen: yes. >> commissioner hamasaki: so, vice president elias, when you say that about making nonsubsive changes are you talking about grammatical spelling, things that

but the justice department cannot do it alone. the responsibility to bring an end to violence and threats of violence against those who serve the public is one that all americans share. such conduct disrupts the peace of our public spaces and undermines our democracy. we are all americans. we must protect each other. the obligation to keep americans and american democracy safe is part of historical inheritance of this department. as i've noted several times before, a founding purpose of the justice department was to battle violence extremist attacks on our democratic institutions. in the midst of reconstruction following the civil war, the department's first principal task was to secure the civil rights, promised by the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. this meant protecting black americans, seeking to exercise their right to vote from acts and threats of violence by white supremacists. the framers of the civil war amendments recognized that access to the ballot is a fundamental aspect of citizenship and self government. the voting

item five, report from chief of department jeanine nicholson on activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on january 12th, 2022, including budget, academies, special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public and report from administration deputy chief tom o'connor on the administrative divisions fleet and facility status updates, finance, including an update on the grants committee, support services, and training within the department. >> president: all right. and do we have any public comment before we turn it over to chief o'connor? >> secretary: chief nicholson will go first. >> president: i'm sorry. thank you. forgive me. all right. chief nicholson. >> chief nicholson, chief of the department. commissioners covington, cleaveland, and morgan. command staff and assistant mar reen. this is my report for january 26th since our last commission meeting. so starting with good news that omicron has started to decline within the department and we still have members out with the omicron variant but considering we were upwar

we have a third department that responds to 911. it's a full department. the community safety department. it's got about 40 social workers, it's just starting out. there's about $10 million in funds. so we just built a whole new way to address 20% of our 911 calls. but i think i do just want to ask a quick question to bonita while she is here. and the d.o.j. because for those of us trying to balance the response and a consent decree, the memo that came out was so refreshing about how every city is different. i'm just kind of curious, what's the next step for cities looking or dealing with this and also for what the d.o.j. wants to take us with balancing reform? >> you know, it's a -- i always say this very intentionally, that every city is different, the demographics are different, the challenges are different. it's a mistake for the justice department to view any particular jurisdiction or to view these problems as having cookie cutter solutions. the memo you're referring to is the monitor memo that i put out back in -- you know, the goal of that really w

from the justice department, this is 30 minutes. in the water industry is two elements -- first is how much -- attorney general garland: good afternoon. it is nice to see some of you here in the great hall and be able to connect with all of you virtually. on diving first day as attorney general, i spoke with all of you for the first time. today, i have brought us all together again. first to thank you. thank you for the work you have done, not just over the last 10 months, but over the past several years -- work you have done in the face of unprecedented challenges, ranging from a pandemic to an attack on our democracy. thank you for your service, your sacrifice, and for your dedication. i am honored to serve alongside you. second, as we prepare to mark a solemn anniversary tomorrow, it is a fitting time to reaffirm that we at the department of justice will do everything in our power to defend the american people and american democracy. we will defend our democratic institutions from attack, we will protect those who serve the publi

i do not think this department, like many departments, does enough leadership training and i'm talking about for first-line supervisors and for commanders. i want to make sure we develop the leaders in this organization so that whenever i do leave, the sergeant of arms, oversight committees, can look at it and say, you know what? we have three to five people within that organization we believe could be the next chief. that is my goal. very good. sen. klobuchar: -- sen. klobuchar: very good. i notice on january 6, it was not only the capitol police. there were other law enforcement agencies that step in -- stepped in, not to mention the national guards outside of law enforcement in maryland and virginia and d.c.. can you talk about the importance of maintaining strong relationships with law enforcement partners in the capitol region? i think that is one of the reasons there was so much interest in you for this job because you have those relationships and what steps have been taken to improve the department's coordination and mutual agreements. as a former prosecutor, i have 45 police de

, department of homelessness and supportive housing, and department of public health to report. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001 and enter the meeting i.d. of 2481-775-8861. press pound and pound again, and then press star, three to raise your hand. please wait until the system has been unmuted before you begin your comments. mr. chair? >> chair mar: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i called for this hearing to look at the first steps at how our city is going to meet our housing service needs. this hearing request and follow up work that i'm really committed to doing on this important issue comes from several different places for me that i just wanted to highlight. first, i think most of us are aware that the state of california recently created and finalized a new master plan for aging, so it's a really important step forward on our state level how we can support our aging population comprehensively. and one of the key goals in the california master plan for aging is -- and it's really the first goal, i think, in the master plan, is housing

when this department, dhs, was first created, gao added implementing and transforming the new department of homeland security to its high risk list and in 2003, gao noted that such a task was, and i quote, an enormous undertaking that will take time to achieve in an effective and efficient manner, close quote but that failure to do so, in open quote, would expose our nation to potentially very serious consequences, close quote. in dhs has transformed itself over the last 20 years and its designation on the high risk list has changed as well. now, gao's recommendations are more focused on improving the department's management functions. and although dhs has made significant progress on over the years, it continues to struggle with integrating and strengthening the core functions that affect every single aspect of the agency. this includes the management of information technology, human capital, acquisition, finances. all of which are housed within department of management directorate. these remain on the list in many ways because they are issues that offer the most form of challenges to a

addressing extreme terrorism is a job of the fbi department. in the budget request, the appropriations committee has released a bill that would dramatically increase that funding to respond to the dangers. so i'd ask this question. mr. olsen, if congress fails to enact these funding increases for fiscal year '22, how would it impact the department's ability to comprehensively respond to the terrorism we face? >> i know the department of justice and the administration has submitted a budget request asking for additional resources, and obviously those resources are being requested because we've viewed those as essential to being able to carry out our mission, so i would suggest to you the submissions on our budget request with respect to those appropriations. >> thank you. ms. sanborn, it's good to see you again. i'm one of the ones who have been here long enough to remember when you were a senate page, and i appreciate the things you've accomplished since then. but can you answer the same question i asked mr. olsen about these funding increases

but, the justice department cannot do it alone. the responsibility to bring an end to violence and threats of violence against those who serve the public is one that all americans share. such conduct disrupts the piece of public spaces and undermines our democracy -- the peace of public spaces and undermines our democracy. we are all americans. we must protect each other. the obligation to keep americans and american democracy safe is part of the historical inheritance of this department. as i have noted several times before, a founding purpose of the justice department was to battle violent extremists attacks on our credit institutions. in the midst of reconstruction following the civil war, the department's first task was here the civil rights, promised by the 13, 14th, and 15th amendments. this meant protecting black americans seeking to exercise their right to vote from acts and threats of violence by white supremacists. the framers of the civil war amendments recognized that access to the ballot is a fundamental aspect of citi

making sure that we are there to support the rest of the department.is not a particular focus for the national security division. it is an important role, however, for the department of justice as a whole run by the civil rights division. >>ms. sanborn? >> i would note that this is not a particular focus for the counterterrorism division and nothing has changed with our policies or how we go about the cases. something would have to rise to either be an allegation of violating federal law or having already violated federal law for the fbi to be involved. we are taking administrative processes to identify the trend, but it would have to be a violation of federal law for us to be involved. >> your assistant director of this division during the 2020 riots. i understand this was a difficult time for the fbi. i heard it may have been -- every post at the fbi field office were at the same time, every day there were reports of riots or cases to be opened. domestic terrorism agents in portland terrains in the violence. the fbi had opened more than 500 domestic

so i was just wondering if the planning department or any of the departments are looking at this -- this issue because it would allow seniors to have their home for a new family. >> that's a great question. the housing element draft is really focused on -- it's one of the sort of backbone principles, kind of the sort of middle and western portions of the city, and a lot of lower density areas of the city, we have better access to services. we want to help people live in the places that they've lived for a long time, so in a situation where you might be overhoused, you want to have those housing choices, so we're looking at ways to diversefy that scale of housing by allowing for more units. we anticipate that to be an on going conversation. obviously, there are several forms of legislation, even currently being proposed, that would allow for that. a.d.u.s are a great option in my opinion. my mom actually lives in an a.d.u., not in my house, but in another person's house, and it's a great option in your community. the goal is to diversefy and be a little bit more mobile. we end up with a l

or from the department as well. weekly trends, i just summarized the past two weeks, so it's a little more reflective of what's been going on since we haven't been meeting as a commission and here are the top allegations that have been received in the office. 35% of the allegations were for an officer behaving or speaking in a manner that's unbecoming of an officer, that's the highest allegation that's been made over the past few weeks. 18% of allegations were for officers displaying threatening, intimidating, or harassing behavior. another 18% with officers failing to comply with department notice 20-904. another 18% of the allegations were for officers failing to properly investigate a complaint being made to them. 6% of the allegations were for an officer failing to take required action and 6% were for an officer that was -- 6% of the allegations were for officers issuing citations without justified cause, that's the allegation. this information is also on the website. i won't read through all of them at the macr

the department of homeland security involved as well.ore than a collection of 22 federal agencies matured toma become moe effective but ensuring the departments many components work together coordinated the effort needs much more work. over the years, security priority unified department consolidate management functions within a strong headquarter in many components existed within the agency for decades for the department was created at each had its own histories and cultures. while these have been brought together under one umbrella, we don't always work together as they should. headquarters to coordinate these resources as a whole. we've made progress today dhs created your native information in the operationng today i look forward to hearing from two representatives from dhs management director about the department changing and evolved over the last 20 years taking on new and evolving challenges. i also look forward to hearing from the government accountability which provided consistent oversight over the department the creation speci

we also are in communication collaboration with the department of -- i'm sorry, with the california departmentjustice. so they're part of the sustainability process too and all this kind of culminates in a quarterly and biannually report that the executive director and myself do an annual report submitted to the chief for review. and in those times where we're doing our terminal review, that gives us an opportunity to look if there's any deficiencies or any way we can improve our commitment to the community or to the collaborative reform issues. >> sorry. thank you, acting captain. just a few more quick things that i wanted to hop through here. i have to say thank you to the acting captain because where we are now wouldn't have been possible without him and the team. so thank you for that and thank you to the team. so as the acting captain mentioned, continuous improvement is really part of the sustainability process or the sustainability program. the key pieces to remember with respect to continuous improvement is those, that regular reporting that's happening on an ongoing basis will help us

general counsel for the department of transportation is the chief legal officer of the department andves as legalth advisor to the secretary. general counsel overseas office of aviation consumer protection and as we were talking before the hearing convened, yesterday's hearing and the need to continue to focus on consumers refund issues and the rules are not working with congress on this important issue to gett consumers the refunds they deserve. also responsible is involved coordinating regulatory efforts, the nomination comes at a critical moment in light of the recently bipartisan infrastructure providing historic 567 billion, the department to incorporate safety rulemaking. the council will be responsible to set up programs designed to strengthen infrastructure, something members of the committee have great interest in and as we have seen problems are supply chain can cascade impacts throughout our economy. the department has jurisdiction over aviation's the committee has been heavily focused on aviation systems making sure they are not only safe but the entire ecosystem will grow

this department will own its shortcomings. not a perfect department, even though we try to be that. but i can say one thing, that the commitment is there. given the resources, we know we can have better outcomes than what we've seen, and we can have consistent outcomes. we want to be held accountable for those outcomes, i want to be held accountable, but we need the resources, no doubt about it. using technology -- i've been doing this job for almost 33 years now. if we can't use the technology we have in a way that protects civil liberties but still protects the crime and the criminal issues that have been disclosed, then why do we have it. if you are the victim of a violence crime or the owner or a store keeper that had your store looted, it's little consolation to say, yeah, we can get the video after you've been victimized. yeah, there's value do it, but we need to do better. we have to do better. and lastly, we've seen what happened in our city on union square on november 19. it's not the first time it's happened, but we

we also are in communication collaboration with the department of -- i'm sorry, with the california departmentjustice. so they're part of the sustainability process too and all this kind of culminates in a quarterly and biannually report that the executive director and myself do an annual report submitted to the chief for review. and in those times where we're doing our terminal review, that gives us an opportunity to look if there's any deficiencies or any way we can improve our commitment to the community or to the collaborative reform issues. >> sorry. thank you, acting captain. just a few more quick things that i wanted to hop through here. i have to say thank you to the acting captain because where we are now wouldn't have been possible without him and the team. so thank you for that and thank you to the team. so as the acting captain mentioned, continuous improvement is really part of the sustainability process or the sustainability program. the key pieces to remember with respect to continuous improvement is those, that regular reporting that's happening on an ongoing basis will help us

the work that the department has done on the actual division of the capital is truly remarkable. the speed at which they are going and all of the work that they have put in. they should be commended for that. and i think that they will as he pointed out today, start to slowly work their way up to the organizers and two others who were conspiring, as he put it to obstruct the counting of the electoral college. which is in and of itself a separate federal crime. however, the opening question which you so correctly pointed at the top of the show, is separate from january six. is there a department of justice investigating the efforts into the number of efforts of people who have been publicly reported to overturn the election? with january six being perhaps the combination or perhaps the last gas a ten. but certainly not the center of the scheme. and i don't necessarily know, like, you whether or not what he refers to other crimes or other criminal acts as an assault on our democracy. i don't have the exact language. otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy.

it's the department of public health. as i said, a number of city employees and nonprofit employees would typically be the people that we would rely on to work in these establishments, to work in the tenderloin, they've been out too in some cases with omicron and my hope is that people see a difference and they feel a difference as you walk down market street, the sidewalks are clean. as you walk in parts of the neighborhood and the tenderloin, you can actually get past the sidewalk and not see feces or step in feces or anything of that nature. my goal is to make it a walkable, livable, safe, and clean city and that involves making sure that people who unfortunately have taken over in some cases, many of the sidewalks and areas of the tenderloin that that doesn't continue. and that those people who are suffering with addiction are -- we're able to make sure they're not overdosing out on the sidewalk somewhere or that we're discovering them weeks after they've passed away in their tent. like we're trying to avoid losing li

but the first department we'll hear from is the police department, sfpd. i think we have lily and deanna and also commander daryl fong to present from sfpd. >> thank you, supervisor. i'll go ahead and put the presentation on. give me one sec. >> okay. good morning, chair mar, supervisor stefani and supervisor haney. thank you for providing the sfpd an opportunity to present to the public safety and neighborhood services committee today. i am daryl fong, the commander here in the operations bureau and i'll be presenting on crime data and strategy that relates to public safety within our city's commercial corridors. the office of office of economic and workforce development and planning department's identification of 25 commercial corridors within the city, crime data was captured focusing on four crime categories which presented the greatest impact to our commercial businesses. one was vandalism, two burglary. the third category was robberies and the fourth was theft. each crime category listed within the commercial corridors were from the highest to lowest

. >> planning department staff. so essentially we established the whole parody standard to address the fact that sb9 does not include a minimum unit size for the second unit. so therefore under sb9, a single family home could be demolished and a very large single family home can be constructed and very small even at the rear. and, you're right, there are totally different scenarios. right now the unit parody requirement is only in the duplex situation, so that could be adding a second unit to an existing unit. it could be adding a second unit somewhere else on the lot. so there are different scenarios about how we look at parody. basically, we're really trying to prevent kind of that absorption issue that you guys have seen previously at the commission that can appear with a large home and a very small home. as commissioner diamond suggested another way to address this is establishing a minimum unit size and then removing kind of the relation between the two units to qualify for the rear if it's a duplex. >> preside

deputy director for the department of building inspection. and our six-month report, we're currently finalizing the six-month report. we'll be meeting with the controller's office. it serves as a basis for the budget not only for our department, but city wide. that's normally why we have a six-month report meeting with the controller's office. with that being said, because it's so important to the budget, we will provide a detailed report at our special budget hearing and we'll start off with that to give you an idea where we are now so we can look at projections that will be available for next year's budget. so we'll cover that topic at our special budget hearing next week. thank you. >> president: thank you. are we going to have the special hearing time frame did you say there? i know it was discussed. >> yes. it's on january 26th. >> president: okay. thank you. that's right. okay. thank you deputy director. commissioners, any questions in regards to budget in advance? >> thank you. >> president: seeing none. thank you. madam secretary, nex

so i implore the police department and everyone in this committee to move this forward. thank you so much for taking these steps to help make our streets safer for everyone and thank you to katie for her leadership on this issue. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. can we have the next caller, please. >> that was the last person. >> clerk: thank you. mr. chair. >> chairman: okay. public comment is now closed and i want to thank all the public comment and especially those that have been working with supervisor stefani on these important issues and this legislation. supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair mar. and i too want to thank the callers leah, . >> clerk: [roll call] there are three ayes. >> chairman: thank you, everyone, for your important work on this item. >> clerk: yes, agenda item number two is a code to require the police department and the district attorney to record to the board of supervisors and the mayor's department. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this ordinance should call the public comment on this i