to vouchers.here is a here is a trend line that looks different for education savings account. the line is wiggling which makes sense. this type of program is new to a lot of people, and a lot of the folks taking the survey of being exposed to the concept for the first time. last last year 56 percent of the public supported esa. last year 34% opposed and this year is 28 percent, and i expect these as we continue in future years still to wiggle. it will take some time for education savings accounts to diffuse in terms of understanding among the general public. quickly to go through demographic findings that stand out to sell groups relatively seeking the most likely to oppose school choice in the least likely to oppose school choice our seniors, democrats and leaving democrats pretty clear across the board. on the flipside -- conversely you have your school parents low income earners young adults and republicans and leaning republicans. on our voucher question we saw that suburbanites were signific

voucher renewal account. this amendment mirrors the president's request and targets 30,000 vouchers for those families and individuals most in need of housing assistance. homeless family, veterans including those not covered by the v.a. program victims of domestic violence and native americans. the bill does include important and hetchful language directing thoud target vouchers to the vulnerable populations as they become available but provides no funds for h.u.d. to do so. my amendment sets aside specific funding for these target vouchers to ensure the most vulnerable populations have access to affordable housing this will go a long way to make sure that every family that qualifies for rental assistance finds a home. at the funning levels of administrative fees it would be impossible forepublic housing agencies to hire and main stain taff to process an renew vouchers. we cannot continue to undermine our hardworking public housing agencies by failing to provide them money to function. my amendment would fina

we want to keep those vouchers at the same rate of increase as the state vouchers.so, with that, i will take comments.. i also want to say that we received a budget analyst report that we are not in agreement at this time with the finance. >> thank you. supervisor yee >> thank you. i am glad you brought up the issue of state system. the majority -- the biggest piece of revenue that comes into serve those families either working or going to school, and are low income i am a comes from the state. some of it of course comes through kenneth but those are more voucher orientated. the state funding, a lot of it goes right directly to our childcare centers. the issue that they face for the last 10 years seems like forever, the reimbursement that they get is pretty limited, or has been cut, while they have no other way to reduce expenditures because he restricted in terms of your ratios of how many adults you need from a children. so, you cannot just cut staff like some other services appeal to serve the same number.. they are struggling -- the city has stepped up in the la

you can't use that voucher. so we're trying to get back to where we were before. >> these are people on the ground using these and they are saying that they are left unused because of the problems that they have to deal with, the restrictions, lack of flexibility, whatever it is that is causing them not to be able to do that. so i think that's something that you need to look at. next question we haved a long discussion about the income that was cut back in january and again, it really concerns me because, according to your report which i have right here, you're continuing to take in or lend to a group of folks who are probably more problematic from the standpoint that you're now going to the 640 to 679 credit scores, which is fine but by doing that, exposure to more risk which means more possible loss. if you look at the losses, i really got some problems here with some of the loss information in the report. one place it says you've lost $7.5 billion over the first half of the year. $15 billion this year and in

8 vouchers to a sequestration.it's why we seek to stretch our resources as far as we can through initiatives like r.a.d. it's why we believe in properly funding both capitally and funding for public housing and why we look to be innovative in communities with initiatives like choice, neighborhoods and promise zones. we want to take a wholistic approach to making opportunities more possible for americans and as i mentioned early on, right now we're only serving one out of every four people that qualify for hud services. so we see there is a tremendous need out there and we want to do something about it. >> thank you very much. national housing trust fund, we have a deficit of over 7 million affordable available units and we all know that barney frank worked very hard. i worked with him to get the national housing trust fund. we don't seem to have much support from our friends on the opposite side of the aisle. we must find ways to fully capitalize the trust fund and defend against republican attacks to abolish the p

>> well, the fact is, for instance, let's take our vouchers, we lost 67,000 vouchers. what we see out there is that we're able to serve one out of every four people who need it. >> but have we had an improvement in this space? those who are homeless. >> in homelessness, we have seen an improvement. and why was that? >> but you're asking for that money. >> we dedicated more resources to it. hud vouchers, to the committee's credit, congress's credit and the president's leadership, the reason we have seen a reduction in veteran homelessness is because we invested in -- >> and i appreciate your comments on veterans and that's a nice number. but i -- >> then let's talk about folks who live in rural areas or tribal communities. >> let's talk about it as a whole, then. what success have you had of getting people not just into the system of public housing and section 8, but out of the system? and it goes back to the questions that the chairman asked, that you come and ask for more money but you can't sit here today and say, listen, you guys, there is what we're dining. we're b

the resis subsidized with a federal voucher specifically for homeless veterans. since 2008, nearly 80,000 of these vouchers for homeless vets have been awarded around the country. >> i'll sign it, thanks. >> reporter: christine margiotta runs home for good for the united way of greater los angeles, which has coordinated the efforts of hundreds of service providers working to help homeless ts. she says housing for the homeless, including veterans, is less expensive than trying to care for people on the street, which costs nearly $1 billion annually in l.a. >> because that person is using the emergency rooms for their primary health care. they may be cycling in and out of jail or prison. they're really suffering, out on our streets. what we know is that permanent supportive housing is actually 40% cheaper than leaving someone on the streets and, in our minds, doing nothing. >> reporter: but despite the progress made, there's no shortage of homeless people including veterans, on the streets of los angeles. early one morning we went to skid row in downtown l.a. with

8 vouchers to sequestration. it's why we seek to stretch our resources as far as we can through initiatives like rad. it's why we believe in properly funding both capital and operating for public housing and why we look to the innovative and -- be innovative in communities with initiatives like choice neighborhoods and promise zones. we want to take a wholistic approach to making more affordable housing opportunities possible for americans. and as i mentioned early on right now we're only serving one out of every four people that qualifies for hud services. so we see that there is that tremendous need out there and we want to do something about it. >> national housing trust fund. we have a deficit of over seven million affordable available units and we all know that barney frank worked very hard i worked with him, to get the national housing trust fund we feel don't seem to have much support from our friends on the opposite side of the aisle. we must find ways to fully capitalize trust fund and defend against rep

we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after theyave their children, up to age 5 they are able to receive food vouchers to get milk and cereal for their children. >> it's for the city, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do par

. >> we're doing a substantial amount of lessons around section 8 vouchers some people housing providers are retrofit to accept section 8 vouchers so for housing we're looking that for the sanctuary city ordinance with the discrimination and this year we piloted angle explicit bias program and we continue with two more sections i think will be institutionalized in the city family fleeshg the next is the operating budget the same always the last couple of years the only under consideration in 2016 was the additional funding for the latino project no big change going forward. >> anticipate if you look at the next one you'll see the major challenges 2 hundred thesis for latino violence that is for the prospective in the mission for the community advocate and trauma that concludes my presentation. and we see no substantial increases in our budget i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you many sparks for the presentation the human rights has developed into the focused anti discrimination agency after the structural changes a few years ago i wanted to say that i sa

and get vouchers. in process. she said. we can no longer get vouchers.ke an aappointment to go to his aments -- i called para transit. when i called him. he said he didn't go. i think one of the reasons was his foot was hurting. he was weak from the chemotherapy. it was at that moment i realized. this gentlemen could benefit from further assistance or better follow up. i started. you know. calling places around the city. and sometimes like rowena mentioned. it's hard to find social workers. because they're very maxed out. but -- was kind to say. we will will take your client. he has a social worker from [inaudible]. i contact him once a week to check how he's doing. i'm happy to say. he's receiving the meals. monday. when i spoke to him. he said how he loved the meals. he's stable. he has a social worker and i'm just fortunate and happy to help this gentlemen to hopefully -- for him to be here longer with us. but the success doesn't stop at the things that we do. because we do things. just to do things. what does that really mean? nothing is more importa

vouchers. >> but have we had an improvement in this space? >> in homelessness we have seen an improvement and why was that -- >> but you're asking for that money -- >> the reason is we dedicated more resources to it. hud vouchers to the community's credit, the president and leadership, the reason that we've seen a reduction in veteran homelessness is because we actually invested -- >> and i appreciate your comments on veterans. and that is a nice number. >> okay, well, then let's talk about folks who live in rural areas. >> let's talk about it as a whole a whole -- then. what success have you had getting people out of the system as well as in the system -- it goes to the question asked that you come and ask for more money but you can't sit there and say today listen you guys this is what we're doing. we're bringing people in. they want help they all need help. let me finish here are the facts and numbers of how we have moved people out of the space of public assistance and into self-sufficient lives. but if you don't track people on how susta

but the voucher is no good because we're not flying again. we're driving. >> sounds like the passengers were more calm than the crew in that case. >> looks like it. >> aligiant did take off and is scheduled to touch down in the next few minutes. >> a man died in a metro station but his body wasn't found for days. we look at what went wrong as the agency faces a new lawsuit. >>> police opened fire on two men outside of a grocery store in maryland. what investigators found inside the suspect's car that made them suspicious. >> is it art or offensive? a controversial display at a local high school. but we begin with a security threat at the white house and the capitol. a bomb threat cleared the white house briefing room just a short time after a similar threat brought a senate hearing to an abrupt end. >> a lot of people are wondering why a white house security officer covered up news cameras. >> very first news. these were hoaxes and nothing found. as to why the cameras were covered up in the white house, reporters and the camera men and women

towards home delivered male jz grocery and congruigate males and include [inaudible] healthy eating vouchers program. again want to thank you for the commitment towards these issues and also say that i think we have proven at a community kraesing food security in san francisco when we are given additional dollars we are able tospend those dollars in a effective way so hope you are able to include that. thank you >> good morning supervisors brian [inaudible] executive drackter of aid housing alliance and your community grand marshal for pride. i want to thank you for your support thoferb years for [inaudible] the worlds first lgbt shelter. it was a phenomenal grand opening and incredible feeling. i'm here to speak for the [inaudible] proposal for our community. as you ruweir there are over 20 community groups that come toort and develop the [inaudible] proposal each year. i want to high light 2 areas in that proposal to speak about, one is 50 rapid rehousing for homeless single adults. these will be subsidies that people at jazzys place can use to exist homelessness. we have a entry for peopl

the voucher is no good. we're in the flying again.e're driving. >> reporter: right now alee jant is a in a contract dispute with the pilot's union. they say they're not diligent with maintenance. >> a super market favorite is getting ready for another location. wegmans will open a new store inside capital one's new facility along route 123. this one will look a little different. it will be smaller with a more urban design. it's set to open in 2019. meanwhile the new store in alexandria opens this sunday. women in the world cup. we'll tell you what this team -- why they could be in danger on the field. >>> it's been one of the most read stories on our website this morning. mary ellen trainer has died. she appeared in lethal weapon and the goonnys. she was also in back to the future. she was married to a director. they divorced in 2000. she passed away in her home. she was 62 years old. your property taxes will not go up as high as first thought in prince george county. they vetoed a 1.5 increase. they say the tax was not necessary. las

i like the fda priority vouchers. mr. spencer: that's what we're looking at now, the preparedness piece. when a crisis hit hits that's the worst time to exchange business cards. we've got to be prepared, rehearsed and ready for any eventuality anytime anywhere on the planet. that's going to concentrate our efforts on now. colonel thomas: i do think this speaks to why the department of defense needs to be involved in infectious diseases are indeed countermeasure development. because a lot of the problems that would work on do not necessarily have a large market share. it's not necessarily going to be the case but there is a corporate entity or pharmaceutical entity that will be willing to take it on. but the u.s. servicemember still needs a countermeasure. still need that drug or the vaccine to protect them when they deploy parts of the department of defense in some cases has to be the one taking the initiative to develop it. and in all cases needs to have a seat at the table. to ensure the military gets what it needs. >>

>> you're assuming that we have the opportunity to cash in the vouchers. and you can have vouchers and everything else, but there is no affordable housing. if-- >> and in your district as well, congressman. only reason i mentioned that then be consistent. >> no no no i'm saying that it's about-- if there were schools available finding an apartment that someone would be assured that their kid could get a sound education that would make them competitive in the market you bet your life because the system-- the whole idea of charter schools and traditional public schools is ridiculous, it falls behind the 0 whole-- >> for the government to decide the rules who comes in. in your district the federal government said you know charlie we notice in your district, it's distorted, that there are a lot of poor folks who are not getting the opportunity in real estate to buy condos or whatever so we want to force the issue by making affordable condos something that has to be done in charlie rangel's district and other districts where it's lopsided, if that's the case. >

some 6000 of them ever -- are registered for travel vouchers and another 9000 of the convention centerturday and then on monday everybody goes to work. sam ford, abc 7 news. jonathan: another contender on the horizon. new jersey governor chris christie is excited to announce he is running for president. sources close to him say the announcement should be coming sometime this tuesday. he joins already crap -- crowded republican field. kimberly: talk about the ultimate campout. 50 girls pitch a tent on the white house lawn. as part of the first ladies let's move initiative. these fourth-graders will any bets are doing activities like rock climbing, timing knots -- tying knots. astronaut cady coleman will lead them in a stargazing exercise. they didn't have that when i was a kid. jonathan: ap stealing a car with two children inside. how this children managed to escape. kimberly: we will keep you updated on the storm watch for our area. kimberly: two suspects in police custody that ended in the death -- officers were pursuing the suspect on firearm charges. they backed off when the driver

because if it's a line, and they're wait ç the vet goes to another facility, the equivalent of a voucheru're saying that doesn't exist in this because the same folks controlling the madness that was the case before, control the mat 'king process with theai case now -- maddening process of the case now. >> exactly. that's why you see an increase in wait times and the'_g increase in the backlog, the problems continuing because there's no accountability. i'll give you an example. i've been on your show many times, the executive i talked before is going to be allowed to retire with fullqaç benefits. she she have been fired. the law gave second mcdonald the power to fire huh but he chose not to do it you can't hold people like ms. harvin accountable when you ha someone like sloan gibson, who is directly leading the process by which mose most of the problems are taking place and leading a coverup. >> i'm thinking of those who have yet to lose their job at ther is are or the defense department. what does it take to get your ass fired in government? >> it takes the congress. and i'm glad you ask

i don't even know what -- they're talking about they'll give us food vouchers.eard anything else about the food vouchers. >> we've been waiting for 12 hours. we got here we weren't even notified that our flight was canceled. >> one passenger is concerned she'll miss her grandmother's funeral tomorrow. spirit also says the delays could be due to understaffing. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, the former governor goes to hollywood. the prank arnold schwarzenegger pulled off on some tourists. >>> a photographer said kiss. the flower girl surprise next. >>> camera in emoryville looking at a blue and clear coastal sky. it will stay that way overnight? i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. >>> a live look at the traffic. 435, is it moving? this is the skyway in san francisco on the right-hand side. your traffic is approaching well on southbound toward the peninsula and beyond. trying to get to the lower deck of the bay bridge and to the east bay. it is not looking go >>> arnold schwarzenegger. taking a different approach to promote his new film, and to rai

i don't know if any of you are familiar with the fda priority voucher program. a number of years ago it was recognized that we were not delivering medical countermeasures for some of those threats that occur in the let this developed parts of the world where diseases occur but there's just not a commercial market. and so the u.s. congress established an fda priority voucher system that would incentivize industry to work on diseases, these neglected diseases that were seen as of minimal importance. but what you would like to highlight is we face the same situation when it occurs to chemical biological and nuclear threats. we recognize they're important but we have such a difficult time getting commercial partners to work with us because of a lack of incentives. that makes this business incredibly challenging. at that point, key points here, you heard about how our organization has a long history working with other partners. you've heard about and will continue to hear more about working with the other government agencies and our ability to deal directly with this

one of the things we are looking at doing right now is reworking how we set the amount of the voucher so that families can get into areas. the families of higher opportunity, where the access to better jobs, better transportation opportunities, it is a matter of striking the balance between aggregating poverty in the local community but not forgetting about some of these most distressed neighborhoods. the house committee impressed you on this. do you plan on engaging that are making it a goal? julian: one of the things they did press me on is the outcomes of your work. what we all want is our assistance to be temporary for folks. we want folks to be able to get out and get on the track that they want to get on and working hard to get to. the majority of the folks we serve are disabled individuals. the calculus is different there. of the working age people we serve, 43% of those households are working. often times in this nation we had the sense there is this group of out -- group of folks out there that it's lazy and doesn't want to get ahead. my assumption has been that the people we

. >> section eight is a us howing program providing vouchers to low income people. equal housing advocates say the policy is dividing along racial lines. segregated the city by keeping minorities out of mostly white neighborhoods. in 2008, a nonprofit group sued both mckinney and neighboring dallas for discrimination, for how they administer policies. in dallas, the issue is tax credits for builder whose put up affordable homes. activists say the tax breaks are often almost seoully for housing build in minority neighborhoods. a long history of having a policy being used and having the effect graduating segregation in the city. this year the issue landed before the supreme court the fair housing mark became law. it guaranteed equal access to a home without consideration of race, religion, or national origin. it was up to the court whether it had intentional discrimination. resulting from a policy as well, what is known as desperate impact, created segregated neighborhoods in dallas. offering few clues about how they might vote. one concern about this is that it is ve

troopers from the bed forward barracks say the man accidentally left the voucher displayed on machinethe south midway service plaza friday morning. so another man walked up, claim the winnings and used them to buy $78 worth of tickets and the other 472 bucks in a money order. ♪ >> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. a lot to talk about iain. >> absolutely. storms and heat and humidity all over the place. >> yeah, we have it all and it it's going to be on going for much of the week. occasional pop-up showers and storms especially during the heat of the day as well as temperatures. look at this close to 90 this afternoon. 89 degrees the official high. the normal now up to 83. but look at the record it's safe. 100 degrees set back in 1994. 87 right now at the airport. you factor in that humidity it feels like the low 90s and take a look at the heat index right now along the i-95 corridor into what it feels like in trenton. 93 philadelphia as well as wilmington. so take it easy those temperatures will be slow to fall. most of us are dry. however, the pocono mountains lehigh valley

he wants the change the conversation to vouchers.ark: he has been the most conservatively successful educational reformer in the last 10 years. he needs to show people he will go after hillary clinton. point three is he wants to show voters he cares about education. his brother fought and won on the issue of education. john: who is a riper target of been the mayor of new york city? he's seen as almost more socialist than bernie sanders so you get a free shot at deblasio. mark: every republican who wants to be the nominee has to answer the question how to get more women votes then mitt romney got. give you succeed on education you can get urban women and other women. john: to give jeb credit, that's a general election message. that is not just a primary message. it is also a general election message. president obama is apparently going to change a policy on kidnapping abroad. the government will no longer there and americans for criminal prosecution if they try to pay ransom for family members held hostage. also, obama will say why th

for us, that means that we want to see communities spread their vouchers out and allow these folks to get into areas of higher opportunity. one of the things we are looking at doing right now is reworking how we set the amount of the voucher so that families can get into areas that might cost a little more, but are areas of of higher opportunity, where the access to better jobs, better transportation opportunities, it really is a matter of striking the balance between aggregating -- disaggregating poverty in the local community, but not forgetting about some of these most distressed neighborhoods. and also being willing to invest in them. jon: the house committee impressed you on this. do you plan on engaging that are making it a goal? julian: one of the things they did press me on is the outcomes of your work. i agree that what we all want is our assistance to be temporary for folks. we want families to be up to get up and out and get on the track that they want to get on and working hard to get to. i pointed out to them that the majority of the folks we serve are elderly and disable

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>> yeah i'd feel a lot more preked if there were apartments available for my voucher i got. >> act viss say they have an agreement with the city. they won't take any legal action as long as the encampment can't be seen from the street. coming up at 6:00 what are the long term options for the homeless. >> it is a complex issue. thank you, robert. >>> defacing a piece of art. police are trying to track down the vandal. this video here shows the man engraving what appears to be initials into the statute, thathearted statue, you see. this is in front of the main entrance to the conference center. it happened back in april. the police are just now releasing this video. >>> some very good news for an oakland family. a four-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet is expected to survive. we first reported this shooting when it happened yesterday afternoon. two people have been arrested. >> new leads and a new look in up state new york. today, police releeszed new photos of convicted killers of what they might look like after 12 days on the run. a bit hairier. investigators say they've alrea

section 8 is a housing program providing vouchers to low income people.hey say the policy is dividing this city along racial lines. in 2008 a non-profit group sued mckinney and neighboring dallas for discrimination for how they administer policies. in dallas the issue is tax credit for builders who put up affordable homes. the tax breaks are offered almost solely for housing built in minority neighborhoods. >> dallas has a long history of housing policy being used as having the effect of perpetuating racial segregation. >> reporter: this year the case ended up in the supreme court. racial discrimination when selling or renting property is illegal. the fair housing act became law in 1968 on the heels of the civil rights act. it guarantees equal access to a home without consideration of race religion or national origin. it was up to the court to decide whether the act covers not just intensional discrimination but unintended discretion nation what is known as disparate impact. in this case creating segregated neighborhoods in dallas. the justices heard oral

earn stn young has paved the way offering 39 weeks oof paid mu turnty leave and provide child care vouchers upon return of mu ternty leave. this is the first part of the amendment i send today is part one of the effort. the second phase of the effort is that i'm starting a paid parental leave task force to engage in a year long process to explore additional change tooz explore the policy. they will explore ideas, tending the paid leave program beyond 12 weeks potentially 6 months and extended to non municipal employees. i like to thank the partners that participated in this this discussion. we have department of labors womens bureau, department of [inaudible] first 5 san francisco. good department of human resources. controllers office. the san francisco family support network. the healthy mothers work place coalition. uc hasting for work life long and the private partners that set a great example, we have san franciscos very own gap and google. as we continue to lead the nation with paid parental leave policy, my goal is put us on par for the rest of the world and set a good example across

what i would do if i were the republicans is i would provide a voucher, a health care voucher to allo got subsidies and say go out and buy whatever insurance you want to. stuart: that's good. >> you would get rid of all the mandates the individual mandate, the mandate of benefits and say you go out with this voucher, you know pick a number, $5,000, and you buy the insurance form and the insurance that fits your needs. stuart: would that have to be legislated, steve? >> yes, yes. stuart: the president would veto that. >> probably. so that's why i say this is world war iii. we're going to see, you know, the president's basically saying just send me back my bill that corrects this, quote, mistake, and the republicans say hell no, we're not just going to reinstate it. so this is going to be an enormous political event if the supreme court rules down obamacare. stuart: yes. but your idea is brilliant, if i may say so. >> thank you. [laughter] stuart: seriously, that would introduce a voucher system, freedom of the individual to spend their money wherever they please. that's what we need i

>> the fact is let's take our vouchers. we lost 67,000 vouchers always.we have to conserve one out of every four people. >> cap we had an improvement? >> we've seen an improvement. >> we dedicated more resources to it. to commerce is credited and the leadership, the main reason we seen a reduction in veteran homelessness is because we actually invest. >> i appreciate your comments on better implements a nice number. >> let's talk about folks who live in rural areas. what success have you had about getting people not just in the system of public housing and public housing infection may put out of the system. it goes back to what the chairman asked in mr. huizenga asked. you say at this end this is what we are doing. we are bringing people in. we all want to help them. >> that's not true. >> you are the facts and numbers of how we move people out of the space of public assistance and into self-sufficiency. if you don't track people, you don't know the numbers together are people from assistance to sustainability themselves or to another public housing autho

it is the largest voucher program in the country, by the way, for those who do not think this is a conservativedea. 90% of the kids going to the programs are in private providers. it works. we had gains in learning that would define your imagination. so, i do think in the case of florida, it was the right thing to do. i don't think washington should be dictating anything to the government, but look, educating our children has to be a national priority. we have a result in this country that is abysmal. a third of our kids, maybe 40% of our children, our college or career ready. i know we have an 80% graduation rate in high school, but that is not relevant if you cannot get into college and start taking college-level courses. starting early and heavy robust accountability and empowering parents with choices, all of that i think is part of an effective strategy. >> we only have about a minute to go, but lots of you are probably wondering when they can expect you to make this official or make a decision anyway? >> the decision is coming soon. i've been all over the place. i've been listening and le

chronically homeless veterans that we intend to have by the end of the calendar to go to that -- voucherswhich works like a section a paternity veterans homeless jewish homeless vet. in addition, the baltimore house which is one of the three new proposed sites supportive housing, is a federal -- care site which is means the chronically hopeless veteran could qualify under that subsidy as well. then, with the openings of the other two projects as well, as unit turnover and physically targeting homeless veterans [inaudible] winters they getting to that number. it is a manageable number when you look at those veterans who were long-term homeless. we were helped significant by -- which was a building we open in the hernia which is one of percent dedicated chronically homeless veterans. >> as you know, in my past life i work with organizations to try to reduce and homelessness for families. decades later, were still dealing with similar situations. you have any strategies about homelessness for families? >> thank you for the question rated the studies around family homelessness differ vary sig

program that were very proud about the wholesale support the continuation of, when children lose their vouchers, when they turn three, were their families are no longer working or going to school, it is very adult focused policy, so we decided we would make sure that those three-year-olds be maintained in the continuing continuum of care in the pre-schools. so much is a little bit of who are serving in all the age groups. the last slide is just a small organization. we have a staff that focus on the family resource center. staff that focused on how. staff is focused on early childhood, and we hope we can continue that you we did increase by 2.5 positions. some of that was because of our loss of funding from the california first five. that is my short presentation. i really do hope the board of supervisors continues to honor and support the work of focus five. we continue to hope to make contributions to the city and our youngest children. thank you. >> great. thank you for your comment. colleagues, any questions or comments direct supervisor mar >> thank you so much for developing preschool for