have had with ron conaway and companies that have registered a tremendous interest, working with john walton and are part of technology. we think it is absolutely necessary to register our interests in innovation by declaring the chief innovation officer for the city. perhaps the first in america, certainly in san francisco. i have tapped the talent jane to my right, who has been working in the department of technology. he has been the leader in open data government efforts in our city. i would like him to now come into the mayor's office and be the point person for us to declare that we want that innovation in the heart of the mayor's office and helping the departments figure out how they can use innovation and how they can be connected with nonprofits like code for america, to get not only their data, but even their business practices more efficient and transparent. he is our chief innovation officer for the city. he will be working alongside me in making sure the mayor's office, working with the board of supervisors, has at its helm, with the proper authority, a corporate visibility, lead

here, today, i have the wife of chief hayes, commander tom, and john walton. we all support this effort, as support this effort. we have gone to court three times in the last 14 months to present this project. we go back on february 16. i think they have been working very closely together and i know mr. walton would be happy to address that as well. president chiu: as a representative of this body, there really weren't in that conversations about what this was about. obviously, this contract was not in front of that body. one of the things that has been frustrating, i don't think enough communication on this very comprehensive project, the city doesn't have a good track record of getting the complicated project done. i am not sure i completely agree with that characterization. >> one of the things i wanted to bring to the board's attention was that there was an m l u m place since 2009 to work closely together. we believe there is always room for better communication so of course we want to work collaborative lee and continue on in that direction. any advice o

i think those numbers are not going to be perfect at this moment and hearing what john walton mentionedpportunities to revisit that through our process and make sure if there are opportunities to have better efficiencies that we do do that. i do not think that conversation is done with. i want to thank the budget analysts for york -- your observations. overall, i think what we're asking is whether it is valuable for the city to be investing in additional amounts to join in to a system that is a data system. it is something we do not have at this moment and i but -- do believe that is the future. the question for us is do we want to take that step now? we know that is the future and gain $13 million worth of grant funding to accomplish that, or do we want to hold off and hope maybe there is some grant money to do it later? probably not if it is coming from the stimulus funding. for me, it is pretty clear that we need to be part of a regional system. it is important from a public safety point of view and from a big disaster point of view, when we have earthquakes or other big disasters, t