>> i'm part of the staff came at woman, inc. we have benefited from the ongoing support of the grants and services. he protected us from budget cuts. as a result, the network and the city has remained strong. i want to thank supervisor avalos tfo suggestsr v $250,000. unfortunately, the funding stream in general has remained static. these additional funds will help sustain the the crisis line that we operate. we received 20,000 calls on this line. the offer a non-judgmental

fourier and provide input on how survivors can stay safe. this is a multilingual live and we can assist many survivors. given it operates 24 hours a day, the costs are substantial. the city has the amazing job, but any additional funds would make a world of difference to the agency and survivors we serve. we are incredibly proud to be part of the service network and be able to provide these programs in san francisco. we know that these programs work and your continued dedication to protecting our funding is appreciated. any additional funding would be phenomenal and we appreciate your concern. thank you for your time and support.

>> i am from the asian woman's shelter. on behalf of the residents, i would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your consideration to continue the budget for domestic violence survivors. the i feel like the supervisors have a difficult job to make decisions on where to cut the budget. and listen to all stories. i know this is a hard job, your decision will enable us to continue to serve the much needed the linguistically and culturally -- i know this is a long day for you but have a nice day anyway. supervisor avalos: think you. it is a long day for you, too. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak today.

i am the director of huckleberry house, the only 24 our place for at risk youth. the for the first time in our history, we are considering closing on a weekend due to sustained budget cuts. the program received $600,000 annually to operate a shelter. our funding was hot out because of state funds were cut to a juvenile probation. through a series of add-backs, a little more than half of our funding was restored. the intent was for the city to find additional $275,000 to restore our allocated amounts. our agency has had to exhaust some of its critical operating reserves, reducing staff coverage, and institute pay cuts that were supposed to be temporary measures.

it is an integral partner who charged with maintaining the safety, health, and well being of youth. over the past three years, 250 youth have received crisis services at our shelter. the police department relies on our shoulder for a safe haven. additional use are referred by teachers, social service providers, and friends. we have to coordinate for their safety. we offer a crisis hot line for teachers, law enforcement, and other providers. i urge you to consider the request of $270,000 so we can continue to operate and do our work 24 hours a day at seven days a week to 365 days a year.

>> i am a member of the science board. i am speaking to you today as president of the board of family connections. when operate family resource centers in the excels your home district i am encouraging you to fund the cost of doing business for nonprofits here in the city. it is something we are having difficulty controlling, the cost for employees. even though they are essential. it is very clear that the city, the mayor, and the supervisors value the work of the non- profits. i would love to see

corresponding affection in terms of the salaries and benefits of non-profit workers. it is essential that will lessen the disparity in because often, the work we do is exactly the same with exactly the same people. enjoy the rest of it. >> next speaker, please. >> i am here, he the executive director of the north of market tenderloin district. as a partner organization that has worked with 2006, many efforts, primarily safety, it would be a horrible voyage in that neighborhood.

they are really an important part of changing the face in the perception of the tenderloin. i would ask you consider supporting the program. >> hello, supervisors. i am an entertainment commissioner and i am here to speak diu. entertainment -- entertainment as we have seen to the economic impact report, is a huge and driver. we can fund programs like this and i asked you to consider giving us another enforcement officers so we can have better public-relations and continue to fill the coffers and at into this, keeping the non-profits

going. i found myself on the wrong end of a -- i was able to not only find housing rapidly, but i found a job to that funding. hiv, aids, other homeless people, help them find housing rapidly. >> next speaker, please. >> [speaking spanish] >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is teresa molena,ina, te emir to support the coalition on homelessness.

-- and i am here to support the coalition on homelessness. i am a mother of five and i know how it feels to be homeless. in the past, i was homeless, and i know what it feels to her not be safe in the streets. i am a proud supporter of the coalition and people who are homeless. that is why i come in front of you today to say that i wish you would support the $5 million.

the $5 million funding would mean $3 million for shelter, to live with her dignity -- live with dignified. the families that are losing out on the stimulus money from president obama. if not, will have more homeless families in the city of san francisco. thank you very much, and thank you for all your patience. supervisor avalos: thank you.

next speaker, please. >> [speaking spanish] >> i am talking to you from the coalition of homeless this and i am appear organizer for the sro families united. i am here to ask the support the city, and refund the stimulus money from president barack obama.

$3 billion from shelters and another $2 million for the housing program. as you know, right now, there are a lot of homeless families and a lot of families waiting on shelter on the waiting list right now. if you support this money from the local city funds, and that will help a lot have helped prevent more families from being homeless and helping families to

come out of homelessness. we hope and asked you to please support the families. thank you. supervisor avalos: next speaker. >> [speaking spanish] >> my name is carmen and today i will speak from my personal experience.

>> [speaking spanish] >> so i was once homeless, and the coalition of homelessness helped me out with that. i like to see the rest of san francisco health of homelessness, and i hope you find some way to put back the money, not just a latino community but other cultures as well. >> and the prevention of the program.

[speaking spanish] >> and so we would like to see the $5 million going into centers, shelters, and programs to help people. when that said, please don't cut any of the money. thank you. >> the afternoon, supervisors. i first wanted to have some good news. the governor's budget has been negotiated and seems to be selling to only a $246 million cut, which is not the greatest news, but better than we had originally.

the impact was originally estimated at $80 million. details need to be worked out, and we think it could still be $9 million-$10 million. the accord sets aside $5 million and we are adjusting down from $10 million. it won't help with the hole cut, but we're asking to allocate for child care. we really appreciate your leadership and everyone that has been working the last several years of moving this forward. a few questions have come out to ensure the advisory body includes the child care planning advisory council. most of the child care and early education services are in the community, and we represent that body. the director needs to be not a

political appointment but a professional that understands the complexities of state and federal regulations to ensure that we are complying to that we don't walk the slippery slope of noncompliance. the last thing is a question related to the office. if we are moving this forward, the question from the community is, if this is child care and office, why is it not inclusive for preschool and funding? it includes to staff -- two staff and a shared director position. that's a question that needs to be addressed. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. >> hi, everyone. i'm brian gonzalez from arizona, i have been here for six years.

i am in the system of mental health, me and my friend were going to get our own place in a couple of weeks. i am sad to hear about the cuts at this stuff done to the shelters. there is no so. everything has been limited to words soap and toiletries. everything has bitterly lamented. everything is getting cut, the communication for therapy and everything else. please stop the cuts that if you would like to support them, please provide them. and for the american aids project, i am-, but i still want to support them. i have been working with the project for three years it is sad to know that they are

getting cut as well. thank you guys. >> my name is shirley shores, and i am diagnosed with bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and ptsd. i am the single parent of an amazing 11-year-old son. he is the most important part of my life. i speak as a consumer of the mental health system working for 12 years now. without an increase of the budget, there will have to be layoffs. damian less quality of service for all consumers end loads more stress for all employees and consumers. people will not be able to afford to stay in these jobs. there are a lot of caring people

working in the non-profit organizations. i have worked my way through the system. having to utilize the number of agencies from drug and alcohol programs, tenderloin housing clinic, a homeless prenatal clinic, and other clinics. the center for special problems that was closed down for budget cuts. i can name and number of others. i have referred to many of people to these agencies for help. without the increases, you'll probably find someone to do the job but it will be a different quality of care. i can only speak for myself but i am thankful for the services that have been and are currently provided to me. without them, i would probably not be stable to take care of myself, my son, my cats, or my

job that happens to be my only in come. i may have wound up the hospital, jail, were dead by now. all these services are intertwined. we need his services, jobs, and cost-of-living increases. thank you for your time and consideration. >> my name is roger kitchens. i have been to a number of colleges, usc, notre dame, texas

a and m. i worked with sprint anti missile and missile. aat&t, and the general electric corp. silicon valley packaged entirely in 1947. in order to help the homeless and use my education at oxford also to further the cause of the tenderloin, especially. and the homeless in general.

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> i am the director of coalition on homelessness. we're facing a staggering housing crisis. a number of homeless people at the clinics and seeking shelter are skyrocketing. homeless people suffered preventable diseases at three to six times the rate experienced by others and have dramatically lower life expectancy by the average of 30 years. we have a proposal before you for $5 million. funding this proposal is critical as it will provide families -- prevent families, people with aids, elderly people, youth, all from becoming homeless. that will help those that are already at home less leave

homeless this. it is unconscionable that we have let our emergency services disintegrate so seriously. we have lost our beds and drop- in centers. what is left is genuinely unsafe. east after clyde ratios are inappropriate. we cannot afford to let hundreds and hundreds more sample to skins -- we can do a lot with $5 million. we can get hundreds of others of of the streets. in we can have safe and dignified shelters. they are counting on you. they can't afford a safe and dignified emergency system.

for all of that, by supporting the progress of revenue that would bring in $40 million more to our city. supervisor avalos: next speaker please. >> brian a. singer, the executive director of the house an alliance. i hope you all can come on down and enjoy our celebration where everybody in san francisco gets to be a day for a day. i am here to speak on behalf of the aids has an alliance, one of the agency's lucky about to participate in this program. it is how important for people to understand some very nuanced distinctions. in order to receive services, a person with hiv needs to have disabling hiv or disabling aids. if you are disabled from the

other cause, you don't qualify. the aids housing alliance has been lucky enough to build ourselves as an organization available to all people with hiv and aids in san francisco regardless of income and disability status. earlier, you met one of our clients and his three beautiful triplets. without us, he would have been homeless. he lost his real estate business, the house was lost to foreclosure in he had nowhere to go. there is no other source of funding in san francisco we could have tapped into to prevent that family from becoming homeless. we rely on this very unique source of funding to prevent homelessness for them. currently, we thought we were going to use it -- we responded an rfp.

hsa rescinded the rfp. they will reinstate it next year. it means i dismantle the program with the hopes of rebuilding it next year. i think it is very inefficient and a lot of people suffered. i am going to be left with $35,000. i can spend that in six weeks. as for all of next year to prevent homelessness. >> [speaking spanish] >> mar and isgarita alaman, i'm a direct member of the coalition

of homelessness. -- my name is margarita alaman, of a direct member of the coalition of, as this. of homelessness. >> [speaking spanish]

>> she said i am here today to ask you to replace the $5 million, $3 million for the shelters and supplies that are needed like diapers, toiletries, and other important things. $2 million to replace the losses from the stimulus from the obama