i believe that the chief deputy of the department of homelessness is here today, sam dodge. jeff [inaudible] could ntd make it today. we wanted to hear from you about the ongoing tent encampment mapping and dismantlement process. i did want to ask you to come and present on what is ongoing today. as we know tent encampments is a big public issue and something thin discourse particularly over the course of the last 8 months. we have a number of different legislations trying to test t test test test >> the mission to become this place and what we have understood from the very beginning is when it comes to clearing encampments moving people out of a specific area without giving them a place to go is not a solution. it doesn't work. in fact, what we see in terms of the problem that is out there, is that some of the folks that are camped out are peachal who had been previously moved or pushed along from other encampments and if you don't give people a place to go, they just move down the block or come back to the same spot, which is why we focus in my office on legislation with t

i believe that the chief deputy of the department of homelessness is here today, sam dodge. jeff [inaudible] could ntd make it today. we wanted to hear from you about the ongoing tent encampment mapping and dismantlement process. i did want to ask you to come and present on what is ongoing today. as we know tent encampments is a big public issue and something thin discourse particularly over the course of the last 8 months. we have a number of different legislations trying to test t test test test >> the mission to become this place and what we have understood from the very beginning is when it comes to clearing encampments moving people out of a specific area without giving them a place to go is not a solution. it doesn't work. in fact, what we see in terms of the problem that is out there, is that some of the folks that are camped out are peachal who had been previously moved or pushed along from other encampments and if you don't give people a place to go, they just move down the block or come back to the same spot, which is why we focus in my office on legislation with t

i believe that the chief deputy of the department of homelessness is here today, sam dodge. jeff [inaudible] could ntd make it today. we wanted to hear from you about the ongoing tent encampment mapping and dismantlement process. i did want to ask you to come and present on what is ongoing today. as we know tent encampments is a big public issue and something thin discourse particularly over the course of the last 8 months. we have a number of different legislations trying to test t test test test >> the mission to become this place and what we have understood from the very beginning is when it comes to clearing encampments moving people out of a specific area without giving them a place to go is not a solution. it doesn't work. in fact, what we see in terms of the problem that is out there, is that some of the folks that are camped out are peachal who had been previously moved or pushed along from other encampments and if you don't give people a place to go, they just move down the block or come back to the same spot, which is why we focus in my office on legislation with t

i believe that the chief deputy of the department of homelessness is here today, sam dodge. jeff [inaudible] could ntd make it today. we wanted to hear from you about the ongoing tent encampment mapping and dismantlement process. i did want to ask you to come and present on what is ongoing today. as we know tent encampments is a big public issue and something thin discourse particularly over the course of the last 8 months. we have a number of different legislations trying to test t test test test >> the mission to become this place and what we have understood from the very beginning is when it comes to clearing encampments moving people out of a specific area without giving them a place to go is not a solution. it doesn't work. in fact, what we see in terms of the problem that is out there, is that some of the folks that are camped out are peachal who had been previously moved or pushed along from other encampments and if you don't give people a place to go, they just move down the block or come back to the same spot, which is why we focus in my office on legislation with t

i want to thank all the people that worked to get this going, like i've seen sam dodge give multiple presentations of the dogpatch neighborhood association. i'm confident the city will do this in a effective way. the navigation center. i also want to thank bruce and other people in the neighborhood that of voiced their concerns and the compromises that come out of this i think means that this thing can go for good i really want to voice my support invoice i hope this value both for this. thank you >> thank you very much. is there any more public comment on 13 b? on the navigation center? all give you the leeway. go ahead. >> i wanted to do a shout out and the shadow is to the board staff. for their collaboration and more specifically to tom because of the effort has been produced on this is with squeak is a dramatic impact part of the discussion going into this was that we knew to have resolution to certain encampments and tom stepped up. so, thank you so much for providing that staff in providing a collaboration. >> thank you seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner katz

i want to thank all the people that worked to get this going, like i've seen sam dodge give multipleresentations of the dogpatch neighborhood association. i'm confident the city will do this in a effective way. the navigation center. i also want to thank bruce and other people in the neighborhood that of voiced their concerns and the compromises that come out of this i think means that this thing can go for good i really want to voice my support invoice i hope this value both for this. thank you >> thank you very much. is there any more public comment on 13 b? on the navigation center? all give you the leeway. go ahead. >> i wanted to do a shout out and the shadow is to the board staff. for their collaboration and more specifically to tom because of the effort has been produced on this is with squeak is a dramatic impact part of the discussion going into this was that we knew to have resolution to certain encampments and tom stepped up. so, thank you so much for providing that staff in providing a collaboration. >> thank you seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner katz >>

[inaudible] came on board and even before him i quirked with sam dodge and want today put forward policies accordance with the people on the ground doing the work and people have the relationships with homeless people and peep who know the conditions and people who do the outreach and learn what the needs of the people are. i think it was important i not impose what the policy should be, but really work with all the departments to make sure that we had a sound approach and then out of the blue after we come together on deciding we will put more resources towards homeless services and more towards housing a measure comes on that is about rhetoric and all about what people want to hear but don't offer a real solution. so, i concur, we should continue this to call the chair. i think we should have a process that works with the people who understand the conditions and we make legislation based on that. and not just on what the public would like to hear and get crossed up into all the different cultural ways we think homelessness should be resolved or at least how our door step should be cleare