so we can have a little bit more community feedback. >> great. thank you. so sally, if you could put that on your list, that would be great. okay. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> clerk: the next order is business is item 10, closed session. 10-a, conference with legal council. anticipated litigation, initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph four of subdivision d of section 54956.9, discussion. >> okay. commissioners, we are not ready to discuss this item, so i would like to get a motion to continue this and a second. >> mr. chair, i move we continue this item to the next

meeting. >> i second. >> good. so it was seconded by commissioner scott and seconded by commissioner rosales. please call roll. >> clerk: commissioners, please indicate your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. chair, the vote is four ayes. >> thank you. motion carries. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> the next order is business is item 11, adjournment. mr. chair? >> so fellow commissioners, we will need a motion to adjourn the final meeting of director sesay, who will be sadly missed. >> yes. mr. chair, i move and, sadly,

yes, make the motion that we would adjourn our meeting, our last meeting with our beloved nadia sesay. >> thank you. may i have a second? >> i'll second. >> thank you. >> i'll third. >> third? and i will fourth. thank you all for a wonderful productive meeting and look forward to the next meeting. it will be very fruitful. thank you all. >> thank you, all.

>> madam mayor. >> thank you very much. this has been an incredibly tough year. i heard how hard this has been from countless residents. we each have our own struggles. you might be a parent trying to help your kid get through school or worried about a parent in a nursing home. you might be struggling with mental health issues everything you have been going through for the past several

months. i was proud. we were doing well. almost everyone in the city did what they asked you to do we are seeing how fast it could move the governor laid out a warning and we are seeing what is happening in san francisco. let me be clear, as clear as i can be, it's not good. cases are spiking. hospitalizations are increasing quickly. our infection rate is higher than the summer. this is not just about san

francisco but the entire region, state, and country the dangerous winter has arrived. we will have to take more action. we are still working out the details we are working out the details in santa santa clara county. they have limited gatherings. there's are things you have consider as well as other ideas to stop the spread. no one would like to be here. we spoke about worrying about doing well but having everyone

relax and the cases spike like they did during the spanish flu. i'm not saying that's what happened but there have been a lot of challenges including lack of national leadership. a lot of people have done well and put public health first. we are in the most dangerous periods of the pandemic and we need to do everything we can to keep hospitals from being over run. this is about saving lives. everything we asked is about that, solution. today is world aids day, this is a day where which remember all of those we lost to the hiv aids epidemic and recommit ourselves to get to zero new hiv infections. it's important where we stair down the difficult months

ahead and remember what we can do when we ban together. a lot has been said ability san francisco building on the efforts to fight the covid-19 pandemic and reaching back to our history when we have to confront the aids crisis without support. the trust we build then between residents and public health officials and neighbors coming together as so many people got sick and died. those are hard memories. the spirit of the city and resiliency of the people that live here. today, on world aids day we remember the history fighting hiv aids remember what we can do. i flow people are trying. i know people are tired. i know it won't be easy. i believe in the city and all of you.

finally, today, it's been my goal to not layoff any city workers. we were able to do that in the two year budget but we have a long road ahead of us and tough choses to make. the mta is facing a deficit of $230 million in the next two years. without more emergency federal funding closing the deficit may require laying off between 18 and 22 % of the work force. the possibility of losing nearly a quarter of our work force is hard to image. this is the reallity we have to confront. we are facing the gutting of a basic city service that our residents rely on and economy

needs to recover. as importantly this means bus drivers, mechanics, and other workers losing their job and ability to provide for their family. san francisco is not alone here. cities a cross the country are facing the same crisis due to covid-19. just yesterday, washington d.c. announced their metro service would have to layoff workers and eliminate weekend service and close stations. federal cares act funding helped keep us stable through the first year. if we push for more funding transportation must be the top priority along with support for the small businesses suffering. a decimated transportation system will hobble our economic recovery. i hope the biden administration will work with

speaker pelosi and congress to provide support. there are some steps we can take locally to increase mtas revenue and costs in strategickic ways and do what we can in the city. we have to consider every possible way. we are in deep trouble and need to do everything we can to save it. now, i'd like to turnover the rest of my time to dr. grant to provide you clarity around the numbers. where we have come from, where we are going. and what we need to do to get the city to a another place. >> good afternoon and thank you mayor for your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. thank you for recognizing world aids day. this is a virus that claimed

the lives of so many of san franciscan residents. with the speed that could individual is spreading throughout the city region, and state we have little time to spare. we are in the middle of a major surge threatening to overwhelm our healthcare system as well as the systems in the sure round surrounding states. let me be frank. the actions you take or don't take can impact you gledges your friends. it's a that simple we are all

at risk and must take precautions. it's uncomfortable to think about and we hope it doesn't happen consider this, if you are a loved ones we becomes ill will there be a hospital bed to treat you or your loved ones we are seeing communities across the country grappling with the issue right now ascoindividual continues to cause havoc on communities big and small and urban and sure bub barn. this past weekend never the less we saw tens of thousands of people fly, drive, and gather with extended family as it virus ran ramped throughout the country. as a result of holiday related

activities we know the worse is likely yet to come. together we will have to take appropriate measures to keep all san francisco sis ans. let's review the data that has us so concerned. slide one please. this slide shows the number of cases of covid-19 per 100,000 in san francisco from the beginning of the pandemic until now. this slide shows how quickly our cases have multiplied in the last three weeks. in the last three weeks san francisco's positive cases have tripled. and we do not expect this to stabilize any time soon. we have more virus circulating

than ever before think about what this mines and how to act accordingly san francisco has 1 1,600 person 100 resident. we had an average of 34 new cases per day. 34 new cases per day. now, san francisco has an average of 140 new cases per day. that's four times more new cases than a month ago. yet, we are still in a highly volatile position more than any other point in the year. we have yet to account for travel and gatherings from thanksgiving. next slide, please.

unfortunately, we know a spike in cases results in a increase in hospitalizations. we are feeling the pressure of the rapidly accelerating cases across san francisco. in fact, covid-19 positive hospitalizations have doubled in ten days. consider this, we went from 40 hospitalizations on november 18h to 87 on november 28. in addition to the 87 covid-19 patients in san francisco there have been four covid-19 patients transferred to covid-19 hospitals from other jurisdictions totals 91 patients with covid-19 in our hospitals as of november 29th if we continue on this participant, we, as well as

other counties will start to see a hospital bed shortage. /the trend continues we will see a hospital bed shortage around christmas. that's a sobering thought. there is a real possibility of no available beds at our hospitals. of course, i hope, we hope this doesn't happen. it's an increasing likelihood as we see this virus spread locally like never before we have beaten back two surges. simply put, we need to slow the spread of virus.

we have taken a number of actions to slow the spread. we have holted indoor dining and closed indoor museums we had limited capacity indoors. we have asked you to abide by the stay at home order. we required all nonessential activities by 10 %. none of these have slowed the rate of the spread of covid-19 virus. in fact, infections have continued to increase. therefore w'll we'll implement additional roll backs. we will farther reduce the number of people that can gather especially from multiple households. we will analyze capacity restrictions for indoor shops. we are reviewing the county

health order requiring those that travel 150 miles to corn teen we must slow the spread or we'll continue to see hospitalization numbers that will overwhelm the healthcare center. we'll be a city that struggled to deal with the virus in ways we thankfully have not yet had to. we can slow the sprayed. it won't be easy and everyone has a part to play. i'm the broken record and continue to be if it saves lives and keeps people from getting sick morningized, and die.

do not gather with anyone outside your immediate yacht household. wash your hands, wear that face covering. as a gay man and i trained here during the aids epidemic. everyday i think about the lives we couldn't save. so many lost family friends, neighbors and colleagues. we didn't have the tool but we came together. with this pandemic with this pandemic we have the knowledge. we know what it is to fight the virus. the current surge. we know what to do, what we need to do to protect lives, please, let's work together

and come together to protect lives and our communities and protect our city. thank you. >> thank you, doctor. at this time we'll begin the q and a portion with mayor london. thank you madam mayor. your first set of questions comes from megan. how would you consider the mention of the kellies. >> we are still reviewing the allegations. these are serious charges. people are innocent until proven guilty the actions are deeply troubling. i have said from the beginning of the investigation we need to do everything we can to restore public trust. we'll continue to consult with the city attorney's office

about our steps forward and everyone should cooperate with any investigation. >> thank you, madam mayor. lastly from scott nbc. do you have comments about reports that more san francisco restaurants will have to shutdown or quote hibernate? >> i think what we tried to do from the beginning of the pandemic is provide faggots about every situation. as soon as there is information from the public we notify the public. as soon as we think there is the possibility of a closure we tried to reach out to people and the industry. we have been in touch with the association and many of them are naturally concerned as we see a spike and places like

l.a. county close out dining entirely. i'd like to be clear, we can't rule it out. as soon as which think it's absolutely necessary based on what we see with the spike. based on hospitalizations and direction our city is headed in. it could be a possibility. we can't say right now what that would mean in a timeline. we'll do everything we can as soon as we know when or if it happens we will provide as much notification as we can and understanding we are not just talking about the owners of the restaurants and places for people to go. we are talking about the food they are ordering. the work force. the people that were on unemployment. it will take forever. we understand the challenges that people are facing. our goal is to make sure

whatever possible, we do what we can to provide as much information. it pains me every time i have to do a press conference where we have to talk about roll backs. there will be roll backs. there will be announcements this week because we expect the state of california to improse other restrictions on san francisco. there might be farther roll backs we but into place ourselves to curve this virus, so, we know that's to be expected which is why we have to do our part. we must distance ourselves and limit our activities because we have done it before we are seeing a spike unlike anything we have seen since the beginning of the pandemic. we are in trouble and sounding the alarm like i said before. that will mean really challenging months ahead.

>> thank you, madam mayor. we will transition over to dr. colfax for some health related questions. doctor, the first set of questions come from erin from the chronical. what will trigger the new orders? is it possible we will see another stay stay at home order like from march? >> as we mentioned we are reviewing a number of options including limiting outdoor gatherings. looking at the santa clara travel order, quarantine order. some could come out as early as tomorrow. >> thank you, from julian with mission local, study after study and your own data show

the latino population is seeing higher infection rates than the rest of the city. as we enthe a surge will we offer more widespread testing and resources to those getting sick. >> yes, since the beginning we focused on the issues and the infection rates are disproportion nate among the latino populations. we have engaged the latino community from the beginning, invested in testing and isolation and quarantine rooms. we have invested into contact tracing and health department care. we will straighten our strategy and our testing work is increasingly translating.

the city will test that site the farmer market site monday through friday. this is the southeastern part of the city. we continue to partner and community partners to ensure testing we will focus on engaging and working with those effected by the virus. >> the next question is from david baker. how do you intend people from gathering in groups when people have ignored gathering. >> we are working to continue to exercise outside of your household. it's dangerous and increasing

the likelihood. as much as possible and ensure people understand and understand it's against health orders to gather in ways that could promote the transmission of the virus. i think what we really need to do is focus on the educational aspect so people understand the virus can and will effect them and their family members and we need to dig deeper and really do the things we know prevents the spread of the virus as much as possible. we'll continue to enforce city guidelines and rules if necessary to prevent a major spreader event as much as possible. >> thank you, dan with kron 4.

what is the timeline for the changes? >> with regard to one of the prior questions we are looking at seeing capacity of indoor activities and institutions and businesses. this is group gatherings and looking at the potential travel quarantine orders and some of the orders could be finished as early as tomorrow. >> thank you, doctor and madam mayor. if you have any questions following this meeting send us an e-mail. thank you.

. >> i am the das commission president, martha knutzen. this meeting is being held pursuant to the brown act and recently enacted orders by the governor and the mayor. the governor's executive order has suspended rules. the executive order does require that we continue to notice meetings in advance, and the department has met all the applicable notice requirements. as noted on the agenda, members of the public may observe this teleconference meeting via sfgovtv.org and sfgovtv channel

26, and they may offer public comment via the public phone number. i'd like to welcome the members of the staff and public who are watching these proceedings. we respectfully ask the people to anticipate that we may have gaps and delays during this meeting. i'd like to thank sfgovtv; we very much appreciate their work. to eliminate background interference, all panelists and presenters are asked to mute themselves when waiting to speak or present. now it's my special privilege, before we get started to the meeting, to say thank you and welcome to our new commissioners, commissioner

wanda jung and commissioner michelle carington. if they would like to introduce themselves briefly, that would be great. commissioner jung, would you like to offer some words, please. and i think we -- you're -- we're having difficulty hearing you. >> were they able to speak earlier? >> yes. >> being okay.

>> so they might have themselves muted. >> i'm still here. >> commissioner carington, would you like to say some words? >> good morning, good morning. i just want to say that i'm very pleased and very proud to be on this commission board on this new journey that god has set for me. i'm here to do the works of god and do the works of different communities that we are associated with, and let's go. >> all right. thank you so much, and welcome, and thank you for doing this. we appreciate it. commissioner jung, i don't know -- we tried to unmute. there we go. what we'll do, if we could, with commissioner jung, is we'll work to get you on the phone. i think that's a good workaround for the meeting.

i'm going to move along, and once we get -- once we get commissioner jung going, we'll hear from her. so why don't we go ahead and take the roll, or should we wait? >> clerk: i'll start with the roll. >> okay. perfect. >> clerk: commissioners, respond when i call your name. [roll call] >> clerk: president knutzen, we have a quorum. >> great. thank you. >> clerk: commissioners, the

next item is communications. we'd like to provide further instruction for the public comment process. public comment will be available for each item on this agenda and during general public comment. both cable channel 16 and sfgov.org are streaming the number across the screen. each speaker will be permitted three minutes to speak. during each public comment period, viewers and callers will be instructed to call 415-655-0001. access code 146-784-8021, pound, and pound again. when connected, you will hear the meeting discussion but you will be muted and in listening mode only. when your item of interest comes up, please dial star, three to be added to the speaker line. best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak slowly

and clearly, and turn down your television or radio. you will be informed by the moderator when you have 30 seconds left. when your time is completed, you will be muted and moved back into the listening mode. [inaudible] it will be forwarded to the commission and will be included as part of our official docket. >> okay. thank you. commissioners, your next item is agenda item 4, approving the minutes of wednesday, november 4, 2020 das commission meeting. are there any comments or questions on the november 4, 2020 das meeting minutes? madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on this item?

>> clerk: moderator, can you please open the phone for public comment, and we'll allow some time for those folks to call in who want to submit. justin, do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no public comments. >> clerk: okay. thank you. >> okay. hearing no requests to speak on this item, is there a motion to approve the november 4, 2020 das commission meeting? >> so moved. >> we have a -- sounded like a motion from our vice president spears, and i saw a second from our commissioner sklar. can we have a roll call vote, please. [roll call]

. >> clerk: the vote is unanimous. >> okay. thank you. commissioners, item 5 is the executive director's report. can i call on executive director shireen mcspadden. >> good morning, commissioners. hope everyone's doing well, and i hope everyone had a great holiday. i want to welcome commissioners carington and jung. i want to say thank you for joining the commission. i'm so glad you dedicated your time and effort to us, and your thoughtfulness. it's kind of awkward to immediate -- well, wanda, i know you, and commissioner jung, i know you. kind of weird to meet on zoom

or webex, and i hope at some point in the near future, we get to meet together in person. so i just want to start, as i usually do, by talking about the federal level. i mean, obviously, everybody knows that we had an election, and that we have a new president coming in, and so it'll be interesting to see how that affects older adults and people with disabilities. right now, what we're waiting for really is to see if the legislature can manage to pass a stimulus bill because that would really be helpful, especially as we find ourselves really needing to continue to fund covid response efforts in san francisco and in california. one of the biggest issues we've had is we in das are

responsible for helping to coordinate the food response and food coordination all across the city, and we're really having to figure out how to make choices around that and how to think about the best and most strategic ways to get food out to people most in need, so we're really hopeful that that package will get passed, and that's not the only reason. there are a number of other services with respect to covid that we're doing in the city, so we're worried with that. at the state level, the master plan for aging should come out any day now and be on the governor's desk for approval. the -- i did go over what the recommendations from the master plan stakeholders advisory committee were, and we talked about that last month. i'm not going to go into detail about that again, but again,

this is a far-reaching plan, aspirational on many levels, detailing what needs to happen in the next few years because covid put such a wrench in things. more to come on that, and i think we'll have a really good idea of where the governor and his office are going to go on that in the next month or so, so i'm going to be able to report on that. california is expanding medi-cal for older people and adults with disability, so this means that tens of thousands of people will qualify for free medi-cal, including some who have had a shared cost.

for some, this will happen automatically, but some will need help in understanding or managing the changes, so das will work at the family supports and benefit department, which is actually the new name of the human services department to add s.h.a. to make sure that san franciscans and people in general have information on this. i personally don't have the numbers of people this could effectively help, but i hope to get that and present that to you in a short time. also, the california foundation of independent living centers and the california association of area agencies on aging are offering a one-day forum to unite the aging and disability

communities. it's what we call our c-4 conference that usually takes place in l.a. we decided to consolidate that into one day and have a one-day conference. i know -- i'm not sure, bridget, if our last two commissioners got invited because they just got sworn in, but it's tomorrow, and i know we have a number of commissioners who are going to join, and if we didn't have anybody that needs to join up, they can still do that. this is going to allow the disability and aging communities to reflect on the impacts of covid-19 while

finding ways to work together to fight against social injustice and intersectionality. we have a number of guest speakers, and i'm really excited to say that there will be awards from both associations. individuals have made outstanding contributions in the field of aging and disability, and i'm really proud to announce that commissioner spears will be receiving the c-4 medical providers award. i just wanted to announce that a little preemptsiveively and i'm really proud that commissioner spears is going to get the award this year. and now, the big thing we're waiting for is the budget instructions.

the budget instructions, according to our controller, should be coming out in the next couple of weeks. we actually don't yet know what those are going to look like, but i'm expecting that we will get some reduction target for the current fiscal year, and i'm assuming that we will have that same thing for the next year, just given what we know about the economy in san francisco, and really, what the city is dealing with with respect to emergency response, with respect to revenues being down in all of those things. i don't think it's going to be good news, but next month, we will definitely have that, and those of you that have been around for a while, you'll know that we are rapidly moving into the approval process for our wu

j -- budget will be brought to you by our budget team. he will be asked to approve the das budget very, very soon, so we will get you all the information as soon as we have it, and that basically concludes my report. thank you. happy to take questions if you have them. >> this is commissioner spears. i don't have any questions. i just want to thank you and the metafund board and staff thanks the california area agencies on aging for the award that will happen tomorrow. we have worked out at raising up the voices of older adults and adults with disabilities and have made a long-term commitment to this population in san francisco and are pleased that we're being

acknowledged for this work. thank you. >> ditto for me. i'm loving it. thank you for your works, janet. to me, the aging people here in san francisco, they go through a lot, so to have all the work that you are doing and going to be doing for the new year, and i think it's just great. just keep up the good work. >> beiokay. >> well, thank you, director mcspadden, and i wanted to say thank you for the good part about this lifestyle we all have, is that sometimes we could join events that we certainly could not have otherwise, and thank you for facilitating commissioner members joining and staff members joining. we always learn so much from

these kinds of things, so thanks for that. we look forward to that. >> yes. looking forward to that. >> from the privacy of our own dining room. >> exactly. >> go othnto the committee report? >> actually, it's -- >> employee of the month. >> i'm going to let the clerk run this. >> clerk: item 6, das employee of the month. executive director shireen mcspadden and the das commission would like to honor hanna teferi and lauren mcasland both from the das office community partnerships. >> okay. hanna and lauren, are you on? so -- well, i'm really excited with this because i -- when i was working at moscone center

early on and realized that we needed people from das because we needed people with das' expertise and people who understood not only what it meant to work with contractors, but also, even beyond to understand how some of our food contracts work and really help us to structure the relationships that we had with the food bank, and lauren and hanna showed up as the dynamic duo and lifted up the work of the food coordination effort at moscone center. i know the work you have are y -- you do has been hard and thankless at times. i know that even though we're on the same floor, i had really no idea about just the amazing

competent professional women you are, and i'm just super impressed and grateful. so that's what i want to say, because i have to say, i had so many people send me things about both of you, and you're going to have to indulge me because i'm going to read them to you because i just want to make sure that this is said publicly about how amazing people have thought you are. so i think lauren and hannah, you're going to know where some of these same from, but i'm going to go through them. so i'm going to start by saying, if you were naming stars, two of them would be lauren mcasland and hanna teferi. these two outstanding individuals have addressed issues related to one of the most critical aspects of life: food security, by working hand in hand with the san francisco marin food bank, they have ensured that essential services have expanded and continued

food distribution for the most vulnerable individuals during the pandemic. lauren has masterfully handled the food bank and fema letters along with overseeing d.s.w. efforts. she has ensured that nutritional needs are meet and coordinates with leadership to make difficult decisions. she has also taken on responsibilities for other community projects and has proven herself to be a great community negotiator. and then, from the moment that lauren stepped into the e.o.c., we felt a sense of relief and assurance. in addition to her deep knowledge of nutrition programs and standards, lauren bringing a remarkable ability to remain calm, cool, and collected, even

when everything around here is the opposite. in an emergency response situation, we face tight deadlines, changing information, and additional pressures that can cause confusion and pull projects off track. within this turbulent environment, lauren possesses the invaluable skill of remaining focused on the priorities of tasks before her to see projects through to completion. from running a short-term home delivered meal effort staffed by d.s.w. in the early days of shelter in place, to supporting the marin food bank to develop a vital channel of food security citywide, lauren has been instrumental in the food response. lauren has also been instrumental in get being the food bank budget up and running. i mean, she has been amazing. she has this deep understanding of the operational guts that go on there, really, just this

wonderful all-around depth of knowledge. similarly, hanna's arrival filled us with confidence. she quickly developed expertise in the complex world of navigating multiple location sites. even when her own plate is full, hanna is responsive and supportive of her colleagues, and she brings a spirit of fun into this work. her efforts have been pivotal in making sure that 20 food locations remain open and operational each week. so just a couple of final

things. so just a couple of things. lauren has been stellar at balancing her time between o.c.p. and the covid command center, and it goes out saying that all of us have benefited. enthusiasm and dedication to the o.c.p. nutrition team, our partners and the clients we serve has been outstanding and appreciated. she is a delight to work with, and we are grateful to have her on our team. while hanna is a newest das employee, in fact, she's only been with us a year, she demonstrates the skill and maturity of a seasoned das analyst. her. she has been critical in her support of das and coronavirus

response efforts. she's highly, highly recorded by her o.c.p. colleagues and is an essential part of the team. so lauren and hanna, i know that was a lot. i'm going to send this to you when i have it all in one place, and congratulations on being employees of the month for december for das, and thank you so much for all that you've done for us and for stepping up. >> hanna, thank you, and if i could just say quickly, thank you, director mcspadden, for always bringing us, the commission, and the public, the heroes and heroines of this pandemic crisis. i think that's what we're articulating, and i want you to soak that in a little bit today. thank you so much for what

you're doing. this was a moment where all of the things, all the experience that you had and abilities that you had just really came together. that's what i feel like you were articulating for us, and i just want to say thank you for all of that, so hope to hear a little bit from both of you. >> yeah, thank you. i just -- i want to say thank you to the das leadership for putting us up for this role and supporting us for doing it. it was a challenge but really inspiring to do. it was great to be able to collaborate with a lot of amazing city staff across all departments that i would not have usually gotten a chance to meet. thank you to hanna for being my partner in crime during this adventure. i definitely wouldn't have been

able to do this without you, so thank you. >> hanna, do you want to say anything? >> i think she might have frozen. >> yeah. it looks like maybe she froze. >> okay. >> yeah, sometimes, the bandwidth is slow where you're connected, that can cause a video to freeze. >> move along, i guess, but if we get a chance to hear from

hanna, we'll do that. >> can you hear me okay? >> yes. >> oh. >> being okay. i had some audio issues. thank you. thank you for that, shireen, and for the words of our colleagues and commissioner knutzen. i am so thankful for this experience and grateful. i know that the circumstances are obviously tragic, but it's been such a learning and amazing opportunity to have the experience that, alongside my colleague lauren. thank you so much, lauren. you've been my sanity for the last nine months -- or what feels like nine months, probably closer to six, so thank you so much. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thanks, hanna.

>> bridget, you need to be unmuted. there we go. >> apolo apologies. >> clerk: commissioners, item number 7 is the advisory council report, presented by president diane lawrence. >> good morning, and congratulations hanna and lauren, and thank you for all your hard work on behalf of san francisco. it makes me proud to be a san franciscan when i hear all the hard work being done by das. and director mcspadden, thank you for sharing with us each month the heroes and heroines

of each department. i'm just so thankful, so thank you for sharing this talent and their accomplishments with us. i don't think that gets broadcast enough, especially in these turbulent times. so the advisory council met in november, and now that we're back on a regular schedule, we are focusing on one of our assignments, our duties, to be the eyes and ears of the aging population in san francisco, and we do that by site visits. and obviously, we've been curtailed from doing that. we were on a roll at the beginning of the year, and covid obviously shut us down, so we're looking at, as was mentioned last month, we're looking at how to do virtual

site visits. so our team will be -- several of our members, along with michael zogg, are developing a template for use, and we're hoping it'll be developed by january. so since we have to hold our meetings virtually, we want to see how accessible are they, and then, we'll look to see how we follow up on that as we move to next year. we're getting close to filling out our membership roles. i reported where we have been before. as of now, we have only three supervisorial reappointments -- appointments that we're waiting on, we means that we have eight of the 11 districts have supervisorial representation.

so as soon as january hits, and the new board is installed, we will have our letters out to the new supervisors, introducing us and saying hey, we need somebody from your district to work with us, and explaining who we are. we still have three commission vacancies and will continue to work on trying to fill those. as soon as we begin the next year with our new slate of officers, what we will do is begin the process of getting any council members that are up for reappointment next year, we'll get started early so we're not waiting on december meetings to take care of this. dr. laurie reported on the dignity fund, and we know that the additional moneys the dignity fund will not be getting this year. she discussed, as we've just

spoken about, a huge need for nutrition services and fill-in services. there's obviously technology and reaching out to folks is an issue, and we are aware that the curry center has received a grant to look at technology and making things more accessible both to those in the disabled and aging communities. we do not have digital access. district 11, supervisor safai's district was recognized under service, so them abbe covered by the dignity fund. community meeting out in district 11, which is the southeast part of the city, found that residents wanted more culturally appropriate food. there's -- obviously, the problem with digital availability and wifi at senior housing and lighthouse for the

blind and ark are offering food technology training. they also discussed the master plan, which as director mcspadden said, will be going to the governor soon, and one of the things i learned at a recent stakeholder -- c.d.a. stakeholder meeting was when we send letters of support for community based organizations, they really can help at the state level, so that's something we'll be keeping in mind as we move forward. in our meeting next wednesday, we will elect a new slate of officers. the slate was presented -- i will be -- i've been nominated for a second term at president. first vice president, margaret grass, and our second vice president is allegra hate

mart -- allegra martinaldi. and they're still moving our project along to study the state and the needs of elderly and disabled who are homeless, and we'll have a report early next year on their work. i just wanted to point out that a couple of -- not only has the community living campaign been doing a lot of work with -- and our members are participating in that either as presenters of topics or our active members' community organizations that are doing a lot of great work in putting together programs -- exercise, food, memoir writing, to their communities, and so i

just wanted to -- to point that out. and one of our members is doing a program, maki -- survey, mak sure that questions about das are in the survey. the community living campaign have been sponsoring almost weekly conversations or chats with a geriantologist from ucsf, so that's my report. >> any questions? i just want to say thank you so

much, miss lawrence, for taking on the chair again. we're so pleased we were able to renominate you last time. we really appreciate that, yes, and all the other members that voted for that. >> thank you. we are really pleased that all members are reappointed. >> thank you for stepping up. any other questions from commissioners? is i think it's exciting to know that we have pivoted so well under the circumstances and taken advantage of on-line programming, and those are real highlights, so glad to hear what the community is doing. my friends and myself have actually been involved in some of these, so they're very real supports for us. thank you. >> yeah. i just have one comment.

thank you so much for pointing out district 11. that's the district i live in, and they're -- i know my neighbors well, and many of them are older, and i -- and i do note that they seek the services, at least within -- somewhere within the community, and i'm glad, especially regarding the wifi, it hasn't impac -- it has impacted me personally, with not having good wifi. i know my neighbors will be pleased to hear that about better services in the district. >> clerk: on moving on, item number 8 is the joint legislative report, and that will not be happening today. they won't meet until february, so in february, we'll hear from president diane lawrence again to give that report.

our next item is item number 9, general public comment. it's an opportunity for members of the public to address the commission on items that are not on today's calendar. moderator, can you open the line for public comment? we'll allow some time for callers to enter. do we have any callers in the queue for public comment? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no public comments. >> clerk: thank you. commissioner, your next item is is item 10, old business. please raise your hand if there's any old business you would like to discuss. seeing none, i'll call the next item. the next agenda items are a through m that require a vote

by the commission. >> beiokay. commissioners, your first item is item a, and sarah chan will present this item. >> yes, thank you. welcome. >> thank you, and good morning, commissioner, and executive director mcspadden. my name is sarah chan. i'm the nutritionist from office of community partnership, and the grant is home delivery grocery program first started in 2007 when the stakeholders in district 3 and, in particular, the chinatown neighborhood at that time had noticed that some of the older

adults and adults with disabilities who lived in the single-room occupancy buildings had difficulty picking up their supplemental groceries at the food pantries, and limiting their access to nutrition support on a regular basis. and a program was designed that the san francisco marin food bank will provide the groceries, and a rentee will coordinate and deliver the grocery bags to eligible individuals, and the program has been cost effectively serving low-income older adults and adults with disability who reside in district 3 s.r.o. buildings and mostly located in and around chinatown. and many of the consumers are monolingual chinese speaking immigrants. and since 2016, the chinatown community centers, c.c.c., has

partnered with p.c.c., and they have provided a space for a weakly food pantry, which is effectively located in chinatown. ccdc and p.c.c. will work collectively with the san francisco marin food bank to help ensure that the groceries are culturally appropriate and also appropriate for the single room occupancy residents, which they sometimes consider that they have limited shared cooking facility and limited space to access refrigeration. and during the pandemic, the rentee and its subcontractor have implemented health and safety procedures for the program implementation without

any service interruption. the fiscal year 19-20 program monitoring was completed and is in full compliance, and our department would like to seek your approval for this new grant, and thank you. i'm happy to take any questions. >> being okay. thank you, miss chan. it's so good to see that a program that started before the pandemic continues without any problems. thank you. are there any questions from the commissioners? commissioner lum? and -- yeah, there you go. unmute. >> miss chan, just for my personal, what are the eligibility requirements? >> the eligibility requirement of those clients, they live in district 3 -- and, well, they

are -- they have capacity cooking the groceries, and they are low-income, and they may have difficulty accessing regular food pantry. meaning, they may have some difficulty going to a regular pantry and picking up the groceries, or they may have difficulty carrying the groceries back to their s.r.o. room, and this program is particularly targeted for residents in s.r.o. and in district three. >> so there's an outreach element here to -- to this program so that, you know, we can get hold of people who are obviously in need? >> yes. chinatown community development center and the -- they operate

several single-room occupancy buildings in and around chinatown, and they also is active collaborative members for those building in chinatown, so they outreach to consumers in that capacity. >> thank you. >> okay. thank you. any other questions from commissioners? >> yes, i have a question. >> okay. commissioner carrington. >> miss chan, i was wondering, will this be a voluntary program that will provide help that the -- that will provide the groceries that the seniors need on a voluntary basis?

>> yes, this is a voluntary basis, and the(b) ti presbyter church has several volunteers that will consolidate services to consumers. >> and as far as seniors needing help cooking their food, who will be doing that? >> so one of the eligibility criteria is the client will show that they have -- they are able to cook the food or they may have a helper helping them to prepare the food, so when our grantee assesses that whether the client meet the criteria, they will assess that the consumer actually has the cooking capacity and is able to cook or have someone to help them to cook. >> okay. very good. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. anything else from commissioners? then madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who

wishes to comment on agenda item a? >> clerk: justin, can you please open the phone line for public comment? we'll allow some time for callers to submit their requests. do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary, we have a caller in the queue. >> clerk: great. >> operator: hello, caller. your through minutes begins now. >> thank you. my name is john goldsmith, and i was calling to make a general public comment a few minutes ago, and somehow, i got bypassed, so can i make a general comment at some point in this meeting? >> president knutzen, i'm going to leave that up to you. >> yeah, please just go ahead and do that. we've had a technical difficulty before. please go ahead, general public comment.

>> i appreciate it. thank you very much, commissioner. my name is john goldsmith. i am a 30-year san francisco resident. i live off of castro street, and i'm coming to you with an issue regarding disability and aging specifically around the castro metro muni station. in 2016, public works approved the motion to install a second elevator to increase universal access, which is great. but then, our senator scott wiener has -- as a visionary, believed that the entire southside of this station will be demolished and replaced. i believe that access to nature and open space is very important for one's health. it is the only greenbelt in our muni station. there are two parklets right there at castro station, and a

person in a wheelchair or with mobility issues can be next to a beautiful terrace guard. in 2012, they approved the first lgbtq grove with five existing palm trees. it is an important cultural asset, and access to nature is important for people with disabilities, and i have submitted two three-part applications to public works in 2018, and i've collected 1700 signatures supporting the preservation of the greenbelt at castro metro muni station. so with that, i just want to get this message to your commission because i believe it's relevant and very important to safe harvey milk plaza. renovate, don't desecrate. polish, don't demolish.

we don't want to send our cultural assets to the landfill. thank you so much. >> operator: thank you, caller. >> clerk: moderator, are there any other callers in the queue? >> operator: there are no other calls in the queue. >> okay. great. thank you so much. hearing no further requests to speak on the item, we will close public comment. do i have a motion to approve agenda item a from commissioners? i see a -- moved by commissioner jung. do i have a second? >> second. >> a second by our new commissioner carrington. this is great. madam secretary, can you please take a roll call vote on agenda item a. [roll call]

. >> clerk: president knutzen, the vote is unanimous. >> thank you so much. the next agenda item, commissioners, is item b, home delivered groceries program. we're going to be requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with multiple providers for the provision of a home delivered grocery program during the period of january 1, 2021 to june 30, 2021, in the opt of 6 of $07,363 plus a 10% contingency, for a total grant amount not to exceed $668,099, and again, staff of sarah chan will

present this item. >> thank you, and again, the set of the grants i'm asking the commission to consider and approve, it's for home delivered grocery program. a home delivered grocery program targets for older low-income adults and adults with disabilities who need additional food resource and have the capacity to store food and prepare meals but are not able to visit local food pantries or transport the food home. food is provided by san francisco marin food bank which is not part of this item that we're presenting. the food delivery grocery program rentee will deliver the bags of groceries directly to the home of individual customers, and the grantees will offer services to support

the well-being of consumers and connect them to other resources when needed. the original grant expired on june 30, 2020. as you may recall, because of covid-19 pandemic, our department, through a policy adopted by the controller's office, was able to extend this program for six months, and is this extension allowed our three grocery grantees to continue our services without any service interruption, and the three grantees have been continuously providing the couplers with this vital service during the pandemic. they adapt health and safe procedures to protect consumers, staff, and volunteers, and they're also connect being consumers to important information and resources during the pandemic. and the 1920 program monitoring

was completed for all three grantees are in full compliant, and in 19-20, these three grantees delivered over 142,000 food bags to consumers. our department is seeking your approval for the renewal of these three grants until june 30, 2021, and thank you. i'm happy to take any questions. >> okay. thank you, miss chan. are there any questions or comments by the commissioners on this item? i'm not seeing any -- any of that. please go ahead -- it's hard to tell when there's a little bit of verbal sound if it's somebody talking. madam secretary, do we have any members of the public who wish

to comment on agenda item b? and madam secretary, you're muted. >> moderator, please open the phone lines for public comment. we'll allow some time for callers to submit their request. >> okay. thank you. thank you. moderator, do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: we do not have any callers in the queue. >> okay. i'll move along, then. hearing no further requests to speak on the item, we will close public comment. do we have a motion to approve

agenda item b from our commissioners? >> so moved. >> second. >> i heard a motion first from commissioner sklar and a second from commissioner lum. madam secretary, i don't know if you're back on the line, can we get the roll call vote on agenda item b? i'm not sure -- we've lost -- >> she's trying to get back on. her computer shutdown, so she's trying to get back on right now? >> is there someone -- i can -- oh, there we go. we're just at the point, if you could call the roll call for agenda item b. [roll call]

>> clerk: the vote is unanimous, president knutzen. >> okay. great. thank you. commissioners, your next agenda item is c, requesting authorization to enter a new grant kweemt with the curry senior center for the provision of programming that encompasses the unit of technology to reduce social isolation and support self-management of health for older adults and adults with disabilities during the period of january 1, 2021 to june 30, 2022, in the amount of $568,437 plus a 10% contingency, for a total amount not to exceed $625,281. i think we have staff member -- yes -- tiffany kearney here.

>> good morning, commissioners and executive director mcspadden. my name is tiffany kearney, and an analyst with das. we presented the agreement with curry senior center for the first time in january 2018, and today, we are asking the commission to approve this grant once again. the program has been extremely successful since its launch nearly three years ago. curry has continued programming along the way, however, the core ponecomponents of the pro have not changed, and they include the following. the provision of ipads on loan for a year, internet access at home for those who need it, health coaching, and opt-in

maintenance class after successfully completing the program, and the program is available in cantonese, russian, and english. by participating in the program, participants have acquired skills and information beneficial in their health and well-being. participants report an increase in confidence using both the ipad and the internet, self-efficacy in managing their health. fitbit users report daily increase in their movement, and participants also report feeling less lonely and isolated. in addition to meeting program objective year after year, i am delighted to report that the technology and connection at home program was recently recognized by the national association of area agencies on aging as a 2020 innovations award winner. the pandemic has temporarily changed the provision of

programming, and curry has been exceptional during the past nine months in providing modified services. health coaching and tutor ring has moved to webex and zoom. the curry team sends participants informational e-mails containing exercise options, ways to reduce stress, and healthy eating habits. the team also facilitates zoom hangouts for their participants. in-person tech support is available if needed, with staff and participants following the most recent health guidelines and orders. programming that bridges the digital divide is needed now more than ever, and despite the challenges that the pandemic presents, we anticipate the ongoing success of this program with the experience, nolg, and creativity that the curry team

brings in managing it. thank you, and i would be happy to answer any questions that the commissioners may have at this time. >> thank you, miss kearney. i had a question, expecting that you may not have the question. i understand that, but i'm just curious as to whether there was a drop off in participation or was there any feedback about that when they had to pivot to zoom and on-line or whether or not there were actually additional people who could maybe join that couldn't before? so was there any feedback on the matter or do we have that kind of information yet? >> yeah. i think it's a mixed answer, i would say, and i think the way the program is structured, basically, every three months, a cohort starts of 15 in a class, so at this point, and

probably for the rest of this year, they're probably going to hold steady at about -- i think there's about 90 to 100 people enrolled. had the pandemic not -- you know, not come about, there probably would have been, you know, more cohorts starting, like back last fiscal year, so i think there's that one aspect of it. but in terms of people participating, actually, you know, everyone is still participating that -- you know, because when they have their computers, and so they've been able to participate. it's been -- it's been incredibly meaningful for those individuals that have been fortunate to have, you know, enrolled prior to the pandemic. there's been so many sort of anecdotal things that have been said and participants. there's been lots of sort of, you know, feedback from the

participants, that they're able to stay connected with their family, they're able to connect with doctors, other health care providers, etc., so i think -- so from that aspect, that has continued, and it's very, very strong. >> okay. so thank you. that is what i was hoping to hear. i thought that because that program had, that they'd already were about technology and people having that in their hands was really a model for that, so that's good to hear. so any other questions or comments from commissioners on this innovative program? >> yes, i have a question. >> yes, commissioner carrington? >> miss connie, from the beginning of this program up until this date, have you paid attention to the clients' morale, their self-esteem? have you seen any changes? >> one of the outcome measures,

there are several outcome measures, and i would say that almost all of the participants report sort of an increased confidence, and they have all reported that -- or more everyone has reported that it has -- the program has had a positive impact on their, you know, sort of health and well-being. >> very good. thank you. >> any other commissioners? okay. then, madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item c? >> clerk: moderator, please open the phone lines for public comment. we'll allow some time for callers to submit their request. do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary,

we have no callers in the queue. >> okay. seeing no publ seeing no callers in the queue, we will close public comment. do i have a motion to approve? >> so moved. >> vice president spears moving, and i think we had commissioner lum raising his hand for the second. madam secry, >> clerk: the vote is unanimous, president knutzen. >> beiokay. great. thank you. commissioners, your next agenda item is d, requesting authorization to enter into new grant agreements with multiple providers for the provision of

community services to older adults and adults with disabilities for the time period beginning january 1, 2021 and ending june 30, 2023, in the combined amount of $21,959,727, y, for a total noo exceed amount of $24,155,703. before i ask michael zaugg to present this item, commissioner john has asked to be recused from this item because of one of the agencies that she's involved with, ymca. because we have more than a quorum today, we should be fine. thank you for doing that in advance, commissioner jung, and if i could now call on michael

zaugg for the presentation. >> yes. good morning, commissioners. thank you, president commuten. good morning, commissioners, executive director mcspadden. welcome to commissioner jung and commissioner carrington. we are glad to have you. this item before you, these are 29 contracts representing the network of do say appointed community centers located throughout the city. i think that most are familiar with the idea of a community center or a senior center within the das contractor group. these are spaces dedicated to hosting a variety of activities and services to benefit and engage older adults and adults with disabilities. many of our community centers that are involved with this item here today have other serviced colocated on-site with them. these are things such as congreggant meal programs, aging and disability resource centers, sf connected community

centers, just to name a few of them. the idea is that these colocations just further enhance the value of these items as a resource in the community. of course, as i described that model, this provider group was probably one of our larger impacted groups with regards to information. and i want to spend a little bit of time talking about that because what we've seen is these sites have demonstrated their purpose to community centers while quickly shifting in order to be meeting health

and safety guidelines for safety for staff as well as the clients. you know, they certainly did not just sort of perhaps hang up the closed sign and move home. you know, just some of the many things we've seen them do the past few months. community staff were involved in thousands of wellness calls to clients throughout the community. they checked in with their clients to make sure they are doing okay and also served as a reminder that they are there and able to provide some assistance, to provide information to clients about current health and safety news and regulations, as well as providing them the ability to refer them over to existing or new services that these clients might not have otherwise known about or accesses but now were needed with the shelter in

place. we saw a lot of staff -- community service staff shifting to help support nutrition efforts that are often tied to these sites. you know, all of our sites moved to delivery to food or food nutrition services, and a lot of these were setting up to go food nutrition systems or delivery systems. it's not just handing over a meal, but putting eyes on a client, saying hello, we are here, and doing some availability to keep an assessment of their clientele. we saw some of the community centers using their space to host freezer and refrigeration equipment that was used in this transition. some of it in collaboration with other food providers or

meal providers, such as project open hand, who are not necessarily the owners of that site. this is a key way that they served as a resource in supporting their communities. we saw -- what else? i've got a whole list of things. we saw many of the congregate services shift to phone service, and i think while we're very aware of the digital divide and what is needed here to continue to engage people, i think we are also pleasantly surprised at how many people were able to, you know, join in with virtual programming and participate in that and how many clients have been able to be reached through virtual and phone support. it's just sort of a -- perhaps some anecdotal things going on. perhaps a more objective way to look at it is the o.c.p.

analysts went out and monitored it, did their official contract monitoring that they did in september and august. this year, it was a little bit delayed. not surprised, but surprised to see that looking at these providers, they met or exceeded many of their contracted goals, particularly operations. we're still figuring out where we're going from here. i think that, you know, 2021 has a lot of promise to perhaps vaccines and the other pathway back to normalcy, so we will see how it goes. we hope to continue to work with these community centers as we meet the needs of the community throughout the rest of this pandemic and going forward.

with that, i'm happy to answer any questions the commissioners might have about this contract group. >> great. thank you so much, and i see a commission from vice president spears. >> hello. thank you, michael, very much, and just really glad to hear how many organizations have been able to pivot and still provide services. just a couple questions. could you speak to, do we lose any of our previous partners in this cohort, i'm going to call it, that were not able to continue to provide services during this transition, and i'm assuming from your presentation, that each of these locations actually have some in-person services still being provided, or have they all gone virtual? >> so this -- these are all incumbents. we have had everyone return. we have not had any providers drop out of our network or close in this group.

it's a little bit -- it's -- as to whether it's -- as to whether they are virtual versus inpers in person, it's a little bit site by site. it's pretty much virtual or by phone for all providers. there are a select few that are providing very limited circumstances of one-to-one in-person services. i think that decision was situational perhaps based on a number of factors, the size and the space available and the ability to set things up that were done safely, so it's a little dependent. i can tell you there are no -- of course, there are no congregate activities that are happening at our computer sites. our labs are closed, as well,

and as far as congregate dining, there's not. >> okay. and then, just one follow-up question. there are several ymcas within the city, and i see just a handful of ones listed here. these are the ones that have been in the program for several years, is that how that works? >> these are, yeah. so if -- the way we've set up the ymca contracts, if you see that site listed, that's in the program. kn now, stonestown and mission have been our longest partners, with richmond district and chinatown being two of our newer folks joining us. i would also note -- it gets a little confusing, but we had our neighborhood-based r.f.p.,

which is a different set up, and ymca bayview actually joined that group. so in this additional group of contractors, we don't have ymca bayview, but we are contracting with them on a slightly different program. >> okay. very helpful. thank you. any other -- yes, commissioner lum? >> the information that has been given to us, based on the information that's gathered by the staff of das or is this information being given to us by our partners? >> it is both. our -- our providers do a lot

of database reporting, which is then verified through our annual monitoring practices through das analyst staff. >> okay. does that answer your question, commissioner lum? yeah? yeah? any other questions from the commissioners? this is a big -- a big agenda item, so anything else? okay. madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item d? >> clerk: moderator, please open the phone lines for public comment. we'll allow time for callers to submit their request.

do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no public comments. >> okay. hearing nobody to speak on the item, we will close public comment. is there a motion from commissioners to approve agenda item d? >> so moved. >> so approved. >> second. >> okay. i heard a motion to approve by vice president spears and a second from our commissioner carrington, i believe. >> yes. >> okay. great, and so madam secretary, can you please take a roll call vote on item number d. [roll call]

>> clerk: the vote is unanimous. >> okay. great. thank you. commissioners, your next agenda item is e, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with swords to plowshares for the provision of community services program pilot, during the period of january 1, 2021, through june 30, 2022, in an amount of 159,1 is $35, plus a 10% contingency, for a total amount not to exceed $175,048, and again, staff tiffany kearney will present this item. >> thank you. hello again, commissioners, and executive director mcspadden. we are asking the commission to approve a grant with swords to plowshares for a community

service pilot program. the program started in january 2018, and it's focused on engaging military veterans and adults with disabilities living in the communities. swords to plowshares expertise working with veterans makes them the perfect client to deliver a program tailored to veterans and in particular, those veterans who have typically shied away from services in the community. it's enabled them to create programming that is interesting and beneficial for veterans. programming take place at the swords to plow share drop-in center on howard street in drix six. it's a safe place where they know they can find support and understanding. classes include a coping skills

group, an acceptance group for lgbtq veterans, as well. it ensures they're getting the services they desire and that the services provide an impact. veterans in the program report feeling more connected to their community, better informed about other services in the community, and report that program participation has contributed positively to their quality of life. the pandemic has temporarily changed how swords is engaging with consumers. swords faces challenges that are common among all of our community partners when thinking about how to provide programming safely and within the health department's programming guidelines.

they have continued to engage existing program participants through on-line platforms and telephone calls. the team has also maintained their outreach efforts to veterans living in s.r.o.s, are unhoused and living in encampments, navigation centers, and shelters on the streets. although uncertainty remains at this time, swords to plowshares' dedication to veterans and people with disabilities is certain. they will ensure that the provision of community service programming during the pandemic and beyond will continue to meet the needs of veterans. thank you, and i am happy to answer any questions the commissioners may have at this time. >> okay. great. thank you so much. are there any questions or comments by the commissioners

on this program? >> i do have a question. >> sure, commissioner carrington? >> tiffany -- >> yes? >> -- i'm very moved with this organization for our veterans, and i know it's a lot -- the capacity, it's a challenge for our people who are seniors, and how would you say this thing has been since the covid-19? >> you know, i don't know that i'm super qualified to answer that. >> okay. >> but that is -- i think that is probably the key reason why an organize like swords to plowshares is -- you know, they are the experts in terms of,

you know, dealing with, you know, veterans, and i'd say that, you know, they -- you know, they know what they're doing, and they've been doing it for a very, very long time. >> yes. >> so i -- you know, i would say that i'm sure that someone at -- you know, on their staff would be happy to chat with you a little bit more, but in emergency ro terms, i don't think i'm super qualified to speak to changes happening in that regard, but i can connect you with someone. >> yeah, i'd appreciate that. it was just a question that came to my mind to see maybe you had any on-site vision for yourself. that's all. >> yeah. i mean, they're a fantastic -- i mean, actually, before i -- you know, they were a new -- like, a new provider to me three years ago.

i didn't really know that much about them because my expertise really was predominately with providers that provide nutrition and -- really, nutrition, and they do amazing work, and if you haven't had an opportunity to go check out their website, i highly encourage it. it's a wealth of information on all the types of wonderful services they -- you know, they provide. but again, following this, i can definitely -- we can definitely provide you with some -- a contact there if you like. >> i would appreciate it very much. thank you. >> thank you. >> and do we have anybody here from swords to plowshares that wanted to make a comment? sometimes it's helpful. it doesn't matter if it isn't. >> actually, i have a comment. this is steve kim. >> okay. please go ahead. >> i'm the contract manager

for -- hi, this is steve kim. i'm the contract manager for human services agency supporting das [inaudible] swords to plowshares, we do have a separate agreement that we approved. it's a [inaudible] for veterans with mental health claims. i know it's [inaudible] and efforts that swords to plowshares does provide. [inaudible] specifically in this specific grant has any effects of [inaudible] covid type scenarios, but certainly, by the nature of the grant

itself [inaudible] if there's anything [inaudible] that may be needed [inaudible]. >> okay. thank you. that's helpful, and commissioner lum? >> thank you. as a veteran [inaudible] as a veteran, as a elected member of the american legion, i've been privileged to work with swords to plowshares over the years, and i can vouch [inaudible] i can vouch for the fact that this is one of the best organizations that i've ever ever seen, as far as their

proficiency, they're being innovative. when the -- you know, the pandemic struck, they managed to change their method of operation almost immediately to benefit veterans, and so there's just no doubt in my mind that the -- that this program is worth supporting. thank you. >> okay. thank you very much. do we have anybody else that wants to comment on this item? hearing none, then, madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item e? >> clerk: moderator, please open the phone lines for public comment. we'll allow some time for callers to submit their request. moderator, do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: okay. >> okay. great. thank you. hearing no commenters to speak

on the item, we will close public comment. do we have a motion to approve agenda item e from the commissioners? we see commissioner lum, who is our designated member of the board to serve with the veterans community. >> second. >> i think i'm going to recognize commissioner jung. we'll have her second it. madam secretary, can you please take a roll call vote on agenda item e. [roll call] >> clerk: commissioner knutzen, the vote is unanimous. >> great. thank you so much. commissioners, your next agenda item is f, requesting authorization to enter into a

new grant agreement with multiple providers for the provision of community connector program during period of january 1, 2021 through june 30, 2023, in an amount of 1,484,105, plus a 10% contingency, for a total amount not to exceed of $1,632,515. and tiffany kearney will once again present this item. >> thank you, commissioners and executive director mcspadden. we are asking the commission to approve two community connector agreemented. one with community living campaign, and the other with ymca of san francisco chinatown. community connector programming is an important means of supporting social engagement within neighborhoods. community connector programs

provide our consumers with neighborhood based opportunities for engagement and social connection with the guidance of a local resident in that particular neighborhood. the local resident is key and facilitates connector programming. the goals of the program include building community, developing volunteer networks, and fostering age and disability friendly environments. the community living grant helps support eight connector neighborhood programs. that includes parkmerced, mir aloma, sunnyside, midtown terrace, inner sunset, parkside, and crocker-amazon. the grant with ymca supports one connector program in chinatown. consumers enrolled in the program report feeling more connected to their community, better informed about the

availability of other community based services, and report that program participation has contributed positively to their quality of life. similar to other das community service partners, both community living came pain and ymca had to modify their programs and have continued to support their clients' health and well-being through social connections. community living campaign and the ymca chinatown has pivoted many of their regularly scheduled in-person activities such as exercise classes, writing groups, and cooking classes, to on-line platforms. they both make wellness calls to their clients. and as i've said before, we don't know how long our community partners will need to

provide modified programming, but we do know that social connections are essential for health and well-being of older adults and adults with disabilities, and it is especially important now. these connector programs provide older adults and adults with disabilities with those needed opportunities for community engagement and social connection. thank you, and i would be happy to answer questions. >> all right. okay. thank you so much. any questions or comments by the commissioners about this program? okay. hearing none, then, madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item f? >> clerk: moderator, please open the phone lines for public comment. we'll allow some time for callers to submit their request. do we have any callers in the queue?

>> operator: madam secretary, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> okay. great. hearing no further requests to speak on the item, we will close public comment. is there a motion if our -- from our commissioners to approve agenda item f. i see vice president spears raising her hand to approve it. i see a second from commissioner lum. madam secretary, can we have a roll call vote, please. [roll call] >> clerk: president knutzen, the vote is unanimous. >> great. thank you so much. commissioners, your next agenda item is g, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with multiple providers for the

provision of legal services for older adults during the period of january 1, 2021 to june 30, 2024 in the amount of $5,272,838 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $5,800,121, and before i call on the presenter, i'm going to call on commissioner jung, who needs to recuse herself. >> yes. i'd like to recuse myself due to potential conflict with the listed grantees. >> okay. thank you very much, and i -- which is fine. we're going to grant you that recusal, and staff member mike zaugg, if you could present the item. >> yes. good morning again,

commissioners. the next -- actually, i want to speak quickly to the next two items, which are two groupings to our legal services contracts. we've split them, as you can see, into legal services for adults and legal services for younger people with ib disabilities. the reason we do that are because of services tied to each funding. services for older adults usually are for adults 60 years of age or older. so what we do is we actually separate our grant into older adult ones before you now, and the subsequent ones, which are

for younger adults, age 18 to 59. as you'll see, there are a lot of overlapping providers in the group. many operate as just a legal service provider with open doors and then just advocate the client to the appropriate grant when it comes time for reporting. one thing that is common amongst all our group is they share a common model. these are sort of one-to-one legal services, where clients connect with a particular provider, and they go through a screening process where their legal issue is reviewed by an attorney or legal staff under the supervision of an attorney. they're then, depending on that screening, services may range from a brief consultation to assistance preparing a letter or a document up through full scope representation by an

attorney in a -- in a legal proceeding. as i mentioned, the -- the contract groupings below represent a relationship with seven different community providers, which together compromise a really strong network of services located in the city with broad language capacity and legal expertise among the group. as far as subject matter, you know, legal assistance, you know, related to housing issues and public benefit assistance continue to be, you know, our largest areas of -- of demand for services, but we do provide services in a lot of other areas, including elder abuse prevention, estate planning and probate assistance, employment and workers' rights, consumer and debt protection, and

immigration assistance, as well. there are probably also a number of other little things here and there, but, you know, as far as when we track, those are our largest areas that we see legal issues in for our groups -- for our clients. with the start of with covid shelter in place, you know, our legal providers quickly shifted to remote and social distance services as quickly as they could, moving things onto primarily virtual meetings and phone calls, and were also, in limited circumstances, able to provide some one-to-one on-site services to clients. this is typically happening where physical barriers or other things are sort of able to be instituted in the offices. some other measures are where a

client may be in one office but is meeting virtually with a staffer in the office or attorney perhaps elsewhere in that office or even off-site. i think one of the reason that happens is to maintain that these services are accessible -- as accessible as possible so that all may continue to access these services, which can be critical in people's lives. i think that we've seen -- with that shift to virtual services, we saw an initial drop, but we are seeing growing numbers of people coming back and accessing services, and it's expected that client levels are going to be -- are already at sort of normal levels or will be back sort of normal level of

fl flow. one thing that i wanted to note was unique that our legal providers really brought to our group during the -- during this pandemic is they were really quick, when laws shifted or laws changed, simply turning around informational materials that could be provided to consumers, and i think sort of two that really hit my mind are around eviction moratoriums particularly in the city and how one's rights may have been impacted by that, and what -- how that economic impacts affect that and the ability to pay rent. they were quickly able to do info sheets, youtube videos, as well as some of our legal providers began attending virtual programming offered by some community service providers and other providers in our network, which was a

great cloox and a way not only for information to be disseminated out to people but also to raise awareness, like legal assistance to the elderly is here and available. we also had one of our legal service providers join -- we do -- during -- we initially did weekly das webinars, which was a great way to reach out to our contractor base to keep them updated on how things are changing, and one of our legal providers joined us to do a seminar on the covid stimulus payments that participants received aso that our provider could pass onto their clients about what to expect, where to access funds, how to access funds, and where to seek

assistance if any was needed. those are some of the great thicks that they stepped -- things that they stepped up and helped us with during the pandemic. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> great. i think it shows, during the pandemic, that there was more technology available for each maybe new people to join in, especially when they might haven't -- but i think it has the potential to bring in more people, so thank you for bringing all of that into the description of the program because i think it's really interesting. are there any other comments by the commissioners for this program presented by mr. zaugg? okay. seeing none, madam secretary, do we have any questions from the public?

>> clerk: moderator, please open the phone lines for public comment. we'll allow some time for callers to enter the queue. moderator, are there any callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary, we have a caller in the queue. >> clerk: okay. unmute the first caller, please. >> operator: caller, your three minutes begins now. >> hello. this is [inaudible] calling from legal outreach. >> clerk: y he es, we can hea you. go ahead. >> hi. this is esther ruiz, calling from legal outreach. we seek out culturally

competent attorneys because that is the area that we need to make better connections with, and because of that, oftentimes, as michael was saying is when we meet with our clients, we not only have our clients meeting with our attorneys virtually, but we have an interpreter that speaks their language as well as if necessary, a case worker because often times, our clients are challenged with technology, looking for documents, and all that stuff. so i just want to emphasize that as a point of how comprehensive the legal services are. secondly, i wanted to let you know that our area of work includes housing, immigration, and immigration at this point specifically in the very important sense of immigration and naturalization was one of the ways the fee was being halted by the court, and there was a floodgate of seniors

trying to get naturalized because that really affects their benefit. so that is a way that we're having issues. even if you're having issues regarding housing, but that does not prevent a landlord from trying to evict people who don't speak english or have re resources that help. third, i have to emphasize that we provide long-term [inaudible] that one moment that you see them in their home, it's so important for them to feel connected, and especially to speak their language. and for them to say i just want human contact safely. so i really applaud the aging department and adults with

disabilities, as well, for continuing this work. i've been a resident of san francisco for 60 years. i live in chinatown, and i'm [inaudible]. >> operator: caller, you have 30 seconds. >> thank you. >> clerk: moderator, are there any other callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no other callers in the queue. >> okay. thank you, and thank you for that public comment. we appreciate that. hearing no further requests to speak on the item, we will close public comment, is there a motion to approve agenda item f from our commissioners? >> so moved. >> from commissioner sklar, and do we have a second from commissioner lum? madam secretary, can you please take a roll call vote on agenda item f? [roll call]

>> clerk: president knutzen, the vote is unanimous. >> okay. great. the next item is item g, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreements with multiple providers for the provision of legal services for older adults

during the period of january 1, 2021 to june 30, 2024 in the amount of 5,272,838 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $5,800,121. and before i continue, we need to recuse commissioner jung -- >> clerk: president knutzen, we just voted on that. >> i didn't turn my page. very similar. h, requesting authorization to enter into new grant agreements with multiple providers for the provision of legal services for adults with disabilities during the period of january 1, 2021 to june 30, 2024, in the amount of 1,327,708 zlr $1,327,708, p

contingency, for a total grant amount not to exceed $1,460,478. and before i have michael zaugg speak, i believe we need to have a recusal for commissioner jung? >> yes, i'm requesting to recuse myself because of my relationship with the listed providers. >> okay. and i don't know if mr. zaugg had anything else to add. >> just a quick one to note. on the last one, that was an incumbent group. those were all of our former legal providers continuing with new grants. for this new group, legal services for adults with disabilities, i want to note that we have one new contractor joining the group. that is open door legal. they have been an older adult legal provider with us for a

couple of years. we are excited to have this expanded capacity with them to serve the younger adults with disabilities population. they have offices located in district 11 and district 10 in the city, and i also wanted to highlight the independent living resource center, which is actually an independent living center located in the city, and we have been working with them for about five years now. it was sort of a pilot project back in 2015-2016, to say what if we put a legal service office in a -- in an independent living center that offers a variety of other services but not legal services, and i think we can -- we all agree that it's been a great success. they have really blossomed as a legal provider, and they're happy to continue with them

through this new grant period. >> okay. great. any other comments or questions by other commissioners? okay. hearing none, commissioners, madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item h? >> clerk: moderator, please open up the lines for public comment, and we will allow some time for people to enter. do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: motion denied am secretary, there are no callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> being okay. hearing none, we will close public comment. is there a motion to approve item h from our commissioners? vice president spears, who made sure i stated it correctly, and

second from commissioner lum. thank you. madam secretary, can you please take a roll call vote on agenda item h? [roll call] >> clerk: president knutzen, the vote is unanimous. >> okay. great. thank you. commissioners, your next agenda item is i, request authorization to enter a new grant with the arc san francisco for the provision of supportive employment services for adults with disabilities, during the period of january 1, 2021, to june 30, 2023, in the amount of $264,757, plus a 10% contingency, for a total amount

not to exceed $291,033. i believe we're looking for justin chico is our staff member who will present this item. >> thank you. good morning, fellow commissioners and executive director mcspadden. we seek your approval for the arc san francisco supportive employment services program to continue to create employment opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities so they may progress to unassisted employment. the arc san francisco, through this grant, provides supervised and supportive work through the six h.s.a. owned buildings. the work is cleaning offices and equipment and the recycling and disposal of waste. this will empower its participants and provide an economic benefit. due to the pandemic, the arc san francisco and their

participants had suspended providing services due to the shelter in place ordinance, but as of august 2020, the arc san francisco has resumed the janitorial and recycling services at the h.s.a. sites. the arc san francisco has worked with h.s.a. to stagger the employees' schedules to make sure that they're able to fulfill their duties with minimal impact to the sites. thank you, and i am happy to answer any questions. >> okay. great. thank you so much, especially for explaining how they were able to pivot during the covid pandemic. we have a question from commissioner jung. >> i don't have a question, i just have a comment. i just want to say that i'm very pleased to see this grant; that this is one that does support the abilities rather

than the disabilities of these individuals, and i'm very supportive of that. thank you. >> thank you. any other comments by our commissioners? then seeing none, madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item i? >> clerk: moderator, please open the phone line for public comment, and we'll allow some time for callers to submit their requests. are there any callers in the queue? >> operator: madam secretary, there's no speaker in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. >> okay. great. hearing no further requests to speak on the item, we will close public comment. is there a motion to approve agenda item h from our commissioners -- or i? moved by commissioner jung, second -- i believe vice

president spears went on with the second. thank you. all this video sync going on yet. madam secretary, can we please take a roll call vote on agenda item i? [roll call] >> clerk: the vote is unanimous. >> great. thank you so much. commissioners, your next agenda item is j, request authorization to enter into a new contract with jump technology services for the provision of access to leaps for the period beginning january 1, 2021, and ending

june 30, 2025, in an amount of $616,500, plus $61,650 contingency for a total amount not to exceed $778,150, and staff member akiles ceron will present. [please stand by]

. . . . with 49 counties in california use the database and data management system. because technology services is the only vendor able to meet the increased demands, we request authorization from the commission to enter into this contract with jump technology.

>> thank you so much. are there any questions or comments from the commissioners on this item? seeing none, do we have any public comment? >> we will allow public comment to submit their requests. are there any callers in the queue? >> hearing no further request to speak on the item, we will close public comment. is there a motion to approve agenda item j from our commissioners? >> motion to approve. >> i heard commissioner carington first. thank you. and a number of second's here, so i will just say commission arenaed so madam secretary, please take a roll call vote on

item j. [roll call vote on item j] >> that is unanimous. thank you so much. the next agenda item is k, requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with steppingstone for the provision of community service programming for the lgbt q plus older adults and lgbtq plus adults with disabilities during the period of january 1, 2021 to june 30, 2022, in the amount of $278,289 plus a 10% contingency for a total amount not to exceed $306,118. and tiffany kearney will be

presenting this item. i see tiffany here. unmute yourself please. >> sorry about that. thank you. hello again, commissioners and executive director mcfadden. we are seeking the commission's i a prooufl on a grant agreement with steppingstone for a unique community service program that offers culturally competent programming for lgbtq individuals enrolled in an adult day health care. it was -- this grant was first presented as a pilot program in january of 2018. steppingstone as an adult day health care provider recognized that lgbtq individuals and their families generally did not access adult day health care,

and for those who did, programming was limited. they noted that lgbtq individuals enrolled in adult day health cares had minorities and historically have faced barriers to accessing affirming care. to address this gap, they developed the community service pilot program that i am presenting now. excuse me. steppingstone began laying the foundation for programming and fiscal year two 18 by conducting comprehensive staff training with partnership and began offering activities and programming tailored to meet the needs of lgbtq individuals enrolled in their programs starting in fiscal year 2019.

the program has had positive results thus far and is providing adult day programming and report that the engagement where the program has contributed positively to the well being and makes them feel happy. they also report feeling more connected through the community and less the programming through wellness calls, doorstep deliveries and streaming platforms. we appreciate the dedication to the adults who are especially vulnerable at this time. >> thank you and i would be happy to answer any questions you might have about this

program. >> thank you very much. are there any questions or comments? do we have anyone who wishes to make public comment on item k? >> please open up the line for public comment. >> are there any callers in the queue? >> madam secretary, yes, there is a caller in the queue. i am transferring now. >> thank you. >> hello, caller. your three minutes begins now. >> good morning, commissioners. i am the director of

steppingstone executive health. i would like to take this time and thank the commission and the department and aging and disability services for the partnership providing services for older adults and adults with disabilities in the lgbt community. steppingstone is honored to deliver the critical services to help maintain the health and well being of the older adults. thank you. >> thank you for your public comment. are there any other callers in the queue? >> there are no other callers in the queue. >> thank you. and thank you, mr. gallagher, for taking the time to provide that comment. but hearing no further comment or request to speak on the item, we will close public comment. do we have a motion to approve

agenda item k from our commissioners? everyone at once. vice president spears and commissioner jonas seconding that motion. madam secretary, please take the roll call vote on agenda item k. [roll call on item k] i think we have unanimous vote and will move along. and agenda item, next is l,

requesting authorization to enter into new agreement with the support assist and go to healthy items program and january 21 to june 302022 in the amount of with a 2% contingency not to exceed $849,857. and i think lauren will be presenting on this. welcome again. hello again, commissioners and executive director mcfadden. >> hello again. we are seeking your approval to renew the contract with project open hand for the provision of nutrition and supportive services and this grant began as a pilot program in fiscal 2017. excuse me one second.

and provides nutrition education, nutrition counseling and meal support for older adults and adults with disability who are food insecure and diagnosed with a chronic health condition to improve the dietary intake of consumers and have a positive impact on the health outcomes. the majority of clients are referred from health clinics and doctors throughout the city that follow the most current dietary recommendations for the client's identified chronic disease. they have the option of meal support delivers to their hands three mobile distribution sites in the bay view, excelsior and the mission.

supportive surfaces are complimentary to the meal support provided with nutrition education and printed material. during the pandemic, it is available through a phone call and outdoor cooking demonstrations and virtual counseling will come soon. to factor in the program and with 92% of respondents reporting that the overall health and maintains medication adherence with the measure to answer any questions or comments by our commissioners. seeing none, madam secretary, do we have anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item l?

>> moderator, please open the phone lines for public comment. we will allow teem for public comment. do we have any callers in the queue? >> madam secretary, there are no callers in the queue. >> we will close public comment. is there a motion to approve this from our commissioners? >> and we have a second. a second from commissioner carington. madam secretary, please take a roll call vote on agenda item l. [roll call vote on item l]

>> yes. the vote is unanimous. item m requesting authorization to enter a new grant agreement with village and community bridge model in the amount of $1,681,618 plus a 10% contingency for a total grant amount not to exceed $1,849,781. and i think we have fanny lapitan. there we go. i see you. on the screen. welcome for the presentation on this item. >> a good morning, commissioners. thank you. i am fanny lapitan and

presenting to you the last agenda item for action. to present prents this today and since they presented on the community service programs earlier, and you know the importance and value that the programs bring. the village and community bridge models are also considered community service programs. to oeltder adults and adults with disabilities who don't typically access the traditional community service programs. first the village model is membership based and utilizes paid staff, volunteers and the members themselves to coordinate a wide range of concierge like services. and things like assistance with groceries, medication pick up and help with the ride to medical appointment and maybe

assistance with the laundry or referrals to third party services like gardeners and legal services and others. to develop and offer -- they also develop and offer educational activities and events to increase awareness around aging and aging in place services including rer sources and participants have to be san francisco residents and pay the annual membership fee to participate. we have two contractors sf village and next sf with a reduced fee or subsidize to help

offer city wideened a to focus on residents of the north eastern section of the city. that is district three. and then we have the community bridge model which is a little different in that it's the hybrid of the village model and the traditional community service program that is based in a community center. the golden gate service which is the contractor for the community bridge program is baseded a the senior center where other services can be leveraged such as nutrition and health promotion programs and a computer lab there and also aging and disability resource center. the bridge program with a variety of recreational, cultural, educational and other support activities mostly in the community and services to individuals at their homes and in the same way that the village model provides services.

the program doesn't require membership fee but it does recruit and train volunteers to help with the delivery of services. and again, it offers the educational activities and events to draw members and build social connections like the vimmages. and both villages and community bridge models monitor the older adults and adults with disabilities. since the start of the pandemic, service for both the village and community bridge models have been modifyed. and adjusted to make sure that participants, volunteers and staff are safe and following health guidelines. so a list of the activities and services have moved to virtual or telephonic engagement. that is my presentation and i would be happy to answer any questions you may have right now. >> thank you very much.

i just have one question. you spoke about the village model with a membership based fee. do you know what the range of that is annually? >> the annual fee is $120 annually. that is the membership fee. so the village, sf village offers a sliding scale membership fee schedule and village, next village with the subsidized membership to do through the other grants that they are able to -- that they are able to cover through other grants. >> thank you. >> sure. any other questions? >> sure, commissioner. >> yes.

is there any kind of assistance for the clients to provide money for the annual fee? >> for the -- i'm sorry, for the assistance for -- i maybe didn't catch that. assistance. so as mingsed, next village sf does subsidize and sf village offers assistance by allowing to have a sliding scale and membership fee schedule so that to help them not pay the entire mount.

to see from the public to comment on that. and open the foep line for public comment to submit the requests. moderator, are there any callers in the queue? >> there is a caller in the queue. i am transferring you. >> i am the executive director of next village san francisco in the northeast part of city and to clarify that we do as requested by the issue and the

membership goes up to $600. and we are subsidizing a significant number of to serve with individuals. grocery trips for people and friendly and informative check-in calls and also delivering lunches. and using the office which we rented and before covid hit and to manage a program where we are delivering seven days worth of

lunch to the members in the northeast part of town. and we are business vi providing social and cultural through zoom and partners with community partners and to deliver through the comcast internet for affordable internet. into supporting people in the covid world and in the last 10 years in the 10th anniversary this year.

>> thank you, caller. >> are there any other callers in the queue? >> there are no other callers in the queue. with the motion to approve agenda item m and to approve item m. madam secretary, and the roll call vote on item m. [roll call vote on item m]

>> great. great, commissioners. i am going to move to the last agenda item. are there any announcements from commissioners? to participate that might be of interest to others in the public. please feel free to bring them to the commission. it's very helpful when we get that. to do that with announcements. otherwise i will hear what would be a unanimous motion to adjourn this meeting. but before i do that, i want to recognize, again, this is the holiday season, the end of the year, and it's been a rough one.

and i know we probably won't have holiday parties and want to do that on behalf of the commission with the two commissioners and tell already you will be participating in a great way. and also appreciate so much with the members of the public and been a robust meeting and this is the end of the year and 2021 has to be better. but 20 >> awe happy holidays, everyone. and stay safe.