get somebody to help with our hair cut, lava maze maybe a shower not for weeks or not be able to see a dentist and the pain in their mouth prevents them from thinking lonely and food and support maybe a counseling session with someone all of this in fact, one and 50 different services come through one roof for a day of private right of action project homeless connect it is an expression of your compassion we couldn't do that without the volunteers that come from every sector i understand that today, many people are coming from the cloud from companies that are working you're coming from the clouds and dropping in the best city from the world san francisco to

help people. >> (clapping.) >> this is what you're doing today, i want to say thank you. i want to say thank you because as you may know as well as i do those days across the country people are talking about things that divide us we in san francisco we bring people together to solve people's problems and we'll continue to do that and solis so long as i'm mayor, i want to make sure that everything when it comes to people that are hopeless begin with compassion and as we learn how to do things better that compassion guides us around permanent solutions that's why we opened up the first naebts when i said the shelter are not doing that for any of us in and out of shelters not doing that the idea of a 2345ek9 24/7 services save places dignity for

people and then guide them in once they got all their benefits and support serves we love them as human beings and veterans and people with families as woman who have not survived do know and many of the challenges we embrace them with our san francisco compassion that's what i love about the city that's what i love about the city and the companies that work for us the employees some of them are out through we're trying to draw the employees to do the right thing and adopt san francisco values if they're going to be here it begins with all of you how you'll express it by your you touch and attitude and your smile because that is how people feel welcomed and belonging and from the services and now

i've gotten department to really understand their mission and their role is that we may not solve homelessness as a concept as a phenomena but every person we touch we ought to have solved homelessness for him or her that's our commitment in san francisco so since 2011, we've done just that for over 10 thousand people isn't that an accomplishment for san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> so i want you to know you're in a contest in a rolling contest when we touch people and getting them ready i'm working my rear off with jeff and public utilities commission and the mayor's office of housing all of the developers in the city to provide a permanent supportive of housing we need to house people heroes and hearts in addition of people to be ready to accept

that in order for us to help them off the streets while their on the streets yeah, we'll clean up the needle and have encampment recess luxury people and less violence it is a violent sidewalks you law u allow people to live on the streets we've 2k3w089 to get more people off the street not moving them from corner to corner and shelter to shepherded on a permanent basis that's why i need a city that is strong and clibt in the economics a strong city that is going to be a city that helps people long term i'm committed for the thousands of units of housing we have to have in order to bring people along this evolution of personal change whatever is bothering

them there is a lot of things bothering people on the streets we'll get them there to the programs we have first, it becomes temporary than more permanency but along the way they know that san francisco knows how to do this right and well and do that it begins with today with all of you and thank you for singing along they beginning but every person you touch no matter their attitude your smiles and offer of service and support it the beginning that is the most important thing from thereon the discipline happens and we lie people to really get back to what we would call a little bit more normal lives with shelter of permanent housing and supportive services along the way we're figuring out things but not only agencies not only your tax dollars but a lot

of companies and a lot of foundations have committed to us our vision their support us all the way rule see in the next few months some great announcement we're already started with announcements we end veterans homelessness by the end of this year in san francisco. >> (clapping.) >> our emotion and support for families we'd like do something about that in a big way i'm not going to ruin that announcement by prematurely announcing it but a lot of friends thinking and planning and organizing around family homelessness and youth that need our help transitional age youth and the individuals that you see everyday that are faced with drug addiction and 34g9s and answers for them as

well everybody is working hard you're part of team now thank you, thank you, thank you i'm so proud of san francisco and just coming back from countries like china and hong kong and environment commission you're in the greatest city in the wormed they love our value of diversities they love our stance on immigrant they love our compassion for people this is what defines us this is what project homeless connect does and thank you for representing the best in our city thank >> self-planning works to

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input and publish the results on the website the notifications bans feedback from the public for example, the feedback you provide may change how a street corridors looks at or the web policy the get started in planning for our neighborhood or learner more mr. the upcoming visit the plans and programs package of our we are talking about with our feedback and participation that is important to us not everyone takes this so be proud of taking ann as a society we've basically failed big portion of our population if you think about the basics of food, shelter safety a lot of people don't have any of those i'm mr. cookie can't speak for

all the things but i know say, i have ideas how we can address the food issue. >> open the door and walk through that don't just stand looking out. >> as they grew up in in a how would that had access to good food and our parent cooked this is how you feed yours this is not happening in our country this is a huge pleasure i'm david one of the co-founder so about four year ago we worked with the serviced and got to know the kid one of the things we figured out was that they didn't know how to cook. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a. >> their noting no way to feed

themselves so they're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity foundation i ran into my friend we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project

our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year. >> we want to be sure to serve as many as we can. >> the san francisco cooking school is an amazing amazing partner. >> it is doing that in that space really elevates the space for the kids special for the chief that make it easy for them

to come and it really makes the experience pretty special. >> i'm sutro sue set i'm a chief 2, 3, 4 san francisco. >> that's what those classes afford me the opportunity it breakdown the barriers and is this is not scary this is our choice about you many times this is a feel good what it is that you give them is an opportunity you have to make it seem like it's there for them for the taking show them it is their and they can do that. >> hi, i'm antonio the chief in san francisco. >> the majority of kids at that age in order to get them into food they need to see something simple and the evidence will show and easy to produce i want

to make sure that people can do it with a bowl and spoon and burner and one pan. >> i like is the receipts that are simple and not feel like it's a burden to make foods the cohesives show something eased. >> i go for vera toilet so someone can't do it or its way out of their range we only use 6 ingredients i can afford 6 ingredient what good is showing you them something they can't use but the sovereignties what are you going to do more me you're not successful. >> we made a vegetable stir-fry indicators he'd ginger and onion

that is really affordable how to balance it was easy to make the food we present i loved it if i having had access to a kitchen i'd cook more. >> some of us have never had a kitchen not taught how to cookie wasn't taught how to cook. >> i have a great appreciation for programs that teach kids food and cooking it is one of the healthiest positive things you can communicate to people that are very young. >> the more programs like the cooking project in general that can have a positive impact how our kids eat is really, really important i believe that everybody should venting to utilize the kitchen

and meet other kids their age to identify they're not alone and their ways in which to pick yours up and move forward that. >> it is really important to me the opportunity exists and so i do everything in my power to keep it that. >> we'll have our new headquarters in the heart of the tenderloin at taylor and kushlg at the end of this summer 2014 we're really excited. >> a lot of the of the conditions in san francisco they have in the rest of the country so our goal to 257bd or expand out of the san francisco in los angeles and then after that who know. >> we'd never want to tell people want to do or eat only provide the skills and the tools in case that's something people

are 2rrd in doing. >> you can't buy a box of psyche you have to put them in the right vein and direction with the right kids with a right place address time those kids don't have this you have to instill they can do it they're good enough now to finding out figure out and find the future for

>> question. to order the secretary will call the roll commissioner pating commissioner loyce present. >> commissioner president chow and welcome and commissioner sanchez the second item is the actual commissioner president chow you might want to say something. >> we want to wme