and san francisco is an incredibly afluent city and this year in particular, we have a lot of resources and right now as we speak, the mayor's office is deliberating on what direction the budget is going to go. and it is right there, across the hall. there are steps that we can take, and we really should not be okay with anything else and there is action that needs to happen and we need to fund the housing that is being talked about and we need to make sure that we are stopping homelessness at the front end, that the tenants in san francisco, have a right to council, and many are becoming victim to land lords, and to the real estate speculator and we know what steps to take to halt it and we got to do it. we have these units sitting empty and boarded up and we have the people who are truly suffering on our streets. and we can fund subsidies in the private housing and we can make sure that our non-profit housing is affordable to the poorest people and we can make sure that the communities, have access to that housing, thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please? >> >> good morning, my

and san francisco is an incredibly afluent city and this year in particular, we have a lot of resources and right now as we speak, the mayor's office is deliberating on what direction the budget is going to go. and it is right there, across the hall. there are steps that we can take, and we really should not be okay with anything else and there is action that needs to happen and we need to fund the housing that is being talked about and we need to make sure that we

other narratives are out there but we know that many in our community are not afluent and many struggle particularly in a city as expensive and challenging as san francisco. as wonderful as this city is, is challenging in a lot of ways, if you don't have the stable housing if you don't have city employment, and if you don't have a social or a family network, to support you, when you need support, and so, it is so critical that we as a community take care of our own. and that we are there, as a community, to support people who need this support and who need that safety net. and it manifests in our community in a number of ways and i agree that it is incredibly important to provide particularly housing and job training but particularly housing for our youth. and we were able in last year's budget to get some additional rooms in the upper market area and we have to get it for the transition aged youth. and it is critically important and we have the various organizations that do wonderful work in terms of working with our lgbtq and in particular, and we need to make sure that we are supporting the work that they