the report identifies the chronically homeless population has that segment of the homeless population consumes most of the annual homeless budget comprised of city, state, and federal resources. it also went on to state that permanent supportive housing, where housing and services are linked, have been proven to be the most effective and efficient way to take chronically homeless persons off the street. san francisco has its own successful version of permanent supportive housing in the form of the department of public health's direct access to housing program were units are targeted specifically to house homeless persons in the city's system. the program is regarded as a national best practice. in 2004, a goal was set to create 3000 new permanent supportive housing units over a 10-year time span in order to provide housing and services to chronically homeless. development in san francisco is very expensive, and no one would dispute that pitted the former redevelopment agency and the mayor's office of housing are two key agencies in providing capital funds to create and rehabilitate pr

we have the emergency homeless and homeless connects and homeless bound so we spend 694 annually on this and i hope we have more services and compassionate for the folks that are downtrodden. >> i think people would love if san francisco could look like new york city does now and landscape but we don't have the political will to do that and we need to do second best and focus on two things. one, many of the homeless have mental illness issues and we need to make sure they get their meds and support laura's law and show compassion but if people are a threat to themselves and others they need to take the meds and second it's us. we in society cannot be enablers and come to san francisco and we are well intentioned and we will solve all of the problems and we can't broke with our resources and these are issues in all of society and we need to take care of our residents first. >> all right. thank you all. our next question, how would you make the streets safer for pedestrian especially on 19th avenue. ms. gavin, let's begin with you. >> well, that's a very interesting questions because 19th

but it's affecting the homeless people. it's homeless families living in these places and it's the last choice that they have because they don't have enough beds to move in the families into a shelter. the city don't have permanent and real housing for the families with needs. please first think of that before this legislation is passed. because we have to resolve first the problem that we have in the city, housing. we have to work together and resolve the problem. thank you so much and have a great day. >> can i ask a question? i know jenny freedonbach talked earlier, but do you have any idea of how many people live in their vehicles? i know one fact show the from the coalition says the homeless population from the 2001 data shows it's at least 6500 homeless in the city and 2.5% live in their vehicles. so that would be 162 people minimum. but do you know? >> it's more than that. >> is that growing? >> she will give you the answer. thank you very much. >> so the way -- yes, from the homeless count, those are the percentages

in fact, secretary shinseki has declared that va will eliminate homelessness, or end homelessness, and so there has been a 5-year plan in place to end homelessness among veterans, which includes a comprehensive constellation of programs and services for individuals that are homeless. to address homelessness, though, it's not just a matter, of course, of providing housing. that is one important aspect to make sure the individuals are in comfortable, secure surroundings. but it's also critical to address the mental health problems that a lot of homeless individuals have, as you noted. and so we have, in va, a variety of programs that address both aspects and oftentimes very much together, where we have residential treatment programs that specialize in providing individuals with that secure and safe surrounding, while they're initially receiving intensive care that they may need. and then following that, there is a range of additional services for homeless individuals so that they can get their lives back. and that doesn't only include shelter and emotional health; it's an important part,

outreach team that stops by regularly to offer shelter to homeless and services to get the homeless on their feet but campers say there are simply not enough resources for everyone. >> why sleep in a $120,000 house when you consider under $3 million bridge? >> the city is looking for new ways to help the homeless and keep the area clean, caltrans in conjunction with the city is now working to develop a fence to keep the homeless out for good. >> an incident like today obviously gives us a renewed focus on getting people to except services and accept the fact that this is going to change, there will be offense. and you will not be able to cut it and people will have to do something different. >> crank and michelle, you're looking at the current stretch of the on ramp for the fire started, just in time that we have been here we have seen the homeless population leave the site as soon as chp and firefighters and city leaders came to clean up the area. once they all left, the homeless population have since returned. and, the campers that we spoke to your say that id is a yo-yo effect an

the 2011 homeless count. so my hope is that there is six months and has written in the amendment, this will give time to find some ways to address the needs of those people that are forced to live in those vehicles. some supportive of the legislation and appreciative of the amendments that have been proposed. >> supervisor olague. >> i have looked at this. it is definitely an issue in district five, also. so i think that it is an issue that definitely city-wide it has a lot of impacts. i do have some questions because i believe that the mta, is the mta representative here? >> they are coming. >> yes. >> i am with the sfmta. >> i guess, one of the questions that i have is what laws do you have in place currently to address this issue? >> there are several supervisor olague. >> the 72-hour rule which is city-wide, you cannot leave a vehicle standing for more than 72 hours at any specific place at a time. another one would be the no parking between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. for commercial vehicles in residential areas.

disagree respectfully with supervisor alvaros i do not believe that it is targeting those that are homeless. this legislation is not mean spirited. it is a step in the right direction, something has to be done and i also support the amendments that supervisor chu has... chus have both of them put together and worked on to ensure that this is not a mean-spirited and that we are not looking to displace those that are living in their cars. also, i want to acknowledge the commitment that supervisor dufty has made it san francisco and also been successful without implementing this particular program with housing programs, housing a family. i have one question for you. a point on the clarification on the amendments that you proposed. are you suggesting that we start with commercial vehicles, immediately? no you are saying that we will held off and wait 30 days? >> in fact i want to defer to the lead author. i understand that is what the agencies wanted. >> there were concerns about implementing the rv component and doing that at a six-month period later and moving forward with the commercial vehi

i was homeless for a long time. slept in the park for a long time and i was undocumented and couldn't have my own vehicle. it was dream for me all my life to have a bus and travel around and be a musician and finally in the last few years we have had that. we have never had had a problem in the place we sleep. >> you have had the bus for about five years? >> this bus in particular for three years. before that, smaller vans. >> it's 24'? >> ours is 24' by 9'. but we have all the right instruments and we can do our concerts ourselves of it. i don't see how i could even play my music in an apartment, because i would be in trouble with the neighbors . thank you very much. your time is up. >> my name is tony robles and on the board of heritage foundation. i think we would be remiss if we didn't frame this discussion in terms of class and economics. you talk about safety, you know? and harm being done to our community. let's not forget the banks. let's not forget the elders that end up in vehicles or who end up nowhere. w

but i hope that as we look at homeless policy, we take a man approached that does not blame homelesseople for their own predicament but looks at how we can improve the economy, jobs, and educational opportunities for many people who are currently homeless. >> you started to touch on this a little bit as the city's housing needs. what do you think the board of supervisors should be doing to address some of those needs? supervisor mar: even as we will be holding a hearing on senior housing needs in a few weeks, we did a study with the budget analyst office that shows that there is a huge need for housing, especially for affordable housing for the lowest income population, but even for our middle-income, aging population, there is nowhere near enough housing that is affordable for people, so it may mean an exodus of more working families, or seniors that are middle or lower income from the city, we must build more housing that is affordable. there is also the danger that san francisco becomes a city that loses families because it may be cheaper or more affordable to live in daly city or

there are a lot of homeless people in san diego because if you were homeless where would you want to live somebody where it never rained and was very kind to you so the rumor was that they gave a lot of those people a one way ticket to arizona i don't know if that was true but we certainly did see you know a whole bunch of homeless people in our downtown area disappear who knows where they went it's about making your city look good to all those cameras to all those tourists who are there tampa have this opportunity and you know certainly it is a popular thing to do to try to get the unsightly things out of the way interesting christine thank you so much and a great job covering the convention over there and we'll be in charlotte. when i was excited to head over there that was a party correspondent. well last night former massachusetts governor mitt romney took center stage at the republican national convention officially accepting his party's not for president as the dust settles in tampa all are in charlotte now for the democratic national convention set to kick off in just a few da

in the budget, we have worked with the homeless coalition to put in an additional $2 to $5 million to improve our shelter systems as well. so that is something that we need to continually work on and continual will ually work on the issue of homelessness, but that doesn't mean that you hold everything in place until you solve the problem. it's something that we'll continue to work on. i would simply say that i hope for my colleagues' support. it's really meant to allow the mta to have very, very specific ability and flexibility to enforce where they need to and where we see chronic problems. again, this issue, the public comment that dealt with homeless issues, but there are some issues of blight that we have seen associated with that, but there are many, many vehicles that are housed on our city streets that have oversized vehicles, commercial vehicles and again, people who are not even parking them where the vehicles are registered. so again, colleagues i would hope for your support going forward. >> thank you. colleagues? >> well, let me just ask the mta staff here a couple of ques

and formarily homeless people -- formerly homeless people. residents are intrigued by the idea. >> brings the cultures together. a lot of mixed people down here get to see, you know, the diversity. >> reporter: he is still seeking funding funding for the truck. he hopes the meals will be good enough to attract people to the district. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama spent today on the campaign trail telling workers in ohio he thought the republicans were stuck in the past. >> it was a rerun. you might as well as watched it on black and white tv. >> after his speech he flew to louisiana arriving this afternoon. the president is expected to see first hand some of the damage and the disaster relief efforts in the wake of hurricane isaac. republican presidential candidate mitt romney took the day off relaxing on the lake in new hampshire after accepting the nomination. he issued a statement saying for far too many americans today is another day of worrying when their next pay check will come. >>> the democratic national c

just in the lgbt community, 40 percent of the youth in our homeless in san francisco are lgbt. if you look at what is available to them we are not doing nearly enough to address that need. but i do have a question about the amendment and i hope that i have the right version of it that was introduced by president chu and i believe that supervisor chu is also in agreement. and i am trying to understand how this works. because the amendment reads, on-line 21, that the mayor's office on hope, and municipal transportation agency at its discretion shall report what does that mean? >> does that mean that there will be a report? or does that mean that the report is left to the discretion of the agency in i think that that is kind of confusing. >> i can respond to that. >> the reason that was put in was simply the mta has its own authority, its own board and so we cannot direct them to do or take action. we can only suggest and say that it is at their discretion. we have representatives from the mta here who can speak to it and i am sure that they are committed to reporting on all of th

san francisco city hall has come up with a new strategy to help to homeless. the idea is to train them to operate food truck then dispatch the truck to the tenderloin where often need food. >> spicy or mild? . >> mild. >> business is booming for this rotating collection of food trucks at san francisco's street food park. . >> something about being outdoors, something about, you know, interacting with other people. >> now, the city's director of housing opportunity to partnership and engagement hopes to bring a free truck to help serve the tenderloin districts sizable african american population. the goal is to create conversation and community in the street while aiding those who aren't eating well. >> i learned about a study at ucsf that shows that for individuals who are homeless marginally live wg hiv that 56% of those individuals are defined as food insecure. >> hoping the homeless requires a mix of conventional and unconventional ideas. in june he launched a pilot program that panhandlers to prepare dogs for adoption. >> community services gives food prep

within the lgbt community and how the fact that 40% of all homeless youth in san francisco are queeror lgbt. so to the extent that you're talking about solutions that address specific problems or needs that seniors within the lgbt community have, there might be opportunities to do things that also address the needs of other age groups like our young people. so i hope that as the work continues that those opportunities are being considered. but i'm very excited and look forward to assisting the task force in any way possible. >> chair kim: thank you, supervisors campos and wiener. i'm also interested in how we address homelessness in our lgbt community as well, having spent time in many of our shelters. there are a number of lgbt homeless individuals in our shelter system and it's difficult to get them the services they need and of course other residents in our shelter. i would be interested in the work and recommendation in that arena as well. so we have a motion before us. we have 15 candidates to move forward to the full board with recommendation. and we can do that without objecti

how the city hopes to turn the popularity of food trucks into a way to benefit homeless. >>> plus hes barely old enough to vote but could he become the next mayor of a bay area city? >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, time now 4:43. >>> take a look at this, the fire has injured 4 people now including two firefighters and started sunday afternoon in the san gabriel mountains, two firefighters have been treated for health related injuries fighting that fire. a third person injured an ankle and a hiker had to be airlifted to safety. good news is no homes threatened but the fire is only 5% contained. >>> president obama was there to console hurricane victims and assure them the government won't let them down. the visited the st. johns parish area of louisiana to see the damage from isaac. he praised volunteers and pledged to review flood protection there. nearly 3000 people are still in shelters because of the flooding. >> folks in louisiana, they are resilient, people in mississippi, they are resilient, they know what tough times are like but they know that they can bo

, a bit of politics and homelessness. this can hear, chp was supposed to be coming in this morning and clearing out but apparently caltrans does not have the manpower or the materials to seal the area off. it is interesting because there is another camp on market street being handled slightly differently. here's the story. this is a homeless camp under interstate 280. this is another homeless camp in the middle of downtown san francisco. the one under the freeway is being told to move and the one on market street is pretty much being left alone. the three-freeway was shut down after a fire. but if you put a sign up and make it a political statement then it is not a homeless can't anymore. it is a free-speech issue. >> well, i think that is something that we are figuring out and i think that there are some questions that have come up as a result of that and i think that you have the police and the health department taking a look at that >> the city has no hesitation about the freeway camp. >> you have to establish that it

since march san jose spent $700,000 to clean up five homeless encampments. this area known as communication helped where workers gathered trash and belongings other sites involved all under park and the guadalupe river. as well as coyote creek. expensive effort an experiment to learn what works they found that ejected campers do not go away >>> you prefer to live here as opposed to housing? >>> for me it is a different situation have been on my own sense nine years old i've been through hurricane katrina i'm here to help the people. >>> housing offer to 150 people 30 took the offer but nothing was offered to him the city's as $700,000 may sound like a lot but a good investment >>> of valley medical center has to take everybody and when they see the same people day after day to do this and that person on a different path to reduce costs >>> getting people back on the mainstream to translate to savings as far as homeless people health care and housing. despite spending $700,000 the city says people returned immediately what will it take to keep them out longer

inside these tents here hundreds of veterans who are either homeless or on the verge of homelessness are getting the much needed helping hand. >> major anxiety issues. being in close spaces. sleeping. >> reporter: that's just a snapshot of what marine veterans deal with. just back from two tours of duty in iraq, the 26-year-old from oakland is homeless, jobless, and lacking direction. >> it's hard. you no he what i mean? it's hard coming back and being used to something for so long and then coming back to civilian life and trying to adjust and find work where being in the military your days are planned. >> reporter: but thanks to operation standdown, madina is not without hope. an entire sent city has sprung up on the fair grounds. and for the next three days vets from across the bay area are getting much needed help. from haircuts and hot meals to legal services. it's all here. >> the services provided here are in a sense everything you might need. we have dentists, doctors, orginal pooet teeists, dermatologists. >> he knows what a difference operation standdown can make. he went fr

of san francisco and the tenderloin housing clinic to provide mass release housing for formerly homelessair hotel for a time of august 1, 2011 through june 30, 2015 in the amount of $93,070,856. >> good afternoon. the resolution in front of you, we are seeking retroactive approval to modify the contract with tenderloin housing clinic to both the extent that term at the mayfair hotel, a hotel we added in late 2010 and 2011 to find a home for displaced homeless families. the tenderloin housing clinic stepped up and put the house on a master lease and accepted compass community services as the tenant to run 24 rooms specifically designed for homeless families. those families were formerly in hotels which lost the release and we were able to move them into this one. they received a grant from tipping point to do the modifications to the hotel to accommodate the families and we incorporated this as the 16th hotel in that tenderloin housing clinics portfolio of hotels. i would like to take this opportunity to think the budget analyst office for the expediency of the report on this and the accu