inc, for the provision of addressing the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lgbt seniors and adults with disabilities, a.w.d., in san francisco living with alzheimer's disease and related dementiasful during the period of july 1, 2018, through june 30,2019, in the amount of $210,125 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount to not exceed $231,137. welcome, monte cimino. it's been a while. >> good morning, president and commission and director mcspadden. i'm monte cimino with the office on the aging. i'm here to seek approval for the alzheimer's dementia care project and the purpose of this program is coming partially from findings and recommendations from the lgbt task force report issued in march of 2014.

the services are provided in english, spanish and chinese. and through a three-tiered training module designed specifically for this contract, staff and volunteers from community-based organizations, hospitals and other professional organizations that provide services to lgbt seniors and adults with disabilities will be educated on current issues faced by these populations as well as gaining skills to ensure that their organizations are more safe, inclusive and welcoming to lgbt seniors and adults with disabilities. additionally at the end of the 2018-2019 fiscal year the alzheimer's group will have a meeting to evaluate the progress and to receive recommendations for continuing this particular contract. thank you, and i'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> thank you.

any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none call the question, all in favor. >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you. the motion is carried. >> thank you. there is a typo on the agenda and we are now going to -- it says agenda items w, but it should be z through s.s. and beginning with z, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with bayanihan equity center for the provision of the community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $777,668 plus a 10% contin yensy for a total amount not to exceed $855,434.

linda murley, welcome back. >> thank you, commissioner. the w. -- i'm sorry, z through s.s. on the agenda are the new contracts of the community centers in san francisco. so we are lucky to have all of these people here today, and they do great service for the community. i'd like to give a brief overview of what community services is because it can kind of confuse people. community services are all of the community services -- [laughter] sorry. sorry. that are generally available at community centers. the oldest center in the united states is in san francisco. that's the aquatic park senior center and it was established in 1947. these centers provide resources, referrals and educational presentations. the network of community service programs includes a variety of

service models to engage the diverse population out there in the community. most centers have a capacity of more than one language, again, to serve the diversity of our san francisco community. there's a lot of popular activities and there's the community voices choirs, 11 choirs across the community centers in the city. there's computer labs. there's always active exercise and there's tai chi and movie matinees, music, lots of nice things going on. and there's even a drumming class. and community service programs are basically made up of four types of services. it's activity scheduling, which is movies, dancing, exercise. translation services. and social services and enhanced outreach. there are 39 funded community centers in san francisco. last year they enrolled nearly 17,000 older adults and adults

with disabilities into services. there are programs in nearly every district of the city. these programs are staffed by dedicated and caring individuals who actually become part of the community -- at the community centers themselves. and as a testament to the importance of these programs, consumers often refer to their center as their second home, their home-away-from-home. and people who work at the center are part of their extended family. i would think that a lot of the people here today have heard their participants say things like that to them. a story told to me a while ago was about maxim, who was a lady in her 80s. she had difficulty, a lot of difficulty walking and she could barely walk at all and barely use the bus. she was fiercely independent and refused help whenever she could refuse help. she liked refusing help. about five years ago at thanksgiving, busiest day of the year at a lot of the community

centers a person came into the center and asked if they knew maxime. the people at the center said yes we know maxime, and is everything okay? and a woman said i saw her trying to walk down the street and she was having a really hard time so i offered to give her a ride home. and maxime wanted to go to her community center instead for thanksgiving. i think that story is an indication of what these community centers are to the people who go there. so, first, i seek your approval for the bay anihan equity center. and they had changed their name to bayanihan recently. it's an offshort of a word that means "hero." and the bayanian center was a veterans equity center, established to work with world war ii filipino veterans. the program has broadened its

reach at this point and they're serving all of the district 6 south of market community as best they can. and it includes veterans, their spouses and their children. many of the children of world war ii filipino vets are older adults themselves at this point. there's two locations in district 6. one at 1010 mission and one at the jean friend recreation center. and the bayanihan equity center will serve 650 consumers next year. may i answer any questions? >> i don't think that anyone has? any questions of the value of the community centers. it enforces our own impressions. any comments or questions from the commission? commissioner lang. >> it's a long list. are any of these new? >> i need to -- >> entities? >> there are a couple programs that are new within the last few years since i started with

d.o.s. one is in the reopening of the visitation valley now called the dig taitionz valley family community center. those two community centers are new. >> but just to answer your specific question, none of them are new right now. we have been funding all of them for at least a couple years. >> okay, thank you. >> any other comments or questions? commissioner wallenberg? >> i would also reiterate the importance of these centers. and just ask, are we hearing any of the different organizations and centers that clients would like expanded hours on the weekends? and i'm sure that there's a lot of restraints and capacity issues and funding that would go along with that but i wanted to put that out there. >> i think that a lot of consumers would go to programs if they were open on the weekends, yes. it is a monetary and a staffing issue as well. there always needs to be staff

there to make sure that the welcomes extended. >> so if there was the budgetary ability to do so, the need and the desire is there? >> i think so, yes, sir. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. any other comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the question. all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item aa, requesting authorization to interest into a new grant agreement with bayview hunter's point multipurpose senior services for the pro vision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1,2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $2,144,026 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed of $2,358,428.

once again linda murley. >> thank you, commissioner. bayview hunter's point has senior services with four locations in san francisco. there are two in district 5, that is the western addition seniors center open seven days a week. and the rosa parks senior citizen center. and bayview senior services also has two locations in district 10. it's a dr. davis senior center, the beautiful new facility that opened up a couple years ago. there's adjacent housing, beautiful new kitchens, some of the nicest restaurants in any senior center in the city. there's a pool table there that is in use from the moment that the center opens up in the morning until the center closes at night. and the newest addition to bayview services is the so mailian community -- somalian center.

and bayview has catered the food there and will help out by taking over the community services program. may i answer any questions. >> thank you very much. any comments or questions from the commission? comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the question. all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item bb, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with bernal highlights neighborhood center for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $1,052,196 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1,157,415. monte cimino, welcome back. >> good morning, and thank you. bernal heights has two

locations. so first i'll start with bernal heights courtland. and it provides community services to seniors and adults with disabilities in the area of san francisco. the center is able to provide services in spanish, cantonese and english. in addition to receiving participants from all over san francisco, the center works closely with two nearby housing sites whose residents attend the courtland center on a regular basis. second is bernal heights in excells youior at the 4500 blocf mission street. this center is open six days a week and it's able to serve participants in spanish, cantonese, mandarin and tagal and english. i am happy to answer any questions. >> any comments or questions from the commission? all in favor?

>> aye. >> any opposed? thank you, the motion is carried. item cc, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with catholic charities for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with aduh disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $1,030,770 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1,133,847. welcome back, linda. >> commissioners, i seek your approval on the grant with catholic charities of san francisco for their o.m.i. community center. and the o.m.i. is the oceanside engelside area of the city in district 11. it's on beverly and where 19th converge, pretty scary intersection if you are a little

bit older, like me. all of the my language comassities is cantonese and japanese and vietnam and spanish. so a lot of language capacity there. we have a very diverse community. one of the things that they've done over the years is to have cultural celebrations. so if there's filipino independence day or cinco de mayo or other holidays that are specific to a certain culture or ethnicity and one of the goals of those is to educate the other people at the center so that everybody learns about filipino independence day. their program director states that this program of ethnic celebrations is not only educational and fun but it's helped to bring the center together, to meld their diversity together. may i answer any questions? >> thank you, linda. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the

question. all in favor? any opposed? motion carries. thank you. item dd, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with centro latino de san francisco so inc for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $224,790 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $247,269. again it's linda. >> commissioners, i seek your approval to enter into a new grant with centro latino de san francisco. it's located on 15th between valentia and mission. centro was established 35 years ago by miss gloria banila and gloria still leads the agency today. may i answer any questions?

>> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the question. all in favor. >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you. motion carries. item ee, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with curry senior center for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $468,558 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $51 $515,413. welcome back, rick appleby. >> hello again, commissioners. i am requesting authorization for the contract with curry senior center as well as the aspect of community services that include activities scheduling and social services

and translation. i wanted to point out that curry will offer enhanced outreach by participating in a wide variety of broad city-wide events such as project homeless connect, community housing partnerships, on bay street. and to increase the awareness of and referrals to the curry programs and others. curry is well-known for providing a broad range of services to low-income and multicultural client base and the community services program continues that effort. i mentioned previously that they work closely with shanti to provide lgbt isolation prevention services and they have their own lgbt service activities. they're at 33 -- i'm sorry 333 turk street in district 6. current language capacity is cantonese and russian, vietnamese, and thai. and other curry staff speak spanish, japanese and mandarin.

thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the question. all in favor. >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item ff, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with episcopal community services for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $499,890 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed of $549,879. monte cimino. >> good morning. today i seek your approval for e.c.s. community services and e.c.s. community services provides services to seniors and adults with disabilities in the south of mark region of san

francisco. the program provides services in mandarin and spanish, tagal and english. and while serving a diverse population that includes those who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. additionally, e.c.s. also is doing enhanced outreach and that includes doing actual outreach to shelters and dropping off materials and housing sites and adult education and vocational programs to raise awareness about the programs and services. i'm happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> thank you, any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the question. all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item gg, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with felton institute for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $2200,632 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $242,695.

welcome back, linda. >> commissioners, i seek your approval to enter into a grant with the community services out in the visitation valley area of this city. they are an integral part of the newly established visitation valley family center. one of the nice things about the program is that its language capacity, they have cantonese and mandarin dialect, english as well and their activity manager is teaching ukelele. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the question. all in favor? >> aye. >> any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item hh, requesting authorization to enter into a

new grant agreement with golden gate senior services for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $931,440 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1,024,584. welcome back, rick appleby. >> hello again. this is a request for authorization for the contract with golden gate senior services. the golden gate senior services has services in two locations, the richmond senior center, that's 6221 gary boulevard in district one and the one at 110 diamond street in district 8. the richmond senior city staff have a range of services and they support the older adults choir, and arts classes and provide outdoor activities and

field trips led by the staff. and the castro senior center notably has a large lgbt consumer base from all over the city and a partnership with the golden gate regional center for integration of programs for people with developmental disabilities. and the richmond center has cantonese and russian translators on staff and as well as the volunteer pool that can translate korean. and the center additionally has french. thanks for your consideration. >> thank you. any comments or questions for rick? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, calling the question. all in favor. any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item ii, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with independent living resource center of san francisco for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2020, in the amount of

$231,872 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $25a,059. (please stand by).

. ease stand by). >> hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item jj, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with kimochi, inc for the provision of community services for seniors and disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of $421,234 plus a contingency. the tag team is now monte cimino. >> and i can still say good

morning. today, i seek your approval for kimochi community services. their community services program, located in japantown in san francisco, and this program is able to provide services in japanese, korean, and english. the program is home to a traditional japanese ceramics class. it has been around for 40 years. in addition to a japanese folk singing class that all participants are welcome to participate in. thank you, and i'm happy to answer any questions you might have. >> thank you. monte. any comments from the commission in any from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? all opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item kk, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with light house for the blind and visually impaired for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of

$213,458 plus a contingency for a total not to exceed $238,000. welcome back, rick. >> i was hoping to be the first one to say good afternoon. it will be the next person. thank you again. this is a request for authorization of the contract with light house for the blind and visually impaired. light house provides services at 1155 market street in district six. they have historically targeted adults with low vision impairments but of course the community service program is open to all adults with disabilities and older adults. for this contract, light house also commits to enhance outreach to encourage a new stream of consumers into the program. worth mentioning, the light house has a new staff person, full-time staff person who will be dedicated to information referral and enrollment into their program, so we think this

will really help. the various languages available for translation and interpretation include spanish, cantonese. mandarin, tagalog, american, french, german, and they have a variety of strategies for people with low vision and vision impairments. thank you. >> thank you. any questions for rick? >> actually, i did have a question. just in general with light house, so again, critical, amazing variety of services at all of these different contracts for all of these different centers. if someone were to have an issue or need something on a weekend, is there a phone available or -- >> i don't -- let me see. >> i know these are more around community service. >> lisa maria -- sorry, yeah. >> can you repeat the question. >> ma'am, could you please step up to the mic.

>> ma'am, do you know if light house -- >> i don't know that specifically. >> i know this question might be directed towards -- might beyond just the community service aspect of these contracts, but just to see the availability of some staff or via the phone or via on the weekends, are there types of ways to -- >> sure. thank you. i'm director of community services at light house? my name is lisa marie martinez, and we are opened almost every saturday of the month. i think it might be the first saturday we are not open? and we -- and we do have regular evening hours. technically, a receptionist and our information concierge are at light house from 8:00 a.m. from 6:00 p.m. monday through friday, but we do have a weekend receptionist. there are people there to answer the phones, and like i

said, we do have programming, as well. >> thank you. >> any questions from the commissioners? any comments from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item ll, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with mission neighborhood centers for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of $475,380 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $522,918. welcome back, linda. >> thank you, commissioner. commissioners, i seek your approval to enter into a new grant with mission neighborhood center. mission neighborhood center is in district nine. it's on cap street near 18th. language capacity includes english, spanish, tagalog and

cantonese dialect. mission is open monday through friday, and when i was told what they were most proud of, i was told it was their intergenerational guitar classes. any questions i can answer? skbl thank you. any comments from commissioners? any comments from the public? please step up. >> good afternoon, commissioners, and director mcspadden. my name's maria corea, and i'm the older adult choir director for the community music center, and we are proud to work with the mission neighborhood center and 11 other daas supported senior centers throughout san francisco to provide older adult choirs at these sites from the mission to the bayview to the omi to the mission district, this program engages over 350 older adults who describe their experience as transform ative, engaging them with others in the community,

connecting through the language and power of music. we also know that the choirs bring in new people to our senior center partners who then learn of new services. we want to thank you for your support of our partners and look forward to being in touch with the commission about the choir program and its benefits for older adults. thank you. >> thank you. any other comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item mm, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with unlock day services/30th street senior officer for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020.

thank you, linda. >> thank you, commissioners. i seek your approval on a new grant with unlock 30 street senior center. it's on 30th street near church. it is a large building with a couple of floors, and the times that i've been there, it reminds me one of those advent calendars where you open a door and there's something going on behind it. every door you open at 30 street, there's a new activity, there's looming, there's cards, there's line dancing. they have people being deejay. they also have some beekeeping out in their garden. i was impressed with something they said recently, they do things with people, not for them. they do things at their senior center, not for them. may i center any questions? >> thank you. it's a very well run center. thank you. any questions or comments from the commissions?

any questions or comments from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor. any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item nn, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with open house for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of $528,836 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $581,719, and rick appleby is back. >> hello. this is a request for the authorization for the contract for open house for community services. as many of you probably know, their offices are now and their community services are at the bob ross lgbtq senior center at 65 laguna street, next to the

lgbt welcoming, 55 laguna. both very nice facilities. also note they're currently in the process of building the second residence, at 95 laguna. there will be 79 additional apartments for older adults and people with disabilities with an lgbt welcoming theme. in their efforts to connect members of the lgbt community and reduce isolation and increase general wellness, they provide a vast array of community classes, including health and wellness classes, many of those taught by their older adults, friendly visitors, and emotional support groups. highlights include the rainbow lunch, the women's sisters circle, lgbt senior prom, women of color book club and the fall feast. language capablity at open house includes spanish and english, and michelle noted

that their new education coordinator speaks nine other languages and teaches spanish and i tall lan. thanks. >> thank you, rick. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? all opposed? motion carries. item oo, requesting a new grant with the russian community services with the provision for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of $186,328 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $204,960. welcome back, linda. >> thank you, commissioner. i seek your approval owe a new grant withern american community services is in community one of the city.

it's on anza near masonic. they own their building, so it's a very nice looking house on anza. they work specifically with the russian community in district one of the city. they're there, open to all -- anyone who wants to come into the program. they do have a focus on russian older adults with russian language capacity and english, as well. may i answer any questions. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? thank you. the motion carries. item pp, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with the san francisco senior center for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of

$1,095,292 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1,204,821. welcome, paulo salta. >> thank you. good afternoon, commissioners, director mcspadden. my name is paulo salta, san francisco center for ageing. it's located in the maritime museum building in district two. the second location is downtown center which is in the tenderloin of district six. both locations serve clients have improved their services and serve clients that speak mandarin and cantonese. activity schedules at the sites fall into different motion

deniedalities of function, physical, spiritual, intellectual, creative and resource adequacy. their outreach includes outreach going to local sro's in the neighborhood, donating vases and flowers, teaching flower arrangements and inviting back older adults and adults with disabilities to the center where they can refill their vases, attend activities, enjoy a meal, and/or exercise. with that, i'm open to any questions that you may. >> thank you very much paulo. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hear none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item qq, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with

self-help for the elderly for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of 1,277,048plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1,404,752. welcome back, linda. >> thank you, commissioners. i seek your approval to enter into a new grant for self-help with the elderly. it was established in the chinatown area in 1966 and continues to serve a diverse community of san francisco today. they have nine sites in the city. they have a site in district one, district three, district four, district six, district seven and district ten. the language capacity is english, cantonese and mandarin dialects generally.

i've worked closely with self-help for the last year and am always admiring of their professionalism and dedication. thank you. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. item rr, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with southwest community corporation for the provision of community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020, in the amount of $405,296 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $445,825. thank you, linda. >> thank you, commissioners. i seek your approval to -- with a new grant for southwest

community corporation it bockmann community center. this center is in district 11. the main language is english. their focus in the last year has been on exercising for older adults, the health benefits of older adults, exercises. they've started a couple new programs. they're doing always active and tai chi. they have a monthly senior lunche luncheon which people like to get dressed up for. they recently remodelled their kitchen so they can do some nutritious cooking classes, too. may i answer any questions. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. the motion carries. finally, ss. requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with the ymca of san francisco for the provision of

community services for seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2020 in the amount of $911,916,plus 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1,307,000 and linda gets to cross the final line of the relay race. >> god, i hope i make it over the final line. thank you. so this is a grant for five different community service programs that are all overseen by the nca of san francisco. one of the newest community service programs that daas has is in district one at the district one ymca. there is one -- a program in district one at the chinatown ymca. there's a beautiful pool there. this is on sacramento near

stockton, so really close to transportation, as well. two programs in district seven, including the stonestown drumming classes, so if you want to sign up, you should get on their wait list now. there's also a new program at parkmerced where the y is overseeing community services at a housing complex with the idea that bringing the services directly to where about 2500 older adults live is very efficient, and we're seeing how that program goes. it's going well so far. the last one is in district 11, and they work very hard there. there is a staff person who does an amazing job, and can i answer any questions? >> thank you, linda. any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you. and i would like to thank the department. this was an epic meeting, and a

tremendous amount of work has gone into it on the part of staff. the work was excellent, thorough, overwhelming, and i can only express my admiration for what it took. so thank you very, very much to everyone from staff. and i have one other announcement. it is with regret, but understanding that i inform you that commissioner lang has just attended his last meeting. he is stepping down for personal reasons. he has made a remarkable contribution to our commission during a remarkably short period, and we will miss him very, very much. thank you for your service. [applause]. >> any other announcements? >> yes. i just -- jessica layman, director of the senior and disability action had to leave earlier, but she asked me to

announce there are pamphlets on senior rally day over there, and again, it's on may 8th. thank you. >> okay. thank you. motion to adjourn, the motion welcome words in the english language. >> so moved. >> thank you. by rising vote, we are adjourned.

>> hi. i'm shana longhorn with the san francisco league of women voters. i'm here to discuss proposition c. the city collects a gross receipts tax from many businesses which receive revenue from the lease of commercial property, such as office buildings, warehouses and retail spaces. the current tax rate ranges from.825% to 3%. businesses with $1 million or less in san francisco are generally exempt from the gross receipt tax. several other businesses are also exempt including some banks, and nonprofits. proposition c would impose an

additional gross receipts tax of 1% on the revenues of business received from the lease of warehouse space in the city, and 3.5% on the revenue the business receives on additional leases in the city. it would not apply to revenues received from leases to businesses engaged in industrial uses, some retail sales of goods and services directly to consumers or arts activities. this additional tax would also not apply to revenues received from certain nonprofit organizations or from government entities. the city would use 15% of funds collected from this general tax for any general purpose. the city would use the remaining 85% of this additional tax for quality early care and education for children from newborns through age five whose parents are very low-income to low-income. quality early care and education for children from

newborns to age three whose parents are low to middle-income and do not currently qualify for assistance. programs that support emotional, cognitive for children newborn through five and increased compensation for people who provide care for children from newborn through early age five. if you vote yes, it means you want to kboes a new gross receipts tax of 1% on revenues a business receives from the lease of warehouse space in the city and 3.5% on revenues the business receives from the lease of commercial spaces in the city to fund quality education for children and other purposes. a no vote means you do not approve this tax. we're joined by lisa rhenner

from the san francisco republican party and an opponent of the measure. i'd like to start with miss remmer. why do you believe this proposition is so important. >> just like housing costs, our commercial rents in san francisco will railroad high. and this 3.5% tax will be passed onto the tenant, the businesses, who will then pass it onto their staff and onto the consumers, us, making the cost of living in san francisco -- the high cost and shortage of child care could be contributed to the administrative costs of opening a child care business. city hall can help working parents by easing regulations and fees, allowing more child care centers to open. what is a crisis is the city budget of $10.2 billion, and the $88 million deficit for this coming year, rising to 800

million in three years. we just paid 77 million for a child care three years ago. in terms of value of child care, well, the u.s. department of health and human services reported the head start benefits have all disappeared by third grade. >> miss buck land, why do you believe this proposition is so important. >> parents need child care so they can support their families, and children need early care so they can vehemently start their life. child care and early education is expensive, costing $20,000 or more peryear on an after-tax basis. it's often a family's biggest expense after housing. over 50% of san francisco families live in eligible for

state child care subsidies. unfortunately there's not enough slots for all families to qualify. every month, there are 2500 children on the waiting list for subsidies in san francisco, two thirds of them infants and toddlers. a third cause is low wages in the child care sector. due to the work of the city's office of early childhood education, we know what can cost san francisco families. we need to spend 300 to 400 million peryear. >> how will the voters be affected by this 3.5% commercial tax as proposed in proposition c? >> well, i think this tax is actually good for our city. my understanding is that our current commercial rents tax is lower than in other cities, and i believe that helping families pay for child care is a critical need in our city. we hear a lot about the

struggles that families are having, particularly struggles paying for housing, but frankly, as i said before, housing -- child care is a bigger expense than housing, and i personally being helping families pay for child care is a housing strategy as well as an economic strategy for our city. when families get help paying for child care, they can work, support their families and are contributing to the city's economy. and when they get help paying for child care, they also can afford more for housing. >> same question to you, miss rhenner. how will the voters be askd by this proposition specifically by the 3.5% commercial tax. >> the 3.5% commercial tax can immediately get passed onto the tenants or the businesses. your doctor, your dentist, your grocery store, and they could end up cutting employee pay, cutting staff, closing shop, so

do we really need more closed storefronts, and mostly it will be passed directly onto consumers, raising the cost of living in san francisco. what we really should be doing is lower the regulations required to open a child care business from head start, with 2400 regulations to be complied with to all of our local zoning and licensing fees. this 3.5% tax -- and none of it helps homeowner's, just makes the city more expensive. home enners are already paying for the last tax in 2514, 014, just think it's going to make people move away and make the city cost more. >> a second question, which we'll start with you, miss rhenner, what are the advantages or disadvantages to a universal child care program in your view. >> in my view, the benefits of early child care have

disappeared by third grade, and the claims of high quality child care are highly exaggerated. there's ten studies that have been cited. only half of them have been used randomized control. only three found positive, long-term results, and these took place 48, 58 years ago, with treatment groups very small, mostly children. they focused on infants, toddlers, not pre-k and had huge in home family visits which seemed to work out well. the teacher to student ratio was 33 to 66% higher than what students will be getting in the proposed programs, teachers all had bachelors agree and experience in these programs, and moms all had i.q.'s under 85. the treatment wasn't random. the moms stayed at home and dad worked outside of the home.

the treatment groups and the control group still only earned under $12,000 a year. they both had approximately 50% arrest rates, yes, 6%, less than a semester more in school, no i.q. differences beyond the differences actually shown among the children. the best results were with the moms with an i.q. under 70, and the younger moms with less school. the mothers actually in the treatment groups showed the biggest gains in lifetime earnings, even looking at ages 26 to 60, compared looking at the children 21 to 65, the mothers' lifetime earnings were estimated to be twice what the child's were, so yes, teen moms need child care while they finish schools, but we already fund these programs. >> same programs to you, miss lessman. what are the advantages and disadvantages to universal child care programs in your

view. >> so i'm not quite sure what, lisa, you've been reading, but the research -- there is a growing body of research that shows the short and long-term benefits of quality child care for families. it's been nobel economyist james beckman about investing and the out comes in early childhood education, about the need to provide special education and quality education in long-term earnings rates for families, the involvement in your criminal justice system. there's no shortage of studies that show the really important outcomes that come from early quality childhood education.

for us, we have a situation in the city where i believe that this is really the key to ensuring that san francisco is a city in which diverse families can thrive. we have -- as i cited before, we have a 50% of san francisco families are living below the self-sufficiency index. it's affecting kids of color. you know, lack of access affects children of color, and it's really important that we want to -- we want to provide equitiable outcomes for children in san francisco and ensure that all kids are ready to learn when they come into the school district, and we want to make sure that all families can thrive in san francisco. >> thank you, miss beckman. we're now going to start with the closing arguments, and we'll start with you, miss rhenner. >> the 3.5% tax will be passed onto us, the customers through the businesses, and i think that that will make san

francisco that much less affordable. again, the child care, the value of child care, the effects dissipated by third grade, except in these totally different, different studies with different groups of people, and they've been highly contested. i've read all of these studies. testing moms with less than i.q. of 85, that's totally different. again, i do think the teen moms need totally free child care while they finish school, but we already have this. let's not raise the cost of living in san francisco with a tax that just gets passed onto the consumers. >> thank you. miss beckman? >> thank you. i believe prop c is a critical investment in the city's future. it'll raise more than $100 million a year to support early care and education. most of that will provide access to low-income families that are struggling to make ends meet. parents that can't afford to go

to work are relying on family, friends, and neighbors, catch as catch can in order to be able to do that, to be able to work. we -- it will also help us increase the wages for our early educators, ensuring we can actually have classrooms open to serve san francisco's children. prop c will help people pay for care so they can work and support their families and support our economy and long-term benefits for kids. prop c is endorsed by a majority of our san francisco supervisors, the harvey milk democratic club, san francisco labor council, and many others. i hope you'll join me in voting for prop c to ensure that our city is -- remains one in which diverse families can live and thrive. thank you. >> thank you both for your time. we hope that this discussion

has been informative. for more information on this or other ballot measures in the june election, please visit the department of elections website at sfelections.org. remember, early voting is available at city hall on may 7, starting at 8:00 a.m., and if you don't vote early, be sure to vote, starting on may 5th. thank you.