was there any savings in overtime, then, we should be able to pay for the overtime piece to add to the civilianization. >> i have something to add to that. in the last few years, our budget staffing has been going down for 1%. that still accounts for the overtime, but we still have to go up a little in overtime to continue to work in these positions in order to bring the overtime down to what we have. >> we could paint a picture to show you how the overtime came down as a result of these civilian positions. there are also -- if we add all of the nuances to this picture, you'll also see an increase, a

temporary increase for next year only that allows us the funding to bring in an additional academy class. >> madam chair? >> chair fewer: yes. >> so our understanding is the department wants to add these positions to redeploy deputy sheriffs to other areas of work, which was recommended in the controller's report. so these positions, that's what their goal is. our recommendation still allows them to do that. it's just instead -- we would allow eight new civilian positions in the first year and two new additional -- two additional new civilian positions in the second year, totaling ten new positions in the department for that purports and allows the department to recruit, hire, train a large number of staff and assess the workload for that staff. it gives them some time to do that. now, the overtime and deputy sheriff, they have six posts. we know that that is sort of a separate tradeoff. what we're doing is this is

allowing them to free up some deputy sheriff to staff those six posts, so these are, again, 10 new civilian positions that we're recommending over the two years. and if you would like more information about the overtime, we'd be happy to -- if the department could provide us with any of their parts regarding the overtime, we'd be happy to look at that and give it a quick analysis. >> chair fewer: thank you. >> president yee: i think that would really clarify these positions and so forth. i know you're trying to explain it to me. >> no, that's fine. we can do that. >> chair fewer: supervisor mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: i'm wondering if maybe the b.l.a. can help me understand a little bit better how you think what is absorbable by a department.

it seems like the department has asked for 34 -- 13 positions, and it would be seven in one year, and six in the next. so the mayor's view of their capacity to hire is that 13 can't happen in one year, but seven can happen in one year and six in the next. you think that that's more than this department can do. how do you reach that? >> that's our experience of looking at this department and other departments coming back year after year seeing that departments are not able to fill these positions like they promised they'd do in the

budget hearings in june. so it's an accumulation of experience looking at that, which is -- and we don't disagree that they shouldn't have some additional civilian positions so they can redeploy at deputy sheriffs. >> supervisor mandelman: and if we think they're always going to miss their target, so if we give them 10, they're going to hire 8, we give them 8, they're going to hire 6 -- >> we're very skeptical. >> can i say, supervisor, the three years that i've been sheriff, i've hired 150 sheriffs and brought them on board. i've hired 30 civilians and brought them on board. >> we have a current vacancy of - 25, unlike other departments last week who said they have a number of vacancies, we're in negative

territory because we're really striving to bring down our overtime. >> may i add just one point about the other recommendation just to put it in context? our recommendation is to reduce the c.b.o. line by $50,000. their total budget for that line item is 4.3 million. >> the only -- >> chair fewer: so i just want to ask, so you're unable to find savings within your department to actually fund some of these positions that the b.l.a. is cutting. we have heard from department after department their willingness to come forward and actually come to a compromise or even suggest one, but your department has not. >> that's correct. >> chair fewer: so you can imagine that we have seen this -- we have heard from 50 departments, time and time again, smaller than yours, that are willing to give. but in your one department, you

have said, i refuse to give anything. >> no -- >> chair fewer: i just want to say that that is unacceptable to this committee, that we think within your department that you can find something, and that is in good faith for the people of san francisco is paying good taxes for this department to run. i just want to say quite frankly that that level of not working with this committee and also with the b.l.a. is, i would say, somewhat disturbing. and regardless, i think you present a good argument, and the b.l.a. is presenting a good argument. and you had a carryover of unspend funds of $232,000.

>> can i say something? >> chair fewer: yes. >> the $232,000, we'll give back. which item do you think we're being unreasonable about, because in the last four years, our staff budget has not gone up. i would draw your attention to the c.s.a. audit that we just received yesterday that includes all the information about our staffing and our budget and about their recommendations, and i've accepted all their recommendations because i think they did a good job on this. so it's hard to adjust and say say wait a minute, i want to bring my overtime down, like i've been requested to do, and also do it in a way that makes sense through civilianization,

but also in a way that moves deputies back into sworn positions but also getting enough people hired that we won't be back here again with this overtime issue and continuing on that through the next year. and overtime isn't just -- it's not just about the money in overtime, it's about the toll it takes on the department trying to fill positions, and i think you have recognized that, and i appreciate that -- >> chair fewer: sheriff, i just want to say, i think this committee has heard that. i think this committee, as you know, has heard that and recognized that, and that is not what i'm talking about. i didn't know about this $232,000 that you're giving back. could you please explain -- and mr. b.l.a., were you aware of that? >> well, that's what they recommended. >> if there's an alternative proposal that the department is presenting, we'd be happy to take a look. >> chair fewer: okay. mr. holling?

>> if we were given a dollar amount by the b.l.a., we'd be happy to identify $250,000 to give back. we don't think cutting back the civilianization is the way to do it. it's the qualitative aspect of these services, not the dollar amount. we're happy to work with the b.l.a. to identify $250,000. >> chair fewer: that is very good to know, mr. holling. so confer with the b.l.a., and i'm wondering if you're willing to come back after conferring with the b.l.a. -- we'll take a break -- after lunch. i think the thing about the dollar amount, we are hearing you. we have heard from years, we have heard from your deputy sheriffs how they resent you

making them work mandatory overtime, and taking time away from their families. my husband was in law enforcement for 35 years, but i want to say we have heard you, and we applaud the fact that you requested a controller's report on staffing and you are trying to follow the recommendations. what we don't applaud, quite frankly is unwillingness or perceived unwillingness to find any funding savings within. so i think the disagreement is ideology, not monetary, and that we can come to -- this is the budget and finance committee, so if you can confer with the b.l.a. on this, i think that we might be able to come to an agreement today, and i definitely think that this committee hopes so. so if you wouldn't mind -- if you have a time constraint, we hate for you to have to come back tomorrow. actually, we'd like to get it

done today. if you can do that, that will be great, and we'll hold our other committees -- i mean, departments ahead of you. and if you can work that out, and i hope you can, we'll get that settled today. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we'll do that. we'll do that. >> chair fewer: okay. so let's hear from public health now. >> good afternoon, chair fewer and supervisors. grant colfax, department of public health. we are in alignment with the b.l.a. and their recommendations. we'd like to thank kristina and severin for their hard work on our collaboration and we are in agreement with the recommendations. >> chair fewer: thank you, dr.

colfax. in fact, let's hear first from the b.l.a. >> thank you, madam chair. the department's proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-20 is $52,875,813 or 2.2% more than the fiscal year 18-19 budget of $2,369,898,228. the department's proposed $2,228,448,000 is .1% less than the mayor's proposed fiscal year 2019 budget. our recommended reductions to the proposed budget total $3,822,052 in recommended

reductions. 2,034,833 are ongoing savings. this would still allow an increase of 2.1% in the department's fiscal 19-20 budget. of the 2,063,364 in recommended reductions, $50,000 are one

time savings, as you just heard from the department, we are in full agreement. [inaudible] >> supervisor ronen: yes. i just wanted to thank everyone from the department for getting me all that data. i know there is one outstanding thing, but i just wanted to say i appreciate it. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you, supervisor ronen. we do have one item, which is item 5, which is an expend. madam clerk, would you please call item 5. [agenda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. dr. colfax, would you like to comment on that? >> yes. i'll have greg wagner, our chief financial officer comment on this. >> item number 5 is an item that you see each year for the budget submission with the

department of public health. this is a set of grants that we receive from the state on an ongoing basis. as part of the conditions for those grants, we're required to have approval by this board either under our local laws or requirements of the state and rather than bring those individually to you through the accept and expend process which is coumbersome and since these are repeating and recurring grants, we bring them to you in a single resolution at the budget period and ask for your approval to accept those funds. they are aproeptpropriated in proposed budget. >> chair fewer: all right. we'll open this up for public

comment. mr. wright, do you have any public comment on item 5? >> you know, i object to the services that's been applied by department of public health. you're getting all this money to serve people with a kbip combination of physical and mental disabilities, and they're homeless. you're making appointments to see people out sleeping in sleeping bags, and you make an appointment to come back out to the same time location expecting to see them and provide them with services, and then you're in the newspaper how you've got a shortage of beds. says it right here, and then, the amount of beds that you provide is less than 2,000, okay? you've got mental professionals saying the best way to provide services with people with disabilities and mental disabilities is to provide them with permanent housing. the amount that you're spending on calling yourselves treating

people with mental disabilities should be spent on providing permanent housing and then you can provide the treatment that's needed that you're being paid for because the persons -- the people that you're helping have permanent housing and you know where they're located instead of running around the city like a chicken with its head cutoff. you've got approximately 8,011 homeless people out on the street right now, and you're supposed to be providing mental services for them. how are you going to serve them when they're out on the streets? and by the same response, your shelter system is outrageous. here's a person right here that's got nowhere to go, got a mental disability and nowhere to go, and the police is moving their property when they're living out in the tent. the shelters are overcrowded, don't have nowhere to go, and the population has swelled up 17%. los angeles has swelled up 16%, and the police are getting infected by diseases that's

supposed to have been way in the 1800's that's now populated because of the homeless. >> chair fewer: thank you, mr. wright. any other public comment? >> in conjunction with the increase in attorney employment with review and analysis of prior judicial determination and response to the changing legal environment, will you consider youth mental health counseling as an adjunct priority? i've spoken with several deportees abroad who have spent time in u.s. prison prior to deportation. these individuals shared a common story. they were a passenger in a vehicle, they were unaware that drugs were present. their charges in sentencing,

simply explaining their circumstances took the edge off the conversation in each incident. i think psychological counseling or talk therapy for young people might save these cities significant funds and direct these youth downed the correct track. a brief word on implicit bias. there's an interesting technique i discovered to ameliorate it. simply imagining the individual going about this lives on a daily basis, conscious psychological transposition or playing with metacognition. i've heard some of the material in socio linguistics as well as

government funded texts on methamphetamine entitled the physiology of emotion. they dealt with the principal in this attribution of error and psychological chemistry, so that's what i'm drawing on. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [inaudible] >> chair fewer: sorry. i would like to make a motion to the full board meeting of july 16 with a positive recommendation. can i have a second? president yee, thank you very much. and drwe'll take that without objection. dr. kcolfax, thank you for beig

in agreement with the recommendations. and mr. controller, will you note that it is the intent of this committee to accept the proposals and report of the b.l.a. >> chair fewer: human services, would you come up? human services. so can we have a b.l.a. report, please. >> yes, you may. the department's proposed $1,039,024,619 for fiscal year 19-20 is 6.9% more than the original fiscal year 2018-19 budget of $971,834,727. the department's proposed

$1,062,899,769 budget for fiscal year 20-21 is $23,875,152,or 2.3% more than the mayor's proposed fiscal 19-20 budget of $1,039,024,617. our recommended reductions to the proposed budget total $1,977,272 in fiscal year 2019-20. of that recommended reductions, $333,219 are ongoing savings, and $1,064,033 are one time savings. this would allow a 6.7% increase in the department's fiscal year 2019-20 budget.

my understanding is that we have full agreement with the department on our recommendations. >> chair fewer: mr. rohrer, what do you say? >> trent rohrer, we are in full agreement. >> chair fewer: mr. controller, can you please note it is the intention of this committee to accept the agreements between the b.l.a. and this department. thank you very much. and i believe our sheriff is ready to come back. sheriff hennesey, and we wouldn't mind mr. hollings. >> crispin hollings.

i'm glad to report we have agreed to cuts of $250,000 reduction to the budget. >> i am proud to report that we are in agreement to the $250,000 cut to the service line. >> chair fewer: thank you. are we still in agreement with the positions, now? >> i believe this replaces the positions. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you for taking a second look at that. i greatly appreciate it. so mr. controller, can you please note it is the intention of this committee to accept the recommendations set forth in the agreements set forth between the b.l.a. and also this department. >> we will, madam clerk, and we understand this to be $250,000 in each of the two years of the budget. >> chair fewer: is that correct, mr. hollins? [inaudible] >> chair fewer: okay. and thank you very much.

and thanks to the sheriff. thank you very much. all right. i am going to make a suggestion, that we will now break for lunch -- oh, can you come back? yeah, you can. that we take a little break for lunch and also some bioneeds, and so i would ask that we reconvene this committee at 1:15 and i ask that we be prompt because we have several departments coming before us. i see we have several departments before us. chief, my apologies, but any way, i think we could all appreciate a little break. thank you very much.

please stand by please stand by please stand by please stand by >> preston: please stand by please stand by please stand by please stand by >> it's a pleasure and honor and a joy to be part of this

celebration. when we do these grand openings, they're celebrations and they are also acknowledge. no one institution can create the affordable housing we see here and so i want to begin by asking mayor breed, thanking you for your support and to share a few words. >> yep. [laughter] that's it. >> all right. >> wow. thank you all so much for being here today and i'm really excited about this project. especially because i used to serve on the san francisco redevelopment agency commission and i remember when mission bay was just taking shape in san francisco and the conversations around the housing that we know would be built here and we fought really hard and because of that fight, 30% of all the new housing will go to support

families that are low and middle income residents. which brings us here today. 143 units of family housing and senior housing for people who in some cases were displaced long ago. i grew up in the western edition community and there were a lot of mistakes in that community. homes were torn down. promises were made and no housing was provided for those people and families. in these 143 units, of affordable housing, we have 10 certificate of preference holders. which is absolutely amazing. [applause] >> when i served on the san francisco board of supervisors, i was excited to help pass legislation to address a real

problem around displacement of residents through either owner move-in elections, ellis act evictions and sometimes in the cases of fire. because of that, we are residents who are asking living here who fit the bill and qualifications and now have a space affordable clean, nice, beautiful things place to call home. providing affordable housing is not providing a place for people to stay. it's about building a community. it's about supporting a community. making sure there are creditable services that provide resources to the community. i'm excited about a26 va lynn see a and we'll join the ground floor to support young people in this community. this is absolutely amazing and i

never get tired of coming to events where we are celebrating housing for families, housing for seniors, housing for people who need it the most. what is even more exciting is the fact that this property, unlike so many properties that we see being developed in san francisco has two and three bedroom apartments. i know that was such, i read the stories from so many of the residents who talked about their challenges and their experiences and their need in terms of the displacement but also their need to make sure that they have housing and enough room for their families. and so that's why this project is so exciting. this is really an example of what we need to do to provide affordable housing to families and folks from low and middle incomes in san francisco all over this city. so i am just here to celebrate with all of you and to i guess

people have already moved in so we'll do a ribbo ribbon-cuttingy because why not celebrate such an incredible milestone because it means a better life and future for so many families. it means an opportunity to be part of this amazing new community with ucsf and the t-3 line and t third. whatever they call it now. and all of the great amenities that exist right here in mission bay. so so much to don falcon for all the work you all continue to do not just be a non-profit developer, but be a community builder. a community builder that sustain communities for years to come and thank you for being here to celebrate this incredible milestone, the architects, the developers, the engineers, all

of the people that make this a place we can call home. thank you so much for being here today. [applause] >> thank you so much mayor breed. you honor us with your words. please, welcome one of the community residents here, jesus.

>> i want to share a story that has helped me move forward. 400 in the 1992 olympics in barcelona, a young man was able to win the race and the gold medal. however, at around 250 meeters. >> judge s.l. neal: meeters into the race, he was in pain. while the medics made his way to him he had to decide if he will finish the race in pain or just stay down and give up the race he had trained so hard to win. so despite the pain he stood up and began to limp along the track, even though the pain was unbearable he finished the race. his name is deric redman. this is a story that has inspired me to my darkest moments. let me share with you a bit about how my journey began. my name is jesus and i am mexican immigrant. i left my home in mexico in april of 1992 to come to america

and seeking for a better life. i came empty handed with only the clothes on my back. however, in may of 1992, my life changed in a second. i was hit by a train while on my way to seattle, washington to work in the fishing industry. it was around midnight so they didn't find me until the next morning around 7:00 a.m. they took me to highland hospital in oakland where they told me i will never be able to walk again and i was going to be paralyzed. i spent two years recovering at highland and at the facility. not knowing what was in store for me in the future. when i was discharged, my eyes were open to my new reality. i realized i was homeless, no skills related to work because of my disability. i was all by myself, no family or friends. eventually i was connected with a booster program that helped me

get a stable housing unit. my mental health however didn't get better. i was living by myself and feeling isolated, depressed and hopeless. i also tuned to people for support. i ended up using alcohol and drugs to cope with my depression to help my life and my time living alone. fortunately, with the social work program, i was referred to 626 mission bay housing and this great organization. here i am blessed to have a apartment to share with my mom and dad which allows me to have a family support system that i needed to be able to focus on my goals and recovery. my social workers has also been tremendous men doesltremendousl. it's never too late to obtain an

education and be a member of the society. now i'm beginning to dream again. currently i have returned to community college and take classes in hopes of becoming an architect. my hope is to build shelters and for those facing homelessness in the city of san francisco. because of the support and safe housing i'm able to focus on giving back to the beautiful city that has given me a lot. my current goal is to volunteer at the local ucsf children's hospital at 826 valencia next door. i want to thank my church and pastor, social worker, parents and my whole family for always believing in me, even through my darkest episodes of life. remember, when the darkest hour comes to you it's because a light bright of a new dawn is approaching. when the storm is hitting the hardest it's because the clouds

are approaching. don't give up. finish the race. [applause] >> thank you so much, jesus. every person in this room is here because of you and people like you. thank you. please, join me in welcoming supervisor matt haney. [applause] well, first of all, thank you jesus for those powerful words and thank you to all the residents and all the staff who make it a tremendous place for residents. i want to give a huge thanks to tnbc and to don faulk. i've been supervisor for five months and i've been to two ribbon cuttings and they both have been tndc ribbon cuttings.

not only that, both have not been in the tenderloin so i represent the tenderloin. we had one in south of market and one in mission bay and it demonstrates how critical and important housing developer you are and not just in district 6, not just in the tenderloin but through out our city. thank you so much mayor breed. i know you are working hard to make sure we have affordable housing and affordable housing for families. i have the opportunity to serve on the board of education for six years and the thing that i heard more than anything when i visited our schools, is that our families and our kids are struggling from housing and stability, if you don't have a safe and stable place to live, it's going to be hard for a young person to achieve in school to be well socially and emotionally and so investing in-housing, especially for families is one of the most important things we can do for the future of our city. i'm so excited that the mission

bay community is going to be a place that has a balance of affordability and we have made amount of mistakes in the past when it comes to housing and displacement but when you build a new community, like we have here in mission bay, we have the opportunity to actually get it right. so thank you to ocii, thank you to everybody who has made sure that we have affordability in mission bay and that mission bay is being built through families. right here will be such a hugely important thing to make sure that families can thrive here in mission bay. and the last thing i want to say is not only do we have 826 valencia here in this building, we'll have a school across the street. it was one of the last things -- you can clap for a new school. [applause] this will be the very first public school built in san francisco in about 20 years and

it's going to be right here in this community in the parking lot. they've gone out for design and architects and all that so it's happening and the funding is there so i can't wait to see when i and down here and we see kids who can walk directly across the street from this building to their school here right in mission bay and a wonderful, beautiful building in a community that is going to be such a fantastic place for families and for all of the residents who get to call this place home. thank you to everybody who made it possible. [applause] >> thank you so much supervisor haney for all your support in this work. wells fargo played a crucial role in the development here. please welcome geoff bennett. [applause] >> thank you so much. it's a pleasure to be here. we're thrilled to be part of this wonderful project and

congratulations to tnbc and the city and for all those who worked on this project. i was kind of in the trenches with a lot of the details for the loans and i know it was not an easy task. we spent a lot of hours and a lot of conference calls and worked through some challenging issues. i'm looking at colleen who did a lot of work on that and did a terrific job. [laughter] we've had a great relationship for 25 years now and done some amazing things together and we always lev working on projects so thank you for having us on this one and just a couple words. we're the construction lender and we're also the low income housing tax credit investors and we'll be a limited partner for 15 years on the project and we provided the equity on the