people than we thought. the next people, i call ron parker, crystal, rico, george, candice davis, and -- if you can get ready to speak. >> hello. i am ron parker with the homeless outreach team, here to advicate for the services of the disenfranchised of san francisco. cutting the money to e.c.s., decimating my program, it makes no sense in times of bad money to make it worse. you have more people on the street, more people sicker on the street, ocean -- a woman's place dropping center is one

place a non-traditional family can go to, to go to the bathroom and take a shower. hospitality house does great work. we also do an incredible job. the loss of $600,000 would take the outreach team off the street. and it would cost outreach managers. think -- speak for those who can't speak for themselves. thank you very much. [applause] >> my name is candice. i am here to talk about the community jobs program. this is a community-based program, an on-the-job-training

for the nonpublic sector. it is for parents and participants of the county adult assistance programs who face the greatest barriers. i am a former participant and a member of the living wage coalition. i have been able to work -- and provide -- the ability to be self-sufficient. we have a lack of variety for the job segments to meet the career goals. the six-month time limit, which is not enough to get verifiable experience, they are feeling

like they are at a dead-end, and we are currently working with christina olague to improve the community jobs programs, to pay the participants and revamp the program. to sign the legislation when it comes to the desk, the budget will improve more participants. [applause] >> hello. i am george -- who has lived 15 years in north beach, and 2.5 years in the tenderloin. i work on police issues and election campaigns. i have noticed that at union square, there is a police presence -- they protected the

-- when the giants had the playoff game, a deal was made about getting a police presence, and i read that the twitter people, part of the contract included 12-18 hour foot patrolsin the block area. those people are protected. what about san francisco citizens in the tnederloin. friends of mine from out of town have been attacked. there is intimidation, violence, threats. people are afraid to go out at night.

i am a person who was out in the morning and i am a night person. i do not see any or most any police presence in the worst areas of the tenderloin. i hear from the police station ad jones and eddy. people get in their cars and go somewhere else other than the tenderloin. one thing; two or three business owners ahvehave been attacked. teresa sparks told me the police substation was supposed to open a few years ago, and is still not open. my question is, we know the situation.

uit will be claimed to be a budget issue. we need san francisco citizens -- they need the same protections of other neighborhoods. and that is it. [applause] >> good evening. i am rico and i am a case manager for the -- organization. i will speak regarding our youth on the street in the school day. i feel the law enforcement is not doing enough to get the youth back to school, or stay home during the school day. when kids are on the street, it creates problems. not just among the youth but

others are victimized. you are just hanging out doing nothing. i want to ask law enforcement to do something about it. keep them off the street during the school day. thank you. >> good evening. i am crystal, the program coordinator for lavos latina. behind me is the leadership group, a group of mothers who serve as leaders for the community. we have been around since 205 an05 and serve a unique need, te latino population and children

as well. this is the highest concentration of children and the families are very intentional to make certain their children develop. the families have been important in the placement of new crosswalks and removing a bus shelter that was part of the new community. there is a priority for levels families. this project will stand 11 blocks in the tenderloin. and there will be children walking in and around the neighborhood. they have shown the levels. one of the moms had something

they wanted to say. >> buenos noches. [speaking spanish] >> i have been a parent leader for four years, and we want to ask you to support us and all the families here are mothers, and youth are at the forefront of our work. and we hope to get funds from the city for that. this is something that is missing for the neighborhood. >> [speaking spanish]

>> she just added that we are involved in our kid's lives and we want to see programs established for them, and that is the number-one priority. thank you. [applause] >> next, i would call -- mark connors, and solomon brown. >> hi. so i work for tenderloin housing clinic, and am not a resident of san francisco. i was born and raised here but can't afford to live here wit hthh the budget cuts.

i went from paying no medical to $250 for medical. i live in oakland. i don't like oakland. sorry. i don't. it is just a lot of crime. i have been going through a lot. i have to take her out of school. parents with guns, all kinds of stuff. she can't go to school here. i live out here. i pay for them to go to school here. a mix-up, in between. us getting raises would help, and i could come back to my native. thank you. [applause] >> i am mark conners from treasure island, secretary for

the good neighbors -- and i wanted to say what the young man said earlier. we have a lot of youth, and fund the care center for the independent youth. sometimes the youth get in trouble and we need reseources for the island. from time to time, we have crime waves. they need more local services and support on the island. we don't have a grocery store and have to come over to san francisco to have this delivered. the bus shelter and the pot holes need replacing and repair. we need to focus on the back

part of the island where the residents live. where the events occupr andrur d people come to visit. we need attention for the residents in the back as well. [applause] >> good evening.i a i am pat, spekaing for the boys and girls clubs of san francisco. through the three clubhouses, we serve 7525 youth. the three clubs and 9350 other youth with school and community organizations. this is not just a large number of kids that we serve, we have

good character and community engagement. i want to give the time up for the youth and parents to say how they feel about what is going on in the community. and thank you again, supervisors kim and olague. for your support. we look forward to serving more children with the club on fulton. >> hi, my name. >> lord of mercy. i am lavina -- the treasure island clubhouse. we are one of nine clubhouses. we are the only youth program from 6-18 year olds. thank you, mayor and everyone. i have a few members that would

like to share a bit about them. >> she's been dying to do this. >> thank you. good evening, everybody. my name is vonya and i am a member of the boys and girls club on treasure island. i am 10 years old. my brother and i have been in the club for five years and this is my home away from home. i come from the club every day after school and every day when there is no school. boys and girls club is the only youth program on treasure island. my family and i love and need the club as it provides me with

the skills needed to help me with my education, life skills, and to be a young lady. [laughter] [applause] >> the club keeps me safe and out of trouble and i am surrounded by people who love and care about me. in order to help me grow and be successful, we need your support to help programs like boys and girl's club, and san francisco a lot. thanks to everyone and our supervisor, jane kim. [applause] >> i am linda wong, representing the tnederloitenderloin boys ans

club. there are a lot of programs and many kids had experiences like mine. basically, the boys and girls clubs help me. i was not thinking of going to college, because i thought that they would cut the budget. taking everything away from me, and when no one believed in me, they believed in me. thank you. >> i will call another group of

speakers. we have about five more minutes. i will call these names. henry carnilowitz, scott piper, daniel landry, jaela anderson, and john mark johnson. >> good evening. i would like to thank jane kim for making this happen. south of market -- as we know, small businesses are the economic and cultural engine of a city. this needs fuel to keel to keep running. the organization i speka of ak of is urban solutions. i would urge you to make the funds available.

particularly in areas like sixth street and bayview and tenderloin. i urge you to set funds aside for that. and one last thing, good to see you here. one speaker said, the police station. we would like to see it happen. thank you very much. >> hello. i am john mark johnson, and i work in district six. the city contractor with the direct access -- i wanted to advocate not to throcut funding for the direct access program.

the relocation of 109 people would leave 109 eoplpeolpple who are homeless homeless. it would cost around $2 million the first year. it doesn't make sense we we would cut -- we would cut housong aning and leave our most vulnerable people on the street without the support that they need. [applause] >> first, thank you. the supervisors -- the call in the town hall meeting. i am daniel landry. i was born and raised in the western addition. what i hear is about economics,

i am a small-business owner and was impacted by the redevelopment era. my question, and my thought is that, can we find a way to make certain that those who have been impacted by the redevelopment agency have opportunities, economically, and for housing? the beat goes on. it may seem like the sunset of the redevelopment agency may be happy for some state officials, but some of us have been left behind. a few years ago we took the delegation to vallejo, and warned ossie dviavis they were on trouble. the city went bankrupt. this is about how you treat the poor. at the end of the day, nations and states and localities have

failed because the poor people do not have an opportunity. i want to put that in the front burner. i thank you for coming out and sharing the information you have on the city budget, thank you. [applause] >> fantastic ideas that we have heard here today. thank you, mayor and supervisors were coming out to hear these ideas. the arts are an incredible value add to san francisco. we bring in an enormous amount to the tourism budget. we hvave some funding with the hotel task fund. it has gone into the general fund, and we have a chance that is about to be completed for the 1% for public arts, and is being

expanded. thank you, to a large amount of the soma area, and we want to make sure we don't lose this with the new housing developments coming up. there are chances to feed into this and it benefits the members of those programs. consider reinstating these areas and as we discussed affordable housong foing for the redevelopment agency, make sure this is included. i hope to see a continued san francisco existence for us. thank you. >> can we give it up one more time for everyone who spoke today? [applause]

i know we talk about dollars and cents, but it comes down to how it effects people's lives. all of us, business owners, artists, we make twork togethero make this the best city it can be. this is just the start of the budget process. there will be five more of these and budget hearings. we have heard from everyone about a lot of important issues. i ask you to be involved and bring your family to see how these issues effect everyone's everyday life. thank you all, one more time. [applause] >> and so we are going to close. >> give it up for lisha.

[applause] >> thank you. it is loud. thank you agian. my role is to thank you. this is your valualbble time. thank you for coming out. i want to thank tenderloin elementary school. and just an example -- this school was able to develop a partnership for free dental care. it is really amazing. i want to recognize the mayor's office of immigrant affairs for translation service, and adrian for working with us, and sfgtv for recording this, and you can watch it to test the words.

i want to thank my staff, they spent a lot of time on this. there wil lbe more town halls. supervisor olague will announce her next, and thank you. >> i would like to thank ed lee, for years i have organized this event. this seat was always empty. i want to thank hom for engaging with all of us and sharing the priority for the district. as promised, there will be more opportunities for you to express your feelings about the budget priorities. we will have this pariapril 25 t the county fair building.

there are fliers as you leave. i want to thank you for coming and sharing your priority with us. we will work hard to meet those priorities. thank you. [applause] >> well, we certainly got off to a good start. last year, when we started this, -- i will tell you, one reason why i think there are a lot of programs that are safe is because you conducted yourself in a way we listened very carefully because he represented yourselves well. people often say that we are a very rich city. i think that we are a rich city not just because we have a budget of $6.80 billion, we are rich because of the diversity

represented in this room, and you are willing to give us your involvement and your ideas, and to give us your passion. i have a lot of notes here and i know that the department's that our represented here took a lot of notes as well. when you talk about seniors and emigrants, youth, all of these programs, all of the diverse populations that exist here, we listened very carefully tonight. we will take this under very serious consideration when we make these decisions. it is these opportunities that we have, that tell us what is important. and we listened very carefully over the substance that you are saying to us. this will be reflected in the

balanced budget. thank you for your courtesy. thank you very much. >> and i want to recognize dominica henderson and judy bee, and thank you, thank you for coming. have a good night.