i know the recommended baseline is 184 but staffing is only at 178. i wonder if to provide that overtime coverage we're pulling officers from different stations to provide coverage at the airport? >> good morning supervisors, i'm the deputy chief for the airport bureau for the police department. so, to understand your question, you are just asking what is our staffing now and what would our need be? are we diverting officers staffed now to a different need? >> what is your need at the airport? are you having to divert officers from the other stations to provide the coverage at the airport right now? >> so one of the unique situations at the airport is officers from the city cannot work at the airport. in order to work at the airport you have to meet t.s.a. required badgering certifications. so the airport is a separate entity in that people that -- the duties have to be carried out by people cleared to work down there. it takes a certain level of training and badgering requirements. so we have a limited pool to draw from. the visibility patrol was a n

i do anticipate their budget and funding staffing level might change this year. we've been working with the department as hard as we can to figure how we can get them on as fast as possible. as you can imagine, they have extensive training requirements for bringing people to a job like that. so there are limitations on how many people that the department can bring on each year. but i know brad is here from the department if you'd like to have some more specifics so i'll hand it over to him. >> yes, thank you. as we've heard, we basically have similar challenges to the sheriff's department and to the police department in our staffing level and hiring and we have been spending quite a lot in overtime to hit our service standard, which thankfully we are now hitting. we've been able to reduce significantly the amount of mandatory overtime, which is a good thing. not completely eliminated but come pretty close it eliminating it. with the future completion of training classes we should be able to eliminate the mandatory overtime and then start cutting back on the amoun

the airport staffing, i believe the number is 162 fill. i'm trying to remember all of your questions in order. you asked if we had -- i think where the confusion lies for a number of people is there's a difference in the numbers that are on full duty and deployable. the 1971 number comes from there. >> right. >> that number right now, we're at 1898 full-duty employees. we're projected to be -- by june, 1953. that's based on who is in the academy, the graduation rate and the like. in terms of administrative assignments, yes, there are officers in administrative assignments. if i understand your question correctly, there are officers assigned to administrative assignments. if you're asking whether those officers were taken from patrol to do administrative assignments, for the most part, that answer would be no. there are times when officer get reassigned. they get injured. there's special details and those types of things, that's a constant ebb and flow, but we have made a lot of efforts this past year to return officers to the field. when w

next, strategic staffing. now, currently we're examining workload levels to understand our staffing needs. we're doing this in phases. phase one calls for service driven analysis. this is our sector patrols. when somebody calls 911, those officers that are responding to those calls, that analysis is being done in phase one. we're very deeply into that analysis. phase two calls for a functional analysis, analysis of investigation, special operations, district stations, including non-patrol, support functions, including forensic sciences, academy, technology, fiscal, property, and, et cetera. additional focus on deployment needs for auto break-ins and unified command are high priority staffing analysis priorities. and that is very well in process right now. it's a huge issue for us. we're deeply into that as well. i will go into more detail. i mentioned the transportation hub services. our major transportation hubs will require increased services over the fiscal year 2018 through 2020. airport is requesting incr

and the entities and other controllers offices and are looking at staffing and with the sfoof staffing and de-- with the staffing and deployment to be stronger in that. and there is a lot of things that i can't answer right now depending on what the budget turns out to be, but growing where we need to to grow and grow the department officially. and although we can't speak in detail about the negotiations, but we want to be a department that is reflective of the city we serve both in diversity, both in as much as we can draw candidates from the city. we'd like to do that. and that is a big part of the strategic initiative to put thought and effort into. the department of justice and reform spoke to that recruitment and how to get better. these five strategic initiatives touch a lot of other areas, but that will be the context and the framework that we are setting the priorities on and making the budgetary ask on. and moving forward. the strategic initiatives really will be the frame work of what we do. >> okay. and so do we look at other jurisdictions to guide the san francisco police d

you want to set a certain level to derm what your staffing level is. that is something the controller's office is working on. it is sector patrol only. they will be really seeing the -- releasing the findings in the coming weeks. if you decide you would like them to come and present on those findings, they are happy to do that. they offered. second phase is everything else. a functional analysis that is taking a look at our department, comparing us to other jurisdictions and what are the functions we perform versus other departments and determining kind of where the gaps are for us. it also includes looking at special operations that aren't sector patrol and other support functions such a forensic, fiscal property. that is a lot. we are underway in trying to -- we are starting the procurement process to get a contractor to do the analysis for phase two. and for phase one those findings are eminent. this is just a recap of what i had indicated earlier that the esr2 bond will fund the forensic services building which is due to open in 2020. i am happy to

number two, staffing. it is an unusually high staffing count. good for me i guess but it is a large count. we're talking on any given night, seven security on a saturday, plus five to six hosts that are actually trained in security. so that's a compliment of 12-13. then there's sis, that controls line management, fading, id's, interior control and of course in and out's. that's large. that's every night that they have capacity. to answer directly, i think the security has contributed to the lowering of violence but i just don't see how changing the -- keeping the noise or live music at midnight to 2:00 a.m. will do any difference. the music is still on. there's music now. that doesn't contribute -- if there's someone up there, yes, of course if it's a higher talent or celebrity or host hired to help with the club, security is dealing with that regardless of who is in front of the booth playing. one of the issues i'm seeing, remove the 12:00 condition. it's harder to attract business with it. it has nothing to do with violence. the reason why the

what did your electro observers see in terms of the staffing of ballot boxes across the staffing of ballotuntry? actually ballot box staffing was found by video broadcast, not found by people on the ground live because usually fraudsters are afraid of any present witnesses and so on. in the first video you can see the policeman in the corner, the policeman was present. we have a report where a policeman himself was stuffing. so all sorts of people can participate in the ballot box staffing in this fraud, but not observers, observers area fraud, but not observers, observers are a deterrent, and yes, over there in the corner you will see behind your titles a policeman with shoulder straps, so yes, they are doing, but not observers, observers scare them away, real observers. not fa ke scare them away, real observers. not fake ones. if your observers see things like this happening, what do they do? in 2008 i found ballot box staffing in 2008 in a moscow school. they pretended it was, they said, let's look into that into the evening, but before the evening they said that the school was mind, so

the unit so they are fully staffed. >> all right, chief. i am going to lean on you to get the b.l.a. the information they need to have good data for that you are audit to be informed on what's goingen o, particularly pay -- going on, particularly paying attention to where our shortcomings are so we can beef them up. >>ment y yes, ma'am, we sure will. >> the final question is, how many officers are currently out of rotation due to misconduct? >> i believe the number is -- hang on one second. i might have that here. we have 31 that are out of rotation due to disciplinary -- pending disciplinary matters. 31 officers. >> thank you very much. colleagues, i don't know if you have any questions for the chief. >> i actually do. >> thank you, chief, for being here today. >> good morning. >> i just wanted to talk about what the department's long-term strategic plans are. we know the department has a lot of people who are retiring and also have a lot of new officers coming into the department. i think i just have some concerns about what our plans are

different hospitals have different staffing ratios. some hospitals are very fully staffed like ucsf and other hospitals are smaller and may have one or two chaplains to cover the patient census which can make it difficult for the chaplain to see the patients each day. >> of course. then you have to ask. >> exactly. and it's okay to ask. each and every patient deserves to have their spiritual needs met as well as physical needs while in the hospital. chaplains are a way hospitals can guarantee that the spiritual needs are addressed. >> in your experience as a chaplain. you have been a chaplain how long? >> over 20 years. >> in a variety of different hospitals. we'll get into that further into the interview. what's your sense about people wanting to see a chaplain to help them with their physical needs? >> my experience has been that chaplains are providing a listening ear that other disciplines in the hospital want to offer but often cannot. physicians for example, a lot of them are caring individuals and got into medicine because they

. >>> the vallejo fire department says it's facing a serious staffing problem. the department so under staffed that it has to rely on neighboring fire departments to help them fight fires. in one recent toss it took firefighter -- in one recent case it took firefighters 10-15 minutes to reach a fire. vallejo firefighters are being forced to work mandatory overtime to keep the city safe. >> we'd like the citizens to know we are under staffed and we can only do it with so many people and for so long. >> the stay of vallejo used to have eight fire stations, now it only has six after the city piled for bankruptcy back in 2010. >>> several pizzerias in the bay area have been abruptly shut down. the three locations in san jose and cupertino, pahlly al toe, foster city, daly city, and newark are all gone. according to the mercury news, one employee cited staffing issues saying it was hard to find enough employees to keep the cupertino restaurant going. >>> a judge has refused to eliminate bail for a student at san jose state university who is accused of sexual assault.

the staffing is very poor. it's dependent upon very few people and when those people leave the scene, as happens in 1974, it's very hard to continue, very hard to keep it going. this is actually the roosevelt to truman problem as well. and most deeply after owl, perhaps most important for us today, it is -- dtente policy is not connected to american values, it's actually marketed, discussed, pursued as an alternative to american values. in fact, there's a deep self-criticism of the united states built into it. for all the discussion of the silent majority, nixon and kissinger believe that americans don't understand the world, never will understand the world and should just let them do it. that is unsellable as policy in the united states in the long run. what effective policy needs, and now i'm speaking to the present world, i don't think -- i don't think i have much to offer in how to understand vladimir putin. we're all making this up, right? but i think what understanding the process of american policymaking

but the corporate office reports it was due to a staffing shortage. that is a trend in the red hot job market filling jobs especially at lower wages can be challenging. >> it can take two to three weeks to fill somebody with a qualified employee. >> what did it used to be? >> 24 hours. >> linda is ceo of express employment, a san jose staffing agency. $13.50 an our minimum wage. they want $15 or higher. if they take a low wage job, they quit when offered more money. >> they will jump 50 cents down the street, very common. >> jaime is going back to work after having a child and getting paid more than anticipated. >> i exceeded my expectations. i thought i'd start at 13 or 15. they got me up to 17. >> reporter: fast rising rent due to a housing shortage are linked. >> they go together. if we solve the income side, providing more, good quality jobs, housing continues to escalate in cost, faster than wages. we haven't solved the problem. >> reporter: the issue of wages trickles down to the consumer level. customers who go to stores or restaurants where th

the expenditures would go towards 41,000 hours of temporary public service aid staffing in the department of public works that would be signed largely to the commercial corridor program as far as we understand from talking to the department. there would be funds set aside to extend a grant with non-profit t.l. clean and then about $660,000 from materials, equipment and supplies. and because it is a supplemental appropriation we consider a policy matter. >> thank you. supervisor fewer. >> yes, just for classification, supervisor kim, is that this money would actually go to cleaning in the commercial corridors program or is it going to be allocated to the

staffing was absolutely blownup it was done by chris christie. they had done according to independent observers a pretty darn good job andhey just burned that. so they have been behind. epmost administrations, ublican and democrat, at the office of personnel management put in professionals, i mean really talented people. i'r known a num them myself, and, you know, because they recognizehat personnel i policy in any administration. you have the greatest ideas and policy in the making but unless you have able, committed people to execute those policies, it's for naught. that's exactly what's een the problem here. >> woodruff: change of subject, but relat in ay because it's administration policy, david, as we learned from the census bureau, from the administration, the trumpti administ, that what the census folks are going to do in 2020 is add a question about people's citizenship, raising all kinds of questions about whether this is going to be a deterrent to people

that may go some way towards dealing with scar wood staffing issues but unless the nhs gets better atlimited impact —— it may go some way towards dealing with staffing issues. the former catalan president, carles puidgemont, has been arrested in germany. his lawyer says he is being detained at the german border with denmark. mr puidgemont fled to belgium following a banned independence referendum in the catalan city of barcelona last october. a warrant was issued by the spanish authorities for his arrest across europe on friday. labour has called for allegations of cheating by the leave campaign during the eu referendum to be investigated by the police if necessary. a volunteer for vote leave said it had given money to another pro—brexit group and claimed there had been coordination between the two — in contravention of electoral rules. both groups strongly deny any wrongdoing. 0ur political correspondent susanna mendonca joins me. it is quite a complicated story. what is alleged to have gone on? yes, vote leave was the official campaign in the referendum and was allowed to spend a ce

and secondly, the willie brown staffing for the wellness center started when it was first introduced and funded in peep. it was parked in the wellness program, however, primary the wellness staffing is managed by the ssp program, the student support professionals program, so in order to stream line management and oversight and better coordination of those -- you know, of that staff, we shifted it over to the ssp program, so it's not really a decrease to the wellness center's program. thanks. >> so are there any -- are there -- like, are there particular areas where we're increasing investment over and above what we -- you know, in percentage terms of what the increase and overall increase in peep is? >> so there are a couple of areas. the one area is in the african american leadership and initiative. we actually used some of the carry we're funding this year to increase the staffing to support the different programs, including the pathways of that program, so it's an increase in the baseline funding, equivalent of a 1.5. and also, we've -- we've increased the funding for the students

if businesses don't some are finding themselves short staffed. david louie looks at the dilemma created by a strong economy. >> reporter: silicon valley's red hot job market means people are working but it's taking higher wages to fill some jobs. >> we have a de facto minimum of $15 an hour just to get even unskilled labor to commit to showing up for work and continuing with the job. >> reporter: bill and his wife linda own and operate express employment, a staffing agency in san jose. they told abc7 news that it takes two or three weeks to fill some jobs when it used to take 24 hours. but the pay has to be higher than san jose's minimum wage of $13.50 because of the region's high cost of liflg, especially rent are. >> it's going to be very difficult for low wage workers and it's going to be very difficult for businesses that rely on low wage workers. >> reporter: piologist abruptly closed three pizzerias in san jose but its corporate office did not respond to our requests to confirm reports that it did so because of staffing shortages. there is

first question is how much do we currently spend on police staffing? >> we'll get that number for you. >> supervisor cohen: no problem. how much do we spend on the police department overall. as you know, i'm chair of the budget committee and it will be interesting to have these numbers and it will be informative in the process. >> if you want, we can get the information that you need instead of holding up the meeting. >> supervisor cohen: okay. that's great. at this point, i'm going to pivot to the city attorney, mr. givner. thank you. okay. mr. givner, hi. good morning. so just a couple questions for you. are we still in active litigation with the sfpoa over the use of force -- use of force policy? >> deputy city attorney jon givner. yes, there is current litigation. the status of this case is it's on appeal in the california court of appeal has been mostly fully briefed, and we expect oral argument in that case probably in the next six to nine months. >> supervisor cohen: okay. and so what are some of the outstanding issues being litigated? >> the la

some are finding themselves short staffed. abc 7 news reporter david lieuy looks at the dlema created by the strong economy. >> people are working but it's taking higher wages to fill jobs. >> we have a de facto minimum of $15 an hour. just to get even unskilled labor to commit to showing up for work and kinning with the job. >> bill newfield and his wife linda own and separate express employment, a staffing agency in san jose. they told abc 7 news that it takes two to three weeks to fill jobs when it used to take 24 hours. with you the pay has to be higher than san jose's minimum wage of $13.50 because of the region's high cost of living, especially rent. >> it's going to be very difficult for low-wage workers and very difficult for -- for businesses that rely on low-wage workers. >> piology abruptly closed three shops in san jose but the office didn't respond to our requests that it did so because of staffing shortages. there is concern the south bay may have reached a point where traditionally low-wage businesses can't afra

if businesses don't some are finding themselves short staffed. david louie looks at the dilemma created by a strong economy. >> reporter: silicon valley's red hot job market means people are working but it's taking higher wages to fill some jobs. >> we have a de facto minimum of $15 an hour just to get even unskilled labor to commit to showing up for work and continuing with the job. >> reporter: bill and his wife linda own and operate express employment, a staffing agency in san jose. they told abc7 news that it takes two or three weeks to fill some jobs when it used to take 24 hours. but the pay has to be higher than san jose's minimum wage of $13.50 because of the region's high cost of liflg, especially rent are. >> it's going to be very difficult for low wage workers and it's going to be very difficult for businesses that rely on low wage workers. >> reporter: piologist abruptly closed three pizzerias in san jose but its corporate office did not respond to our requests to confirm reports that it did so because of staffing shortages. there is

customers who go to stores or restaurants where they have cut back on staffing or can't fill positions find service slower. in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >>> bart says it has no power to do anything about controversial ads placed at several of its stations a. group called problemives for immigration reform have posted ads th. they call on the visa program to be recalled. bart issued a statement saying it doesn't endorse the campaign but that it quote complies with free speech laws that allow advertisers to express a point of view without regard to the view point. bart must post the ads to comply with the law. >>> in marin county a ballot of old versus new. a. it's happening in mill valley, involves a local landmark and an old train station turned bookstore and cafe. wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: if you know mill valley then you probably also know there may be no place in town more friendly and welcoming than the old depot. >> it is a place to hang out. >> reporter: today a bit more. >> it is a compete disaster. >> reporter: think community lightning rod. >> the stor

we can only do it for so long. >> reporter: firefighters say the staffing department is so low they have> we work for the city. we have a great deal of pride and ownership and the level of commitment to the community. >> reporter: this fire station that was one of two that was shut after filing bankruptcy in 2010. >> when we cannot staff a close station and cannot get guys in that's what we are talking about.>> reporter: they hired 20 firefighters in the last four years. they are continue to look for more qualified candidates.>> our services to the citizens is what we take great pride in. >>> new barriers are being installed in valencia street. it will be between 15th and 19th streets. at the popular area for rideshare pick up and drop offs. they decided to install the barriers because of complaints .>>> the nations radio company filed bankruptcy. i heart radio has 850 stations across the country. the company said it will continue to operate after reaching agreement with its creditors. that means the popular i heart radio app will still be available. the radio stations will continue to b

just to speak to maybe the staffing and add, mr. mcgwire can shed. >> can we put that off as well mr. chairman? >> the crossing guards in the budget, well i think -- >> for later discussion? >> yes is my proposal and something we revisit where we figure out the best way as a policy matter to address the staffing crossing guard shortage. mr. mcgwire, please add stuff if you have it to add. >> crossing guards are important part of our vision zero commitment. we want to especially protect your most vulnerable pedestrians which are our children and our elderly and disabled. as best i understand it, what supervisor fewer was talking about was retaining the crossing boards we have. we have a high attrition rate for our crossing guards which makes sense considering the fact they only work 15 hours a week so it's not the kind of job that people are likely to stay and if they have other opportunities. >> she was suggesting to 20 hours? >> i think she was suggesting that if we can get 20 hours there might be benefits and maybe some collective

this comes as san jose's police department is just now getting back to full staffing after a long fight over pension reform. >> the sincerest form of flattery if in other police force feels they have the best and the brightest and would like to take hours. >> he says every police department should be well staffed. >>> a city councilmember is proposing a new type of high- tech crime-fighting tool. a tracker that can be fired at and a ceiling vehicle during a police chase so that the car can be tracked without a high- speed produce -- pursuit. >> osman kriss worthington is preparing to pitch the council on some high-tech help for the department. >> a peaceful bullet that attaches to a vehicle so the police don't need to race along keeping up with somebody in a getaway car. and they will be able to identify where that car is and catch them. >> reporter: we have seen our share of jesus in the bay area recently. or this one that ended with the car slamming into a house near 108th and macarthur in oakland. it is retrofitted in the front grill of the cruiser. during a chase, the officer can fi

he had been staffed by booth and bled heavily. much of his blood was on his fiancee's dress. mary lincoln was wrong. major rathbone came here and he leaned against the wall in the hallway and assume -- soon he collapsed and fainted. here is where mary lincoln spent much of the night. secretary of war stanton and secretary wells -- secretary of the navy wells arrived shortly after lincoln was taken here. they had been at the home of secretary of state stewart. i -- they had heard that he had been stabbed to death. he survived. they rushed over here that -- so they rushed over here. the carriage could not push through the crowd. there they were, the two most powerful members of the cabinet had to disembark from the ae -- there carriage and pushed their way through. stanton came through this room and into the back parlor here which was the bedroom. it was here on a table in the center of this room that the secretary of war began the manhunt for john wilkes booth. witnesses from ford's theater were brought here. stanton questions them. a union army soldier who knew shorthand sat