this is the first i am hearing of an additional staffing. supervisor campos: i mean the finding is that as the hiring process becomes increasingly decentralized or release that is the finding that there is concern about the ability the commission, as currently staffed, to protect individuals' rights. i mean what is the civil service commission's perspective on that? >> i have anita. what i would like to point out very quickly with respect to the finding is that the finding that the civil grand jury mentioned is based on a misreading of the 2005 dhr report on civil service reform. i can give you a copy of the actual reportdhr . but on page 6 of the report under the heading summary of findings dhr listed the following the centralized authority for personal positions especially for hiring. with the civil grand jury did was they concluded that that was a recommendation that was implemented by dhr, and that is not the case. i have jennifer johnson here from dhr who can further elaborate on that. supervisor campos: thank you. if we can hear from m

we have great staffing levels. and when these units go off to fight another fire, we have enough officers in the mission station to ensure the safety of the residents and visitors of the mission district. again, that is my mandate. if we do not do it, the next meeting you have here, some other captain will be talking to you. the chief made that clear. besides saturating the area, we conducted a lot of adult probation searches, a juvenile probation searches, and they led to numerous arrests for narcotics, weapons violations, violations of parole and probation. the civil gang injection has been a tremendous tool. since its inception, there has been a huge decrease in gang- related crimes by certified gang members. now, if you'll bear with me, at this time i want to call sgt mario molina, my plainclothed the sergeant, and my two gang officers, dr. cafe and officer stanza forward. sgt molina was a critical expert witness in the recent federal trial in against the gang members in which six of them were convicted. i thin

we have great staffing levels. and when these units go off to fight another fire, we have enough officers in the mission station to ensure the safety of the residents and visitors of the mission district. again, that is my mandate. if we do not do it, the next meeting you have here, some other captain will be talking to you. the chief made that clear. besides saturating the area, we conducted a lot of adult probation searches, a juvenile probation searches, and they led to numerous arrests

the yearly staffing costs and staffing time and resources in managing the e-mail application on side and on premise -- on- site and on premise, and our staffing provisions due to city budget cuts and deficits and reductions in force each year, we were less able to maintain the quality of service from an e-mail support perspective. so we did not want to impinge or degrade the level of e-mail service or the quality of service we were providing the city and county, so we had to look for a solution that would allow us to maintain a quality of service, maintain the availability and reliability of e-mail in the city and county, and also to get us all on one single solution for the city and county. prior to our decision to move to the crowd, many of our agencies were under disparate e-mail systems, so we were not able to effectively communicate. all 25,000 of us were communicating in different areas in different ways, and we wanted to be more collaborative. we wanted to be able to communicate in a more uniform manner, and we felt that a single solution in the cloud was the best option for u

so you have to think about staffing in that way. it is not just a good idea. now it is required. i think there are many things here that have the potential to really impact how the leadership of the different stations think about their day-to-day, and i think that if done properly, especially the training park, then i think it's also a trickle down to the entire police department. i think it is very powerful, but again, a general order, but again, the devil is in the detail of the implementation. i think that is where we need to continue to monitor this, to make sure that is implemented not only in compliance with the letter but also with the spirit of the details. >> i agree. i think it would be remiss to say that there are in notion of sentences the police officers, and actually officers all around the state and country, that conduct themselves exactly like this. supervisor campos: yes. >> and for them, this is not a change for how they would do day-to-day business. there are other officers who may be less engaging or less precarious than some other officers, and this is going

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

staffing resources to make sure that community policing is more than just a paper target? >> as i said, if this is as intended, it covers everything, the officer to be engaged as prescribed in this order. i appreciate foot patrols, and they are actually in this order. if you look on page 3, the assignment of steady peace in sectors on a daily basis, regular attendance of beat officers at community meetings in their assigned areas and at regular staffing as it is allowed. there are going to be instances where there are other priorities that may take away from a foot beat. but foot beats are a priority for us. we know they are particularly special to those commercial corridors that have them. there something that are specific to commercial and transit corridors. i know that neighborhoods have asked for foot beats that were too big of a place and that is just not how they are used. but to that end, i know is a deterrent on transit lines. i know that i work closely with supervisor cohen, making sure that our sure streetbeat are a priority and our staff -- to make sure that our

but there has been staffing there. i also want to know that the department has been trying to support the committee, specifically related to the spanish language capability. because the one staff that has been out for several months was spanish-speaking. the committee has utilize, through our cultural competence section, accessing a spanish- language person to go out to provide translation on inspections of their regular committee. so they have used staff for that, and we continue to do that, even though it would be very helpful to have language capacity with in committee members. so that is something that the department has supported. supervisor kim:>> just a quick o meet many clients of the shelter that are spanish speakers. is this language group that you find? >> my primary understanding is that they have different ways to utilize this. the sections of the department would try to address the committee. spanish has been by far the language that we have tried to address. >> thank you for being here. that is the concl

they have offered to provide extra staffing. they have offered to provide an additional approximately 3000 square feet of common area community space for the residence. they have also suggested a community oversight commission -- committee. these suggestions need to be incorporated into the conditional use if the zoning controls are removed. not just glibly avoided like the planning commission did, this is something that supervisors need to look at. it is probably true for every affordable housing unit in the city. it needs some of this kind of input. i think these conditions will protect not only the neighborhood, but it will improve the quality of life of residents. thank you. president chiu: thank you. any other members of the public which to speak on behalf of the appellants? ok. seeing none, let's go to a presentation from our planning department. >> i will do my best to be heard here. good afternoon president chiu and members of the board. i am lisa gibson with the planning department. in joining me today is my colleague a

our office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never been san francisco police officers. the office of citizen complaint is that 33-member staff, the majority of which are investigators, and the balance of this faq consists of attorneys and sports -- support staff. to that end, office of citizen complaints mission is to ensure police accountability by conducting fair, timely, and unbiased sourcrecommendations. we -- when we conduct an investigation, we do so to figure out what happened. we interview the person who brought the complaint, they all police officers in civilian witnesses. we obtain additional evidence from the police department in the form of police reports and other documentation generated by the department. we also visit the site of the alleged occurrence and may take photographs of persons. our aim is to complete the investigation within nine months and with limited exceptions, we must complete our investigation within a year. and once we complete an investigation, we make a finding of whether the complaint of officer -- the complaint officer violated our

we will have 24-hour staffing on-site. we will be a good community neighbor. by coming together with the neighborhood groups, we could come together with medication. they have already agreed to 4 mitigations on neighbor's requests. we are providing 24/7 staffing. we have a desk coverage 24 hours a day, six days a week. we created over 3000 square feet of community space. we have limited overnight guests to over 10 per month. we committed to forming a project advisory committee that would be present through the operation stage of the process. upon execution of this agreement, the neighborhood group walked away. they decided to come here today and have their administrative appeal. they were unable to reach a partnership with us. we feel that we made every attempt possible under current law and regulations to address the neighbor's concerns. the kids will have a lease. they will sign it. they will have topay rent and be a good neighbor. we feel this has the right set of tools to be a successful project. i will now how barcelona to come forward to talk to you abou

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at current staffing levels the backlog will exceed $1 trillion by 2016. try to tackle that one. >> when i was undersecretary of defense controller, dcaa does not have enough people. when i was there they had 4,000 and they added another thousand. it is nothing compared to the level of contracting that is going on and a number of contracts that are going on. these are very professional folks. most of them have cp as. many come in to government much of lawyers do. we don't have enough of them. this goes to the point that was made earlier by commissioner henke and my other colleagues and we believe this strongly. even in this time of cutting budgets and deficits there has to be spending to save money. if we don't get these people in we will end up hurting the government and industry. the government because there might be money recovered and industry because they are not getting paid when they should get paid. >> i will change the word might to will. it is a proven fact that if you have these audits you are going to discover bills that were submitted that wer

one of the things we have found the check really valuable for us is the staffing component of the synergy of starting from contacting and working all the way through the local hire so that we are from the very beginning building a relationship with the contractors and subcontractors so they understand from the start of engaging in the shipyard project that there is an expectation to continue though local hiring through the work force component. i would also say that we have a much more intensive staffing ratio that allows us to be out in the community monitoring the projects on a regular basis that is really important to the success and achievement of outcomes. one of the other things that has been really useful for us with these numbers is the web-based technology system, which also oweewd are using as well and wil continue to be helpful with the hiring legislation as that moves forward. we have the ability to look at outcomes in real time with a two-week lag, which before was about two to three months. we are able to reflect back to contractors almost immediately what the process is. su

we have had a 4% decrease in staffing, but staffing is up in other areas. the 35 officers that were not working nights and weekends are now. that is akin to an academy class. more efficient and one of the resources we have will hopefully get us to the point where we are hiring more academy classes as the senior officers retire. that will bring new ideas and greater efficiency and a safer san francisco going forward. >> i would also say, the police officers to police work. when the chief graduated one of the largest cadet class is in recent history, we are talking about civilians doing the civilian work while the police are out there giving the police work. we are identifying those activities within the police department that should not be done by uniformed officers, and assigning those to the right people. so we are just approaching resources the smartest way we can while we try to get more police academy classis. -- classes. >> you talked about a game can? -- gang camp? [inaudible] >> about three months ago, i walked through the mission district with jane

on that chart, you'll see what our staffing is. i would like to point out a couple significant things. on the day watch, we have five school resource officers. i believe that is more resource officers than any other station, and that is because of the priority we place on safety in our schools and in dealing with the youth of the district. i would like to also point out that on d-day watch, which includes the 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. watch, we have 17 foot beat officers. we have a serious emphasis on staffing our foot beats. and we have dedicated officers that work the same beat every day. on the swing watch, we have six more beat officers. you will see that we have serious dedication to be foot beats. among our responsibilities in the mission district, our 20 two public parks, 19 public schools, 13 private schools, 785 abc licenses, and hundreds and hundreds of other permits which we enforce. in addition to those duties, we have constant special events in the district. among those, coming up sunday is the castro street fair. i hope

a department spokesman says recent major events have stretched those staffing levels thin. >> we are going out into the districts with four or five officers. so the staffing levels we're fooling the pains of the down -- we're feeling the pains of the downsizing right now. >> reporter: i just checked with san jose police on the phone. they are not releasing new details on the shooting this morning. but liz, they are looking into the possibility that the suspect they shot today was involved in a shooting on communications hill just a couple of blocks away from where he was killed. there were reports this morning that a man was firing into an unoccupied vehicle and the vehicle was found in the area that had several shots in it. and they are looking into the possibility that man may have been discharging the weapon up there before he came down here where he was showing the weapon. people reported him, was confronted by the police officers and then was shot in that fatal confrontation. back to you. >> thank you, len. >>> san jose police say the victims in the brazen daylight shooting over

. >> our staffed will be staffed for that day. there will be banners out. posters. >> san jose credit union is planning a push including free food and prizes. 92 million americans belong to credit unions. claiming they save $6.7 billion per year. county federal based in san jose doesn't charge for debit card use. and it's 44,000 members get free access to atms across the country. member says they love the attention. >> i have the ceo call me at home one time wanting to know if there is anything they can do for nee. there is anything i needed just talk to her. >> some have membership restrictions and others can sign up members at large. kristin christian who started bank transfer day says she's shocked by the number of people jointing her movement. county federal says it doesn't have a target of the number of customers it appears it's a campaign against chase and wells fargo but that leaves bank of america that still plans to charjt fee. >> and there is a wonderful weekend ahead. >> we do. halloween is coming. >> weather going to hold like this throughout th

. >> we have had no problems staffing it. we have a great group of associates joining the store. >> they want to make it d.c. friendly. they asked d.c. employment services to find workers. and now hiring sign brought women like these to apply online. this mother of seven had not worked in four years. >> they are now hiring. i applied. the next day they called me back. >> this woman last worked in 2009. >> i had no doubt. i knew this was my season. >> throughout the day, a steady stream of would-be workers approached. the mayor talked about what workers need to keep a job. >> job skills, showing up every day, showing up on time, having a good attitude. >> abc7 news. >> the grand opening is set for this saturday. still to come on "washington weekly" a look at stores that should make headlines this week, including a high-profile republican debate. how this one will be different from the others. >>> and any new toy but it costs and why it is the best in the world. >> i am steve rudin in the weather center. we have some changes in

we decided we needed to increase staffing, so we added a staff, and we decided more staff effort was necessary, and we said this is what it will cost. we were paid for this. there is no relation between what we find and what we get paid. we get paid what we are determining to be necessary to review the documents and to monitor the regulations. supervisor campos: that means lenar does not have any impact on what you do and how you do your work? >> not at all. i supervise all look the work. i receive general fund reimbursement. i do not receive any particular reimbursement. i think any agency who does the work does this. that is another independent review with there is no link to funding. supervisor campos: i think it is good to put that information out there so people know how the process works. a final point. could there be a situation where they refuse to reimburse the specific amount because they object to whatever the scope of the review was?

absent staffing that we would like to have to do that on straight time, that will definitely be an ongoing conversation. hopefully the city recovers more than -- i mean, we are going in the right direction. but we need to replace the bodies that will head for retirement over the next three years. that is in progress. that is the answer to that question. ok? thank you. [applause] >> hello, everyone. you will hear from me a lot. my name is jocelyn kane. next up, scott wiener, the board of supervisors, like a ding dong i forgot that they were in recent -- recess. he will be here to talk about a cool project that we are working on. >> good afternoon, everyone. the supervisor left this statement on his behalf. "i am not in town while we do -- while we are in recess, but i am here in spirit. the sooner that we recognize in a brace the fact that night life is key to the city, policy makers to often viewed this as challenges to deal with, focusing on violence, drunken behavior, and the like. it is one of the things that makes san francisco unique and defines us. without these unique abilities to e

objections include it density, no drug free policy, insufficient staffing. findings must be made per paragraph two of the findings. this is for improvements with the potential development. these findings cannot be made. this suffers from overwhelming neighborhood opposition. i respectfully request that you deny conditional use approval. thank you. >> our issue is not affordable housing but any use that it serves. this is not chp or with larkin street. this is about the choice of this particular building in a myriad of zoning exceptions. the city could have avoided this process. i have a thought and with the outline and outreach plan. out reach in this case can mean identifying decision makers that will support and pass required legislation that includes the planning department, the mayor, his staff. after they reach out to the supporters among the community leaders, neighborhood associations and can influence the back of the project. only after the project is virtually insured legislative passage, political cover did they contact the neighbors. they have tra