i don't necessarily want to say that we in noe valley bathroom, but we are 30 years in the making, so there is some sort of an analogy there. i just want to say quickly, because i only have two minutes, we have 150 units for formally homeless families and individuals which include a child care center at risk if this doesn't move forered ward. 105 units for low income and seniors at risk. we have 240 substance abuse treatment and step down beds in the pipeline and will lose the funding for those if these amendments don't go forward. the existing residents will be indefinitely in limbo, so to me i think that obviously it is imperative that the city family find a way to make this work. everybody worked tirelessly, your comments recognize that so we hope you support these amendments today mpt we are not just talking treasure island, we are talking about the needs san francisco has to house people that are marginally housed and so many of the other needs that are addressed by this project. thank you so much for your support. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon supervisors

this week the noe valley bathroom opened in noe valley and we will be having a celebration that eventi believe this weekend. i do not withstanding how exciting treasure ilen islands in is in a lot of ways and the extraordinary work of a lot of folks with developer team and the city folks and the folks at tida are all doing, i do have a little bit of a feeling that in some ways treasure island is the noe valley bathroom at large and some things that caused us so much pain and suffering with that very little and needed project on 24th street at the town square are not unlike some of the things that are driving costs and delay at treasure island and the challenges with our permitting, with diffuse city departments and now not just city departments, but city departments and tida all having to coordinate and developer team and folks from the mayor office running around chasing after all of these different actors is a ongoing problem in san francisco and is going to be-make it harder for us to get projects done, whether if is a little bathroom in noe valley or thousands and thousands of hou

the most infamous toilet, one that almost cost the price of a house. >> noe valley, let's hear it for our not $1.7 million bathroom so event organizers decided to have some fun with it, everything toilet-themed, even this band renamed to american standard at least for the day. >> we couldn't get toto here. >> reporter: leslie crawford organized the toilet bowl celebration at noe valley town square. >> when everybody laughs at you, you got to take the power back and laugh at yourself. >> reporter: leslie admits san francisco deserved all the poop it got when the city announced the $1.7 million bryce tag. people thought it 1.7 million was the perfect example of government waste. >> i thought it was a little ridiculous myself. everybody did. >> yeah, that's crazy. >> reporter: a private company donated this prefab bathroom, but the costs still added up to $200,000. the city says union workers had to connect the plumbing and do a bunch of other stuff to get it ready. i asked the folks who used it how did it go? >> i'm flush with excitement that they have a bathroom now and it gets a 10 out of 10 for me. >> it's great.

bathroom is back in the headlines. an sfgate reporter gave this pricey, nationally known noe valley toilet a flush and joins us to tell us about it. but first, the us supreme court will hear a case this month that could turn homelessness into a crime. could the ruling make life worse for the many unsheltered here in the bay area? you are watching, getting answers. i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. a case out of oregon coming before the supreme court next week will seek to answer the question. can someone be charged with a crime because of things related to being homeless? the decision could significantly impact california in the bay area, where homelessness is a long stding challenge. a senior correspondent for the online media site vox, someone who had once clerked for a federal appeals court, has written an analysis of the case known as grants pass versus johnson. ian millhiser joins us live now to talk about it. thanks for coming on the show, ian. >> good to be here. thanks so much. >> yeah, i should mention to our viewers just that vox is rated by influence watch as left leaning with a model that mixes news

. >> noe valley, let's hear it for our not $1.7 million bathroom. >> reporter: so event organizers decidedve some fun with it. everything toilet themed, even this band renamed to american standard at least for the day. >> we couldn't get toto here. >> reporter: lesley crawford organized the toilet bowl celebration at noe valley town square. >> when everybody laughs at you, you got to take the power back and laugh at yourself. >> reporter: lesley admits san francisco deserved all the poop it got when the city announced the $1.7 million price tag. people thought it was the perfect example of government waste. >> it's preposterous because the plumbing was already in the ground when they built this place out. >> i thought it was a little ridiculous myself. everybody did. >> yeah, that's crazy. >> reporter: a private company ended up donating this prefab bathroom, but the cost still added up to $200,000. the city says union workers had to connect the plumbing and do a bunch of other stuff to get it ready. i asked the folks who used it how did it go? >> i'm flushed with excitement because they h

noe valley just we forgot to put it in the annual report we have more than 6 months of operating expenses moving forward. >> okay. >> great. thank you very much. >> and - [off mic.] >> (laughter.) >> bathrooms. >> all right. [off mic.] >> all right. we'll supervisor chan. >> um, thank you, mr. chair, i have a quick question for the discovery folks you mentioned that dispatch did that mean that folks call. >> they call there are multiple ways to call directly to my cell phone. >> wow. >> i'm with my cell phones i answer it and respond to my miss calls within seconds because we're smaller we don't have the revenue for a dispatch center but want to know what is going on in the neighborhood i wouldn't pass it oh, yeah. >> i kind of agree kind of interesting clearly some opportunities for a bigger cut actually have on a dispatch number and i'm trying to i'm trying to understand the cvd in terms of how you actually are physical ed the calls and dispatching our ambassadors and how you are actually tracking. >> in our case i co-direct the cvd so if i'm out of town we route the calls to my colleague. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor chan members of the public wishing to speak should line

noe valley just we forgot to put it in the annual report we have more than 6 months of operating expenses moving forward. >> okay. >> great. thank you very much. >> and - [off mic.] >> (laughter.) >> bathrooms. >> all right. [off mic.] >> all right. we'll supervisor chan. >> um, thank you, mr. chair, i have a quick question for the discovery folks you mentioned that dispatch did that mean that folks call. >> they call there are multiple ways to call directly to my cell phone. >> wow. >> i'm with my cell phones i answer it and respond to my miss calls within seconds because we're smaller we don't have the revenue for a dispatch center but want to know what is going on in the neighborhood i wouldn't pass it oh, yeah. >> i kind of agree kind of interesting clearly some opportunities for a bigger cut actually have on a dispatch number and i'm trying to i'm trying to understand the cvd in terms of how you actually are physical ed the calls and dispatching our ambassadors and how you are actually tracking. >> in our case i co-direct the cvd so if i'm out of town we route the calls to my colleague. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor chan members of the public wishing to speak should line