talk about staffing changes and staffing loss. walk through the budget with you had an overview level, talk about tax increment, the gsa budget impacts and the general fund impact. finally, talking about the general fund supported activities that will be and absorbed into the general fund in this budget, rather than in the redevelopment agency's budget. as you remember, earlier this year, the state legislature passed and the governor signed ab 26 and 27. 26 was found to be constitutional and dissolved the redevelopment agency throughout the state. in our case, the city and county became the successor agency to the redevelopment agency. the assets of the agency were transferred to the mayor's office of housing, port, and city a minister's office. you will recall also each successor agency is required to have an oversight board. our oversight board oversees the fighting to management of certain real development agency assets. at the highest level, the three major approved development projects and the house and work that was done by

now to our staffing plan. the department has undergone and continues to undergo changes. with each retirement we lose considerable knowledge. it is an opportunity to rethink duties and creates cost savings, such as a training program. it will allow us to save $15,000 in her position while they go through the training, and it will guarantee a knowledgeable staff. we are taking this opportunity to examine the ideal role of each position and to apply the best classifications. we will examine the possibility of reordering positions and particularly regarding the accounted. we're looking at changing our i.t. support to a business analyst to help the department successfully implement if projects. gthe budget includes a down word classification to help with this. good our initiatives for summer youth employment. first, we were to promote jarvijobs to revise the board on youth-related policies. and we work to make san francisco's summer jobs plus program of reality of. iwe included youth involvement plan and deals the city will negotiate with the private sector. the city expanded

we truly need the staffing. thank you for your support, a commitment to have consistent hiring over the next six years in the san francisco fire department. as the mayor stated, we are at an all-time low in terms of our fire fighters to remain committed to serve. we're first responders to fires and emergency medical calls in the city. in recent years, we have not been able to hire to match the level of retirement. we had to face heavy reliance on overtime. that has become an issue for our department. we're delighted to hear that there will be consistent hiring. we're looking forward to having an infusion of new professionals that we will train to become san francisco firefighters, emt's, and paramedics. i cannot have happened without this caliber that ever. i would like to thank all the members here representing the san francisco fire department. we have our training staff. training is the foundation in any organization. you need a strong foundation in training. i am proud of the members of training that are her

last, another was a question regarding staffing and workload. you can see that our staffing has gone from a point where we had about 112 permanent staff to now 130 permanent staff. the bulk of the staffing increase last year occurred for 24 time-limited staff. in this one line is just the assessment appeals shirts. even though we have had a slight increase in staffing, the assessment appeals have sort of gone way off the charts. so that is really that time- limited group of staff of 24 is really there to help us and that significant workload. we tried to map it with new construction, but we do not have as much good historical data for that, which is why we use assessment appeals as a proxy. and it then, last, there was a question regarding language access. that has been a major thing for me personally in our office. we have worked very closely with adrienne and her team to provide language services. we have language clients in our office, the two phone lines were a taxpayer and our staff to talk with a taxpayer between. we have russian, chinese

we staffed a table to share information.two occ investigators and i viewed national night out events. our -- in the western edition and then our investigator, greg underwood, set the table in bayview. donna staffed a table. and we gave a powerpoint investigation. the roughly meeting of the alliance for murder -- better district 6 and had many questions. that is including the recent activity's report. i can start with the conclude -- conclude with the second report. unless there any questions from our ricin activity. >> did i hear you correctly that the number of mediations that were declined, which party declined? >> officers. >> the officers declined. >> thanks for confirming that. >> 33% of the officers to home mediation was offered declined. now on to our second quarter. you have the report in your packets. we have posted it on line -- we have posted it on line. during the second quarter, the occ received 882 complaints and closed 227 complaints. there were feared to take actions -- failure to take action in 23 cases. our

i sympathize with the police department and their staffing issues. the police department staffing issues cannot speak to inhibiting business from carrying on. to that end, i would like to move to approve this permits as it stands with four nights. i want them to notice the police department no less than 10 days in advance when they are having extended hours gigs. and to retain their video for 30 days. that is my motion. president newlin: ok. >> i would like to second that motion. they have been exemplary with the neighborhood. they literally went out and went to every single community organization. it was not like, we are here to tell you. they were there to listen and learn about the neighborhood. i feel that -- i get the feeling they could be trusted with the after hours. i am going to second that motion. president newlin: at 2:00, when we used to push everybody in the street, it was crazy. the after hours helps. i am more into the patrons' safety when they go to the cars. it is a sketchy neighborhood, it is improving. people do have to park far aw

sueprvisor kim: i had a quick question about warriors staffing. will they be working on this project? >> i think that they will cover it for now, but the primary work that they need to do is on environmental review. the bulk of that work will be contracted out and paid for by the project sponsor for the eir and urban design zoning work and other entitlement work needed for the site across the street. waxed sueprvisor kim: -- by the temporary positions -- sueprvisor kim: are these temporary positions? >> i believe so, yes. sueprvisor kim: what about the legislative analyst? >> we are working on it quickly. the timeline for the project is very short period we need to get started in earnest on the environmental review. >> how many positions will be funded with this project? >> i know that they will have folks working on that. sueprvisor kim: with that cover these two positions? >> i am sure that it will more than cover it. moving on, we are proposing up with substitutions with a changing of assignment, adding one planner to the code enforcement team.

. >>> doesn't have to do with cuts in police staffing? i doubt that we have other cities that did suffer cuts and police staffing palo alto is the same size it is hard to do correlation and the statisticians have a tough time doing cause and effect. >>> the police union says the city's choices have come back to haunt them >>> when you/patrol and staffing when morale is in the toilet and overtime the only way to keep a lid on crime something has to get. >>> the by the new card the insurance settlement was not enough so that the pool $3,000 from savings >>> ya have to spend savings and borrow money it is hard. >>> we point out that the 10% drop in homicide red covers the first half of the year when you factor in july and august were on pace with 2011. san jose police department is hiring kiet do cbs 5 >>> developer news in oakland police searched for whoever shot and killed a man at a kfc dry throw it happened at 630 on international boulevard shots were fired the wounded man tried to drive away but he crashed his car into a building. he wa

. >>> we'll/metro t/the staffing and morales the toilet. in the overtime as the only way to a lid on crime. he does the crime spikes are connected to cuts in the police staffing. he says that other cities that did not make cuts such as paul watteau and sunnyvale and some increases in crime rates there. >>> a long standoff in redwood city has left the rest of an arm or respect. the swat team surrounded a duplex before 9:00 this morning. define the arrested him when he surrendered more than nine hours later. he was behind five recent armed robberies and markets and restaurants in the area. investigators say he were led to the duplex by people who recognize the suspect from surveillance video made public on wednesday. >>> some occupy protestors give a arrested after taking over presents almost reelection headquarters in oakland. the protesters have video of their own efforts on mind to demand the release of the army whistle blower bradlee manning. he's a former army intelligence analyst accused of leaking classified information to which the le

we have a staff member staffed there. 311 is staffed there as well, so we have city and a vent authority staff -- event authority staff to help fulfill needs. remember race days. i hope you are able to enjoy, take some time to watch the races. at the last meeting, jane gave you a presentation, so we will august 28 start doing some testing with clients and hope to have sometime in september, and i will keep you apprised of that. this grand jury did report on the arts commission. they have a program called the street artist program, and one requirement was that it be removed and then minister of through the office of small businesses common -- and administered through the office of small businesses, so they have to administer a response to that, so over the next two weeks i am going to be meeting with partners and stakeholders to do some investigation as to what is involved, and i will be at the september 1 meeting presenting you with a preliminary draft. the objectives and direction is that i do not think our offices should be in the position of advocating one or the other, but that is a

we have a staff member staffed there. 311 is staffed there as well, so we have city and a vent authority -- event authority staff to help fulfill needs. remember race days. i hope you are able to enjoy, take some time to watch the races. at the last meeting, jane gave you a presentation, so we will august 28 start doing some testing with clients and hope to have sometime in september, and i will keep you apprised of that. this grand jury did report on the arts commission. they have a program called the street artist program, and one requirement was that it be removed and then minister of through the office of small businesses common -- and administered through the office of small

even sharing administrative services and staffing would also save the city money. there is also more synergy that could be taken if we were working closer together. one of the things we plan on doing, speaking to the general fund issue, one of our staff will be able to spend 50% of first-time looking for public grant funding. we intend to start seeking outside sources of money immediately to offset any general fund impact. >> it looks like you do not have recommendations. is there anything you would add? >> that is correct. pro i would suggest that the agency does not need to come back next week for presentations. thank you for your presentation. >> good afternoon, supervisors and thank you for having us here for the budget presentation. over the past five years, our agency has helped in balancing the city by systematically reducing costs while preserving core services. as the city slowly recovers from the economic downturn, dpw is presenting it to your budget that emphasizes for on-line services to the city's residents and visitors. our budget proposals centralize

. >> frustrated, tired, being held over because of staffing, having to work longer. the fatigue is showing. >> reporter: the department is putting pressure on chief moore and city hall to boost staffing levels to put this into perspective. there are currently 1,060 officers. there were more than 1400. we learned on a busy day for the police department they can get as many as 50 calls come in at the same time. they say when the department is stretched so in this they can't respond to all of those calls. >> shell says it is looking into the cause of yesterday's fire at its refinery in martinez. the large gray plume of smoke was visible around 2:00 in the afternoon. officials say the refinery -- the fire was out about 15 minutes later. no one was hurt. and a shelter in place was not ordered. the bay area district says it's keeping close tabs on the refineries. >> we have an inspector assigned to each facility. we have air quality monitoring in some stacks. >> the five refineries operate in richmond, rodeo, and martinez. >> we learned leaders will have a meeting with pub

crime because city leaders and police chief have repeatedly acknowledged the department is under staffed and can no longer respond to crimes. >> leadership has taken it upon themselves to broadcast across the bay area that the police can no longer respond to home security alarm systems. and i think when you send that message out there across the bay area, it's almost saying that there is an invitation to come into our city because of the police that will not be able to respond to those kinds of crimes. >> it has been done in other cities in the bay area on as add-needed basis. i don't think we're at that point yet. i acknowledge the receipter, we're prefering to have had a conversation head of time to know it's coming. >> and the chief says he will be the first to ask for help if he feels it's needed but he says that to request only made after a conversation with the commissioner to gauge staffing levels and also, after conver saying was the mayor and city council. and coming up at 6:00 we'll have mayor chuck reed's reaction to the letter and the request that the city ask for help from t

. >>> the thing that has to do with cuts in police staffing? >>> i doubt that we have other cuts that have an increase in burglaries' 60% in the palo alto and san jose it is hard to do correlation and the criminal law and statisticians have a tough time correlating this >>> when you/patrol and/staffing when morale is in the toilet when overtime is the only way we can keep a lid on crime things get. >>> about this to replace their stolen car the insurance settlement was not enough that had a poll of $3,000 from savings. >>> you have to spend savings and borrow money. >>> a point of clarification the 10% decrease in homicide where mentioned that does not take into account all the homicides in july and august of this year up to date when you factor in the homicide rate roughly what was last year. san jose police is hiring. kiet do cbs 5 >>> oakland police look for two men who shot and killed a man at a kfc dry throat it happened @ 6:30 p.m. on international drive the wounded man crashed trying to drive away and died at the scene a female passenger

the report found there were staffing issues and police only had one computer for it that wasn't always monitored. the report covers five years from 2006 to 2011 and it also found police spent a million dollars on a video system for its patrol cars that could record interactions with resident, it didn't work. now the city auditor recommended 22 ways to improve the system. if you want to see the report itself it is online this morning on the city auditor's website. in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:53. volunteers in morgan hill will be out searching for lamar. one day after a san jose judge postponed a hearing for are the torres accused of kidnapping and killing lamar. >> there is a fourth deadly shooting in san francisco. this all happening just over three days. one man was killed. a second wounded near san bruno drive last night around 10:00. police say two men ran up to the victims, started firing shots. then they took off in a white four door car. on monday, two people died in a shooting less than two miles aafrom that scene. on sunday a teenager was found shot to

the concerns i have at southern station, our staffing as a department is dwindling. it will not get better for least another year. 1970, and we will go down to about 1650 in about a year from now. weekends are the highest activity, calls for service, special events, we have ball games, we have a lot of other details happening in the city where we get our personal requested to be moved over and detailed. that was really my biggest concern. thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday evenings, we are already pressed. the area where monarchs is located is one of the highest crime rates in san francisco. historically, it has been. it is a challenge to be able to keep tabs on everything that happens there. especially when you are having staffing issues like when officers are at other places. we are not able to do a lot of proactive patrol when the details come up. they come up often. one of the things we discussed that would really help is, chris's security plan, which are reviewed, looks really good. he has a decent amount of security officers that will be present when his ba

this year, what we hope to achieve is achieving our savings goals and see a leveling out of the staffing levels. we're seeing a slight increase in staffing as we start to transfer in some functions from other important projects as we support the airport project and other projects we plan on bringing some additional staff back into the department. i asked a lot in a previous hearings how the city i.t. budget compares to the rest of the world, to our peers out there and we have done a study over the last year. it is a complex question because we are a highly decentralized organization. 25% or 35% of the spending is recognized. the overall budget for the city if you add up all the departments'budget is fairly consistent for we see in the u.s. our uniqueness is the fact that we are highly decentralized in the fact that only 20% of the staff i.t. work force works in our department. the restaurant in supporting the departments directly -- the rest are out in supporting the departments directly. we split our budget into five major areas, divisions, if you will in our department. we have our bas

it appears they were having a big budget and staffing reductions. they were having slower than average response time than they had in the past. it is not my understanding they said it did not work and therefore we have to go to tasers. there were circumstances we do not have here. i think we have a resource-rich department. we have great leadership. we would need to know more about this situation. >> there is a reason. it was a model program that they brought to us. they flew out here and said this is the way to go. they have altered that program to add this into it. they have not abandoned the program. there must be a reason. i do not know what their reason is. that was their model program. that was the memphis band. we do things differently in memphis. dealing with the folks who have mental health issues. at least for me, i would want to know why would they introduce these devices into that particular program? >> we are happy to look into that. i think the answer is we do not know the background of what happened. san francisco is a different city.