navigation centers. these reports report deaths, overdoses, and other daily calls for emergency services. at the bryant navigation center, 84 beds, 17 calls for police or paramedics in april alone. in the same month, the division circle navigation center, 126 beds, 23 calls. at these rates, the proposed 200 bed meghan navigation center can be expected to generate up to 40 calls a month, more than one a day. how would this affect traffic? how would it affect the already stretched first responders in the neighborhood? how would it impact the children , the seniors, parents, residents in the neighborhood? this property is known to the city to be contaminated. this project will disturb that contamination, digging up parts of the site, putting people at risk by having them sleep on top of it. the city has recently performed soil testing but has not released the results of the proposed cleanup. why not? if the city were pursuing any other development project on this property, it would be insisting that this property would be cleaned up before anything could be proceeding, but it is not. there are other devel

navigation center that's been approved for an empty waterfront lot. navigation centers are basically homeless shelters augumen augmeh extra resources. the city approved plans for a navigation center near bryant street despite fierce debate. abc 7 liz is there for the appeal hearing and has this update. >> inside there is a heated debate about the knave gages that are planned. those opposed to it are asking the city to reconsider they say the city did not take proper steps including an environmental review as well as adequate public input and those in favor of the navigation center, they say this is a classic case of not in my backyard versus yes in my backyard. we should get a vote any minute on the appeal. we will keep you posted as we learn more. in san francisco, liz kroiz, abc 7 news. >>> there is body cam video and 911 calls in the fatally police shooting of a mentally ill man. 23-year-old miles hall charged at them with a four-foot long metal pry bar. his family filed a wrongful death claim. vic lee has new details. >> he's being violent and broke a sliding glass window threatening us. he has a long pole. >> reporter: multiple 911 calls came in the afternoon of june 2nd including ones

all you have to do is go by the navigation center on bryant and it is a mess. the front steps, now that this thing is essentially entitled, go by there now there is drug use, there is a bicycle chop shop, you know, it is a mess. this is not something that the neighborhood wants. you have had hundreds of people who have participated in this process to fight this. there's been a complete orchestrated effort by the bureaucracy of san francisco to make sure that the neighborhood cannot stop this project or be involved in scoping it or anything else. this is completely antidemocratic. the main reason i am here, many people spoken to the issues many times, the one thing you need to keep in mind as remarks have been made about toxins. i have lived across the street, literally 150 feet from this project. our project, and i was the first one in was stopped. you can look up in the building department, we are supposed to have another floor, another subterranean floor, and it was stopped because the lead content of the soil said the bay bridge was sandblasted of what point

bryant and central waterfront center. i'm the both the services at these sites. the navigation center services include on-case management for all guest,e, on site medical clinic, access to treatment, housing navigation for those that have the highest needs as assessed by the coordinated entry team and supportive housing, problem-solving for those not prioritized for housing, legacy shelters. some of the navigation center benefits include decrease in incantments. there's close communication and relationship between the city and providers such as ecs with surrounding neighborhoods, protocols and procedures regarding how navigation leadership deals with complaint, addressing the impact that the center has is having on the surrounding community. they have a higher staff ratios. case management will work wit person to get them ready for housing or if not prioritized for housing, work with the problem-solvers to end that person's homelessness. navigation centers provide the left of case management required to get people off the streets. thank you. >> next speaker. >> my name is kathy

developments tonight, plans are moving forward for a new navigation center along san francisco's embarcadero. the city had already approved the project near bryant street and tonight the board of supervisors rejected an appeal from a group of nearby residents. >> we're concerned that the city is going to import a problem that we don't have with this navigation center. >> reporter: despite fierce push back from some living in the area, the san francisco board of supervisors voted tuesday to move forward with a planned navigation center on the embarcadero. the center would have 200 beds making it the largest in the city. those in favor of the shelter say it's needed for the community. >> it is time to be expediting homeless shelters. i don't know how anyone can look at our streets and say that it's not a good idea to expedite homeless shelters. >> planners would like the center to open in a few months to move people off the street toward permanent housing. san francisco already operates navigation centers elsewhere and critics claim they have blighted other neighbors neighborhoods. >> other navigation centers have much smaller size, require almost

navigation center along the embarcadero. the city had already approved the project near bryant street. last night the board of supervisors rejected an appeal from nearby neighbors. abc news anchor ama daetz has more. >> we're afraid the city is creating a problem we don't have. rfr despite pushback, the san francisco board of supervisors voted to move forward with the center. the stefr would have 200 beds, making it the largest in the city. those in favor of the shelter say it's needed for the community. >> it's time to be expediting homeless shelters. i don't know how anyone can look at our street and say it's not a good idea to expedite homeless shelters. >> reporter: planners want it to open in a few months to move people toward permanent housing. san francisco operates navigation centers elsewhere. and critics claim they've blighted other neighborhoods. >> other navigation centers of much smaller size have required all most daily police, paramedic and fire services. already in our area -- >> reporter: an attorney says opponents of the navigation center plan to take legal action. he

bryant street. that is your shelter system and your navigation center. you call that supportive housing and a shelter bed. it's not a bed. it's a mattress on the concrete 10 inches away another homeless person laying down on another mat. it's not housing. it's disgusting. i'm coming through tomorrow and make a demonstration that is going to clear up this homeless matter once and for all. if you don't do it it's going to demonstrate that next voting season that people in charge of this situation should not be voted in office. it's disgusting. it's a pain in the neck being the most intelligent person and the elephant in the room on both sides at that embar embarcaderor and people who -- >> thank you, sir. next speaker, please. >> my name is dillon casey from the california renters advocacy fund. i just want to mention that these proposed changes would do a lot to allow for a.d.u. and san francisco single family neighborhoods. allowing a new construction allows for new single-family homes to be designed with a.d.u.s in mind. a lot will take advantage of tha

navigation center. the city had already approved the project on the embarcadero near bryant street. last night the board of supervisors rejected an appeal from a group of neighbors. supporters of the shelters say this is a classic case of not in my back yard. >> i don't think that this particular location is any better or worse than any other particular location. >> other navigation centers of much smaller size have required almost daily police and paramedic and fire services, and already in our area the police and fire department are stretched thin. >> opponents of the shelter wanted the city to require an environmental review before green lighting the project. now they plan to take legal action. >>> the first of the 2020 democratic debates begins tonight. 20 candidates will take the stage over the next two days, all vying for the nation's attend the zach joins us live from miami where the stage is set for the debate. it is a crowded stage, lana >> reporter: the race for the white house kicks off in a big way today. >> the eyes of the political world will be upon them in miami for

navigation center. the city had already approved the project on the embarcadero near bryant street. last night the board of supervisors rejected an appeal from a gieb of neighbors. supporters say this is a classic case of not in my back yard. >> i don't think that this particular location is any better or worse than any other particular location. >> other navigation centers, a much slauler size have required almost daily police and paramedic and fire services. already in our area the police and fire department are stretched thin. >>> opponents of the shelter wanted the city to require an environmental review before green lighting the project. they are planning on taking legal action. >>> the san francisco school board voted to paint over a controversial high school mural. the afrt work inside george washington high school depicts slaves and native americans. it was done in 1936, the same year the school opened. critics say it's inappropriate and disturbing to students. here is the price to cover this up. the examiner said it could cost about $600,000 to paint the mural over. i feel

bryant and right under the bay bridge. this is where the city would like to build a navigation center, a homeless center. the board of supervisors will take up the issue today. the port commission approved building the center here. but a group of residents is unhappy about having it here and has appealed the decision to the board of supervisors. now, the port made that decision back in april and there were people there to speak out both for and against this homeless shelter. >> it basically creates a low barrier shelter. it was pretty lenient and i was able to get my life back on track. >> people who are drug addicts will be allowed to live there. drugs are not allowed within the center. where do you think they'll be doing it? outside in the neighborhood itself. >> reporter: the meetings over this issue have been very heated, including this one in april where the mayor attended and was shouted down. so much so she threatened to leave the meeting. but she says this homeless center is needed. this navigation center. she's hoping to get it built and open by the end of june. residents have hired an attorney.

navigation centers. and the two that were completed last year was the 212 beds. one at 225 bayshore, and the other at fifth and bryant. we've also expanded our relationships with a number of the nonprofits we work with, with tenderloin, with hunters point family, soma. many of those neighborhoods really as an entry point of people who are looking for jobs and people trying to get back into the workforce. the funding for those nonprofits has been able to get people back and then hopefully move on to a job at public works or another city department and in some cases, even supporting contractors or some of the small businesses. a quick snapshot at our budget. we have 1,762 f.t.e.s. of that, there's 229 vacancies, and i can talk a little bit about the vacancies. in terms of active projects, we're involved in 335 active projects in the city. most of those projects have been bond funded, so 386 is capital and operating. operating revenue's 80, and bond is 1490. okay. real quick here. quick thing, the pit stop expansion i touched on that a little bit. so we're getting seven new pit stops in this current budget, so that will

bryant street. residents have complained about the plan to build a homeless shelter here. they're worried it will bring drug and crime to the area. it will be a navigation centerwill have 200 beds. it not only is a homeless shelter, but it provides services and helps people try and get their lives back on track. the port commission has approved putting a shelter here. that decision was made back in april. and at that meeting there were a lot of people there to talk about their opinion on this. people who supported it and people who are against it. >> it basically created a low barrier shelter. it was pretty lenient. it met me where i was at and i was able to get my life back on track. >> people who are drug are allowed to live there. they'll be doing drugs outside in the neighborhood itself. >> reporter: meetings about this issue have been very heated. check out this one back in april. the mayor was there to explain why she thinks there should be a homeless shelter here. she was shouted down, so much so she almost left the meeting. so it will be interesting to see what happens at the board of supervisors today. the group of residents against this, they have hi

a navigation center, because it's only 130 beds and it's not actually a bed, and it's supposed to be supportive housing. that's the kind of conditions that you have when you're in custody at 850 bryant street, and by the same response, you can only stay there 60 days. [ buzzer ] >> supervisor fewer: thank you, mr. wright. any other comments on item no. 3? seeing none, public comment is now closed. i'd like to make a motion to move item no. 3 to the full board meeting of july 16th with a positive recommendation. could i have a second, please? president yee. we can take that without objection. thank you very much. that's done. so fire chief, we will call you after the police, or are you ready or prepared? >> yeah, after the police is fine. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, chief. let's have chief up. yes, hello, chief, thank you for joining us. let's hear from the bla first. >> yes, ma'am. >> supervisor fewer: oh, mr. rose. >> is it on? >> it is on. >> madam chair, members of the committee, on page 15 of our report, the proposed budget for 19-20 is $65,880,240 or 10.5% more than the original 18-19 budget of $629,838,175. the department's proposed budget for 2021 is 6.2% more t