since march, there are 95 unique clients. the committees and taskforces, as i mentioned to encourage them. to do business with the city, legacy businesses must be suppliers with the city in the county of san francisco. they have access to one-on-one consulting. assistance with the registry applications. technical assistance. and workshops offered around the san francisco small business development sector at no cost. the topics are marketing, manage, books, training, access to capital and technology. providing assistance to legacy businesses impacted by the

construction project. from april to september, the semi-annual period. recorded in the previous quarterly report. and additional from july to september are shown here. and square footage of the replications were about 2600 square feet. there reporting period, we have the legacy business plan. now, the press articles, the legacy businesses and the legacy business program for the quarter between july and september, including specs. the legacy businesses.

and victoria bakery which is a legacy business, the legacy business program was also mentioned in the article. legacy businesses are featured in articles. and new additions to the registry were featured in a news article. two additional articles were featured this semi-annual period. the legacy program between july and september, to august and september. october and beyond, include

working with a creative group from the legacy business program including marketing and improvements. we are in the business of for applications. and creating an application for fiscal year 2020. creating a tool kit how to do business with the city and county of san francisco. creating a tool kit for legacy businesses on purchasing commercial property. investigating, providing legacy businesses to purchase the business from which they operate, and the assistance grant and developing protocols to address the growing demand for the grants. thank you. that includes my presentation. i am happy to answer questions you have. >> you had a very productive year and you have done a great

job of managing the program. i have to say your tweet frequency is sub-standard. >> going forward i will tweet more. >> you have done a great job. it is really great. i am looking forward. >> commissioner? >> i would like to say you have done an awesome job with this. each of the programs. you really put it in the forefront of the community. when i am out in the community, you help me. but, you have done -- you have really taken this program with

the office of small business. i am so proud of you. you have done a great job. so thank you. >> thank you. >> a great job. >> are there members of the public who would like to talk about item number 6? seeing none. all right. item 7. >> okay. anybody, any questions on item number 7? >> no. >> would members of the public like to make comment on the draft minutes of november 26th? seeing none. closed. we move to approve as submitted. >> second. >> all in favour?

>> approved. so motion passes. 5-0. okay. >> item 8, directors report. updated report on the small business sector. the department programs. policy. announcements from the mayor and announcements with regards to small business. discussion items. >> commissioner, before i get into my report, this is the time to do the official welcome for dominica donovan. so, it is -- we want to welcome her.

and she comes to us via boston but worked in d.c. she spent time with the peace corp. worked with the department of education. really, i appreciate her government experience background that she is going to be able to apply to this position. do you want to say a couple of words? >> sorry. i didn't hear you. i will keep it brief. i am honoured to be here and be part of the office of small business. and to really help small business associates. thank you. >> thank you. welcome. >> so moving on to the report, we highlighted some of the information regarding the accessible business entrance

program. i do want to say i am appreciative of the department and the inspection and overseeing the program. they have been a tremendous partner. and really collaborative and working through some of the issues to help us figure out how best to solve some of the small business issues. i do extend my appreciation there. with the small business program, we will meet with the mayor's budget office to review the preservation grants. taking a look at the budget that we presented to you at the last meeting, and the retail vacancys, the mayor made an announcement, i would like to turn it over now to the president of the commission to elaborate on the mayor's announcements around the vacancy retail as the president was very involved in working on. >> it was introduced through the

mayor and the supervisor brown. and a lot of it has to do with streamlining the inventory issues of getting into small, especially small business retail space. and a lot of the now -- the commissioners talked about having to move a store and talked about the licenses involved. a lot of this will be taken care of and streamlined. and allow pop-up stores to come into neighbourhoods without going through the rigamarole. a lot of businesses it takes from 6 months to 3 years to open. and that is unacceptable. and the mayor has realized that.

you know, they want to support a broader range of space issues, create solutions to activate store fronts, including the combined uses within one location. allowing temporary pop-ups and promoting. and streamlining the progress review process, to opening a expanding and operating small businesses and making it as simple and efficient as possible. and supporting temporary activation development sites. i invited them to come speak in fron front of the commission. i think it is a win-win situation for the landlord and for the city. >> and the legislation is yet to be introduced, once it is, then, it will definitely be before you

to review. >> so thank you president adams for that. and the legislation and policy, i will highlight some of the items that you have heard. items that are before the board tomorrow is the last, well, technically was going to be the last board meeting of the calendar year. but they are arguing a special board meeting to hear one particular item that doesn't have to do with small business. so the board meeting is the 10th, it should say the 12th. it will be the second reading of the refuge ordinants. i highlighted some of the key changes, the three key changes that really pertain to the issues that are a concern of our small businesses. as i noted last time, they

changed the definition of a large refuge generators to 40 cubic yards. that did take out a good number of small businesses but not all. also, under the definition of audit, they added the language which may be conducted to analysis of representative samples. that is important, especially for businesses that are going to be audited, the refuge is corrected, curb sites. and then, the first hearing, they are extending out -- spending time for affordable housing and the non-profits, there will be an additional 360 days to engage with the facilitateors. this allows them time to short

of remediate the situation before they need to engage with the zero waste facilitateors. we did that for the small businesses. but they will have time to rectify the situation before hiring a zero waste facilitate or. there will be a report on finding the recommendations. after three and a half years. and then, for the programs for candidates. so the director spoke of, those were included. so the agreement was decoupled from the apprenticeship requirement. on your recommendation. i am highlighting the section that was -- the requirement --

the recommendation which you adopted, the full commission adopted that under the subsection operates in partnership with one or more community based organizations. we are -- ask it to be amended to say san francisco. the community based organizations. i will see if it is specific to the commissioner's recommendation which you have adopted. and we will see if that gets in the final legislation. the director is working on that. we are yet to see. and then, the regulations that you did here with nicole, the director nicole elliott. those have been amended at different times. i have not been able to really go through and things have been added and changed.

so it has its second reading tomorrow. so after it is finally passed, i will do a briefing on what was in the final legislation because the legislation that you heard and provided comment on was the first draft. so there -- and quite a few amendments and changes. and i just wanted to highlight for you that supervisor cohen is creating an african-american arts and cultural district in the bayview point. just to let you know that it is -- the city departments are to submit written reports and recommendations describing the culture objectives of the district and proposing strategies to acknowledge and to preserve the cultural legacy of that district. so it is working to establish

the formation of it. it is not the final legislation that says this is what the historical district is. the project agreement, the informational presentation was given at the last meeting. last thursday's government audits committee. amendments were presented. and i was not able to be at that meeting. and watch the meeting. so i just pulled out a couple of things from the legislation that i think -- that i think will be of interest to you. so that contractors will

position engagement of each contractor on the subcontractor's agreeing to comply with the terms of the project labour agreement and unless the subcontractor is a local business enterprise that has not received over 5 million uncovered projects -- over the entire duration of the poa. so i have not been able to check in. you know that is -- it looks like that was one of the amendments toward trying to make things a little more beneficial. lbes are allowed two core employees per cover project. the first time, no employees were allowed. lbes were trying to push for more. they have two.

and then the final, the final thing that i think is going to be very important is that within one year after the city administration executes the poa, the controler shall conduct annual reviews to evaluate whether there is completion of the project. the cost to covered the project and the impact on the lbes and local work workforce. there is that ability to track the implications of the ordinants. the temporary -- the regional vacancies, it highlights what is in the ordinance. this is a very simple find. and again, it is district 1, 4,

5, 10 and 11 who are -- have -- who are amending the zoning codes to allow for the temporary pop-ups, the flexible retail, and also activity on ground floor. and then to highlight -- to highlight some interesting items through -- that have come into the office as well. we are receiving calls from small businesses wanting verification of the legitimacy of waivers, the landlords are requesting them to sign, due to the june proxy, the additional tax on commercial rents, mostly child care and education. which has been interesting. there is not an official form that i am aware of yet that the city has created. one business i contacted is in a

large sort of manufacturing space. and his business -- his business is in the space, but his business does not fit sort of the traditional manufacturing definition of the property owner. he was confused as to whether he could sign this. the one thing that we need to clarify for our office and i have asked support for this is that if a business is signing this waiver saying i certify that i am a business that -- that basically accepts my property owner from paying the additional tax because they get an exclusion under the proxy, if for any reason that is not quite accurate, who is liable? we need to dive into that a

little bit more how we advise businesses. and on the radar, there will be a presentation early -- or sometime within the first half of next year. the retirement program, it is for businesses that have five or more employees that they are required to offer this retirement for the program. if they do not have their own workplace retirement program. and so it is a business's responsibility making sure that the employees know about the program and have the opportunity to be able to sign up for the program. there is no employer contribution, but there is an obligation on the employer to make sure that the employee is aware of it.

so i will be reaching out to them. i want to know what the outreach strategy is, according to the california employers association, any business with under 50 employees do not have in house hr, so between the 5 and 50, what will be the outreach to ensure that businesses are aware of this. and of course, we will continue to do outreach and make sure people are aware of that. and then lastly, advice for 2019. i have highlighted some of the meeting dates here in the report. may 29th is -- we have rescheduled to may 29th, in may, because of the memorial day holiday. is it a monday or a tuesday?

>> 27th is memorial day. >> so this is a tuesday. and then -- so the may 29th, and november 12th are -- the may 29th is a wednesday, not a tuesday. and then the november 12th is a tuesday, and these are the only alternative dates that i could find for this meeting room for any meeting room, hearing room to be able to have a second meeting in the month. we of course, can cancel it if we don't need it. but i wanted to make sure that we will a second meeting scheduled. so concludes my report. one last thing president adams, if we could close the meeting

in -- wednesday is the anniversary of his passing. >> okay. any questions for the director? any members of the public who would like to comment on the director's report? seeing none, public questioning is closed. any questions for the director? next item, please. >> item 9. the commissioners reports. (reading item 9) >> i have one thing, i want to say thank you to the supervisor vanderman, the office of economic development.

i want to say thank you. the announcement on the storefront vacancy strategy. >> commissioners? >> i attended the city hall, small business pop-up last week. and it was well attended and i want to give a shout out to the city for continuing to support the annual benefit. it is a great opportunity to showcase what the small business businesses. >> any other commissioners? seeing none. members of the public who would like to comment on the commissioner report? seeing none. next item. >> item 10

(reading item 10... >> anything else, commissioners? members of the public who would like to comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> each small business commission meeting, small business is the only place to start a new business in san francisco. the san francisco small business commission is the official area

to voice your concerns. next item. >> i would like to adjourn tonight's meeting and honour our member who passed away a year ago. it is hard to believe it has been a year. >> second. >> i have a motion by the commissioner and seconded. all in favour? opposed? motion passes. 5-0. with two absent. and the meeting is adjourned at 7:00. thank you, everybody. >> thank you.

>> mayor breed: -- >> wow. we are making it rain in san francisco today.

let me tell you, i am so excited to be here today. my name is london grade and i am the mayor of san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> i am here with a diverse group of people who basically are amazing individuals in organization -- and organizations that do some incredible work for residents in our city. residents who are some of our most vulnerable residents from our senior communities, to our families, to our homeless population, the people here today represent how we can accomplish all the things that matter. as you know the controller recently announced an unexpected windfall of $450 million.

[cheers and applause] >> this kind of opportunity does not come along easily and frequently, and the value of a dollar is so important to me, and how we spend this money matters. it can be the difference between life and death. it can be the difference between someone being able to pay their rent or not, and part of what we have a responsibility to do is make every single dollar counts. this is why i am proposing a detailed plan to use our shelter for our homeless population, to fund the affordable housing that we so desperately need. to preserve our existing affordable housing so that people don't lose their homes.

to expand our capacity to handle what we know is a real problem on our streets. those who are struggling with substance abuse disorder and mental illness, and clean up our streets. clean up our streets. [cheers and applause] >> part of it is this investment , but the other part of it is we have to take pride in taking care of our city. the city charter states that a certain percentage of the revenues must be allocated to critical functions, but of the $415 million, $54 million will go to support children and youth throughout san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> $35 million of which is dedicated to our public schools, and an additional 19 million to support children and family programming and workforce development programs to include

opportunities for all to support our young people and prepare them for the opportunities that exist all over this city, 9 million is going to our public libraries, $38 million to transportation so that we can speed up the purchase of more light rail trains to get you all around the city to work and school on time. [applause] >> and $2 million for street tree maintenance. $130 million going to shore up our economic reserves so that when we are not dealing with this economic prosperity in the future, we are prepared to address those challenges. this leaves us with $181 million remaining to spend. every day. [laughter] >> every day i am out in the community. you all see the same things i

know that i see. we see people struggling. we see people sleeping on the sidewalks. we are wondering, in a city as wealthy as san francisco park what will we do about it? how are we going to make the right investments? some things are not necessarily working caps on so what doing to speed up the number of shelter beds, and to increase the number of units so that we can help those that we know need it the most? i know that our service providers, some of them who will be talking, they know how important this is. so our community leaders and residents in the mission, the tenderloin, in chinatown and across the southeast sector neighborhoods who fight for more affordable housing and improving the lives of the residents that we all serve calf caps off this money for health to advance many of the causes that they are

already working on. i am proposing that we spend $90.5 million on affordable housing, and $90.5 million on homelessness, behavioural health programs and cleaning our streets. [applause] >> so this important investment will allow us to create over 300 more shelter beds and navigation center beds. it will allow us to take critical steps forward in achieving my goal in opening 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of next year so that we clear the nightly waitlist for our shelter beds. no one should have to sleep on

our streets. we need alternatives. we have to have places for people to go, and we need to move faster in making that possible. we also know the struggles with mental illness, so this proposal will also include 86 behavioural health and substance abuse recovery beds so that we can help people suffering from severe mental illness and addiction get the help they need , rather than continuing to cycle in and out of our jails. it will support funding for over 900 units of new affordable housing. 900 use its -- units. [applause] >> which includes 300 more units of permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals who are master -- through the master lease program these are the people that often times are left out. these are the people who need housing the most. we need to think about the fact they are not all seniors. they are not all seniors. some of them are 40 and 50 years old, and they need affordable housing too.

this not only creates new homes for them, but it opens up 300 more spaces in our homeless network for individuals who need them. it will close the funding gap on a new affordable housing site of 255 homeless adults and seniors just next door at 1064 mission. that empty lot will be 255 new homes. >> there are challenges with the changes of gentrification in our city. so i support some of the efforts of many of our leaders in the mission community, and part of this funding proposal will go toward purchasing additional sights in the mission, and neighborhoods that have been impacted to purchase sites so we can build 100% affordable housing in the communities that

we know need it the most. [applause] >> it will help accelerate the development of three additional affordable housing projects which could produce another 370 units of affordable housing to talk about that we purchased, the mcdonald's sight -- site where we will build a hundred% affordable housing for families. we are also making investments in preserving existing affordable housing, because we talk about new affordable housing, wishes to do so desperately needs, but what about people who are living in buildings that are being sold? what about people who live in public housing and some of the most horrible conditions? what are we going to do to make sure that when we have a

windfall of this nature, that they are not left out? we are going to be making some significant investments to assist in preserving and improving over 1,000 units of existing affordable housing in our city through increasing our funding for the small sites acquisition program so we can purchase those buildings that are in threat of going to market rate. [applause] >> and sunnydale and potrero hill. you are not forgotten. you are a part of san francisco too, and so parts of this additional funding will go towards making sure that we change the living conditions of the people who live in sunnydale and potrero hill specifically.

[applause] >> this investment will bring us closer to not only helping to rebuild those properties for the current residence, but more importantly to increase the number of units on those sights. to increase our housing stock in san francisco. it will accelerate the process. these are just some of the things we can accomplish under our proposed plan. these funds alone are not going to support every shelter beds bed or every affordable housing unit that we need to tackle the challenges that all of you know that we face. for making the right investments and moving these projects forward faster is the difference between someone getting housed tomorrow, and someone getting housed a year from now.

what is the difference? sooner rather than later. this is about making sure that everyone has an opportunity to have a seat at the table, for the purposes of making the right investments that are going to lead to great results for the people who need it the most. i want you to feel the difference. feel the difference. when you walked on the streets, we want the streets to be clean, mohammed nuru. when you are trying to get to work and school on time, i want the buses and the trains to be right there, and not completely full where you are filling everybody's armpits. i want to make sure that when the residents of sunnydale call and ask for their plumbing to be fixed, or the moulds to be removed from their unit, i want someone to answer that call and respond within 24 hours. [cheers and applause]

i don't think that is asking for much. here today, with this proposed responsible plan that we have, we can get to a better place in san francisco where we feel the difference. and with that, ladies and gentlemen, i want to introduce someone who has been working hard to address many challenges that we know are the most pressing issue. people who sadly struggle with substance abuse disorder and mental illness, i want to introduce a doctor from health rates 360 who has been on the frontline working on these issues and so many more. [applause]

>> thank you so much mayor breed , for being good for your word, for your ongoing commitment and support for addressing lack of affordable housing and homelessness in san francisco. i am with health right 360 and we are a healthcare provider. for us, there is no ability to achieve health in an ongoing health improvement if you are living outside. if you are living on the street. if a person has a substance use disorder in san francisco, and they are low income, chances are they have come to us at some point. we touch many people in san francisco. but the treatment needs to stay -- length of stay is kind of short. ninety-four% of the people who come to us for services are unsheltered and they are living outdoors. with your plan, what you have proposed, we will be able to maintain people in treatment longer for a long enough period of time so that they cannot only gain the full benefit of their healthcare, but be able to find

housing and move out independently, because without that it is simply inhumane. it is wrong. you treat people and we send them back out on the streets. who can maintain recovery living inside of a tent? i thank you because you recognize this and this plan and you have committed to support the folks that we serve. tomorrow is december 21st. it is the longest day of the year -- longest night of the year. it is a long and cold tonight. it is also the national memorial day for acknowledging all of the people who have died as a result of homelessness. i think it is very fitting they you announce this plan and this commitment on this day. tomorrow, let's think about this and give a moment of thought to the people who have lost their lives and a moment of hope for the people who will gain housing because of what you proposed. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i just realized that my cosponsor for the legislation

for this proposed legislation that will be going to the board of supervisors is here, even though she is going to be leaving us fairly soon as supervisor of district ten, she has been a real force and advocate for all of the things that we are proposing and working on. i want to ask president of the board of supervisors, melia cohen to say a few words. [cheers and applause] >> what a politician that doesn't want to talk? [laughter] >> good morning, everyone to. today is an exciting day. i don't know what else i could possibly say peered the mayor covered it all. this is just a monumental occasion. i do have one challenge that i want to acknowledge the board members who will be voting on this. is incredibly important and we need to put our political

differences aside and remember who we are elected to serve. that needs to be at the forefront of our hearts and mind every single day. this is not a mere proposal. this is not a board of supervisors proposal. this is a proposal for san franciscans. that is all i have to say peered thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you president cohen. congratulations on being elected as a member of the board of equalization for the state of california. [cheers and applause] >> next i want to bring up not just a community advocate for housing and affordable housing in general, but also someone who is a member of the planning commission who has been really a fighter for addressing what we know is a serious challenge with moving development of affordable housing forward faster,

especially in some of our gentrified communities like the mission district, ladies and gentlemen, him or not mel garr -- mirna mel garr. >> i am the vice president of the planning commission. in addition, and executive director of the jamestown community centre. is one of the oldest youth development agencies in san francisco serving at risk youth and their families since 1971. i am here to strongly support our mayor's leadership and division. investing every penny of available funds into affordable housing and homelessness. we have been running on a deficit of housing in san francisco for many, many years, and it is a particular crisis in affordable housing. nothing else we do, we have many needs, education, transportation

, youth, but nothing else works if a family does not have stable housing. we have families in the mission sleeping on the floor of the gems because they have no place else to go. so this deficit that we have is a debt. we have a debt to our african-american community, latino families, seniors, seniors in chinatown who have been evicted, every person who has left us is part of the fabric of our community. they are members of our churches , members of our community, they are our neighbors and we owe that debt. we particularly owe that debt to my kids and your kids. the children of tomorrow for not going to be able to make a life here because they cannot afford it. so i spent a bunch of my life doing homeownership at the mayor 's office of housing and financial capability. one of the principles of financial capabilities when you are maxed out on your credit cards and you have a lot of debt , and you get a big tax refund, you don't go out and buy

a new shiny thing. you also don't pay your rent with it. that is something that will be recurring every month. what you do is you pay your debt , that is what we have to do with this money. we have to pay our debt to our children, to our community, we have to invest in affordable housing. we have to invest every penny into affordable housing. thank you, mayor breed for your leadership. i still appreciate it, for my kids, for the kids at jamestown, the kids at san francisco and for all of our families who are facing homelessness and displacement. this is exactly the leadership that we need to. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, commissioner. let me also add that some of the funding is proposed to go to opportunities for all, which is a program where we make sure that every high school student in san francisco has access to a paid internship.

[applause] >> a paid internship. now one of our incredible partners who has really focused on advocating for affordable housing for families, for homeless families in our safety, and has been a champion in this particular issue, along with homelessness in general, and how we address some of the challenges around equity as it relates to our homeless population, ladies and gentlemen , the executive executive director of hamilton family services, tamika moss. [applause] >> good morning. it is a glorious, glorious day. i am so honored to be here with you all. mayor breed, your leadership on this issue is so critical. we talk about homelessness a lot it is the issue of our time, and in order for us to make this really the issue of our time, we

declared it a crisis. you have to be about action, on this plan is about action. we do not have the luxury of talking about how important it is for us to address homelessness in our city and not putting our money where our mouth is. and this plan represents exactly that. and it is not everything, but guess what, accelerating affordable housing production, acquiring new sights for more of our families and individuals to live in our city, we are actually standing on a property where i got my start as a supervisor and community organizer in 15 years ago. [cheers and applause] >> and i want to be able to have many more projects like this serve folks now. we do not have the luxury of waiting, and these resources will accelerate all of our efforts to really be about solving the crisis, not just talking about it.

i am so honored to stand with you and all of my colleagues and allies in our community. we have to fight for the people who need us most. it is our responsibility as citizens of the globe, and it is our responsibility as citizens of this bay area to make sure that we are supporting the most vulnerable individuals, families , everyone in our community. i'm grateful for this opportunity. i want to be able to go back to hamilton families and look the families that i work with in the eye and say, guess what? your city didn't just talk about the problem, they did something about it today. thank you very much for this opportunity. [applause] >> now i wanted to bring up a young person who actually does this funding will impact her life because of where she lives in terms of the rehabilitation work.

the work we will do in potrero hill and sunnydale. ladies and gentlemen, rihanna. [applause] >> hello. as a hope s.f. resident, my family and i have experienced mould and mildew which was covered by plastic fixture in the house we experience feces and sewage coming up through our kitchen sinks, of all the residents of in our building, and maintenance coming and saying that the cleaner was fabulous. after that incident, we had to wait days to use the kitchen because we had to wait days for them to insert a new sinks and cabinets. we have experience the water heater breaking twice in a one-week stand to be told maintenance had 30 days to fix the issue. sunnydale residents also have to

become very innovative because we experience a lot of power outages. when it is time to feed your family to make sure your kids do your homework and keep your food fresh, you have to find innovative ways to do that or have your kids do their homework by candlelight. the children of sunnydale have suffered. they have no safe place to play. no healthy place to play with mould being in the houses and drugs being on our streets. there is no healthy place for them to play outside. and with all that, they suffer from asthma and other health issues. i want to thank you for wanting to make this investment to the revitalization of our neighborhood. there is an extreme amount of potential in it and it needs to be seen. [applause] >> thank you so much. i would also like to bring up another partner in your effort

from the episcopal community services. >> i want to say this is very gauche and amazing facility. this is an amazing project that we are standing in right now. i want to congratulate don faulk and the team for their continued efforts and leadership in developing the wonderful example of what works and what works is integrated affordable housing. thank you for that. further, an example of what works are evidence of what works is that homes and homelessness. that is being developed right next door as mayor breed stated before, i will add three units to that. 258. but what is being developed next door is an example of that, and that is what mayor breed is supporting.

100% supportive housing, and those are solutions for chronically homeless, in that building will be for seniors and adults. it is a partnership with mercy housing, ecf, and our city partners. again, all of our efforts need to be corrected and we need to be part of a very large tent. i want to say to everyone, happy holidays, and i am beth stokes and i am delighted to be here with you to share our support of mayor breed's leadership, and her determined path forward toward our shared goal of ending homelessness. [applause] >> this is a path with a clarity of vision to remain focused on proving solutions such as supportive housing for the most vulnerable and on how san franciscans. yet it is also a path that remained steadfast in our continued commitment to invest

in the dignity and respect of every un- housed san franciscan that through these continued investments, in temporary housing intervention, there is no question that the work before us is extremely challenging, yet mayor breed's plan makes sense. every unit of housing as a solution in ending homelessness, and we should support that plan. thank you for your leadership, mayor breed. [applause] >> i want to thank each and every one of you for being here today. i'm looking around the room at this amazing group of people, and we have so many incredible leaders from everywhere in san francisco. we have rudy from united players ,. [cheers and applause] >> and we have roberta hernandez from the mission. [cheers and applause]

>> we have randy shaw from the tenderloin. [applause] >> we have martha ryan from homeless prenatal and joyce armstrong who is representing all public housing tenants. thank you to sherilyn adams from larkin street youth. all of the folks here today, norman fung from chinatown community development. thank you reverend fong. we have so many people who are doing such incredible work throughout san francisco. people who care about making sure that we at city hall are doing our job to make the right investments to make their jobs easier to provide the support necessary to change people's lives. that is what this is about. it is about providing a better future for san francisco. i want to thank each and every one of you for being here today, and this proposal will be in the

hands of the board of supervisors, and at this point, as a mayor, i don't have a vote on the board of supervisors anymore, so i would encourage you all to reach out to your board member, and those that you have relationships with to express how important the investments that we are trying to make our do what you care about here in san francisco. that is what this is about. making sure we are taking care of san franciscans. this is not a proposal that i came up with. this is something that has been communicated to me through members of the community. the things that they know are the priorities in their respective neighborhoods, are based on the work that they do to help support the people they are trying to help. so i just want to thank you all, and i'm really excited about this. i'm so happy about this money. i don't know what to do. [applause] >> yes, we will change lives,

and we will make san francisco a better place for each and every one of us. thank you all so much for being here today. [cheers and applause]