>> good morning and welcome to the rules committee of the san francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, may 9th, 2022. i am the chair of the committee. joined to my right joined by rafael mandelman and to my left by committee member supervisor connie chan. our clerk is mr. victor young. do you have any announcements? >> yes, the board of supervisors and its committees are convening hybrid meetings that allow in person attendance and public comment while still providing remote access via telephone. the board recognizes that equitable public access is essential and will be taking public comment as follows. first public comment we will be

taking on each item on the agenda, those attending in person can speak first and those -- and then we will take those who are waiting on the telephone line. for anyone who watches online or on t.v., the public comment call in number is streaming across the screen. the number is (415)655-0001. enter the meeting id of 2-490-534-8946 and press pound and pound again. when connected you will hear the meeting's discussion. when your item of interest comes up, public comment is called. those joining in person should line up. you should dial star three to be added to the speaker line. if you are on the telephone, turned on your t.v. and all listening devices. as indicated, we will take public comment from those in person first then go to public comment telephone lines. alternatively, you may submit

public comment in writing. you can e-mail to me or you can send by letter mail. you may also send your written comment by u.s. mail to our office. finally, items acted upon today will appear in the board of supervisors agenda on may 17th, 2022 unless otherwise stated. that completes my initial announcements. >> thank you. please read item one through three together insofar as they are all related. >> item number 1 is an ordinance amending demonstrate of quote to allow the public work to allow the new department of sanitation and streets with administration supports, emergency planning,

training, and employee safety services to require public works commissioners. item two is a hearing to consider appointing one member and one member term ending july first, 2026 to the sanitation and streets commission. item three is the appointments of an individual to the sanitation and streets commission. >> colleagues, you would prefer that a couple of years ago in 2020, this board of supervisors put a charter amendment on the ballot that was the primary sponsor of which was our former colleague, matt haney.

i think we voted unanimously to put on the ballot in the wake of -- what's that? you voted know? god bless you, supervisor mandelman. i take that back. amazing what two years will do to one's memory. were you the only vote no? apparently it was a split vote. i will go back and read that and figure out who chose to vote no. the voters embraced that. this was all in the wake of the revelations of the corruption of the then head of public works that we are still dealing with. there had been earlier attempts at having public works have a commission. it was one of the only major departments in city government that did not have one. the proposal that was before us, that ultimately the voters voted for to amend our charter, not

only created a public works commission, but also split the department into a public works and sanitation and streets departments with commissions over both of them. i have to say candidly that given the complications in bisecting those departments that have existed as one for over a century and the cost associated with it, and the bureaucratic inefficiencies, i have some regrets about the way that we forwarded that to the voters. it is not too late to fix them. but for the time being, we have to move ahead. and to that end, we have a number of administrative things that we need to do, and that is set forth in item number 1. and we have to seek two

commissions and that is set forth in items number 2 and 3. i am pleased that we we -- that we will be seeing additional nominations to the remaining positions in the weeks to come. with that as background, let me invite up from our city and ministry to's office that has been overseeing this split, rachel alonso, who can give us background on the process here and tell us where we are going and then give us -- item number 1 is very straightforward, but give us a little bit of background on item number 1 then we will delve into commission appointments to the sanitation and streets commission for which we have three applicants. two from the board and one from the mayor before us today. >> great. thank you. good morning, chair peskin and supervisor chan and vice chair

mandelman. i do have a presentation that someone on team has ready to share if, victor, we could get that out. >> it has been shared. it should translate over shortly. >> thank you. excellent. my name is rachel alonso. i am the prop be project director in the city administrator's office overseeing the planning and implementation of prop be. next slide, please. great. i think chair peskin already found this, but it goes through anyway. on november 3rd, 2020, proposition b. is a charter amendment and it includes three primary provisions. first is creating a five-member commission to oversee san francisco public works. second is spinning off the operations department from public works into a new department for sanitation and streets and then establishing a

five-member commission to oversee the saf department. the ballot measure did include some wiggle room for timing. this past december the board passed a motion setting the transition date as july 1st, 2020 do. which means that the commission will form on that day in the department will be created three months later or october 1st, 2022. i am here today regarding the charter section which pertains to the administrative support for the new department. first i want to share prop be definition of admin support. the charter names eight specific admin functions. hr, performance management, finance, budgeting, it, emergency planning, training, and employee safety services. currently, three of those functions are housed within the city administrator's office via

the general services agency and those three functions are hr, training, and employee safety. prop b. prohibits the new department from having these eight named admin functions for its first two years. in other words, from october 2022-2024, they must rely on other departments for admin support. the second key component of this charter section mandates that the board passed an ordinance by the transition date, which is july 1st regarding how the shared admin services will be provided. and then briefly, a third component of the charter section requires the board to to -- pass and other ordnance if and when it decides that they should have their own admin services. as previously mentioned, this can't occur until two years and three months after the transition date the big date for everyone to remember is

october 2024. that is the students they could transfer admin functions. they no need to refer to sas rather than to public works. it needs to be approved by july of the second -- the second ordinance needs to be submitted by july and we expect it will be introduced to the board in late june and then go before committee sometime in september. next slide, please. okay. now that we are on the same page regarding the background of this item, let me dive into the specifics. section one, basically reiterates what i just described and what chair peskin entered earlier. it begins with section two on the middle of the second page. language is being added to the

admin code regarding the s.a.s. department and it mandates that the department of public works shall provide the administrative support. this decision was very straightforward for most of the named admin functions as public works admin staff are already serving the operations division transferring to s.a.s. and as well as the capital divisions remaining at public works. and for the three admin functions that are currently within the area, this ordinance reflects the budget request that is currently under consideration at the mayor's office to transfer h.r., training, and employee safety to public works. the h.r. team has historically been under resourced and i think we all agree that staffing up at public works and in the future is a top priority. upon reflection, we realize that having one team, trying to juggle competing demands was a

suboptimal way to achieve the mutual goal of staffing up. allowing public works to control its own destiny and s.a.s.'s destiny seems like a better way to have stronger accountability around hiring. finally, section three of the ordinance incorporates requirements about the public works and sanitation's commissions into the campaign and governmental conduct code. specifying the commissioners who are mandated to file form 700 statements of economic interests. we decided to take advantage of this ordinance to ensure the legal requirements are in place as soon as possible. these new positions have been assigned disclosure category one, meaning individuals sell -- shall disclose income including gifts from any source, interests in real property, investments and all business positions in which the designated employee is a director officer, partner trustee or holds any position of

management. that is it for me today. i am joined virtually by ruth robertson, the deputy director of finance and admin at public works and we are happy to take any questions you might have. >> thank you for all the work you have been doing over the last couple of years and that presentation and the prop b. executive steering committee that you have participated in. i think all of this is straightforward. i did want to ask, and we might have to take this off-line and you might not be prepared, and this might be more in the land of d.h.r., the department of human resources, i think we all agree, and not only relative to public works and this soon to be s.a.s. department, that staffing up is imperative across the board. on saturday we had the district three cleanup and i was

inquiring of the various public works employees about what was going on and not surprisingly, staffing up and vacant positions was the uniform cry that i heard. and then we got down into the weeds as to what the problems are, and there are many and they are not new. they range from people who are temporary, becoming permanent and how difficult that is and the fact that, apparently, even though there is a crying need, there are very few advertised positions that are available on the internet, which seemed odd. and then i even heard stories about how -- as we know, there are certain classifications that appear across departments. for us we have policy analysts

that many other departments have from across the city. and that apparently, and if you don't know this, i totally would understand, that when the m.t.a. advertises 41310, then you can't advertise for 1310. is that true or untrue? >> that is a good question. this is why i have mr. robertson on the line in case any questions like this come up. he is better versed than i am at answering that. are you there? >> i am. can you hear me? >> yes. >> thank you. it is a very good question. >> mr. robertson, you might have another device on in your office. we are getting an echo from you. thank you.

>> i will put on a headset. is that better? >> yes. >> thank you. apologies about that. chair peskin, that is a very good question. i will certainly yield to some of the details of that question to the director of human resources. i will say, there is what is called a position based test and then there is a cbt, which is a class-based test. if it is a class-based test, there is one department that is responsible for the administration and the proctoring of that examination. for instance, the controller's office handles some of the accounting classifications. and in this case, there was the 1310 pio position that was administered by the m.t.a. they are running it. i will gladly get back to it. i do not have all the details as to when that list is available for other departments, i know there are some rules.

and rather than provide inaccurate information, i will report back to the committee after consultation with my colleagues at the city administrator h.r. office, as well as d.h.r. in essence, 1310 was a cbt and there are some rules in terms of when the certification can go forward, and rather than go into and provide some potentially inaccurate information, i will provide that information to you in the coming days. >> thank you, mr. robertson. happy to meet with you off-line and hold public hearings about it. i understand there is interdepartmental competition for positions at this moment in time. i was around -- it was around 12 years ago when it was opposite and people were bumping from departments and we were laying people off. this works both ways. okay. are there any questions or comments from committee members relative to item number 1? is there any public comment on item number 1?

>> my apologies. give me a moment. this is public comment for item number 1. sorry. i'm trying to find my spot. members of the public who wish to speak on item number 1 and are joining us in person should line up to speak alongside of the room by the side of the window. there doesn't appear to be any. for those listening remotely, enter the meeting id. once connected, you will need to press star three to enter the speaker line. for those already in the queue, please enter until you have been on muted. we have two callers on the line for public comment. >> for speaker, please -- first speaker, please.

>> i'm here to speak on item number 4. >> if you press star three and go back into the speaker line, we will call upon you when this item comes up. next speaker, please. >> can we have the next caller? i believe you press star three to be added to the speaker line. >> i oppose proposition b. and i think that adding this department is unnecessary and a distraction. and will not result in increased sanitation and cleanup of streets, including in the tenderloin unless this board allocates more resources to do so, which could have been done under previous budgets or even

the upcoming budget. nevertheless, the city needs to make this work and i appreciate all the efforts of rachel and the team to implement the will of the voters by way of proposition b. and i think this ordinance is straightforward in providing the administrative support as was outlined. >> thank you very much. that was our last call her on the phone line. >> public comment on item number 1 is closed. >> i will send you to the full board and eight -- on a positive recommendation. a roll call, please. >> yes. [ roll call ]

>> the motion to be recommended is reckoned but -- adopted without objection. >> thank you. now we will hear from the two applicants from the board's appointments to the sanitation and streets commission for seats number 4 and 5. seat number 4 has to have experience in urban forestry, urban design or environmental services. that is a for a four-year term that would end on july 1st, 2024. we have an applicant for that seat. tom harrison, who is with us today is recommended for that seat. and seat number 5 is a seat that has to have experience in cleaning and maintaining public spaces for a four-year term that ends on july 1st, 2026. and we have, for that seat, a qualified applicant in the form of kim schulman.

both of them are in the board chambers and we will take them in the order that they are peering -- that they are appearing on our agenda. good morning. >> thank you for allowing me to come here and apply for this. i have a lot of experience. i have recreation and park when i started in 1964 as an assistant gardener. >> that was the year i was born, tom. [ laughter ] >> you were just a young fellow. [ laughter ] anyway, so i have done that and i have been there. i retired with something like 26 years. i had a state applicator's license on the golf division, i have worked in the tee garden and in the conservatory of flowers, and on golf, and at

crocker amazon over those years. i was quite proud of it. it was the best job it was. >> my claim to fame is a japanese tea garden where i was involved in putting in the waterfall going to oakland and taking those plants. anyways, quite a fun experience. i then went to work for labor work to 61 is a union rep. i was elected to be vice president and then elected to be recorded secretary, and a field rep for the city workers, the labourers who work at the park, the gardeners, the labourers, the gardeners that work at the park and public works and all the departments. i represented them in disciplinary situations later on in my career in local 261 when mayor newsom appointed me to the recreation commission in 2005. he reappointed me again, and

then mayor lee appointed me twice during that time. and just recently retired from all that. and when i started to read the news about the scandals, if you will, that were going on, i knew mr. new rue and i knew some of the other people were there. it is a great his appointment. i kind of considered myself a city family member. now that is a taboo term. it is sad. i see what is going on in the city, and it is disheartening. this brings me to the point that if i can be of any help in getting the city back to somewhere where it was or back on track, i am certainly available to do that. this is one of the reasons that

when people approach me about applying for this commission appointments, i had foremost in my mind, so that is my story. i hope i can do the best i can for you. >> thank you, mr. harrison. are there any questions or comments from committee members? if not, -- supervisor chan, my apologies. >> thank you for your previous service and willing to commit to continue to serve our city. i really appreciate all the service that you have provided. i look forward to supporting you today. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. harrison. thank you for taking the time to meet with me in advance of this meeting. i enjoyed our conversation. why don't we go on to kim schulman for seat number 5?

good morning. >> good morning. >> i will say, by way of background, that miss schulman's work is known to me as she used to work for the lower pole -- poke community benefit district where she clearly has experience in cleaning and maintaining public spaces, and prior to that, has set forth in her application at arkansas read where she has experienced -- has experience in dealing with homelessness, which is inextricably intertwined with the issue of streets and sanitation. >> thank you very much.

i am now at the film oh, west community district. and before that i was at youth services. i am aware that one of the first goals of the commission is to hire an executive director. i take that very seriously as they will be the ones at the department. i think the main goals of the commission and the department are having a data-driven approach. streamlining data will help with operations by ensuring tasks aren't duplicated and an increased responsiveness and efficiency. we can publish the data and that will increase transparency with the public and we will be able to make operational decisions in the future by using that data. i also believe that expanding integration with resources that we already have available, partnering with the neighborhood

association and the residents on a more regular ongoing basis. it has already been done to appoint. this will increase communication and transparency to the public as well and better communication will also help responsiveness and effectiveness. >> providing training and resourcing to the staff is huge. training on, interacting with the general public and addressing the issues that they face on a daily basis, and ways to take care of them so that we can prevent burnout.

and then making them just feel supported. i take the oversight role very seriously and i look forward to working with you all. thank you. >> are there any questions or comments? seeing none, thank you for your willingness to serve. is there any public comment on item number 2? >> yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item and joining us in person may line up to speak on this side of the room by the windows. for those listening remotely, you should call (415)655-0001 and enter the meeting id. once connected, press star three to enter the speaker line. for those in the queue, continue

to wait until the system indicates you have been on muted. that will be the key to begin your comments. if there's no one in the room, we have two colours on the line for public comment. >> good morning, supervisors. i am speaking on behalf of the 665 and local 350 in san francisco and our sister locals as well throughout northern california. we are here to speak in favour of and in support of the tom harris group -- tom harrington's group and this important new commission. i would describe it because i work with them in the labor group. we look forward to working with tom and others on the commission as this is assembled in the coming weeks and months. tom has been a great member of the community and the larger san francisco community, and certainly a partner and a brother for the rest of us in

san francisco as well. we fully support them. we want everyone to know that we look forward with working with everybody in the future. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello. i joined with my friend in support of tom harrison and this new commission. tom literally brings a lifetime of experience, as he indicated. he served well on the commission and his prior work at recreation and park speaks for itself. i am sure he will do a fine job on the commission. i do not know miss schulman yet, but i'm sure she too will do a fine job on this commission and look forward to both of their upcoming years of service and a positive recommendation from

this committee. thank you for listening. >> thank you. seeing no other members of public comment for this item, public comment is closed. i just wanted to appreciate miss schulman's comments about the importance of staff and staff morale. it has been particularly rough within staff and public works who did nothing wrong and to continue to work day in and day out and work there behind off. that taint has been a morale killer. i really appreciate what miss schulman has said. it is investing in staff and uplifting staff and letting them know that it is valued work and that they have nothing to be

ashamed of relative to a higher up doing something that will land them in jail. with that, supervisor mandelman? >> thank you, chair peskin. i did not support prop be back in the day and continue to have concerns about aspects about it. one thing that i have no doubt about is the need for more sunlight and on the work of what was the public works department, and opportunities for a public which is deeply exercised about conditions and workers who were on the front lines doing the work and trying to keep this city clean and presentable and have a form where they could

highlight these issues and make suggestions for improvements. i do, with these two appointments, feel that optimistic at least about that aspect of proposition b. i think these are grateful -- i'm grateful to the two of you for stepping forward and i wish you luck in what i think will be a very challenging task, but it is maybe one of the most important ones in san francisco right now. and the streets and sanitation department could be important in getting us to a better place and that was the oversight that you will provide that will be important to that. >> i will make it into a motion. >> all right. on the motion to send to the full board with a positive recommendation is to harrison

and miss schulman, a roll call, please. >> that would be mr. harrison to seat four and miss schulman to seat five. on that motion... [ roll call ] the motion passes without objection. >> all right. on age and number 3 that we have previously called, i assume that mr. quan is tending remotely. >> can you hear me okay. >> yes, i can. thank you for taking the time to meet with me in person. >> thank you very much for considering my candidacy.

>> and full disclosure, i did not vote for this last year, but i think, as we spoke before, we are where we are at. >> i am willing and excited to make some contributions in terms of the project and setting up for the guidelines -- >> we just lost you. >> we think in the academy would have up-to-date wi-fi. >> yes, my apologies, chair peskin. i don't know where i left off, but i am up to the task.

as was stated by previous speakers, standing up to the leadership and the department itself to serve this city is key and fundamental. i do think there are a number of moving parts that this commission has a lot of work to do to dig in. i will say overall that the goal of any commission is oversight and not management. that being said, because this is a different department, i am willing to be as involved as needed to help get things set up. obviously starting with the executive deck -- director selection, which i think is key. i want to thank the committee here for supporting the team that keeps our streets clean, but also, what is also important and how this fits in the overall plan of the well-being of the

residents of this city. my experience serving on the boards gives me some good foundational experience in terms of how best to serve and how to get involved. the task we had -- that we have ahead of us is obviously really important for everyone, no matter where they live or where they spend their time during the day or night to make sure that the streets are clean and also that there are places for people to go. i will strongly support that effort and i want to thank this committee for their consideration. thank you. >> thank you. are there any members of the public would like to testify on item number 3? >> yes, numbers of the public wish to speak on this item under joining in person can line up in the room by the side by the windows. if you are on the line with us, you can press start read enter the speaker line.

>> hello. i wanted to speak on soap -- in support of mr. quan. this will be his third commission appointment having served on the p.u.c. and the port commission. excuse me, treasure island. thank you for the correction. perhaps going to equal or beat the record of others for the most commission appointments. we will see. stay tuned. i have done a fine job serving the city in various capacities. i would also be a good member of the commission and look forward to his service and this committee's positive

recommendation. >> public comment is closed. with that, i will make a motion to amend the item to remove rejecting and rejects from the subject motion. on that in amendment, a roll call. >> on that motion... [ roll call ] the motion passes. >> i will make a motion to send the item as amended with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. >> yes, on that motion... [ roll call ] the motion passes without objection. >> all right. we now have a quorum on the streets and sanitation commission. enjoy, get to work, call if you need to. and with that, we will go to the next item, mr. clerk.

>> next on the agenda is the emotion proving the mayor's nomination for the appointment of an appointment to the public utilities commission. >> thank you for taking the time to meet with me personally last week. come on up. this is a nomination by the mayor pursuant to prop e. of 2007 or 2008 when we blew that commission up and constituted it. somewhere around there. this is for the seat formerly held by ed harrington, a former comptroller and former general manager of the p.u.c. i note that the former general manager is in attendance this morning. good morning, commissioner. and this seat requires experience with environmental policy and an understanding of

the environmental justice issues. and clearly she was on the treasure island development authority commission and she is well versed in energy policy, and i believe has, in her time at the natural centre experience and environmental justice. i will let her speak for herself and ask for some questions. good morning. >> thank you all so much. it is a great privilege to be here. thank you. it is good to see you again. it is nice to be here in person. i am honoured to be up here. it is a huge position. i want to say thank you. i feel like my 20 years are a great starting point, but there's so much more to learn. i have spent so many years in the environment and energy world. i worked at the u.s. department of energy working on blackout invent -- information and various stakeholders.

i have been working with utilities and stakeholders and customers around north america and trying to keep the lights on. i have spent time as a developer working with clean energy partners from new mexico to california. what is exciting is transmission takes 20 years to build but working with local county commissioners and mayors is being built today. i have spent over seven years at the natural resources defence council working on environment of policies and building coalitions to find bridges with how to conserve wildlife and at the same time build clean energy infrastructure. and then the last two years, i opened up my own consulting company and had the privilege of working with various tribes throughout the west and various front-line communities, creating a just and equitable transmission culture and working with field groups and various entities that are dealing with transmission -- transition and spend time dealing with there's groups on

how to balance land-use and energy infrastructure. i have spent a lot of time working with various groups on equity, racial justice, and climate justice. i'm looking forward for that opportunity to work with sfpuc on friday when they created their environmental justice plan and they have been updating it since then. there was the recent order by the supervisors promoting additional resources and looking at the additional aspects of the various reports and action plans. i am happy to see the sfpuc is moving forward on addressing previous aspects of racism and moving forward to bring more diversity and inclusion into the workplace. there's a lot of efficiencies that need to be gained. and a lot more coordination. i look forward with the various many organizations with the staff and commissioners to go ahead and move forward to start working and looking for more

inclusive change. >> thank you. as i always do, i went through my packet today in detail last evening and i was -- it was getting too late to call you. this morning i was busy. i don't mean to spring this on you, but i wanted to figure out some stuff on your form 700 there may have been an application for another commission at a different point or something. and it says port commission on it. and it says, assuming office date in 2020. i was thinking that maybe this wasn't -- i don't know. >> it didn't happen to i. i think a lot of times, we get done in the port. we try to go through and work through the application process. i was never on the port commission. i was on the treasure island

developed authority. >> i get that. i have a specific question. your resume shows that you haven't worked at the energy company since 2010, but the form 700 says it doesn't show the income, but it shows your income coming from that organization. is that still correct? >> the last two years i had my own consulting company. and before that was natural resources defence council. >> okay. so that is correct. and it sounds -- the energies shows you as 2009-2010. i was just adding these together and they weren't equaling two. >> they are not equaling two. you are right. it should say that the natural resources defence council -- the last two years were that.

and then before that was seven years. >> got it. okay. >> that is helpful. it should be fixed before this gets into the full board package. that gets me to the next question, which is, do they have any local work or any work with the p.u.c. or in the p.u.c. terror tee -- territory or pg and e. territory? it is not something i thought of when we met last week. >> that is a great question. no, it is nationwide, but just today, it was announced that i have a new position. i'm the new executive director for the long-duration energy council. now i am working internationally for the groups. >> quite a big day for you. >> it is a huge day. >> okay. it sounds like it doesn't appear

there any systemic conflict issues. then i wanted to go with what we talked about when we met last week, which is, at least in my mind, you clearly fit the criteria for the seat relative to environmental policy on the energy side. one can't have every expertise in all environmental subfields. but part of the portfolio of our robust park -- utility is water. my high-level questions are, one, whether you will make water if healthy priority, and that delving into the minutia of it, given the complicated and

unfortunate state of affairs between our p.u.c. in the state of california as a relates to waterflow as it would benefit the environment, fish, recreation and a number of competing needs, including, but not limited in to the industrial water supply. that is the question that i have. >> as you have pointed out, there is a huge nexus of energy and water. there is an importance of learning it and adapting more knowledge to the waterworld. i really look forward to working with the commission and staff for bringing me up to speed quickly. there is the importance of our water supply and where it comes from an understanding of the nuances and the relationships and some of the long history of the negotiations with m.o.u. and ongoing work that needs to be done. >> i assume that would always extend environmental justice and

fishing and tribal interest. >> very much so. >> any questions or comments from committee members? are there any members of the public would like to testify on item number 4? >> yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item and are joining us in person may lane -- me line up to speak. for those calling in and listening, please call in and enter the meeting id then press pound and pound again. once connected, you will need to press start three to enter the speaker line. for those already in the queue, wait until you have been on muted, then it will be your q. to make your comments. there are no members of the public in the room and we have three callers on the line. >> first speaker, please.

>> we have taken a neutral position on this appointment. the following are excerpts from the comments made before the rules committee on april 11th regarding the appointment of the p.u.c. general manager as director of the s.f. bay area regional water systems finance team authority. the emergency firefighting water system was brought into service in 1913 under the jurisdiction of the fire department and dpw. in 2010, it was transferred to the p.u.c. for the express purpose of balancing the city's budget. since 2010, the p.u.c. has implemented a number of misguided policy decisions and is now using this as a mechanism to replace water and use the easter bond funds which is

inconsistent with prop 218. due to policy decisions, they are advocating for the transfer of this to a new department under the city administrator with the engineering returning to dpw, which would still be under the direct report to the city administrator, even after the upcoming restructuring. regarding the hearing on pg and e., supervisor peskin's comments, that if pg and he took the city's offer, then the p.u.c. would have to deal with this. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> mr. chairman and members of

the board, my name is dave and i am a hydropower specialist for american whitewater. today i'm commenting on behalf of the stakeholders including paddlers, anglos, business owners, and others who are pleased to see the board of supervisors considering a nominee with a sense of knowledge of our changing energy landscape. for almost 100 years, the city of the san francisco -- of san francisco and the river have been linked. similarly, for the past 50 years, there has been an outdoor recreation economy that has been directly tied to this. climate change, as with so many parts of our world has brought new challenges to these long-standing relationships. managing the resource to ensure safe, clean, sustainable water supply for the city is paramount. bringing low carbon energy is also good if we are going to stem the tide of climate change. no less of a priority is maintaining the recreation.

there are competing needs without harming the others. we believe that part of the answer is in energy storage. this would allow the sfpuc to provide resources while optimizing the value of the power system. mass energy storage is a tricky business. new technologies are coming online almost daily. this is why we wholeheartedly support the board seeking out the expertise it needs in order to identify these important challenges. if we solve this problem the right way by meeting the city's water supply needs and sustaining the role outdoor recreation, we can demonstrate that rising waters truly can't lift all boats. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi.

replacing ed harrington is no easy task. i do not know her personally, but i have heard good things about her by reputation and certainly bringing this to a hearing is a smart move by anyone. i agree with the previous caller about having energy expertise on the commission. i am somewhat concerned, however hearing of her new position with the long-duration energy storage entity, inasmuch as the p.u.c. has recently entered into at least two long duration energy storages regarding clean power s.f. and i am wondering if this new position and source of funds may create a conflict of interest

that would disqualify her from participating in certain aspects of clean power s.f. or possibly more aspects relative to energy, which is admittedly one of her areas of expertise. the good thing about having experience is that it is great, the bad thing about having that as a source of income is it may be disqualifying from certain actions. the p.u.c. has arguably the most complicated infrastructure and history of the commissions in the city, although it often deals with policy and planning relative to water, power, and sewers, it more frequently deals with contracts and particular construction agreements. [please standby]

. . . . there will be looks at california in general, but many more in north america. if anything comes up, i will make sure to ask the attorneys the questions. >> the city attorney is the one to ask. and with that, it would be my pleasure to remove the word rejecting in line three and

rejects in line nine. on that motion, mr. clerk, a roll call please. >> on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> mandelman. >> aye. >> peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. i will move to send the item as amended with recommendation to the full board of supervisors. on that motion, mr. young, a roll call please. >> on that motion, supervisor chan. >> aye. >> vice chair mandelman. >> mandelman, aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> congratulations. and congratulations on your new job. awe thank you. i will make sure that the form is cleared up right now. >> excellent. thank you. mr. clerk, would you please read our fifth and final item. >> yes, item five is a hearing to consider appointing four members ending june 1, 2023, to the mental health sf implementation working group.

>> okay. colleagues, some of you will recall -- you were on the board when we passed an ordinance amending the administrative code to accomplish this body t mental health san francisco implementation working group after supervisor ronen and supervisor mandelman and the mayor came to some and this was to provide you for mental health services, substance use treatment and psychiatric medications to residents with mental illness and substance abuse. it is a 13-member body. and there are a number of seats that were expired. we have them before us today, and why don't we start with amy

wong. and adree ya salinas is not able to attend. we have three applicants for four seats. i don't know if ms. littleton from the controller's office who staffs the working group wants to make an opening statement. if you do, you are welcome to do so. >> good morning, chair peskin and committee members. thank you very much. i am assuming you can hear me okay. >> yes, we can. >> thank you for the opportunity. i wanted to make a note about the mandate about the mental health working group. their duty and their mandated

per the legislation is to advise the mental health department, and san francisco health authority and board of supervisors with the ed signs and limitation of mental health sf. they will advise on the design, outcomes and effectiveness of mental health sf. they have been meeting monthly since december 2020. this is a productive working group and we have many recommendations that we have put forth to policy makers and so i just wanted to be available and i work in the controller's office so here to provide any other further clarification and responses if you have any questions about the role.

>> let's go to amy wrong. >> thank you, heather, for the recap of all the iwg is about. i am amy wong, a mental health treatment specialist at the san francisco behavior health sent arenaed also a member of the ifpte local 21. and thank you so much, committee, for the opportunity to apply for reappointment to seat number one. and i have been a member of the implementing working group also known as the iwg since its beginning in 2020. i have been an active member with the expertise in areas of diversity, equity, advocating for training and support of our

workers. i have worked in the city for over 20 years. i bring sufficient depth and inclusive perspective to my work, collaborating with a broad array and diverse professionals. my passion is helping the community to wellness and recovery. in working with the iwg, we have looked at several projects presented to us and collaboratively to provide recommendations to dph and project members. one thing they consider is to visit the site with the goal of integrating all the separate services and programs into one cohesive mental health system. and my hope is to continue to be an integral part of the working group advocating for effective training, supporting workers with wellness and recovery tools for the future. i would be honored to continue

contributing to the implementing working group and i have been with the iwg since 2020 and feel strongly about the iwg for me to continue working and serving everyone. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, ms. wong. and thank you for your servicing. no questions from committee members. and given that ms. salinas is not available, let's go to sarah short for seat 11. >> good afternoon. >> good morning, sarah. it's morning. >> i have been sitting here for so long. so thanks for having me here. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about my experience and also the work we have done with

the working group. amy said a lot already. but i have gotten involved with mental health sf with work we were doing with the coalition known as the treatment on demand coalition. and so that is some of my background and interest that led to the involvement and i continue to represent that coalition serving on the group so i also work for what is known as home wise, formerly a community housing partnership and this seat that i sit in and hope to continue to sit in is a supportive house progress vieder seat on the working -- provider on the working group. so i bring that perspective of the mental health support that are important for residents who are following homelessness and living not just in our building and supportive housing buildings

throughout the city and as we all know, that is a huge issue right now. a large population that we're all trying to serve in different ways. i also have some interest in this issue and i have family members and an uncle who has been influencing my life in a lot of ways and particularly in terms of advocating around access to mental health treatment and wish that for the rights of those with mental illness. i have a masters in social work from san francisco state and about 25 years of experience working generally in the field of affordable housing and social services, homelessness, and

tenants' rights. i work for three years and this is probably my greatest education related to this. in l.a. on skid row, running a homeless outreach program, and that is where i really saw a lot of these issues played out and also learned a lot about the barriers that existing for people to get treatment both because of their own circumstances and their own mental health challenges and the system and how hard it is to navigate. when they came back to san francisco, i saw that there were many, many similarities and i could see sort of the pattern that played out that were systemic and that are the exact patterns and practices that we're hoping to breakdown through mental health sf. so i was incredibly interested in being part of this grand

experiment that i think is not so much an experiment as because i think there is actually a lot of evidence base in what we're trying to do. and we're looking at things that work and have worked in the past. and we're also trying to hear from the folks with lived experiences as much as possible. i hope we can continue to do that. and we are interested in serving on the working group. and i am just very passionate about working with all my colleagues on the working group and the city staff and folks like heather to continue this project because we have actually only gotten a slice of the way through and in large part because of the pandemic. but just to see the other day an article and i think every paper and examiner and the chronicle

with the office of coordinating care opening and what that will mean with all the opportunity in terms of people being able to get access to case managers in a way they haven't before. before that having watched the street crisis response teams roll out, and just seeing kind of the fruits of our labor, but more importantly, seeing the individuals that are getting the help they need. i just really hope that i can continue to be a part of all of that. thanks again. any questions, i'm here. >> thank you, ms. short. are there any members of the public who are online who would like to testify? >> call 415-655-0001, and enter

the meeting i.d. of 2490 534 8946 and press pound and pound again. once connected, you will need to press star 3 to enter the speaker line. for those already in the queue, continue to wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and that will be your queue to begin your comment. we currently have one caller on the line for public comment. >> first speaker please. >> good morning. this is the director and the local coordinating board. i want to speak to sarah short's term and i don't have the pleasure of knowing amy or an droe ya, but i work closely with sarah and i would appreciate seeing her continue her work on

the board. she has a lot of subject matter and with the housing organization that has 17 different supportive housing buildings across the city and i think her perspective in that work is essential. and there is someone who is thoughtful and engaged and brings her creativity to think through tough policy problems and that is a lens that is needed. are there any other speakers for item five? >> we are double checking. there is one more.

>> please proceed. >> it is kristin evans. and 25% for prop c is allocated for behavioral health and we have seen various proposals come through with how to improve the mental health capacity and to support continuation of sarah short with, what do you say, to holding on to the position to continue to implement much-needed solutions in our city and in response to the challenges of folks accessing

mental health care. with the experience to work with the bed and how severely underresourced this part of our safety net is so i appreciate advocacy to continue to implement real solutions and addressing the critical challenges to tackle their mental health and also end the homelessness in the process. thank you so much. >> are there any other members of the public for this item? >> that was the last public commenter. >> public comment is closed. and colleagues, if there is no objection, i will make a motion to forward ms. wong for seat one, ms. salinas for seat 11 and ms. short for seat 11. on that motion a roll call

please. >> on that motion, supervisor chan. >> chan, aye. vice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> the motion passes without objection. >> we are adjourned. . it.

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>> the city has undertaken a pilot program to hook up private privately -- owned hotels. >> the community members say this is helpful for them especially for the seniors and families with kids from seniors being able to connect with the family during the pandemic and too watch the news has been really helpful during this time where they are stuck inside and are not able to go outside. for families it is important to stay connected to go to school, to get connected so they can submit resumes to find jobs during the pandemic.

[speaking foreign language] >> challenges that might seem for the fiber in chinatown is pretty congested. the fiber team found ways around that. they would have to do things such as overnight work in the manholes to get across through busy intersections, and i think the last challenge is a lot of buildings we worked on were built in the early 1900s and they are not fitted with the typical infrastructure you would put in a new building. we overcame that with creative ideas, and we continue to connect more sites like this. >> high-speed internet has become a lifesaver in the modern

era. i am delighted that we completed three buildings or in the process of completing two more. i want to thank our department of technology that has done this by themselves. it is not contracted out. it is done by city employees. i am proud and i want to take a moment to celebrate what we are doing.

>> by the time the last show came, i was like whoa, whoa, whoa. i came in kicking and screaming and left out dancing. [♪♪♪] >> hello, friends. i'm the deputy superintendent of instruction at san francisco unified school district, but you can call me miss vickie. what you see over the next hour has been created and planned by

our san francisco teachers for our students. >> our premise came about for san francisco families that didn't have access to technology, and that's primarily children preschool to second grade. >> when we started doing this distance learning, everything was geared for third grade and up, and we work with the little once, and it's like how were they still processing the information? how were they supposed to keep learning? >> i thought about reaching the student who didn't have internet, who didn't have computers, and i wanted them to be able to see me on the t.v. and at least get some connection with my kids that way. >> thank you, friends. see you next time. >> hi, friend. >> today's tuesday, april 28,

2020. it's me, teacher sharon, and i'm back again. >> i got an e-mail saying that i had an opportunity to be on a show. i'm, like, what? >> i actually got an e-mail from the early education department, saying they were saying of doing a t.v. show, and i was selected to be one of the people on it, if i was interested. i was scared, nervous. i don't like public speaking and all the above. but it worked out. >> talk into a camera, waiting for a response, pretending that oh, yeah, i hear you, it's so very weird. i'm used to having a classroom with 17 students sitting in front of me, where they're all

moving around and having to have them, like, oh, sit down, oh, can you hear them? let's listen. >> hi guys. >> i kind of have stage flight when i'm on t.v. because i'm normally quiet? >> she's never quiet. >> no, i'm not quiet. >> my sister was, like, i saw you on t.v. my teacher was, i saw you on youtube. it was exciting, how the community started watching. >> it was a lot of fun. it also pushed me outside of my comfort zone, having to make my own visuals and lesson plans so quickly that ended up being a lot of fun.

>> i want to end today with a thank you. thank you for spending time with us. it was a great pleasure, and see you all in the fall. >> i'm so happy to see you today. today is the last day of the school year, yea! >> it really helped me in my teaching. i'm excited to go back teaching my kids, yeah. >> we received a lot of amazing feedback from kiddos, who have seen their own personal teacher on television. >> when we would watch as a family, my younger son, kai, especially during the filipino episodes, like, wow, like, i'm proud to be a filipino. >> being able to connect with someone they know on television has been really, really powerful for them. and as a mom, i can tell you that's so important.

the social confidence development of our early learners. [♪♪♪] >> [inaudible] i'm a illustrator by day and a [inaudible] composition teacher. right now i'm practice by

transscribing [inaudible] that is what i have been doing the past couple years, teaching myself. california college of the arts, illustration there has really great teachers. robert hunt, vance story taught me a lot. what i'm working on is a portfolio [inaudible] riding a donkey unicorn in the process. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated from cal state los ang and studied

mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the people. there is a extremely vibrant art community especially arounds the red poppy art house [inaudible] as a artist in the past 2 or 3 years there is a event called the [inaudible] every 3 months a free art music festival that i usually play at and just met so many people. >> i was teaching a little bit and doing odd jobs like waitressing and going at night and playing in bands and meeting a lot of people. i chss in ban that had cool break jz get parts on tv shows or things like that.

a friend of mine, we had mutual friends that got signed to a record deal in san francisco called 4 nonblaunds and i addition frd the bands and moved to the bay area. i think things are different now than 30 years ago, the world evolved a lot. it could be a challenge but have to know how to negotiate everything and sometimeatize is [inaudible] it was great to get to a point where i was just treated like another one of the people, a musician not a female musician and that is always what [inaudible] >> you don't hear stuff on the radio [inaudible] i need to write music [inaudible] be more conscious in their decisions and somehow make that

poetic so they will be convinced. i think i will do that. [singing in backgrounds] drawing and writing music since i was a really little kid and fortunate enough to have a good education in art and parentss who supported me. i hope my life will continue to allow me to do both. >> for me now having all male, female girls, boys students it shows the world has changed a lot and people areope toon open to a lot more than they were in the past. you can get a deep satisfaction from responding a lot of year practicing in one thing and becoming really good at something. sometimes i think that it is better to get lost. you have to practice and become good at what you do, so if you have everything together then go out in

the world and do what you do and then i think people weal accept that. >> you are all family. i will launch right in. we are on a because of covid we are on this very strange schedule. we didn't do a lot of grand breakings for a while. now we have one every other week.

it is a great thing. certain buildings stand out. i want to make everybody who worked on making this building possible. it is magnificent. i appreciate it. round of applause for the building. [applause]. i will thank people individually in a minute. mayor breed is running late. she will be joining us in a second. supervisor haney couldn't make it today. we have a great speaking roster. it is folks who are intimately involved with making this building possible. it is unique. it operates like many other permanent supportive housing communities we work with community services. how it came together is different. the public private partnership that made this happen is unlike anything we have been part of.

we appreciate having been invited into this work by the partners you will hear from today. my new closest colleague who i seem to talk to with great regularity and i have respect for and noen vi. shreen mcfad den. it is one of the most important jobs in the city. she deserving our gratitude for taking this on. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you for your partnership. i want to say how exciting it is to have a very, very positive news story this week. thank you to the new residents of the tehama. it is a beautiful building. it shows what we can do when we come together as partners. the partners in this particular

building, it is massive number of partners. really exciting innovation. i want to thank mercy housing, san francisco housing accelerator fund, tipping point community, community capital. all of the number of other supporters who came together to make this happen. again, i want to thank residents who chose to live here. i want to thank the staff at hsh. department of homelessness and supportive housing for hard work to make this happen as well. this really shows what we can do if we come together. this shows the best of san francisco. we are innovative. we care deeply about the core issues that affect us in the city. this is something that we hopefully can replicate. maybe not exactly like this but

in the important thing is that we came together as partners. we can do that to create other like housing opportunities for people. as of today 147 residents now call this building home. i just want to thank all of you for really for me being able to be part of this process and i am very excited to see us do other projects together. thanks so much. [applause]. >> as a former city employee, i feel like there should be a requirement that they public the number of people off the street. there are struggles in the city. the number of people that exited homelessness through partners. it is extra ordinary.

i wish it got more attention than the harder stuff. that is my wishful thinking for the day. on that note my next person to introduce is rebecca from the san francisco housing acceleratetor. i met her when she was talking about it. what is this going to be? i have almost never seen an organization with such an impact on public policy as housing acceleratetor. it is a tribute to rebecca and the whole team. happy you invited us to join us. please come up and say a few words. [applause]. >> thanks, director. good morning, everyone. special good morning to the residents of tehama. welcome home to this beautiful building today and every day.

i have the awesome honor to lead a scrappy and hardworking team of affordable housers at the accelerator fund in the front row. as doug said the city helped design and launch this in 2017 to explore and implement solutions to challenging housing delivery. we came together with tipping points in 2018 around one of those deeply frustrating problems. we know that supportive housing is one of the most effective ways to end chronic homelessness. yet we were severely short on affordable units needed to serve our residents. not only that but it took so long and cost so much to build

it seemed impossible to hope that we would ever be able to connect many residents to the supportive affordable homes where they could thrive. we have altogether been part of the hand wringing analysis about the layers of regulatory burden and complexities and financing affordable housing that result in projects costing upwards of $700,000 per unit and taking over seven years to build on a good day. what we haven't had is the living, breathing proof that there is a better way. three years ago where we are standing this morning, where you are sitting this morning was a parking lot. zoned for light industrial use. the fact that we are now looking at a 145 unit beautiful and permanently affordable building

came from so many of the amazing people today being both fed up and deeply committed and optimistic. our teams collective north star was that we could and we must construct quality affordable housing in under three years for less than $400,000 a home. the path from parking lot to tehama took a lot of elbow grease. we utilized new tools sb35 and 100% union modular construction built in the bay area to expedite the process. leveraged capital to do what it does best. we created a model where the public dollars were used as efficiently as possible post construction.

as a result of our incredible speed and cost-effectiveness, we were competitive at a time when many projects in san francisco have not been for a tax credit investment over $21 million for this project alongside the $34 million in bond provides. our cost savings and financing approach gives our city some very critical wins. first we didn't have to invest a dime in the construction of this building until after it was fully occupied with residents. no site acquisition or predevelopment or constructionrists. the city will pay less than $1,000 per unit per month to cover the capital cost of this brand new building. less than the city pays for many. [indiscernable] here we are ensuring permanent affordability and quality homes with nonprofit management from

mercy and services with episcopal community services. we know how critical it is to have a home that feels like a home. we are able to provide amenities like the sunny courtyard, private bathrooms, elevators, at the same cost as older buildings without those amenities. third, permanent affordability. mercy owns the building. in 30 years the hat will transfer over to the city. finally because of our speed and financing success, two months after we issued the bond, we were able to dedicate $20 million of that capital reinvolved plus $60 million to secure the city's first two home key hotel acquisitions. it is not just ideas.

we have a lot of those. true innovation pairs belief of a better way with supper severance and grit required to make it real. there are a lot of parking lots in the city that could look like this. in less than three years. we are ready to buy one of them. delivering quality homes in under three years for less than $400,000 each unit is not a fantasy. we all did this. it won't be a failure of imagination if we stop here. we don't need to imagine this any more. we can touch and feel it. it will be a failure of grit. we need more quality and cost-effective homes like these. we need to be building them now. it is pastime to roll up sleeves and do this again. thank you.

[applause]. >> you can see why mercy didn't have a choice when they said that, yes, yes. if we believed it at the outset we believed it in a very short period of time. that is the tipping point b. i think they need very little introduction. they have a huge impact on critical social issues in san francisco. sam is here the c.e.o. tipping point involved since the outset with a long track record of social change items. daniel was involved from the outset along with the rest of the tipping point team. it is an incredible opportunity

to work with you and i hope we can do it again. [applause]. >> we have done quite a few of these over the last as we have opened back up. i am always between you hearing from the mayor. i am going to cut my comments a little brief today so that we can hear from the mayor london breed. i want to thank you because i am thrilled to be here for the opening today. the only day to me that was bigger than this was when andrea and rebecca sent me pictures of the residents receiving the codes to get into their place. when people moved in here. i also have to start by saying a huge thank you because none of this would be possible without the incredible generosity of

charles and helen swab. (applause). it was their $50 million gift that tipping point was able to dream about doing things differently. to say no to traditional roadblocks and yes to works as quickly as efficiently as possible for unhoused neighbors. thank you to the swabs and katie who is here and matt page, aaron aaron. this is a testament to your commitment to the city. to daniel who brought all of the right people to the table like nobody else could. thank you for your convening power and willing to go big. i also want to thank the tipping community community advisory board. these are a group of people put

together to advise yous not only on the design what the amenities of the building and what it should have. a cross the chronic homeless initiative. led by andrea evans. this wouldn't be possible in the way the residents feel about it wouldn't be possible without mayor input. there should be nothing without and if we are building housing be signing programs in the city without the input of the people going to utilize them we are doing a huge disservice. many of you sitting alongside me today thank you for your collaboration and expertise. you will probably hear from her next. i want to thank the mayor pulling every lever at her disposal to help people exiting homelessness in our city.

i remember calling the mayor to say we have a roadblock. we had a brief conversation. she couldn't totally remove the roadblock but she changed that to a short obstacle that only delayed us for three weeks. thank you, mayor, not just for your leadership but constant activity on this project. it wasn't an easy road but a tipping point that we believe that philanthropy is a catalyst for transformative change. that is what we do. we used those dollars to act quickly. we have done that with this development and a cross other investments to cut chronic homelessness in san francisco. it takes continual services for the right level of support to the right people at the right time. now, myself and my team have had

the opportunity to connect with a few of the folks who called the tehama home. we will hear from them in a bit. all you need to do is spent two minutes with the residents to understand this isn't just a roof over their heads. this is a community. this is their home. 147 people who have lived in cars, under bridges, in shelters for years now have the safety of four walls and a door. comfort of a warm bed, bathroom and kitchen to cook breakfast. not just those tangible things. they get to come home to something that is beautiful. i have always said people respond to the expectations of surroundings around them. if you build dark drab and dirty places, that is how people will respond. if you build things with love and care and intentionality that

is also how people will respond. now we have seen the articles in the chronicle. it is heartbreaking. in the same way i get to stand up here on some level and take credit for what was daniel and rebecca's vision, we are also dealing with things that our predecessors left behind. there is a lack of investment from our city over decades for the residents suffering on our streets. we are not going to fix that overnight. with buildings and partners like this we can move forward quickly and efficiently. eventually we don't want to stand here where this is the shining example of what is possible. we want to stand here because it is what is being done all over

the city to house our neighbors. tipping point with the faith of charles and helen we put in the capital. we have shown that it can be done. we didn't do it just to show it could be done. we did it because we wanted others to come behind us and not just follow in our footsteps but to improve what it is we have done. that is what innovation is about. that is what tipping point is about. i am so thrilled to see new residents today. i wish them a lot of health, happiness and good times. for those living here who left friends on the street, what i am going to continue to do and push with you is that this again is not just one sample but we are doing this over and over and over again until this becomes the rule and not the exception.

[applause]. >> thanks very much. for our part we also have learned a lot from the approaches of the project. if imitation is platter re. we have imitated you already. mercy went out after this experience of seeing how impressive it was to file in differently and take it on. we capitalized the first land acquisition fund throughout the state of california. $47 million to buy land. hopefully at the same pace that tipping point be have demonstrated. with the same thought process learning from what we learned here and implements throughout the state of california. we have gotten six or seven calls from local governments imitating that. it is rippling. we will lead to a change across

the industry and the work we do. with that it is my pleasure and she needs no introduction. the hardest working mayor in america, london breed. [applause]. >> mayor breed: i will say that i have been doing groundbreakings and ribbon-cuttings for affordable housing in san francisco this past week. i can't wait until all of the properties come on line. it is special to show up where residents have had the opportunity to move in. i can't be more grateful especially to tipping point. i remember when i was on the board of supervisors and daniel did come to me with this project. i was asking him for a lot of other things.

he is like i got to raise some money to get this building done. i kept pressuring you to help support what i wanted to do specifically in district 5. you were determined to make this project happen. it must feel absolutely wonderful to be here today and to see sam help carry it over the finish line because it was a lot of challenges, a lot of heart aches in the process. here in san francisco when i first became mayor i set a clear goal. that goal looked at all of the money we were spending to help support people who were unhoused. also, look at the services, issues, challenges. we put together a homeless recovery plan that targeted some of our needs to provide supportive housing like this site. about two years ago we looked at

whether or not we invested in this type of housing. yes, we build affordable housing. we are not necessarily building at the rate we should. we set a goal to add 1500 units of new permanently new supportive housing to the portfolio. largest expansion in 20 years. not only today have we met that goal but this year we will exceed that goal with 1,000 units in the pipeline. we are talking about 2500 new units of permanently supportive housing in the portfolio. not just about housing someone. it is providing the services and resources that people need in order to stay housed. in order to stay healthy. to get the services they need to live a life that is thriving and alive that they can enjoy. that is what we are trying to do with the work we do in the city