he's the one that organized the community service organization. and he also, by the way-- i'm not going to go through his whole history, because it would take up our whole time here-- but he is also the man who organized the people down in orange county that filed the lawsuit on mendez vs. westminster, to segregate the schools in orange countywhen they h the mexican children in some schools and the anglo children in another school. and so this is a gentleman that really taught cesar and myself how to organize. and to this day i use his method in my current work that i'm doing with the dolores huerta foundation. but i want to describe it very simply if i can. and basically, the type of organizing that i do and we did when we organized the union was to get small groups of people together, having them meeting in their homes, having them do the invitations, and then we would talk to them about how they have wer. and when you think about farm workers, that they were immigrants, many don't speak english, they don't have any assets, they don't have any mo

on the rights of farm workers to organize as a union, and he helped him organize the community service organization. cesar was blessed to have been mentored by fred ross in the spirit an example of st. paul. he was blessed at the example of mahatma gandhi and dr. martin luther king on the ways of nonviolence. cesar was blessed to have it inside [speaks foreign language] and the courageous farmworker women that worked in the fields went on strike, volunteered on boycotts across the nation, and helped to organize the union. the cry for freedom in the mexican revolution was given it new significance during the organizing campaign of the united farm workers in arizona, and cesar fasted against an unjust law. when it delors and declared it in arizona, and in america, -- [speaking foreign language] we have gathered here today in this union hall to pay tribute and to recommit ourselves. bless our sisters, secretary of labor, hilda solis, protector and guide her as we gathered daily affairs from her and the nation. was the leader of the california labor movement'. bless president obama, protect him as he l

a $20 million endowment to support community care renovation fund, to support and approve these services of community clinics, and other social-service organizations. we will invest $62 million in affordable housing, $20 million to support transit improvements, and $30 million to improve pedestrian and never the safety. i also want to emphasize our dedication and commitment to the success of our st. luke's campus, where we will be investing $275 million, which you have not heard about, to build a new hospital, a larger emergency room, and we made a commitment to operate the hospital for 20 years after it opens. this plan will ensure continued and improve health care access in the mission district in the southern sections of the city. at davies, we will continue our pioneering research in the new medical building. at the site at the former cathedral hill hotel, we will build a new hospital that will provide in-patient medical and surgical care, women's and children's services, and specialized programs such as cardiology and newborn intensive care. it will provide an emergency room centrally located on major transit routes in the city and located ri

the total number of provider sites is about 100, if you combined the civil service sites plus the community-based organizations and depending on the size of the agency. they may have anywhere from three to as many as 50 or 60 providers working there. supervisor chu: and then in terms of the expansion, do we expect that we would grow in terms of the number of providers sites in a would have the avatar question. or do you think we have covered it pretty much? >> what we have seen in the past two years as we have it implemented, as the number of providers has grown as more and more agencies decide to come online and as the, just the expanse of wanting to do clinical documentation on line occurs as well. so we probably anticipate that over the next five years, we will be adding a nonsignificant amount of providers but additional provides. supervisor chu: just a request, we had a meeting recently with a number of community-based providers with the mayor's office talking about budget issues. one of the budget issues that came up with the department of public health that i'm sure the staff shared with you already, wi

community-based services, and you have to define what you mean by community-based services. we know that people with identified disabilities may be engaged with a number of community-based organizations that are providing services to them, and that should be coordinated so that you don't have either duplication of services or you- you don't wind up neutralizing the effect of these services because of alcohol and drugs or other issues. under home health care, of course, a homebound person or a person who has a, say, an accountable care organization or a health home, then that entity needs to be aware of the unique issues that the person has. what we're trying to foster is sort of a recovery-oriented system of care where the individual's unique needs are-are being addressed. you've got a catalog of issues. you've got the person participating in delineating what it is that they need because, indeed, at the core of all of this is what does the consumer need? and where is the consumer in terms of readiness for what it is that they need? so if the patient is not ready for your version of primetime, it's not going to work. so we want a consensus-based professionally facilitated process. so

we have invited testimony from researchers and experts in the field as well as service providers and community organizers. the community in general and people most severely impacted. we have also a lot of time for audience members to comment, so we look forward to hearing from the various speakers and ultimately from the public as well. >> i would like to welcome and a knowledge sheriff hennessy for being with us tonight. as noted, we have a number of scheduled speakers. each of those will be speaking for five minutes each. during that time there will be limited opportunity for commissioners to ask questions of those scheduled speakers, questions we might feel are important for the record. commissioner davis and i are going to ask our colleagues to bear in mind lack of time. after a scheduled speakers are finished, there will be an opportunity for public comment, two minutes each, and the last people to stay on the topic that we are here for tonight. first i would like to welcome alice hoffman. she is the president of the national association for the advancement of colored people in california. welcome.

community. good >> i am a clinical case manager. >> i am the director of juvenile justice services at the center for criminal justice, a nonprofit organization based in san francisco wo. we have provided services since 1985, some of which have become models for the nation. this city has a proud history of community services provision through non-profit providers. nonprofit has taken on responsibility for more city services and now is an effective a lot of them rely on. san francisco have a lowest incarceration rate and has been recognized as a national model. we believe they should eliminate the process. foundations do not provide ongoing support for provision of services. nonprofit in the city operates without adequate salaries or benefits for staff and without a pension options, yet we provide so many services the city is responsible for providing, and we carry on ever increasing demand for accountability. all contracts for cities service cover delivery. they should also include 15% overhead cost so that a nonprofit service provider can provide adequate support to its service delivery staff. mandate for the 3% increase. thank you for your

we are a nonprofit community- based organization that provides services and programs designed to improve the quality of life in the public realm of central market district. and to create a cleaner, safer, more welcoming environment for the residents, merchants, visitors, and property owners of the district. i'm here to express my opposition to a building permit that would allow a cannabis dispensary to locate at 471 jessie st. medical marijuana dispensaries. that is not why i am here. i'm here because, in speaking to representatives of the central market community, we are concerned about the health, safety, and vitality of our neighborhood. if this was a liquor store or on shop, we wouldcerned. if we were inundated with starbucks or walgreen's on every corner, i would be concerned about that too. the fact is, we are inundated with cannabis dispensaries. within 1 mile, there are currently eight serving the neighborhood. plans have already been approved for a medical cannabis dispensary to locate on the opposite side of the very same block. are we in such a dire need of yet another medical

service a or b. and community-based organizations submit proposals detailing their costs. although there has not been a c.o.l.a. per se funded in these past five years, services have been rfp'd. there are organizations that receive funding based on the cost of that business. there is a more complicated story that is going on than just flat funding. supervisor avalos: thank you. often organizations do not get funded fully. there is an expectation they will get money from outside courses as well. i realize the rfp process in a new contract is an opportunity to square up with the cost of doing business. we're talking about the years in between, how we can make sure that nonprofit organizations can meet the rising demand. i thank you for your answer. i have a list of names i want to call. this is for public comment. we can open up public comment to allow for members of the public to testify. >> why don't we open a public comment for item one. >> i have monica morgan, steve fields, and other speakers. >> i am executive director of the coalition on homelessness. in the late 1990'

it's also the school system, the health and mental health agencies, social services, faith-based communities, community organizations, after school programs like the boys and girls clubs, the business community, everybody get together to decide what the problem is and what can be done on an

. >> this evening service was organized for the faith community to come together. the religious leaders gathered together to say they wanted the end. it was the latest and most extreme example. also attending the service mayor gene kwon who joined in the call for stop to the violence. >> it's really sad that you can get more gun and you can get mental health care in america. >> coming back to our live shot, you can see this service underway as we speak. gene kwon one of those seated. earlier we saw family members and friends going to the service. we saw one family that come out that appear to be over comed by their grief so clearly it is an emotional evening here and some are hoping that the healing can now begin. we're lye in oakland christian ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we are learning new information tonight about the seven victims killed in yesterday's shooting rampage. authorities say all 7 are immigrants from countries including nigeria, and the fill lapins. the almeda county coroner identified them as judith seymore of san jose. 38-year-old butea of san francisc

our community count on a nonprofit organizations to do the work we know how to do best, providing services in community- based settings. taken together, funding cuts, flat funding, increases of translated to a reduction of services at the same time more people are in need of help. our demands are up by a least 10%. we have seen a greater level of acuity among the people we serve and the lack of basic services available to help them. people are forced to wait until their problems reach emergency level before help as available. the effects are felt across sectors and the neighborhoods. we strive to work toward a day when a community is abundant researches are made available according toile. we see a future filled with hope. san francisco is blessed with abundant, not limited by scarcity. thanks. commissioner chu: thank you. i have one final speaker card. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is robert. i'm a janitor. i am the chapter chair. i represent 200 people. i am here to advocate for a raise. there have been almost four years. i just want to say -- >> good afternoon, board of supervisors.

initiative that establishes a framework for at risk youth and community-based organizations that can provide culturally competent services in every neighborhood in the city. we also worked hand in hand. not only in the prosecution of those responsible, but dealing with the investigations. we participate in a framework, a memorandum of understanding. it stresses the cornerstone use of the disciplinary interview. the process of insurers that all you've victims of crime are interviewed in a safe environment by a trained forensic interviewers. this process is also used to interview witnesses of violent crime and issues that are especially dramatic. -- traumatic. this inspector insures that all cross-reporting is occurring properly. it is between the city attorney's office, the district attorney's office, and the other affiliate's. the youth can and is exposed of violence. the responsible agencies participate in a bi-monthly meeting where cases are discussed to make sure that the involve youth are being properly served. under the direction of the chief, the department has been active participants in the united states attorney

community case management program. we offer case management and free mental health services. i wanted to suggest or see how we could form some kind of relationship with the city department and the community organizations. if they are getting a call for a homicide, how can it come down to us to modify its -- and motivate and work with that family. what kind of services do you need? i would like to see if there is a way we can formulate some kind of plan so that when these things happen, the agencies in the community are aware and are able to work with them. supervisor olague: [reading names] >> i also work for westside community services, and i am going to let you guys know what it is that we do. they offer free mental-health services to a predominantly african american families and individuals in the western addition. holly offer is to the kids at the age of three, and we offer therapy and the class. we have a psychiatrist on site where we have case management and if you need help with homes, truancy, that is what we do. >> in good afternoon, supervisors. one of the points is that there is a lot of agencies, and we don't know about them. the sentences go resident, right now working with agencies, we f

specialized agency and affiliated organizations provide a wide range of services to the world community. i hope you'll highlight the importance of these organizations to u.s. economic and security interests as well as what the proposed 6% decrease in the fy 2013 request to our voluntary contributions would mean for these organizations. from the start of the 112th congress we have seen repeated attacks on the u.n. from legislation demanding impossible changes to proposed funding cuts that would undermine the u.n. and negatively impact u.s. leadership. unfortunately i anticipate similar efforts this year. the u.n. cannot deliver the results we want if we starve it of the resources it needs. moreover it's in our interest to make sure the rest of the world continues to pick up 3/4 of the tab for u.n. activities. i believe if we treat our financial obligations under the u.n. charter as optional, others will too resulting in increased bilateral assistance needs, less opportunity for multilateral coordination and most important and far greater costs than blood and treasure. president reagan no

services. so i made it a point that all of our community-based organizations have contracts with us vand m.o.u.'s with us to provide. and they are all disaster workers. managing disaster response donations and items and goods should be planned before to take advantage of the goodwill of individuals and communities and businesses to help with the response and recovery process, our company learned well that we were going to do dwop our own program. we were able to use this for grants for home repairs. if any of you have seen the pictures, all the houses looked like they leaned in to each other. we lost thousands of foundations. we repaired 1,000 water heerts and -- heaters and other home repairs. we had donations to give to needy families. the city of watsonville was not prepared for donations and at the freeway entrances, the police at the freeway entrances basically telling trucks to go away because it did not have the capacity to manage donation s. how we managed our donations, especially, was we basically sent out -- we had all these campaigns going on for the voters. we took the campaign wor

probably not the best of times for community-based organizations like a good samaritan and many others that serve district 9 and the surrounding neighborhoods. cuts to services affect the quality of life for all families and residents in this community. there's another important point to make. small businesses and nonprofit in this community also create jobs. they are also critical to economic engine of this trend buneighborhood and the city in general. we employ community people. mayor, you know very well. you started your career as a community-based organization. you are now the mayor of the city. we're very happy that you are going to create jobs. i think we really need that. community people need jobs, also. look to nonprofits. look to the small businesses. this neighborhood and others. they can be part of that plan. we know that family flight is a big issue. we have been reminded of how difficult it is for many families with children to stay in this community. as you know, 13.4% of san francisco is younger than 18. the smallest percentage of any major city in the country. a disproportionate number of families are in this district. we also worry about ec

a number of meetings are community-based organizations around various programs. the department of aging and adult services. we have a commission hearing meetings, the budget town hall meetings with many of you the last number of months, he can see the rest of the bullets, a lot of issue-specific meetings around the homeless shelter system and early childhood education. in terms of our target, the target we received from the mayor, as you know, it was a contingency for our department that translates to $2.5 million. and $5 million in the general fund. this comes off of the discretionary general fund pot. for the current year, we're able to achieve that. we have over 200 vacant positions which is over and above our normal rate of attrition, so should the contingency be needed, who would simply move money or save money from the salary line-item. i am really pleased to say that at this point we're projecting to meet our targets, largely through revenue. which translates to know service cuts or reductions internally. the largest share of that is coming from the community first choice option. this is a componen

vita sites where we encourage them to go because we work in partnership with community organizations. our phone level of service is down by about 4% compared to last year, although automated calls are up, and the wait times are longer. so there's been -- i guess the way i characterize it is there's been a predictable effect because of less resources. with that said i'm quite proud that we've been able to mitigate some of that effect by making sure we work smart and we really drive efficiencies as hard as we can. >> thank you very much, mr. commissioner. i yield back, madam chair. >> thank you, mr. lewis. now we will give five minutes to the representative from minnesota, mr. paulson. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you commissioner for being here today. i just wanted to follow up on a letter i sent to you not too long ago. in the last year you've been talking a lot or a great deal about this concept of a realtime tax system and have had a number of actually public meetings on the issue as well. i know there are benefits to receiving realtime verification and having that information up hand. i am concerned that

community. for 40 years, the foundation has been working here, working with these organizations to provide the kinds of services that allow people to live in a clean, safe, healthy, and empowered community. that -- there are always bumps along the road. i came to this community in 1976 as the pastor of a small church in bayview. i saw what happened in this community over the years. the promises broken. it is a tragedy that -- what this community experienced most as a result of redevelopment was an increase in the value of their homes and not a significant change in the community. what i am saying to you is, i want to support the plan that puc is putting forward. as a nonprofit in this community, working with these organizations, i want to support this plan moving forward. because it is our organizations, working in our community with our people. thank you very much. >> thank you.