derek kerr, a whistle blower. in response to public comments made before this very body several years ago, c.s.a.'s whistle blower program agreed to track and report the out comes of the whistle blower retaliation claims that were investigated by the ethics commission. so far, all of these reports show zero sustained retaliation claims. in fact, the ethics commission has never sustained a whistle blower retaliation claim since it began looking at them in june of 1995. zero in 23 years is far below the international benchmark that is published by navex global, which i believe was about 10% a year or two ago. even osha's discredited whistle blower program sustains 3% of retaliation claims. but here in san francisco, we are to believe that whistle blower retaliation doesn't occur. the c.s.a. should consider an audit of the ethics commission and how it handles whistle blower retaliation claims and why it just can't sustain any, which is why whistle blowers have to sue the city and go to court and that's where they get

i am doctor derek kerr. over the years i have attended a dozen or so meetings and testified for several. i write for the west side observer. i joined nine colleague the society of professional journalists to interview matt kate and lila lahood. they experience, knowledge, judicial temperament and inter ininterpersonal skills. this will strengthen the much needed public service. thank you. >> any other members of the public wish to comment on this item? please come forward. seeing none, public comment is closed. victor, what is going on? i am joking with you. okay. any questioning from commissioners? i have just two quick questions. have either of you attended the meetings or participated? you can nod. i wanted t to get the commissioner's question out of the way. i don't think we have an any otr objections or questions. you want to make a motion? >> supervisor stephanie. >> if i can make a motion to forward to the full board with positive recommendatio matthew a term ending april 27, 2020. >> with residence s

derek kerr again, a whistle blower. the whistle blower program labors under a moral hazard. it's part of the city family and therefore not independent. great care is taken not to ruffle departmental feathers. complaints are shared with the city attorney, who defends accused city officials against whistle blower claims that land in court, an obvious conflict of interest. too often, goboc liaisons to the program are cheerleaders who do not represent the public and conduct little critical review. they absorb passive information without looking behind it. they have not looked into the rate of complainant interviews by program investigators or why that rate of interview is not disclosed. none have examined whether referring complaints back to the kpuzed departments enables cover ups oregon jeopardizes whistle blowers. they haven't investigated why some complaints take over six months to investigate. we don't know why political interference, stone walling or r is why it happens. all we're told is complexity is why long delays occur. my december 2016 complaint about the human servi