wages and benefits responsibility for the independent provider. public authority provides a variety of services to support ihss consumers and independent providers. this includes the operation of an independent provider registry that assists consumers who can manage and supervise an independent provider but do not have a family or a friend to provide the service. on the average, public authority receives over 100 consumer referrals a month front in-home supportive service staff to assist our consumers with finding an independent provider. additionally, the public authority provides background checks investigations and fingerprinting services to aid in the enrolment process for providers.

the public authority also offers a mentorship service that is designed to provide hands-on assistance to all consumers when hiring an independent provider. lastly, the public authority has a one-stop centre that provides community resources, training and education, in addition to safety and protective supplies to independent providers. the in-home supportive services program request your approval for this contract with san francisco in-home supportive services public authority. i'm happy to answer any questions the commission may have. thank you. >> any questions from the commission? any comments from the public? hearing none, there we go again. >> so moved. >> i'll second. >> moved and seconded.

all in favor say aye? >> aye. >> opposed? past. -- item is passed. >> v. requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with san francisco in-home supportive services public authority for the provision of emergency on-call in-home supportive services during the period of july first, 2019, through june 30th, 2022 in an amount of $1 million plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1.5 million. brenda mcgregor. >> thank you. the second item before you is a contract with the san francisco in-home supportive services public authority for emergency

calls ihss. this contract is a critical component of our continuum of services as it provides homecare -- i'm sorry. again, this contract is a critical component of our continuum of services as it provides homecare services to ihss consumers who have an immediate need but no available provider to serve them. emergency on-call is typically required in two instances. one being a consumer's at regular regular provider cancelled on short notice, or the provider quit abruptly, which could result in the consumer being at risk without homecare. another circumstance is when a

consumer is discharged from a hospital and/or a skilled nursing facility, but lacks a support system and has no other provider in place. emergency on-call providers are available seven days a week, this includes holidays, from 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on the average, the public authority serves over 650 hours of homecare to approximately 65 unique ihss consumers a month. the in-home supportive services, again, request your approval for this contract with san francisco in-home supportive services public authority. i am happy to answer any questions the commission may have. thank you. >> question, just for context, are they always able to meet

every need for this, or is there a greater need for this service then this can achieve? do you happen to know? either more people that sometimes need this emergency call service or through this funding are we usually able to cover all the needs that come up that way? i'm wondering -- >> we are usually able to cover it. >> yes. >> okay. >> we will not leave anyone without provision of care. >> any further questions from the commission? comments from the public? okay. >> so moved. >> it has been moved and seconded and the call for the vote. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> motion carries. w.

requesting authorization to modify the existing grant agreement with home bridge for the provision for home supportive services, contract mode and provider skills development training and support during the period of july first 2019, through june 30th, 2020 for an additional amount of $27 million plus a 10% contingency for a new total amount not to exceed $96 million brenda mcgregor. >> this third item before you is a request for a one-year extension request of our existing contract with home bridge. this is a contract mode ihss and provider skill development training and support. we serve roughly 5% of ihss

23,000 consumers who cannot supervise or direct the independent provider. this is usually due to cognitive and/or behavioral health disabilities. and the contract mode, ihss consumers receive homecare from specially trained and supervised providers as well as support services and coordination from care supervisors. home bridge serves an average of 38,000 hours of homecare monthly to 850 consumers. to receive basic and advanced skill development training that will enable them to acquire the

skill set to provide safe, efficient, and appropriate homecare services to all consumers. home bridge will provide ongoing basic training to 100% of its staff providers as well as registry providers basic and advanced training is for all independent providers with the expectation that 5% of the over 20,000 eligible providers will take at least one training course. the in-home supportive services program request your approval for the extension of our existing contracts with home bridge for the period of july first, 2019 -- i'm sorry, through june 30th of 2020. i'm happy to answer any questions the commission may have. thank you.

>> public? hearing none, -- >> i will move to approve. >> second. >> it has been moved and seconded. all in favor say aye? >> aye. >> moved. >> thank you. >> we are getting there. [laughter] >> item x., requesting authorization to modify the existing grant agreement with community living campaign for the provision of research employment services for older adults and adults with disability during the period of july first, 2019 through june 30 th 2020 in an additional amount of $612,000 plus a 10%

contingency for a total amount not to exceed $1 million. >> good morning, commissioners. today we seek your approval for a grant modification with community living campaigns reserve program. recently this program has expanded and it was maybe two months ago that we were here to include additional community partners in the jobs now program to expand the footprint of employment for older adults and adults with disabilities and reach more to find employment. the program seeks to promote the department's broader vision to open up more employment opportunities for older adults and out of the disabilities throughout san francisco. as a side note, tomorrow the reserve program and work matters event over on the first units on

1187 franklin, there are flyers up on the table if you are interested. i also want to make a side note, they were able to provide interpreters in cantonese and in spanish of individuals called within 72 hours prior to the event, which is a wonderful option to have for folks. so this event, community partners. there will be a forum discussing employment opportunities, opportunities to network, we are also providing lunch. with that, i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> anything from the commission? anything from the public? okay. we are ready. >> i will move to approve. >> second. >> we have been moved, seconded, and we call for the vote. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> motion carries.

requesting authorization to modify the existing grant agreement with open house for the provision of the housing resources for older adults and adults with disability during the period of july first, 2019 through june 30th, 2020. and an additional amount of $24,000 plus 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $50,000. michael is presenting. >> hello, i am subbing in this morning and i will be joining you on the rest of today's journey through the agenda. the item before you is a housing list that is put together by one of our contractors, relatively straightforward. we research and public published a multi- a front of a housing list. it is for san francisco

opportunities as well as local bay area county opportunities in the surrounding area. they have compiled their list by researching various housing resources including the housing authority and the various counties, property management companies, nonprofit real estate development companies, and other government and nonprofit resources that they have just become aware of as they built their expertise around us. they keep the list fresh by having staff and volunteers on a regular basis to make sure it is correct. the list is now to over 4,000 -- sent out to 4,000 e-mail addresses. they have additional impact as those be -- end up being forwarded on and on. i end up with three or four forwards each month, so i think the forward button is a good thing in the e-mail. the list itself is available only in english. , though the open house grantee does work closely with our aging and disability resource centre.

there's a network of 13 of them in the community to provide translation support as needed at those locations. i think that is my summary. if you have any questions about this, i would be happy to answer >> does it just list affordable housing opportunities or is it is expanded to include others, other tips for people who wouldn't qualify for a housing. >> that's a great question. >> it's in that gap area there. >> i think it focuses on affordable housing options. i think there is a range of what that means. it includes other tips, it includes an f.a.q. section with about searching for housing and has other resources listed in there. it is not a full compendium of all opportunities. >> right, i just wondered how much because of the fact that people fall into this middle income gap. they can't find housing in san francisco and they don't qualify

for affordable so i wonder if they had expanded at all into that area. >> i can double check on that. i don't think so. >> i was just curious. thank you. this is great anyway. it is still very helpful. thank you. >> i know the mayor's office of housing do something similar to this. is this in any relationship? >> i think you're maybe referring to dahlia? maybe there's something out there that i don't know of. i guess i would note that there is they dahlia online system, it is a portal that has been developed by mohcd or h.s.h., i'm not totally sure. i have talked with them about this. there is a question of if there is one great resource, i think that is always something the community has been hoping for. open house just tell me that that resource, when they go and look at that, they find that it

is almost completely accurate and rarely do they find a san francisco opportunity that is not on there. i think that is a very good thing. >> the reason i ask is because they presented before the lgbt task force of the human rights commission when they launched, and i was curious as to what the difference between this and that was. >> this historically predates the dahlia system. i think we have a potential overlap now. i think other aspects of this is dahlia does not cover nonsan francisco opportunities, and this does. >> thank you. any other comments work questions from the commission? any questions or comments from the public? hearing none, we go. >> moved to approve. >> second. >> it is being moved, seconded, call for the vote.

all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? motion carries. thank you. finally, is dead -- z-letter. requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with the institute for the provision of the long term care program during the period of july first, 2019 through june 30 th 2021 in the amount of $1 million plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $120 million. michael again. >> this is an ombudsman program. the program itself provides a variety of advocacy services on behalf of residents of skilled nursing and assisted living

facilities. i think people most commonly associate ombudsman with responding to complaints by residents, but they do provide another -- other services as well including providing consultation to residents, families and facilities themselves. they have to serve as a witness to any advanced healthcare directives that are completed in a sniffer and assisted living facility. they also participate in larger systems advocacy work including a legislative hearing, implementation processes, you may have seen benson at various meetings, he is quite active in the community with the many things that are going on. it is a measure of their work in the current fiscal year, the office met has already provided services over 2400 clients, this is from july 1st 2018 to the present. it has responded to approximately 470 complaints thus far this year. language capacity, program staff includes cantonese, mandarin, spanish, french and japanese.

that is something that they are always looking to work on and building out capacity. something i always like to highlight when i discussed this program is there volunteer corps , which is at about 20 volunteers. it is notable for two reasons. first that bringing in a lot of volunteers really expands can pass -- capacity, but a volunteer ombudsman program has to go through extensive training so there is training and retention aspects to that volunteer. i think it is 40 hours of initial training and shadowing to become a certified volunteer, in 12 hours of ongoing, continuing education each year thereafter to maintain that certification. i like to highlight that as it is an important and difficult task for them to maintain that core. with that said, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> comments on the commission? comments from the public?

hearing none, good. we are coming to the end. [laughter]. >> we have to vote on this one. >> so moved. >> i will second. >> okay. it is moved, seconded, all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> thank you. >> motion approved. o. it is not finished yet here. [laughter] any general comment from the public? any announcements? >> commissioner, i have an announcement. our former commissioner as a father, so he and his wife had their baby on april 25th at 2:00 a.m., two in the afternoon, actually, and they named her babette marie, and they say

about her, she is a respectable 8.5 ounces when she was born, but the little -- with a little alley cat wrinkle in one year and a full head of hair, and a fighting spirit. i thought you'd want to know that. we all know jeremy and miss him on the commission, but it is exciting news for him. >> thank you for letting us know we have a motion to adjourn the meeting. >> so moved. >> meeting adjourned. thank you for coming. it.

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>> this neighborhood was lived for approximately 22 years.

>> yeah, like 21 years. >> 21 years in this neighborhood. >> in the same house. >> we moved into this neighborhood six months after we got married, actually. just about our whole entire married life has been here in excel. >> the owner came to the house and we wanted to sell the house and we were like, what? we were scared at first. what are we going to do? where are we going to move into? the kids' school? our jobs? >> my name is maria. i'm a preschool teacher for the san francisco unified school district. >> my name is ronnie and i work in san francisco and i'm a driver from a local electrical company. >> we went through meta first and meta helped us to apply and

be ready to get the down payment assistant loan program. that's the program that we used to secure the purchase of our home. it took us a year to get our credit ready to get ready to apply for the loan. >> the whole year we had to wait and wait through the process and then when we got the notice, it's like, we were like thinking that. >> when we found out that we were settling down and we were going to get approved and we were going to go forward, it was just a really -- we felt like we could breathe. we have four kids and so to find a place even just to rent for a family of six. and two dogs. >> we were going to actually pay more for rent and to own a house. >> it feels good now to have to move. it feels for our children to stay in the neighborhood that they have grown in. they grew up here and they were born here.

they know this neighborhood. they don't know anything outside san francisco. >> we really have it. >> we'd love to say thank you to the mayor's office. they opened a door that we thought was not possible to be opened for us. they allowed us to continue to live here. we're raising our family in san francisco and just to be able to continue to be here is the great lesson.

>> third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk

centkrisk -- civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. >> in 2016, an initiative called the civic center progress initiative was launched, it was launched by a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so they really had to figure out how to program these places on a more frequent basis. i'm with the civic center community benefit district, and i'm program manager for the civic center commons. also, third thursdays will have music. that was really important in the planning of these events. >> we wanted to have an artist that appeals to a wide range of tastes. >> i'm the venue manager. good

music, good music systems, and real bands with guitar players and drummers. >> we turned uc center and fulton street into a place where people want to be to meet, to laugh, and it's just an amazing place to be. there's a number of different exhibits. there's food, wine, cocktails, and the idea, again, is to give people an opportunity to enjoy what really is, you know, one of the great civic faces in america. when you look from the polk street steps, and you look all the way down the plaza, down market street, daniel burns' design, this was meant to be this way. it's really special. >> the city approached us off the grid to provide food and

beverages at the event as kind of the core anchor to encourage people who leave a reason to stay. >> it's really vibrant. it's really great, just people walking around having a good time. >> this formula is great food, interesting music, and then, we wanted to have something a little more, so we partnered with noise pop, and they brought in some really fun games. we have skeeball, we also have roller skating lessons, and we've got a roller skating rink. >> if you're a passion jail skeeball player like me, and you're deciding whether you're just going to roll the ball up the middle or take a bank shot. >> our goal is to come out and have fun with their neighbors,

but our goal is to really see in the comments that it's a place where people want to hold their own public event. >> i think this is a perfect example of all these people working together. everybody's kind of come together to provide this support and services that they can to activate this area. >> there's no one agency or organization that really can make this space come alive on its own, and it's really through the collective will, not just of the public sector, but both the public and our business partnerships, our nonprofits partnerships, you know, neighborhood activists. >> i really like it. it's, like, a great way to get people to find out about local things, cuisine, like, it's really great. >> it's a really good

environment, really welcoming. like, we're having a great time. >> we want to inspire other people to do this, just using a part of the plaza, and it's also a good way to introduce people if they're having a large scale event or small scale event, we'll direct you to the right people at the commons so you can get your event planned. >> being a san francisco based company, it was really important to connect and engage with san franciscans. >> how great is it to come out from city hall and enjoy great music, and be able to enjoy a comtail, maybe throw a bocci ball or skee ball. i find third thursdays to be really

reinrig rat reinriggating for me. >> whether you're in the city hall or financial district or anywhere, just come on down on third thursdays and enjoy the music, enjoy an adult beverage, enjoy the skee ball; enjoy an >> good morning. thank you so much for joining us today. as you can tell for a monday morning, we have quite a crowd. as i was just talking to both jim and greg, who have the pleasure of the challenge of living here. this is nothing compared to what

you might see on a warm summer day where there is in the height of tourist season. i am proud to be working with our san francisco county transportation and introducing ab1605. this is one of the most famous streets in the country. we get 2 million visitors a year. people will be here for 10 hours just to get the opportunity to drive down, take a few minutes to drive down this very famous street. we are so proud that people come from all over the world to visit our city, but we also have to be acutely aware of how it impacts our residents. that really is the idea behind ab1605 that they have been

working on and studying this, and, finally, after the study has come out we have come to the conclusion it is time to really start to pursue a reservation system similar to muur woods. it is the idea to give people the system so you don't have a long line and traffic constantly blocked. it also allows this neighborhood not to feel the intense pressure of what it feels often time on a daily and hourly basis. this is the very beginning of our legislative process. the authority would be given to the city and county of san francisco, at which point we would turn it over to supervisor stephanie and the board to come up with their own plan of exactly how they want to implement it. we give them a lot of latitude

what that is and how it would look to the public input. we are excited to work with everybody. the time has come to implement a reservation system to tourist can enjoy and so residents can get their life back. this is supervisor stephanie. it is an honor to work with you on this issue. >> supervisor stefani: thank you for being here. i want to thank everyone who helped get us to this morning. assembly member tank. and the head of our transportation authority and andrew for actually dedicating so many hours to studying this issue here and coming forward with a resolution. they have been incredible partners to me. first as legislative aid and now as district two supervisor.

i want to thank greg the president of the lombard hill association and the other community members who have been actually tire less advocates for this neighborhood. i am thrilled to stand at the bottom of the iconic street in san francisco to talk about solutions to an issue we tried to address for years. we all know there are so many tourists. san francisco is one of the most beautiful places to visit. the crooked street is one of the top tourist destinations 2 million visitors each year. tourists are vital to our city and economy. they present challenges. on a busy day 20,000 people visit this area by foot and in cars. for a decade i worked to manage the crowds by trying several different things. i started the lombard ambassador

program to assist visitors. we added parking control. we have signs. we increased police enforcement and did a pilot program to shut street to traffic to see what that would do. each action has made an impact. they are unable to properly manage the crowds with the rapid growth of visitors. as i said in the last community meeting we have yet to nail this. this is something we must try to address the congestion that jams all of these streets and the surroundings areas. the bumper to bumper traffic is an environmental problem and can make this experience miserable for tourists. rather than waiting in line for 45 minutes visitors will have a reservation and drive down the crooked street with no problem.

i am excited this pilot program is coming together. one of the steps necessary is to get step approval. i want to thank you for agreeing to allow the implementation and pricing system. i look forward to the continuing work to try something that is going to make a difference in this area. now, i would like to introduce the president of lombard hill association and my friend. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here this morning. it iwe have worked for five or x years with supervisor stephanie and her predecessor. it is a long hall. during tha whole period things didn't get better, traffic

picked up. it was an increasing hurdle for us. supervisor stephanie mentioned andrew who has been tire less working on this project. i think he has what makes sense. it will free up the neighborhood, not just the street. our group that we represent, everyone lives on the street and on montclaire, the whole area is affected by the congestion in the summertime. it goes four blocks each way in terms of traffic jam. this will help. it is really the start. it is half of the hurdle that we have. the other hurdle is to get control over the pedestrian traffic in the future. this is the first start. gosh, i am really excited we are at this point. as supervisor stephanie said. it is a pilot program.

we want to see where it will go. we have unbelievable support. the paper said the support is mixed. at the town hall meeting two months ago it was over whole manying. two people spoke against it and one was a tour bus guide. the support is strong behind this. we are excited this day has come, and we look forward to seeing where this goes. thank you. >> thank you. you have heard some of the reasons why we are all working together to do this while we want to treasure to be seen from people around the world and visitors, we also want to be able to make sure the neighborhood is liveable for the people who do live here. again, i want to thank the supervisors and stca for great work. are there questions?

>> can you address the full aspect, where the money will go? >> the city and county need legislative authority from the state. it needs to go through legislative approval and signed by the governor. that process will go through its process. our timeframe is we have until mid-september to get our bills to the governor's desk. he has until mid-october to sign them. >> it is up to the board of supervisors. >> basically the fee will be used to operate the system and for any safety measures in the area and for our ambassador program. >> we haven't decided but we are looking at around $5 for the price point. the board of supervisors are commissioners on the

transportation authority. we would advance the proposal after we get state approval. >> do you know how much money that would generate? >> we are still studying the cost. it could generate a couple million dollars a year to cover the cost of the reservation system and supporting measures. the ambassador, perhaps even paid off-duty officers. >> would that go back to the city or to the neighborhood? >> i believe the idea is to fund the program. whoever the board or city would choose to implement the program would have that to add more the program -- to ad to administer e program. >> we are not looking at a physical gate. we are looking at license plate readers as a form of being able to either read the license that is going down that has the reservation.

we are not looking at putting any physical structure here. >> i noticed it is a pilot program. is there any evidence this will reduce traffic if traffic is the concern? >> absolutely. that is why we are doing it. muir woods is an example of that. we have been studying this for years. after not nailing this we have tried so many different things. asking questions for months. >> 20% reduction? define it? >> sure. right now we see a focus of 45 minute wait on any given day. that spin of the congestion can go 10 hours on a weekday. that is to reduce that from three blocks to the first block before you head down the crooked street. not only in the woods we see it in a lot of different venues,

museums, the anne frank house in europe. you see venues popular using this method to manage the dema demand. >> people that don't know there is a fee and end up turning and trying to find parking. >> we are already talking with sf travel and the various folks in the tourism industry to make sure folks would understand this is how you make the reservation. we would have paid staff in the initial pilot for the customer service for a good experience. if you didn't have a reservation you would be advised where there is a reservation available and we would help you on the spot. >> a campaign to reach people from all different countries

around the world? >> absolutely, sam. we had a similar situation where the north parking lot on the golden gate bridge. the golden gate bridge is probably the only thing more famous. that north parking lot is now closed for a number of weekends only open to to your buses. the bridge authority runs that and work with sf travel and do signage to make sure residents have known that. part was to relieve congestion. what happened is people would get to the north parking lot. it would create congestion all the way through the park up 19th avenue. i live a block from 19th avenue. the cue would go all the way down there. that is how much congestion that would cause for people waiting for the parking lot on a summer

day. it can work with proper outreach and information. with the internet it is easier to get information out to people coming. other questions? >> what opposition do you anticipate? >> we don't anticipate opposition. the discussion is trying to ensure the neighborhood and residents have a robust discussion to find exactly the right fee as well as the right thing to do for the neighborhood. >> an issue regarding congestion and safety. is far for car break-ins? what are the safety issues you are looking at. >> first of all, pedestrian safety. you can look around you and see this is a situation that with

cars and pedestrians that could, you know, could end up in a fatality or injury. we want to make sure we have the right amount of parking control officers and police to make sure everyone is taken care of. >> do you have examples of people hurt here? >> definitely. we can have greg speak to that. the car break in is why we have had police officers here to make sure that tourists are taken care of. they don't realize they can't leave things in cars. we are beefing up security. >> in terms of safety, i have lived here 22 years it is a good record, to be honest. there are about four major accidents, cars flip over. there has been one little girl pinned between the wall and car,

broke her leg and some other things. there has been no deaths that i know of. the crime situation has picked up dramatically. it is one of the worst part of the city because of car break-ins because of the tourists. what we are going to do here, i think, will help. >> thank you for coming. we appreciate it. ♪ >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and

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