and current board member. you're sort of more than 20 years working in the tenderloin with poor and homeless people, primarily people who are mentally ill. the services before you are emergency services. what is interesting to me coming here today about the testimony i have heard is that emergency services are over represented. we have the neighborhood emergency response teams in their extremely stylish hard hats. we have the institutional police. the homeless outreach team and hospitality team are both equally emergence services. specifically, we work with people on the street who have no other option. typically, we look for people who have no other option, people locked out of the shelter system either because of high level metal health, substance abuse, or physical injury, or people who for whatever reason cannot it anywhere else. both of these agencies do the work of rescue, and if you cut the funds, no one will be able

to pick up the slack. we do not have other support in the system. there is no other group during direct general street outreach in the community to help people get into shelter, and to care, into housing, and into case management beside the home -- homeless outreach team. same for hospitality house. it is the wide end of the bottle to get people into care. if we sustain the kind of cut that is contemplated, it means a reduction in force, and we will not be able to provide the services to the homeless folks who need them, and it will not be able to get that level of care anywhere else. thank you for your attention today. i appreciate your attention to this matter. supervisor chu: thank you for your time. >> hello, supervisors. i am with wild equity institute. i want to thank you for your work with our community-based organizations. i am here today to ask you to restore the funding to our needed community services, which is the backbone for many of us.

some of these services have already closed, and some are on the verge of closing due to the cumulative impact of annual cuts. these organizations can no longer sustain these cuts. seeking other areas of revenue is important and highly needed. there are many areas where the city is wasting money, and the money could be used as revenue for our community services in need. examples are using toxic astroturf in our parks or wasting millions in the underutilized golf course in pacifica. it is insane to invest millions in the sharp park golf course. the city study showed we are oversupplied with golf, and that it is not in our interest. the studies also show that maintaining that a golf course is not economically viable. the city is also liable for millions of dollars for the killing of dangerous species to maintain this golf course. it is cheaper and makes sense for the city to partner with the

ggnra, who will create a better public park that is accessible to everyone because right now, it is not. the money saved can be better spent on our san francisco community services and park service is to have suffered from a new cuts. even lincoln park. gilman's playground, chinese recreation center, mission neighborhood centers, and many more all could use the millions that the city plans to waste on this failing golf course. stop this injustice and bring the money back to our services in need. closing the golf course is better for the environment. it is sustainable and irresponsible budget. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. thank you for the work you have

done for our city. i would also like to address sharp park golf course. it loses money annually and is expected to take $15 million to $17 million to maintain. this seems to be a bit of a wasteful spending. we have countless community organizations and people in need who services have already been cut to the bone. we need to bring this money back. we are running a business in pacifica that is failing, facing environmental challenges, and it does not bring that many people. we should bring that money back and partner with the ggnra to restore the park to its ecological state. thank you very much for your time. supervisor chu: thank you. >> hello, supervisors. i am the program director at central city hospitality house. today, it is just such a discouraging crossings to be here for all of us, and i want

to thank you for your efforts to prevent the add back process. that was terrific. we came a lot further this year, but nonetheless, here we are. but i always try to bring a positive message, so i am excited to introduce myself to you because i have lived and worked in district 6 for the last 14 years, but i just moved into your district, so now, i am your constituents. part of my vision for the city is a city where we take care of the most believable people. as we have heard today from so many people, we serve a lot of those folks at hospitality house and a lot of those services we talked about, and we are asking your support, to please restore the funding and keep up the good work you are doing. revenue -- we need that. supportive housing, ways for people to transition into stability. i would like to ask you to join us in carrying out that vision for our city, and thanks for the vision you have, and let's make that happen. thank you.

supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am also with hospitality house. i work in the community arts program. throughout our facilities, if you come in on any given day, you will see every seat taken, people standing, waiting for an opportunity to sit and take a rest. as i said to you last week, though, it is a place -- each of our facilities -- there is more than access to bathrooms or a network of resources in san francisco, although that is important. that is not the only thing that brings people in to hospitality house. our facilities are also a place for support within one another's communities. exploration of creativity and personal development. we have to continue to give people a place to develop skills if we want to affect our larger community in a positive way. limiting this access negatively

affects not just the individuals, not just in the tenderloin, but our entire city of san francisco, so you're sort asking you to please keep our funding at hospitality house. please restore our funding so that we can do our jobs and positively affect our communities and one another. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> thank you for the gesture of giving up your lunch to hear the rest of us who have been waiting for hours and hours for two minutes. i am also here representing central city hospitality house. i just want to speak to a couple of things. a number of stakeholders came together this year for a different conversation around budget policy. decisions and priorities, what needed to be cut, what needed to be saved, and what were going to be our guidelines for how we go about considering this. i would like to remind everyone in this room that one of the agreements made was that we

would prioritize the most of all rural residents in the city in their care. cuts to central city hospitality house, cuts to chp and support of housing, cuts to outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment are not prioritizing our most vulnerable residents. what i also want to ask you and what i want to spend the next minute doing is just having a moment of silence for all of the vulnerable residents who were not able to wait in line with me for three hours today. we had a number of people waiting outside today who were not able to stand for the hours to give you their testimony. we had a number of residents in our centers and homeless shelters this let -- a number people slept on the streets last night and needed to sleep today instead of being here to testify and tell their story. so thank you for your gesture of giving up your lunch. i would like to ask the room for

another gesture, for 30 seconds of silence while we think about all the folks who were too vulnerable to be here today and speak on their behalf. [bell rings] thank you for your time. supervisor chu: thank you up for your time. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the executive director of family services. thank you for your time today. i am here to ask you to reconsider the proposed cuts to the traditional housing program. that are -- there are three programs up for a cut. these programs serve populations

that benefit from transitional housing to make it in the long run. homeless families recovering from drug addiction, domestic violence, and mental illness and transitional-age youth. while the total cuts and not only to $393,000, the programs have been cut over the years. that is why there are only three of us left. the general cuts at compass house will mean closing at the after-school program. this is where the resident children go for recreation, tutoring, and a safe place to be while there parents are attending school or vocational training -- training.

these children have almost as a role endure -- almost as a rule have endured a lifetime of trauma. the students have lived their short lives in a world where domestic violence and substance abuse are the norm. the services like our organizations provide -- please reconsider this cut. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you for your time. i am at the program director at compass clara house. \ are one of three transitional programs -- we are one of three transitional programs looking at these cuts.

we provide a structured environment where people can gain the life skills they never learned, complete and educational or vocational blow -- bowl -- goal, and move off of public assistance. we work with families with severe histories of the trauma related to domestic violence and substance-abuse. parents who have never managed their families in their own apartments without substance abuse or domestic violence being an issue in their lives. we provide case management and a safe place for families to heal. our ultimate goal is to san decision -- transition these families to permanent housing. we provide on-site services like job training, licensed child care, and a license after-

school program. because we've had budget cuts at many years over the last five, and yet our grant amounts remain the same, the current cut will deeply affect our ability to deliver the same services and we would be forced to eliminate after-school program in. this means our school-age children -- they would be displaced in their own community. it would be training, meetings, therapy. they are delayed socially, emotionally, academically. thank you for considering because. -- the cuts. >> thank you for listening to me

again. i am going to read a letter from the captain of the mercury station. dear ms. parker, an alarm to learn a large component of the homeless outreach team will be eliminated on june 1. the team has been invaluable in assisting the homeless in this district and has been a great help to the police department. they often respond at odd hours and weekends. they are helping individuals to find housing. they are instrumental in breaking down these barriers, and without the essential services, there are not many

alternatives left to us and the progress we've made in the homeless community will move back or. without help, the homeless community is vulnerable to predators in the tenderloin. i will leave you a copy of this. i want to ask for restoration of the housing cuts. if there is not support any housing, then people will not be able to retain the house in. there will be more people on the streets with less outcomes that are positive. it does not make sense. with made great strides to help these -- we have made great strides to help these folks live healthier, more productive lives. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> hello. my name is janet goy, and i am here to request the restoration of funds for the san francisco

homeless outreach team and also supportive housing. which affects 11 hotels. adequate supportive housing is essential to address problems for homeless populations in these hotels. it addresses the problems in populations. as you have heard, the san francisco homeless outreach team addresses the most difficult of reach on the streets. they translate to menem contact for basic intervention -- to minimum contacts for basic intervention. there is no time to do the necessary follow-up.

it is not safe given the difficulties people deal with. we have carefully developed a case management team to develop the challenges of a very difficult, as population. [bell rings] and of course, i am here to also supports the restoration of cuts to the san francisco homeless outreach team. you've heard all the reasons why it is absolutely essential. taking nine positions of of 11 cripples the outreach efforts of that team. these are those to respond when citizens call 311 --

[bell rings] thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is komiko kawaski. i am here on behalf of coranado, but i am also speaking for all the service providers working to end homelessness. it is very important. they're coming from mentally, physically healthy people. sometimes they forget to take care of themselves. they do not realize on much they are stressed out and traumatized from working with clients. especially case management. there are constant challenges from inside and outside of the building. they have to deal with people

who have chronic medical conditions and mental health disorders. from my first experience -- this is isolated because of the small budget. it makes these people more likely to burn out because they have the problems they deal with everyday. it is a proposed cuts that will make its impossible to maintain the quality of services provided. we are not making much money. our keys -- our case managers earn $16 an hour. thank you somewhat. -- thank you so much. >> good afternoon. my name is fully shut houston.

and the program director of the woman's place, a program with treatment services, and i am here in support of the entire system of care. i understand. i believe i read we are not talking about restoring the particular programs, but to the service categories. i have to insist the restoration's occur. we need it. you all have to forgive me. i am all little spacey. i have been in line for a long time. it is not like i do not stand a lot all day, but i have been in line since 10:00. i wondered if the transit system

were to endure the same cuts i wondered if i would be here asking you not to cut the j- line. i would certainly be asking you not to raise the fares, because i depend on public transportation like many people. we are talking about people. the people that made the system -- the providers, the clients, the care providers -- have made an agreement with the city to care for each other. we did adversarial, but we are interdependent. i rely on the other programs for support. i rely on the other providers in my neighborhood, the woman's place in between six and seven on howard street. i can be in pacific heights and see someone in need and i can call sf hud, and they can run

over and i can help that person. they will ride over to geneva and help that person. it is citywide. this is an interdependent system. you are part of the system. today, we are here because it is your time. is time for your role in this process. i have been in this line for 14 years. i will be here again next year. we will all have to be here sunday. i'd appreciate the efforts you have made. i look forward to learning what you decide to do. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> members of the board, i am the ceo of the budget agency.

thank you for this budget process this year. it has been a remarkably different budget process. i know you are deeply concerned about the human consequences of these cuts and you were going to do everything you can to minimize them, and we have a number of calls who are going to talk about the human cuts. i want to talk about the mental health system of care, and specifically the human cuts. the cuts were pretty much across the board. the mayor restored 100% of the residential treatment cuts, but not be outpatient cause. this is the second year in a row this is happen. in fact they are serving a 95%

of the time they are not an institution -- in institutional care. in most counties, the intensive outpatient treatment was considered the primary modality. in this county, to be continually trying to cut the transportation program, it's really misguided. even though they were theoretically unmatched general fund cuts. that will cut almost entirely into the older adult system of care, in which we operate almost all of it because of prior year cut. it will eliminate the treatment for chronically mentally ill

adults. 75% of them have psychosis'. [bell rings] thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i've been working at the family service agency of san francisco at the older adults support center community integration services for the last five years. as an activity specialist and community integration specialist. fsa provides geriatric programs to older adults are in san francisco who have complex needs. our geriatric mental health programs are the only specialized non-profit mental health programs in the older adults system of care. we are an organization with a skilled and passionate staff

working with african american, spanish, cantonese, mandarin, japanese, vietnamese, and korean consumers. we are providing a place for people who are otherwise alone and isolated and in emotional and physical pain. they connect with others so they can feel part of a larger community. depression, schizophrenia, polar, bipolar, mental-health, different diagnoses -- they do not need the stigma of shame and embarrassment any more. it can and does happen to anyone. our agency provides problem- solving groups, current affairs, music arts groups, writing, travel groups. we teach computer skills.

we go on outings. we have generous volunteers to work with our consumers and give their time freely so that they can benefit and co-benefit from each other. we have been watching them open up from every walk of life, coming from such dire places. limiting our budget could impact our ability to provide these critical services to the population of builders in our community. thank you. supervisor chu:. -- supervisor chu: thank you. >> hello. my name is andrew browne. i live in the western mission and i have worked with seniors up for the last five years in the western mission and the

tenderloin. they are trying to hook seniors up in those communities seniorsfsa programs. -- seniors up and in those communities with fsa programs. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you for your time. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. in the use of leadership coordinator -- i am the youth leadership coordinator, and we want to take this opportunity to share a little bit about the program. we have some of our members with us today. first -- >> good afternoon. thank you for listening to us today. i just want you to know, we are from the juvenile advisory council within the probation

department. basically, our goal is to come in and use our experience, taking this time and opportunity to help other young people and their families. we do that by conducting monthly workshops for families and the young persons to come in. we translate that language so they can better understand the conditions of probation. we offer that one-on-one support. i just want to take the time to say, thank you for planning the programs for the young people and the community. we know what it's like to be in their shoes.