item seven. excuse me. thank you . thank you. chair. i'll move on to item eight. good morning again, emily cohen, department of homelessness and supportive housing. and i'm here today to request your approval for a resolution authorizing the department to enter into an to a second amendment to our agreement with the episcopal community services, to continue to administer housing navigation services. this program began in 2021 to support the goal of moving at least 2000 guests out of the shelter in place hotels. as we began to wind them down and was incredibly instrumental

in helping us reduce supportive housing vacancies and help improve the housing placement process for chronically homeless adults and adults experiencing homelessness. generally. this amendment was heard and approved by the homeless oversight committee on may 2nd. and again, i'm joined by chris callandrillo from ecs. if there are questions that he can respond to. again, this is a second amendment to the grant agreement to extend the term by two years and for a new not to exceed amount of approximately $16.7 million. the budget for this program funds mostly staff, including 19 housing navigators that work directly with 600 clients on housing applications and the move in process, as well as funding some flexible financial assistance to cover move in costs. moving and transportation associated with housing placement. through this

contract, ecs is supporting adults moving into permanent supportive housing. this is largely project based supportive housing. their work includes locating and engaging the client, whether that be on the street or in the shelter viewing units, completing housing applications, taking folks to their interview or their appointments, supporting them through the intake and move in process, and then supporting them for the first two months of their tenancy while they make a warm handoff to the on site social service staff. the agreement is for ecs to serve at least 600 people annually, and ecs has successfully achieved that each fiscal year under the housing navigation process. this, again, is one of the initiatives that really helped us reduce supportive housing vacancies by over 32, and i'm

happy to answer questions after the bla report. thank you. item eight is a resolution that approves an amendment to the hsh grant agreement with the episcopal community services pertaining to housing navigation services. the amendment extends the agreement through june 2026 and then increases the spending authority to $16.9 million. and we detailed the budget on page 23 of our report. this grants, funded by a state medi-cal funding, we also note in the report that this agreement, while it served the number of clients that its contract to per year, it doesn't have any performance metric regarding the time it takes to get clients into housing. that's actually a metric we've seen in other rental subsidy and rapid rehousing contracts that i think could benefit, this contract

going forward. and for that reason, we're recommending that hsh include this in future versions of this contract. or if even in this one, but we otherwise recommend approval of item eight. sorry, miss cohen, would you like to respond to just the additional, tracking requirement? and i think mainly it's the fact that if we're extending to 2026, certainly we'd love to understand if that's possible, to add it to this existing contract. yes it is. and we're in agreement with this recommendation. we are working with the provider to determine, looking at the baseline data, what is a reasonable expectation. right now it's taking about 61 days on average, to move people into housing, which is actually better than some of our other, subsidy programs. so we are happy to do that. and we can, send a final version of the contract to the clerk to add to the file once it's executed. i,

i want to say that i am i want to say that like it is definitely difficult to really i just even, anyone that even if you have means to find housing in san francisco, it's not easy. and to not let alone to meet the demands of that household that you have if you have kids and which neighborhood. and so i do think that i'm going to so, so with that context, so with the understanding that it is very challenging that, you know, i think on page 21 of the report indicated, you know, that that this organization outreach to thousands of people and that would hundreds and hundreds of housing applications, clearly it was increased significantly in 20, in the fiscal year 2324, with 859 like from from 21 to 22 was 616. and then it jumped to like 932 and then 850 like while

while over like 800. that's that's a lot of households. yes and out of which though it did have significant success, like so i'm just trying to understand help me understand because it had a significant success in 22 two at least according to the report, in 2223, it was like 92% of move in, at 854 and it dropped. but maybe i'm reading it incorrectly and so try to help me understand. like what? what happened there? yes. chair chan, thank you for that question. fy 2223 was the height of our cip free housing program. so we had a very, targeted pool of ten or of clients that we were reaching out to. we knew exactly where they are. they were in their hotel and they had on site case management. so we were working with them to move from the cip hotel into permanent housing. as we move into 23, 24 more people are the

cip hotels have found out people are either in our traditional shelters or maybe out on the street. they may be moving around. so the work has become harder as the folks are not necessarily in the same very specific, very consistent place to find them and work with them. so the work has become more challenging since the end of the cip hotels, and i'm not sure if chris has more he wants to add to that, but what's that? yes. that is an excellent point. thank you. peter, during fiscal year 2223, we were leasing up many of the newly acquired buildings and we had the ability to rehouse many more people more efficiently because we had all these new properties coming online at the same time. and so let me try to understand that. so it means that because now that they're occupied, we move them in the stock housing stock availability has decreased in

2324. the stock of available units hasn't necessarily decreased. but it is not as like we're not leasing up one empty brand new building. now we are leasing five units over here, ten units over here. and these are not always the brand new beautiful buildings that we were leasing up in 2223. these are turnover units in our existing stock. so varying levels of desirability. and again people are living in various locations now that's good to know. i think that's always the part where i want to understand more the challenges that i, you know, i think that early, early years, when i first took office, sam dodge had talked about, hey, are the person is the person ready to accept the service? but also do they actually qualify for the service available? and then the ones that they qualify for, is it available to them as well? and i, i think that similarly to

that principle, it's really what housing for individual. and eventually with that, it's the reason why i definitely love to learn more about that monitoring of like, how long does it take and what is the average rate and what are the challenges. just help us understand better about what the challenges really face to how someone absolutely moving someone in this in these cases. yeah. so there's a variety of challenges. as i mentioned before, right now, the average move in time is 61 days. so just over two months, which i think is a fairly reasonable time thinking about the process of identifying housing and moving. the challenges vary depending on, frankly, the funding source of the housing we're moving people into. so locally funded housing is simpler because we have reduced all of the barriers that we can control. you know, people have 90 days post placement to provide their documentation. that is not a

privilege we have with our federally funded units. it is one we have asked for and hud has indicated they're interested in moving that way, they just announced last week that they're moving that way for public housing, housing choice vouchers, but not yet for continuum of care funded housing. so that is one of the challenges is, finding people when they're out on the street. can be a challenge. and finding the unit that best matches somebody's needs in terms of amenities, ada accessibility, location, and, you know, just fit for that person. so all of those things can be challenges to the process. thank you. i don't see any other name on the roster. thank you so much for answering all the questions and your work on this. and so with that, let's go to public comments on these two items. yes. members of the public have joined us today who wish to address this committee regarding these items. seven and eight,

please approach the lectern. madam chair. we have no speakers . thank you. and seeing no public comments, public comment is now closed. colleagues, i would like to move these two items. to full board with recommendation, with the recognition that for item eight, which is for the housing navigation contract, that it will now have an additional requirement for performance objectives, to measure the placement, the time of the placement or the duration it takes for, for placement into housing, so with that, a roll call, please. and on that motion to forward, the both resolutions to the full board with a positive recommendation. vice chair mandelman mandelman i member melgar. melgar i chair chan i chan i we have three eyes. thank you. and the motion passes. and with that, mr. clark, please call item nine and ten together. yes. item number nine and ten are resolutions,

approving second amendments to grant agreements between urban alchemy and the department of homelessness and supportive housing for shelter operations and services. at actually. hold on. actually, that's wrong. i'm sorry. okay. item number nine is a resolution approving the second amendment to a grant agreement between urban alchemy and the department of homelessness and supportive housing for shelter operations and services at the 33 golf cabin program, extending the grant term by nine months from june 30th, 2024, for a total term of december 1st, 2021 through march 31st, 2025, increasing the grant amount by, approximately 2.1 million for a total amount not to exceed approximately 11.5 million. authorizing harsh, to enter into any amendments or modifications to the agreement that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities or materially decrease the benefits of the city, and are necessary, or advisable to effectuate the purpose of their agreement.

affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act, and adopting the planning department's findings that the program is consistent with the general plan. item number ten is a resolution approving the first amendment to the grant agreement between urban alchemy and hsh for shelter services and operations at 711 post street, extending the grant term by 24 months from june 30th, 2024, for a total term of march 21st, 2022 through june 30th, 2026. increasing the agreement amount by, approximately 11.6 million for a total amount not to exceed 30.4 million. and, and authorizing hsh to enter into any amendments or other modifications to the agreement that also does not materially increase the obligations or liabilities, nor materially decrease the benefits to the city, and are necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of that agreement. madam chair. thank you, mr. clark, and let's stick to that format of the presentation. bla

report for each item. thank you. thank you. chair, again. my name is emily cohen, deputy director at the department of homelessness and supportive housing and before you today, with a resolution that would authorize our department to enter into a second amendment with urban alchemy for continued operations of the cabin community at 33 golf, which was the city's first cabin community. and i want to thank supervisor mandelman for his co-sponsorship of this legislation. and all my colleagues at urban alchemy who are in the room to, answer questions that might come up again. this amendment was heard by the homelessness oversight commission in may and was approved. the new term of the agreement would or the new agreement would extend the term by nine months to align with our existing lease for the property at 33 golf, and would increase the not to exceed amount to a total of 11.6 million,

approximately $11.6 million. the operations and services at the cabin community include food daily operations, site management, support services, case management, wellness checks, meals, and referrals to outside services. the cabin serves approximately 74 guests at a time in 70 cabins, and the cost per bed per night is approximately $125. as i mentioned before, this is our community's first cabin community. a really exciting opportunity to pilot this building type for use as shelter. and we have since expanded on this model opening mission cabins and are in the process of opening the gerald commons in the bayview, both of which will also use a similar cabin model in fy 2223, 28% of

the households staying at 33 golf moved into permanent supportive housing in that fiscal year, the site served 178 people and, noting a higher percentage of women served in this program than among the homeless population generally. and i think that speaks to the privacy and safety that people feel when they have their own door that locks and after the bla report, i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you. item nine. this is a resolution that approves an amendment to an hsh grant agreement with urban alchemy related to the operating the cabin program at 33 golf street. this is a short term extension of the operating agreement through march 2025, which coincides with the city's lease for that site. there is an

extension option on that lease, which, if exercised, this contract would need to come back to the board for approval to extend another year, we note that this amendment also increases the spending authority on the contract to $11.6 million. we detail those, changes in spending on page 30 of our report. and we note that this is funded by proposition c. we also discussed in our report, some compliance issues at the site related to certain requirements, administrative requirements and the grant agreement in terms of reporting information to hsh and, proper supervision of documents and case files that has since been remediated. and we discussed that, in our report, and we recommend approval of item nine. thank you. i think my question is, you know, it's right now, so roughly a little bit less than a

year, for this 33 golf sites, when will we know from both the developer and city college that we are able to, whether whether or not it is an option for us to continue? thank you. chair chan. i think we would like to know by the end of the fiscal year this. no. excuse me. let me say that again. by the end of this calendar year, if we're going to extend so that we can prepare the contract for extension as well, ideally we would have the funding and be able to continue this project and the space, you know, if they're not ready to break ground yet. yeah. and then sorry, i as i recall, in a totality of running the sites, it's about $10 million per year. and that we were very fortunate in the previous or existing fiscal year that we actually have an accept and expand grant from the state to cover this. it is that is that correct, no. chair chan, this is funded by this is largely funded, i

believe, by prop c and not by the state grant. thank you. and so with that, let's go to item. the last item. thank you again, chair chan emily cohen, department of homelessness and supportive housing. the item before you today is a resolution that would authorize hsh to execute the first amendment to our grant agreement with urban alchemy for continued operations of the 711 post semi congregate shelter serving adults experiencing homelessness. this contract was also before the homeless oversight commission in may and received their support. the term for under this amendment, the term would be extended to june 30th, 2026 and the not to exceed amount would increase to approximately $30 million. this is funded by the state's 100, funded by the state's home homeless housing assistance and prevention, or

chap program. so the shelter at 7-eleven post is pretty unique. it's a former youth hostel with rooms that range from singles to quads, so someone might have their own room or share with up to three other people. and that's why we call it semi congregate. it serves up to 100 or excuse me, up to 250 guests at a time. and the format is very well received by the guests. people like the level of privacy and yet still has a robust community with community space on the ground floor or on the basement floor. urban alchemy manages the maintenance reservation, storage, laundry, all the sort of operational components of the program, as well as the case management, referral sales, support groups, and document readiness work that is conducted in the shelter. document readiness to help

people move into housing. they are also the lease holder at this property. this is a very cost efficient model as well. at at coming in at about $57 per bed per night. it this does not include lease meals or ancillary services like shelter health, but a really cost efficient approach. so we have two semi congregate shelter programs in in the city, with about 600 or 550 beds in them, among our 40 304,400 shelter slots. so it's a small part of our program, but it's something that is proving to be pretty effective for adults in fiscal year 2223. we serve just six, just under 600 people at 711 post. and this, this this project has been quite a source of interest to the neighborhood that is hosting

this lower nob hill. and i have been working very, very closely with the community to help ensure that this project and urban alchemy, as the site operator, hsh, our housing programs that are in the neighborhood that we can all come together and be a good neighbor and an asset to the community. and we've, i think, been really successful in achieving that in lower nob hill in a way that can really teach us what's possible as we open shelters across the city. and again, happy to answer questions after the bla report. thank you. i am ten, this is a resolution that approves an amendment to a grant agreement between hsh and urban alchemy pertaining to shelter operations at 711 post. this amendment extends the agreement by two years through june 2026, and we detailed the budget for the new spending on page 34 of our report. this is funded by my state homeless housing and assistance and

prevention funding. happy funding, and we note also that the, the contractor generally was in compliance with the grant request payments. we have a discussion about their performance on page 34 and 35 of our report. recommended approval of item ten. thank you. and i wanted to appreciate the discussion with hsh to, i think, both the 33 golf sites, as well as the 711 post sites. the effort, i think it's very similar in terms of making sure that the community understand, the, the sites and how it operates, as well as our community partner, in this case, our contractors, urban alchemy, also build that relationship with the surrounding community as well as the clients that live on site. i also appreciate,

being thoughtful and responsive to the 33 golf sites. when it was identified, the fact that you need to make some administrative changes and personnel changes, i think that's that's not to say that, that i think that it's great that for us to be able to come back in the fiscal year by the by the time of fiscal year 2025, again, to have a conversation about to allow that space to be, more comprehensive discussion both about 33 golf as well as the 711 post. but overall just, contracters performance and audits at these types of setting, and that's inclusive of urban alchemy, but also other contractors that hsh is working with. so i appreciate the willingness to amend to reduce the extension from two years to one year for seven, 11 posts so that we can start to align those

time frame and for discussion. i don't see any name on the roster, for, for this, for any questions. and so i'm going to articulate quickly about so that when we go to public comments, we can discuss about the, the amendments before us. deputy director cohen, would you like to read the amendments for item number ten? and thank you, one note i did want to add on the 711 post contract. and as mr. menard alluded to, urban alchemy not only met, but exceeded all performance objectives in this contract in their last program monitoring. so we were very pleased to see that, and you know, we are amenable, agreeable to your recommended amendment to the contract and, and for the record line, i guess that's line

two would be amended for the not to exceed amount to now be do you want me to read the red line or submit it in writing? what's what's the best way to do that. yeah, i think we're out loud. out loud. yeah and i don't think necessarily for all the lines, but at least the change of dollar amount and term. great. so the new not to exceed amount for the contract would. be $22,246,326 on line five. the grant term is now 12 months instead of 24 months. the increase line seven, the increase in the agreement amount by. $3,509,506, and then in line eight is the not to exceed amount that i already read. then those edits also correspond. to

page two, lines 22 and 23, and page three, lines 14 and 15, 13, 14 and 15, which i've already read. so hopefully that's clear. thank you. and yes, and so that instead of through june 30th of 2026, now is through june 30th of 2025, thank you. and with that, let's go to public comments on these two items. yes, madam chair, we now invite members of the public who have joined us today who wish to speak on these items, nine and ten, to line up, to speak now to the windows to your right and my left hand. come forward to the lectern and i each speaker will be given two minutes. first speaker, please. good morning, supervisors. good morning. panel, my name is brian shepherd. i am a practitioner for urban alchemy, and i

represent 711 post and 33 gulf, but i will speak specifically about 711 post. i was there as the opening, operating director when we started in 2022, i was there to welcome the first resident. come in, the first guest, since then, we have housed close to 96 people to date, and we've helped so many people get employment, get back on course with jobs, get, of course, get back on course with their lives, also helping people reconnect with families. i think that's important, but seven of them. post serves the community. we're in the lower nob hill area, and we have a great good neighbor policy, and i just hope that we can continue to be part of the solution. and we ask that you continue to fund us. thank you. thank you much, brian shepherd. next speaker, please. good morning everybody. my name is dwight jones, and i'm also a practitioner at 711 post. and i'm also a community member. you

know, i remember a time where a 711 post, we didn't have enough manpower to watch the, the corners and the bus stops, which resulted in to the bus stops looking like the ones that we see in the tls these days. but now that we have the manpower and we out there patrolling the streets, our bus stops don't look like that. no more we out there making sure the bus stops is clean and regular community members to have the right to sit at the bus stops and not worry about secondhand smoke or anything happening like that. so i'm kind of nervous, but, we, we patrol our streets, we make sure everybody's cleaning everything is cool, and we have a good relationship with our with the with the stores around there. like, they have a problem. they call upon us and we go handle the problem. and, just to say, we make a difference in the community. like i go to work every morning at 430. i got up this morning and the first thing

that i seen was our workers out there sweeping power washing and picking up the poop. as a director of the site, it makes me feel good to see our staff members out there in the morning making a difference in our community. but as a community member, it makes me it makes me feel safer to see urban alchemy out there doing their job. thank you. thank you much. floyd jones, next speaker. good morning. my name is danielle killingsworth, and i am a co-direct at 711 post, i have also been there since the beginning, when we opened in july of 22. we have housed over 95, 96 guests in permanent housing, i started as a supervisor for the site and moved over to the care coordination and am now a co-director, we start off with building great relationships with these people that we serve. you know, they have lost their

sense of hope. i like to think and believe that we are, making a big difference in the community. we do have great relationships with our neighbors. i ask that you continue to fund this program. thank you. thank you much. danielle killingsworth, next speaker. good morning, supervisors. my name is everett butler, i'm one of the site overseers at 33 golf, and i was there when the first guest moved from the tent into one of the tiny homes. and one of his words was, wow, this is for me. and i said, yes, that's for you, danielle. and he said, who do i think? i said, well, you might want to start with the creator and work your way down, but just being there and being able to watch the guests transition from the tents into the tiny homes, that alone was priceless. and we've housed over 60. actually, we just housed another one yesterday. the blessing in it all is to be able to see those that were once unhoused be

housed, and to be able to be there for them in this transitional time, in such a trying time, that lies the blessing that i'm so proud to be a part of. and i just want to thank you and ask that you continue to be able to be us and help us be a part of the community that helps others that need our help. thank you. and thank you. everett butler, next speaker. my name is netty garcia. i work in on 33 golf. i like my coworkers, say we provide a 50 night permanent housing last year and we almost 20 people got permanent housing this year. we also engaged with the community and we made sure our residents feel safe and secure. thank you guys and thank you much for providing commentary. next speaker maria, i'm a practitioner and care coordinator at 33 golf. just in the past, as of january until now, we've housed 330 plus people, being able to be a part of that. and again, engaging

with the community, building relationships with the with the people that we serve and also the people surrounding us, it's a beautiful thing to be a part of, and it works. so if you guys can continue supporting us, that'd be great. thank you. thank you, mr. mayor. next speaker. yes, my name is anderson. trey watkins, and i'm also a practitioner at 711 post. and i am happy that we're funded, being funded at least for until 25, until we come back . i think that's what i heard. right. okay. so i would like to say that working at 711 post, it's beautiful that we're helping others, but in reality, i'm helping myself a lot because being able to give for once in my life, to be able to give back in the way that i'm giving back is help helps me as much as it's helping those who are unhoused and i hope you continue to fund

us. thank you and thank you for your comments. next speaker growth hormone and i work at 711 post. i just want to say it's been a pleasure working at 711 post. i love my residents. my job is totally amazing and my favorite part about it is when a resident is going through something and we're able to help them and talk to them and make them feel comfortable, and i, my residents, are my most important people. and one thing is one time when one of our residents got housing, they were running out because they were missing their train, and they turned around and looked at us and was like, you don't know what you guys do for us. without you, we wouldn't be able to get housing and we appreciate that. and i hope that you guys keep funding us. thank you. and thank you for your comments. next speaker. hello, i'm lorenzo miller. i've been with urban alchemy 711 post

for a little under a year, and i have seen amazing things. i've seen people come in with help and i've seen them go out thanking us for the help, and i've seen them transition. it's one thing to see people do that, but it's another to be a part of it. it's priceless. and thank you for addressing this committee. and with that, madam chair, that completes our q thank you, mr. clerk. and with that, a public comment is close. and colleagues, i would like to first make the amendment to item number eight as read out loud by department of homelessness and supportive housing. and with that a roll call please, just for clarification, madam chair, that's item ten. sorry. item ten. yes. thank you. sure thing, and on that motion to amend the resolution, item ten has offered, or as read into the

record by the department of homelessness and supportive housing vice chair mandelman mandelman i member. melgar. melgar i chair. chan i chan i we have three eyes and that motion passes. and with that and would like to move both items to full board with recommendation and including item ten that is just amended, roll call please. and on that motion to forward both resolutions to the full board with a positive recommendation item ten as amended. vice chair mandelman mandelman i member. melgar. melgar i chair chan i chan i. we have three eyes. thank you. the motion passes and do we have any other business before us today, madam chair, that concludes our business. thank you. and then the reminder of the budget and appropriations committee will be starting today at 11:30 a.m. thank you. and the meeting is adjourned.

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zoos, is that correct? >> yes. it's a fabulous resource. go to our website. with your library cart, patrons, our residents can go to the public library and get passes to the museums, all of the incredible cultural institutions that we have in san francisco all for free with your library card. >> how are these great free services paid for? how is the library system funded? >> we are so fortunate in san francisco. we are funded for by the library fund and those that taxed themselves just for library services. we also get a dedicated portion of the general fund. that together allows us to be one of the most well

supported libraries in the nation. we have the third most library outlets per square mile of any municipality. all of our branch libraries have professionally trained librarians on-site. service that we are able to provide, the collection, we are a leading library in our country. >> that lead know ask about your biggest annual event in the city. how does the event work and what's happening this year? >> we are excited for this year's one city one book. this is our signature annual literature event. we have everybody in the community reading the same book. this year's title is "this is your hustle" named after the pulitzer

prize nominated and pod taste. this is about the population. one nice thing about this selection is that they are both local. we are going to have several weeks of programming, kicking off next month. it will culminate here in the auditorium november 3rd. so our library patrons will get to meet the authors, hear from them directly, and one other important aspect about this year's selection, we have our own jail and reentry services department. recently the foundation awarded the san francisco public library $2 million to work with the american library association to shine a light on our best practices here in san francisco, and really help our peers in the industry learn how they can replicate the service model that we are doing here in san francisco. >> that's great.

well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. lambert. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, chris. that's it for this episode, we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. i'm nicole and lindsey, i like the fresh air. when we sign up, it's always so gratifying. we want to be here. so i'm very excite ied to be here today. >> your volunteerism is appreciated most definitely.

>> last year we were able to do 6,000 hours volunteering. without that we can't survive. volunteering is really important because we can't do this. it's important to understand and a concept of learning how to take care of this park. we have almost a 160 acres in the district 10 area. >> it's fun to come out here. >> we have a park. it's better to take some of the stuff off the fences so people can look at the park.

>> the street, every time, our friends. >> i think everybody should give back. we are very fortunate. we are successful with the company and it's time to give back. it's a great place for us. the weather is nice. no rain. beautiful san francisco. >> it's a great way to be able to have fun and give back and walk away with a great feeling. for more opportunities we have volunteering every single day of the week. get in touch with the parks and recreation center so come >> (music).

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you have 15 minutes. it was 1106 and 1130. now good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the may 22nd, 2024 meeting of the budget