this programme? >> it has not arised for anybody to make income, to be able to rent within this market currently now. so we do have guidelines and someone would not be deemed and eligible for this to make it two and a half times the monthly rent. so, with those guidelines, we probably will not foresee that there would be an individual who would -- to be able to take over the lease and assume those rental payments. >> ok. thank you. any other comments of the commission? >> i did have one more question. >> outcome objectives, it talks about programme participants have other housing options, at least 75% of participants who

exit housing will secure housing appropriate to their needs, etc., and goes along with your former question as well. so, what happens to the other 25%? generally. >> i mean, of course -- >> go ahead. >> you know, our services, of course, we want to prevent, like with any type of -- like we have a loss in housing that -- but i think with that 25%, they won't be falling with these type of categories. whether they're moving out of county or they -- they thought they could be in shelters. but at the same rate, we've given the longevity of the programme, we have not come in with that case where -- within those individual exiting the programme. they didn't have an alternative option for them. >> there kind of a landing pad plan in place. if it did arise? >> that would be for us -- like to provide resources in regards

to shelter and to make sure that --le like you said, a case management agency involved to help care them through. >> sure. from c.l.f. side? >> yeah. >> any other comments or questions? >> yeah. this programme is a transfer from the public health department. is that right? how long did you handle -- how long ago was the programme under the public health department? for how many years? >> since 2009. so, last year there was a transition period, so about seven years. sorry, eight years. 2009 to 2017. it was under the department of health. >> so this is the first year for daas so we have to do assessment every year. is that right? sole what are the criteria that daas use to think that they will refund, continue the programme? >> that would be -- they need

to continue to meet the criteria for c.l.f. programme, and as i mentioned, it's 18 years of age, being a resident, having 300% of the federal poverty level, income. so the c.l.f. criteria is what we used. >> commissioner, does that answer your question? i think one of the things we can say about that is that even though department of public health had the contract for many years, d.p.h. and daas work very closely to develop this programme. both the housing side and the community living fund side and we, you know, we essentially looked at it as one programme, even though department of public health was really handling the housing peels of it. and so more recently, departments of public health decided that this is -- we really see this as part of the community living fund programme. we think it should go to daas because of that. we've had a lot of opportunities to work really closely with brilliant corners.

certainly fanny and carrie and linda edlestein, etc., have been very, very involved with the creation of this programme. and there is a reason at the beginning that we really wanted to have scattered site housing and not just single room occupancy housing for people exiting from laguna honda and other skilled nursing facilities or hospitals. and so, you know, we basically noted that people did better if they were in scattered site housing and that they did better with wrap-around services, etc., etc.. so i think obviouslis in a new contract for us to monitor and we need to monitor it as well as department of public health did. but it is easy, i think, in a sense for us because we're already involved with the clientele. >> thank you. >> first of all, i want to thank you, shireen for that explanation. my concern is that we're getting ready to sign off on a $15 million contract for five

years and it just raises a lot of flags for me. particularly because it was sole-sourced and i don't have any information before me regarding the monitoring or the assessment from d.p.h. now assuming that all of that is well, it says, ok, we should probably entertain this. but it gives me great pause when we have such a large amount for one contract going out, under sole source, for five years. and i just need to say that for the record. >> i share commissioner lang's concerns. and of another concern, we'ves been reading a great deal about the ongoing shortage of skilled nursing facilities in san francisco. and we have a five-year contract. and one of the requirement requirements -- requirements for this person to be eligible is they be a resident of san francisco. if they are in a skilled

nursing facility outside of the city, would that impair their ability to be eligible for this programme? when they're discharged? if they're down in westlake, daly city, would they still be eligible for this programme? being cared for outside of the city? >> the referrals to the programme, commissioner, comes through c.l.f. and c.l.f. receives referrals from skilled nursing facility within san francisco. within san francisco county. so, we wouldn't necessarily know that there is a san francisco resident living in -- outside of this county unless they're refered to c.l.f. >> but that wasn't my question. my question was we have a declining number of skilled nursing facilities in san francisco. hospitals are getting out of that business. it is sa declining business. so if we have fewer facilities and the same number or greater need of people needing the services, they will be sent to skilled nurses facilitis in

other areas of the bay area. so, would that affect their eligibility to equal fill for this programme if they've been in a skilled nursing facility in daly city for six months? >> so, upon referral to c.l.f., if they can establish they are qualified in c.l.f. and the residency for san francisco, then they are qualified to be refered to this programme. >> so, it is all determined by c.l.f. >> yes. >> ok. thank you. any other comments or questions? as you see, we all did our homework. >> i just wanted to go back to the early comment about monitoring and it is a large granltsz. the sxwier time that d.p.h. had the contract 12i7bs000, we have received the monitoring points and they've passed exceeding over 95% of all of them with no demerits and we did a monitoring last year in the spring and they met all their requirements. so, there is no concerns in

terms of monitoring. >> ok. thank you. >> thank you. that is encouraging as well. any comments for the public? >> good morning. patty clement and i'm with catholic charities and we have been a partner of the c.l.f. programme since its inception and i can tell you that working with brilliant corners and the complexity of the clients we serve in c.l.f. and having scattered site housing has been a huge benefit for the clients that we serve and they do so much better in the community than they would if they had to go to single room occupancy because there's support through the case management answer they've done thing and brilliant corners has been a part of it where they see a client might be struggling a little bit moving out of the nursing home and you have that instant dmounlts your own home and then how do you look at support beyond that. i think they've gone above and beyond in some cases with what

they've done to help make this successful and i would recommend that you go ahead and approve. this it has been working really well for all these years and i understand your concern, commissioner lang. but this is really complex and it's really hard when you have master leases to do something with lots of different agencies. thank you. >> thank you, patty. any other comments or questions from the public? any final comments or questions from the commission? >> the only comment i have is i'd like to schedule time to see this programme upfront, you know? so i will work with whoever i need to in order to make that happen. >> ok. we will make that happen, commissioner. thank you. >> thank you. >> and i'm not sure what the regular review schedule would be, but i certainly hope that it's at least annual and that we -- because this is new to us. and it is as admittedly complex and certainly has a very, very good reputation and there is no

reason to think that that will change. i still think it would be beneficial for members of the public if we have an annual report on how it is working with any specific measurements as possible. >> and i think that one of the things that carrie wong will be doing is to report to you on the community living fund, which she does every six months. and that also she includes this as part -- she will include this as part of it because it goes along with community living fund. so, you will definitely be hearing every six months a report on community living fund and it will include brilliant corners since that is part of our approach to the community living fund service. >> great and we have a specific report on this programme and this agency. >> we can add that. >> that would be great. that would be very helpful. >> since there are one or two reports from the public health department, maybe we can get a copy of that. >> thank you. >> we do have those so we can

make sure that you get those. >> commissioner? >> i would like to also -- i would love the chance to be able to visit and see how the programme works on the ground as well as i'm sure -- >> maybe bridgette can afford that and as many commissioners can make it would go. >> sure. >> fantastic. the other question i have is just -- this new programme, obviously it is very important and so just wondering what portion of the community living fund that this now occupies. the greater pie. >> i would say it is at $3 million and the total c.l.f. is at $9. so, one-third. >> ok. thank you. >> thank you. ok. call to question. all in favour? >> aye. >> any opposed? [laughter] ok. thank you. item passes. thank you very much.

>> thank you, commissioners. >> the next item on the agenda is item 7b, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with self-help for the elderly for the provision of a residential care facility for telds earley during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2023 in the amount of $728,210, pluss a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $801, 031. welcome back. >> thank you. i'm seeking authorization to enter into a grant for self-help for the elderly at autumn grow, alzheimer's care home. auto glow is a residential care facility for the elderly or rcfe in san francisco for the cognitively impaired seniors 60 and older who have been

diagnosed with alzheimer's, park kinsons or other-related types of dementia. it is currently owned and operated by self-help for the elderly. autumn glow provides assistance in a unique nonmedical facility in the hayes valley located at 654 glow street. it has nine rooms with 15 beds. six of the rooms are double october pan siz and three of the rooms are single occupancy. services include room and board, supervision by professionally trained staff and dementia care, personal assistance, full house keeping and laundry services, medication management, individual designed personal care plans, three nutritious meals daily and between-meal snacks and wide range of daily activities and programmes. all services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week. excuse me. but residents may join daycare services proud off site by

self-help for the elderly adult daycare. they are provided by multilingual staff which includes cultural and language needs. to be eligible for autumn glow, individual must be seniors who have been diagnosed with alzheimer's, park kinsons or other types of dementia and qualify as tenants based on the u.s. department of housing and urban health or h.u.d. criteria. and be eligible for admission as determined by titlele 22 regulations governing rcfe. autumn glow will consider individuals referred by laguna honda hospital or other service agencies, provided such individuals meet all the mentioned criteria and that they do not have any health conditions or care needs that will require an intensive or high level of care. this specific health condition or care needs detailed in the

appendixa of the scope of the contract. staffing currently at awe tome glow includes the director of housing services, the assistant administrator, the work shift rotations, providing the personal care services for the residents around-the-clock and they also have two full-time kaox on work shift rotations preparing the meals and snacks daily. in the daytime their ratio of direct care residents 1-to-5 san in the evening it is 1-to-7.5. it will provide residents that will include new and existing residents and they will also provide a minimum of 5200 units of service. it's per resident and includes all the services to be provided by the grant as mentioned. during the grant term, the resident's level of care assessment satisfaction with

services and physical wellessness all be evaluated to assess programme impact. and i'm happy to answer any question the commissioners may have at this time. >> thank you. any comments or questions for the -- commissioner lang? >> why is this one sole sourced? [laughter] >> very much the same -- similar to what brilliant corners was transfered from the department of public health. autumn glow is a project initiated and sponsored by the elderly in 1996 when i was incorp rated as a nonprofit public corporation. it was funded by a capital advance financing and the mayor's office of housing to require the 15-bed alzheimer's care facility. and the facility opened in 2001. autumn glow is card separate legal facility.

and it is because legal arrangement for out of necessity for the h.u.d. funding, only self-help for the elderly will provide it without any interruption to the service. so it was also a d.p.h. contract, again, like a realignment where it better fits within the department of services because of our mission statement. >> ok. >> senator loo? >> uh-uh. >> commissioner wallenberg? >> i had a couple. thank you for continuing to stay in the hotseat. [laughter] so in terms of service delivery, there's nine rooms, 15 beds. and i just was wondering during the -- it says -- sorry, it says provided off site by self-help for the elderly daycare services at additional cost. i guess what type of service levels are you getting for that additional cost, how much is that? how much are these programmes being stressed during the

intake process that these are available? these are the types of services. and then, i guess, how much additional cost. what types of services? is it being stressed at intake process and what's the breakdown of off site and on site? >> so, when we say additional costs to the resident, that's actually a separate service. the adult day services for the elderly is not part of as tum glow. -- autumn glow. >> in that sent, what are those additional services and how much is that being stressed that these are available during the intake process? >> sure. the additional services would be the types of services they would receive when they go to the day services. they have the social activities, they have meals. they have -- some specific programmes, specific to that adult day service. >> it clear to them and their networks when they sign up or -- >> yes.

that would be clearly explained to the residents and their family. >> ok. and then i just had two other quick questions if that's all right. one on page four, appendix a. we're talking about notifications to families and other appropriate parties of residents going forward. i'm just curious on what the frequency of that communication is. i guess how often in terms of residents' ongoing needs do the staff and the programme coordinators reach out to family members or that individual's -- >> yeah. to get a definitive answer, i'd like to welcome the director of services at autumn glow. he would have that answer. >> thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. the frequency actually depends on individual residents there. we monitor the health conditions on a daily basis, actually.

so our -- on average, we notify their families approximately once every three months to -- once every three weeks. >> and i guess i had a follow-up question that's similar on those lines. in terms of documentation, we were talking about the staff assesses each resident's tiebltz perform activities of dayly living. every six months. and then skipping down a couple of lines that the staff completes an annual appraisal and service plan for each resident. for me, to determine the activity's daily living ability and also just a general plan for each resident, on an annual basis seems a bit long. >> ok. >> certainly when you already -- when you're talking about a daily check. >> like i mentioned earlier, it's actually a daily check and then on the -- we actually have

a more in-depths reveal every six months from that. >> ok. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner loo? >> yeah. i have a question actually on the salary and benefits and i'm looking at it. every year is the same. how are you going to maintain the staff? >> oh, the budget? yeah. >> because there is no cola, there's no cost of living increase at all. every year the rate is the same. i'm just kind of concerned how can you maintain staff? >> it's difficult. [laughter] in addition to grants -- you know, the residents themselves or family members have to pay the fees and then we actually have a little bit of an increase every year for the service fee.

in addition to if there is any increase for funding as well. >> can i -- >> and the -- >> good morning again. john sitikawa, director of contracts. but the other part of it for the city is that periodically the city applies colas to contracts and that is the opportunity. but the city policy is to apply that as a whole across the set of contracts. this is a general fund contract that would be eligible to receive colas and cogbies as the city granltzes them. as you know the ones from this year and last year, they were 2.5% cola. so, when the next cola comes out, we adjust this contract with the cola that is provided to the city. >> and the other question i have maybe for the -- for james, i know some of the residents may go to adult day

health. so, what kind of activities do you have for the residents? >> there are daycare centres, which is about two to three times a week. they engage with the residents in club activities. >> ok. such as? >> such as exercises that they work together to strengthen the physical as well as mental well-being. and then they are actually nurses, p.t.o. there on site to monitor individual's health, condition. and some of the residents have a mild-to-moderate dementia. they are closely monitored by special staff on site. as well. and so usually the activities are in a group basis and they

usually last for about three, four hours during the whole period of about six hours when they are there. so that includes activities such as chair exercise as well and games for the residents. yeah. >> just out of curiosity, i know that we gave you folks just kind of -- $801,000. what percentage is that of your whole budget? i'm just curious. >> ok. the whole budget is about $650,000. >> how much? >> $650,000 for the -- so you are talking about the $800,000 for five years, right? >> yeah. >> per year is about $140,000.

so our annual budgets is about $650,000. >> ok. thank you. >> i have a couple of questions as well. the requirements include individuals suffering from dementia, parkinsons and other forms of dementia. but do the patients with park kinsons, many of them don't have dementia. it often affects parkinson's patients. so are they parkinson's patients with dementia or parkinsons in general? >> dementia is a general term for us and parkinsons is one of the disorder of dementia and they're very closely -- they're very similar, actually. so with mostly memory loss and the disabilities of performing some of daily activities by themselves. >> certainly the activities, i understand. but i've known and know several

people with parkinsons who have had it for many years and they have no memory impairment. it's separate. it does eventually affect their memory. but they can go for long period of times with very long period of time. does the ombudsman programme visit, does the ombudsman visit your facility on a regular basis? >> they do. >> ok. great. and finally, what happens is the dementia grows greater? becomes more than you can handle? what happens to that patient? >> it gets more severe, if they require hospitalization, you know, we transfer out to the hospital and from there, either they will be transferred out to a long-term skew nursing facility. >> ok. >> yeah. >> ok. all right. thank you. any other comments or questions? commissioner lang. >> the $145,000 yearly amount, is that similar to what you were getting before?

>> yes. >> thank you. >> ok. any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question -- all in favour? >> aye. >> any opposed? >> thank you. the motion carris can. >> thank you, commissioners. >> any announcements? any additional public -- oh. commissioner, sorry. >> i was really glad that, as part of director's report, she spoke about reimagine. and especially the conversation sabbath in response to commissioner loo's question about how about promotion. i'll take this opportunity to extend an invitation to my colleagues and certainly to the members of the public to come tomorrow morning at 8:00. it's an ungodly hour. to the interfaith council's monthly breakfast where reimagine will be presenting. and i'm guessing that their out reach to so many community agencies like ours, you will

see -- you will see these sort of presentations throughout the city. so i think on a grassroots level, that's happening. so thank you, director mcspadden. >> any other announcements? any final public comment? hearing none, motion to adjourn. >> so move. >> second. >> second. >> by rising vote.

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we will protect and defend all of our residents. as long as inhumane policies are implemented, we're going to demand and seek justice. the commitment being made today by the city will provide much needed resources as we face an increase in ice enforcement activity. so with that said, because i don't like to talk much in front of people, it is my pleasure to introduce the san francisco mayor, mark farrell. >> so thank you, laura and for the staff for hosting us here today. it is an honor to be here and i want to thank a number of people before we really get started. first of all, the san francisco immigrant legal and education network, the san francisco immigrant legal develop collaborative, thank you for your hard work. to make sure everyone has legal

representation in our court system. i want to thank a number of people. first of all to my colleagues, sandra fewer and hillary ronen for your hard work, to our police chief bill scott for leading the department that is integral in protecting our residents here. to jeff adachi and to the staff attorney, thank you for being here. and finally i want to say a huge thank you to our sacramento delegation that represents san francisco. to senator scott weiner, david chu and thank you to phil ting. he could not be here today with conflicts, but he has been instrumental in this process and this entire budget team. we are once again here proud to say we're not only a sanctuary

city, but a sanctuary state. here in san francisco, we will be a supporter of our immigrant community. it's part of our dna and it's part of who we are. our immigrant community makes our city more diverse. it makes our city more safe. we're here to protect them. it's no secret that our city like many others across the country, is facing incredible pressures from the policies coming out of the federal administration in washington d.c. the president has based his campaign and his political platform on hate and distrust and is something that as san francisco residents, we will not stand for. we will stand up for our communities and we will uphold our values in san francisco. just this week we know that ice detained 150 individuals across

the bay area. families were ripped apart. lives shattered here in the bay area. and i am here to reassure all san francisco residents, especially the immigrant community, we are here to support you. you are an integral part of our city and you are not forgotten. are the forefront of our minds. it's why when i first took office i sat down with our immigrant service providers in city hall, advocates to hear directly from them what we could do to help. and one of the things that i heard loud and clear was from our immigrant community was around representation in our courts. it's something as integral, having gone down yesterday to the court and see what was happening. thank you to all the people that were there protesting what was happening inside the building. and thank you again to our attorneys here in san francisco that fight to represent those individuals that are in the

court system. again to the public defender and his entire team who are not at times even given access. it is unbelievable what is happening here in san francisco and we do have not only the right but the moral obligation to stand up. that's why we're partnering here today and proud to announce that at the state level, we're partnering with assemblyman phil ting to ask for $7 million in funning every year that will -- funding every year that will provide for our immigrants here in our courts in california. [applause] very proud we're taking equal action at the local level. in partnership with supervisor fewer who kick started this process and supervisor ronen, such an advocate for immigrant communities here in san francisco, we'll be providing an

additional $2.5 million for the next two years for the community non-profits here in san francisco that do really the day-to-day incredibly hard work, working with the immigrant communities on the ground. they're the touch pointsment they're the ones that make it happen on the streets to make sure they have the resources they need as we continue to fight against the policies has thank are coming out of washington d.c. these are extraordinary times. this is not normal in san francisco. what we're facing, what we're witnessing on our streets every single day is extraordinary. and it is only intensified here in 2018. so as a result, we here in san francisco will intensify our efforts right back. i am proud to be here. it is amazing, you hear about the real-life examples of people and their lives impacted, these are our neighbors. these are our family members, these are our friends. these are real life stories of

people impacted every day here in san francisco. we're talking about families who have fled gun violence and gang violence in el salvador, parents who came to start families. families that are being torn apart. we are a country, a city of immigrants and we will always stand by our community. this, to me, and what we're here to celebrate today is what san francisco is all about. this is what san francisco is all about. we will stand by every one of our communities here in the city. it is what our country is all about despite what we we're from washington d.c. it's what the country we believe in here in san francisco is all about. we can and will keep families together. we will stand by our immigrant communities because it's not only the right thing to do, it's the san francisco thing to do. i want to thank you all for being here today. i am proud at all of the hard

work that has gone into this over the past few weeks. i want to introduce someone who kick started the conversation and been a fierce advocate for communities here in san francisco. and deserves a ton of credit for what we're accomplishing today, that is supervisor fewer. >> thank you for the introduction, mayor. i am thrilled to stand here today alongside my colleague supervisor ronen and mark farrell to announce funding. san francisco is putting our money where our values are and leading the nation once again in standing arm and arm with our immigrant communities. today we announced that together with the state partners, particularly assembly member phil ting, we're taking a clear stand against trump's harassment and targeting of immigrant in our city and state. the urgency of this funding is clear as isis ramps up activities to mass arrests in

the last week, a continuation of their attacks on our immigrant communities. our legislation to provide this funding made it out of budget committee this morning unanimously. i look forward to celebrating a unanimous vote on this issue at the full board. i want to give a huge word of thanks to our mayor farrell. when he took the oath of office, he said i will represent all san franciscans and clearly he is good on his word here. he, from the very beginning of the discussions that we had, supervisor ronen had with the mayor, he said this is something we need to do, san francisco values and think you heard today it's a san francisco thing to do. but it is more importantly the right thing to do. i want to thank the mayor for his commitment to our immigrant communities. he knows it's not enough to just say we stand for a sanctuary

city, we have to put money behind it and we have an opportunity now to provide a lifeline for these communities, for our immigrants, a lifeline to freedom, to liberty, to human and civil rights. i want to thank of course his staff for their hard work on this issue also. and a huge thanks to my colleague supervisor hillary ronen for her passion, she's dedicated her whole life to immigrant rights and i couldn't have learned from a better mentor and also her at the -- at the nasty to get this >> i want to thank our public defender. flush

finally, a huge thanks to the community providers and advocates who have been at the forefront of the fight for decades and are every day providing these critical services. today, we celebrate, tomorrow we continue to fight. to defend our immigrant community against attacks when trump denies. thank you very much. [applause] >> hi, good morning, i'm the legal director of the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative. i'm from the bar association of san francisco, which is a proud partner of the sfibc. the legal and education network and the san francisco legal and defense are proud to be standing

here with the mayor, the supervisors. our organizations have been on the front lines of defending the legal rights of our immigrant communities and we're ready to continue fighting. sfi was on the front lines in 2008 when ice first carried out raids here in san francisco. that was when the san francisco rapid response network started. there were no hot lines or process. that network was created on the sheer will of the committee members, many of them here today, who would not let a single member of the community be removed without due process. they were on the front lines in 2015, when hundreds of thousands of children fleeing violence in south america, were put in removal proceedings to send them back. we rushed the san francisco immigration court every day so

no child would appear before a judge and proper without immigration attorney and advocate on their side. in the past year, we've expanded the rapid response network to be a 24-hour seven day a week, 365 day a year, multilingual hot line to respond to ice arrests. this year alone, we have responded to over 800 calls for information and representation. in the past year, we have educated hundreds of community members flute the -- throughout the city. they continue to be in court every day to defend the rights of the community members. our cases contain 700 members facing deportation. when we fight, we fight to ensure that each person's rights are respected. our partners are thankful to

work in a city that believes in the value of the individuals and due process. we thank the mayor and the supervisors for giving us resources. and we look forward to fighting alongside all of our city and nonprofit partners to protect our community members. thank you very much. [applause] i know would like to introduce anna, a managing attorney. good afternoon, everyone. i am here with former client of community services, through the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative, i will let her introduce herself. i'm so proud to be from san francisco today. this is awesome. [speaking spanish]

>> good afternoon, i am a resident here in san francisco. i received the legal services of the community services when arrived in this city and country. [speaking spanish] >> translator: i took the decision to immigrate to this country after the lives of my children who are ages 4 and 6 and mine were threatened. [speaking spanish] >> translator: when i arrived i had a lot of uncertainty and fear because i didn't have any support, any family, any way to defend myself and that is when i

applied for an attorney with the community services. [applause] fortunately, the attorney was able to represent my children and i in immigration court and we won my case. ever since then, i've been able to turn my life around. i studied at city college and today, i am a therapist for children with autism. [applause] [speaking spanish]

>> translator: i am very proud to do the work that i do, giving back to the community the same way that i received services from the community. and i understand that delores street not just provides legal services but works with other os to manage this hot line to answer calls and questions from the community, because there is a lot of fear in the immigrant community right now around immigration. [speaking spanish]

>> translator: as a mother i want to thank everyone, i want to thank the city, everyone who supported these efforts to give more support to the organizations who are helping the community who are on the front lines, because this is a very scary time. thank you very much. [applause] good afternoon, my name is hillary ronen, i'm the district supervisor for district 9. we have the largest latino immigrant community in san francisco. so today is a very, very happy day for our district. in a very, very tough time. i have been working in immigrant right movement for 15 years and never in those 15 years nor

before that, just living this country, have i seen a president attack a city, a region, and a state for disagreeing with a policy decision of this president. it's unheard of and unacceptable and today, we're fighting back. within the last few months, the trump administration has revoked protective status for 750,000 immigrants converting their status from documented to undocumented in an instant. the trump administration has eliminated daca for close to one million young people in this country, commonly referred to as dreamers. he has tripped the number of immigration officers through immigration and customs enforcement. he has conducted raids on convenience stores from california to new york. he's issued i-9 audits on 77 bay

area employers, the give lent of -- equivalent of an add minute raids and he is planning raids in sanctuary cities and proudly declares he's attacking up to 1500 immigrants that live right here in san francisco and northern california. you know, we have an immigration court in san francisco downtown. the city of san francisco never asked for that immigration court to be located in our city. it was the decision of the federal government to locate it here. but if they're going to conduct detention and court hearings to deport our citizens in our city, we're going to fight back. at minimum, make sure that every immigrant going before a judge, who is detained and their liberty taken away from them

against their will, have a lawyer by their side, fighting for their rights. we're a country that is proud of having a constitution that guarantees us the right to due process if the government takes away our liberty. we do that in cases of criminal courts, but we do not do that in the case of immigrant courts. well, today, our mayor and my colleague are saying no more, not in our city, not in our state, not in our region. we're going to provide due process to our citizens, every single one of them. it's a proud day to be a san franciscan. before i pass over the mic -- thank you, mario. before i pass on the mic i just want to do my own special thanks, starting with our public defender jeff adachi who together with my former boss and the new chair of the san francisco democratic party,

former supervisor david, and my colleague sandra lee fewer started the immigration defense program in the public defender office. because they recognized that you can't take away someone's liberty who is in jail, in a cage most of the day, without a chance to fight for themselves and receive freedom. that is only been done in new york up until now and now in al meena county and san francisco, we have programs fighting for detained immigrants and i'm proud of you all for having started that here in san francisco. i want to thanks so much, mayor farrell. mayor farrell has been fighting for us for immigrant rights. again, when i was working for the chief of staff and we

brought a similar forward for the children, mayor farrell was the chair of the budget committee and championed that measure and has been consistent in his values of making sure that immigrants are press conferenced in the city. -- protected in the city. with that, i'm proud to hand the mic over to the chair of the san francisco democratic party. my former boss. who once lived in this country as an undocumented immigrant and takes this issue rightfully very personally and has been a champion for immigrant rights his whole life. >> thank you, good afternoon. it's great to be here. thank you to the caressant staff for hosting us. i see people who have been working on this for a long time.

with the elected folks that are here, the main authors of the legislation, supervisor fewer, supervisor ronen. to the mayor, of course, to the public defender's office and the community folks on the ground. i'll be honest with you, one of the biggest disappointments that i had as a supervisor was that when i was leaving office in december of last year, this proposal that you have before you that was taken up by supervisor fewer and ronen, was actually a proposal that i tried to get passed before i left my term as a supervisor. it was a big disappointment for me that at that time in the latter part of 2016, to then mayor and then president of the board of supervisors were really unwilling to fund the proposal to the extent that we felt was needed. at that point, we made it clear that we thought it was a mistake

for san francisco to say we're sanctuary but not put its money where its mouth is. and so when mark farrell became mayor, i think there was hope and sense given his history, when he was chair of the budget committee, when we went to you and said we have the supplemental to fund legal representation to unaccompanied minor and his response was absolutely, let's do it. there was a hope that now we have new leadership that maybe we could finally do what we should have done a year and three months ago. and here we are. we are actually finally putting our money where our mouth is and truly providing universal legal representation to undocumented immigrants in san francisco immigration court. we're doing that. and we're doing that because of

the leadership and tenacity of the supervisors and the mayor. i cannot thank you enough for making this happen. i think we could have done a better job of preventing the deportation of many people pushed out. but it's better to do it later than never. and i'm proud that san francisco is taking this step and is sending a very clear message that in the face of donald trump, not only are we fighting an pushing back, but we're leading the way and setting the example for the rest of the state and country. this is the san francisco way. i'm proud to be a san franciscan today.

]speaking spanish] thank you very much. [applause] >> so again, i want to thank everyone for coming to the press conference. this is a new day. we have strong, big challenges ahead of us, but i'm a proud san franciscan and i know we're ready and we're going to put up a good fight. with that said, the press conference is concluded. we're not taking questions at the podium. so any of the media that has questions for the officials here or the nonprofits, we'll do it on the side. thank you very much for coming out.