which the project spotsor or developer doesn't build the parking that the supervisor requests or that the community requests. again, this ordinance does not prohibit a developer or project sponsor from building parking. in most of the city outside of districts like ronen and peskin and brown, project sponsors will be building parking even if you don't want them to build parking. that's the reality of the market needs today. while i would like to get to a place where anyone who lives anywhere in san francisco can take public transit easily to their school, their place of work, to services, etc., we know we're not there yet. we hope to get there one day. we're not there yet. this ordinance doesn't really address that. in places where developers are perhaps required to build nine units of parking but only want to build seven -- it's not nine to zero. it's really, must build nine but only need seven.

why wouldn't we give developers that discretion? to re-emphasize, this policy is already basically in place. we already have removed the minimum parking requirement here in san francisco. we already allow you to replace it with bicycle parking. we already allow you to figure out other incentives and ways to reduce the parking minimums. this does not change anything. it is, of course, symbolic, and i think the symbolism is very important. i think more than impacting san francisco itself, it really impacts land use and housing development and thinking throughout the country. what i'm hoping for here today is that san francisco is a leader in that. i want to emphasize. if you want to see parking and projects in your district, you will get parking in the projects end your district. if the community, who the project sponsor is endeavoring to get support from, hears they must build the minimum or the maximum allowed, you will see

that in that project. in fact, it's always the opposite. in fact, developers and project sponsors tend to want parking, even against the wishes of the community or the supervisor. so i just think that the voices of your constituents will continue to be heard a of the the passage of the ordinance. it does not in any way circumvent their opinions, perspectives, being included in the projects being included in your district. again, we've been whittling away at the parking requirement and the request has not been made when we pass home sf, accessory dwelling unit, we exed -- exempted affordable housing. all of this essentially removed the minimum parking requirement or reduced it. so i just think that as supervisor yee said, there isn't going to be a dramatic change that happens on the day this

ordinance is signed into effect. however, it does move us towards a pathway of saying that we want to be a transit-first city and in projects where they don't need to build parking and seeing that increasingly in districts like mine and supervisor brown, we don't make them build parking where it could have been a housing unit. i would love to have your support, but before that, let's take a vote on the motion made by president cohen. >> president cohen: i would like to speak before we take that motion. i would like to say, i think you made my case. you are talking about symbolism. and san francisco always wants to be at the forefront, but at the expense of cities of color and the poor. at what point will we say, enough is enough? m.t.a. is not working. it hasn't been working. its been a transit-first city

since the '70s, the '70s. it has not been working and serving people. yes, you're right. you listed off a bunch of policies that are already in existence and that's my point -- how we're slowly eroding, chipping away around the edges when it comes to parking and consideration. it really speaks to a larger issue of who is determining the policies of san francisco when it comes to parking, when it comes to transportation. in your remarks, supervisor kim, you talked about your district, peskin's and supervisor brown's district, the most transit-rich districts and slow in district 8. the rest of us are at your mercy. and i'm asking for some consideration. we're at your mercy because you guys -- quite frankly, the planning department is also complicite in this in coming up with policies that continue to move forward and be first and be

a leader, but at the expense of whom? so i have a motion. why don't we just continue the item and we can continue to talk about it instead of doing -- >> supervisor kim: i would like to take a roll call. >> president cohen: to continue the item? >> supervisor kim: yes. and i would like to say, this is not at the expense of anyone. we're not prohibiting parking. parking will be built in districts where they're not as transit-rich -- >> president cohen: until we create a scenario, where it's like, they don't have parking over there. we build this project here and they didn't have parking and next things you know, there will be proposals popping up with zero packing in areas -- i don't approve projects without parking, i agree, supervisor, that a developer will do what they can do to put something most attractive to get their

unit built and filled. what i'm highlighting is a slippery slope that we are sliding down and i have witnessed and i've been complicite because i've voted for every one of those projects you've talked about. i'm saying time out. enough is enough. we need to get serious and understand what we're doing and the adverse impacts it's having. i'm telling you today, when you pick up "the examiner" and "the chronicle," you can look and see what happens when transportation is failing. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i wanted to offer a compromise maybe. maybe we can take a vote on your carve-out and then we can make a decision whether or not we want to vote on this today. i'm fine with voting on this today. and then we can proceed from there. >> president cohen: deputy city attorney givner?

>> the carve-out amendment is not ready today. if you want to make that, you can do it next week. it's not ready for this meeting. >> supervisor yee: would people be open to duplicating the file and allowing for discussion of the carve-out to continue and have a vote of up and down with the existing? >> president cohen: so there's a motion to carve-out -- my question to the clerk, which takes precedent? >> clerk: if supervisor yee wants to duplicate the file, he does not need to make a motion. it is his right. madam president, will you withdraw your motion for carve-out on this particular item? >> president cohen: yes. >> clerk: okay. withdrawn. >> president cohen: that leaves

with us an up-or-down vote? >> clerk: if supervisor yee would like to followthrough with duplicating the file, you will have two matters in front of you that are alike. >> supervisor yee: my intent is to duplicate the file and vote on the original today and to continue the duplicated file to committee. >> president cohen: madam clerk, do we need a motion or -- >> clerk: the item that's been duplicated, supervisor yee would like to make a motion to send that item to committee. you need a second. supervisor kim seconded. is that without objection? >> president cohen: looks like it. without objection, going to committee. thank you. >> clerk: on item 7 as it's originally presented. >> president cohen: roll call

vote, please. [roll call vote] >> clerk: 6 ayes and 4 nos. >> president cohen: thank you. next item. >> clerk: item -- >> supervisor ronen: yes. it's after 2:30. thank you. it's time for our 2:30 commendations.

>> president cohen: we have a myriad of commendations. give me a moment. >> clerk: okay. >> president cohen: we have eight special commendations. you have 5 minutes, and we'll hold it to you. 5 minutes to present each commendation. so keep your remarks brief. are we on the same page with that? supervisor ronen has two special commendations and she will be recognizing fred pecker. [applause] and organizers of the advance our city our home. mission organizers, pardon me. madam clerk, could you set the time? >> clerk: okay.

>> supervisor ronen: if i have to take a little time for my second from my first i reserve the right to do that. this is a very important commendation, not only to me, but to a room full of people who love you so much. [applause] i want to recognize the extraordinary amy bynhart from my office, who helped me prepare the remarks today and a dear friend of fred's from high school and college and recognize her work in putting these remarks together. i am humbled and moved today to have the privilege of honoring you, fred pecker, for your outstanding and profound contributions to san francisco labor movement and for the love and commitment to social justice and activism that infuse every

single aspect of your life. i know that you are not one to seek attention, but today we're going to shine a light on you to celebrate your accomplishments and to express our incredibly deep gratitude for the example that you have set for all of us. your story begins -- fred's story begins in a middle-income co-operative apartment in long island city, queens, where he was raised. both of his parents were educators. and committed union members. and fred's introduction to activism came early. fred attended his first protest in a stroller. fred's own union history starts with his summer work in high school as a door man in a fancy new york building.

while friends were working pizza deliver yes or our minimum jobs, he had the well-paid union job and well worth the annual haircut. fred and his amazing, amazing wife and life partner united educator susan solomon. [applause] they first met as kids when their parents brought their young families together one summer and history was made, ladies and gentlemen. they reunited while fred was still in college and moved together to begin married life in brooklyn. fred finished school, earned his bachelor's degree and was hired in a montessori on the upper west side. good try, but not exactly the perfect fit. at his exit interview, they let him know that he had a problem with authority. i like that.

i see you. returning to san francisco to be closer to susan's family, they moved into st. francis square, a limited equity co-op build by ilwu and raised their children among a growing web of family, friends and comrades. wherever fred worked, if there wasn't a union when he got there, there was a union when he left. [cheers and applause] of course, his most important work was with the international longshoremen where for 25 years he was elected to various offices. fred's extraordinary work included welcoming into the union, a broad range of new employees seeking protection from bicycle messengers in the '90s to the animal care workers,

a fight still under way today. in fact, we're having a protest tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. hope to see you there. fred is a musician with sophisticated, eclectic tastes, ready to share his music discovery, a cook, host, intellectual, philosopher and activist. he has been guided by the idea of putting into place, theories into practice. there's a video on-line of 2011 martin luther king day labor breakfast where he roused the crowd saying, "we're thinking individuals and we act and the two bring us forward." fred is a community-builder. he holds friends close and long and finds way to bring people together. after the november, 2016, election, he and susan launched friday night potluck dinners

opening their homes to build the movement over food and politics, a place for new allies to meet, strengthen our resolve, and imagine the post-trump future. fred has a big heart and shared it generously, true to his values and ideas and actions to move us forward. brother fred, we love you. we celebrate you. we thank you deeply for a lifetime of profoundly important work. your friends and family and loved ones are here to celebrate you. [cheers and applause]

>> supervisor ronen: i wanted to see if any colleagues wanted to share a few words before we turn it over to him. >> supervisor kim: i will be brief. i want to share my words of affirmation to you, fred and susan. you are a power couple and the two of you, along with a coalition of organizers and activists have made such an im print on the city of making it more equitable for all of our residents in fighting for our workers. thank you for everything that you have done to make this city a better place for all of us,

including me. [applause] >> a number of us have had the privilege of being here and having love-fests out here. we have a lot of great people in this city. we have a lot to be proud of. and i am really, truly honored to have the leadership of this city, my city, give me this kind of welcome. it moves me. and i want to thank everybody that came out and ask you to keep doing the work that you're doing. when we're talking about how people live, how much people make and the healthcare people have, these are the critical issues that face us today. thank you. >> president cohen: we salute you, fred. [cheers and applause]

>> president cohen: all right. why don't you take this beautiful picture. >> president cohen: thank you very much. next we'll hear from supervisor yee. he will be honoring the voluntary and public nurse courses that opened shelters

during the butte and yuba county fires. thank you, supervisor yee. supervisor ronen, maybe you could go out into the hallway. fred, you're a rock star. congratulations. [applause] supervisor yee, please continue. >> supervisor yee: thank you, president cohen. i'm going to start very slowly because the honorees that i'm presenting deserves all of our attention.

>> supervisor yee: all right. as you know, the nation just experienced one of the worst fires in recent history here in california. i'd like to call up the following six medical reserve core volunteers, who will be accepting the award for a group of 20 volunteers that answered a call to help during the butte and yuba county fires. they are john arnolto, lindsay novell, paul wong, sheila

zaroti, ulyssess rives, and melody meal. today i'm honored to recognize 20 reserve core and two public health nurses for the heroic work during the devastating fire that we know as camp fire. the mission of the medical reserve core is to serve citizens and communities throughout the united states by establishing local teams of medical health and volunteers to strengthen the public health infrastructure and emergency preparedness. we train and prepare for disaster, including prevention preparedness response and recovery. these people are unpaid, but

very well-trained and when have six in our presence to accept the awards for the group. everyone working and putting their lives at risk to stop fires should be recognized. i believe most of us -- most of the fire department was sent to assist with the fires. but disasters have multiple levels of response. and m.r.c. provides public health needs and response, which is critical. during such a massive disaster, the people that would generally respond to victims are now victims themselves. many in the staff lost their own homes. this is why m.r.c. was called upon and dispatched. they are trained in medical and fire response and can open

clinics and shelters. they were called upon in a time of crisis and selfishly answered. they drove their own vehicles, slept in the shelters with survivors, and they were there to support the individuals and families during the worst time of their lives. i cannot imagine the physical and emotional toll that you have experienced. the strength in helping people through such a painful time is humbling and inspiring. we cannot thank you enough for your compassion and self-sacrificing commitment to our neighbors up north during the fires. before i welcome you to say a few words, i would also like to share that the san francisco medical reserve core is working to grow their numbers. if you -- if anybody is interested, sign up for the trainings through the neighborhood on emergency response team and look at their

website. i would like to recognize deputy chief jeannie nicholson from the san francisco fire department and jill littlefield from the region 9 medical reserve core lead are also here to honor our amazing and inspiring medical reserve core volunteers of san francisco. so thank you for your inwavering commitment to our communities during the devastating fires. please join me in giving these heroes and heroines a warm welcome. [applause] if you would like it say a few words -- >> i'm ulyssess rivas, born nation, district 11. it was an absolute honor to be inviteded to represent san francisco and medical reserve

core at the butte county fires. we spent four days there. it was hard work. the men and women sent up there were great representatives of san francisco. it was an honor to be able to help someone in a way -- they've been through so much to give them a hand and say, i'm here to help you and here for you to take care of you. it's always been a valuable experience. the profession of a first responder is always someone to learn from. to work alongside these men and women was an amazing experience and one that i will definitely cherish. [applause] >> president cohen: congratulations. thank you. thank you.

supervisor peskin, we'll be hearing from you next, okay? >> supervisor peskin: okay. >> president cohen: ladies and gentlemen, supervisor peskin has a group of folks he would like to recognize. he would like to honor the chinatown cohort that advanced our city our home. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: i think there are a number of remarkably important organizations that span virtually every neighborhood in the city and county of san francisco. i was remarkably impressed to see the work of the chinese progressive association, the mighty community tenants

association represented here in the board chambers. the chinatown s.r.o. families collaborative. they were an incredible work force that was remarkably dedicated. there was no aspect of this election that they did not play a role in. you could see in the results where our city our home, proposition c, rolled to victory with 77% of the positive yes on c.i.d.s in the chinese community voting. that is sensational. [applause] so i know we want to be brief, but thank you for your work knocking on doors. thank you for your many rallies that you held in sports mouth square. and for all of the phone calls that you made and all of the voter communication that you had. and it is my honor and i think somebody will translate that -- who is going to translate that?

i know somebody was going to translate that. all right. please do. [speaking foreign language] >> supervisor peskin: if i could ask for mr. young, ms. ling and representatives of chinatown to come up, i would like to present you with a certificate of honor . if you would lick to say a few words, please do. [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] >> in this election, we had over 100 members to march around chinatown to ask members to vote yes on prop c. i know that there are volunteers all over the city every day and night. they are a member of families, nonprofits and homeless people. it's the people power that made prop c pass. yes, this is just a first step. i hope that the organizations can continue to work hard together. always remember, our goal is to protect our home, our city, thank you so much. [cheers and applause] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] >> interpretor: hi. my name is amy, one of the organizers. today i represent the family in chinatown. the passing of prop c means that families will get adequate housing and the help they need. in chinatown, there are around 400 families that share bathrooms and kitchens. it's too small. and parents have worked hard, but they still can't afford the expensive rent. and this is their own choice. the passing of prop c is a good start to provide more housing opportunities. finally, we hope the board of supervisors ensure prop c properly and make good use of the money.

thank you. [cheers and applause] >> supervisor peskin: i have several certificates, but i think we have other colleagues that want to honor. maybe when they're done, we can take pictures out in the hallway. i will hand them the certificates and then we can go outside and take a shot. >> supervisor ronen: if i could call up staff and leadership from community services in the mission s.r.o. collaborative program. if you can make your way up to the mike. today i'm joining supervisors peskin and kim in honoring many

leaders and organizations whose extraordinary -- oh, sorry. do you want me to stop? >> president cohen: sorry. my deepest apologies. we're going down the row. and supervisor kim is next on the roster. we'll come back to you at the end. my apologies for the confusion. >> supervisor kim: since she started -- >> supervisor ronen: sorry about that. continuing. lots of amazing people and organizations to honor. it was a citywide effort to pass this incredible proposition our city our home. and that effort included many leaders and organizations from the mission district that i'm

lucky enough to represent on the board of supervisors. prop c was incredibly powerful because the campaign brought together a variety of business leaders, residents, organizations, to generate revenue and address homelessness with long-term solutions. in the mission, three major organizations played a role. the shelter -- staff and members of the organizations hit the streets day in and day out to make sure that the campaign was a success. i would also like to recognize a few important individuals at each organization whose contributions were absolutely critical. amy aguilera. [cheers and applause] leticia arse, becky holm, chris

durazo. [cheers and applause] deanna flores, lower street community services. katie salcraig, mission s.r.o. collaborative. [cheers and applause] together and in partnership with many others, this mission team led a very successful bilingual campaign. this effort helped to bring about the extremely high voter turnout among the diverse residents of the mission. my deepest gratitude and highest honors to you for your leadership and determination in this campaign. the implementation of our city our home will make a profound difference in the most vulnerable among us. amy aguilera will speak for the

team. [cheers and applause] >> great. thank you so much, supervisor ronen, for the recognition. i want to draw big props to the mission organizations who participated. katie has led the conversations with us and she organizes s.r.o. communities and so it's been a great collaboration with everybody. we're really happy to say that the work done to make prop c a success is really due to it being a people-powered solution. it's a testament to the fact that when we allow the experts, who are our communities, who know the issues and the best way to go about the issues is, to take the lead, that way we can have genuine out comes that are community-based. and so we organized with latina communities, made up of mono-lingual, spanish-speaking mothers, mostly, who brought out their children to canvas and phone bank and visible.

our youngest member was 3 months old. and they do it because they know that the homelessness crisis affects all of us. and that on any given day, we can find ourselves in that same situation. and so that's why as organizers, we made sure to have one-on-one conversations in language and reach out in a culturally competent way in our communities. so, lastly, san francisco is leading the way by showing the nation that we care and we can take care of our own. so let's work together. and it's implemented, who are in need in these scary moments. [cheers and applause] >> president cohen: thank you.

thank you. i want to recognize supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: i would like to bring up the coalition on homelessness. [cheers and applaus [cheers and applause] it's my honor to introduce and honor the coalition today. and it's been such an honor to work with you over my eight years serving on this board of supervisors. and today we do have individual certificates recognizing our director, jenny freedomback, becky evans, sam lue, kelly cutler, miguel herrera, jack rice, emmitt house, cynthia fong, and lauren hall.

you know the coalition on homeless celebrated its 30th anniversary leading the fight to change the hearts and minds of the root of homelessness. a rag tag group -- and by the way still a rag tag group -- of community activists and homeless residents came together to strategize a plan for permanent affordable housing access and dignity. known as being creative and confrontational, it's known for its work, most proudly, of establishing standards of care in our shelters, expanding access to substance abuse for homeless residents long before we were all talking about it. and our city funded sub city program, win -- which i've been fighting with you. found a paper with the largest

circulation. and it was a key signatory of the ballot measure. a one of the amazing things about the campaign is it was led primarily by women and i just want to thank again jenny, sam, cynthia, kelly, jen and so much more to lead the fight to expand what we should be contributing to helping those that are the most vulnerable here in our society. and by the way, folks on the streets have jobs and are working and just need an affordable home. the crisis we're trying to address is the affordable housing crisis and we need significant money to address it. the $1 million to $2 million to $3 million that we fight for in tears on budget night will not address this. prop c will be the single most

important investment that the city has made to face the most important challenge facing cities today. i want to thank the coalition on homeless. you employed 150 residents, largely homeless that led the strategy and outreach from the ground up. i heard about your meetings. they're crazy. very few campaigns are ran on such a level of consensus, where everyone has a say and input and folks on the ground have the most input on how the campaign is led and the policy we're developing because you are the true policy experts that live and breathe the system and know how it can be improved. sam lue, rounded up 700 volunteers that came on a weekly or even a daily basis to knock on doors and signs and fact sheets. it's a community-led initiative and i want to thank you for making sure that we pass the

61.34%. [cheers and applause] thank you. and i should add, if not for the coalition, we would have never drafted family homelessness. when i started on the board, i remember when you famously sat in front of the mayor's office in a budget deficit year and demanded we do something so houseworking mothers and parents and children sleeping on our streets. it's unacceptable. it's the largest growing demographic. it would not have happened were it not for your creative and confrontational organizing strategies at city hall. so thank you.

>> president cohen: anyone interested in making brief remarks on behalf of the coalition? please? come on. only 1 minute. a brief remark. >> hell o. i want to say, on behalf of the coalition, we worked really really hard. i'm grateful. in the long run, we can stop this crisis. so let's give ourselves a round of applause. [applause] >> president cohen: thank you very much and congratulations. okay. supervisor mandelman, get ready. you will be next. thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause]

>> supervisor mandelman: can i get the querr lgbtq advocate for our city our home up? come on up. today i'm recognizing the work of the amazing lgbtq advocates that passed the our city our home. in castro, prop c passed with more than 2/3 of voters. in no small measure because of the work of you folks. thank you. prop c's victory was not the work of politicians, but the result of a community-led effort. there are many to thank. i want it extend the highest commendation to some of those that made the victory possible. deion jones, san francisco aids foundation, gary mccoy, and executive director of the q

foundation. i think i missed that. i missed a few folks. it's a great group. brian in particular has committed his work to securing housing for those who need it most, particularly those in the queer community. the problems being addressed by prop c, thousands of unsheltered people, mental health and drug addiction crisis have disproportionate impact in our lgbtq community. brian was there from the very beginning of the ballot measure, advocating for it in the queer community. in the days before the election, i think he was a constant presence at castro and market. in the days after, i enjoyed reading his social media posts. citywide, nearly 1/3 of the homeless population identifies as lgbtq and nearly half of san francisco's homeless youth identify as queer. still, there is only one shelter

dedicated to the lgbtq community. it's because of the work of people like those before us that i have hope that our city can correct course when it comes to meeting the needs of homeless queer folks and all folks having to live out on the streets. i'd like to call up, i think, brian, or any of you. come on up, brian. >> in my 15 years, this is the first time i've prepared remarks for the board of supervisors. first of all, thank you for recognizing the work of the individuals that came together to win prop c. it's the best campaign that i worked on. and it really is tremendous ly because of the work of jennifer

readenback and sam lu. they're really good. [cheers and applause] as we sit here, we want to extend an olive branch to those that didn't always support us. so quickly get together to meet the number one challenge of our times. people's lives are on the line and this is no time for egos or politics. we must approach the road ahead with humility, focus, diligence and collaboration. thank you, supervisor mandelman, for recognizing the contributions of the lgbtq community, to winning this effort. when we came up with prop c, i had three personal goals. one to unite the lgbtq community, especially alice, melk and bay area reporter that came together and supported prop

c and to get to 2/3 in the district. and also to deliver the most number of votes in support of prop c of any district in the city. i'm weird that way. i like to have goals. i like to have numbers and i like to meet them. makes me feel good. those of us in the community are talking about centering the leadership with lived experience of homelessness in the work we do. as a former homeless gay teenager kicked out of home at 15 1/2 for being gay, i know what it takes to survive. and know what it takes to succeed. so i want to call out rafael mandelman that overcame all the struggles that we talk about and you are on that side now. [applause]

fortunately, i've done this work long enough that i no longer feel the need to hog the spotlight. and it's really about everybody who came together and made this happen and the whole community coming together and gary and deion and ken jones and cleeve jones, juanita moore, san francisco aids association, everybody that's here that made this happen. did i leave anybody out? and courtney. and then in closing there are five communities in san francisco that are carrying the burden of homelessness and that burden far outweighs the other burdens in the community and it's the same ones that carry the burden of h.i.v. and that's

african-americans, h.i.v.-positive san franciscos, it's native-americans, disabled adults, and more than anybody else, transgender san franciscans. 1 in 5 transgender people in san francisco are homeless. and i hope and pray that we will have an lgbtq census supported by this body and so that all of us can come together and really address equity in the way that we fund programs and not just in the way that we talk about it in headlines. thank you very much. [applaus [applause] >> hi. i just want to say real quickly, i want everybody to know -- i found out today, unfortunately, that my neighbor, my new neighbor, who just got into housing, passed away in august.

and the reason i'm saying this is because i deeply feel today that we failed her. we didn't get her inside quick enough. it's so imperative that we implement prop c so i don't have to come home and find out another of my new neighbors died. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you. supervisor brown, your turn to honor your guests. >> supervisor brown: thank you. i want to thank everyone who has worked diligently to get prop c passed today. homeless coalition, jen, we worked years and years together, mostly late at night during budget season, trying to get just a few dollars for simple services for homeless. and it's heartwrenching.

to think that we're able to have this kind of funding that we can address the homeless population and the crisis we have just makes it feel a little bit better. but today i want to also extend my highest commendation to a district 5 resident and merchant kristin evans. [applause] are you here? yes. and joey pistachio. she never goes anywhere without joey pistachio. kristin wears many hats in the neighborhood. not only is she the owner of several small businesses, bindery and book smith, also the president of hate as -- haight asbury association. we witnessed her advocacy at fullest capacity. her tireless organizing to

support prop c our city our home initiative, kristin is more than aware of how our housing affordable crisis is creating a dire situation for our elders, youth and family in san francisco. while on the campaign trail, she spoke to hundreds of people to let them know. it's time to get our chroniclely homeless off the streets. it's time to make sure that kids and teens don't fall into homelessness. and it's time to make sure that folks don't lose their housing in the first place. in my opinion, it was one conversation, however, that really helped turn the tide for prop c. kristin took a big risk knowing that no one is too small or too big to care about homelessness in our city. [please stand by]

i look forward to work with you and we are working on solutions.

thank you. >> thank you, congratulations. next we will hear -- >> i wanted to say it has been a journey in the first campaign. i was learning what was the challenge of homelessness in san francisco. and through that decade of working closely with the coalition with the station and with our supervisors, i began to

understand the challenges and what the necessary solutions are to create real solutions in our community. two women inspired me to be personally involved in this campaign to the respect that i was. one was eileen. she is from san francisco. diagnosed as an mentally disabled individual. she lived on social security and is 60 years old. over 90% of the social security income goes toward her rent now. and every year, a little bit less for her basics, whether today or clothing. she was allowed to stay in her home and have a quality life. eileen has been struggling to meet basic needs. another person talked about not feeling safe in the current

shelter system and how we need to enter a shelter and be able to establish the way to work yourself off of the streets. i think the quality of the shelters, we can provide our homeless youth is something i look forward to work with you as we implement. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we will hear from the supervisor who will make a presentation on behalf of the supervisor furin who is not today. there will be a pause after this. i think this is the final on behalf of the coalition.

providing services on the ground in the market. working with you is phenomenal and it is one of the important parts of this and addressing homelessness here in san francisco. and because of the leadership from janice and people, you brought so many celebrities who provided greater awareness on the cause and the issue as well. i just want to thank you for being one of the first to champion the prophecy. getting the individual leaders to bring the additional funds to kickstart the campaign. and ensuring that be included by so many