department of education. these setbacks put decades of progress in jeopardy, slamming the breaks on efforts to widen access to higher education and financial stability for students of color, first generation students, and those from low-income backgrounds. according to the national college attainment network, only 32.3% of students from low-income high schools completed the fafsa form. 32.9% decrease from the previous year. and only 32.2% of students in high minority high schools have completed the form, but 33.3% decrease from the previous year. this stark reality directly imposes the intended purpose of the simplification act serving as a slap in the face to students wanting to be somebody and achieve the promise of higher education. while i agree that holding the department accountable and investigate its mishandling is crucial, our immediate priority, immediate priority, must be ensuring students and their families have the necessary resources to make informed decisions about their future. we must also en

recruited from other departments. they don't have to go. we have an excellent police academy, these guys get an abbreviated course and they're chosen because they're thugs. two of the five people that shot mario woods had shot people in other jurisdictions. the laterals look up laterals. thank you. and there is no further public comment. line item six. commissioner reports discussion and possible action commission. president's report. commissioner's reports and commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration in a future commission meeting. commissioner benedicto, thank you, mr. president, a couple of reports here, last weekend i attended the saint patrick's day parade, with the department contingent was great weather and great turnout, for that parade, the mayor joined the sfpd contingent as well, next wednesday, when commissioner is off, commissioner walker and i will be going on a ride along in the tenderloin, and so we'll have, i'm sure, things to report back, after that takes place, f

the department's mission. every day they work brings them face-to-face with some of our country's greatest challenges. every day many of them risked their lives to protect the public. i am grateful to them. i respectively ask your support for the president's fiscal 2025 budget requests so that we can continue our work on behalf of the american people. >> thank you, attorney general garland. we will now proceed under the five-minute rule with questions for theit witness. i will beginwe by recognizing myself. you mentioned in your testimony about being here last year at this time. this time last year, too, there were 120,000 people who died because of our inability to staunch the flow of fentanyl especially. most recent data from cdc shows that from may 22 to may 23 for the first time in american history over 112,000 americans died from a drug overdose. 2200 of those from my state of kentucky alone. that no remains the primary driver of that increase overdose deaths -- fentanyl --- and young americans have been

rich, department staff. big difference is most of our rules regarding priority equity geography and neighborhood notice did not take effect until january of this year. this project was under our review and subject to dr and other provisions prior to that time, so hence why we moved forward with the discretionary review hearing as well why the timeliness for the appeal under ceqa was tied towards the discretionary review item. i think moving forward we are cognisant that discretionary review is still a option for projects that are under the review of planning at that time. typically given recent state laws we have inability to appeal projects that are creating new housing or net new housing, but usually the scope of the work is tied only to the portions directed towards the housing itself, so for example, the adu is not subject to appeal and ministerial in nature, but the vertical addition potentially could be so it is something that the department evaluating on a case by case basis as those projects move for

so justest department -- the justice department and the government as a whole, you are exactly right we have to prevent any kind of siloing so fbi, dea, marshalls, criminal division, civil division, grants to local and state government law enforcement are all combined to work together to battle discourage. it begins -- battle this scourge. it begins with the precursors in china. we have charged and indicted the precursor companies, the treasury department, at the precursors then move into mexico. i personally traveled to mexico three times and the deputy attorney general has also traveled three times, other high government officials have traveled to persuade the mexican government to put controls on the precursors and stop them from coming in. in mexico, we are working with the mexican marines and mexican army to destroy the lands and take down the cartels and in particular to get assistance in the extradition of cartel members we have indicted in the united states. we have indicted dozens of members of the mexican cartels. we have successful extradition, like one son of el chapo, we

department of education.be clear, to the students who had completed the fafsa up to that point, it was anything but smooth sailing. they'd already gone through a form that was only available at certain times of the day and riddled with glitches, to put it mildly. by january 30th, that was the day the department had told schools they'd start to receive fafsa files and schools were already months behind at that point. they need those files so they can start to put together financial aid packages, things like pell grants and supplemental grants and need-based scholarships and state grants and work-study. so you can understand they were very anxious on this day to get started. at that point in the process, schools had already started sending out early admissions. schools were in the coming weeks going to start sending out regular admissions. by that point, students had already started receiving admissions decisions. what they didn't know and make they still don't know today is how they're going to pay for it. so

there were a number of photos who were out ranldz a number of challenges to this department faced. and the fact is at the time and though we miss president obama his department of justice put out 200 plus to improve we adapted that and worked with the california doj to implement those recommendations first through xavier used to be the california attorney general and now others continuing through that process so much has happened a lot of outrage and frustration many of you know i grew up[in a community where trust between people in our community and law enforcement was challenging what i appreciate most about what this day means today how far we've come and significant it is that we have worked hand to hand with the police department and the communities and varies organizations and number of the folks to get to that place the leader of our department chief bill scott makes sure we have despite what we've experienced around public safety we have never band our desires to implement our criminal justice system reform work with the police department and this is why this day again so,

large department. busy department, and we have a lot of things to see while working here. best job in the world to this day. >> we prep them as best we can. all the experiences and instructors and myself, we again our job is to see them-we want to see them be successful. we want to hear good reports. it is like being a parent. i are want to make sure when they leave we want to hear good things and if we don't want also want to check and make sure, what happened? i want to hear from now the probationary firefighter what happened and how we can best support them, because they are not recruits anymore. they are professional probationary firefighters and just because they left the tower doesn't mean we are done with them. i'm more invested in them now now that they are my brother and sister then a recruit because i could be working with them in the field. i found a career i absolutely hundred percent love. it is very rare that you you can find a profession that you can love that much. i'm a public servant. i never want to forget the roots of what we do. we serve the citizens o

and they're losing faith in the department. what do you think the department of education has to do to restore trust with the college and financial aid officers? ms. feldman: i understand that lack of faith when the information and guidance keeps changing just when we think we're going to get information, there's another delay. i think what we really need from the department is for them to own the problems they have which they started doing and just tell us straight, what's going to work and what's not going to work. anything about next year we should know now? it's sort of hard to believe it all will be solved and on time for next year. let's start planning for that right now and be good partners and try to help each other solve all the problems. mr. grothman: i'll give you one question that's a little off the point and see if you can answer it for me. i visited one of our financial aid offices and to my surprise, they viewed loans as a carrot to get more people in the school. it's clear they felt you would take out a loan of

and the sheriff's department. and they're going to look at this and go look at all this huge number of complaints. but they're not against the sheriff's department. yeah. well that's one of the problems that we have with the fact that we don't have a budget and we are not yet able to, separate completely from the dpa. now, i'm not exactly sure what page you're talking about, and, and i'm sure i've seen it, but, you know, but i think that one of the problems is that, it's important that despite us not currently having a budget, that the work is still being done. and in this particular case, we have two investigators from the dpa that are actually doing the work of the oig. and so that's why that's why there may be some intersection, with their reports and our reports. but, you know, that's something that we, will rectify in the near future. but at the i think more importantly, the work is being done. and also, i want to ask something that you and i discussed, the article that was in the pleasanton newspaper in whic

garland: justice department. mr. cline: has the white house been permitted access to those reportings? atty. gen. garland: i don't know what mr. hur provided. i expect the answer is yes. mr. cline: they have access. maybe you are aware. how many times did judiciary committee has asked for those documents, shows recordings? atty. gen. garland: i know that the judiciary committee has asked. we have sent a letter explaining our position with respect to the recordings. mr. cline: three times. atty. gen. garland: we have provided transstkreupts of the -- transcripts of the reportings. mr. hur has testified about his observations during his interviews. these are interviews of the witness. it is long-standing practice of the justice department to keep these kinds of documents confidential in order to not chill future investigations. mr. cline: confidential. you provided copies to the white house. atty. gen. garland: this is the witness. the witness' own -- mr. cline: you normally provide witnesses in investigations access t

i believe our justice department task force is working well with other departments on this matter. including the department of homeland security. ms. delauro: do you have enough personnel to take on this issue and resources in a moreau bust -- more robust way? as i said, $3.27 trillion, we collect $19.4 million. that seems to be some great disparity. i'm asking, what do you need from us to be able to deal with this area on international trade? where we are getting killed. atty. gen. garland: justice department always likes more money. ms. delauro: i understand that. but i need an assessment. atty. gen. garland: i think the money we are asking for our civil divisions, consumer protection branch, which deals with this kind of fraud, our criminal divisions fraud section which deals with this on the criminal side, and the u.s. attorney's offices that deal with this in each of the 94 districts, and the f.b.i.'s corporate crime and fraud sections. given the budget priorities, i think we are asking for the appropriate amount. there is obviously always tradeoffs. but we are, i think, able

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department of education. these setbacks took progress in jeopardy. slamming the brakes on efforts. according to the national college obtainment network, only 32.3% of students from low income high schools completed the form from the previous year and 32.2% of students in high minority high schools have completed the form of 33.3% decrease from the previous year. the intended purpose of the simplification act serving as a slap in the face to students wanting to be somebody and achieve the promise. it must be ensuring students and their families have the necessary resources to make informed decisions about their future. we must also ensure that schools and organizations are prepared to assist them. thee tampa bay, 2024 and title florida student aid request federal aid applications were greatest among the poorer studentsts. members that wish to insert statements may do so by giving them to the clerk electronically in microsoft word format by 5 p.m. after the hearing april 24, 2024. without objection the hearing

now, critics of the department have said that the police department still has issues that need to beressed, including use of force against black people in san francisco who make up a smaller percentage of the population. on friday. mayor london breed and police chief william scott acknowledged that there are issues that still need to be resolved. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that we focus on public safety for san francisco. >> each and every one of us know that there's a lot more work to be done and this work. cole reform is never truly over. but we have put in place systems we put in place infrastructure we put in place groped a woman at a gas station. they say it happened on march 18th about 4.30, in the afternoon at the station on ellport help drive. officers say the man just walked up to the woman while she was standing outside her car and touched her pp

the department continues to work with the police department on complex with the other parts of the consent decree, in particular these include use of force, use ofla lethal force computeral supports come stop seizures and arrest. but this is good progress for thank you. you have to get back to me. >> that concludes s today's hearing. >> thank you. >> i want to thank our witness, attorney general garland, for being very generous with his time. and being open, frank. without objection members may have seven days to submit additional questions for the record. the committee stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the house will be in order. >> this year c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979 we have had beer primary source for capitol hill providing balanced unfiltered coverage of government. taking you to where the polici

rich, department staff. big difference is most of our rules regarding priority equity geography and neighborhood notice did not take effect until january of this year. this project was under our review and subject to dr and other provisions prior to that time, so hence why we moved forward with the discretionary review hearing as well why the timeliness for the appeal under ceqa was tied towards the discretionary review item. i think moving forward we are cognisant that discretionary review is still a option for projects that are under the review of planning at that time. typically given recent state laws we have inability to appeal projects that are creating new housing or net new housing, but usually the scope of the work is tied only to the portions directed towards the housing itself, so for example, the adu is not subject to appeal and ministerial in nature, but the vertical addition potentially could be so it is something that the department evaluating on a case by case basis as those projects move for

are there other fire departments that have similar equivalent to what we're doing within their departments? i'm just looking? >> yeah, there have been other organizations that in 501c, but tony started this 7 years ago, and i think that predated pretty much any of the other ones, that would be my guess. >> i look forward to additional muscle to pressure for the industry. and i'll be interested to see what how staff feels. i guess there is some kind of protocol, they test them for some number of months. there is a protocol that they're following? >> that's in my report, but now that we can talk about it now, we are testing two manufactures one is lion one is fire deck. those are 60-90 day test. there is no blood drawn after, i have discussed what the chief alba that that is coming and he's confident that it is. this test is to see how the turn outs react in fire situations. the three barriers in p-fast is found in water repellent and repelling oils as well. so we want to ensure that the turn outs are repellent water and aren't flammable due to the absorption of other chemicals. is it comfor

it takes both courage and leadership to open your that department to scrutiny we know this is the only way to identify weaknesses reerrors force our streets and improve the relationship fine community they serve and greg thank you, courage and leadership (clapping.) and 5 areas of c i use of force programs and policies and policies and to address the issue of obesity and policing and protocol with the complainants and disciplinary processes and recruitment hiring and personnel practice. now the u.s. doj implemented the assessment in october of 15 that's kind of where were you you i was at i cp conference in san diego was when the report was released by then unbe component to the public i was considered for in job instead of doing conference stuff i was reading the report. and preparing to expedite against 60 other people to step in and help what chief sir, started. it took a lot. to get us to this point it took courage and vulnerability openly the books and letting the world see our strengths and weakness led by the police commission was led the president of the police commission at th

and the history that has been made in this department over the past 175 years. so, i'm excited to be here and excited to honor the officers and grateful to each and every one of you for what you do to may san francisco better and safer on a regular basis. thank you all so much. [applause] >> okay. thank you mayor breed. i now like to call up our chief of police, bill scott. [applause] >> thank you assistant chief lazar and thank you mayor breed. good afternoon everybody. first, i want to say hello and welcome to the families here supporting these officers who will be awarded today with the officer of the month. it is really really gratifying to hear about your work, to see your work and to be here to give you a personal thank you for all the things you have done to get this award today. to the families, i just want to say just a few things and then i'll turn it back over to assistant chief lazar. those in the administrative positions, we live through the work of the officers on the street. we live through the work of the investigators on the streets and this isn

how i don't know if it is -- the police department. the fire department? how do we know how many near misses there are. why we do not. >> why? why not? one of the main points of contention in all legislation is reporting from the companies. they are -- we could talk for awhile on this the reporting structure is broken, they have a broken in a different types of operation and somebody driving, which you know they rarely have when somebody is behind the wheel. 2 commercial operation. their obfwagz is to report collisions. well is no obligation to report other total miles traveled under sets of s. the intent has been to capture a ratio of incidents too miles traveled there are to take it become to the basics. there is no way in the california vehicle code it is issue a ticket to a driverless vehicle. the ticket must be issued to a driver. there is in way to capture the plate information and have that fine or points or any of it be issued to the company operating the vehicle. >> but then could we not make an effort with the state legislator because they can am

duty department.talion of the north caucasus district of the russian guard celebrated its 85th anniversary of guarding order. local residents were invited to the celebration. for the children, their parents staged a demonstration performance. colonel general sergei zakharov, the commander of the national guard troops district, congratulated his colleagues on the anniversary; he noted that the individual: the composition of the unit is faithful to traditions and worthily serves in maintaining order in the region. delivery of fine cuisine to prison in moscow sentenced to the scandalous lawyer gennady. who, during his long biography , not only defended notorious scoundrels, but himself more than once became the protagonist of very ugly stories, found himself under investigation, and the pofiosis was ordering oysters of alcohol to his cell through a prison guard, now the lawyer himself has become a convict, reporting by alena skachkova in presninsky court of the capital, an unusual pair of accused, lawyer

are there other fire departments that have similar equivalent to what we're doing within their departments? i'm just looking? >> yeah, there have been other organizations that in 501c, but tony started this 7 years ago, and i think that predated pretty much any of the other ones, that would be my guess. >> i look forward to additional muscle to pressure for the industry. and i'll be interested to see what how staff feels. i guess there is some kind of protocol, they test them for some number of months. there is a protocol that they're following? >> that's in my report, but now that we can talk about it now, we are testing two manufactures one is lion one is fire deck. those are 60-90 day test. there is no blood drawn after, i have discussed what the chief alba that that is coming and he's confident that it is. this test is to see how the turn outs react in fire situations. the three barriers in p-fast is found in water repellent and repelling oils as well. so we want to ensure that the turn outs are repellent water and aren't flammable due to the absorption of other chemicals. is it comfor

the legal program will be broadcast live by the duty department. we are continuing production.a verdict was passed in absentia radio controversial billionaire oleg kan, who was accused of organizing the murder of his competitor valery phidenko. he was shot dead by a killer 14 years ago. the fisherman was not present at any of the meetings on this case. the crab king has been on the international wanted list for several years. and now the court has decided to send him to prison for 17 years. time will begin to count from the moment kahn is detained. but it is still unknown whether the crab king is even alive and where exactly he basks on overseas beaches. after the initiation of a criminal case. ran away for in russia, the task of the security forces now is to find out how the fate of the fishing industry turned out. new details of attempts on the life of a reputable businessman in the tambov region; now doctors are fighting for the life of andrei popov. he is known not only for previously holding high positions, but also for his friendship with crime bosses and even the leader

hello, there is a legal program on the air, hosted by the duty department, tatyana petrova is with youfsb officers detained three more accomplices of terrorists who attacked unarmed people in the city hall crocus on march 22. do you know why he was detained? the special operation took place in three regions at once: moscow, omsk and yekaterinburg. according to intelligence services, two of those detained. were engaged in sponsoring the perpetrators of the bloody crime, transferring money to them to buy weapons transport, the third participated in the recruitment of accomplices of the terrorist attack. the detainees will probably be taken to the capital in the near future, where a preventive measure will be chosen for them. meanwhile, security officials continue a comprehensive investigation into the tragedy. the administration of the crocus group said that they handed over to the investigators all the documentation on the materials from which the building was built. now experts have to check them for compliance with the standards. let me remind you that on the evening of march 22, befo

on the department of defense, congress did. i think those of us who voted for that law, we need to remember that when talking with you. i hope congress has learned a hard lesson, we should not hold our national debt limit hostage over arbitrary bending caps-- spending caps. the department and administration are conforming to what the law of the land is. asking the department to ignore the law is not advisable. i know each of you in the service chief made difficult services to follow the law. as i said last year, congress must be better about making hard choices when it comes to the defense budget. we need to continue to train, equip our servicemen and women, and to support them and their families here at home. we must prioritize modernization of our force and support investments, which will support future modern combat. most of all, we need to meet the requirements included in the national defense strategy. every dollar allocated in your budget request represents an increased effort to defend our nation and to deter threats. as

i think that's true of our department. we have an improved department if we can keep it. and i think it's incumbent on all of us to fight to make sure that we can keep it, that concludes my report. great quote. thank you, commissioner yee. thank you very much. their president, cindy elias. wow, that's quite a bit there, kevin, so you should have went first for my report, but, back in march 25th, we, commissioner, walker and commissioner benedicto, we attended, crisis intervention team awards ceremony, it was great to see the first responders receiving their accolades for all the, what they've done for us in this and keeping our city safe in these, response s, also on march 26th, i want to thank the chief and meeting with the chinese community, i know there was a lot of outcry regarding the incidents on last year, july 3rd, but, we got together in the community and explained the situation, the process. it's an ongoing process. and they they finally understand and we hope to have some resolution soon. so we'll wait for the police, department to respond. and the district att

vice president guillermo and vice president guillermo will read the read the los angeles police department unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush (rah-my-toosh) ohlone (o-lon-ee) who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> thank you. >> next item is the. >> 2. approval of the minutes of the health commission finance and planning committee meeting of march 5, 2024. i believe we have some minor correction. >> yes. thank you, president green one is commissioner chow didn't participant remotely this will be changed on page 2 under the director's report. >> second paragraph last sentence should be covid not covid 10 and under the page 3 for the financial status the 5 paragraph down first sentence should read commissioner chow the dph invite contractor. >> you have those in front of you. >> any other additions or corrections to the minutes and make a motion. >> he m

>> the department responsible is department of emergency management. according to protocols they were identified as lead department to make the determination and that triggers the resources that i mentioned. i think our office with the resources we do have again, i am trying to work on establishing workforce clinic to get folks with two work permits and also trying to have additional legal service support services with the limited resources we have. we have been talking and exploring hosted housing and housing with usf and trying to address what we can. >> are you requesting new resources for these services? >> i think there is always a need for new resources. what we hear from community and through our monthly planning meetings is there is a growing need and what we can do is expand and grow those-contribute to the support provided through our current systems, but we just don't have the adequate resources we need. >> because during immigrant family day, the group that with met my office said they are requesting 6 new attorneys to meet the 900 person w

now, critics of the department have said that the police department still has issues that need to be addressed, including use of force against black people in san francisco who make up a smaller percentage of the population. on friday. mayor london breed and police chief william scott acknowledged that there are issues that still need to be resolved. >> and while this is definitely a commemorative moment, this does not mean that we won't continue the great work that we're doing to balance the reforms that we need to implement as well as making sure that we focus on public safety for san francisco. >> each and every one of us know that there's a lot more work to be done and this work. cole reform is never truly over. but we have put in place systems we put in place infrastructure we put in place to support to overcome challenges and to adapt we need to. and really that's what this work all about. >> now, even though the san francisco police department says they have completed all 272 recommendations, it's not clear yet if the california department of justice agrees that those recommen

news, duty department.ized the movable and immovable property of all separate enterprises, pasta producers makfa and zaiska of the prosecutor general's office. the company's employees were warned of criminal liability and given obligations to appear at the prosecutor's office. what are these interim measures related to? andrey romanov will tell you. pasta lovers employees of one of the largest companies producing them were seriously alarmed this morning. the cause of the unrest was dozens of media reports on the internet that the makfa company had allegedly suspended its activities because all the property of the transport company was seized by bailiffs on the initiative of the prosecutor general's office. the supervisory authority hastened to clarify. information that the company of the makfa group has suspended its activities. not true, it's more likely pr fantasies of some lawyers, disseminated by the media, for the sake of artificially creating social tension, the central warehouses of transport enterpr

large department. busy department, and we have a lot of things to see while working here.o this day. >> we prep them as best we can. all the experiences and instructors and myself, we again our job is to see them-we want to see them be successful. we want to hear good reports. it is like being a parent. i are want to make sure when they leave we want to hear good things and if we don't want also want to check and make sure, what happened? i want to hear from now the probationary firefighter what happened and how we can best support them, because they are not recruits anymore. they are professional probationary firefighters and just because they left the tower doesn't mean we are done with them. i'm more invested in them now now that they are my brother and sister then a recruit because i could be working with them in the field. i found a career i absolutely hundred percent love. it is very rare that you you can find a profession that you can love that much. i'm a public servant. i never want to forget the roots of what we do. we serve the citizens of san francisco. i'm ser

in this border department, dogs are individually fed.on the opinion of the veterinarian. the dog may have. health characteristics, perhaps the animal was previously raised on a certain food; a change in diet is not recommended. dog handlers try to pay attention give their pets as much attention as possible; they come to the nursery in their free time to get extra exercise and feed their pet. it’s hardly written down that a dog handler should love dogs. well, how can i explain to you, since childhood , there have been animals all the time, dogs at home, caucasian shepherds, asian shepherds, here it was possible that at work i could work with dogs, also with dogs, but it’s one thing to have four-legged pets at home, and quite another to have a service dog at the border, in order to become a border guard dog handler, you need to pass the most serious thing. the difference is very big when a service dog and a dog for the house, that is , these are two big things, two different things, you can train a domestic dog to do everything, it will fo

as an enterprise department we're budgeted by the fees. we fees are set by determining the reasonable cost of providing our services. the majority of our budget is non-discretionary with labor costs for the biggest chunk. when our revenues are down, we don't have a lot of opportunity to prim trim our costs. what it shows here is the gray line in the middle is our expenditures which have risen mostly as labor costs have risen. the orange line is our revenues which dropped significantly during and after the pandemic and the yellow line that spikes is our reserves which went up significantly during the boom years and have been mostly used up in the past few years to fill our gaps. the projection is our reserves will fall below 10 million in the next few years. i was asked to talk specifically about our fees and fee study. our fees are established by eye fee study to analyze our costs and sets a model for charging fees. we last cuttinged a fee study from 2015 which lowered most of our fees when times were good. and last year we raised all of o