i would have to refer to hsa on what the difference would be. but in terms of looking just at the wage differential between minimum wage for contractors and prevailing wage for janitorial services, per public health services and real estate, we found it to be about $184,000. that does not include a, sort of, other costs. compensation, things that are driven by wages, a percentage of wages. for solid waste contractors, we had a harder time, because we do not actually have data on how many individuals are involved. so we simply compared contract costs, per unit costs, between the contract or their bid for services using employees, compared to sns trekking, which uses it ended in a contractor's. if you look at the costs and the actual mileage for 2011, we got a cost of $630,000. this would be somewhat inclusive of the differences in costs. there may be other costs associated in terms of the transitional employment requirements, increasing it to six months, if employers were hiring former employees of a prior contractor at a higher rate because ther

you'll hear about a program from the housing authority and hsa. you read this morning about how we want to address that population. i want to clearly state that this program is a direct result of a new public-private partnership between the salesforce foundation and this collaboration between housing authority, human services agency, school districts, and others. merely talks about bringing the private sector in to address critical problems in the city. i want to talk about the school district numbers. i will be working with the school district to better understand what is going on there, the discrepancy between the numbers at the school district in the numbers that exist at hsa. i want to understand why there is a difference in those numbers. more importantly, i want to build a bridge between those kids at the school district in the homeless system of care, a better understanding of how to serve them and get them the help they need. not all are homeless. we want to make sure that they are all aware of the homeless system of care. this is absolute

if i could ask either dph or hsa to explain where your concerns are and make sure that, from the city attorney's point of view, that that concern is explicitly allayed in the amendments, that would be helpful. >> yes, director contracts of the human services agency. thank you, supervisor chu and supervisor wiener for the admissions and amendments to have made. i think once we incorporate this language into the amended ordinance, and we will certainly work with the city attorney to make sure that the language does meet our needs, then i think we're fine with our nonprofits and the unintended consequences that the writing of this could have caused. so i think we're in pretty good shape with this amended language, and i would like to thank you for that. supervisor chu: ok, in terms that the contracts you generally see, they would generally be residential facilities that we contract with someone come into the master lease for single individuals or may be individuals where medical services are provided on site a janitorial is included as part of it. it might include a service for the my ow

, we have been in discussion in around the janitorial aspects of the prevailing wage ordinance with hsa, dph, as well as several nonprofits, centering primarily around the legislation elimination of the exclusion from the prevailing wage requirements to nonprofits. a very broad exemption to the we did remove that. this has to do with janitorial work. i want to read this in context because when a lot of people here prevailing wage, they assume instead of making minimum wage, $10 an hour, they will not be making $30 or $40 an hour, and they make certain assumptions and generalizations about what prevailing wage means. i want to be very specific for janitors. prevailing wage, i believe, is approximately $12.75 or $12.80 an hour. the distinctions we're talking about our minimum wage, which is a little over $10 an hour now. i believe the nonprofit wage is about $11 an hour. and this is $12.75 approximately an hour. we're not talking about a distinction between low wage and middle-class wages. we're talking about very low and really, really low. unfortunately, we have seen a race to the botto

first, i want to say i am very encouraged to here then is that the salesforce and hsa collaboration. this funding will definitely be infused a need and fulfill a need in san francisco. we're currently looking at the decrease of homeless prevention rapid re-housing dollars that were infused into the city in september 2009, which allow us to serve approximately 128 families. since that time what rental subsidies in move-in support, we're currently in the process of ramping down from the funding, because that funding will end june 2012. so this infusion will definitely allow us to provide additional and continuing subsidies and move-in support for families. i also want to bring up the fact that there is a big shift happening in federal funding that we need to pay attention to. the emergency solutions grant -- the emergency shelter grant is shifting to the emergency solutions brand, which will focus that money on prevention. yeah, at the same time, we continue to need a safety net in san francisco. hamilton family center provides a full circle, from emergency services to subsidies and mo

i know we have folks from the mayor's office, as well as hsa and the housing authority who are here tourrently. we will be asking questions about that. we'll also hear from advocates as well, about their experience, either being homeless or what solutions they can pose to us, as well as the city. first up, we have someone from -- what was it? from the mayor's office. >> thank you, supervisor avalos. good morning, supervisor elsbernd. i know we're waiting on supervisor mar. i appreciate hearing about the plight of homeless families in san francisco. i want to give you an overview of the situation as we see it and then type for the city departments to talk about our response to the supervisor -- superintendent garcia needs to leave a little early, so we may start with the superintendent. in sentences go over the last 24 months, and nationwide, we have seen a marked increase in family homelessness. this is a difficult statistic to track, and i think you know that, largely because it is a difficult thing to talk about and a lot of the shame and things that may exist around that, but also s

, we have been in discussion in around the janitorial aspects of the prevailing wage ordinance with hsa, dph, as well as several nonprofits, centering primarily around the legislation elimination of the exclusion from the prevailing wage requirements to nonprofits. a very broad exemption to the we

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