[gavel] good morning and welcome to a special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined to my right by norman yee our member london breed is in the nations capitol today and wont be joining us. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones and 21 Electronic Devices and all documents submitted to the clerk and items will be on the. Board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you ms. Major. Fiscal year can we have a motion to supervisor yee can we have a member to excuse supervisor breed. inaudible . That is moved. Madam clerk can you read item 1 and two. Item 1 is a hearing on the recently published entitled San Franciscos crime lab promoting confidence and building credibility. Thank you madam clerk. First i would to thank the civil grand jury for this report acknowledge our interim police chief tony chaplin is with us and with that tu
Their district addressed the crisis i hope everyone will take their number as a badge of honor in their campaign i want to see supervisor campos choice how many units can the mission add is that lecturey im sorry i want this to be a Campaign Issue for every Single Person to say how much can we contribute. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is milo i think this is a great idea that is this development here so right there is things we can agree on too much competition for housing there are people that are getting displaced and you know what to do about it i have been alternative not to do anything or to hold out and sort of build a limited or as many as and week low income units which will always be limited by our resources and a Perfect World we can build as much subsidized housing for everybody, however, the city has constrained resources so what is another option is letting Market Forces hope and making room for low income folks and for folks who are competing with low income folks f
Of Forensic Services. The level of turn over does not provide in our view the needed continuity for effective crime lab leadership. Going one step further we believe there is a need for an independent crime lab totally separated from the Police Department. This is not a new or novel idea. In 2009 a Blue Ribbon Committee of the National Academy of sciences recommended that all public forensic laboratories and facilities should be removed from the administrative control of Law Enforcement agencies or prosecutors offices. The committee stated and i quote forensic scientists who sit administratively in Law Enforcement agencies or prosecutors offices or hired by these units are subject to the general risk of bias. We agree with this statement. The need for independence was also a consistent theme we heard from many of those we interviewed during the course of our review. It is time to begin moving in that direction. And mr. Thompson as this was not actually included or at least i didnt see
Disclose the closed session. Second. All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . Other new business commissioners want to announce well not have the next Commission Meeting on august 23rd that is cancelled and next on september 13th same in the same room no future comments the meeting is adjourned [gavel] good morning and welcome to a special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined to my right by norman yee our member london breed is in the nations capitol today and wont be joining us. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones and 21 Electronic Devices and all documents submitted to the clerk and items will be on the. Board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you ms. Major. Fiscal year can we have a motion to supervisor yee can we have a member to excuse supervisor breed. inaudible . That is moved. Madam clerk can you read item 1 and two
Board of supervisors. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined to my right by norman yee our member london breed is in the nations capitol today and wont be joining us. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones and 21 Electronic Devices and all documents submitted to the clerk and items will be on the. Board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you ms. Major. Fiscal year can we have a motion to supervisor yee can we have a member to excuse supervisor breed. inaudible . That is moved. Madam clerk can you read item 1 and two. Item 1 is a hearing on the recently published entitled San Franciscos crime lab promoting confidence and building credibility. Thank you madam clerk. First i would to thank the civil grand jury for this report acknowledge our interim police chief tony chaplin is with us and with that turn it over to the foreperson of the civil grand jury to present. Thank you chairman. I would like to introduce katherine co