San Francisco has a track record of taking a stand and listening to the citizens of San Francisco - all this has been wiped out by individuals who have failed us - each of our eleven districts has failed San Franciscans.
I have been attending the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for over forty-five years - I have a track record - studying issues - working with groups that believe in empirical data - and taking a stand.
We appeared before the SF Board of Supervisors on key issues in the thousands and brought the SF BOS to a stand - today, the SF BOS are lackeys - some of them are so corrupt that they are the laughing stock - and are known all over California and the United States.
When it comes to housing, health care, more seniors being cared for in their golden years, education of our children, safety with our SF Police Department making all sorts of excuses - and spending millions on overtime and corruption.
The SF Public Utilities Commission has failed us all - large projects, for example - the "Recycling Project," over $350 million wasted - the infrastructure stalled - the machinery eroded - at SF Ocean Beach - and no one gives a damn.
I asked a few questions under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - I asked if the SF reservoirs going back to 5 years in San Francisco were maintained - the answer the SF Department gave was yes - this is a lie.
We have empirical data on sludge and other contaminants and will present it when we meet with SF-OSHA soon.
One Reservoir has people defecating, and the SFPUC thinks that this one Reservoir, which is not clean and sanitized, is still not sanitized, and the audacity of the SF FOIA to lie.
I asked another question - I would like the testing done at the SF Reservoirs - I was told to bring to their attention what testing - we can find this out through the SF-OSHA - who has asked the same question and not received an answer.
I asked whether the employees were certified to do the work in a "Confined Space." This question was avoided by the SFPUC FOIA; they have done it before.
The employees who were fired were not certified and had no training. The SF Water Department - the managers William Taehan and Frank Jordon Jr - did not offer the employees any training, and thus none were certified.
With intent, the managers and SFPUC upper management, Steve Richie and General Manager Dennis, sent employees to perform work without the proper training, the proper equipment, and without following the many policies and standards linked to "Confined Space".
This " Confined Space " project is carried out by the Plumpers - in this case, the Plumpers refused to do the job - they asked for a higher rate to do the work.
The managers William Taehan and Frank Jordon Jr took upon themselves to entice and hoodwink the laborers, and this one fact says it all - with intent to put the laborers in harm's way.
The SFPUC must be ashamed of themselves - they have yet to apologize to the victims - and have failed to contact the victims - and offer them an apology. Time will tell.
We now see that the City and County of San Francisco have been using the City's's Attorney's Office to weaponize its staff to create fake information to bring disgrace to that office - dereliction of duty.
In the case linked to the three laborers who were targeted we see no clear facts that permit any sensible person to harm and fire the leader of the laborers tasked to a " Confined Space " project - first having no training, thus not certified - the managers themselves William Taehan and Frank Jordon Jr know this but have chosen to lie to the SF OSHA and this and more will be revealed to all.
www.osha.gov
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a track record when anyone is harmed in any environment - and you have the facts to prove that the harm will adversely affect anyone - OSHA will look into the facts and stand tall and represent.
OSHA falls under the Department of Labor, and both entities are fully aware of many cases in which the standards and policies governing "Confined Space" operations have not been followed.
One can easily check out whatever one wants to learn about the many standards and polices linked to " Confined Space " and realize the many standard more than twenty - that should be in place - checked, monitored, and documentation kept for five years at least - working in confined Space underground - in tight place - in place that are hard to get - put those working and operating in such Space in harm's way.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is defying the citizens of San Francisco - the General Manager has now chosen to retire - he is an attorney, not an engineer - a person who does not understand the many issues linked to infrastructure - horizontal and vertical construction - he must apologize that his managers failed - and have yet to apologize.
We formed a team - I headed the team - and brought the experts who could explain to us - collectively speaking, the two experts had 80 years of experience.
We all read the document presented by the three workers - page by page, and were shocked by how the SFPUC Human Resources Department - Joy Chen, the two managers William Taehan and Frank Jordon Jr., handled the case.
The Assistant General Manager could have done better; he chose to aid and abet the managers and the SFPUC Human Resources, who brought about this dereliction of duty and abject retaliation against three innocent and hardworking laborers.
Joy Chen should step down with intent to harm the laborers and has yet to apologize.
Again and again, when the Freedom of Information Act is used - and we enquire when the Reservoirs were last maintained and sanitized, the answer given is that they will have to provide a lot of information, and this is not feasible.
We asked under the FOIA Act to be provided with the test results for the water from the Reservoirs - the same answer - too cumbersome to provide all the information.
The lies and their lies will be revealed before a judge - we will name the culprits and see them shiver and pale when these liars have to speak the Truth.
The SF- OSHA will receive all the valid facts and information - the entire facts from the day the laborers were fired just because they asked for training and brought to the attention of William Taehan, Frank Jordon Jr, Joy Chen, and Steve Richie - each of these could have been fair but chose to play with fire.
Hundreds of SFPUC employees can testify that the work conditions at SFPUC are getting worse - surveys taken - prove the dissatisfaction at the workplace - the workers are treated with disdain - and treated badly.
It is time for the SF Controller and the SF Inspector General to look deeply into this case and not kick the can down the street.
Time we all learn that our workers, more laborers, are to be respected - and upper management must follow standards and policies and not treat our workers with disdain.
We do not have a single newspaper in San Francisco that does sound investigative reporting.
We have reservoirs that are filthy and not cleaned - supposedly hold clean drinking water - the water pumped to over 83,000 people, the population of San Francisco - that grows to over one million when people come to work - and more when we have conventions and huge sports events.
Does the City's's and County of San Francisco recognize that this issue is linked to the dirty, stinking reservoirs and deserves serious attention - an emergency on a war footing?
Who is going to do something about this serious issue?
Where is the SF Health Department on this issue?
Where is the Federal Government on this issue?
Where is the California State Government on this issue?
Where is the Mayor of San Francisco on this issue?
Why are the constituents of San Francisco treated with disdain - more on Quality of Life issues?
In San Francisco today, the SF City Attorney's Office is weaponizing itself to prey on victims who have been removed without cause.
The traumatized victims - fired - and the traumatized victims questioned on subjects that have nothing to do with their work - creating hundreds, if not thousands, of pages of fake documents and all this and more needs to stop - no one is above the law.
These fake documents take hours to read - as one realizes that the contents are not facts but lies - blaming the victims for creating a hostile environment, not doing something that they were supposed to do, and not having any documentation linked to these allegations.
I had to work with experts who read the document and came to the same conclusion - most cases follow some boilerplate model - these attorneys should be debarred and more working for the City and County of San Francisco.
One Joy Chen gathered the workers and forced them to make some statements that were fabricated - when Human Resources uses such tactics - it is time to call the Feds - and charge these folks who have disdain for people - fabricate and ruin the lives of so many innocent and hardworking SFPUC workers.
Those victims who are traumatized get a nervous breakdown, and it is very difficult for them to focus normally - forcing the victim to think hard, confusing them, and further traumatizing them.
It took me 8 months to bring the victims on track. I had to gather some experts who took their time and had patience to investigate - the SF OSHA will contact two experts who have 80 years of experience between them - and I too may be called to testify - and can shed light where there is abject darkness.
Also, ganging up on the victims - and the victims have no place to go for help. Attorneys ask for large sums of money - many attorneys have no clue about the hazards of " Confined Space" operations, standards, and projects.
Many victims have taken their lives, and one cannot get the records from the SF Morgue - because the State of California forbids giving out this information.
As far as the SFPUC is concerned, every FOIA I sent them comes back with a general statement and no statistics or documentation. Those managing the SFPUC FOIA are suspect and need to be investigated.
The Feds can have access to many audits conducted by the SF Controller's office - all of which paint a picture of the SFPUC lacking standards and wasting millions of dollars.
The Feds can have access to the many surveys conducted by the SFPUC linked to the workplace environment and read for themselves the state of affairs: most SFPUC employees do not approve of the rampant retaliation; innocent, hardworking employees are being fired.
This is San Francisco - the home of the Unions who took care of the employees - no more - the Unions are looking away - failing to serve the employees who pay Union dues and get nothing in return.
Our Health Department is in a mess, with no doctor heading the SF Health Department but a person with experience in Marketing who has no clue, chronologically speaking, about the ins and outs of the health issues in San Francisco.
We all fought hard for our Seniors - yet today, because of the surge linked to dementia and related issues, hundreds are living on the streets of San Francisco - many of them were once middle class.
One can land at the SF General Hospital and be charged $100,000 for all sorts of testing and more for the stay, even if it is for one day.
Paradoxically, the EMTs know how to send someone to the SF General Hospital to rake up the cost and have an HMO like Kaiser to pay the bill - and all because the victim has good insurance, and this nonsense must stop.
If you live in San Francisco, you pay all sorts of taxes - most of them collected by the SF Board of Supervisors - who at one time made a few hundred dollars in pay - but now earn 400% and do a lousy job.
Right now, all our reservoirs have serious problems - they are contaminated, and the water - that should be devoid of being unhygienic - is known to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - General Manager and the SF Water Department, but no one cares.
www.osha.org
Three employees who worked for the SFPUC were fired. SF OSHA is looking into the issues. The SFPUC Water Department is refusing to provide answers. A lack of training is linked to projects known to engineers and other experts as "Confined Space" projects.
Who is in their right mind would send employees more laborers - when the work is assigned to Plumbers who refused to do the work - the SFPUC - Water Department with the intent of putting innocent hardworking laborers who belong to Union 261 in harm's way?
San Francisco is no longer a Union when those who pay their dues are told that the Union 261 cannot help them - and the victims must fend for themselves.
We have a population of 830,000 and a budget of $17 billion, and have the audacity to expect each SF City's Department to cut the number of employees and spend less.
Our SF Police Department is understaffed by 800 officers - and more will retire this year - and all this and more - with SF BOS pretending to say something - always talking in circles - and doing nothing at all.
The SFPUC is the worst of them all when it comes to corruption. One has just to read the audits linked to SFPUC :
www.sfpuc.org
Audit after audit reveals how deep the corruption is, and no one, not even the present Mayor, thinks that something should be done about the many atrocities committed and the blatant disdain the SF Water Department has for those who are not White.
Those running for the various Districts right now are not educated on the issues - they are backed by corrupt groups - nothing much has changed - many are lingering in jails - charged with corruption - and many are on the waiting list - many of them linked to SFPUC.
When it comes to serving the constituents of San Francisco - most of the SFPUC take bribes - the bribes are known to the Controller and other entities such as the Ethics Commission - but all this and more does not deter the SF Board of Supervisors.
The SF Board of Supervisors has not once brought up the corruption and millions spent - linked to the Treatment Plant by the Zoo at Ocean Beach - the plant was supposed to address recycling water.
The machinery lay there unused and corroded - $213 million down the drain.
The overruns linked to the other project at Calaveras, Mountain Tunnel, the new building over one million square feet that will replace the current SF Water Department with William Taechan and Frank Jordon - salavating the run the new SF Water Department,
When in fact right now they should be fired for corruption and dereliction of duty - their deeds known to the authorities.
We have San Franciscans in San Francisco - good leaders who are fed up with the SF Board of Supervisors - the corrupt in several layers - nothing much changes - again and again innocent hardworking employees - SF City's employees are fired with cause.
The Civil Service Commission is a Joke. The Unions are of no help - again and again - the victims who pay their dues - cannot have access to an attorney - the attorneys are hired by the Unions. What sense does this make - the fox guarding the chicken coop?
We need a hearing on the operations linked to the Civil Service Commission that has not represented the SF City's and County employees - fair play and justice denied.
We have a Mayor who thinks he can run the City's's and County of San Francisco like the Non-Profit Tipping Point or a Corporation - the man is not fit to be a Mayor - he must look elsewhere for work or fade into oblivion.
Barbara Hale has retired. She worked for the SFPUC and was brought in by Susan Leal. Dennis Herrera is retiring in December. He was brought in by London Breed, the former Mayor. Ever heard of an attorney running an Enterprise Department? That is all about infrastructure and engineering, only in corrupt San Francisco.
In four months, you will see a stalemate - that has never been seen in San Francisco - too many corrupt folks - gad flies falling from the wall.
In the meantime, the few advocates left will take a stand, uplift those who need help most, and do good actions, not vain talk.
We still have a few stellar advocates who can speak with authority - have empirical data - blessed - we speak Truth to Power. Aho.





















