in general, we spend about $6 million spread across the city. it relates to our work order the apartments and our general fund components -- departments and our general fund components. i hope that answers your question more specifically. one thing that you will see -- i do have a disagreement with the budget analyst -- is with respect to the item we talked about where i requested five new positions where they were linked mainly to the redevelopment agency and with respect to an expansion that i want to have for the establishment of the consumer protection unit. that is where we continue to have a disagreement with the budget analyst. i want to go into a little bit so you understand why i believe this is important. there is one analyst for the consumer protection unit. they are funded entirely through penalties obtained by my office for consumer protection cases. i just want to give you a quick background about the authority i have to sue on behalf of the people of the state of san francisco. the people that have the authority to sue on behalf of

supervisor chu: do we have a motion to accept the recommendation for general city responsibility? we can do that without objection. now to the city attorney. why don't we go to admin services? the department of technology? maybe not. dpw? ethics commission? why don't we take a break of five minutes. please ask your departments to be here. that would be great. i think there is interest for the committee to go on break. i think these will be quick items. the mayor's office, do you know if your department heads are able to come quickly? >> i will call them right now. i think they are all in the building. supervisor chu: ok. i know we will run through these last five departments quickly. rather than break for lunch, let's see if they can get here quickly. supervisor kim: in order to allow the apartments to be here. here's our city attorney, mr. mr. herrera. >> thank you. i imagine that the budget analyst put forth there recommendation? >>supervisor kim: we ask for recommendations and then we get the budget analyst response. >> thank you. we will have discussion and answer some question

i'm the city administrator and i'm here to propose the fiscal year 2012-13 and 2013-14 budget. the general services agency oversees the department of technology, the department of public works, the ethnic services department and the city administrator's office. i will just talk about the city administrative services office today as he will get presentations from the department of technology and the department of public works later on. i want to go over quickly -- exxon quickly as i can the -- as quickly as i can with these departments over the next few years. the budgets are basically static because of the rising health- care costs. particularly our finance functions have gone through a major change this year. we have merge those luncheons with the city administrator's office and the department of technology. -- of those functions with the city administrator's office and the department of technology. as you heard earlier, we have over on the left-hand part of the chart, the community tv division following the do -- the redevelopment merge from the hearing earlier today about that. they hav

city. it is also a spending plan. how are we going to spend our money in the coming two years? generally in san francisco, we spend about 50% of our dollars on personnel, all the people who work for the city. about 26,000 of them. and about half on everything else. we also spent about 50% in what we call our general fund and 50% in what we call enterprise fund. as many of you know, and as the supervisor mentioned, we have more than 50 city departments. everything from the mta and the puc to health and human services, police and fire. i like to think of the enterprise departments like the city's small businesses or the city's business operations. we do not mix our home expenses with our business expenses in our home budgets, and we do not do that for the city. so what do we spend our money on every year? we spend our money on our priorities, things like community health, things like social services, police and fire, rec and park, all of those things that are the core services and priorities for any city and county. where do we get our money? our money is like our paycheck. the revenue we

>> i will address the general city responsibility. this is a part of the city budget that contains funds that are citywide in nature and not specifically allocated to a department. this department contains debt service funds as well as the mou reserve, litigation reserve, the general fund reserve, and other reserves we have in the city. the budget analysts, we have been working on a list of budgets and we have made a recommendation to reduce the audit adjustment reserves to $5 million. we are not in agreement, but we will work with the budget analyst over the coming weeks. supervisor chu: thank you very much. quick question. with regards to the piece of legislation that we just passed, the question to the mayor's budget office, there is a item that we passed the full board of supervisors, and i'm wondering where that would reside at the moment. it is not in the budget. i am wondering if this would be the place where that would go. >> the -- that piece of legislation would impact the city's revenue. that comes into the budget and then

i'm the city administrator and i'm here to propose the fiscal year 2012-13 and 2013-14 budget. the general services agency oversees the department of technology, the department of public works, the ethnic services department and the city administrator's office. i will just talk about the city administrative services office today as he will get presentations from the department of technology and the department of public works later on. i want to go over quickly

putting more money into the staffing at the richmond precinct, and i am sure that is probably a general city-wide concern. we are also very concerned about commute traffic generally. by commute traffic, i am referring to the fact that our neighborhood streets have become thoroughfares for commute. and in our neighborhood, that is largely to and from and through the presidio, and it is through the presidio and the gates. but it is coming into our neighborhoods but then going down jackson, broadly, and washington. just because it is avoiding major arteries the mark -- arteries that are more congested. a specific budgetary issue would like to ask you to consider in this two-year budget process is that we are concerned that presidio parkway, when it is opened up with the gerard exit, will create a new traffic pattern flow that will affect our neighborhood, pacific heights, marina, and cal hollow, so we would like to see a thoughtful traffic plan study in the city to look at where traffic is currently and where it may well end up once that presidio parkway has opened up, in terms of how traffic t

in our city. 52% of the revenue generated in our cities from small businesses. when you look at challenges, when you look at mid-market, then you start feeling investment confidence when small-business is started locating theire, and their willingness to collaborate with the arts organizations and start to bring relief into the very hard core area of our city. it was not just the big companies. they are getting a lot of credit for that. who was there to start the revival? it was our small businesses. that is why as soon as i stepped forward and got elected, i looked back at who could recognize readily. it has got to be our small business community. regina and steve said we could use help. the revolving loan fund was used up. instantly would put the money in there. we that the board of supervisors to revive it. we have $1 million committed today along with wells fargo $500,000. it is there and will be used fast. in the next budget for the next team of years, we have already got plans for the whole $5 million. as long as it is there, people will use it. we know sm

so, at the highest level, our fiscal 1213 budget is for the whole city $7 billion, of which $3.5 billion is in the general fund. the number of employees in the city is willing to 26,878. we came to agreement with our labor unions and from the general pattern in the first year, the furlough day that had previously been agreed to expired. that was worth about 4.62% of wage. that did contribute significantly to our costs going up. this side is showing you buy service area how we are proposing to spend the city's money this year. you can see a significant amount in public transportation and commerce. public health, 19%. in fiscal 14, the budget grows slightly from the proposed budget to 7.5 $5 billion, with a general fund up to -- up to $3.6 billion. we offer a couple of other hundred positions growing into 50,000. in the second year, the general pattern was 1.75% increase. reflecting changes in the employee participation only health care. that would increase annual access to 3% in the second year. this slide shows you, again, what is happening by service area in the proposed budget. not significantly differe

that, unfortunately, we talk about ada litigation, other responsibilities that the general fund increasingly looks to the city attorney's office to fill. you look at how general fund contribution has been reduced over the course of the last five years and fiscal year 2006-2007, we received a $10.5 million general fund contribution, where last year, we would all the way up to $5 million. supervisors, you know, because you see my budget reports to you on your behalf. city attorneys are doing more and more and more with less and less and less. we take on more general fund responsibilities. i'm looking at ways to take that away from the general fund, and that's exactly what these positions are designed to do, so you can also see results and hold it accountable for what we are doing. i think is something important and in the public interest. supervisor chu: just a question. it's either general fund or it's not. can you provide clarity on what it is? >> supervisors, we would be happy to take a look at the specifics of that settlement, but of course, we don't have information to answer your question directly. we are

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in our city. 52% of the revenue generated in our cities from small businesses. when you look at challenges, when you look at mid-market, then you start feeling investment confidence when small-business is started locating theire, and their willingness to collaborate with the arts organizations and start to bring relief into the very hard core area of our city. it was not just the big companies. they are getting a lot of credit for that. who was there to start the revival? it was our small businesses. that is why as soon as i stepped forward and got elected, i looked back at who could recognize readily. it has got to be our small business community. regina

thank you. >> being that the city administrator is reducing the general fund request, i would support the city administrator 's defenses in bad area -- in those two areas. the remaining two items, and then the reserve recommendation, i would go with the city administrator and the two items. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, with respect to the remaining two items, do we have an interest in holding over or action on these items? supervisor cohen: i would move to hold over the manager position, whether that position should be hired in or approving the final two, which is the community specialist, and i reserve recommendation. >>supervisor chu: ok. supervisor kim has moved to not accept the community specialist position. supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: i thought the motion was to delay the earthquake manager -- to consider that later? supervisor chu: there are two recommendations relating to the earthquake safety program. one is to put the contract on reserve, and if i understand supervisor kim's motion, it is to not accept the programmatic budgets and to leave for discussion

responsibilities that the general fund might have now to support our work, and continue to support things that are good policy objectives on behalf of the taxpayers of the city and county of san francisco. i will tell you, that is something, whenever we have pursued a good, consumer protection cases, it has paid off for the general fund, and it has done the right thing from a policy perspective. several years ago, there was state legislation that was passed which now limits the ability of that other members of the city family to benefit in penalty that i get as a result of that litigation. when i file an affirmative case and i seek to the penalties and i sue in the name of california, that money can only be used for consumer protection efforts that are initiated by my office. that is precisely why i am trying to be created here, to have a unit that will ultimately allow us to be self-funding, and take additional responsibility from the general fund that you're giving us now and have historically given. that is something that would be worth pursuing over the course of the next several years. i have had discussions with the mayor's office about that and they h

city. we generate about 100,000 jobs as an industry. 18% of the city work force. these jobs pay better, about 22% more on average. many of the health professionals are women. cpmc is an integral part of this important industry. this is a quick overview of our plan to modernize our health care system. we're very excited to embark on this conversation with you. i wanted to leave by highlighting some of the benefits of the building. we will build and double the number of earthquakes eight beds in san francisco. that means we will be here and operational after a major earthquake. we will improve health care without disrupting care for 1/3 of san franciscans on any of the campuses today. we will maintain the regional center of excellence programs in san francisco. we will control rising health care costs by as much as possible and eliminating redundancies. we will commit and simultaneously construct st. luke's hospital and cathedral hill hospital at the same time. st. luke's hospital is planned to be brought up first. we will protect and expand health services for the

as many of you know, the city budget is the most important policy document that we, on the board of supervisors, work and every year. over last couple of years, we have generated less revenue in our city, and therefore, have had the unfortunate task of making cuts that have hurt our communities and neighborhoods. this is often a time to hear directly from you in terms of what you would like to see. i do want to thank the mayor's office of neighborhood services organizing this. [applause] of course, to the lovely staff of district 5 and district 6, who are also here today. [applause] this year, we changed the format a little bit in the sense that we have combined districts. i have the honor of co-host in this town hall meeting with our newest appointed supervisor to district 5, christine al-awlaki -- olague. >> thank you all for being here. i want to thank the mayor and mayor's office stop organizing this together us and the district offices. i am good to participate in my first budget process as a supervisor and am glad to see some of the concerned residents from districts 5 and 6. last year, i was on that side organizing, so it is different to be on the side

they also recite the conclusions from a number of city reports that have been generated as official city documents about the ways in which combating domestic violence in san francisco can be successful, or can fail. chairperson hur: thank you, ms. kaiser. any questions for ms. kaiser from the commission? would someone from the sheriff's team like to respond? mr. kopp? >> thank you. to enlarge on our objection, this is part of the mayor's effort to expand the duties of the sheriff. the reason is clear. it makes it easier for the mayor to prove his case. but the problem that we have, particularly with this declaration by mr. henderson, is he is telling you about these fundamental responsibilities that the sheriff has that are nowhere to be found in the charter. that is why we have objected there is not a foundation for this. mr. henderson wants to tell you the share of pass to convey to the public that domestic violence is a serious matter of public concern that is never acceptable. maybe he does, and maybe he does not. if a sheriff or to take office and not at any time in his or her tenur

city. you can see the new hospital is going up and is already beautiful. [applause] that is more than a building. it is the future of our hospital. and the general has always been a big part of our city, our past, present, and future. the story of san francisco general started in 1851 san francisco started the board of health. the hospital moved here to potrero avenue. the hospital was rebuilt over the years, offering children's and psychiatric services to respond to the needs of children. in the 1998's, the current hospital was -- the 1990's, the current hospital was built and was one of the first hospitals to open there doors to aids patients. we became famous around the world for that, helping to break the stigma of hiv/aids. the mayor has just arrived. welcome, mayor lee. [applause] we continue to lead and care for the most vulnerable. just last year, the general became the first hospital in the nation to -- program. the hospital will be crucial in improving the health of our city. we look forward to coordinating all of our services, from primary-care clinics to hospitals, according mental and physical health care. this is what our patients

discuss project action recently taken by the city's planning commission and recreation and park commission. including certify the final eir, approving the general plan and zoning map and then to allow increased site, a conditional use permit pursuant to planning code, making determinations of consistency with the city's general plan, the joint adoption by the planning commission and rec and park commission of a resolution establishing an absolute commitment limit for shadows on the part, and making a shadow impact of termination after review and comment by the san francisco rec and parks apartment and this commission. in addition, the rec and park commission determined at its joint meeting with the planning commission and the shadows cast by the project on to the urban park will not be averse. based on detailed technical analysis, the additional new shadow is very small, and approximately 0.0067% of the total annual available sunlight for the park. the amount of new shadow would not significantly -- would not be significant, and a new shadow cast by the project would not adversely affect the use of the park and its facilities. as a lead agency

treasure island development board, planning, assessor recorder, treasurer, controller, general responsibility, city administrator, dept. technology, human rights, borders supervisors, mayor's office, at the commission, as well as the department of elections. because a number of these departments have a role to play in the redevelopment agency reorganization, i will ask the mayor's budget office to provide for us a general overview of what happened with the redevelopment agency. we will see bits and pieces of the reading of an agency in many of the departments that we see today. >> thank you. kate howard, mayor's budget director. i have a summary of the post redevelopment budget for you today. i am trying to provide an overview of what has happened with the redevelopment agency, where its services and functions have been absorbed in the city, where its staff has been a guard in the city, but the work plan going forward looks like. i have with me today my colleagues tiffany from the city administrator's office and can draw from the city administrator's office, jennifer from the office of economic and

generally big cities have a disproportionate percentage of people of low income and low education levels. maryland has an over-abundance of that because of the two major metropolitan areas. considering that, we're doing well. we could do even better with better taxes and regulatory structure. >> let's talk about the financial cliff being discussed. it would have beenn in january. it is a combination of the tax cuts expiring and the automatic cuts going into effect. some people say let's wait until after the election so we will know whether it is presidt obamaa or president romney. what do you think needs to happen to avoid going off the cliff? >> we need to start talking about how we cut $1.2 trillion. >> we agreed that is not happening. many of your fellow republicans will not sit down with nancy pelosi. they say she will not sit down with them. in the absence of the bipartisanship, what is a realisc way of avovoiding that cliff? >> i would like to see them set up something like the non- partisan commission outside of government that makes a recommendation to us. before they make a reco

both revenue packages support generating revenue for the city and everyone acknowledges the business community as well. there are a number of needs that the city needs to invest in the rose as the city economy grows. that is access to affordable housing as our workforce increases. we need more housing available for that and we're already seeing their rent crunch that we're experiencing in the city due to the growth which we all support but there are these other impacts and we do not have enough housing available for the residents that live here and our increasing work-force. we will also see increases in needs around public safety whether it is police officers on foot patrol or other types of infrastructure needs such as maintaining our streets, dpw, must another -- a number of other things. we are investing in small businesses to recognize as one of the largest engines for job growth. for variety of reasons, the school district is looking to save 13 for next school year. the school district already has to make that difficult decision of shortening our school year by four days this p

the participation of the port and the city, their various participations are generically different. the city have granted additional hike in order to increase the amount of taxable property available to them. but the port is actually engaging in a land swap. that means a different structure of financing available to the port. it should be available to that port and to the city in this project. we ask you to allow it to go forward as quickly as possible with all possible advantage to the city and to the port, and to help us get back to work. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am a 46-year president -- resident of san francisco. i am entering consultant here in the day and in california and throughout the nation. -- here in the san francisco bay and in california and throughout the nation. i only hope that other ports could have a stunning developments proposed before them to address issues of public complaints and meeting the public trust. this financial proposal before you is a win/win/win for the city, the port, and the public community. the business model is the foundatio

generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabilities. this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win for children with disabilities, and even a sand garden with chines and drums. >> it is a visionary $3.5 million world class playground in the heart of san francisco. this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> the next time you take a muni bus or train, there could be new technology that could make it easier