it is the shift in preservation staffing. we mandate presentation to the store preservation commission yesterday and gave more detail, described in your memo -- we made a presentation to the historic preservation commission yesterday and gave more detail, described in your memo, including survey work at the end of this fiscal year which will free up people to devote themselves to other special projects, some of which have already been mentioned, such as america's cup. we received exciting grants that will allow us to spend time on the markets. as far as the other pieces of neighborhood planning, we expect to maintain that staffing, as well as our department agency activities. the point there is to increase the somewhat unfunded allocation for the health care master plan. we continue to maintain our commit at to process management and performance review -- we continue to maintain our commitment to process management and performance review. as you heard last week, we completed the action plan, but have a lot of work to do to ke

i would like the commissioners to know that there will be some more staffing changes. we are making staffing changes on the first floor to better accommodate customers on the first floor and better organize the help desk for the customers for such things as just general help to separate the help needs from the actual processing need, similar to what planning has done with their public information counter on the first floor, we'll have a public information counter on the first floor across the disciplines. i'm putting that together with most of the staff with inspectors, make staffing it on the first floor with the help of the clerks and the -- actually the 1408 department teches on the first floor. we will be moving the plan room up to the second floor. that is scheduled. we will be merging some staff functions up there to better service the project sponsors and commerce. so there will be some -- customers. so there will be some switching around within the department and we have some staffing positions, once we switch staff around within the department that we will be

staffing. facilities and yet they died on the vine. you know why? because they couldn't collaborate. that's the elephant in the living room. they came from different paradigms. let me conclude with this. i talk about hope. growing up. seeing some of the things i saw. i learned a very important lesson and that was this. streets around here. selling newspapers on the border town. i saw things a young person shouldn't see. i learned an important lesson and it's this. in order not to get beat up. i am speaking to you the way my father talked to me. he was a doctorate from the field. you can tell i really value of the elders. he taught me a lesson. all the things i put up with. have hope. because i remember, coming home sometimes and i said, look what i bought you on special. people were making fun of me. do you know what color the shirt was? a bright yellow shirt. i looked like a light bulb. the role of the elders is important. when you talk about hope, ladies and gentlemen. i want to remember the works of victor franco. he looked, he was one of the sur

we do not have anyone staffed up because the new program has not yet been approved. we're hoping to staff up in a way that is smart and takes into account what the revenue issues are, but also is realistic with regards to what has to take place in those limitations. vice president moran: thank you for that. it is incredibly timely. i was noticing at our december meeting that we had two or three items that talked about the triple bottom line. [laughter] and it made me start thinking about what we really mean by that. what we mean by it gets defined as we figure out how to describe it and quantify it and act on it. the closest parallel i think we have had experience with is in need -- in the mtd area. we said in contracting we wanted the lowest priced bid, but on the other hand we encourage small local hiring. over a considerable time, we developed a way of thinking about that. we said this is work -- is worth up to a certain percentage of the price, but not for huge contracts, and only can qualify after review criteria. and that is not directly applicable here. this i

hau this is oakland reflective of their low staffing.nd their budget problems reflecting limited resources. haaziq madyun >> although staffing levels are down, 100 officers are no longer in the zero pd because of budget cuts. officials said oakland police headquarters to the officers will no be patrolling other parts. to respond to " hot spot, like here. and 89th ave. the violent recent shooting that left six people wounded in including an innocent bystander. struck by a stray bullet. >> and will have more of research go to the known spots. >> the plan is to catch them with limited resources. the move put together an intelligence task force, and with our task force, with cross platform, to stop the return which were starting. >> and to pool resources from other neighborhoods, the violence prevention task force will use on officers that work in parts of town were shooting is taking place. >> we saw in the month of december a spike and shootings. that is where we're coming up with this new task force. in oakland haaziq madyun >> authoritie

efforts -- not staffing organizations from continuing their efforts. >>> in australia, flooding has assented many people packing in the state of queensland. dozens are reported to be missing and brisbane is a washing muddy water. thousands of homes are without power after utility officials shut off electricity. >>> santa rosa will be the host of the tour of california next year. santa rosa will pay $580,000 for the honor and the famous by grace promises a big economic boost, around $6.8 million. santa rosa plans to cover its fees with fundraising and corporate sponsorship. >>> sunday area students got a special visit today. the harlem globetrotters are here. their message to inspiring athletes. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking wet weather. he will tell us how soon it will arrive. >> 15,000 homes are without power in massachusetts as part of the east coast deals with heavy snow and frigid temperatures. the snow trapped tree limbs and power lines. a utility crew is working to make repairs. >>> here in the bay area, bill martin is here to talk about whether that could im

we also encourage the sfmta to go to the staffing level of 2008, with the additional staffing level to be with parking enforcement. this is something that we see a pressing need in neighborhoods, parking enforcement. we still see too much sidewalk parking in neighborhoods. we think that assigning them to parking enforcement would make sure that they are self funding and would also make sure that they're actually in force, the parking rules. the last thing i want to mention has to deal with item 13, which was pulled from your agenda today. director brinkman mentioned to bringing it back. our understanding at the c.a.c > . is that this was not an open policy issue once this was adopted. if this is an open-policy issue, i would think that i will ask me -- the c.a.c. and see if they want to take a stand on it, but it is my understanding we thought it was part of the budget, and when we approved the budget, this was part of that, so i just wanted to make that point. if you have any questions about our recommendations or anything else, would be happy to answer them. chair nolan: think you, a

[applause] i frankly do not have the city attorney's offices staffed the various departments of boards. i do not think our land use staff are the same attorneys that staff the rent board. i just found a compelling. i am sorry i did not listen to everybody. we did read the material. i did read the material. >> commissioner moore? >> we do not just listen to people in the neighborhood. you are perfectly able to bring in friends and experts and people whose opinions you trust. the sierra club was speaking tonight. several other people who represent other aspects of community planning, even other neighborhoods came. this is what to of like to encourage you to do. ultimately, it is a larger voice than just the people who live here to rally around issues of common concern. >> director? >> thank you, commissioners. to cover some logistics, there is a hearing scheduled next week on this item. it was scheduled for your calendar at the end of the day. the initial -- the purpose of next week's hearing had been scheduled for initiation of the project. obviously, you have asked for us to cover the

cal fire reducing the number of firefighters on an engine crew from 4 to 3 putting them back to staffingevels before massive wild fires charged the state in 2003. he wants to make cuts to california state parks by reducing the operating hours at 278 parks and close others entirely because of low attendance. a couple that could be affected hen row costate park and castle rock near saratoga. one of the few things spared in california k-12 through education system but won't receive more funding even. how they plan to save money in prison systems which means more criminals could be coming to a jail near you. >> it's 5:07. sonoma county now has its own case of birds mysteriously falling from the sky dead. new year's eve 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky diminish central arkansas. more than 100 were found dead on the ground outside guiserville. they're investigating the study off highway 101. the birds do not appear to have been shot. >> i know since the news came out about all these births we've been talking about natural causes, weather-related causes that can lead to he's mass b

. >> one of the programs is training program and it's staffed by a member of the community and one of the programs she has is dog socialization. >> we started this program for canine socialization. and all the dogs available for adoption get to play for two hours. and it's a time for them to get incredible exercise and play with other dogs and we have remedial socialization. and it's incredible the dogs and they get exercise and run and tumble and when most adopters come to look in the afternoon, they are quiet and settled. >> and i want come and someone sees a dog and loves it, it's quick. and after three weekends, i saw him and he connected and i connected and came back. >> what is your experience of working with the animals? >> unbelievable. from the guy that is came to the house and everyone here, they are friendly and knowledge believe and -- knowledgeable and they care about the animals. >> and it's a great place to visit and look at the animals and maybe fall in love and take one home. and look at our grooming program and volunteer program and many say, hey, this >> welc. bring

. >>> staffing levels down at the police department. budget cuts reduced more than 800 to over 600 now. jeff thomson explains how they plan to use its remaining resources to combat a surge in violent shootings. >> we put together a task force and we are putting officers on overtime in the hot spot areas. we are trying to stop the shootings. and we will see if that works. >> police say they will not pull officers from other areas to staff the task force. instead they will spend money on overtime. >>> jean quan talked about the violence in the city and what she wants to do to try to stop it. >> murders are down forayers in a row. it's disappointing that we had a rash of murders. oakland, every four had to five -- every four to five days we have had a murder. it's way too high. we will be going door to door, one of the beats that has the highest rates of unemployment, crime, drop out. we are going go door to do to get people to reestablish. tell them about the martin luther king clean up. we are going clean up the streets on martin luther

. >> we have decreased staffing, so, putting tonight's mobile units together has been a challenge. the way we did it was change people's days off and rea range officers hours. >>> well that rain we expected is starting to move in, in the north bay we are seeing more off shore showers. they will push in into the new year. a closer look at the north bay, pockets of heavy rain near na pa. we will see more of it push in. right off shore, plenty of showers up to the north. all of them pushing in tomorrow morning. and overnight tonight. chilly conditions out there this evening a as -- evening as we get a blast of cold air. in the mid to upper 40s down in the south bay, you see warmer in mount view. tomorrow at a glance. we will see rain overnight, 8:00 in the morning we will see it getting scattered. by noon, temperatures will struggle to warm. we will get a blast of cold air out of the storm. and into the 3:00 hour, dry and chilly and breezy. well see another round of rain out there tomorrow night as well. we will talk about it coming up. still ahead, we will find out how police plan to

the 0 pd >> staffing levels are down, 100 less with budget cuts.quarters have not planned to pull officers from other areas to accommodate higher crime areas to. and with the recent shooting that left six people shooting including in an instant by standard. that was struck and the back. in the sand bar standard. >> and our officers are going to-with an innocent by standard being shot. and in these hot spot areas, these officers who have expertise in these areas will serve over time. >> officer thomas says that instead of shifting resources from other neighborhoods. the over time from violence prevention will be worked and parts of town for the shootings are taking place. and in the month of december, a spike of shootings. haaziq madyun in oakland. >> a candlelight memorial for a 17 year-old gunned down. christopher jones was downed gone to town on friday. residents gathered and denounced the presidentfiling-- >> and we want to spend send a message and send a message to the community, into the family that we loved him, we're missing, and renault or

>> it is pretty much the same as it was, because of our staffing and how the system works. we cannot have one person putting in the money because that one person may not be there. they may be on vacation or off that day. it has to be entered that morning, every morning. supervisor maxwell: i understand that, but as an industry standard, that means other police departments have the same issue, but they manage to do it differently. are you going to consider that, are you going to speak more to that? will you look into it and come with a better response? >> if i could augment that a bit. i came from a different bay area agency that follow practices similar to this. i was an investigative supervisor. it is all about the quality of the people you have, the type of oversight. one of the things you can start with, prior to assignment to any of these divisions, where you have exposure to money and there is a certain amount of risk, the screening process is altered to told that person to a higher standard. you look at their file and see if they have any prior incidences. it is all a

what that looks like, which departments will be part of that consolidation efforts, also about the staffinghat is associated with that, so at some point in time, i would like to see that update come back to this board. perhaps, is as simple as getting information about what was passed in december as an initial starting point for this committee to hear what that consolidation looks like and to start to move them forward, so i would be happy to work with supervisor kim on that, so with that, we have a final piece of amended legislation. do we have a vote to send this forward, as amended, knowing also that supervisor kim would also like to have further conversations about the lease provision before the vote? >> if the chair would not mind, i just want to apologize for a mistake i made in basic terms. i think it is important that we have this correct. my apologies for not getting this correct. it is an ability to exit after two years, not three. my apologies. two years, with a nine-month prior notice. this is a little different than we discussed, and it is a two- your exit, not three. -- a two-

they are staffing phone banks for people to call their lawmakers urging them to support the law. in a news conference in oakland, a woman who suffers from asthma and depression say she is reduced to tears when her premiums go up. >> what have i done to be denied health care because of preexisting conditions that i can't control. >> reporter: some republicans say the reforms are too costly and could harm the doctor- patient relationship. a repeal vote is scheduled for tomorrow in the house. >>> state water officials say they expect to boost water supplies for california farms and cities next month. the bureau of re reclamation says that farmers will get 75% of what they request. those figures will spike next month when the bureau announces their official water plans. >>> homeowners are worried their houses are on the verge of collapse. they have asked the state to allow them to bulldoze a path from the river directly to the ocean but they were turned down because of environment concerns. >>> the heavy fog interrupted service at the sonoma county airport. a plane had to be diverted

there is some debt issuance cost of about $800,000, and we project about $300,000 in staffing costs for a total of about $17.8 million in port- related city costs. supervisor mirkarimi: i think a number of us want to ask some questions about various variables on the math. supervisor elsbernd and -- i was going to wait until you were completely down, but you have triggered some interest, so we will delve in. supervisor elsbernd: the cruise terminal. help me understand how entering into this agreement helps us get closer to the reality of a cruise terminal there and how if we do not, what that means. >> staff has been analyzing a number of alternatives for how to deliver the terminal at the site, and there are two options. there is a current very large shed now. many of you have seen it along the embarcadero. one plan would be to remove the front to create room for a major new waterfront park, and reuse that shed or portions of it as a cruise facility. the other plan developed by the city's consultant team and staff is to essentially take down that shed and build a new building. i think t

but we get a lot of calls from tenants and occupants in the community grew because of the staffing levels and limited resources that the health department has. we work with them on most all of the room to room inspections we have before we even schedule that of women, or when we schedule that, we work with in issues of complaints, say, residential hotels, we get the environmental health inspectors involved in most of those cases. even though it is a violation of the housing code, the property owners fail to comply with that portion of the it. they still have to comply with the rules, regulations, and protocol set forward by the environmental health inspector. that is why we are joint. we have overlapping jurisdiction. where we can help, we do health. when it is exclusively a bedbugs, we defer to them. that is what 311 has been instructed to do. commissioner walker: maybe we can bring up somebody from the sor collaborative to talk about this. they do a lot of the out reach. to president murphy's question about training, maybe we can identify need in that area. >> we always are wanting more

. >> we use a staffing -- vice chair joseph: what is the name of the company? you cannot speak to us if you are not on microphone. >> let the record reflect that a security will be represented. -- ace security will be represented. vice chair joseph: i suggest to submit to was a real security plan. >> it should be a part of the package. past the questionnaire, past the liquor license. vice chair joseph: not in my book. >> are you sure? vice chair joseph: does anyone else have one? can i see it? >> it is in yours? that is odd. president newlin: any more questions? vice chair joseph: i am done. >> ace security has not submitted any paperwork. they got rid of who they had before and hired us. i am here to represent them. we want to give you folks what you require and need to go forward. we will assist them in that category. president newlin: thank you. i the question regarding sound proofing. it shows you are going to be improving or upgrading soundproofing. that is a necessity because of what? >> it is in the bottom floor of the hotel. >> what changes have you mad

that is just a staffing resources issue based on the number of times we want to come back.upervisor mirkarimi: we get that it is a chore. >> it is perfectly fine and part of the oversight role and we are not suggesting otherwise. supervisor mirkarimi: to get through this, when would you have to be back here again to get the remainder? >> the remainder, as i understand in the budget analysts office recommendation, we would come back for that at the time when we had a contract that was firm but with that the supplier. that would go towards marketing efforts and we would probably want to begin to keep the wheels moving so that there is no delay and start actually working on the process of that release as we were 90% of the way they're so that once the contract was drafted we will already have the wheels in motion for speaking with customers. supervisor mirkarimi: conditional to the idea of the two will satisfy the setting of the existing bettors right now, i would like to add to the menu of bidders. we have asked this before. it needs to assign itself potential bidders, which

there's problems with cop cars themselves, the computers in them and staffing as well.here's also threatening legal action against the city to start bring the police department up to snuff. the mayor says what happened last night has nothing to do with communications, it has to do with officer training. take a look where it ended last night, a high-speed chase crashing at 85th street. police were after drive-by shooting suspect and it ended there, a officer shooting and p killing a suspect. one officer was on his way getting his squad car's computer fixed. dispatch did not go through, the system was not functioning according to the police officer association. police could not get a call for an ambulance. another agency had to do that. the mayor sails she had her tech crews on the system all last night into this morning and the police union president says it's too much of a bad system. the mayor says she's told it's too little training. >> it's too dangerous for officers to work under the environment they're in. at some point we may have to take legal action against the

there's problems with cop cars themselves, the computers in them and staffing as well.here's also threatening legal action against the city to start bring the police department up to snuff. the mayor says what happened last night has nothing to do with communications, it has to do with officer training. take a look where it ended last night, a high-speed chase crashing at 85th street. police were after drive-by shooting suspect and it ended there, a officer shooting and p killing a suspect. one officer was on his way getting his squad car's computer fixed. dispatch did not go through, the system was not functioning according to the police officer association. police could not get a call for an ambulance. another agency had to do that. the mayor sails she had her tech crews on the system all last night into this morning and the police union president says it's too much of a bad system. the mayor says she's told it's too little training. >> it's too dangerous for officers to work under the environment they're in. at some point we may have to take legal action against the

we don't have the time and the staffing to do the work twice what we can be dedicated does resources to other things. things that we picked up in addition to that is bringing dogs into the stadium. they defecate on the property, there is broken glass, there are steaks, garbage bags, everything left over as a result. thank you. >> to address the impact throughout the park, i would like to ask the supervisor of one of our job training cruise, they work seven days a week cleaning up encampment sites in doing general cleanup of debris and other things that they find. >> i have a park section supervisor. the biggest problem that we have, especially for my job, is to remove illegal cans. remove an average of over 3 tons of wheat of debris out of golden gate park -- 3 tons a week of debris out of golden gate park. a lot of them are using the facility to bring recycleables. they bring other things to the facility and to bring to recycling. they are finished with those bags, they just leave them there. we have to come along, go around the facility, clear up the area, so it is an ongoing proce

some more maybe go to the ballot again in the future i am the person who wrote nationwide about the staffing up to 803 which is the most police officers we've had in the history of this city. i'm sad because of the budget and we can't reach a compromise on the pageant were going to get down to 660 or 639. >> the mayor a single pension negotiations fail she promises to keep a minimum of 300 officers responding to 911 calls. and the jerry brown is trying to tackle california's huge budget deficit. he met with county leaders to talk about shifting the responsibility for a lot of programs to local government he said the state bureaucracy has become too centralized, he wants to shift a lot of decision making and funding to city and county governments. >> a live look upside from the golden gate bridge, plenty of sunshine that a cut in sight. we saw fog came into the inland valleys into the afternoon but that has now cleared. temperatures inland are cool as a result of to livermore, 52 and antioch. a woman the south bay 57 and on view, a san jose and los gatos. 50 degrees in santa fog, 52 of oaklan

what better way than to have your police force fully staffed? >> reporter: he challenged the city they he will match any donations it checked up to $100,000. >> that takes us writing this check in advance to keep the officers, we would do that. >> reporter: city manager jail jakel says the city has got half of the matching money, $50,000 to keep six officers who have been pink slipped on the job until january 21st. >> what was the really effect it had on the city? >> i think the real effect it had is it didn't make the negotiations any easier. in fact, having the offer out there may have presented some challenges these people think there is a cushion here. but i think once the lay-off notices were sent out and having the $100,000 available gave us a little bit more flexibility in how we negotiated. >> reporter: the discussions continue. the city needs $550,000 in concessions from the police. they need to find 1.2 million to cuts elsewhere. and while jakel is graceful he doesn't think more private sector money will solve the problem. changes in p