how many have you hired from lakeview. so, this is a major part of it. we are still looking like ten years ago as far as placement in these organizations. you are giving us access and all of that, but are you giving us places where we can start making our own determinations in life. so i want to make sure the conversation comes back to that topic and not just on access, because to me, that's a distraction from the real barriers that society has placed on communities like the tenderloin, like treasure island, like bayview, like fillmore and like lakeview. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you all this afternoon. and supervisors, thanks for hosting these folks, thank you. >> thank you, dell seymour for sharing your comments. miss pena, the next caller please. >> hello, preston ray. i'm a resident of the richmond district and work at monkey brain, a locally based internet service provider here in san francisco, isp partner. the board can elevate strategies the departments are already using to close the digital divide. you've heard about the fiber to

how many have you hired from lakeview. so, this is a major part of it. we are still looking like ten years ago as far as placement in these organizations. you are giving us access and all of that, but are you giving us places where we can start making our own determinations in life. so i want to make sure the conversation comes back to that topic and not just on access, because to me, that's a distraction from the real barriers that society has placed on communities like the tenderloin, like treasure island, like bayview, like fillmore and like lakeview. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you all this afternoon. and supervisors, thanks for hosting these folks, thank you. >> thank you, dell seymour for sharing your comments. miss pena, the next caller please. >> hello, preston ray. i'm a resident of the richmond district and work at monkey brain, a locally based internet service provider here in san francisco, isp partner. the board can elevate strategies the departments are already using to close the digital divide. you've heard about the fiber to

organizations and whether it's young community developers, meta in the mission, over in the omi lakeview, inner city youth, self help for the elderly. and central hospitality house and tenderloins, south market, or the western addition success center are great organizations to start with. a lot of the work will be virtual right now simply because of the realities of covid-19 and not being able to get together and do the work. but the work is happening. >> well, that's great. finally, let's talk about the recent stimulus bill. what measures were included to help workers with covid-19 relief? >> one of the really important steps that our partners at the human services agency did was to work with the mayor and our office to relaunch and expand the jobs now program. jobs now is a weight subsidy program and certain workers and can have access to wage subsidy to help pay the wages with an employer who commits to bringing on that individual and going to work. i bring that up because that was a very early stimulus strategy during the last great recession under president obama's leadership. and w

excelsior is a specific neighborhood, but lakeview is in mine.i know you were in charge of the person in investing in neighborhoods in any district for a long time, so that included or excluded in the neighborhoods that are named? ? >> so the opportunity neighborhoods are specific corridors, which is -- excelsior's covered. however, o.m.i. is not covered. however, all neighborhoods can qualify if they're low-income, right, household businesses, and they haven't receive any amount of, like, support currently. so they would still be able to qualify, and that applies citywide if they meet that criteria. so it would be one of the categories. either your opportunity neighborhood or you've been closed, like, like, the barber shops -- we have a few salons and barber shops along broad and randolph. >> supervisor safai: right. >> that would qualify as long as they haven't -- >> supervisor safai: i know you have a larger -- i guess it, bayview, chinatown, excelsior, mission, and tenderloin, and it says serving communities of color. i wonder if it was an ov

how many have you hired from lakeview. so, this is a major part of it. we are still looking like ten years ago as far as placement in these organizations. you are giving us access and all of that, but are you giving us places where we can start making our own determinations in life. so i want to make sure the conversation comes back to that topic and not just on access, because to me, that's a distraction from the real barriers that society has placed on communities like the tenderloin, like treasure island, like bayview, like fillmore and like lakeview. thank you for the opportunity to speak to you all this afternoon. and supervisors, thanks for hosting these folks, thank you. >> thank you, dell seymour for sharing your comments. miss pena, the next caller please. >> hello, preston ray. i'm a resident of the richmond district and work at monkey brain, a locally based internet service provider here in san francisco, isp partner. the board can elevate strategies the departments are already using to close the digital divide. you've heard about the fiber to

with respect to job centers, yes, the lakeview a.m.i. job center was our seventh and most recent neighborhood job center investment. it's been very successful, and i think really timely because there's a lot of resource coordination happening there in terms of getting covid resources out. so with respect to the budget and the r.f.p., we have laid out resources and prepared to invest resources in additional neighborhood job centers. again, it's through the competitive process of receiving proposals. but in terms of community feedback, we heard a lot about the importance of a neighborhood job center in the excelsior district. we heard about the importance of a neighborhood job center in the richmond or the sunset or both. when we think about the record unemployment last year and still an unemployment rate that, if you look at it today, it's triple what it was a year ago, but we actually think it's five times the unemployment rate a year ago because when you get that unemployment rate, it does not include those that are receiving unemployme

and he got lost in lakeview right next to the 17th street canal where some of the worst flooding andt, the car stopped, and we both looked up and there was a tugboat in the middle of the road we had to turn around because we couldn't pass. that was the moment where britney and i looked at each other and said, "this is so much more than football this is part of the resurrection and resurgence of one of america's greatest cities. it was a calling. >> oh, my god, it certainly it and new orleans is, you know, the kind of city -- and you said it in your comments, if you love it, it loves you back and loves you back hard how have people been reacting to you? >> it's been amazing i think just the outpouring of support and emotion and memories you know, that's -- i think anything you do, especially when you just pour your heart and soul into it, i think you hope that you're able to impact people in a really positive way. you know, life is full of defining moments, and life is full of kind of next chapters. i think that whenever you leave one chapter and go on to the have left the legacy behi

excelsior is a specific neighborhood, but lakeview is in mine. i know you were in charge of the person in investing in neighborhoods in any district for a long time, so that included or excluded in the neighborhoods that are named? ? >> so the opportunity neighborhoods are specific corridors, which is -- excelsior's covered. however, o.m.i. is not covered. however, all neighborhoods can qualify if they're low-income, right, household businesses, and they haven't receive any amount of, like, support currently. so they would still be able to qualify, and that applies citywide if they meet that criteria. so it would be one of the categories. either your opportunity neighborhood or you've been closed, like, like, the barber shops -- we have a few salons and barber shops along broad and randolph. >> supervisor safai: right. >> that would qualify as long as they haven't -- >> supervisor safai: i know you have a larger -- i guess it, bayview, chinatown, excelsior, mission, and tenderloin, and it says serving communities of color. i wonder if it was an o

tim in lakeview, arkansas, you are next. caller: good morning. host: what kind of business?ruction. i didn't take any kind of loan. i don't want to be tied to the hoops you have to run through. people keep talking about covid. covid didn't shut down businesses. governors and mayors shut down businesses, and the reason was for health reasons. as we come to find out, none of the excuses for health reasons they gave pan out. we don't need six feet of distance, three feet is ok. masks don't really work, where two or three masks, it doesn't make a difference. everything that we did was based on alive. i think every small business should just open up. if some authority says to close your business, they really don't have the right to do that in this country. just open up and keep fighting to keep your business open. host: eric in kennesaw, georgia, you are next. caller: i just wanted to say that first of all i received my stimulus check, i do believe that president biden and vice president harris are doing an awesome job, as far as the small businesses i have worked for quite a few

with respect to job centers, yes, the lakeview a.m.i. job center was our seventh and most recent neighborhood job center investment. it's been very successful, and i think really timely because there's a lot of resource coordination happening there in terms of getting covid resources out. so with respect to the budget and the r.f.p., we have laid out resources and prepared to invest resources in additional neighborhood job centers. again, it's through the competitive process of receiving proposals. but in terms of community feedback, we heard a lot about the importance of a neighborhood job center in the excelsior district. we heard about the importance of a neighborhood job center in the richmond or the sunset or both. when we think about the record unemployment last year and still an unemployment rate that, if you look at it today, it's triple what it was a year ago, but we actually think it's five times the unemployment rate a year ago because when you get that unemployment rate, it does not include those that are receiving unemployme

with respect to job centers, yes, the lakeview a.m.i.ob center was our seventh and most recent neighborhood job center investment. it's been very successful, and i think really timely because there's a lot of resource coordination happening there in terms of getting covid resources out. so with respect to the budget and the r.f.p., we have laid out resources and prepared to invest resources in additional neighborhood job centers. again, it's through the competitive process of receiving proposals. but in terms of community feedback, we heard a lot about the importance of a neighborhood job center in the excelsior district. we heard about the importance of a neighborhood job center in the richmond or the sunset or both. when we think about the record unemployment last year and still an unemployment rate that, if you look at it today, it's triple what it was a year ago, but we actually think it's five times the unemployment rate a year ago because when you get that unemployment rate, it does not include those that are receiving unemployment

organizations and whether it's young community developers, meta in the mission, over in the omi lakeview, inner city youth, self help for the elderly. and central hospitality house and tenderloins, south market, or the western addition success center are great organizations to start with. a lot of the work will be virtual right now simply because of the realities of covid-19 and not being able to get together and do the work. but the work is happening. >> well, that's great. finally, let's talk about the recent stimulus bill. what measures were included to help workers with covid-19 relief? >> one of the really important steps that our partners at the human services agency did was to work with the mayor and our office to relaunch and expand the jobs now program. jobs now is a weight subsidy program and certain workers and can have access to wage subsidy to help pay the wages with an employer who commits to bringing on that individual and going to work. i bring that up because that was a very early stimulus strategy during the last great recession under president obama's leadership. and w