one example would be the creation of an ombudsman at the airport. we would have to validated through the budget process. as a way of validating the work that has begun, i am happy to support it, but to be clear, the work is not done. as supervisor mirkarimi says, there is much work to be done. supervisor chiu: thank you. i would like to be added as a co-sponsor. supervisor kim? supervisor kim: thank you. i vote -- a very much to appreciate how this does happen. it is really good to read this report. i am looking forward to the follow-up in terms of the findings. i am very interested in learning about the accuracy of the request for authorized investigations that happened out of the pgo audits. i had a lot of questions. i will follow up in terms of what the terrorism liaisons' do. i was not aware of that being part of sfpd. i want to think supervisor marini for bringing this forward -- i want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for bringing this forward. supervisor chiu: supervisor carmen chu? supervisor chu: i want to think supervisor mercury me for bring

as paula does, we also have an ombudsman that works for us and she is here, too. there you are. hi. i don't get to talk to her a lot. she is an independent as well. we're also considering the addition of a standards and practices editor position. so, we are, you know, we work very hard to ensure that our coverage, as i say, is accurate and balanced. but we are, you know, our journalists are incredibly courageous in the reporting that the do. >> caryn, from stations point of view, how does npr situation affect you, how did your listeners respond, and what have been your own, the station's own considerations in dealing with a city where there is a lot going on? >> well, interestingly it really caused a rallying of support i think when you take a temperature around the country. a lot of stations were in fundraiser and they are having record fundraisers. and i think that is testament to what joyce is think about the quality of the journalism remains a question. and people value that and supportive. i think station managers were just concerned about what was going on at the top, but i th

we have an ombudsman who is sitting in the room and he operates quite independently. i rarely talk to him. nice to see you here, michael. >> and they're not speaking. >> and there are many times that i read his material and i think, wow, you know, he got it right. and he is our connection to the viewers and the users of our content, and they have a vehicle through him where they can express their opinion and he, in turn, expresses his own. and it's helpful. all of our producers look at his material. so i think the fact is that the lion's share of our funding does come from individual philanthropy. if we get that wrong, the thing that is the most valued asset we have is our brand and the fact that we are a trusted brand, and if we violate that, then i think everything else unravels, so from my perspective on the t.v. side, i don't spend time worrying about government influence affecting our journalism. our journalists are fiercely independent, both our colleagues at the "newshour" and certainly our colleagues at "front line," which is our significant investment in inve

we have an ombudsman who happens to be sitting in the room, and believe me, he operates very rare --y independently. i rarely see him. nice to see you, michael. [laughter] and there are many times i read his material and i think, wow, he got it right, and he is our connection to the viewers and the users of our content and they have a vehicle through him where they can express their opinion and he in turn expresses his own and it's helpful. all of our producers look at izz -- his material. so i think that the lion's share of our funding does come from individual philanthropy. if we get that wrong, the thing we have that is the most valued assist -- asset is our brand and it's a trusted brand and i think if we violate that, everything else unravels. so from my perspective onts tv side i don't spend time worrying about government influence affecting our journalists. our journalists are fiercely independent, both our colleagues at the news hour and certainly at frontline, which is our significant investment in investigative journalism, have tackled very difficult subjects that make peop

we also have an ombudsman, and she's here, too. >> i don't get to talk to her a lot. they are also considering the addition of a standards and practices editor position. so we are -- you know, we work very, very hard to ensure that our coverage is, as i say, accurate and balanced. but we are -- our journalists are incredibly courageous in the reporting that they do. >> how did your listeners respond? what has been the station's own consideration in dealing with a city where there is a lot going on? >> it really caused a rallying of support. a lot of stations were in fund raiser, and they are having record fund raisers. the quality of the fund raisers remains unparalleled. there was a sense of instability, but i think npr recovered quickly, and we are all powering forward. we have a number as a local member station a mile and a half from hq. we have a number of collaborative projects. major giving, technology, web, and other digital distribution platforms. all that is moving forward. i think the practical day-to-day work relationship between member stations and npr are

as paula does, we also have an ombudsman that speaks -- works with our public. she's here. there you are. hi. i don't ge ttt talk to her a lo. she is fiercely independent as well. we are considering a standards and practices editor position. we worked very hard to ensure that our coverage is accurate and balanced, but our journalists are incredibly courageous in the reporting that they do. >> karen, from the stations. 's point of view, how did the npr situation affect you? how did your listeners respond? in the station's own considerations in dealing with the city where there is a lot going on? >> interestingly, it caused a rallying of support. when you take the temperature of the country, a lot of stations are having record fund raisers. that is testimony to what joyce is saying about the quality of journalism that remains on a question. people value that and support. station managers were just concerned about what was going on it at the top. the sense of instability, but i think npr recovered quite quickly. we are powering forward. we have a number of clever projects, maj