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Supervisors press SFPD, controller and OEWD over SF SAFE contracts, unpaid workers and controls; hearing continued and subpoenas planned
Summary
A Government Audit & Oversight Committee hearing examined the controller's limited assessment of SFPD'SF SAFE invoices, questioned the department's follow-up on recommendations, addressed unpaid workers and subgrantee claims, and set a continuance for Nov. 7 with subpoenas for former SF SAFE board leaders.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee held a lengthy hearing Oct. 11 examining the city controller's assessment of invoices under grant agreements between the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) and SF SAFE and pressing the department, the controller's office and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) on follow-up, unpaid workers and the sufficiency of internal controls.
President Aaron Peskin opened the item by framing a pattern of public-corruption scandals and urging the committee to understand whether city departments have corrected internal-control weaknesses. He cited the controller's January 2024 assessment and the District Attorney's subsequent criminal filing against the former SF SAFE executive director, including the DA's allegation that initially reported unaccounted-for sums were larger than first estimated.
Mark Dela Rosa of the controller's City Services Auditor (CSA) division described the…
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