i have never gotten any support from dph or dbi. i am not saying that they are bad, but we need procedures in place so that pest control operators know what we need to do when there is an infestation. we cannot just go in and sprayed. tenants need to prep, sometimes they need help. we are trying to have a collaborative so that tenants, property owners, pest control operators, has a minimum guideline. spraying is not a minimum guideline. it is more of a band-aid. you can spray three times and say that it is abated, but is there follow-up inspections? we have been doing this for 10 years now. we always follow up with a final inspection of the unit. i do not know any other pest control operator in the county that does a sign off. it has always been common procedure for us. it needs to be standardized, so that there is proof of abatement. just a letter from the past control operator to the city saying that they spray three times is not enough. in these guidelines, i think the working group could go further with the city on coming up wit

dph or sfhot said to me, too bad, deal with it yourself. the problem is also with dph, having these master tenants and then reporting to themselves of their own infestation problems. thank you. supervisor kim: if you would not mind e-mail in me the youtube video, thank you. >> i live in a six-unit building on nob hill. about one year ago, a neighbor hill and i started getting bitten. you can imagine why. we notified our landlord three different times by three different means and he did not respond. under the wise tutelage of the housing rights committee, i wrote him a certified letter which made him very angry. i forgot to mention that we spent hundreds of dollars trying to eradicate the problem of our own because we knew our landlord would not be happy to hear about it, which was true. he got angry from the first certified letter and i wrote another one and was ultimately able to convince him -- i realize how lucky we were -- we brought in a dog to identify that there were bedbugs. he called the merely paid for the heat treatment. it did w

supervisor kim: do you believe that the dph directors rules and regulations are adequate? >> when we issued the regulations in 2006, we were the first city in the country to do so. i think they are adequate to deal with the response of component of the problem but not necessarily prevention. we can do some of the things for more proactive inspections. even if a room is inspected and found clear before a tenant occupies it, a tenant can bring in bed bugs. that makes it a difficult situation. supervisor kim: i understand that. would it be helpful to mandate a type of treatment or to mandate that complaints get resolved within a certain number of days? would it help if we were to change that? >> one of the things that changed with the december amendment to the nooses -- nuisance code is that our staff have guidelines for what is required and in what time period. we do have a standard amount of time for which the bedbug complaints must be resolved. those are regulations. they are not city law, but there are regulations. we can amend those as needed. supervisor kim: would it be

there's a separate contract with dph for facility management and maintenance that is not part of this item, and program delivery. the terms and conditions of the contract are detailed in the budget analyst report. rams provides residents an array of services including room and board, care, supervision, therapeutic activity groups, behavioral analysis, and wellness and recovery services. residents are charged a fee, which is set by formula by the state of california. i wish to make one minor correction to the resolution in front of you on page two, line 12. the word "including" should be replaced with the word " exploiting." that puts it in conformance with the standard language of that clause regarding standard issues. -- replace with the word "excluding." i enjoy today with staff from the department of public health, housing, and urban public division, and we are happy to answer any questions you might have about this proposal. supervisor chu: why don't we go to the budget analyst report? >> madame chair, members of the committee, as mr. updike has stated or indicated, this red would

supervisor avalos: department heads, do we have a presentation from dph? >> good morning. i am with the health department. someone else was supposed to make the presentation. he thought the meeting was scuttled for 2:00. he should be here shortly. dph can go ahead and make their presentation prior to his arrival. thank you. >> good morning. i am the chief housing inspector of the housing inspection services division of the department of building inspection. bed bugs -- i have to tell you that in the 26 years i have been dealing with enforcement in san francisco that i have never seen a life and safety hazard that impacts occupants of residential buildings as much as i have seen with respect to bed bugs. i have had individuals that have suffered from infestations. there occupants particularly of residential hotels. they call me crying on the phone because the infestation has not been properly eradicated. let me move to the dbi role with respect to enforcement and eradication. the department of building inspection is a secondary agency. it is not the primary agency on bed bu

president goh: if dph is willing to go to 20 days, then i will not argue with the. commissioner fung: i should have said this on the previous case, but just to inform thepublic ane only way this is overturned is if you get four boats. if you do not get four boats -- votes, so i am when to move that we grant the appeal and reduce the penalty to 20 days. commissioner garcia: all the signs indicate you would ask someone for an idea regardless what age they are. regardless of who is working the register, they asked for id from the this week. i was flattered. i think they knew who i was. no matter how old someone looks, ask for aideed for safety. >> shall we call the roll back? >> the motion is to grant the appeal and modify the suspension to 20 days. on that motion -- president goh: aey. ye. >> the vote is 4-0. the appeal is granted and the suspension is modified to 20 days. >> showing move on to the last item? president goh: yes. are we losing our counsel? >> yes. she is not needed for this item, unless you want her to stay. commissioner fung: i would say the same thin

when is it that dph feels or analyzes and determines is appropriate to do the advance? >> the first thing is we want to make sure that first lyon- martin has fully invoiced us for the services. for example, we have advanced them on the behavioral health side and they are in the process of completing those invoices. we want to have all of those invoices before we advance them again, just to be sure that we can document the service being provided. that is something we all want to happen. second, we would want to meet with eric and the cfo in charge to get at what their monthly cash flow needed is. certainly, the $300,000 that has been raised to date has been very helpful helping the organization meet its cash flow, but we want the information about what their monthly meeting is before we release the money. i believe on march 12, when eric goes to the board, that information will be a component of that. that would be a second thing that we would want before. and third, i think it is important have a good sense that other founders, philanthropy, and/or other donations are f

the idea of having shared data between city agencies, sfpd, sfmta, dph, and agencies with more analysis capacity looking at that, helping the police where to do the enforcement problem, i think, is something that should not wait and is not that complicated. we need to focus on city hot spots. there has been a lot of looking at city hot spots, planning, and what we are missing is implementation. we have known for a long time, as jamie said, sixth street is dangerous. we had a whole project along sixth street but it really did not fix it. what we need to do is have implementation of the plan that we have in place, making folsom two-way, eddie two-way, tackling speeds on the arterial. this will be good in school zones. commissioner campos: thank you. next speaker please. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we continue this item to call of the chair? commissioner chiu: i know we have a representative from dph, if you have anything to say on the matter. >> director of environmental health. maybe i wil

the school district has been a great partner, as has dph. we have 22 kids there now. we only have staff for 24 kids. we are hoping to expand our numbers in the coming fiscal year so that we can continue our growth. the original plan was that we would introduce cohorts each year as we develop the program. we had our second this year. next year, we wanted to have an additional 12 kids come on. the following year, 48. so we are successful, but there is -- it is still a work in progress. supervisor chu: and you're hoping to have a log cabin grow to 40? >> the state has to write the number of youth that can be served at the facility. right now we are rated for about 50. we have a plan to meet that number over time to ensure that we have adequate programming and staff in place. supervisor kim: how many adults have to we have at log cabin? >> counselors, about 13. supervisor kim: so it is a 2-1 ratio. >> not exactly because it is a 24/7 facility. at least two need to be there at all times. it is a high staff ratio when you look across the board. supervisor kim: could you tal

commissioner chiu: i know we have a representative from dph, if you have anything to say on the matter. >> director of environmental health. maybe i will make one point and just to give you a brief outline of where we are focusing our energy in this effort. i think the point about needing to understand the causes, i want to elaborate on that. needs to be a consensus about the causes and solutions. there is a lot of data to tell us, because as our, lots of best practices in europe and other places that show what the affect of solutions are. those solutions are generally not applied in the u.s. we are going to need to be the leader in the country in order to apply some of these solutions, and it will take a big public conversation, where these trade-offs are explicit. from the standpoint of causes, the department of public health, has, for about four years, been analyzing the traffic data, trying to understand causes from an holistic, citywide perspective. it is important to make the distinction between the causes of the collision, causes of cars and people begin to each other, and the c

people from dph and other people from mta are here. i will begin. thank you for framing that sovering -- sobering news. the presentation begins with an outline of the pedestrian safety transit. the overview of the agencies that are active in particular, outline of funding issues. the key needs going forward and the sfmta's presentation. injury collisions, the trend is this is decreasing. the proportion of trips that are not motorized is rising percentage. the city is doing better in terms of reducing the amounts of injuries but the overall traffic safety, we need to focus more on the pedestrians and bicycling communities, involving those travelers. the number has actually risen and this is more troubling, despite the downward overall trend. we believe that this is actually a result. we believe that this could be the result of more people bicycling. this is really not able to keep up with a new demand, the rising demand for bicycling. and other barriers. implementing the measures to make certain of these conditions. 60% of the fatal collisions -- >>

there was a comment that dph, the department of public health, pretty much just shovels people through, that one size fits all, and that no extenuate circumstances are considered -- no extenuating circumstances are considered. >> that is not true. i think probably about four years ago, that might have been true. it has changed. they have gone through a lot of changes internally, and currently, i do attend some of those hearings. there is testimony of the operators, and from time to time, they do -- he does consider the factors that lead to the sale of the cigarettes, but he tries to be consistent. i remember two cases. you could tell where one could not understand a lot of all. -- did not understand a lot region -- did not understand the law at all. vice president garcia: that was a situation, where every case was like the same case, but you're telling us that is not the case, that each case is decided on its own merit. >> yes. vice president garcia: thank you. deputy city attorney: is there any public comment? you will have the opportunity to speak in rebuttal. commissioners, you of t

dph and some clinics in san francisco, including lyon- martin. there is a differential in medicaid payment. the rates are pretty substantial. they went from about $9 million per year. personally, i have been at the consortium for about 20 years. i trained as a clinical social worker, clinical psychologist. before that, that is too far back to even talk about. lyon-martin is a founding member of the consortium. they are on our board. they are not allowed to vote. they must abstain. our board chair is also here to address any concerns you may have. how did we get there? how did we get to where we are today? some background. prior to this, there was a meeting in december of top officials. "i want to know what is going along with a gay and lesbian and transgendered health care in this country." we have a clinic in san francisco that is the only lesbian and transgendered clinic in the country. there are other clinics. this is the only one with the primary purpose of lesbian and transgendered health care. the day that this whole thing broke was the day

dph and the sheriff's department are anticipating meeting a supplemental to cover some of their costs. some are overspending but absorbing this within their budget. that is the case for three of the five. the board placed a cap of 624 hours per individual per year on overtime use. this has an exemption in it. as of this point of the year, 74 employees have exceeded that cap. 70 have exceeded it -- have received an exemption. the majority of the employees are in the fire department or the mta with a three and the sheriff's office. i'm happy to answer any questions that the committee might have. >> just a couple of points of clarification, you mentioned the five overtime departments, the mta, fire, police, they will be able to cover the overtime budget within their overall budget? >> that is correct. >> we're not expecting any supplementals? >> that is correct. >> these are two departments that are not -- observing anything within their salary line. >> correct. >> do you know when they will be coming forward with a supplemental and what those values might be? >> i don't have the values

we do work with larger departments, work with dph, a recent project was helping them streamline their medical procurement process. we're working with them what i.t. solution that will help them get better prices. we have been caught -- we have been involved with an ongoing conversation with various agencies around how to get the biggest bang for the buck out of our engagement with community- based organizations that provide resources to the community on behalf of the city. a few more projects in progress this year -- in june of 2010, the city passed proposition 8 which required moving to budgeting and developing a five- year plan and we're providing a lot of heavy lifting to get that plan together which is due to the board of supervisors on july 1st. we are working on a number of efforts to improve the contract in process. we're working with the main city agencies involved with that. every two years, the city conducts a survey of its residents. that is addressing one of the requirements of the charter. we will be reporting on that in june. as you know, the comptroller's office has bee

this is worthy of its own hearing of focusing on how cabs are created, how they are support it, crn, dph's work, it is all part of this discussion. >> comstat is just a piece of the puzzle. two months ago, then-chief gascon had a very productive meeting. he came away with rave reviews. it is a work in progress. it is all new, as you know. many of them have only worked on six or seven meetings. i started my forum in november. we have had three meetings. we will have our fourth next month. i think there will develop and we will see the fruits of all of this effort. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. commissioner cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you for coming. nice to see you. bear with me. i am one of the newest members on the board of supervisors. can you describe to me what is the current community policing model that you will implement? >> as far as that goes, every station as a community policing advisory board. that consists anywhere from 15 up to 25 members of the community that work with the captain directly to put together community policing initiatives and processes within that distric

i would recommend supervisors urged the dph to go stronger on their finding structure and have a more uniform structure and stronger language capacity. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm an organizer with the mission sro collaborative, and i have been for the past three years. i have seen a lot of bedbugs, honestly, in the hotels. but before i get into all of that, i want to talk about my experience with bedbugs. i've lived in a lot of the neighborhoods you have heard are high-risk. i've lived in chinatown, i've lived in the mission. i've lived in the tenderloin. but when i got bedbugs, i was living on the corner of oak street and the zeroth in district 5. i got bedbugs from infested piece of furniture. before i had bedbugs, i had a hard time wrapping my head and around why they are different from other insect bites. i've had mosquitos, flies, cockroaches, all kinds of other insects in my apartment in the past. some that did and some did not bite. but the way i was bitten when i had an active infestation in my humble calif it made everything secondary. that w

does it fold automatically within dph's budget or is there more grant funding? >> we are exploring different ways to institutionalize the program after the three years of the grant. the grant does allow for a no- cost extension, so after the third year, if we have not expended all grant dollars, we are allowed to extend them into future years. that is a discussion we're having with leadership as far as how to institutionalize these efforts after the grant sunsets. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor kim: my reading is this is funding, not necessarily an enhancement. >> that's correct. it is using current positions that are underfunded and detailing them to the brick and mortar buildings that are the cjc located at 575 pulled street. supervisor kim: when we talk about to go to thecjc is it that they live in this area or are arrested and charged in the area? >> both. supervisor kim: so if you are arrested the, you have the option to go to the cjc. >> is not an option. if your crime happens in that jurisdiction, it is processed through the criminal court. b

dph and the sheriff's department are anticipating meeting a supplemental to cover some of their costsme are overspending but absorbing this within their budget. that is the case for three of

the city request consists of fire department, police department, dph, dpw, and rec and parks. the city requests the finance corp issued a series 2011 a bonds in an amount not to exceed 16.8 $5 million. currently we only expect to issue $16 million in bonds. it added authorization provide the city with flexibility to address an interest-rate in other market conditions. per charter section 109.8, the charter costs needs to reflect that the interest rate will be lower compared to other borrowers. the series 2011 a bonds are expected to be sold on or about april 19, 2011, as soon as a stable market bond conditions, and will close two weeks after the sale. debt service will be payable on april 1 and october 1 of each year through april 1, 2017. the first payment will be due on october 1, 2011, and the principal payment will begin on october 1, 2012. there are other related financing documents involved with the issuance of the bond. that includes a preliminary official statement, which includes appendix day. that will be updated again to reflect the most recent information and other