teacher housing i know since the feinstein and park side school issued years and years ago we've been trying for many years rent subsidizes or other thoughtful going forward as you're trying to figure out that the teachers union and sciu and 10 to one and people vong for more hours we're not all adapted from the city during the terrible crisis thank you for your prediction and all the work. >> colleagues, any other questions from any of our departments okay want to thank all the departments for being here and look forward to continue our conversations so at that point item number one i'll read your name line up against the far

wall i've seen a number of speaker cards around the arts we had our hamburger last week on the arts program obviously feel free to speak on that matter but we had that hearing last week so francisco dr. espanola jackson, (calling names). >> please come forward that allows us to speed in the process. >> go ahead dr. jackson. >> you've had two different deduction i wanted to make a statement you didn't ask anyone from the audience when were

talking about dpw i want to talk on this issue it is very important and too bad we only have 2 minutes to speak i have here a engross of information that you need to know about i have given this information out to other supervisors before and it was dealing with management residential council set up in 1992 the vice president dan quail came to is of no gave funding and supported the take the opportunity tenant living in housing 3 grants and san francisco was the only city to receive 3 grants one was for hunters view and the other for susan just vail that was to train the tenants to be managers become managers of the public

housing having the women or men as well to learn to become contributions plumbers all aspects of running the housing authority where the tenants will run and operate housing authority and guess what only 10 was hired in 1996 when it was learned about all those people coming in for hope the first program was hope and the first project was hope in hunters view you can checkout for yourselves the man that run it helped us at bayview hunters point. >> thank you very much. >> appreciate it. >> but you know someone needs to have this information it needs to be - >> you can submit it to the

clerk ma'am everyone has two minutes we need to be respectful of people that are waiting. >> supervisors today a number of seniors were gathered outside of the steps and basically what i want to address is quality of life issues so we had mohammed nuru give a presentation we had the planning department and john ram gave a presentation and olsen lee from the mayor's office of housing give a presentation so my way substantive is give 8 out of 10 john ram 6 out of 10 and olsen lee it out of 10 today it is a shame that san franciscans have to go on our

streets and see so many people homeless and it is a shame that the supervisors sit here and don't think outside the box when it comes to our children i see the fluff and the rain drop but not the practice illicit i when i worked for accident presidio i created the infrastructure group the real estate and property management group i understand what goes into doing things and maintain a standard your supervisors was ask yourselves do you really cater to those that need help most do you really care about our seniors especially our seniors who really contributed to this nation in the 50s and 60s and

70s and 80s today, we have at technician i didn't and the fluff i'm asking you do you center compassion and is your heart in the right place you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon and thank you supervisors my name is mary beth smith i work in san francisco beetle i'm here on behalf of the arts loinsz this is the key tool to making our neighborhoods vital this is the general fund allocation will remain as $11.4 million over the next fiscal years despite the hotel tax revenue it is time more the arts to receive their clear benefit we support of the fund in this year's budget to bring

the smaller and mid sized organizations to goal we'll not be asking for anything around a cost of living allocation s so as you're considering priorities i urge you to think about the arts as a key component to the cultural fabric of the neighborhoods and the city. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon and thank you thank you for the opportunity to make that public denim as you consider your recommendations for next year's city budget i'm charles warn deny the chief development offers at the yerba buena gardens artists today oil be speaking on behalf of arts alliance one the pill last year's that upside down the reputations is the arts san francisco's reputation as a city built on the backs of artists

we have a cultural designation for people from around the region and around the world there is more art available to be experienced in san francisco in a single day than month cities offer in an entire year arts organizations help to fuel the economic engine of the city we employ people and we buy goods and services locally yet in the time of economic prosperity in san francisco and the increased in the city budget by 70 percent over the 10 year period grants for the arts commission has decreased by thirty percent compound by the affordability crisis particular in housing this deep funding has an outsized impact on artist and the arts organizations they serve artists are being driven from the city in small and mid sized

organization very existence being threatened as a member of the loinsz we supported the position that any increase in the civic arts be helpful to that end we support and encourage you to include the 2 percent cost of living by the grants for the arts and supportive of the grants for the better art we've at&t yerba buena arts. >> thank you, sir. >> sir. >> excuse me, sir. >> thank you your two minutes are up we have to respect those waiting in line. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello lead organizer more arts for a better burr along with the flight today we the members of our allies want to

talk about an important liveability art and cultural we're asking for an $8 million investment since we began in january over 5 hundred people are attended our meeting represent 20 organizations and 48 have worked the budget and policy recommendation our community engaged survey has 4 hundred from the top priorities to preventive displacement and the support of arts is the path development and opportunity and cultural equality and fair recommendation of the art we have areas of alignment with the aorta and grants for the art $10 million including $2 million for the daytime and emphasis on arts and cultural centers and substantial investment in the all over the grant and operating

support for the mid sized organization while the cost of living and doing business the city has increased pits budget by 70 percent fined for art are under resources and remain expanding flat we have a cause for a program that supports youth opportunity and his own and neighborhood programs such as the art collaborative and neighborhood vital grant we believe this is the new frontier the equality san francisco needs art and culture to thrive european and intelligently please encourage the mayor to provide fund for the art ♪ year's budget thank you

>> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm going to start by addressing some of the my neighbors are artists i'm an artist being vooektd my michael and carlos and others so just to name a few i only have 2 minutes so i'd like to talk on behalf of emerald tablet on a in which arts organization their lease it up in two months in their facing a double rent increase also the corner museum is being evicted or has been evicted a lot of young people go to there i'm also disturbed about that but not as disturbed as any friend todd brown from the poppy

arts center his rent was increased 27 percent the rent on third and fulsome a viable place and i'm asking maybe a rent increase can help the red poppy is a viable to my neighborhood and a lot of people came out of the red poppy and to note this issue ignores the cultural life in san francisco. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisors give this i'm marie are we at that particular time with organizations as a member of the san francisco's art and cultural community we appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on the city's budget we believe in the power of art to change lives we're asking for a eco system in

san francisco and the museums cannot survive without a thriving arts community as cost of living and doing business in san francisco has resign fund for the arts have not kept pace artists are struggling to stay in san francisco to stay assessable to everyone in a time of economic boom the arts in san francisco are gross under fund over the past 10 years the city budget has increased by 40 percent or $3.5 billion in comparison through the funding of grant and arts commission has decrease by thirty percent the portion of the city budget allocated to the art are from 41 percent in 2004 and 5 to 34 in 2014-2015 we recognize the

cultural inequalities the housing affordability crisis hits the small and medium art and artists are being driven out of san francisco increase the investment funding by $2 million to address displacement, capital improvement and code compliant and develop a task force open the issue the hoirdz for artist and another low to madam clerk, any announcements? we have opening our doors to guests and the world we want to continue our history of engage with local artist and help. >> thanks ma'am thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> and him amy a founder and director we've been fighting social i think equality and saying to increasing i'm a

participating member of the art for the better area and the cultural preservation two citywide organization together in strategic action for the continued existence and could create a bright future that enrefreshes or rushed our neighborhood from the sf general plan here's the art wording roll number one recognize the arts as necessary to the quality of life for all sectors of san francisco and additional calls to action include coordinated city policies and code to better meet the need of the art and space and prefrp performance spades in san francisco mohammed nuru of the dpw recently declared a housing crisis on the navigation center let's declare a crisis of the

arts due to the rapidly cultural organizations and the organization that serve our public utility in my neighborhood we've lost did off center and the big umbrella now we stand to allows many important cultures lib will elbow room and inner mission that was form on bryant and calling on the general goals to preacher the performance spaces let's make sure we secure a placement for the daytime of venues and increase support and funding funding for neighborhood culture institutions and cultural makers thank you, thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisor my name is a chris event 10 i work at sf

performs i'm here that on on behalf of the arts alliance and art and culture are a key component of the neighborhood and the sf performance i have the privilege of facilitate that by world renown arts in schools and work with the inspiring traefrn teacher that create innovation we work with the marina middle school and schools of art among anothers it is important to bridge a disconnect of community that don't typically have access to the arts or arts education all reach out to different community in order to make the art and the impacts on experience culture and more widely available all of us in of the arts communities

are supporting this goal of assess and inclusion we will continue to work together to make the arts an essential part of every neighborhood san francisco performances as a member of the arts alliance supports the position any increase in the artist fund used to address the cultural equality and bring small and mid sized organization to its goal. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm quickbites coffee thank you representing o d c a center for sdaung dance and education in support of our fellow colleagues, i that you see he theme and understand you've heard about the arts in a previous hamburger some of you allowed allowed to the importance we are trying to reframe the art it is not

something spate but a part of the liveability for creative expression and place for all recipe past, present, and future to have and explore their creative expression the affordable housing crisis hits our organization and artists are being driven out of san francisco we must do more in the city's time of prosperity we're grateful and inspired by the art for a better bay area and supportive of the budget recommendations as well as the additional fund by entrapment for the art we all building that together we can and should invest and continue arts abduct sees and inclusion the arts as a key component to the culture fabric of our neighborhoods and city is an important part of

creating a better future. >> thank you very much>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> thank you supervisor i'm brad the executive director of the theatre for theatre and dance we represent over 3 hundred theatre and distance keypads and hundred of the companies nearly half of the artists are in san francisco we strongly back the recommendations we've been hearing i think an unprecedented unit of voice i want to give credit to many folks for their leadership the art have though the spoken with one voice we need more fund and an enhancement and that fund needs to go to small and mid sized organization and individual artist and looked at it cultural equality i want to thank you supervisor mar for your words before the soul the city and

losing the artist and at the hunters point this hamburger are here because of the enterex e enterex to make our neighborhood liveable and the services thank you for your time. >> actually through the chair from last year and the year before there of the acquisitions of a number of arts organizations being quote/unquote diffuse i'll say as you and others said that that is the harder criticism to take i feel from what i've said today and over the years some small artists groups are trying to recognize for neighborhoods that is a - the last thing being diffuse i appreciate our approach right now thank you brad. >> already. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> supervisors i'm the executive director of the youth art exchange we serve public

school stunt by pain and suffering them with the practicing artists to develop the thinkers and artist in san francisco thank you for providing this opportunity to share the importance of youth aortas opportunity for neighborhood by vital and liveability i'm saying this an, an arts administrator as someone both loves san francisco and participated in the art for a better bay area process as mentioned earlier the youth opportunity was the top opportunity demonstrating the portions in san francisco in neighborhoods youth arts program are core centers for gathering and positive youth development and the strength of our neighborhoods we've contributed to the landscape of those by building palates and host event and providing learning not available in the school and holding other

activities that are culturally relevant to those in the neighborhood ouch families are engaged through their youth and through their younger family participate and this engagement makes our neighborhood vital to our collaborative work we want to increase the performs and exhibitions and internships those services are more important when the graduation rates are dropping please increase fund for the opportunity to youth in the city thank you. >> thanks very much>> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you. i'm charles a seminar sedating action and other advocacy groups first of all, i'd like to thank commissioner ow and supervisor mar so for spearheading the advocate for free muni for disabled and seniors as did

society aged we have more problems, of course, and living longer and we need more help as a demonstration in front of city hall we need inauguratesal help and transport address help in the homes to keep us in the homes if we're in need of help the quality of life care so you know the quality of a society historically it bans intellectually off ramp on the treatment of women and the treatment of children and disabled i was here a couple weeks ago the chief of police was asking for more money and the majority of this board were on their knees asking for anything i wanted and then the city had to

settle bus the chief was convicted so they sheltered out of court hundred and $25,000 would help fund the senior centers in the city so there's money around here and the population i worked that dwep for a time and a lot of us helped to build and maintain the city we need services now we ask you would you talk and think about giving us more. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'm michelle a program director with the arts a larger dance- i can assure that you that did arts and cultural is a neighborhood vital issue and the dancers group

serves a regime home o to over 8 hundred dance institution doesn't include the artist and makes us the diversities institution in the nation, we have a responsibility to the artists and organizations here we serve the vast majority have budget under $35,000 a requester that includes the money they live on the housing crisis is a might have seen one to the arts and cultural sector art here in the bay area work in neighborhoods like the red poppy art houses in the mission and dance mission the cultural center and the bay area opera house support of the neighborhoods we cherish and supervisor mar i appreciate our connection to the planning

department earlier initiative for the heart of the city in quotes and 40e67 to pluralize that to the hearts of city. >> you thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm speaking today as chair of the be sure trans and alliance so i know that there are many alliance alliance is a member of alba we ask you to support of the recommendation and honor the priority for the cultural artist and artist housing and services for the city youth i say this as an artist a 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