what you are seeing here is the fiscal year 18-19 budget reflected about $8 million of childcare capital developer money that we were recognizing for the first time, as well as about 5 billion of unbudgeted funds that we were recognizing for the first time. those funds came out in 19 and 20, and then number of additional adds were made, enhancements to the budget, so those include the $7 million in eraf funding that the mayor's office allocated for child care facilities, as well as growth of around $6 million, so that was at a high level. you are sort of taking out some one time dollars and putting in new dollars. >> tell me again the 18-19, the

larger amounts that was taken out, the short-term, whatever it was. >> it is about 8 million of one time childcare capital development fee revenue, so one of the developer fees, the impact fees that they have to pay is for child care facilities , and those come in depending on the development price of the city. that was a significant chunk. the other 5 million was balancing pieces that had previously not been appropriated >> is there a similar unknown for 2021 in terms of that you are deducting from the amount? again, i see only a reduction of about $9 million, so what is happening with that?

>> $7 million of what is in 1920 is one time money for child care facilities that the mayor's office has allocated from the fiscal year funds. in addition, it does not -- it actually shrinks a little bit in 2021 relative to 19-20 because of eraf, so it is a baseline fund that is a share of eraf, and in 1920, we are including the allocated. >> can you explain what happened to the 20 million for the teacher salary? what is that. >> i will speak about what they are doing programmatic -- programmatically.

they will continue to roll forward. >> i understand the schedule the president is looking at here. it shows the original budget for 18-19 which is the board adopted the budget for the coming fiscal year, and the proposed budget for next year. why don't i see the $20 million here? because that occurs as a supplemental appropriation, it is in what we call the revised budget -- budget, what is not a column displayed on this chart. we can certainly show you a schedule that will at that column where you see the board appropriated and additional $20 million in 18-19 for that purpose. the board appropriated that is a continuing appropriation. does not need to be appropriated in the subsequent year budgets. it will just continue forward and you will not see it in future years. >> so it is there, but it is not reflected in these numbers? >> there is a column that we can display here that would show you

the board adopted budget as amended, including midyear supplemental appropriations that is not displayed on this chart. >> okay. >> we can certainly prepare it for you. >> that helps my anxiety. >> i promise it is there. >> that is good. president he, would you like the controller to show that on a spreadsheet as he offered? >> i think that would be helpful there were a lot of numbers moving around and i know that for least this department, our office will probably continue to move around for the next few years. >> thank you. we want to make sure we take care of that department. supervisor mandelman? >> not to be totally dense, i know it is late, but i am a little lost on that.

so the reason it is not here is it is part of eraf. >> the reason you don't see it here is it is by virtue of what information is reflected on this one page. this page simply reflects the original budget reported last summer for 18-19. that column does not reflect adjustments that the board of supervisors might adopt subsequent to that. >> but the proposed 19-20, there is money for early childhood education in 19-20, but it is not in this column either, right >> it would be. the 19-20 allocation which a portion of this by formula is in that $107.2 million in the proposed budget.

so for the coming fiscal year, you see a portion of that reflected in the 19-20 proposed budget. >> what page am i looking at? >> 246 of the budget book is a schedule. >> so we think -- and the number is, we are saying it is 107 -- $107 million? >> we see there is $107 million appropriated for early care and education at the bottom of the page, and the use is by division that number includes a lot of things, but among that is their share of 19-20 eraf. >> it is weird, maybe, is the decline. i think i would expect the

106 million and another 20 million and went up to 126 million, but we don't see that, but then this proposal for next year is 107 million, so it feels like it is going down. >> it is going down in terms of what the board has adopted because in the current fiscal year, you adopted a very significant one time allocation intended to be spent over the next several years, so there is a very large allocation. it was above and beyond their share of it, what a discretionary choice of the board adopted as part of the formula. i can prepare a simple summary of this that will show the president and any other members of the committee where i think it will bring clarity. >> i think it would be super helpful to have a simple fired forum that actually explains it in a very lucid and concise

manner. >> we can absolutely do that. >> okay. , that would be super helpful for me. i am kind of lost now. this is a huge budget. i think it is over a billion dollars. >> it is. >> does anyone have any questions or comments for this department at all? seeing none, thank you so much for being here and being next to last. it has been a long day, i know. thank you for your service. thank you very much. we have another item which is the board of supervisors budget, and we have angela here. madame clerk, i have an item here that is item number 7 that should be called as part of this budget. would you mind -- you know what, i am so sorry. should i take -- this item

number 7 needs to be heard as part of the board of supervisors budget. shall i take public comment first for items three and four, or should, because we are now going onto item number 7? >> angela has not presented the board of supervisors budget yet. we suggest we do public comment after. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. i'm here today with the department's administrative deputy. it is our honour to present to you the board of supervisors proposed budget for the budget year, a big thank you to the budget's office and jennifer

from the board's budget and legislative analyst office. we appreciate your guidance. in february, the committee all prize -- authorize the proposed budget will for you. as a result, i will only provide a high-level summary and focus on ranges and one extra item. since before supplement number 1 of the consolidation that was approved in 1857, it has the doorway to local government. this exercises the board's power of audit and funding programs, the work in the clerk's office is also tied to the mid-1800 where the residents are entitled to the date, time and place to be part of the creative legislative process. we keep the history for san francisco, and between the clerk 's office and all of your offices. we ask bands to the needs of the

residents and information legislation and your creation of policy. but unlike a mosquito in a nudist colony, our 32 professional clerk staff know what to do and know what to start. they can prioritize issues. our stuff take pride to fulfil the mission and we are grateful for their attentiveness to the public inquiry. one out create -- outreach statute -- strategy that i like to highlight is the management system which has had the deployment phase. we have had positive feedback. we're going to circle back to all of your offices to obtain your ideas to grow this robust system. your office or better -- are -- there is a long-term vision, a comprehensive integrated system. that is what i would like to see

come out of this customer management system. it would incorporate the entire legislative process from the drafting of legislation, the maintaining of all of your constituents comments on what they feel you should be voting on matters, and we will come to you at a later date to talk about building something out. before the budget overview, the clerk, i think the clerk has read item seven. okay. >> can we integrate it right now >> okay. let's do it. >> item number 7 is a resolution authorizing the clerk of the board to amend the budget to enact a three-point 2% cost-of-living adjustment and to exercise the final option to extend the term for two years, increasing the total contract

amount by 5 million including the estimated furniture -- future for a total amount not to exceed 17.9 million for a period of january first 2014, through december 31st, 2021. >> thank you. this resolution does three things as you heard. it essentially, there is a request for he went to% cost-of-living adjustment. the item exercises the final two year option on the contract, so we will be competitively bidding with the budget and legislative analyst services over the next year or two years. it also increases the total not to exceed an amount to approximately $17.9 million for the period through december 31 st 2021. on slide four, we have two quick updates for you. the first is a one-time request of 90,000 and funding before the committee in february, for digitization of specific dvds and vhs tapes. we collaborated with emeriti budget office. they identified files available

in our budget in the current year, and we were able to remove 90,000 from our budget request before you. the second item, is the last code placeholder, that is 297 dollars. the last code did approve their budget. we are just confirming that is what they're amount request is, and it is included in the department's proposed budget. slide five is the department's proposed budget. the committee saw this slide in february. it depicts our revenue and expenditure by category for the current year, the budget year, and the changes from prior years we receive our revenue from the assessment appeals board, which is expected to remain at a low level for both the budget and the out here, on the expenditure side, the department budget will increase by $126 million, or seven-point 9% in fiscal year 2019 through 20, and a lower

amount by $285,000 or 1.6% in fiscal year 2321. these increases are mostly from the salary and benefit we negotiated in the m.o.u. and now to the one item that is not included in our budget, a member of the board requested that we look into the cost of adding a fourth position in each board member's office, and present that information today. we identified and an appropriate class four and administrative position, at a 1364 special assistant number 5, in fact, 23 years ago, after volunteering for that, we offered up that this was the class that i was hired into before he hired me into the 1835 legislative aide position. this slide shows the salary and benefits of step one, and as a

top step. each position requires some incidentals that will be associated with costs to bring them into the offices. with these expenses, the total cost would be 120,558 per office at the top step, and $1.3 million approximately for all 11 offices. when the committee believes it is appropriate, the last slide depicts our request to approve the budget as presented, and approve item seven, and we are very happy to answer any questions that you might have during the discussion of the administrative assistant position. thank you. >> thank you very much. supervisor ronen? >> thank you. i know you are all on the edges of your seats. i was the supervisor that asked angela to prepare this accounting of what it would cost

or take in order to put an administrative assistant position in all 11 supervisor offices. i wanted to just talk a little bit about why i made that request. first of all, i wanted to say that if angela was hired into this position, and that was how she was recruited to begin her career in city hall in the board of supervisors, i think i have already made my case. i don't know that i need to say anything more, but i will elaborate. i know that is amazing history. i thank you said it best when you talked about the fact that the board of supervisors is the doorway to the public, to local government. i think that we do a great job. the reason that i know that is because the number of constituents that my office talks to, helps resolve problems , interacts with on a weekly basis, is extraordinary,

and if -- it is what you want to local government to be. that you have this elected representative who you know, who lives amongst you, who is close to you, who is accessible to you , you know where to go, you know how to find them, you know how to reach them, then you get excellent service and response, and that is what our district offices are. i think that is something that my colleagues and i take great pride in. we have a staff of three. we serve over 88,000 residents, each of us, and we all know what is happening in the city in terms of the crises that the people deal with on a daily basis, and we feel that very strongly in our offices because we really are amongst the front line who attend to those crises. i want to talk about, you know, i really put a lot of thought into this. in different ways, district nine

, is one of the busiest districts in the city. we have the most 311 calls, we have, you know, along with district six and seven, the most homeless people living there. we have the most low performing schools, we have the most shootings, we have the most police shootings, we have the most development, i mean, six, nine, and ten have a lot going on. for a staff or four, what we accomplished on a daily basis, i think is extraordinary, and we worked pretty much around the around-the-clock to make things happen. but it is not just those three districts. i have tried, in many ways to say, we are not serving our constituents well enough. this is our job and we need to be there for them, and four people serving 88,000 people is just not enough. i want to go through the different reasoning on why i

made this request to angela, and why i am hoping that all of us will be united and realize this request. as you all know, i am speaking to people who live this every day, but we are running our front office, most of us, with interns, with unpaid college graduate students, with volunteers, we have volunteers who are front line in our office engaging with constituents on every single day, and this work can be incredibly challenging. as i was saying, every single day in district nine, and i don't know if this is true in every office, we get calls of life and death situations, domestic abuse, sexual assault, facing eviction, concerns about police treatments, people who are homeless who are seeking shelter and don't know what to do, people who are housed with don't know how to deal with

people who are homeless or mentally ill who are in crisis for arranging around them, these are not simple issues that we deal with on a daily basis. while i am lucky to have an incredible team of student interns and volunteers, there are unpaid positions and students are moving along in their educational careers. so we are not always equipped to handle with volunteers, these very complex issues, and since none of our volunteers are full time, we have a consistency problem. it is not paid staff that are there every day to follow up with people in these crazy situations. so that is number 1. number 2, i used to be an employment lawyer, i used to represent people who weren't getting paid for their labour, so i am particularly sensitive to using this free staffing model that i don't think is very

fair to deal with our constituents. we owe it to anyone who is expected to be responsible for handling these urgent and sensitive issues, who are fielding hundreds of car -- calls, where working with constituents to navigate diver, and expedite city services to be paid for their work, and in traditionally underfunded fields like the public sector, nonprofits and n.g.o.s, employers have historically used unpaid internships, but this practice is being challenged more and more. we have articles exposing labor law loopholes that allow companies to hire interns without pay, and show how unpaid internships exploit labor, they contribute to issues at the expense of others who can't make that financial sacrifice, and as an employee, someone who was hired to fulfil a specific role

with a job description that requires us to define those skills and experience, it is important that we offer a paid salary and access to benefits. and in turn should never complement nor displace the work of paid employees. i will be honest, that is happening at city hall every single day on this floor of those of us who work at the board of supervisors. as a result of the fact that we are understaffed, severely understaffed, our legislative aides are working extremely long hours which is leading to burnout and make a difficult for parents and others with caregiving responsibilities. i know my colleague does not only have two young children, but is taking care of her father right now. how did you take care of an adult and two children, i don't know. i don't know how she is doing it i will ask the clerk to look into that. how long our legislative aides

working collectively? the clerk informed me, on average, our office legislative aides work 55 hours a week. i would bet to you that they work longer than that, but they don't even record their hours because they are already capped out. supervisor stefani and i know this because we did the same thing when we were legislative aides. we were always capped out. the only time i wasn't was when i went out on maternity leave. that was the only time. it is because you cannot do this job without working insane hours your heart calls you to do nonstop work because the issues are so intense, but that is not fair. it is not fair, and i think it is wrong, and we have to do something about it. it also means we have high turn around in our office where, you know, it is not sustainable for people to be working these hours

, it impacts our institutional knowledge and our small community -- strong community ties in our district. then finally, we are out of line with other cities and counties. i have done the research. if you look at other government staffing structures, if you look at los angeles, san jose, fresno , berkeley, sacramento, we found that cisco is the only safety that dictates the number of districts with these positions. all the other cities determine staffing levels based on the district budget, and at the discretion of the councilmembers based on available data, we found most of the councilmembers and in other cities have more staff then the three legislative aides that we have in san francisco, for example, hla councilmember has between seven and 11 district staff, that is additional field staff, each oakland council member has three and five staff, in each and ego member has eight and 13 staff.

the constituents to councilmember staff ratio is larger in san francisco than it is in both los angeles and san diego. san francisco is the only californian city that is also a county, so we do the job of two people and in other areas of our state, and with that comes additional responsibility. we are not only the equivalent of a supervisor and a local councilmember, we also sit on the transportation authority. we sit on outside bodies like the m.p.c., and the mental health board, and the quality management district, in the bay area bridge authority. we could go on and on. the outside boards we sit on our insane. again, we have the same three staff. if you look at -- san francisco

is different. it is the financial hub for the entire bay area. it is also a major silicon valley technological hub, which is, unfortunately, has led san francisco to have one of the largest income wealth gap than any metropolitan area in the country, rent, food, and other cost-of-living have skyrocketed, and i'm starting to repeat myself. i think it is unbelievably reasonable to be asking for one additional administrative assistant position for our offices. i think it is high time. i have been asking it is for the past two years since i have been on the board. i think this is the right way to do it. currently the board has 33 staff totally where the mayor's office , as we just discussed,

they have 78. we each have three stuff, the mayor has 78. i think it is fair to give us four, and with this being the largest budget in the city's history, it is high time. if we have an administrative assistant who is allowed to help us oversee our calendar, be the lead on constituent issues, help us with certificates of honour and working at neighborhood events, then our legislative aides can focus on the high level needs of our constituents, on writing legislation, on staffing these committees, et cetera, and it would relieve a great burden. there is my case. i wanted to thank angela for listening to my request, and for showing us the numbers for

finding the admin position and the codes. the position would also be a local 21 member, so they belong to the same union as our legislative aide, in the last thing i say, and i know you say shut up, let's get out of here, i also think it is -- a legislative aide is a hard job, and it requires so many different skills. if we had a training ground with entry entry-level position where we could train the person up, we get to recruit younger folks, get them excited and involved in politics, and then move them up to legislative assistance. i think that is also a really exciting opportunity. >> thank you. supervisor stefani? >> think he. i just wanted to thank supervisor running for being brave enough. i think we are asking for too

much. i want to validate your comments , having been a legislative aide for nine years, and i am a workaholic, so for me it is working until midnight, working on the weekend, working every night during the week even with children, is something that i love doing, but not everybody does. that also, being said, i was a policy analyst. we had way more staff than we have here, and we did have an administrative assistant that helped with the calendar, and now helped with the schedule, helped with the certificates of honor, things like that that people with law degrees, and in people with public policy degrees could be more focused on what they are dealing with in san francisco, which are a lot of issues that are creating havoc for our constituents.

i thank you make a great case, and i think it is not because we want to really lighten the load of what we do, because i think we do this work because we love the work, but we want to do it better. we want to deliver better for our constituents, for the city and county of san francisco, everyone talks about how many issues we are facing, and we want to do the work better. we know with proper staffing, we can get there, i really think that it is necessary for us to have that administrative position so that we can deliver on what we all really want to do , which is public-service in answering the calls of our constituents and creating policy that is going to push san francisco forward. thank you supervisor rosen. >> -- thank you, supervisor ronen. >> president yi? >> one of the things -- i

realize until you are the president president, you don't understand how much impact it has on your staff members. it is increasing a lot of activity that i would like to focus on, and, you know, i was going to bring it up at some point, but i couldn't figure out a way to bring it up, mainly because i would be asking for myself, and i would be happy to ask. if i were here afterwards, i would ask the next person. >> any other comments? i think it is a good idea. i think it is the job of the

legislative aide. it wreaks havoc on people's lives on personal lives and health. i think, our constituents are demanding more of us. they are demanding responses immediately, they are in crises, and i think that, actually, when this was first approached, i thought it was going to be a bigger ticket item, and so i actually think, also, it is hard to get a new legislative aide in your office one leaves because there is no -- it is impossible to prepare someone for this position. so i thank you for being on this board, and i think the entire board will take this other consideration. it has already been added onto our ad backlist. having said that, let's open

this up for public comment. sorry, mr. wright. it is item number 3, item numbe. is that correct? okay. all those who waited so patiently for public comment, come on up. everyone has two minutes. i am so sorry that it has taken so long, especially for you, mr. >> i object to the part of the demonstration and the budget from the bay area, talking about those 800 permanent housing for homeless people on the grounds that you have approximately 8,011 homeless people, that is counterproductive and it is disingenuous, and it is a slap

in the face to the population that is homeless and disadvantaged. i also object to this city college. when he was here making the presentation for about two hours , he lied. he said he was $11.5 million in debt, but it shows that he is $32 million in debt. he will get this approved for ten years, ten years times $32 million is $320 million wasted. he already has a shortfall that was projected if you keep taking care of business the way you are doing. you will have a 643 million dollars deficit. moreover, supervisor stefani asked all the detail about this. what is the best way to stop people from being homeless on

the street? study after study has been shown the best way to provide permanent housing and mental services for people with disabilities is to give them permanent housing. medi-cal, medicare, i have better care than all of these things put together. the best way to take care of this problem is to get permanent housing and the two towers. it is a total of 2,070 units. [indiscernible] >> madame chair, the speaker's time has concluded.

>> thank you for waiting so long next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. [indiscernible] we do have the dignity fund, but it is not enough, and so we would like to see more subsidies for seniors and people with disabilities. we know that there is a 10 million-dollar funds that will be allocated through five years, but that is not enough. that is for seniors and families , and we are talking about not only the senior operating subsidies, but also older subsidies that are

necessary for seniors and people with disabilities that we know the department of aging and adult services is still not having enough focus on people with disabilities. please, if there is a possibility to increase that -- another thing is the group bands in our budget ask, we have 600,000, which, out of that, only 25 -- only 25,000 have been funded. that is not enough. if we wanted to maintain that this is a city that is friendly for aging populations and people with disabilities, we need to do

more to help them to be integrated in society. police, more funding for that. >> thank you. thank you. >> good afternoon, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to address you today. i represent the nonprofit supply bank.org, which is running a k. to college program in san francisco for the last nine years. i'm here to request your support to restore funding for the program. this program was funded by the city for more than eight years and served more than 13,000 low income students at 30 schools, public housing, and other community sights with hygiene and school supplies every year. the program has also supported several community events to the mayor's office of neighborhood services and other community nonprofits. with the ever-increasing cost of living in san francisco, juggling the high cost of rent, food, and transportation, the sally struggled to supply basic

school supplies like backpacks, paper, art materials and basic hygiene essentials. without supplies and basic comfort, students lack necessary school materials, making teachers pay out-of-pocket. as noted in the materials shared with each of your offices, an investment of $300,000 per year from the city would provide school and hygiene supplies valued more than $800,000 every year because of supply bank.org 's food bank model and established supply chain. we need your support to continue the progress we have made, in the thousands of families and children that have depended on it throughout the years. thank you for your time and consideration. >> thank you very much. i think we have one more public speaker. >> i have a few words about experiences i have had with city housing.

a long time ago, i applied for a position with the housing authority. i was told i was the fastest typist with no errors, but then i was informed that the job was intended for, and going to an employee's nephew. it was a small office. they promoted absolute latitude to hire the very practice. i understand the favouritism and nepotism may be popular practices in the city. i viewed the project as grossly overstaffed. i accommodated -- the third of the workers were immediately released. the buildings were to be torn down not long after the apartments were painted. as a leasing agent, i turned away -- i was turned away, then i applied at the housing authority. i jumped the line, then administrative -- and then triggered an administrative strength scandal.

there was an offer to pay 200 monthly rent above the asking rate. she explained it would be her entire portion of the government program and they would pay for the rest. she claimed each of her toddlers were entitled to their own bedrooms. she was looking at a four bedroom single family house. i didn't find that incredible. when i later approached the housing authority as a contractor, i was -- it was apparent that wording and declarations on the wall of the office were intended to mock the tenants. the office worker noticed my observation, and even though i was indifferent, she would not let me into the building to pick up a bid schedule package. another employee let me into the building while apologizing profusely. i spoke with -- [indiscernible]

>> thank you very much. public comment is now closed. madame clerk, i make a motion to continue items three and four. could i have a second on that, please? i will take that without objection. >> madame chair, would you like to clarify that it be continue to tomorrow's meeting? >> yes. thank you very much. he take that without objection. thank you very much. i would like to make a motion on item number 7 to move it to the board with a positive recommendation with -- for the meeting of july 16th. yes. that is seconded. i take that without objection. thank you very much. are there any other items before us today? >> no. >> we are done. meeting is adjourned. thank you.

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to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the center a was it is an clouf right-of-way a set of pedestrians will cross from the sidewalk to the middle of the street a. >> to move the reliable along the corridor with this travel time had been signifying reduced we think the ripped will go from 16 thousand a day in that portion the corridor up to 22 thousand and we'll have those beautiful new one like this one. >> with the dedication of the

signal and lighter saying that between stops we were able to estimate a .32 improvement in travel time and a 50 percent reliability improvement as a result. >> we're pitting u putting in a up to date modern system of new thirty foot high light fixtures and pedestrian lights on the same pole again inviting a comfortable environment for pedestrians. >> it has become a 3 dimensional street project. >> the water that is my understanding under the ground and the emergency firefighting water system month will be replaced and new street lights and traffic lights and the paving and stripping the trees both in the medium and on the side. >> the main core of the project goes from market it

lombard that's where we'll be replying the sidewalks. >> there are a number of trees that need to be replaced and they will be additional new planting. >> we're planting a lemon gum that gets to be 50 or 60 feet tall that comes over the offer head wires that wee when we get done van ness it will look like a new street it will visit fresh new looks like the grand boulevard again. >> we're going eliminating left turns off of van ness into the side streets and places the left turning traffic backs up the traffic and upgrading the signals to the mini traffic will flow more smoothly and traffic impacts as we execute the

construction signed we're working to minimize these but impacts that will likely shift the traffic up franklin and we'll pick up the traffic. >> right now that looks like we're skeleton to start in march ever 2016 are of our construction. >> in the past people prospective of bus traffic that go unreliable and noisy and very fluting we're here to remake the vehicles are on the streets and with the combination of the brt improvements much more rail like services with the technology. >> the public is in for a >> good morning and thank you for being here. today has been a long time coming and it is certainly a cause for celebration.

i'm glad to see so much support for our animals. we are joined today by some of our adoption partners, including sonoma reptile rescue, wonder dog, mutts ville, pause, as well as our largest partner, the san francisco spca. [applause] >> it takes a village to care for the 10,000 animals we taken every year, so we all worked closely together to save as many as we can, also joining us are our coworkers from across the city who help the shelter function. we are animal experts, so we are very dependent on our counterparts at city hall who keep us on the straight and narrow and pitch in from everything from accounting, to human resources, to legal advice , building management, everything else that keeps the shelter afloat.

nearly all of the walks and cuddles our animals receive every day come courtesy of our volunteers, who last year, devoted 27,000 hours of time to our shelter. [cheers and applause] >> we couldn't survive without them. we also have a very special group of volunteers, the board of friends of acc works tirelessly to develop partnerships between the shelters, the community, the business community, and helps raise funds to help support our efforts. last but not least, there is the a.c.c. staff, you every day take in stray pets, injured wildlife abused animals, and heal them as best they can. [applause]

>> in addition to animals, our team helps many people in the city, often on the saddest days of their lives as they look for a lost pet or grieve for a companion who has just died. today, we are breaking ground on a new home for all of the city's animals and the people who love them. we will no longer have a building that works against quality care. each animal will have some place to stretch. we will have forever outdoor play stations which means that bunnies will no longer have to share with the dogs. [laughter]. >> which is no fun for anyone, especially the bunnies. we will have ventilation systems that help fight the spread of disease, we will have isolation rooms so we no longer have to house nervous birds with sick

cats. as we approach the department's 40 it -- 30th anniversary, we can anticipate moving into a shelter worthy of the city of st. francis. the building would not have big -- become a reality without the efforts of many, including the board of supervisors, city administrator naomi kelly, the architects, engineers, and project managers at the department of public works who probably redesigned this building three times, sfmta, who agreed to trade buildings with us, and first and foremost, our mayor, please welcome, maryland and breed -- please welcome mayor london breed. [applause]. >> thank you, virginia, and thank you all for being here. believe it or not, i owned a lot of cats a long time ago. kitty one, kitty two, kitty three, kitty four, kitty five, and jojo.

it is something special about animals, and this is why we are all here today. we definitely get really attached to our pets, and honestly, i cry when my grandmother -- i cried when my grandmother wouldn't take -- wouldn't let me take kitty five to college. i think about our shared experiences of how animals make us feel, the love, the comfort, the excitement, and especially when you teach them new tricks, but we also know there are a number of challenges in our city sometimes, if an owner passes away, they have a pet, and there is no place for that pet to go. sometimes when we see animals that are stray and out on our streets, and they are injured, we have to make sure that they have a place to go, and animal care and control has been that place for over 30 years here in the city and county of san francisco, and in fact, because of the work and the support, and the fundraising from the friends

of the animal care and control, the ability to have so many incredible volunteers, and additional resources is why people care about making sure that we have a better facility so that we can accommodate so many animals, so many requests, and do what we know we can do better, and that is take care of animals here in san francisco when they can't take care of themselves. [applause] >> part of building a resilient city is making sure that our assets are seismically safe, and we know that the current building at 15th and harrison is efficient. it is cramped, and it may not survive the next earthquake, and we know it is not a matter of if there will be an earthquake in san francisco, it is a matter of when. when you look all around the country at the number of disasters that occur, and how

pets have been separated from owners, and what happens during that time, it is important that we are not concerned about the structure, that we are able to do the work, that people know that there animal, if found, will be brought to animal care and control, because we will have a seismically sound facility so the employees, the amazing staff of animal care and control can focus on doing their job and not necessarily on whether or not the rueful cave in. that is what this is about, and i want to thank everyone for being here today, but i also want to think the person who spearheaded this entire project and was really aggressive on the board of supervisors with ensuring that we invested the dollars necessary to get this project done sooner rather than later. supervisor, former supervisor katy tang. [cheers and applause]

>> who went on -- during her time on the board of supervisors , she would always, especially during the holidays, bring in a lot of cats, and i would go in there and be tempted to adopt, and then i would think , okay, i have to be able to feed the cat every day, can i feed the cat every day, but helps with adoption, helps with advocacy for animals in san francisco, and thank you for your really steadfast commitment on supporting this project, and now in two and a half years when you come back to cut the ribbon, you will see the fruits of your labor with all of the incredible people here today. thank you supervisor tang. and thank you to naomi kelly -- kelly, thank you to mohammed knew rue, and all the people who have played a critical role in making this project happen, but a special thanks to the community, to the volunteers who

have spent over 30,000 hours taking care of over 10,000 animals year after year after year, and the friends who continue to raise money, and raise awareness for this amazing project. this will be an absolute incredible facility, and i just wanted to acknowledge our new fire chief, janine nicholson, thank you so much for being here as well. [applause] >> please know that we are increasing the capacities of the fire marshal does not have to shut down the new space. we will have plenty of room and places for people to be. thank you everyone for being here today and your support for this amazing project. [applause] >> i almost forgot, also i forgot to thank the leader of animal care and control, thank you so much, virginia, for your hard work and your commitment. [cheers and applause]