. >> supervisor fewer: the meeting will come to forward. this is a special meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am supervisor sandra lee fewer, the chairman of this committee. i am joined by supervisor stefani and supervisor katey tang. supervisor malia cohen is excused from today's meeting. can we have a motion? owe will do that without

objection. today's clerk is linda wong. madam clerk, do you have any person(s) responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic device. items acted on today will appear on the october 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. madam clerk can you please call item number one. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the department of homelessness and supportive housing to apply for a grant from the california department of housing and community development. >> good morning, vice chair fewer, supervisors. i'm emily cohen with the department of homelessness and supportive housing. as the resolution title implies, this authorizes our department to apply for the california emergency solution and housing program, which is a new state program to provide services to people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

this -- there's a total of $5.3 million being made available from the state, and san francisco anticipates receiving 1.6 million in the first rounding funding, and there will be two rounds of funding this year. we appropriates spending the funds in the following way: 1.5 million will be spent on supportive services for people in scattered sites supportive housing. we propose spending $50,000 on reentry costs, and then the remainder on administrative costs. >> supervisor fewer: let's open this up for public comment, is there any members of the public that would like to speak on this issue? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: there is no b.l.a. motion. would someone like to make a motion? >>clerk: public comment has already been opened and closed. would you like to open it up for

public comment, madam chair? >> supervisor fewer: yes. we have one speaker at the podium. thank you, miss wong. >> the housing wong is the proposals that were indicated yesterday, because they were indicating some proposals yesterday that the -- that needed much funding to renovate and other remodelling on other properties. is that what this is in regard or is this the homeless situation to build more housing for that or is this for increase in taxes? >> supervisor fewer: i believe miss cohen can answer your questions after public comment is finished? >> okay. is this for the funding process because if not, i need to elaborate how we're going to come up with a financing

institution because it's of feasible importance to the project. >> supervisor fewer: miss cohen can actually answer those questions after your public comment has been completed. [inaudible] >> supervisor fewer: are you -- is your public comment completed, sir? >> no ma'am. i just want to get the -- [inaudible] >> okay. excellent. the importance to that is did you -- i'm here to resolve this corrupt government and corrupt society. the important thing is i will fund any project as long as it serves the purpose and it helps the project with what it's supposed to. you've got to go. so the important thing is we build or we buying property to renovate it to allow the

homeless to be living in it. which one is it? >> supervisor fewer: sir, seeing that your time is up, i'm sure if you ask miss cohen, she'll be happy to answer your question. thank you very much for your public comment. are there any other members of the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues, is there a motion on this item? >> supervisor tang: i'll make a motion to send this to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: great. we'll cake that without objection. madam clerk, would you please call item number two. [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe jennifer calwart from the department of public health is here to present on this item.

>> my name is jennifer calawart, and i manage the tobacco retail program in environmental health. i'm here to provide the approval for the california justice department proposition 56, a law enforcement grant. the grant award is approximately $1.7 million to cover our tobacco program enforcement and educational efforts for the next two fiscal years. just last month, the f.d.a. has called team vaping a public health epidemic, shining light on the increase in youth tobacco use. the funding will expand our enforcement with the san francisco police department under 21 decoy department. in addition, the project will aid in the elimination of

illegal sales of tobacco products at unpermitted tobacco facilities, as well as create a sampling procedures for unidentified tobacco products. through this, an administrative law judge will be activated. the department requires a more face-to-face interaction with the department to understand federal, state and local laws. therefore an increases outreach effort by our department will occur at 400 retailers peryear to provide improved educational materials and conduct compliance inspections. lastly, our department will develop and provide training at conferences and to rural northern california jurisdictions regarding our enforcement and educational efforts and lessons learned. we look forward to the opportunity to expand our efforts to improve the health of

san franciscans and to create transparent expectations for all tobacco retailers in san francisco. i'm here if you have any questions. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, are there any questions? seeing none, there is also no b.l.a. report on this item. let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that wish to speak on this item? seeing none public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: colleagues is there a recommendation on this item? >> i'd like to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. we can take that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor fewer: madam clerk, would you please read the next item. [agenda item read] >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. supervisor tang, would you like to speak about this at all? >> supervisor tang: no. we have a representative from d.p.h. who can speak to this

item. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. i think june weintraub from the d.p.h. is here to speak for this item. >> we apply to receive it every year for the past several years. it's to support part of our water to do water quality monitoring on our beaches. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues any questions? seeing none, let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. there is no b.l.a. report. would someone like to make a motion? >> supervisor tang: i'll move this item to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: that's great. we can take this without objection. thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item number four. >>clerk: item number four, item approval are you lugs master lease between the treasure island development authority and the united states navy to extend the term for one year to commence december 1, 2018.

>> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i thank peter summerville from the developer's office is here. >> thank you. in front of the committee today is the annual extension for the lease with the united states navy, continues the agreement through 2019. authority staff requests approval, and i'm available for any questions. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. there is no b.l.a. report on this item. colleagues, do you have any questions for mr. summerville? yes. seeing none, let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. do we have a motion for this item? >> supervisor stefani: yes. i'd like to move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: without objection, we can accept this

item. madam clerk, please call item number five. >>clerk: item 5, item authorizing the municipal transportation agency to extend the contract -- with a minimum annual guarantee of approximately 32.3 million. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe gail stein from the sfmta is here to present on this item. >> good morning, supervisors. this resolution would authorize a five year extension of the existing contract the city has through the m.t.a. has with incident section media. the contract is on exactly the same terms as the initial term. it was worth a minimum of $32,250,000 to the m.t.a. over five years and possibly more if the contractor sells more advertising. there's a 65% revenue shares. the contractor has exceeded the minimum in each of the four years so far. i'm happy to answer any questions. i know the b.l.a. has done a

report on this, also. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: thank you. i know it's in our information but maybe for the record if you could just state on you the contract has exceeded the max each year, what level. >> yeah. basically, permonth, we have an amount permonth, and if they exceed it, then, we get more than the minimum, so it would take the amount permonth and multiply it by 65%. >> supervisor tang: no. i was just wondering if you could state what level it's exceeded the mag each year. >> so they have exceeded the mag by approximately 1.5 million over the four year period, and they have exceeded it each year, and particularly, the year of the super bowl, which obviously, there were quite a bit sold at that point. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. miss campbell, can we please have a report from the b.l.a. >> good morning, chair fewer,

members of the committee. severin campbell from the b.l.a. office. the original contract was approved by the board for five years through june 2019, so this examine accept -- exercise the first of two five-year options, beginning july 2019 going through 2024. again, as the question was asked and miss stein said, the revenues are either the minimum annual guarantee which is set in the contract itself not only for the first five years but also this extension option was already set in the contract or 65% of gross advertising revenues. the contractor has paid m.t.a. the gross advertising revenues over the first time years. it was about 1.5 million more than the minimum revenues. if the five-year extension is approved, the m.t.a. would receive 32 million in minimal annual guaranteed revenues over

the five year term plus an additional $1.6 million had showing in our marketing fees, and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, any other questions for miss stein? i have one. i'm wondering, do we have the option to eliminate the wraps on the buses? >> if we were, we would have to renegotiate the minimal annual guarantee. the proposal is to extend the contract as it is. any changes would result in a reduction in the minimal annual guarantee and possible a substantial reduction. >> supervisor fewer: has it ever been discussed eliminating the wrap from the buses? >> we understand we do have customers that don't like them. we have limited it to 30. the contractor, there are months where they could sell more.

for example, right around now with dreamforce and the holidays. generally, there are no more than nine or ten at a time, which is 1% of our vehicles, but yes. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. do we have a motion for this, colleagues? >> supervisor tang: i'll make a motion to send forth the item to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: we can take that without objection. thank you very much. madam clerk, please call item six. >>clerk: item six, resolution approving modification five to the airport with pgh wong-mck jv for a total term of june 11, 2015 through july -- i'm sorry, june 10, 2019 to commence following board approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i think we have kathy widener here from the san francisco international airport to present

on this item. >> good morning, chair fewer, members of the committee. the item before you seeks approval for a fifth modification to an existing contract with pgh wong-mck jv for project management support services for the on airport hotel project. modification number five would extend the contract through june 10, 2019 and increase the amount of the total contract by $4.6 million. the airport hotel project consists both of the new grand hyatt hotel as well as some road and aircraft parking reconfiguration that's required to accommodate the hotel footprint. the hoe tel is expected to be completed by the end of 2019. the project management contract provides support services for both aspects of the project, including design management, project controls, system testing, and cost and schedule controls. this contract is the result of a

competitive request for proposals process with pgh wong-mck jv being selected as the highest ranked proposer. there is a budget analyst's report that does recommend approval, but i would be happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, any questions for miss widener? seeing none, miss campbell, can i have the b.l.a. report. >> so this was originally awarded to the pgh wong-mck jv through a competitive process in 2015. it has not had to come to the board of supervisors previously because it's been under the $10 million threshold. the contractor has modified the contract on an annual basis. in may, they increased it to 9.9 million to allow time to come forward to the board for the approval of modification number 15, which would set the contract at 14.5 million. our understanding is this should be the last modification to the contract.

the hotel is -- project should be completed in 2019, and we do give a detailed budget for the $14.5 million, and we recommend approval. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. any questions, colleagues, at all? seeing none, let's open this up for public comment. public comment is now open. >> the indication on the airport and the hyatt to utilize the funding, the excessiveness of it again is highly inadequate. the important thing is we must understand 9.9 million and 5 million, so what we're looking at is a total of 14 million -- or 10.4 million -- or more than that, get out of here. but the important thing is this -- i've got these idiots, and i want them away from me.

i'm gregory williams, and i'm here to tell the board today i'm going to reform this government. i want the money back into my land. i want their name off of it. somebody put it there, and i cannot get access to it. and i don't want to utilize the maritime law to profile civil litigations or terminations, including international litigations. but i need it done today. i can't get access to it for 11.5 years, and there's nothing i can do. so i want this body to make sure that the banks of federal reserves, embassies, counties, will get my money back to me. that will make a good undering

of who we are going to utilize in the financial institution whether it's attorneys, management or anything in regards to the financing. so i'm ordering that this is did you happen today, immediately. and in regards to the funding for this project, we're going to put that project on hold. we have more important projects and concerns in regards to san francisco -- [inaudible] fewer fur thank you very much. your public comment is now closed. any other members of the public that would like to speak? public comment is now closed? i'd like to move this item to the board with a positive recommendation. we can take that without objection. madam clerk, call eyes number seven. >> authorizing the department of the environment to submit applications on behalf of the city for grants offered by the california department of resources, recycling and recovery for which it is

eligible. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe that we have charles sheehan from the department of the environment to present on this item. >> thank you, supervisor. charles sheehan. i'm the public affairs and policy manager at the department of the environment. the resolution you have before you today is fairly straightforward. it allows the department of the environment to apply for grants for which we are eligible for from the department of -- from california's department of resources, recycling and recovery, more commonly known as calorie cycle. we routinely -- cal recycle. we apply for a lot of grants, including solid waste cleanup, container and bottle recycling grants, and so we have an ongoing relationship. some of these grants require yearly applications that we apply for each year.

and so periodically, cal recycle asks us for updated resolutions to reafirm our authority to apply for these grants, and that's why we're here. we're working on a mobile recycling pilot grant, and that is mostly complete, except they're waiting for an updated resolution, which is why we're here. i'll take any questions if you have them. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. colleagues, do you have any questions for mr. sheehan. there also is no b.l.a. report. let's open it up to public comment. is there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. i'll make a motion to move this with a positive recommendation to the full board. take that without objection? thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item number 8. >>clerk: ordinance retroactively authorizing the office of the treasurer and tax collector to accept and spend a

grant for the financial justice project and amending the annual salary ordinance to provide for the creation of one grant funded position. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. i believe we have amanda freed from the office of the treasurer and tax collector to present on this item. >> good morning, supervisors. this is an ordinance to accept and expend 415,597 from the laura and john arnold foundation. this grant award is to support the treasurer's financial justice project to develop a fines and fees reform. fines and fees serve as consequences for breaking rules or help us underwrite our costs, but for low-income people and particularly people of color, fines and fees can become predatory.

they can push people in a hole they cannot climb out of. but thanks to you, they eliminated these fees that were high paying for people but low gain for government. the impact of this legislation was felt almost immediately when the court greed to write off debt for 21,000 people. cities and counties around the country are clamoring to learn from our experience. this grant will help us help other cities follow our lead. government should be an equalizer of opportunity and not another driver of inquality. thank you for your consideration. >> supervisor fewer: thank you for your presentation. there is no b.l.a. on this item. i have one question for miss freed, really. too. so this $415,000 plus is for one

f.t., is that correct? >> it's to support the program over several years and includes one f.t.e. >> supervisor fewer: okay. so my question is what happens after this position when the grant is finished? >> typically, grant funded positions are treated like exempt positions for three years, and at that time, the position is over. >> supervisor fewer: okay. and so there is funding for this for the next fiscal year? >> correct. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you very much. there is no b.l.a. report. can we have a motion? >>clerk: madam clerk, can we please open it for public comment? >> supervisor fewer: thank you, miss wong. i'd like to open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is now item. may i have a motion. >> supervisor tang: i i'll make a motion to send item 8 to the full board with a positive

recommendation. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. we'll do that without objection. madam clerk, are there any other items before us today? >>clerk: no, madam chair. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. the meeting is now adjourned.

>> good morning, everyone. good morning. thank you all so much for being here today to announce the launching of the rising up campaign to reduce youth homelessness here in san francisco. as many of you know, every night, there's over 1200 young people in our city who are experiencing homelessness and our goal is to cut that number

by at least 50% in the coming years, but to do that, we need pard partnerships from all levels of government, from the provide sector, from our nonprofits, and we're excited that so many people have come together to launch this initiative. most important for things like this to be successful, and we need leadership, leadership from city hall, and i'm so thankful that our mayor, london breed has taken up this issue of youth homelessness. it's a great honor for me to introduce to you all our mayor, london breed. >> the hon. london breed: thank you all for being here today. many of you know that before i became an elected official i was the executive director of the african american art and culture complex where we work with so many young people. in fact, the phrase, tay, which

is transitional age youth, young people between the ages of 18 and 24 came out of a lot of the work that the african american cultural complex did, along with mo magic and larkin street and the department of children and families in order to identify ways that we can do a better job of serving young people who unfortunately may not always have a support system. i remember when i was that age, struggling in college, trying to stay in college. the frustration, the expenses, how much it cost for not just the dorms, but you know, even in a roommate situation, the food -- i mean, basic needs -- books and borrowing books, and just the challenges that exist sometimes for young people who sadly may not have the support they need, so i can't even imagine, when, you know, many of them don't even have a place to

call home. and in san francisco, it is estimated that about 1255 young people that are tay youth actually live on our streets, and 49% are lgbt. we have to do a better job at addressing this issue, dealing with the challenges that exist take real, thoughtful solutions. things that are not just for today, but are sustainable, things that are going to matter and make a difference because what we want to do is make sure we break the cycle of homelessness. we want to take care of this young population so that they don't continue to live in this kind of situation. and so today, we are proud to announce that the city is launching a new program that is a public private partnership, and this is absolutely going to be incredible. it's called the rising up

campaign, because what we want to do is we want to lift young people up. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: you know, i just meet with two incredible young people who are going to be speaking here today. one, zach, who i already know, who served on the san francisco youth commission, an impressive individual who's been doing great things, and yesi, who is in college, where is she? right here. she's in college, and let me just put it out there, we need to keep her in college, so i'm going to be asking you all for some support to make sure that her tuition is paid so that she can finish. so -- i'll just keep going. can you hear me? so this program, this campaign is possible because of a public private partnership, as i said, and san francisco is investi

investinging $6 million in this campaign, and tipping point is here, and they've invested $3 million in making this possible. [applause] but we couldn't make this program work with just money. it's our nonprofit partners that help to make this program actually work effectively for young people, where the goal is to keep them housed and provide a subsidy and to make sure they get a good paying job and to make sure that we're supporting them through social services and other things to just really help them become self-sufficient. and larkin street services, and cherylyn adams have been at the forefront to help people struggling with homelessness, but they have done incredible work with the tay population, so

together, we are going to make sure that this program has the support it needs to that we can end youth homelessness in san francisco for good. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and let me tell you, it does take a village. it takes a village, along with wi the nonprofit support, and a number of partners, including the department of children, youth, and families, human services agency, the confidence of economic and workforce development, the department of public health, and the san francisco unified school district. and i want to also put out there a call to the business community. we're going to still be looking for dollars to help with subsidies, we're still going to be looking for good jobs for young people, those internship opportunities that are paid for the purposes of helping to cultivate the next generation of leaders here in san francisco. so this is a campaign, this is a

campaign to end youth homelessness, and i am looking forward to doing that with our incredible partners. and i want to thank each and every one of you for being here today. [applause] >> now it's my honor to introduce daniel murray, the c.e.o. of tipping point and one of our first donors to the -- private donors to the rising up campaign. >> thank you, jeff. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. we commend and appreciate your resolve to address our city's homelessness crisis. we're proud to stand with the mayor and with jeff and the city to tackle this issue together. when tipping point announced our $100 million commitment to cut chronic homelessness in half by 2022, we knew we would have a long road ahead. this work does not happen over

night. in order to achieve this goal, which is also the city's goal, we must do a better job of identifying and supporting vulnerable populations earlier in their lives. 50%, 50% of all chronic homeless individuals become homeless before their 25th birthday. these are our kids, the future of our city. what tipping point has learned over the course of 13 years is that when you support the right solutions, the right leaders, the right partnerships, great out comes with possible. we've seen that with larkin street. we've been partnering with larkin for seven years now, and they know how to get results. over 80% of their clients have stable housing upon leaving their program. and we know that they can't do it alone, as the mayor just

said. supporting the young people living on our streets required an all-hands-on-deck solution. this collaboration between the city, larkin street and private philanthropy is the only way we're going to see the change we all want for our community. we must all take responsibility and hold each other accountable. we've cut homelessness for transition aged youth by 2023. but even with the right metrics, partners, and leaders, you need the right stroategy. that's what i love about rising up. it also builds in a housing subsidy, but build in for education and keeping a job.

these are all the critical things that we needed when we were young, and that's what today is all about. it's about giving young people like zach and yesi an opportunity to change the course of their lives. this time in a young person's life should be about finding one's self, not finding a home. so thank you, thank you, mayor breed. we're incredibly honored to be partnering with you on this. [applause] >> right now, it's my pleasure to introduce the director of one of our critical partners around addressing transition age youth homelessness, cherilyn adams, the director of larkin street. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. i -- this is such a monumentous

day, and i am just so incredibly honored that the mayor has announced this, that the mayor is supporting this, and that your leadership is bringing this to happen. this is huge. and jeff, your leadership has been amazing. we have been fighting a long time for youth homelessness to be at the forefront of the conversation or a part of the conversation about homelessness. we have worked with daniel on this as a partner, and many of you in this room have made this happen. so this day, this campaign, about bringing together the city, city departments, a number of departments, and philan tloepy to significantly reduce the numbers of young people sleeping on our streets is huge. we are excited to be the ang core or hub of this project, but we will not do this alone --

anchor or hub of this project, but it's going to take all of us -- new door ventures, so many of us that have been working so hard to make sure that as the mayor said, that t.a.y., that we know that t.a.y. are, that's a group of young people who if we do not intervene, young people that are experiencing homelessness, will be on the streets for a long, long time in our adult population, that they need housing, and education, and they need case managers to care about them, and they need everybody in the community to see them, and so by launching this today, we say we see you, we're going to help you, and we're going to make sure that it is unacceptable to have young people sleeping on our streets in this city ever again. so thank you.

[applause] >> one of the most -- or the most important partner in the rising up campaign are going to be young people themselves who are experiencing homelessness or struggling with housing instability, looking for pathways towards self-sufficiency, so we're very lucky and honored to today to have yesi, who's a larkin street client, to share some of her thoughts with us. yesi? [applause] >> hello. i'm a little nervous please . please be patient with me. my name is yesi, and i'm 22 years old. i'm from e thiopia, and my family experienced poverty. because of that, i came here to get an education and better life. in ethiopia, women are not able

to graduate college and go to school. conversation about sexuality and mental health are considered taboo. i thought living in america, everything would be magical and perfect, but it was not. our home, i didn't have to deal with racism, especially i didn't have to worry about being homeless. when i came to america, i experienced so much, including homelessness and racism. i was adopted by a family here in the bay area, and i got kicked out. i didn't know where to go. i was lost and confused because i didn't know anyone. a friend recommended i go to larkin street, where i got a bed, and i got a case manager. that was 1.5 years ago. since then, i got housing, and i

joined larkin street youth advisory board to help bring youth's voice to the table. also, larkin helped me prepare for college and navigate the system. because of my mental health, larkin street is patient with me. they're very assuring and that makes me feel comfortable in asking for help when i need it. i'm a sophomore in college now. i want to get my bachelor's degree, and with larkin street support, i will continue to achieve my goals. thank you. [applause] >> when i finish school, i want to get a good school and help my family back home. i want to bring back what i learned in america about lgbtq issues, mental health, gender, and sexuality. in ethiopia, the media gives you

a false perception of america. in america, everything is not perfect, and nothing is handed to you. thank you for providing morrissey roerss to help young people. i know this campaign will help many more young people like me, and if i can do it, they can, too. thank you. [applause] . >> thank you, yesi. now we're going to hear a few words from our friend and colleague, zach. >> good morning. my name zach frenette, and for the next 45 days, i will be a larkin street client. as i'm beginning to age out, there's been a lot of reflection on growth, on what's succeeded,

on what hasn't. i'd like to begin today just by thanking everyone for being here, for thanking the leadership of our civic leaders, mayor breed who has known me and supported me for over two years, someone who gave me a shot before i had earned it. and i think that's what we're here to talk about. so often, the young people who end up experiencing homelessness on our streets, really, all they need is that shot, that chance, that opportunity, that moment. and for me, that moment has happened, and it's happened through the support of the city, it's happened through the support of this phenomenal organization. i can't say enough good things about cherilyn and her leadership over many, many years on the issue of homelessness. and it happens with the support of our peers. some of relationships that i've

built in the past few years have stemmed out of this organization, both from the support of some of their staff, my case manager, keisha, i'm going to put you on blast. everyone give her a round of applause. [applause] >> and last, but certainly not least, the incredible individuals who walk-through these doors. yesi is someone i've known for over two years. we've been partners in our work on the youth advisory board, and for the better part of 18 months, next-door neighbors, as well. and that's really what we're trying to build out here. i think we all know the stats, we see it efrd. -- every day. we know that if there's one young person on the street, it is it's far -- street, it's far

too many. we need more resources. ending youth homelessness is something that we can do, but it will take all of us. so thank you all for being here. [applause] >> thank you very much, zach, and thanks all of you for being here today. we now have to begin the hard work of helping prevent homelessness for 500 youth and helping 500 youth who are currently struggling with homelessness find housing and to find jobs, and to do that we're going to need all your help, so before we close it out, i just want to make a call to the community. we are currently looking for 500 jobs for young people. we currently have our friends from the golden gate restaurant

council, from the hotel council, they have committed to help finding jobs for young people in the hospitality sector. our friends from rediff are here to -- to help get folks into jobs in the -- in social enterprises. we have a lot of support from our friends at tipping point, providing financial assistance, but we are also -- if you have an employer or work for a foundation or are interested in contributing, we would greatly appreciate that. we have some private citizens, volunteers here, brenda and miriam. we also have rabbi brian mauer, and lastly, if you own an apartment, or you know somebody who owns an apartment or works

for a real estate company, we need housing for these young folks. they'll pay their rent, we're going to help them pay their rent, we're going to help them be responsible and good tenants, if you know anyone who can provide assistance in finding housing in san francisco and give young people a chance, we would love to hear from you. we need jobs, funding, housing, we're looking to all of you for assistance, and all of our city partners and all the young people to make this program work. thank you very much for being here today. we appreciate your support and we look forward to reporting back to you in a couple of months when we start placing our first young folks into housing. thank you.

>> usf donates 100-120 pounds of food a night. for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick.

>> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the

world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste. ♪ ♪ >> access edible food that we have throughout our lunch program in our center, i go ahead and collect it and i'll cool it down and every night i prep it up and the next day i'll heat it and ready for delivery. it's really natural for me, i

love it, i'm passionate about it and it's just been great. i believe it's such a blessing to have the opportunity to actually feed people every day. no food should go wasted. there's someone who wants to eat, we have food, it's definitely hand in hand and it shouldn't be looked at as work or a task, we're feeding people and it really means so much to me. i come to work and they're like nora do you want this, do you want that? and it's so great and everyone is truly involved. every day, every night after every period of food, breakfast, lunch, dinner, i mean, people just throw it away. they don't even think twice about it and i think as a whole, as a community, as any community, if people just put a

little effort, we could really help each other out. that's how it should be. that's what food is about basically. >> an organization that meets is the san francisco knight ministry we work with tuesday and thursday's. ♪ ♪ by the power ♪ of your name >> i have faith to move mountains because i believe in jesus. >> i believe it's helpful to offer food to people because as you know, there's so much homelessness in san francisco

and california and the united states. i really believe that food is important as well as our faith. >> the san francisco knight ministry has been around for 54 years. the core of the ministry, a group of ordain ministers, we go out in the middle of the night every single night of the year, so for 54 years we have never missed a night. i know it's difficult to believe maybe in the united states but a lot of our people will say this is the first meal they've had in two days. i really believe it is a time between life or death because i mean, we could be here and have church, but, you know, i don't know how much we could feed or

how many we could feed and this way over 100 people get fed every single thursday out here. it's not solely the food, i tell you, believe me. they're extremely grateful. >> it's super awesome how welcoming they are. after one or two times they're like i recognize you. how are you doing, how is school? i have never been in the city, it's overwhelming. you get to know people and through the music and the food, you get to know people. >> we never know what impact we're going to have on folks. if you just practice love and kindness, it's a labor of love and that's what the food recovery network is and this is a huge -- i believe they

salvage our mission. >> to me the most important part is it's about food waste and feeding people. the food recovery network national slogan is finding ways to feed people. it's property to bring the scientific and human element into the situation.

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