rebuttal to continue. >> okay. a number of other items are in the site plan, and we'll talk about that later. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. is the permit holder here, miss winfield, an agent for the permit holder? thank you. you have seven minutes. >> my name is kim win. i'm the owner of the property actually at 1 88 winfield. so the permit at 1 # 8 winfield is for the conversion of an existing detached three car garage into an adu. mr. bryan fleenor mentioned about the two permits. one permit was done to reno vate the apartment with the

permit. when the tenant moved out, i got a permit. done. the second permit he referred to, that's for another apartment that the tenant vacated at 217 virginia. we got the permit, building, electrical, sign off, everything, completed. so we didn't know about the adu until the city encouraged all the building owner say okay, you can convert a garage into an adu. we go through an eight month process, went through planning and building, and got it finally in january of this year, paid all the fees and everything. that's when mr. bryan fleenor noticed that, and he go against it. he rent one of the garages and i think he doesn't want us to do it you see ba then we have to take the space back. he complained about the little storage under his garage. he used that as a storage before without any authorization, so we take that

back and put the washer-dryer to provide a service for the tenants. this tenant never have any washer-dryer in the building. so we found that the perfect space for them, and they are very appreciative. they told me very nice that you do the washer and dryer. i didn't know that they complain now. so they use it, and now, all the sudden, all this comes to, like, a problem. so mr. bryan fleenor has been using quite a few common space for his own storage. and he's not happy. whenever we try to take it back, do whatever we supposed to do for the building, he's against us. the adu, we followed the servi

>> okay. i believe we've heard earlier that you're able to do an adu as long as there's not a reduction in service. we had a case just recently, but i'm not sure if two separate leases would -- would change that. so maybe i'll ask the department that. >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. thank you. my 10:30 p.m. question, just so you know. >> good evening, president fung, commissioners, cory teague, planning department staff. the subject property is 188 winfield, in the bernal heights special use district. the property tds have two structures on it. one is a six unit building and the other is this detached three car garage structure. again, there's no brief filed,

there were no plans, but luckily, i was able to get plans from our system. they had been uploaded in time so we can go over that in just a moment. specifically this permit was to convert the existing three car garage structure into a single adu that encompasses both floors. the planning department approved the building permit on october 16 of 2017, and it was issued on january 4, 2018 specifically to the appellant's claim bh the ground floor area -- about the ground floor area, we don't have any active complaints on file about any work being done to the garage, so i don't know for sure if -- under what permit or under what circumstances that basement level area was excavated to some degree to add the laundry room. and as much as it's relevant to

this case, the planning code does reference that you cannot expand the building envelope. we have consistent for adu's but also for many other purposes, that goingsub enterannean is not considered expanding the building envelope. so for example if you had a noncomplying structure in your rear yard, and if you wanted to excavate within the existing foot print, we would not require a rear yard variance for that. if you wanted to expand the building up or out, that would. so in some situation, even if that building buildiwas to exp basement level below, that would still meet the code of keeping that within the building envelope as it existed three years ago.

as mentioned there was other work going on on this property. we do have an open enforcement case about unpermitted horizontal addition to the rear of this building to the six unit apartment building, not to the garage. in response to that complaint and that open enforcement case, the property owner has filed a permit to legalize that construction and that is currently being reviewed by the planning department. so all in you will a, thall, t tloerl reviewed by the department. it does meet all the requirements for adding an adu. you can only do one adu in this particular building, and it was appropriately reviewed, and i would respectfully request that you uphold the permit and deny the appeal, and i'm available for any other questions you may have. >> i've got a question, mr. teague. so it was a six units. so was there a soft story retrofit involved in this, as well. >> you mean of the apartment building? >> yeah, correct.

>> i'm not aware that there is. >> and then -- >> i forgot to go over the plans, too. if you want to see them -- >> well, it's just kind of tough when people come before us and they don't submit a brief. it makes it really hard to make a decision. >> yeah. i will let the permit holder speak for themselves. i thought it was interesting that no brief had been filed, either. i reached out a couple days ago to the contact -- i believe the contractor, and it was their understanding at that time that the owner thought the briefs were just between the parties and not to you, and if it would have been -- if it would have been understood, they would have submitted a brief. i don't know if that was the case, but i don't know if they want to speak to that. >> and the other question i have since we had that case where the permit holder was tiboni or something, is that part of the planning regulation that they can't remove space

from -- >> right. that is actually not part of the planning code or building code in terms of the reduction of housing services. that is specifically the realm of rent control ordinance and rent board. now, in our materials that we have for people, if you're thinking about doing an adu, we have reference to that. >> i remember it being point out at the board. >> in the g-23, bull tetin, it says you should be aware if you're thinking of doing this, you should hire an attorney or somebody and get that figured out. >> okay. thank you. >> and i can -- would you like -- show you the plans? >> yeah. >> okay. find another space for those. okay. here, we have the existing

apartment building. this is the kind of rear addition that's currently being -- a permit to legalize that is being reviewed. here is the existing three car garage. it sits on a corner. this is virginia street, this is winfield. the existing three car garage at the basement level is basically this kind of three separate stalls. you have crawl space, crawl space, and this -- this stall has been half converted from crawl space into a laundry room. you then have just essentially the three parking stalls currently. on the first floor, you would have essentially a living room,

dining room, one bedroom, one full bath, stairway downs to kind of a common family room with a full bath and one additional bedroom and preservation of the laundry facility there. this is just elevation from winfield, showing the removal of the garage doors and the addition of two windows. here's the existing real -- rear elevation and here is the proposed elevation. this is the side elevation, where additional access stair is being added.

and here is the existing section, taken from the center and the new section, again, the building is not getting any taller or any wider, and here's the elevation from the other side. it's existing and proepposed, which is fairly unchanged. >> this is a site permit? >> yes, and that's -- that's all the plans. >> do you have another question, president? >> so when you say legalize the space in the rear, is that part of the original foot print or are you talking about the interior space or is that a new structure in general? >> well, there's no unauthorized expansion of the building at the subject of this permit, which is the detached garage. as a separate matter, this little pop out here of the main apartment building, this -- we received a complaint that that had been added without permits,

and so subsequently, the proper owner has come in with a permit to legalize this portion, but the adu is in this structure, and it is -- they're separate issues. >> so did that have to go for 311? >> this will. >> okay. >> yes. the addition of the adu did not. >> okay. thank you. >> okay. mr. duffy? thank you. >> commissioners, joe duffy. i'll be very brief. the building permits a form three. it was taken in for review. the permit was issued on the 4 of january , 2018, suspended on january 10 because of the appeal, and the addenda is still going through review, although that has been stopped pending the outcome of the appeal. i didn't hear any building code

issues being brought up, some reference to earlier permits brought up, they appear to be remodel permits for apartments. they didn't look to be permits that i would have been concerned about, so i'm va available for any questions skbl ok. >> okay. is there any public comment? both of you, standup so we can keep it moving. you have three minutes. please identify yourself. >> thank you. my name is kevin b. fleenor. i'm bryan fleenor's husband am i allowed to speak? >> okay. you're a related party, so you would have to speak during his time. you can speak in rebuttal during his time if you want to. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hi. i'm megan adler. i'm a tenant and i've been in

this rent controlled building for ten years. and my apartment is directly above the renovations that were illegally done and the excavations that happened underneath my home for many, many, many months, past 7:00 p.m. and on sundays. all of the dirt that was excavated was put in the back yard and never removed. i had to pay for someone to take care of the yard and remove the dirt myself. i am 2 feet from the renovations that were going to be happening, and my amenities are going to be decreased. they are trying to kick me out, and i'm a teacher and trying to afford to live here. i cannot believe the egregious things that have happened in my building since the new owner bought it. they have done so many things that are so illegal. i just can't explain, but i'm also saying that my privacy is

going to be absolutely impaired by this new deck that they're putting on behind me, 2 feet from my deck. also, all the excavation, all of the work, i work from home in the summer. i'm a poet and a teacher and a tutor, and i can't imagine what's going to happen to the deck, the illegal room that happened underneath me. and the permit that they applied for was to put in a laundry, but they built an entire new room, an entire new room. so i am not happy about this. i don't interrupt anythitrust going to live there. i've lived there ten, but the last three years as a tenant have been heck, and i'm not moving and getting away from my teaching job. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> and so my name is jonas

pettison, and i live on the top floor of the building in unit number five, right above megan. and i've lived in that unit for approximately five years. and the main complaint i'm having is that i've received absolutely no information about this construction whatsoever, and i'm -- i'm in the same situation as megan, that i work from home a lot, so this type of construction would affect my day-to-day life a lot. and i just would have appreciated it if i could have received more information about it, you know, beforehand. so...thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. okay. we'll hear rebuttal by mr. fleenor. three minutes. >> okay. thank you. first, i want to talk about the

room that was constructed during the building permit that was just for interior construction, and if you look at those drawings, you'll see that that's shown as existing construction under those drawings. however, the ordinance said that it has to have been constructed at least three years before to -- you know, that that -- that -- and this was just illegally constructed in the last year. and the fact that it's now -- the fact that it's not on the current complaint, i don't understand, because i reviewed that with mauricyohernandez,

and and he looked at it and said yes, i can see it in detail. but i couldn't check the fact that that's not considered the scope for part of that complaint. i'll have to renew the complaint. but at any rate, that building is going to be incorporated into this new structure. and you know, it's tainted. it's been built in violation, and it has retaining walls that have no structural design, no structural review. the fact that you don't see any evidence of it in the inspection reports isn't indicative that it wasn't built without a permit. this is the m.o. of -- of these operators. they start without a permit until they're required to. they build without a permit, they build in advance of the stated scope of the permit, they get caught, they go and have a remediation permit.

and a portion of this new structure is going to be included. in addition, we're going to have a number of other changes in the site plan, in the site permit that really require some review. and the point here is not to adjudicate the ordinance about the conversions. that, we already understand. that, we support. this is going beyond what was understood by that to take all control and all review out of all aspects all across the site. the deck, the retaining walls, are all included in this permit, and i ask that you, for a number of reasons, find that this permit should be overturned. >> okay.

thank you. okay. miss win? you have three minutes. >> yes. first of all, i didn't provide a brief because i thought that it was stressed directly to dbi in the planning because i went and got a permit, and i didn't understand why it was appealed. number two, it was for the rent control, any know if i could get the adu approved. i wait until for sure i can get it before i can go to the rent control and see if i can take back the garage that i rent into mr. brian fleenor. as far as megan adler, she said there's some excavation under her apartment. that's not true. the apartment number one, under her, there's no excavation whatsoever. it's an existing apartment that

we rhenvate and we do all kind of hardwood floor. we put in the hardwood floor instead of the wall-to-wall carpet, so that must be the noise. there's no excavation. there is an existing apartment in the basement. as far as the historical window removed at 217 virginia which is another apartment that the tenant vacated, we replacement the window at the kitchen, so bry bryan fleenor complained, so the building department came out and made us replace the window correctly. the london room that -- laundry room that bryan fleenor complained, he use it as a storage. not only they use it as a laundry, they start putting all kinds of things in there for their own purpose. i didn't build anything. i thought okay fine. i just build for you guys, and i don't understand the nature of the complaint. that's all i have to say. thank you very much please,

very much approve the adu permit. >> thank you. mr. teague, anything further? >> hello, again, just a few quick issues. i don't think there's any dispute, there's some issues on this site regarding unauthorized work and there are currently open complaints with the planning department and dbi and at least one permit to try to correct some of that work, so there's still -- >> this is about the permit before us. >> there's another permit before us and i'm sure there'll be continued work between planning department and dbi on those enforcement issues going forward and any other enforcement issues that may arise. so i sympathize with the existing tenants on those issues, but specifically for the permit that's in front of you today, again, just to clarify, i mean, the build envelope allows you to go below grade. in this case, the rear of the

building really wasn't even completely below grade, and the exterior walls of the building were not expanded to add the laundry room. i believe there was some excavation inside the walls. they converted it from a crawl spras to a more habitable room from head height, but the actual room itself was not expanded in any way to add the adu either previously or as part of this permit. and even if that space had been opened in some way, as was discussed, a cantilevered space would been allowed within the code to be an adu even if that was an open paspace. so separate from the other issues that are legitimate, this particular permit was reviewed and approved appropriately. >> is there a deck on this 5

du? -- adu? >> on the adu? not that i'm aware of. there is an existing deck on the -- at the rear of the main building, and it's possible that the unauthorized addition in the rear was also going to include a deck, too. i'm not positive. i don't have those plans in front of me. >> we'll probably see that in front of us. >> i cannot speculate, but it's possible. thank you. >> okay. mr. duffy? >> commissioners, just to clarify something when i spoke about the other permits on the property, there are four addresses on this property, and the 217 virginia, as you've just heard, we actually had issued a notice of violation, and they have applied for a permit to comply with the notice of violation, so i just didn't want to make it sound as if everything was good.

there is issues that you've heard that from a few different people. >> that deals with the other issue. >> yez, you're right. it's not on the permit before us tonight. >> is it just one nov? >> that's what i can see, and i didn't even get it before i came up tonight. i just went into 180 winfield. >> okay. thanks. >> thank you. okay. commissioners, this matter is submitted. >> commissioners? >> you say it appears things with copacetic with this one, but what other things are going on on the property that's being looked at and enforced by planning. dbi -- >> yeah. >> plus some of the issues are

related to, you know, the tenants' issues. >> right. >> that are probably going to be before another agency. >> well, it's just like the previous -- the previous case where what was before us was not really was being presented. >> in terms of the permit. >> yeah, so i agree that it's easy to get side tracked on the other issues which may or may not have been done illegally, but the permit in front of us seems to have been applied for and issued appropriately. >> is there a motion? >> move to deny the appeal and uphold the permit on the basis it was properly issued. >> okay. from commissioner lazarus, a motion to deny the appeal on the basis that the motion was properly issued. on that motion -- [roll call] >> okay. that motion passes, and that concludes the hearing.

adjournment. >> meeting's adjourned.

>> hi everybody, we down here at the /ep is a center which is our pop up space down here in san francisco where we operate a store front to educate the policy from the home owner who has center which is our pop up space down here in san francisco where we operate a store front to educate the policy from the home owner who has never done anything in the house to the most advanced structure engineers we have working around here. we we're going to here from kelly to talk a little bit about san francisco. how are you doing kelly? >> very well, thank you for having us here. >> in front of us, we have a typical soft story building. when i see this, i think this is some of the

most beautiful architecture our city has. a lot of people don't know these are problematic buildings. why don't you tell us about some of the risks he we have in these buildings? >> soft stories are vulnerable in past earthquakes and the northridge earthquake to this type of building and character of building. when we talk about the soft story, what we're talking about is generally a ground story that has less wall or other /pwraeugs to resist the lateral forces that might be imposed by the earthquake. so we're looking for something that is particularly weak or soft in this ground story. now, this is a wonderful example of what some of the residential buildings that are soft stories in san francisco look like. and the 1 thing that i would point out here is that the upper force of this building have residential units. they have not only a fair amount of wall around the

exterior of the building but they also have very extensive walls in the interior and bathrooms and bedrooms and corridors and everything that has a certificate amount of brazing yea it's significantly less country /srabl in those stories. now very often, we get even a garage or storage or sometimes commercial occupancy in this ground story. that very often not only has a whole lot less perimeter wall but it often has little or no wall on the interior. that wall is the earthquake bracing and so he see very significant bracing in the top floor and very little on the bottom. when the earthquake comes and hits, it tries to push that ground floor over and there's very little that keeps it from moving and degrading and eventually /paoerblly keeping it from a collapse occurring. so we know they're vulnerable

because of this ground story collapsing >> is this only a problem we see in sentence france? san francisco? >> no, this is certainly a national problem. more acute in western but more up to california, washington, moving out into other states. this kind of building exist and this kind of building is vulnerable. >> when you're involved with the community safety, this is a different way of thinking about these types of things. we had a community group of over 100 people involved and upper 1 of them. tell us about * how that conversation went. why did we decide as a city or a community to start fixing these types of buildings? >> there were a lot of aspects that were considered well beyond just the engineering answer that these are vulnerable. and that effort brought in a lot of people from different aspects of the community that looked at

the importance of these buildings to the housing stock and the possible ramifications of losing this /houbgs in the case of an earthquake. the financial implications, the historic preserve vacation s implication as you mentioned, these are very handsome looking buildings that are importance to the tourist city ask which make san francisco something that people are interested from outside in coming and visiting. >> it's such animation story when you think about the 10 years that the community spent talking about this /seurb but we actually did something about it. now we have an order unanimouses put in place to protect 100,000 residents in san francisco and retrospective in 2020. so on behalf of residents and employees in san francisco, we want to say thank you for the work you've done in pushing this forward and making people more aware of these issues. >> and it was a fantastic

community effort. >> so in an earth quake, what happens in these kinds of buildings? >> what happens when an earthquake comes along is it moves the ground both horizontally and vertically. it's mostly the horizontal that we're worried about. it starts moving the building back and forth and pushing on it. when you see i'm pushing on it, the upper stiff of the wall stay straight up but the lower floors, they actually collapse just like i did there. >> luckily, we can put this building right back up where it came from so it's a lot easier. now kelly, obviously these aren't real frame walls here but when you talk about buildings, what makes the property for stiff? >> the easiest and most cost-effective type of bracing you can put in is either put in a brand

new wall or to potentially go in and strengthen a wall that's already there where you don't need to have an opening is where you maybe have a garage door or access to commercial space, you might go to a steel frame or other types of bracing systems that provides the strength and stiff if necessary but at the same time, allows continued use of that area. but some combination of walls or frames or other tools that are in the tool kit that can bring the building up to the strength that's required in order to remove the vulnerability from the building so that when ground shaking comes, it in fact is a whole lot more resistant and less vulnerable. ideally, this story down here would be made as strong and stiff as the floors above. >> if i'm a property owner, what is the first thing i should do?

>> the first thing you should do is find professional that can come in and help you evaluate your building in order to, 1, figure out that indeed it does need to be retro fitted and 2, give you some idea of what that retro fit might look like. and third, evaluation and design to help you determine the retro fit requirement. >> well kelly, i can't thank you enough for being here today. thank you so much for your wealth of information on how we can take care of our soft story problem in san francisco. and you the viewer, if you have any questions, please feel free to visit our website >> good morning everyone and thank you for joining us. my name is beth stokes and i want to welcome you here. the supportive housing home to 134 single adults. i'm the executive director of

the pittsburgh -- episcopal nudity services of san francisco. one of the leading providers of supportive housing. we are committed to finding solutions to end homelessness by helping individuals and families with the tools necessary to exit homelessness. including pathways to housing, workforce development, and permanent supportive housing. of the formerly homeless residents who access our services, 98 % remain permanently housed. ninety-eight %. so we are very proud of that. here we are you currently are, we have the highest risk and most vulnerable san franciscans. this five-story property was completed in 2,009 with development funds from the city and county of san francisco. it is one of the best examples of solutions to ending homelessness in our community. we are proud to partner with the city of san francisco to end homelessness and i'm very, very

pleased this morning to introduce you to the honourable mayor, mark farrell. thank you. [applause] >> mayor farrell: thank you best. i think the house for hosting us this morning here in san francisco. you know, we do not have to remind anyone why we are here this morning. why we are here today for this announcement. homelessness is a crisis in the city of san francisco. our city government needs to step up. our city, our region, our state, our country is dealing with this tragedy every single day on the streets. the roots of the epidemic are complex. there is no single solution to solve the issue. we need to pursue a wide variety of initiatives. we need to fund programs that have been proven to work. we need to be flexible to fund programs that will work. we need to measure ourselves by

the success of the individuals living on our streets today. and when they get off a street and get into shelters and onto their own 2 feet and onto better lives. today, i am announcing approximately $30,000 in funding to address the homeless crisis in san francisco. first of all, i'm doubling down on the homeward bound -- bound program. this initiative helps struggling individuals with family members and loved ones. i know elements of this program may seem controversial, but we have to acknowledge the fact that it is here in san francisco where we have had a very effective program. as mayor of the city i'm connected to programs that are working and making a difference in their lives with getting people off the streets of san francisco. last year, 900 individuals used project homeward bound and of that total, lesson from four % turn to the city of san francisco. this program works and is having

a dramatic effect and we are doubling the funding for this program. of those individuals that have been helped by project homeward bound, a man is here today from his home in reno. at one point he was unsheltered and struggling with mental health here on the streets of san francisco. after he spent time at the general hospital, we were able to connect contacts, and connect them back home with his family. he arrived last month and sergio and the rest of his family are thrilled to have him back and he is making progress daily. that is what compassion looks like to me. without programs that we are funding to make a difference in individual lives. for are resilient individuals who have overcome great hardship, this budget package will fund projects to help to

make sure they will never be on the streets of san francisco. we are adding $2 million to fund 150 new supportive housing units across the city of san francisco. and $2 million for the opening and operations of a building, a site with 50 supportive housing units in san francisco. with those new units brought online, san francisco will boast more than 7,000 permanent supportive housing units and here just right here in our city. the most per capita of the city in our entire country. along with adding new units, i will be investing one and a half million dollars to provide additional services to these units. it will provide assistance for our communities and provide the resources necessary to help individuals who are coming off the streets. most importantly, and most substantially connect this budget package will include $50 million for new navigation centres. helping support our new

facilities here. we will provide a million dollars for programs for transitional eyes use. a population that has been dramatically affected with homelessness in san francisco. we are specifically wanting to address this. we are providing new access points to provide resources, supports and services for families and residents juggling with homelessness on the streets. this is a comprehensive package. this is about making sure we create new exits off the streets through temporary shelters and permanent supportive housing. it's also making sure we provide the resources necessary to stem the tide of new people becoming homeless in san francisco. we will not solve homelessness overnight in our city. but in san francisco we are investing for the future click as mayor, it has been one of my biggest priority since week one in office and i am incredibly proud of the policies that we

have moved forward with in the city. we are going to continue to put a foot on the gas pedal until my last day in office. this funding package will ensure the city of san francisco, for years to come will have the resources necessary to continue to address the issue on the streets of san francisco. we are not going to do this alone. takes the help of community leaders, of organizations and individuals willing to come off the street, but we are making progress and we are making life better for those that are on our streets and we are making life better for san francisco residents. with that i want to thank you all for being here today i don't want to bring up to the podium the person who is really leading the charge here and has been doing great work for our city of san francisco and will be doing so for years to come. our director for homelessness and supportive housing. [applause] >> thank you mr mayor. i'm here with the department of homelessness and supportive housing.

first i want to thank san francisco community services for hosting this event and for all the amazing work that they do. we are very lucky to have an organization like ecs and san francisco and we are also very lucky to have them at the helm of the ecs. they are doing an amazing job leading this organization as the backbone provider and homelessness response system. i also want to thank our staff who are here with a few folks are here from the homeward bound program to, every day, are out hoping to reunite family and people who are homeless with family and friends who are able to take them back into their lives. the chair of the local homeless correlating board, and then other hs h. staff. thank you for being here and think all of you for joining us but mostly i want to thank mayor farrell for this budget proposal that he is putting forward. we are very excited about the fact that this budget represents and really reflects the work that we laid out in our

strategic plan when our department was created by mayor lee. we spent a year figuring out what can we do to best address homelessness and san francisco? we laid out a clear plan with specific goals. this budget practice really reflects what we see as the priorities that were developed not only by staff members and also in consultation with our nonprofit providers and advocates and people expressing homelessness themselves. we are very grateful to see this expansion that focuses on three important areas that will help us, number 1 reduce unsheltered homelessness and opening up more navigation centres. to end homelessness by providing rent subsidies and supportive housing sights. we really appreciate mayor if there -- farrell. supporting 50 people every week exit homelessness through a

variety of programs. but every week hundreds of people replace those folks get off the streets. we need to figure out how can we use programs like homeward bound, eviction prevention, flexible housing grants for people so we can help folks get back to the last safe place where they were staying and reduce the number of newly homeless people in the city. this does all o is all of thosed we are very excited. i'm looking forward to being able to dig in and start doing this work once the budget is approved by the board of supervisors and signed off by the mayor. thank you very much. is now my pleasure, we have two hs h. clients in the house with us as well. one in the house and one on the tv screen. first i would like to introduce mr williams, first of all, and i want to thank him for our service to the country. he served in the navy for eight years. helping defend our country and ended up homelessness --

homeless but we are very pleased it is now he is living in the operant residence which is by this property which is housing that we put together for people who are veterans and to have also served the country and military and are experiencing homelessness and needed a hand up to get off the streets. mr williams moved in recently and joined me i join me in welco the podium. [applause] >> hello. i am a san francisco native. i am a u.s. navy vet and i live in the bay area predominantly most of my life. i stay at supportive housing for the past few months and i am just happy, you know, to have a place to stay. i am benefiting from trying to get being put in a situation where i can get my life back

together. it's looking good. i wish it was more programs like this to help people, you know, change their lives. thank you. >> thank you mr williams and fortunately, with this budget we will have more housing like the auburn, it is very close to the auburn and what it we are excited it will be opening up very shortly. also we talked about the homeward bound program and the mayor made reference to mr bravo who is over there on the tv screen. he is one of the many, many individuals whose families participate in the homeward bound program over 850 people a year and all of those experiences are unique and i will tell you that that although this program sometimes may appear controversial to some, we

get so many lanter is on a regular basis of people thanking us for reuniting them with their family members and people who are homeless themselves whose lives have really turned around by getting reconnected to family and friends. we're very proud of the work of this program and very excited mr bravo was here and it's going to be able to share some of his thoughts. mr bravo was there, and was able to share some thoughts. we will try to reconnect quickly. but while we are doing that, i want to share some of the homeward bound stories in addition to mr bravo's. one gentleman that we have been made aware of was homeless in san francisco and reunited with his family in north carolina and is getting his master's degree at yale. we have another individual just recently, maybe four or five months ago, he was a senior citizen who ended off -- ended

on the streets and was not really sure where she was exactly. and we were able to bring these guys over here and find her family member and return her to her family. escorted her back to where she was and she is suffering from dementia and we were able to reconnect her with her family. we also have so many stories of people going back to tennessee in chicagand chicago and peoplee bay area and folks were able to reconnect with their people. i think it is an incredibly important part of it recovering from homelessness. like a not everybody has family or friends they can return to that when they can, one of the processes and healing and recovery from the trauma of being homeless is having people around you who care about you. i think there's no better medicine than that. we are really proud of the homeward bound program. i think we are going to end up having to conclude. let's get a last-minute technical failure.

the mayor spoke briefly about mr bravo's story but his son was on the streets of san francisco suffering from severe mental health issues, we were able to make a connection with him and get him reunited with his father in reno and is now receiving intensive mental health support in order to help the sun get back on his feet again and be the best person that he can possibly be and this would not have happened without the homeward bound program. i think at this point we will go ahead and conclude the program. thank you very much for being here today. [applause] [♪]

>> good morning, everyone and thank you for coming my name is rosy form treasurer of the united states and the form of empowerment 2020. >> yeah. >> empowerment 2020 is an initiative to durnl encourage a million women we 2020 to go in leaders positions it is request quality day and the one hundred year of the 19 amendment that give woman the right to vote joining me on stage a margo the

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>> san francisco planning commission regular hearing for thursday, may 10, 2018. i will remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate outbursts of any kind and to please silence your mobile devices. and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, state your name for the record. we will not take up the central soma plan matter before 2:00 p.m., so you have a good hour and a half. there may be persons who would like to be in the chambers for other items before central soma. unfortunately, commissioners, i tried to arrange for an overflow room, but