violence that require a police response, other than the homeless irk homeless -- homeless issue that's up and in your face. the biggest problem for law enforcement is where to take these people when they encounter them. we used to have a mission on market and that's the place we used to take people when they were down and out. but now it's limited where you can take these people. >> i think that's the key because we don't want homelessness to be criminalized. we don't want to create less opportunity for people who are already struggling. so the police arrest someone or they don't want to give them a ticket. that doesn't solve the problem either. they're going to go to jail which is expensive for all of us. or they're going to give them a ticket and you have to have an address in order to have the ticket sent to you and if you're homeless, you don't have an address. police response we don't think is the most effective response. certainly the police are a good partner with us in identifying people and really providing resources like they did in the past. i think that's a great role for t

of course once we house a homeless person they're not homeless anymore depending on what kind of housing it is. so i'm curious to know. >> thanks for it the question, supervisor. here it is. so broadly speaking, what the 102 million, as proposed funds is our emergency shelter system for single adults which is about 10 million -- i'm going to ballpark it because i don't have the details in front of me -- our family shelter system is, our family shelter waiting list, transitional housing for families, and then a huge portfolio of supporting housing for single adults which is now about 3200 units. that's the bulk of it. when i say funding supportive housing, what does that mean. it means subsidizing the tenants rent, it means paying fr property management, it means paying the least cost to the owner but that's the form of the subsidy to the client and paying for services on site. ta's in the that's in the form of case managers, mental health support, substance abuse support. it gets expensive. but it's as expensive or more expensive to have that same person be on the street, utilizing emerg

so our housing approach with homeless people many of whom are seniors is that we invite homeless people inside and strive to non judgmental and improve well being. i have a slide on the different sites that we have and look at how many of the sites are for seniors so besides the 26 of the units set aside for seniors 25% of our buildings are senior sites so that means either people over 55 or 62 -- it depends on the financing background of the buildings, and the future units that we have coming on 32% of the units are set aside for seniors and 67 of the buildings are actually for seniors. so san francisco tries to do a lot for seniors. i realize it's not enough. i know that we in the health department see everyday people on the street including seniors and that is something that we work hard against. in our housing we have very low entrance threshold. we really work on active engagement. we have behavioral and mental health services on site and accurately the access and prioritize those with the highest need. our access points are mostly acute and psychiatric hospitals and primary care c

and came here and remained homeless. there are people came here wanting to make a life here and understimulated and became homeless. >> i think the homeward bound, which reunites folks with their families or someone who can take care of them in other cities, when you look at those numbers, and we're at 8,000 who have been reunited with friends or families since 2004 that suggests a lot of folks came here, you know -- and not unlike others. san francisco is a city of refuge for a lot of folks. poor, not poor, college grads, gay lesbian youth, immigrants. but we're not a nation state. we're not going to close our borders. we need to be responsible. but that data does suggest that folks are coming here and it's not working out for them which is why we started the program when we did eight years ago. >> supervisor wiener: thank you. >> uh-huh. >> chair farrell: supervisor breed. >> supervisor breed: thank you. i just had a few questions about jobs now program, and wanted to know specifically what is happening to help deal wi

i got tired of being homeless. and things started to turn around also but it was all for better roses. i had some heart aches while i was there and then i came to kelly. it was very important. the people that came all the way up to everybody here, they have been very helpful and supportive in everything i did and doing here. and i'm just -- i [ applause ] >> i'm just so grateful that i have this opportunity to finally have a place that i can really lay my head. at 47 right now, i really haven't had a place to call my own. this is my first real place that i can really say is mine. and every time i wake up in the middle of the night and i still do it now and i look around the place, and i'm just taken back to where i was and where i have been and also where i'm at today and it still blows me away because i didn't think i would have this opportunity. right now i would like to thank the people that made this move possible for me. my case manager. christian and i -- they were there when i needed them. and the people her

. >> jenner and i am the director of the coalition of homelessness in san francisco. we create permanent solutions for homelessness and protecting the civil rights of people on the streets. in san francisco we have thousands of people living without housing that are experiencing homelessness and that crisis is only getting more severe. we are here today to talk about lgbt seniors and what i wanted to talk about specifically is where -- >> what is going on with the sound system? sorry. >> when they're interesting the system and what they're faced with and some of the things that we can move forward with here. we don't have a lot of exact data on this population but i can actual from different areas to talk about what we have seen and what we hear from folks when doing outreach and we conduct weekly outreachs in san francisco shelters and dialogue with folks. when we do it more formally in the sense of survey what is we find is some of the more -- >> okay. sorry. >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> oh -- let's hope that's the answer. >> so for what we found in one study th

we have many, many homeless people and many homeless families and children and they need the housing. please, don't [speaker not understood] [inaudible]. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jesus [speaker not understood]. and also i work with [speaker not understood]. we have a lot of families that are in the soma area and this can happen, where are all those families going to go? are they going to be living somewhere else, are they going to be homeless or what? so, please, think about this, okay? thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> good afternoon, brian basinger, executive director of [speaker not understood] alliance. i want to thank the supervisors for taking leadership in blunting the worst effects of this proposed legislation and for working with the tenants groups to try and blunt the worst parts of what's going on. i think we want to pay special attention to some of the processes that are used as i previously testified. my building where i was ellis act evicted where i lived 44% of my life, i was the 13th person disabled with

field, through feeding the homeless, also sheltering, monitoring sheltering the homeless. i was homeless. so, if there are any questions. also, one other thing, [speaker not understood] supervisor cohen, is now represented on the committee right now. i would bring that to the committee as well. >> thank you for bringing that to my attention. i have a couple questions. how long did you serve? >>> i served one year. >> one year. >>> i came in on the middle of the term. >> you're a newbie. >>> not as new as some of them. >> i understand. can you talk to me about one year's time some of the projects that you worked on? i don't know if there was enough time for you to accomplish anything, but what did you like most about it? >>> well, like i said, my pet was the surveys. i kind of took over the surveys for all the -- i had over 100% attendance rate for visits, too, and did some investigations as well. but the surveys need some work. there's a bunch of things that need work. and as far as accomplishing something in that year, there wasn't a whole lot of change in that year. it w

the room and help to plan what we feel will be an important experience and i think i saw coalition homeless folks behind me. they were part of what was an outstanding forum of this nature in the tenderloin. they worked with hospitality house and able to get 110 people to talk to the police commission about this. i have fliers with me. i'm going to stay for the rest of the hearing. thank you for your hard work. >> thank you. let's move on to our next speaker. >> howdy. i'm not saying it right but lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender folks and gay in the sro's. i think the thing is that those issues are important, but primarily what people are saying is that the housing that they're having isn't really -- is barely habitable so for me i think it really starts with just more accountability regarding the department of building inspection and on some levels the police department. i think if you have a video or if you have audio recording of somebody harassing or botherrerring somebody in a sro i don't think the police department is going to consider it serious. i mean for the most part i defin

homeless families. last thursday i joined the many volunteers and like mayor newsom before me, i'm simply not satisfied with our progress. over the last 10 years residents have left the streets for permanent housing and services. and over the last seven years through our homeward bound program we have reunited several people to go in their home communities. last year there were no cuts to human health services and i was proud to get funding for other home services but but this is about better reform and innovation. last year, i invited former serious to work with our outstanding human services director and other to apply his bold ideas to homelessness and he's jumped in feetfirst. we now have everyday connect to provide a year around benefits of services. we have online portals so that no people goes hungry so long as they're on our streets. we are going to build a new 1 hundred bed facilities here in the bay area. and under a federal lifeline program a program that this supervisor has add vatd for many

but i hope that as we look at homeless policy, we take a man approached that does not blame homeless people 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

i found this homeless man loitering about. the store is in the newly created hot zone - an area where homeless are being asked to stay away because of issues like dumpster diving - defacation and other problems. for san rafael resident ted dimarco. asking is not enough. >> asking. they should not be asking, they should be telling. there needs to be more control. >> it is a first step >> reporter: san rafael mayor says the creation of the hot zones is a collaborative effort between the city';s police department and st. vincent de paul, who serves hundreds of meals to homeless individuals. >> it is an ongoing problem >> reporter: this homeless man had no comment to me about the hot zones. as he decided to leave the area on his own accord. the mayor says the police will not be forcing homeless to leave under this hot zone plan. >> it is not about being caught but voluntary. and he says they are trying to come up with some additional services for homeless >> we are trying to do what we can to help them. through your health and hum

then you have another category of homelessness, which is chronic homelessness. it is not just living paycheck to paycheck, but other issues like mental health or drug addiction. that is a much harder population to address. i think -- the district that i represent as many of the community organizations. it continues to be a pressing problem. >> where do you think the attics and mentally ill will go? supervisor kim: first of all, a ton of families live in the tenderloin. people do not realize this, but the tenderloin is a family neighborhood. it in not a proponent for cleaning up the tenderloin. i love the tenderloin. i love what it is right now. you know, i recognize that we have a diversity of folks who want to live there. i do not have a problem with people being out on the streets and socializing. it is part of the character of the neighborhood. i do not think the party is something we should criminalize. that being said, we cannot have open drug dealing. i do support a foot patrol. we are currently working with several organizations or have safe passages wher

and saint vincent depall where hundreds of homeless people eat every day. it's a tray liner with a list of things not to do. >> one man picked through trsh container along fourth street in san rafael. another hom homeless person walked a bike with belongings at intersection. mild compared to what some homeless people have done at someplaces. >> some want to do drug in the bathroom or people that they kind of have a real independent attitude out here they do what they want to do. >>reporter: so now after complaints from residents and businesses san rafael developed

you are just another homeless person. >> the homeless veterans we found are getting temporary help from the salvation army's harbor house south of market. without counseling and medical care from their va benefits, you know, ann, they are struggling to get by. >> and these stories are so difficult to hear. i understand since you profiled the combat veteran, flowers, she has gotten special attention? >> yes. she is the woman we saw at the beginning in tears. she has been evicted all of her stuff is still locked in her apartment. and then, you know, she is still waiting to get her va benefits. [bad audio ] >> we are following up and we are going to thold their feet to the fire to make sure she gets her benefits, quickly. hopefully quickly. >> all right, we need to know this is going on, appreciate your report. >>> roberta gonzalez is here we will be turning on our ac? >> it is only going to get warmer. after a dip warmer weather w. that comes a lot of other problems, poor air quality by midweek and the potential for high fire danger. good evening, everybody. stepping outdoors right now, w

>> just, you know -- people don't choose to be homeless. you know?re stuck. >> reporter: the mayor says the map does not ban them from downtown but asks for their cooperation. >> it is a suggestion that it would help them with public relationships as well as the city. >> the map lists rules of behavior, including no public drinking, clean up after yourself and use a toilet. >> where is the toilet? there is one toilet in town? 5 blocks away. >> reporter: police say they will continue patrolling downtown and they are hoping the plan will mean fewer complaints from business owners. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> right now crews are working to clear the scene of a deadly crash around 3:00 p.m. this afternoon in livermore. this is video from news chopper 2. the chp says a car veered off 580 and went down an embankment. one person was killed and another was airlifted to the hospital. >>> a deadly hit-and-run accident in the north bay today shut down a major freeway. it happened about 5:30 a.m. this morning on eastbound 780. the californ

on the right are remainders of how homeless people should act in public. abc7 news reporter has more. >> man picked through crash containers along 4th street in san rafael, and another homeless person walked a bicycle with his belongings at an intersection, mild compared to what some homeless people have done at some places. >> you get people that want to do drugs in the bathroom or you get people that have a real independent attitude out here, they do what they want. >> now, after complaints from residents and businesses, san rafael has develop add map with so-called hot zones areas near 4th and lincoln avenue where police answered hundreds of calls the past year. the city is asking homeless people to stop dumpster diving, avoid using sidewalks as a bathroom and to stop drinking alcohol in public suggesting they go to a bar instead. >> a couple of spots where we are having issues. it could change, next month it could be a park or somewhere else with increased illegal activity or negative behaviors. we encourage people to take personal responsibility the.