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studio with private bathroomless. indoor and out door community pace for residence denials to hang out built in 2001. on site laundry. elerator. close to public transportation. all the things we look for in housing. the size of 42 unit system ideal for the building w we like to do. and we are excited move this proposal forward. >> san francisco has been successful in leveraging home key resources and this has been a tremendous asset in addition to the funds for the acquisition for apartment building and hotels. if we receive this gront. we received 12 million dollars in home key and sick properties with 779 units in this per foal
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>> an expansion including 2 already done for young adults that are open and pritting. excited bring this project before you today. and i'm joined boy dan adams from the housing acquisition lead if you have questions for us. thank you. why thank you. supervisor safai. >> i want to say thank you, building on the previous present egg. >> we are purchasing a bodiesing on aged youth they have -- that community has one of the highest if the not highest rates of homelessness many are foster children. growing out of foster care. and are asked it take care of themselves in know abankrupt
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american. so i said previously, we did the one in mission inn, working on ensure thanksgiving has everything for success. it is going along very limp i see larkin street youth services they are a provider we work with there and to transition to the home key program. we had this conversation, had this hearing a couple years ago when this money was made available during covid. i was a loud voice for this. there is no other more fortunate, quick are cost effective way to expand our housing stock for permanent supportive, transitional housing or housing for homelessness or shelter then taking existing buildings. i'm excite body this. i like to be acided as a cosponsor for five and 6. my question is looks like this property has existing tenants i
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don't think i don't know if you mentioned this. how you plan on doling with that or what is the transification there. or mark for identification those residents potential. am potentially qualify. thank you to dan, we brought him become to work with us and he has been a dprat per in long with hsh and emlowly and others when you look at the building it is about how far. both are beautiful. >> thank you, supervisor for your passport and on going support of the project in your district. in terms of existing tenant there is are some existing than i will not be qualified for on going housing. we are working with relocation consultant and following policy
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to punishment them in finding new places to live. is there anyone still here? my question is 2 years ago with mall site's program there was money sitting there a request to add machine from the reserve and this board did this and discussion about reforming and redirecting the direction of the mall site's program this it is a refinancials of existing properties. it might be good to get i quick update how that is happening with small cites program and what is the how is the strength of that program looking now? we had 10 million dollars not utilized and number of different desires from a lot of -- individuals and opportunity like home key all over the city for
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potential purposes. for purchases and so grit to hear how this is going. there was a commitment reini having rit the program. good to hear. >> i can poke to the mall site's guidelines expanded the typology the program allows funding for. we added additional sponsors to our pool of quality nonprofitings the genome expanding the location and the population we serve. as far as an update we have an on going list of potential projects. and some case somewhere very learning sites that exceed the amount of preservation dollars we have. there is path on the front end and preservation financing/sfp on the back whend i project requests 30 million in
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preservation funding on top of 10 minute evermillion in pass we don't have this in our budget this is on the hold list. they meet the per unit requirements than i now meet the rubric scoring rierms. there is in the enough fund to cover those they have been on hold at the mobile home. there is always projects in the hopper. we are working now where than i are working to get in contract to ensure they are on board with conversion. any time 4-5 projects in queue to be earmarked for dollars. gi know we aproved the project per of the art's settlement that was pacific funding have there been mall cites purchases in the left year. yes. we traditional low adwyer a site through the fund at the mobile
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home the cost are exceedingly high. we are in the process of -- developing a strategy to acquire them with ocd funds thanksgiving come with challenges. such as high issue costs of construction. none of the transfers from housing fund helped? they purchased the property and waiting for the financing it make sense? they purchase with their funding. completed construction or in the press and than i near queue for a permanent take out by ocd funding. nonpoverties assigned. >> or the housing fund with the nonprofit. >> right. and requesting it is fupdzing it is a dual approval process. ocd approving the initial support of the project with the funds providing funding. we did acquire 3661, thenth
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street and here in our supervisor machine man's district this is direct funded from ocd we did not tick that route. in an attempt to stop the eviction we if he want it was important to move quickly. we'll start construction soon. >> okay. >> thank you. >> thank you. supervisor safai and let's go to public comment. >> thank you. for members who wish to peek on the items and in person line up now long the curtains, for those remote press star 3 to enter the speaker line and for those in the queue continue to wait until you have been unmuted. >> supervisors. marney logan street and cochair and chair. and we want to offer our
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wholeheartedly 100% support of hsh applying for hem co for folsom this makes sense to acquire and access state funds. in a time of the city budget deficit. there -- the system of care advocated for the set aside for the home key funds. and it -- would make sense to get these funds and to set aside this beautiful supportive housing site for transificational aged youth. thank you for your support. where thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. supervisors sheryl adams larkin street youth service spoke nothing support of item 6. of course we love small cites 42 units of house nothing soma is perfect for young people. we fought hard to have a set,
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side. we could not be more excited have state funds manage to build more housing for young people we are in need. full support for this and the resolution. thank you. >> next speaker, please. good afternoon, supervisors charles director of policy with dcs prosecute void supportive housing to home san franciscans many neighbored the folsom project i'm here to voice our strong support for 1174 folsom. this is an opportunity to provide high quality, dignified housing for 42 youth putting them on a path to stability. i do want to address some of occurrence i heard through the the process. specific low around crime and drug use. i work every day on howard and share the same occurrence but want to be clear, this permanent supportive housing is in the the cause of the issues.
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we operate housing cites for different populations in the community and 91 of the cites have crime. in addition to housing workforce programs and senior center buildings they are an asset and the residents. 1174 folsom with appropriate staffing, community engagement and good neighbor policy can and will be a positive presence in the neighborhood. thank you very much for your support and leadership on this issue. >> thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. >> yes. i want to start and i'm glad to see supervisors -- [inaudible] supporting the acquisition for 7774 or whatever it is. [inaudible] [inaudible] in the
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1940's and 30, the the definition of process [inaudible] defiance the merger of corporations and gentleman. as we saw in citizens united in the united states. um -- i will like to say that i attended this zoom last thursday there were property and business owners and residents, chinese-american, blk-american. inyen-american. arab-american this spoke against because they said the drugs. to mow it it is not [inaudible]. because we have a supervisor who used to be a drug addict and everybody listens to him. how can we solve drug addiction. he is against drugs the people at the building said they would be the tenants allowed to use
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legal drugs [inaudible]. follows the same rules as upon anymoring building. drugs why they use drugs i know why they use them. you are out there homeless you are some you want to foal like you don't have any problems. [inaudible]. like i said before being people use drugs but have the people that have monkego to museums and the simple i'm address thanksgiving part of the community is why. [inaudible]. >> time elapsed. thank you. >> next speaker, please. community land trust is a perfect example san francisco clt. the acronyms you got to the get
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to had than i are. community land trust. couple of regular tag san francisco tenants got together and decided to form this nonprofit and it here today going to the major's office across city hall here i seen for 18 million dollars. 18 million dollars. you going to get 18 millions and [inaudible]. so okay, okay, no problem. when i'm asking is, gotta look at this carefully. and decide whether or not there is a crime here. this is a board and committee. have you to decide whether 18 million dollars is a crime or not. you gotta do it and you gotta look at this. because it is not exact he when it looks like here. it does not it is in the when it
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looks how it appear. okay. this is in the an a loan. this is manage else. this is something else. very, very different. and we need to get a committee together. >> we need a group of people together! look at this. and decide what are we using. what is this? that is it? you know. [laughter]. it blows you were mind i can't believe temperature i never thought would would happen to people nobody from my side will lose. nobody in my side loses but -- i lost. and we are soldier -- you can't take losses. not when you are a soldier like mow. i'm a soldier! okay. thank you. seeing no more speakers here in the chamber, mr. lamb can you
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unmute our caller, please. >> hi. thank you supervisors. i'm karen adams i work for homeless youth, lines i want to give strong support for this project and resolution. and thank hsh service providers advocating for years and decades for smaller cites for youth permanent supportive housing with inclusion of kitchens to accomplish food security and bathrooms. and there is, let on the table with support thanksgiving site has the potential and possibility to move nus a direction of providing luxury, dignity and adequate safe housing for young people and again homeless come mrins is in punishment of this resolution it is had the young people have
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been asking for. to have housing that is located in safer neighborhoods to identify the neighborhood to be. and --iel. thank you and look forward to this passing. >> thank you. karen. commissioner lamb, next speaker, please. hi this is danielle i'm a family physician with the know fran department of public healing. i work with alegality of youth who are unhoused. who are experiencing addiction and -- many forms of trauma. and i have seen a huge improvement um -- what happens had they find housing that is supportive and allows to work on goal in life and i see when people are in the able to find housing the thing this is i turn to can really lead to their down full and not being able to
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survive newscast world and had too many young people i lost because of those things helping. i understand this aeliminate of there was a lot of concern over subsubstance use with the housing this is proposed. i think this someone trying to change their life and use substances less westbound supported by having housing. inability to find an accomplice to live worsens addiction and this would be a great step in people working to sobriety to get there. i encourage the department of homelessness and supportive housing to get this home key guarantee to get properties folsom i'm hoping i don't have to watch more patients die this year. thank you. >> thank you. mr. lamb, next speaker, please. hi. i'm [inaudible] i live at 36
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relish street property owner here moiz and my family support this project on folsom street around the corner from us for supportive housing for youth impudent want to repeat everything said i will not take time i wanted to register our support of project we think it is important for the youth and we think that don't share the occurrence others do in our neighborhood about the rules about drug use and paying rent and those things for this property and use we support the project as proposed. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello i'm well j johnson a social worker worked with homeless wrouth for 14 years 7 yers in san francisco i'm in support of the resolution and my
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work with lbgtq+ youth dimensions clinic with public health in san francisco the youth i see experience marginalization. this is e terrible to helling and safety of youth in the city. youth needs stable and well supported house to build full and well supported lives. this is critical pints for youth that will prevent hrm in the future. i witnessed youths fill to act to reveal availability resources we need more permanent supportive house to keep them safe i know that without a doubt housing is mental health care thank you for your support of this measure. >> thank you. do we have more speakers? >> hi i'm martha [inaudible] i lived 26 years on this block of the bell and in strong support this is a good building.
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great public money made visible for a necessary project. folsom street is not [inaudible] to provide housing for young people in trouble. this project is entirely consistent with our neighborhood character for the past 150 + years south of market hen a place people look to and refuge and place of safety and where it is safe to be in trouble or different. and when young people come out of abusive situations in mall towns they make it to san (they are looking for refuge and create moral obligation on united states , we meet this obligation this it is a way to do it and not a proposal for an institutional shelter. than i may not understand this? th is going to be apartments long-term stability for kids this transificational times in
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their lives. very much in favor and please consider this neighbors support this, thank you. >> and thank you for your comments. mr. lm? if we have more speakers? hi. i'm esteban i'm a nurse at dimensions. i worked with queer youth for 16 years and i want to say i wholehearted low support the funds from project hem co for this. youths are continuing to move to san francisco. and as you know olderien rigs have left this is affordable they are going to need housing such as this. so i support this than i need a
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place to grow, to foster to see a future for themselves. thank you. thank you. and madam chair this concludes our queue. >> thank you, no more public comment. it closed. i want to thank the mir avenue office on the acquisitions and partnership with community land trust and grateful that one of the properties out of which relocate in the the richmond, we have the second highest buy out rate in the city. and that small site acquisition is critical to stabilizing tenant in the richmond. i know that hen a practice this has been impactful so with this i would say i like to be added as a cosponsor and also to make the motion to amend item 5 as recommended by the budget and
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legislative analyst and with that mr. clerk? calm the roll >> on this motion to amend the resolution in item 5 torous the not to exceed amount. voice chair mandelman. >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye >> chair chan. why aye >> thank you and like to move in items five and sick with recommendation to if you mean board and with that police call the roll. >> on this motion to forward both to the full board with positive recommendation item 5 as amended. vice chair mandelman. >> aye >> member safai. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> we have three aye's. imented to note we have the budget and appropriation mittee actually technically scheduled for 1:30 today.
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i think we will come in at 1:45 instead? is this? and then 1:45 today and so mr. clerk do we have other business before us? that concludes the business for this committee. >> the meeting is adjourned. >> thank you.
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