especially with that sb50 walking around sacramento. it scares me to death. more than half our teachers live out of town. few of us who are left here are worried about being displaced. i it's hard for young teacher to come in on starting salary and pay their rent. so far, our school and faculty we need it and d1 resident for 40 years, avery been luck -- i have been lucky to evicted once. it was an owner move-in. i was lucky enough to move into four unit place from seventh avenue to eighth avenue. i never thought i would be afraid as i approached retirement that you have to leave town. i am. i think this will help to ensure that i won't have to. thank you for all endorsing it.

>> chair fewer: next speaker please. >> good afternoon. thank you for supporting copa. my name is raymond i'm the tenant organizer for the community action network. i work a lot with tenants in the community around rec service all wait to helping them through eviction. i started 2019 helping poor families move out due to evictions. i'm helping families in other side with foreclosure. we've had the privilege of working with different nonprofit to purchase those properties. we've been having a hard time. the property we're helping now keep putting the building into a

bidding website. they're ignoring the nonprofits. thank you for supporting copa. all this time i've been helping all the tenants. that's one of the issues they are being ignored. we want to protect event -- tenants and resident, it's hard. thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting copa and this is a big step forward. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. i have a lot of cards here i will not call names. come up if you like to speak. next speaker please. >> hello. i'm a curator and organizer from soma. i thank you for the opportunity to support copa legislation. i have witnessed an archive of

existence of filipino american who have experienced exclusion acts and landlords that prevented them like many other non-white immigrants of the privileges of being a regular land-owning citizen. these men formed a brotherhood which enabled them to strategically purchase land for their community up until now those buildings still stand and few years ago, some came with other nonprofits were able to mobilize the purchase of one of their buildings to be bought by a nonprofit. these events have led to the fact that the community is assured these properties will remain by and for the community. thinking about the human rights afford housing. we cannot lose any more families and rent-controlled housing toker market rate or high-rise housing. copa represents a huge step forward in protecting vulnerable communities.

i like to thank you for your efforts on the preservation and the human rights for housing and in supporting copa. >> good afternoon. i'm the workforce program coordinator. i'm in full support of the community opportunity to purchase act legislation currently, it is hard for nonprofits to compete with private market that can pay cash. by allowing qualified nonprofit organizations to more easily purchase multiunit residential buildings in san francisco, we're striving towards equity. by preserving affordable housing, tenants will have more protection from eviction and displacement and ensuring more vulnerable communities and families can stay in soma and across the city. we have an established filipino

heritage community. this community is connected to this place and in order for this country and culture to continue to thrive, we need to stay in soma. we must be prioritizing solutions so that displacement crises that are proven to work and i believe that the community opportunity to purchase act is a big step forward in the right direction. once again u i support copa. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. >> david woo. we're fully support of this in our-thinking it legislationing thathink -- forward-thinkingleg. one the largest issues face bid -- faced by organizations of existing houses is there's no mechanism in place tone sure that residential buildings that go up for sale on the private market that are nonprofit is interested in purchasing. it's actually sold to the nonprofit. as it is now, community can do

the work of organizing tenants in the building that are many causes direct risk of displacement. they can secure financing to purchase a building and make offer purchase to the owner that is look to sale. there's nothing that exist to give nonprofits a leg up in the private market. many times all that work ends es with evictions. with the copa legislation this would change representing huge stem forward protecting and preserving communities in the south of market and across the entire city by allowing nonprofits right of first offer and right of first refusal. it will contribute to the efforts of purchasing these buildings citywide. the land trust model that the acquisition program is based off is proven to be effective against displacement and evictions by protecting tenants in their homes.

this is also a chance to demand that the city provide a continuous secure funding source for these efforts to show the city's commitment to improve anti-displacement strategy. we fully stereotyp support this legislation. thank you so much. >> good afternoon. i'm the tenant rep on the s.r.o. task force. i'm supporting copa because i'm sick and tired -- sick and tired of prop c being in legal limbo because wealthy man children who don't want to pay taxes. sick and tired my friends being displaced and i'm sick and tired of s.r.o.s being flipped into tech dorms. copa is a good piece of legislation that will help so many tenants. goes upstream and would not take away rights. it needs to be funded.

it needs a stable funding stream. as the city has the capacity to do. there will be a lot more wealthy moving to the city so we need to preserve what we have and i'm so glad that every member of this board now is actually co-sponsoring this. this never happens for housing justice. thank you so much supervisor fewer. >> good afternoon. i want to take a moment to really think back at the efforts

that as a legislative aid and others had taken into think about this and maybe we could set up a system and we're like no, that will never happen. i want to celebrate supervisor fewer for all the work that they've been doing. i literally didn't think that would come. i didn't think they would come, we would be here and really offer a vision for what community opportunities and affordable housing could look like on the west side. it's a great moment to be here and to see with all the things that we still need to figure out and what the program is going to look like.

today we celebrate this moment. we celebrate the effort. >> good morning. i wanted to extend my thanks to all your continuous efforts in endorsing copa and ensure passing. i've seen lot of family member and friend and return to home that is no longer affordable. community members who have experienced harassment, threats and manipulation by landlords

and developers, pushing them to move outside the bay area. it really is an everyday struggle. especially for families in the south of market who are at the mercy of hot real estate market. i speak in support of copa because my colleagues and i in this room today have dedicated ourselves to be public servants, organizers and direct service providers to the city. it's important to recognize that the direct services outside of housing have not been meeting primary standards of residents. new immigrant families and clients live below the poverty line. as important as naturalization, child care and employment development are important. we need copa and other organizations and other districts in san francisco to level the playing field for us ton competitive for buildings up for sale. this is a much needed step in

achieving our mission and the capacity to do this is ideal as there has been allocation of surplus property tax revenue for preserving apartment buildings. >> thank you supervisors. i want to thank supervisor fewer for pushing this thing language and getting through a lot of meetings and lot of discussions.

thank you for getting this whole thing together. thank you for the 11 co-sponsors. thank you especially supervisor stefani for coming on board. i think understanding that this legislation is as critical and districts that are not seeing the same kind of development pressures that are also seeing evictions and transformation is very important it legislation raises questions. whether we pass laws that promote speculation, we pass laws that promote housing stability at all levels.

it creates a pathways both for small site and larger buildings. those s.r.o.s being converted into tech dormitory. it provides incentives for sellers and it ensures just cause protections for all existing and new tenants. again, thank you, one last thing i want to thank supervisor fewer for raising the important point this. this legislation is nothing without the funding to go with it. ongoing work beyond the next few weeks is going to be defined, deadedicated funding. thank you very much. >> last one. thank you supervisor fewer for your leadership and courage on this. thank you all of the supervisors for supporting it. it really is a marvelous opportunity to really celebrate

the wisdom of all these speakers around so many issues. the only other point i wanted to make is lot these nonprofit developers are moving in metropolitan only preserving pr- not only preserving existing properties and opportunities there to developing new housing. thank you. >> chair fewer: next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. charlie goss. violations of property owners. we ask that you reject this. >> i want to recognize people that had to leave early. there was about a dozen people that were in support. i want to say recognize them and thank you for all of the

co-sponsors. >> chair fewer: public comment is closed. i like to clarify what this legislation will not do. this legislation will not force property owners to sell their property to a nonprofit. property owners are free to accept or reject any offer made by a nonprofit. the partial transfer tax offer to sell. they are not forced to accept an offer. nonprofit will only be able to purchase a building if they can make or match an offer that the seller is willing to accept. this legislation will not prevent property owners from selling their building at market rate. if nonprofit makes an offer, that property owner is not received -- satisfied with, they are free to reject. this is a win-win as it protects landlord ability to sell their building at market rate and providing a positive option for

them to sell to a nonprofit who will protect the tenants. i would like to thank my co-sponsors and i can make a motion. supervisor mandelman. so sorry. >> supervisor mandelman: expresk you have done. it's in san francisco right now solutional to think that market solutions are going to solve our affordable housing houses in any reasonable time frame. it's imperative to be as much land and property as we can to public and nonprofit ownership. i think this is a very important measure. i want to thank you for your leadership on this and eraf and getting more funding in terms of

pass eraf as well as future eraf to ensure we have funding to make develop on -- make develop on the promise of copa. i think you done great job building support for this. >> chair fewer: thank you. i really have to say, thank you to my legislative aid who actually when public commenters said all the multiple meetings, it's ian that went to all the multiple meetings. it was ian who was the backbone behind this. i want to transfer every thank you to ian and for a job well done. is there a motion to accept the amendment? thank you very much. take that without objection. is there a motion? [applause] is there a motion to move this to the board?

>> supervisor mandelman: i would move we forward this. >> chair fewer: i forgot. i like to make a motion to continue this item. since these amendments are substantive to the next meeting of the budget and finance committee. we can take that without objection. thank you very much. is there any more business before us today? >> there's nor business. >> chair fewer: thank you very much, meeting adjourned.

- working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world-class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans,

and where "the rock" holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. - our 28,000 city and county employees play an important role in making san francisco what it is today. - we provide residents and visitors with a wide array of services, such as improving city streets and parks, keeping communities safe, and driving buses and cable cars. - our employees enjoy competitive salaries, as well as generous benefits programs. but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco.

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's aelectricitied assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess properties to market value. if parents want to pass on their home or other property to their children, it would be considered a change in ownership. assuming the market value of your property has gone up, your children, the new owners, would pay taxes starting at that new

higher level. that's where prop 58 comes in. prop 58 recognizes the transfer between parents and children so that instead of taxing your children at that new higher level, they get to keep your lower prop 13 value. remember, prop 58 only applies to transfers between parents and children. here's how the law twines an eligible child. a biological child, a step child, child adopted before the age of 18, and a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. to benefit from this tax saving program, remember, you just have to apply. download the prop 58 form from our website and submit it to our office. now you may ask, is there a cap how much you can pass on. well, first, your principal residence can be excluded. other than that, the total tap of properties that can use this exclusion cannot exceed $1 million. this means for example if you have two other properties, each

valued at $500,000, you can exclude both because they both fit under the $1 million cap. now what happens hwhen the totl value you want to pass on exceeds $1 million. let's say you have four properties. three with current taxable value of $300,000 and one at $200,000, totaling $1.1 million in value. assuming that you decide to pass on properties one, two, and three, we would apply the exclusions on a first come, first served basis. you would deduct properties one, two, and three, and you would still have $100,000 left to pass on. what happens when you pass on the last property? this property, house four, has been existing value of 2 -- has an existing value of $200,000, and its existing property value is actually higher, $700,000. as i said, the value left in your cap is $100,000.

when we first figure out your portion, we figure out the portion that can be excluded. we do that by dividing the exclusion value over the assessed value. in this case, it's 50%. this means 50% of the property will remain at its existing value. meanwhile, the rest will be reassessed at market value. so the new taxable value for this property will be 50% of the existing value, which is 200,000, equaling 100,000, plus the portion reassessed to market value, which is 50% times $700,000, in other words, 350,000, with a total coming out to $450,000. a similar program is also available for prepping transfers fl interest r from grandparents to grandchildren. if you're interested in learning more visit our website or

>> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little

while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe at home. >> just as you would prepare for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am ready should something happen and i need to shelter at home. >> what are some of the things that people should have in their home after an earthquake or other emergency to help take care of their tasks and take care of themselves. >> i took the liberty of bringing you some examples. it includes a first aid kit for your pet and you can also use it for yourself and extra meds for your pets. and water container that will not tip over. we have got both food, wet food

and dry food for your pet. and disposable food container. and water, and your vet records. in addition, we have a collar and some toys. >> yeah. to keep oreo busy. >> he needs toys and this is san francisco being a fruity city and come on oreo. this is your dinner, it is patte style chicken dinner with our foody seen here. >> what they say now is that you should have at least a gallon of water and i think that a gallon of water is small amount, i think that maybe more like two gallons of water would be good for you and your pet. >> does the city of animal control or any other agency help you with your pet after an emergency. >> there is a coalition of ngos, non-governmental organizations led by the

department of animal care and control to do disaster planning for pets and that includes the san francisco spca. the paws group, the vet sos, pets unlimited. and we all have gotten together and have been getting together for over four or five years now to talk about how we can educate the public about being prepared for a disaster as it involves your pets. >> a lot of services. i understand that if you have to leave your home, we are encouraging people to take their pets with them. >> absolutely. we think that that is a lesson that we concerned from karina, if you are being evacuated you should take your pet with you. i have a carrier, and you need to have a carrier that you can fit your pet in comfortably and you need to take your pet with you when you were evacuated. >> i am going to thank you very much for joining us and

bringing oreo today. and i am goi >> good morning, please welcome san francisco gay men's chorus, performing "singing for our love ." [♪] ♪ we are peaceful loving people ♪ ♪ and we are singing,, singing for our love ♪ ♪ we are young and old together ♪ ♪ and we are singing, singing for our love ♪ [♪]

[♪] [singing] ♪ [singing]

[singing] [singing]

[singing] [cheers and applause] >> please welcome, chris verdugo , executive director of the san francisco gay men's chorus. >> good morning. on behalf of the board of directors, staff, and about a tenth of our singing members that are with us, it is an honour to welcome you to our new

home for the mayor's first state of the city address. as we begin to envision this space over a year ago, our intention became clear, we wanted to create a centre where lgbtq artists and organizations could come together, a space where they could collaborate and incubate new works pack and affordable and safe space, a place to present master classes and lecture series, and to host a middle and high schools aged students with our educational programs, rhythm, reaching youth through music, and the it gets better showcase pick a venue that would house a state-of-the-art broadcast facility so we could transmit these incredible transformational and inspiring events to a global audience. a space that espouses the san francisco values of diversity, acceptance, equality, entrepreneurship, and creativity a home where art and activism come together, and it is my honor to welcome you to that

space today. [applause] our new home, and the nation's first-ever lgbtq centre for the arts is a continuation of what began over 40 years ago on the city hall steps. that moment where 99 men raised their voices in anger and sadness, but also in hope, singing the song that you just heard, singing for our lives, and thereby sparking an lgbtq arts movement that would eventually spanned five continents. that is why this isn't just our home, it is a home for all of the san francisco arts community and the nation. no one understands this better than the mayor. as executive director of the african-american arts and culture complex, and she transformed the struggling center into a vital, sustainable community resource.

she understands, yes. [applause] >> she understands that arts and culture are at the forefront of social change, and we are honored that she chose our new home for her first state of the city address. [applause] >> please join me in welcoming, mayor, london abbreviate. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, everyone. thank you so much. thank you.

thank you. thank you all so much for being here today. thank you to the san francisco gay men's chorus for opening up their new home, this amazing, national, lgbtq centre for the arts. what i love about this center is that this chorus has invested their time and resources in creating something beautiful, not just for themselves, but for the entire lgbtq and arts community around the country. this is a place that celebrates what is best about san francisco , and that is what i want to talk you about today. for too long, our safety has been the subject of a drumbeat of negative media attention, national stories claiming that san francisco has lost its way. however, streets are dangerous slums, our housing is unobtainable, how temple workers battle for our city's up soul. like most narratives, their elements of truth here, we have failed to build enough housing,

we do face a homeless crisis, as we grapple with mental health and substance use on our streets of course, we acknowledge the challenges we face. the question is, what do we do next, hang our heads and give up cloth concede our problems are too great and the soul of our city is lost? anyone who thinks that, anyone who thinks that is what we will do knows nothing about this city [applause] >> this is san francisco. we don't throw up our hands, we take to our feet. we don't wait for guidance, we liked the way. this is a city that knows how. the innovation capital of the world his. [cheers and applause] >> the national leader on lgbt

and immigrant rights, environmental protections, healthcare, and so many other causes. the place where my angelou rang cable car bells -- the place where my angelou rang cable car bells and the place where a girl from public housing became mayor [cheers and applause] >> our congresswoman is speaker of the house. our former mayor just became governor. another is the california senior senator, the state's lieutenant lieutenant governor, controller and treasurer are all san franciscans. [cheers and applause] >> our former district attorney could even be the next president [cheers and applause]

>> it is time that our city holds its head up high again. it is time we believe again. yes, we have our challenges, i see them every day, just like you. i'm frustrated just like you about the issues that face our city, but i'm also motivated, because there is no problem we caps off together, no challenge we won't face together, there is , as president clinton said, nothing wrong with san francisco that can't be fixed with what is right about san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> homelessness in san francisco has, for decades, been described as a sad reality, an impossible problem, just part of our city. i don't accept that they are just a few years ago, he only had to walk a few blocks from city hall to seat tent encampments lining our sidewalks

, clips covering whole blocks on division street. today, those encampments are gone. that is partly because we have been working to build more shelters, more housing, and help more people. in the last six months, since i have been in office, we have built three navigation centers, with 338 beds, the fastest expansion of shelter beds our city has seen in decades. [cheers and applause] >> and we've helped nearly 1,000 people exit homelessness. 1,000 people in six months. [applause] >> yes, we have a long way to go and so much work to do, but we are making a difference in people's lives. when we open up to the bryant street navigation centre earlier this month, i met a woman who

had just moved in. she is battling addiction and breast cancer. on the streets, her medication kept getting stolen, she couldn't get healthy, now she is inside, and she is working on getting housing. at bryant street, she gave me a hug, and she said she is hopeful , and so am i. if she has hope, others can too. that is the difference. she is excited about the future, and i'm excited for her. if she can have a hope, and others can too. i've already announced my plan to add 1,000 shelter beds by 2020, enough to clear the shelter bed waitlist. [applause] >> we also are declaring a shelter crisis so we can get these shelter beds builds now, and i want to thank supervisor supervisors brown, haney, mandelman, supervisor stefani

and walton, for joining me in recognizing our bureaucracy shouldn't stand in the way of one single thousand beds. this is a huge step, we know, but it is not enough. we know we have around 4,000 unsheltered people in our city, sleeping in our streets, in our parks, in the doorway is, or in vehicles. we know that it's a travesty, but it's one we can take on. in the next four years, i want to create enough shelter beds, step up housing units, homeless housing units, and housing subsidies for every person who is currently unsheltered. that is 4,000 more placements for people. no more excuses, no more status quo and let's be clear, every part of our city, every neighborhood must be open to being part of the solution. [cheers and applause]

>> to get there, we must move forward with my proposal for our windfall funding. $185 million for homelessness, behavioural health, and affordable housing. [cheers and applause] >> with this investment, we can add 310 new shelter beds, 300 units of housing by master leasing units, freeing up hundreds of beds in the shelter system. complete funding for a 255 unit building for homeless seniors and adults, and get started on hundreds more. now i know there are other budget priorities, and they are important. let's be clear. every dollar we take away from what i propose is one bed, one

lost home, one more person on the streets. i will continue to work with a board president, norman he -- norman he -- yee and the board of supervisors. working together, we can tackle any impossible problem. the crisis on our street is not just about homelessness. people suffering from mental illness, they need more than just housing. often they are actually housed. these people need help, since i took office, we have added 50 mental health stabilization beds , and i'm committed to opening up 100 more this year. [cheers and applause] >> our healthy streets operation centre is out there every day helping those suffering from substance use disorder, getting them connected to treatment and

shelter, to help those who are truly suffering get real treatment. i've partnered with supervisor raphael mandelman on conservatorship legislation because when people can't care for themselves, we have to do better, and we have to care for them. [applause] >> we have to revamp our entire approach to mental health. to bring together all of our mental health programs under one focus, i am creating a director of mental health reform. [applause] >> this person will be responsible for better coordination of mental health care for those suffering in our city, this person will strengthen the program we have that are working, nts, cut cut the ineffective program because

clearly there are things in this city that just aren't working, and shouldn't continue to be funded. [applause] >> we need to build people's lives, not shuffle them from emergency room to emergency room , from jail cell, to jail cell. our criminal justice system is not a mental health solution. [applause] >> to do all this, we need a vision and leadership, so today, i am announcing that i have hired a new director of the department of public health, dr grant kovacs. [applause] >> the doctor is one of our own,

trained at ucsf, you were to the department of public health as a director of h.i.v. prevention and research, before leaving to join the obama white house as a director of national aids policy he knows our city and its challenges, and he is ready to get to work, and he knows that we need to get zero h.i.v. infections in san francisco. [applause] >> we need to reach our most vulnerable populations, particularly are african-american and latino communities who are not seeing their h.i.v. infections drop as others do, this means getting everyone, and i mean everyone access to services, treatment, and preventative medications like prep. [applause]

>> and i'm confident that dr kovacs will get us to our goal. we are also confronting san francisco's other allegedly impossible problem, housing. housing. we have to produce and preserve housing, and keep people in their homes. i will continue to support the rights to civil council which we funded it last year's budget with $5.8 million so every tenant who needs a lawyer can get one, and through our small sight -- his most -- small site acquisition program, will fight to preserve rent-controlled buildings to keep people in neighborhoods secure. [applause] >> people like ms. miss wu, and 99-year-old woman who has been living in the same building in the richmond district for the past 30 years. or building was going up for sale, threatening her home, and

that of every senior who lived there. i met her with supervisor -- supervisor fewer when i visited her home, the building that we helped purchase and make permanently affordable. ensuring that she and her neighbors wouldn't have to worry about where they were going to live. [applause] >> as we keep people in their homes, we have to build more new housing. lots more. [cheers and applause] >> in 2018, we built around 3,000 homes. that's not nearly enough. we have to get better, and that's why i've already hired a housing delivery director to deliver projects faster, and implement policy reforms that cut the times to get permits in half.

i've directed the department to end the backlog of hundreds of in law units, and make it easier for people to build them going forward, and passed legislation to prevent the loss of thousands of units in the pipeline. if we are going to be in san francisco for all, we need to be a san francisco that builds housing for all. that's why i'm moving forward with the 300 million-dollar affordable housing bond so we can continue to invest in badly needed affordable housing. [cheers and applause] >> across our city, we have projects like the balboa upper yard that are ready to build. that is 131 units that just need funding, but it's not just about investing, we have to break the barriers to building housing so our dollars go further and we get housing built faster.

so today, i'm announcing a charter amendment for this november's election, to make all affordable housing and teacher housing as upright in san francisco. [cheers and applause] >> if an affordable housing or teacher housing project as proposed within zoning, then build it, and build it now. no more bureaucracy. [applause] >> no more bureaucracy, no more costly appeals, number not in my neighborhood. it is simple, affordable housing as of right because housing affordability is a right. [applause]

>> this is how we create housing for all san franciscans, and i will continue to work with our state legislators, our regional partners, our new governor, because housing affordability isn't just a san francisco issue , it is a crisis throughout the state of california. we won't always see the results of these efforts immediately, it may take some years to his see some changes, but then we have started to build more aggressively 20 years ago, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in today. [applause] >> we might have inherited a problem decades in the making, but we cannot be the ones who pass it on to the next generation. [applause] >> as we grow, we must make our streets clean and our communities safe. since my first day in office, i have been out walking our neighboured neighborhood.

this is not okay. it is not healthy. and while there is much more to do, we are working every day to stop it. it is no secret i have put in a lot of focus in the tenderloin and the south of market. i am committed to improving these neighborhoods. so far, we have doubled the number of beat officers in midmarket. we have added pitstops, big belly trash cans and street cleaners. we have increased enforcement against drug dealing, and expanded outreach by our healthy outreach operation centre. i know we have more to do, but people are starting to see a difference. families are coming to the new playgrounds at civic centre. i met a young family with two small children who came from sunset. they told me a year ago that they never would have gone to the playground there. too dirty, too run down, to many needles. now the new café on the playgrounds are now part of their saturday. this is a start.

a first step towards making our public spaces clean and safe. we have also seen our investments in community policing yield results. last year, we had a 18% drop in homicide, which coincides with a major reduction in gun violence for the second year in a row. in fact, we had a 25% increase in firearm fees, and a 30 5% decrease in gun violence. [applause] to put it simply, more guns off the streets, fewer crimes in homicides involving guns. we also had a nine% reduction in property crimes, including an 18 % drop in car break-ins, and a 13% drop in car thefts.

we are, at last, reversing the carved reagan epidemic through the great work of our police department, we are working a dip -- making a difference on violent crimes and property crimes. more officers in our neighborhoods, and investments in cleaner, safer streets are all important. as we address these issues today , we also have to think about how to prevent them from happening in the future. we have to confront the root causes of crime and addiction, which means addressing inequity and poverty. [applause] last year, working with our public defender, we made san francisco the first city in the country to eliminate punitive wasteful court fines and fees. [cheers and applause] >> these fees did nothing more

than drive people into poverty, or worse, back into prison. we will continue our work to give the next generation opportunities back and prevent them from ending up in the criminal justice system in the first place. we are working our city build program to address the shortage of construction workers and give people good paying jobs. we are launching new jobs and helping to train new munimobile drivers to get more people on the street so we can get san franciscans where they need to go faster. we have tech s.f., healthcare academy, and hospitality initiatives, all of which train people to work in our city, and as a former city in turn, who at 14 proudly worked at a nonprofit , answering phones and helping young family is, and doing paperwork, i am particularly proud to have launched opportunities for all

so that we can get every high school students -- [applause] scene -- >> so we can get every high school student in san francisco a paid internship, because unlike the president in this town we pay people when they go to work. [laughter] [applause] >> this program will help our kids now to earn money, to learn new skills, to keep them from going down the wrong path. these young people will be exposed to opportunities they never knew existed. they could see a future in an industry they never had access to. they could see themselves making a difference in a world in a way that they never thought possible . they will flourish, and we will grow ourkf