00:00:06 SIDE SPECIAL MEETING. I'M KATIE ALLBRIGHT AND I'M
00:00:10 HONORED TO CHAIR THIS MEETING TODAY.
00:00:11 >> WE'LL START WITH THE RAW MATERIAL LONEY LAND
00:00:18 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THE SAN FRANCISCO HOMELESS OVERSIGHT
00:00:22 COMMISSION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL
00:00:26 HOMELAND OF THE ROMA TWO ALONI WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL
00:00:30 INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA.
00:00:34 AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE
00:00:36 WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAW MATERIAL OWNERS HAVE NEVER
00:00:38 CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS CARETAKERS
00:00:43 OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO RESIDE IN THEIR
00:00:47 TRADITIONAL TERRITORY. AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE
00:00:50 BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELAND.
00:00:55 WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS
00:00:58 ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE RAMAH TO ZOLANI COMMUNITY
00:01:03 AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AS FIRST
00:01:06 PEOPLE. I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING
00:01:09 OVER TO OUR COMMISSION SECRETARY TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC
00:01:12 OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY ROLL CALL AND READ ALOUD OUR
00:01:16 SOUND PRODUCING DEVICE STATEMENT.
00:01:17 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CHAIR.
00:01:30 >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
00:01:32 THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD BOTH IN HYBRID FORMAT AND IN PERSON
00:01:36 IN CITY HALL IN ROOM 408 AND LIVESTREAMED ON S.F. GOV
00:01:39 TV. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT S.F. GOV
00:01:43 TV STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT THIS AFTERNOON.
00:01:45 >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING IN PERSON AS WELL AS
00:01:47 REMOTELY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
00:01:50 COMMENTS SPECIFIC TO EACH PRESENTATION AS WELL AS GENERAL
00:01:53 PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
00:01:55 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY WILL BE HEARD IN THE
00:01:57 ORDER THAT COMMENTERS ADDED TO THE QUEUE.
00:02:01 COMMENTERS WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO COMMENT AFTER
00:02:03 EACH AGENDA ITEM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BY THE CHAIR.
00:02:08 TO COMMENT REMOTELY THE PHONE NUMBER TO USE TODAY IS
00:02:14 (415) 655-0001 ACCESS CODE 266026440227 THAT'S 26606440227
00:02:22 PRESS POUND TWICE TO ENTER THE QUEUE WHEN YOUR ITEM IS CALLED
00:02:29 PRESS STAR THREE TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
00:02:30 PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE HOST CALLS ON YOU TO SPEAK SPEAK
00:02:33 CLEARLY AND ENSURE THAT YOU ARE IN A QUIET LOCATION.
00:02:34 BEST PRACTICES ARE TO TURN OFF ANY TVS OR COMPUTERS AROUND
00:02:38 YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION
00:02:41 COMMISSIONERS THIS PLACES YOU ON ITEM TWO ROLL CALL.
00:02:42 PLEASE RESPOND WITH PRESIDENT WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
00:02:46 CHAIR KATIE ALBRIGHT PRESENT ALBRIGHT PRESENT VICE CHAIR O
00:02:50 BY RAMBO. >> PRESENT RAMBO PRESENT.
00:02:53 COMMISSIONER DAN TABLE AND PRESENT PRESENT
00:02:57 COMMISSIONER SEVEN DEPUTY HERE DEPUTY PRESENT COMMISSIONER
00:03:00 WALKING ROW PRESIDENT. >> PRESIDENT CORRAL PRESENT
00:03:04 COMMISSIONER SHARKY LAGANA PRESENT I WANT TO PRESENT
00:03:08 COMMISSIONER THOMAS ROCHA. PRESENT AT PRESENT PLEASE NOTE
00:03:12 THAT SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS HAS SUPPORTIVE
00:03:13 HOUSING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHEREEN MCSPADDEN IS PRESENT
00:03:16 HERE TODAY. COMMISSIONERS WE HAVE A QUORUM
00:03:19 THIS PLACE YOU ON ITEM THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SOUND
00:03:22 PRODUCING DEVICES DURING THE MEETING THE USE OF CELL PHONES
00:03:25 AND SIMILAR SOUND PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE
00:03:26 PROHIBITED IN THIS MEETING. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE
00:03:29 CHAIR MAY ORDER THE REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING ROOM OF ANY
00:03:33 PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RINGING OR USE OF CELL PHONES
00:03:35 OR SIMILAR SOUND PRODUCING DEVICES.
00:03:38 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. PLACES YOU ON ITEM FOR ANALYSIS
00:03:41 BY THE CHAIR I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ENCOURAGE MY
00:03:48 FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IF THEY COULD KEEP THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS
00:03:50 SHORT OR PUT THEM AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
00:03:53 WE HAVE A LONGER PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
00:04:02 >> I THINK THAT THEN GOES TO ITEM FIVE AROUND WELL I GUESS I
00:04:10 SHOULD ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MINE.
00:04:11 >> ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THERE ARE NO CALLERS IN THE QUEUE.
00:04:14 >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO TO ITEM FIVE
00:04:18 COMMISSIONERS COMMUNICATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENT.
00:04:19 LET ME ASK IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH MOVING YOUR COMMENTS TO THE END
00:04:22 OF THE MEETING TIME DEPENDENT OKAY SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON
00:04:29 AND THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM SIX MEETING MINUTES.
00:04:36 >> THIS IS ADOPTION OF THE NOVEMBER 21ST 2025 MEETING
00:04:39 MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
00:04:43 QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION REGARDING THESE MINUTES?
00:04:45 THANK YOU SO MUCH SECRETARY FOR PREPARING THEM AND FOR SHARING
00:04:48 THEM IN ADVANCE. SEEING NO COMMENTS I MOVE
00:04:57 APPROVAL I SECOND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:04:58 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO CALLERS IN THE CHAIR.
00:05:02 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> IF I COULD ASK THE
00:05:06 COMMISSION SECRETARY TO CALL ROLL DO WE NEED ROLL ON OKAY A
00:05:10 MOTION SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT ANY OPPOSED SEEING
00:05:17 NONE THE MINUTES UNANIMOUSLY KERRY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:05:18 THEY'RE APPROVED AND WILL GO ON TO ITEM SEVEN THE EMPLOYEE
00:05:22 RECOGNITION. >> I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
00:05:25 DIRECTOR MCSPADDEN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:06:00 HELLO. THERE WE GO.
00:06:00 THERE WE GO. >> OKAY.
00:06:03 SO TODAY WE ARE HERE TO HONOR MARION MCFARLAND AND ROBERT
00:06:10 HILL. >> SO IF YOU TWO COULD COME UP
00:06:14 AND BE GRADE COME ON UP HERE. >> YOU CAN SIT RIGHT HERE.
00:06:24 >> SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TODAY TO RECOGNIZE ROBERT HILL
00:06:28 AND MARION MCFARLAND IS JANUARY'S EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
00:06:32 AWARD RECIPIENTS. BOTH WERE NOMINATED BY OUR
00:06:35 COMMISSION SECRETARY BRIDGET MATTER SO AND BOTH DO A LOT OF
00:06:40 WORK THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
00:06:44 SO ROBERT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYSTS AND MARION, A HEALTH
00:06:48 WORKER FOR PLAYING A CENTRAL ROLE NOT ONLY IN SUPPORTING THE
00:06:51 SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE BUT ALSO IN SERVING SOME OF OUR
00:06:55 CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ACROSS OUR NAVIGATION
00:06:58 CENTERS, FAMILY SHELTERS AND TRANSITIONAL AIDS YOUTH
00:07:00 PROGRAMS ROBERT AND MARION CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVE SHELTER
00:07:03 AND NAVIGATION CENTER SITE VISITS, RESPOND TO CLIENT
00:07:07 COMPLAINTS WITH CARE AND PROFESSIONALISM AND ENSURE
00:07:11 THAT OUR PROVIDERS REMAIN IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE
00:07:13 STANDARDS OF CARE. THEIR WORK IS FOUNDATIONAL TO
00:07:15 MAINTAINING SAFE, DIGNIFIED AND RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR
00:07:20 THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO DEPEND ON THEIR SERVICES.
00:07:23 THEY HAVE EARNED A CONSISTENT AND HEARTFELT PRAISE FROM BOTH
00:07:27 CLIENTS AND COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR KINDNESS, THEIR PATIENCE
00:07:30 AND THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT.
00:07:31 IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE THEM SPENDING HOURS ASSISTING,
00:07:34 WALKING CLIENTS, LISTENING CAREFULLY AND HELPING THEM
00:07:38 NAVIGATE COMPLEX SYSTEMS WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT.
00:07:42 THEIR DEDICATION EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THEIR OFFICIAL JOB
00:07:46 RESPONSIBILITIES. THEY ROUTINELY HELP CLIENTS
00:07:47 COMPLETE PAPERWORK FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING
00:07:50 THOSE WHO CANNOT READ OR WRITE. THEY ARE FREQUENTLY CALLED TO
00:07:55 THE FRONT DESK TO SUPPORT NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CLIENTS
00:07:58 ENSURING THAT LANGUAGE BARRIERS DO NOT PREVENT ANYONE FROM
00:08:02 RECEIVING THE HELP THEY NEED. ON MANY OCCASIONS THEY HAVE
00:08:04 PERSONALLY ACCOMPANIED CLIENTS TO ACCESS CRITICAL SERVICES
00:08:07 SUCH AS SNAP BENEFITS, MEDICAL CASH AID AND OTHER VITAL
00:08:12 RESOURCES DEMONSTRATING A LEVEL OF CARE THAT GOES ABOVE
00:08:15 AND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS. >> MAISHA BRACKEN, WHO MANAGES
00:08:23 THE FRONT DESK AT 440 TURK AND HER TEAM COMMENTED ON
00:08:26 ROBERT AND MARION'S UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO THE FRONT DESK STAFF
00:08:29 STATING THAT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO STEP IN AND ASSIST HAS MADE
00:08:33 A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE TIME,
00:08:37 EFFORT AND EXPERTISE THAT YOU TWO HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
00:08:41 YOUR COLLABORATION HAS HELPED STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO
00:08:42 DELIVER QUALITY RESULTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A
00:08:46 RELIABLE AND VALUED PARTNERS. WE COULDN'T THIS IS FROM
00:08:50 MAISHA. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT
00:08:50 WITHOUT YOU. ROBERT AND MARIAN EMBODY THE
00:08:53 HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
00:08:57 THEIR WORK STRENGTHENS OUR PROGRAMS, UPLIFTS OUR CLIENTS
00:09:00 AND SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US.
00:09:02 NOT ONLY ARE WE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ROBERT AND MARIAN ON OUR
00:09:05 TEAM BUT WE ARE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM YOUR
00:09:09 COMPASSION, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR
00:09:12 HUMANITY. SO MARIAN AND ROBERT, THANK YOU
00:09:13 SO MUCH. >> YOU ARE OUR LIMELIGHT
00:09:17 AWARDEES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED
00:09:25 OTHER TEAM SO RUBBER YOU'LL GET YOUR BETTER THING LATER.
00:09:31 THERE YOU GO. YOU GO IN THERE FOR THE
00:09:36 PICTURE. YEAH.
00:09:36 BRIDGET YOU GOT TO DO OUR PART .
00:09:45 WE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU. YEAH.
00:09:49 CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
00:09:50 THANKS, MARION. THANK YOU, ROBERT.
00:09:53 THANKS. YOU OKAY?
00:09:57 WE DO. I'M COMING NEXT WE HAVE ONE
00:10:00 MORE. >> OKAY.
00:10:01 SO TODAY'S A TWO FOR BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T MET IN A COUPLE OF
00:10:08 MONTHS. >> WE HAVE ANOTHER LIMELIGHT
00:10:11 AWARDEE TODAY AND THAT'S VICTORIA WANG.
00:10:15 >> SO COME ON UP, VICTORIA. SO SO VICTORIA IS OUR PROGRAM'S
00:10:23 COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST. HER TEAM IS SAFETY
00:10:27 AND COMPLIANCE AND SHE WAS NOMINATED BY MARION SANDERS FOR
00:10:31 THE LIMELIGHT AWARD. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ WHAT
00:10:35 MARION WROTE ABOUT YOU MARION AND TEAM WROTE ABOUT YOU.
00:10:38 VICTORIA WE WOULD NOT BE WE WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO
00:10:42 ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE VICTORIA PLAYS AT IT.
00:10:45 HRH ONE BEST COMPARED TO A CLASSIC SUPERHERO THE FIRST
00:10:48 THAT COMES TO MIND IS STORM FROM THE X-MEN.
00:10:49 SHE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE WEATHER BUT SHE COMES
00:10:53 IMPRESSIVELY CLOSE. VICTORIA IS A CONNECTOR.
00:10:56 SHE BRIDGES COMPLIANCE GAPS THAT FEW OTHERS CAN EVEN SEE
00:10:59 AND STANDS FIRMLY IN THAT SPACE .
00:11:03 AS AN ANCHOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT, SHE CARRIES DEEP
00:11:05 INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF HSC AGES, CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE
00:11:08 HISTORY REMINDING US OF PAST POLICY DECISIONS WHILE ALSO
00:11:12 HOLDING THE LINE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE APPROPRIATELY
00:11:15 AND RESPONSIBLY ENGAGING WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS INCLUDING THE
00:11:19 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE ON MATTERS CRITICAL TO COMPLIANCE FOR
00:11:25 MARION. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED
00:11:28 AT HSC AND HAD AN EARLY MEETING WITH VICTORIA SHE ARRIVED WITH
00:11:31 A LIST OF OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
00:11:35 ONE OF WHICH WAS THE 100 PAGE PROGRAM AGREEMENT HANDBOOK.
00:11:39 SHE METHODICALLY WALKED ME THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED
00:11:40 TO HAPPEN. I REMEMBER THINKING I DON'T
00:11:43 REALLY KNOW WHO THIS WOMAN IS OR WHY SHE'S TELLING ME WHAT TO
00:11:44 DO BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN I NEED TO LISTEN AND I WAS RIGHT
00:11:50 WITHIN THE PROGRAM'S UNIT FOLLOWING VICTORIA'S GUIDANCE
00:11:51 HAS LED TO THE CODIFICATION AND COMPLETION OF CRITICAL
00:11:55 PROGRAM POLICIES INCLUDING THE NONPROFIT GIFT GUARD CARD
00:11:59 POLICY AND THE PROVIDER CORRECTIVE ACTION POLICY AS
00:12:03 WELL AS STRENGTHENING OUR PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
00:12:06 FRAMEWORK. SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY TRANSLATED
00:12:07 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
00:12:11 ENSURING WE REMAIN COMPLIANT AND ALIGNED.
00:12:14 VICTORIA HAS SERVED A KEY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN THE
00:12:18 PROJECT OR SERVED AS A KEY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN THE
00:12:22 PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF CLAIMS CONNECTS THE DOTS ACROSS
00:12:26 PROGRAMS, PLANNING AND CONTRACTS FOR THE
00:12:27 MULTI-YEAR PROCUREMENT PLAN AND CONDUCTS INVESTIGATIONS
00:12:30 INTO WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS ALL WITH PRECISION AND CARE.
00:12:33 THE WORK SHE DELIVERS IS MARKED BY EXCELLENCE.
00:12:38 I HAVE NEVER ONCE HEARD HER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BREADTH OF
00:12:41 RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER HER PURVIEW AND I AM GENUINELY
00:12:44 UNSURE HOW SHE MANAGES IT ALL WITH SUCH CALM.
00:12:48 VICTORIA DOESN'T SEEK THE SPOTLIGHT OR ENJOY SPEAKING
00:12:52 PUBLICLY IN ONE SPEAK BUT HER IMPACT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS.
00:12:56 VICTORIA THANK YOU FOR BEING THE DIVISION'S LIAISON OUR
00:13:00 CONNECTOR AND OUR STORM. >> SO ON BEHALF OF THE
00:13:08 DEPARTMENT YOU ARE ALSO OUR LIMELIGHT AWARDEE REGINA ORY.
00:13:15 >> CONGRATULATIONS. LOOK HERE.
00:13:22 CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH.
00:13:37 >> >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS AND TO ALL
00:13:41 OF THE TEAM AT THE DEPARTMENT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR
00:13:45 WORK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
00:13:48 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR AGENDA OUT OF ORDER AND GO TO GENERAL
00:13:52 PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM NUMBER 12 AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR
00:13:59 REGULAR AGENDA. >> AT THIS TIME MEMBERS OF THE
00:14:03 PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT
00:14:04 COMMISSION ON MATTERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S
00:14:07 JURISDICTION AND ARE NOT ON TODAY'S CALENDAR COMMENTS
00:14:11 SPECIFIC TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA MAY BE HEARD WHEN THE
00:14:15 ITEM IS CONSIDERED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE
00:14:18 COMMISSION. GENERALLY IT'S UP TO THREE
00:14:21 MINUTES TODAY WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THAT TIME TO FIVE
00:14:25 MINUTES. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT MAY
00:14:26 CONTINUE TO THE END OF THE AGENDA IF IF THERE ARE
00:14:30 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS THAT EXCEED THE TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT TIME.
00:14:36 >> I GUESS NOW A 30 MINUTES. THE COMMISSION WILL HEAR PUBLIC
00:14:41 COMMENT FROM ANY SPEAKER THAT ARE IN PERSON FIRST AND THEN
00:14:45 WILL ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO STATE THEIR NAME.
00:14:48 BUT THIS IS NOT REQUIRED. WILL THEN GO TO COMMENT ON THE
00:14:52 PHONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:14:55 WE'LL TAKE OUR FIRST SPEAKER. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSION
00:14:57 SECRETARY TO CALL OUR SPEAKERS AISHA MCCAIN, AYESHA RENATA
00:15:06 WILL BE AFTER AND AFTER I WILL BE JESS CREIGHTON.
00:15:14 >> HI, MY NAME IS AISHA MCCAIN AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY
00:15:19 BROTHER WILTON ERIC MCCAIN. >> JUST BECAUSE HE WAS LEFT TO
00:15:26 DIE ALONE AND SAID HE FUNDED SUPPORTING HOUSING MEANT BY
00:15:29 HOMEOWNERS AT JESSICA COLLINS APARTMENTS MY BROTHER WASN'T
00:15:33 HOME BECAUSE HOMEOWNERS DID THEIR JOB.
00:15:34 HE WAS AROUND BECAUSE I DID THEIR JOB.
00:15:37 >> I CALLED THE FRONT DESK ON NOVEMBER 16TH AND THEY TOLD ME
00:15:41 THE LAST TIME THEY SAW MY BROTHER WAS NOVEMBER 2ND.
00:15:42 SO I CALLED THE POLICE FOR A WELLNESS CHECK AND THAT'S WHEN
00:15:46 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUND HIM. HIS CASE NOTES SHOW THAT THE
00:15:49 STAFF WAS AT HIS DOOR NOVEMBER 4TH AND HE TOLD THEM HE DIDN'T
00:15:53 FEEL WELL. AFTER THAT NO ONE CAME BACK.
00:15:56 NO FOLLOW UP, NO EMERGENCY CHECK, NO WELLNESS CHECK, NO
00:15:58 HELP. >> MY MY MY BROTHER MIGHT BE
00:16:01 ALIVE TODAY IF THEY HAD DONE THEIR JOB WHEN THE FIRE
00:16:03 DEPARTMENT OPENED THE DOOR, HE WAS SEVERELY DECOMPOSED.
00:16:05 HE COULDN'T BE IDENTIFIED BY PHOTOGRAPHS OR BY THE MEDICAL
00:16:08 EXAMINER'S FINGERPRINTS. SO THE DOJ STEPPED IN USING
00:16:11 FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS AND IT TOOK 24 DAYS TO IDENTIFY MY
00:16:15 BROTHER. THAT DELAY IS ANOTHER
00:16:16 CONSEQUENCE OF HOW COMPLETELY ALONE HE WAS LEFT AND FAILED
00:16:21 BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF DECOMPOSITION HIS BRAIN HAD
00:16:25 LIQUEFIED AND AN AUTOPSY WAS NOT POSSIBLE ON.
00:16:29 THE CORONER RELIED SOLELY ON HIS MEDICAL RECORDS AND LISTED
00:16:32 CHRONIC EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM NATURAL.
00:16:34 THAT IS NOT AN ANSWER. THAT IS A GUESS.
00:16:37 WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHEN HE DIED, HOW HE DIED OR WHETHER HE COULD
00:16:40 HAVE BEEN SAVED BECAUSE REQUIRED CHECKS WERE NOT DONE.
00:16:42 WE'LL NEVER KNOW IF A SIMPLE OPENING OF HIS DOOR OR AN
00:16:45 EMERGENCY CHECK COULD HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME.
00:16:47 >> THAT UNCERTAINTY WAS CREATED BY NEGLECT.
00:16:54 >> SORRY. AFTER HIS DEATH HIS UNIT WAS
00:16:58 ACCESSED WITHOUT ANY SIGNS OF FOR ENTRY AND I HAD TO FILE A
00:17:02 POLICE REPORT FOR BURGLARY HIS LAPTOP, HIS XBOX PLAYSTATION
00:17:05 AND A GOLD MEDAL I WON FOR BEING A US GOLD MEDAL INVENTOR
00:17:09 WAS STOLEN FROM HIS APARTMENT. >> THE CORONER REQUESTED A
00:17:14 THIRD PARTY BIOHAZARD CLEANING FOR YOUR HOME.
00:17:16 MY STAFF MEMBERS ASSURED ME MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THE
00:17:18 CLEANING HAD BEEN DONE THAT WAS FALSE.
00:17:21 THEY LIED ABOUT THAT WHEN I ENTERED THE UNIT THEY WERE
00:17:24 FLYING INSECTS THE STRONG SMELL OF DEATH, VISIBLE TRACES OF
00:17:25 BLOOD IN THE TOILET CONTAINED SOME KIND OF DISGUSTING FLUID
00:17:28 AND I HAVE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THAT THAT I'M PREPARED TO SHOW
00:17:31 THE BOARD. >> SO SOMEONE FROM HOME RISE
00:17:33 ILLEGALLY BROKE THE CORONER'S SEAL AND I WAS MANIPULATED BY
00:17:36 DECEPTION INTO ENTERING THAT UNIT ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
00:17:40 I HAVE CANCER. I'M IMMUNE COMPROMISED THAT
00:17:43 WASN'T OKAY. >> NO FAMILY MEMBER OR FIRST
00:17:46 RESPONDERS SHOULD EVER HAVE TO ENCOUNTER A DECOMPOSING BODY
00:17:48 WHEN THE OUTCOME IS PREVENTABLE .
00:17:51 >> HOME RISE DIDN'T FOLLOW ITS OWN WELLNESS POLICIES HSA TO
00:17:52 EMERGENCY CHECK POLICIES THAT EXIST TO PREVENT EXACTLY WHAT
00:17:56 HAPPENED AND WHEN POLICIES ARE IGNORED PEOPLE DIE.
00:18:00 THE SEA OF HOME RAISED THE CEO OF HOME HAS RESPONDED DIRECTLY
00:18:03 TO MY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE LOCAL HOMELESS COORDINATING
00:18:06 BOARD MEETING AND SHE SAID THEY'RE CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL
00:18:08 INVESTIGA ATION AND YOU KNOW OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE FAMILY
00:18:11 THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP IT PRIVATE.
00:18:14 >> AND SHE WANTED TO GIVE US HER CONDOLENCES.
00:18:15 WE DON'T WANT OR NEED THEIR CONDOLENCES.
00:18:19 WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING PRIVATE BECAUSE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NEEDS
00:18:22 TO BE PUBLIC SILENCE PROTECT SYSTEMS NOT FAMILIES.
00:18:26 >> ACCOUNTABILITY SHOULDN'T REQUIRE A GRIEVING SISTER TO
00:18:30 INVOLVE MULTIPLE CITY AGENCIES JUST TO GET BASIC ANSWERS.
00:18:34 I'M A SISTER FORCED INTO ADVOCACY AND NOTHING I SAY OR
00:18:38 DO WILL BRING HIM BACK OR CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED BUT
00:18:39 HOPEFULLY IT CAN PREVENT THE NEXT FAMILY FROM GOING THROUGH
00:18:42 THIS TRAUMA. WHAT HAPPENED TO ERIC IS NOT A
00:18:45 ONE OFF. IF SUPPORTING HOUSING ACTUALLY
00:18:47 WORKED SOME RESIDENTS WOULD BE SUPPORTED TO THE POINT WHERE
00:18:50 THEY NO LONGER TO BE NEEDED TO BE IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS
00:18:54 WOULD BE OPEN UP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HEALING AND MOVING FORWARD.
00:18:58 BUT RIGHT NOW THE ONLY WAY THAT OPENS UP IS IF SOMEBODY DIES
00:19:01 AND NOBODY DROPS. >> THAT IS NOT SUCCESS.
00:19:04 THAT IS FAILURE. SO TODAY I'M ASKING THIS
00:19:08 COMMITTEE FOR A FEW THINGS. FIRST I WANT A PUBLIC
00:19:12 INVESTIGATION NOT A PRIVATE ONE, NOT AN INTERNAL REVIEW,
00:19:16 NOT A CONSULTANT REPORT. THIS STAYS HIDDEN THE PUBLIC
00:19:17 INVESTIGATION WITH FINDINGS, TIMELINES AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:19:20 THE FAMILIES AND THE PUBLIC CAN SEE.
00:19:23 SECOND, I'M ASKING THAT NO MORE MONEY IS GIVEN TO HOME RISE
00:19:25 UNTIL THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND IT'S PROVEN WITH THEIR
00:19:28 RESIDENTS SERVICES WELLNESS CHECKS, SAFETY PROTOCOLS,
00:19:35 RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
00:19:38 STANDARDS. THIRD, IF HOME RESIDENT
00:19:39 SERVICES CANNOT GET IN COMPLIANCE IT SHOULD BE
00:19:43 PLACED UNDER FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPONSORSHIP
00:19:46 WITH BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE HAD A TENURE FOR OVER A DECADE.
00:19:48 THAT LEVEL OF FAILURE IS NOT OC.
00:19:53 >> IF IT CAN'T SELL ITSELF MANAGE THEN IT NEEDS TO BE
00:19:57 MANAGED. FOURTH, A FULL AUDIT OF ALL
00:20:00 RESIDENT SERVICES OF ALL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NOT JUST
00:20:01 HOME RISE. FIFTH, SAN FRANCISCO MUST
00:20:04 CREATE AN INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR RESIDENT HOUSING.
00:20:11 SUPPORT IT FOR FIRST SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ACROSS ALL SUPPORTIVE
00:20:12 HOUSING FAMILIES SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BECOME INVESTIGATORS AFTER
00:20:16 SOMEONE DIES THERE SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT BEFORE A
00:20:19 TRAGEDY. HOUSE HAPPENS.
00:20:20 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WAS SUPPOSED TO MEAN SAFETY, STABILITY
00:20:23 AND CARE FOR MY BROTHER BECAME A PLACE HE WAS LEFT ALONE,
00:20:26 DISAPPEARED AND DIED WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING.
00:20:30 THAT'S NOT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY THE CITY.
00:20:31 MY BROTHER DESERVE BETTER. EVERY RESIDENT DESERVES BETTER
00:20:35 AND EVERY FAMILY DESERVES BETTER ANSWERS AND THE
00:20:38 TAXPAYERS DESERVE ANSWERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING
00:20:42 ME TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU.
00:20:47 >> LET'S CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER ,RENITA TURNER.
00:20:54 OKAY. CREIGHTON MCLAGAN HELLO.
00:21:01 >> ALL RIGHT, GET OUT OF CREIGHTON.
00:21:03 YEAH. I'M CREIGHTON.
00:21:03 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CREIGHTON MCGARRY
00:21:06 AND I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED FRIEND AND ABOUT TALKING ABOUT
00:21:10 MY FRIEND WHO I LOST ERIC MCCAIN.
00:21:14 >> UH, SPEAKING OF A LIFE THAT WAS LOST INSIDE OF A SYSTEM
00:21:18 MEANT TO PROTECT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, ERIC
00:21:21 WAS PLACED IN A HOME RATE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM, A
00:21:26 PROGRAM FUNDED BY SAN FRANCISCO DOLLARS AND INTENDED TO PROVIDE
00:21:29 SAFETY SUPPORT AND CONNECTION. INSTEAD, AFTER HE DIED HE WAS
00:21:30 LEFT UNDISCOVERED FOR MORE THAN 12 DAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:21:37 HOMELESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION AND THE OUR CITY OUR HOME
00:21:38 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE EXISTS PRECISELY TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC
00:21:42 DOLLARS AND PUBLIC TRUST ARE HONORED WITH REAL OVERSIGHT,
00:21:45 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:21:46 THESE BODIES ARE EMPOWERED TO MONITOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:21:50 HOUSING, RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS AND PUSH FOR
00:21:52 TRANSPARENT REPORTING ON OUTCOMES.
00:21:56 SO I'M ASKING THIS COMMITTEE TODAY FOR SPECIFIC CONCRETE
00:21:57 ACTIONS. FIRST, REQUIRE A PUBLIC AUDIT
00:22:00 OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDERS INCLUDING HOME RISE, SUPPORTIVE
00:22:04 HOUSING AND TO EXAMINE HOW WELL AND DISTRICTS ARE CONDUCTED,
00:22:08 HOW OFTEN RESIDENTS ARE CONTACTED IN PERSON AND HOW
00:22:11 DEATHS OR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES ARE DOCUMENTED AND ESCALATED.
00:22:14 >> SECOND MANDATE MINIMUM IN-PERSON WELLNESS CHECKS FOR
00:22:18 ALL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH
00:22:19 NOT JUST THOSE WITH KNOWN HEALTH OR MENTAL
00:22:23 VULNERABILITIES BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND REQUIRE PROVIDERS
00:22:27 TO REPORT WHEN A RESIDENT CANNOT BE REACHED WITHIN THOSE
00:22:30 AFTER THAT TIME LIMIT. THIRD, ESTABLISH PUBLIC
00:22:31 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INCIDENCES OF SERIOUS ILLNESS
00:22:35 AND EXTENDED UNEXPLAINED ABSENCES IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:22:39 SO FAMILIES IN THIS COMMITTEE CAN SEE THE RESULTS NOT JUST
00:22:42 BUDGETS. FOURTH, REQUIRE THAT THE
00:22:43 COMMITTEE THAT THIS COMMITTEE REVIEW PROVIDER CONTRACTS
00:22:46 AND RECOMMENDED CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS OR FUNDING
00:22:50 ADJUSTMENT WHEN PROTOCOLS FAIL SUPPORTED THE HOUSING SHOULD BE
00:22:54 MORE THAN JUST A LABEL IT SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE WITH
00:22:57 REAL ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS AND WHEN THOSE STANDARDS ARE
00:22:59 NOT MET THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHY AND WHAT WILL BE DONE TO
00:23:02 FIX IT. SO WORD ABOUT HOUSING SHOULD
00:23:03 SAVE LIVES AND IN SAN FRANCISCO OVERSIGHT MINUTES MATTER.
00:23:06 >> THANK YOU, ALICIA HOWARD, CARLOS MANGALA, ANGEL JACKSON.
00:23:26 HI EVERYONE. >> I'M CARLOS FROM GALLO.
00:23:31 I'M FROM THE NATIONAL FLOORING CONTRACTORS APPRENTICESHIP
00:23:34 PROGRAM AND WE HAVE AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE TINY
00:23:35 NATION. I WAS HERE LAST YEAR.
00:23:38 I BROUGHT A BOOKLET THAT WAS A DESIGN THAT IT'S BUILT NOW.
00:23:42 WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK IN JUNE LAST YEAR BUT IT WAS
00:23:46 YOU KNOW, IT TRUMP WAS TRYING TO CLOSE DOWN JOB CORPS LUCKILY
00:23:49 DID ENCLOSE IT AND OUR STUDENTS ARE AT RISK YOUTH AND I LEARNED
00:23:53 LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS HERE THAT AT RISK MEANS SOMEONE WHO'S
00:23:57 LIVING IN THE STREET. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE
00:24:02 STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE ARE LABELED THAT WAY.
00:24:04 SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY IN BEHALF OF THEM TO SEE A WAY
00:24:08 HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE SO THEY CAN KEEP BUILDING THESE TINY
00:24:12 HOUSES THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING
00:24:15 IN IN THE STREET AND GIVE THEM A HOME AND AT THE SAME TIME THE
00:24:17 YOUTH LEARN HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE AND THEY CAN GET HIRED
00:24:20 WHEN THEY PUT THAT IN THEIR RESUME, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION
00:24:24 COMPANIES WILL GIVE THEM A JOB AND THEN WE HELP THEM GET
00:24:27 STABILIZED A PLACE TO LIVE A VEHICLE WHEN THEY JOIN THE
00:24:31 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. FOR US THAT'S DOING TWO THINGS.
00:24:35 IT'S A SOLUTION HELPING SOMEONE WHO'S LIVING IN THE STREET
00:24:36 RIGHT NOW GETTING HOME AND HELPING A YOUTH RIGHT NOW
00:24:39 NOW GO INTO THAT PATH BUT PUT THEM ON A PATH WHERE THEY CAN
00:24:44 SUCCEED AND BE STABLE. SO I ASK FOR YOUR FOR YOUR HELP
00:24:47 AND IN THIS LETTER HERE IS AN INVITATION IF I CAN SEND A LIKE
00:24:50 A BROAD EMAIL YOU CAN LET ME KNOW WHO CAN COME AND VISIT US.
00:24:54 SO YOU CAN SEE OUR OPERATION. THANK YOU.
00:24:58 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER ANGEL JACKSON,
00:25:02 KRISTIN EVANS HELLO COMMISSIONERS.
00:25:10 >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. CHRISTINA EVANS I WANTED TO
00:25:14 SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE. I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS PERSON
00:25:18 BEFORE WITH HER PERMISSION TO TALK ABOUT HER JOURNEY AND HER
00:25:23 EXPERIENCE INTERACTING WITH OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
00:25:26 I MET THIS WOMAN IN 2021 WHEN SHE WAS IN THE PSYCH WARD.
00:25:34 HER GODPARENT HAD CALLED THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS
00:25:35 AND ASKED IF WE COULD SUPPORT ADVOCATES ADVOCACY FOR HER TO
00:25:38 EXIT TO A SHELTER OR TO HOUSING BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL IS ABOUT
00:25:43 TO EXIT HER TO THE STREET. THAT'S HOW I MET HER AND OVER
00:25:49 THE COURSE OF THE LAST MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
00:25:53 HER AS SHE HAS TRIED TO STRUGGLE WITH STABILIZING HER
00:25:55 LIFE, ACCESSING SHELTER AND HOUSING AS WELL AS
00:26:01 TREATMENT. SHE'S CONSIDERED DUAL
00:26:02 DIAGNOSIS. SHE'S SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE.
00:26:06 SHE'S BEEN PART OF THE SYSTEM. SHE'S IN OUR THROES NOW BUT
00:26:09 SHE'S BEEN PART OF THE SYSTEM SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD.
00:26:13 THE CITY KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HER SO THAT WAS WHY I WAS VERY
00:26:17 SURPRISED AT THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD THIS PAST MONTH.
00:26:20 SHE WAS GOING TO THE LEMONADE, HOWEVER, TO DO HER MONTHLY
00:26:25 CHECK IN. I WAS ACCOMPANYING HER TO
00:26:29 ENSURE THAT WE DID WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO TO KEEP HER STATUS
00:26:33 AS HOUSING REFERRAL STATUS AT ABOUT THE 12 MONTH MARK IS WHEN
00:26:37 SHE RECEIVED HER FIRST OFFER FOR HOUSING.
00:26:41 SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY VERY LONG PERIOD OF
00:26:43 TIME. THE FIRST OFFER THAT SHE
00:26:44 RECEIVED WAS A PLACEMENT AT THE HENRY HOTEL AND FOR THOSE THAT
00:26:47 MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HENRY HOTEL, IT'S A SIXTH STREET AS
00:26:52 OUR PROPERTY THAT HAS VERY STRONG ASSOCIATIONS WITH DRUG
00:26:56 DEALING DRUG USE AND DEATH AND OVERDOSE.
00:26:59 OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS AN INAPPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR HER
00:27:06 AND SO I WANTED TO IN THE SPIRIT OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE
00:27:10 SYSTEM TALK ABOUT HOW HOW WOULD THAT OFFER EVEN HAVE BEEN MADE?
00:27:13 THIS IS A PERSON THAT I'VE SEEN THE SYSTEM FIRSTHAND RESPOND TO
00:27:18 YOU GOING BETWEEN HOSPITALS, JAILS INTENSIVE CITYWIDE CASE
00:27:22 MANAGEMENT. WE'VE SPENT THOUSANDS
00:27:25 AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF STAFF TIME ON THIS PERSON.
00:27:29 >> AND SO FOR ME TO SEE THAT THAT WAS LIKE THE FIRST OFFER
00:27:33 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE THING. BUT THEN I THINK THE PEOPLE
00:27:38 THAT WERE YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SUPPORT HER IN HER HOUSING
00:27:41 SEARCH WERE WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GIVE HER GOOD ADVICE
00:27:45 . >> THEY THE PRESSURE CONTINUED
00:27:46 FOR MORE THAN A WEEK FOR HER TO ACCEPT THAT OFFER.
00:27:49 THEY SAID YOU CAN GO THERE YOU CAN TRANSFER LATER.
00:27:52 WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION.
00:27:54 THEY SAID NO, THE PROCESSES CHANGE.
00:27:57 WE DON'T ACCEPT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION LETTERS PROVIDER
00:27:58 YOUR YOUR CITY WIDE PROVIDER HAS TO SUBMIT THAT THROUGH A
00:28:01 WEBSITE YOU'LL TAKE TIME AND THEY TOLD HER THAT IT WOULD
00:28:05 TAKE THAT SHE IF SHE DIDN'T ACCEPT THIS OFFER SHE COULD
00:28:08 WAIT ANOTHER YEAR. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A FAIL.
00:28:12 THAT WAS A SYSTEM FAIL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:28:16 PEOPLE WE KNOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TOUCHING AGAIN AND AGAIN
00:28:22 HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHELTER SYSTEM IN AND OUT OF
00:28:23 OUR HOSPITALS IN AND OUT OF JAIL AND ARE DOING CASE MANAGER
00:28:29 ARE SAN FRANCISCO NATIVES AND ARE ARE ARE COMPLETELY
00:28:33 KNOWN TO THE SYSTEM 100% KNOWN TO THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE
00:28:37 THINKING ABOUT THAT PERSON HOLISTICALLY AND ENSURING THAT
00:28:41 THE SUPPORT NETWORK IS IN PLACE.
00:28:42 IT SHOULDN'T BE CHRIS NEVINS, THE VOLUNTEER OR PROVIDING
00:28:46 THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUITY. IT'S I MEAN THAT YOU LEARN SO
00:28:50 MUCH BY A COMPANY PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR JOURNEY
00:28:53 AND ENCOUNTERING THE SYSTEM AND YOU SEE WHERE THE SYSTEM
00:28:57 GAPS ARE. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
00:28:58 THAT EXPERIENCE AND I KNOW WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP
00:29:01 AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT PLACEMENT THERE.
00:29:03 THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
00:29:05 NEXT SPEAKER. LOCALLY FIVE MINUTES.
00:29:19 >> I WISH I HAD KNOWN THAT BEFORE OR I COULD HAVE WRITTEN
00:29:24 A LOT MORE SO YEAH I'M FLO KELLY AND I WORK WITH THE START
00:29:28 POVERTY TOES AND THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AS A VOLUNTEER
00:29:35 YOU SOMETIMES IT'S IT AMAZES ME LIKE KRISTEN WAS SAYING HOW
00:29:39 MUCH VOLUNTEERS REALLY DO FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS
00:29:45 THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS SO I FEEL LIKE OUR MAYOR HAS THE
00:29:57 GALL TO COME OFF AS A GOOD GUY WHO WANTS TO REALLY TAKE AWAY
00:30:04 THE RV'S AND IS STEPPING UP AND SWEEPING PEOPLE ON THE
00:30:08 SIDEWALKS AND SAYING OH I'M SO GENEROUS BECAUSE I'LL BE ABLE
00:30:13 TO BE ABLE TO PAY SOME MONEY BACK TO THE PEOPLE IN THEIR
00:30:21 RV'S BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING AWAY THE RV.
00:30:25 IT JUST FEELS LIKE ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS JUST ERASE THE SIGHT
00:30:29 OF HOMELESSNESS AND HE PROBABLY HAS MADE SOME PROMISES TO
00:30:34 PEOPLE THAT HAVE PAID FOR HIM FOR HIS CAMPAIGN YOU KNOW, TO
00:30:41 CLEAN UP THE STREETS WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
00:30:44 WOW. SO IT FEELS LIKE IN ADDITION TO
00:30:48 THAT THE MAYOR WANTS TO SILENCE THE VOICES OF THE MOST
00:30:52 VULNERABLE BY ELIMINATING THE SHELTER, MONITORING COMMITTEE,
00:30:55 THE SHELTER GRIEVANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR CITY, OUR HOME
00:30:59 COMMITTEE, THE LOCAL HOMELESS COORDINATOR AND BOARD AND TO
00:31:04 MOVE ALL THE TASKS THAT OUT THOSE FOR COMMITTEES DO
00:31:08 AND PILOT IT ON YOU I THINK I'M SURE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS RIGHT
00:31:20 AND AND ALSO PUT YOU IN AN ADVISORY ROLE.
00:31:23 >> I WAS REALLY HAPPY WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
00:31:28 HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION BECAUSE I WAS I
00:31:32 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE POWER.
00:31:35 >> YOU WOULD HAVE SOME TEETH IN SOME OF THE POLICY MAKING.
00:31:39 >> OKAY. >> AND DEMOCRACY IS THE
00:31:43 FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED TO KEEP THE FIVE
00:31:49 COMMITTEES AND THE POWER OF THIS COMMISSION FUNCTIONING SO
00:31:53 THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS WILL HAVE A VOICE
00:31:57 IN STAY ALIVE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
00:32:01 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER THERE'S NO MORE
00:32:05 SPEAKING THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS ON THE LINE.
00:32:09 THERE ARE NO CALLERS IN THE QUEUE.
00:32:12 I AM DEFINITELY OUTRAGED WITH THE JESSE COLLINS SITUATION
00:32:27 AND IT'S BASICALLY GOVERNMENT NOT MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING
00:32:34 . >> IF IF IF YOU KNEW JESSE
00:32:35 COLLINS JESSE COLLINS WAS A TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST AND IT'S
00:32:42 JUST THE FACT THAT THAT'S THAT'S HOW HOME BRIDGE
00:32:49 AND THEIR COMPANY IS CARRYING ON THAT LEGACY OF HIM JUST
00:32:53 MALICIOUS GROTESQUE BURGLARY AND BREACH OF CONTRACT I MEAN
00:33:04 IT'S JUST HOW DO WE GET HOW DO WE GET THIS BODY AND CITY
00:33:11 GOVERNMENT TO ACTUALLY CARE OR EVEN DO BETTER?
00:33:15 IT'S IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOMELESS GET INTO HOUSING AND THEN THEY
00:33:22 LIKE ABANDONED THEM. THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES
00:33:26 LIKE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS CAN JUST RUN WILD BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:33:32 HOUSED NOW I MEAN IN THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS WHATEVER
00:33:38 HAPPENS IT'S IT'S IT'S BECOME CLANDESTINE.
00:33:42 IT'S LIKE THEY DO SOME TYPE OF INVESTIGATION AND THE VICTIMS
00:33:49 HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED IF THEY HELD THESE PEOPLE
00:33:53 ACCOUNTABLE OR NOT. SO IT'S LIKE I WAS VICTIMIZED
00:33:57 IN MY HOUSING AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I HAVE NO IDEA IF THOSE
00:34:01 PEOPLE ARE STILL EMPLOYED. >> RIGHT.
00:34:05 I MEAN DID THEY GIVE THEM PROMOTIONS LIKE WAS WHAT'S
00:34:07 GOING ON? LET'S LET'S I'M GOING TO GO TO
00:34:12 THE NEXT TALKING POINT THOUGH DO DO THE DO HOUSED HOMELESS.
00:34:22 SO I'M WONDERING WHO DO THE HOMELESS CONNECT WITH TO TALK
00:34:26 ABOUT THE ISSUE OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE
00:34:30 STREETS AND THEY HAVE SHELTER BEDS ARE THEY HAVE HOUSING BUT
00:34:37 THEY COME AND SET UP TENTS IN IN THE STREETS.
00:34:44 >> THEY THEY LIVE OUTSIDE BUT THEY HAVE HOUSING FOR SHELTER
00:34:48 BREADS. YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN I WAS SAYING
00:34:49 THAT THE NAVIGATION CENTER IT WAS SO NOISY AND STUFF I
00:34:56 STARTED SLEEPING IN THE BATHS, THE BATH TRAINS AND IT'S LIKE
00:35:03 IT'S LIKE THESE SYSTEMS THAT AREN'T THINKING OF ANY BEST
00:35:07 PRACTICES REGARDING HOW THESE THESE SHELTERS IN HOUSING UNITS
00:35:15 SHOULD HOW THEY SHOULD BE REGARDING QUIET ENJOYMENT
00:35:22 AND AND SANITATION AND ETC. ETC. THE OTHER TALKING POINT
00:35:34 THE SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE I TRIED TO GO TO THAT COMMITTEE
00:35:38 TWICE THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD A FICTITIOUS DATE THE IT SAID YOU
00:35:45 KNOW THE DATE THE NUMBER OF THE DATE AND THE DAY OF THE DATE IT
00:35:53 DIDN'T MATCH UP AND THEN THEN THE OTHER TIME I WENT THEY HAD
00:35:58 IT ON LINE BUT THEIR AGENDA SAID IT WAS IN PERSON SO
00:36:08 IN THAT MEETING IT WAS ME AND TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
00:36:13 PUBLIC WHO CAME TO TALK AND IT ALSO SEEMED LIKE IT'S A PROBLEM
00:36:20 JUST HOW INFREQUENTLY THEY MEET AND IN THE END THEY WANT US TO
00:36:28 MEET ONLINE AND THEN LIKE IT'S AN EXTRA BURDEN THAT THEY'RE
00:36:32 PUTTING ON THE HOMELESS LIKE YOU EXPECT HOMELESS TO HAVE A
00:36:35 PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GO BE AT THESE MEETINGS LIKE A QUIET
00:36:40 ROOM ARE OR SOMETHING ARE YOU EXPECT THEM TO HAVE LAPTOPS YOU
00:36:47 EXPECT THEM TO HAVE PHONES, YOU EXPECT THEM TO HAVE ALL OF THIS
00:36:51 TECHNOLOGY THAT YOUR TAKE FOR GRANTED YOU KNOW EVEN IF THEY
00:36:55 DID HAVE LAPTOPS AND PHONES IT'S IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF
00:36:59 TRYING TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT STUFF IS LIKE CHARGED.
00:37:02 >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU.
00:37:06 THANK YOU. >> I SEE NO OTHER MEMBERS OF
00:37:13 THE PUBLIC CONFIRM WITH THE SECRETARY.
00:37:17 NO MEMBERS AREN'T ON THE PHONE? NOPE.
00:37:18 OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
00:37:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TAKING
00:37:24 ITEMS OUT OF ORDER. I'M SORRY.
00:37:28 MAYBE WE SHOULD VOTE ON THAT. THE THREE I THINK IT IS ALL THE
00:37:32 AGENDA ITEMS THAT ORDER I THINK IT'S THE PREROGATIVE OF THE
00:37:36 CHAIR TO CALL THE AGENDA OUT OF ORDER.
00:37:38 >> YES, WE CAN CERTAINLY VOTE ON IT.
00:37:45 >> CONSENSUS ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING THE BUDGET ITEM
00:37:49 NUMBER NINE OUT OF ORDER? >> OKAY PERFECT SEEING NONE.
00:37:53 WE'LL TAKE ITEM NINE OUT OF ORDER.
00:37:56 THAT WILL COME NOW FOR DISCUSSION THE FISCAL YEAR 2025
00:38:02 2026 AND FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW FOR THE
00:38:09 DEPARTMENT OF THE HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IF I
00:38:10 COULD PLEASE ASK DIRECTOR GIGI WHITLEY, OUR CHIEF FINANCE
00:38:16 AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR TO PLEASE PRESENT THIS ITEM.
00:38:20 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR WHITLEY OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON
00:38:31 MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I'M
00:38:32 GIGI WHITLEY, CHIEF OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE
00:38:35 DEPARTMENT. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU
00:38:38 PRESENTING ON THE BUDGET PROCESS COMING UP THIS IS OUR
00:38:45 FIRST OF TWO COMMISSION ITEMS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE
00:38:53 IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE NEW
00:38:56 COMMISSIONERS I DID INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SLIDES JUST TO TALK
00:39:01 THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS.
00:39:04 SO I'LL START WITH THOSE TWO SIDES GOING OVER THE CITYWIDE
00:39:08 BUDGET PROCESS AND THE CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN HOW OUR WORK FITS
00:39:11 INTO THAT. THE CITYWIDE BUDGET PROCESS AS
00:39:15 MANY OF YOU KNOW IS A MULTI-STAGE CYCLE.
00:39:18 IT STARTS WITH DEPARTMENTS PREPARING ITS OWN BUDGET
00:39:23 PROPOSAL THAT IS THEN SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR FOR CONSIDERATION
00:39:30 . THERE'S A STATUTORY DEADLINE
00:39:31 IN FEBRUARY FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET
00:39:35 AND THEN ANOTHER STATUTORY DEADLINE WHERE THE MAYOR IS
00:39:39 REQUIRED TO SUBMIT HIS PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE BOARD OF
00:39:43 SUPERVISORS FOR FINAL APPROVAL .
00:39:46 THE BUDGET PROCESS UNDER THE CHARTER IS ACTUALLY A TWO
00:39:50 FISCAL YEAR CYCLE. OUR FISCAL YEARS RUN FROM JULY
00:39:55 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH AND SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE LOCKED INTO
00:40:00 THOSE TWO YEAR CYCLES DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE AIRPORT
00:40:03 AND OTHER REVENUE GENERATING DEPARTMENTS.
00:40:04 OUR DEPARTMENT IS ON A TWO YEAR ROLLING BUDGET CYCLE MEANING
00:40:09 THAT EVERY YEAR WE REALLY DO A NEW ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS SO
00:40:15 THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.
00:40:18 INTERNALLY IT FEELS THESE DAYS WE'RE ALWAYS DOING THE BUDGET
00:40:23 BUT WE DO KICK OFF OUR INTERNAL PROCESS WITH OUR OWN STAFF
00:40:27 IN OCTOBER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS, IDENTIFY
00:40:31 FUNDING GAPS AND THEN WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO THEN
00:40:35 ALIGN WITH THE MAYOR'S PRIORITIES AND BUDGET
00:40:38 INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE TYPICALLY RELEASED IN DECEMBER.
00:40:42 >> NEXT SLIDE THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET CALENDAR
00:40:46 THAT I JUST LAID OUT STARTING IN OCTOBER.
00:40:49 AND SO NOW WE'RE IN JANUARY WE HAVE A MATTER OF WEEKS TO
00:40:53 FINALIZE OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET SUBMISSION TO SUBMIT
00:40:57 IN FEBRUARY WE THERE IS A BIT OF A NEW PROCESS THIS YEAR WITH
00:41:02 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL
00:41:06 AS TALK ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO INFORM HOW WE'RE GOING TO
00:41:09 GET ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR PROVIDERS
00:41:16 AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. >> THEN THE BUDGET GOES TO THE
00:41:21 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE, THE BUDGET OF PUBLIC POLICY, THE
00:41:25 OFFICE OF PUBLIC POLICY AND FINANCE TO REVIEW SO THAT
00:41:26 THE MAYOR CAN SUBMIT HIS BUDGET BY JUNE 1ST AND THEN THERE IS
00:41:32 HEARINGS CALLED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THEN FINAL
00:41:36 BUDGET ENACTMENT AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.
00:41:40 AND THE MAYOR TYPICALLY SIGNS SOMETIME IN AUGUST FOR THE
00:41:41 FINAL BUDGET. SO A BIT OF A REFRESHER WHAT
00:41:47 WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LAST JULY AND WHAT
00:41:51 WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THIS FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR 2025,
00:42:00 2026. >> THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU
00:42:01 HOW OUR BUDGET HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
00:42:06 >> YOU KNOW WITH THE UNLOCKING IN 2020 OF THE HOMELESSNESS
00:42:11 GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ALSO ESTABLISHED THAT OUR CITY OUR
00:42:18 HOME FUND AS WELL AS THAT OVERSIGHT BODY AND THAT REALLY
00:42:22 CAUSED A LARGE RAPID INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET BACK IN FISCAL
00:42:30 YEAR 2425 OUR BUDGET WAS $846 MILLION.
00:42:33 IT HAS IT WAS DECREASED IN THE BUDGET MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE
00:42:41 FALLING OUT OF SOME ONE TIME FUNDING AS WELL AS CHANGES
00:42:45 IN STATE REVENUE. BUT EVEN THOUGH THE BUDGET
00:42:49 CHANGED BY ABOUT $60 MILLION OVERALL THAT THAT DIDN'T MEAN
00:42:52 WE HAD SIGNIFICANT CUTS. WE'VE BEEN TAKING REDUCTIONS TO
00:42:56 OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR BUT BUT NOT OF THAT MAGNITUDE.
00:43:01 AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIVISION BETWEEN REVENUE SUCH AS THE OUR
00:43:04 CITY, OUR HOME FUNDS OR OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS AS
00:43:08 WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND. >> THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU OUR
00:43:14 CURRENT YEAR FISCAL 2526 BUDGET BY PROGRAM INVESTMENT AREA
00:43:19 AND SO OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS 785.6 MILLION.
00:43:25 >> I THINK WHAT FOR ESPECIALLY FOR FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS
00:43:29 WHAT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THROUGH THE ANNUAL
00:43:34 BUDGET PROCESS IS THAT OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS THE CITY HAS
00:43:40 RECEIVED ALMOST 250 MILLION IN STATE GRANTS THAT ARE BEING
00:43:44 SPENT DOWN OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
00:43:47 THOSE AREN'T ANNUALLY REAPPROPRIATED SO EVEN THOUGH
00:43:51 WE HAVE A MUCH LARGER SPENDING PLAN RIGHT NOW THAN 785 MILLION
00:43:55 WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF THOSE MONEY OVER MULTIYEAR
00:43:58 INVESTMENTS PARTICULARLY IN THE HOUSING SPACE AND SOME OF OUR
00:44:03 SHELTER OPERATIONS IS IN ADDITION WITH THE UNLOCKING
00:44:07 OF THE OUR CITY OUR HOMES FUND THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF A LOT
00:44:13 OF ONE TIME REVENUE. WE'VE ALSO BEEN PROGRAMING THAT
00:44:16 AND SPENDING THAT DOWN OVER A MULTIYEAR SPENDING PLAN AND SO
00:44:19 YOU'LL SEE THE FOOTNOTE EVEN IN THIS SLIDE THAT LAST YEAR'S
00:44:24 BUDGET INCLUDED APPROPRIATING 126,000,000 IN 1 TIME OUR CITY
00:44:30 OUR HOME FUNDING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN OUR
00:44:37 BUDGET IS HOUSING THAT INCLUDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HOUSING
00:44:41 SUPPORTS AND A VARIETY OF HOUSING INTERVENTIONS FOR
00:44:48 CLIENTS WHO WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS.
00:44:49 THAT'S OUR LARGEST PIECE OF OUR BUDGET ABOUT 200 MILLION FOR
00:44:55 SHELTER AND CRISIS INTERVENTION AND THEN WE HAVE HOMELESSNESS
00:44:59 OUTREACH, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND COORDINATED
00:45:03 ENTRY AS WELL AS OUR ADMIN BUDGET AND CITYWIDE COST.
00:45:10 >> JUST DRILLING DOWN IN OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET A BIT.
00:45:13 THIS SHOWS YOU HOW SOME OF THOSE HOUSING AND SHELTER
00:45:17 INTERVENTIONS ARE SPLIT UP BY SERVICE TYPE AND THE ESTIMATED
00:45:24 CAPACITY THAT SUPPORT. SO AGAIN HOUSING IS ABOUT 54%
00:45:28 OF OUR BUDGET THAT WAS APPROPRIATED AND SUPPORTS ON
00:45:33 THE MAGNITUDE OF OVER 14,000 UNITS ABOUT 9000 TO 10,000 OF
00:45:39 THOSE UNITS ARE SITE BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:45:44 AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART THAT'S THE LARGEST COMPOSITION
00:45:47 OF HOUSING FUNDS. IT ALSO FUNDS RAPID REHOUSING
00:45:51 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY POOL WHICH IS SCATTERED SITE SUBSIDIES THAT
00:45:55 ARE PERMANENT WHAT WE CALL HOUSING LADDER WHERE FOLKS HAVE
00:45:59 BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ARE
00:46:04 READY TO MOVE ON AND LIVE WITH A SHALLOW SUBSIDY AND LIGHT
00:46:07 TOUCH SERVICES IN A MARKET RATE UNIT.
00:46:08 OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM AND SHALLOW SUBSIDIES.
00:46:15 >> THE NEXT BIG BUDGET BUDGET OF FUND SUPPORTS.
00:46:19 AT THE TIME THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED MORE THAN 4400 SHELTER
00:46:23 BEDS THAT HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING THIS YEAR.
00:46:26 >> SO I EXPECT THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE BRING TO YOU
00:46:30 IN FEBRUARY TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BUT MOST OF THOSE
00:46:34 FUNDS SUPPORT OUR LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS SOME NON
00:46:40 CONGREGATE AND SEMI CONGREGATE SHELTER ARE CONGREGATE PROGRAMS
00:46:45 AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS CABINS TRANSITION HOUSING,
00:46:49 HOTEL VOUCHERS DROP IN AND RESOURCE CENTERS ETC. AND THEN
00:46:53 PREVENTION AND PROBLEM SOLVING WE HAVE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT
00:46:57 ABOUT 9400 HOUSEHOLDS A YEAR IN OUTREACH OR OUTREACH TEAMS
00:47:04 TO MORE THAN 42,000 ENCOUNTERS A YEAR AND THEN WE AVERAGE
00:47:09 ABOUT BASED ON LAST YEAR'S DATA ABOUT 12,000 PLUS COORDINATED
00:47:13 ENTRY ASSESSMENTS. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
00:47:19 BACKGROUND JUST TO LEVEL SET AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.
00:47:22 WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED LAST YEAR GOING INTO THE MAYOR'S
00:47:26 BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
00:47:30 THE CITYWIDE FISCAL OUTLOOK WHICH I'M SURE YOU READ ABOUT
00:47:34 IN THE PAPER. BUT JUST TO SET THE CONTEXT,
00:47:36 TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE ARE NEW
00:47:41 THIS YEAR AND A NEW PROCESS THAT WE ARE LEARNING AS WE GO
00:47:45 SOME OF EACH HAS HAS PARTICULAR BUDGET ISSUES THAT WE ARE
00:47:49 FOCUSED INTERNALLY ON AND SOME NEXT STEPS AND TIMELINE.
00:47:56 >> SO THE CITYWIDE FISCAL OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO SHOW A
00:48:01 SIGNIFICANT GENERAL FUND DEFICIT OVER THE TWO YEAR
00:48:04 PROPOSED BUDGET THERE IS WHAT'S CALLED A JOINT REPORT WHERE THE
00:48:12 BUDGET AND ANALYSTS OFFICE THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND THE
00:48:16 COMPTROLLER WORK ON THE ANALYTICAL WORK TO PROJECT WHAT
00:48:20 THE DEFICIT IS FOR THE BUDGET. IT'S PROJECTED TO BE MORE THAN
00:48:24 900 MILLION OVER THE TWO YEAR CYCLE WITH MOST OF THAT
00:48:27 SHORTFALL COMING THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BUDGET CYCLE.
00:48:31 >> AS YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THAT'S BEING DRIVEN BY
00:48:35 EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO OUTPACE GENERAL FUND REVENUES,
00:48:39 INCREASES THAT WERE APPROVED IN AND PRIOR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS
00:48:46 FOR SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, GROWTH
00:48:51 IN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR VOTER APPROVED BUDGET BASELINES AS
00:48:55 WELL AS INCREASED CITYWIDE OPERATING COST OVERALL.
00:48:59 >> AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER UNKNOWN THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN
00:49:03 GRAPPLING WITH IS YOU KNOW THE SHIFT IF YOU CALL IT IN FEDERAL
00:49:10 POLICY THAT HAS POSED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO CITY
00:49:14 REVENUE INCLUDING EACH BESEECHES GRANT FUNDS ALONG
00:49:18 WITH OTHER FUNDS THAT SUPPORT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
00:49:22 >> SO GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:49:29 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS AND PRIORITIES WE RECEIVED
00:49:33 THESE RIGHT BEFORE THE WINTER HOLIDAYS AND HAVE BEEN HAD A
00:49:44 FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BUT HAVE A
00:49:45 DEADLINE COMING UP HERE IN JANUARY TO TALK TO THEM MORE
00:49:52 ABOUT HOW TO ALIGN OUR BUDGET WITH THEIR PRIORITIES SO THE
00:49:56 KEY MAJOR PRIORITIES ARE SAFE AND CLEAN STREETS IMPROVING
00:50:00 PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSFORMING THE HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS SYSTEMS
00:50:04 TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND PROVIDING
00:50:08 CLEAN, SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACES FOR ALL RESIDENTS AS
00:50:11 WELL AS A REAL FOCUS ON ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.
00:50:15 REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO STRIDES TO MAKE THE
00:50:19 CITY MORE AFFORDABLE AND LIVABLE FOR FAMILIES
00:50:23 AND THEN STRENGTHENING OUR ECONOMY ARTS AND CULTURAL
00:50:27 SECTORS. THIS IS THE FOCUS OF THIS
00:50:30 MAYOR'S OFFICE ALONG WITH THE BUDGET FOCUS OF REALLY TRYING
00:50:35 TO SHRINK THAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT SO THAT WE BETTER ALIGN
00:50:39 REVENUE TO EXPENDITURES OVERALL AND A REAL FOCUS BY
00:50:42 MAYOR LAURIE'S TEAM IN INVESTING IN LONG TERM
00:50:47 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT'S VERY MUCH
00:50:51 FOCUSED ON BRINGING SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT INTO THE
00:50:56 21ST CENTURY WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY AND USING IT IN A
00:51:02 IN A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC.
00:51:09 >> THERE WAS NOT AS IN PRIOR YEARS A SET GENERAL FUND BUDGET
00:51:13 TARGET. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN
00:51:14 ON THE VOTE, THE COMMISSION OR PART OF SAN FRANCISCO, YOU KNOW
00:51:20 USUALLY EVERY YEAR THERE'S A GENERAL FUND TARGET LAST YEAR I
00:51:23 BELIEVE OURS WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $40 MILLION.
00:51:27 LUCKILY WE CAME UP WITH OTHER SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN HAVING TO
00:51:31 MAKE THOSE CUTS THIS YEAR. >> MAYOR LAURIE'S TEAM HAS
00:51:34 TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH. >> THEY REALLY WANT TO FUND,
00:51:38 YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES AND COURSE SERVICES
00:51:42 AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET TARGET THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M
00:51:46 EXPECTING WE WON'T NEED TO MAKE EFFICIENCIES OR OTHER YOU KNOW,
00:51:50 REALIGNED MEANT IN OUR BUDGET OR EVEN REDUCTIONS IN CERTAIN
00:51:55 AREAS. BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO
00:51:59 INSTEAD IS PROVIDE DETAIL PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION,
00:52:02 INFORMATION ON WHAT PROGRAMS ARE PERFORMING, WHAT PROGRAMS
00:52:06 PERHAPS AREN'T AND WHERE PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN AND FUND
00:52:11 MAY BE DUPLICATIVE WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PRESENT
00:52:15 THAT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON JANUARY 20TH.
00:52:18 SO THAT IS COMING UP AND WE ARE SPRINTING TO TRY TO LAY OUT OUR
00:52:26 BUDGET IN A WAY THAT RESPONDS TO THAT REQUEST.
00:52:30 WE ARE THEN EXPECTING TO GET OTHER INSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO
00:52:34 HELP INFORM HOW WE WOULD PRESENT OUR BALANCED BUDGET TO
00:52:38 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BY THE FEBRUARY 21ST DEADLINE.
00:52:42 >> SO SOME THINGS WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH INTERNALLY OUR
00:52:46 GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION PREDOMINANTLY SUPPORTS OUR CORE
00:52:50 SERVICES OF PERMANENT HOUSING, EMERGENCY SHELTER OUTREACH
00:52:54 AND OTHER CRITICAL HOMELESS SERVICES.
00:52:58 WE KNOW AND YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT AT THIS BODY THAT
00:53:02 THE COST TO DELIVER EXISTING SERVICES CONTINUE TO RISE.
00:53:06 BUT OUR FUNDING TO OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS WHO WE RELY
00:53:10 ON TO DELIVER THESE CRITICAL SERVICES IS STAYING FLAT OR
00:53:11 BEING CONSTRAINED AND THE CHANGES TO HUD FUNDING WHEN I
00:53:18 WHEN I WROTE THIS THE IMPACT WAS UNKNOWN.
00:53:19 OUR HUD FUNDING IS A LITTLE OVER $50 MILLION
00:53:23 AND PREDOMINANTLY FUNDS 1700 PLUS HOUSING UNITS PARTICULARLY
00:53:30 RENTAL ASSISTANCE HUD HAD RELEASED RIGHT AFTER OR
00:53:34 MID-NOVEMBER FOR A NEW NOTICE OF FUNDING UP OPPORTUNITY THAT
00:53:43 WOULD HAVE MADE MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS INELIGIBLE FOR ONGOING
00:53:47 FUNDING. JOINING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
00:53:51 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
00:53:54 PARTNERED WITH MULTIPLE OTHER COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE
00:53:58 NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS.
00:54:01 YOU KNOW, WENT TO COURT IN RHODE ISLAND AND THAT THAT
00:54:05 DECISION WAS PUT ON HOLD. >> HUD HAS SINCE ISSUED
00:54:12 INSTRUCTIONS AND AT LEAST FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AS IT
00:54:16 AFFECTS US, THEY ARE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE BIDEN
00:54:21 ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.
00:54:24 SO WHAT THAT MEANS PRACTICALLY IS THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT MOST
00:54:28 OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS AT LEAST WE DON'T NEED TO REAPPLY.
00:54:33 WE ANTICIPATE THOSE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
00:54:36 I THINK PRACTICALLY SPEAKING THIS MEANS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT A
00:54:40 YEAR TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE WOULD THEN IF WE COULD THEN CONTINUE
00:54:47 TO RELY ON THESE FUNDS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR
00:54:51 WHETHER WE NEED TO PROPOSE OTHER KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT
00:54:55 ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED AND MOVE SOME OF THESE FUND PROGRAMS TO
00:54:59 LOCAL FUNDS. >> BUT IT WAS SOME LAST MINUTE
00:55:02 RELIEF THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO QUICKLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP
00:55:06 THESE PROGRAMS OPEN. >> SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT NEWS
00:55:10 WITH YOU. >> THE OTHER BUDGET
00:55:14 CONSIDERATION IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN THAT $250 MILLION
00:55:18 AND I'M IN ONE TIME STATE FUNDING.
00:55:22 MOST OF THAT WAS USED TO REALLY EXPAND OUR SHELTER BEDS.
00:55:29 WE HAD THE NEW OUR CITY, OUR HOME MONEY THAT WAS EXPANDING
00:55:32 HOUSING. SO SPEAKING TO OUR STRATEGIC
00:55:33 PLAN, THIS WAS A STRATEGY TO HELP WITH SHELTER BED EXPANSION
00:55:37 WHEN I WAS BEFORE YOU LAST YEAR THIS STRUCTURAL ISSUE WAS ABOUT
00:55:44 $60 MILLION AND AFFECTING OVER 1200 SHELTER BEDS.
00:55:47 WE'VE REALIGNED SOME FUNDING WE'VE ACTUALLY NEEDED TO CLOSE
00:55:51 SOME BUILDINGS AND SO THAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IS SHRINKING
00:55:59 . I WILL SAY IT IT'S THAT DEFICIT
00:56:00 SITS OUTSIDE OF THIS TWO YEAR BUDGET PROCESS.
00:56:03 >> THIS DOESN'T HIT US UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2829 BUT IT IS
00:56:07 SOMETHING I WANT YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO BE COGNIZANT OF AS
00:56:14 WE GO INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT MAINTAINING THIS LEVEL OF
00:56:19 BED CAPACITY DOES MEAN ADDITIONAL REVENUES OR OTHER
00:56:23 TRADEOFFS IN OUR BUDGET. >> AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL BE
00:56:26 A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR AS PART OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WE
00:56:30 WILL ALSO BE INCLUDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR OUR CITY.
00:56:34 OUR HOME GROSS RECEIPTS TAX WILL BE BEFORE THE OUR CITY OUR
00:56:38 HOME OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK ON JANUARY 20TH 22ND
00:56:44 TALKING ABOUT THE OUR ACTUALS FOR THE YEAR AND THE BUDGET
00:56:48 PROCESS WE ARE SEEING THAT REVENUE HAS STABILIZED A BIT
00:56:52 WITH THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REFORM THAT WAS PASSED ABOUT A
00:56:59 YEAR AGO AND SO STARTING TO SEE SOME BETTER NEWS ON REVENUE
00:57:02 THAT'S GENERATED ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE.
00:57:06 SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO MAKE
00:57:09 SURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THESE VITAL PROGRAMS.
00:57:11 SO I'LL BE BACK TO YOU WITH MORE ON THAT AS WE HAVE AN
00:57:14 UPDATE. >> FINALLY JUST THE BUDGET
00:57:18 TIMELINE YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT A BIT BUT I DID WANT TO
00:57:22 FLAG THAT WE ARE A BIT BEHIND IN OUR SCHEDULING OUR
00:57:26 ENGAGEMENTS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT'S REALLY WE WANT TO GO
00:57:30 TO STAKEHOLDERS ONCE WE KNOW WHAT OUR PLAN IS AND WANT TO
00:57:34 MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR'S
00:57:38 OFFICE AFTER THE JANUARY 20TH DEADLINE SO THAT WE'RE GOING
00:57:41 OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS WITH INFORMATION.
00:57:44 SO SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS HAVE NOT YET BEEN SCHEDULED BUT THEY
00:57:48 ARE THEY WILL BE SCHEDULED AND BEFORE WE'RE BACK HERE
00:57:55 PRESENTING AS WELL AS WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN FEBRUARY HAVING
00:58:03 ANOTHER BUDGET PRESENTATION PRIOR TO THE FEBRUARY 23RD
00:58:06 DEADLINE AND I THINK SORT OF TALK TO YOU THROUGH THE NEXT
00:58:13 SLIDE WHICH WAS THE BUDGET DEADLINES.
00:58:16 >> WE'LL ALSO BE MEETING WITH OUR CITY, OUR HOME OVERSIGHT
00:58:20 LIAISONS AFTER WE SUBMIT THE BUDGET BUT GETTING ADDITIONAL
00:58:24 INPUT AND GUIDANCE FROM THEM THAT WE'LL BE SHARING WITH THE
00:58:26 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO INFORM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BUDGET PROPOSAL
00:58:32 PRIOR TO THE JUNE RELEASE AND OUR NEXT COMMISSION HEARING
00:58:39 IS FEBRUARY 13TH. >> WE'RE ALSO AT YOUTH
00:58:40 COMMISSION ON MARCH 16TH TALKING TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION
00:58:44 ABOUT PRIORITIES FOR YOUTH SO THAT THAT CAN INFORM THE BUDGET
00:58:48 PROCESS AS WELL. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
00:58:52 AND APPRECIATE THE THE GRACE AND ALLOWING ME TO JUMP.
00:58:58 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE THE REPORT AS
00:59:02 WE'VE DONE WITH PAST BUDGETS IF WE COULD HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF
00:59:07 THE PUBLIC FIRST AND THEN COMMENT AS COMMISSIONERS IF THE
00:59:13 SECRETARY COULD CALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS
00:59:17 ITEM. >> ACTUALLY I WAS GOING TO
00:59:21 SUGGEST THE OTHER WAY AROUND PROCESS WISE BECAUSE SOME
00:59:23 PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR WAY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC
00:59:25 COMMENT NOW. >> THANK YOU.
00:59:29 THERE ARE NO CALLERS IN THE QUEUE.
00:59:32 ARE YOU SPEAKING? THANK YOU.
00:59:42 ARE WE DOING FIVE MINUTES? NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT
00:59:43 CLARIFICATION. >> WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR
00:59:46 THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO ALL
00:59:50 ITEMS. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
00:59:54 I HAVE GIVEN A FEW PEOPLE HEADS UP ABOUT THIS ITEM BEING CALLED
01:00:00 OUT OF ORDER AND I KNOW SOME FOLKS ARE ON THE WAY HOPING TO
01:00:05 GIVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT. SO YOU AS AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR
01:00:15 WHITLEY THANK YOU. JUST SHARED WITH YOU THE
01:00:19 PROCESS FOR THE BUDGET IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO
01:00:23 REQUIRED MEETINGS FOR HEARING THE BUDGET BEFORE THE BUDGET
01:00:26 FOR THE DEPARTMENT MAKES ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.
01:00:28 THERE'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN WITH
01:00:31 YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW THE SYSTEM MIGHT BE SHIFTED THROUGH THE
01:00:34 BUDGET PROCESS AND BUDGET PRIORITIES.
01:00:38 SO I'LL SHARE WITH YOU MY THOUGHTS ON THAT REGARD.
01:00:41 SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IN FACE OF A DEFICIT THERE'S ALWAYS A
01:00:45 THREAT AND LOOMING THREAT OF PROGRAM CUTS.
01:00:47 SO I WOULD OPPOSE ANY PROGRAM CUTS.
01:00:49 ADDITIONALLY I WOULD SAY THAT EFFECTIVELY WE HAD CUTS LAST
01:00:53 YEAR IN THE FORM OF NOT PROVIDING ADEQUATE COST OF
01:00:57 LIVING ADJUSTMENTS. PEOPLE WERE GIVEN INCREASES
01:01:00 THAT WERE AT A RATE LESS THAN INFLATION AND IN CASES WHERE
01:01:04 STAFF COSTS ARE GOING UP AND SURANCE COSTS AND RENTS
01:01:08 AND OTHER THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO WE ARE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY
01:01:11 GIVING A ACROSS THE BOARD CUT TO OUR PROVIDER COMMUNITY BY
01:01:15 NOT MEETING THEIR COST OF LIVING REQUIREMENTS STAFFING
01:01:19 THE SYSTEM ADDITIONALLY YOU KNOW WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF
01:01:23 IMPORTANT STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND HOUSING.
01:01:27 I WOULD SAY IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO
01:01:31 PROTECT THOSE INVESTMENTS AND AND HOMELESS FOR
01:01:34 INDIVIDUALS HOUSING DOLLARS ARE ALSO BETTER SPENT THAN SHELTER
01:01:37 DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY ARE LESS EXPENSIVE.
01:01:42 THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE SHELTER BEDS ARE 24 BY SEVEN
01:01:45 STAFFED. THEY REQUIRE LAUNDRY AND MEALS
01:01:49 AND PEOPLE DON'T CONTRIBUTE A THIRD OF THEIR INCOME TOWARDS
01:01:50 THE RENT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A MORE
01:01:53 EFFECTIVE USE AND WE HELP MORE PEOPLE IF WE ACTUALLY ALLOCATE
01:01:54 DOLLARS AWAY FROM SHELTER TOWARDS HOUSING.
01:01:57 WE NOW HAVE 52 SHELTER SITES. WE HAVE ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF
01:02:01 SHELTER. WE NEED TO ESSENTIALLY SEE
01:02:02 PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THE SHELTER SYSTEM TO PERMANENT
01:02:05 EXITS TO HOUSING. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD SAY WE
01:02:09 KNOW WE HAVE A HUGE INFLOW PROBLEM AND SO OBVIOUSLY
01:02:12 PREVENTION IS REALLY KEY THAT WE WORK ON PUTTING OUR DOLLARS
01:02:16 AND INVESTING THEM THERE VERY WELL INVESTED DOLLARS TO ENSURE
01:02:20 THAT PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE LOW FIXED INCOMES THAT ARE NOT
01:02:23 KEEPING UP WITH THEIR RENT THAT IF WE PROVIDE SHALLOW SUBSIDIES
01:02:27 ,IF WE PROVIDE PENSION EVICTION DEFENSE, WE PROVIDE
01:02:29 OTHER SUPPORTS TO CATCH UP ON BACKGROUND THAT THAT CAN KEEP
01:02:32 PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND THAT'S THE MOST AFFORDABLE
01:02:35 COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF PEOPLE
01:02:39 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. >> I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE HAVE
01:02:43 20 20S LEFT. IT'S VERY EXCITING TO HEAR THAT
01:02:47 PROBLEMS REFORMS HAVE LED TO A STABILIZATION OF THE OUR CITY
01:02:51 OUR HOME FIRE AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE IS A SURPLUS
01:02:55 BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH BOTH THE
01:02:56 FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. THE STATE MONEY CONTINUING TO
01:02:59 BE ONE TIME MONEY SO IT ALLOWS IT CONSTRAINS WHAT WE CAN DO
01:03:02 IN TERMS OF OPERATIONALIZING THOSE DOLLARS AND WHETHER OR
01:03:06 NOT WE CAN COUNT ON THEM OR NOT.
01:03:07 I SEE MY TIME IS FINISHED NOW. >> THANK YOU.
01:03:10 THANK YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:03:13 ON ITEM NINE ARE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2526 AND FISCAL YEAR
01:03:19 2627 BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW. >> HI GOOD AFTERNOON JENNIFER
01:03:23 FREEDOM COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS JUST WANTED TO
01:03:27 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE UPCOMING KIND OF LOOMING
01:03:31 THREATS AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE BUDGET PLANNING
01:03:35 IN PARTICULAR. >> I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
01:03:38 THE EMERGENCY HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS WHICH WERE CUT BY THE
01:03:43 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN WHICH WE USED OUR CITY OUR HOME FUNDS
01:03:46 FOR TO PAY FOR THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND WE ENDED UP
01:03:50 GETTING AROUND 1000 HOUSEHOLDS HOUSED JUST IN 2022 SO RECENTLY
01:03:54 SO THEY'RE PAYING PRETTY HIGH RENTS.
01:03:58 THOSE ARE SET TO END IN OCTOBER.
01:03:59 I THINK THERE'S SOME SAVINGS THAT THEY CAN EXTEND THOSE
01:04:02 SUBSIDIES TO DECEMBER. >> THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
01:04:06 CAN BUT WE I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO PUSH THAT.
01:04:13 WE HAVE BUDGET PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BACKFILLING
01:04:15 THOSE THOSE RENTS. I THINK THE APPROXIMATE COST IS
01:04:23 AROUND $30 MILLION AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW WE HAD 2000 HOUSEHOLDS
01:04:26 THAT ARE IN HOUSING NOW THAT LIKELY WOULD RETURN TO
01:04:30 HOMELESSNESS A PRETTY LARGE CHUNK OF THOSE ARE FAMILIES
01:04:34 FOLKS LEAVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOUTH, ADULTS, SENIORS, PEOPLE
01:04:38 ON FIXED DISABILITIES, ETC. I THINK THE CITY'S KIND OF THE
01:04:42 THREAT HERE IS THAT THE CITY WILL DO A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE
01:04:49 MOVE PEOPLE OVER TO TEMPORARY SUBSIDIES.
01:04:50 I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE OVER TO SECTION EIGHT OR
01:04:53 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS WHERE THEY CAN BUT WE REALLY DON'T
01:04:57 HAVE VERY MANY OF THOSE SO THAT'S GOOD.
01:04:58 BUT WE REALLY WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE SUBSIDIES PERMANENT
01:05:01 AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST KIND OF PUTTING OFF
01:05:05 HOMELESSNESS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR FOLKS BECAUSE THOSE
01:05:08 FOLKS ARE PRIMARILY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
01:05:10 TAKE OVER THAT MARKET RATE RENT THAT'S QUITE HIGH.
01:05:13 SO THAT'S A BIG THREAT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME PLANNING FOR.
01:05:16 >> SECONDLY, I KNOW WE HAVE THIS BIG SHORTFALL AROUND THE
01:05:20 ONGOING FUNDING FOR SHELTER AND I THINK THAT WAS YOU KNOW,
01:05:24 POLICY DECISIONS LAST YEAR USING ONE TIME FUNDS TO FUND
01:05:28 THINGS THAT HAVE ONGOING COSTS WHICH I UNDERSTAND WHY BECAUSE
01:05:32 IT'S A CRISIS AND WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS QUICKLY.
01:05:35 BUT WHAT I WOULDN'T THAT MONEY PRIMARILY WAS ALREADY CUT FROM
01:05:39 HOUSING TO PAY FOR THAT SHELTER.
01:05:40 >> SO WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE US DO AGAIN THIS YEAR IS TO GO
01:05:44 AFTER HOUSING TO PAY FOR SHELTER BUT TO FIND ALTERNATIVE
01:05:47 SOURCES OF REVENUE. OUR BUDGET IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR
01:05:51 HOMELESSNESS IS ONLY 5.5% OF THE TOTAL CITY BUDGET FIVE
01:06:00 POINT FIVE SO HOMELESSNESS ON AT THE SAME TIME IS THEN YOU
01:06:04 KNOW PRETTY MUCH CONSISTENTLY THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR VOTERS
01:06:08 YOU KNOW A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF
01:06:12 HOMELESSNESS, HEALTH CARE COSTS AND THESE OTHER THINGS THAT
01:06:15 HAPPEN. WE'RE SPENDING WAY MORE ON THE
01:06:18 RIPPLE EFFECTS. AND SO IT REALLY MAKES SENSE
01:06:19 FOR US AS A CITY TO PRIORITIZE PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THIS
01:06:23 ISSUE TO STOP THE REVOLVING DOOR.
01:06:26 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:06:27 ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SEEING NONE IN THE ROOM ANY
01:06:32 ONLINE AND OTHERS IN THE QUEUE. >> OKAY.
01:06:36 THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US AS
01:06:40 COMMISSIONERS TO REALLY HEAR AND UNDERSTAND MEMBERS OF THE
01:06:43 PUBLIC IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR
01:06:44 COMMENTS ARE. SO I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER
01:06:50 LAGUARDIA HAD FIRST COMMENT. >> GREAT.
01:06:51 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CHAIR FOR MOVING THIS UP IN THE
01:06:54 AGENDA SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
01:06:58 >> ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
01:07:01 THIS YEAR DEPUTY DIRECTOR WHITLEY, HOW MUCH OF THE 104.6
01:07:08 MILLION IN FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS IN THE 2526 BUDGET IS
01:07:12 CONSIDERED AT RISK VERSUS RELATIVELY SECURE.
01:07:18 SO OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING IS IS THE THE BUDGET
01:07:23 THAT'S MOST AT RISK AND THAT'S ABOUT $56 MILLION ANNUALLY
01:07:33 AND THEN FOR PREVENTION AT 82.5 MILLION THAT DOESN'T RECEIVE
01:07:37 ANY FEDERAL STATE FUNDING AND IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON
01:07:45 OKO, OUR CITY, OUR HOME FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WHAT
01:07:48 IS I KNOW WE HAD A PROJECT THAT WE WERE WORKING ON LOOKING AT
01:07:53 THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF OF THE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
01:07:56 AND EVALUATING DO DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT IN TERMS OF NOT
01:08:03 AT THIS TIME, NOT AT THAT TIME ?
01:08:07 >> OKAY. I THINK A QUESTION RELEVANT FOR
01:08:11 FOR THE COMMISSION THE BUDGETS BEING PRESENTED TO US FOR
01:08:18 APPROVAL ON FEBRUARY 13TH. IT'S GOING TO THE MAYOR'S
01:08:20 OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 21ST. HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY THOSE THE
01:08:23 COMMISSION HAVE TO INFLUENCE THE FINAL SUBMISSION.
01:08:27 WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF INPUT THAT YOU KNOW, WOULD WOULD
01:08:31 WOULD BE PLAUSIBLE AND ALSO HELPFUL?
01:08:35 >> SURE. I MEAN I THINK AS ALWAYS IT'S
01:08:39 IMPORTANT TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES AS WELL
01:08:43 AS THE COMMISSION PRIORITIES. SO YOU KNOW, BROAD LEVEL
01:08:47 PRIORITIES IS OVER INDEXING AND PREVENTION IF THAT'S A
01:08:52 PRIORITY TO HEAR THAT AT THIS MEETING EVEN THOUGH OUR PIECE
01:08:58 IS YOU KNOW, SORT OF WE'RE LOCKED OUT OF MAKING DETAILED
01:09:02 CHANGES, WE'RE STILL IN CONVERSATION CERTAINLY WITH
01:09:06 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND I THINK THERE'S
01:09:09 STILL A LARGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BODY TO CONTINUE ITS
01:09:13 ADVOCACY DIRECTLY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE EVEN AFTER OUR
01:09:17 OUR BUDGET IS SUBMITTED. OUR GOAL IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
01:09:21 TO BE FRANK IS REALLY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ADDRESS WITHIN OUR
01:09:25 BUDGET ANY IMMEDIATE SHORTFALLS, ANY EFFICIENCIES WE
01:09:32 CAN IDENTIFY TO MAKE SURE THE PRIORITY IS STABILIZING
01:09:36 CONTRACTS WITH OUR VENDORS AND MAKING SURE EXISTING
01:09:41 PROJECTS STAY OPEN. BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF BIG
01:09:44 POLICY PRIORITIES I'M HOPING THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF A
01:09:48 CONVERSATION AND THAT CAN CONTINUE AND DIRECT
01:09:52 CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL.
01:09:53 >> RIGHT. AND JUST TO BE CLARIFY MY
01:09:56 EARLIER QUESTION, I AM A STRONG SUPPORTER OF PREVENTION
01:10:02 AND REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT TO
01:10:04 MAKE AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT IN FACT THAT YOU KNOW, I REALLY
01:10:10 WANT TO SEE MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE QUESTION OF OF
01:10:14 EFFICACY AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE INVESTING OUR
01:10:18 PREVENTION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE ROI THERE
01:10:21 BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO INFLOW.
01:10:26 >> JUST TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS.
01:10:27 THE $36 MILLION DEFICIT CLIFF, DO WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN
01:10:37 IN TERMS OF THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE 763
01:10:44 SHELTER BEDS? WHAT DO WE DO?
01:10:45 WE HAVE A BACKUP FOR THAT SO WE HAVE A FEW YEARS I MEAN NOT YOU
01:10:52 KNOW, IMMEDIATE AMOUNT OF TIME BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, IT WE
01:10:58 STARTED OFF THE CALENDAR YEAR THINKING THAT THE DEFICIT WAS
01:11:03 MORE LIKE 60 MILLION AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE TASKED TO
01:11:07 EXPAND AND CLOSE TO 1500 BEDS. SO REALLY ESPECIALLY WITH THE
01:11:15 NEW ADMINISTRATION WANTING TO MAKE SURE BEFORE THEY STARTED
01:11:18 ADDING CAPACITY THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WE HAD A STRUCTURAL
01:11:22 PROBLEM. >> WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE
01:11:23 YEAR IS REALLY TO WORK IN VERY CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC
01:11:30 HEALTH. THEY'VE BEEN OPENING UP SITES,
01:11:31 THEY'VE BEEN OPENING UP SITE SPACE, REALLY PRIORITIZING
01:11:37 FOLKS AND RECOVERY AND SOME OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE THOUGHT
01:11:41 MAY CONTINUE. WE'RE STARTING TO WIND DOWN
01:11:44 SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS REALLY DATED TO THE COVID EMERGENCY
01:11:48 RESPONSE THAT WHERE SOME OF OUR HIGHER COST BUILDING.
01:11:52 >> SO I THINK YOU KNOW THROUGH THIS BUDGET CYCLE WE'LL LEARN
01:11:55 YOU KNOW WILL BE ABLE TO ADAPT A BIT TO MAYOR LURIE'S
01:11:59 PRIORITIES AND HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF HOW TO PLAN FOR THE
01:12:04 FUTURE. MY GOAL IS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT
01:12:07 AS POSSIBLE AND LET YOU KNOW LIKE WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT
01:12:09 AND AND WHAT WE'RE BALANCING INTERNALLY WHEN NEW PRIORITIES
01:12:12 ARE ARE SUGGESTED. >> SO WHEN AND ONE LAST
01:12:17 QUESTION ABOUT THOSE ANXIETIES A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY I HAVE
01:12:20 WE HAVE SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THOUSAND ONE POKE
01:12:24 THE ROOF REPLACEMENT TO 60 GOLDEN GATE THE ELEVATOR
01:12:27 UPGRADE YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S NOT BIG IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS
01:12:31 IT'S $1 MILLION COMBINED BUT THEY ARE BEING DEFERRED AND SO
01:12:34 THAT RAISES A QUESTION FOR ME WHAT IS THE OVERALL DEFERRED
01:12:38 MAINTENANCE BACKLOG? DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF THAT?
01:12:40 >> WOW, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK ON OUR CITY
01:12:45 OWNED SITES THE THREE PROJECTS THAT WERE INHERITED FROM THE
01:12:49 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY IT'S NOT JUST DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BUT
01:12:53 THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SEISMIC SAFETY ISSUES.
01:12:57 SO OUR GOAL HAS REALLY BEEN TO ,YOU KNOW, FIND ALTERNATIVE
01:13:03 SITES WHETHER THAT'S REBUILDING ON LAND THAT THE CITY OWNS.
01:13:07 WE WENT FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL LAST ALMOST 18 MONTHS AGO
01:13:14 EXPECTING TO GO TO THE VOTERS WHICH WITH A MUCH LARGER BOND
01:13:18 PROPOSAL THAT WOULD REALLY HAVE ENABLED US TO REPLACE 260
01:13:22 GOLDEN GATE AND 1101 POKE THOSE THAT BOND WAS CHANGED AND SO WE
01:13:32 STILL HAVE $50 MILLION THAT WERE APPROPRIATED BY THE WERE
01:13:37 APPROVED BY THE VOTERS FOR A NEW FAMILY SHELTER.
01:13:38 SO WE'VE BEEN RESECT FENCING AND LOOKING FOR A FAMILY
01:13:41 SHELTER REPLACEMENT SITE TO REPLACE 260 GOLDEN GATE
01:13:46 AND THEN INCREASING OUR ASSET TO CAPITAL PLANNING ON SOME OF
01:13:50 THIS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE KNOWING THAT OUR TIMELINES TO
01:13:54 GET OUT OF THOSE THREE PROPERTIES HAS NOW BEEN
01:13:58 PROTRACTED. SO IT'S A BIT OF A DIFFICULT
01:14:01 QUESTION TO ANSWER LIKE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IS HEALTH
01:14:05 AND SAFETY AND MAKING SURE THAT ELEVATORS WORK.
01:14:08 WE'RE WRAPPING UP A PROJECT AT MSD SOUTH THAT WILL HAVE
01:14:13 REHABBED THE RESTROOMS AND SOME OF THE KITCHEN SPACE BUT IT IS
01:14:20 ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL THAT WE REPLACE THESE SITES WITH NEW
01:14:24 MODERN BUILDINGS THAT ARE SAFE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE
01:14:28 RESIDENTS AND YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, USE
01:14:32 YOUR VOICE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL BECAUSE
01:14:36 IT HELPS ME AT CAPITAL PLANNING TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
01:14:40 ARE AWARE THAT THESE PROJECTS AREN'T SUSTAINABLE AS IS.
01:14:46 >> THANK YOU. AND I WOULD JUST SAY ON MY OWN
01:14:50 BEHALF I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
01:14:51 THANK YOU AND THE LEADERSHIP YOU BRING TO OUR BUDGET
01:14:54 PLANNING AND THE DEEP WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.
01:14:59 >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM HERE.
01:15:04 >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROCHA AND FOR EVERYBODY ALL
01:15:08 COMMISSIONERS IF AS YOU GO FORWARD IN THESE QUESTIONS
01:15:13 AND ALL QUESTIONS WE COULD FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF JUST
01:15:17 LIMITING IN OUR COMMENTS TO THREE QUESTIONS THAT WOULD BE
01:15:21 GREAT JUST TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY
01:15:25 AND THAT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE DINNER.
01:15:28 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
01:15:30 MY QUESTION GOES TO IT I DO BELIEVE THAT PREVENTION IS IS
01:15:34 AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS BUT THE SMALLEST NUMBER ON HERE
01:15:38 AND MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PRIDE THAT THE THE PROGRAM
01:15:44 IS THE HOUSING LADDER WHICH I'M ASSUMING HELPS PEOPLE
01:15:47 AND REMOVES THEM OUT OF OUR SYSTEM ULTIMATELY AND FULLY
01:15:51 SELF-SUFFICIENT AND IT IT'S KIND OF REALLY THE BELL WENT
01:15:56 OFF WHEN I SAW THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS FURTHER OUT AS
01:15:59 THEY'RE GETTING WORSE OR WORSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
01:16:03 WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT I THINK AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
01:16:07 WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS INCREASING THE HOUSING LADDER
01:16:10 AND GETTING MORE THAN 1% OF THAT BUDGET INTO THAT WHICH
01:16:14 SEEMS AND AGAIN THIS IS MY SECOND MEETING AND I'M NOT
01:16:17 FULLY VERSED BUT LOOKING AT IT FROM AN OVERVIEW I'D LIKE TO
01:16:21 HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO LOOK AT
01:16:25 INCREASING THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S WE
01:16:28 START WORKING ON SOLUTIONS INSTEAD OF JUST YOU KNOW, KEEP
01:16:32 DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING WHICH IS GREAT BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S
01:16:36 PREVENTION AND THERE'S CURE. SO WONDERFUL.
01:16:39 A VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTION. THANK YOU.
01:16:43 YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT INITIATED FOR THE MOST PART A
01:16:48 MOVING ON HOUSING LADDER APPROACH BECAUSE COMING INTO
01:16:55 THE DEPARTMENT AS IT WAS FORMING RECOGNIZING THAT THERE
01:16:58 WERE FAMILIES TODAY AND ADULTS AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:17:02 HOUSING THAT HAD STABILIZED AND WE'RE READY TO LIVE WITH A
01:17:06 MORE SHALLOW SUBSIDY IN AN APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, IN THE
01:17:11 CITY AND COMMUNITY. SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
01:17:15 SUPPORTING THAT KIND OF BASELINE PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL
01:17:19 YEARS THROUGH YOU KNOW, THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE OUR
01:17:24 CITY, OUR HOMES. >> WE ADDED A SHALLOW SUBSIDY
01:17:27 PROGRAM AND ARE WE ALSO COMBINE THIS WITH A STRATEGY TO PUT THE
01:17:31 MOST CHRONICALLY HOMELESS VULNERABLE CLIENTS INTO
01:17:38 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SO WE'RE BEST UTILIZING THOSE
01:17:39 RESOURCES. I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT
01:17:42 AND WE'RE AT A STAGE AND ALSO HEARING THIS POLICY DIRECTION
01:17:46 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THROUGH THE BREAKING UP CYCLE
01:17:50 INITIATIVE. HOW CAN WE DO MORE TO IDENTIFY
01:17:53 THOSE LOWER ACUITY FAMILIES, ADULTS CERTAINLY YOUNG, YOUNGER
01:18:01 PEOPLE THAT EITHER NO LONGER NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:18:05 HOUSING OR BECAUSE FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT WAS KIND OF ONE SIZE
01:18:09 THAT'S THE ONLY HOUSING INTERVENTION WE HAVE.
01:18:12 >> MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING MORE TO ALLOCATE OUR
01:18:17 SHALLOW SUBSIDIES SO THERE I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT IF NOT
01:18:21 IN OUR PROPOSAL COMING OUT FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT POLICY
01:18:24 DIRECTION AND YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE HEARING FROM FROM
01:18:31 YOU AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS IF THAT IS A DIRECTION YOU WOULD
01:18:36 LIKE TO SEE AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
01:18:39 >> THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE A DIRECTION I
01:18:40 WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THANK YOU.
01:18:43 THANK YOU. YEAH.
01:18:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A REALLY A QUICK COMMENT I
01:18:52 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PREVENTION IS THE FIRST THING I
01:18:56 SAW WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET.
01:18:59 >> I THINK THAT'S OUR GREATEST AREA OF OPPORTUNITY TOO.
01:19:03 >> AS WE KNOW THERE'S A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE EDGE
01:19:07 OF THAT FOR SURE. >> THERE'S A STUDY BEING DONE
01:19:10 CURRENTLY AROUND FOLKS HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING AND HOW THE
01:19:14 MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DON'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY FUND OF OVER
01:19:18 $1,000. SO IF WE PARE THAT WITH MARKET
01:19:22 RATE RENT, THERE'S A BIG BARRIER THERE.
01:19:25 AND SO THERE'S ALSO A GROUP OF FOLKS WHO LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE
01:19:30 A LOT OF PRIDE WHO WOULDN'T USE THOSE SERVICES.
01:19:33 SO I THINK IF WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER TO BULK IT
01:19:37 UP A LITTLE BIT TO KEEP FOLKS FROM GETTING TO THAT EDGE, THAT
01:19:40 COULD BE A REALLY GREAT AREA OF OPPORTUNITY.
01:19:44 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
01:19:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VICE CHAIR RAMBO THANK YOU VERY
01:19:54 MUCH. >> HER QUESTION I HAVE IS JUST
01:19:58 YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING.
01:19:59 THIS IS A GREAT FOR SURE VERY INSIGHTFUL.
01:20:04 BUT ONE THING I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT IS WHAT ARE SOME
01:20:06 OF THE CONTINGENCIES BEING PLANNED ESPECIALLY AROUND LIKE
01:20:09 FEDERAL CUTS? IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR,
01:20:13 YOU KNOW, BALLOT INITIATIVES LIKE WHAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF LIKE
01:20:17 LOOKING FORWARD BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW, 2020, 20, 29 WE HAVE
01:20:20 A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BUT IT SNEAKS UP ON YOU REALLY QUICK
01:20:24 AND I WOULD RATHER US BE PREPARED WITH CONTINGENCY PLANS
01:20:28 SO SCRAMBLING AT THE LAST SECOND.
01:20:29 >> YES, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. YOU KNOW, WE ESPECIALLY SEE
01:20:36 AROUND THE HUD FUNDING THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
01:20:38 THAT CAME OUT REALLY PRIORITIZED YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE
01:20:44 BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE CITY AS A MORE RECOVERY HOUSING
01:20:48 FOCUS. AND SO YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A
01:20:52 REALLY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT I THINK CITYWIDE ESPECIALLY WITH
01:20:55 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO TRY IF WE NEEDED TO COMPETE
01:21:00 FOR THOSE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, FIT WITHIN THAT NEW RUBRIC.
01:21:03 WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF 1700 UNITS OF
01:21:07 PEOPLE THAT ARE STABLE THAT WE'VE ALREADY HOUSED.
01:21:10 SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A BIG CONVERSATION IN THE BUDGET.
01:21:15 I DON'T KNOW YET KNOW WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE BUT CERTAINLY
01:21:18 WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
01:21:22 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO SEE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF
01:21:26 MIXED USE BUILDINGS WHERE WE HAVE HUD FUNDED UNITS
01:21:29 AND LOCALLY FUNDED UNITS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR
01:21:34 AFFORDABLE UNITS WHERE CAN WE LOOK MORE SYSTEMATICALLY AT
01:21:38 BUILDINGS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OFF
01:21:41 FEDERAL FUNDING AND PLAN TO FUND IT GOING FORWARD WITH
01:21:45 LOCAL FUNDS OR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OTHER BUDGETS SHIFTS.
01:21:49 I THINK IT'S JUST SIMPLY YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE TO COME UP
01:21:53 WITH THOSE CONTINGENCIES AND WORK THEM INTO OUR BUDGET
01:21:57 PROCESS WITH A YEAR ADVANCE NOTICE.
01:21:58 IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO WITH SIMPLY WEEKS DAYS
01:22:04 NOTICE. AND SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING I
01:22:05 THINK LONG TERM HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE BUT YOU KNOW, IS
01:22:11 CRITICAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GET FUNDED AS
01:22:15 WE'RE IN THIS THIS NEW LANDSCAPE WITH OUR FEDERAL
01:22:19 GOVERNMENT. >> AND THEN IS THERE ANY
01:22:20 OPPORTUNITY FOR LIKE PERHAPS EVEN EXPANSION OF SERVICES FOR
01:22:27 THOSE ARE IN SOME OF OUR HUD HOUSING AND THAT'S OUR ROLES
01:22:31 AND THIS LIST THINGS LIKE THAT. >> I THINK OUR DIRECTION REALLY
01:22:35 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN TO REALLY DRIVE A NEW KIND
01:22:40 OF PARTNERSHIP AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
01:22:44 THAT FOCUSES ON IMPROVING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY WITHIN
01:22:48 BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMISSIONER'S
01:22:52 POINT, NOT ONLY DO WE MAY HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO
01:22:56 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT CAN MOVE ON, WE ALSO KNOW
01:22:59 THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE THEY NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT
01:23:07 WHETHER THAT BE SKILLED NURSING OR EVEN YOU KNOW, MORE
01:23:08 INTENSIVE TREATMENT. SO I'M I'M HOPING AT LEAST YOU
01:23:15 KNOW, SOME OF THIS ANALYTICAL WORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH
01:23:16 DEEP WILL EVOLVE INTO A STRATEGY THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT
01:23:22 MORE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
01:23:23 BUT CERTAINLY IN FUTURE BUDGET PROCESSES ABOUT HOW WE REALLY
01:23:27 MAKE SURE OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS IS OR THE
01:23:31 FUNDING OF HOUSING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING HAS THE APPROPRIATE
01:23:35 LEVEL OF SERVICES FOR THE CLIENTS WE NEED TO SERVE OUR
01:23:39 STATE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:23:40 OF COURSE YOU YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE
01:23:46 THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND THE TRANSPARENCY.
01:23:49 I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M THINKING A LOT ABOUT WORKING WITH
01:23:52 YOURSELF THE DIRECTOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I'M
01:23:54 JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEVEL OF CANDOR THAT IS WORKING
01:23:57 WITH YOU ALL EVEN WHEN THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE YOU KNOW NOT
01:24:01 WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO JUST BE HONEST
01:24:04 ABOUT IT AND BE STRATEGIC ABOUT IT AND YOU KNOW FROM YOUR
01:24:07 PERSPECTIVE I THINK IT'S JUST SO GREAT THAT YOU'RE IN THESE
01:24:11 MEETINGS WITH THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE OVER HOW THE BUDGET IS
01:24:13 DISTRIBUTED AND THE ADVOCACY THAT YOU CAN DO BEING ABLE TO
01:24:16 HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST
01:24:20 HAVE THAT REALLY BIG PICTURE SO YOU HAVE A REALLY BIG JOB AND I
01:24:23 THINK ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:24:24 WORK ON THIS. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS
01:24:26 AND JUST IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER ROCHA'S POINT,
01:24:31 IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO
01:24:32 MYSELF BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THIS SORT OF POLITICAL DIALOG OF
01:24:38 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING VERSUS SHELTER.
01:24:39 DO WE PULL MONEY OUT OF HOUSING TO PUT INTO SHELTER?
01:24:42 OKAY. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE
01:24:44 RESEARCH, SHELTER IS MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY OVERALL
01:24:46 IF YOU INCLUDE EMERGENCY COSTS THAN HOUSING IS.
01:24:50 BUT I'M OVER HERE BEING LIKE OKAY, I'M LIKE SHOWING PEOPLE
01:24:54 THE THE RESEARCH TIPPING POINT DID A RESEARCH PROJECT
01:24:55 THEMSELVES THAT THEY FUNDED. WHY ARE WE NOT LISTENING TO
01:24:59 THAT? AND THEN I HEAR THESE PUBLIC
01:25:00 COMMENTS ABOUT WELL, PEOPLE ARE NOT FEELING SAFE IN PCH.
01:25:02 THEY'RE NOT GETTING BETTER. >> OKAY.
01:25:06 I CAN DEFINITELY STAND BEHIND THAT.
01:25:07 BUT THAT'S JUST TO SAY ON THAT NOTE, I WAS TALKING TO THE
01:25:12 DIRECTOR ABOUT THIS AND JUST FOR COMMISSIONER ROCHA, IF YOU
01:25:14 WANT TO LOOK INTO THE URBAN INSTITUTE'S PROJECT THAT
01:25:17 TIPPING POINT FUNDED ON THE MOVING ON INITIATIVE WHICH WAS
01:25:21 A PILOT ACTUALLY THAT VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
01:25:22 ABOUT I WAS RECENTLY PULLING THIS UP TO BE LIKE OKAY SO IF
01:25:28 THE ADMINISTRATION IS SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP MONEY
01:25:29 PUTTING MONEY INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT
01:25:32 GOING TO DO THAT. >> WE'VE DONE ENOUGH OF THAT.
01:25:35 OKAY. SO HOW DO WE WORK TO SORT OF
01:25:37 FILTER THROUGH ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
01:25:40 THAT I KNOW A LOT OF HAVING WORKED WITH COMMUNITY THROUGH
01:25:43 RUNNING A SHELTER, THROUGH RENTING A SUBSIDY THAT ARE
01:25:47 PEOPLE THAT ARE LITERALLY LIKE IF I COULD JUST GET UNDER A
01:25:50 HOUSE TO GET MY ADDRESS SO THAT I CAN TELL MY EMPLOYER THAT I
01:25:54 LIVE SOMEWHERE SO THAT I CAN GET A JOB WITHIN SIX MONTHS
01:25:58 I'LL BE ABLE TO PAY A PORTION OF MY RENT FOR A SHALLOW
01:26:02 SUBSIDY. >> BUT I THINK THE THING TO
01:26:03 REMEMBER IS THAT AS LONG AS THE MINIMUM WAGE AT FULL TIME IS
01:26:09 LESS THAN THE MEDIAN HOUSE COST OF RENT, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO
01:26:11 HAVE NEED FOR SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND INCOME ASSISTANCE.
01:26:15 >> SO AS FAR AS THAT DIALOG GOES, I DO THINK THAT WORKING
01:26:21 YOU KNOW WITH THE BUDGET AND THE ADMINISTRATION WHO
01:26:25 FORTUNATELY IS VERY OPEN TO BEING INNOVATIVE TO SAY REALLY
01:26:28 WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS THIS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND MOVING
01:26:32 THOSE FOLKS OUT OF PCH AS COMMISSIONER ROCHA SAID
01:26:36 AND HELPING THEM TO MOVE ON. AND IN THAT INSTITUTE RESEARCH
01:26:40 IT SAYS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEY RELOCATED TO DIFFERENT AREA
01:26:43 CODES SO THEY WEREN'T ALL CONCENTRATED IN ONE DISTRICT.
01:26:46 THEY WERE QUOTED SAYING THINGS LIKE I FELT LIKE I MY LIFE WENT
01:26:50 BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE I BECAME UNHOUSED AND I THINK
01:26:53 THOSE ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
01:26:54 SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. >> I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
01:26:58 RESEARCH ON THIS OF LIKE OKAY PCH OR THIS SHELTER BUT PCH,
01:27:04 YOU KNOW VERSUS PREVENTION AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT THAT FULL
01:27:06 PICTURE? SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR
01:27:10 LISTENING TO ME. TODD THANK YOU.
01:27:13 JUST REAL QUICK MY LAST COUPLE QUESTIONS AND I WON'T BE HERE
01:27:15 IN FEBRUARY SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M TAKING JUST A LITTLE BIT
01:27:18 MORE TIME. I'LL TAKE UP LESS TIME.
01:27:20 >> I'LL TAKE UP NO TIME NEXT MONTH SO YEAH, SO JUST SOME OF
01:27:24 MY QUESTIONS COMING BACK TO YOUR REPORT.
01:27:28 HOW WILL THE ADVANCE NOTICE TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE
01:27:32 PUBLIC FOR THE MEETINGS THAT WILL BE COMING UP?
01:27:36 BE AND AS I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE SCHEDULED YET
01:27:39 BUT CAN YOU LET US KNOW SORT OF WHEN OR HOW YOU MIGHT BE
01:27:41 SHARING THAT INFORMATION? SO AGAIN, USUALLY BY THIS TIME
01:27:46 IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WE'VE GOT CALENDARS AND INVITES AND OUT
01:27:50 AND SO ADJUSTING TO THIS NEW PROCESS HAS SET OUR SCHEDULE
01:27:58 BACK A BIT. BUT I THINK YOU KNOW CERTAINLY
01:28:02 WE WANT TO MEET WITH OUR ADVOCACY PARTNERS SUCH AS
01:28:03 CASPER. WE ALWAYS WANT TO MEET WITH OUR
01:28:06 PROVIDERS AND I CAN MAKE SURE THROUGH THE CLERK THAT
01:28:10 COMMISSIONERS ARE YOU KNOW, MADE AWARE ETC. SO THANK YOU
01:28:17 FOR YOUR PATIENCE. IT'S USUALLY I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
01:28:18 SCHEDULE FOR YOU AND I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
01:28:22 >> THAT'S OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU DID
01:28:24 AND THEN AS FAR AS THAT EVALUATION THAT'S BEING TALKED
01:28:28 ABOUT WITH THE PROVIDERS AND THINGS, CAN YOU JUST SHARE
01:28:31 A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WHAT THAT WILL BE LIKE?
01:28:33 WHAT KIND OF ASSESSMENT OR EVALUATION THAT WILL BE SORRY
01:28:36 YOU MEAN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE EXERCISE OR YEAH, I BELIEVE
01:28:44 THAT WAS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEY WERE GOING TO BE
01:28:45 ASSESSING PROGRAMS, RIGHT? >> YEAH.
01:28:48 YES. SO THEY'VE ASKED US TO DETAIL
01:28:52 EVERY PROGRAM ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THOSE
01:28:56 PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LINE BY LINE GIVEN HOW LARGE
01:29:03 OUR BUDGET IS AND THE SORT OF DEEP WORK WE'VE DONE ON OUR
01:29:08 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN, I THINK WE'RE WE'RE MOST LIKELY
01:29:14 GOING TO PRESENT LIKE HERE'S OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, BY SOME
01:29:19 OF THE DRILL DOWN CATEGORIES I SHOWED YOU EARLIER BETWEEN
01:29:23 HOUSING AND SHELTER. HERE'S HOW MUCH WE'RE INVESTING
01:29:24 IN IT, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THE GAPS
01:29:27 AND THEN IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES, YOU KNOW,
01:29:31 WE'RE JUST FINALIZING OUR PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN.
01:29:35 WE'RE ROLLING THOSE OUT INTO A NEW PROCUREMENT PLAN.
01:29:39 THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY I THINK PLEASED WITH THAT APPROACH.
01:29:43 AND SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS
01:29:46 ASSIGNMENT PERFECTLY. >> BUT I THINK WE'RE IN DIALOG
01:29:50 WITH THEM AND THEY KNOW WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK IN TERMS OF
01:29:53 WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE. THEY WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED
01:29:57 IN OUR PROCUREMENT PLANNING AS WELL SO THERE'LL BE AN
01:29:58 OPPORTUNITY FOR MAYORS SENIOR STAFF TO WEIGH IN IN THOSE
01:30:02 DESIGN PROCESSES GOING FORWARD AND WILL THE COMMISSIONERS BE
01:30:06 ABLE TO REVIEW ANY OF THAT EVALUATION OR THOSE SUMMARIES?
01:30:10 >> WELL, IT'S DUE ON TUESDAY SO NO, BUT IT IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT
01:30:16 AND AGAIN I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO REFERENCE OUR
01:30:20 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN WHICH WE'VE DONE AT LEAST ONE
01:30:24 PRESENTATION ON I BELIEVE OR HAVE SRINI GOING TO TALK A
01:30:27 LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TODAY. >> DIRECTOR MCSPADDEN THANK
01:30:31 YOU. AND THEN JUST TRY TO SKIP AHEAD
01:30:32 OF SOME OF MY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DID SEND THAT SINCE I WON'T
01:30:36 BE YOUR NEXT MONTH I SEND THESE QUESTIONS TO THE DIRECTOR
01:30:39 AND THE CHAIR. >> SO AND APOLOGIES I DIDN'T
01:30:40 GET IT TILL THIS MORNING BUT I. I DID GET SOME OF THEM AND I'M
01:30:47 I WILL TRY TO ANSWER AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
01:30:48 SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:30:51 I APPRECIATE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THEM I THINK FOR THE
01:30:52 PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
01:30:54 BUT JUST COMING BACK TO THAT THOUSAND BECAUSE THIS SEEMS
01:30:58 URGENT WITH THE DEADLINE THE THOUSAND EMERGENCY VOUCHERS
01:30:59 THAT WILL RUN OUT IN OCTOBER. SO I JUST WANT TO LET THE OTHER
01:31:03 COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT THAT'S A PRETTY TIME SENSITIVE TOPIC.
01:31:06 THEY RUN OUT IN OCTOBER AND I'M JUST WONDERING WAS THERE'S ANY
01:31:10 SORT OF PLAN TO BACKFILL OR IS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET THINKING
01:31:14 ABOUT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO
01:31:17 THAT. SO WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP AT
01:31:18 OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN CLOSE
01:31:22 PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM BUT REALLY BECAUSE THESE ARE
01:31:25 HOUSING AUTHORITY, RENTAL ASSISTANCE VOUCHERS THEY ARE
01:31:30 TAKING THE LEAD. THEY HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FROM
01:31:37 HUD A WAIVER THAT WOULD ALLOW EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER
01:31:41 HOUSEHOLDS TO SLOT INTO ANY AVAILABLE PROJECT BASED
01:31:45 VOUCHERS. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO
01:31:50 INCREASE OR EXPAND THEIR TENANT BASE VOUCHERS.
01:31:53 SO THAT IS ONE CONSTRAINT. BUT A SECOND CONSTRAINT IS THAT
01:31:57 WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE WAIVER APPROVED BY HUD
01:32:00 FROM NOW AT THIS MOMENT AND WE DO NOT BUT I THINK HOPEFUL THAT
01:32:08 AT LEAST THE WAIVER WILL BE APPROVED.
01:32:09 >> BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ISN'T AN IMMEDIATE PATH FOR
01:32:12 MORE TENANT BASED VOUCHERS. THE SECOND POINT IS THAT WE ARE
01:32:16 WORKING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION IN SORT OF A MULTI HOUSING
01:32:22 RESOURCE APPROACH WITH HOUSING AUTHORITY STAFF TO COME UP WITH
01:32:26 THOSE CONTINGENCY PLANS UNTIL HOUSING AUTHORITY SLOTS CAN BE
01:32:31 IDENTIFIED. THE SECTION EIGHT THAT SECTION
01:32:35 EIGHT. THANK YOU.
01:32:37 >> THE BOARD APPROVED 27 MILLION OF ONE TIME MONEY
01:32:41 IN OUR BUDGET TO HELP WITH THAT BRIDGE.
01:32:45 SO YOU KNOW IT'S JUST ONE TIME MONEY IT'S NOT YOU KNOW AS THE
01:32:49 SPEAKER MENTIONED A PERMANENT SUBSIDY.
01:32:53 BUT CERTAINLY OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE
01:32:56 USED TO KEEP FOLKS STABLY HOUSED UNTIL THEY CAN BRIDGE
01:33:01 AND TO YOU KNOW, THEIR THEIR NEW UNIT AND CONTINUING TO
01:33:08 PROVIDE AT A LOCAL LEVEL THOSE SUPPORTIVE SUBSIDIES THAT GO
01:33:12 THROUGH OUR BUDGET. >> SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE
01:33:15 NOW. BUT I THINK GOOD NEWS IS AT
01:33:16 LEAST WE HAD THAT MONEY IN THE THE BUDGET TO PROVIDE A BRIDGE
01:33:23 . BUT WE DO NEED A LONG TERM
01:33:24 SOLUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE
01:33:27 BEST NEWS WOULD BE TO GET ADDITIONAL TENANT BASE VOUCHERS
01:33:31 SO THAT PEOPLE COULD STAY WITHIN THEIR SAME UNITS AND WE
01:33:35 DON'T HAVE THAT YET. >> A PROJECT BASED VOUCHER IS
01:33:37 SHORT TERM BUT NO SORRY FOR THE SHORT HAND PROJECT BASED
01:33:43 VOUCHER STAYS WITH THE CITY SO THAT'S OUR TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY
01:33:47 HOUSING BUILDING A TENANT BASE VOUCHER GOES WITH THE TENANT
01:33:51 AND SO IF I'M ALREADY IN A MARKET RATE UNIT GETTING AN HIV
01:33:55 SUBSIDY, YOU KNOW THE TENANT BASED VOUCHER WOULD BE THE BEST
01:33:57 SOLUTION. BUT THEY'RE BOTH PERMANENT.
01:34:00 THEY'RE BOTH PERMANENT GRACE SO AND ON THAT NOTE, I THINK ONE
01:34:03 OF THE THINGS I'LL MENTION AGAIN JUST FOR THE COMMISSIONER
01:34:06 IS JUST WITH THE MOVING ON AN ISSUE THAT I WAS TALKING ON
01:34:08 TALKING ABOUT SO THAT USED SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS TO WORK
01:34:11 TO IDENTIFY FOLKS IN PCH WHO WERE READY TO MOVE ON AND GET
01:34:15 JOBS AND THEY GOT VOUCHERS. >> SO THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE
01:34:19 WELL, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE VOUCHERS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO
01:34:22 CONTINUE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT? BUT I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD
01:34:25 TIE IN NICELY TO SORT OF THIS STRATEGY THAT YOU'RE MOVING
01:34:26 TOWARDS. >> WELL, CERTAINLY TO AND THIS
01:34:29 COMMISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL TO OUR SHALLOW SUBSIDY PROGRAM
01:34:33 AND REALLY EXPANDING THAT. SO IT'S IT'S MORE OF WHAT YOU
01:34:37 MENTIONED JUST I, I IT'S A HIGH COST AREA AND IT'S UNAFFORDABLE
01:34:42 AT THE INCOME EARNING BUT I DO HAVE INCOME AND I WOULD LIKE TO
01:34:45 STAY IN MY COMMUNITY SO HOPING WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE
01:34:49 INVESTING IN THOSE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
01:34:55 . AND ONE THING I DID HEAR FROM
01:34:56 YOU I KNOW COMMISSIONER GUERRERO IS NOT HERE BUT THAT
01:35:00 YOU WILL BE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED
01:35:03 AT THE NEXT MEETING. I CAN OR I CAN RESPOND TO THE
01:35:09 COMMISSION SECRETARY WITH THOSE ANSWERS WHATEVER YOU PREFER
01:35:11 THAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
01:35:15 COMMISSIONER DUFTY THANK YOU. >> I WONDERED IF YOU COULD
01:35:22 SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RESPONSE TO PREGNANT WOMEN ON
01:35:26 THE STREET AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOSING SOME
01:35:30 CAPACITY IN TERMS OF HOUSING THAT POPULATION I'M SORRY I
01:35:41 DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. >> YEAH.
01:35:42 DANTE THAT'S THE DANTE IS A HOTEL IS ADULTS YES THERE ARE
01:35:52 THERE ARE WOMEN WHO MAY BE PREGNANT AT THAT SITE AS WELL.
01:36:00 BUT WE'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO CLOSE THE
01:36:04 DANTE THIS SPRING. SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO
01:36:09 MAKE SURE ANYONE WHO IS CURRENTLY AT THE DANTE DANTE
01:36:12 HAS A SAFE PLACE TO STAY OR IF THEY'RE HOUSING ELIGIBLE BUT WE
01:36:18 WILL BE CLOSING THAT PROJECT THIS SPRING.
01:36:25 GREAT. OKAY.
01:36:25 THANK YOU ON THAT AND OKAY I THINK YOU DO WANT TO JUST JOIN
01:36:32 COMMISSIONERS WHO THANKED YOU AND YOUR STEWARDSHIP IN THIS
01:36:36 VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS AND HOLDING OUR BREATH THAT
01:36:40 THINGS WITH THE FEDS STAY ON PATH BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU
01:36:48 AND THEN I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WEIGHING IN ON SOME OF
01:36:52 THE BIG PICTURE ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, I CAN TELL YOU
01:36:55 THAT MY EXPERIENCE TEN, 15, 20 YEARS AGO ENGAGING HELPING TO
01:37:03 HOUSE PEOPLE, THINGS OF THAT SORT, THE ACUITY THAT PEOPLE
01:37:06 HAD IN THOSE DAYS WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT IS GOING ON
01:37:10 RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK IT REALLY IT'S A
01:37:14 CHALLENGE TO US BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW AS YOU
01:37:18 POINTED OUT, IF WE'RE NOT COMPENSATING THE NONPROFITS
01:37:25 THAT THAT YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING FOR SOME HELP IN TERMS OF THEIR
01:37:29 OVERHEAD, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AND SO I CERTAINLY
01:37:33 WANT TO JOIN IN AS AN ADVOCATE WITH THE MAYOR AND HIS PEOPLE
01:37:38 THAT WE'VE REALLY GOT TO FOCUS IN ON THIS AND THAT THE ACUITY
01:37:42 ISSUE IS REALLY I THINK THE ACHILLES HEEL BECAUSE IF WE
01:37:46 DON'T HAVE BUILDINGS STAFFED WELL ENOUGH, THERE IS GOING TO
01:37:49 BE THAT CHAOS THAT THAT IS BAD FOR THE FELLOW RESIDENTS AND IS
01:37:55 ALSO BAD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKES IT HARD TO TO DO WHAT
01:37:59 WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF HAVING HOUSING PLACEMENTS BUT
01:38:03 THAT THAT SUPPORT IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE OTHERWISE
01:38:06 HOUSING ISN'T STICKY OTHERWISE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FAIL
01:38:11 AND WIND UP BACK ON THE STREET AND IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S IT'S
01:38:15 NOT GOOD. SO THANK YOU.
01:38:18 >> SORRY FOR THE BAD NEWS AT THAT MOMENT.
01:38:19 THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS,
01:38:23 YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO AND IMPROVE FUNDING
01:38:26 NONPROFITS SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY
01:38:31 SERVICES IN A CONSTRAINED BUDGET THAT MAY MEAN DOING
01:38:34 LESS. AND SO THAT'S SORT OF OUR
01:38:38 CHALLENGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS
01:38:41 . >> THANK YOU.
01:38:42 CHAIR THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAVE COMMENTS NO
01:38:46 QUESTIONS FROM I WANT TO ECHO COMMISSIONER GUERRERO'S FOCUS
01:38:54 ON COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENCOURAGE AS SOON
01:38:57 AS YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY
01:39:02 FOR INPUT AS WELL AS A REQUEST WHEN WE ARE COMPLETE WITH THE
01:39:09 PROPOSED BUDGET TO ALIGN THAT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND TO
01:39:14 DETERMINE WHERE WHERE OUR GOALS WILL BE IN TERMS OF ABILITY TO
01:39:20 ACHIEVE THEM BASED ON THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
01:39:24 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH ECHOING EVERYONE ELSE WE REALLY
01:39:27 APPRECIATE IT. THIS NOW CLOSES THE BUDGET ITEM
01:39:31 . WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.
01:39:34 >> BEFORE WE GO THERE I SHOULD HAVE STARTED THE MEETING WITH
01:39:39 THIS WITH A DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND TO
01:39:42 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY
01:39:46 FOR MOVING THIS MEETING. WE ADJUSTED THE TIME AND THE
01:39:48 LOCATION TO ONE BE ABLE TO HEAR THE BUDGET IN A TIMELY WAY
01:39:54 AND TO TO ALLOW THE FOLKS TO ATTEND THE MAYOR'S ADDRESS ON
01:40:02 THE STATE OF THE CITY THAT AND HERE'S MY REQUEST TO YOU
01:40:06 THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE OUT OF THIS ROOM AT 3:00 AND SO I
01:40:10 ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO WATCH THE CLOCK.
01:40:14 SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO ITEM EIGHT.
01:40:18 I'VE ASKED THE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE AS COMPLETE
01:40:25 AND EFFICIENT A REPORT AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF
01:40:29 THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMISSIONERS TO ASK THEIR
01:40:30 QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MCSPADDEN.
01:40:37 THANK YOU, CHAIR ALBRIGHT, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY?
01:40:38 SO I WILL TRY TO PUT THIS AT ONE POINT TO SPEED.
01:40:41 I'M GOING TO TRY TO CHANNEL ANTHONY BUSH.
01:40:44 I'M NOT GOOD AT THAT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE RIGHT
01:40:48 INTO OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM UPDATES AND DATA.
01:40:54 >> SO GO TO THE SUPPORT CHANGE THREE YEAH.
01:40:58 SO I JUST WANT TO START WITH OUTREACH.
01:41:02 S.F. HOT REMAINS THE BACKBONE OF OUR STREET RESPONSE SYSTEM.
01:41:06 THE TEAMS ARE OUT EVERY DAY CITYWIDE ENGAGING PEOPLE WHERE
01:41:09 THEY ARE CONDUCTING WELFARE CHECKS, DE-ESCALATING
01:41:13 CONNECTING PEOPLE ETC. AS SUPPORT IS A KEY PART OF THE
01:41:17 CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS STREET TEAMS AND IS CORE TO OUR
01:41:19 BREAKING THE CYCLE APPROACH MEETING PEOPLE DIRECTLY ON THE
01:41:22 STREET WITH COMPASSION AND SERVICES FIRST THE SCALE
01:41:25 AND CONSISTENCY OF ENGAGEMENT HERE ARE ESSENTIAL TO
01:41:29 STABILIZING INDIVIDUALS AND CONNECTING THEM TO LONGER
01:41:33 TERM SOLUTIONS. IN NOVEMBER S.F. HEART
01:41:37 CONDUCTED 183 HOUSING ASSESSMENTS IN THE FIELD.
01:41:40 SIX HOUSEHOLDS WENT TO LONG TERM HOUSING.
01:41:43 WE MADE 165 PLACEMENTS TO SHELTER AND CONDUCTED 3200
01:41:49 ENGAGEMENTS AND DISTRIBUTED 5410 ENGAGEMENT TOOLS
01:41:51 AND RESOURCES INCLUDING FOOD AND WATER AND HYGIENE
01:41:56 MATERIALS. MOVING ON TO COORDINATED ENTRY
01:41:59 COORDINATED ENTRY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW IS OUR
01:42:02 FEDERALLY REQUIRED FRONT DOOR TO HOUSING RESOURCES THIS
01:42:06 SYSTEM ENSURES THAT PEOPLE WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS ARE
01:42:09 PRIORITIZED FOR OUR LIMITED PERMANENT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
01:42:14 . SO YOU'LL HEAR ME EMPHASIZE
01:42:15 THIS MANY TIMES FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY ARE CENTRAL TO
01:42:18 COORDINATED ENTRY AND OVER THE PAST YEAR ENHANCEMENT TO THE
01:42:22 ONE SYSTEM HAVE IMPROVED DATA QUALITY, CONSISTENCY
01:42:23 AND ASSESSMENT ACCURACY THE NUMBER OF COORDINATED ENTRY
01:42:27 ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED IN SEPTEMBER WAS 1147 AND 74%
01:42:33 OF THESE ASSESSMENTS WERE FOR ADULTS, 15% FOR FAMILIES
01:42:39 AND 11% FOR YOUNG ADULTS. AND THEN PREVENTION CONTINUES
01:42:43 TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND HUMANE STRATEGIES WE HAVE
01:42:45 FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S COME UP A
01:42:48 FEW TIMES TODAY. IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE
01:42:50 FISCAL YEAR HUNDREDS OF HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED SUPPORT TO
01:42:54 STABILIZE THEIR HOUSING WHETHER THROUGH RENT A RENTAL
01:42:58 ASSISTANCE MEDIATION OR SHORT TERM FINANCIAL HELP.
01:43:01 INVESTING IN PREVENTION REDUCES INFLOW INTO OUR SYSTEM, KEEPS
01:43:05 FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS HOUSED AND ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH THE
01:43:09 GOALS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THEN IN NOVEMBER SAGE
01:43:13 AND ITS PARTNERS PROVIDED HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
01:43:16 SERVICES FOR 124 HOUSEHOLDS. >> THIS NEXT SLIDE COVERS THE
01:43:22 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH HCF ADMINISTERS
01:43:23 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MOST SAID DEMAND REMAINS EXTREMELY HIGH
01:43:28 WHICH TELLS US THAT MANY TENANTS ARE STILL ON THE EDGE
01:43:31 OF EVICTION. ERAP AS WE CALL IT TARGETS
01:43:34 HOUSEHOLDS AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND ENSURES
01:43:38 LIMITED DOLLARS REACH THE PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO LOSE
01:43:42 THEIR HOUSING WITHOUT SUPPORT. IN NOVEMBER WE SERVED 362
01:43:46 HOUSEHOLDS WITH AN AVERAGE ASSISTANCE OF $2,748 PER
01:43:51 HOUSEHOLD. 86% OF THOSE WHO RECEIVED
01:43:52 ASSISTANCE IDENTIFIED AS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND 70% HAD PREVIOUSLY
01:43:59 EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THEN PROBLEMS SOLVING IS
01:44:04 OUR FAST FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO RESOLVING A HOUSING CRISIS
01:44:05 BEFORE OR SHORTLY AFTER SOMEONE BECOMES HOMELESS.
01:44:08 IT OFTEN INVOLVES MEDIATION RECONNECTING PEOPLE WITH SAFE
01:44:12 HOUSING OPTIONS OR ONE TIME FINANCIAL SUPPORTS.
01:44:15 YOU'LL SEE HIGH RESOLUTION NUMBERS HERE BECAUSE MANY
01:44:18 CRISES CAN BE RESOLVED QUICKLY WHEN PEOPLE RECEIVE THE RIGHT
01:44:23 HELP AT THE RIGHT TIME. THIS REDUCES PRESSURE ON
01:44:24 SHELTER, PREVENTS UNNECESSARY TRAUMA AND IS ONE OF THE MOST
01:44:28 COST EFFICIENT COMPONENTS OF OUR SYSTEM.
01:44:31 SINCE JULY SAGE TOGETHER WITH OUR ACCESS POINT PARTNERS HAVE
01:44:34 RESOLVED HOMELESSNESS FOR 335 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH PROBLEM
01:44:37 SOLVING WITH ABOUT 727,000 IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
01:44:44 THE MAJORITY OF THESE PROBLEM SOLVING RESOLUTIONS WERE FOR
01:44:48 ADULT HOUSEHOLDS THAT WAS 82% OF THEM.
01:44:51 AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR HOUSING INVENTORY DASHBOARD
01:44:55 AND SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR HOUSING INVENTORY.
01:44:59 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS.
01:45:00 I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
01:45:04 ON OUR PUBLIC DATA HUB. INCREASING TRANSPARENCY IS A
01:45:07 DEPARTMENT PRIORITY AND THIS DASHBOARD IS A CRITICAL TOOL
01:45:11 FOR UNDERSTANDING CAPACITY PLANNING FOR NEW INVESTMENTS
01:45:15 AND TRACKING UTILIZATION ACROSS OUR SYSTEM.
01:45:19 HOUSING PLACEMENTS REMAIN ONE OF OUR STRONGEST PERFORMANCE
01:45:22 INDICATORS. THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS
01:45:23 AND FAMILIES EACH YEAR ARE MOVING FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO
01:45:26 LONG TERM HOUSING. THESE PLACEMENTS DEPEND ON
01:45:30 CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CITY DEPARTMENTS, HOUSING
01:45:31 PROVIDERS, CASE MANAGERS, LANDLORDS AND COMMUNITY
01:45:34 PARTNERS. EVERY PLACEMENT REPRESENTS BOTH
01:45:37 A SYSTEM SUCCESS AND A DEEPLY PERSONAL MILESTONE FOR A
01:45:40 RESIDENT. >> IN NOVEMBER, HCA MOVED 135
01:45:48 PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WITHIN THE HOMELESSNESS
01:45:51 RESPONSE SYSTEM 93 WERE ADULTS. SEVEN WERE FAMILIES WITH
01:45:55 CHILDREN AND 35 WERE YOUNG ADULTS.
01:45:58 >> AND I KNOW THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING VACANCIES
01:46:01 HAVE BEEN AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE
01:46:03 PUBLIC. WE'VE MADE REAL PROGRESS
01:46:05 IN REDUCING VACANCY RATES, SPEEDING UP UNIT TURNOVER
01:46:09 AND IMPROVING OVERALL OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH
01:46:10 STRENGTHENED OVERSIGHT, NEW VACANCY REDUCTION POLICIES
01:46:13 AND BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH PROVIDERS.
01:46:17 WE'RE MOVING UNITS FASTER AND GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED MORE
01:46:18 QUICKLY. THIS WORK WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
01:46:21 TOP PRIORITY. AS OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2025 HCA
01:46:24 HAS AN 8.6% VACANCY RATE IN OUR SITE BASED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
01:46:30 PORTFOLIO. OF THE 754 VACANCIES, 250 HAVE
01:46:33 MOVE INS AND PROCESS 414 ARE OFFLINE FOR REPAIRS AND 90% ARE
01:46:40 AVAILABLE FOR REFERRAL. OUR NINE YEAR SORRY 90 ARE
01:46:43 AVAILABLE FOR REFERRAL. AND THEN IN THE SHELTER
01:46:47 INVENTORY HERE YOU SEE THE CURRENT SHELTER INVENTORY
01:46:51 ACROSS THE SYSTEM. THIS SNAPSHOT IS UPDATED DAILY
01:46:54 ON OUR PUBLIC DASHBOARD IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND REAL
01:46:59 TIME VISIBILITY INTO THE CAPACITY.
01:47:00 SHELTER REMAINS A CRITICAL RESOURCE PROVIDING SAFETY,
01:47:03 STABILITY AND CONNECTIONS TO TREATMENT AND HOUSING.
01:47:06 WE CONTINUE TO WORKING TO ENSURE THAT OUR SHELTER SYSTEM
01:47:08 IS LOW BARRIERS SERVICE RICH AND RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY
01:47:11 NEEDS ACROSS THE SHELTER SYSTEM ON JANUARY 5TH.
01:47:15 THE DEPARTMENT HAD 4083 GUESTS IN OUR SHELTER SYSTEM AND A 92%
01:47:19 OCCUPANCY RATE. >> AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR
01:47:24 ADULT AND FAMILY SHELTER WAITING LISTS, THIS TELLS US
01:47:28 WHERE DEMAND IS HIGHEST AND WHERE BOTTLENECKS EXIST.
01:47:32 WITH THE ONE SYSTEM WE NOW HAVE FAR BETTER TRACKING
01:47:33 TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS IN HOW PEOPLE ACCESS AVAILABLE
01:47:36 BEDS. SO FOR ADULTS AS OF JANUARY 5TH
01:47:40 THERE WERE 409 PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST FOR SHELTER
01:47:45 IN DECEMBER 131 ADULTS JOINED THE WAITLIST.
01:47:46 THE AVERAGE TIME ON THE WAITLIST WAS 14 DAYS FOR PEOPLE
01:47:50 WHO ACCEPTED PLACEMENT OFFERS. AND THAT REMAINS CONSISTENT
01:47:53 MONTH TO MONTH. IN DECEMBER 131 PEOPLE WERE
01:47:57 PLACED INTO SHELTER FROM THE RESERVATION SYSTEM.
01:48:01 AND ON THE FAMILY'S SLIDE SIDE AS OF JANUARY FIFTH THERE WERE
01:48:06 296 FAMILIES WITH 852 TOTAL PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST FOR
01:48:09 FAMILY SHELTER. IN DECEMBER, 120 FAMILIES WITH
01:48:15 325 PEOPLE JOINED THE FAMILY SHELTER WAITING LIST.
01:48:17 AND IN DECEMBER 35 FAMILIES WITH 77 PEOPLE WERE MOVED OFF
01:48:20 THE WAITING LISTS AND INTO SHELTERS.
01:48:23 THERE'S MORE DATA ON OUR SHELTER WAITLIST INCLUDED
01:48:28 IN THE APPENDIX SLIDES WHICH YOU HAVE.
01:48:29 AND THEN JUST SOME ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
01:48:32 SO EACH MESSAGE CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:48:36 MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY MTA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:48:40 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LARGE
01:48:44 VEHICLE STRATEGY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 322 LARGE
01:48:47 VEHICLES WITH REFUGE PERMITS PARKED ON THE STREETS OF OUR
01:48:51 CITY. THESE VEHICLES AND THEIR
01:48:52 INHABITANTS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE TWO HOUR PARKING LIMIT.
01:48:56 AND THE RESIDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN SERVICES SINCE THE BEGINNING
01:48:59 OF THE HOUSING PLACEMENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM FIVE
01:49:03 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THEIR LARGE VEHICLES AND INTO
01:49:04 HOUSING. JUST NOTE THAT WE JUST STARTED
01:49:07 THIS PROGRAM. WE JUST WENT INTO CONTRACT
01:49:11 IN NOVEMBER AND SO OUR CONTRACTOR REALLY HAD TO RAMP
01:49:14 UP AND HIRE STAFF. FOR HOUSEHOLDS WHO PARTICIPATED
01:49:17 IN THE VEHICLE BUY BUYBACK PROGRAM EARLIER THIS WEEK WE
01:49:21 HOSTED A LARGE VEHICLE HOUSING EVENT WHERE REFUGE PERMIT
01:49:22 HOLDERS COULD COME AND RAPIDLY ACCESS HOUSING SUPPORT AT THE
01:49:25 EVENT. PERMIT HOLDERS COULD BE MATCHED
01:49:29 TO AN AVAILABLE HOUSING UNIT WERE TAKEN TO THE TO VIEW THE
01:49:33 UNIT THE SAME DAY RECEIVED HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION TO THE UNIT
01:49:36 VIEWING AND RECEIVED SUPPORT COMPLETING THE HOUSING
01:49:38 APPLICATION. DURING THIS EVENT 36 WHOLE
01:49:41 HOUSEHOLDS ATTENDED THE EVENT. 33 HOUSEHOLDS VIEWED UNITS
01:49:48 DURING THE EVENT AND ALL 33 ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH APPLYING
01:49:49 FOR THESE UNITS. GENERALLY FAMILIES THAT
01:49:53 ATTENDED THE EVENT WERE EXCITED TO VIEW THE UNITS AND MOVE
01:49:56 FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
01:49:57 THIS APPROACH TO FACILITATING HOUSING PLACEMENTS FOR PEOPLE
01:50:00 LIVING IN LARGE VEHICLES. >> AT OUR LAST MEETING I WENT
01:50:05 INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE CITY'S PROGRESS TOWARD OUR HOME BY THE
01:50:09 BAY GOALS. SO I'M NOT GOING TO REITERATE
01:50:12 ANYTHING THAT I SHARED LAST MONTH BUT WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A
01:50:14 FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS AND OUTCOMES FROM THE PAST YEAR.
01:50:16 AND THOSE INCLUDE THAT IN THE LAST LAST YEAR 4989 PEOPLE
01:50:23 MOVED FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING BETWEEN JULY
01:50:27 2024 AND JUNE 20TH, 25 BRINGING THE TWO YEAR TOTAL TO 10,300
01:50:33 PEOPLE, ACHIEVING 34% OF THE FIVE YEAR HOUSING GOAL 8033
01:50:39 PEOPLE RECEIVED HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES IN YEAR TWO
01:50:42 WITH 15,186 PEOPLE ASSISTED SINCE THE START OF HOME BY THE
01:50:46 BAY. 84% OF THE FIVE YEAR PREVENTION
01:50:52 TARGET 93% OF PEOPLE WHO EXITED HOMELESSNESS REMAINED STABLY
01:50:55 HOUSE FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS. AND THE EQUITY ANALYSIS
01:50:56 CONFIRMED PERSISTENT RACIAL DISPARITIES GUIDING THE
01:51:00 ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW EQUITY GOALS AND METRICS TO MONITOR
01:51:03 PROGRESS GOING FORWARD. THIS TWO YEAR PROGRESS REPORT
01:51:07 THE YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN ADDENDUM AND THE EQUITY
01:51:11 ADDENDUM ARE NOW ALL AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY'S WEBSITE.
01:51:18 AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO COVER PROVIDENCE FOUNDATION CAME UP
01:51:19 IN THE NEWS RECENTLY AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN
01:51:22 OVERVIEW OR JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF OF OUR WORK WITH PROVIDENCE.
01:51:29 SO THEY CAME UP IN THE NEWS RECENTLY AND HAVE COME UP
01:51:33 IN THE NEWS BEFORE. JUST WANT TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS
01:51:36 ABOUT THAT. UNDER THE PRIOR LEADERSHIP THE
01:51:38 ORGANIZATION ENTERED INTO A $1 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH THE
01:51:41 CITY TO RESOLVE PAST LABOR AND CONTRACT VIOLATIONS.
01:51:45 THE ACCEPTED RESPONSE ABILITY AND PROVIDED RESTITUTION.
01:51:49 SINCE THEN PROVIDENCE HAS UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT REFORMS.
01:51:53 THOSE INCLUDE NEW EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND BOARD
01:51:57 RESTRUCTURING, STRENGTHENED FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE
01:51:58 CONTROLS AND MORE THAN $300,000 INVESTED IN GOVERNANCE,
01:52:01 TRAINING AND OPERATIONS. RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE REFLECTS
01:52:05 THE PAST ISSUES, NOT THE ORGANIZATION AS IT OPERATES
01:52:09 TODAY. BASED ON THESE DOCUMENTED
01:52:10 IMPROVEMENTS AND ONGOING CITY OVERSIGHT, HCA REMAINS
01:52:14 CONFIDENT IN PROVIDENCE'S ABILITY TO DELIVER CRITICALLY
01:52:17 CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE RESPONSIVE SERVICES.
01:52:21 WE BELIEVE IN ACCOUNTABILITY PAIRED WITH RECOVERY
01:52:23 AND ENSURING SERVICES CONTINUE WHILE MAINTAINING STRONG
01:52:26 OVERSIGHT. MOVING ON AS YOU KNOW WE ARE
01:52:33 COMING ON THE 26 POINT IN TIME COUNT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT
01:52:38 IS CONDUCTED LOCALLY EVERY OTHER JANUARY AS REQUIRED BY
01:52:40 THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
01:52:44 >> THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR OUR
01:52:48 SYSTEM. IT HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND
01:52:49 LOCAL NEEDS, MEET FEDERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
01:52:51 AND CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONWIDE DATA ON HOMELESSNESS.
01:52:55 THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY INFORMS PROGRAM DESIGN
01:52:59 AND POLICY DECISIONS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
01:53:00 LEVELS. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS
01:53:03 IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT ITS LIMITATIONS.
01:53:06 THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE OF A SINGLE
01:53:09 NIGHT AND MAY NOT CAPTURE EVERYONE EXPERIENCING
01:53:10 HOMELESSNESS PARTICULAR ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS VISIBLE OR
01:53:14 IN SITUATIONS LIKE COUCHSURFING OR DOUBLED UP.
01:53:17 AND WHILE THE COUNT IS IMPORTANT IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY
01:53:19 DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE.
01:53:25 >> SO FOR THE 26 POINT IN TIME COUNT WE'RE MAKING IMPORTANT
01:53:29 TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS TO STRENGTHEN ACCURACY
01:53:32 AND CONSISTENCY WITHOUT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING WHAT THE
01:53:34 COUNT MEASURES. WE'RE SHIFTING THE COUNT TO THE
01:53:37 EARLY MORNING TO PROVIDE TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY AND SAFETY
01:53:41 AND USING A SURVEY FIRST APPROACH SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE
01:53:44 PEOPLE AND COLLECT BETTER DATA IN REAL TIME.
01:53:45 BOTH THE COUNT AND SURVEYS WILL BE COLLECTED DIGITALLY THROUGH
01:53:49 A SINGLE MOBILE APP AND WHILE MORE INTENTIONALLY LEVERAGE
01:53:52 HMRC DATA TO REDUCE SURVEY BURDEN AND IMPROVE ACCURACY.
01:53:56 IMPORTANTLY, THE COUNT WILL CONTINUE TO BE LED BY TRAINED
01:54:00 CITY AND OUTREACH STAFF ENSURING THE METHODOLOGY
01:54:03 REMAINS RIGOROUS, CREDIBLE AND INCOMPARABLE TO PRIOR YEARS
01:54:07 . AND THEN DURING OUR LAST
01:54:08 MEETING I UPDATED THE COMMISSION THAT THE US
01:54:11 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS
01:54:15 ISSUED THE ANNUAL NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY OR
01:54:18 NOFOLLOW DUE TO THE CONTENTS AND TIMELINE OF THE INITIAL NO
01:54:22 FOR A COALITION OF COMMUNITIES SUED IN A PRIMARY PRELIMINARY
01:54:27 INJUNCTION WAS GRANTED DECEMBER 23RD PRESERVING THE STATUS QUO
01:54:31 OF THE PRIOR NO FLOW SINCE THE INJUNCTION HUD REOPENED THE NO
01:54:35 VOTE ON JANUARY 9TH AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE ON
01:54:38 FEBRUARY NINTH. HUD EXPECTS TO ANNOUNCE AWARDS
01:54:42 NO LATER THAN MARCH 2026 FOR RENEWAL PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT
01:54:49 BEING REALLOCATED OR REPLACED. A RENEWAL APPLICATION WILL NOT
01:54:52 BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER PROJECTS MAY NEED TO
01:54:53 NOTIFY HUD IN WRITING THAT THEY DO NOT INTEND TO REALLOCATE OR
01:54:57 REPLACE THEIR AWARDS WITH DETAILS ON THAT PROCESS STILL
01:55:01 FORTHCOMING AND REQUIRED BEFORE THAT AWARD DEADLINE.
01:55:04 HUD HAS INDICATED THAT THAT IT MAY BEGIN REVIEWING THESE
01:55:13 RENEWALS AHEAD OF FEBRUARY 9TH. SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT API'S
01:55:17 AUDIT REPORTS AND ALL REQUIRED GRANT MATERIALS ARE FULLY UP TO
01:55:22 DATE TO AVOID DELAYS AND AND THEN FOR 2025 A PRIORITY
01:55:28 LISTING WILL ONLY BE REQUIRED FOR COMMUNITIES WITH PROJECTS
01:55:32 THAT WERE NOT RENEWED IN 2020 FOR SUCH AS FIRST TIME RENEWALS
01:55:35 OR PROJECTS CREATED THROUGH REALLOCATION.
01:55:38 ANY REQUIRED 2025 PRIORITY LISTING WOULD INCLUDE ONLY
01:55:42 PROJECTS NOT ALREADY LISTED LAST YEAR.
01:55:43 THERE ARE STILL A FEW ITEMS HUD HAS NOT CLARIFIED INCLUDING
01:55:47 WHETHER COX CAN INVOLUNTARY IN VOLUNTARILY REALLOCATE
01:55:50 PROJECTS AND WHETHER THE SPONSIBILITY CAN CONFIRM AWARDS
01:55:56 TO CONFIRM AWARDS WILL NOT BE REALLOCATED RESTS WITH THE
01:56:01 COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT OR DIRECT APPLICANT.
01:56:05 >> SO THEN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS OH SORRY.
01:56:11 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ON THAT NOTE SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO
01:56:13 THANK OUR TEAMS FOR WORKING SO HARD AND BEING PIVOTING SO
01:56:19 QUICKLY TO NEW MODELS AND THEN KIND OF HAVING TO BACK UP ON
01:56:23 THAT AND PIVOT BACK. I MEAN I THINK DARREN SALVADOR
01:56:26 AND TEAMS AND AND OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDERS JUST DID SO MUCH WORK
01:56:30 TO JUMP IN SAY LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THIS
01:56:34 PROCESS NO MATTER WHAT AND YOU KNOW IT WAS OVER THE HOLIDAYS
01:56:38 IT WAS REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING.
01:56:41 AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WORKED ON
01:56:42 THAT FOR JUST JUMPING IN AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEN HUD
01:56:48 CAME BACK AND CHANGED THE PROCESS AND WE MAY SEE THAT
01:56:52 HAPPEN AGAIN. SO AND THEN AS A REMINDER
01:56:56 RENEWAL CONTRACTS WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED ON THE
01:56:57 CONSENT AGENDA AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS BUT INSTEAD
01:57:00 WILL BE LISTED IN IN MY REPORT THIS MONTH H S H HAS NINE
01:57:04 CONTRACT RENEWALS IN THE SLIDE INCLUDES SIX RELATING TO
01:57:08 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE REMAINING CONTINUE
01:57:17 FUNDING CONTINUE FUNDING FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FLEXIBLE
01:57:18 HOUSING SUBSIDY POOL AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
01:57:21 PROGRAMS. SO PLEASE FIND INFORMATION ON
01:57:22 EACH AND THE ASSOCIATED COST PER SLOT INFORMATION IN THE
01:57:26 PACKETS PROVIDED TO YOU. AND THEN AS USUAL WE HAVE OUR
01:57:29 H.R. UPDATE.
01:57:32 WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF TWO E'S 2240 7.5.
01:57:38 WE'VE GOT 16 VACANT POSITIONS AND 16 ACTIVE RECRUITMENTS.
01:57:42 JUST MOVING VERY QUICKLY TRYING VERY HARD TO YOUR CHAIR.
01:57:47 ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
01:57:50 ABOUT OUR HSA PERFORMANCE STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT FEW
01:57:52 MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING THE DATA SECTION OF
01:57:55 THIS REPORT TO BETTER ALIGN WITH OUR PERFORMANCE
01:57:57 MEASUREMENT PLAN AND TO REFLECT THE PROGRAM IN SYSTEM
01:58:01 MEASUREMENT AND OUTCOMES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN OUR
01:58:02 CONTRACTS AS WE'RE PROCURE OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
01:58:05 THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN IDENTIFIES PERFORMANCE
01:58:09 METRICS TO MONITOR SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.
01:58:12 THE PROGRAM THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN IS A KEY
01:58:14 OUTPUT OF THE HOME BY THE BASE STRATEGIC PLAN.
01:58:17 THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF
01:58:20 ABOUT 100 MEASURES INCLUDING MEASURES FOCUSED ON THE
01:58:22 STRATEGIC PLANS, GOALS AND EXPANSION TARGETS SYSTEM
01:58:25 WIDE MEASURES. THE HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM AS A
01:58:29 WHOLE MEASURES FOUR CORE COMPONENTS OF THE HOMELESSNESS
01:58:32 RESPONSE SYSTEM THAT'S PROGRAM TYPES AND THEN THE STRATEGIC
01:58:36 PLAN AND SYSTEM WIDE MEASURES ARE INTENDED TO HELP US
01:58:37 UNDERSTAND THE SIZE OF THE HOMELESSNESS POPULATION AS A
01:58:40 WHOLE. INFLOW AND OUTFLOW AND THE
01:58:44 CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION OF OUR RESOURCES.
01:58:47 PROGRAM LEVEL MEASURES ARE INTENDED TO HELP US UNDERSTAND
01:58:48 HOW EACH CORE COMPONENT OF THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IS
01:58:52 FUNCTIONING. FOR EXAMPLE PREVENTION PROBLEM
01:58:55 SOLVING, STREET OUTREACH, COORDINATED ENTRY SHELTER
01:58:56 HOUSING AND THEN THE HOUSING LADDER.
01:58:59 THERE ARE FIVE MAIN SYSTEM MEASURES THAT DIRECTLY TRACK
01:59:02 PROGRESS TOWARD GOALS OUTLINED IN THE HOME BY THE BASE PLAN.
01:59:06 ONE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED BY 50%
01:59:09 AND REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
01:59:10 HOMELESSNESS BY 15% TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT AT LEAST 30,000 PEOPLE
01:59:17 TO MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
01:59:20 THREE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE RETURNING TO
01:59:21 HOMELESSNESS FOR AND ASSIST AT LEAST 18,000 PEOPLE AT RISK OF
01:59:25 HOMELESSNESS WITH PREVENTION ASSISTANCE.
01:59:28 GOAL TWO IS NOT REPRESENTED HERE.
01:59:29 THIS GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE MEASURABLE REDUCTIONS IN RACIAL
01:59:32 INEQUITIES AND OTHER DISPARITIES.
01:59:35 IN ORDER TO DO THIS. THE DEPARTMENT IS SET
01:59:36 DIRECTIONAL TARGETS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES AS SUB GOALS OF
01:59:40 EACH OF THE OTHER GOALS TO IMPROVE CONSISTENCY
01:59:47 AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS OUR SYSTEM WE'RE EMBEDDING OUR
01:59:50 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN METRICS INTO THE TOOLS WE
01:59:52 ALREADY USE AND THAT INCLUDES THE CONTROLLER SCORECARD PUBLIC
01:59:55 REPORTING ON OUR WEBSITE DIRECTORS REPORTS TO THE
01:59:59 COMMISSION CONTRACT SERVICE CONTRACT SERVICE AND OUTCOME
02:00:02 OBJECTIVES AND INTERNAL DASHBOARDS.
02:00:03 SO WE'RE MEASURING PROGRESS THE SAME WAY EVERYWHERE.
02:00:08 AND THEN ALL HSA CONTRACTS CURRENTLY INCLUDE SERVICE
02:00:12 AND OUTCOME OBJECTIVES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADHERE TO
02:00:16 THE REQUIREMENT IN THE LATEST COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE GUIDELINES
02:00:20 THAT ALL CONTRACTS MUST INCLUDE OR ALL CONTRACT ON ALL
02:00:23 CONTRACTS INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE SERVICE AND ONE OUTCOME
02:00:26 OBJECTIVE. THROUGH THE MULTI-YEAR
02:00:29 PROCUREMENT PLAN PROCESS THE DEPARTMENT IS INTEGRATING
02:00:30 STANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN METRICS INTO
02:00:34 ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS. SIMPLIFYING AND REDUCING THE
02:00:37 NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES WITH THE GOAL OF STAYING FOCUSED ON
02:00:40 MEANINGFUL METRICS. AND THIS IS TO AVOID
02:00:41 UNNECESSARILY BURDENING THE PROVIDERS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS.
02:00:45 HCA IS ALSO WORKING TO BETTER STANDARDIZE OUR PROGRAM
02:00:49 MONITORING PRACTICES TO ENSURE PROGRAM MANAGERS ARE EQUIPPED
02:00:52 TO ENSURE BASIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AND ARE AND ARE
02:00:56 BEING MET TO OUR STANDARDS. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE ALL HSA
02:01:02 CONTRACTS CURRENTLY INCLUDE SERVICE AND OUTCOME OBJECTIVES
02:01:07 . WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADHERE TO
02:01:08 THE CONTROLLERS GUIDELINES. WE'LL BE INTEGRATING
02:01:11 STANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN METRICS INTO
02:01:12 OUR CONTRACTS. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO TO
02:01:16 STANDARDIZE EVERYTHING IN KIND OF THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM.
02:01:22 >> AND THEN JUST THIS SLIDE REFLECTS SOME OF THE DRAFT CORE
02:01:27 COMPONENT MEASURES FOR SCATTERED SITE HOUSING FROM
02:01:30 THAT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PLAN AS AN EXAMPLE.
02:01:31 SO THESE PROGRAM AREA SPECIFIC MEASURES WILL HELP MEASURE THE
02:01:34 OVERALL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE OF SCATTERED SITE PROGRAMS
02:01:38 INCLUDING SCATTERED SITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:01:42 AND RAPID REHOUSING. AND WILL REFLECT OR INFORM
02:01:43 CONTRACTS, SPECIFIC SERVICE AND OUTCOME OBJECTIVES INCLUDED
02:01:47 IN THE CONTRACT. SOME OF THE DRAFT MEASURES FOR
02:01:50 SCATTERED SITE PCH INCLUDE AVERAGE OCCUPANCY RATE ACROSS
02:01:54 SCATTERED SITE PCH THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS FROM PROGRAM
02:01:57 ENROLLMENT TO MOVE IN RAPID REHOUSING INCLUDES LIVING
02:01:59 SITUATION AND HOUSEHOLDS PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT IN RAPID
02:02:03 REHOUSING. AND NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT
02:02:06 RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS WITHIN 612 AND 24 MONTHS OF THEIR MOVE
02:02:09 IN DATE. GOING FORWARD WE WILL GRADUALLY
02:02:10 INCORPORATE REPORTING ON THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO OUR
02:02:13 MONTHLY REPORT TO THE COMMISSION.
02:02:16 >> I JUST WANT TO I WAS ASKED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
02:02:20 UPDATES TO THE OVERSIGHT BODY STRUCTURE.
02:02:23 SO WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FROM STAFF
02:02:27 AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION STREAMLINING
02:02:29 TASK FORCE AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO
02:02:32 HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT BODIES. WE ARE NOT PART OF THE TASK
02:02:36 FORCE. I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT NOR
02:02:39 HAVE WE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION WE'RE
02:02:41 ACTION BY THE COMMITTEE EVEN THOUGH WE WERE INTERVIEWED
02:02:44 AND YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK AND WORK NOW BUT
02:02:51 BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY QUESTIONS WE ASKED THE
02:02:52 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO PREPARE AN UPDATE THAT THEY ASKED US TO
02:02:56 SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU. >> SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE
02:03:02 TASK FORCE'S RECORD WAS CREATED BY SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS THROUGH
02:03:06 PROP EON IN 2020 FOR ITS CHARGES TO CONDUCT A
02:03:10 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
02:03:11 AND MAY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR AND BOARD ABOUT WAYS TO
02:03:14 MODIFY ELIMINATE OR COMBINE THEM TO IMPROVE THE
02:03:19 ADMINISTRATION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
02:03:22 THE TASK FORCE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS THE CITY THINK
02:03:23 STRATEGICALLY ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE REDUNDANCY OR UNNECESSARY
02:03:27 COMPLEXITY IN GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT AND WHERE WE CAN
02:03:30 INSTEAD STRENGTHEN CLARITY ACCOUNTABLE IN ALIGNMENT WITH
02:03:34 PRIORITY GOALS. ON OCTOBER 15TH THE TASK FORCE
02:03:37 TOOK SEVERAL KEY ACTIONS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT HOMELESSNESS
02:03:41 GOVERNANCE BODIES. THEY VOTED TO RETAIN THE
02:03:45 HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION BUT IN A NEW FORM
02:03:49 INSTEAD OF KEEPING IT AS A STANDALONE COMMISSION.
02:03:50 THE TASK FORCE DECIDED TO CONVERT IT TO AN ADVISORY
02:03:53 COMMITTEE AND COMBINE IT WITH THE LOCAL COUNCIL.
02:03:54 THIS COORDINATING BOARD THE CHANGE IS INTENDED TO
02:03:57 STREAMLINE OVERSIGHT WHILE PRESERVING A FORUM FOR
02:04:01 COORDINATED ADVICE AND ENGAGEMENT.
02:04:05 AND IN THAT SAME DECISION THE TASK FORCE VOTED TO RECOMMEND
02:04:09 ELIMINATING THREE OTHER BODIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY PLAYED
02:04:13 ROLES IN OVERSIGHT OR ADVOCACY. AND THAT IS OUR CITY OUR HOME
02:04:17 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE SHELTER GRIEVANCE ADVISORY
02:04:19 COMMITTEE AND THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE.
02:04:21 THESE ELIMINATIONS REFLECT THE TASK FORCE'S ASSESSMENT THAT
02:04:24 CONSOLIDATING FUNCTIONS UNDER FEWER ENTITIES WILL REDUCE
02:04:29 DUPLICATION AND FOCUS OVERSIGHT AND AS PART OF CONVERTING THE
02:04:36 COMMISSION, THE TASK FORCE DIRECTED THAT ITS STRUCTURE
02:04:40 SHOULD PARTIALLY ALIGN WITH THE STANDARD TEMPLATE FOR ADVISORY
02:04:42 BODIES. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL
02:04:45 REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CSC BOARDS THEY'VE
02:04:48 REQUESTED A PROPOSAL FOR A STRUCTURE THAT ALSO MEETS THOSE
02:04:49 FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ESSENTIALLY ASSURING THAT WE
02:04:52 MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WHILE WORKING WITHIN THE STREAMLINED
02:04:56 CITY FRAMEWORK. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
02:04:59 WITH CITY LEADERS AND PARTNERS AS THE IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
02:05:03 UNFOLD AND I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE NEXT STEPS NEXT
02:05:07 STEP. THE SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE
02:05:11 VARIOUS BODIES. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHAT THE
02:05:15 NEW HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN THE
02:05:22 TABLE HERE. SORRY SHANNON, I'M MOVING
02:05:23 REALLY FAST. THE TABLE SUMMARIZES THE TASK
02:05:26 FORCE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY BOARD
02:05:28 AND THE S.O.S. SUBCOMMITTEE FOR REFERENCE AND THEN THE NEXT
02:05:34 STEPS ARE THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISSOLVE THE
02:05:39 SHELTER GRIEVANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SHELTER
02:05:40 MONITORING COMMITTEE WILL REQUIRE THE PASSAGE OF AN
02:05:43 ORDINANCE BY THE BOARD. THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE BOARD
02:05:47 OF SUPERVISORS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THE
02:05:48 LOCAL HOMELESS COORDINATING BOARD A COMMITTEE OF THE
02:05:50 HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY BOARD MUST ALSO BE DONE THROUGH THE
02:05:54 TASK FORCE ORDINANCE WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 1ST
02:05:57 AND THE PROPOSAL TO DISSOLVE THE CITY.
02:05:58 OUR OWN COMMITTEE AND REFORM THE HOMELESSNESS OVERSIGHT
02:06:01 COMMISSION MUST GO BACK TO THE VOTERS VIA BALLOT INITIATIVE
02:06:04 BEFORE THEY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED .
02:06:08 AND THAT IS THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
02:06:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
02:06:16 ? >> YEAH, I THINK I HAVE SOME
02:06:20 THINGS THAT I WAS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THREE MINUTES OF
02:06:36 PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:06:44 SO I WAS JUST BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE LAST ITEM FIRST ON THE
02:06:48 HOMELESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. AS DIRECTOR MENTIONED, IT'LL
02:06:52 NEED TO GO TO THE VOTERS AND SO THERE'S MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR
02:06:56 ADVOCACY. THE TASK FORCE HAS ESSENTIALLY
02:06:59 KIND OF SETTLED IN ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVOCACY
02:07:03 WORK IN TERMS OF SEEING ANY CHANGES TO HOW THAT BODY IS
02:07:05 CONFIGURED. NOW NEEDS TO GO TO THE BOARD OF
02:07:08 SUPERVISORS SO THAT IS WHO YOU SHOULD DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO
02:07:11 AND FEEDBACK. OBVIOUSLY COMBINING THE LOCAL
02:07:15 HOMELESS SCORING BOARD WHICH HAS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT OF
02:07:18 HAVING A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS IS A VERY
02:07:23 DIFFERENT NOTION THAN A CITIZEN OVERSIGHT BODY THAT IS DESIGNED
02:07:27 TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THOSE PROVIDERS.
02:07:30 AND SO THERE'S A BIT OF A QUESTION MARK IN MY MIND ABOUT
02:07:34 WHAT THE INTENT IS HERE. OBVIOUSLY I REMEMBER THE DAYS
02:07:39 PRIOR TO HAVING THIS BODY THE HOMELESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
02:07:42 I ALSO REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF BATTLES IN THE MEDIA
02:07:46 AS A RESULT OF NOT HAVING A CONSTRUCTIVE AND ENGAGING FORUM
02:07:50 WHERE WE COULD HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND KIND OF WORK
02:07:53 OUT POLICY QUESTIONS AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF
02:07:55 DATA SHARING AND BEST PRACTICE SHARING.
02:07:58 SO I CERTAINLY HOPE WE DON'T GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY OF DOING
02:08:02 THINGS AND WE CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS YOU KNOW,
02:08:05 CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE THE HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:08:09 HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES SO NEW
02:08:10 APPROACHES AND YOU KNOW, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY IS A
02:08:13 BEST BEST PRACTICE. I WAS GOING TO BRING UP THE THE
02:08:17 SHELTER CLOSURES. SO OBVIOUSLY THE CONGREGATE
02:08:22 SHELTER CLOSURES WE'RE SEEING THE CLOSURE OF MONARCH AND THE
02:08:25 DANTE NOT HAVE ANY AS OUR TRADITIONAL PRACTICES TO
02:08:29 MONITOR WHERE THOSE PEOPLE GO TO.
02:08:33 SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A REPORT BACK AT A FUTURE
02:08:36 MEETING OF WHERE THOSE FOLKS LANDED.
02:08:37 ALSO 7-ELEVEN POST IS CHANGING PROVIDERS COMING UP AND 33 GOFF
02:08:44 IS HAVING A SWITCH WHERE HE'S TAKING OVER SOME OF THE CABINS
02:08:48 TO WORK WITH HIGH ACUITY CLIENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY
02:08:51 SERVED AT THE DANTE. I DO THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
02:08:55 CREATING LIKE AT LEAST TEN BEDS DEDICATED FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
02:08:58 YOU KNOW, FIGHTING WITH DRUG ADDICTION VERY KEY CRITICAL
02:09:02 DEMOGRAPHIC FOR US TO NOT YOU KNOW, UNDER SERVE.
02:09:09 AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE TODAY.
02:09:10 THANKS FOR ANYONE ONLINE. >> LET ME JUST SAY THAT AGAIN
02:09:23 BECAUSE MY MIC WAS UP ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE
02:09:27 ROOM ON THIS ITEM? NONE ONLINE.
02:09:30 THIS CLOSES THIS ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
02:09:34 I TAKE THAT BACK NO, SORRY THIS OPENS UP OPENS UP FOR COMMENT
02:09:38 OF THE COMMISSIONERS IF ANY COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO
02:09:42 HAVE ANY COMMENT FEEDBACK OR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE DIRECTOR'S
02:09:46 REPORT. >> COMMISSIONER GUERRERO WELL
02:09:54 FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE THE METRICS ON
02:09:57 THE THE GOALS TO THE EXECUTIVE SORRY THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
02:10:01 I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT AND I KNOW IT'S A HEAVY
02:10:05 LIFT FOR YOU ALL AND I CAN SEE JUST FROM THE WAY IT'S
02:10:07 STRUCTURE THAT A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT AND THE AMOUNT
02:10:09 OF DETAIL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
02:10:11 I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO TAKE ON BUT WHILE WE
02:10:15 HAVE THIS BODY YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
02:10:19 I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGESTIBLE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE
02:10:22 TO TRACK WHAT SOME OF THIS DATA MEANS.
02:10:24 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN JUST ONE NOTE WAS THAT
02:10:29 HOUSING PLACEMENTS SEEM TO BE DOWN IN NOVEMBER.
02:10:33 WAS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON YOU JUST COMPLETED NEW LEASE
02:10:41 UPS? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
02:10:44 >> CAN YOU. THANK YOU.
02:10:45 THANKS, EMILY. I'M EMILY COHEN WITH THE
02:10:52 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
02:10:53 >> I SAY WE SEE INCREASES IN MOVE INS TO HOUSING WHEN
02:10:57 BUILDINGS ARE IN THE LEASE UP PROCESS AND THEN IT SORT OF
02:11:00 FLOWS TO EBBS AND THEN FLOWS BACK WHEN WE HAVE NEW BUILDINGS
02:11:03 . >> GOT IT.
02:11:04 THANK YOU. AND THEN YEAH, I MEAN JUST
02:11:07 THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON THE MOVES TO FOR THE TASK FORCE
02:11:11 CONSOLIDATING THESE BODIES. I WOULD SAY I DEFINITELY
02:11:15 UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO COMBINE THE COMMITTEES SINCE I
02:11:19 WAS ON HOMELESSNESS THIS SPRING THE SHELTER MANAGER COMMITTEE
02:11:23 AND IT WAS HARD TO KEEP MEETINGS GOING.
02:11:24 PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP AND OFTEN IT'S EXPENSIVE TO RUN THEM BUT
02:11:28 I DO THINK THAT COMBINING OURS ARE TWO BODIES WILL DEFINITELY
02:11:34 LEAD TO SOME PRETTY LONG MEETINGS SO THAT'LL BE
02:11:35 INTERESTING. >> BUT I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
02:11:38 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT.
02:11:41 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING NO OTHER COMMISSIONERS
02:11:45 COMMENT. WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND WE'LL
02:11:46 MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN WHICH IS OLD BUSINESS.
02:11:50 WE HAVE NO AGENDA ITEM UNDER THAT SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM
02:11:53 NUMBER 11 OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. IF I COULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT
02:11:59 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE MATTERS
02:12:02 BY THE HOMELESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSION AND WILL BE ACTED
02:12:06 UPON BY A SINGLE VOTE OF THE COMMISSION UNLESS ONE OF THE
02:12:10 COMMISSIONERS REQUESTS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME THE
02:12:14 MATTER WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
02:12:17 AND CONSIDERED A SEPARATE ITEM AND WILL BE CALLED FOR A
02:12:19 SEPARATE VOTE WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT IS ANNOUNCED PLEASE
02:12:22 STATE WHICH ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA YOU'RE REFERRING TO
02:12:25 TODAY'S AGENDA ONLY HAS ONE ITEM SO IF THERE'S A MOTION SO
02:12:30 MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
02:12:33 THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON
02:12:36 THE MOTION AND SECOND TO PASS CONSENT AGENDA SEEING NO PUBLIC
02:12:40 COMMENT IN THE ROOM, NO CALLERS IN THE FUTURE.
02:12:44 OKAY. IF I COULD ASK THE COMMISSION
02:12:45 SECRETARY TO TAKE THE ROLE COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE RESPOND
02:12:51 WITH IRONI CHAIR KATIE ALBRIGHT I VICE CHAIR A VIA RAMBO ALL
02:12:56 RIGHT COMMISSIONER DON'T TABLE. ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER BEVAN
02:12:59 DUFTY COMMISSIONER WALKING ROW HIGH COMMISSIONER SHARKEY LOOK
02:13:00 ON YOU ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER THOMAS BROKER I CAN THINK HOW
02:13:06 IT IS APPROVED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:13:07 WE'VE DONE ITEM NUMBER 12 SO WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 13
02:13:12 WHICH IS OUR NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT.
02:13:16 >> I AM HAPPY TO BE SHARING THIS ROLE AS A MEMBER OF THE
02:13:21 COMMITTEE WITH COMMISSIONER GUERRERO.
02:13:24 WE WOULD WELCOME OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE
02:13:28 INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE TOO. >> PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT THE BY
02:13:31 THE NEXT MEETING AND I WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT THE
02:13:36 MEMBERS AND WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT COMMISSION.
02:13:37 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
02:13:40 OKAY. >> LET ME ASK IF THERE'S ANY
02:13:44 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SEEING
02:13:47 NONE IN THE ROOM. IS THERE ANY ON THE PHONE?
02:13:51 NO CALLERS IN THE QUEUE. OKAY.
02:13:52 THIS CLOSES ITEM NUMBER 13. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:13:54 COMMISSIONERS WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14 OUR DATA
02:13:58 OFFICER REPORT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
02:14:01 NOMINATE A DATA OFFICER FOR ONE YEAR TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE.
02:14:09 IF I COULD ASK FOR A NOMINEE ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR
02:14:13 THE DATA OFFICER? >> YES, I WOULD BE DELIGHTED
02:14:20 AND HONORED TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER GUERRERO FOR THAT
02:14:21 ROLE. >> TERRIFIC.
02:14:24 COMMISSIONER GUERRERO HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
02:14:25 IS THERE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND THANK YOU.
02:14:28 THERE'S A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
02:14:32 COMMISSIONER GUERRERO IS A DATA OFFICER BUT LET ME ASK
02:14:35 COMMISSIONER GUERRERO WOULD YOU ACCEPT IT?
02:14:37 >> YES. AS LONG AS A COMMISSIONER
02:14:40 LAGANA WILL HELP ME PASS THE TORCH ON WITH THE WORK THE
02:14:44 AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE IN THE PAST YEARS
02:14:47 . >> THANK YOU.
02:14:47 WELL, HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
02:14:50 >> WHAT DO I GET IN RETURN? >> OF COURSE.
02:14:54 THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A
02:14:58 SECOND IF WE COULD HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
02:15:03 >> IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK
02:15:07 ON THE MOTION TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER GUERRERO TO BE OUR
02:15:11 DATA OFFICER FOR ONE YEAR? I JUST WANT TO ADD FULL FULL
02:15:16 THROATED SUPPORT FOR HAVING COMMISSIONER GUERRERO SERVE
02:15:20 IN THAT ROLE. THE CONCEPT OF THE DATA OFFICER
02:15:22 ROLE WAS ONE THAT WE CAME UP WITH TO REALLY KIND OF LIAISE
02:15:24 WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO PROBE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE DATA
02:15:27 THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL IN CREATING INSIGHTS AND I
02:15:31 THINK YOU WOULD DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
02:15:32 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:15:34 AND I WISH TO OFFER MY THANKS TO COMMISSIONER LAGANA FOR HIS
02:15:38 ROLE AS DATA OFFICER OVER THE PAST.
02:15:42 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I DO THINK THE ROLE IS VERY
02:15:43 IMPORTANT. >> IF I COULD ASK THE
02:15:46 COMMISSION SECRETARY TO CALL THE THE ROLL CALL ON THIS
02:15:50 MOTION. CHAIR KATIE ALL RIGHT.
02:15:54 HOW DO YOU VOTE? I VICE CHAIR OF I RAMBLE HOW DO
02:15:58 YOU VOTE COMMISSIONER BALL ALL RIGHT COMMISSION OR DID BEVAN
02:16:02 DUFTY COMMISSIONER WALKING AROUND HIGH COMMISSIONER SHARKY
02:16:06 LAGUARDIA HIGH COMMISSIONER THOMAS ROCHA I CONGRATULATIONS.
02:16:09 >> CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF
02:16:14 ALL OF US AND THIS NOW PLACES THIS ON ITEM WE HAVE NO
02:16:18 ADDITIONAL CONTINUATION ON PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 15 SO
02:16:22 WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 16 COMMISSION MATTERS.
02:16:24 ARE THERE ANY COMMISSION MATTERS THAT FOLKS WANT TO
02:16:27 DISCUSS? >> I WANTED TO PERFECT AND I
02:16:31 RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA IF OTHERS FOLKS WANT
02:16:35 TO PLEASE JUST PRESS THAT BLUE BUTTON.
02:16:38 >> YEAH SORRY I DIDN'T THAT'S OKAY.
02:16:39 YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE
02:16:43 COMMISSION KNOW THE STANDARD HAD AN ARTICLE I THINK IT WAS
02:16:47 YESTERDAY ON WITH THE HEADLINE OR I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE
02:16:54 HEADLINE WAS SOMETHING AKIN TO SO YOU THINK YOU CAN HAVE THAT
02:17:01 WASN'T IT WAS IT LIKE SOMETHING LIKE A DO YOU THINK YOU CAN
02:17:05 SOLVE HOMELESSNESS USE THIS TOOL OR SOMETHING IT'S ON IT'S
02:17:09 ON THE STANDARD IF YOU HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION IT WAS A YOU KNOW
02:17:15 REALLY ACTUALLY LOVELY ARTICLE ABOUT THE WORK THAT I HAVE BEEN
02:17:22 DOING AND THAT INITIATED DURING MY ROLE AS AS DATA OFFICER
02:17:26 AND A WEBSITE THAT I CREATED TO HELP EXPLORE SOME OF THE
02:17:31 CONCEPTS AND HOMELESS POLICY AND DISAMBIGUATE THESE THESE
02:17:35 CONCEPTS FROM SORT OF THE HOT WIRES AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL
02:17:38 DIFFERENCES AND REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT SOME SOME OF THE
02:17:42 CHALLENGES SO THAT WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC IF THEY'RE
02:17:46 INTERESTED YOU CAN FIND IT AT HOUSING DASH SYM.COM FOR
02:17:50 HOUSING DASH SIMULATION AND IT HAS THE VIDEO OF THE ORIGINAL
02:17:58 REPORT THAT I DID BACK IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR
02:18:02 AND THEN IT HAS SOME CALCULATORS THAT I THINK ARE
02:18:05 FUN TO PLAY WITH AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT I THINK IS RELEVANT
02:18:09 TO THIS COMMISSION AND SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW I
02:18:13 THINK IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO WRESTLE
02:18:14 WITH GOING FORWARD IN AN ERA OF DECLINING BUDGETS IS WHAT I
02:18:18 CALLED THE PIZZA PROBLEM WHICH IS YOU HAVE SAY ONE SLICE OF
02:18:25 PIZZA AND YOU GOT 100 KIDS. HOW DO YOU DIVIDE THE PIZZA SO
02:18:31 THAT YOU ARE HELPING AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE RECOGNIZING
02:18:33 YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PIZZA FOR FOR ALL THE KIDS.
02:18:36 AND SO THE THE POLICY CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS DO YOU GO DEEP
02:18:42 AND JUST GIVE IT TO ONE KID AND MAKE SURE THAT KID IS FULLY
02:18:46 FED OR DO YOU GO SHALLOW AND NOW YOU'RE SPREADING ACROSS
02:18:50 EVERYBODY AND NOBODY GETS ANYTHING OF VALUE AND FOR ME
02:18:57 THAT IS ONE OF THE CORE QUESTIONS THE DEPARTMENT IS
02:18:58 FACING THE CITY IS FACING THIS COMMISSION IS FACING WHICH IS
02:19:02 HOW DO WE ALLOCATE THESE RESOURCES SO THAT WE OBTAIN THE
02:19:06 MAXIMUM POSSIBLE OF GOOD? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE
02:19:10 CALCULATORS THAT THAT I DEVELOPED AND I'M GOING TO BE
02:19:14 CONTINUING TO FLESH THAT OUT AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH
02:19:16 COMMISSIONER GUERRERO AS WELL TO TO HELP FLESH OUT SOME OF
02:19:20 HIS IDEAS. WE WE HAVE A LOVELY RAPPORT
02:19:23 AND SO ANYWAYS I JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW ABOUT
02:19:28 THAT ABOUT THE ARTICLE WHICH I THINK WAS WAS A VERY POSITIVE
02:19:32 ONE AND ABOUT THE WORK WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL.
02:19:35 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER?
02:19:39 >> COMMISSIONER GREER YEAH AND IF I MAY RESPOND TO YEAH I
02:19:42 THINK THE TOOL IS REALLY COOL. I THINK IT'S REALLY I THINK
02:19:46 WHAT I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE ABOUT IT IS THAT
02:19:48 IT'S IT'S ALWAYS A PRIORITY TO ME TO LIKE HELP THE PUBLIC THE
02:19:52 VOTERS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON, WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE
02:19:55 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS COMING IN BEING LIKE THIS IS WHAT I'M
02:19:59 EXPERIENCING FIRSTHAND. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE DYING, YOU
02:20:03 KNOW, AND THEN SAYING LIKE WHERE IS THIS PROBLEM COMING
02:20:06 FROM? BUT THE REALITY IS YOU DO NEED
02:20:09 MONEY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES. RIGHT?
02:20:10 SO I THINK IT'S JUST SUCH A THERE'S SO MANY TEARS TO END
02:20:16 INFORMATION IS POWER. SO CREATING THIS SORT OF
02:20:18 PLATFORM THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT AND BE LIKE OKAY, WELL THIS
02:20:22 IS WHAT THE CITY IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO IT DOING IT IN A
02:20:24 WAY THAT SOMEONE JUST GO ONLINE AND BE LIKE OKAY WELL THIS IS
02:20:29 WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT LIKE DO
02:20:30 WE PUT MORE MONEY INTO OR DO WE PUT MORE MONEY INTO SHELTER?
02:20:33 SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK IT'S FOR ME LIKE A
02:20:36 MATTER OF ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
02:20:37 AND JUST TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE CONVERSATION I LOVE
02:20:40 THE PIZZA ANALOGY BUT I THINK I WAS QUOTED SAYING SOMETHING
02:20:44 LIKE WHAT IF YOU HAVE A GLUTEN ALLERGY?
02:20:45 >> YOU KNOW AND I DO THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW WHAT KIND
02:20:48 OF QUESTIONS ARE WE ASKING, RIGHT?
02:20:51 BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PIZZA BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE
02:20:52 ALLERGIC TO IT, WE CAN'T USE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
02:20:55 NO. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE
02:20:58 SAYING BECAUSE YOU'VE SAID IT'S A GROSS OVERSIMPLIFICATION.
02:21:00 YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT JUST THE BUDGET, LET'S
02:21:03 SAY OR YOU KNOW BUT AGAIN WE CAN USE THAT AS A STARTING
02:21:07 PLACE TO PUT ON LAYERS AND LAYERS NOT ONLY TO COME UP
02:21:11 WITH SORT OF PINPOINT SOLUTIONS BUT ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE
02:21:14 PUBLIC WHO ARE THE CONSUMERS OF THE SERVICES WHERE SOME OF
02:21:18 THESE OBSTACLES ARE GETTING TIED UP IN WHY YOU DON'T SEE
02:21:22 THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT PEOPLE DESERVE FOR DIGNITY AND RESPECT
02:21:25 IN THE IN THE LIVES THAT THEY HAVE AS THEY CONSUME THESE
02:21:27 SERVICES. >> BUT YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT
02:21:30 THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:21:31 THANK YOU SO MUCH SEEING NO OTHER COMMENT AND WE'VE TAKEN
02:21:33 PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST
02:21:40 AND ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
02:21:41 WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO VOTE BUT LET ME JUST ASK IF THERE'S A
02:21:45 MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED ALL IN FAVOR.
02:21:48 I THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR CREATING A
02:21:52 SEAMLESS MEETING TODAY. >> VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK