doesn't really add anything to the bill. >> supervisor cohen: and we're live. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you back to the budget and finance committee. my name is malia cohen. i'm the chamber of this committee, and to my right is supervisor sandy fewer, to my further right is supervisor jeff sheehy. to my left is supervisor kathrin stefani and further left is anthony yee. our clerk today is kathrin majors, and we are grateful to

sfgovtv for their broadcasts. madam clerk, are there any announcements? [agenda item read] >> supervisor cohen: okay. thank you very much. could you please call items 1, 2, and 3 together. >> clerk: yes. item number 1 is a resolution determining and declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the construction, reconstruction, acquisition, improvement, seismic strengthening and repair of the embarcadero seawall and other needed infrastructure. item 2 is a plan reviewing the city's two year fiscal plan to increase the proposed seawall bond from 350 million to 425 million to fund phase one of the seawall program. and item number 3 is an ordinance calling and providing for a special election to be

held in the city and county of san francisco on tuesday, november 6, 2018. >> supervisor cohen: great. thank you very much. first, i'd like to call up our city administrator, naomi kelley. she will be making a brief presentation, and following her will be the director of the san francisco port miss elaine forbes. >> good afternoon, supervisors. naomi kelly. supervisor administrator. first on behalf of the capital planning committee. i am very happy to be here today to introduce the seawall earthquake safety bond measures that are before you for recommendation and inclusion on the november 2018. it supports our regional transportation including the b.a.r.t. and muni tubes, and ferry services. it protects our city from flooding, it supports critical

utilities, whether it's water, sewer, electrical, telecom, and emergency response and disaster recovery infrastructure. it makes it possible for our way of life and it's a big part of who we are in san francisco. the seawall's importance to so many different assets is how we've come to understand the urgency of the need in the first place. in 2014, under the leadership of then-mayor ed lee, the city introduced the lifeline's interdependency studies to study the interdependency across the region. the seawall was identified as one of the most critical interdependency issues that could impact emergency response efforts and the safety of our people and property following a major earthquake. once we understood the magnitude of the risk and the need, the seawall rose to the top of our capital planning priorities. the seawall bond before you and hopefully placed on our

november 2018 ballot is in the amount of 425 million, which was recommended unanimously by the capital planning committee earlier this spring. i'll wrap up here by saying that as city administrator, it has been graduatifyig that we e kept our eye on this issue and we need to make the seawall stronger for our residents, and our visitors, and with that i'd like to introduce elaine forbes, port director. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> thank you so much, city administrator kelly. i'm elaine forbes, port director. first i'd like to thank you, chairman cohen and members of the committee for having a hearing on this item. i would like to thank director kelley because she has provided a lot of the funding to keep

the seawall project going. i'm very proud to represent the port staff and commission in what's really a milestone day for the port as we work together to protect our city by strengthening the embarcadero seawall. i ask that you place a 425 million general obligation bond on the november ballot to support the seawall earthquake safety and disaster prevention program. and if i could please move to the overhead. the seawall, as city administrator kelly said, is unseen, mostly. it's 100 years old and it's served our city and region very well over the last decade, but we now must make significant investment for the seawall to protect the next generation. this bond will strengthen the seawall, to protect the city from earthquake, address flood risk and provide current adaptation for sea level rise. staff has prepared the geobond

describing the port program and the need for the funding. we'll make final edits to this report once the committee takes action today but before the bond legislation is introduced at the board of supervisors. so members of the public may be asking what is the seawall, and i'll say you're not alone. because it is unseen infrastructure. we all don't know about this work horse for us. it's three miles long. it stretches from fisherman's wharf in the north to mission creek in the south. the state of california built this infrastructure between 1870 to 1910, turning mud flats into a vibrant deep water port. during the construction, we reclaimed 500 acres of land in san francisco. it provides flood protection to the reclaimed land and our san francisco neighborhoods and provides critical regional

buildings and infrastructure. in fact all the buildings between san francisco bay and first street are made possible by the seawall. however that filled land was created way before modern engineering standards, and that land -- that filled land is subject to liquefaction during a major earthquake. city director kelley describes the seawall being on the city's lifelines of critical infrastructure in 2014. we were described as one of the most critical lifeline engineering study. we found in a major seismic event, the land behind the seawall will liquefy, causing many problems. quite simply, it is an unsafe

condition which we cannot stand by. in addition to this earthquake risk, the embarcadero faces current flood and future flood risks. we're already experiencing annual close you ares of the embarcadero during king tide. we know that the muni and b.a.r.t. tunnel is at risk today in a 100 year storm flooding. we know that sea levels are expected to rise as much as 24 inches by 2050 and 66 inches by 2100. and with just 18 inches of sea rise, flooding on the embarcadero will be a regular occurrence and will have flood problems in sections of the downtown. we need to bolster and protect our line of defense. why is this so critical? the lifelines council report raised alarms regarding the seawall because of the important role it plays for the city and the region. first, it's a key piece of the city's response in case of

disaster. in an earthquake, d-e-m expects the waterfront to provide emergency response to people, to get people home in the region and to get goods in. it's a major place of evacuation, delivery of disaster workers, equipment, and supplies. the seawall protects our regional transportation hub. 440,000 people arrive by boat, b.a.r.t., muni every day. over half a million people board muni trains on a daily basis. it provides infrastructure facilities, and it enables 25 million of economic activity and protects over 100 billion of property value. this is what's at stake if we do not act. if we do not act and let disaster strike, the project could cost much more and would harm life safety. what will the bond fund?

the port seeks this geobond through a variety of actions, project implementation, protection, mitigation and enhancement. through the course of the program, the port will engage a broad range of stakeholders and constituents, especially our city departments, private and public industry, port tenants and interested parties. because this is our first major sea level rise project to endeavor, we must engage not only ourselves but young people who will be coming up and dealing with this issue into their lifetimes. this bond will fund seismic improvements to the seawall. current concepts come from initial studies and similar projects elsewhere, including seattle, which replaced their seawall. potential approaches to seismic retrofit include ground improvements, seawall replacement, structural

replacement to utilities, walls, and piers, and utility replacement. similar to seismic improvements, strategies to combat sea level rise will vary depending on the different sections of the waterfront. some sections are relatively open and will allow fore more flexible strategies with benefits. the port expects that these vital improvements will provide the foundation for future adaptation measures. when selecting both seismic and flood mitigation projects that this bond will fund, we will apply a vetted set of criteria, including considerations of the benefits to life safety and emergency response as well as factors such as project length, risk avoided and community and environmental benefits so that we are spending our dollars as wisely as possible to protect the public. to replace the overall seawall

and prepare for sea level rise what we're predicting for 2100 would cost up to $5 billion. we expect it would take about 30 years to complete all these improvements. given the size and scope of this work, we're biting off -- we're breaking this project into phases that really make the most sense for the risk we're facing. phase one will address immediate life safety risks. this is what's before you today, and emergency response and recovery needs and will develop the next set of seismic and adaptation projects. phase two -- and this is into the midcentury will continue to address seismic retrofit and will address more projects to address sea level rise. phase three, which we expect 2050 to 2100. that envisions a real long-term vision for the waterfront, creating a new line of defense

for future generations. supervisors, what is before you today, addressing the life safety risks and a down payment on the future projects. we are continuing to work with our engineering consultant, c.h. 2 m hill to final lies our phase one graphic. we've begun a multilevel seismic graphic, testing out different ground strengthening techniques. in 2021, full blown construction will begin after we've completed permitting and environmental review and is expected to be completed in 2026. the port estimates that this first phase is 500 million, as i've said. of course the primary source is a proposed geobond for 425

million. we also have secured 10 million from our federal partners from army corps of engineers and we are securing 55 million from the state. currently ab 2578 is pending. assembly members chiu and ting and state senator weiner are working for us to capture these funds. what is our pact? the port commission approved this plan, we are recommending this to you. we are asking you to send this to the full board today. deputy city attorney givner has some recommendations relative to a split file, and you'll be hearing from supervisor peskin's office about future amendments at the board, but otherwise, this is our path to

a november question in front of the san francisco voters. the proposed $425 million seawall bond, again, is a first step in a generational long program to strengthen and make safe our embarcadero and to protect our city. we cannot wish these threats away, and with your leadership, with the leadership of late mayor lee, he was such a great supporter of this project, mayor farrell, president breed, supervisor peskin, with all of you with our state and local -- our state and federal delegation and our community stakeholders, we can build the future we want to see and prepare the framework for our children, and so we urge your support today and we're here to answer any questions. thank you so much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you, miss forbes. i appreciate your presentation. thank you, miss kelly, for your presentation, as well.

i actually have a few questions for the city attorney, and then, we will hear from s sonny angulo. could you explain to us the change in the state rule that is expected to affect this legislation? >> mr. givner: sure. deputy city attorney jon givner. last year, the state legislature adopted a bill that requires that any time a ballot measure is proposed to the voters that could increase taxes, it has to have certain information in the measure, including how much will be collected each year, what the potential rate of taxation is, how long collection would continue. and so going forward, all tax measures and geobonds must include that information.

the legislature is currently considering a bill that would not apply that new rule to geobonds, so it's a little unclear at this point whether the state law will restrict how we define the question for this bond. in the current ordinance before you, there is a proposed question for the geobond. >> supervisor cohen: right. >> mr. givner: because the state law might change, our recommendation today is that you can pass out the ordinance onto the full board, and the ordinance -- and the board could even vote to place the ordinance on the ballot over the next several weeks. but before you do that, we recommend you duplicate the file and amend the duplicated file so that you keep a version of the question in committee, so that in july, once we have a better sense of where state law's going, the committee might need to take up the --

the question ordinance again and tweak the language of the question and then, the board would change the question by the end of july. >> supervisor cohen: will we then know about the state rule? when will we know about the state rule? >> mr. givner: we're talking to the state lobbyists about exactly when we'll know. if -- if there is no resolution by july, no change in the state law, then, we will advise the board to -- to amend the question. the question currently in this ordinance is anticipating that the state law will be changed to give us flexibility in how we draft the question. >> supervisor cohen: okay. so procedurally, if we duplicate the file, and -- well, if we duplicate the file, how about that affect the election timeline? >> mr. givner: it won't affect the election timeline. you can duplicate the file so

then you have two ordinances. one ordinance, you can pass out of committee today, and the full board can consider it on june 12. >> supervisor cohen: okay. >> mr. givner: the second ordinance, you would amend to basically strip out everything from that ordinance other than the question itself. and so you'd have a very short ordinance that stays in committee that just has the question so that in july, say july 5 or -- july 5 committee meeting or july 12 committee meeting, the committee can take that ordinance up that's sitting here before you, and pass that ordinance, and the board could pass that ordinance later in july. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. next want to hear from sonn sonny angulo. >> thank you, supervisor. we have been talking with the board about some more explicit

language in the ordinance that captures some of the acknowledgement around mitigation as well as the most feasible preferred alternative for construction along the embarcadero so that our voters who have this measure before thandem u whatur o good government policy is and what our accountability is around maximizing these bond dollars, as well as the embarcadero historic district that we will do everything in our power to ensure that the historic assets are preserved and contained. given the time constraints that are with us at committee, we will continue to work with the port to refine that language and bring it to the full board, and t supvisor is happy to offer the amendments at that time. i just wanted to give you a heads up and thank you for hearing this item today. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. i want to hear from the b.l.a.

i think they have some reports that they want to share with us. >> this $425 million bond would be one of the major funding sources towards the phase one seawall project of about 500,000 -- $500 million excuse me. we summarize the uses of funds on page four of our report. in terms of the bond itself, we understand from the office of public finance, they're looking at about three separate sales of the bonds over five years. each structure is a 20 year bond and interest estimates is about #' $00 million over the 25 years when the bonds are retired. the impact on property taxes, because these are geobonds would be an estimated average about $13 perevery $100,000 of assessed property value over the term, and this amount is within the city's policy of maintaining the impact on taxes

to the fiscal year 2005-2006 rate. approval is a policy matter for the board of supervisors. it does require a two thirds vote of the board to be put on the ballot. >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you very much. why don't we call -- i don't see any names on the roster, so i'm going to assume there are no questions. let's go to public comment. if there's a member of the public that would like to comment on items 1, 2, or 3, you'll have two minutes to do so. >> good afternoon. i've got a special announcement i'm going to do. i told you i'm going to be here every step of the budget and i have been for the last five years, so i'm going to talk about some parallels. you all talk about risks, the obligations of what's happening in the future. right now, i'm here to say, let it be told that budget book there, i've done gone through it head and toe, as i said

before. it's mentioning nothing about the black population, which is that we're at risk now, and our next governor, who's the next mayor here, who appointed me as the czar here, i'm going to testify. now i'm going to be here every step of the way, and i'm going to say in parallel that the city and county don't give a darn about people who look like me, and you, supervisor, that's a true fact. in that being boo, there's asians, latinos, the immigrants, the teachers, the students, and this and that, but everything in there but the blacks. see i'm here to testify. i've got generations after me. see, i say it every time. i've got kids, and they've got kids. i'm a papa. but right now, i'm standing before you all. i'm ace on the case, and i'm going to have some announcements.

i'm going to have my tv show here june 5, down stairs. but this is what i'm going to request. i'm going to request there be an audit on the budget to find out why immigration's not in there. i want an audit on the understanding why we're not nowhere on the budget. now unless i can't read or i'm blind, 'cause if ray charles was still alive, he would tell stevie wonder to look at the books. ain't nothing in there. that's a violation. >> good afternoon, supervisors. let me give kudos to my district supervisor and budget chair, supervisor malia cohen. i'm a long time resident of bayview-hunters point, india basin resident. for the past 18 months, i've had the honor and privilege to be a part of the working group, which is comprised of about 34

san franciscans, and we've been assisting the port of san francisco in putting together the land use master plan. i've also had the honor to chair the transportation sub committee. i am really surprised. i think the take-away notes here are we are really at a time bomb. san francisco prone to earthquakes. we know what is happening in the region, and we have a history, and 425 million is really a down payment, as the city administrator and port director elaine forbes mentioned earlier. the earlier we can get this done, at the end of the day, theologicticks of the other pile, i think san francisco wants to have it done. i live in district ten, the southern waterfront, the whole city is going to be melt down. when you think about 24 billion. so let's just pray and the upgrade does not even happen in

november . at that time, you will have no choice but to go in emergency and do what you have to do. so let's get this ball rolling, and i know all of you will support this bond measure and move it forward. thank you for your time. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, chair cohen, supervisors fewer, stefani, sheehy, and yee. my name is bruce aggett, and i'm a resident of mission bay. i'm a chair of the tjpa cissensi citizens advisory committee. as we've heard, san francisco is vulnerable to seismic activity and emerging flood risks that could impact the entire city. the failure of the embarcadero

seawall could have catastrophic consequences and pose serious risks while hindering the ability of first responders to aid our residents and visitors in the event of an earthquake. the embarcadero seawall is already experiencing localized flooding due to higher water levels and settlement in certain levels. the shoreline from pier 22 to pier nine includes some of the lowest shorelines in san francisco and these areas flood during king tides and storm events. the seawall earthquake safety program is a vital investment in the city's waterfront and will protect the entire city and hasten recovery after a major earthquake. i'd like to applaud the port and the city agencies for actively addressing these needs for replacing the seawall instead of waiting to react to

a catastrophic event during a crisis situation. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, budget and finance committee. my name is laura xander. i am the chief financial officer of the exploratorium, and we sit on that three mil range where the seawall sits. through the observatory, the exploratorium is committed and has been doing education in climate change and sea level rise. in fact, the exploratorium has participated in the resilience project around sea level rise in general and is actively involved as an educational partner to various projects around the city and hopes to be partner to the port in educating the public about sea level rise and about earthquakes. as a matter of fact, if you walk in the exploratorium, and

you -- there's an exhibit that you jump right next to, and you can see that just with a small jump, the seismic activity occurs. and so i'm here in support of the bond measure. the exploratorium staff and visitors love our home on the waterfront. we'd like to be there for decades, if not more to come, and we do welcome visitors from not just the bay area, but the entire state, the country, and beyond. the u.s. geological survey estimates that there's a 72% chance of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake or greater striking the bay area in the next 25 years, and that represents in 1996 60 seconds of shaking long the fault and would severely test the infrastructure and the exploratorium itself. so given the importance of the embarcadero seawall and its infrastructure that it supports, it's vital that the city addresses these vital

interests for safety and economic interests, among other reasons. thanks so much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good morning, chair cohen and supervisors. my name is alex major. i'm here today to speak in support of the port seawall project. the embarcadero seawall is the foundation of 500 acres of downtown neighborhoods, the under pittance of critical infrastuckture. we think it's important to note that one out of every eight jobs in the bay area is located in downtown san francisco, and a 2007 study estimated that the seawall protects over $100 billion of assets and economic activities, so for these reasons, we ask you to support the seawall project. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good afternoon, chair cohen and members of the committee. my name is thea seldy, and for

identification only, i am the former chair of the citizens general obligation bond oversight committee, and i am the current chair of the san francisco transit riders, which is a grassroots nonprofit that is the voice of the san francisco muni, b.a.r.t., and caltrain riders. and i'm here today to urge you to support this $425 million bond. as you know, the embarcadero seawall supports the regional transportation network system that moves a significant number of local and regional residents and commuters. indeed, 1.1 million people enter the city every day, including 440,000 as director forbes reminded us, who arrive by boat at the ferry building or by the transbay tube on b.a.r.t. in addition, muni brings another half million boardings

that arrive downtown. the army corps of engineers estimates that a 100 year storm would flood the embarcadero subway which would shutdown both b.a.r.t. and the embarcadero muni stations. i don't have to remind you probably about what happened in 2012 with hurricane sandy on the east coast, which wreaked havoc on the new york subway system and long-term damage from flooding and salt water corrosion are still a problem there. the geobond will allow city to fund protection for the muni b.a.r.t. tunnel and work with city departments to minimize damage to light rail service from spreading in a seismic event, and i urge you to move forward with the $425 million

bond. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm president of the san francisco firefighters, and i, too, am here to speak in favor of the seawall obligation bond. currently that seawall houses and provides shelter for the only fireboat in the bay area, the st. francis, and if we remember in our not so distant past, it also provided a home to the phoenix, which was the number one source of water during the 1989 earthquake and played a critical role in saving not only the marina by a large cath of the city from the devastating fires after the 1989 earthquake. so we urge you to support this obligation bond and provide adequate funding for public safety and seismic and flooding safety in san francisco. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. good afternoon, chair cohen, supervisors. my name is corrine woods. i'm a member of the port central waterfront advisory ground, and with linda

richardson, i've served on the waterfront plan task force. we've done a deep, deep dive into the some of the issues that the port is facing on the waterfront plan update, and the seawall really, really came to the top of our list. it is so critical. transportation, property values, infrastructure. if we don't have the sewers, the city stops. i urge your support of this bond and thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisor cohen, fellow budget and finance committee members of the my name is timothy wright. the original construction on the seawall started in 1878 and employed workers for four decades, and it was an amazing feat of engineering. today you've heard all the

reasons why we should strengthen the seawall. it will also provide jobs to our working men and women, including job training and opportunities for san francisco residents, we had the skilled labor 100 years ago, and w have the skilled labor today to fix it. i'm asking you to pass this bond measure, and also as a native san franciscan, we need to protect the embarcadero seawall, so thank you for your time. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm alice rogers. i'm president of the south beach rincon neighborhood association. we have a letter on file with you to support the three items before you today. there's nothing that i can add that's more compelling that the city administrator and director forbes haven't already said. i can only add that these measures have very strong neighborhood support in our three neighborhoods. it's not only in our own self-interests since we sort of comprise the central

waterfront, but we understand the critical aspect of this to the infrastructure. we're highly transit depe depe, this is a matter of utmost importance to the entire city. we have a deep commitment to not only a triple bottom line, but also a quadruple or an eight-fold bottom line in maintaining our maritime industries, in preserving our historic ties to the waterfront, huge historic assets to the city. and doing -- turning themselves inside out to provide public access and to all regional users. so their resources are really spread thin, and we really need to be looking to these other

resources to fund these things. thank you. >>' afternoon, supervisors. my name is charlie labry. i'm with local operating engineers. we represent over 10,000 skilled craftsmen in the bay area. these are the craftsmen that survey, construct, test and inspect the critical infrastructure projects that help keep our systems resilient and operable in the event of a seismic event. i'm here to speak in support of the geobond. we operating engineers has partnered with nine bay area counties and many environmental groups, and was instrumental in the passage of measure aa to preserve the bay area wet

lands. operating engineers helped build the original seawall, and we stand ready today to bring that expertise and experience and commitment to reconstruct the seawall and provide career opportunities for san franciscans for decades to come. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. are there any other members of the public that would like to weigh in on items 1, 2, or 3. all right. seeing none, we will close public comment. thank you for weighing in your comment. supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: thank you, supervisor cohen. i just want to thank the staff for briefing my office and i about the need to have this done. i think i've had several presentations, but it only took one to convince me that we need to move quickly on this, and the water is rising, and this averts some disaster. i'm glad that our city departments are -- are future

looking into the future and wanting to get things done at this point. so i -- first of all, i'd like to be added as a cosponsor onto item 3. >> supervisor cohen: okay. >> supervisor yee: and if you want me to make a motion, i cou could. >> supervisor cohen: we've got a couple of things procedurally that we need to take care of. that's a little out of the norm. is that it, supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: yes. >> supervisor cohen: all right. okay. thank you. madam clerk, you have supervisor yee's request to be added to item 3? >> clerk: yes, it's in the record. >> supervisor cohen: all right. so thank you very much. first and foremost, i'd like just to make a motion to accept the ceqa amendments to items 1 and 3. colleagues if we can take that without objection or if there's a second on that motion. seconded by supervisor stefani, and we'll take that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: thank you.

next item -- next action, i'd like to duplicate item 3, duplicate that file, and i'd like to amend the duplicated file to remove some language, okay? i'm going to read the language into the record. "to remain everything but the ballot question." and then the next thing i'd like to do is continue the duplicated item to the call of the chair. and then, my next motion is to approve items 1 through 3 as amended with a positive recommendation to the full board. all right. colleagues, so is there a second to -- second by supervisor fewer, and we can take that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. madam clerk, did you get all of that? >> clerk: yes. >> supervisor cohen: is there any further business before this body?

>> clerk: there's no further business. >> supervisor cohen: all right. thank you. we are adjourned. >> so first, i want to say good afternoon and thank you for joining me as i submit our balance to your budget to the board of supervisors here in city hall. i want to start today by bei

acknowledging all of the hard work that went into this. i want to thampg the members of the board of supervisors, i nt to thank the departments that are here today and their staffs for all their hard work and the months of preparation that are here today. there are a few people that i want to call out. first, ben rosenfield. i also want to thank and acknowledge harvey rose. it has been a pleasure with the board of supervisors to working with him. and lastly, and i want to say most importantly, i want to thank my entire budget team. they're all sitting over here, and to keller kirkpatrick, our acting budget director, can we

give her a round of plauz? [applause] >> and i want to acknowledge my chief of staff, jason elliott, jason, thank you for everything. [applause] >> so before i dive into the specifics of the budget, i do want to acknowledge where we have been over the pastev months. i think we all remember where weere when we heard about mayor lee's passing and the shock that it felt. no one could have possibly anticipated that our mayor would have been taken from us in december, taken from the city that he loved. we all have endured a lot since that fateful night. many of us have cried, many of us have mourned, but we have come together as a city. we have definitely had our disagreements and debates over the past seven months, but we have stayed together, defending the values of san francisco. and while our local economy continues to thrive, san francisco faces real challenges

every single day. well, you all understand that a mother should not have to choose between paying her utility bill or paying rent, the potential of facing eviction or homelessness. we know that clean streets free of syringes and needles should be the norm, not the exception. that parking your car in san francisco should not induce a panic attack because you think it will be broken into. we all understand that residents in historically under served communities did he serve the resources and -- deserve the resources in a booming economy. they deserve it from san francisco. and as the trump administration attacks so many of our communities, our immigrant community, our lgbt community, our women in san francisco, and the rights of all san

franciscans, we must fight back. we are stewards of the greatest city in the world, and we will rise up to the challenges of today. thank you. [applause] >> now, homelessness has plagued our city for decades, but the situation has never been so dire as it is right now. we will not solve this epidemic with one single answer, and this budget takes a multifacet multifaceted approach to making a real dent in the issue, to help stem the tight of homelessness and push back on the challenges that have confronted us for years on our streets. i also understand the roots of this tragedy are complex, they are not simple, and they are also not unique to san francisco, which is why over the past few months, i have partnered with ten of the

mayor's of the other largest cities in california and advocated in sacramento, advocated with our governor, spent hours in sacramento together as mayors to ask for more than $1.5 billion in our state budget so that cities can address homelessness on our streets because we know the solutions that are working. and i want to say a special thanks to assembly man -- senator weiner, assembly men chiu, and this budget, as large as it is and as large as the investments are within homelessness does not reflect a single dollar of that ask, and we have had great results in sacramento in committees over the past few weeks, and we are hopeful that additional funding will be coming shortly from sacramento. this budget invests in measures

that prevent people from falling into the clutches of homelessness to begin with, while also supporting programs that ensure once they are housed, they will have the support and services that they need to avoid slipping back into homelessness on our streets. we will be compassion driven in our approach, but we will also take strategic common sense measures,easures such as our encampment resolution teams, because no one gets better by living on our streets at night. the first fiscal year of my budget will include $30 million in new initiatives for homelessness. that package includes an investment to double our home ward bound budget, a measure that reunites struggling families with their loved ones, and last year alone over 900 people were served by project home ward bound, and less than

10% of people returned to the city of san francisco to access services. this is to prevent and divert people from a life on our streets her in san ancisco. and when someone leaves the throes of homelessness, they will leave permanently with the resource necessary to make sure they get back on their own 2 feet. in the next fiscal year, this budget will create 200 new supportive housing units in san francisco. with these units, san francisco will have more than 7,900 permanent supportive housing units in the city of san francisco, the most percapita of any city in our entire country. along with our new units, i will be investing $1.5 million additional funds to support additional housing at our permanent housing sites. this includes $15 million to continue our nav fact center

pipeline, helping to secure the creation of four new facilities right here in our city, including the first one dedicated specifically to women and expectant mothers. these resource heavy centers are critical to breaking the cycle of homelessness, poverty and addiction on our streets. we will fund programs that support families, we will fund program that's support the youth that are homeless on our streets, and i will continue to support funding for operations that clear our streets of unsafe and unhealthy tent encampments. again, no one's life is getting better by sleeping in tents on our streets. we must also address the core roots of the issue of homelessness. we must offer help to those on our streets struggling with addiction, mental illness and other behavioral health challenges. last month, i announced the creation of a new street

medicine street which will deliver opioid treatments directly to people living on our streets. this dedicated unit under the direction of dr. barry zevin will offer medication to people living on our streets. it is a first in the nation prram, and it will produce results here in san francisco. every day we are hearing more and more stories of people who have really inspired the rest of us by treating their addiction and making onto a better life. and for those -- for those that are on our streets that cannot help themselves with buprenorphrine, we have an obligation to step in and offer assistance. we are investing in conserveatorship beds to those suffering from mental illnesses and living on our streets. earlier this year, i announced

the opening of san francisco conserveatorship beds. and we will continue to invest in them and other programs that represent help for those struggling with addictions living on our streets. we will continue to operate under the premise of laura's law, who help family members who cannot help themselves. too often we have approached homelessness as an attractable issue and the residents experiencing these issues as lost causes. i refuse to accept that narrative. we will not solve this issue overnight, but we have made a dent over the past six months, and with this budget, we will

make great strides in addressing homelessness on our streets. not only in the immediate future but with an eye toward making a dent, and make a permanent lasting legacy of san francisco. we also are fortunate to live in the most beautiful city in the world. stunning vistas, we have the golden gate bridge, we have the castro district, we have livly commercial corridors. but too often, our picture perfect city is blighted with scenes of trash, litter, human waste, drug paraphernalia. we've seen it all. and that's why i'm adding 44 new street cleaners in this budget to be split up evenly between our city's 11

supervisor asorial districts. we've asked the department of public works to work with our supervisors to make sure they are placed exactly in the areas that they are needed in our city. we are also funding a dedicated street pickup team in the soma district. five days a week, manual labor pickup to pick up the trash to make that neighborhood better. in addition, i'll be funding new pit stops, which are safe, monitored public toilets, and a proven model to reduce human waste and litter on our streets. no one should be confronted with feces or the smell of urine walking the streets of san francisco. we'll be adding five new pit stops in high volume corridors and expanding at other pit stops. they are win-win solutions for our communities. they offer struggling residents dignity and safety and keep our sidewalks and streets safe and clean. these additional investments will be paired with ongoing programs, including our

dedicated street medicine team, specifically, a team that was created for needle pick ups based on resident complaints, and our fix it team that does such great work in our neighborhoods, and with this budget, we will be expanding from 25 to 35 zones throughout the city of san francisco. we all know that a clean and vibrant city is an economically successful and healthy city. and just as our city needs to be clean to thrive, it also needs to be safe. last year, weortep 31,000 car break-ins in san francisco. that's about one break-in every three hours on our street. s that's unacceptable. to the credit to our police department, they're doubled our foot patrols, creating a dedicated unit within the central police department, and increasing the burglary and

serial crime units. year to date, car break-ins are down 20% in the city of san francisco, but we will not rest on our laurels heren approximate our city. this budget will reflect additional investments in our public safety departments. in particular, our police department to make sure we do not slip back. the center piece of this public safety goal is the addition of over 250 sworn police personnel over the next four years. i have often said that we have some of the best police officers in the country. we just need more of them. let me be even more specific. i believe we have incredible men and women of our police department. they put the lives on the line for us every single day, and they deserve our respect, and i am proud of them. but san francisco is a growing, changing city, and we need a police force that grows and changes with it.

in the next fiscal year, 130 new officers will be in the police academy, setting the foundation for 250 more officers on our streets. i want to make it clear that these new officers will not be just focused on our property crime epidemic, they'll also be working within our communities to make sure our residents feel safe in the city we all love. these new officers will have the tools and training we have implemented under our current d.o.j. reforms, such as time and distance strategies, deescalation tactics, and most important, the policy and practice of sanctity of life. my budget contains additional investments that bolster our department of police accountability. we need our residents to trust our public safety officials, to believe that when they need help, they're going to get the services that they need.

our department of emergency management teams are now answering approximately 89% of their 911 calls within ten seconds. 90%'s the nshl standard. we are investing $9 million to bolster that department to make sure we exceed the national standard and make sure the residents know whey pick up the phone and dial 911, they're going to have a life person on the other end of the line. it can mean the difrence between life and death, and san francisco can do better. we are also investing in significant new equipment for our firefighters to make sure that they are able to respond quickly and that they are able to do their jobs safely for our residents. we have also been a city that has opened our doors and right la lane -- welcomed the refugees of hate, bigotry an

and oppression. we make sure that every person understands they are an integral part of our city. regardless of where you were raised, no matter where you come from, no matter what neighborhood you are from, you are a part of san francisco. [applause] >> and i am well aware of the persistent disparities that exist in our city, and without these budget dollars, without accountability to out comes will not be successful in reducing widespread disparities. i'm also well aware that too many communities and populations are systematically stuck outside the prosperity of our city, particularly communities of color. this budget continues to invest in these communities that are marginalized and most vulnerable. our community's most impacted

by the delusional policies of the trump administration, and those communities that face persistent and widespread disparities. we're investing over $7 million over the next two years to provide representation for immigrants facing deportation among other legal and support programs. we will be providing our community-based organizations who are on the front line every single day with resources so they can support our own immigrant communities in san francisco. i'm here emphatically once again to say that we will not cower in fare to president trump and the federal administration, and we will never embrace their ideologies of bigotry and hatred ever. and if our city is to truly succeed, we need to lift up every single community and put

the right support between everybody that calls our city home. that is why this budget includes over $7 million for additional criminal justice reforms, including initiatives to expand pretrial monitoring and bail alternatives, ending onerous local fees, and supporting our street violence response team. we will continue to fund workforce programs so every san franciscan from every neighborhood can be a part of our growing economy. i want to thank our union partners who are collaborating with us to making sure the residents can call san francisco home can also be a place where they can work. we're ensuring that the next generation of san franciscans, which is who we are fighting for, have good paying jobs and good benefits. and thanks to the passage of the soda tax, we will now dedicate $10 million annually to address health