Supervisor peskin mr. President . Chief, youve done a great job this evening, and im really proud of you, but the one word that is missing from the Community Policing policies is longevity. Police and Community Relationships are built over time, and when people cycle through a district station or through a sergeants position or through a commander position and i understand promotional opportunities are important. But the people who are profoundly respected by a community are the people who have been through, and so the one thing thats missing from this is longevity. Yes, sir, supervisor peskin. Its an astute observe, and part of our view is retaining the people we do have. We spiked a little bit with the retirements and resignations over the last couple of years, but i think what youre getting to is transfers and promotions out of different departments and all. When people retire and leave, we promote new people. Definitely with retention and hiring, it is about longevity, and also, wi
Absolutely. I understand that most workers are also categorized as essential workers, but at the moment, a lot of our buildings are still closed. How has your staff been redeployed to help out during the pandemic . There are 100 people assigned as Emergency Operations centres. They have worked on everything ranging from finance and logistics to accounting, to a communications. We have also had some of our staff been reassigned where we had people who were working within the bureau and we had them redeployed within the street cleaning groups. We are trying to solve problems as best we can. Some city interior painters would normally be working inside city buildings and have been repurposed to work outside and remove graffiti. Yeah, and that really and that is also a good example of trying to find ways that we can use those same individuals, those same skill sets but use them in a way that is safe. The one thing we have learned throughout this process with covid and shelter in place is th
This is the regular meeting of the commission. I would like to welcome the public and the staff. Following the guidelines set forth by local and state officials during the health emergency, the members of the Economies Commission are meeting remotely to ensure safety for everyone including members of the public. Thank you, all, for joining us. Please call the first item. Thank you, mr. Chair. The first order of business is item 1, roll call. Commission members please respond. Commissioner brackett present. Commissioner ransomscott present. Vice chair rosales present. Chair bustos present. The next is item 2, announcements. The next meeting will be november 3, 2020 at 1 00 p. M. Please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make comments unless the Commission Adopts a shorter period on any item. During the Public Comment period, viewers are instructed to dial 14156550001, enter the access code which is 146 413 2620. Youll need to press the pound sign twice to enter
Good morning, everyone. This is the october 6th, 2020 special budget and finance committee meeting. Im sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. Today im joined by Committee Members supervisor Rafael Mandelman and supervisor mat haney, substituting today for supervisor walton. Our clerk is miss linda long. Id like to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. Id like to put a motion to excuse supervisor shamann walton. Do i please have a roll call vote. Clerk on the supervisor, supervisor haney . Comments are opportunities to speak during Public Comment period, theyre available via phone call by calling 415 6550001. Again 415 655000 415 655000g i. D. 146 407 0690. Again 146 407 0690. Then press pound twice. You will hear the meeting discussion, but you will be in mute and in listeningmode only. When the item of interest comes up, dial star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Best practices to call from a quiet lotion, speak clearly and slowly and turn down the tele
Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. Yee absent, we have quorum. I would like to make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, via telephone by calling 14156550001 and when prompted entering access code, 146 226 7339. Once you join, you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. To make Public Comment on the item when the item is called, dial star 3 to be added to the queue to speak. The operator will advise that you will be allowed two minutes to speak. When the two minutes are up, well move on to the next caller. Calls are taken in the order which they are received. Best practices is to speak slowly, clearly and turn down audio around you. That concludes my announcement. Supervisor peskin thank you. Could you read the next item. Item 2, chairs report. This is information item. Supervisor peskin ill be brief. By congratulating our Regional Transit pa