we start with our foster youth who are at higher percentage rates of being unhoused when they turn 21to give them an opportunity to finish college degree. with regard to the homelessness services now, hotel, we have to look at mental health services and housing these individuals. thank you. >> thank you. next we move to the next question for the remaining three candidates. what would you do to address substance abuse and mental health issues with residents? >> so many of our people who are on the street do have mental and substance abuse issues, for that reason i supported that the first thing we have to do before we do anything else, we have to get people off the street. we have to have a safe place for them to go so that we can tell them you can't be out on the street anymore. my suggestion is to use the city garages that we already have that are owned by the city, so they don't cost us more, and put up temporary housing -- temporary type of housing in there that everybody has their own unit. and while they're there, we can treat everybody who needs help. find out what their situati

we start with our foster youth who are at higher percentage rates of being unhoused when they turn 21. to give them an opportunity to finish college degree. with regard to the homelessness services now, hotel, we have to look at mental health services and housing these individuals. thank you. >> thank you. next we move to the next question for the remaining three candidates. what would you do to address substance abuse and mental health issues with residents? >> so many of our people who are on the street do have mental and substance abuse issues, for that reason i supported that the first thing we have to do before we do anything else, we have to get people off the street. we have to have a safe place for them to go so that we can tell them you can't be out on the street anymore. my suggestion is to use the city garages that we already have that are owned by the city, so they don't cost us more, and put up temporary housing -- temporary type of housing in there that everybody has their own unit. and while they're there, we can treat everybody who needs help. find out what their situa

we have to meet the immediate needs of our unhoused population by acquiring more safe sleeping places, shelters, and safe spaces. i have over 30 years experience in government, business, and community advocacy. two years ago, my sister and i opened our family business on balboa street, and now, like so many other small businesses, on you future is uncertain -- our future is uncertain. many owners are stalled or defeated but our bureaucracy before they even had a chance to begin. i will support policies and legislation that make it easier to run a neighborhood business in san francisco. finally, we need to make our streets more friendly or residents and families. ill owe prioritizes more street cleanings in our business corridors. we must bring our neighborhood together to ensure that none of us is left behind in our recovery. >> hi. my name is veronica cinzano. for far too long, our government has been out of touch with the problems of so many san franciscans and struggling families. i'm a 30-year richmond district. i'm your neighbor to make sure you have a voice at city hall. you nee

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.amely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, work

and says this isn't a case have not my backyard, it is about how to best serve the needs of the unhoused in oakland. a better idea is to get a large encampment in the parking lot of the oakland coliseum. >> over 10,000 spaces there totally underutilized at this time. >> basically with the alameda county administrator suggested in the letter sent back to the city yesterday, find a site jointly owned by the county and city. that a council member says the site needs to be kept open for future business opportunities like a new professional sports team. >> we've got to create jobs so many of us won't wind up being unhoused. residence are not in trouble with the idea of moving oakland's homeless into their community partly due to concerns about social issues and addiction. >> drugs everywhere but i don't want to see more coming to pendleton because we are a peaceful community at the moment. >>reporter: what happens next? basically the letter from alameda county administrator puts issue to rest. they basically said thanks but no thanks. i spoke with oakland city council members. they say they d

we've seen increase in unhoused individuals and that is of particular concern to me as a member of the community and obviously for my fellow neighbors, particularly with the covid-19 it's a public health and public safety issue that we need to address. i'm running to make sure we can restore some type of order in terms of cleaning up our streets, making sure we adequately fund our police, because we do have an increase of property crime in our neighborhoods. and ultimately, you know, helping our elderly, our low-income families and working families to be able to have a prosperous living environment. so that's why i'm running for district one. again, i appreciate you hosting this and i look forward to hearing questions from your committee. >> thank you, andrew. next, connie. connie, i think you're on mute. >> hi, good evening. i'm connie chan. i'm running for district 1 supervisor. i'm a first generation immigrant. i came here when i was 13 years old. now i'm 42. you're welcome to do the math. and my mom still live in the same rent controlled apartment i grew up in chinatown. today with

the policy is receiving heavy criticism from homeless advocates. >> a greater burden for the unhoused. is is not anything close to actually helping support nor is it towards permanent housing. it's a shuffling. >> oakland says it's seen a 63% increase in homeless population since 2017. the policy was created to help. the council hopes the city can provide a temporary alternative on land and all seven districts in oakland. >>> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> a bay area company not just building homes but revolutionizing the whole process. the incredible technology coming out of this alameda county warehouse. >>> looking live at the city of san francisco >>> future construction in the area. >> a company promises it can build housing units in under 24 hours. it's created a massive 3d printer to build houses from the ground up an 8th of an inch. the secret is the building materials. the idea of hatched using a normal desktop 3d printer. >> what we have done is developed a unique technology that allows us to take this and hit it with uv light. it hardens it almost ins

approved a contentious policy that will limit where the unhoused can set up tents. they won't be allowed in parks or near homes, businesses, schools, some places of worship. similar actions have been taken in berkeley and pleasant hill. this policy is receiving heavy criticism from homeless advocates. >> it is a greater burden for the unhoused. this is not anything close to actually helping support nor is it towards permanent housing. it's a shuffling. >> oakland says it's seen a 63% increase in homeless population since 2017 and the policy was created to help. the council hopes the city can provide temporary alternative in all seven districts in oakland. >>> 5:08. >> millions of taxpayer dollars meant to help small businesses stolen, an investigation into massive cyber criminal attack ahead in our original report on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> i am tracking another burst of gusty offshore winds, especially in the higher elevations this morning. we'll talk about our high fire danger with another red flag warning in effect. >>> chp working on a crash al

and that's safe parking for those that are unhoused, living in their vehicles. we're coming up on about a one-year anniversary of that work and it has been extremely successful. so i want to thank the mayor for supporting us and believing us and allowing us to do something positive with this site while we waited for the housing to get built. another thing that the mayor did when she was on the board of supervisors that i don't want to -- i want to underscore, is neighborhood preference. neighborhood preference says that if you live within proximity, if you live within the radius of this site, you will have first crack at getting into these apartments. that is something that had never been done in san francisco before, and that is extremely important to the lakeview community. about 20, 30 years ago this community was over 50% african american. today it's down to less than 20%. but the children and the families of those families that have grown here and been raised here and prospered here are still connected to this community. they will have the ability if they l

we start with our foster youth who are at higher percentage rates of being unhoused when they turn 21portunity to finish college degree. with regard to the homelessness services now, hotel, we have to look at mental health services and housing these individuals. thank you. >> thank you. next we move to the next question for the remaining three candidates. what would you do to address substance abuse and mental health issues with residents? >> so many of our people who are on the street do have mental and substance abuse issues, for that reason i supported that the first thing we have to do before we do anything else, we have to get people off the street. we have to have a safe place for them to go so that we can tell them you can't be out on the street anymore. my suggestion is to use the city garages that we already have that are owned by the city, so they don't cost us more, and put up temporary housing -- temporary type of housing in there that everybody has their own unit. and while they're there, we can treat everybody who needs help. find out what their situation is, what do the

we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, working with the city to make sure we are doing extra cleaning at the food stations in areas where they are trying to distribute food. and it's something that we have been doing more recently which is imparting with our colleagues at the m.t.a., planning, and other departments to set up the shared spaces program. so you can bring tha

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.ublic works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, working with the city to make sure we are doing extra cleaning at the food stations in areas where they are trying to distribute food. and

some of the largest number of calls we get are people that are unhoused, people with mental health issues, and the police are often the first one to respond. in this ballot, as i said, prop a will have dollars for mental health. very pleased to see we were going to have additional dollars for mental health sf. was pleased to work with my colleagues supervisor hillary ronen and matt haney, along with the mayor. with the prop c being unlocked, winning that in the courts, that will mean additional dollars for mental health services. the police, one of the highest volume calls they get, have to do with our mental health individuals, and it will allow the freeing up of police to go on other calls. and then, when we were able to have the resources, which we do now, and will come more, we need to have mental health professionals responding to those that are unhoused and have mental health crisis, and we have the ability to do that and transition nicely. >> thank you. john? >> thank you. we have, across the country, calls for defending the police. i've been looking at that issue, and what we need

we have to meet the immediate needs of our unhoused population by acquiring more safe sleeping places, shelters, and safe spaces. i have over 30 years experience in government, business, and community advocacy. two years ago, my sister and i opened our family business on balboa street, and now, like so many other small businesses, on you future is uncertain -- our future is uncertain. many owners are stalled or defeated but our bureaucracy before they even had a chance to begin. i will support policies and legislation that make it easier to run a neighborhood business in san francisco. finally, we need to make our streets more friendly or residents and families. ill owe prioritizes more street cleanings in our business corridors. we must bring our neighborhood together to ensure that none of us is left behind in our recovery. >> hi. my name is veronica cinzano. for far too long, our government has been out of touch with the problems of so many san franciscans and struggling families. i'm a 30-year richmond district. i'm your neighbor to make sure you have a voice at city hall. you nee

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhoused. this prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to pre

going to accept the resources officer nicole evans has been building relationships with the city's unhoused community since 2017 but since january she's been a part of a two-member homeless outreach team, both officers working as full-time liaisons so far they've helped at least 20 people find permanent or temporary housing it's definitely been a challenge the numbers show that at any given time here in pleasanton some 70 people. >>our living on the streets every day people living in their vehicles it's of really unseen population. >>they blend in. but they need help as well. the most recent was counting out county says the population has grown more than 40% from 2017 to 2019. >>70 people living on the street in pleasanton may not sound like a lot when compared to the more than 3200 people. >>living on the streets of oakland, but it is a staggering number compared to the 8 people living on the street in neighboring dublin we do get a lot of people that travel in and now officer evans says moving forward her department will continue focusing on addressing housing and mental health believing

he wants the county to press pause on the project and is concerned that those currently unhoused in milpitaswouldn't necessarily get first dibs on the units. >> unless we address the concerns, i don't want something to come into our city which we start blaming the county and the county blames us and it's just going haywire. i don't want that to happen to the city of milpitas. >> but time is running out. if the county doesn't move forward with the plan by mid-november, it runs the risk of losing the allocated money from the state. destination home, a partner on the project, says it would be a shame to see the proposal fall apart. >> the apartments would be a community asset and a resource. we just know we need to do everything we can to get people inside as quickly as possible. >> the county, which currently has around 10,000 homeless residents, is expected to make its final decision sometime this week. in milpitas, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >>> it was a picture-perfect day to do some fishing or whatever you want to do outside. plenty of sunshine and cooler temperatures compared to the tempera

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhoused. this prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to pre

some of the largest number of calls we get are people that are unhoused, people with mental health issues, and the police are often the first one to respond. in this ballot, as i said, prop a will have dollars for mental health. very pleased to see we were going to have additional dollars for mental health sf. was pleased to work with my colleagues supervisor hillary ronen and matt haney, along with the mayor. with the prop c being unlocked, winning that in the courts, that will mean additional dollars for mental health services. the police, one of the highest volume calls they get, have to do with our mental health individuals, and it will allow the freeing up of police to go on other calls. and then, when we were able to have the resources, which we do now, and will come more, we need to have mental health professionals responding to those that are unhoused and have mental health crisis, and we have the ability to do that and transition nicely. >> thank you. john? >> thank you. we have, across the country, calls for defending the police. i've been looking at that issue, and what we need

council who voted for eye new policy to help us improve the well being of our residents housed and unhoused. ending homesness is a moral important. >>> opponents say the policy moves people around and potentially away from essential services without helping them find housing. >>> the time is now 6:08. reducing photograph speck cleaning the air. how a south bay city plans to cut the commute. >> and still ahead, shifting through the ashes. the big job to make sure every burnt ballot counts. >> and extreme fire danger for the north bay. i'm tracking off shore winds as we head through the rest of the weekw. he are not done yet. more widespread off shore winds and that high fire danger over the next several days. the full forecast coming up. . >> the bay bridge commute getting busy as well as that side ride. ly have a complete look at traffic. >> and your live look outside. you are looking south from the sales force camera. it's about 6:09. uber and lyft are like every big guy i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- it denies them benefits. 22 doesn't help women. it actual

. >> it not only is providing a safe sanctuary to 250 working families, formally unhoused and veterans, but it has onsite services. >> including free wi-fi to bridge the digital divide. people moved in months ago. but the so-called grand opening had to wait for covid protocols. this project was fast tracked as a private public partnership with the city working more than a dozen financial supporters. >> you see that. this project happened so quickly and it's such a beautiful project. you had multiple groups working together to get it done. they're not saying that's not my problem. >> this was a place where all of us regardless of where we come from, will thrive. >> reporter: jessica and her mother and children ages 9, 4 and 3 moved here from a cramped east oakland apartment. she said she pays around $1650 a month. >> we were paying just about the same amount we pay here for a two bedroom and we have four here. so it is so much better. >> reporter: the housing crisis in the bay area does not care about municipal boundaries. this was the time of work we must do to really make a dent in th

we have to meet the immediate needs of our unhoused population by acquiring more safe sleeping placeselters, and safe spaces. i have over 30 years experience in government, business, and community advocacy. two years ago, my sister and i opened our family business on balboa street, and now, like so many other small businesses, on you future is uncertain -- our future is uncertain. many owners are stalled or defeated but our bureaucracy before they even had a chance to begin. i will support policies and legislation that make it easier to run a neighborhood business in san francisco. finally, we need to make our streets more friendly or residents and families. ill owe prioritizes more street cleanings in our business corridors. we must bring our neighborhood together to ensure that none of us is left behind in our recovery. >> hi. my name is veronica cinzano. for far too long, our government has been out of touch with the problems of so many san franciscans and struggling families. i'm a 30-year richmond district. i'm your neighbor to make sure you have a voice at city hall. you need so

would regulate where unhoused residents can and can't camp. it's an issue with residents collapsing about drug, violence and affordable housing. >>> the city is discussing plans for google's proposed development. >> they want to transfor 80 acres into housing and office space. it's call the downtown west project. google said it's listening to those concerns. >>> if you are preparing to head out we have you covered with traffic. >> we start off with the live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. again no official confirmation if they flipped the meters lights on but we are seeing brake lights. a few slow and go spots. especially off of the bay ridge bridge into san francisco. expect a few slow and go conditions as you make that drive out of the east bay in to the city and if you are going into san francisco we have a fog advisory in effect for the golden gate bring. limited visibility will be an issue. take it slow across the span and slow conditions continue along the pass. this is the slowest spot. westbound 580 off 205. have you a lot of slow a

. >> it is a greater burden for the unhoused. this is not anything close to actually helping support nor is it towards permanent housing. it is a shuffling. >> oakland says it's seen a 63% increase in homeless population since 2017 and the policy was created to help. the council hopes the city can provide a temporary alternative to all seven districts in oakland. >>> san francisco fill an throw misses donated $65 million for the homeless. this will be for apartment complexes and conversion of two hotels on lower knob hill. the hotels are the grenada hotel and another with about 275 rooms near gary and mason streets. >>> still ahead on kpix35 and streaming on cbsn bay area, signs meant to start a conversation in one east bay city. but for some, they're sparking pain. why the wife of a police officer felt compelled to speak out. >>> i am tracking critical conditions with gusty offshore winds back. we'll talk about our high fire danger with the red flag warning coming up. >> we have road work slowing things down. plus i will check y

and that's safe parking for those that are unhoused, living in their vehicles. coming up on about a one-year anniversary of that work and it has been extremely successful. so i want to thank the mayor for supporting us and believing us and allowing us to do something positive with this site while we waited for the housing to get built. another thing that the mayor did when she was on the board of supervisors that i don't want to -- i want to underscore, is neighborhood preference. neighborhood preference says that if you live within proximity, if you live within the radius of this site, you will have first crack at getting into these apartments. that is something that had never been done in san francisco before, and that is extremely important to the lakeview community. about 20, 30 years ago this community was over 50% african american. today it's down to less than 20%. but the children and the families of those families that have grown here and been raised here and prospered here are still connected to this community. they will have the ability if they live in

some of the largest number of calls we get are people that are unhoused, people with mental health issuespolice are often the first one to respond. in this ballot, as i said, prop a will have dollars for mental health. very pleased to see we were going to have additional dollars for mental health sf. was pleased to work with my colleagues supervisor hillary ronen and matt haney, along with the mayor. with the prop c being unlocked, winning that in the courts, that will mean additional dollars for mental health services. the police, one of the highest volume calls they get, have to do with our mental health individuals, and it will allow the freeing up of police to go on other calls. and then, when we were able to have the resources, which we do now, and will come more, we need to have mental health professionals responding to those that are unhoused and have mental health crisis, and we have the ability to do that and transition nicely. >> thank you. john? >> thank you. we have, across the country, calls for defending the police. i've been looking at that issue, and what we need to implem

going to accept the resources officer nicole evans has been building relationships with the city's unhoused community since 2017 but since january she's been a part of a two-member homeless outreach team, both officers working as full-time liaisons so far they've helped at least 20 people find permanent or temporary housing it's definitely been a challenge the numbers show that at any given time here in pleasanton some 70 people. >>our living on the streets every day people living in their vehicles it's of really unseen population. >>they blend in. but they need help as well. the most recent homeless count in alameda county shows the population has grown more than 40% from 2017 to 2019. >>70 people living on the street in pleasanton may not sound like a lot when compared to the more than 3200 people. >>living on the streets of oakland, but it is a staggering number compared to the 8 people living on the street in neighboring dublin we do get a lot of people that travel in a now officer evans says moving forward her department will continue focusing on addressing housing and mental health be

an act of violence, particularly towards black, indigenous and broken lives an live brown livee unhoused and people marched in the streets in defending the police. and when we called in to you and told to you cut the sfpd budget, your excuse is that the p.o.a. budget would undo these cuts. so you did nothing. this is inaction and complicity. and the system of police violence. earlier this month afpd killed mr. -- sfpd killed mr. vargas. and they are looking to the murder. and they said (indiscernible) with the use of force policies that the parity clauses for unfair raises. to protect the fraternal brotherhood over people's lives. if you don't vote down this contract you're defending this racist status quo. so i should remind you that you work for the people. you don't work for the mayor, you don't work for the police, so stop being boot lickers and stop acting like it and reject this contract. and reject this p.o.a. contract and make all future negotiations public. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> caller: hi, i'm carla and i

he wants the county to press pause on the project and concerned those currently unhoused in milpitast necessarily get first dibs on the units. >> unless we address all of those concerns, i don't want something to come into our city where we start blaming the county and the county blames us and it's just going haywire. i don't want that to happen to the city of milpitas. >> reporter: but time is running out. if the county doesn't move forward with the plan by mid-november, it runs the risk of losing the allocated money from the state. betray bramson from destination home which is a partner on the project says it would be a shame to see the proposal fall apart. >> the apartments would be a community asset and a resource. and we just know we need to do everything we can to get people inside as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the county, which currently has around 10,000 homeless residents, is expected to make its final decision some time this week. in milpitas, abc 7 news. >>> for decades california property tax law us have remained the same, but proposition 15 could change that. we'l

some of the largest number of calls we get are people that are unhoused, people with mental health issuespolice are often the first one to respond. in this ballot, as i said, prop a will have dollars for mental health. very pleased to see we were going to have additional dollars for mental health sf. was pleased to work with my colleagues supervisor hillary ronen and matt haney, along with the mayor. with the prop c being unlocked, winning that in the courts, that will mean additional dollars for mental health services. the police, one of the highest volume calls they get, have to do with our mental health individuals, and it will allow the freeing up of police to go on other calls. and then, when we were able to have the resources, which we do now, and will come more, we need to have mental health professionals responding to those that are unhoused and have mental health crisis, and we have the ability to do that and transition nicely. >> thank you. john? >> thank you. we have, across the country, calls for defending the police. i've been looking at that issue, and what we need to implem

we have to meet the immediate needs of our unhoused population by acquiring more safe sleeping places, shelters, and safe spaces. i have over 30 years experience in government, business, and community advocacy. two years ago, my sister and i opened our family business on balboa street, and now, like so many other small businesses, on you future is uncertain -- our future is uncertain. many owners are stalled or defeated but our bureaucracy before they even had a chance to begin. i will support policies and legislation that make it easier to run a neighborhood business in san francisco. finally, we need to make our streets more friendly or residents and families. ill owe prioritizes more street cleanings in our business corridors. we must bring our neighborhood together to ensure that none of us is left behind in our recovery. >> hi. my name is veronica cinzano. for far too long, our government has been out of touch with the problems of so many san franciscans and struggling families. i'm a 30-year richmond district. i'm your neighbor to make sure you have a voice at city hall. you nee

going to accept the resources officer nicole evans has been building relationships with the city's unhoused community since 2017 but since january she's been a part of a two-member homeless outreach team, both officers working as full-time liaisons so far they've helped at least 20 people find permanent or temporary housing it's definitely been a challenge the numbers show that at any given time here in pleasanton some 70 people. >>our living on the streets every day people living in their vehicles that's of really unseen population. >>they blend in. but they need help as well. the most recent discount in alameda county shows the population has grown more than 40% from 2017 to 2019 70 people living on the street in pleasanton. >>may not sound like a lot when compared to the more than 3200 people. >>living on the streets of oakland, but it is a staggering number compared to the 8 people living on the street in neighboring dublin we do get a lot of people that travel in a now officer evans says moving forward her department will continue focusing on addressing housing and mental health believ

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.ely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, workin

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.amely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, work

and that's safe parking for those that are unhoused, living in their vehicles.e're coming up on about a one-year anniversary of that work and it has been extremely successful. so i want to thank the mayor for supporting us and believing us and allowing us to do something positive with this site while we waited for the housing to get built. another thing that the mayor did when she was on the board of supervisors that i don't want to -- i want to underscore, is neighborhood preference. neighborhood preference says that if you live within proximity, if you live within the radius of this site, you will have first crack at getting into these apartments. that is something that had never been done in san francisco before, and that is extremely important to the lakeview community. about 20, 30 years ago this community was over 50% african american. today it's down to less than 20%. but the children and the families of those families that have grown here and been raised here and prospered here are still connected to this community. they will have the ability if they liv

some of these folks are homeless and some -- most of them are homeless and unhoused, and some of themo have a place to live. the crt, the critical response team, what that will be is -- and again, ems6 goes out just with one paramedic captain. although we have partnered with public-health a couple of times. the critical response team will be a partnership with the department of public-health and an advanced healthcare practitioner and a peer support person. someone who has gone through homelessness or addiction or the like. we will respond to the calls that people were sent to and where it's not a law enforcement issue. and that it is, you know, social work or medical that is required. the department of emergency management, the police department, fire department, 311 there are different entities working together to figure out how to get those calls and how to triage those calls differently instead of sending everything to the police department and there are 21,000 calls i believe last year for the police department that they want to sort of shift to a different type of response. >> a

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.y handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, working

we have to meet the immediate needs of our unhoused population by acquiring more safe sleeping places, shelters, and safe spaces. i have over 30 years experience in government, business, and community advocacy. two years ago, my sister and i opened our family business on balboa street, and now, like so many other small businesses, on you future is uncertain -- our future is uncertain. many owners are stalled or defeated but our bureaucracy before they even had a chance to begin. i will support policies and legislation that make it easier to run a neighborhood business in san francisco. finally, we need to make our streets more friendly or residents and families. ill owe prioritizes more street cleanings in our business corridors. we must bring our neighborhood together to ensure that none of us is left behind in our recovery. >> hi. my name is veronica cinzano. for far too long, our government has been out of touch with the problems of so many san franciscans and struggling families. i'm a 30-year richmond district. i'm your neighbor to make sure you have a voice at city hall. you nee

, our housing advocacy focused on city rent subsidies for low income seniors at risk of becoming unhousedfrom the experience of our latinx leaders in the mission district find themselves unable to meet the requirements to obtain the "affordable housing opening in their neighborhood". the pandemic expanded our scope of issues as we made outreach calls to the community and heard that the priority of rent subsidies was now joined with our dire need to obtain safe -- for our neighborhoods. it turned into our campaign for no seniors without homes with three priorities, moving vulnerable homeless seniors to hotels as an emergency measure, assuring they can move into safe permanent housing when their time in the hotels ends and continuing focus on preventing vulnerable seniors from falling into homelessness. we are currently phone banking around the election, which is a great opportunity to do further listing in our community on issues of highest priority to them. many of the issues coming forward will relate to the work of this committee. you have a unique opportunity to address the issue of ho

think here in district 7, i think we can all echo the same underlying issues that, you know, the unhoused issue is very different from the other districts, but that is one program and policy that i'm fully in support of. >> thank you, velasquez. next will be ben. >> thank you. i had a young kid that worked for me four years ago that died of a drug overdose. was born and raised in san francisco and died of a drug overdose on our streets in san francisco just two months ago. we have an epidemic on our streets. we need to make sure we have treatment on demand and the services that actually deliver for folks like that. this is an issue that hits folks of all backgrounds, of all neighborhoods, of all parts of the city, and i think the city has been slow to respond. you see it in the numbers, you see it in the raise in fentanyl deaths. mental health sf is a good program, but in a way, it's a repaneli repackaging of the services that already existed. it really is just the first step forward, but we need new services, and that's what i'll do as supervisor. >> thank you, ben. the next is joel. >>

an act of violence, particularly towards black, indigenous and broken lives an live brown livee unhoused and people marched in the streets in defending the police. and when we called in to you and told to you cut the sfpd budget, your excuse is that the p.o.a. budget would undo these cuts. so you did nothing. this is inaction and complicity. and the system of police violence. earlier this month afpd killed mr. -- sfpd killed mr. vargas. and they are looking to the murder. and they said (indiscernible) with the use of force policies that the parity clauses for unfair raises. to protect the fraternal brotherhood over people's lives. if you don't vote down this contract you're defending this racist status quo. so i should remind you that you work for the people. you don't work for the mayor, you don't work for the police, so stop being boot lickers and stop acting like it and reject this contract. and reject this p.o.a. contract and make all future negotiations public. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> caller: hi, i'm carla and i

and that's safe parking for those that are unhoused, living in their vehicles. we're coming up on about a one-year anniversary of that work and it has been extremely successful. so i want to thank the mayor for supporting us and believing us and allowing us to do something positive with this site while we waited for the housing to get built. another thing that the mayor did when she was on the board of supervisors that i don't want to -- i want to underscore, is neighborhood preference. neighborhood preference says that if you live within proximity, if you live within the radius of this site, you will have first crack at getting into these apartments. that is something that had never been done in san francisco before, and that is extremely important to the lakeview community. about 20, 30 years ago this community was over 50% african american. today it's down to less than 20%. but the children and the families of those families that have grown here and been raised here and prospered here are still connected to this community. they will have the ability if they l

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.amely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, work

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhousedthis prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to prese