department of u.s. vipiral protection agency the california department of toxic substance control to ensure protect of of health and the vipir. thankful represents our commitment now and the in the future to necessary actions to ensure that necessary actions taken to protect the public and environment from the potential impacts of climb change. mainly sea level rise to encourage the public to view our website. >> we announce the opportunity to meet with the navy and learn more about the clean up program. should the committee have questions contact the navy's environmental coordinator derrick rob sob at derrick. j robinson1 @navy. mil. >> thank you before i ask questions to the representatives from the upon grand >>you i.ed read the response we received from the agency the environmental protection agency. >> introduction thez environmental protection agency the san francisco bay water quality control board and california d. toxic substance control the primary agencies. over seeing the navy's vipiral clea

the last month the policy commission heard from the department and our city partners from department of recreation and parks and the public ooh advertising commission about the latest pesticides trend on that property. in that meeting this, they approved the reduce risk for city properties. you'll see from the data, that the use reduction level are similar to last year's level. our city rpi do take their work very seriously, that's why we can maintain very low use of pesticides. next i'm going to turn it over to dr. yabair who will share more on the proposed changes that we're going to make to the list. >> thank you, hi everybody, good evening commissioner. so after you mentioned, the policy committee met me and heard from me on this topic last month. i'm the integrated manager at s a sf environment. a little over 5 months ago. i'm in the position that chris held. prior to joining us, i worked worked for about 10 years with the state of california and the office of health hazard assessment which is within cali pa. my education and experience are in toxity which is a study of differen

department of justice. and doctor greta l goodwin serves as director of homeland security and justice for the u.s. and government accountability office. it is the custom of the subcommittee to swear in all witnesses buried at this time and ask you to please stand and raise your right hands. do you swear that the testimony are about to give before the subcommittee is the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record reflect the witnesses have answered in the affirmative but you may return to your seats. we will be using a timing system today. your written testimony in their entirety will be printed in the record. we would ask you try to limit your oral testimony to five minutes. this hindenburg will hear from you first, thank you may proceed. now? can you hear me? thank you. thank you ranking member johnson distinguish members of the subcommittee. i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak to you today about our work at the department of justice implement the reporting act, and

between department staff. and -- those communications are spelled out in the procurement documents. >> i have a couple questions one that in compliance with the 2 things the delegation of the authority to issue contracts. i'm in favor of that. and to comply with the communication's issue. i think that there should be a report made to the full commission here quarter low or whatever. to let us know who we cannot talk to. and if someone asks us what are you doing about this subject we would have an answer to that project is being contracted to. >> my understanding is that the department will provide you a list of the current procurements. that are advertised for every meet nothing your commission packet. yes. >> very nice. thank you. why in advanced. >> [laughter] the other question i have is about grants. now -- as i understand it, we give grants out here and every where. can the department get these grants for such things as the beach clean up? may be the preand arc prenticeship programs? we could apply and ge

between the department. this is how we started high level and how we saw different ways of being this look at and why we made the recommendation we did. contracts, you just heard from alex about it a little bit. and over the next four to six weeks we're going to try and make contract machines out of you. as i think commissioner simi alluded to, this is a dense and complex topic and we're going to try and educate you and arm you with all the information necessary so you feel both comfortable and confident approving contracts and delegating some approvals to the department. so, when the staff department formed on october 1st, it will not have the authority to approve its own contract awards or modifications because you have that authority. so, the public works commission assumes responsibility for contract approvals on september 1st although there are no operations, contracts or otherwise in the queue that would go to the public works commission at that time. so, through the end of august, the city administrat

department of human resources, department of public health. san francisco public works. human services agency. puc and per recommendations from this board and budget and analyst audit and partnerships in place to our city our home the department of homelessness and supportive housing. >> one of the main way in which we measure our progress to goals under the 2014 ordinance during the interim period we do this work despite the ordinance sunsetd and the work proposeed continue under the new reauthorization ordinance is built around the workforce service inventory. anning annual process our team lead by jen hands a force of one but will be announcing workforce assignment specialists. 24 departments this is something important. 24 departments in fiscal 2021 invested or did invest during that year. resource in workforce development programs. 143 million dollars invested. we line out the investments that are made in terms of services, wages, administrative cost in funding source this is is important going back to the genesis of workforce alignment now and account for the dolla

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

the department is committed to fixing this. this current administration, this department is focusing on fixing what we have observed for the last couple years with dcra reporting. >> well, i appreciate that, ms. henneberg and i want to note that president biden issued an executive order on may 25th calling for the department to release its plan for full implementation and compliance with dcra. that was noted. we've received some of the preliminary information. we've got to get this right. we're going to wrap up this hearing in just a moment, but we've got to get this right. dr. goodwin i'm grateful to you in your response to our subcommittee's inquiry and ms. henneberg, i appreciate your testimony today. there's no doubt that this has been poorly managed within the department of justice, that as a result the congress and the department have been unable to take steps that could have saved lives. but as i've said, i'm here to work with you to fix this as soon as possible because it must be fixed. it must be fixed. i'll just close

so i off the top of my head i think it it is important for our department or public works department to reestablish the identity broadly and on the matter of the design engineering and construction of vertical structures. we often -- are confused with the historic operation's side. and -- so often in conversations with niches and friends you know asking for sort of advice or consideration like, i will put you in contact with the person when knows about that. that's not the work i'm involved with. i can help you out by directing you to the right people and important to have a clear identity of when we are as a provider of infrastructure. and we are i will not say we are unsung heros. i would say we what we do is not well understood and sometimes conflated with other work that occurs in the public elm. people believe we are associated with it when we are not and tendses to bring down the opinion folks have they think we are about that when i don't have nothing to do with it. it is important for us to have that difference of when we are as a provider of great capitol work. i think this

department of justice, and dr. greta el goodwin, and justice for the you -- it is the custom of the subcommittee swear in all witnesses, and at this time i will ask you to please stand and, raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony that you're about to perform before the subcommittee is the whole truth, nothing but the truth, and the whole truth, so help you god? >> let the wreckage of the witnesses answered in the affirmative. we will be using a timing system today. your written testimony is entirely printed in the record, and we will ask you to limit your oral testimony to five minutes. we will hear from you first, thank you. you may proceed. >> you will need to turn that microphone on. thank you. >> is it on no, can you hear me? >> yes, thank you. >> thank. you thank you making -- and distinguished members of the subcommittee. i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak to you today about the work in the department of justice to implement the death and custody reporting act, and they ways that we work with

but when it comes to the h a, the department no longer believes this department is necessary. and what i if i have that right? >> you are correct in the realignment of vba, oh ca and o r t already complete. however, and this is breaking news, really, as of today, we've got a new undersecretary. doctor funnel. he was sworn in by the secretary this week. by the, way he took the white ribbon pledge. but also, he is ready to put energy behind this recommendation and closed it out. so, we are going to start having discussions immediately with the ha to close at this recommendation of aligning those folks under the o r and d i. however, that would also require if that happens a statutory increase to the cap. we are kept right now at 406, we have to go back to this committee, as we have done before with vba and nca. to increase our cap from 406 to whatever that number would be. >> okay, if i'm hearing you're right, there is a change here and your commitment is there for the ha for this realignment. but it sounds like we have some steps along the way to get to that end goal. so, we al

advice the department of police accountability and advice the sheriff department. i do a few other thing s but those are the highlights of what i do, and what that means is, i'm available to all those departments to answer any questions that come up related to your work and that includes you all of course. you all have my contact information and you can all feel free to contact me by e-mail or phone any time you have a question that comes up as we progress and we all learn because this is a brand new body so i'm learning along with you the ins and outs of this body. guided by the charter. basically i thought it would be a good idea to go through generally what boards and commissions, what their authority is in general and some of the restrictions on boards and commissions and individual members. i will probably keep calling you commissioners but think you are technically all members and don't think there is a real distinction in the law but forgive me if i call you a commissioner and you are not. starting with the charter, section 4.102 speaks generally to the powe

plus, a large enough diagnostic service - this is the department of the ultrasound department. it will be better diagnostics, including e, ct mri, we have the principles of every opportunity to provide qualified medical care for the first time. our center concentrates patients who are kind of resolved with severe endocrine diabetes mellitus. there severe thyroid disease. oncological diseases, severe neurological neurosurgical pathology. interacting with others in in general, the profiles of the centers of the republican scientific and practical directly hooked cardiology at the price of neurology of the moc of oncology. plus, we are going for a kind of resolution with preterm births of critically short terms of 22-28 weeks in the theory of children of extremely low body weight. also a small child, the breeder of 800 900 grams per 100 g was mistaken. we are here on the treatment block in the department of pediatric anesthesiology , intensive care, in principle, here, let's say, so that every equipom has been created, parents can come . the most important thing for kids therapeut

and i think the department needs to address both of those. like i said, i'm heartened to hear that the department has changed its mind this morning on realign-ing the v h a eeo program managers. and i hope that we see follow through on that. >> thank, you mr. costa. mr. johnson or miss johnson-abercrombie, do you have anything to say about any additional resources or authorities that you need in order to prove va's handling sexual harassment complaints? >> i believe right now, this committee has been very generous to us. we are in the process now of bringing on 36 new eeo counselors, 20 to harassment prevention specialists, 12 -- i think we have what we need. when we get to, that will reassess again what we need. but right now, we are very happy with that. the numbers that you have given us. >> all right. do you have anything else to add? no? i yield back, mister chair. >> i think we are fine. and again, as we work on the realignment of the vha staff, we will be back to ask for the additional -- >> thank you. seeing no further questions from

even besides that there are other sanctions and efforts on which the treasury department, congress department, state department, all elaborate thank you. mr. watson? >> yes, senator. i would be pleased to note that we have a level of effort and engagement with regards to that topic. there are other hsi program divisions that are supporting inquiries as it relates to practices, relating to the uyghur population. i would note that our center to combat human trafficking is taking a lead posture with regards to the issue of forced labor, so i believe that would be an option to explore the level of effort across dhs being led by the cc h t. that could be of benefit. >> are they actively engaged in the cartels? monitoring the cartels, and what they are doing with human trafficking at the southern border. how are they addressing that? >> thank you for that question. i would be happy to take that back. >> i would love to get an answer to that. when i talk to local law enforcement and what they are seeing with the human trafficking, the sex trafficking, the physical, emotional, mental, sexual abuse of

the sheriff's department. i'm someone who values collaboration more than hierarchy and that's why the draft rules of order, i sent dan, which i think you have, the responsibility of setting the agenda should be collaborative between the president and vice-president and you want to bring in many voices as possible. i think the strength of any organization, any team and i think we can look at this as a team, i hope, is the diversity of the experiences and perspectives of its members and we have tremendous diversity in that area and i'm very, very proud of that. so i want to bring that out as much as possible, be as inclusive as possible, share as much as possible and that's reflected in the fact that, i asked dan to send you information about oversight about the opportunity to apply for the scholarship to the (indiscernible) conference which julie did apply for and i was happy to see her at the conference and variance your events and oversight so i want to bring that -- bring in sharing that collaboration in tha

district were on patrol in a marked department vehicle. officer number one is a officer in the field training program while officer number two is his field training officer. the two officers observed a subject pushing a red bicycle while riding a blue bicycle on the sidewalk. officer number two recalled the recent crime alert regarding a stolen bicycle from the area. crime alerts are bulletins dissiminated to san francisco police department members by investigative units to provide information regarding recent crimes. officer number one, the passenger in the patrol vehicle advised department of emergency management dispatch they were in the area of south van ness and 16 street where they saw a 917 which is supicious person riding a blue bicycle with a red bicycle in his hand. the two officers attempted to contact the subject later identified as jose (inaudible) ibin the area of shotwell and 18th street. body worn camera footage for both officer number one and officer number two began while they were driving eastbound on 18th street and the

that is what the justice department said today. justice department, telling the judge today, what they have done already, quote couldn't preclude the government from taking necessary remedial steps in light of that review risking irreparable harm to our national security, and intelligence interests, and the government will also suffer irreparable harm if it cannot review, and review the classified materials as part of its criminal investigation, and if it is forced to disclose classified materials in circumstances where there would be no valid purpose served by such disclosure. they, mean there, the disclosure classified records to the so-called special master, who the judge wants in the case. and who, absolutely, has no authority over classified records. no special master can possibly, have any authority over classified material and could never, ever or,, under any circumstances, take a classified document out of the pile, and hand it back to donald trump. this is the story of a trump appointed judge, doing everything she possibly

>> led a team mostly the justice department personnel but also ambassador back from the state departmentnd also fbi was represented and we had clint williamson from the aca group as well. and i should note that you may know she was killed in bethesda in a bicycling accident a few years ago when she was a advocate supporting the people in ukraine it's a terrible loss for her family but also for the cause of justice and humanity. it was ann experience unlike anything i have ever had nearly four decades of working cases of human rights because in all other cases i've worked the criminal activity was completed sometimes decades earlier and that was to for world war ii not the kinds here we are in the worst and it was so inspiring to see the courage of our colleagues and the prosecutor general at a time when the military situation what is arguably much worse is t now. they were determined to continue fighting for justice that you can see in their faces that shock despair. as i'm sure you witnessed. one of the prosecutors was actually wearing his combat fatigues. so i will say that visit it wa

trump turned the department into his own personal law firm. he put in people who do is bidding and they would target trump's political enemies and assist trump's friends. it was a disgrace. >> now we should know as rachel said berman did raise some alarms of the time, wasn't kept all tightlipped until the book came out. and of course this behavior is no surprise from the former president. fact, targeting political enemies was one of the central themes of donald trump's 2016 campaign. remember how often he called his opponent hillary clinton to be locked up. even replaced his first attorney general jeff sessions after sessions refused to lock the right people up. and trump repeatedly braided him on twitter for doing so. jeffrey berman stories from the southern district make it clear, that behind the scenes it was even worse than that. the ex president second attorney general, bill barr and other senior officials of the department of justice would actually call up berman's office and explicitly tell them who they did or did not want the southern

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

that document to the satisfaction of the director of the department of the environment (“department”e unavailability of needed technology to replace such equipment; 2) prohibit the city from contracting for the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment to perform a city function starting january 1, 2024, with waivers for city departments that document to the satisfaction of the purchaser the necessity of such waiver; 3) prohibit the use of gas-powered landscaping equipment in the city starting january 1, 2026, except such equipment for which the department determines replacement technology is unavailable, and penalize property owners and business owners and managers that violate that prohibition; 4) establish a buy-back and/or incentive program (“buy-back program”) to assist owners of such equipment in transitioning away from its use; 5) require that the department conduct a public education campaign regarding the gas-powered landscaping equipment ban and the buy-back program; 6) establish a fund to receive penalties collected for violation of the ban and other monies, to use for purc

report from chief of department jeanine nicholson on current issues and activees in the department since the last meeting on july 27, 2022 including budget, academy, special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from operations deputy chief robert postel on overall field operations emergency medical services and bureau of fire prevention and investigation, training within the department and the airport division and report from administration deputy chief tom o'connor on the administrative division fleet and facilities status and updates finance support services and homeland security. >> may i begin? thank you from the feinstein again. chief jeanine nicholson and this is my report since our -- since last month's meeting. i building i missed the last meeting so yesterday was a busy day for our members. you may have seen in the news and i want to thank all members that respond to both incidents and really just -- they really just worked hard and did a great job and the chief can answer questions about the mccallister fire if you have any and

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

this is not what the justice department is saying.hat there were subpoenas here, that they were not getting all the classified information even though there were trump attorneys signing documents say there was no more classified information left at mar-a-lago, they are saying they are still not getting all the classified information left at mar-a-lago. that stuck out to me as well because they are arguing that what the justice department said last night is that based on what was obtained by the justice department, by these fbi agents in that search warrant that was executed on his property, was to show that the statement that a trump attorney signed was far from the truth at best and that they were concerned. and that was where they were kind of going down the road of potentially there was obstruction here. and they were trying to get in the way of the justice department's investigation here. i will note that the trump team is still asking for a special master. what they're suggesting if they get one, john, in addition to what josh wa

and particular the justice department.e just come from john's day really go out of their way to completely reconstitute the federal judiciary -- federalist society, just a very different court. >> yeah. we're seeing the harvest of that on a daily basis. what the mentioning is not just sight of, a whole bunch of conservative lawyers doing a whole punch of conservative lawyer. this is like lawyering like we have been seen before. the viciousness, the philosophy, the tactics that the use. i'll draw everyone's attention to an example in and around the pennsylvania -- after the 2020 election. john's day -- trying to stop this from being counted. not because they thought there was something improper underway. there was your evidence about that. but because they detected an opportunity to use the law to give their side a political edge. and the firms calculus, the consequences banning fears of fraud -- that would two months later erupted violent assault on democracy, those consequences were immaterial. they're practicing law in a

the justice department, we'll, if you put that out in court and released that publicly, the justice department right to respond, and they did. it really was -- they basically hung themselves out there to get blown off the limb by the justice department, and it really was brutal. >> this is the presidents lawyer today referring to the criminal statutes he is being investigated under, including obstruction and espionage act as mundane. take a listen. >> those are the biggest secrets in the road, why would he -- apparently, the former president went through them in january, why wouldn't he say, you know what, i really need to turned up back? -- >> sorry, that was the fox & friends this morning. that was kristi noem being asked by steve doocy, why would you do this? here is the president's lawyer earlier today. take a listen. >> they say themselves in these papers that they filed that this is under the presidential records act. so what they did was to try to criminalize donald trump, as they always do. they found these three monday statutes, met spinach and two others, obstruction, and they are tr

the fire department is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know what we need. i know w

so sort of, her department had some of the same issues that this department has.eally helpful for me to engage with chiefs with other cities on how we can problem solve together. >> last week i met with the employees firefighter association and we talked about hiring and i look forward to working with them in the future on recruitment in the department. today meeting chief, including two resolutions allowing us to work with state and federal agencies to get equipment and apparatus for training purposes. and basically for our own use, not necessarily even just training purposes. chief spoke in front of the budget and finance committee. supervisor ronen, supervisor chan, and supervisor safai, and he did a great job, and it passed out of committee to go to the full board, and i'm not sure when that will happen, but this will enable us to basically get surplus equipment for free. which is really great. finally i'm happy to report that it is also cd 4 presentation to this board and community. that will conclude my remarks. >> thank you, chief. >> do we have any public

we talked about the case of the department of justice and the department of justice are looking at. can you talk to me about how many cases you have been called on to assist with the election workers who have been victims of harassment? >> how many cases cisa has been called? on i'm not aware. >> okay. what sorts of resources are you able to provide? >> well, we have cybersecurity and physical protective security advisers out throughout the country as part of cisa and they are working directly with state and local election officials to help them, not only harden their cybersecurity defenses were really focus on the physical security of their election offices, their polling locations, ballots orange facilities, and so we are working to get the resources like physical security assessments that our advisers can come on site, walked through an election office and give them ideas of how they can make it more secure. we have guidance documents like insider threat documents in our guidance. and physical security checklist out the really proactively think of where the vulnerabilities might

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what should the justice department to do? bill barr says that they should appeal. >> i'm not always sure that bill barr has the best interests of the federal justice department under merrick garland at stake. i don't think they have to take an extreme position either way. they are supposed to names impossible special masters by friday. they could suggest that the one part opinion cannot stand. and that she has to suspend is the part that puts the freeze on the investigation. she claims to believe that you can stop the criminal investigation based on the material that was seized including the top secret material, but you can continue protecting the national defense through the odni, the office of defense intelligence, that you can do both at the same time. but actually, as i think andrew weissmann and others who have been in this business no, it is impossible. it is like unwinding a hopeless pretzel. because it is the same people that are doing the investigation. if you want to figure out who might have seen the top secret inf