“Lack of leadership”

"At least my shoes are new and shiny."

The Chronicle — San Francisco’s annual budget of $6.5 billion dollars would make it No. 376 on the Fortune 500 list, but Mayor Gavin Newsom and his department heads have made it almost impossible for the Average Joe to see whether that money’s being well spent.

A civil grand jury was convened and came to the obvious conclusion that most of us have already figured out — Gavin is a man-child mayor.

The mayor cancelled two meetings he had scheduled with the grand jury during its investigation.

A citizen in San Francisco would have even more difficulty digging out the facts on City efficiency than the Jury did.

The City has invested in both people and systems to set and manage annual operational goals in a systematic way under the general term of Performance Measurement.

Regrettably, that management process does not deliver on its promise of making City operations effective and efficient.

The Grand Jury found that the primary cause of the failure to deliver on the promise of Performance Measurement is lack of leadership on the part of the Mayor and his department heads.

The Jury makes a number of recommendations to rectify this situation, the most important being that the Mayor take charge by managing the City by the numbers, rather than just publicizing those favorable to him.  Snap!