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] the tenderloin is home to

families, immigrants, seniors, merchants, workers and the housed and unhoused who all deserve a thriving neighborhood to call home. the tenderloin initiative was launched to improve safety, reduce crime, connect people to services and increase investments in the neighborhood. as city and community-based partners, we work daily to make these changes a reality. we invite you to the tenderloin history, inclusivity make this neighborhood special. >> we're all citizens of san francisco and we deserve food, water, shelter, all of those things that any system would. >> what i find the most fulfilling about being in the tenderloin is that it's really basically a big family here and i love working and living here. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> my hopes and dreams for the tenderloin are what any other community organizer would want for their community, safe, clean streets for everyone and good operating conditions for small businesses. >> everything in the tenderloin is very good. the food is very good. if you go to any restaurant in san francisco, you will feel like oh, wow, the food is great. the people are nice. >> it is a place where it embraces all walks of life and different cultures. so this is the soul of the tenderloin. it's really welcoming. the. >> the tenderloin is so full of color and so full of people. so with all of us being together and making it feel

very safe is challenging, but we are working on it and we are getting there. >> there is a lot of unique characteristics about visitation valley. it is a unique part of the city. >> we are off in a corner of the city against the san francisco county line 101 on one side. vis station valley is still one of the last blue color neighborhoods in san francisco. a lot of working class families out here. it is unusual. not a lot of apartment buildings.

a lot of single family homes. >> great business corridor. so much traffic coming through here and stopping off to grab coffee or sandwich or pick up food before going home. >> a lot of customers are from the neighborhood. they are painters or mechanics. they are like blue color workers, a lot of them. >> the community is lovely. multi-racial and hopefully we can look out for each other. >> there is a variety of businesses on the block. you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. library, bank of america with a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family

owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to

limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. restaurants that had to adapt to more of a take out model. they haven't totally brought back indoor seating. >> it is heartbreaking to see the businesses that have closed down and shut because of the pandemic. >> when the pandemic first hit it got really slow. we had to change our hours. we never had to close, which is a blessing. thank god. we stayed open the whole time. >> we were kind of nervous and anxious to see what was going to come next hoping we will not have to close down. >> during covid we would go outside and look on both sides of the street. it looked like old western town.

nobody on the street. no cars. >> it was a hard eight or nine months. when they opened up half the people couldn't afford a haircut. >> during that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. people would come to make sure they were okay. >> we checked on each other and patronized each other. i would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. >> this is a generous and kind community. people would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy behind me and some days it went on and on. it was amazing to watch. we saw a perfect picture of community. we are all in this together. >> since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge

stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> when we opened up august 1st. i will not say it was all good. we are still struggling due to covid. it affected a lot of people. >> we are still in the pandemic right now. things are opening up a little bit. it is great to have space to come together. i did a three painting series of visitation valley and the businesses on leland. it felt good to drop off the paintings and hung them. >> my business is picking up. the city is opening up. we have mask requirements. i check temperatures. i ask for vaccination card and/or recent test. the older folks they want to feel safe here. >> i feel like there is a sense of unity happening. >> what got us through the

pandemic was our customers. their dogs needed groomed, we have to cut their nails so they don't over grow. >> this is only going to push us forward. i sense a spirit of community and just belief in one another. >> we are trying to see if we can help all small businesses around here. there is a cannabis club lounge next to the dog parlor to bring foot traffic. my business is not going to work if the business across the street is not getting help. >> in hit us hard. i see a bright future to get the storefronts full. >> once people come here i think they really like it. >> if you are from san francisco visit visitation valley to see how this side of the city is the same but different.

is r. my name is debra alvarez rodriguez. i'm the deputy director in san francisco. my background is one in which i have spent the entirety of my life committed to finding solution to poverty and addressing the issues of inequity so people and communities can have accesses to resources and financial freedom. one thing true anode dear to my heart was the power of business ownership in creating pathways to financial freedom. we have still in infancy. we had over 100 entrepreneurs

come and start their businesses. some are food trucks. some are restaurants. some are in farmer's markets and so farther. that's an incredible legacy and record to build upon. this was the perfect opportunity for me to come back home, you know, come back to the neighborhood and take my skills and networks and resources and put it backseat in service of the community. given everything with racial reckoning and pandemic it was time for me and everyone else that had the opportunity to leave and get educated to come back home. we have a opportunity to grow our impact in terms of the number of people we serve and how we serve them. we grow our impact in taking the money we make with our entrepreneurs and circulate those resources back interview the community for community development.

the third thing is we have a opportunity to have an impact on public policy in terms of the policies and practices the district has been notorious about interms of inequities. all of those are just the beginning of what is possible in terms of growth and impact. ♪ [ music ] ♪♪

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thank you. please respond with here or present, um, chair chew. ah and board member um corbyn, nova corba nova sitting in for board member herrera present. with two board members present. we do have a quorum. we also have john givner here today from the city attorney's office. thanks for being here. um. now we'll move forward with the land acknowledgment. we acknowledge that we're on the unseated ancestral homeland of the rama touche aloni, who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula? as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions. the rahmatullah aloni have never seated loss nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests. we

recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the rama tuesday community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. them. the next item is item to hear, uh, opportunity for public comment on any matters within the board's jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. um comments specific to the item on the agenda may be heard when that item is considered general public comment, maybe continued to the agenda, maybe continue to the agenda of speakers succeed 20 minutes of public comment. do we have any in person public comment here today? for general public comment. seeing none. we will move to the phone lines. we have sf gov tv and digital, um or media services helping us out today. um do we have any colors

online? i'd like to say something. thank you. um, one moment, please. and your time will begin now. good morning, everybody. this is dennis herrera, general manager, the sfp you see? um i as i've let the chair and others know. um i am. i'm sorry. i'm not there today, but i have covid and i am recovering. and, um, you know, while i'm around following state , city and state guidelines about when i can return to in person work, so i will be attending this on webex and i look forward to the presentation. thank you. thank you, mr herrera. and we hope you recover very quickly. we still have one collar for public comment. thank you very much, um

, will now go to that color. um, your time will begin now. can you hear me now? yes we can. mr. pill pill. thank you. surprise it's david pimple. so three quick things one i join in wishing general manager herrera a speedy and successful recovery . we want him to be well to, um period, so i hope you feel better, too. i could not hear chair chew at the beginning. so if you could just be sure that her microphone is a muted when she's speaking so that we can all hear her and three i just wanted to say to all present and listening. i really appreciate the time and attention that everyone is given to this process. i've uh, spoken to many of you. in the last weeks and months, and i feel very heard

and, um, able to participate here, so i think this has been a good process thus far. i expect that it will continue to be, and i just thank you for being able to be heard. i don't always feel that way with city government, but i feel like this has been a good process today. and just wanted to thank everyone for their time, and that's all i have to say right now. thanks for listening. thank you, mr popo. i recognize here. i didn't read the instructions for webex . so i will read them now this will be the only time we read them. but if you need more information, please just type that in the chat. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 4156550. access code 2598054. a password should not, um, not be necessary. but if prompted, please enter 32 to 8, then press pound if you haven't already done so, please dial star three delighted to speak. for those using webex, please

click the raise hand icon. a system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. please wait until the system indicates you have been and muted and you may begin your comments. please note that you have two minutes to speak. the refugees rate board will, um, here up to 20 minutes of remote public comment on each agenda item in order that commenters add themselves to the queue. because of the 20 minute time limit. it is possible that not every person in the queue will have the opportunity to provide remote public remote public comment. remote public comment from people who have received an accommodation due to a disability will not count towards the 20 minute limit. um do we have any other speakers online? there are no speakers online currently. thank you very much, um, chair to this concludes the general public comment. thank you very much. clerk stone. we're going to call item number three. thank you. item number three is to adopt a code of conduct and ex parte communications limitations procedures. this is an action

item and has been noticed in accordance with charter section 4.104. thank you very much, jay. this was, uh, we put it back on the agenda because we hadn't noticed properly in the previous meeting, so it's the same code of conduct that you read in the previous meeting and approved. thank you very much for the overview. just a quick note here for folks. there is a part or a line in the expert, a communication that i just want to read out loud. for the record . it speaks to the manner in which the refuge rate board members should not communicate with refuse companies on matters within the subject matter, jurisdiction of the refuge rate board. um there is also an exception. however, this policy shall should also shall not apply to communications between a refuse company and a member with respect to city. business distinct from the actual rate setting process, except that in such cases, members shall disclose the nature of the

communications on the record at the start of the next refuse rate board hearing. i want to just communicate that for transparency, the city administrators office through the office of contract administration is an active negotiations with regards to san francisco's city municipal waste contract. um and while i am not in direct communication, my staff, maybe. so i simply want to make sure that we put that on the record as well. with that. do we have any public comment? thank you. chair chew. we will now take public comment on this item. uh, members of the public may address the board with comments specific to the current item and will be limited to two minutes of speaking time per person and a total 20 cumulative minutes for this item. members of the public who i wish to provide in person. public comment. please line up at the podium now, do we have any members who would like to provide these comments in person?