also here earlier was my aunt carol who was also always there for me. -- to get through the last six months to joe atkins and stephanie rodriguez and jeff steinberger and nancy young and diane sidd-champion and berdy

bruhard and mitch ensinger. and jesse anacoa, and diane surf and beth ross. and i want to thank the voters. like any decent supervisor i'm convinced that my district is the best in san francisco from glen canyon to mission delores to diamond heights, where harvey milk made civil rights history and the neighborhood that gave proposition c more votes than any other district in san francisco. [applause] my people, my voters, are liberal and they are very liberal, in fact, but they're relentlessly pragmatic and they're my north star. it's an honor to represent them. thank you to each of my colleagues on the board, the board that i joined back in july and the mayor. everyone has been so -- was so incredibly gracious to us.

clerk calvillo, you and your team are a gift to the city. [applause] yeah. john givner, you are amazing and the folks from the city attorney's office do great work for the city as well. [applause] our sheriffs keep us safe, thank you. and harvey rose and severn and the folks with the budget analysts that help us to make sense of this complicated job that we have. and all of those folks in so many departments which i cannot name all of them, my staff warned me against that, but we have been a pain in the neck over the last six months and meeting with everyone and trying to understand what works with the city and what these departments need to do with their job and to serve the residents of san francisco better. and so thank you for your patience with us. i believe so strongly in district elections and that belief is reconfirmed each time

that we go through -- we have gone through one of these cycles. but it's been really reconfirmed with this class that we have here. as i look at my colleagues in the class of 2019, my confidence is stronger than ever and cathy and stephanie you had a challenger with seemingly endless resources that was infinite, but you had a district who knew you and your history and tenacity and your intelligence and your passion. and you had gigi and dominic and thank you all for giving us this extraordinary colleague. gord an marr, you are decades in the trenches leading social and economic justice fights from living wage to budget crisis and to free city college made you the only choice in your district. thank you for running. and matt haney, you have been a superstar the entire time that i have known you. and you inhabit your own skin with ease and confidence but that does not stop you from

recognizing the injustices that affect our world and that cause pain all around us and do not stop you from your relentless desire and intent to root out injustice and to make this a fairer world. i'm looking forward to serving with you. and shaman walton in a political environment that has small differences, you brought everyone across the city together. you have a track record of community involvement and service to our schools and our city and you're going to do great things under this dome and i'm very excited to work with you. and so i do -- i really believe in district elections, but as my other colleagues have said we have tremendous challenges in this city and they transcend district or neighborhood or tribe. we all know that we live in a city of glaring inquality, a city that is not yet figured out how to channel the extraordinary private wealth that's being accumulated and to channel that to create and to make sure that we deliver effective and

efficient and robust public services for all and establish a safety net that can be the model for the rest of the country. i believe that we can do it, i believe that we must do it. there are going to be moments along the way where we feel some frustration perhaps with each other, but i believe that this group, in this group that i believe that we can transcend that. i believe in our mayor and the folks who work with her as well. i do not love the phrase "city family," i think that it's a little creepy, but i do love this city and i believe in the city. i have faith in all of you. and i have even more faith in the neighborhoods and the communities that we represent. we are the resistance and now let's show the rest of america how it can be done. [applause] >> now representing district 10, simon walton. >> are we on? [applause]

well, first of all, thank you so much, and congratulations on being elected to represent us as board president. i think that you'll do knowa amazing job and i'm looking forward to working with you in that role. supervisor fewer gave us some good advice last night when we were recognized by the community in chinatown at an amazing event. and she said "never promise your significant other that you will be home in time for dinner. ". and i think that today's meeting is a -- [laughter]. is a testament to that. and you let us know and you made that true right away. so it's always good to have that on your first meeting, a reality check. i gave a three-part speech earlier today at our community swearing-in so i won't be long but i want to say thank you so much to the entire district 10 community. we have strong resilient

community, strong resilient neighborhoods in our district that worked very hard for us to get elected. so i want to thank all of them. and i want to thank our campaign consultant team, 50 plus one, for their amazing work and for their professionalism through this campaign. and making sure that they worked hard for us to run a professional campaign that turned into a victory. of course, i want to thank our campaign team and my legislative aides and our district 10 dream team. if you have not met them yet, they will be the people that you will see... [applause] also i just want to finish that out to gloria barry and chandler who ran in the race in district 10. thank you for stepping up. i know how hard it is to run in a district race and i appreciate all of you pushing us to do better in the race. so thank you for being here as well this afternoon.

to my family who was here, since 10:30, and stuck around for a while for the meeting, i wanted to just say thank you to them for being with me not only through the campaign but also for being with me throughout the years and all of our roles and all of our work throughout the community. when you work as hard as we do in the community you cannot do this without understanding family. you cannot do this without a family that has been an example of how to be a vessel to your community. and like supervisor stephanie said earlier, this is not about me, this is not about me as a district supervisor. it's really about the district that we serve and the people that we serve within the district. and i am here to serve you and work as that vessel. and i just want to say a couple more things as we close, but a lot of times we're focused on the differences here in this city. and, by the way, there are some

folks across this country, some folks in other cities, in the state of california who really have true differences they need to work through. but we need to focus on the commonalities that exist between us. and i'm talking about all 11 of us and i'm talking about with our mayor and our executive leadership, and i'm talking about with the communities that we serve. we have more in common in this city, we have more in common as leadership in the things that we want to accomplish. we all want to fight homelessness, fight affordability, and to make sure that people can live here in san francisco, first and foremost. we all want safe communities and we want to improve our schools and to address the gaps that exist in achievement. we all want equitable transportation and we want to make sure that san francisco is the best place and the best city for everyone. and so as we work together, the one thing -- and i said this earlier that i know that i can guarantee that we are going to all disagree at some point in time. we're going to all disagree at some point in time and that's

the only thing that i can promise. but how we work together and how we get over those disagreements and how we work with those differences is the most important and i'm excited about working with each and every one of you. i'm excited about -- and congratulations to all of my new colleagues who were elected with me in november. some of us twice last year. but thank you so much for all of your hard work. i want to thank all of my colleagues. id could not have been here -- i could not have been here without the support of the board of supervisors and like supervisor mendalmen pointed out, i tried to work to bring people together and to focus on those commonalities. because those differences are minor. if we can move together and get over a disagreement to get back out and fight for the next thing we'll do amazing work. i'm excited about that. thank you for being here today and thank you to the voters of district 10 and thank you to the leaders of this city. we have work to do. it's game-time. thank you. [applause]

>> so thank you for your comments. new colleagues and colleagues that were just here for a little while and came back. and right now before i make my closing remarks i would like to invite any other supervisors who would like to make some last comments, short last comments, if you would like to just put your name on the roster. i don't see any. so thank you very much. i think that everybody has had an opportunity to make some comments today. so this is a good thing. you know, i'm going to make my remarks now and you are going to hear how much we have in common. the thing is that people have been saying is that it's a common theme here -- we all want to work together. so that's what you are going to hear me talk about. and here i go, because, you know, again, i want to thank my

colleagues for the great honor and for allowing the opportunity for me to serve as the board president as i enter my seventh year of service on this board. and my 15th year of service as an elected public servant. i want to take this moment once again to really thank the three new people that just came in because i think you're going to make a wealth of difference on this board. i can see the potential there. and i want to be sure that you actualize your potential. the current president -- and this has been said already -- but the current president of a country spews the division and hate and trying to pit us against each other, fellow american to american and fellow human beings to human beings, but here in san francisco we have stood up and rejected these tactics. we will not stop. san francisco will continue to stand for justice, compassion and tolerance. we will resist the dark cloud

spewing from the white house that threatens our nation. we will resist the notion that kindness should be interpreted as weakness. instead we will move san francisco forward to show the nation and the world that what a 21st century city can be, both innovative in our ideas and progressive in our values. our city has many challenging issues to grapple with. too many of our residents are struggling. we have the largest income gap that continues to grow. we have families who are working one, two, and multiple jobs just to live hand-to-mouth. we have an unacceptable number of people that have nowhere to sleep at night except on the streets. we have immigrant communities who live with constant uncertainty and terror. while we have our differences, even here in this chamber, those

differences begin to look smaller against the backdrop of the polarization that we're seeing nationally. i believe that here in san francisco that there's more to bring us together than to tear us apart. we can find common ground, even across diverse perspectives, to address the problems of today and to ensure that we are better prepared for tomorrow. the people of san francisco are demanding action. and i know that with my 10 intelligent, dedicated colleagues that there are policy solutions that we can agree on without sacrificing any of our integrity as individuals. my whole life i have been dedicated to making the lives of children, youth and families better here in san francisco. my passion to build a better city, especially for the most vulnerable communities, started long, long ago.

even before my life as an elected official. i spent over 35 years working with the inner communities to strengthen and to expand not only child care but other children services and family services. that resulted in the operation of numerous civic organizations and initiatives. what led me to this work is perhaps the fact that i grew up in chinatown helping out in my family's small grocery store, back when business owners sold food on credit for customers who needed to eat before their next paycheck. i struggled in school, but all of that time i spent in my family's store made adding number comes easier to me than spouting poetry. and as a student working my way through city college it never occurred to me to reach for more until a counselor suggested that maybe i should study engineering at cal. and that i did and so i finished

my degree. after a few months working as an engineer i realized that it was not my calling. while i was in school i also had been working as a youth director at the chinatown ywca. that no longer exists now, but it was there. and as an educator for the north beach family planning organization. my passion and my life's work really is serving children and families of san francisco. i left the engineering field and never looked back. that was nearly 50 years ago. the role of president humbles me and it feels like -- i mean, it feels a little surreal to me, honestly. my career has never been an executed plot to obtain a specific title. instead, i focused on how i have impact and how i can best serve my community.

each time i take on a new role, or start a new initiative, it's because i see an opportunity to have a greater impact, to benefit vulnerable communities and families. during the 1980s and 1990s i grew a small non-profit organization with children's services and guiding it into a multimillion dollar organization that is now the city's largest early historic provider. i led coalitions to advocate for programs that today serve tens of thousands of san franciscoians and low-income san franciscoians and their families every single year. from the san francisco headstart program, the aging parent education network, to san francisco child care providers' association, and to chinatown beacon center and a well-known city-run preschool program, these wins have never been about

me, but always about the community. by fou 200 had i 2004 i found mo make more policy. and as a parent of public school kids, i ran and served two terms on the board of education. i am proud of the policies that were passed during my tenure, but i am perhaps most proud that i played a part in shifting the dynamics of the board from one of acrimony and politics to one of civility and student-centered policy discussions. this is going to be my seventh year as a supervisor. i am honored to serve my city and my district 7 neighbors. it is my privilege to be in a position that has the potential to lift up voices and to bring people together to support san francisco's children and

families. stepping into the presidency is another chance to have even greater impact. this is how i will approach the role to focus on collective, yes, collective impact over personal differences. i have been doing this work for a long time and i feel an urgency to respond to the crisis facing our city in a time of population growth and rising inequities. and i have an urgency to make as much impact as i can in my last two years as supervisor so i can make a difference in the lives of my children, of my grandchildren, and families throughout the city. colleagues, i know that every member of this board shares my urgency for action and i know that drawing upon our individual strengths will lead to a greater impact as a whole. take my colleague valle brown,

who spent years before joining the board, to work with residents to make the neighborhoods more safe and planting frees and making connections all along the business corridors and residential areas in the western addition. or sandy fewer, who dedicated hundreds -- hundreds of hours -- not hours -- hundreds of days and hundreds of months -- formally as a family advocate and organizer. and now as a relentless fighter on the board to build and preserve diverse communities in richmond and beyond, she will always fight to ensure that regardless of culture and language that residents will have their voices heard with respect and dignity. and my new colleague matt haney who has spent the last few years advocating for changes to the criminal justice system, and to

end mass imprisonment. and rafael mandelman who has brought his own experience to pushing for stronger policies to expand mental health policies and residential care facilities to those who need it most. aaron peskin, a life-long environmentalist who has never been afraid to challenge corporations who are unwilling to do their part in this climate change crisis. and hillary ronen, who in only her second year successfully fought for one of the most significant issues facing households today -- the minimum compensation ordinance, and continues to be a champion for all workers and immigrants. asha safai, who has made sure that we never forget about the needs of our moderate and

middle-income families. whether it comes to open space or affordable housing policies. and catherine stephanie, the first as you already heard, is the first and the loudest to ensure that our children are safe from gun violence. and walton, who is coming from a youth work development organization but who even before that as one of his first jobs after graduating college was already serving children and families with his work at the boys and girls club. colleagues, i believe that my job as your board president is to help amplify your work, to help to bridge differences and misunderstandings when needed. and to help each one of my

fellow public servants to be the most effective leader for your district and together for our entire city. i want to thank all of the workers out there who have built and continue to build our city. you will make san francisco what it is and you are not appreciated enough. i also want to thank all of my community leaders i have worked with and learned from. i want to thank my past legislative staff, olivia scanlon and martinez ramino. and i want to dance -- dance? dance is on my mind -- i want to thank my current staff who has been with me for several years and have been the backbone that has made me successful in bringing policies and changes to san francisco. they are jen lowe, and eric loebaum.

and, yeah, i -- [applause] i have it down here and most importantly, yes, i'll keep it there -- and most importantly to my family, my wife who is sitting in front here for several hours waiting for me to say something. my wife kathy. and my daughter shaundra and her husband james and my younger daughter carissa and her husband, dan. and to my baby granddaughter nyla and my baby grandson jamieson, they're both 2, and they remind me every day of why i do what i do. so in conclusion, i see kindness to others not as weakness, but instead as our strength. so thank you, thank you, thank you. now let's all work together to make this a better city for all

of our residents by together taking bold action. thank you. [applause] madam clerk do we have anything else on the agenda? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> this is what you have been waiting for. meeting adjourned. [applause] -

>> welcome to the epic center did you know you may be eligible for a 3 thousand redefeat beating he'll learn about the stay safe program hi, everybody i'm patrick chief resigns director for the city and county of san francisco welcome to another episode of stay safe i'm here with jennelle for the california earthquake authority she'll talk about brace and bolt good to see you. >> earthquake brace and bolt the first incentive program of

california mitigation program as jointly managed by the earthquake authority and the california gvrnz of department of emergency services. >> and what is the mission. >> brace and bolt is $3,000 up to a homeowner that retrofits the equivalent in a single-family. >> we're down owe epic center the public demonstrates we've built a mock house so i don't in the take a look at it and and show you what we're talking about we're in a model house in the epic center to demonstrate a variety of things jen i will i want to focus on the portion of the house and tell us how brace and bolts help to keep the home safe. >> this is a particular foundation and that mockup shows the first floor right here and, of course, this one is the concrete foundation and this

short wall that is in between those two you're first floor and the concrete foundation is called a cripple it is a short wall this is a particular vunltd in 0r8d homes they're designed before metamorphic coddling codes and will slide off the foundation. >> if you come to my home look at the previous work. >> so see if any anchor bolts between the wood and this mud and concrete foundation that is a collar bolt. >> what if i don't have enough space power a think collar bolt and we have foundation plates made by a company where a flat plate that is bolted to the concrete foundation and screwed into this flat mechanism. >> if i applied to a bolt what is a it coffer what type of work

should you do in my hope. >> up to $3,000 funding with the collar bolts or foundation plates and plywood up to the top of the short triple wall that going around. >> what are the tips. >> you want to make sure the capital improvement plan emancipation proclamation he will the short wall is less than 4 feet tall you'll use the provision to adopt it to the city of san francisco so a contractor can use that. >> so if i have a typical house over a garage and did that quality for the program. >> that would qualify for the program you need an engineer to design the riefrt it is not specific for that kind of house it is really they're looking for short cripple walls maybe a

couple of steps up. >> so jen i will if i want to find out more information. >> earthquake brace >> welcome everyone. my name is david cook. i am the president of the board of the directors of the episcopal community services. is my privilege to thank you all for being here on this wet but very important day as we inaugurate the bryant street navigation center. i wanted to take a minute to give a special welcome to our distinguished roster of guest speakers will be hearing from in a few minutes. the mayor is here, filled tagging tag tony tried various, and rebecca from google. i would also like to welcome leaders and staff of the department of homelessness and supportive housing, here. i would also like to welcome all our other partners and friends and members of the press who are

covering these issues so diligently. a special welcome to the board members and staff who showed up today. one of our senior staff members will be offering some interesting insight into this new facility a little bit later on. last but not least, i want to welcome our navigation centre residents who are here in the room. the folks who are on the front lines who are experiencing or have recently experienced homelessness first-hand. as you probably know, conventional homeless shelters have been around for a long time , but navigation centers are pretty new. less than four years ago, in march of 2014, we were instrumental in opening and operating the very first navigation center in the united states over on mission street. since that time, five additional navigation centers have been opened, and today, a sixth. the navigation centers in this town have become a national model for removing barriers to

housing for high need individuals who are dealing with complex issues and two as a result, have experienced homelessness. along the way, ecs has continued to operate two of the navigation centers, but has established itself as an innovative thought leader in the field, providing expert consultation to sister agencies both in san francisco, and across the country, and early-stage planning, set up, and ongoing operations, which brings us to what we are doing here today. we are so excited to be starting and operating this brand-new 84 bed navigation center here in the south of market. as you will hear, opening a facility like this requires the hard work, dedication, and generosity of a lot of people and a lot of companies and agencies. but long-term success in addressing homelessness can never be achieved without committed leaders at the highest levels of local governments. that is what we have in mayer

london breach. just this past october, a few months after she was elected, she set an ambitious goal of adding 1,000 new shelter beds in san francisco by the end of 2020 and of getting half of them online -- [cheers and applause] >> and of getting half of them online by this coming july. eighty-four of them are right here. under her leadership, we are on the way. ladies and gentlemen, mayer london breed. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. i am excited to be here today and i'm also excited to welcome in the new incoming supervisor for district six, matt haney, who is joining us here today. [applause] >> please direct any of your complaints to him. [laughter] >> this is a great day. i am just excited about what we're doing here in san francisco and it does take a village to get to a place where we can address what we know is one of the biggest challenges we face in this city, and that is

homelessness. so many incredible organizations groups that continue to build partnerships with each and every one of us, to focus on providing shelters, providing navigation centers, providing services, one of our great partners is here today, thank you downtown streets team for being here, it all the work that you continue to do to keep our communities clean and safe, and many of you know that this is definitely a top priority for my administration, and i am committed to making sure that we add at least 1,000 shelter beds to the city and county of san francisco by 2020, and what that would do is help provide a place for so many people that we know are sleeping on the streets every single night. we need to make sure that regardless of the challenges that we face as a city, in terms of building more housing, regardless of any of the issues around support for funding, for programs, we have to have places

for people to go. we have to have places for people to go where they are able to stay for 24 hours and not be told that they have to leave in the morning. that is my commitment in helping to address this issue. it is an ambitious goal because we haven't increased the number of shelter beds by that amount since the 1989 earthquake. many of us remember that time in our city where it was a very challenging time. we know that if we are going to get to a better place, we have to also be honest, and have an honest conversation about what we know are some of the root causes of homelessness. many people that sadly are down on their luck, many people who are struggling with mental illness, and addiction, we know that we can do better by providing more permanent services to get people to a better place. i am excited because since the navigation centers have been in existence, it is really a great

place to transition people into more permanent housing. we have connected people to permanent housing. we connected people to resources and we have, through our homeward bound program, we have connected people to their family members. over 1,000 people serve through our navigation center program that have been reconnected to their families. what we are doing is not traditional in that navigation centers are 24 hours, they have a great staff and team of people who continue to greet people with a smile, and treat people with respect and the dignity that they deserve. and more importantly, they have a really strong desire to help people get off the streets and get permanently housed. ultimately that is the goal, it anything that we do. we basically, with these navigation centers, people are able to bring their partners, their pets, and in fact with

this particular center with 84 beds, 20 will be dedicated specifically to women peer given women a private location where they can get the support and the services that they need as well. just a few days -- 623 people out of our navigation centers since december have been transferred -- transitioned into permanent housing. 144 people have had temporary placement, and over 1200 have been reconnected with their families through our homeward bound program. thank you all so much for that hard work in getting people connected to. [applause] >> we know that it takes a village to get to a place where we have more opportunities for people to get into permanent housing and to get stabilized, and a lot of this work is done -- bureaucracy is involved, but also creative, hard-working

leaders like our assembly member who is here with us today, who not only pass the legislation that made it possible for us to lease the land for this particular purpose, but help to provide a significant portion of funding to get these navigation centers open, so i just want to thank phil for his leadership in sacramento, and continuing to push this conversation that has led us to this place of opening what is probably the third navigation center since the work he has been doing, in the and the second on caltrain land specifically. [applause] >> i want to thank tony taveras from caltrain, because again the people who work for these departments are the drivers of what we need to do in terms of paperwork, and issuing funds, and those kinds of things. so thank you to tony from district four who is here with us today. and also our private partner,

google, rebecca is here with us today. they provided $3 million to get this place open sooner rather than later. [applause] >> jeff kaczynski and his team from the department of homelessness, they don't just work on trying to provide these spaces, they work every single day on the front lines, the hot team, they are out there trying to get people to help, and the support that they need to, and through our coordinated entry system, they have been able to register thousands of our homeless residents in order to get them into places like the navigation centers, and it has been a fascinating system where we are able to track people, and get them to help and the support they need without duplicating services. i want to thank you mohammed nuru with the department of public works who facilitated the building of this building, and some of the other navigation centers. i want to thank the real estate

division in the city, and i especially want to thank the folks with community services for continuing to be a great partner in continuing to provide the kinds of services that we get to build, we go through the process, we get the legislation, but it takes community partners, and the work they do on the front lines in order to make that these places are working for the people that we want to take care of. it will take a consistent effort from each and every one of us if we are going to address this issue. every day i am thinking about what are some more ways in which we can get to a place where not only we are able to address some of the challenges around homelessness, but how will we build more housing, pete -- keep people housed, and make sure that when someone is homeless, we are able to get them into some permanent situations where they are able to live in dignity while we have a lot of work to do, but this is a great start and i'm i am looking forward to getting to our goal of making sure that 1,000 shelter beds

exist, an additional a thousand beds in addition to the ones we have and they are open and available to anyone at any time so that no one has to sleep on our street at night in the cold. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause] >> thank you mayor breed. as she suggested, the challenges of homelessness require the commitment of knowledgeable and dedicated legislatures. we also have this in our assembly member from the 19th district. [applause] >> thank you, david, thank you to e.c.s. for doing this amazing work, day after day. it is because of organizations like yours that you really make me so proud to be from san francisco. we have some of the best nonprofits, not just in our state, but across the country. thank you to mayor breed for your amazing leadership. it seems like a few months ago we are at division circle on

caltrain land, and doing a similar celebration. i know that at times it feels so daunting. we walked the streets, would drive the streets, we see folks sleeping on sidewalks, sleeping in the park, and i think for years, we have always grappled with, what do we do while what can we do? it feels like we put people in homes and in shelters and then there's more people in streets. at times it feels like an epic problem that really can't be solved. i think at times where i look at our city and we often times are a lightning rod for people. people are coming -- there are folks frustrated here and people are coming here from all over because san francisco is doing their part. san francisco is offering their services. that is one of the reasons why the state has decided to get involved.

we realize this is no longer a city by city issue. mayor breed can't talk to other mayors, we have to figure out how to do this. everyone in the state has to do their part. one in four homeless people in our country lives in california. one in four. 134,000 people. we have 75 -- we have 7500 people here in san francisco. los angeles has 60,000. think about it. that is not a small town. that is a medium-sized town in california. so the problem is great. it is also a stage that we know we can solve problems. we know if we can build bridges, we can build all these buildings , we can build all this amazing housing and build the economy. we have an economy here in san francisco with 2% of unemployment, we are the fifth largest economy in the entire world in california. there is nothing we feel like we

can't do. if we can't find a way to put people in homes, if we can't find a way to have people, offer people a life with dignity, than i don't think anybody else can. we will not stop trying, because that is what our city stands for we know that we believe that we are welcoming people from all around the world his, all around the country to come and live here regardless of their circumstance, regardless of their documents, regardless of why they're here, and because for the simple reason that they come here because this is a place where they can live, where they can thrive, where they can succeed. we want to continue to be the beacon of hope. that city ants that state where people want to come, where people can thrive, and where people can live out their dreams , that california dream is still alive and well. in terms of the state, we were so proud to work with the city about 20 years ago to ensure

that caltrain's land, ten different parcels in the area, we want to thank tony at the team for working with us, to be able to give us land at a reduced rate. many of us probably walked by and drove by the slabs thinking okay, it is just empty land. it is just part of an offramp. before i saw the division circle , i had no idea what could be done with the parcel of land next to a freeway on-ramp or an offramp. it is amazing. this is now an on-ramp onto a different life, right? [applause] >> not only can you go to oakland, you can go into other areas. that is what we want people to turn to. i am proud this is a team effort the city, the mohammed, our mayor, our new supervisor, state and caltrain saying, hey, i spoke to them and they spent about $60 million a year just

shoeing people off their land. they said, hey, how about we helped house people? let's not waste that money and let's be part of the solution. so that is what we are saying. let's be part of the solution. so the state was proud to give the city $10 million for navigation centers. went on division center that got put off. the state also said we will give $500 million across the entire state. $27 million to san francisco to help put up emergency shelters. why quiet we have an emergency crisis in homelessness. it is an emergency. when you have this many people living on the streets. i know that is the beginning. we need to do more and not only do we need to do more in terms of funding and taking a hard look, we need to make sure that everyone is building homeless shelters and housing for the

homeless. not just us. it can't just b.s. it has to be san mateo, it has to be -- you can't just be us. it has to be all the different counties that haven't been part of that solution. we know it is part of the stuff we need to do with the other counties who aren't as onboard. we'll be taking on those challenges just like we are taking on challenges from housing. but again, thank you so much for the huge amount of team effort, all of the city, state, amazing who are here today, and really to give 84 people this new on-ramp to a different life. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. as the mayor pointed out, it takes a village to open a navigation center, and you can't have a village without the land its built on. this is where caltrain comes in. i would like to invite the district four director to the podium. he will describe in more detail

their role in making this navigation center a reality. tony? [applause] >> good morning. thank you assembly member, mayor london breed, and thank you to all the partners who made this navigation come to fruition. i'm so pleased and excited to be here this morning and celebrating the opening of the navigation center, and the partnership with the city of san francisco and the california department of transportation and crafting an innovative solution to the challenges of homelessness. for us at caltrain, keeping people safe is what we do. it is at the heart of what we do we come to work every day committed to ensuring the safety of those who drive on the highway system, our maintenance workers who are out diligently caring for that system, and the pedestrians and bicyclists navigate highways that are also city streets. it is incredibly important to me that everyone, whether work or traveller gets home safe at the end of each day.

and because safety is so important to me, i worry when i see people trying to create a home on our toughest -- transportation infrastructure. it is not a safe option and it puts people at risk because they are living close to heavy vehicles moving at high speeds, they are living long term in the exhaust of those vehicles, in their living without proper sanitary infrastructure and exposing them to disease. they are also living exposed and vulnerable to crime. this is not what we want for our fellow citizens, and yet more and more people feel they have no other option than to take shelter on the transportation infrastructure. this place has been in jeopardy and impacts the communities around them. is a huge and overwhelming problem, and know one nonprofit or government entity can solve it. but such big problems provide us with opportunities to innovate and develop these partnerships, and the navigation center is one of those solutions.

with the creative leadership of the city of san francisco and the state legislature, we are able to lend an unexpected hand. this location is not -- is now suitable as a permanent housing site, and it will also provide an entry point to help people on the journey out of homelessness. it will balance the urgency of the issue, the safety of the affected people, and the practical operational requirements on the highway system. i'm excited to see the impact of this center, as well as similar partnership opportunities that we are engaging in the bay area. the celebration today highlights what we can accomplish when we work worked together to find compassionate solutions. we are very proud to be part of the effort to address the crisis of homelessness, and i encourage everyone to think outside the box and discover how you too can take part. thank you very much. [applause]

>> tony didn't mention what the actual rent is, i think it is one dollar a month. is that rent control? [laughter] >> good news. opening a center like this also requires the participation of committed individuals and companies in the private sector. for that we have many people to thank, but none more so than google. i would like to introduce the chief of public affairs in california, rebecca pros and. [applause] >> good morning. google has been a proud member of san francisco for over a decade his. since we first moved to our offices along the embarcadero, we continue to aim higher to be a good corporate citizen and neighbor, build strong and valued relationships with local nonprofits like downtown streets , community groups, and policy members are doing incredibly important work in the city. we have a long history of working with these partners to identify where we can best be of service. where everyone has seen the most need to, and where we can have the most impact, is homelessness

their answers provided us with a multitude of opportunities. we provided free munimobile for youth, we helped install free wi-fi and 31 parks across the city, we have loaned city google employees for a civic leadership project to improve user experience and design of affordable housing which earned a government award last year, and we have also given $1 million to the mayor touch a fund for homelessness to unify the systems for homeless i -- facing nonprofits and service is called the one system. these projects and more have combined for a total investment of over $63 million in the san francisco community since 2014. nearly a quarter of the funding is addressing the dire need for more resources for more homelessness. it is through ongoing conversations with partners, icu jeff kaczynski, that we first learned about the mayor touch a fund for homelessness and

navigation center programs. this is more than worthy of the google grants provided to offset the $4.67 million construction cost. we are so proud and thankful to be here today as the doors are finally open, and more of our neighbors are able to access the resources and services they need we are honored to stand with mayor breed, with assembly member taking, supervisor matt haney, with episcopal community services and caltrain, and other city leaders to provide services to other individuals in need. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, rebecca, and thank you so much to google for what they have done. our last speaker is ccs's director of programs who will describe some of the interesting details about this navigation center. ,. [applause] >> thank you. episcopal community services focuses on ending homelessness through housing as the brilliant

navigation center is an essential component of the city 's homeless response system. as we serve long-term homeless individuals, our focus is on offering rest bite from living on the streets, and giving people an opportunity to change their lives. today, 34 people have moved into this navigation center and we continue to accept people from the department of homelessness and supportive housing, and the homeless outreach team as we fill 84 beds. the brilliant navigation center is unique in that there are 20 beds designated for homeless women who have their own separate living and sleeping area, in addition to offering on site meals and showers and property storage, our guests will receive on site medical care, harm reduction therapeutic services, and case management connecting people to income, public benefits, interim housing and assessments for placement and longer-term housing.

access to e.c.s.'s workforce development and healthy aging, continual services is also available for all of our navigation center guests. finally, e.c.s. is proud to be partnering with the city as they bring on the brilliant navigation center, and we thank you all. [applause] >> thank you. once again we would like to thank mayor breed, this family member, and google and further remarks today and for their amazing supports. we like to thank all of you, a republican private partners, staff, residence, neighbors for attending this. we are committed to continuing to provide pathways to housing with tools such as this navigation center and the programs and services it provides. you are all invited to a short tour of this new facility that will be led by, and by john, our interim director of shelters and that will conclude our

presentation today. thank you. [applause]

>> clerk: commissioner mazzucco, i'd like to call roll. [roll