and provided a variety of services to unhoused individuals, about 306 unhoused individuals. some of the highlights of those services were 64 health and wellness services and those are referrals and warm handoffs through the aids foundation. 26 related to harm reduction services, which is really around services to people who are -- have a substance use disorder and two to housing with the help of s.f. hut and d.p.h. and one was given a ride home through the homeward bound program. next slide, please, chris. as we said, we have a program called live in the castro which during the pandemic has been suspended, but this is jane warner plaza and throughout 2018, 2019, we had live entertainment, concerts, readings, speeches in the jane warner plaza throughout the warm non-rainy months. and i think that the next slide is the end, right? next slide, thank you. yeah, so if there's any questions i'm really happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor mar: thank you so much for the presentation and it's all impressive work at the castro upper market c.b.d. do you have any questions or r

and provided a variety of services to unhoused individuals, about 306 unhoused individuals. some of the highlights of those services were 64 health and wellness services and those are referrals and warm handoffs through the aids foundation. 26 related to harm reduction services, which is really around services to people who are -- have a substance use disorder and two to housing with the help of s.f. hut and d.p.h. and one was given a ride home through the homeward bound program. next slide, please, chris. as we said, we have a program called live in the castro which during the pandemic has been suspended, but this is jane warner plaza and throughout 2018, 2019, we had live entertainment, concerts, readings, speeches in the jane warner plaza throughout the warm non-rainy months. and i think that the next slide is the end, right? next slide, thank you. yeah, so if there's any questions i'm really happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor mar: thank you so much for the presentation and it's all impressive work at the castro upper market c.b.d. do you have any questions or r

and provided a variety of services to unhoused individuals, about 306 unhoused individuals. some of the highlights of those services were 64 health and wellness services and those are referrals and warm handoffs through the aids foundation. 26 related to harm reduction services, which is really around services to people who are -- have a substance use disorder and two to housing with the help of s.f. hut and d.p.h. and one was given a ride home through the homeward bound program. next slide, please, chris. as we said, we have a program called live in the castro which during the pandemic has been suspended, but this is jane warner plaza and throughout 2018, 2019, we had live entertainment, concerts, readings, speeches in the jane warner plaza throughout the warm non-rainy months. and i think that the next slide is the end, right? next slide, thank you. yeah, so if there's any questions i'm really happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor mar: thank you so much for the presentation and it's all impressive work at the castro upper market c.b.d. do you have any questions or r

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.amely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, work

unhoused people rising up, demanding and getting some housing. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "golden" by jill scott. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. less than a week aftfter a grand jury failed to charge the police officers who shot breonna taylor with her death, kentucky's attorney general daniel cameron agreed monday to release the recording of the grand juryy prproceedings toto the court.. on monday, an anonymous grand juror sued in order to unseal the court transcripts, accusing cameron of using the grand jury "as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility for those decisions." the juror also said jury members should be granted the right to speak freely about the case and be allowed to share "any potential l charges and defendas presented or not presented." the grand jury's only indictments were three counts of wanton endangerment against former louisville police detective brett hankison for shooting into the apartment of a neighbor. the two officers who shot

checks, distributing appropriate resources, water, and face masks, and checking on folks who are unhoused and in street at this time. and our department of rec and parks park rangers are courage at dolores park, doing outreach and providing masks. in addition, we will continue to do covid testing. our covid testing needs to continue. we continue to distribute bottled water to our safe sleep sites and testing sites so that people coming out to our safe sleep sites and testing sites will have accessibility to shade and water. we ask everyone to help us by checking on family and friends and neighbors, especially older adults or people that have vulnerabilities and live alone. please check on your neighbors and provide them stance assist they need it. >> thank you very much, director carroll. it looks like, at this time, we don't have any further questions. yeah, we are -- there's no further questions at this time. there any other advice that you can give the residents of san francisco to stay safe this weekend? >> yes, thank you so much. well, we definitely recommend people to visit sf72.org

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.amely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, work

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhoused. this prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to pre

some of these folks are homeless and some -- most of them are homeless and unhoused, and some of them do have a place to live. the crt, the critical response team, what that will be is -- and again, ems6 goes out just with one paramedic captain. although we have partnered with public-health a couple of times. the critical response team will be a partnership with the department of public-health and an advanced healthcare practitioner and a peer support person. someone who has gone through homelessness or addiction or the like. we will respond to the calls that people were sent to and where it's not a law enforcement issue. and that it is, you know, social work or medical that is required. the department of emergency management, the police department, fire department, 311 there are different entities working together to figure out how to get those calls and how to triage those calls differently instead of sending everything to the police department and there are 21,000 calls i believe last year for the police department that they want to sort of shift to a different type of response. >>

i don't know why the unhoused are not a priority. they should be in make sense to me. >> he take some comfort in knowing if he gets sick, he can still protect the people around him. >> it is taking a toll on the homeless community. >> they hope by expanding this program that they will improve their contact tracing and their efforts to contain the spread, though, of the virus. devin fehely, kpix5. >>> they are considering new rules on where the homeless can and cannot camp. this would prioritize clearing encampments in certain areas, including spaces in front of schools, residences, and businesses. and all other areas, they would be a lot of the only take up one side of the street. and not impose on traffic. >> reporter: they announced another round of funding, with total of 163 units to provide a permanent housing. san francisco got $45 million from the project home key funding comes city says it is going to use that time -- money to buy this in lower nobhill. it will convert the 232 rooms as part of its homeless recovery plan. >>> n

we know not everyone can stay home and we need to take steps to protect our unhoused residents. department of homelessness and supportive housing will provide an update on what we are doing for our homeless residents but we are prepared to do everything we can to keep people safe. as with covid, our ultimate goal was to keep the public informed. when we have information to share, we will share it. the affects of climate change are already being felt and sadly we know events like these are only going to become more common with dryer weather and hotter temperatures. but we will do everything that we can in this city to keep people safe and healthy. we'll be providing updates throughout the day online and will continue to notify the public in the coming days and weeks with more information. if you have questions and concerns and don't have access to the internet call 3-1-1 and i'd like to thank the people of san francisco for continuing to listen to our public health guidance. to be clear, we're still on the state watch list around covid. we anticipate hopefully tomorrow we may no

this appropriately defines vulnerable at age 45 rather than 60 for those who are unhoused and enabling them to access services that as a physician i know are desperately needed to address the preventible health disparity. this could potentially impact the neighbors during the pandemic and also improve longer term outcomes for our unhoused neighbors with much needed stabilization and seek shelter. thank you. >> supervisors, we have to arrive at critical data how many homeless we have in the city. we don't count all the homeless people. then you want to make an age difference. it is not about age. this is the mentally challenged and physically challenged and people who have ailments, young people, 15, 16 years old. that are die betting i, on the street, dying. and going to wait until they are 65 years old to give them son benefits? come on, san francisco. you say that you are leading. we are not leading like the lady said. other than one of the comments that you made. they opened up hotel rooms in august. why? because they want fema to pay for it. i'm going to sit by fema because i have

homeless encampments keep globe city trying to find a balance to support the health and safety of the unhoused, while addressing concerns from some residents and businesses. >> the bottom line is that the status quo that been working. >> reporter: the city is considering a homeless encampment policy that provides high and low sensitivity areas be designated in 0 oakland. they would be cleared within high sensitive areas, including within 50 feet of a school, house, business, or public park, and within 5 feet of a shelter. homeless people would abe allowed to camp in other parts of the city considered low sensitivity areas, enforce system depriorityized, but standards are created to ensure laws aren't being broken. >> this is an attempt to strike a balance in the needs of supporting our unhound, treating them humanely, while at the same time creating some consist any and structure to how we support our encampment. >> reporter: emme entation is unclear, but the proposal was created after receiving over 800 responses earlier this year to a survey. at a zoom meet, the committee continued to hear b

and i see the same problem when it comes to housing, 40% of people who are unhoused are black.se are cascading effects that are affecting all of us. >> what are you thinking. >> i'm an unaffiliated voter, which is the same as an independent voter here in the state of colorado. i'm a military veteran and i finished aft finished desert storm and i've been seeing the way this administration shows up in commander-in-chief and with respect to not only active duty personnel but with respect to the way the military veterans are treated after the war. and i've been wholly disappointed that this administration has yet to respond to the russian bounties on american heads in the middle east, i stand proudly as one of the suckers and losers who decided to volunteer for service to this country. i served honorably and i continue to serve honorably in my community. i take exception to every word he uttered in helsinki. i think that when we start talking about our national defense, and the briefing that he got earlier this year, with respect to covid and how it was going to affect this nation,

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.ely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, workin

we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like somethingo identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, working with the city to make sure we are doing extra cleaning at the food stations in areas where they are trying to distribute food. and it's something that we have been doing more recently which is imparting with our colleagues at the m.t.a., planning, and other departments to set up the shared spaces program. so you can

residents of the camps are demanding the city invest in more resources for unhoused people, including safefe housing during the pandemic. on thehe campaign trail, joe bin said thursday that if elected president, he might increase military spending even beyond the pentagon's current record budget of $738 billion. biden told stars & stripes -- "we have to focus more on unmanned capacity, cyber and i.t., in a very modern world that is changing rapidly." meanwhile, president trump campaigned outside saginaw, michigan, thursday where he spoke for 90 minutes to an overwhelmingly white crowd of several thousand supporters, who packed shoulder-to-shoulder into an airport hangar with air force one as a backdrop. red hats vastly outnumbered face masks at trump's rally, flouting michigan governor gretchen whitmer's public health orders. trump also wore no mask. he attacked joe biden as a "globalist sellout." en wins,ump: if bidn china wins. if you wins, the anarchists, flag burners win. amy: in portland, oregon, , mayr ted wheeler has ordedered his city's popolice force to stop using tear gas, f

agreed to hand over 50 vacant homes to a community land trust following months of organizing by unhoused people. including protest encampments and taking over vacant homes. 50 mothers and children who have been occupying 15 vacant city-owned houses will also be permitted to stay as part of the deal. philadelphia housing action, the group behind the direct action campaign, will set up the community land trust. sterling johnson, an organizer with black and brown workers cooperative, welcomed the news but stressed it is only a first step, saying -- "there was already a major housing crisis in philadelphia and we anticipate a wave of mass evictions on top of that due to covid-19. the scale of the housing crisis would require thousands of new units of low-income housing. this is only the beginning." to see our interview with sterling johnson, go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. we begin tododay's show l lookit a bombshell report in "the new york times" thatat reveals donad trump paid no

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhoused. this prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to pre

. >> how are we ensuring we're not keeping folks in custody who are unhoused? >> it's up to the judge to release him or not to electronic monitoring. we at the community programs allow people that are up housed to chargin our building 24 hour. they go over in or ye orientati. if they have nowhere to charge, they can come back to us and charge, daily, if they want, but the devices are lasting three, four, five days and so they need to charge, they can come back to us and we'll help them charge. >> i also believe the pretrial has data that shows what pretrial's recommendation is versus what the court decides to do and i know there is some demographic information that goes with this data. but, again, we don't have that today, but we could get that. >> yeah, because that was my next question. do we have the racial demographic breakdown? >> there is that data and so there's the recommendation and then the action by the court. >> and so i would love to know the data that shows effectiveness, any information about audit that, you know, what would let us know recidivis

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhoused. this prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to pre

and i think it is without a doubt very understandably our unhoused, homeless neighbors that are experiencing the worst of this crisis. while i am sheltered in my home, i can't even go outside into my garden without coughing and experiencing major respiratory problems, because of the incredibly poor air quality in our city right now. and yet it is our homeless who are facing the worst of this, because they don't have to place to shelter, they don't have a way to get away from this poisonous air. so far the board of supervisors and mayor breed have limited their access to hotel shelters that the governor ordered in the beginning of the covid pandemic. and have increased and continued the removal of people's tents and equipment that they need to survive. additionally, in the july issue of the coalition of homeless people, there was some disturbing information presented about mayor breed making calls to the police chief about homeless people just existing, one quote says man sleeping on bench on hayes street near go. that was mayor breed at a police chief -- to william scott. he replied, we are

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhousedthis prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to prese

. >> how are we ensuring we're not keeping folks in custody who are unhoused?> it's up to the judge to release him or not to electronic monitoring. we at the community programs allow people that are up housed to chargin our building 24 hour. they go over in or ye orientati. if they have nowhere to charge, they can come back to us and charge, daily, if they want, but the devices are lasting three, four, five days and so they need to charge, they can come back to us and we'll help them charge. >> i also believe the pretrial has data that shows what pretrial's recommendation is versus what the court decides to do and i know there is some demographic information that goes with this data. but, again, we don't have that today, but we could get that. >> yeah, because that was my next question. do we have the racial demographic breakdown? >> there is that data and so there's the recommendation and then the action by the court. >> and so i would love to know the data that shows effectiveness, any information about audit that, you know, what would let us know recidivism

and we are making sure that the unhoused have opportunities to be safe indoors. we made historic cuts to the police department, something that wasn't easy to do and that has never happened in the ten years that i've been on this board of supervisors, but we responded to the national movement asking us to do just that. what we accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary and i want to thank my colleagues on the budget committee, supervisors mandelman, president yee, supervisor walton and, of course, chair fewer. it was brutal. we worked so hard. i can't believe how long those meetings were night after night. i thought we were going to lose our minds at certain points, but we didn't. we stayed as calm as we could under really tough circumstances. and we really kept our unity on this budget committee. and i feel very proud of that as well. and so much of that was following the lead of the chair. thank you again. we did it, we accomplished something major. of course, we never can make everyone happy, but i think if you look at the budget overall, it's a document w

and we are making sure that the unhoused have opportunities to be safe indoors. we made historic cuts to the police department, something that wasn't easy to do and that has never happened in the ten years that i've been on this board of supervisors, but we responded to the national movement asking us to do just that. what we accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary and i want to thank my colleagues on the budget committee, supervisors mandelman, president yee, supervisor walton and, of course, chair fewer. it was brutal. we worked so hard. i can't believe how long those meetings were night after night. i thought we were going to lose our minds at certain points, but we didn't. we stayed as calm as we could under really tough circumstances. and we really kept our unity on this budget committee. and i feel very proud of that as well. and so much of that was following the lead of the chair. thank you again. we did it, we accomplished something major. of course, we never can make everyone happy, but i think if you look at the budget overall, it's a document w

some of these folks are homeless and some -- most of them are homeless and unhoused, and some of themhave a place to live. the crt, the critical response team, what that will be is -- and again, ems6 goes out just with one paramedic captain. although we have partnered with public-health a couple of times. the critical response team will be a partnership with the department of public-health and an advanced healthcare practitioner and a peer support person. someone who has gone through homelessness or addiction or the like. we will respond to the calls that people were sent to and where it's not a law enforcement issue. and that it is, you know, social work or medical that is required. the department of emergency management, the police department, fire department, 311 there are different entities working together to figure out how to get those calls and how to triage those calls differently instead of sending everything to the police department and there are 21,000 calls i believe last year for the police department that they want to sort of shift to a different type of response. >> are

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.washing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really

san francisco mta should not add to the number of unhoused folks.people's homes should not be towed even post covid. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> you have six questions remaining. >> hi my name is nancy. i'm calling because of the death trans. when crossing the street if the left looking right turners, the red light runners will. red light cameras would make a big difference and might even save my life and the lives of others. we need a plan. what is our plan to expend camera usage. it's long past time to keep people safe in our city. i urge you to focus on decision zero and create a plan. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please sm. >> she and her. lots of important things. first of all concerning j church. this transfer has to be backed up with robust and proactive accessibility. the strive for 100% up time with an elevator that needs to be kept operating and needs to be kept clean. having trouble getting seating on a train that's in a tunnel. if we can't ensure accessibility this plan is going to fail. we have to work on

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhousedthis prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to prese

. >> i know there are some unique challenges for our unhoused population during this crisis.amely handwashing -- handwashing and social distancing. how has public works been addressing these problems? >> you know, ever since public works got involved with the response to covid, it really began from day one. we have been working with the unhoused community and the city more broadly doing things like something to identify and design and construct a safe sleeping sights. we have been helping other areas like helping to do some of the prep for the testing centres that are all over the city now. we have also been helping to retrofit and design some of the medical facilities. we are prepared to address the surge if and when that does happen. we have also been working on the aberration side where we have been able to double the program. [indiscernible] it's just some of the things that we are regarding specifically to covid, but then on top of that, we have been doing our day-to-day work that we always do in helping to resolve some of the -- and the encampments across the city, work

port staff provided access to space and land, protecting food security and housing access for our unhoused neighbors. >> we're here on piers 30 and 32. this is a covid-19 testing center behind me. the project came about because the city needed to establish a covid testing center, and the poured had land that was outdoors. this site was the first high capacity testing site in the city. port staff has been instrumental in helping the department of public health to set up their sites and run them. >> what you're seeing behind me is the san francisco marin food bank operation at lot a. the port was approached by the giant about waiving the rent for the food bank. >> we came together with the port of san francisco so say okay, let's -- to say okay, let's work because this is the most important issue facing our community, making sure everybody is fed. lot a provided a great location. it's a lot of space that would allow for social distancing. we're in the mission bay neighborhood where we don't have a foot pantry. there's a lot of families in need, so this is a great space to serve people in the

san francisco mta should not add to the number of unhoused folks.people's homes should not be towed even post covid. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> you have six questions remaining. >> hi my name is nancy. i'm calling because of the death trans. when crossing the street if the left looking right turners, the red light runners will. red light cameras would make a big difference and might even save my life and the lives of others. we need a plan. what is our plan to expend camera usage. it's long past time to keep people safe in our city. i urge you to focus on decision zero and create a plan. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please sm. >> she and her. lots of important things. first of all concerning j church. this transfer has to be backed up with robust and proactive accessibility. the strive for 100% up time with an elevator that needs to be kept operating and needs to be kept clean. having trouble getting seating on a train that's in a tunnel. if we can't ensure accessibility this plan is going to fail. we have to work on

advancing affordable housing to address the tremendous needs of low-income folks and people who are unhoused and insufficiently housed and also to address the ever-widening ranks of every day san franciscans shut out of the private housing market as we struggle to survive in our prohibitively expensive city. there's a lot more to do, but i appreciate the members for their advocacy on this board in their efforts to do more to make san francisco a more inclusive and equitable city. and every year, we take a brief moment to pause and take stock and be inspired and push forward. this year, as with many aspects of our lives, things are a bit different. affordable housing week was originally scheduled in may. it was supposed to be in early may and has been moved to september. it's also going to be scaled back a bit this year. there were originally going to be ten events planned this year. it's going to be shifted to a virtual setting with fewer offerings. that said, i think we need to keep this at the forefront as there is no chance for pause in the conversation about housing in san francisco. we'

problem of drug dealers coming from outside the area to prey on tenderloin residents, housed and unhoused. this prevents the 28 named defendants from entering the tenderloin and part of the adjacent south of market neighborhood. roughly from van ness to ellis and geary to mission. the tenderloin would become a protected zone and these defendants, none of whom live in the tenderloin, would be allowed to go there unless they had a lawful legitimate reason to be there. we're focused on the predatory repeat dealers selling the most dangerous drugs, including those leading to the most deaths. we have rigorous criteria. he or she was arrested at least twice for drug sales or possession of drugs for the purpose of sales in the tenderloin in the past year and a half. one of those arrests must have been in the last nine months. both of the arrests must have led to either criminal charges by the district attorney or a motion to revoke probation. the drugs involved were fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. and the defendant is not a tenderloin resident. has been given the opportunity to pre

advancing affordable housing to address the tremendous needs of low-income folks and people who are unhoused and insufficiently housed and also to address the ever-widening ranks of every day san franciscans shut out of the private housing market as we struggle to survive in our prohibitively expensive city. there's a lot more to do, but i appreciate the members for their advocacy on this board in their efforts to do more to make san francisco a more inclusive and equitable city. and every year, we take a brief moment to pause and take stock and be inspired and push forward. this year, as with many aspects of our lives, things are a bit different. affordable housing week was originally scheduled in may. it was supposed to be in early may and has been moved to september. it's also going to be scaled back a bit this year. there were originally going to be ten events planned this year. it's going to be shifted to a virtual setting with fewer offerings. that said, i think we need to keep this at the forefront as there is no chance for pause in the conversation about housing in san francisco. we'

and we are making sure that the unhoused have opportunities to be safe indoors. we made historic cuts to the police department, something that wasn't easy to do and that has never happened in the ten years that i've been on this board of supervisors, but we responded to the national movement asking us to do just that. what we accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary and i want to thank my colleagues on the budget committee, supervisors mandelman, president yee, supervisor walton and, of course, chair fewer. it was brutal. we worked so hard. i can't believe how long those meetings were night after night. i thought we were going to lose our minds at certain points, but we didn't. we stayed as calm as we could under really tough circumstances. and we really kept our unity on this budget committee. and i feel very proud of that as well. and so much of that was following the lead of the chair. thank you again. we did it, we accomplished something major. of course, we never can make everyone happy, but i think if you look at the budget overall, it's a document w