in addition to that, we have conducted training sessions with the salvation army, staffing counselors for their back on track program, which is a program released back into the community. we have held meetings with the parents of youth who are at risk of involvement and gang violence. i'm recently met with juan percy, the dean of discipline we also met with another high- school's dean of discipline. we met with supervisor campos and supervisor at kim to discuss ways they could be of assistance and weighs would further employed the community to work together with us to eliminate the violence. finally, our long term outreach. our easter rate cut and christmas giveaway for the little ones. this is a long-term investment in reaching into that commit -- reaching into that community, letting them know that we are partners with them, that the police are their friends. the old axiom that we feel is very important to do these things. last year, we provided christmas gifts to 1,000 families. on april 17, we are having an easter egg hunt at the station. you are all invited. and with that, i am a

he is well aware of our staffing issues. we're doing everything we can to look at every administrative position. we're looking at 20% reduction in staff, what that would mean as far as cutting back on some of the units that we have, looking to put investigators back in the field. we're looking at all possibilities. anything i can throw on the wall to see if it will stick, we are experimenting with every way to get people in the field. but the mayor's office is very cognizant of the fact this is a big issue. commissioner slaughter: what does an academy class cost? do we know? >> the vast majority of the cost for academy classes are in salaries. leading up to and including everything except salary, it is about $1 million. commissioner slaughter: if the mayor says he wants to act two classes, what would you tell him that would cost? >> it would entirely depend if we would be allowed to begin them earlier in the year or later in the year, because, again, it a salary. we are looking at one fiscal year and the cost of staff shelli

and the puc has proposed a real staffing of their organization. we will continue on, and i apologize for that, with administration of fixed rent. the objection of this audit was to -- the objective of the audit was to determine whether the pc adequately -- [inaudible] >> i apologize. supervisor campos: it is easy to get confused. >> sorry about that. supervisor campos: no problem. >> actually, we finished, so we will go to waste water warehouse and inventory management. i apologize for losing my place. supervisor campos: no problem. >> the major focus of the waste water enterprise is the development of its sewer system improvement plan and it is a long-term capital plan that provides strategies and policies for the future of the city's sewer systems. due to the significance of this improvement plan, its management of materials, it supplies to execute the plan is vitally important. the objective was to assess the waste water enterprise's inventory process and controls over its physical count, inventory issues, and receipts, purchases, organization,

also, staffing impact. you see us at the shelters. we employ 25% of our staff are formerly homeless. we are employing formerly homeless at $12.13 an hour. we will lay off -- we will have to lay off some of our staff. again, these are the working poor, and we ask that they not be penalized by these cuts. finally, the neighborhood impact. again, i say that having the shelter opened, having a place for them to watch tv, to rest, to be with each other instead of being on the street is going to save on police calls, save on emergency calls, and in the long run, save money for the city. again, i plead that we consider these cuts and not make them on the backs of the homeless. thank you. >> good evening. my name is connie ford, and i happen to live in district 5, but many of the members that are represented by union works in soma. i am also vice-president of the labor council, and i just wanted to let you know if you do not already that many of the workers who provide the services that are continually on the chopping block here are represent

policy. >> we believe that you should be staffed to traffic needs you have. there shouldn't be one person working all night by themselves. you need breaks. >> the controller in washington as been suspended. those in the bay area say this should be a wake up call for everyone in aviation. >> and there is more weather to talk about tonight. spencer next with an updated forecast for use and a look around yosemite. the crown jewel of the national parks open for >>> yos sem city still without power, powerful winds knocked down power lines and snow shut down the roads. and sarah sandrik joined the first few out of the park today. >> reopening did not motivate people to visit the park, but those who did enjoyed spectacular sites in an unusually quiet setting. >> wow. >> hawaii made native has seen a share of water falls but never like this. >> this is outrageous. and this is so beautiful. >> he was one of the first people allowed in the park after it was shut down three days due to power outage and dangerous driving conditions. snow plows have been hard at work. you

on the graph, why is it sometimes that we don't include staffing or facilities? >> we include those in the revenue letter each year. it would be directly tied to revenue rebels. that is certainly something that we include in the revenue levels. supervisor mirkarimi: there is something about the discussion about the expenditure question. what about the bass lines that are not on here? >> there are other expenditure requirements. and the audit function is another percentage of the city's budget. there is also the substance abuse treatment requirement. supervisor mirkarimi: with that same outlook, because of the requirement that supervisor elsbernd and i have been pushing forward, with regard to that same answer, why not include this? >> it is a portion of the baseline. it includes in kind services. it is required as part of that total. supervisor mirkarimi: it is supposed to be leased on scale or proportion. am i wrong? >> you are correct. it was approximately $2 million of the total money, the school district has agreed to those offsets. i don't think there is any

we also looked at reduction issues like staffing expenses. march 3, the board held a public hearing and declared a fiscal emergency as that hearing. a number of people testified and identified a series of possible sources to help balance the budget for fiscal year 2012, including accepting funds as repayment of the right of way. we also discussed possibly diverting capital funds and redirecting operating funds as well as seeking preventative maintenance. in terms of next steps, we continue discussions with member agencies. we continued to work with service fehr for 2012 and 2013. we will discuss a preliminary 2012 budget balancing plan at the april 7 meeting. this might include requests for the board to consider services that are something more than the trains that we have had public hearing on. probably less than the 86 trains that we currently run. in terms of timing, we wish to implement these service changes that need to start. it took -- it takes about three months the four months. the next step will look at the preliminary balanced budg

we have also taken a number of steps, in a whole host of different ways including increasing staffing of medical professionals to deal with this to turning of leaders to

think of first responders as i'll discuss an amendment regarding the issue of ensuring the kind of staffing needs necessary to engage in security. farther, since i have the largest airports in the country, bush intercontinental airport, which we were proud to name, i'm disappointed that the

, minimum staffing levels, the requirement of the office of economic analysis, another few hundred million dollars. the ones we are looking at just here, about 600. >> just to briefly add to that, as well, the part of the fund that is discretionary, we have set asides and the baseline that michelle just alluded to, and we also have other areas where general fund money is restricted by either our charter or federal or state law, and we have cost payments which are, for example, required, and that is a portion of the general fund budget, and additionally, we have certain kinds of federal and state revenue that are coming into our general fund budget that are required to be expanded, so you can kill these numbers in different ways in terms of what we call discretionary -- are required to be expended, so you can count to these numbers in different ways it, what we call discretionary. somewhere between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. chair chu: ok. so just for your reference, we have a slide showing how the hotel tax is allocated. chair chu: i think this slide does not correspond. it says "tax set

the challenge is staffing and having enough people as well as education. one of the programs that he we implemented was electronic devices. it used to be ipods. it's a target for criminal activity in terms of ipod. also work in terms of educational processes. it's nice to have those, put it in your pocket so no one has the urge to take it. there's also a lot more e

due to staffing shortages. so number one what steps are you taking to ensure cbp is searching cargo at kennedy airport. and secondly, what additional resource doss you need from congress to achieve this mission? >> i was at kennedy airport on friday. on thursday and friday of last week. and we are constantly looking at the staffing issues and also the allocation to duties. so that at kennedy airport, which has more c.b.p.o.s, custom and border protection officers than any other airport because of the size and the scope of its operations, we have just under 1800 now with a staffing model that actually allocates both to the processing of people, which we have to do to prevent dangerous people from coming into the united states, but also increasingly we check obviously on screening of freight and cargo coming into the united states. and kennedy leads the way in terms of outbound checks. we have more outbound checks led by an extraordinarily experienced and good group of officers. but i take your point that we alwa

the puc has proposed a staffing rework for real estate services. our final audit with the puc in this time period is the construction of tesla. due to the audit shop personnel lack of experience, we chose to bring in a consultant to assist with this. according to audit standards, when we look at doing an audit, we look at collectively, do we have the expertise and experience to conduct the required audit? if not, then we bring in a consultant to assist with us and to be part of the team. in this team, we brought them in, this consulting team. along with them, we had two audit staff that worked with this organization. we selected one construction project that is a regional construction project and is currently in process. it is using the system, the tesla waters treatment facility. one used the older or more manual system, which was the east-west transition name. the contract was awarded and is $81.4 billion design-build contract. the objectives of the audit were to determine if each of the contractors complied with their construction contracts and

it is about budget, staffing, and these other things. commissioner moore: and priorities. >> now that we have clarified we are not having a discussion on that item -- [laughter] okay. thank you. commissioners, is there more on the board of supervisors? >> we made some changes in the department recently, iran will be spending some of his time -- aaron will be spending some time helping ann marie. he will be giving the report. >> march 7 through 11, there were three items at the land use committee. it was a correction to the market and octavia plan. it would reflect the actions by the commission. the planning commission approved it on april 5, 2007. prior to the action by the board, some of the pages of the zoning ordinance were admitted. it was consistent with the commission's actions. it would correct this error. the committee recommended approval of the ordinance to the full board. the second was the upper filmore neighborhood districts changes. it would remove the current prohibition against new restaurants in this commercial district.

staffing is just what is essential for us to be able to run and monitor a program of this size using rf funds, which has requirements we have to meet on a regular basis, and that staffing will help us look for opportunities in other areas where we were not funded. supervisor mirkarimi: what is the life of the funds? >> three years. >supervisor mirkarimi: after that, do we reapply for them federally? do we assume the retention of these positions under the general fund? >> the positions are all limited term grant positions. they were all hired as exempt positions, and so they would be eliminated when the grant and spirit that is stated in the ordinance. supervisor chu: thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. we have been joined by president david chiu. he has a few questions, but let me ask you to clarify. part of the line of questioning that supervisor mirkarimi put forward has a lot to do with making sure we are exploiting what this grant is about. you alluded to the fact that there were three separate pots of technology monday that we went after, and this is only one piece of the news we h

the challenge is staffing and having enough people as well as education. one of the programs that he we implemented was electronic devices. it used to be ipods. it's a target for criminal activity in terms of ipod. also work in terms of educational processes. it's nice to have those, put it in your pocket so no one has the urge to take it. there's also a lot more we can do. i am here too look for ideas to do it better. right now we have mtap. there's not a day that goes by that our people aren't reporting back they stopped a fight. we could do even more and also, i think there maybe an student to look at our bus operators. they have a responsibility to drive the bus. they are aware of issues brewing and they need to step up their involvement with student safety. there's a great deal more work to do. in the past 6 months, there as not been and incidents involving weapons. we feel like we are headed in the right direction. not just for our youth. but we have to look at it from a home land security aspect. while it may not appear to be amount of work going on

costs are driven by staffing ratios. that is an example of how there are constraints on the department's ability to meet these targets. supervisor mirkarimi: regarding the realignment in the state, what are the resources that could accompany those efforts back to the city? >> a great question that has been on all of our minds. >> we got in summation -- information this week about calculations and how they are going to a she administrating instructions about how it is implemented? that is a huge question, and you have pointed out exactly what we will need to grapple with. we know that they're going to shift responsibility for low- level offenders to the county jails. we know that they are one to shift responsibility to all of these from the state and county probation departments. supervisor mirkarimi: i am concerned about those numbers. who is at the table i think that -- >> i think this is a jail population issue and for the wider criminal justice system. potentially we have capacity issues. i know that we have the capac

. >> reporter: fatigue and staffing have long plagued air traffic controllers.ntsb put fatigue on its most-wanted safety list. they said it's not just a nice thing. a necessary thing and a priority. something that needs to be changed. >> professionalism would dictate that someone not fit to work to tell us they're not fit to work. >> reporter: the faa is reviewing staffing at the airports from sacramento, to san diego to tucson. they won't say how quickly or how many will be changed. jim sciutto, abc news, at reagan national airport, in washington. >> scary thought for travelers. >> oh, boy. unbelievable. >>> it could soon be a major advancement for amputees that suffered leg injuries. a bionic foot is being road tested by patients at walter reed medical center in washington. >> the prosthesis is cutting-edge, because it works pretty much on its own. a motor inside the foot helps patients. >> with this, you have, as you're going through your gait, it has a push off your heel. it throws your leg forwar in which, in turn, throws your body forward. or gives your bo

it is really urgent that we have more staffing at our club houses in san francisco. they mainly have to be rented out to private organizations to provide the programming. even though that might be necessary, i feel and i think many others feel that we should have our own city staff at the club houses providing programming. it is a funding issue, of course, but i think it is really urgent to be able to have our own staff for representative and park department in our clubhouses and recreation centers, particularly for our own part in our own district 6 in the tenderloin. we need more staffing. thank you very much. fosdic-- >> hello. my name is susan bryant. i live in district 6 in the heart of the tenderloin. i want to say to the elected officials, the decision makers of san francisco -- do not give away the store with tax cuts. do you remember the dot-com situation? we could not do enough for those guys. we were building lofts and not charging any taxes for schools. we were so happy that they were here and they were going to generate all that money for us. you know wh

also, with a huge reduction in staffing, it makes it challenging. i just wanted to add that i think the public awareness and community education is a critical part. i know that on the poster that is here, my guess is that is widely posted in bus shelters and adds, but can you talk about the community education strategy, especially that it is up to a $1,000 fine, if you are caught illegally dumping, but what kind of community education are you doing? >> right now, we are predominantly working through our social media, through facebook, twitter, through our web site, through community meetings that we go to. for this campaign, we have not had a budget to do the larger public service announcements on bus shelters and elsewhere. we did that -- i don't know, maybe a year-and-a-half or two years ago, an anti-littering campaign, which focused on the largest items that were found in the litter audit. we may try to embark on something like that again. friendly, it is not clear to me how effective those kinds of campaigns really are. i think to the supervisor

it clearly has budgetary and staffing implications. it is under the jurisdiction of the agency. within the short time frame we have, we would likely be putting forward legislation. we obviously don't have time to create dunning for all of those sites. there will have to be legislation put forward that as far as i can tell will have to be affective july 1 for the city's planning code to take over the controls. that is the status as i know it. the city has tried to put forward an amendment that would allow some of the project areas to continue. so far, that amendment has not been taken out by any legislature. there are still discussions going on in sacramento. as i mentioned, fred blackwell has agreed to come and give information on this if you like. it might be something you are interested in in a few weeks to have a more detailed discussion with him about. that concludes my presentation. commissioner moore: thank you for updating us on that. it is a project i would be greatly concerned of because it needs a lot of support and a lot of proactive moving it into realizations. there

we are short staffed. with the risk of being injured, unsalted still remains. >>pam: the bail is set to one of $50,000 and a hospital did confirm no other comment. toward the thousand dollars-a-in october of last year. $ 2500, 000. and ia rehabilitation therapist was also consulted with a fracture. >> the north beach store murder and a female suspect. people in the neighborhood that say that this transient woman the state with the victim. thewe spoke to one homeless man that he was they were a romantic involved. >> he said that she was his fiancee. he said that issues to be a " housekeeper ". and it is really surprises me because she is never been aggressive towards me or anybody are around me. i do not think that she is capable of committing homicide. >> coming up 5:00 p.m. with the suspect said about how her friend, died. checking out traffic, backed up all directions, the 80 towards the bthe bridge is barely moving and also the peninsula direction it is a crawl. much more news, after the break. >>pam: our developing story, the third and final day of the dead

. >> reporter: fatigue and staffing have long played air traffic controllers. the ntsb put addressing fatigue on its most wanted safety list. but the ntsb said this is not just a nice thing, they said it's a necessary thing and a priority. it's something that needs to be changed. >> well, professionalism would dictate that anyone who doesn't think they are fit to work should tell us they're not fit to work. >> reporter: the faa is reviewing staffing at those 29 airports and we're learning just now more of them, san diego, sacramento, tucson, but they won't say how quickly and how many will be changed, david. we will keep pressing them. >> so, jim, the faa acknowledging to you that there should be at least two controllers everywhere, but no promise to change it tonight? >> reporter: well, the faa acknowledging there should be at least two controllers here at reagan national, a crucial airspace, but when i said, isn't the airspace at all airports crucial, they said, well, they are focusing on this one for now and they'll be looking at the others going forward. >>