to have a staffing levels. and now we're saying because the mandatory staffing levels to harm people possibly does that make sense to change the levels >> i think it's a fair question peer we're not overstaffed, in fact, if you look at the growth of the crane in the city you can see our california volume has gone up. 70 percent medical calls and thirty percent fire calls. the reality it that we're - >> the response to calls does the mandatory staffing level you can actually reach the calls i think the studies that have been done in the past you can have the lower staffing and meet the calls. >> we're mandateed to be on a call in so many minutes. if you're question is whether we're going to reduce the fire people on the fire trucks it would be going against the code. i can tell you we have a 2 code fir alarm and if we see the outcome of fire people going into scenes - >> i'm talking about the local prop. >> that calls for a minute amount of stations and coverage. >> and mandatory staff in the fire department's.

the staffing level it can be seasonal. we have as i said seen a high-level of overtime including this year based on our staffing level. we have 4 additional personnel per day and that added to our staffing. we've seen lower staffing which requires more high u

. >> so right now the police department is down about a hundred officers. 16 in staffing. i'm told by police that they have no problems with 4:00 in the morning but they have 40,000 police officers in the city. it's a resource issue for us at least for right now having a conversation because the daytime people where the most people have been dying for beat officers, officers on foot, officers on bicycles, school resource officers . if the hours were stretched, it would stress our resources that much later into night to cover those extra hours making this a 24 hour time like new york is. right now it's not a conversation that we are in a position to have. >> so i understand there is going to be some policing training. >> we have plans to be full staffing by 2018. >> you have a question? >> it's more of just a comment going along with the 4 a.m. legislature. i know you said you are short on resources, it's also something to consider the standpoint of club employees. i work the bar staff and ride a bicycle. if a show goes really late and the bars let out at 130 and all these

so that we can begin the process a lot more aggressively to reach the staffing levels that we need at the fire department. so thank you to my colleagues for your support of this initital kinetic energy plus initial potential energy i.e. and thank you for the time. >> >> roll call for this item? >> (roll call vote) there are eleven ayes . >> ordinance is passed on first read. >> item 14. item 14, ordinance authorizing the public utilities commission general manager to enter into a long-term interconnection agreement with pacific gas & electric to connect with a small renewable energy project, et cetera. >> colleagues can we do this, same house same call? without could bejection this ordinance is passed on first reading. item 15. >> item 15 resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future bonded indebtedness authorizing the director of mayor's officing of house to submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee to permit the issuance of residential mortgage reve

i would have questions on the staffing and the direction there. i would have questions about the timeframe to do this in the field. if you knew you had projects that took a certain time to do. and where staff would stand if the project didn't have

i would have questions on the staffing and the direction there. i would have questions about the timeframe to do this in the field. if you knew you had projects that took a certain time to do. and where staff would stand if the project didn't have to comply with this ordinance had to while the project was under construction and what is the situation there in the department of health had to come out to observe the site. with those kinds of questions to be addressed as a commissioner i want to be sure this passed and is implemented out in the field and we want to do it as efficiently to the stakeholder. i'm thinking more of the smaller projects and they have to deal with. and the smaller ones don't have consultant and it can be very stressful. these are the issues i want addressed before i vote. so i'd elect to continue this to the next commission meeting. >> there's a motion and a second to continue to the next meeting. >> john from the city attorney's office. maybe i can clarify a issue. the charter requires only the building inspectors here you'r

i think at this point now we're seeing such on upswing we're not currently staffed for the future. but our project review staff is currently at their limit so we will be strategyizing about staffing and professional services to get us through to the next budget kindly and you'll see new proposals in there how this unfolds. on the green jobs that you pointed out that's a really interesting area we're just now getting so what and work with the community benefits team. one pie we're working on is the maintenance tool that will help us to understand all the green infrastructure things that are coming our way and to maintain it whether it be private or public sector. but, yeah i think staffing will definitely - >> not only the jobs but the economical opportunity and economical benefit even if there's a beautification peace that comes along with the projects. i don't know when but for this much investment financially this is what you're going to bet get out. the other two you're probably further ahead in quantity first degree. >> any other comments. i'd asked a question that probably was

increase staffing living to better meet the current work loads. conduct a fee study to ensure various departments services remained aligned with assessed fee levels. >> these are revenues that are tied to construction cycles. the numerical cal outs on the right of this chart include a shortfall during the down turn year of 2009-2011. we felt that had dbi approximately 4 months of fiscal year 2008 of total revenues. would have been able to meet cyclical revenue trend line from 2009-2011 thereby an allowing future increases in work. our office also received the government finance officers association for appropriate levels of fund balance. they recommend no less than 2 months of regular operating reserve. the government consider the volt tilt of revenue and other natural disasters before federal aid is available. our office believes that a reserve of 4 months is justified. lastly pure building inspection agencies around the state. their targeted reserve levels varied from one to six months so recommends levels of operating cost falls within this ran

in response to thexdÑi red flag warning cal fire increased its staffing levels.have beenjf added along withjf three to fou more engines, another bulldozer and extra staffing for it helicopter. those those increased levels will remain int( place until mo normal spring like conditions coyote golf creek foughtc winde yesterday inok similar conditio tothr today. thejf flames sped 300 yards in téginutes. luckily only about 3 acres burned. ourselves and with the wind blowing so hard out of the north,e1 we had a hard time containing it going south. that's where the fire department stepped in. >> we tryi] to do the staffing before the fires occurred. we enacted a staffing pattern that started this morning at 8:00. >> reporter: now get this. about 95% of the calls to which humans. assistant chief crawford mentioned sparking equipment, cigarettes and openxd fires asç common t(causm& fire season is stafrth a little earlier thisxd year4' because oe dry winter we've had. thatok has cal officials anticipating a long summer when it comes to wild fires. we're live in morgan hill

and we do intend to increase the staffing here as that staffing will go up. >> reporter: in the meantimes to split district into five areas. getting them to work closely together. >> you have the experience to do it right now. do you need more cops? >> yes, we need more cops, but we will not have too many more. in your opinion will they get the job done? >> it'll be an improvement of what we have now. overtime we'll get better and better. >> what's the biggest change in your life? >> i don't sleep anymore. >> oakland is not the only city to search for the new police chief in san jose that has been put on hold at least -- for the summer. they are committed to finding the right fit as they need more time to make it happen. for now he'll stay on as the acting chief. >>> it's like a scene straight out of csi when local police couldn't crack the case of the serial burglar. a watch group took matters into their own hands. and as kristin ayers shows us, their hard work paid off. >> and ever since this happened, i have not had any good sleep. >> reporter: he did not want to show us his face, but

needs in relation to that staffing. the program is guided by 3 vair degrees of 3 bodies the community perspire and the commission. while each of those bodies has a specific area of responsibility they generally share the same purpose which is to implement the best practices and to reduce recidivism and to reduce the incarceration and to help with public safety. as you can see there's an overlap here as well which menus they're meeting regularly to discuss fundamentally the same issues. we recommend that the board of supervisors integrate the functions of the two councils which those bodies meet. another area we looked in our view of the realignment chief among those needs it housing. almost half the offenders are in need of housing yet there's very limited fund. so those offenders are forced to compete for access what we know is an insufficient amount of affordable housing. the landlords typically require background checks and their required to resides in san francisco which further limits their housing options. so we a

just to clarify, while you are working under staffed in terms of your ability to provide all services, as we would like to victims, just to clarify, it seems the weight in which victims become engaged with the advocacy organizations of those programs providing services including shelter and beyond, that first link really comes through the district attorney's office. unless the victims themselves call those agencies. but certainly you are all helping to assist if persons want that type of support. >> i think that i would have to attribute that to a joint effort by the scu unit as well as the district attorney's office. the first point of real contact that dv victims have are the inspectors and svu. once inspectors make the initial contact that is where the trust begins. once that trust is established it is turned over to our office where our attorneys try to maintain that trust. honestly, with a number of attorneys that we have it is very difficult to maintain that. as we know it is not just the perpetrators who continue to have power and control over the victims but there are families

>> almost everyone in the police department everyone needs staffing. we've prepared for it. yes. but yes, we can always use more staffing but we are prepared to lose ramsey in about 20 days and someone ready to fill his role. >> there is now mayor's office approved 45 sarjsergeant's position that we expect to depart in june. >> thank you for your work. >> mr. richard. i have tailored my comment and i have a lot of things to say. i'm going to narrow and leave it open to questions. the chief asked me in december of 2012 to get involved as a coordinator of the cit program and i think we have a good and close working relationship with the cit working group. i'm here i think in a representative capacity tonight and i want to acknowledge the work of lieutenant's teen and yen and kristin who has done a lot of the statistical work for us in reporting. let me say in the first four months in the year we've worked a lot on the curriculum and we have worked on golden gate park which is nice for officers. a nice venue to be in and the police department is working quite well. we have documents

because it's an ordinance it has a thirty today detailed date so mid-july >> so you'll be fully staffed to deal with pretty much the expansion of this whole program. >> it will be every tennis to have the staffing under this code to take ne. i tried to make this point earlier i guess i want to expe today or it will not change it's the same amount of work but it will be done pursuant to code rather than some by code and some by sequa. there won't be changes >> and i think the thirty day notice and those requirements are going to be done even though we're pretty much i'm combeen if i were to take 10 projects in those new zones i imagine 7, 8

our staffing is also ahead of jor mall. we staffed additional engines.staffed additional dozers. we staffed additional hand crews. >>> there's a lot of tiff tiffing going on tonight. it has a lot to do with this. an eye sore that the city demands be cleaned up once and for all. the huge junk yard is right in the middle of richmond, and wait till you hear who kristen ayers says got the nasty note. >> below the bart tracks is a fenced in eye sore that has been a nuisance, some neighbors say for more than two decades. >> it's like a junk yard in the middle of a residential area, and it's been like that for a long time. >> a patchwork quilt of beat-up cars and industrial equipment. neighbors have been complaining about it since the 90s and surprisingly the man who's been linked to the lot is richmond city councilman who has vowed to fight. >> got to walk the walk along with the talk. >> he may have no choice but to walk the walk now. the city prosecutor ordered him to clean up the mess in a harshly-worded 28-page letter calling the conditions unlawful, hazar

they don't usually start the extra staffing this soon. but they had a feeling fire season would start early. by july, they will have 160 extra firefighters bringing their fire-ready manpower up to 410. they don't know yet how this fire started. but they do think they will have it fully contained by tomorrow. but then they are going to have to stick around for a couple of days, allen, because of all the the high winds and warm temperatures. they will stay on top of this. >> the firefighters are there, trained, in shape. but this early, they can't be acclimated to this hot weather yet. >> reporter: no. exactly right, allen. and that's one of the issues that they're dealing with. the gear is heavy. it's hot. they are having to take frequent water breaks and rest breaks. come july, this will be routine for them and they will be more physically able to handle the stress of fighting these fires. >> let's hope so. still a long hot summer. all right, ann, thanks. for the latest on the conditions, kpix 5 chief meteorologist paul deanno joining us

the police union has blamed the rise in crime on low staffing levels. one councilman says there is one albe albeit controversial solution. >> they could add police officers tormd and. >> he's referring to a 2011 garage report recommending that fire crews respond only to fires and not medical emergencies. the report indicates that 75% of fire department calls are not fire related. homicide have already depleted a san jose police department spread thin on saturday night. the homicide count is already up to 19. this time last year it stood at 16. >> we have a great department even though it's thinly staffed. they're putting in a lot of over time but they're working hard to keep the community safe. >> reporter: thetu÷ shooting on hayes avenue last night across the street from the oak grove high school football field as so zar thing twice about moving back to the city. >> i'm shocked. my parents left yesterday. >> the grand jury area is one way to fight crime, crime that has left san jose with an exhausted police force. well san jose can neither pay more tax

currently we are working with epa to provide information on staffing. we've done participated in a few studies for the traveng traffic impact for gathering information to give them so we can do a test fit that have site to ensure the space we are going to have is a staffing that we project to have a move in. i believe we have construction the project will to have pass a bond in 2014 and if that passes hopefully the construction will be completed in 2017 and move in for the crime lab and forensic services in 2018. >> thank you, captain. appreciate it. >> you talked a lot about the increase in demand for demand in evidence and the power of the tools to one to help us investigate in this particular crime of sexual assault and holding the individual accountable for this compelling evidence. while sometimes jury's expect. i had a misdemeanor vandalism case where the juror wanted dna and i didn't have dna in that case and had to mrap -- explain it to the jury. but here with an increase in demand you have to be efficient and prioritize how you use the resource

we do intend to increase the staffing in the investigations division as our staffing goes up. >> reporter: in the meantime, the plan is to submit city into five districts and get investigators and street cops working closely together. >> you have the manpower and experience to do that now or do you need more right now, more cops right now. >> we certainly need more cops right now. but we're not going to have more cops right now. >> will there be enough investigators in your opinion to get the job done? >> well, it will be an improvement of what we have now. over time, we will get better and better. >> what is the baggiest change that you have had in your life in the last 72 hours? >> i don't sleep any more. >> reporter: chances are he won't be sleeping for some time to come. he faces enormous challenges but he appears to be dedicated and sure that he can pull it off. if he does, he will be the first one to do it in quite some time. >> i believe that he is not sleeping much anymore. i heard him talking about staffing changes and realigning things, but other than that, everything that he ha

they receive staffing from the department of public health of two positions. the human services agency of the of the 15 shelters the city takes complaints from [speaker not understood]. the city has 14 of those contracts. the department of public health has one of the contracts. so, the service providers receive funding from the city and county as well as other sources, but those are the agencies that have the contract. the shelter monitoring committee is a advisory body created by the board of supervisors to provide the board of supervisors and the mayor's office information about conditions in the shelters. >> okay. so, let me ask the question to you and the city attorney might have to opine on this. in your capacity as an advisory body, does that preclude you as an entity to fund raise on your own behalf? >> to fund raise for our -- to build the capacity of the committee or the site? >> to build the capacity within the committee. >> what has happened in the past historically when the plan of care happened, we created in 2008, the committee will -- the then

if the staffing levels change which is a requirement it is possible that not only will the city lose that fema money, it will have to pay some of it back. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >>> tonight police are asking for your help to catch a bank robber. these are surveillance photos of the suspect dressed in a purple shirt and tie during this robbery. it happened friday afternoon at 2:00 for the afternoon in campbell. he gave the teller a note demanding money and took off with the cash. >>> billowing flames took over at a strip mall today. five other businesses are out of commission at least for a little while. the fire started just before 8:30 this morning. no word yet on the cause. >>> one person had to be taken to the hospital after a fire tore through a house in a mobile home community in east palo alto. two people were inside when the fire started. one had to be treated for minor burns. firefighters did manage to knock the flames down but say the home is considered a total loss. no word yet on what started it. >>> it looks like there will be nothing fast about getting californ

they need to have better staffing. >> next item please.issioners that will put you under directors announcements. >> i want to thank commissioners and he did appreciation about the future south of marketing and basically, the topic what how to maintain the neighborhood. it was on the tall buildings and habitats it's rying to establish a san francisco chapter. i'm personally interested in kind of facilityÑ)2rx has as we forward to have these topics. the catcher street design has been final listed design. there's been a humanely amount of support on castro street. we're doing is a number of those sponsors by the bond measure that was passes in 2011. so those are projects that are funded and we're doing these all over the city. and this design has been final listed and there's a lot of neighborhood support. that concludes my presentation >> and that takes us to the board of appeals. >> good afternoon there's a good number of item the first of which the historic district. this is a recommendation from the historic commission to create this dis

a - it falls under the national system and it's basically lays out of the command structure, the staffing, the mission, information on assisting agencies then this order tracks resources and identifies the duties and responsibilities of all the participating people. n here in san francisco in a rural class city we're home to large events and our standard operating procedure is a comprehensive threat assessment 0 due to the safety concerns based on the high number of people attending those events. the data breakers has been may be seated who worked in the northern regional technical center and the fbi. this year's event the 1 hundred and second data breakers is expected to draw thirty thousand riders and walkers we're going to sewer pass 1 hundred thousand. since this event is one of our cities larger febts it requires a significant amount of evaluation. the police department has been working with the event organizers on developing a plan that will allow participants and spectators in a safe and secure environment. following the attack on boston those plans have been rise to provided an ev

. >>> they are protesting staffing levels which they say are affecting patient care. tara is at the hospital and we will have more on how this will impact patients. meantime it is day five at sutter hospitals in the east bay. firsts and medical tech knicks are it -- technicians are talking about time off and the strike is affecting many other hospitals as well. >> they called to report a patient who ran from the hospital and some jumped in after him and could not find him. they searched downstream, they had help and they could not find him and that man is presumed dead. >>> an east bay man who ran in thed bay to breakers race was last seen at ocean beach sunday morning. the 27-year-old ran and they later found cell phones and credit cards but his friends andco workers really started running when he failed to show up for work sunday morning. >> i do know he is a responsible guy, he is reliable and that's why we are there. >> they work in san ramon and was last seen wearing jeans and a marine football jersey. in the meantime we are learning more about the man who died f

considering california fire won't be significantly staffed until next week, they've made progress, at least with this fire. cal fire crews are busy with dozers throughout the day. here's where we stand right now. the fire at 2:00 this morning was originally two separate fires but merged into one earlier this morning. so far, it's burned about 125 acres. this is along yellow jacket road. according to cal fire, it's about 50% contained and should be fully contained by sometime tomorrow morning. cal fire say the winds came relatively early considering it's not fire season just yet. >> we are about two weeks ahead of schedule with the lack of rainfall that we had this winter. our fuels are much drier than normal times of year. so we plan accordingly to bring on additional staffing a little earlier than normal. >> now, the cause of this fire is currently under investigation and no structures have been damaged, at least at this fire. cal fire, again, says this has been a very dry and very dry season so far, but there are a lot of resources being used including two helicopters, fifteen fire

those engines are staffed by the state and ten more engines from monterey and santa clara county have gone and they are staffed with county crews. >> here is a look at the biggest fires burning right now in california. as we mentioned, the fire is 10,000 acres at 10 percent contain and another massive fire is growing to the north, the panther fire, is more than 6,000 acres in size and crews are gaining ground near banning standing at 3,000 acres and is 65 percent contained, closer to home, the yellow fire burning in knights valley near calistoga is 97 percent contained after scorching 125 acres. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the california wildfires with updates throughout the day. there are instant updates on twitter@acenewsbayarea. there have been a lot of rising temperatures all over the state and in the bay area there could be record-breaking heat. >> record heat is possible today although it will not be as warm as yesterday. here is a look at our 24-hour temperature change, everyone is cooler if not drastically around sfo and half moon bay and 11 and 14 degrees c