this is the november 19 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. i m supervisor gordon mar, and joining me is supervisor aaron peskin and matt haney. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? clerk: yes. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. you will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv.org the public comment call-in number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer public comment for each item will be available by calling 415-655-0001 and enter meeting i.d. 146-195-2214. then press pound twice. when you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. my name is john carroll, and i am the clerk of the government audit and oversight committee at john.carroll@sfgov.org, and your comments will be included in the file. you may also send comments to city hall, room 204, s carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california, 94102.
peskin and matt haney. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? clerk: yes. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. you will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv.org the public comment call-in number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer public comment for each item will be available by calling 415-655-0001 and enter meeting i.d. 146-195-2214. then press pound twice. when you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. my name is john carroll, and i am the clerk of the government audit and oversight committee at john.carroll@sfgov.org, and your comments will be included in the file. you may also send comments to city hall, room 204, s carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california, 94102. supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. will you please read item one. clerk: item one is a resolution receiving and approving annual report
the virus in the first place. we remember not too long ago the when we finally made the announcement that we would be opening gyms and hair salons and nail salons. just think about how good it felt to feel normal. to go and get your hair done or your nails done or to go and workout at the gym and enjoy your time there, but just think about how much more important it was to the people who were finally able to open their business, who were finally able to get a paycheck, who finally had some level of certainty in their lives that they would be able to take care of themselves. now, think about what s happening now. i m sure that so many of those people are scared. last week we told the restaurants that they would no longer be able to operate indoors. what that meant was not only layoffs, but it also meant that there was a lot of lost revenue because of the food that they no longer were able to use. when you think about some of the things and the sacrifices that people are making
our system is ugly. as times, it has been d.b.i. staff and management, and at other times, it s been the developers, contractors, and consultants who are seeking permit approvals. in 2001, a d.b.i. survey called for a culture of preferential treatment and called for an overhaul of the department. in 2004, marcus armstrong and a d.b.i. investigator plead guilty for taking bribes. in 2010, permit expediter jimmy jen was jailed on 232 felony fraud counts brought by district attorney and vice president-elect kamala harris. in may 2020, rodrigo santos, a former building inspections commissioner was arrested by the f.b.i. and charged with bank fraud. the city attorney already had a pending civil complaint against santos from several years ago for endangering the city and the public by skirting requirements on several properties. a mission local article this september told the story of a district nine constituent whose neighbor was doing structural or demolition work that was causin
peskin and matt haney. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? clerk: yes. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. you will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv.org the public comment call-in number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer public comment for each item will be available by calling 415-655-0001 and enter meeting i.d. 146-195-2214. then press pound twice. when you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. my name is john carroll, and i am the clerk of the government audit and oversight committee at john.carroll@sfgov.org, and your comments will be included in the file. you may also send comments to city hall, room 204, s carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california, 94102. supervisor mar: thank you, mr. clerk. will you please read item one. clerk: item one is a resolution receiving and approving annual report