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the mou is between two parties. the fbi has told us they will not change the current mou. maybe you can convince them otherwise. >> i would hope the mou could be passed. later on, it would reflect the resolution and allow for deputization, if that is needed. >> that would be fantastic. president mazzucco: further comments? i think it is time to move to public comment. >> comment on item two. >> we will have people lined up to make their comments. due to the volume of the expected comments come a commission is setting the timer at two minutes. >> commissioners, thank you for letting me speak one more time. i would like to say san francisco ain't portland. i don't know what portland can do to mimic san francisco, but i'm a resident of this county. if you look at the blocks and the last mayor selection, 70% of the people in this county did not vote because you worried more about orders that the police are supposed to carry out. the fbi isn't even here to give their point or view. i would like to hear what a federal government has to say whether the local police should enforce
the mou is between two parties. the fbi has told us they will not change the current mou. maybe you can convince them otherwise. >> i would hope the mou could be passed. later on, it would reflect the resolution and allow for deputization, if that is needed. >> that would be fantastic. president mazzucco: further comments? i think it is time to move to public comment. >> comment on item two. >> we will have people lined up to make their comments. due to the volume of the...
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we are operating under an mou that they can block. commissioner slaughter: i think we're all frustrated the fbi is not here to answer some of these questions. i think that would help us. with respect to representation'' you are making, i have heard of the representations about compliance with 8.10. i still don't see how this language in the order that says the lot -- officers must be in compliance come if they're not -- i will leave it that. i think the language here in this bureau order can be improved upon. i also respect chief suhr and his effort to make sure there is no daylight between sfpd's obligations to being compliance with these important policies. >> rich -- with respect to the standards, the chart we presented to you we went over line by line with the fbi and said, is there anything here that is not accurate? they agreed it was accurate. they say we don't always apply those guidelines. we are more limited. what the guidelines say, the controlling documents, it is exactly, according to the agreement, what we showed you. sh
we are operating under an mou that they can block. commissioner slaughter: i think we're all frustrated the fbi is not here to answer some of these questions. i think that would help us. with respect to representation'' you are making, i have heard of the representations about compliance with 8.10. i still don't see how this language in the order that says the lot -- officers must be in compliance come if they're not -- i will leave it that. i think the language here in this bureau order can be...
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as it relates to an mou or city mandate. we will continue with vacation accrual limits. the disproportional accrual limits positively benefits against oppression retirees. out of the sample of nine suppression retirees examined, 6 had accrued vacation balances that exceeded 487 hours, and the above exhibit shows six examples of suppression retiree cruise vacation pale benefited from the higher of parliament of vacation accrual. colorado -- column a show's actual cruel, and b shows the recalculated amount -- colorado -- cooumn -- column a show's actual accrual. for the suppression employees retired in the allotted time using the proportion from the sample, is projected that at least 26 of these may have had vacation balances that exceeded 487 hours upon retirement. the maximum allowed vacation accrual had been 487 hours for suppression, the department would have saved an estimated amount of $146,000-plus, which is an average of $5,628 per employee, as stated earlier. what we recommended was that the department should determine whether vacation accruals for suppression emp
as it relates to an mou or city mandate. we will continue with vacation accrual limits. the disproportional accrual limits positively benefits against oppression retirees. out of the sample of nine suppression retirees examined, 6 had accrued vacation balances that exceeded 487 hours, and the above exhibit shows six examples of suppression retiree cruise vacation pale benefited from the higher of parliament of vacation accrual. colorado -- column a show's actual cruel, and b shows the...
how was that decision made in terms of paying above what the mou
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how was that decision made in terms of paying above what the mou they require? how does that happen? >> i just want to say again that we agree with the auditors' recommendation that these accruals share bid just upon retirement for non-suppression employees, but we would also like to note that in the report, the audit team reviewed 23 non- agression retirement payouts for fiscal year 2009-2010, and they performed a sample, and using the fire department figures, with vacation conversions that their figures, without, so they arrive at that difference of the four samples and took that average and used it as a multiplier we believe that figure is an extrapolation of those numbers and we are not in agreement there was an overpayment of $150,000. supervisor campos: let's say it's half that. how was it decided to pay an employee above what the m.o.u. requires? >> this is a longstanding practice and it's the assumption that the majority of that time was burned when that member was in fire suppression. it is historically in the fire department to go to fieldwork administ
how was that decision made in terms of paying above what the mou they require? how does that happen? >> i just want to say again that we agree with the auditors' recommendation that these accruals share bid just upon retirement for non-suppression employees, but we would also like to note that in the report, the audit team reviewed 23 non- agression retirement payouts for fiscal year 2009-2010, and they performed a sample, and using the fire department figures, with vacation conversions...
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this particular mou effective. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have no comment. >> let me ask all of you or first ms. wells come to mention the international children might be more complicated factor. maybe you can elaborate on why it is the case. you also mentioned that the hague conference that there needs to be perhaps additional oversight and improvement. do you have any specific idea, ms. apy, having three decades into the treaty hopefully there is a lesson learned area where upgrades can be made. i would just point out parenthetically that i would agree that the state department people, the oic and consular officials country after country are earnest. there's of the competence issue. they're very smart. obviously they need to be very intelligent and they are well trained. i would argue that the problem is primarily the fact that they don't have the requisite toolbox to do the work. one of the reasons why our legislation h.r. 1940 has been introduced is to take the lessons learned from all the other human rights issues where we h
this particular mou effective. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have no comment. >> let me ask all of you or first ms. wells come to mention the international children might be more complicated factor. maybe you can elaborate on why it is the case. you also mentioned that the hague conference that there needs to be perhaps additional oversight and improvement. do you have any specific idea, ms. apy, having three decades into the treaty hopefully there is a lesson learned area where...
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to give you an update with what is been happening with our arts enrichment realignment and revised mou that will be taking place between the puc and arts commission. our plans at this point are to come back to you at the june 28 meeting that will happen in the southeast with a couple of items. one is a more in-depth overview about the work we have been doing over the last four months. looking at the 2% set aside required based on the administrative code, all above- ground construction needs to be allocated to arts in richmond, so we have been spending the last several months working with our city attorney an arts commission staff to revise the mou about how those dollars get spent. on june 20, we will get back to you with an overview about the work that has been happening at policy and resolution for your adoption, and by that point, we should have finalized the mou between the puc an arts commission that will realign those dollars, which ends up being millions of dollars to be more consistent with the puc's priorities. >> so we will be back next month, but you should have an answer to
to give you an update with what is been happening with our arts enrichment realignment and revised mou that will be taking place between the puc and arts commission. our plans at this point are to come back to you at the june 28 meeting that will happen in the southeast with a couple of items. one is a more in-depth overview about the work we have been doing over the last four months. looking at the 2% set aside required based on the administrative code, all above- ground construction needs to...
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we can revisit and rethink our laws, policies, and mou's and partnerships, and reverse the direction. it is a wonderful feeling of being safe and feeling at home. [applause] >> hello. i am a research associate at the school of medicine. i am here tonight because security is an important issue to me and i feel the security of over 300 million people in this country should matter. i also feel that after my experiences, the fbi will go to any length to do what they believe is protecting security. what they believe is not necessarily what will secure our security. i want to give you an example. in 2009, i had a friend stopped by tsa while boarding a flight. they took him to a back room. fbi arrived and interrogated him. they asked if his wife worked a job. he is a resident of lebanon. they asked him how far away he lived from the security barriers. they proceeded to arrest him. they did not taken to a magistrate within 24 hours. many other things. at 1 point, they asked him, they got agitated, and they said, do you want us to shoot you? the right leg or the left like? -- leg? they charged
we can revisit and rethink our laws, policies, and mou's and partnerships, and reverse the direction. it is a wonderful feeling of being safe and feeling at home. [applause] >> hello. i am a research associate at the school of medicine. i am here tonight because security is an important issue to me and i feel the security of over 300 million people in this country should matter. i also feel that after my experiences, the fbi will go to any length to do what they believe is protecting...
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spending the last several months working with our city attorney an arts commission staff to revise the mou about how those dollars get spent. on june 20, we will get back to you with an overview about the work that has been happening at policy and resolution for your adoption, and by that point, we should have finalized the mou between the puc an arts commission that will realign those dollars, which ends up being millions of dollars to be more consistent with the puc's priorities. >> so we will be back next month, but you should have an answer to your questions for the last year-and-a-half. >> if you would like a preview, i am happy, but i know commissioner vietor wanted us to be brief today. >> in the mou, do you know any advance if we have any say sell about the approval of the arts that will be in our facilities? >> i do. [laughter] >> will you share with us? >> i would love to share with you. what we uncovered as part of the process is that in 2004, there was a city attorney opinion that let us know that the puc has full discretion over how our arts enrichment dollars are spent, so we
spending the last several months working with our city attorney an arts commission staff to revise the mou about how those dollars get spent. on june 20, we will get back to you with an overview about the work that has been happening at policy and resolution for your adoption, and by that point, we should have finalized the mou between the puc an arts commission that will realign those dollars, which ends up being millions of dollars to be more consistent with the puc's priorities. >> so...
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premium pay extenders include the amount paid to eligible employees as prescribed in the employee's mou. as well, there are a onetime payments, which are generally retirement lump-sum payments. for this audit, we again only looked at one fiscal year, and we used a statistical method. we sought to have a confidence level in 95%, and in our process of selecting items for review, we used the risk-based approach. the department administered 63 payouts, of which 13 were reviewed for retirement. the audit tested the pay records of all 250 employees who receive the fixed hazardous materials came rate for this fiscal year, which equates to 6823 pay records, and the audit defines a pay record as one occurrence of the pay for each individual employee. for the 250 employees, additionally, the audit test of eligibility for fixed hazardous pay, and we tested eligibility for all 130 of the 250 employees. we also looked -- during that time, there were 159 employees who receive location-based hazardous materials premium pay, of which the audit only looked at 20 of those employees for that particular pr
premium pay extenders include the amount paid to eligible employees as prescribed in the employee's mou. as well, there are a onetime payments, which are generally retirement lump-sum payments. for this audit, we again only looked at one fiscal year, and we used a statistical method. we sought to have a confidence level in 95%, and in our process of selecting items for review, we used the risk-based approach. the department administered 63 payouts, of which 13 were reviewed for retirement. the...
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it is a new project to be here asked -- as an mou. i, for one, am very comfortable proceeding to this step, and i am sure we will be joined with lots of notice in do time. and with that, if i could have a motion? commissioner caen: i would like to move. vice president moran: is there a sudden? i will seconded. collins' favor? any opposed? the measure carries. -- all in favor? we need three votes, not a majority but the majority of the commission. commissioner courtney: i would like to move that we carry the item over. vice president moran: we can have a motion to move to continue it. opposed? it carries, said that will be continued to a future meeting. -- so that will be continued. secretary housh: item 12, the discussion possible action to approve the plans and specifications and award
it is a new project to be here asked -- as an mou. i, for one, am very comfortable proceeding to this step, and i am sure we will be joined with lots of notice in do time. and with that, if i could have a motion? commissioner caen: i would like to move. vice president moran: is there a sudden? i will seconded. collins' favor? any opposed? the measure carries. -- all in favor? we need three votes, not a majority but the majority of the commission. commissioner courtney: i would like to move that...
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this particular mou effective. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have no comment. >> let me just go over first, ms. wells come into the dual national -- the happen to be dual national might be more complicating factor. maybe you can elaborate on why that's the case. you also mentioned that the hague conference, that the needs to be perhaps additional oversight in improvements. do you have any specific ideas, ms. apy, and three decades into the tree, hopefully there is lessons learned where upgrades can be made. i would point out parenthetically that the state department people at oic and the consular officials in countries after country are earnest to read it's not a confidence issue. they are very smart. they need to be very intelligent, and they are well trained. i would argue that the problem is primarily the fact they don't have the requisite toolbox to do the work. one of the reasons why our legislation after the 1940 has been introduced is to take a lesson learned from all the other human rights issues where we had been very effec
this particular mou effective. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have no comment. >> let me just go over first, ms. wells come into the dual national -- the happen to be dual national might be more complicating factor. maybe you can elaborate on why that's the case. you also mentioned that the hague conference, that the needs to be perhaps additional oversight in improvements. do you have any specific ideas, ms. apy, and three decades into the tree, hopefully there is lessons learned...
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in addition, in the past year, the office of labor standards enforcement have entered into an mou so that we can implement cases against business cases as they move through their case process. with that, i am happy to take any questions. >> thank you. any questions? thank you very much. let's turn the hearing to public comment. let me call of your names. if you could please come up,walter, norman, chung, johannes, chen, chen, if you could please start lining up. please come forward. if you could please come up and you could begin to speak. lopez. juan, claud, brown, kate, any member of the public who would like to speak, please come up. the mic is yours. >> [speaking foreign language] >> good afternoon supervisors over your lunch time. i am from the progress of workers of lyons. i am an activist in the tiny speaking community. -- chinese speaking community. >> [speaking foreign langueage] >> i work with low-income parents and i help them do referrals. i work with a lot of wage theft. >> speaking[speaking foreign la] >> they worked very hard to make a living for their families. they t
in addition, in the past year, the office of labor standards enforcement have entered into an mou so that we can implement cases against business cases as they move through their case process. with that, i am happy to take any questions. >> thank you. any questions? thank you very much. let's turn the hearing to public comment. let me call of your names. if you could please come up,walter, norman, chung, johannes, chen, chen, if you could please start lining up. please come forward. if...
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to give you an update with what is been happening with our arts enrichment realignment and revised mou that will be taking place
to give you an update with what is been happening with our arts enrichment realignment and revised mou that will be taking place
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three other agencies have already signed the mou, said changing that to be problematic this time, but changing this i do not now. >> there is broader language. caught repairs and contract delivery. president vietor: ok. >> there is nothing. president vietor: i would like to move upset to refer more generically to future supplies. and could i have a second? >> does that have to go to the of the parties? >> no. this and be more clear situation of san francisco a tent -- intent. president vietor: is there a second? the whole transmission issue gets my interest. through my periodic reading of the water supply agreement, every time i read it, i learn something new, and one of the things i was looking at is the up the wholesale customers and there are a whole bunch of variations on that theme. if a wholesale customer comes in and has obtained a water supply for use above their 184, not an emergency supply, a permanent supply, and requests for transmission to accommodate it, and i could not see anything in there that covers that particular circumstance. there are certainly interests on the p
three other agencies have already signed the mou, said changing that to be problematic this time, but changing this i do not now. >> there is broader language. caught repairs and contract delivery. president vietor: ok. >> there is nothing. president vietor: i would like to move upset to refer more generically to future supplies. and could i have a second? >> does that have to go to the of the parties? >> no. this and be more clear situation of san francisco a tent --...
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they recently rejoined and adopted an mou that we took content from in drafting this bureau order that i think
they recently rejoined and adopted an mou that we took content from in drafting this bureau order that i think
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the mou before you formalizes the roles and responsibilities among the sfpuc, department of environment, an invisible transportation agency. these charging stations will be publicly acceptable throughout 13 city own garages. the charges are provided to the city free of charge through 2013. the facilities are customers of the power enterprise, and they pay the enterprise rate. approximately a range of facilities between 12 cents and 18 cents per kilowatt hour. during the term of the program, the power provided to the public for the charging sessions will be free, but the power enterprise will recover that cost through the facilities themselves. mta for example. beginning mid-year, the host agencies, including sfpuc, department of the environment, and municipal transportation, including others will be working together to develop more clarified rules about responsibility of ownership of the facility for the chargers, maintenance costs for future, to 2013, and we will -- we at the agency will collect the data from those chargers -- public chargers. we will be collecting the usage. we will b
the mou before you formalizes the roles and responsibilities among the sfpuc, department of environment, an invisible transportation agency. these charging stations will be publicly acceptable throughout 13 city own garages. the charges are provided to the city free of charge through 2013. the facilities are customers of the power enterprise, and they pay the enterprise rate. approximately a range of facilities between 12 cents and 18 cents per kilowatt hour. during the term of the program, the...
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they recently rejoined and adopted an mou that we took content from in drafting this bureau order that i think meets a lot of the concerns that caused become -- the convening of this session. the department offered this bulletin. in it, members must identify themselves as members of -- as police officers, not federal agents. they work on terrorist cases that have a criminal maxus. the chief reviews all investigations on a quarterly basis and he is to meet with any change in fbi
they recently rejoined and adopted an mou that we took content from in drafting this bureau order that i think meets a lot of the concerns that caused become -- the convening of this session. the department offered this bulletin. in it, members must identify themselves as members of -- as police officers, not federal agents. they work on terrorist cases that have a criminal maxus. the chief reviews all investigations on a quarterly basis and he is to meet with any change in fbi
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of startup time in terms of hiring people, so we have taken advantage of that and recently signed mou's with three job training organizations in the area for $100,000 each to get more training and more jobs. we are now working with our partners on the project and providing money so that they can additionally help us hire people and work on jobs. finally, in terms of a pilot work force program, there are programs that we do and projects that we do that it is often difficult to hire people. one of those tends to be tunneling. there is not normally in a tunneling work in the bay area to sustain the local work force, but we're doing a lot of tunneling in the next few years. we had a class three months ago, but we brought in by people from alameda, five from san francisco, five from san the tail county, and can ultimately passed, and they are working on projects during tunneling in the bay area pirie two started recently on the sunnyvale tunnel in the sunnyvale area. we're working closely with the laborers union and working with the 3 job training organizations, we are hiring people from get
of startup time in terms of hiring people, so we have taken advantage of that and recently signed mou's with three job training organizations in the area for $100,000 each to get more training and more jobs. we are now working with our partners on the project and providing money so that they can additionally help us hire people and work on jobs. finally, in terms of a pilot work force program, there are programs that we do and projects that we do that it is often difficult to hire people. one...
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they recently rejoined and adopted an mou that we took content from in drafting this bureau order that i think meets a lot of the concerns that caused become -- the convening of this session. the department offered this bulletin. in it, members must identify themselves as members of -- as police officers, not federal agents. they work on terrorist cases that have a criminal maxus. the chief reviews all investigations on a quarterly basis and he is to meet with any change in fbi command to explain these protocols within 30 days of that change in fbi command. we will continue to work with the fbi and hrc to engage in dialog regarding our members' roles and responsibilities and are receptive to this particular unit bureau order. we are happy to amend it further. as far as to night came, i wanted there to be something that was a standing protocol in place moving forward that i could represent to this body. president mazzucco: thank you, chief. the tone is that most of the concerns we heard regarding whether or not the memorandum of understanding from 2003 was different from the most recent
they recently rejoined and adopted an mou that we took content from in drafting this bureau order that i think meets a lot of the concerns that caused become -- the convening of this session. the department offered this bulletin. in it, members must identify themselves as members of -- as police officers, not federal agents. they work on terrorist cases that have a criminal maxus. the chief reviews all investigations on a quarterly basis and he is to meet with any change in fbi command to...