at that time, i was not aware of any mistiering problem. were you? >> no, i was not, sir. >> if not, when did you first learn about the tiering problem? >> i first learned about the tiering problem in the beginning of june of this last year. >> was it the earliest time, to your knowledge, that dshs personnel discovered that some facilities had been mistiered, was the month you had given? in other words, was there other folks within the department that knew that this tiering process was all messed up? >> there was an indication in may of 2010 that there might be a problem with respect to tiering. the individuals within the office looked at the problem and felt that they had resolved the problem and informed people up the chain of command. i did not know that there was a problem at that point in time. i was not informed of that. and the program went forward from there. in 2011 with a new acting director of the office, he asked for a review of the program and he discovered or rediscovered this discrepancy issue and asked for a much deeper dive into that

it's kind of mistier than it was. if you are driving on 880, that's it on the right.see some slow traffic. bay bridge backed up for about a 15-minute wait and in san francisco, northbound 101, still really thick getting downtown. here's steve. >>> thank you, sir. you touched on it. if you are just leaving now, maybe a little "play misty" for me. mostly cloudy, some fog, a little bit of clearing later on. night and morning fog. otherwise, mostly sunny into friday. high clouds on saturday. mostly cloudy on sunday. >> thank you, steve. >> you bet. >>> that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu news. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> and join us at noon for the end of an era, a bare institution known for feeding the needy. thank you for joining us.