question, the case study of the jail going forward, i think it might be the case of the jail -- the san bruno jail, where at the jail provided frankly unconstitutional living conditions for inmates. so, we had a federal order pending against the city. we were near receivership, frankly, on this question. we went to the voters with the general obligation bonds to replace the jail. i think it was made clear that's absent voters approving, this would go into our borrowing budget and cause other problems. shortly thereafter, the city issued certificates of -- to rebuild the jail, because we had to. we may find ourselves in that exact situation going forward with a much larger jail. the most -- our largest jail is the one in our most seismically-on state building. it is the most daunting financial challenge the mayor and the board will be making in the coming years. decision time on that is probably the next 18 months. supervisor farrell: right now, given the spread of 45 to 60 basis points, these are real numbers. i look forward to looking at this to make sure that is clearly articulate going forward.

the reality is, with the voters in san francisco, gao bonds have not done well with jails. we tried it with the san bruno jail. i think there is a question in front of us. how do we approach that? do we try a general obligation bonds? do we move forward given the timeline to get out of the hall of justice? right now, the capital plan -- we're moving forward with c.o.p.'s. it is a policy question that will have to be closed in the very near future it would be a significant gao bond and a significant debt service payments that would impact us. supervisor farrell: in terms of the hall of justice, just as an example -- we do not want to upgrade the facility randomly. there are reasons why we want to do that. maybe we could articulate that a little bit more. we're going to wrap up. obviously when voters say, we have non-voters approved debt. i thought they would actually understand that. after voters rejected a bond measure, i think there is even more scrutiny. i think what is left in the dust -- the reasons. i went to give you an opportunity to talk spic

we have san bruno jail in san mateo county. given we have a significant construction footprint, there should be opportunities for san mateo resident to also benefit from san francisco's program. the concept of the reciprocity agreement was then put forward, really with the idea of taking the existing legislation and making it available to san mateo residents as well. a lot of the materials for how the program will work on construction projects, we have made available to the public at our website, oewd.org, and i will also be presenting at the meeting that was mentioned earlier, that the community advocates are pulling together to get an update. we will also share that information with them there. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> i did know that there were some inquiries with my office, and i had conversations with president chiu and supervisor avalos, as well. i wanted to thnak her for making sure there is a good relationship. is this going to open the door for alameda county, where a number of the puc projects, and potentially

>> the red line indicates what our jail population capacity is without opening a small jail out at san bruno. one of our goals has been to reduce our budget and use our operational costs by keeping the small jail clothes. we have been able to do that this entire fiscal year, but we anticipate a that by january of 2012, that we will -- our capacity will have grown enough that we will have to reopen that small jail out there. supervisor chu: you mentioned -- and it did not catch it exactly -- the operation's budget for next year assumes what for realignment? that you will be opening a small jail? >> it assumes we will be opening 1/3 of that small jail, which is 2000 units out of the 6000. then-wise, it is 60 persons per unit, sell 120 people -- bed- wise. supervisor chu: given that part of the operating budget for next year is proposing to open 1/3 of the small jail in anticipation for realignment, did we but did any revenues associated with realignment -- did we budget any revenues associated with realignment? >> mayor's budget director. we have not budgeted the revenue from realignment becau

the point where towards the end of this year, we will have to open the closed jail, the smaller of the two out at the san bruno facility, and that is what is built into our

johannes mehserle was released from jail earlier this month after being found guilty last year of involuntary manslaughter. >>> an expert investigating last year's deadly san bruno pipeline explosion is now discounting sewer work as the probable cause of the disaster. in an interview with the "san francisco chronicle," robert said documents that pg&e released to the state last week made him reconsider his theory of who is to blame. they show the utility greatly fluctuated, the pressure in the gas pipeline. he says that alone could have created enough stress for the pipeline to fail. the city of san bruno and the sewer contractor claimed the sewer work was done safely. >>> a private company will return to lake merritt to continue cleaning up a fuel spill. 30 to 50 gallons of diesel spread across portion of the lake yesterday afternoon. investigators say rain flushed the dees from the storm drain to the lake. they're trying to determine where the diesel fuel came from. the spill produced a pungent smell. they spread a boom across the lake the contain the fuel. members of fish and game are watching for impact on wildlife. >>> yesterday, mike nicco was extremely bus

jail earlier this month. after being found guilty last year of involuntary manslaughter. >>> an expert investigating last year's deadly san brunoipeline explosion is now discounting sewer work as the probable cause of the disaster. in an interview with the san francisco chronicle, robert said the documents that pg&e released to the state last week made him reconsider his theory of who is to blame. they show that the utility greatly fluctuated the pressure in the gas pipeline. he says that alope could have created enough stress for the pipeline to fail. city of san bruno and the contractor claimed that the sewer work was done safely. >> a private company will return to lake merritt to finish cleaning up a fuel spill. the oakland fire department says 30 to 50 gallons of diesel spread across the portion of the lake yesterday afternoon. investigators say rain flushed the dees from the storm drain -- ceasal from the storm brain to the lake. they're trying to term where it came from. it produced a pun jent smell. clean-up crews spread boom across the lake to contain the fuel. they are watching for any impact on wildlife. >>> from yes