and right now, 29 percent of all homeless people, in san francisco, are lgbtq. and if you look at young people, and young people who are homeless, 40 percent of homeless youth are lgbtq. and i say earlier in the prior press conference that we had before the hearing, you know, how harvey used to talk about the kid and in pennsylvania and how coming out was important because you know he wanted to send a message to young people throughout the country and including that kid from pennsylvania that it is okay to be queer. but what is happening in san francisco, is that kid from pennsylvania and other parts of the country, is moving to san francisco. has come to san francisco. and because san francisco is a safe harbor, it is a place for the people can be who they are and where a queer youth can feel that it is okay to be who they are. and because of that, because san francisco has been a becon for so long, we have so many young people that are coming to san francisco without any family, without any connections to the city, and they are homeless. and i do think that we

homeless. and 25 percent were former foster youth and 30 percent lgbtq and we understand that we are just seeing a snapshot, or a portion of this problem, because getting an accurate count of homeless young people is extremely challenging because many transitional aged youth, especially young people of color do notify as homeless even though they are homeless and they are couch surfing. and a researcher at uc berkeley has been working closely with us and she is a national leader in developing new methods for accounting and assessing the needs of this population. and she is here today and she will speak during public comment. and a 300 street based youth that she interviewed, 41 percent were actively trying to leave the street, including signing up for drug treatment and enrolling in school and trying to save for a apartment, and this shattered the myth that somehow the young people want to be homeless in san francisco and i do understand that there is a bit of mobility among the young people that come here but by and large we know that not intervening and not helping to house is really relegatin

director of the youth housing alliance, and we have heard some about the defining the need about lgbtq homelessness and we know that 2100 percent of the city's homeless are lgbtq and even though we are 15 percent of the population. and 21 percent of the respondents in the aging report hit an unneed for housing assistance and 42 percent of those seniors said that they were uncomfortable using services as an lgbtq person they felt discriminated against and stigma, and other barriers through accessing services from our main stream providers. in 2008, 47 percent of san franciscos with aids were 50 or old and her 13 percent were above 60 age, and that is increasing demographic. and 90 percent of those survey respondents in the hiv and aging policy report says that housing was the number one concern and weiner had reiterated that we have a growing problem of disabled people with aids, who are losing their employer's responsered disability and transferring on to a smaller ssa grant which is putting their housing at risk. and so, what we want to do is examine what are some of the drivers and barriers that

so, as we are hearing today talking about the homeless youth, and the homelessness in the lgbtq community, there is a story, and there is a story behind every individual who is young, and experiencing homelessness. and it is a tragic story, it is a story filled with fear and uncertainty and a lot of trauma and a lot of abuse. no place to call home. no feeling of safety. and it is tragic. and it is a tragedy really san francisco can avoid. we don't have to be doing this to people. and that is what we are doing, we are doing it to them. and san francisco is an incredibly afluent city and this year in particular, we have a lot of resources and right now as we speak, the mayor's office is deliberating on what direction the budget is going to go. and it is right there, across the hall. there are steps that we can take, and we really should not be okay with anything else and there is action that needs to happen and we need to fund the housing that is being talked about and we need to make sure that we are stopping homelessness at the front end, that the tenants in san francisco, have a right to

the youth that are kicked out of their home and again i am homeless and so i like how market street is a safe haven to the lgbtq community, and also, it helps, all kinds of homeless youth like stabilize, and like the diamond youth shelter and the larkin, and the ga house. and i think that they need to be notified of larkin street and this calls for san francisco and it is recently visited with los angeles, and over there, and that is the huge issue and i feel like it needs to be over there and the homeless youth and in los angeles and san francisco. but, since going and it costs a lot of money and i have to say that san francisco should donate their money to eliminate the homeless views in the next five years. and so hopefully california can improve on that. thank you. >> thanks very much. >> next speaker, please? >> >> i have been homeless. and here is my house. >> and this is... and he saw the conditions in which i live with my children. and i hope that he is able to share what he witnessed. >> [ speaking in a foreign language ] and especially for all of the homeless children, and the gay community. >> and to

what are some of the drivers and barriers that are leading to this disproportionate rate of homelessness in the lgbtq community, and then, also, what are some of the unique impacts of that homelessness, and i think that a big part of it is telling you right here, that i came to this hearing hoping to hear about the department plans for addressing the historic equities and investment in services targeting the lgbtq community, and i have not heard that. i did not hear about what kind of budget line items are included in this year's plan and now that they know, that there are these disparities i have not heard about any out reach plans or in investment in funding, anything to try to address the problems. and i think that that is really telling. thank you. >> next speaker please? >> good morning, supervisor, we actually have a presentation and we are asked to do that for today, >> sure. >> and we do the slides and if we could go through briefly. >> okay. >> all right. >> thank you. >> yeah, thank you, (inaudible) and i work with tsf, and the transitional san francisco and housing the department of youth

lgbtq clients. in the data base we have 6.2 percent, that are homeless, and the don't track the lgbtq sexual preference and we do track transgender, but again it might be under reported. >> but we do see in it, and i think that is to be expected is that the tay population tends to not be as highly or five or ten or more years homeless and that is to be expected given the age. and however, there is still 8.3 percent that are over five years homeless. and over a while, most days, it is 2.1 and 5 years homeless. transgender and i mentioned that in the women and in the presentation, and we have 64 percent of the more than 5 years homeless. and next slide? >> yeah, great. >> and this and these, numbers and definitions came from the ccms and i want to talk a little bit about that and the conditions, and in the first column you see the percentage for all homeless consumers in san francisco, and so it is one way or another, they have received the services and through the health department. and the other departments. and then, the serious medical conditions and there are a number of 31 occurring conditions that

mental health services for homeless youth, substance use, services for homeless youth, lgbtq services in the castro for service youth, and especially the diamond shelter. we want to present homeless youth from becoming homeless adults. thank you very much. ~ prevent >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >>> good morning, supervisors, members of the budget committee. my name is sandy maury and today i'm representing the long-term care coordinating council and the two requests we have for you to consider -- before i go into that, i just wanted to give you a couple of demographics. in all of your 11 districts there are between 15% to 24% of people who are seniors over the age of 60, and within all of the districts of the city, of all those seniors, the 18% to 61% who live alone. so, the first request that we're asking you to consider -- and by the way, these two requests are not presently in the mayor's budget. so, we are asking you to consider to add these to the total budget. we're asking for $2 million to add to the community living fund which now is administered by the depart

mental health services for homeless youth, substance use, services for homeless youth, lgbtq services in the castro for service youth, and especially the diamond shelter. we want to present homeless youth from becoming homeless adults. thank you very much.

and today's discussion was about homelessness and around the lgbtq youth. and i cannot, and i cannot speak more clearly, that we have a real crisis when it comes to how criminalize young people in san francisco. and especially when the people come from places where there is oppression. >>> okay. welcome back, everyone to our regularly scheduled budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday, may 28, 2014. we are coming become from recess for our 4:30 special order. madam clerk please call item no. 4. city clerk: item 140214 hearing youth commission budget priorities for fy 2014-2015. >> i would like to thank you for coming here and for putting this material together and your presentation today. i want to call up whoever is speaking first and come up to the mic and we can get the ball rolling. >> all right. thank you. good afternoon supervisors. i'm with the youth commission and the richmond district in san francisco. as you may well know the youth commission pursuant to charter section -- 1.24 to impact young people here in san francisco. the commission

here to represent our aging older adults, people with disabilities, a homeless population that ranges from youth and families, lgbtq people, veterans, seniors and those with severe mental illnesses and in recovery for substance abuse. these human beings are served by organization and providers. too many to mention here that need more funding, that is increased every fiscal year. we need more affordable housing, and these vital safety net programs for our growing city. the drastically -- it's destroying the community i was raised in and something needs to be done now because we all deserve to live here. please increase the funding to protect basic human rights for the organizations that serves san francisco. thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, everybody, my is calvin washington. i'm homeless. take a look at me and see what homeless looks like. i have been homeless for six months in san francisco. i know what it's like to sleep on the streets and go to the sleep kitchen and i know what it means to stand hours in life waiting to get a bed and get into a drop in only to not get a bed.