existing city and a growing city. so we have obligations under development agreements, we have obligations under development plans. we have with the full support of the city, developed a new subway, built a new bus yard. now it's time to resource the operation of all those things, so i think those were the right decisions over the last ten years to make those investments, and it's the right decision now to fund their operation, and that's what this budget reflects. so on the revenue side, there has been a lot of good news since we started the budget process. of course we have the state sb-1 revenue, $27 million in each of the fiscal years, which support -- which is really what's helping to support that expanded operations. you know, that there's potential for a repeal ballot

to be on the -- repeal measure to be on the ballot this november . we are counting on those revenues. we are ready to put them to good use to put those rail cars into service, and we are confident that the voters of california will reject that repeal and leave these dollars in place. we have gotten revised estimates for general baseline fund transfers from the controller's office. this reflects the continued roth growth of the general fund so we're able to incorporate those, and that's also a big part of what's enabling us to fund transit improvements. we got some revised estimates for some operating grants from the regional metropolitan transportation commission on balance positive. it did cause a little bit of a decline in the second year, but again, generally good news in terms of their revised statements. i'll save the next one for last. we do have a fare and fee

parking revenues coming in from the arena, that those have a counterpart on the expenditure side, so they are not a net benefit of the agency, but they cover the cost of the additional expenditures that we will have for the arena. as of -- based on your direction from the last meeting, we have reduced a number of taxi fees which i will speak to. so we had to include the revenue impact of that, and then, the baseline already had all of the other automatic indexing fees, fines, and fares, and i think it's attachment c to the staff report has all of those, the same that we do every year, except where we're deviating based on the fares or this fee relief. in terms of the reserves, we had a discussion about this a bit at previous meetings. i had said we had kind of two

sources beyond ongoing revenues by which we might be able to close our gap. one would be using the population baseline, prop b revenues, and the other was using our own fund balance. in the end, because of all of the other revenues that were coming in, the problem to solve for was relatively small. what i'm recommending is we keep the prop b revenues in the reserve budget and use the funds -- or the fund balance to address one-time needs in the operating budget. the reason for that is in part because our reserve has gotten very, very strong. it's funded at much over what you require it to be funded at, so i think at some point, it gets almost too big, and we have -- i think it's good for us to use those funds for one-time purposes. and second, i think once we move a dollar of prop b into

the operating budget, i think it would be harder to move back, and we spoke about some of the capital needs we have for things such as vehicle overhauls, which are legitimate use for prop b, so i want to kind of preserve that to the extent possible. so what i'm recommending in terms of the reserve funds is that 9.7 million in the first year and close to 40 million in the second year, largely these funds -- it's a still bit for equipment, and other small issues, but the main things these are go for are facility improvements. as i mentioned on the capital side, some of the things that are hardest to come by are facility projects. we've been undergoing as we shared often at policy and governance, assessments of our facilities, and as we've identified a number of small and maintenance repair items that we need to or would like

to address for the well-being of our employees, for the reliability and resilience of our facilities. so these -- these funds would largely be used for that. they had been budgeted just as operating funds in the budget, but as they are one time in nature, they seem like a reasonable use of reserve funds. what i would also add is that given it is a big number in the second year, before we enter the second fiscal year, i think it would be appropriate for me to report back to you to see where we are in terms of the health of our fund balance, our projections at that time for the fund balance. right now we're using very conconservatico conservative projections. in the event the economy does experience a downturn, and we decide, you know what? we don't want to put those -- that next bucket of this into use for our facilities, we better hold onto it reserve, we'll still have an opportunity

to do that. and then, the other note here i want to point out is that we are also -- and we discussed this somewhat when you approved the construction contract for the arena, we had a gap to close, so what -- we'll also be -- i'm also recommending use of another $10.6 million of revenues to fund the construction project, but that money would be repaid to our fund balance by the mission bay transportation improvement fund, so that's really more of a loan than an expenditure. so this is the -- just the revenue side. you can see the good thing about our revenue picture is it's fairly diverse. we don't have a one single source like many other transit agencies do that we rely on, so it's a good mix of things from the transit fairs, frres, and

general budget, and an increase in the operating grants. so a fairly diverse portfolio that should make us somewhat diverse for economic changes. so this is the fund balance picture. the lower line is what we're required to have by your policy of 10%, 10% equivalent of the operating budget. the upper line is our actual, reminding you that we dipped down, far below where we wanted to be during the previous recession. we've built it up to a very strong point in the last couple years, you've authorized allocation for one-time uses, such as i'm suggesting again. even with that, you can see we're projecting conservatively right now to end the year right now with $210 million, and as i said, that's conservative. we think it'll probably be a

little bit higher. so what i'm proposing are expenditures that at the end of the two fiscal years would bring us down to about 150, which is still -- gives us a comfortable margin over the 10% requirement. and again, before we enter into that second fiscal year, i would offer to come back and do a bit of a check in to make sure we're still confident that the economy's strong to support that level of expenditure fund balance. but even if we can do it, we'd project that we'd still be well above the minimum that the board policy requires. so just, again, wanted to remind that all of our existing programs continue and that it's not just the muni programs, but it's some things that you've recently done, such as reduce fees for first time tows, as well as low-income folks that

get their vehicles towed. i think a lot of these are leading in terms of transit and transportation agencies, so i think it's -- speaks well to the values of this agency. the fare changes, we got your -- the final direction at the last meeting, including using two times the regular fare for the adult day pass, so that is what is included in this recommendation, as well as the 20% for the "a" pass over the regular pass. the rest, that you've seen these multiple times. we've affirmed and reaffirmed them, so we're excited to put these into place. so on the taxi fees, most of the public comment that we've heard, at least on this budget has been the fee on the taxi

industry. over the last few years, we've been waiving the fees to the tune of $9.5 million over the last few years. beyond that, here's what is also already happening. the driver's fund disbursement, which is happening as we speak, is well underway. waive -- includes a provision to waive the taxi driver annual renewal requirement for these two fiscal years, so that's already kind of baked into the taxi driver fund disbursement that came to you late last year. there is a legislation i mentioned last time that has since been passed out of the land use and transportation committee and will be, i think, at the full board next week. that will waive the business registration fee for taxi driver's also for the next two years. and the "a" card permit is 100,

so that's relief over the next two years for working taxi drivers. and we already had incorporated the elimination of medallion renewal fees for the folks who purchased their medallions, holders of the transferrable medallions. so that is what we had in addition to the previous fee reductions. so based on your feedback and the public comment, here's what we have additionally. it is a -- we're proposing to reduce by half the medallion renewal fee for prop k medallion holders. so these are what folks referred to as the earned medallions that were earned by working taxi drivers after the prop k reform and before the medallion sales program. we already spoke to the reduction or mr. gruber spoke to the reduction or the taxi

stand application fee and that's for a hotel or someone in the private sector who wants a taxi stand. we're reducing the fee, but also as i mingsed on the capital budget side, we have our own funds available to help make sure that the fees don't stand in the way of anyplace where somebody wants a taxi stand. and also based on public comment, have -- are proposing a reduction in the color scheme or taxi company renewal fee for the smaller size taxi companies with 15 or fewer taxis, so that is based on the feedback we got from you and from the public on addressing taxi issues. there has been pretty extensive public engagement throughout this process. as you've seen and heard. i won't go into all of this. we did get feedback at the last meeting on the crossing guards, and as i said at that time, it's really a matter of

collective bargaining, if we're going to make a change to the crossing guards. i did get an inquiry from the union this, the seiu, and i responded to that effect. we are happy to engage, as our current mou establishes, to have this kind of discussion to explore different changes in wages or compensation or hours. we -- after the basic -- basics of the education using all of our media channels, we did have town hall meetings, internal communication, as well. and this is that long list that you've been seeing every day since january 23rd, with today being your first opportunity to consider adoption. if not today, you would have a second opportunity in two weeks, but the charter does require that by may 1st, we submit our budget to city hall. so that is the operating budget, and welcome your

comments and questions. >> thank you very much, director. and again, fellow directors, i'm going to go to public comment first before we discuss amongst ourselves. miss boomer, three minutes again, please. >> very good, madam chair. if anyone would like to speak, fill out a speaker card. >> okay. thank you. on the september 5th, when you approved the driver fund payout, director heinicke mentioned that he thought none of the funds should be used for advertising because the mta should pay for the advertising. i doubt there's anything allocated in the budget for that, but i think if going forward, you were to do so, we would come back to you, and it

would actually benefit you in making the industry more valuable. that segues into the same comment i made under public comment that if you were -- rather than wait for schaller to see if he's going to issue a report or when it comes out, go ahead and let corporations buy up to 50 medallions. i see on your budget that you say that your sales revenue will be zero, which is true. but if you were to make the right policy, i think you'd make tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars. and finally -- i sent you an e-mail early this morning -- it's gracious of you that the medallion renewal fee has gone from 1200 to 600, but i think that's 10% of the annual, and i think that's still too much, and thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> robert chizana, followed by mark gruber, and peter strauss.

>> thank you. i would like to thank you for at least reducing the medallion fees, but you must remember that this is an indication that you understand the taxi industry is in really bad shape, and i would like to see some proactive measures not to cuto cut off fees, but to help us combat uber and lyft and the tnc's. and you know, really, we've heard a silence from you, and i wish you would come and talk to us not with a filter of miss toran, who is the nicest person in the world, but in a way that we could put forward a program

that would revitalize the taxi industry. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chizana. next speaker, please. >> mark gruber, followed by peter strauss. >> thank you, again. mark gruber, and thank you for the attention you're paying to this tiny drop in the bucket of your budget, which is the taxi budget, but to us, this is important. really vital. i appreciate the fact that to the fee for small color schemes has been reduced by a very modest amount. i wish it were more. from green cab's standpoint, we are still paying 18 times the amount of a hypothetical 500

cab company on a per-cab basis, and of course, our -- you know, that means from the standpoint of our ability to pay, we are being put at a substantial disadvantage. so this -- that whole section of the budget, i -- and this has been a complaint every time the budget has come up and been approved, and it's never really been rectified, so taking tiny steps in that direction. all i can say is i hope that larger steps are taken at some point in the future. i'll say a couple of words about the medallion program, which i think has, perhaps through no fault of anybody's perceptions because, you know, there were unexpected, unforeseen events, it's proven

to be a complete disaster, a total catastrophe. and i think the may dal i don't kn know -- medallion program, the buyer's program, needs to be ended. there needs to be a bay back of the medallions of the people who paid for them. it can be long-term, and perhaps a revenue source can be found for them. i think the viability of the industry is severely compromised by the medallion price and the medallion value and the need to purchasers to pay for those medallions, so that's all i'll say about that. thank you. >> thank you, mr. gruber. next speaker, please. >> peter strauss. >> good afternoon. peter strauss of the san francisco transit riders.

this is a very good budget that you have before you and one that we're overall glad to be able to support. we're very thankful, as i'm sure you are, too, to have the assistance of sb-1 to make our fund balance easier than it has been some other years. still concerned that long-term, we do still have fiscal areas that we're facing. this is an area that as you know we're very involved in and concerned about. we're glad to see the inclusion of the fare pair at the day level. we're pleased to see it return to a level of doctrine service enhancement. this is something that i've addressed before. and we're very glad to support the additional staffing or to make possible the additional lrv service, the muni forward, the equity programs, and don't

want to overlook the maintenance training programs, which we feel are very important to support increased reliability, the transit services. if we have any concerns, we would have liked to see it go a little bit further in terms of areas such as evening and weekend service. we're still concerned about the proposed cutback single car and muni service on the weekends. these are areas that we still hope to be able to work with staff on as we go into the budget year, but overall, this is a good document, and we do overall support what you have before you. thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. strauss. do i have any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. directors, do i have any comments or questions on this budget in front of us? yes, director hsu. >> thank you, madam chair. so i'm encouraged to hear that this joint effort with b.a.r.t.

on the station homeless services seems to be having some results. i'm just curious. do we just split that evenly with them or how will that take shape going forward? >> generally how it works with the stations, is we share maintenance responsibilities roughly 50-50, so for those pilots, we've just carried this forward. we -- you know, a lot of the areas are shared, and that's where a lot of the issues are, in the shared areas, but we both equally benefit from anything that improves the rider experience or reduced the maintenance ticket or both. >> and i take it well, this is something that could come from additional city sources, but we've got to get it done. >> i think it would help b.a.r.t. to say well, the social service agency should be

paying for that. the social service agencies have their own budget challenges that they're trying to address. these are our stations so we're working very collaboratively with them on this. we think it's a reasonable investment for us as the transit agency to be making. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. yes, director -- [ inaudible ] >> i wanted to say i did a tour one morning with dpw to look at their work in this area. i know that they are spending a lot of money in their budget that's really outside the purview of what their agency does on this issue. but i do think it's great that we're doing our small part. i guess the one question i have is related to the -- one, i didn't fill up in the crossing guard one, when i asked during capital, what i meant on that -- or operational, and two in terms of growth of positions, do we see any technology in the future can help us with some of these areas that we're seeing job growth in. for example, planning, it looks

like they might be instituting a way to do some permits on-lines, and there's ways that other departments have, like, plan checks that can be done actually by computer. i'm not trying to get rid of people's jobs, but we are trying to achieve greater efficiencies, and we are hiring more and more technology solutions, and as we bring more and more on-line, do we see a point where we'll kind of stop the job growth in that regard. >> first of all, on crossing guards in the presentation, as i said last time, it's a matter of collective bargaining. we've had a discussion with the seiu, and we're happy to discuss and sit down with them in the memorandum of understanding. if we would be recommending it, we would find space in order to do that, but we would need to

go through a collective bargaining process before we do anything. one of the bases on which i nominated senali for the good government award was a number of issues that have happened during her tenure on the information and technology division, on the revenue side, customer service side. you're about to hear permit processing. a lot of that is now automated. i think -- i mentioned there's some of the belt tightening that some of the divisions are doing within the transit division. while we're adding a lot there, we're also anticipating some savings from the fact that we're modernizing our vehicles, and vehicles that were breaking down a lot and had difficult to maintain parts, difficult to

access. and these new vehicles were very much designed for maintainability and reliability. components are easier to swap out, they're easier to access, so it's a less maintenance perunit vehicle than we've had in the past, so some of the savings, we've accounted for there. so that's the yes part of the answer. i think as -- as, you know, on kind of the inside business process side, and that's why we did have -- want to keep that? the strategic plan. there might be ways to make things more efficient. we're hoping as the new financial system, for example, fully comes on-line, some of the things that previously were paper processes will be automated and that can free up resources. the no side of that is until we get to, you know, an autonomous future, and maybe someday if we're lucky, we'll have an

autonomous transportation director, it's a labor heavy project. you need not just the operator, but you need the people who are maintaining the vehicles, who are cleaning the vehicles, who are surprising and training the front-line staff who are collecting the revenue, so some of those eventually going cashless would be another technological advance that could be revenue saving. i'd say the lion's share of the agency will be going paper free, but any time we have an opportunity to bring in new business processes or new technology from a labor standpoint, we'll all be in favor of those. >> i was talking about labor and administration and some of those other categories. i mean, i think you still have to pay by check for a white zone. there's really some things we can do to make some things --

[ inaudible ] >> there's been a lot of progress made over the last few years. >> thank you, director borden. director torres? >> so you've communicated with the board on the medallion issue? >> yes. so we're keeping all of the members of the board updated on all the parts on the budget. >> well, i supported no increase for any, and i didn't realize that some of these holders got these for free and have been earning $30,000 or more peryear without any reimbursement to the city or county of san francisco, so i don't believe those people should get a reduction. however, the fee reduction from 1200 to 600, what was that base odd? ju -- based on? just arbitrary? i asked for the fees to be completely eliminated, so i wasn't included in that

discussion. >> well, we can go back and play the tape, but the direction as i had it -- >> no, i was talking about my direction. >> yes, but i'm required to take direction from the body, not from individual board members. it was to reduce or eliminate, and in the end, it was focused on the prop k medallion holders, so when we went back and looked at staff, historical relief that we've provided -- i mentioned this last time, the distinction between the burden that the medallion holders have who bought their medallions, versus all the rest, whether they bought them or not, is very, very uneven playing field. for us, the best way to provide value to the medallion -- of those who purchased their medallion is to give them whatever advantage, whatever

competitive advantage we have. so therefore we felt that eliminating or bringing down to 20% would erode that advantage, so i think given the board's perspective, that 50% was a reasonable approach. >> when you said we should go back to the tape, i found that particularly interesting of the hearing last time. so if we went back to the tape, we'd find that the consensus of the board was for 50% reduction. >> it was to reduce or eliminate the fees. >> right, but there was no specific -- >> right, right. >> that's what i thought, so don't tell me we should go back to the tape and review it. >> no, i was trying to clarify. i thought you said that the direction from the board was to eliminate the fees, and that's not what i -- >> i amended that by saying -- >> okay. all right. so i appreciate that -- >> so in the future if we're going to -- just for a point of clarification, if you're going to get direction from the

board, is there vote taken or is there just a surmise. >> usually, the board chair gets a consensus, and provides directive, which i believe director heinicke did at the last meeting. >> okay. thank you. excellent. >> okay. thank you, director torres. do we have any other questions or comments? >> just as an expression of gratitude. this doesn't happen in one week or two weeks or six meets. -- meetings. it takes an incredible amount of meetings. to the best of your capacity, i think we would love to see all fees. i think we are all emp thettat to what's going on. i think the calculations to maintain everything we've got going led to what we have today, and i'm certainly ready to support the plan. >> madam chair is this the last

meeting for our budget director? >> no. >> last budget -- >> i just wanted to echo the remarks of thanks and gratitude. thank you for the budget briefing. and at least i'm going to be sad to see you go. >> we do have her through the end of the calendar year. if you stop by her office, you'll see the count down clock. >> but who's counting? >> so i do want to say i thank you all the staff for your work, and director reiskin for honing us in on this and i do just want to say, around the taxi fees, i'm glad we could -- we could get to this point. and i don't want to leave the taxi drivers who are here with the idea that we do not spend a lot of time and energy thinking

and strategyizing with the taxi drivers. we do think about it. we think about it a lot. we worry about it. we know that we need to take action in order to continue to have a viable taxi industry in this city, and we know how important that taxi industry is to our transportation system, so we will continue to work towards that. i know it's frustrating. i know it can appear from the outside that our hands are tied and there's nothing we can do, but i do think going forward we will be able to come up with some ideas to help sustain the taxi industry. i thank you for your patience and you have our empathy of what's going on in the industry. saying that, do i have a motion and a second? we'll take a vote. all in favor? all opposed.

next item, please. [ agenda item read ] >> madam chair, nobody has indicated interest in addressing you on this matter. >> all right. do i have a motion to approve? >> motion. >> do i have a second? >> second. >> all in favor, aye. any opposed, hearing none, approved. >> madam chair, directors, that concludes the business before you today. >> all right. thank you very much. we are adjourned.

>> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday, muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned

companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the

people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network.

a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended

replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only three lines would remain. the three lines that exist today. in 1964 the cable car's future as part of california's transit

system was sealed when it was proclaimed a national historic landmark. in february, 1980, muni metro were officially inaugurated. in that same year, muni received its first fleet of buses equipped with wheelchair lifts. in 1982 when the cable car had a shut-down, they added an alternative attraction to the cars. the festival was a huge hit and would continue for the next four summers in a permanent f-line that would extend all the way to fisherman's wharf, by 2000 the

f-line was in place. and in 2007 muni extended the third line to the southeast corner and returning to third street. for the first time in 60 years. in the course of last 100 years, muni's diverse workforce forged by men and women of innovation have reflected the many cultures that flock to the city. muni's ground-breaking antidiscrimination has guaranteed equal opportunity for all. the city's policy mandates the course for the future, as they work diligently to increase options and increase multialternatives, and deduce -- reduce the carbon footprint.

it continues to improve the systems. during this sen -- centennial year we reflect on the transit system. driven not. >> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square.

>> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place

people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their

community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's

a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get >> usf donates 100-120 pounds of food a night. for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick.

>> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the

world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste. ♪ ♪ >> access edible food that we have throughout our lunch program in our center, i go ahead and collect it and i'll cool it down and every night i prep it up and the next day i'll heat it and ready for delivery. it's really natural for me, i

love it, i'm passionate about it and it's just been great. i believe it's such a blessing to have the opportunity to actually feed people every day. no food should go wasted. there's someone who wants to eat, we have food, it's definitely hand in hand and it shouldn't be looked at as work or a task, we're feeding people and it really means so much to me. i come to work and they're like nora do you want this, do you want that? and it's so great and everyone is truly involved. every day, every night after every period of food, breakfast, lunch, dinner, i mean, people just throw it away. they don't even think twice about it and i think as a whole, as a community, as any community, if people just put a

little effort, we could really help each other out. that's how it should be. that's what food is about basically. >> an organization that meets is the san francisco knight ministry we work with tuesday and thursday's. ♪ ♪ by the power ♪ of your name >> i have faith to move mountains because i believe in jesus. >> i believe it's helpful to offer food to people because as you know, there's so much homelessness in san francisco and california and the united

states. i really believe that food is important as well as our faith. >> the san francisco knight ministry has been around for 54 years. the core of the ministry, a group of ordain ministers, we go out in the middle of the night every single night of the year, so for 54 years we have never missed a night. i know it's difficult to believe maybe in the united states but a lot of our people will say this is the first meal they've had in two days. i really believe it is a time between life or death because i mean, we could be here and have church, but, you know, i don't know how much we could feed or

how many we could feed and this way over 100 people get fed every single thursday out here. it's not solely the food, i tell you, believe me. they're extremely grateful. >> it's super awesome how welcoming they are. after one or two times they're like i recognize you. how are you doing, how is school? i have never been in the city, it's overwhelming. you get to know people and through the music and the food, you get to know people. >> we never know what impact we're going to have on folks. if you just practice love and kindness, it's a labor of love and that's what the food recovery network is and this is a huge -- i believe they

salvage our mission. >> to me the most important part is it's about food waste and feeding people. the food recovery network national slogan is finding ways to feed people. it's property to bring the scientific and human element into the situatio

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