san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still

they are looking for ways to block new housing in-laws. in san francisco we should be leaders in housing. we should be the city california looks to. let's be like san francisco. two years ago i set a goal of building at least 5,000 new homes per year. 2020, 450000, 2021, we built 4600. the only housing built right now are large projects like mission rock and the pier 70. they need all houses sizes. not just south ease and soma but big neighborhoods across the entire city. to do that we have got to breakdown the obstructionism that blocks housing at every single turn. [applause]. now you know i tried. i am not giving up. i tried inside city hall. we made incremental progress. on the big ideas like my housing charter amendment we have been blocked. we are going to the voters. change will happen to come from outside city hall. i am confident that it will. this november. because over and over i have heard from residents. they want be to cut bureaucracy and build more housing. we want future generations like alisha's daughter to live here when she is an adult.

they are looking for ways to block new housing in-laws. in san franciscoe leaders in housing. we should be the city california looks to. let's be like san francisco. two years ago i set a goal of building at least 5,000 new homes per year. 2020, 450000, 2021, we built 4600. the only housing built right now are large projects like mission rock and the pier 70. they need all houses sizes. not just south ease and soma but big neighborhoods across the entire city. to do that we have got to breakdown the obstructionism that blocks housing at every single turn. [applause]. now you know i tried. i am not giving up. i tried inside city hall. we made incremental progress. on the big ideas like my housing charter amendment we have been blocked. we are going to the voters. change will happen to come from outside city hall. i am confident that it will. this november. because over and over i have heard from residents. they want be to cut bureaucracy and build more housing. we want future generations like alisha's daughter to live here when she is an adult. san francisc

. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program.t hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn ho

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i know supervisor prestonhas been a leader in bringing forward social housing efforts in san francisco and this bill can help accelerate our housing production and provide affordable housing for all . >> thank you supervisor haney. supervisor mandelman i have a ordinance and a memorial. venues including what is referred to as day bathhouses. bathhouses are a common feature in lgbt queue communities and they used to bequite common in san francisco . you may recall in june 2020 the board passed an ordinance to replace outdated public health requirements that would effectively ban these businesses in san francisco sent the aids crisis began that ordinance updated to help codes to require the director of public health to adopt minimum health and hate safety standards governing the operation of adult sex venues and directing the standards not include requirements to monitor patrons actual activities or prohibiting locks on doors and private rooms. regulations that were a legacy of the city's responses to the early days of the aids crisis. in january of public health published the standards

and the other piece we have had a number of members who do the group housing not only in san franciscond around the entire country and would really welcome the opportunity to see through that legislation. and and i quite often think about group housing as a good solution for seniors. we have many older adults in san francisco who are going to need different options to continue to live and stay in the city as many countries around the world that utilize group housing. >> thank you so much. >> i am a planner at the community development center and express full support for supervisor pes kin's legislation with the group housing definition. and i want to acknowledge the planning department's work and commitment around ambiguity and around 450oharrel street. this is a large group housing project proposed in tenderloin that raised a lot of questions around group housing and magnifying the need for legislation you see before yourself today. following the community process at 450 ofarrel street, the planning department worked for months to define the definition. and community had the opportuni

housing legislation. as i was saying we are cosponsoring. it's well-known among california state legislators that the san francisco board of supervisors is a vibrantlynti-housing and to the resolution opposing that bill will encourage the production of affordable housing across san francisco and reinforces 80 2063 as a strong cohousing bill. in addition to expressing my fax i'm like to request a printed copy of the board resolution so i can bring it to sacramento and share our state lawmakers to enlist their support with 80 2063. thank you once again for opposing 80 2063. your opposition will help solidify support for this affordable housing legislation from pro-housingdate legislatures well done . >> thank you for your comments. seeing no other members and the public gallery let's turn to theremote system . mister atkins, i understand we have 46 listeners and 29 colors are in lineto provide their comments . welcome, color. let's go to the next line. >> caller: hello. this is karen rose. i'm calling from district 9 in strong support of mayor breeds endorsement. hello? >> we can hear you, keep going. >> caller: i'msorry , okay. i'm calling in from th

i know supervisor prestonhas been a leader in bringing forward social housing efforts in san franciscoand this bill can help accelerate our housing production and provide affordable housing for all . >> thank you supervisor haney. supervisor mandelman i have a ordinance and a memorial. venues including what is referred to as day bathhouses. bathhouses are a common feature in lgbt queue communities and they used to bequite common in san francisco . you may recall in june 2020 the board passed an ordinance to replace outdated public health requirements that would effectively ban these businesses in san francisco sent the aids crisis began that ordinance updated to help codes to require the director of public health to adopt minimum health and hate safety standards governing the operation of adult sex venues and directing the standards not include requirements to monitor patrons actual activities or prohibiting locks on doors and private rooms. regulations that were a legacy of the city's responses to the early days of the aids crisis. in january of public health published the standards w

and the other piece we have had a number of members who do the group housing not only in san franciscond around the entire country and would really welcome the opportunity to see through that legislation. and and i quite often think about group housing as a good solution for seniors. we have many older adults in san francisco who are going to need different options to continue to live and stay in the city as many countries around the world that utilize group housing. >> thank you so much. >> i am a planner at the community development center and express full support for supervisor pes kin's legislation with the group housing definition. and i want to acknowledge the planning department's work and commitment around ambiguity and around 450oharrel street. this is a large group housing project proposed in tenderloin that raised a lot of questions around group housing and magnifying the need for legislation you see before yourself today. following the community process at 450 ofarrel street, the planning department worked for months to define the definition. and community had the opportuni

organizers say the results will be forwarded to the san francisco department of homelessness and supportive housinghopes of improving the matching process has the lead. kron. 4 news. >>back here at home, san francisco school teachers are furious following a recent vote by the school board as kron on's dan kerman reports the vote could shut the door to 150 classroom. teachers, counselors and social workers. >>the san francisco unified school district is facing declining enrollment. and as the number of students drops, budgets, tighten and staff must be reduced, were worried that in the end of the day, the end of the year, we're going to have more more employees than we have positions for. that's why the san francisco school board has agreed to send out layoff notices, which could send as many as 150 classroom. teachers, counselors and social workers packing. but district officials say this is not something they're happy about. we care about and value and and have seen how hard every single teacher has been working. >>in general and especially throughout the pandemic and especially brand new teachers

they are looking for ways to block new housing in-laws. in san franciscoe should be leaders in housing. we should be the city california looks to. let's be like san francisco. two years ago i set a goal of building at least 5,000 new homes per year. 2020, 450000, 2021, we built 4600. the only housing built right now are large projects like mission rock and the pier 70. they need all houses sizes. not just south ease and soma but big neighborhoods across the entire city. to do that we have got to breakdown the obstructionism that blocks housing at every single turn. [applause]. now you know i tried. i am not giving up. i tried inside city hall. we made incremental progress. on the big ideas like my housing charter amendment we have been blocked. we are going to the voters. change will happen to come from outside city hall. i am confident that it will. this november. because over and over i have heard from residents. they want be to cut bureaucracy and build more housing. we want future generations like alisha's daughter to live here when she is an adult. sa

to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco housend development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with

san francisco for almost 42 years. born here in hayes valley. i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. my son and i were having to have a great -- happened to have a great lottery number because of the neighborhood preference. i moved into my home in 2014. the neighborhood preference goal was what really allowed me to stay in san francisco. my favorite thing is the view. on a clear day, i'm able to see city hall, and on a really clear day, i can see salesforce tower. we just have a wonderful neighborhood that we enjoy living in. being back in the neighborhood that i grew up in, it's a wonderful, wonderful experience. now, we can hopefully reach our goals, not only single mothers, but single fathers, as well, who are living that. live your dream, live your life, >>> >> >> >>

and while san francisco still has the most expensive housing stock in the nation of 4.2% decrease in les prices in january, drove san francisco's on affordability score down. another warm day out there today. it's pretty much mostly sunny, partly sunny kind of day. more clouds tomorrow and that chance of some showers. hit and miss showers start tomorrow and kind of linger. on friday and saturday in the mountains out, i mean sort of continuous activity, so travel plans to lake tahoe opportunities your skier going up there for business. it's going to require a little bit of thinking about it before you go. just because especially on i think friday night and saturday morning. i think they're going to get some significant snow, you know, over a foot. or a foot. that's which is significant. these are the highest from today. don't you know? forget about those because tomorrow is going to be much cooler highs in the low sixties. some scattered showers, especially in the north bay early tomorrow. sister san francisco by lunchtime. see it's how the sky just widely scattered kind all over the p

. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program.een easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn how to use c

san francisco considering adding 20 sites for unhoused youth over the next year. the supervise says nearly half of the city's young homeless were previously displaced from san francisco housing and last year the city canceled plans for a youth center due the funding issues. >>> 5:05 and here is a live look at san francisco this morning. there's some proven fixes many believe could transform the city. so in episode 4 of our streaming series "saving san francisco", in an exclusive interview with mayor london breed, we ask her what she's doing to move the city forward. >> we were in the midst of a global pandemic. yes, things have gotten worse. and now as we're living with covid, we're really taking a hard stance on trying to turn these problems around. >> you can watch more of that right now on our roku, as well as other streaming devices by downloading the nbc bay area app or by going to nbcbayarea.com/saving san francisco. >>> well, the mayor there mentioned covid, and the cdc now says the newest covid subvariant is responsible for more than one-third of current u.s. cases. the ba.2 omicron variant now accounts for about 35% of cases. that's up from 22% the previous week. in

san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a

shooting case as soon as we have some more information, we'll bring it to you across the bay in san francisco house speaker nancy pelosi attended a women's history month roundtable. this event celebrated the reauthorization of the violence against women's act that grants continued resources to domestic violence victims across the country. the original act was passed back in 1994 and was co authored by then senator joe biden. this new bipartisan act funds several programs for women who have experienced violence and expand spending for culturally specific programs. it also creates a dedicated program for lgbtq violence survivors. i just want you to know how important the role was of our president. in this violence against wilhelm important it is to him that it's strong that it's funded and that it is implemented in a way that brings us a future without violence. another additional part of this new actives native american tribal courts the authority to try people who are non tribal for rape and sexual assault. activists and survivors of a mass shooting at a high school in florida returned to washingto

san francisco are back. [applause] >> in the last couple of weeks, you've seen san francisco, california, irish company open their doors. next week, we will open a brand-new ireland houserancisco, a state of the art office here in center city, to connect ireland and san francisco. it's a voter confidence in our relationship in san francisco, and a believe that ireland's future is intertwined with san francisco. [applause] >> so thank you all so much, and jim, jim, you know how i feel about you. love you, guy. love you, and to all of the other grand marshals, i met you all at the flag raising. thank you so much for being here. thank you. [speaking native language] >> thank you. >> thank you, consular general. we've got a few more highlights before we get to the supervisor's message, but we've got a few more things before we get there. we'll begin with the murphy irish dancers. [♪♪♪] >> thank you very much, murphy school of irish dancing. now, we're going to bring up the man who leads all of our events, mr. liam frost. >> thank you, sean. public speaking, one of my favorite things to do. welcome to the 171 st. patrick's day season. before we get started, we're missing tw

to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco housend development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with

. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program.t hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn ho

. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program.'t been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn how to u

build housing on this site, what i'm looking forward to the most is the people of this community that we can transition them into something permanent not just at this site, but anywhere in san franciscond that's why i'm so excited to be here with partners like tipping point. tipping point and the work that they're doing to help us get access to housing all over san francisco and i've got to say, sharon in particular left a very nice cushy job to join elizabeth with dignity moves and partner because she wanted to be apart of the solution. she wanted to bring her skill set to a place that's very different. and i know what we have here is part of the work that she's doing with dignity moves and will continue to do throughout san francisco because it can't just be one-sided. it has to be how we think about doing things in san francisco and how we cut the bureaucratic red tape to get the work done. [ applause ] and this site initially we weren't talking about housing. we were talking about a temporary site when supervisor kim was on the board of supervisors pushing for housing development. then it was going to become a navigation center. then the pandemic hit and we opened it up and peopl

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