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crisis last week, i m told that the direction group under the mayor s office started to address the problems. yesterday i was for the first time invited to participate in the working group which i will gradually begin doing immediately. i am told so far the plan includes the 30 -day mutual cooperating contract with the ambulance provider essentially a month long version of the department issued a couple weeks ago. no. 2, the efforts to administer evaluation calls when police are summoned and frequent callers of ems use at the shelters and no. 3, the possibility of more ems hiring. i m glad that something may improve, but why did it have to take this long and go this far? why was the public safety jeopardize before the department took notice? why is this just happening now after i took the matter to the mayor last week. what has been going on for the last six months 6 months for the last year, for the last two 2 years. that s the situation has even come this far as a ref ....
the parish schools in san francisco. we all want our kids with ands teachers and schools to be safe. thank you to supervisor wiener for his leadership. president david chiu: colleagues, any additional comments? i want to echo supervisor ferrell and just note that yesterday marked the first important deadline of our mandatory retrofit program for individuals to step up and conduct a screening process and we saw a 90 percent compliance rate which was an incredibly high compliance rate for this first step. i want to congratulations mr. leaney and look forward to further work in this area. with that, colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection this ordinance is pass side on the first reading. why don t we skip over our 230 :30 special order and go to item 10. city clerk: item 10: 2014.10.140939[board response - civil grand jury - the port of san francisco, caughtbetween public trust and private dollars]resolution responding to the presiding ju ....
no. 2, the efforts to administer evaluation calls when police are summoned and frequent callers of ems use at the shelters and no. 3, the possibility of more ems hiring. i m glad that something may improve, but why did it have to take this long and go this far? why was the public safety jeopardize before the department took notice? why is this just happening now after i took the matter to the mayor last week. what has been going on for the last six months 6 months for the last year, for the last two 2 years. that s the situation has even come this far as a reflection of failed leadership and a failed system. as a member of the board, we do not have the authority to hire or fire the chief. in fact section.2.114 of the city charter prevents us from doing so and i don t in entered the intend to do so. but i will bring this to light and have the voters have a chance at the ballot. today i will ask the city attorney to ensure our ems crisis is revolved and we do not allow th ....
weeks ago. no. 2, the efforts to administer evaluation calls when police are summoned and frequent callers of ems use at the shelters and no. 3, the possibility of more ems hiring. i m glad that something may improve, but why did it have to take this long and go this far? why was the public safety jeopardize before the department took notice? why is this just happening now after i took the matter to the mayor last week. what has been going on for the last six months 6 months for the last year, for the last two 2 years. that s the situation has even come this far as a reflection of failed leadership and a failed system. as a member of the board, we do not have the authority to hire or fire the chief. in fact section.2.114 of the city charter prevents us from doing so and i don t in entered the intend to do so. but i will bring this to light and have the voters have a chance at the ballot. today i will ask the city attorney to ensure our ems crisis is revolved and we do n ....
react react react. moral is clearly down throughout the entire department. i know this because i hear from members day in and day out. we get their text message and their letters and phone calls and the complaints are not about pay or work conditions. firefighters and paramedics work hard, they are paid well and by and large they like what they do. the complaint of the department of not giving them the tools they need to do their job. they are tired of standing by a patient for 45 minutes wait ong an ambulance that is not available and tired of going to work in the morning knowing it s going to happen again the next day. all of these issues, as bad as they are are the pretext, the lenses of which i ask you to look at the real crisis. the fire department and medical emergency services, constitutes over 70 percent of the calls going to the department. i held a hearing at the government audio committee on january 23, budget analyst reported when the department literally do ....