6 responses to findings and recommendations
F1
R1.1, R1.2 Oversight Commission San Francisco Office of Contracts
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
F1] and Board of Supervisors should take Treasurer and Tax implemented permanent program, and provided one year of funding in the Francisco's Plan to the legislative and budgetary steps Collector because it is not Budget Process for the budget adopted in June, 2023 for FY 23-24. Save its Small necessary to make First Year Free a [August 20, 2023] warranted or is not The Board of Supervisors was not comfortable approving Businesses [June permanent program. reasonable permanent legislation without funding, and agreed to continue the 21, 2023] program for one year, and to seek more permanent fund...
F2
The City hiring process takes too long.
Response: Disagree
Score: -1
F2 The lack of a current published list of Office of the Disagree, partially The lack of current published list of fees subject to waiver may Business: San fees subject to waiver under the FYF Treasurer and Tax make it difficult for businesses to fully understand / quantify the Francisco's Plan to program makes it difficult for eligible Collector benefits of the program in advance. However, the automatic Save its Small businesses to decide whether to [August 20, 2023] enrollment / processing built into FYF helps businesses benefit from Businesses [June participate in the program and the progra...
R2
1 Prior to the start of the 2024-2025 school year, the San Francisco Board of Education should direct the Superintendent of schools to prepare an annual public report on SFUSD's credentialed teacher salaries relative to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Income Limits.
Response: Will Not Implement
Score: -1
R2 By January 1, 2024, the Office of Office of the Will be The recommendation has not been implemented but will be within Business: San [for
F3
R3 Hitting the Performance Bullseye Methodology Facts that are the basis of this report were obtained from the following sources: • Public resources: news reports from various media; formal reports from multiple City departments; and public online resources of City departments and other groups. Interviews of City officials, front-line City department workers, and members • of the public. All interviews were conducted in confidence. Each interviewee was administered an admonition of confidentiali...
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
F3] direct that the Office of Treasurer Treasurer and Tax implemented those cases where fees are mistakenly assessed, they are refunded Francisco's Plan to and Tax Collector, the Planning Collector without requiring actions by the affected business. In addition, Save its Small Department, the Department of [August 20, 2023] groups like OSB and the Permit Center assist in proactively Businesses [June Building Inspection, the Department identifying FYF refund candidates. 21, 2023] of Public Health, the Department of Public Works, the Entertainment Commission, the Fire Department, the Police Depa...
R3
Hitting the Performance Bullseye
Response: Implemented
Score: 0
R3 By January 1, 2024, the Mayor should Office of the Has been Departments have already implemented this recommendation. In Business: San [for
F6
Non-Responsive Administrators 25 Required and Invited Responses 26 Appendices Appendix 4: Teacher Misassignments by School (CTC) Background "A student with even one ineffective teacher may not catch up to his peers for up to 3 years, and having one excellent teacher doesn't fully compensate for the ineffective one. . . . Students with 3 bad teachers in a row rarely catch up at all. Differences in student achievement of 50 percentile points were observed as a result of teacher sequence after only...
Response: Disagree
Score: -1
F6 The lack of regular cross- Office of the Disagree, partially While there are always opportunities for more collaborative Business: San departmental meetings focused on Treasurer and Tax communications, there are several meetings that do exist that Francisco's Plan to small business issues between the Collector provide significant opportunities for coordination and streamlining. Save its Small Office of Small Business and City [August 20, 2023] Businesses [June departments involved in business 21, 2023] registration, planning and permitting hinders the development and implementation of coord...
