this department is open to everyone but we also need to hire more women. we have 15% of women in this department and our goal is to get it up to 30% within the next year. that's a very aggressive goal but with the partnerships we have, we will make that goal as well. this is a wonderful day for us. this is a world-class city, this is a world-class department and we want to live up to that expectation that this is world-class, and with that, again, i thank the mayor, but you should hear the record from her. mayor breed: thank you, chief scott. this has been a long time coming and it has been a lot to get us to this point. i know people want safety in san francisco. i'm excited that crime is lwer than it has been in a decade because we are more importantly working together and the district attorney is also a part of this. our law enforcement in san francisco are working collaboratively to make sure that we have arrest and we hold people accountability. that has been the biggest difference and a long time coming and very difficult journeying. this is very exc

we are department of lawyers. i do not think that argument age that well because eventually an ig was created in the department of justice and the valley of it has been shown. say what the fbi. they said, we do not need oversight. we have an investigative body and ig would second-guess our decisions. eventually, we got jurisdiction over the fbi and that was important and we have shown the value of that. even the department of defense. even now, in my view, the judiciary and the supreme court need an inspector general and need an internal investigation. >> let's get to it. what is the argument? for the supreme court? how do you convince the supreme court to accept this idea that every other branch of government has had to accept? >> i think you just keep pushing the argument because i think it is a strong argument. the federal judiciary is a big operation. it has an a billion-dollar budget and 30,000 employees. and the organization that size needs internal investigators to evaluate and to look at processes and to i

the department was, as were several other city departments.he commission was just requested to respond. but of course, we chose to respond. and i'd like to thank director short and the senior staff for meeting with the commission to talk about some of the issues that were raised and help us understand better, some of the concerns that the grand jury report surfaced so that we can better have a better informed response. we did submit our response ahead of the mid-august deadline for it. it was sent, as requested, to the san francisco county superior court judge and the jury foreperson and we, of course, thank and again, thank the citizens who served on the grand jury and took a look at what we do view as a very core responsibility of san francisco to construct and maintain capital projects. the first finding of we were we were requested to respond to two findings and four recommendations. and the first finding noted a lack of a central database of capital assets that made it difficult to track and budget when they when they and how they should

and then chief, the department's own internal department notices requires it to periodically audit its own stop data. this was not discovered. i take it in the department's audits, which was this? are you talking about this, dpa just raised the issue of not being able to of having a stop in the cal d.o.j. data that does not turn up, and there's no matching paper ticket or cad data that corresponds with the stop. so i assume sfpd never discovered that this was an issue in its own internal, audits, i'm not sure that that's the case, but if, i would like to get back to you on it. so maybe you discovered it, but you never let us know. no, i'm not sure. not that's the case. so i need to talk to dpa. and i know some of these issues were raised when this whole audit came up, so i'm not sure exactly what all we found, but. well, one of the reasons we have what prompted the audit was that you weren't auditing your data as required by your own internal department. notice that's what and a newspaper had to inform us that this was an issue. that's what prompted the audit, if i recall. right. yeah.

manual eight five medical department units in a theater of operations.erranean theater presents a good example of planned, efficient laboratory only organization in a theater of operation. in the combat zone, the evacuation hospital laboratory provides facilities sufficient for emergency and routine clinical pathology. in italy, the eighth evacuation hospital was equipped with facilities for qualitative urine analysis, growth and microscope and examination of feces, hematology, including blood typing and cross matching hemoglobin determination and malaria diagnosis. the laboratory was also able to perform dark field examinations and the simpler tests on spinal fluid. although field manual best five places, the field hospital in the communication zone in the mediterranean and some of the other theaters, field hospitals were utilized in the combat zone as elements in the chain of evacuation. the 15th assigned to the mediterranean theater is representative of such a hospital and its laboratory, regardless of their assignment. field hospitals generally held

department of agriculture. we also established a security perimeter around the scene. the national response center notified the environmental protection agency and other needed federal agencies. upon arrival, we immediately obtained a train manifest from the conductor to determine what hazardous material were being carried on the train and began to survey the damage and assess the potential immediate danger. we observed that the accident was in downtown livingston with business offices and residences within a very few feet of the wreck. and there were large fires burning out of control. the smoke plume from the fire was carrying chemical vapors, blowing in a direction that required further evacuation. this early gathering assessment and evaluation of information was crucial. we found that we needed to expand the evacuation modeling of the air quality by louisiana department of natural resources, louisiana department of health, environmental protection agency and coast guard confirmed the area of evacuation as t

even the department of defense. i don't know if we'll get to this, but even in my view, the judiciary and the supreme court need an inspector general and need an internal. let's get to it. okay. yeah. what's the what's the argument? the for subpoenas here? and how do you convince the supreme court to accept this idea that every branch of government has had to accept? i think you just keep pushing the argument because i think it is a strong argument. the federal judiciary is a big operation it has an $8 billion budget. it has 30,000 employees, any organization in that size needs an internal professional internal investigator to evaluate to look at processes to improve the situation. in addition, there are allegations of misconduct those are not handled in a credible professional way. we've had recent allegations against supreme court justices and basically we rely on the justices themselves to respond and then to say there's nothing to see here. in my view, the supreme would benefit from an inspector general who, cou

fire department is here as well. i don't know if they wanted to add anything to the record here before we open up public comment? >> thank you valued member of the board. jonathan baxter. we have been a copartner with the civil grand jury throughout this process and we want to thank them for all their efforts they placed into this as well as our partners with department of emergency management and police department. we are committed to be a partner continuing to work forward to eliminating the noise, the environmental impact, the property damage, the injuries and the deaths that are associated by the use of illegal fireworks, which includes so called esafe and sane fireworks. here in city and county of s. san francisco. we are committed partner with department of emergency management moving forward with what jackie thornhill stated and open to any questions moving forward. >> thank you captain baxter and very nice to see you not where i usually see you. a fire or other disaster, so nice to see you. >> thank you. >> i

about activity subject to the department's jurisdiction. yes.m looking at the actual draft language that you helpfully attached, so here there are kind of two prongs to make something not exempt. right? one is the officer. employee does not personally or substantially engage in the activities, and two is as part of their city duties. they're not involved in any matters explicitly involving their non city employer. the kind of two prongs. correct. i'm wondering whether if you could just take out the first prong, because i can imagine a situation where someone is not in their private employment is not necessarily involved in the activity that's subject to the city's jurisdiction, but we still don't want that person using their city role to affect their employer. in other words, if you work at a i'm just going to throw out a if you work at a restaurant, maybe you're not involved in the portion of the restaurant that gets, checked by the code team. that doesn't mean that if you work for the code folks, you still don't want to work on anything involv

going forward. >> we're your department.e'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 franc

we need department heads who hold them sevl jz department teams account. inside city hall one condition that lead to this corruption we have seen time and time again, is every single department over 50 mayoral departments center the ability to contract out with third parties and non profits on their own. as mayor, i have been very clear, my first week in office i'll cut off every department authority to issue third party fon profit contracts and bring that under one city department under the city administrator office. it provides efficiency and effectiveness to hold the non profits accountable and every organization accounts and root out the corruption we have seen under this administration. >> the mayor said that compassion is killing the city. i respectfully disagree. corruption is killing the city. i have worked over 17 years to expose itt a every turn. i lead the city efforts to make recology give $120 million back to every small business, every residential rate payer, and then i passed proposition f to appropriately regulate recology that was busy giv

monitoring of the air quality by the louisiana department of natural resources, department of health, epa, and coast guard, confirmed the area of evacuation . as this was a transportation related accident, state police colonel drover garrison named me on scene ordinator. the incident team supporting the consisted of state police personnel, railroad, industry and government agency representatives. we established a command post several miles from the scene. this scenario was based on prior training and practice. this team also included bureau of explosives personnel from the association of american railroads, and hazard material specialists of the railroad who played a major role in the emergency phase to remove the uninvolved portions of the train and contain a chemical release from damaged cars. representatives of the chemical industry were also on the scene immediately to provide technical advice on the chemical properties and dangers involved. these were vital sources of response capability and expertise that only industry itself could provide. >> the state law authorizes state poli

department of agriculture. we also established a security perimeter around the scene. the national response center notified the environmental protection agency and other needed federal agencies. upon arrival, we immediately obtained a train manifest from the conductor to determine what hazardous material were being carried on the train and began to survey the damage and assess the potential immediate danger. we observed that the accident was in downtown livingston with business offices and residences within a very few feet of the wreck. and there were large fires burning out of control. the smoke plume from the fire was carrying chemical vapors, blowing in a direction that required further evacuation. this early gathering assessment and evaluation of information was crucial. we found that we needed to expand the evacuation modeling of the air quality by louisiana department of natural resources, louisiana department of health, environmental protection agency and coast guard confirmed the area of evacuation as t

we had the sheriff's department here.e have sheriff's department around the state, police, and then all the state agencies, national guard to the state guard, highway patrol, fish and wildlife service and if you name it, they were all on target. because that mission has been completed, i have sent rescue operations and rescue assets to western north carolina to help with that. it is a very dicey situation there we want to be able to get people to safety. we do have sites in dixie county, taylor county, and forcefully, we've been able to collapse some of those pies come in areas like leon where demand was not hired to it i think you will see some of those pods retrenchment because thankfully we have stores open in most parts of the state, like it was before. the need for the pods has declined. the places we need it we will do. you have pods that will distribute food, water, things that they need. you can get updates on points of distribution online. power restoration, the storm has had power restored to 2.3 5 million custo

planning department approval. subject property 763 lakeview avenue appealing the issuance on august 6th, 2024, to carlos villicana of an alteration permit revision to permit application number 2022 06035607. adding a standing deck to attach accessory dwelling unit with spiral stair leading up to the deck. single family plus adu this is permit number 2023 0825 5349 and we will hear from the appellant first. mr. holiday, you're you're welcome to approach the microphone. and you have seven minutes. first of all, i want to thank you all for dressing up for my birthday today. i really appreciate that. i wanted to have a chance and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you about this, as you know, neighbors have, been issued a permit to build a rooftop deck. i'm guessing that you've all reviewed the brief that i submitted. so i won't read it again, but basically, it's a situation here where activity on that roof is five feet away from my front door, five feet away from my living room window. i know that, the contrac

how can the sheriff's department ensure that the staff are kept safe.el do you want to add anything? >> of course. so to further elaborate, funding that needs tobt number one priority for san francisco voters to let our city government know, without your voice, we all know politicians and other elected officials have different visions and that doesn't mean it's bad-good, it's just different. so you as a voter, public safety is your priority and dhaz what you want, we have to put our money where our mouth is and let's vote for that. so we can ensure safe jail operation sxz if the jails are safe and run properly, then other aspects of law enforcement can be conducted in safe manner, that is deputy such as warrants and safe streets. they know that they're going to be safe when they're conducting the business in the field, so that's what i would do. >> so as a continuation of that, i spent five years in the training within our department as itself, and it's not just the training itself but what kind of training. when you have peer training or individuals on

i'm with the recreation and parks department.i am the director of our capital and planning division. i'm joined by or go to the next one, joined by edmund lee with public works. the names are a little bit different. joanne and hannah as well from hsh and, public health. and so we'll all do a bit of a round robin, this is, you know, the link to the capital plan as the our general obligation bonds are an important piece of delivering our capital projects at the cit. this is an overview of the financial summary for the whole bond. i am only representing the rec and park portion, but it is a it is a joint effort of our four agencies. so i'll delve into the rec and park piece. this is an overview of our first, second and then remaining issuances, we have a number of identified neighborhood parks. then, a couple of citywide parks and programs, including recovery parks, which have specific identified projects inside and then more general buckets for citywide parks and programs. this is our issuance summary. we did a the first issuance w

from chief of department sandra tong on current, activities and events went department since the meeting of september 11, 2024, including budget, academies, special events, communication and out roach to other government agencies and the public. report from administration deputy chief shane. report on the administrative divisions fleet and facility and update, finance, support service and home land security. >> good evening. president morgan and fraser. commissioners collins issue fine stierning nakajo. sandy tong. since you start i understand that my last report that some of it got dropped off. i will reiterate those i will tell that you i was talking for 5 minutes and then did not realize i was not in the room. so i will repeat what i was talking to myself about. so, you did hear a few things. but on september 6 was friday, i believe. i had a meet and greet with the mayor and leadership of the chinese association in china town. it was an opportunity to meet a number of leadership from the chinese community from the associations that are a part of that community. it was a nice opportuni

the san francisco fire department medics responded and transported mr. alderman to a local hospital, where he was treated for his injuries. the suspect in this incident is justin mathew alderman and his date of birth is august 30th, 1994. crime scene investigators from the san francisco police department forensic services division responded and collected physical evidence from the scene, including but not limited to, the following a loaded revolver containing five unfired cartridges and one fired cartridge casing, 1440 caliber fire cartridge casings, three supersoft bean bags from the era, three eaw casings and two bolawrap kevlar tethers. officers on scene were wearing department issued body worn cameras, which were activated while en route to the incident, and recorded the events as they unfolded. the independent investigation bureau, or iib, is an independent unit within the san francisco district attorney's office that investigates and reviews all officer-involved shootings. any relevant video footage or photographs can be provided to iib by calling

i want to appreciate not just our sheriff department, but our police department, our district attorney, our city attorney, our federal and our state partners because we are working hand in hand to combat what we know has been a very challenging time on so many levels. the biggest difference we have now as a result of our partnership is the fact that there is accountability. and accountability is a big part of what the sheriff department does. when providing people with ankle monitors and allowing them to go back on the street while they await trials and deal with challenges for the arrest in the first place, it does give us an opportunity to provide an important reform tool that gives people second chances and works with the community. the fact is, when our public safety officials, our sheriff deputies or our police officers are out on the streets like places on the tenderloin and other neighborhoods and they encounter these individuals they need to be able to do what they have always done, ensure they do not have weapons on their persons before they go through whatever process they ne

our department has been engaged — challenges. our department has been engaged with _ challenges. has been engaged with local leaders and the various departments of transportation in different states to help make sure we are supporting them to get their road networks back up and running, airports and everything else they need. when i was at the fema headquarters yesterday and getting briefed on this. i later briefed president biden, and if this came up. if you think about the pace of ocean shipping, it is not the sort of thing that would have an immediate overnight impact but the issues and the shocking devastation around storm helene is another reminder of having supply chains operating as smoothly as possible around the country and part of why we are urging the they're not sure what will happen next. this could be another unfolding disaster, a financial one. here in north carolina, where will they go next? that is something we will have to see in the future. besides affecting shipping and goods transportation the devastation could hold the production of semiconductor chips which

turning out to the department ongoing support for hurricane recovery efforts. as of rudabeh the national guard has more than 1100 guardsmen, more than 100 high water vehicles and helicopters from three states mobilize for the response and recovery mission following hurricane. the army corps of engineers has approximately 270 people working nine missions including temporary roof support, infrastructure assessment, debris control, flood response and more. also the national guard has roughly 2000 guardsmen, 65 high water vehicles and eight helicopters from nine states mobilized for the response to hurricane helene. the use army corps of engineers has more than 450 personnel engaged in 33 missions across the region, supporting debris control, temporary power, infrastructure assessment, flood control and safe water waste assessments. secretary acosta continues to receive updates on the response efforts at the department continues to be engaged with interagency partners in support of. [singing] , the whitest, state and local governments. i would like to highlight sin

about half of the contract costs funded by general fund departments and half by enterprise departments. and i think you know >> as noted by the department the there are there is a pool of industrial supply venders in place. procured. and -- spending remains concentrateod this contract. which is driving the increase. there was an assumption that the city spemdzing would be occur among multiple and concentrateod this contractor that is the reason for the increase of not to exceed. at least on the enterprise department side well hen an increase in capitol spending driving the need for the purchase. recommend approval of item 5 yoochl thank you. joy than you mentioned you did not want to speculate why city departments prefer granger. i think knowing that we are doing this as need. and also it is expiring in november of 26. i would strongly encourage you to figure out why? that they do prefer grange and when can we to to make our suppliers more competitive or our city departments more ready for either alternative or back up plan. in just make sure that they get the best deal in their suppli

now, there was a bit of a delay in his release due to a hold placed by the department of corrections in california. this all comes after his family's years long battle to get him released. harris was convicted of robbery and attempted murder back in 2005. he continues to deny any involvement in the crime. harris telling ktvu tonight he hopes to return to work as a barber and get involved with local at-risk youth. >> these kids don't have to go to prison if they have a choice, okay? in prison, sometimes you get caught up and you do make bad decisions, but you don't have to make those decisions, you know? and that's what i'm going to be in the barbershop preaching. >> the sheriff's department said it had been in constant communication with harris family and lawyers and notified them within minutes of his release. >> the city of palo alto confirms that it has met with tesla about potential robotaxi operations. according to palo alto online, the tesla service could supplement the city's rideshare service, palo alto link, that rolled out last year. the city is poised to extend that servic

in this role, he served as chief operating officer of the us department of state and leads the department's efforts on modernization, foreign assistance and a wide range of workforce and strategic issues that you will hear about tonight. deputy secretary served as the us ambassador to india where he led one of the largest upon medical missions anywhere in the world and he championed historic progress in bilateral ties. he's also a former assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs and former national security advisor to the senate majority leader. he has also had a distinguished career in the private sector most recently serving as chief legal officer and head of global public policy for mastercard. is a former partner, former vice chairman of the asia group and prior board service on the corporate board of directors. he's also a veteran of the us air force and recipient of numerous military and civilian decorations including the meritorious service medal in the state department distinguished service award. he served on numerous boards including the president's intelligence advisor

so this role sitsz outside of the contracts department in a department *f public health. the goal is for this particular role is to help and ensure that our colleagues have what they need just in time to really embrace and 'em mriment immediately any contracts you have to enter into. so when you think about tragedy how do we enhance the organization and cost controls in the timeline. what are we doing with the registry contracts? partnering with interpreter services, lian johnson, partnering with our leaders you heard from dave smith and other nursing leaders. the policy often times are asked about opining on policy. so you have to know how the whole system works with you you cannot say that sounds great. so jonathan really has over decade of experience in public service and city government and helps us really elaborate from where we stand with policy. when it comes to planning, really takes a long time so say hey, if we're going to have something to expires in 18 months, we should be starting today. we don't want to make everything a emergency, a fire drill and the idea

department of public health and fire department concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of the city'sstreet teams. thank you so much and supervisor preston, thank you. chair walton and vice chair peskin, and appreciate you getting this on calendar today. this ordinance incorporates various suggestions from the recent audit, which we commissioned with the full board approval of our city's street teams. and we had a hearing on that. and as you all know, the city dramatically scaled up our use of these teams in the wake of the 2020 killing of george floyd and the nationwide discussion about whether police were the appropriate responders to issues around homelessness, mental health crises, addiction and overdose, the fact that our city led the way in creating these teams was a huge step in reducing the potential for escalation and violence, and ensuring that our first responders, for many situations, are those with the most relevant training on certain populations specific needs, especially those in behavioral health crises. and i know that our street teams, with the appreciation of the e

the department, that's just it our space. you know, the department is also bringing all kinds of resources to bear from all different subject matter experts, attorneys, technologists and others to make sure we have the best possible thinking on understanding the scope of the problem and being creative in our common creative in our thinking, collaborative in our efforts to work across the department come across in the federal government to address these harms. i can't sam particularly optimistic about the nature and extent desha say that -- on kids now but i am optimistic about the way in which government and schools and ngos and state and locals and others are combining together to confront this problem. >> so in addition to what i said earlier about the right attention is on this problem, who also people thinking creatively and innovative on our ai cannot make our lives better, make it more efficient. there's unbelievable potential there. we are experiencing it just in the basic everyday at how to access information and get

got in two a waiting suv and is departing. i don't know if we can conclude that means the president has left the situation room. we are awaiting an update from the white house. that will be important. the messaging we sent from here, general, what do you anticipate? >> what i anticipate is not very much. needs to come to peace and conclusion and a cease-fire. that's not going to happen. people need to go back and listen to what benjamin netanyahu said just last week at the u.n. general assembly. he talked about it in biblical terms when he talked about iran and talked about moses and blocked about appeasement and that appeasement must end. he was talking about iran. this is where he believes they are going to have to bring this to a conclusion. john brought up a really interesting point, the fact is this has been the second time iran has hit israel. it's been negligible. not much has happened right it should give the israelis competence they can strike hard. they can strike deep, they can defend themselves against any type of

the department has always diploid ai to triage reports about potential crimes, to connect the dots across larger data sets, and identify the origin of seized narcotics. as with any transformative technology, ai also present risks for misuse, especially as generative ai makes it easier for criminals to commit crimes, and harder for all of us, law enforcement and civilians alike, to know what is real and what is not. .. targeted e-mails. in many ways, this is not a new challenge. criminals avoid thought for the new technology but while to a change from our mission does not. the criminal division will work closely with law enforcement partners to aggressively pursue criminals and cyber criminals a.i. and other emerging technologies and hold them accountable for misconduct. it's easy to find on the website cybercrime.gov. the approach to countering cybercrime emphasizes the divisions focus on using all tools to discuss criminal activity and pulled them accountable developing law and policy to prevent cybercrime promoting cybersecurity in public education. it highlights expertise collecting an