>> her administration has been so welcoming, so open can so accessible and on the ball and i am proud to call you my mayor. everybody, london breed. [applause]. >> thank you. first of all, thank you also much for being here. let's give brian and the q. foundation another hand. [applause] rhys isabel brought brian and other service providers who serve people living with h.i.v. in san francisco and wanted to make sure that i knew what people needed because i didn't want to spend another dollar

without clearly understanding where the deficiencies were, and it all went back to housing. it all went back to the need for subsidies, the need to help keep people housed, and this is the first time in 12 years that we have allocated a million dollars to provide subsidies which will help -- [applause] -- which will help at least 120 individuals and i'm so grateful and excited for the providers who are here, the people who will work with us on this. the work that we are going to continue to do because we want to make sure that we are helping some of our most vulnerable populations. when you think about it, sadly people who are homeless, living with h.i.v., they are less likely to get services and treatment and stay healthy as much as they possibly need. they need stable housing.

housing and health go hand in hand and it is why -- [applause] -- it is why i am fighting so hard to build more housing in san francisco. yesterday we opened a 200 bed navigation center and the embarcadero. the days are running in together we just announced yesterday a new navigation center for transitional age youth. [applause] so the investment that we are making our good investments and part of the challenge is we need more housing. we need more housing. i grew up in san francisco, as many of you know and i have seen so many of my friends and family members, who i grew up with in public housing, a leave san francisco because in some

instances, they couldn't get a unit even in public housing. they couldn't qualify for affordable housing, and we don't have enough units. so part of my focus is to address homelessness and to address the challenges that exist, but to also think about roads that lead out of the shelters, roads that lead to affordable places that are safe for people to live, and that means that we have a lot of work to do. i know this is going off course, but i also want to thank you all for supporting proposition a this last ballot measure for $600 million for affordable housing. [applause] because we know we have a lot of work to do. there is nothing better than having a roof over your head and the support that you need and i can't -- i will say, if it

weren't for my grandmother raising me and two of my brothers, i don't know what i would done. it could easily have been a situation that could have been the difference between me being here as you mayor today or anything else. that is what i think about when making these decisions. when i look at the data, another major investment we made that i am really proud of is trans home s.f. we know that folks, brothers and sisters from our trans community are 17 more times more likely to experience homelessness than anyone else when you look at the data. which is why those investments are so important. so here in the city we know there is a lot of work to do, but i'm so grateful to this community and the work that you are all doing to be advocates to really push the city and what we spend our resources on in the right direction so they actually have an impact on people's lives i have said this to department

heads and to folks who work for the city time and time again. don't waste a dollar on a paperclip because that's the difference between being able to house someone or help someone and we don't have money to waste because people are counting on us to make the right investments that is exactly what i plan to do. i want to thank brian and the q. foundation. and thank you all for being here i am so looking forward to seeing this program have an impact so we can continue to make the right investments. thank you, again, and thank you for all the support and the work that so many of you have done for so many years. and finally, now i thank you have a great partner in the mayor's office who will continue to work to really put our money where our mouth is. let me just add one more thing, i talk a lot, i'm sorry. i have to say this one where

thing because this is something i am also really proud of because so many people set the path to make this happen before i was even thought of and the fact that this year's data on new h.i.v. infections in san francisco has dropped below 200 for the first time in our city's history. [applause] i am so, so excited about that and how we, as a community will truly get 20. i also want to say that those numbers are still relatively high for african-americans and latinos and that means its important it is important that we make deliberate investments, which we have, and those political -- particular communities to do a better job around outreach, around support, but ultimately, i keep going back to housing. we will continue to work with you on these things and we are

grateful to have an amazing partner in the q. foundation and all of you. thank you for so much for having me here today. [applause] >> thank you again. her administration has really turned the tide when it comes to housing in san francisco and we deeply, deeply appreciate all the support. next is -- is regina here? where is miss regina? come on up. next i am so proud to welcome regina allen. before i obtained the subsidy from the q. sub -- q. foundation , now i have a house. i live on folsom street. i have stabilized housing. there were times prior to me having stabilized housing that i couch served, looked for any temporary housing opportunities

and with the hope that and -- i was worried about being homeless as a senior and as a mother. let's see. it hasn't been easy living in san francisco with h.i.v. i was diagnosed in 2005, so i have been living with h.i.v. for 15 years and this is the first time i'm actually speaking publicly about my diagnosis. [applause] i did speak with my children and my family about it first and they said, do what you've got to do, mom. it is good. anyway, is so when i was homeless and i didn't have a place, i didn't think about my medication, i didn't think about

-- life stresses were going on for me with children and everything else. i have my notes. >> you are good. >> i was a nervous wreck. anyway... before i got my stabilized housing, you know, it was so stressful because i didn't want to share with my family members that i am, you know, if i don't get housed, i might die out here because they didn't understand what it means to be homeless and with h.i.v. i have always had a place. when i became homeless, it was very difficult. but now that i do have a place with these new luxury apartments , yes, i have a luxury apartment. i am on the sixth floor, baby, it's fine. it's beautiful it is beautiful.

it is beautiful. it's so peaceful. i think i earned that working in the city forever and raising children. i'm so thankful for brian and the q. foundation. it's so easy with your services. once you are online with the services it is automated. i don't have to worry about getting my rent paid on time. i have money to even have cable. [laughter] i had to lie to even get into a project recently. i had to lie and say that i made x amount of money. anyway, in the last couple of years, that is when i met brian. i never utilized services. i was a case manager. i realized i couldn't -- i could live here. i met brian and i fell in love with him and the whole staff. they are very beautiful.

i want to thank london breed. i love london breed. [applause] i know some of your family members. i am thankful for what you are doing for san francisco. since you have been mayor, just to see in these areas where they don't want people housed, and to see that you fight for us. thank you for that. [applause] i think the q. foundation, i think brian. brian is just awesome. this man is a bail buster. thank you, everyone. that is it. [applause] i can't believe it. i have never told people that. i have a client here of mind that you never knew and i didn't utilize services because i'm very private. i didn't want them to get a

misunderstanding or judge me. anyways, thank you everyone. happy holidays. miss breed, thank you so much. [applause] >> regina, we are going to miss you. she was my ambassador at monterrey when i would go down there. i would turn around and suddenly there is an entourage of people walking around with us. always making me feel welcome and at home. we know that you are out here in this luxury high-rise, at least you are a little bit closer to the office now. [laughter] >> thank you, regina. next, joe from the san francisco aids foundation has done remarkable things in transforming that organization. earlier i talked about mayor breed's administration and how open and accessible and effective they are, in the same thing under joe's leadership with the aids foundation. we're continuing to build closer

and closer relationships and working together on solving all of our joint issues and it's absolutely the d.n.a. that joe is creating in the organization. i welcome you to come up and speak. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. i want to echo everything that was said in terms of thinking the mayor for her continuous support around addressing the homelessness crisis and the housing and affordability crisis in our city, and i want to thank and congratulate brian in the q. foundation for this exciting announcement today. is the mayor suggested and said, we are at a pivotal moment in our fight to end the h.i.v. epidemic. last year we had fewer than 200 new cases of h.i.v. and over the last five years, we have seen a decrease by 50 1% in the number of new cases. what we also know as a number of new cases amongst people experiencing homelessness is on the rise. in 2,000 and for -- in 2015,

there were 29. in 2018, there were 40. so what we know is that in order for our safety to get 20, which is the ambitious goal we are all railing -- rallying behind, we must address the issue of housing and we much -- must address the issue of homelessness. and of the people who are on the streets each and every night were living with h.i.v., we know that just 33% of them are virally suppressed and that the best way to get them access to care and get them into consistent treatment is to make sure they have a safe place to rest their head each and every night. that is not a shelter, it is a home. so today -- [applause] so today's announcement is quite exciting and it will get us even further to this goal. would also want to acknowledge is it is not just people who are living on the streets that need the support. we are an amazing community and

made amazing by the long-term survivors and the people who responded to the aids crisis in the early 80s. right now there are over 16,000 individuals living with h.i.v. in san francisco, and 65% of them were over the age of 50. what we know is that these individuals are not saying that they are -- they're h.i.v. care needs are going unmet. they are experiencing housing insecurity and experiencing isolation. so again, housing is the solution. housing is the answer. by making sure that these survivors, survivors of the worst epidemic in modern time can survive this crisis of housing and stay in our city, the city that they made great, is something not only the aids foundation and q. foundation is committed to, but i mayor breed as well as supervisor mandelman are all committed to. i couldn't be prouder to be part of today's announcement and can't wait for their

collaboration with the q. foundation and more of our partners in the room in ensuring everyone has access to affordable housing. [applause] >> i can't even remember when i first met rafael nadal him in. it was before my hair was grey. [laughter] and he has always been such an incredibly grounded, honest, and natural communicator. of the many things i like about raphael is he has the ability to so easily put into words his values and how his policy positions connect with them and do it in a way that leads everybody else to that place. is like, this is why we believe in what we believe, and that is such an incredible skill that i always hope to aspire to, and so

i'm so proud to welcome supervisor mandelman here today and thank him for his leadership and getting out this $1 million with the mayor. [applause] >> that's ridiculous, i'm not nearly as eloquent as brian said i'm not eloquent at all. we all know san francisco has a homelessness crisis and we also all know that the best solution to homelessness is to prevent it from happening in the first place. so that is why this program is so critical and valuable and why i am so grateful to brian and the q. foundation for your relentless, tireless advocacy, but also for the h.i.v. aids provider network and others who make the rounds every year in city hall, along with the aids foundation and joe, to ensure

that the hiv-aids communities not forgotten in our annual budget. i think that we have gotten some significant wins in the last year. we are nowhere near where we need to be, but this is a really significant win. so thank you to all who made it happen. my aid and i are ready to go into another budget cycle and we look forward to working with you to make sure that no communities left behind, but particularly not to the hiv-aids community. thank you. [applause] >> there's a lot of credit to share. i'm so happy that we were able to invite some of the people who deserve our thanks, but there's also many others in the space of time and we don't always get a chance to thank everybody. one of the things i want to acknowledge is our partnership with the mayor's office of housing and community development.

we got our first funding with them 15 years ago and they have been an incredible partner. they are open, they listen to the community, they incorporate our feedback and it really is this incredible collaboration. they are also really good about getting contracts done, paying bills on time, so from leadership to envisioning, all the way down to administrative finesse, i am so thankful and proud to be a partner with the mayor's office of housing and community development. helen hale will be our new connection point with the h.i.v. subsidies program. everybody, please give them a round of applause for all of their years of service. [applause]

i believe all of our speakers are done. awesome. everybody who has spoken has to go to another event. you are allowed to go now. this is where we will just move into the part where we talk about some of the eligibility... blame