problem we're facing is one like in 2008 but bigger. a collapse will happen, and if we do not have a public bank in place, by the time it does, we will be in trouble. we'll face what we faced in 2008, and analysts are saying this is going to happen in years, not decades. so... [inaudible] >> good afternoon. my name's curtis. i'm with the public bank sef coalition. we're a new coalition. i just want to say we're really excited about this? i just want to first commend molly and the treasurer's staff. i think they've done really an amazing job for what they were given? i just think personally, it may actually be good not to focus on specific issues yet and just basic -- focus on the basics of how to create a public bank 'cause the issues could very well change over time. i mean, i totally agree

affordable housing is the issue now, but if we put all hands on that, what if it changes in a few years? i think we need to focus now on just how to get a bank going, and then it can change over time, renewable energy, affordable housing, infrastructure, etcetera. and i think that the main reason we're doing this is because of divestment because public bank is inevitable and we're doing this because sf has always led the way with banning plastic bag, day marriage, and public bank tz. so i think sf can really lay the way in how to do this? i think when you look at what these current wall street banks invest in, bampg of america poured 14 billion into fossil fuels, and the taxpayer. so when you factor in the

externalalities, it's too expensive not to do a bank? so yeah, i'm just really excited. i think we need an all hands on deck approach, just like the golden state warriors approach, pass to whoever's open, but let's get this done. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, curtis. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is trevor martin and a member of the berniecrats and public bank coalition. i would also want to commend everyone on their work on a public bank. thank you everyone at the treesher treasurer's office. i'd like to say i'm glad they've moved past the feasibility question. everyone says it's feasible, but a question of good policy, i don't think there's a question of whether it's good policy. mr. brooks gave you numbers. i'll tell you what's not good

policy, investing in funding industries that are killing and brutalizing our communities. you know, fossil fuel industry and the gun manufacturing industries, and the prison industries. it is good policy to -- to use our money to benefit ourselves and our communities, and i would also just like to say that the solution -- you know, i just want to ensure that the solution is a public bank, a municipal bank. and i'm -- and i'm -- whether -- you know, i understand that's going to take steps to get there, and i don't want everything at once. i understand that, but i want the end outcome to be a public bank. as commissioner pollock said, i've been with the sfd fund apo

as billion, after four years, we got to that meeting at sf'ers, and i felt like something was going to happen, and we just came out of there with another plan to make a plan, and it just infeweriated me. like you said, this should have happened a decade ago. we need to make this happen. we need a public bank. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you, chairman. next speaker, please. >> thank you, chair fewer and commissioners. chad holtsman, senior policy analyst for 350 bay area but speaking for myself as a language time san franciscans. i want to thank the treasurer and the great staff for the great attitude which i don't always see from city departments. i do think that, i guess the comments by curtis and trevor are worth -- this is kind of focusing on the positive aspects of the bank, potential positive aspects, and i think what we're highlighting is the

averted negative aspects of not doing this, which is -- which is also i want to bring into the room, have led the campaign to divest your pension fund from fossil fuels and there is some movement on that, but getting the city itself to stop spending its money where its mouth isn't would be a great start. really love this rank choice distribution of norms or goals, rather? i just want to highlight as so many used to do qualitative and quantitative data mining, that the three in the middle are for all intents and purposes, the same. you can't really say that 33 and 31 are different, like, in any significant factor? so i happen to be an infrastructure fan, so i'm kind of propg up infrastructure. 2, 3, and 4 are kind of the same, so moving forward, i

would hope you would consider them such. going forward, i think more constituencies are better? so i think one thing focusing on what to start the bank around is that thing bank? and nationwide, i think it's going to get framed as such, and then, the folks who don't want the land to be taken by affordable housing will oppose the bank, whereas the bampg is around two or three things, all of those constituencies can support that. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. is there any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: so i don't think we have to make an action item on this item. so i am wondering, madam clerk, could you please call items six and seven together? >> clerk:

[agenda item read] [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, my apologies, but i must make a motion to continue these two items due to the time constraints. again, my apologies for being here late, too. i just have another meeting right after there, so i would like to make a motion to continue these two items until the next meeting of lafco. >> clerk: madam chair, we still need to take public comment, though. >> supervisor fewer: yes, and now i'd like to take public comment on items six and seven. seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, so can we take that motion without objection to continue the item? thank you very much. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, can you please call item eight? [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you. is there any public comment today? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: madam

clerk, is there any further items? >> clerk: we still have item number nine, future agenda items. >> supervisor fewer: okay. we need to open that up. is there any further agenda items? >> eric brooks. since you're in a hurry, i'll make this quick. it is vital that on your next agenda, and i've spoken to brian about this, this you take up legislation that is in sacramento so that we can make some decisions about it, particularly sb -- or ab 813, which unfortunately i recently discovered for some unknown crazy reason cal cca is supporting and that does not make sense. and so we need to have a discussion of this, and i can't highlight enough that loretta lynch who's a former kpafl public utilities commission

president, i gave brian her -- california public utilities commission president, i gave brian her e-mail to get herrin put on why ab 813 is so drastically bad and we need to oppose it. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, is there any other business today? >> clerk: that concludes the business for today. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. the meeting is now adjourned.

>> 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] [♪]

>> >>[music] >> i came in with her impression of what i thought it was good >> what i knew about auditing with the irs spears i actually knew nothing about auditing >> in my mind it was purely financial. with people that audited the pain no one wants to deal with it >> now i see a lot of time explaining auditing is not just about taxes. >> oftentimes most students believe that auditing is only financial whereas when they

come into a government environment we do much more than financial audits. we do operational audits that were looking at the operations of the department for economy and efficiency and effectiveness. >> when i hire an intern some of the things that i am looking for first of all is is this individual agile and flexible because i am our environment is so fast-paced and where are switching from project to project depending on what's going on in the government at any given time. >> primarily i didn't with audits on utilities management across city departments. >> citywide this ods management audit was also been assisting with housing authority audit program >> the homelessness audit >> the it functions >> [inaudible] >> were starting any water on the department of public housing environment allows >> i also assist with the

[inaudible] program. >> then additionally i really enjoyed having staff who have some critical thinking skills. because i believe the basis of auditing is not do you know how to audit, but to have critical thinking skills [inaudible] >> [inaudible] even though i've only been here for short time our quick in-depth analysis and research >> analytical skills there's a lot of taking enlargement of information a compacting it a very concise report because we've a big focus on [inaudible] if you're transmitting this information to the audience you need him to be able to understand it. >> so i work with the sparrow program primarily. broadway stan abused [inaudible] they prepare me for full-time employment because i knew i could not to challenge myself in order to be an auditor.

>> at the [inaudible] we are a content feedback and communication and they pointed out areas where i need to grow. >> one of the things i like about working at [inaudible] is that they actually give you quite a bit of autonomy i feel like kevin sage trusted me. >> the environment really [inaudible] to everyone feeling super collaborative and wanting to get to know one another. which i think at the end of the date is a better work environment and gives you a better workflow. >> i believe that a really is a great experience because it provides an opportunity to have a better understanding of how government works. >> i think what i've learned so far is that every audit is unique everyday. different learning opportunities. >> the recordation we make in on its i can honestly go home at the end of the day and zack and treated [inaudible] in a better way.

>> even of not familiar with what auditing is you should deftly find out. it's been really really awesome he was it turns out there's a whole world of auditing that i cannot open file oriented performance and [inaudible] and that's an exciting. audit is a lot broader than i ever knew before. >> [♪] >> hi i am a board of supervisors president london greed. i am running for a marriage because we are at a historic moment, an opportunity to change things. i want a chocolate -- truck with the challenges we are facing. housing tech homelessness and public safety. i want to create a city where everyone can succeed to, no matter who you are aware you come from. i was raised by my grandmother in public housing in the west end edition. my family didn't have much but i had a grandmother who loved me and a community that looked out for me. after graduating from facebook, i earned my undergraduate degree from uc davis and went on to

earn my masters in public a ministration from u.s. asked. i returned to the community and to the city that raised me. where i served as executive director of the african-american art and culture complex. i spent a decade focused on saving and changing the lives of young people. having lived here all my life cocked san francisco is more than just a city. it is a place of hope, innovation, and rich diversity. a city where a girl from public housing can one day become mayor. but the city we live in now is not the same san francisco i grew up in. we are in one of the greatest urban economic booms and a sentry. yet right at our doorsteps, thousands battle homelessness and mental illness. our families, teachers, and neighbors are moving out of the city due to the rising housing costs. san francisco it needs and deserves a mayor who will fight and work tirelessly to tackle the biggest crisis our residents are facing. a supervisor, when i heard we had empty public housing units

and families waiting for months and our shelters, i worked to find resources to renovate those units and moved 179 homeless families into permanent and safe housing. as mayor, i will take street behaviour seriously and invest in changes to our mental health system. i am working to reform our conservatorship laws which will allow a court to appoint a guardian for someone who cannot care for themselves. we need these changes to help those we see dying on our streets every day. our most vulnerable who struggle with chronic homelessness, addiction and severe mental illness. we also need to invest in more housing for those exiting homelessness, by building more affordable housing and investing in modular housing which can be built faster and cheaper with a local labour. i also believe in tough love. that if we have an alternative, a shelter bad, or a place in the navigation centre, we cannot continue to allow individuals to

sleep intense on our streets. as mayor i will invest in creating more alternatives but i will also, in long-term tent encampments in my first year in office. because living in our streets is not safe, humane or compassionate. we all know what san francisco is experiencing a housing crisis. since 2010, we have built one unit of housing for every eight jobs, resulting in a skyrocketing housing cost. housing and security is personal and real for me. i've been a renter all my life. when i was in college my grandmother was told our home was being torn down and it was up to us to find a new place to live. as mayor, my plan to reduce our housing shortage includes building at least 5,000 units every year. increasing funding for affordable housing, building affordable housing on underutilized sites around the city, like we will do at the mcdonald's sight. and reforming our city, -- archaic approval process for 100 %, compliant projects.

the public safety challenges facing our city are personal for me. i know what it's like to have your car broken -- cart window broken not once but repeatedly even when you have nothing to steal. i boat legislation to curb heartbreak ends and tourist hotspots and commercial corridors through collaboration with a rental car companies stopping property crime and making sure people feel safe and protected in their own neighbourhood as a top priority of mine. as supervisor, i helped but 400 new police officers on the street including bilingual officers and as mayor i will add 200 more officers to our streets by the end of 2019. our city needs a mayor who will represent all san franciscans. we have a responsibility to everyone. people are depending on asked to work together to attack these challenges, not attack each other. and i am running for mayor because i believe that together, there is no problem we can't

solve. with bold and creative leadership. i respectfully ask for your vote on june 5th. please check out my website. [♪] [♪] >> hello. my name is richie greenberg and i'm running to be your next mayor of san francisco. i was born in queens, new york and i've been a resident of san francisco for 17 years. i'm a married, my wife and i live in the richmond district and i'm a father of an amazing 26 year old daughter starting in university overseas. back in 1989, i earned my california state income tax service license and for nearly 30 years, i've worked in the private sector is a small business advisor and tax consultants. recently, i've become very involved with local politics and last year i was voted into the san francisco gop's official replicant -- republican party committee. a growing number of san franciscans are energized and

excited that our city, at long last has a republican in this june 5th mayor raced making this election a truly two party race. i'm endorsed by the san francisco republican party, in the lgbt republican club and by the small property owners of san francisco. i've earned my reputation and resulting endorsements based on me being the only levelheaded, grounded and respectful leader and candidate for office. with every election cycle, san francisco's voters see the same recycled candidates, the same rhetoric and promises with no real solutions. this is making our city's problems progressively worse year after year. we need better, and i will be better, much better. moreover, the current city hall leadership and nearly all mayoral candidates have shifted so far left that voters are dismayed and in disbelief. the majority of san francisco's

voices are now unheard and unrepresented. but i am a great listener and a great planner for action. it's what i've done in my career for nearly 30 years. city hall cannot operate without checks and balances. it hasn't worked for years and it will not work in the future. i will be the checks and balances. i will stop san francisco from being taken to the brink of catastrophe. so why am i running? while i believe in or -- core values that will guide me as your next mayor. accountability, law and order and uplifting our quality of life. everything from homelessness to car break-ins, to supporting our police officers, to building housing, to fixate community infrastructure and cleaning the streets, to maintaining quality leadership to department city heads. to helping neighbourhood small businesses and so much more. all these issues can and will be addressed by my three core values of accountability, law and order and uplifting our city's quality of life.

the under -- other candidates for mayor think a solution to our financial woes is to continue to tax hard-working residents and add more and more burdens on small business owners and property owners and in a robin hood style. other candidates fundamentally change or want to change, or might i say, destroy our city's west side, a pet just a pending single family homes and changing the neighbourhood character and turn -- turn san francisco into manhattan or hong kong. clearly, i'm against this. don't mess with the west side. overall, our city needs those families and we need our children and we need great education and great teachers to actually prepare students for the best shot at opportunities for the future, whether they are heading to college or to vocational training. we need parking. we need to build housing beyond micro- apartments. we need one, two and three bedroom apartments a house couples and families with children, seniors, the elderly

and disabled. on homelessness i view individuals who are sleeping on the streets and the mentally ill wandering and tattered clothing as a humanitarian disaster. i will probably declare a state of emergency within days of being sworn in as your next mayor. and closing, san francisco needs a leader, not an activist. we need an ambassador, not an embarrassment. i am such a leader and i am such an ambassador. i wish to thank the league of women voters for organizing these candidates and informative videos for you to see and to learn from. please have a look at my campaign website. vote june 5th for a level headed and clear thinking candidate, richie greenberg. god bless san francisco and god bless the united states of america.

[♪] >> hi, i am jane came in over the last rock from on-site talked to san franciscans and every corner of rma didn't there's an amazing city. i've been invited into your living rooms, visited senior centres and visited families and children before and after school. in every way -- everywhere i go i hear the same concern that we are losing our friends, neighbours, and our middle-class. residents are worried that they maybe next to be forced out of the city to has long been known as a sanctuary for all of us. san francisco can and must do better. and people are understandably worried but have also been inspired by our neighbours who are committed to fighting together. for the san francisco we all love. i'm running for mayor of this amazing city to lead that fight for san francisco. and i will make cleaning our streets a top priority. i will double the numbers of

street cleaners and public toilets, expanding progress to higher homeless individuals to help us clean our streets. i will work to strengthen k-12 public education, expand through city college and opportunities by making childcare available at affordable for every family. i will work to accelerate construction of new affordable and middle income housing and i will work to speed up the infrastructure improvements that slow development down and i will make sure that the developers pay their fair share for transit, parks, schools, affordable housing and other services to ensure we build complete neighbourhoods. and i'll expands the mental health and addiction treatment programs for almost residents so we are not just housing them, we are healing them and helping them stay permanently off our streets. and i will upgrade our transportation right now by finding more buses, longer chains, fairies, and protected of bike lanes.

while doubling the number of traffic enforcement officers to keep things moving. as a supervisor, and former member of the san francisco board of education, i've been proud to stand and fight for our city. and i fought and have 13 -- free city college for all of our residents. a 50-dollar minimum wage, record levels of affordable housing and new developments. strong protection for tenants and expanded medical services for homeless residents. and i'm ready to continue fighting again. to fight together for our city so that we can put san francisco on the right path. supporting our working-class communities and regrowing our middle-class. with the right investment, and housing, education, and public transportation. i believe in san francisco. and i know we can be the home to the resistance, investing in our residents again, and standing up to donald trump through our policies and our values.

because if san francisco doesn't lead the way, who will? i hope to earn your vote this june 5th. join me or learn more on my website. thank you. z -- [♪] [♪] >> hello i am mark leno. i have had the great honour to serve san francisco for four years as county supervisor, six years as an assembly member, and eight years as your state senator put together we have accomplished some incredible things for women and families across the city, and throughout the state. i was proud to offer legislation making california the first estatstate in the nation to rair minimum wage to $15 an hour, giving five-point 6 million workers arrays and lifting over 2 million californians out of poverty, including the

disproportionately high number of women who make up the minimum wage earners. when city college was in the depths of it's accreditation crisis, i was able to secure $120 million in stabilization fund going to save city college so that we could live to provide free city today. as mayor, i would like to take that a step further and to duplicate what long beach has done with the long beach promise. for students who complete their aa at city college, san francisco should provide free state so that city college graduates can finish their ba at no cost. as mayor, this would be a top priority. we can call it the san francisco promise. we also know that here in california, we rank 50 out of 50 states in participation of food stamp programs. that's why i offer legislation removing hurdles like requiring

fingerprints for eligibility to assist many more to finally benefit from this critical initiative. i was also privileged to work with a coalition of domestic violence advocates to offer legislation protecting survivors so they can break the residential leashes to make a safe exit from their homes. it is my honour to have authored the bill which will move from all state statutes the term "battered women syndrome." and replace it with "intimate partner battering." the former inferred it was a characteristic of the woman that brought a part of her -- upon her the violence of her partner. this time should never it further victimize the victim. i was also particularly proud to offer the california single-payer unit of dirt -- universal health care bill. not once cast but twice. moving the ball down the field so we can soon provide meaningful health car healthcary

californian. san francisco could also benefit from a universal mental health care thealthcare to address the growing crisis facing so many on our streets today. i'm running for mayor because i'm convinced that it's time for a new direction at city hall. on june 5th, voters will have a clear choice between fundamental change and the status quo. a status quo which is not working for any of us. our crises of homelessness, housing affordability, crime and the conditions of our streets are all out of control. and the only candidate in this race who has released a plan, a detailed plan, to end homelessness by 2020, it is time for city hall to make this a top priority that it is an reject cynicism and finally demand results. as the author of san francisco's

affordable housing mandate known as the inclusionary zoning ordinance, we have built many, many thousands of below market rate units in recent years. but we need to do much more. i will ensure that any new market rate development that receives any public benefit will be required to provide a higher percentage of affordable units. we need to serve our needs at this time of crisis. i'm honoured to have the support of the u.s. senator paris and our stat state comptroller, bete and our sin to be state treasurer and six of the 11 members of the board of supervisors. six of the seven members of the city college board of trustees. the united educators of san francisco. the lgbt democratic club and other clubs. the sierra club and the number 1 endorsement of the san francisco party, the democratic party.

it would be my honour to have your vote on june 5th. [♪] [♪] >> hello everyone. i am amy farah weiss. one san francisco city hospital rolled out shortsighted hospital -- policies that displace hundreds of residents pick in 2011 i joined my neighbour to push back against the chase bank the displaced local businesses on the car door. i realized eight years ago, in an additio, andin addition to ao against displacement, we also needed a strategic yes for inclusive and culturally enriching and sustainable development. i platform is ahead of its time politically. the policies i'm proposing can all be developed and implemented over the next year.

no matter who you vote for, as your first, second or third choice for mayor, please promote my actual initiatives to stabilize and heal our systems,, neighbourhoods and neighbours and crisis. let's talk about homelessness. it's clear that san francisco's next mayor must achieve a significant reduction in the thousands of people living in crisis conditions on our sidewalks. san francisco currently spends $30 million a year on a move along strategy for d.p.w. and sfpdm to shuffle homeless residents from block to block with terrible outcomes. is founder and director of saint francis challenge i have worked with encampment residents, impacted neighbours, business owners, nonprofit and city workers and officials over the last two and a half years to pilot and developed a model that can transition thousands of san francisco's unsheltered residents into safe and organized spaces. news sos transitional villages are administered by nonprofit organizations with a license agreement agreement, health and

safety protocols and community benefits on underutilized public or private land in impacted neighbourhoods. safe organized spaces provide triage, stabilization on the necessary amount of on-site services to support pathways to healing, housing and community integration. when it comes to stabilizing our affordable housing crisis, our next mayor should, number 1, fund rent subsidies and legal right to council for tenant spacing is facing eviction. number 2, create an online registry of rent bird into an un- displaced workers and residents were seeking affordable housing no more than 30 % of the net income. number 3, develop a parcel tax that incentivizes property owners to rent out empty units at a new program that supports property owners with tenant screening management financing for rehab, if they agree to provide affordable housing. number 4, support the financing and development of additional dwelling units for property owners who agree to provide affordable housing.

number 5. focus on further streamlining 50 % affordable housing projects by creating new financing mechanisms and a framework for public private partnership with pension funds and developers to finance the low to moderate income housing units. number 6, invest in workforce development programming in the construction field. and number 7 supports the expansion of stable rent by refilling cost. what can our next mayor accomplished in a year to support livable and safe neighbourhoods? instead of investing $34 million to hire 208 police officers clock i is mayor will invest 34 million into unarmed programming that strategically targets the 100 blocks and neighbourhoods with the highest incidence of crime and public safety issues. our next mayor must support environmental justice. and work with elected officials in congress to ensure they maybe adequately remediate that toxic soil at treasure island. our next mayor must initiate a

task force to locally regulate buber and left to the extent possible and create reparations for taxi drivers and develop a locally regulated transit platform that is pro driver and pro passenger and pro environment. our next mayor must make direct links to connect our students and residents to workforce opportunities with the plan to prevent tech boom at displacement three-point oh. san francisco residents, including me, want a mayor will put our 10 billion-dollar budget to good use. i have laid out a set up the liberal -- deliverables and performance metrics to track my performance over the next year. i invite you to build on that framework and use it to track the performance of whoever becomes mayor. visit my website and click on the tracker tool which is also available in spanish and chinese. thank you for listening and please include me on your vote for equities late on june 5th. [♪]

[♪] hello san francisco. my name is ellen lee zhou and i am running for a better san francisco. i am one of the eight mayoral candidates for the special election. i am 49 years old and i have two children in college. i have been married for the last 23 years. my heart is in france and cisco door san francisco for the last 32 years. i am here running for you because i'm sick and tired seeing these problems ongoing and not solved and i am tired. i was nominated by the san francisco collection neighbourhood to run for a bento sample -- better san francisco because i'm tired of seeing corruptions that you see at city hall. i have a couple of platforms that when i am working with you, number 1, i want to set up an anticorruption unit for a government corruptions. we have a lot of corrupted

behaviour at city hall and and department areas that is not accountable and our money is not working at the best level for the best interest for you and the residents, in number 2 i want to tackle and eliminate homeless in san francisco. i learned as a social worker for public health, i have been working for the city and a city government for the last 13 years. i interview many people who are homeless. i find and learn nobody wants to be homeless and everybody wants to live a life with dignity and love and hope and respect. many people are good people and they have survived and have good jobs. they have become talented people before they become homeless but we keep giving them welfare and to give them a place to sleep. as a mayor, i will set regulations, know homeless will be allowed in san francisco streets. that is one thing. we will identify who needs what

helped, for example if they are mentally ill we will treat them with mental health issues, physical health issues and drug addiction. for your information, 60 % of the homeless people, are drug-related. many of the people are on drugs and drug abuse, alcohol abuse or cannabis abuse. how do i know? i worked for the government and i prepare the research and i work and help the people. i interview people. i spoke to many homeless people at a went to work with the safe space community who help them and shelter them and work with them. right now the government spends $6,000 and homeless a month and it is still not working. and now is the time to stop. we want our public people to be at work and be responsible for everybody. number 3 cannot i do not want any criminals coming to our san francisco city. no thank you. get away from our city. i will not shelter any fbi felons and criminals that come to san francisco. we had approximately 2.3

criminals that are undocumented in the united states. this city used to shelter peop people. the people i want to help our families and children. but the criminals have records and have all these most wanted from the fbi, we won't be giving them shelter when they come in here. i will be protecting all of you by enforcing the laws that we have. right now our laws in their are not not being enforced. as mayor, i am looking for people who are retired in san francisco, who are judges, lawyers, police, public health workers and doctors and nurses to work for me when i am in the office. work for me so we can build voices from every neighbourhood to function effectively and fight off government corruption. we have in wasting so much money and there is a lack of transparency for many of the governmental activities.

now is the time, dies. i am a government employee and i represent so many public employees because i am a un representative and wait here i am. let's do it together. this weight we will get the people who are doing the bad behaviours at city hall, it is time for them to go home. the people are not following the rules on the laws, they should not be working for the government. i and the mayor for you because i am a mayor. i'm nonpartisan and less republican and not democratic. i'm here for you for the people posta's voice and i want to help you to have a quality of life and say no to criminals say no to recreational cannabis and say no to unfair housing. everybody is important. every life matters. every mind matters. i am a city mayor for all the people who are obeying the law and you are willing to work together as one team. once if you, one team and we are one god under one nation. check me out on my website.

and you will see more about my platforms. i want to thank you so much for giving me the time and thank you so much san francisco. [♪