to call to get things down. now that it's under the city umbrella and part of the city, my question is are question -- do we have point people at department of public health? do we have point people at hsa that when we say we've got issues, we've got someone that has mental health issues and they are hoarding or throwing trash out their window and we are dealing with rats again we need someone to go in and help them instead of watching the management companies that are frustrated. and i totally get why. but they start to maneuver like eviction instead of bringing the resources in from the city to say let's help. so my question is are we connecting? do we have a coalition from these departments to say now that they are under our city family we need that coalition of what resources are available to these management companies to be able to go in? >> we do coordinate with sister agencies on this. and our staff does reach out to those agencies to ensure a

coordinated response. we also have extremely low eviction rates at these properties. so we are committed to housing stabilization. there's always a balance of ensuring the health and safety of all the residents. so if residents pose any risk to that, there will be eviction proceedings for those residents. but there is a robust response and coordination to ensure housing stabilization. i think we are mid-transition here with the housing authority really becoming part of the city's umbrella. and that provides great opportunity to address the comments you are raising, again i think is our response sufficient in all cases? it almost certainly is not. and this is, i would say, per my earlier comments an opportunity really to make our support infrastructure more robust, more coordinated. so i take with great appreciation your comment. >> and i just want to say when we were in the midst and you brought in cultural confident people

to help with that and you brought people into compliance whether with their rent or anything else or people living there that were not on the lease and people were afraid to come forward. so you brought in people, a lot of them from the community to work that cultural confidence and work with people to say if you come forward and you are on your back rent three grand or three of your grandkids and daughter living with you it doesn't matter we will help you. it doesn't mean you will be evicted because you have to remember the history of the housing authority. and especially when there's any kind of redevelopment of a housing development and/or renn know, a lot of people weren't asked that. i mean, that is the history of san francisco. so people have fear of that. but i think you all did a really good job with bringing in people from the neighborhood to do that cultural confidence to say it doesn't matter what's happening in your family. let us help you get to a point where

you are going to stay and come back. so now that we are at that point where they are there i guess my fear is the management companies, maybe we still need to make sure they have those cultural confident people and then also city resources to make sure that once there's issues, because, i mean, believe me, if someone is throwing trash out their window and they absolutely will not comply and go down and put it into a trash bin and the rats are coming in and getting into the walls and here we are hundreds of thousands of dollars that we are supposed to be putting in to do this i know they are going to get evicted. i mean that is -- so there is some kind of usually mental health piece of why that's happening. so that's where i just really would love to see to make sure that we have those resources in place and then kind of have the cultural confidence resources there too someone that could go in and talk to them and they would trust. >> i think those are great comments and suggestions and we will

move forward with those. thank you. >> thank you. [off mic] >> good morning. my name is tanya, transition lead for fsha. i would like to thank ms. campbell for the report that they have done as well as dan and his team working alongside myself. i'd like to just quickly touch on several things that ms. campbell brought forward. and then i'll go into our presentation really quickly. but i'd like to assure you that through the transition period and we continue to be in this phase fsha has made great strides. as it relates to the severance of our staff, we have fully funded that severance payment.

that severance payment is projected for the entire two phases. there are two phases in this process with the staff of about $5 million. and that cost will be fully funded by sfha. as it relates to the unfunded tension that has been mentioned sfha continues to work through its own financial resources to ensure that it is able to meet those obligations as well. and i believe that it will -- it gives a position to do so. as it relates to the shortfall numbers that were shared in the report at that time of 16 to $18 million, i would like to be able to say that at this point our projected shortfall is 9 to $10 million as a matter of fact for this coming calendar year because it runs on a calendar year as it relates to the voucher payments. the shortfall is $8 million. we have done extensive work with hud

on projecting our budget. we have a specific two-year tool budgeting tool that is used where we work very closely with hud. we know at any given time from month to month what our projected shortfall is, and hud has committed to ensure that they fund that shortfall. this calendar year our shortfall was actually $22 million. and the calendar year for funding of vouchers ends on december 31. all those funds have been in fact funded by hud. so i think as the budget legislative analysts have come in prior -- with their prior report and the condition of sfha as it relates to really not understanding what its financial position was at that time, how many vouchers it could actually put out on

the street and its record-keeping reporting memorandum any of themes was really truly in a poor state. today it is much different than what it was a year ago, two years ago. i can assure you that at the chief audit executive. as it relates to the request, the four requests that we have fundamentally disagreed with, recommendations 4, 5 and 12, the fundamental disagreement with those recommendations are that hud and the state law requires that sfha remain a separate leet entity from the from the city and the county which established it. and so in the spirit of that law, we are responding accordingly. and as it relates to recommendation 11, moving sfha, transitioning its records to the city as it relates to the financial system, we fundamentally disagree because the system today does not have a module where

it can handle rental agreements rental accounting as required by hud, as required by accounting standards as well. however, what i'd like to say is the agency is not totally in disagreement as it stabilizes, which is very important, it will reconsider how it can transition into the city's financial system. i meet biweekly with the controller and it is a constant conversation that he and i both have. so i definitely will say as it relates also to the request that the controller actually acts as the controller of sfha while it's prohibited according to law, state law the controller and i do meet, and we do talk about the financial situation our position of the sfha as well as the fact that

for the single audit, that must take place annually for the city, there is information about sfha in the single audit as well. so there will be many efficiencies gained with once the m.o.u. is agreed upon and helping ensuring the sfha is financially sound. it's able to report as it should and have the internal controls required as well as the fact that ms. campbell also mentioned that we have a financial contractor bdo and we too, when i say we too as the city auditor as the transition lead, working with the controller, it is agreed that the agency should have financial competent staff. and today there are financial competent city staff. they're working on the finance team and leading the finance of

the agency and actually understanding and learning the nuances of housing financial accounting. >> thank you so much for all of your work during this transition process. i did have a few questions about the ongoing shortfall. can you just describe what's causing that? >> so when we think about the shortfall and we think about the city and county of san francisco housing authority, it is not any different than any other housing authority nationally. every housing authority in the united states of america has a shortfall because hud only funds at a certain level, and it does not fund the entire rent for each unit. and what it does commit and ms. campbell did mention that in her

recommendation, about the need for the organization to understand what is the shortfall at any given period in time so that it could request those funding -- that funding mechanism through hud in a timely manner. and what sfha what we have failed to do is understand our books know our financial position at any given time so we can make that request to receive those additional funds. and so when we think about the city and county of san francisco we know that we are one of the highest-rent rent cities and counties in america. and with that in mind, hud only funds at a certainly level per unit. and we need to predict that as well as consider what is going to be the rent increase at any given time in each year and determine or estimate or project the month to

month when rent increases will happen for all the varying units that we have vouchers. though we have our rad pros that have project-based vouchers and in those particular units are developments, we know when the rent

generally the budget cycles from january through the full -- you are fully funded from january through the end of september. and if you miss those time periods of making that request then as an agency, you are left with trying to figure out how am i going to pay that cost. and today i can say that we are not going to have to pay that cost because our books are now in order, if you will. >> i'm sorry. i'm just trying to understand it and the implications for the potential ongoing financial support from the city for these programs. so once the shortfall is assessed and documented, you can request from hud to sort of cover that? >> yes. so let me restate. on a month-to-month basis we work with hud. we have a special team at hud that

we are assigned to work with. so that we are discussing monthly what our shortfall is projected to be at any given time. and through their own process, they are setting aside those dollars specifically for the city and county of san francisco housing authority to ensure they are making a concerted effort and commitment that we will receive those funds. as an example, again this year we had a $22 million shortfall. and throughout the entire year, it was known that we would have that $22 million shortfall and those funds were committed to the housing authority, and they have been paid to ensure that the agency did not have to figure out how to meet those obligations or even come to the city for those funds. and that's the continued process.

and as it relates to the tool, this is a little more detailed than maybe you would like to have. but as it relates to the budget tool that we use that tool has been designed specifically to deal with the different attributes that the city and county deals with as it relates to the high rent cost and so forth and on. >> great. just one question on this. >> yes. >> so that sort of ongoing shortfall figure that the budget and legislative analyst presentation cited, $16 million to $18 million annually your 2031 and that looks like a figure from the housing authority financial consultant. you mentioned you feel like it's a lower amount. but whatever the amount, is that amount eventually going to get paid back? paid by hud? or is that an annual amount that the city is going to have to --

>> to answer your question no the city will not have to pay those funds. and that amount is much lower than what has been projected at that time by the bla in its report. today we say that that amount is anywhere from 8 9 to $10 million annually, which will be funded by hud. it's a commitment from hud to do so. and that commitment is made on the basis of all the work that we have done collectively, hud and sfha together to design a tool that will help us all know where we are at any given time in terms of costing of our units. and i'm very confident about the numbers. and i'm very confident about the work and the tools that have been designed to actually project out these numbers. and this tool and this work has also been vetted at the national

level of hud as well. and on top of that on a monthly basis since i've been there i meet monthly with the regional director of hud going through the various reporting mechanisms that we need to as an agency and ensuring that we are tracking things appropriately and we really are on point with our financial reporting and understanding our financial position and the number of vouchers that we can actually issue and so forth and on. so we really have a set of really good processes and controls in place that i believe are sustainable. >> thank you so much >> thank you. >> supervisor brown, do you have anything? >> we were just presented some amendments to the resolution approving the m.o.u. for the housing authority transition. i was wondering if somebody from the

mayor's office of housing might want to go over the amendments to the resolution. >> so the redline amendments to the resolution first clarification of the housing voucher program as it's known commonly as section 8 program and collectively under -- on page 3, whereas sfha will implement a transfer of the site to developers, this makes reference to hope sf and collectively those are called developments. and they are under a development agreement. and also a master development agreement. so those clarifications were added. more significantly there's language beginning on page 5 that makes clear that the board of supervisors

may by ordinance declare itself to the board of commissioners. and also there is now reference as was mentioned earlier during the discussion during the bla report that the mayor was submitted a letter in which she confirms she will make three appointments to the board of commissioners based on the recommendations from the board of commissioners. excuse me board of supervisors. and the board of supervisors desires to make such recommendations to assist the oversight of sfha. continuing on page 6 there is a reference to the already approved master development agreements. those were approved by the board of supervisors and board of commissioners some years ago and those are still in effect. and then just some cleanup language in the subsequent whereas clause stating that the m.o.u. will enable the housing authority through the sfha default and reorganize

the housing authority consistent with the letter and the memorial letter. >> thank you. are there any members of the public that would like to testify on these items? seeing none, public comment is closed. i'd move that we approve the amendments as presented. and i move that we move this item to the full board with positive recommendation without objection. thank you. mr. clerk, please call items 10, 11 and 12 for closed session. >> agenda item numbers 10 through 12 are two ordinances and a

resolution authorizing lawsuits. >> are there any members of the public that wish to testify on the items that will be heard in closed session? seeing none public comment is closed. do we have a motion to convene in closed session? we are now in closed session.

>> we are now back in open session

for the november 21 meeting. the committee recommended both ordinances and the reds lucian to the board of supervisors -- the resolution. >> do i have a motion to not disclose the proceedings from the closed session? great. is there any further business? >> yes there is one more bit of housekeeping agenda item number 9 is a hearing that was related to the housing authority and the budget legislative analyst's review of that item. is hearing is still before us. we haven't taken public comment on the matter. >> thanks for the reminder. i move that we close the hearing for item number 9. >> the be filed. there is now no further business. >> thank you. we are adjourned.

>> 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. we are celebrating the glorious grand opening of the chinese rec center. ♪

1951, 60 years ago our first kids began to play in the chinese wrecks center -- rec center. >> i was 10 years old at the time. i spent just about my whole life here. >> i came here to learn dancing. by we came -- >> we had a good time. made a lot of friends here. crisises part of the 2008 clean neighborhood park fund, and this is so important to our families. for many people who live in chinatown, this is their backyard. this is where many people come to congregate, and we are so happy to be able to deliver this project on time and under budget. >> a reason we all agreed to name this memorex center is

because it is part of the history of i hear -- to name this rec center is because it is part of the history of san francisco. >> they took off from logan airport and the call of duty was to alert american airlines that her plane was hijacked, and she stayed on the phone prior to the crash into the no. 9 world trade center. >> i would like to claim today the center and the naming of ait. [applause] >> kmer i actually challenged me to a little bit of a ping pong -- the mayor actually challenge me to a little bit of a ping- pong so i accept your challenge. ♪

>> it is an amazing spot. it is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarksrights i would like to come here and join them