queer person of color and person that was pushed out of the mission after many years of living in the city the lions urges you to support of the budget and of the city's senior and disability rights group we're part of the rich fabric a fasten by the sdrablthd and immigrant family members the small social justice organization that keeps us alive and safe please support alba and all of us we need each other thank you. >> my name is patrick i work in the community in external regulations at the simplify if i and proud resident of district 4 thank you for license us to talk about the arts independent arts

organizations have a presence in nearly every public school in san francisco and our programs are important for the expensive education to the student we have gather organization and hispanic the environment we we share and help to better understand our community in the past 10 years the city budget increased 70 percent but the grants to the arts commission has decreased thirty percent and hotel tax increases if the hotel formula was the same arts organizations across the city would have access to $90 million in the past 10 years it effects our neighborhood and neighbors we fully support of the elements as

the additional fund for the- i delivered the support for the recommendations to each the supervisors offices today, i urge you to remember how important arts are to this city and neighborhoods much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello supervisors my name is susan i'm the managing director of the cutting ball theatre i was invited to speak because to my organization is a small one we make a big impact on the city specifically on the local that tenderloin i serve on the local board in the tenderloin cutting ball you can buy ticket and no one is turned away first floor for a lack of fund it expands the imagination and depraved liveability for everyone we hire prime minister local artist that

bring art and create a delegates for over 5 thousand people that activate your parked locally, however, like a hundred and 49 other small and mid sized organizations we're under relative to the - the general operating support allows us to pay our rent ♪ increasing expensive - we're going facing a hundred percent increase in rent i ask you to support of funding and in addition further increase g fta budget and recommended by the agencies to improve the funding for small mid sized art on may 2nd theatres join me and

i've brought a copy and those are diners are are the african-american shapes and crowded theatre and other theatres, etc. thank you very much for your support >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm katie the director of the community and external regulations across the street and it's my pleasure to serve as the echoing the comments of my colleagues in the art we're truly a unified front to support all the aorta in san francisco the performing art rely on a group of artist and provide employment a for myself a resident in the decreasing of funding for the art it is

important to note as my colleague appointment the hotel tax dollars we've lost out on significant fund $95 million over the last 10 years have been locked out before the formula that is on a 8 percent total not going to the arts presently as i mentioned the art are a unified front we ask for the increases in the small and mid sized art organization and the modest 2 percent cost of living allocation proposed by the grant for the art please consider those priorities in the budget process we urge you to bmw or think about the arts at fabric of our neighborhood and city as they are critical an important part of the san francisco and makes

it special. >> police vehicle mr. chair can i ask a question. >> last week's budget jorge on gront for the arts there was a discussion on the fund formula for historically over a 25 period with a great report we look the jeff jones report from the todd's and the arts task force from a few years ago it was suggests we should be looking at models of combaelt cadet to support of the small and middle arts groups and the smaller ones have historically been having an advantage by looking at the formula from the size of the organization i'm curious with the simplified view is it is great you're here and as nicole and others have composed people there seem like a strong citizen ability for the

art equality. >> the san francisco simplify you've heard from the partners including the san francisco more than that art and yerba buena, etc. we feel strongly again, we're advocating for a small modest 2 percent conditional we believe strongly in the thyself communicated relies on artist so we do believe at this time supporting small and mid sized organization is critical to our cultural friends in san francisco we can't exist without one another we rely on each other for everybody everything we can't single out organizations we need to are is a united front on what i've asked. >> thank you so much for supporting what i'm hearing structural changes within the keep but for the music and all the great programming that

happens at the symphony year. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm todd a practicing artist and i'm also the founder of the red poppy how did in the mission district that put on 70 festivals since 2003 that use garages and it's a pop up cultural in the mission my rent just went up 2 that percent the majority of my colleagues are already adapted they're already out of the city it feels like a crisis in the mission it is a battlefield longer than the lines i have a simple statement i wanted to say our city and country social frantic is characterizations by a consumer relationship to life and living

we collectively actually know that cultural strengthened t is not healthy in contrast to a consumer shaped existence there's a forum the art are structural to the city by diffusely the way in which we explore the issues not only the voids where they're coming from but the way we explore and investigate so it's not a matter of art and currently we're here to discuss but a matter of health of a vibrate.com democracy and many people feel it is too lastly late in the city it has gone to the dogs displaced and tiny organizations we need to support

thank you thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi very much members of the board i'm mark you moved to san francisco normal twovr years ago and started a comedy group and part of the hewitt foundation and on the arts task force you've heard from many of my clarifications about the specific budgeted requests for the art funding their cheap their cheap compared to some of the investment that need to be made in the department of the public works and the in - don't support of art they're a bargain they connect me to you a dramatic play a movie a work of art opens the windows to the world and the community around

us nothing feels alert are better than laugh with the members of the board at the comedy show i'm not here to convince you that it is like health insurance or insurance love makes life worth living has we navigate the issues about social and qualifying and leased rings on the communities are on the mind cross the country and define what is it to be in san francisco please encourage the budget to the arts so san francisco and all our neighborhood remain a place we want to live in san francisco and many folks along the way. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm with the asia pacific arts center i love it

because of mark first and foremost thank you to the supervisors that were engaged at the hamburger last week and supervisor mar that carried the torch for a number of years and supervisor farrell made a appropriate priority to schedule the meeting and supervisor wiener and others we have been turning a corner we're actually having a group of artist and talk about cultural equality not only the lip service but to see change happen owe not just talk about it i want to see say, i side on the committee for alba we try to figure out the sloukdz and making investment in the art to see how we can make the difference and it acknowledges and comes up with solution we

should invest in the arts it's a model program but and if those issues of inequality are addressed we should fund them more there's a lot of art commission and they've been doing a fanatic job in funding the city and ab boo makes significant contributions for the arts commissions that as a result culture economic program so i want to thank you, again so much for letting this conversation happen. >> that's correct very much>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> 50u i'm kevin the scombrgd a former grand maker and whole a lot of other things i'm here to talk about an experience american people an individual artist for the last 12 of 11 years scrapped together my fund to make videos and other

cultural event last year, i received the public funding the culture equality fund and in the amount of $10,000 this grant completely changed how i viewed my progress and allowed me to get to now heights this program has been in existence within the recommendation of alba the arts coalition incision an increase of one thousand dollars that allows meaningful and thought fund for the artist you here are hear from a lot of small and large organization actors are out swapping money to put their shows together they're not going to stop create we know that artist not art association or organization create art so,

please support united states. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm beverly with the workshop and . >> we're here to highlight some of the youth opportunity represents from alba i think everyone will agree we live we're the best city in the world for the fact we invest in the art and need to invest in the next generation of artists young people with that want to - i'm here to request 2 hundred and 50 thousand for the hydrants in the art and to echo something that supervisor mar said this is a kind of investment that is important. >> another one of the recommendations to support access for new youth bans organization to high quality infection space this is really

important i'm not going to forget the pre k we took the stage at our sustainability showcase is it at the moment k45i7kd her outlook she said i want to perform and with the best professionalism and exhibiting in professional great spaces opens up the world to young children and take themselves seriously and see themselves different you don't get that chance i know that is the kind of opportunity that is could he to opening up arts venues to the neighborhood thank you. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors peter cohen the housing orchards i wound consider myself an artist but i appreciate my kids

artwork on my refrigerator artists needs places to live and i'm here to listen to the hours and development it is interesting the planning department and the malice talked about some large city initiative i want to could he on the specific point planning department staff planning department has a city of neighborhood initiative at the end of the day supervisors our district supervisors and folks relate to policy at a local level you peer into the staff proprietors about what they're going to be do with their time and look at the questions that a neighborhood scale what kind of a analysis for each neighborhood the types of housing and what sort loss of rent control or other such things what needs for the population whether youth or a

homeless or whether it is homeownership it is not enough i'll august to look at those things many a marking are have $10,000.0 units but what is the right fit of our housing policy we are different across the city it is one of the things wonderful and slaerl the policy is our investment so how are we investing the investment in the malice in different parts of city not only for 10 thousand units but as it is playing out at the neighborhood scale as i supervisors are thinking about budget priority your understanding how it plays out in the neighborhoods you all experience and know. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you for your prashdz or patience while we talk about the

art i came with prepared notes and after listening to the may find and our comments about the art i decided to tell you it is kind of interesting i'm the last one in line i know that supervisor mar i'm in supervisor wiener's neighborhood i know supervisor tang loves studios they're a huge community near the sunset district and i am the executive director of arts span we'll have a 40 year time of bringing arts into every single neighborhood we have a thousand artists members and a huge part of community in every community my husband is a well-known artist in the san francisco newspaper i find today compel we were told lecture our landlord

is going to evict us that is disconcerting 20-year retained that give theirheart and souls to this town i saw the other gentleman that thinking about ways for neighborhoods to provide housing and different types of categories i think that artist hours is an important consideration and hope you give the alba i've been asked to speak about serious consideration and the other considerations from the people that spoke about the mayor's office of housing and the planning department as well thank you, thank you very much. >> any public comment on this item? item one seeing none, public is closed so i want to thank all the members of the public and certainly all the department heads

and i apologize we'll continue public comment please line up if with you haven't spoken please line up against the far wall. >> thank you for thank you for the opportunity to speak my name is underscore are a district attorney's office invited by alba to speak i'm here for a community investment fund by $2 million to help with the code violations this past mark an artist and i started a business we're losing you're working studio places in san francisco she's losing here's hers in the mission and both are a baltimore ground for spaces by

the vendors it our studios that are the collateral gadget or dooming in the city my san francisco studio and those of selma studios will be evicted this november where are we to go not in selma if the new zone bill passed without replacing a pdr as recommended by todco all spades evolved will be erased in selma and once the artists leave they can't come back we've seen this before it happened at the.org stuff what can we do we can gather our voices to become one voice and shout out our concerns to ask the board of supervisors all the cultural spaces for dance and art and microscopic he can are they worth our joint effort to make sure the arts have a home in the city because

san francisco without art would be a city without a heart you. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> and if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak coma. >> i need more time to speak because today that's my service dog excuse me. today, we witnessed people with disability and seniors demonstrating with conviction and encourage stand up up for what they believe and to me that is called the heel power of community involvement when people come together with a commonplace cause community living was created and dedicated to serve an enriched

lives of people visible. >> i think visible i have trauma post distress disorder and people living with aging in the community providing considerate services is that is free and food and shelter after i had my brain surgery in 2009 i was given hours and i was also, they paid my veteran bill and helped me with the deposit open my home i'm very emotional we need more fund and we need our commitment and the commitment of the mayor and we're trying to get a voice with the mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee i don't know if i can ask a question what it means

fun in place i don't know what that means and the community living fund will quality for for that if you all a - if at you will possible for twice the budget thank you very, very much. >> thank you, ma'am is there any additional public comment okay that being said. >> again want to thank everyone that stuck around for the public comments and this departments i believe they've all departed but commissioner ow. >> just a quick comment i wanted to thank the people for coming out and let their opinion been known especially for the artist you're all invited to my office and the art youth

challenge will be displaying their from they starting at 5 o'clock. >> supervisor mar i want to thank everyone from the public may be one lady didn't talk about - the gentleman alleyway all his name's and red poppy it is a crisis our united it is a really great showing for it makes me proud of san francisco and for the youth oortsz programs to the simplify to everyone between but what an amazing show of voice and creativity and power and hoping the mayor listened i'm

proud as a san franciscan today. >> colleagues if noting no other comments i'll make a motion to file by supervisor tang and seconded we'll take that without objection. >> okay madam clerk move to item 2. >> an ordnance for $9.06 million and appropriated from present salaries fringe benefit shareholders or salaries and the department of emergency management and the public works commission in order to support the increases in overtime. >> okay that's correct madam clerk the mayors is here to speak. >> good afternoon chris if the mayors budget office we're introducing a supplemental request on behalf of the department this will provide a

supplemental appropriations that will move salary savings over to come over expenditures no time moving similarly dollars into over time i'm sure you're aware of the offer times amendment amended accident 0 the city departments if they overspend their budget and initially the budget office worked to without parole with a projection and the total offering spend open the department again, there's no general fund impact only moving salary saves into over time the department emergency management is driven by a higher 9-1-1 calls as well as the dispatch leads that helps keep the 9-1-1

department open and this is driven by vacancies and san francisco general hospital and implementation that it systems and upgrade did fire department's $450 for the airport due to retirements and this public works 4 hundred and 60 thoughts dollars is driven by the workload and this power enterprise from the storms of 2015 and the request is driven by higher projected retirement and the implemented mid year and we have representatives from each the departments in question who can answer my of the individual questions. >> colleagues, any questions

before we go mr. rose report. >> first of all, let me make a clarification a general fund impact what in not spend about or will be in reserve for the appropriation approval that's why in our report on the recommendations i'm jump ahead that represents a general fund savings as far as the report is concerned on page 2 of our report we report that the unofficial reasons for the additional overtime fojd or for the fire department and the sheriff's department and others shown in table one of payment 3 of our report and we state on page 6 of our report that except for