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]

[♪♪♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪♪♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service

providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use

it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about

d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter, and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services.

>> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well. we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check.

you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported.

>> i went through a lot of struggles in my life, and i am blessed to be part of this. i am familiar with what people are going through to relate and empathy and compassion to their struggle so they can see i came out of the struggle, it gives them hope to come up and do something positive. ♪ ♪ i am a community ambassador.

we work a lot with homeless, visitors, a lot of people in the area. >> what i like doing is posting up at hotspots to let people see visibility. they ask you questions, ask you directions, they might have a question about what services are available. checking in, you guys. >> wellness check. we walk by to see any individual, you know may be sitting on the sidewalk, we make sure they are okay, alive.

you never know. somebody might walk by and they are laying there for hours. you never know if they are alive. we let them know we are in the area and we are here to promote safety, and if they have somebody that is, you know, hanging around that they don't want to call the police on, they don't have to call the police. they can call us. we can direct them to the services they might need. >> we do the three one one to keep the city neighborhoods clean. there are people dumping, waste on the ground and needles on the ground. it is unsafe for children and adults to commute through the streets. when we see them we take a picture dispatch to 311. they give us a tracking number and they come later on to pick it up. we take pride. when we come back later in the

day and we see the loose trash or debris is picked up it makes you feel good about what you are doing. >> it makes you feel did about escorting kids and having them feel safe walking to the play area and back. the stuff we do as ambassadors makes us feel proud to help keep the city clean, helping the residents. >> you can see the community ambassadors. i used to be on the streets. i didn't think i could become a community ambassador. it was too far out there for me to grab, you know. doing this job makes me feel good. because i came from where a lot of them are, homeless and on the street, i feel like i can give them hope because i was once

there. i am not afraid to tell them i used to be here. i used to be like this, you know. i have compassion for people that are on the streets like the homeless and people that are caught up with their addiction because now, i feel like i can give them hope. it reminds you every day of where i used to be and where i am at now.

>> good morning this meeting will come to orders welcome to the regular meeting of government odd exit oversight commit east board of supervisors. i'm supervisor preston chair joined by vice chair stefani and connie channel clerk head is >> silence cell poens and device the board and committees convenning hybrid meetings allowing comment and remote access and comment via phone. public comment will be