healthy for our group and community. thank you. [end of translation] >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. [speaking spanish] [voice of interpreter] >> good morning, supervisors. my name is roger, and i'm one of the members of casa gusta. we're here to demonstrate the importance of youth programs, programs provide the support and resources youth need to grow as people and leaders. youth have the opportunity to understand what are the roots -- root causes of the problems and conditions we see in our communities.

we understand that we also have something to contribute to the struggle and are able to create change through political campaigns and organizing the community. instead of punishing us or incarcerating us, you should support us so that we can all be stronger and more unified. think not of just the youth of today but also generations to come. [please stand by for captioner switch]

>> we pride ourselves in supporting the api and san francisco community. due to a transition of life circumstances and education and many more. this year, we are requesting funding for our long-standing families in transition at youth program, and our pulmonary programs.

since 1983, our program has been at a various high schools providing support in tutoring, college inquiry assistance, leadership, life scales -- skills, and safe spaces for recent immigrants. with this funding cut, it is difficult for us to continue providing support for these transitional used, and provide bartending training to allow people to get higher paying jobs. we want to continue to provide the support to the fans it -- families in transition program. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon ,-guessed supervisors. i am the executive director of the homeless prenatal program. i've been working with trying to end family homelessness for 30 years now in san francisco. families that are homeless are hidden. they are hidden because if they are seen, they fear they will

risk being separated and lose their children to child protective services. the homeless prenatal program to work as two generational. working with the mother and the child at the same time. our course of work is upstream. our mission is to end this cycle of family homelessness. i'm here for two requests. one is for our share program to increase it by $450,000 a year for 20 years, and that would change -- and that is a cost of 37,500 per family to end family homelessness. the other request is for mental health services, $887,000 to be split by five agencies. >> supervisor cohen: thank yo you. next speaker.

>> i'm here to support the budget act and also to speak on the importance of funding programs for homeless families. since beginning of this year, 290 homeless families have come to our doors seeking help. 186 of those have been homeless pregnant women. we must fully fund a replacement emergency family shelter. currently, families can wait up to 321 days for stable shelter placements. and while they wait, the only option is a church that is open only in the evenings. families, pregnant women and children must sleep on mats on the floor and they only have access to showers once a week. we must fund a fully serviced family shelter for homeless families. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i am a psychotherapist. i'm here today to speak on behalf of sherry and her two

children, a just two and five. sherry lives in her car with her children for one month. she often feels very scared and worried that something terrible was going to happen to her and the children. the children are very confused, sad, they can feel the mother's fear. this is very connected to mental health. they not only did not have a roof or a bed, or no food, but they also internalize and feel helplessness and disability. being alone and lack of trust. i respectfully request from you to consider the importance of mental health services, because through that, we can diminish emotional pain and we can bring back hope. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. good afternoon. i'm the deputy director for the homeless prenatal program and i'm also the cochair of the

homeless emergency service providers association. i have packets for each of you. if i could give them to the clerk, maybe, for your review. it has a summary of our funding proposal as well as the budget. our current budget is at $14.7 million ask in year one and 15.8 in year two. and it calls for a number of resources. i am specifically, as part of hpv asking for you to fund the ongoing support of share which martha just mentioned. providing subsidies for families who have a documented need to remain insensitive skipped our san francisco. 450,000 a year. and also for the mental health services which would then be shared between five different agencies. catholic charities, compass, hamilton, homeless prenatal program, and providence. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker.

[speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: good morning supervisors. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: thank you so much for paying attention. i noted this time you are paying attention. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: thank you so much for putting yourself down and paying attention to us. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i worked for 20 years with immigrants and those living in hotels. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i am aware of the needs of the community. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i have gone door-to-door and i have seen what these needs are. [speaking foreign language]

>> voice of translator: that's why i'm requesting you to approve the items on the budget. let's work shoulder to shoulder to meet the needs of the community. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: we have a belief in you and we want to continue to believe in you. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: it is a budget that is so necessary for our community. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: we really need it. thank you so much for listening to us. >> supervisor cohen: what is the ask? what is she asking for? [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: family housing. families can live with dignity and respect.

[speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: good morning my name is margarita. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i'm a member with the coalition on homelessness. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i'm here to request a fair budget. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: so you provide funding for first friendships ,-guessed shelter, homeless shelter. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: there are no showers for children to take a shower. what do you think about that?

i am here to provide more budget for housing. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: as well as your help with subsidi subsidies, as i am receiving some housing subsidies for me and my family. >> voice of translator: so my children have better housing. [speaking foreign language] >> voice of translator: i hope you agree with me and i hope you understand our needs. thank you so much. >> hi. this city is increasingly two cities. the cities of haves and a city of have-nots. homelessness is a tragic visible symbol of that severe inequity.

san franciscans, thousands of them lose their homes. the city coffers are fuller than ever. yet we don't see, in this mare's budget, at true reshuffling to address this crisis. the homeless budget is only three% of our city budget. this mare's budget shows a one% increase in new funding. this budget has a massive increase for police, including new weapons, tasers and meanwhile, the police are doing 6,000 homeless response calls a month. this would be not be needed if we had housing and shelter for folks. they do 6,000 mental health calls and this calls for cuts to core mental health services. it calls for 40 more street cleaners. if we did not have thousands and thousands of people on our streets, it would go a long way. it is time to turn this around. you have the opportunity to do just that. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon.

i'm the director of shelters for the episcopal community services, also a member of has spot. as such, we are calling on the board of supervisors to find -- fund an additional 300,000 subsidies for homeless families, youth, elders, people with disabilities, and two knew shelters including one for families, and another in the bayview. we also need emergency vouchers for families and prevention to keep people out and back to the mental health and employment service cuts. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> i've been homeless until a month ago. now i'm in a senior apartment and i have an embarrassment of riches, it seems like. when i lived there, before i would put up homeless people. at my place.

mostly girlfriends. but ice would also go out and sleep on the street with them. we definitely need more shelters. they are more economical than apartments and s.r.o.s for the time being. until we can get housing for everybody, we are just going to need more shelters for everybody. adults, children, elderly, disabled, families, what have you. we desperately first need shelters. i think that's the extent of it. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm a volunteer at the richmond centre. behind me are representatives

from the district neighbourhood centre. i'm here to advocate for that to $.3 million continuing funding for the security task force which is food insecurity in san francisco. i am bilingual and in doing so i am able to deliver food for 15 years in the richmond district. already nc with the richmond senior centre provides services for homebound seniors who are physically and mentally disabled and would not be able to have the luxury of fresh produce and deliver to them weekly. i urge you to continue funding for our food services, and that is very imperative for the seniors, because they really look forward to it, and the contact that we give them. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker.

>> hi there i am a formerly homeless youth. i was homeless for six years at a native of san francisco. my ask is i believe the city budget, or the city supervisors, and the mayor should cut the police budget drastically to fund housing, homeless youth services, at homeless services, education, healthcare, and food services to our most vulnerable communities in our city. since the inception, the police have never ever been intended to protect or serve our community. since their inception in the 19th century, the police were used to defend the rich, and the white, christian male populations and their families. even today, the police have no legal obligation to protect anyone from any crime.

they are simply there to just enforce laws and bullets will not solve our problems. thank you. [applause] >> supervisor cohen: next speaker. >> hi. i have been living in this city. i cannot understand how a city sends more money to the police, and they send it to border patrol. we need that money, $3.8 million to prevent more homeless people. >> supervisor cohen: thank yo you. thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello, how are you guys? i'm a program manager at hospitality houses employment centre. hospitality house is a part of a collaborative that consists of nine community agencies

providing homeless employment services to san francisco, formerly known as the homeless employment collaborative. and sadly, last year, we lost our funding. we want access to that funding to be restored. with this funding, we can provide employment services to over 250 homeless jobseekers assisting with job training, help with transportation, boots, uniforms for work, union dues, and any other barriers they may face prior to employment. losing this funding definitely affected the community. one of our staff members lost their job. it affects how we serve the community. we want to play a part in helping san francisco's homele homeless. >> supervisor cohen: thank you.

>> i urge you to fully fund the budget ask, $14.8 million with a number of different investments. including $280,000 over the next two years to restore cuts to employment services for homeless people. the full ask of this imposing the right to council and to ink -- close the barn door and prevent eviction and homelessness. $240,000 over the next two years to restore cuts to mental health services, a low threshold mental health services in the tenderloin and south market area. and another number to think about is $1 billion over the next two years in general fund monies to the police department. you need to bring that number down and invest in the community. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker.

>> good afternoon board of supervisors. i am from district six. i thank you for having me here this afternoon. as a san francisco native, i've seen the rise of homelessness in our city for the last 30 years, and with the lack of affordable housing and soaring rent prices, i'm witnessing the middle class families being forced to move from their homes. we are in a growing state of emergency in san francisco with over 7,500 people experiencing homelessness. the current budget is spending $20.7 million to criminalize those experiencing homelessness. i believe it is a waste of money for our city decriminalize a human being for something that is out of their control, and that these acts are only perpetuating homelessness in san francisco. board of supervisors, i urge you to support our ask a $14.8 million that will keep san franciscans housed and housed san franciscans. when we support individuals whole experience and homelessness, instead of criminalizing them, we strengthen our communities. by providing shelter housing and mental health civil service --

services, we will give people the foundation to escape route -- poverty. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i'm an intern for the coalition of homelessness. homelessness among children has been found to have a negative impact on education. with half meetings state proficiency requirements and being sick four times as much as housed children. there is no full-service -- full-service shelter in the bay view. it has limited shower access and the one drop and is packed with primary african-american sleeping in the chairs. the providence shelters should be replaced with a full-service shelter. today we are asking for $14.9 million and -- out of an 11 billion-dollar budget. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker.

>> hello. i am with coalition -- coalition of homelessness. one year ago i moved from beijing to san francisco. i really like the city because it is so beautiful. at the same time, i am shocked there are so many homeless people on the street. san francisco is one of the richest cities in the world. at the same time, every night, there is more than 7,500 homeless people sleeping on the streets. suffering. homeless people are like human beings, like all of us. we should be treated as human beings. and housing is a basic human right. with this act, i ask for $14.8 million increase in funding for homeless families and i thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i work in the coalition of homelessness. today, came to speak on behalf

of the group. today we are demanding $14.8 million for funding. services, families. we are asking for a 3.8 million for new subsidies. we are asking for replacing the family shelter. 1.9 million. 2.6 million in the bay view. so the only thing i want to share with you is you are spending $20 million in criminalizing homeless people. besides using this money to criminalize homelessness -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you. thank you.

next speaker. [applause] hi. i'm from the st. anthony foundation. we don't run and the -- any of our programs that help provide food and shelter and clothing and basic needs with any city money. but we are part of a family in the city that is helping to make sure that our safety net cannot lift people up and help prevent poverty and that is why we are supporting and ask for homeless emergency service provider association and food from the food security task force. we have thousands of people waiting for both food and shelter. two basic things you cannot survive without. we have an opportunity to do better than what was proposed

from the mayor and we should take that opportunity. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am from the homeless prenatal program. i'm a case manager there. we assist homeless families with chair which is a three year subsidy. i personally manage undocumented cases. i have seen these family is a work with these subsidies and become self-sufficient. i've seen these families become stable enough to focus on adjusting their immigration status with limited housing options because of their undocumented status. they have no other long term options outside of this subsidy. these families deserve an opportunity to become self-sufficient. if we are not providing these housing programs to these families, we are not doing enough to end homelessness in san francisco. thank you.

>> next speaker, please. >> how do i make this work here? okay this is my son. i'm speaking on behalf of homeless prenatal program and the fund. i want you to take a moment to think about any family member that you might have in your family who maybe dealing with homelessness. mental health and substance abuse. at this point we are asking that the board of supervisors take a moment and think about the families who need ongoing mental health support. right now we are putting in a 20.74 million police officers and 3 million towards tasers that are taking away our youth and other individuals through police violence and police shooting. i ask that you take this money

and imported into the mental health finds a families are able to get the resources that they need. when families go through domestic violence and chronic homelessness, that is a trauma to the child which ends up affecting them in school. we are hoping that you take some of these funds and import them into the mental health fund. i appreciate your time. do this in honour of all the -- >> supervisor cohen: next speaker, please. >> i will be brief here. i think we should reappropriate the 1.2 million for transgender services. i also think that people like myself who live in nonprofit housing clinics should be -- should we only have to pay 30% of our income towards rent. i would like to see five-point $6 million appropriated to implement the proper s. i feel like the universal right

to council there's a big housing emergency and it is really necessary. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker, please. >> i'm a partner in s.r.o. families united collaborative. i support the request for the $14.9 million for the solutions to homelessness and i urge you to do so as well. i was shocked when i learned that only three% of the budget is spent on solutions to homelessness. to learn that preventing and working to solve homelessness is such a low priority for the city is a heartbreak. i know many voters see at the same way. not only is it important -- upsetting on a moral level, it is unfortunate to hear we are missing an opportunity to invest in our community. fifty% of homeless children are being held back due to lack of housing and all the stress and health problems that come with that it waste money. when people are unable to go for

a preventable house -- health conditions and being rushed to the er, that waste money. for this reason, support our ask and put 14.9 million into prevention -- >> supervisor cohen: next speaker please. >> good morning. i am here with just because. i'm asking for an additional $300,000 to continue running our used organizing leadership program for african-american and latino youth. in addition i am in support of the additional $3 million for subsidies for fixed income folks. such as seniors, people with disabilities, and the lgbt community. please do not continue funding the police. these are the communities that are being targeted for speculators and they are at high

risk of homelessness. no more funding for the police. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am working with the s.r.o. families united collaborative. i will not be here to tell you something you don't already know. san francisco is perhaps the most expensive city in the united states. we have about 7,000, 10,000, god knows how many people living in the streets. we have about 700 families that we work with living in s.r.o.'s in small eight by eight rooms. no kitchen and no bathroom, abusive landlords. all kinds of safety hazards. i am here in full support of the ask for 2.9 million for housing, legal council, vocational services, and also here for the spirit of the community, the voice of the community that

request for defunding police activities. thank you so much. >> before we begin the time for the next speaker i want to note for the record with the addition of supervisor ronan in the chamber we are a full board. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm here representing the san francisco lgbt centre. we are requesting $175,000 in ad back funding to support our community building efforts, arts and culture programming, and direct services such as the information and referral program. the centre is a hub for the entire lgbt community. we provide a safe gathering place, critical services and impactful programming to the community. the city funding is crucial for the centre's information referral program which serves

over 2,000 people each year for community building and arts efforts. for example, the 500 people who will benefit from seeing our current gallery exhibition entitled trans resistance is beautiful. thank you chair and supervisors for including the centre in the just published draft allocation and thank you so much for listening for all of the request today. for the organizations within the budget justice coalition. >> good afternoon supervisors. i stand in solidarity with the budget justice coalition. thank you for having me today. i'm here to ask you today to find the money for the groups in the amount of $175,000. being a youth leader i know that that day, trans and gender nonconforming community faces a lot in society. especially being accepted and facing violence daily in schools. the lyric q. groups at the

medical school levels need to approve on the budget because the gender nonconforming community deserves access to medication and equity in our schools. please be a proponent to garner greater accents -- access to agencies for youths for today and for the leaders of tomorrow. thank you. >> hello. i am born and raised in district 11 but i work at lyric. i stand in solidarity with the justice coalition. i am here to push the funding of the middle school q. groups with a hundred 75,000. as my experience as a former student there are still many challenges that trans youth face in a school setting such as homophobia, trans phobia, being marginalized by peers and school staff. with groups filling our youth. i am here to ask you all, q.

groups are here for the youth and we will continue to be here. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello. we would also like to advocate for the funding of the middle school q. groups. we strongly believe that they are not only -- simply a healthy alternative for children other than going home and having to feel like they are alone. we hope that your choices wise and compassionate. thank you. >> good morning supervisors. i am a fellow at lyric. i work in district eight and i was born and raised in district nine. i'm here to advocate for a q. groups. i am an attended a.p.

middle school and i know that having a q. group changed my life pick likely my peers were supportive. i know of other people that dealt with bullying and on a daily basis, violence. it is important to have two groups because bullying, harassment and violence can cause depression and bring up suicide as a result. as someone who has dealt with depression and thought of lot about ending my own life, i know if i had a safe space to be myself and a reminder that are more of us, my whole life would have changed. so please find the q. groups for the middle schools. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am from district eight i am here to support the hospital asked. we live in a two tiered city where most of us are housed. but thousands are made disposable. criminalizing the homeless is more expensive than putting

them in housing. dozens of 311 calls suck up time and resources from more pressing issues like violent crime. mehr pharrell's recent constant early morning sweeps are not only cruel, but ineffective. this whack a mole approach only moves people from one place to another and requires huge police and the d.t.w. resources. getting people off of the streets make some healthier. they cost less. all the items in the ask are effectively the use of city funding. you can't adjust the budget to fund the full ask. we demand that you do it. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you for your comment. >> good morning. i am the executive director of the next village san francisco and an organization that helps seniors age in place in district

three. i'm also a member of the budget justice coalition. we are asking for $50,000 to restore support to older adults as they age in district three which is home to the largest population of seniors in the city, the largest ethnic population and the lowest income seniors. yet it is the least funded district when it comes to programs for seniors. the mayor's office budget notes, in regards to senior programs and the ad back list says we can be funded through the dignity fund. unfortunately, that is not how the fund works. even if it was, there is not enough money to make that happen. additionally, we at the department are insisting on a new foot policy requiring us to charge a hundred $20 to all members of our village, which is a hardship on more than half of our members. barring the removal of this policy, we hope to add all of those fees. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker please.

>> hello. i am with -- i am here to ask you to please fund the budget of 14.8 million. it could be 15 million, but 200,000. he doesn't make a difference. compared to the 11 billion-dollar budget, appeared to you what you are all doing in funding the police department. we have so many people out there. they need to help. we cannot leave our family, our friends, our loved ones on the street. we need to get some help. we need to get them back into society and back as fully funded citizens, in the united states. we need to get them off those streets and we need to get them some help fast. it is horrible leaving our family is like that. please help the homeless. i am actually begging for you all to help support us. 14.8 or 15 million-dollar

budget. thank you very much. [applause] >> supervisor cohen: just as a reminder, folks, we have a long day at a lot of speakers ahead of us. let's streamline the up because -- applause. use your fingers or put your thumbs down. >> my name is kelly. i'm the human rights organizer with a coalition on homelessness. i'm here to urge you to fully fund the budget of 14.8 million. we have been seeing a huge increase in enforcement on our streets. we are seeing the sweeps with dpw and sfp be, at even if you ask the front line workers. they know the very next day they will be doing the same thing on the next block, because people are not put into resources and there is nowhere to go. in fact,, there is a resolution going on, there is a sweep that they were hitting with the sweep and undermining the homeless department. the homeless department is working to get people into actual placements. we need to be putting these

resources into actual resources and not to be just pushing people from block to block. that doesn't help. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. there is always one or two people who forget, no applause, ladies and gentlemen. no applause. >> hello. i'm when the coalition on homelessness. i just want to say that every issue that you here about today feels a ripple effect of poverty in the city. funding the organization, funding people who no real solutions to real issues that affect all of us, and can actually provide resources to the homeless population, and homelessness effects everybody in really big ways, whether or not they are paying attention. please fund has budget fund real solutions that with people who have done the resource dose research and know who to help -- how to help. >> supervisor cohen: thank yo you. >> good morning. i am with the coalition on

homelessness. i've been working in the bayview community for several weeks now, and if you didn't know, the bayview community has 40% of san francisco's homeless population but only six% of the services. there's only one shelter in the bayview community called providence, which was only meant to be a temporary shelter, which means that a majority of the elderly african-american homeless population sleeps overnight in the mother brown drop in centre on plastic chairs. all we are asking for his replacement shelter in the bayview. not an entirely new one, just a replacement for services that need to be there in the first place. that is part of the $14.7 million budget ask. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am a student intern with the coalition on homelessness. i am asking the city to fund the initiative, $14.9 million in total, in order to provide absolutely necessary relief to

the homeless community in san francisco. $20.7 million is currently spent on criminalizing the homeless, including a proposed $3 million to provide police with taser weapons. we need to ask ourselves, are we throwing money -- throwing money at a police department that turns its weaponry on the most vulnerable communities, and whether it is making the city safer or if that money could be better spent housing folks. thank you and power to the people. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker. >> hi. i'm a lifelong district nine a resident and current intern at the coalition of homelessness. i would ask you fund -- defined the tasers and certain salary attrition things and add it to our ask. we need it. especially for the 3300 homeless students in the system. it is shameful. we owe them a chance to get out of where they are. imagine, supervisors would you be where you are if you went to

school every day at hungry and unaware of where you were asleep at night? i know i wouldn't be here. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i am with the coalition of homelessness. i'm concerned about the $3 million used to supply the police with tasers. i believe that tasers increase police fatalities, and i think san franciscans made their voice clear on tasers in prop h. i would prefer that money would be put to better use it to assist the homeless, such as the right to council, which cost $2 million. if you supply tasers, i think you would collectively share the burden of the increase loss of life that will result. i hope you increase that ask. the budget should be used to help people, not tase people. we have the resources to end homelessness and all we want is the well. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker.

>> hello. i work at the coalition on homelessness. i was also born and raised in san francisco. i am also here in support of our budget proposal. you've heard from any other folks, the city spends less than three% of its budget on homelessness but spends over 20.6 million to criminalize homeless people, and hundreds of millions more on police. you're asking for a small 14.9 million increase for homelessness funding for housing subsidies, two will service shelters and mental health services, and many other things. whether or not these programs and subsidies are founded, it is often a matter of life or death for people who are on housed. for thousands, this funding -- their lives or cut short break the subsidies that people receive are transformative in providing stability, a roof over someone's head and an improvement in mental and physical health. i urge you to fund our proposal and the budget justice coalition. thank you so much. >> supervisor cohen: next

speaker. >> i'm a human rights organizer. i'm here to employ you to accept the budget ask for $14.9 billi $14.9 billion, million dollars. there is an 11 billion-dollar budget but we spend less than three% on any type of service. 21,000 people living in shelters you experience homelessness this year in san francisco but only at 1500 shelter beds. we are hoping to expand at least $3 million to give your officers tasers by you cut subsidies for transition agencies to get into housing. this is shameful. i need you to do something courageous. take the money and put it into services for mental health. except our ask. tasers have been shown to increase officer involved fatalities. this is an ineffective strategy where it is tried and tested. we spent $20 million and we're hoping to spend 3 million more a

year. please accept this ask. thank you so much. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am in a community leadership program with the hospitality house. i realize we need sanctuary ci city. we are attracting more addicts and mentally ill. drugs are not only conducive -- are not only addictive, but inducing mental illness as well along with it. i am asking for more funding for

the mentally ill, programs here in the city. for more prevention so we can get money for early preventions for the mentally ill. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. good afternoon. i'm here with services. i want to thank the mayor and the board for the funding you provided for youth and families thus far. i'm here in support of our ask a $14.8 million to serve youth, family and adults. specifically $1 million for youth, for emergency housing assistance for youth. i want you to specifically keep in mind that 80% of youth experience and homelessness are unsheltered. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am with larkin street youth

services. i am also a member of the budget justice coalition. you're asking for 300,000. 100,000 for each of our respective youth leadership bodies. i want to remind us all that one in five homeless people are transitional age youth and we do know that 50% of homeless people in san francisco became homeless under the age of 25. that is why it is especially important we invest in our young leaders. if we want real solutions, it is critical to get their input from their lived experience to inform our policy and practice. this is why leadership bodies like the youth advisory board to work. they get marginalized and disconnected youth into productive work with their peers and community wide problem-solving. engaged youth are connected youth. leadership skills like life skills in organizing and collaborating end goal setting, we need this to happen for our young people to become the great civic leaders of our future.

thank you. >> supervisor cohen: where your youth programs cut by d. thank you f.? >> we did -- none of us received it. >> we have not in the past. >> supervisor cohen: thank yo you. >> good afternoon supervisors. thank you for the opportunity to speak. i'm a member of api council. as you heard before, 40 pick -- 42% live in poverty. a third are seniors. they serve over 45,000 seniors a year. we are requesting support for our programs and our adult date services program. it is a restaurant-based meals program. we have three participating now and request 100,000 to start a new program in district two. allstate services in district one provide care during the day for seniors and adults with

physical and/or mental impairments the family or caregivers get a few hours of relief to work with other care obligations. we prevent premature institutionalization with our services and request a hundred 20,000 to implement double straps for our adult day services to make the program viable and more economical to serve more clients. thank you so much for the opportunity to speak and for your consideration. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. please hold your applause. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is maria. i am a mother with three kids and a husband who is disabled. we are living with our mother's family because we cannot find housing and are in very low fixed income program that provides support in the filipino families speaking our language. it is a very important thing for

the program. i was able to get support in finding a job. i needed help with clothing. so please support filipino and other immigrant families like these. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> hello supervisors. i am a district 11 resident and part of the market community network. today i would like to reiterate a point that was made by david wu earlier. i would like to urge you to restore the funding to united families and youth organizing for home and neighbourhood action as part of the larger budget justice coalition and api council. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i am born and raised in the tenderloin and i currently live and work in the south of market.

we are here today representing the council in the budget justice coalition. i'm speaking to urge you to restore youth organizing home and neighbourhood action. the youth program, as part of the 100,000-dollar ask for youth organizing was formed in 2013. formed by district six youth you wanted to create positive change in their community. since then, they have provided a safe and brave space for youth to build leadership skills from public speaking, to building campaigns, to organizing critical thinking. do not strip the services away. last year, the commission presented a budget priority to prioritize youth organizing. please listen to them on the budget justice coalition and reallocate that $100,000 towards youth organizing. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am from the south of market community action network and i'm here to reiterate and restore

the funding for united families and youth organizing for home and neighbourhood action. members of this program are already leaders in the community. they let young people have a stake in the community. they can create an advocate for positive change. supporting funding for youth leadership is very essential part of the neighbourhood in which it is a plant that you can grow and we should continue growing to advocate for social justice for youth. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am here as a resident and a family case manager. i specifically want to talk

about how we have developed a youth program that is consistent and is powerfully involved with the community. they are a pro active movement. is one of the greatest things that i have seen since working with the company and working as a family case manager. it is important and vital that we have these spaces for the youth to assure that there is a place for them, especially at the table where you guys are at, making decisions for our community. also, please do not strip away these important services. help build them. help make them -- help them be

robust and consistent -- consistent and secure. >> good afternoon. i work with the food bank with home delivered groceries. i listen to the participants as they share with me about all their food insecurities. one participant who recently started receiving our services let me know, that before us, her refrigerator was empty. and they often worried about their next meal might come from. and i'm proud to help with this program, and i thank you for your support currently and i ask for your continued support of 1.6 million so we can serve our current waitlist and grow the program by 25%. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i am a program community or -- community -- coordinator.

thank you for your continued support of our delivered groceries program. because of your investment, we've been able to provide weekly groceries to 2,000 seniors and adults with disabilities and we see a growing need and desire for this program as evidenced by our waitlist. we are asking for 1.6 additional funding to serve the current waitlist and expand our program. i also wanted to share an excerpt from a letter we received from a participant which shows the impact that our program has on participants. it says we are very grateful to the volunteers and everyone connected with the food bank. there help has made our lives immensely easier, providing a nutritious variety of food. in old age and with a sick husband, the food delivery helps us so much and saves us money and valuable time. i don't have to leave him alone at home to get food. many blessings to you that make this program possible. >> supervisor cohen: thank you.

next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am a program director at the san francisco food bank. we wanted to thank you for your continued support and investment of the home delivered grocery program. as my colleagues have mentioned, we are asking for an additional 1.6 million next year to illuminate the waitlist and grow the additional households, primarily homebound seniors and adults with disabilities. in addition to the program as -- at the food bank, i wanted to share our pantry network serves about 26,000 households in san francisco every single week. there are 211 farmers' market distributions in almost every neighbourhood in san francisco. every week, hundreds of staff welcome and support one another while providing foods that are highly nutritious, worth more -- it is worth noting more than 60% of the food offered in our pantry network is fresh seasonal food -- fruit and vegetables. despite what is considered a

healthy economy, we have enrolled 3,000 new households this year and expanded to over 19 new pantries due to growing demand. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. i'm with acute foundation. your policy buckets. no household that winds on affordable housing lottery a gets to the top it up of an affordable housing waitlist or has a certificate of preference should be turned down for affordable housing because they don't meet the minimum income requirement. your other policy buckets, no household should be evicted from their long-term rent-controlled housing because their spouse dies or because they lose a job. they will never get that housing back. we have a way of addressing that. thank you for the $1 million for families. we are here to support the $3 million ask primarily for seniors and disabled folks going to the mayor's office of housi housing, but we will also be

able to help all cop holders. all people were displaced preferences, people who get to the top of the waitlist and also, importantly, the alice griffith and other housing rebuilds. i also want to point out one in seven with hiv are homeless in the city. imagine if every one in six persons were homeless and you would know what it feels like. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you gentlemen. thank you. [please standby for captioner switch]

>> -- and i just want to say, without this grassroots organization, i would be on the streets at this moment. i was desperate, and i came to them, and they practically saved my life. i would be on the streets right now without their support. please -- they were formerly known as the aids housing alliance, but he know now that they expanded their services, are not only lgbtq communities but for all of san francisco: