then they saw all of the youth from the community all the of black and brown kids being celebrated on television with a community clapping after them. what an enormous wonderful gift. thank you, mayor for that. yesterdayir had the great pleasure of doing the training for 50 high school youth working in our programs. we had them go through training and lesson planning. we had them vision what it would be like to be a little kid going to pacific heights in the skin we are in and that is a teaching moment. we want them to own this city. this is their city. we are included socially and economically. it seems the elder peers are now going through a path to an educational career.

we have a partnership with the san francisco unified school district to train or staff to become teachers while mentoring the opportunity for all kids. there is a path for them. they see themselves in the older kids who are becoming teachers of color, bilingual teachers in the school district. that wouldn't have happened if it weren't for opportunities for all. thank you, mayor breed, for the opportunities and great difference that this project is making on the lives of our community. thank you so much. [applause.] >> thank you for sharing your story and god bless you in jamestown. we have a lot of young people excited to start internships and

some have begun, is that right? or maybe not. you are excited, yes, that is the point i am trying to make. one of these young people is nicholas lay from california state sacramento who worked every summer with our very only san francisco public works. come up to say a few words, young man. [applause.] >> thank you. i am nicholas lay. born and raised in san francisco. currently a senior at sacramento state university. i am part of sfu my whole life. i worked with the department of public works from 2010 to 2013, but this summer i age excited to be -- i am excited to take on a new role as lead for

opportunities for all. it is important to me. i believe all youth deserve to be connected with employment and training for post secondary opportunities. with that said i would like to thank mayor breed and director davis and the staff and partners that mailed possible this great opportunity. thank you. >> thank you and congratulations to you. are you fired up for another performance? get this party started. she is an actress, artist, athlete and activist who dedicated her time to inspiring others through music, spoken word and engaging in her community. please join me in welcoming miss ryan nicole. [applause.]

>> thank you for being here. before my song i want to say a couple words. shout out to mayor london breed. you are doing a great job. i am from oakland. i hope it affects our leadership as well. i will say this. opportunities for all is a beautiful program with, i think, wonderful language. we see know and london breed understands if you solve for equity, then you solve for everybody. if you solve for women and people of color, then everybody wins, everybody comes up. i want to acknowledge the women of leadership mu have taken the stage this morning and afternoon. i am going to do this song right now. this song i wrote initially for

women of color but today it is for all of us. the song is for everybody who needs to be seen, everybody who feels like they may be invisible. today is the start of a new program, a new era of justice. i want them to feel it in the chest but not blowout the ears. i am going to move. this is for your colored folks. ♪ never thought your rainbow was enough ♪ trying to make it through the life it is tough ♪ ♪ you will make it. you are the paint that makes this life all it is ♪ i have a yellow brick road, move see shoes, i see you on the news it is giving me the blues ♪

it is what you do, where we go and how we get there and who will foot the bill and if anyone would make it you surely will havhave the will ♪ we see you shine ♪ it is only so you are a superstar. you wanted to put your slippers on make your way back home ♪ ♪ nerve thought your rainbow was enough. you will make it. you are what makes this life all it was. never thought your rainbow was enough ♪ ♪ it is tough. you are going to make it just because ♪ you are what makes this what it is ♪ ♪ the woman on the screen the

beauty reach out 360 degrees of lovely ♪ ♪ the girls shoes inside she is all clean ♪ ♪ just the wrong shape or wrong shade. never think about the wrong place ♪ ♪ the perfect chemistry ♪ never thought your rainbow was enough ♪ it is tough ♪ ♪ you have make it just because. never thought your rainbow was enough, going to make it through this life, you are going to make it just because ♪ ♪ if you were color folk, shine

your light ♪ ♪ black, blue or grey, brown, white ♪ ♪ you are color folk, shine your light ♪ ♪ black, blue, grey, yellow or white ♪ ♪ you are life ♪ this is why if you have an opportunity to world wins ♪ if we win we are doing good for everything ♪ ♪ make sure you go out and seize this opportunity because it is the beginning of your new thing ♪ >> i want you to say that i am what i am. descendent of man, the head not the tail, i am that i am. heaven sent you, man. in head not the tail.

descendent of man. you guys your opportunity begins with you believing you can do it and believing you are deserving of these opportunities. congratulations to you all. [applause.] >> that was fantastic. thank you for sharing your artistry with us. thank you, ryan nicole. our next performer grew up in new orleans. it was moving to break the cycle of violence after his best friend was murdered. he was a middle schoolteacher before he traded the classroom for a microphone and stage. we are happy to have him with us today. please welcome our next performer, this is d-1. [applause.]

>> thank you all very much. let me tell you all something. i am so excited i can't wipe this smile off my face. everybody looks so young. where are the students? can you make some noise. i can't tell the students from adults. they all look late teens, early 20s. listen, life is not something that comes with a script. when i was in third grade, i wanted to be the president of the united states. by the time i was in seventh grade, i wanted to be a lawyer. in high school i wanted to play in the nba. in college i started out as engineering major because my mamma said they make a lot of money. when i graduated college i realized i wanted to be a business major. when i first graduated i game a middle schoolteacher.

now, i am a rapper and public speaker. life has no script. it is not always what you do in life. it is about why you do what you are doing. as long as you chase passion and do stuff because you truly care and love it, you will be all right. i can't teleses you how to become a millionaire. my best friend got murdered. that is real life. it is not about what you do. it is about why you are doing it. do you love it? how are you doing it. if you are committing to be excellent in whatever you do in life, you will be okay. i want you all to know that. for the first song it is three is up. this is my month to in the rap game. i am not like everybody else or fit in. i don't care about fitting in. look what i have got on right now.

i am here to stand out. everybody say be real, be righteous, be relevant. when you see three is up you know what they represent. real, righteous and relevant. all true stories in my songs. ♪ san francisco, let's go. so your three is up ♪ ♪ so your three is up, in the middle, your three is up ♪ ♪ everybody come on, when you see is three is up, you know what they represent, real, righteous, relevant ♪ >> what did you say? >> real, righteous and relevant

>> i can't hear you. let's go. ♪ real, righteous and relevant. >> i made myself a target, from those who flip burgers, i have a purpose ♪ ♪ god gave me this. it is mustard i flourish ♪ ♪ it tastes so good, i want some greatness ♪ ♪ i could have been rich ♪ i am trying to bring my mother glory ♪ ♪ i can't co-sign that ♪ every time i come around everybody has mean mugs ♪

>> smile. you know how long it has been since i seen love? they are trying to make the best what they have got ♪ ♪ everybody let's go, when you see that three is up you know what they represent. what is that ♪ ♪ be real, righteous, relevant >> when you see three is up you know what they represent. everybody. ♪ be real, righteous and relevant ♪ >> see what i was taught in sixth grade. so far more year offtrack. i was going through things my own. we lost touch ♪ ♪ four years later i ran into my guy ♪

>> teardrops under his eyes ♪ ♪ i took my hands to wipe them away. he said no, big brother, they are here to stay ♪ note we got what the youngsters now have ♪ ♪ when you see that three is up, you know what they represent. let's go. be real, righteous, relevant ♪ >> you see three is up, you know what they represent ♪ >> snocut that off. >> when you see three is up you know what they represent. what? >> real, righteous, relevant. >> if what you say? >> real, righteous, relevant. >> amen. you all like that?

(applause). >> it is a true story. all i can tell you is what i have gone so. i am excited. i remember being a high school student. when you think about the key to happiness in live, you see this right here? that is not it. that is not it. now the high school looks at me like i am crazy. if you are an adult you know that is not the only key to happiness in life. raise your hand and make some noise. don't be a sleeve to a piece of paper per. everyone has a paper and mission. make sure you do something you love. when you love to do it, it is not going to feel like work. if it doesn't feel like work you will be great at it. they will say they got it paid

up nice. next thing you know money takes care of itself. i am a rapper. i am not supposed to be in san francisco speaking to the youth and adults how to connect with the purpose in life. the key is i am walking in my purpose, and other people doing their jobs we have a way to come together. that is going to happen with you. this summer when you do the internships. connect and build relationships and change your life. my name is d1. the reason i go so hard we don't want to let you down. students, we don't want to let you down. for the adults i am speaking on baffs of the students. a lot of people talk about our generation is bad. we are here to make you all proud and we don't want to let you down. everybody say i don't want to

let you down. say it. on beat. 5, 6, 7, eight. >> i see don't want to let you down. i don't want to let you down. say it. let's go. turn it up if you could. three, two, one. ♪ i don't want to let you down ♪ i was given time, silenced with the rhymes ♪ ♪ if you know me, you know i have been trying. i promise i am worth it ♪ it ain't easy working on my sh

shoes. ♪ i don't want to let you down ♪ you fo forgive me. i want to make you proud to call me your child. i want you to purify my heart. let's go. i used to hang my head low. remember nights in the cold? i had to get it on my own. this is nothing that my heart can't take. ♪ i don't want to let you down i have been sleeping less, marathons. i need the rest. we will not deal with stress. it is my best struggling. this type of pain most people

can't relate to it. going off the deep end. i won't complain as long as i am breathing. ♪ try to set an example, we need more heroes ♪ ♪ people are famous all around me. ♪ ♪ i pray you hear me when i say i don't want to let you down ♪ ♪ i used to hang my head low ♪ remember nights in the cold? i had to go get it on my own ♪ ♪ it is nothing that my heart can't take ♪ ♪ if i told everybody if you have a dream put your hands up.

all my students, if you have got a dream keep your hands up. ♪ i don't want to let you down ♪ i used to hang my head low ♪ i don't want to let you down ♪ remember nights with the coal ♪ i had to get it on my own ♪ my heart is going to break ♪ everybody say it loud in the crowd from the left to the right every day and every night from beginning to the end. keep it real don't pretend. ♪ god always got your back

>> thank you heir much. this passion is real. i might not have known you before today. i love you. thank you for the companies youtalizing your time -- utilizing your time for the next generation. i am d-1. (applause). >> thank you for your energy and passion and words of inspiration. he needs to come out of his shell. he is so very shy. you are superintelligent. thank you for sharings your gifts today. thanthank you for sharing your dreams as a child. i wish you were president right now. that is d-1, you all.

as we close i would like to introduce the woman putting this together behind the scenes from engaging with youth and employers to creating programming and organizing these events. please give a warm welcome to the san francisco human rights commission executive director cheryl davis. [applause.] >> i see not everybody has sunglasses and baseball caps. i am not going to talk a long time. there is something i feel compelled to say. i will ask tj to come back up here. if i am going to be honest when we talk about this and think about young people with opportunities and platforms and spaces and places and how we allow folks to have voicings and have access. what i said to t y before she got up to speak. i was like we going to keep it

positive and upbeat, right? maybe that was positive and upbeat to tj, i don't know. ultimately, tj had the platform and space and place. it was within her rights to say what it is she felt compelled to say. as we develop this work, if we are going to be true about giving youth a place to speak up and to speak out it means sometimes they may say things we don't think is the right time and moment. for me the struggle is we come in as adults to create priorities and prioritize youth voice and give them a platform and space and place to do things, learn things, grow and be themselves. sometimes when we do it we go wait, wait, wait. what happened here? you did what maybe you wanted to but maybe made me see

uncomfortable. that is not what this is meant to be. the mayor created opportunities for everybody regardless where they live or go to school or what they look like or what their thoughts are. we are asking you all here today to celebrate the fact that we actually are giving place and space for people to be themselves. we are not asking them to change who they are. we are giving them a platform and place to grow in a positive setting. i gave her a hard time when she got off the stage. this is what this is all about. i want us to all remind ourselves. when young people come to your place of employment they may not show up the way you think they should. opportunities for all is about we are giving people the space and the place to grow and to learn and to become successful,

however they do fine success, not how we define it. we want to be able to have young people benefit from the booming economy, to make money to live in the city. it is not just about the money lost. it is about the social networking and experience lost. we thank you for making the commitment to be here financially or with space and time and resources. i want to challenge you all to put yourselves on the spot and to challenge your way of thinking to actually embrace our young people for who they are and celebrate them and be the best they can be. thank you all. [applause.] >> i want to thank you for joining us today. shout out to employers and partners. thank you for your support. we see hope you young people are

fired up and ready for orientation. i want to wish you all the best. you are off to a great start. let me hear you say opportunities for all. >> after every giants game here, travel home safely and good afternoon from oracle park. ♪ ♪ you need to exit to my right, your left. there is food and beverage. thank you all so much once again. ♪ ♪

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>> chair fewer: hello, everyone. [gavel]. >> chair fewer: hello, everyone. i am sandra lee fewer. the meeting will now come to order. this is the june 24, 2019, meeting to the budget and finances committee. our clerk is mr. john carroll, and i'd like to thank sfgovtv

for broadcasting this event. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. please be sure you silence any cell phones or electronic devices. any documents you need to present should be given to me, your clerk. >> chair fewer: thank you. mr. clerk, will you please read items 1 and 2 together. [agenda item read] [agenda item read].

>> chair fewer: thank you very much, mr. clerk. i would just like to start this meeting by saying thank you all for coming today to come and give us public testimony about where you think your public dollars should be spent, and your priorities to where the public dollars has been spent. for the last two weeks, we've been hearing from city departments on their plans to spend public dollars, and now it is your turn to tell us where you think we should appropriate these moneys. i want to thank you for your time. i know that many of you will have to wait a while to speak, and we are not doing speaker cards today. everyone can just lineup. we are prioritizing people who have disabilities, people who are seniors, and those with young children to speak first, and i hope you will accommodate

that. otherwise, we look forward to what you have to say. remember, there is no sounds allowed from the audience. if you agree with the speaker we ask you to use your supportive fingers. once again, public, thank you for coming out to educate us, your legislative branch of the san francisco government. without further adieu, let's start public comment. everyone will have two minutes to speak. our clerks will assist in bringing people up to speak with just lining up today. we are not requiring any speaker cards whatsoever. welcome to the chambers. okay. let's start. >> thank you, supervisors, for having me here. i'm andrea.

i'm with coleman advocates for children and youth. i'm here in support of the immigrant parent voting collaborative. we are educating our immigrant families to go into the schools and have a say on their child's education. sorry. sorry. my son's there, and he has a phone. sorry about that. yes, but i am in support of immigrant parent voting collaborative. there was a budget that was approved, but we're asking for the full amount of 250. we have a lot of -- a lot of our communities that need the support, that need this information, that need to be able to have the proper information so they can be safe in their communities and also have a say in their child's education and who and what -- the decisions that are made about them. so i'm here and just advocating for that and just making sure that the urgency is there, right, the importance is there, that their families need the

support, and they need us to be there with them and supporting them. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> >> -- johnson. thank you for letting me be here to say what i need to say. i my coffee cup, i put budget justice. let me turn it around. and people say, why did you put it on your coffee cup? because we're always so hot to talk about affordable housing, we're always so hot to talk about senior displacement and all these other things, and then, we get cold. my thing is let's stay hot. transitional age youth development and job skill training should be on the budget. i think affordable housing and people with disabilities should be in the budget. i think health sf -- mental

health sf is what we're calling it, i think that's good because if you have mental health, you can work on getting a job and work on staying together. so let's say hot, and other than that, just thank you for the chance to say something and for giving me the chance to say it. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning. i'm judy garas, and it's great to see you. i'm speaking for the inner sunset senior program. we started last year in october. the inner sunset, as many of you may know, has no community center, no senior center,

nothing. we have coffee shops and restaurants and bars. that's what we have, and we have some really great organizations like sharp, aspn, and valley community associates, so we've got all three of them. at the time, supervisor london breed set aside funds, and supervisor vallie brown continued the tradition. first of all, we have to rent space. there are two churches with large community halls. one of them came forward at a little over twice what we had budgeted for the rent. the other came in at twice what we had budgeted for rent. we had to promise we had 15 people. the first day, 35 people came

in. we rarely have fewer than 45 or 50. that's a lot of seniors with disabilities. it's a large crowd. we want to expand the program in the coming here to three days a week, we want to be able to offer more activities for seniors. it's a similar program that's in district 7, that there have been programs funded there. the cayuga program has been funded in district 10. we are beyond our expectations, and we do need more money to keep going. it's a free program for seniors -- [inaudible] >> so good to see you. >> chair fewer: thank you. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> chair fewer: mr. wright.

>> all right. i'm ready to start now. the best way to provide housing and take care of the homeless problem in san francisco, you got 8,011 homeless people. i come across this transaction deal for $57 million to build 144-unit apartment building complex that's three stories tall. you build nine of these for less than $500 million. nine times three is 27. you built an apartment complex on the property that's on my right. on -- property like the one that's on my right. the weone on the left is being

built for $57 million. we need to build these to take care of the homeless program and the people that need mental services as far as the health department is concerned. here's prove that the mental health services department -- sf viewer. here's prove that the mental health services got a shortage of beds, and another reason why my response is true and correct. and statistics why you have a shortage of beds of the people you want to help has got a combination of physical and mental disabilities. here's how you have 8,011 homeless people out on the street and the rate is increasing. there's an article that says you need $12.8 million, and there are 8,000 people homeless in the bay area. there's a person that's out on the street that's been moved

and ain't got nowhere to go because they don't have shelter beds. the mayor had an $88.2 million deficit. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is steve, and i'm deaf, disabled. i want to thank you for inviting me hear for our comment. i want to say we need a better solution for public housing. we have needs of people that do not have housing, and we should also have new apartments around in san francisco. there's not enough housing for us senior citizens, as well, and we need to expand upon that to improve that.

many people who move out and buildings who are left have a can't should be left livable. there are a lot of vacant that can be used as spaces, for well. we need places where we have rooms where we can also have facilities to meet, and they can also be some small neighborhoods of housing that i've seen. maybe as an idea, we can provide those. that would be nice, but we need more modern housing. maybe to make it affordable, to

keep it smaller, but we need more housing, even if that means smaller housing that provides all of the living comforts, and we need to improve san francisco for everyone and not have so many homeless people. thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. thank you very much for having us here. my name is marcus, and i'm here to talk to you about a line item that was recent cut that would be funding a myriad of native american events and concerns here in this city. and i find it to be remarkable

in this city that can do so much for so many people that we have to come and do oppression ceremonies. indian people are one of the poorest demographics in your city, and rumor has it that that line item was cut when one board member intimated that there weren't enough of us around to make it worthwhile. i certainly hope that that's not true, because we are here, we are alive, we are vital. we hold powwows, we hold get togethers, we hold artistic events in yerba buena gardens and we need your hoelp to do this. $100,000 may be a drop in your bucket, but to us, it's huge.

if you can remove a statue, listening to the voices of the indian people, if you can change columbus day to indigenous peoples day, surely, you can put your money where your mouths are, certainly you can fund our events in this city, and that's all i'm asking. thank you for your help. >> chair fewer: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you. my name is betty trainer, and i'm with senior disability action and also the community living campaign, and i want to express our support for the budget justice coalition asks. in particular, ones for seniors and people with disabilities. i'll mention just a couple. the dementia daycare programs are really important, and also, the community connector program that our first speaker, judy

goddess spoke about. this basically keeps seniors in their home. it helps them, those that don't have a support system, and it helps them have a support system, so we need to keep that in the budget, budget justice. the other thing i'd like to talk about is expanding rental subsidies for seniors and people with disabilities. this is a good-size ask, but an important, valuable ask. we have so many seniors that just can't pay their rent or there's an emergency situation. they get behind for whatever reason, and we need these rental subsidies. and the other subsidy, which is

a program introduced by supervisor yee, would provide $500 million in rental subsidy for senior buildings. and it would be so necessary for our seniors that just can't afford the so-called affordable rent. so please consider that. my last one is a real quick one. it's not necessarily for seniors, but it's the red stone labor temple ask -- to save the red stone. that's a community center at 16th and capp. supervisor ronen -- [inaudible] >> hello. i'm here on behalf of my roommate, edward. he had a stroke last year. i'm on social security disability, and he had two jobs. we had to cope with a rent

increase of $900, which almost $3,000 a month for our cabin or cottage. he had a stroke in september, and we were desperate. he ended up in the hospital in a coma. he was paralyzed. all his income had stopped. what do you do? you don't have enough money on social security disability to pay. thank god i had an angel watching for me. q foundation with radco was able to pay the back rent as well as helping us keep the house, the cottage, which when he does come home from the hospital, because without the rental subsidy, we would have been homeless. this is very important that you do maintain subsidy rentals for people, whether they're in an emergency or they're homeless.

we all need support, respect, and the miracles that come with that. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. lauren tedi. i'm have district 5, and i'm a member of senior and disability action. everybody knows there's a crisis of housing in san francisco, but what isn't widely recognized is there's a crisis within the crisis. thousands are shut out of affordable housing, including 75,000 seniors, more than of half of whom have disabilities. 75,000 seniors who are prized out of affordable how's -- priced out of affordable housing because their income is too low. so i'm here to particularly support president yee's request to establish and fund