and everyone at glfe for listening to this work, this sort of new and innovatetive in how to approach homelessness and housing in san francisco. we are so lucky to are san franciscans and be in such a generous community where we've gotten philanthropic support from all over the community and different business sectors and all types philanthropists and today we're here to celebrate glife and kriss and their support. their gift to the city is going to help us be able to quickly implement this new strategy and to be able to implement and use the money in a somewhat flexible way that sometimes it's harder for the government to be as flexible as we want it to be, and having support from companies like glife will make

all the difference in the world in this new strategy that we're rolling out. without further adieu, it's my pleasure to introduce chris cohort, the ceo of glfe. hey, everyone thanks so much for coming. i appreciate that, and i'm proud to be here to introduce this new program of problem solving that's going to keep people from being homeless in san francisco. i've lived in san francisco. our companies been here for about 13ers i can years, and dt time we've all seen the challenges that people are facing out on the streets. it's hard to know what to do, and sometimes you're facing the problems with homelessness. myself and my company, we're lucky. a lot of people on the street haven't had those opportunities, and that's just not fair. just hoping this is a small step that we can take to help convert that feeling of homelessness and turn that into

action. thought it might be helpful to share a little bit about our philanthropy story. in 2013 we wanted to make a little bit more of an impact in changing our community. we brought on a philanthropy advisor, megan mctiernen. thank you, megan. megan helped us get started, who helped us sign up with the san francisco foundation, setup a donor advice fund. we started donating 5% of our profits to charity at that time. in 2015, we went ahead and joined something called the 1% pledge, which is an organization that encourages company to pledge 1% of the profits, 1% of their employee time, 1% of equity and 1% of their products to nonprofits and charities. we've been able to build up a

decent amount of money over time in our donor advice fund. about half that money goes out to causes that are nom dated by our employees, things that they care about. it's a great way for them to feel like they're writing the check. the other thing we are we've been setting aside will have a really big effect, and this is that project. some things, it's important to start early in philanthropy in your company before things get out of hand. hiring a philanthropy advisor really helps the process. we've joined the 1% pledge, helps give your company a goal to work towards. something that we didn't think we could have necessarily a big impact. we're a company less than 40 people, but it turns out that we can just by putting a little focus on it. another thing that we learned is we asked the experts, we ask

jeff's team, like, what can he we do to help? they're closest to the program, and by working with them, they had some solutions and the best things we could do. finally, i'd like to say, it pays great dividends. it feels good to help out in the community, and i think our team really feel it's too. so i'm hopeful that this project that we're working on is going to serve the city of san francisco well, and it's really a city that's given us so much. we just want wanted to give back a little bit. so the business area in san francisco and the bay area, it's not that hard to make an impact. it's not that hard, and we want to be available to help you get started, so we're making myself and the rest of our philanthropy team available in case you'd like to get started. just reach out. i'd like to say thank you to all the employees at glfe. we couldn't do it without you,

so thank you. with that, i'd like to introduce erica gish, and erica's the director of family services at compass. >> hi, everyone. we're honored to be here and to be hosting this event day. i want to thank mayor farrell for being a champion of families in san francisco that are experiencing homelessness, and i also want to thank jeff and his team for their leadership and partnership. and i also want to acknowledge today the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king. in that parrot, i don't need to convince anyone in this room today that homelessness is a tremendous and social problem. it's a community problem, and it's one that will take the whole community working together to solve. all of us at compass are very grateful for our private sector partners that support our services, and it's so great to see glfe stepping up in such a

way with such a generous grant, and especially i didn't realize interests he only 40 people in the company, so that's particularly impressive. i'm also impressive -- yeah [applause]. >> i'm also excited about the challenge to other companies to increase their philanthropy. we all have to do this together. we all know that housing is a solution to homelessness, and the city needs to do more to get more low income housing and set aside for the most vulnerable of its residents, but the reality is that the need for low income and supportive housing continues to outpace the supply. as a result, we all need to employ creative and innovatetive solutions to ensure that parents and children have a stable and safe place to live. at compass family services we provide a continuum of critical services to help families achieve housing stablt as well

as family stablity. at compass, we also recognize that every family presents with a unique set of circumstances and their own set of strengths and challenges. one size solution does not fit all. for this reason, it is important to have a range of different tools at our disposal to ensure that each family solution is tailored to their needs as well as to guarantee that limited resources are used to maximum effectiveness while at the same time we are also out there advocating for more resources for this problem. the best outcome is when we can help a family stablize before they become homelessness -- homeless because once they do become homeless, it is really hard to rebound, and we all know that homelessness is a trauma for every member of the family and can have lasting impacts on children and homeless families. if a family is already homeless when they come through our doors, our goal is to rehouse them as quickly as possible,

again with an eye to reducing the trauma of homelessness. the expansion of funds for homelessness prevention being announced today is very exciting and greatly appreciated. these funds will go a long way to helping families stablize with housing problem solving and saul flex grants as well as move in support and eviction grants. we're honored today to have a compass client, ethyl ennen here with us. ethylwas stable in her home, raising her son for at least 11 years, and then she had a set back, which could have resulted in her being evicted. compass was able to step in with a one time eviction prevention grant, and ethylwas able to maintain her housing and her family's stability, success for everybody. we're energyized by success stories like ethyl's, and the

many success stories we'll be able to tell going forward thanks to this initiative, and i want to call up ethyl. >> good morning. my name is ethyl ennen. i first came to compass in 2005. my youngest is 14. we were homeless at that time. we were placed at compass family shelter, where we stayed for a little more than six months. compass secured an apartment for us in fillmore neighborhood where we have lived for the past 11 years. last year, we faced an eviction after i got behind in my rent. compass was able to provide back rent for me which kept us from eviction. we are now in a much better shape and compass continuing to work with me and -- on my

budgeting and my finances. i am also getting therapist at compass at this time right now. my son is now 14 years old and is in 7th grade. he's at roosevelt middle school. i have other children. i have four boys and one girl, but it was just me and my 14-year-old at that time, but i've got other kids. but any way, this is a new funding -- this funding will help families like myself that are in need of support. i just really want to thank mayor farrell for allowing me to stand here and say my little speech to -- and i just want to thank him and glfe for the lifeline that they're providing for compass. thank you very much. [applause]. >> ethyl, thank you so much for

sharing. we really appreciate it, and compass thank you so much for hosting this event and for all the great work that you do, and a special thanks inform everyone from glfe for your generosity and your belief that things can get better in san francisco, and thank you all for coming today. have a great today. [applause]. issue. >> homeless in san francisco is a challenging issue that effects owner in the city in many different was as of the 2014 homeless census over 64 homeless in individual in the city to try to address the issue we've got a

program for chronic homeless welcome to the navigation center. >> this pilot project is for people living on the street what makes it different the navigation center is able to accommodate homeless encampments lowell u allowing people to keep their pets and bring their personal bloonlz. >> the full realization that people don't want to be homeless not refuse services but from the services don't meet them and not relevant they're not going to be successful if you look at the budget losses we've got a community sacrifice important people to get food and laundry we're standing next to the bathrooms it is designed to be a

dynamic and brief residential experience where right of on this site city staff to connect you to homeless places to return to family dine is up for medi-cal and all those things that are complicated for people. >> the other exciting thing city agencies come on site and provided the services for folks this is existed to see when the goal of streamlining a a whole processes of getting people on go gentle assistance into housing as much as possible. >> way totally different you can come and agree as please and get laundry services and showers any time of the day and night it's twenty-four hours a day whatever and twhefr it's not like any other she recalls.

>> they come and help people for what it is they're required the issues they need and reach out and do what we can to say okay how can we accommodate you to get you set up and straight never in my mind imagined a program like this this place it different and a a lot a lot that better it works. >> the navigation is center is a collaboration of partnerships too city departments one is the homeless outreach team managed by the san francisco distributing i look forward to the navigation center we'll have our agents go out and help and say don't go anymore over and over send our dayshift out they've meet the population and hang out and hang in the encampment and transport

people and be with them and make immediate impacts with me and my staff. >> bringing our wloongz whatever you go presents a problem this place their help with the storage i don't have to worry about it staying here you know you're getting things done they need to get things down done to get off the street avenue of the hope alsoness is gone. >> they help you if you're hungry go eat if e you need to go places go. >> they're 4th district it awe auto. >> it was funded through a unanimous donation and of may 2015 an additional $3 million to

help to continue the program beyond 18 months. >> you see people coming out they're ready to being so the future homes you know how variable the navigation center is my message for the constituents yes something can be done do break chronic homelessness it is being done. >> this is a community that sets an example but i how to pick an area that was funky they've seen we're trying to do is help their neighbors they've seen getting sicker and more frail and broken down on the streets and welcomed us that's a powerful statement people are exist and president in they're becoming to see the movement for folks and people on the streets are only survival modes where is there next meal and their itch more carefree.

>> the staff here is interpretation the first day i have a appointment and everything was made all you do is go through them this makes a huge difference. >> to get settled in a helping hand, to get on my feet, take care of the issues i have and get out of bed and help. >> even though the navigation center has been up in march 2014 the program is creating successful outreach for it's clients. >> a month ago they came to me and asked me to go into a new program i moved into here and now 3 months later i have my own

place it is mine i lock my door don't worry about my stuff it feels human again francisco. >> my name is fwlend hope i would say on at large-scale what all passionate about is peace in the world. >> it never outdoor 0 me that note everyone will think that is a good i know to be a paefrt. >> one man said i'll upsetting the order of universe i want to

do since a good idea not the order of universe but his offered of the universe but the ministry sgan in the room chairing sha harry and grew to be 5 we wanted to preach and teach and act god's love 40 years later i retired having been in the tenderloin most of that 7, 8, 9 some have god drew us into the someplace we became the network ministries for homeless women escaping prostitution if the months period before i performed memorial services store produced women that were murdered on the streets of san francisco so i went back to the board and said

we say to do something the number one be a safe place for them to live while he worked on changing 4 months later we were given the building in january of 1998 we opened it as a safe house for women escaping prostitution i've seen those counselors women find their strength and their beauty and their wisdom and come to be able to affirmative as the daughters of god and they accepted me and made me, be a part of the their lives. >> special things to the women that offered me a chance safe house will forever be a part of the who i've become and you made that possible life didn't get any better than that.

>> who've would know this look of this girl grown up in atlanta will be working with produced women in san francisco part of the system that has abused and expedited and obtain identified and degraded women for century around the world and still do at the embody the spirits of women that just know they deserve respect and intend to get it. >> i don't want to just so women younger women become a part of the the current system we need to change the system we don't need to go up the ladder we need to change the corporations we need more women like that and they're out there. >> we get have to get to help

them. >>

>> look at that beautiful jellyfish. the way to speak to students and motivate them to take action, to

save the planet, they do, they care and my job is to speak to them in a way that they can understand that touches their heart and makes them feel powerful with simple actions to take every day. ♪ ♪ >> i was born and raised in the desert of palm springs, california. my dad was the rabbi in the community there. what i got from watching my father on stage talking to the community was learning how to be in the public. and learning how to do public speaking and i remember the first time i got up to give my first school assembly, i felt my dad over my shoulder saying pause for drama, deliver your

words. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. and then when i got into high school, i decided i wanted to get into advertising and do graphic art and taglines and stuff like that. by the time i was in college, i decided i wanted to be a decorator. but as i did more work, i realized working my way up meant a lot of physical labor. i only had so much energy to work with for the rest of my life and i could use that energy towards making a lot of money, helping someone else make a lot of money or doing something meaningful. i found the nonprofit working to save the rainforest was looking for volunteers. i went, volunteered and my life changed. suddenly everything i was doing had meaning. stuffing envelopes had meaning, faxing out requests had meaning. i eventually moved up to san francisco to work out of the office here, given a lot of

assembly through los angeles county and then came up here and doing assemblies to kids about rainforest. one of my jobs was to teach about recycle, teaching students to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, i'm teaching them they have the power, and that motivates them. it was satisfying for me to work with for the department of environment to create a message that gets to the heart of the issue. the san francisco department of environment is the only agency that has a full time educational team, we go into the schools to help teach children how to protect nature and the environment. we realized we needed animal mascot to spark excitement with the students. the city during the gold rush days, the phoenix became part of

the city feel and i love the symbolism of the phoenix, about transformation and the message that the theme of the phoenix provides, we all have the power to transform our world for the better. we have to provide teachers with curriculum online, our curriculum is in two different languages and whether it's lesson plans or student fact sheets, teachers can use them and we've had great feedback. we have helped public and private schools in san francisco increase their waste use and students are working hard to sort waste at the end of the lunch and understand the power of reusing, reducing, recycling and composting. >> great job. >> i've been with the department

for 15 years and an environmental educator for more than 23 years and i'm grateful for the work that i get to do, especially on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. i try to use my voice as intentionally as possible to suppo support, i think of my grandmother who had a positive attitude and looked at things positively. try to do that as well in my work and with my words to be an uplifting force for myself and others. think of entering the job force as a treasure hunt. you can only go to your next clue and more will be revealed. follow your instincts, listen to your gut, follow your heart, do what makes you happy and pragmatic and see where it takes you and get to the next place. trust if you want to do good in this world, that

. >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee

that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011. our main goal it to remove carbon in the public right-of-way on sidewalks to build educational gardens that teach people with climate change. >> if it's a greening grant, 75% of the grant has to go for greening. it has to go for planting trees, it has to go for greening up the pavement, because again, this is about permanent carbon savings. >> the dinosaur vegetable

gardens was chosen because the garden was covered in is afault since 1932. it was the seed funding for this whole project. the whole garden,ible was about 84,000 square feet, and our project, we removed 3,126 square feet of cement. >> we usually issue a greening rft every other year, and that's for projects that are going to dig up pavement, plant trees, community garden, school garden. >> we were awarded $43,000 for this project. the produce that's grown here is consumed all right at large by the school community. in this garden we're growing all kinds of organic vegetables from lettuce, and artichokes. we'll be planting apples and

loquats, all kinds of great fruit and veggies. >> the first project was the dipatch biodiesel producing facility. the reason for that is a lot of people in san francisco have diesel cars that they were operating on biodiesel, and they were having to go over to berkeley. we kind of the dog batch preferentials in the difference between diesel and biodiesel. one of the gardens i love is the pomeroy rec center. >> pomeroy has its roots back to 1952. my name is david, and i'm the chamber and ceo of the pomeroy rehabilitation and recreation center. we were a center for people with intellectual and

development cal disabilities in san francisco san francisco. we also have a program for individuals that have acquired brain injury or traumatic brain injury, and we also have one of the larger after school programs for children with special needs that serves the public school system. the sf carbon fund for us has been the launching pad for an entire program here at the pomeroy center. we received about $15,000. the money was really designed to help us improve our garden by buying plants and material and also some infrastructure like a drip system for plants. we have wine barrels that we repurposed to collect rain water. we actually had removed over 1,000 square feet of concrete so that we could expand the garden. this is where our participants, they come to learn about

gardening. they learn about our work in the greenhouse. we have plants that we actually harvest, and eggs from our chickens that we take up and use in cooking classes so that our participants learn as much as anybody else where food comes from. we have two kitchens here at the pomeroy center. one is more of a commercial kitchen and one is more setup like a home kitchen would be, and in the home kitchen, we do a lot of cooking classes, how to make lasagna, how to comsome eggs, so this grant that we received has tremendous value, not only for our center, for our participants, but the entire community. >> the thing about climate, climate overlaps with everything, and so when we start looking at how we're going to solve climate programs, we solve a lot of other problems, too.

this is a radical project, and to be a part of it has been a real honor and a privilege to work with those administrators with the sf carbon fund at the department of environment. >> san francisco carbon grant to -- for us, opened the door to a new -- a new world that we didn't really have before; that the result is this beautiful garden. >> when you look at the community gardens we planted in schools and in neighborhoods, how many thousands of people now have a fabulous place to walk around and feel safe going outside and are growing their own food. that's a huge impact, and we're just going to keep rolling that out and keep rolling that

>> i call this meeting to order. anthony, will you let us begin. >> good evening, this is a meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment, the date is wednesday, march -- special meeting, the date is wednesday, march 14, 2018, and the time is 5:04 p.m. reminder that the use of cell phones and electronic devices are prohibited. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of use of cell phone, or electronic devices. there will be opportunity for public comment on every item on the agenda as well as opportunity for general public