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>> so, okay. hi everyone. i'm sharaoen and i'm executive director of san francisco department of homelessness and supportive housing. i want to welcome everyone today to this joyous occasion. so, this is one of the new buildings that the city is acquiring to add to our permanent supportive housing stock. we know that supportive supportive housing is a try and traoud intervention for people experiencing homelessness. once people go into supportive housing, they do really well. i think we have an 87% retention rate over two years which means people tend to stay ones they come into supportive housing. and the reasons i heard from people who have experienced is that they have a safe, clean and quiet space. that they can brown out noise

of the street, that they can focus on the things that they need to move on forward in nr lives. so today i want to thank the mayor for her incredible leadership. we added so much to the housing stock, since she has been our mayor. i also want to thank catherine stephanie who is newly the supervisors of this particular over this particular building because the, because the lines of the supervisorial lines changed. that's great to see you supervisor. and i want to thank steve goode in five keys thoer their incredible work. both from the shelter side but also in permanent supportive housing. and they're the ones who are responsible for managing this building .d this is a building for 114 adults. right now, it's got about over 90 people moved in.

one of the reasons that we chose it is because of the location. one of the other reasons is because it's a building that was easily renovated and it had a low vacancy rate so there was only about 30 legacy tenants. so that gave us the ability to move a lot of people in. so today we're going to start by hearing from mayor reed, and then i will come back and introduce our next speakers. thank you. >> thank you, sharenne. let me start by saying it's so great to be here. we fortunately have acquired a number of these properties over the past two years, increasing our permanent supportive housing portfolio to almost 3000 units which is one of the fastest increases in over 20 years.

and these types of project don't get the fanfare support and recognition that they truly deserve. because because sadly we see too many people focused on the challenges of the streets but not necessarily on the people who were once part of the challenges of the streets. seems those people now turn their lives around, not just because they have a roof over their heads, but because they're going to have support from organizations like five keys where there will be case management and supportive services, 24-hour service from a team of people who actually really care about the success of their lives. that's a big deal. and what i see constantly because many people say, what are we going to do about the homeless.

and my push back is this, it's not a one size fits all. everyone you see on the streets is not necessarily homeless and has different challenges. so for us, to be as affective as we are in helping people and meeting them where they are, we have to get more creative and more importantly, we have to provide spaces like this. 114 units added to the portfolio with a team of people as i said from five keys. our goal is to make sure that the people that we are directly pulling off the streets and moving in this building never make it back out to the streets. never get back out there for any apparent reason. it takes a lot of work and money and resources and it really takes a village.

of course, sharene and the office of homelessness and housing play a key role in managing a lot of the properties that we have been able to acquire but we can't do it again. and having partners on properties like this and being actively engaged is going to really be a game changer for the city. this was not something that we focused on in the past. and in fact, by 2023, we'll have about 14,000 units of permanent supportive housing in our portfolio. so that's going to be a big increase. and let's also talk about the data and work we've done and how we're finally seeing results. more than almost any other city not only in the bay area but the entire state of california. san francisco saw a 3.5%

reduction in homelessness overall and a 15% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. so we have a lot to be proud of. we know something is working. we see the challenges every single day. but just because people are outside, hanging out whatever going on, does not always mean that they're homeless. and part of our foc sus making sure that we have support and a roof over folks head and the other part is services. the other part is assistance in various capacities. and five keys has been a tremendous partner in helping us in this work. so we appreciate the opportunity to open this space to make sure that we highlight the space. this is one of the, bases that we were able to acquire fast, unlike most spaces we're able to purchase.

wefrp approved in february and we started to move people in may. it was brought to mia tension late last time, that's rocket time in san francisco. but every delay, means a denial to safe affordable housing. i want to thank you for helping us make this building part of this reality and maintain this partnership and great opportunity for san franciscoians to have a safe affordable place to call home. and with that, i want to introduce the supervisor who represents this district. it threw me off, i used to be supervisor of district 5 and after redistricting, supervisor stefani is the supervisor of this district which i think is

great because she will give this building, this side of the community a lot of love and attention. but more importantly our city is changing. it's changing and we have to make some hard decisions redistricting. and in fact, we saw district 6 grow significantly. we saw district 10 grow. but we didn't see a lot of our other parts of our city grow because we were not building enough housing. we have to get aggressive in building housing all over our city. that's really important. but in the meantime this is a lucky building to have supervisor catherine stefani and without further ado, the supervisor of your district. [applause] >> thank you, for your leadership, i was thrilled when you took lead of that department having worked with you for so long now.

and i'm absolutely thrilled that this is part of district 2 and that we're going to add 1400 more units. it's important to do our share. the fact that we moved our lines moore way, certainly means a lot to me. mayor reed is right and i care deeply about the residents here, we have 94 here and 119 potential residents. they have a common room, they have a kitchen, they have a room where they can watch football, 49ers of course.

i noticed that there were no books. we're going to do that start today, we'll do a book drive. and i look forward to working with everyone. and sunny one of my she ros who is very involved with five keys. the fact that we brought over 2000 units is all attributable to mayor reed. and we know that it's not just about providing a room.

we put people in the room. this is what five keys does, so i thank you in advance and what you're going to do for those moving in. next we'll hear from steve goode who is executive director of five keys. >> thank you, i feel like everything i wanted to say has already been said. welcome to 385 church street. we call this the gothem while i'm not batman our staff are superheros. that work that they do. what they do is nothing more

than heroic, from reversing overdoses, treating somebody with dignity and respect deserving of every person. i want to say that i'm proud and happy to be part of the solution that mayor reed, board of supervisors, hsh has brought to the city to reverse the problem. and we'll continue to be here and i think we covered everything that i wanted to say. i have the privilege to introduce one of our residents. david has been unsheltered for approximately 20 years.

enter the system about 3 years ago. he's one of our residents right now. david? >> hello my name is david, david rogin and i'm a resident here. i'm a resident of san francisco born and raised 66 years ago. you know what, i'm lucky to be here. this is the first i can say this is my house. you know, i've got my own key. and now that i'm here my goal is to really get myself together. i got a place where i can come in every night to eat and be safe.

you know it's my room, it's my place. what is better is, the first thing i got into the building, staff made me nervous because they kept asking if i'm all right. i'm all right, they got me a place. i didn't move around like him. but he got it for me and i'm here, you know. now that i'm here i can concentrate on my health.

not only my health but my relationship with my sister. everybody else is gone. i can ask my sister to come over so i can cook her something to eat. i wish i did that with mom but, it's a little too late for that. i hung in there on this ride, i was living in sip, shelter in place. and first day, they said they would guarantee me housing and years later, i'm here right here. that's what is going on right now in my life.

who ever thought i would be doing something like this. it's the like the movies, the mayor is next to me and all of these people. makes me feel like i'm somebody today, you know. [applause] the numbers that are out there, it may be understand a whole lot about what is happening in san francisco with the homelessness and addictionness going on. yeah, it is a problem but my results is if you stick with it, you can get here in san francisco. something must be happening, you know.

i can walk through some of the old neighbors and show. it's different now. i don't know how much they had to clean up around here. this is a nice neighborhood, two blocks away from st. marie's church. one of the parks away, i used to play baseball. now it's about 50 years ago. but, i'm here now and i can look at the park every day and enjoy the sunshine. and just come back and kick it in my place, you know.

>> so i just want to thank everybody, thanks for coming and thanks for celebrating with us, have a great day everybody. >> this neighborhood was lived. for approximately 22 years. >> yeah, like 21 years. >> 21 years in this neighborhood. >> in the same house. >> we moved into this neighborhood six months after we

got married, actually. just about our whole entire married life has been here in excel. >> the owner came to the house and we wanted to sell the house and we were like, what? we were scared at first. what are we going to do? where are we going to move into? the kids' school? our jobs? >> my name is maria. i'm a preschool teacher for the san francisco unified school district. >> my name is ronnie and i work in san francisco and i'm a driver from a local electrical company. >> we went through meta first and meta helped us to apply and be ready to get the down payment assistant loan program. that's the program that we used to secure the purchase of our

home. it took us a year to get our credit ready to get ready to apply for the loan. >> the whole year we had to wait and wait through the process and then when we got the notice, it's like, we were like thinking that. >> when we found out that we were settling down and we were going to get approved and we were going to go forward, it was just a really -- we felt like we could breathe. we have four kids and so to find a place even just to rent for a family of six. and two dogs. >> we were going to actually pay more for rent and to own a house. >> it feels good now to have to move. it feels for our children to stay in the neighborhood that they have grown in. they grew up here and they were born here. they know this neighborhood. they don't know anything outside san francisco. >> we really have it.

>> we'd love to say thank you to the mayor's office. they opened a door that we thought was not possible to be opened for us. they allowed us to continue to live here. we're raising our family in san francisco and just to be able to continue to be here is the great >> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents.

we source the teas by the harvest season and style of crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special.

after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our products and fun to come in and look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious

flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we have minimal hours because of our small team during covid. we do welcome visitors to come in and browse through our products. also, visit us online. we have minimal hours. it is nice to set up viewings of >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and

challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and right vi. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i'm one of three owners here in san francisco and we provide mostly live music entertainment and we have food, the type of food that we have a mexican food and it's not a big menu, but we did it with love. like ribeye tacos and quesadillas and fries. for latinos, it brings families together and if we can bring that family to your business, you're gold. tonight we have russelling for e community.

>> we have a ten-person limb elimination match. we have a full-size ring with barside food and drink. we ended up getting wrestling here with puoillo del mar. we're hope og get families to join us. we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery

for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful murals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money at our businesses and those local people will spend their money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪♪♪ ] good morning welcome toe

september 15 regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee i'm supervisor preston joined by vice chair connie chan and supervisor rafael mandelman the clerk is alissa sa mara and want to thank the team at sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. do we have announcements. >> the board of supervisors and committees convenning hybrid meetings allow comment providing remote access and comment i have at phone. board recognizes that public access will be taking public as follows. first commen