my hesitation is two years ago there was a task force for the san francisco homeless advisory board can we were invited on. we met and there were some good meetings upfront. over the year 30% of the meetings were cancelled. another large number were changed last minute without our scheduling. it was about their scheduling. if this was a real partnership and not just going to be sort of, you know, a facade, yes. >> it was the san francisco police department advisory board. it was organized through the commander lazar before hsoc. if there was commission oversight, yes, i would be willing to participate and i know the coalition would be, too, from what we discussed already. >> if we have a say in ownership of, you know, everybody has got to buy in on this in the city. it is impacting policing so much that i do think that a working group might be a good idea here to just keep the ball -- like commander laza are understanding. i may be harsh. the partner agencies are dedicated people, but getting everybody together and listening to everybody, i think, is always a benefit to discuss as a com

san francisco has odd voe indicated for critical services. through this grant, we're going to be tackling homeless service and housing options. i want to thank the housing advisory board and youth advisory committee for putting this all together. thank you for joining us. [applause]

san francisco has odd voe indicated for critical services. through this grant, we're going to be tackling homeless service and housing options. i want to thank the housing advisory board and youth advisory committee for putting this all together. thank you for joining us. [applause] [♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so ma