chief jeanine nicholson, this is my report. since the last commission meeting, i met with -- i've been meeting with a lot of different folks at the san francisco general hospital because it we so intertwined with the hospital's, in terms of -- specifically in terms of our homelessness call volume. i met with doctor susan ehrlich, regarding homelessness and other commonalities, trying to continue the conversation with all of them. i think i told you last time that i will be meeting with doctor grant colfax from dph and doctor coldwell who is the head of emergency at san francisco general. to see what we can do together, to help address, not just the homelessness issue but the call volume that comes out of that crisis. we had labor-management meeting on the 16th. we are doing well. collaborating on some things and agreeing to disagree. so, we disagreed on a few things we are still. that is good. [laughter] we actually completed our station visits, and will begin again in september. i visited the last two stations, 32 and 37 last

sure the commissioners that were looking at this opportunity of a new administration like chief jeanine nicholson and yourself. an opportunity for us to examine the components of the department what is functioning? what is not functioning? what could be better? i totally appreciate that. thank you very much for your report. did i take public comment on this already? i believe i did. thank you very much. >> item five, commission report. report on commission activities since last meeting on july 10, 2019. >> commissioners i have a couple of items that i want to relate to you as part of information. there was mention about our correspondence through gardens over the city which was sent. we asked for a response back on august 2. commissioner cleaveland was involved with that with the chief's office. a point of information, the letter that was sent was that we wanted to get an update in terms of the wellman fund which was under our jurisdiction as well as the one 50th anniversary balance. will be asked for in that correspondence we are hoping for on august 2 is an expenditure report. also we are tryin

i want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the first lbgt fire chief jeanine nicholson.nk you supervisor walton for being here as well. and our police department, our chief is here, bill scott. i am so excited. have you guys seen the new flag, new vehicles of the san francisco police department? amazing. thank you, chief so much. there is a freedom band that you will be the official band of the city and county of san francisco, lgbt freed domband. you will hear from them shortly. no one celebrates pride like san francisco. thank you for joining us to raise the flag in our city. i know there are challenges throughout the bay area of raising this flag. in san francisco it is not a question. it is an important part of what makes our city so special. i want to thank all of you every year for coming for the flag raising. i want to acknowledge the man behind making the celebration great, commissioner tom horn, thank you so much for your amazing support for this event. i want to say a special acknowledgment and for the parade which i cannot wait to participate in. it is a lot o

please welcome jeanine nicholson. >> good morning, everyone.ove our san francisco summer weather. speaking of nert, as supervisor brown just mentioned, i want to recognize, we do have some nert volunteers right here, and nert is going to be critical in the event -- [applaus [applause] >> in the event >> -- in the event of a disaster. we know it's not if, it's when. i want to recognize mohamed nuru. he's been a great ally for us and working with us. in the event of a disaster, our fire department needs to respond immediately. our firefighters and e.m.s. workers work 24-7, 365, and we need to be able to respond immediately. and this bill will provide the funding that we need to invest in our public safety infrastructure so we can continue to bring the city and the citizens the best service that we possibly can, but especially during a disaster. so thank you all for being here today. good day. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: all right. our last speaker for this program before we finally sign this legislation is the chief of the police departm

we have a new fire chief, jeanine nicholson. this is her first disaster council as chief, so it's worthy of note. i want to welcome you and say how happy i am to work with you sister and have you by my side in our efforts here in the city. please say a few words and introduce yourself if you would like. [applause] >> thanks everyone. so it's great to be here. i want to introduce some of my command staff that's here. victor is here. [applause] >> deputy chief of administration, jose is here. [applause] >> and the guy really charge in the diaster, the assistant chief of homeland security. [applause] >> thank you so much. so the north bay fires of 2017 and 2018 caused unprecedented damage and significant loss of life as we're all well aware. in response to this tragedy, they have instituted and been approved by the c.p.c.