was that both from hsa and dph? >> yes, it was.he first project was the hotel essex and that was an hsa project. i would say at this point, i don't have it in front of me, but i would say about two-thirds of the units are dph units and one-third are hsa units. >> you say we created a funding stream for it, but basically we just took general fund dollars and call it local operating subsidy program dollars now. what was not funded? what were those dollars potentially used for before that? was that ga? hsa? and something else dph is trying to get background on the program itself. honestly, i don't know. with the overlay being this is a prudent use of -- preferable to emergency services and the costs in the best of all worlds would be the dollars -- the best all worlds would be emergency services dollars that were no longer used. i'm not sure if that is actually happening in the real world. >> so we might be able to describe some cost-savings by having a program that has the services where people live and actually yields greater cost-s

in the last survey we had from hsa, was an astounding percentage of seniors that get out of the rooms per month, 3-4 times a month, 60-70%. an amazing number. something a revelation to me. in 2005-06, i was on a panel in tenderloin. there was an elderly chinese woman in the room. the third person to speak with the police officer. he said, how many people in this room can understand what i am saying? four people raised their hand. we had been certain there for 25 minutes. people are polite. 40% of seniors will not hear what you're saying. just because we are communicating does not mean people are hearing. the last thing, i urge you to bring this to the long-term care coordinating council. housing is not on the five-year plan. we asked them to be on it. what are the priorities for seniors and people with disabilities? sro housing needs to be there. i urge to reach out to that important planning table as well. >> chair: thank you everyone for your ongoing effort. we look forward to working with you to move the settings forward in the future. we are now adjourned for a 10 minute break. we

understand your question, these are routine general fund monies subject to appropriation each year in the hsa and dph budget. there is not a particular funding source other than the general fund. >> thank you, please continue. >> so projects that receive local operating subsidy dollars for the operating are also receiving funds for support services from the same agency, city agency, that is originating the general funds. in this case the department of puck health is entering into a contract for supportive services at the site. the good news with this particular project it received a large grant for services, the social innovation fund, which is a federal grant that is funneled through kind of an intermediary has made a two-year award to the project. and the great news also about that is that there is a full evaluation of the program that will be funded by the grant. so the analyst's report recommends that the outcomes and findings of that evaluation be shared here at the board and we're really excited about that. because we do have information about cost-savings. there is a large body of rese

we know how closely hsa has been working on this issue. great. seeing no further comment, can we take a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> so playoffed and we can do that without opposition. [ gavel ] >> madame clerk

it just so happened that one of our hsa staff members from his previous position working in shelter positions had in his back pocket something we called a stablization room. this was a room in a private sro hotel that people could stay in for a few days to a few weeks, get stabilized and use this as a jumping-off point for other things they needed to do including achieving permanent housing, mostly permanent supportive housing. we used that room for a few days at a time for each individual and we realized that really worked. now people had a place to stay, they had a place to keep their medications, they had a place we could engage with them and if they happened to not be there that particular moment we could leave a message with the hotel clerk. we turned around and asked our bosses, our leaders in the department, hey, can we have some more of these rooms and we got 8 more. this was a time that care, not cash, had just begun and direct access to housing which is under housing urban health under marc trotz's leadership was also ramping up. so there was a lot of permanent housing coming on boa