supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: they had provided us with a printout that said there are 2500 class members, sworn officers in the police department. could you just break down what the actual active and inactive, what the real number is? how many sworn peace officers we actually have? >> the earlier slide that i put up, excuse me, a supervisor. i would just read it. we have 1812. we have 163 officers assigned to the airport. 89 on disability. 42, david. 36 on temporary modified duty. 35 in the disciplinary process. 45 that are on leave, for a total of over 2000. supervisor mirkarimi: 2500. >> supervisor, the number that is reflected in the appointment status of officers that made the bond leave or to a higher rank are reflected twice. 2500 may be the number that is reflective of active employees that have some sort of status with the city. actually active employees that are currently employed. supervisor chiu: -- supervisor mirkarimi: end of the 163 at the airport, is very required minimum numb

supervisor mirkarimi: commissioner avalos? supervisor avalos: i appreciate the line of questioning about what they provide. i agree that they provide a great service. communities across san francisco have benefited. it seems the service could be arbitrary depending on what the issue is and what service is being renewed or increased. that has some benefits. it would be great to have something that would be more global in how the new services are rendered to the city and what the benefits are. having clarity about that

my name is ross mirkarimi. i want to thank sfgtv for their ongoing excellence. madam court, good morning. could you please read roll call? >> [roll call] we have a quorum. >> very good. item to please. >> item 2. approval of minutes of march 29, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any public comment on the item? public comment is closed. we will take this without objection. could we take another roll call? there has been a change in the roster. >> commissioner campos? commissioner carmen chu? commissioner cohen? commissioner elsbernd? commissioner farrell? commissioner kim? commissioner mark? commissioner mirkarimi? commissioner wiener? supervisor mirkarimi: please read items 3 and 4. item 3. chair's report. this is an information item.item 4. executive director's report. this is an information item. supervisor mirkarimi: last thursday the executive director and i'm joined edwin lee and federal highway deputies director to officially kick off the sf park program. scott wiener and members

commissioner mirkarimi? commissioner wiener? supervisor mirkarimi: please read items 3 and 4. item 3. chair's report. this is an information item.item 4. executive director's report. this is an information item. supervisor mirkarimi: last thursday the executive director and i'm joined edwin lee and federal highway deputies director to officially kick off the sf park program. scott wiener and members of the mta board were also at the event which marks the culmination of a four-year process to bring real time parking information to san francisco. it was a great event recognized by the press around country as a major milestone in terms of how technology can structure solutions for common urban problems like finding curbside parking. the entire demonstration was funded with $20 million of urban partnership money which this authority was able to obtain from the federal government in 2007 as part of the negotiations over the funding plan for doral drive, now presidio parkway, which at the time included a proposal. the proposal was a forward- looking idea and this is a forward-lookin

supervisor mirkarimi: quite right. any other comments on either the report -- on either of the reports? seeing none, we now open up for public comment. >> my name is francisco da costa. i want to bring to your attention the third street light rail where we spend $700 million. it stops at fourth and king and lands in the middle of nowhere in the visitation valley. the reason why i am bringing this is you can pat yourselves all you want to, but what the transit first city once is good transportation -- with the transit first city wants -- what the transit first city wants. if you look at every element of our transportation, we cannot give the city high marks. on the project like the transbay, the doyle drive. when we had certain representatives regard the money, and in the future, whether it is from the state or federal, we will not get as much as we thought we would get, and you all know that. but what i am noticing now is having gone to the mtc meetings and other meetings is that san francisco -- this is the city and c

supervisor mirkarimi: consider this the new mantra. ok, executive director, please. >> mr. chairman, commissioners, good morning. before i get into the meat of my report, let me take a second to add to the discussion for a second. first of all, to thank the chair and commissioners campos and cohen for making the time to do this kind of a trip to d.c., which was essentially 48 hours and a lot of time spent on airplanes. hardly a tourist trip. a lot of action in a couple of days. to reinforce also the impression that i got in feedback from members of the administration and others that i work with on an essentially regular basis about how involved and how aware of details and of projects, expectations, and so on the members of my board are, and that is a very nice impression to convey to federal organizations that are responsible for funding our projects. they know that this is not just my message, but it is really your message in representation of the city -- citizens of san francisco. so i am very gratified

supervisor mirkarimi: commissioner avalos? supervisor avalos: i appreciate the line of questioning about what they provide. i agree that they provide a great service. communities across san francisco have benefited. it seems the service could be arbitrary depending on what the issue is and what service is being renewed or increased. that has some benefits. it would be great to have something that would be more global in how the new services are rendered to the city and what the benefits are. having clarity about that is good practice in government. >> i hear the questions of the commission and the concerns regarding documentation. our main concern is to ensure that since we have a system that works, we have a system in place that has worked for many years, and that is highlighted, we are succeeding in having the highest ever generate, that we want to ensure that even if we are looking at additional documentation for our system, that our system is not disrupted. we are working aggressively to reach zero waste by 2020, and any p

supervisor kim: supervisor mirkarimi: -- the community -- supervisor mirkarimi: the community development grant is taken from the payroll tax? >> i am not aware. supervisor mirkarimi: does someone there want to verify that? i am pretty sure that that is the case. while that is and on down, my gut is that it does. it comes from the payroll tax. coming from the percentage that is correct. >> the new name for the neighborhood beautification program as established by the voters, it allows businesses to check a box on their business tax return and, rather than going to the general fund. supervisor mirkarimi: right. right. i am curious. has there ever been any assessment? any kind of assessment? on the advent upper cbd's in san francisco? in terms of what services they are able to provide? beyond baseline services provided by san francisco city and county? any kind of evaluation? >> not to my knowledge. i do not recall any kind of evaluation. supervisor chusupervisor mirkars still a relatively new concept in san francisco. yerba buena will likely have unanimous support, but i am hoping to segue

supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: is there a possibility to recount for us what grant funding at the police department gets, federal and state grants, and what that total has been and what it is expected to be? >> supervisor, looking at the budget for the next fiscal year, we have approximately $20 million in grants and special funding that we believe the department is going to recede. supervisor chiu: and do you know what the source of that is, or is it a variety of sources? >> it is a variety of sources. there is the california emergency management association. i believe we have at least three grant from them. we have a grant from the department of justice. the community oriented policing services group, and i think our total is right now that we have 29 active grant. supervisor mirkarimi: who on behalf of sfpd are the hunters of the grants? >> there are others that the city is receding, and then the police department would partner with them, so there are a number of grants where we are not the

supervisor mirkarimi: excellent. i had called for this particular hearing because we have been hearing a great deal about this issue in the press for some months now. it is related to governor brown and the state pose a desire to realign our state prison population -- the state's desire to realign our state prison population. it asks the state to return a certain amount of prisoners, state population back to the municipality of san francisco. there have been random reports of what that number actually looks like, and that seems to be couched in the question of what kind of funding would be attached for the return of that prison population. based on that funding and resources, we would hope to -- based on that funding and resources we would hope to expect from the state, based on a number of questions about a municipality like san francisco's ability to receive the population and to do so not just expecting incarcerations but expecting alternative means of supervision and monitoring for that population, it is not bein

supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: is this anticipated in the anticipated budget about what it would beif ab 109 takes effect, and we will have to cover the unreimbursed portion? >> yes, i am glad you asked that question. there are some calculations based on the assumptions, and there is a graph or a box chart the we think it shows you what will be in the next is clear. $2.60 million. it is always cheaper to have them in jail alternatives these require monitoring and home detention, because that is also relatively cheap. and our proposal would be to increase this by $3.60 million. this is like a wish list. however, for example, judges could say, "no jail alternative ." caught if those things were going to be reduced, and we do have, i would say, a very good working relationship with the courts on the programs that we have. we also love and service unit that goes out and apprehends people i think we will be able to work with the court's -- courts. supervisor mirkarimi: but there is a combination th

commissioner mirkarimi: thank you. i agree with the overture with regard to recology. it does provide an excellent service, and it is a hallmark that it is employee-owned, and it is something that is unique to san francisco. in your remarks, i want to make sure we are clear about the uniqueness about recology and investing in san francisco and us and them. it is known that recology is looking into brisbane. with that on the horizon, but they could continue with their continuous operation to expand to about a 70-plus acre land, that would mean moving not into san francisco, but moving actually into brisbane. the city council there is contemplating a tax that would then benefit the city of brisbane, not the city of san francisco. isn't that correct? >> that is what they are currently looking at. commissioner mirkarimi: this is something i have shared with the office of economic and workforce development. to me, that is a mess. i thought that there was some opportunity or prospects for san francisco to be able to buy four

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker please. >> i live on seventh and toma. i live at a senior center, and i'm also a member of the senior action network. as of this moment, i'm happy to say that i am a survivor of the intersection at eighth and mission. hopefully by the end of this year, a crosswalk for the pedestrians can be seen. do you want to know why? every day, almost daily, i have to cross the street from the natoma to eighth street. it is too dangerous for pedestrians, especially seniors. our eyes can see the vehicles approaching from the stop light. and we walked slowly. more than one time, i was almost hit by a car when i tried to cross the narrow street going to the market. the driver made a sudden left turn. i did not see the car because it was coming behind me. i was saved by two feet of distance. otherwise, i would be dead by now. seniors should have crosswalks, just like the school zones. you can see the crosswalk signs way farceur the drivers will walk slowly. at least the drivers are aware

supervisor mirkarimi: yes, that is fine. why don't we go ahead and open pub comment for seniors first so seniors who would like to take advantage of public comment now that describe themselves as seniors are seniors. would you then just line up in the middle of the aisle, come one after the other. you are welcome to do so now. then we'll proceed with the rest of the proceeding after that. and if you are of special needs, please feel free to do the same. >> [speaking in foreign language] >> good morning, i'm the president of community tenants association. we're the largest group in san francisco with over a thousand members. one fourth of our members currently reside in district six. we have 35 members present today and we wanted to call attention to the importance of district six as it of low income. we urge you to call for more community input and outreach to these senior and communities of color. >> [speaking foreign language] >> most senior residents do not own cars and a lot of them are dependent. therefore they all use

thank you, supervisor mirkarimi, for putting this item on the agenda. how the savings happening at the state level work? is that something where it is essentially the state shipping the financial burden to local governments? is that how the state is saving the amounts that you're talking about? >> that is exactly how they are saving the amount. the average cost to keep an inmate in state prison is $61,114. that is if you use the average rate. if you use the overcrowding rate, it is cheaper. that figure is about $29,000. that is predicated on however long a time those sentences would have been. if it was a 36-month sentence, the individuals would have spent approximately 18 months in prison, less any kind of jail sentence credits that they would have had. if you take a look at that 36- month sentence, and then take it in half, that is a minimum of 18 months time -- 18 months' time. they will fund the county the equivalent of $25,000 for six months, and on top of that, the community supervision fee. that adds up to a lot less than what the state costs are

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. [applause] next speaker please. >> good morning, supervisors. i am with senior action network, pedestrian safety coordinator. i am also the original member of the pedestrian safety advisory committee. today, in the senior escort to bring them back and forth safely. my concern has been around crosswalks. we know soma has the highest number of collisions between pedestrian vehicles and bicyclist, than any other part of the city. we also know that most of those collisions happen in the crosswalk. for years, we have been a community. we have been asking for pedestrian safety around crosswalks. over the years, essentially, we have been getting a little here, a little there, but if we had enough, we would not be having so many collisions. market street is now going to experiment with advanced stock lines, so it gives a bigger buffer around crosswalks. but one type of crosswalks that mta refuses to address time and time over are the unmarked legal crosswalks. it is legal according to city an

supervisor mirkarimi: ok, i think that is a little more clear. on the question of the determination of who gets -- who qualifies from the state system of prisoners that would be returned back. i heard you say that it is a result of their sentencing as of july 1, 2011. >> it is a result of how they are sentenced, who is in prison right now being released. that would be a current commitment offense that is non- serious, non-violent, non-sex offender. there's a lot of exclusions to things that would have previously been non-serious, non-violent. supervisor mirkarimi: but i also heard you say that it could be people sentenced to 36 months or as high up as five years that might also qualify as non- serious, non-sex offense, non- violence, but who have already been in the system for a while. why would they not be part of the eligible candidates that have already been in the system that have served some substantial time, not be part of this return compared to those who have not even actually serve yet? >> the legislature and governor basically agreed on

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is jamie and i live that main street and harrison streets. $10,000 to paint across what does not sound like a lot of money. there are six main arteries going up to market street and four crosswalks. 96 individual crosswalks. i saw a barney rubble sculpture that will cost a million dollars. perhaps we could persuade them to help us out over here with crosswalks. i see this as a bully in issue. -- bullying issue. every day when commuters are leaving the jobs north of where i live, the cars are crowding the crosswalks. it feels like i am being harassed to cross the street, to walk to my job or to walk home from my job. the designs of our streets really don't serve the purposes. there is only one area plan that includes a transportation plan as part of the zoning. i think you should expect all area plans to include transportation. it is so important. harrison street was repaved using prop k money from last summer. as soon as i found out about it, great, wh

supervisor mirkarimi: you were referencing this earlier. is it your understanding that the franchise fees go directly into the municipality general fund in addition to other a signed peace -- assigned fees or those that set aside for other services that have already been delineated? >> it is my understanding that there are jurisdictions that do it both ways. normally that decision is made by the jurisdictions legal counsel. we've talked to legal counsel that think it is appropriate for the general fund. we've talked to legal counsel that think it is not appropriate for the general fund. supervisor mirkarimi: you have used oakland as an example. can you walk me through the pros and cons of what oakland does or how the customer's benefit as compared to san francisco customers? that is in terms of the fees they pay and what they get. >> i am not sure how it applies to the pro and con. the ft structure -- their fee structure is fairly average. it is close to yours. we know is $29 million that comes in. $7 million of that is used to pay their re

supervisor mirkarimi. why do we not go to public comment on this section? " >> ♪ you are the budget sunshine of my life i love you, and i need a million more bring it back, woa, woa, woa, we would like the budget back again. bring it back again ♪ supervisor chu: any other public comment? public comment is closed. camera continues with the objection? item number 2 below. >> for fiscal year 2007, two dozen 12. -- 2012. >> -- supervisor mar: this is a good way to get people familiar with the issues with the sheriff's department, so with that, they keep. >> but to be here from a supervisor -- nice to be here, supervisor. we can use your overhead. if you look at the far right hand, what it shows in a long bolt column, our expenses have been $154 million. the budget submitted to the mayor so far is about $10 million less than what we intend to spend this year, so our budget proposal for the coming year is, in the words, as i said, about $10 million. we hope to spend about 10 dozen dollars -- $10,000 less this ye

supervisor mirkarimi: 90. please read item two. >> item two, approval of minutes of the february 15, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: any comments on minutes? seeing none, public comment on minutes, please? seeing none, public comment is closed. may we take this without objection? or we do need roll-call. we have a new house order. >> on item number two. avalos aye. campos aye. chiu aye. chu aye. cohen aye. elsbernd aye. farrell aye. kim aye. mar aye. mirkarimi aye. wiener aye. there are 11 aye. item passes. item three, chairs report. item four, executive director's report. these are informational items. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. this past month, we had quite a bit of activity in the transportation of grain. -- transportation arena. i went to washington, d.c., march 13 through 15 for meetings on the hill with the obama administration to talk about san francisco transportation funding needs and progress on ongoing projects. we had a very productive meeting with the u.s. departm

supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, mr. chair. i think this legislation is very much for the of our support. it is a reality many of us are dealing with right now and will probably require trailing legislation. in our district where we had in the parcel because of the downturn economically, nationally, statewide, and locally, the octavia market in octavia boulevard parcel, we have transformed a lot of the parcel to active gardens now. we've done something i think remarkably beautiful, to the point that now we are beginning to see the economy is returning to better health. that pause is going back to ready, set, go. employers are seeing the ability to take back the parcels that they had been assigned. those gardens are in serious jeopardy of being displaced. i hope that through a larger urban agriculture picture, what we decide to design is more than community gardens, but literally the relationship in community neighborhoods, to provide the same kind of protocol and baxter up to make -- and back strap. i agree. green is considered

supervisor mirkarimi. supervisor mirkarimi: ceqa does not tell accumulative impact, does it? >> it does. supervisor myrrh keermy: -- supervisor mirkarimi: with a look at the impacts, that's being gauged at what level, a 20-year level? >> as i was stating earlier, normally accumulative impact analysis includes projects either already entitled or are in the pipeline, formally in the process of being considered for approval, in this case we went beyond that and included several projects that are perhaps a glimmer on someone's eyes on sites we know may be developed in the future. therefore we conduct administrator conservative impact analysis than normally done. supervisor mirkarimi: you had the description to insist upon that particular analysis that goes beyond the standard requirement that ceqa compels, correct? >> correct. supervisor mirkarimi: could you not use that same discretion to extend it further apart from the discussion that's taking place. >> i don't understand the question. supervisor mirkarimi: you've preclued a certain yardstick about its accumulative impact, cou