the case for many years. any changes from year to year are related to the lease on the building where the library resides. the library has huge impact as a result of covid and the filing fee crisis. unfortunately for us, 2020, was her hundred and 50th year with me be celebrating, but instead we started reimagining our services, collections and what access to justice looks like in a pandemic. as it turns out, we found our services remain in high demand and will become more crucial as people try to legal issues stemming from covid. covid and budget reductions due to the filing fee decline have forced library to lay off three employees and work with bare minimum staffing levels to provide remote services during clothing. the library also did not fill

one of the three ccl funded management positions in order to provide budget relief in the last budget cycle. in order to cope with this, we had to cancel many legal subscriptions to reduce cost that offered substantial enhanced legal information services online. yikes, i was going so fast. i don't want to keep going if you rather i stop but the law library has resources that are electronic. we have sophisticated online guides and resources for people. we have a program that enables city and county departments, their employees, people in the public to have direct access to very involved in complex in terms of the terms of the

offering next to the digital library. the department has taken revenge of that which we are happy about. the library works of the test site for the california judicial council self-help guide, update project and it works to revise and create easily understandable legal information's resources to the public. we offer a lot of materials for unrepresented litigants and the superior court has identified a major problem in courts that the fact many people come into court on their own are unfamiliar with the process. and we have resources that are denying art are meant to help i mean that that part of the public. i will go into it now because i'm over my time but i do hope that you will see what i sent regarding the resources that we have that are particularly benefited the supervisors and

the staff regarding legislation and other materials. we would encourage you also to subscribe to the lexis-nexis library the digital as well. our future planning goals and impacts for the library have to do with where we are as a result of the funding crunch. we made many adjustments to provide services during the pandemic and we will continue to create alternative ways to expand outreach to larger and larger sector out reaches of the community. we are limited for the lack of funding for sufficient staffing, material updates, the high cost of legal databases and there's no way to determine if the filing fee situation will ever return to a pre- 2008 level. but we are particularly challenged by these funding issues.

as an example there used to be a day when we would have over $1 million in filing fees which supports most of the library business. but this year we have about 650,000. art historically legal databases have cost hundreds and thousands of dollars to subscribe to for each and with the budget that is 600,000 and having to pay 200, $300,000 for digital databases this is a real crunch. we are not able to hire new staff to replace those that are laid off but our staff is committed and we are hoping to find ways to provide this service has been quite full during covert. we have worked with other

departments and appreciate that. we have seminars for the public, attorneys supervisors, if you so much. >> [matt haney] thank you for your work for your time are there any questions or comments? i'm not saying any think you for your presentation and your patience and sticking around to make you so much for your work we really appreciate it. >> thank you i appreciate it to. i say one thing? >> [matt haney]. sure. >> this is my 34th year of annual budget hearings. i'm a dinosaur and i have seen all kinds of things over those 31 years but i have never seen a budget board hearing as, with the supervisors as well-prepared as all of you are. it's amazing. so, i congratulate you. >> [matt haney], i was not sure if you're going to say there,

but i appreciate the comments. and that means a lot and thank you for your 30 plus years of service. we are deeply appreciated and we have very long hearings but we always, every presentation we are learning and to hear about your work and with the library does and its critical services you provide. thank you so much. >> [matt haney] alright and take care. let's call the rent board and then colleagues, i'm going to call after the rent board a brief recess so that we can get a little bit of a break but let's do the rent board first. welcome director collins. >> thank you supervisors, sorry i jumped the gun on my screen sharing get that settled here. thank you so much and good afternoon, thank you chair haney, president walton and supervisors for allowing us to

present to you today. my name is robert collins, i am the rent board director. let's get started with our slides here. so, the rent board's mission is to protect tenants from excessive renting uses and unjust convictions while ensuring landlords there are inadequate rent to fair, evenhanded and consistent administration of the law. as far as our strategic roles are concerned, these were developed several years ago and we will be changing them based on the we have learned during the pandemic. and also our new responsibilities going forward we will focus much more in technological investments to carry out the new functions, including online filing. i wanted to address some of chair haney's questions that he had in the budget letter so let me begin by doing that. as far as the limiting corruption and waste, we tend to

we can continue to communicate expectations and requirements and staff. we have a work order with the administrative services to provide experience and expertise that we may lack in the departments. we plan to improve conduct and oversight working with the appropriate city resources and we will implement any audit report recommendations of come our way. as far as we are rebuilding a better city or building a better city, we continue to provide services to all community members will focusing on black, latino, asian, rgb tq native and other community members that have been most impacted and have

many block to services. in my department we serve the entirety of the department and we will start to rebuild the and do it better. we will make changes to housing and we will continue to make changes to housing related loss rent and to the best of our ability we will leverage upcoming significant technology changes to not only carry out the collection of the rent and the rental housing inventory but adding online filing documents insufficient in a way that is culturally competent. we are, again as i talked about, creating a new pull for the collection of the rent port fee in the rent house inventory and then we will allow the filing of all documents and petitions through that portal. again, in a culturally competent way and we will make data and make them more transparent to all parties include in the public and all city departments. he was well of course. we have work to the office of civic innovation in the past and intend to do so in the next phase is as we develop our technology further. as far as legislative changes this is been a really significant year for us and a major change to rent control and probably 35 to 40 years. new legislation requires the rent board to create and maintain a housing inventory of all subject units in the city

initial license for the owner that is required for the owner to impose any rent increases. the department is creating a new division to fail this function and it also works with the one center to help with the new requirements. the new wasn't placed in supplies is approximately 235,000 units spread within 93,000 parcels of the city. in addition the department will begin coating the rent on its own and the next fiscal year. the function that was officially carried out with tax collectors office. in addition chair haney, authored legislation that became effective in 2020 of december that allowed units under the jurisdiction of the rent board and limited the exemption based on the unit was built. excuse me and sorry for the interruption but we are not seeing your presentation go you're not? we are not. okay boy. try to do this again.

can you see it now? no. okay boy. >> mister felipe are you online can you assist us in assuring slides? >> i would need directions to which side you're on. >> , thank you so much. we are on slide six. so we are almost at the end there. number six budget. and i apologize, i could not see the slides myself but i assume that you could. >> i will resume your time. >> thank you so much, thank you so much. subject to budget. cure the responsibility as we now have we are moving to a

larger office space and adding 12 sde's this next fiscal year including it staff. we have a budget for outreach which will focus on the new term with changes taking place and we are investing heavily in technology to allow all new functions to be carried out entirely online in the future and to carry out the immediate functions that we have. the proposed budget for fiscallñ year 2021 and 2022 is about $14 million and includes 47 ftes. as far as performance measures, the next light if you would. i just wanted to share with you that our performance measures highlight some of the most important aspects of our departments and in this case i wanted to highlight the last one which is the number of documents that we produce in languages other than english in an attempt to compliance with the language access ordinance and something that we are deeply committed to. in the next light if you would please.

as far as racial equity in language access, i wanted to thank the assembly, the director of racial equity in the departments racial equity team made up of her deputy director and red supervisor for the extent of which are departments racial and we plan. we plan to develop a higher and recruit policy which we are quite proud of and me have that aligned us with the citywide band within the department's, simply recruiting hiring strategy to attract and cultivate diverse candidates at all levels at the department invested in the diverse and equitable talent pool by having a robust internship, fellowship, pretender ship and pray partnership program and collect the standard i'd rent and participate routing and onboarding in the future faces plan to retention and promotion, discipline and separation. diversity leadership, mobility and professional development. residual culture and this is of collusion on belonging and lastly, we will be working with

our commission. as we conclude with this i wanted to think some people. with a pandemic hit were able to move operations off-site while minting our call center and voicemail that way until we could work with them to establish the call center thank you to dtn our staff and we had a brief hiatus on hearings and mediations to make, of 2020, we began to have them again using teams and i would like to thank our staff for their dedication during this difficult year. i also want to thank you for your support as we have crafted different pieces of legislation and throughout the entire process i feel very supported by all of you and i wanted to thank you for that. a wealth wanted to thank mayor and the mayor reed's office and especially the mayor's budget office, the city administrator and staff, the director real estate and legislative budget analyst fred bussard and his team for the great analysis which was the basis for our

plan, since you produced two great reports on many of the changes that we had this year. thank you all so much for that and i am here for any questions that you may have. >> [matt haney] thank you this is much appreciated. i know you touch on this a little bit with the additional responsibilities as it relates to the expanded just because protections is that leading to additional staffing for you all? i did not catch whether that is requiring additional staffing and whether you need to monitor that. >> both new mages of responsibility are the areas in control protections, except for price control, but everything else has been extended by legislation that you authored, chair haney. so that those other units, were talking about 45,000 units or so that were added at lease to the

rental role and that gives us additional workload. we were originally going to ask for four people to cover those functions and to cover the other units and then on top of that we have the new january 2021 requirements for the housing inventory and so that is responsible for maybe eight more physicians and a lot more spending on technology and also a bigger work order with 311 for example. we really are in the process of making our department and that's why the budget increase is quite significant. part of that is the space and tenant improvements. symbols are one-time costs in some of those are ongoing. we do expect a bump for a couple of years and cost of and hopefully come down once we are done with tenant improvements and space that we are occupying that as a result of both major changes to her ordinance, one is including everything that was

after 79 in the second is the rental house inventory. >> [matt haney] great, thank you i appreciate that. and i am excited to see that you all rx banting networking support to do so. colleagues, let's see do i have any of my colleagues wanting to give comments? now that i told him to get a break after this the file [laughter] that combined with i think everybody is very supportive and appreciative of your work and leadership. and we are glad that you are going to get some more support in your budget to do so. >> commencing any additional questions or comments, thank you director collins see you next week. >> i've a question is related to the rent board would you consider item number nine?

>> [matt haney] yes absolutely. >> item number nine ordinance amending the administrative codes require the rent board to collect the rent board fee through invoices rather than through property tax bill and enforce penalties in the event of nonpayment of the fee and to the existing law regarding the prestigious landlord portion of the fee from the tenants, members of the public who wish to provide comment on this item should call 415, 6550001b vid 413-14-4843, then press pound twice if you've not already done so please dial * three to speak, this needs to be indicated and please wait and to have indicated that you are an muted and you can begin your comment. >> [matt haney] great thank you, doctor collins, thomas. >> thank you chair haney, president walton and supervisors thank you for telling me to present on this. this change to how we collect

rent fees. the ordinance amendment admitted the requiring the rent to be collected from invoices rather than the property tax bill between post penalties in the event of nonpayment of the fee and to clarify existing knowledge regarding the procedures for landlords to recover a portion of the fees from their tenants. this is a law and with 210617, the existing city for the orders on the rent cost and currently the fees collected by means of an additional charge it appears the property tax bill and failure to pay the fee is of course similar to the tenant forgetting paying property taxes. under the amendment that proposed would move them from the property tax bill and would instead have the rent collect the fee through invoices to owners of the feet the rent board will collect it and then you're to pay the fee on time with resultant penalties of 5% for month. three months the rent board will refer the matter to delinquent

revenue collection so, they are collected through invoices rather than the other property tax bill with the exception of penalties for late payments. that penalty, i'm sorry the manner of capital catholic the fees really has not changed. so with that i turned back to thinking. >> [matt haney] great questions or comments colleagues? i'm not seeing any can we open this up to public comments? and we should say to the public who are listening this is public comments only on the collection of the rent board fee. >> yes mister chair i can see if there's any colors in the queue, members of the public he was to provide comment on this item please plus * three now to be added to the queue for those that are all ran hold please continue to wait into the system

indicates that you have been on muted, are there any callers who wish to comment on item number nine? >> we have no callers in the queue. awaits, i'm sorry when popped in. >> could you please and with that caller please? thank you. welcome caller. >> yes this can you hear me? hello? >> hello caller please proceed. >> thank you begin anonymously thank you for taking this up what i did hope was that for those who are not familiar with what the registration entails, presumably with the benefits are to tenants i thought perhaps there might be a very brief discussion of what the benefits

are for tenants who apparently are going to be paying through pass-throughs or some other mechanism for the registration fee. we did hear that the registration fee would have to be paid by landlords if they wanted to get increases but i imagine that the registration also has some benefits for tenants that we have not yet heard i would appreciate what those are hearing them. and you might want to know before you vote on this. thank you very much. thank you for your comments, are there any other colors in the queue? >> know there are no more colors in the queue. thank you. >> [matt haney] public comment is now closed. director collins could you respond to that question around the effects on tenants and if there is any expectations there?

>> thank you chair haney, well the rent for c is something that the landlord pays for bike and passed on to the tented or half that can be passed on to the tenant so as far as who pays for it it would be a 50/50 distribution if the landlord chooses to do so based on the requirement that the landlord also pay any security deposit interest before collecting the rent so as far as payments that is evenly split into two sides. as far as the rental housing inventory does not require payment of the fee it requires that they have the landlord submit the unit and then being substantially compliance before they could raise rents. as far as the data that is collected, i think there's going to be a number of different

benefits, some examples are for example having an example inventory that in san francisco including the address of every rental unit that is something that we lack as well as some of the other information is being requested. with that i turn it back over to you chair haney >> [matt haney] pq i appreciate them and to make a motion to move this item to the full board and on july 13th with a positive recommendation and we have a second? >> second. >> [matt haney] second by a vertically of recall please. >> yes marc. >> kye. >> member roland i. >> president walton. >> walton, i. >> you chair haney >> [matt haney] i have a positive

recommendation on july 13th and thank you again for all of your work trip to collins and we really appreciate it. and thank you for this lovely evenings. absolutely and thank you. okay colleagues and going to now recess this meeting until 630 so you have 35 minute break.viñ?ñ?ñ

the june 16, budget and appropriations committee meeting. madam clerk, can you please return us to items 1 and 2. >> item number 1, budget and appropriation appropriating all expenditures for the departments of the city and county of san francisco as of june 1, 2021 and june 30, 2022. item number 2, enumerating

positions in the budget. continuing creating, or establishing these positions. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on these items call 1-415-655-0001. meeting i.d. 146 314 4843. please wait until the system indicates you've been unmuted and you can begin your comments. mr. chair? >> chair haney: next up we have the asian art museum. >> good evening. i'm the c.f.o. of the asian art museum. the director sends his regrets. he was anticipating the meeting since this morning, but there is a 6 p.m. program event he was hosting, so he regrets that.

let me share my screen. >> yes, it's working we see it. >> the asian art museum mission is to inspire new ways of thinking by connecting diverse communities to asian arts and culture. it's to make asian art and culture available to everyone. we believe we have great impact. i've been at this museum for one year and i'm proud to be part of this organization. as you can see, very recent position. our new exhibition space -- [indiscernible] is just about complete and we'll

be opening this new space in mid july. what you can see from the street, part of the -- there is a trio of murals by asian american women. the one you can't see, don't mess with me, highlights victims of sexual assault. miller, i am, i will be, gives inspiration to those recovering from trauma. we're proud to advise -- asians and asian american artists to change hearts and minds. and the museum also, proud to provide leadership in our stand against asian -- anti-asian violence.

so in terms of budget, the budget is $10.7 million. and it can be seen from the pie chart it is comprised mostly of personnel costs related to security officers, building engineers and payments for the building utilities and insurance. the proposed budget contains six vacant positions which include security officers. five security officers comprise 15% of our security staffing as well as a reduction in general support for the museum. what does this mean? these reductions have resulted in reducing our operating hours from six days to five days a week. it's reduced the amount of our education and public programming for those who aren't aware, this museum does provide curriculum

to the san francisco unified school district and pre-pandemic we were hosting 30,000 students each year. these budget cuts were -- [indiscernible] we still have systems in place from when we relocated to our current site from golden gate park. so, we ask for continued support of the arts. the asian community and the asian art museum, so it can fulfill its mission of providing asian art and culture to all. you also asked we address fiscal accountability. we have a track record for holding ours to the highest level of integrity and compliance. and have always held as a core value, the -- public [indiscernible]

this museum has also been closely evaluating our landscape and we have just begun embarking on a strategic planning process to evaluate and create a long-term strategic plan. the goal of the strategic plan will be to expand our impact more broadly by expanding our audiences to better represent and support the communities we serve. and with this plan, the museum also helps to maximize its proposition of deeper exploration of asian and asian american culture. we'll be using technology on site and virtually and magnify our local, national and global reach. with the extended reach, the museum anticipates growing revenues and its impact to those --

[indiscernible] we have also recently formed a community engagement committee to also help better understand the communities that we serve. and so that we can continue moving forward and continue to be -- always striving to be more equitable and inclusive as a museum. and lastly, to support accessibility, we continue to support the san francisco museum for all programs and in addition we continue to have free access to the museum on the first sunday of each month. and to conclude the presentation, i just want to note that our -- space and the team -- continuity exhibition will be opening to the public on july 23rd and we're super excited for this. it's to showcase on the beauty and what we can offer at the museum. for those who don't know, it's an interactive artwork that

draws images from east asian art. we hope you will see this and thank you and happy to answer any questions. >> chair haney: thank you for that. thank you for addressing the different principles and it's exciting to see that you already have an event this evening. and we hope it goes well. and i'm looking to visiting the museum when everything fully reopens. when we met before, i'm very grateful to have a museum in district 6. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you. thank you, chair. just one quick question.

director lee, going back to the original slide, you said there were six vacant security guard positions. something that i've worked on over the last couple of years with folks in the asian art museum as well as the de jonge, one of the things that's been a source of frustration has been what the existing staffing, there tends to be a demand for -- can you hear me? >> i can hear you. >> sorry. there tends to be demand for either temporary workers, people asked to do overtime and so it's a lot of stress put on existing staff. just wanted to understand if there is plan to fill those security guard positions any time soon? >> right, so these vacant positions have resulted in the past fiscal year. in order to meet the mayor's targets, given we don't have a

lot of discretion in our budget, we had to -- we really -- freeze the vacant positions and it was very coincidental that we had three positions retire. we actually haven't utilized overtime because unfortunately the museum has been closed for half of this fiscal year. and then also during the course of this fiscal year, we had two additional retirements. and then with the additional budgetary cuts, we had reduced that also. so all as needed is relatively ahead -- i think it is only in the order of magnitude of the equivalent of less than one fte in terms of dollar amount and we use that to bridge unexpected absences beyond the norm. and also the exhibition programming varies across the

year. sometimes we need to staff up. but the vacancies are relatively new. they're all as a result of the pandemic and the budgetary constraints. >> supervisor safai: as you start to ramp up to more capacity and i know there was instructions originally to constrain budgets, but now as we move back to more normalcy and budget surplus, i'm curious, do you have plans -- what is the right word -- as the visitors increase, if you'll have plans to fill those positions? >> right, so the budget right now does not allow us to fill the vacant positions. we have seven today and the budget is allowing us to fill one of them. we are treating the position where it's been vacant for more than a year. we can also --

[indiscernible] security and museum. we are worried as, you know, the -- the economy opens and visitors return about supporting that. so one of the first reductions we did was reducing our opening days from six to five. obviously, we'd like this be open six -- to be open six days. but it is something we think we can manage, but we're very concerned going forward. >> supervisor safai: thank you. thank you, mr. chair. thank you, director lee, nice to meet you. >> chair haney: thank you, supervisor safai. colleagues, any additional questions or comments? not seeing any. i appreciate you being with us. and we will see you next week. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> chair haney: next up we have the fine arts museum.

>> good evening, chair haney, supervisors. i'm joined by justin, the c.f.o. of the fine arts museum. the fine art museum is comprised of two museums, the legion of honor and the golden gate park. our mission is to -- next slide. i'm not seeing it. our mission is to connect our visitors with local and global art in order to promote their knowledge about the past, deepen their engagement with the art of today, and stimulate their creative agency and their own future, all of which seems highly relevant in the national discussion about systemic racism

and equity. over the last two years, we've written and rewritten our strategic plan taking account of the economic situation and the national dialogue about these issues. i think you should be seeing our strategic initiatives on the screen. they've comprised engaging -- contributing to the quality of life of the residents of the bay area, supporting our tourist industry, bringing equity and reflecting the diversity of the bay area. investing in and expanding the city collections and making sure the museums are kept in good standing. and applying fiscal prudence in everything we do. overall, all of this, the turn of the top is increased transparency. we have bimonthly board meetings which members of the public can ask questions. i have biweekly meetings with my staff. we have a blog on our website

that tracks our efforts to become an anti-racist organization. >> my apologies, director campbell. through the chair, we're not seeing the slide deck advancing. >> okay, let me redo that then. >> i'm pausing your time, director campbell. >> can you see it now? >> we're seeing your screen saying j.s.

>> sorry, i did practice this earlier. >> we do have a copy of the slide. we can bring that up. >> hold on for a second. it was working just fine before, that's the funny thing. >> we had it there for a second and now it's gone again. we do see it now. thank you. can you see the budget overview? >> no, we're seeing the mission. >> oh, weird.

just a moment. >> i'm sorry, the pdf is

displaying on my end, but does not appear to be pushing through to your teams meeting. if we have a power point version of this, perhaps that would work. >> does the committee have our presentation in printed form? shall i carry on as a spoken narrative? >> can you see it now? >> don't worry about the presentation. just continue. >> okay. >> so, now we're seeing strategic initiatives, if you can advance that to the budget overview, otherwise i'll keep going. >> i'm on the budget overview. keep going. >> okay. so budget -- the total general

fund budget including capital expenditures is $19.8 million for f.y.22. payroll and benefits represent 72% of the budget. there are no new positions in fy22. in general, we have 10 positions unless an employee is on a leave of absence. 2% of the budget is contracts. capital expenditures is vital to maintain the buildings. we have a lot of deferred maintenance. so we're very hopeful on that. general funds shows that the total spending by the museum, city and not-for-profit is $72 million. the general fund support represents 28% coming from the city and is the foundation of the museum.

and your -- the city support allows the non-profit to focus on community impacts. to that point we've recalibrated our plan. this is dragging a lot of new initiatives. we've developed development opportunities for professionals with more backgrounds to our community representative program through a new cataloging fellowship and paid internships. we have museum-wide training last fall. and we continue to realign our budget priorities with the diea lens. and thanks to funding from the city of san francisco, opportunities for our program will be offering mentoring and training to 10 interns. in the community engagement and access front, our free saturdays program allows every resident in the bay area to have free access

-- general access to our museum on saturdays. we welcomed over 100,000 people prior to covid through this program. obviously, that number dropped during covid, but we're looking forward to the number picking up now that capacity restraints have been lifted. our low-income household visitors and those from diverse backgrounds. we're thinking hard how to serve the community. during the shutdown we opened to all bay area artists. we selected 800 works by 650 artists. all of which the artists were able to sell, which helped them. it was also a morale boost for artists in the bay area and our staff supporting the artists.

our exhibition program has been very, really bringing forward -- overlooked in the past. we currently have at the legion of honor an exhibition by the kenyan artist who makes sculptures that confront colonial values. i hope you will visit us. next stop in deyonge, we have an artist, meditation on migration and immigration. very relevant in the context of anti-asian racism. we have jude chicago, it's the first retrospective she's ever had and then we have a exhibition of the african-american designer patrick kelly. so our exhibition really is

reflecting the diversity that we're aspiring to represent through our work. finally during covid, we developed a new program really seeking to hear community voices. collaborative like see black women and focusing on local issues like public monuments. and we plan to continue that sort of further engagement with our community. so i'm sorry about the slides not having worked, but i'm very happy to answer any questions you may have and thank you for your support of the museums. >> chair haney: thank you. colleagues, any questions or comments? appreciate you working through that. i don't have any. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you. yeah, i just wanted to thank director campbell and all of the

staff at the fine arts museums for the -- all the important work that you do in maintaining these world class cultural institutions for our city. and i think i'm really appreciative of the efforts of the museum leadership to keep and make sure the museum is relevant to our city in addressing particularly racial and social justice concerns. and the public dialogue around that. so i just wanted to express my appreciation. i'm glad to see that the mayor's budget, you know, includes increase in supports for the museum. so thank you. >> supervisor, thank you very much. the comments mean a great deal to me and our staff as well.

thank you. >> chair haney: thank you so much and ditto for your work. i know this last work has been challenging and everyone has had to innovate and find new ways of connecting with residents and making sure you're sharing the art and i'm sure you're very excited to get back to some semblance of normal. thank you for your leadership during this challenging time and bringing forward this budget. and we appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. >> chair haney: up next, the academy of sciences. >> please load our slide presentation. >> good evening, chair, and distinguished members of the budget and appropriations committee. my name is mike mcgee, i'm head

of finance of the academy and i have the privilege of representing the academy tonight. so as you're aware, the academy is a non-profit, educational institution. our mission is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning and collaboration. and we received funding through the city charter for the aquarium. similar to pretty much every other cultural institution around, the academy was hard-hit by the pandemic. we closed our doors to the public last march. in june of last year, the academy proactively moved forward with a 30% reduction in the budget, including 43% reduction in the head count. thanks to the support of some federal stimulus programs and careful financial planning from our management team and board, we've been able to begin to recover the gaps, but we have not fully recovered yet.

but after almost a year of being closed, we're excited to say we have reopened as of march at reduced capacity. so our proposed fy22 budget is about $5.5 million. it's about the same. this provides partial funding for maintenance and operations of the aquarium. 36% of the budget goes to salaries and benefits for the 11 stationery engineers. 29% to utilities. 27% to operating expenses and 8% capital projects. in addition to our own well-being, we also care about the impact we have on the local community. we recognize thatter a major employer and a tourist attraction for san francisco, particularly on the west side of town. over 60% of our employees live in the city and represent our city's diverse population.

prior to covid-19 we consistently welcomed over 1.3 million visitors into golden gate park and the surrounding neighborhoods. and to remove barriers to access we offered free admission or discounted for a variety of demographics, using a variety of programs. we look forward to returning to these numbers as our institution recovers from the pandemic in the coming years. the academy is excited. we just finished our new strategic plan and our vision statement which you can find on our website, within a generation, the natural world is healthier, more resilient and wilder each year. we're motivated to take on the ecological crisis of our time. and to do this, the academy is going to leverage expertise, cutting edge research and diverse voices. all with the goal to accelerate

solutions to our climate crisis and revitalize connections between human and nature. the future of our planet demands that we go beyond sustainability. it's not good enough anymore. so we're seeking not just to sustain, but to restore and renew california's treasured habitats, our coral reefs and ecosystems. so we greatly appreciate the city's support. it is crucial to our operations. and working together, we're making a difference. thank you. i give the floor back to chair haney. >> chair haney: thank you. we appreciate the way you've innovated over the last year. the future of the academy is exciting and critical to our ability to engage our residents

and visitors and just do a tremendous amount for the field of science. i was a frequent visitor when i was young and i have very fond memories of it. like many people, i found a lot of inspiration from the academy. i appreciate you and your staff for your work. >> thank you, we'll pass it alone. appreciate it. >> chair haney: colleagues? questions, comments, seeing none, you're good. thank you. next we have the arts commission. >> hello, good evening, supervisors. how are you? my name is ralph remington and i'm the director of cultural affairs for the san francisco art commission and i'm the first african-american to serve in this position. so i'm pleased to be four months

into my role with the city of san francisco and to be presenting our two-year budget for your consideration. i will be talking about a few of our agency's goals and accomplishments, specifically around covid response and recovery and racial equity and, of course, finances. here we me today is the art commission deputy director of finance who will be presenting with me. the arts and entertainment were the hardest hit during covid, so our community needed fast response strategy to stay afloat. in march 2020, the mayor launched a relief fund for artists and the arts and within 10 weeks, there was distribution of all the funds to 699 individuals and 65 organizations. we also hired artists to create posters espousing public health

messages and thanking our front-line workers. at covid command center, we launched a residency program so the incredible stories and efforts of city workers could be captured in photography and illustrations to share with future generations. our annual glamping program went from project support enabling arts organizations to use the funds for their most critical financial needs. in addition to fast acting emergency response initiative, the art commission has maintained an eye on recovery and reopening. the mayor has stated if we help the arts recover, the arts will help san francisco recover. i couldn't agree more. according to a report by the bay area council, every million dollars the city invests in non-profit arts organizations generates and supports 385 jobs.

the arts in san francisco is a $1.7 billion economy that supports 37,000fte. these investments are among the best out there. i will highlight only one of our several recovery strategies. the $870,000 invested in the nation's first guaranteed basic income pilot for artists. that expanded pilot provides $1,000 in cash relief to 180 artists for 18 months. racial and cultural equity are at the core of everything we do at the art commission. our grants are guided by cultural equity endowment legislation that prioritizes bipoc, lgbtq, disabled

communities and women. in addition to participating in the dream keeper initiative, we're proud to be leading the memorials advisory committee in partnership with h.r.c. and rec park to examine the racist underpinnings of our historic monuments and develop guidelines to determine the city's future in art. we look at all of our financials through a racial equity lens, because it's in these numbers that our values are on display. and with that, i'll turn it over to raleigh, our c.f.o. >> sorry, sorry. good evening. members. my name is -- deputy director. in this slide, fiscal years

21-22 and 23. as you will see, our budget increased to $51 million. this is driven by a one-time appropriation of $23 million in capital funds for seismic retrofits for the mission cultural center for latino arts and the african-american art and culture complex. in fiscal year 22 our agency's hotel tax allocation hit $4 million. as those revenues are critical to our core support function, we're slated to receive $7 million general fund backfill to supplement the acute loss of revenue. at the bottom of the slide, the red portions of the graph illustrate the backfill that will enable us to maintain a

more constant level of support for artists and arts organizations, the majority of which serve black and brown residents. 69% of our c.b.o. grants serve bipoc communities. and 73% of our individual artists grands are awarded to bipoc san franciscans. moving on to the budget expenditures. the general fund backfill is allocated to our grant-making programs. you will see capital funds to for our neighborhood cultural centers. we note that this despite increase in budget, our fte count remains the same in the next two fiscal years. thank you for your support for the arts and we're happy to answer any questions. >> i should also interject and say we're also joined by our deputy director of program joanne lee.

>> chair haney: thank you. appreciate it. and we're grateful to have you in this role. i did have a question about the hotel tax. i know that it's reflected there that you had sort of a pretty significant decrease in the level of funding from the hotel tax. it was my understanding there was some effort by the mayor to backfill some of that and to hold you constant -- as a result of that, is that not accurate? >> yes, that's accurate. the mayor -- i mean, she stepped up like a champ and backfilled us and made us whole and that was -- we were really thankful for that as well as the entire arts community was grateful. >> chair haney: that's not the case for next year? >> yes.

raleigh? >> sure. next year we're still projected to get a little bit of backfill, but not as much this year, because we're expecting hotel tax to ramp up this next fiscal year. >> chair haney: okay. president walton? >> supervisor walton: thank you, chair and thank you director and to the team. just a couple of questions. i know you and i sat down and talked about some of this stuff. just curious in terms of your work and communities of color and if we look at racial equity initiatives, what is your main priority in terms of racial equity going this year? >> well, our main priority is really to get all staff, make sure that all staff are trained in the latest procedures and best practices of racial equity

and how we disseminate that throughout all of our constituents that work with us. all of our programs. we're can looking at every single one of our programs through a racial equity lens to see who is -- [indiscernible] and who is harmed. from a to z. so we're looking at every aspect of everything we do and if we see harm, we're restructuring to address those things. so, that's just for starters. >> supervisor walton: how are you complying with language access of the department? >> joanne? >> sure. thank you for the question. we have an up-to-date language access policy and we have an internal process. we work with bilingual staff and vendors to respond to the requests. we're currently working on --

access racial equity work. we're assessing our current language access needs, particularly in light of our virtual public meetings. and so far we haven't received any interpretation requests for our public meetings, but we are continuing to -- how we can have closed captioning and other tools to increase access. >> supervisor walton: thank you. >> chair haney: are you all done? >> supervisor walton: yes, thank you, chair. >> supervisor ronen: yes, i just wanted to, you know, thank them here as well for backfilling the hotel tax. i didn't know the exact economic figures, but -- so it's very

helpful to learn those from you, but art not only brings joy and education and beauty to our city, but the fact that it generates that level of economic activity is pretty extraordinary. so i just wanted to say thank you for all your work. thank you, mayor breed, for backfilling the gap in the hotel tax and just a big thanks for your work. thank you. >> chair haney: absolutely. thank you for that. i do not have any other questions or comments. i appreciate you all being here. and we will look forward to seeing you next week. >> thank you so much. >> chair haney: next up, the war memorial. >> good evening. i am going to get my slide

presentation up. just one moment. are you able to see that? wonderful, thank you. good evening, supervisors, president walton, chair haney, supervisors ronen and mar, supervisor safai, nice to see you. hopefully there will be in-person festival next year, looking forward to it. and chair haney as resident and employee who lived and worked in the civic center area i want to

say how much i appreciate your support of that neighborhood to solve its problems. it's my home and i appreciate that. so i have the honor of running the war memorial department across the street from city hall. we own and operate the symphony hall, the opera house, the veterans buildings. in a typical year we welcome over a million visitors to our center and pride ourselves on treating all of those folks equally and providing support to a lot of non-profit arts and culture organizations. our budget this year is interesting to say the least. the opera house was the first venue in the united states to have an event cancelled due to the leadership of mayor breed with covid. while the summary looks the same year over year, including the next two years, you notice the earned revenue line where we made a quarter of what we normally earn. we anticipate that to rebound to half of what we would normally

make, and then make a full recovery in 22-23. our expenditures are largely in line with previous years. i'd like to call your attention to salaries. the salary spending will go up as we earn revenue. we'll have more security guards and other employees. in order to earn the revenue, that is offset by the earned revenue. in terms of positions. we currently have two employees. we're working to backfill those vacant positions through the civil service process. in the coming year, we'll be employing 67.9 full-time positions. we really strive here to be ethical, to follow all of the city's rules and treat the residents and investors in san francisco equally. -- visitors in san francisco equally.

i instituted a new finance position. that is a position that didn't exist before and she's been able to take over the portfolio of budget, accounting, purchasing and provide an additional level of oversight in those areas to make sure we're following all of the city's protocols with regard to spending and contracting. compliance, we had a great audit that inspired us to change processes. all of our employees are up to date on their -- and i meet monthly with the city attorney office to make sure we're complying with all legal requirements. transparency is key to us. we're public presenters first of all and we really strive to maintain high standards of that. we have a retirement happening this year which is creating the possibility for us to hire our first ever public information officer. and then we'll be building a new website which will improve public access to information and we're going to create a database

of all the resolutions passed by our board for the public. equity is important. we've implemented the racial equity action plan. the board formed the first committee on racial equity which has been receiving reports on a monthly basis and created its own statement. our new website will improve the language access and we've funded a project with the third party consultant to conduct an audit of the program services, which has never been done before. we welcome a million visitors to the city. we were impacted by covid. obviously, our non-profit was hit the hardest. we work with them to use the spaces to record. we kept the fees low. there was a huge indirect impact to the restaurants, bars, hotels and transportation workers. we support jobs in the hospitality sector, so those folks lost their work and that

will be coming back. our goals over the next few years is to work with the license to bring visitors back to san francisco and to diversify the types of presentations that you're seeing in the buildings as well as to mon -- modernize our accounting processes and to continue our partnership to make the civic center area welcoming. we think there is good return on investment here. the same study that director remington, the war memorial is connected to $430 million in economic activity and supports 9,000 jobs. so that's my presentation. i'm happy to take any questions. >> chair haney: thank you for that and addressing the principles we laid out there. absolutely, you're all a part of what draws people to san francisco. and there is tremendous benefits to the arts, to people's quality

of life here and then, of course, all of the economic activity as well. appreciate learning about the ways that you all are thinking about innovating and, you know, putting racial equity at the sent of your work. -- center of your work and we're excited to get back to normal in that regard. colleagues, i do not see anybody on the roster. we appreciate your time and your work and please share our gratitude with all of your staff and colleagues as well. and thank you for sticking with us and being here this evening. >> thank you. i would stop presenting this, but it won't let me. >> chair haney: all right. next up, the recreation and park department. welcome. >> thank you. good evening.

i'm sara madeleine, the director for the parks department and i'm joined with my colleague who is our acting director of finance administration. we're going to take you through our budget presentation which hopefully answers the questions you have. next slide. at the core of the work that we do in the department, allowed us to pivot to support the covid-19 response through a variety of ways, including our safe sleeping sites, testing and vaccination sites in our parks. and our emergency child care community hub and now our summer camp program. as you are aware, we repurpose many of our sites and all of our

recreation and staff to support the city's most vulnerable children through the pandemic. we're grateful for the board's support and leadership. parks and open spaces are essential to mental and physical health. the parks department live and breathe this every day. but the pandemic was really a reminder to everyone in our city, and frankly throughout the country and world how vitally important public spaces are. we're also an essential part of the city's recovery. most notably, our health and recovery bond will help and create many multiuse spaces in neighborhoods. and also create jobs. it is estimated that every $1 million of bond spending creates six jobs.

this year's budget, we're working to address gaps in inequities. the budget helps to maintain the staffing levels despite the economic downturn associated with the pandemic. we propose to expand our popular park stop program which provides staff restrooms throughout the system and ensures clean and safe bathroom access at some of our busy locations. and finally our budget proposes to restore our workforce development program which was cut short by the pandemic. we made our budget decisions with equity at the forefront and our process was guided by our budget principles which are shown on the slide.

and infused with what we learned during the pandemic and the response there. i'm going to hand it over to antonio who will take you through the details of the budget. >> thank you, sara. i'll just trying to give the presentation verbally. perfect. so, this proposal is $244 million and comprised of three revenue categories. while general fund and open space fund revenue are allocated on formulas, the earned has been affected by the pandemic. in fiscal year 2021, earned revenue was projected to be $29 million which is a 44% reduction from the $51.9 million earned in fiscal year 18-19. the last pre-covid fiscal year. with the city's reopening having a positive effect on our budget request, we have proposed several investments.

these initiatives include an equity action and planning implementation team to lead, direct and implement the racial equity action plan. an expansion of the park stop workforce development program to provide park users with healthy and safe parks, open spaces and facilities throughout the 18 month workforce development program. so, accountability and transparency is paramount in everything we do. the recreation and park commission is the governing body that holds the department accountable to the public and the work of our team is directed by this list of core values you see. respect. resilience, relationships, responsiveness and results. departmental contracts and performance are evaluated and monitored through a thorough

process. throughout the years, the department is required to appear, support and seek approval from five separate bodies. in parks, if you don't count, you don't count, to quote our general manager. park scores, strategic equity, tailored division programs, surveys all inform the department's efforts to measure performance. all residents are encouraged to engage with our work through volunteer events, budget town halls and park openings. we're proud to note there have been 10 million unique engagements over the past year. showing the immense public interest in our programs and open spaces. that concludes our presentation. we're happy to answer questions. >> chair haney: thank you. colleagues?

>> supervisor walton: thank you, chair haney, and thank you for the presentation. just a couple of questions. how many vacant positions do you have? >> happy to answer that one. so, we have out of 1110 position overall, we have 194 vacant. and if i could explain that a little more and add context. that is about 17.5% of our positions. and it's actually $4.8 million above our $18.2 million attrition budget which is what we keep open for salary and fringe benefits. so essentially, 150 of those are held vacant to meet the attrition savings, 44 may be in -- or are actively in the

recruitment process or starting the process. and the other thing i'd like to add is that we've been keeping these positions vacant because of the earned revenue loss throughout our department. we have had a great hit on the revenue side and in order to ensure that we stay within our budget, we have to keep these positions open. >> supervisor walton: how many exempt positions do you have? >> we have 185 exempt position. and the majority of those positions are recreation leader staffing. so, those are people who provide specialized services to the communities like tai chi or yoga programming. and then also staff and the workforce development program. so apprenticeships. we have a few remaining in our capital division through the project managers who work on

bond programs where the funding is sporadic. those are three-year positions and then we have senior leader positions. >> supervisor walton: thank you. >> chair haney: colleagues, any other questions or comments? i do not see anyone with their hand up. i don't have any questions or comments at this time. thank you for your time and for sticking with us this evening and we'll see you next week. department of children, youth and their families. >> hi. i was able to come back. i had to go pick up my child,

but i am here now. >> chair haney: good. >> can you see my slides? perfect. good evening, supervisors. good evening, chair haney, president walton, supervisor ronen, safai and mar. my name is maria, i'm the director and it's my pleasure to share with you the proposed budget for the fiscal year 21-22 and 22-23. i would like to say we created this budget with the priorities that the mayor stated early on during the budget process. she wanted us to make sure we support small businesses and economic recovery which, of course, our cbos are in my mind the real engine for our social

services network. prioritized programs that demonstrate outcomes centered around equity and that is at the core of everything we do in our department. homelessness and mental health programs. and we have consistently prioritized children and families who are homeless and underhoused. as well as children and families who need mental health supports and services. and then, of course, continuing to respond to the need of -- continue to respond to the need of covid as we move into the recovery phase of this work. i wanted to show you the overview of the operating budget. as well as the entire budget. so our entire budget includes the school district public education and enrichment fund as well as the free city college fund.

but the core operating budget really is the $193.3 million. which is broken down by general fund, which is 34% of that. and children and youth fund which is around 60% of that. we do have a very small sliver of federal, state and other small grants that make up 7% of our budget. that's primarily our nutrition program and some juvenile justice program. the proposed budget we created aligns to address the gaps and inequities and targets the inefficiencies of programs and community services in the department. it includes planning for the future with goals and outcomes targeted for learning loss, mitigation, mental health supports, recovery, and setting the found saying for the next --

foundation for the next five years of our funding cycle. you see here on the revenue side of the property tax revenue. there is a slight growth of 2% in year one. and then 4% in budget year + 1. and year 2. for the children and youth fund. that was a grant that came from the juvenile justice. that is for covid response. there is a slight increase in expense recovery work orders. due to increases from other departments that are sending us funding for work programs. on the expenditure side, you see a slight increase on our salary

lines and that's due primarily to city cola. and then you see a decrease in the non-personnel line here. and that's primarily because that's how we are proposing to meet the reduction request that the mayor asked us. we're planning on decreasing our budget towards evaluation and technical assistance supports. in terms of grants, the cbos, you'll see a steady increase here. and that really reflect the children and youth fund growth as well as infusion of dollars from the dream keeper initiative to support programs that serve our african-american children, youth and families. and then you also see services that we have for other departments and that includes funding that we sent over to the

mayor's office, mocd, for services, or the department of public health for mental health services, or the family resource center work that we do together. then in terms of projects here, we have a significant increase of $60 million -- $15 million of which the mayor is allocating to allow us to use to support ways and strategies to address learning loss for our children, particularly children in public schools. and as well as supporting our infrastructure. in terms of personnel, i do want to call your attention to the fact that we have 60.92ftes in your department. we are proposing a one fte increase for next fiscal year

and the next and that is to support our data and eval wages -- so we can pivot and move our resources to really support our children, youth and families. in terms of leading with equity, we all know that the pandemic has devastated the physical, mental and economic health of our community, particularly our communities of color and has strained our non-profit agencies. and we have throughout this entire pandemic prioritized in supporting and keeping our cbos, our non-profit agencies' budget whole. particularly our african-american led and latino serving agencies. we know that our funds are the lifeline for a lot of our city

employees and we want thome be able to -- them to be able to sustain and make it through the pandemic. >> the five minutes is up. >> oh, i'm so sorry. oh, goodness. in terms of oversight and performance, you know that we do very transparent processes. we are leveraging a lot like the technology work to support electronic meal systems. we're trying bill out the enrollment system for a better process. we want to make sure we will continue to prioritize children with the highest needs, particularly children experiencing learning loss and mental health needs. i apologize for running over.

>> chair haney: no worries. that was a lot to cover. we appreciate it. >> supervisor ronen: yes. first i will never miss an opportunity to tell you maria that you are my covid hero. my pandemic hero. i know i say this every chance i get and i will continue to see it every chance i get. but the way that you stepped up for kids and families during this horrendous year for both was nothing short of inspiring. and the fact that you just rammed through all the people saying no and you can't do this and you're too ambitious. and this is impossible and you just did it. it will be something i'll remember for the rest of my life. and i really mean that.

i'm sorry i say this over and over again every time you're in a public meeting, but i will continue to do so because it's important that people who stepped up get the recognition they deserve and you are one of those people and i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. i want to talk about the $15 million for learning loss recovery, which my understanding is the mayor doesn't like the name rise, but it's for rise. i get it. it's a little clunky of a name. i'm with her there. but i want -- and i know that rise working group that is putting together a learning recovery plan that is going to cost -- if it's done right -- way over $15 million is sort of in the process of happening. but i'm just wondering -- i know

this is premature question. but any sort of wisdom you can impart upon us about what that process will look like moving forward in terms of how will that $15 million be programmed? i believe that $15 million should be spent in the first year and we'll be fighting for, you know, that be met in subsequent budget years. assuming we're as successful as we hope to be. but if you could just talk a little bit about sort of how you're think being that funding and -- thinking about that funding and what a process might look forward for programming that funding? >> thank you, supervisor ronen for that question. i greatly appreciate you and your leadership as well. it takes lots of people to move big systems forward and you were by my side in making sure we get this done. in terms of moving forward with

the learning loss mitigation funding, we really do want to work very closely with the work group that you are championing. so that we can make sure that whatever programs or initiatives that we design falls in line with the leadership and the collective thinking of that body. because that body so amazingly brilliant, because you have all different sectors of people there who some of them are just, you know, they're experts in this work. and so, you know, one type of report will be able to very quickly move to start implementing that report. really in terms of my best thinking so far, i think we really need to start thinking about individual tutoring supports for children. we know that a lot of kids have

just, you know -- our school district tried really hard. our teachers tried really hard and it's just -- it sucks. like having these types of meetings. it's really hard. even as an adult, i have a hard time focussing on paying passenger for such a long -- attention for such a long time, let alone a young person. when those students come back into the schools we need to think about how do we provide one-on-one support so we can then create that formalized structure to help them get back on track. number two. how do we really address the mental health need of these kids? a lot of these kids, even if they did not experience really intense levels of trauma, the fact that they didn't -- they lost a year. and a year in a five-year-old, a six-year-old, is significant.

it's a very large portion of their lives. and so i'm sure there are things that children need to work through. that doesn't mean that we don't recognize that children are super amazingly resilient. they are. and we will do whatever it takes to really build and leverage that resiliency, but we also really need to make sure that we have those mental health supports for when the impact happens. and i can imagine it might happen where, you know, kids are kind of in the classroom and then all of a sudden, it hits them, they lost a year. or all of a sudden, it hit them they're struggling with this math problem or this science project. and we want to make sure that they don't feel blamed for when they don't know the answer. so we want to make sure we have the support staff in the classroom that is there for them. third, i want to make sure that we have programs for families.

our families have been true heroes through this pandemic. they are the ones holding it down, not only in the home, but also in jobs, in their work and trying to help their children. we need to do whatever it take to help our families feel supported and to feel like they don't need to start back from zero. so, we need to think about how do with ecreate family -- we create family support programs that meet families where they are and support them to move on to the next level? those are big ideas and big thing. i also think, finally, we need to do a better job at communicating to our families. you know, i get it in the pandemic, we were -- it was state of emergency, but what we've learned is that when we don't have clear consistent and easy-to-understand communication, it creates a lot of confusion. so we need to do a better job at

that. and i do feel that will render family engagement. >> supervisor ronen: thank you for that. i know, a goal for me is to have some of this work start at the beginning of the school year, which is hard because we're under such time pressures to figure it all out. so this will be an ongoing dynamic question and process going through, so i'll leave that at that. question for you. we were in a meeting this morning about this. what about this. somewhat about this. for better, for worse, it is what it is. again, the district has decided to change school starting times or to sort of create consistent

start times across the district, three different start times, but this means a dramatic change for many schools. and for some parents who -- many parents as you know choose their schools based on the start time to fit with their family circumstances, the job of the parents, et cetera. so, we know all of a sudden that there is this great need -- greater need than ever for before care and after care in schools. you had talked a little bit about starting to have those and facilitate those discussions with cbos that provide the majority of that before and after care, the dcyf funds a ton of. i'm wondering if you could talk about that. and, you know, i really believe and i held a hearing on this on the youth committee, that this

expense cannot fall on families of sfusd kids this year. you know, families are barely hanging on. and we will need more before and after care because of this change. and, so, can you talk to us about that, sort of what your thinking is, what is needed? the school district says they'll save $3 million. supervisor safai and i tried to make the point that the additional before and after care is going to probably exceed that $3 million and they weren't -- they were clear that cost is not going to fall on the families, but they weren't clear where those funds were coming from. so if you could just give us your point of view on that question that would be really helpful. >> yes. so i understand why the school district needs to align and

standardize their start times for schools. however, you know, just because a school district changes their start time doesn't mean that parents get to change their work start time. and so parents are still going to have to work at the time the parents are working at and so you're putting parent in a difficult place where they won't have that care for their children and i think we need to do something about it. so what we've done is started the conversation with the school district in trying to figure out how we support our families to -- to at a minimum have care for their children during the start times when school hasn't started yet. we will be -- we actually have -- talking to the cbos about the possibility of them starting earlier, which, of course, means that some of them will have to stay working later. and so in some cases you'll have

non-profit agencies running programs from 7:00 in the morning to 7:00 at night. so you're talking 12 hours of work. not only that, you're talking 12 hours of just being in school. which is really tough. and what we're doing is trying to figure out with the skrool district, how do we pay for that? i agree with you, supervisor ronen, at this moment in time it is not appropriate to offload that burden on to parents. and so we are working, the mayor foes this and the mayor's office is very aware this is a priority for me to try to figure out how we address this and make sure that our families have that before and the after school hours that they need as we all go back to school in the fall.

>> supervisor ronen: okay. but you don't -- so is that impacting your budget at all? >> at this moment in time it doesn't impact our budget. we have shared the priority and i know that we're in discussions on ways to address it that will not impact our budget. >> supervisor ronen: okay. i guess we'll stay tuned. last question. you and the mayor announced an exciting initiative to increase mental health services for middle schools. can you talk a little bit more about that and how much that costs and how it is in the budget? >> yes. that was a very exciting announcement primarily because i've been dreaming of this for

like 10 years. and we've been trying and trying and trying to figure out how to expand high school wellness down to middle school. as most of you know, we have a very robust high school wellness program. it's a mental health program that is embedded in all of our public high schools that provides mental health supports and some of the schools provide actual medical supports for our students. what we were lacking was something in middle school to really support those middle school students who, you know, developmentally they're like -- they need it. i say that because i have a middle schooler. >> supervisor ronen: i remember being a middle schooler. >> but we were able to receive a donation from a private donor, $16.8 million to support the

expansion of middle school wellness to 16 middle schools over the next four years. we're going to start with three schools literally first day of school. not first, maybe second day of school. we'll start with three middle schools and every year we're going to add three to four middle schools until the end of the four years, we'll have 16 middle schools. 16 middle school wellness centers. and the wellness centers are different than the high school centers because we're talking about younger children, so there is more confidentiality rules we have to follow. so the bulk of the dollars is actually going to the school district. and so the school district will be using the money to hire mental health professionals, social workers, support staff to work within the school community to provide the services for the students. they will have a linkage to the

beacon center because as we all know there is beacon centers in all of our middle schools, so we can have the wraparound support. so the school district and the mental health provides the mental health support to the kids. beacons can come in and provide the wraparound family support. so we're really excited about the initiative. and as i said, it will start first three schools will start in the fall.

>> supervisor walton: how much dream keeper do you have this year? >> we just received $3 million of dream keeper funds. and the dollars are going to the -- >> supervisor walton: is it going to be baseline? our c.f.o. is on the line. can you answer that question? >> thank you. through the chair, it's a one-time addition for us at this time. >> so i've had several conversations with several department heads and departments that have dream keeper initiative money and, of course, we would love for it to be baseline and also make that statement knowing there is a possibility you may get more

resources from dream keeper initiative. so i just want to keep that in mind as we move forward. i know that beacons are going to be a big part of the strategy for addressing learning loss. what are we going to do about high school students? >> excellent question. yes, we are -- we actually are thinking -- we were just having the conversation this morning about different strategies to support the high schoolers. we actually created a high school learning hub for credit recovery. we have 150 high school students right now -- well not right now -- but during the summer that is going there and receiving support from three amazing non-profit agencies. community developers, peer

resources and education -- i'm sorry, it's late. but three amazing providers who are there to support these students as they participate in their credit recovery classes and then, you know, provide them with that academic support and work with them around social engagement and career development and, you know, civic engagement. so that's a model that we're doing in the summer. i can envision us continuing that in some way, shape or form during the school year. i also can envision us creating smaller cohorts in the community that will then provide one-on-one or smaller group support for young people who are struggling. as you can imagine as a teenager, you're not really wanting to show everybody that you don't know what is going on. so smaller groups and more smaller ways of supporting would

be ideal. throughout the whole school year. and at this point, we actually do have a good working relationship with our school district partner. and we're having these conversations. and so i will be more than happy to come back and share with you ideas that we will have for high schoolers. >> thank you. thank you, chair haney. >> chair haney: supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you. supervisor ronen said it really eloquently just again want to thank you for everything you've done. you and your team have been tremendous. so thank you. also wanted to thank you for

working with rec and park to do the graduating, the class of 2021. that was phenomenal we were all able to work together. it worked out brilliantly. i know there were many different graduations that happened at the stadium. another example of the city coming together and when i walked on stage and walked into the stadium at kezar, i didn't know what to expect, but just to see so many happy faces and so many happy parents and so many happy families in general. just and students and sense of accomplishment, it was wonderful. so really wanted to thank you noor and all the -- for that and all the work you're doing. a quick question regarding we had an earlier question about family resource centers. there is definitely a bit of a

discrepancy. a lot of people in the community feel strongly about being spent on what was defined by the voter. and there was conversation about family resource centers. just want to hear is there room in the dcyf universe, give you an opportunity to talk about family resource centers and thinking about ways to get the appropriate funding source since there is a lot of strong feelings about that with the voters there. >> yes. through the chair, thank you, supervisor safai. first for your leadership on getting the high school graduation work through. thank you so much. and working with your staff has been amazing. and i said this many times

before. the number of tests that the superintendent sent to me with big smiles at all the graduation was so heartwarming and made all the hard work worth it. so in terms of family resource center, dcyf is a joint funder of the initiative. and the initiative is focused on a 0-11 strategy. it's focused on the younger children. dcyf funds a good portion of the initiative. we work with the h.s.a. and first five to make sure that together we're able to fund all 27 sites in the city. i do say a world where dcyf supports family resource

centers, but for the older age, we did -- if there was a family resource letter and then dcyf provides funding for the continuum that goes all the way up to the older age population, i can see us having a very significant role there. i also know that family resource centers have played a crucial role during this pandemic, where they really act as that central repository of information for families. and they're just so vital as a place for families to get information. so i definitely see why you are interested in perhaps expansion of family resource centers. but the -- right now, the family resource center work is really focused on the 0 to 11 range.

we've had many conversations about what it would look like if dcyf was to help expand that to 18 or 24. because we could then flip it and say a family resource center for young families, for young parents. >> thank you, i appreciate your candor there. we're trying to work through it. we had a hearing last fall -- last winter. november, december. supervisor yee, who is a champion of a.b.c., and so there was some really strict and stern kind of parameters set. and so we're just trying to resolve that as there has been a little bit of an increased proposed here. so just wanted to get that on the record. and see if we can continue the

conversation. but other than that, you walk on water. >> [laughter]. takes a village. >> thank you, mr. chair. i'm done. >> supervisor mar: yeah, i would echo me colleague words of deep appreciation for your work and the entire dcyf team. i have a few questions. the first one is following up on supervisor waltons high school youth and supports for them. as we discussed, they received a lot less attention and support, you know, over the past 15 months than the younger kids. and so i just was -- wanted to hear what the plan is around workforce development for teenagers and i noticed you

listed workforce development in the sort of covid recovery strategy. so i guess what are the new ideas around career readiness and workforce development for teenagers coming out of this difficult past 15 months? >> thank you for the question and thank you for your leadership in advancing the early college initiative. once again i love the initiative. it's right now serving 800sfusd students and helping them, you know, develop a career pathway where they're participating and engaging in learning as well as eventually getting into a paid job at sfusd and actually at rec and park because rec and park wanted some of these amazing

young people as well. so just thank you for that leadership. and pushing that forward. in terms of workforce, i think we were also thinking about how do we support our young people through this pandemic? knowing that the pandemic has not only impacted their learning but also the opportunity for them to do the internship that they normal do. the career awareness stuff that they normally do. so we wanted them to think deep about doubling down on experiences and making sure that they had the opportunities to participate in paid internships, but more importantly on more internships that lead to actual careers and jobs or post-secondary opportunities. as you know, we've been in deep conversations about the role of

city college in this work. and so perhaps building -- our plan is to build a stronger partnership between high school and city college so that for some of our young people, it's just a no-brainer. you finish high school. you go to city college. you get two years. you get that career tech certificate and you get into a real job. and so that's the building block that we're planning on putting together. we're also trying to build on these fantastic relationships that we have with all the corporations that have come in and supported us through the community hubs as well as together. and these corporations, now that you're done with this part of the support, there is another part. it's more about letting these students come into your space

and really having these students work and learn from their staff. so we're going to move into that phase pretty soon and build out and enhance our workforce strategies. like i said, i am amazed at how welcoming these corporations have been to us. how they've opened up their doors, allowed our students to come in. i guess i can stay -- maybe i shouldn't say it too loudly, but once again at the stripe building, they are, you know, our students. these are our students who are behind on credit to graduate high school and they get to sit in a multimillion dollar office. they get to use the big beautiful fancy computers and they're sitting on chairs and they get to go to the snack bar

whenever they want to. and it's available to them. and their meals are cooked by the chef. and i had a young person come to me and say, you know, thank you so much for the opportunity. but he said, oh, my god, if school was like this, he would go to school every day. because the space like really values him. and it really created place that he felt like he wanted to go to. and so we want to create those opportunities. and just imagine as we all get recovered from this pandemic, some of these students getting interns at the lincoln facility. so i think that's the next goal. that's the goal of us and that's what i'm going to work towards in trying to help our high school students regain the lost years that they had so that they

can continue on track to, you know, transitioning into adulthood. >> supervisor mar: thank you. and that all sounds really great. just regarding your point around strengthening the pathway to city college from our high schools and i would agree that's a very important strategy to really look at. and looking at possibly expanding city college's dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment classes for high school students. my daughter is taking her first city college class this summer and she's enjoying it. and i think that's really important for city college, too, because as you know, one of their big challenges, sustainability for the college, is growing enrollment. so if we can strengthen that pathway that would help them.

i also had a question around the dcyf programs or contracts that relate to the violence prevention and victim services. you know, mayor breed made some important new investments in the budget, you know, to address the rise of anti-asian hate and violence in our city. and they're kind of spread across different departments so i raised questions at the hearings for the different departments. for dcyf, that sits with them as well, some new investments to support, particularly the community? >> and yes the mayor has already made the commitment to annualize those dollars. it's the community youth center and they're the lead organizer and the lead agency that is providing that support in our

community. >> supervisor mar: great. and what is the amount of that? do you know? >> denise? >> thank you. it's $1.2 million. so there was a $700,000 add backfill. in addition to that there is $1.2 million specifically for more personnel and hands-on in the community work. >> supervisor mar: you said that's annualized, does that mean it's baseline? >> yes, that's correct. >> supervisor mar: sounds good. thank you. >> chair haney: thank you. well, i'm not sure what more there is to say since people already said you walk on water. i don't know if i can ask questions in that context. i echo the praise for you and your department and all of your staff an team for stepping up in

the way you did over the last year. i did -- this may have come up. i may have missed it, but if you spoke at all about how the community hub model will be transitioned or continued or what role those sites will have? are they stopping immediately? are they going to transition to something else? what does that look like? >> yes. see, that's why, because you're a planner. those are all those policy planning questions. yes, we've been really thinking about that. i see the pandemic -- through the pandemic, the benefit of just, you know, smaller cohort sizes to really meet the needs of students. our cbos have said over and over again it was amazing to be able to provide individualized supports for some of our most

marginalized children. and, you know, chair haney, you saw some of those students at the hub that just needed that one-on-one support. needed someone sitting next to them. we're thinking about not having a full-on hub model, but maybe something that is connected to it, where it's smaller sizes, a smaller cohort size. more intentional academic focus, because quite frankly for the next several years we're all going to be about learning loss. and so it's -- we're going to have to start infusing some academics. maybe a lot of intentional homework support. offering more acceleration stuff in there. the only way to do that is to continue to have smaller cohort sizes. so that's the plan. not every single cbo would want to do that, so we'll have to go

back to the community and ask them what makes sense to them? what is possible? i will say, though, that several of our cbos, particularly those that serve the english language learner and children with disabilities have already said, hands down, they want the smaller cohort size. they think that 1 to 10 is just fantastic ratios. and that's what really, really helps. so we're going to try to work it and figure out within our budget how to make that happen. but the plan is that all the students will be back in school. >> right. yes. i mean, it seems like, you know, the wraparound services or -- i mean, i recognize some of those hubs are after school programs in general normally. so i know there is a lot to figure out in terms of how to

continue it and it obviously won't be the same way it was. well, i want to appreciate you for all your time and staying late and please send our gratitude to your team and we'll look forward to seeing you next week. >> thank you so much. >> chair haney: all right. next up we have child support services. >> good evening, supervisors, chair haney, members of the committee. we're almost there. i'm just waiting for access to -- okay.

well, my presentation will provide you with a review of our budget proposal for fiscal year, 2021-22 and fiscal year 2022-23. highlight program oversight, technological improvements, program innovation, racial equity planning and support for small businesses. low-income families who have timed out of public assistance rely heavily on child support as a safety net. when a mother living in poverty receives it, child support is 40% of the family income. for deeply impacted mothers, child support is 63% of the family income. many parents responsible to pay child support are themselves

struggling with poverty and significant barriers to gainful employment. we understand that parents need help in meeting their obligations to provide economic support for their children. it is our mission to empower parents to meet the needs of their children. our case load supports 8,000 children. 73% of the families have received public assistance. 98% of parents paying child support in san francisco are fathers. for federal fiscal year 2020, we collected approximately $28 million during the pandemic. 94% of collections went directly to families. that is the highest in the bay area and we ranked fifth among 58 counties in california.

our current clients are predominantly african-american and latinx with the number of asian pacific islander families increasing. the child support program is a federal state and local partnership. the office of child support enforcement governs the program and clarify tracks -- carefully tracks agencies. the california department of child support services provides direct administrative oversight and ensure local programs comply with federal and state approved legislation. we also at the local level follow the directions, rules and laws, regulations of the county. we operate with transparency and uphold the highest standard of ethical responsibility.

our annual budget is balanced. it supports direct services. program funding is federal and state as a reimbursement program and requires both monthly reporting and pre-approval for non-salary costs. the department has 14 vacant positions and no exempt positions: we have advanced technology with our customers in mind. parents can appear virtually by court or phone. parents can open cases on line, electronically sign and we can file documents with the court without parents having to leave work or home. office space consolidation. thoughtful hiring practices. investment in technological efficiencies permit the department to live within its proposed budget and ensure great client access.

the department has prioritized language access understanding that absent effective communication, a culture of inequity in service delivery is very possible. we regularly analyze and criticize our system to ensure systemic language barriers to access do not occur. i am proud of the work we've done in this area. we are committed to building on our philosophy of cultural competency. together, our team built a racial equity plan that establishes a framework that aims to strengthen the system changes required to build well-being within our workplace

and across our case load. the department has also restructured its delivery service from one that is punitive to one that is family centered, helping fragile families meet their economic responsibilities to their children. the department continues to embrace a social justice model that focuses on ensuring respectful and compassionate treatment of both parents providing them with an understanding of their rights and responsibilities. this is my last slide coming up. we recognize the head wind parents face in accomplishing their goals requires a concerted effort and child support must be part of that effort. it is our goal to meet the moment and collaborate with the greater community bringing our

very best ideas. thank you to the team at the san francisco department of child support services for your dedication to public service. thank you, board members, and thank you, madame mayor. that concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> chair haney: thank you so much. appreciate it. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much. i appreciate the presentation. just have a question around the work that you do. i know the focus on being family centered versus the punitive lens that has been taken over the past couple of decades actually. but how are you going to help noncustodial parents that are trying to pay back pay, current support and in some cases medical insurance without city and county of san francisco

resources? >> so, thank you so much first and foremost president walton for your question. in my tenure in this program i have been -- i've realized that we in the child support program need to challenge the orthodoxy that runs this program. we need to understand where parents are and what is going on in their lives. and we need to reconcile the discrepancy between what we understand the child support role to be and how our role marginalizes communities and continues to marginalize those communities. and so my commitment, my passion, my dedication to this work has been to upend the thinking around this program and to ensure that we are really and

truly meeting the mission of our program to empower parents, both parents. and to also reconcile the discrepancy between who we are to the parent receiving the child support and who we are to the parent paying the child support. we recognize that we need to move in different directions. legislation is key to making change in this program. state legislation is key. i can't stay strongly enough. and there is work that needs to be done. first and foremost, we need to be moving all of our collections to the family that needs the money. fathers need to know that when they pay child support their children are getting those resources. secondly, we need to understand that holding parents who are

struggling themselves to a commitment of government owed debt makes no sense. it doesn't help anyone. so we need to move in a different direction. we need the kind of legislation that supports that kind of work. right now the governor has pulled back on the executive orders that were originally carried out may 2020 to ensure that families get paid first. that pulling back now allows the child support program to go back to old thinking and that old thinking means paying the government first. we need to -- we need to be courageous. we need to fight. we need to be strong. and we need to say, no, we want and need everything that we get

from parents to go to their children. so, we will continue to work with our parents in san francisco. we will work with each and every parent that comes to us. and we will provide them with the kind of relief they need to be able to maintain themselves. there is also legislation coming forward by senator skinner that is looking at those parents who are paying government-owed debt with federal dollars. social security. veterans benefits. things of that nature. so we've got momentum. we've got the drive. we've got the passion. we just need to move forward. thank you for the questions. >> chair haney: thank you. and thank you for your work and for this update and we appreciate it. and i don't have any further

questions. i appreciate you addressing the principles and questions that i put forward as well. colleagues, not seeing any additional questions or comments, we can let the director go. and this is our last -- you are the last. i think we heard seven. we still have a few to go. >> you saved the best for last. >> chair haney: that's right, exactly, exactly. thank you so much for your work and time. >> and thank you for your work and have a wonderful evening, everyone. >> chair haney: all right. madame clerk? i think we are ready for public comment. >> checking to see if there are callers in the queue. members in the public who wish to provide public comment press 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, are there any callers who wish to comment on

items 1 and 2? >> yes. we have 11 callers in the queue. >> thank you. please unmute the first caller. each caller has one minute to speak. >> hi. family resource center, a network of 26 to furthering equity and justice even more families in need to have additional funding including repaying staff to meet demands. and 1.1 million in person programming. jointly funded by the at about $750 city funding.

the [indiscernible] -- invest more to opportunity response to -- unique opportunity to re-imagine support with the infusion of the recovery fund you can invest in the family centered communities. unique funding available to sustain the service and be a foundation of the community service to work together to afford coverage for all families. >> next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. so much talk about equity. there is a department receiving a billion dollars in five to six years that is cheating you and cheating the public. it is not living up to its motto, free and equal access. that's the library. you can change this materially at little to no cost, insist on and specifically allocate funding for three things. first, insist that the library publicize the availability of

telephone access. insist that the library study its users and services with an evaluation of accessibility of each through a public process. and third, insist that the library communicate with its postal mailing list on an equal basis with its e-mail list. this is peter warfield, executive director library users association, library users 2004. we have sent you a letter about this. thank you very much. >> thank you for the comments. next speaker, please. >> hi. am i on? supervisor haney for your patience and wisdom to make sure we do not balance the budget on the backs of our youngest children. there are two things i want to highlight. [please stand by]

>> hello, caller? can circle back to this caller and take the next one. >> hello? >> welcome. please proceed.

>> hello? >> hello. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language]

[speaking foreign language] thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. i wanted to note that our translators are no longer available. however, everyone is welcome to call in and speak. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is april young and i am a mother of three and a member of parent voices. i am also an essential worker providing care for disabled persons and seniors.

all children deserve the best care probably -- possible. early childhood education is the best time in children's lives. they will learn to interact with others and build skills. our children are growing and deserve access to premium childcare that will provide a safe and nurturing environment. we want to build strong families and help economic independence. i have dedicated endless hours, connected -- collected signatures and make sure these things are passed. we are asking that you honoured the funding priorities, serve children off the waiting list, and build the capacity to build it as fast as possible. our children cannot wait. workforce conversation and our teachers serve higher income families earnings within the 200,000 -- 200% of area median income, invest in services that the ports -- support support

emotional development, and leslie, reinstate the cut of 900,0004 childcare resource and referrals. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please hello, speaker. welcome. >> there are 16 callers in the queue. can we please have the next caller?

>> hello. i am a member of parent voices for san francisco and the mother of a 4-year-old who is waiting on the childcare waitlists. i'm a mother of a 5-year-old with special needs that never benefited from childcare and started kindergarten but now is academically behind. i know what would have been a family -- family resource center would have helped him and i would have avoided a lot of heart aches that i have had. however, i am still in the need of childcare so i can go back to work and contribute to the economy and help my family. i strongly believe that education is essential and is needed and all children should get support services to thrive. i am asking for the restoration of $900,000 for the referral services to fund for child care. all children should be served and an increase of childcare providers and a workforce consultation needs to be increased.

and there are families who are middle income, but within 200% of the median income. lastly, investing in social, emotional, mental and developmental services from birth to however is needed. it is very essential. >> the speaker time -- the speaker's time has finished. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i am a policy manager. it was one of the original cosponsors for prop c. we ask you please fully fund the oversight committee's budget proposal after conducting 17 community listening sessions. the oversight committee recommendations truly represent what san franciscans voted for in november 2018. of these recommendations, there are several vital programmes in a's proposed budget that remain unfunded in favor of other requests that were not part of

the vision of the voters. the guidelines are clear, as were the voters. that covenant must not be broken. please preserve the flexibility and intention of the fund and respect the oversight committee proposal that was developed through an extensive community process. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. i work for larkin street youth services. i am excited by the incredible opportunity that the mayor's budget proposes to address homelessness, including significant expansions of permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing and subsidies, and infrastructure investments to support getting funds out to the community as quickly as possible. still, there are gaps. some of which surfaced from questions from supervisor preston and ronen. most notably, emergency hotel

vouchers and bridge housing are absent. even though these are interventions that they depend on. emergency hotel vouchers are the only thing to allow people to sleep inside. bridge housing is a critical power way -- pathway. make no mistake. the emergency house vouchers are not the same as short-term hotel stays. and rapid rehousing is not the same as bridge housing. both need to be sustained in order to continue after june 30th. more broadly, though we are grateful to see the investments are pay are going up and represent 10% of the total -- >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is betty. i am a senior -- i am with senior disability action. we know so many seniors and people with disabilities you cannot afford the so-called affordable housing that has been offered to them. they need deeply affordable

housing. we are asking for two rental subsidies. the first one is $3 million for need-based rental subsidies. this will provide 300 housing subsidies for seniors and people with disabilities at risk of homelessness because of a rent increase. the second one is $3 million for senior operating subsidies. this would provide additional units of deeply affordable senior housing for seniors living in senior housing. it would allow seniors on s.f. i and social security to afford rent. so many of the seniors who are low income cannot afford the affordable housing that the city is offering them. please consider these subsidies that we are asking for. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening.

i work at the san francisco public library. i'm asking for your help to keep our libraries safe. staff have been berated, curse that, spat on and physically hit. patrons have been attacked also. we are advised to call 911 when patrons are threatened, but having trained on-site personnel, building and grounds per patrol officers to respond immediately and to de-escalate situations would be preferable to involving the police and potentially escalating an already intense situation. most of these do not have on-site security support. if safety is truly a priority, please support funding to have security staff for each of the branch locations. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please.

welcome. >> hello. >> hello. >> my name is maria. i am a member with our voices of san francisco. i am a mother and a community advocate. i am calling and i want to say i am supporting an honor -- [indiscernible] there are many kids on the waitlists. [indiscernible] it needs to be adequate for the cost of living in san francisco. it is more than 200% of the area with median income. we should also -- [indiscernible]

they are the ones that provide the services for our families. please allocate the funding. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> hello, supervisors. i am calling tonight to address additional security support at library branches. earlier today, the city librarian mentioned the need for sheriff his for severe and moderate incidents at the main. we front line staff at the branches have to deal with the same incidents as well. but only a handful of branches have dedicated security. when something goes down, it's like being blindsided quick, disturbing, scary. let's be clear, incidents happen at the branches, not just the

main. so what is the solution? additional staffing of our buildings and grounds prefer -- patrol officers. they know how to de-escalate. they have the training. supervisors, please escalate this request. we desperately need it. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is jessica. i live in the neighborhood of the tenderloin. i'm asking you to fund the budget proposal because we are trying to find solutions to homelessness. i'm also urging the committee to -- [indiscernible] i'm also urging you to have vouchers for homeless domestic violence survivors to protect them and keep them off the streets and also keep them out

of the way of their abusers. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> thank you, supervisors. i manage a transitional housing programme for homeless people. our youth are supposed to stay with us for one year, but due to covid and other challenges, there stay ended up being several years. this caused something profound. it was intensive support for this time. for many, this was the first time they have ever lived in a stable environment with trusting adults. sadly, the programme i am running is being shut down. this is not our decision nor that of the police service. our disappointment was mitigated when the committee recommended adding bridge housing, which is longer-term intensive transitional housing. this is an opportunity to expand and improve upon the idea of longer-term transitional housing

that young people have clearly identified that they want. it must be part of the spectrum of solutions for youth homelessness. it provides youth the time to make trusting relationships and actualize their dreams. time to reflect and to heal and move forward. with this length of time, youth will not only see their future -- >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi. i am the executive director of larkin street youth services. i would like to associate my comments with karen, with elsa, and with others and super thank all of you, all of the supervisors for making it through this very long day. thank you for supporting all of our request and including additional infrastructure. i want to focus on the needs of

young people and teenagers. who i am worried are not getting the support they need in order to succeed and address the learning loss that they have. we know that young people without a high school diploma are highly likely to become homeless and they are 70% people of color, young people of color. there is not enough attention being focused on addressing high schoolers and young adults who have learning loss, were not in school, do not have stable places to live. please focus attention on expanding funding and resources for young people who are not housed or unstable he housed in addressing the learning loss and the impact -- >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> next speaker, please.

>> hello, caller. >> hello. i am with tipping point communities. we would like to express support for the department of homelessness and supportive housing's budget request. the many additional financial resources flowing into the city to address homelessness have given us an extraordinary opportunity. they are also challenging us to rise to the occasion to make use of these resources, some of them time-limited, the response system needs to perform at a pace far greater than it has previously been asked to do. if it doesn't, we lose resources. and neighbours who could have moved into homes will continue to suffer from homelessness. now is the time to maintain, and when possible, insert as much capacity, especially human capital, into the system as we possibly can. as a key player in the system,

we much -- must be operating at an optimal level if we will take full advantage of the opportunity before us. thank you for taking my comment. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i am the director of external affairs and policy at family services. i want to look at the comments of our service partners. i want to advocate to fully fund the committee recommendation. several programmes remain unfunded, which is critical as we enter this new period where we are demobilizing this. it is exciting new investments and longer-term housing creation with emergency intervention such as hotel vouchers. emergency vouchers for pregnant people and families, for young people bridge funding, for young people, which is critical to

fill a central gap during a time when shelters are operating a reduced capacity and pose -- closed within families. other gaps in funding, fully funding the recommendations include eliminating the youth specifics. we need accountability and to make sure that these are being allocated appropriately to vulnerable families and young people. currently the chair of the sh -- h.s.h. budget allocated -- >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. stephen courier. i spoke in public comment for item number six. i feel that i ran away with what the department of homelessness and supportive housing in their

two proposals from the mayor for the vehicle triage center. i totally support this. i am the past cochair of the district 11 balboa park upper yard triage center, which we totally supported. the community totally supported and i think -- and i hope the board of supervisors will support that also. i thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> welcome, caller. >> hello? [speaking foreign language]

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>> good evening, supervisors. i am from the san francisco domestic violence consortium. i want to thank you for your time and leadership today and all week and all budget season. i just really want to stress that the gender-based services that san francisco has built over 35 years are effective. they save lives. survivors need them. they are mostly delivered by women of color and agencies are mostly led by people of color. that is also who they serve. san francisco can always do better. we are here to improve. we have saved lives doing this work with domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking and stopping services for years and they continue to get better and better. we are seeing new programmes that are growing organically out of the community. it is a wonderful thing. something to be celebrated.

so while the services are available 24/7, -- >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. there are currently 12 callers in the queue. please take the next caller. >> good evening, supervisors. i am with larkin street youth services. providers are concerned about the lack of investment in mental health services for youth experiencing homelessness at a time when behavioral health needs among transitional age youth are severe and alarming since the pandemic. on-demand therapy and engagement programmes will literally save lives. we critically need funding to get engagement programmes to provide better able services people where they're at and where they need it. people can't successfully sustain housing when they are

suffering with mental and behavioral health or substance use issues. not investing the necessary funding to deploy clinicians where they are desperately needed is setting up vulnerable use for failure. just as necessary for health and success is keeping a job and earning steady income. the needs of these youth are significant and the pandemic has turned the system into chasms. many youth lost their jobs in the last 16 months and it sets them back tremendously in terms of securing and maintaining employment. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. welcome, caller.

perhaps we can circle back to this caller? >> hello. my name is lourdes. i am advocating for childcare. [indiscernible] i was a provider during the pandemic. a volunteer provider. nobody was paying me because the waiting list is so long. i wanted to honor them. especially for children that are on the waiting list. i also am advocating for funding for childcare resources. i am also trying to extend the

programmes for all the children in san francisco who have been isolated during the pandemic of covid-19. we needed resources, we need therapy, we made therapeutic centers. we need spaces for them to be able to talk and express about their frustration. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello? hello? please proceed. >> hello? hello? hello? [speaking foreign language]

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i am the deputy director of the center on juvenile and criminal justice in the cameo house programme. i would like to thank the mayor, the board of supervisors, and the our city, our home committee for their leadership into the homelessness response system. i would also like to thank supervisor walton for his supportive comments to reinstate the population specific funding stream in the proposition c. investment plan. i'm thrilled to see san francisco is at a point where it is recognizing the unique needs of these identified special populations to include homeless mothers and children, gender specific populations and homeless justice involved families. i can't think and recognize this committee enough for being so thoroughly inclusive in their process and in their development of the proposed investment plan. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

welcome. >> good evening. i am here -- and clung to advocate for additional building and ground patrol officers at the san francisco library branches. i need more support. as someone who has worked for the library for almost a decade, i have seen firsthand the impact

that these individuals have had when it comes to supporting and protecting both the public and our staff. let me be clear, our patrons overall are fantastic. however, we do have to deal with some difficult and downright scary situations. i have seen violent altercations between patrons. i have seen staff be threatened and provoked. myself included. one of the most frightening experiences of mind was one a patron was stalking at my branch for over two weeks. you'd come in and ask for me by name and even threatened me that he would wait for me outside of the branch after we closed. we did not have security on-site at the time. so whenever we call the main hub do have someone sent out be , because of the delay, he would leave before they came to the branch. many times he later arrived after security had left. we even once called the police but we were told they would not be able to make it out. it was not only a negative experience for me, but for my

coworkers as well, as his presence was unnerving and he was a problematic patron known in the system. >> the speaker's time is elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i'm here to ask for additional security at library branches. i have worked here for seven years. a few weeks ago, my branch was terrorized by someone who caused extension of -- extensive property damage during vandalism at our branch. there has never been an officer present for any of these incidents. during the recent one, staff members were visibly shaken when he descended upon them without any context, yelling violently and knocking over everything on display. colleagues close the doors and called the police. as they transition after services, these officers are needed as a critical safety and racial equity issue. two thirds of our branches have no security.

frontline staff identify members of the community or are at heightened risk of being targeted based on their race or gender identity. they are trained in skills and de-escalation. sometimes there are violently scary incidents. the only alternative is to call the police and community members. continue to rely heavily on police response runs counter to our principles and goals for 2021 and beyond. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. i am late to this meeting because i spent the afternoon trying to find ways to support our murdered brother he was forced to live on street.

and his name, i ask you to provide housing. we ask for the housing. there was 5,000 hotel rooms, federal money, state money, and we kept getting a blank, no more space with 5,000 hotel rooms. so support for folks on the street, it's a maddening experience. it is a trauma. i am asking you to respect the people's recommendations and the oversight body recommendations that they be implemented in full with behavioral health support and shelters, hotel vouchers and pregnant families. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. [indiscernible]

>> hello, caller. >> hello? perhaps we can circle back and take the next. thank you. >> hello. i am calling in regards to director brent who was in charge of h.s.a. in regards to the food distribution. i have been able to provide 17,000 food boxes and the major complaint with the population,

which is the majority senior citizens, the average age of 65, is they don't want to plan the programming for food deliveries to their home because of the immigration issues. we need to serve the underserved. the ones that do not fill out the forms, that do not want to be on anybody's list. we need to make sure we service those populations. we need to ensure there is money reserved for them. in regards to the education -- the early ed educational pieces of the agenda, we need to make sure that they get a raise. we haven't had one since 2015.

>> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is ashley. i'm calling to support for low income housing. a lot of people -- a lot of families can't pay for their rent because it's too much. and even if they have two jobs, they try to pay their bills and the rent and isn't enough. some families have to live on the streets because they can't pay for their rent or they get kicked out of where they live. they go to shelters. if you guys could please help us and make more low income housing, please and thank you. there are six callers in the queue. there are 31 listening. members of the public who want to speak, please wait until you have been on muted.

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[speaking foreign language]. >> next caller, please. >> hello, can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you. >> hello. i am a district nine resident. i worked at a high school in the excelsior district for the past 10 years. a lot of our families were already food insecure before the pandemic hit, and as the pandemic hit, a lot of us have moved from teaching in a classroom to delivering food to families' houses. we have been delivering to hundreds of people every week for the past year and this problem existed for the

pandemic. i think that what we need to do is allocate resources that will allow families to receive produce that is healthy, good for us and boosts up our immune system as a concrete way to improve all of our immunities and improve all of our health. there are already organizations that have stepped up and individuals who have stepped up to do that. the process of asking everybody for an r.f.p. >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello? >> welcome, caller. >> good afternoon. i am the president of the service chapter. we represent the fine arts museum and asian art museum. i am asking for the supervisors' support tonight with making sure that we maintain and increase

the number of security officers that we need to maintain safety of the public, the property and the artwork. one thing that miss sarah didn't talk about is the fact that they are opening a new place. they haven't accounted for staffing in this space. that is a major concern for us. at the fine arts museum, we are currently short six full-time employees. they haven't hired anybody and we have been doing major work all the time. as well as running through on-call as needed per diem officers. we need to get those spaces filled. we have been reducing -- they have been reducing a number of officers over the years. we need to go back to the original number -- original number of 73 officers. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. [indiscernible]

>> hello? >> please speak. >> can you all hear me? >> yes. >> hello? >> i am a chinatown artist. i grew up in a single occupancy and i am doing work right now in chinatown to really tell my story. i want to encourage the board to advocate for families to support prop see. i have been hearing so many families -- the many stories and i know how hard it is. we have three sons who are all in elementary, middle, and high school. no one has their bed. there are three people who have one section of a bunk bed. in the pandemic everyone is living in fear right now and in worries of getting exposed to covid-19.

i really want you all to hear our stories and no that this is not dignified housing. we really deserve stable and dignified housing for our families. we have multi- generations living in single room occupancy. >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i am an employee of the public library and i'm calling to advocate for additional security support at our branches. staff and patrons alike deal with terrifying situations, threats, stocking, hate based comments and much more. we have endured this behavior and been forced to deal with the trauma alone while simultaneously serving the public. it has caused daily fear, anxiety and low morale. at my branch when he finally got

a dedicated security guard trained in compassionate de-escalation, you made a world of difference. we felt safer, how fear -- happier, and more supported and valued. we are in danger of having security removed at a time with security colleagues' expertise is needed. please, please support the staff and patrons with an increased building and grounds officer position. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. i live in the tenderloin community. i'm calling to ask for you to fully fund the oversight committee budget proposal to fund real permanent solutions for homelessness. prop see is a people's initiative. please respect this community process. we need to restore 200 units of adult housing subsidies. we desperately need pathways for

people to get off the streets and stay off the streets. this process will give us a permanent solution to addressing homelessness as people get back on their feet. thank you so much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is mary thomas. i live in the o.m.i., district 11. ima family childcare provider and i have worked for unified school district. i have been in early education for 40 years. we went out and we were trying to make sure that prop see -- that early educators and all the educators are properly paid for helping other families to make sure -- [indiscernible] as a provider we had to go out and let other providers know that they were supposed to be

closed, that they were continually working. that is what we do. we work and take care families. we will like you to continue to respect the voters that voted for prop see. thank you and i appreciate your time. >> thank you for your comments. there are five collars left in the queue. if you have already called in and would like to comment on these items, please dial start three now to line up to speak. next caller, please. >> hello. [speaking spanish]

[speaking spanish] >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is ian. i live in the lower hate. i work with the coalition on homelessness and i'm calling to ask the board of supervisors fully fund the oversight committee's budget proposal. i the privilege of helping to facilitate the process by which the budget proposals were made. this included a 17 listening session with over 800 community members. i was part of a listening session with over 50 homeless families. i was part of a listening session where clyde was able to collect input and dozens of

homeless folks living on the street. these are the people, this was the community that got on the ballot and got it past. i'm calling in today to ask the board of supervisors recommend and respect their proposal. i know that many of those families have called in tonight. not all have been able to have their comments interpreted. they have made their voices heard here. i'm asking for the board to respect those recommendations. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is gabriel. i live in district two. i am also calling to ask you to fully fund the oversight committee's budget proposal. and find real permanent solutions to homelessness. it was a great grassroots initiative. it was built for a local

community and democratic process. we need to restore the 200 units of adult housing subsidies we need pathways for people to get off the streets and stay off the streets. this restoration process would give us a permanent solution in addressing homelessness as people get back on their feet. the homeless use and the san francisco street. we demand 50 units. we call for the restoration of the 12th family housing subsidies. the speaker's time as elapsed -- has elapsed.

>> hello? >> welcome. can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you. >> hello. we live in the mission district and i am calling to ask for help to build more sustainable and low income housing. i am asking that the supervisors please honor the committee and that we need real solutions for public housing. there are a lot of families who have been left without a home.

we desperately need your help. thank you. >> there are five callers left in the queue. >> props he is a people's initiative. respect the proposal. they made their voices heard that housing is the lifeline of the family and community supply. please restore the 200 units of adult housing subsidies for people not in hotels.

and in honor of our day labourer who passed away this week, we ask that you create pathways to permit and exit so people can permanently exit homelessness and let's remember who was hardest hit with this pandemic. let's not forget the immigrant and latin x community for essential workers who have been at the front lines of the pandemic. please prioritize their recovery and their resilience that they have for our city and our community. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hey, my favourite people. this is patty. i want to say we have found a beautiful way to support families in district 11. families deserve to be supported in ways that leave them feeling loved and cared for by their schools and neighborhoods. delivering food and basic needs like diapers and p.p.e. are

helping them access resources in a way that isn't -- that is in service of being part of a school with no sign-up required, no idea -- no i.d. we love you and we want to support you. let me tell you that we have offered this service to many people. people have opted out because they aren't in need. a lot has kept it going. a gallon of milk goes along way. i have worked in schools for over 20 years. you have no idea how many times a couple of groceries goes a long way and it's super helpful. district 11 has four high schools. we do it all in service of our neighborhood. i ask that you support the task force and their services and keep thinking of ways -- >> thank you for your comments. there are three callers left in the queue. as a final reminder, if you wish to provide your comments on item number one and two, press start

three to be added to the queue. next caller, please. >> hello. my name is darlene. i live in the richmond district. we want to find permanent solutions to homelessness. this is very people intensive. please respect this proposal to build a committee proposal. as a stay-at-home order -- [indiscernible] they were often times forced to stay at home with their abusers

with nowhere to go but the streets. we must implement the funding of hotel vouchers for homelessness, domestic violence supervisors to protect them. >> the speaker's time has elapsed. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, board of supervisors and community members. i am a member of parent voices. i'm calling today to add my voice to many other voices to ask you today to increase protections for our teachers and our providers, invest in our services that support the physical and emotional development of children, on her the funding priorities, and last but not least, reinstate 900,000 for child care resources.

i chose to steer my story today because childcare has made my life easier. and then i not only was able to work or study, i was just overwhelmed all the time from trying to find childcare. i was -- [indiscernible] >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. i am a senior community organizer from the chinatown community center. i would like to speak on behalf of them. we hope the supervisors support props see funding allocation. no one wants to live in these

units. you can't even imagine these spaces. our families have no choices. there is no place for them to even put a tv or table. where do they eat or where did they study? it's all in their beds. there's note for kids to learn and play. they applied for affordable housing for many, many times. either the income is not qualified or the lottery number is over 2,000. where can they find permanent housing? this funding is very important for them. i know this is not a guarantee, but at least it's a chance for them and they hope for them to move out of s.r.o. units. please support this funding and make our s.r.o. family live there american dreams. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

welcome, caller. hello? are there any other callers in the queue? >> we have no more callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> thank you. public comment is closed. thank you everyone for calling in. let's see. i want to move continue items one and two to the june 17th budget and appropriations committee meeting. is there a second? >> second. >> second.

>> seconded by supervisor walton. [roll call] there are five wet. >> item number 10 is ordinance appropriating 13.3 million from property tax meeting -- revenue to community involvement for rent relief under the rent resolution and relief fund and appropriating $13.3 million for the acquisition, creation and acquisition of a full affordable housing under the fund and fiscal is years 2020-2021. they should call in.

if you would like to call and provide public comment. welcome, supervisor preston. >> thank you, chair haney and committee members. i know the hour is late and you all have been at this all day. i want to thank you for agreeing to hear this item on your busy agenda today. this was introduced in may following the publication of the controllers' nine-month budget update, which showed higher than expected revenues from prop i've. the intention at the time was to allocate the unanticipated revenue in the current fiscal

year to the programmes understood by san francisco voters to be funded by popeye, namely rent relief and permanently affordable social housing. today i am requesting amendments that have been circulated to committee members before this hearing to update the legislation to include the latest projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year. in brief, the reamendments are as follows to change the source of the funds and the full amount of funds from property taxes to fiscal cliff reserves and to change the total amount from $26.7 million to $128.3 million to reflect the projected amount of revenue from prop live for the upcoming fiscal year after the baseline allocations. colleagues, i do not take the step of requesting this amendment and these funds from reserve slightly. it is unfortunate that we are in

this situation. the voters overwhelmingly passed prop i. there is an urgent need for these funds. san franciscans will lose their homes, face debt collectors, lawsuits and bankruptcy and have no opportunity for stable housing without this allocation. we learned at the budget hearing earlier this week that the mayor's budget includes no city funds for covid rent relief to meet the need that is not met by the federal funds which we know will be insufficient. we also learned the budget includes no money for the housing stability fund and completely leaves key social housing strategies. a's budget has $0 to create new

limited equity co-ops. zero dollars to create new community land trusts, and $0 for municipal housing, despite the overwhelming support for proposition k., the social housing measure, which gathered more votes at the ballot than any other local ballot measure last year. san franciscans would want this. but right now, it is not something that proposed budget delivers. there are immediate opportunities to require affordable social housing that will be missed if we do not act decisively. colleagues, we need rent relief and we need affordable social housing as part of our recovery and covert response. it's certainly not my first choice to ask for reserve dollars for these purposes and i'm deeply disappointed with the main -- that the mayor to not allocate any money in her budget to these purposes. we cannot turn our backs on san franciscans in need when we have the funds available. i asked today for your support in amending the file to address these pressing needs and to

fulfill the promises that this board made unanimously to voters. if amended, i am affianced that the amendment would be substantive. i also request the item, as amended, be continued to be heard at the budget hearing one week from today on june 23rd. thank you very much. i very much appreciate you hearing this item after such a long day. >> thank you. colleagues, questions or comments? >> thank you. one of the things, and supervisor preston, i appreciate your continued advocacy for rent relief, i know we have worked on allocating and working on those funds here collectively.

i appreciate your hard work there. and then we did do some, in the end of the year, the budget surplus was allocated. we allocated an amount to that rent relief and in housing stability. can you remind me what those numbers were? >> yeah. they totalled just over $20 million. it was the first amount that came in after prop i took effect january 1st and then it was just over 10 million to each of those two purposes. >> that 10 million is still there in each of those funds. correct? >> that is right. >> okay. so for 10 million in city funding allocated for rent relief, let's just talk about that first. and then we have gotten close to, and all the different stimulus packages, close to another 80 or 90 million. it puts us around 100 million for rent relief.

i guess what i would say, and just respectfully, i think it is harder to anticipate, and i get the premise, and your argument that you made the argument that you are going under the premise that these are the two buckets, but ultimately, it was not a dedicated tact. this sets up the situation. we do have 100 million. i'm not sure yet because the money hasn't started to get allocated. the money hasn't started to get into people's hands yet. although it is in great need. a lot of applications are in there. it is harder for me to have the conversation about supplemental requests in the context of finishing this budget now without knowing how quickly we will go through that 100 million for rent relief, for example.

that would be my reservation to do anything out of the reserve. i know that we have around 700 or 800 million on reserve. i don't think i can recall anything of that magnitude coming out of the reserve. i understand why you are doing and i understand what the premise is. it is harder to make that move until -- or even have that conversation until we know exactly how quickly and how much utilization there will be, although we are protecting it to be significant with regard to rent relief. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> you can respond to that if you like. >> thank you. through the chair, i appreciate the comments and i appreciate your support for the original supplemental that you referenced at the request of -- the reason

it hasn't been spent was to have it coincide with getting the first batch of federal money out the door. all that is happening now. the applications are in. we are holding a hearing this friday where they will support about the status of applications. i just want to round you in the reality around the extent of the need. the b.l.a. report, which looked at the first expense of the pandemic only. if found, at the low-end, $801 million in unpaid background. and at the height, 196. we have had nine months since then. so even being conservative and doubling those figures, and i hear you.

these are $90 million from the federal government to address rent relief. it is serious money. it will offer and then norma his amount of relief. these approach a significant fraction of the rent over this period. we will get more clarity if the committee were to adopt the amendments. with they will come back next week. i think it is a pretty safe bet that even with these additional funds, we will not be in a position to meet all of the need. we will still need more federal relief. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you. just a good timing question.

when can we expect an estimate of the actual need? >> we have asked them their estimate. we have the b.l.a. report. it is the best san francisco data that we have. there is also the data on -- there was an initial round with gifted s.f. those folks are reapplying. we're hoping to get that clarity through our hearing on friday. >> no one has an exact number. not everyone likes to be surveyed. we should be in a position -- it will still be a arrange. i don't want to promise that there will be an exact figure, but we should have a range. what we have is the best study. it looked at broad industry

data, but also at what was being reported by the department situation and the first six months with the range that i mentioned. we should have more information after friday. >> thank you. >> thank you. run thing that i failed to ask the department of supportive housing, is how much of the rental assistance money will serve the same population that this rental assistance money might serve. to have a sense of that? is that something you will explore in the hearing on friday? >> i am not sure i am clear on how much -- which programme?

this is been -- the prevention funds that h.s.h. has in the budget. the rental subsidy, et cetera. i am just trying to get a sense of, you know, the whole amount of money that we currently have in the budget for rental assistance because of the so many various needs and trying to figure it all out together. i am wondering if we know that piece. i meant to asked h.s.a. and i forgot. i'm wondering if you've a sense of that and if you could maybe find out on friday during your hearing. >> absolutely. thank you. i appreciate the clarification. i misunderstood your question. my understanding is that the rental subsidy programmes that are in the budget are looking forward. and i think one of the things

that is so important about prop i and all of our collective efforts is it is the only source other than this federal money of rent debt relief. for the subsidy programme, at least the ones that i heard h.s.h. talking about in their presentation, they are forward-looking programmes. they will not look back. i will confirm that to make sure. i think it is an excellent question. >> i've got it. >> okay. i want to prevent homelessness and displacement of every single person who has suffered because of the pandemic. i am a huge fan and was a huge supporter of prop i.

there are so many competing views in this budget. i want to fully understand them all. i can support this today with a caveat that i need to look at the full picture and understand all the competing needs and talking to the controller, what is the responsible amount of money to remove from these reserves given the budget situation going into the future. i agree that the amount of money in that reserve right now is very conservative and the needs that we have right now stemming from the pandemic are urgent and now. if we don't act now, than the ramifications in the future are potentially more expensive and more devastating. i just don't know what that full picture looks like.

that is my caveat tonight. i support this amendment that i need to look at the budget as a whole and make these decisions together. i have never seen a budget supplemental go at the same time as the budget. so i'm just trying to figure this all out as we go along and i want to put that out there. again, thank you for all your incredible work on prop i and preventing displacement of our residents that are in dire straits. >> thank you. if i could just comment, i think one of the purposes of having this amendment is to avoid the very competition for resources in the budget that i thank you have outlined. so that is very much in the spirit of why we are doing this and i have been assured that we

are not crossing any lines in terms of the extent of reserves that would be available. obviously it's a policy choice, ultimately, as to how much of the reserves we use. i think we are well within what is allowable. supervisor mark? >> thank you. thank you to supervisor preston for your leadership on prop i and rent relief and social housing. i agree with you that the budget, the new budget should reflect the need around rent relief and should include some significant new funding for social housing. i also agree it makes sense to go by and follow the policy that the board set on allocation or prop i in the guideline.

i think, like others and my colleagues on the committee, i'm still struggling with the complicated decisions that we are making right now around the budget and how this important proposal that you are bringing forward fits in. i guess i am still struggling with this. i am supportive of your goal of increasing funding in the budget for rent relief and social housing. thank you. >> before we take any actions, can we open this up for public comment. >> yes. are there any callers in the queue?

are there any callers who wish to comment? >> we have four callers in the queue. >> thank you. please unmute the first caller. >> good evening, supervisors. thank you for considering this item. i was a co-author trying to pass prop i. so much opposition for corporate interest. the mere's budget does not allocate funding for social housing and rent relief. i hope you'll consider this from the covid reserve to make sure voter intent is respected. using this for covid rent relief should be a no-brainer. a supervisor press skin mentioned, they estimated that there will be 32 million per month of unpaid rent due to covid. they are not being fully utilized due to lack of outreach. and it also gives us a dedicated

funding stream to build permanently affordable social housing. it can go towards funding community land trust and co-ops and lay the groundwork for municipal social housing programmes to start the guarantee and entitle at the same way that we do for public schools and public transit. i hope you will vote yes on item number 10 today. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good evening, supervisors. for the record, i am not speaking on youth commission time. i'm speaking on my own behalf and my personal behalf. i want to call in to urge you to support this supplemental appropriation for the rent relief and social housing with the proposed amendment to effectively use the covid reserves to cover the mayor's decision to completely ignore

this and not fund the intended uses of prop i. it was passed on the premise of. i want to echo everything that was just said and to put this in perspective, i find it deeply disheartening that in the same budget that we have immediately pressing needs, this is another budget were every single law enforcement budget this year is getting additional general fund support. this is a general fund that is being supplemented and saved by measures by prop i. it's deeply concerning to me -- >> the speaker's time is up. >> thank you for your comment. next speaker, please. >> chair haney and members of the committee, im with chinatown c.d.c. we believe it is appropriate for the city to utilize the covid reserve to extend rent relief to help all

at-risk san franciscans. we see a critical need for the proposal to protect our housing stock and small businesses from distress sales and real estate speculation. an essential part of such protection is to fund acquisitions for preservation and for new affordable development. without securing the land before us, the city cannot protect our cherished neighborhoods while also fostering inclusive housing strategies, including co-op rentals, equity ownership, and family and senior housing. it needs to be mobilized before it's too late to help you proactively create an equitable recovery. this proposal addresses that need. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> what is the length of time to speak? >> one minute. >> hi. i am mitchell with the affordable housing alliance. this proposition was put on the ballot to raise revenue to address two particular

problems. the board of supervisors passed the resolution resolving how to spend this money. it was passed unanimously. the mayor let the resolution go into effect by allowing it to go into effect. we want to raise revenue of putting this on the ballot, and then trailed by the board of supervisors resolution as to what those purposes go through, we need to keep our promises to the voters. anything else is a bait and switch. i would urge you to find a way to spend the money that has been raised by proposition i for the purposes that you and the rest of us said we were going to do. thank you. >> next caller please.

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>> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hello. i live in sunnyside. i'm also calling to ask you to support the appropriation to draw on the covid reserve funds to fund this. i have been volunteering with the neighborhood group to call renters and connect them with rent relief programmes. it is clear there is a need for programmes. they are not being utilized properly. the harsh reality is that san francisco tenants have as much as $32 million per month due to covid. and we have had a pandemic for 15 months. there could be as much as $480 million in total unpaid rent debt. we need as much of this funding is possible to go towards this

purpose, as well as long-term infrastructure for social affordable housing. please support this item and ensure that these tenants will be able to remain housed. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. are there any other callers in the queue? >> there are no more callers in the queue. >> thank you. >> thank you. public comment is now closed. i just wanted to say a couple quick things. i definitely appreciate your leadership, supervisor preston, and everyone who is there with you. we strongly supported and have been very disappointed that the mayor did not honor the voters' wishes and our wishes when it came to her budget. i will say that we have very important responsibilities right now to come to an agreement and passed the budget that is in front of us. that is our overwhelming responsibility over the next few weeks.

i echo my colleagues' questions about the level of funding and what is needed and making sure we have the appropriate level, learning from the hearing that we will have on friday will be very important, and then figuring out the right timing for this. if it is pulled from the reserve, it is not something that will have to happen the same time that we passed the budget. if the need is there, i do think it's something that has to happen. so i think that we should consider that and explore many of the questions that folks have brought up in the committee. the other thing that i do want to make clear is because of the mayor's budget proposal, we don't have a covid reserve anymore. they're calling it the fiscal reserve. essentially what that is is $290 million to offset what will be a fiscal adjustment in two years. we are spending all this money in the next two years with one

time funds that we got from the federal government. and two years, if we don't have additional revenue, in this case, in the reserves, we will have to face major cuts and layoffs. what we have in front of us, the amendments that we are taking, would take over half of that now. i want to make sure we're clear to people know what the choices are. we may very well move forward with that. it needs further consideration and that we actually fund the need that is there. with that, i will make a motion to move the amendment that supervisor preston has. if we could have a second on that? >> second. >> seconded by president walton. roll call vote, please. [roll call]

there are five wet. >> now i will make a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. is there a second? >> seconded by president walton. roll call, please. [roll call] there are five wet. >> great. this will be continued to the call of the chair and we will bring it back to committee and have it voted on here. thank you, supervisor preston. madame clerk, are there any other items in front of us? >> there is no further business. >> great. this meeting is adjourned. thank you, everyone. good night. >> good night.

>> chair haney: this is the june 16, 2021 meeting of the budget and appropriations meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes, mr. chair. members of the committee will participate via