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That, there have been a lot of recommendations and there have been a lot of changes, and we will continue to have problems and we will continue as we audit the different departments to have specific requests that we have, but, there should not be a case, where they are allowed to not resolve a particular issue for more than two years. And so, i think that at this point, my goal is to try and close these out, or bring those particular departments before this committee, and hold them accountable, and potentially withhold their ability to actually, you know, pay out in some of these instances, so...

Outlines a framework and tangible commitments that the city can make to enable and support the inclusion of the African American, and the African Americans in this respective industry. This hearing is timely and as i introduced and passed with all of high colleagues sponsor ship, legislation to commemorate the freedom trail and to highlight the social, and the psycho, social and impacts of the African Americans, Community Inside of the city. On education, on entertainment, and as well as civic life and so colleagues and also, San Francisco and members of the public, we are here because the peo...

And we may select certain highrisk audits for the field follow up where we go back into the department and gather evidence, and attest to whether each recommendation was implemented and for more details on the audit follow up project, you can refer to the first section of our report. I will provide an update for what we previously discussed before this committee and discuss the nature of this new annual report, and then i will give an overview of the departments progress in implementing our recommendations and finally i will summarize the recommendations that departments still have not impleme...

Background, just introduce why we are here today. The hospitality and travel industries are some of the Largest Industries in our city. Just last year, in 2013, San Francisco benefited from a record of 16. 9 million visitors who spent over 9. 4 billion dollars in our city on tourismrelated activity and we only expect that number to continue to grow in the coming years. Hotel tax revenue is up, 8. 1 percent, to 607 Million Dollars and tourism jobs have increased to 3. 8 which is a total of 76,834 jobs. And Hotel Room Rates have also risen, 12. 8 percent to an average of 207 per night. And even ...

Implemented more than two years after they were issued. This is a new step that we have added to our process for following up on the recommendations that we have issued. And as a reminder, the benefit from the audit work is not only in its findings and recommendations, but in the actual implementation of the corrective actions, by conducting the follow up it helps us to insure that the departments are implementing change, and it further inchances the accountability of auditties and city agencies and management and also allows us to openly assess the value of our work. Our office gets two kind ...