is about imaging. >> it is about representing as public servant in san francisco. >> about recommending the philippine generations and about how memory came for us less celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and writing our own history for the future. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage 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]

>> it did take a village. i was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship.

the difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didn't have a job, who, unfortunately, needed money. and they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. that is what i want to prevent. [♪♪♪] today we are here to officially kick off the first class of opportunities for all. [applause]. >> opportunities for all is a program that mayor breed launched in october of 2018. it really was a vision of mayor breed to get to all of the young people in san francisco, but with an intention to focus on young people that have typically not being able to access opportunities such as internships or work-based learning opportunities. >> money should never be a barrier to your ability to

succeed in life and that is what this program is about. >> there's always these conversations about young people not being prepared and not having experience for work and if they don't get an opportunity to work, then they cannot gain the experience that they need. this is really about investing in the future talent pool and getting them the experience that they need. >> it is good for everyone because down the road we will need future mechanics, future pilots, future bankers, future whatever they may be in any industry. this is the pipe on we need to work with. we need to start developing talent, getting people excited about careers, opening up those pathways and frankly giving opportunities out there that would normally not be presented. [♪♪♪] >> the way that it is organized is there are different points of entry and different ways of engagement for the young person and potential employers. young people can work in cohorts or in groups and that's really

for people that have maybe never had job experience or who are still trying to figure out what they want to do and they can explore. and in the same way, it is open for employers to say, you know what, i don't think we are ready to host an intern year-round are all summer, but that they can open up their doors and do site visits or tours or panels or conversations. and then it runs all the way up to the opportunity for young people to have long-term employment, and work on a project and be part of the employee base. >> something new, to get new experience and meet people and then you are getting paid for it you are getting paid for doing that. it is really cool. >> i starting next week, i will be a freshman. [cheers and applause] two of the things i appreciate about this program was the amazing mentorship in the job experience that i had. i am grateful for this opportunity. thank you. >> something i learned at airbnb is how to network and how

important it is to network because it is not only what you know, but also who you know to get far in life. >> during this program, i learned basic coding languages, had a had to identify the main components and how to network on a corporate level. it is also helping me accumulate my skills all be going towards my college tuition where i will pursue a major in computer science. >> for myself, being that i am an actual residential realtor, it was great. if anybody wants to buy a house, let me know. whenever. [applause] it is good. i got you. it was really cool to see the commercial side and think about the process of developing property and different things that i can explore. opportunities for all was a great opportunity for all. >> we were aiming to have 1,000 young people register and we had

over 2,000 people register and we were able to place about between 50 and did. we are still getting the final numbers of that. >> over several weeks, we were able to have students participate in investment banking they were able to work with our team, or technology team, our engineering 20 we also gave them lessons around the industry, around financial literacy. >> there are 32,000 young people ages 16 and 24 living in san francisco. and imagine if we can create an opera skin it just opportunity for all program for every young person that lives in public housing, affordable housing, low income communities. it is all up to you to make that happen. >> we have had really great response from employers and they have been talking about it with other employers, so we have had a lot of interest for next year to have people sign on. we are starting to figure out how to stay connected to those young people and to get prepared to make sure we can get all 2400

or so that registered. we want to give them placement and what it looks like if they get more. >> let's be honest, there is always a shortage of good talent in any industry, and so this is a real great career path. >> for potential sponsors who might be interested in supporting opportunities for all , there is an opportunity to make a difference in our city. this is a really thriving, booming economy, but not for everyone. this is a way to make sure that everyone gets to benefit from the great place that san francisco is and that we are building pathways for folks to be able to stay here and that they feel like they will belong. >> just do it. sign up for it. [♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪] >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco planning commission hearing for thursday june 1, 2023. to enable public participation sf gov tv is broadcasting