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number one fear that we share is eviction notice because what is being built out there now isn't affordable by any definition by most of us. the new unit are raising the market rate and landlord are just becomes yeedier. most can't afford a 3 thousand amount rent. one of the many irony of this is a scallege of my helping document displacement during the revitalization of market being a victim himself. he just had to move to san diego because he couldn't afford anything. [inaudible] just 12 million dollars will be a great way to insure there is a system in place to keep thousands of individuals and families in rent controlled unit and also assist 600 house holds moving to market rate and non profit housing. please invest in what
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the city really needs, affordable housing for everybody and for san francisco to be again that welcomeing and affordable place. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> god morning supervisors, my name is genie darea and i'm here to speak on behalf of friend nof urban forest and dan flangon. dan flangon coulden be here due to a death in the family. i'm here toerge you to support funding for friends of the urban forest. for the last 40 years [inaudible] the organization has planted 50 thousand of the 100 thousand of the street tree jz removed 5 a0 thousand [inaudible] also employed over 600 at risk youth from disadvantage communities through the green teens program, one tof only paid
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urban forestry paid programs in the country. anerally the benefits provided by trees in san francisco are estimated at over wn00 million, this is according to the san francisco urban forest plan that your board unanimously passed mpt the green infrastructure is vite tool the livlability and sustainability. over the past [inaudible] plant and sustain the urban forest when public works wasn't able to. your funding is critical to continue this support. please show your support by provide thg organization with the much needed funding to continue to green san francisco. >> thank you next speaker >> good morn supervisors. [inaudible] with friends of the urban forest. our community model brings neighbors together rkts many for the first time to make their neighborhood
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greener. we found this experience contributes to neighborhood empowerment [inaudible] we also recruit volunteers regardless of experience and train on tree planting and care. san francisco spend about 7 thousand hours [inaudible] and as a result of the efforts san franciscan are invested in the live ability of the sit a. toed we ask to make investment in friends of the urban forest and multiply this and continue to [inaudible] for the benefit of everybody that lives works and visits the city. >> thank you next speaker >> hello supervisors. my name is christian and i also work at hospitalty house. i wasn't planning on speaking today and tod myself i wouldn't share what i saw this past monday. support for homeless individualicize a well
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intentioned after thought that comes far too late. this past mun tay an african american man collapsed outside the bart center near the [inaudible] maybe it was the concern o[inaudible] or the lack of surprise from otherers standing around or looking at the police officers performing cpr. as efforts were taking [inaudible] he passed on. i knew he already passed on. the narrative of it being too late had continued again. the situation that you are in is not a enviable one but the delima facing your situation isn't new or remarkable. i ask that you stop the story of being too late. the 20 organizations behind hes pa are the will the communities need. they are the force behind individuals facing homelessness. i hope your decision isn't too late
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>> thank you next speaker please >> thank you supervisor. tery oly with san francisco food bank. there is deep need in the city for critical social safety net services and urge you to consider a greater investment today. many colleagues spoken and continue to speak for the needs. i want to talk about food security. first we are grateful for the mayors commitment of 1.4 million toaddress some of the most vulnerable citizens, those on the wait list for home delivered males. some waiting for a month or up to tw months to receive food in their homes. we continue to ask for additionalthry.7 million for food security to reach the doable goal of achieving food security. i want to talk about
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food in the context of housing health and stability and safety. for our most vulnerable resident, seniors and adults with disability most home bound, food is the cunary in the coal mine for them. if they can't feed themselves they can't remain in homes and they are forced to seek out long term care or skilled nursing or shelters and this is a real risk to people who we are hope toog keep in their homes, let them age in place and let them continue to have a [inaudible] lives. we set a goal to achieve this by 2020 and urge you to make the next installment toward making the goal for 3.7 million dollars for funds to support home delivered meals and [inaudible] >> thank you next speaker
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>> i'm [inaudible] community organizer with community housing partnership. how dare anybody suggest spending money on police and jails given the local mistrust givethen dialogue of how black lives matter. mean while thousands of have now help. when i was hopeless i was told to [inaudible] thank youfully i never had to take that advise. the fact we are funding more police in jail and ignore theploit of peep on the street is shameful. fund homes not jails. you can increase the capacity of the prison pipe line or increase our capacity help house homeless people on our vulnerable [inaudible] that is your choice, that is align in the sand, which side are you on? >> thank you next speaker >> hello supervisors, nice
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seeing all you again. my name is alson [inaudible] chief program officer at [inaudible] children service and joined here today by may and irene who are childcare resource special ist who work with families every day to locate subsidized chide care which is a challenge due to the limit spots available. i'm here as a mom as a 2 and 5 year old both in child irchlt care. my boiz love the teachers mptd the teachers play a vital role in their development and grateful for their support. because of them i'm able to work and support my community and family. it makes no sense by already struggling child chair sent rbz who take gair care of the population will be faced with cuts. thousands of families will not be able to work to sustain families leaving the city in a
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vulnerable position. please consider fundsing childcare centers and teachers and thank you for all your support. >> thank you, next speaker >> good morning supervisors. my name is [inaudible] i'm the senior disact action [inaudible] san francisco is facing a [inaudible] crisis with sky rocketing rents and eviction making it impossible for people to find or hang on to affordable housing. thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker please >> good morning, i hope you guys had a good night. i didn't but i hope this is a better day because we are here begging and we are prepared to get what we are begging for.
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we want affordable housing, food, childcare, living wage job [inaudible] community services and you know, for our seniors i'm from senior and disability action, we have a specific demand also that we want you to think about. we need affordable housing subsidize. home delivered meals and [inaudible] meals. we need case management and transportation to adult day health centers and also we need our seniors to be connected. to be connected to the families and connected to the community so please please, it is a great day, the building is turning 100 years old so celebrate that by giving all the needs that we
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have. thank you. >> thank you next speaker >> my name is [inaudible] i be with the budget they need to do a little more affordable and low income housing and for childcare and for the food bank and i do celebrate the annual of city hall and i have been here for a number of years [inaudible] 8 years [inaudible] here in this year [inaudible] for a few months. i think that we need research more on the budgeting annual so we help the homeless and get involved with the [inaudible] for homeless and student and teachers and to
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make it to where they can afford prices and food and to do a budget for more accessible in stead of trying to put it on fine air crafts and i think that there is secrets behind all that message. [inaudible] we have think that we the resolution is trying to solve all the problems. legislation is [inaudible] i'll give you respect for that. thank you >> thank you next speaker please >> michael lion san francisco gray panthers and senior disability action. it fsh something coming to the
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building this morning, all the red carpets and all the plants bought into it, it was to me a symbol of what is happening in san francisco that is just incredible wealth that is polluting us frankly and incredible poverty. for the budget to talk about hiring hundreds and hundreds of mere police and funding a new jail which the chief of police already said will be use today home homeless people and criminalize houm less people while not funding housing and food and medical care is outrageous. i can't help but wonder how long do you think people will have any illusion of what the system is about?
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>> thank you, next speaker >> good morning counsel my name is elvia [inaudible] and a part of caring voices. i have flee children, 18, 13 and 8 months old. this is johnny. i'm here to support the c pack budget priority. i am a working mother. i work for rec and park for my whole pregnancy but now that i have my youngest chileds i have to stay home because i have no quality childcare. please support the 2.5 million for [inaudible] and toddler subsidies. thank you very much >> thank you next speaker please >> good morning my name is [inaudible] i'm here also to spote support [inaudible] from
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families in san francisco. i benefited from childcare for my 2 children and they are good student [inaudible] i am asking you to support early childcare and education. thank you. >> thank you next speaker >> good morning supervisors my name is maria [inaudible] organizer of [inaudible] my children grew up here in the city and they have family childcare license exempt care and [inaudible] at different stages of their young lives and i was lucky to have that choice when where did-sorry. one day i woke up being a single parent so i had to get on welfare. i have 2 [inaudible] without childcare transitioning and looking for work that is really difficult. many families don't
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have the same benefit i had, they have to get on the wait list and now there are about 200 clern [inaudible] the children are now in college working students and they have seen my fight with other parent for 20 years now for access to affordable childcare and they told me, mom, [inaudible] i said i hope so. anyway, the family economic summit a city animist mentioned the income disparity insuch isn't because we have a lot of poor people, it is because we have a lot of rich people and because of that the cost of living in san francisco is just so expensive that families are leave thg city and think providing a affordable childcare we are giving a opportunity for a lot of low income families to stay
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in the city so we are here to support the c pack budget and [inaudible] >> thank you next speaker >> good morning my name is joana [inaudible] and division tweckt drecter nathe [inaudible] institute and we are here with the family developmental center which is a program that serves about 230 families every year. it is one of the most expensive type of care a center can provide. i wanted to first thank you for funding the past 2 years a 12 percent operating grant which supported our ability to provide the quality services we are expect squd fmlies dirfb d serve. we know you vadifficult task of decided the priorities of the city and multiple needs the communities have. as a title frive provider knowing the department of education
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dozen provide enough funding to cover the cost of care, we know it imperative the sinty and county of san francisco continues to fund the apperating grant in order fortuse continue to provide this type of care. i wanted to share just a personal story, i am a recipient 20 years ago i was a recipient of childcare services for my daughter who is all most 19 years old and going tobe a sophomore at state. i was a teen parent and as a 17 year olds teen mom without the resources and ability to affords quality childcare i benefited from the service that my organization provides so in terms of looking at long term investment i want you to consider the fact that investing a dollar today to children as apode posed to spending 8.60 cents in the
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future it is worth it. i bow you have a difficult job but urge you to support c pack budget priorities and in salidaryty for the budget and my staff >> good morning [inaudible] teacher [inaudible] severs chernl for 25 years. i love my job and want to speak as a single mom, how raising my cinds san francisco i want to stay in san francisco and please help us because i can't afford the rent. please don't push me out. and i serve the [inaudible] and i love them and i love those babies so please support us because we need help and please don't force me to have to leave because my [inaudible] she is a a student and i pray to god you support us. i go to school at night
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working on my degree and just want to be the best educator i can be. thank you >> thank you >> next speaker please. good morning my name is jen lewis associate program manager of sf start which is the behavioral health team service shelters in san francisco as well as [inaudible] ets supports the hes pa ask. there are over 150 individuals on the assessment case load who are homeless 13 plus years and believe these individuals wouldn't be homeless if there were enough affordable housing. every day when i sit in my office i get asked why client have not been referred to housing yet and why they have been there for 2 plus years. it isn't because we are holding back it is because
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there is no housing to refer them to that is affordable. thank you so much and again [inaudible] supports the hes pa ask >> morning supervisors ken [inaudible] community service squz like to make 3 point quickly in the 2 minute. first let me echo john in saying that he ecs with deep experience in sheltering and housing homeless and formally homeless people strongly urges support of the hes pa ask. we see people stuck in the rotation of shelter placement for years. the barrier isn't a lack of will on their part, it is lack affordable housing. please invest 6 million this year and another 5 million next year to support homeless prevention epieffort and rental subsidize to assist people moving into market rate and non profit
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housing. secondly [inaudible] urge your support of the food security task force at the tenderloin hunging task force to fund 3.7 million for home delivered males, groushries and [inaudible] ecs works with 1100 formally homeless men, women and children every day in our 10 supportive housing sites. i speak for those 540 housing first residence. we have no access to cooking facilities and all too often like 80-90 percent [inaudible] food insecurety [inaudible] finally let me short circuit this one by saying i ask you to more fumly fund shelters. we are looking at ecs as i know colleagues are as well at about
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620,000 of the unfunded balance. we are asking that you provide shelter fundsing to hsa. we can make up about half of that but can't do it all >> thank you, next speaker please >> hello good morning my name is kelly [inaudible] i'm the program manager for [inaudible] i'm here today in solidarity with the budget justice coalition. our program is dedicated to supporting empowering and organizing latino mono lingual spanish speaking individuals in the tenderloin neighborhood and we do so through community education work shops, events, leadership development programs, case management and other service connections. in a neighborhood that by aconservative census data is estimated to be 25 percent latino, the fact we are on the program in the neighborhood
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solly dedicating to organizing and supporting this population is no small thing. if i-i may be bias but believe we do a really good job and do with 2 staff and a small group of committed and passionate community leaders. this year we are asking for 65 thousand dollars so we won't have to cut one of those 2 staff positions and to increase the leadership development program and our impact in the community. i ask you essentially to support a program that works. a program thatome power individuals and connects a community. i hope that we can count on your support. thank you >> thank you next speaker >> [speaking spanish] >> thank you.
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>> hello good morning my name is [inaudible] i have come today to tell you that [inaudible] needs your support because for many people and for me in particular it is important the program stays open for all the people who need it as it is the only
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program in the tenderloin for latinos. i have lived with gnaw nob and my husband is the only one who works. we went through a difficult thing earlier this year, we were facing evictions and we didn't know what to do with little resources and less information but we came to [inaudible] and i thank god for the support that they gave us and i-that is why we are here today to ask for your support so more peepical come through and receive their support i received through [inaudible] i want to give thanks for everything that i have lurnled and also the personal transformation and experienced. i feel happy and confident of myself in the country and something i never thought i would feel. thank you
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>> [speaking spanish] god
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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
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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