neighborhood that includes strategies to avoid strap -- traffic deaths, along with our vision zero plan on homicides and violent crimes. thank you, again, supervisor haney for bringing this resolution forward. >> thank you. >> and for not calling the cavalry. [laughter]. >> thank you for the cavalry for being here. thank you, supervisor walton. i appreciate the amendments and would like to be added as a cosponsor as well. vice chair stefani? >> i want to say that i appreciate the resolution would also like to be added as cosponsor. >> supervisor haney, our first move is to accept the amendment. i will make that motion. we can take that without objection. i will move that we forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation and we can take that without objection. inc. you very much.

>> i appreciate it. thank you. >> now our second item. clerk, please call the next item >> number two is a hearing on police staffing levels, the police department's recruitment strategy and process, attrition and retention of officers, progress towards civilian isaiah and of appropriate positions and details regarding the demographics of the department including age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and others. >> this is president yee's item so i will recess this for five minununununununununununununununu

>> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those

features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really

rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields than ever before. we have more girls playing sports than we have ever had before. [ applause ] fp >> and we are sending a strong message that san francisco families are welcome and we want you to stay. >> this park is open. ♪

♪ >> 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. ♪ >> welcome everyone. [applause.] we are pleased this afternoon to get started on this big project

in front of us. we are going to be having some seismic upgrades, a new elevator, we have a two story building wit out an elevator. we will have that for patients and staff. we are happy to have the mayor, supervisor, director of health, director of primary care, finance guy. you can't do things without the finance. we are happy he is here. our patient advisory committee is here. of course, several members of maxine hall's family are with us today. this work honors who she was in this community, a leader and we want to keep that work going caring for the people in the community. we are excited about the project

and i want to welcome mayor breed, who grew up in this neighborhood. please join us. [applause.] >> mayor breed: thank you. first of all, hello, hello. this is somebody taped the microphone. i am going to hold it like this to make sure everybody can hear me. you grew up in the neighborhood. in fact i spent a lot of time at ben franklin middle school where that is when i was a handful. i turned out okay. all is good. just remember when any of you are working with the young kids that are a handful, you never know what is going to happen. it could be someone who just really surprises you and becomes all you ever dreamed they could be. that is the spirit of today and the spirit of maxine hall.

i am excited to be here. we have incredible community treasures that are forgotten. the work we have to do to make sure this clinical was prioritized in the 2016 bond to help address disparities in communities around clinics and healthcare and support was a lot of work. to arrive at this occasion, and i can think about, you know, so many amazing leaders in the community who photo help take care of our kids, seniors to provide resources and services, and maxine hall represented that. that was the work she did her entire life for this community. why it is be fitting her legacy carries on through the health clinic supporting those vulnerable in the community.

we want to know why it is called maxine hall in the first place but more important the lady behind what made it is a community. thank you again. yes, this is happening. this is happening no more moving up the stairs real slow, no more helping to carry people who can't walk up the stairs. we are finally going to get an elevator in this place. let me tell you. an elevator may not sound like much to some people. when you don't have one and don't have one that works right like we did at the cultural center before we redid the elevator when people got stuck in there. an elevator is everything. today we break ground on really what will be an incredible facility. thinking about the needs of the patients that this clinic

supports, thinking about the fact that, yes, there are people that have challenges with behavioral health and need a safe place to go to in the community with people who they trust that they could talk to. i see a lot of the staff on the sidelines of people who work to keep this place running every single day. thank you so much for your dedication to the community, for your compassion and work and your patience as we provide the important services that our city needs. we also need to have the important conversations around getting rid of the stigma attached to seeking out help for those who are mentally ill. people suffering with depression and sometimes dementia and not sure what to do, and making sure we have places family members can access to get people help and support and treatment they

need. this has been an amazing facility, and people here have made do with what they have, but now it is time to get something better. better exam rooms to meet the needs of the patients, nicer bathrooms with new fixtures and water that works. making sure the little things and how people feel about walking in the facility changes because it is going to be a new facility, but it is important people understand this is about the people that access this facility every day, whether they work here or they use the facility for various things or they come by to pick up healthy fruits and vegetables and the great things and programs that maxine hall has offered for so many years. protecting and supporting this vital community resource is critical to the success of the future of the city. i am happy to be here today.

all is not lost, when this facility closes to be done on time and on budget, we have a temporary location near the community center. we will make sure that folks in this community know that is the case. just because a facility is shut down doesn't mean the business can't continue. the business of the people in serving this community has to continue. i want to thank the staff for their flexibility and the community for their patience. i want to introduce your supervisor brown who worked as ad for me when we were fighting for the fight that places in our community especially maxine hall need priority and in city bureaucracy years from 2016 2016

passing the bond and preparing and getting the project ready to 2019 breaking ground, not bad in city bureaucracy years. [applause.] >> ladies and gentlemen, your supervisor vallie brown. >> commissioner brown: thank you for coming. i want to thank a few people. department of public health, thank you for pushing to make sure this happened in a way that cares about the community. i want to thank the san francisco health network, department of public works. i recorded when you said, yes, ma'am, we will have that done. i will keep playing the recording to you. mayor's office of disability. reverend brown and the naacp was very instrumental and the community center and of course

our mayor london breed. [applause.] you know, when i first started really getting involved in the neighborhood, it was over 20 years ago as a neighborhood activist. i remember someone telling me the story, and this is maybe 12, 13 years ago. about maxine hall. they said you need to know this story if you are going to be an activist. when i heard the story and the kind of woman she was and the kind of fighter for the community. it gave me that kind of passion to do more. when i found out her tragic how she tragically died and how the community said we are never going to forget her and making sure that she was never forgotten in the work she did. she was vessel less. i'm sure her family will have

stories to tell you about how selfless she was. she was a community organizer and activist. for me that gave me a path forward of how i should push forward, how i should never take no for an answer. it also is personal for me. with the center opening, you grew up in utah. half native-american, on and off reservations my whole life growing up. we never had healthcare, ever. if i ripped open my knee i went to the vet to get it sewed up because it was cheaper. when i was 14 and my mother turned 40 she passed away with undiagnosed diabetes. she had no idea. i think if we had a maxine hall is along the path of our journey she could have gotten a checkup. she never got a check up.

she could have had that checkup and that she would have probably, you know, lived on. her life was cut short at 40 years old. when i think about healthcare and i think about healthcare for all and justice, i feel that this is something that i fight for every day because it is personal to me. i want to thank doctor james for all of the work you do because i know it is not easy. [applause.] and your amazing staff. i have a quick story. when we were looking for a space to spring some trailers so maxine hall would not close down, there was one area we were looking at. i won't tell you where. we got a huge push back from the community. i said why? this is amazing. we got a push back.

they didn't want it. i worked with mayor breed and we said let's take it right in the community of maxine hall? we went to the ellie hill hutch community around there and i have to tell you everyone was excited and said, yes, bring the trailers here so services will continue. i want to thank the community for being open when we need those kind of direction to make sure that everyone gets service. thank you everyone for coming on this lovely day. [applause.] >> we want the teens coming over, especially rowdy ones. bring them along. we want to acknowledge james.

we learned a lot from him. roland pickens who helped us as well. [applause.] >> i want to welcome grant colfax to the stage. doctor colfax was a resident at maxine hall. i want to say one of our loungest serving staff member is tanya thompson. she has been here for 30 years. she started at the age of four. (laughter). >> she was one of the people who welcomed doctor colfax when he came as a resident. she had him seeing patients from the get-go. thank you for being here. >> good afternoon, thank you for being here for this exciting day. mayor breed i would like to thank you and your leadership for making this help, supervisor

brown thank you, muhammad you are crucial. i want to thank roland pickens and the team and staff at the clinic who do the work every day. i came back a couple weeks ago. i was here as a resident in 19 1994. the remarkable dedication that everybody has to the community and, most importantly, to the patients that get the care they need. the work around integrating mental health with physical healthcare, the fact there is a methadone clinic add join -- add joining this clinic. i think tha that is the legacy f maxine hall and this click. now we will turn the -- the

clinic hasn't changed in terms of the physical piece. where you get care and what it looks like. healthy environments, positive spaces improve mental health. help peak struggling with substance abuse. decreased stress. i am excited to see what we can do here in 14 months on time and budget. let's get going. thank you. (applause). >> i think we have the director who is going to say a few words. >> thank you to the health department. we have developed a very great

long-standing partnership. we have delivered many projects together. of course, the biggest one we have projects in the southeast, south center coming up, renovations. we are excited on this project. we are doing pretty much everything. the project management, construction management, architecture is all going to be done by the public works staff. we are excited to work on that. the funding as you heard the mayor say came from the 2016 public health and safety bond, which is very important. i want to thank the voters for making that funding available to us. i think some of the key elements you heard about having an elevator makes a huge difference. we will get a new elevator and

make the building seismically safe. in the event of an earthquake or disaster the building will be operational for 72 hours or more. new consultation rooms when people come to use the facility, larger exam rooms, everything with the funding we are excited about. i would like to thank our project team and all of the staff from public works for working so hard to get us here and the contractors working on. the engineers are going to make sure we deliver the project in the 14 months. that would be winter of 2020. i am excited and i hope it gets done on time and on budget. thank you very much. [applause.] >> we want to hear from one of

our patients. our patient advisers are a group of people who bring wisdom to us. we are grateful for their work. we want to hear from them. this is a pamphlet for patients to best access their care. it was thoughtfully done. we give this to all patients. thank you for being our patient today. >> thank you, doctor james. i have been a patient here good years. i receive the best care. i have been to a number of other clinics. this is above all of them by far. i work with the central city

which may or bleed knows about. i have been there for about 10 years, i am a housing peer counselor. i am also on the gourd for the pack committee and new member of the city-wide pack team. also, i have been on the sro task force for six years. the clinic, remodel is something that we have desperately needed. inches i have been on the board for the past two years. every meeting is about the remodel work. we are glad to see it finally

coming together. thank you. >> we have to have the raffle. marty made all of this come together. her mother is a talented artist who put together the pieces for us. ms. charlene hill, who is maxine's daughter. [applause.] >> this is rosalyn frazier. [applause.] we grew up together.

>> matthew rothschild. (applause). >> one question for people. what is 1181 golden gate. who can tell me what that is? >> the new location for the clinic. >> that is where we will be for the next 14 months. visit us there as well. we are counting on our patients to be with us. we will have you back in 14 months and two days for the celebration. he is bringing champagne so don't miss it. here we go. five, four, three, two, one.

[cheers and applause.] >> usf donates 100-120 pounds of food a night. for the four semesters we have been running here, usf has donated about 18,000 pounds of food to the food recovery network. ♪ ♪ >> i'm maggie. >> i'm nick.

>> we're coe-chairs of the national led organization. what food recovery does is recover and redistribute food that would go wasted and redistributing to people in the community. >> the moment that i became really engaged in the cause of fighting food waste was when i had just taken the food from the usf cafeteria and i saw four pans full size full of food perfectly fine to be eaten and made the day before and that would have gone into the trash that night if we didn't recover it the next day. i want to fight food waste because it hurts the economy, it's one of the largest emitters

of greenhouse gases in the world. if it was a nation, it would be the third largest nation behind china and the united states. america wastes about 40% of the food we create every year, $160 billion worth and that's made up in the higher cost of food for consumers. no matter where you view the line, you should be engaged with the issue of food waste. ♪ ♪ >> access edible food that we have throughout our lunch program in our center, i go ahead and collect it and i'll cool it down and every night i prep it up and the next day i'll heat it and ready for delivery.

it's really natural for me, i love it, i'm passionate about it and it's just been great. i believe it's such a blessing to have the opportunity to actually feed people every day. no food should go wasted. there's someone who wants to eat, we have food, it's definitely hand in hand and it shouldn't be looked at as work or a task, we're feeding people and it really means so much to me. i come to work and they're like nora do you want this, do you want that? and it's so great and everyone is truly involved. every day, every night after every period of food, breakfast, lunch, dinner, i mean, people just throw it away. they don't even think twice about it and i think as a whole, as a community, as any

community, if people just put a little effort, we could really help each other out. that's how it should be. that's what food is about basically. >> an organization that meets is the san francisco knight ministry we work with tuesday and thursday's. ♪ ♪ by the power ♪ of your name >> i have faith to move mountains because i believe in jesus. >> i believe it's helpful to offer food to people because as you know, there's so much

homelessness in san francisco and california and the united states. i really believe that food is important as well as our faith. >> the san francisco knight ministry has been around for 54 years. the core of the ministry, a group of ordain ministers, we go out in the middle of the night every single night of the year, so for 54 years we have never missed a night. i know it's difficult to believe maybe in the united states but a lot of our people will say this is the first meal they've had in two days. i really believe it is a time between life or death because i mean, we could be here and have church, but, you know, i don't

know how much we could feed or how many we could feed and this way over 100 people get fed every single thursday out here. it's not solely the food, i tell you, believe me. they're extremely grateful. >> it's super awesome how welcoming they are. after one or two times they're like i recognize you. how are you doing, how is school? i have never been in the city, it's overwhelming. you get to know people and through the music and the food, you get to know people. >> we never know what impact we're going to have on folks. if you just practice love and kindness, it's a labor of love and that's what the food recovery network is and this is a huge -- i believe they

salvage our mission. >> to me the most important part is it's about food waste and feeding people. the food recovery network national slogan is finding ways to feed people. it's property to bring the scientific and human element into the situation. >> 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