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What Happens If SFPUC Watershed Keepers Lose Their Sheriff Powers and Have to Use 911 in a Fire?

January 1, 2021
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PROTEST.  Is this a big deal?  Ken Lomba is the President of the San Francisco Deputy Sheriff’s Association, and he thinks so.
He had 7 days to comment starting 12/23/2020.
His protest is 12/29/2020 (see below).
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12/23/2020 Notice of Proposed Classification Actions by the Human Resources Director for the City of San Francisco

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12/29/2020 Formal Protest from the SF Deputy Sheriff’s Association

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Consider this story if there are no peace officer access to communications and they have to call 911:

https://www.coastsidebuzz.com/sfpuc-was-prepared-and-battled-8-watershed-fires-august-16th-2020-and-now-doubles-down-on-fire-load-reduction/

Email Chain between Ken Lomba and Steve Ponder

Most recent at the top. Start at bottom for beginning.

 

From: President <PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com>
Date: December 31, 2020 at 5:21:21 PM PST
To: “Ponder, Steve (HRD)” <steve.ponder@sfgov.org>
Subject: Re: 7270 Watershed Keeper

Hey Steve,

This is a very big deal.  Not only are we talking about the safety of SF’s water supply but also looks like the Hetch Hetchy reservior which PUC leases and has building on, not only provides the drinking water to Crystal Spring but it also produces electricity from its dam.  I believe City Officials, at times, stay at the residential homes at the Hetch Hetchy area.  The SF Sheriff’s Office has responded to threats to employees safety there before as well as handled an eviction.

This is a very big safety issue and should not be taken lightly, these are critical infrastructures for San Francisco.

I filed this protest, see attached.

Best regards,

Ken Lomba
SFDSA President
415-513-8973


From: President <PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 10:24 AM
To: Ponder, Steve (HRD) <steve.ponder@sfgov.org>
Subject: Re: 7270 Watershed KeeperHey Steve,Probably later today I can.
That is a bit scary, I’m sure the response time is long.
Best regards,
Ken Lomba
SFDSA President
415-513-8973

 


From: Ponder, Steve (HRD) <steve.ponder@sfgov.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 9:23 AM
To: President <PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com>
Subject: RE: 7270 Watershed KeeperKen, following up on my earlier e-mail.  I have learned that when issues do arise that require a fully sworn peace officer, PUC utilizes Sheriffs from San Mateo and Alameda county.  Point being, even if they were compelled to hire fulltime sheriff staff, they likely would be doing that with those counties.Anyway, do you have time to chat about this today?[DHR-6@1]

Steven Ponder, Classification and Compensation Director
City of SF Department of Human Resources

One South Van Ness Ave., 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone:  (415) 557-4917
Website:  www.sfdhr.org
Connecting People with Purpose

 


From: Ponder, Steve (HRD)
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 3:10 PM
To: President <PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com>
Subject: RE: 7270 Watershed KeeperKen, this classification, which has been in existence for decades, is represented by SEIU.Per the notice below, the changes are clean-up in nature.https://sfdhr.org/sites/default/files/documents/Classification-Actions/2020-2021/Preliminary-Posting-09-7470-Amend-122320.pdfIf you think this work should be performed by Deputy Sheriffs, you can reach out to PUC to have those discussions.  Have you done that?

Holding up the clerical amendment to this specification is not going to facilitate that discussion.

Happy to discuss this more when you have a moment.
Thanks

[DHR-6@1]
Steven Ponder, Classification and Compensation Director
Department of Human Resources
One South Van Ness Ave., 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone:  (415) 557-4917
Website:  www.sfdhr.org<http://www.sfdhr.org>
Connecting People with Purpose


From: President <PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com<mailto:PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 3:00 PM
To: Ponder, Steve (HRD) <steve.ponder@sfgov.org<mailto:steve.ponder@sfgov.org>>
Subject: Re: 7270 Watershed KeeperThanks Steve,This is a peace officer position, that is interictal in the protection of critical infrastructure and the watershed has problems with local levels of crime on the 23,000 acres that can be very dangerous.  From trespassing to swat teams being called in to remove marijuana grows and when their are drugs there are weapons.This position technically for efficiency and logistics should be conducted by the Sheriff’s Office.Best regards,

Ken Lomba
SFDSA President
415-513-8973


From: Ponder, Steve (HRD) <steve.ponder@sfgov.org<mailto:steve.ponder@sfgov.org>>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 1:55 PM
To: President <PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com<mailto:PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com>>
Subject: FW: 7270 Watershed KeeperKen, checking in to see if I can be of any assistance on this matter.  I have not been directly involved in this particular matter, but I oversee classification updates in general.  This seems like a fairly routine one so wanted to see if there was anything I could do to resolve.Let me know.
Thanks

[DHR-6@1]

Steven Ponder, Classification and Compensation Director
Department of Human Resources
One South Van Ness Ave., 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone:  (415) 557-4917


From: Martinez, Amalia (HRD) <amalia.martinez1@sfgov.org<mailto:amalia.martinez1@sfgov.org>>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 11:34 AM
To: president@sanfranciscodsa.com<mailto:president@sanfranciscodsa.com>
Cc: Biasbas, Anna (HRD) <anna.biasbas@sfgov.org<mailto:anna.biasbas@sfgov.org>>; ClassificationActionPostings, DHR (HRD) <dhr.classificationactionpostings@sfgov.org<mailto:dhr.classificationactionpostings@sfgov.org>>
Subject: RE: 7270 Watershed KeeperHi Mr. Lomba –Hope you and your family had a great holiday.The instructions to file an official protest are on the posting.  I believe you have to submit the protest to the Human Resources Director either by:*   Mail to the City and County of San Francisco, Department of Human Resources, 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA  94103 or
*   E-mail to DHR.ClassificationActionPostings@sfgov.org<mailto:DHR.ClassificationActionPostings@sfgov.org> (e-mail cc here)

Thank you,

Amalia Martinez

Employee Relations Director (Acting)
Department of Human Resources
One South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94103
Phone:  (415) 557-4932

From: President <PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com<mailto:PRESIDENT@sanfranciscodsa.com>>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:26 PM
To: ClassificationActionPostings, DHR (HRD) <dhr.classificationactionpostings@sfgov.org<mailto:dhr.classificationactionpostings@sfgov.org>>
Cc: Martinez, Amalia (HRD) <amalia.martinez1@sfgov.org<mailto:amalia.martinez1@sfgov.org>>
Subject: 7270 Watershed KeeperThis message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources.Hi AmaliaI would like to file an official protest on the attached classification changes.What is the last day to protest the Watershed Keeper position?

Best regards,
Ken Lomba
SFDSA President
415-513-8973

 

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