>> good morning everyone. my name is nuvia (inaudible) depdy director at department of public health. before we begin i like to do the land acknowledgeism we are on uncedeed unsesteral home land of the ramaytush oholone. as indigenous studered of the lands and accordance with tradition, the ramaytush oholone never cedeed lost or forgotten their responsibility of the care takers och thais place and all peoples who reside in their

tor tore. we benefit from living and working on their home land. by affirming sovereign rights as first people. welcome avenue wn. this is new health resource center named after our long time beloved colleague department of public health leader marie martinez. i thank you mayor breed for your leadership that helped make this day realty. thank you for being a champion for san francisco most vulnerable residents. i am thrilled to be joined by marie's daughter polama and friends and families and dph colleagues and staff. thank you to dr. berry (inaudible) for guidance and (inaudible) director of marie martinez

health resource center and staff of the marie for their tireless work. i want to take a moment to say this sentser a incredble accomplishment and directly speaks to the vision and leadership that marie x provided. i cannot think of a more fitting tribute to her legacy then a place where integrated multiagency approach provides care and resources to the people experiencing homelessness as well as to the medically vulnerable san franciscans. marie always found a way to do more. to serve more, to do better. and i know her presence here will inspire all of us to do the same. many of us continue to morn her passing and i when i look what has been created in her memory i find inspiration and strength. as the former director of whole person care, marie knew the value integrating efforts across the city. i want to recognize city

department partners in this effort. the department of homelessness and supportive housing. the human service agency. the department of emergency management. the mayor's office of community-housing and community development. the fire department. the sheriff department. as well as mercy housing and episcicul community service. everyone played a key role opening the community and insuring we provide first rate care to the community. now i like to welcome mayor breed to say a few words. [applause] >> thank you so much, and it is really great to be here. already just walking through the doors, just thinking about the people that this clinic is going to serve, it is absolutely extraordinary. but i do want to start by really thanking the staff and people who work here every single day. today i know it feels great. we have this new facility but this work is hard, and the challenges that exist in our city have

been very very difficult. when the public makes demands for us to deal with some of those challenges and to provide the appropriate systems of care, they don't just happen because people want them to happen, they happen because there are people who are dedicated to making them happenism there are people showing up every single day despite the challenges, disspite beal called names because they understand the challenges with people who struggle with mental illness and substance use disorder who need to have care and support to make sure that they are getting what they need to survive and to thrive in san francisco and it is not easy. and today as we dedicate this facility in honor of marie x martinez we are reminded of advocate that worked for department of public health and dedicated her life to this mission over the last 20 years

understanding it is just not one thing. there are a number of things that happen and people who have tremendous needs. the whole person from the (inaudible) basic physical needs as well mental health and those challenges stem from so many things from dementia to people who suffer with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and so many issues. you know, when i think about our country and our society and the challenges that we face, i think about when we-it is easy to do deal with some of the physical issues like you break a foot or a leg or something and there is doctors who specialize in those things, but we have really i think failed as a society to realize that substance use disorder and mental health challenges people have sit in a category too where they need

specialist and support and compassion, and this clinic is going to provide that holistic support. this place offers treatment on demand. it offers a opportunity when someone wants to get clean and sober, they have the resources to do that. and this is a location where not only the street medicine is housed, the people who are out there on the streets providing the narcan and support and help and assistance to people in need, but also our homeless outreach team, the partnership that exist between these entities to help people who are truly the most vulnerable in san francisco is what this clinic in particular represents all most more then any other clinic that we have throughout the sit a eand county of san francisco. so, again, i want to really thank the doctors and the staff and the nurses, the counselors, the clinicians, the people who show up every single day and put their heart into this work, because you have to love this work in

order to really muster up the strength to come to work every single day and to support this community, your work is appreciated. i also want to take this opportunity to thank all the various departments and agencies who helped to deliver this project on budget and not over budget. it is a over $13 million project, supported in so many different ways including by the voters of san francisco when they support public health bonds, they support clinics like this. they support the opportunity to provide healthcare to san franciscans regardless of whether or not they have health insurance. that's what places like this provide an opportunity to help make sure that people are able to get the support that they need, and so again, i want to thank you all so much for being here today. thank you to it great departments and everyone who played a role in this. it is a lot of work

and it does take a village. thank you again to marie x family and her friends and people who knew her. i know when she passed away in 2020 it was really devastated for the public health community and so i know that you know, as much as some of you miss her, i know especially her daughter paloma today missing her because you know her work and advocacy for social justice, push for creative solutions and change and as a result of naming this clinic in her honor it really cements her leg acy of work in the city and county of san francisco so thank you so much for being here and at this time i like to introduce dr. hammer in charge of all the various clinics that serve the public in our city. we had a number of opening including maxine hall. my grandmother used to

use maxine hall. so many african american seniors and clinics in the bayview and mission and think of the extraordinary histraphy of the clinics and what they provided when people in these communities had no alternative. this clinic first opened in 1917 and has been serving the community through the aids epidemic, through the fentanyl crisis and now all of the things we have to deal with and so we are really grateful for her leadership so ladies and gentlemen, please welcome dr. hammer. [applause] >> good morning madam mayor and gathered guest. holly hammer director of ambulatory care for the department of public health. it is a honor to welcome you to our beautiful new marie x martinez health resource center. this brand new space, this space for healing and connection is the embodyment of a vision

and culmination of years of hard work and community investment to bring the vision to realty. this new space already had a huge impact on capacity to provide humane and high quality care for our patients. the vast nujrt of whom are experiencing homelessness. we serve people in our community who face so many challenges and felt devalued and unseen especially when dhai try to access healthcare. many patients we see have serious health issues. they need an accessible welcoming and manageable place to come for healing. this new facility and the extraordinary staff who work here are our local experts in healthcare for people experiencing homelessness and this is where-this st. the space we provided where they can provide the compassionate care people need. when talking about the incredible work we do here, dr. barry zeven

memedical director describes the model of care based on access, excellence and our own special sauce. our special sauce includes making our patients feel welcome and cared for. we aim to provide as much as we can in a one stop shop model including drop in urgent care, transitional primary care, mental health and substance use services, podiatry and dental care as mayor breed mentioned. and i hope all of you get a chance to look at our big beautiful new dental suite while quou are here. this is why we chose to call this a health resource center. this is truly whole person integrated care. we also partner here with staff from other city agencies who join us in serving the community. especially staff from department of homelessness and supportive housing and our long time partners the homeless outreach team. in planning this project we are

grateful for the important partnership of mercy housing, apiscicul community service, the mayor office of housing community development, human service agency, all agencies so important bringing this project to fruition. before i introduce our next speaker i do want to take the opportunity to thank some of the many people who worked tirelessly on this monumental project. huge appreciation to whole person integrated care leadership team (inaudible) berry zeven, les (inaudible) john grimes, (inaudible) and then also our facility partners from the department of public health lead by cathy (inaudible) and many many others. for those who have the honor of working with marie x martinez and morn the loss of our beloved colleague, friend and mentor, celebrating the

opening of this beautiful place of healing named in honor of marie is both comfortable and gratifying. it is also so fitting our final speaker this morning is marie's beloved daughter polama. i remember marie telling about puloma soon after we started working closely today. she showed her picture and shined with pride as she told about poloma decision to pursue a career in social work. she will make an amazing social worker and i know you are already serving people at unlock another of our community partners. polama this beautiful healing space named to acknowledge your mother vision of compassionate welcoming care for people experiencing homelessness and other social vulnerabilities is part of her legacy . thank you for being here today to help

celebrate the health resource center which remind all who enter of marie's vision and collective work to achieve that vision. i am proud we got to this point of opening this beautiful new place of healing. we are already seeing lots and lots of people here, which is so incredibly gratifying but marie would have been the first to say we have much more to do. this isn't the end of the effort but the beginning. i like to interdue you poloma martinez. [applause] >> thank you holly and mayor breed. i am very honored to be here at the official opening of this health resource center that now bears my mother's name. my family and i are so proud of the beautiful result of her hard work, dedication and commitment. i wish she could be here to see this. she was my example of how to improve the lives of those who were not

being taken care of, so thank you to everyone who helped make one of her dreams a realty. [applause]

>> we celebrate 45 years of promoting culture in the latino community. >> on this 45th anniversary, we are celebrating the mild stone which is being declared a landmark. this building and organization was founded in 1977 by community activist and artist who are seeking equity. there was no place where people of color could exhibit their art work. and there was a need to create a cultural space where latino artist could promote and show their work. so this is what came out of that effort. we have a historical landmark theater, a historic gallery and we have the historic mission graphica, a print shop where much of our history has been documented through art.

through the center, we have been able to develop and promote emerging artist that have become amazing established artist. so we have established traditional programming that the community can count on year after year such as the day of the dead, carnival and the solo mujeres show. during this 45th anniversary, we're also faced with challenge, the city has requested that we have a temporary relocation due to seismic retrofit, that is going to be close to a million dollars. and that's a big challenge for us. >> the 45th is important not just because of the number of years but it reflects the continuity of the center. and it reflects the fact that we continue to exist and thrive and provide our programming to the community.

the challenge going forward, is not only the relocation but it is the diversification of funding so that the center is no longer dependent on single sources of revenue. so going forward one of our efforts and the board particularly is going to concentrate on seek ising alternative funding for the center, so that we don't end up only having one exclusive source, which would be the art commission. >> what we are doing between now and june is having a series of event to raise money, right now, we are asking for the public to support us in our long term sustainability. we need to raise money to continue our legacy for another 50 years or more and in order for us to be here for our community and to continue and vessel and promote latino art, we need everyone's support. we're going to have amazing

shows by established artist. we are privileged in exhibiting the pa lo buy in collection and that's a huge gift for a community. >> [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]

>> we have quality art pieces and quality programming. and we're going to have a few fundraisers under the end of the year and we're asking for the public's support to come out and donate generously and support us in any way you can. we need everyone's help because this is the community's culture center, this is our historical legacy. this is our pride. this is, this is our sole. --soul and we need your help. [♪♪♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it

affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪♪♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu

shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating

the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day.

on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in

the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported.

>> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported.

>> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central

freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. [music] san francisco emergency home program is a safety net for sustableable commuters if you

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