of regularity, is that ok for 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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the adult probation department plays a critical role in the process as outlined in new responsibilities defined in proposition 63. the safety for all act. these new responsibilities coupled with the sheriffs department work in recovering a firearm from restrained persons is at the very core of the work we do to promote public safety. many thanks to those individuals who have joined us this morning and their continued support to keep our communities safe from gun violence. specifically, mayor mark farrell, supervisor stefani, supervisor sheehy, chief freeno representing sheriff hennessey. chief bill scott from the san francisco police department. beverly upton and the domestic

violence consortium. it is truly my distinct privilege to introduce mayor mark farrell, a long time advocate for gun control and safety. as district 2 supervisor, mr. farrell introduced anti-gun ordinance to 2015 which was subsequently approved by the board of supervisors. this gun control package was intended to fill gaps that existed in federal, state and local oversight of firearm dealers and ammunition sales. this included requiring the video taping of all gun and ammunition sales within san francisco and required the regular storage and electronic transmission of ammunition sales data to the san francisco police department. as district 2 supervisor, mr. farrell introduced a safe gun storage and trigger lock law apooreded by -- approved by the board of supervisors in 2016.

this mandated that all be kept in a locked container or be disabled by a trigger lock. as district 2 supervisor, mr. farrell announced his intention to introduce a gun restriction law after the krissy field rally in 2017. as you recall, an alt-right group, requested a permit to hold a rally. there was a city-wide response to prevent the rally from becoming violent against the anti-immigrant national rhetoric. ultimately, the group withdrew from holding the rally, citing safety concerns for their own members. as you can see, our mayor of san francisco has been a true advocate of gun safety and gun control. please join me in welcoming mayor mark farrell. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, chief fletcher.

i want to thank you for your hard work. i want to thank the police department, chief, thank you for being here, the sheriffs department and supervisor stefani and sheehy, who have been leaders and beverly upton and doctor. it's an honor to be here. recent events across the country unfortunately have brought gun reform and control questions back to the forefront. we did not learn from columbine and sandy hook and we're faced with another mass shooting in one of our schools in the parkland shooting in florida just a couple of weeks ago. as congress continues to stick its head in the sand on the issue, it is up to state and local governments to counteract and to do everything we can locally to protect the sanctity of life for our residents. i was honored last week to join the walkout with the school

along with supervisor sheehy, which is in district 8. with the high school students there. at 10:00 a.m. i know schools across the country and right across the entire san francisco were participating in the walkouts. very proud of our students and local leaders here in san francisco for all of the efforts they did in terms of walking out and demonstrating their own first amendment rights, but also the voice of the next generation. this is a fight that doesn't end today or tomorrow. this is going to be the next generation of americans that will carry this issue forward and make a difference in the country. so inspiring to be there at the high school last week, watching students in israel walk out of their classrooms, watching students in iceland walking out, in solidarity with the youth of the united states of america. we are not alone in this fight. for once, last week, instead of fighting against d.c. which we

do constantly in san francisco, we were fighting with generations of young children across the entire globe. it was incredibly inspirational. unfortunately, the nra continues however to dominate politics in washington d.c. and as chief fletcher kindly mentioned, as a supervisor, thanks to the leadership and producing of my legislative aid, now supervisor catherine stefani, we worked on a number of gun control laws in san francisco during my time. chief among them, a law that then forced the last gun store in san francisco to leave our city limits and to shut down. as i was trending on twitter with the nra because of all the hatred they were spewing toward us in san francisco, toward me personally as a legislator, we told people in the community in san francisco, we would rather see a preschool or grocery store, as opposed to a gun

store. that's what we need more of in san francisco. very proud to have seen that go through. and then to see lieutenant-governor newsom and his efforts with prop 63. huge credit to lieutenant-governor for his efforts and bold leadership on so many issues here a san francisco and across the state. specifically around gun control. chief among the parts of prop 63 and what we're here today to talk about and announce, is the ability for local law enforcement personnel, for our sheriff's department to confiscate for guns. we want less guns. we will never pander to the nra here in san francisco. guns do not belong on our streets in san francisco.

and i am proud to be here today along with chief fletcher because since prop 63 was enaced on january 1 of this year, our adult probation department has done heroic efforts and their case load has skyrocketed through the roof in the ability to confiscate firearms from homes here in san francisco. firearms we do not want to appear on our streets. we do not want them in the hands of san francisco residents. because of the work they've been doing, and because of what we are seeing into the future, today we're announcing that we're funding in this upcoming budget, close to $1 million of new funding for the probation department alone to make sure they have the staffing they need. 500 will be hired, so they have the staffing they need. because these people are going to be working full-time to get the guns off the streets of san

francisco, i cannot think of a better priority for the budget. i want to thank everyone for being here today. i want to thank chief fletcher for her leadership on this issue. this is something that everyone behind me supports. this is something the entire san francisco supports and as mayor of san francisco, this is something i will never forget and we will always prioritize in our city government. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, mayor farrell. it is a tremendous amount of dedication and support you have committed to this effort. and we thank you very much and on behalf of the residents of san francisco, i know each of them feels safer with having you committed to such an effort. thank you. it is now my pleasure to introduce supervisor catherine stefani, supervisor is ardent advocate for gun control.

supervisor stefani is familiar with district 2 and all of their concerns as she worked as an aide to both micayla, and now mayor farrell for nine years when they each serveds the district 2 supervisor. in february 2018, supervisor stefani. join me in welcoming supervisor stefani. >> thank you. first i want to thank mayor farrell for committing to the funding to make sure we comply with proposition 63 passed in 2016. a clear mandate from california voters that they wanted to keep weapons out of the hands of

felons. and to make sure that after they're convicted, their weapons are actually confiscated. it is not by sent that this -- accident that this proposition passed. as a gun violence activist for two decades, i have seen support for commonsense gun support continue to grow as we're inundated with devastating stories and gruesome scenes of gun violence every day in this country. more than 90 americans are shot and killed and hundreds more injured every single day in america. our gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of other developed nations making this a uniquely american crisis. i also want to mention in light of the fact that we're celebrating women's history month, the board of supervisors today, that gun violence disproportionately affects women who are 16 times more likely to

be shot and killed in america than peer nations. 50 women are shot to death in a month by current or former partner. 4.4 million american women have been threatened with guns and guns are weapon of choice in domestic violence murders. women are the victims of mass shootings. as a mother and i know i speak for millions of other mothers, we are tired of sending our children to school to participate in lockdown drills, preparing for mass shootings and wondering if you're children's school could be next. there was a school shooting today at a high school in maryland. one is dead. one is in critical condition. a woman. and another has serious injuries. it is time to stop this madness and i praise the students who walked out last week.

i went into the crowd and told them, thank you, you are the next generation. you're going to help us solve this. i was so moved last week by their activism. i know they're going to be the force that helps change and turn the tide on this horrible epidemic in our country. proposition 63 will make california the first state in the nation to require all prohibited criminal offenders to provide proof that they sold or transferred their firearms after their conviction. i want to really thank lieutenant-governor newsom for everything he did to make sure the proposition passed. i would also like to thank chief fletcher for doing everything you can, beginning january 1, to make sure your team and san francisco is following the law and removing illegal guns from dangerous individuals. i also want to thank the efforts of the department of the status

of women and our family council led by beverly upton, for their important work. and chief scott with the chair, we cannot do this work without all our partners. i am so proud to join the mayor today and the colleagues up here in supporting additional funding to make sure that san francisco is removing guns from violent offenders and following the letter of the law. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor stefani. we're pleased to have with us today, supervisor jeff shery. he was appointed by mayor lee in 2017 and serveses as the chair of the public safety and neighborhood services committee. 20 years ago, mr. sheehy helped create and defend san francisco's historic equal benefits ordinance. making san francisco the first city in the country to require employers with city contracts to

offer equal benefits to the domestic partners of their employees. supervisor sheehy recently declared support for the march 20, 2018, march for our lives, where commonsense gun reform and commended the students in san francisco and around the nation for leading a movement to demand commonsense gun laws and school safety measures. please help me welcome supervisor sheehy to the podium. [applause] >> thank you, chief. you know, the movement by the kids has really been inspiring. my 13-year-old daughter at her middle school, public middle school here, her whole class, whole school participated. to see this next generation take the baton and show leadership in fighting against the scourge of guns is something that i am so

proud to see. what i also find very interesting is having watched the kids from florida, they're insistent on not being coopted by politicians like myself and insistent on driving the movement themselves for the nation. i'm particularly focussed on this day, on the issue of domestic violence. i actually -- i think maybe worked in 850 brian. i worked for the district attorney as a victim advocate for victims of domestic violence. i think in almost no other setting is it more important to get weapons out of hands of the people who are committing the crimes. i know from my experience that the vulnerability of women, the intense fight to escape the power and control of the men who are abusing them, is a huge

challenge. and the irrationality that surrounds the perpetrators, they're focus on maintaining power and control, even to the point of killing their victims, killing the family of their victims. i think -- it's one of the most dangerous situations i believe for a police officer to be put into, walking into a domestic violence situation. it disproportionate number of murders happen to victims of domestic violence. and so i really want to salute the effort to get the funding to make sure that no guns remain in the hands of people who commit domestic violence. so again, i want to thank the city for the initiative. thank you, mayor, for your leadership and it's an honor to be here. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much for your

support supervisor sheehy. it is my pleasure to introduce beverly upton. she serves as the executive director of san francisco's domestic violence consortium. a 7-member panel of domestic violence organizations and their supporters committed to the effective delivery of services and public policy. ms. upton has actively supported individuals who have lost loved ones to domestic violence. through court hearings, and regularly attending community events to promote domestic violence awareness. ms. upton and the department on the status of women have worked with the sheriff's department and the probation department to identify those crossovers to collaborate to keep the guns off our streets. please join me in welcoming beverly upton. [applause] >> thank you, chief, thank you, mayor farrell, thank you to the

doctor for her leadership and everybody who is with us today. i am also proud to be one of the tri-chairs of san francisco's family violence council and it shows that domestic violence threats with weapons are up 50% in san francisco. we have to stop this trend and this will help us. this weekend alone, the thousand oaks mall shooting started with a domestic violence incident. the parkland shooter was set off by relationship that ended poorly. who knows what got the young man that shot today at his high school in delaware? but as supervisor sheehy reminds us, domestic violence is at the kernel of so many of these dangerous mass shootings and taking entire families out around the country. this weekend in brooklyn, a

family was shot and killed. four members of a family. including a one-year-old. there have been 15 calls of domestic violence to this household. the gun was still in the home. the prerp traitor of the domestic -- perpetrator of the domestic violence took out four of his family members. we have taken every effort in all of our careers to make sure this doesn't happen here in san francisco. we need to take the guns out of the hands. perhaps getting the gun out of the house in brooklyn would have saved lives. it's a first step, we have more work to do. we hope to see other programs this year, but it is a first step. it's a first step toward safety and healing and as chief karen

said, safety for all. we're hopeful. i'm hopeful and i hope you're hopeful, too. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, beverly, you are a champion for victim rights throughout the city and beyond and we appreciate your efforts. as stated over and over today, proposition 63 is a historic and unprecedented step forward for gun safety in california. this really is an effort to bring agencies together to ensure the safety of the residents of this jurisdiction. and we are certainly proud to be part of that. since the implementation of this mandate, the adult probation department has received 63 referrals for investigation. we see all kinds of people come

through the department and people referred and it is critically important to work together to identify where individuals have legal weapons and illegal weapons in their possession that are going to result in crimes and death. we support and applaud the support that we have from our board of supervisors and from our criminal justice agencies. each of them has been a viable partner in making this proposition a reality in terms of how we can implement and save lives. the adult probation department is pleased to partner in this process of removing guns from prohibited persons. we look forward to the collaboration with the sheriff department, police department, board and mayor farrell in making this a reality. we thank you for attending today to support the city's efforts in this initiative. we certainly at the close of this press conference will be open to questions.

so again, thank you so much for being here and supporting the effort. and we look forward to the collaboration in the future. thank you. [applause]

♪ >> about two years ago now i had my first child. and i thought when i come back, you know, i'm going to get back in the swing of things and i'll find a spot. and it wasn't really that way when i got back to work. that's what really got me to think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work. ♪ >> when it comes to innovative ideas and policies, san francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. and this year, it leads the

nation again, but for a new reason. being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. >> i was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all

city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. >> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this is such an inviting space. what makes this a lactation room? >> as legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that

doesn't have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. and we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. the things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. and the sink is in the room. our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but it's all right in here. you can wash your pump and put your milk away and you don't have to put it in a fridge that you share with co-workers. >> the new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in san francisco. but are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city? >> i think small businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for small businesses that may have small footprints. for example, we don't mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space.

in city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. ♪ ♪ >> so the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. >> i think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and breast feeding mothers is necessary. >> what is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. otherwise a lot of times moms don't feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. really it's hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, you're leaving your heart

outside of your body. when you can provide your child food from your body and know you're connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. and businesses and employers can just provide a space. if they don't have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in san francisco. >> if you want more information visit sfdph.org/breastfeedingatwork. ♪ ♪

. >> the meeting will come to order. this is the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am supervisor sandra lee fewer, vice chair of this committee. i am joined today by supervisor stefani and supervisor safai who is filling in for supervisor cohen. can i please have a motion to excuse supervisor cohen. okay. that motion, i can take without objection. thank you. our clerk is mr. -- miss linda wong, and i would like to thnk