college for the present time to take classes and jobs. i urge you to do whatever you can to preserve city college. (please stand by...)

francisco general is the mission of training. public student has access to a public library, the nurse and a host of other programs out ñ?ñ? be una. time for san francisco to makea. the same investment in his canadian colleges as k-12 schools. without it, see schools will continue to move from crisis to crisis and ultimately failed to meet the needs of the franciscans. this needs a local solution. >> hi i'm doctor deborah garfinkel. i'm a san francisco resident in a community college and structure. this is my city college of story. i've always wanted to be a filmmaker, city colleges where i've been making this dream a reality since 2018. the faculty and staff are treasure working on helping us with layoff year after year. for the low income students in my program the cuts have been

devastating. see cfs was not just their best option, it was their only option. we have set them up for failure for not fulfilling their promises to them to fund these programs. other vital professional programs including nursing and culinary which serve underserved populations like dsl, have under assault we need in the most. the funding is there and the administration's dire actions have proof right illusory. the city college represents that block receipt of the liberal demonstrators whose only purpose is to cripple the vital community institution that is the lifeline of opportunity and access and asea segregation. ccsf changes lives every day. it i've seen it myself. represents the best of what san francisco can achieve. it's galling to see that this budget has decreased every year by the educational and social programs that can make a real impact for making san francisco

mortgage site, just and equitable have been slashed. calling on the mayor and the board of supervisors to stop the/and burn and start sustaining, fund our city. thank you. my name is doctor patricia nunley, my african-american ancestors learned how to make do to survive. while this is 2021, it is still a rarity to be full-time black faculty mentor at see cfs. that almost change the semester. i am with those who don't know how to make sense with financial clips. even with a doctor i do not understand the magical budget, i do understand that my black presence dcfs and the related work of valleys of all caller allow us to save the nation's oldest african-american studies department and we also

identified potential donors to health department. i can proudly say that we secured the city of san francisco grant for community-based research institute. like my ancestors, we used a little to make much. give us more. control the process and watch us. [inaudible] but go to the next level. >> hi my name is gilbert chen, i am a part-time instructor with the transitional studies department at city college. since 2018, i love my job i love city college and i love the students i teach. it gives me the highest honor and the deepest joy to serve the city into serve the students that need the help and in developing their critical thinking skills, reading comprehension and their writing skills. they need that to transition to

the next level in their lives. i too attended city college years ago and that helped me to transition to the next stage in myfñ?ñ?ñ life, to transfer and n become a teacher in history and social studies. i am so grateful and now it is my turn to continue to help serve those in need developing those to develop the skills they need next in life. i ask that you continue to fund adequately this amazing institution to keep our city, our lives well. >> finally semester and my city college story today is a very quick history lesson about california's higher education. which is to say that our system was created to serve the top 12 and a half% of students. the csu system of the top one third of students community colleges work for everyone who

could benefit from instruction. you might say the top 100% of students are here and should have community college available to them. to this the state has really abdicated their responsibility of keeping their community and their community colleges. >> thank you and just so you know each speaker is only allowed to speak one time and 41 minutes. you're not allowed to speak more than once and thank you very much. at this time we have 91 people listening and 76 colors in line to speak. we have the next caller pleasev? >> hello board of supervisors my name is dan gala and we have recorded one minute comments from three or four program participants in favor of bridge

housing. i was wondering if i could play to this now? >> thank you. i believe we are cuing those up restarting those momentarily. >> i don't believe the submission went through so i was just going to them on my end. >> i do not believe that is a possibility at this time. there was a requirement they were submitted or be submitted prior to the meeting. i don't think you'll be able to play it from your end. >> i was a student incident. >> please proceed. >> with implementation of governmental programs about things that are actually giving

these people an opportunity to be housed up. there's more that comes with being housed up. the register and you have to ever since you are a child. having the option to go further defining or not they get accepted, this is really completely ineffective. at the same time it is giving that an opportunity it is unreal, it's a false sense of expectation and hope. honestly, nobody can really do that in the year unless they are dedicated. people in that life and style they don't have that hope and dedication yet. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you, having scholar please. >> hello can you hear me?

>> yes we can hear you please proceed. >> hello my name is and work a terrace of the third, i am program manager of youth leadership which serves transitional age youth, also known as ta ke, experiencing homelessness. located in the tenderloin and district six, we will be playing a video from youth client and staff you are advocating for more specific long-term housing, more accessible mental health services, as well as sustainable employment opportunities. we thank you for your time and support for the specific funding and resources people experiencing homelessness. please cue the vertigo. >> hello i'm a resident of district six and i often experience homelessness and have since age 17 until now. i'm now 21. i went up going down the wrong

path growing up and. [inaudible] boys and girls club, programs that keep them out of the streets, thank you for listening. >> i live in district sticks and i would really like to ask the council for more financial support so we can start giving back to our community. [inaudible] weaned an opportunity to have our voices heard on a higher form that will give us advantages to expand and greater demand. have a good day. >> my name is ikea and i will be representing i'm a resident of district six. i've been there for 30 days and i've experience homelessness for five years. i would love to see more funding and services for adults on iep's

and i do feel that i've been discriminated against because of my disability. i should not feel ashamed to tell my employer what's going on. thank you for my call. >> hello i'm advocating for my friend angeline.wzñ?ñ? as a a resident district six and i want to start by thanking the board of supervisors and the mayor for helping servicing youth and homelessness. no no i urge the board to expand her opportunity with housing and currently with our homeless. [inaudible] and helping them for goals move forward with their lives. we met5sñ?ñ?ñ my name is britnen i work and live in san francisco and i live in district eight. program director and i'm speaking today to say that it is essential to fund hotel

vouchers, our university hotel vouchers for people experiencing homelessness. they don't have a safe place to sleep and i there's no way for them to meet educational goals. i would also love it if we could continue to increase funding for educational employment programs for traditionally underage youth. >> hello i chair the fundraising activities for the san francisco uprising act to raise. this message is for the san francisco board of supervisors with a request that as you are looking at the upcoming city budget, please fully invest in our young people who are homeless or who at at a risk for homelessness. here are some things that you should consider, flexible housing vouchers as an option to give young people immediate access to)iñ?ñ? a safe place to. more transitional or bridge housing as a pathway to something more permanent. more clinicians and shelter and drop in settings to support their very crucial behavioral health needs. deeper investments in education

and work support and direct cash transfers to make their basic needs and please take this into consideration and he sure looked at the budget. thank you very much. >> hello my name is shelia and i live in district ten, i'm a nonprofit worker in district six. start by thanking the board of supervisors and for them continuing to support youth in homelessness. they oversee our behavioral health apartment market street and i have seen firsthand and our neighborhood and how how increased mental health has affected people in substance abuse. this is extreme and challenging for our young people only need your support to help them recover. i urge the board of supervisors to expand behavioral services and shelters and in settings. additionally, to fund the minimum common station ordinance, some nonprofit workers can earn a living wage. thank you for hearing my comment.

>> my name is natalie chen emma resident biscuit nine work as a behavioral clinician in district six. i want to think by thanking the board of supervisors to come with their support of homelessness. i urge the board of supervisors to provide rapid rehousing programs for all who cannot pay the full coasts of the rents because of the pandemic. as well as clinical behavioral services as well as an drop in settings as behavioral services. the unparalleled commitment ton? community healing. it is our responsibility to honor their resilience with the resources they deserve. there are future leaders and they are the people who need long-term healing and they live in our communities. thank you for your time. >> my name is heather ripley and i have worked in district six for theo■ñ?ñ? past eight years. i would like to share my

feelings on three points during public comment date on june 205th. one, am hoping you can concentrate on emergency hotel vouchers to provide immediate access in a safe place to sleep. providers cannot really afford to lose any money for transitional age youth and emergent chintzy hotel funds vouchers. please continue to fund educational services so transitional age youth can establish careers and sustainable income. and most importantly, will more clinicians to help provide behavioral health support especially in our shelters, across our fair city. thank you soñ?ñ? much for givine the opportunity to speak and for your consideration and your time. gowzñ?ñ?odbye. >> i am the associate director working in the city of san francisco. what is the best resource in the world, the best resource in the

world as human beings. the best investment that we can make as leaders and youth workers is to invest in our youth. the environment has changed and we need to adjust to the environment. nature teaches us that need to adjust our environments. our environment has to actively change, this pandemic has drastically change the environment for the worst. what we need to do is to help improve the quality of life for our youth by investing in education and employment programs. that is the best way in the best impact that we can make to help them obtain and maintain employment that will help them from being homeless. that is my recommendation and i highly recommend a youth ñ?ñ?

for political leaders to support our most vulnerable youth during these unprecedented times. we have more opportunities for affordable housing and systems that can help you sustain stable living. since covid-19 nearly 40% of our

young people have lost employment it has directly impacted their ability to maintain housing and overall worlds. there is a dramatic increase suicidal ideation and we need deeper investments in education. >> thank you. can we have the next caller please. mech hello this is jesse stout in district six and calling to ask the board of supervisors budget committee to please reduce the sheriff's budget by $24.7 million in a commensurate reduction of the county jail for this past year. we would please ask that we could make a motion that as a final double ration so we can reduce the sheriff budgets we can refund important community

services like housing, healthcare education as we have been hearing from some the colors all day. please reduce law enforcement budget in san francisco and especially theçéñ?ñ? sheriff's department so we can have happy and healthy communities another county jail for his closed and the sheriff's department will no longer needs those funds. they can be repurposed to serve our communities. please make a motion this monday to reduce the sheriff's department budget. thank you very much. >> thank you the next caller please. >> good afternoon, this is wesley calling and i like to thank you and your staff for all the hard work. i'm going to highlight some requests for you to consider all of which i would strongly support. first, summer class caller, please deliver a commensurate reduction in the sheriff's budget by at least $24.7 million. second, the community-based

needs identified by those with local expertise and experience however many associated vouchers, subsidies, as an programs offer permanent solutions to homelessness or notice the missing for the proposed budget. please correct these omissions. third, the compassionate response steve which was but approved by the board please fully fund car ts. this vital that you secure funding for 24 hour bathroom so all san francisco's can maintain hygiene, health and dignity. >> thank you, can have the next caller please. >> hello my name is millie and i am the legal director for the san francisco immigrant legal defense collaborative. first, i want to thank the board of supervisors for his commitment to our legal services for recommending money for the immigrant justice portfolio pelee.

we worked to impact thousands of members of her immigrant community and we provide emergency responses and legal representation for the immigration courts. this is vital in ensuring that we can meet the demand of asylum-seekers in san francisco, many are looking to re- night with family members in the bay area. this funding will ensure that our 24 hour funding hotline will remain his unity. we know that there are many budget to prioritize and we support you thinking about supporting our ask. thank you. thank you. can we have the next caller please. >> hello can you hear me? >> yes we can hear you, please proceed. >> thank you and good afternoon my name is nicole and i'm the

program director of new conservatory theater centers educational theater program. this program has used theater to start conversations about complicated topics about a diversity, socialemotional learning in this program supports statewide health and wellness programs and help and designed to help people understand matters of equity, inclusion and is safe and engage in formats. thanks to our long-standing partners and student support services, we have always been able to offer these performances at no charge to thousands of students each year. last academic year, prior to covid pandemic, we were reaching nearly 15,000 students before the pandemic ceased and our programming stopped. on behalf of the district office and we implore the board of supervisors to route new the two-year sector of $100,000 at the barn is authorized in previous years to help this

return to full capacity. >> your wine limit your one minute time limit has expired. i would like to remember members of the public you can lower your hands by pressing * three, if you have already spoken. thank you very much and we currently have 86, and 68 colors in line to speak. we have the next caller please. hello. >> hello we can hear you please proceed with your comment. >> my name is gabriel i'm speaking on behalf of myself. i strongly urge the board, department of homelessness and the mayor's office to support funding. this is an alternative to prison or jail and keeps families

together but allowing others to work and live with their children in the health a homelike environment. again, we respect the urgency leadership to take tangible actions to support program. thank you. >> thank you. can we have the next caller please. as melissa hernandez emma district seven resident. i'm calling to implore you to take some inspiration from your colleagues in oakland and make meaningful reductions to the sheriff budget. i especially implore you to make a much motion to reduce at least $24.7 million from the sheriff's budget in order to refund the people for the closure at 850 grand. i also use use use proper funds as intended for housing. our city has long tried to hide his poverty and systemic racism

and then by policing them and putting them in cages. please present themselves as a solution to these problems, safest neighborhoods are not the ones with the most cops they are the one with the most resources. assigned to prioritize funding for lifesaving services like childcare, mental health care, see art help. start with a $24.7 million that are already old to people. please make a motion monday to reduce the sheriff's budget by $24.7 million and other costs. thank you very much. >> thank you and can we have the next caller please. >> hello, good afternoon, my name is virginia marshall. i am a member of a mega- black and president of the san francisco alliance of black educators. i would like to thank you president walton chairman, hrc director, i am here to fully

support to the request to mega black and to anchor the mayor and staff do working with everyone. and also to make sure that all of us have computers during the global pandemic. i'm thankful for the many summer programs for all of our students this summer and to look forward to all of our students to return into an in-person learning in the fall. please continue to make sure that all of our students and their families have housing, food, and socialemotional support, internship, jobs and that every school is a great one. thank you. >> inc. you and can have the next caller please. >> good afternoon supervisors i live in the mission district enema homeless advocate and a

water and sanitation consultants. i'm calling today to ask you to funding for bathrooms that was cut for millions of dollars. both the united nations in california state law acknowledge the access to water and sanitation are fundamental human rights, which includes access to public bathrooms. san francisco has only failed to achieve this human right has repeatedly blames our in-house residents its own health failure to sanitation access. san francisco has a sanitation crisis, evident in the defecation of our community. this is humanitarian and public health crisis that will be going away if san francisco takes full action now. therefore i urgently request you to expand the use of budget for public bathrooms and all of those demands. thank you very much. >> thank you and can we have the next speaker please.

>> hello there my name is carlos to watkins, i am the organizer for homelessness. and calling in today%■?ñ? to sut the expansion of our bathrooms, our 24 hour bathroom specifically. izpñ?ñ? think everyone on this d and everyone in san fran san francisco right now should know how important the bathrooms are right now. the fact that in spite of that the owner would take away the only full 24 hour bathrooms that we had during the pandemic and the budget for this year is ridiculous it is an abusive to human rights. bathrooms, water, sanitation access is a human right and in california we can't keep letting the city take them away like there nothing or like a method of punishment. i'm asking the board to restore the 2.4 million that the mayor took away and to expand bathrooms, we need to more bathrooms that we had because of the pandemic and that should be a very minimum standard. i also want to voice my support

for the rest of the other budget demands including full funding of see art and the. [inaudible] >> can we have the next caller please? caller you have been a÷bñ?ñ? muu should probably turn off your tv or radio in the background because were getting feedback from it.fñ?ñ? >> hello. i work for the coalition of homelessness as an organizer and i am here to demand the stopping of cutting our budget for the 24 hour restroom. there are too many people

experiencing homelessness right now and the lack of access to restrooms is inconvenient into frustrating and also there are consequences. it's crucial for us to provide dignity and safety to people in the community. thank you so much for your support and please continue your support. >> thank you can we have the next caller please? we can hear you you can proceed. >> hello:ñ?ñ? and i am calling k that you fund car t. [inaudible] our city deserves community-based programs to help people. [inaudible] is not only ineffective but is actively harmful.

[inaudible] and systematically. [inaudible] help delimits people's access to services, limits their jobs and their well-being. [inaudible] unfamiliar areas. [inaudible] [inaudible] is fully fund car t no no one. >> thank you. can we have the next caller please? caller you have been under muted you may proceed with your comment caller you can proceed.

hello. >> yes we can hear you please proceed. >> hello my name is wendy and i live in after sunset and i am calling to ask that you fully fund car t. the police helping homelessness is harmful and un- effective. we have to have people trained to respond to these cards. this is a racial justice issue and our city responding to homelessness and calls need to take into account over policing and incarceration in the communities. the community-based response would do just that. i asked the supervisors to fully fund cards and all of our city budget demands. thank you. thank you for your comments and can have the next caller please.

>> hello my name is laura and i am calling on behalf of cameo house. i am asking for and think in the board of supervisors for taking the time and also asking that they open up funding for transitional housing like ours. i am one of the case managers there and i believe that these types of housing developments are very important to the community, they help women of caller who are just as involved and they actually get to the help that they are looking for. they get the resources they need in order to succeed in this society that we live in. i want to thank everybody for the great cooperation in this and have a nice day. >> thank you for your comments and can we have the next caller please.

>> hi everyone my name is diana and i am the public policy communications director at children's house of san francisco and also representing the san francisco early education and advocacy coalition. i'm here today to request that the board of supervisors restore the 910,000-dollar cut from the two resource referral agencies, children's counsel being 710,000 and we need the other 200,000. we in children councils collectively receive a 10% baseline cuts, roughly $900,000 in total, while the city still expects us to fill our full contracts past year. this is not fair to fully deliver on our contracts but then to administer an additional $30 million of funding for emergency childcare and emergency service workers on behalf of the city of san francisco. we talk about why this is important because two thirds of

black children start kindergarten at the readiness level. talking about education now and why. >> you are out of time. thank you. next caller please. >> good afternoon in my name is rebecca jackson and i am the program director at dj cj cameo house> i'm calling today to urgently ask the board, the board of homelessness and the mayor's office to find a way to support and fund this program. i know you guys have seen the video clips and hear from the community justice department's partners understand how important it is that women have a place to go instead of being incarcerated. i am calling because i work on the ground, in the house with these women you deserve and need a chance to get their lives back

and to reunite with their families. this is really important work and san francisco needs to continue to fund these population specific programs like ours, gender specific groups. it is really vital. again, we are respectfully asking for leadership to find a way. >> your time has elapsed, thank you. can we have the next caller please? >> hello can you hear me? good afternoon my name is charity harris and i am a residential counselor and i'm speaking on behalf of cameo house. i'm strongly urging the board and the department of homelessness to support funding for the cameo house. this is a vital resource for the homes that we serve. this provides community for

homelessness and children. over the years the program has served as thef?ñ?ñ alternative o jail and prison as well as maintaining a unified of fan base. hunting funding is potentially losing this much needed resources will strike a devastating blow to his already vulnerable and is and enfranchise communities of this program supports. again, i strongly urge city leadership to continue to take action and support our most vulnerable population by allocating the necessary funds for cameo house to remain open so that cameo may continue to provide vital services for the community. take you for your time, please save the cameo house because those lives matter. thank you. >> thank you and next caller please. >> hello and i work on the coalition on homelessness.

i am calling because i want to fully fund i want you guys to fully fund the committee budget and this is because a lot of families are experiencing homelessness right now and they are going through a tough time and we need vouchers for domestic violence and people because and want a safe place and a voucher for them to get out homelessness. we only also. [inaudible] a lot of people want to stay in a permanent and it tells and homelessness. thank you supervisors. >> thank you. can we have the next caller please? >> hello this is jennifer on the coalition on homelessness. as few have heard today with

many of these speakers we have overwhelming need in the city and you all need to be very, very aggressive. we have a 12 or 13 billion-dollar budget and the city and there's a lot of that that needs to be removed and a lot more that has been removed so far. have to go way beyond the budget analyst recommendations. we have a sheriff's department, because the jail, there was 100 shirts there, that are no longer needed. we have a lots of different stuff in the criminal justice system that is basically, if we took it away would start reducing our partial footprint in san francisco. there is a lot of alternative saints that needs to be developed and also there's things that are free from the police and fire department and we would really like to see full restoration of our home recommendations.

and funding also of cart. >> thank you and can we have the next caller please. while we were waiting for the next caller we would like to ask if you have already spoken please press * three to lower your hand if you have spoken. that way we can better organize the speakers. thank you very much. can we have the next speaker please.

please give us one moment were getting the queue lined up. again"jñ?ñ? a reminder, if you e already spoken in your hand has raised please press star three to lower your hands. it will help us keep the speakers organized and move on quickly. whenever the next speaker is ready. >> hello everyone my name is greg and i grew up in the bay area and i have lived in san francisco and plan on moving back when i finish at the university. i was a formally incarcerated individual and i would like to advocate for more equalize funding across the system. when i was younger i had to utilize the system of the san francisco deputy offender and defender and because of that help i've been able to achieve my goals and attempt to get back to the community.

i would like to ask the city of san francisco and the practice of systematically underfunding the public office and as of the city continue to shift resources from law enforcement to services of lift our communities including the public defenders ?ñ?ñce. thank you. >> thank you and can we have the next caller please. thank you. >> good afternoon i am with the center on the center for criminal and juvenile justice. i strongly urge the board, department of homelessness and the mayor's office to support funding for thank you dina and thank you to everyone for attending our professional development series, part two today. cameo house. since the 1990s, thank you dina and thank you to everyone for attending our professional development series, part two today. cameo house has served as one of our city's most vulnerable populations which is for women and children. and because cameo is an alternative to incarceration and preventing children from being separated from their mothers these are the facts that reached generations. thank you dina and thank you to everyone for attending our professional development series, part two today. cameo house has

a record of success. 77% of participants find employment and 72 person tent return to education and 78% move into stable housing. i respectfully urge city leaders to support this vital community resource. >> thank you and can have the next caller please. good evening this is renee with the center on juvenile center of criminal justice will calling in regards to thank you dina and thank you to everyone for attending our professional development series, part two today. cameo house. i asked the board of supervisors to strongly consider fully funding thank you dina and thank you to everyone for attending our professional development series, part two today. cameo house and ensuring that it can run in the future. it invests in intergenerational cycle of rehabilitation and rejuvenation for families. this is an opportunity to break

the heart of the justice system has caused and i have seen firsthand how thank you dina and thank you to everyone for attending our professional development series, part two today. cameo house plays a critical role in allowing women and children to thrive. i've had the honor to be able to see children enter into the program struggling and see them come out of their shell. and then just brighten up with the role of the parents, the mother and the program and i just am so amazed by the work of the death does and the information that they women themselves put work into through the program and it is your time is up. thank you very much. we have the next speaker please. >> hello i am reading a statement on behalf of the homeless preneed program which is part of the homeless alliance located in district ten. [inaudible] to provide 5 million each year

to fees. i wanted to emphasize the importance of funding as the police department has requested the money to meet the more intense needs. [inaudible] provide emergency food, diapers and other emergency items for families each week and over $1 million with covert support in the last year. [inaudible] interrupting their crisis with parenting and prenatal education with hundreds of families we hope that you support and asked that you fully fund our requests. [inaudible] support the most marginalized families to go back stronger and supported safely in san francisco. >> thank you. next caller please. >> hello into thank you. i'm calling on behalf of living in peace which is a part of four

organizations representing the pacific islanders in san francisco. we ask that you support and approve the full budget request for the pacific islanders community so that we can adequately serve our pacific island group. it is very important that we improve the life of those that have suffered for many years and give them a fighting chance to make for themselves and their children. those children are the future of this country and to this city and we can all share in their success. again, we asked the board of supervisors and we think the mayor that you please approve and supports 100% of the full budget of that pacific islander community has requested. thank you. >> thank you and can we have the next caller please. >> hello and i work in district six of them calling to ask two things.

one, that you restore 24 hour pit stop bathrooms cut by the mayor at a cost of $2.4 million and also to expand this year's budgets. that you fully fund cart. we spent $18 million on it and if we could fund the police response to homelessness and funds cart. cart will fund itself and then we can funds the 24 hour pitstop restrooms and that i ask for the supervisors to expand beyond the budget cut to fund cart and anything else that are the budget could fully support of my demands. next caller please. >> next caller please. >> hello my name is olivia and i am one of the estate managers for the cameo house.

i strongly urge that the department of homelessness in in the air's office at four to two. really important for those people who want to integrate themselves into society and they want to help and you want to get resources and a lot of other. [inaudible] a lot of other resources that they need to cover other programs. we would really urge cameo house to get completely funded by the board of supervisors. thank you thank you and caller please. caller you are on the line you

can begin your public comments. caller you have been under muted you can begin your comment. the caller is not responding can we move onto the next caller and possibly come back to this person at a later time? >> hello. >> hello we can hear you please proceed. >> a great thank you very much my name is joanne desmond and i'm assistant agent for the local's extreme the theatrical stage. my request is twofold. first, i wish to express my very strong support for the proposed $4.6 million must go any recovery. the moscone convention center is one the largest most profitable venues in which our members

work. since march of 2020, our membership is seen almost a virtual shutdown of our work. it is imperative to get this venue up and running which brings me to my second point about fully funding the police department. safe streets are imperative to bring back our city. cops would provide a sense of well-being to residents, workers and guests alike. new recruitment classes would help ensure the latest techniques and community policing are in place. i am hoping the supervisors can see the immense value in both the funding of moscow knee and the requisite protection that would be necessary. thank you for your time. >> thank you and can have the next caller please? >> hello supervisors my name is dixon i'm calling on behalf of the chinese cultural center of san francisco and asking your supports for the budgets for the

coming chinatown music festival and dance hall. we do have a video prepared that was submitted to the clerk and can we bring up the video? >> thank you. >> i and the exhibit that could have director of the cultural center and thank you so much of the mayor's 35 million-dollar investment in chinatown to support our recovery from covert information citation hates. chinatown has suffered disproportionately during the pandemic, our residents are low-income families who after a year of shelter in place san francisco is now reopening. arts and culture are deep part of our community for residents. the chinese culture center for over a decade has put on the outdoor festival and to bring performances and excitement for artists and community together

together and celebrate their heritage. we request your support of this community festival is essential for the communities recover and ask you to consider it. thank you for listening to the community. >> hello supervisors and thank you so much for your time and consideration. im the development and communications associate at the chinese culture center. as an arts and cultural worker and a fourth generation chinese-american, i believe deeply in the power of arts and this can help span the differences and i cannot be more proud to work in chinatown. the chinatown music festival is a large program that celebrates chinese heritage through arts and joy across generations and genres. in the wake of coed this program cannot be more important and timely providing both the space for the community together and to connect, while allowing others to come and see what makes our community so special. please consider this important addition to the budget and thank you so much.

>> my name is janet chan i have been the organizer for the chinatown music festival for a number of years. i am asking you to support to get back the budgets for the dance hall in waverley in the china town music festival. chinatown was hit hard by covid and since the city reopened to events like the dance on waverley in chinatown music both doubles will be critical to help reboot chinatown. not only to rest and enjoy these events but also residents of the chinatown and a majority live in buildings and cannot afford to spend money buying tickets to museums and movie theaters. both free events provide quality cultural events and entertainment as part of a chinatown returned underutilized spaces into a lively and music dance halls. this will bring back visitors and serve a 20,000 plus low income households and individuals. i strongly urge the board of supervisors to fully support this ad on an egg back into the budget. thank you.

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joanneiwñ?ñ? and i am represente department of the dance club but i'm here today to urge supervisors to provide funding or chinatown and for the events for the waverley dance festival in the coming year. our group has been performing at both dances on waverley and the chinatown festivals for over five years. before the pandemic,. [inaudible] 's were extremely popular among visitors in chinatown. a lot of the performers in our group are residents and dealing in the pandemic of these residents facing many difficult mental challenges. they were stuck in small living quarters and also the city has reopened for sro residents who often cannot afford to travel

far. options anddñ?ñ? entertainment s hard for them to take a breather are few and far between. [inaudible] i hope that there can be funding to. [inaudible] thank you this concludes my comment. >> thank you very much. i believe we have a new person taking over our public comments line. mister baltazar can we have the next public comments please? >> hello and i am the executive director and i'm calling on behalf of the sustaining missioj coalition. we have a video if you could

please skew it i will keep talking. through this pandemic the arts and culture has overseen communities and now i san francisco plans for the future we urge you to support a holistic and equitable covid-19 response recovering plan the champions cultural economic investments for historical choral control organizations. supervisors, we collectively request 1 million as part of the fiscal 2021 budget to enable each organization to complete the construction and renovations of each of their sites. please play the video. thank you for your considerations and happy pride. >> if you don't mind can you please state your new file name we can queue the videolmñ?ñ?. >> it sustaining art culture community coalition it was submitted. thankxnñ?ñ? you. >> thank you.

we are pulling up the video and it should play momentarily. >> video playingkñ?ñ?.

>> plan organization director and our community-based stronghold is key of our hard-hit neighborhood entire city. we are opening our facilities and we will create an equitable economic recovery, programs that will promote public health to close ties to the community to promote community well-being as we recover. we also provide food to those are food insecure and essential services for immigrants during a time when youth are most at need to be help transform their lives and keep them on an emotional healthfully path.lññ?ñ?ñ for them this request will support the tentative provement fulsome and mission streets. as also provide programming to

residents and affordable housing sites including youth focused engagements and outdoor healing activities and cultural practices. also this is the district 1100 and in district nine. >> i'm the executive director and i was speaking on what we need to rebuild in our community within the health and equitable recovery. we collectively request 1 million requests from the city to be split among organizations. funds will support the state and fully accessible and ensure staffing so we can to leave the city's recovery efforts. all of the organizations are anchored and we offer arts, culture and community services for the entire city. we've been deeply supported by the community throughout the pandemic and we would like to ensure that the city's success recovery. in particular we are requesting funds for improvements at 1990 fulsome east in 2221 mission street to provide full aba

access, plumbing, windows and improvements to the sites. the sites will ensue 10,000 youth and family to provide foods and rental systems and services to families in the coming years. >> we have in providing essential community services before and during the pandemic. despite decreases in our revenues during the pandemic, organizations responded in kind. we talked free in-person learning potspwñ? and outdoor de lessons city wide. we provided food for those needed and essential for those in the immigrant community. we engage with folks in the outdoor performances, classes, community building events and art activities for all ages. we have coordinated with cvs s, koba testing in her buildings and we educated our community about vaccines. most critically these projects prevent displacement and allow us to deepen our commitment as

part of our holistic approach to community engagement, development and transformation. i fulsome we are building a human being and engage residents with affordable housing community within mission and city at large. weñhñ?ñ? ask for your support fh and equitable community and partnership, thank you. >> support to dance mission and support sm ack. for 20 years dance mission theater has been the home for dance in san francisco. located in the heart of the mission we are thriving and we are an art hub with an exceptional land of crosses, performances, rehearsals and feminist joel scholl sucks justice activities. hundreds of dances, our patrons, children and parents have made dance mission a part of their daily lives.

representing the work of the neighborhood and of the bay area at large. >> that concludes the video queen of the next speaker line please? >> on behalf of providers who serve transitional age was facing homelessness we strongly advocate to continue fighting for a flexible hotel vouchers so youth have same-day access to safe place to sleep. funding for bridge housing as a into permanent housing and more clinicians and shelter navigation drop in settings to support behavioral health needs and meet youth when they are needed where they are rats. significant game changing investments in education and workforce supports so they can take and maintain their housing and direct cash transfers so youth can meet their basic needs

while in school, job training and didn't housing search. please invest in our transitional age youth now. you have a transformative opportunity to change the trajectory of his vulnerable youth so they don't become san francisco's fuel's homeless population. thank you. >> and we have the next caller please? >> i live in district seven and i'm calling because we need less money to go to the pd and sheriff budget. we need you to at least fund our community $24 million which is the cost of operating county jail for which was closed last year. i do not support the current police budgets, cops don't reduce crime they just provide a violence, escalated and murderous response. anyone with a compassionate heart can feel the deep need their city has for housing, food, physical and mental health care and also for compassion

addiction aid, education, jobs and reparation. i'm not calling so we have zero cost tomorrow i'm calling so we can i can plant the seeds for our city budget today so in the future will be no longer need cops. we do this by funding our community forum, which we been hearing all day. pride parades has started this month and we must remember and respect pride parade violence history. please defund police and fund our community. thank you. >> can have the next caller please? my name is mario gwen airy and i am representing the prop proposal. i am with a group of musicians and throughout the city we went to bring relief to the venues in the form of paying musicians so

we can develop a new relationship and expands serve underserved communities. then we can bring the great indigenous of black art form back into san francisco and creates more enjoyment so we can help all of the other programs that you have been talking about today. our thing is to come back better and to revitalize neighborhoods through expanding the workforce and i hope you will give it consideration and i think that it will the payback will be considerable for the amount that you spend. thank you. >> can we have the next caller please. >> hold on baby. i am driving my child home because i have been on hold

since 10:00 a.m. my name is galen, i was born in district five and a work in district seven where i am a founding community member and i live in district ten. this is where i was really bay area upset sees present walton's e-mail that he was announcing that he was increasing policing for district to supposedly reduce crime. as the caller before last stated, policing is not reduced crime just escalates the situation and creates more problems. resources of these people need so that crime will not be their only option lies in the police budgets. we all know it's, the san francisco police department does not need 27 million for county ford for the county jail for. to be close that. we need this money for people who need funding for everythins, all day this is where you can

fix some situations. the method time has elapsed and think. we have the next caller please hello my name is susan buckman and i am a member of the core team of wealth and disparity in the black community. the san francisco sheriffs department should not continue to be allowed to engage in an ongoing check to racist targeting of community leader and department bowling for fleas to jones. the sheriff's department has continually harassed her including erecting a physical barricade. this is discovering your true self program to improve the lives of incarcerated post- incarcerated people. this is comprised under five populations in san francisco so

over 60% of the jail population is not served. this is a vital program for black san franciscans. we are willing them into. [inaudible] please suspend the sheriff department and their budget or greatly reduce it until the time that there is commitment of a written plan for quarterly reporting to the public and officials providing one housing department. >> thank you we have the next speaker please. >> hello mech we can hear you please proceed. >> my name is corey smith and i'm a resident of district eight in group in coal valley. as a lifetime resident of san francisco and the organizer wanted to advocate for equalize funding across san francisco, starting with the public defenders office.

as we as san franciscans talk about shifting funds from law enforcement to community resources and support to highlight the work of the public defenders office. the public defenders office is half of that of the digit attorney and 15 times smaller than the public police department. this is the only office that's defending our most marginalized residents, especially now the rate of covid and the devastating effects of low income communities and communities of caller the work thattzñ?ñ? he was crucial. i hope that san francisco can take a more meaningful action to better support our community members. i urge the board of supervisors to support equalize funding across the playing field focusing on the link legal system and ends the practice of underfunding the public defenders office. thank you. >> can we have the next caller please?

while we're waiting for the next caller i would like to note that we currently have 63 listeners on the line and 45 people on the line to speak can we have the next caller on the line and you may proceed. >> hello my name is wes tyler and the general manager at the chancellor hotel in union square and i've worked there for 28 years. i'm calling to ask for the proper funding in the budget for the san francisco police department. these they are already having staffing shortages. we need adequate funding for the police department and this will only compound the part problems in the future if we decrease funding. crime is on the rise and we will regret allocations of monies now and in the future. there's example in other cities were the chaos and violence other cities and what has brought. we should ignore that.

the ports this department budget to protect staffing levels so we could have put patrol officers, great community policing and police academies to keep our city safe now and in the future. in thank you. >> think you can have the next caller please question statement hello. >> hi we can hear you you can proceed okay thank you and hello everyone my name is anne rose ellington with all islanders gather as one, we are representing the pacific islanders. the community needs investments we have been left out far too long, covid has shown light on the inequities that we face.

our population popularly recites public housing and we need resources to start with our youth who have suffered loss of learning to our family venues support and connection and jobs. we have submitted a budget ask in hopes that you will prioritize this part as a part of post- recovery response for covid. we are asking the board to support recovery services at 1 million of the $10 million budget ask. thank you. >> can we have the next speaker. >> the speaker has been on muted and you can proceed with your

comment. >> hello and sorry, my name is paul and i am from the san francisco claimant's emergency coalition and we have a video that we would like to play and can be queued that up? >> what is the name of your file please? i don't know the name of the files but it should be san francisco claimant emergency coalition and it should be our second video. it is called a group of ten number two. i grew up in san francisco and i am currently raising my two elementary age student here. i believe it is imperative that we allot at least 1% of our city's budget towards addressing the claimant emergency and climate justice. this is not a large amount to ask for a progressive city that just three to go past the

declaration of time emergency. that is empty without action and funding and without specific funding this cannot take place. san francisco claims about being full of equity and this is with health, education and in other areas. funding climate justice is a necessary step to addressing the inequality in equity experienced by low income families and communities of caller in san francisco and we also need to address the climate crisis. thank you. >> i'm a lifetime written so that the district eight and climate change is a defining issue of our time we are already experiencing with the drought and air pollution. we san franciscans must do our part to fight it are her biggest challenge is to stop using natural gas this is a huge and complex undertaking and we need to convert tens of thousands of cipro cisco's from natural gas to electricity which is tens of thousands of heat pump and for cynicism and adduction stoves but it is also an opportunity to

acquire thousands of workers to evaluate what needs to be done on each of these buildings. these will be good paying and rewarding jobs that that help the youth in our surveys be served. this will also stimulate the economy. san francisco is a wealthy city and we are need to do our parts but we need the funding to do it and we needed now. thank you. >> hello i live in district one and i support climate equity because there are so many, so many events that could use funding and would make a huge difference in combating climate crisis and it will only get worse with each passing day. we could put up candid these and this and many of our residents live at the same time we could help pay for transit and miles traveled with her residence which we know is the leading cause of this omissions.

other organizations puts forward more detail proposers and other experts we think we need to know know what i ask you to please put 1% of our resident towards climate equity that refund our values. thank you. >> my name is cassie and i am a resident of district seven. i moved to san francisco in 1981 for many reasons. two major reasons were that i love the city and a silica great great great place to raise my family. i now have grandchildren growing up here. i do not think climate issues are causing families to visit the city not mark appear. but i do think the health and quality of life that we have chosen the major concern for every family. the we need to have 1% of our

budget to address the health and well-being of our children and families. >> hello and i am known a lot the reason that i am sending this video is because i believe that climate change is the most prevalent issue of our time. not enough is being done and it's not too late to do something about it. i believe that we need to allocate as many resources as possible. and we also need to retrofit san francisco for the needs of the 21st century. this involves heavily reducing our consumption of fossil fuels and prioritizing our conception of renewable energy. this is adopting and accepting locally installing solar here in the city and making green energy, clean energy available for everybody thank you.

hello my name=■?ñ is beverly ani ñ?ñlo my name=■?ñ is beverly ani thank you for funding the climate equity program but please add a lot more money. this is the most important work of our time. >> okay budget committee and i am a resident of five. san francisco has historically spent very little on climate goals. the environment is primarily funded by grants. the director herself has+ñ?ñ? en said that she could use more staff to accomplish san francisco's climate goals. i am challenging you tobñ?ñ? spd the equivalent of 1% of san francisco's annual budget on climate equity. there are a lot of ways that you could spend $130 million, but let's just take a few. we are going to have to give every housing unit off of gas and it is too much to ask the families to pay for it on their own dime. transportation, let's rethink about how we can get around the

city. what about a whole e bike network? we could charge $3 for 15 minutes and we could make something cheaper, more competitive and reliable. budget committee, please consider 1% for climate equity. thank you. hello, i am alyssa from district one and i supports the 1% for climate equity because we all deserve to live in a safe, healthy and clean environment matter what neighborhood we live in. the search for volunteer coordinator in the city i see every day how our communities fight and invest their time in creating healthier ecosystems through grassroots efforts. by investing 1% of our city's budget into san francisco's climate resiliency, we can make sure that we support these climates community efforts and create safe environments for families. we all know that there are group environmental and health discrepancies in san francisco that can be solved by investing in environmental equity. we cannot continue to call

ourselves climate leaders and steps we start to invest in healthy ecosystems and climate change resiliency for all. >> hello, my name is amber and i am the executive director and the nature and city and we are advocating today for 1% of the city budget to go toward climate action measures. especially climate action and equity focus. we restore habitats with communities and would like to continue to do that and increasing our scale8ññ?ñ. the city could allocate two grants to community-based organizations such as nature in the city, who are doing incredible work on the ground to restore habitats and come up with nature -based solutions to help with the climate crisis, we thank you for your meeting today and look forward to hearing the outcomes of the budget into

appropriation committee. thank you so much. the next element name is ryan eyman from district four in san francisco and i support 1% for climate equity. it will help the city create new jobs, protect the health of residents and increase our resilience to climate change. thank you. >> that completes the video, can we have the next caller for public comment please. >> dear board of supervisors, thank you for your hard work and attention to ensuring that all communities have equitable access to an economic recovery. i am a chair of the san francisco9ññ?ñ? known a lot andm

here calling on behalf of the f the ends of the latino task force coalition. i have entitled a video and submitted it. there are ten speakers. our coalition submitted a collective the budget to match lastcñ?ñ? year's investment inte latino community, which was disproportionately affected by the pandemic. in addition, we are requesting 18 million that is needed to address ongoing recovery to continue essential services. currently the owner has funded 50% of that proposal leaving us with huge funding gaps that and the burden to find additional funds to continue to serve our latino community at the same level. we urge you to support our five priority areas through that process and allocate $2 million. >> your time has elapsed. maybe move on to the video please?

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i'm the director of services and family resource resource center. it is a multiservice organization in this district specifically i am here to speak about latino immigration asks. this is going to be supporting our family resource centers with serves the initiative in their space. this pandemic has hurt our community really hard and primarily has caused a lot of need for services and resources for the latin next community. right now is working towards recovery the support is continuing to be viewed by our community. we are going to be writing six medic navigation, support, resources and this can help us navigate the need for housing through paying for rent.

and also this will help us with different support that was vital in our community at this moment. thank you. >> i am the executive director of the central american resource center in san francisco. the violence prevention portion of this ask speaks to address the needs of disconnected on competent systems that have house traditional people in the city. upon the pandemic we have seen the number upon house to youth particularly unaccompanied migrants miners are linguistically isolated and vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking. youth have shown their incredible resilience while awaiting resolution for immigration cases. they have no family, community, or support systems to help them navigate and connect with existing people in the city. we know a time and relative interventions we can remove the barriers which are including but notr■ñ?ñ? limited to migratory ,

economic housing, food and security. in addition to addressing the trauma and the pendency that many of them are facing. we believe that many and them and young people and invite investing in them today we are leaving that we can secure them and their generation for futures to come. we appreciate you and the budget asked. >> i am the senior director of the college access and success admission graduate. our education ask i would like to state that is critical for our existing education and structures and organizations are kept whole by funding our funding neighborhood asks. it's a critical time to provide funding for education services through the 2021 and 2022 school year. our member organizations are currently providing culturally competent, educational services and support for school navigation enrollments, distance-learning, homework, socialemotional, esl, the. [inaudible] we are currently or we are also

critical in getting the pandemic known a lot are a collective organization currently provides education services to 8,400 and '22 servants and will serve an additional 1,492 students with additional funding with the education ask. furthermore, we are currently employing 149 people and can add an additional 36 personnel. thank you. >> good afternoon members of the board of supervisors. i'm on the latino task force which has become a national model of how to serve the people better known as providing cultural appropriate food. we have been serving over 9,000 families throughout this pandemic. families that weakly are suffering from the lack of not having any kinds of savings, no iras and no money to be able to pay rent. we in the community created the mission of food to be able to

provide them with nutrition. recently on may 301st, the usda canceled its farmers to family food box program. basically this is a box that provided milk, cheese, apples and chickens to families in which we were supplementing and no longer have. as of june 15th, they talk about going back to normal and normal for who? it's not for these families who are minimum-wage workers who don't have a guaranteed top to go back to and continue to get into debt. today we ask you to support this program as well as all the programs in the mission community who have been hit the hardest, more than any other community in san francisco. it is a $9 million investment to feed the people which is a human right. thank you. hello everyone. >> hello everyone i'm the

executive director, which is the only organization led by a trans latino for trans latino and latin ex- lgb to art class and the entire san francisco bay area.

>> with we urge you to keep c.b.o.s whole by not cutting their funding allocation, and fund recovery for our vulnerable and highly impacted latinx community. the latino budget is formed by on the groundwork over this last year and represents a community road map for continued response and essential recovery. gracias. >> clerk: thank you. i believe the video has ended. i'd like to call on the next member of the public for public comment. >> good afternoon, supervisors.

my name is david hewitt, and i'm a native san franciscan, and i'm a resident of district 4. i'd like to thank chief scott and the significant achievement that they've achieved to deliver police reform in san francisco. i'm calling on all of you to support the sfpd budget so that we can maintain staffing levels, including foot patrols in the downtown areas where our employees and our guests are trying to enjoy san francisco, encourage community policing and, of course, the continuation of police academies because we are going to need police in the future. at this point, my employees are more afraid from walking the four blocks from market street to the hotel than they are of covid, and i think that it is really up to the board of supervisors to focus on how we make san francisco a place that is safe for both our employees,

our residents -- >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments. miss runiga, can we get the next caller, please. >> hi. my name is gerald, and i'm calling in support of cameo house. i'm a resident of district 6. it's really a sad phone call for me to have to make because i can't see how anyone would think of displacing women and children from an environment that's safe and protective and nourishing. it boggles my mind that it's even an ask, but it is an ask, and i would just like to say that this is -- it's actually beyond the pale what's happened

with cameo house, and for women who have put their lives in order, to be asked to uproot their lives because of money that the city has, and it, for whatever reason, doesn't feel the necessity to spend on these people -- >> clerk: thank you so much for your time, gerald. could we get the next caller, please. >> hi. my name is nadie clauser, and i've lived in san francisco for 36 years. i'm calling for the full funding of c.a.r.t. follow your words with actions. $6.8 million is a drop in the big budget bucket. i'm not going to tell you why c.a.r.t. will have such an

impact on the issue of homelessness. you know that, now you need to fund it. come on, folks. don't pass up on the opportunity to try something that may actually work. police run c.a.r.t. at $6.8 million. cut the sheriff's budget and support all of the our city, our home demands. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments, miss mimi clauser. next caller, please. >> okay. my name is rebecca grace, and i'm the c.e.o. of great picture, and i'm calling on behalf of cameo house. 60% of women have experienced

physical or sexual violence in childhood. at cameo house, women get desperately needed treatment and therapy, help finding a job or going to college, and a safe personal environment for their children. i've personally witnesses women turn their lives around. by helping mothers, cameo house disrupts this insidious cycle. please support this preventative rather than punitive approach and help these women become the pillars they're meant to be. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments. can we get the next caller, please. >> operator: caller has been unmuted.

>> my name is mora larkin, and i'm speaking on behalf of the center of juvenile and criminal justice, cameo house. i've worked for 20 years with children whose families have been in the san francisco justice system. this is already a very under served population, and especially when we talk about justice involved parents and their children. cameo has been a safe harbor, a place of refuge that these women reenter society and reunify with their children. please do not let this underserved population and mothers of our future generation down. to pull the funding from cameo house and hope for our reentry

mothers and our children, please, i strongly urge you to support funding for cameo house. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments. can we get the next caller, please. >> here i am. good afternoon, supervisors. this is beverly upton with the san francisco domestic violence consortium. i'm here to advocate on behalf of the organizations and the workers that help san francisco prevent and heal from domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. 78% of those served are people of color, including children. we are in complete support of the black women's resource center and red women rising that has grown organically out of the domestic violence community and leadership in the black community joining hands, so thank you so much. as covid restrictions are

lifted, so are the restrictions of survivors of domestic violence. they will reach out, and we will need to be there to answer their calls. also, please remember, cuts equal layoffs. this community is a model for reform. 75% of domestic violence cases are -- >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments, beverly upton. can we get the next caller, please. >> hello, good afternoon. my name is tatum o'sullivan, and i have seen firsthand that cameo house is not just a residential program for a house. it's a home, and it provides a historically underserved

population with an empowering and an affirming community. it makes a huge difference in the lives of these women and these children to have that community and have that support and be reassured and reaffirmed in their own economy, their own power, and their potential to be productive citizens and members of the san francisco community. please, i strongly urge the board, department of homelessness, and the mayor's office to support funding for cameo house. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments. could we get the next caller, please. >> hi. i'm reading a statement on behalf of kaitlyn mcnamara on support of children and family caregivers. [inaudible]

>> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments. can we get the next caller, please? >> hello, supervisors. this is gloria derry, joining the budget party. i'm calling on above of s.f.

block, san francisco black led organization. please fund 2 million or more in ad backs capacity building areas. the ad backs are educational and reporting opportunities in black communities, and invest in black businesses. i want to also advocate for more equalized funding across the criminal and legal system to ask that the city of san francisco continue to shift resources from law enforcement to serve those that uplift our communities, including the public defender's office. the public defender's office is the ally for those facing trial, and defund the police.

defund the police. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. can we get the next caller, please, miss runiga? >> hello. >> clerk: hello. please begin. >> thank you. hello, supervisors. my name is yesenia. my address has always been [inaudible] as i said during the pandemic, i say again, supervisors, this is your super bowl. please find ways to fully fund our programs. we haven't even finished healing from community trauma, and to begin these efforts is disheartening. everything and everyone we lost this year is messed up. we are begging you to use your tools in your bureaucratic tool box to save us. i attended the old bessie carmichael and had my quince

practices at 16 and capp. what if these places receive no funding and i all through the cracks? this funding means one less life saved. the impacts they make on customers is immeasurable. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. miss runiga, could you bring us the next comments, please. >> good evening. my name is elizabeth frazier, and i'm a student at san francisco state university. i strongly believe in more equalized funding across the city of san francisco. our public defender's office not only plays a role in defending our most marginalized community members at trial, it directly addresses the root causes of incarceration through so many innovative programs.

the san francisco public defender is supporting community members to stem the tide of incarceration and ensure that our community gets the support and services that they need to thrive. over the past year, as covid has ravaged low-income communities, the public defender has worked tirelessly to fight this fight despite being underfunded. it is a time that the city of san francisco -- it's time that the city of san francisco recognizes this effort and increases funding. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments. can we get the next caller, please. >> hello? >> clerk: yes, please begin. >> thank you for the time and consideration. my name is rachel jackson, and i'm calling to advocate on behalf of cameo house. i'm calling to ask, urge, and even humbly beg all of you at the board of supervisors even the mayor's office to save cameo house.

it's in danger of closing its doors. it's consistently served justice involved women and their children since the 90s. by providing not only housing but a healthy, supportive, and educational environment which allows women to keep their family units together and allows them to get back on their feet with safety and dignity. this inherently enables them to not only survive but to thrive and become the responsible participants of our community which affects us all. these programs and others like it are often overlooked but are necessary to break the cycle of injustice, trauma, and criminal lifestyles in our city. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments with us. miss runiga, could we please get the next caller?

to the callers on the line, if you hear your line has been unmuted, this is now your opportunity to provide your comments to the committee. >> hi. my name is victoria [inaudible] and i am an attorney at a.p.i. legal defense network. i want to thank the board of supervisors for its commitment to ensuring our legal educational and rapid response services and ensuring they reach as many community members as possible by recommending an ad back for our collaborative. in my job, i see the impact of our services every day as we assist the most vulnerable citizens of the city and allow them to stay in our country as refugees. we thank the board for making

that commitment and the long-standing partnership for immigrant justice. we ask you to find funding to keep our rapid response hotline operating 24-7 such that we do not need to rely on the add-back process each year to stay whole. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. can we get the next caller. >> a public youth alliance participant speaking about bridge housing. >> [inaudible] to keep us off the street, and for me it's focusing on [inaudible] which takes more than here. just in general, and they'll also help others going back to school, help them to get better jobs and have a better life,

but that can't happen in a year. that can happen [inaudible] ten years. so the service to people -- it's a post year. it's supposed to help you keep off the street it's the transition from being homeless to being a substance of society. >> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments. miss runiga, could you bring us to the next caller, please. >> hello, supervisors. my name is christine, and i'm a homeowner in district 8. i'm calling to ask you to defund the sheriff and the police department and shift them over to the many programs, resources, and care models today.

recently, over 190 san franciscans e-mailed you with this ask. please understand that the other survey from the chamber of commerce by the businesses in the city. it is time to reduce the board shares of sfpd and invest them in resources that will actually make us safe. i ask you next monday to decrease the sheriff's funding by at least $24.7 million and an equal amount from the police department to fund appropriate services. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. miss runiga, can you unmute the next caller.

>> hi. i'm appealing on behalf of keep the promise for the dignity fund for $3 million, and i have a video if you would care to share that, please. >> clerk: thank you. hang on just a moment while we work with our i.t. staff to call up the community tech network video. >> right. >> clerk: is that the group that you said -- okay. hang on just a moment. >> it's five speakers? >> thank you for that information. >> clerk: it seems like we're not getting any audio.

>> i've been on since 10:00. i can't imagine how you guys are doing. are they able to get it? >> clerk: we're still working on it. thank you for your patience. >> my name is kimmy griffith, and i'm the executive director and cofounder of community tech network. we have been a partner with the s.f. connected program since it began over ten years ago. for the last year, our focus shifts to providing tablets, internet, and remote training. this has helped thousands of older adults, many who speak a

language other than english, use the internet and increase resources on-line. it's made it possible for us to reach more people, but there are still many older adults in san francisco who need our help. we hope that the city of san francisco will increase the funds for this year over what was allotted this year. >> one aspect that remains constant is our need to have access to essential services and services that are remotely successful. with your support, we will continue to expand our services to communities in need of digital education in order for them to maintain connectivity to their loved ones and essential services.

please refund the dignity fund. >> my name is sabrina tan. i'm a senior manager at community tech network. offering programs is a great for our members because it gives them options, whether they want training in person or prefer to learn while staying at home, they will not be left behind. however, in order to support the various needs and preferences of our learners, agencies like c.p.n. have to increase staffing and many other services. offer both on-line and in-person services requires more logistics unpacking. i urge the city of san francisco to keep the promise of the dignity fund. this is what the community needs and serves. please do not take it away. >> [inaudible]

the programs we hold help our members alleviate loneliness. many of our clients have little introduction or use of computers. due to the pandemic, most found themselves very alone, leading to feelings of sadness and depression. due to their active participation in these programs, they learned valuable skills to protect to others, further helping to reduce their isolation and include their mental health, which creates an atmosphere of connectivity and community. >> i'm jessie boyle, and i've worked with a lot of seniors over this past year. they all have their own story and their own situation, but what has struck me the most is

how gracefully they weathered this past year. i rarely heard complaints. mainly, i heard words of gratitude and patience and humility. it is so crucial that we continue to provide strong social services and resources to our elders, and going forward, that meaning maintaining on-line programming while we move back to in-person, doing our best to bounce back after the last year. please maintain the dignity fund. >> clerk: thank you, neck network, for bringing your comments and your video to the committee. miss runiga, could we please advance to the next caller? >> hello. this is

anastasia iovannopoulos. you've heard the b.l.a.s report for funding for rent relief, and you know there's not enough money in rent relief programs to cover the need that exists, and san francisco has yet to contribute any local funds. with prop i, we would have an additional $128 million in new revenue to address this problem. it would eliminate rent debt and fund copa to intervene in the coming year. supervisors, please make good on the legislation you passed this last year. san franciscans can't have a real or just recovery -- economic recovery without it, and also, the item that came up earlier with -- excuse me, 200 -- >> clerk: speaker's time has

concluded. thank you, anastasia iovannopoulos, for your comments. may we have the next caller, please. >> yes. i'm calling on behalf of the citizens of san francisco in general and specifically about our tree canopy. the bureau of urban forestry, which takes care of the street trees, has removed more trees than it has replaced in the past year, and maybe before that. they need more money in the budget to take care of the new trees to plant them. they are using all their funding now to water as many new trees as they can, and they

can't plant anymore new trees unless they have more money to be able to water them, or else they'll just die. so that's it. i'm asking for more money. we need the trees -- >> clerk: thank you for your comment. could we have the next caller, please. [please stand by]

breaks the intergenerational cycle of trauma and justice system involvement prioritize cameo health . >> thank you for bringing your comments. could we get thenext caller please ? >> hello. >> clerk: please begin. >> i am born andraised san francisco native . i am with all islanders gathering as one focusing on the island community with advocacy and workforce. i wanted to share something with you so you can understand

the approval for the pacific islanderbudget request . the pi population in 1980 1998 was 30,000 to 50,000. today in 2021 there's only 5000 left 73 percent of thatlive in low income . throughout that rate is 11.6 percent, our unemployment rate is 21.9 percent so for years we have shared the pot with our brothers and sisters of other cultures because we have nothad our own . our community as a crisis ... hello? >> clerk: time has concluded, thank you for bringingyour comments could we get the next caller please ?

>> i am a san francisco resident, community leader and director of san francisco advisors. i am one of the partners of. [inaudible]. i am here in support of the budget for the pacific islander community. it is our first time ever to be onthe budget item . our community has been in san francisco for more than 100 years. our pacific islander families have suffered long enough . speaking for the pacific islander family who are overlooked, unheard or unseen, we exist butreally don't exist . we ask that you support our budget so that we canbuild this together to help our pi community . thankyou .

>> clerk: could weget the next caller please ? caller, please goahead . >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm catherine byrd, san francisco's largest comprehensive domestic violence service provider urging you to make gender-basedviolence and prevention program old as we move into this next budget year . the department is proposing a 10 percent cut to the grantees and funded agencies keeping vulnerable community member six . over the past 18 months we've beenresponding to increased calls for help , on average 12 each day from survivors of mor extreme abuse . messages to our tech support line and even when other

programs shut down the state present an open 24 hours a day to make sure sadie was an option. we need more support, not less. thank you for prioritizing our request for an additional $1 million for violence programs and the protection of women. >> clerk: couldwe get the next caller please ? >> hello, can you all hear me? >> yes we can my name is jenny butler and i'm calling on behalf of family services. i am living in the danger district right now. in low income housing. i was calling here and i would like to see more funding for low income housing families and also homeless families.

there's a lot of misplacement when it comes to families who may be lucky to have a subsidy on their rent but they can't rent a home in san francisco because there are a lot of people who would rent to people with subsidies . and also there's family services so they can continue doing the amazing workthey have been doing for all our families and thatis all . >> clerk:thank you for sharing your comment . could we get the next caller please ? >> my name is jenny perlin from part of the family research center alliance, a network of 20 resources enters that serves 20,000 caregivers and children

each year.i'm grateful supervisors for you staying true and hearing all the stories from the many families who experiencedhomelessness an unstable housing or live in sros today . these are the family resource center supports . covid-19 has disproportionately impacted family resource cente serves . increasing the number of families living in poverty exacerbating inequities. we are grateful for the mayor's commitment in the proposed budget to frc and want to emphasize the importance of our whole budget request being 7.9 millionin year 17.9 in year two being fully funded . without that, our seas will not be able to meet the increased demands of families eachyear that we are experiencing . some frc's ... >> clerk: could we get the nex caller please ?

if there's a caller on the line, pleasebegin . for all callers who have raised theirhand and are waiting for their opportunity to speak , once you've heard about that indicates your linehas been muted it is time to begin your comments . we can hear you, please begin. >> we want to go back to caller number 628. >> hello board of supervisors, i am speaking on behalf of lame provides mobile showers to other care services in san

francisco. when funding is the removal of restaurants is intimate and perpetuates our public health crisis . the pandemic might beending but homelessness has not . affordablehousing takes years to build and secure . we need services now more than ever to save lives and we urge the expansion of 24 hour access to toilets and showers to meet the needs of the 8000 individuals acrossthe city experiencing homelessness . according to the un emergency had there needs to be one toilet and one shower for every three people and we urge every supervisor to use the standard to fund 24 hour toilets and showers in their district and we urge the full funding of the alternative response team program and all aspects of our city and home. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, could you bring us the next caller please ? >>good afternoon . >> clerk: please begin.

>> good afternoon, my name is dolly and i work for the equity center or bce thiswould be an audio recording yesterday . >> clerk: could youplease repeat the organization one more time ? >> bec. >> clerk: will we will be doing it. wait just amoment please . >> you. thank you. thank you for your patience while we come across that. there's stillquite a lot of files .

... my apologies everyone for the dead air during these moments while we identify the file .we will work tobring forward .

i understand everyone's been waiting for a long time and we are very sorry to keep everyone longer while we call this up but i think we may haveit now . thank youvery much to the it team . we are not yethearing it .

in the meantime while we are sitting with deadair i will justrepeat a bit of information about providing public comment through the committee . an on for just a moment .the public comments call in information is scrolling across the screen at this time . if you wish to provide public comment on any portion of this years two-year, i'm sorry, two-year budget you would dial the phone number 415655 euros 001. providing public comment is available after you have accessed the meeting specifically and you would do that by the meeting id for today's meeting which is146 86 5393 . following that, you would dial the pound buttontwice . that will allow you to hear the proceedings through your telephone.

after you have gone through those steps if you wishto provide public comment and get into the queue you would do so by dialingáthree . itt and is there anyone who can jump on the microphone right now and let me know if we have any progress calling this file? i see a text thatit has come in that. hang on a moment . so we are seeing this video file playing but no audio is coming through to themeeting side . >> to the members budget and

appropriationscommittee, my name is luis antonio . and executive director of the equity center, a center located in the south market . the pandemic exacerbated the housing needs ofthe low income immigrants community in the city . before you is a request for funding in the amount of $75,000 to expand an existing program of the bec that aims to inform, assist and place those taking to move into affordable housing with culturally relevant and linguistically appropriateservices . i encourage all of you to support bec's efforts in making safe and affordable housing a reality for the most vulnerable sanfranciscans thank you . >> anything further to that audio file western mark thank

you very much team for bringin us in the correct file . could we please you up the next speaker? >> caller has beenon muted . i would go to next caller. >> clerk: thank you. >> i'm a proud member of fiu tenderloin and please allocate additional one percent for the $1 billion citywide budget for climate mitigation.

we are on track to hit our climate targets. as we recover from the pandemic it's imperative the city invest significant numbers to address the emergency. we can fund equitable low income transportation programs now withunion local community jobs and workforce development requirements . we cannot afford to wait it's an emergency and a once in all generation opportunity . >> clerk: miss runiga could we have the next caller? >> good afternoon or good evening, this is sherilyn adams with sussex street services. thank you for your patience getting through this hearing and thank you to yourself and the mayor for the investments made so far in homelessness. i want to highlight the need to add more funding to address the needs of youngpeople

experiencing homelessness . we need long-term housing slots in these subsidyextensions . we really need theemergency hotel vouchers . it is the only way that we can get young people off the streets immediately and as you have heard so many young people we do expand behavioral health support and housing. please add more additional funding for young people experiencing homelessness and all of the requests. thank you for your time. >> thank you for your comments could we get the next caller please ? >> hello, this is the president of ceo san francisco travel, we are the destination that markets themselves and our city for business and off the book centers. the work we do supports 86,000 jobs rely on forests and generates 770million in taxes for the city . i urge you to support the 6

million recovery fund to allow san francisco to compete in aggressive convention market. it will have a positive ripple effect on restaurants, transportationcompanies and accommodations to nonprofit cultural institutions . the majority of tourism related businesses remain small and this would providethem with an essential operating lifeline . please join my colleagues and our labor practices and small businesses in supporting economic recovery investments . we also support thebudget includingthese controls and classes . thank you for your time .>> clerk: you for your comments area miss runiga, could we get the next caller western mark. >>. [inaudible] before that i was unhoused myself. this was carefully created by

people with less than professionalexperience . i'm here to ask about the great housing line item be added back into the budget as approved by the osha committee but was lost in themayor's budget . this model is needed and it's what we're asking for. this model achieves specifically with young people who have long histories of follow and many more than a decadeof their lives on the streets deserve better . it's intentional to provide communal encourages the development of healthier relationships and life skills allows communities that are essential not just to survive but to drive. let us please honor their ask. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. could we get the next caller? >> i'm connolly with cool

alert, providing programming throughthe city for 30+ years . i'm calling on behalfof our request of $100,000 for two years . rooted in san francisco's filipino community working to ensure the private traditions and stories in thediaspora are visible to ourselves and others around us . we support 100 artists who produce large dance productions the next big production will be impacting colonization. [inaudible] we are working wit asian-pacific islander cultural center to develop a new performing arts space . it's the first time going for funding which would be leveraged to develop the performing arts space with the abi community and since we are the onlyones without a physical cultural arts enter . consider supporting our efforts to call create acollaborative ecosystem . thank you. >> before we call in the next speaker i would like to extend

a request to those speakers who have already offered their comments to the committee to please lower your hands between thecall in system . this is exclusively for those speakers who have alreadyspoken . please dial star 3 to lower your hand that would make it easier for our staff organized and efficient while we move forward throughwhat remains of the public commentscall in line miss runiga , could you connect us to the next caller ? >> good afternoon, i am calling from the communitycorporation at it bookman representing the omi area . during the pandemic we were already isolated and had major issues with our two lane helping our seniors toaccess services . during the pandemic we received

some out fundings where we began to provide our seniors with the healthy hot nutritious dinner and that's because of your funding and support we found a need and we began to serve 120. we've identified 300 seniors live in this community who would love to have a hotmeal . where there is no restaurant, one grocery store that's only been here for about six weeks and it takes two hours to get into the new h mark we're trying to address food insecurities and i would appreciate your support these funding requests. thank you. >> clerk: could weget the next caller please ? >> thank you supervisors. my name is claudeadams and i

managed a conditional housing program for the homeless alliance . due to covid and other challenges thursday ended up being several years. this shift is something profound.the change would have intensive support for this length of time was extraordinary. for many this was the first time they lived in a stable environment with trusting adults . sadly the program and running is being shut down our disappointment in our program closure was mitigated when they recommendedadding fridge housing . fridge housing must be apart of the spectrum of solutions for youth homelessness . provides time to build relationshipsand shift a chaotic course of their lives and actualize their dream . time to heal and move forward just like the caring environment you will not see their future onlywithin the wall of an sro but with stability , optionsand community . rich housing will contribute to young people frompermanently

exitingthe response system . thank you so much . >> clerk: could weget the next caller please ? >> caller has been muted. >> clerk: please begin. >> i'm calling to ask that the board of supervisors defined the s fpd, specifically the jail was closed last year so that $24 million to be invested in one or many of these different programs like the compassionate alternative

response team that people have been talking about today . there are many other places from which the police budget and sheriff's department can be cut. it shouldn't take people on a call like this to ask for money for basic things to have that money reallocated. looking at some of the people in the police department, $340,000 for chief of police and $15,000 for assistant chief of police not to mention the gross overspending and overtime and so many other things that negatively impact our community so it's critical to take steps like oaklanddid . >> thank you forsharing your comments. i'm seeing we have 24 colors at this time and 14 callers in the queue.

miss runiga could you connect us to the next caller ? >> my name is. [inaudible] and i'm calling on behalf of the organization representing thepacific islander community . we are an underserved community here, probably probably the most underserved of all ethnic folks in san francisco so i am just asking that you support and approve the budget for the pacific islanders so that we can begin to help our people come up the way they should be. thank you very much. >> thank you for sharing your comments . miss runiga could we get the next callerplease ? >> my name is jesse wallace and i live in district 6. thank you board of supervisors

and for those running the phone call. i'm callingto urge the full funding of cards would cost less than the city's plan . please refund the $24.7 million the city is saving by shutting down county jail for and put that towardscommunity services . the current plan is thorough created by community leaders are on the ground seeing how on house neighbors are hurt by the police. cart is better than the city's plan which seems like a watered-down version of what cards offered. whyare why not we not using the cart plan? it's ready to go with community buy-in . we aresan francisco . let's lead the way in supporting theunhoused . i urge you to make a motion to decrease your funding by 27 million dollars and a proportionate amount from the s fpd budget to invest in affirming services like cart . >> 90 for sharing your comments, and weget the next caller please ?

caller, please go ahead. if you have heard your line has been muted it is your opportunity toprovide public comment at long last . >> next caller. >>thank you . >> my name is william jake, resident of district august 4, 2028 years and i'm calling in support of increasing funding for the police department. there's one thing we can agree on and that is san francisco does not feel safe and welcoming like it used to and we knowit's not the police making us feelunsafe . the police are hard-working ,

skilled committedmen and women . they are good people doing the best they can forall of us and they are clearly very understaffed right now . you need to adequately fund the police to ensure the officers arewell. , appropriately trained and highly accountable . the best way to improve committee relationships with the police is to fund a lot more would be cops we can see on the streets every dayand at night in our communities . the citizens of san francisco are not interested in cutting police staffing levels andwe're not trying to save money at the expense of public safety . public safety is what you need to focus on and reducing spending is irresponsible and dangerous for us . please stop focusing on putting police budget as if that is the goal. we need you tosupport the police . >> clerk: thank you, i understandwe have 21 colors and 11 in thqu