our design? will that offset those equivalencies or the responsibility of coming up with solutions is on the designer, typically. we're doing this a little bit backwards, given that this is a priority of the city that we want to partner with -- with other agencies within the city and we're on board with affordable housing, but we want safe affordable housing. we've jumped ahead and come up with these equivalencies on our own that we would accept. but to your point, supervisor, those are only as good as if -- if both sides aren't on board with that, it doesn't do us any good. so if it's good for fire and not good for building, we're still as an impasse. that's why we're wanting to meet with building together to come up with a document together that we can all sign off on for consistency and to represent the review process. >> supervisor safai: so what i'm going to ask for when we duplicate the file to come back tomorrow and make amendments, when it goes to planning, i'm going to ask that you all have

the recommendations to put together those recommendations and working groups, so by the time it comes back, you all will have a plan implementable. you say there's 61 in the cue. i understand from the report it has the potential to impact hundreds and hundreds of these a.d.u.s. and so we're coming down the cue. we've heard the equivalency conversation, the fire department conversation, the quality. we don't want to discourage project sponsors and these projects out of the gate. so it's going to be good because we're going to have the opportunity for the conversation of new a.d.u. construction. you build into the plans all of the different things that are needed, that's a lot easier situation to deal with than an existing building with regard to exiting and fire rating and so on. >> agreed. >> supervisor safai: so we'll probably ask you by that time to come back -- so you all have

come to some conclusion when we have the next committee meeting. >> thank you for doing that. >> supervisor safai: thank you for coming today on short notice. i appreciate it. supervisor tang, do you have any additional questions? >> supervisor tang: no. i think a lot has been said when we considered the bigger package of the legislation. really, we're just trying to figure out where the hiccups that project sponsors have, trying to navigate all the different city agencies. i kind of hear reports back from the working groups, but i think what's still resolved is that piece where fire and d.b.i. are in alignment with each other. and again, without relaxing any of the life and safety requirements for anyone. so yes, i think as supervisor safai said, we'd love to, whenever it's next before us, to see a resolution on that front. >> absolutely. appreciate it. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. >> supervisor safai: i appreciate that you understand this is a priority for the city and you all are trying to adjust and work your staff into

a position to be able to facilitate these with respect to health and safety. that's very important. i just -- through the chair, i wanted to ask aaron starr from planning to come back up. >> thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. decostio. so i wanted to ask they're coming to fire and to planning and to you. is there any way that planning could help to facilitate bringing -- since it seems as though fire marshal needs to weigh in on some of these issues earlier, is there a way that we can bring them in earlier into the process? is that possible? >> i believe there is. it's not really up to planning. we're just one review agency in the process, and d.b.i. is the controller of that process. >> supervisor safai: when we had the conversation about -- when we had the conversation recently about pop outs and notification and mandatory neighborhood notification, do these d.b.i. -- do they go

through a mandatory notification when they -- i see someone on your staff. >> i'm going to let marselle -- >> hi. marselle boudreaux. i just wanted to comment briefly on the combined preapplication meeting component of supervisor tang's legislation that i believe has been carved out, maybe duplicated, but it's a conversation that we've been having amongst the different agencies that has evolved out of our working group. >> supervisor safai: i'm sorry. excuse me. >> sure. >> supervisor safai: chair tang, is there a mandatory -- can you repeat what you just said? >> sure. d.b.i. hosts currently a preapplication meeting between d.b.i. and fire. starting, i believe, with our working groups, and i believe supervisor tang has introduced this through some of her a.d.u. legislation, there is the idea of inviting planning to these meetings. >> supervisor safai: so i'm sorry. i don't meant to interrupt you,

but what i heard was the fire marshal say they're brought in late sometimes to the conversation, and that seems different than what you are talking about. >> what i was talking about was inviting planning to the meeting between d.b.i. and fire so these three agencies would be together at the outset before filing. >> supervisor safai: that -- >> that's part of the legislation, yes. >> supervisor safai: so that's what i was going to say, because it doesn't sound like it's still happening yet. >> that is an ongoing conversation happening, developing a screening process as well as inviting planning into the d.b.i. procedure. >> supervisor safai: well, it sounds like it's now going to be required when we finalize this at the board, so it sounds like you have a system in place ready to go. >> we are currently working on the final touches of that. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you, miss boudreaux. and i think supervisor kim had some comments. >> supervisor kim: sure.

i do want to thank chair tang for all of your work on how we can ease the procedure and process for our property owners to build accessory dwelling units which we know is one of the most efficient and affordable ways to increase housing and density not only in san francisco but throughout the bay area. when we first worked on both legalizing and allowing new accessory dwelling units over the last couple of years, we've found that many homeowners were having trouble moving through planning, fire and d.b.i. and the comment i often heard was the planner would offer two very similar units, one would get accepted and one would get rejected, and i think we need to stream line the process. i appreciate all of the listening sessions that supervisor tang has hosted throughout the city so we can ease this process for many of our homeowners.

i just want to say, and i did not state this at land use when this was originally before this, i support the ordinance that was originally stated which got rid of the tree requirement in order to build an accessory dwelling unit. i just worry about adding a requirement to homeowners that want to build an additional unit that will be out on our rental market. we already have a number of restrictions on the a.d.u., that it's rent controlled, that we protect our tenants, so i would prefer the ordinance as it was originally authored with just taking out the requirement to plant a tree and also not support this in lieu fee. >> supervisor tang: okay. thank you, supervisor kim. and of course i originally supported that as well but tried to strike a compromise with folks who wanted to have a tree planted by the city, but also -- and i said this previously, having my own

landlord deal with this very issue around having the sighting of the tree down on the property when he wanted to create an a.d.u. and running into issues and time delays. so i appreciate that supervisor kim is -- i don't know if you're planning to make a motion to amend or if you just wanted to state that. >> supervisor kim: well, i guess we're in land use committee, and i see supervisor safai shaking his head no, so i'm not going to push this issue. i will -- i'll just ask for a roll call on this item, then, because it's specifically on the inlieu fee, and i will be voting against it at the full board. but i just think we need to be making this process as easy as possible, and i think there's certain things that this board has stated that is a bottom line for us. and i think rent control and tenant protections is one of them. along, of course, with safety. and for me, this is just -- does not meet that criteria when we have a housing crisis. i think we should be making it as easy as possible as we can

for those homeowners to be building these accessory dwelling units, so i'll be voting against this portion of the ordinance today. >> supervisor tang: okay. perhaps i could ask the city attorney today because this specific ordinance before us today is just on the tree requirement. would supervisor kim need to vote against the entire item? is there a way to sever it out? >> mr. givner: yeah, that's the only piece remaining, so i would be voting no on the motion to send it to the full board. >> supervisor tang: okay. all right. so any other questions, comments? okay. i know there's a lot more ongoing work on this effort between the various city departments, so thank you for that. any public comment on item four, please come on up. any members of the public? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor tang: so madam clerk, can we get a roll call vote on item four, please, and i believe this item is supposed to be sent out as a committee

report as well. >> supervisor safai: first, we have to make a motion on it. >> supervisor tang: yes, make a motion. >> supervisor safai: make a motion to send to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor tang: okay. roll call vote. >> clerk: on the motion to send this matter forward address recommended as a committee report, supervisor satisfy. >> supervisor safai: aye. >> clerk: supervisor safai aye. supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: no. >> clerk: supervisor kim, no. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: yes. >> clerk: tang, yes. the motion passes and will be sent to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor tang: thank you. madam clerk, will you please read the next item.

[agenda item read] >> what this ordinance does is it adds one additional use to partial zoned sali in the south of market as well as there is no habitable structures on that parcel currently and that is to build 100% affordable housing only. sali is a very important zoning in the district that i represent because in many ways, it protects arts, manufacturing, repair, the types of jobs and uses that we want to continue to preserve in the south of market, which is what the south of market was originally known to be a neighborhood for. but as the south of market has grown rapidly with both office and residential, it has become more important than ever for us to preserve areas that are zoned p.d.r. and sali. however, we also know that 100% affordable housing and addressing our homelessness crisis is also a great priority

for our city, and that this land is slightly more affordable simply because of the uses that allowed on these sites. this simple change will add one additional use to sali parcels in the western soma planning area, especially s.u.d., and that is to build 100 % affordable housing, as well. colleagues, i'd love to ask for your support on this item, and i believe, yes, that we have a representative from the planning department to say a few words about this ordinance, as well -- as well as some -- i'm sorry, requested recommendations from the planning commission and staff. >> good afternoon, supervisors. aaron starr, manager of legislative affairs on behalf of the planning department. the proposed modifications are, one, to retain the original height and bulk districts for eligible parcels, two, to remove the term habitable and replace it with clarifying

language and three, clarify that surface parking lot eligible for 100% affordable housing projects may be permitted or unpermitted lots. that concludes my presentation but i'm happy to answer questions. >> thank you so much, and i do support these amendments and also understand the importance of permitted and unpermitted as a number of these parking lots are not necessarily permitted. so that distinction, i think, was very important to include. i have no further questions comments or questions on this item, so madam chair, if we can open this up for public comment. >> supervisor tang: thank you. any members of the public wishes to speak on item five, please come up. >> good afternoon, members of committee. peter smith to support the legislation. as the need for affordable

housing gets more acute, a lot of us in the housing community have been putting on our thinking caps to come up with increasing increasingly better ways to come up with affordable housing in an increasingly competitive housing market. the other essential ingredient in affordable housing development is land sites, and i think we tend to forget about that or take it for granted, and we have ended up, many times over the years, in a cash rich-land poor situation. so land banking and being creative and proactive is really critical. this is a very simple piece of legislation as you heard from staff and from supervisor kim as a sponsor. i think in a really nice way, we've come together with the housing accelerator fund and with tipping point and really kind of coming up with this creative tool. and i want to give particular credit to sophie heyward who

good for us in the housing activity committee has work today do a lot of the creative thinking. this came together in a nice way. it may be even a bit of a template tool that we can think about applying in other targeted geographies in the city. the conditions, obviously, are not sali, but the idea being able to have an overlay that particularly prioritizes affordable housing is something we might be able to replicate. so again, strongly support. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi, supervisors. good afternoon. my name's rebecca foster and i'm here on behalf of the san francisco housing accelerator fund where i'm the executive director and also tipping point community. and as you -- as you know, tipping point is a grant making organization aimed to break the cycle of poverty in the bay area, and the housing

accelerator fund is a nonprofit fund dedicated to accelerating the production and preservation of affordable housing. we've joined together, along with staff and as peter mentioned, working with peter and sophie heyward's great work to pilot a model for much needed affordable housing for individuals using all philanthropic housing. with that in mind, we are very supportive of the proposed legislation based on the experience we've had -- the very challenging experience we've had over the last year trying to secure a site on which to build this first prototype affordable housing project. put simply, we've learned what everyone is painfully aware of, that buying land in san francisco is incredibly expensive, and there is a lot of competition in negotiating a purchase, particularly, we've

looked at a site in supervisor kim's district, in the sali zoning, as surface parking lots. it looked really promises last year, and we were not able to -- housing wasn't included in the zoning. so we think that this is a small and -- but very meaningful step towards making it more possible to do projects like this. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. cory smith on behalf of the housing action coalition. absolutely in support here today. and i also just kind of wanted to touch. if i could get the overhead, please. this is a map of san francisco, perhaps, surface level parking lots, 25,000 square feet or

more. overhead, maybe? the tricky part, where you have to press the power button in order to get everything to turn on. somewhere here -- there we go. all of the 25,000 or larger parking lots in the city of san francisco. we have been working with an individual that has accumulated a lot of planning data and a lot of opportunity site data, so i think this would be a good place to build a lot of affordable housing because it's pretty under utilized given what we're doing, and obviously happy to help in any way we can. obviously verytive. thank you very much. tapping tang thank yo >> supervisor tang: thank you. any other members of the public who wish to comment on item five? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor tang: supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: i was just looking through the ordinance, and if we could further define habitable. was that change already made?

>> i believe that was already taken out and referred to kiosks and things on parking lots. >> supervisor kim: can you point out where it is? sorry. i was just looking for that change, that particular change. i just want to make sure that it was included today. >> i'm going to have to look for that. >> maybe -- >> supervisor kim: i saw that permitted and unpermitted was taken out, so that was clarified. >> mr. givner: supervisor kim, deputy city attorney jon givner. i think it's page six in the table, around line 18, would remove habitable buildings and replace it with structures. >> supervisor kim: okay.

[inaudible] >> supervisor kim: it says line 15 through 17, affordable housing projects are principlely permitted in this district on parcels containing. i do see that permitted is taken out, and it just says surface parking lot so that there's no distinction between parking lots that are permitted and unpermitted. and i saw the first recommendation also, i believe, was included in terms of keeping the heights consistent. but it does look like habitable is still in the language of the ordinance. and perhaps planning was okay with that being in there. [inaudible] >> mr. givner: so in a -- in a draft with the amendments that we sent to your office just before this meeting, we've replaced habitable buildings with structures on that line.

>> supervisor kim: okay. great. do i have to make that amendment, then, in committee? >> mr. givner: yes. >> supervisor kim: okay. great. my apologies, so i'll make that motion to amend to take out, on-line 17, page six, habitable buildings, and to replace that with no existing structures. >> mr. givner: and so just to confirm, supervisor, you're moving to adopt all of the planning commission's recommendations, including that -- that change in the -- on page six? >> supervisor kim: yes. it looks like the permitted and unpermitted change is already in this ordinance, so i'm a little confused.

you know, while -- can we continue this and go to item number six? my apologies. >> supervisor tang: we'll continue this item until later in the meeting, and we'll go to item number six, then. we have a new clerk. >> clerk: agenda item six is an ordinance amending the public use code on the water use. >> committee members, if i could have the slides, please. yes. i'm here to talk about the recycled water ordinance and how things have evolved relative to recycled water in san francisco and elsewhere. the recycled water ordinance has been in effect since is 991, it's amicable to new and remodelled -- applicable to knew and remodelled buildings and has designated recycled use areas where required installation of dual plumbing

areas exist. those are the areas in purple noted there on the screen. this is driven in part by geographical differences. the west side has large parks and golf courses, and the east side has newer and more dense urban developments and more opportunity for indoor, n nonpotab nonpotable uses. we would come up with a centralized water recycle facilities to produce recycled water for these nonpotable purposes. on the west side of san francisco, we're making progress in irrigating our parks and golf courses, such as sharp park, actually in pacifica in partnership with the north coast county water district. we are delivering recycled water to the sharp park golf course, which is owned by the city of san francisco and hence is a customer of ours. we are in partner with daly

citys to serve hardy's and fleming golf courses with recycled water since 2012. we are in position for the reconstruction of the oceanside plant. potential future use at other locations with heiigh demands such as the san francisco zoo. since 2015, the nonpotable water ordinance requires new development projects of 250,000 gross square feet or greater to meet their own nonpotable demands for toilet flushing and irrigation on-site, and that's applicable citywide, but it really focuses on the east side. so we're really looking at kind of a two prong approach for meeting san francisco's nonpotable demands. the west side would have a centralized facility to delivery cycled water to large irrigation areas, and on the

east side, we would have distributed systems in effect that would serve each of those developmen developments that not have a centralized plant. what this really has come to now is because of those requirements for large developments, to incorporate on-site water systems, we think there's limited value to maintain the dual plumbing and to continue planning for an east side central water plant for nonpotable uses. therefore we recommend that you rescind recycled water ordinance. we also have a nonpotable grant program where buildings with existing dual can apply for a grant to utilize the existing plumbing. we've just added a feature to it that $100,000 would be available, in addition to our $250,000 grants and $500,000 grants to replace 1 million

gallons peryear or 33 million gallons peryear respectively. there are additional opportunities for use out there. i want to make sure that folks are aware of that we're not stopping here with recycled water. we're turning our focus to study potable reused to study purified water. it's recycled using advanced purification treatment process and many communities in california are already considering purified water. we were actually doing a project at our headquarters and trying to test real-time monitoring so that we can collect data and understand the potential for purified water as a building scale, so we're using additional advanced treatment on our advanced

system, and then returning that system for toilet flushing. i plan on having a pitcher on my desk that i can offer water for anybody who cares to taste it. we're also examining feasibility of centralized purified water. we're in partnerships with other waste water agency to see do so. we're studying the feasibility of surface water augmentation in crystal springs reservoir. we're also doing feasibility studies with the santa clara water district and the alameda county water district. so the pending actions to rescind the recycled water ordinance were here at the land use committee hearing in july pending approval by the board of supervisors and the mayor, and the legislation would take effect in october. so the elimination of dual plumbing requirements would apply to any construction

projects in any stage of planning, approval or construction, and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor tang: thank you. i guess i will have to seek you out so i can see that pitcher on your desk. so i think that what the p.u.c. is doing here makes absolutely sense. i think -- absolute sense. i think the 2015 ordinance passed by this board was a good one. compared to the 1991 ordinance that was originally in place, you know, there's a difference in terms of what is required for difference size buildings, so for example, the 1991 ordinance applies to new remodelled buildings over 40,000 square feet as well as new and existing irrigation over 10,000 square feet, but the 2015 ordinance sponsored by, i believe it was supervisor wiener at the time applies to new development projects that are 250,000 square feet or greater. so can you just describe for us kind of what we might be potentially missing out on as a

result of just relying on the 2015 ordinance. >> yes. we did meet with the planning department and look at their pipeline report, and there are currently nine projects that are smaller than 250,000 square feet or greater than 40,000 square feet, so the ordinance would miss those. on the other hand, that is something they could do where we would potentially provide a grant for them to be able to do dual plumbing and a treatment plant in a facility. >> supervisor tang: okay. so those nine projects are actually trying to help them -- >> well, that's what the grant could go for. >> supervisor tang: okay. okay. my understanding was those nine projects potentially fall under projects sponsored under mayor's office of housing. i don't know if that's -- >> yeah. we're looking into that. we're not aware that any way, but we're double-checking with them to find out if any are. certainly, the mayor's office of housing, if they didn't have to do dual plumbing, that would be a cost savings that we would be happy to make sure happened.

>> supervisor tang: okay. because certainly, again, i think this totally makes sense. we want to make sure that especially if there are city projects, that we are partners with nonprofit developers on for, say, 100% affordable housing or so forth, that we certainly wouldn't want this to be a hindrance of both development of those projects, but i think moving forward, having this apply to developments of 250,000 square feet or greater is a good one. colleagues, any questions or comments on this particular item? okay. well, thank you very much, and all right. we'll open up item six to public comment, then. any members of the public who wish to speak, come on up. okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor tang: all right. colleagues, can we get a motion on item six to send this to the full board with a positive recommendation?

>> supervisor kim: make a motion to send this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor tang: all right. and we'll do that. so i'll go back to item five. >> supervisor kim: thank you, supervisor tang for the additional time. i've passed out copies that incorporates the three recommendations made by planning commission, one on the height in making that consistent throughout the district. the second to replace habitable buildings with structures because there's no definition of habitable. and then, second, to ensure that this is on any parcel that contains only a surface parking lot and no existing structures so that we won't distinguish between parcels where there are parking lots that didn't get permits which exist in the south of market. so i'm going to make a motion to amend this item as articulated. >> supervisor tang: okay. thank you, supervisor kim.

and questions, comments, on the amendments? no? okay. so we'll take those amendments without objection. >> supervisor kim: and i'd like to move to send this item with a fupositive recommendati to the full board? >> supervisor tang: all right. we will send that to the full board with a positive recommendation. all right. mr. clerk, is there any further items before us today? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> supervisor tang: okay. great. we are adjourned. women's netw

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bernadette is the second generation of owners of this type of facilities and we really appreciate her family's commitment to the communities that we serve. our residential care homes are very important form of housing in san francisco, providing compassionate support for our community who live independently. the department of health, the department of aging, and i want to acknowledge that we have our department heads with us today. and both departments depend on these homes and facilities to ensure our clients are safe and that they get the care that they need. so we're so fortunate to work and live in a city that cares -- cares for its most vulnerable community members. our strongest leaders for this is our own mayor, mayor london breed. mayor breed is committed to ensuring those facing behavioral and health challenges are provided care and housing that they need. so please welcome mayor london breed.

[applause] >> mayor breed: thank you, barbara, and thank you, everyone, for being here today. i'm really excited to be here and as mayor i have made it clear that one of my top priorities is to not only address many of the challenges that we face with so many people struggling with mental illness, but, more importantly, to address issues of homelessness. we have to make sure that we invest in preventing homelessness in the first place. and we know that this particular facility, along with so many others throughout our city, continue to struggle financially. they struggle financially due to lack of funding from the state, from the federal government, and what that means is that time and time again in our city we need to figure out ways in which we can continue to support the great work that this facility is doing and others like it. so today i'm really proud to announce that we're investing

over $1 million over the next two years from one-time revenue to stabilize residential care facilities that support our most vulnerable population throughout san francisco. [applause] and, let me tell you what it will do. it will help 37 residential care facilities and house more than 350 people in our city, including many of our seniors. some of these people suffer with serious behavioral health and medical issues. many have a history of homeless homelessness. and we know again that the best solution is it to prevent homelessness in the first place. one of the care providers that support one of the ones that will receive funding as we said before is victoria manor which we are here today, located in district 5, which is now

represented by supervisor brown. this place has 90 beds and it serves 26 clients for the department of public health. the facilities like these have been under strain as i said in terms of lack of funding and the city currently spends $2.5 million through the department of public health to provide supplemental funding to close the spending gap. and i want to, again, i appreciate barbara g garcia for identifying where the needs are and making sure that we are using city resources in the most efficient way to support this community. but this is a complex issue which requires a holistic approach to look at now and the financial challenges of the future. and this additional funding is a down payment and demonstrates our commitment to ensure that these providers can care for and to serve our community. the department of aging and adult services is convening a working group along with the

department of public health and the office of economic and workforce development to analyze the current demand and study options to meet the needs of the future throughout this city. i expect to hear recommendations by the end of this year and until then this funding will help to ensure that we continue to serve hundreds of san francisco residents who would otherwise be at risk of homelessness and who would otherwise not be able to care for themselves. i want to thank the supervisors who are here today for their tireless work in preparing this coming fiscal year's budget, who is now our board president and was leader during this budget time, she was also the finance chair, supervisor malia cohen. and i am hoping to sign this into law hopefully soon and i have sent a letter to president cohen outlining my support for this funding and how we're able

to move forward in our shared priorities. we know that there's a lot of work to do and it takes a village. it takes a lot of our departments it takes members of the board of supervisors, and i'm glad to be joined by someone who has been my partner although he's just joined the board of supervisors, supervisor rafael mandelman who has really been a champion for issues around mental health. we're so grateful for his support here today. and i also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge roma guy who has also been an incredible advocate behind mental health reforms and pushing for more mental health stabilization beds in our city to, again, care for our most vulnerable population of citizens in san francisco. with that i'd like to provide an opportunity for the president of the board, president malia cohen, to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. what a wonderful day, mayor

breed, also a fantastic start. this is exciting news. i'm thrilled to join the mayor as well as my colleagues, supervisor mandelman and supervisor brown, as well as my partners in the department of public health that are standing up here with me, to announce this $100 million for board and care. san francisco has always been a city that has been committed to supporting our most vulnerable residents. you know what, we haven't stopped yet. we're actually recommitting and reaffirming that commitment today. this year i'm proud that the -- that our budget process was, quite frankly, most transparent. and policy driven. a collaborative process that we have seen to date. in the month leading up to the budget we spoke with community activists, we have spoken with our residents, we polled our residents and, of course, we surveyed the colleagues on the board of supervisors. resoundingly without a doubt we

have heard that homelessness is a top priority for particularly those who are suffering mental health issues. we have a responsibility to keep our residents, to help them to remain in healthy condition, and it's a top priority of ours and we want to have them in a safe place to live and access to care and treatment. and so it is actually through our policy-driven process that we allocated $47 million in additional funding for homelessness. i think that is an important figure to note. the board of supervisors has directed over $4 million towards housing and homeless solutions and it's going to manifest itself in several ways, ways that you will be able to see instantly. first, in housing subsidies for families and seniors, mental health services and street medicine teams, patch the funding for residential care facilities. that's a critical one. patch 23u7din funding for residl

care facilities. and also for those facing eviction. so this additional million dollars for the board and care facilities is without a doubt welcomed. it's a welcomed investment to help 355 san franciscoians facing displacement and also dealing with mental illness. this is directly aligned with the board's budget priorities and our commitment to ending homelessness and ensuring that our most vulnerable residents are safe, healthy and housed. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> thank you, president cohen, it was one of the best budget processes i have been involved in so thank you. we are so fortunate today to have our board member from this district, i have worked with her for many years and we're very proud to bring her up to the

podium. [applause] >> thank you. thank you to everyone that is here today. the residents of victoria manor. and also thank you mayor breed for finding this additional million funding to help our board and care facilities throughout the city. and president cohen and supervisor mandelman, thank you for supporting this. i think that it's so important. i have to thank roma guy and barbara garcia because anytime that i have questions they're the boots on the ground and i call them. i want to just thank you for all of of the years that you have been supportive in giving advice. i have a personal story. a neighbor of mine actually was losing her place, her roommate situation because of her mental health issues. when i saw her on the street she told me, this was almost 13, 14 years ago. and she told me her social worker suggested that she go

into a room and care board facility. she was really frightened. i think that she had no idea what they were about, and neither did i, but then i saw her months later and she was so well taken care of. she was happy. and she told me how much this really meant to her. and she had a family -- i think she was an eighth resident in care. and i have been very supportive of the board and care. because if it's the right situation for that right person it's vital. it's taking care of our most vulnerable residents and we need to step up. it's part of our housing stock, and i said that affordable housing is one of my priorities. this is affordable housing for our most vulnerable residents. i want to also thank all of the angels out there that take care of our residents here.

and thank bernie joseph for being one of those people, second generation, that isn't saying i can't do it, you know, because a lot of people -- a lot of people age out in these board and cares and they can't do it anymore. they don't have someone to replace them. and i just really think that it's amazing that it's a family affair because they are a family here. so i want to thank everyone for coming out and i'm very excited moving forward of how we look creatively at supporting our most vulnerable residents. thank you. [applause] >> thank you supervisor brown. our newest board member rafael mandelman, and in recent conversations with supervisors he's very interested in looking at housing, skill nursing and residential care facilities i know is one of his top priorities. so supervisor mandelman, thank you so much. [applause] >> good morning, everybody.

i am incredibly pleased to be here to support mayor breed and her team, director garcia, for all of great work you have done to make this a possibility. and for identifying these additional funds to help to meet the critical need. decades ago when california set itself on the path towards deinstitutionalization and closing our state mental hospitals we were promised a network of community care facilities. i think that we all know that that promise was never kept. but to the incident that it was kept it was through places like this in the community where folks could get the care that they need. today in san francisco we have lost and are at risk of further loss of dozens, if not hundreds, of board and care facilities that provide house askin housine for our most vulnerable neighbors. i have spoken frequently and over the last year about my mother and her struggles with mental illness. she was housed for most of her adult life in board and care

facilities. some were good, some were not so good. but they were essential to keeping her housed. make no mistake but for facilities like this one, hundreds, if not thousands of additional san franciscoians would be in hospitals or jails or on our streets. so as we work to move the thousands of currently unhoused homeless san franciscoians off the streets and into care it's critical that we stabilize our stock of board and care facilities and create more care options for those who need them. i like that the mayor referred to this as a down payment and i think that is the right way to think of it. it's an important first step in addressing a need that i imagine that we will be grappling with for most of your administration but that i have complete confidence that working together with roma guy telling us what to do, we will be able to solve.

so i'm very glad to be here and very grateful to be included. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor mandelman. i just wanted to acknowledge bernie's family, her husband and daughter are here and i know that it's a family -- a family affair for this project. so i do want to thank you for all of the work and the support that you give to bernie to provide such a beautiful location for our clients. one of the important processes for our clients is social support. and so to be together and to learn together and to support each other is one of the important processes and also important contribution that a facility like this provides. so it would be such a great honor and i want to acknowledged kelly, our transitions director, who really manages with bernie and i heard that she's one of the best negotiators as bernie says, that she does what she is

told to. and we are appreciative of both of the teams and so i appreciate you, bernie, and i want to bring you up. [applause] >> good morning. i'm bernadette joseph, the owner and director of operations at victorian manor. thank you, mayor breed, and supervisor cohen and supervisor mandelman and supervisor brown, and director of health garcia, barbara garcia. thank you for being here and for your support for our seniors. here at victorian manor we serve over 90 elderly clients with various needs, including dementia, medical and mental health needs. our home provides a place where seniors can live in the community and be as independent as possible. we welcome with open hearts and open arms a diverse group of residents, including a frail and vulnerable elderly o