from the justice department, this is 30 minutes. in the water industry is two elements -- first is how much -- attorney general garland: good afternoon. it is nice to see some of you here in the great hall and be able to connect with all of you virtually. on diving first day as attorney general, i spoke with all of you for the first time. today, i have brought us all together again. first to thank you. thank you for the work you have done, not just over the last 10 months, but over the past several years -- work you have done in the face of unprecedented challenges, ranging from a pandemic to an attack on our democracy. thank you for your service, your sacrifice, and for your dedication. i am honored to serve alongside you. second, as we prepare to mark a solemn anniversary tomorrow, it is a fitting time to reaffirm that we at the department of justice will do everything in our power to defend the american people and american democracy. we will defend our democratic institutions from attack, we will protect those who serve the publi

making sure that we are there to support the rest of the department. it is not a particular focus for the national security division. it is an important role, however, for the department of justice as a whole run by the civil rights division. >>ms. sanborn? >> i would note that this is not a particular focus for the counterterrorism division and nothing has changed with our policies or how we go about the cases. something would have to rise to either be an allegation of violating federal law or having already violated federal law for the fbi to be involved. we are taking administrative processes to identify the trend, but it would have to be a violation of federal law for us to be involved. >> your assistant director of this division during the 2020 riots. i understand this was a difficult time for the fbi. i heard it may have been -- every post at the fbi field office were at the same time, every day there were reports of riots or cases to be opened. domestic terrorism agents in portland terrains in the violence. the fbi had opened more than 500 domes

we have a third department that responds to 911. it's a full department. the community safety department. it's got about 40 social workers, it's just starting out. there's about $10 million in funds. so we just built a whole new way to address 20% of our 911 calls. but i think i do just want to ask a quick question to anita while she's here. in the d.o. jvment. because for -- d.o.j. because for those of us trying to balance the response and a consent decrease, the memo that came out was so refreshing about how every city is different. i'm just kind of curious, what's the next step for cities looking ordealing with this and also for what the d.o.j. wants to take us with balancing reform? >> you know, it's a -- i always say this very intentionally, that every city is different, the demographics are different, the challenges are different. it's a mistake for the justice department to view any particular jurisdiction or to view these problems as having cooky cutter solutions. the memo you're referring to is the monitor memo that i put out back in -- you know,

, department of homelessness and supportive housing, and department of public health to report. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001 and enter the meeting i.d. of 2481-775-8861. press pound and pound again, and then press star, three to raise your hand. please wait until the system has been unmuted before you begin your comments. mr. chair? >> chair mar: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i called for this hearing to look at the first steps at how our city is going to meet our housing service needs. this hearing request and follow up work that i'm really committed to doing on this important issue comes from several different places for me that i just wanted to highlight. first, i think most of us are aware that the state of california recently created and finalized a new master plan for aging, so it's a really important step forward on our state level how we can support our aging population comprehensively. and one of the key goals in the california master plan for aging is -- and it's really the first goal, i think, in the master plan, is housing

when this department, dhs, was first created, gao added implementing and transforming the new department of homeland security to its high risk list and in 2003, gao noted that such a task was, and i quote, an enormous undertaking that will take time to achieve in an effective and efficient manner, close quote but that failure to do so, in open quote, would expose our nation to potentially very serious consequences, close quote. in dhs has transformed itself over the last 20 years and its designation on the high risk list has changed as well. now, gao's recommendations are more focused on improving the department's management functions. and although dhs has made significant progress on over the years, it continues to struggle with integrating and strengthening the core functions that affect every single aspect of the agency. this includes the management of information technology, human capital, acquisition, finances. all of which are housed within department of management directorate. these remain on the list in many ways because they are issues that offer the most form of challenges to a

but, the justice department cannot do it alone. the responsibility to bring an end to violence and threats of violence against those who serve the public is one that all americans share. such conduct disrupts the piece of public spaces and undermines our democracy -- the peace of public spaces and undermines our democracy. we are all americans. we must protect each other. the obligation to keep americans and american democracy safe is part of the historical inheritance of this department. as i have noted several times before, a founding purpose of the justice department was to battle violent extremists attacks on our credit institutions. in the midst of reconstruction following the civil war, the department's first task was here the civil rights, promised by the 13, 14th, and 15th amendments. this meant protecting black americans seeking to exercise their right to vote from acts and threats of violence by white supremacists. the framers of the civil war amendments recognized that access to the ballot is a fundamental aspect of citi

i do not think this department, like many departments, does enough leadership training and i'm talking about for first-line supervisors and for commanders. i want to make sure we develop the leaders in this organization so that whenever i do leave, the sergeant of arms, oversight committees, can look at it and say, you know what? we have three to five people within that organization we believe could be the next chief. that is my goal. very good. sen. klobuchar: -- sen. klobuchar: very good. i notice on january 6, it was not only the capitol police. there were other law enforcement agencies that step in -- stepped in, not to mention the national guards outside of law enforcement in maryland and virginia and d.c.. can you talk about the importance of maintaining strong relationships with law enforcement partners in the capitol region? i think that is one of the reasons there was so much interest in you for this job because you have those relationships and what steps have been taken to improve the department's coordination and mutual agreements. as a former prosecutor, i have 45 police de

intying the hands and the police department thank you to the men and women of the police department who will always make a difference. we appreciate you. god bless. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. and, president cohen, that concludes public comment. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. i appreciate that. okay. let's go back to the business before this body. is there a motion to yet for item nine. >> vice president elias: i'd like to make a motion to pass d.g.o.3.01 with the direction of the police commission staff to work with the attorney's department to correct any nonsubstantive errors and to the extent that this d.g.o. requires meet and confer and report back to the commission on february 1st. january 19th. i'm sorry. our next commission meeting. >> president cohen: february 2nd. >> vice president elias: okay. >> commissioner hamasaki: can i ask a question of clarification, president cohen? >> president cohen: yes. >> commissioner hamasaki: so, vice president elias, when you say that about making nonsubsive changes are you talking about grammatical spelling, things that

we also are in communication collaboration with the department of -- i'm sorry, with the california department of justice. so they're part of the sustainability process too and all this kind of culminates in a quarterly and biannually report that the executive director and myself do an annual report submitted to the chief for review. and in those times where we're doing our terminal review, that gives us an opportunity to look if there's any deficiencies or any way we can improve our commitment to the community or to the collaborative reform issues. >> sorry. thank you, acting captain. just a few more quick things that i wanted to hop through here. i have to say thank you to the acting captain because where we are now wouldn't have been possible without him and the team. so thank you for that and thank you to the team. so as the acting captain mentioned, continuous improvement is really part of the sustainability process or the sustainability program. the key pieces to remember with respect to continuous improvement is those, that regular reporting that's happening on an ongoing basis will hel

the answer from the department of justice was shameful. you said, the department is dedicating resources commensurate with the significance of these events. i guess significance means the a political benefit to the biden white house. there are a great many americans who are deeply concerned about the politicization of the department of justice under president joe biden. it has been 218 days since we sent you that letter. doj refused to answer the letter. when senator lee and i ask you about it, your answer to every damn question is i don't know. you may believe that the department of justice you are unaccountable to the american people, but that is not the case. the widely disparate standards are unacceptable. ms. sanborn, i want to turn to the fbi. how many fbi agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of january 6? ms. sanborn: i'm sure you can appreciate i can't go into the specifics -- sen. cruz: did any fbi agents or confidential informants actively participate, yes or no? ms. sanborn: i cannot answer that.

, the department's functions. our employees rise to many challenges. the director provides vital mission support services designed to enable frontline operation to a more effectively respond to these challenges. since the founding of the department, the challenge for djs leadership has been to integrate the numerous diverse organizations brought together in the aftermath of 9/11. most of these organizations had unique and sometimes long-standing management practices and systems in place. because of these challenges, the gao designated implementing and transforming dhs as an area of high-risk in 2003. after a decade of work, they have acknowledged their progress in 2013, narrowing the high-risk areas to focus on five key functions, acquisition and program management, information technology, financial management, human capital and -- management functions across the department. dhs has addressed a 22 of the 30 high-risk outcomes and gao is a partner in this effort. we are working closely with gao to narrow the scope

, department of homelessness and supportive housing, and department of public health to report. members of the public who wish to comment should call 415-655-0001 and enter the meeting i.d. of 2481-775-8861. press pound and pound again, and then press star, three to raise your hand. please wait until the system has been unmuted before you begin your comments. mr. chair? >> chair mar: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, i called for this hearing to look at the first steps at how our city is going to meet our housing service needs. this hearing request and follow up work that i'm really committed to doing on this important issue comes from several different places for me that i just wanted to highlight. first, i think most of us are aware that the state of california recently created and finalized a new master plan for aging, so it's a really important step forward on our state level how we can support our aging population comprehensively. and one of the key goals in the california master plan for aging is -- and it's really the first goal, i think, in the master plan, is housing

but the justice department cannot do it alone. the responsibility to bring an end to violence and threats of violence against those who serve the public is one that all americans share. such conduct disrupts the peace of our public spaces and undermines our democracy. we are all americans. we must protect each other. the obligation to keep americans and american democracy safe is part of historical inheritance of this department. as i've noted several times before, a founding purpose of the justice department was to battle violence extremist attacks on our democratic institutions. in the midst of reconstruction following the civil war, the department's first principal task was to secure the civil rights, promised by the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. this meant protecting black americans, seeking to exercise their right to vote from acts and threats of violence by white supremacists. the framers of the civil war amendments recognized that access to the ballot is a fundamental aspect of citizenship and self government. the voting

item five, report from chief of department jeanine nicholson on activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on january 12th, 2022, including budget, academies, special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public and report from administration deputy chief tom o'connor on the administrative divisions fleet and facility status updates, finance, including an update on the grants committee, support services, and training within the department. >> president: all right. and do we have any public comment before we turn it over to chief o'connor? >> secretary: chief nicholson will go first. >> president: i'm sorry. thank you. forgive me. all right. chief nicholson. >> chief nicholson, chief of the department. commissioners covington, cleaveland, and morgan. command staff and assistant mar reen. this is my report for january 26th since our last commission meeting. so starting with good news that omicron has started to decline within the department and we still have members out with the omicron variant but considering we were upwar

or from the department as well. weekly trends, i just summarized the past two weeks, so it's a little more reflective of what's been going on since we haven't been meeting as a commission and here are the top allegations that have been received in the office. 35% of the allegations were for an officer behaving or speaking in a manner that's unbecoming of an officer, that's the highest allegation that's been made over the past few weeks. 18% of allegations were for officers displaying threatening, intimidating, or harassing behavior. another 18% with officers failing to comply with department notice 20-904. another 18% of the allegations were for officers failing to properly investigate a complaint being made to them. 6% of the allegations were for an officer failing to take required action and 6% were for an officer that was -- 6% of the allegations were for officers issuing citations without justified cause, that's the allegation. this information is also on the website. i won't read through all of them at the macr

the department of homeland security involved as well. i department once more than a collection of 22 federal agencies matured toma become moe effective but ensuring the departments many components work together coordinated the effort needs much more work. over the years, security priority unified department consolidate management functions within a strong headquarter in many components existed within the agency for decades for the department was created at each had its own histories and cultures. while these have been brought together under one umbrella, we don't always work together as they should. headquarters to coordinate these resources as a whole. we've made progress today dhs created your native information in the operationng today i look forward to hearing from two representatives from dhs management director about the department changing and evolved over the last 20 years taking on new and evolving challenges. i also look forward to hearing from the government accountability which provided consistent oversight over the departmen

addressing extreme terrorism is a job of the fbi department. in the budget request, the appropriations committee has released a bill that would dramatically increase that funding to respond to the dangers. so i'd ask this question. mr. olsen, if congress fails to enact these funding increases for fiscal year '22, how would it impact the department's ability to comprehensively respond to the terrorism we face? >> i know the department of justice and the administration has submitted a budget request asking for additional resources, and obviously those resources are being requested because we've viewed those as essential to being able to carry out our mission, so i would suggest to you the submissions on our budget request with respect to those appropriations. >> thank you. ms. sanborn, it's good to see you again. i'm one of the ones who have been here long enough to remember when you were a senate page, and i appreciate the things you've accomplished since then. but can you answer the same question i asked mr. olsen about these funding increases

we now have a third department with response to 911. it's got about 40 social workers just starting out. there is a 10 million-dollar reoccurring fund, so we've built a whole new way to address 20% of the 911 calls but i do just want to ask a quick question while she's here in the doj because for those of us trying toil balance that response and dissent degree the memo i thought that came out was so refreshing about how every city is so different, and i'm just kind of curious what is the next cities looking intond dealing with this and also for where the doj wants to take us with balancing reforms. >> every city is different. dthe demographics are differen, the challenges were different and it's for the justice department to view the jurisdiction. the number you are referring to the goal of that was to be able to provide some consistency, transparency, benchmarks, training for monitors and inside dissent degree. the approach on violent crime that the attorney general announced last may is very intentionally going to what chuck ramsey wa

so i was just wondering if the planning department or any of the departments are looking at this -- this issue because it would allow seniors to have their home for a new family. >> that's a great question. the housing element draft is really focused on -- it's one of the sort of backbone principles, kind of the sort of middle and western portions of the city, and a lot of lower density areas of the city, we have better access to services. we want to help people live in the places that they've lived for a long time, so in a situation where you might be overhoused, you want to have those housing choices, so we're looking at ways to diversefy that scale of housing by allowing for more units. we anticipate that to be an on going conversation. obviously, there are several forms of legislation, even currently being proposed, that would allow for that. a.d.u.s are a great option in my opinion. my mom actually lives in an a.d.u., not in my house, but in another person's house, and it's a great option in your community. the goal is to diversefy and be a little bit more mobile. we end up with a l

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in our department. we been purposely prudent not to grow at the same pace as otherdepartments or even as the city budget . but i ambringing a budget request to the committee . this particular year i will have, i will need to bring more resources to be able to provide sufficient resources to support our employees. at better draw the residents to the board of public space. i'd like to highlight just a few position requests specifically. i'm mindful of the chance that our department to contribute t . i want to be able to contribute to a healthy workplace for them.in terms of maintaining our employees physical and mental wellness. to retain top employee talent that we have currently. to increase our productivity andthe ever important to maintain healthy relationships with the public . i'mrequesting two new positions and one upgrade . these extra positions will help i think nurture our capacity and strategic support not only for the whole person but tobe able to assist the public more . with moreinformation

the political neutrality of the justice department his goal. despite garland's attempts to divorce the justice department from politically charged prosecutions, it is increasingly clear that investigating trump is forcing garland to decide whether to prosecute a former president. attorney general garland based his speech today continues to believe that the majority of americans still support the principle that all people should be treated fairly under the law including donald trump, and that the majority will reject political violence and trust the judicial system. at the moment that belief for garland and all americans is an enormous political gamble. david rode writing today at "the new yorker." joining us now is david rode, executive editor at newyorker.com. thanks for making time to be here tonight. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> tell me about this bold contention that you're making, that the question of whether or not to prosecute trump is the defining issue of garland's tenure. why do you see it that way? >> i think, and you've do

or from the department as well. weekly trends, i just summarized the past two weeks, so it's a little more reflective of what's been going on since we haven't been meeting as a commission and here are the top allegations that have been received in the office. 35% of the allegations were for an officer behaving or speaking in a manner that's unbecoming of an officer, that's the highest allegation that's been made over the past few weeks. 18% of allegations were for officers displaying threatening, intimidating, or harassing behavior. another 18% with officers failing to comply with department notice 20-904. another 18% of the allegations were for officers failing to properly investigate a complaint being made to them. 6% of the allegations were for an officer failing to take required action and 6% were for an officer that was -- 6% of the allegations were for officers issuing citations without justified cause, that's the allegation. this information is also on the website. i won't read through all of them at the macr

the chief of the state department. whether of all around 2 decades ago, lying to the world, about saddam's weapons of mass destruction. and setting the stage for the invasion of iraq, which killed an estimated half a 1000000 people. because i don't believe that russia has come close to that level of misinformation. there are no credible reports of any ethnic russians or russia. speakers been under threats from the ukrainian government violations of the rights of the multi 1000000 russian speaking population in ukraine have reached an enormous level. the government wps a discriminatory laws on language education and so called indigenous peoples driving the russian language. out of all the spheres of life, ukraine is not that democratic paradise. the washington portrays it to be at is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. say various reports, a country where the leaders of the 2 biggest opposition parties are right now being prosecuted and persecuted, a say to keep them out of power. a country where opposition

it's a sorry world where, where russians know what the state department said better than the state department . the shame, the director of the cia robert gates famously warned against the expansion of nato because and i quote, gorbachev's and others were led to believe that that wouldn't happen. west german foreign minister, hantz d 3 again, ship and i quote, this is to a large crowd. nato should rule out any expansion of its territory towards the east moving it closer to the soviet borders. i have much more just not enough time, but it is remarkable how a document that sets out a fight rush and this information bathes and basks in so many lies of it. so even naughty has become a target of accusations from washington with the estate department insisting out saying felonies. alice buttoning is disinformation to events versus foreign policy brushes. this information and propaganda ecosystem. the u. s. state department has something to say in their brand new reports that stop for a moment and enjoy top people did devote their time and passion of drool heroes. 3 favorite parts, artie and sputnik

we also are in communication collaboration with the department of -- i'm sorry, with the california department of justice. so they're part of the sustainability process too and all this kind of culminates in a quarterly and biannually report that the executive director and myself do an annual report submitted to the chief for review. and in those times where we're doing our terminal review, that gives us an opportunity to look if there's any deficiencies or any way we can improve our commitment to the community or to the collaborative reform issues. >> sorry. thank you, acting captain. just a few more quick things that i wanted to hop through here. i have to say thank you to the acting captain because where we are now wouldn't have been possible without him and the team. so thank you for that and thank you to the team. so as the acting captain mentioned, continuous improvement is really part of the sustainability process or the sustainability program. the key pieces to remember with respect to continuous improvement is those, that regular reporting that's happening on an ongoing basis will hel

. >> planning department staff. so essentially we established the whole parody standard to address the fact that sb9 does not include a minimum unit size for the second unit. so therefore under sb9, a single family home could be demolished and a very large single family home can be constructed and very small even at the rear. and, you're right, there are totally different scenarios. right now the unit parody requirement is only in the duplex situation, so that could be adding a second unit to an existing unit. it could be adding a second unit somewhere else on the lot. so there are different scenarios about how we look at parody. basically, we're really trying to prevent kind of that absorption issue that you guys have seen previously at the commission that can appear with a large home and a very small home. as commissioner diamond suggested another way to address this is establishing a minimum unit size and then removing kind of the relation between the two units to qualify for the rear if it's a duplex. >> preside

department thejustice department began its work on what in the aftermath of the attack the justice department thejustice department began its work on what has in the aftermath of the attack the justice department thejustice department began its work on what has become in the aftermath of the attack the justice department thejustice department began its work on what has become one of the largest and most complex, most resource intensive investigations in our history. only a small number of perpetrators were arrested in the tumbled of january six itself. every day since we have worked to identify, investigate and apprehend defendants from across the country. the people who broke into capitol hill onjanuary 6th of last year were made up of a coalition of extremist groups, but the qanon conspiracy played a vital role in spreading the election lie that rallied them. bbc reporter stephanie hegarty, first reported on the rise of qanon during the pandemic, and now she's been back to the us to see what's changed for some of those caught up in the conspiracy theory. it's a powerful conspiracy theory th

deputy director for the department of building inspection. and our six-month report, we're currently finalizing the six-month report. we'll be meeting with the controller's office. it serves as a basis for the budget not only for our department, but city wide. that's normally why we have a six-month report meeting with the controller's office. with that being said, because it's so important to the budget, we will provide a detailed report at our special budget hearing and we'll start off with that to give you an idea where we are now so we can look at projections that will be available for next year's budget. so we'll cover that topic at our special budget hearing next week. thank you. >> president: thank you. are we going to have the special hearing time frame did you say there? i know it was discussed. >> yes. it's on january 26th. >> president: okay. thank you. that's right. okay. thank you deputy director. commissioners, any questions in regards to budget in advance? >> thank you. >> president: seeing none. thank you. madam secretary, nex

where one of the main departments. ordinarily departments go to every two years. some departments areable to go maybe once, where an early departments are budget is going to the board . and the mayor will submit our budget to the board of supervisors on may 1 and then we will have hearings . they haven't been scheduled yet in may and then finally the whole budget gets adopted by the end of july.so the only other, we have and this is the budget organization and we can do more of this in the next week's hearing. this is just the way the budget is actually laid out .we have three major permit services, inspection services in administration and these are allthe other subdivisions that are under it . and next week i can show you. we will show revenues open up by fees and expenditures just so we can get more details on where we are in the budget . that's all i have and i'm happy to answer anyadditional questions . >> any further commissioner questions? just one minute. well done. >> should i stop sharing? >> you can stop sharing, thank you.commissioner mccarthy had trou

i have worked with the department for six years. i was named to the commission working group prior to any involvement from the department of justice. i was then named to negotiate the policy with the poa prior to vote by the commission. we did so for 20 hours over two days. we were unable to reach full agreement. unanimously supported the appeal. without david's amazing work as city attorney and his brief we may not have succeeded to uphold the use of force which is a model for the state. i sat on two working groups, two with david and the chief strategic plan with the traffic force 7.01 involvingoff -- juveniles. the volunteers doing this work are frustrated by commissioners who lack time to take this serious work. i have worked directly with david on a host of issues. as member of the bar association. he is our go to for complicated positions. i have worked closely with jesus who i trust you know by now who weighed in and supported david for her position. it is critical to have commissioners with expertise and time. this is import

i'm going to ask what the department is going to do on pipeline safety. just yesterday a grand jury indicted amplified energy for negligent behavior in the aftermath of the october oil spill for southern california. indictment referenced multiple warnings were allegedly ignored by amplified energy including eight different alarms for pipeline leak detection systems over a 13 hour period . amplified failed as the allegations say to turn off the pipeline and immediately report the spill to the coast guard. this delayed response and clean up the oil may have resulted in an increase in unavoidable harm to our or potentially unavoidable harm to our fragile coastal ecosystem. the spill was caused by a strict anchor driving a pipeline. the coast guard must improve the oversight of pipeline and anchorage location and we must assess the risk posed by existing pipelines. this is why it's important to have leadership at the department of transportation so i look forward to your confirmation and your leadership on these important issues so thank you for your willingn

this department will own its shortcomings. we're not a perfect department, even though we try to be that. but i can say one thing, that the commitment is there. given the resources, we know we can have better outcomes than what we've seen, and we can have consistent outcomes. we want to be held accountable for those outcomes, i want to be held accountable, but we need the resources, no doubt about it. using technology -- i've been doing this job for almost 33 years now. if we can't use the technology we have in a way that protects civil liberties but still protects the crime and the criminal issues that have been disclosed, then why do we have it. if you are the victim of a violence crime or the owner or a store keeper that had your store looted, it's little consolation to say, yeah, we can get the video after you've been victimized. yeah, there's value do it, but we need to do better. we have to do better. and lastly, we've seen what happened in our city on union square on november 19. it's not the first time it's happened, b

the state department is leading the u.s. government's diplomatic engagements with key partners to ensure broad international counterterrorism support and assistance. state engages with foreign partners and leverages multilateral organizations such as the global organization to defeat isis. state in coordinate with interagency and international partners is using foreign assistance to build partner capacity to enable them to address terrorist threats. we are strengthening these partner nations' capabilities to secure their borders, investigate and disrupt terrorist plot, track terrorist financing, prosecute and incarcerate offenders and prevent and counter violent extremism and rehabilitate former terrorists. state is using terrorist designations to disrupt terrorist financing. on november 22, we designated three isis leaders as specially designated global terrorists. state is also working with our interagency and international partners to prevent terrorist travel we actively encourage partner governments to nominate terrorist