nuru. the goal as previously stated is to provide recommendations that would ultimately improve transparency, reduce risk of fraud and safeguard public funds in the city and county of san francisco. in conjunction with the controller's efforts in conducting these assessments, is the city attorney's focus on the investigations on misconduct by current and former city employees and city contractors and vendors and they continue to do so and identify remedies for certain legal policy violations. one example of this action from the city attorney is the start of the process to debar back in july 2020. from contracting with the city for five years in connection with allegations contained in the affidavit. it is through this action from the city attorneys office that prompted us to look at debarment procedures to see if there are areas for improvement or anything that we can recommend to further improve and promote transparency and safeguard city funds. in conducting this assessment on the debarme

nuru. the goal as previously stated is to provide recommendations that would ultimately improve transparency, reduce risk of fraud and safeguard public funds in the city and county of san francisco. in conjunction with the controller's efforts in conducting these assessments, is the city attorney's focus on the investigations on misconduct by current and former city employees and city contractors and vendors and they continue to do so and identify remedies for certain legal policy violations. one example of this action from the city attorney is the start of the process to debar back in july 2020. from contracting with the city for five years in connection with allegations contained in the affidavit. it is through this action from the city attorneys office that prompted us to look at debarment procedures to see if there are areas for improvement or anything that we can recommend to further improve and promote transparency and safeguard city funds. in conducting this assessment on the debarme

your example of whatever, the america's cup, this would prohibit or for that matter, the mohammed nuru investigation. this rule would prohibit city officials elected or appointed and employees from soliciting from interested parties from the ecology or other entities that have contracts. at least on that point, i'm going to assume that somebody is going to be prepared to make a motion to recommend that we move forward with communicating that commission endorses that change. commissioner bush, your point about who the -- i'm trying to think, on the america's cup, if they put people from the city in charge of that -- i guess it was a nonprofit they educated, just the ones behested, it's not just restricted source. are you saying they shouldn't be able to behest payment to a nonprofit if the mayor controls the nonprofit. i'm trying to figure how you would articulate the regulation that would address the concern that you have? >> there's couple of ways getting at it. one will be to say, they can't solicit contributions more than $5000. we have some cases where a party was contributing $500

lee appointed former public works director mohamed nuru and former public utilities commission general manager harlan. both now facing federal charges. chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor fi contributor phil matier says a criminal complaint uses the code name 35 for lee. lee was a longtime friend of wong, an influential character who has plead guilty to fraud charges in the case lee died of a heart attack in december of 2017, and you can read phil's articles in "the chronicle" every wednesday and sunday. >>> one juvenile is dead and three others badly hurt after the stolen sedan they were in crashed in east san jose overnight. an ambulance took one of the victim as way from the collision along story and king's road. police say a honda accord was traveling fast down story road when it slammed into a tree and a light pole. there were two young males and two young females inside. one of the young females died from the impact. the other suffered major injuries. investigators say the accord was stolen from mountain view. >>> and a baby is safe today after she was rescued by mill val

it began with the arrest of mohammed nuru. restauranteur nick bovis and paul giusti. >>> in the middle of this pandemic, a long-time restaurant owner jumped into action when an angry customer attacked her staff. dion lim has the small business' plea for patience. >> at that moment i had to do what i had to do because my daughter and my grandson in the drama. >> reporter: that drama all played out on surveillance video from panchita's pupuseria the day after thanksgiving. you can see this customer walks in and after learning her order would take a little longer than expected -- >> we told her 15 minutes, and it took about 20 minutes. >> reporter: what happened next gives a whole new meaning to the term hangry. >> she grabbed a jug of five-pound hand sanitizer and launched it at me while i was holding my son. >> reporter: that's when owner and 60-year-old owner doris grabs whatever she can, including this table to defend her family and her more than 30-year-old business. operating a small business is challenging enough as it is

charges in a federal corruption case involving san francisco's former public works director mohammed nuru well, the fbi has charged harlan kelly general manager of san francisco's public utilities commission was fraught so kelly is accused of taking bribes in exchange for work on city jobs since 2012 he served as general manager for the san francisco, public utilities commission. well he resigned yesterday after the fbi revealed claims that he had a corrupt partnership with the head of a local construction company. investigators say that walter wong wind and i'm kellie paid him in cash worked on his home and treated him to international family vacations, this was all in exchange for business ventures like a multimillion dollar contract for upgrades to city street lights. london breed released a statement saying that she accepted kelly's resignation yesterday and that the allegations are disturbing and unacceptable. kelly is married to city administrator naomi kelly he's charged with honest services wire fraud for taking bribes and public bidding process if convicted he faces 20 years in p

charged with wire fraud in connection with the scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru today. kelly released a statement that reads in part in light of recent events i've decided to take a voluntary leave to focus on my family and especially my 2 children. i will eat my work in the hands of my excellent staff during this critical period. as much as it breaks my heart not to continue helping our community navigate the pandemic kelly went on to say she has spent her career fighting corruption and that she plans to fight the allegations against her family and mayor london breed released a statement on kelly's voluntary leave it reads in part while naomi has not been charged with any crimes managing our covid response while still delivering basic city services requires the full focus of all of our departments, including the city administrator's office which has been central to many of our efforts to mitigate the spread of this disease unquote. >>deputy city administrator can house key will now serve as acting city administrator. another big story we've been following this w

kelly engaged in the same pay to play politics that the city's former public works director, mohammed nuru, is accused of doing. the complaint alleges kelly received cash, a free trip to china, and cheap labor on his inner sunset home in exchange for providing inside information to walter wong, a city permit expediter. wong then used that information to win bids on lucrative contracts. >>> a mountain lion sighting in morgan hill, and the cat was spotted earlier today behind a row of bushes in front of a home on white cloud drive. that's right by oak creek park. officers with the california department of fish and wildlife say it is a young cat that may have been separated from its mom. it looks frightened. it's hiding in that bush there. traffic has been blocked off in the area. the hope is that the animal will move along by nightfall. >>> it's cyber monday. the official kickoff of what will be a very closely watched online holiday shopping season. but online shopping, as you know, comes with risks to your personal information. our business and tech reporter scott budman looks at how you ca

it began with the arrest of mohammed nuru. restauranteur nick bovis and paul giusti. >>> in the middle of this pandemic, a long-time restaurant owner jumped into action when an angry customer attacked her staff. dion lim has the small business' plea for patience. >> at that moment i had to do what i had to do because my daughter and my grandson in the drama. >> reporter: that drama all played out on surveillance video from panchita's pupuseria the day after thanksgiving. you can see this customer walks in and after learning her order would take a little longer than expected -- >> we told her 15 minutes, and it took about 20 minutes. >> reporter: what happened next gives a whole new meaning to the term hangry. >> she grabbed a jug of five-pound hand sanitizer and launched it at me while i was holding my son. >> reporter: that's when owner and 60-year-old owner doris grabs whatever she can, including this table to defend her family and her more than 30-year-old business. operating a small business is challenging enough as it is

charged with wire fraud in connection with the scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru well kelly release a statement today saying in part in light of recent events i've decided to take a voluntary leave leave to focus on my family and especially on my 2 children. i will leave my work in the hands of my excellent staff during this critical period as much as it breaks my heart to not continue helping our community navigate. the pandemic. well kelly went on to say that she has spent her career fighting corruption and that she plans to fight the allegations against her family. mayor london breed lisa statement on kelly's voluntary leave that reads in part. while naomi has not been charged with any crimes, managing our covid response while still delivering basic city services requires the full focus of all of our departments, including the city administrator's office which has been central to many of our efforts to mitigate the spread of this disease. well deputy city administrator can do use koski i will now serve as acting city administrator. well in national news preside

to field the team necessary to not just tread water but to make progress, that we have the mohammed nuru investigation and uncovering all sorts of problems here. there's a big role for us to play. we can't do that in the absence of resources. >> commissioner chiu, the short answer is that we anticipate that the b.l.a. auditor, will be on hand to present the report. i was asked to be present to answer any questions. i'm looking forward to do. we've embraced the recommendations contained in the report, not least of which is the funding aspect they recommended. i'm very much looking forward to having a conversation with the committee about the work that's under way and response to b.l.a. findings as well as the work we know that's ahead of us. i think it's important to underscore with auditors the proof is in the pudding. we need to show and demonstrate that we have the capacity. i think we're in strong position to be doing that. >> commissioner chiu: we can suggest as a way to give an alternative to think about that. for those discussed this previous meetings, devoting a portion of the bud

are still continuing to complete the other assessments that we have started relating to the mohamed nuru investigations. it's more how to -- to better track and ensure that everyone in the city that should be filing certain -- certain reporting requirements from the commission, that they are complying with them, and that they're publicly reported. and then, the building inspection policy and procedures, and then, our final report, which will be a coup accumulation of all of what we have reported so far. >> thank you. i'm wondering if we should go to public comment before we go to comments and questions from the commissioners? >> commissioner, i had a question for mr. de la rosa. thank you to you and your team for doing all of this really important work. a question that i had, in one of your previous reports, better understanding the tone at the top and these different organizations, will your reports be diving into that or looking at what mechanisms might be in place to foster a culture of compliance? because i think it's not only good to strengthen the laws and rules and regulations, bu

lee appointed former public works director mohammed nuru and former public utilities commission general kelly, both now facing federal charges. chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier today reports that a recently released criminal complaint reveals messages between kelly and walter wong that use the code name 35 for lee. lee was a longtime friend of wong and influential contractor who has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in the case. the complaint does not accuse 35 of any wrongdoing. lee died of a heart attack in december of 2017. you can read phil's articles in the chronicle every wednesday at sunday. >>> new at 11:00, a 71-year-old hiker and his dog were rescued this morning after spending the night lost in a marin county ravine. there is a photo, you see it right here, of the hiker after search teams found him this morning near cascade canyon in fairfax. the man and his dog named yaro went missing in the area saturday afternoon, and after spending the night hunkered in the drainage, the man finally got cell phone service. he called family, who then called rescuers, w

charged with wire fraud in connection with the scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru kelly read little east a statement today that read in part this in light of recent events i've decided take a voluntary leave to focus on my family and especially on my 2 children. i will leave my work in the hands of my excellent staff during this critical period as much as it breaks my heart not to continue helping tur community navigate the pandemic kelly went on to say that she has spent her career fighting corruption and that she plans to fight the allegations against her family. mayor london breed released a statement on kelly's voluntary leave that reads in part this. while naomi has not been charged with any crimes managing our covid response while still delivering basic city services requires the full focus of all of our departments, including the city administrators which has been a central part of many of our efforts to mitigate the spread of this disease. deputy city administrator ken borkowski will now serve as the acting city administrator. >>news continues with the coro

tonight in a federal corruption case involving san francisco's former public works director mohammed nuru tonight, the fbi charge harlan kelly. the general manager of san francisco, public utilities commission with fraud. our kron 4 ella sogomonian joins us now live in the studio with this developing case l a grant and vicki 50 year-old harlan kelly is being accused of taking bribes in exchange for work on city projects. >>since 2012 kelly served as general manager for the san francisco, public utilities commission. he resigned today after the fbi revealed claims that he had a corrupt partnership with the head of the local construction company. investigators allege walter wong wined and dined kelly pay them in cash worked on his home and treated him to international family vacations all that in exchange for business ventures like a multimillion dollar contract for upgrades to city street lights mayor london breed released a statement saying that she accepted kelly's resignation today and that the allegations are disturbing and unacceptable for anyone serving in government. let alone the l

apparent seizures to a loss of consciousness or than 200 people have been hospitalized in the town of nuru most have recovered but one person died on sunday none of the patients tested positive for corona virus and voting in time nation has also been ruled out health officials say pesticides could be behind the mystery illness although waiting on the results of blood samples. police in new delhi have stopped a group of athletes from returning their medals to the president it was meant to be an act of solidarity with farmers the protesting new laws in india tens of thousands of been running entry points to the capital new delhi for more than a week now pushing to overturn laws they say will damage their livelihoods as above purana has more from debbie. tens of well known athletes have a vibe here in the center of the capital new delhi after travelling for the past 2 days from the states of punjab and haryana where many farmers and protesting farmers from they have been met with the largest security presence here on their way to the presidential building to return their national awards now t

for example, nuru held other positions that received other economic compensation requirements. >> okay. i don't want to get into the details. i'm not sure that nuru did have other compensation for those governmental roles that he had on the transportation authority or the -- you know, the rate setting functions, but in any event, i definitely agree with you that, in terms of, especially as we moved into the form 700 filing, publicly, universally, among all form 700 filers on-line, that having more audit capacity there would be great, and i think we're going to have a presentation later in this meeting on form 700. i -- i totally agree with you, having more money for staff and doing more compliance and enforcement work would be key, and given that we're probably not going to get all the money and staff, and given the fact that we need to figure out what we're going to do in the meantime, i do want to move things along because we're going to -- if we have any public wanting to weigh-in on this item, we're going to lose them. commissioner lee? >> vice chair lee: thank you, madam chair, an

response to the federal criminal charges filed against former director of san francisco public works nuru. the controller and the city attorney began a joint public corruption investigation and created a public integrity tip line to gather information related to the ongoing investigations. the tip line received information via a dedicated phone number and email address and operated by whistleblower program staff. through the end of the first quarter, the tip line has received 60 tips. these tips are carefully reviewed to determine whether the information could be used for the joint public corruption investigation or if those tips are more appropriately investigated by another governmental agency. next slide. some of our completed initiatives for fiscal year 19-20 included closing out 89% of the 585 reports closed, within 90 days of their receipt. we did issue four quarterly reports on the status of the program activities. we presented two webinars, well attended by members of the oversight and accountability community all across north america and even beyond. one in november of 2019 on gu

property owners and renters adjoining this site at 2300 market street, two applications to mohamed nuru as well as s.f. parks alliance. i've collected over 1700 signatures supporting this initiative to support the nation's first lgbtq veteran's grove which was approved by city hall in 2012 and the lgbtq veterans who served in our military. and the second street park application is called harvey's garden, a watershed garden. currently, public works manages that space, but it is basically an ongoing garbage dump, and honestly, last -- the last 6.5 weeks, i've been calling and calling and sending in 311 requests to cleanup garbage and graffiti. it's really terrible. we want to encourage people to come to the castro during this pandemic -- >> thank you. your time has expired, sir, but i believe this is not rec and park property, but i appreciate your comments, and we'll take them into account. >> thank you very much. bye-bye. >> clerk: thank you. next caller, please state your name. >> the other caller lowered their hand, ashley. >> clerk: okay, thanks. so there's no other callers. >> okay.

property owners and renters adjoining this site at 2300 market street, two applications to mohamed nuru as well as s.f. parks alliance. i've collected over 1700 signatures supporting this initiative to support the nation's first lgbtq veteran's grove which was approved by city hall in 2012 and the lgbtq veterans who served in our military. and the second street park application is called harvey's garden, a watershed garden. currently, public works manages that space, but it is basically an ongoing garbage dump, and honestly, last -- the last 6.5 weeks, i've been calling and calling and sending in 311 requests to cleanup garbage and graffiti. it's really terrible. we want to encourage people to come to the castro during this pandemic -- >> thank you. your time has expired, sir, but i believe this is not rec and park property, but i appreciate your comments, and we'll take them into account. >> thank you very much. bye-bye. >> clerk: thank you. next caller, please state your name. >> the other caller lowered their hand, ashley. >> clerk: okay, thanks. so there's no other callers. >> okay.

of us when my grandparents came over in the 19 hundreds and celebrated in the united states chinese nurus traditional with a lot of meani meaning. >> good afternoon my name is carmen chu assessor-recorder i want to wish everything a happy new year thank you for joining us i want to say. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i'm proud to be a native san franciscan i grew up in the chinatown, north beach community port commission important to come back and work with those that live in the community that i grew up in and that that very, very important to give back to continue to work with the community and hope e help those who may not be as capable in under serving come back and giv >>> parks and places of communicated and thanks to the mayor and the department of technology and supervisor farrell and google. we had a very very unique partnership that was able to bring wifi to our most heavily used parks and squares. >> parks in particular are really important way of life and quality of life and so is connectivity. bringing those two things together in a projec