good afternoon, i would like to call the meeting of puc to order. secretary, can you call the roll? [roll call vote] commissioners you have

copies of the minutes minutes from the january 12 meeting. the 1st time that i can remember was 20 years ago, when the puc began the program and she was always there to remind us of that. and she was always

able to do that and not in a forceful but in an effective way. that was essentially positive and her spirit came through on that. she will definitely be someone that is remembered i will also ask that we adjourned the meeting today in her remembrance. we will take this moment for public comment. good afternoon commissioners, my name is ted knollenberg and i am representing district number 5. last year i brought before the board of supervisors legislation

to require the city of san francisco to have individual water meters so that it would be easier and more efficient for people to be able to understand their water use. primarily the fact that if they are responsible for the bill they will pay more attention to the fact of how much water they use. the mayor wants 30,000 new housing units by 2020..in affordable nature. another 30 to 40,000 market rate units will be built. almost all of them will be multiunit buildings. having water meters for each of those units means that there would literally be hundreds of millions of gallons of water saved by doing this.

this would also provide a basic level of service metering and this could also help on the revenue side. i ask you to consult with the board of supervisors because this meeting is already in the process. thank you. any public comment? we will move on to public comment. we will move on to communications.

commissioners, any comment on communications? >> i would like a memo from staff to develop what the plan is to execute these market activities and make it available and distribute that for the people that want to use it. >>commissioners, anything else? moving on. any public comment? any commission business? seeing none. we will have our report from the commissioner.

>>before the general manager is mr. richie with the drought update. we have lots of interesting news. in december, the numbers started to improve the reservoir is at 75% capacity . and this is a reflection of how we manage during the drought to conserve as much water as possible. this year we will look at the other side of this claim as we try to figure out these excess flows of this year and how we manage this in the

water bank at a robust way. the water bank is at a 32% capacity. normally at this time-year-old be about 100% so we want to make sure we get that back as soon as possible. our storage is about 49%, we are below on our total system store is right we are working on that already. we are still well below average. our precipitation has continued to decline, we have started to get close to the 1993 curved. with this phenomenon we are staying above the average level on a continuous basis for this year.

water available to the city, this year we already have 65,000 available and we we have about 50,000 for the entire year. we will be looking at these public storage levels that we have achieved over the past year. the graph shows that the puc has been above in on

precipitation on the accumulative level.i may stop using this one because this is not all the time but again we have bright colors in our watershed and in the bay area. these go hand-in-hand. the curve of the current year for the 1st 2 weeks were below 2015 level so people saved more than they did last year or so people have done very very good with conservation with our customers.so it is not just san francisco.

the waterborne proposal on january 15 to adjust the conservation standards. there are 3 potential adjustments to these standards there would be a climate adjustment and a growth adjustment and new local drought resilient supply credit which they are starting to use now. i think that is very appropriate to use. in consideration of their standards we will consider this on february 2. we will submit

a comment on february 2 and keep you involved throughout this process. the regulations for water division measuring more instated on january 17. when will we consider our drought this year is over. we are hoping that this year might be the year. we need to be

perpetually pessimistic.right now we can take any questions? >> thank you. any public comment? next up is clean power update. >> thank you barbara hale with clean power. we have locked in our supply pricing with the general manager having signed a confirmation with the general financial agreement at the last meeting we had our proposed projections show improvement on the 12th. anarchy milestone sure that we are on track for service to customers beginning may 1.

i'm going to pull out a familiar source and use this slide.you can see here we are now funding our operating reserve and are conservation reserve we now project our reserve to be determined overall we have a modest margin of 16% as of january 12. this is a culmination of the final supply the came and at the review at the last meeting this would have beenthe 1st portion of the commercial implementation. are contract negotiations as i mentioned our complete.

our signed contract are in their final steps. we are maintaining the controller funds and that will complete our negotiations for these. after that we are on track. we are on schedule with our key milestones and we should be able to serve customers by may 1. if you would like to know more you can find out more about each step on cleanwater.org to learn

about her next phase. i am optimistic that we will get very close to that. thank you. >> next up is mr. sandler with the quarterly budget. >> hello jason sandler with the san francisco lasco. if you have not signed up i really encourage you to do so. if you haven't signed up i encourage you to do so for green. i could not find up because i am

and implore the and it's only for customers. if i could sign up for a live i would. thank you. >> mr. carlin. back on track. >> man have the slides please? thank you. >> commissioners, eric sandler, cfo for our financial services. this is our annual budget report. we have been a little off track this year. as

commissioner richie pointed out this would show up in our budget financial. our water sale revenues are a little lower than when we did our drought scenarios. the good news is that we've been able to offset a significant amount of those revenue reductions. as we mentioned before the power enterprise is more resilient and our financial results meet policy targetsfor coverage and reserves.

on the water sales revenues we project about 20 mgd. you can see how this breaks down in terms of retail sales and wholesale than in terms of revenue. our uses have come in about $51 million offsetting our revenue reduction . 38 million the lions share had been cumulated over the last fiscal year. we essentially have impounded account with that service. forcing us to pay next year's principal way in advance. now

that we have that amendment sprung in no longer exists and that was $38 million and that is the lions share which you see. wastewater had a budget of reduced revenues of about $13 million. we had a savings for one time close outlook $8 million. on the planning side we had about $17 million in reduced revenues. we generated more water than we had anticipated on the water banks

and we generated more power. we had around $12 million in the transmission and distribution savings. some of that is a refund. and then the bulk of it is as of last friday we took the opportunity to generate revenue in bidding in a number of markets that we can participate in. finally, we meet all of our policy targets for reserves.i would be happy to answer any questions. >> i have a question about the

system a. 1.15. that is service coverage under water and abroad? >> that is a very good question. that is a venture in our service coverage to include these ventures. with the drought and the decline in this water efficiency, the current coverage that does not include fund balances are not a topic of conversation and discussions with rating agencies. so we provide this expeditionally.

>> we are currently under the current at 1.5. in your slide you show 1.25 which is under what our requirement is. >> that is what our policy is based on. that is a very good question. >> commissioners, anything else? any public comment? thank you. >> i just wanted to say one more thing, you have probably been reading in the news about

flint michigan and their lack of water supply and the primary issue for flint michiganis there contaminated water supply because of lack of corrison we have a lot of discussion about this about a decade or so ago but we do not have to worry about this currently but we did find lead in our weren control. if anybody is concerned about it they can go to our website which is cleanwater.org and you can see that our levels are

well below what is the limit and i didn't want you to see this in the news and worry about it. thank you. >> that concludes the general managers report.the next item is the performance review report. nancy holmes. >> good afternoon commissioners this is nancy hom i am the director of puc commission

control. are based senior management are done internally. the agency values these activity and takes into consideration all recommendation that is made by visiting auditors. are highlighted executive summary report had a total of 42% of individual cooperation. as we continue throughout this year this may continue to increase as we continue with our plan and with individual audits. we had completed audits this past quarter of a total of 17% in total. this present quarter shifted more towards a national audit, this is a result of recent conditions in our financial statement and are financial

market. again of the 8 projects that were completed in order and in addition to the financial audits the following were completed. the data processing for the trade year. as previously reported in the previous commission meeting those evaluation of lessons learned in the wsip and applied by ssip i kevin shenk. and finally the citywide procurement assessment and no recommendations were made regarding this.

there were 19 audits upcoming and reviews. there will be 3 in the next quarter. there is one for cash receipts and 4 revenues and one is for theinternal controls evaluation we also have the state coastal conservation grant administration and for the performance audit the city will continue to plan a citywide fleet management under the

framework of the ssic so that commission has planned to review their audit in the 3q4 we will continue to keep you posted on the progress and the results of the annual plan. thank you. >> i have a couple of questions. in prior quarters we received a table of all of the audits completed and what the status were. >>there is a dashboard that shows the completion of these

audits. >> the audits, whether it is performance or financial whatever the findings were-- >> it is in the report. i can clarify the report a little bit. we updated a report to make it easier for reading. we have an executive summary as well as a dashboard. in the back of the report there is a detailed summary that has all of the details which are asking for. are separate findings and the type of audits. >> thank you. i cannot find it. if it is they are, i am fine. i'm sure i can find it . i just did not. on the lessons learned audit, that was done on the revenue bond oversight

committee, right? at some future time i woulto have a discussion from our staff as to what we think about that report and what that tells us. there are a bunch of suggestions made, and when a report-- when we get an audit, we respond to the audit. i guess with the revenue on we didn't give a response in the summer. but typically we give a discussion about the recommendations of the audit. so much will lean toward cultural changes that will help improve as an organization. i would like to see the commission discussed this at some future time on that audit report and i hope that we are doing this in a response to it. >> that is fine. then, on the

citywide puke procurement assessment.that is basically what we call the processors and this was a specific need for improvement. when reading the clause of the audit it was not clear if there was a plan for improvement or not. a lot of this it seems like we are already doing it, or that it could be a possibility. it wasn't clear if there is a plan in place to address what appeared to be deficiencies in the process. i would like to see our commission responding to that. if that is what our

plan is, but whether there is a plan or a legislature being pursued it would be useful for the commission to weigh in on that. when i speak of my knowledge is quite old. to my knowledge i hope there is improvement that we are making to do that. >> we will work with the city commissioner to do that. >> anything else?do we have any public comment? the next item is bond disclosure responsibility. >> this next item is a bit of

a team effort. i am going to introduce our city attorney steve smith and he will provide you the details. you are all are familiar with the fact that we have very large capital programs and these are specifically for debt we currently have 177 million for wastewater and about 77 million for the power enterprise. on we bring bonds before you to be issued, one of the things that we bring forward is something called the official statement which is essentially an offering document that the entire investor community can set forth not just the terms and conditions of offering but also all of the developing

characteristics related to the puc enterprise as far as money said that the investor can make an informed decision and that is called primary market disclosure of the preliminary official statement. this and the commission all have responsibilities to make sure that preliminary disclosure is accurate. we have developments and also we have obligations to keep that updated and that we will continue in our obligations. we will practice on a periodic basis to educate staff and educate the commissioners and responsibilities related to disclosure. i believe the last time that we did that with the commission was 4 years ago. we

have mr. smith from the city attorney's office which will present to you information regarding commissioner responsibility. mark? >> my name is mark blake i am the deputy city attorney. i have been with the city now for about 10 years, i have about 20 years experience in finance, and working with the bond offering process. working with steve smith in san francisco we employee and outside law firm

in preparing our offering document aand the 3rd thing is we need to give you our insight in terms of where the department is headed and in terms of the disclosure and in terms of the fcc and we discharge your legal responsibilities under the federal procurerment laws.laws with me today i have brought a very good offering document as to what your responsibilities

are. the city officials and our staff is available anytime you have questions to answer any concerns you have about the disclosure process. what we're going to do today is basically touch on the official statement is and what the legal statements are attached to one the official statement and then i will touch on. the team is and before an offering document comes before your board for approval i will go into what goes into its development and its review. 1st of all, when the puc creates the bond they create a financial statement. this is

including bond terms, regulatory findings outstanding litigations and it covers risk associated with that particular bond issue. in our text here the biggest in respect to issues is the plasma covenant and the drought. those are the factors that we talk about. we lay all that out in a respect that you're used to seeing in the cardinal rule that the fcc is that there are not regulation requirements in the document. that is how they

would ultimately enforce the disclosure against the puc. i like to talk about who our team is. before the offering document comes to you it will be critically reviewed by sfpuc officers and staff. so if they are the secures of disclosure. at initiation we would like to finance the facility and in that process we would like disclosure in bond counsel and in the disclosure offerings we

will have disclosure counsel. we will provide all the necessary litigation expertise regarding disclosure counsel and bond counsel and offer all of our expertise on these documents. we will provide a third-party review on these statements and a testament of these documents and we will test these for consistency. as well we provide a comfort letter at the end of our process and this indicates that they have disclosed everything within the document. this gives us comfort that we can move forward with our finding.

bond counsel renders an opinion of validity on the bond. that we have complied with state law on the issuance of the bond. instead of a bondholder or an outside investor with these obligations we enforce their right to be repaid. finally our financial advisors will work with c staff with timing on the market and pricing and staffing and construction of the issue. that is the team and the team works on this before this document is brought to you for your review.there are very few changes after the documents have been obtained for your

approval. i have gone over this already the official document is the official statement of the sfpuc. the reason we take this so seriously is because the consequences are severe. questions are raised about the competency of our disclosure. the adverse rating agency actions, if we were to lose access to these ratings we could lose our capital and not be able to finance. this could lead into sec investigation as

well as criminal investigation of employees and public officials. as well as investor lawsuits. that is all for me i will turn over the presentation, if you have any questions i'd be happy to answer them thank you. >> good afternoon my name is steve smith i am here on behalf of of the bond disclosure counsel i would like to address some points that mark made in terms of our stock offerings as to whether or not to buy your bonds are not. your document is your statement to investors in your statement to the market and therefore it is important, it is very important that this

document is correct and that it is complete.as mark mentioned the consequences of inadequate disclosure.the worst is fcc investigation and lawsuit and the other end of that would be a bad reputation in the market as far as your reputation of disclosure in that. as with any option in improving a bond issue is no

exceptions. it is important that you take the time to understand the bond transactions. you have to understand what is being authorize? what projects are being funded? are there any other financial impacts on the organization? from a disclosure standpoint your obligation is to ensure that the puc has a good debtissuance process. and has followed that process. with your obligation, this is to make sure that this is a followed process. specifically it is important to make sure that there is an officer

assisting with finance that has the responsibility in building you and offering document that is correct and complete. the responsible officer is empowered to have the attention and cooperation of everyone in the organization if necessary. and that there would be sufficient time allowed for the process to work these things through. for matters to be handled internally. so, the next slide that we go to is our due diligence. 1st, you should always feel free to ask questions best

staff and professionals. we have to make sure that the official statement is actually reflecting areas that you would have specific knowledge of. and you can rely on that staff but that reliance must be reasonable. particular things to look for are things that you know as a commissioner. that you are not sure that the responsible staff-- and if there are things that the staff is informed if you know what

particular things and if you have things that are particularly touchy or particularly sensitive or things that you have concerns about then you have lorraine and you have mark and you have your attorney and you have your city attorney's office and your deputy city attorney are excellent resources for discussing legal issues bearing on the side of things, if you are wondering if something should be mentioned or no there are great resourcei will bring mark backupbless you guys have questions. >> commissioners? thank you very much. we appreciate the

time.i do have 2 requests. 1st of all it is about the informationthe information that was provided to us seems to be very complete in terms of the standards of what is done and how it is done and what their responsibilities are. one thing that i would like to request is that the commissioners be provided with a searchable pdf of those materials. a searchable pdf of the materials that are part of the package. if you could supply that independently said that to be part of our library, then we can check up on items as they come through. basically, it was already presented to us but it can be separated out to make sure that

all parts of the document are searchable. the 2nd is, it appears from reading that the commission has a very particular responsibility to not be assumed by staff and not discharged simply by relying on staff. we need to make sure that questions are posed and answered. my request that comes from that is for the city attorney. that is because that is the relationship where the city and that commission staff meet in many places. this may already be going on but if you can make sure that when these items are presented to us that they are presented in such a way that they create not only the circumstance for the way it

is but also that there is an administrative record that reflects that. if that requires that there is a restricted dialogue with the commission and various advisors than so be it. if it is a matter of various representations then we can make sure we meet that requirement for that to happen. i want to make sure it is dealt with in a substantively different way than items that come to us and we don't have a particular area of expertise, but this is a higher level of responsibility and i'm one make sure that the city attorney is properly involved in presenting this information to us and that the commission can make an appropriate administrative record. >> any other comments from the commission? or the public?

thank you all. again, i do appreciate the materials you put together their. they were informative as a summary at this time which is probably what you were looking for. the next item is the report of the-- >> good afternoon commissioners i am the assistant commissioner ofbawsca. i think it is

important for you to have the most updated information. this chart shows updated numbers for the last 6 months for the period of june through november of 2015. this shows a picture of your wholesale customers with our agency in green. and you see the aggregate target has achieved 29% overall so there is a significant responsive customer base throughout the communities as well to put this a different way if you willtake the total volume over a 9 month savings, which is required over a nine-month saving total, 24 of

the agencies have already achieved 100% of their savings over the last 9 months of the fiscal year of 2016 and 40% more has achieved this further goals for october. another way to put this is the agencies have achieved 141% of their combined savings target. that is enough water to provide water to the valley for 8 years. i think that our communities and our agencies should take a lot prided that.

that is all i have. i'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> thank you. that is a very impressive performance. >> 2 slides back we have the cities that have exceeded their nine-month goal. then is that cal water service, that is the district that provides for the woodside. they started off very slow in their service area but they are benching their way up quite significantly so they are pretty confident in their progressionthe other agency is the daly city which are over 100%. and they started out very very low when they started out and they're also highly residential as opposed to some of the other water using areas so they have just been bringing up their savings as their low

per capita as consuming water. they are meeting their target overall but they are just not knocking it out of the park like some of the other agencies. >> thank you. >> which brings us to the consent calendar.mdm. sec. >>item 11 is the consent calendar. items under the consent calendar are considered to be routine by san francisco public utilities commission and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public server quest, in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered as

a separate item. item a is the approved modification of number 1 to joc-48r. item b is the approval of the correction to the contract duration of the association to change the contract duration 1826 consecutive calendar days to 1095 consecutive calendar daisy's.item 3 is to approve that contract duration of increasing the contract duration from 365 consecutive

calendar days to 395 consecutive calendar days. >> all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. >> item 12. >> item 12 is to approve the plans and specifications of award contract number ww-613 2 approve the southeast water pollution control plant and disinfection upgrades in the amount of 25,750,00. >> we do approve this plan.

we at this time did not meet this goal but at the time this was a very tight space and we did speak to a management firm as to what we could anticipate but i guess the contractors came in higher than what we could anticipate. i think part of it is also that we have had a good bidding and a lot of the contractors are very busy and i think that the contractors are very busy because they already have a lot of work. i don't think all of the contractors are quite as interested but they don't want to not bid on it. >> also, could you comment on

the protest? >> the protest is from the number for bidder from moderate mechanical and that is basically having to do with a complaint that they did not-- that western water did not meet those requirements but there has been 2 responses from western water and those issues have been resolved. >> thank you. >> do we have a motion? both consecutive. any public comment? >> all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. >> the motion carried the

item 13. >> authorize the general manager to execute one half of the sfpuc a memorandum of understanding with san francisco municipal trip rotation agency 1st sewer and water system improvements on masonic avenue between geary boulevard and fell street in coordination with masonic avenue complete streets projects for the costs in the amount not to exceed--,

furthest sewer work and thefor that sewer and water work. >> we find that these have a longer lifespan for the application of the sewers. >> i am impress. do we have a motion? seconded. and we have a public comment with mr.

wallenberg. >> i am here because i live in the area and i will be affected by the work that is going on there. there are 2 things that concern me. one is that the expected duration of this project is 24 months. this has already been in effect for 18 months. which everyone finds outrageous to do a 1.6 mile of roadway which is about 12 city blocks and for 18 months that will be traffic moving n. to the ctr. part of the city and particularly masonic will be clocked for 18 months. i really question why does it take to years to do this work? it doesn't seem rational. the

other problem that bothers me here is that the mta will plant 200 trees, and the water and sewer lines will run it or imagine the middle of the street and to put free roots right above that that just seems like a bad thing to do. that may not want us in the short-term but in 20 years from now or 30 years from now we may see a problem with these trees. we need to rethink what is going on here and i think through the investment that is being made in preparing this

investigation. >> the sewer will be 2 separate sewers on either side of the median. >> given a combout that 24 months? >> mtais really taking the lead on this but i do know that the government utilities are really taking a lead on this. >> these wwater and sewer lines are not being put in concurrently because you cannot close the street on both sides so that cat and not happen consecutively said these things take time to do. >> we have a motion on a second.

>> aye. motion carries, thank you. >> that brings us to close session. item 16 will be conference with by legal counsel for on litigating claims. item 17 is the conference with legal counsel and item 18 is the conference with legal counsel for existing litigation and items 19 and 20 will not be discussed today. >> can i have a motion? >> motion seconded. any discussion any public comment?

all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. m we are back in open session. in closed session the commissioners approved items 16 and 17. can i have a motion whether or not to close discussions on closed session. do we moved to not disclose? all those in favor say, aye. opposed, nay. is there other new business? seeing none, i

would like to injure in this meeting in memory of dr. jackson. [gavel] behalf of all the guests and the staff at st. anthonys it is great to have your here this morning.

[applause] >> here at st. anteanys work with people who are homeless and those on the virj of becomes homeless and what we have sheen more aunch unforch-footly than not is people that feel isolated and excluded so very happy to see when the mayor has something to say about the homeless pop ylgds he comes to the tenderloin and st. ancyanys. we insisted those we serve the homeless in particular are not the problem, they are brothers and sisters. the problem has to boo with us and the way we structure our liferb jz cities and thijsss like that see great to see when we want to do something about homelessness the mayor is coming forward and making good proposals for how we can solve our problem,

not fix the homeless. >> [applause] >> there are a lot of people here working for years on that problem. it is a problem for the whole community but it is also one we need to thitsy to step forward to help us do so we welcome the mayor in his remarks today. without further ado, i would like to recognize a couple people here that have come and been long involved ing these issue. angela alota is here today. from the san francisco interfaith counsel we have mikem pops and rita chimal. supervisor marc farrell is here. supervisor jewel jewel yechristensen and all the

department heads here of the city and all the community based organizations that are represent. thank you for coming and welcome to st. anthony's >> good morning everyone. thank you all for being here. let me begin with just comment about some things that have occurred in the last 48 hours that i know are on peoples minds and want to address that right off before i get fl to had body of the speech. but i want to start out with some words about the officer involved shooting that occurred yesterday in the bay view and rutted in the death of a man. let me first say

that any time, any time, there is a officer involved shooting i take that extremely seriously and so does our chief. i have seen the video too you know, you look at the video and you just-before my words came out, we were yelling drop the dam knife. i already spoken to the chief and there will be a thorough and transparent investigation of this incident without delay and know the public deserves this and expect it and i expect it as well and will make sure the community knows all the details about this. i also want to take a moment of silence with all of you to remember the victims of the tragic and sensely shootings in san dern bernardino yesterday.

our thoughts are with the victims and families and the people of san francisco grieve with them. but you know, you know what they really deserve? those families deserve action. deserve the congress that will stop this madness, stop and by enacting sensible limit ozen deadly fire arms and they need to do that now. [applause] we cannot just accept this. we cannot just accept this. thank you. thank you. and again, good morning everybody and thank you for being here. first again i want to say thank you to the [inaudible] and barry for hosting us this morningism barry you

and the staff for helping the needy and velinable throughout the city is a inspiration to me and it is never tiring to cut turkey with you bury. i also want to say thank you to our elected and appointed officials and community leaders and pleny of the non-profits providers are here this morning, thank you for joinsing us today. i'm very proud for being reelected your mayor. this is a wonderful city and want to say thank you to the voters of san francisco who believe in our solutions oriented and collaborative approach to solving problems and have asked us to return to do more. thaupg for placing your trust in me for the next 4 years. this is the greatest city in the world and i'm honored and humbleed as the mayor to

serve another term. you know, i often said and will continue saying i love the city, i love it as much of any of you and also with you. i love that we never run from the challenges. we confront them with our progressive optimism and something that has come to define our city in all of us. we tackleed a whole lot this last 5 years and some the most complicated and intractable challenges remain and i ran for a second term so we can work on them together. foremost among the challenges wrun we struggled with for decades is homelessness. let there be more doubt, the collective best effort like service providers like all you in the room today have certainly made a

difference. i know that because i have been paying a attention to this for many years. while i may be a little silent sometimes, i watch, i talk to people, i engage and once in a while i might be lucky enough to hand out a key. you are the ones, everyone in the room, you are the ones giving the hor heroic rfts at front line staff on a midnight shift at the shet ers and do the outreach and are case managers with a challenging loud. or you may be the one cleaning up the streets so people might have a cleaner street to be on because that is the only place they have. the best evidence of all of the work collaboratively is the

over 20,000 formally homeless people living indoors. living independently and with the social and emotional support that they need and that the needs that are met with our city services or they might be back in their home towns. but, despite this we haven't eliminated homelessness. as we house and serve thousands, they are replaced by new thousands. people, people who fall in homelessness here, people sent from other states or people who arrive every day seeking a better life in our city. as a result we continue to have people living on the street, under the freeway, in tents on the sidewalk and some even without tents. all

together, more than 3500 people are street homeless in san francisco. human beings. human beings with hopes, with fears, susceptible to cold and rainy weather. human being who deserve or compassion. we know there are nearly the same number of people without homes that are living in our shelter, treatment programs or temporary situations. friends , this isn't a healthy way to live, you know that and i know that, especially if children are a part of that family. it is not just a growing problem here in san francisco by the way and we all know that as well. major cities across our country, la, new york, honolulu, seattle and more and the state and federal governments offer us too little assistance. that's why next

week i'll join at least 5 other mayors on the west coast and our federal government representatives to explore federal funding opportunities and policy changes in the area of homelessness. i know we look at the streets sometimes and the encampments and the depth and complexity the problem jz to some it all might feel hopeless, but as your may frr the next 4 years i'm optimistic because today in san francisco all of the ingreedgents of success are here to end homeless for thousands of our fellow citizens. thanks to a historically strong economy we do have resources. we certainly have creativity and know we got the passion. for our serviceers providers

and city staff, we have the energy that is required. we have public support to try new more effective approaches. but you know what is missing? what is missing is the ingredient lacking for generations, it is what we call, real cooperation. we can't solve street homelessness, but it will if we want to , it will require cooperation. we have seen this cooperation at the place called, the navigation center at 1950 mission street. when community providers work with city departments, when the private sector in the surrounding community all come together with us, we actually are creating a national model for ending homelessness. so, next year we are going to

do something bold that skills up the cooperation and coordination this requires and we see at the navigation center all of that happening across the board on homelessness. i will call apauss all the departments to work together with our community based organizations, advocate and national expert to ert change and reform or government and other, and will create a department with a mission to end homelessness here in san francisco. [applause] i begin by not just making-i know people have worked on this for years and want to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and

willie brown, of course gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a

agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessness because the crisis got worse. but because we didn't have a central department for homelessness we layered program upon program across a dozen different department said and then we expected the better outcome. no one agencyies mission was homelessness and today we fix that. with greater coordination we expect better results, more efficiencys and deep er accountability. to make this new department a realty

next year i'll be calling upon the leadership of barbarager seea director of public ehealth, trent roar director of human sunchss and [inaudible] director of hope. together we have aurltd r already implemented some the most forward thinking progressive homeless policies in the country. we created the nations first navigation center, which is just 9 months that we have successfully moved more than 250 people off the streets into healthier settings. great progress towards ending chronic veterans homelessness is done these last few years tackling family homelessness we made great progess. a new investment in supportive housing of 29,000,000 this year. i want to saw they think to tren, barbara and sam and all

your team said for pourer your hearts in this work and thank you for joins forces with us to take it to the next level vlt i want to say a special thank you to public works. i know that department . you kept our streets and have done your best and for always having a positive interaction with the homeless people and compassion and thank you for taking on the smelliest dirtgist jobs in town. i also want to say thank you to all of the people who are own single room occupancy hotels in the city thmpt hotels that are cooperating and working with us to make these units available for people transitioning out of homelessness. that is stock of housing. we never thought through our past loousts and insistence to

get code enforcement, we didn't realize how valuable they are to us and a valuable assess they can be. i know some people will say, a department to solve homlessness mayor. 93 eve. we can't solve homelessness in san francisco. i know that will will be peoples comments. i say we will end homelessness every every single day for @ least one person. for at least one family. for at least a veteran every single day. i know because i have felt the power of giving keys to people exactly in those situations. we will end it for every 1 for every day for someone who suffers on our street.

that is what the purpose of creating this department is about. i want a staff at this new department, each person on the staff will come to work every morning with a single minded focus on ending homelessness for people on the streets. i want the measure of the work of this department and my office to be answering this question, what did i do to end homelessness on our city streets today and what did i do to give people a stable shelter, a home and a path to a healthier life. that is what i want them to ask themselves every single day. i want that to be the question that they ask of themselves. you know, ending homelessness in a very simple way is a matter of priorities. to get there we have to double down on programs that truly work. we have to coordinate with partners,

federal, state and other cities. we have to share and do the best practices and we have to also share our challenges with each other. and you know, i always am focused and concerned about congress and as you know, congress is largely abandoned homelessness in the country and we in san francisco can't wait frathe politics of waug wash dc to arrive, we have tolead and we lead with values. our san francisco values. that is what being a san franciscan is all about, isn't it? it is our values. to be fully able to achieve this vision i'm inviting a group of national experts to advise how to create and set the mandate for this new department. i have spoken to president obamas point person on homelessness, matthew

dorty and he agreed to come out and advise and has the expertise of looking at programs across the country to see what works. we want to be egressive on this but want to be practical at the same time. how will we define sausking street homelessness? what are the investments we are making and how can we double down on this? is there something that we can be doing that we are not already doing? i aults want to invite the local homeless coordinating board to serve as a formal advisory body during the process. we convened san franciscos best and brightest on that commission and definitely need your input. i invite all of you here, every one of you, the people working hard every day day in and out to join in defining the new effort as well because i'll present this plan with the budget this coming year.

foremost among the efforts of the department are expanding the successful navigation center program. we learned that by removing barrier tooz entry into the shelter program and pairing ever navigation center with a housing exist we are making a difference. we already committed the funding in the budget this year to double our capacity at the navigation center and the department will significantly increase to this model. we'll coordinate outreach and build more centers and secure more housing exists. certainly this requires serious funding. since i took office we have spent all most 100 mil yen more every year on homeless services and housing and my commitment today is this, to never let our

city slip backwards on our funding priorities. that means movering forward we'll spend at threes 250 million a year on outreach and housing for 10s of thousands of people. we know success isn't mesered by how much money we spend, you know that. accountability matters. we are measured by the number of human beings we lep off our streets and into a better life and by conditions on our streets also improving at the same time. so, i'm setting a ambishish but i believe an achievable goal for the second term. by the time i leave office we will move at least 8 thousand people out of homelessness and we'll remove them out of homelessness forever.

[applause] and we'll build a system that ends a persons homelessness before it becomes chronic. that is another thing we learned from the navigation center and we'll do this and achieve this all together. we'll do this by housing families, veterans long term homeless to homeward bound program and long term care for the seriously mentally ill. i also need cooperation for the private sector and philanthropic partner tooz participate as well. i already started conversation with san francisco's business leaders on this particular goal. business leaders, big and small, about a multi-year partnership to add additional navigation centers to the cities portfolio. to them across the

board i say thank you and begin by saying a personal thank you to our first anonymous private donor to the the first navigation center. i'm excited for our partnerships to develop more in the coming months just like the way we started our first navigation center. it was a partnership with faith and funding sources and community in the mission and then everybody else. we need more partnership models like our effort to end family homelessness in the elementary schools which is the focus of [inaudible] 2 great civic leaders. no less different than our technology leaders like nob nub who also became a partner to end veterans homelessness by funding a viable new housing for them in mission bay. letting people live on our

streets exposed to violence and whether that isn't compassion. it isn't healthy, it isn't safe and it does want represent who we are as san francisco and it is not our san francisco values. you know, i'm also proud of our city coming together over something that used to be controversial and i'm talking about lauras law. thank you for visor marc farrell, thank you for your leadership in this effort on a issue that used to divide a lot of us, now it units us with a comma causs because we are figuring it out. since we launched our consensus program just last month we have already received 28 referals from ern concerned family members

and service providers. some of the most severely mentally ill they are finally getting help. laura's law is one the many compassionate programs we should be doing in partnership with our courts and district attorney and justice system. san francisco values means we won't lock people up or persecute them just for being mentally ill. that won't happen and won't happen as long as i'm mayor, but we can use the resources our justice system to make sure people are getting better heltier outcomes. i want to challenge the courts, our public defender and district attorney and health provider tooz come together in the same spirit of collaboration that i proposed today. coming together with your diverse responsibilities and your legal mandates to better serve those

desperately in need of our help because i will challenge you with the same outcome i'm calling upon everyone else. let's talk about not just our legal mandates, lets also talk about outcomes for people. [applause] it is not compassionate and you will agree with me on this to let people suffer silently, to medicate with drugs and call and live an unhealthy life on our streets, that is not compassion and we are empowered to help the seriously mentally ill people but first have to agree to coperate. in a new year i'll invite all our gurchlt stakeholders and mental health and criminal justice to convene with me. i bring this group together to get past the reasons we cannot do

things and figure out a way we can do it. let's say for example, you take this program, some of you in the room know what the 51/50 program is. it is a program with people in personal crisis and danger to themselves we take them to the hospital for 72 hours, but you know what is the challenging part of that 51/50 program? once they come out they go right back on the streets and into the same unhealthy situation that they were literally 48 hours ago. we pulled them out and bring them right back in. that is 51/50. let's redesignthality program for a better outcome, a sustained outcome for those individuals. let's redesign conservativeship programs to serve the intended populations while

respecting their civil liberty. we can have a better outcome on that as well. the seriously mentally ill deserve our best efforts. it is complicated and that's why we take that challenge up. as we focus on getting people into healthier settings, we also need to refocus on the people who are not homeless. the people who prey on our homeless. drug dealers who target the addicted and mentally ill contributing to serious health problems. i'm calling y i am calling for stepped up enforcement for predatory drug dealing around our navigation centers and shelter and homeless service locations and every place we house our homeless. [applause] we need to clean up drug

dealing around the buildings where homeless people are trying to clean up their lives. we are not criminalizing drug addictions, we are enforcing existing laws to protect the most vulnerable. i want to thank supervisor and president of the board of supervisors president london breed for being a leader on the reforms. she is a strong voice the quality of life and reforming our treatment of the mentally ill. that's why friend i am optimistic. a new department, ambitious goal, a will in our city to succeed on this. we can make homelessness rare. we can make it brief. we can make it a one time event in peoples lives. we can move at least 8 thousand people out of

homelessness forever. for too long deeply held and ideological differences divided all of us. some say we are not tough enough. others say we are not compalgzinate enough. some say we spend too much money and others say we haven't spent enough. it is time to reconcile these disagroogruments not to set them aside but work through them. if we can cooperate to solve homelessness the sky is the limit on what else we can achieve together. i want to say to you again, we can end homelessness for each individual that we touch, for each family, for each child, we can do that for them. that's what we can define as ending homelessness. if we do it together, we will have demonstrated that collaboration and

cooperation is the best way to move forward. so, i want to end by saying thank you to all of you for taking time out of your busy day to listen to me. i'm excited to work with you, this will give a struck chur to work effectively with all of us. we can do better and will do better, i'm excited and we are san francisco. thank you very much. [applause]

>> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that

dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth.

>> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up

into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in

small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this

thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances.

>> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested

is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for

>> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. both have a significant force. a refreshing retreat from urban life. the romantic past that meander

up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay.

it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise over the bay.

this is another one of our great lookouts. we are at mount davidson. 928 feet. this is the place for you to bring someone special. to not forget that dogs and enjoy all of the pathways and greenery that surrounds you. it provides a peaceful oasis of open space and great hiking trails. the spectacular view offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or sunset with someone you love. >> it is a good place to get away from the hectic life of the city. come up here and listen to nature, i get some fresh air. that view is fantastic. >> where sturdy shoes.

hikers get the feeling of being in a rain forest. mount davidson is also a great place to escape the noise and the bustle of the city. take the 36 bus and it will drop you at the entrance. it is quite a hike to the top but the view is worth every step. this is the place to bring that someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is an enchanting place. is a popular spot for paddling around in boats, which can be rented. created in 1893, it was designed for these your boating -- for leisure boating. it is named for the wild

strawberries that once flourished. there is also a waterfall, two bridges, and trails the climb to the summit, the highest point at more than four hundred feet. you can catch glimpses of the western side of the city that make this hilltop a romantic look out. for public transit, i take the n train. the lad the ad -- lake is ada accessible. watch many ducks, swans, and siegel's. -- seagulls. it is a great place to stroll and sail away. many couples come here to take a ride around a lake, going under

the bridges, passing the chinese pavilion and the waterfall. for a quiet getaway, making for a memorable and magical experience. located on 19th avenue, this growth is the place to where you're hiking boots, bring the family and the dog because it has so much to offer you and your loved ones. it is a truly hidden gem in the city. the park is rich with eucalyptus trees. long paths allow you to meander, perfect for a dog walking in a wooded environment. >> i enjoy the history. the diversity of nature that exists in such an urban city,

concrete streets, cars, we have this oasis of the natural environment. it reminds us of what the history was. >> there is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. transit is available on the 28 bus to get you very easily. the part is ada -- park is ada accessible. it is also a natural lake. this is your chance to stroll around the lake and let the kids run free. it also has many birds to watch. it is a place to find and appreciate what you -- a wonderful breath of fresh air. come and experience in this park and enjoy the people, picnics,

and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take a stroll with your loved ones. in the middle of pacific heights, on top of these hills, it offers a great square, a peaceful beauty, large trees and grass and greenery. it features tables and benches, a playground, restaurants, and tennis courts. there are plenty of areas for football and picnics. it is very much a couple's park. there are many activities you can experience together. stroll on the pathways, bring your dog, or just picnic at one of the many tables and enjoy all that it has to offer together. many couples find this is a perfect park to throw down a blanket and soak up the sun. it is a majestic place that you can share with someone you chairs.

lafayette park is also easily accessed from the 47, 49, and 90 buses. it is ada accessible. we are here at the historic palace of fine art in the marina district. originally built for the 1950's exposition, the palace is situated on san francisco's number waterfront. it is ada accessible and is reached by the 28, 30, and 91 bus lines. set against the reflecting waters of the lagoon and eucalyptus trees, the palace is one of san francisco post most -- san francisco's most romantic

spots to relax with that special someone while listening to the water and gazing at the swans. a beautiful to view from many locations along the mattoon, an ideal place to -- all -- lagoon, an ideal place to walk with a loved one. reservations for weddings are available at sfrecpark.org. discarding contains plants referred to by william shakespeare's plays and poems. welcome to the shakespeare garden here in the famous golden gate park. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, the garden was designed by the california spring blossom and wildfilower association.

here is a truly enchanting and tranquil garden along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. stroll around and appreciate its unique setting. the gorgeous brick walkway and a brick wall, the stone benches, the rustic sundial. chaired the part -- share the bard's word hundred famous verses from a shakespearean plays. this is a gem to share with someone special. pack a picnic, find a bench, and enjoy the sunshine, and let the whimsical words of william shakespeare and floats you and

your loved one away. this is one of the most popular wedding locations and is available for reservations. take a bus and have no parking worries. shakespeares' garden is ada accessible. located at the bottom of this hill, it is a secret garden with an infinite in captivating appeal. carefully tucked away, it makes the top of our list for most intimate pyknic setting. avoid all taurus cars and hassles by taking a cable car. or the 30, 45, or 91 bus. the garden was designed by

thomas church in 1957. grow old with me, the best is yet to be is inscribed on a sundial. it is anchored by twin white gazebos and flowers that bloom year-round. this is the place to tell someone special or the place to declare the commitment you two share. weddings and the event reservations are available for this adorable hidden gem. we know there are many other romantic parks in san francisco. we hope you have enjoyed this torre of lookouts, picnics, and strolls that are available every day. until next time, do not forget to get out and play. for more information about reserving one of these romantic locations or any other location, call 831-5500.

this number is best for special events, weddings, picnics, and the county fair buildings. or for any athletic field, call 831-5510. you can write us at -- or walk in and say hello. and of course you can find more information moresfrecpark.org. -- - >> good morning, everybody. thank you for coming to city hall first of all, thank to all the departments it under the

general umbrella of the emergency management public works and area our economic & workforce development office including our faith cbo community and penguin and others we've been explicit expecting some big storms to come our way as conversations with meteorologists i think that's their property name and scientists warn us of the el nino storms that are coming here that will certainly our city and our area will be a focus of what necessary expect to be flooding i haven't seen any rain yet but i want to be and so our department desirable reduce if we lucky we'll be offeringly prepared we deal with unexpected

dangers about you it is good he appreciate the departments and our direction coming together and doing everything we can to prepare not only themselves and their operations but to the public to the medium large and small businesses particularly to the residents for most now we know that with the exceptions we've been working in the private segment and public sector as well as with the faith based partners to make sure we're all ready and reemphasis that everyone should continue at their time when there isn't a big flooding going on to assess sf 72.org that is where there is good information we work on that site very well to prepare everybody and again thank our department of emergency services for putting out robust sets of

information for i cannot we will definitely be taking care of people on the streets as much as possible and hear more detail but 11 hundred moreds more than the shelter beds and in addition to the winter she will not beds that enter faith council is helping us to identify that are human services will identify an additional 11 hundred shelter beds for those people that that she will not should that large storm come our way we're preparing those sites and want to make sure that people who are on the streets know we have your outreach teams letting them know we have additional shelter so we simply do not try to experience the

effects of a large storm by themselves but reach out to as much as possible thank you to public works and the public utilities commission for work together i've seen the crews and done videos with their volume trucks i know how loud 38 they are they've been looking every catch bacon and with all the leaves they'll be plugged so we have to refresh those catch bacons by unfleg influencing them and any residents that see them plugged for trash or leafs report those to 311 and those agencies will get out to take care of them and make sure our infrastructure can go as much as they can to deal with 9

emergency our office of economic workforce development i want to thank them they've been in communications aimed at our small businesses that are particular flowed prone areas their preparing and making sure we know what they can do and the services we office public works and other agencies working on those sites we'll have those sites up where residents and visitors can object 10 i think 10 free he moomd for their use at locations that convenient for them this is one location we'll have them at a number of locations nearby historically identified places of flooding but i do want to say our attitude as city hall is one we

want everyone to know that alert sf and the 72 hours.org is there we're preparing for a disagreeing discharge that is man made or otherwise we're prepared and want to put out as much free information as possible so when people plan for those disasters it is less changing more before corning sea making sure they take care of the communications and their families and businesses and their neighbors i want to say again, thank you to our event our police department they'll be out there making sure they respond to any specific needs that are there along with public works as we have our deniable that can assist people in inspecting areas the city or the homes and

apartments what might be needed as well as public works we emphasis that if there is any life-threatening emergency people for sure call 9-1-1 but when no life-threatening emergency please call 311 steady and that will be taken care of and the distinctions are in the tree branch falls on the street none it hurt that's the 311 but if a life wire ryan falls and people around that that is a 9-1-1 it is life-threatening we need to distinguish that so we don't have our lines filled with inappropriate calls to those lines we want the public to be read i again offer my thanks to the departments that are here today they are ready and they're

willing they're able to engage in the departments and we want our city to be safe and prepared and doing what we do early and often so again, thank you and up now with more details along with the other departments is ann from our department of emergency services. >> thank you, mr. mayor and good morning in the early 80s and the late 90s we had huge storms here in the bay area well, actually throughout california according to a recent released e released report 46 days of rain in january and february of 1998 that's a lot of rain we learned from each experience each large storm that go things happy you you know you have downed power lines and the mayor said and

power outages and flooding all sorts of thing we need to prepare we've gone through 4 years of drought a lot of trees coming down they don't have the root structures and the mudslides we have been preparing for this the impact is on the whole community of san francisco we started developing plans last fall working with all of our city departments agency and our nonprofit partners in the faith community and developing a game plan for el nino this year our concept of proclamations or game plan is continuous operations through a storm it if a severe storm tweezer in constant contract with the national weather service that provides us with information on

point telling you the impact and severity of the storm and the potential hazards to san francisco we will queen a conference call with the city storm incident management team or i m t to update the partner agencies what to expect with the upcoming storm if necessary we'll open our emergency operations on 1011 turk to make sure we're court reporting our response activity with rains as the little spitting rains out p there and right now our city is preempt twenty-four hour to make sure that the residents and citizens and the visitors to san francisco are safe our game plan relies on the corridor response at all levels

of government navigate our lead integer managers my lead el nino plan is meeting with fema to talk about our court reporting response effort our success relies on all our partners like pg&e, and our community-based organizations who are integrated with us at all levels of emergency operations in the field on the tv monitor you'll see sf 72 hour or city now the information hub and find information updates i'd like to take the opportunity when not an emergency this is a live site i encourage people to go check it out and finally with alert sf our text merchandising service in san francisco we have a new feature that will make that

easier for people to sign up all you have to do a text 888777 triple 8, triple 7 and type in alert sf you're connected to this environmental service i encourage all people in san francisco and visitors to sign up for alert sf by registering you'll be able to keep yourselves save. >> what to expect as we approach the el nino storm on that note i'm going to turn it over to trent roar the director of our emergency services. >> thank you. i'm trent the human services and hsa is the lead agency for providing shelters in emergencies and we're stepping up for el nino

on both ann and i were actually involved that the shelters in the 7, 98 a lot of lessons we learned the biggest one we don't want a single shelter with one thousand plus people but shelters where the homeless are and a plan as the mayor said 11 hundred shelter beds with others depending on the demand located throughout the neighborhoods in san francisco admission and south of market, tenderloin, civically and southeast part of city and bayview and the hatred golden gate park but the process we'll undertake when we prepare for this storm will be meeting with the national weather service we'll look at winds and temperature and duration and

amount of projected precipitation based on those factors we'll decide whether or not to activate the shelters we'll prepare in phases so if we do make the determination we need to activate for our long phases do it in phases the way we stage the locations allows us to bring the shelters up to two or three hours so that excludes mats and partnering with meals on wheel easy this salvation army and others meals on wheels and staffed with city staff as well as the nonprofits the shelter will operate on to a form 700 to project how long it will last and probable a half or a day after the transitioning out of the shelters the types of location the first thing we look

at where are the existing be shelters are providing shelters for folks our emergency shelter some is 15 hundred and 25 beds right now at hsa and that's 1 hundred plus for single adults women and families and some have drop in areas or cafeterias to allow individuals that's the first place we'll look and activate and have our partners with the rec and park department their 3 rec centers that will be used and then the nonprofit partners and others who have facilities we can use and lastly other facilities ymca for example, has stepped up to provide their give him nature in the western edition and activating weasel be learning

was a as we go it is hard to anticipate but in 1998 we had a thousand beds that seems to me you looked at sort of the homeless places in the at any given time 3 thousand people on the streets some don't want to good indoors and at risk of our harming themselves partnership with other agencies and temporary accommodations for two or three nights and others for the homeward bound the transportation program in other cities and shelter the remainder as we assess the storm and the demand and already have contingencies for hundred additional beds should we need that the facilities will not be some discussion or word on the

street to have tents they're not tempts those are permanent structures that will be adding mats and other things to - some of the facilities some of the bigger sheds might be heat and in those cases erect a tent inside of a structure but no plans for tents on the city streets and thanks to the partnering with tdm and others nonprofit partners with the department of health we'll be doing the street outreach and the hope sf so we feel that we're prepared and almost finished with the memorandum of understanding and contract for locates we'll be ready to activate within a couple of weeks we anticipate the weather is hard to anticipate but the heavy el nino rains from january so february we'll be prepared

for the homeless residents thanks. >> thank you's interpreting we'll hear from barbara garcia. >> good morning the district will have roving teams to make sure that the medical needs and the mental health needs of clients are taken care of we're working with the outreach teams for the serviced to make sure they know that the sheltered will be available particularly our homeless outreach team that have mooeveng relationships with the people over the years will have the ability to get the people into is the she recalls we feel confident about that and our teams will insure that any individuals that needs services and ongoing support will be provided by the teams the roving teams are ready to go thank you

very much. >> thank you bearing now we'll hear in mohammed nuru the director for public works from san francisco. >> thank you like the mayor said over the last few months all the agencies have been working to present prepare for the upcoming storms as part of work we've done over the last few weeks had a couple of sandbags give away gaze and 15 thousand sandbags were given out we still have a large supply of sandbags and any residents feels their vulnerable to any kind of flooding through the garage or door or the back of their house come to our yard chavez a large number to supply

people and in addition our crews are scheduled to work around the clock performing inspections of trees any potential tree hazard that the public seize they should let us know when we have storms we're vulnerable to branches and trees falling so call 311 number will allow us to get and work on that emergency preparation for the storm it is fall and with the fall we all see the leaves with a little bit of wind the wind leaves can clog our cap baselines so if you see any catch by an that has a number of leaves again call the 311 number the 311 comes through the system to us we'll have crews that will be out there to

clean up the catch baselines with the rain like el nino can flowed pretty fast and if that catch by an is not clean quickly water raise and jumps the curbs and gets into homes the public can help us you know when you see a situation like that it is an easy job get a rack or broom and put the leaves in a bag so we're ready for the storms and we'll be working around the clock but possess importantly the public eyes on the streets so when you see things you believe that creates a situation please call 311 and we'll be out there thank you. >> thank you, mohammed next michael deputy general manager

of the public utilities commission. >> michael. >> good morning so we're you're wart and power providers in san francisco and the bay area many of the remarks are my remarks on that and i think to emphasize with the mayor said we need to be prepared we are we have been working on this for quite sometime and corridor with the public works and actually working with the city attorney's office if we do get into a situation where there is damage in the city one of the things that mohammed said i want to emphasize you'll help yourselves by clearing storm drains 25 storm drains in san francisco we can get to 9 thousand plus so many we'll not be able to get to if you get out there and make sure that the water goes away

from buildings and protects the property the other thing in a low lying area you're there elevate our belongings and put them up high to not get disadvantaged i don't know wants to lose their prized possessions and fled insurance you can take out flowed insurance and lastly we have a grant program at the public utilities commission for eligible pertaining to help to protect their property from flooding and finally if flooding 311 we're monitoring that our crews without with the department of public works and that's the best way to respond to our concerns thank you. >> thank you very much, michael this time i'd like to acknowledge our partner here

with us today ashley from the meals an wheels, bruce makinna with the corporation thank you. >> major sheryl with salvation army and marty with project open hand thank you. >> and charles from st. anthony's and berry anderson from pg&e that concludes our press conference we'll stick around and answer questions if i want to do individual interviews thank you all for coming thank interviews thank you all for coming thank ui want to do indi interviews thank you all for coming thank want to do indivi interviews thank you all for coming thank food in san franc

just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone. more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed

over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and

congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden community. >> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the department many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who need them. >> i'm here with nang wong

hello nang. >> hello. >> i need to understand house this gleaning work. >> we come and harvest like for example, we'll come over here this is the lemon and plug it like this. >> (laughter). >> made that good, good and ease. >> the trick is how not to hurt the branches. >> like the thing. >> i'm so excited about this. the people are so passionate about where the food goes to the private property owners give us the food they're happy that no

of a t is going to waste >> oh. thank you. thank you. again job aura natural >> (laughter). >> from backyards to back lots let's take a look at the food and community bonding at the free farm. >> my idea was to start growing food and giving it away. and getting my neighbors to who had space and having a kind of event that brings people together not to run our food program this time around but to share the wealth of the abundance of our welfare. we were all divorce and as part of our philosophy of working together and working together.

>> what's the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for the free farm stand. >> well, we could is a generalic satisfaction but something about giving food away it's giving something i brought that in and sort it and gave it to you it's primitive to be able to give something some basically to someone else. >> now serving number to 49 come on down. >> we have the capability of producing this food and in san francisco you can grow food all year round so the idea we're capable of prougdz food in our own backyards we're here to demonstrate an bans of food and i think that giving it away for

free we show individuals it in have to be a comedy. >> we build time together and it's the strength of any ideas of the connections we'll turn that connection and the more connections you make no mistake about it the more you can have a stronger power and not have to rely on money that's the people power. >> in this episode we've seen the urban farms and gardens provide more in fruits and vegetation people can have the special produce available it can be a place to give back by

donating food to others and teach our children the connection to the earth and environment it's truly - >> all right. so first of all, i want to welcome everybody who is here the press, all our communities partners are here come on matt we have matt right there are for the school district thank you for making it this press conference happen that is probable one of the month crucial and important issues and topics that is going on about gun violence you know taking into consideration what is happening all around the world and country and city we're here as a

community everybody is one to eradicate gun violence i'm rudy the ed of the analyzing an organization that has been standing and fighting against gun violence for the last 21 years i'm here with my people my community and everybody that is here who is serious about this issue we we want to make sure we eradicate gun voipgsz that we are here you take this issue serious one of the most important protections is dealing with the mothers the mothers have lost their sons to gun violence we want to make sure we let them know that also they're being heard and they're being dealt with prove or disprove so me being involved in the violence field for 21 years we tale with youth kids from all

over the community all over the city with the help of brothers like brother rich from project and from the vip team in the building and so without further ado, i want to invite mayor ed lee to come on up we've got to put him on pause the president of the united states we have to put on mayor ed lee let's welcome the ferry rosz robber mayor the city mayor ed lee (clapping.) >> rudy thank you to you and your staff for making your house available to co-host this important press event that announces our intention to join you you're police chief and mothers, people who really want

to embrace non-violence to do this gun buy back this start saturday in the morning i want to emphasize now working with united playaz and others community-based organizations and important as education is to us i know we have a school board member matt haney as important we want good jobs and everyone it this room that wants better paying jobs in this city we want training, we want economic development and other nonprofits to be on their own buildings like the united playaz all of that becomes nearly enforceable inform you got violence violence distracts you from everybody and the trauma lasts for generation unfortunately for families and the communities

that are involved and so it is our attempt with this gun buy back to reduce the opportunity for violence people can have disagreements purely disagreement between me and the board of supervisors sometimes can create some good solutions but if people resort to violence to resolve their it didn't make any difference to make their presence known or try to get something that is not going to solve anything that worsens the situation for everyone so i want to take a big that, of course, because this country as rudy indicated with the call from the president there is a lot of violence under our entire country and the bay area is no different and we got to reach out to more young people reach out to not so i

don't know people that resort to violence we can't that that as an alternative we'll do our best working with the police department and along with the community groups and along with mothers and victims of violence that i know have every right to say what we need to say in front of the city hall or the mayor's office e.r. community groups i support that you mean at the end the message is less violence and embrace each other find a way to communicate with less violence if we do so you'll see advancements in education and advancements in jobs and more enhancement in community economic development that is what we're doing in our housing public housing that is the site of so many violence we're trying to champion that with community

policing pea new techniques and 0 investing in our community and people and make sure we educate our kids it is no, no good answer and solution if you use violence and if we use good afternoon. welcome so getting the guns it is effective over the years i think we gotten over worsening one how guns off the streets month of them not properly purchased if doesn't matter their illegally purchased that violence didn't mean if you purchased that illegal or legally it is the use of goes on to prevent violence we come together i'm united of the united playaz and their friends and communities and groups and individuals that want to change their lives would hope that others would just put the guns

down and let's talk through this city got resources not like we're not offering anything we have making the go bhith investment in the history of the country but trying to get jobs for everyone including those who have a questionable background we'll help you to erase those background and train you in all the industries that the city has been successful we have so many promise as a city question shouldn't have to resort to violence we stand with the united playaz and the officers and community groups and everything that from out of you're prison system we need to do better and need to find alternatives to prison to get people jobs to raise their families and get people where we need to be this is a great city we will be better if we reduce

the violence thank you, rudy and everyone for making sure we'll do this and continue to do this we will be joining next year oakland and doing gun buy backs crime knows no boundary we'll be more successful by embracing this thank you (clapping.) >> thank you, mayor ed lee give a hand one more time for mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) i also want to say we're here to eradicate gun violence all of the city one or more gun we can get off the streets is that gun that may save you're life or child's you don't know when the bullet leaves the chamber it does not discriminate no name be

0 the bullet that we can get rid of guns we can i guarantee that one gun that save everybody this this room let's continue to support each other we can agree or sgraur like the mayor said at the end of the day, we'll have each other's back the next person is also is doing an amazing job of stopping the violence in san francisco he is the police chief of san francisco he plays a major roll in get rid ofing of guns give it up for greg suhr (clapping.) i want to thank rudy and the analyzing for the buy back as the mayor said the focus has been on gun violence as standing

to applying manipulate left is ms. paulette brown lost here son to gun violence aubrey brown she's working tireless at any very often that speaks to the reduction of gun violence in 201498 people were killed many by firearms and working with organizations like united playaz and other communities groups and the leadership of our mayor and doesn't to the young people and education and jobs we've been able to better have those numbers last year, we had 46 homicides but still thirty of these were by firearms every year year in and out the self-employed takes over one thousand dwnz off the streets of san francisco gun buy backs have taken over nine hundred guns and

i'm confident this saturday will be over one thousand any guns as rudy spoke to any gun that comes off the is are streets of san francisco, california have no harm if you have a firearm in the house and knows of someone in the house with a firearm please think about thank you for the opportunity is in on saturday and pick up a little bit of holiday shopping money and it will go a long way to keep san francisco safe and the children of those mothers might be here today and not have to have mothers hurting please turn the guns in (clapping.) >> thank you excessive greg suhr and tmc thank you to matt we have mothers that have lost a son to gun violence the wall are

all unsolved murders we want to make sure we acknowledge them and try to find solutions they're part of solutions major and so just to move on we have two more speakers and waiting is our supervisor jane kim but the next gentleman i want to bring up he's also an employee of the united playaz and someone that say was a monster now a mentor my brother damn i don't think so share also thank you. >> (clapping). >> i want to thank everyone for coming out today i want to implore and touch the hearts of people that might be watching many seller to the hood

to the mothers to the grandmothers to the brothers and sisters if you got guns in our home come out december 12, 8 to 12 tenth street and turn them in i've been on both sides shot ten times and 10 years in prison i changed my life and here with united playaz and doing working everyday on gun violence along with the mothers beside me to get the guns off the street to make it safer for the children like rudy said you don't know when that gun will hurt you or someone you love i've stolen guns out of people's houses it is so the people i don't know what happened to them that want to get get rid of get rid of of the guns a little boy killed his

own brother he found his gun there are other ways so all the community of the people matters what you're race or color or creed and economic level gun buy back you'll be surprised it, the people the camera man a was thinking about turning in his gun i implore him and everyone if you have guns if in you're home not locked up you never know when you're own gun might be used against you i implore from the body o my body from the mothers children i ask you to come in and turn in the guns and find a better way thank you very

much (clapping.) >> thank you damon i've been a victim of gun violence myself see this right here? this is for real you talking about real front line soldier in the battlefield an ground zero come up here boo my brother from new york this brother foster back here you're talking about re-entry you're talking about helping brothers from the penitentiary he did 45 years before foster g did a gang of time and new york back there the guy at front door did one and 50 years total but talk about solutions the moms and brothers who been there deny that and the mayor; right? you

got the community and the police chief and you've got to school district what other part is missing in the evaluation we have our supporters who helped us fund this gun buy back ron conway that people don't know he do not to the cause the brothers from the medical marijuana the grassroots from barbary coast, hal even and brendon do that donates resources to make this all happen one of the main guys who we have to address who oriented the gun buy back is name a eon; right? his father got killed was a young kid the

perpetrator stole the gun out of a home and we don't want to see this we want to get the guns now so this brother who is helping us he said some incredible things we forgot to mention no questions asked they ask you nothing you turn them in and get our money you can leave so this is a serious serious irk right here you turn on the tv you don't see something about gun voijsz what is the solution right here not wait until the camera is in front of you and you know what i want to be on this side because it ain't about a color or gender or national outlet or gaze some when someone pulls the trigger you can't stop i know look

this is saved any envelopes life we all got shot at one of the guys any son get hit 5 times may he rest in peace that would have been my life i'm still here i want to bring up someone from our community that loves and cares about our people who's heart in is in the hood and lives in the hood i want to have our district supervisor jane kim come up and share thank you (clapping.) >> thank you all so much for being are here today and also to the media for helping us with the outreach and education it is important on saturday, i got to participate in the gun buy back and a lot of the residents come

out to volunteer this is one of the best and direct ways to reduce gun violence on the street on a weekly basis we have a massive gun violence kroisz when you see where we have less gun violence 1942 where we have a stronger gun control laws and less guns on the street this is one of the ways with we do that without obstructs and any questions asked this is the time to turn them in and brings less violence on the street so it is so important south of market but here in san francisco and most importantly i know to acknowledge and thank the amazing donors to contribute money again with no questions asked so i want to thank rudy and the united playaz for this

program and we'll have gun buy backs all the time but not a little bring you you mention the fruition you want to see and the outreach and education so i hope everyone is able to get the word out and volunteer with the organization but you thank you to all the donors for making this possible so we have a success thank you. >> (clapping.) thank you. >> thank you jane kim after we complete the press conference he have people that want to share but i'm going to read you alarming statistics one in 3 homes with children have guns many left urban locked or loaded you didn't hear me one in 3 homes with children have homes many left unlocked and loaded

i'm sure never been the same 80 percent of unintentional firearm deaths of kids under 1 occur in their home with this this is the holidays hospitals and suicide by gun increases during the holiday so you want to be involved in helping out here it is right here the great matt scott we want to go to graduations not funneled and able or be part of the solution not the pollution we're involved we'll not wait until things happen we don't want to go to funnels or hospital where a person is walking around with a bag once you get shot and die you ain't never coming back those brothers it they'll be

standing with us but it needs to be heard i'm not against people that have guns, you know who responsible knows how to do it or the safety behind guns we live in a real world but people with 34b9 issues people shot reck also no questions asked and make sure we honor the mayor the police chief, the medical marijuana store, the community people, the vip and project level and most important the mothers you're fierce district supervisor jane kim love you girl and the school district right here matt haney our capita of our neighborhood sherry right and the leader the rest of you guys and brothers and sisters who came home from prison who's

out here doing good okay shout outs to mike and the rest of the guys please ask questions thank you for coming >> good morning and welcome to the meeting of the timma board colleagues it's been a pleasure to set up this committee and initiate the work of this new

agency i want to recognize our form colleague supervisor christensen who served as vice chair of the timma board and to supervisor wiener store joining us on the timma subcommittee last year this is an important and very unique opportunity to directly shepherd the mobility program for the island and look at it and study what it means to do congressmen pricing in the city and county of san francisco the major policy was a preliminary town hall policy and the concerns of existing residents of the affordability we know many of the residents on the island are part of affordable housing project either those formally homeless and homeless veterans and families those are part of programs like height 360 and many of the market-rate residents that you are working class and middle-income i