very few departments like your department an increase of 50 million dollars. as a matter of fact the public defenders office who i promise you work just as hardas you and your officers to . their entire budget is less then your increase.and they still accepted the budget and legislative analyst cuts . so i'm nothappy . i find it really, really not disrespectful but irresponsible at this department thinks itself exceptional and above every other city departments in san francisco and isn't agreeing to a single cut. i want to start there. as thebudget chair that offends me . now, what is your total budget? >> i asked director leon to answer that question. >> one second. >> you need me to tell you what your total budget is? >> i have it. >> $708 million, 700,000,265 $272. that is a massive, massive budget. and the mayor gave you an increase of $50.8 million and you say in a $708 million you can find some savings? >> first let me say that we don't take this lightly and definitely i understand your frustration and passion. we do not take thislightly. and were not ab

jeff clark with another department of justice department lawyer, ken kasky. and the letter was to be sent to the leadership of the georgia state legislature. other portions of the legislature that were intended for other states. neither mr. drug nor mr. klulowski had any evidence of widespread electorate and flawed, but they were quite aware of what mr. trump wanted the department to do. jeff clarke met privately with president trump and others in the white house and agreed to assist the president without telling the senior leadership of the department who oversaw him. as you will see, this letter claims that the u.s. department of investigations have, quote, intended fight significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states, including the state of georgia. in fact, donald trump knew this was a lie there. department of justice had already informed at the president of the united states repeatedly that is investigations had found no fraud serviceman to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the letter also said this, q

why was this in the departments position? >> the memo speaks to this, but essentially this was a draft lawsuit that apparently was prepared, it would be styled as the united states, in original jurisdiction matter in the supreme court. it was a merit-less lawsuit, not something that the department would bring, somebody prepared it to him to the president, and he forwarded it on to the review. this explains why the department of justice, as donahue said earlier, it would've been untimely, the states had chosen their electors. they had been certified, they cast their votes, it had been sent to washington d.c., and either georgia or the other states, or whenever this was, we're in a position to change those votes. the only thing that hadn't happened was the formal counting of the votes, and so obviously, the person who drafted this lawsuit did not understand, in my view, the law, or how the supreme court works, or the department of justice. it was not something we would do, the acting attorney general asked me to prepare a memo

going forward. >> we're your department. we're here for you. we're you and that, and i really believe that san francisco really embodies that. i tell you, it was the greatest decision i ever made. i kept thinking, my gosh if i didn't play softball i wonder if i would have heard about it. it's funny you plan in life and gu to college and you plan your next steps, but the most profound decision nz life, is how you meet people are random. i was meant to be i think and it was such a great fit being that social worker with the ax, that's it. >> so i see san francisco and san francisco leadership and government as a beacon for the entire country. because we are so up front about what we believe in, we're really up front about inclusivity and i know that, others look at us, many look to us. we've had other departments, contact us in terms of how do you, how do you do this? how do you create a diverse equitable and inclusive workforce? and so, but i would be lying if i said that we don't have any problems in california or in san fra

it sends a message that there are members of the department the police department, sheriff's departmentre department that are just like the people that we encounter in san francisco. and i think it sends a message of hope the more we honor the lbgtq community now, the stronger we can be in standing up against those that don't want our representation. [crowd noise] [music] >> [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]. [crowd noise] [music] [music] [drums] [crowd noise] this is my first time at the san francisco pride even though i have been here a couple years, i felt like now was the time to go. um -- really just coming to show my support and love for the whole community out here. um, i'm really excited to be here today. >> i think i am most excited be such an arc mazing community come together. just the love and support i think that especially in san francisco, um, people bring together it is this such a deep feeling. and i'm excited feel that today. [crowd noise] [music] [music] [sirens] [music] [crowd noise] whoa! [music] [cars honking] [sirens] [music] [horns] we never been to a parade

: we have the department of elections. >> the department disagree with the b.l.a.'s recommendations. >> supervisor: thank you so much. so to the controller, please note it's this committee's intention to accept the department of election's budget with b.l.a. recommendations. thank you. >> have a great day. >> supervisor: next we'll hear the human service agency recommendation. >> our recommendations for the human services agency contained on page 91 of our report. our recommended reductions total $4,194,618 in fiscal year 22-23. of that amount, $3,499,400 are ongoing saving and we have one time savings. in addition, we recommend closing out prior year unexpended encumbrances of $491,906. our policy recommendations total $250,000 in fiscal year 22-23. all of which are one-time and a can speak to those. i'm not entirely sure we have agreement on that recommendation and our recommendations for is fiscal year 23-24 total $1,913,673 and all of those are ongoing savings. our understanding is we have agreement with the department but i can't speak to whether they agree wit

the justice department needs them. and you know, everyone should put down any sort of turf battles and focus on a full investigation of donald trump and his actions. >> sadie gurman, reporter for "the wall street journal," covering the justice department, david, executive editor of news fort new yorker.com. thanks to the both of you for starting us off tonight. greatly appreciate your time. >>> and new details tonight in the investigation into why members of the secret service deleted their text messages from january 6th. turns out they were told multiple times not just once, but multiple times, not to delete them. former fbi official peter strzok knows a thing or two about recovering deleted text messages. he joins us next. covering delet aren't you jonathan from tv, that 995 plan? yes, from colonial penn. i love your lifetime rate lock. that's what sold me. messages messages he joins us nextouldn't get cov, but it was easy with the 995 plan. -thank you. -you're welcome. i'm jonathan for colonial penn life insurance c

>> yes, the city for some mainly like enterprise departments and few general fund departments are fixed 2 year budget where you go thru the budget process once every 2 years and barring some large thresholds for changes or things like that but otherwise you dont need to go through every year and the 2 year budget holds you over. we evaluate every year for the next 2 years so called a rolling process so every budget we go through every year and we take a look what our needs are going to be over the next 2 years and work through that budget process and that budget is for 2 years and sets up a baseline for the second year, but that isn't set in stone because you are reevaluateing again the next year. every year you take a look at the next 2 years. obviously only one will be practically implemented because that is the first year and if you redo the process in the next year you look at the next 2 years. to your question about going forward, i are think what we have right now establishes the baseline what we are looking at. we are obviously have needs, everybody knows that so the baseline is

on the other hand, the bill barr justice department was anything but a justice department. the rule of law was so flouted that the idea of re-upping something that he put in place is one that i'm not sure if i were at the department i woulde look at with anything other than saying i am not bringing a case against anyone at the white house until such time as i personally approve it no matter how much evidence seems to be accumulated in the january 6th committee hearings. so, you know, i think it's a plus/minus. you know, it probably could have been phrased a lot better and clearer to people at the justice department. >> you've been critical of what seems to be publicly evident about the way justice department prosecutors have pursued january 6th. you've described how in lots of criminal prosecutions it makes sense to sort of approach this from the bottom up, to bring people at the lowest levels on board a as quickly as you can a then pressure them to flip and tell what they know as you move towards bigger firchlt you said while that may be the most appropriate way to approac

it sends a message that there are members of the department the police department, sheriff's department department that are just like the people that we encounter in san francisco. and i think it sends a message of hope the more we honor the lbgtq community now, the stronger we can be in standing up against those that don't want our representation. [crowd noise] [music] >> [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]. [crowd noise] [music] [music] [drums] [crowd noise] this is my first time at the san francisco pride even though i have been here a couple years, i felt like now was the time to go. um -- really just coming to show my support and love for the whole community out here. um, i'm really excited to be here today. >> i think i am most excited be such an arc mazing community come together. just the love and support i think that especially in san francisco, um, people bring together it is this such a deep feeling. and i'm excited feel that today. [crowd noise] [music] [music] [sirens] [music] [crowd noise] whoa! [music] [cars honking] [sirens] [music] [horns] we never been to a parade or

at nothing to do it with our department. the department did not request that.y by the parties. there was a hand recount. they were able to compare the hand recount to what the machines had reported. for the ballots that were actually counted by machine, more than 15, 000, there was one error, one ballot. i did a quick calculation, and it came up with point 00063 error rate, which was within tolerance. i made it clear to the president, he was so fixated on the report in the conversation, that in fact our investigation revealed that the error rate was point 0063 porter sound. that was the example. what people are telling you, it is not true. you cannot and should not be relying on it. so, that was one very explicit one, and i think you can see that reflected in my notes. we went through a series of others, the truck driver who claimed to have moved an entire tractor trailer of ballots from new york to pennsylvania, that was also incorrect. we did an investigation. the fbi witnessed people on the front end and back end of that transit from new york to pennsylvania

it is pretty arduous for my staff constantly going department to department to check to make sure it is there andcurrent and they haven't run out of supplies so one thing i like to do in the next few months is coordinate a system where we bhake the documents and pamphlets available in the departments and the captains do that independently, without it having to be an issue for my staff driving around precinct to precinct. seems like a waste of time. >> that makes sense. (inaudible) added to the materials at the district stations. >> i agree. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioner benedicto. commissioner carter-oberstone. no. >> just one comment. just wanted to really commend director anderson and all his staff putting the faq together. i read it, i think it is hard to distill complicated legal concepts and harder to do that in plain english without technical jargon and maintaining nuance and accuracy so i know that is a hard task, but this accomplishes that and just wanted to recognize the quality of the work product and the hard work that obviously went into it and it is vital for p

sadie, all start with you, you covered the justice department every day. he spent a lot of time, there is not a lot -- that the attorney general takes questions as he did today, especially for the american people to see it in realtime. he was clearly prepared to respond to the recent criticism that a lot of people have been leveling at the doj. what did you make of the attorney general's remarks today? >> when i saw there in the attorney general's conference room was a very forceful response. it did not offer a lot of new information about the status of the investigation, but was intended to offer assurances to the american public that this investigation remains a top priority for the justice department, even as it -- the much more public january 6th committee hearings continue to capture republican attention. what we heard today was that the attorney general is insisting that this parallel january 6th committee investigation is not influencing prosecutors work, but it is hard to imagine a situation in which prosecutors hearing much of this testimony for t

it sends a message that there are members of the department the police department, sheriff's department, fire department that are just like the people that we encounter in san francisco. and i think it sends a message of hope the more we honor the lbgtq community now, the stronger we can be in standing up against those that don't want our representation. [crowd noise] [music] >> [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]. [crowd noise] [music] [music] [drums] [crowd noise] this is my first time at the san francisco pride even though i have been here a couple years, i felt like now was the time to go. um -- really just coming to show my support and love for the whole community out here. um, i'm really excited to be here today. >> i think i am most excited be such an arc mazing community come together. just the love and support i think that especially in san francisco, um, people bring together it is this such a deep feeling. and i'm excited feel that today. [crowd noise] [music] [music] [sirens] [music] [crowd noise] whoa! [music] [cars honking] [sirens] [music] [horns] we never been to a par

we're also all hazard fire department. qualified which means they have to go through a surf rescue class which is what we're doing here. we'll get a full compliment of fire engines and fire trucks and surface rescue out to the victim. jesse help us because they're highly maneuverable, and our pocket beaches and bring them safely to a boat where we can medically treat beach. when it gets sunny down there, a lot of people gets to the beach and it looks inviting but ttsd a very dangerous beach if you don't know what you're doing. our fighters that are taking the class, some are collegeic water polo players and swimmers. those are some of the members that are in the fire department taking the class today and really raise the level of class. thank you, good to see you man. >> and lastly, we have, let's go to the next slide mark. that went live sometime during may as well. and that is my report, i'm ready to answer any and all questions you may have, thank you. >> thank you very much chief o'connor, busy busy. let me first turn

employees if the department nor is that first priority recommendations -- department ignores that first priority recommendation you talked about? >> people will not see the eeo process as independent. we heard that when we talked to employees, when we talked to eeo personnel and folks working on the process. there are strong concerns that there needs to be more independence for the eo process because the person in charge of hr is also in charge of discipline and defending the department. so, if there are concerns that person is going to not take the eeo complaint seriously because they want to defend that apartment instead of pursuing the eo complaint, there is a real challenge. i am also concerned that the department has changed its mind several times on whether it concurs with this recommendation. i am heartened to hear they are going to try to pursue the second recommendation now, but in the past, they disagreed and agreed and disagreed again. i am hopeful there is a follow-up there. >> thanks. just to reiterate, there is bipartisan concern among our committee members that v.a. is no

we are a nation of 18,000 police departments.re is no way that this one tool, important though it is, is going to transform policing and build community trust all over the country. so what is it that the justice department can do to make sure that people have the tools that they need to push for those changes? i remember, after michael brown was killed in ferguson, there was this massive push around the country to say, body worn cameras were going to be the silver bullet solution. and it wasn't because they aren't important, but there is a lack of needing enough transparency or understanding of how policing works in communities, and the knowledge lab really is, to be able to arm people with types of things that have made proven differences in police departments and committees -- in police community relations around the country. >> how resistant are police departments around -- that the justice department into consent decrees? how resistant are they to the changes that need to be made in order for them to be better? >> i think the

isn't it true the justice department support of this bill reflects the entire department's views including those of national security division and national vision jeff any concerns about the legislation? >> i'm certainly aware of the legislation. also at the department have submitted in support of the bill that reflects the input of my division. i also know the bill contains a number of provisions that are designed to address the types of concerns that are raised about and areow being raised about national security. and i look forward to working there are additional changes that need to be made to address any additional national security concerns by. >> freilich terrorism and mass shooting is increasingly prevalent in the united states, 2021 so nearly 700 mass shootings the most since he gun violence archive began tracking 2014. does the d.o.j. viewed these attacks as part of a broader domestic terrorism problem? how does the d.o.j. incorporate the prevention of mass shooting into its national security work if it does it all? >> the challenge of mass shootings tragic as we have seen, spans

the justice department says we strike a deal with you. you flip and cooperate with us or provide you immunity and you cooperate with us. and give us everything you know about presidentan trump, the principal on all of these schemes. >> and how significant is it, in your view, two pence aides, mark short and greg jacob recently testified to a grand jury, two highest known white house officials to do so? >> i think it's incredibly significant. it means the investigators are going straight into the white house. according to "the wall street journal" reporting andth corroborated now with the washington post, thell question theob prosecutor are asking and asked specifically of jacob and short is about, for example, this january 4th meeting with president trump. that's theua meeting where trums only lawyer to tell him the plan was legal in the meeting concedes it is illegal for pence to carry out this scheme. and that's what the prosecutors are asking these two very senior white house officials about. that's really means that this -- the prosec

here, san francisco police department will take meetings with san francisco department of public health, san francisco -- excuse me, district attorney's office and families of deceased victims and victims of homicides and provide any case updates, service connections, and support services. [indiscernible] prior to engaging the victim's family, the officer at medical examiner's office must notify the next of kin. they'll arrange an in-person meeting with the victim's family. initial contact by our investigators is usually by telephone, but in some cases, the next of kin is account kaed at the crime scene or possible sometimes at the hospital. the initial contact, more than likely a second visit is necessary because the family members may likely have more questions. they may be the first notification. investigator will meet with the person with -- the investigator will meet in person with the victim's family, and it's important for us to remember that -- for us as investigators to remember and know that the next of kin is a spouse, a parent, a sibling, an adult child, it's crucial that bo

item 5, report of department. since the fire commission on june 22, 2022 including budget, academy special events, communications and out reach to other government agencies in the public and report from operations. deputy chief on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency federal services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation training within the department and airport provision. >> all right and do we have any public comment at this time? >> we do not have any public comment. >> okay. thank you, are we able to connect with the chief of the department? >> yes, the chief is online. >> there she is, good morning. >> greetings and salutations, commissioner morgan, commissioner tracy, maureen, command staff, chief janine, i apologize that i'm remote but as you are now used to, there is a mayor's department head meeting once a month on wednesday at 9:30, so i'm up at the randall museum that's where our meeting is going to be held today. in my vehicle. so and here is my report. i'll be it b

she loves this department .oves our hearts and she understands our parks are what's great about san francisco . [applause] so we named this award after william hall because of his vision .), the sky. for public parks and his understanding of how parks improve our health and sense of community that was 150 years ago and flashforward to what we've all been through over the past couple of years and the pandemic and how precious was william hall in understanding the role of public health. it's kept this city healthy and saying that each of you showed up every day. the financial district shut down but this parks department did notshut down during the pandemic . [applause] a quick bit about mister hall. we understand the moment and he was the first state engineer in california and designed golden gate park more than 150 years ago . he and john mclaren both transformed our lands which was little more than us and do. federal parts came here and said you can't go the park in this place and he left john mclaren figured it

fire department, hsa, human service agent is is, dos, aging services department.epartment of public health and the mayor's office on housing and community development. what we identified through funding analysis was there is about $2.5 billion over the fiscal year that just ended and the up coming two or three fiscal years for homelessness services, housing and prevention. similar to the budget slide previously, most of the funds come from the general fund, 42% for general fund support. our city our homes contributes more than a third now to our system funding. 36% can. we still have 308% at federal ask state funding. housing and community development, those funds were received by our department, the department of social services, lead agency for that is the city's human services agency and the department of healthcare services. dp shrks the lead. that analysis included some capital and one-time covid response funds but i've taken those out for this summary and i'll talk about those later. one thing to think about, not all of the funding is on going. so we're tryi

the union war department was able to act. they also have the backing of the union war department of the incredible publicity in the north and in europe about the fate of the prisoners of the 54th, massachusetts because the regiments organizers were rich and powerful new england republicans with international literary types. so because of this situation the united states issued general order 252 on july 31st 1863. it stated that to sell or enslave any captured person on account of this color and for no offense against the laws of war is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age. so the retaliation proclaimed in this border. was that a confederate pow would be put to hard labor for every us soldier sold into slavery and that the united states would execute a confederate pow for every us soldier but to death so historians are well aware of general order 252, but what they've completely missed because they haven't gone into the weeds of retaliation incidents across time and specific departments is t

the department of justice is going to hold at the end of the review, or whatever the department is doingold somebody accountable. in uvalde, we are seeing that day after day, after day, new revelations that are more horrifying than the next, about all sorts of things that did not actually happen. all sorts of things that didn't happen, and i think the nation is still reeling from the notion that there were law enforcement there that could've done something, but did not. and so with the doj looking into what's happened at uvalde, should the public have the expectation that the doj is going to hold someone or something, an entity, accountable for what happened? >> with this review, i want to be clear that this is not a criminal investigation. obviously, the department has criminal investigative authority, and we have to use -- we have to prosecute officers for violating the law when that happens. but this is an act after action review, which is another tool that the department has. the goal of this is in part because of these conflicting facts. i am the mother of a ten and 13 year old. i c

picture a scenario with the separation of the departments where a department would be less likely tontract with public works and potentially over time, not you or us, be more likely to contract out? >> that is raised by our building trade staff. we have internal process by which they are offered the first right of refusal for projects. that mens ensure that the fol-- that helps ensure that those maintaining are involved early on in the capital projects. there is a concern that over time and we have seen this time and time again with other departments that used to be part of the department. for example building inspection. they have other priorities. when we come to them we have to get in line like everyone else. while there is great intention to keep those policies in place and ensure right of refusal for work. i can see over time they might get dilutessed we have concern the building repair staff would miss out on opportunities for work. >> chair peskin: supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you for finding a way to get prop p work. supervisor peskin and district c1 f

as well as department and department heads working collaboratively with all of us. tremendous amount of flow of information and the departments and staff did a phenomenal job. also want to thank as supervisor ronen said the mayor's budget office. ashley rothenburger will be missed and we have a new head and so thank you for already hitting the ground running. tom paul ino and controller and city attorney and all the staff. i won't name them all again, supervisor ronen did that so thank you for recognizing all the staff and all the hard work they put in. always the controllers is there at the end of the day. he is the closer. he comes into make sure we know how to finalize the deal, so he's our life-line so thank you mr. controller for your tremendous work and to your team and bla harvey road and team were tremendous. as supervisor ronen chair of had budget committee said, this was one of the most seamless budget negotiation . there over a billion dollars worth of asks and able to widdle that down and feel we did a tremendous job working with the mayor and the contro

eric was a senior official at the state department worked on many of these issues at the state departmentvarious spots. he was assistant to the president for legislative affairs, which is one of the key jobs in the white white house. he has had many staff positions up on capitol hill, particularly in the united states senate and so he was there sort of at the beginning. he, as chief of staff, the former senator don nickles, eric was closely involved in the original irfa legislation in 1998. so he has been involved in this issue from executive branch, state department but also a key spot up on capitol hill in the united states senate, which is a very unique place, which very few of us really understand, but he does understand it. there's a lot of work to do. ten years ago, the pew survey did a survey and 70% of the world's population lived in a religious repressive nation. now the latest one that came out a couple years ago, it's now 80% , and maybe the figures going even higher, 81%, 82%, who knows? uscirf has recommended a number of recommendations in the past year that have been success

going forward. >> we're your department. we're here for you. we're you and that, and i really believe that san francisco really embodies that. i tell you, it was the greatest decision i ever made. i kept thinking, my gosh if i didn't play softball i wonder if i would have heard about it. it's funny you plan in life and gu to college and you plan your next steps, but the most profound decision nz life, is how you meet people are random. i was meant to be i think and it was such a great fit being that social worker with the ax, that's it. >> so i see san francisco and san francisco leadership and government as a beacon for the entire country. because we are so up front about what we believe in, we're really up front about inclusivity and i know that, others look at us, many look to us. we've had other departments, contact us in terms of how do you, how do you do this? how do you create a diverse equitable and inclusive workforce? and so, but i would be lying if i said that we don't have any problems in california or in san fra

of building inspection, planning department, public health, fire department, all here to help peopleyou're building a new business or even new construction, to be able to, again, fit all of your appointments in one day and get things done quickly. so starting in may, our office of small business has actually started working out of 49 south van ness at the permit center, and we have a team of two staff who are dedicated to helping small businesses through their permitting journey. so we do encourage people, you can come to the permit center or you can e-mail us at sfosb@sfgov.org, and you can communicate with our staff dedicated to helping you with your permitting needs. we hope that people will consider consulting with us before you even sign a lease so that we can help you on the path to success and understanding the journey of setting up a small business in san francisco. >> well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, miss tang. thank you for the time you've given us today. >> director tang: thanks for having me. >> and that's it for this show. we'll be bac

department needs in office. we are getting much better and we stumbled a little bit as we transitioned on the merger onmb the state and local engagement but we are getting better at that and we are doing a lot more outreach and we have refined many of the products so they speak to the end user and i think the gao is telling you the stakeholders are responding to kethat. >> thank you. june 203rd of this year we introduced 4465 the countering of weapons of mass destruction security act. the bill re- authorizes the newly created office of the security at the department of homeland security and clarifies the roles and responsibilities for both offices and adds important accountability and oversight measures. my question is for you can you discuss how this legislation will help you achieve your mission to protect against weapons of mass destruction and health threats? >> senator, thank you. for the last 18 months our team has served as a nerve center for everything publice health and medical for the department rangin