>> thank you brandon and happy birthday downtown streets. >> (clapping.) >> yeah. >> how did that feel to be one year old we wish it we could be that young i want to come by and congratulate everyone, of course, i want to thank dobie for oh, the space that is exactly one of the reasons why i know that dobie came to mid market street not only for the space for the great work with neural surgeons understanding and scientists to deal with cell systems but to be part oath community they've been always a part of and be able to represent that and with work that google and others to help to support and the creation and establishment of this wonderful new be pathway you know, i love

the picture where that says that i might be homeless but you're not helpless because this city is all about creating more pathways for people and respectfully where people came from but never allowing that to hold them back and, yes we will have a lot of people without homes this is incredibly expensive city and limited land we have not built enough housing and need to do more while we're doing that be respect of people's lives and get them pathway and create the partnerships exactly like the downtown streets for themselves and brandon congratulation to you and ilene and chris and everybody else this is part of team and more importantly your willingness to in the just touch the people that you wanted to

help but allow them to create relationships we serve more homeless and sam dodge and the department of homelessness is not just the brick-and-mortar of building homes but relationship building ones individuals are isolated it is gets worse when you have pathways creating not just through job training and moving forward with a lot more people to be introduced to many agencies that also care about what is happening on the streets for people where that is public works or the department of homelessness fix it teams our police department all working together with a office of economic workforce development development groups working together with people on the streets sailing let's do something about ourselves then and let's get the private-public relationship to work for us not

just talk us this is what is happening in my mind so as you may know i'm a big enough of them about making sure we change with the happening in 3478d and more importantly the center is changing lives transformative programs like downtown streets is what we're talking about that touches people and involves them and respects them and connects urban design i up with project homeless connect with the agency that brandon identified we thanked today we take those moms to settle bus now we have purpose and reason to expand and more reps to build and more births to celebrate to congratulations downtown streets we will see in not only in the streets but inside of city hall as well thank you very much>> (clapping.) >> thank you, mayor ed lee

it's my pleasure to introduce sam dodge from the department of homelessness and housing. >> hello, everyone is so great to be here you know it was i was just trying to think has 2 been two years how long has that been i get to see folks everyday in civic center plaza and getting you up and inspiring their fellows that be looking on and seeing the actions they're taking to improve the city to show their love for their community and turn their own lives around i work at the department of homelessness and supportive of housing and homeless in the community is a country but we have to make a big difference evidence who will make that difference the people that are experiencing homelessness and turn their

lives around they need the help and assistance to take that next step i want to thank that spirited to help the need only one cower to homelessness and affordable housing had in the community that you share but how do get there, there is many ways we can improve and here in san francisco we're not too proud to look at the fellow community and see what is working and steal that we saw that downtown street teams making huge differences in the community and when brandon and amy came said we have to do this in san francisco i was 100 percent on board but it is a tough pound can be you know your stepping into someone's place and you know we can be a little bit material but that's not the case opened up and a great what

were partner with other people and being able to energy allergies an effort around civic center and turning lives around and making connections whether the programs that the mayor mentioned or our own official effort as we kickoff our department this year together we're growing together one year down and many to go i can't wait to see the 13 number people who have gotten permanent housing through the program turning into 13 hundred let's do it do it together and congratulations>> (clapping.) >> thanks sam it is my pleasure to bring up larry from the department of public works . >> (clapping.) >> first of all, i want to say

a big congratulations one year it's been a whirlwind i think about it was just seemed last week yesterday purpose starting and seems like that was like 12 hours when union square came on board the first one i want to say is thank you thank you for your commitment to san francisco and coming as i commented and come through and look at civically and community-based 0 through union square the orange bags and how neat and clean the area is i y589 how prevalent i think keeping the city clean and how to engage the homeless and get them into the services you're doing both of those that be huge public works is a 24/7, 365 operation we're out there everyday we can't do it alone it

takes the city and commitment and nonprofits and volunteers all that have that to help to keep the city clean as i shared as we have had economic prosperity some of the the office of economic workforce development have is not been there it keep us the streets clean you helped us we're truly grateful and as i've said i look forward to expand definitely throughout the city the last thing i'll say also keep us in mind as. >> graduate we have office of economic workforce development opportunity to partner and bring you on board another thing we do near and dear to my heart and we're here for you anytime you need us but most at all e fall looking forward to year two and a big hearty thank you if public

works. >> (clapping.) >> great this next person we want to bring up inspires me everyday this person is the heart of what we do and this is actually some place that started as a yellow shirt in the community worked their way into a green and now they're a blue shirt mentoring everyone give it up for lisa. >> (clapping.) >> hello, everybody my name is lisa and today, i would like to sorry about that - hello my name is lisa i love to inspire my team and one way by doing

this is and sharing quotes i'lled to share one we're not a team because we work together but expect and trust auto care for each other how it feels to be homeless it it - sorry - >> being homeless is physically frightening and scary and dangerous we have mentally illness people in the streets it don't know how to foundation those people need help and people are laughing at them not funny i'm hoping some way or how to get the molls people in a facility so they can get better where they know how to function in so forth being homeless you put up with abuse if people when i first got here in money

and went into max fields house of caffeine at the kicked me out tells me he was because i didn't buy mo' magic in their shop they were harassing me and threatening to call the police lgbt the lgbt q experience homeless are at risk at heightened reflex of violation and abuse in december of 2014 i left a job as a live-in nanny and moved from princeton new jersey to california i 0 thought what would be a great opportunity to help my brothers family and reconnect but i was faces with a lack of communication from my sister-in-law with personal

health issues during this time my sister-in-law removed the beds and light and changing the locks and setting me abusive text message after 9 months i no longer wished to feel like a burden on my folks and decided it would be best to refer to a local sheltered in backingville the opportunity house which was a great shelter they would help women and men coming that were like addicted to drugs and alcohol and getting them jobs and getting them houses it wasn't really for me but i was grateful they allowed me to stay this at the time i

had post trauma stress decorated with anxiety and a lot of sorry about that - i was having anxiety and anger and memory problems and sadness and racing thoughts and impulsive decisions and an urge to escape so i would relate to those quotes had i was really in a dark place okay. >> when i was in the dark places this was what i could connect to people don't drive from sadness they die people

don't die from suicide but sadness and depression is living that a body that fight to survive with a mind that tries to die i've become suicidal that should scare me but it didn't i'm too far gone to care so i ended up taking a bunch of pills i left the shelter in bakerville the money i saved because we had to get part time jobs living through to the money he saved i went ahead and left the shelter, this person i didn't like i wanted to god bless of it i make made a plan to go into a hotel for a few weeks and left the hotel then he went and took a bunch of pills

that evening and then a.d. dell from starbuck's walked other than from across the street and parade with me and gave me coaxes and called 9-1-1 and i was rushed to the emergency room and there for 3 days i was there for 3 days and then he moved into a mental hospital for 7 days then went into an inpatient facility and that who helped mentally illness people and drove me all the way down here to jasmine's place the only lgbtq in san francisco with a friend of mine it was mind blowing and not just that they

have decided to allow straight people into there and a lot of hmo phobias especially the transgenders they get picked on and sdramentd i hope they can improve jasmine's and the bathroom situation is that two other mentioned shelters in there they'll walk in into the reform while we're taking our showers and they'll see the ladies naked including myself that is unfair fee me and the other leases so i've recorded it several times and nothing it done i'm hoping and prop g this someone will do something so long as i got into jazzie's i have met samantha told me about the program went to the meeting

that was amazing the energy, the vibes it was just like i've got to be part of this this is something i've got to be part of and i waited my 4 weeks came each week and started in the yellow shirt and then moved middle-income up to the green shirt and now i'm a blue shirt and i'm like supervising a team what is huge and amazing and we're out there everyday>> (clapping.) >> and cleaning those streets we're talking to those people. >> (clapping.) >> i've had i talked to a guy everyday at the park who is homeless and then 3 months later they gave me and hug and said with our kind words you talked with me when i my head was a mess like a person not a

homeless person for that i'm grateful those are the things i want to continue to do out there>> (clapping.) >> i want to give a huge shout out to jacqueline who helped to prepare me to get a part-time job thank you for that jacqueline and not just that she's been a friend and someone i come to if i'm upset she's there to listen thank you very much>> (clapping.) >> and i got angelica who is always there to listen she's helped me maintain my status in jazzie's so helped me with getting mentally illness so for that i'm grateful>> (clapping.) >> and for brandon i would

love to follow in his footsteps the great job he does is amazing and i hope one day my dream job will be to work for a nonprofit for the lgbtq>> (clapping.) >> and i wanted to thank jones and salmon for hosting and for all of your support >> (clapping.) >> and we hope you'll consider a donation so we can continue to get people off these streets. >> (clapping.) >> wow. >> thank you very much >> (clapping.)

>> thanks so much lisa for sharing our story thank you to everyone that came thank you so so much and one big last a round of applause for the team here>> (clapping.) >> as lisa said thank you dobie and is a money and alison a fantastic team truly in support of us in this area and we definitely wouldn't have been possible without the you and thank you luven will be served on the side you guys are all welcome to join us for lunch and enter mix and have a great time in the community thank you so