. 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 the queue .

this runiga could you connect us to the next caller. >> and getting for longer-term transition on housing, however you look at it it's benefited many people that you give a quick smile as you cross the street or helping someone without the knowledge of where your care goes but knowing you are doing good. i've seen people who will watch their smiles and will to live knowing they are given an option . in my experience funding for longer-term housing has given people a safe place to breathe . longer-term means you get a chance to see your life to the fullest term. >> could we get the next caller please? >> this is susan karas. i live in supervisor peskin

district 3. to support san francisco's biodiversity initiative, a budget neutral way for san francisco to enhance biodiversity would be for san francisco recreation and parks department multiple nurseries to propagate our local native plants and install those low not only for parts but in all our other city-owned green spaces including but not limited to san francisco public works, fire stations, and francisco mta and the port . every plant the city installs should be 100 percent local native plants. to promote human health and ecosystems by promoting asthma introduced plants by installing local native plants is the base of ourfood web to feed our wildlife and mitigating the effects of climate change . please apply for grants to remove dead, dying and dangerous ...

>> clerk: thank you for sharing your comments, could we get the next caller please?>> hello? >> clerk: you are on the line, you may begin your comments. >> hello board, my name is melissa you and i am a san francisco resident and i'm speaking onbehalf of the sierra club . we are here to ask for a larger portion of the budget to be allocated towards adjusting the climate crisis, climate change is the greatest threat to low income disadvantaged communities and those who are least responsible for the climate crisis and those who have the most have the resources to protect themselves.alongside the emergency coalition and other partnering organizations we are asking you allocate 20 percent

of the budget to equitable climate mitigation adaptation programs and policies . by ensuring that climate equity is acentral focus of long-term planning and capital funding . the city can save much more and it's 80 billion a year and if the city strategically centers climate equity at its core of its budget this city would save millions in care expenditures. it's not too late for san francisco to takethis opportunity to lead . >> the speakers time has elapsed. we are typing all our speakers at one minute today. miss, one next speaker please. >> my name is jessica bloom an i'm a doctor at san francisco general hospital . in san francisco we are part of less than one percent of public hospitals that rely on law enforcement as our primary security team . our core black and brown patients are disproportionately police but injuring arresting

patients on outstanding warrants. i heard the board of supervisors to invest in violence prevention programs . and and improve staffing for frontline workers and behavioral health emergency response teams asoutlined in the db plan. however in order to ensure the success of our community safety team , the piloted and community clinics i strongly urge that any newly created jobs the unionizeddepartment of public health jobs and not contracted jobs . thank you. >> thank you for your comments ms. bloom. to the members of the public we are down to 19 people listening with nine left in the queue. if you have not already spoken and you wish to participate how you should call 415 655-0001 meeting id 146586 5393 and dial áthree to line up to speed. next speaker please.

>> good evening, can you hear me? >> we can i know it's been a long day. i am the new editor here at the san francisco bay national black newspaper and i am here speaking on behalf of cameo house. they i think it's sinful they have to come here and be begging for money. i know you all are doingthe best job you can but this is about accountability . a budget is a moral document. you should be going to cameo house and seeing how much they need in order to make sure that this program survives. there has been beautiful language that has been attached tothis program . humanity , creativity, vital services. there are people in fear talking about how this program needs to continue i am here as the editor of the san francisco national black newspaper in

full support and really in terms ofaccountability , you should be going to this organization and making sure that they thrive and make sure it'sthe people in our community stay safe and they can heal . >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> ashok, you are probably are muted.you're not listening, you're talking to someoneelse . give us therespect of turning off your camera . >> do not direct any of your comments to anyindividual member of the committee as a whole. iq . >> please ask the supervisors to payattention . >> to this organization making sure they thrive. [inaudible]

>> clerk: next speaker please. >> that includes your comments. next speaker please. >> i'm lauren all that cochair of the supportive housing provider network and executive director of delivering innovative supportive housing. thank you for the investments in the homeless serving system. i would urge you to please reinvest the $7.1 million cost of the agency budget so that we can invest in the sustainability of the network and expressly the legacy permi supportive housing programs that are additional to our response system . we are seeing is disparities, dyer pay inequities and much-needed capital investments in our legacy portfolio aswell as pay inequities across the sector . i would also like to support

the home request including the bridge housing for youth experiencinghomelessness and the car program thank you for your time today and for your commitment to ending homelessness . >> thank you, ms. hall. next speaker please. >> hello. >> please begin. >> my name is david gonzalez and i am a resident of cameo house . i am urging the board of directors and the mayor's office to develop responding to fund cameo house. this program means a lot to me and i am that woman that was addicted to drugs that now has her life back . that has a 4.0 gpa at college and daughters back in my life all because of cameo house and the support that they give me. i would never have been able to do it without them. there is so much love in this

home. it's not just a program, it's home . the staffgenuinely care and i did not have options . this wasit . there are notprograms like this in the city which is sad . and my daughter today is healthy, is happy and the intergenerational drama is being broken. those chains are being broken. she's now a happy healthy girl so i ask you guys put the money where the money should be put that is to make strong people . >> clerk: your minute has expiredmiss runiga, next caller . >> hello. >> clerk: hi. >> i am jenny and i'm speaking on behalf of the league of women voters of san francisco. the league has been involved in police reform thecollaborative reform initiative started .

we monitor commission meetings including the one in 2019 when theresolution was made asking communities to come up with a nonpolice response to homelessness . we follow theprocess through and endorsed the cart proposal in 2021 . government asked for and received a compassionate community-based response to homelessness. the league asks you to fund the cart as the only proposal by and for thecommunity to completely and the police response to homelessness . thank you and have a nice weekend . >> thank you for your comments. next caller please.>> my name is gracie. i live in mirna melgar's district and i'm a ccf after student urging you to refund our community at least $24 million the cost of operating the download county jail and the fund is fpd. the general fund which is funding that can be directed to housing schools, city, and

healthcare more currently directs over $508 million to sfp and under the mayor's proposed budget this will increase additional $5 million this passes this will be money money ever dedicated from the general fund to sfp alarm another 35.7 million of the proposed budget is dedicated juvenile hall. cages children, 87 percent of. this funding would be open until 2023 is decision by the board of supervisors " facility by the end of 2021. this is not how we keep our youth say. i urge you to keep the city accountable and reject allocations that our city has already closed or must close within the year. i heard you ... >> clerk: thank you gracie but your minute has collapsed. the members of the public we are down to our last dozen colors you if you wish to

participate in their public comment for this year's budget, let's see. and you have not alreadydone so please dialáthree to lineup to speak . next speaker please . >>. >> hello. my name is tyler kaiser and i live in the hate i'm calling that you fully fund cards, police response to homelessness as well as ineffective and harmful and rc deserves a specially trained community-based program to respond to these policies . rarely does a police response need to ending an episode of homelessness yet we continue to put millions into these responses really currently as fpd response to the five thousand calls directly related to housing status of homelessness each year. at a cost of over $18 million per year and only 2.4 percent of police encounters and 17 percent of teen encounters result in service connections what i ask you, fully fund cards. ideal the rest of my time.

>> thank you miss kaiser. next speaker please. >> my name is alex and i live in richmond. i'm calling to urge you to make good on the city prompted to the people. it said you would close cj ford, juvenile hall and diver funding from sfpd. you've done none of that and it's time for the city to put its money where its mouth is and get fund jail closures and reduce funding to sfpd. time after time the city has fallen short. it's side to change that this is about community safety. as we fully recover from the pandemic we must prioritize services that center the well-being of our people and not costs. this is also about public trust. the city is closed hundred plus full-time deputy jails and as

plans to remove deputies from security post in buildings around san francisco so why are we paying the sheriff more than ever and continuing to grow general fund money as if we just are doing business as usual? you'vealready made motions towards other alternatives . the fund sfpd by at least 25,000. >> thank you for your comments, next speaker. >> i'm the director of oic youth center, thank you for all the supervisors for today's long meeting. i just have a few things i would like to highlight. as you all know covid has exposed the inequities in our community. 42 percent api on our living in poverty and i hope that you support and expand the cultural competence of the asian community in district 1 district 11 with the proposal

committee hub services and also expend the sidewalk cleaning services in chinatown so for a better and cleaner chinatown for economic recovery and i also would like to urge you to restore the funding to our last three pandemic school year totaling about 5.3 million across 43 cool site or active school programs so that we will keepall our families and children together in san francisco and lastly , i would also like to hope that you all would support the jj pa recommendation to juvenile probation department. thank you and have a good night . >> clerk: thank you mrs. on. next caller please. >> this is debbie lewman from san francisco human services network . we asked that you restore budget cuts to essential nonprofit services such as the reductions that resulted from the moh cd, domestic violence programs and the many other

such speakers have raised today. second i want to thank the mayor for investing in the cost of doing business increase for our nonprofits.we urge you to also fund $2 million for the minimum compensation ordinance to support wage equity for nonprofit workers with the lowestbase wages. these are front-line workers who have never stopped working or serving our most vulnerable residents throughout the pandemic . finally we support the request of the budget justice coalition and ask you to redirect law enforcement funding and savings from the closure ofcounty jail for to invest in alternatives more appropriate remedies to address homelessness and behavioral health needs. thank you so much . >> thank you for your comments. nextspeaker pleasereedit . >> good evening supervisors. this is peter warfield . library users association. the library is certainly a good thing for a lot of people and

pretty much everybody. but our library is basically doing far less than it used to and your getting huge increases in funding. we asked that you at what the funding is being used for and particularly the library look at what its funding isused for from the perspective of equity . the library has only open or only known to be open to folks with computer access to the internet. and that cuts out a huge number of people in san francisco, over 100,000. and inequitably cuts out many of the folks that are the most vulnerable . we ask you to use handbags or whatever you can tomake sure that the library looks into equalizing its services . thank you. >> thank youfor your comments mister warfield . miss runiga, next speaker.

>> good eveningsupervisors, my name is mike and i live in district 5 . i we've been to this budget hearing and you hear so many requests from all these amazing people serving our community that need funding and we have just 25 million from the closure of county jail for that could be redirected towards those purposes. we are wasting money on law enforcement that doesn't actually bring us safety and there's all these programs that we look for that that money would be better used for. in addition it is absolutely crucial to release the funds from prop i to rent relief. that was a ballot measure at the city of san francisco voted on and still no action has been takenbased upon it . does a vote even mean anything? and we need to be, you all need

to be prepared to override the mayor's veto whenshe pulls her dignity oriole behavior . to shut down anything that would actually help us people in san francisco. >> you might but yourtime has elapsed . miss runiga, next speaker. >>. [inaudible] i'd like to ask you to play our second set of videos please. and if you could keep me on and leave me in the queue, that would be fantastic.

hello? >> clerk:apologies, give me one second . >> my name is maria and i consider myself a lifelong learner which of course is a greater quality of life. althoughi am retired my productive years are not quite over . i still neededucational opportunities . i still belong to a thriving full-timegirl and multi generational community . citycollege of san francisco offers me just that . as in the board i never learned about my cultural history so my first class at city college was mexican history. itook labor history is to strengthen my culinary work as an sci you member .

later and when i retired i was encouraged to write and tell my lifestory next to the older adult program and i also worked on my english communication skills . if you have the power to save city college, what are you waiting for? i urge you funding for the city's best response economic, social and injustice at city college . >>. [speaking spanish] >> marcel hoffman, fiu member and longtime residentof san francisco .

city college really does mean the world to me. from the moment i arrivedhere in my early 20s , feeling like an outcast on the small town, looking for people like me and lookingfor community . i found that at city college. basically, labor studies and i even survived of violent workplace assault and was able to retrain to become a nurse. i could tapdancing, spanish , german, fitness centers. i found meaning, a career and joy.i really want everyone to havethis opportunity that i did . find the funding to fully support the city college weknow and love. thank you . >> my name is robin q and this is my ccs story. in total of all 20/20 i was coordinator and instructor for the small business noncredit

programsat the downtown campus at city college . we had basses for people who had an idea but didn't know what to do with it. we want to start small businesses in and francisco. we often had more than 50 people enroll in our classes. and these classes were discontinued in the fall of 2020 due to a lack of funds area and a lack of support for this kind of community course. we need the supervisors and the city of san francisco to support city college with a sustainable sourceof income so we can bring back classes like this that benefit all san franciscans . >> i'm an instructor at city college of san francisco across 30 apartments at thecollege . this summer i'm teaching fm 60 african-american women in the us which of course was hard fought for but not guaranteed. in the fall at city college there was only four sessions of

african-americanstudies classes across the entire college . i'm creating this video in support of longer-term solutions to funding our quality education city college so we might preserve these spaces to learn about ourselves and fight to preserve the history of san francisco and black san francisco in particular. the department of african-american studies at city college was founded in 1970 but since that fun found the college has not been able to offer a certificate or degree in it. 20, 30, 40 years ago please support action to fund city college of san francisco so we may continue to do the deeply important work . >> my name is tara lee and this is my ccs f story. when i first came to the united

states in 2008, i didn't know any english at all.and i was confused at many things. fortunately ccs f provided an opportunity to learn english and life skills such as computer skills and communicationsskills . and i have gotten a lot of help from my teachers and classmates. ccsf is great for a better life for to continuing ccsf to improve my english.so please don't cut the program and don't let.

thank you. >> my name is jay. and i'm a former student of san francisco that he college. eventually the state and continue going back to city college for video editing and testing class and all i can say is that we need to make sure that your funding for the system because i hadn't been for city colleges, i think i might have had no future and now i feel like i'm an educated man and we need to make sure everybody hasthe same chances that i'm going tohave . so yes, let's keep that funding steady . >> my name is pat solano near 96 and 2014, i had taken a great many continuingeducation courses at city college of san

francisco . there were holocaust options, continuing education and i actually started to separate careers over the course of20 years . starting with those classes. including healthcare classes and then clean energy courses. solar installation, solar theory, so i've been working in that field for about six years now and probably couldn'thave gotten started without city college . it's an invaluable resource for low income communities folks in san francisco. in fact it's been seen as a great job teaching everything you need to know. it's aninvaluable resource, it really needs to be . expanded and funded indefinitely. and continue to grow. i support it fully.thank you. >>. [inaudible] california deserves

long-term funding ... [inaudible] i've witnessed some of our most vulnerable populations and their only able to cobble out time for. [inaudible] they deserve staff and program that is able to support them. so i'm hoping ... [inaudible] one of the wealthiest citiesin the world .

... fully fund city college and give our students and city what theydeserve . >> mister finkelstein, i did see a video from your self. did you want to play that or make your own comments? >> if you could play the video that would be great . >> clerk::. >> i appreciate it. >> my name is malika falkenstein. representing teachers and librarians. i work with students who have serious until actual and developmental disabilities and in our program students have to develop academic skills to live independently andexpress themselves and build communities .

i've also taught in our high school completion program where our city provides education to the most vulnerable population . i want to live in a city that believes in peoplelike my students and the promise of a successful education and that's what's atstake . these programs disappear . this city colleges the workforce of higher education through job training . ccsf teaches esl, foreign languages, music and science. jobs and they built city. we are san francisco's recovery and now weneed your help thank you . >> that doesconclude the video . ms. runiga, do we have another caller? >> we have 4 in the queue.

hello caller, do you hear the prompt that your line has been a muted? that is your prompt to begin your comments. >> and the constituent of the city and i am calling tonight asked my c supervisors in this special budget session and conversation to the fund the police, especially with regards to a few specifics. one is i think at a central program that has great opportunity to be able to redirect city needs but in addition to that, i think that the opportunities to gather in our parks and gather in our streets should not be subject

to police enforcement. ithink it is unreasonable and brutal that we choose to do so . i think it's ridiculous that the mayor is calling for more police funding rather than addressing the needs of our city like 24 hour bathrooms as matt haney has emphasized. i appreciate him for doing so. that proposition seems vital to our city and towards that end i want to add the most efficient use of our budget would be to open the bathrooms we already have in our parks whether it's in dolores or goldengate at night so those existingtoilets and thatexisting sanitary resource may be used . >> clerk: thank you for your comments. ms. runiga, next speaker please . >> i'm doctor amy man in district 9 and i'm a family medicine resident working at the sf general hospital. i frequently see the downstream

impact of trauma in my patience and disproportionate policing as led to significantfinancial burdens on our low income patients of color .i would support the city proposal to expand behavioral health emergency response teams and highlight union represented community safety teams for clinicsand hospitals . i'm urging you to diver funding out of sfpd to establish the card program and invest in life-affirming programs for ou communities . please reject the increase of cadets and our hospitals and decrease the service budget by $25 million using these funds forpreventative services including community building and arts . there are many more opportunities to realign our city's budget towards investing upstream in our communities health and growth, not punishment and policing.

>> clerk: thank you for your comments. miss runiga, next speaker please. >> supervisors, this deliberation has been a long one and you have heard from san franciscans basically , the board of supervisors must understand that when it comes to quality of lifeissues , you've got an f minus. you have hurt our infants, our children, our youth, our young adults, our elders, those with compromised health in harm's way. so we see again and again you arekicking the can down the street . quality of life issues will

focus on quality of life issues is mandated. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments area miss runiga, do we have any more commentsin the queue ? >> one last caller.caller disconnected. >> clerk: okay. we do still have a balance of eft 21 videos so i'll just play the balance of thatif that's okay mister chair . >> sure.

>> my name is amy and i'm without city college and i'm current supervisor tosupport the workforce education recovery fund . we continue to have city colors as a resource in the city. since i've been at city the last four years every semester including this pastsemester we were over 60 percent of our faculty . those potential cuts disproportionately would affect the students of color such as myself and only those jobs by agreeing to taking a pay cut. when we are already on the lower end of the pay scale for our academic institutions in the area . it makes it difficult to recruit and retain faculty, recruit and retain faculty of color and quick to lose many programs that are here to serve ourdiverse population .

we are hispanic institutions. we reflect the diversity of the city and our student population created we are working multiple jobs and our veterans for whom this is the path. >> i'll be moving it to the next video, that one collapsed at the one minute mark. >> i graduated from the registered nursing program in 1979. i've been a kaiser nurse for 37 years faculty member at city college for 14 years. now the director of city colleges registered nursing program . and when what i love about having this dissociation and being a registered nurse is i feel i am a role model, being the first person in my family to go to college i get to show younger latinos you can become anything you want . what's so special about city college registered nursing? i would say the faculty and diversity of our students . the faculty deserve a fair

wage, notdoing decrease in their salary . the city should support community college .we educate essential workers in the fields ofhealthcare and safety . this includes registered nursing, lvn, dental assisting , diagnostic medical imagery. healthinformation technology , paramedics emergency medical technicians, fire science and justice and other programs that are important to the community like theathletic programs in dance . >> i worked in the college of san francisco and let's consider long-term funding. citizens rely onccsf for cost which give them a pathway to more job opportunities . i've always personally been interested in taking this language classes at ccsf in order to bolster my community better and be better connected to my heritage. please consider this investment

in the future of ccsf.thank you. >> when i first came to the united states i was struggling with english. after high school i went to college where i was well prepared for the university challenges . a few years ago i retired from city college as the faculty. after decades of working with students. i would not be where i am today without the strong foundation i havereceived at city college . please please put your priority on education. where many of us students will be old pillars of our society in thefuture . thank you for your time. and lots keep up the good work.

>> my name is rob young and i'm a teacher city college area i teach english as a second language to immigrants and these immigrants are in the need of improving their language skills sothey can contribute to our economy . for example my student parent from china was a hand surgeon and he design models that students study and in china and yet the american he's working food service. he's frustrated. he wants to get back in what he passionately can't and he looks for classes at citycollege and can't take them because they don't fit into his schedule . i have another student who is alejandro, he's from mexico. he is a busser and he wants to be a waiter and he's passionate about service but he needs to improve his english andcan't always take classes because they're not offered at the right time because we have to make cuts . so i hope that we can find a more stable funding source we

can meet the needs of these people so they can contribute and be productive and meet their passions instead of working . >> myname is ron richardson, teacher of english at city college . and i think california community colleges deserve sustainable long-term funding area because they are the forefront of equity. as frank harris and jay would say, the community colleges are a wayto answer systemic racism in our culture . to answer years of inequity and inequality. so let's stand up forequality if that's what we believe. and fund education . >> my name is sally chen and i am aneconomic justice program manager . i am recording a comment today in support of city college area faculty and programs will negatively affect our committee

members who are you ready immigrants and women limited english proficient often at lpd. the largest demographic is among the ccf students are asian and latino women and working adults. 89 percent of students are in theworkforce years and these groups have been deeply impacted by the pandemic . ccsf provides critical pathways in our organization as a significantincrease of over 38 percent of workforce clients who enroll in city college in 2020 compared to what he can . consistently vocational efl pathways. our members need to get now more than ever to recover from the pandemic and find economic stability.>> supervisorhaney , supervisor watson, i was born in san francisco. i have lived in bayview for most ofmy adult life. please provide long-term

funding .without the network of resources at these centers available to me, health sciences and social justice costs, i would have never felt empowered with the knowledge to leave my domestically abusive home ccsf has cultivated a sense of self-love freeing me of shame and guilt and gave me the safe and time to seek help, to enroll in medi-cal and in long-term mental health care and equips me the education and connections to find employment with local cityowners . as a former student and project supervisor educator i can tell you this is an ordinary truth for the students archaeologists are please see ccsf. >> i teach english as a second language. so that people can become citizens, get better jobs , talk to their children's teachers and become more engaged in civic life. everything my students learn benefits them and it also

benefits the city of san francisco. unfortunately least this semester more passes are cut and more students lose opportunities.i realize you might think it's not my fault that city collegeis in trouble. but it's not my students fall either . they need these classes . they need these opportunities. what i'm asking you is to step up and find a way to provide these opportunities for the students. it benefits them and it benefits the city of san francisco. iq. >> my name is nancy vera, i've been a teacher at city college for 41 years. only because the city college changed my life when i was a student there in the early 1970s . our college offers opportunities that would be economically out of reach for most of our students but these opportunities are at risk of

being lost due to underfunding of the classes and programs needed tochange their lives for the better . like it did for me.our mission to serve our communities isbeing derailed . accessibility and diversity are beinglost . this is a social justice issue. we can't afford to let this happen to our students and communities are college serves . please increase more funding forour community college in our city budget . iq area. >> my name isgloria logo and i'm an asl instructor .i'm asking that the board of supervisors provide funding long and short-term for city college. we know that we are at a criticalperiod in our history . in sanfrancisco and at city college . we know marginalized

communities have been hit hard. black and brown and immigrant communities need the resources ccsf has to offer. they need educationaland vocational training and the city of san francisco benefits from our trainingprogram . we ask that you together with us . we want sustainable funding for a brighter future and a stronger communityin san francisco area please ,please help us with the funding . >> my name is alayna hill and i'm a teacher at mission high school. we need the city of san francisco to fund city college you fund our k-12 schools. we recognize the importance of the education and i hope you recognize the importance of postsecondaryeducational institutions like city college . it would make possible programs like ours for students in

conjunction with city college dualenrollment program . this allows our students to stay in the city and work for city agencies like our fire department and ourambulance companies . i think it's important and i think it's imperative. thank you for your help .>> with that mister balthazar do wehave any more speakers in the queue ? >> there is one remaining caller in the queue. >> thank you mister balthasar. >> district 1 and i'm calling today to urge that we have someone, one of you to make a motion to decrease the sheriff's funding by at least $24 million and directly fund our communities in need. i urge zero funds for the san

francisco police department. not academy, not overtime, not one more cop in the city. we have at this moment an opportunity to do the decent, humane and apparently avant-garde thing i manifesting true leadership and vision by funding cart san francisco100 percent . use the sheriff's funds and savings from not funding sfpd this year. fund car this year.for the entire time i've been making these calls i've been particularly struck by the consistent comments made by our healthcare professionals of all stripes to a person they have never endorsed increasing funds to law enforcement. never. i only, do what you must to reinstate the will of the voters by using the proposition one funds for rent relief.

clerk, you havebeen a hero so thank you for anawesome job today .>> clerk: thank you . and unless i'm mistaken, mister chair, that was our lastcaller in the queue . >> thank you mister alipo for all your work. this was a complicated thing to do with all the videos and i did want to share my fear gratitude to everyone from the public who called in. who sent in videos. your testimony was impactful and touching and heartfelt and personal and i will be a part of our deliberations as we make the decisions in the coming days. i want to thank my colleagues for being here and listening and for your hard work and partnership in this process. we will reconvene on monday, june 28.

i didn't say this yet but public comment is closed. i want to make a motion to recess this meeting until monday, june 28 at10 am . is there a second? seconded by safai. and rollcall vote please. >> on the motion to recess the budget and appropriations committee to monday, june 28 at 10 pm. vice chair safai. [roll call vote] we have 5 aye's. >> are there any other items before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today. >> this meeting is recessed

untilmonday, june 28 at 10 am . thank you all. >> >> in august 2019 construction began on the new facility at 1995 evans avenue in bayview. it will house motorcycle police and department of forensic

services division. both sfpd groups are in two buildings that need to be vacated. they will join the new $183 million facility in late 2021. >> elements of the cfi and the traffic company are housed at the hall of justice, which has been determined to be seismically unfit. it is slated for demolition. in addition to that the forensic services crime lab is also slated for demolition. it was time and made sense to put these elements currently spread in different parts of the city together into a new facility. >> the project is located in the bayview area, in the area near estes creek. when san francisco was first formed and the streetcars were built back it was part of the

bay. we had to move the building as close to the edge as possible on bedrock and solid elements piles down to make sure it was secure. >> it will be approximately 100,000 square feet, that includes 8,000 square feet for traffic company parking garage. >> the reason we needed too new building, this is inadequate for the current staffing needs and also our motor department. the officers need more room, secured parking. so the csi unit location is at the hall of justice, and the crime laboratory is located at building 60 sixty old hunters point shipyard. >> not co-located doesn't allow for easy exchange of information to occur. >> traffic division was started in 1909.

they were motor officers. they used sidecars. officers who road by themselves without the sidecar were called solo. that is a common term for the motorcycle officers. we have 45 officers assigned to the motorcycles. all parking at the new facility will be in one location. the current locker room with shared with other officers. it is not assigned to just traffic companies. there are two showers downstairs and up. both are gym and shop weres are old. it needs constant maintenance. >> forensic services provides five major types of testing. we develop fingerprints on substances and comparisons. there are firearms identification to deal with projectiles, bullets or

cartridge casings from shootings. dna is looking at a whole an rare of evidence from -- array of evidence from dna to sexual assault to homicide. we are also in the business of doing breath allyzer analysis for dui cases. we are resurrecting the gunshot residue testing to look for the presence of gunshot residue. lifespan is 50 years. >> it has been raised up high enough that if the bay starts to rise that building will operate. the facility is versus sustainable. if the lead gold highest. the lighting is led. gives them good lights and reduces energy use way down.

water throughout the project we have low water use facilities. gardens outside, same thing, low water use for that. other things we have are green roofs on the project. we have studies to make sure we have maximum daylight to bring it into the building. >> the new facility will not be open to the public. there will be a lobby. there will be a deconstruction motorcycle and have parts around. >> the dna labs will have a vestibule before you go to the space you are making sure the air is clean, people are coming in and you are not contaminating anything in the labs. >> test firing in the building you are generating lead and chemicals. we want to quickly remove that from the individuals who are working in that environment and ensure what we put in the air is

not toxic. there are scrubbers in the air to ensure any air coming out is also at the cleanest standards. >> you will see that kind of at the site. it has three buildings on the site. one is for the motorcycle parking, main building and back behind is a smaller building for evidence vehicles. there is a crime, crime scene. they are put into the secure facility that locks the cars down while they are examined. >> they could be vehicles involved in the shooting. there might be projectiles lodged in the vehicle, cartridge casings inside the vehicle, it could be a vehicle where a aggravated sexual occurred and there might be biological evidence, fingerprints, recovered merchandise from a potential robbery or other things. >> the greatest challenge on the project is meeting the scope

requirements of the project given the superheated construction market we have been facing. i am proud to say we are delivering a project where we are on budget. >> the front plaza on the corner will be inviting to the public. something that gives back to the public. the building sits off the edge. it helps it be protected. >> what we are looking for is an updated building, with facilities to meet our unit's needs. >> working with the san francisco police department is an honor and privilege. i am looking forward to seeing their faces as the police officers move to the new facility. >> it is a welcome change, a new surrounding that is free from all of the challenges that we face with being remote, and then the ability to offer new expanded services to the city

and police department investigations unit. i can't wait until fall of 2021 when the building is finally ready to go and be occupied and the people can get into the facility to serve them and serve the community. going places in

san francisco anymore. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: oh, hello. oh, my goodness. sorry to keep everybody waiting. i'm not used to going places in

san francisco anymore. i sit at a computer all day, and i'm on zoom calls. i'm, like, wait a minute, this is in person? i want to thank you all for joining us. i'm mayor london breed, and i'm joined by several supervisors. i see supervisor catherine stefani and supervisor myrna melgar, as well. we have many folks that are part of the fabric of san francisco, and the reason why we're here with so many amazing women is because we know that since this pandemic began, women have really had a serious challenge. it's not bad enough that women in fact make about 80% to the dollar that men make, and african women more in the 60%,

and latino women more about 50% on the dollar. it's not bad enough that we're not paid as much, but because there were challenges with child care, challenges to school, access to transitions and new and rewarding opportunities in the work industry, women have suffered really during this pandemic, and so it is so important to me that when looking at our economic recovery as san francisco began to reopen, that we can look at ways of supporting and invest in san francisco. now today, we have some really big announcements. now it's been hard, but two thirds of san franciscans have been vaccinated. as we begin to reopen, we want to keep people safe, and we are hopeful, jennie lam, that we are going to get the schools open this fall because i don't know about you, but i'm sure that many of the parents are

ready to see their children go back to school. now what we're announcing today is going to be really incredible, and it has a lot to do with so many women expressing concerns about leaving one industry to go work in the other. if they were working in the hospitality industry, it's, like, this is the sector that i'm working in, but the hospitality industry was devastated during the pandemic, so how do we provide ways for people to shift? so part of the announcement today is focusing on getting people prepared to shift from various industries in san francisco. so we're announcing 300 opportunities that will help women in the hospitality sector, in the construction sector, in the tech sector, and a number of industries where whatever we choose to do, because we know we are women and we are fierce, we can jump on those opportunities. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: but it's not just about an opportunity, it's about what do

you do with your children when you're trying to work? and so child care plays an important role, but here's the challenge we've had in san francisco. we have resources sometimes for the very low-income women, although we may not have a sufficient number of slots. and then, there's those women that just are right over the threshold where they don't necessarily qualify, but they face challenges in child care. so we are announcing today that not only are we offering more slots for our very low-income women that need help with their child care, but the moderate income, as well. 800 new slots for child care because you know mothers, they work hard, but they need a break. i don't know if you remember when you were a kid and how many problems you gave to your parents, but i was a handful to

my grandmother. so i understand when she was, like, go ahead. she can go. take her. i need a break. well, it's not just about a break. it's about the learning loss, it's about having an opportunity to play with other children, it's about having a well rounded childhood and making sure that our child care centers are funded, our educators are funded in a specific way that we're able to provide some sense of normalcy after having such a tough year, so today is really about making sure that women are uplifted and supported; that we continue to breakdown these barriers as we head down the road of recovery. yes, san francisco is a major city, a dense city, with many, many challenges, but you know what? this is a challenge that we have to consistently work on. it should not be an issue for women, but it is an issue for women in san francisco and in the country. with that, the person that is going to lead this effort, a

mom herself -- as a matter of fact, i was on meetings with her as she was dealing with distance learning with her child. we are so excited to have as our new executive director of the office of economic and workforce development, kay solfus [applause] >> good morning. so as i stand here, day seven -- day six in this new job for the city i love, i am very aware that i stand here on the shoulders of generations of women in my family, mostly single mothers in my family. and as i raise my children, my s.f. born children, my two daughters, one of woman is intellectual -- one of whom is intellectually and physically disabled, i realize i wouldn't be standing here being able to

contribute to our city were it not for the incredible schools that have supported my kids and the child care, especially for my younger daughter, especially in the early years when many child care facilities didn't know how to handle someone with intellectual disabilities. rec and park stepped in, ggrc stepped in, and i'm able to do what i do as a direct by-product of being a woman and being supported in this life. i grew up as the daughter of another single mom in buffalo, new york, and she was not supported in the same way. she was always struggling to make ends meet, out of work, trying to figure out how to borrow neighbors to help care for my brother and i, and so i'm also aware of the unnecessary struggles women are put through trying to balance all that they do. so as i stand here today, thank

you, mayor breed, thank you, my team at oewd, thank you, everyone standing behind me. i can't be more proud to have this be one of the first initiatives launched under my helm, and i commit to you and to this city that this is the first and it will not be the last, and that women and their children and their families are a key part of our economic recovery plan, a key part of equity in this city, and a key part of our future, and you have my commitment to lead the way. thank you. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, kate. and now, we have serina marie, who is a health care academy graduate with home bridge. [applause] >> good morning. i would like to thank mayor breed and health care academy -- thank you -- health

care academy and all those who put this wonderful event together. i would like to share with you my story. my name is serina maria, and i am a care supervisor at home bridge. several years ago, i knew i wantsed -- wanted to be in the health care field, and home bridge gave me the opportunity in hiring me as a health care provider. during my time at home bridge, i wanted to grow in the field, so i decided to participate in their career advancement program, which is a collaboration of the health care academy and home bridge. through this training, i was able to gain the skill and opportunities needed for advancement in home bridge. in the training program, not only did i learn the technical skills of the job, but i also learned the interpersonal skills that have helped me not

only support my clients and home care providers but also helped me in my every day personal life. shortly after completing the program, i was able to advance into a mentorship role supporting new providers coming into our organization. eventually, i was promoted to care supervisor, which is my current position. these advancement opportunities helped me to support my family, especially during the pandemic. this experience has also contributed to my ability to support home care providers i supervise who provide critical care for some of our most vulnerable members of our community, contributing to the safe reopening of our city, as well. once again, i would like to thank the health care academy and home bridge for creating advancement opportunities through effective training

programs. my hope is that more woen will be able to benefit from collaborative programs like these through the mayor's initiative. thank you so much. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and at this time, i want to introduce members of the board of supervisors myrna melgar and catherine stefani. >> supervisor melgar: thank you, mayor breed. i am so grateful for your position in centering economic recovery on women's needs. i, along with supervisor stefani, worked on a resolution earlier this year asking our city to do just that, and i'm so grateful that the mayor has responded. thank you, mayor. for women, we cannot go back to the way it was before the pandemic. we need to make progress, and

to make progress on social and economic issues, we need to make sure that women have the tools that they need to succeed and that children have their needs met, and so i think that this is a great step, and i look forward to more in the future. supervisor? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, supervisor, and thank you to mayor breed for gathering all of these incredible women today and for basically walking the walk. she knows exactly how to respond when there's a need that's unmet, and to do what she's doing for mothers that need child care, to lift mothers up, to lift working mothers up is exactly what we need in response to this pandemic. i am so proud to be a part of the board of supervisors and women that actually show up for women. i am so excited that we have kate sophis leading the office of workforce development. there's a saying, if you're not at the table, you're on the menu, and we are at the table.