logistic outreach and volunteer staff, a portion of their salaries and that allows us to continue to produce 8 to 10 events throughout the city to build our programming and outreach for programs like shared school yards and play streets and to build towards more and better sunday streets in the future so i thank you for your time and thank you for your support. >> thanks very much, next speaker please >> hello, my name is gretchen aims and here because it is important for me you guise understand how difficult it is for early childhood educators now. in the city the [inaudible] work force is drowning. the realty is, i love working with children and i can't afford to in this city. last year and spent the work work in a high need area and i love the children i worked with but i had to leave because i

couldn't afford [inaudible] sorry. the realty is, we are the families being forced to leave the city now and are having to move out and a lot oof my colleagues and teachers had to leave. the children of our teachers are leaving all the time because our minimum wage is so low. even the 20 dollars a hour i wasn't able to stay in the classroom. i know minimum wage is get toog 15 and that is no where near livable for the city. the realalty is you need at least 56 thousand to afford a apartment now [inaudible] please stand in solidarity with the budget and budget coalition request and c pack [inaudible] at the very least help through us a life line [inaudible] >> thank you next speaker >> hello, my name is chelshy

mickinate and and in spring 2014 and graduated from san francisco state university with a brachlers of art in child dwilt while only making 12 dollars a hour with no benefits. i also love teaching but could not afford rent or the cost of living in san francisco with that income. stand

in solidarity with the budget justish coalition request >> thank you very much, next speaker please >> my name is ana [inaudible] and like to have more time to speak because i'm speech impaired [inaudible] campaign i altered my speech >> if you bring the microphone >> community living campaign i altered my speech because of the events of yesterday took the life of many people. the toch has been passed to a new generation. i think what we have today is generation gap. the young versus the old. you are the new againeration and the toch is passed to you and it is up to each of you for choices are made to include or

exclude all peoples. as a new generation of americans your responsibility is great. in my view and nob nub many historical change jz become a ablthive participant as well. for example, president john f kennedy in 1963 was deeply committed to the cause of human right as a moral [inaudible] he would be known as the gate keeper for civil rights. now those days are submitted in history, but our struggles are the same. as a baby boomer my life as i knew it would be forever altered by brain injuries, traumatic brain injuries. after a munt of rehabilitation i find myself isolated in fear. it takes intervention mptd my social worker recommended getting involved in the community

living campaign where they had computers that were free. it is here i was introduced to social media, facebook and such access [inaudible] would be like a switch board to my damaged brain. [audio cut out] >> thank you ma'am. thank you ma'am. next speaker, please >> good morning supervisors thank you very much for allowing me to share a few thoughts with you today. my name is michael lee. i am one

of the many thousands of people you continually talk about. i'm a homeless man living on the streets of san francisco and when i can i live in shelters mpt the thing i want to bring today is while you go 33 the budget discussions we face a crisis in san francisco called homelessness and the solution foothat is housing. affordable housing a thousand munt or better brut housing senior citizens like myself can move into. [inaudible] where do you find the money at? the first thing that you do in finding the housing for homeless people is stop criminalizing us. you have over 200 laws on the books specifically aimed at homeless people. i'm sorry because i'm homeless and forbsed to sleep in your doorway because i'm forced to sit on urpark binchs

and parks, because of the fact i'm homeless and can't afford housing in san francisco. the second you do is look at the present money you are spending and ask are we get thg most bang for the buck. you take a careful examination. the third recommendation is aballs the [inaudible] you take that money and the money you save from chasing us you have more than enough to fight homelessness and can probably do by reduced by a 3rd. i want to leave you with this one thought, we are homeless, not helpless, we ask for a hand up and not a hand out >> thank you, next speaker please. >> thank you supervisors for your time today, my name is patrick nob flaub and i live in district 4 and here to represent the arts alliance which is the organization orphthe largest [inaudible] we

want you to know that we support the mayors initiative to dedicate 7.7 million for the artsd over the next 2 years. the entire arts community from artist and administrators to board members at the largest and smallest oceans fully support this initiative. we are hopeful the future of arts advocacy in the sate and look forward working with you to a more equitable and robust system to support the arts in the city >> thank you, next speaker please >> good morning supervisor and committee, my name is suzy nob nub long term san francisco rez accident and artist and arts advocate. i represent a small arts organization a block from city hall called safe house arts. safe stands for saving

arts from extension. i'm also [inaudible] aba is a collective of arts organization and individuals that began meeting very early this year to the [inaudible] in a time of urgency for the arts. the group has gained interest from 25 arts organizations of all size squz 500 residence. as a member of the arts budget coalition of aba we want to extend or deep precation and to each of you and the mayor for your support of approved increased funding aldpraigz the arts for the next 2 fiscal years. this comes at a time of urgency and need especially insmall and midside organizations. small and midsize arts organizations are unique because they serve communities and [inaudible] education and creative into the

neighborhood fabric. this increases san francisco vibeeracy and the sit a ifself. thank you again for your interest and support and hope to build upon this opportunities. thanks >> thanks very. next speaker >> my name is brad iricson and the [inaudible] service organization forthetator skn dance based here in san francisco in dist rcktd 6 and i live in district 10. i want thank you as well for the support of additional funding for the arts and thank you the mayor for the 7 million over 2 years that we have been talking about especially for the direction that we heard about that this additional money will be focused primeally on community based organizations and individual artist who are providing amazing service in the neighborhood throughout the city. i also want to thank the work of aba and ebony mu kiny who is leading that i bringing us together to speak as one

voice. one of the recommendations that aba made that isn't part of the nish negative is put in funding for service organizations that are excluding from direct funding for community based organizations and artist, the service we provide day in and out and ask you to think about additional funding is and go along with the aba recommendations for that and thank you for your support again. >> good morning my name is beck a [inaudible] and work at the san francisco marine food bank and also attend san francisco food security task force meetings. i want to say thank you to the sate and county of san francisco for making food security a top priority and wanted to recognize that. i also want to recognize and appreciate the commitment made by the mayor this year to

address food security by his addition of 1.4 million of home delivery males thmpt food task force has done deep and focused analysis of food security in san francisco and the city made a commitment to address footd security by 2020 cht our ask today is for next years budget is include a additional 3.477 million for dos to go towards home delivered male jz grocery and congruigate males and include [inaudible] healthy eating vouchers program. again want to thank you for the commitment towards these issues and also say that i think we have proven at a community kraesing food security in san francisco when we are given additional dollars we are able tospend those dollars in a

effective way so hope you are able to include that. thank you >> good morning supervisors brian [inaudible] executive drackter of aid housing alliance and your community grand marshal for pride. i want to thank you for your support thoferb years for [inaudible] the worlds first lgbt shelter. it was a phenomenal grand opening and incredible feeling. i'm here to speak for the [inaudible] proposal for our community. as you ruweir there are over 20 community groups that come toort and develop the [inaudible] proposal each year. i want to high light 2 areas in that proposal to speak about, one is 50 rapid rehousing for homeless single adults. these will be subsidies that people at jazzys

place can use to exist homelessness. we have a entry for people to into the shelter but need a place for them to go on the other side and the funding for those 50 subssidies will allow that. [inaudible] nob secondly i would like to high light the request for 89 need spatspace rental subsidies for senior and disables san franciscans. the first 61 was issued april 1 and we #5ur8d have 47 senior and disabled san franciscan enrolled in that program including just now we have a 92 and 93 year old women who are paying 95 percent of their income towards rent and we will be able to relieve them of that. we have a latino

mother from the mission whos husband died and who was murdered [inaudible] >> thank you, next speaker, please >> my name is jamesy [inaudible] larkicen street. i'm here to support the hes puand scfor the portion of [inaudible] in 2013 we did a youth count and 1800 youth were on the street. asked the 638 thousand dollars which provide 24 housing opportunities. learned a very needed independent living skills that they don't have because they were forced to live on the street and if h to go into survival mode so they can have the opportunity to live in san francisco. lark en street and

i hope you support the [inaudible] >> good morningime jennifer nob director of coalition on homelessness and here to support the hes puproposal. i have been thinking a lotilateby about what safety mean squz since safety was a huge priority in the mayors budget with 63 million over 2 years to train officers and officers are spending a ordinant amount of time with complaints about homeless people. we have a crisis. what crisis? i'm talking about the housing crisis and every day they hear the stories of people who are facing unbearable hardships mptd famelies unable to house the children, sleeping on floors of churches or vehicles, now showers or quite space. i heard of women [inaudible] men with disabilities barely able

to get around and unable to get off the street and forced to sleep on the concrete rising rent. you have a amazing opportunity here. hes puhas a proposal that will house 600 people over 2 years and keep thousands in their home. housing subsudez [inaudible] taking together these are critical housing interventions that would trully keep san franciscan safe. the very ugly truth is that people are suffering needlessly. the beautiful truth is you have the revenue to turn this crisis round simply bedelaying the police academy by 6 months and addressing the race issues recent late identified as the department with the most racial bias in the state. you can

fund the entire hes puproposal but the entire budget request >> thank you very much, next speaker please. come on up >> my name is [inaudible] with [inaudible] i'll translate for some of our families. my name is fay, we are here to urge supervisors to put more money into affordable housing so our families can have a comfort nl

home to live in and [inaudible] other families. good morning my name is [inaudible] i real a hope that you guys can put funding into affordable housing. we live in a very small unit in china town and hope every qun in china town can have a home they can go

back to every day. >> thank you. next speaker please >> [waiting for translation] >> good morning everyone, my name is chew [inaudible]. i'm a family living in [inaudible]. when we moved in we have barely room to live as a couple. now we have 4 people

with 2 kids in the room. it is really difficult situation. the kids don't even have any room to room around so they get bruised on their [inaudible] bumping into each other. the space is really a problem. i hope the city could put enough money to make the situation better for families, for fmlies in [inaudible] for fmlies on

the street and for all people who cannot afford a home. thank you. >> good morning. i'm [inaudible] i came here in 2011. i'm a member of the sro families united collaborative.

i live in a sro, which is really small. we put in a small refrigerator, a table and there is no where we can move around in. my kids have to do their homework on the bed. when we get home, we have to line up for the shower for the kitchen. my kids really

[inaudible] really low because he do not see a way out of the sro situation. i just hope that we have enough money for the families for the homeless people. i support the 5 year plan to end homelessness. even affordable housing now isn't affordable for people like us who make really low income. i hope you can [inaudible] to

people like the [inaudible] and organizations. thank you. >> thank you e next speaker please >> good morning supervisors. my name is michael [inaudible] i'm here in support of hes pufunding and ask for your support. i was also as jazzy's place and happy to see this happening in the middle of a crisis. as the other homeless gentlemen points out we vacrisis and you have a opportunity to do something to answer that crise es. as my speerns spurns also shows on the street this funding can be answer and be part of a greater solution so ask for support. in terms of increase of

funding for hepc, i would like to go on record of support of >> thank you, next speaker >> my name is kelly cutture and volunteer with coalition for homelessness and and here in support of the hes puask. i was sitting there and list toong the other speakers and thinking how you guys know all this stuff, you know the reason and the need and it is the matter of the will to get it done and do this. i really encourage you to read the report that just came out about the crimalization of homelessness and poverty because it is a real a impressive report. the coalition did a excellent job and that is it. thanks >> thank you, next speaker please >> good morning. [inaudible] i work for the coalition on homelessness and today like

every single year we quh to this nob [inaudible] about the money for homeless people. i believe one of the supervisors proposed some money for police officers, 200 police officers i would like that money to go to housing. they need to go to housing because we have so many homeless people in san francisco, because we have more than 3 thousand homeless children. you kidding me? all kids need housing right now so i don't think the police officers-we dopet need police officers [inaudible] but the priority is the homeless children in san francisco and we need to put in the money for housing now not tomorrow, not next year. i waiting for 21 years working for coalition of homelessness and we still have this problem, so we need to end

the homelessness. [inaudible] has puproposal, so the mayor give to [inaudible] 500 thousand dollars plus 150 thousand for outreach for the people that is evicting in the neighborhoods so we have all the problems in san francisco. they are visiting every day families from the housing and we need to stop it because the more people is [inaudible] the more homeless we create in san francisco and we need to stauf it. thaupg so much and have a great day, bye >> good afternoon my name is [inaudible] with the coalition of homelessness and support has paand want to make sure you put in the funds for the housing because like that gentlemen said there are a lot of homeless people out there and don't want them to be sitting

in your door way so want you to support this program to make sure families have housing because they are strug squlg need housing for everyone so hope you support this program, thank you >> thank you, next speaker please >> my name is siaa and with the coalition on homelessness and for the past 6 weeks i have been in city hall every day doing outreach and thipg i talk today all most all of you and ont been the city for the past 2 months. you know what we need and know what needs to be done, we have given you the numbers and seen the people effected by homelessness. in the fact is in the nation now for police brutality and [inaudible] your funding or proposing to fund 2 more police

acamied and jails. this is unfair gichben the fact these people don't have housing and they are victimized by police officers. you need to fund hes pa over the please officers. i don't say please officers are inherently bad but this is what needs to be done >> thank you, next speaker please >> good morning my name is [inaudible] i started going to [inaudible] on february of this year. because my apartment was flooded in november and once again in jan. the landlord refused to do repairs.