Good afternoon chair fewer, members of the committee. Kate hour. Im happy to be here with you today to present d. H. R. s budget on behalf of Micky Callahan who was unable to attend today. I would like to thank our team at d. H. R. For their work to advance our mission which is to use fair and equitable practices to hire, develop and support a highly qualified workforce. I would like to thank all the individuals who were preparing the budget every year in the Controllers Office and mayors Budget Office and the board of supervisors and budget annalists as well as linda wong and john gibner who are here with and you support the work and effort. As i mentioned a moment ago, our mission is here to use fair and equitable practices to hire, develop and support a highly qualified workforce. We have a fiveyear Strategic Plan that guides our work and incorporates the goals that you see below which i will not spend a lot of time on today. Over all, ive provided you with a summary of our budget w
Primary being back in the calendar from june to march, we are probably running to elections simultaneously. That will impact planning. September is the beginning of the filing period for the march election and the Charter Amendments going into the next fiscal year, the numbers dont drop for staffing is much as you would expect, and the reason is that it is a president ial general election, and we have had a string of very high turnout elections in San Francisco, and in 2016, that was the highest number of voters in the citys history, and i think 2020 will be the biggest election in the citys history. Again, we look at our different factors, look at our processes and just consider how many people we need to bring in. These are permanent, fulltime positions. No. Okay. They are all all the ones that are in my presentation are temp as needed. They are not people. Im looking at the budget, you went from 49 to 76. Okay. That is different. If you look back in time going forward, one we do the
And as many of you know in 2012, there were in 2012 we were all reeling from the governors decision to abolish the redevelopment agencies across the state and to say the least this is one issue im working with and i was just in another committee dealing with another issue with the dissolution of Redevelopment Agency has put us in a state of tizzy. Over the past three years we focused on moving forward projects that have benefited from tax increment and finding out tax increment dollars and finding alternative sources of funding for infrastructure, and Affordable Housing and project areas. Well, however similar to those projects, there are employees of the agency who have spent a number of years in limbo as well. The biggest barrier that we heard from employees making the complete transition from city and county is that they cant count their previous years of service at the Redevelopment Agency towards their vesting Retiree Health care benefits in the city. We all know how important tha
Were excited for this appointment and urge your support. Thank you. Good afternoon honorable board members. Im mr. Moses and i sincerely agree with every word that was spoken. I want to tell you what i know about her. Christine has been in our neighborhood for many, many years and as she told you, she didnt know much, but she learned fast. She is wellknown in all the neighborhoods. Everywhere i go, you know, she is part of the neighborhood, all the neighborhoods. She is always there for all, because she really, really understand what is going on. Im on the board of directors of developers and she is very friendly and very helpful and looking for quality, she is, if you looking for someone who is smart and young and full of energy, here she is. So im urging you to please confirm the appointment. You have nothing to lose. Any other Public Comments on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. Yes, indeed, we have much to gain. You know, the common theme and certainly from wha
And seeing no objections, motion passes, congratulations. [ applause ] thank you. Madame clerk, could i have item no. 5. Item no. 5 is the Charter Amendment for the november 4th, 2014 election to provide retiri Health Care Benefits to employees who transfered from the Redevelopment Agency or the Successor Agency. So supervisor cohen. Thank you very much. Yes, colleagues, so thank you again for allowing me an opportunity to come to this committee. And present to you a hearing item today. This is a proposed Charter Amendment, a narrowly crafted resolution to transition approximately 38 employees who were formerly employed by the Redevelopment Agency. And as many of you know in 2012, there were in 2012 we were all reeling from the governors decision to abolish the redevelopment agencies across the state and to say the least this is one issue im working with and i was just in another committee dealing with another issue with the dissolution of Redevelopment Agency has put us in a state of