for my, you know, perspective. so i would ask, respectfully, chair chan, if we could if i could make a motion to continue this item until next thursday, i will be working with the mayor's office, on amendments, and also, i know that folks in the community are meeting with the mayor's office over the next couple of days, and i hope that we can work something out, but i also want folks to know that we here in this committee and on the board of supervisors, we understand the importance of this investment and that it is important to this community, but it's also important to san francisco for everything else that we're trying to do, and without it, we're not going to get there. so we're going to put our money where our mouth is. and i'd like to make that motion, please. chair chan second. and then, with that, a roll call for the motion for continuance to the call chair to

the cult or till next thursday. whatever. the call of the chair is. fine because i think let's do call the chair so. very well. create a little bit flexible. yes. on that motion by member melgar, seconded by chair chan, that this ordinance be continued to the call of the chair. vice chair mandelman mandelman absent member melgar. aye. melgar i member walton. walton i member. peskin. peskin. absent. chair. chan i chan i we have three eyes for the vice chair, mandelman and member. peskin absent. thank you. the motion passes. before i do, let the department of early childhood go though, i just wanted to actually again reiterate, just like any city departments that i have stated before, i think that the budget and legislative analyst, you know, team is going to really comb through every city department and, just really scrutinize both the ftes

existing fte. we have done this before. i think, last year as well, and we appreciate your collaboration to make sure that, you know, i think there's a difference between spending the bbc money on grants and support and plans and then versus like, what do we do with the staff, like as a department and a team with the ftes, and really go through that evaluation process of making sure that for every hire is necessary. and in a time like this. so i appreciate your time and your effort. and, and i want to say it's not just the hiring but also for the upward substitution. i said it to many city departments, but i just want to reiterate to, to you as well, just because you're the last city department for the day, thank you so much. and, and with that, i know we need to go to public comment for the entire day for all the city departments, but if we could allow just, like, a five minutes recess, that would be great. so. okay, let's see, let's say,

let's say five, ten, five, ten. will we return to five, ten?

thank you. and returning from recess for the budget and appropriation committee. today i think the remaining item is the general public comment. or i should say, public comments for all any or all city department presented their budget before us, actually, today and yesterday. i believe. and then. so please come forward and let's open to public comment. yes, members of the public wish to address this committee regarding, the hearing and, and, annual appropriation and salary ordinance. now is your opportunity to address this committee first. speaker let's try that again. yeah. first

speaker hello, my name is lauren, and i am a pacific islander educator in san francisco that works to support orgs like almyros and fantasy youth services, who currently receive funding from the sugary drinks distributor tax. dfe healthy communities grant. i've also been here since 10 a.m. and i'm outraged at the notice to defund local nonprofits and indigenous peoples that were promised three years of funding to provide services to those that are most affected by issues such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. pacific islanders have the lowest expectancy rates in san francisco. they are a. there are countless numbers of pis that have lost their lives to chronic diseases, and those that are currently living with health conditions connected to the health and economic disparities in our communities. we're dying. we don't have safe spaces to even talk about what's killing us. and in our grief and mourning, we still do the work. so what we want to know specifically why funds are being redistributed from ammu and fantasy, who just graduated eight samoan women from the community health worker certificate program at ccsf and

celebrated securing an office just weeks ago. they're the largest pi cohort to graduate from this program and a certified phd would provide food boxes, referral, healthy activities and families. we ask that you all consider and again, i do apologize for cutting anybody off, but we are timing each speaker at one minute. so sorry, but thank you for addressing this committee. next speaker. hello all. my name is jessica ponce. i'm a program coordinator with all my osos. i'm also a graduate student pursuing my master's in marriage and family therapy to serve asian american, native hawaiian, and pacific islander communities. i'm here to speak on the devastating impact that the proposed budget will have on our work in the pacific islander community. the cuts to the community grants means that the culturally relevant and community focused education and resources we've provided will no longer be available to a community who continues to face so many health disparities resulting in them to navigate life threatening effects on chronic physical and mental illnesses. i urge you to advocate and restore funding to the healthy communities grants. the work we provide isn't just for our community, it's much

deeper. these are our families. our work is driven by our love for our family members who are dying because this city continues to neglect us. while my work in the community is just beginning, it's my responsibility to protect these services that provide for the needs of the community. because you've proven us that that that task is you fail to fulfill. i end by asking you to all do your due diligence and to think about where your responsibility are to the pacific islander community of san francisco. thank you. and thank you, jessica. next speaker . good. good evening. board of supervisors. thank you for being here in listening to us, my name is larissa dugan. i'm the executive director of the central american resource center in san francisco. we provide vital safety net services annually to 2 to 3000 people who've migrated low income and latinx community members citywide. our immigration, legal services, youth program, family wellness, health promotion, community building, leadership

development and policy advocacy at activity are proven to increase health and wellness access to employment, housing, education, and advanced economic self-sufficiency and social, cultural and civic integration of people in our city's social fabric. we ask that you preserve our youth programs, that you preserve the soda tax investments in public health education, and that you support the latino parity and equity coalition budget asks the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative. at a time when migrants are in urgent need of legal representation for their asylum cases, and that you support our efforts to expand services that are critically needed in the tenderloin, soma and mid-market communities. thank you and thank you for addressing this committee. next speaker, good afternoon, supervisors annie rivera, executive director of galeria de la raza, yesterday i was here for gafta. today i'm here for sfac. and i was also really, intrigued by the presentation of food. i really appreciate

looking at the details and how we talk about revitalization, galeria de la raza is region program trains artists in different neighborhoods. although we are based in the mission we serve district three, five, seven, eight, nine, ten, and 11. we have a cohort of artists that we train to go back to community and give back. they are part of that revitalization and economic recovery. and so i too, want to be part of the conversation. i, too want to see what is the big plan from food and rather than spending $2 million on lights that they invested so artists can eat and survive, please support sfl picks and ask and make sure that latinos are counted and continue to invest in saving jobs. we need to survive. we need to eat. our artists deserve to be front and center as well as part of this revitalization effort. thank you so much and thank you. our next speaker. hello. my name is lucia, director of the san francisco latino parity and equity coalition, and i wrote y'all another poem in the cycle

of time choices, spin, disinvest and cracks begin. children's dreams bright eyed, dimmed future paths by shadows trimmed workforce, strong hands and head find their hopes in thinning threads. health. the pillar once held high, wanes beneath a clouded sky. cycles repeat a tale we know disinvestment in the seeds of will. we repeat these oppressive chains and we still fight with unheard pain. invest in roots, heart and mind to break the cycle and realign only can. then we begin to thrive, smile and truly win. thank you, mr. reagan. next speaker. hi supervisors. my name is paloma tracy and i coordinate the sf latino parity and equity coalition. thanks for listening. our coalition represents 23 latinx serving cbos who serve

over 60,000 san franciscans annually. this network forms an ecosystem with dcf, dfo, pwd, and other departments or it should form an ecosystem that is now failing. when these cuts are made to direct and essential social services, i want to share a few impacts of the cuts with you. just within the latinx community. cuts from dcf alone will result in 369 youth without direct services that they currently access. cuts from cdd will impact 535 clients served by the housing team. 300 businesses won't receive tech assistance, 224 vendors and 12 cultural events will be affected. cuts from dc will cause 470 families to go without basic needs, and cuts from df means, 500 youth and families without current services. these are folks who are already overrepresented in homelessness, poverty and waitlist for immigration services. thank you much. paloma tracy, next speaker

. hello supervisors. my name is faith sanchez, and i'm here on behalf of glide center for social justice, which is the policy arm of glide foundation in the tenderloin. we are deeply concerned about the soda tax cuts. glide is planning and innovation innovative program to empower black communities to engage in research and advocacy for improved nutrition, which is a key issue in the tenderloin, a neighborhood with significant hunger and food insecurity. we really hope to restore that funding. with this program, glide will utilize an advocacy model that centers the voices of black and african american community members, which is crucial as the voice of the black community are often overlooked. on behalf of glide, i request that you restore the soda tax policy, systems and environment grants, so glide and other awarded organizations can continue their work. thank you and thank you. faith sanchez. next speaker, please. good afternoon, supervisors. thank you for giving us this time to speak. i'm doris jones, i'm the

executive director of hunters point family, where we prepare young people in bayview, hunters point to become adults who thrive. since 1997, we have provided year round essential services on site at the low income housing projects. without our programing, there's a huge gap for kids and families in bayview hunters point. our kids represent a priority population for the city. we know what's needed for children most at risk for poor outcomes to thrive. that's what hunters point family provides in alignment with dcfs. four pillars that they talked about earlier this morning and their stated commitment to maintaining continuity of services for communities most in need. children need caring, culturally competent adults. safe spaces for youth to gather investments in their social, physical, academic and emotional well-being and community developed solutions that prioritize youth leadership. i'm

here, my team is here, and our children were here earlier, to implore you to show them that their city will invest in them no matter what. thank you. thank you. doris jones, next speaker. good afternoon. board of supervisors. my name is melody daniel. i am the chief program officer for hunters point family . hunters point family has been providing quality youth services in bayview hunters point for over 25 years. we service all of hunters point with sites in five neighborhoods and four housing developments. we provide, safe passage to and from school, we also, based on dcyf, recommendation, these neighborhoods and developments will no longer be serviced at their june 30th. this will force hunters point family to lay off, over 18 employees. we're asking

for support from the board of supervisors to, add back the, funds for hunters point family and also, not approve dcf proposed budget until it actually restores the services in district ten and bayview hunters point. thank you. thank you. melody daniel. next speaker . good afternoon, supervisors. my name is near monroe, and i'm the director of workforce development at hunters point. family i'm here today because i'm trying to understand how we say that we're prioritizing children and that we're prioritizing youth, yet we create budgets and we create situations that do the exact opposite. dcf stated that there were no cuts to core services. however. hunters point family is one of 37 organizations that, based on current dcf proposal funding, will no longer operate

after june 30th. they might disagree, but we feel like those are core services. everyone has stood here today to talk about not balancing a budget on the backs of our children and our youth. i'm here to echo that, but with a special emphasis on our black and brown children, on our monolingual speaking families, we cannot continue to go on and we cannot continue to commit our lives to doing the work without support from the city. we ask you to stand with us as we work hard to build a safe and supportive san francisco. thank you. thank you much, monroe. next speaker. good afternoon. my name is nancy abdul shakoor, program director at horizons unlimited, and we are here to inform the epa and the supervisors of the huge loss in substance use services the community will experience from the only interested provider as a result of the new epa rfp for youth substance use, outpatient and early intervention services. the department of public health

is and has traditionally been the largest funder for horizon services. for funding year 2425, horizons has confirmed a loss of 1.5 million in dfe funds currently awarded to provide the only drug, medi-cal certified substance use disorder, outpatient and treatment early intervention services programs, as a result, as well as well as as a result, at san francisco, residents that need mental health services for latino, mayan, indigenous, indigenous, transitional age youth and families are impacted. as a trusted partner in this field for more than four decades, this loss is catastrophic to our community and cripples our agency's ability to maintain a continuum of services that are latino community has relied on, relied on since its inception in 1965, bpa has the largest funded community. next speaker, please. supervisors. my name is ashley monterrosa, and i'm the principal program coordinator at horizons unlimited of san

francisco. and the impact of these cuts for funding year 24 and 25 cuts a total of $1.5 million for horizons, representing 41% of our overall agency budget. and we could lose up to eight clinical staff and five consultants. most of whom are spanish speaking. the cuts represent a loss of sud services to more than 600 adolescents from a trusted partner, and the cut from our mental health services means that 550 immigrant and newcomer youth and families will lose access to critical case management, wellness groups and outreach linkage linkage services. the magnitude of this funding loss would destabilize horizons, which also serves as a major access point for native, immigrant and newcomer latino communities and families. i yield my time to my colleague. thank you. thank you much. next speaker. good afternoon. my name is carlo anderson. mitchell i'm a principal prevention program coordinator at horizons, under the new dfe, dmc requirements, horizons current, trusted

service model will no longer be feasible, destabilizing the agency's overall functions and essential community behavioral health services. horizons is seeking 750,000 and shared staffing and operational funding. these funds will maintain stability in the agency's community behavioral health services, restructure substance use and mental health services, model, and mitigate the 41% horizon budget cut from the loss of dfe contracts as part of our vision to better serve our community and in alignment with the mayor's priorities, horizons proposed to direct some of these funds to preserve and build on the model and infrastructure we created with our opioid and stimulant use prevention slash early intervention programs. cope sf thank you and thank you. next speaker. salam walekum, supervisor, malaga chan and brother walton, it's good to see you. i see you everywhere and i love that. my name is ross

brown. i'm the outreach, engagement and development specialist at horizons unlimited of san francisco, incorporated. i'm also a drug counselor in some of the alternative schools in high schools here, and i participate in the program where we offer brief intervention services opioid stimulant and poly substance use, psychoeducational workshops and referrals to treatment targeting high school aged youth of color who are at a higher risk for developing substance use disorders. awarded as a one year fiscal year 2324 grant through the department of health care services by way of the sahara sierra health foundation. the services are in high demand with the sfusd and community. in our first year of implementation, the program has received great feedback and requests for ongoing services from our school partners, horizons. we are confident that this program will be highly effective if we're able to get it citywide and all of the schools and all of the wellness centers with a youth focused opioid education and overdose prevention effort, we can make some great impacts. it is our understanding that the city received $45 million in opioid settlement funds, and

that the mayor's budget lists these funds. they've only used $21.6 million has expired. this leaves about $22 million. we wonder what's ross brown for addressing this committee? next speaker, please. hello, supervisor selena lucero with horizons here as a sfl member, we know there's still a gap of $9 million for our latino community of which 750,000 is a specific ask from horizons. you've heard our staff here talk about the $1.5 million cut in df funds at horizons, is experiencing. i want to echo its 41% of our entire agency budget, and we know horizons is a legacy business legacy. i'm so sorry. organization well, yes. business to designation in the city, and has been an anchor institution for years. so what we are proposing with that $750,000 is some hopefully to get some funds from the opiate settlement funds to do some arkof sf program. it's opioid stimulant prevention

and early intervention program. so our understanding is there's still $22 million that may be unallocated and that would be go a great way far in terms of, prioritizing the needs of substance use services for young people of color in our community. so thank you and thank you, selena, etc. next speaker. good evening, supervisors marnie regan, larkin street youth services co-chair of hesba and the homeless workforce collaborative. we are extremely concerned about multiple department reductions to workforce. our member orgs with h.s.a homeless employment services contracts were told to expect 25% funding cuts. in fact, x got the reduction letter yesterday. there is zero collaboration between departments because oca h.s.a, dcf and pd are all proposing cuts to workforce services. collectively, these are hugely consequential reductions. without workforce funding, our

clients will be incredibly challenged to pay rent, sustain housing, buy food for child care. the 2024 pitt count shows an increase in overall homelessness in san francisco, so defunding these services is not the way to reverse this troubling trend. lighting around powell street is literally window dressing that does nothing to address poverty and homelessness. tech office vacancies and failing retail is not the fault of the poorest people in san francisco. surely a sliver of the $800 million reserve could fund the safety net for our poorest and most vulnerable residents? thank you and thank you, marty regan. next speaker. good evening, supervisors andrea gaskin, director of education at youth art exchange at youth art exchange. our vision is that every public high school student in san francisco will have free access to meaningful, in-depth arts education that amplifies their voices with a focus on low income students and students of color. we offer free, accessible, high quality arts education and leadership development programing. we serve 600 youth and over 7500 audience

members per year. through this free multidisciplinary arts programing, internships, public projects and community engagement activities. overall, our dcf budget went from 407,000 to 300,000. this 100,000 cut forces us to cut many valuable programs, and we had the current 300,000 as partial funding for a proposal that sought 865,000 to sustain our programs and meet the needs of our high school youth community in school and after school. i just want to say the reduction in this current funding and the lack of resources to reach younger students will have a long term impact on youth in san francisco. so by providing our core programing for free, we create space to explore arts and artistic activism for underserved youth in the city. thank you so much and thank you, andrea guskin. next speaker. good afternoon, supervisors. i'd like to say thank you to the board for listening to my comments. my name is hayya ansari and i live in district 11

and i have been in the youth art exchange for three years. the youth art exchange has made a very big, positive impact on my life and other youth by giving us an opportunity to engage in our community and connect us to opportunities. with the help of the youth art exchange, we students have organized, free art making events for the public that align with the program's vision to provide meaningful art education for free. my time in the architecture program inspired me to major in city and regional planning and college, and helped me get a get an internship at a local architecture firm in the city. unfortunately, the summer architecture program will not continue after this year due to cuts in funding. i think it really sucks that other students may not have the experiences i did because of funding or budgeting issues. i think the youth art exchange is important because it provides amazing art spaces for students for free, which makes it very accessible to students of all backgrounds. i would not be where i am in life if it weren't for this program, who have helped me be confident in my future and abilities. i hope the people here are able to support youth art exchange so more kids can be supported and thrive in this

program like me. thank you for listening and thank you much. science. our next speaker. hello supervisors, my name is rosa. i'm the director of the marigold project. day of the dead sf and i have an ask with you which stands at zero at the moment. you have elected to put me with the grants for the arts, which whose work i respect and love. but i know by firsthand knowledge they cannot support us. we are a small organization. does that does not meet their requirements. you need to look at this again. day of the dead is the main event that brings in the dollars to small businesses. talk to the merchants. it's not christmas, it's not carnival. it's day of the dead. i've done this work for over 40 years for

free, and it's only been in the last four years that the city has provided assistance to my organization. please help us with our work. we are the core of the day of the dead expired. thank you much. next speaker. hi, my name is danielle rivas. i'm an artist and public altar builder with the marigold project. so i'm just going to kind of not necessarily echo rosa's statements, but just kind of talk to you about what we do as an organization for san francisco and the mission community in general, our mission is to find the best ways to support those who have been systemically undervalued and underpaid and provide representation and solutions for our communities at risk youth in providing equal opportunity. marigold project increases representation and access to the most vulnerable in our communities and resources to individuals, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual

orientation, ability, or any other personal characteristics. our youth experience a cultural revival where systemic barriers are acknowledged and removed through creative dialog and accessible spaces like potrero del sol park or la rosa park, as well as the exploratory room, we improve overall quality of life and human relations in the mission district, excelsior, tenderloin, and even beyond. we address issues of grief, environmental crisis, social mobility. but thank you equity. thank you much, danielle, for addressing this committee. next speaker hello. now it's good evening, board of supervisors, gloria with instituto with ifr. and also part of the latino task force and sfl. and we're we're proud to be part of such a coordinated network of critical services for our latino community. and i'm here just to share the importance as you, as the cities, you know, making budget decisions and priorities,

just raising the importance for culturally responsive community based services for our latino community in those most vulnerable, you know, as instituto, as a healing organization, the importance of mental health, the family support services, youth violence prevention services to those especially our immigrant and newcomer families and children, youth and families. so thank you for your time and just appreciate, you know, that the continued investment and commitment to our, to our community. thank you. and thank you much for addressing this committee. next. speaker good evening, supervisors. my name is rosa, staff member with instituto familia de la raza, speaking today on our youth services roadmap to peace and la cultura cura. we are part of a large network of partners, many of whom are here today or were here today. it's already pretty late who provide critical services to youth and young adults impacted by violence. we

provide a safe, non-judgmental and welcoming space for systems impacted youth to access vital resources. youth connect with our services and our service network looking for enrichment activities, economic opportunities, career readiness and culturally rooted healing practices. we, along with our service network partners, have gone through a community safety needs assessment to identify specific priorities and interventions that would mitigate violence. it is important that this commitment to these investments continue. we provide a safety net and critical services for youth, both in community and in custody, protecting the safety net will help make our communities safer when making tough budget decisions, please consider youth and young adults impacted by community violence, especially our newcomer and unaccompanied minors. thank you for your time and thank you, catalina rocha, next speaker. good evening, budget and appropriations committee. my name is marco, and i'm with the central american resource center, or garrison. our policy, systems and environment, or psc and oral health task force work,

which is funded by the soda tax, aims to aims to address and decrease the high rates of chronic diseases in the latinx community, including diabetes, cavities, heart disease, and so much more. to do this, we utilize a promotora model to conduct one on one engagement with community members to connect them to essential resources and information during the height of the pandemic, our promotora team reached out and supported community members that were left behind, and they did this work with the highest professionalism, empathy and kindness. promotoras empower community members to thrive, prosper and advocate for community based policy that that will help improve health outcomes in the latinx community. due to these budget cuts, the work is at risk of being discontinued. i'm requesting the board of supervisors to follow the soda tax advisory committee's funding recommendations for the community based grants, and restore $450,000 in soda tax funding for the chinatown, bayview and mission children's oral health task forces. thank you. thank you. marco. next speaker, good evening,

supervisors. my name is eduardo. i'm here on behalf of the san francisco court appointed special advocates. otherwise known as sf casa. our core program provides and trains special volunteers throughout the years so that they may advocate for youth within the foster care system. youth need consistent support while they go through the foster care system, and our program is very special that it still provides services to san francisco based foster youth that happen to get placed outside of our city. we were able to get some funding for our new program through dcyf, but they haven't renewed our core programing, and that matches our volunteers to their assigned foster youth. and we lost most of our federal funding through the victims of crime act funds. although our core program has received $252,000 through the board of supervisors, we still ask you that that to be continued and, just continue investing in our communities and families. thank you. and thank you much, eduardo. next speaker.

hello, chair chan. and, supervisor melgar, my name is also eduardo caballero. and i stand for equity, authenticity and courage for myself and all others. i'm the executive director of edmo, and i'm here representing my organization as a member of the people's budget coalition, edmo provides equitable access to high quality summer steam and sel programs for tk through eighth grade low income and working class families. after 19 years in san francisco and ten years of dcyf funding, we will cease to provide services to families. as of june 30th of this month because of the budget cuts, the 150 to 200 kids from low income and working class families we serve will no longer receive that critical summer enrichment programing. i urge you, the committee to require, to increase funding for dcyf and require dcf to reopen the rfp process for any additional funds allocated to give organizations like us who, suffer these devastating cuts another

opportunity to apply and serve our city's kids. thank you. and thank you, eduardo caballero, next speaker. good evening, supervisors, and thank you for another long day of diligence. i appreciate it very much, peter papadopoulos with the mission economic development agency, we want to thank you for your continued support of the numerous community serving programs, both through meta and through other organizations throughout the city, and want to also urge you today to fully fund our promotoras, activas and women's entrepreneurship programs. the promotoras activist program creates employment opportunities through employee ownership for low income latinas. it's currently supporting 19 women, mostly immigrants, in accessing good paying, full time work and building wealth. here in san francisco. these women provide key services to various organizations and thousands of residents here in san francisco,

including affordable housing, health screening, and insurance, and connection to various other community services. the women's entrepreneurship grant supports women owned businesses and right now we've we will only be able to support 18 out of the 50 applications, so please continue to support these programs and the requests of our lpac allies. thank you. thank you. peter papadopoulos, next speaker. good evening, supervisors. my name is david valencia and i'm with dolores street community services, we have two programs, the women's collective and the day labor program. and, we mostly serve the latinx undocumented immigrant community with education and outreach, job placement, legal clinics, leadership development, health and safety workshops, among others. i'm here representing my organization as members of the workers rights community collaborative and the people's budget coalition, the major is

proposing to cut our workers rights outreach by 50, such drastic cuts will disproportion harm immigrant and limited english speaking, low wage workers who are among the most vulnerable to workplace exploitation. we ask you to pull from the reserves and make cuts to any inefficiencies in the budget in order to stop the cut to the workers rights community collaborative and other political critical cuts to community programs. thank you, and thank you much for addressing this committee. and if we have no further speakers, madam chair, that completes our queue. thank you. seeing no more public comments, public comment is now closed. colleagues, i just wanted to be on the record because i think we're we're sitting here as a committee and i just want to make sure we. i can communicate this. i, i think that there's going to be requests asking us to open up a, you know, an rfp request for proposal process. and i, i think

that we can definitely, have that discussion, but i don't know if the board supervisor has the authority to, to really open up a, a request for proposal or a contracting process. we have the ability to vote up and down of a budget. we have the ability to vote up and down of a grant agreement, we're not even really in a position to, to, change the terms and condition of any type of contract of or grant agreement. and i think if the city attorney is here, i think, and pearson will probably agree. and because she always has warned us about that, so i just really want to put it on the record to, to i know no one is in the ready right now in the audience, but i just needed to put it on the record that the board of supervisors, including the budget committee, is not in a position to open up any type of contracting process and or request for proposal process. supervisor walton, thank you so

much, chair chan. and yes, we are 100% do not have the ability to reopen a rfp process, however, if resources were made available, because of the rfp process, there are processes in place to where proposals that were submitted, folks do participate in the process, could possibly have opportunity for resources and funding because, everything was submitted on time. they met deadlines and resources, opened up. so there are things that, fortunately, would be in our favor if we had more resources to provide support. but yes, i agree, and most certainly everyone should know. and i try to tell everyone all the time we do not have a say in whether or not an rfp process exists, or who gets funding through that process. that's right, i agree. i think if there's additional funding, then we can actually allocate those fundings for an rfp for programing that would then eventually go out for rfp.

but but again, i yes, the board of supervisors, including the budget committee, is not in a position to select any individual for a contract or, or, to be a service provider. you know, we just it's just not what we do, but we're mindful of that. and with that, colleagues, i think, mister clerk, do we have any other business before us today, we just need to dispense with the hearing and, and the ordinances, but otherwise, we're almost there. great. so i will move to continue, item one and three to tomorrow, friday june 14th. second by supervisor walton. and we'll do a roll call on that. and on that motion to continue the hearing as item one. and both the aau and aso, to the. june 14th meeting of this committee. vice chair.

mandelman. oh, sorry, offered by chair chan, seconded by member walton. vice chair. mandelman mandelman. absent member. melgar. melgar i member. walton. walton i member. peskin. peskin. absent. chair. chan i chan i we have three eyes with vice chair mandelman and member peskin absent. thank you. and the motion passes and do we have any other business before us, madam chair? that completes our business. thank you. today's meeting is adjourned.

>> come shop dine and play. taraval street is open for business. >> i am a coowner at 19th. this establishment came about when me and my brother andy, coowner, we decided that it time for us to take a step up in the barber industry, and open up a space of our own. ory business is a community that shows their true artistic side of the barber industry. we are involved in teraival bingo so stop by, get a hair cut and when you do you get the barber sticker made just for us. i say in three words we are community, arts and here to help any way possible we can, so come by, visit at barber lounge, 907 taraval in the sunset. you can find us on instagram.

>> time for teraival bingo supporting small business, anyone can participate. it is easy, collect stickers on a bingo gameboard and enter a raffle event. >> my name is marta i'm the management here with public works. it is found in the upon 1997. it is the only public access glass studio in san francisco. we give access to everybody. you don't have to be an experienced artist to take classes we offer beginning level programming. events. fund raisers, it is about giving everyone who is interested in the opportunity to try glass to work with glass and experience

mediums. >> i'm linda i'm part owner and manager of the paper tree in japantownful i'm hope to create a destination. not only do we have our huge selection of origami paper and book but a museum everybody can enjoy that and see what can be done by folding paper >> good to see amazing origami. a selection of paper. got wonderful gifts from japan and great customer service. >> i'm holly and i am the owner of [inaudible] in san francisco. >> we offer classes. and open studio access. workshops lead by local artists that you can see here we have a [inaudible]. and people should expect to join the community and just learn about local bay area artists in the process.

>> making to may grandkids a program all about pop ups, artists, non profits small business in into vacant downtown throughout the area for a three to 6 months engagement. >> i think san francisco is really bright and i wanted to be a part of it revitalization. >> i'm hillary, the owner of [indiscernible] pizza. vacant and vibrant got into safe downtown we never could have gotten into pre-pandemic.

we thought about opening downtown but couldn't afford it and a landlord [indiscernible] this was a awesome opportunity for us to get our foot in here. >> the agency is the marriage between a conventional art gallery and fine art agency. i'm victor gonzalez the founder of gcs agency. thes program is especially important for small business because it extended huge life line of resources, but also expertise from the people that have gathered around the vacant to vibrant program. it is allowed small businesses to pop up in spaces that have previously been fully unaccessible or just out of budget.

vacant to vibrant was funded by a grant from the office of economic workforce development that was part of the mayor's economic recovery budget last year so we funded our non profit partners new deal who managed the process getting folks into these spaces. >> [indiscernible] have been tireless for all of us down here and it has been incredible. certainly never seen the kind of assistance from the city that vacant to vibrant has given us, for sure. >> vacant to ibvooerant is a important program because it just has the opportunity to build excitement what downtown could be. it is change the narrative talking about ground floor vacancy and office vacancy to talking about the amazing network of small scale entrepreneur, [indiscernible]

>> this is a huge opportunity that is really happy about because it has given me space to showcase all the work i have been doing over the past few years, to have a space i can call my own for a extended period of time has been, i mean, it is incredible. >> big reason why i do this is specific to empower artist. there are a lot of people in san francisco that have really great ideas that have the work ethics, they just don't have those opportunities presented, so this has been huge lifeline i think for entrepreneurs and small businesses. >> this was a great program for us. it has [indiscernible] opening the site. we benefited from it and i think because there is diverse and different [indiscernible] able to be down here that everybody kind of benefits from it.

>> (music). >> my name is - my business name is himself mexican america. >> i started my business a year ago the process was a year ago by business by waving (background noise.) about $1,000 and also guided me there the whole process. (background noise.) that was helpful i was already paying the construction and other fees for the restaurant

the city we put together to honor my city and comes with (unintelligible) on the (background noise.) and. >> (multiple voices.) >> and some go with ebbs and eggs (unintelligible) and a side of roadways and beans. and be able - have my restaurant here in the district of the mission is such an amazing i grew up around the mission area and respect to school around here and so i was able to come in as establish any restaurant here (background noise.) really a feels like

good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the june 13th meeting of the budget and appropriation committee. i'm supervisor connie chan, chair of the committee. i'm joined by vice chair rafael mandelman. supervisors mariana melgar and shamann walton. and shortly by president aaron peskin. our clerk is brant halpa. and i would like to thank, jamie. obituary from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. mr. clerk, do you have any announcement? thank you, madam clerk. i'm sorry, madam chair. just a