and the department is responsible for saying, thank you dhr. do they put it in writing or is it an internal body? >> it's not a centralized function. we're supporting the efforts. we don't require reports from departments. the public health commission asked us to do a presentation on succession plan and we gave the materials and told them we would consult with them and there has been consolidation, but it's more of a support from dhr. >> my final question, what kind of feedback do you need to hear or from what entity do you need to hear from to change the testing mechanism that you have? what is it going to change? you've heard people -- editorials from the chronicle examine the court has spoken on a desire to see a change in testing, this audit has expressed a desire to see a change in testing, so what does the department of dhr, you as the director need to hear, see, what more evidence, what else do you need for this change to happen? >> i think many people are operating under a misconception of what the findings have been. the exam about whi

next up, we have dhr. micky calihan will be presenting. >> thank you supervisor, micky human resource department. i want to thank you for the opportunity to comment on this report and we appreciate the attention paid by the budget and legislation and the subject of recruitment and promotion in the fire department. all the tension that was mentioned, i don't think it was apart of the report. i want to introduce people. we have linda who is the city director and she's an expert in the subject of labor market availability. and we have john who is the head of the city and testing program. before he joined us in san francisco, he was in charge of all public safety testing in the city of new jersey, so he's an expert in that field. i want to thank jennifer johnston for attending and she can address issue that's you have about the civil service requirement and the services we operate our recruitment programs. we appreciate the attention paid to the important subjects, and it is very important that we do pay atten

we did work with labor very much so with dhr. there's a 633 cap on overtime and given the nature of how we run the organizations structurally, that wasn't working for us and so there was no cap. most fire departments don't have an overtime cap. we think it's high, but we think it was a big deal that we were able to collectively with director callihan to agree with an 1100 hour cap and the fact that we're bringing that staffing back in terms of the new hires is great because for a long period of time, we didn't have the ability to hire. so for example, 43 hired and graduated in december, we're hoping for another 48 coming out in may. the trajectory of retiring is 30 percent. we're headed in the right direction and that concludes my response. again, we're appreciative of the work, but i continue to be very proud of all the efforts that we've achieved. you have my commitment that if there's anything that we can do differently, we will, you i would encourage you as you know, as well as i do, you go to any fire station and or you look

. >> the testing process belongs to dhr. i will say that we continue to search for improved testing mechanism. we believe we are been doing it correctly and it's natural that those who hasn't been successful is going to disagree with that. i'm sorry for that, but it's our job to look for better mechanisms and we're still doing that. >> thank you. >> i want -- one of our plans -- i'm reminded, to go back to the succession planning question that you asks, we always are a list available. it's going to address our ability more quickly and we'll have a list that we'll move to and fill positions. the other part is -- there were no fire exam administrations, so there were acting assignments that people weren't allowed to take. they were given assignments based on sinority. they're challenging that process and that's their right and we respect that right. we feel like we've done a fair process and if someone disagrees and if we believe we haven't, we'll change it. it's a fluid process and we're always looking for new tools and i cha

i'm sorry, i'm john crouse, dhr. it depends on the examination that we administer, but typically there may be hundreds of scoring elements in the examination, sometimes thousands of scoring elements when you factor in ever looking at the scores or the ratings of multiple raters, so did that answer your question. >> no, it doesn't. >> how do we adjust for -- >> how do you adjust for any problems with the test in advance of the administration of the test? >> we have -- we convene groups, we call them subject experts to relevant the examination and we have a separate group involved in the development of the answer key and we try to make that group as representative as possible. so they're the one -- >> representative by -- expertise, race, age. >> their level. they're betting the test material and determining if it's appropriate or not. if it's not, we don't include it. >> what if one say it's appropriate and two say it's inappropriate. >> if they can't agree, we should throw it out. but generally we try to get consensu

we do think we have some answers or in suggestions for the dhr, fire department to conduct exam in the future and i would look forward to haring those dialogues. >> it would be helpful if you share that would be helpful. >> any other members of the public who would like to peak. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name jerry cooper. i like to thank the board and the budget analyst office for bringing to light the problems in the fire department. i like to keen in on one area which we discussed already which was the prevision of the emergency services to you're community and citizens here in san francisco. as we were discussing, the fire department is able to serve 72 percent of ambulance request. 43 out of our total fire stations have a paramedic within their community in san francisco on their fire apparatus. as we were discussing earlier and in audit report, over 9,000 calls to date have been logged without an ambulance that's been able to be sent at the time of the emergency. granted, most of those calls did have a firefighter ems or firefighter on that emergency. our department today

and specifically dhr, we see a different -- a decent amount of upside.er a couple of months and not just a couple of days or weeks. -- the is the id tgf ietf on the homebuilders? >> itb implied volatility is sitting on long-term lows, just like dhr. there is broader risk that has been brought into the market. buying calls means you capture risk at the premium you pay for that call option. itb is heavily weighted toward the homebuilders relative, for example, fhp, another etf. >> we will have to leave it right there. tanks so much. on the market again in 30 minutes. ♪ >> welcome to "lunch money can go where we tied together the best of stories and video in business news. music. than just a new marketing campaign, the only thing you will not see on tv. president obama says he does not need congress to get an agenda dogma so how do you think that makes congress feel? this is why possibly the coolest job in hollywood. hike, up un

class with dhr. these changes will increase the department's budget by approximately 44,000 in salaries and benefits. and fifth, the board of supervisors's budget includes membership in the following three associations. the national association of counties, the national league of cities, and the california state association of counties. currently we are sharing those expenditures with the enterprise departments. we understand that the california state association of counties has raised their fee by an additional $40,000. i will work with the committee in january to discern whether or not the committee is interested in funding that increase in the department's budget. second to last, information technology. the department needs a new file server at a cost of 14,000 and maintenance for our aab, online system, which phase 1 is completed and we are now moving into phase 2 and we're on target for that project. we will need an additional 24,000 for that project. and finally, other recommendations by the co

whether it was our department such as olsc, dhr, to many of our organizations that i've mentioned and of course some small business securities and exchange commission and san francisco chamber of commerce, honestly that would not have been possible if not for the work of two staff members, [speaker not understood] and ivy lee. the level of diligence and detail to which they worked on this legislation was outstanding and i think that's why we're going to be presenting legislation that will hopefully smoothly sail through the legislative process without a lot of controversy. but beginning a very important dialogue. so, again, i want to thank supervisor cohen, ahn drape a and ivy. i don't think we would have been able to get this far without all of these individuals. ~ >> i want to take a moment and acknowledge supervisor cohen who i know wanted initial comment on what was just discussed. >> yes, one very brief comment. i want to go on record and make sure we're very clear we're not asking employers or housing providers, we're not asking for favors or a preference, per se, but we are ask

and have just now received approval from dhr, that we consume post for that position and really want to extend my great appreciation to christian murdock for the job that he has been doing and wearing the hats and doing the double duty with the two positions to help you and to help me. legislation updates, i think that probably the most key thing that i want to identify, is the formula retail study is just going to soon be completed or the first phase. and focus groups are going to be held to present some of the first key findings, and then, on january 23rd, the planning commission will get a formal presentation. i will be also speaking to the planning staff to see about having a presentation to you. and then, lastly, i think that to highlight is the cottage foods, zoning referral fee which we had discussion about with the dph, or excuse me, with during the planning, zoning changes. and the planning department has agreed to do a trial and wave the year's worth of planning fees. so we will be working with supervisor chiu's office and the planning department to draft the legislation on

i also want to recognize dhr, olfc and office of contract administration as well as the mayor's office of housing. what we have presented before us is legislation everyone can agree on, but more than that what it means is that as policy makesers we can some time pass policy because we have the votes but it doesn't mean it will get implemented the right way. having stakeholders such a large businesses and employers on board means they will be advocating amongst their membership to do the right thing because they truly believe in the final outcome of this legislation as well which is to give people opportunity that want to work a chance to work. so, i know that was a really long introduction. we don't actually have a presentation of this today so i was hoping that folks would give me the time to explain the history and the background of all of this. and, so, if there are no further questions from committee members, i'm happy to open up for public comment. >> thank you, supervisor kim. and i also just want to alert folks that i in a few minutes will have to step out to go to the small bus

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dhr, one of america's most secretive companies. i don't even know about them.n't even exist. i just made that up. >>> let's move on to talking numbers. we hit stocks technically and fundamentally, we do it every day. today we talk walgreen, because it is teaming up with centura health to provide expanded health care services at select colorado walgreen locations. let's hit it. rich ross, john stephens, how do the charts look? >> walgreens is a very strong fundamental story. it's an even better chart. let's pull up that chart and i will show you why i think this stock breaks out to a fresh new high and moves even higher. back in december 2012, we break above that 150 day moving average and the stock has been on an absolute tear ever since then. almost doubling. you can see we formed a well-defined trend line on those pullbacks. now yes, we have run into resistance around 60, 61, but i like this 10% pullback to that rising trend line. we built a very nice base of support. now we break out and have established a bullish flag. that's a continuation pattern. it tell