January 14, 2008

City and County of San Francisco

Public Safety Committee

City Hall, Room 263

Meeting Agenda
Monday, January 14, 2008
10:00 AM
Regular Meeting

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Members: Ross Mirkarimi, Sophie Maxwell, Carmen Chu

Clerk: Linda Laws (415) 554-4441

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		Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular agenda may include the following documents: 1) Legislation 2) Budget Analyst report 3) Legislative Analyst report

		Each member of the public will be allotted the same maximum number of minutes to speak as set by the Chair at the beginning of each item, excluding City representatives, except that public speakers using translation assistance will be allowed to testify for twice the amount of the public testimony time limit. If simultaneous translation services are used, speakers will be governed by the public testimony time limit applied to speakers not requesting translation assistance. Members of the public who want a document placed on the overhead for display should clearly state such and subsequently remove the document when they want the screen to return to live coverage of the meeting.

	CONSENT AGENDA
		All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Committee. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Committee or the public so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.

1.	071635	[Accept-Expend State Grant, Chief of Police - $295,000]	Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to Retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $295,000 from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services for a project entitled "California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team (CAL-MMET)" program.
		12/4/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

2.	071636	[Accept-Expend State Grant, Chief of Police - $235,252]	Supervisor Dufty
		Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $235,252 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) for a program entitled "COPSmeth 2007 San Francisco".
		12/4/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

3.	071665	[Accept-Expend State Grant, Chief of Police - $220,000]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $220,000 from the Governor's Office of Emergency Services for a program entitled  Anti-Gang Initiative/Project Search & Rescue .
		12/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

4.	071666	[Accept-Expend Federal Grant, Chief of Police - $754,618]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police for the City and County of San Francisco to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $754,618 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance for a program entitled  Byrne 2007 Discretionary Grant Program; BJA-Targeting Violent Crime Initiative .
		12/11/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

	REGULAR AGENDA

5.	080048	[Accept-Expend Federal Pass Through Grant - Department of Emergency Management, Division of Emergency Services]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Resolution authorizing the Department of Emergency Management, Division of Emergency Services, to accept and expend a Federal pass through grant in the amount of $950,000 from the Governor's Office of Homeland Security for the Buffer Zone Protection Program, and to enter into an MOU with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to fund critical infrastructure needs.
		1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

6.	080049	[Accept and Expend FY 07 Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant and Amend Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008]	Supervisor Elsbernd
		Ordinance authorizing the Department of Emergency Management, on behalf of the City and County San Francisco as the primary grantee for the combined Bay Area Urban Area ( Super UASI or  SUASI ) region and as the fiscal agent for the SUASI Approval Authority, to retroactively accept and expend an Urban Areas Security Initiative ( UASI ) grant in the amount of $27,304,000 from the United States Department of Homeland Security, through the California Governor's Office of Homeland Security; amending Ordinance No. 175-07 (Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008) to reflect the extension of eight grant-funded positions at the following Departments: Emergency Management; Police; Fire; Health; and Sheriff; and amending Ordinance No. 175-07 (Annual Salary Ordinance, FY 2007-2008) to reflect the addition of six grant-funded positions at the Department of Emergency Management.
		1/8/08, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.

7.	070368	[Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ)]	Supervisor Mirkarimi
		Hearing before the Public Safety Committee calling upon the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice to report on public safety conditions citywide and neighborhood crime levels. The Department shall provide the following information: 1) update on crime statistics as it applies to our criminal justice system; 2) data and plans on the progress of crime fighting measures and violence prevention programs; 3) reports on the arrest, charged and prosecution of Level A crimes in particular violence-based offenses; 4) any other information relevant to said subject.
		3/21/07, RECEIVED AND ASSIGNED to Public Safety Committee.
		3/26/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Sgt. Mikail Ali, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Rod Seymore, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Francisco da Costa; David Ferguson.
		4/9/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Mikail Ali, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Michael Troncoso, District Attorney's Office; Pam Hansen, District Attorney's Office; Peg Stevenson, Controller's Office; Francisco da Costa.
		4/23/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Sgt. Mikail Ali, SFPD; Maya Dillard Smith, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Espanola Jackson, Bayview Hunters Point.
		5/14/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Maria Su and Glenn Eagleson, Department of Children, Youth and Families; Rose Dennis, Department of Recreation and Parks; Ace Washington.
		6/11/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Deputy Chief David Chin and Lieutenant Orks, SFPD; Rose Dennis, Department of Recreation and Parks; Sgt. Chacone, SFPD; Maria Su, Department of Children, Youth and Their Families; Dave Moore, SF Unified School District.
		7/9/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson and Sgt. Mikail Ali, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Michael Troncoso, District Attorney's Office; Silvia Johnson; Female Speaker; Douglas Yep.
		7/23/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Sgt. Mikail Ali, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Ace Washington; male speaker.
		8/13/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Lieutenant Murphy, Police Department; Russ Giunitini, District Attorney's Office; Mike Troncoso, DA's Office; Captain Hennesey, SFPD; Deputy Chief Tabak; Ms. Brown.
		9/10/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Lenore Anderson, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Captain Cashman, SFPD; Lieutenant Murphy, SFPD; Dillard Smith.
		9/24/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Mikail Ali, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ); Dillard Smith, MOCJ; Steven Currier; Ernestine Weiss.
		10/22/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Sergeant Mikail Ali, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; William Siffermann, Chief Probation Officer, Adult Probation Department; Laurent Martendt; Melissa Nix; Christophe Schuhmann.
		12/10/07, CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. Heard in Committee. Speakers: Supervisor Mirkarimi; Mikail Ali, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice; Supervisor Chu; Supervisor Maxwell; Daniel Landry; Francisco Da Costa.

	ADJOURNMENT

	IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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	LEGISLATION UNDER THE 30-DAY RULE

	(Not to be considered at this meeting)
		Rule 5.40 provides that when an ordinance or resolution is introduced which would CREATE OR REVISE MAJOR CITY POLICY, the committee to which the legislation is assigned shall not consider the legislation until at least thirty days after the date of introduction. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the routine operations of the departments of the City or when a legal time limit controls the hearing timing. In general, the rule shall not apply to hearings to consider subject matter when no legislation has been presented, nor shall the rule apply to resolutions which simply URGE action to be taken.

	There are no items pending under the 30-day rule.

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