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

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

report from chief of department, jeanine nicholson on current issues, activities and event within the department since the fire commission meeting on august 14, 2019, including budget, communications and outreach to other agencies in the public. report from administration on the administrative divisions. fleet and facility, status and updates, finance support services and training within the department. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, madame secretary. good evening, chief nicholson. >> chief nicholson: good evening president, vice president, commissioners, this is my report since the last fire commission meeting. chief and i met with the advisory board on the 14th of august. we meet with them a couple of times a year to get their input and assistance. and they're incredible volunteers. and they're really go-getters, so we appreciate them. speaking of nert, the 30th anniversary will be commemorated on october 19 at st. ignatius high school from 8 a.m. to noon. so ericka is ramping up for that. in terms of the fire department employee groups, chief worse, chief biello and myse