capacity, what is the response when we have patients above and beyond that number? >> to the extent they come in in the emergency room, they go -- psychiatric emergency services or if they're full, then this go to other hospitals throughout the city. so, other hospitals throughout the city would accept psychiatric patients if they were in crisis at the time. >> but if all the beds were full because they're not -- the movement seems to be reducing the number of psych beds. so, if we're at capacity city-wide, what would then be the response for dpr if there were folk that really needed -- >> at the moment or kind of in a planning? >> at the moment, and then i guess your thoughts in the future. >> well, certainly at the moment as i said, i think that they would be received into emergency rooms throughout the city and in their ability to handle them and would be held there until they would be able to be stabilize and had placed into a bed that was available for them. the door street emergency urgent care center that i mentioned would be an alternative place for them to go that might be preferable to

an emergency room if it was appropriate for them to be transferred there. and in fact, the partnership that we're talking about to be funded by the innovation fund would have a specific partner that would be with cpmc partner to take patients on a 24/7 basis when they're in psychiatric basis. >> so, that would be one option. planning wise we could look at the trends and utilization over time and aloe if there was an increased demand for psychiatric beds. certainly the master plan would be an appropriate place to do that. ~ and see >> [speaker not understood]. i hope we really look at what an adequate response is from our city. i mean, not only -- i think all of us see folks out on the street every day. you know, we also -- when they don't get beds and they're at capacity at our hospitals, they come to our offices, too. and the unfortunate part of that is we're not -- we don't have the expertise or the training to manage or respond to folks with severe mental

health issues. we had an incident really recently at our office and one of the issues was -- sometimes people refuse care and that's one issue, too. and the other is we weren't able to find him, this individual, a place of care. and, so, it just continues to be a concern for our office and i'm sure many other folks here. >> i understand. thank you. >> thank you. >> supervisor kim, did you have any -- >> yes, and i do have -- i also wanted to make an amendment to the development agreement as well, and this is something that has been discussed through the mayor's office. and that is that -- let me go to the page. at least -- this is part of the $4.2 million that would go towards pedestrian safety and lighting needs in the tenderloin. we do have some commitments from the public utilities commission for a portion of some of those lights including the study which amount to $800,000. and, so, i wanted to make one

amendment -- one amendment to the da, just modifying that up to $800,000 of the tenderloin sidewalk widening and pedestrian lighting improvements, that that line item only could be, could be utilized by the mayor's office of economic and work force development for economic development use in the tenderloin neighborhood specifically. and, so, this is just a direct swap out of what -- a commitment that we got from the puc for lighting used in the tenderloin. [speaker not understood] is another need in the neighborhood and going to be supporting that amendment. >> great. and i want to -- first of all, i want to thank everyone. i know this is a large group effort, my three colleagues, including president chiu, who worked very, very hard to make this deal happen, and i city

staff, cpmc. for awhile, this was on life support to put it charitably. and i think people were pretty freaked out the whole thing was going to fall apart and st. luke's would close and we wouldn't get a new hospital, wouldn't get the positive changes at davies and so forth. and, so, it took a huge group effort to pull back from the brink and to get what i think is a very, very good project for the city. i won't repeat what's been said about psych bed and the broader issue of mental health care in san francisco. we have seen our social safety net around mental health fray for years. it's not just the san francisco thing. this is all over the country and it started decades ago. we let it continue to deteriorate and i would go ahead and come to grips with how we provide effective care

for people who need it and would see the results not just in our streets every day, but a lot of people who you never see on the streets. and i agree with my colleagues that this was well, well beyond cpmc and we put it on cpmc to fix this problem for us. this is something we have to come to grips with as a city in general. we do this into emergency rooms all over the city every day. but with that said, i think this is a very good agreement. i look forward to supporting it. i, too, have one minor amendment relating to the, what we call the guerrero park which is one of the public -- one of the community benefits that cpmc will be providing close to st. luke's. i think there was a miss understanding, it was categorized. this has to do with the timing of the delivery. it what a phase iii implementation project and we're going to change it to be

a phase i implementation project. so, we delivered to neighborhoods sooner rather than later. so it's an amendment to item 16. exhibit h schedule a section two-page 2, that change guerrero park from phase iii to phase 1 implementation. so, colleagues, first we have i guess under the one amendment for supervisor -- that's not really a rule. we have three amendmented on the table. can we take those amendments without objection? [gavel] >> so ordered. and can we have a motion to forward items 7 through 19 to the board without recommendation? >> yes, i'm happy to make that motion. and just to clarify for the public, we need to do this without recommendation because we're still awaiting other appeals. >> and i just wanted to clarify, excuse me, the committee is forwarding the development agreement together with all amendments proposed by staff during the presentation --

>> actually, that's a good point. so, there are other amendments that staff have proposed in addition to the three that we proposed and we have a motion to take those amendments. >> i make the motion. >> okay. and we can take that without objection. [gavel] >> okay. now, because of the appeal period for the conditional use has not run, we're required to forward this without a recommendation. so, the motion is to forward items 7 through 19 to the board without recommendation. ask can we take that without objection? >> but i just want too to make it clear if we didn't have that, i think all of us would hopefully be forward thing with recommendation to clarify that simply procedural, but again, i want to thank everyone for being here and look forward to moving this to the full board and hopefully getting this done in short order. >> i also say it myself with those remarks. can we take the motion without objection? ~ [gavel] >> that will be the order. madam clerk, is there any additional business before the committee? >> there are no further matters. >> okay, we're adjourned.

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>> hello, welcome to meet your district supervisor. i'm linda melkonian and we're here with supervisor london breed from district 5 which includes the inner sunset, haight/ashbury, lower hate, japantown and part of hayes valley. she was one of two supervisors in 2012. we'll talk to her about the tougher issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> let's start by talking a little about your background, where you grew up, went to

school and what of jobs you've had in the past. >> i grew up in the heart of the western addition, i grew up in public housing. my grandmother raised me and my brothers and i went to public schools here in the city. ended up at u.c. davis and graduated and immediately returned back to the community and started working for the mayor's office of neighborhood services and worked on treasure island and eventually became the executive director of the african-american art and culture complex located in the western addition community, a place that i participated in programs in the arts as a kid. and, so, it was really an honor to be able to work directly in the community to impact so many lives. and i really thoroughly enjoy that experience. >> you lived most of your life in san francisco. why did you choose to live in the city? >> i chose because it's my home. it's just a place i love the most. i pretty much only lived outside the city when i went to

college, and i came home almost every weekend on the greyhound bus. i just love san francisco. it's an amazing place. it's a beautiful city. it's nothing like coming across that bridge and seeing the city and feeling like, i'm home. or coming from any part of anywhere, whether you're on a plane, whether you're on a bus, whether you're in a car, just to see the skyline of the city, it's just always made me feel at peace. and, so, i can't imagine myself living anyplace else. >> what motivated you to get involved in politics? >> well, as i said, i grew up in public housing and i experienced a lot of sad times, as some people are still experiencing. whether it's crime and violence, issues of despair, issues of hopelessness. i mean, that still continues to plague many of our public housing residents today. and, so, it's really challenging when this is the way that i pretty much spent

most of my life. and when i think about the challenges people are still going through, i know that the only way to make changes to those type of issues is to actually be a part of the decision making body of this city. and, so, what motivated me in the past has always been about making sure that i wasn't the only one that had an incredible opportunity to participate in the city, to have a great life in the city. i felt like there were too many of my peers that should have had the same opportunity. and, so, it's a big reason why i decided to participate in politics. >> you mentioned you were the executive director of the african-american arts and culture complex. how has that experience as well as the experience of serving on two commissions prepared you for the board of supervisors? >> well, i did serve on the san francisco redevelopment agency commission and the fire commission, and i was really fortunate to run this great center. and all of those experiences, running a nonprofit, being on a

commission, working for the city, responding to constituents, doing the kinds of things that many folks are doing every single day to make our city better, i mean, i don't see a better preparation than that for becoming a city supervisor. the nonprofit world is a very challenging community to work in because of the fund-raising involved, because of the needs for such great programs. so, to be in the middle of that and to advocate for an incredible community asset, to work with city departments, to obtain funding, i mean, the list goes on and on. so, over the years i've been fortunate to develop some incredible relationships with city department heads and other city commissioners who helped me to do some of the great work i've been able to do in the community. so, it's somewhat of a natural progression and i think all of that entails -- really helped me to be -- it's going to help me in my role as supervisor and it help me to actually get here. >> district 5 race for supervisor was an especially

eventful one this time around. what did you learn amidst all that controversy and all that competition? >> i think that what i learned is that we have an incredible district of people who can see what's genuine, who can see when someone really cares and has the heart for the community. and i think that was demonstrated in who they decided to elect. regardless of personalitieses or ideology, or what have you, people know when you really care. and i think that came across in my campaign. so, what i learned is to respect the voters and respect how they feel about candidates, whether it's me or anyone else. i want to make sure that they are given the options and they are able to make the choice that they choose. and that once the election is over, we move on and do what we need to do to make our city better. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? are you more progressive, centrist or on the conservative side? >> that's a really challenging

question because, i mean, throughout the campaign i made sure that i didn't define myself as either because i think that what it does is in a lot of ways it divides our city. i think clearly when you have a desire to run, you have a desire to serve. you really care about what happens in san francisco. you just have a different way in which you believe we should go about doing that. and i just think that i don't necessarily see myself in one particular category because i have different feelings about different situations based on my various experiences of growing up in the city. and, so, my, my, my commitment to san francisco trumps any ideaology i might have. i mean, i'm going to need to make decisions that impact people's lives so i have to make sure that i'm being responsible in those decisions. i can't let ideology get in the way of that. >> i think the city is always dealing with complicated issues as you mentioned. what do you feel are some of the biggest issues facing san francisco right now? >> i think there are a few big issues, but in particular, my

priority is public housing. the fact that it's a neglected community is really a problem for me. the fact that they're still dealing with rodent infestation and some of the challenges of job opportunities. i think this city is a wealthy city. we spend a lot of money on social services in our city, but why are these social services not impacting people's lives in the way that it's changing people's lives for the better? so, i want to make sure that we work with residents and we work to help them grow within public housing and to not be priced out of the city as a result. i think that's one of the big issues. the other issue is connecting people to job opportunities, long-term employment, stable employment, employment that gives people dignity, that gives them pride. i mean, everyone wants to take care of their family. and sadly, people are sometimes pushed into a life of crime because that's the easy route

to obtaining money. i mean, it was really easy for me as a kid to choose to sell drugs because everyone around me was selling drugs. wasn't easy for me to get a job because i didn't have a lot of examples of people working other than my grandmother who was working as a maid, or other folks i saw working at the grocery store. for me, i felt like well, drugs is easier, you can easily go out on the corner and stand and sell drugs. but luckily, because of the mayor's youth employment and training program, i got a job at age 14, started work at the family school, working with some incredible people and because of that opportunity i'm here today. and i think we need to make these opportunities more readily available to folks in public housing. >> you mentioned working on the redevelopment commission for five years. now that the state has eliminated redevelopment agency, do you think the mayor and the board of supervisors is doing enough to serve the city's housing needs? >> well, i think you can never do enough. there are still a lot of folks

who are homeless. but i do think that san francisco is leading the way to innovative policies that can really help change things for the better post redevelopment. i think the affordable housing trust fund is a step in the right direction. and it's something that no one else is doing all over the state. i think that the fact that san francisco is so committed to affordable housing, we already had resources where we were invested in affordable housing in the city, but more importantly, we're looking at revamping public housing and how that fits into the bigger picture of affordable housing long term for san francisco. we're looking at public-private partnerships. i just think san francisco is really leading the way. and could we do enough? you know, you can never do enough until everyone has a decent, clean, respectable place to live. but i think san francisco is clearly leading the way to that. >> oftentimes city issues and district issues are not one and the same. what are some of the biggest issues you feel are impacting

your district? >> well, the challenges of homelessness, of folks that are in the kind of upper haight community, making sure that we are providing resources to this population, more aggressively than we have, making sure that we are cracking down on folks who might be breaking the law and making it really challenging for not just other homeless people, but for folks who live in the community, making sure they're activating that area so families feel safe being a part of that community. i think that's a huge challenge. the other challenge, one that i dealt with even before i became supervisor, are the access to job opportunities, access to long-term job opportunities, and how do we prepare people who have never worked a job before in their entire lives for a long-term job opportunity? what does it mean to show up on time? what does it mean to keep your pants pulled up and take off your hat and not talk back to your boss? what does all that mean?

i think what we have done as a city is focus too much on, okay, where the opportunities, local hire, which are all great programs, but the part that's missing is how do we get people prepared and how do we keep them employed. what is the long-term plan of job opportunities in san francisco look like for local san franciscans. so, i think those are probably two of the most pressing issues. and the city overall of course is housing and it's one that we've all taken a lot of steps to try and deal with. >> just reese entitlesly enacted a two-year budget. it seems the city is always dealing with a lot of complicated issues whether or not to raise fees and taxes and where to make cuts. how would you approach these tough choices? >> well, fortunately i've been in the nonprofit world. i've been actively engaged in the community. i know the programs that are actually effective in serving residents. i understand what the need is from firsthand experience. and, so, i just would want to make sure that i'm paying very

close attention to detail, knowing exactly what these programs provide, knowing exactly what city department, where is the wasteful spending, how we can cutback so we can make sure we are funding the programs and the departments that need the money the most. so, it's going to be a really delicate balance. i know i have a really challenging job ahead of me, but fortunately there are other supervisors on the budget committee that also have firsthand experience. so, i think it's going to be a tough budget process, but i think working together and looking at everything, will it be visits, visits to programs, digging deep into folk's budget and talking to their -- the people that they serve and a number of other things. it's going to take a well rounded approach at making these kinds of decision. and, so, i'm up for the challenge. >> speaking of well rounded approaches, do you attempt to balance the needs of the district versus the needs of the city as a whole?

>> for me that's easy because san francisco, the entire city is my home. i grew up here. i know -- i went to galileo in the marina, hung out at bayview hunters point, my family lives all over the city. i mean, i can't do something that positively impacts district 5, but also negatively impacts san francisco as a whole. so, whatever decisions i make, i mean, it's a no-brainer. i have to make sure that it's going to positively impact the city as a whole and that's just how i view every decision that i make through that particular lens. >> let's talk a little about your district in particular. what do you hear about transportation from your constituents? is there adequate muni service? >> well, it's funny that you mention muni. [laughter] >> and let me just say this. as someone who -- i mean, we caught muni -- when i was growing up in the city, that's how you got around. and there were some real problems with muni. i'm talking about just -- i mean, the buses were always dirty. they were always packed.

there was just always some challenges and the city is growing clearly. and we need to look at all modes of transportation and how we allow people to move around the city safely. and part of that is making sure that muni is running well. and i know in particular the m-judah has been a real challenge. and we have come very close to securing revenue for an additional in judah train as well as looking at express options and place where the most heavily used bus stops are. ~ so, looking at express trains and other alternatives to make sure that we're moving people around in a more efficient way, so that they feel comfortable with using public transportation as their source of transportation. i think everyone in this city is prepared to bike, to use public transportation, to walk, to ride share, but we have to make it a lot more convenient for people. and it's going to be an ongoing improvement process because we're building more housing units.

we're bringing more people into the city for job opportunities. but we're not increasing the needs around public transportation and transportation in general as significantly as we are doing those other things. so, we're going to have to take a really hard look at our priorities around transportation and really aggressively deal with those things. >> and speaking of safety, what do you hear about crime in your district? and are you happy with what the police department is doing and how the city is dealing with crime? >> well, fortunately, because of the new academy classes, we actually got a number of additional officers in district 5. that has definitely had -- it's had a big impact on the district. i mean, we are way past the point of what we used to be, and that is a place where homicides were happening regularly. sometimes daily, sometimes weekly. and sadly, we've lost a lot of young people not only to that

sort of violence, but to the criminal justice system. and it's a different district. and now we're dealing with iphone thefts and other quality of life issues, home invasions and things like that. and i think with the additional police officers and also the foot patrols and some of the things that seem to be happening, especially in the high-crime areas like the lower haight, it's really changed things. it's more of a deterrent when you see police officers walking around, engaged with residents, engaged with business owners. it really helps to change the environment overall. so, yes, we do have issues of crime just like any part -- any other part of the city. i'm just really happy that it's not what it used to be and i think it's a manageable thing. and we just have to deal with it more and add some more academy classes, but also look at programs like s.f. faith which helps people learn to take care of themselves and as

neighbors. we have to make sure we're providing opportunities to the perpetrators of these crimes and making sure, of course, we're prosecuting people who are committing crimes. but more importantly, that we provide these opportunities before they get to the point where they are committing crimes. >> you mentioned the issue of homelessness as a big issue in your district. how will you deal with the folks that hang out on haight street and the issue of homelessness? >> well, i think that's a real -- it's a city-wide issue and i think part of what we have to do is work together to deal with it, just like public safety. it's a work in progress. it's not something that you fix and you move on. it's something that you continue to work with. i mean, san francisco is an attractive place to people in general, so, we are going to get folks from all over, homeless, nonhomeless, and i think part of the balance is making sure that social service agencies that provide support to homeless individuals are available, that they have the resources they need, but they're held accountable to working anlk