in the upcoming year. they did meet number one for the budget and management plan budget. 2. they did meet this benchmark as well with a 8.46 non assessment revenue generation in 1 17-18 ad has done well meeting this. 3. 17-18 they did not meet this. they missed this by .74% for the cleaning and streetscape improvements. upon further review we reviewed this was done to delays in improvement projects we can discuss further. for benchmark 4 they had the carry forward how to spend it. they met this. in conclusion they met three out

of four requirements. they have performed well in implementing the service plan and market and produce the events, increase the community stakeholders activities and maintain an active board of directors and subcommittees. i would like to invite her up to present accomplishments of the district. >> thank you. good morning i am the director of the yerba community benefit district. i have a few slides. first i want to highlight the district. it is basically between second and fifth streets on the south side of market down to perry, a half block south of harrison. the colors show you the different type of uses that we have in the neighborhood. we are fortunate to be a mixed use area and as a result of this

we have a board of directors of 28 people who have to represent this diversity as well and very active board. we are thrilled and i know that cassandra has left we are thrilled this is done. it has had a significant economic benefit. we appreciate them adding public art to the neighborhood which has a lot of art components. what do we do? our focus is to improve quality of life in the neighborhood. we define this in five ways. i am sorry the formatting the funky. we do cleaning, safety, marketing and community benefit fund grants to organizations also working to improve the neighborhood. to give you a sample we responded to 60,000 requests for cleaning in the fiscal year 2018. we moving 161-tons of trash from

the neighborhood. i know you can read so i am not reading this to you. this is supplemental to what public works actually does across the city and specifically in our neighborhood. for safety we have community guides, goodwill ambassadors a social service specialist working with the street population for services and partner for a bike patrol officer. he responded to 5,000 requests for services dealing with specific issues. we d do a count how many people are on the streets. we averaged 53 people each night in our neighborhood. our approach is service first. we are trying to connect people to services. our specialist will get to know the people, find out their issues and connect them to services, make appointments and escort them and walk them through the process to make it

to give us the best chance of success. we do streetscape improvements. one of the things we under spent were projects delayed. we installed nine big belly waste reseptacles. we added 13 additional so we have 22 total. we added two new art installations. we added more bike racks and worked with the city on the second street improvement project. that is the picture on the right. the individual is sitting on a custom bench in the neighborhood. we market the neighborhood to bring people in to support the businesses there. last year we launched walking tours. i want to show you the twist and i am not going to encourage you to participate. we have the annual event that was saturday night.

greatroud. and then we do regular mailings to our property owners and redesigned our website. the one thing that is different for our district is that we have a community benefit fund. the property owners decided they wanted us to support other organizations that were working to improve the neighborhood. in 2010 we created the community benefit fund. we gave away $165,000 in grants to organizations. these are samples of the things we supported. since 2010 we have given $1.4 million to organizations in the neighborhood. a map of the actuals. this is all in the report for fiscal year 2017-2018 we did come up shy on cleaning and streetscape it was not because of cleaning services or streetscape improvement. we learned that things take longer than we anticipate they are going to take. we try to fine tune the budget.

i can tell you in advance we hit the mark for the fiscal year just completed. an example of the just completed fiscal year budget. last but not least in the 2017-2018 we created the excellence awards to support and to award individuals in the neighborhood doing great things. this is a photo of the first recipients of this award. they have done things from people that keep the streets clean to public art, activations in the neighborhoods. supervisor kim is here for championing the neighborhood. that is it for me. i am happy to answer any questions. >> thank you for the presentation and all of your good work. colleagues any questions? >> thank you. i move we send this item to the full board with positive

remember. can we take that without objection? >> we do need public comment. >> any members of the public that wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i move we send this to the full board with positive recommendations. can we take that without objection? great. >> please call item 7. >> again a the civic center comy district for the fiscal year 2017-2018. >> this is the civic center community benefit district annual report. it is a property-based community benefit district. the initial budget was 691,000. it is a assessment budget was p.m. $828,000. it was established in 2011. this was going to expire on

2021. as you know it was renewed this summer. the executive director is tracey who is here today. the service areas are safety/community be service ambassadors, activation of public placings. they review four benchmarks for the district. checking the variance whether one percent actuals came from sources other than assessment revenue. if the variance between the fiscal year and actuals was within 10 variance percentage points and if they are indicating the funds carried over to the upcoming fiscal year. for benchmark one they did meet this benchmark requirement. for benchmark two, the civic center raised 46.22% of the budget through non assessment

revenue and met that benchmark as well. benchmark three. it was well with in the 10% variance for fiscal years 2017-2018 and did meet this as well. they did indicate the carry forward as required by state law. findings and conclusions they have performed well and the civic center has performed well in implements the service plan and met the requirements set forthwith the city and state code. they worked with oewd and the tax collector to collect several outstanding debts. this was distributed in fiscal year 2018 higher 2019. they partnered with city agencies on successful implementation of public space in civic center plaza and the mall. they maintained an active board of directors on the operations.

if there are no questions i would like to invite her up to present on their accomplishmen accomplishments. >> good morning. executive director of the cbd. a few slides to augustment the staff presentation. this was the district in fiscal year 2017-2018. roughly 100-acre on the north of church street near tenderloin school and market street to the south. a little over 700 parcels in the new district. as chris said. our services focused on cleaning, maintenance and public safety. key services for us are the garage greeter at the civic

center garage and playground safety monitors. last year and the year before we held a safety summit inn vitting the entire community be to market street. a few stats here. we have many, many more on the website. we are pressure watching 46,000 linear feet per year removing 60,000-tons of trash per year. our needle numbers are back up to 1,000 each month. they dipped for a while. they are on the rise again. we had seven free community events in 2018. we begun construction of the cafe and civic center plaza celebrating the one-year anniversary this month. we held the civic center plaza tree lighting on december 5th. this year it will be wednesday,

december 4th, same time, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and we are really busy with the launch of the renewal campaign for the district which we successfully completed in july of this year. thank you. >> thank you. thankings for the presentation and the good work. we can go to public comment. they members of the public to testify opthis item? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, can we send this to the full board with positive recommendation without objection? thank you. mr. clerk please call item 8. agenda item 8 resolution receiving and approving the annual report for the central

market community benefit district for the calendar year 2017. >> thithis is the report. this is a property-based district. it was renewed in 2013 with an initial assessment budget $1.2 million. the 2017 was $1.4 million set to expire june 30, 2028. executive director is tracey. service public safety, cleaning, management and economic development. we reviewed four benchmarks for the district. the difference between it is related to benchmark two. the requirement is 3.68%. the other four benchmarks are the same as the previous property based cbds. for the first benchmark they did

meet this. it was within the 10% variance. for the assessment revenue and other income benchmark two they were above requirement at 21.53%. they did meet this benchmark. benchmark three the fiscal year budget they were below 10% variance on each service category and did meet the benchmark. for four they indicated the carryover and met it. the organization did a commend commendsable job to support the district. they hosted the seventh annual art event feature feature featue artists. they fulfill the management plan and maintain an active board of directors and subcommittees. if there are no questions for

staff i would like to invite ms. >> hello again. executive director for the central market community benefit district. last year we changed the name we are mid market. we are talking about 2017 today so this is back to that year. this is a map of our district. 806 parcels with an annual budget $1.4 million. you will see highlighted in yellow the significant number of sites under development in this district. close to 2 million square feet. core services cleaning maintenance public safety and maintenance 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day. a few stats with human and

animal waste. graffiti takings and pressure washing 30,000 linear feet quarterly. next to the tenderloin this is the most intense for a cbd to manage. public safety services we are reaching out to pedestrians, merchants, local residents to do a significant amount of social service outreach and partnership with the district social service agencies. also for public safety we continue to expand our security camera program. we have very successful safety teams we launch when we can afford to or get grants. we pair a community ambassador with a san francisco 10b officer and that wonderful. it is well received in the community. then we do the annual safety

summit. in 2017 we got over 200 people to the strand theater. we did on stage active shooter training, presentation to stop the bleed campaign from sf general and the lobby is filled with the city safety service agencies and their information. in terms of economic developments a number of new businesses open for our highlighted here but to very large co-working facilities which have brought jobs and services and employees to our district. we appreciate that. then because of the high number of under development in our district we work closely with developers to try to make sure development sites are as safe and good-looking as possible. these are examples of two art

projects we did in our district. just a snapshot of the last art walk that we did. the art walk was created a decade ago to bring exposure to the businesses on the sixth street corridor that continues to this day. we fill almost every storefront on sixth with an artist for this event. we get 2000 people on the sixth street corridor. we look forward to that event in 2020. thank you very much. any members of the public to comment on this item. >> if i could get a word to express a few personal sentiments regarding the present state of energy as it impacts property taxed through cbd designation. it may be true by deferring

maintenance they may appear rotten through the bone. it will be preferable if the state were to prevent predatory lenders from exploiting the crisis by blocking the consumption of the company. i would rather see the state declare eminent domain to the sudden loss of power and consumer confidence in carrying out the transactions. the broad impact on educational and athletic activities, the millions lost with corresponding decrease in revenue. bond holders may be guided to undermine the company and to bleed it of the remaining strength. that may behalf of the reason the lenders propose $4 billion

settlement, some for fire victims, less stock is worth on the books, the stronger the bonds for corporate assets. if lenders take over, the shareholders will lose equity andlerders will attempt to take over expenditures by racing utility rates on consumers. public would be compelled to take it over. they can be made to serve a purpose. the moment should be viewed as a bellwether for the state. governor can prevent it by declaring eminent domain. >> thank you. any other members of the public to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. thanks for all of the informative presentations. can we send this item to the

full board with positive recommendation without objection? great. mr. clerk please call items 9 through 15 foreclosed session. >> agenda items 9 through 15 are ordinances authorizing settlements of lawsuits and attorneys fee claims against the city and county of san francisco. >> any members of the public to testify on the items to be heard in closed session? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to convene in closed session? >> so moved. >> so we are now in >> during the closed session deliberations, the committee

recommended to put all of the agenda items to the board with the caveat that the item 15 would be sent to the board. >> thank you, mr. clerk, i would make a motion not to disclose. >> so moved. >> any further business? >> there is no further business. >> we are adjourned. thank you. [♪]

♪ >> about two years ago now i had my first child. and i thought when i come back, you know, i'm going to get back in the swing of things and i'll find a spot. and it wasn't really that way when i got back to work. that's what really got me to think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work.

♪ >> when it comes to innovative ideas and policies, san francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. and this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. >> i was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her

baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. >> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes

today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this is such an inviting space. what makes this a lactation room? >> as legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesn't have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. and we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. the things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. and the sink is in the room. our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but it's all right in here. you can wash your pump and put your milk away and you don't have to put it in a fridge that you share with co-workers. >> the new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in san francisco. but are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city? >> i think small businesses

rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for small businesses that may have small footprints. for example, we don't mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. in city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. ♪ ♪ >> so the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. >> i think for the work place to really offer support and encouragement for pumping and breast feeding mothers is necessary. >> what is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer have a lactation policy in place

and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. otherwise a lot of times moms don't feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. really it's hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, you're leaving your heart outside of your body. when you can provide your child food from your body and know you're connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. and businesses and employers can just provide a space. if they don't have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and that will attract moms to working in san francisco. >> if you want more information visit

sfdph.org/breastfeedingatwork. ♪ ♪ >> first off, i want to give a huge shout out to the domestic violence's consortium and fearless leader of the event, beverly upton. [cheers and applause] domestic violence is an issue that spans many departments and agencies here in san francisco. as a safety, we have worked very hard to develop strong partnerships. i want to welcome supervisor catherine stefani.

[cheers and applause] supervisor safai, city college trustee i.v. lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. representing san francisco airports, front seth -- francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director kelly densmore who is the new director of the office of sexual harassment and assault response and prevention. so tonight's theme is building pathways to safety. we recognize that domestic violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race,

sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our diverse community members where they are. we are so proud of our partner agencies that work so hard every day to expand women's safety. if you are from one of our partner agencies, make some noise. [cheers and applause] please stay until the end of the event. as the sunsets, city hall will be let -- let purple for domestic violence awareness month. this is the only time of the month that it will glow purple. it is truly magnificent. a wonderful selfie shot. so i want to welcome -- we are welcoming our president, the

commission on the status of women, the strongest women's commission in the country. let's give that a cheer. [cheering] >> the president the lifelong advocate for women and girls and has acted as a champion for policy change in education and community and economic development. she just stepped off a plane from india, so please help me welcome president rhianna zawart >> hi, everyone. i am very honored be here and to represent the strongest commission in the country. i'm joined tonight by our vice president, commissioners. can we give it up for our commissioners? [applause] the reason why this commission and this department is so important is because every day we live the theme of this month

which is building pathways to safety. according to the national coalition against domestic violence, an average of 20 americans experience domestic violence every minute. that is 10 million victims in a single year in the u.s. and according to the coalition, domestic violence survivors receive 8 million -- lose 8 million working days. the numbers are there and they are scary. we can't get lost in the numbers because we have to remember what happens when people are victims and survivors of domestic violence. and what i'm proud of today with this commission is that we have provided an impressive dented $8.6 million in funding to community-based organizations working across the city to support victims and survivors of violence and their families with crisis lines, counseling, case management, legal services, emergency and transitional shelters. can we give it up for a

$.6 million in services for the city and county? [cheers and applause] for example, we provide essential funding to three domestic violence shelters including the first in the nation, the asian women's shelter pick the first in california -- [speaking spanish] -- and st. vincent de paul society. through these grants, we are serving thousands of victims and survivors. in 2017, our partners filled in 25,000 service calls, provided 25,000 hours of counseling and reach 12,000 individuals in violence education and prevention programs. our strong network of partners and provider services and dozens -- in dozens of languages works to ensure that their work with the survivors is done in a culturally competent and sensitive way. again, we always look past the numbers and the humanity. the people that faces every day to make sure that we are providing the needs of this community. so make some noise again for our partner agencies who are doing

this work every day. we are so proud of you. [applause] even with all of that, the demand is greater than the supply. for every one person served in our emergency shelters, we are about four people who are turned away every day and placed outside of san francisco. we have to do better. there is more work to be done to ensure that survivors and their families are on a path toward safety. every day, survivors are faced with the impossible choice between remaining in an abusive environment that are potentially life-threatening, relieving and becoming homeless. -- or leaving and becoming homeless. we must invest in expanded services and more shelter spaces for domestic violence and their families. by providing safe places for survivors and supporting them to rebuild their lives, we can break the cycle of violence. is our guest of honor here? fantastic.

with that, i want to introduce someone who i am honored to work with. our supervisor catherine stefani , "i know is not afraid to stand up and defend survivors and his leadership in this city and county is unprecedented when it comes to finding pathways to safety. give it up for supervisor stefani. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. i want to thank the department on the status of women and the domestic violence consortium for sponsoring today's event and everyone who came out today to show your support. it is an honor to join many community partners as we continue to fight against domestic violence. i look forward to the day when we don't have to do this. we have made great progress in the city but we know we have a lot more work to do. according to a recent united nations report, the most dangerous place for a woman around the world is in her home.

more than half of all women, homicide victims in recent years , were killed by their partners or relatives, and while we know that it is not just women who are affected by domestic violence, women are far more likely than men to experience violence in the home. in the united states, more than one in three women will report experiencing abuse by domestic partners in their lifetime. this abuse impacts not only the victims, but entire families and communities. one domestic abusers have access to guns, the effects are deadly. we know that over half of female victims were killed by the partners in the united states are killed with guns. if you are a woman in the united states, you are 16 times more likely to die by gun violence by an intimate partner then in other countries and we also know that most mass shootings in the united states, over 50% of them, are related to domestic violence

listen to this statistic. this one blew me away. 92% of all women killed with guns in high-income countries in 2015 were from the united states 92% is absolutely unacceptable. we know that, and in so many cases, law enforcement and families feel powerless to stop tragedies. we have been hamstrung and getting weapons out of the hands who would harm their partners and family members, and there is no single way to win the fight against domestic violence, but we will not win unless we continue to bring attention to this important issue and pass legislation at every single level of government. that is why i will introduce my ordinance to implement the gun violence restraining order law and a very happy to be doing that with the help of deputy chief lazar. gun violence restraining order laws give families and law enforcement the power to

temporarily remove an individual 's access to firearms before they commit acts of violence. is also known as red flag laws. gun violence restraining orders save lives. i look forward to passing this legislation at the board of supervisors and continuing to work for commonsense legislation to protect those affected by domestic violence. it is really so inspiring to be here surrounded by our city's leaders and advocates who are all working, we are all on the same page, to end domestic violence in san francisco and i look forward to continuing that work with you all. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, supervisor stefani. a couple other folks to recognize. representing the sheriff's office, we have deputy kathy johnson. give a wave. [applause] i will invite back to the podium president zawart to introduce our very special guest tonight. >> i am back and i am really honored again to be back to

introduce one of my personal heroes. the mayor of san francisco london breed, who is a committed and compassionate women's rights advocate who we know is not afraid to stand up to defend survivors and under his leadership the city has been working to further prevent. i think that is key here. we can't erase, there is no silver bullet, but this mayor is committed to preventing this every single day. without further ado, mayor breed [applause] >> thank you. good evening, everyone. i want to thank each and every one of you for being here to recognize something that is so critical to what we need to do in terms of the work of the city and county of san francisco, and that is honoring and remembering survivors of domestic violence and making sure that their memories are not forgotten, that we do not forget who they are,

in some of the challenges that they experienced. in fact, we know all too well the history of our city and our country. in fact, the neighborhood that i grew up in, it was not uncommon to sadly see men beat up their girlfriends and their wives. and when the police would get called on occasion, and i have had this experience directly, they would come and sadly, in some cases, people would pretend as if nothing ever happened and no one would be held accountable for that because the fact is, so many of those women were living in fear, in fear of what might happen if they did stand up, and the times -- on the kinds of situations they were in requires us to make sure that we are doing more to protect people. to make sure that no matter what relationship you are in, that you shouldn't have to fear your

partner, your spouse, or fear that you don't have support or resources available to you to help in case you are in a situation like that. we are here today to remember that there is still work to be done. in fact, here in san francisco, although we have invested millions of dollars over $8.5 million into programs and services and resources that help those who tragically are victims of domestic violence and help with crisis hotlines and help with shelter and other access to services, we know that there is still work to be done and we are committed to the work. we also know that sadly, in the bayview hunters point community, we are seeing record numbers of domestic violence incidents that have been reported. as a result, we have to be focused on new ways in which we can make it easier to help people who are in need of help.

in the san francisco police department, we have launched a new opportunity for an app that is called hard. it is an application that, using technology, that assist police officers right on the spot with identifying what is happening in the situation, and asking the right questions, and more importantly, how we directly connect people who are victims with services right away. it is the first step in so many other things that we know we can do as a safety to be innovative, to be creative around creating opportunities to connect people to resources. knowing that, is tough for someone maybe, it can happen to anyone at any given time, and any relationship. so it is important that we

continue to provide the supports , to provide the resources, to remember the tragedies that have occurred, to never forget those, was specially who have lost their lives, and to really commend and thank the survivors who have come forward to tell their story and to be advocates for change around this most critical issue. today and tonight, in fact, we light up city hall in the color purple. the purple -- the color that recognizes domestic violence awareness month in san francisco , and when we see san francisco lit up this color today, we think about the people , the experiences, the stories, the challenges that have existed, but more importantly, we think about the resilience of such an incredible community of people who have stepped up, told their story, and really have been able to make change happen. the difference between what happened in the past when i was

growing up and what happens now, when there is an issue of domestic violence and the police come, someone is going to be held accountable. it took a long time to get to that point, but we are in a better place with more work that needs to be done, and i know, with the commission on the status of women, with the san francisco police department, with so many incredible nonprofit organizations that continue to work on so many of these issues every single day, that it is only a matter of time before we finally get to a better place where we don't lose a life over domestic violence in the city and in the country. thank you all for coming out today and for your advocacy and work and support on this very critical issue in our city. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. another round of applause for the leadership of mayor london breed. we are so excited about this new announcement that will really

bring more of the victims survivors services. we are really excited about that our next speaker is beverly upton, executive director of the domestic violence consortium, which brings together an incredible network of organizations to support survivors of domestic violence and their families. beverly was a key partner in putting together tonight's event please join me and giving her a warm welcome. [applause] >> thank you so much. i'm so honored to stand here with emily again this year. we have lighted city hall purple for about a decade and we have seen a lot of progress in that decade. we have been gathering here to show the city's commitment to ending domestic violence, violence against women, and violence towards san francisco's most vulnerable residents. we gather here today to honor those who certainly have survived and are here with us.

they are our heroes, but this is also a time that we get together and honor the folks that are answering the crisis line 24 hours a day, that are running the shelters, 24/7, 365 days a year. [cheers and applause] keeping survivors and their children safe. lots of children in shelter. i'm sure you will hear more. they are teaching, training, working with survivors, working with youth, we have a pil you -- we have youth here today. they are taking the tough cases. they are getting the restraining orders, they are taking these complex cases that are so confusing and there are so many details, and the abuse has gone on for so long, it takes a good, legal community to unravel those cases, support their survivors, and take them where they need to

go. we have that. i see jerel here, i say kimberley here, i see our attorneys from the justice and diversity center. we want to honor you for being in the trenches and really coming through for survivors and their kids. this is what we are here for today. this is what the mayor is supporting, this is what the department and the commission on the status of women are supporting. this team of survivors here, now , 24 hours a day, but we wouldn't be here without our city partners. emily and her team at the department on the status of women are such great leaders. they support 24 hours a day these agencies. they help us make sure that our staff are right and help us tell the story. they help us connect with city hall every day. they help us connect with the commission on the status of women. none of us would be here without our city partners. we wouldn't be here without the mayor's office, we wouldn't be

here without mayor breed, and we wouldn't be here without the board of supervisors. the board of supervisors works with us every year to make sure that we have the resources we need to meet new communities where they are, to support our immigrant brothers and sisters, our transgender brother and sisters, our native american brothers and sisters. absolutely. as mayor breed said, we have a lot to do. we have more to do, and we are going to need more resources, but i know they will be there when we need them. there are heroes. when we look at our native sisters working to end domestic violence, when we look at the transgender community looking to end domestic violence in their community, we are so happy to see you and we are so happy to stand with you always. survivors and their children are our heroes. they take the courage every year they are beyond heroic every day

to step out of violent situations and risk becoming homeless or worse. they risk it because of this safety net here. we have to get rid of gun violence, we have to protect our citizens, we have to protect our residents, our most vulnerable people in san francisco and we can do it. i think supervisor stefani really gave us a good task. let's get this legislative work going, let's work with the police department, let's get guns out of the hands of abusers and stockers. it is pretty simple. don't let anyone make it complex for you. it is not out of the hands of abusers and stockers. so their lives in the lives of children count. we are all here to do everything we can to end domestic violence in every community to make san francisco the safest city in the

nation. can we do more? yes. must we do more? yes, and we will. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you so much, beverly. under mayor london breed, she has made a historic investment in these services. the largest budget ever for services to victims and their families of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. we are really blessed to be in a city that is making this huge investment. i want to recognize a few more people. nicole from the mayor's office helped make today happen. [applause] kelly has joined us from the human rights commission and the sharp office. tammie bryant from the san francisco county democratic central committee, we need our political leadership here as well, and we have our friends from san mateo county, our

domestic violence advocates from our neighboring county who are here. as i mentioned, the theme of tonight's event is building pathways to safety. domestic violence is often the cause of homelessness, especially for our lgbtq community and families with children. our partner agencies play a vital role in providing services to survivors of violence and we are fortunate to have a diverse set of services to reach our diverse population. just a reminder, we will be lighting city hall purple and concluding tonight will be the red women's lightning group. let's hear it for them. [applause] so tonight we want to recognize the commitment and hard work of our partners who provide emergency shelter. our next week -- our next speakers represent organizations that do this every day. join me in welcoming the executive protect -- project --

director of the first asian women shelter in the country. [applause]. >> good evening. my name is orchid. i have orchid coloured glasses and i am ready for this year's domestic violence awareness month press conference with all of you. i am here with asian women's shelter, and with every person here who believes that ending domestic violence is key to building healthy, safe, and hopeful communities. so this year, 2019, it actually marks the 30th anniversary of the first time that the u.s. congress passed legislation to designate october as national domestic violence awareness month. and when they passed that legislation for the first time in 1989, it was eight years after the national coalition

against domestic violence. it had grown an initial day of unity in 1981 into a week, and then a month of events. these events were designed to do three things that we are still doing today. one is to mourn those and to honor those who have been killed by people perpetrating domestic violence, two, to celebrate and to support those who have survived and are still surviving today. and three, to connect those who work to end violence so that we can lean on each other, uplift each other, and amplify our longevity and our impact beyond what any of us could do if we were in isolation from each other. so 30 years later, we have come a long way and clearly, we are not going anywhere because our job is not done yet. we have so many to honor and mourn here in our city, as well as across our state, nation, and

world. whether they were killed by their perpetrators, framed by them, had their mysterious deaths covered up by them, or were driven to suicide or self-harm by the people who made their life unlivable. we also, 30 years later, we have so many to support and to celebrate as they rebuild their lives from rock-bottom after having given up everything to try to carve out a new future for themselves and for their children, and because violence travels intergenerational he, for their children's children. they survivors are champions who are trying to reroute this intergenerational violence and carve out a new lifeline for their family. amidst odds that i think would make most of us at least to me, not be able to get up in the morning. and 30 years later, we have so many more of us who are working to end violence and who have been gifted the progress that has been made by those who came

before us. but still, we have to be here and we have to be really loud. we have to be really clear, we have to be really confident and sure about what we are doing, and we are. they're still people in forces out there who are perpetuating myths about domestic violence and to need our help to become more aware. they still think domestic violence isn't actually that big of a deal, that it is a contained issue, that it is special interest or it is private or it is personal, it is about anger or it is about alcoholism, and that there's nothing we can do because it's about individual people and individual people are who they are. some people are just inherently more violent and others are inherently more submissive. we are here every single month, and especially in october to take those myths and grind them to a pulp and flush them. we know they are not true. we are here 30 years later using

this platform to say domestic violence, it is personal, it is private, and it is social. is political. we are showing that this is an issue that we pay a tremendous price, an unacceptable price for allowing to continue. at the asian women shelter here in san francisco, we know that domestic violence is interwoven into every single issue that we are arguing about in the country right now. immigration, gun violence, gun-control, homelessness, workforce development, poverty, gender, justice, policing, equal pay, all of it. and now 30 years later, we have more data. others have mentioned some of these pieces. on average, 20 to 24 people per minute, that means we are approaching 100 since i have been talking. our victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the united states.

ten to 12 million people over the course of a year. that is completely unacceptable. in a 16 year study ending in 2010, while we know domestic violence victimizes people across the gender spectrum, that study showed four in five victims were female identified. when we look at the numbers, the risk factors for women living with disabilities for survivors who are indigenous, survivors who are black, survivors who are transgender, undocumented, who speak limited english, we know the pathways that we have to create, they don't look the same way. we have to have all kinds of different pathways that address the different barriers and challenges that different survivors face in our communities and our neighborhoods and in nurse neighborhoods and families. we will have to recognize, as has also been said before, the kids. the kids. nationally, the majority of people who abuse their intimate

partner do so in front of the kids. and 50% also abuse their children, but over and over, week after week, in our counties here in the bay area, we see decisions made that don't reflect knowledge of this. that somehow think that you can terrorize your intimate partner but be an amazing parents. that is not true. in 2018, every town for gun safety report indicated that at least 50 4% of mass shootings in the united states revealed that the perpetrator also shot a current or former intimate partner or family member. over 54%. and almost 100% of those perpetrators of mass violence have histories of violence or verbalized violence and hatred against women. we can't say that they are unconnected anymore. we can't say domestic violence is private and personal anymore, that it is only personal and not