i want to introduce one of the great champions of hope sf. we have benefited san francisco of having one of the great advocate mayors in america and she advocates. so with that, i'd like to introduce mayor london breed. well i advocate for all citizens of san francisco as a person with no option spending 20 years of my life living in public housing, living in what i think were some of the most

horrible conditions that too many residents live in today. so i will continue no matter what condition i'm in to advocate for those of sunnidale. and i've got to tell you it feels good to be in sunnydale. back in the day when i used to hang in sunnydale, billy, we had a good time. but we also knew there were challenges that continue to persist here. first, let me just start by welcoming you all to sunnydale and welcoming many of our guests. we have a number of guests here and a few of them are going to be speaking later. but i want to thank the folk who is are here including the president of the board of supervisors shamman wallton and

malia cohen who started a lot of the work that took place here. i remember when shaurn hewit and she said we need to fix this, malia now and look what you're doing. i want to thank state senator scott weaner along with our lieutenant governor because we know building housing in san francisco is getting rid of the players that make it more difficult and more expensive. our assessor recorder who's bringing in the money so we can spend it on the housing that we need i see so many of you here i see drew does a lot of great work. we are honored to see our

amazing guests the speaker, the leader of this country, madam speaker nancy pelosi. it's so great to see you here. thank you. and you'll be hearing as well from the secretary of h.u.d. which is incredible to get the secretary of h.u.d. to come to san francisco, but also to come here and be a partner in these efforts. someone who is a former mayor and understands how important it is to take care of cities and communities. i'm so glad secretary fudge you are in charge because you understand it and every time i pick up the phone and call her, we've got an advocate and someone who's going to help us deliver on our promise to sunnydale to make sure there's 1:1 replacement for every household that's here.

so that what happened to me in o.c., in fillmo, 300 units torn down, only 200 units built. there was no one for one replacement. so when i served on the san francisco redevelopment agency with fred black well we committed to work with the residents to make sure they were really apart of it and they were guaranteed that they would not be displaced from their home and not only did they never return, it's impossible for them to be able to afford to return to san

francisco now. so part of what we also did when president obama president obama was in office is we got something through h.u.d. that was almost impossible to get and because of speaker pelosi and her work and advocacy, neighborhood preference. so even though there's a 1:1 replacement of the units built here, we also have an option with our affordable housing units for neighborhood preference. so the people who live here would get a right of first refusal and have access to the affordable housing they grew up with right in their back yard. that's so important that we change the way we build and make sure communities have access because access was denied at one point. and so we are coming up with creative solutions to ensure that the people who are part of

this community are in this community living their best life. thags the most important thing to each and every one of us here today and why are we here at sunnydale. we're here because this project is getting done, 55 homes already done with people living there. and folks are going to be moving in and nice units. units with some washer and driers. two, three-bedroom units. bigger bathrooms. the bathrooms here are the same ones that were here when i grew up. i was telling them my brothers always left a ring and didn't clean up after themselves.

we are changing conditions and making sure people can live in dignity is the most important thing to me. it's the most important thing to me as a native san franciscan who was afforded the opportunity to grow up in public housing and my grandmother made sure that i was proud of where i lived, that i took care of where i lived. she'd make we go out and sweep the front porch. you take care of your community and take care of the people in your community. and that's what this is about. living in dignity and maintaining a community that has been far too long neglected. and so we are here because we are going to finish and continue the promise that we made to make this community a better community with amenities, the gym that's going to be built. the grocery store that we hope

will be closer than geneva avenue. the things that we know are going to be important to a thriving community. that's our goal. the public and the private partnerships to make it happen and we're lucky because we have supporters from the private sector and thank you again to fred blackwell from the san francisco foundation, but it takes our state representatives and our changes to bureaucracy and it also takes our federal partners and how lucky are we that we have an extraordinary leader that has been through many of presidents and still running the country through the good, the bad, and the ugly. and i don't mean ugly on the outside. she has been a champion when it comes to the things that we need for san francisco, the reason why we're able to deliver has everything to do with the respect and the fight of the woman that i'm about to

introduce now. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our speaker nancy pelosi. >> madam mayor, it's always a joe to be with you when we're talking about low-income housing, public housing and the rest and here you speak from your own personal experience about it. but my friends and madam secretary and lieutenant governor and elected officials who are here, those of us who have been with the mayor to these community events know that no matter what the subject is when we are here the mayor speaks from her experience growing up in public housing and the need for us to address that matter. when we're giving out food to the poor, the mayor knows what it means for people to be hungry because of her experience growing up. the list goes on, but we're

talking about health care so that we're meeting the needs of those who need the help the most. and it's just a beautiful inspiring experience to hear her speak about it because it's the continuum of concerns housing's central to it. when i was hungry, you fed me. when i was homeless, you gave me shelter. when i was naked, you clothed me. all of those thingses in the gospel the mayor brings. madam mayor, thank you for your tremendous leadership and how that experience has benefited so many people and just viewing this project sunnydale, it's about respect. respect for the tenants. they are the d.i.p.s. we're here to speak, but they are the d.i.p.s which means we're here to meet and meet in a way that is respectful and recognize that some families are multi-generation

grandparents, children, and three or four access to bathroom just accessible in every way. and i say this because it is a model for the country. it is a model for the country to see how san francisco deals with this and sometimes we've been at other openings and ribbon cuttings every step of the way to see how what it does for people to see that they are treated with respect by housing that meets their needs in a way that they had some say in putting together and everything that goes with it whether it's community center or whatever else, a model to the nation. and that's why it's such a treat to have our secretary here today because she understands this full well from her whole career, her whole career in public service at the local level whether it was

dealing with fore closures. in the congress of the united states, a member of the agriculture committee and that sounds rural and she understands rural need, but it's about food in the city. that's why shelley chism and that's why our agriculture served us so well including urban needs related to housing and a continuum of meeting needs and then she also serveded on the education and labor committee, but we're talking about the education of our children and the mayor knows full well how the dignity kids have going to school when they can bring their friends home and feel proud and she also served and this is very important right now, all of it

is but this is timely this week something will come up and next week in the senate on this. she led the effort in the house of representatives to bring to take testimony and bring to the floor of the house the voting protection act bills that are there. john lewis voting protection act that we had written last year for this year, but her role was in the voter protection act to remove obstacles of participation to the vote for people of color, for people in lower income neighborhoods because that was the assault that was being made on the vote in our country. so is in her experience whether it was, again, the fundamental respect for people to vote, whether it was the housing, but throughout her career, she's

been a champion. she brings that experience to the secretary office. again, madam secretary, we're honored to have you here. we're very proud of the fact that california and i want to solute our lieutenant governor because of her experience in terms of housing as well. california has figured out a way to make use of every public policy option whether it's tax code, low income housing, tax codes, bonds, whether it's the ever popular propositions whether it's policy matters that make a difference and timing and the rest for us to meet the needs of the people. we're now in the process of debating the build back better. president joe biden has said i want to do everything to support it in a bipartisan way and that's one bill that's written but i will not confine my vision for america to what can be done in that way.

we have much more that needs to be done and now as we're in that debate, we're debating what will be contained in the housing aspects in that we couldn't be better serveded by the biden administration than the great secretary of housing and urban development. it's not just h.u.d. so it is my honor to thank everyone. doug, mr. blackwell, our president of the board and joaquin and the state senator and malia, as well as our lieutenant governor and thank you doug shoemacker for your lead and so many others making this day possible. now i have the honor of bringing to the podium my friend. i saw first-hand her leadership

and her judgment that she has about these issues serves our country well, but most importantly, appreciates what's happening here in san francisco. madam secretary. mad am am secretary marsha fudge. [ applause ] >> good morning. thank you. i came all the way from washington. ya'll can't say 'good morning,' it's going to be a problem. your mayor is absolutely outstanding. she's always been on the leading edge of making change especially when she does these kinds of things. to speaker pelosi, even though i'm not a member of congress any longer, you are still my speaker and i have watched this little lady put the entire caucus on her back and carry it across that finish line and i'm

looking for you to do it one more time. you know, nancy likes to quote matthew. right now, i'm thinking about eclesiasis. this is the season to build up. mayor, this is what the season of building up is. but we need an urgency that i don't believe that we all have. you know, sometimes it just takes the will to get something done, but these things actually make people who have so long lived on the outskirts of hope, hope again. it makes them hope again. it makes people believe that the government cares about who they are. it is important that we understand that we cannot do any of this by ourselves and that's why i'm glad that the mayor's a partner. she's got private partners. the governor has been outstanding on dealing with

issues of housing. san francisco is one of the highest priced markets in the country. and i'm here because i need for every single person in this nation to understand that homelessness isn't just the problem, but the housing prices are a crisis in this country as well. there's going to come a time when people are going to complain they have nobody to work because they can't live here. they can't get here. we have so much work to do. but i say to you today, this is our last chance to do it. joe biden cares deeply about people in this country. this is my life's work. i will probably never have another job, madam speaker and i want to know that when i

leave people will believe that the government can work and will work for the people we serve i need them to understand that this administration is going to do what they can. this is not to make somebody rich. it is to give people who have no home a home. the speaker was right i'm very passionate about what i do. i'm passionate about feeding children. i'm passionate about people who live on the street. people like us see them. people who ignore people who are really struggling because it's easier than to see them. so my message here today is twofold. one is to keep doing what you're doing and we're going to help you as best we can because these are the kinds of things that should be in every single

neighborhood in america. every person should live with dignity. every single person should live with dignity. when we first got into this covid pandemic, madam speaker, the first thing they said to us was stay at home. what happened if you didn't have a home? then they said don't send your children to school. let's let them learn virtually assuming every child had high-speed internet or broad band access in their homes. we have children who have lost an entire year of education. we cannot continue to be this nation. and i'm going to close with this, a french historian who is reported to have come to xheshg 200 plus years ago to determine what made this country great. he went all over to the hills, to the valleys. it was not until he went into our houses of worship that he

determined that america is great because americans are good and if we ever cease to be good, this nation will cease to be great. i just wonder if he would think we're so great today when 160,000 people sleep on the streets in this state every single night. or whether we have places so expensive people are living three and four families together. i don't know how great we are. but what i do know is that we are judged not only by how we treat people, but especially how we treat people at the dawn of life and those at it the sunset. we cannot afford to not take care of our children or our parents and grandparents. so this is our time to build up and i just hope that you'll help me do it. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> if i could just wrap up on behalf of the governor gavin newsome and the people of the state of california to again welcome you, madam secretary, to our beautiful state and just

say that all of us here in the state of california stand behind president joe biden's build back better program. we support you, we thank you, and we need you. as you noted, far too many some counts over 130,000 californians experience homelessness in our state. this is our last best chance to do something about it. we're doing our part here in the state of california passing legislation to make it easier to build ten times greater allocation for housing and homelessness in this budget than ever before. governor newsome has been absolutely fearless and leading on this issue and the people of california recognize homelessness as one of the greatest challenges that we're experiencing in our state and, you know, it hurts us all every time we see someone in need of help. it is a human rights crisis

here on our street. madam secretary, we are grateful to you. madam speaker, we are proud and grateful of you to see us all the way out here on the pacific coast and recognize that we need federal support in order to be able to truly once and for all deal with this challenge of humanity that exists here in homelessness. together we can do it. the build back better program is going to help us get here. so thank you, and welcome to california. >> thank you, lieutenant governor. and thank you everyone for being here. we want to just, again, thanks the sunnydale community. it's great to be here. thank you so much, drew, for all the work that you do with the young folks here. you know, as well as john, thank you so much for all the work that you do. we know that you guys are in the trenches of helping to support and uplift this

community and so as i said before when i came here for my budget speech a couple of years ago before we had to shut down for the pandemic, i am not going to forget about this community and it's important that we fulfill the promises that we've made over years and we're going to see some real change and so we're here and we're seeing that change. so i'm excited about the future. i'm grateful that you all are joining us here today. and, with that, i want to open it up for a few questions that the press may have. all right. easy crowd. let's go. thank you.

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's aelectricitied assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess properties to market

value. if parents want to pass on their home or other property to their children, it would be considered a change in ownership. assuming the market value of your property has gone up, your children, the new owners, would pay taxes starting at that new higher level. that's where prop 58 comes in. prop 58 recognizes the transfer between parents and children so that instead of taxing your children at that new higher level, they get to keep your lower prop 13 value. remember, prop 58 only applies to transfers between parents and children. here's how the law twines an eligible child. a biological child, a step child, child adopted before the age of 18, and a son-in-law or daughter-in-law. to benefit from this tax saving program, remember, you just have to apply. download the prop 58 form from our website and submit it to our office.

now you may ask, is there a cap how much you can pass on. well, first, your principal residence can be excluded. other than that, the total tap of properties that can use this exclusion cannot exceed $1 million. this means for example if you have two other properties, each valued at $500,000, you can exclude both because they both fit under the $1 million cap. now what happens when the total value you want to pass on exceeds $1 million. let's say you have four properties. three with current taxable value of $300,000 and one at $200,000, totaling $1.1 million in value. assuming that you decide to pass on properties one, two, and three, we would apply the exclusions on a first come, first served basis. you would deduct properties one, two, and three, and you would still have $100,000 left to pass on. what happens when you pass on the last property?

this property, house four, has been existing value of 2 -- has an existing value of $200,000, and its existing property value is actually higher, $700,000. as i said, the value left in your cap is $100,000. when we first figure out your portion, we figure out the portion that can be excluded. we do that by dividing the exclusion value over the assessed value. in this case, it's 50%. this means 50% of the property will remain at its existing value. meanwhile, the rest will be reassessed at market value. so the new taxable value for this property will be 50% of the existing value, which is 200,000, equaling 100,000, plus the portion reassessed to market value, which is 50% times $700,000, in other words, 350,000, with a total coming out to $450,000. a similar program is also

available for prepping transfers fl interest r from grandparents to grandchildren. if you're interested in learning more visit our website or

>> good morning and welcome to the october 27th, 2021, meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am the chair of the budget and finance committee matt haney we are joined by supervisor melgar replaced by

supervisor mar. and i want to thank sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. >> clerk: yes. mr. chair. this board recognizes that public access to city service is essential and invites public participation in the following ways. public comment will be available on each item of this agenda. each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. opportunity to speak during public comment period are available via phone by calling (415) 655-0001. the meeting id is 24933411331

and press pound twice. when your item of interest comes up, dial star three to be added to the speaker line. the best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television, radio, or streaming device. alternatively, you may submit public comment in either of the following ways. e-mail myself at brent.jalipa@sfgov.org. if you submit public comment it will be forwarded to the supervisors and it will be included as part of the official file. send correspondence to 1 dr. carlton b. goodlet place. and for item number seven, the hearing on the city's shelter in place hotel rehousing plan, we have arturo con senor to

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>> clerk: and, finally -- thank you. and finally, mr. chair, items acted upon today are expected to be on the board of supervisor's agenda on november 2nd unless otherwise stated and that concludes my announcements. >> chairman: great. thank you, mr. clerk. we have a full budget and finance committee meeting

today, so i want to thank everyone for being brief with your presentation in advance for your patience. i also want to thank supervisor melgar for joining us today in place of supervisor mar. welcome. it's great to have you. and, i want to make a motion to excuse supervisor mar from attending today's meeting. mr. clerk, can you take a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on that motion to excuse supervisor mar, [roll call]

>> chairman: thank you. supervisor mar is excused. can you please call item one. >> clerk: item number one is a resolution approving the amendments to cleanpowersf's power purchase agreement with the blythe solar iv, llc to add energy storage capability to the existing solar energy facility and increase the contract amount by 83,096, $000 for a total not to exceed cost of $220,280,744. to commence in october 2022, with no change to the term. members of the public if you would like to speak on this item call (415) 655-0001. meeting id 24933411331.

mr. chair. >> chairman: great. and welcome p.u.c. who's here to present on this item. >> good morning, chair haney and supervisors. my name's mike haimes. i'm responsible for the cleanpowersf program. at the hearing last week, supervisor safai asked about the community benefits being provided under the contract with blythe solar. i wanted to reiterate the item before you is an amendment to an existing commodity contract for cleanpowersf to purchase clean power and solar capacity for the blythe contract. this would add valuable. the board of supervisors and the sfpuc commission already

approved the underlying contract we're amending. that solicitation impacted member partnership terms and required developers of new projects to pay prevailing wages. under that process, the sfpuc cannot dictate the specific social impact partnership beneficiaries amounts. these are bided competitively. as requested last week, we have jennifer knot and daniel nevel from the firm that operates blythe solar operation today. jennifer. >> chair haney? >> chairman: you want to speak now before the presentation.

>> supervisor safai: yeah. i just want to say a couple of things now before we let the person speak. >> chairman: yeah. vice chair safai. >> supervisor safai: we went over a number of things referenced here. my concerns, but also to ask about the past practices of working with union labor on some of the previous jobs and so i'm happy that they're here today. thank you for joining us, jennifer and daniel. thanks for putting the briefing together, michael. i think what we're going to hear today from this contractor is the past commitment to working with organized labor and then they can have an opportunity to talk about their plans moving forward and then give a little more detailed information about the community benefits package and i'll say

some words after that. i just wanted to interject that. thank you, mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you, vice chair. mr. haimes. >> thank you, supervisor. i'm going to turn it over to nextera to speak about their project and their work in the community. >> i'm jennifer knot from nexterra. thank you for inviting me to share more about nexterra energy. it's the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and the sun. in california, we have 16 solar energy centers and 35 battery energy storage systems currently in operation. in blythe where these specific batteries will be installed, we've had solar and battery projects in construction on and off since 2013. employing between 100 and 200 workers at each one of those sites. the majority of which have been union workers and we will have

a requirement. in addition to employment, nexterra energy has made significant contributions to the local area by participating in the community benefits plan. accelerating the contributions to help the community deal with covid-19 impacts, providing emergency cash, covid tests, and food for the local community. in addition, nexterra energy has provided $100,000 of scholarships to the palo verde college. i'd be happy to answer any additional questions. >> chairman: thank you. my guess is that supervisor safai may have some questions. >> supervisor safai: no. i mean, they've kind of laid it out. i think that the thing that caught me by surprise was the

size of the investment, but it sounds like this was voluntary on their part and they accelerated upfront. so can you just talk a little bit about the timing of when the community investments were done based on what you are obligated to do, ms. knot. >> yes. so in the proposal, we had said that we would pay out the benefits over five years. however, the local community had a need that required those benefits to be paid out sooner, so we did accelerate those payments and so we had $100,000 that went to lift to rise and those benefits were used largely for an emergency cash relief fund for impacts of covid-19. in addition, we had $50,000 that went directly to the city of blythe used primarily for

providing foods. we had an additional $20,000 to the riverside latino commission. again, this was to help with kids in schools and then the scholarships that i mentioned as well as a kid wind project that we provided an additional $10,000 to. all of these were paid out prior to the commercial operation of the solar unit at blythe iv. >> supervisor safai: great. thank you. and then can you talk a bit about the past work that you've done in terms of the type of contractors that you've hired to perform and create the infrastructure that you've built and what your plans are with this contract moving forward? >> yes. so we've had contractors out of the site doing construction work since about 2013. not continuing on and off during that time. the majority of that work has

been with union laborers and the intent is to continue forward with similar contractors in the future if not the same contractor. we have not signed a, you know, a contract for the additional battery, however, when we go out for bid, we will include a requirement that they utilize union labor. >> supervisor safai: great. that's wonderful to hear, thank you. those are all my questions and clarity. i appreciate you both being here today i don't know if there's anyone else who has a question. >> chairman: is there anything the b.l.a. wants to add on this item? >> we don't have any updates on this. thank you. >> chairman: mr. clerk, public comment, please. >> clerk: thank you,

mr. chair. operations is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. members who wish to provide public comment on this item, please press star three to be added to the queue. please continue to wait on hold until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that is your cue to begin your comments. are there any callers in the queue? >> enter the meeting id which is 24933411331 and then the press the pound sign. >> clerk: are there any speakers in the queue? caller, you may begin your

comments. >> caller: hi. good morning. i'm here as a representative for the city of blythe. my name is jennifer aguilar. nexterra energy has been a benefit to this community and we do support this project moving forward. >> clerk: thank you jennifer aguilar for your comments. mr. atkins, next speaker, please. >> caller: [inaudible] >> clerk: speaker, we can hear you. i think that may be an unattended line. are there any other speakers? >> mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you very much, mr. atkins. mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you. public comment is now closed. supervisor safai, are you back on the roster there?

>> supervisor safai: i am. thank you. so one other thing i wanted the committee to get on to the record is that the request of many of the projects at the p.u.c. are negotiated and have project labor agreements because this particular contract is not going to be building infrastructure that will be owned by the p.u.c., which falls under chapter 6, because this is a contract for energy although we're investing in with this company and we're building out that infrastructure and we are the sole i guess consumer of that renewable energy. even though we do not and because we do not own the infrastructure, we're not able to and p.u.c. is not able to mandate into their contract p.l.a. requirement as they are for similar projects that are

improving the infrastructure that's owned by the p.u.c.. one of the things i talked to mr. haimes and the p.u.c. about is we do need to look at contracts. although this is not something that's ultimately owned by san francisco p.u.c., it's something that our rate payers and investors are investing in. we're hoping to build that infrastructure in exchange for that energy. it's a 20-year contract and we need to take a deeper look at that. we appreciate the commitment from nexterra to require and ask their contractor in labor, but for us in terms of the work that we've done with city build and all of the requirements and goals that we have in the city about training the future local

work force and having investments and opportunities for women and people of color and pathways for union jobs, i think that's something we need to take a further look at. so i just wanted to get that on the record here today. secondly, mr. chair, it would be great if we could ask the p.u.c. to come back and report it once the contract is executed and the p.u.c. has hired their contractor to form this body if that contractor and the work is 100% union labor as they've said here on the record today. so it would be good if we could just add that. if we could just get a commitment from the p.u.c. and maybe nexterra as well.

>> through the chair, supervisor safai, the p.u.c will be happy to come back and report. i do want to speak to your previous comment and just mention a couple things. first that p.u.c. and cleanpowersf enters into a large number of contracts to support what is really a large portfolio of power supply resources to meet the city's needs. this is just one of those. and we are pursuing plans that include both small scale and large scale projects to meet our renewable requirements including closer to the city

within the city and so including on sfpuc property, something that we're working on. so, of course, those approaches will -- those projects will take different approaches. soy wanted to mention that you'll see from us local projects as well. projects that include union labor, of course and that all of our solicitations do include preference for project labor agreements and we do provide points for that as a preference. so i did want to reiterate that's how we have handled this through these kinds of solicitations. >> supervisor safai: i appreciate that. i think we talked a little bit about that the other day. i know the benefit of having it local allows for us to do

stronger things with regard to training and apprentice ship and union requirements. i also know that to do solar, there's not going to be in terms of the capacity and size. i think what's the megawatt -- i mean, sorry the kilowatt that's going to be produced by this solar plant? >> yeah. the blythe solar plant is 62 megawatts of rated capacity. and, you know, to put that into perspective, cleanpowersf requires, you know, and this is just approximate, but just to give you a sense of scale, about 1,500 megawatts equivalent solar. right. so this is a fraction of our need. >> supervisor safai: right. and so my point is is that going back to the whole idea about owning the infrastructure, the investments that are being made. i know that your commission and know that this body cares about

the opportunity to own infrastructure and having that be part of and so i got hearing from barbara hail the other day talked about some of the local projects where you all own and you're looking to create that opportunity, but i think it's also important to look at it on the larger scale and i understand just to explain that part of the reason why we don't own going into your background and affordable housing housing development that the low-income housing tax income program provides a similar tax credit program under energy and renewable energy that drives and raises capital from investors. so private investors are able to get those tax credits.

i think us having the opportunity to own infrastructure is important as well and i appreciate you mentioned that for the record, mr. haimes. thank you, mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you. with that, i want to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. can we take a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion for the item to the full board as recommended, [roll call] we have three ayes. >> chairman: this will go to the full board with a positive recommendation. thank you so much p.u.c. team and mr. haimes and our guests. can we please call item number two. >> clerk: item number two is a resolution retroactively approving the original grant

agreement, first amendment, and second amendment for contract number 1000009982 for the mayor's youth employment and education program between the japanese community youth council and the city and county of san francisco acting by and through its department of children, youth, and their families, for a total term of july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2024, and for a total not to exceed an amount of members of the public who would like to comment on this item please dial (415) 655-0001. mr. chair. >> chairman: thank you. and we have brett connor back with us from dcyf.

welcome. >> thank you chair haney and supervisor melgar and supervisor safai. my name's brett connor, i'm the manager of the children, youth, and their families. we requested aan approval for the mayor's youth employment and education program. since then, we have amended the resolution to include the feedback we received from this committee and from the b.l.a. and the version you have before you is complete and ready for approval. i would also like to provide the committee with an update on our audit of other department grant agreements that meet the $10 million threshold. we have completed that work. we have conferred with our city attorney. i very much want to thank the members of this committee including supervisor mar for

your aids and the city attorney's office for your support and your guidance during this process in regard to finally bring you the department into full compliance and we very much look forward to completing the process shortly. thank you. >> chairman: great. thank you. appreciate that. can we go to public comment on this item, please? >> clerk: chair haney, i think member melgar was on the roster. sorry. she had her hand up. >> supervisor melgar: i have a question. i just wasn't sure how dough it in this committee. >> chairman: either is fine. supervisor melgar. >> supervisor melgar: it's good to see you, brett. >> like wise. [please stand by]

>> for those ohold wait till the system indicates you have been unmuted and that is your cue to begintalking . are there any colors in the queue ? >> clerk: there are nocolors in the queue . >> thank you mister chair . >> president: public comment is now closed. with that i want to make a motion to move item 2 twofold boardwith a positive recommendation . can we have a roll call vote ? >> the motion to move the item, vicechair safai . [roll call vote] we have 3 aye's.

>> chair: itwill go to the full board with a positive recommendation . can you please call item number three? >> -threeis a resolution approving the seventh amendment between the city and county of san francisco and heluna health to provide outreach and case management programming to meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness in san francisco known as the san francisco homeless outreach team . to extend the outreach agreement term from 2021 for a total term of august 1, 2014. and increasing the contract amount by approximately 14.1 million for a total contract amount of 23.2 million. numbers of the public who wish to provide publiccomment should call 415-655-0001 . meeting id, 2493 341 1331.

then press pound twice. if you have not done so already press star 3 to line up to speak and the system prompt will indicate you are approved to speak. once the systemindicates you have been unmuted you may begin speaking . >> chair: thank you mister clark and we have missschneider here to present on this item . welcome. >> thank you chair safai. thank you for having me. i'm the director of the department of homelessness and supportive housing . the resolution before you today would approve the seventh amendment to hs h contact with heluna health who is the nonprofit operator of the homeless outreach team to continue to provide outreach

and case management services. this contract was originally established through dph in 2014 and was transferred to hs h 2018. there has been six amendments to thecontract and the seventh is before you today . and this would extend the contract for 19 months to june 30, 2023. the contract amount, annual funding for the contract is not changing but the increased dollar amount does represent the additional time which the contract would be administered . through reallocation of existing budget in this contract we are able to add additional staff positions under this amendment which will increase the fte from about 70 to 84 and that includes more staffing of library facilities, staffing for the street wellness response teams which are due to launch next year and

in that we have included in the contract we have included a provision which would call on heluna health to maintain 90 percent staffing level or above to address some of the issuesin the . so folks on the committee are familiar with the work of the homeless outreach team but just to summarize what the team does , sf works to engage our most vulnerable neighbors by placing them into shelter for housing stabilization while we continue to work with them to connect to servicesparticularly healthcare services . for people who may not be ready to accept services that we have to offer it continues outreach specifically to build motivation and relationships with people are living on sheltered so we are there for them when they are interested inconnecting with services .

sf hot works in small teams throughout the city and in addition to the outreach components which i think we are very well known for we also provide to people who are living on sheltered in our community or work in stabilization in our community. as you know sfhot is not a 24 seven emergency response although it has beenexpanded and recently years to function seven days a week . we have several creative partnerships within the homeless outreach team. particularly partnerships with emf and emf fixed program and street wellness response team that is under development. additionally we have partnerships with san francisc public libraries , wreck and spark. excuse me to provide targeted outreach to people in our

community who are using these publicfacilities . i just wanted to highlight a few of the outcomes from fy 2021 for the homeless outreach team. here you can see that is not an error. the team did have over 56,000 people experiencing on sheltered in the community in the last fiscal year and placed 300clients from the street into shelter . they directly placed 86 clients into shelter and provided 3000 resources to people on sheltered in our community. i will stop there and take questions. one other point i did want to make is get a lot of questions about calls to hot and hot response and hot works best when they are responding to

people in needdirectly . and we have found that calls by people experiencing homelessness are far more successful connecting people to care then calls about people experiencing homelessness so we do support hot intheir work to be engaged with and working directly with people experiencing homelessness in their community . iq very much and i'm happy to take questions . >> i appreciate that. thank youfor this. is there a blt report on this item ? >> yes chair many, our report is on amended legislation that is going to be submitted by the department today. so i'll report on that resolution which approved the seventh amendment to the contract which is the department of homelessness and

heluna health. there are contractor in the nonprofit organization that currently provides staff for the outreach teams. the amendment makes several changes as miss colin stated. it extends the term of the contract from november 2021 through june 2023 and increases the overall not to exceed amount by $12.7 million in it at 11 staff for the street wellness team of the first responder team that will be deployed with the fire department starting in january of next year. the contractor is generally meeting their performance metrics in the contract and the costs are consistent in the proposed amendment with the unit cost of the proposed amendment areconsistent with the existing contractand we therefore recommend approval . the answer any questions . >> chair: thank you excuse me. if i may i failed to mention we

have submitted redline amendments to the original resolution to all the committee members in advance so the clerk andcommittee members should have those it reflects the discussion with the bla . >> great and are those substantive amendments ? >> they are not, we've conferredwith the city attorney . >> is there any questions from colleagues? there we go. supervisor safai. >> yes, i think we've been on this board long enough i don't even need to raise my hand anymore. so thank you forjoining us today miss collins . iappreciate the presentation . just wanted to ask just looking at the bla report i wanted to ask a few questions regarding what you see in more detail.

hot goes out to talk with people. people refuse services. give us a little bit more explanation on a day-to-day what a hot member is doing because the number i see here is a place almost 3300, over 3300 clients, i'm calling them clients but peopleinto shelter . including city hotels and sleeping sites and all that, an additional 86 into housing. that's only six percent of people into transitional housing. i want you to talk about that a little bit more on what role you feel they play in a little bit more detail. and then also the work that they're doing with coordinated entry. we've been getting a lot of feedback aboutcoordinated entry

and what hot strollers . i understand their goal is to enroll them to contact one mainstream benefit but is that enough? are we asking them to do enough or just give us a little more detail and insight into that. >> thank you forthe question supervisor safai . the role of hot i think is probably one of the most important, challenging and wonders, under understood roles within the homeless response system. outreach workers in particular are out on the street from early morning to late night building rapport and relationships. that is hard to measure. that's incredibly important for building the trust needed to move somebody inside. so we may say that at least 300

initial and each one of those represents hours and hours of relationshipbuilding of trust , of motivationalinterviewing , of work on the street. i don't want to paint this all with one brush. there can be an encounter where somebody accepts shelter in 20 minutes and then there will be a person where working on on thestreets that may take months of outreach . to build the trust needed for people to move inside. another big part of the work of the homeless outreach team is connection to healthcare and ensuring basic needs are being met either on thestreet for rule primary care provider so connected there . and the homeless outreach team does an incredible amount of work to ensure they remain a service first response. these are the folks out there ensuring we are making offers of shelter to people

experiencinghomelessness in the community every day . the other component of the work and i should say we do also have teams dedicated to different police districts and so we have districts based teams as well as teams that are out responding to increased needs in the area. so we are balancing a lot of competing needs for that time. but really that rapport and those relationships, it's hard to monetize. it's hard to quantify but incrediblyimportant for getting the work done . >> i know what you meant, i know you didn't mean modify. and they're going to be planning an elevated role as we move on to crisis response and wellness and a number of the things that wefunded in this budget , our working partnership with the mayor so they're going to be an integral

part of that . i would just say, the team did a lot of work in my district with regards to those living in vehicles and i think we had a lot of success working with your office. the individuals that have been in camps in different places, the hot team has not had success and ihaven't seen the hours . again i don't have it on the same scale as improviser haney districts that we did have a recognizable , i'd like to say frequent flyers and would like to see a bit more work being done because it's such a small number of individuals we have to find a way to get them services that they need a number of them are chronic inebriated and a number of them are dealing with mental health issues i want to encourage a little bit more with the hot

team and integrating it as we moved to the crisis response and wellness but overall i think that i'm very pleased with the work that's beingdone and appreciate the way you all have integrated them into the overall delivery system . iq mister chair. if you wantto respond to that . >> the only thing i was going to add is that homelessness is in every district in our community and we have work to do everywhere. we also know there are high concentrations . we have dedicated teams in neighborhoods of high concentrations of people experiencing homelessness and they're doing a lot of work to meet the needs of folks there we are serving the whole city. one of the other things i wanted to raise is an important function of

>> " are certainly known to the community. many of them are from the community themselves. i wonder if you could talk about the presence of the hot team in district 7 and 4. >> we have district teams in each policedistrict . those teams are ongoing four days a week so we have dedicated research four days a week and then we supplement with the response teams if we getadditional calls in those areas . there are folks outin your area . but they are, we do have one team that is across the police

district on the west side. and when there are emergencies likethe rain , these teams do respond to those things as wel . and i don't have a breakdown of the exact hours but i think that is something i could encounter, that is something i could pull together for you and delivered to your office. >> we appreciatethat, thank you . >> chair: i see the folks on the hot team outthere every day in my district . they workincredibly hard. it is very difficult work . it is thankless at times. a lot ofpressure . they haveeveryone's respect . i just, homeless advocates often contact me and in fact i was contacted the last few days

and said can you please thank the homeless outreach team for the work they're doing. it waspouring rain and it was a bomb cyclone and they were out there just scouring the streets to get them inside . so whatever support that we can providethese folks , whatever additional staffing, whatever additional rays, salary, anything please let's do because we sort of think about our broader responses to them and that first touch and the building of relationships. the trust and all of that is so critical and these people are just euros in my view. so i'm happy to see this and i want to takethis opportunity as i'm sure all of us would to thank them . is there anypublic comment on this item ? >> thank you mister chair.

let's check and see if there are any callers in the queue. members who wish to provide public comment press star 3 to be added. for those onhold until the system indicates you have been unmuted. mister atkins, any callers ? >> caller: this is rj sloan and i want to complement the hot team. one thing i did not hear mentioned but i believe is true is many members of the hot team have lived experience being homeless onthe streets . so i think that's a real value add for the hot department. when i went out and attempted to advocate for people that lived in unhoused in myarea i

found one barrier to the cell phone charging . if they will administer services one service wouldbe a working cell phone so they couldstay in touch when they're ready to accept shelter . iq . >> clerk:thank you rj sloan for your comments any additional's ?>> caller: my nameis dominique . hello, my name is dominique and i'm with the coalition of homelessness and i'm here basically to say that lives are at stake. please fill the rooms. shelter in place roads have been paid for tillthe end of the year . >> clerk: dominique i am causing your time. you're speaking on item number seven which is our hearing on theshelter in place hotels.

that item has not been called yet . right now we are on item number three which is approving an amendment to a contract regarding the hotteam. if you want to provide the comments on that i will restart your time . okay. we may have lost our caller. mister atkins, next speaker please. >> clerk: there are no further colors in the queue . >> mister chair. >> comment is now closed. thank you.and i'm not seeing any further comments or questions fromcolleagues . we will move thisitem to the full board with apositive recommendation . with a roll call vote please .

>> chair: realquick, miss lust peter i believeyour mic is on . if you could mutethat please . on the motion toaccept the amendment , vice chair safai . [roll call vote] we have 3 aye's. >> chair: now i want to move the item to the full board with apositive recommendation as amended . can we have to roll call please? >> clerk: [roll call vote] >> i couldn't hear. >> clerk: [roll call vote] we

have 3 aye's. >> chair: it will go to the full board with a positive recommendation . thank you, i know we will see you a little bit later inthe meeting . mister clark, can you please call item 4. >> clerk: item 4 is a resolution authorizing the department of public health to accept and expand a grant in the amount of 6 million on the mental health services oversight and accountability commission or participation in the program entitled mental health student services act of 2019 . first period of october 1, 2021. through september 30, 2025. members who wish to provide public commentshould call 415-655-0001 meeting id , 2493 341 1331. then press pound twice. if you have not done so plus áthree assistant prompt will indicate you have raised your

hand. wait till the system indicates you have been on muted . district chair. >> chair: we have allison lust peter from the department of public housing here. >> good morningsupervisors. i'm going to try to put my video on . i'm not sure. good morning, i'm going to try to do this. i'm here to present

. >> the third one is going to be with the third street clinic and we are going tobe funding some positions in the high schools in our wellness centers . the fourth is to life learning

academy so those of you that are not familiar that is that high schoolthat's on our treasure island that has the ability to board students . the funding will be to give them some funding for a counselor and also to help with infrastructure in their dorm. that's the overviewof the grant. it's $2.5 million for four years . and we're hoping to get the expense so we can move forward. i'm happy to take questions. >> chair: grace, these are programs i am familiar with so it's absolutely an important investment around mental health foryoung people . is there a bla reporton this item ? >> clerk: no chair haney, we don't have a report on this item. >> chair: i do not see any of my colleagues withraised hands . there you go, supervisor melga . >> i also wanted to make a

point of thanking the leadership. ms. maria at the department of children youth and families. for her vision. in providing wellness services. at middle schools. this is a vision and a goal that she has had for many years and i'm so happy that the department of public health and our entire city family have worked to make it happen and to get it tothis level so thank you . >> you are welcome. >> chair: ditto.can we open this upfor public comment ? >> clerk: operations is checking to see if there are comments in the queue. members who wish to comment rest star 3 and for those on

hold waituntil the system indicates you have been unmuted and that is your you tospeak . are there any colors in the queue western mark . >> there are no colors in the queue . >> clerk: thank you mister atkins. >> chair: public comment is now closed. i want to make a motion to move item 4 to the full board with positiverecommendation . can we have a roll call vote ? >> the motion to move the item, vice chair safai. [roll call vote] we have 3 aye's. >> thank you. ihave one slight correction . there will be thepositions that will go to the third street clinics will be , and their wellness centers but they're not the wellness centers that dc yf funded their.

with part of our health centers that we have on the campus but they work closely with the wellness centers so i want to make a point of correction there . i apologize. >> chair: thank you for your work. mister clarkcould you please call item number five ? >> clerk: item 5 is a resolution approving authorization of general manager for the public utilities commission and or director of property on behalf of the city and county of san francisco to sell property located on state road 84 and interstate 680 andincorporated alameda county to the state of california . acting through its california department of transportation and alameda county transportation commission together with caltrans providers approving and

authorizing an agreement for sale of the property to the buyers which includes liquidated damages in the case of default by the city authorizing the puc general manager and/or city's director or property to execute the sale agreement make certain modifications and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution and the sale agreement as defined here in adopting findings requiring the real property is surplus land and exempt surplus land pursuant to california surplus lands act determining its bidding process for the conveyance of the property is impractical and not in the public interest in accordance with section 23.3 of the administrative code affirming the planning department's determination under the council of environmental quality act and adopting the fundings acquired by 1509 one of the guidelines previously adopted by caltrans and adopting the planning apartment funding that the agreement and transaction

it's consistent with the general policies of planning code section 101.1. other members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call415-655-0001 . meeting id 2493 341 1331. then press pound twice if you have not already done so press áthree assistantprompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until you have been on muted and you may begin your comments . >> thank you and we have mister barto from the puc here. >> did morning chair any, supervisors. that was such a thorough introduction . idon't need to add much to that . maybe i can describe it in slightly more detail kind of evidence being conveyed. the city is as city planning

described a bunch of pieces of property along state road 84 and the interstate i680 . a total of 21 parcels ranging in size from 400 square feet. the largest oneis just under three acres . after parcels are being conveyed in the four road widening. the remainder are easement interests to be conveyed for various uses of a retaining wall, easements for pg and the . couple of access easements. but that's all i care to add. because that was a very thorough introduction. anyquestions ? >> chair: do we have to evian a permit on this item? >> clerk: we don't have one on thisitem . >> chair: the reading of the

title says all that needs to be said . is there any publiccomments on this item ? >> operations ischecking to see if there are any callers in the queue . members who wish to provide comment please press star 3. wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. mister atkins. >> clerk: there are no colors in the queue. >> publiccomment is closed. any questions or comments ? not seeing any. we will item 5 to the whole boardwith a positive recommendation . can we have a roll call on item 5 ? >> to forward the item as recommended, vice chair safai . [roll call vote]

>> we have 3 aye. >> chair: we will take that as a yes vote. thank you mister barto, appreciate your time and looks like you are warm wherever you are with the fire burning. it's very appropriately cozy so thank you for your work. can we please call item 6? >> item 6 resolution retroactively authorizing the recreation and parks department to accept and expand grant funding in the amount of 1.6 million from the california department of parks and

recreation for the crocker amazon project and lake merced trail improvement project and approving reform of grant contracts which requires the recreation and parks department to maintain the projects for a duration from july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2049 pursuant to order section 9.119 subsection a. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001 and meeting id 2493 3411331 . then press pound twice. if you have not done so press star 3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you are a lot allowed to speak and wait until the system indicatesyou have been unmuted . >> chair: welcome miss moran. >> good morning committee members. tony moran with the parks

department capital planning division . i'm here to represent the legislature to retroactively expand a regional recreational infrastructure revenue enhancement grant for the crocker amazon play deal from lake merced project and to approve the grant contract that you'll find substantially to form in yourlegislation packet . the recreational infrastructur revenue enhancement grant program is funded through proposition 68 . the california drought water parks climate coastal protection and outdoor access for all active 2018 and it's administered by the california state parks department . the ri re program allocates funds to jurisdictions that obtain voter approval for revenue enhancement measures aimed at improving parks between november 1, 2012 and november 30 2018.

san francisco qualified for this funding because of our 2012 clean and safe neighborhoods park on and we were allocatedapproximately 1.6 million in funding . rtd has reviewed several projects and determined we would apply for the crocker amazon deals project and lake merced project for this funding so we will be submitting applications requesting $1 million for the rocker amazon play zone project and $540 for the lake merced trial improvements project for a combined total of 1,634,000 $540. as a condition of receiving the grant we are required to enter into the grant contract substantially informed as a draft agreement which ison file with the board . and through all the terms of the contract we must complete

the project between july 1, 2019 and june 30, 2024 and we must maintain the property improvements between that for the period of july 2019 and june 30, 2049. to provide notice of these restrictions on the property we must file a declaration of restriction on both park parcels. these are now agreements for allstate part funding. i do want to point out that the grant performance and contract start date started july 1 2019 which makes the project, which makes the legislation retroactive although we havenot applied for any projects for this funding nor have we spent any money . so in closing i am requesting the budget and finance

committee recommend to the board of supervisors to retroactivelyaccept and expand the grant andapprove the grant contract . thank you . >> chair: thank you, supervisor melgar. >> it's perfect miss moran because both lake merced is in supervisor safai district so i want to say thank you the restoration of trails is something that the community surrounding the lake as long asked for and i am so happy that we are getting the additional funds to make it happen so just wanted tothank you . >> yes, thank you as well. supervisor safai. >> ditto. i'm trying to limit my speaking

today. >> chair: we will give you time to speak on the next item. >> ditto but i did have one quick question. i didn't understand the last portion of why the grant ins in 2019. i heard you say on applied for any projects but then you said apply for any money but you've identified these two projects . i didn't understand the last question. because we often get asked the question when we go to the full board iwant to understand that a little bit better . >> california state parks departmenthas a policy of starting their grant dates when the funds are approved at the state level . so the funding was started in the budget year of july 1, 2019 so all of the grants that i will be bringing forward for 68 will be retroactive. >> that's all i needed to know.

as supervisor melgar said, we are very excited about this for our respectivedistricts . >> you are welcome. >> chair:congratulations to both of you . is there a blireport on this item ? >> clerk: no chair training, we don'thave a report . >> chair: any publiccomment please ? >> clerk: operations ischecking to see if there are any callers in the queue . any members who wish to present comment press star 3. for those on hold wait untilthe system indicates you have been on muted . mister adkins can confirm. >> thereare no callers in the queue . >> thank you mister chair. >> public comment is closed. i want to make a motion if you want to move this item in your

district. >> we will send it to the full board with positive recommendation . >> moved by vice chair safai, can we take a roll call? >> clerk: we will forward this item to the full board, vice chair safai . [roll call vote] >> can you add me as a cosponsor. >> clerk: [roll call vote] >> we have 3 aye's. >> chair:will go to the full board with a positive recommendation . mister clark, can you please call item 7 ? >> item 7 is a hearing on the city's plan to transition thos

currently housed inshelter in place hotels to permanent supportive housing . members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call 415-655-0001 . meeting id, 2493 341 1331. then press pound twice. if you have not done so press star 3 to line up to speak. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted andyou may begin yourcomments . we haveconsent from the office of civic engagement and immigrant and affairs to provide services should members of thepublic need assistance . mister crist ends up . >> . [speaking spanish]

>> chair: mister chair. >> thank you, before i turn it over to director mcfadden i do want to make a few comments. about this hearing which i called and i want to thank everyone for their patience. i know that we've moved it a few times. and i'm glad that we are finally having it today. i'm first want to juststart out with some bank use . this program for shelter in place program which i really do believe as resignation in

providing safe noncombat living spaces for people experiencing homelessness to shelter in place during the pandemic has undoubtedly saved lives and stop the spread of covid-19 among this vulnerable population. it'ssomething we should be proud of as a city . it's something that took an incredible gargantuan effort by thousands of people to get done.it was obligated. it was hard. and i just really before we get into some of what's happening now in the next steps i want to thank you director mcfadden. i want to thank everyone at hs h. i want to thank the mayor and mayor's office for your leadership in expanding and supporting this program. i also want to thank all the advocates. this has been a long process starting with at the beginning of the pandemic when we asked

the board together with the mayor called for a very extensive shelter in place program. and advocates people who work at service providers or former homeless people themselves advocated for this program and have stayed with it and helped us make it successful in every way possible. there are i know hundreds of hundreds of people who work in these shelter in placehotels . i worked as a disasterservice worker alongside them . they do extraordinary work on the service providers, all the security guards. all of everyone who was volunteered toall the disaster service workers who have been deployed . i know we are very much in the midst of this and we should be . but at some point i hope there's a full telling of just the tremendous, tremendous commitment and sacrifices that

people made to ensure that we protected almost, our most vulnerable residents. particularly those who did not have places to shelter during this pandemic and how to save lives. we talked about our homeless outreach team andeveryone who had a role in making this possible . the team from hsa so i just want to start with that and just to thank everyone for the work that you've done over the last year and a half plus what's undoubtedly has save lives and protected was people throughout this pandemic. with that the purpose of this hearing is to get the latest workings now with the shelter in place hotels sometimes referred to as the sip hotels and get a sense of where we are going next.

as you know colleagues, we have had many many hearings, many pieces of legislation on our sip hotels so i want to thank my colleagues and the board of supervisors correctly who have stood steadfast inpartnership with the mayor . i want us to ... the two thing i think i'd like to focus on and we are going to hear about . one is we will hear from hsa to and our leader director mcspadden and we will also hear from naomi is a medical anthropologist who has worked extensively with dph and is going to present on the shelter in place hotels and the impact

that they had on the next steps. i want tomake two points before we start . actually, i'm going to make three points. the first is that i think that i hope we have learned a lot from our experience with shelter in place hotels. i often tell the experience that we have here in the tenderloin where in the middle of the pandemic last summer we had reached a level of people on the street that we've never seen in the tenderloin and over 300 tenant tents were counted here in in the account that folks do. it was just a situation we haven't seen in terms of the number of people on the street and when we implemented the shelter in place hotel program we were able to make an impact in terms of people being brought inside that i think was just extraordinary.

and a lot of that was because of what we were offering. a noncovered room where people would have three meals a day where they would accessservices and the possibility to transition from off the streets . it was something most people wanted . this myth that people want to stay on the street. that they don't want services. that they're rejecting everything i think was proven false in our experience with the shelter in place hotels. that people overwhelmingly accepted the shelter in place hotels and half since they've been in the set hotelsout driving those hotels. they become healthier and have become more connected with family , more connected with services and they have to because we provided that with something that every single person in our city deserves which is a safe and stable and secure place to live and to have housing also permits. a permanent end totheir homelessness . so when we did that we were

able to i think demonstrates what is possible if we have these kinds ofprograms in place going forward . the second thing is that we made a commitment that none of the people we brought into our shelter in place hotels should end up back on the streets ever again.and we with the leadership of the mayor, the leadership of a's hs h with our budget , we want to ensure that the city hotel program needs to leads to peopletransitioning from these hotels into permanent housing .not back on the street. so i know that this is challenging work. i know that this is complicated. and there's a lot that needs to be done to make sure we have the trust and thecase management and all of that that it takes to get this right . but i do i want to say that is a commitment and we are going to hear about our work and our progress so far in doing that today. that is our continued

commitment not to have people brought insideduring the pandemic only to end up back on the streets . on the other side. and i know this is something many will call in to talk about today. and something i would express as well but i don't want us to ramp down or wind down on these shelter in place hotels too fast in a way that we either push people out onto the streets by closing these hotels and calling and and to loans that we need to. the federalgovernment is still reimbursing for these shelter in place hotels through the end of the year. and i think there's a chance it

would continue beyond that . i know it'sa very collocated undertaking to get everyone in our shelter in place hotels right nowinto permanent housing and that isour top priority . with that said we have thousands of people who are still on our streets . there's still a pandemic . there's still the crisis and deadliness of being homeless on our streets particularly during times like we saw this past weekend during a bomb cyclone. and as long as we have places for people to go inside available to us i think we should avail ourselves of them. we have that responsibility and we have that many to sell homelessness for people moving forward including the people out on the streets now. and we also have continued reimbursements atleast for the next few months from the federal government.so with that , and thank you colleagues for alumni allowing me to make those comments. as you know this is something i'm very passionate about and deeply appreciative of everyone who has been a part of this.

i do think it is a moment for us to make huge strides ending homelessness for the people in these hotels now. but also that we learn from what we've done over the last year and a half for the weekend and homelessness for many more people moving forward. so with that, i am going to unless any of my other colleagueswant to make any opening remarks , we can save those and i will turn it over to executive director mcfadden, our fearless leader on the department of homelessness and supportive housing.welcome. >> thanks chair.good morning supervisors. i don't know about fearless. i'm not sure if that's the right word. anyway, i'm sure i am director mcspadden and i want to start by echoing what chair he said that this was an amazing collaboration.

among cityleadership, the mayor and the board . departments are advocates. our nonprofit partners and its pretty cool. i do agree that we have led the country in this effort. . i want to say i'm going to be presenting but i have emily colin, our director of communications and legislative affairs and also noel simmons is the chief deputy for hs h that will be on hand to answer any questions that i cannot answer. next slide. i just want to start by getting an overview of the shelter in place hotel graham. as part of the alternative shelter program that we stood up in response to the pandemic the city opened 25 shelter in placehotels. we consider them noncognitive

sites to support vulnerable people experiencing homelessness . since the program'sopening the hotel program has served 37 , over 3700 guests. over 500 of whom were vulnerable guests to transition fromtarget shelters during the first month of the pandemic . at the capacity for 25 hotels provided 2200 28 hotel rooms which represented19 percent of the states noncognitive shelter rooms open under project room key . this is impressive because and francisco's homeless population represents only five percent of the states total. the city committed to rehousing our hotel guest intopermanent supportive housing and as of october 2021 we have rehabbed 729 guests . we continue to work with shelter in place guests and service providers to rehouse as many guests as possible into permanent housing and to continue to demobilize hotels

in a thoughtful and client-centered way. next slide. >> going to talk a little bit about the demographics of the 37+, 3700+ guests served through theprogram since april 2020 . the demographics reflect a wide range of diversity that mirrors the diversity of the larger homeless population and also reflects the need for resources to support adultexperiencing homelessness . as you can see on the slide 45 percent of guests were above the age of 55. 35 percent black or african-american 18 percent hispanic or latin index . 62 identified as male, 31 percent as female two percent as trans-female and one person's gender nonconforming 10 percent identified as lgbt q plus. next slide. the shelter in place hotel program offered a wide range of services including illness checks and health screenings,

harm reduction services, supportive services and nursing support services. those were important for about 45 percent of sip guests over the age of 55. referrals and linkages to entry access points and public benefit programs like cal works and cal fresh. exit planning for permanent access from homelessness through our rehousing program. laundry and janitorial service . meals and securing and de-escalation by 24 seven on-site staffing. which was done in partnership with our nonprofit providers. these services all represented a thoughtfully planned and coordinated approach between city departments . >>. [please stand by]

our projected increased costs for that are $67 million overall. and with this reimbursement expected to cost $46 million of that, the city anticipates needing to cover $21 million

from other funding sources. next slide. as of today, h.s.h. has mobilized seven hotels. the majority of guests have stable exits through rehousing or through a transfer program -- sorry, through a transfer to another shelter in place hotel to a wait rehousing in a permanent location. of the guests in these seven hotels, 23% of guests exited to housing. 66 transferred to another shelter in place hotel to await housing placement. or exited to a noncongregant shelter such as the civics navigation center or stabilization rooms. 3% are unknown, likely due to voluntary bed abandonment where an intervenor was not able to be conducted. 2% to jail or medical exits. 2% returned to the streets after being offered three offers of housing and multiple offers of other temporary shelter resources. 1% reunited with family or friends. >> can i -- you said some --

some percentage went tos a congress-- congregant shelter? >> our goal is to continue to rehouse 30 to 40 guests a week. we've been short of this goal, but we have recently made a significant policy change to the required documentation needed for housing. this should expedite housing placement and we're still evaluating that. as of october 22, only 4% of rooms in the hotels were vacant and with the policy

changes made in august of 2021, all are currently needed to support existing exists aawaiting housing placement. demobilization is critical to free up the capacity so far our providers as the rest of our system not only has re-opened but also continues to significantly expand under mayor breed's homelessness recovery plan. next slide. by extending the sick program by five months through september 2022, the city anticipates needing to cover an additional $21 million from funds outside of cema. it will fully transfer to the city upon the expiration of fema funding set to expire on 12/31. the state funds can help support costs but only through june 30 of 2022. our current estimates assume that our timeline has no further delay and there are no unforeseen damage costs falling demobilization.

e just for context, it costs $7,000 to operate one hotel room for one month. for comparison, permanent supported housing costs about $2,000 per month per tenant in operations and services. next slide. as of october 2021, there are 16h.s.h. run hotels in abrasion two more demobilizations planned for the 2021 calendar year. the remaining 14 demobilizations planned for 2022 will increase in cadence throughout the year, especially as more housing units come onlinement i want to know that the city will need to exthe end the current emergency agreements with hotel operateors to support our extended timeline. provider and guests are given 90-day notice prior.

this provides further time for guests to take par in the process before the demobilization begins. they are provided in writing and multiple languages and housing meetings are held on site with guests. the timeline provides our nonprofit partners time to plan for reassignment of their staff back to other operations within the homelessness response system. in the final slide s i want to just give a big shout-out to all the partners who have been working with us since last april to open, operate and demobilize the s.i.p. system. it has been a tremendous and highly rewarding effort and none of it would have been possible without the nonprofit service providers, the disaster service workers, our partner city agencies and the covid command center. the board, the mayor and i also just specifically want to give out -- give a shout-out to the h.s.h.s staff who really dropped everything to support this effort. thank you. and we're here to take any questions.

>> great. thank you. why don't we take questions after the two presentations. i think that would be good. is she here? >> i'm here, yes. >> can you -- i'll turn it over to you. >> ok. great. i'm going to try to share my slides now. ok. let's see. can you see that? are you seeing the slides ok? good morning. thank you so much for giving --

>> i can't see your slides, actually. >> ok. let me try again. i want to make sure that these are visible. here it is. share. let me make it -- sorry. slide show. ok. let's try this. how's that? is that better? >> yes. there it is. we can see it. >> i think you're still seeing it, not in the right view. how about now? >> perfect. yes. >> all right. fantastic. ok. thanks a lot for giving some space to hear about our research. and i really want to thank chair haney, who i think has a really good handle on the si. p. program and the benefits. and i'm just going to -- the director gave a lot of

information that i can move quickly through some of our slides. i'm going to highlight just some of the takaways from our study of the shelter in place hotel which was done with minimal funding and very quickly. so, we don't have a lof of outcome data but we have evaluative data. my co-investigator is also here with me to handle any questions on this quantitatives a pex. i'm a qualitative researcher a medical anthropologist and nurse practitioner. so, really briefly, i think most people here know this, but homelessness is very bad for health. folks who are unsheltered need to choose elements of how to survive over their health care. there is really great research from our colleagues at ecsf and the homeless initiative, like dr. cashell that shows well that

housing-first models work and they improve quality of life and function. they reduce site e.r. visits and prevent health care utilizations and you'll see that in our data as well. our question was really, you know, we wanted to understand this sort of intermediate term housing that was scaled up so quickly and really as folks have mentioned here today, a big collaborative effort involving thousands of folks. what kind of value did that offer? so we already heard most about this. just the graphic on the left gives you guys a sense of, you know, where most of the hotels are located and the majority are in south of market followed by the tenderloin. so from our quantitative sample, we looked at an in-depth chart review on 346 folks of the approximately 2600 people who met our eligibility criteria of living in a siph hotel for at

least three months at the time of the study. the takeaway here is that the -- you know, the majority of the folks are in their 50s. the majority are black african american folks and it is the same as the quantitative and qualitative sample and i will mention anecdotely that the majority of the black and african american folks that i spoke with in my ethno graphic study were born and raised in san francisco. there's kind of two groups of residents, people who are kind of have been homeless for many m years. -- many, many years. so, there's some holes in our data where we had to rely on the ethics system that is a department of public health so we could only see what's in there and ccms data.

data from, for example, st. mary's and st. francis was invisible to us. but what we found is the top five medical diagnoses were substantive use disorder, depression, psychosis and alcohol use disorder and that the average -- the average number of medications that residents and [inaudible] were on about five. all right. this is a graphic that shows that being in the shelter in place hotels decreased in your department use. it continues to with the first six months after siph went down a lot. we contributed to the decrease in e.r. that was seen in the seeing of the pandemic. there is a significant increase in e.d. use associated with being in the shelter in place hotel. from a health economics

perspective, that saves money. and then actually a core lative finding that we looked at engagement with outpatient care and this is like nursing visits and provider visits and taking into consideration the staffing that we had in the shelter in place hotels is a variety of levels of medical staffing according to the acuity of the site and the size of the site. but we definitely could see a big bump in engagement in outpatient care in the first three months and part of that is due to what we tried to do an extensive and comprehensive intake process where we really try to get people connected to services. and remains high but it does drop off a little bit. one of takeaways i wanted to highlight is that, in the first few months of coming in, there's a need for maybe more staffing, more medical staffing and there is an opportunity for engagement and then it levels off a little bit after time.

i'm going to dive into the qualitative themes which, as an anthropologist, it's hard to distill some of the stuff into a few minutes but i'm going to highlight a few of the things that i thought would be important for you to know about and then share a couple of them with a perspective from a couple of the residents. so, the main themes we saw were people talking about a chance -- this is a quote from one of the residence denzes at one of the hotels who said that, you know, being in the siph offered him a chance to live. not just survive and this gentleman had been homeless for decades. an african american gentleman raised in the bayview who had been unstabilize housed, basically, since age 12 and this had given him the longest opportunity for the inside on the streets before that. and really think about planning for his health, planning for his future. and this is for people who

weren't intending to cut down, but just by being inside, you know, folks who [inaudible] didn't need to maintain the vigilance that they need to maintain on the street and the vulnerabilities that that entails and just having more stability across the board in terms of opiat, alcohol and stimulant use. we saw decreases in use. what we also saw was the engagement from the site nurses and the staff really -- this is a longitudinal thing. this is not something that you can build this trust right away and just echo what we heard about the team and the relationships that there is a lot of mistrust. so, building these relationships really important to improving health and well-being. another thing that i want to emphasize is we witnesser looking for data at all. but the majority of folks who talked about their experience in this highlighted how having their own bathroom was so important to them.

and it was just extreme feeling of safety and dignity. and this is something that i think is really important when thinking about rehousing and permanent support housing. there's been a narrative sometimes about care refusal or service refuse sal but i heard from a number of shelter in place residents that they -- just living in an s.r.o. with a shared bathroom is not something that they can deal with, that they would rather go out to the street. there is danger. there is a lot of concerns around hygiene and safety around these shared bathrooms although i'm not sure if you've spent my time in the older s.r.o.s of shared bathrooms, but it is work checking out if you haven't. and finally i think the final theme is that, you know, for today is just theres a lot of and around the ever changing ending date. and i know that there is, you know, we heard of that through a way of communication is supposed to be happening in the shelter in place hotels.

but i hear on the ground from the residents that there is a lot of people who don't know where they stand at all. they have no idea what's happening and that anxiety diminishes some of the positive aspects that we can see from siph. so, this is one quote from james and i'm not using any real names who spends many years being homeless and i'll mention that a lot of folks, because it's kind of the structural racism that we have, that not only as i mentioned, we see the majority of homeless folks

something that they can deal with, that they would rather go out to the street. there is danger. there is a lot of concerns around hygiene and safety around these shared bathrooms although i'm not sure if you've spent my time in the older s.r.o.s of shared bathrooms, but it is work checking out if you haven't. and finally i think the final theme is that, you know, for today is just theres a lot of and around the ever changing ending date. and i know that there is, you know, we heard of that through a way of communication is supposed to be happening in the shelter in place hotels. but i hear on the ground from the residents that there is a lot of people who don't know where they stand at all. they have no idea what's happening and that anxiety diminishes some of the positive aspects that we can see from siph. so, this is one quote from james and i'm not using any real names who spends many years being homeless and i'll mention that a lot of folks, because it's kind of the structural racism that we have, that not only as i mentioned, we see the majority of homeless folks are african american and because of, you know, just the difference ways that things are criminalized, a lot of folks have done some time in jails and in prisons and this gentleman had a lot of experience between incarcerated systems and shelter in place and hotels and he had a lot of chronic conditions. coronary artery disease, really severe back pain. he had had a shelter and he said it's been a great experience and i had the chance to get things straipgts and to organize and keep appointments. it's really hard to keep appointments and be on time when you're homeless.

and had he not been there, it would have definitely would have been a struggle. and the final quote i'll mention is from a gentleman i'll call ray who has a lo of health problems. he says in terms of the closure, the thing is the pressure they're putting on a lot of people right now, they're closing it. they come with food and me cal staff and then, you know, finally this is a racial justice issue. you know, as i mentioned before t majority of the folks in shelter in place hotels are black african

americans who were the majority of them were born and raised in san francisco and have really suffered a lot of, you know, from different kinds of racism and housing and environmental justice and we know that this is a labor intensive and cost intensive intervention. it allows people experiencing homelessness to live with dignity. i am done. and my colleague is here who can take any questions. >> thank you. appreciate your work and your research and all of that is definitely consistent with my experience. i definitely have thoughts and questions. i have a number of things but i'm going to defer to my colleagues first. supervisor safai, any questions for either presenter before i jump in? or supervisor melgar? she had to step out. i'm not seeing either so i guess it is my turn. i'll start with director mcspadden. i have a number of questions. so, i saw just some questions about the population and so 45% of hotel guests are over 55, which makes sense because that was the population that we were focused on. do we know what percentage of the people in the hotels were homeless for an extended period of time or were newly homeless? a percentage that potentially became homeless within the last year or homeless during the pandemic? can we track that information? >> i'm going to ask emily cohen to answer that question because she'll know if we have that data or not. >> thank you, director. thank you, chair haney. no. we don't have that level of data about the experience of people's previous homelessness for everybody.

>> we do have some data. i think our data shows that the average length of homelessness is 10 years for the folks in the shelter in place hotels. >> got it. ok. >> i'm not sure if you can hear me. >> yes, i can hear you. >> this is elizabeth. so [inaudible] database and that is only existed for 24 years and so it just simply to pay attention like the numb

who are placed in hotels.

i'm sorry, p.s.h.? >> emily, go ahead. you look like you have the answer to that. >> sorry. i was going to say i think we can get that data, but i don't have it. >> ok. i'm going to ask a bit about the model at the siph hotels. i know you mentioned wellness checks, harmless reduction, exit planninging. are these comparable to what we're offering in our navigation centers and are there things that we're doing that we have learned that have been effective and now going to eke tend to other environments? >> so, there are some things that we have done in the siph

hotels that we weren't doing in navigation centers and i'm going to ask emily to add to this. but one of things that we've done in the siph hotels is really focus on people who are sick in siph, people who have medical issues that really need support so we've been providing both nursing support and supportive services. in addition to that, we really, i think, learned a lot from that population. as i mentioned earlier, that 45% of the population in the hotels are 55 and older and, you know, we know what chronic homelessness does to older people and how they, you know, for people 15 and 20 years older so we know -- we learn add lot from the interventions that we used in

the siph hotels and we're talking across departments, department of public health, h.s.h. and dos to talk about how we can continue to support that population as they move into permanent supportive housing. so that is a piece of it and i'm going to ask emily and noto*el add to the other things that will different. >> sure. thank you. i wanted to ask you if you wanted to go ahead. >> we can tag team here, emily. good afternoon, supervisors. the question is, you know, is the level of service provided in siph replicate at nav centers and shelters and other permanent spoufrtive housing? the level of services in those other seting variable. so, there are some things that are consistently provided like basic janitorial and security services. and then other things that are different across different setings. for example, we have meals built into our navigation center model that not necessarily are permanent supportive housing sites.

as director mcspadden said, we are trying to take the lessons learned from siph. we understand that the nursing support and the on-site medical support in particular as well as on-site harm reduction services were incredibly value tonight the guests in the siph hotels so we are, for example, looking at ways to scale up nurse supported or clinically supported personnel in our larger permanent supportive housing portfolio. but it is a little bit inconsistent and there are other things like laundry services, for example, that are not currently in our permanent supportive housing and not contemplated to be because we're not funded at that level. >> got it. ok. i guess you sort of covered this, but in terms of -- i mean, one of things, it has been a year and a half and some of these folks have lived there for a year and a half. now we are asking them to --

hiringing them to move elsewhere, understandably. but how are we continuing those linkages of services that may have received and as a secondary question, we also have a lot of staff. we have a lot of infrastructure that's been built up. and i'm just wondering, i'm hoping that we aren't just sort of, you know, i think that in ms. shonefeld's presentation, there was a fear and anxiety amongst some of the guests that some of the stability they have achieved can over the last year and a half is going to be cut off as they are sent to the new place. how are they managing that continued linkages so they are successful when they move to their permanent housing? >> you know, there is no question that there is a disruption in stability anytime somebody relocates their housing.

but i think the plan i would like the make is that many of the benefits that dr. shonefeld described also accrue to formally homeless people who move into permanent supportive housing. and so our p.s.h. providers also -- they are 100% focused on stabilizing their clients' lives. they also help people connect to mainstream public benefits, help people connect to health care services. some of our p.s.a. sites do have nursing on site, not as many as we would like, unfortunately. but, again, we're looking to expand that. we see the same effects in our regular housing portfolio with the added benefit that it is a permanent location and won'ts a further need to relocate again as there is in the siph because it is a temporary location.

>> ok. that is something that i -- and others i know are concerned about. i wanted to talk about the funding. we'll slow down and extend to september. you talked about the city being left with $21 million. are there -- are there other possible funding sources at h.s.h. that they're considering and more clean funding for the access of this extension? how are we making up? what is -- seeing that this is the budget committee -- how are you making up that $21 million expected gap? >> we plan for the $21 million because we've known since august that we were

going to have to extend, that it was going to cost more than we nirnlly thought. when we first hear about the fema extension, we thought that's great. it actually affords us a little bit more time and turns out that it doesn't because we started off a little more slowly in our resourcing plan than we thought we would. it will cost us more than that $21 million. we were able to figure out how to make it work. but we are concerned that if we have to extend it past september 2022, we won't have funding. the home key funding as i said earlier is only as good until june of 2022. so while we can use some of those dollars, we don't have anything beyond that. >> so i'm a little confused. so, we already have funding set aside to cover that $21 million? so why -- why are you

referring to it, i guess, as a gap then if it's already funded? >> the gap from what we initially projected. >> so, where is the $21 million coming from in? ? >> it's coming primarily from three funding sources, chair haney. project roomkey, which is the state funding source for noncongregant shelter that we'ves been relying on throughout the pandemic, some whole-person care funds and then so h.u.d. emergency solution grant funds that we were able to kind of free up in order to close the $20 million gap as compared to the adopted city budget. >> we haven't had to spend any additional or find any additional money within your budget. it sounds like there is additional money from the fe ral and state -- >> it was money that was in

our budget, supervisor. and there is -- there is an opportunity cost to those dollars. that's how we would have spent them, abstents need fill the gap within the siph system. >> got it. we're saying that this is -- i'm trying to understand, so that's how they prefer the cost of it. i'm trying to understand why we are extending it as long as we are and what the purpose -- what is the reason for needing to do that? so how many total people do we have in siph hotels right now? >> approximately $15 -- >> a little over 1400. >> so, we're saying we'll extend this to september of 2022 which i supported being extented.

but i'm trying to understand why it's taking that long just to deal with the -- to help transition the set of people that we have in there now, seeing that we're no longer bringing new people in. i checked our -- well, we have a -- i don't know if it was in a slide or on the website, but it says there are 1064 vacancies in permanent supportive housing right now, including 709 units that are ready for referral. so, we have over 1,000 vacancies and 700 that are ready for referral. what is the need for that long of a delay, basically a year to tran estimation 1400 people we have now to the units that seem to be -- at least half of them are ready right now. is it because we don't expect

the other half to be ready for a number of months or just -- it's been hard for me to understand why it is taking as long as it is when it seems like we have at least now 700 available units today that are actually ready for referral. >> yes, supervisor. we have the resources -- the housing resources to place the siph guests into housing. this is a time-ment cooing process. -- time-consuming process, which is exactly why we have staged this as a long and deliberate planning process because it takes significant time to make offers of housing that people go and see the unit, make sure that they have -- they have choices and opportunity. so, it is a very time-consuming process. we also want to make sure that we are not closing hotels and rushing people out.

we want to make sure we have time for them, too, to really engage in the process and to look for housing. one of big barriers that we've identified and the reason it takes longer than we would like to place people into housing has been some challenges with documentation. it's always been a challenge but has become harder with the pandemic and offices being close sod we have developed new documentation policies and new partnerships with the secure administration, exploring every possible way to reduce the bureaucratic barriers to placement and we're hopeful with these new policies we'll be able to speed up that work. we've also seen a gradual increase in the pace in which we have been able to house people as we can have clear, direct communication with siph guests. the start and stop of the housing process with the

first extension of fema dollars created a little bit of a lack of clarity around are these really going to wind down, do i really need move? and now that we're in the siph hotels very consistently with our rehousing teams, that message is becoming clearer and clearer and that momentum is building so we're hopeful that this will speed up. but it is a very long, time-consuming process that we all wish was moving faster. >> so, there is a few things with that. 60% of people demobilized from the siph hotels are just moving to another hotel. so, why are we moving so many people from one hotel to another hotel when, at least by our own data here shows we have 700 permanent supportive housing units available. it seems to me that, you know, i takes a lot of effort to move people anywhere. why aren't we moving the large majority of people being moved from one hotel to another hotel?

when we close the hotel. why aren't we moving those people directly into public -- permanent supportive housing when it seems we have so many units available. >> it's a great question, chair haney. and i think the first thing to say is that we expect that the percentage of people who are relocating within the siph system will be steadily declining from this point forward. parz of what we're seeing in this day from the first -- excuse me -- first five hotel closures is just a function of the fact that the demobilization process was in a ramp-up phase. administration of the siph system transfered from the c.c.c. to the department of homelessness in july. there was a transition period associated with that. we had our budget approved in early july and had a period of time where we were really staffing up both internally the department to continue to administer this system. but also staffing of our community partners who are helping with that critical

housing navigation piece that moves people from the siphs to their next destination. and so i think the reality is that we had several months of just slow ramp up as a result of all of that transition. which didn't enable us to exit people as quickly as we need to be exiting them going forward. at this point, because our operation is now kind of more functional, more fully staffed, we do think that at future demobilizations, you'll beseeing a lower number of people moving to a loer siph. the documentation barrier that emily was speaking about a moment ago has been a significant roadblock that we are now hopeful that we have broken in just the last few weeks, really. >> ok. thank you for that.

availability. they have to be made roadie for referral. we're master leasing more hotels and all of those things, and new buildings, those are all great things. is it -- i know this has come up before. but is it because people are turning down certain offers? are you tracking that? is that still an issue? is that a main barrier or is that not something you point to, i didn't hear that in your comments today. >> if i could add something to your previous question around the process. and just so that you understand within the context of the housing process. ments people have the options. we want to make sure people have choice in their housing. if your hotel is set to demobilized and you only look at one unit because it didn't feel right and you want to continue this process, we don't want you to return to the street because your hotel is demobilizing. that is why we're relocating people to other siph hotels. people are mid process. so absolutely. our desire would be to move people directly into housing at that point. but knowing someone is going through this nonengagement process, we hear about that outreach, it is a similar process going through the

housing placement phase. so, the most stabilizing thing we can do if someone is not yet [inaudible] and accepted that placements to keep them in a siph hotel where they can come with their housing navigators. i'll defer to noelle. >> that's exactly right. and supervisor, i just wanted to mention that we are working right now on improving our client refusal rate. we do not have great comprehensive data on that at the moment. but we expect to have better data within the next few weeks. i would also point to the fact that, for the last five hotels that demicrobiologyized, 5 -- demobilized, 5% of those guests decline multiple offers of housing and

resulted in a negative effect back to the street. >> that is good. that is a good sign in that it's not sounding like we're ending up with people refusing multiple offers in a way that becomes a huge issue. so, and are you -- well, i'll move on. i do want to bring up this issue of backfilling the hotels and i know that, you know, i know -- we have gone over this a lot over the last year or so and gone back and forth about this. i will say that, as you know firsthand, that i understand that it is very complicated and challenging and taking a long time to move the people in the hotels now to permanent housing.

i don't want to fully take advantage of the infrastructure that we have in place right now and to get them into the process of accessing permanent supportive housing now. and as you know, because this is your job, we'll have this responsibility afters the pandemic as well for the people who are out there now. even just having a hotel that we could still be paying for in large part from the federal government and state government and shutting it down at the same time that we have people living all over everywhere in my district, on the streets, on the sidewalks and in the allies, in some cases directly outside of the hotel that we're shutting down. just feels unacceptable. so my question, and, you

know, i -- i guess i want to fully understand your perspective on this is why can't we do both and why would we not want to to help the process of getting them into system, connecting them with a case manager, connecting them with if they're high priority, maybe they will go in sooner to supportive housing, connecting them in the same way that we would in the navigation center. why wouldn't we want to do that as well? because we're going to have a responsibility to do that for these folks anyway. even if we can't do it, if we feel that they aer a lower priority right now because we have to make sure that we

transition the people in our system now. we have a capacity that is almost an expanded shelter or nav center-like capacity that is available to us for the next number of months that can help us shelter people during a pandemic we're still living through, why not take advantage of that? >> i think there are a couple of different reasons, supervisor. i mean, one of them is, as we noted that we have very little capacity in the system right now. i think we have about 4% vacancy in the hotels. and so, you know, if we were going to do that, i would probably not be immediate. the other thing is we have carefully sought out how to exit people from the hotels. we know exactly how long it is going to take and as we noted it will take a long time, even with the people we have. and we're running out of

funding for the hotels and we managed to find dollars to help with the extension that we have currently. but we don't haves that moving forward. what we don't also want to end up with is a situation where the funding endsen we have to exit people quickly because we don't have capacity in the system to do it that way and set them up and have them immediately have to exit intos what may not be permanent housing. so, that is -- you know, this is kind of the capacity we have in our system right now. in addition to that, we're asking our providers to go back to some of the other operations that they have. we have, you know, we're re-opening a number of our shelters, we are expanding our capacity because we have and unprecedented amount of resources in our housing budget and our provider capacity is stretched and really hard for us to do everything. and so we're really making

the decision to focus on permanent supportive housing, to really focus on the system that we have built over time. and to move out of the temporary system that is shelter in place. and emily and noelle may have other points to add. but we've had a lot of conversations about this. >> yeah. maybe make two other quick points. you asked why wouldn't we fully take advantage of the federal and state funding that is available? and the answer to that question is that we are. we are fully maximizing both the federal fema revenues and the state home key dollars that are available for this system and even then we have a significant city-born cost above and beyond what the feds and the state will pay for. the second point, which is related to the one that director mcfadden was making is that our current demobilization schedule which

runs through next fall assumes that all the resource of our siph system, all the city staff and c.b.o. staff are 100% focused on the work of rehousing the current 1400 siph guests who are in that system. to the extent that we start bringing new individuals into the siph system, those staffing resources, they are the same people, they are going to get diverted to new intake, new client engagement, referring a new batch of clients and linking them to services and the effect would be our demobilization timeline would be blown up. we would not be able to demobilize by september of 2022 in that scenario which, of course, carries an intended cost. >> and i'm going to go to -- i know that ms. shonefeld as well wanted to say something. i know that it is a capacity issue. i worry that if we aren't

able to take more people inside, even if it is paid for and even when we have buildings that we won't have access in the future and that we are currently stretched as far as we possibly could stretch, that -- that we are -- that our capacity really is not as great -- nearly as great as it used to be. and maybe that is stating the obvious. but, you know, there are thousands of people on the streets right now. we're not -- and we're basically saying we have no place for them. i also, and i know we've had this conversation before, when we had -- when we did this earlier this year around re-opening the siphs that we have, with some of the folks we brought into siph hotels

later, we have been explicit that we may not have the same level of commitment to them in their transition. i think that the advocate and service providers and everything have at least expressed to me that there would be an understanding that it may be the case for the group that is coming in now. we have certainly in our shelter systems, when we bring people for nightly shelters or weeks, we're not making a commitment to them that we'll necessarily for all of them, and i wish we could and, you know, i hope to be able to get to it at that point, but that we will be able to house them, you know, in a short amount of time as a result of them coming into the shelter. i don't understand -- i guess i don't understand why we are using a different standard, entirely different standard for when we would ever accept anybody into a shelter in place hotel.

particularly when there is reimbursement available. so i understand that, you know, you said that this was impact the demobilization and overall strategy. i just continue to be very concerned that this says something about what ours overall capacity is moving forward if this is the most we possibly can do, even when we have a set of resources that we're not going to have, you know, in a few months. and do i feel like when you say that we have a small percent of vacant rooms, that is god because we have chosen hotels that we made a choice to do that rather than keep them open for new intake. ms. shonefeld? >> thank you, chair haney. i wanted to first acknowledge before i say what i'm about to say. i defer to the financial

wisdom of director mcfadden and noelle and emily and that is not my job is to determine budget and finance. but i will speak both with my half of a researcher as well in my role as a clinician. and i'm currently working across a few systems which include the social medicine program in the emergency room t street medicine program and new street opiat response team and i'm seeing what supervisor haney is talk about and that we don't have places -- we don't haves things to offer folks. it creates huge system problems. it creates a huge problem in our emergency room, for example. which is the only spot of refuge for people who a lot of the time what they need could be provided. i also think that what our

research shows that there may be a role for something like the shelter in place hotels for a certain subset of our people experiencing homelessness. particularly for people who have been outside for decades. who, you know, don't access congregant shelters. you know, there is a lot of reasons why -- i had a patient that was stabbed in the eye while sleeping in a shelter. i had a number of parents who have been victims of violence and shelters and a lot of people have trauma and congregant shelters don't work far lot of folks. i've seen for some subset, particularly some of our sicker folks who have been outside for a longtomy, this kind of bridge can really help stabilize people so that when they get into permanent supportive housing, that i can succeed. so, that is all i'll say. i don't have knowing do with the money. i think that backfilling would be a wonderful thing. i see tonnes of people on the

street and my hands are so tied. and i couldn't do the work without my colleagues. but our options are so limited right now. >> thank you. sorry. i had to take a bite of my lunch there. no. i appreciate that. just one quick -- how many of the hotel rooms are currently vacant? i think you said 4% or do we know a number? >> it's about 66 rooms, we think. >> ok. 66 rooms. ok. i want to open this up to public comment because there are a lot of folks waiting and i asked a lot of questions, if that is ok with everyone. and i appreciate the work here and i know this is very challenging and we just -- i know we share the same goals of doing the most to get people inside as quickly as possible.

and keep them inside and on a path to health and stability which we've seen how effective this tool can be and how much housing is healing. during the pandemic and after. and also this is a budget committee so we want to be able to help to make sure you have the resources to do that. so with that, mr. clerk, can we open this up to public comments? and we're going to give one minute per person. >> thank you, mr. chair. operations checking to make sure there are callers in the queue. members of the public who wish to provide public comment, please press star 3 to be added. those on hold, continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted and that is your cue to begin your comment and we do have interpretive services with us today. mr. cosenza. >> [speaking in spanish]

>> thank you. and with that, we currently have 31 listeners with 13 in the queue. so, mr. atkins, first caller, please. >> caller: hello. working with people in siph hotels has provided us with an opportunity to access high-needs clients in controlled setings in a way we've never been able to before. our city homeless population is aging and many exhibit poor functional status including a high prevalence of geriatric conditions such as cognitive and physical impairment.

according to the expert panel as yesterday's master plan, housing is the answer. the city rightly responded to the public health crisis by working to bring access and care to a population that was underserved in a significant way. now the siph hotel program needs to don'ts operate off the streets so more people can access to the stability and resources that the program provides. we also need way to refer people to these opportunity and they need to be able to refer themselves. once people are placed in the siph hotel we can consistentsly visit and link them with services that when they were unhoused would have been far more difficult, if not impossible, to access especially over a long period of time -- >> i'm sorry, the speaker's time is passed. >> so sorry to cut anybody off. but as the chair did state, we are providing one minute per comment on this item. so i do apologize. next speaker, please.

>> caller: hi. i'm the director on t coalition of homelessness. i want to remind folks that those who were not lucky enough to get a siph hotel have been stuck outside, continuously, without respite, without an ability to move into housing, because it's limited to people in siph hotels, without any way to get into shelter, except for a few who were lucky enough to get an offer and no way to get their next job. typically folks get respite. they're on the streets, they're in shelter and back to the streets or at relatives and family houses. none of that has been possible during the pandemic. folks need some kind of respite. we have these siph hotel options that are paid for through the end of the year. we have got to open them up and allow folks to move in.

we've already closed now eight hotels. we are about to close two more. some of those hotels were closed before we knew we got an extension of funding -- >> speaker's time has expired. >> thank you for your comments. gn, i do apologize for cutting anybody off. but we're setting the timer for one minute on this item. mr. atkins, next speaker, please. [please stand by] [please stand by]

>> caller: hello. >> clerk: we do here you. >> caller: hello, this is

leslie dreyer with committee of san francisco. i want to echo what jennifer reed and doctor was saying and also we just encourage you to acknowledge that folks are getting evicted homelessness which is adding to morepeople on the street . and as we see people sleeping on the streets and there's nowhere to go. the shelter waitlist is close so there really is nowhere for people to go so that city is stealing peoples tents, all their belongings, jackets and everything . which is in itself acrime . all the while we have these vacancies and we need to use them now that wehave the funding . i really urge you to acknowledge what a horrific crime it is for everyone in need of housing and get people into hotels now. don't wait. so stop this and please fill

thehotel rooms now. sorry . >> clerk: the speakers time ha expired. thank youfor your comments . next speaker please . >> caller: good morning everybody. [speaking spanish] >> i work for homelessness coalition . >>. [speaking spanish] >> i don't understand why there are funds available why does the city wants to close the hotels to what is the plan? [speaking spanish] because i see people who are ill in the street when they don't have an assistance .

[speaking spanish] so i don't understand why the city doesn't want to have thesehotels open . [speaking spanish] and i hope that you keep the hotelsopen and you fill all the rooms thank you for listening . >> clerk: thank you for your comments and thank you for that mister stands up. next speaker please. >> caller: hello chair haney and supervisors, i'm a policy assistant. thank you chair haney for putting this item on the agenda and introducing the resolution to urge the federal government to extend funding for the health programthis program

has been successful and we ask this program continue and the rehousing efforts continue at an increased rate . we're seeing all pipe types of people asking for housing linkage and believe the city should implement self referral processes and in addition to a lack of set hotel in access there's not been access to congregant shelters or any of the programs that emerged during covid-19. it has left people experiencing homelessness with few options . the efforts have been commendable but many people have been left out of that process. initiating a policy of self referral isessential to treat people in an equitable manner. extend this program to people on the streets, instituted a policy of self referral and ramp up rehousing . >> clerk: mister athens, next speaker please >> caller: this is jordan davis , my pronouns are sheand her

and i want to express support for continuing the sip hotels or however long there is funding . there are tourists coming into our city coming in to formally sip hotels and they're spreading covid all over the place. these are in places where the covid-19 rates are high. they fill up with dissidents and tourists and also i want to shout out naomi for mentioning bathrooms in the current supportive housing which are very few and far between and i feel like that is the thing that needs to be addressed in the future among other standards so thank you and i yield my time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> caller: [inaudible] >> clerk:speaker, you are on .

>> clerk: hello, you are on. >> caller: high, in the united states homelessness has long been a public health emergency that has not been treated as such and with the covid pandemic we need to take actio to prevent needless suffering . by the way both kelly and i worked with the coalition of homelessness. vaccination rates among individuals experiencing homelessness is according to the sf dph the soul vaccination rate in this community is 39 percent while 35 percent on the house people have received at least one dose. several residents are seeing their current health conditions improved because of consistent care. the program has improved health

as individuals are able to get less,take medications and have a more stable environment . on the streets folks customarily get rest. they'reconstantly watching their back and wondering what's going to happen with them overnight or any time during the day . and often their medications ar confiscated orstolen and they have very little . >> clerk: the speakers time has expired . thank you so much for your comments and i do apologize for cutting anybody off but we are typing everybody atone minute per comment . next speaker please . >> caller: i'm brian edwards, a community organizer at faithful fools. i did not expect to be grounded todayby a board of supervisors hearing but what i heard , the questions i heard you asking chairman haney and the truth spitting i heard naomi get is encouraging.

while we pat ourselves on the back for putting people in hotels jenny is right. we left thousands of people stranded in place on the street during this pandemic . i don't know if that's for anyone else but it's been a while since i was able to run into someone in the pl and not recognize them because they looked 10 years younger and that's what happens to people when they're in sip and they stabilize . thisis a program people stick with for a long term and we only have two of those in san francisco . that's the sip hotels and the encampments but san francisco needs to double down on what works and maintain and expand the sip hotel program . it's what people are willing to engage with and the outcomes are good. i yield my time speeds. >> clerk:thank you for your comments, next speaker please . >> my name is sarah and i'm the advocacy manager for the center for social justice.

homeless youth in san francisco charged shows the stark racial disparities.our city is less than three percent black but homeless population is 38 percent black. providing on house beakers with a safe place to stay in a pandemic is a racial justice issue. please hear the trauma . thanks so much. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> i name is julie and my kids go to school in the tenderloin. i want to bring urgency to getting these hotels open. i can't believe we're in a rich city with thousands living on the streets and we're not moving people indoors. a friend of mine who was previously homeless said it was a rare chance to get inside and get a shower and heal up. i can't believe we have money andare ramping up to get people on the streets .

families are navigating safety and the trauma of seeing how little our city takes care of our unhoused neighbors every day in thestreet and that's not a fair burden on them either . on the + i have a lovely experience of running into a friend from the tenderloin who was unhoused who ended up in a shelter inplace hotel in a different neighborhood where they have permanent housing . it was delightful to see their face and see there is a way to get people off the streets and into homes . as one parent said in a recent safety meeting the people on the street who are unhoused are people we need to help them. >> clerk: next speaker please. >> caller: this is at the potsdam and first i want to thank chair haney for bringing this up and fact supervisor

safai for pointing out another hearing that housing is a moral right and thank you naomi for bringing up exactly what the scenario is. and i've seen folks in my 20 years of working with unhoused people that being then kicked out has been horrifying. absolutely horrifying. it's been my great fear and i don't understand with these so to speak i guesstransitional housing into another or into an sro , the ones i know of with the shared bathrooms are simply horrifying and people are actually referring to sleep in the streets. thank you verymuch. please restore . we have funding for it. >> thank you for your comments.

next speaker please. >> caller: can you hear me? >> clerk: yes we can. >> caller: on a san francisco resident and i'd like to welcome all of the speakers who have urged you to not only preserve but expand the shelter in place hotel program. i think it's a greatbeginning but it's only a beginning . and i really think that the city that i think has now more billionaires than any other city in the united states it's obscene that there are thousandsof people living on the street . >> clerk: thank you for your comment.

next speaker please. >> caller: my name is shannon wise and i'm the women's center manager. i work with residents of the cliff hotel and as a provider i'm asking you to favor this hotel and there's so many reasons why . i was able to have people during a pandemic and they being able to receive care they may not have been able to get without the hotel. so i have no doubt that our combined services are effective and the more time we get the hotels going it means that we have more time to keep confining things and making our interventions foreffective than they already are four more residents . it's really about continuing to build strong trust and rapport with the residents but also providing the support that many of them need to cause many of

them are in dark places in their lives and they need the additional help to sustain and elevateand heal . we're just getting some solid footing and its importance that we continue to build on the hard-fought games that we've already made . thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you very much shannon wise foryour comments . mister atkins, nextplease . >> caller: translate. [speaking spanish] my name is carmen. i am a member of, i'm sorry.

i'm a resident of sanfrancisco and i am concerned they are going to close the hotel . continue .[speaking spanish] i'm very concerned the city has no plan regarding the hotels because there's been no voices whatsoever and salaryincreases . this is a problem that exists throughoutthe whole country . [speaking spanish] if you have

thefunds i don't see why they can't be implemented . or why the problem with the pandemicis continuing . [speaking spanish] >> it is insensible to think we are human beings when we are okay with someone living without a blanket during a dire timesuch as the pandemic . [speaking spanish] i think it's

a shame that you are planning to close the hotels when there are thousands of families in the streets and rooms available. [speaking spanish] >> i'm going to set this right here, i'll be right back. [speaking spanish] >> this is a crisis.

it really is a crisis that families are living in the streets and we have no clear plan to put them into rooms. we need todo something as acity . >> clerk: the speakers time has expired . iqso much for your interpretation . mister adkins, next speaker please we're getting a lot of feedback. if you could lower your tv or streaming device that would be appreciated and weare prepared for your public comment . do we have a speaker on the line? >> caller: i am a public policy manager in permanent supportive

housingprovided in the city . i also served in district 6 which is one of the cities lowest income communities as well as one of the cities largest populations of unhoused community.i am calling today to ask support for the shelter in place proposal for rooms that are currently open in supportive housing. i'd like to emphasize the racial inequity of those currently struggling by calling out thought that our cities but what population is less than three percent, latinoshave 80 percent of unhoused population. there is something wrongwith this fact . all shelters have been closed . we have seen eight hotels get close, two more to follow without our safe place in the postseason. we know that this shows the housing first model, we know

that the biden administration has extended ... >>clerk: the speakerstime has expired. i apologize for cutting anybody off but the chair did define public comment at one minute per speaker . mister atkins, next speaker please . >> caller: thankyou chair haney for calling this during . my name is margie and i'm policy director at family services as well as code care for homeless emergency service providers association. i want to extend this resource for as long as we can including using vacancies to theflex extent for people who have been surviving on the streets for decades . i think the broader issuehere is the issue of capacity . of historically underfunded systems unprecedented levels of

funding and to reduce homelessness and help individual people get from surviving to living so this has compellingly pointed out. there's more capacity and expertise that we sometimes realize and we need to build it up and partner collaboratively to start getting money out the door and get our systems moving for our mostvulnerable neighbors. >> thank you for your comments . next speaker please . >> good afternoon, my name is tracy and i worked at the coalition on homelessness as well as i live inthe tenderloin . and what i saw this morning i've been thinking of this whole afternoon but what i was thinking up this morning is when i saw this man in the seat of my car and i listened to this man driving a pallet trying to mark the lens for himself. this is why the hotels need to

be kept open and these people needto be off the streets and in secure dignified housing . and at least until they find permanent housing because this is an environment that's getting cold out there and i want to say these people off the streets. thank you for your time. >> thank you tracy for your comments. mister adkins, next speaker please . >> good afternoon supervisors. i personally wanted to emphasize as jennifer breeden barker did earlier there are city house more room to be able to resolve this and we arestill in the middle of a health crisis . it is absolutely essential that we keep off the streets, it's not sensible be using resources this way and in my view it is given the cities and city to use police, it's sort of one choice of public housing or another. the choice is whether or not to use locks on thedoors . to me none of these people have

done anything to deserve that level of it from our society and i know i shouldn't be using people as a common descriptor but what i mean is all on house neighbors deserve respect and deserve the respect of a functional program and it's the safest and healthiest way for our society to address this problem and she had as compared with people excreting and urinating in our streets and public health crisis that it is. so we are city continuesto have a public health crisis and the cheapest way toresolve it is these hotels . it's cheaper than a hospital bed . >> the speakers time has expired. thankyou so much for your comments. next speaker please . >> this is kristin evans, a proponent for proposition c. i've been hearing the conversation and i want to say

the resource issue doesn't pass the smell test . i've been in operationsat these hotels . we have capacity in the system and we need to respond to homelessness on the streets but like the emergency it is. the pandemic was a game change . we saw how the city rallied its full resources from all departments to accomplish amazing, incredible programs during a true healthemergency . homelessness is a true health emergency every dayfor those experiencing it . we have 14 cityemployees that are essentially moving people from alleyway to alleyway on our streets . redeploy those resources into recruiting people into intake and managing the set and also pushing people into up through the system into the rehousing area i really want to say to the director mcfadden, i know you're new in your role but there's anopportunity here with resources .

>> sorry to cut you off. thank you foryour comments but we are finding each commentor at one minute . next speaker please. >> caller: linda chapman, i'm working with the coalition to stop the sip closures but i'm speaking as a retired enteral civil servant who worked in the war on poverty and knows absolutely nobody went unhoused was receiving benefits whether it was afpc or any federal benefits . it was against the law. unfortunately now we have a huge establishment of people who are paid to manage homelessness, to keep people homeless and and manage it. the one happy note i'veheard is you hired an anthropologist so maybe things will be looked at differently and we can change that . look at the budget.$7000 it costs to keep a sip hotel room.

counts are reported that vast numbersof rooms were empty and the ones that were rented rented for $62 a night . remember april 30 hearing. the hsa people came in and said they had to empty out all the staff who worked in the hotels who couldn't use the jobs, who knew what to do and had people from alltheirs. >> sorry to cut you off , linda chapman. currently we have just as an update we have 28 members of the public listening with 10 waiting to speak. if you have not spoken yet and you want to provide your testimony to this hearing, please dialáthree now. otherwise we will help take the 10 colors to the end. mister adkins, next speaker please.

>> good afternoon, this is teresa with united to save the mission. prior to the pandemic one of our own house neighbors experienced alarming declines as he had a serious back condition and increasing depression. it wasswept every few days and forced to sleep in a tent while barely being able to stand . we advocated alongwith supervisor's office and the lpf street meets team to get him into a hotel room . having secure private and safe shelter enabled him to as he said become himselfagain . he got a motorized wheelchair, started physical therapy, medications for health issues but most of all this lifelong san franciscan whose grandmother worked for the palace hotel was able to reconnect with hischildren and other families and three weeks ago he got permanent housing . during this time several other neighbors still living outside have died and in this room provided a stability thatsaved our neighbors life . we need to keep these hotels open. there arethousands of folks

like our neighbors that need these rooms . thank you . >> thank you for your comments, marissa. >> next speaker please. >> my name is john stable and i'm with the san francisco outercircle , a community-based organization according are on house neighbors in a cast. golden gate park and i'm calling to ask that we move shelter in place residents into housing and fill the empty rooms just this morning i was talking to a friend formerly in golden gate park that over the years got into living in a vehicle and now has been living in this hotel and this morning, this hearing excitement and plans and hope about them being able to connect into other services they can qualify for and planning to move into a place they get a housing voucher so for the first time

in years seeing that dream and look further down the road and the shelter in place hotels have just been a great piece of stability that was muchneeded and we need that more for the thousands of on house san franciscans still on the street . we've got the funding. i ask youto make the decision to keep hotels open for as many as possible . >> thank you john for your comments. next speaker please. >> my name is tj holtzman and i live in d5 and i'mhomeless organizer . i'm here to say lives are at stake. we need to fill these hotel roomsbut i want to talk specifically about public access to data . provides her you said in your opening remarks a top priority to get people in permanent housing the public has lost its view into where access for hotel guests are going due to hsa true moving the dashboards that were posted on data sf and

replacing them with a dashboard on totals. this happened months ago and the detailed exit data is still not publicly available. today s hh stated 729 hotel guests and then re-housed but the dashboard. >> over 2200 total exited guests. leaving nearly 1500 exits unaccounted for. recording hasbeen requirements of the hotel program since day one so why is exit data being confiscated from public view ? i urge the committee to keep hotels open for new guests and to demand hsa to immediately restore the public access to hotel exit reporting data. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> next speaker please. >> hello. my name is an outreach worker in san francisco connecting on

house san franciscans with medical care. over the past month i've met numerous clients who are staying in hotels under that back on the street. it'sbeen challenging to hear their frustration, their hurt . they have for the past year had openly challenging to testify been waiting for housing and haven't been able to ask lessons especially afterthe store when tents were now flooded . the weather is getting colder and i'm really concerned that the city doesn't currently have the capacity to put it in the rate that hotels are being closed so i urge you to keep these hotels open and expand that model. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> this is rj sloan and first i want to thank the subject committee here today, and the

chair haney for thishearing. i just have a few bullet points . as i was listening to the presentation. and the percentages. thedata . as you all know budget is a moral document. for the disparate number of black on house people, housing is not only healthcare but reparations . this is an equity issue.what would st. francis do. we must not read traumatized our hotel guests. please keep these spots open for people. we have the money. and again, what would st. francisdo . thank you. >> thank you for your comments next speaker please . >> my name is leo, i'm a community organizer with home rise and i'm calling to ask

that you move hotel residents into permanent housing and fill the empty rooms with folks currently living on the streets. i know everyone is in a rush to returnback to normal but let's not forget the reality of what normal looks like .there's still thousands living on the streets in their cars and opening up in situations. recently we seen these last couple of days how homeless services have had people on the street during one of the heaviest rainfalls of the year and there's nothing wrong about any of that. thehotels are close and two more are up for closure despite having been paid the federal government please we need to be putting more people into hotels, not throwing them out into the street . >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> hello. thank you very much. my name is betty trainer and i'm on the board of senior

disability action. those waste and shelter and placed in hotels since the beginning of the program are themost vulnerable on house . the majority of whom are seniors and people with disabilities . medical studies from ucf have shown today that the residents are seeing their chronic health conditions improve because they are inside of a room, bathroom of their own and receiving consistent care. we urge you to keep placing on house people in these hotels as rooms become available since the program is funded and it would be well spentcity money as the program is fundedbeyond 2022 . even a short time in a hotel would make a difference . it gets people into the system who are forpermanent supportive housing.being on house to the death sentencefor our elders and those with disabilities . we have a solution infront of us. please fill the rooms, lives are at stake . >> thank you betty for your comments . next speaker please. >> my name is ian james, i'm a

resident of district 5 and i'm calling in to ask the city and theboard of supervisors to keep the hotels open . filled the rooms. we know that living on the streets rapidly ages people. medical research shows that. the people who have been able to get into hotels seen improvement for chronic health conditions and those people have been left on the street at that same time are being pushed around having their belongings stolen. there's no reasonfor the city to not stop this and start selling the hotel rooms. i can't believe that we've already closed a hotels . spentrooms for hundreds of people who could have been inside instead of out in the pouring rain this weekend . at risk of not just coping but also all of the different health dangers that come with living on the streets. so i'd just like to ask the

board of supervisors to keep the hotels open andstop this . >> thank you for your comments. next sheet speaker please. >> caller: hello. >> clerk: we canhear you . >> caller: yes, you hear me? >> clerk: yes, please provide your comments. >> caller: i worked in transitional homelessness. my first recommendation is to stop the sip's. it sends the wrong message because. [inaudible] and the other side, we're keeping homeless people in the hotel so i feel like

it's important there too. i these lives to give permanent housing and so the second thing is we went from a strong couple of days ago and it's as you really go outside it's really nice that as we have a nice place to sleep in homeless people don't have nothing. we need to bring the homeless people inside to the hotels, pleasehave a good day . >> clerk: you foryour comments . mister atkins, next speaker please. >> caller: i am a district 6 resident and i workin the tenderloin .i'm calling in

support of keeping the sip hotels open. i look at it from another hotel for several months now. i think we have an opportunity here to help people. i agree with the colors this shouldcontinue using the sip hotels to keep people house. this is the human thing to do . thank you.>> clerk: we do have 18 people still listening with six left inthe queue . this will be your last call . dial star 3 to jointhe queue . mister atkins, next speaker. >> caller: my name is john, i work in the tenderloin . i am calling to keep the sip

hotels open. i was confused about capacity andconfused about mobilization . if it is demobilization why are we focused on the mobilization? if that's the issue and capacity is the issue why are we focused on increasing capacity with funding so that we can get people to these hotels ? it shouldn't be facing priority, we shouldn't be prioritized putting people into hotels. and not back into the streets. there were comments earlier about how important it is to get just putting people in hotels save lives and capacity is an issue, let's use the funding that we have to increase capacity i'm

confused about why we're focused on the mobilization . it should be really like the last speaker said putting people in housing. >> sorry to cut you off butwe are tiny eachspeaker at one minute . next speaker please . >> thank you, my name is carlo lorenzo picking on behalf of the google project anywhere calling in support of continually the shelter in place hotel program. i just wanted quickly to a story of one of our guests who comes and uses our services daily and she was homeless, became homeless due to the pandemic. was living on the street. was rob multiple times.she's a woman in her late 60s. and i was talking to her the other day and she was actually enough to get into the shelter in place hotel program and she wanted to share with you today

about how that absolutely changedher life . she now feels safe. she's connected to services . she's surrounded by other folds who are in a similar position that can relate to her experience and she now has the ability to come and use our services during the day and have a safe place to be at night so we strongly want to emphasize this program has worked very well and i'd like to see itcontinue . >> clerk: thank you for your comments,next speaker please . >> caller: my name is daisy and i'm asan francisco resident . i wanted to add and offer my full support for keepingthese hotels open .and what i see as our moral responsibility to give assistance to this vulnerablepopulation . i also encouraged the board in

its decision-making process to look especially to those people who are on the front lines of this crisis those working directly with them in the current session today so thank you so much. you allfor being here . >> clerk: thank youfor your comments next speaker please . >> caller: my name is freddie. i'm ahousing organizer in disability action . i live and work in district 6 and the shelter in place hotels arepaid for by the biden administration until the end o the year . why is the city not taking advantage while there's still a pandemic raising the board of supervisors passed a resolution to extend funding until 2022 . biden extended this and we are still closing the hotels.two

more are up for closing this year despite having beenpaid for by the federal government . it doesn't make any sense. we've already established that it is disproportionately affecting the black and brown community for years and there's systems putin place that allows this to happen . what's happening right now is an extension of that i say we're going to ignorethat, leave them out on the streets and let them die . we need to use everything in our needs to house people now. there's no excuse. there's no reason despite all the rationalizations and this that and the other. >> clerk: sorry to cut you off we are assigning each speaker one minute. interactions, nextspeaker please . >> caller: my name is erin and i liveand work in district 9 .

i wanted to echo what a lot of folks have been saying already that housing is healthcare and we know enough funding is going to underpin our sustained support of our neighbors and our most vulnerable neighbors and absolutely makes no sense we would not use that support from the federal government to be able to extend that support further till the end of this year and i also want to an concerns about the double standard at play about using our resources to house our neighbors while we use our collectiveresources to displace and destabilize our own neighbors . i want to thank everyone calling in for their advocacy and ask the city keep these groups over time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> caller: this is sarah short with permanent supportive housing.i really wanted to

thank supervisor haney for calling this hearing andwant to thank the department for sharing information with us and naomi for her great presentation . call me an optimist but i do believe that we can haveit's all in san francisco . that we can build rooms and permanent supportive housing units are vacant, far too many, 700 or so and the same time we can fill the rooms in supportive housing or the sip hotels and get more people off the streets. i think we learned that today. we have the resources. we have the availability i believe we have the capacity of supportive housing and homelessness can chew gum and walk at the same time . they can serve both functions and i think that considering

the crisis that we have people out on the streets through this pandemic, they absolutelyneed to do that . >> the speakers time has expired. >> again, sorry to cut you off sarah shortthank you for your comments . nextspeaker please . >> hello, my name is dominique andi'm here with coalition of homelessness . i'm here to say lives are at stake.please fill the rooms. there's still thousands of people out on the street living in cars double up in an unfortunate situation . we need to get thesepeople in hotels. and from a personal stance , i was one of the people that was in a hotel. if it was not for that hotel i don't know whereme and my children would be . these hotels really do work. thank you so much for your time.these key the hotels

open. >> thank you dominique for your comments. mister atkins, are there any other speakers? >> my name is kaylee mccaskill iwork in district 5 . i'm calling to agree with everyone that just spoke. we need to keep the shelter in place hotels open. they're already being paid for. it's unfathomable to keep them close.the city already closed one hotel is typically for interpersonalviolence which i thought that there was only one of the city that was already unacceptable . >> did we lose that color? okay. mister atkins, see if we have any more colors in the queue.

>> there are no further colors inthe queue . >> thank you mister atkins. mister care. >> thank you mister clerk and thank you to all of the colors who shared and i know that there are many folks who called in were either residents themselves for providers or advocates and again as i said at the beginning that this was an incredible collaborative effort that so many people are a part of. i again want to thank everyone for their advocacy. i've said this before we went to public comment that i agree with those sentiments. i've expressed them to our director and i hope that we can continue to work together to see if there are ways we can build on this program, expand this program, havepeople continue to come inside . i know how challenging the work

that we're doing right now is that we also have a huge need that we all understand and huge opportunity and responsibility for people are not only inside the siphotels now but on the streets . supervisor mar. >> thank you chair me. i want to thank all of the advocates and humidity members that spoke during public comment. i missed the presentation by joining the meeting late but i was able to pass a lot of the public comments so thank you allfor your advocacy for the shelter in place program . i wholeheartedly agree that shelter in place hotels have been a game changer in our homelessness strategy and we need to maximize the federal resources available and keep the program going as long as possible while also giving to our commitments really the city's commitment to make sure

everyone transitioning out of the shelter in place hotels is offered permanent supportive housing and the support they need. thank you care haney for calling this hearing and the forward to working with you director mcspadden on maintaining andevolving this incredibly important program . class. [inaudible] >> chair: can we put them on mute? is that coming from you supervisor? >> i wasn't sure but i wanted to jump on and say thank you to chairhaney . thank you department of hsa for giving an explanation. i too am concerned about the transition. i'm happy we were able to get as many people as we were

housed and sheltered in place as well as room for improvement but i want to make sure as you said chair haney we don't want any of the people housed currently to go back on the street. having an aggressive program to transition into supportive housing and other additional options are extremely important so i appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on this today and thank you for all the folks that came out and thanks for the department thank you chair haney for calling this meeting today and i'm supportive of the program. that's why we've been pushing the option to purchase a lot of these hotels and make permanent supportive housingavailable for our city. thank you . >> chair: thank you and is miss schoenfield still with us? she had to go.

maybe she's not here. i'll follow up with her off-line. i did have some questions about some of the other impacts that we are seeing from assistance and how we can work together to make sure we address the challenges around transition and anxiety and stress. just to make for a more effectivetransition . while i know that we heard a lot from public comment i don't know if director mcspadden, you or mistersnyder , ms. simmons, miss collins, anybody here wantsto make any closing remarks ? >> no supervisor. i guess that we really have appreciated being able to run this program. i think what everybody says is absolutely true . it has been life-changing for many people.

and we are really honored to have been part of it and we are forced want to see people get into permanent supportive housing as quickly as possible address the conditions on the street so we are very much in agreement with that and want t continue working with you on ensuring that that can happen . >> chair: thank you, i appreciatethat . i want to thank you director mcspadden and miss schoenfield from ucsf and colleagues for your comments and questions and to all the members of the public who called in. i know that we are going to stay on top of some of these questions around how do we make sure we transition people out effectively in a way that respects their dignity and needs and that makes sure that they never get back out onto the streets. we know how powerful this

program has been its impact thousands of people , save lives, stabilize people, and it homelessness for so many it's something we should be proud of and i'll reiterate something i said and many on the call said i hope you can figure out how to make it last longer and believe that we can help to make sure the people who are on the streets right now of which there are thousands and some of whom simply are on the streets because they weren't able to take advantage of the sip program is miss shellenberger said and why we have this valuable resource should be using it to instill potential and bring people inside and expanding capacity to do so i will be, i will continue to work with you director mcspadden and everyone at hsh and thank you to the mayor for her support of this program .

with that i am going to make a motion to continue this hearing to the call of the chair and if we could have a roll call vote on that please. >> clerk: if i could have to close public comments please. >> chair: public comment is closed. >> clerk: a motion to continue thishearing. vice chair safai . [roll call vote] we have 3 aye's. >> chair: this will be continued to the call of the chair and misterclark , anymor items in front of us ? >> clerk: that concludes our business. >> chair: thishearing and meeting is adjourned that you .

shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we

help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusively independent

owned small businesses. it harkens back to supporting local. polk street doesn't look like anywhere u.s.a. it has its own businesses and personality. we have clothing stores to gallerys, to personal service stores, where you can get your hsus repaired, luggage repaired. there's a music studio across the street. it's raily a diverse and unique offering on this really great street. i think san franciscans should shop local as much as they can because they can discover things that they may not be familiar with. again, the marketplace is changing, and, you know, you look at a screen, and you click a mouse, and you order something, and it shows up, but to have a tangible experience, to be able to come in to taste things, to see things, to smell things, all those things, it's

very important that you do so. >> restaurants will be open for take out only, but nonessential stores, like bars and gyms, will close effective midnight tonight. [♪♪♪] >> my name is sharky laguana. i am a small business owner. i own a company called vandigo

van rentals. it rents vans to the music industry. i am also a member of the small business commission as appointed by mayor breed in 2019. i am a musician and have worked as a professional musician and recording artist in the 90s. [♪♪♪] >> we came up in san francisco, so i've played at most of the live venues as a performer, and, of course, i've seen hundreds of shows over the years, and i care very, very deeply about live entertainment. in fact, when i joined the commission, i said that i was going to make a particular effort to pay attention to the arts and entertainment and make sure that those small businesses receive the level of attention that i think they deserve. >> this is a constantly and

rapidly changing situation, and we are working hard to be aggressive to flatten the curve to disrupt the spread of covid-19. >> when the pandemic hit, it was crystal clear to me that this was devastating to the music industry because live venues had to completely shutdown. there was no way for them to open for even a single day or in limited capacity. that hit me emotionally as an artist and hit me professionally, as well as a small business that caters to artists, so i was very deeply concerned about what the city could do to help the entertainment committee. we knew we needed somebody to introduce some kind of legislation to get the ball rolling, and so we just started texting supervisor haney, just harassing him, saying we need to do something, we need to do something. he said i know we need to do

something, but what do we do? we eventually settled on this idea that there would be an independent venue recovery fund. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president walton: thank you. without objection, this resolution is passed unanimously. >> and we were concerned for these small mom-and-pop businesses that contribute so much to our arts community. >> we are an extremely small venue that has the capacity to do extremely small shows. most of our staff has been working for us for over ten years. there's very little turnover in the staff, so it felt like family. sharky with the small business

commission was crucial in pestering supervisor haney and others to really keep our industry top of mind. we closed down on march 13 of 2020 when we heard that there was an order to do so by the mayor, and we had to call that show in the middle of the night. they were in the middle of their sound check, and i had to call the venue and say, we need to cancel the show tonight. >> the fund is for our live music and entertainment venues, and in its first round, it will offer grants of at least $10,000 to qualifying venues. these are venues that offer a signature amount of live entertainment programming before the pandemic and are committed to reopening and

offering live entertainment spaces after the pandemic. >> it's going to, you know, just stave off the bleeding for a moment. it's the city contributing to helping make sure these venues are around, to continue to be part of the economic recovery for our city. >> when you think about the venues for events in the city, we're talking about all of them. some have been able to come back adaptively over the last year and have been able to be shape shifters in this pandemic, and that's exciting to see, but i'm really looking forward to the day when events and venues can reopen and help drive the recovery here in san francisco. >> they have done a study that says for every dollar of ticket sales done in this city, $12 goes to neighboring businesses.

from all of our vendors to the restaurants that are next to our ven sues and just so many other things that you can think of, all of which have been so negatively affected by covid. for this industry to fail is unthinkable on so many levels. it's unheard of, like, san francisco without its music scene would be a terribly dismal place. >> i don't know that this needs to be arrest -- that there needs to be art welfare for artists. we just need to live and pay for our food, and things will take care of themselves. i think that that's not the given situation. what san francisco could do that they don't seem to do very much is really do something to support these clubs and venues that have all of these different artists performing in them. actually, i think precovid, it

was, you know, don't have a warehouse party and don't do a gig. don't go outside, and don't do this. there was a lot of don't, don't, don't, and after the pandemic, they realized we're a big industry, and we bring a lot of money into this city, so they need to encourage and hope these venues. and then, you know, as far as people like me, it would be nice if you didn't only get encouraged for only singing opera or playing violin. [♪♪♪] >> entertainment is a huge part of what is going to make this city bounce back, and we're going to need to have live music coming back, and comedy, and drag shows and everything under the sun that is fun and creative in order to get smiles back on our faces and in order to get the city moving again. [♪♪♪]

>> venues serve a really vital function in society. there aren't many places where people from any walk of life, race, religion, sexuality can come together in the same room and experience joy, right? experience love, experience anything that what makes us human, community, our connective tissues between different souls. if we were to lose this, lose this situation, you're going to lose this very vital piece of society, and just coming out of the pandemic, you know, it's going to help us recover socially? well, yeah, because we need to be in the same room with a bunch of people, and then help people across the country recover financially. >> san francisco art recovery

fund, amazing. it opened yesterday on april 21. applications are open through may 5. we're encouraging everyone in the coalition to apply. there's very clear information on what's eligible, but that's basically been what our coalition has been advocating for from the beginning. you know, everyone's been supportive, and they've all been hugely integral to this program getting off the ground. you know, we found our champion with supervisor matt haney from district six who introduced this legislation and pushed this into law. mayor breed dedicated $1.5 million this fund, and then supervisor haney matched that, so there's $3 million in this fund. this is a huge moment for our coalition. it's what we've been fighting for all along. >> one of the challenges of our business is staying on top of

all the opportunities as they come back. at the office of oewd, office of economic and workforce development, if you need to speak to somebody, you can find people who can help you navigate any of the available programs and resources. >> a lot of blind optimism has kept us afloat, you know, and there's been a lot of reason for despair, but this is what keeps me in the business, and this is what keeps me fighting, you know, and continuing to advocate, is that we need this and this is part of our life's blood as much as oxygen and food is. don't lose heart. look at there for all the various grants that are available to you. some of them might be very slow to unrao, and it might seem like too -- unroll, and it might seem like it's too late,

but people are going to fight to keep their beloved venues open, and as a band, you're going to be okay. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> i just don't know that you can find a neighborhood in the city where you can hear music stands and take a ride on the low rider down the street. it is an experience that you can't have anywhere else in san francisco. [♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪] >> district nine is a in the southeast portion of the city. we have four neighborhoods that i represent. st. mary's park has a completely unique architecture. very distinct feel, and it is a very close to holly park which is another beautiful park in san francisco. the bernal heights district is unique in that we have the hell which has one of the best views in all of san francisco. there is a swinging hanging from a tree at the top. it is as if you are swinging over the entire city. there are two unique aspects. it is considered the fourth chinatown in san francisco. sixty% of the residents are of chinese ancestry. the second unique, and fun aspect about this area is it is the garden district. there is a lot of urban agriculture and it was where the city grew the majority of the flowers. not only for san francisco but for the region. and of course, it is the

location in mclaren park which is the city's second biggest park after golden gate. many people don't know the neighborhood in the first place if they haven't been there. we call it the best neighborhood nobody has ever heard our. every neighborhood in district nine has a very special aspect. where we are right now is the mission district. the mission district is a very special part of our city. you smell the tacos at the [speaking spanish] and they have the best latin pastries. they have these shortbread cookies with caramel in the middle. and then you walk further down and you have sunrise café. it is a place that you come for the incredible food, but also to learn about what is happening in the neighborhood and how you can help and support your community. >> twenty-fourth street is the birthplace of the movement. we have over 620 murals.

it is the largest outdoor public gallery in the country and possibly the world. >> you can find so much political engagement park next to so much incredible art. it's another reason why we think this is a cultural district that we must preserve. [♪♪♪] >> it was formed in 2014. we had been an organization that had been around for over 20 years. we worked a lot in the neighborhood around life issues. most recently, in 2012, there were issues around gentrification in the neighborhood. so the idea of forming the cultural district was to help preserve the history and the culture that is in this neighborhood for the future of families and generations. >> in the past decade, 8,000 latino residents in the mission district have been displaced from their community. we all know that the rising cost

of living in san francisco has led to many people being displaced. lower and middle income all over the city. because it there is richness in this neighborhood that i also mentioned the fact it is flat and so accessible by trip public transportation, has, has made it very popular. >> it's a struggle for us right now, you know, when you get a lot of development coming to an area, a lot of new people coming to the area with different sets of values and different culture. there is a lot of struggle between the existing community and the newness coming in. there are some things that we do to try to slow it down so it doesn't completely erase the communities. we try to have developments that is more in tune with the community and more equitable development in the area. >> you need to meet with and gain the support and find out the needs of the neighborhoods. the people on the businesses that came before you. you need to dialogue and show respect. and then figure out how to bring

in the new, without displacing the old. [♪♪♪] >> i hope we can reset a lot of the mission that we have lost in the last 20 years. so we will be bringing in a lot of folks into the neighborhoods pick when we do that, there is a demand or, you know, certain types of services that pertain more to the local community and working-class. >> back in the day, we looked at mission street, and now it does not look and feel anything like mission street. this is the last stand of the latino concentrated arts, culture and cuisine and people. we created a cultural district to do our best to conserve that feeling. that is what makes our city so cosmopolitan and diverse and makes us the envy of the world. we have these unique neighborhoods with so much cultural presence and learnings, that we want to preserve. [♪♪♪]

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>> my family's starts in mexico in a small town. my parents are from a very, very small town. so small, that my dad's brother is married to one of my mom's sisters. it's that small. a lot of folks from that town are here in the city. like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. my dad came out here first. i think i was almost two-years-old when he sent for us. my mom and myself came out here. we moved to san francisco early on. in the mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown

trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san francisco,

there's a line. here you don't see a line. even though you see someone that's different from you, they're equal. you've always seen that. a rainbow of colors, a ryan bow of personalities. when you think about it you are supposed to be protecting the kids. they have dreams. they have aspirations. they have goals. and you are take that away from them. right now, the price is a hard fight. they're determined. i mean, these kids, you have to applaud them. their heart is in the right place. there's hope. i mean, out here with the things changing everyday, you just hope the next administration makes a change that makes things right. right now there's a lot of changes on a lot of different levels. the only thing you hope for is for the future of these young kids and young folks that are getting into politics to make the right move and for the folks who can't speak.

>> dy mind motion. >> even though we have a lot of fighters, there's a lot of voice less folks and their voiceless because they're scared. >> at the san francisco recreation and parks department we offer good quality day care of your child will love, including outdoor adventures, aquatics, and programs for children on the optimism -- autism . >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san

francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon

fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we started in 2011. our main goal it to remove carbon in the public right-of-way on sidewalks to build educational gardens that teach people with climate change. >> if it's a greening grant, 75% of the grant has to go for greening. it has to go for planting trees, it has to go for greening up the pavement, because again, this is about permanent carbon savings. >> the dinosaur vegetable gardens was chosen because the garden was covered in is afault since 1932. it was the seed funding for this whole project.

the whole garden,ible was about 84,000 square feet, and our project, we removed 3,126 square feet of cement. >> we usually issue a greening rft every other year, and that's for projects that are going to dig up pavement, plant trees, community garden, school garden. >> we were awarded $43,000 for this project. the produce that's grown here is consumed all right at large by the school community. in this garden we're growing all kinds of organic vegetables from lettuce, and artichokes. we'll be planting apples and loquats, all kinds of great fruit and veggies. >> the first project was the dipatch biodiesel producing facility. the reason for that is a lot of

people in san francisco have diesel cars that they were operating on biodiesel, and they were having to go over to berkeley. we kind of the dog batch preferentials in the difference between diesel and biodiesel. one of the gardens i love is the pomeroy rec center. >> pomeroy has its roots back to 1952. my name is david, and i'm the chamber and ceo of the pomeroy rehabilitation and recreation center. we were a center for people with intellectual and development cal disabilities in san francisco san francisco. we also have a program for individuals that have acquired brain injury or traumatic brain injury, and we also have one of the larger after school programs for children with

special needs that serves the public school system. the sf carbon fund for us has been the launching pad for an entire program here at the pomeroy center. we received about $15,000. the money was really designed to help us improve our garden by buying plants and material and also some infrastructure like a drip system for plants. we have wine barrels that we repurposed to collect rain water. we actually had removed over 1,000 square feet of concrete so that we could expand the garden. this is where our participants, they come to learn about gardening. they learn about our work in the greenhouse. we have plants that we actually harvest, and eggs from our chickens that we take up and use in cooking classes so that

our participants learn as much as anybody else where food comes from. we have two kitchens here at the pomeroy center. one is more of a commercial kitchen and one is more setup like a home kitchen would be, and in the home kitchen, we do a lot of cooking classes, how to make lasagna, how to comsome eggs, so this grant that we received has tremendous value, not only for our center, for our participants, but the entire community. >> the thing about climate, climate overlaps with everything, and so when we start looking at how we're going to solve climate programs, we solve a lot of other problems, too. this is a radical project, and to be a part of it has been a real honor and a privilege to work with those administrators with the sf carbon fund at the department of environment. >> san francisco carbon grant

to -- for us, opened the door to a new -- a new world that we didn't really have before; that the result is this beautiful garden. >> when you look at the community gardens we planted in schools and in neighborhoods, how many thousands of people now have a fabulous place to walk around and feel safe going outside and are growing their own food. that's a huge impact, and we're just going to keep rolling that out and keep rolling that

[ roll call ] >> president moran: due to ongoing covid-19 health emergency. >> clerk: any emergency orders of the governor and the mayor concerning social distancing and restrictions on teleconference this meeting is held via teleconference and televised by sfgov tv. please be aware there's a brief time lapse between the live meeting. on behalf of the commission, i like to extend our thanks to sfgov tv staff and sfpuc staff for their assistance during this meeting. if you wish to make