believe, by 2020. which is a tall order. but i think a very, a very important goal. i am glad that we are trying to accomplish that in at least one way in san francisco. i also wanted to mention that it was mr rios who was responsible for advocating and winning a policy to put the first portrait of a women on u.s. currency. and we were set to have harriet tubman be the first woman to be depicted on a 20-dollar bill but my understanding of that is at the treasury department will not commit to this under the trump administration. it is unclear whether this plan will move forward, which is very frustrating. i was looking forward to the day where i would see harriet tubman on our u.s. currency. i hope that that will still happen. i wanted to thank you supervisor sc14 -- stefani, it is very

important that our daughters get to look at statues of women who have accomplished amazing things in our society. and something that they rarely get to do today. if they get to see a woman depicted on a statue, it is usually a fictional woman. a character. very rarely is it actually a human being who lived at accomplish great things. we know there is no shortage of women who have done that in the united states. thank you so much. >> chair mandelman: thank you. are there members of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the item is before us. i believe we need to act first on the amendment. so moved. we can take the amendment without objection. and then. >> supervisor ronen: i moved to bring this for the positive recommendation. >> chair mandelman: great. we will do that without objection.

all right. thank you. mr clerk can you call our next item? or our last remaining items. >> there's one remaining item. agenda item number 3 pick an ordinance to amend the height -- health code to establish a surplus of medication suppository program to be overseen by d.b.h. >> chair mandelman: supervisor safai is here as our guest. >> supervisor ronen: -- 35 this is an exciting thing. i had the great fortune of sitting down with janet riley, one of the board members of planning by the bay and she said i had this great idea. it will help low income san franciscans that have a hard time accessing good, reliable healthcare and access to good cost reduced medication. and so she bought -- brought in a group called serum.

they started talking about the ability to take medication from individuals that may be have passed away or don't need it anymore and take that medication and recycle it without having it go into the waste stream. and sending it to specifically for free clinics. so we are essentially mirroring the program. we are getting access and then we reached out to the department of public health and work with them over the last ten months to come up with this legislation. we have had to make sure that we were abiding by state regulations and so on and so forth. because we are a city and a county, and made the process that much easier. a lot of people ask why we are a city and a county and what benefits there are, but in this instance, it was a direct benefit. we have the ability as a county representative. we have representatives from three clinics here today. two of which are represented in

my district. there is many more all over san francisco. they are all over the city. mission neighbourhood health centre his, clinic by the bay, others that are basically dealing with low income families that would not otherwise have access to good, affordable medication and good affordable health care. so we believe today that this is a strong step in the promise that we have made to bring full universal healthcare to san franciscans. we are also being respectful and i know supervisor peskin joined us here today. he is here today. he is a very conscious of protecting our oceans and our water stream and the committees that he sits on. this takes medication out of the waste stream and not polluting our oceans and water streams and the environment, as well. essentially, the legislation creates a surplus drug repository this estimation program. donor organizations, essentially

, since 2015, have taken free and reduced medication from over 1,550,000 patients. and we have removed over 2,000, almost a quarter of a million pounds of pharmaceutical waste from the waste stream and medicines. we are taking a big step today. i will open it up for public comment or ask the department of public health to come forward and give a timeline of what the next steps would be and then i will thank the people that really helped to put this together over the last year, as we have worked on it. other than the people i mentioned already. thank you. >> good morning. i am the chief pharmacy officer with the department of public health. i'm very pleased to be speaking today on behalf of the department of public health. in the past, we have supported the safe med disposal ordinance which was previously known as the med project which has been

effective since 2017, february. since that time, the project has collected more than 7.4 tons or 14,000 pounds of unwanted and expired medications from community members in san francisco. the med project is fully funded by pharmaceutical industries and it is now operating 47 medication kiosks at 46 locations in san francisco. we now welcomed the introduction of this new ordinance which will allow eligible entities like clinics with pharmacies to receive donated surplus medications and then provide them for free to low income persons. the medications might otherwise have been destroyed and it will improve access to pharmaceutical therapies for persons who might otherwise not be able to move forward with them and reduce

pharmaceutical waste by recycling surplus medications. as the public health agency, we want to acknowledge our support for this ordinance which will provide these free medications to low income persons. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. >> supervisor safai: i think we can open it up through public comments. i want to recognize my cosponsor , supervisor safai -- stefani and stepping forward for sponsoring this legislation. >> supervisor stefani: thank you supervisor safai for taking a lead on this. i did a tour of clinic by the bay with janet riley and heard about this program and came back to supervisor safai and i said i want to spearhead this with you. i was so upset he beat me to it because it is such a wonderful program. i was talking to my mom and my sister. they're both nurses and they were telling me some horror stories of people that actually cannot get the prescriptions that they need and people that have to choose whether or not they are buying groceries are

getting medicine that they need to keep going. so i think this is an important program i am very happy to be a cosponsor on it spee five thank you. >> chair mandelman: we can open up through public comment and then i will say a few words about how it will work in realtime. if there are members of the public would like to speak, they should come on up. you will have two minutes. please state your first and last name clearly and speak directly into the microphone. those of you who have paired statements are encouraged to leave a copy with the committee clerk for inclusion into the initial file. no applause or booing is permitted. in the interest of time, speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is claire from the nonprofit, serum, we help implement and create drug donation programs around the country to safely and efficiently reduce prescription

drug costs and promote environmentally sustainable healthcare practices. our flagship program in california has been assisting santa clara county surplus medication repository and distribution program since 2010. we have partnered with santa clara county county run pharmacies to help manage, receive and inventory donations from over 200 medicine donors. this pharmacy is exclusively supplied by donated medicine and since 2015 has dispensed over $2 million of medicine to patients in need. the types of medicine that are eligible for donation are noncontrolled, not expired, not opened and medicine that has not been in the hands of individual patients or the public. we fully support the ordinance establishing the san francisco surplus medication repository and distribution program. thank you, so much. >> chair mandelman: neck speaker. -- next speaker.

mrs. riley. >> good morning. i am the cofounder of clinic by the bay. we are a free, primary care clinic and the excelsior district of san francisco. we have been around and providing primary care, preventative healthcare since 2010 at clinic by the bay and we are almost entirely volunteer run. currently, we have 1700 patients at clinic by the bay. last year, we did more than 2,000 patient visits. because our patients are living on limited resources, they often come to the clinic where the complicated, chronic conditions like diabetes, high lipids, hypertension, that have gone undetected and untreated for many years. as you can imagine, these conditions require medication. when you are uninsured, like all of our patients are, and you don't have access to medication, getting monthly medications that

you need to control these conditions is untenable for most of our patients. and left untreated, these chronic conditions can be debilitating. they are demoralizing and they can even be fatal. which you might imagine as well. so, when we learned about the organization that was matching access medication with patients in need, we thought it was a fantastic idea. we knew that not only would it be incredibly helpful for patients that could -- at our clinic, but for patients throughout san francisco. it will save lives. i want to especially thank a supervisor safai. you have been amazing. thank you supervisor stefani. i will hope you will hear from our doctor to, out our clinic, has been shepherding this legislation through as well. thank you and i hope we can get your support for this important legislation. >> chair mandelman: thank you. next speaker.

>> good morning, supervisors. i am the executive director of mission neighbourhood health centre. we have several clinics in the mission and one in the excelsior and we serve about 13,000 patients each year. about 30% on issue. this program will greatly benefit our uninsured patients, but not only the uninsured. we had a situation with a patient on medicare. and for some reason, she got into the wrong medicare part d. program and needed to pay about $1,200 a month for her diabetes medication. she is a retired person on social security and she cannot do this. this will be a program that can benefit people who are also falling through the cracks with medicare part d. or other insurance issues. at least during the period where we can then resolve those issues

for them. we are looking forward to working with the department to really work through the nuances of how to make the program efficient and accessible for the clinic for the patients that need it. we are in support of this initiative. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. i and the c.e.o. of the san francisco community clinic consortium. our organization represents 11 of the nonprofit community health centres in san francisco. collectively, our members serve 113,000 san francisco residents which is about ten% of the population. we also serve about 4200 healthy san francisco people and 46,000 other enrollees. our organization serves two functions. one is a common voice for the health centres under our umbrella organization and the

second one i will speak to them just a moment. in terms of the 11 health centres that operate throughout san francisco, with a quick survey out to them, they reported back that they have difficulty obtaining search and medication vaccines and medications and also inhalers, particularly for the healthy san francisco population. they also work to cover creams and ointments for people who have psoriasis and other issues where these medications might not be around and the expectation is patients will pay for them out of their own pocket which is very hard for them to come up with. the second charge of the san francisco community clinic consortium as we have our mobile street outreach -- outreach van. this service does urgent medical services throughout san francisco. we serve about 1,000 patients. we do that in conjunction with the department of public health and this particular van,

normally treats infections and injuries and illness. so we have need for antibiotics, also epinephrine pens and other things that our patients on the streets need to have in a more urgent service in order to take care of their treatment. again inhalers came up again as a medication that we need to. we would like to support this very important ordinance. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. are there any more speakers? anyone from the public who would like to speak? come on up. >> excuse me. my name is scott. on the cofounder of clinic by the bay. i just want to ask for your support of this ordinance. thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you.

anymore public speakers? seeing none, public comment is now closed. the item is before us. is there a motion? >> supervisor ronen: i would like to thank you, supervisor safai for this legislation. it sounds amazing. what an innovative program and a win win for everyone. if you could add me as a cosponsor i would really appreciate that and i want to thank everyone for the amazing work on this. what a great piece of legislation. with that, i will make a motion, sorry. i will wait to make my motion. >> chair mandelman: thank you. i wanted to say some closing things. just for points of clarification >> supervisor safai: think of hospices and nursing homes and senior living centres. essentially what ends up happening is tons of medication goes unused. once they are, they go to a fair party and we need to screen them

for additional screening. i want to be clear there is no opioid involved in this program. it is not hard medication. is a kind of thing that people need on a daily basis. my son uses an inhaler. these things are life changing. they are expensive. we don't have the ability to get them. after ghost of the third-party, it goes to the free medical clinic. it is watched and monitored every step of the way. after we are done with this legislation, it goes to the full support of the board. the department of public health and the consortium of free clinics and a number of other entities are going to sit down and talk about the implementation so they can find a formula and figure out how they will put this into effect in san francisco. so they're still a few questions that need to be answered and i

know that the free clinics are deeply invested in this and this is something that will make them that much more of a strong service delivery. i wanted to thank a few other people that were mentioned today i know dr catherine kobe was very much involved in clinic by the bay. david goldschmidt from clinic by the bay. dr patel from the department of public health. and of course, our chief pharmacy officer who spoke here today. mr david's words. -- mr david woods. there are so many other people to whom i am thankful. our city attorneys. as much as this sounds straightforward, there were some nuances in the meeting with the state definition and seeing how we could implement this. the city attorney's office did a phenomenal job in helping ensure that this was a well-crafted piece of legislation.

and then individuals from santa clara county board of supervisors. they were our points of contact down there. and then the california state board pharmacy, laura hendricks. there were a lot of people who were involved in putting this piece of legislation together. but i always like to say is we don't always have the ideas. we don't always originate to the ideas and think about policy. and often times the best ideas come from the community. i want to thank the folks who brought this to our attention. we have, in my office some controversial things, recently but i'm hoping this is not controversial at all and this is something that will be encouraged by everybody. it is something that is well needed. thank you to everyone who came out today and thank you for all your hard work in helping to make this happen and thank you for your time. i urge full support. >> supervisor ronen: i will make a motion to send this item

forward with positive recommendation. >> thank you. >> chair mandelman: thank you. mr. clerk, do we have any further items? >> there is no further business. >> chair mandelman: and then we adjourned. [♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music

stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪] [♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city.

there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries.

they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals. it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around

gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do

to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring in the new, without displacing the old. [♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the

latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪] >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor.

in our seven mile by seven mile city, we have over 210,000 properties and close to 90% of their are residential like the homes you and i live in, so you might ask, how can we possibly value all these properties? well, to better understand our work, we need to explain the state's proposition 13 law. in 1978, california voters passed proposition 13. under prop 13, we value your property at market value when you first buy it. every year after, that value goes up by the c.p.i. or the california consumer price index. but if the c.p.i. is more than 2%, prop 13 caps the increase at 2%. we'll walk-through the maximum increases prop 13 would allow. let's take a home with initial value of $400,000. in the second year your assessed value grows by a maximum of 2%, growing from

$400,000 to $408,000. in year three, that $408,000 is increased by 2% to roughly $416,000. every year, the value grows by the maximum rate of 2%, and that is called your prop 13 value. keep in mind as time goes by your prop 13 value may not be the same as market rate. what do we mean by that? let's say over the last ten years, home prices in san francisco have gone every roughly 10% every year. despite that, your prop 13 value is capped at 2% growth creating a difference between your market value and prop 13 value. know that the value recessed when there's a change in ownership. a change in ownership means that the property has a new zoner. maybe through a -- new owner. maybe through a sale, a gift or adding or dropping names

through title. at that time the home will be assessed a new market rate. that value becomes a new starting point for the property. just like before, the growth continues to be limited at 2% until the next transfer happens. remember, the new owners are responsible for paying taxes at the new level from the first day that they own it. value might also be added when construction happens on your property. that would be another instance when growth in your value might exceed 2%. here, we would add the value of construction on top of your existing prop 13 value. every july, we'll let you know what your assessed value is by sending you a letter called a notice of assessed value. you can use that information to estimate your property taxes early. please note that a separate office called the treasurer tax collector's office will send you a letter in october and they're responsible 230r collections. for more information, visit our website, -

>> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges resident to do their showing up and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 san francisco owes must of the charm to the unique characterization of each corridor has a distinction permanent our neighbors are the economic engine of the city. >> if we could a afford the lot

by these we'll not to have the kind of store in the future the kids will eat from some restaurants chinatown has phobia one of the best the most unique neighborhood shopping areas of san francisco. >> chinatown is one of the oldest chinatown in the state we need to be able allergies the people and that's the reason chinatown is showing more of the people will the traditional thepg. >> north beach is i know one of the last little italian community. >> one of the last neighborhood

that hadn't changed a whole lot and san francisco community so strong and the sense of partnership with businesses as well and i just love north beach community old school italian comfort and love that is what italians are all about we need people to come here and shop here so we can keep this going not only us but, of course, everything else in the community i think local businesses the small ones and coffee shops are unique in their own way that is the characteristic of the neighborhood i peace officer prefer it is local character you have to support them. >> really notice the port this

community we really need to kind of really shop locally and support the communityly live in it is more economic for people to survive here. >> i came down to treasure island to look for a we've got a long ways to go. ring i just got married and didn't want something on line i've met artists and local business owners they need money to go out and shop this is important to short them i think you get better things. >> definitely supporting the local community always good is it interesting to find things i never knew existed or see that that way. >> i think that is really great that san francisco seize the vails of small business and creates the shop & dine in the 49 to support businesses make people all the residents and

visitors realize had cool things are made and produced in san >> all right. good evening, everyone. first of all, good evening, everyone. welcome to compass family services. [applause] >> my name is chris wagner, and i'm the board chair of compass family services, and i promised myself i wouldn't get choked up, but today, by far, is the proudest moment of my volunteer career. i'd like to acknowledge our distinguished guests, mayor london breed, supervisor jane kim, who i think is my supervisor. [applause]

>> rafael mandelman, assembly member david chiu, and representatives for senator's feinstein and kamala harris, abigail and june harris. thank you so much. so today, we celebrate the official opening of our new service hub for homeless families and families at risk of becoming homeless in san francisco. [applause] >> we are really thankful for so many of you who have been here with us every step of the way and to create what we see here before us. this facility represents our commitment to san francisco's homeless and vulnerable families, telling them we see you, we are committed to serving you in san francisco, and we are investing in your

future. securing a permanent home for compass is a perfect example of private public partnerships and how they can benefit our community. one partner has been the city of san francisco. the city itself was one of the first to recognize the importance and significance of this project with a lead grant of $1 million. [applause] >> i'd like to thank and express our deepest thanks to joaquin torres for the office of workforce development for not only their strong support, but for their lead support in this project. [applause]

>> we gratefully acknowledge the let's make it happen spirit of our partners and the compass board for getting this project off the ground. our next very important step -- you knew this was coming -- is to raise the funds we need to pay for this project. we will be out in the community, you can rest assured, shortly with a major campaign to seek the help of the philanthropic community and all to assure our service hub is here to stay. he can assured we are part of the solution -- you can be assured we are part of the solution. it's my extreme pleasure to introduce and welcome our city's honorable mayor london breed and invite her to say a few words. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: i have got to say i am truly honored and excited to be here

today. what an amazing, beautiful facility, a welcoming environment for so many families that we all know struggle with homelessness, and that should not be the case. a kid should not have to do their homework in situations that sometimes are not the best. when i first became a member of the board of supervisors and visited our family shelter in our district, i was really heart broken at some of the scenes that i saw and some of the frustration that i had for many of those kids that they were in, many of those kids attend schools right here in san francisco. and one of the things that i'm most proud of is working with our late mayor ed lee is to give $2 million to the housing authority to remodel 179 unit to place 179 formerly homeless

families in units to call home. but we didn't do it alone. we did it with organizations like compass point because it takes a partnership in order to help our homeless families who live on our streets in san francisco. as mayor, addressing this challenge is really important to me, finding solutions, finding partners, trying to figure out the best ways possible. when we developed our coordinated entry system, compass point has been there for us, helping to lead the way so that we can produce the types of services that we truly need to make a difference. so i want to thank each and every once of you for being here today to support this great new step. a $1 million grant from the

city, and i, of course, deserve $1 million more for the work that you continue to do. thank you all so much for being here today, and i'm looking forward to opening this building so that we can get started on this very important work because we have people who need homes. thank you all so much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. oh . so last fall, erica and i had the pleasure of meeting with supervisor jane kim, and we presented our plan and our vision. i'm delighted to welcome back her -- or welcome here to see firsthand what we've done, and we'd love to hear your thoughts. [applause] >> supervisor kim: actually, you are welcoming me back for the space because for those of you that don't know, i spent

six months here in this space back in 2016, and so i'm very familiar with this site. and so i was truly delighted when you both came to my office to say that there might be an opportunity to turn this vacant retail site into a hub for so many of our families and those that are needing services here in the city and county of san francisco. mayor breed talked so much about the importance of this work and also the initiative that mayor ed lee had begun during his time as mayor, which is for san francisco to end homelessness in san francisco in the next five years. and we talk so much about homelessness as being an issue of single adults but for those of you that are in the field, you know that families are often the fastest growing demographic in homeless counts in cities throughout the

country, whether it is san francisco, new york, and l.a. it is the silent demographic that we don't get e-mails from our constituents about, asking us to solve that is often one of the most critical in the issues that we must address here. we know that children who are homeless are more likely -- five times to be more likely to be homeless as adults. we've seen what it means for children to be able to complete their homework, having a place to call home, calling in sick regularly, having a place to shower. i have to tell you one of the most heartbreaking stories that i heard from some of our young mothers is actually having to bathe their children in a sink at their local church because they have nowhere else to take their children before they get ready for school. and compass family services has

been at the forefront of ensuring that we are providing these critical services to families to so many of our clients that need it the most. in order to provide those services, it's critical to have a home and a space to walk into. so i'm so excited that compass family services will be opening here in this district, and i really want to recognize the leadership of the board chair, chris wagner, and of course to our wonderful executive director, erica kisch, who's been running this century old organization so critically in san francisco. we are making a dent, we are finally reducing the immense wait list that we are reading about in 2015 for families that are sleeping in shelters, sleeping on the streets, sleeping in our cars and making

sure that we are addressing this issue. when the l.a. times said that the new face of homelessness is single mothers and children, we heeded to that call. we need to get women and children off the streets, and i am just so proud to be a strong partner along with mayor breed and assembly member david chiu. this is an issue that we all care deeply about. we can end homelessness, and i'm so glad that compass is going to have a seat in the middle of our city that they can provide the services. i just want to take a moment to thank the staff at compass family services. this work is so difficult to do. [applause] >> supervisor kim: and you are at the front lines of doing this work, and it's always amazing to ask staff members how long they've been at this organization. and i think it's pretty

astounding, the tenacity, and the faith of the workers in the field. i was pretty touched when one of our compatriots used to serve, when the chronicle asked him if it was incredibly depressing to work in the field of homelessness over 40 years because it doesn't get better, and he said i don't view hi work as ending homelessness, i view my work as ending homelessness in the lives of people. for those of you that have viewed the moment, i've been lucky to watch an individual walk into their permanent home for the first time or a family to walk into their permanent home for the first time, we are ending homelessness in their lives, so thank you for all doing this incredible work, and

congratulations. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor kim. as you know compass works with the city as a partner in our comprehensive continuum in care of homelessness or to help end family homelessness. for families that are already homelessness, and now i'd like to welcome jeff kosinski, the director of family homelessness to say a few words. jeff? >> thank you so much for being here today. you know, just a few years ago, one in every 20 students in the san francisco unified school district was experiencing homelessness. it's one in every 20. every single school in the school district had at least one homeless family. some schools had over 10% of the families in that school were experiencing homelessness. but thanks to the hard work of many people including compass,

we've reduced family homelessness by 15%. by the end of this year, our goal is to have no unsheltered families at all, and we're very close to achieving that goal, and by the end of 2022, our goal is to have no family experiencing homelessness in the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you. we're not going to do that without organizations like compass. compass is one of the anchor institutio institutions in our homelessness response system, and this facility is just absolutely amazing, and what's really -- i came by to visit a few weeks ago right when it first opened up, and the physical structure is really amazing, but what's really just so heart warming is to see all of the families here and all of the staff here using the space. it's just such a beautiful facility, it uplifts people's

spirits when they're here, and the energy was just really phenomenal. we had families in here facing a crisis, i can't even imagine as a father or as a parent not having a place for my children to go that evening, but just the vibe here, and the way staff were treating people, and just the attention to detail is really extraordinary and very fitting for an organization as spectacular and committed to doing this work as compass. i've worked as a nonprofit executive director for many years, and i know that it's often challenging as an e.d. or even as a board member to come up and ask people to support your organization. no matter how much you're commit today it, it's a scary thing, but since i'm not a executive director anymore, maybe it's easier for me to encourage you to please support compass, please support their capital campaign. this is really important work they're doing, it's really life changing work that they're doing, and we're so appreciative to everybody at

compass and to all of you as well for being here today. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, jeff. it's now my pleasure to introduce, without a doubt, one of the most amazing and dedicated individuals i've had the pleasure to work with, the executive director of compass family services for the past 24 years, erica kisch. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. thanks. this is such a great turnout, it feels very great to be celebrating with you all here tonight. about 400 days ago, i toured this building. it was kind of a shell, and a former gym, and i imagined it as being the new permanent home for compass family services, a

service hub for san francisco families facing homelessness. it was centrally located, easily accessible, just a block from city hall and very closely located to other locations in the city for other families facing homelessness. little did i know that 37 grove would turn out to be so much more. it's a safe and welcoming and healing environment where families experiencing the trauma of homelessness can access a myriad of interrelated and complementary services that address housing, support, stability, jobs, child care, legal, and i could go on and on and on, all under one roof, and all with the ultimate goal of helping families to achieve economic stability, self-sufficiency and economic well-being. so we stand here tonight not in

front of but beside so many of our friends, our partners, our colleagues, our supporters, who join together to help make this project come to life and who have been committed to this every den and committed to this effort to end family homelessness in san francisco. first and foremost, i want to thank nafir and namidi. they're somewhere way in the back. [applause] >> so they and the sun hill corporation, they had an amazing vision, amazing generosity, amazing vision, and without them, we would not have this project, we would not be able to get it off the ground, and hopefully they'll make the way up to the front for the ribbon cutting. i'd also like to thank

compass's board of directors who had the vision to address our real estate need head on in their 2015 to 2018 strategic plan. every one of them has been supportive in this project and has supported it financially as well. and on our board, i especially need to call out brian mcenerny, who's also way at the back. brian really spear headed and guided this project. he was here night after night for months, and without him, we would not be here today. i also want to thank especially our board chair chris wagner and our board vice chair allison engel. [applause] >> both of them put in many,

many hours over the past year, and i joked to chris over the last year that he was going to lose his day job because he was always at compass. i also want to mention equity community builders, opportunity fund, chase, and the low-income investment fund and our quality board. i want to thank -- [applause] >> -- first republic bank, the northern california community loan fund, the world's greatest real estate broker, paul pechani. [applause] >> our brilliant architects at t.e.f. design who turned this building -- as wonderful as it is, it's a strangely shaped building. they turn it had into something really amazing.

ken white of glazer wild, who always has our back, and our fun dl fun-tastic staff. we just heard tonight that j . jpmorgan chase has awarded us a grant of $25,000. most recently, chase provided the equity investment through our new markets tax credits deal for the building. thank you, j.p. morgan chase and mike kimball, who i think is here with us tonight. [applause] >> so next on our agenda, we're going to cut this ribbon, and after that, we invite you to explore the building. you can go back that way, you can go down, you can go up, and we'll have staff that are

wearing compass name tags that are scattered throughout the building who can give you more information throughout the programs and the services we offer here and answer any questions, and then we've got refreshments on the second floor in the conference room. so thank you again for celebrating this and it's time to end family homelessness in san francisco. thank you. [appla five, four, three, two,hya torn