as you go through the day, this is what i say in my man drank, no matter the struggle, no matter the shade of the sky the sky is still blue. because we have faith, in god and you know, the all the things that we do here as we continue to serve the community. so thank you dr. davis, thank you dr. sai for this platform, i'm able to stand before you and speak. be one of the voices of my psalm 1 pacific islander community. thank you. [applause] >> i want to thank you for indulging us, i know we went over our anticipated time. and i just want to go over to trailer, and i'll relin --relin

quish the floor. thank you for indulge us in this. >> speaker: i'm stuck in this shit, i'm i was born in shit you god dropped me off back in this shit for a purpose. >> this is the most desired zip code to live in in the world. and i think there has been a legacy of displacement and each time we have a displacement episode in the community you

lose that diverse history. it makes me proud that people are thriving with the right assistance. >> there is narrative about what san francisco is. when we learn with narratives we're not really looking at the people. and i think what i'm hoping will happen is that we will not generalize and stereotype or categorize people but that we will actually see their face and see them be able to want to see the pain, the hurt or the anguish or to see the joy. >> if you want in a good situation, and you needed help, these are the places that you go. it has really touched the lives of more people that we could have ever imagined. >> sometimes we allow ourselves to be the people of our

environment and as somebody that went through certain things that was not so good, this was a safe haven for me. >> i am hopeful for two generations, three generation to see come to understand that success and wealth is their birthright in the investment and program confirming that really institutionalizing. >> how can i be a resource of other community. how can we lift them up bring resources into other communities. >> weigh want to share the dream with all of our children, this is a great city. this is a model city and i am honored to be part of it.

[applause] >> we want to thank our presenters and the community. i'll save any questions or comments, for public comment. if not i would like to go to public comment. >> thank you supervisor walton and thank you dr. davis and dr. sai and all the presenters and we will go to public comment. i do want to say usually such a large crowd on public comment, we would, we sometimes would reduce the amount of time on public comment. i do not want to do that and would like to hear from everything but i do want to encourage folks that we give two minutes if folks are here in a group and don't all want to speak individually but

introduce themselves that's fine too, in other words, fine for folks ton use their two minutes but we will allocate so that people can have that time. let's open up public comment on this item. >> okay members of the public who want to speak on this item should line up now on along the side of the windows, all speakers will have two minutes. first speaker. >> speaker: it's an honor to be in the room with so many game-shayers, thank you very much dr. tasi and davis. i'm a proud team member of new community leadership foundation that has been doing a tremendous amount of work

within the city. the underlined themes that we're hearing is that when you pour resources into the black community it benefits the entire city. there are three major components that we have been thriving in in terms of support, that's our small businesses, our nonprofit and our artist. i'm proud to say that we have been doing such a great job in those areas that we even get referrals from other organizations not only to service their member but also to collaborate on other initiatives. two major things that we have been able to do is we've produced two albums through the dream keepers initiative that brought artist together and collaborate to bring these together. also we have nonprofits that are even in washington dc right

now with some of our california representatives fighting for our rights here in san francisco because they are able to thrive. when you give resource to see black communities, we all benefit as a people here in this great city of san francisco. please continue to please continue with the dream keeper initiative. >> thank you. next speaker, please. next speaker, please. >> hello my name is sharyl shanks and my father wrote a book in the 70s, he golden glove boxer club. and i wanted to keep his legacy alive. he also wrote a poetry book

block world. and i want to thank dream keepers initiative for the grant to be able to republish the book and to be able to get the resources i needed to help me put the book back out there. and it means a lot to me. i also wanteded to say that as a native i've never seen since i have been alive so much collaboration with the black people all around the city. we've really come together with dream keeper. i see people thriving all around me. black people thriving all around me.

and i just want to thank you shamaamn dr. davis and dr. sai and i ask that we keep the funding going. i also want it say thank you to crawford, new community leadership foundation. for helping me organize. >> i'm william rose it's an honor to be here. i'm the inter generational director at bay view senior services. first of all i want to make it very brief, the dream keeper initiative has not only impacted what has taken place through bay view but impacting all of these other

organizations in the area. for example, there are many schools in the bay view that don't have arts program, music programs, through the dream keeper initiative we were able to bring seniors in to actually go into those schools, give those kids some art, some music, some things that are not actually there. everyday of the week, except for mondays, we have classes and i would like to invite you all to be part of the classes. whether it be art, whether it be music, whether it be writing, theater, all of these things are taking place. and we've also impacted schools such as academy of the arts because they have also engaged. these are all of these schools that have heard about all of these things that have taken place and want to be part of

these activities, these inter generations which means the connection between youth and seniors coming together. and actually doing creative collaboration. so i'm coming to you with like a person with his hat in his hand asking for something with you i'm coming as a person that this is fair exchange which is not a robbery. what i mean by that is, the funding in the things that you give to programs such as this, benefit every every one. and i want you to please -- ~>> sorry, we have to enforce the two-minute for every one. >> thank you all. next speaker, please. >> speaker: hello beautiful people, i'm veronica i'm an artist and music coach. i'm here in support of the

dream keeper initiative and i when everybody was talking about the youth, sorry, there was a lot, i'm getting emotional. you were talking to people like me, there is a lost things that happen when you grow up and you need people to mentor you and to guide in the right direction and give you options and that's what they do. they're very hands-on. i was introduced to them through a compilation project and i was able to be invited to other events, which is new technology of the future. the women's networking events where just woman who are established and i don't want that to be taken away, i would love to continue and learn and grow from this organization that is pours into the community. i'm sorry, i'm young, i get emotional sometimes but i

appreciate the energy and the community that is here to speak of the dream keeper initiative and ncl love. and that's all i have to say, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> speaker: good morning, everybody my name is jessica bailey i am the residents program manager at falco dance thaet and her i'm going to chat about two of our programs that are served by the dream keepers. the first is our youth performing arts program developed to enhance classroom learning, educating the mind and the fiscal body. in my opinion, the program has a legacy that truly speaks for itself. local art organization,

community leadership, site this program as a positive influence in their lives. in the last years, we have served 287 children, 692 teaching hours and artist and audience member of 1398 people come to our events. our emerging and established artist called to express the black experience through arts practice that inspires dialogue and builds community. we do this through tangible support, stipends and people who apply get feedback on their application which is very rare. through professional support and workshops and community support. this fund ising necessary for the artist in the city. thank you.

>> thank you very much. next speaker, >> speaker: i'm straight out of hunters point. and i would like to say thank you to director davis for coming up on the hill looking for me. dr. sai, supervisor walton, we like little city up on the hill. we don't have much help, much assistance, however when i came out and spoke finally, all three of them, came, and okay, we on our way and they came. not only did they come, they made sure that they understand and over stood what was up on that hill and what we needed. the dki, it has helped me so much because i am a grantee who

has received the grant after receiving the dki grant. and without that support, i would not survive with the city and county grant it wouldn't happen. that grant is not for us, period. is to with that being said, so what you ever receive a city and grant, you know how to maneuver through that system. if you don't know how to navigate you'll not be able to last and you'll be a one-hit wonder, peteder. --period. that's just me. thank you for the dki, without it we will not survive in black communities. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm

a native born raised and live in san francisco. i fully support dream keeper initiative keyword also investment and education. out of a mountain of despair is a stone of hope, i quote dr. king. the dream keeper initiative programming has enhanced critical services supporting children youth and adults in the city and dki has especiallily made spaces as you heard the voices of our young people and adults.

going to come to us, about a few pennies, how about the chinese? they got everything that they wanted and in no time did they testify about that? what about the mexico they got money who said anything about that? how about the other national the russians and nobody said nothing about that! why are we here? what is going on? we're getting pennies.

we're not getting a lot of money, we're a jazz musicians for jazz historians, and dream keepers with the human rights commission. without that, we would have no foundation, shame on bringing us in here for this. shame on you. [applause] >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good morning, i'm long time educator recently retired. to the board of supervisors, to the favorite son of san francisco walton, to dr. davis, scott, marrian jones, every thursday at 11:45 i'm in the drive for dream keepers initiative. all those across the city,

they're doing great things. what are you going to do with that bell? i said i'm going ring it. before there was facebook or twitter 100 years ago in a small town in tennessee my grandpa would go to the town and ring the bell when somebody happened. so for me i'm going to ring this bell, because the dream keepers initiative is something good that happened to us. thank you supervisor walton. 116 years ago,--started by me which want want to honor our african-american children.

please keep the money going, we need it, thank you, thank you, thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> beloved supervisors thank you for allowing me to stand before you today. you know, there are 1,000 topics that flow through my mind before an opportunity such as this, my voice belongs to my creator so i never know what i'm going to say until it comes out. but what i'm clear is when i speak it's meant to be spoken. strategies that have saved our children's lives. i'm a mental health person i get to see our black children our youngest most vul ner seek death and out in their tepder response to disparities and now, as a direct and intimate

result of dream keeper support, i get to see those same children and their parents, hung row with optimism, dripping with dreams, realizing and actualizing the potential that was put in their soul before their birth. i can go on and on but the strategies of mental health to watch homeless folks day in and day out walk out of the shelter into homes in one of the most expensive places directly as a as a result of housing support and equity that dki demands it's life shattering important so i implore you. listen to what we say but listen to what we've done even more, and so it is. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> good morning, board of supervisors i'm director of programs at the homeless children network. and i'm here to share the impact that this initiative has had in the san francisco community. when dream initiative was launched, we were able to start the el monte program, workforce development program but not but also a program that focuses on the mental health and well being. we train that they go and have fruitful careers to director health services, case manager services all while helping and trying to develop them. we're training future community so we heal our black community here. we have graduated and educated

over 1100 black san franciscos. put more than 40 people in roles and profession and we are truly nurturing and really to take director dr. davis's words we're nurturing the black unicorns of the city. and thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> speaker: i'm marcela and i'm here to share with you that it has allowed us to give youth and children thousands of hours of individual and family therapy. they're meeting with therapist that look like them and that is unique in america. and they share their stories, a lot of states are passing laws

anti dei, trying to erase cultural theory from textbooks. their fear in children when we know that american history is black history. i stand here to ask you to understand the dream keepers initiative, keeping it alive tells them that they are seen and heard. we do not want to ask them to pretend to live in a world where we ignore that that we ignore that back people and community of color have experienced have experienced discrimination and disparities at the hands of the racism. the dream keeper initiative is telling them that their culture cannot be appropriate ated, that it needs to be celebrated. thank you.

>> thank you. next speaker, please. thank you for providing me the opportunity for my dream to come true. my name is nitia, ceo of power. i just wanted to become that made a change in my community, thanks for the dream keeper initiative it's been true, it's come true. in 2026 it will be 20 years and i'm just grateful that this initiative gave myself and i gave the possibility to make change and difference in our community. district 10. >> speaker: i'm with ladies in power and i want to thank dr. davis and sai and walton, we've been in san francisco programming for over 15 years because of them we had our

first grant and we've been able to go on camping trips and boxing events, mother, daughter bonding events, teaching them how to live healthy and live healthy all because of the dream keeper initiative. these programs are needed because we're pouring it into our youth and without them, it would not be possible. thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you. next speaker, please. i'm a recipient of dream keeper program. [applause] i was born and raised in filmore and i was raised in

martin luther housing development. and my grandmother worked two jobs, they worked for the san francisco school district and she also worked for mount side hospital to purchase her home which was in her coop development which never came to fruition because of mismanaging the funds so she was not able to purchase her home through the redevelopment, it displaced many families in filmore. so the dream keeper was really a dream i never saw myself buying a home in san francisco. i went through many

communities, i have family and family members who were lost through the whole epidemic to see my grandmother seeing me purchase a home in the city is really important. thank you all. >> thank you a reminder for those filming or taking photographs, you cannot come in through that gate. there is a press box so members of the media are able to be in there and photos but not after that gate. welcome, next speaker. >> speaker: hi my name is lanet mackey i'm the founder of maggie's corner prophet to suicide, i lost my 12-year-old grandson to suicide without any signs.

i never thought that was my job to bring awareness to suicide, thank you to dream keeper i'm bringing awareness to all communities. every 11 minutes a youth is committing suicide. my job and what i'm dreaming to do is change those numbers. and with the dream keeper giving me the opportunity that i've given that i've been given, that's what is happening. i've talked to youth that i have redirected and i'm grateful and just only wish that i had this opportunity or this existed before my grandson took his life. i will say this, if the dreamer keeper gave me one million dollars to safe a life, i'm saving many and each child is worn more than a million. thank you. >> thank you.

next speaker, please. i just wanted say and i know it ain't a lot to say after everybody is spoken, this is just telling their own story. i want today say to from my heart, walton, thank you for pushing this initiative. thank you jill davis, thank you dr. sai for doing this work. it would not be right if i didn't say something. the research but i don't want

to talk about that i want to tell you about a story that hit my heart just this morning. i had somebody tell me told me that her brother died of aids. she said my brother is going to put in a hospice house, he has aids. and in the process, i was actually saying how much is it? she said it's like 4,000. so through the dreams we were able to pay the 4 she called and said my brother died but he died with digity in the process of everything else. i just want it say thank you all from my heart and i see the work. impact has been used a lot. we're making a impact.

>> thank you, next speaker. >> i'm deputy director of washington community service center. i'm proud to stand in solidarity with the tki initiative. i want today share a testimony from one of our parent that shows the impact of dki. i'm a mother doing my best to raise my three sons. when our lives took a challenging twist when my landlord wanted to sell her home and left us homeless in san francisco going from house to house hotel to hotel. my youngest son was in booker ts after school program and it was during that time that i had the good fortunate of meeting the team that became our angel. we were supplied with a hotels for half a year, it was a

sanctuary for our family to rekindle our spirit and forge our bonds. against all odds, six months later, we were in our own apartment if it was not for daoker tee, in a world that can often seem indifferent it resonates a reminder of immense compassion and support and selflessness, our journey from homeless to stability was arduous yet booker tees turned struggle into triumph, dki is important of advancing our work keeping black families together and i'm expressing my support for dki. thank you for your time. [applause] >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> speaker: really quickly, we want o ask that you show your support by not clapping we have the finger snapping or you can

do the happy hands just to minimize interruptions, thank you. >> welcome. >> speaker: hi supervisors and guests my name is haley neilson and i'm here in solidarity and behalf of new newly organization called farming hope. it's a justice organization and we're located just two blocks down at 690 vaness it's an old auto showroom and we think about the legacy of the sit-ins in 64 all the time in our building. wore proud to carry that legacy. and we're proud to uplift our job training apprentice like adrian, omar donald devin, jason, the list goes on. from devin, of our program, it transformed my life when i got

out, i was very quiet, i knew that i had kitchen skills but i didn't believe that anyone else believed i did. chef devin is now a cooked trainer and he cooks beautiful three-course meals every tuesday and wednesday just down the street. not apprentice and culinary team took 3500 meals from scratch a week that gogh to organizations across the city many in this room. they bring their unique skills across the city. sometimes even starting their own like hengrisha savory and dkf funding is a huge part of that. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please.

>> speaker: good morning, i'm menard president of the invest black, i represent the omi leg view community. i'm here to stand in front of you and let you know that dki is making incredible impacts in our community, organize our, early childcare. we all need resources i'm not here about self, there is a lost things going around but a lot of things go to the people on the ground actually working with our community and make them strife. we're black people so we're always going to be survive, we've been surviving up until this point. and dki is allowing us our community to strife and we're impacting so many not just the black community. the black community need support but we're supporting every one else.

when people asked us to come out and talking about the api, who was in the frontline of that? the black people, we always standing up for everybody else, sometimes we need y'all to stand up for us. [applause] >> thank you. next speaker, please. good afrp, i would like to thank mayor london breed, and her dki team and a special thank you to any of the supervisors seated on this board in support of the dream keeper diary today, thank you. lastly, i would like to thank all of you in attendance, the dki granted's delivering what they promised honesty and transparency for the entire world to see how black people build.

i'm alisha a proud multi racial san francisco born and raised inaugural storytelling and narrative shift cohort and founder and ceo of clarity media radio and media, clarifying human stories and grass roots solutions like this. i try to tell our stories in corporate media in kcbs, iheart media, total traffic and weather, i did all that, i was i'm a pioneer, i launched the first national digital news broadcast called crawl on in december 2019, making $30 an hour. today, as a dream keeper initiative cohort, i'm able to hire multi racial media professionals. i am able to tell the stories

of multi racial san francisco. including we the people, the bay area mental health hour, clarity conversation and dream keeper diary. i'm a proud san francisco native representing san francisco to the best of my ability with pride with my head held high, please continue to support the dream keeper diary and all of us who have benefited and reflected our beauty here in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> speaker: good morning, i'm john executive director of both sides of the conversation. first i want to thank our mayor london breed and mr. walt op, i come before you to support the initiative because if we didn't have a dream keeper initiative it would be no both sides of the conversation, our organization has uplifted and every district also highlighting the work from different community work and impact has helped young people,

elders bringing community together and making sure that the resources are out there. that they get access to the resource. continue to enjoy the joy that dream keepers are bringing to the community. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors and community. who's mission it is to listen, educate and advocate with and for black families within sfud. i'm also the mother of two beautiful babies who attend hunters point. through broader future funding,

we have created safe places. scholarships and stipends have aided families and affinity groups with school sites. together we're building brighter futures for our community. i'm here to support the dream keeper initiative especially for my generation, it's time for decision-makers to prioritize selfishness over selflessness, you will not hold these seats over, one day it will be my generation's turn, we'll ensure the black community let's the resources for every one to thrive. our city succeeds, setting a global example and we know sf loves to be the first. i stand for every black family student urging continue funding for dki, let's not reinvent the wheel it's build on dki's good work. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> speaker: hello my name is niqua i'm a 5th generation san franciscan and i want to say a lot but i'll leave with numbers. dki created opportunities for black services and organizations in san francisco to make abundance impact within our community. this is allows aware services to be in the hands of the people. i'll repeat a quote from a black african-american quote. san francisco persistent pour in the city where the average household income is the highest in the nation. this pattern is seen black african families do not generally benefit from the prosperity. for example, as the great

depression,--2020 essentially they were left out of the recovery. and resent study puts white-black appointment in san francisco among the highest in the nation this. result with families in very different resources, children in san francisco live below the federal poverty level in comparison to only three of white children. i bring these particular numbers. dk is a resource that helps improve the lives of black people due to the harm done by the city and others. it's time for the city to support the program. said before they created a site for me with the quality resources is a birthright. support longevity so my daughter with experience this

as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm greg i'm a native san franciscan here and i'm not coming to represent any organization i'm here to represent myself. i had written a speech but i think i'm going to talk from the heart. supervisor walton, i would like to thank you for your inside and your determination for putting forth this and initiative. i too am a recipient of one of their grant. i've been empowered to turn around and hold events that brought my community together and was allowed to find and enjoy each other's company. i was able to throw events for the lgbtq youth and allow them to be able to display their arts examine show their crafts to the community.

i have also been able to create a lgbtq senior group that is thriving. and i want to give dr. davis and dr. sai their flowers as well. three years ago, i had a dream. today i am the dream. i don't know about anyone behind me but i've been black all my life and i do wish that you continue to support us in our efforts to heal. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> speaker: hi i'm we're the directser of transgender here in san francisco. the transgender district was

founded by three trans women. our mission is to create an urban environment that fofters the rich history, culture legacy and empowerment of trans jer people in the deep roots in the southeastern roots of the tenderloin where many of our trans siblings work and live. our organizations aims to stabilize and empower the transgender people here in san francisco by sharing models, programs that lift and thrive our community. we are supported by crucial funding by the dki initiative and want to share some of those. we are able to support our transgender community by helping them with eviction protection. we also provide name and gender name clinics, among some of the programs that we're able to have because of this important

initiative. i want to thank mayor breed, dr. davis and their incredible staff for this funding. this funding is a model for this country. just this morning, i was sharing with anti los angeles diversity inclusion initiative as they research models to replicate county wide. we urge the board of supervisors not just to keep this important initiative but to expand its important and xraoushl work for the rest of the country. thank you. >> speaker: good afternoon, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. i am here on behalf of the ucsf department of psychiatric and behavioral sciences, i'm dr. juliet and i'm one of the dki capacity building grant he's. and we received funding to be

able to offer training and technical assistance in conducting program research and evaluation so all the tools and resources and knowledge that are needed to create and report on the data that demonstrate measurable impact for the organizations that are providing the services for black youth and families in san francisco. so many of the organization that's you heard from today or who are also dki recipients have participated in our training, we worked with 50 organizations to date and some of the outcomes that they've been able to walk away with things like evaluation model, data collection systems and strategies as well as for reporting and did did des sem

nation. to take what they've learned and implement their own program evaluation. so i'm so honored to have been part of this and very grateful for all the funtding that has been made available to support this and i hope you continue to support this because we have a lost interest. so thank you for your time. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> speaker: i'm founder ever why not unite for peace. i'm here as part of the dream keeper initiative. i thank you all for your past support. i became a doula helping those with the higher maternal death rate.

i'm training to become a competent research on us by us. please appoint dki to support the positive impact from the womb to the tomb from the cradle to the graif, through education, mental well being, behavioral health, mental health, physical health and financial health programs and services. thank you mayor breed, dr. sai, really everybody and some of the young folks that spoke today just really touched my heart and i want to lift up ms. director smiley, she is doing the job. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> thank you. my name is christine feigner i work for food wise and food education program, we have a lot of partnership with the school district and i'm here in

solidarity and a lot of community partners back here that have the grace to work with us. in 2021, we had a juneteenth celebration and it was one of the best answers from that celebration is why are you not doing that more often of food entrepreneurs from the black community more than just in june or more than just black history month. and we heeded that response and now we're running--and the point is to build on the infrastructure to highlight of all of these food entrepreneurs. >> thank you. >> okay, thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> speaker: good afternoon, supervisors, first of all let me just say that i appreciate

you guys showing up today, you know. it's an honor and i'm dreylin drirm, i'm not just a business owner i'm a dreamer, a believer in power of community and proud resident of the debut district. 9 years ago, i embarked on a journey to turn my passion into a livelihood by starting my own business here in the heart of san francisco. it has not always been easy and it's been times when the odds seem unsur mountable but through hard work and determination and the support of community, i've been able to keep my dream alive. that's why i stand here in support of the dki, the initiative is not just about providing grants to call businesses like me it's about investing in the dreams of our community members and ensuring that everybody has the opportunity to succeed. but we can't stop there.

we need to continue to nurture these dreams to water them with resource sxz support and to provide the fertile ground in which they can grow. that means more fund anding collaboration and more opportunities for small business to see thrive. san francisco is more than a city, it's a beacon of hope and a place where dreams with born and nurtured but it's time to step it up so i'm asking you guys to double down and double the budget. [applause] >> thank you. >> next speaker please. >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm monica and producer of love never fails a anti trafficking. we're a grantee and proud to support this initiative. which should not be loss if you consider the first two years, this is only the ging, the

scale and scope of investment of black san franciscans should only grow from here. looking ahead to the next five-ten years, even more, the city should create a space for new opportunities following the dki model to expand into other areas of policies and programs. at love never fails, we've been success in connecting to financial aid, housing and healthcare. we need these youth where they're at and have assisted them through times of need. we have also, we have also helped our program members achieve their for the future. whether it's financial literacy, getting permanent housing or helping them get into college, the dream keeper initiative is an investment in san francisco and i beg that you continue this program and add more funding. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> speaker: my i'm jan and i'm

also with love never fails and we have the privilege of partnering with dki. this is not just about us, we're just a sliver of what is going on here. i was once asked what is a safe place, a safe place is where we feel comfortable doing the work that we do. it's when cbos can stop competing with one another, with one mission, with one voice and with one heart. it's not enough for me to have an isolated space, it's an enough for to you have an isolated space. it's when a young person can be in the city and they can turn because we're holding hands, that is a safe place and that is what dki is building. >> speaker: my name is safe and

i'm 24 years old and from the la troy hill i've been in this program for four years now. and i learned a lot of things. it's a safe place to come to. and you can talk to them about anything and they will help you. and help you get your goals done. i got kicked out of my house last year and i asked them for help. i'm so thankful. next speaker, please. >> hey, halofa, umbula, had to acknowledge my other sisters from the other island nations, that's within the states. my name is john, i'm one of

cofounder of salt. our dream is weeping and nurturing loss of consciousness in san francisco. some of you may know pacific ocean with ut it's for people of the ocean for myself growing up here, starting to learn and figure out who, my samoen is, some of you know sa moan, there is 24 tation that's makes up the nasa, they're not empowered enough to stand up and speak for themselves, right, to be organized to have people in spaces. this initiative for us and i'm going to speak for us and i'm going to tell the truth. a lot of people say things to our community. sister tito said it earlier,

finally we've been recognized as a community even though we've been standing in front of everybody for a long time, hard to miss us, for real like, everybody when they need, you know, that person standing next to them or that bodyguard or security guard or a home monitor, guess what, we have more than that. my ancestor were sailing in the biggest ocean in the world when the rest of the world thought the world was flat. we're more than that, thank you for the dream keeper our dream is uniting ourselves, weaving owler sells, believing in our selves. we're tired of people telling our story, right. we're tired of people talking about us, we're tired of people with the culture making the billions of dollars, you go to hawaii and all you see is a billion dollars everywhere but my relatives and sisters on the island, don't even have sovereignty. >> thank you.

>> thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. time is up sir, thank you. >> speaker: i aipt following that guy. my name is sweet, i'm also one of the cofounder of salt soe, pacific islander. i want to dr. sai and cheryl davis, dream keepers initiative. with the funding that we've been receiving, we've been able to make progress in our foundation and capacity building. we've been able to learn from our different cultures, there is 22 to 24 island within the vasa and we've been able to just listen and learn from each other. you know and most importantly trust each other as we're building this thing out. as a marginized community, they have allowed us to rewrite our story and have impact in our

community. with our pacific islander, we've been able to serve 1,000 people with employment, housing, immigration, food, education, the list goes on with many of our disparity. with dki has done, it's allowed to keep our dreams alive. the salt association needs this continued investment into our pacific islander community so that we can address all the disparity that our people have been suffering for so many years. i want to thank again, dr. sai and also cheryl davis and also supervisor shamal walton who has blessed our pi community. thank you and god bless you all. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> speaker: good morning, and thank you. i'm mary evelyn tomas i'm an early educator and we started because of dki and also director davis.

she came to, when we were saying help, we are african-american early educators and we need support we're not the only ones that need help. she came there to support us, we started the african-american early educators, we also have good rule, if you see this, we have a good rule has started all the programs that they have for math and science, stem frenzy and if you all went to, what is it called? we went to the place and what is the name of the place. we went to chase center and every one participated, it was not just african-american children, all children. we had families there that were so excited and this is going on for three years. this is what dki was doing for us. early educators during the pandemic, black early educators were not even knowing that we had a pandemic. they knew we had a pandemic but

they didn't have the support and we got the support from good rule that started because of dki. i want to thank everybody, directer daif, dr. sai, supervisor walton and the mayor of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> speaker: hi, my name is efraud i'm a san francisco native born and raised in hunters point. i started a foundation with my brother where we throw freestyle events for young adults all over the bay area. we had supplied funding out of our own pocket for 15 years until that was exhausted. dki was the first to give us some funding so we can continue our process and keep going. they funded a event where we brought a bunch of performers

out from new york, l.a. and other location to see compete with the guys out here in california and it was a phenomenal event, we have another event mrapd for june 8th at the memorial. dki was just the first to keep a chance for us so week keep this going for the bay area. we encourage you guys to continue to fund the program. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> speaker: good afternoon, board of supervisors and to the dki family. good afternoon. my name is larn ada smith, better known as shug and this is my second year with the program. this is a letter from one of our young people who was unable to attend today. she is expressing gratitude for the dki, thank you to dr. davis and to others who have

supported her. dear dki program team, i'm writing to express my heartfelt gratitude to the dki program also known as the dream keeper initiative for providing me with the opportunity to give back to the community. being a part of this initiative has allowed me to impact fellow community members and inspires others to strife for greatness learning and growth and create valuable networking opportunities. her name is gentle williams, she is my daughter, thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> speaker: good afternoon, my name is andrea baker and i am the executive director of interaction. and interaction is a grantee of dki. i want to let you know that over the past three years with funding from dki, into action,

has served hundreds of dreamers who finally are able to begin to realize their dreams. we know that metrics are important but i think every one in this room also knows that the best incentive and motivater is the modeling seeing others around you who look like you, who are also achieving. it is important that this funding continue. i want to also before i leave this podium, i want to acknowledge and thank the mayor, supervisor walton, dr. sai and dr. davis for their bravery, their bravery in insisting on this program. and i want to encourage all of you to have courage and to

advocate for the continuation of this funding. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> speaker: hello i'm a jewelry artist enter pretour, i grew up in san francisco my mom has been a resident for over 40 years. i'm currently a care provider for our vulnerable community of elders. i learned about into action which is a direct recipient of the dream keepers initiative and i was able to go through the program and create a business e-commerce website through sell black. during the pandemic, it became very relevant for people to be online for you to be able to do business online and to be e-commerce savvy. the sell black program was is a

program that helps us to build a website. the monies that we were given through a bank card i was able with my own initiative of money and teaching myself finances, also coupled with the into actions resources, i was able to launch my website, please you can visit i welcome you, www.cor--beautiful pieces even pearls as well. but, doing the initiative i was able to payoff debt and we all know that right now, credit card debt is at an all-time high and who would be able to get out of credit card debt. i was able to fund my photography and fund the urls and so forth. so through the dream keepers initiative through interaction, i'm able to give back to the

community and their drama kitchen program through merchandising, i teach merchandising of food and products as well. 11,000 is what ifls given and i heard that it could go to 1500. >> thank you so much. next speaker. >> speaker: thank you for doing the work. >> thank you. >> speaker: waiting for my troop. thank you. good afternoon, supervisors, community members, thank you for allowing us this opportunity to speak today. the latino task force is here to support the dream keeper initiative it's timely and the city needs to keep its investment to the black community. we work closely with many of the agencies and the work they do is life changing. investing in community will always result in better outcomes. the san francisco budge set a

statement on who we are as a city and it's important to ensure that all residents are included. we're here to ask for your initiative. thank you to the human rights commission supervisor walton for championing this initiative and on behalf of the task force, we stand in support of this investment. thank you. >> speaker: good afternoon, supervisors, out of respect for public comment, there is only a few of us two of us that will speak but the rest stand in solidarity, i'm valerie and just for the record i'm on my union negotiated lunch break. again the latino task force stands in solidarity, we want to honor the ancestor of the land who's shoulder we stand on and also the black community. we want to thank the dki initiative under the leader ship of dr. davis. you know that dr. davis

supported the latino task force and i want to recognize the black leadership in this city. mayor london breed, dr. davis and then president walton, supported the latino community and task force. i want to share with you briefly, a quick story and i want the community to understand how important black leadership is. for many years the native community fought to have sports team changed but it was not until george floyd died, sacrificed his life, a black man did that movement get any traction. so when we honor black leadership and the black community, we all benefit. thank you.

[applause] >> thank you all. next speaker, please. >> speaker: good afternoon, supervisors and community members, thank you every one for being here today. my name is luna robledo i'm juvenile specialist with san francisco court appointed or casa, casa was recipient of our dki funding. we hired six black and mix race foster injustice involved youth and young adult and paid them to form our youth board who met weekly and reviewed grant applications from youth in the community. grants that improved young african-american lives. black youth and families are disproportionately represented in our welfare system. it means that you rely on other systems and government and mostly your community to survive and thrive. it also means responsive needs

to slowed is bureaucratic processes. our pure grant making process was able to expedite pro advicesing of necessary items and support allowing young people to meet their unique needs in a timely manner. needs that the system had not accounted for and was not able to meet. such as necessary dental procedures for young adults who's teeth were literally falling out of his mouth, laptop for numerous youth to continue their studies. let's see. a room ba vacuum and providing first and last month's health for a person to launch into independent living. i urge the city to keep the d kixer funding. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> speaker: thank you i'm

alisha roshell i'm of captured moments will i alisha roshell i'm a native san francisco district 10 and i and i have ben bited of being a part of zen sans which i was part of that before this dki came through. but after dki came through, i was able to whethers go back to renaissance i was hired by renaissance and they received some dki money and i came into action as well. and also other entities, i'm a photographer, videographer, designer, all small businesses were able to pay me to do the work. so i have now been relevant right here in san francisco and moneys have been allotted in

budgets for photography, for video graphy which is something that is in the back end, people have phones but they were able to hire me to do a professional job and i'm grateful to the interaction staff that accessible staff members and coaches. and they also encouraged us to receive the funds. it was a motivating force so we can reach our dreams. our supervisors who i've seen on the frontline for this. and thank you. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> speaker: i'm owner of bbq,

thank you to mayor breed, thank you supervisor walton and every one responsible for dream keepers initiative. i want it say i'm a current local 3 heavy machine operators, i'm currently laid off and in this trade of construction is very racist to african-american especially with the heavy machine operators and it's not so much the union sends you out, you get a job but you have been compatible these companies are ran by people that are not black. you can show up on time and if they don't want you to work, they wouldn't. i want to say it's a god sent blessing for me to be in that program, somebody referred me to the program i was selling bbq on third street, i grew up in burnle heights. i was closed down by the health department and i didn't have the fund, i didn't have the

equity, the capitol to get a food truck or insurance to rent space and so everything i did was illegally, and so this is a blessing that interaction is able to fund me. i'm able to be a legal vendor at different events. i hope you allow for us to keep our dreams and continue to fund this. i have 20 or so cohort members that are pursuing their dreams and serious about cooking and starting their own businesses. if you cut down this program, you're cutting a i lot of dream. and i have a five-year-old daughter that gets to say my father has his own business. without ownership, black people are in a lose-lose situation.

i'm able to own my own business. and they see me everyday. >> thank you, thank you so much. thank you for your comments. next speaker. >> thank you for your hard work. i'm here to support the funding for the black lead organizations and community. it's very vital that you allow this to continue. i have witnessed firsthand the launch of numerous businesses, organizations nonprofit that's have gotten grant writing service to see allow them to be able to continue on doing what they're doing. i've seen financial stability for their family and it's time that we continue to support those so that they can realize their dreams and the futures of their family's dreams.

and break down the walls and barriers that the black community has faced in our community to start build financial security and equality within the community. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> speaker: hello i'm a native son of native edition, born and raised. i'm here on behalf of san francisco district attorney office and district attorney brooke jenkins, i know why we're here and i know this is about numbers and government oversight. i want to make sure that we don't lose sight of one thing, today we're talking about humanity, dki is about humanity. dki is a renewed version of civil rights for african americans in this city, this is why dki is important. we have been able as a district attorney's office to partner

with the human rights commission for the sole purpose of preventing crime with young people to take young people to the deep south to help them learn and live tlut experiences and construction of the civil rights movement so they can understand and appreciate why they're able to go to starbucks today. i urge all of you all of you to consider pushing forward, keeping it here, doubling it down, rebirthing and rebuilding that budget so that african americans in this city can continue to live with dig nity and respect. i want to commend superintendent walton and sigh and davis for livinger what we need. dki works, thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

the dream keeper initiative has allowed us to hire three clinicians we youth go through a lot of trauma. it's helpful to help people who have gone through things that the young people have gone through. so having hundreds of young people be served in our navigation, center. for the purpose of their mental health is important. there is one thing that i want to emphasize about the dream keepers. keep is the keyword in that. this help keep us safe, it's

important that we keep these funds in order to keep all of us together in community to make sure that we don't lose another young person. we don't lose another senior due to insecurities around we're the boat that has risen from these funds and we've been taking every one around with us. so please keep the dream keepers funds alive. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> speaker: hello for some dki was to provide a new sense to go after a dream and provide educational training through program supported and funded by the initiative.

i stand before as executive director of san francisco african arts and culture district. i'm april, i'm tasked with god's work of making sure that our community is stablelized historically preserved and properly educated and given the tools they need to build their dream cars or space ships and fly far away from here, now that's a dream. it takes programs like the dream keepers initiative to support the work that i've been tasked with. it's desperately needed to make sure that our future generation right side supported and taken care of. please please continue to fund this initiative it is detrimental to the future of san francisco and our children. thank you.

somebody can have my extra 20 seconds. >> speaker: the oldest black organization with 1105 year service to this amazing city. we're proud dream keeper and we here to make sure that with our community members here that there are black people in the future. we're able to provide over 2000 hours of free cultural humbly, therapy and grief counseling in the midst of mental health crisis for our children, our families and our seniors. we've pulled parents back from the brink. we've convinced our middle schoolers that their lives are worth living. we've also addressed the ptsd that a lot of our moms and dads have had because they have to bury their kids way too early. because of the dream keeper

initiative we have turned house dreams can into house keys. we provided over 3500 hours of case management for dozens of black and brown families here in san francisco and keeping them in san francisco because of dream keeper, we've been able to cover transportation, moving costs, security deposits and first month's rent for homeless families ensuring a smooth transition into stable permanent housing. because of dream keeper, we're getting families and foster youth out of the street, out of cars and hotel rooms and we're doing it because of a 40 percent of folks are black. too many of our people don't know where the heads will lay at night and we're making sure that it does not happen. because of a dream keeper our booker can graduate and they maintain high attendance rates, they made it to honor role and now preparing for--honor roll, and now prepping for college.

the dream keeper alleviates the -- ~>> thank you so much for your comment. >> speaker: we have more work to do thank you every one. >> thank you, next speaker. >> speaker: good morning i'm felicia and i represent invest black in all mine community collaborative. i'm here to say thank you for helping to expand our covid hub during the pandemic, we were able to provide testing to over 30,000 people in the lakeview and over 3000 vaccinations and boosters because we were able to provide access in community that does not have a health clinic, a health partner, a hospital or even an urgent care.

a much needed resource. but most importantly i'm here to make sure that the funding continues because i've now made the list of qualified grantees and i can't wait and very excited to continue providing culturally sensitive activities to our older adults in the lakeview. my senior house rich but money poor. people think because they have a home that there is no need and in fact having a home there is a greater need. it's sxwruft as a much as a need as those without a home and you're using the downstairs of your home as your essential resident because you're unable to walk up and down the stairs. please continue to have keep the dream keeper initiative alive and i thank you for your support. >> thank you, next speaker, please.

>> thank you for your non screen time. i'm the director of good rule. and in covid, we banded together and we saw a need. the african-american educators was born phet and at the time they were getting a third of the resources and a third of the support. and in so many instances they were not seen or heard. with that we've been able to start a community lab, provider support. we have on how long we have to serve you people. and that was just a few months ago, how that providers that care for 0 to 3 the most

important part of child's life and still reduce to how long? we have fought, we with this initiative, eveb able to hope doors and a lot of those doors have been hesitant but when i've been backed bit dream keeper thanks to dr. sai, they're like o being what can we do to help you? it has opened the doors. we're still in the need of breaking the institutional system. system frenzy, 3000 people come into the chase center from a little ol' initiative. kindergartening kits to all the black children. provider support for the legacy providers.

we are only 18 out of 400 providers that are getting the els subsidy. and we need that all to change. >> thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> speaker: good afternoon, i'm felicia jones, and i'm here not to indicate all the wonderful stories about black people in the city and county of san francisco that has been told already. and i want to thank mayor graod and supervisor walton and dr. carol davis. not only is he part of the dream keeper, shaaman you know and a lot of the other supervisors know, when you need somebody black in the city and

county of san francisco, a voice y'all call an cheryl davis. you call on cheryl davis, the other thing i want to say, dean, is this. three months ago, we walked around this whole city hall to every board of supervisors initiating and backing of dki. shaaman he was not here that day, i believe hillary was not here that day. but every other board of supervisors was here that day and all of you made a promise, made a promise you didn't say, oh let me think about it, oh you know. we got to look at the budget cuts, you made a promise not to touch dki funding!

so stand up to your promise, mean what i say, say what you mean and do not touch dki funding. because if you touch it black people go back 57 years, three reports studying black people, 57 years ago and we still don't have nothing. you looked at the budget, you see how all of black--. >> thank you so much. thank you so much for your comments. >> speaker: you don't know me sister, i don't stop. >> next speaker. >> speaker: all the programs have been touched. >> all right. thank you.

next speaker, please. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> speaker: next speaker gonna have to wait. >> as you know every one gets the same time in public comment. you can continue this conversation but you do not get to-- >> speaker: mean what you say and say what you say. >> your time is up thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. >> speaker: i am happy to give some of my time to cheryl davis. my name is david elliot lewis

i'm co-chair of people's congress and our members and residents have benefited from dream keepers initiative, everything from the new leadership downsing which is in the tenderloins to other groups it's been really important help to our neighborhood and residents. as you know, the tenderloin have a higher percentage of unhoused residents black residents and unhoused people, we need help, the dream keeper initiative is a miracle that has provided real help and help correct historic wrongs. we need, we need this benefit to continue, we need it refunded. dream keep the dream, keep the promise as you heard repeatedly in public comment. please keep this initiative going and well funded and i'll leave it at that so more

speakers can speak, thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, i'm marrian jones oldest black lead community center in the country. we established the first black clubhouse within a safety net organization that is dedicated to the african-american community when 99 percent of all clubhouses in the world served the affluent white community. so we would not be able to do this without dream keeper funding and also provide the great services that offer license clinicians, that are physicians, nurse practioners, addiction medicine specialist within a system of care like no

other in san francisco. we will not be able to continue this program without the funding of dream keepers initiative. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> speaker: good morning supervisors, i would like to thank queen b, also dr. davis. but listen, let me say this, i've been doing this for years but i cooled down as a activist i'm up here doing cool things. i'm say it in a 1 wol 30, politics can full of tricks, it can make you turn into a lunatic. what i've been doing for the last few years, although i have not applied for money with dream keepers, i've been

documenting, i've been tracking, i've been reporting and documenting everything that has been going on for the last few years. and i am tickled, not tickled pink but tickled black to this initiative has been funding all of these different programs for our community so i'm tickled black right now. but the thing i would like to suggest and tell everybody that we must continue to fight for dream keepers, dream keeper initiative. and i'm so proud to be part of the community. filmore is changing. i used to call it feel no more, and all of these businesses are popping up in the mill for, that's basically because of the initiative. my name is ace, i'm on the case, and i'll be around for a

little while and tracking monitoring, documenting and reporting. so thank you very much for what you do doctors, supervisors and the mayor, i call her queen b. >> thank you, next speaker. >> speaker: good morning, she and she, i continue encourage fund to go lift up the black community. because when we lift up the black community we have the potential to lift up all votes. even during our city's budget crisis that we double down that the most impact can be made because of the initiative because an pound of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

i like to say that i'm a poor white person, and our cohort has been swindled into advocating and accelerating in the last ten years all in the name of racist. --racism. what will has the movement done for me and my cohort. if more white poor people join the black people for social economic justice for all, who knows how much better we can be. to the white supremacist, i yield my time, fuck you. >> next speaker please. >> speaker: drew jenkins i'm in support of it, the dream keepers. i know it impacted the saint hill community making sure that over the pandemic that over a million meals was passed out through young people.

when they were saying that black people were causing violence on the older asians we were able to stop and make sure that was not just a astigmatism. we had the white people walking with over 780 units. we was working together because of the dream keeper, but we forget because the time has passed about what work was put in all the time. so to keep something like that going, i feel like the dream keepers is attacking something that the city is not recognizing, that's getting down and dirty and making sure that the community is being

taken care of. thank you. >> next speaker please. >> speaker: good y'all i think i'm last one that is physically here today. so i want to thank you. i want to give honor to god who is clearly the head of my life and got us all here because we're still breathing. i want to thank supervisor walton, the mayor and tireless people that work endless hours to make sure that continues to work. i want to thank everybody who has already spoken and i think we've answered your question, you asked a question, what have you been doing with the funds? it has been an investment that is only going to grow bigger. so i'm going to leave with some words as you think about your actions, right, we want you to say watch your thoughts for they are your words, watch your words because that's ms. felicia was telling you, don't tell us what you want us to hear tell us what you're going

to do. they become your actions, watch your actions because they become your habits, watch your habits because they become your character and last of ca watch your character because they becomes your destiny and san francisco is being watched globely, make sure that your investment last forever. [applause] >> do we have any further public comment? mr. chair, that completes our queue. >> thank you, with no more public comment on this item is now closed. i want to thank every one for coming out and having so many people talking about the inspiring work being done under the dream keeper initiative and the need to maintain that funding. i have supported it from the start and will continue to do

so. i do want to correct the record, which i usually reframe from doing but i do want to correct one public comment that was made suggesting some reversal around my issue of reparations which i take response for. i was a cosponsor of supervisor walton to fund reparations and deliver on the report supported the report and as dr. davis noted in the beginning, those of us that take that stand earn ourselves significant attacks and hate nationally for standing strong for reparations and something i believe strongly in and have voted consist leon and continue to do so. there are certain challenges that have not emanated from my office, i'll leave it at that around the funding but we

continue to fully support reparations as well as the important work of the dream keeper initiative. with that, i'll turn it back to supervisor walton if you have any further comments. >> thank you so much, chair preston and thank you colleagues for hold thising hearing today. i want to start off by thanking community and all the recipients of dream keeper initiative funding. before i say my final statements, i did have two questions the first one when we talk about the home ownership what does that compare to the numbers that we were previously able to achieve? >> good afternoon, mayor director of mayor's department. dream keeper has been the wings

beneath our wings whatever the phrase is, wind! because not only because of the funding and how we're able to target the african community with the funding but also the will to to target the african-american in ownership. so the numbers of black folks that we're serving now are phenomenally higher than what we've been able to serve through our oem ownership program in the past. >> thank you. i think this is just part of my next question and i don't know if director davis or director if you want to answer this but what would you say has been dki's biggest or where we made the most impact? >> i would like to hear dr. aye's response. i want to acknowledge that we had a lot of different

departments that we represented earlier we didn't acknowledge them. and wunts program high level for me off the top which is the thing that will be criticized the most but i think it's the most important is the are the many grants. so when we talk about how we actually get in the hands of the people of and community not in the hands of non prove pits, right, but in the hands of folks that i are like i want to bring out joy and give ice cream to kids in my neighborhood. or food distributions. they ask for money to put together grocery bags to give out to elder. the grants has touched and it's

the smallest investment in terms of 3 million dollars that's one of the things that i wish we could do more of. but because of the way the system works, i don't think the district values how to give people and how that changes neighborhoods and of course the home ownership to see 50 plus people to be able to buy homes in san francisco when that is ten times that was able to happen before the dream keeper initiative. that is huge and the third which as an educator youth development is the money that we've invested in youth development. to know that nearly 200 college students have received tuition support, housing support, the ability to stay in college because they can buy their books. those rin vestments that have tremendous. i would hang my hat on the many grants but i know other folks would not value it in the same

way. >> so there are three things that i would say, the first relative to community. the community and valued which from the outset, was our commitment to make sure that black folks pacific islander valued and they can exercise their power not that we were empowering bull they can exercise their power as we've seen today. the second is the city coming together as the collective is a heavy list and it's not easy given city bureaucracy. not only to build trust but transparency in government and the 12 city department.

and home loan forgiveness i'm really excited where we can sustain wealth building for those who purchase homes in san francisco and then i think a fourth that we're seeing on the cusp we're exploring with this the city economist is about the multiplier fix and the benefit of the dollars, you mention 0.0.3 percent how that will ultimately benefit the city's economy for the long run. >> thank you. i don't have anymore questions but i did just want to both a luted, but i would be remiss not to think the other department office of mayor housing and community development. department of public health,

department of youth and their families, office of education, san francisco fire department, adult probation, the public defender's office and i know i missed a couple, i apologize but we'll make sure that everybody gets acknowledged with their work and investment with the dream keeper. i want to remind every one that this is city wide work. this work that is yielding positive results across all of san francisco and these successes need to continue to be highlighted. i want to thank all of the al lies that came out to speak today. this work that making sure that we receive equity and justice for black people, of course it takes every one coming together to make sure that we are heard, seen and supported. i do want to thank our allies for that work.

and the last thing that i say, no with one design success for black people but black people. okay, i want you to remember that as we continue to do this work. so thank you all for being here and thank you supervisor preston for not cutting the time short, you're a little bit more generous than me. community should thank you because you're more generous than me on that one. thank you on that. and i would just ask that we continue this to the call of the chair. >> thank you, supervisor walton. supervisor chan? >> thank you, chair. preston and i have a quick question for dr. davis and i wanted to understand the budget proposed upcoming budget.

i heard some of the public commenters have worries and concerns that the budget is going to get reduced? is that what we're looking at? >> i do think that when people follow the news or see information that goes out there, there is concern that the first place that the city will want to cut is this funding. i know that some people told me and not necessarily here, i heard that supervisors have been saying that the dki budget is bloated and needs to be cut. and that was brought to me by several folks somebody, a supervisor said that to them. so it creates a little bit of concern. when the folks that have said and that was to the point that have said earlier when folks say they support something but privately say they're going to

cut that and start with the dki, i think that's a concern. i will say to be totally honest and transparent and probably should not be saying this, i think there is also concern that the resent announcement around another department's or new rfps people feel there is an expectation that everybody black that was cut is going to be paid for now through dream keeper initiative which means we would have to cut our existing funding to support the cuts that came from another department. dream keeper was never intended to be back fill for other things and there is now concern that that may happen. and i'm going to say again, most folks know that i'm a pretty much a straight shooter

people concerned that as we evolve this program that we increase accountability and there may be cuts to programs based on delivery not based on our budget cuts but based on two things. one based on the fact that we're eye city department and we have to be responsive to what the controller and city attorney requires. and this is meant to be kind of a launch pad and that we hope people will then be able to die if heser --diversify so we can get new people benefit from those funds. but i think that's a process of concerns around dcyf and concerns about what supervisors have said publicly and privately to other folks and concerns about what we'll have to do in order to make sure that we get the opportunity to

fund diverse. >> and through the chair, i want to say, your budget committee chair, this is the first time i'm hearing that any of my colleagues is can thinger dream keeper initiative is bloated. so i want to say that. and that i think let's have a conversation about moving it forward. clearly the board, the supervisors will not be able to look at proposed budget until june when the mayor is ready to propose it to the board. i'm speaking for myself, i have not seen proposed cuts other than, you know, most recently, i think that i made aware of dcyf i am aware of some of the

reduction but i would like to learn more from the dream keeper initiative how it's being impacted by that announcement? i think at the budget committee we're starting to have this conversation until we learn about the cuts in june which only gives the supervisors very little time, frankly less than three weeks time to understand what the reductions and how we shift the allocations of funding and being here until 3:00 o'clock in the morning to negotiate. we're starting those conversations that if you're aware that things will be cut, let's talk about it now and

let's put it out there now and be transparent about what the reduction looks like within the mayor's proposed budget instead of waiting until june where it may be too late for us to correct the course. i want to put it on the record and say, let's have the conversation if we're aware of what is going to be cut so it's not too late to restore and we don't end up where we are put ing the communities against each other for the funds. we can talk to make sure that it works for the community especially for smaller organizations and nonprofits. thank you. ?*. thank you, supervisor chan. vice chair stefani. >> i was taking notes and i

thought, this is one of the best presentations, and i want to thank you for the book too, i was looking at one of the stories. there was a lot of life and hope in the presentations and sometimes we don't see that in city hall, about the how the dollars that go out really impact. and i think the presentations show how impactful the dream keeper initiative is. i was not the supervisor that it was me. >> nobody in this room said that. and i did text superintendent walton is the organization threatened? i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart and every one who came out for these presentations. i think one of the things that i wrote down too when you poers resources in the community it benefits all of san francisco and i'll take that away today.

thank you for all your work. >> thank you vice chair stefani and yeah, i think it is i will just say there is strong support with the supervisors in this room. to be honest, i don't know that it's terribly helpful to have an anonymous supervisor. i think it's honestly, in terms of constructive making sure a shared goal of maintaining and when possible growing this initiative, it would be helpful if whatever that rumor is, if we know who that is so either, either as chair or as the budget chair or supervisor walton leading the board's efforts can engage with that supervisor and have you engaged

to try to answer any questions. but it's the first time. the only cuts that i'm aware of are the cross the board instructions from the mayor that impact some of the departments you're talking about, we'll see where that lands in terms of her proposed budget and then as our budget chair and supervisor chan indicated, then that proposed budget comes to the board and but i have not, bft reference to anonymous supervisor or supervisors had not heard any proposals from colleagues critiques of amount of dki funding so that i understand why people would be concerned about that but i think it would be helpful who is concerned about that funding. >> and just to acknowledge that was not, it was in response to a question that was asked and i have not had a chance to speak with that supervisor. and i, you know, ynt didn't

want to say the name. it's a rumor in terms of why there is anxiety. there is anxiety because somebody has taken that narrative. again i want to appreciate you all for hosting this because if i can just be totally transparent, i think there is a lost anxiety because of the narrative of what it is to have black leader ship in charge of anything in san francisco. i often say to people, i expect everyday to be my last day at work. because some accidental something, some miss steps some misunderstanding, is going to be front page news and you're going to be left alone.

and i think the fear of somebody saying something or seeing a headline, people, i will say not just people in general, i will say me, as somebody who has spent her whole life following the rules, being afraid to jaywalk, being afraid that if i'm late with my taxes, there is a fear that you're going to do something and the media is going to say, this is why we don't give black people anything. there is a level because of the headlines because of the new rules that we put in place, all of these things so all it takes is somebody, this is what he said to me and everybody freaks out, i feel like this is probably when we talk about

investments, people are calling and saying, we want to be under the radar, because we know when we're not, it becomes a lot issue. san francisco's black community has done something amazing that should be emulated and modeled and instead everybody is talking about. forgive me and thank you for indulge but there is a lot of fear about this work that everybody else. >> thank you for additional comments. and let me just say, i think that especially in light of what you're saying, the media dynamic as well as the budget pressures of the city, i think having some level of anxiety and making sure that people rally in support of these funds is absolutely absolutely essential and it took a lot of struggle to do this in the first place and maintain it

through, the additional cycles and it's going to take that level of folks speaking up. i just want to be clear, i'm not suggesting for a second that anyone take for granted and assume that without people speaking up, that those funds will continue. given the national media tacks and local attacks, and the real challenge and the heat our city gets when we center the black community in our and in our investments and talk about reparations and we see that, i don't want to say black lash, across the country, i think it is essential to rally in support. where i was weighing is a cautious from my perspective, and i think to some extent i do

feel like this is an area where the board and the mayor and the administration in the department have like you said come together to do something impactful and that's something that we should be doubling down and growing as a city. so my push back was not on the idea of concern and anxiety around protecting the funds but hopefully we're all in that fight together as we go in budget season. supervisor walton. >> thank you, i was going to add, yes there is anxiety around the budget and budget process and of course people always get concerned when we're having cuts, cuts being proposed but i think what director davis was doing an eloquent job not trying to throw anything under the bus

but people have to understand that anything in the city has been scrutinizes and ago for reports and audit. the media scrutinized in a way that we never see. we got people sunshine of the dream keeper initiative which is their right. we don't see these things happening except when black people have this. >> i think it's your motion is to continue this to the call of the chair. thank you to all the folks who gave public comment and involved. i would like to go ahead and move to continue the item on the call of the chair.

>> on the motion to continue the motion to the call of the chair, vice chair stefani. >> aye. >> member chan. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> chair preston, aye. >> that motion passes, we have i think it was important that we dedicate this time, this will be an unusual long hearing day, we still have couple of hearings to my apologies in the sro tenants and the other items but to further apologize, we're going to take a short recess before we gear up for those other hearings. so we will reconvene, it is now 1:10, we will reconvene

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