our black community, our sikh community, our lgbtq community, our disability community have all suffered and our conversation today was a good reminder that we're all in this together, that we're going to move forward together or not at all and we can move forward when we have conversation when we listen, when we communicate as we just did. today's very important because this is the launch of thir teen of these round tables i'll be doing across the state where we sit in community, where we join a common circle and talk about our challenges and how to move forward and it was very appropriate that we started in san francisco today. given san francisco's historical and consistent leadership. and how it has always demonstrated that we celebrate our diversity and our diversity is our strength and so i appreciate the opportunity to be here and over the next few weeks, i'll be in different places all over the state having similar conversations to uplift best practices to highlight and illuminate our solutions so that we can prevent and heal as we address this epidemic of hate throughout our sta

for the community but the community itself? and we are giving them the tech skills. whatever skills you have and advice you have, they will need that. come join us. we have a lot of fun when we volunteer. we have a lot of different activities other than you just coming to volunteer. we do curriculum building days and let's make this better, right? we know we can't keep dishing out the same curriculum. we want to hear from y'all. you might have something that no one has ever thought. so bring it to us. lover to have you be part of the family. thank you. >> real quick. from the carnivale side, don't forget drum circles for healing. yum, yum, tastes like chicken, i want some more, cukcoo for cocopuffs. >> let's give our panel another round of applause. thank you very much. stick around for the next >> today's panel on community led strategies. [please stand by] >> can we keep it two to three minutes, please? >> what are you trying to say? i'm kidding. damien born and raised in came back to serve my community thank you. i've been b

that help distressed communities or communities facing significant disruption or transmission to be successful. there's also a racial equity component to this. black and native rural residents are at least two and a half times more likely to live in economic distress county than rural white residents. 86% of the counties are rule hurricanes, floods, fires or increases in temperature are also global. we think about federal rural policies it's important to keep in mind rural america is very diverse. both demographically and economically. communities of color make up more than 20% of the rural population. only five or 6% and rural america are directly employed by agriculture. sectors such as healthcare, education, outdoor recreation, manufacturing, retail, energy these are important to the rural economy with lots of differences in different regions of the country. so throughout u.s. history federal policy is paid an important role in helping rural places. the legacy of this responsiveness has resulted in a complicated array of programs available to rural communities as they try to adva

but what we know is that the community, the black amenity, the latino community, indigenous communitiesl communities, that's where we need small businesses to thrive. what we know is that we can help those businesses to pivot. frances: very inspiring. ron, tell me what you believe. we have seen promising signs from businesses that shuttered. what do you think that they need to take the next step? ron: we were extremely proud that the president of the united states made the commitment to increase spending from 5% to 15% of black businesses. moving the black business community forward, that is under the broadbrush of minority programs of diversity and inclusion. we are not minority and many times not small business owners. we have needs that are different from other communities and business owners. the intentionality of when programs are created, ensure that businesses and communities that are impacted the most have the ability to participate. 70% of black businesses did not get under the payroll protection plan. 39% of our businesses turn that way altogether. 60% got half or far less tha

the small size of many tribal communities, the cost of project develop and in tribal communities all comes together to affect housing. families continue to face greater levels of overcrowded and substandard homes and lack of affordable housing options. with that, i will end my statement. thank you again for your support and including the housing -- thank you again for your support. sen. smith: thank you very much. >> thank you. -- thank you for the opportunity to testify today. as the senior vice president of community developing an engagement at the federal reserve bank of minneapolis, i oversee the work of the center for indian country develop. it supports tribes through actionable research and community collaboration to further tribal economic prosperity and also leverages our department's brought expertise on affordable housing, labor markets and early childhood develop. i should add today that my views that i expressed here are not necessarily the views of the federal reserve bank of minneapolis or the federal reserve system. our work points to the harmful effects of the current

frontit line communities, low wealth communities, indigenous communities, communities of colorea not only are they more prone to a experiencing extreme weather events but they face greater health burdens such as asthma and led poisoning and higher rates of heart related illnesses and nsdeaths. oftentimes these impacts are the direct result of decisions and discriminatory policies. decisions like where to place a landfill or where to place a factory, location of toxic waste dumps, oil refineries, chemical companies, where waterer infrastructure projects are prioritized and whereot they ar ignored. where green spaces with created and where they are not created. but while advocates and concerned citizens have been highlighting these injustices for decadesav for far too long e costs of these decisions and policies have been ignored. unfortunately that's -- or fortunately that has been changing. to the point that today we are engaged inn an overdue national conversation aboutut environmenl justice and the well-being of all of our communities. over the a past seven months i' beenco pleased

community banks have similar stories and results, aggregate community banks and made nearly 60% of the loans, which supported nearly 50 million jobs. the community banks made over 80% of ppp loans to minority owned and women-owned small businesses in nearly 70% of the ppp loans to veterans owned small businesses. i'm proud that my industry septa -- stepped up to support their survival of these businesses in a time of crisis. we are well into the forgiveness phase of the program, this process must be as simple as possible for borrowers so that they can focus on operating their businesses in a still uncertain environment. we are grateful to this committee in congress for its role in making statutory changes and advocating for a streamlined process. the sba has created the direct borrower forgiveness portal for ppp loans of 150,000 or less. my bank has a strong record of processing forgiveness application and has chosen not to use the portal. like many community banks, our true value proposition is relationship lending. we believe we owe it to our borrowers to ensure a smooth process from

can my calculations, communication community better computer computer communication is much better than human communication. so it does a lot of things better than we do. so the possibility, not just being restricted with the brains, we've got with the finite number of brain. so many has a lot of advantages, not just because of the communication, but because of the, the addition. and it's thinking in terms of not communicating, not sending just signals as we do now. but in terms of the emotions failing ideas, concepts, the whole thing, the whole gamut was going clean our brains, we have the possibility of communicating in a much better way. so linking just to brian's together, we can try and sort of transfer ideas from person to person. i would believe in a much better way. in math claims marilyn has a huge therapeutic potential being able one day to help paralysis, alzheimer parkinson's disease can ural, influence, bring back the actual ability to here to see what i think the reputed side of things is with one of the things that will drive it forward yes, already. parkinson, the plots

in our community. you provide such a great resource to so many whether it's farmer or another kind of small business ordinary reason, restaurants. some of the not for profit that you described that you're doing ppp loans with. those businesses are vital. you understand that. it's not like they call an 800 line. that concerns me. i think the efficiency you pointed out earlier is really worthy of accommodation. that's a good move. i really appreciate those kmebts you made. to me, the fact we have wonderful institutions like community banks, community credit unions, the served customer so directly, i think that's a huge win. i think it's a mistake they are using any kind of coercive tactics. i want to thank you for that. thank you for indicating that in your testimony that you have zero fraud and 100% forgiveness rate and you're work through every one of these. that's important to know about the accountability aspect of this as well. i don't know how much time i have left. i wanted to get a quick question

can my calculations, communication community better computer computer communication is much better than human communication. so it does a lot of things better than we do. so the possibility, not just being restricted with the brains, we've got with the finite number of brain. so, but even even just combining to human brains together. i mean, up to me has a lot of advantages, not just because of the communication, but because of the, the addition and thinking in terms of not communicating, not sending just signals as we do now. but in terms of the emotions failing ideas, concepts, the whole thing, the whole gamut was kelly, clean our brains. we have the possibility of communicating in a much better way. so linking just to brian's together, we can try and sort of transfer ideas from person to person. i would believe in a much better way. in math claims narrowing has a huge, there are paddic potential being able, one day to help paralysis. alzheimer parkinson's disease can ural influence, bring back the actual ability to here to see well, i think that there appear to excite things with one

recreational facility has a community charter, community organizations have a guaranteed number of hoursto use the university of winnipeg recreational facility, guaranteed number of hours every week so, alternatives are possible but even in winnipeg the are some who said the downtown campus is still not enough. they aren't directly in the indigenous communities in the north end to jim silver left the downtown campus and built his own branch in the north indigenous north end. so the stories are endless. if you want to know more, go to literati, pick up the book, check it out, hit me on twitter, let's have conversation. i'm been hit with critiques on the book saying they offer the either/or. either have the university as it is or get rid of the university. this either-or model. get rid of universities all together and my response is there's so much room in the middle. so many things to be done in between keeping the universities as they are now or get rid of them. there's so much to be done to of the social justice university, the end of the profit university and the revival of the people'

community. we are now being recognized and uplifted and engaged in the decisions that affect our people. greg castro, who was the principal cultural consultant for the ramaytush ohlone worked with the human rights commission to develop the land acknowledgement statement. this is now read at the beginning of the meetings of the human rights commission, board of supervisors, and has been presented to the san francisco unified school district commission meetings. this is the land acknowledgement. we, who are gathered here at this violence prevention summit, acknowledge that we are on unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the original stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor given up their responsibilities as the care takers of this place. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their tradition homeland. we wish to pay our

community services. >> okay. i just [indiscernible] on the document, but under service objectives, section 7, table b, it shows the number of consumers and the number of meals. and i note for the first -- from january through june it's the same number of consumers but the number of meals are very different. can you kind of explain that? >> yes, definitely. so the meal program was established in that first six months, and i.t. bookman did not have a meal program before that, so within those six months they needed to establish that program, which meant they needed to hire meal program staff, ensure they had proper kitchen equipment, develop a menu that met nutrient requirements and receive a health permit. in addition to that, they had a start-up period to reach the 120 participants. so there was -- you know, it didn't start exactly right at that six months. it took a while for the program to begin, but by the end of the six months they did serve the 120 participants. and so for this new six months, this is an accu

our black community, our sikh community, our lgbtq community, our disability community have all sufferedn today was a good reminder that we're all in this together, that we're going to move forward together or not at all and we can move forward when we have conversation when we listen, when we communicate as we just did. today's very important because this is the launch of thir teen of these round tables i'll be doing across the state where we sit in community, where we join a common circle and talk about our challenges and how to move forward and it was very appropriate that we started in san francisco today. given san francisco's historical and consistent leadership. and how it has always demonstrated that we celebrate our diversity and our diversity is our strength and so i appreciate the opportunity to be here and over the next few weeks, i'll be in different places all over the state having similar conversations to uplift best practices to highlight and illuminate our solutions so that we can prevent and heal as we address this epidemic of hate throughout our state and throughout ou

communicate with one another.that small business goes away, something in your heart goes away. it leaves a hole in your heart because it has become such a -- frances: and it can actually setback the economic recovery? judy: i think the opposite is true. we need to make sure that these small businesses can succeed. i don't know what we would have done if all of these businesses have gone under. they got a ppp loan, and it was a thing to help make ends meet despite the fact that they lost customers or maybe close down completely. or have to lay off employees or for low them. -- furlough them. believe me, they have so many heartbreaking stories. and they had so much worry at the time. they needed these infusions of funds to be able to keep on going. that is why i am so proud that we had ppp. i am also proud that we have the restaurant revitalization fund as well as the shuttered venues fund. restaurants really hurt during this time period. and they have these terrible restrictions that made them slow down and only be

apologize to the community. and to be able to see the progress means a lot and i'm old in a grateful way because i get to see all the young leaders emerging. and also to celebrate some of the names that maybe you have never heard of or maybe you know such as ms. major and marilyn robinson who recently just passed away. their leadership helped to save the movement today. without them, we wouldn't have so many, social justice organizations that are being led by these beautiful transwomen. that shows we're capable of doing more. or and maybe one day, we will see a trans president. you can be as big as you won't because of the rich history because of all the giants who paved the way for us and thank you for being here and thank you mayor and making the office of transgender history month. [ applause ] >> so we've seen some great leaders, we've acknowledged that we have new leaders who are giving us all hope for the future. i think one of the talents of our community is we've been compelled to re-elect them. please w

apologize to the community. and to be able to see the progress means a lot and i'm old in a grateful way because i get to see all the young leaders emerging. and also to celebrate some of the names that maybe you have never heard of or maybe you know such as ms. major and marilyn robinson who recently just passed away. their leadership helped to save the movement today. without them, we wouldn't have so many, social justice organizations that are being led by these beautiful transwomen. that shows we're capable of doing more. or and maybe one day, we will see a trans president. you can be as big as you won't because of the rich history because of all the giants who paved the way for us and thank you for being here and thank you mayor and making the office of transgender history month. [ applause ] >> so we've seen some great leaders, we've acknowledged that we have new leaders who are giving us all hope for the future. i think one of the talents of our community is we've been compelled to re-elect them. please w

if the community banks relationship lending iom can assure you that no community bank that i know of is engaging in it. our strong record of lending in the time of crisis must not be o be diminished by these accusations to not be cut out of the process by the direct program. more broadly, the bank underwriting and servicing is what makes the lending programs so effective and must not be displaced by direct programs as we conclude they report the surface to the media's problems must be reduced to the greatest extent possible not only in the ppp but all schweikert programs. my bank has experienced no fraud and 100% forgiveness. like other community banks, we own the consequences of the decisions and underwrite with great care however certain lenders with little experience in underwriting crowded into ppe safeguards were lowered in response to the crisis and not surprisingly they may be subject to higher incidence of fraud. as normalcy returns, they should proceed with great caution as they consider changes to existing programs. the bank and many community banks highly value a robust an

community. i'm here with people who care about san francisco. and who want to create these amazing opportunities for our children, for our neighbors. that's what this city is about. the same thing happened when the pandemic first hit our city. we all came together like never before and yes, we are one of the densest cities in the country, which is why creating spaces like this are so important, but we also saw despite a global pandemic, we saw one of the lowest death rates anywhere in the country and seeing the highest vaccination rates anywhere in the country. so -- (applause) we should be proud. but i'm not surprised. it's what we do best. when an opportunity presents itself, we don't see just a problem. we see a solution. jury commons is a solution for the community. it created an old rail yard, a place that this community knew about for many, many years and used for many, many years but had a vision to make it into something that can be extraordinary and that's what you created. all the gree

community is left behind. the chair now recognizes representative brownlee of california to introduce the honorable mayor, mayor garcetti. >> thank you for allowing me to introduce the mayor of los angeles. mayor garcetti is -- he has been the mayor of los angeles for the last couple of years. he has undertaken countless initiatives that makes l.a. run on 100% clean energy by 2035 to his programs to provide equitable shade and cooling for low income angelenos. los angeles is a microcosm of some of the worst parts of climate change from extreme drought to wildfires. it is also a laboratory of some of our best opportunities to fight back. including the installation of cool pavement and an innovative way to increase distribute it solar. mayor garcetti continues to lead with his fellow mayors both in the united states and abroad. he created the network of over 500 bipartisan american mayors. this is made up of 97 of the world's megacities. on behalf of this committee, may also thank you for providing your insights

community. after it left us, who was holding that importance of really tracking that? and honoring the fact that the committee and came forward with something that was different from what was brought forward. they were thoughtful, disciplined, organized and largely dissolved into a pot that reflected where the city came to us originally. so i think this is an area where as we got a little bit more clear as a community and as a committee and worked together that we might have more success in bringing more integrated proposals. thank you for highlighting that. i am really disappointed to hear and sorry to all the people in the community that have been on the calls. they have been participating in the listening sessions. it was a strong proposal with a lot of great outcome. i am hoping to focus on that in the next year. >> this never came up in the budget process and late there with the board of supervisor staff going through all this stuff because this was in the mayor's proposal. i know from my p

so using community engagement as a way to push forward the college interest.hen the current moment is like building a downtown campus. >> that's injury s3 makes me think of syracuse - - interesting. it makes me think of syracuse. >> pushing for downtown campus reminiscent from a previous time of a new urban campus makes a big splash but in 2014 and alum brought his deal to college recommended trinity by t the billing on auction for the steel of $2 million now the school that was strapped for cash got it done now they were downtown landlord in urban renewal development from the sixties they all elevated inabove street level and difficult to access by public transportation campuses in the central business district nowhere near the communities that would most benefit for partnerships with trinity the financial team but the college to lease the rest then they sold the building to a new york city real estate group for a profit than the college turned around spent more money leasing to spaces on the plaza at one and ten constitution plaza. what was really going a on

our black community, our sikh community, our lgbtq community, our disability community have all suffereds a good reminder that we're all in this together, that we're going to move forward together or not at all and we can move forward when we have conversation when we listen, when we communicate as we just did. today's very important because this is the launch of thir teen of these round tables i'll be doing across the state where we sit in community, where we join a common circle and talk about our challenges and how to move forward and it was very appropriate that we started in san francisco today. given san francisco's historical and consistent leadership. and how it has always demonstrated that we celebrate our diversity and our diversity is our strength and so i appreciate the opportunity to be here and over the next few weeks, i'll be in different places all over the state having similar conversations to uplift best practices to highlight and illuminate our solutions so that we can prevent and heal as we address this epidemic of hate throughout our state and throughout our nation.

we are part of the community, we want to be part of the community.to trust us with your education needs and know that we're gonna get you to your next step. we're here to enrich you, to grow you, and to be part of you. damian: any student--you said you were making it easy for them when they're at their local high schools to attend college. i mean, that's what it's all about, right, access, because i know that in some corners of the bay area, maybe in some of the rural communities, it's difficult to really know what college life is like unless they go to you 'cause it's difficult for you to go to those college campuses and get that tour but what you're doing is you're going to them and it's all about access. eric: it absolutely is and to one of your points earlier, we aren't stopping with the traditional high schools. we're also working with our continuation schools, with our adult schools, with--and with some of our private and charter schools because every--it doesn't matter where you're doing--where you're at in your educational process, we want yo

and the western addition community. what are the policies that we want to push for and advocate for that will help our communities together, so it's about this idea that we need to be there every step of the way. it's not about showing up once a month, going to a panel. it's not about talk the talk, it's walk the walk. it's not about us asking folks to come out to the cherry blossom festival in japantown. it's showing up week after week, using our resources to help everyone else, and when we're able to collectively do that, all our communities benefit together, and it makes the city a better place all-around. >> wow. let's give our panel a round of applause. [applause] >> first of all, let's give it up for them. wow. they just said some major fire. i mean, i lost five pounds up here, it's so hot. but we'd like to thank them all again, and remember as you think of questions throughout the day. with that said, we're going to shift to our next panel. let's give our panelists another round of applause. [applause] >> before

when we talk about community. we have to make sure that the reason why we're doing this translates to the people who need it the most because we know that having an affordable place to call home matters. 203 units over a thousand labor jobs of people that are working, that are putting their heart and soul into making this project happen. every nail that's hammered, every pipe that's brought in. how these places are brought together. it comes from a place of love, it comes from a place of knowing there will be families and people here to enjoy it. so i'm always happy to be in not just district six, but anywhere where we are breaking ground on housing, but it's particular affordable housing because i know what it means and, don, you and the family at t.n.d.c. who do incredible work for our city, you understand the value because you don't just help to build and create the housing. you help to work with the community. you help to serve the community with services that ensure that they are able to stay housed. that the

so the first pillar is our community, right? the history of citybuild is rooted in the community. before citybuild was even created, a lot of the city organizations were running apprenticeship programs with the help of the building and trades council. i want to give them recognition. we have a. philip randolph institute, young community developers, charity social services, anders and anders, our bright line defense, a.b.u., and expanded partnership with j.b.r., and 5gs has been helping us this year to build units for survivors of domestic violence. graduates of the past class helped us come and rebuild that. so from this community, right, and of course, our commitment from commissioner maxwell and former supervisor maxwell, citybuild was created, right? so now, with leaders like don marcos -- where is he? don, right? 50 years at mission [inaudible] hall, and who's going to be coming after me from the roots of great community is one of your leaders that fights every single day, fight for equity, not just bayview residents but all san francisco residents. president of the board of s