gavin. it was out aged. for $64 million. you eliminate all this in a big stride in front and 100% non-profit developer for low income bracket people. you don't have to charge no fees. get rid of the developer that is charging and interested in private only. you won't have this problem. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> peter cohen. support the legislation seems like really kind of low hanging fruit and we've been trying to trim margin inover the last couple of years as construction costs were driven by materials cost have really skyrocketed.

anything we can do is helpful and there's a i want to really commend y'all for thinking about how to use this extr strategicay whether it's for the small homeowner or building homeowner or across the board. i've leave that to you. but again, the city is foregoing money so it's using it strategically who who is tipping point are you trying to help is a good policy discussion. and the reporting amendment that you suggested supervisor mar is great. we really need to learn from these kinds of policies. sometimes we have a tendency to some up with great ideas and hope for the best and we move onto the next item. this report back is great. i just want to conclude, this

legislation is an example of the kind of collaboration that can and should happen on everything around affordable housing. i mean, everyone supports affordable housing. it's not as competitive as sometimes it seems to be. when we're doing legislation for whatever it is to advance our affordable housing or to incentivize new ways to create affordable housing or changing our zoning systems or finding money, let's all work together. it's a great example of how we can come up with a good idea, talk about it, workout the fine edges and i'm sure this will move through the board unanimously. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> are there any other members of the public that wish to testify in this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there someone from the b.l.a.s office that is able to shed light on these questions that we've been discussing on a.d.u.s either permitted or

applied for that are in larger -- like four unit buildings and maybe more than 10 units or larger? >> good morning chair mar and members of the committee. we did report on this item in april. at that time, we did note that we estimated that approximately 280a.d.u. projects would be subject to the one year fee waiver program based on the first six months of fiscal year 2018-2019 that had 92 a.d.u. project permits so we estimated that if that pace remains steady for the remainder of the year there would be about 200 units and we estimated that the amount of fees, the dollar value of fees for those projects would be

about $3200. fortunately we did not have any data on the size of the building and the a.d.u. projects were in. i would defer to the apartment at this time for that and we noted it was a policy matter for the board. >> thank you so much. is there additional information, mr. strong, that you have to present on this? >> i've been given some break out of some data. i would be happy to share it with you. i would also like frankly to take it back to the department and run our own numbers to make sure we're all giving you correct information. i'm happy to share these with you. this does provide some estimate -- i'm assuming it is

from this past fiscal year a year ago many of the top line apparently represents the single-family homes and then two units, three units, four units and up to 10 units. i'm seeing it for the first time so i'm not really able to give you any specifics about that until i go back and talk to our i.t. people to take a look. >> based on these numbers, this is the entire history of a.d.u.s right? >> i would assume. probably dating from 2014-2015. >> we're at about 1200 and this is 1,038 so this captures the vast majority of them. >> the largest cluster is in six

unit or larger buildings. 314 is the big number and that's six unit buildings. this is about 2% of the average project cost. this is not going to make or break it whether you are a mom and pop or whether you are a large corporate apartment owner. if this thing isn't is a cash flow and it's a good investment and you can get a loan to do the project, you are going to do that if you are a small person with a $3200 fee and d.b.i. or you are veritos. it's a month's rent is basically what the building cost is.

i don't care. it's a 15-month pilot program. i defer to chair mar but it's kind of six one half-dozen and the other. >> thank you, supervisor peskin. and also thank you for this additional data that we have on the a.d.u.s so far and again, what we're looking at here that was provided shows that the largest number of a.d.u.s significantly has been in buildings of -- properties of six units. so, i think given this and all through just my sort of feeling that we really do not need to provide a fee waiver to incentivize larger or real estate developers and landlords

of larger apartment buildings because they're adding a.d.u.s to their building. where we really need to target the incentives and the single-family homes and the smaller apartment buildings that are just mom and pop owners. you my strong preference is to stick with the threshold that we had agreed on yesterday and that is allowing a fee favor on four properties of four units or less and then through the evaluation of this 15-month pilot program we can see how things play out and consider adjusting that the threshold, the unit size threshold in the future. >> thank you, chair mar. yeah, i mean, i totally understand what you are saying and believe me, i don't want to give certain large landlords and i know supervisor peskin named a couple and i have them in my district holding their feet to the fire.

any advantage, i mean they should be paying this if they want to have another unit. and the number of a.d.u.s proposed for property between 2014 and the first quarter of 2018 has ranged from one to nine units. so just wanted to get that to us to give us a perspective. tofor me, i want to push this forward, chair mar, and i really appreciate you opening it up to small property owners to four units. i want to push this forward so we can give people a chance and actually just have them think about doing an a.d.u. and their property. i'm fine with moving this forward and i really thank you for your work on this.

>> thank you. >> colleagues, can we accept the amendments as introduce without objection and recommend this to the full board without objection as amended? great, thank you. mr. clerk, please call item number 3. >> clerk: agenda item number 3 is resolution to authorization -- approving the sheriff department home detention and electronic monitoring and approving evidence of financial responsibility demonstrated by the program administrator. fentanyl offender services llc for the 2019 calender year. >> thank you. i'd like to recognize the chief financial officer here to present on this item. mr. hollins. >> thank you. good morning supervisors. i'm here requesting approval of the resolution for the sheriff's department's electronic

monitoring program rules and regulations. i'm joined here today with chief michelle fisher, who until recently managed the department's alternative division that handsels the monitoring. she can speak to program details including rules and regulations. i have some handouts and paper as well. just some program history. the electronic monitoring program was established it provide alternatives to incarceration were in participation is ordered by the courts. we had a fee structure based on ability to pay for sentenced participants. and then last year there were a number of events that caused growth in the program. there's an appellant court

ruling and non monetary alternatives when setting bail or release conditions at the same time sheriff hennessey waved fees for participants. all of this pre seeded the significant growth and the program monthly program participants increased from about 100 in february 2018 to 400 as of may 2019. and we had a contract with leaders and communities alternatives that we went through competitive bid process where the new contract was awarded to term of the proposed contract begins august 1. the rules and regulations are essentially the same. if you go to slides 3 and 4, you can see the growth of the graphically you can see the growth of the program. you can see the a pal enter appd

the cost of the program has increased quite a bit but still the contract is for under $10 million. we're not here for that but just rules and regulations. finally, the last slide, slide 5 shows the snapshot showing the increase in release on alternatives back in 2016. we had a total population that the sheriff's department was charged with of 2238 and of those 1371 were actually incarcerated in the jail with another 866 out of custody on pre trial release or sentenced to alternatives including electronic monitoring and that meant about 40% of people were out on alternatives as of late last week.

the jail population has remained roughly the same. with that, i can answer questions myself or chief fisher. >> thank you. any questions? >> thank you so much. are there any members of the public that wish to testify on this item. please step forward, you have two minutes. >> go ahead morning, supervisors, i am at california attorney in 20-year resident of the city. the title language of file number 190673 is misleading and incorrect. the ruse and regulations of the program are not contained in appendix a. appendix a is is the contract or's responsibility. the rules and regulations of the county program are contained in separate documents that are not before you today. if you approve this legislation

this will be the sixth time in five years that the board, the city attorney and the sheriff's office have misleadingly represented to the public the obligations imposed by state law regarding the operation of the county's e.m. program. the personal code does not authorization the she ever to operate the program and they authorized the board to permit the sheriff to operate the e.m. program. they must approve contracts between the sheriff and the e.m. program in addition to its obligation to approve the program rules and regulations. the upcoming contract is set to begin august 1st has never been approved by the board. according to the controllers' office of the sheriff staffing practices released last month, they have a program report a 2,382% increase in e.m. program violations by participants over the past four years. if the city's attorney office is advising the board that it does not need to provide public

approval of the e.m. contract at a properly noticed public board meeting the city attorney is giving you bad information. your colleagues and other countries across the state including l.a., san diego are well aware of and fulfill their open government and public disclosure obligations regarding the operation of e.m. programs. why is it that san francisco board of supervisors repeatedly violates the obligations under the c.p. c. including approval of the county's e.m. contracts and annual approval of the programs rules and regulations. thank you for your time. thank you. public comment i comment is clo. any additional comments or questions? i'd like to move we send this item to the full board with positive recommendations. can we take that without objection. >> great. mr. clerk, please call item

number 4. >> clerk: agenda item number 4 ordinance and many of the administrative code to create office of division of the human rights decision department to create a city wide racial equity framework and assist the racial equity, analyze and racial equity and carry out various other policy and recording. to require city department to create racial equity action plan and updates of such plans and require city departments to designate employees as racial equity leaders and require the department of human resources to produce an annual report in the city workforce and mr. chair, this item has been requested to be a again diesed as a committee report for next tuesday the 23rd. >> thank you, supervisor brown, the floor is yours. >> thank you, i'm asking you to join me and move forward with the creation of the first ever office of racial equity. i want to thank supervisor fewer, her staff and my staff and especially all the community members who came last week and

provided important testimony on this ordinance. i ask our community continue working with us. we have a funded mandate. let's get the data to make better decisions on crafting legislation and funding. let's hold our departments accountable and hold the city. let's do right by our community of color and chair mar, i'd like to move to make a positive recommendation of this item and recommend that move to the full board and be scheduled for july 23rd. >> thank you, supervisor brown. do we need to take public comment? >> we must. >> is there any members of the public that wish to testify on this item? you have two minutes. mr. wright. >> we have a long way to go. you want to do racial equality and what you did to black people. you got that? this goes back not only to your

slavery treatment of blacks. it goes back to the city didn't do a damn thing about it. it expanded to treasure island. you got testimony that each and every god damn department here in the city and county of san francisco in san francisco discriminates against black people. and you did it to me when i used to work for muni. you get more respect to undocumented, illegal aliens and in the country in-housing and employment. about affordable housing controversy over studio apartments for 3,500 god damn dollars a month. and you are arguing over that

from both sides but yet you say nothing about undocumented illegal immigration getting brand new apartments that you having controversy about paying $3 a month. you hear me? it's disgusting. and then on top of that, you've already had hearings and testimony from black people explaining the way they've been treated and discriminated against by every employer department in your city. you talk about analysis and your input. you have 50 to 100 of us come up here and speak and you only one to give us one minute. that's harassment in its god damn self. how are we going to tell you what happened to us in one minute and when other nationalities speak, you let them speak for two minutes and the alarm goes off and they still get to speak. you discriminating your god damn self and the fro speec free sped

constitutional rights. >> is there anyone that wishes to testify on this item? mr. wright. >> michael! michael! >> this is a peculiar place and one would receive dis a dance against social practice and substance. i grew up on the peninsula where every block was diverse and they learned towards whether black, asian, jewish, latino, gay, et cetera. i believe the proposal is based in a desire and a attempt to deflect and channel unwanted but warranted criticism which might

otherwise confront the board or committees directly or force the reinterpretation of circumstances to alternative framework of presentation not necessarily one more truthful or accurate. with the poorest performing of schools in the city and state are denied material resources and teacher pay, when the recommended amount is more, then trouble at $7500 a year and in an effort to create a stable classroom environment and when a request to hire is denied for a very modest number of attorneys to a number for forensic analysis while they might review and assess a judicial rulings of juvenile cases and jobs are slashed at the housing authority and retraining funds are greatly diminished, this might be interpreted as structural racism

and tribalism in the city. >> thank you. is there anyone else that would like to speak on this item? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. so we have a motion to send this item to the full board with positive recommendations. can we take that without objection. >> is the motion to request as a committee report? >> yes, thank you. it's a committee report. thank you. >> mr. clerk, please call items 5-8 for closed session. > >> agenda items 5-8 are various ordinances and resolutions authorization settlements of lawsuits against the city and county of san francisco.

>> thank you. do we have a motion to convene in closed session. >> so moved. >> mr. chair, before we take a motion to convene in closed session we should take public comment on the four called items. >> sorry. is there any member of the public that wishes to speak on items 5-8 before we go to closed session? mr. wright. >> >> talk about this lawsuit here. this is example of a lawsuit that was filed unlivable conditions. i was the one that documented and foiled filed a complaint ae family. i got put in that hotel by barbara garcia and found out that senior citizens been exposed to infestations of bedbugs, roaches and mice. i'm the one that took pictures and filed the complaints for the

environmental health department to come down there and address my issues and none of them believe me. i'm the one that was told by the god damn hot team that that's the best building that we got, michael. what are you talking about? if that's the best building you got, i sure hate to see what the worse one looks like at all my evidence together before i confronted them. i'm the one that was doing pest control in the building and helping the tenants out. i realized the upper floors, the three floors above me with bad. i was living in that building for five months. i got more work done in that building in five months than your executive director for the building inspectors got at 31 years. and yet you give her a recognition for doing a good job for taking on the family. you have the executive director for housing and placement and

call me and tell me the city attorney wants to use my pictures to file a lawsuit against the slum lord. the slum lord knock on my door and ask do i want him to do. i started construction on that building, renovation of that building. you have a white living next door to me and have hundreds of roaches and bedbugs and the black to my right living in the same manner. i'm the one that got their apartments renovated. you hear me. >> thank you, mr. wright. is there anyone else that would like to comments on items 5-8? public comment is closed. so again, do we have a motion to convene in closed session. >> so moved. >> thank

>> we are back to open session. we clarified that the sediment was for petitioner claims for attorney fees and the committee record for consideration by the board in the 23rd. agenda items 6 and 7 were also recommended as committee reports to july 23rd board meeting. agenda item number 8 was a recommended asper usual business. >> thank you, mr. clerk. do we have a motion around the closed session proceedings. >> clerk: we would take a motion to disclose or not disclose the deliberations in closed session. >> i will make a motion not to disclose. >> can we take that without objection? >> thank you. >> any further business. >> clerk: there is no further business. >> this meeting is closed.

>> hi, everyone. i'm the executive director of the richmond neighborhood center , and i want to welcome you all today. thank you for coming. [cheers and applause] we are so excited to be hosting

this budget signing today. i want to tell you a little bit about the richmond neighborhood center for those of you who might not know. then neighborhood center offers a number of programs for families, children, seniors, and adults in the richmond. we strive to be a hub of resources, providing services directly and working with our partner nonprofits at this location. whether through our afterschool program, our food pantries, or our community festivals, like our upcoming autumn the moon, we are a center for building community and a sense of belonging for everyone. these are the values that our mayor is committed to and has prioritized in her budget, which she will be signing here today. we are excited to continue partnering and working with the city to create opportunities and strengthen our support for all of our diverse communities all over san francisco. thank you all for being here today. [applause]

>> thank you, michelle, and thank you for letting us use this amazing facility which serves so many young people and families across the richmond district. welcome to the richmond, but i know supervisor fewer is also anxious to welcome you here. this is an incredible community and i think that sometimes, when we are doing a lot of work in city hall, we forget about so many neighborhoods because we are right there in the middle and we are downtown, and of course, we are in d5 and other areas, and d6, but we don't make it to the west side of the city sometimes. we don't make it to the southeast sector of the city, so michael as mayor is to make sure that we not only spend more time and provide more resources to various parts of our communities in san francisco that sometimes have been neglected, that we make that right kinds of investments in those communities

, and so that's why we're here in the richmond today yes, we work with supervisor fewer as the budget chair. this year was absolutely amazing and yes, she fought for this district, but she also fought to prioritize equity and the things that are important to all san franciscans. it was truly a pleasure to work with her and to get this budget done. [applause] when i think back to why i got involved in politics in the first place, i think back to the first time that i advocated for resources for the western addition to the board of supervisors. that advocacy, carol was actually on the board at that time, many, many years ago, and a big supporter of the communities and equity, and really fighting for resources both here and in sacramento.

we would show up, we would advocate, we would talk about the importance of our issues, and members of the board would answer the call to make the right investment. yes, we still have a number of challenges in this city, a number of important investments that we know we need to make, in this board of supervisors spend countless hours listening to the public, listening to me, sometimes, but ultimately, putting together what i believe is a very comprehensive budget that is fair, that is equitable, that makes new investments, and that is really focused on accountability, as well. and it was under the leadership of president of the board who had the vision to appoint sandy fewer as the budget chair because he knew that she would

not take any mess from her colleagues and they all put forth their ideas, but ultimately, she wanted to make sure that this was a consensus budget, and everyone had something to be proud of. thank you to both supervisor fewer and president yee for your leadership. thank you to rafael mandel and who is here today. incredible advocates and supporters for the communities and incredible advocates and supporters for residents of the city. i also would like to thank our budget team and kelly kirkpatrick who is the director of the budget. [applause] kelly, stand up, we can't see you. [cheers and applause]. >> her countless hours and worker work to get this budget done. harvey rose and his team from the budget and legislative analyst. usually the mayor doesn't think them, but as someone who served

on the board of supervisors and has a lot of love for the work that they do to really analyse the budget within a short time period, i just want to thank them for their hard work to get this job done was pause -- [applause]. >> thank you to brendan rosenfield for crunching the numbers, him and his team. all the department heads, the ones that were grilled hard-core and were able to fight for their resources and get what we needed for the public. i mean, the budget was a battle, but it was a good battle. it was one of the best budget processes i've seen in a really long time, and i'm not just saying that because this is my first budget as mayor, i am saying it because everyone had an opportunity to make a request and have their voices heard. and so i'm just proud of how comprehensive this budget is. yes, it is the highest budget in our city's history,

$12.3 billion, and i don't want people to think we have control over the spending of all these dollars, because we do have enterprise departments like the airport, the port of san francisco, the public utilities commission, but ultimately, we made some new investments because not only did i spend time having a number of budget town hall meetings all over san francisco, i know the supervisors spent time with their various constituents, and we took that feedback to incorporate it into our budget, and i just wanted to highlight a few of the things that i know are some of the most pressing issues that we face in san francisco. since i've taken office, about a year ago, we have been able to make over a billion dollars of investments in affordable housing throughout the city and county of san francisco. [applause] we have been able to do that

because our unexpected windfall of the funding, because of our investments in our current budget, and because you all are going to pass the 600 billion-dollar affordable housing bond this fall without raising property taxes. [applause] part of that budget includes not only building new affordable housing and providing support for low and middle income families, it also provides preservation of existing affordable housing, and so i know that preservation around a small sight acquisition was really important to supervisor fewer because of so many seniors in the richmond district living in some of these buildings that are up for sale and have the ability to purchase those buildings and protect them for those low income seniors and it is so critical to the long-term stability of affordable housing in san francisco. i am excited about funding for rent subsidies and trying to keep people housed, our rights

to civil council, and making sure that people who are facing eviction are not doing it alone. so many amazing investments in housing, and now we've just got to get rid of some of the bureaucracy that gets in the way of housing. homelessness, which we know as a number 1 issue that we face in tenth -- in san francisco. we have additional support for more navigation centers, for more shelter beds, because we know we need them and we need them yesterday. providing 100% affordable housing with wraparound services for formerly homeless individuals is something that is critical to addressing the number 1 crisis in our city, and we made those investments. $53 million to expand our behavioral health program and other health services in san francisco. [applause] thank you supervisor mandelman for your support and leadership around mental health reform in

our city. we have already opened 100 new mental health stabilization beds on top of what we already have, and with this additional funding , we will be able to open another 100 new beds by the end of this year. we also have a need for people to use the bathroom, so we are adding more pitstops, we are adding more big belly trash cans , we are adding more targeted street cleaning, and we are using our 311 data to really make those investments strategically in the right places. we're deploying another 250 officers, hopefully, as we get them across the finish line of the academy, so that they can walk the beat in various neighborhoods, talk to merchants , get to know the communities, and help with preventing crime from happening in the first place. we know that our commercial corridor and so many neighborhoods need so much help and support, so we have made investments to support for sought improvement, tenant

improvements, pay various fines and fees, and other things that we know small business communities face, including seven businesses right here in the richmond district you will benefit from some of the new small business investment our city proposes to make. it is the beginning. there's more that we need to do to protect and support are small businesses, and i have been fighting with my director of small business because i want us to cut even more fees for small businesses in san francisco so that it's not a burden to them staying open in the city. [applause] through hard work, the minimum compensation ordinance was done. it was brutal, but we got through it, and so many very low income wage earners in san francisco are going to get a well-deserved raise and have already, in some cases. we have expanded our cal fresh program and our county assistance program, and we know that equity was at the forefront

of this budget. and thanks to the leadership of supervisor vallie brown and supervisor fewer, they helped create an office of equity where we are making investments to really try and shine a light on what we know are real challenges around access, education, affordability, and the things that continue to show really racial disparity that needs to -- that we need to take a look at, provide the data, and really make the right investments to turn it around. opportunities for all, as you will know, is a program that is near and dear to my heart. making sure that every high school student in san francisco has access to a paid internship, and i want to thank all of the city departments for stepping up and providing internships, and now it is time to halt -- holds the private sector accountable, to not only contribute, because a deafening contributed to

opportunities for all, but they need to have more placement for our young people, and that is what i'm committed to moving forward. thank you to supervisor mar who is not here with us today. we worked together to fully fund free city college for san francisco. [applause] so i just want to say, to all of our senior folks who are here today, you don't have to be a young person to go to city college, you don't have to be a kid living at home with your parents to go to city college. city college is for all san franciscans. so let's take advantage of the amazing classes that they have. in one of the things i want to mention before i turn this over to supervisor fewer, as i know that, as mayor, i don't necessarily have complete control over our board of education, but i went to public schools here, and we know that supervisor yee and supervisor fewer also went to public schools here in san francisco, and the challenges that sometimes exist as certain

schools versus other schools is something we need to address when we talk about equity. so for the first time ever, this city is making significant investment in addressing what we know are the biggest challenges at those schools. and includes teacher retention at certain schools in the southeast sector and other parts of the city, we are making a 10 million-dollar investment to provide additional bonuses to teachers in those particular schools to make sure that we try and hold onto them to work with so many kids that have, what we know sometimes are real challenges, but we are also making investments and wellness centers in our public schools. to make sure that kids have the support that they need when going through what we know can be a very challenging time in their lives. so many great things. again, 12.3 million. i could be here all day talking

about all of the things that we are doing to make the right kinds of investments, but i just wanted to highlight those few to let you know that in addition to these investments, as i have said from the very beginning, it is important that we understand the value of a dollar. the value of how this city makes investments, and what it means to people's lives. it can be the difference between a young person ending up dead or in prison or in some terrible situation, and someone ending up mayor of san francisco. and that's how i see our investments, as an opportunity to make sure that good things happen for people here in san francisco, and we create a better future with these incredible investments. so make sure, all the departments, you spend this money wisely.

you don't take pen and paper home that you don't need. [laughter] and you do your very best to show folks in this city that we are the greatest city in the world because we put our money where our mouth is, and because of that, we are able to create a more thriving, equitable, safe, and secure city for all san franciscans. thank you all so much for being here. [cheers and applause] with that, i would like to turn it over to our budget chair, supervisor sandy fewer. [applause] >> thank you, madame mayor. good morning, everyone. wow. on behalf of my 80,000 residents in the richmond district, i would like to welcome you to this part of town where our summers look like this every day off mac.

>> but where we are doing good work to strengthen and grow communities. the richmond district neighborhood center is leading that effort with the work on the one richmond initiative, the home delivered grocery program, and is the main provider of active school programming in the richmond. i would like to thank the executive director and her staff for hosting us today. thank you all for coming out. i am glad that the budget is being officially finalized today as together to witness the signing of the budget by the mayor, i'm also appreciative that i was given the opportunity to serve the city in the capacity as budget chair this year. this, is most of you know, is a process that involves the expertise, commitment, and hard work of many, so i would like to take a moment now to recognize and thank them. chelsea, i know she is here somewhere. my legislative aide who worked

tirelessly meeting with community groups, playing and -- planning and designing the entire budget process and was the go to person with all things budget related. our interns for the summer helped us tremendously on the budget, working behind the scenes. so many things to jack, melissa, and janine. i must also acknowledge my other legislative aide, angelina, and ian, "kept the office running at the knees of my district addressed while we were deeply busy with the city budget. i would like to thank the members of the budget committee, president yee, supervisors mandelman, stefani, and ronen. after many long hours, shared anxiety, and a lot of learning. it is with a sigh of relief and pride that we are at this point in the process. many thanks and recognition to the wonderful budget legislative analyst. with whom we work closely with and depended on heavily for guidance and recommendations. i want to thank our controller and his office for all the support, advice, and expertise,

and many thanks to the mayor's budget office and to mayor breed for working so closely with us to ensure a smooth and collaborative process. my deepest appreciation for the clerk's office and linda wong for keeping me on track. thank you to john for keeping this legit. of course, this process would not be complete without the voices behind the 400 million-dollar in community asks. so thank you to community advocates who took the time to educate us on how this budget can help supply the need and support for safety net for the most formable in the city. and lastly, i would like to thank the city workers. the backbone of our city that makes the whole machine work to serve our residents. i want to especially thank our department heads who fight not only for their budget, but for their ability to serve the people of san francisco well.

honorable work beyond measure, and most of the time, without recognition or appreciation. being devoted, dedicated, public servants. [applause] this budget prioritizes the issues of affordable housing development, the expansion of beds for homeless residents, and rental subsidies for some of our most vulnerable tenants. it focuses on services and support marginalized communities , including children, seniors, and people with disabilities, immigrants, communities of color, lgbtq communities, low income workers. with an ever growing wealth gap, and inequitable opportunities by race, language, gender, sexuality and more, it is critical we invest in assurance that every san franciscan can thrive. i think this is a budget that reflects those values. this is a budget that says, to those of you who are struggling to stay here, for those of you

who are struggling to provide here, we see you. thank you again to mayor breed, and to president norman you for entrusting me with this responsibility. and now that it is all over, i am not sure, actually, that my colleagues or my staff would agree, but i think i'm willing to do this for another five years. [laughter]. [applause] i want to thank all of my colleagues at the board, especially board, especially our budget committee members for your confidence and collaboration. thank you to the people of san francisco who entrust us with the money earned off the hardbacks of hard-working san franciscans. and now let's -- let's get this thing signed. i like to present the president of the board, norman e. -- norman g. -- president norman yee. [applause] [laughter]

>> i'm sorry, i can't hide the fact that i'm freezing. [laughter] welcome, everybody. this district is the most important district in the northwest sector of san francisco. [laughter] i really want to think them air, your staff, and i know i will be repeating what has been said, but it is worth repeating when people work so hard to put the most important document together for san franciscans. so once again, mayor, your director over there, kelly, thank you very much. thank you very much to ben rosenfield and your team.

and the budget legislative analyst. thank you for putting this budget together. but more importantly, when i became president in january, one of the first things i said was that i'm going to make this board of supervisors, this set of 11 people, the best that we can ever have in san francisco. to serve our community, to serve our residents, to serve the most vulnerable, and the most important committee to help serve these people is the budget committee. and i knew i had to make the strongest budget committee that i could think of, so as mentioned, it was really an honor for me to ask supervisor fewer to be chair of the budget committee, and i was so happy. she just kept on saying, oh, no,

no, i don't know, i don't know. for christ sake, sandy! you were chair in the budget committee on the board of education, yes, you know how to do a budget. you are as good as anybody on the board of supervisors. so thank you for accepting it. you did a marvellous job. give her a hand. [applause] but like all of us, one person can't do it all. she needed a team. she needed four other supervisors to help her. that includes supervisor mandelman right here, thank you. [applause] and supervisor ronen and supervisor stefani who were also part of that team. and to really make it special, to make it the best team, i put myself on it. [laughter]

in all seriousness, i'm really glad that this budget was put together the way it was, and it was as transparent as i've seen it over the last 70 -- seven years. people were engaged, people had a voice. everybody felt like they had a voice, and that was because of the openness of everybody, not only the budget committee, but also the mayor's office. advocates came, we went out into the community, and we put a budget together that has, to me, one of the best budgets i've seen because we are beginning to look at the issues and see what we need to do to solve it. we needed to do things. we needed to be creative and putting the money where it could be effective, and i think people

really looked at it carefully with that lens. you know, how do we get equity on this? how do we serve the people? how do we make sure people can be successful whether they are regular people working, whether they are people on the streets that can't work right now, whether it's the children that we are talking about that could be great adults, and also, our seniors. i can't say enough that we are the fastest growing population in san francisco is seniors. we need to make investments because, as many of you know, right now over 50% of the people entering homelessness for the first time our seniors. we need to make investments. i think this budget reflects that need. thank you very much for that. the other thing that i want to say that hasn't been mentioned in this budget is, you know,

when families are struggling already, you can barely pay the rent, and all of a sudden they are strapped with childcare, maybe for one child, $25,000 a year, or two children, of the $50,000 a year. a teacher couldn't afford that. nobody could afford that. so once again, this budget reflects that need. we are really trying to support the low to middle income families so they can raise her children in san francisco. this is what this budget does. on top of all that, we didn't forget about our infrastructure. we did not forget about our parks, our fire department, our police department, and our department of public works to have more staff to clean up the streets and so forth, so this is what this budget does. it supports the infrastructure, and it also is created to find

solutions where we need to find solutions. let's get it on and signed this budget. thank you very much! [applause] >> all right, folks. it is time. let's do this. supervisors, please join me. [indiscernible] [laughter] >> thank you. all right, we're done. [cheers and applause]

>> everything is done in-house. i think it is done. i have always been passionate about gelato. every single slaver has its own recipe. we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because

of the neighbors and the location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you

like. what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like. >> supervisor walton: good morning, everybody. we will now call this july 29, 2019 rules committee to order. i'm going to be sitting in for supervisor ronen, who is absent today. and then, i want to thank supervisor mandelman for sitting in and taking