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City auditor reports progress: adult probation items closed; SFMTA and contract monitoring have remaining work
Summary
City auditor summarized follow‑up work on prior audits: Adult Probation Department closed all 31 prior recommendations after reforms; SFMTA has open items (sign reflectivity and parking garage lease management) and the contract‑monitoring division is reinstating a tracking system for LBE compliance.
Tanya Lettajeux, director of city audits, presented the City Services Auditor’s follow‑up work on prior recommendations and explained the office’s regular and field follow‑up processes. She said the auditor’s office tracked more than 500 open or contested recommendations in the prior fiscal year and that departments must report implementation status at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.
Auditor staff highlighted three audits: SFMTA Sustainable Streets (38 recommendations, nine open) where the agency must address traffic‑sign reflectivity requirements and backlogs for signs, markings and signal maintenance; the Adult Probation Department audit (31 recommendations) now closed after the department implemented an electronic case‑management system, produced a strategic plan, revised policies and met training benchmarks; and an audit of Local Business Enterprise compliance that identified lapses in contract monitoring and led to reintroduction of a tracking system in the Contract Monitoring Division.
SFMTA said it is converting its sign database so that age can be used as a proxy for field reflectivity testing and acknowledged federal reflectivity standards require phased compliance; the agency said it does not expect sudden funding losses from the requirement but confirmed replacement and inventory work remains. Contract monitoring staff said a diversity tracking system in place before 2009 was removed and that a new tracking tool and training for project managers has been implemented for contracts advertised after July 1, 2013.
Chief staff from the Adult Probation Department described reforms — an upgraded case management system, a department strategic plan and renewed training — and noted reduced average daily jail population and evidence‑based supervision practices tied to realignment. The committee continued the audit item to the call of the chair for any remaining follow‑up.
Supervisors and auditor staff thanked department staff for the progress and asked for continued reporting on remaining open recommendations.
