god morning my name is [inaudible] i'm here representing the magnificent ocean luvose [inaudible] we are a program to help the community. we help with menopy things including eviction prevection tenet rights and education. we are in the community are thachckful to have this program and we need it. i'm a resident of the tenderloin and see the needs of my community. please show us your support. thank you very much >> thank you next speaker please >> good morning my name is resa

[inaudible] and i'm a resident from it tenderloin for more than 20 years. last year i worked as a outreach worker with [inaudible] i'm here to support luvose luteena of the tenderloin which is a organization that really helpathize latino community and on top of that they do different events and meetings to inform the latino community what is available outside, what are the rights through different matters and i really ask you to think about it because we as a latino sometimes we don't have enough access to information or we don't even know there are so

many things outside which can help to support our neighborhoods, i really ask you to think about the budget and fundsing for our programs there. thank you very much >> thank you next speaker please >> hi rks my name is kevin stall and i'm a resident orphthe tendser loin and a organizeer at nob nub and also worked with luvose latino in the past especially for reactivating the park of mu cully park at oferrule and larken. for the past all most year luvose luteena helped clean up the park and open it up for families with children. for a long time it was a drug dealing and activity outside the park and people hanging out that don't belong in that area. sorry. for the past all most

year, they have had a event about once a munt to take back the park in the neighborhood to make that area safer for families with children and i'm here in support of the group and to make sure that they get it budget needs that they need today, so thank you >> thank you next speaker >> [inaudible] i'm here in support of-steven [inaudible] i'm here in support of luvose luteena. i work and volunteer for [inaudible] collaborative which means i work with them closely, just about every day. sometimes 3 times a week. rather than spending budget on

police officers or the budget on a new jail, why don't we try something different. historically we know spending money in that direction doesn't work. we knoi that on a national and local level so let rr do something and take a chance and educate people rather than incarcrate people. let's spund money on feeding people rather than in2cheers and applausee carcerating people. what do we have tolose? luvose is a vital ribeerant part nof community. 65 thousand over the next year is a drop in the budget, let's be bold and make it 125 thousand. [inaudible] please do it >> thank you next speaker >> my name is shealy wheeler and [inaudible] i'm here on behalf of luvose luteena. i

had the opportunity to work with them at mu cully park and at the office every day. they do a lot for women and children especially latinos. they are the only organization that helps the latinos women with children so i'm king you to please support them. i am a tenderloin rez dent so please, we real a need the funds. thank you all for your undivided attention >> hello my name is [inaudible] work with coalition of homelessness. most of us when we have a hard day we go to our home and take a warm bath and then we eat a warm meal and after that wego into our comfortable beds but we have a

lot of families and seniors and homeless people that they can't do that. why? they are [inaudible] why we are here. we need to support the proposal and get 6 million for the first year and for the second year 5 million and they can have a better life. our children can get a place that they can call home. thank you >> thank you next speaker. >> good morning my name is nob nab i'm here in support of luvose luteena to show they are in need of funding for them to continue their community programs. they coordinateed event on mu cully park on a monthly baseish sw revitalided the use of the park. we see it

on a daily basis. [inaudible] please invest in luvose luteena as a they provided a much needed community service. >> thank you next speaker please >> good afternoon my name is tony robeilous and with senior and disuct action. we work and advocate for seniors and people with disabilities. advocating and for you're group here, reconciling economic cost with human cost. with all the economic success 457ening in the city for a few, the human cost of seniors and people with disability and families with children are very deep. we have a warrior parade going on across the bay. for our golden years warrior parade it is very troubling because many seniors

who are facing and faced eviction the golden years warrior parade is a procession out of the city or into a shelter. we really very much need affordable housing subsidize, we need continuation of the home delivered males, case manager to adult day health centers, those can mean the difference between life and death and a good quality of life and a very bad quality of life. we are looking or had city is planning money on police officers, we really need to get into the accountability measure squz put those in place with the department before woe put more money into the police. invest more in our people and less in our popo. thank you. >> thank you next speaker

please >> hello, [inaudible] [inaudible] >> samantha with [inaudible] workers united and here inch support of luvose latino.

young workers worked closely [inaudible] they worked to secure a safe space at the park and also worked in reopening the city college campus in the tender loan and imgrjt right. we went to sacramento to talk about immigrant rights. i have seen the women and people involved in luvose luteena have changed. i have seen them grow and be able to fight for their rights and would love for the organization to continue and to be if staffed at 2 people. eeben at 2 people that isn't sufficient. it is very hard to run a organization on 2 staff but they do it and 65 dollars is a reasonable request so hope you can give them that and hope to see their doors remain open. thank you very much >> that you can next speaker >> good morning my name is

maria [inaudible] i live in the tenderloin for 11 years. i have been one of the people that needed the help of luvose lutina. they helped me fill out applications for housing. and through their help i have been able to navigate the process of looking for housing. by being a part of luvose lutina i have been able to meet a lot of people a lot of people that also live in the tenderloin and feel i'm with a family. and for that i'm asking for the doors to remain

open at luvose la tina kw for you to give them the funding to continue to remain open and continue ohelping the community. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> [speaking spanish]avos la

tina kw for you to give them the funding to continue to remain open and continue helping the community. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> [speaking spanish] [inaudible] i work for lavos latina i want to talk about how they helped in the community. they help with the work shop for example kid power and safety and tenet rights [inaudible] we also have a safeer mu collie park for [inaudible] thank tooz the activities and event

[inaudible] everyone who comes out to participate. i live for 11 year in the tenderloin. i was a victim of the crime in the tenderloin community. at that time i was insecure and afraid of everything evethen police [inaudible] if i named them all i would never finish and these things happened to me and family. what did [inaudible] because she thought there was nothing she could do. in the last few month she has become a new pern. she is no longer afraid. she feels sure of herself. she is even able to stop with the police to make a report about what she sees in the street when in the past she did want want to make a report of what happened to her personally. now she feels she is able to help other people to speak up and not stay quite. they have too many rights and don't have to be a forelady. i owe this to the group of lavos

latina [inaudible] good afternoon my name is julia gallaudet and born raise live and work in san francisco. i group up in farrells district and currently live in wiener squz here in the off chance you will consider the voicef the community when you make your budget decision. nobody here asked for a sish million dollar in police. we want affordable housing and childcare and food security. so far your priorities make it seem maybe you want poor people to just leave san francisco. i'm here today specifically to ask you to list toon the community and fund the hes pu proposal and fund homelessness prevention and home subsidize. this proposal is made by the people that are on the front lines and

know the problem and need a solution. >> thank you next speak er >> good morning. my name is wendy click and prom hospitalty house and here to support the hes spu proposal i work with the homeless and see their troubles every day. sometimes we take them for granted. sometimes i get on facebook and twitter feed and not realize these folks struggle airfb day because they don't have a home. in the proposal they ask you to restore 173 units that have been empty and vacant for year jz sometimes mujts. that will help those folks get in a house and have a place to lay their hends [inaudible] restores a unit is a very mining repair

will be equivalent to one can you say of one housing subsidize where one subsidies will have to be funded every year but restoring this unit is a one time deal. this is very important for those who do not have homes have a safe place and their needs met and heads laid on a pillow. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> joe wilson with hospitalty house and we are in full support of the hes puproposal when chis a cost effective [inaudible] keeping san franciscan housing and housing san franciscan. the investment in surbs defor market and non profit housing and homelessness prevention are practical steps we can take to address this crisis. i hope that it at some point we can come to grips with this mere path logical obsession with tall things.

these structures that are devoid of substants and literally and figureativity choking the life out of san francisco. a number of previous speakers have commented it is the housing crisis that should be viewed as a public safety issue. it is income and equality that is a public safety issue. you very powerful personal and heart renching testimony today. i am clansing as have visor yee, we spent a number of years work ong multiyear campaign to bring just toos the child chair field. it seems we have miles to go before we sleep on that one. i hope that the opportunity that we have today to take to heart some of these powerful stories that you heard and make some practical investments gibbon that we have the opportunity to do this year. we va300 million dollar

surplus to invest in our people and rise against the tide of this effort to move san franciscan out to the ocean and i hope that you will take very seriously some of the stories you heard today because thee are people being vulnerable and urging you to be practical and effective public servant. thank you >> thank you next speaker >> we have a board policy we are not allowed to have clapping in the board chamber. if you want to show support wave your hand bullet we want to get throus this as quick ozpossible and not disrecept the nebs speaker >> good morning chairlen adams with larking streen [inaudible] it is very hard to follow joe. i am here to speak in support-first i want to thank the collective efforts that happened on part of the mayor

and you to fund many important things in the budget we have before us and ask that we also considering the hes pu ask which i thinks makes enormous sense to address the serious issues with eviction and homelessness and all of the things you are all very aware of. i ask that you also support education and opportunities for transition aged youth. we have done a lot to improve out come for young people but they continue to be underserved especially transition aged youth, lgbt youth, homeless youth and marginalized youth so i encourage your support of those effort. as a mom in san francisco who has the priverage and ability to afford childcare see i can go to work every day and not worry about my child, please fully fund childcare. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> hello thank you very much for this opportunity to address

you. my name is betty trainer and here representing senior and dish blth action as inboard dhair 6789 we are a member of the budget justice coalition and we support all their request. in particular as many people here said we are in great need of affordable and low income housing in san francisco. would like you to look at the budget over purchasing land the city can purchase as much available land as possible before it is taken up by speculator and also support the work of the san francisco community land trust which is doing a wonnerful job in purchasing already existing buildings so you don't have to spund the money to build, they working to buy existing build squgz keep the tenet in those

buildsings so support their efforts through. senior disabilities action has worked for many years living in sro hotels and one of the greatest needs is working elevators so we are asking for 2 million in the budget for repair and rebuild of elevators in sro hotels. also, a third thing we are asking for is keep us connected. we would like money in the budget for tutor and seniors who want help with learning how to use their computers so keep us connected and invest in people thank you. >> thank you >> good afternoon supervisors my name is car leana hanson and executive director of womens community clinic. i'm here with participant kenya and nilisle to ask for support of womens communeky request for

100 thousand dollars for helths work force development programming in public housing in the western addition. we are also are member of budget coalition and advocate for hes pa funding. the clinic has been working side by side with community member squz supervisor breeds office to create job training and opportunity for young women in hublic housing in the western addition for the past 3 years. last year over 60 programs participants received 3 fifen00 hours of training that supported them on their path to employment and helped obtain jobsthism loss of funding would force closing in the community at the time when we build key linkages to the employers in the health field. in the world of a program participant, i gained so much confident in myself since joining the program. i have been challenged to think deeper and push myself in areas i wouldn't

have otherwise. i are have been able todesign my path for me and my daughter. i urge you support of this important program. thank you very much for your time >> thank you next speaker please >> gootd monching i'm cat cathy. ecs support the ask of 6 million for year 1 and 5.3 million for year 2. [inaudible] single asult shelter system for 534 beds. ecs is the lead agency for the center. as i look at and compare and watch the city investment at the navigation center many people get housed and case management service and heths services that they need. i also want to encourage the

board of supervisors in the next year or 2 to look at folks that are languishing in shelter for yours and years and consider replicating the success and city investment that the navigation center is enjoying in the city adult shelter cystment. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> sorry, didn't realize the microphone >> thank you. my name is jessica lamened and exectsk director of senior and disability action. i know you have a lot of hours of testimony to listen to and thank you for hearing us. we are part of the justice coalition and ask you to support the unified plan we put toort for meet thg needs of seniors and individuals with disability and families and low

income [inaudible] every day we seniors in 80 and 90's and people with disabilities push out of their housing with no where to go. we talk to people that can't afford to put food on the table, people that are isolated kw feel they no longer matter because of the age and disability. we have people in luxiary housing who are great and other people in poverty who can't meet basic needs so we ask whether than muthing more money into police put into housing. seniors [inaudible] we need home dlived meals and case management and transportation to adult day centers and need sf connected. we need computers and trainers to stay in touch with those arond us so take the

opportunity to show how much you value seniors and those with disabilities in our community. thank you >> thank you next speaker >> good morning. my name is [inaudible] here to talk about the budget with lavos latina [inaudible] i'm here to ask for support for the funding for the program. i know you [inaudible] the tenderloin is to get enough money to keep our program stronger and better. the tenderloin has the concentration of children and their families in the entire city. the mission for lavos latina to work with the families to crete a strong community and belter future and

this includes [inaudible] workshops, [inaudible] immigration reform, worker rights, tenet rights, [inaudible] and more. lavos latina is a program with 2 staff and a strong group of leaders for from the tenderloin. we have a small groupf leaders from the community. now are goal is have a big group from the tenderloin but just have it stwo staff. if we don't get the money lavos is going be more smaller than bigger. please help lavos latina to get the money or funding to get more bigger with more services for our beautiful community

[inaudible] >> thank you next speaker please >> [speaking spanish] >> good mooning everybody, my name is [inaudible] and one othf members of lavos latina. i say that with pride because people like surgeio lopez and kelly [inaudible] have really helped me a lot both with housing and just with my general state of my soul.