housing authority meeting friday september 29th. miwe take the roll. >> the president torres. >> present. >> commissionering lindo. >> present. >> commissioner kim. >> present. >> commissioner pikes. >> present. >> item 3 the acknowledgment of the ramaytush ohlone community. ramaytush ohlone acknowledgment... thank you,

president and item 4 for the president's report >> want to take a moment of silence in recognition of the loss of extraordinary life, career and public service of senator diane feinstei wanted

to acknowledge the role this she and her office through her played in ensuring the success of the housing authority. throughout the pursuit rad. rehad been dollars supported our residents. and of course her legacy around the violence this affects the lives of so many in our communities. she was an advocate for gun control in the country. we had many strong and fierce integrity around that issue. her support of the lbgtq+ communities during the heist hiv pandemic when so many ignored the issue says she would not and could not and helped support our communities during this time. and in the latino and immigrant

communities her support standing against the racist groundses of prop 187 in the 90's had it was alet to her election was something had we in the communities will not ever forget. may our condolences with her family, friends and everyone in public service and life who benefited from her commitment to bettering lives for so many of us. mishe rest in peace. thank you. thank you president. item 5 for general public comments for items not on today's agenda. this portion is not for debate or discussion with the commissioners state your matter. it is in the appropriate for commissioners to engage or responded not set in the agenda. if you have questions, send it via e mail.

with this we can open for general public comment. if youor zoom, raise your hand. do not see any. we can close general public comment. item 6 the tenant report. anyone? in person or on line that would like to report to the board? if not we can ask for public comment on item 6. do not see public comment we will close public comment for item 6. before we move to the chief executive's report, i want to thank you lediju for your leadership in realizing the significant decrease in sro family in china town and the chinese community who benefit

friday your stewardship with the mayor's office and hud. and of course our partners in the mayor's office housing and community development so more families can be moved from the sro units into sound affordable houseing gives them dignity to live lives and space for their children to study. and part in the most basic amenities many of us take for granted. i know it has in the been easy or path to follow. i very much thank you on behalf of another late executive ed lee who startd that process during his term. and thank you for helping make it a reality. to see so many in the chinese community yesterday to the mayor and supervisor and advocates from china town community development center support your leadership we thank you so much

for make use in a potent, powerful and fundamental way. the value of the housing choice vouchers this changed over 250 lives thus far. i know this those remain on the list are awaiting your pursuit ensuring we get to zero families in the units and in more be stable, secure and decent housing where they can thrive. thank you. we are on item 7, chief executive officer's report. and we will start with item 7a plaza east development update. good morning. i'm channing jackson with mccormick and saul whereafter i have ron from john stewart we'll

talk about our august report. for plaza east apartments. thank you. good morning i'm ron the regional director for the john stewart company here for jennifer woods. she was not able to attend. the first slide talks about the staff. at plaza east. we have kept the property manager for awho i and the regional manager, assistant manager left. and we are 2 people in prehire. so that is good nows. we were approved for 2 new maintenance people and using temps to hire who i we evaluate and press and through the on boarding press. i hope soon to have a full staff at the site. work orders, i attended the last

couple meeting and the commission had questions about work orders andmented delve in further. we hope this report gets close to where you guysmented to be. we have -- we have secured numbers for the last 6 months. this slide talks about the left full month available, which was august. in august. we -- had 56 work orders. 6 are still opened. civics them -- have been opened more than 30-days and 3 were emergency work orders. next slide. in july, we have the numbers in the form. i don't want to read the numbers i would if you would like me to. if you have question sns >> yes on the staffing. pausing here on the staffing

when you say soon what does soon mean? >> 90 days for all 4 positions. 2 of them the office staff one of them we are waiting for the background check should be 2 weeks that is key position. the other one we have a temp to hire in place as with the 2 maintenance people. we have not made them offers we are using them from the temp agency they understand there is a possibility of a permanent position there but evaluating their work and make sure they will be a fit for the john stewart company. >> and in terms of the impacts to services on site based on the delays. wham impacts should residents expect as you restaff during this time? >> we continue to work on the recertification and the pick submissions for the housing authority. wore updated on those.

the temp staff in place are trained on the job and the work is getting done. perhaps not as fast as if i had 3 long-term people. we certainly preaching only had one mince person the addition of the 2 is to increase the level of service they get from the and maintenance department there is not a decrease from historic levels we are look to add these to increase this service we give the residents in the property. >> grit and in term this is is a benefit to residence denial system there communication in place now letting residents know and based on maintenance requests a faster turn around time once you come to full staffing? >> i'm sorry. new and new staffing >> surety property management office sends out a nows letter i looked last month and mentioned the new staff on board. i don't think we drew the line from what that new staff will mean to the residents we

introduced them and let them know we are increasing staff. >> i think this i continue can seem overly meticulous but the consistency of communications from you to residence den system extremely important. i think this because worried travels fast on a site and fall back is not enough is done to serve them in this case you are say thering will be new staff that will be on board to help request in an efficient manner that benefits residents something you want to repeat there is a direct connection between service, staffing and for residents in their minds >> thank you i will make a note. zee another property management news letter coming out and i will make sure we highlight that. >> and then being realistic about timing you want to make sure they know with it typeset begins and going out inform terms of the emergency orders can you give us detail on the

most recent ones you talked about. >> absolutely that popped out at me. i called the manager to ask temperature is i concern. however in this case they are not emergency or routine. they are redecorating carpets. this is carpets for people who lived a long time and propping the end of useful life we are scheduling carpet replacements there is nothing wrong no nail its is not farewayed but getting older. second are tubs and counter tops they take ahigh school to order. and the work order stays open until products are delivered and installed. third is there are 3 unit transferred pending. all of those have work orders for the unit this they are moving out ofment work orders not closed until than i move and we repair the unit after than i move.

>> i appreciate the prepation done before this meeting to answer the questions in this way is there anything else you prepped you want to share with us in >> there is not. >> all right. >> can i ask, thank you follow up question. on staffing, i appreciate knowing this what is the metric that you used in determining how many staff is necessary in order to address the occurrence. ratio or metric as you decide the staff you should have. >> that's an interesting question. i will tell that you no property is alike limp is no metric this is one size fits all. >> the ratio, >> general low. and again there is a lot of wiggle room between 50 and 80 units per person. the office and 50 and 80 units per person in the maintenance and janitor departmentful

however, this can vary widely. you have a regular janitor contract you mihave less janitors and i third party this this there is tax credits and public house thering are 2 due inside of one each year. it double the work it is 1 and a half times the work. age of the property, complexity of the compliance piece. the size of the units and size of the families and the number of wage earners all affect that. so again, that's the range but it varies. >> can we see the analysis of staffing in about what that looks like and what are the resources in terms of staffing by sdpungz how does this look in terms of the number of work orders coming n. what is the staffing ratio you have.

however way you look at it if we can do more that would be helpful. i'm sure you all look at that when you determine what is your appropriate staffing needs for any property. i know you do that analysis if you could share that with us this would be helpful. >> certainly. thank you. great. thank you. >> ron had a few more slides there. you can take a look at this. we go to resident service updates. our family restoration frh is our on site resident services provider. >> can we go back to the work orders as well.

not asking to read the insights you v. i think i really appreciate the additional information. and i hope for contact. around the numbers ask this might address it if you could walk through what are we see something if there are any other metrics or data you look at in your team looks at to see whether the work order this is are coming in are addressed. in the manner in which. they should be addressed and the time frame the completeness or the efficiency by which than i are done. if there are different metrics you have in making decisions i'm really interested n looking at those or seeing those. and how you bench mark against industry or like properties or things like that. >> if you would not mind walk through the information you

provided that would be helpful. >> i can answer some of this. the first month we report on it is march to which give it context. we did a prereact inspection before this. and you will see a large amount of work order this is month when we do unit inspections for the when he will property we have a large amount of work orders. residents other not forth coming. so i believe that is why you see a large jump in march. and april than i are closed and pick up. >> are they new work orders? so -- less than 30 days, should we read this as you received a total of 80 in the month of march? yes >> and work orders opened for 30

days or greater, so. you received 22 in april. work orders for 30 or greater 6. this means of the 80 or 86 in march, of the 86 only 6 remained? is this right? or -- or -- so how -- this is why i ask for training of understanding how many came in? how many are carried over? how many remained carried over and how many fixed and which are new. i think it is here i want to interpret it so we understand how long will that take with a work order. how many individuals and families waiting for longer than 30 days. which is an emergency, which are not. it is helpful to see it in this

way. unless we all understand how to read it and chart it in our brains. >> and to be frank, i did in the prepare this report i think had i see missing here i do these for other agencies such as yourself is the number of work othered started and the number of work orders closed. it does in the say. says sick over 30 dis you could have several open on the 20th this carried through. i will adjust it going forward and also include opened and closed each month. >> that is key performance inld indicator i look at >> that the be helpful to see, >> you asked had metrics and bench americaing we use. i don't bench mark against other properties because of the wide variety and conscience of properties. i look at different things one is resident communication. also meeting and the level of

satisfaction and dissatisfaction. furthermore, we do quality patrol where we call people after and make sure that the work orders done professional american and respectful and cloned up after themselves and got notice. so -- i do this myself and my admin does it for mow occasionally. we look at the budget. make sure we spend the correct amount of money the bills are approved by miechlz and managers. i look at the bills from hd supply and see when work is being done. i understand you would not necessarily. i hear you you would not necessarily bench mark against other properties because of the differences by property. do you have internal metric of had you believe is a reasonable amount of time? for work orders to be done? i think on one -- or do you --

um -- rely on satisfaction to say that was an okay amount of time in order for this to get repaired or addressed? >> i review the work order report based upon my experience to staffing levels. importance of the work orders. i know emergency work orders done within 24 hours sometimes an hour if a smoke detector this is life safety issue take care of it that minute. if after hour emergency should be taken care of right away. other things, some of the work orders are schedule items not happen for awhile. that make its hard to use an average number fireplace a carpet the next month or after it takes awhile to move their items. and this will skew the number its is lump in the with the regular work orders had someone calls and says my fridge seal is

broken or front door is stick they are different. should be dealt with in 3 days. i like to see 3 days and i look for reasons why it might be different. shorter if emergency or scour or long are if scheduled or wait for supplies. >> do you have electronic those things about we got in this time this is the type. how long it is taking. this one is 3 days. what are we doing along the way do have you a triaging system or is it, how do you when a work order come in, how does it get defined in terms when it gets done and the order. >> the this is metly done at site level by the property manager. one of the staff members take its put in our system and

prioritied. open work orderers printd and given to the maintenance department a khoa copy at the was. every couple am days the lead maintenance sgs luit with the manager and makes sure things done timely. hi are tracking them do you track them as work order emergency or routine or you have i do categorize them in other way to extract information or is it work order or print out review. i'm not sure we use the system

but not all the functions. a nationally recognized system and worked with housing authorities. we track it by unit number and whether or not emergency or rutone president date it is opened and closed. frh is on site service providers. for the month of august. they had the back pack give, way

and 32 residents at was attended this. youth outing tour water park. hot meals weekly on wednesday with 20 attending weekly. residence cent services w with rental assistance. referral and reviewing rent ledgers show they understand when payments are missing or to make sure if there are discrepancy this they are working through that together. proposal vieding football coding and supporting the community meetings. with the resident and it is families. and for the month of august, services provided support up to 80 this month. >> and -- the graph shows on the next slide. and once one graph shows the

referrals compared to attendees and the events that were hosted. we have see an increase in august back peculiar give, way. had 92. attendees and with the referrals for rental assistance and other services we are increased to 80. with a 21% or 22% if you round up. against the entire population. i know we will discuss in the action items the increase in services available directly and through rfp from major's office of housing we can go into this then, too. emergency repair update well are not men. i'm reporting in august. during august we got the

approval to move forward with revolving loan and thank you for, proving that. so we had to get the agreement together. w it out. negotiate back and forth. so that was solidified. work has begun and making significant strives done by end of october. now 10 units have been commolested. next month i will have pictures to so the before and afters. and small -- general contractor working fast. what would be great to see is improve ams you are making again. there is funding med visible so the rate and the manner in dh it is visible to the contractor.

has been expedited the work can continue faster. grit for you to share on the record the manner in which the speed and efficiency repairs being done you in. this is changed versus what it was before. >> sloulth. >> to document for all of us the improvements. i will. >> absolutely. planning for moting and committees we are taking 4 members that were for that were -- suggested nominated by hrc. we are scheduling a meeting coming up for next week to

incorporate the now members of the development committee. so this is schedule for october fourth. >> >> understanding is per of i stloojding commitment this was made to incorporate more individuals when felt they were left out of the process and wanted take a more formal irrelevant than i could already attends the meetings. make comments known, out line concerns and documented this . is another way of formalizing that partnership. expand the role of the development committee. i'm happy to see the commitments are fulfilled. so we can hear from the diversity of voices represented by those interested in the future of plaza east i thank you and the team for following through on the commitments this were made. and ensouring that the voices

are incorporate in the our process. thank you, very, very much. and i know this i appreciate the american in which you have been push forward. clantive with everyone in the rooms. they are aware that we are respecting their voices and i want thifrng the economic workforce development will share more how the voices and priors and concerns and ideas are going to be shared back to the group. in full based on the conversations to date. i think one of the concerns i was hearing on the ground with residents or hearing directly from other advocates was this there was no recognition it seemed or communication that there would be recognition from their perspective their voice would result in a proposal this

reflected their concerns and priors. this is part of this work. in ensuring community voice. are reflected and respected in our path forward thank you. >> thank you. i agree we are working to address the issues, residents are very informed and brought wonderful questions we had to step back and had to come together and how to address those dwhes they had. which are important to us. to make sure we come up with i game plan or strategy to incorporate those suggestion this is residents did prosecute pose at the meetings. may be this is a question or something you can discuss with the city the office economic and workforce develop and want their team and opa and ted conrad. which is one point you can bring

become the my level pointsure discussing on the upon ground with community to familiarize this body with the progress of this work. i think it is important for this group to understand not everyone can make the time being at these meetings. at plaza east to understand how time is a factor. cost is i factor. the service delivery this we can't rely on from the federal government and have in the relied on from the federal government can be supported with a mixed model of financing this is supported by yes affordable, public housing replacements one for one with right to return. during the reelection and redevelopment process as residents choose and how the funding of the cross subsitys make a difference and how that changes based on communities input. so that this body can understand

and concepts. >> absolutely. >> so topics discussing since june fifth we talked about the mixed income 100% affordable. not one meeting we are going become and forth and communicating the importance of prosecute's and con's of each conceptful replacement and relocation and hud process and finance. site plans with the residents. >> and then you wanted see the graph. for may be. i believe commissioner kim you wanted to see in graphed the

attendees as well as the number of questions. if you need more information, i can add this for you next meeting. but here we are, we have -- from june, 19. june the 21st meeting had 11. july 26 is increasing sloit low. with participates we expect to have more as we continue to meet every month. >> great. >> thank you so much for puting together it is interesting to seat number of questions and comments. the total number and percentage would be interesting this is great. thank you y. my pleasure. thank you this concludes our presentation. yooch great. thank you.

additional comments before the next report? item 7d conversion update for contractor update. good morning. commissioners. good morning. appropriated with our [inaudible] and i hope -- and couple changes on the front i. to share we are making shifts within our staffing. we have completely brought on board evan with her training she is now fully vet in the her role as senior property manager for the sunnydale property,llowing

license to focus for potrero. and transitioning so the greater focus can be made in everyone is trained on all processes borrow the keys are turned over. we changed the foradmit it is more in less of a narrative and more of a statistical format and once the housing authority this is our executive report this is submitted in monthly basis witness this is acceptable and, proved by the housing authority it is on the tain. so -- there will be graphs year over.

so you see the impacts as well. going in the august reports we want to share with you on the right side, going to find the over all year to date numbers. this is the number and the far right. other totals you will be able to see potrero and sunnydale. the -- over all operational statistics. so, when we have on the first section is the service meetings and collaborative meetings this are held regularly and the aattendance for each of the team monthly basis in with those meetings showing the number held and conducted. >> on our next section, you will see the operations the total number of the units how many are occupyd and how many are vacant.

and what the occupancy percentage is. you will see that occupancy change as than i move to other units such as larkin [inaudible]. we have a section in there for lease violations if there are violations that be issued to residents we will see hawaii is. and of course the housing authority will have copies of those violations. we have the section for billing accuracy. we have -- happy to report that we are 100% complete with our audit from the initial lease signings. the initial letters. all of the household measures accurate low listed. rents are accurate well.

we are waiting for verification of a final report for security deposits and all of the rents and billings for the initial period are 100% reconciled. as we are now receiving the rent change notices for the first recertification. this is the press we are working on to get those in. part when that tie system the next slide. reason collection. and this is the tenant portion of the rents collected for the property. and -- those rent collections are next phase we are working into it we will be then preparing an initial courtesy notice for individuals and followum notice asking them on meet with us and enter in

repayment agreement. i give them an opportunity to review their ledger with us so they have question this is can be addressed with them. and than i have the town to a one on one appointment. and then enter into the repiment arrangements with them. and once those repayment arrangements are signed and enter this information goes in the tenant record and seniority so both an executive level and on site level we monitor that. and those numbers for individuals this are not complying or will not want to cooperate, will be able to in this next section documenting the individuals in this process. so i wanted to shirr with this portion. if than i don't share it would lead to other things. or notices we have to post or

trespassing this we have to post that will be listed there. you can see year to date we will have the total trespasses to date we issued the 44 unit this is period. the next is staffing and the office side and maintenance staff side. there is no year to date this is would be active monthly report with where we are with the staffing. and this training. then we also wanted to tuck about the lease management. we are looking forward it moving forward with the finalization of any left minute lease changes and approvaled by hud. so this -- as hud is requiring now leases this is hud required

changes. next skekz on this slide page 3, you will have an over all view of had the work orders are to date. to date for both done 2200, 51 work orders this is a month mroe average actual count of work orders for sunnydale and potrero. how many are dbi how many are emergency work orders? and we perform monthly and provide to the authority the standards the metric standards. we have a document this performs automatic calculation how many met the metrics and outside those metrics.

if there is manage this exceed today it would be noted there. there are none this period. we met it on off the work orders to date for the period. >> we have begin the maximum commreegs to tea committee outside number of days for work orders to be completed. of 13 per contrary orders the longest was 47 day and med a note it was parts pending and the w order was done in the an emergency work order. otherwise it would be and in the line above exceeding standard. and the average number of work orders for sunny dale and 7.2 dis to have them completed. any questions before we move to the next slide? >> commissioners, questions?

on the previous slide, just curious. it might be nothing but the color coding. it seems like on the bottom part referred to each of the different columns but above it scattered did hi have significance? >> the sunnydale is light green. potrero is blue the far left the accelerated and if it is a form well not to be touch today is grayed out. if the report appropriated the form well is not corrected. otherwise, if an a number torentered for the total meetings held. those numbers are put into this over all column >> in the top, is it gray under

accelerated but it is a form well not to be touched. >> correct. >> if we look under weekly sf check in. it would be for potrero. and bringing forward the number for portrir for both properties. >> and like the option below the form well adding my sunnydale and this per contrary total units geting grayed out number the grayed out number is letting you know this is locked out not to be not a data entry. >> if i may, commissioner. we hear positive progress you are giving the lot of

spreadsheets, et cetera if we were it walk out to the cites what would be the correlation with had you present expect when we see on site? when we look at work orders and cannot prupt will see an information upon the this was had approved for and that's later in my presentation i have addressed it. there is an over all one time approval where we came in and hit every corner of every property, and area and zone. every area and zone was touched. fwaf an opportunity to get caught up. with regards to missed areas or troubled areas, there has been an improve am of the over all condition of the property. >> can you help us understand or what dramatic improvement means?

>> there has been -- weekly -- visits by the authority this goes to the property. and so they will take periodic quality control. photos and reports with what they find. it is per of the scorecard and our evaluation this is why you see it improved. we are working with the authority so had it is not just areas of concern but also areas this are true andk rit observations. the good and the bad. the salt and the pepper not just the pepper. so it is giving a broader view to anyone looking at those reports with the conditions of per of the authority and management we have i clear understanding of where the property stanced. we received week over week admonition of an improved

property condition, so there are hot spat spots the over all conscience meeting the standards and needs of residents its has been a combined effort to do these things and when we out lined on the last report where we were we -- readdress how we were looking at the common areas. and when we also incorporated with a bulky item pick up witness a month and resolved the outstanding issues and the 100% of bins delivered by the treasure agency. its just allowed you to right the boat. the tangibles are grit to hear. level of cordination with the hozing authority to have this

third part validator. and it is good to hear this continuing. in rep and i the housing authority and i talked about this in terms of security cam ares on cites and ensure there is monterroring of efficacy, availability and utility. are you cord naying on those issues if you hear this. people have access to the site and the watch tower site are able to note as they go on any moment when the cameras are working or not. i wanted make sure we have the control in place to ensure what in addition to what is taking place on site and manageing is for the authority. when is happen thering we are also layering in the other controls to ensure we have our full attention. on consistent basis.

in terms of vacant units the issue around vacant units and individuals move nothing to them, are there any? it is manage we are machine toring and something on a monthly basis look at units and checking when is there and making sure they are not useds for illegal purposes. if there is a case the trespass.

that has been worked with the police department to see them move off property. why are there issues with the physical materials used to secure sites that are impoeding access from law enforcement, should than i need to visit? unsure of material its secure the sites and what happens when had security is compromised. who is using those cites not present low. are there issue and think burglar in terms of ingress and e press for everybody after the breech has taken place. why once well is a broach we are not modifying the breech. to allow for the access. it is still -- work width police

department, having them removed. it is not a matter of -- removing all of the items to help address the issues think about those thing this is seem insignificant and cause problems down the road like dust from construction and security cameras. those little things. things we have done is going back through they had to be boarded up buzz when materials were visible were -- ploy wood material. we are going become and put nothing sand in i window to

driving by or picking up treasure see activity. we are trying to prosecute mote disability to the inside. >> and of course the property is walked every day t. is -- our teams know when is happening at all times it is every day. thank you again for being supportive of getting families out to the psied for the become peculiar give, way. i know these, you are smiling. the family there is and the diversity of the fell there is were smiling. thank you and your staff and welcoming everybody. >> i'm hopeing go to the major's office, too.

>> shameless plug. why understood. moving forward with the work orders and the daily quality check and it is upon stoornsd of in the units we are monitoring under the contract to ensure that -- well is a quality control for the senior team usa are going back and checking the quality of the work and checking residents making sure left in the clean manner. performing customer service. as well. >> we are upon in the process of -- pvd. on the next report we give you where we are once the inspection processes completed. that will be the support report. why we have some customer service items there. there were a couple of issues

this were elevated. beyond our office. one was a difficulty vunding a house hold with their accommendation transfer. so -- we were working with them. than i came to sign the lease and refused to sign and rescheduled when than i came back not all members were there. demanding i co we went out of our way i was appropriateed dispatch my team to the other member's office they were work to get this second signature so that the accommendation could be med. the house hold did have everybody it was best to come become the within and finish the walk through. and lose.

we have given a snapshot of finance. a brief over view of the team month low. these are funds that -- distributed back to the property. over all it hard the financial statements when you look at the projects i wanted be able so you can understand over all had is getting back to these projects a total of 6 million dollars. you see when it cost being to prit the reports individual low as well. back to our common area updates. as we mentioned there is a marked improvement noted by

authority's week leap interaction. and consistent improvement in the over all condition. and in addition, because it was such a success to once a quarter go in and do a one time clean up. things that the holidays and things of that nature people be in and out and about more frequently and curve appeal challenged incorporateed the budget one time all areas addressed. when we have the periods of adverse weather we debate needs for dry conscience they are addressed to the are tigz we have done before. we are still are challenge and i

think oui always will be with illegal dumping it is manage than i are walk regularly and admonishes wish tower cameras don't can't catch a license play the teams are following up to see individuals or get identification of the individuals this are regular low dumping. looked loyal a construction company with their toilets they pulled and the box for the new toilets. somewhere coming to property so we continue is in the just residence denials there are outside dumping coming in. >> in addition to outside coming and dump degree we have information. do you need the support of the police department or anyone else

to help track am this. temperature is reported regular low. when we can identify it. as an outside entity coming in my team usa are all trained if you can did your utmost. take a snapshot of the license plate. stlf a sign by the door of i veteran to make sure we get this information to cathelectric become through to the police department. more times then and there not, because the property is so large. by time they get there the veteran is pulling, way and we capture not ledgeable. we will continue to fight the battle. >> i want upcoming there will be

changed within hud. so -- there is -- hud rolled out for inspire standards for react and housing stoornts. . the universal physical condition upon standards effective october first hud is moving to the inpyre standards. wanting our teams to be krsz trin head required by hud to implement the properties they are educated and the differences. how we built our yardy because the soonered once i get an in the from the authority after they talked to hud we are appropriated the drop downs will much the standards as well.

i attached for nightly reading the fundamental differences as well. and i provided this is the smip of when was given to the board when we met with them. they have a date, time and location. and educate them on those additional services we are providing them. we designated determinedidate the left wednesday every month. than i can get rid of this dresser it is in the i problem we have a way and moneys to do this. if they need to have it removed sooner than i are in the required wait until this day. using the trucks than i can call

the office and make a schedule and our teams can, cyst when there is something this urgent low needs to be taken care of. making sure the customer service focus for the residents. and the left 2 pages are basically the reasons why that hud is making these changes to the inspire standards. and -- over all what and why than i are doing this. and just to reassure the commission that -- we will be ready. anymore questions? thank you very much. >> thank you.

next is item 7c the chief executive officer general xhoungz by tonya. >> good afternoon, commissioners and for my communications today i want to pivot for a moment and acknowledge the loss of our senator. who actually served as a senator in california since 1992 and local low she was never left her people of san francisco since the 70s as the first female mayor of san francisco she did in the cease to support women, well tino and african-americans and opening the door for others on her own journey. to political power. this included support of our now mayor breed the first black female mayor san freshman and the second fell mayor. ascertain feinstein took the

national lead to address the aids crisis in san francisco. spearheaded, gun legislation after the untime low death of the mayor moscone. and the mass shotting at 1 where are 1 california and identifying global warming as a significant concern of our century and i think we are all seeing that. the change in our weather and it is having a major affect on us. we have lost a trail blazer for women and legislator and send condollence to her fell and friends. thank you. and as you may have heard in the news, there is the and terrible for a federal government shut down. and than i are trying to move a series of bills through the system to determine what can be done to mitigate this potential

shove down i want torn know that the housing authority we will be here every day and will ton pay our subsidies as required. so this is a commitment. from hud. to our residents. and left among we brought before this commission our rental assistance demonstration, section 18 for plaza east development and i want to thank the board for their comments you will of their upon support. and i like you to than application has been submitted as of last friday. and a we minder we atlanta sherylets were brought forward, as an example of what the development could look like, at this moment, they are only sherylet and this board and

agency has not opineod the shaferets and as the development continues to move forward in community with community, designs will be brought back and we will have further discussion at this commission. and so as another follow up spoke about our teams are working close low together.

the quality of life continue to move in this trajectory that is acceptable by this board and by mow as the ceo. and when they deserve as residents. thank you to our mayor. mayor london breed, for her leadership in moving the sro family initiative forward and medical comyoung for leadership at ccdc and our president joaquin torres at the event yesterday. and it this mission for all of your support as we have dhn work around our sro families. i like to thank the staff for all the hard work they have done in making the promise that our late mayor edlee made to our sro

fell in china town. without the city resources. moc hd and without all of the individuals i have named including this body meaning our teams that work with us. the work would not have been possible and there has been med a commitment that there would be zero families. i think there were 500 family in sro's and we are down 147 families and agreed we would get to zero. i have talked request my team, we are identifying how we can get to zero. and i think there are 12 more this we identified that can quickly be offered to the families.

thank you again for all the heard work. along with the entire staff. it was exciting yesterday not only did we have -- the sro family event and had the opportunity to witness the upper yard grand opening the new balboa p bart plaza. and staff were in attendance at the ribbon cutting ceremony. it is the newest affordable mixed use transit oriented development in d 11 we have 39 vouchers, which are quick low leased up and it is exciting

because the 39 project based vouchers are for families at sunnydale and per trir had are -- if fromsed now units we are doing new development. if they would like to be able to move to the development and many fells are opting to go to the new development. what was the housing authorityy role >> 39. so -- you are tucking about the audience you are talking about prebl 4.5 million dollarsanualy?

for 20 years. poke in the microphone. so it is on the record the most significant affordable how doing program in thes district it was i long hard fight from community for many years. public mrnlds in community hundreds in the american. i want to get this. >> the committed 39 and so we signed a condition transact for 20 years. the price of our average processing for if you do the method it is 20 years. this does in the include the year over year inflation and rate?

>> weep are excite body as joaquin said a significant push and pull we are excited having this development. i'm xoit third degree we are -- have been successful in familiesmenting to go to this site from sunnydale. buzz it is no skeet. this have been built we put vouch and difficult losing buzz of p and different concern and challenges that our families expressed in ticking some of these units and new locations. i want to thank the staff for

hard w we do each day. so thank you very much. and i want to appreciate this board for the hard work and support this you provide me at the ceo i did not realize the pictures were -- it was a great day yesterday >> i hope we would see the picture. thank you ceo lediju. this is all the reports for item 7 we can open for public ment unless there are commissioner comments? we do. i believe this is jenny? bring you in?

this would be for the chief executive officer's report but you can give public comment now. unmute yourself. i have no comment. last months committee meeting commissioner lindo anything you like to report out. >> sure. >> the committee of 2 met left wednesday. and we covered a number of items i will go over them quickly.

first was dealing with the house choice vouchers and opening and clezing the witting list on this. this was the full board for approval. second was i contract with the organization to train the authority staff regarding project based vouchers. and the third was a presentation by mama due and company regarding knowual budget. thank you. is there public comment regarding item 8 for the mittee report? this is the consent items today i read you will 3 item and we can decide huwe would like to proceed with them starting off with item this is 9 a. the approval of the meeting minutes of august 24 of 23.

9b approving housing vouch are plan policy changes in section 42c opening and closing section for you 3c2e housing choice vouch are waiting list. >> and item c resolution, a contransact with llc consolidation and staff regarding the vouch are program and 2 year term with the option at the authorityy discretion of 3 additional one year periods for mixture of 5 not to xoed 451 thousand dollars for the initial term. are there items the board will like to pull for comments or additional vote? why if we might put minutes i have i question.

if we can null and bring it forward next month >> continue this for next month for approval >> thank you. want to request item 9 b pulled i separate vote i wanted highlight one [inaudible] after the committee meeting and this can be done this would be grit x. to let the commissioners know this for 9 c i see that a lecta is on and informed mow if they could have i minute to speak to introduce themselves that would be wonderful. thank you. >> same procedure, unmute yourself. hello. i'm cylinder no jones. and i'm happy to be here and thome work with the san francisco housing authority in the board and the community. to provide fordable housing through the vouch are program.

>> thank you. any additional comments from commissioners. thank you. i think we ask for i motion to, prove consents constructed and move on to action items? we 999 a. if we are -- we need a motion to approve and only for 9c. >> move to approve. i'm sorry commissioners i think i med i mistake ask for public comment before y. did we sill we are moving the minutes until later? >> yes. thank you. why is there public comment regarding consent? can you confirm had is being moved on consent and moved. >> there are 9ab, c's. >> we are continuing 9 afor the

minutes for a future meeting. and we are pulling number 9b for action item. the consent agenda will be for number item 9c. . thank you for being present with us. >> absolutely, my pleasure. . any opinion ment? now we can ask for a motion to approve. >> motion to approve >> a second? >> i will second. >> roll call. president torres. why aye >> commissioner lindo. >> aye >> commissioner kim. why aye >> commissioner pikes. why aye >> thank you. now go to 910 for action items. commissioners take the item we pull friday consent first?

yes. we gallon back. sorry. this is the resolution approving vouch are policies and changes section 42c wait list and housing choice voucher and exceptions to subsidy standards andanual plan amendment. >> thank you. for moveing down to action item. i wanted to highway light for the commission this we did come become after the june policy meeting closed july 6 and speak with i number of per ins around referrals for sro's and come up with the policy this you see as number one and 2 i will in the read it but 42c under the wait list and single room occupancy. and this allows the housing authority it take referrals from the owner and managers of buildings we believe this will fill units firefighterer than i are units heard to fill.

and if we don't receive a response within 30 days then hsh agreed to provide referrals. we have been w to make sure this is fortunate as possible. i wanted to bring up 4 within. this came to me through commune development. this is it was through bill 15 eighty-four this extended preference of co p holders to displaced individuals. this is already the luat the time it was supervisor chu who brought it ump scombch approve exclude should be in the policy to be open and trans parent. what you will see in your peculiaret on page 21, is it is in red dp i sentence, tw sentence. this say in 2021, b1584 extended the preference to descendants of

displaced individuals and issued the certificate to cop decentants. and already handle its this is in the i burden to the housing authority we needed make sure it was trans pirnt this extended to descendants of displaced individuals. 52c. can all is a clarification to make sure when you look at policy it is clear that the housing authority will we view request in write pregnant goes in when that policied be step by step. and the last change is to the plan. the capitol funds and did not have the time it came to the commission in july the finance team provided an updated fund schedule will take the mrifts previous fund schedule. >> the role highlight i want to

make sure was clear is this section around descendants of displaced individuals that did in the go and this dime my attention after and we wanted make surety public was aware. we have a representative here katie low mont and i believe she wanted say a couple word in favor of the sro preference president w we have been doing. >> good afternoon morning. commissioners. i wanted to extend a big thanks to lind mason to the ceo ton why and the staff for wing with us through the challenges and coming up with the policy solution around sro losing. i don't need to take more time, i want to say, thank you. >> thank you very much.

questions i will be help it tick them. i think we are good. we can ask for public comment. i don't see any and ask. sorry. i'm just reading and seeing waiting lists i'm not seeing dates. are there dates? opening or closing? thank you. do we have more public comment? staff to reply to the public comment we heard? give staff 10 minutes we will

have dates. thank you. a motion to approve? motion. second. roll call president torres. >> aye. commissioner lindo. >> aye >> commissioner kim. why aye >> commissioner pikes. >> aye. >> response is october 23 to november 6. this year. right-handal did you hear this? >> yes. >> we have a team wing on the wait list opening amongst our staff includes, they have been w

to make sure staff suggest red and have been w with hud's office of fir housing society noticing is proper. so thiss many been it as possible. thank you. next action is 10 athis is the resolution approving the housing authority operating budget forrening september 30 of 24 and lori our budget analyst and [inaudible] chief financial officer. good morning, commissioners. chief financial officer. [inaudible]. we are here to present the 23/24 operating budget of and i will kick it off with quick over vow

and have roy go through details on the budget. over the past 25 years. the authority positioning public housing portfolio. including read, hud, hope sf. through the conversion we shift from having public husbanding practical to sud program. now -- all the am [inaudible] we have been seeing. is the conversion we have over 17,000 [inaudible] on the lose. and irrelevant the break down of the felony,000 is almost half 7, 500 voucher.

>> a quick before we move on can you artic lit more the common question for the public, if we see the previous slide, please. talk about the niche of lan ownership retained and any degree with the availables around the ground loses we have with entity bunkham duration.

>> yes. just to follow up on his comments about the budget. if we are looking at 43 million. in total ref nows and same in

expenses, to. the 43 million in ref nows is very much in listen with we did left year for fremillion the contribution is drastically different by programs. so in fiscal 24 a high level will gollow each program. fiscal 24, almost 80% of hud subsidy/admin fee from 2 the most person programs the housing vouch are program and emergency housing vouch are program. in fiscal 2023 the 2 programs were scent % of ref now. the expenseos line and we go to the individual program to guide them through detail.

so on the [inaudible] program if you look forecasting roughly about 24 million in revenues. and this is coming from the admin de feo from hud. this is 5 million dollars increase from fiscal 23. what is driving that are vacant project based vouchers this are contributing tw.1 million. highway are unit lose, 1.4 million. and or 7%. higher unit rate about 900,000. and higher proration. from 9 and a half %. of the different factors, the

factor this is really the variable in our control is the higher unit month lease if you pull that down, we are forecasting in fiscal 24 to lease additional 760 units. in fiscal 24. that's probably one of the big drivers. leading to this increase in umo and admin de feo from hud. the expenses side than i will budget. 24 million in expenses. as a result of the highway are admin fee and the higher administrative expense system a combination of higher 10 an service ref you in we will

reinvest it help the tenants lose faster and this can be money spent on verse different items including tenant application fees. security deposit and bills to help them move in. any questions? americans, any questions? >> in -- in respect to the more particular needs which line item or costs like additional hqs we might be pursuing and rehab of units where that would be in more detail the administrative expenses.

just for administrative service for tenant service this is we can use for those things. tuck body for hus inspections and for application fees. and then what portions of admin when you take out saul rows do bee have left from that budget item? this is the portion that go -- the program [inaudible] this funding from the programs. on this budget than i have been

this is also -- covering the cost we paying for the vendor we have. >> under admin expense. why thank you. >> this is on 10 million we have budget for all the [inaudible]. under which budget will, for example, the training funding be covered. thank you. emergency housing voucher.

ref nows will be 2.7 million. fiscal 2024. the increase in admin fee of 613,000 will come primarily because the number of residents housed. will increase. -- and to gospel you context we give you updates on this monthly. if you look it is almost 80% we ended fiscal 23 with 300 housed. we'll end with 650 housed. number. house being and 2024 we will grow that number from 650 to 8.

we lose some because of the new notice resident not reissue vouchers because of terminations. the bulk issued upon under the program we will be able to house them. the drop is the service foes. we paid them up front. majority paid in 2023 we have i cap of getting 3.2 million service fees the major was taken in 2023. remainder will be fiscal year 24. that's why the drop. the big item [inaudible]. higher admin fee we are getting from hud. and the expenses one is when we talked about the service fees reduced that shows up there. but what you will see in

emergency housing vouchers almost 4-500,000 being increased and it was out of 10 services to spends on being able to house the residents. any final questions and the central office, 9.9 million in revenue and this is 6.6 million referred to as a de feo coming in from the various programs. where we admin fee we get we keep roughly about 20% of this money come in. to pifor back office expenses. all right. the other revenue system tie in

the north beach ground lose. 800,000 for standard fee. and anything extra the 1.2 or sick million. the difference in this is profit than i have. the drop in expenses can medical retiree benefits from about 175,000 for when we budget in the 2023 to 15-16,000 in 24. and because of the reduction in admin staff we had end of 23. there is a delay in this reduction when than i reduce the expense on the compensation side. medical benefit retirees and the increase in admin is to pay for

the different liabilities we have as an agency. our pension being the least, as you know. >> all right. of the total expenses listed, can you share more around the cost the pension liabilities for 2024? i believe this is 70 months. pension months. september 30 of 22. we have to do annually assessments a now one 2023 over was 17 million. and a corporate liability another 20 million.

help is the minimum? we will get back we pay quarter low. the plan this year will come to the commission -- because we are working on a plan huwe will address those long-term. we have been talking to cal purs and we have options. if you have available funding and the fix funding we set up a trust fund this will help us is this is important not just reduce liability but think about the dollar value and the enter rate of this liability. for an agency that has been in trouble 36 million dollars in short fall this now has reserves, we really are trying to condition to move where we

are stronger each year relate to the work we do because being having that strength, lus you to ensure that -- we are able to get the work done valuable relate to housing and -- saying that means we also need to have staff to help us dot work -- this is needed relate to ensure our program is running at every whether out on the property or whether it is issuing a voucher or housing choice voucher those programs are running about. we will bring it forward and we do discuss it often. buzz we want the commission to

realm understand the heart of the merit and this is i think we all know how our finances are managed to determine how successful we are as an organization and we contribute in the broader goals for housing >> not sure. thank you. you mentioned -- previous standing of the housing authority. short falls with the h cv program now the surplus and excess funds we have in place. i guess the second question will be, in light of the surpluses and light of the excess can is this know indication of success or is this an indication of the need we have to move more of the resources out on the street so that we don't have the dollars

recaptured. thank you. move to public housing. -- public housing was ref nows 2.6 million a major drop from left year a drop of 5.3 million. part was the conversion in fiscal 23. and when we get is we had some units for sunnydale we were getting pid and would not in 2024. when we get for public housing in 20 foris a reposition de feo in the first year mirjt in twe we got 75% in the second year 50%. you will see this come down

further in 2025 am in the year 30 we get 25%. so there will be -- a drop down and again we will use this money to pay off the pension liabilities. this we have on the books for public housing. >> all right we are doing the study around the trust fund and use the monetch and the last the

second to left is on mod rehad been where we get 149,000 unit this is is the sro. option of this senate. in the tenderloin the last slide i have is related the staffing we have for the authority. and fiscal 2024. we seen this 4 people of 2023. any questions.

can you go back to the last slide? just -- may we have a -- do have you a graphic of the work chart visible? if conversations and details around what we are looking for in this. in terms of staffing and responsibility of condition transactors and also highlight for us based on existing models of high performing -- authorities when our -- staffing structure looks like in rep to the needs we have.

and capacity required of us through the program bunkham provide the oversight important for everyone cross the board. at a political and residential perspective and i hud perspective in compliance and responsibles. i want to make sure we are very clear where gaps exist. o we have honest conversations we are not able to do based on funning with resources we have in hand. my other hat is human resources are you asking to reach out to you and get further guidance? >> yes. i want to share hat framing is i will want to discuss when we seat work charts so we know what our capacity is. what that capacity looks like to

other responsibles and other quotes. high performing agencies and -- so we have i clear understanding we can share based on numbers in front of us when we are staffed do. and when we are responsible for doing. and the difference in the gap is between the 2. and clear built work load responsible for oversight and contractors that require a lot of del jens from our perspective to maintain compliance and high level service this benefits -- residents we serve. thank you. commissioners. no additional comment we can ask for public comment on 10 a.

we is close and ask fer a motion to approve. >> do we have a motion. anyone will move the item forward? >> motion to approve. second. >> sounds great. roll call vote. torres. >> aye >> kim >> aye. >> poiks. where i. so moved one action item this is this is on the agenda. on the agenda today. this is item 10 b. resolution, proving the chief executive officer for 3 fitsical years throughout major's office of housing or issuance of request for froefl prosecute void services to the residents of plaza east and grants at the plaza east development and presented by our chief financial officer. >> great. as you are approaching is it or

or and/or. >> claire fithis to ensurety flexibility required for subsidy from us and or with ocd are there? >> okay. the language matters. when you afruf make sure we approve with the language. we can move forward. if you have questions. service at plaza east prosecute voided by urban strategies and fr heart attack construction. why want it make space at the

podium.

the relationships with the community it was important it bring them in than i are very -- aware of the site. and than i know a lot of the resident and we see a lot more communication between service providers, residence denials and the property management am with that it is important because we do need the residence denials to

coprit with property management. and so the service providers are very floushl in that. they are helping get paper w completed. work orders complete exclude understand when is happening now at plaza east. they are all fluential as far as make sure that residents know about the meetings and they attend the meetings and things like that. and what i find -- very refresh suggest this they are going in with residence denials to speak with property management. i thing we heard from john stourt is the change of staff that change happens frequently when is important about the service providers are than i are consistent. than i can keep the conversation going. and they are in partnership not only with the residence denials but the property management so than i understand when is going on and have an advocate with them to help them spoke with the

manager and understand when is going on. >> thank you. >> that's when we would expect from any service provider this coming on site. so are those services prosecute cured for? or prosecute voided and intent to be metropolitaned to contracts with the associated funnels we approve? i asked about the and and or. so we are explicit when is imployed here there will be an rfp this guess out for services. >> and i'm hearing the ability for tupps present the funds through existing contracts. i want to be clear on the path. >> in my discussion with staff,

it the language said and/or. for the very reason that it allows -- the residence dens to have more than just a singular service provider. it is my intention and concern we have -- different cult urs on our staff and development and needos development. i don't believe one ebtity can serve all. so, it is giving the ability to have and/or it is very important so we can address the needs on in the development by the residents when do they need? and who is there this is able within the service provider

field who should be able to fill those needs? does not money it has to be frh or whom ever. are we getting our needs met cross the board for the different resident when is live on site? it is important it me. i don't believe one service prosecute void are can do this. why grit and given this, and when we hear has the housing authority made determinations of allocation through contract of existing contract amendments, is there a dollar number attached this yet.

i like hearing, if needd and like hearing conversation with ocd i want to make sure this as -- we are in trans paraphernalia conversations on site, with very many leaders we are being trans parent and director about when we are strategizing toward as an authority for plaza east am upon given the complexities of the history at the site and our need to do better there. when it come it and the city, to get itself together. money nothing a room. or zoom or team or whatever to

make sure that we have a shared knowing when is important for this site. so this, yes, we have been cordinating efforts and the decision as a city on how and when american we want to make funding visible. grit to see this here today i want to say the record you in that we want to make sure well is a strategy this is shared from the diversity of per ins stake holders and officials like the department and in addition to per ins in the ground when direction we are moving in. and again you know for where there is an allowance around contract amendments which is one portion and where a trowel competitive environment provided i want to be honest and clear about this. e approximately given the environment we in now. thank you president torres.

and this is exact low my intent makeing request to have it approved and the funds viable availables we work with stake holders and when i sill all stick holders in community as well. to determine had is the best use and highest use for the resources this are being allocated. and this includes our youth as well. at the site and in full transpicious in my discussion with the team around plaza east and the funds determining do we have them visible. where are than i coming from. there are strategies each interested in as it relates to the will youth sthernt is have

been run by -- mismothera for however many years and making sure that center has resources long with our portion of the youth that exist on that development. and determining who best is well in the community to w with our youth and have funding for things happening there. and goos and on and a comprehensive plan as it relates it services so this it is inclusive. that it is culturally competent. we have men cultureos this site. and we have men different languages spoke sxen on and on. and to be successful in moving in redevelopment we need to ensure we have solid. when i say services, it does in the mean the things we do but

service providers. that is the intent of my intent bringing forward to the board and makeing request. >> great. >> thank you and the per inship you provide in seeking flexibility with us here and our approval and the partnership with m bs to serve our residents. thank you very much. any additional questions in okay. i think we should motion is motion to approve with the amended language. >> thank you. >> public comment? 10 b. we can close public comment. >> so we will ask if there is a motion the resolution will read, as amended approving authorizing the chief executive trough provide amount not to

exceed 1, 200,00 huh over 3 year the major's office of xhufrnt development and/or issuance of request for froefl provide certain searchses to residence denialses of plaza east through grant at the plaza east development. thank you. do we have a motion? >> i will motion to approve. roll cal. president torres. >> aye >> commissioner kim. aye >> commissioner pikes >> aye >> just request this you, lustaff to place it in final form? >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. we do have item 11 for a closed session. this is for conference legal council pending litigation

pursuant to 4d of california code 54956.9. for those in the zoom meeting we will end the zoom meeting however if you torch click on the link on the agenda you will be in the waiting room and the closed session is concluded. for those in the room we ask to you leave. with that said, we need to ask for public comment before we go to closed session. is there public comment regarding closed session? >> we will ask torn leave the room and not part of this litigation to least room and i will be -- closing the zoom meeting if you click on the link you will be put in a waiting room. thank you.

>> a mobile home of clarification we have a back room we can use if people need to sit i want you to have the pace to be in closed session. if you no one has to leave this woom room we will make use of greatest. thank you we returned from closed session manage it report and must have to any foible commissioner comments? >> in comments. nope. all right. then we shall move to adjourn. thank you for joining us. >> time is 1:25. thanks.

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show. >> thank you an honor to be here. >> let's a start by talking about people traeld don't consider that much the business programs what does the city need to have that. >> most people think of homeless they think of people they see on the street in the tenderloin and many people experiencing homeless have not visible to the average person and a lot of those people are children or older adults and families that is what we see at the department of homeless on top of homeless among the black community we don't realize there. 40 percent of our homeless populationist with the african-americans and only 5 percent of the population today the with the african-american and the same thing about the

communities that over represent and we we try to make sure there is equity in the system and reaching the goals not seeing by the public as much we know that housing is essentially what everyone needs to thrive in the community. >> quite correct some of the solutions often vulnerable or smaller scale how do we expand those solutions as we go about. >> a attended in the homeless he roman numerals seeing none, three interventions need presentation for the people experiencing homes in the first place and pouting are ways for people to get to permanent housing on their own and need shelter so really need all three of the intefrjz for people to

assess one the things we often don't understand meet people where they are and sometimes did have the documents or other things to move into housing. they maybe waiting on disability income or themes so we have to be prepared to have things ready to use the sheltered are reality important. we know that ultimately preservation ask one of the most important toltz we can put into our systems if people don't have that mri better off for many reasons but way cheaper to have someone out of homeless in the first place and the permanent housing is a wonderful tool for many people can't get housing on their own and needed case management or other services to be able to assess the other part of their

life employment and things. >> so the home by the bay plan can you explain the basics and how to address the needs? >> sure the home by the bay the strategic plan the 5-year plan to prevent homelessness i want to do what at mayors said homeless is not just owned by the department of 40e789s but the responded didn't has to include a number of stakeholders what that requires is really a collaborative approach we're really continuing to work very close with the 0 department of public health and law enforcement or the department of - aye. >> by linking to the voices of people exercising homelessness need to create programs without

listening to the people experiencing and finding what is like for them to go through the system we're not going to make that better and ultimately will not be successful. your first goal really to produce inexacerbated in our system remarkably equity and also want to reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in 5 years and over all address homelessness by 15 percent your offer arching goals for us and some people said that didn't seem like enough or didn't seem bold enough to given where we are not just a a city but country wiring proud of that goal and look forward to implementing the work that it takes to get there and hoping will be can he have in 5 years.

>> we are here the property interrupt trip to the lovely agreement can you talk about that and then maybe talk about how public housing will be a solution? >> one of the very exciting things about that building it accommodates names families in a neighborhood with grocery stores and transportation a little bit out of the tenderloin when we think of families with children finding places in the area that are enacted by homeless. so very again community space and actually have a partnership with the housing authority the housing authority has different kinds of vouches they have available and in case with the vouches we use those vouchers with the unit and help to cut

the cost we have homekey dollars that provide money to the counties our acquisitions and able to leverage that. >> can you you, you talk about the voucher programs how they help public housing and help landowners into the whole thing. >> sure we have a few voucher emergency vouchers from the federal government during covid and dispersing those with the housing authority and the programs one they can help prevent people from 0 becoming homeless and people are in danger of becoming homeless with a necessity they can stay in the place they have and people are experienced homeless and in a shelter and kwobtd with the system the best way for them to

find it themselves with the help of a case manager or a housing locate our that makes sense in san francisco we will have a number of buildings in certain neighborhoods in san francisco and a number of places in san francisco we find people experiencing homeless across the decide but don't have an easy option with a number of neighborhoods so emergency housing voucher program we partnered in bay view and been successful in making sure that people from that neighborhood and that neighborhood kind of a proximity for people who have experienced homelessness with born and raised in bay view and, you know. instead of putting them in a place across town a unit available able to work with

them to find their units in the neighborhood eventually and we hope when lvrndz will see the value got a number of landowners buildings with a lot of vacancies we think that it is really um, helpful for them and hopeful for us we can work together and see the number of units in partnerships we can get people housed with a steady income from the rent. >> thank you i appreciate you coming into here today. you know. this is great. >> thank you chris appreciate that. >> that's it for in episode and for sfgovtv i'm chris thanks for

. >> i love that i was in four plus years a a rent control tenant, and it might be normal because the tenant will -- for the longest, i was applying for b.m.r. rental, but i would be in the lottery and never be like 307 or 310. i pretty much had kind of given up on that, and had to leave san francisco. i found out about the san francisco mayor's office of housing about two or three years ago, and i originally did home counseling with someone,

but then, my certificate expired, and one of my friends jamie, she was actually interested in purchasing a unit. i told her about the housing program, the mayor's office, and i told her hey, you've got to do the six hour counseling and the 12 hour training. she said no, i want you to go with me. and then, the very next day that i went to the session, i notice this unit at 616 harrison became available, b.m.i. i was like wow, this could potentially work. housing purchases through the b.m.r. program with the sf mayor's office of housing, they are all lotteries, and for this one, i did win the lottery. there were three people that applied, and they pulled my number first. i won, despite the luck i'd had with the program in the last couple years. things are finally breaking my way. when i first saw the unit, even

though i knew it was less than ideal conditions, and it was very junky, i could see what this place could be. it's slowly beginning to feel like home. i can definitely -- you know, once i got it painted and slowly getting my custom furniture to fit this unit because it's a specialized unit, and all the units are microinterms of being very small. this unit in terms of adaptive, in terms of having a murphy bed, using the walls and ceiling, getting as much space as i can. it's slowly becoming home for me. it is great that san francisco has this program to address, let's say, the housing crisis that exists here in the bay area. it will slowly become home, and i am appreciative that it is a bright spot in an otherwise

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nicaraguans for your incredible performance. muchas gracias. please, everyone, find your seats. please help us welcome mary travers allen, who will provide this evening's land acknowledgment. good evening. good evening and

blessings to all my relatives. my name is mary travis allen and i'm the advisor board president for the american indian cultural district, as well as a member of mission destino and other committees and councils here in san francisco. so i am ariana ortega, peace people of nicaragua. from my mother's side and the seneca nation on my father's side. i was born and raised here in san francisco and retired in 2020 from a senior manager position with the sfmta to after 32 years of service. but as i mentioned and what i'm doing now is important work that

i am many of you are doing on behalf of our community is that work is never done and should be reflected in all the work you do and all aspects of your lives. we are brought together by our ancestors is to fulfill the prophecy of the eagle and the condor. the prophecy tells of this time when the indigenous peoples of the north and the south earth would reunite to renew you and protect our original knowledge, strength and connection to our earth. mother this is a time of reconciliation . mission. reunion education and healing of all the land and all

its peoples. in case you don't know the eagles and the california condors have begun to nest here in the bay area for the they know it's time. i'm honored to be with you here tonight to celebrate the 2023 latino heritage month celebration and award ceremony and present the land acknowledgment on your behalf. to the ramaytush ohlone people. we that are gathered here acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of yelamu, which is now called san francisco. the ramaytush shiloni

are the stewards of yelamu, and in keeping with their tradition as they have never ceded lust or forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place , as well as for us and all peoples who reside or work in their traditional territory. we wish to honor and pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, owners, elders and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as the first peoples of this land. we are all guests and as such we are to recognize that as visitors, we benefit from living and working on their ancestral homeland. we are reminded that we do not own

this land and that our ancestors did not create land ownership or borders to separate our people on the land. the land is our mother and we are all relatives as we are to be grateful, all respect and coexist with all the creator has provided for us. creator we ask for your blessings for all gathered here and all those that we carry in our hearts. we acknowledge that we are unified, tied by our ancestral blood and spirits. that gives us pride and strength and purpose in this gathering here today and every day in all we do. oh, thank you. gracias.

mary travis allen for the land dedication. the los pueblos, indigenas del norte de america. bienvenidos a todos. and welcome to tonight's 2023 latino heritage month celebration in city hall in san francisco. orale, por favor. before we begin, we just want to take a few moments. it always gets so serious and so quiet when we start. i hope everyone's ready for a celebration tonight for extraordinary honorees as we want to make sure that we represent our leaders in labor tonight who are here that i have, that we that we have recognized and some who will recognize a little later on in the program tonight. but, of course, kim tavaglione from the labor council, olga miranda from

local 87 are elected leaders. shamann walton, asha safai, aaron peskin and of course, our latina elected city supervisor from district seven, myrna melgar, who our afro-latina district attorney brooke jenkins . the honorable maria evangelista, thank you for joining us tonight. leading our elected brass is, of course, our sheriff, paul miyamoto. thank you to our fire chief and to our police chief for being here with us tonight and serving our communities. our director of public health, grant colfax, george rivas, who leads our office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. elmi bermejo , who joins us from the small business administration. and our

consul generals from so many countries that are joining us here tonight from the americas and elsewhere. supervisor peskin, i think you know that i recognized you. we come here together to celebrate our shared roles in taking care of our home in san francisco. mayor joaquin torres. i'm your elected assessor recorder here in the city and county. and my name is larissa lugo, executive director of the central american resource center in san francisco. we are honored to be your co emcees for the celebration of latino power history fauci influence advocacy , arts, culture, cuisine and community. we want to thank the host committee for their work in planning for tonight that showcases our strength in unity

and diversity. tonight we celebrate latinos contribution to our city and affirm our rights to dignity, equity and inclusion. somos san francisco. so we are san francisco. as national political players seem intent on denying the contributions, dignity and rights of our our community deserves, it becomes ever more important to recognize and reinforce our diverse local latino community and the work we do right here at home. when san francisco stands on the right side of her story, we set the course for other cities to follow. our city values of inclusion, opportunity, racial equity and justice are alive and well, but reflected in the work of tonight's award recipient. tonight's host, committee members and of course, all of you here to join us in celebrating the latino community

and our beloved city, a city for all we know that our work is far from done and that the equitable recovery we wish to see for our city requires all of us. and that means you to our city administrator, carmen chu. together, we work to support our small businesses, our vendors, our merchants as we continue to navigate this post-covid reality together, expanding our collective work on on the collective work during the pandemic. the community hubs offer bring a right to recover, connecting people to good paying jobs, invest in our leaders and organizations, creating opportunity for our diverse latino constituencies to thrive , creating new resource centers to respond to the needs, rights and aspirations of our immigrant brothers and sisters, the very people that fuel the economic

engine of our city, our state and nation. i want to take a moment to thank mayor breed and the board of supervisors for your support and investment in carson's new home and community resource center here at the intersection of the tenderloin, soma and mid market community. and let's highlight some of our national significance as well. in 2020, latinos came out and voted. we voted for democracy, for equality, for justice, and for the country that we helped shape and vision and are committed to you. and we will do it again in 2020. four generations of latinx leaders have and continue to shape the environment that we live in from our pivotal role in the civil rights movement, including the landmark case of mendez versus westminster of the 1940s that began to crack those racist walls of segregation to the organizing years of cesar chavez and dolores huerta, whose

monumental efforts to bring our communities together in nonviolent since black brown, brown native and api in the name of dignity and respect, remains so significant that we etched their names in the awards that we hand out tonight to the journalists who told our stories is brought us information we could trust and educated our communities. when mainstream media refused to do so from the posters you can see. thank you, ralph remington that you can see next door the focus on our advocacy and our fight for rights in our community to the murals that brighten our streets in la mission and tell our stories of pan latino unity and solidarity. we all, in the pursuit of social justice. tonight's award, which depicts a community treasure in the carnaval mural on 24th and south venice in the heart of la mision

to our commitment to saving lives in our community during a global pandemic. an effort replicated nationally and recognized formally by the white house and current administer station. this is how we show up and deliver for our city, a city for everyone. the city we call home. so was san francisco. we are san francisco. and this is what we celebrate. and honor tonight. our shared power, our shared culture, our shared unity may breed has been that ally for our diverse latino communities all throughout her life, recognizing that our needs are san francisco's needs, investing in our present and in our future , upholding our city values, ensuring that san francisco continues to be the sanctuary that our communities rely on and a city we can all be proud of. so supporting us in safety, health, education and economic opportunity with investment that

that move our community forward in the most difficult of times is by stepping up, stepping up for us latino migrants. when the federal government would not or could not because she will knows the disparities that our communities of color face, not only in the context of a global pandemic, but in every aspect of our system. issues that affect us today. boleros, ladies and gentlemen, please help us in welcoming our mayor london breed . thank you, larissa, and thank you so much, joaquin. when they make a great dynamic duo, don't they? happy latino heritage month in san francisco. sona san fran cisco. we are san francisco

and i'm so happy to see so many people here. and let me tell you, i'm really excited about this year's honorees. these are three of the most amazing trailblazers in san francisco. and william, i am so in awe of you two because of the work that you do every single day to uplift and to support start small businesses in san francisco. i know as a native you love san francisco, but you love san francisco and you love your community even more. and let me tell you, the work that he did is the way of the future for what we need to address food security. he helped during the global pandemic, make sure that we were making a connection between the community and the people who needed the support and the cultural competent grocery stores. the places that sold the item arms that the

community needed to buy so that they were able to make their own decisions and take care of their families. and it was a brilliant model that we need to continue to replicate in this city. thank you so much, william, and congratulations. and i want to say to carson piedra, who is the first latina to lead and to lead the teachers union in san francisco, let me tell you what i appreciate most in everything that she does. yes, it's important that she takes care of her membership and she takes care of the teachers, but she cares so deeply about the students and their success. yes. and she is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that she is fighting for teachers and educators as a whole and that our students receive the kind of education that they need. and deserve,

especially after the challenges of a global pandemic. the bridges that she's been able to build with parents and with other people who've had challenges in their various communities, have just really made me develop a profound amount of respect for your work. so congratulations and thank you so much. and let me tell you this woman who's getting the lifetime achievement award, she is somewhat of a quiet force now . you see her on telemundo. and, you know, she's reporting she's, you know, giving you the facts. she's providing the information about the community. but you know, when you don't have some times great journalism, you really can't appreciate and respect all the extraordinary work that she does to make sure that this community in particular is well represented,

that the fight and the struggles of this community are shown and documented for over 20 years, she's been in the cameras. in your faces, asking the questions , promoting the stories that would never, ever make it to television. if it wasn't for her. she has been doing this for over 20 years, and she took it even further during the pandemic to make sure working with the latino task force, when we needed to make sure people understood the resources that were available for testing and for vaccinations and our rental assistance and all the work that we did together, she she highlighted those stories and made sure that she helped us get the word out in an extraordinary way. so we are so grateful. three amazing young people who serve the city and county of san francisco well, who should make us all proud on a daily basis.

we are here to honor you and recognize your commitment and your legacy. but i also want to take an opportunity to go a tad bit off script, because i do think it's important to acknowledge someone who was a part of the planning of this event, but who has been a part of planning this event for the past couple of years, who continue to work with the committee, who work with my office to deal with the challenges around job opportunities and employment, who was always available to work with the latino community and the latino task force, who made sure that there was a relationship that existed with labor. and i understood what was happening on the ground to make sufficient changes to address these issues. some of you may have heard that josh asked at the end of the month will be taking on a new role and i am so proud of him. i'm so grateful for his friendship and his service to the city and county

of san francisco. and i just want to say, josh, thank you for everything that you have done for this city and for the people of san francisco. we love you. we appreciate you so much. and. it is always so important that we acknowledge people for what they do because these individuals who we're talking about. yes they are doing a job to a certain extent, but they're also doing what they love for the people. they're doing what they can to uplift the history and the latino heritage in san francisco, to make sure that there is a real connection

between what is going on in city government and how we're allocating resources and how we're being held accountable and how we're making that work for the actual average, everyday people that are living the lives in the communities. we appreciate you all so much and we appreciate so many of our leaders and folks who continue to carry the torch to carry on the legacy to remind us of our history and whose shoulders we stand on and what we need to continue to do to make sure that we are preparing and taking care of the next generation. so that those stories are not lost, so that this heritage is integrated into what san francisco is. we are a truly amazing, remarkable city, but we are not that without the people, our history, our diversity and our culture. so i want to thank you all so much for being here to celebrate latino heritage month in san

francisco. so. so let the festivities begin. mayor breed, i know we wanted to welcome the host committee to come up and join you for a picture. before we move on with the remainder of the ceremony tonight. so if we could invite the host committee to come up to these steps right now and join the mayor for a picture. okay, come on. come on up. come on up.

okay. i pfizer on the thing right. okay. ready. ready one, two, three.

one more round of applause for all the members of the host committee who have put in so much time together with a very incredible model. later. and josh arce, to ensure that we could celebrate the strength of our diversity in unity here tonight. cesar chavez not only championed the principles of nonviolence in organizing for the dignity of farm workers across this country, but also illuminated the importance of educators in addressing the poverty that lived not only in our pocketbooks, but in our hearts and in our minds. he believed that the loving touch of this most precious community resource s a teacher could educate a young heart better than a book could alone, and that they had the power to the advance the lives of our

children, our families, us, our communities, and our collective future. that's why it's my honor to introduce our first awardee for this evening, an advocate who has shown true strength in shining a light on what our teachers and para educators need for the benefits of our schools and our students and our communities. cassandra curiel. you heard it from the mayor, the first latina president of the united educators of san francisco. for our community, the opportunity gap is no stranger. we saw its disproportionate impact most starkly during the pandemic, and we see it widen when our schools do not have access to the resources that we need for our community. we understand the value of organized labor and having someone at the helm who is not afraid to fight for fair wages, safe working conditions,

stable jobs. we know teachers don't choose this profession because they were promised a big paycheck or a short workday. we know they do this for something more for love for the children that they serve. and with respect for how important this role is in molding, shaping and educating all of us, we understand the importance of substantial and significant representation in the classroom in our union halls and in our elected offices and how inspiring is it knowing that in our community and our educational needs are represent with a powerful latina in charge . a latina who is a bridge builder, unapologetic in her fight to support those in our city who need our care the most unapologetically latina,

unapologetically union to all of our labor leaders in the house, we thank you. and we recognize you together with cassandra for all of your accomplishments. and to you, cassandra, our 2023, cesar chavez labor awardee. we congratulate you. bienvenido those. thank you very much. thank you for the honor of this award. i am a teacher. i am a president. but i am an eldest daughter and a second generation mexican american raised during a time raised during a time in our state's history when there was a war on spanish and it hit our schools and impacted my own upbringing. and like that period , our community has had to struggle for every recognition we have won in our city, in our

state and in this country, we are in a critical moment now for public education and also for the working people, the immigrant and latino people of our city. as just one example, it was heart wrenching today to hear that our sfusd families are sfusd students who were at a press conference are facing homelessness. and i know that this is a serious issue and a long standing issue from personal experience working at visitacion valley middle school for 11 years without the available spots or vouchers or support system. we have to draw attention to this particular issue because it affects our work as educators in our classroom and in our schools. our students learn best when they're housed, when they're fed, when they're cared for. and it's just one of the many reasons why we're fighting for community schools. if we prioritize the well-being of our

whole communities, then we will all thrive. i am deeply committed to advocating for these needs and for the rights of our community and all marginalized communities in building unity, we need to build solidarity. we organize, resist science. we defend our rights. and my role as a labor leader and as an educator is in that tradition, in the same tradition as cesar chavez and dolores huerta and the thousands of other community leaders named here and those in this room who do this work day in and day out. and it is part and parcel of a larger tradition of the labor movement and of educator unions that usf led the way in getting school level access to testing and high quality masks for students. during the 20 2122 covid waves. when we were back in person again when we donated our stimulus checks in an effort

initiated by our now executive vice president, frank lara, when he recognized that our undocumented families and school community were getting hit hardest during this pandemic, we are proud of our heritage, our heritage of resistance, our heritage of collective strength, our heritage of community, a community built building to be part of the solution. and in accepting this award tonight, i reinstate my commitment to be part be part of that community, be part of our efforts for social justice. somos san francisco. thank you.

frame. this year. right? yes, please. yes please. yes. it's yours. i have the honor of introducing somebody from my barrio. our next honoree is a recipient of the rosario anaya community award. this award honors an individual who has committed their career and lifetime to the betterment of our latino community. the work of commissioner will ortiz.

cartagena will m ortiz. cartagena. truly embodies the spirit of this award and the spirit of our beloved carissima rosario anaya, who's watching us arriba! he's a native san francisco, an a leader in the mission district, the excelsior and latinos, san francisco and is the founder of cartagena council, which focuses on uplifting latino businesses, specifically those who were hit hardest during the pandemic. he has a long history of working in hospitality industry and, more importantly, of service to the community. atty. william represents the best of san francisco's creativity and ability to get the job done. his contribution options are immeasurable. thank you, william, for your dedication. muchas gracias and tremendous impact as we embark on the hard job of recovery and making sure that latinos are not left behind

, it is an honor to ask you to join us on stage as a recipient of this year's rosario anaya community award. hi. como estamos mi gente woo. i am humbled to represent this. this is a culmination of generous actions of people that stood before me. rosario herself. i remember running around nlds as a little kid. venmo borrero and i used to hate being in that building, right? my mom needed a job. we'd be out there. you know? rosario always give us a snack. so so we're all 360. but pero nuestra gente in the pandemic, we were the hardest hit. and we put all our

pettiness aside and we got together and we helped community . no matter where we rich, poor , it doesn't matter. we were at the mission food hub serving that food in the thick. we ran towards the fire and now our population is actually the only population in san francisco that actually has grown. esto es nuestra gente. and i'm here just to thank people, my beautiful family, the sacrifice of the hours i give for community. my mom, may she rest in peace. the homeboys from the streets that keep me always grounded. love you guys. my team and family at gallica. i love y'all. love y'all. all diana, josh, joaquin.

i know you an assessor now, but love y'all. roberto. my godmother tracy. val i'll see you. the office of small business. madam mayor. frisco baby galileo alum. we doing it right. board of supervisors. and that's the city, the media. the national media can paint what they want. or we might not get along. sometimes but this is frisco. this is san francisco. and lastly, lastly, i want to give a special shout out to the city of san francisco herself. she birthed me. she raised me.

she nurtured me when my mom was fleeing el salvador, she embraced my mom, undocumented and all. when people didn't believe in me, she did. she gave me second, third, fourth, fifth chances. she introduced me to culture, to she was my economics professor. she instilled in me empathy and compassion in and gave me life lessons that at the time i probably didn't understand. and but she was always just and always fair for that. i appreciate her and i will never stop defending her and i will never stop contribute to her. and if you could ask my

kids that were born and raised here, kids say aloud, what's the best city ever. there you go. i appreciate. thank you, everybody . all right. the recipient of the dolores huerta lifetime achievement award embodies the principles that dolores taught us that

every minute is a chance to change the world, that every moment is an opportunity to organize, is the recipient of this award. respects the integrity of their profession and leverages the power of their voice and the focus of their storytelling for the benefit of communities. be our next honoree, pilar nino. has been and is that trusted voice in san francisco and the bay area for the immigrant and latino community. his through her spanish language reporting, she uses her platform to amplify issues that matter the most to us. as a trailblazer in her field, she spent ten years as a sole san francisco reporter for telemundo and has received multiple emmys for her

journalism. but she's not just a reporter. she's a leader, a leader who knows that a trusted voice matters, that a trusted voice can save lives. immigration in health care, politics, local and national, lgbtq plus rights, domestic violence. these are just some of the issues that she's tackled so many stories that can and should be celebrated. but i'd like to take a moment to focus on her coverage of the global covid pandemic working, collaborate safely with our city and our latino leaders in community and at large. pilar knew intimately that the latino community, many of which were essential workers on the front lines, needed information, needed it fast, needed it correct. needed it right. it needed it from someone they could trust in the dark, early and uncertain days of 2020, when things were real bad.

pilar was right there with us. she saw us. she saw you. so many of you here today in this room. who stepped up and helped save lives as grandparents, fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, our loved ones. as she brought our stories to the forefront of everyone's minds to show that our collective experience and our trauma demanded vital support from government at every level and our greater community. she brought light to the heroic efforts of the ecosystem of latino organizations, leaders and the essential role that migrants played and so much more. the stories of how, again, the very people in this room made it so that san francisco had one of the highest vaccination rates and the lowest death rates across the country. she. threw everything that you

do, pilar. you put community first in your coverage in your stories, in your life at home. pilar we're so proud to invite you up to accept the 2023 dolores huerta lifetime achievement award. thank you for representing the best of our strengths, integrity and perseverance in all that you do . good evening. buenas noches. a todos es también. one day when i was about 13 years old and living in my native bogota, colombia, for who? my father asked me. what do you want to do when you grow up? i remembered

that i quickly replied. i want to change the world. he smiled at me and said, yes, pilar, at your age, we all want to change the world. what i never imagined is that years later i would end up here in san francisco. chico, a city that has in its dna that same objective of to change the world for the better. some of the stories i have covered during these 23 years in the san francisco bay area are a good example of that. let's start with a struggle to allow the matricula consular to be used as a valid form of identification for immigrants. that happened in 2001. you remember today is a reality across the nation. the driver license for undocumented people, the gay marriage. how many times workers want on a

strike asking for 50 more cents per hour or $1 after the occupy movement, we saw increases of $3 per hour. the latino task force , a national model and nationally recognized model of how to serve our community. all these movements that i have covered, if they were not born here in san francisco, they certainly received plenty of attention, energy and fuel in our area. so a major breed, dear friends and family, the honor has been mine and keeps being mine to be able to witness and report on these issues. in fact, it is san francisco that saved me from becoming cynical about reality. san francisco gave me hope and more importantly, keeps

giving me hope that we can work on the root of our collective problems and find real solutions . premium. miss padres estan aqui presentes. i want to dedicate this to my parents here present with me. gracias. gracias por las fuertes para volar to my parents. thank you for giving me strong wings to fly to my brothers, my familia me, my brother, my sister. thank you for your unconditional support, your love and your patience. believe me, it's no fun to have a sister who is a reporter always asking for contacts, for interviews. thank you for your patience to my second home, telemundo. thank you for your trust and for allowing me to be me. para la comunidad latina de san francisco de la guia de la bahia. gracias. gracias por

confiar durante todos estos anos sus historias in me. you give me a reason every day to keep fighting to my friends. where are my friends? this is also for you because we all share the dream of trying to improve the lives of others. to my partner in life, this is for you too. you are my rock to the other life of my life. to the other love of my life. my sweet son mateo, who is currently serving in the us army. i'm so grateful to be your mom. thank you all for this amazing honor with a renewed spirit. i will keep trying to change the world. one story at a time. you know why? porque si se puede. thank you.

thank. if i could invite all the honorees to come up, please, and join the mayor for a photo, and then we'll invite all of the host committee members. our elected officials, and our department heads and consul generals to join as well.

if i could invite all of our elected officials to join the honorees. and if we could invite up the

host committee. if everyone could stay, if someone could stay, and we can invite the host committee up. and of course, all consul generals. we have méxico in the house, japan in the house, peru in the house, italy in the house. el salvador. in the house. mas, por favor. bienvenidos was. and if our department heads would not be shy and please join us. don't be shy. don't be shy.

come and join. yeah. we'll take a moment to settle. we'll take a moment to settle. i

am looking at my co emcee to join me up here. por favor. so now it's our honor to invite to members of this year's host committee with whom, without doubt this event would not be possible. thank you for our sponsors, roberto hernandez and anne cervantes will recognize the sponsors of this year's latino heritage month awards. yeah surprised? so you want to start off, who's here for wells fargo. so um, so i'll start with wells fargo. yeah tonight we're thanking wells fargo for the sponsorship for this event. what

do we have? wells fargo here. lorenzo. lorenzo lorenzo, come. lorenzo. lorenzo, come on up. and this is a special mural. it's about to be landmarked. oh, thank you. thank you. appreciate it. okay your next up. nice okay , cool. i'll do it. i'll do. i'll do. josh, go ahead and do. okay this is special because as my mom and i are really be great fans and i want to just thank the golden state warriors for sponsoring this event. from them, from the warriors here. as for vanessa, mr. velasquez, vanessa, vanessa. no. oh okay.

mayor oh, there she is. there she is. oh, there she is. vanessa. thank you. okay now, you know, that's a special. and this is special. and this is special because this award is important because it's going to be one of our first history. latino assets from the mural movement. that will be landmark . and we want to thank all the support and the board of supervisors, but especially mayor breed. so we have a little . thank you. can you come up and get the. thank you? yes.

welcome. what's really important is on your seats because it talks about the fiesta de la maricas when it was celebrated and a lot of you know is that i document a lot of our history. it's mostly not from books but from oral histories. the native american tradition in first voice and also know from the spanish newspapers that were here when the borders changed. and a lot of our history is documented in these papers as well as current events and poetry. i the next ones is special to so thank you an let's give a big round of applause for ann cervantes. under her

leadership tip is why this carnival mural is becoming a historical landmark in san francisco. and it's appropriate that here in the 45th anniversary of carnival san francisco, it's happening. so thank you. and i really person we want to tell you muchas gracias and you know i love you dearly we have something very, very special today for somebody that that we love dearly, somebody that. for me and it's real hard for me to bear with me is somebody that i admire. i respect. i've learned to love seeing him as a family man in growing his children and a man that. 24 over seven is going and

going and going, you know, and there's just a certain amount of people that will do that that will just give and give and give and give and so at this moment, i'd like to ask my brother, joshua, ask from another mother to come up here. ahead and to stay up here. i didn't know how long you are. is lisa here picking up the kids? she's picking up the kids. and then here and then here. okay. but i also wanted to recognize your wife. yes. you know, because it takes a lot from a partner to understand hand to be able to do to the other half of

what's needed in a home. and i also want to recognize and appreciate your children because i know the sacrifice is sometimes they make no in the sacrifices i've made my children, you know, at times. so we got a couple of little things for you, but thank god they have their public school teachers. oh, thank god. they have their public school teachers. so first we want to give you because as for carnival, you you've been an angel to us because there's always something that comes up and you know, and there's certain people that i can go to and count on that are not going to say no. they're not going to say why. they're not going to say what what they're going to say. how do we get it done? and so for carnival, on behalf of our family of 45 years, thank you for all the times that

you've been there, problem solving and getting things done for us when we need it. you on the low riders? no, no, no, no. don't go away. don't go away. don't go away. go, go. i like the behind the scenes mayor. no, no, no. get you stay here. you're going to stay here. and i'm going to tell you something. and. and i not only call him on carnival, but for the san francisco lowrider council. you know, we have an annual king of the street event, and we're having a hopping contest. and there was some dispute one year about who jumped higher. and so the following year, i called brother josh arce and i told every member of the lowrider council i got the biggest mexican man, the tallest mexican man that will make sure that he's right. heads. how high your car hop. and so he has become the official tallest mexico man for the san francisco lowrider

council annual hopping competition. and there's no undisputed arguments no more because of this brother. wait, wait. i'm not done. you know, i'll tell you when you can go. okay, folks want a party. that's the thing. we are want to eat and drink. and the last guest on behalf of the latino task force . 24 to 7, madam mayor, i want you to know that he was there for us. 24 over seven, 9:00 at night, 11:00 at night. we one in the morning, six in the morning, seven days a week. when ever we needed something. he was there for us. so we do not normally give these out because they're they're very special. and there's only an event that we do

this annually. but collectively we decided that we'd go out the box and give this special award that we give out in the mission district, which is called el corazon award. thank you, salma . so on behalf of the latino task force, we present this honoring your corazon alma espiritu, and dedicate mission to advocate and empower the latino community through workforce force cultura and health. the latino task force of san francisco, october 20, 23. and i'd like to ask all the members of the latino task force to come up and grab and let's do a selfie, come on.

thank you. gracias. roberto. gracias. and if we could have the host committee come up for a final picture with mayor breed and her proclamation in honor of

latino heritage celebration and brother josh, these are for your wife. maybe she's here right now . that's a thesis name. yes. yes. one an last picture with the host committee. if you could all come up, please. okay looking this way, we're. felicidades a todos y muchisimas. gracias may we have

another round of applause for all of our honorees as i want to make sure that we recognize some additional members who are in the house tonight. i see. all is well. all is well. i see our deputy chief, daniel perea, in the house tonight. i want to recognize the work around racial equity that claudia flores is doing the work of the community economic development division with the anna ponce de leon. i see another department head here , sarah dennis phillips from the office of economic and workforce development. and to anyone that i missed lo siento lo siento to you and to you, roberto. gracias. otra vez. thank you for all of the work to ensure that the carnival mural one of the most important murals in our cities history for our community, has been represented and etched into the awards that our honorees receive tonight. this marks the end of our speaking program. we have some wine, we have some refreshments

. and congratulations again to our honorees. now is the time to break bread and celebrate food, refreshments and good music over here with dj juan love in the northlight court. we want to thank all of our sponsors who are joining us tonight. we want to thank all of our electeds, the host committee and all nlds mission, language, vocation school, cafe de hoya amellivora for helping us set up and clean up chavez winery, who you'll find inside for food and refreshments and all the other amazing vendors who have made tonight's special muchisimas. gracias a todos, a disfruto. buenas noches comienza a la fiesta. de.

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6 feet away from other people. wash hands with soap and water and always wear a mask. it is important to protect yourself. you may be sick and not know it. get tested if you feel sick or exposed to someone >> in the bay area as a whole, thinking about environmental sustainability. we have been a leader in the country across industries in terms of what you can do and we have a learn approach. that is what allows us to be successful. >> what's wonderful is you have

so many people who come here and they are what i call policy innovators and whether it's banning plastic bags, recycling, composting, all the different things that we can do to improve the environment. we really champion. we are at recycle central, a large recycle fail on san francisco pier 96. every day the neighborhood trucks that pick up recycling from the blue bins bring 50 # o tons of bottles, cans and paper here to this facility and unload it. and inside recology, san francisco's recycling company, they sort that into aluminum

cans, glass cans, and different type of plastic. san francisco is making efforts to send less materials to the landfill and give more materials for recycling. other cities are observing this and are envious of san francisco's robust recycling program. it is good for the environment. but there is a lot of low quality plastics and junk plastics and candy wrappers and is difficult to recycle that. it is low quality material. in most cities that goes to landfill. >> looking at the plastics industry, the oil industry is the main producer of blastics. and as we have been trying to phase out fossil fuels and the transfer stream, this is the fossil fuels and that plastic isn't recycled and goes into the waste stream and the landfill and unfortunately in the ocean. with the stairry step there will

be more plastic in the ocean than fish. >> we can recycle again and again and again. but plastic, maybe you can recycle it once, maybe. and that, even that process it downgrades into a lower quality material. >> it is cheaper for the oil industry to create new plastics and so they have been producing more and more plastics so with our ab793, we have a bill that really has a goal of getting our beverage bottles to be made of more recycled content so by the time 2030 rolls around t recycle content in a coke bottle, pepsi bottle, water bottle, will be up to 50% which is higher thatten the percentage in the european union and the highest percentage in the world. and that way you can actually feel confident that what you're drinking will actually become recycled. now, our recommendation is don't use to plastic bottle to begin w

but if you do, they are committing to 50% recycled content. >> the test thing we can do is vote with our consumer dollars when we're shopping. if you can die something with no packaging and find loose fruits and vegetables, that is the best. find in packaging and glass, metal and pap rer all easily recycled. we don't want plastic. we want less plastic. awe what you we do locally is we have the program to think disposable and work one on one to provide technical assistance to swap out the disposable food service to reusables and we have funding available to support businesses to do that so that is a way to get them off there. and i believe now is the time we will see a lot of the solutions come on the market and come on

the scene. >> and is really logistics company and what we offer to restaurants is reasonable containers that they can order just like they would so we came from about a pain point that a lot of customers feel which wills a lot of waste with takeout and deliver, even transitioning from styrofoam to plastic, it is still wasteful. and to dream about reusing this one to be re-implemented and cost delivery and food takeout. we didn't have throwaway culture always. most people used to get delivered to people's homes and then the empty milk containers were put back out when fresh milk came. customers are so excited that we have this available in our restaurant and came back and asked and were so excited about it and rolled it out as

customers gain awareness understanding what it is and how it works and how they can integrate it into their life. >> and they have always done it and usually that is a way of being sustainable and long-term change to what makes good financial sense especially as there are shipping issues and material issues and we see that will potentially be a way that we can save money as well. and so i think making that case to other restaurateurs will really help people adopt this. >> one restaurant we converted

2,000 packages and the impact and impact they have in the community with one switch. and we have been really encouraged to see more and more restaurants cooperate this. we are big fans of what re-ecology does in terms of adopting new systems and understanding why the current system is broken. when people come to the facility, they are shocked by how much waste they see and the volume of the operations and how much technology we have dedicated to sort correctly and we led 25 tours and for students to reach about 1100 students.

and they wanted to make change and this is sorting in the waste stream they do every single day and they can take ownership of and make a difference with. >> an i feel very, very fortunate that i get to represent san francisco in the legislature and allows me to push the envelope and it is because of the people the city attracts and is because of the eco system of policy thinking that goes on in san francisco that we are constantly seeing san francisco leading the way. >> kids know there's a lot of environmental issues that they are facing. and that they will be impacted by the impact of climate change. they will have the opportunity to be in charge and make change and make the decisions in the future. >> we are re-inventing the way the planet does garbage founded in the environmental ethic and

hunger to send less to landfills. this is so many wonderful things happening in san francisco. i feel very fortunate and very humble to live here and to be part of this wonderful place.

>> i don't think you need to be an expert to look around and see the increasing frequency of fires throughout california. they are continuing at an ever-increasing rate every summer, and as we all know, the drought continues and huge shortages of water right now. i don't think you have to be an expert to see the impact. when people create greenhouse gases, we are doing so by different activities like burning fossil fuels and letting off carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and we also do this with food waste. when we waste solid food and leave it in the landfill, it puts methane gas into the atmosphere and that accelerates the rate at which we are warming our planet and makes all the

effects of climate change worse. the good news is there are a lot of things that you can be doing, particularly composting and the added benefit is when the compost is actually applied to the soil, it has the ability to reverse climate change by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil and the t radios. and there is huge amount of science that is breaking right now around that. >> in the early 90s, san francisco hired some engineers to analyze the material san francisco was sending to landfill. they did a waste characterization study, and that showed that most of the material san francisco was sending to landfill could be composted. it was things like food scraps, coffee grounds and egg shells and sticks and leaves from gardening. together re-ecology in san francisco started this curbside

composting program and we were the first city in the country to collect food scraps separately from other trash and turn them into compost. it turns out it was one of the best things we ever did. it kept 2.5 million tons of material out of the landfill, produced a beautiful nutrient rich compost that has gone on to hundreds of farms, orchards and vineyards. so in that way you can manage your food scraps and produce far less methane. that is part of the solution. that gives people hope that we're doing something to slow down climate change. >> i have been into organic farming my whole life. when we started planting trees, it was natural to have compost from re-ecology. compost is how i work and the soil biology or the microbes feed the plant and our job as regenerative farmers is to feed

the microbes with compost and they will feed the plant. it is very much like in business where you say take care of your employees and your employees will take carolinas of your customers. the same thing. take care of the soil microbes and soil life and that will feed and take care of the plants. >> they love compost because it is a nutrient rich soil amendment. it is food for the soil. that is photosynthesis. pulling carbon from the atmosphere. pushing it back into the soil where it belongs. and the roots exude carbon into the soil. you are helping turn a farm into a carbon sink. it is an international model. delegations from 135 countries have come to study this program. and it actually helped inspire a new law in california, senate bill 1383. which requires cities in california to reduce the amount of compostable materials they send to landfills by 75% by

2025. and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make

real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food donation program. we keep the edible food local. and we are not composting it because we don't want to compost edible food. we want that food to get eaten within san francisco and feed folks in need. it is very unique in san francisco we have such a broad and expansive education program for the city. but also that we have partners in government and nonprofit that are dedicated to this work. at san francisco unified school district, we have a sustainability office and educators throughout the science

department that are building it into the curriculum. making it easy for teachers to teach about this. we work together to build a pipeline for students so that when they are really young in pre-k, they are just learning about the awe and wonder and beauty of nature and they are connecting to animals and things they would naturally find love and affinity towards. as they get older, concepts that keep them engaged like society and people and economics. >> california is experiencing many years of drought. dry periods. that is really hard on farms and is really challenging. compost helps farms get through these difficult times. how is that? compost is a natural sponge that attracts and retains water. and so when we put compost around the roots of plants, it holds any moisture there from rainfall or irrigation. it helps farms make that corner and that helps them grow for food.

you can grow 30% more food in times of drought in you farm naturally with compost. farms and cities in california are very hip now to this fact that creating compost, providing compost to farms helps communities survive and get through those dry periods. >> here is the thing. soil health, climate health, human health, one conversation. if we grow our food differently, we can capture all that excess carbon in the atmosphere and store it in unlimited quantities in the soil, that will create nutrient dense foods that will take care of most of our civilized diseases. so it's one conversation. people have to understand that they are nature. they can't separate. we started prowling the high plains in the 1870s and by the 1930s, 60 year, we turned it into a dust bowl. that is what ignorance looks like when you don't pay attention to nature. nature bats last.

so people have to wake up. wake up. compost. >> it is really easy to get frustrated because we have this belief that you have to be completely sustainable 24/7 in all aspects of your life. it is not about being perfect. it is about making a change here, a change there in your life. maybe saying, you know what? i don't have to drive to that particular place today. today i am going to take the bus or i'm going to walk. it is about having us is stainable in mind. that is -- it is about having sustainability in mind. that is how we move the dial. you don't have to be perfect all the time. >> san francisco has been and will continue to be one of the greener cities because there are communities who care about protecting a special ecosystem and habitat. thinking about the history of the ohlone and the native and indigenous people who are stewards of this land from that history to now with the

ambitious climate action plan we just passed and the goals we have, i think we have a dedicated group of people who see the importance of this place. and who put effort into building an infrastructure that actually makes it possible. >> we have a long history starting with the gold rush and the anti-war activism and that is also part of the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s. and of course, earth day in 1970 which is huge. and i feel very privileged to work for the city because we are on such a forefront of environmental issues, and we get calls from all over the world really to get information. how do cities create waste programs like they do in san francisco. we are looking into the few which you are and we want innovation. we want solutions.

in this san francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. and they're working in roughly 400,000 square feet. we were especially pleased that cleanpowersf offers the super green 100% clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with

the switch over to cleanpowersf. this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's >> still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place? >> trees are widely planted in san francisco. with good reason. they are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. we have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in san francisco. we have a lot of tree failures with this species in particular.

this is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. you can see four very large stems that are all coming from the same main truck. you can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. in between you can't it is a lot of strong wood. they are attached so sharply together. this is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. this is what it looks like after the fi c.u. resolution s limb l. >> we see decline. you can see the patches where there aren't any leaves at all. that is a sign the tree is in decline.

the other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the sidewalk around the tree in many cases. we don't want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. >> in a city like san francisco our walks are not that wide. we have had to clear the branches away from the properties. most of the canopy is on the street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. that can be a factor in tree limb failures. a lot of people wonder since these trees have a lot of issues. why did we plant them in the first place? they provided the city with benefits for decades. they are big and provide storage for carbon which is important to fight climate change and they

provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. >> when we identify trees like this for removal and people protest our decision, we really understand where they are coming from. i got into this job because i love trees. it just breaks my heart to cut down trees, particularly if they are healthy and the issue is a structural flaw. i have also seen first hand what happens when we have failures. we have had a couple of injuries due to tree failures. that is something we can't live with either. it is a challenging situation. we hate to lose mature trees, but public safety has to always

this meeting will come to order. welcome to the monday, october second, 2023 meeting of rules of the san francisco board of supervisors. i'm supervisor matt dorse and he i'm joined by vice chair walton and safai is on his way. we like to thank victor young and sfgov.org for facilitying the meeting. before we start i want to honor a memorial honor former politic