and the housing ladder and continuum and the housing system and provides a broad set of steps for folks in various kinds of housing needs and provides the opportunity for movement up laterally and down as-needed if there is more support that is necessary. and it is important to think about all of the populations that we are serving. and trevor mentioned positive exits out of supportive housing and this is perhaps the focus here and we also think about the system that has a capacity and at some point, the system needs to be able to have room to take on more folks who are moving through the latter, without running into a capacity constraint and so it is really about supply which you have heard earlier about the over all affordable housing system and we have probably about 350 on average, units of net new housing production a year. to get there we need to increase the supply and the acceleration that have supply and we also need to increase the supply of bmr for the first time home ownership opportunity, and we need to strengthen the existing housing to be sure that we are not pu

and what the mayor's office does but there is also the question about the housing ladder for people who are in our affordable housing and what steps, do they go, beyond the affordable rental, and how do they create sort of the opportunity for people for them to move up the ladder further? >> but, i wanted to first talk about our role in support of housing. and i have the pleasure of working with some great colleagues, at the department of public health and human services agency. and it really is that collaboration between the departments that has allowed san francisco to be so successful in creating the supportive housing and mo is, you know, buy itself, could not do the things that the three departments are doing together and they are the experts, and in the area of services, and they are the experts in the area of care and we have bricks and mortar to create that affordable housing and stock and so what we do in this process is through our fees and that we create the opportunity to develop more permanently supportive housing as well as affordable housing and we look at a vid

and the strategies and potentially challenges to implementing the housing ladder in the hsa and it is close to 4,000 units that we are talking about. and so it is important to note, i talk a lit about how homeless folks access these units and it gives you a sense on the population that we are drawing from and sort of help the discussion on what types of services and again, the amount of services it should be in these supportive housing buildings. and so for the adult single occupancy and local operating subsidy or lost units, the access points are listed below and there are five of them adult emergency shelters and resource center and drop in centers, and the hot team and the homeless out reach team and, the cash funded units come through the public assistance program for single adults which is cap. and then, the other identified, non-profits that serve the population and so the folks who are referred in and access these units are generally right from the street and the system and so, generally, we are talking about although, not necessarily, chronically homeless, and we know th

to this and i think that the only way to do this process and i would really like the med foreof the ladder. and i really appreciate the people that are here today and the people out there building the ladder. and especially those that are here that are on the ladder that we have heard from. and it is such a sad thing to think that the legacy of san francisco, and is that the exit that the only, and the only exit that we have heard about today are the is the exit based upon getting jailed, locked up, towed away, or had to get, you know, a bus ticket out of town. the exit should be based upon what is good for people, not in an economic way. but in a human, caring way. and the lady from the department of health made a good point. the part of their care, that they provide, and the mentally ill is housing, the way to get them cured, is housing. and i think that is for every human, resident of san francisco. and it is necessary. instead of evaluating things on a economic cost, and what about a humanistic cost and i will finish with this. the question of supervisor mar asked was important, what a

you think about the hearing and the housing ladder and you want the people to climb up the ladder to make the space available for the people that are on our streets and having it clogged up makes no sense at all. so, i think that i have heard there is not enough supportive housing inventory to push the people along. >> sure. >> and then you also hear that some people, don't want to leave. and maybe they found the community in where they are. and the people who have been in the shelter two years and seven years, shocking when you hear those numbers for the first time. the truth in that, that there are these super long shelter stays and how do we unclog that part of our system? >> both devon and amanda mentioned that there is a cohort of folks that are in the long term shelter and we run the data and i wish that i would have brought it with me. i will give you an example and we can extrapolate that to some what of a whole and we opened, i am looking at the data now as i am speaking. and so 4 percent and so let's just do the data and i will talk about potential strategies. and so if you

top of the ladder and i stayed down there. officers and a couple other people started screaming for a ladder. >> we need a ladder now! >> i grabbed the ladder and me and another guy, we ran around the side. >> what bell then captures on his helmet cam is unreal. he reaches the side of the house and sees morales hanging out of the window. >> i do remember seeing lots of people coming towards me, police officers, firefighters. we don't always run into this. we train for it, but you don't expect it to happen. >> i recognized at that point when i was coming out of the window that it was firefighter alan bell that was on the scene, i felt really glad that he was there. >> bell and the others raced to get a ladder up to morales, and they don't have a moment to spare. >> i got to be honest with you, once i started to come out the window, i was really exhausted. >> being that he was outside, able to breathe, i knew it was better than being inside and stuck in there. >> the plan is for morales to bail out of the window head-first, and

the homeless individuals and the local homeless participation is number one when we look at the housing ladder we look at those without access to housing still. and the people who are still on the streets who are conically homeless and have not been housed and under the ten year plan because we don't have the type of housing that might be required. and looking at what housing, and looking at undocumented immigrants and who are involving there to the shelters and cannot access the housing. and seniors which i think that there were some great conversations and to the answers, and supervisor farrell's question about where do we have in the pipeline, we have nothing until the year 2018 in terms of housing for homeless people and that has to change to really clear the ladder thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker? >> hi, my orlan rayo, and i want to thank you guys for taking this issue on. and i spent 2009 homeless in san francisco, and i was finally housed through the community housing partnerships, and supportive housing, and the first year or two of housing is crucial and you must live in door

. >> reporter: what's the strategy for the ladder? >> use the cable, one step at a time and it's going to burn so just accept that. >> over about a half mile we climb 300 feet. >> there's a point on the run where you come towards the golden gate bridge and you get this gorgeous view of alcatraz island and the bay and it's so unique, and it makes me smile no matter how much i'm hurting. >> reporter: how did you prepare for this week's race? >> i've gone over the bike course. i'm going to jump in this cold water today and remind myself what it's going to feel like sunday and i have just been training really hard and i'm excited. >> reporter: every leg of the competition is difficult from the swim transitioning to the bike and finally the run. so the athletes, they need your support. if you want to know where you can come and line up along the course, we made it easy for you by visiting us online at kpix.com. have a great weekend, everybody! but before you go, the news will continue right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,, my dad worked as a short

black middle class, fears they are slipping down the ladder. >> when you look at the median income it's such a wide gap from blacks to whites, that you never catch up to what whites are making. because you don't have those opportunities. >> i'm going ogive you a firsthand -- to give you a firsthand look as philadelphia's rocky middle class continues. >> we're following the stories of people who have died in the desert >> the borderland memorial day marathon >> no ones prepared for this journey >> experience al jazeera america's critically acclaimed original series from the beginning >> experiencing it has changed me completely >> follow the journey as six americans face the immigration debate up close and personal. >> it's heartbreaking... >> i'm the enemy... >> i'm really pissed off... >> all of these people shouldn't be dead... >> it's insane... >> the borderland memorial day marathon only at al jazeera america >> philadelphia's complak decline has been stunning middle class decline has been stunning. grown since the 1970s that's a good thing. don't feel like they're on equal financia

black middle class, fears they are slipping down the ladder. >> when you look at the median income it's such a wide gap from blacks to whites, that you never catch up to what whites are making. because you don't have those opportunities. >> i'm going ogive you a firsthand -- to give you a firsthand look as philadelphia's rocky middle class continues. >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe burlinger >> the dna testing shows that these are not his hairs >> unreliable forensics >> the problem the bureaus got is they fail, it's a big, big deal... >> convicted of unspeakable crimes did flawed lab work take away their freedom? >> i was 18 when i went in... when i came out i was 50... you don't get it back... >> shocking truths revealed >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america >> philadelphia's complak decline has been stunning middle class decline has been stunning. grown since the 1970s that's a good thing. don't feel like they're on equal financial footing with their white counterparts. forced some black communities in philadelphia to get resourceful. you'll f

i mean, this is my version of what i have heard so far of the housing ladder. and we, can we get the screens in here? >> all right. all right, well it is not showing up. well, the housing ladder, it only has two rungs. and i mean, we have got a housing ladder. with two rungs and it is a supportive housing and no training for us. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >> next speaker please. >> [ speaking in a foreign language ] my name is catalina kerera. we are asking more homes and less jails. more rehab programs for the homeless families. allow six years in which i have been homeless with my daughters. >> i have seen a lot of the stories of latinos. we come to this country, and to learn the language is a barrier. there are a lot of workers that do not speak spanish. >> it is difficult to communicate our needs and the needs of our kids. and i have a 6-year-old daughter. >> she is constantly asking, mom when are we going to have a house, when is it going to be ready? she is thinking of a big house. she is unaware of the reality that is happening these days. i am looki

and then, like from heaven, the ladder came down right in front of me. and i just reached out. . somebody grabbed me immediately. >> hold on. hold on. >> once i got out of the water, i was in shock. i was just taking it all in viscerally that i was still breathing, that i was alive. >> hold on. >> i got down lower nt on the ladder and saw there were people beneath me, trapped further. >> i was pretty prepared, because i knew i was not going to be able to survive this. >> from my view standing on the ladder, you could see the water was rising and i could see firefighter king and the other victim with their heads just above the water. >> i was in contact with just serena. it was just us. we were the only ones left. >> everything happens very quickly and jay says, they can't pull both of us. and i'm still thinking, i'm going to drown and, um, chris, chris is on the ladder and he says -- he screams out, i won't let you go! >> i won't let you go. >> after she was extricated, when i was alone, that was probably the scariest part of all of it. that was the scariest moment in my whole l

how we are going to get there from here and a journey, but we look forward to exploring now and the ladder and the things that come out of that and so, with that, colleagues could i have a motion to file this hearing? >> so moved. >> motion, and seconded. will be taken without objection. >> okay. >> madam clerk. >> could you call item three? >>ordinance amending ordinance no. 160-13 (annual salary ordinance fys 2013-2014 and 2014-2015) to reflect the addition of 68 new positions (16.85 ftes in fy2013-2014) at the human services agency for implementation of additional work associated with increased state and federal funding. >> you have taken to jury duty. >> yes. >> and so we have heard this before and it was continued and maybe you could just talk about, your discussions with the budget analyst in between and behind of, and you have reached a middle ground? >> that is right. supervisors i'm dan caplan human services agency deputy director for finance and administration and this item as you mentioned is a continuation of an item that was before you last week and an amendment to the annual

eduardo garcia has hacked his way up the ladder to become chef owner of the city's hottest restaurant grew up in the states. i was a migrant worker picking fruits and vegetables as a kid. my parents didn't earn a lot of money, so i decided to work rather than go to school. >> the restaurant business as i well know ain't no picnic. and in mexico city, it's particularly rough. >> mexico has a reputation where we all know that the country's run by corrupt politics. you have to stand up for what you believe. if you don't, people will run you over. you won't last a minute. i don't let people bully me around. >> garcia runs maximo bistro with his wife, gabriella. here's the kind of extra helping of crap you've got to deal with if you run the hottest restaurant in mexico city. in 2013 the spoiled daughter of the head of mexico's consumer protection agency walks in and demands a table when there's, unsurprisingly, no table available. when garcia says sorry, no can do, she pulls a you know who i am and then calls daddy and gets the health inspectors in to shut the place down. so your other cus

when he pulls himself up the ladder listen to himself breathing through the gear. >> it shows you the ocean, it's not our territory. >> pepper is a sleepy head. ♪ >> pepper. ♪ pepper. >> this is mike from the hacks of life youtube channel and he's going to show us how to eat an entire day for free pretending like it's your birthday. >> oh. this is a lie. >> yeah. i feel bad. >> now the trick here is fooling the employees into thinking it's my birthday. did my boys have to get me gifts? no. those are empty boxes. >> grand slam for the birthday boy. >> yeah. >> they went for the grand slam that's as big as they went and getting stuff for free. >> that's just breakfast. >> what else do they go for? >> now time for lunch and this is where the sign that your office co-workers made comes in handy. >> you have a sticker on your back. >> i do. >> what's that there? >> those are wings. >> i didn't order these. >> these are birthday wing special. >> happy birthday from a hooter's girl. >> and ten free wings will get you lunch. >> i don't like this more now. he's lying and at hooters. >> doing t

but then it goes all the way up the ladder. it doesn't just stop at the 14-dollar level.the seniors cost of living is based on this. and everyone in america is going to get a raise. and that is wonderful. and here is the catch. in order to pay for the raises the money has to come from somewhere. so if you like the dollar deal at your fast food, get ready for $1.50 for fast food. so 1 dollar and 50 cents sounds better than $1.40. so they are going to have to raise it to the next level where they can pick up the customers work in sound good. and so just coming to the 30% increase in the cost of what you buy goes up by 30%. so the on only one that gains and that is the federal government. you move into a higher tax record enough for we raise taxes in america. we give people more money. make them pay more taxes or it and all they get to buy is what they bought before. and so that purchasing power will go up to the purchasing power of 2009 and beyond. because the prices will have to go up. and this includes the proposed plan that would result in the loss of a half million jobs

. >> from where i am standing you can't see the house, but you can see where the ladder is going behind the trees. that's where the house is. look at this video given to us by viewer chris sneed. incredible flames shooting out of the back of the home. the fire started around 9:30. they were home and smelled smoke and then went to the back of the home and saw the flames. one of the homeowners was injured with minor burns. the person was treated on the scene and released. firefighters had a hard time with the fire. it looks like a small home, but it is 3,000 square feet with several add ons. they had problems getting access to the places they needed to go. just the one injury was reported. all of the firefighters are fine. the fire is just about contained at this point and the firefighters are on scene to make sure nothing flares back up. you mentioned the heat. it is such a hot day across the bay area. it didn't cause such a challenge in fighting the flames inside, but what they did tell me was you can see right there where all of the firefighters are gathered they have the chairs and th

. >> india has had record growth the ladder 20 years, an income distribution programs have lifted millions out of poverty into a new middle class. it's these voters who are concerned now that india's striking gdp growth is slowing. voters want the next period to rein in inflation. most serve o survive on $2 a da. the congress party fought to end british colonial rule. today's congress party has been plagued with allegations. modi has been dogged about his attitude towards india's minority. in 2000, as many as a thousand muslims were killed. modi was accused of not doing enough to stop the violence. the u.s. revoked his visa over it. the g.o.p. leader has denied any wrongdoing ever since and the court found there was not enough evidence to bring him to trial. watching these elections closely is pakistan. the relationship between the two nuclear arms nations have long been strained. new delhi has not forthen the mumbai terror attacks were carried out by a radical group based in pakistan. the u.s. is watching closely, too. can the obama administration find a partner in a leader who won't be a

. >> from where i am standing you can't see the house, but you can see where the ladder is going behind the trees. that's where the house is. look at this video given to us by viewer chris sneed. incredible flames shooting out of the back of the home. the fire started around 9:30. they were home and smelled smoke and then went to the back of the home and saw the flames. one of the homeowners was injured with minor burns. the person was treated on the scene and released. firefighters had a hard time with the fire. it looks like a small home, but it is 3,000 square feet with several add ons. they had problems getting access to the places they needed to go. just the one injury was reported. all of the firefighters are fine. the fire is just about contained at this point and the firefighters are on scene to make sure nothing flares back up. you mentioned the heat. it is such a hot day across the bay area. it didn't cause such a challenge in fighting the flames inside, but what they did tell me was you can see right there where all of the firefighters are gathered they have the chairs and th

he was supposed to pull the chain ladder up. but when he jerked, he fell backwards and fell off the wall. the ladder fell back down. there at the horseshoe pit, doug taylor was pitching horseshoes. he's watching these guys go over. no one's getting shot, no one seems to care. i'm serious. he just went -- he run over, he went over. about that time, a guy running laps. he had on running shorts and tennis shoes. he comes around and he saw doug go over. he stops and running in place. he shrugged, too, and he went over. >> 15 minutes later as the seventh inmate was climbing over, a guard in another tower finally took notice and fired a shot, striking the last escapee in the shoulder. >> the way it used to work here, they had a big steam whistle. when they would have an escape, they would blow the whistle. when you hear the whistle blow, you get a shotgun and your dog and go to the woods. because the inmates, back then there was a $25 bounty on the inmates. >> wind three days, all the men were captured. james earl ray was discovered hi

slipping down the ladder. >> the biggest challenge across the races is essentially poverty, and we're not only seeing that in the city, but even pover see rising in our suburbs around the city of philadelphia. >> that's coming up on our series on philly's rocky middle class. keep it right here. >> you can add -- we need a big calculator to this -- you can add cars to the gm recall list this year, covering faulty seatbelts and fire issues, gm plans to take a $400 million charge in the second quarter to cover the cost of repairs. that's double the $200 million set aside after the recalls last week. aljazeera's lisa stark has the details. >> reporter: general motors has recalled more than 15 million vehicles for 27 different safety problems, and that's a record number of recalls for the automaker, and the latest are four different safety problems, blamed for 14 accidents and luckily no fatalities. one of them is passenger side airbags, found in 1.3 million vehicles, including popular crossovers, sold under the buick, and gm and chevies. in malibus and pontiac g6s. and also, two recalls f

surveillance video will show you here taken last june shows the ladder truck hitting ting a motorcyclist on the street. the suspensions range from 10 to 30 days. the firefighters' union tells us the suspended firefighters were only following protocol after the crash. >> we're rather stunned at these suspensions bought what you have here are a bunch of men and women faced with a difficult situation and they did the best they could. >> former firefighter michael quinn resigned after the crash and is facing three felony dui charges. >>> a major freeway interchange remains shut down in vallejo because of a brush fire. the fire was reported about 5:45 p.m. all the ramps were shut down while fire crews attacked the vegetation fire. between the closures and drifting smoke, the fire caused pretty serious backups. a sig alert remains in effect for that area. >>> a vigil is happening right now to remember poet maya angelou. many people thought of her as the conscious of america. this is a live picture from kaiser park in oakland has people gather at remember the monument to reflect on how her word

i mean, this is my version of what i have heard so far of the housing ladder. d we, can we get the screens in here? >> all right. all right, well it is not showing up. well, the housing ladder, it only has two rungs. and i mean, we have got a housing ladder. with two rungs and it is a supportive housing and no training for us. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >> next speaker please. >> [ speaking in a foreign language ] my name is catalina kerera. we are asking more homes and less jails. more rehab programs for

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and it goes all the way up the ladder. it doesn't just stop at the $14 level. and, in fact, it even affects seniors. the seniors' cost of living is based on wages, not on what it costs a senior to buy something. so everybody in america is going to get a raise and that was wonderful except -- and here's the catch -- in order to pay for those raises, the money has to come from somewhere. so if you like the dollar deal at your fast food, get ready for $1.50 at your fast food. yeah, right, it's only a 40% increase so it ought to be $1.40. but a buck and a half sounds better than $1.40. so they're going to have to raise it to the next level where they can pick up the customers, where it will sound good. yeah. so, yes, you get a 30% increase but the cost of what you buy goes up 30%. did you get ahead? i don't think so. the only one that gains in that's the federal government. you moved into a higher tax bracket. that's how we raise taxes in america. we cause an inflation cycle, we get people more money, we make them pay more taxes and all they get to buy is what they

>> if you look at people at the bottom end of the ladder, the bottom 20%, ali, the problem with thoseouseholds is that they are not earning enough, it's that they are not earning anything. all. and the worst thing to do is job. second of all, is i would do what you just suggested. i like the idea of a generous earned income credit, a supplement to people's. that is paid for by the taxpayer not the business. and that's for people who have parents, kids, you are living them out of poverty, but not employer. >> and do you feel -- because we're in an election year -- midterm election cycle, do you think conservatives will come together with a palatable response? because i think this question is going to work itself into quite a furry come september. >> it is. but i think minimum wage is a little bit overrated as an issue. because the people who are struggling are people in the middle class. i think the response has to be what are we going to do to help middle class families, and basically indict the obama policies that really haven't worked and talk about new ideas. >> all right. there's

. >> from where i am standing you can't see the house, but you can see where the ladder is going behind the trees. that's where the house is. look at t this video given to us by viewer chris sneed. incredible flames shooting out of the back of the home. the fire started around 9:30. they were home and smelled smoke and then went to the back of the home and saw the flames. one of the homeowners was injured with minor burns. the person was treated on the scene and released. firefighters had a hard time with the fire. it looks like a small home, but it is 3,000 square feet with several add ons. they had problems getting access to the places they needed to go. just the one injury was reported. all of the firefighters are fine. the fire is just about contained at this point and the firefighters are on scene to make sure nothing flares back up. you mentioned the heat. it is such a hot day across the bay area. it didn't cause such a challenge in fighting the flames inside, but what they did tell me was you can see right there where all of the firefighters are gathered they have the chairs and

slipping down the ladder. >> the biggest challenge across the races is essentially poverty, and we're not only seeing that in the city, but even pover see rising in our suburbs around the city of philadelphia. >> that's coming up on our series on philly's rocky middle class. keep it right here. >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe berlinger >> mandatory minimums are routinely used to coerce plea bargains >> mandatory minimums >> the whole goal is to reduce gun crime, now we've got people saying "this isn't fair"... >> does the punishment always fit the crime? >> had the person that murdered our daughter got the mandatory minimum, he wouldn't have been out. >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america >> we're following the stories of people who have died in the desert >> the borderland memorial day marathon >> no ones prepared for this journey >> experience al jazeera america's critically acclaimed original series from the beginning >> experiencing it has changed me completely >> follow the journey as six americans face the immigration debate up close and

and he's able to climb up the ladder and all is well. this is what green cross in india does. look at the video here, they have the youtube channel. this is them dealing with a spectacled cobra. look at the head on that thing. he puts on shinguards, i wouldn't go into that garage without a suit of armor. >> a male suit. >> this is what these guys do. they get them out of there. they care for the snakes. they're conservationists them get them to habitats where they should be living. >> check out this dash cam and what it costs. this person is driving down a street in brisbane, australia. this is a school zone. watch what happens. >> oh. j>>e little girl was standing there, on the side of the road, with her mother. and the little girl ran out in front of the car, but you do see the car stop. and, in fact, that's why this video is out there. safety officials are using this video as an example of why there should be low speed limit zones in school zones, because it gives people time to react in cases like this one, because this driver was able to react and was traveling at such a l