i was in on the phone conversations that the department was having with hillard heinz about submitting these folders to them and having them review them to see if they're substantially compliant and that was my concern, what you just said, which is they're not giving us a list of what it is that they want from us so how is the department supposed to know what to provide and it seems like it was sort of a whirlwind of what they are expecting and what we're provideinprovideing and it was . if you are telling me now the pre screening process eliminates that ambiguous tee but we need to come up with another solution, because again, just like you said, there is no list of instructions or checklist that they're look for. it's very subjective and it's, we submit it and if they feel the it's com ploy ant and it's not, it hurts the department. we need guidance on what they're looking for in order to be substantially compliant and not spinning our wheels for no reason. >> it helps, commissioner, where we are now with this process. but a lot of the poundation work, it's where the technical assist

an officer in san jose, but for the past decade has worked as a consultant with the security firm hillard heintze, where he's helped reform law enforcement agencies across the country, including those struggling to diversify their ranks. rob: your police department has to be reflective of that community. bigad: for those who might think if you have an officer who is well trained, what difference does their skin color or gender make? rob: well, that's a knee jerk reaction on the part of a lot of people, but i think we all have certain types of biases. so, i think that having those people on your department that represents these different community groups helps them understand, when they're in the community interacting with the community, some of the sensitivities of the different cultures. bigad: our investigative unit took a look at diversity rates inside some of the largest police departments in the bay area. in san jose, african-americans make up about 3% of the population and about 4% of the police force, according to the most recent data available on the department's website. hispanic

still waiting for their unemployment benefits, one assemblyman also wants the edd director sharon hillard out. >>the latest hearing. demonstrations to me that is that confident. needs to be replaced. has been making excuses has been a century on truthful or at the very least has misled in order to protect and a td that spilled millions of young port. >>60 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle send a letter to the governor today urging him to take more action on the department, lawmakers say that they want more transparency faster claim processing and better customer service. the letter comes days after trump partment leadership admitted to lawmakers that there are more than 1 million unemployment claims that still need to be processed. alameda county is offering financial help to people who test positive for covid in that. >>county leaders in the county approved a pilot program that will pay qualifying residents. 1250 bucks to self-isolated home. requirements include getting a referral from select clinics not receiving unemployment benefits are paid sick leave. county supervisor wilma ch

say, what we have done actively, while we weren't a part of the initial work was stay engaged with hillard he -rbgin and coordinating and inviting them in to share with us where they were to share the light on our perspective on the information they were receiving and what we were told by the department with the information that they were given. but, you know, that's what has happened in the past. i will say that our work directly in terms of measuring our work as it relates to what is going on with doj while excluded in the first phase, it was the working groups, our policy recommendation, our ongoing work with both the police commission and community to keep them updated, but it was remote but updates from the doj process, which was independent of what dpa was allowed to do. and so it's been a frustration, but it didn't stop our ongoing work, if that's what you are asking. >> and how often does the dpa file charges on officers with the commission some so what percentage of cases that come before you do you actually file? >> i don't know the percentage offhand. i thought i answered some o

say, what we have done actively, while we weren't a part of the initial work was stay engaged with hillard he -rbgin and coordinating and inviting them in to share with us where they were to share the light on our perspective on the information they were receiving and what we were told by the department with the information that they were given. but, you know, that's what has happened in the past. i will say that our work directly in terms of measuring our work as it relates to what is going on with doj while excluded in the first phase, it was the working groups, our policy recommendation, our ongoing work with both the police commission and community to keep them updated, but it was remote but updates from the doj process, which was independent of what dpa was allowed to do. and so it's been a frustration, but it didn't stop our ongoing work, if that's what you are asking. >> and how often does the dpa file charges on officers with the commission some so what percentage of cases that come before you do you actually file? >> i don't know the percentage offhand. i thought i answered some o