promise that comes with the opportunity to transform your life. we are so grateful to the mayor's office. andrus powers, sean elburn. and you, mayor. thank you so much for this support. [applause] we are so grateful to be in partnership with dph and west side community services, positive directions equals change [cheers and applause] we are -- that's right. we are very grateful for the support we receive from the board. supervisor safai, supervisor

dorsey. supervisor stefani, and supervisor mandelman. at the adult probation department our revision is led by steve adomi. [applause] and destiny pledge, victoria westbrook, devonna smith and daniel amaringa. [applause] this is their vision and they put their heart and soul into making sure that this is a right environment for change. we are so honored and feel so much responsibility for making sure that this works. there are endless possibilities for anyone that will come through these doors and we're really grateful for this opportunity. thank you.

[applause] >> you know, a couple years ago, 2019, we kind of set out on this mission with one of my then staff joffreya morris who then went to work for supervisor safai. then we created a portfolio and we had no money at the time and we started to try to figure things out and there was about 50 of us that have been to prison. went back to school. got our liveses together and felt obligated to share our lives with others to ensure everybody had the same opportunity we had. and one of the leading voices of our cause is going to come up and speak next. for 30 years, this guy was behind the scenes doing the work for this partner in crime,

craig johnson. [cheers and applause] if you have ever spent any time with cedric, his phone does not stop ringing, you can't get him alone and he is working day and night. he manages nine programs for us. he also is dealing with the courts. dealing with clients. i've never seen anybody do so much at one moment. i want to bring up my peer, my friend, my colleague, cedric. [cheers and applause] >> all right. [cheers and applause]

>> all right. good afternoon everyone. >> good afternoon cedric. >> so once again, the community has spoken, and once again, the mayor has listened. the reason why this happened today because the name of this project is called the minna project and we were trying to figure out a name until i looked it up and found the arabic meaning of minna and it says, god will provide. [cheers and applause] so that has to be the name. so the first thing, i again, i just want to first thank mayor london breed for all her support and for all her love. i want to thank supervisor safai also for all of his support. this is the time in san francisco right now. we all have our differences. we all see ways of how we think

this should happen. but this is a time for us to come together. i'm serious. it's time for us to come together no matter what walk of life we come from. everybody is scared to talk about recovery when it comes to substance abuse, prison life and addiction. all you've got to do is look out on that street and see there's a whole lot of recovery that needs to happen and take place. we need to work with the people that live on this block. we need to take it block by block and we have to start within our own hearts. don't blame nobody else if you ain't doing nothing, but we have to start within ourselves to be able to make this work. i ain't going to hold you long because i appreciate everybody for supporting and coming out. don't just come today. i want to see you here tomorrow the next day the next day and come out and support this situation. so, right now, thank you all for coming. i appreciate you guys.

love you. and -- [cheers and applause] yeah. and i want to bring supervisor safai to the table, please. >> supervisor safai: i don't know if i want to follow him. let me just start by saying god is good ya'll. all the time. all the time. so let me say this and he hit on it and mayor breed said it right. the best elected officials, the best public servants listen because we don't have all the answers. and a few years ago, the black community got together, the recorpse led by the black recovery community got together and said the city is not listening to us. they're not providing the

services that we need. they're not giving us the opportunity to go into an abstinence-based environment. but let's at least offer that service. so they came and i had the good fortune of having jwithoffrea morris on my staff. we connect wednesday apd and they had things sitting on the shelf. i heard from public leadership and they said how did this happen so quickly. first when we did the therapeutic community over there in knob hill. i went into the mayor's office, it literally took one minute. i said it to her and she said absolutely. we're going to do that. we're going to make that happen. and we did it. and then here we are again when she declared her state of emergency and i teased her. i called her "scrooge" because we had to work on christmas

eve. and she said, "asha, do your job" and i said okay madam mayor but i'm going to ask for one thing, the minna project. and it took one more minute to convince her this was the right thing to do. so i want to thank mayor breed and andres for putting in the hours. i know you gave a big round of applause let's give it up for positive direction for change. [cheers and applause] that's right. we have to recognize when leadership is happening in the black community in this way and it's okay to say black. it's okay. thank you everyone. let's cut the ribbon. >> so if everybody on the stairs can clear a pathway for the mayor, dr. colfax,

supervisor safai. we're going to cut it here. oh, sorry. thought we were cutting it outside. sorry. >> everybody. five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause]

>> when i look at an old neon sign that's working or not working, i feel the family business that was in there. >> since 2009, citywide, sf

shines, has supported businesses and sites like the ones that receive new neon signs. >> you know, sf shines is doing an amazing job to bring back the lighting and the neon glow of san francisco. >> sf shines is such an amazing program, and i can't think of another program in another city that gives matching gunned funds to store owners, mom and pop owners, and if they've got a neon sign, they've really got a great way to advertise their business. >> this is a continuation of the sf shines program. >> focusing other neon signs is relatively new to us. of the seven neon signs, we've invested about $145,000. >> a good quality sign costs

more, but it lasts infinitily longer. as opposed to lasting five years, a good neon sign will last 15 to 20 years. >> in san francisco, the majority of neon signs are for mom-and-pop businesses. in order to be able to restore these signs, i think it gives back to your community. >> part of the project has to do with prioritizing certain signs in the neighborhood based on their aesthetics, based on their current signs, and base on the history. in the time that we've been here, we've seen a number of signs restored just on eddy street. >> there are a number of signs in the tenderloin and many more that are waiting or wanting to be restored. i have worked with randall and

al, and we've mapped out every single one of them and rated them as to how much work they would need to get restored. that information is passed onto sf shines, and they are going to rank it. so if they have x budget for a year, they can say all right, we're going to pick these five, and they're putting together clusters, so they build on top of what's already there. >> a cluster of neon signs is sort of, i guess, like a cluster of grapes. when you see them on a corner or on a block, it lights up the neighborhood and creates an ambient glow. if you havy got two of three of them, you've created an atmosphere that's almost like a movie set. >> some of the hotel, we've already invested in to get those neon signs for people to enjoy at night include the elk hotel, jefferson hotel, the verona, not to mention some

we've done in chinatown, as well as the city's portal neighborhood. >> we got the fund to restore it. it took five months, and the biggest challenge was it was completely infested with pigeons. once we got it clean, it came out beautiful. >> neon signs are often equated with film noir, and the noir genre as seen through the hollywood lens basically depicted despair and concentration. >> you would go downtown and see the most recent humphrey bogart film filled with neon in the background. and you'd see that on market street, and as market street got seedier and seedier and fewer people continued to go

down, that was what happened to all the neon strips of light. >> the film nori might start with the light filled with neon signs, and end with a scene with a single neon sign blinking and missing a few letters. >> one of my favorite scenes, orson welles is chasing rita hayworth with neon signs in the background. >> i think what the office of economic and workforce development is very excited with is that we'll be able to see more neon signs in a concentrated way lit up at

night for visitors and most especially residents. the first coin laundry, the elm hotel, the western hotel are ones that we want to focus on in the year ahead. >> neon signs are so iconic to certain neighborhoods like the hara, like the nightcap. we want to save as many historic and legacy neon signs in san francisco, and so do they. we bring the expertise, and they bring the means to actually get the job done. >> people in tenderloin get really excited as they see the signs relit. as you're driving through the tenderloin or the city, it pretty much tells you something exciting is happening here. >> knee an was created to make the night more friendly and advertise businesses. it's a great way of supporting and helping local businesses. >> there's so many ways to improve public safety. the standard way is having more

eyes on the street, but there's other culturally significant ways to do that, and one those ways is lighting up the streets. but what better way and special way to do that is by having old, historic neon signs lighting up our streets at night and casting away our shadows. >> when i see things coming back to life, it's like remembering how things were. it's remembering the hotel or the market that went to work seven days a week to raise their money or to provide a service, and it just -- it just -- it just

there's so much involved with becoming a firefighter. and as a component of being a woman in the field, it takes a lot of perception. it takes belief in yourself. it takes asking the right questions of people who already have the job so that you have the confidence to build it and it takes someone telling you that this job is a possibility for you. my job has given me 25 years of satisfaction. the primary thing is that i grew up here in san francisco and i'm serving in the city where i grew up. i transitioned to community training and i was able to build disaster resilient padre of volunteers and bringing us all the latest information so that we can be ready for a disaster. pride and loyalty are the heart of a firefighter. it's in the way we do our job from the very smallest thing from our everyday checks we do

of our equipment. from the way that we treat each other and the community we come in contact with every day. and loyalty is to our own families is to the pride we have in this department. it's to the other members when we're out in a dangerous situation keeping each other safe. it goes throughout every aspect of being a firefighter. i'm really proud of the way our department approaches diversity, equity, and inclusion. i was hired in a class that had 45 people and 17 women. it was an accomplishment at the time, but there were many women that came before me that laid the ground work and i had to see it to be it. someone had to recruit me into this job. i didn't know it was a possibility for myself. and so the importance of young women seeing what it takes to be a firefighter, seeing themselves when they look at me. it really brings myself a lot of pride and joy in this work.

the tenderloin is home to

families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home. the tenderloin initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services and increase investments in the neighborhood. as city and community-based partners, we work daily to make these changes a reality. we invite you to the tenderloin history, inclusivity make this neighborhood special. >> we're all citizens of san francisco and we deserve food, water, shelter, all of those things that any system would. >> what i find the most fulfilling about being in the tenderloin is that it's really basically a big family here and i love working and living here. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> my hopes and dreams for the tenderloin are what any other community organizer would want for their community, safe, clean streets for everyone and good operating conditions for small businesses. >> everything in the tenderloin is very good. the food is very good. if you go to any restaurant in san francisco, you will feel like oh, wow, the food is great. the people are nice. >> it is a place where it embraces all walks of life and different cultures. so this is the soul of the tenderloin. it's really welcoming. the. >> the tenderloin is so full of color and so full of people. so with all of us being together and making it feel very safe is challenging, but we are working on it and we are

getting there. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts,

play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, community members and children in attendance. [cheering and applauding]

♪♪ ♪♪ >> candlestick park known also as the stick was an outdoor stadium for sports and entertainment. built between 1958 to 1960, it was located in the bayview hunters point where it was home to the san francisco giants and 49ers. the last event held was a concert in late 2014. it was demolished in 2015. mlb team the san francisco giants played at candlestick from 1960-1999. fans came to see players such a willie mays and barry bonds, over 38 seasons in the open ballpark. an upper deck expansion was added in the 1970s. there are two world series played at the stick in 1962 and

in 198 9. during the 1989 world series against the oakland as they were shook by an earthquake. candlestick's enclosure had minor damages from the quake but its design saved thousands of lives. nfl team the san francisco 49ers played at candlestick from feign 71-2013. it was home to five-time super bowl champion teams and hall of fame players by joe montana, jerry rice and steve jones. in 1982, the game-winning touchdown pass from joe montana to dwight clark was known as "the catch." leading the niners to their first super bowl. the 49ers hosted eight n.f.c. championship games including the 2001 season that ended with a loss to the new york giants. in 201, the last event held at candlestick park was a concert

by paul mccartney who played with the beatles in 1966, the stadium's first concert. demolition of the stick began in late 2014 and it was completed in september 2015. the giants had moved to pacific rail park in 2000 while the 49ers moved to santa clara in 2014. with structural claims and numerous name changes, many have passed through and will remember candlestick park as home to the legendary athletes and entertainment. these memorable moments will live on in a place called the stick. (♪♪♪)

>> we are right now in outer richmond in the last business area of this city. this area of merchants is in the most western part of san francisco, continue blocks down the street they're going to fall into the pacific ocean. two blocks over you're going to have golden gate park. there is japanese, chinese, hamburgers, italian, you don't have to cook. you can just walk up and down the street and you can get your cheese. i love it. but the a very multicultural place with people from everywhere. it's just a wonderful environment. i love the richmond district. >> and my wife and i own a café

we have specialty coffee drinks, your typical lattes and mochas and cappuccinos, and for lunches, sandwiches and soup and salad. made fresh to order. we have something for everybody >> my shop is in a very cool part of the city but that's one of the reasons why we provide such warm and generous treats, both physically and emotionally (♪♪) >> it's an old-fashioned general store. they have coffee. other than that what we sell is fishing equipment. go out and have a good time. >> one of my customers that has been coming here for years has always said this is my favorite store. when i get married i'm coming in your store. and then he in his wedding outfit and she in a beautiful dress came in here in between

getting married at lands end and to the reception, unbelievable. (♪♪) >> the new public health order that we're announcing will require san franciscans to remain at home with exceptions only for essential outings. >> when the pandemic first hit we kind of saw the writing on the walls that potentially the city is going to shut all businesses down. >> it was scary because it was such an unknown of how things were going to pan out. i honestly thought that this might be the end of our business. we're just a small business and

we still need daily customers. >> i think that everybody was on edge. nobody was untouched. it was very silent. >> as a business owner, you know, things don't just stop, right? you've still got your rent, and all of the overhead, it's still there. >> there's this underlying constant sense of dread and anxiety. it doesn't prevent you from going to work and doing your job, it doesn't stop you from doing your normal routine. what it does is just make you feel extra exhausted. >> so we began to reopen one year later, and we will emerge stronger, we will emerge better as a city, because we are still here and we stand in solidarity

with one another. >> this place has definitely been an anchor for us, it's home for us, and, again, we are part of this community and the community is part of us. >> one of the things that we strived for is making everyone in the community feel welcome and we have a sign that says "you're welcome." no matter who you are, no matter what your political views are, you're welcome here. and it's sort of the classic san francisco thing is that you work with folks. >> it is your duty to help everybody in san francisco.

>> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [♪♪♪] [speaking foreign language]

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[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store closing. the bakery. i shoot anything and everything in chinatown. i shoot daily life. i'm a crazy animal.

i'm shooting for fun. that's what i love. >> i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer for the last i think about 20 years. i joined the chinese historical society. it was a way i could practice my society and i can give the community memories. i've been practicing and get to know everybody and everybody knew me pretty much documenting the history i don't just shoot events. i'm telling a story in whatever photos that i post on facebook,

it's just like being there from front to end, i do a good job and i take hundreds and hundreds of photos. and i was specializing in chinese american history. i want to cover what's happening in chinatown. what's happening in my community. i shoot a lot of government officials. i probably have thousands of photos of mayor lee and all the dignitaries. but they treat me like one of the family members because they see me all the time. they appreciate me. even the local cops, the firemen, you know, i feel at home. i was born in chinese hospital 1954. we grew up dirt poor. our family was lucky to grew up. when i was in junior high, i had a degree in hotel

management restaurant. i was working in the restaurant business for probably about 15 years. i started when i was 12 years old. when i got married, my wife had an import business. i figured, the restaurant business, i got tired of it. i said come work for the family business. i said, okay. it's going to be interesting and so interesting i lasted for 30 years. i'm married i have one daughter. she's a registered nurse. she lives in los angeles now. and two grandsons. we have fun. i got into photography when i was in junior high and high school. shooting cameras. the black and white days, i was able to process my own film. i wasn't really that good because you know color film and

processing was expensive and i kind of left it alone for about 30 years. i was doing product photography for advertising. and kind of got back into it. everybody said, oh, digital photography, the year 2000. it was a ghost town in chinatown. i figured it's time to shoot chinatown store front nobody. everybody on grand avenue. there was not a soul out walking around chinatown. a new asia restaurant, it used to be the biggest restaurant in chinatown. it can hold about a 1,000

people and i had been shooting events there for many years. it turned into a supermarket. and i got in. i shot the supermarket. you know, and its transformation. even the owner of the restaurant the restaurant, it's 50 years old. i said, yeah. it looks awful. history. because i'm shooting history. and it's impressive because it's history because you can't repeat. it's gone it's gone. >> you stick with her, she'll teach you everything. >> cellphone photography, that's going to be the generation. i think cellphones in the next two, three years, the big cameras are obsolete already. mirrorless camera is going to take over market and the

cellphone is going to be better. but nobody's going to archive it. nobody's going to keep good history. everybody's going to take snapshots, but nobody's going to catalog. they don't care. >> i want to see you. >> it's not a keepsake. there's no memories behind it. everybody's sticking in the cloud. they lose it, who cares. but, you know, i care. >> last september of 2020, i had a minor stroke, and my daughter caught it on zoom. i was having a zoom call for my grand kids. and my daughter and my these little kids said, hey, you

sound strange. yeah. i said i'm not able to speak properly. they said what happened. my wife was taking a nap and my daughter, she called home and said he's having a stroke. get him to the hospital. five minutes later, you know, the ambulance came and took me away and i was at i.c.u. for four days. i have hundreds of messages wishing me get well soon. everybody wished that i'm okay and back to normal. you know, i was up and kicking two weeks after my hospital stay. it was a wake-up call. i needed to get my life in order and try to organize things especially organize my

photos. >> probably took two million photos in the last 20 years. i want to donate to an organization that's going to use it. i'm just doing it from the heart. i enjoy doing it to give back to the community. that's the most important. give back to the community. >> it's a lot for the community. >> i was a born hustler. i'm too busy to slow down. i love what i'm doing. i love to be busy. i go nuts when i'm not doing anything. i'm 67 this year. i figured 70 i'm ready to retire. i'm wishing to train a couple for photographers to take over my place. the younger generation, they

have a passion, to document the history because it's going to be forgotten in ten years, 20 years, maybe i will be forgotten when i'm gone in a couple years but i want to be remembered for my work and, you know, photographs will be a remembrance. i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer. this is my story. >> when you're not looking, frank's there. he'll snap that and then he'll send me an e-mail or two and they're always the best. >> these are all my p

>> 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 -- >> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro.

>> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney.

this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas as my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know. i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on

traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of

my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community.

>> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to eat, people.

[♪♪] time to eat, people. fisherman's wharf, this is a working wharf and it's part of the beauty of the san francisco area. >> before the restaurant, before the t-shirt shops. >> at first the fishermen would go out and do the harvesting. they process the crab. >> it really is industrial. it is fish processors. >> it's a working, living, breathing place. and it's a great place to visit and there's a lot of history. >> i'm a third generation italian fisherman. we're one of the oldest fishing

families at fishermen's wharf. my family's been working here since 1908. my boat's called the lovely martha. sport fishing means when you come out and catch your own fish on the boat. commercial fishermen come out, catch fish, it gets processed and they sell it to a store. they're selling crab off the boat. there's nothing more fresh than a crab. our crab are sweeter and better tasting. the meat is firmer. >> more crab. >> we love crab. we love the people out on the boats. they're awesome. >> what a good meal tonight. >> we just barely got down here in time. we would have come earlier if we knew how much fun it was. >> this is the place to get crab if you're looking for it. >> some of these boats have salmon permits. so every boat kind of does a different thing. you can come down here and have wild caught salmon that was just caught that morning or the

night before and there's nothing fresher than that. >> that's the whole thing of coming out on a party boat. you can catch your own crab, lock cod, halibut, salmon, you can't get that kind of fish. >> now the consumer can just buy here if they want to and take it home which is great. or they can buy it here and take it to one of the restaurants and they can have a glass of wine and enjoy the crab we just brought in for them. >> come on over. it's great. nice and beautiful here in san francisco and the port. definitely come. >> our fishermen are super excited. it's great to have the public come down here and interact. >> it's a whole experience for the family, where they bring the kids and interact and say wow, the crab's alive. it's going to claw me and everything. >> they really get excited they're coming down here and posting their recipes or pictures of the food. or their kids picking up the crab.

they're making a whole experience out of it. >> it is going to give the locals a part of san francisco that was taken away from them. >> now i have a reason to come back. >> i had a guy the other day come and say he hasn't been down to fisherman's wharf in 10 years. he said i'm going to come down here every weekend. i forgot >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language]

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[speaking foreign language] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the

energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to the bill.

>> chair ronen: the meeting will come to order. this is the june 8, 2022 -- sorry. there's an echo. try to get rid of that. thank you.

testing. testing. good. thank you. this is the june 8, 2022 budget and finance committee meeting. i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. i'm joined by committee member gordon mar and will be joined shortly by vice chair supervisor ahsha safai. our clerk is brent jalipa, and i'd like to thank matthew baltazar at sfgovtv. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. just a reminder to please silence all phones and electronic devices. ed board realizes -- the board

realizes that public comment is essential, and we will be taking public comment on ear item on the agenda. for those watching channels 28, 76, or 99, the public call-in number is streaming across the screen. that's 415-655-0001. enter meeting i.d. 2481-542-4313, then press pound and pound again. press star, three or raise your hand to lineup to speak. we will take public comment from those attending in person first and then move to remote

public comment. alternatively, you may submit your comments in writing at b-r-e-n-t-j-a-l-i-p-a@sf.gov. and finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda on june 14 unless otherwise stated. madam chair? >> chair ronen: yes. can you please read item 1? >> clerk: item 1 is a resolution authorizing the executive director of the port of san francisco to execute a mutual termination agreement

for port leases between the port of san francisco and alioto fish company ltd. for the restaurant premised located at 2829 taylor street and the associated warehouse premises located at 360 jefferson street, and to authority the executive director of the port of san francisco to enter into amendments or modifications to the mutual termination agreement. >> thank you so much, chair ronen and supervisor mar. here to talk to you about the

proposed mutual termination agreement with alioto fish company. i don't think i need to introduce alioto's fish company or restaurant. this has been an operation since 1925. they have been in this structure location since 1970, a key part of our portfolio and really something that's synonymous with fisherman's wharf and the great attraction that we have there. unfortunately, at the outset of the pandemic, they suspended operations. the port staff and alioto's staff had conversations since then to see if there was a way for the restaurant to reopen, and even though the port was offering base rent on whatever they could sell, the family and

staff decided to seek a termination of the lease for their restaurant nearby as well as fish company on jefferson street. we made inspection to ensure the condition of the facilities and brought an agreement to the port commission this past april, which the port commission approved. next slide, please. to summarize the agreement terms, alioto's would surrender the security deposits on both facilities and pay a termination fee. they'll cooperate to ensure all permits are transferred with the building and not with the specific restaurant that's in there. they complied with its s.b.a.

covid relief loan. alioto's provides broad release of claims. next slide, please. in closing, i think this is a really bittersweet day. it's really hard to see the aliotos name come out of this facility. they negotiated in good faith, and we hope that they leave with a feeling of something that benefited the city and the report. the facility, while needing repair, the facility is very serviceable. our hope is to get it back so that we can relet it and generate sort of a new operation there that would bring people down to fisherman's wharf and enjoy some opportunities there. we hope the committee forwards this to the board, and i'm

happy to answer any questions. >> chair ronen: thank you, and i believe we have a b.l.a. report before we go to questions. >> thank you, chair. nick menard from the b.l.a. this is a mutual termination agreement between port and the fish company. the agreement would forgive approximately $861,000 in rent through june of this year, and the fish company forfeits its payment of $25,000. as we describe on page four of this report, this agreement is relatively more generous than the previous one approved by the board of supervisors in 2021 by approximately $338,000. according to the port, this

is -- and as was just stated, the port has been interest in gaining control of this site more quickly than the site of the ferry building, and that sort of weighed on their decision, though we do consider the policy matter to be a matter for the board. >> chair ronen: thank you, nick. any questions or comments? i just want to say that it's a perfect day to consider this because this is a sad day for san francisco. this is a rough loss. a legacy business that's so iconic that's one of the sites of pride of being a san franciscan and being on the port. it's just -- it's heartbreaking to lose this institution, but, you know, thank you to the alioto family for running this

incredible restaurant for so many years, and thank you for entering into a rent agreement with the port, and thank you to the port for this. you would think that this restaurant would have money in the bank to sustain this through the crisis, but it is with a very, very heavy heart that i would like to make a motion to send this item to the full board with positive

recommendation. >> supervisor safai: may i say something? i know i talk too much. when people think of the wharf, they think of alioto's. i don't want to put all the blame in any way, shape, or form on the restaurant, but i think we as a city need to do more to think about how we're going to revitalize and reenergyize and reset. we were in a hearing yesterday that talked about how a certain percentage of every single penny when you put into paying when you sleep or rent a hotel room is set aside for recharge or refresh. there is moneys dedicated to

think about how you're going to refresh hotels consistently, and we have rode on the success of fisherman's wharf for a really long time, but the city needs to be thinking about and working with a partner on refresh. i don't want to be putting it on in any way, shape, or form, on the restaurant. we're going to send this to the full board with a heavy heart, and hopefully, there's some way for alioto's to come back and partner with the city again. >> chair ronen: thank you. can we take a roll call? >> clerk: madam chair, we should take public comment on this. >> chair ronen: we should. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. members of the public wishing

to make public comment should call 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 2481-542-4313. press pound and pound again, then star, line to lineup to begin your comments. we have no speakers in the room. mr. atkins, do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: there clerk, there are no callers in the queue. >> chair ronen: thank you. public comment is closed. can we now have a roll call vote. [roll call] >> clerk: we have three ayes. >> chair ronen: the motion passes unanimously. thank you so much. mr. clerk, can you please call item 2. >> clerk: yes. item 2 is a hearing to consider

the priorities of the long-term care coordinating council to provide needed services for seniors, persons with disabilities, and all residents who require long-term care, and requesting the human services agency, department of disability and aging services, and long-term care coordinating council to report. . >> chair ronen: supervisor safai, did you want to make any comments? >> supervisor safai: we know this has been sometime in the making, and we want to hear about the long time research about the long-term care coordinating council we

distributed personal protective equipment, ensured real-time testing was available to avoid the kinds of outbreaks and deaths that affected other parts of the state and other parts of the country and world. yet these actions that we took had some unintended consequences. worsening social isolation and creating in many cases a tale of two cities where some

members of the city could keep in touch with loved ones, but lower income families struggled to stay connected. under the incredible leadership from miss susie smith from h.s.a., who joined us, and laura liseman, san francisco conducted research and formed a response. you'll hear from the community that the community is doing work to respond, and i'm honored to represent the excelsior in district 11, home to the best example of long-term care in the nation.

our san francisco campus for jewish living, also known as the jewish home. we'll hear from rebecca holtzman to hear about their efforts to keep connected. [please stand by]

stakeholders repeatedly mentioned the lack of challenges around social engagement and activities. they were talking about basic social attention. there was also a lot of focus on lack of communal meals. so that was one thing just isolation. a second theme stemming from that increased level of depression. the third thing was boredom.

they literally could not leave their rooms. the destruction in dietary and the appropriate food that family members would bring. once people were allowed to resume social activities, people had been isolated for so long, they were afraid of coming out. this theme was the decline, and i alluded to this earlier that there was a decline in cognitive abilities and loss of function. finally, we really uncovered both some of the challenges, but more importantly, the opportunities that digital connection could provide and so we'll talk about that in more detail. so the things in mind for the

rest of my time with you here, i'm just going to read some quotes from the study. three people on my unit have died because of lack of visitors. a screen just isn't the same. i couldn't see the important people and they died earlier than they had to. one man told me that he might as well not live because he hasn't seen his family in so long. depression and despair seem to be increasing significantly. they want us to [ indiscernible ] our roots. it drives me nuts. it's just the same old stuff every day. we opened up the dining room and no one wants to return. right now, only one person is

eating in the dining room by themselves. people are resistant. that kind of isolation becomes a habit. people don't -- another quote. people don't get over this. a year of isolation just like that. they now have a new normal. wifi needs to be upgraded. it can be a pretty bad connection and then people get frustrated and discouraged. we have a short supply of ipads. we have two total. i'm now honored to turn the mic over to rebecca holtsman at the

center -- sorry, campus for jewish living and she's going to talk about her role in the behavioral health group, but more importantly, her direct experience at jewish home during this time of the pandemic, thank you. >> thank you, susie and everyone for your time this morning. so about five years ago, we officially changed our name from the san francisco jewish home to the san francisco campus for jewish living, but that memo did not get out to the community because most everyone knows us as the san francisco jewish home or the jewish home. so i'm just going to go with that this morning. we're located in district 11 right on mission and silver

street. and, we were part of the l.t.c.c.c. behavioral health work group. although we are a jewish organization, we have a very diverse resident and staff population. 30% of residents and 86% of staff self-identify as bipoc. it was a bustling hub of robust programming, community activities, spiritual life, and family visits. each month, residents and staff boarded one of our shuttles as we took residents on educational outings to places like the jewish museum and the sf mona. our life enrichment department

provided an array of stimulating programs including the popular morning creative arts class which brought together residents for many different units. residents would chat and get to know 1 another while engaging in a variety of creative processes. we had a full evening program each week. we're visiting pianists, violinists and they came to the residence and entertained residents. volunteers from the community served as dealers, and residents wagered up to $0.10 on their hands. we even hosted a visit from a therapeutic cammal back in 2019 which residents and staff are still talking about today. my position between bay area

youth and jewish home residents, patients, and staff. in 2019, we launched a youth leadership council as well as the partnership with the brandized school of san francisco and independent jewish school near lake merced. they brought all of their eighth grade students to visit with our residents twice a month. it was a pleasure to watch meaningful relationships blossom between the students and residents as the so-called age divide flipped away. but why does any of this matter? it matters because all of these programs and partnerships helped residents stay engaged and connected with each other and the world around them. these programs and partnerships prevented social isolation,

depression, and loneliness. of course, the pandemic changed everything for everyone around the world, but maybe no more deeply and painfully than for people living in skilled nursing facilities. everything came to a stand still as programs, outings, and essential services like physical and occupational therapy were canceled. families could no longer visit their loved ones. residents were sequestered to their rooms and faces were hidden behind masks and other ppe. i specifically remember going up to one of our units in the early days of the pandemic and seeing wheelchairs lined up and down the hallway as each person ate their dinner alone in the hallway outside of the room.

it was a stark and devastating scene some residents who were particularly ill with covid were taken to the hospital and never came back. many of our residents lost their lives to covid-19. fear took over at the jewish community home. our community was deeply impacted by covid and i just want to take a moment to remember all of the elders of the jewish home who lost their lives to this virus. we are very grateful to the city and to san francisco department of public health for protecting our physical health throughout the pandemic and we know that the death toll would have been even higher. but the balance was a little

off. there was too much focus on physical health and not enough on mental health and social well being. while the pandemic is over for many people, we haven't moved on. we are still socially distancing. while family visitation has resumed, we are nowhere near our pre-pandemic programming. right now as we're here today, two of our seven nursing units are on quarantine because of positive covid cases and residents can't leave their floor. now, residents and staff are asking each other, how can we, how do we move on from the isolation, the loneliness and the lack of connection of the past two years? how do we address the mental health needs of our long-term care residents.

when i found out the lpccc was forming a behavioral health group, i was excited to learn about their work and findings. i felt hopeful that maybe we could use the group's recommendations to begin the healing process. i'm going to turn it back over to laura who's going to talk about the group's recommendations. >> thank you, rebecca. i just want to acknowledge the rate of the loss and the sadness for the residents and the staff and the families and loved ones impacted by this pandemic. this is a highly emotional issue. >> i was just going to say the same thing. i think that all of us with senior parents and members and friends and family, we've seen this, even if they were not in

a skilled nursing facility, we've seen the impact that this has had on so many different families and lives. so i really appreciated the moment of silence for anyone that was lost during this time. but i appreciate you acknowledging how emotional this is and how important this is. so i know that this has been hard for all of you and everyone that's been involved. so i really want to honor the work that you've done over the past couple of years and continue to do because this is not easy work. it's not easy to see people suffer when we know we can try to do more. >> and, unfortunately, this experience is not unique to the jewish home. right. this is pervasive across all of our skilled nursing facilities. disproportionately impacting low-income seniors and adults with disabilities who don't have access to technology.

and that's what brings us to our recommendations. we need to ensure teleconnectivity at a minimum to all residents who can benefit. we also need to implement evidence-based therapeutic practices. so i'd like to share a little bit more about what that looks like for us in our findings from the report. many of the server results indicated that reliable internet is a primary barrier. we live in the tech capital. why are we struggling with an issue like reliable internet. we don't have sufficient devices. at one facility, they have two devices and we need to allocate resources and time for staff and volunteers and others to train and reliably teach people how to use tablets and other devices. so, we're excited about the potential for future partnerships. we also believe in evidence-based therapeutic practices. we know moving forward involves

individual and group activities to address the mental health needs of our community. we've outlined a few of them here today. telephonic outreach is something institute on aging has provided through the friendship line. it operate its 24 hours a day. it receives inbound call to support isolated individuals around the country, not just in san francisco. one of the interesting opportunities we had during the behavioral health work was to identify life review groups and for those unfamiliar, i'd like to turn it back over to rebecca who's going to share a little bit about a pilot project that will restore hope in how we can move forward in skilled nursing facilities. >> i'm going to talk a little bit about life review. the department of aging services connected the jewish

home to meta fund and we're very grateful that meta fund has provided the jewish home with a generous grant to plan and implement a life review pilot program. i've shared some of the details about the pilot here on these slides, but what we're actually really excited about is the opportunity for residents and staff to process life stages and events including the trauma caused by the pandemic. we are doing the life review pilot program in partnership with falton institute who are providing their staff and expertise to implement the program. one of the goals of the program is to directly address the loneliness and isolation that were a result of the pandemic. the seed money for meta fund is allowing us to build capacity to implement future iterations of the life review program.

we've already discussed future groups to include a chinese language group, a russian language group and a group to serve our african american residents our hope is to weave life review into the fabric of our social programming. i'm going to hand it back over to laura. >> thank you, rebecca. so that's an example of something under way that we think we could replicate in other skilled nursing facilities. we request $250,000 a year for a three-year pilot for a site-based therapeutic interventions like the life review. we're also looking for $250,000 for a three-year pilot to increase teleconnectivity including tablets and training of residents. at a higher level, we really want to incorporate the recommendations of the behavioral health work groups

into our state's master plan for aging and local play book. we'd be happy to answer any questions and we appreciate your time and attention. >> thank you so much for your presentation. i'm sorry, my father passed at the end of last year in a nursing home and so i'm having a really hard time with this hearing. but um, did you already fill out the form in our add back request -- >> we did not. >> supervisor ronen: you need to do that today. i will have santiago from my office send this to you. and did h.s.a. make that request of the mayor in your budget? >> supervisor safai: can you pull the slide back up for the request. i just had to run to the restroom for a moment. >> so this is coming from the

community. i'm serving as a duel role. >> supervisor safai: and they've been working with our office. but we'll work with your office. >> supervisor ronen: okay. make sure, yes, to get those. thank you, you've made an incredibly compelling case and i'm just really happy that you're doing this work at the jewish home and we definitely would like this work to be done more broadly at skilled nursing facilities across san francisco. so this will definitely be a priority for my office. thank you. >> and, thank you for sharing your personal loss. we offer our condolences and i think the impact of this is just devastating. >> supervisor safai: can you pull that slide back up when you get a moment. >> i'm sorry, are you able to see it? >> supervisor safai: the one that was budget related.

>> yes. >> supervisor safai: i think supervisor mar has -- i know you were. supervisor mar. >> clerk: we're currently showing end of slide. >> okay. >> supervisor safai: supervisor mar, do you want to ask your question? >> supervisor mar: sure. did you have some questions? >> supervisor safai: i do have questions, but go right ahead. >> supervisor mar: well, thank you so much for the presentation and all of your work on this. really looking at the behavioral health needs of residents in our city during the pandemic. i mean like supervisor ronen, i lost a parent during the pandemic and my mom was in not skilled nursing, but an assisted living memory care facility, so all the issues that you highlighted about the

really extreme challenges that the residents and their families faced over the last few years resinate very much with me. so thank you. and i really appreciate the recommendations that you came up with and really excited to hear about the review pilot. that sounds wonderful. you know, i guess i just had some questions that are more about the broader, not so much around the findings and the recommendations because i think that's very clear and compelling to me as, you know, as well. but, sort of the broader need in so you mentioned the scope and i was just curious, with the crisis at laguna honda hospital and it's looking at

the worst case scenario, you know, 700 residents there needing to transfer -- i guess i just had questions more about the overall whether we have enough skilled nursing facilities and beds in our city even without the laguna honda crisis. >> no. i mean, we don't have enough skilled nursing facilities. we don't have enough assisted living facilities. there are many kind of mom and pop smaller six-bed or fewer facilities that are leaving the city because they can't afford to stay. and we have a different actually the same long-term care coordinating council group did a study on assisted living facilities, supervisor mar, a couple years ago that was recently updated and we don't have enough. and it's important that we try to do all we can to keep those

assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities in the city and particularly for people who don't have means to be able to pay. right. so there's not enough. we have data in that report that we can share with you as a followup. and it's challenging for affordability crisis hits, you know, every stage of life. and we don't have enough. >> and, if i may, i'd just like to respond to the crisis for the laguna honda residence. we are going to see displacement throughout the state. we're going to be sending people out of the county and likely be on the bay area in order to meet their needs.

again, as susie mentioned, we have a comprehensive study showing the bed shortage there as well. and some opportunities that i'd be happy to share with your office. >> supervisor mar: that would be great. i know the board has a hearing on the crisis next week, so do you have available beds in your facilities currently? >> i don't know particular numbers, but just anecdotedly, the moment a bed becomes available, it gets filled quickly.

>> supervisor mar: i called for a hearing and we had a hearing a few months ago on sort of how the city is not adequately planning to meet the support needs and that hearing kind of looked at the full range of housing and care needs to skilled nursing and everything in between. so the budget and legislative analyst office has been doing some research and about to release a report on looking at the gaps and how we can better plan. so i think that's sort of the bigger picture issue that i've been wanting to work on and this is really helpful just to have the ltccc's work on affordable assisted living and on behavioral health needs of assisted residents happening. so thank you.

>> i'd be morn happy to follow up with your office as well so we can identify any other research needs for the continuum of care in san francisco. it's a high priority for us. and condolences to you and what a reflection of our community that two of three of you have suffered significant loss throughout the pandemic. i'm deeply sorry. >> supervisor mar: thank you. >> supervisor safai: thanks, supervisor. before we do any more questions and public comment, we also have marie jovlin from the dignity coalition. it would be helpful for her to go through her presentation and if we have additional comments in public comment, we can do that. marie. >> good morning supervisors. it's really a pleasure to be able to stand up here with you all and i first want to say the long-term care council supports which i'm representing today

the recommendations that are coming from the long-term care council and i just wanted to acknowledge how the impacts of isolation and loneliness have been made vivid in this presentation this morning. i wanted to just provide a little more context on the issue of technology. i want to start with the city's own words. you have a digital equity plan and it says that all residents have full and equitable access to digital technology and its benefits, so all communities can thrive regardless of demographic. so we're talking about people in skilled nursing facilities, people in independent living, and everybody in between. you know, there was a recent study called the empower san francisco technology assessment that puts a fine point on needs of seniors with disabilities in the city, but it's one of only many studies that's been done that put emphasis to close the digital divide for people in san francisco. you have a paper version of

this so you can read the details. i think it also puts attention on the issue of assistive technology. as people have vision loss and other kinds of disabilities, i think it's important to recognize it's not just giving somebody an ipad and saying go do it, but to really make sure they have the kinds of assistive devices that will allow them regardless of their disability to be online and, you know, the needs for assistive technology echo the needs of the people that have been described here already. older adults, low income, s.r.o. residents, black, latinx, and a.p.i. communities and spanish, chinese, and beyond. so one way to look at this. you have the slide thing up there? okay. you have to catch up with me. so i'm already at the point where we're talking about this

is a continuum of learning so community based access to internet devices, training, assistive technology and technical support help individuals learn the basics and stay connected whether they remain in the community, whether they move to skilled nursing. and, as has been mentioned before, isolation and loneliness are associated with higher rates of chronic health conditions including heart disease, weakened immune system. depression. admission to nursing homes or the use of emergency services and death. the impact of social isolation of seniors is presenting well beyond how when the pandemic restrictions have been lifted. according to various studies

leading to increased problems of dementia, depression, suicide risk and disruptive care. so i just want to say that, you know, as you know, the digital divide is real, the needs are clear, the solutions are available have been documented in study after study and we have a great one that's been presented here today in terms of the impact and the need and just remember that the lack of progress really impacts older adults and people with disabilities in our city who make up 25% of the city's residents. so, we also have an ask and it's a bolder one maybe, but we understand how important it is for people to be able to have what they need to be able to learn these skills and stay connected across the continuum and so we're hoping that you all will be able to provide some support for this as well. if you look at the last page of this, there are a number of seniors serving in other

organizations that have shown their support for this effort partly because they're struggling with how do they become hybrid like you all are struggling with that. how do they continue to provide services and support for people in their homes. at the same time not willing to come back into the centers or never could come into the centers before because of their disability and people just itching to get back with their colleagues and service providers out of site. you know, the funding that we're looking for really is the bridge to allow people to do both and to allow for hybrid programming across the board. so that's what i'd like to say from the long term care council in support of the from the dignity fund coalition and support of the long-term care council and hope that you'll consider both in your budget considerations. any questions? >> just so i understand, you gave us a $3.5 million ask.

were you hoping that money would come from the dignity fund? >> so the dignity fund did have $3 million every year to be allocated for new needs and issues. unfortunately, because of policies around the cost of doing business, they're significantly less each year to do that, but the committee has made the recommendations and with what's left, they are recommending $350,000 for the one piece of the services and then another $75,000 for hybrid services. you know, it's not final yet just like all the other budget things are final, but it is recommended at that level. >> supervisor safai: so that's in the mayor's budget? >> it is in the department's recommendations. >> supervisor safai: right. exactly. so $350,000 plus another $75,000. and the $350,000 is for? >> it's sort of a range. there have been a number of

proposals that have been submitted to them. how it breaks down. >> supervisor safai: so $350 plus another $75, and how does that blend with the request, this additional request? >> i'm sorry, you mean the rest of that large ask? >> supervisor safai: no. the one from the previous presentation. it was $350,000 -- $250,000 for a three-year pilot support increase teleconnectivity and sniffs. it sounds like there's some overlap. >> i think so. here's the thing, you're kind of reaching the budget mash-up point where you're looking at all the areas. pilots is one of the things that's on the dignity fund coalition ask, for example. pilots. various kinds -- so this could be one of those. we have a number that are under way in adult health centers and

other community centers. you know, we're all in this together. we're trying to serve the same people on a continuum. and we hope you considering how many of you are in the city and all getting older and developing disabilities and many of us are really isolated that you kind of be bold. >> supervisor safai: i understand, and that's why i just wanted to clarify. as i said, we've received this. some of this is in the departmental budget. there's some additional line items here. i know this conflict with cost of doing business. we will work with the chair to put this in the larger queue budget ofs and. mayor's budget office is here. i think they can confirm just through the chair. can you talk and just confirm what was said on the record in terms of the amount of money that was allocated for would be in this budget.

>> yes, supervisor safai. this is the deputy budget director. so the dignity fund grows by about $3 million every year and that's a general fund transfer and i believe what she was referencing was that that additional $3,000,000 can be allocateed as determined by the dignity fund, by community groups and others. so she's suggesting within that additional allocation, this could be one of the uses. however, the dignity fund in the past has often used their growth to match the cost of doing business provided to general fund nonprofits to dignity fund providers. so if they use a certain amount of that $3 million towards b, she's saying that will leave less funding for additional new programming. >> right. >> supervisor safai: so after you factor in all the costs of doing business, there's about $425,000 left over? >> no. i don't have that number in front of me. >> supervisor safai: well you

said $350,000 plus $75,000. >> that's the amount being recommended here. the way we look at it as the cost of doing business comes off the top for the dignity fund and over time has decreased in the amounts available. so in a couple of years. >> supervisor safai: i get it. i understand the concept. just if i can have a clear answer. >> if i may, we're happy to work with the department and determine how much it would cost. >> supervisor safai: is anyone here? susie, is there your -- >> yeah. so i know that we have $350,000 for tech projects in the d.a.s. budget, this is obviously a much larger ask. >> supervisor safai: i understand. i'm just trying to get an idea. >> yep. so we have $350,000 in the

d.a.s. for technology work. that will be our fee. and then, the long-term care coordinating council, that recommendation was specific to the sniffs because there's obviously needs within the community and there's needs within sniffs and dignity fund supports community needs primarily. >> supervisor ronen: is there a list of what the dignity fund set aside is funding? >> absolutely. so we just recently now i'm wearing the d.a.s.h.s.a. hat, we just had our needs assessment and allocation plan submitted for the next rounds of dignity funding. so we can share that with you. >> supervisor safai: we will follow up, my office will follow up on this and we'll provide more clarity. i understand that there's a push and pull between the dignity fund allocation that's a budget set aside going up and then there's the funds request

for there to be an adjustment for costs doing business, but then there's also this additional need there's always this constant pool and all of the enrichment related supplemental supports. that's why we're putting a very significant rail guards around. you can't use it for that and it vane yeah. one of the biggest issues i had is the fact that the mayor did not include a cost of living increase in this budget and that to me was the most glaring, you know, thing that

was left out of her budget. >> yeah. speaking from a community perspective. what we get is that the cost of doing business has already been decided to come out of the dignity allocation this year. that didn't happen before we had the dignity fund. so, now, the amount of money that's now going for not just dignity fund but services in the department, that could more than fund what they're asking for here plus many other requests that would serve seniors and people with disabilities. >> supervisor safai: so when h.s.a. comes, we'll have that conversation in advance. it's coming next week. i think we're going to have to have an honest conversation about a certain amount of money that comes out of their budget for cost of doing business and addressing some of these additional needs. >> and just to clarify, the dignity fund is set aside. for next fiscal year, we have

the d.a.s. gets $3 million in new dignity fund allocation and $1.7 of that is for cost of doing business increased. it's a separate set aside that was approved by the voters that a certain amount we get next year is $3 million. >> supervisor safai: that $1.3. >> $1.7 is for cost of doing business. >> supervisor safai: so the balance is left. >> anything else. there's a certain amount we automatically set aside. >> supervisor safai: so this year it sounds like there's only $425,000 that's left. >> well, that's just for technology. we're talking about technology. that was the allocation. >> supervisor safai: so there is more things that came out of the -- that are not related. how much of the cost -- how much of the dignity fund growth is set aside for cost of doing business? >> i don't have the percentage.

maybe you do there, but -- >> supervisor safai: does the mayor's deputy director have that? >> less than half of the fund is available for allocation this year beyond the cost of doing business and at the current rate, it will be maybe two or three years before the total ability to do any kind of allocation new will disappear. >> supervisor safai: she just clearly said. i just want to reiterate what i just heard. sounds like there's far more than $300,000 that are out of the fund not related for cost of doing business. i understand in future years you're concerned. but this year sounds like there's a little bit less than half of that that's related -- that's not related for cost of doing business. how that gets spread out is related to technology so we

will follow up that makes me feel better. that's just quite a bit more. >> i just want to be sure that those funds have also been recommended for case management and a number of other services. you know, i think we can provide you what the dignity fund has done overtime including the recommendations for this year so that you just know. >> supervisor safai: that's fine. thank you. >> and the dignity fund has a comprehensive needs assessment. to just get a broad understanding. >> supervisor safai: got it. okay. i want to ask laura and susie a question. just to come back to the long-term coordinating council's undergoing some restructuring. can you discuss how members of the community can be involved going forward. >> as our current co-chair, our meetings are open to the public. they're posted on our website which i will share for the

record and can be distributed to anyone who's interested. san francisco long-term care coordinating council is the group that individuals can participate in work groups as members of the public. they can also attend and make public comment during our open meetings. >> supervisor safai: right. any other questions? >> supervisor safai: no. that was the main thing. i don't know if susie wanted to add to that. >> we welcome expertise and participation as laura said and all of the work of the council and the public, we want people to be engaged. this behavioral health work group was a good example. we sort of form work groups to address specific problems and we bring in the right expertise and those are open to the public. i think the restructuring

focuses on long term care and making sure we have actionable recommendations like we have today. >> supervisor safai: great. unless there's any other questions from colleagues? oh, you do. supervisor mar. >> supervisor safai: public comment after you're done. >> supervisor mar: i know we're going to get into the d.a.s. budget in this up coming hearing. i did have a question since we already started questioning around the dignity fund allocation of those. i guess my question is whether the dignity fund or any other part of the d.a.s. budget or city budget is investing in creating new preserving and expanding the care beds that we need, you know, whether that's affordable assisted living,

affordable r.c.f.e., you know the chinese hospital is moving ahead with trying to create skilled nursing, but i believe they're going to need some subsidy for that. i was wondering just in the dignity fund budget, is there any investments in sort of preserving or expanding. >> my understanding i don't believe the dignity fund can go to any specific housing. i don't believe they're allowed to use any of the funding for they can provide the patch funding and most people and

this again is in that assisted living facility report which we'll share. housing construction. >> it prohibits housing prevents housing construction costs. >> supervisor mar: but it can provide subsidies like affordable assisted living? >> yeah. >> supervisor mar: got it. >> one of the recommendations of the assisted living work group was to leverage some state dollars through the assisted living waiver. the reality is that's an under utilized waiver in san francisco. so the same rate that applies to san bernardino applies to san francisco. it's difficult to leverage those when the facilities see they're doing the cost of business is much higher than san bernardino.

i think the specific d.a.s. budget and dignity fund is also something we can follow up on with the dignity fund, it provides a small amount. it's not the systems level. it's not getting at the systems level that you're talking about, supervisor mar. and we appreciate that you have brought that issue in the housing report to look comprehensively at what our city needs to do to age in place and stay in the city. >> supervisor mar: yeah. thank you. i just wanted to note for my colleagues there was a proposal that was submitted from the community for an affordable pilot project residential care facility for the elderly. it's like affordable board and care home project and it included $1.7 million for an acquisition and then, yeah, it looks like $450,000 for an operating subsidy for the first

two years, so one project could consume a huge portion of the budget. >> i just wanted to add, we need to be able to provide clearly what the dignity fund can and can't do and in looking back what that really has meant is not a lot of money and it's not just the responsibility of the department of disability and aging to serve older adults and people with disabilities you know, how did that all come together. thank you, chair ronen.

>> chairman: thank you so much. >> supervisor safai: i think we should go to public comment. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to speak on this item and joining us in person should line up now to speak. for those listening remotely call (415) 655-0001. the meeting id 24815424313. press pound and pound again. you will need to press star three to enter the speaker line. and please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted. that will begin your cue to begin your comments. mr. atkins, can you kindly unmute our first caller. >> caller: supervisors, my name is francisco de costa and i've been involved with long-term care more for the seniors for over 40 years.

i do not think the way this presentation is done begging for taxpayers' money. it smacks our behalf. and you supervisors are [ indiscernible ] a segment of the population. by thousands of people of color who cannot come to city hall and give you the true circumstantial facts. if you go to chinatown and see

the number of seniors in a small cubicles dying of covid while the children and the others are there because they cannot yesterday i asked the board of supervisors. you supervisors have to represent the entire community -- >> clerk: speaker's time has elapsed. apologies for cutting anybody off. we are timing each speaker at two minutes today. mr. atkins, next speaker,

please. >> caller: hello, supervisors. this is jessica layman, executive director of senior disability action. i also have served on the long-term care coordinating council and advisory committee. thank you so much for holding this hearing today on all the many issues addressing isolation among seniors and people with disabilities and we want to urge you to follow the recommendations that have come before you regarding behavioral health as well as the connected programs and i will add that unfortunately there is very little money there to put to keep us connected and i also want to urge you to think of isolation among our communities broadly. it also means funding all the

kinds of housing subsidies to people can stay in their homes and communities they know. it's also thinking about remote participation for continuing this for people like myself who are high risk and can't come to city hall and still participate in life and making that easy and continuing to have meetings where people can participate remotely. we have the answers, we have a lot of good ideas in front of us as far as how to address isolation and we hope you'll take action. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, jessica layman for your comments. mr. atkins, next speaker,

please. >> caller: good afternoon. member of the dignity coalition. so wearing a lot of hats today. i want to say that on the long-term care i would like to keep us connected and specifically highlight the importance of training for the staff because as we know, as we get devices for seniors, very intensive training sometimes to be able to access their device independently. so when we're being called in

staffing in addition to staffing we know the demands in our isn't going to be cheap. so i do want to stress the importance of the staffing and costs that are associated with it. out of the cost of doing business, i do want to stress that the dignity fund coalition and really all of our coalitions support the cost of doing business but as was stated by the dignity coalition coach, wanted to come as the costs of increased [ indiscernible ]

community as that really was the promise of the fund itself. >> clerk: speaker's time has elapsed. i apologize for cutting you off. good to hear from you and thank you for your comments. mr. atkins, next speaker, please. >> caller: hi, can you hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> caller: yeah. my name is dr. teresa palmer and i'm a geritrician and i have a problem with the whole idea of digital access in long-term care and residential care and nursing homes, the big problem now is families are still being locked out due to covid and there are no

therapyists available and if you're in a nursing home for a good reason, you may have cognitive visual and hearing problems as so this whole mental health is kind of like putting lipstick on a pig. there may be an to give medications overused in the

absence of person contact. i have grave concerns about this. thank you. >> clerk: thank you dr. teresa palmer for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers in the queue? >> chairman: public comment is now closed. supervisor safai, thank you so much for calling this hearing. it was really important and really informative and instructive. and i just want to send a message to h.s.a. that during the department's budget presentation, we do want a whole section and deep dive on d.a.s.'s budget as well so that we can understand, you

thank you so much for fighting for our seniors and the elder community. it's very much noted and appreciated. supervisor safai. >> supervisor safai: thank you. i'm happy that this hearing happened today. i really appreciated working with all of you collectively and respectively. we will continue the conversation. i think that as i've said in my opening statements having i think one of the premier senior living facilities in our district gives us a lot to learn from. a group to work with and a model for the rest of the city as evidenced by some of the problems going on in our public facility, we can all work together to ensure that we have a strong and robust senior plan for those living in supportive and skilling nursing facilities. so, we will follow up.

we'll work with you all respectively. thank you to the community living campaign and those that have been involved in creating the dignity fund. because it just goes to show how much foresight you all had in working on this and ensuring that we had this and who could have ever imagined that we would be where we are. we want to ensure we're using the best practices from this study to support our seniors and ensure that they can live out their years with dignity and respect. so we will look at it as chair ronen said, we will work with your office department. please work with my office as we approach the budget hearings this week and glad we got a better understanding about the split, about the cost of living versus how much is there to provide service about $1.3 million. so we will continue to work on this and i really appreciate all the heart felt testimony today, the research, and how it

will contribute to our ability to have better care in the city. thank you everyone. thank you, madam chair. >> chairman: thank you so much. mr. clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda today? oh, do you want to file this hearing. >> supervisor safai: yes. make a motion to file this hearing please. >> chairman: roll call vote. >> clerk: on that motion that this hearing be heard and filed. [roll call] we have three ayes. >> chairman: the motion passes unanimously. now, mr. clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda today. >> clerk: that concludes our business, madam chair. >> chairman: okay. this meeting is adjourned.

>> president walton: good afternoon and welcome to the june 14, 2022 regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. madame clerk, will you please call the roll. chan not present. >>supervisor dorsey: present. >> supervisor mandelman: present.