few weeks supervisor supervisor peskin seeow friday looking forward to see the rest you as well. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. good afternoon, thank you for being here today and allowing san francisco vulnerable to stand before you advocating for a people's budget prioritizing working class and children. am i'm here on behalf early care and education community to echo those who spoke before me today and ensure assess for children and families is a community safety issue and priority. we need to protect and preserve baby prop c dollars not cut funding in a time critical for working families. we cannot balance the budget on backs of babies and work class that makes up san francisco. true measure can be found in how it treats the vulnerable. stand with those buffer today to

prioritize a people's budget and protect baby prop c. thank you. >> thank you. >> and we have more member who is wish to address the committee regarding hearing now is the final call. >> that completeings our queue. >> thank you. no more public dment is now closed. thank you colleagues i thank you for your patience on this i have straightforward budget questions traesz addressingut consist mentioned by public comment. i will look to supervisor melgar first for her questions. or would you like to ask your questions? okay. i want to quickly go through the mention of cuts. first is the worker right community collaboration was mentioned 50% and i assume that is for olse office of labor

enforcement. also.ed to understand i know, director you mentioned that -- really you are fating cuts and you mentioned the cuts and that you are trying to figure had out but can you help us understand the dollar amount you are seeing that you will be you do or submit to the mayor for consideration? for this budget proposal. >> thank you. yea. our office does not have direct action with the mayor's budget office. it is become and forth through general service administration. our understanding is to meet the 10% and then additional 10% and the 5% limit in the our area where we cut our budget of it was upon understood that

reductions and current staffing were not an option. we e eliminated and proposed additional,trician savings and in additional ref now from departments. the only other area for office to make cuts to the general service contract. our office does not issue guarantee there is are 2 other contracts one is modest and mandated under the advisory requirements. over access inspections and the only other contract our office passport system for a data system which is utilized by 10 and 12 other departments but we handled prosecute cure am of temperature the principle contract for services is with

the collaborative. with the lead cpa and changed but 50% is what we messages that is kivenlt with what was put out >> >> and again we are not part of the process. i don't think there hen a formal for the board for consideration. >> of course. >> in conversations, of course. >> i think that is what the process is. and i mentioned last week trying to understand what are the ideas

for and the dollar amounts looks like in advance the formal proposal that will come before us in june. because by the time it come in june, like we as the board really only have less than 4 weeks to understand where the cuts what are cuts and how do we. f we want to respond how do we in a way that we don't just jeopardize someone else's programming and technically there is robbing peter to pay paul process in june. attach is when i'm trying to avoid through now the hearings. with that 750 thousand dollars cuts are there other cuts equal to dollar amount anticipate? >> again i can't peek to specifics those are conversations we have been having to date. we have tried to seek out creative solutions.

we were shored up through federal funding came our way. we were anticipating budget short falls already incorporated smchl there was conversations around achievement of restitution resource part of the fund and complicated to draw down from. we had conversations around that. and believe we tried be creative as possible. i will say that i was moved by the testimony and work close low with the collaborative. we think that it is important torch have on the grounds nongovernmental inter~ action with immigrant workers. but our commitment is we will do everything in our power to support any wage staff or labor violation in san francisco as we have. yes.

since established the office you help workers claim 150 million dollars worth of wage and reimburse ams we appreciate the work that you are doochlg my final question is just to dec thank you so much. >> thank you >> and is specific low mentioned by public comment 1.8 million dollars of family resource center that is when i'm trying tonld. supervisor melgar will have comprehensive questioning she has more understanding i'm drilling down to what i hear and trying tonld what the cuts and to the this 1. 8 million dollars to family resource center. you know the public commenters were right we have one i have one if not more in the richmond. help us understand the cuts. >> the there is no cut to the family resource centers when we

have done is have a 5 year funding cycle that ended and we are starting a new funding cycle we just preprocured or put out to bid our baseline when we bid 5 years ago, did not include 1.8 million dollars it was a low are base line. that 1.8 million dollars is folded in the new procure am cycle temperature is not a stand alone that 1.8 million dollars came from during the pandemic and was a combination of add backs so we other performancing department. the family resource center is a jointly funded initiative between our department. human service agency and the department of children, youth and families. 91 of our departments have reduced funding we are nkszing funding if we compare the

baseline we had 5 years ago to one we have now as we reprocured, it is now increased to that 1.8 million dollars. it now has this 1.8 million dollars but not a stand alone category. >> what is the total of your request for proposal dollar amount? i asked this question, too. it is 18. 2 million dollars annually. >> and so you are saying is 5 years ago you were at 17 million? 5 years ago at 15. 5. now the new round you are 18.2. this is inclusive of 1.8 what is that cost of doing accident? combination of many things. especially grew over the during

over 2021-2023. and it was a combination of add backs and some of it is cost doing business. so it is an aggregate total. >> thank you. >> supervisor melgar. >> thank you for the good questions chair chan. and thank you director for the information. i want to thank all of the advocates. i wanted ask specific low about what is in the probable c funds and item upon the plans are to use it? as we saw in last year's budget having a bunch of money unspoken for is invitation during lean budget times. you know, you know i have been an advocate for growing our universal childcare system.

it is something that i believe solves so many different issues. it is not just about you know the subdiedz childcare butt role of that childcare play in our educational system. you presented through our strategy planful saw so many issues in terms of economic. and inequality. because you know we than when people don't have childcare and can't gentleman to work, they can't earn a living that task falls to women in california the face of poverty is latina woman. you finish we don't solve childcare in our city we are not solving for inequality. and it is also to gender equality. for folks who may have money they earn the wages but don't have enough slot in the city to

fit the needs of everyone. i request to the budget analyst to help us quantify the need. we tell take a bit to get what back we never done that. i had a really good meeting with the chamber in san francisco. we have been talking about how lack of folks coming in the office is hursting our staechl supervisor supervisor peskin district suffered from the shift in workers. not coming women are the number one population not come become to work in person. and childcare is the main impedaments for not coming become it solves a bunch issues,

trying to recruit police officers. trying to recruit nurse childcare is a top that were they site for not coming to work or being recruited san francisco. i am eager ton what our plan is going forward? you know it pains me tong we have the money that has been sitting because of the lawsuit. that has accrued last year the interpret on that and that is a good compromise. but going forward, i got numbers from lists and it costs us 78 thousand dollars to build one slot of childcare from -- doing everything. we need 4100 slots that is 328 million of you know we need to build the capacity to build them and build them. we need to leverage funding from

private employ and use the money. can you tell us a bilt what the plans are, because, you know we 99 this year's budget we put in 30 some million for capitol. we are not talking about how much it costs per teacher. in terms of prosecute subdiegz their become high quality teach eshs that is another class as well. i would like to blfr we approve budget and move any money to be able to project what the costs are. for real. in terms of the promise we made to the voters of san francisco for universal shaek. it is a promise to the kids in families and a promise to employers and families.

this is universal.

keep have over 92 percent of children attending preschool in san francisco which is unprecedented where you go in the country we leadical cal with participation. that took 2 decades. also building the infant care will not take two decades but close to that. because it is a combination of workforce. it is also not just facilities the funding we put in facilities based on the capacity we have of providers able to say i want to establish this as a business. and invest to be able to expand or create new space. and that takes a lot. you will know -- there is restrictions where you can build childcare facilities. all of those things create equal

time. to your point or question, yest is over 78 thousand dollars to build one childcare space. new construction that is today's current market. but we ever also improving space this is we fund. there are a lot of spitz this is are not i would say too quality standards and children are in there we want to make surety children upon who are there issue realm in wonderful environments. where they have learn suggest fostered and this means we have to raft in teachers. to be able to build a universal system means we need a thousand edareas overnight next decade we will have an aging workforce with that we are going to have natural attrition. and so we are not only remrigs the people hor leaving but we have to accelerate at a high

pace to expand care. e approximately for infants and toddler its is a much hierarch did you tell to child ratio. in preschool one to 8 infants anded lers one to throw. best practice is one to two. now we do have investment in not only recruitment and of diverse educator pipe line. invest nothing educational path ways. investing in teacher aprenticeship and differents types of recruitments and substitute pols. where do we every strategy but also monies we have to build the capacity in the communities to be able to absorb resource. it is an under resourced system for many years. >> sure

>> thank you. i knowledge that your upon department has done god's work and i appreciate pu. i also while i appreciate the mayor's priority wragz and investment in this field, i want to be clear that what you have talked about is just a seck am of the entire need. we are talking about the subsidized slots. this is who you are talking b. and while we have done away with the waiting list for the older kids. of there has been a sea shift in terms of the state in the investment to transitional consistentlied are garren had an affect a domino affect on the field. completely because those folk who is would send kids to preschool or childcare now are sending them on sfusd buzz it is free in order for those leds to

adjust and most dpo they have to take in the littler withins and do capitol improvements to their you know businesses so they can, comidate them. when i'm saying is that i have seen a two year budget and we will see come to the committee. what i would like to do for me to be able to sleep at night is to be able to see projections the next 10 years. everything you just said a thousand new workers. how much will that cost snf what are we recruit am plans, like how much of the whatever or 400 million or whatever we have the? fund.

i want to make sure that before you know anybody touched this money we know when we are giving up. because we already med a promise to the people of san francisco for universal childcare if we'll walking back on that promise may be it is not the two year budget cycle in 4 or 5 years i want to be intention exam honest about it. >> thank you. >> thank you. what i am hearing from supervisor melgar and what i will be advising to you do and what i'm hearing from the public

commenters today and community organization is and we had this very same conversation i think last fiscal year specifically when we negotiate about prop c. baby c and that knowing that there is funding this is sitting there collecting interest you were new then or fairly new in trying to figure out a strategy plan and how we move that money forward. i of course what i look forward to seeing is besides the budget that the mayor will propose with your recommendation, is that not only that we do not want to hear or i don't want to hear from community members saying that the cuts the cuts that somehow they think they are experiencing this one has to be communicating if there is no cuts be clear and make sure we are transparent and accurate in our communications. and i think, two, is that when i

will wipe want to see within the budget is that you have your -- department allanual budget and project a year. i think that this year or this the veterans to that. when we would like to see is that -- with the controller's office to support to understand how much money right now remaining that was collective for prop c for baby c and with this remaining dlrgz how do you match the dollars with your strategic plan? and what is the time line? i remember correct low, is that there was an bldzing that you may be able to spend it down within the next 3 fiscal years? that's the conversation i remember. that's what is roughly what it it is as well. is roughly about 400 million dollars you will have. >> there are 2, one is -- on

going revenue or collection of baby prop c we use to fund the subsidies across the city. and the other is the one time only or what we call the reserve. and so the reserve is for capitol. and infrastructure. it is for facility development and for a lot of the things to what supervisor melgar is requesting the cost and the investment for workforce development. >> dleerl we just definitely benefit as a city from the interest collect friday the 4 manage million resulted was over 40 something million dollars of interest that bail us out for the time of need in terms of closing and bridge the deficit gap. i would rather spends dun this money. i was feedback the deficits in

the city without down and implementing plan, that cost to the city's local economy and workforce is more cost low. so -- i urge to you do this. and i urge you to do that with the brief to the committee member before your budget proposal which is amounting in may that you should have that starting to as a communications and look forward to seeing this conversation move forward. thank you. >> so with that colleagues i would like to make the motion to have this item heard and filed. we have one more item next week and i don't see objection to that. and with second by vice chair mandelman >> on that motion the hearing is heard and filed offered by chair

chan and seconded by vice chair mandelman. mandelman. >> aye >> member melgar >> aye >> member walwalton. >> abcents. >> member supervisor peskin ash cent of chair chan. >> aye. >> we have 3 ayey with walton and supervisor peskin absent >> this motion passes do we have any items before us today sgr that cop cludes our business the meeting is adjourned.

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>> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street

corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes skylight creamery, skylight and the 18 raisin. >> skylight market has been here since 1940. it's been in the family since 1964. his father and uncle bought the market and ran it through sam taking it over in 1998. at that point sam revamped the market. he installed a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food.

so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. in 2008, sam started 18

reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over the place. we really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. a lot of organizations i think which say we're going to teach

cooking or we're going to teach gardening, or we're going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. we say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really community oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. we want to build community and we're using food as a means to that end. >> we have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. coming into 18 reasons which even more community focused is such a treat. we have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. people come in in groups, meet friends that they didn't even know they had before. our whole set up is focused on communal table. you can sit across from someone and start a conversation. we're excited about that. >> i never worked in catering or food service before. it's been really fun learning about where things are coming from, where things are served

from. >> it is getting really popular. she's a wonderful teacher and i think it is a perfect match for us. it is not about home cooking. it's really about how to facilitate your ease in the kitchen so you can just cook. >> i have always loved eating food. for me, i love that it brings me into contact with so many wonderful people. ultimately all of my work that i do intersects at the place where food and community is. classes or cooking dinner for someone or writing about food. it always come down to empowering people and giving them a wonderful experience. empower their want to be around people and all the values and reasons the commitment, community and places, we're offering a whole spectrum of offerings and other really wide range of places to show that good food is not only for wealthy people and they are

super committed to accessibility and to giving people a glimpse of the beauty that really is available to all of us that sometimes we forget in our day to day running around. >> we have such a philosophical mission around bringing people together around food. it's so natural for me to come here. >> we want them to walk away feeling like they have the tools to make change in their lives. whether that change is voting on an issue in a way that they will really confident about, or that change is how to understand why it is important to support our small farmers. each class has a different purpose, but what we hope is that when people leave here they understand how to achieve that goal and feel that they have the resources necessary to do that. >> are you inspired? maybe you want to learn how to have a patch in your backyard

or cook better with fresh ingredients . or grab a quick bite with organic goodies. find out more about 18 reasons by going to 18 reasons.org and learn about buy right market and creamery by going to buy right market.com. and don't forget to check out our blog for more info on many of our episodes at sf quick bites.com. until next time, may the fork be with you. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> so chocolaty. mm. ♪♪ >> oh, this is awesome. oh, sorry. i thought we were done rolling. ♪♪