>> the following is a summary of what the speaker said. good afternoon board of supervisors. i am--i am here as i have been here before in 2016 to see that the sanctuary city ordinance will be passed and want it unanimously. i hope this time supervisors or elected

officials consider what immigrants represent, and not-to stop using us as scapegoats for the problems the city has. we have been working in the city and we are asking you to come together and support the sanctuary ordinance to support my companions, that is what i call her, my companion hillary ronen's ordinance. all my colleagues outside who are not immigrants are here standing with us because we keep working together and because of that we start to be treated like humans. please do not touch the sanctuary city ordinance because we are here to fight for it and will come back to fight for it again. thank you. >> thank you. welcome.

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>> >> the following summary of what the speaker said. good afternoon. i am here to defend the sanctuary city ordinance in san francisco and to

support hillary ronen's solution. it is very important for us to preserve justice, due process and equiative treatment of immigrants so please do not touch the sanctuary city ordinance and that goes also for the mayor and district attorney. the sanctuary city ordinance helps protect immigrants from discrimination and racist attacks and harassment on behalf of ice. so, the solution guarantees that we continue to work in san francisco without being harassed. immigrants are support the econome of the country so please let's got backwards and towards racism to (indiscernible) help us preserve the sanctuary

city ordinance. >> thank you. welcome. >> hello. my name is (indiscernible) here on behalf of the san francisco labor council as a secretary treasurer and also representing my own members of local 87, the janitors in the private sector. here to ask you have the courage to stand up for immigrants in san francisco and continue to provide that sanctuary city language and it whole and in fact and ask you to support the resolution. my goal here today is to be able to express my opinions that for every immigrant that is criminalized, there are hundreds that are hard working and come here to be able to have a opportunity for them and their children that perhaps could never have been afforded to them in their native country. i also want to point out that labor here in san francisco shares the city

values and are also protect of the sanctuary city ordinance. we condemn both the recent attacks on the sanctuary ordinance and demand elected officials withdraw them immediately. that is my goal today and here on behalf of organized labor in san francisco. as a daughter of immigrants i tell you we have seen prop 187 and seen how a lot of families at the bus stops fear they would be taken by ice if our parents didn't speak the right language. supervisor dorsey, this is nothing more then legislation that is eroding to save a few but the job of legislators and please forgive my ignorance but the job of legislating is create laws that serve the whole, not the few. with that, i ask you please show immigrants the same compassion that you have been afforded when the chips have been down, san francisco gets up

and we step up and this is what we are all here to do on behalf of immigrant families. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. i'll say just for future reference that the-- [speaking in the background] when you make comments you address your comments to the board of supervisors as a whole, not to individual members. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please. welcome. >> hello board. my name is donna and i work for deloris street community service and proud daughter of two immigrants from mexico and i am here asking you all to support ronen's resolution to this. it is extremely dangerous and not right to link drugs to immigrants. (indiscernible) just because i'm latina and this is-

(indiscernible) i am thankful for the opportunity that i am standing right here because they were given to my parents and me. please support ronen's resolution and protect the sanctuary city. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. hillyard. >> thank you. supervisors. charter section 4.104b all members of such bodies in subsection a shall be resident of the city and county... in quote. (indiscernible) is occupying chair 1 of behavioral health commission and is not a resident of the city and county. they are a full time graduate student at uc berkeley. they rent an apartment in the city of berkeley. they would

have us believe that they scheduled all of their classes during fall semester on tuesdays and thursdays, all five of them. that was hard enough to believe but now it is spring semester uand not making the claim having a elderly parent here in san francisco that needs their care. they have no claim that there is a family business they need to support. they have no reason to be here at all and yet they expect us to believe they spend 4 days out of it week every week since august last year here in san francisco. that's not true and we think they should be dismissed from the board because they lack integrity to resign. back to you, madam clerk. >> thank you mr. hillyard. welcome our next speaker, please.

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>> the following is a summary of what the speaker said. good afternoon board of supervisors . my name is emma galdado here to speak on behalf of the immigrant community. my organization i have heard many stories from many women that come from countries from our countries and these are very stressful stories and we have come here to make san

francisco the place where we can be safe. that's why we fought for the sanctuary city ordinance in the past. we work for that law, we want to keep it and don't want to change it. we fought for that and we appreciate your support. we also appreciate supervisor ronen's support as well. however, if you are not supporting it, we are asking you to please consider and do what it takes so that you change your mind and you come to support us. thank you for your time, and remember that we want to be safe, not unsafe. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. welcome. >> hi, board. my name is (indiscernible) organizer with (indiscernible) and resident of district 8. as a community organizer and immigrant i have seen the benefits of being a

welcoming and sanctuary city. any type of exception to our sanctuary ordinance will (indiscernible) and divide our community. we are a city of immigrants and therefore sanctuary for many. we urge you to uphold our existing sanctuary ordinance and support the resolution put forth by supervisor ronen. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. welcome. >> good evening. my name is (indiscernible) and here to support in favor of hillary ronen's proposal to sustain the sanctuary city policy that san francisco has had for so many years and an example across the country. eroding this policy would actually erode public safety, it would erode the community trust in the city and any

services and law enforcement. it would actually be-have consequences unintended consequences that would hurt everybody so sanctuary policy protects everybody i knowing san francisco to be a progressive city i believe we would not stand for double punishment. i do not believe somebody should be punished in person and punished again by being deported so ask you to uphold sanctuary city in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is susan marsh a resident of san francisco and here to support supervisor ronen's resolution in support of sanctuary and to urge the amendments to this sanctuary ordinance, these attacks on the sanctuary

ordinance be rejected and going to express indignation because i only see this as the first step of elimination of sanctuary. the fentanyl issue makes so sense what so ever even if your solution to the problem is criminalization to deport individuals who are victims of human trafficking, who are doing this under depress under threat of death accept as a way to use a hot button issue to get the ball rolling. it does not make sense, they will not be available to be witnesses against the responsible parties and (indiscernible) and all the other necessities that actually resolve the problem. no, it is a attack on the sanctuary ordinance and i find this quite appalling and urge the board to reject this and reject both amendments. thank you. >> thank you for your

comments. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisor s. my name is nob (indiscernible) here as a resident of district 5. the news and is a alarming. this is a promise of sanctuary made over the years that is upheld over the years. for me for my is lf and my family arriving here in 1980 from el salvador and becoming citizens and residents of san francisco. my longshoreman father, my local 2 mom who worked in the hotel industry, my brother who works for sfmta, myself who dedicated 28 years of service in community in schools and after school programs. and contribution my entire family made to the city, because of the promise of sanctuary. because we were received. because we were

adopted. because now this is my home. i can walk the neighborhood and talk to young people and talk to my neighbors and i wake up every day feeling a sense of pride of what was promised to me is something that i can nourish and encourage and make sure exist for the next generation to come. this is a promise that has been made and instead of breaking promises, break bread with us because every grandmother and mother and aunt, cousin, sister, brother, grandfather that walked up and gave testimony, if you knock on their door they would offer you a meal and sanctuary. that is the way we do and the way we live and just the way we have been raised. we are asking in return because

at every single-in every single economic factor- >> thank you for your comments. >> hello board. my name is (indiscernible) here on behalf of our patients of--i'm a volunteer at a student run clinic in the mission district and running out of san francisco state and each year we see hundreds of patients who have recently arrived to san francisco and we listen to all our patients stories, hearing about the trauma that lead them to knh come to the u.s. many times displaced because of u.s. taking place in where they are living or some ways indirectly effecting their countsries and now they are here seeking care and we are here to support them in any way we can. we

want to advocate and support ronen's resolution for our patients because many migrant folks that come to the city, all they want is to have a sanctuary and as a clinic we try to be there in form of safe haven and hope san francisco can say that for many patients and migrant communities that are here to look for a healthier future where they feel safe and don't have to live with that constant anxiety of leaving the country after traveling so far to get here in order to have a better future. we are here in support with supervisor ronen and thank you so much for listening. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi, ever everyone. i had the pleasure meeting a few of you. i am here with

(indiscernible) and a resident of the mission district and also volunteer at the student run clinic. i am graduate of san francisco state university and raised by a family of immigrants and i'm here asking you all to please please defend sanctuary city. san francisco is a beautiful beautiful community of artists, writers. at our clinic (indiscernible) come in with such a heavyness in their hearts and they look to us as for help and support and we are asking you on behalf of our patients on behalf of our community members, on behalf of the city, to please support supervisor ronen's resolution to protect san francisco as a sanctuary city. as my previous (indiscernible)

mentioned. any of our family members would be happy with a knock on the door to welcome with food and we ask you do the same, that you protect our communities. please. we cannot wait any longer and we will be here until the very end. please. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is (indiscernible) i work at dolores street community service and resident of district 5. an immigrant and have the pleasure servings a interim program manager for (indiscernible) historic strung network of immigrant right organizations across the city, many you heard from today. (indiscernible) dpeeply rooted in fighting for and are defending the sanctuary city ordinance since the inception as the first in the nation. immigrants are vital component of the thriving city. they contribute to our economy, essential work including covid recovery and the cultural vibrancy that makes san francisco

what it is. they are 1/3 of the population of the city and see so many of us here today. the policy demonstrate san francisco and your rare commitment to racial equity and safety for all of us not just the few. our recognition that immigrants are at the core of strong safe communities. there is no over-stating the importance of maintaining the historic precedent and continuing to set a example nation wide. we cannot let ourselves be bullied by department of home land security or federal government because if san francisco is no longer a sanctuary city there is no where that is safe. january 2019 we as united immigrant communities fought to insure the board of supervisors did not take a similar deal from department of home land security and in that moment sf refusal to back down proved to be effective. we know we do not need to succumb to political pressure from the right. you will see us at city hall and on the streets need be. i urge you to

support supervisor ronen's resolution and oppose erosion of the sanctuary city. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. welcome to the next speaker. >> my name is (indiscernible) organizer with san francisco day labor program and dolores street community service here to speak for the folks i work with every day who cannot be here because they are working. they are helping build the city, helping keep the city up, and there st. not enough time to explain how frustrating it is to see sanctuary city be under attack. as someone who moved here from arizona, i can say you don't want to move further to the right and the solution to making streets safer is not increased harassment. undocumented people are vulnerable and i would like to think that the goal or part of it goal of the governance of the city is providing service to people who are vulnerable not for

harassment and increased policing is increase to violence. that's it. >> thank you for your comments. >> introducing a resolution today prioritizing vision zero and our city unsafe streets. as many mentioned last year was the most deadly year since vision zero adopted in 2014. we are going backwards and beyond done handwriteling signs that say a driver will killed our neighbor. i like to ask every supervisor to cosponsor the resolution and moreover make vision zero priority in your districts. hold our government accountable to achieve the traffic safety goals you have set. prioritize funding for frequent transit so most people don't feel the need to drive. ask why intersections haven't been daylighted and what

done to reduce the speeds. ask why the city (indiscernible) concrete barriers to stop sex workers yet subject street safety projects (indiscernible) because i really don't want to stand out there holding anymore posters that say a driver killed our neighbor here. thank you and san francisco is and should remain a sanctuary city. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> my name is (indiscernible) i am here basically representing my family. my parents are from (indiscernible) is a very violence driven state in mexico. and it really makes me emotional that san francisco is-we are having this conversation. i like to ditto a lot of comments made

and like to remind you all immigrants are people at the end of the day. we are right here. we are showing up and i like to remind you all the city was built on the back of our families. we have connection to someone who has are treated like a stranger in their own land and they deserve us to feel safe while providing the warmth of the city so thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> my name is allen. our sanctuary law was adopted in 1989 just a few short years before i moved here. why does san francisco pass this ordinance? it was simple. crime victims or those who witness crimes and did not have documentation shouldn't have to fear coming forward to report the crime. this

ordinance made sense then and this ordinance made sense today. what doesn't make sense is how we use the sanctuary ordinance now today. how is this ordinance used today? this sanctuary ordinance is used to shield 500 drug dealers selling poison to the most vulnerable members of our san francisco community. i oppose item 37 the resolution put forward and support supervisor dorsey. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. welcome. >> good afternoon board of supervisors. my name is (indiscernible) here to support the reparations for the city and county of san francisco. i am also

the creator and founder of i am that i am bereavement trauma and crisis center and it is our endeavor to create a place where the black african community can go to be healed, mentally, emotionally, spirit and financially. during the black history parade we were informed that that committee was receiving death threats in support of the reparations, and i feel that this is inconsinable. the reason i chose the word bereavement because the word means to be robbed, to be seized and to be deprived and so the

black african american people have been robbed, we have been seized and we have been deprived. my parents bought 4 homes in the city, 4, and i am unable to transfer that wealth to my children and my grandchildren and great grandchildren because of what happened to us as a community. >> you have 30 seconds left. >> so, we need to look at what has happened. the drugs was dropped in our community. the guns were dropped in our community. i have 5 brothers, 5 siblings that did not survive. they didn't make it to the age of 50. i'll be 66 september, and this is a tragedy. it isn't enough money that you can pay. >> thank you for your comments this evening. >> my name is

(indiscernible) abolitionist, social justice fighter for my people, for my nation to make a better society, and the unfortunate thing is that we are here today once again debating reparations for my people. we are talking about that the money should be going to education, which we are not even represented to housing that money has already been applied. we heard the death threat that happened with the committee and it is time for us to take a stand of people to assist. we want what is rightfully ours. we built this country. we built this nation and it is time for us to receive. every culture has received monies in some kind of way. every war you discuss you are always speaking of other but you never addressing what is happening to the black community. why? because of

our kindness and your religious system forced on us. for us not to have a relationship with the culture and power within ourselves. you took away our tribal ways. the people have spoken and i'm the warrior queen of my people of my nation to represent the united states of america. i grew into the position, it wasn't something done suddenly, but it is now time (indiscernible) have spoken. it is time for you to let our people go. if it isn't working for the peoples, then it is our duty to abolish or alter. it is evidence the city who is supposed to be a example isn't working for the citizens. many politicians (indiscernible) made millions, but yet the people are suffering in this state. it is disgrace fillmore safeway has prison walls and 3 san francisco police

departments because officers (indiscernible) >> thank you. thank you for your comments. thank you for your comments. francisco. >> good afternoon. my name is francisco, president of the board of homeless children network and codirector of the san francisco day labor program collective of dolores street community service, and also come today representing cultural foundation and the work we do with our communities. i

mention these three organizations because daly city, the violence in our streets, i see the lack of responsibility of departments like dpw when i have to walk down mission street trash infested and not see the cleanliness and investment i see at pier 39 where the streets are clean consistently, trash is picked up, and then have to come here and defend a policy sanctuary ordinance that has helped our families when i dont see the other side, the response to our communities, but i see criminalization. what i remember before sanctuary was families who were afraid to go to the hospital

because they were afraid of immigration. children and parents who were afraid to send their kids to school because afraid of immigration, because of the situation of being pre-documented. pre-documented (indiscernible) so, i strongly urge you to support, maintain the language for sanctuary city as it is, and put in my vote also for reparations and condemnation of the death threats we heard about. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> it has been presented practically as a fact that if a child rapist was extradited (indiscernible) spend remainder of his natural life behind bars, so this is a

wreckless assumption sold as fact but if it were remotely true then a convicted child rapist would never have been shot death in attempting to chase down and disarm a 18 year old youth. liberals arged the rapist was a innocent victim and served his time, active member of society who had been unjustly murdered now argue such criminals are never released from prison. the legislators cannot be trusted with our property lives or writing our laws. why hide drug dealing felons behind innocent immigrants? each month more american die from drugs then killed during 20 years of armed conflict abroad and politicalian americans killed by drugs in the last decade aloneism you seem to take little notice or concern but insist on trust.

individuals spiking pills (indiscernible) with highly addictive deadly chemical if found guilty by definition they are not innocent. releasing felons back to our community is a recent phenomenon many people deported under the obama administration employed gaining decent lives (indiscernible) it is not (indiscernible) the mexican economy may be equal to that of florida. many beneficial jobs and u.s. industry transferred- >> thank you for your comments. are there any other members of the public in the chamber who would like to provide general public comment this afternoon? seeing no one, we will head to remote system where mr. lam from the clerk office

is organizing remote attendees. mr. lam, do we have our first caller, please? >> good afternoon board president peskin, supervisors. my name is (indiscernible) i live in district 2 along franklin street a high injury corridor. i am calling today (indiscernible) giving vision zero unsafe streets urgent attention. i want to especially thank by district supervisor stefani for agreeing to do so. i encourage every supervisor to cosponsor the resolution. as other speakers noted we lost 37 people to traffic last year and this makes the most deadly year since vision zero was adopted. this does not put on track to meet vision zero by next year's plan. our city leaders need to make safe streets top priority planning new projects

and implementing existing ones. (indiscernible) vehicle speed over resident lives. as a example just in the last few months, the sfmta franklin street project reduced in scope to prioritize vehicle level of service. (indiscernible) only applies to blocks north of broadway. there was another pedestrian hit and killed at franklin and nob nab we have results from projects in place and have a clear message. pedestrian safety should be top priority above vehicle speed and traffic flow and this must be unequivocal especially on the arterial streets. we must be bold and create a clear path to vision zero. protect the city most vulnerable residents and improve quality of life and safeguard life itself for everyone. thank you. >> thank you for your

comments. before we hear from the next speaker we have 39 callers who are listening and there are 15 who are already in line to make comment. if you are one of the 39 callers and if you haven't already press star 3, otherwise we might take the group to the end. let's hear from our next caller, mr. lam. welcome. >> supervisors, the san francisco administrative code chapter 12h on immigration status 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, spells out all the benefits that immigrations can get.

i don't understand how the supervisors want a resolution to counter attack an ordinance and rile the people up. i represent (indiscernible) the first people of san francisco. you supervisors have no understanding what you are doing. this land belongs to the immigrants and we have to protect their rights. we don't have to play with their emotions. we don't have to destroy families. so you supervisors have to take your duty very seriously. we don't

have to allow the (indiscernible) to do things that you know they have done in the past. we fought for this right in the 80's in the 90's and continue today. not only here in the united states but all over the world. this is (indiscernible) territory and you are going to give you a understanding because you notified you all of the discrepancies- >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from our next caller, please. >> this is jose. yes, sorry. this is jose,

immigrant right program manager at (indiscernible) today i'm speaking on behalf of (indiscernible) in support of san francisco sanctuary ordinance and support supervisor ronen's solution to uphold the sanctuary ordinance. it is disheartening to learn the mayor, da and supervisor (indiscernible) that is undermining the sanctuary ordinance. first in the sanctuary ordinance in the country and have long history standing up to the federal government. the sanctuary policy helps protect our immigrant community but also keep our immigrant community and families together so we insure our community can get the help they all need without the fear of being (indiscernible) san francisco will and must continue to set a example for our country in

products of protecting our immigrant community (indiscernible) >> [waiting for translation]

>> the following is summary of what the speaker has said. good afternoon board of supervisors, i'm from (indiscernible) . i'm here to defend

our sanctuary city and asking the supervisors for support of this resolution to protect the sanctuary city ordinance and to defend our values. the community of immigrants is vital and inseparable to san francisco and we are asking you to defend our values of equality against anti-immigrant attacks. we are-we need to be treated with dignity, so please dont turn your back on us. defend the sanctuary city ordinance. thank you. >> thank you for the interpretation. let's hear from our next caller, please. >> hello, can you hear me? my name is jennifer a copresident of the san francisco women political committee. we are calling today to

express our organizational support for item 38 by supervisor ronen resolution to 30179 urging support of governor and state representatives to legalize adult prostitution in california. we understand legalizing sex work is a important first step to achieve racial justice wellness and equity for all women. we understand concerns regarding sex worker safety and impact on human traffic, the current criminalization and policing of sex work harm sex worker safety, access to housing and employment opportunities outside sex work. decriminalization is associated with 30 to 50 percent reduction in rape and sexual assault in locations where it is tried including right here in the united states.

because this reduce the threat of detention and arrest workers feel safer and more likely to report violent crime to police. also improve sex worker safety and wellbeing by reducing the biggest barrier to securing affordable housing. having a criminal record. transgender sex workers (indiscernible) decriminalization (indiscernible) capital loans and healthcare. we very strongly support this resolution and urge the board to adopt. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you jennifer for your comments. let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hi. i am floe kelly and live in district 9 and am watching on tv what is going on in this board of

supervisors chambers now, and i appreciate the people that are listening. i'm speaking in support of supervisor ronen's resolution to keep san francisco sanctuary ordinance not to chip away the way it is written. we are a country of immigrants. the city needs to stay a safe place for everyone. i was at the rally at noon on the city hall steps. the five supervisors who have sponsored the resolution made strong arguments about keeping the city sanctuary. please listen to your colleagues. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from the next caller, please. >> good afternoon. my name is bruce a member of the

(indiscernible) i lived in district 11 for the past 30 years and i'm here today to support san francisco crucial sanctuary ordinance. i urge all supervisors to support supervisor ronen's resolution to uphold sanctuary. i recall a few years ago when another demo gog used the accidental death of catherine steinly to demonize immigrants and under mine sanctuary. it is disturbing to see the same approach used here again today. politicians playing on public fears and pointing fingers, this is the tactic we see for (indiscernible) the policy protects those who are neighbors and very people who work makes the city state and country function. given essential protections from the many abuses emigrants face at the hands of ice. it

is crucial to insure our communities get the help they need without fear of discrimination or subjected to ice detention and deportation. i also support the movement to reparations. thank you very much. >> thank you bruce for your comments. we have 38 callers who are listening and 17 callers who are in the queue. let's hear from the next caller, please. >> high name is (indiscernible) i am one of the coexecutive directors of community against violence in support of san francisco historic sanctuary ordinance and urge all supervisors to support supervisor ronen resolution to uphold sanctuary. the last 17 years i worked with survivors of violence. survivors of sexual assault, domestic and

hate violence and knowing you can go to a place to receive help without fear to get deported or handed to rice keeps survivors safe, and this was the biggest reason why i'm here today or on the phone today to urge you to continue to help us keep survivors safe and as a survivor myself i speak on my behalf as well that safety means having organizations and community members that hold all of your realty and so let's please keep sanctuary city. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello, can you hear me? >> yes, we can. welcome. >> thank you. hello and good evening. my name is (indiscernible) i work at the

california immigrant policy center a state wide organization here in california. i am here today in support of san francisco historic sanctuary ordinance and urge all supervisors to support supervisor ronen's resolution to uphold sanctuary. the san francisco sanctuary ordinance is crucial upholding values of equal justice, due process and building strong and safe communities for everyone. i oppose attempt to weaken the ordinance including supervisor dorsey proposed ordinances. weakening the historic sf sanctuary ordinance will erode public safety and community trust with law enforcement as well as city and federal government agencies in san francisco. the policy protects neighbors from (indiscernible) known as ice. it is

the sanctuary policy part of the solution to insure communities in san francisco specifically vulnerable communities get the help they need without fear of subject to ice attention and deportation and family separation. sanctuary insures everyone who call sf home can participate in the community without fear of discrimination or subject to ice attention and deportation. represent racial equity justice and safety for all. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hi. my name is jakey here from (indiscernible) and here to defend san

francisco sanctuary city status. city with sanctuary policies are safer and more economically prosperous then cities without these policies. this also insures equal treatment for all members. removing the ordinance will make our community scared and be unsafe, especially the children of undocumented residents. i urge the board to make the right decision and help uphold our value of compassion, equality and humanity. thank you. >> thank you. mr. lam, next caller. >> can you hear me okay? >> yes. welcome. >> great. david pillpel, just want to take a moment referring back to one of the in memoriams. i join in recognizing mike garcia who is a smart strong and wonderful san franciscans. he

will be missed. thanks very much. >> thank you david for your comments. mr. lam, do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> hello. my name is (indiscernible) here today in support of defending san francisco sanctuary city status. it is important to confront- [difficulty hearing speaker due to audio quality]

>> thaupg thank you for your comments. let's hear from our next caller, please. hello caller, are you with us? unattended line. next caller, please. >> good afternoon. my name is (indiscernible) calling in today in support of item 37 on behalf of dpa i urge all the supervisors to support supervisor ronen's resolution to uphold san francisco sanctuary law which protects neighbors from abuse at the hands of ice and keep families together. the sanctuary policy

is crucial to maintain the stability of immigrant communities and oppose attempts to weaken sanctuary law including the proposal that will turn over immigrants to ice (indiscernible) wrong approach dealing with the crisis rather then saving lives it will intensify enforcement of the war on drugs in immigrants communities making it difficult for people struggling with (indiscernible) if they are or someone they know experience a overdose. (indiscernible) immigration enforcement to confront the crisis we ask san francisco look at the underlying factors of the problem and invest in evidence based measures such as access to harm reduction service, (indiscernible) allowing implementation of prevention programs making voluntarily treatment available

as well as health services that are culturally responsive. (indiscernible) i urge the supervisors to support and uphold the sanctuary policy. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> my name is angela chan the chief of policy at san francisco public defender office. thanks supervisor ronen for leading and preston melgar (indiscernible) cosponsoring the resolution to affirm immigrant vital that are part of our city. a large diverse coalition in san francisco just held a big rally today in front of city hall. i oppose any attempt to weaken our sanctuary ordinance. other cities are watching to see if we are going back on our promise we made to our immigrant communities when we became the first city to adopt the ordinance. what san francisco does other

cities will follow. anyclusion between police shaffer da and ice further fear immigrant communities can't come forward to access city service. with regard to the mayor and district attorney we have the (indiscernible) january 2019. half of the board was around when the trump administration made a similar empty threat. the board did not fall for this extortion and attack by the department of home land security of san francisco. this board should not fall for it now. we all should know better. as for supervisor dorsey ordinance that attacks sanctuary, the human rights community condemn the bold face aempt to scapegoat immigrants. (indiscernible) let's focus on funding and supporting evidence based solutions like creating affordable continuum of care for people suffering from substance use disorder. provide intervention and support for young people

(indiscernible) i ask the board to stand with the immigrant community. the human rights community is proud organized community and will hold any elected official who wants our (indiscernible) >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello. my name is louise whitlock, long time d7 residents. calling to support supervisor dorsey resolution allowing deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted to selling fentanyl. these criminals are violent felons by definition, category which is already part of the existing sanctuary law. these convicted drug dealers knowingly kill people every day on the streets and do it for profits. this resolution has nothing to do with the vast majority of immigrants who work hard every day and a

important part of the community. i fear there is a lot of misinformation and people are now afraid and scared because of the misinformation put out about this resolution. for those who oppose supervisor dorsey resolution and support supervisor ronen instead you show support for convicted drug dealer whose knowingly kill people every day here for profit. this is rep rehenshable and (indiscernible) death and dying on the streets and enormous increase of crime that we are all experiencing since the explosion of fentanyl drug dealing here. lastly, on a different note, i'm a feminist and opposed to the legalization of prostitution. it would further exploit and lead to the further exploitation of women and girls. it is

(indiscernible) please vote no on the horrible resolution. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello. can you laer hear me? >> yes. >> this is gabe (indiscernible) resident of district 8 and i also support sanctuary city and that resolution i'm calling about resolution 36 from supervisor preston condemning the-attack socialism as a member of the (indiscernible) socialism is an ideology and movement that existed a long time that supports people over profit and democracy that isn't decided by how much money you can spend on election. this is part of the pattern (indiscernible)

even though socialist-we have things like child labor laws and the (indiscernible) also like to note in 2020 in the democratic primary, self--proclaimed bernie sanders got more votes then anyone else and more votes then any supervisors have ever gotten and number one candidate then so it is pretty-it isn't a good political tactic just like the sanctuary city repeal, this will not help democrats, it will help republicans and not solve issues we face so urge the board support of resolution 36. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. caller are you with us?

unattended. okay. next line, please. mr. lam, can you circle back to her? >> my name is (indiscernible) in support of the sanctuary city. i feel san francisco is the most beautiful city in the world and watched all over the world because of the diversity. (indiscernible) >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please.

>> my name is (indiscernible) resident of district 9 and in support of defending san francisco sanctuary city status. (indiscernible) domestic silence survivor handed over to ice (indiscernible) slippery slope that result in exploitation of this exception as it has in the past. (indiscernible) to create and are take advantage of exceptionals to san francisco sanctuary city status to enact political agenda and (indiscernible) inclusive safe communities from all walks of life. do what is right and protect our communities and undocumented friends by refusing to allow history to repeat

itself by protecting san francisco sanctuary city. thank you. >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, we have 31 callers who are listening, there are 8 callers in the queue. if you haven't spoken already and haven't pressed star 3 you should do so now, otherwise we'll take this group to the end. welcome our next caller, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is rosa (indiscernible) i work with (indiscernible) mission district resident. immigrants have been scapegoats throughout u.s. history and now san francisco historic sanctuary city ordinance is under attack again. i urge board members to uphold our sanctuary ordinance. i oppose the dhs attempt to bully our city leaders and to chipping away at due process protection in our ordinance. ice is never going to be do anything about exploit the idea of

crime as a justification for what they want to do recollect , which is move people out of the country. weakening due process is a false solution rooted in xenophobia and (indiscernible) not improved community safety. i support the resolution by supervisor ronen to keep our sanctuary city status in tact and urge you to do the same. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am calling on behalf of free sf and also want to call in support of supervisor ronen's resolution to protect the san francisco sanctuary ordinance.

i also want to thank the supervisors who are out during the today's rally. thank you for the support. it is important to keep in mind that these tactics of demonizing immigrants have been used in the past by racist fears that make no sense. we have to keep in minds these are tactic used to try to separate communities and try to divide communities in general and so i call in today to support of supervise ronen's resolution and will not stop until the sanctuary city ordinance is cemented and forever kept in the city. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, next caller, please. >> the first i felt in dangerous by crossing the street was in the early days of uber. as they kept

exhibiting this brave ignorance of basic laws like not parking in cross walks or turning before you reach the curb. shameless and lawless they were. i was mystifyed by courtesy (indiscernible) it was a foreign experience having felt safe as a pedestrian in san francisco. after the law enacted the streets grew more eradic and sidewalks more road like as the speed bumps public assembly (indiscernible) became a frowned upon occurrence. the drug market boosted (indiscernible) these days pausing to gaze at architecture. the city occupied or sidewalks by camouflage army green fatigues making the sidewalks more a fast lane.

(indiscernible) the scooters and bikes added to basic rules of the road. no eye contact with pedestrians and courteous nod that is safe to cross the street. they laugh if you want them to slow down. they shout if you dont get out of their way. i was hit by a bike turning into the intersection while a scooter blocked from escaping. trapped between the two the car turning into me slammed their breaks in time the only one who slowed down was the car. the bike operator yelled at me for hitting me, the car saved my life, the scooter driver drove on oblivious. >> thank you citizen 22 for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam let's hear from the next caller, please.

>> hithere. my name is (indiscernible) i urge people to support supervisor ronen's resolution to support historic san francisco sanctuary city ordinance. it is extremely concerning that a fear tactic is used to convince the public to modify in support of supervisor dorsey's suggested changes to the ordinance. we need to protect our community and the ethics and values we established in san francisco. we cannot allow (indiscernible) to bully us. any modification is extremely dangerous and as many said it is disheartening we are having this conversation today. we know better it and it is messed up we have to tell you guys that this is messed up. again, no modification to our san francisco sanctuary city ordinance. thank you. >> thank you for your

comments. all lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> good afternoon. steven, sf native firefighter (indiscernible) while intention of sanctuary city is noble, we do have a right to question aspect s of a policy with (indiscernible) san francisco is welcoming city to immigrants however these good intentions can be taken advantsage of. we have the right to accept those who contribute to our city and hold those accountable who harm our city by selling deadly fentanyl. as a grandson of immigrants from ecuador (indiscernible) harm the reputation of honest hard working immigrants everywhere and can lead to knee jerk reaction to all immigration. it is time to hold those accountable

who abuse our trust. i support da mayor and matt dorsey's statements and resolution. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. we have 5 callers in the queue. there are about 30 listening. if you haven't pressed star 3 we will take the last group to the end. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> good evening board of supervisors (indiscernible) deloris street community service and organization of sf island speaking in support of supervisor ronen's resolution upholding the sanctuary city ordinance. as a daughter of mexican immigrants and director of organization with 40 years serving the latin ex (indiscernible) our board is entertaining measures to carve out exception to the historic city sanctuary policy which has been

in place since 1989. our community wants to see our leaders as a board of supervisors reject allowing the city police cooperating with ice and reject the measure to add non citizens charged with selling fentanyl (indiscernible) we know immigrants are particularly vulnerable to civil rights abuses. high poverty level, language barrier and lack of legal assistance give the immigrant community little to no resource to defend rights and receive due process. these measures are working to advance anti-immigrants agenda which under mines the sanctuary pologist and has no place in a immigrant city like san francisco. our immigrants communities have deep roots in the city and contribute substantially to our city economy and wellbeing. as a city that prides itself on equality and inclusion, we cannot let ourselves be bullied in submission. the department of homeland security is trying to bully our

city to weakening due process protections in our sanctuary ordinance. these political games are deeply wrong and unnecessary. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. let's hear from our next caller, please. hello caller, are you with us? let's go to the next line, please. >> hello. >> welcome. >> hi. good afternoon. nigh name is (indiscernible) with care. i'm here today in support of san francisco historic sanctuary ordinance and urge all supervisors to support supervisor ronen's resolution to uphold

sanctuary. our sanctuary ordinance is crucial in upholding values of equal justice, due process and building safe communities for all. i oppose any attempts to weaken sanctuary including the mayor, district attorney and supervisor dorsey proposed ordinances. the sanctuary policy helps protect our neighbors from racial profiling and abuse at the hands of ice. this is important-it is part thof solution to insure our communities get the help they need without fear of discrimination or be subjected to ice detention and deportation. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> hello. my name is cynthia a organizer from just cause locate in the excelsior and here today in support of defending san francisco sanctuary city status.

i grew up having undocumented mother and family members and know very well the daily fear of having my family separated and deported. do not make us suspend our sanctuary city laws and leave our pressure immigrant communities at the whims of laws that always wanted to criminalize us and keep those in power. we need to work on investment in actual community care and public health, education and collectively heal those that have been impacted by the war on drugs. don't make our immigrant communities the scapegoats for crime when we know very well the institutionalized history and criminalization of the city of the most vulnerable communities that placed profits over human dignity. we need to do better and i ask you to oppose any resolution that end sanctuary city. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. mr. lam, do we have another caller in the queue,

please? hello caller, are you with us? alright. mr. lam, let's move to the next line, please. >> good afternoon supervisors. this is patrick shaw. just real briefly on two points. i support supervisor dorsey's efforts to have fentanyl drug dealers dealt with appropriately. it is obvious unless you get rid of the drug dealers that crisis is going to

continue forever. on another point, i thank you for continuing the remote public comment agenda item to next week. >> we cant talk about that during general public comment. >> i was just wanting to remind you during public comment that the issue with callers on the -callers on the monkeypox vaccine efforts that the city commendbly tried to curtail should not be used as a precedent. it was a (indiscernible) and should not set

remote public comment policy. thank you very much. >> thank you for your comments. before i call on mr. lam, i am go toog say we have a member of the public here in the chamber. we'll come to you next. mr. lam do we have another caller in the queue, please? >> hello. how are you? my name is marie (indiscernible) the director of community engagement and organizing for dolores street and i wanted to tell you that when i moved to this country and to this beautiful city in 1991, i found that there was something called the sanctuary city and i was amazed for what that meant for all immigrants. to see san francisco was the leader in the country and the first city having it. now, we

are (indiscernible) trying to go back in the past and not to have it anymore and i found that very discouraging and really very upsetting. now we declared that drug dealers of immigrants are the ones to blame for the fentanyl crisis. before it was the chinese for the opium and japanese for the war. not long ago (indiscernible) nobody is responsible for all the lives lost during the (indiscernible) the black and brown lives that were lost there, nobody but (indiscernible) i had a question for you for the supervisors that do not support ronen's resolution. my question is, if the

system doesn't work, is this community to be blamed? maybe your system is the one that doesn't work if you need to change (indiscernible) by the way, you know better then we do that you have all the tools to condemn them and you are (indiscernible) >> thank you for your comments this afternoon. mr. lam, do we have another caller in the queue, please? hello caller, are you with us? mr. lam, let's go to the next line, please. >> there are no callers in the queue.

>> remote public comment is closed and to the speaker in the chambers, please come forward. >> hi. my name is (indiscernible) a d10 resident speaker in support of the sanctuary city as a daughter of mexican immigrants that came to san francisco lived in the tenderloin, worked in the mission. i'm a product of what immigrant families bring to the counry and specifically the city. proud city college of san francisco and san francisco state graduate who helped pass a charter amendment to fund our city public school. i am what immigrant families contribute despite what you may have heard from city officials. the legislation brought forward to make exceptions to the sanctuary city doesn't just pose a threat to the people who wake up every morning and make san francisco run, but a bigger issue of what introduction of anti-immigrant rhetoric looks like in san francisco.

i am old enough to remember the ice sweeps in arizona and children who are waiting for their parents to pick up from school and never arrived. i am old enough to remember how the language first started much like the language we are fighting today. i challenge supervisor dorsey to propose effective legislation that looks deeper into our problems on the streets then just using my community as a scapegoat. i ask the board support the resolution brought forward by supervisor ronen. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> seeing no other speakers in the board chambers public comment is closed. madam clerk, please read the adoption without committee reference calendar. >> item 33-40 introduced for adoption without reference to committee. unanimous vote is required on first reading today. any member may require a resolution on first reading to go to committee. >> would any member like a item or items severed?

supervisor ronen. >> item 37 and 38. >> supervisor engardio. item 36. seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk, please read-call the role on the balance of the items on the calendar, 33, 34, 35, 39 and 40. >> on item 33, 34, 35, 39, 40- [roll call]

>> 11 ayes. >> item 36, please. >> item 36, resolution to condemn the passage of red baiting house resolution 9 and urge congress not to engage vote for or support fear mongering and red baiting by the federal government. >> supervisor engardio. >> i'll vote no even though there are things in the resolution i agree with. i believe we should have universal healthcare but this resolution deals with matters of national government beyond the scope of our city council as a city supervisor focused on matters like public safety housing and small business. with national matters i are lie on representatives in congress. san francisco is lucky to be represented by speaker pelosi. speaker pelosi considered house resolution 9 and voted

in favor. i'm confident in speaker pelosi judgment and do not see the need to send (indiscernible) >> to this matter supervisor dorsey to item 36. >> thank you president peskin. as i was reading the resolution i was in my office and looked up at my wall and occurred it me there were two photos of socialist including dorthy day and think you had me at dorthy day. the other is a cousin of mine, first cousin twice removed who represented lower manhattan in the u.s. congress all most hundred years ago. later went to be a republican because the machine was so curupt (indiscernible) he was a socialist and i appreciate that whatever disagreements i

think-we should not weaponize labels and in the way that members of congress were doing it so i appreciate this. it also made me remanence to my days as a member of dsa after-i hang out at the food for thought book store in north hampton massachusetts. my politics may have changed a little bit but my heart is with you on a lot of values including this one and like to be added as cosponsor. >> always interesting day at the board of supervisors. [laughter] supervisor preston, knowing what you now know, which is that at least one member is going to vote no, you had infinite choices but you can snd to committee or ask for continuance. >> thank you president peskin

and thank you supervisor dorsey for your words. going to get yourself in trouble. appreciate your cosponsorship. so, colleagues i wanted to briefly speak to this and we can talk how to address procedurally where we are. i introduce this resolution after the passage of house resolution 9 and i urge folks to read it if you have not because it has no place in the record books of our u.s. congress. it is a deeply misleading-i say a mean spirited resolution authored by republican salazar. never should been introduced and never passed and shock to me. not today's republican party would introduce this but have any democrats voting for this. the passage with bipartisan support is deeply

deeply concerning and i want to emphasize this is not a nuanced critique of systems or ideas or good faith effort to have conversation about socialism or capitalism, this resolution that the congressional resolution is just straight up red baiting making sweeping misleading claims about socialism and declaring socialist basically to be mass murders and total unconditional opposition to socialist policies in the united states. i am all for debate on any time with colleagues friends anyone in the public on the nuances of socialism, capitalism and all things between, but i think that kind of debate is exactly what these kinds of red baiting attacks are meant to stifle. meant to intim bait people who want to see our country implement policy that help

working class people (indiscernible) and i think it is not okay that would be introduced or pass. i want to remind folks that mccarthyism didn't just happen over night. joseph mccarthy didn't just convince colleagues go after communist. the implementation of policies was the result of escalating and strategic red baiting and anti-communist propaganda exactly of the type that the resolution to which we are objecting so this is 2023, not 1950. i hope that despite areas where we may disagree we can come together and take clear stand against red baiting in the house of congress. we wrote this very carefully to make sure that folks who supported this were not supporting one way or the other around socialism itself, because i don't think that

would be a position i'm looking to put colleagues who may not share some of my views on socialism, but i do think there is a basic sense of what is right and decent here, which we are trying to capture in the resolution, so i also remain hopeful. i can convince colleagues from district 4 to change his view on this one, so with that, like to move to continue it a week and hopefully we can do it unanimously next week. >> motion to continue. second by supervisor ronen. we need a roll call on that. take majority vote or can we do that same house same call? >> we have- >> we don't have the same house-roll call. >> on the continuance of item 36 to march 7- [roll call]

>> there are 11 ayes. >> the motion passes and for the record, at 1159 none of you can do that anymore. [laughter] madam clerk, item 37. >> item 37 is resolution to urge department of homeland security and biden administration to reject the recent attack on san francisco long-standing sanctuary ordinance and urge dhs to extradite accused individuals without further delay. >> supervisor ronen. somehow i think this could be repeat of the previous item, but go ahead.

>> thank you so much colleagues and thank you and i want to start by thanking all the people quhoo came to the board of supervisors and called in during public comment to speak about the importance of the sanctuary ordinance to the immigrant community in san francisco. i want to start off by making clear what we are voting on today and then bringing it to larger context about the proposed ordinance by supervisor dorsey. what is happening with the ordinance today is if we were to vote on it and had unanimous vote we would send a message to both dhs and biden administration that their insistence that we make exceptional to our sanctuary ordinance in order to extraidate two men who i believe are in mexico right now and who are accused of

committing heinous crimes, that they want a big long public legislative process that will take at least 30 days prior to doing any extradition. there is so much deeply wrong about this, but the first thing is that trump administration in 2019 tried to pull similar antics with this board of supervisors. we were going down that route considering a one time exceptional to the sanctuary ordinance and they extradited the individual in question and that person faced charges from the district attorney and everything went fine. that is because the sanctuary ordinance what it does is it prevents the use of

our limited resources here in the city. we are about to consider a $25 million supplemental to the police department that we hear every single day from every officer, every community group is so under-staffed they don't have the time to enforce the federal government immigration laws. let me start by saying that the annual budget of ice, the immigration custom enforcement is over hundred billion dollars. they have endless resources to enforce this nation's immigration laws,x that is not the responsibility nor the duty and gets very dangerous when asking local governments to do that. we must maintain the trust of our immigrant community and our elected officials and public officials here in san francisco. it is something that has served us well throughout history, and it is something that we are

very very proud of here in san francisco. we are one of the strongest sanctuary cities in the country and it should be and is a point of pride. i'm overwhelmed by the turnout today. normally i organize-organizer so when i fight something i organize, our office did not do one second of organizing. that was spontaneous turnout because the sanctuary ordinance is so important. it is a sacred part of who we are as a city and county. it is like just like we are proud of being a sanctuary for lgbtq community when they are kicked out of homes or told that they can't be themselves in certain states, we welcome people here. that's the same thing we do with immigrant community. it is part of what makes san francisco san francisco. we expect this kind of

antics from the trump administration. i'm really disappointed the biden administration would blackmail us in the same way. you have to change your laws otherwise we won't do what is responsibility to do which is extradite the dangerous individuals. i am really disappointed in the biden administration. i think is very important we send the message we are not going to be blackmailed, we make choices about the laws that we support or oppose here in san francisco based on what is necessary to maintain the public safety here locally, and the sanctuary ordinance is critical to maintaining the safest society we can in our city and we are not going to be blackmailed into weakening those laws when what you should be doing is arresting those accused suspects of the heinous crimes yesterday and extradite them to

san francisco to face prosecution tomorrow. so, again colleagues i hope that you will vote in favor of this. i just want to speak-we'll have a lot of time to talk about supervisor dorsey's proposed separate completely separate ordinance that would make exceptional to the sanctuary ordinance for immigrants who are convicted of selling fentanyl. supervisor dorsey, there are somany things i think are wrong with that ordinance. i think it places blame in the wrong place and think it is dangerous. as we have seen with the trials that have gone forward for immigrants who were arrested for selling fentanyl in the streets and both those cases turned out in hung

juries with the vast majority of jurors on the side of the immigrant because of the overwhelming testimony from experts and immigrant himself in both cases that he is trafficked. he is a victim of labor trafficking and what we learned about these cases of some of the youth that are in the tenderloin is that they are living in poverty in honduras, they are desperate to survive, traffickers tell them they there are construction jobs in san francisco and that if they make investment in the coyote to bring them over to san francisco that they quickly will be able to pay off that debt through the construction work and then able to work hard and send money back to their families so they can eat and survive. when they get here they have fallen into

a trafficking trap where they are told if they do not sell drugs that they will harm family members back home in honduras and they know where the family members live and they make credible threats. that is labor trafficking. i don't want drugs being sold in our streets. i don't want open air drug use supervisor dorsey, you and i are partnering and going to new york later this week to try to bring a proven solution to open air drug use to our city to save lives, overdose prevention centers. these problems are as old as time basically in the country. definitely since the 20's when drugs first became legal in this county, and rather then scapegoating and placing the blame for any of the crisis we

are currently placing on vulnerable immigrants who are just as much victims of a international drug trade system, that quite frankly the dea has been trying to disrupt for decades and quite frankly involves corruption at all levels of government both nationally and internationally, and is incredibly complex billion dollar organization to go after the immigration status of the lowest level of the totem pole bhoo often times if not always is a victim him or herself just doesn't make any sense and once again it attacks the sacred sanctuary ordinance that is sack rusanct and the minute you weaken it there is other examples and heinous

things that happen and when there is no one else to blame who is the easy target? the most vulnerable members of the community. undocumented immigrants struggling to survive tricked and trafficked and that do the jobs in our city that benefit all of us yet get very little of the reward. i represented undocumented immigrants as a lawyer before coming to city hall and the exploitation and horror stories go on all the day and immigration status is used to keep them quite so they don't protest working conditions and all due respect feel you are falling into the same trap. there is a lot we need-we need a vision and plan. we need a vision from the mayor's office that understands that this is a health crisis first

foremost and criminal issues involved. let's point the strength of our limited law enforcement resources at the higher ups that are causing such havoc in this international drug trade and not at the victims. i know that we'll be speaking much more about this in the coming days. i hope colleagues that i have your support. the faster we send this to president biden and dhs, the faster we can get them to extradite those individuals that need to face our criminal justice system, and i would like to make sure we don't have unanimous vote before i make any motions. >> okay. >> if colleagues-i think most are planning on supporting this today. if any of you are not really beg you to

reconsider. we shouldn't be blackmailed in order to extradite potentially very dangerous individuals that should have been done already. >> supervisor dorsey. >> thank you president peskin, thank you colleagues. i want to express gratitude to my colleague supervisor ronen and also the cosponsors of this. in looking at the resolution the vast majority of these recitations are statements that i agree with. what i don't agree with and where i find that i can't support this resolution is considering what i believe are narrowly tailored exceptionals that supports- (indiscernible) i can't consider that an attack on the sanctuary city policies. i brought along the

original city refuge ordinance from 1989 and within this this stood unamended 24 years and exceptions in there said it banned cooperation as it should with federal authorities because immigration is not the job of local government. that is 10th amendment principle and support sanctuary but there was always exception. it was quite sweeping for 24 years accept for cooperation related to any alleged violation of city and county state or federal criminal laws. so, it was any violation and there wasn't a due process scheme for how we would deal with immigration detainer request or notification requests from federal authorities. in 2013 a decade ago, we revisited this. we as a city, and enacted the due process for all ordinance. the due process for

all ordinance listed that we would not cooperate with detainer requests or notification requests for immigration authorities when someone was in custody accept in circumstances where the individual was a adult, whether the individual had a conviction for a felony conviction, and then held to answer based on probable cause standard by a judge of guilt. there were 23 felony crimes listed. these were violent felonies that were existing exceptions stand today as exception s within sanctuary. this was enacted unanimously by this board. three years later we revisited that and we added serious felonies bringing the total of felony crimes for which sanctuary does not apply to 45 felony crimes. so realty

is exceptions have always been part of sanctuary and far from being attack on it. i argue it is a workable policy that is something we can defend from the far right when they say that they misrepresent what it actually is to stand for public safety and stand with immigrant communities. the reason that it is important i believe to our city and certainly to me is because the loss of life we are seeing from one drug, fentanyl. in my judgment calls out for adding exceptional for what is absolutely the most deadly crime in san francisco today and i would submit to you is the deadly crime in san francisco history. we heard a lot today about vision zero and

safety challenges we face on our streets. the loss of life due to fentanyl is 15 times what we lost over the last 3 years. 15 times, one drug, fentanyl. if we were to narrowly taylor exception as i'm proposing, what it would do is incentivize going back to other drugs. if everybody goes back to heroin methand (indiscernible) claims the lives of -adult convicted of crimes like extortion, car-jacking, threats to victim or witness,

first degree burglary, robbery. these are existing laws and existing exceptions but we extend that to deadly crime in history, that is quhie i think this is a amendment that is in historically speaking it is the most narrowly tailored amendment to our sanctuary law ever and to the issue that the district attorney and mayor are raising, i think that is another example of. this is a single case. i think we have strong laws when they are workable, not when they are ridged and unworkable. i certainly have said and spoken to colleagues, i'm willing to have a conver sation about ways we can negotiate on this. right now the way i have authored my proposed ordinance would be if somebody is convicted of fentanyl dealing felony just fentanyl in the last 7 years, that would be parallel to violent and serious felonies. we could start the

clock from today or when it is enacted. maybe we make third offense. there are ways we can do this but i think when we see the loss of life we are seeing, it shocks the conscious we have to do something. the fact we are considering something that is only applicable when there is a conviction and second offense and willing to talk third offense- >> if i may, what is before us is this resolution, not your ordinance. >> fair enough. in the context of things that are attacks on sanctuary, i would just say that this is the making a law that is workable and one that can allow for reasonable exceptions. i think something that is true to our values and i don't see as a attack on sanctuary or values or

betrayal of our principles. >> supervisor melgar. >> thank you. is it appropriate to keep talking about this? i don't go if-does that mean you are not goes to support the resolution? >> that is what i define from supervisor dorsey's statement. is that correct? okay. we might be able to trunicate this-i don't want to deny anybody their right to speak, but i think supervisor ronen may want to make one of two motions, but there are infinite other choices. >> extend the press is watching, i think there needs to be response to the supervisor dorsey's comments. i'm happy to respond but happy to let my colleagues speak first and put myself

back on the roster. >> absolutely melgar. >> since we are giving our two cents, i have spoken to supervisor dorsey and most of the colleagues about this issue as you well know. i'm a immigrant to the countsry, came here during the war so my family on both sides has long-history going back and forth between san francisco and other places. my great grandparents came here to work processing chickens in san francisco and worked for decades. they brought their 4 sons and when they saved up enough money to retire they bought a house and went back. their sons all stayed, accept for my grandfather who went back to el salvador. on my dad's job

(indiscernible) escaping anti-semitism and poverty and made (indiscernible) my story isn't unusual. people have come back and forth between san francisco and everywhere in the world seeking fortune and advantsage sometimes with papers and sometimes not. it made our city, what made our state. chinese labors, build the transcontinental railroad which opened california to the rest of the world and made for what we have today. brought over produce because it was summer over there when it was our winter and made-there was like our city our country is built on labor of immigrant. today tourism is number one industry and who cleans the hotel rooms and makes the food and

takes care of it kids and elders? immigrants. the sanctuary ordinance is to the immigrant population of san francisco what marriage equality was 6789 . it is a foundational representation of our values through legislation and you chip away at it. there is exceptions and that goes to the heart of what sanctuary is. what we are talking about in the effort that our district attorney and mayor are engaging in right now which is what the resolution is about, is to cooperate not if people are guilty but people are innocents and that to me is particularly disturbing because that goes to the foundational value of what it is that we are doing with the sanctuary city ordinance. let me just say that i also am really disturbed by unintended consequence that go to our values. if you are a

woman who is engaged in relationship where there is domestic violence and your boo is doing something on the side how likely you will go to someone and say you might kill me. if she knows he might get deported. if you are a child in the san francisco public schools not getting enough to eat at home or in a situation that is not good for them what is likelihood you go to the counselor and saying this is what is going on. if you are a day labor who worked two weeks and doesn't want to pay you and says i'll call the police and tell them you are dealing fentanyl what is likelihood the person will come forward and get the wages they need to feed their family? i think that this is to the heart of what sanctuary city is. it is a foundational representation of our values. i think we have a profound fentanyl crisis. i agree with you, we

should be doing everything to make sure that that is taken care or. not attack the immigrant community because we did not cause this problem. let me just also go back a little bit into history lessen of happened during the clinton administration with a wholesale policy of deportation young men sent back to el salvador with tricks from the streets of la and that is where we got the (indiscernible) all over central america and directly involved in the drug trade today. it was our policy that have created this problem and i think that unintended consequence now in a world that is digitally connected where folks go back and forth is going to have consequences we are not seeing. we

may think it is a narrowly tailored just for this one thing but i fear it will have consequences far beyond what we are thinking about. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you mr. president. colleagues i will be voting yes on this resolution and i want to explain why. i agree with two things this resolution seeks to accomplish. first, it reaffirms san francisco commitment to be a sanctuary city. this is a important concept for public safety that allows undocumented residents to report crimes and testify as witness without fear of deportation. i agree with the resolution because it urges department of home land security to extradite two individuals sought for criminal prosecution by our district attorney as soon as possible. our sanctuary law contains narrow exceptions for those accuse said of high felonies. these are individuals accused of heinous crime, murder and

sexual assault and need to be brought to justice and should not have to pass an ordinance to bring these crimes to justice. we face similar situation in 2019. the federal government first said we needed to make exception in our sanctuary city law before they extradite a rape suspect. the city reluctantly agreed then before the board officially voted on the ordinance the federal government extradited the suspect without us taking action. if the feds can extradite a suspect then, they can do it again. in san francisco we must hold criminals accountsable. i hope department of home land security will do its job and extradite the people accused of such heinous crimes in our city. >> thank you. supervisor safai. >> this is coming out

of 10 minutes. >> no it is not. clock starts now. just kidding. this is serious. i want to thank the individuals who came out to speak on the issue. spent all most decade of my life working on the front lines with some members that came here today. some of whom found out one day when they showed up to work the federal government had instituted under obama administration no less an e-verify program and thousands people lost their job. janitors clean our building and do the work many don't want to work and do and that is the truth. the history of this city, the commitment of this city to immigrants is undeniable. supervisor engardio said it great, supervisor melgar spoke from personal experience. thank you supervisor ronen. there is no need to do what is being asked. the federal government can

extradite and should not wait for a local government in the united states to take action. they should be taking action. this is too important a issue. should not ask us to amend, so i want to say thank you supervisor ronen and all the folks who fight for immigrants. i want to be added as cosponsor and would ask you supervisor dorsey, this is not a issue whether or not we are making exceptional for the two individuals. we have saying federal government arrest and extradite these individuals. that is what is said today. do your job. department of home land security. secondly, speak to the issue since it has come up. supervisor dorsey and i have spoken. i think this is one of the most misguided pieces of legislation i have seen in 6 and a half years and say that respectfully.

there is no way shape or form it will have any impact at all. have a conversation supervisor with the chief of police. have a conversation with our sheriff. they will tell you this will have absolutely no impact. it grabbed headlines, it made people think, this is my response if i see someone doing this we should--that will not be the case. you literally will waste energy, time, effort, resource jz have no impact. when i tried to explain this to my 12 year oddaughter who response is the author says every drug dealer is undocumented? that is what will happen. the janitors will be scared. the hotel

workers will be scared. the restaurant and construction industry-every immigrant in our city will all a sudden be scared. it will have zero impact on drug dealing. you know what is having a impact and you know because you represent the district and so does supervisor preston, when people break the law they are arrested for breaking the law. that is having a impact and having impact over the last few weeks because we have seen a change on the streets. we don't ultimately know what that impact will be, but what if and all a sudden it is already happening a new drug rep comes on the scene that is not fentanyl that is just as or more deadly, do we come back and amend again? there will be no impact. please have a conversation with those that implement the law on a daily basis. they will tell you the impact will be zero. just like the death penalty does

not deter people from killing, this will not deter. what will deter is enforcing the law, arresting the law and produce cushion and doing in a way we send a message we hold people accountable. people selling the drugs and destroying communities should be held accountable and i 100 percent believe that, but making this into a immigration debate is a complete distraction and not the way we want to turn this issue around. thank you mr. president. >> thank you. colleagues if we can stick to the measure before us we are not debating supervisor dorsey's ordinance yet. supervisor stefani. >> thank you i will follow the directions. i plan to be--i just want to say i can't believe we are back here again. as a former prosecutor who prosecuted many different crimes who saw many

people suffer who what supervisor melgar said, the idea of victims of serious crimes or children not feeling safe to be able to go to law enforcement or anybody because of this just makes me sick. every deserves the protection of the law and this has always been not just protecting our immigrant communities, but building trust with law enforcement and if you don't think building trust with law enforcement is important to public safety you don't understand it. what makes me so angry about this is we are not voting today but in support of this resolution, when i was oen the rules committee with supervisor ronen in 2019 we did face this same thing and she said and after told the department of home land security won't bring the person back to san francisco

to stand trial unless we made the exception to the sanctuary city policy we were at the rules hearing and agreed with supervisor ronen when she stated this doesn't constitute a exception and it was narrow agreement between the city and dhs and asked at the time if there was a path to bring it individual back to the city and the da office made it clear alturn tv paths were explored and there were not any. we were told city attorney office by the city attorney office that the department of home land security wouldn't act absent this action by the board and then we found out that actually wasn't true. dhs brought the individual back to the united states before we had a chance to vote on it. when we asked why, they simply said we changed our mind. that my friend is not a legal

basis. changing your mind means there is nothing in the law that prevents you from doing this again. if they can change their mind then they can change their mind now and by that action they are proving that they don't need us to do this thing to bring the accused individuals back to san francisco to stand trial. what really gets me about this and a reason why i'm supportive of the resolution today is because i don't like feeling that we are scapegoats for dhs not doing their jobs. if you know and supervisor ronen these are heinous crimes. if you know and you are in law enforcement and this is your job, if you know there is alleged child rapist someone accused raping a 10 year old and doing heinous horrible things to 10 year old and alleged killer who killed a mother of 3 young

girls and you don't do everything in your power to protect the public and bring back to stand trial that makes absolutely no sense to me. as a law enforcement officer, how can you not do everything in your power to get those individuals off the street? waiting for us 11 supervisors to engage in some bureaucratic process you already proven isn't necessary again makes absolutely no sense to me. in the two cases before us now, unlike the one in 2019, it is my understanding that the individuals are not even in custody in mexico. thus giving the two individuals with all of this publicity and with proven ability to flee a situation, more time to yet flee again. at least in 2019 the person was in custody in canada.

god knows maybe they are not in mexico because we had this press thing and they have proven to flee so who knows where they are. i assume they have the internet and probably very aware what is going on as discused before supervisor peskin. i am just so bothered by the fact that they change their mind in 2019 and the worry we know what dhs is saying if they bring the two individuals back to san francisco and they are released which is unlikely then they have dangerous men back in the u.s. that could likely harm others. those are fears where people might have but when you look and examine and go through that and really break that down, again it doesn't make sense to me. the da would argue for no bail hold for both individuals given the flight

risk they demonstrated and the heinous nature of the alleged crimes. if the judge agrees to let the individuals out of custody which is hopefully unlikely the bail hearings are public and if dhs with hundred billion dollar budget was so concerned they could attend the hearing. these are public hearings, the bail hearings are not done in secret. also depending on the outcome of trial or plea in the case the same holds true. dhs can follow the case. there are so many ways to determine whether or not someone is released from county jail that they are completely aware of what is going on in both cases. in the 2019 case the individual ended up pleading guilty to kidnapping with intent to commit sex offense. two years and now a 290-had to

register as sex offender. because of megan law there is a address on file and again dhs doesn't need the city to inform of anything because the information is already there. at least now this person has committed a criminal record and this is a 2019 and sex register so this is the person who was accused of raping woman in in uber so the person was brought to justice and trial and this person has a record so tries to get hired we know this is a person we should protect individuals from which is what public safety is all about. i don't understand where they are coming from and why they make us jump through hoops and trying to do this when it is absolutely not legally necessary. ment i am not going to get backed into something or-it just makes no sense to me. they should be

looking for them right now and doing everything to protect children and others from men who might commit more crimes. the same situation applies here. the department of home land security is content to allow alleged child rapist and alleged murder, to roam 3 because they want us to amend our sanctuary city policy when they have proven it ist nonecessary. these individuals need to be brought here no matter what. they need to face allegations and let justice be sunched. the sanctuary policy does not need to be amended to do that and that is law fl forcement job and i expect them to do so thank supervisor ronen for this resolution and i hope to goodness that dhs will do their job and bring those two individuals back to san francisco to stand trial and face whatever may be

coming their way. thank you. >> thank you supervisor stefani. words spoken by a former prosecutor. supervisor chan. >> thank you president peskin. indeed, i dont think i can be as articulate as my colleagues, especially who are attorneys like supervisor ronen and supervisor stefani so i'll keep it brief. sanctuary law is the core value of san francisco. despite the fact i'm not a lawyer with the basic understanding that criminal justice and criminal law should not be dependent on immigrant law and sanctuary law. carrying out criminal justice is not dependent on the conditions of immigrant and immigration in our city. very straight forward in the resolution, all we are asking is law enforcement agency is to carry out justice

criminal justice and do their job and it is very simple what we are saying our value is understanding that there is no need to impact and touch our sanctuary law that has been for in san francisco for decades. there is a reason why that has been in san francisco for so long without amendments to it. it is because it has been working, and all we are asking, what we are seeing is that not working is that our law enforcement are not doing their job. they need to do their job to make sure that they bring justice to these individuals. thank you. >> thank you supervisor chan. supervisor preston. >> thank you president peskin, and thank you supervisor ronen for your leadership on this and also just want to thank all the folks who came out

for the rally earlier today and spoken in public comment. a lot of-i think my colleagues made a lot of excellent points that i will not repeat. i will just following up on supervisor stefani's comments. when you look at the merits here it is minds-boggling and think you laid out the case well. whether it is supervisor safai talking to his 12 year old or just talking to any constituents how do you explain what dhs is doing here? what the administration is doing and i think many expressed some exasperation around what they are doing. they don't need to do what they are doing in order to carry out the extradition and insure folks are

prosecuted. i think what i will say maybe going, it doesn't make sense if you assume the good faith of all the actors and i guess for me i don't assume that and i think that this is not just distraction, i think this is a very intentional use of a moment of folks who with shocking crimes to try to take a run at our sanctuary policy, which has been the subject as others have pointed out, subject of attacks from the federal government before, not the first time. in 2019 the city called that bluff and basically said no, we are not changing the policy and it was a bluff. why are they doing this? they are

playing clearly a cynical political game here and then you ask why are they doing that? i think that is where i think we need to be honest about what is happening. we have some in leadership in the city who are sending the message directly or indirectly that they are open and welcome this attack on the sanctuary policy and dismayed in the original when the news broke to see the district attorney saying that she wanted to accommodate their request and instead of doing what we did in 2019 federal government do your job, you don't need us to change the policy to extradrite people. some are sending the message we will accommodate this attack on the sanctuary policy and that is it the problem and why the resolution is so important because the resolution does it says the board of supervisors is not

going to encourage and facilitate that attack on the sanctuary policy. even if you the federal government are getting a different message potentially from other branches of government in particular the district attorney's office. i hope we send that message, if not unanimously by a pretty lop-sided vote and i appreciate the comments of so many colleagues and supervisor ronen's leadership. thank you. >> supervisor ronen, what is-supervisor chan. >> my apology colleagues. i kept it so brief i forgot the critical point i wanted to make. when i said that this is really about criminal justice and criminal law and not immigration law, is that essentially trying to tangle the two together is fundamentally racist because it is implication that to address criminal justice issues we must

also look at immigration and that is not-that is just like what trump has said in the past that to just generalize all mexican immigrants are drug dealers and murders, that is not different of what they are doing today with the bidened administration and department of home land security. that was my critical poinlt. thank you. >> thank you supervisor ronen what is your will. >> i'll make a few more comments before i make the motion. thank you for the last very important point. i want to read this little bit of history. you can look it up by looking up harvey milk. california state senator john brigs saw a opportunity in the christian fundamentalest campaign. hoping to be elected governor of california in 1978. when brigs returned to sacramento he wrote a bill that ban gays and lesbians

teaching in public schools. brigs claimed in private he had nothing against gays telling (indiscernible) it is politics just politics. attacks on gays rose in the castro. june 21, 1977 a gay man named richard (indiscernible) died from 15 stab rounds while attackers (indiscernible) a week prior to the instance brigs held a pless conference san francisco city hall where he called the city a sexual garbage heapism i'm reading this because this is happening now with the use of immigrants. it is political and supervisor dorsey, i have so much respect for you, so i really-i know your heart is a good one, but you are a communications expert

and consultant who runs political campaigns, and when you use one heinous example, when there is no proof anywhere in the country try to find me one studies because it doesn't exist, that says deportation make communities safer or reduce crimes, there is no studies that exist it does. what you are doing is scapegoating a community for political reasons, and the impact on that community is very similar and a play book used over and over and over again throughout history. you take a weak group or group that is being discriminated against, opressed, beaten up and blame something they have nothing to do with on them and claim if you rid a institution or society of that bad individual then something will get better.

it is just are like what happened in 1978. accept this time it is immigrants. i agree with supervisor safai and i am sure that the chief of police will tell you this and i are want to see the evidence how many people will that ordinance actually apply to and will it actually make san francisco safer? do you really think because what you are telling the public and the way the public receives the information is that immigrants are at fault for the fentanyl deaths. immigrants are at fault for the fentanyl crisis. that is absolutely the furthest from the truth and ridiculous and as a communication professional you know the message being sent here and it is the oldest play in politics and communication. blame opressed group for ills of society you don't know how

to fix and the heats off you for a while while people die and nothing changes. i know you are not consciously doing that because i know you as a person and you wouldn't do something that cynical and that bad but i ask you to analyze what you are doing and compare it to what is done throughout history and think about what the ramifications are going to be if you continue down this road. you clearly don't have support of this board but you made clear you will collect signatures. that will make it hundred times worse and will tell you because i watched throughout history, immigrants will die because of it. >> supervisor dorsey and then if somebody will make a motion, if not i'll come down from the dais and make a motion. supervisor dorsey. >> i understand the passion that animates your arguments. i would say it is no

more scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl dealing then the 50 crimes that are already exceptions to sanctuary. it is not the case that this board of supervisors unanimously scapegoated immigrants for exportion and car jacking and burglary and robbery and murder and may hame and rape. there are crimes that are always part of the exceptional and i'm not the one ploposing changes to this that is beyond what this law has always done from the beginning. this is in my view a common sense exception and know we going far afield of this but i believe the ordinance is stronger for our ability to accommodate reasonable exception in

circumstances where there is moral imperative we are seeing in the loss of life unparalleled in our history with exception of the aids crisis. i understand we can disagree, but there is nothing in here that-this board hasn't done unanimously twice. >> i like to make a motion to continue the item for one week. >> motion to continue. seconded by supervisor stefani, on that motion a roll call, please. >> on a motion to send item 37 to march 7, 2023- [roll call]

>> 11 ayes. >> motion to continue passes unanimously. item 38. >> this is resolution to urge governor newsom senator wiener assembly member matt haney and phil ting to legalize adulate prostitution in the state of california. >> supervisor ronen. >> welcome to district 9. colleagues, let me explain where i'm coming from here. this is-if we were to legalize prostitution in california it would take years. it isn't a decade. there has to be a regulatory system set up. there would have to be health

regulations. f it is a long way off, but i think it is time to have those serious discussions again. this all started because as you all know i don't think you could have escaped the amount of press, there was a huge prostitution tract on cap street in the mission district. 25 to 50 women every single night wearing hardly any clothes in the middle of the streets. talk about a vision zero nightmare. bumper to bumper traffic and you people weaving around these vulnerable women in the streets. pimps i went and watched this and several times saw with my own eyes, pimps very obviously walking on the sides controlling these women. neighbors saw the pimps beating the women. gun shots. it became an absolute public safety nightmare on

cap street. we begged deputy chief lazar, i made him come out and look at it with me. when he saw with his eyes he realized that something had to be done so we increased police patrol in the mission for the first time. let me tell you with everything going on there in a very long time and put barriers in the middle of the street and stopped the tract. the tract is gone for the moment. guess what we didn't do? we did not change the women's lives. they are on some other tract and some other place in just as much danger as they were when they were on cap street and so we are protecting the neighbors on cap street and not the sex workers who are--in harms way. i can say that. this

issue whether or not you decriminalize or legalize sex work is a long standing debate in the sex worker community. i have been talking to sex workers local sex workers and around the country. talked to a sex worker in nevada who works in a brothel there the other day, and there is a lot of desire to have these public conversations and to seriously consider moving forward to keep sex workers safer. there is no doubt if you legalize or decrim nilize sex workers are safer. there is evidence from all over the world. there are better ways and worse ways to do it. everyone cites new zealand as the a plus version of

legalization. nevada has mixed results because they thereis still a middle third person in the way, usually a man who gains at least half the money from every trick. there is lot to talk about and learn and a lot to discuss publicly, but the only way we keep sex workers safe and release the hold from pimped is if we address this issue at the root and the fact of the matter is, the oldest profession in the world. it definitely the women on cap street, it is probably 99.9 percent of the cases survival sex, the majority of are homeless, they don't have housing, income, jobs, healthcare. any basics that would allow them to have different options in

life. other opportunities arise. many women engage in legal sex work in nevada and put their kids through top colleges for example. no sex worker in a brothel since sex work has been legalized in nevada has been infected with hiv aids because there is regular testing and condoms are a must. there is heavy regulation by the health department in nevada. my point being, i know that senator wiener who is probably the most likely to introduce this and can't wait to talk to him about this in more detail, assembly member haney made it clear he has no interest in the issue which is a shame given the sex work is happening in his district. having talked to

assemly member tang. the legislation session passed this year. what i ask is we have a serious conversation about this so i will make a motion to continue this item as well to next week. open to language changes because this is about opening conversation. i have been talking to supervisor stefani who has done a lot of work in the area and wants to tinker with language and no doubt i am open to whatever because there is a lot of work to do be done and this is a long-term effort to get at the root cause of the problem and ultimately make sex workers not exclusively women but many women safer in this trade. >> is that a motion? >> it is a motion. >> second for the motion tocontinue the item one second? seconded by supervisor stefani. to the motion, supervisor engardio.

>> thank you. colleagues, i am open to legalizing sex work but concerned about this resolution having little to no impact. the resolution urges our state government to pass a law but deadline for legislative introduction was february 17 so no possibility of state law passed and signed into law this year. i have not talked to constituents legalizing sex work. in the sunset people care about improving public safety and education. i believe there could be a public safety public health and economic benefit to legalizing sex work. open to exploring the possible benefits but this is a job for our state representatives not our city council. we can personally ask our state legislators to take up the issue or constituents can dhairkt state representatives to take up the issue but don't see the need for the board to issue resolution now. >> supervisor stefani. >> thank you. i want to say quickly i want to thank supervisor ronen for

being open to speaking to me about this because i do have issues and all my issues really come down to human trafficking and california consistently has the highest human trafficking rates in the united states and most is sex trafficking and i want to make sure-i have serious concerns and glad you are open to talking about that with me and hopefully we can come to language we agree. i want to thank you and we'll work together on that so thanks. >> on the motion to continue to march 7, roll call, please. >> on the motion to continue item 38 to march 7- [roll call]

there are 11 ayes. >> motion to continue passes unanimously. plead read the in memoria. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following beloved individuals on behalf of supervisor melgar, and supervisor peskin for former commissioner two time president michael l garcia and on behalf of supervisor engardio for the late ann goodman rapson. >> we are adjourned. [meeting adjourned]

>> i try to start every day not looking at my phone by doing something that is grounding. that is usually meditation. i have a gym set up in my garage, and that is usually breathing and movement and putting my mind towards something else. surfing is my absolute favorite

thing to do. it is the most cleansing thing that i'm able to do. i live near the beach, so whenever i can get out, i do. unfortunately, surfing isn't a daily practice for me, but i've been able to get out weekly, and it's something that i've been incredibly grateful for. [♪♪♪] >> i started working for the city in 2005. at the time, my kids were pretty young but i think had started school. i was offered a temporarily position as an analyst to work on some of the programs that were funded through homeland security. i ultimately spent almost five years at the health department coordinating emergency programs. it was something that i really

enjoyed and turned out i was pretty good at. thinking about glass ceiling, some of that is really related to being a mother and self-supposed in some ways that i did not feel that i could allow myself to pursue responsibility; that i accepted treading water in my career when my kids were young. and as they got older, i felt more comfortable, i suppose, moving forward. in my career, i have been asked to step forward. i wish that i had earlier stepped forward myself, and i feel really strongly, like i am 100% the right person for this job. i cannot imagine a harder time to be in this role. i'm humbled and privileged but also very confident. so here at moscone center, this

is the covid command center, or the c.c.c. here is what we calledun -- call unified command. this is where we have physically been since march, and then, in july, we developed this unified structure. so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human services hughesing partners, so primarily the department of homelessness and supportive housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual

support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things, people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for the most vulnerable. i spend a lot of my day in problem solving mode, so there's a lot of conversations with people making connections, identifying gaps in resources

or whatever it might be, and trying to adjust that. the pace of the pandemic has been nonstop for 11 months. it is unrelenting, long days, more than what we're used to, most of us. honestly, i'm not sure how we're getting through it. this is beyond what any of us ever expected to experience in our lifetime. what we discover is how strong we are, and really, the depth of our resilience, and i say that for every single city employee that has been working around the clock for the last 11 months, and i also speak about myself. every day, i have to sort of have that moment of, like, okay, i'm really tired, i'm weary, but we've got to keep going. it is, i would say, the biggest

challenge that i have had personally and professionally to be the best mom that i can be but also the best public certify chant in whatever role i'm in. i just wish that i, as my younger self, could have had someone tell me you can give it and to give a little more nudge. so indirectly, people have helped me because they have seen something in me that i did not see in myself. there's clear data that women have lost their jobs and their income because they had to take care of their safety nets. all of those things that we depend on, schools and daycare and sharing, you know, being together with other kids isn't available. i've often thought oh, if my kids were younger, i couldn't do this job, but that's

unacceptable. a person that's younger than me that has three children, we want them in leadership positions, so it shouldn't be limiting. women need to assume that they're more capable than they think they are. men will go for a job whether they're qualified or not. we tend to want to be 110% qualified before we tend to step forward. i think we need to be a little more brave, a little more exploratory in stepping up for positions. the other thing is, when given an opportunity, really think twice before you put in front of you the reasons why you should not take that leadership position. we all need to step up so that we can show the person behind us that it's doable and so that we have the power to make the changes for other women that is going to make the possibility for their paths easier than

ours. other women see me in it, and i hope that they see me, and they understand, like, if i can do it, they can do it because the higher you get, the more leadership you have, and power. the more power and leadership we have that we can put out >> you are watching san francisco rising. a special guest today. >> i am chris and you are watching san francisco rising. focused on rebuilding and reimagining our city. our guest is the director of financial justice in the san francisco office of treasure to talk about how the city has

taken a national lead in this effort and how the program is comlishing the goals. welcome to the show. >> thanks so much for having me. >> thank you for being here. can we start by talking about the financial justice project in a broad sense. when did the initiative start and what is the intent? >> sure. it launched in 2016. since then we take a hard look at fines, fees, tickets, financial penalties hitting people with low incomes and especially people of color really hard. it is our job to assess and reform these fines and fees. >> do you have any comments for people financially stressed? >> yes. the financial justice project was started in response pop community outcry about the heavy toll of fines and fees.

when people struggling face an unexpected penalty beyond ability to pay they face a bigger punishment than originally intended. a spiral of consequences set in. a small problem grows bigger. for example the traffic ticket this is california are hundreds of dollars, most expensive in the nation. a few years back we heard tens of thousands in san francisco had driver's licenses suspended not for dangerous driving but because they couldn't afford to pay traffic tickets or miss traffic court date. if they lose the license they have a hard time keeping their job and lose it. that is confirmed by research. we make it much harder for people to pay or meet financial obligations. it is way too extreme of penalty for the crime of not being able to pay. we were also hearing about thousands of people who were

getting cars towed. they couldn't pay $500 to get them back and were losing their cars. at the time we hand people a bill when they got out of jail to pay thousands in fees we charged up to $35 per day to rent electronic ankle monitor, $1,800 upfront to pay for three years of monthly $50 probation fees. people getting out of jail can't pay these. they need to get back on their feet. we weren't collecting much on them. it wasn't clear what we were accomplishing other than a world of pain on people. we were charging mothers and grandmothers hundreds of dollars in phone call fee to accept calls from the san francisco jail. we heard from black and brown women struggling to make

terrible choices do. i pay rent or accept this call from my incarcerated son. the list goes on and on. so much of this looked like lose-lose for government and people. these penalties were high pain, hitting people hard, low gain. not bringing in much revenue. there had to be a better way. >> it is important not to punish people financially there. are issues to address. >> sure. there are three core principles that drive our work. first, we believe we should be able to hold people accountable without putting them in financial distress. second you should not pay a bigger penalty because your wallet is thinner. $300 hits doctors and daycare workers differently. they can get in a tailspin, they

lose the license. we dig them in a hole they can't get out of. these need to be proportioned to people's incomes. third. we should not balance the budget on the backs of the poorest people in the city. >> financial justice project was launched in 2016. can you talk about the accomplishments? >> sure sometimes it is to base a fine on the ability to pay. consequences proportional to the offense and the person. other times if the fee's job is to recoupe costs primarily on low-income people. we recommend elimination. other times we recommend a different accountability that does not require a money payment. here are a few examples. we have implemented many sliding

scale discounts for low-income people who get towed or have parking tickets they cannot afford. you pay a penalty according to income. people with low incomes pay less. we also became the first city in the nation to stop suspending people's licenses when they could not pay traffic tickets. we focused on ways to make it easier for people to pay through payment plans, sliding discounts and eliminating add on fees to jack up prices of tickets. this reform is the law of the land in california. it has spread to 23 other states. we also stopped handing people a bill when they get out of jail and eliminated fees charged to people in criminal justice system. they have been punished in a lot of ways. gone to jail, under supervision, the collection rate on the fees was so low we weren't bringing in much revenue.

the probation fee collection rate was 9%. this reform has become law from california and is spreading to other states. we made all calls from jail free. the more incarcerated people are in touch with families the better they do when they get out. it was penny wise and pound foolish. now phone calls are free. incarcerated people spend 80% more time in touch where families. that means they will do better when they get out. we eliminated fines for overdue library books. research shows were locking low income and people of color out of libraries. there are better ways to get people to return books, e-mail reminders or automatically renew if there is no one in line for it. this has spread to other cities that eliminated overdue library

fines. these hold people accountable but not in financial distress can work better for government. local government can spend more to collect the fees than they bring in. when you proportion the fine with income they pay more readily. this impact can go down and revenues can go up. >> i know there is an initial group that joined the project. they had a boot camp to introduce the program to large audience. is this gaining traction across the country? >> yes 10 cities were selected to launch the fines for fee justice. they adopted various reforms like we did in san francisco. as you mentioned we just hosted a boot camp in phoenix, arizona. teams of judges and mayors came

from 50 cities to learn how to implement reforms like we have in san francisco. there is a growing realization the penalties are blunt instruments with all kinds of unintended consequences. it is the job of every public servant to find a better way. governance should equalize opportunity not drive inequality. >> quite right. thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, chris. >> that is it for this episode. we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching.

well, welcome. i'm doug shoemaker for mercy. housing. uh, california. i'm pleased to be here with our partners from episcopal community services and all the other partners in the room. um to start with like to begin the program by recognizing that we are gathered on ethno historic tribal territory, the indigenous aloni tribe. we recognize the importance of this land and welcome indeed, galvan , a member of the aloni indian tribe, to say a few words. thank you, andy. good morning. horse shay to he barakat. andrew galvin. good day in my native

aloni language. my name is andrew galvin. i'd like to thank you for inviting me. to come to this event to welcome you. to my homeland. this is the village of yeah. lamoureux. we acknowledge that we are gathered on the unseated ancestral homelands of the aloni indians. who are the original inhabitants of this area that we today call the city and county of san francisco. as the indigenous stewards of this land in accordance with our traditions. the aloni indians have never seated, lost nor forgotten our responsibilities as caretakers of this place. as well as for all peoples who reside in our traditional territories. we welcome you as

guests. and we are grateful that all of you gathered here today. offer your respect by acknowledging our ancestors, elders and relatives of the aloni indian community. and by affirming our sovereign rights. as first peoples. and as my father would say, you can stay on one condition. that is that you are good. thank you. thank you forgot who i was. alright. i'm pleased to be able to introduce as our next speaker keith eastland, who's the chair of the board of vcs, but our episcopal community services but before i do, i just want to say what an incredible pleasure it is to work with. the c s, um mercy and the cf have now done countless projects together. we

collaborate. conspire um, we've shared staff back and forth as you'll hear about later and i think there is no final organization in san francisco working on on the issue of homelessness, and it's a pleasure to be to be here and to introduce keith. thanks so much that that's wonderful. and as i said, i'm i'm keith diesel. and i'm the board chair of vcs. is this where i can? i can just talk this way. if that helps. is this on. okay, um and it's just i'm here representing essex today because unfortunately, our executive director beth stokes, couldn't be here with us. um but thank you, everybody for coming. this is by the 2023 is e. c s s 40th anniversary. and we're thrilled to be celebrating that with the grand opening of 10 64 mission. e c s has been at the forefront of our community's

efforts to address homelessness. and developing permanent supportive housing is the cornerstone of the multifaceted work that we do. um we know that the only way to solve homelessness is to create homes that allow people to live in dignity, safety and comfort. since the opening of canon kip community house, our first permanent supportive housing project in 1994 pcs is expanded with a lot of help from mercy and others are housing portfolio to nearly 2000 supportive housing units across san francisco. and 10 64 mission. is our largest and most comprehensive one today. in addition to providing 256 safe and stable homes for formerly homeless seniors and adults, 10 60, more foreign mission provides a level of on site supportive services. that far exceed those found in most permanent supportive housing. these include on site behavioral

health services on on site clinician team from the st anthony foundation that provides our residents with the health, home and patient centered. and an in home supportive services hub operated by home bridge. that offers extra support to our residents with disabilities. 10 64 mission also incorporates a new 6000 square foot commercial kitchen for ec s social enterprise program called conquering homelessness through employment in food services. and if you kept up with the acronym that chefs the new chef's kitchen will accommodate up to 360 students per year. training them with skills needed to opt to obtain employment in the food services industry. the ample community services. ample community spaces, including the wonderful landscaping that you see here and on site services at 10 64 mission redefines

excellence and permanent supportive housing. and embodies what we as a community are capable of when we work together to pool resources. and implement innovative strategies for the common purpose of supporting our most vulnerable neighbors. many amazing people in organizations have a had had a hand in this project success. including mayor ed lee's initial vision for it. mayor. london breed strong support speaker america, pelosi or former district six supervisors, assembly member haney and jane kim state senator scott wiener. leaders at several important city departments, including the department of homelessness and supportive housing. the department of public health and the mayor's office of housing and community development. or service provider partners, home bridge and the st anthony foundation. our financial partners century

housing national equity fund and chase bank. our construction partners. cahill contractors factory os herman culliver, locust architecture, loney architecture and miller company landscape architects. and many others who helped this this project come to life. it really takes an entire community. to come together to build a community. especially like to recognize and thank our entire ec s team who worked so long and hard on this and in particular, rebecca gigi, or housing development project manager who quarterback this project. president doug shoemaker and his incredible team at mercy housing, california. and so many others. housing is the solution to homelessness. and we at scs look forward with your help and support to expand the model of 10 64 mission to other parts of the city and perhaps even beyond. and now please welcome

our district supervisor who lives right down the street, matt dorsey. thank you so much. everybody, so i'm the my name is matt dorsey. i am the new supervisor. i live a block away . so welcome to my neighborhood and welcome to my district. you know whenever, as a relatively new elected official when i'm at a in an unveiling or a ribbon cutting, i always feel like a little bit of it's like an imposter syndrome. i think i was describing myself. at one event as the rosie ruiz of this project and for those of you who don't know the obscure reference rosie ruiz won the 1980 boston marathon until they realized that she jumped into the race half mile before the finish line. and took the credit for it. so i want to give thanks to my predecessors who were mentioned supervisor jane kim and supervisor matt haney. um i also want to say, you know, i wanted to say thanks to our our

partners at the federal government for you know, without whom this wouldn't have been possible. um and obviously mercy, housing and scs and all everybody who was thanked and i don't want to start naming names that i want to leave folks out. um in this morning's chronicle this this project was praised as a game changer and something that gives people hope. and i am proud to represent a district that i think in so many ways represents what 21st century urbanism is. so much of what we're doing in district six is what san francisco is going to look like more and more over the next century to come. and i think this is one great example of that it is housing. it's supportive services. it's being it is understanding that supportive services doesn't reflect a model that in decades past was about containment. instead, this is about community about all of us being together and fulfilling the promise of what real mixed use is supposed to be as part of 21st century

urbanism. so that is what i'm really proud to represent. as a district six supervisor, and this is a great example of it. congratulations and thanks so much for inviting me to be a part of this. alright super. thank you, supervisor. good to be at all these with you. it is true that there's a tremendous amount happening in your district. you have a lot to be proud of, and more to do obviously want to acknowledge that we have assistant chief lazar here with us. shereen mcspadden, who runs the hardest job. maybe this you guys can compete for the two hardest jobs of the homeless and supportive housing agency and eric shaw, the mayor's office of housing and community development, which is also a hard job just pales in comparison to these two um, we have. we have a lot of great folks in the room. so i will just say, i'm sure we're not going to mention everybody, but i do want to call out some of the folks that made this project happen on a more personal level. i don't know if sharon christians here, barbara guanaco, evelyn perdomo from our team just want to thank all the

mercy folks that are here. um uh, and other than clapping for me, i would like you to hold your applause. so um, but the fabulous folks at the mayor's office of housing mara blitzer, uh romero, harry wong. they really made this possible. they had a vision for this site, and without them, we wouldn't be here and the same is true of the hsh folks. it took a lot to get people into this building. the lease up was not all mercy. lease ups are condensed. you know, i think that's that's just sort of. we always say we're going to give like our management team. many months. police up this one wasn't ours was caritas is the lease up? but they did a fabulous job and i can see they're doing a great job of the building. so that's my, uh, you know, we've these things in as we go. just so you won't have to hear all the thank you's at once. um, but it is now my pleasure to bring up jamesville sugi, who is, uh, one of our great partners with jpmorgan chase. um they were instrumental in this project as

some of you know, this is a modular development. um, hard to find bankers that are willing to go near this one. they came remarkably close. ah, no, i'm just kidding. and. and james has been a great partner to us, and i want to bring him up to say a few words. thank you, doug. and this is so exciting to see all of these people. i was waiting in a line to get outside and we need more of that. we need more of that excitement. so it's so great to see this many people here this many excited people for this work. but as doug mentioned james vasu, g executive director at chase, um , we're here today as the lender and the tax credit investor, and we're proud partner to mercy in the cs. on such a critical and you heard the term game changing community for the city of san francisco. it's not too often i'm asked to speak and i'm really left speechless, but it's not too often a beautiful project like 10 64 mission comes along to show us what's possible. to show us what's possible when so many different groups who you're hearing from today, come together and create get creative with a vision in

mind a vision of getting folks into a safe and stable place to call home with all the services they need to start the next chapter chapter of their life and living a happy and healthy lifestyle. but the impact of 10 64 mission is having on this community isn't all that leaves me speechless. no, it's the team behind the project. that leaves me speechless as well. doug mentioned some of them, but i'll mention them again. sharon christiansen and barbara walk. oh, evelyn perdomo, now as well at mercy as well as rebecca g. from scs. these are incredible individuals who worked tirelessly to bring the vision of 10 64 mission to life. and i have been honored to work alongside them on it, and there's another individual who is a friend to all of us who many of you know and who was a perfect reflection of what 10 64 mission is. and that person is liz pocock report everything she had. there was a round of applause. liz poured everything she had into this project and into everything she worked on. so thank you. sharon barbara, evelyn rebecca. everyone else

and a special thank you to liz. truly. thank you. but financing investing in a project like 10 60 permission isn't easy. and involved many solving many challenges to the closing and construction process, but not figuring out how to solve those challenges was never an option. because the chase we are committed to this work. we are committed to this beautiful city. we are committed to mercy and the tremendous people behind their communities, and we are committed to 10 64 mission and communities just like it and everything they represent and being a solution to making sure everyone as a safe and stable place to call home. so everyone here today again. thank you for being here and thank you for your efforts and supporting the creation of more affordable housing. all right. with that. i want to bring up our next speaker. um i feel like we always have to do a small infomercial at all these events. so you understand how this stuff gets paid for and that you know how to talk to the people that you you send to washington about

the importance of it, so lots of different sources of funding. the one that's the most obscure to people outside of affordable housing is the long term housing tax credit program, which is an only in america program supported by republicans and democrats, which you mean horribly inefficient but incredibly important. ah and um and it is the backbone of all the affordable housing that we really build throughout the country, so it's incredibly important program. uh it's in much need of being expanded here in california, and i'll just say in advance because i know gustavo is going to talk in a little bit, along with the state funds and the local dollars that make this work from the mayor's office, housing and hsh, as well as the incredible investment by the city and the clinic. um many , many different types of funders came together to make this happen, which is one of the reasons why it's so challenging to build affordable housing. um but we are really blessed to have some people in the field that really understand this work they seek out or at least go willingly on the harder projects . whenever we have something really hard. we turned to todd.

fabian from the national equity fund because we know he is a straight shooter and able to really make us make these projects work. and so i want to bring up a great friend of mercy housing. todd fabian. thank you, doug. and hello, everybody. and yeah, i always love to get that call from well, barbara, who recently retired that she has a special project for national equity funding. if this is special, then i will do every every deal, doug that you call me on. so we're really excited to be here really excited to be part of this team. we've worked with scs and mercy over the years and enjoy the relationship . um this is our largest investment we've ever made in the city of san francisco. it's i think it's over $60 million of tax credit equity and i couldn't have done it without a partner, and it is jpmorgan chase on the other side of this so they're not only providing the construction. they're going to be the long term investor in this project, and thank you, james for all of your assistance in getting that getting that done, but, yeah, in the end, we

do this every day. we do the hard work for the residents, and we look forward to us saying this thing. last longer than i'm here. so thank you. thanks and doug doug mentioned the role of so many different agencies, including agencies of the federal government, and so i'd now like to introduce suki kong from the general services administration, who was a big help. thank you and good morning. good morning. great why ? it is incredible honor to be here with you today as the region of the ministrations for us, um you know, as i mean, u s general services. i'm on the job, 30 days, so police bear with me, okay? g s a along with 18 federal partner agencies make up the u. s. interagency council on homelessness. the council

sole mission is focused on preventing and ending. the homelessness in america, and that is the truth. this can be achieved when the government and community work together as we did today. the land we stand on today was originally acquired by the us government. for the possible expansion of the browning. a u. s court house, the home of the ninth circuit court of appeals. in 2016. in collaboration with a quarter of pills. g s a determined that the expansion was not needed. and this property became excess federal real estate. g s a reached out to the department, health and human services and housing and urban development. fellow members of the interagency council to explore the possibility of transferring

the property to a local government. or qualified nonprofit. um, you know, through the mckinney vento act. this act. allows the federal government to transfer property ownership at no cost. if it is for housing and services for the homeless. and so the city and county of san francisco were able to take ownership of this mid market, very high prime real estate. they partnered with ec s and mercy housing. to create a new dream for local housing. and now we celebrate this dream being realized. regional commission. well at this time, there are many people who are very instrumental in making this happen, and i like to take a moment to recognize a few of the g s a staff who directly worked on this transfer. regional commissioner dan brown. real

property disposal director david hac. disposal project manager and italy san francisco service center director jason cawthorne and regional chief architect maria surprise. oh happiness an integral part. of this project from the very beginning. well as you know, without the effort, we wouldn't be here today. so congratulations, mayor breed. supervisor dorsey, mr g. iceland mr. shoemaker and all who worked tirelessly with us to make this day happen, but above all to the new residents of this beautiful building welcome home. thank you. thank you. suki another important federal government

agency that helped in this is that the department of housing and urban development and i'd like to ask jason poo from h u d two. uh, say a few words. all right. good morning. good morning. thank you warmed up by my friend and fellow regional administrator over here. so i am i'm jason, who had regional administrator for hud region nine, which covers the great states of arizona, california, hawaii and nevada. haven't said anything yet. so, um but but also the outer pacific islands. it's an absolute honor and pleasure to serve in this role and to be here on behalf of hud secretary marshall fudge, particularly at this crucial time in our region's history. i'm a former mayor and council member and a former business attorney with experience and real estate, corporate finance and venture capital. so it's my goal to align all levels of government, federal, state, local and tribal and the public

and private sectors. to address our homelessness and housing affordability crisis throughout the region. i want to thank governor newsom and his team and the state of california and mayor breed and, um, all the regional and local stakeholders. for their hard work and moving this development from surplus property to home for more than 250 residents. the largest permanent supportive housing project in the city of san francisco. and assad secretary fudge repeatedly says housing is a fundamental right and everyone deserves to have a state stable , safe and stable place to call home. to those who were formerly housed and sheltered, and now we'll have the state fee, stability and security of four walls and a roof. and a key to adore you can lock congratulations. zilong journey . i'm sure but you know we are doing everything that we can to houses. many of our houses neighbors as we possibly can. this development is also a great

example of how effective public and private partnerships can be when the public and private sectors work together. i said at a philanthropic roundtable on homelessness and los angeles just two weeks ago that we are all in this together. no single entity level of government or private partner can do it alone. it's going to take all of us working together to how zarand housed neighbors provide the wraparound services that are needed and get them onto a better path way like the permanent supportive housing project you see here today. common causes to provide all residents with access to affordable, safe and secure housing and to be able to do so with equity, dignity and respect. these collaborations should remain foundational in our mission as we continue to build and maintain affordable housing and to be responsive and respectful to our residents, and to be good partners to each other and to our communities. remains eager to continue building upon the successful partnerships with state and local agencies. through house

america. the biden harris administration is deploying housing first approach using american rescue, american rescue plan act, funding and other resources to help individuals find a place called home. i'm proud to see that san francisco continues to lead in our efforts to get people off the streets and into homes and i want to thank mayor breed and her team for their leadership and partnership and being one of the first mayors to sign to sign onto house america in the country and congratulations to the city and county of san francisco for meeting and exceeding its house america goals. yeah. seriously uh, you know, a lot of progress has been made and we continue to build on that progress. as secretary fudge says. we will continue to work to house america until we end homelessness as we know it. under the american rescue plan and house america, the buying harris administration has deployed an historic level of

federal resources into communities to address homelessness. in particular house, america's 105 communities have received technical support to expand interim, transitional and permanent supportive housing opportunities and federal resources under the american rescue plan, including more than 20,000 emergency housing vouchers and more than 1.5 billion and home aarp funding from hud nationwide. another $65 billion in state and local fiscal recovery funds was also provided under the american rescue plan to states, cities and counties throughout the nation from the u. s department of treasury. all this sparked renewed momentum and greater deployment available of available resources, including resources under the cares act and regular annual appropriations for the creation of these types of housing solutions, and we intend to continue building on that momentum. last year. hud secretary fudge served as chair of the 19 agency, you united states interagency council on

homelessness or usage, and just last month usage released it's all in federal strategic plan to prevent and ends homelessness. this plan sets forth president biden's goal of reducing homelessness by 25% by 2025. and as a part of its effort to permanent house people usage, with support from hud and other agencies throughout the throughout. the city and county have reduced veteran home veteran homelessness by 11% since 2020 and i think family homelessness by another 8% since 2020 as well decades of under investment in housing and services have created a tall and steep mountain to climb. but we haven't found we have in fact begun climbing that mountain together. with the intergovernmental partnerships and that we have formed through the american rescue plan, house america and now the all in federal strategic plan on homelessness and the public private partnerships like the ones that have made this project

here today, possible. i'm confident that we can and will climb this mountain together and make tangible and measurable progress on homelessness and housing. affordability. thank you, sir. i will take it. i will take that. but i just want to finish with by saying it will take sustained, sustained funding. and consistent effort by everyone. we must continue to take advantage of the opportunities that we have before us the once in a generation opportunities that we have before us. so thanks again to all of our partners, both public and private for your ongoing collaboration and housing are homeless, improving our housing supply and providing equitable access to housing for all of our residents, and thanks for the opportunity to speak here today. it's my pleasure. thank you. it's not my pleasure to introduce gustavo velazquez i former hud colleague and director of the california housing and community development department, which has also been instrumental in making this project happen.

thank you. good morning, everyone. buenos dias. i bring greetings from governor gavin newsom. ah come here today to offer tremendous things to the city of san francisco partnership. he is so broad and deep right? i mean, amazing partners development partners. mercy does tremendous, um, amazing and spectacular, really projects at basketball community services. the city um the state , the biden administration, just that terrific partnership and one of the things that ah, we need to celebrate. today is the fact that in this landmark location we have 258 units, um. slated for formerly homeless persons. i want to highlight the 127 of this homes that are set aside for people exiting homelessness and also in need of mental health services now. uh

let me say it is wrong. it's actually dead wrong, too. purely associate the challenge of homelessness with addiction. and mental health challenges. there's certainly a segment of the homelessness population that is confronting this, but it is important to keep saying this time and time again. the number one cause of why the crisis of homelessness is so rampant in california is that we are way way falling short of deeply affordable housing. that is truly the number one reason why we are where we are, and the fact that we have 100 and 27. units 258 in total serving formerly homeless persons here in the city of san francisco is very, very important now. the state came into this partnership thanks to, uh, program that the voters approved bond dollars to address again the suffering of those experience in common business and confronting mental health. challenges a program my parliament administers, and

we're pleased to partner with you. through it. the program is called no place like home and it's kind of bittersweet news because no place like home actually has ended. that's a good talking point for your public hearing in sacramento on monday. ah don't repeat. i said that because i can't go against the governor's budget, but but it is it is a terrific program that is started in 2016. we have invested supported this project with $27 million, but, uh, over the last the last four years, the city of san francisco has benefited from this program with $91 million.01 of seven projects that are in different stages of development for 10 64 mission, the city was the very first something many people won't know it meant the very first jurisdiction in this program to draw down no place like home dollars. you know, it was literally ate