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part of the file should be submitted to the court. items will appear on the july 12 supervisors agenda unless otherwise noted. we also have an interpreter. introduction from [inaudible]. guess there's no introductions to get >> thank you so much mdm. clerk please call the first item >> yes. item number one the issuance of >>[reading code] >> thank you so much. i understand the author is not present it clear that sgt. george kennedy from the san francisco police department to present on this item. >> thank you. good morning. i'm sgt. kenny you have a wedding trees located at 141 g st. they've apply for a license and if approved this would allow them to operate as a package tour providing beer, wine, and distilled spirits for all sale. there are no letters of protest and no letters of support. there located in 558 which is considered a high crime area. there located in census tract 1.6 8.02 which is considered an undue concentration area. the station has no opposition. we approval the following recommended conditions. sales of alcohol village by those is only between 10 am and 10 pm each day of the week. loitering is defined as eileen about, lingering aimlessly without lawful business prohibited on any sidewalks or properties adjacent to the license premises. under control of the licensee. as depicted on the abc form dated august 25, 2015. the sales service and consumption of powdered alcohol and mike non-liquid oh: and mike non-liquid oh:average is prohibited. there should be no cups, glasses, or similar receptacles commonly used for the drinking of beverages given away at the petitioners premise in quantities of less than 24 in the original multi-container package. the sale of distilled spirits and size smaller than 200 ml is strictly prohibited. the sale beer or malt beverages and quantitive 16 ounce, 22 want to message once, 40 ounce or similar is prohibited. wine shall not be sold in bottles and containers smaller than 750 ml. thank you >> thank you so much sgt. before we going to public comment are there any questions or comments from the kitimat committee members? seeing none, will open up for public comment on this item. at this time if you like to speak on the item number one please do approach the microphone. seeing none, no public comment public comment is closed. >>[gavel] >> do we have a motion on this item? moved and seconded. we can do that without objection >>[gavel] >> please call item number two >> item number two, >>[reading code] >> thank you very much. sgt. kennedy whichever presentation item as well >> yes. good afternoon. you have before you and a 97 post street. they've apply for type xx license and if approved this would allow them to operate as a package store providing beer and wine for all sale. there are six letters of protest, no letters of support. there located in plot 542 which is considered a high crime area. there located in census tract 122.01 which is considered a low concentration area. central station has no opposition. we approval the following recommended conditions. sales about all beverages shall be permitted only between the hours of 7 am-12 am midnight daily. no noise shall be audible beyond the area under the control of the licensee as defined on the abc 257 form dated february 22, 2016. no malt beverages shall be sold with an alcohol content of greater than 5.7% by volume. the sales of your or malt beverages in quantities of 16, 20, 32, 40 ounces or similar sized containers is prohibited. loitering is defined as stand idly about lingered endlessly without lawful business is prohibited on any sidewalks or property adjacent to the license premise under the control of the licensee as depicted on the abc-257 dated federally 22nd 2016. no beer or malt beverages shall be sold in quantities of less than manufacture prepackaged sixpacks for sale with the exception of michael there's your course which must be sold and manufactured repackage multiunit quantities of four or more. wine shall not be sold in bottles or containers smaller than 750 ml. thank you >> thank you so much sgt. it's my understanding the applicant cynthia-is here as well as representative >> good morning. can i have the overhead these? please my name is cynthia know about [sp?] mime represent the ownership of [inaudible] the orders mr. stanley getty) is owned event company here in the city. he would've been here and so they had to leave town on monday. the building at 97 post was a single story building with the basement which has been beautifully restored. significant seismic upgrades were done when the [inaudible] effectively making it to stories. we will be operating a high and high-quality daily style restaurant is well small neighborhood grocery market. a full commercial kitchen has been installed in the basement and the main floor will feature a full deli counter and a specialty grocery section featuring high-end organic produce and specialty foods. alcohol sales are expected to be a minor percentage of sales. though only be sewing high-quality, high and wine, champagne and maybe some specialty beers that are meant to complement our patrons meals. thank you. >> great. thank you so much for your presentation and thank you for being here today. at this time, if there's no questions or comments, will open up for public comment on this item. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on item number two? seeing none, public comment is closed.>>[closed session] >>[gavel] >> colleagues, is a motion on this item? we have a motion to move forward with recommendation and i do want to think the applicant for being here today and for your presentation at we will move forward with recommendation to approve at the full board. we will do that without objection >>[gavel] >> thank you. mdm. clerk them please call the next item >> item number three, >>[reading code] >> okay. so, again-actually, >> sgt. george >> thank you for being here today >> des moines good i'm sgt. george from the-you to get you have before you a report for the lot located 29-third street. they've apply for type xl license and if approved this would allow them to sell on sale beer, wine and distilled spirits. there is zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. there located in quad 212 which is considered a high crime area. there in census tract 615, which is considered a high saturation area. central station has no opposition. we approve the following that mandated recommended conditions. sales about: beverages shall be committed between the hours of 9 am-2 pm each day of the week number two, the sale of alcohol beverages for all sale consumption is strictly prohibited. it should be noted that i spoke with the applicant, who has agreed to all the listed above recommendations conditions. >> thank you so much sgt. i do believe the applicant ryan-is here today. thank you mr. sheehy. good to see you again. >> good morning supervisors. thanks for hearing our application. we've operated as far since february and the purpose of converting the license number 47 two 48 is to ensure when complete compliance. that license operated as a type xlvii for 20 years. that license typically is required to be a bona fide restaurant. that's not quite the case so we apply for the type xlviii. the other major change if you approve this transfer is to anybody on attending the premises after the conversion have to be 21 and over. currently the 47 allows age 21 and younger to be on-site. we would prefer to stick with 21 and older at the location >> thank you so much for being here mr. sheehy. see no comments or questions from committee members at this time will open up for public comment on item number one. any members of the public that would like to speak on item number one? seeing none, public comment is closed. >>[gavel] >> i what i do want to thank you for being here to get you many businesses met district i represent and we really appreciate your work cooperating with the committee members that also based on the with the tenderloin police station to improve public safety issues in our neighborhood so thank you for not only opening the businesses but also been a cooperative member working with our community. so, colleagues, and we take a motion on this item? moved and seconded. we can do that without objection >>[gavel] >> thank you all. thank you all for being here to the applicant mdm. mdm. clerk them please call the next item >> yes. item number four >>[reading code] >> thank you. i do want to recognize our chief, chief hayes white who's here to present on this to get this hearing has been call for david campos all and the floor over to supervisor campos >> thank you. thank you colleagues. on the neighborhood services public safety committee for holding this hearing. thank you chief for being here. i want to make a couple of comments and introductory remarks before we turn it over to the presentation and just so people know, there two parts to the presentations. one that focuses on fire investigations, which is an important piece of this. the second part focuses on code enforcement. you know what efforts are being undertaken to impose safety codes in this neighborhood and citywide. i have called this hearing today to receive an update from city agencies on two critical issues. the status of our fire investigations unit and the investigations that very are responsible for. as well as the issue of code enforcement efforts in the mission and especially code enforcement as it relates to fire safety. on june 8 18th, a five alarm fire admission and 29th led to the displacement of 58 people. it impacted seven small businesses. quite frankly, this is one of just the latest of a number of fires that have taken place in this neighborhood. i wish i could say today that the fire was an anomaly. but the fact is, it's again just the latest in a string of tragic fires in the last few years. for me, this fire is simply too much for the community, we have had enough. since 2015 we have had six major fires in the mission that resulted in the displacement. three people have tragically died due to these fires. 30-year-old--who is an immigrant from el salvador good mohammed--was also 38 a devoted husband and father of three children. then, mr. ivan 13-year-old daughter. the staggering 194 people have been displaced in each of these fires. the majority of them are low income latino families. this is very upsetting, deeply upsetting and heartbreaking not only the loss of life, which how do you deal with that and how do you do with that-how do you tell the family or justify what happened to the permanent displacement that is happening all these residents. over the last two years that we've had an increase in fires i've asked repeatedly for information around these issues. i actually held a public hearing on the issues of fires in the mission last year. by the way, something that took a very long time to make happen. we had a lot of pushback from the fire commission, which did not quite frankly want to go. did not want to go to the mission to have a community meeting. we also legislated a number of changes to increase, promote fire safety throughout the city. we created an interagency fire task force and also asked for and held helped organize the first ever as i said, fire commission in the mission. yet, what is remarkable is that even though we've had a number of hearings in city hall and the community there still a lot that we don't know about these fires and so that's the point of this hearing. fire department shows this is the data that the fire department has provided to us that in 2015 fires in the mission made up of 9.4% of all city fires and that in 2005, 10 years ago, mission fires made up only 3.3% of fires. what is remarkable about the community meeting is that the fire department spent the bulk of the time in that meeting essentially, trying to convince the community that the numbers didn't really show an increase in the mission. of course, the idea that the fire department would hold a community packed room that what you're sensing is not happening is just ridiculous. the numbers don't show that the fire department is right. in fact, the numbers show that 10 years ago the mission accounted for 3.3% of the fires and 10 years later it three times that number. people in the mission really feel under siege and the question that keeps coming up to be honest, is the issue of arson. i have no proof that there's been any arson and i certainly believe that before we say arson there has to be evidence, but the problem with the issue of arson is that even people who are not paranoid, people are not believers in the conspiracy theories have a problem believing that these fires are just coincidental. it just something that happens. the challenge that i have with the fire department is that on a number of these fires have said there is no arson but there hasn't really been much information verifying their findings. you know, as i've noted, we want to trust the fire department. were not going to just trust the fire department. the words of ronald reagan, trust but verify. we also have a very real concern about the backlog in the investigations team at the fire department. we have heard reports over the last couple of years about staffing issues and concerns in the fire department. quite frankly, even though the fire department seems to be asking for more resources, i actually feel it's been a missed opportunity for them. i don't know if it's just a reluctance on the part of the fire department to ask for more in what is needed, or if the mayor's office were whoever is in charge of the budget that is not giving them the resources they need. so, that's the fire piece. the in respect of the code enforcement piece, i am asking specifically the agencies that are responsible for the enforcement of safety codes to tell me what they are doing as it relates to fire safety in the mission. what are they doing to inspect these buildings to prevent the fires that we have seen. i want to know, do we have sufficient enforcement of our codes in the mission? is there something else we should do? is there a strategy that these agencies have to address the specific concerns that have risen in this neighborhood? again, we will be hearing from the fire department building inspections apartment and health department who are responsible for code enforcement. i want to thank them for being here. so, with that, i will turn it over to our first speaker. i see our chief joanne hayes white. so i'll turn it over to you, chief. thank you for being here. >> thank you good morning chairman kim supervisor avalos campos but we will provide you with an overview on some of your concerns could they are shared concerns, i believe you know that. on the morning, the afternoon of june 18 of supervisor campos, i called you as well as your colleagues, all three view from the fire department's perspective has always been available to me at off hours during the night if there's an incident in your district i feel warrants your attention. on that very afternoon i know you were out of town. i was it's always been a struggle. i'm the fire chief, mom first. i know you know my son was just recovering from open heart surgery. we actually were on our way home discharge from hospital that afternoon. at about 3 pm. once i got him home because i have your concern because of the fires in the mission, i made sure he was home safely i responded to the alarm. it was the right thing to do. again it's always a balance between my son at home after major surgery and wanting to go to support my troops and to support the community. because i knew it was hard to be a large loss of property could fortunately, the loss of life and very minor injuries. i actually got to the great work of the men and women of the fire department. you use the words, deeply upsetting and heartbreaking. i get it. it is for every one of us that takes the oath and wears the badge. it's about finding some resolutions and making sure we minimize certainly property loss but certainly life lost. we did so that they. regarding the fifth alarm fire, we can go to a couple of pictures job i just want to share three slides with you. this is just a picture of what existed before the fifth alarm fire on june 18 and in the shows an aerial view of the buildings that were involved, six buildings. the third slide, again, the devastation. you can see the dangers of the occupants as well as the first responders because they're attached buildings: zero lot line separation and presenting quite a challenge to the to extinguish that far. that's all the slides i'm going to show but i want to talk to a little bit about that part. as you said, six buildings were involved. at this time, the structure that houses the holes how hardware short is considered the building of roads. this building is a mixed-use retail consisting of four units above did the retail, the specific point of origin has yet to be determined which is not unusual two weeks after. a week and a half after. we are still conducting interviews and forensic are out for testing and you'll hear from capt. dowden who oversees our arson unit bureau of it fire investigation. the building contains four residential units and this type of occupancy falls under housing inspection services for annual inspections. of the six buildings involved in the fire, one fell under the san francisco fire department's jurisdiction. that was 3308 mission to the sro hotel on the corner single residency occupancy get the five elements think of systems both worked in the building and that's what led to the building being saved. the inspection records for 3308 were up to date and the reinspection is due in november of this year. the fire that day grew at a fast pace due to the significant wind conditions and the was a building under construction adjacent to the cole hardware it is wood frame and empty at the time. we will continue to provide updates as the investigation unfolds. a couple things i want to address. we are staffing levels did suffer roughly around 20 weight-2009 10 we attempt to make some difficult decisions decisions and are staffing was reduced. i am happy to say in 2013 we went from five investigators in the unit 27 and last year we grew that from seven to nine. with that means were back in compliance with the nfpa standard or guideline which is to investigations working as a team every 24 hours. they work from noon to noon. we are back following a guideline. we also added in the speaks directly to supervisor campos related to staffing-because we haven't not restored some funding in this bureau of the fire investigation it was a likable is ignored. we do have an additional supervisor age 24 lieut. was this the capt. who is here again with us today. under her leadership, that backlog which we don't like to call her back pocket we like to call accident investigator i know justice more we talked bout 300 it's not at 302 months ago i mentioned that as a priority to bring that caseload management down to a more manageable number. you will find out in the presentation the capt. dowden will give you were at 135 and of those 135 cases, 59 are structure fires and two of those 59 are in the mission. so i want to make sure providing factual information. we also you will find out it's arson team are investigation team, our own two members working on the direction of the lieutenant and captain but we also work in conjunction with the sfpd and the district attorneys office. now that are staffing has been restored we have once again become a model release for the nation in terms of this partnership and the steamer we have. always can improve, but it something that is a unique model and works very well. we will be addressing your concerns about the be-i read in the examiner is there your editorial about not being able to ensure your constituents that it's not arson. it would be irresponsible and inflammatory of us-we've all are investigators trained to the standards if we do not have scientific evidence that we cannot find it irresponsible to say it's an incendiary fire. capt. baudouin can adjust that for good i get your frustration get one thing we've also added this year thanks to the good work of the mayor's office as well as the board during the budget and finance meetings i know supervisor kim was on that-is an additional fire investigator to work with an additional fire inspector. we will prioritize the mission district in chinatown districts are to most densely populated district to help with community outreach. related to fire safety and then as well if there is a fire that impacts displaces people to have that investigator specifically take a look and be available to members of the community to talk about that. but i just want to make sure that you know that this is a priority for us. we sign up for these jobs to work to the fullest extent. there's no one hiding anything. can we do better? we always can but i really don't want us to convey i know that was a meeting in the mission district which i was unable to attend, but i believe we laid out pretty clearly the details of what it takes to be an arson investigator did the team approach, with the investigation team is called out for, what the specifics are. maybe some of that was not heard but we have met subsequently with your staff and with members of the community. i believe that something set up for july 11. it is our goal to protect lives and property and we will continue to do so. i am always very saddened if there's life loss or great injuries. i got to know the shy the family that i personally visited the family when they were in the hospital that was the fire you referenced. it was a tragedy. for sure. so, i just want to convey that you are concerned but my concern and it's our concern in san francisco fire department. i commit to you that we will continue to work with you and i think the work that's done a lot better fits on collaboratively and the facts are fully stated and if we can do that in a more transparent way we are open to your suggestions. >> if i may, it was speaking about facsimile one of the things that was noted in the newsletter from the fire writers union was that the presentation, the numbers that were given by the department with which were different than the numbers given by the community at the community meeting, left out for great fire alarms and, you know, i don't really know-i was surprised after-the-fact to see that because it sort of came across as trying to minimize the problem instead of being honest and upfront about what's actually happening. so, do you have a comment about that? because i was very upset to hear the fire department presentation left that out. >> supervisor campos with all due respect i don't read that article. i have heard about. i like the opportunity to read it. frankly i stopped reading those articles years ago. the gazette, not [inaudible] and often times not factual. i'm happy to take a look at it and provide a personal response were written response whatever you would like. the fact that we provided that evening in the mission by the facts we have in the data we have. i know that was a community member that actually-actually in your presentation she didn't realize she made a huge mistake that she was talking about specific data just for the mission and was citywide. it was very skewed. so, i'm happy to look at that article. i've not reviewed it at this time, though. >> i think will be helpful for the community to hear a direct response on what they are saying because i think that leaving it out there without a response creates the wrong impression in terms of the trust the community has >> could you referenced the article for me the one >> adam would >> write a member of the executive board but i don't read it. i've heard about it i'm happy to read it after this presentation >> if i can ask about the budget to quest. i'll are there things you specifically asked of the city, the mayor's office to be included in your budget that are not included? and in the budget we have right now? >> are you talking but the current fiscal year? >> yes. 2016-17 >> i don't believe-get a list of priorities oh i believe everything was funded related to restoration of staffing, zero of fire investigation over the last years >> soap we do a public records request and look at the correspondence everything you asked for >> i'll give it to. you don't need to- >> i want to make sure were there and have complete information did so, there's nothing that you asked for not included in your budget to the mayor? >> for this fiscal year? >> yes >> i don't believe so. i will check that but i don't believe so good we received funding in previous years and we didn't like i said, for this year received an additional h-six investigator. specifically for community errors. i believe those only thing we asked for this time around. >> as i understand the numbers for the 2016-17 budget i think the fire inspection investigation team has seven inspectors, one engineer, one captain one it person and one analyst and i guess the question for me is do you believe that is enough to address what many see as a crisis in the mission? is that sufficient to get the job done? >> i believe that at this time are staffing is much better than it was. what i would like to say is with the restoration of two of a position that laster supervisory position, two more that year before, and one coming on, i think at this time is good. i think that time will tell in terms of if we need additional staff and i can tell you staffing is better than many like cities. not as great as some but better than many. so, i would like to give you an and-i think right now were very well stuck it we are much better staff now than we have been in the last 5-6 years >> that was not my question did i understand you must applicant question is, the additional staffing sufficient? >> i believe it is at this time >> then, what is your message to residents of the mission who see that based on the statistics your department gave us permission accounted for 3.3% of fires in the city in 2005 and 10 years later, it's not 3.3 but actually 9.4? so, almost 3 times? >> right dereferencing 10 years ago i think we provided every year between those 10 years and you can see it didn't just go from 3.9 29. i can get it. i just think so disingenuous to sort of- >> i think you may be [inaudible] but to call disingenuous is not right, chief. i think we can have a discussion of facts about making personal tax the numbers are what they are. 3.3% of the city's fires were in the mission in 2005 and in 2015, it was 9.4. so, can you explain why we are there? what is your message to the residence of the mission as to why the numbers are three times in a matter 10 years? >> sure. as i've stated before today on many occasions the mood experience of population growth both chinatown in in the mission district of huge challenges from a fire safety perspective. zero lot line separation woodframe buildings, multiple residence living in 18 unit. state 80 years ago unit was designed for 2-3 people were seen six, seven, eight people in easing. [inaudible] it's not a great condition. there's a whole host of reasons why we are where we are at. as you look around them i would say everyone from age 12, up, as either a computer or a smartphone. the need for electricity, electronic devices that everyone has, these buildings the older buildings in the city did not contemplate all of our needs from electronic standpoint a lot of these fires are electrical circuit related and then just the congestion of people living in units. >> i don't think that addresses the question because if you are saying this more technology more use that's happening citywide not just in the mission but it's not why were asking why other fires in the mission. that's not the question. the question is, why is it that the number of fires in proportion to the rest of the city which is also being subjected to this new technology, why is it is a percentage the number of fires in the mission is greater than it was 10 years ago? i mean, i would imagine you would recognize other neighborhoods also people use technology more than they use before and not just in the mission that's happening >> building construction if i wasn't clear, i think there's challenges because there's probably more woodframe buildings in the mission. out in my district there's woodframe buildings, but many of them are not attached to the greater property loss and greater potential for injury and life loss. so, the density itself of the district the building construction, those are factors. we are not seemed unnecessarily high-rises because of the fire resistant nature of their construction. >> so, in light of that, in light of the woodframe construction and the type of building we have in the mission, as you put it, have you provided more staffing to the mission 02 to your department so that you can address the specific concerns or needs? >> so where are fire stations are located typically the more densely populated the area we have a greater concentration of fire units. for example, out in supervisor avalos is district that little bit further apart than they would be in your district. the fire stations. >> so, i have another one of question but maybe i will wait until the presentation by the captain but i do want to ask sort of your use of technology and sort of the process whenever a complaint comes in and walking if you can walk me through were someone walk me through the complaint process and how it goes from someone calling in the length and the process that eventuallleads to an investigation item of that question for you or for the captain after he's done with his presentation. >> that part of the presentation. she will be presenting at this time it's captain attica out in. thank you >> thank you. >> i'll be here through the entire presentation of there's anything else specifically for me >> thank you. >> good morning. my name is attic about it. i have been a member of the san francisco fire department for almost 19 years. though i am presently and newly appointed captain of the bureau of fire investigation, i previously was an investigator for four years with the same unit good from here i'm here to speak to a couple of slides to hopefully answer some questions as well. and the first slide is just to familiarize you with what arson task force means. and who embodies that. so, the we the bureau of fire investigation are important part, we also share the arson task force with the san francisco police department in which we currently have three inspectors assigned to us. we also have the dist. atty. that is assigned to us who presently, andrew clark, and we also often times work with atf and we also have an agent where believe is house in san jose and her name is cynthia chain. chang. i also want to speak on the qualifications four and 8-6 investigator. so, it is a promotional process coming from the ranks of firefighter. in which you take a test. part of the qualifications to sit for the test is you must have a minimal four years firefighter experience. you must have covered responded to 100 firefighter. there's a couple of classes that need to be completed from the state fire marshal's office, which are investigations 1-8, one-b2-eight and two-b. this computer and writings get 64 hour post-course. successful completion of a background check and psychological examination, recommended post institute criminal investigation training as well as interviewing and interrogation training. the last two that you see there which says knowledge of our national fire protection association standards, that we use as guides as well as standards. on this next slide this is just a review of some of data collected the far left is the total of what we call a flow management firm by sedation and it's basically a breakdown of categories that the fires are in and then on your far right side, within that 135 of open incidents and caseload management, are a breakdown of those that fall within the mission district. so, there would be seven for that. >> can i ask you, capt., he said the 135 (investigations, what is the oldest of those investigations. do you know? >> i do. there is-i want to tell you 6-7 2014 is my oldest that is in need of completion and peer review and sign off. >> so can you repeat that again? >> i said june 7 of 2014 >> that was two years ago >> it is. >> how many-do you have a breakdown of the 135 in terms of how may those fires happen in 2014, 2013? >> i do not have that available right now but i can provide it to you if you needed. >> in terms of best practice, is that typical that it be a two-year time but not for a fire investigation? >> there are, believe layers that have placed these incidents to still be open for 2014. i can only speak from the time since i have been promoted to captain and the strides we have made. >> two years seems like a very long time to complete a fire investigation. so, do you know what the industry standard is? best practice for the maybe that's a question for the cheap at some point? >> i don't know what the industry standard is the timeframe. i know even when i sat as an investigator there wasn't not involve timeframe but without efficient completion. >> okay. thank you. >> i believe this is the last slide for myself and these are numbers that now include the mission and in bernal heights. this is the number of working fires by the year two the far left are bernal heights numbers and to the far right are mission district numbers. i want to also speak just retrieve about the fifth alarm fire that occurred on saturday, june 18. for me, all i can say about the fire that it is still currently under investigation and we are working steadily to come to a conclusion to make the report available for all parties that are interested. >> can i ask you about that? when you complete a fire investigation report, is that ever released to the public or what happens to that report? >> so, the report-the investigation has four classifications that it can fall under, which are incendiary, accidental, of natural causes, or undetermined. incendiary fires are not released to the public. undetermined fires are released on a case-by-case basis. accidental fires are available to the public. more than mostly weed acte weed acted. >> so the public would necessarily know how do people know that some reports are available.. how do you inform people that? >> we have there is a link on our on the sf fire website that has a form good i believe that information is on there. >> okay. supervisor kim >> thank you. from a layperson's perspective it's hard to understand the private or more secure nature of the release of the reports. why is it that these reports are still protected from the public? we've not had a same concern in the south of market and tenderloin as in the mission but often office doesn't find out the cause of fires and one thing that may help is if the fire department makes at least send these reports of the supervisors so we can see when they're released because it's hard for us to track two years later after fire were the result of that work. so that's one feedback i have. i guess i'm having a hard time understand why he would not release all these reports to the public. what is the reason for keeping that information? >> first, i like to speak to the fact there are two styles of fire reports. >> right accidental >> no. those are caused. when i was speaking to that before that was the cause of the fire. they're two different reports. there is one that's called by abbreviation, national fire incident reporting system report. so, no matter what the cause of the fire that report is a public report that is always available. it has a brief summary of some information for whomever the reader is of that we poured. in regards to the fire investigation report, we do hold the incendiary fires and oftentimes the undetermined fires because it is considered still an open case i do not have an arrested suspect. >> but that doesn't explain why you don't just lease all this information to the public. is there a risk to public safety? what is the concern with just having this information available to all members of the public? accidental or incendiary >> accidental fires are most -those are public reports that are available. the incendiary report are still considered an open case in which the information that is within the report, we do not want to potentially the person may have set the fire. >>?? candice lane the rationale? >> that would give them information on how to counteract against setting another fire and my inability to figure out that it's actually intentionally set. item i give them the tools to be a better arsonists. >> i see. so, in the case-when you say still in open case it doesn't mean the investigation continues. it just means there isn't a conclusion? when you call something an open case you said and incendiary case is considered "is not the investigation continues. it's just that a conclusion was not reached adequately reach? >> no. undetermined i wouldn't say adequately. i would say based on all of the avenues we use to try to come to a determination we were unable to determine it. >> right. then the case closes you stop the investigation >> pending any further investigation or information >> so the public gives you more information you reopen the us a department don't continue the investigation have to come to that conclusion? did i would agree to that and the fact that some point after close the case. have to move on and say, this is-after come to some determination based on all the information that i have received. >> okay. i still don't understand exactly why there's a concerned with releasing that information to the public. maybe i just need to see one of these reports to get a better sense of why you think this would help a future arsonist i think it also would help members of the public. then you have more eyes on the case until see the information that you have no people to better per pair if that landlord for example is the property owner and maybe they'll have more information to give you that information is public. so, for me, more transparency i think when we help you with the investigation i don't think it encourages future arsonist a much it is any evidence that releasing these reports actually encourages arson and helps arsonist become better at what they do. i guess i just want to see with the evidence for that is. but i have to just say, it's very fresh rating as a member of the public to not be able to get access to these reports. there doesn't seem to be a strong rationale the fire department to forward this information and in fact members of the public does one have a good understanding of what occurred. you had mentioned accidental reports are actually reported to the public we did actually say most of it not all of it. he said a lot of it is redacted. to me that means you're not really releasing the part >> did i use the word, lot? >> yes. >> i would like to rescind the work. >> okay so much of an accidental report is redacted? >> deftly aims that, under the cap up will. >> not what is redacted but how much in an accident report would you say 25%? 50%? on average? >> i don't have a number for you. like a percentage of what is. it's not the portion of the investigation our movement getting to the determination that's not what that's redacted but name, telephone date of their birth information. so, i would like to take back the word a lot. say, personal information is always reductive. >> in terms of how this gets determine, much gets released to the public? how are these tools that? is this within the department? does the commission set these rules on how these reports are released? >> i don't understand a question. >> so, you said that accidental reports are largely open to the public with reductions of certain information that is secure and private. incendiary reports are not released to the public for the concerns you stated. who said that rule? >> which- >> vote will that determines which reports are released and which are not? >> is under the california public records act >> to california public records act that's what you can- achieve is checking hundreds of that's not the correct answer >> hold on one moment. >> who determines what gets released >> can you old on for just a second? >> i'm just rephrasing the question. so is understood. >> i miss your question. can you repeat the question? >> who determines which reports that released and who doesn't be one is it a set of rules the commission put forward? is it a decision the chief makes within the department? is it estate lot? is the board of supervisors ordinance? who determines what report gets released? >> i mentioned the california public records act and i missed anything you said after that. >> that was my question >> i answer by saying that coughlan to public records act >> she shook her head no. i was not the correct answer. >> [inaudible] my understanding >> thank you, chief sorry. >> my understanding once it's been cleared to the process of the dist. atty. because we have released him before, with a public records request the report would be leased as captain bowed and said with appropriate reductions to protect people's privacy and so forth >> i'm sorry the capt. mentioned incident reports are never released. is that a law? is that a department rule? did the commission set up those guidelines? who determines that incendiary reports oh never released to the public? >> the gap that's more expertise than i do. she's referencing the california public records act >> so within the california public records act as beverly satan scenario boards on our release to the public? >> visit exemption with the california public records act that allows us to not >> i see. it's not a rule it's a departmental >> let me say collaborative. >> the state law allows you to not released to the public >> if you let me if i could finish my sentence >> okay. absolutely >> it's a collaborative-the report, when we make a decision to release it is not just based on the two investigators and the peer review. that's three bus from the bureau of investigation >> that's on my question. >> you're not letting me finish >> i'm asking what under what law or rule- >> i would like to at least let me finish and then you said did not answer questions and please. thank you. so, not just the bureau of fire investigation to make the decision to release the report but also the dist. atty. as well as the inspectors the pd inspector inside beat it again that's on my question. i'm asking is there a law or rule that determines that you do not release any these reports? yes or no?. it is a guide or standard >> is a state law, yes or no? >> there's the california public records act >> i'm only asking yes or no question. so the state bar requires you not to release these? >> we fall under the guide of the california public records act >> so the answer is, no. the state law does not prohibit you releasing these reports? >> i'm not going to agree to that >>? why? >> if i agree to it i would be already dispensing the incendiary report. >> no. this is why. you are saying that state law allows you not to release the report. you said that. it gives you the jurisdiction to not release it. i'm not saying you have to. also doesn't prohibit you from releasing it >> okay >> okay thank you. >> i think for the sake of the discussion, i would prefer other partner is a way to get clarification from the district attorney's office. neither of us -we varies of expertise but neither of us are lawyers. i think would be fair to check in with the dist. atty. to back you this afternoon >> i very much appreciate that. i think the future view don't know the answer that you should just say you would like us to refer to the attorney on that on the law. thank you so much capt. supervisor campos >> thank you chairman kim and let me say i agree with you. i think that as a general rule, there should be more information that the lease to the public and i certainly do not want to jeopardize an ongoing investigation especially if there's arson potentially involves, but for those cases where there might be potential arson, i think we should release as much information as possible. i do a talk about the process of code enforcement, capt. thank you for your presentation. >> okay >> so can you tell me how -let's say how'd you get a complaint about a safety of a specific building? how does that work? do they call it into people call it in house the fire department come across those kinds of- >> thank you for the question. i'm going to turn it over to the chief. >> thank you. chief? >> good morning supervisors. fire russia. a couple things i like to clarify before we get started on code enforcement. number one, i was part of the presentation. i give a presentation to the fire commission in the mission district and when in depth about or rule of fire prevention role in our duties to enforce code. i do have-we do have a report in the appendix a list of all fires per neighborhood broken to get i like to point that out there as well. supervisor to oppose you but something up earlier wittily to respond to. regarding percentage of fires in the mission compared to the total city. if we go back to 2000, again, my role is to prevent the data to see if we can find ways to improve on fire safety. we collect data. and we see with the data tells us. so, with that in mind, if we look at the number of fires, working fires in the mission, from 2005, >> if you could speak into the microphone, chief? >> if we look into the fires in the mission since 25-actually i think it's 204 i don't have a document for me but i do know it's fluctuated between a low of 10 and a high of 28. if we were to take an average of all those fires up to current day, the mission district is averaging roughly 17, a little over 17 structural working fires a year. does that mean i'm trying to discount concerns of the people in the mission? absolutely not. i'm here to provide the gadget that's what the data shows. that's what the information is provided from our it people that the information we put four. you referenced an article in our union paper about four fires that were not included. i don't know what the parameters with the street map-what area that covers the maybe that's outside. i don't know. i don't have that information it i will tell you this but we had those four hours within the missionary would have been reported to. it was not withheld it by any means. that type of the percentage of fires in the mission compared to the city. this is reality. our run volumes are increasing we have one. one 35,000 bonds are you. our fire volume, work and are structural fires has been a steady decline over the years. the majority of the city is in the kind mission is relatively flat meaning, it's been getting the same number of fires relatively speaking for the last 10 i'm 11, 12 you could while the rest of the city has been in the country that expense with the percentage of fires overall has gone up did not necessarily the number when compared to all city the percentage has gone up. also, i'd like to speak a little bit to that. if we look at 2014, you have 15 working structure fires in the mission. 2050 17 working fires structure fires in the mission. what we've had and i understand the concern and it's a concern about that some of the fires we had our larger budget we had more greater alarms. we had seven greater alarms in 2015 in the mission did so, too chief of department point, earlier, why have we are we having his big fires? to the best one ought at this point up to what's different about the mission from the rest of the city good i think does what your questions and i was a couple things. i would say the mission is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city i would say a number of the structures are built around the turn-of-the-century. number of the structures are wood frame. aluminum construction. a number of the structures the area is very dense and and i'll speak to the fire the fifth alarm on 29th st. what was unique about that fire spewing what jumps out at me about that fire was the time of day, 1:30 pm to whether we have a fifth alarm at 1:30 pm in the day spewing a couple things to the look of the aerial shot, you look at the buildings they'll converge in the back corner. there's no law line set back. there's no exposure protection. the just about it right up to each other. we typically have that in the city side-by-side but if you look at this the rear yard they got right up. if you're fire in the rear that structure which we did, you have immediate impact of multiple structures right away. what other challenges to that provide supervisor? it provides an axis challenge to the fired upon the weekend from to back to know when you're good to look away and see to that fire to and provides an additional challenge. there's a number of factors. there's a number of factors that play a role in greater alarms [inaudible] and fires we have. >> powerpoint, please. >> sure. there it is. as you can see, may walk up to this >> yes. >> this is rso right here. the fire to the customer knowledge at this point is somewhere in the reader here. if you look at exposures there's no setback here. all of buildings converge -excuse me-on the scorn. it prevents it presents an axis issue to the fire department and it gives you exposure to the building on 29 psr oh and the buildings on the south. i just want to point out. that poses a significant role. so, regarding larger fires what factors are, there's a number of factors. the number of fires, though we have not seen go up. >> well, i think the problem i have with that presentation is that this is the response, really. but they are basically saying is, the reason why the mission the fires in the mission constitute a larger percentage of citywide than they did 10 years ago is because the number of fires in the rest of the city have gone down the number of fires in the mission have remained the same. that doesn't actually give me any comfort right. you're still not saying, why is that the case? what is it that's happening in the rest of the city that has allowed those fires the number of fires to go down in the rest of the city, but remain the same in the mission? right >> i can answer that, supervisor >> images finish my statement and am happy to hear whatever you have to say. so, that's the very circular argument. the numbers are what they are because the numbers are what they are. well, that doesn't really explain the reason behind that and i keep hearing these statements about well we have a lot of old buildings in the mission. i think of a lot of old buildings throughout the city. if you want to give me a rundown of the mission to show that the percentage of old buildings in the mission is higher than a dozen other parts of the city, i am open to it. i've not seen the kind of presentation from the fire department. i think it's just a general statement. we know there's a lot of old buildings in every part of the city. why is it that notwithstanding that, there's more fires here? right? that's one thing. then, in terms of the specifics of this fire i'm sorry. i can go to any neighborhood in san francisco and point to a potential obstruction of access in any neighborhood and is not something that just specific to the measurement is the nature of the layout of our city. so, again, a lot of circular arguments that don't really address the point of what is happening in the mission that is not happening in other parts of the city. go ahead, please >> thank you, supervisor i was fine to your comment, sir, they said the percentage of fires has tripled and we are more fires in the mission. that is what you said. i was responding to that. you need to understand what the data is telling us. i'm not discounting the fires in the mission can i have as much concern as anybody in this room for what went on in the mission could answer but the city. my point was simply this. i was explaining to you were providing information as to why those numbers are that way. that part was left out earlier and it terrified indicating more detail on that. so, we can call that a circular conversation at all just respond to. number two, i did not say, sir, i did not say that the fires in the mission are due to just because of the old structure. i didn't say this. that there are multiple factors that contribute to the fires of which one of them is the type of occupancy. the type of structure. the age of the structure. the density. etc. the fire department access. we can go on and on. we can look at all that i took it on the point into one thing to simplify things and to throw up a smokescreen in the not discounting it at all. same we need to look at all these factors did that was the point of my comment, circuit >> okay, thanks. can we go back to the code enforcement questions i had because i think that goes to the heart of what were talking about? how do complaints come into the department stephen people called him and? how does that happen? >> i was prepared to address this slide. i can jump right to code enforcement or whichever you are >> whatever your preference >> autostart with this slide in general. code enforcement. the code addresses three main areas. but that whether cody a building code, fire code, health and safety code, regulations, standards as such a. so, there's three main you. your building standards that the code addresses. so construction tenant improvement, etc. the regulated activities regulated by the state fire marshal but open flame use of propane, etc. then you have issues in the fire code that address maintenance issues. what i mean about maintenance, maintenance of existing buildings can we do annual inspections on specified occupancies. one of those is are the are-to the department those multi residential units. i like to back up once i get the fire on plan street, trying to sound insensitive, supervisor then try to give you an example of background to understand how we are limited to a certain extent with enforcing the code. those buildings today will not be allowed to be built the way they are. give certain property lines setback requirements, fire separations that all would mandate some kind of setback something that would address the exposure issue. >> can i just jump in. that's interesting. i'm talking about complaints, how they were. i don't want to get sidetracked by the side issue. we could have if we have a hearing about them am happy to call for hearing about them they can we focus on store the issue at hand? >> i will finish my thought, sir. the reason i was bring that up was we can only enforce with the code was at the time with the building was hit. you can't build those today. whenever the code was the day those were built unless there's a retroactive provision in the code, the state or local code we cannot enforce that. that's the point of trying to make. with that in mind, with complaints we get complaints a number of different ways. we get complaints to our company inspections. we get complaints from citizen phone calls, e-mails, us mail, etc. the complaint comes in. is input into our fire tracking system. depending on the address, it goes out to our district inspectors the cities divide up into multiple district >> can i ask you how long it takes from the time the moment the complaint is received when it sent out to the inspectors? >> is real-time. there's a clerk and some calls and someone always at the front desk manning the phones. as it they come and they interacted. but automatically populates the district inspectors page. the district inspector, now and here is the district inspectors response for construction permit is responsible for referrals and is responsible for complaints. so we have a spike in construction of the subject volume is up so what we have done everything: three, what we have done is we've created a new fire complaint section we have taken all the complaints that are too stupid out to the different districts were consolidating them into one section. what we are doing is a sign that section to a captain, a lieutenant and five inspector. i know, we are capt. lieut. and to inspectors and were working on adding three more. once we get the three, the plan is that all the complaints will go through the one section and will not be-and their duties and roles which would only be to address complaints. issue violations, jerry notices, etc. >> do you keep jack of the complaints? to have data that shows how many complaints received in the neighborhood? >> if we can go back to the slide. what we have up here-no, sorry. that's it, there. yes. when the first column are r-two company inspections for district 9, battalion six which falls under district 9 which includes all the mission and a little bit more. i don't have the mission neighborhood itself. but this does capture the mission. so a company inspections from january first 2016 until present conducted 203 residential building inspections. what does that mean? beaux-arts apartment buildings, nine units or more that are on our annual inspection was. of the 203 inspections, 30 complaints were generated. >> of the inspection? >> of the company inspections 30 complaint regenerate. if your engine officer chuck officer and you got there and you see a deficiency you will submit a complaint to our office the bureau of fire prevention that will be sent out at this .20 district inspectors to address. >> he said earlier another way you can do complaints of people calling in couldn't do you keep track of how many of those complaints came in? >> yes that's on the second column, sir. we will get to that. so of the 30 complaints generated, 31, 38 from company inspections and 31 have been conditions have been corrected their seven open complaints. (meaning that action is been taken on it. stop in close. pending means it has not been open yet. so everything has been addressed are being addressed and their seven open complaints. those seven that are open are considered a lower priority. still complaint, still a violation potentially but it's not life-threatening at this point in terms of the safety issue we have seven. the next column over inbound citizen complaints, same time spent january 1 until present. same area. battalion six. we received from citizens 51 complaints and 50 of those have been corrected we have one complaint that is still open. that open complaint is considered a standard, falls understand category at this time. does that answer your question supervisor? >> do you keep track of their sponsor, the average response time for complaints beyond java breakdown of how long it took you to- >> i didn't i don't have that in front of me >> i think they'll be helpless >> we could see the day was filed and the first inspection and when it was corrected we do that have information >> on average do you know how long it takes the apartment to respond to a complaint? >> our goal is this bit of that data broken down that digital radio. we can get that. our goal is a priority complaint if it's a life safety system, sprinkler, fire alarm were part of an egress system, article within 72 hours have responded to that complaint and have taken action. >> how many priority complaint of the receives about the mission, let's say for this period of time you're talking about, generate first- >> again supervisor that to get more detail on that. i 30 complaint coming about 10-15%. the majority of them are standard complaints but i'll have posters of numbers. as i'm >> i guess part of the challenge here right. there isn't a clear delineation of that shows this is our data. so, you're saying you're doing everything can. well how many priority complaints are you getting and how long did it take you to respond to those? i think that part of the challenge here is that i mean, if you listen to this conversation and this discussion there isn't a lot of information they can provide. it sort of we will get back to you and at some point it's not helpful and i think if anything it as-it raises more questions than it actually provides information. dick supervisor campos if i may be happy to provide that information at our fire marshal stephen we have built we don't bring it to get we checked in with your office and there were six items that you asked for. we provided all that. it is additional pacific information will be happy to turn that around to you in a week of time but everything last four we provided today. >> just to be very clear so there is no mistake. i want any and all information that is relevant about relevant to what's happening in the mission right now. and the response by this department was happening in the mission right now. so, that is as broad as i can possibly make it. so, i would say if there's a doubt or question about the relevance, give us the information about a have information than less. okay. i think that's all i have for the fire department. >> one more comments, please. we do specify priority complaints. that are zero better opened they've all been adjusted i do understand the supervisor concern about timeframe and will get that information for you but at this time we don't have any open complaints that are priority complaints at this time. in battalion six. thank you. >> so, just briefly, i know there's other items. i want to move this along to talk about code enforcement in the mission beyond the fire department. we hear, we have department of building inspections so i would ask our deputy director, dan lowry, and then also after the apartment of building session we also have it both department karen cohen. >> as is >> >> i think we have some technology issues. hopefully, we will resolve. okay. >> grades. great. good morning supervisors. daniel lowry deputy director of inspection services. i'm here to report on the mission the 29th status update. the department of building inspection issued notice of violations for six that fire damage property owners provided violations of 72 hours to emergency orders for the demolition were given. two of the buildings in the fire there were and hazards [inaudible] determined the building had to be removed. emergency orders were issued for 33-10 3316. and the adjoining building next-door 3318 mission st. the status update on this permit, the owners have obtained permits that working on asbestos reports and demolition will a person to those two buildings. the shortest timeframe for owners is typical [inaudible] we require they obtained an evaluation of 72 hours. we try to make it as soon as possible so we can get an update on the status of the building. why 72 hours? current affordability crisis in san francisco fewer opportunities to four location of displaced residents. the department of building supervise two instances of tenant which able of belongings from properties. monday, june 20 23 properties and wednesday june 22 for the sro tenants. the goal is for owners to make building repairs as soon as possible to enable tenants to return. as far as the mission street status update, 33 old mission st. has obtained permits to work on restoration of the hotel has begun. the anticipated time frame for that work in the hotel is nine months. it would be [inaudible] that the estimate from the owner. we get asked them to repair the fire gringo that was there could isolate the electrical and restore the fire alarm panel and the sprinklers and construction work has begun for the restoration of the property. for the cold hardware emergency order was issued and it was picked up monday, june 27. the emergency order was also picked up for 3318 mission st.. both buildings will be demolished. four 3322 mission st., commercial property only to permits were obtained for the repair. for the 20 street status update, 1/9 31 29 street 72 hour deadline for issue in evaluation and permit and they did not obtain a permit so we refer this to director to follow through the code enforcement process. further 33 3729 street permits were obtained. issued to commence work to restore the building. on 39-4529 street pg and he has restore power to a three unit apartment and commercial property.. the fire safety legislation, baby i supported help shape the fire safety legislated cheap housing inspector bosque he served as chair of the fire safety task force june-december 2015. the fire safety task force submitted detailed recommendations to the board in january 2016. so, for the mission code enforcement study james-will go through presentation. thank you >> thank you. >> thank you supervisor. thank you deputy. so, we felt that looking at code violations in the mission was extremely important. for the first time ever, we reviewed the content of the nov in that neighborhood parties producing very revealing numbers. how many violations were in the mission apartment last year? how many were corrected by landlords in the mission? well, we found over 1300 housing code violations were corrected in the mission last year. in my handout it says >> in my handout it says 2015 >> 2015. >> i ask you what that means you and 1300 housing violations corrected in the mission in 2015 >> that means of the number violations that take place 1300 of those were corrected >> yes. exactly >> how many of them predict the we have i see >> 1564 violations were cited by one housing inspector. in one year and 82% were corrected. we have a couple of images of things that tenants had to do to protect themselves to keep themselves safe. the image on the left is a window is being held shut a golf club and on the right is a can opener stuck in the door to keep the door shut. 215 notices of violation were issued last year by one inspector and 150 were dressed in the mission. but 25% had to go into our penalty process which is a director sharing lien on the property and a fine. and the tenant is those both get their rent reduced at the rent board. >> can i ask you as i compared to other neighborhoods? >> well, we have not finished our study of all the other neighborhoods yet. the preliminary results are that we have about 12,000 every year. violations of people's apartments. i would say the mission is probably above average. this is an image here of a new set of stairs where we cited the owner had to replace the back stairs the second means of egress. here we have a map. i also want to add that the data we use to compile all this turned out to 178 pages of data we had to sort through. the map shows district 16 now our shop is divided into 18 districts-so little different than the board of supervisors. this district includes parts of the trail go but mostly homeowners out. you see the mission has the will and majority goes to the violation in district 16. we have high concentration in the mission court or mission street corridor could we also have more of an even distribution from about 19th st. until cesar chavez. here, we have our housing code of process overview. where we have the beginning of the case of the top inspection, reinspection. we are that 48 hour response at all claims that come in. we have a hearing upon the reinspection of the landlord made any progress to goes right with directors hearing. that's where we institute a lien on the property and of fine and you cannot collect fine if you don't have >> i asked this of the fire department, with that 48 hour target how what percentage of the time do you meet that? >> nine and percent of the time >> okay. >> we report every month on our response time to a commission on every complaint. so, the next slide. how does our process committed that these and other cities? what we have here is this a survey conducted by the community. committee who surround the city reached out to other cities and other building departments and others to get the 20 largest cities in america. we asked them, do you have a housing code ? do have a housing inspector services you have a notice of violation issued when a notice of violation is found the one you have a directors hearing or administrative hearing process? are there penalties the owners does not comply with that point. to lean the property you for those lines to the board of supervisors which we do, next month to the board of supervisors about me know appears on the tax bill? do you litigate? cases that still are not solved? we also looked at is the city of online complaint tracking. only four of the 20 cities have an online system of complaint tracking. do you have outreach with the community to help inform landlords and tenants of their rights and responsibilities? we found that only in san francisco do we have all this available for tenants. you might ask, why only in san francisco because san francisco is the city that knows how or is it because the people demand it the service and that's what the answer is because in the 90s, all the tenant groups and the landlord groups came together and insisted the city implement this system. people like what about commissioner eileen hansen were in; making that happen. activists like ted: send, gin and new: norman fong, people around the city came together to make sure that the tenants right to have a habitable place to live is maintained throughout san francisco. one of the programs i run is the sro collaborative and the code enforcement outreach program. the mission we work with the sl collaborative which includes mission neighborhood resources center and committee service up it we work with just cause get housing rights community. this even apartment association is very important partner with us. so the owners of a place to go where they can have their voice heard and we can all work together to try to make people safe. our director, tom healy has increased the funding in the next fiscal year. if you have questions i can contact myself or deputy director dan lowry. he is a photo of number of our groups are working together to get a section on the landlord whether not compliant on a date. >> thank you very much for that. i mean, the only question that i have is the question i asked fire chief which is let me say that i felt the department of building inspection has been very responsive and the work of the task force in an agency would not have happened without the leadership role department played. given that the mission has probably a higher number of violations that some of these other neighborhoods do you feel you have resources in the upcoming budget you need to do the job that is needed to inspect the buildings in the neighborhood >> we have some staff vacancies working hard to fill. we feel when we get those we will be doing pretty well. were trying to get a couple more next year the next cycle but deftly helps other comments really get you would make a huge difference. >> i would ask if there is anything else that is needed that we seek it and put it in the budget and in the and it saves lives but also saves a lot in terms of economics or property damage that is caused by fire. i like to know call on the department of public health and i know they have a brief presentation. thank you >> thank you to committee is holding this hearing. by ms. karen cohen acting deputy director within the health upon. the likely where our role may based be developed services plays the aftermath of the fire tragedy on sunday and monday last week. english and spanish-speaking crisis workers were deployed to the site. this of the total 20 displaced people and for your healthy such as replacement medication and made appropriate resource connections. pretty behavioral also attended last friday's committee being to hear from the community and speak to what their services had been. to switch to code enforcement which is here before us today, the main residential inspection is from our healthy housing and retro control program. those inspections are for the purpose of identifying and ordering abatement of primitive public health nuisances as defined in the health code. this includes a hotel is mission program since 2009, the hotel inspection this routine inspections every three years of sro hotels with over fewer units includes common areas as was individual rooms and since 2014, the rooms and privately operated sro hotels also been included in the inventory. in the fire area this includes the gray wood hotel, 330 mission, which is a residential 20 unit hotel. for most recent violations in that site down in our data from november 2012 get the complaint related to sanitation of excess belongings that created a public health nuisance. that was resolved. in the next year. routine inspections occurred in 2015 in a single complaint generated inspection included in 2015. all have been anything generated has been resolved from those inspections. there's also private residential building, 3360 mission st. was inspected twice by dph in july of wet hazard which was abated. but to speak to are more ongoing investigation of the mission as a district, you requested that data so we provided that to you as a handout. probably won't be [inaudible] visible. thank you for your help with that. i think him and to speak to that and just put the hotspot map because [inaudible]. this is violation data from our mental health browsing issues from 2008-2013 and the more red orange and yellow portions are the one of highest concern, the mission is primarily a yellow and orange district. meaning there is a greater violation at density. in the last two years, there's been 1733 inspections. in the zip code 94110. it represents 9.1 2% of all inspections performed citywide. what this program does is both routine inspections that are proactively schedules with building operators to examine control conditions on exterior and common areas and also responds to complaints. complaints are about things such as accumulation of garbage and vegetation unsanitary conditions, mold has, lead hazards, illegal number of animals. so, there's a fairly big scope. those would've generated the 733 inspections.. in the table, most of those were private residential housing the mud 1565. the hotels are less common in the mission than some other areas but residential areas hotels only 14. as far as the type of violation, the violations were 336 the revenge rated from those inspections. that is 10.07% of all violation citywide. roughly, the same but slightly more than the percentage of inspections. we also do restaurant inspection in the area and that is included food handling sanitation in the two restaurants [inaudible] . in all of our regulatory work it's common to receive referrals from other agencies such as the ones represented here today and also increase rose. we don't attempt to enforce code provisions outside of our expertise but i'm somewhat inspired by today to ensure that all inspectors adequate crosstraining as to how to make fire prevention for all and that something i will check on good >> can i ask you right now what kind of training do they receive on that? >> i don't get that's what i will go verify for you and see, like, is it time for a refresher , what i can do we track him and he referrals we make, what sort of issues they are. that's not something i time to investigate prior >> how many inspectors do you have? >> does a lot of retirement and vacancies thoughts are number two is a. the smaller number than dbi. the way the system is divided >> what is it? >> eight >> eight? >> yes >> good awful kopelman of the eight right now? >> semiretired eight i'm sorry i was q answers but at the same question about the fire department and does the department of public health have the resources you need to do the job that needs to be done in terms of ensuring the public safety of this neighborhood? >> i don't have a way to answer your question not simply. so we do the task that's put in front of us. a good portion of that task changed at the time in 20 weight when the board of supervisors and the mayor created a fee-based system for our department. so, a significant amount of time is now spent on proactive routine inspections of exteriors and common areas. nobody has made an evaluation about did that enhance safety were not. it's only took away from--it created greater inspection of the agitation, which is a fire hazard. create a fire inspection of the tour cartridge which is a habitability issue could still have an advantage in that way. but then how do you manage the same level of complaint inspections if you're also doing the team proactive inspections with the same workforce. those are the big questions to evaluate >> i think we should evaluate at and maybe that sort of a separate hearing to focus on the department of public health because the answer is we don't know just kind of what i'm hearing, that's not encouraging. right? >> another person what i have that information would authorize to give you a simple answer good >> who would that be? >> i glued the would require analysis in common with a thoughtful presentation. >> we always want a thoughtful presentation from our departments. especially coming i mean is there something that the department is doing different given the number of fires in this neighborhood? i mean, have you responded in a different way? have you change what you're doing because of the number of fires? >> i can speak to that as a program manager for children by mental health commission. my staff primarily in the past only did lead hazard inspection. because we did not want to wait for children to be poisoned to be called out to their home we decided to more proactive outreach. we partner with paternal child health so that their programs which capture most of the low income families in the city are accessible to make referrals to us and so for instance we mail to 10,000 clients to opera conference of home assessment. in that assessment, we always note whether the smoke detectors carbon monoxide detectors. we make those referrals to the appropriate agencies when they're missing and require that to be part of our compliance. >> i think part of the challenge here and i'll ended because i know there's public comment people wonder provide is that there's still a lot of questions unanswered but with the department of public health is doing and that's not a good thing in the sense that i mean, we have a lot of people questions about different aspects of enforcement and what we want is to reassure the public that we're doing everything we can to ensure proper code enforcement in the mission and that all the resources have been provided to each department that has some responsibility in that effort >> i can assure you we want to be part of that effort and that enforcement has stayed on task. but perhaps what you're asking is good the task be better defined. the one recent improvement in the last two years has been our health director generated psychiatric social worker support to the hotel so that in the past when tenants were being held accountable for too many belongings that helped with pest infestation being counseled and given social support rather than being put at risk of eviction. >> thank you i know we might lose a quorum so that will and the presentation from the various departments. yes? >> what i said it's a quick question but the big question at this probably not the question for dph but for the other comments as well. in the case of fire, how do dph, dbi and the front fire department to mitigate with one another and i know one of the tasks of the passport is to see how the department could communicate better >> there's deftly a referral mechanism and the inspector has a form that could e-mail to the other agency. i mostly unfamiliar with my program is that allow time giving to a building inspection >> so, in the case of a fire dph would refer to dbi. is that what whitaker? specifically in the case of fire how does dph work with fire and dbi? >> so for where specific code violations we see in our inspections like a lack of spoke smoke and detector will be a fire department referral. >> got it dick my guess for you is i should audit everybody has the same understanding has a mechanism for doing it can often does it happen that does need refresher training pacific subcommittee today >> [inaudible] do you generally find in terms of communication there's a fair degree of positive or constructive to mitigation plea because i know everyone is busy. i'm not try to-i'm regularly in touch with jamie screwed. jamie and also rosemary bousquet also done a lot a lot of work with mr. lowrey in this last year on other issues. as far as the fire department our main attraction is there a hazardous materials program. where this inspection of business regulated substances. of concern because of the mobility attack service that's another area of overlap with the fire department. with there's been decades of cooperation conduct an ongoing relation. >> thank you. >> thank you. colleagues, with that if it's okay with you i like to open up to public comment. a member of the public would like to speak if you can please come on up. >> as a notice to the public, you have 4 min. for translation or interpretation. >> if you could speak into the microphone? >> my name is juan hayek torres and i was a person victimized by the fire in 2015. it's been about a year and a half since i've had my own house again. i have two issues i would like to talk further about. the first issue is about the report, but the fire itself. we were able to meet with the legal representative. he told us he was writing the final report. we waited. we waited. when we finally received this final report then he told us that he actually could not help us after all because it wasn't something that he could gain monetary income from. gain monetarily from. then he left us right there without actually helping us. so, we would like to know what are the ways, what is the way to be able to have the right to an attorney for our housing. the second point is safety after the fire itself. after the fire immediately after the fire occurred nobody put in a safety perimeter around the building so someone came in and stole all of our belongings. so we would like to know what city department would be able to assist us in this regard? or if were going to be with to get back or how can we get back what was most lost in the fire were lost simply in the fact because the were no parameters safety established. that would be all. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. >> if you could speak into the microphone? >> good afternoon. my name is [inaudible] and on attendance at the gray wood hotel building. that's where i lived before the fire that took place on june 18, 2016. we have been out of our home for almost more than two weeks. here, as a member of-to talk and to the city of san francisco has to do all of its part to prevent extensive damage due to fires and they should do this by actually making sure a system to examine all code violations doing with health or coat fire or security. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. so, my name is lucas-counselor and organizer. our organization has supported over 200 individuals from 11 different fire disaster sites with multiple residential units affected. we help them secure visas for occupants newly after a fire disaster. we supported what is considered vulnerable populations in city terms. it is famous, long-term occupants, seniors, disabled folks. never was, the folks that make up that make up our committees in neighborhoods. although we can't say for certain these fires are caused by greed or arson, one thing is clear. that's that neglect potential quest for business buildings very commonplace. so, neglect doesn't characterize the time period after the fire would multiple city agencies are swimming to get all the non-cooperative absent-minded windows. we understand is needed for all departments to support preventive measures the means to collaborate a communicable actively run inspections citations of violations offer consistent in all issues that lead to life-threatening hazards. we also need further turnaround time for the city was for rebuilding for construction of the units after destroyed by fires. this would make [inaudible] possible to temper a displacement becoming permanent displacement of long-term tenants. so we hope that the words in ordinance injuries by supervisor campos puts an end to impunity of irresponsible landlords and applies pressure so they feel it's responsible to ensure long-term tenants return to their units in the repair and maintain these units as well. thank you >> i want to thank-just cause because what they have done for the victims of all these fires is just incredible. amazing work so thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi. tommy-from housing rights committee. of course, we agree with all the recommendations of just cause. we'd like to add some points that have come up for me as a been listening to city departments testified. in terms of fire department we feel that all violations should be given priority. i heard this term low priority and him confusable it lets a low priority and what's not although priority. with high priority. it feels like when those come to fire every nation be treated equally because anything can contribute to fire we want to prevent fires. another concern is is it going to be data on the fire department website like there is on dbi that will allow us to access the end of the and information about violations because right now as tenant counselor, i can access the information on the dbi say about all the violations that occur in a particular property and i think that's really important for us in value for us and we need that data in terms of fire violations as well. so i hope that 20 something that's going to happen. in terms of causes of fires, as lucas said from just cause, we are concerned about what's determined as causes. we know that user neglect such as what happened at 22nd and mission where there was years and years of violations that went on repair, we know you can't call that an accident. an accident if there's a fire. it's not an accident it's neglect it we feel should be labeled as they glad. times running out. i've got to hurry. this thing about two years and open investigation for two years what does that mean for insurance? would does that mean for landlord to get money to rebuild? began rebuilding the way that's two years later and still open and insurance won't pay for it tenants can return. so were concerned about these open cases with a means to the right to return. finally, we feel enforcement is most crucial thing. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. thank you for having this. my name is-a been a resident of the mission for 23 years. i've never seen anything like i have in the mission. everyday i hear firetrucks rushing by. so most become a joke but what's on fire now. it's not always large sros. smaller buildings like a fire in san jose. budgeted to a transformer outside. in terms of transparency, regarding arson, from the fire department, as supervisor kim brought up, there might be a benefit for us knowing whether my view benefit trust knowing what to look out for what to see, especially in larger units. i mean is there something that may easily fabricated? is this something that can be shorted out? who benefits and where can we get the information amongst these departments as to who is going to benefit. i really appreciate this because i think though this is a step towards a cohesive sort of platform to work with including the public. that's all i have to say. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public would like to speak? seeing none, ivy mdm. chair that includes public comment if i leave i make my final comment. it might ask would be that this item be continued to the call of the chair so that we continue to monitor the situation and bring this back in the near future. one of the things that i failed to mention i know those actually representative of the san francisco apartment association at the beginning of the meeting this man has taken a long time. is to acknowledge the very important work that the san francisco apartment association has done. [inaudible] and her team with respect to every single fire have stepped up to the plate not only in trying to find housing for the victims of many fires that have taken place but also working with my office the city agencies to prevent the fires and so i failed to mention that and i want to say that but i wanted to know that. i know for instance, with every fire, i don't know we would've been able to find housing for every one of those victims without the apartment association playing the role that are played and i know just now with the latest fire that they're playing an instrument to roll in and find housing for these folks. i want to personally thank the san francisco apartment association for the leadership ever knowing that the city cannot solve this on some to the private sector has a role to play mesa may have played a very important role. with that, mdm. chair, i like to continue this will to continue this item to the call the chair. >> if we can make a motion to excuse the supervisor. >> motion to excuse >> motion to excuse supervisor avalos. we can do that without opposition >>[gavel] >> supervisor avalos has a motion to move this to the call the chair we can do that without objection. i do i think the chief and fire department for being here today along with the department of the inspection the department of health is a noticeably a continued conversation look for to seeing the implementation of the working group recommendation as being blue ford on this important issue. thank you supervisor campos for calling for this him. . >>[gavel] >> mdm. clerk him please call the next item >> item 5 >>[reading code] >> so, my apologies. this item was called by supervisor campos. i'm handing the floor over to supervisor 10 couples on this important matter. >> thank you very much on be very brief. i want to thank folks for waiting did i know it's been a long day today but i call this hearing to determine whether the city and county of san francisco sources any products from taylor farms. let me say this. this company has engaged in pretty reprehensible treatment of its workers. it's a private company taylor farms, and manufactures industries prepackaged salads, sandwiches, fresh-cut fruits and vegetables for retail food service and deli segments. the company of the food service industry largest supplier of value added fresh produce. taylor found currently employs 7000 workers in approximately 2500 of those workers are members of teamsters local 890 in salinas california. in 2014, salinas workers ratified a new contract securing 11% wage increase over four years. including also stronger seniority protections and if it's another improvements. at the company's nonunion plants in tracy california, taylor farms that a large percentage of its workforce with workers from employment agencies. these so-called contingent workers are paid less than their direct counterparts. this despite the fact some of these workers have worked at taylor farms for many many years. in tracing 900 telephone works as employees intends have an organizing for union representation with teamsters local 601 after election in march of 2014 the national labor relations board impounded the vote investigated nearly 100 unfair labor practices by taylor farms. taylor farms responded to this by hiring professional consultants at a cost of over $800,000 in these consultants basically designed to correlate in methods to interfere, threaten, intimidate the workers from having a fair union election which is their legal right. the company permits essentially somewhat called a goon squad of antiunion workers free reign to her wrasse prounion workers. this has created a climate of fear and intimidation that has been intentionally created at the telephone plans. region 32 again as you know are being prosecuted taylor farms and stand agency or the series and numerous violations including terminating workers for union activities, spying on workers could in 2016. threatening plant closure, deportation. to partition many the workers may have questions about their legal status their immigration status. illegally interrogating workers and so on. that agency actually settled the case with taylor farms agreed to pay more than $267,000 in funds. i mean, this is to add numerous violations of health and safety codes, a chemical spill at tracy plant in 2015. and april 2016, cal-osha issued 26 site citations and $96,000 in fines. to taylor farms. the list goes on and on. you can't really make this all. yet, this company is engaging in something that you would think you would not see in this country could certainly, not in the 21st century. this is again just the tip of the iceberg. so, my feeling as a resident of san francisco as a supervisor of san francisco, that we as a city should have no business relationship whatsoever with this company. i want to make sure that the city and county of san francisco is not purchasing any products from a corporation that engages in such egregious anti-union and abusive activity. so, i know that we have here the office of contract administration i would like to turn it over to them so that they can present on the question of what if any relationship the city has good thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon. my name is whitney bagley and my principal analyst with the office of contract administration. i'm here today to present findings on purchases made by the city to taylor farms. the office of contract administration investigated both direct and indirect purchases from taylor farms and its subsidiaries. >> overhead, please. >> i have copies as well. as you can see from this slide, food purchases made from july 1 2015-march 31, 2016 totaled over $6.9 million. of those purchases, $19,827 were .20% went to products produced by taylor farms. those purchases have been through two primary vendors as the city does not have a direct relationship with taylor farms. the two vendors are us foods incorporated and sysco food services that supplied foods for the good honda hospital san francisco general hospital in the recreational parks department. so these are findings and i'm happy to answer any questions that you have. >> what i would say is simply i think it's great that were not directly purchasing from taylor farms. i want to applaud you and your apartment in the city for doing that. while i see that only a small portion of its .3% of total food purchases are coming from vendors that are purchasing from them so we are indirectly purchasing from them that i sort of feel that number should be zero. .3% of our total food purchases is still $6,966,000. so, i would ask that everything possible be done to make sure that we go with a more responsible manner and even that to me is something that i would don't want to see the city even indirectly buying from taylor farms. i think that's the only way that you deal with someone as irresponsible as taylor farms. >> thank you >> with that, colleagues i would like to open up to public comment did i know that there's a number people have been waiting no wonder thank them. i don't know if she's here anymore. sandy lee fewer, who is a commissioner on the board of education was here. m johnson, mike castro, but anyone would like to speak on this item, please, come forward and thank you for your patience. >> thank you members of the board. my name is mike johnston. i'm here on behalf of teamsters joint council seven. our leadership is currently at her international convention in las vegas they send you their gratitude for taking up this item. thus 20 as we represented 2500 workers at taylor farms in salinas and have had a good working relationship with them that. only nine are workers in tracy i try to organize with teamsters local 601 the situation could not have been more different. this really started as a unit but the workers came to us because of the horrific conditions in that plant, just talk a little bit about that. taylor farms has been cited in the last year for over 70 violations by cal-osha fined over $100,000 which is huge in terms of cal osha fines. after 20 workers including two pregnant women were sent to the hospital after chemical spill last year, when they started complaining about the fumes they were given paper taskmaster put on to defend against chlorine fumes. taylor farms is being invested by the california department of fair employment and housing for a legit harassment towards gay and lesbian workers. just a couple of examples. one day worker reported months and months of sexual comments and unwanted touching and groping by another worker. the only response by the company was to move that coworker to another work area of discipline at all. a taylor another day worker was punched by a coworker. zero discipline. and as you will hear, the companies also been cited by the national labor relations board for terminating workers who are exercising their democratic right to organize as a union taylor farms has run a vicious campaign against his own employees and tracy and we think it's important the city and county of san francisco take a stand and sysco and united foods need to two vendors that you purchase through our big customers of the tracy plans. so, if you told him that you don't want product from their and has an impact past the small percentage of your food purchases at that represents. thank you there much >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> again, i want to thank folks for weighting and the workers for being here. >> hi my name is that pastoral organize with the teamsters and web into the last two years and the stories i've heard one of the workers [inaudible] all the workers were coming were hideouts from undocumented workers [inaudible] and i was surprising. just from the heart had been able to spell undocumented workers at the plant. earplugs in everything from the vending machines [inaudible] you have to buy all that. >> you would buy from them? you would buy from them essentially spewing >> yes. the workers needed like earplugs they would have to go to vending machine. your aspirin, it looks like it if you gloves get what you have to buy your own gloves again. so those of the some of the stories i heard from sexual abuse some of stories i've talked to mike 85-year-old grandpa that [inaudible] indoors [inaudible] i don't think san francisco should buy anything from these people. thank you >> thank you very much. >> i'm going to translate >> thank you if you can speak into the microphone spewing >> my name is rodney l-i work at taylor farms in tracy california. i was ready to speak [inaudible]. i think i figured this is terrible how the company is been treating us that were. at work. to say they have the best product [inaudible] and may step all over his. not to allow us to form our union. i was trying to intimidate other people so [inaudible] everybody at the plan is scared.i think it's not fair that were not related what buddy buddies with somebody, they get to heaven they get the best spots in the company supervisors or assistant supervisor. when there's people that don't work there for years have not got a $.50 raise. we work hard in the company. we produce a lot of money for the company. he's not grateful. he just ups all over us. i'm very very mad. i do have the words but i don't want to say them. because all the people that are working there for years that got hurt for example this woman that got hurt, that afternoon one of her veins i guess in her head popped into this into the hospital and was she when the hospital she got a call from supervisors saying basically chill tomorrow and work were you don't have a job. somebody that works hard and see the supervisors on their phones doing whatever it were the ones working hard for the company. there's a lot more to say but i can say. he is very very disappointed. thank you. >> thank you. i know how hard it is for a worker, especially working with such a horrible company under these horrible conditions that the courage to come forward and speak good so i want to say to the workers that come here thank you for that courage. the point of this is to send a message that you're not alone in san francisco is with you. all fleet, because san francisco is doing that other jurisdictions will do the same thing.[spanish translation] thank you. any other person would like to speak ? i guess that concludes public comment. but i think that in terms of our contracts office, you can see that this is something that's pretty serious and that as much as we've made were in an okay place 02 to the size, for us, for my perspective, any amount directly

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