good cops, you know what i mean? we have to build relationships with the police to. we want to make sure they holds the bad police accountable. what is fair is fair. if we all commit a crime, we should all go to jail. so, thank you to everyone coming out. it takes all of us to make this happen. all of us. i want to say this last. you wonder why i am carrying this shovel? there's an organization that's called lead to life that me and patty match. they are in oakland. they flew us out there. the guns we took off the street, 280 guns that was given to us by sfpd, 5, 50 of them were melted down and we made shovels. [applause] this is made out of a gun. we planted 50 trees in atlanta where martin luther king's granddaughter was there to help plant 50 trees, right? the soil be used came from young men who were lynched back from mississippi mississippi alabama. they were lynched and the dirt was thrown in the chattahoochee river which they preserved, and they gave it to me. we use that soil and to be shovels, and the trees that

martin luther king, he likes them cherry trees, cherry blossom trees. we planted 50 of those trees in commemoration of the 50 year anniversary of his assassination. way that these shovels. the mothers through and th in ts that we had got from the buyback. so they are melted and people say, you give them to the police. no, look. this is living proof. , this out. feel that, brother. [laughter] as we decompose a violence, made the earth, again be free. i want to thank everybody for coming out. this saturday, june 30th, 8-12, we are doing the gun buyback. one hundred dollars for a handgun, $200 for assault rifles. [applause] let's get these guns off the streets, you guys. one life can save the whole planet. thank you.

where is your players club aptly the heart and soul. make sure we get those starts for the ladies. that is right. last year we got a rocket launcher. a cannonball. we destroyed them all. and we think the police thank te department. we can't do it. we might go and sell them if we got them. [laughter] i am lying. [laughter] that was 87 rudy. [laughter] but we are here. it is about saving lives now. and preserving the future for our youth. and so let's do this together, everybody. we have all of our community-based organizations. we have our developers. we have our tech people and we have all our foundations kick all of us together, when the bullet fires out of that chamber, they don't care if you

are black, white, straight or striped. i am a gun violence survivor. believe that. it takes a hood to save the hood. god bless you guys and thank you for coming. i had to give a shout out to my man who got baptized last week. welcome to the kingdom, baby. [applause] you. >> well to the epic center are you ready for the next earthquake did you know if you're a renter you can get earthquake shushes we'll take to the earthquake authorities

hi welcome to another episode i'm the chief resilience officer for san francisco i'm joined by my good friends for the earthquake authority we're at the el cap center for the city and county of san francisco started in 2013 to get the community and talk about the risk we think about earthquake if usual great city you'll see one of the demonstrates we've built the model home and i encourage other episodes we'll be retroactively retrofitting and showing you as property owners to employ you work for the california earthquake authority talk about your role and earthquake shirnls up think the viewers want to know if

you're a renter or property owner how the insurance issues. >> i'm the chief mitigation officer or c e a a property line funded pubically managed entity that provides earthquake shiners for one to four units and mobile owners to come down and renters throughout the state of california. >> what make the c e a deft. >> we work with 19 participates the insurer that sells you, your homeowner policy you're not obligated to buy it but you can buy a policy. >> am i covered with homeowners insurance. >> no california homeowners understand their homeowners insurance doesn't cover earthquake they need a separate policy if you're an shiners you

can get the earthquake insurance policy. >> so explain why it is for the c e a is deft if a traditional insurance agency. >> irreverent so in the 80s the state of california passed a law that requires any company that writes the policies to over earthquake insurance the homeowners are not required by commissioner cranshaw can bye there was so much loss they were going to stop writing the insurance policies for earthquakes they wanted to stop a serious insurance policy. >> we're talking about the homeownership's buying the earthquake shiners but 70 percent are renters what's my opposite. >> the option for renter the earthquake be insurance company is affordable i think people don't realize just exactly what it covers it covers damaged property but loss of use if you

have to be under a building they have a quarter main that was broken as well as emergency repair if interests glass breaks in the carpet you need to be in our unit that's whether earthquake is important. >> you're title you're the excessive mitigation officer for the state of california when i think of insurance i don't think about mitigation. >> so as part of public safety mission the c e a started to put aside mitigation loss fund 5 percent of invested income and when i joined the company 34 years ago we had $45 million to make a difference for moving and incentivizing and mitigation for california homeowners to structure engineering a unique opportunity to cervical homeowners to help them to mitigate the equivalent. >> whether an owner or renter

i want to find more information about earthquake insurance where should i go. >> earthquake authority.com not only information about insurance but a calculated figures and as of january lots of deductible and 25 percent if a homeowner mitigate their hope up to 20 percent off their premium as an incentive for the work. >> what does mitigate the home mean. >> strengthen, renovate, retrofit through a home particularly older to earlier codes and you put in adding streamlining maybe collar bolts to tie to the foundation or to the wall so it is braced to earthquake can be very, very affordable and really makes a difference. >> thank you very much for

being with us i encourage the viewers not only to checkout the earthquake authority but we'll talk about >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors.

today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenian cooking, is that right? >> absolutely, since the beginning of time. our soldiers used to skewer it on the swords. we have a combination of beef and lam and parsley. and every september over 2000 pounds of meat being cooked in three days. >> after all that savory

protein, i was ready to check out the fresh veggie options. >> this is armenian cheat sheet. it's tomatos and mint and olive oil. that makes summer food. and what i'm doing is i'm putting some nutmeg. it is kind of like cream cheese. in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it. they would welcome you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any age, including our grandmothers, our grandfathers, skewering the meat, it's fun to see. fun to see everybody get together. >> we call it subarek. it's a cheese turn over if you want.

we make the dough from scratch. we boil it like you do for la san i can't. >> the amount of love and karin fused in these foods is tremendous. they come in every day to prepare, cook and bake bread, all in preparation for this big festival. >> nobody says no. when you come them, they have to come tomorrow for the feast. >> what a treat it is to taste a delicious recipe, all made from scratch and passed down through generations. it really makes you appreciate the little things. >> it's one of the best festivals. it's outstanding, a marvelous occasion. >> we're outside checking some of the food to go options. i grabbed myself a ka bob sandwich, all kinds of herbs and spices. i'm going to taste this. looking fantastic. one of the best i've had in a long time. you know it's delicious b i have just enough room for dessert, my favorite part.

we're behind the scenes right now watching how all the pastries get made. and we've got a whole array of pastries here. honey and nuts and cinnamon, all kinds of great ingredients. this is amazing. here's another yummy pastry made with filo dough. oh, my god. really sweet and similar, it's lighter. this is what i like. we have a lovely row here. looks like a very delicious and exciting surprise. i'm going to bite into it. here we go. um. this is great with armenian coffee. now we're making some incredible armenian coffee. >> we buy our coffee, they have

the best coffee. they come from armenia, specially made. and would you like to try it? >> i would like to try. >> would you like sugar or no sugar? >> no sugar today. i'm so excited. really earthy. you can really taste the grain. i think that's what makes it so special. really comes out. i hope you try it. we're having a great time at the armenian festival. we ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. i don't know about you, but i have to go down to the food. check out our blog for so much more at sf bites at tums abler.com. until next time, may the force be with you. ♪ ♪ >> first of all, everybody is

welcome and we ask two things when they get here. one, that they try something they've never tried before. be it food or be it dancing or doing something. and if they feel like it was worth their while to tell one person and bring that person, that family member, that friend down the street to come with them. >> we're going to have to do a lot of eating so get ready. >> get ready. and you diet tomorrow. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen. i want to welcome you to the budget and finance committee. i want to welcome you. we will get started. thank you for your patients this morning. i want to recognize our friends at s.f. guv t.v. that are assisting us with a broadcast. for those persons who are unable to be with us today.

we have michael ,-guessed balthazar and kalina mendoza .-guessed. also today, our clerk. i want to recognize my committee members with me here today. certainly, we will be joint and a few more minutes. today, today we are hearing public comment on the mayor poked --'s budget plan. that presentations we heard last week and the public spending priority. those public spending priorities can be found on the website. this week, we will hear from the budget and legislative analyst and take a luminary action on any proposed cuts to do it by heart -- department budgets. i want to note there is a first-round draft spending plan totaling $25 million over two years. it is available online at the budget and finance committee

website. you can go to the website and cn budget information and then click on spending plan allocation. the reason why this information is important is because as you are aware, we have changed the way the budget process has beenn years, in previous years. this year i'm trying to bring, a lot more transparency. the list, many of you covet this list, this information is on the website. take a look at it and you can share with us your comment. please note that paper copies of this plan are also posted outside the chamber on the kio kiosk. and at the front of the room with the agenda. the plan serves as a proposal. it is just a draft in just a proposal for how the board of supervisors might spend any additional available funds made

available from unexpected revenue and from department cuts. it is meant as a first round document from which to start our discussion. based on the comments of the people who have given testimony here today, and the feedback from my colleagues, we will introduce a revised spending plan which will be published next monday. from there, this committee -- this committee may vote to increase funding to a policy area, mays -- make a proposed program area more specific, or cut a policy area completely. deliberations. this is critical. deliberations and changes to the second plan will be done in this chamber on june 25th, and a june 27th. mr clerk, can you please call

items one and two together. >> clerk: agenda number 1 is the annual budget an appropriation ordinance. estimated receipts and expenditures for the departments and city of san francisco for fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 22 -- 2020. title -- item agenda number 2 is a salary ordinance. that is all. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, i have some announcements about the procedure and what you can expect for today. each member of the public will have an opportunity to speak. they will have an allotted time of one minute to speak. public speakers using interpretation assistance will be allowed to testify for two minutes of public testimony time limit. priority will be given to public speakers who may require special accommodations such as persons with disability, special accommodations will also be given to the infirm, to seniors, or any person with a child under

the age of five. saving of seats are standing in the chamber, as you know is prohibited. individuals should stand in line to speak and not gather ask -- in a group at the podium. only one person is allowed at the podium at any given time unless for interpretation or the individual is speaking on behalf of an entire group. speakers, speakers will not be called by speaker cards. those who wish to fill out a speaker card may do so to ensure their name is spelled correctly for the recording of the minutes. please, deposit your speaker card in one of the collection boxes or hand off your card to the staff. we will collect the cards right here in this box and this gentleman right here in the dark suit and the tie is also here to staff this committee meeting. vacant seats will be filled on a first-come first-served order, with preference given to special accommodations in line. staff will escort those wishing

to speak row by row, to be lined up on the isle next to the windows. that is over here, in the following order. benches by the windows, benches by the door, benches in the elevated area in the back of the chamber. benches, by the windows will be speaking first. benches by the doors will be speaking second. benches in the back out of the chamber in the elevated area will be speaking third. and if there's anyone else that has not spoken, they will be welcomed to speak. .-guessed please stay seated until staff has directed you to line up. individuals requiring interpretation assistance should notify staff and they will be escorted to the end of the speaking line to ensure there is efficiency of interpretations. after providing public comment, speakers are requested to leave the chamber. individuals who do not wish to speak may stay in their seat. once individuals have left the

chamber, you may sit in the overflow room, and as you may recall, the room is on the first floor, and you are free to continue to observe today's proceedings. speaking as a group, understand that one individual is speaking on your behalf, and you have signalled that the rest of the group does not intend to speak. once that speaker has concluded, the entire group will depart the chamber. groups are required to stay together in line. if you intend to speak as an individual, stay in the line with the rest of the individual speakers. if anyone, if anyone request a leave the chamber for any reason, and has not yet had an opportunity to speak, and wishes to return, inform the staff or the deputy sheriff to obtain a reentry stamp. deputy, do you have the reentry stamp? outside at the door. okay.

don't forget, if you are coming out and you need to come back in and you haven't spoken, get your hand stamped for a reentry stamp. no reentry will be allowed without the reentry stamp, and return to the same seat that you had before exiting. i know many of you are thinking, my goodness, this is a lot of rules, but as you can imagine there are several people we want to hear from today and it is important we stick to the rules so we can ensure that each individual has an opportunity to weigh in with his or her opinion in this opinion is important because it will be shaping this budget. i want to remind people that we are deliberating over $11 billion. it is a lot of money, as you know there are a lot of needs in the city. we want to do a good job. in order for us to do a good job, we have to make sure we abide by the rules and no one infringes on anyone else's allotted time. all right? are we in agreement? all right. one more thing. if you hear something that you like, do this.

it is very powerful and impactful. spirit fingers. if you hear something you do not like, simply do a thumbs down. no booing or hissing. none of that. we don't need any of that nastiness. we are just going to do spirit fingers or thumbs down. mr clerk, are we ready to go? all right. let's get excited ladies and gentlemen. it is time to get into the budget. all right i want to welcome the first public speaker. >> i am the chair, the cochair of the coalition, as well as the independent women's resource centre. the coalition is a proud member of the budget coalition. we supports that. when it was passed in 2016, it was merely a job -- drop in the bucket for seniors and people

with disability. the disability pool is 30% of our population. we support programs such as homeless house subsidies and the research program for employment opportunities for seniors and older adults so that people can continue to age with dignity and this disability and aging city. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. ladies? welcome. >> i belong to the community music centre. the community music centre has 13 seniors and they all depend on the teachers that are teaching us to sing properly. we learn how to sing and spanish, english and tag log.

please help the seniors. without seniors, we cannot -- without teachers we cannot learn how to sing. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. [singing] >> supervisor cohen: bravo! thank you ladies.

bravo. thank you. that was beautiful. next speaker, please. come on down. come up to the podium. >> hello. i have a full-time job. i also have a nice place in the markets. however,, that wasn't always. i am a product of being homeless for 15 years. also, i deal with mental health challenges since the age of 13. what i would like to see out of the budget, i would like to see more date labour programs come back. it helped me get through my homelessness and got -- gave me purpose. i would like to see more access to mental health services like drop-in centres where people can go and feel like they are not alone. also, i would like to see more housing built so people can get

out of sros and people on the streets can get into the sros. i would like to see a more cohesive, kind of a tear thing from the streets, into sros and into sros and into studios or one-bedroom apartments. a lot is going on, but what i really want is for us to -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. >> good morning. i am representing three agencies in the inner sunset community organization. and sunset park tron eight," valley and sunset hearts -- sunset heights centre. we would like a senior program in our area. we have no facilities for seniors in our area. there is no senior centre. we have met with st. john of god who has agreed to rent a space.

we met with community living campaigns that have run community connector programs in the district and as well as in district 11. we would like to see the same thing in our area. we are asking for $44,000, a total of $44,000 for two years. 22,000 a year, approximately, to hire a community connector to bring in always active and to rent the space. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. fantastic. come on down. next speaker. >> i am here to request a budget head back for the purposes of after granting the overhead utility wires and the equipment on them. this has been a long pending job for the city, and what we need to have is a master plan to do that, and the funding to do that. it would be about 500,000 on a two year period with the

expectation of a third year. or two things to say about the underground drain. it follows our city streets and as a potential danger to earthquake and a terrible inequity because the neighbourhood's most struck by this situation are the less damaged -- less advantaged neighbourhoods. i refer you to the website of the coalition to underground utilities. >> supervisor cohen: can you say that website one more time? >> sfc you you.org. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning. i am also working on the underground and of utilities project. our goal is to rid the city of overhead utility wires and unsightly telephone poles.

we are asking for an ad on $500,000 a year for three years for a master plan to specify the most efficient and cost-effective way to achieve this goal. i want to address the three main concerns for safety. they say that downed telephone poles may have caused some of the devastating california fires. second, the aesthetics. the beauty and appeal of san francisco are a source of pride, it also a source of revenue to many local businesses, and tourist revenue is vital to the city and we should make every effort to increase it. and third, inequity. most of the wealthier and commercial areas of the city -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you. thank you. got it. next speaker, please. come on down.

>> good morning. i am also here to speak about the underground and of utilities. you've heard the reasons why. i would like to just point out two things. first, the board of supervisors itself commissioned a task force in 2,004. nine from the mayor's office, i'm sorry. nine from other entities, and it made a recommendation, which was to develop a long-term master plan and properly funded program to underground all utility wires within 50 years. .-guessed that report was

published by the board of supervisors in january 2,007, and until now, almost nothing has been done. what we need is a master plan, and we need 500,000 -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you. we got it. we need a master plan, definitely. we got it. next speaker. >> good morning. i coordinate the older adult choir program for the community music centre. we provide a wide range of personal, social and quality-of-life benefits for older adults through a tuition free choir program established at 12 senior centres throughout san francisco. it addresses isolation and we do that through a structured program of rehearsals, community performances and social engagement. all specifically designed for ethnically diverse older adults. we need 234,000 a year to run this 12 centre program. thank you. we ask for your support.

>> supervisor cohen: that's 234,000 annually, or over two years? >> annually. that sustains the 12 choirs. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i have been here before and let's say, i am back. i only have 1-2 years because i have a blood cancer. i was homeless for a year. luckily the q. foundation helped me get into the lottery certificate holder. i was denied my housing. my families lived on a farm and they went to a concentration camp and lost everything. my grandparents lived in a stable. and then we lost our apartment. we got red cross. we are certificate holders. they evicted us. so that market rent people can get into our apartment. they did not have anywhere for

me to go. twenty what foundations found me and found several places. a number 1 was right next door at thomas kane. i got my teeth and i was the first person and they denied me -- >> supervisor cohen: do you have a budget ask? >> i'm asking you to fund two foundations with long-term subsidies. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. got it. my pleasure. thank you. next speaker. >> hi. good morning. i think it still morning. my name is kristi and i am with senior disability action. san francisco is in a full blown housing crisis was skyrocketing the rent and evictions making it impossible for people to find, or hang onto affordable housing. rather than continuing to put our money into our failing

police system, can we refund affordable -- fund affordable housing, childcare, senior, and stability programs, a living wage jobs and community services? it is one of the most coveted cities in the world and yet the rich are stealing our homes from the poor. we ask that you help the budget to include six new buildings, new homes for the poor, and programs to help the city to remember we are not a forgotten people. >> supervisor cohen: you are advocating on behalf of senior disability action? got it. next speaker. >> hello. >> supervisor cohen: hello, sir. >> i am speaking also, also working with the senior and disability action. >> supervisor cohen: can someone fix his mic?

hold it for him. perfect. >> okay. is that better? >> yes. >> i wanted to say we are desperately in need of more housing four, not only the disabled and to the elderly, but just the poor in general, and the homeless people that we want to get off the street. i am blessed enough that i was put into a good housing situation. i'm over on door street. that is very inclusive of the whole community. they try to get everybody involved in the building so we have a microcosm of the community in general. we need more of that kind of housing and we need to tie it in with some of the housing for the silicon valley techies. so if they get to build a bunch of condominiums, that we also get housing for the disabled and the poor. thank you very much. >> thank you next speaker.

>> good morning supervisors. i am a senior from district five. i wanted to speak on behalf of expanding the rent stabilization program. especially seniors and people with disabilities, our one health emergency or job emergency away from homelessness. we live on a very fixed income. we have no options. if san francisco wants to prevent people living on the streets, or in their cars, it is imperative that we keep people in their homes. we need expanded rent stabilization programs. without it, one missed rent program, payment, will mean eviction. in a city of uncontrolled speculation, feeling rising, and impossible rents, ordinary people have no options. plea support and expansion of the rent stabilization programs.

>> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i am with senior disability action and i am looking at the budget, and $200,000 for a senior aging in place, you've got to be kidding? 200,000 is a drop in a bucket when you figure one fourth of the city's seniors and people with disabilities. one fourth is our poor, and i was thinking, when we are talking about employment, i applied for a reserve which is to help seniors get jobs. that funding ran dry. we need more funding to place people, seniors, in employment. not to compete with youth. we can do both. we need more money than $200,000 for programming, come on. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker.

>> good morning, supervisors. i am a resident. >> supervisor cohen: we need you to speak into the mic so we can hear you. >> i want to vote in favour, in support of the children and elderly being able to have 97 million allotted to us, because primarily, myself, i need only 65,000 to get my bonds in order to go to work. i voted for a lot of you today, and i need to go to work. not to sit around and go unnoticed.

thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello supervisors. i'm also with senior and disability action. and has already been spoken, we would like to, in particular, have an increase in rental subsidies for seniors and people with disabilities. up to an increase of an amount of four-point 5 million in the budget. we have seniors who come to our office and our meetings and they say they're rent was increased, maybe 20 or $30, or $50, but when they are on social security, that is impossible. and the other is the expansion of employment opportunities. at the reserve, the 200,000-dollar increase for the reserve program. absolutely necessary for our seniors and people with disabilities. that again, in most cases are on

social security. please, we are asking for those two in particular. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> i am her interpreter. >> supervisor cohen: okay [indiscernible] >> i am with senior and disability action [indiscernible] >> and i am a constituent of norman yee's district [indiscernible]

>> i will speak about rental subsidies for people with disabilities and as we've seen the last two weeks of this election, we do not have a monolithic city. [indiscernible] >> one of the biggest concerns of everybody is rents are skyrocketing. [indiscernible] >> and more than ever ,-guessed, people, homeless people are people with disabilities and have one form of disability. [indiscernible]

>> so please fund rental subsidies for people with disabilities and seniors. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i am the executive director of california lawrence for the arts. i am here to request you to support add back funding for our spotlight on the arts program which is the only workforce development program in san francisco providing training and immersion in all the arts disciplines for low income youth ages 14-17 throughout san francisco's disadvantaged neighbourhoods. established originally in connection with the school district, we have been doing this for 25 years, and we will request that you support $160,000 in adds back funding

which will enable us to serve 30 youth at minimum wage. last year, we were funded a hundred and 13,000 but that did not allow us to pay minimum wage. we ask you to expand the program to serve 50 youth for 260,000, but we would very much appreciate your support. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i am also from california lawyers for the arts. we know the board is deeply concerned about addressing gaps in services for youth that will result in these funding decisions in the 2018... they funded only two agencies and art related workforce development and they focus exclusively on media arts. we serve youth city wide. interested in the literary arts

and performing arts and they will no longer be served. in the summer of 2017, -- i will introduce to a parent you will speak on our behalf. >> supervisor cohen: the parent can have her own time. >> i'm sorry. >> supervisor cohen: what was the name of the program? >> we have served more than 50 youth in district ten in the last ten years. >> supervisor cohen: tear what -- thank you. the parent is welcome to speak. >> hi. my daughter participated in the spotlight program last pro -- last year and the continuation program. she is turning 16 this week and she is a rising junior and we live in the outer richmond. i am a single parent. i adopted her at four and a half months from vietnam. the impact of this program on her has been immeasurable. she has changed, she has matured, she is a competent

speaker. she manages deadlines and supervises relationships all on her own and this is all a direct result of this program. she has become focused and inquisitive. she took ap human geography this spring and is taking ethnic studies in the fall. all is the result of issues that she discovered through this program. as a single parent, i'm dependent on other adults to help her come into her own and help her become the adult we want her to be. and the director of the program has helped her immensely -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i want to speak to the reserve program that is in place now. it has been in place for a year. i want to talk about how that gives people like myself who are older, and somewhat disabled the

ability to continue to be creative, to continue to find work, to continue to give the benefit of my experience to other organizations. it makes me feel more productive. it makes me feel better about contributing to the things where i have experienced and to be able to speak for others. it gives us a purpose and a meaning that you might not otherwise find if you are sitting around watching television. again, it is the reserve parameter. i want to encourage you to fund that, as you have and continue to listen to people like me, and know we are employable. we do have skills and we haven't lost our minds. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: in the reserve program, what organization is that with? >> that is maciel see. community living. is there a specific budget after that, by the way ,-guessed? is there a dollar figure to your ask?

>> we will speak about that. >> thank you. okay. next speaker. next speaker. the microphone is right there. got it. >> good morning supervisors. i have the honour of working with queer and trans and gender nonconforming use in the bay area. i think that i just want to speak to the city's dedication to youth homelessness and how that has to connect to supporting queer and trans young people at a younger age. so i am here to support and ask for you all to add funding for the middle school cute groups with lyric. there is way too much evidence

that says we cannot be supporting queer and young trans people at the middle school age. evidence shows from their work already that young people have improved in their ability to feel proud of who they are ,-guessed which can prevent high levels are of suicide, of violence, and -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you. thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i've spoken to you last friday and wanted to speak up as a nonprofit here to make sure that we complete our budget ask you to keep up with the caseload increase to avoid keeping people in jail. at this point, the budget has given us an increase of $1.2 million to keep up with the caseload. as you know, we need another $515,000, otherwise we will see

at least never 300 days in jail for people that we cannot reach. the other i would like to make sure that we look at is to make sure the budget analyst doesn't in fact reduce the advanced -- amount. i have seen some documents in place. we need to make sure the allocation stays at $1.7 million, please. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> thank you. >> supervisor cohen: next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i'm the executive director of the bayview opera house. i want to express my gratitude to you for your support you have given us or the whole length of your term. and the additional budget you have allocated to us in this current budget proposal. also an extensive extension of our building, we are able to properly present artists in our arts program so that they are respected as the artists said

they are and building pride in them. we have started a tech internship program and teaching people to operate shows in our building and they are doing this and we are offering them employment. despite the radical changes, the community wants to provide access to community members with limited means and who are at risk of becoming invisible. our old building still has many maintenance needs and the money allocated in the current budget -- >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i live in the bayview. i wanted to support the proposed budget items for the bayview opera house brick i have been with the bayview opera hudson's eyes fixed -- 15 years old which allowed me to learn a tremendous amount about art administrative

work and bookkeeping. for the normal -- for the past for years i was able to build up a plethora of skills that i will be using for the rest of my life. i started as an intern in the summer of 2015 and i was hired as an assistant bookkeeper. these past three years i learned a lot about nonprofit bookkeeping and grants management. now that i am going off to college i expect to finance my education by working as a bookkeeper. that would not be possible if it was not for the bayview opera house. i think the additional funding will help inspire more people in our community by having more classes, events, internships which allow people to develop a deeper appreciation of the arts and culture. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank yo you. next speaker .-guessed please. >> good morning. i am here to speak in support of the budget items for the bayview opera house. as a grad student, i was inspired by the bayview opera

house at its position in the community. i reached out to the opera house and it opened its toys to me and supported me in the production of my thesis project. i have been researching programs in the area and the opera house has provided me for -- with mentorship, guidance and collaboration. their assistance in leadership as helped me expand those programs. this institution is dedicated to come shaping a cultural trajectory, and i am excited and proud that today's my fourth day at the director of programs at the bayview opera house. i say again, i support the budget items related to the opera house. they will have a profound effect on our program that will be felt throughout the community. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker .-guessed, please. >> hello. good morning. thank you very much for the time to speak in front of you all. i am here to support the bayview

opera house. and to talk about the difference that it has made within the community. there was a huge difference when the doors were closed and there is a huge difference now that the doors are open. so funding the programs and presenting a secure and safe space for our children to learn, to discover their greatness is essential. and rebuilding community pride. i want to thank you all for your continued support, and just make sure that we are looking at the signage in order to activate that remembering and the honour and the product of ruth williams within the community and to make sure that we are exposing all of our communities for the arts .-guessed within this area. thank you again i'm done. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning supervisors. i'm in the san francisco domestic violence consortium. i'm here is one small but

honoured representative of the community that works 24 hours a day to end domestic violence, sexual assault, stocking and trafficking in san francisco. there is a $1.2 million budget ask. it sounds like a lot ,-guessed but it is only 41,000 average per program. we are coming to the board of supervisors, to the board of supervisors to remind folks that even though it's not covered in the media, san francisco's most vulnerable are being battered, raped, shot, stock, harassed, and trafficked every day. they need our help and we need your help. thank you so much. [please standby for captioner switch]

>> supervisor cohen: just as a reminder, there are no signs in the chamber. please come down. next speaker. >> good morning. >> supervisor cohen: good morning. >> my name is chiang ten. [speaking native language] [through the interpreter] >> as a parent, it really helps us as parents, so i really appreciate their support. thank you. [end of translation] >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. [speaking native language]

[through the interpreter] >> good morning, everyone. my name is xiang ju. my family just come to u.s. not too very long time ago, but i'm real really unfamiliar with a lot of the things in san francisco, how to enroll our child in public school. we are really lucky to know p.p.s. they give us some lectures and also g