nuru? >> yes, there was definitely one example that we found in which the contractor was named as one of the subpoenaed under the city attorney investigations. >> supervisor peskin: and just in the intervening few minutes, do we now know who the three deputy department directors were? >> yes. >> we have, for part of the time of the subject time period, supervisor. we can provide those names to you, as well as look at the h.r. records to look at for the entire period that we knew who was acting and/or the former. >> i've actually got them from the team. so the three that they are inquiring about are larry stringer, deputy director of operations, edgar lopez, deputy director under building design and construction and city architect. as well as the third is fred sykes, deputy director and engine engineer. >> supervisor peskin: and this was what time period? >> the time period -- this is based on data we collected at the time, so i believe this is 20 -- >> in the idea of completeness, we'd like

nuru? >> yes, there was definitely one example that we found in which the contractor was named as one of the subpoenaed under the city attorney investigations. >> supervisor peskin: and just in the intervening few minutes, do we now know who the three deputy department directors were? >> yes. >> we have, for part of the time of the subject time period, supervisor. we can provide those names to you, as well as look at the h.r. records to look at for the entire period that we knew who was acting and/or the former. >> i've actually got them from the team. so the three that they are inquiring about are larry stringer, deputy director of operations, edgar lopez, deputy director under building design and construction and city architect. as well as the third is fred sykes, deputy director and engine engineer. >> supervisor peskin: and this was what time period? >> the time period -- this is based on data we collected at the time, so i believe this is 20 -- >> in the idea of completeness, we'd like

nuru? >> yes, there was definitely one example that we found in which the contractor was named as one of the subpoenaed under the city attorney investigations. >> supervisor peskin: and just in the intervening few minutes, do we now know who the three deputy department directors were? >> yes. >> we have, for part of the time of the subject time period, supervisor. we can provide those names to you, as well as look at the h.r. records to look at for the entire period that we knew who was acting and/or the former. >> i've actually got them from the team. so the three that they are inquiring about are larry stringer, deputy director of operations, edgar lopez, deputy director under building design and construction and city architect. as well as the third is fred sykes, deputy director and engine engineer. >> supervisor peskin: and this was what time period? >> the time period -- this is based on data we collected at the time, so i believe this is 20 -- >> in the idea of completeness, we'd like

nuru. the recommendation then is to establish clear guidelines for selecting vendors in procurement situations. we had a recommendation and findings related to grants. there were no -- we found that the city provided insufficient requirements for guidance to procure services under grants to nonprofit organizations. this is one that we have emphasized for the mayor to establish minimum requirements to ensure that competitive solicitation of grants are happen similar to how other contracts are in the city. there's also findings recommendations on central oversight given that chapter 21 procurement which happens to fall under the office of contract administration is distinctly separated from the delegated authority that the chapter 6 departments have in procuring public works related services. there's no one central entity that basically oversees procurement in the city. this is to basically recommend closing those gaps in having some sort of central monitoring entity as well as promoting data

nuru. the recommendation then is to establish clear guidelines for selecting vendors in procurement situations. we had a recommendation and findings related to grants. there were no -- we found that the city provided insufficient requirements for guidance to procure services under grants to nonprofit organizations. this is one that we have emphasized for the mayor to establish minimum requirements to ensure that competitive solicitation of grants are happen similar to how other contracts are in the city. there's also findings recommendations on central oversight given that chapter 21 procurement which happens to fall under the office of contract administration is distinctly separated from the delegated authority that the chapter 6 departments have in procuring public works related services. there's no one central entity that basically oversees procurement in the city. this is to basically recommend closing those gaps in having some sort of central monitoring entity as well as promoting data

trees to be removed came from nuru. it did not originate from the bureau of you aurban forestry, did not originate from the public. i've lived in this neighborhood for 14 years. we've had no problem with our ficus trees. this neighborhood is being ravaged. this directly contradicts the information from arbor pro, the city paid $500,000 to do an inventory from our tree and make a recommendation. they recommended for one ficus tree to be removed and the others to simply be groomed. right now, they're decimating our neighborhood, and it doesn't make any sense. buck is saying that these trees pose a danger, but i've lived here for 18 years. there has been no issues with the ficus trees, and these trees are 40 years old. it takes 40 years to replace a 40-year-old tree, and the reasons they've given makes no sense whatsoever, and this came from nuru sometime in 2019, this order that thousands of ficus trees thoroughout the ciy needs to be removed. san francisco has one of the smallest tree canopies in the city, and we're losi

nuru involved in that decision? did he care? >> no. he was not particularly involved in that decision, no. >> supervisor peskin: okay. and then relative to the annual administrative fee, in the amount of $275,000, have we received that first fee yet? >> no, not yet. i don't believe it's actually officially -- the start date of that fee has not officially occurred. >> supervisor peskin: yeah. i think it's due one year from the official start date. and you are right. that is still a little over a month away. all right. thank you, ms. dawson. i really appreciate it. that was helpful. and i will defer to my colleagues, if they have any questions or comments. >> supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor peskin, for this and for those really good questions around the details of the current agreement with j.c. decaux. ms. dawson, hi some questions just about the r.f.p. from 2016. that is the basis for the current revenue agreement with j.c. decaux. and just, you know, the fact -- the glaring fact that they were the only bidder, you know, respondi

according to the fbi complaint hernandez and a school works provided nuru with more than a quarter of a million dollars in labor and materials for new was vacation home. back in 2018 that includes a $40,000 tractor $10,000 worth of lumber and $10,000 worth of electrical work. hernandez has not been convicted of the criminal charges at this time. but he has admitted that he gave new route $20,000 worth of personal gifts, new rule was charged back in january on public corruption charges. you're taking a look at video of him leaving court in february after a bond hearing. just last month federal prosecutors also charged news longtime romantic partner sandra zuniga and longtime permit consulted walter wong in connection with the investigation. zuniga also worked for the city of san francisco's fix a director and the director of the mayor's office of neighborhood services. >>lawmakers want to computers in the hands of veterans, seniors and students in need and the drummer putting washington how republicans and democrats plan to do it. >>and for we had to break, let's take a live look outsi

nuru drove a truck through that, that his department did not question that. i would also like to be added as a cosponsor to supervisor walton's caren measure, which i was supposed to save, but neglected. and to supervisor walton, for giving you and our city's co e condolences to jace's family and his mother. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you. seeing no names on the roster, mr. president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president yee: supervisor preston, did you get a chance? >> supervisor preston: no, not yet. >> clerk: oh, supervisor preston, my apologies. >> supervisor preston: madam clerk, no worries. today, i'm dprusi i'm introduc legislation -- [inaudible] >> duri . >> supervisor preston: during the covid-19 pandemic. the homelessness crisis in our city obviously began long before the pandemic, but during the state of emergency, this public health crisis has deepened the already existing inequities along racial and socioeconomic lines. it's been 16 weeks since shelter in place began, and thousands of san franciscans continue to s

according to the fbi complaint hernandez in us all works provided nuru with more than a quarter of a million dollars in labor and materials for new was vacation home back in 2018 that included a $40,000 tractor $10,000 worth of lumber and $10,000 worth of electrical work. hernandez has not been convicted of the criminal charges at this time. but he admitted that he gave new route $20,000 worth of personal gifts. newell was charged back in january on public corruption charges, you're looking at video of him leaving court in february follrwing a bond hearing. last month federal prosecutors also charged news longtime romantic partner sandra zuniga and longtime permit consultant walter wong in connection to the investigation. soon he also worked for the city of san francisco's fit fix a director and director of the mayor's office of neighborhood services. >>google is lending a helping hand to unemployed workers amid the pandemic the company says that it plans to fund 100,000 need base career certification, scholarships. google says the certificates are in data analytics user experience d

hernandez is accused of bribing a public works director mohammed nuru. there are proceedings to have that company banned for competing for contracts for five years. >>> developing this morning new controversy in an already controversial police shooting. relatives of san francisco's sean monterrosa say authorities have destroyed evidence tied to his killing six weeks ago. that's when officers responded to a lotting report and investigators say one officer mistook a hammer for a gun. the family attorney says after asking the city attorney to preserve the evidence, relatives learned most of it is gone. >> now this evidence is gone forever. once they put the truck back into service, we'll never know what condition it was in at the time that night. >> now we did reach out to the police chief and city attorney for comment. they did not respond. last week police released body camera video of the shooting, and that sparked new controversy because the camera was off until after the shots were fired. >>> new details for you in the recent vandalizing of a black liv

destinations within germany then pictures from inside the plane it's crowded and at the asparagus fog nuru here either whether the buses that bring them to the fields or the containers they sleep at night there's no speech to keep a safe distance anywhere for not 2 men bunk in one room and with them the constant threat of karuna. then despair of a struggle kicked me out. and i had to leave. but i'm going to alter to went to high with the company been working for for years kinney's here his luck turned from bad to worse i feel like i was really scared that i'd fall. you know what i mean when how can you keep a safe distance when you're carrying 50 kilos of meat. once i told my boss i can't keep going and she said you can't stop. elisabetta moldovan was on the exact same flight as all back to go she too had wanted to do harvest work in germany. of course i'm scared of the coronavirus but we can catch ahead to the bad. we meet up with her again back in romania at the moment she's watching her grandchildren she do anything for her family even if that means leaving them. 10 years ago it was the

ficus trees should be given a second look now that we know a lot more about nuru. at the very least, they need to do a proper notification so people don't wake up to see their neighborhood completely ravaged, nine 40--year-old trees gone in a matter of days in just two blocks. also, this idea of they're talking about pavement trees it will be ok because we're replacing trees. replacements don't compensate fort loss of mature trees. i'm not going to live long enough to see our foal age replaced from what we've losed. we need to get away from the idea that replacements make up from the loss of trees, they don't. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we will now hear from the next member of the public. ms. natalie down. and we can put you on video. >> hi. >> clerk: can you please spotlight mrs. down. thank you. >> one moment. >> can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. >> ok. >> thank you so much for hearing me. i had a speech prepared but it has crashed. which is the wrong time for it to crash, ok, i'm sorry. this isn't just an unfortunate misstep this is a desecration of p

nuru drove a truck through that, that his department did not question that. would also like to be added as a cosponsor to supervisor walton's caren measure, which i was supposed to save, but neglected. and to supervisor walton, for giving you and our city's co e condolences to jace's family and his mother. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you. seeing no names on the roster, mr. president, that concludes the introduction of new business. >> president yee: supervisor preston, did you get a chance? >> supervisor preston: no, not yet. >> clerk: oh, supervisor preston, my apologies. >> supervisor preston: madam clerk, no worries. today, i'm dprusi i'm introduc legislation -- [inaudible] >> duri . >> supervisor preston: during the covid-19 pandemic. the homelessness crisis in our city obviously began long before the pandemic, but during the state of emergency, this public health crisis has deepened the already existing inequities along racial and socioeconomic lines. it's been 16 weeks since shelter in place began, and thousands of san franciscans continue to sle

why is nuru doing corruption? if we go to the website p. he makes $323,000 a year, i don't see why he needs more kickbacks and in department cries broke because they can't take cake of our trees. well, let's see how much chris buck makes. chris buck makes $168,000 a year and kevin jensen, who has been ignoring my e-mail requests going back to march, even after this board asked on july 1st if he responded to me, he makes $218,000 a year and well, when you put that all together and you look at what the watering cost s. i mean you are talking about a person's salary to cover the proper maintenance of these trees. department of public works will argue ann arborist recommended removal of these trees, that's true. but you will find that management of the disease it has, which is very common for these trees, is largely focused on prevention, there's underlying stress factors and they are stressed because they're not being taken care of. i did a request pared to get through for the watering of trees along this street and there's only 10 trees that

hernandez is accused of bribing muhammad nuru and could face up to ten years in prison if convicted.has begun proceedings to have the company banned from competing for any contract in the city for at least five years. >>> new controversy in an already controversial police shooting. relatives of san francisco's sean monterrosa say authorities in vallejo have destroyed evidence tied to his killing six weeks ago. that's when officers responded to a lotting report and investigators say one officer mistook a hammer for a gun. relatives learned most of it is gone. >> now the evidence is gone forever. >> we did reach out to the police chief and the city for comment, but they did not respond. last week police released body camera video of the shooting and that sparked new controversy because the camera was off until after the shots were fired. >>> new details for you and the possible fallout in the recent vandalizing of a black lives matter mural in martinez. two people you see here in the video are facing misdemeanor charges with hate crime enhancements. "the east bay times" is reporting th

developments in the federal corruption investigation in san francisco, former public works director mohammed nuruity attorney janice herrera has started proceedings to block us all works incorporated and his chief financial officer and vice president bomber hernandez from doing business with the city for the next 5 years. according to the fbi complaint hernandez in a seoul works provided new rule with more than a quarter of a million dollars in labor and materials for new rules vacation home back in 2018 that included a $40,000 tractor $10,000 worth of lumber and $10,000 worth of electrical work. hernandez has not been convicted of any criminal charges at this time, but he has admitted that he gave new route $20,000 worth of personal gifts, new rule was charged back in january on public corruption charges. you're taking a look at video of him leaving court back in february following a bond hearing. last month federal prosecutors also charged news longtime romantic partner sandra zuniga and longtime permit consultant walter wong in connection with the investigation. zuniga also worked for the city

nuru allegedly -- not allegedly gave a number of contracts to friends and associates, including mr.walter wang, who was arrested by the federal bureau of investigation and is being investigated by the united states attorney. i don't think this is the time to get rid of the board's oversight, if there was ever really a time. and quite frankly, disguising this as a covid-19 emergency is offputting. i have actually communicated with some nonprofit housing developers that have a stake in this legislation, and while they do have cash flow needs, they are not imminent. i think there's plenty of time to recraft this legislation in a way to keep the board of supervisors oversight and accomplishes the policy goals here but without getting rid of the checks and balances that are near and dear to government. so i would like to make a motion to send this back to the budget and finance committee of the board of supervisors. >> president yee: motion made by peskin. is there a second? >> supervisor walton: second. >> president yee: second -- who said it? supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: ye

nuru allegedly -- not allegedly gave a number of contracts to friends and associates, including mr.ter wang, who was arrested by the federal bureau of investigation and is being investigated by the united states attorney. i don't think this is the time to get rid of the board's oversight, if there was ever really a time. and quite frankly, disguising this as a covid-19 emergency is offputting. i have actually communicated with some nonprofit housing developers that have a stake in this legislation, and while they do have cash flow needs, they are not imminent. i think there's plenty of time to recraft this legislation in a way to keep the board of supervisors oversight and accomplishes the policy goals here but without getting rid of the checks and balances that are near and dear to government. so i would like to make a motion to send this back to the budget and finance committee of the board of supervisors. >> president yee: motion made by peskin. is there a second? >> supervisor walton: second. >> president yee: second -- who said it? supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: yes.

nuru's wrongdoings to be addressed. this charter amendment will create the san francisco public advocate, a system addressed at eliminating public corruption abuse of taxpayer money, and abuse of the taxpayer trust. the public advocate would review the administration of city programs, including the distribution of programs and services throughout the city, the effectiveness of the public information and service complaint programs of city agencies, and the responsiveness of city agencies to request for data or information. in this way, it's focused on citywide oversight and structural reform. the public advocate would investigate and attempt to resolve complaints from members of the public concerning city services and programs. they would have investigative authority to resolve these complaints, and it's specified that the purpose of this office is to root out corruption, fraud, and abuse. it would authorize the public advocate to receive and investigate confidential whistleblower complaint concerning ineffective, unreas

mohamed nuru, director of t, d arrested by the f.b.i., and by granting this permit, the board of appeals is encouraging the department of public works to do more illegal tree removals, and they already have been happening on octavia and a bunch of other parts of the city. i raised a bunch of disability issues and had a bunch of accessible issues on the january 7, 2020 meeting. i was not given a powerpoint presentation, even though i was told months before that i would need to appear by phone. the presentation used by the department of public works was not provided to me, and i had to request the call in information multiple times to get a chance to call in. i asked if i could communicate with people that were present at the meeting, if they would mind sharing information with me, and sthey refused to do this. i did not get these denials and these explanations for these denials until 2.5 hours before the appeals hearing on this item even though i had asked these questions months, months and months prior. christopher buck waited until the very last moment to give me any information on that

the ethic's commission were involved in investigating any of the members arising from the mohammad nuru scandal or the leave that the charter and credits that would i can pause and invite any questions or discussions about the work of the city attorney's office, the u.s. attorney's office or the controller's office. >> i don't see hands raised. the commissioners have been following it as closely as it is possible to do so as a member of the public and because we did have it cited i watched the government audit committee so i don't think we need to revisit the specific items the public corruption on going investigations so i will invite you to move to the specific ethic's commission work thaw wanted to share with us. >> thank you. i mentioned in this month's enforcement report and i mentioned earlier in some discussions with commissioner bush that staff have prepared eric willet took the lead on from other agencies and from within the commission staff, unfortunately, the pandemic and the -- and endless budget cycle have prevented the executive director and i from having a meaningful conv

nuru allegedly -- not allegedly gave a number of contracts to friends and associates, including mr. walter wang, who was arrested by the federal bureau of investigation and is being investigated by the united states attorney. i don't think this is the time to get rid of the board's oversight, if there was ever really a time. and quite frankly, disguising this as a covid-19 emergency is offputting. i have actually communicated with some nonprofit housing developers that have a stake in this legislation, and while they do have cash flow needs, they are not imminent. i think there's plenty of time to recraft this legislation in a way to keep the board of supervisors oversight and accomplishes the policy goals here but without getting rid of the checks and balances that are near and dear to government. so i would like to make a motion to send this back to the budget and finance committee of the board of supervisors. >> president yee: motion made by peskin. is there a second? >> supervisor walton: second. >> president yee: second -- who said it? supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: y