employment. in fact, studies show that people who have their driver's license suspended, almost half will lose their jobs in a year. this is not equitable. i am grateful that supervisor walton is here with us today. sadly, we knew in bayview-hunters point they have three times the average of the number of driver's licenses that have been suspended statewide. that is why san francisco was the first in the nation to stop suspended driver's licenses for failure to pay fines. [applause.] over two years ago, we were the first to top suspended driver's licenses for failure to appeer in traffic court. after we discovered the biggest reason people do not show up for traffic court date is because they cannot afford to pay the

fees. people are also worried if they show up, they would be forced to give up their driver's license, and, sadly, some are afraid they might gee arrested. he on o get arrested. while we stopped the suspensions. we discovered 88,000 driver's licenses were still marked as suspended in the super-your court date take base. thousands of residents were unable to drive legally because they did not show up for traffic court date even though the super-your court no longer suspended licenses for this reason. when we looked into what it would take to lift those previous suspensions, we were told that the superior court only needed $15,000. $15,000, which we provided.

for $15,000, we could create a clean slate for everyone across our system. [applause.] it may seem like a small amount, but it is going to have a tremendous impact on so many people's lives. so today, thanks to the work of everyone here, i am proud to announce that all holds on driver's license for failure to apfear in traffic court have been lifted. [applause.] what is so great is that we are the first city in california, according to our research so far, the first city in the nation to do this. [applause.] now, to be clear, if you have had your driver's license suspended because you were driving recklessly or you have holds from other counties, your

driver's license will be suspended until you resolve those issues. if you are one of the thousands who could not afford the traffic convict and therefore did not show up for traffic court dates, you can take action to get your license back. we have flyers explaining how to call the dmv. how are you going to get through to the dmv? nevertheless, we have flyers explaining how to call the dmv to find out exactly what you need to do, and we will make sure that all of our city departments and websites have this information. while we need to have consequences and penalties for people who break the law, we do not want to do this in a way that makes it harder for people to get a second chance. in san francisco, we know that we can hold people accountable without putting them into financial distress.

whether by eliminating wasteful administrative fines and fees in our court systems which we did here in san francisco or getting rid of overdue library fees that prevent people from accessing our public records, or offering discounts for low income residents to pay their traffic fines. the announcement continues the commitment in this city to help lift people up. by taking this step, we are making it possible for thousands of people to get back to work, to grow our economy and create better lives for themselves and their families. i would like to thank everyone including the financial justice project. [applause.] the office of our amazing

treasure jose and so many who have worked on these issues for years, including many of the community groups who helped us to focus on the courts over the past several months, and members of the san francisco fines and fees task force that led the research on starting this effort. now our next speaker is someone who has dedicated her career to fighting for the legal rights of low income residents and working on a more equitable and financial justice policy. please join me in welcoming elisa from lawyers committee from civil rights. thank you. [applause.] thank you, mayor breed. it is wonderful to be in san francisco, which is a leader on

common sense policies to increase public safety and benefit and protect our lowest income residents. as many of you know, traffic tickets in california are expense expensive. we did a study that showed they were twice as much as places like new york. $500 for coming around a right hand turn for a red light. for many families that is out of reach. we have had person after person coming to us to say i can't afford $500. if i could have my driver's license i could keepny job, take kids to school and not risk arrest because if you drive on a suspended license, that is incarceration. that is a criminal offense. this step that san francisco is taking is saying we don't want driver's license suspension to be a collection sledgehammer.

we want it to be about public safety. we want those in san francisco and the bay area who drive here to be able to work. we want our residents to have fair and be common sense policies around driver's license suspension. san francisco is a leader in this. we call on other communities to follow san francisco's lead. 88,000 suspensions lifted. that means more people who can work. that means more people who can drive safely and legally. i will say one thing, if you go to the courthouse in san francisco and you are there right as the court clerk's office closes, then you have seen the person every day there is at least one person who took off of their work at risk to their job, tried to get to the courthouse and was two minutes late after they shut the door. when you see that look on that person's face, when you know what they had to sacrifice to

make that effort, you know it doesn't make sense to punish that person more than a person with money would be punished. you can mail in the pavement to avoid it. for low-wage workers and communities of color this is a punishment for being poor. congratulations to san francisco and all of the organizers who worked so long and hard to make this happen. we are grateful for san francisco as a leader. thank you. >> thank you to the lawyer's committee and all the work they continue to do. now, i would like to ask the supervisor from district 10 to provide a few remarks. [applause.] >> i am definitely going to be brief. i am trying to get my voice back for a long time. this is true equity at work. so many times we fine people for

infractions and the punishment is to increase the fine. the punishment for that is to increase the fine and take away the very things that allow you to be economically self-sufficient to put you in a place where you could possibly pay a fine. we have learned over the years that does not work. what does work is information and helping people learn how to be responsible so going back and retroactively eliminating the unnecessary fines that stifle folks who are trying to work hard to earn a living is the right thing to do. i just want to thank the treasure's office and everyone from the task force and committees that continue to work on equitable opportunity for low north carolinas to make sure -- low income communities to make sure they are not punished.

this is important. this l make a major impact. i want to thank mayor breed for standing up to lead the city toward these equitable policies in san francisco. >> thank you, supervisor walton. now, i would like to welcome the aclu of northern california. >> hello. i am the chief program officer of the aclu of northern california, but i have worked in civil rights and social justice for 20 years. i am the daughter of california and native of the bay area. i live here and raise my children here because we are a community that believes in diversity and equity and inclusion in our society. i think we aspire for what

martin luther king talked about as the beloved community. we aspire to create that community. we cannot do that if we punish people for being low income and poor. we live in a city, region, state and country with great resources and opportunities, the greatest. also, we have great and unanswered racial and economic inequities. as we invest in these wonderful programs, minimum wage and investment in education and training and wenvist in the folks left out of the prosperity of this golden state, we have to simultaneously route out and end these unjust practices and policies that drain financial resources from these exact communities. if we don't, we are trying to build a house on quicksand. we neat to stop and look how equity plays into the work we do

not just in building community but making a solid foundation. this is about economic and racial just tuesday. this is about civil rights and liberties, removing burdens that hold people back from jobs and education and from fully participating in the community. this is about moving closer to the dream of the beloved community. it is about smart on criminal justice. it is about bold leadership, and it is about time so thank you, mayor breed. thank you again everyone for being here. this is just bringing us one step closer to dealing with what we know are a number of inequitable things that exist in san francisco that we need to address. i want to take this opportunity to acknowledge cheryl davis. director of human rights

commission, who has already started work and research on how we can make sure that even be in the city and county of san francisco within our various departments that ther there is equitable access to job opportunities in our city. we know there is work to be done. today we celebrate an amazing accomplishment, thanks to so many incredible people who believe in the work we are doing and because of this work we are going to positively impact thousands in san francisco and hopefully change their lives and our city for the better. thank you all so much for being here today. [applause.] ♪ ♪

>> clerk: item five, public comment on items not listed on the agenda. >> is there any public comment on items not listed on the agenda? i have no cards. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam secretary, next item, please. >> clerk: item 6a, director's report. >> good morning. i am elaine forbes, the port's executive director. the first item i have today is to introduce our chief operating officer, byron rhett.

he is going to give a brief overview of a conference he attended on april 8. thank you, byron. >> byron rhett, chief operating officer. commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to talk briefly about the sea trade global conference that was held april 8 through 11 in miami, florida. it's a large international cruise conference. this is the 35th anniversary of this conference. it is really well attended. 13,000 participants, 70 different cruise lines attend the conference. myself and mike nerney, the assistant deputy director for maritime attended the conference. we attend as participants we

al -- but also as exhibitors, and we participant through cruise west associations. mike nerney is president of that organization. it's nine west coast ports that participate. we're one of the nine. it is victoria, canada to the north, san diego, california to the south. it was also a good opportunity to work with carnival corporation. as you know, through quarters of our calls are through carnival and their subsidiaries, princess and their lines. we had a chance to meet with senior vice president of development and other members

of that group, but we made some real progress in negotiations with that group in our meeting, and i just want to touch on a couple of the things that we accomplished. so starting in 2020, we will be increasing the number of cruise calls to san francisco by 30 calls, and we will also be increasing our fees -- our passenger fees from $18 to $19, but that increase will increase our passengers to from 250,000 passengers to 350,000 passengers, so a significant increase for us. we also had an opportunity to talk with carnival corporation about new opportunities in san francisco, and we made some real progress there. we'll be reporting back to you as we progress through the negotiations, but they may be

helpful in developing a second electrified berth. lastly, we met with some of our local partners. we had meetings with local 10 of the iowu. so unless you have questions, brief update on what happened at the conference and -- in miami. >> thank you, byron. my next item is also on the theme of cruise ships. this may 7 will be the 50th anniversary and the royal princess maiden call to our harbor. princess has been sailing to san francisco for 50 years. their call started back in 1969

when princess italia, carried 700 passengers from san francisco to alaska. on may 7, 2019, the cruise ship royal princess, which is the flagship of the crews fleet, will carry 6,500 passengers. please mark your calendars if you're interested in attending the event. finally, i wanted to announce the program opportunities for all. last year, mayor london breed announced this program, and it's a paid internship to san francisco youth, san francisco youth in public high schools, and this is really to ensure that young people can be part of the san francisco thriving economy and have an opportunity to get work experience. the program is inexpensive to

participate in but can be really impactful to young people. it's targeted to various levels of engagement from exposure to economic experience based on the experience of the student. so if you're interested please go to the website, opsforall@sfgov.org, and that concludes my report. thank you so much. >> is there any public comment on the executive director's report? any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam secretary? >> clerk: item on the consent calendar. item 7-a, approve a request for qualifications to solicit at the board as needed environmentally professional related services fob a combined not to exceed total value of $6 million. >> i'll move the item.

>> second. >> okay. is there any public comment on 7-a, resolution of the 1915? is there any public comment on resolution 7-a? being none, public comment is closed. colleagues, all in favor of resolution number 1915, say aye. opposed? madam secretary, pass it out. madam secretary, next item, please. >> pass the resolution authorizing the executive director to execute a memorandum of understanding between the port and department of homelessness and temporary housing for temporary use of a portion of seawall lot 330 for the proposed embarcadero safe navigation center. this action constitutes the approval action for the project for the purposes of ceqa pursuant to section 31.04-h of the san francisco administrative code. >> to the public today, i just wanted to say today on this issue on 8-a, we're going to

have a public, spirited debate for and against. we want to thank san francisco's finest and the sheriff's department for being here, but the -- but -- but the community's out here today, and we're asking everyone to be respectful. we won't tolerate any bullying, no clapping, no cross talking. we will stay here as long as it takes to hear everyone. everyone has a right, but we actually need to show respect. the media's here, so let's show that san francisco's -- we know how to have a good debate, but sometimes we agree to disagree. we'll be reading the ground rules and then we'll get right into business. we'll have a hearing on a very important polish. we have many members of the public who wish to and need to be heard from everyone. in order to hear from everyone, i need to limit public comment

to hear from every public speaker. we will be here as long as it takes to hear everyone speak. given the large size of the crowd and small space of the room, i need to set some ground rules. two minutes per speaker. you are welcome to use supportive hands to signal support. if a member of the public is calls out of service, i will call the room to order. if a member of the public continues to call for disruption of service, i will call for the san francisco police department or deputy sheriff to remove that people. we need to have an orderly meeting for everyone to be heard. we have chairs outside the room, a monitored sound system so the public can follow the proceedings. members of the commission, may i have a motion to limit public comment to two minutes per speaker and to adopt the ground rules i just spelled out?

>> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor, say aye? opposed? thank you. we will get right into it right now. our first speaker is michael wright. >> clerk: commissioner, presentation. >> oh, presentation. >> good afternoon, vice president, commissioners, staff and everyone who has come out to participate in this hearing. i have been reminded that last time i spoke, i did not introduce myself. i'm the new director of communications for the port, and i will be brief. i've been referred to as a gentleman in past meetings. i am randy, and i'm going to briefly go over the terms of the revised and then turn it

over to my colleagues from the department of homelessness and city housing before we go onto public comment. so as many of you all have heard through the media and other announcements, the city's proposal has been revised. over time, gradually ramping up to 165 beds to start month four. and then, ramping up again over time to 200 beds starting in month seven. the city's also revised their proposed safety and outreach zone. the safety zone currently proposed is from folsom street to market street and along the ferry building and the bay to

the east. market street, ford street to the south, and the bay to the east. this will be for a two-year term with an option to renew, contingent upon the port commission making findings that there's been a reduction in homelessness in the outreach zone. an increase of public safety resources, specifically, an increase of beat officers in the safety zone and additional clean resources. the provision of regular ports and other community impact measures within the safety zone. and lastly, hsh and the operator complying with the good neighbor policy. and i'll note that the good neighborhood agreement is an

agreement between the h.s.h. and the contractor that will operate the facility. this is a depiction of something we are all familiar with. it is an area approximately 46,690 square feet bordering on beale street. and to review the terms of the agreement, it's for 32 months, for five months for construction, 24 months of operation, and then three months for site cleanup and transition. as i mentioned, it would be an option to renew for an additional 24 months of operation. the port would retain a right to terminate if the premises require for public trust purposes, terminate this agreement within six months notice. we will be charging a fair market value for rent at .79 per foot or 76,860.61 per

month. that's in accordance with our perimeter schedule and includes the lost revenue from parking operations. there will be rent credits in an amount not to exceed $364,500 for --

[inaudible] >> good afternoon, commissioners. jeff kosinski for the department of public housing. as you all know, there's a housing crisis here in san francisco with about 7500 people experiencing homelessne homelessness. the idea of opening up a safe navigation center is part of mayor breed's call for an additional 1,000 shelter beds to meet the demand for temporary shelter in the city. this builds off the best

aspects of navigation centers that have temporary site services that provide an alternate tiff to sleeping on the sleet -- alternative to sleep on the streets and will prioritize residents who are sleeping in the waterfront neighborhoods. navigation centers are much improved shelters in that they are low barrier to entry, they are -- welcome people's partners, their pets, and their possessions. they're accessible 24-7. there's meals on-site, but no set meal times. people can eat when they need to. they use trauma informed care and restorative justice on-site and provide referrals to everything from justice enters to housing. as randy informed you, we will

start with 130 beds and ramp up to 200 beds with a report every two months during the ramp-up period to report on the impact to the neighborhood, both housed and unhoused residents. san francisco police department will speak later about adding beat officers to the zones. commander lozar will speak more about that later. we will put an extra focus on community safety and ensure that people who are experiencing homelessness in those zones are brought inside to a place of safety. we also have changes the terms of the m.o.u. from a two -- a four-year operating period to two years with the option to extend for an additional two years subject to your vote, and i'm sure, based on the

performance of the operator at that site. in the first two years, we will report on cleaning operations in the area and crime status as well as program out willutiliz and outcome. we will have a good neighbor policy that will be part of the contract with our provider. they will be required to work with the neighborhood and city departments to address any neighborhood concerns. they will participate in neighborhood meetings and community meetings as appropriate. we'll have staff on-site and available by telephone 24-7 as well as security on-site 24-7, and i want to emphasize, there is no walk ins to the navigation center and no lines. people don't just walk in and get in line to get into the navigation center. they also will be responsible for discouraging loitering in the immediate area, inform the public who's happening at the navigation center and the services that are available,

maintaining the cleanliness of the area, including the sidewalks. and i know that you've seen this before, but we've had success in other neighborhoods in the mission district. we opened up a navigation center at 1515 south vanness, and were successful in dramatically reducing the number of people sleeping outdoors in and around the whole -- in the whole mission district. there are some photos. i think more importantly, clients have been successful in coming into navigation centers. you know, this individual was at the central waterfront navigation center, managed to get a job, and find a -- housing on her own. just needed a place to get off the streets and get organized and get herself together so she could go out and find employment and housing on her own and also very, you know, proud and didn't want us to use her name but is certainly

allowing us to share her photo and her story. and again, a story of someone who was homeless for 15 years, and her partner, and they were able to use the services to get permanently housed. and yet another success story, and yet another success story. i'm going to move through those. i know you have a copy of the presentation. i know many people want to speak, so i'll end it here in terms of the presentation, but if i may, i just want to add a few comments to the presentation. we've received hundreds of phone calls and e-mails about this issue. we've had many, many meetings, and emily will talk about that in more detail, so i'll just speak more in my own engagement with the community. we've received many people

writing to us saying they're opposed to us building a navigation center in the neighborhood. we've had a lot of people saying why are you making it so small? we've had even more in the middle, asking questions. some people accused of of not listening to the community. i assure you, we have been listening to the community, even though we don't agree. we have made numerous changes at the request of community members in terms of the length of the lease and in terms of the way that the program is being designed and the size of the navigation center, so i want to assure you we've spent a lot of time listening to neighbors on this issue. also have gotten some e-mails

saying navigation centers don't work. i would dispute that. one night sleeping off of the streets instead of on the streets are a success. these are temporary shelters. not everybody coming in is going to find a pathway out of homelessness the first time. people don't find themselves in homelessness suddenly. it's a slow spiral. but none theless, it has a much higher success rate than our temporary shelters. and i believe that if somebody can get one night off the streets, be a part of a community, rather than by themselves and sleeping out on the streets is a success. we also heard that people believe that this is the wrong neighborhood, that it's the front door to the city, that there's a lot of tourism here. i would just like to respond to that by saying we are aware of

where the navigation center is located, of course, and the proximity to residents and tourists and assure you we are going to do our absolute very best to make sure that people who live in the neighborhood as well as people who walk by as tourists as a city see a clean and well run facility that's providing services and shelter to those that are the neediest in accordance with our san francisco values. this will get our full attention. we are aware of where it is and what our role is going to be to ensure this neighbor will remain as a welcoming neighbor. also, i've heard comments that there are no services here, that services are available in the tenderloin. there will be services on-site. there will be recreational activities on-site and social activities on-site, pretty much

what folks need to help exit homelessness is available on that site. also, there are concerns -- a lot of people are concerned this is going to make their neighborhood worse. we have not had that experience at our other navigation centers. i think the increased police presence that commander lozar will speak about is going to address those issues, but i want you all to know that we have heard these concerns. those are our responses, and lastly, i just want to add that there are thousands of people living on our streets, sleeping hard on the concrete and suffering. every year, over 200 people die, in my opinion, unnecessarily, on our streets. this is a crisis of epic proportions, a humanitarian crisis. we can do better than what we are doing, we have to do better than what we are doing, and

that is creating safe spaces to come indoors. navigation centers are not the only solutions. we have prevention programs, mental health programs. this is a component of the homelessness response system. it is a critical component and is -- mayor breed, excuse me, and frankly, mayor lee, as well, both called for the creation of additional shelter. it had been years since the city built any additional shelters, and it's just clear just from looking outdoors that 1,000 is the right number. this site will go towards a long way towards filling the gap so we can reduce the number of people sleeping outdoors, we can reduce the impact on our neighborhoods, we can reduce the number of people that are dieing alone on our streets. so i encourage you to please support the opening of this navigation center.

i want to thank you all for your time and attention and look forward to hearing from my colleagues and the public on it. thank you. >> good afternoon, port commissioners. i'm emily cohen, and i'm with the mayor's office. i wanted to add a few things to the presentation. i wanted to engage the community engagement process that our department has been engaged in along with sfpd and the department of homelessness and the port. this process has been significant. certainly, one-on-one conversations with the community has become the backbone of this party. also, you know we were here at the port commission on the 12th. since then, the city has posted two large-scale community

meetings at the delancey street navigation. we've presented at three port advisory bodies. we've been working with supervisor haney's office as well as the other city departments to adjust the plan based on the feedback that -- that we have received as all of these meetings and worked together to put together the strongest proposal for addressing unsheltered homelessness in our community and meeting the needs of the homelessness that will frequent the navigation center.

i'm going to skip the cleanliness slide. in addition to the safety plan that the commander will outline, we are also committed to increasing cleanliness in the area, and we plan to do that in combination with a nonprofit organization to supervise supplemental cleaning services in the immediate area of the navigation center by employing or working with guests at the navigation center to help provide that service. additionally, reporting, we want to make sure that if there are any issues that come up relates to the site, that neighbored have an opportunity to have a pathway to express those concerns, so in terms of reporting, as jeff mentioned, we'll have a 24-7 number on-site, so if there's a particular issue with the site itself, calls will be directed there. and if there are concerns around the navigation center, we're correcting a direct cue to 311, so that 311 calls

related to homelessness that come into this will be routed. i'll now turn it over to commander lozar to discuss the safety part of it. >> thank you, emily, and good afternoon, commissioners. my name is david lozar, and i'm going to provide you with a brief overview of our plan in terms of public safety and crime prevention. so the first i'd like to point out is that the department, working closely with the mayor's office and department of homelessness and public housing, if we're going to deploy police officers to this area, we want to give them an area of responsibility and make sure that these areas, we're

addressing quality of life crimes and any particular issues that come up, whether it's through our 911 system or 311 or healthy streets operation center. and then, we'll have an expanded outreach zone. and we'll be constantly maintaining these areas so we can get people connected to services. part of our safety plan is to prevent crime and prevent problems right away. we've heard this community loud and clear in terms of our initial plan having to do with having police officers drive by frequently to address the issues, and we've heard the community say well that's really not enough. you need police officers to be on the ground and in the area and constantly maintaining these areas. well, we will still drive by frequently as planned, but the

department is committed to assigning officers seven days a week, whether it's beat officers or bicycle officers, and they'll be assigned to southern station to handle any issue that may come up. in addition, we feel it's very important to have a good relationship with the employees of the navigation center, including the security that's on-site, so we'll be connected with all the security there, exchanging telephone numbers, meeting with them at least once or twice a day, depending on the shifts, so that they know we're there, and we can call them if we need them, as well. we're going to train up the staff at the navigation center to contact the healthy streets center regarding drug use, loitering, etc. i know the community will call

the police and wait or call 311 and wait. what we'd like to do is have a direct quick access to the community center from the community or the officers since they will be assigned to this specific purpose. so i talked about partnering with security. crime statistics, one of the things that we saw in the navigation centers is the crime actually went down, what it looked like six months before and six months after the navigation center was up and running, and there was a decrease in crime. one of the interesting facts that i'd like to point out, those three navigations centers, we didn't have officers assigned like we plan to do here. we just had officers driving by and handling things a couple times a day. this will be unique in the fact that there'll be officers

assigned. we'll be monitoring things closely and adjusting anything if we see anything that needs adjusting. we're going to definitely weigh-in on what public safety should look like. okay. at this time, i'd like to call up rachel from public works. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is rachel alonso, with the department of public works, responsible for the proposed navigation center project. this is a site plan, so at the bottom is beale street. embarcadero is along the right, and then off the screen on the left is bryant street. we will not be changing the

access to the parking lot, so if someone is arriving to the navigation center for the first time, they would drive in at bryant street and dropped off on the right spot at the k spots. it will be a secured, locked entrance with security cameras. so when someone arrives to the site, this is how they'll arrive the first time at the site. we have this primary pedestrian pathway in and out to be along the embarcadero as opposed to having people walk-through the parking lot, but for the first time they arrive, they would be driven in through the parking lot. right here, this is the first structure that we're proposing. we're proposing three sprung tensile fabric structures.

you'll see some images on the next slides. this is the community services building, so it has reception, it has dining, it has offices for staff, it has one-on-one meeting rooms for staff to meet with their clients. it has laundry, a clinic and exam room, a conference room, so a lot of areas here, support areas for residents staying at the navigation center. right here, this is a very generous outdoor courtyard. we referenced some activities that we'll be programming at the site, so the idea is that people can really get a lot of the things that they need at the site. a dog area over here, maybe chess and checkers, umbrellas, tables and chairs to hangout. and then, down here are two tensile fabric structures proposed for the dormitory, and then, down here, these will be

modular bathrooms and showers. the goal is to have temporary light weight construction that will be quickly implemented. other things of note, up here, shipping containers for client storage. that is one the things that encourages people to come to the site, that they can securely store their belongings. here is a rendering from the embarcadero, so facing south, this is the main entrance that i mentioned, and right here, these are the two parking spots that would be dedicated for the site. and this is a view from beale street, so this is the watermark right there. you're looking in this

direction. the tensile fabric structure is peeking over the fence. we're looking at fence material, something that would fit in with the neighborhood. now i'll hand it back over to emily to talk about implementation. >> thank you. very quickly, just wanted to review. this presentation is a multidepartment program with the mayor's office and wanted to find who's responsible for what and who's accountable for what. as i mentioned this before, wanted to make sure folks really understand what department is taking the lead for which operation, so certainly, design and construction is public works. h.s.h. and their nonprofits -- the department of homelessness and supportive housing and their nonprofit partner will be

responsible for operations and the ongoing maintenance of the site. outreach for the area will be part of the homelessness department. safety as mentioned previously, the on-site safety, is the responsibility of the security and the nonprofit provider. and then, of course, sfpd and the dedicated beat officers in the safety zone. cleaning, the nonprofit partner operator is responsible for cleaning on the site, and then, we will partner with likely a different nonprofit to do the supplemental cleaning in the area. the department of homelessness and supportive housing with support of sfpd, hsoc, and all the contracted nonprofits will be responsible for the bimonthly reporting for the rampup phase and then the quarterly reporting for the first two years of the term. and i think that concludes our

presentation. >> chair adams, if i might, i would like to introduce courtney mcdonald who's with supervisor haney's office. the supervisor is in a meeting of his own, but courtney would like to deliver some comments. >> good morning, director, president, and commissioners. my name is courtney mcdonald. these are supervisor haney's words. i first want to thank the commission, the department of homelessness, the mayor's office and d.p.w. and all of the residents here today who have participated in this process. i have joined a dozen community forums across south beach and rincon hill, held dozens of additional one-on-one meeting and done a lot of listens.

i've listened to the hundreds of comments, read every e-mail and letter delivered to my office, and reiterated community feedback to the mayor's office and department of homelessness. the changes that were announced last week by the department, including the lease metrics and process and strengthening the safety plan are important steps to ensure that the navigation center works for the people being off the reco being served in the neighborhood. some additional changes are still being worked out, including creating an advisory committing and codifying the commitments made throughout the community process to be part of the good neighbor policy. these have not yet been included in the packet under consideration. i have continued to request a little more time to fully flush out those additional pieces of the proposal to allow more time for feedback, and i have

expressed that to the port, to the commission, and the mayor's office. i believe that the inclusion of an advisory committee comprised of residents, clients, and service providers and other neighborhood stakeholders is a critical piece that i understand the port has had initial discussions about but has not yet finalized, and we encourage you to do so. there are also some additions that i would like to see added to the reporting metrics, like the rate at which services are being utilized to ensure the highest level of support and services possible consistent with other navigation centers. i and my office are committed to monitoring these metrics to ensure the success of the center and want to underline the importance of this reporting to a new advisory group and making the center available to the neighborhood. i also understand we need to address homelessness citywide. i understand that's not your

jurisdiction here, but i propose building navigation centers in every district of the city. i also understand after today, this process is not over, and through the work of the advisory group, the port staff, and department of homelessness, the process will continue to be refined. there's still work to be done, but let me be clear. ultimately, i am confident that this navigation center will directly address the homeless crisis, connect people to services and make a positive impact in this neighborhood, and there is extensive data to support that. i have personally visited every navigation center in our city. they are well run, they get people off the street. they have a positive impact on the neighborhoods where they are located. they connect people to housing, and they save lives. our city is in a crisis. the waterfront is in crisis.

people living on our streets are in crisis, and the need for services and shelter in this neighborhood is undeniable. over the past few weeks, i've heard countless visitors and neighbors speak about their concerns around the many people experiencing homelessness in their neighborhood or people experiencing mental health crisis on these streets or along the embarcadero. many of you here today have shared your personal experiences with us, including people who themselves have experienced homelessness. i agree that the city has to do a better job at preventing and addressing homelessness, and this navigation center has been proposed to be part of that solution, and i believe it will be. when i was campaigning here not too long ago, homelessness was the number one issue that consistently came up. the east coast c.b.d., community benefit