>> san francisco mayor breed and soon as he is ready. will he is the man of the hour. [applause]. now, i know there are a lot of si cats in the house. but are there any sushgs k f dons in the house? thank you. i want to start by saying, we all know that bob has a rich history and legacy with si as a teacher, mennor, teaching u.s. history. and u.s. government. social studies and english.

although, i know shawn who is my chief. staff is trying to learn that every day. and not only teach as a teacher but a mentor and the work that you have done has touched the lives of so many students here is one stount in the front row. that's my teacher! paul, calm down we know he is your teacher, too. >> mike went to si and a couple other folks who work as a part of government in city hall. you did something right with making sure they learned when they needed to have been but they understood and appreciated the history of san francisco. and the history of san francisco includes a former mayor. mayor agnus. thank you for joining us. in the city. and i'm sure bob can tell

stories about your time as mayor. and so many other mayors of the past and how the city was built and the challenges we have been able to over come and many students had the privilege work under him and learning all of that history. i thank you it is attributed to why so many people who have worked under him love the city so much when you been the history you appreciate how far we come. you know that despite the challenges we face, that san francisco is a resilient city. if there is nothing else that happens we'll over committee obstacles that come our way. i'm about to join the san francisco historical society and i know we have some of our upon students who won the essay contest to talk about the resilience and he history of san

francisco. everything from what happened after the 1906 earthquake and during the aids pandemic and there were challenging time in our city's history. one thing that is clear then and as we move toward the future is that nothing stops us from rising out of ashes the phoenix that we are to be better, stronger, badder and bolder than before. we realize the importance of preserving our history is something we need to do because we need to make surety next generation understands it. appreciates it. and uses it as an opportunity to really make sure that we can learn from temperature we don't repoe the mistakes of the past. and the first place winner talks about that in how the pandemic was used as an opportunity to go become and look at when we did right during the aids pan dem exhibiting take the tame policy

and things we does and not reinvent a wheel to guide us through. what we saw in san francisco as a result of learning from our past is all we are the densest cities in the counsel row we saw the lowef death rates that is attributed our history and how fortunate is. and why do we need a historic preservation commission? yes, we need more bureaucracy. more personal low we need to make sure there are stewards of what happens in san francisco when we make changes the city is changing every day. neighborhood i was born and raised in is changing all the time and some places i don't recognize anymore. and there are places of significance this we need to protect. and the historic preservation commission whether it is a physical location or related to

san francisco, they help us make educated and informed decisions. bob will be serving in the historic preservation seat and in fact, leaving his colleagues here may wu and allen and others who are a part of the city hall preservation bodies. these other people if any begin day for years, you see ellen guiding tours and talking about the history of the building and bring nothing students and people nonstop. he served on this body. why only promote as a true history yen what he takes the next step and serves in the capacity on historic preservation commission for the city and county of san francisco. before he makes a few res to his

many new colleagues in previous colleague and folks and friends and family. and university of san francisco, folks all joining us here today. it is time that i wear him in. let's go. [applause]. all right. you want to stand on this side or this side? okay. where is your don's pin? >> okay. all right. here we g. please raise your right hand and repeat. i, state your name. >> do swear. that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and

domestic. that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same. i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservations. or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter. and during such time, as i serve as commissioner for the historic preservation commission, of the city and county of san francisco. yea! thank you, mayor. >> congratulations! [applause]. thank you very much. here is your city pen. my redesigned city pen with my signature on the back talking about the history of san

francisco. >> thank you. perfect occasion to talk about this. there you go. add that to your other great pens and things you have doneful you have the floor. >> thank you, mayor. [applause]. thank you for the appointment. thank you for your confidence in me i will do my best to justify it and thank you for your leadership of san francisco. mayor agnus you honor us with your presence today. thank you for all you have done and continue to do for san francisco. just one example, any time anyone at my spectacular view of the ferry building with san fran bay sparkling behind it than i have mayor agmus to thank for that. thank you. thank you to my family and friends for being here. my clothes from si. colleagues from city hall.

ellen, steward of this beautiful building. commissioner wu of the preservation city hall commission. and commissioner foley working with you very hor low looking forward to it. thank you for your support, everybody, words cannot express how i feel now. i look forward to serving the city that i love. the city as it say there is glorious city of our hearts thank you very much, everybody. enjoy the view. [applause]. >> all right. we are going to find the official document and take a bunch pictures and, of course, enjoy your city hall. thank you for joining us

i'm really excited be here i'm mayor london breed. welcome to this extraordinary community. and let me give a how the out to lanea miller and urban alchemy folks. we appreciate you. and sheryl, thank you from larkin street and the work do you with young folk in transitional aged wrouth who are struggling in our communities. you know we are fortunate this we have people who care. and they want to be out there doing what is necessary to help the challenges around homelessness. and urban alchemy is an extraordinary addition to san francisco than i are taking it to the next level with this heart program. i'm grateful for your work, leadership and the fact what many of the people who are a

part of urban alchemy, they understand the challenges that are people are experiencing on the streets because in some instances they have been through challenges themselves. folks had issues around homelessness and substance use disorder. behavioral health. interactions with the justice system and you know in some cases i remember talking to i young man who talked to me about how he wished that urban alchemy had been around when he was going through when he was going through so this different touch could have occurred as a result. you know what he needed. and in fact, he takes that same prop with the work he degree on the streets. we hear so many great stories from people who are serving the musn't in different capacity and oftentimes supervisor mandelman we have so many people who want to talk about san francisco and talk about san francisco is doing and when they are not.

what they don't see when what you don't experience the first time i seen it today when they talked about the heart program and showing someone in distress and showing urban alchemy, basically wrapping their arms around that individual and trying to allow him to process when he was going through as they waited patient low to ensure that he was going to get help this they were able to provide. so we know those stories are happening every day. they are not translating the same. ways but i want you to know i know what is going of i see you. folks out well on the front listen they see you. and especially the people who are a part of this program who are showing up every day and dealing with the challenges. the people that you are help happening, than i see you. they appreciate t. people like momma t this is here hen in the stele for 50 years. who is considered an elder who

should not be living in the tent on the streets in san francisco. and because of the cabin community this is one step in ensuring she has a roof over her head we are able to get her on the right path of the support this she need whether medication and doctor appointments or a community of people to be around and to learn from and grow from. a lot of that makes sense and -- having a village is important. 70 units we opened were extraordinary. and today we are here to talk about budget investments. and she will be talking in just a moment but i will say that -- san francisco has invested tremendous low in helping to address challenges around homelessness. and we know there is in the i one size fits all. we know it requires making sure we are shelter beds. making sure that we have

permanent housing. making sure we have permanent supportive housing. and making sure we prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place. that's the combination we have been invest nothing and when we need to get san francisco on the right path and despite a 2 year budget deficit of 780 million dollars, we are still making sure that we are making the commitments to do what is necessary to get the work around homelessness on the right path. to continue these investments. but talk a bit about what has not been said in san francisco because people say what is happening on the streets we are not doing anything around homelessness. despite a pandemic we helped transition 10,000 people out of homelessness in various capacities. and despite challenges around

homelessness between 20 then and 2022, no other bay area county hsu saw i reduction in homelessness. san francisco saw a 15% reduction in unsheltered homelessness and 3.5% reduction in over all homelessness. and so the fact that happened, demonstrates that we are doing a lot of work. making investments work t. is not perfect but we also are providing various layers of programs so that when we see a need that is complicated we are able to meet that need. easier said than done. a let of work is being done. a lot of accomplice ams made. and that work will continue. now i know not long ago i set an ambitious goal one i know some are thinking how will you do temperature this is not enough and we need to set big goals. we can't be afraid to put forth

bold policies and go hard. and to make change. because people are counting on us to make better decisions. and so, over the next 5 years in my homeless recovery plan, my plan and my goal working with our various city agencies in the public. is to make sure this we are creating 30,000 new opportunity to ensure that people have new places and that they don't become homeless. we reduce unsheltered homelessness by 50%. part of what i wanted touch on today is to talk about that again. despite a budget deficit. our investments in homelessness will continue. but it is going to require real challenging kinds of changes to our policies. so i appreciate supervisor

mandelman who has been on my back, wanting to make sure we had a shelter first policy that we are able to give people a bed when we encounter them on the streets. no more excuses. we have to make it work and make investments occur. when are we going to do? this upcoming budget, we plan to make sure that we are protecting over 500 beds that have one time funding. these beds were not anticipated to continue because there was one time funding used for the beds and state funds and fema funding and things we enjoy are drying up. we have been able to protect 500 bed and adding 600 more shelter beds specifically. that is when the folks of urban alchemy are working with folks the homeless out reach folks

working with people they need to offer people something. and that's what this additional shelter beds will be about offering an alternative. our other plan to add 545 units. to be clear since 2018, we increased the number of housing specific low for people who are struggling with homelessness we went from having less than 10,000 units to over 15,000 units increase thanksgiving number boy over 50%. we want to continue down those lines. we have affordable housing we built but it it is not simple to get someone struggling with homelessness in the housing unit this we provide because of the state and federal requirements which are another ball game. fact is when we are creating is an opportunity to directly take people out of the shelter system and put them in permanent housing whether supportive services housing or a way they live on their own. the other thing we are providing

is 825 of slots for prevention. that is when we provide resources to help people get overnight hump whether a month or 2 or what have you and rent. we don't want those folks to be evicted. we will continue resources for our eviction protection and providing support in that regard. so -- in addition to that, and our housing element and thing this is we need to change our goal is to continue to move full speed ahead. what does this money it is howure we dwg to do this. it is money, yes, but also making adjustments. i know that people are protective of some of the set asides like prop c the homeless supportive husbanding recovery monies and than i have specific purposes. and i think the prp problem with some of the measures than i don't give you the flexibility

to meet the need. either we do nothing and make no adjust ams and will in the add slots or we make adjustments through the board of supervisors and then we are able to add additional unit and place ams for people faster tochlt have money sitting there and we have a problem now. we need to spends that money and spends it on impact being people's lives directly. our goal is to make sure that in addition to the budget i introduced a balanced budget that deals with the deficit that is still invests in homelessness, is to make policy changes so we make sure those investments go to the right places so we meet the needs of the challenges that our city is facing. this is not behavioral health. does not talk about public safety this . is just about homelessness. we are not get nothing affordable housing. we are focusing on what we need now and how we need to get going and making stewart what our

partner organization, staff and supported to get to a better accomplice that is what today's announcement is about. i appreciate supervisor mandelman for his work and advocacy and patience as he continues to harass mow to do more. i'm working hard to do more. we understand that this is hard work and people are tired of excuses and bureaucracy. i'm tired of it. i want to see results that is why we had to make very hard and controversial challenging decisions in order to get to that place. and so with that, i want to ask our director of housing and supportive services to come before us to talk a bit more in detail. >> thank you, mayor breed and thank you for having in announcement to focus on

homelessness i know when you do your full budget later this week it is so invest we don't get to go in detail. i want to congratulate urban alchemy team for the heart program launch today this is exciting. you are all great partners. love working with you. so congratulations. and so the i want to give more detail to had the mayor said. the proposed fiscal 23/24 budget of sick 92.6 million for the department of homelessness and supportive house suggest 20.sick million or 3 percent higher than the 22/23 budget this year's budget includes investments to achieve the strategic plan goals and funding for shelter and expand capacity. the new released citywide 5 year strategic plan built on the 3 pillars. calls for expanding hsh housing

shelter prevention inventory and he new strategies to achieve a 50% reduction in unsheltered homelessness in the next 5 years. mayor's budget allocates 99 million in our city our home fund sources. to implement the goal and strategies and leveraging fwrnt bunkham reprogramming 21 million dollars in the department of homelessness and supportive housing general fund budget to meet the goals. on a one time basis the proposed budget reallocated unspent funds to support critical investment in preventing and reducing homelessness in san francisco. the 2 year budget invests 46 million in housing initiatives. 18.2 million in prevention strategies and 34.4 million in shelter beds and services. the major's proposed budget funding to operate 3, 656

shelter beds including reopening beds closed during covid-19 and continuing capacity that was previously added with one time funds. this includes the addition of 594 beds the mayor said. new beds and invest in improved services and extended hours to accommodate more people with an ultimate goal of improving out come over all. budget proposal includes investment in homelessness prevention to allow to serve 825 more households to avoid the crisis of homelessness in the first accomplice. and foiblely the budget includes investments to expand housing for people leaving homelessness. including 425 new subsidies support people leaving homelessness. i want to thank you, mayor for your leadership and for making significant investments in addressing homelessnesseen in a tight budget year. i want to thank the board in advance for their collaboration

to make this budget one this focuses on equity competence solutions for people experiencing homelessness. and finally thank our providers, advocates and staff for endless service to the people experiencing homelessness in our community. a budget is reflection of our values we stand u night in the resolve to address homelessness in our community. thank you. [applause] >> the other thing i wanted say that i done mention earlier is the thing that is in the always manage this people are excited about talking at a press event. is how we start to take down the structure of the bureaucracy. there are many lars of requirement and things we need to do we want to make this

department more efficient. so it works better and faster. and so those are per of the proposed changes we will work on because we can't talk about doing this work and then wait a year to get the housing units and placements and all of the stuff this is not going to help us get to the accomplice we want. we need to see this instant low. a part of the work this we will be doing is taking down a bit of the bureaucracy and the things that get in our way to get the services and resources deliver faster than we have. with that, thank you very much. i think we are done. okay. we are done. >> thank you. mruz mrauz [applause]

>> everything we do in the tenderloin, we urban outfit. here, this gives us an opportunity to collaborate with other agencies and we become familiar with how other agencies operate and allow us to be more flexible and get better at what we depo in the line of work in this task. >> sometimes you go down and it's hard to get up. so we see ourselves as providing an opportunity for the unhoused to get up. and so i really believe that when they come here and they've said it, this right here is absolutely needed. you can't ask for nothing better. >> the tenderloin is the stuff that ain't on the list of remedies, liked the spiritual connection to recovery and why

would i? why would i recover? what have i got to live for? things like that. and sharing the stories. like i was homeless and just the team. and some people need that extra connection on why they can change their life or how they could. >> we have a lot of guests that will come in and say i would like -- you know, i need help with shelter, food, and primary care doctor. and so here, that's three rooms down the hall. so if you book them, they get all of their needs taken care of in one go. this is an opportunity for us here in the tenderloin to come together, try out these ideas to see if we can put -- get -- connect people to services in a

>> the commission on the environment. the date is may 23, 2023. the time is 5:00 p.m. cell phones are prohibited. anyone using a cellphone maybe removed from the chambers. please be sure your device is silent. public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. for comments on matters not on the agenda, there will be an opportunity for general public comment. the person will be asked to come forward one by one. each speaker will be allowed 3 minutes to speak. people calling in to speak, call 415-655-0001