[ ] i am the supervisor of district one. I am sandra lee fewer. [ ] i moved to the Richmond District in 1950 mine. I was two years old. I moved from chinatown and we were one of the first asian families to move out here. [ ] when my mother decided to buy that house, nobody knew where it was. It seems so far away. For a long time, we were the only chinese family there but we started to see the areas of growth to serve a larger chinese population. The stress was storage of the birthplace of that. My father would have to go to chinatown for dim sum and i remember one day he came home and said, there is one here now. It just started to grow very organically. It is the same thing with the russian population, which is another very large ethnic group in the Richmond District. As russia started to move in, we saw more russian stores. So parts of the richmond is very concentrated with the Russian Community and immigrant Russian Community, and also a chinese immigrant community. [ ] i think as living here in the richmond, we really appreciate the fact that we are surrounded three natural barriers. They are beautiful barriers. The presidio which gives us so many trails to walk through, ocean beach, for families to just go to the beach and be in the Pacific Ocean. We also also have a National Park service. We boarded the Golden Gate NationalRecreation Area so there is a lot of activity to do in the summer time you see people with bonfires. But really families enjoying the beach and the Pacific Ocean during the rest of the time of year. [ ] and Golden Gate Park where we have so many of our treasures here. We have the tea garden, the museum and the academy of sciences. Not to mention the wonderful playgrounds that we have here in richmond. This is why i say the richmond is a great place for families. The theatre is a treasure in our neighborhood. It has been around for a very long time. Is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here. I moved here when i was 1959 when i was two years old. We would always go here. I love these neighborhood theatres. It is one of the places that has not only a landmark in the Richmond District, but also in San Francisco. Small theatres showing one or two films. A unique they are unique also to the neighborhood and San Francisco. Where we are today is the heart of the Richmond District. With what is unique is that it is also Small Businesses. There is a different retail here it is mom and pop opening up businesses. And providing for the neighborhood. This is what we love about the streets. The cora door starts on clement street and goes all the way down to the end of clement where you will see Small Businesses even towards 32nd. At the core of it is right here between here and 20 tenth avenue. When we see this variety of stores offered here, it is very unique then of the any other part of San Francisco. There is traditional irish music which you dont get hardly anywhere in San Francisco. Some places have this long legacy of serving ice cream and being a hangout for families to have a sunday afternoon ice cream. And then also, we see grocery stores. And also these restaurants that are just new here, but also thriving. [ ] we are seeing restaurants being switched over by hand, new owners, but what we are seeing is a vibrancy of clement street still being recaptured within new businesses that are coming in. That is a really great thing to see. I dont know when i started to shop here, but it was probably a very, very long time ago. I like to cook a lot but i like to cook chinese food. The market is the place i like to come to once a year. Once i like about the market as it is very affordable. It has Fresh Produce and fresh meat. Also, seafood. But they also offer a large selection of condiments and sauces and noodles. A variety of rice that they have is tremendous. I dont thank you can find a variety like that anywhere else. Hi. I am kevin wong. I am the manager. In 1989 we move from chinatown to Richmond District. We have opened for a bit, over 29 years. We carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. We try to keep Everything Fresh daily. So a customer can get the best out a bit. Normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. Because they have really just really fresh crab. This is something my family really likes for me to make. Also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. They cut it to the size they really want. I am probably here once a week. Im very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. We dont speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. I do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for specific items. The staff here is very helpful. I speak very little chinese here myself. Thinks that im not sure about, i asked the clerk his and i say is this what i need . Is this what i should be making . And they actually really helped me. They will bring me to the aisle and say this is battery. They are very knowledgeable. Very friendly. I think they are here to serve not only the Asian Community but to serve all communities in the Richmond District and in San Francisco. [ ] what is wonderful about living here is that even though our july is a very foggy and overcast, best neighborhood, the sleepy part outside on the west side is so rich with history, but also with all the amenities that are offered. Chairman good morning, everyone, the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, october 23rd is special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee. Im supervisor gar gordon mar, and im joined by supervisor peskin. Thank you to this committees clerk, john carroll, and i would like to thank corwin and calana at s. F. Gov. Tv for staffing the meeting as well. Please ensure you have silented your cell phone and other electronic devices, and your documents should be submitted to the court. Agenda item number one is a hearing to review external auditors Financial Report and single management letters for the fiscal year ending june 30th, 2018, and the audit plans for fiscal year 2018 2019. Chairman i would like to welcome controller ben rosenfeld. Good morning. Ill briefly introduce it and hand the floor over to our external auditor. As you know, the city has two key financial documents that we prepare each year. The first, at the beginning of the year, the adopted budget, which is the plan on how the city is going to spend funds in the year ahead. At the close of the year, we close the books and produce Financial Statements that disclose the citys actual Financial Condition at the end of the fiscal year. To ensure that those documents are full, complete, and tested, the board of supervisors retains an external financial auditor that reviews them and other things and then reports to you on their findings. The goal is to ensure that there is a reasonable assurance that what were representing in the comprehensive Financial Report is accurate. So what we have here today is the external auditors reporting to you on their audit work for last fiscal year, the 17 18 plan, and the cafer for the close that were working through now. Ill say briefly as a bit of backgroun back background fo, a bit of a challenge because it was the first time we were closing the books in decades. People cut over were cutting off the famous citys former system which was installed initially in 1980. So the first time in any close in a new system is a challenging one it. It meant that the cafer is so late. And were now closing the book for the second time, and finding it a much simpler process. We would expect to have this years cafer in early december. With that, i will turn over the floor to annie louie, and she can provide the report from the auditors. No material weaknesses. Good morning, i represent the audit firm. You all have in front of the presentation. First all go over the audit reports from fiscal year 17 18, and then ill go into the audit plan for 18 19. There are two audits as well as compliance audits. On the left side are the ones that we are responsible for, and then on the righthand side of the slide youll see all of the ones that kpmg performs the audits for. In terms of the audit results, we seek unmodified opinions for all of the audits, as well as the compliance audit. And then the report to the g. A. O. Is our direct communication on information that you dont necessarily see in the Financial Statements, butt we need to communicate to you as the governing body. These are the required communications, and you have the details of this in your package. There isnt anything atypical in terms of the required communications. I want to highlight in terms of the qualitative aspect of the audit, the city implemented new accounting expenditures, and that put a fuge a huge financial situation. It is a large number that is different from the previous year. In terms of the significant deficiency alluded to before, we reported a finding in the financial close process and the current process, mainly because of the newly implemented system that the controller had alluded to just now. And youll see in the pact packet the full management response, but we are working actively with the control managements office for improving the 18 19 close. With that, ill go into the audit plans for the fiscal year 18 19, and this is a joint presentation with k. G. M k. G. M. B. , and they couldnt make it here. There are no changes in terms of the audit scope from fiscal 18 to fiscal year 19. We have two lead partners at the top and separate audit teams for each of the main departments and the city, over all. And this is the audit team for k. G. M. B. Our auditor responsibilities, the highlight i want to make is we are here to provide an opinion on the fairness of the Financial Statements. It provides reasonable assurance as opposed to absolute assurance. If we have any findings over internal controls, whether over compliance or Financial Reporting, we would report that to the g. O. At the end of the audit process. In terms of management responsibilities, i want to highlight Financial Statements are prepared by management, and they are responsible for the fairness in presentation, as well as the compliance with the applicable compliance requirements. On the timing, we actually start the audit process in early march april. We come out usually in may, the june timeframe, where if there are any changes that have occurred in the fiscal year, and we the financial close is in september, through january, for the various departments and the city cafer audit, as well as the compliance piece, the single audit. Starting around november, all the way through january, which is usually for the compliance piece of it. There are two new standards that are new for fiscal year 19, and one is for retirement obligations, and the other one we listed at this point dont expect any significant changes in terms of the accounting of such transactions, but you will see Additional Closures related to the transactions that the city has. With that si will take that, iy questions that you have. Chairman i have no questions. Were also going to hear from somebody from kpmg . Unfortunately, the kpmg could not make it this morning, so ms. Louie has presented their portion of the presentation here. I did have a question, just given the one main finding from the audit in around relating to the sort of late how late it was to finalize the Financial Report and then the audit this year. I just wanted to ask if that had any sort of impact or implications for our city and terms of the impact or implications for the timing . Yes. It certainly made everything is little harder. Where we end one fiscal Financial Year is preparing the budget for the year ahead. So to have it occur to have us kind of complete the process this year in march with preaudit results available in february, mentor tha meant thatt first Building Block wasnt known until a little later in the budget process. So it created some challenges. There are a lot of different parties that have an interest in the citys Financial Statements, investors and others. One of the key constituencies that really uses the cafer are our organized departments. It did create some challenges in them have timing access to information in the process. So, yes, there were certainly challenges with timing. It is one of the reasons im so anxious to not have it occur again in the future, and im confident it wont, given the fact that we now have experience with the new system. And for the new system thats in place uhhuh. You expect the timeframe for the subsequent years financial back to our former timing. For the fiscal year that closed on june 30th, were well along in the process, months shaved of aheadf where we were last year, and im confident we will have our cafer released and on a december timeline. Im always happy when i see no material weaknesses, and i have been on this panel when we did. And i have been controller when we did, so i am pleased by it as well. Obviously, we take a deficiency seriously and we are working to remedy it. In the citys single audit, which had no single audit findings this year. Way to go, mr. Controller. And the team behind me and throughout the Controllers Office and the citys Financial System is what makes it work. My thanks to joshlin and carmen and the broader family of professionals in the Controllers Office and throughout the city that makes this good work happen. Of all of the things we have to worry about, your shop is not one of them. Thank you. Why dont we go to Public Comment. Are there any members of the public that wish to speak on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And i would make a motion to file this hearing. Is there anything we need to move to the board . Not for this item, no. So without objection. So i think for item number two, were going to need it would be best if president yee is here for that. Maybe we can take a brief recess. I do have a committee i have a president ial action memo that would appoint him as a member of this committee starting at 10 30, which is in about 15 minutes. I could change it to 10 15, if he could make it here in one minute. Why dont we take a 15minute recess. Do you have another item . If i could go grab him chairman is he here . I dont know. Should i call the item. Chairman mr. Clerk, please call item number two. Number two sa hearing regarding the status of the laguna hospital patient abuse. That safety and wellbeing are safeguarded from any potential abuse. Chairman and were going to take a brief chairman the board is back in session. Mr. Clerk, can you please read item number two. Agenda item number two is the hearing regarding the status of the lag gene lagua hospital, measures to make sure that the patients are safe gardened from any potential future abuse. Chairman president yee, the floor is yours. Thank you for your support for calling for a public hearing into the current status of the laguna honda hospital. After allegations of abuse at the hospital were made public in july of this year. Let me be clear that this hearings focus is on the turnaround plan for the hospital. The public needs to know exactly what the hospital has done to turn itself around and to ensure that patients are receiving the highest quality of care without any risks of exploitation or abuse. To summarize briefly the situation that triggers the need for this hearing, a City Attorney investigation originally initiated by the Human Resources complaint uncovered evidence that 23 patients were subjected to privacy violations and abuse by staff between 2016 and early 2019. On june 28th, dr. Cofax, the director of the department of Public Health, stated that the department would be taking immediate action to develop a turnaround plan for the hospital, and would be able to report back within the next 60 days, which brought us into september. The hospital first presented this turnaround plan to the Health Commission, and now they are presenting it to us at the board of supervisors, with a Progress Report since the execution of the plan itself. There is no excuse for what transpired. Families like my own depend on laguna honda for care. They should be able to trust it is going to be the highest quality. I think it is critical to hear from the hospital regarding the protocols that they have in place to ensure that abuse like this never happens again. We cannot ask our residents to entrust the care of our loved ones to any entity that cannot prove that they have an effective system that guarantees the safety and wellbeing of every single patient. And if there is ever a hint of violation of any patients rights, that there is a system in place to immediately identify any possible violation. Steps taken so far by the c