The problems with restaurant inspection go beyond corruption.

But he said routine restaurant inspections in the city would be suspended until a new inspection system is put into operation.

From the hearing examiner's perspective, restaurant inspections are much better.

It also calls for $600,000 to pay for 26 additional county government positions in park maintenance, pesticide notification and restaurant inspection, among others.

As part of that reorganization, restaurant inspections were consolidated under one supervisor.

Obtaining ordinary information like restaurant inspections or the list of people at a mayoral reception can now require a process that takes three months.

When restaurant inspections resume, they will be conducted under new procedures established to tighten controls over inspectors and supervisors, city officials said.

The health department is losing investigators who track tuberculosis, and sharply reducing restaurant inspections.

She said that of 451 restaurant inspections made since the law took effect, 103 uncovered violations of the smoking ban.

The department has conducted 120 restaurant inspections in the last two weeks.