low-income programs. but these are probably on the low end in terms of actually having a livable income in san francisco. but, again, it gets at the disparity between neighborhoods. >> interesting to be able to link this poverty rate to kind of parallel, but these are the same people. what are the housing conditions they live in or what kind of housing are they in, is it rental housing? is it property owned by the household or public housing? that would be something i think would give a sense of -- drill down a little more of these people, [speaker not understood]. >> yes, i think that's right, supervisor avalos. and the census bureau does the american community survey, ongoing surveys and delves into more details. there is more information we can obtain if you're interested. and one more way of looking at

the poverty, it's a slightly different measure. it's residents below the poverty level. city-wide it's 11.5%. it's the same mechanism where income is defined or the poverty threshold is defined by household or family size, but for this particular measure it goes below that level. again, 11.5% city-wide, the range is 6.5%. that was for the white population. that has the lowest poverty level or least poverty up to 25.2% which was for the black, african-american population. so, quite a range there as well, and certainly an indicator of disparity. unemployment rate, city-wide rate in 2010 was 7%. again, with the distribution by district, the lowest rate was supervisorial district 2 and the highest district 10 with 11%.

and the other district ranging in between. we also looked at crime statistics and these slides show the distribution of crime by district. the two slides here show homicide and robberies. the highest rate of number of robberies as shown here in district 6. the chart shows only the odd numbered, but the ones in between are the even numbers. and homicides, the highest number was 27 and that was in supervisorial district 10. for 2012 and this information is from the police department, not the census bureau. >> it would be interesting to think about or look into who, in terms of racially, are homicide victims. i think that -- i know in my district, in 2012 i think it was all african-american except for the five who were killed on

howe street, asian family. [speaker not understood]. we're seeing who is most likely to be a victim of homicide and we're seeing also linked to some of the poverty indicators that we're seeing in parts of the city as well. >> well, on that, just looking at the other slides, the incarcerated population, not the victim population, but here is a breakdown from the sheriff's department of residents who are incarcerated in 2012 -- excuse me, yeah, 2012 by race or latino ethnicity. and you can see the numbers and percent of total incarcerated population, and then what we have on the right-hand side here is a percentage of the 2010 population. so, the highest concentration

of those incarcerated were black, african-american, but making up 55.5% of the incarcerated population that year. however, that same group, black african americans, only comprised 6.3% of the total population in the city. so, overrepresented in the incarcerated population and you see the opposite with the white population, and their representation. >> the headline in today's paper, chronicle, about when it comes to people arrested for marijuana possession, i believe it was, that this trend about african americans being incarcerated in greater rates was evident, what was discussed in that story. clearly justice is not being equally meted out. >> we also looked at education and number of education

indicators. the next slide is in california department of education, this is for san francisco unified school district, the drop-out rate for the district during that school year was 12.8% and this is a break out by race or ethnicity ranging from as you can see 6.2% asian not hispanic, up to 20.3% which was hispanic or latino of any race. these terms are slightly different than what i was showing you before because it came from a different source. and this breaks out more of the racial and ethnic groups and distinguishes better than the census bureau, actually, between whites and hispanic. we also reviewed some environmental issues and [speaker not understood] was one of them, presence of parks in neighborhoods. we did find disparity there. this particular slide looks at

park acreage in residents by district. and city-wide, the number is 6.14 on average acres for every thousand residents. by district, though, it ranges from a low of .17 acres for every thousand residents, and that's in district 6, up to 25 acres for every thousand residents, that's in district 2. i should note in the presidio, obviously there is a big block of land there that drives those numbers up. but if you take that one out, you can still see there is discrepancy between different neighborhoods. and it doesn't tell the whole story because you could live in district 6 and be near the waterfront or if you had a car, you could get easily to a park. but it could present more of an issue for people who have limited mobility, can't get to another neighborhood very easily, and would benefit from

having parks locally accessible. in terms of health, we have other measures of park and environment in the report that i just presented that one -- >> mr. rizzo, when you come back next time, i appreciate your comment. thanks for acknowledging the presidio as part of that. it is in my district. i agree, but i'd love to see what it looks like without that. as i think of parks and neighborhoods, district 2, presidio is an amazing resource. i grew up there. my parents were in the military. as i think about parks, these are more neighborhood parks and i would love to see that without -- >> sure, we can get you those numbers. and i mean, the same would apply to district 1 which includes golden gate park. it is a city park, a city resource if you happen to live near it in district 1, you can get to it very easily. but it is more of a city-wide draw as compared to a neighborhood park. these numbers include

everything. [speaker not understood] park something as big as the presidio. >> i think [speaker not understood] what we see in district 3 and district 6 is a lot of concrete, tall buildings, not very many places people can enjoy the outdoor space. >> right. and in both of those districts there are sizeable populations with limited mobility. so, they may not be as able to get in the car, get on the bike and ride to another neighborhood where more parks may be in place. one of the health measures we looked at, and we looked at a number of them, was prenatal care. so, this is a measure. it's not by supervisorial district, the data was not accessible that way, but it is broken out by zip code. so, knowing the neighborhood names, you pretty much know what goes with which district. but here, this was a measure

compiled by the sustainable communities index of pregnant women receiving care of the first three months of a pregnancy city-wide. looked like a fairly good statistic. 87%. however, again, we get into the range, there is a disparity, 69% was the low, some of the lower areas are indicated with a green arrows. 69% was in bayview hunters point. 71% in treasure island. and some of the higher ones and went up to 100%, although that's the financial district which were the only 8 cases total report that had year, it is not a large residential air i can't tellv also marina cal hal owe, miraloma sunny said and the presidio were high in terms of women getting care in the first three months of pregnancy. so, we do see a disparity thereby neighborhood. and the next slide is a map

showing essentially the same information, but in graphic form. so, those are some of the highlights from the report. there are many more indicators in all the areas that i mentioned in there. looking at the phase 2 question that supervisor avalos has asked, which is how this kind of this information be integrated into the budget process, there are some examples from elsewhere that i'll briefly mention. and this assignment, i know, was motivated, inspired in part by what occurred in king county, washington. they have adopted a strategic plan principle in 2010 which was one of the key principles, fair and just so that the county was to serve all residents by promoting fairness and opportunity and eliminating inequities. by county i mean the county government. it became a guiding principle for county government operations. they adopted an ordinance, it's

called ordinance 169 48, which requires the application of equity and social justice ~ issues foundational practices to county government operations. and some of the details there, all county departments are charged with increasing access to the determinants of equity through the way they deliver services, through their policy development and decision making, education and community within the government, and community engagement and partnership. the principles of equity and social justice are to be applied to all county actions including their operational business plan, management reporting systems for accountability and performance, and a county budget in order to eliminate inequities and create opportunities. and one example, i won't read through it all, in the king county budget as part of the presentation from the county executive to the county

council, this is from their department of juvenile detention. and every department goes through this exercise where they present information on how they are addressing equity and social justice issues. and then how they are addressing justice and safety, their strategic plan, how they're addressing these issues as well. so, in this example, they talk about the historic disproportionality, represented in the population of offenders, much like the slide i presented here showing disproportionate racial and ethnic disproportion in the racial and ethnic [speaker not understood]. part of their mission is to do what they can to eliminate that disproportionality. and i have some details here about one of their programs which is the program they're operating in the seattle school district. so, turning to san francisco and questions that could come

up as part of the budget process here, these are some examples of what kinds of information departments could be asked to be -- to present to the budget and finance committee as they are coming in and requesting their budget, addressing issues of racial and ethnic diversity, for example, questions could be asked and information provided to show what programs and policies departments have in place to ensure their services are culturally appropriate and understood by the maximum number of residents going back to all the languages and different cultures in san francisco. to address disparate educational attainment rates, what programs and policies did the agency have in place to improve educational opportunities and attain san francisco youth and residents. particularly the racial and ethnic groups and neighborhoods that have lower educational attainment rates. while it might sound like something that would just be appropriate for certain agencies that deal with youth,

there's probably many applications that, that could be implemented from all kinds of departments. we have the department of public works, office of economic and workforce development, but there are programs that could be put into place. as an example of king county where the jail department, the detention department is running programs in the school to help alleviate the disproportionality in the incarcerated population. finally, to address disparate income and poverty status, departments and agencies should be asked to identify the programs and policies they have in place to reduce income and poverty inequities affecting residents of certain neighborhoods and certain racial and ethnic groups. so, information can be presented, budget allocation could be tied to it and probably most important and i know something king county is working on is performance measurement system. so, when these types of programs are put in place, there is some mechanism for the departments to report back on

what they've actually done, what's been accomplished and has it really made a difference in terms of the inequities they're attempting to address. finally, the city of seattle and the city of portland both have also adopted principles along these lines, social justice and equity lines, and are tying it into their budget process. so, as we go into the phase 2 of this request, we'll be looking more at what other jurisdictions are doing and have more information about that for you subsequently. anyway, any questions, comments? [speaker not understood] and katy who work on this project are here also and we're all available to answer any questions. >> great, thank you. appreciate your work and your staff's work. i know it was a couple months, many months you were working on this and compiling all this

data and providing this. for me it provides a really great framework to look at the city in lots of different ways and even beyond, of course, beyond my own district to see what we can do to assure that we're providing the greatest benefit to the most people who need it the most in the city. especially we're in the boom time right now. we're seeing a lot of economic activity. we're seeing a lot of wealth that's generated as well as being shared and get into places where it's needed most. i think this report can give us a baseline sense of how we can actually make decisions about resources that can provide that greater opportunity. i would like to see if it's possible we can actually as a committee agree to give direction to the budget analyst to provide, you know, somewhat of a framework for all departments they're doing work with to look at some of these indicators and use them as a way to -- as a lens to look at the budget and how they could -- we might be able to improve

upon the work that the departments are doing in terms of the service delivery. i want to pose that question to you, colleagues. >> supervisor breed? >> i'm okay -- i'm definitely open to that, but i also had a couple of other comments. i was going to wait until you finished up. but there's a lot to be said after hearing this report. and as someone who is african-american and grew up in this city, this is of course quite depressing. i think the problem that i continuously have is that we continue to say minorities and instead of saying minorities, we need to look at who is truly impacted because not all minorities are truly negatively impacted by what's happening here in san francisco and various communities. we look at the high numbers of

incarceration in our city and see that clearly based on the total population of 6.3%, 55.5% are african-american. we look at the median household income, african americans, $30,000 annual median household income and everyone else is over 50. i mean, the numbers are clear. the numbers are -- in terms of population, everyone in the city has had an increase in the number of -- number of residents in san francisco except the african-american community which has had a significant decline. this city is doing something wrong when it comes to african americans specifically. and as much as -- i mean, i

first want to say thank you, supervisor avalos, for asking for this presentation because it has been really frustrating for many, many years in the african-american community working with nonprofits and working with programs and working with children and working with families, trying to deal with the city and the resources and the infrastructure and the changes, whether it be redevelopment, whether it be planning, whether it be dcyf. this city is doing something wrong, and we can't continue to move down this road of this program and that program and think that we're going to make any changes. we need to -- we know the data. we know the problems. so, we need to aggressively look for real solutions that positively impact people's lives, which are why i'm really excited about the fact that we are looking at public housing, which a significant number of

african americans live. but the fact that you have brought this to our attention in this way, i'd like to bring up a point, a problem i have with various city departments in the city, because they're not using actual data when it comes to allocation. specifically, the department of children youth and families, when you look at the biggest decrease of support in this grant cycle, it came out of district 5 which was over $500,000, $53 1,000 to be exact in terms of the level of cuts in district 5 for program allocations. and in district 3, which received over 1 million in additional revenues, when it has less children in that particular district than district 5, there's something wrong with how we are allocating resources in our

various departments in order to effectively provide the kinds of support services that could really help change lives. i don't necessarily think we need to reinvent the wheel in some instances, but we have to look at more aggressive ways in which we can start to deal with the problem in order to change these statistics. so, i do think that it's important we move in that direction, that we give directive to the budget office as well as the budget analyst to really figure out a better way how we allocate in various departments, whether it's contracts, whether it's housing, whether it's jobs, whether it's education, whatever it is, we need to make sure that we have tangible, accurate data and we're actually trying to positively delegate resources in order to positively impact people's lives. we just approved millions of

dollars of contract money in the puc department. you know, how many of those contractors are african-american? how many people working in their businesses are african-american? how many of the people that work in any of those contract businesses are actually san franciscan? we have to start looking at the data and making sure that we're holding people that we give millions of dollars to accountable to san franciscans, accountable to the challenges that we face here in san francisco. and i definitely think that it's going to be important that we have those conversations using data during this budget cycle and i'm happy to be a part of that effort. thank you. >> great, thank you. and just reminder of we're celebrating black history month in february, it was a couple days after, there was a young man whos was african-american who was shot in my district, right on the playground. he was found by two young african-american young men -- boys who were under 10 years old.

and i use that event to really show that it's not enough that we're just, you know, celebrating black history month, but what are we doing as a city that's really actually promoting opportunity and really getting at building the power of communities to stay here in san francisco to have greater opportunity, for education, for employment, and be able to stay here economically. that is something that we haven't been able to address very well in the city. i think looking at the business community is something as well. when it comes to my district, i've actually made request that we have an economic and workforce development program that addresses the needs of the specific community, african-american community. if you have a one size fits all approach, we know that one size fits all approach is not necessarily going to hone in on a specific neighborhoods' needs. how do you taylor a program to do that? ~ tailor i requested that a number of times and haven't seen it come

out of the mayor's office for that specific department. so, i believe there are ways we can size up the city to make sure we can actually hold some of our departments more accountable and i believe the budget analyst can provide that framework for this committee to move forward with and like to request that we give that direction to the office to do that. >> he and i would also like to add that we can't continue to call ourselves a diverse city without a thriving, healthy african-american population. and what that means from my perspective is we have to do more. and it's not always about the city allocating resources. it's about holding companies accountable. for example, recruiting from historically african-american colleges with regards to a lot of the tech jobs that are in our city which are mostly held by white guys. and i have no problem with

white guys. i just have a problem with the lack of diversity in the tech industry when it's booming in our city, and we need level diversity. so, you working in partnership with tech industry, with various companies that are all over our city, with development, with unions, not just construction jobs, but there are so many different opportunities here in our city. but what are we doing as a city policy wise to try and incentivize these companies to recruit and hire and retain african americans? what are we doing to prioritize african americans in our affordable housing stock? i mean, just -- there are various -- the [speaker not understood] preference program that existed -- i was on the redevelopment agency commission. we worked on extending to children and grandchildren who weren't alive who received certificates, a majority of these folks were

african-american. many had already been displaced. many were settled in other parts of the bay area and in some instances not in the bay area at all. we provided down payment assistance. we provided staff, but the damage was done. this problem was not created overnight, and i think that what i'd like to look at, and is something that i have wanted to do for sometime now and exploring what the options are especially now that we're living in i guess postop significance 209 era, just as gavin took a risk in saying that we are not going to stand back and we know state law, we know federal law, but we are going to allow same-second couple to get married and we are not going to tolerate not moving in that direction. ~ we need to do the same with regards to our policies on a local level as it relates to african americans.

and we need to take that first step and wait until we are challenged in court in some capacity. but unless we start making those kinds of aggressive moves that bring the kind of attention that we need to to the issue, i'm not sure how far we're going to be able to go. but it's one of the things that i'm eager to begin the dialogue. i'm eager to try and look at alternative ways and things we can do as a city in order to attract and retain african americans in our city. >> thank you. i see it, you know, there are different ways we can look at addressing service needs in san francisco and certainly there needs to be a real strong effort around african-american community. but i think that report is also addressing a number of population number indicators as well. i think there is ample space in our budget to be able to allocate specific approaches to specific need. and when it comes to the

african-american community, i would say that we have to do much more and long ago to really make an impact and now we need to step up efforts. that was my statement during black history month that we had to have a plan specific to my neighborhood that was going to respond to the needs we have there, specific to the african-american community. but i do believe when it comes to chinatown we have needs around there that we need to really address as well that could be specific to the chinese population that is experiencing housing conditions that are really difficult, lack of public space, lack of pedestrian safety needs i think are really important but weren't necessarily highlighted in this report, but are actually there. so, i think there's just ways that we can provide some framework for how we look at the city in terms of our budgetary allocations. that was the point of this, and i was hoping to be able to get support from the chair on

requesting some framework from the budget analyst and looking at our city budget as it is being presented to us from the mayor's office so we can actually have some, you know, space there to make decisions on our impact list. perhaps we won't be able to give specific direction that the budget analyst needs, but we can actually indicate that we can follow-up subsequent to this meeting to be able to provide, you know, a framework of indicators that we want to look at. perhaps it's looking at what our city is doing specifically in [speaker not understood] department to respond to the decline in the african-american population. perhaps it's looking at how our after school programs that provide level educational opportunity and perhaps employment opportunity are being spread across the city and we can make decisions across the city about how we can hone in on areas of specific need and geographically in the city. perhaps it's looking at how our housing services are being rendered across san francisco.

just recently i received a plan from the proposition c, the housing trust fund. i put in specific request for that plan in the charter that would say it would address single-family homes. and i get back a plan from the mayor's office of housing that is taking the single-family home program spread across city-wide to support tenants in apartment buildingseses. while i see there is a need for that, we're not necessarily trashing the needs we're experiencing in a lot of parts of san francisco where single-family homeowners are struggling to remain in the city and make sure that they're well -- that they have in their homes can be built upon. so, i think there's ways we can follow-up, but if we can agree as a committee that we can provide greater framework for the budget analyst to look at our budget, i think he'll be great to have for the entire budget committee. >> supervisor wiener?