and the airport, and they get revenue from the port and the airport. so does portland and oakland. we're a very small boutique port. we're doing the best with what we have, and i understand that. i know that commissioner woo ho and commissioner brandon are real numbers people. i also realize it's going to take a little longer in some areas. but i'm confident we will get through that. and i guess it's sobering to really think about if we have to update our piers, spending billions of dollars to take on this seawall. we've got some challenges ahead of us, but we've got some good times ahead of us. i just want to say thank you. it's a lot to digest when you really think about it, but i think we're going to be okay. i got that feeling. i think we're going to work through that, so thank you, commissioner brandon. >> commissioner gilman? >> as the newest kid on the block, it's just a lot to take in. and i -- i don't -- just more of a question, i guess, than a comment. thank you for your work, and i don't know if there's any way in the future to get some of th

you had the port of oakland and the director and officers, director forbes, and over at the port of oakland, the oakland director always had lunch together and got together to talk about the port of oakland and the port of san francisco. and you got -- you got -- you took the lead on that. when we went through the issue -- when director monique moria left, you and doreen supported us. we had to go through a new national search for a port director. you were among the glue to ensure that we got the best port director we could get, and we ended up with director forbes. and i thank you for that. and your commitment to social issues, you always felt the port's not making money, but when we start dealing with issues like homelessness and other issues, you said that the port also had a social responsibility. you' you've always taken a lot of pride that your dad was one of the attorneys for dr. martin luther king, and just going back to when you were on the board of supervisors, your heart and soul was with san francisco. even when you went to work for the law firm, there were certain clients you w

you may ask why the port. as many of you know in 2016 mayor ed lee appointed me to serve on the department of building commission. i have been on that commission now for a little over two years and i've enjoyed that work. but last summer mayor lee and i started a dialogue about how i could make more of an impact. i talked to him about my love for the port and port activities. and we discussed my appointment at depth. when he put my nomination forward i was touched. he was fulfilling a commitment and vision mayor lee shared with me to see me serve on the port commission. i can hear the sea lions and fog horns from my home at night. i walk along the embarcadero, i know many small businesses along the waterfront and i know the folks at the san francisco sailing company. i want to be the commissioner for the people. i'm excited to work on many of the issues that are facing the port. ensuring the public trust is upheld within the context of an $80 million enterprise department that spans 7.5 miles of jurisdiction. p

[agenda item read] >> good evening, members of the port commission, public, port staff. i am elaine forbes. today i have the pleasure of welcoming back our two commissioners and two new commissioners. the mayor's office confirmed the reappointment of doreen woo ho, and willie brown. the mayor's office has recommended and the board of supervisors also confirmed the new payment of gail gilman, term ending 2022, and victor makras, term ending 2020. miss gilman has over 20 years of housing experience. she joined the community housing partnership chairman in 2010. [inaudible] >> -- an equity framework. miss gilman is involved in regional and national public policy efforts, including serving as the california's homeless coordinator and finance council, which is a governor appointment, and she was most recently a dbi commissioner. mr. makras has 30 years of civic experience. his first commission was the board of permit appeals. he was a puc commissioner twice, police commissioner, and was very recently serving on the retirement board, which is a $23 billion fund. mr. makras also

the update is the comprehensive -- update to the comprehensive planning document the port originally adopted in 1990. this update began in 2015, and we're now in the home stretch of the update. much of the direction that led us to ask for -- to issue the request for interest came from the part two policy recommendation section of the update process which concluded late 2017, and the port is still hearing -- you'll hear an item shortly that kind of provides more update on this policy recommendations, but we're now in the home stretch of part three sub area planning. the stakeholder group that worked very closely with port staff and spent countless hours putting together this update concept provided a lot of direction and helped create a lot of consensus for port staff. i want to highlight a lot of items that led us to the concept. one is that the working group and other entities involved in the update meetings identified maintenance and enhancement of the embarcadero historic district as a key trust purpose, and this kind of alongside our traditional trust purposes which are maritime a

plan's -- [inaudible] >> -- for this purpose, the sub committee defined resilience as the capacity of the port to maintain its function and vitality in the face of natural or human caused didsruptions. some of the resilience sub committee recommendations addressed the port capacity to respond to and recover from a major zast certify. we learned that the port is one of only a few locations where the city can be accessed by water for fema plan recovery operations if a disaster damages regional bridges or b.a.r.t. the port's docks, piers or wharves would be needed for loading and unloading a wide range of vellvssels and to sta people, figures, and a wide range of resources. this just shows how many areas we have in two areas of the port. some of them vessel landing, some of them are where we can stage food and water, and some of them are where we can take stage works to get out of the area. the next slide, i think we showed you last time, but it still takes my breathe away. this photo was from the super bowl 50, but it illustrates the kind of crowds that we would anticipate would gather on the wo

the port would be protected. i think you guys have done that, but also to a commissioner makras and gilman, other concerns we've had is what about the rest of the leases with the restaurants? when are they going to come forward and say, me too and maybe this is a blueprint for us with them and maybe we'll make adjustments. somebody will say we know what you did for boudin. so maybe this gives us a good path to go down on how to negotiate moving forward. so i'm supportive. thank you. >> president brandon: jay, mike, thank you so much for the presentation, for the fourth time. [laughter]. but, no, you guys have done a great job from where we started to where we ended. this is absolutely wonderful. so thank you so much for your patience with us and for bringing this to us. commissioners, all in favor? any opposed? resolution 1834 has passed. >> item 13 a, informational presentation on fiscal year 2018-19, through fiscal near 2022-23, capital improvement program. >> good afternoon, i'm capital manager with the port fi

with the port of los angeles. and so, i think the use of the a.c.e. program has been helpful, the automated commercial environment program, to help efficiency and supply chain there. but i remain concerned about the adequate staffing at major points of entry, especially in our sea ports, in our airports, where i happen to believe is the larger target of a terror threat. and i know you alluded to this little bit, but how do you decide when you're balancing cbp officers between something like the sea ports, the airport, and then the border wall, the southwest border? >> sure. so, i mentioned the workload staffing model. this is where we submit to congress every year based on a number of workload factors and threat factors, how many personnel we need in each area of our operations. it's actually granular down to the specific port of entry. so, we've requested another 2,500 officers nationwide on a prioritized basis, and we've provided recommended fee proposals for congress to consider that would allow us to hire that

the next department presenting is the port of san francisco. elaine forbes is the executive director. they've got a total budget of 174 million, of which 9.8 million is general fund. >> good morning chair cohen, members of the committee. >> supervisor cohen: good morning. >> elaine forbes, executive director of the port. i'm joined by my staff, and we're here of course to present the proposed two-year budget. the port is on a two-year budget cycle as other enterprise departments are. our two-year budget is really geared to support our strategic plan and it does so in a -- in a variety of areas that the port commission and part a-- port are trying to advantage with our waterfront. first, we are working closely to expand our water system. the network is growing substantially, and as you know, the city needs to increase this. in the area of sustainability as the new director 1.5 years ago, he consolidated the planning and environment -- i consolidated the planning and environment group to continue to excel our sustainability program in resiliency.

the short answer it's not just the people at the ports. what we have done is we have asked tore additional technology. we have now trained k-9's to actually find the drugs. what we find is far, far and away the best way to detect the drugs coming through the ports is through increased technology and k-9's and we continue to ask for additional resources. we have taken the approach to push the borders out rather than waiting for the drugs to come here, we are working in a forward did deployed fashion through what we have in key west which is a multi 20, 30 country effort to identify and track the drugs before they reach our shores or the ports of entry. you mentioned in your opening remarks the vast increase in mail. we thank you for the interdict act and we need to do more there, because that is the ownership way fentanyl is getting in. what are all the different interdiction points that can best after this. from are our cyber capabilities within i.c.e. and secret service. we increased our capability to track them down and track them to thei

i'm here today to speak in support of the port seawall project. the embarcadero seawall is the foundation of 500 acres of downtown neighborhoods, the under pittance of critical infrastuckture. we think it's important to note that one out of every eight jobs in the bay area is located in downtown san francisco, and a 2007 study estimated that the seawall protects over $100 billion of assets and economic activities, so for these reasons, we ask you to support the seawall project. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good afternoon, chair cohen and members of the committee. my name is thea seldy, and for identification only, i am the former chair of the citizens general obligation bond oversight committee, and i am the current chair of the san francisco transit riders, which is a grassroots nonprofit that is the voice of the san francisco muni, b.a.r.t., and caltrain riders. and i'm here today to urge you to support this $425 million bond. as you know, the embarcadero seawall supports the regional transportation network system that moves a si

and issues around the port and activating the port, i think her knowledge of what's needed and people who aren't at the table. there are a lot of people who aren't at the table and i think gail represents a constituency that really needs to be at the table adjacent to our port, our families, low-income families, seniors and people looking for economic opportunities out there. you know, [buzzer] [mic cut out] >> supervisor safai: thank you, ma'am. next speaker. >> unlike her competitor who is applying for the position of being commissioner, ms. gilman has learned through hands on demonstrating experience and executive director of the community housing partnership which charges tenants 30% of their income, unlike the past administration, the giants portd, mr. adams and board of supervisors kim and breed claim 40% affordable housing, you have people making $191,000 $98,000 and $72,000 part of a low-income affordable program and they don't need to be in a low income affordable housing program, that's called price fixing and price gaunlging. gouging. we have emergency housing shortage in s

this is actually coming in through the ports. and the fentanyl seizures in two fronts are in the ports and mail facilities. and you are also woefully understaffed. these are the two areas i want to talk about, where your staffing demands are clearly not being met and we have to figure , out this problem. people can give speeches and know, we have to turn back illegal immigrants and too many illegal immigrants coming across. and nobody is disagreeing with wanting to secure the border, but when you can't hire the people you need and the people you are hiring are leaving quickly, and when people are leaving faster than you can get replacements there is more than , a fundamental problem here. and i would like to get to the bottom of that today and i ask that my written statement be made part of the record. senator johnson: without objection. it is the tradition of this committee to swear in witnesses. if you could stand and raise your hand. do you swear the testimony you will give before this committee will be the truth, the whole tru

the port estimates that this first phase is 500 million, as i've said. of course the primary source is a proposed geobond for 425 million. we also have secured 10 million from our federal partners from army corps of engineers and we are securing 55 million from the state. currently ab 2578 is pending. assembly members chiu and ting and state senator weiner are working for us to capture these funds. what is our pact? the port commission approved this plan, we are recommending this to you. we are asking you to send this to the full board today. deputy city attorney givner has some recommendations relative to a split file, and you'll be hearing from supervisor peskin's office about future amendments at the board, but otherwise, this is our path to a november question in front of the san francisco voters. the proposed $425 million seawall bond, again, is a first step in a generational long program to strengthen and make safe our embarcadero and to protect our city. we cannot wish these threats away, and with your leadership, with the leadership of late mayor

we need more people at the ports of entry. we need them southbound and well as northbound and i also know there were infrastructure issues for the second lanes of traffic and the like. i would look forward to working with you on that. i also wanted to touch on another issue that we heard about on the border. as you know, last year congress passed the interdict act which requires dhs to increase the number of fentanyl screening devices available to cvp officers. the officers have faced a shortage of these devices which are short of identifying fentanyl and other drugs and keeping the officers safe from the toxic chemicals. despite the passage of the interdict act the port personnel that i made clear made it clear the devices were still in short supply. when i spoke about the interdict legislation and its mission they were encouraged by the possibility of more devices heading their way, but they had clearly not received the benefits that we intended when we passed this bill and when the president signed into the law. i think that

amy, is the port still open? >> reporter: the union workers tell me they are not doing any work here at the port of oakland today. i left several messages for the spokesperson or spokes people at the port and i have not heard back, but here's the action going on here. you can see protesters are on the move. they held a rally here, and now they are marching to the plaza. they did listen to some speakers organized here, and it was not just rights activists, but joined by activists against police brutality. this is a day for workers rights, members want to join forces and bring attention to police brutality. >> i think we have to start thinking a little more about people instead of just profit in this country, and so, no, i don't feel bad at all about taking the day off and marching with my brothers and sisters. >> reporter: there's video of the activity happening here just moments ago before they headed off on their march. workers tell me that if this day of action changes one person's way of thinking about workers'

do you know how many of that group made it to the port of san yasidro? >> yes, my staff gave me the number. our records indicate that we arrested crossing illegally between the port of entry 12 two people claimed to be part of the caravan. and 333 of them presented themselves at the port of entry and claimed asylum. >> do you know of any of those individuals in that caravan petitioned mexico for asylum? >> in discussions with mexico, they did reset el some of the original group. >> do you know if any of that roughly 500 that you just described tried to stop and stay in mexico? >> i don't know. >> director cissna, duj how many of these have received credible fear in the united states? >> yes, u.s. referred to us from i.c.e. so far, total of 327 cases of pooh em that cases of people part of this caravan or we have hefd they were. of those 327, we have completed 216 of these credible fears screenings. and of that, 205 got positive screenings. >> do you have any estimate, mr. pa till owe, how many immigrants in that caravan may have slipped through in our cou

gilman for the port commission for the term ending may 1st, 2022. and let me start by saying the obvious, which is unlike the previous discussion we had, i believe ms. gilman has been driving us all crazy, so no lack of contact. in all seriousness, ms. gilman who hails from the third supervisorial district has steeped herself in port policy and i have to say i have watched her in her role in the building inspection commission and when she indicated to me she was talking to the mayor's office about potentially becoming a port commissioner, i said do you know the public trust doctrine of the state of california and she was honest and said she didn't know it yet, but weeks later, she was able to recite the intricacies and nuances of that complicated piece of public policy backwards and forwards, which i doubt any other member and i mean no disrespect to mr. adams, can do. for those of us watching our emails and letters, the breadth of support that ms. gilman has received has, i think, spoken volumes. so i am honored to make a motion approving her nomin

the port of long island -- long beach, rather, the port of long beach's executive director mario corridornow -- cordero. the timing's perfect, you're in town here. first, you don't get oil from the middle east, but you may get countries who continue to do trade with iran, and now the united states has said we will sanction not just iran, but any countries or companies doing business with iran. what's the domino effect you see? >> i think, number one, we're mainly a container, movement of goods at the port of long beach. we do have a crude oil portfolio, so there is cause for concern. liz: what type of concern would you see, you know? how closely does a guy like you watch the headlines? >> we have a great staff. we keep our market, we keep our eyes on the market with regard to cargo in general. but, again, with regard to crude oil, most of our crude oil comes from alaska. but nevertheless, as you referenced, liz, there is a portion that comes from other countries, so we'll continue to watch this closely the in terms of the impacts. liz: also just hitting the tape that germany's trade assoc

as i've shown you, the port does not have all of the funding that it needs to keep its facilities in a state of good repair, but we are doing the best we can to maintain. we have more work to do with the budget analysts, but we'll be coming back. >> supervisor cohen: yes. you will be coming back. i understand you've got approximately 300 full-time employees, and you're looking to get 3.5 new employees? >> that's the -- that's the net. >> supervisor cohen: okay. >> so we have some project funded positions, let me go back to that. >> supervisor cohen: and a capital budget of $60 million. >> yes. our capital is said between what we save and what we spend for the next year, so the capital budget is 26.8 in budget year and 13.5 in 19-20 -- oh, i'm sorry. it's more than that. could you... >> good afternoon -- good morning, supervisors. so the port's capital budget in the next fiscal year is approximately 50 million, 29 million the year after? so for the two years combined, we're looking at about $79 million. >> supervisor cohen: okay. thank you. >> and actually on the fte count, the port d

just to be clear, 100% prosecution between the ports of entry, you're going to be prosecuted is the new policy. however, if you present yourself at a port of entry and say i have a credible fear, you will have no profession and these -- in prosecution and these loopholes will apply. why isn't everybody doing that? this is not a commercial message to them to start doing that. it seems like the cartels are smart and the people are smart. they figure out how to take advantage of our loopholes. why don't they just all line up at the ports of entry and i'm very concerned with the backlog then with the legitimate traffic and we have talked about the manning there being bogged-down, and what the heck is preventing us from i know they are on u.s. soil then from sort of backing up and just working with mexico and saying turn around, you're in mexico. if you have a credible fear, work with them. >> we are in discussions for that exactly. mexico has done some in this -- as it relates to the caravan. they do quite a bit for us on the southern border, but obviously there's a lot more to do, a lot mo

next is the seawall as i mentioned, i have a few slides here from the port, so thanks to the port. but this shows kind of the area affected, and solidified by the seawall. all buildings, infrastructure and activity along the northern waterfront, extending back to 1ststreet, are possible by the embarcadero, from aquatic park at the north, due north, down around to the ballpark. and it was built more than 100 years ago over several decades, and the project manager from the port can give you a wonderful history of this, but i mean, it's kind of crazy when you hear the story basically it's just fill, gravel and rock and everything, just smushed in and made a port behind a wall. it's amazing our city stands on it, but it does. and the seawall needs repair and strengthening. there are a number of challenges facing the northeastern waterfront. from the acute risk of earthquake, one rendering of how an earthquake might damage the waterfront. basically the soil on which it stands is prone, and the wall itself may push bay ward by five feet. and the piles that support the piers buckle, and t

this is view of the richmond port from sky 5. coal piled up and visibly to the naked eye.data shows the port exported 23,000 me trick tons of coal, and drops to 120,000 metro tons in 2016 but last year exports skyrocketed to more than 1 million me trick ton, mainly headed to overseas markets in asia. >> i always assumed it was about the same. >> reporter: the port told us last week coal exports have been about the same. but when we told spokesman jim holland about the census bureau numbers he said quote an honest mistake. he has refused multiple times to give an on-camera interview. >> i heard people postulate that the coal that would have gone to oakland went to richmond but i don't know that that is true. >> reporter: but the reports say the increased mines are comiro

we need to hear from the port. rescind the vote. we'll do that unanimously. thank you. port of san francisco. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is katy patricione, deputy director of finance for the port, here on behalf of our executive director, elaine forbes. i would like to say that the port is in agreement with the budget and legislative analyst's recommendations about our budget. i would like to thank mr. rose, ms. campbell and mr. hulliber for their time and attention to the budget this year. happy to answer questions. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. colleagues, do you have any questions? we have one. before you ask that question, i want to give some port highlights. 30% of the budget, 30% budget increase in year 1 and 15% decrease in year two, minimal f.t.e. growth, like what, .87, and that has to do with -- >> annualization of prior year positions. >> supervisor cohen: the budget is really driven by the seawall and ferry capital projects. so, both very important infrastructures that our city needs. go ahead, supervisor, and then hear from the b.l.a. shortly.

what the port numbers show also is a significant spike in coal deliveries here to the port in richmond. because this port is privately opened the city of richmond cannot do anything to stop, halt or slow deliveries of coal to this port. that is federally regulated. live in richmond, andria borba, kpix 5 news. >> we reported extensively on the coal fight on the oakland waterfront that concerns a proposed $250 million coal terminal at the old army base. the developer wants it to be a place where coal brought by rail from utah can be loaded on to ships headed overseas but the city of oakland banned coal at the port in 2016 citing health and environmental concerns. they are suing calling the regulation unconstitutional. a federal district court judge has yet to announce a ruling. >>> new at 6:00 an international incident is brewing between the chinese government and u.s. airlines, demanding the airlines stop referring to taiwan, hong kong and mcaou as stand-alone entities. now more live at sfo with what china is therapying to do if the airlines don't comply. jackie? >> reporter: liz, the c