>> 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] >> usf donates 100-120 pounds of

food a night. for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick. >> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of

fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the

line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste. ♪ ♪ >> access edible food that we have throughout our lunch program in our center, i go ahead and collect it and i'll cool it down and every night i prep it up and the next day i'll heat it and ready for delivery. it's really natural for me, i love it, i'm passionate about it and it's just been great. i believe it's such a blessing to have the opportunity to actually feed people every day. no food should go wasted. there's someone who wants to eat, we have food, it's

definitely hand in hand and it shouldn't be looked at as work or a task, we're feeding people and it really means so much to me. i come to work and they're like nora do you want this, do you want that? and it's so great and everyone is truly involved. every day, every night after every period of food, breakfast, lunch, dinner, i mean, people just throw it away. they don't even think twice about it and i think as a whole, as a community, as any community, if people just put a little effort, we could really help each other out. that's how it should be. that's what food is about basically. >> an organization that meets is the san francisco knight ministry we work with tuesday and thursday's.

♪ ♪ by the power ♪ of your name >> i have faith to move mountains because i believe in jesus. >> i believe it's helpful to offer food to people because as you know, there's so much homelessness in san francisco and california and the united states. i really believe that food is important as well as our faith. >> the san francisco knight ministry has been around for 54 years. the core of the ministry, a group of ordain ministers, we go out in the middle of the night

every single night of the year, so for 54 years we have never missed a night. i know it's difficult to believe maybe in the united states but a lot of our people will say this is the first meal they've had in two days. i really believe it is a time between life or death because i mean, we could be here and have church, but, you know, i don't know how much we could feed or how many we could feed and this way over 100 people get fed every single thursday out here. it's not solely the food, i tell you, believe me. they're extremely grateful. >> it's super awesome how welcoming they are. after one or two times they're like i recognize you.

how are you doing, how is school? i have never been in the city, it's overwhelming. you get to know people and through the music and the food, you get to know people. >> we never know what impact we're going to have on folks. if you just practice love and kindness, it's a labor of love and that's what the food recovery network is and this is a huge -- i believe they salvage our mission. >> to me the most important part is it's about food waste and feeding people. the food recovery network national slogan is finding ways to feed people. it's property to bring the scientific and human element into the situation.

>> good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. we will get started, and i want to introduce the mayor of our city, maryland and breed. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, good morning, and welcome. i see our public defender is here. thank you for attending as well as our police chief and the command staff, the leadership of the san francisco police department. i'm excited to be here and i want to thank the police department for hosting this overview about the progress we've made in improving public safety throughout san francisco this past year, and what challenges that we face in the

upcoming year. the progress would not have been possible without all of the hard work done by the san francisco police department, as well as the street violence intervention program, and community members working together in neighborhoods to collaborate to make our community safer. to effectively address our most pressing issues, our police department and our community will continue to work together. they are working hard to implement some of the important effective community policing efforts. this includes one of my top priorities, which i know chief scott shares, and that is a beach patrol officer throughout our city, especially in the commercial corridors. when people see officers walking in their neighborhoods, they feel safer, and they develop a connection, a personal relationship with those officers yes the presence of these officers can't help stop crime

alone, but it does build community trust. our police district captains also help build trust by working with our community leaders to help address the issues in our neighborhoods for all residents, and as someone who served as an executive director for a nonprofit organization, i can tell you how important the relationship i had with so many of my captains in the northern station, and many of them actually serve on the command staff, amazing leaders for this department to continue to develop and retain those community relations. as we grow our community policing efforts, we need to continue to make sure that our police department has the resources and the services to protect and engage with our residents. this includes our ongoing plan to make sure that we hire another 250 police officers. we want to make sure that everyone is working together to keep our city safe, and that's

what community policing is all about. taking office in july, i've been working on a number of efforts to improve public safety. people would notice in the tenderloin, the south of market and the midmarket areas. there has been a noticeable presence of beat officers, the mobile control, the mobile van control, is that what it is called while the command post, located at u.n. plaza to support these areas. we are increasing the number of foot beat officers, as well as the number of drug arrests, and the chief will talk about those efforts. these are some of our most challenging areas, and we are committed to making sure that we address what we know are issues that people in the city continue to be frustrated with. i am continuing to make sure that i am on the front lines out there on a regular basis, reaching out to the chief, reaching out to some of our

other city departments to ensure that they know that not only am i paying attention, but i am listening and hearing from so many of the residents of the city who want to see us address this issue. i know chief scott will go over the 2,000 -- the 2018 numbers in detail, but i want to highlight some of the trends, because i think too often we focus on what is wrong with san francisco, what is wrong with what is happening with some of the crime that exists, but today we will talk about the achievements and what is right, and what we have been able to accomplish by working together. first we saw a significant drop in homicide, the lowest that it has been in four years, and we know that although one loss of life is one lost too many, that is an incredible accomplishment. this corresponds with a significant drop in gun violence for the second year in a row. every homicide is tragic, but we have to recognize the progress that we made.

our police officers have successful -- have been successful at getting guns off our streets, which is helping us to prevent gun violence, which also includes working closely with the street violence intervention program, and also assisting with gun buybacks in some of the arrests that they have made as well. if you are weapons and stronger community outreach is how we will continue to reduce violence in the city. we also so i focused by the department on attacking the epidemic of car burglaries. this year we saw a significant drop. though i know we still have work to do. in fact, even with good numbers over all, we know we have to work across the city because we still have challenges, and more importantly, we don't want one san franciscan to be a victim of crime. i know our police, our officers are working hard, i know chief scott is working hard to, and i know we will continue to make progress on these important

issues. we want everyone in our city to feel safe in their communities. i want people to feel and see a difference in san francisco. i want to thank chief scott again, on the leadership of the san francisco police department, as well as so many amazing community members like the street violence intervention program, as well as united players under rudy corbett. working together with all of these great programs and community members will continue to keep our city safe. thank you all so much for being here, and i will turn it over to chief scott. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. as the mayor said to, we are really pleased with the trends we are seeing, particularly in violent crime. as most of you know, our department publishes a report monthly that provides a snapshot of where we are with crime. as you can see on the posters to my right, we are doing pretty

good, and we did pretty good in 2018. homicides are down 18%. homicide by firearms were down 37%. nonfatal shooting incidents were down 30%, and navigated -- aggravated assault dropped 3%. thanks to the hard work of the men and women of the san francisco police department that work hours streets, our investigated unit, and all of our bureaus, through the hard work that they've put in, at great risk to their own personal safety to protect the people of this city, we are -- we would not be where we are today. i want to thank the leadership of the san francisco police department, many of which you are standing to my left ear on the wall, because this is a total team effort to. thank you for what you do. we believe that these are good numbers, but we have a lot of work to do. we had to waddle homicides at the end of the year and we started the year off with three homicides already this year. four actually. and we know that i sit here and

i talk in numbers but these are lives that we are talking about, and these are families, and we want to do our best to stay in front of this and prevent these crimes from occurring, rather than judge whether it -- rather than react to them. a large part of our strategy will be preventive, rather than reactive policing. it is our goal to prevent crime before it happens. in doing so, we want to work with the community members and the faith leaders, it as the mayor mentioned, the intervention workers, and all the people that make the city a great city to continue to build confidence in public safety, and continue to keep crime down. we know this works in our city, and we know it because we have seen it. we have seen how it works. the mayor mentioned foot patrols and i want to thank her for fighting for the budget to increase staffing of the police department, and for making foot patrols a priority, because we know that type of policing for

this city is the right thing to do. we stepped it up in 2018, and we continue to do that, and will continue to do that through 2019 we want to be more visible. we want to get more officers on the streets, and strengthen the bonds with the community so we can communicate better with san franciscans to make our city the safest city in the country. this has increased our ability to do our jobs, and it is evident, in the work that was mentioned by the mayor and u.n. plaza, we put a command post vehicle out there, but more importantly, the staffing was increased. the interaction with the community was increased, and we saw things change. i can't tell you how many people have come up to me, and the leadership of this department to tell us how big of a difference that that it has made in civic centre plaza area. we will continue to work hard to make sure that we sustain those efforts. we look forward this year,

thanks to the budget that the mayor put forth, 25 academy, classes, which will need -- meet the need of our growing city. and also, it will help us continue our role to prevent crime instead of reacting to it. we also want to focus on education, specifically reaching out to the public to make our city more resilient, to make it hard for people to victimize people that come in our city, or live in our city, particularly when it comes to property crime. we stepped up our campaign this year, and we think that helped address car break-ins. we were down significantly from the previous year, and the park smart campaign, and just prevention and awareness, we believe helped drive those numbers down. we also have enforcement. we note that is part of law enforcement and part of policing , particularly in the communities that have been targeted by predators. the mayor mentioned the tenderloin. we are working very hard to arrest the dealer that are

dealing in school zones, where children are going to school and trying to get an education. we are working very hard to interrupt some of the street behaviors that we see that is associated with substance abuse. we want to intervene and get people help. people that wanted or needed, we want to get them help. we are doing this from all levels. and we will continue to do that. we want to get the guns off the streets, the methamphetamine, the heroin, the fentanyl, and all the poisons that are help hurting our city. we will do that in conjunction with the community that we serve a key component of our strategic plan, which drives how we address crime in our city is collaboration. with other city agencies, with community partners, and working forward -- looking forward to 2019, will collaborate with other city agencies, other federal agencies, and we will address the problems that we face in the city in a collaborative model.

that is one of our strategic initiatives, and that is something we are really focused on continuing to do. we know that that works as well. a good example of that is the law enforcement diversion. i see mr dodge either. it is our goal to help address substance abuse, not necessarily through arrest, but giving people an option to go to treatment through diversion before the case gets into the criminal justice system. we have 236 successful referrals to leeds this past year and we will continue to work that model , and it is really a good partnership and a collaborative model that is good for our city. will help improve public safety, reduce criminal behavior, and provide health and housing resources for those in the most needs. when you look at the report, you can see we also have a few challenges. burglaries were up for the year for 2018, and going into 2019,

that will be a priority to make sure we turn that around. we put a structure in place thanks to the people on the wall thank you to the deputy chief his, the commander, we have put a structure in place to better address those type of crimes. our investigation bureau has burglary detail thanks to the mayor's leadership and the staffing, we hope to be able to increase that staffing to address the needs, but we know it is a challenge moving into 2019. we do not want to take a step backwards. we have done a good job this year but there's a lot more work to be done and we will work as hard as we can to continue to make our city a safe city. being here, and thank you for all of your support to, because getting this information out to the public is one of the keys to being unaware safety, and a resilient city. thank you. [applause] >> we will take a couple quick questions, and then we will do

interviews afterwards. [indiscernible] >> there is a jump and we are looking at that very hard to. we believe two things. there are things that happened over the past year, we increase the training to our patrol officers, there was a lot more awareness, and we wage that cost and some of the increase. we actually are looking at the impacts of the closure of a red brook, which was one of the sites that facilitated a lot of the activity, the prostitution activity. that close down. we drove more activity onto the streets. those are factors we are looking at, and also how we report. we believe the increased training expanded the amount of

cases that were actually recognized as human trafficking, and we wanted to make sure that we captured these crimes. it is a very serious issue in our city, and in our country. we are digging more into that to have a clear understanding of where those numbers are coming from, but we believe those are some of the factors at this point. >> your staff focused on individual crimes, but are there any specific neighborhoods looking forward that you are trying to focus on why i know the tenderloin is really active on social media with things going on in their neighborhood, are there any neighborhoods that you are trying to focus on moving forward clasping act tenderloin is a focus. they have done a great job. if you follow their twitter site , posting some of the enforcement efforts. there's a lot of challenges in the tenderloin community, and we made that a priority. we made it a quite priority. we increased our foot beat

staffing. the tenderloin, we did good and a lot of crime -- prime categories, but there are a lot of challenges they are, and a lot of them center around drug sales. we have dealers on the streets, and people come to and from what they do, work or leisure, and they have to see that. as i mentioned earlier, there are a lot of schools in the tenderloin. they have the highest concentration of families and kids in the city. we can't tolerate that. that is a focus. we have property crime challenges and fishermen's worth , it is a high tourist area a lot of property that people leave in their cars, and that is where the awareness and the prevention campaigns come in. we have violent crime in some of our communities, not just the baby with the gun violence. we have confiscated a lot of guns off of the streets this year and the gun seizures are up we know that this city is composed of a lot of individual communities, and each have a distinct character.

every communities different. we have to address all of the needs. of the ones that i mentioned are a priority in terms of folks in the area. that is the hub of our city. we want to make sure that we do the best job we can to make sure it is clean, it is safe, and people can enjoy the beauty of our city. >> your police unit was there, and the community was there. if you can't get a substation, we really would like that, is that in the works class you mentioned the tenderloin. >> we can move them around as we see a need to do that. we don't have an unlimited supply of mobile units, really, for that particular thing, the most important thing is that officers are out patrolling the area. that crime happened early in the morning. officers needed to be out there.

and that is a form of deterrence if there is a need for a mobile command post, we meet regularly, the deputy deputy chiefs and the assistant chiefs and i am the commander talk about strategies of what will work. it is not off the table. right now that mobile command's still in civic centre plaza, because there is still a need their, and the main thing is we need to catch the person that committed that crime and get them off the streets. that is the main thing because we believe this is a one off, but people don't just wake up and beat 89-year-old women, that is not something that people do. that person needs to be removed from the streets and the criminal justice system needs to take over from there. we have not taken that off the table, but at this point, there is no command post there. >> we will take one more and then we will wrap up.

you said before that you'd you doubled posts around the city. what do the numbers look like right now for officers who are out on the street while. >> there's about 150 officers working foot beats. that is give or take a few. about 150 officers working the beat. some of you may have read the report by the california policy lab that actually did a nice piece of research and show the positive impacts of foot beats. we were really pleased with that if you haven't read it, i would encourage you to read it because all the numbers are there in terms of the increase in the past year, ended paints a good picture of why this is so important. if you have not read it, i would encourage you to read it. it really speaks well, and you will hear me stay over and over again, the importance of foot patrol officers and foot beats.

>> thank you all very much. [applause] >> we think over 50 thousand permanent residents in san francisco eligible for citizenship by lack information and resources so really the project is not about citizenship but really academy our immigrant community. >> making sure they're a part of what we do in san francisco the san francisco pathway to citizenship initiative a unique

part of just between the city and then our 5 local foundations and community safe organizations and it really is an effort to get as many of the legal permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but

totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with experienced

advertising to fill out the 4 hundred naturalization form and then to final review and at the end he helps them with the check out station and send them a packet to fill and wait a month to 6 weeks to be invited in for an oral examine and if they pass two or three a months maximum get sworn in and become a citizen every single working groups we have a learning how to vote i mean there are tons of community resources we go for citizenship prep classes and have agencies it stays on site and this is filing out forms for people that are eligible so not just about your 22 page form but other

community services and benefits there's an economic and safety public benefit if we nationalize all people to be a citizen with the network no objection over $3 million in income for those but more importantly the city saves money $86 million by reducing the benefit costs. >> thank you. >> i've been here a loventh i already feel like an american citizen not felt it motorbike that needs to happen for good.

>> one day - i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, for liberty and justice for all. >> you're welcome. >> (singing). >> (clapping.) >> introduce the san francisco field officer director ribbon that will mirror the oath raise your hand and repeat the oath i hereby declare on oath repeating. >> citizens cry when they

become citizenship to study this difficult examine and after two trials they come back i'm an american now we're proud of that purpose of evasion so help me god please help me welcome seven hundred and 50 americans. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> she wants to be part of the country and vote so much puppy. >> you know excited and as i said it is a long process i think that needs to be finally recognized to be integrated that is basically, the type of that i

see myself being part of. >> out of everybody on tv and the news he felt that is necessary to be part of community in that way i can do so many things but my voice wouldn't count as it counts now. >> it's everybody i hoped for a bunch of opportunities demographics and as you can see yourself there's a good life for everyone. >> that's why. >> you have people from all the walks that life and they're

standing in water 8 hours to be an american citizen and contribute to the city and that's really what makes this worthwhile. >> ♪ ♪

>> the meeting will come to order. this is a regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am supervisor sandra lee if you are, chair of the committee. i am joined by catherine stefani , and welcome to supervisor walton. i would like to thank helena and tom from s.f. because -- s.f. government t.v. for broadcasting this meeting. are there any announcements clocked. >> please silence all cell phones and documents to be submitted as part of the file should be given to the clerk. it