>> commissioner guillermo, can you said that loud, commissioner guillermo, we didn't hear you. >> sorry. yes. >> okay, great. commissioner chow? >> yes. >> thank you. commissioner green? oh, commissioner green? i'll unmute you, how about that? >> yes. >> great, we're under consideration for adjournment. >> move to adjourn. >> second. >> second. >> commissioner guillermo. >> yes! >> thank you, commissioners. >> commissioner guillermo? >> yes. >> commissioner chow? >> yes. >> commissioner green? >> yes. >> did i get you commissioner

giraudo? >> yes. but i'll give another yes. >> thank you and sfgov tv and for everyone that stuck around and thank you very much and eat and drink and take care of yourselves. >> you too, mark. >> bye. >> bye.

>> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive.

♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador. we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility.

they ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. checking in, you guys. >> wellness check. we walk by to see any individual, you know may be sitting on the sidewalk, we make sure they are okay, alive. you never know. somebody might walk by and they are laying there for hours. you never know if they are alive. we let them know we are in the area and we are here to promote safety, and if they have somebody that is, you know, hanging around that they don't want to call the police on, they don't have to call the police. they can call us. we can direct them to the services they might need. >> we do the three one one to keep the city neighborhoods clean. there are people dumping, waste

on the ground and needles on the ground. it is unsafe for children and adults to commute through the streets. when we see them we take a picture dispatch to 311. they give us a tracking number and they come later on to pick it up. we take pride. when we come back later in the day and we see the loose trash or debris is picked up it makes you feel good about what you are doing. >> it makes you feel did about escorting kids and having them feel safe walking to the play area and back. the stuff we do as ambassadors makes us feel proud to help keep the city clean, helping the residents. >> you can see the community ambassadors. i used to be on the streets. i didn't think i could become a

community ambassador. it was too far out there for me to grab, you know. doing this job makes me feel good. because i came from where a lot of them are, homeless and on the street, i feel like i can give them hope because i was once there. i am not afraid to tell them i used to be here. i used to be like this, you know. i have compassion for people that are on the streets like the homeless and people that are caught up with their addiction because now, i feel like i can give them hope. it reminds you every day of where i used to be and where i am at now. sdwroo good morning

and welcome to the victoria's house or beautiful community in san francisco. we will like to welcome our am mayor london bride. supervisors and department of public health. thank you for joining us all. y victoria's house an arc dull residential community is supportive environment for clients that need assistance

dealing with mental health and coping scythes. offer a process that delivers services, life skills and social programming supporting daily living, medication management, moles and housing. >> our all inclusive on site services provide a step down solution from arc cute setting for clients to be self sufficient in this beautiful city of san francisco. when they reenter the outer community or community can be a solution or client's forever home. i'm asked why we name today victoria's house. i met a client victoria transitioning at that time. she identified as a woman most of her life and was unfortunately mistreated by the system. her decision maker did not understand and did not approve of her transsxigz not allow her care to continue. out dated community care

licensing regulations housed her with a male roommate. when i lynched her story i learned how the system failed her, i said there will never be again a tragic situation and we will provide a community where everybody will be welcome and treated with dignity and respect. [applause] >> our team is proud to be providing residential care and supportive services in san francisco residents. we would like to thank mayor london breed for her leadership, thank you. [applause] as well as all the support she provide not only to our project but all of the new mental health services provided for resident in san francisco. also big thank you to governor newsome for recognizing they need to help with mental illness and funding needed now jc my

partner in this project. >> i'm sorry i would like it introduce john. then jc. good morning, thank you for being here. i like to i had a chance to reflect on our journey from the day we saw this property and tour to today with the beautiful facility. we would not be here today if the board did not pass the controls and legislation which protected board and care facilities. the protections made it difficult or impossible for developer to purchase board and care and change the use to something else. this legislation was introduced by supervisor mandelman who is here today and supervisor ronnin. mental health and homeless issues the top of their priorities. without the protections, we would be standing next to 2 single family homes or market rate condos instead of 46 rehab beds for the vulnerable. we would not be here without

mayor breed willing to tackle the big issues. the city's funding of mental health and homeless issues. you got a tough job. and the mir's office was helpful in getting this over the finish line. i spoke to the governor about 10 days ago talked about the 225 bed facility in san pablo in 2021 the 46 facility here and 150 bed facility in southern california. i thanked him for the care courts and the state pundz funding directored to the issues. however, for most of the efforts to be successful, we need more rehab beds like the ones we are opening today in the continuum of care. these beds familiar general beds likely allow sf general and other acute settings to open beds to get more people off the streets and into care.

and the [inaudible] we strife to provide would be an excellent stop for a person headed to but not yet ready for permanent spicht housing. this is where private/public partner ships with make a change we look forward to the continued work with the mayor's office and the state of california to make lives better. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you, john and beny. thank you mayor and supervisor mandelman. a bit of background we are excited provide the frisk beds. the 46 bed facility with service john and betty referred to. we acquire third degree property over 2 years ago in january of 2020 before the pandemic. it was a neglected former boarding care vacant before we bought it. the likely aisle was condos or high end housing. we saw the potential to rehab in

a high quality facility for san francisco's most vulnerable. the challenge was preserved the buildings historical vicktoryian quality and delivering a new facility inside. i want to thank our inhouse team and open scope and mark, danny who are here. our construction partners it u. and [inaudible] financial support as our lendser. they stepped up to support construction loan in the earth months in the pandemic when many banks had with drawn from the market. we have a license in hand and yesterday our final other certificate of occupancy. thank you, everybody. [applause]. thank you we would like to welcome mayor london breed. [applause]

>> there are a lot of folk who is know that i was born and raise in the san francisco and my grand mother raised me. i grew up in the house with my grand mother's daughter who are had a disability and constantly struggle when my grand mother developed dement why and someone needed to care for my aunt it was challenging dealing with the system. fortunately, for my aunt she had family. people this supported her because, trust me, had she not had us looking out for her she would be on the streets. not able to take care of herself. and in fact, what i appreciate most about the w this we are doing now is that provides an opportunity for to yous support a community that may not have relatives or support to help a system with being able to live a productive life.

i appreciate so many of the great organizations in san francisco i worked with over the years. but also we know it takes a village. when i became a member of the board of supervisors, we had a number of the individuals in our community. there was a gentlemen who i was very familiar with his family and than i watched their father decline significant low to the point where they struggled. and i tried assist them in getting a bit of conservership for their family member, it was a long process. a struggle. sadly t did in the help and unfortunately, their father passed away and died on the streets alone. them should in the happen in a place like san francisco. i other than that there are a lot of people who believe in you know just people having the rights to decide what they want to do with their lives but this is complicated.

there are people who can't necessarily, i will tell you from experience about my aunt, can't even decide how to pay her rent. and to figure out the basic things when she needs to buy. i would sends her to the store to pick up things, yes, then she would spends the money on things she was not supposed to. it was a constant struggle trying to take care of her. it is so much more complicated. when i became mayor, it was important to me that we look at mental health and start to talk about it like we do any other challenge. and we look at our portfolio and behavioral health beds. what will happen is someone in the past before the street crisis response team someone get a 911 call. there was someone going in and out of traffic. taking the general and released

walking around weapon no help or support and people wonder. what are we doing wrong. why are we not transitioning them to a place so they can live a product of lifelike everyone else. we added more besd. we reached 2, 200 beds in 2019 and made a commitment to add 400 more in our portfolio a 20% increase we identified the challenges and needs are and how we can provide these opportunity for people who are struggling. we appreciate so much partners like a & arc health service because we can't do this work alone. we need partner and need people who will make this place a home. so that when someone who is may be provide service through our street crisis sponse team they ends up at general, they may end

up at hummingbird but what is next. this is next. this gives stability. gives support to people who need support. and it helps to map out hat next stage s. is it programs like golden gate regional. like the art. is it programs that help them to sustain their lives with dignity sne i appreciate being here and in fact, this is one of the most beautiful behavioral health homes i have seen in san francisco. so, i know that the people here are going to appreciate that. and they will appreciate also not only where they live and how beautiful it is but that they are treated with respectful you know this they are able to maintain their dignity so we can help get them to the next level this long with the other great things we are trying to do in san francisco, are going to be a game changer.

again, we thank you for being here and thank a & a health services and the department of public health and behavioral health team for all the w they have done and will continue to do to make sure that we are not leaving people out on the street in crisis and giving them the care and support they need. thank you so much. [applause]. next we would like to welcome doctor colfax from department of public health, please. >> good morning and thank you, everybody i say when i was driving here and parkoth street i thought, well, not sure where the bodiesing is it looks like the realtors have an open house. this is just a beautiful spot in an incredible environment. we know from the science that the requirement the physical environment in which people live

during their journey of heeling really makes a difference. realliment to thank our partner who is helped spearhead this project. mayor breed thank you for your leadership and supervisor mandelman thank you for being here with us today. i wanted to thank a & arc health services. this was something differents for the health department to do this partnership really is promising for more working together with you and others on a private partnerships in the future. i thank the dth behavioral health team in the back. lewis, thank you for your leadership and work in this and our behavioral healing director comings is here today. these new beds will increase our capacity to provide on going medical treatment for people throughout the city. and as the mayor io