00:00:21 GOOD AFTERNOON. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:22 WELCOME TO THE APRIL 15TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE BUDGET
00:00:28 AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. I AM SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN,
00:00:31 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR
00:00:35 SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY. MEMBERS SUPERVISOR DANNY SOUDER
00:00:39 AND SHANNON WALTON, OUR CLERK. IT'S BRANT HALPER.
00:00:43 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEANETTE ECONOMIC AGREEMENT LIVE FROM
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00:02:31 BUT KINDLY TURN OFF YOUR FLASH THAT AS TO NOT DISTRACT US FROM
00:02:38 OUR PROCEEDINGS. >> AND WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR,
00:02:39 THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS .
00:02:42 >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. AND BEFORE WE CALL ON THE
00:02:43 AGENDA ITEM TODAY I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO EXCUSE PRESIDENT
00:02:49 RAFAEL MENDELSSOHN TECHNICAL AND SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY
00:02:53 A ROLL CALL ON THE EXCUSE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION TO BE
00:02:57 EXCUSED SUPERVISOR MANAGEMENT FROM ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING
00:03:01 MOVED BY CHURCH AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY VICE CHAIR
00:03:05 DORSEY AND DORSEY I MEMBER CARTER SOUDER I REMEMBER WALTON
00:03:09 WALTON I CHAIR CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FOUR EYES WITH MEMBER BAND
00:03:16 WITH EXCUSED. >> THE MOTION PASSES.
00:03:19 AND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE.
00:03:20 YES ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR HEARING ON THE PROPOSED
00:03:24 BUDGET'S IMPACT ON PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE CITY'S OLDER
00:03:28 ADULTS. MADAM CHAIR.
00:03:30 >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. I DO WANT TO FIRST IT'S GOOD TO
00:03:34 SEE PEOPLE IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO
00:03:38 SEE EVERYBODY HERE. I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER FOR
00:03:41 INTRODUCTION REMARK MY MY MY MY COLLEAGUE SUPERVISOR SOUDER
00:03:45 THANK YOU CHAIR CHIN COLLEAGUES TODAY I'VE CALLED FOR THIS
00:03:49 HEARING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE TIME AND SPACE TO CONSIDER THE
00:03:53 IMPACT THE POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS COULD HAVE ON OLDER ADULTS
00:03:57 THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO. SENIORS ARE THE CITY'S FASTEST
00:04:04 GROWING POPULATION IN SAN FRANCISCO, OUR OLDER ADULT
00:04:08 POPULATION AGE 80 OR OLDER IS EXPECTED TO TRIPLE IN THE NEXT
00:04:11 40 YEARS, MAKING SAN FRANCISCO ONE OF THE OLDEST CITIES
00:04:13 IN CALIFORNIA AND MY DISTRICT DISTRICT THREE HAS THE HIGHEST
00:04:16 CONCENTRATION OF SENIORS OF ANY DISTRICT.
00:04:20 I DO BELIEVE THAT ISOLATION IN SENIORS IS A SILENT HEALTH
00:04:24 CRISIS AND THAT LONELINESS IS A HEALTH EPIDEMIC BUT ONE THAT
00:04:28 DOES NOT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION. BEFORE JOINING THIS BOARD I
00:04:31 WORKED WITH OUR CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WHO SERVE
00:04:35 OLDER ADULTS ACROSS OUR CITY AND I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW
00:04:39 SOMETHING THAT WE MAY THINK OF AS SMALL A HOT LUNCH AT A
00:04:42 SENIOR CENTER, A ZUMBA CLASS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CAN
00:04:46 IN FACT BE A BIG PART OF THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
00:04:50 SENIOR NEIGHBORS. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO
00:04:54 RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE MANY NONPROFITS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
00:04:57 I ALSO SEE MANY OF THEIR MEMBERS THOSE THAT THEY SERVE,
00:05:02 THEIR BOARD MEMBERS, THEIR VOLUNTEERS.
00:05:03 AND I KNOW YOU ARE ALL HERE PREPARED TO FACE A DIFFICULT
00:05:06 TASK OF HAVING TO DO MORE WITH LESS.
00:05:10 I SO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, YOUR TIME TODAY AND LATER ON YOUR
00:05:13 PUBLIC COMMENT TO LET US KNOW DIRECTLY WHAT BUDGET CUTS WOULD
00:05:17 MEAN FOR YOU AND THOSE WHO YOU SERVE.
00:05:21 FOR TODAY'S HEARING WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS
00:05:27 FIRST FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND THEN FROM THE
00:05:29 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
00:05:32 NEXT, OUR DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY.
00:05:35 AND THEN AFTER THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND ACCOMPANYING
00:05:36 QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC
00:05:40 COMMENT TOWARDS THE END. AND WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I
00:05:47 WOULD ASK THAT WE CALL UP OUR FIRST PRESENTER WHICH IS OUR
00:05:50 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND WE HAVE SOPHIA KETTLER, THE
00:05:54 DIRECTOR HERE TO PRESENT. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN TO
00:06:05 PROFESSOR SAUDER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME IS SOPHIA
00:06:08 KETTLER. I AM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
00:06:09 DIRECTOR AND I'M JUST GIVING A VERY BRIEF TABLE SETTING TO
00:06:15 KIND OF SET UP FOR YOU GUYS TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENTS ON A
00:06:18 NUMBER A RANGE OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET OVERALL
00:06:23 AND SPECIFICALLY A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE
00:06:25 RECENTLY FUND IN GENERAL THE CITY FUNDS PROGRAMING FOR OLDER
00:06:29 ADULTS ACROSS A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS AT LEAST EIGHT BY
00:06:33 MY COUNT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAM PROGRAMS RANGING FROM
00:06:38 HOUSING LIKE SENIOR OPERATING SUBSIDIES, A PIECE OF PROP C
00:06:44 FUNDING FOR OLDER ADULTS IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:06:48 >> WE HAVE PROGRAMS TO THE DISABILITY AGING SERVICES LIKE
00:06:50 THE COMMUNITY LIVING FUND. WE HAVE MOBILITY FREEZE FREE
00:06:52 TRANSIT FOR SENIORS. >> WE HAVE OUR PARATRANSIT
00:06:56 CONTRACTS, WE HAVE HEALTH AND WELFARE A HUGE PRIORITY AS
00:07:03 WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR THIS MAYOR IS MAKING SURE THAT
00:07:04 HEALTH CARE ACCESS IS IS KIND OF THE THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS
00:07:10 BUDGET AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO GIVE PEOPLE
00:07:11 ACCESS TO THAT HEALTH ACCESS HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
00:07:18 DESPITE THE LOSS IN REVENUE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:07:19 THROUGH H.R. ONE AND THEN THINKING ABOUT THE WELFARE OF
00:07:26 OUR OLDER ADULTS THROUGH OUR FOOD PROGRAMING, THROUGH OUR
00:07:27 CONGREGATE MEALS NOT JUST AS A NUTRITIONAL NEED BUT AS A KIND
00:07:31 OF A COMMUNITY VITALITY IF YOU WILL, AND THEN ACTIVE DAILY
00:07:39 LIVING THINKING ABOUT PROGRAMS AT REC PARK, THINKING ABOUT
00:07:40 PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY AND AND A NUMBER OF OUR CBO PARTNERS
00:07:43 ALSO FUNDED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY
00:07:47 AND AGING SERVICES SPECIFICALLY ON THE DIGNITY FUND WHICH IS A
00:07:54 A SET ASIDE AMOUNT OF MONEY PASSED IN 2016 FOR THE OLDER
00:08:02 ADULT POPULATION WHICH IS A SUBSET OF THE LARGER AMOUNT OF
00:08:06 MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON OLDER ADULTS ACROSS THE CITY.
00:08:09 >> I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF START WITH SOME BASELINE
00:08:12 INFORMATION, IF YOU WILL, ABOUT HOW THAT FUNDING HAS GROWN OVER
00:08:17 TIME. >> SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
00:08:18 DIFFERENT LINES HERE. >> THE RED LINE IS THE LINE OF
00:08:24 THE MANDATED BASELINE TRANSFER OR THE ONE YEAH, IT'S A IT'S
00:08:33 KIND OF LIKE THE THIRD LINE DOWN AND THAT IS THE ONE WHERE
00:08:35 IT KIND OF SHOULD IT WOULD HAVE IN THEORY TRACKED THE THE
00:08:38 PROPOSED MEASURE FROM THE CHARTER AMENDMENT WERE IT NOT
00:08:44 FOR THE SUSPENSIONS TO THE BASELINE MANDATED TRANSFER THAT
00:08:48 HAPPENED IN COVID AND THEN AGAIN IN FISCAL 24 AND FISCAL
00:08:51 26 WHERE OUR YEAR ONE DEFICIT WAS ABOUT $200 MILLION.
00:08:54 SO YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE SITTING
00:08:58 HERE LOOKING AT THE MARCH UPDATE.
00:08:59 WE HAD APPROXIMATELY A $290 MILLION DEFICIT AND WE WERE
00:09:01 LOOKING AT SUSPENDING THAT BASELINE THE SHADED BLUE AREA.
00:09:05 >> SO IT'S NOT JUST A LINE BUT THAT WHOLE KIND OF BLUE AREA UP
00:09:10 TO THAT LIGHT BLUE LINE IS WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF
00:09:13 WE HAD NEVER SUSPENDED THE BASELINE TRANSFER.
00:09:17 AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SUSPENSION IN FISCAL 21, FISCAL
00:09:20 24, FISCAL 26 AND THEN LIKE WHAT THAT LINE WOULD HAVE
00:09:23 LOOKED LIKE HAD WE GONE UP ABOVE THAT AND THEN THE BLUE
00:09:27 LINE ON THE BOTTOM IS WHAT WE CALL A SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSFER
00:09:31 WHICH IS AN AMOUNT OF MONEY ABOVE WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY
00:09:35 WHAT IS MANDATED BY THE CHARTER THAT WE HAVE GIVEN FOR DIGNITY
00:09:39 FUND RELATED EXPENSES. >> AND I WANT TO I AM GOING TO
00:09:44 GET THIS LINGO WRONG AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK FOR
00:09:47 CLARIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS
00:09:48 FAR BETTER THAN I. THERE IS DIGNITY FUND ELIGIBLE
00:09:51 FUNDING WHICH IS I THINK EVEN BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THESE FUNDS
00:09:57 THERE IS THE ACTUAL THE MINIMUM BASELINE TRANSFER WHICH IS THE
00:10:02 RED LINE AND THEN THERE IS A SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TRANSFER
00:10:05 WHICH IS LIKE THE LOWER BLUE LINE AND IF YOU TAKE THE LOWER
00:10:07 BLUE LINE AND YOU ADD IT TO THE RED LINE, THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF
00:10:10 MONEY WE ARE SPENDING OR TRANSFERRING ON THE DIGNITY
00:10:14 FUND IN ANY GIVEN YEAR THAT ADDS UP TO THE SHADED YELLOW
00:10:17 AREA AND WHEN I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE SHADED
00:10:21 YELLOW AREA IS ABOVE THE CHARTER MANDATED THAT EVEN THE
00:10:25 FORMULA BASED FUNDING FOR ALL YEARS SINCE THE DIGNITY FUND
00:10:29 HAS COME IN IF WE HAD GONE THROUGH THE CHARTER MANDATED
00:10:36 AMOUNT WE WOULD BE AT $71 MILLION IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL
00:10:37 YEAR. RIGHT NOW OBVIOUSLY WE ARE
00:10:41 STILL IN MAYORAL PHASE MAKING DECISIONS BUT THE CONTEMPLATED
00:10:44 AMOUNT THAT I THINK IS IS IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD WITH THE
00:10:48 INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT INTO THE UNIVERSE.
00:10:51 SO ASSUMING THE CUTS THAT HAPPENED THAT HAVE BEEN
00:10:55 PROPOSED RATHER THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT SUBMISSION IN THE
00:10:59 DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES I ADULT I'M
00:11:03 PROBABLY SCREWED UP THAT NAME DOES IS IT CONTEMPLATED AROUND
00:11:10 70 EIGHT RIGHT NOW AND THEN JUST AS A SIMPLE REMINDER OF
00:11:14 WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THROUGH THE FALL WE THE
00:11:18 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND COMPTROLLER'S DO JOINT
00:11:19 REPORT TRACKING. WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE
00:11:22 THINK THE COSTS FOR THE STATUS QUO SPENDING WILL BE, HOW MUCH
00:11:25 ALL OF THAT WILL COST TO RUN THE CITY OVER THE NEXT FIVE
00:11:27 YEARS IF NO CHANGE IS MADE AND THEN IN DECEMBER WE ISSUE
00:11:30 OUR MAYORS BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS. >> WE GIVE OUT INDIVIDUAL
00:11:33 TARGETS AND KIND OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW WE WANT
00:11:34 PEOPLE TO MEET THOSE TARGETS DURING THE WINTER, DECEMBER,
00:11:36 JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THE DEPARTMENTS COME UP WITH
00:11:40 PROPOSALS AND THEY DO THEY TYPICALLY DO SO
00:11:42 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BUT THEY ARE
00:11:45 LIKE THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND WE REALLY LOOK TO THEM FOR THEIR
00:11:48 EXPERTISE ON HOW THEY MIGHT MEET THAT TARGET AND THAT IS A
00:11:53 PROPOSAL THEIR SUBMISSION IS A PROPOSAL TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
00:11:56 AND THEN FROM FEBRUARY 21ST UNTIL JUNE 1ST, THE MAYOR'S
00:11:58 OFFICE IS EVALUATING THOSE PROPOSALS, THINKING ABOUT HOW
00:12:01 HOW THOSE IMPACTS STACK UP AGAINST OBVIOUSLY EACH
00:12:05 INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT MAKES THEIR THEIR PROPOSALS IN A SILO
00:12:08 AND THE JOB OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS TO A GET TO A
00:12:12 BALANCED BUDGET ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY AND B TO MAKE SURE
00:12:15 THAT WE ARE NOT UNDULY IMPACTING A PARTICULAR
00:12:19 COMMUNITY UNINTENTIONALLY OR IN GENERAL AND THINKING ABOUT
00:12:27 NOT JUST AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, NOT JUST AT THE
00:12:28 DEPARTMENT LEVEL BUT FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT
00:12:31 LOOK LIKE TO IF WE TAKE THESE CUTS IN THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS
00:12:35 DID THEY ALL IN AN UNCOORDINATED MANNER KIND OF
00:12:39 PROPOSE SOMETHING TO THE SAME COMMUNITY?
00:12:40 >> WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REJECTING THOSE CUTS AND WE
00:12:42 HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
00:12:46 AND THEN THROUGH THE SUMMER STARTING JUNE 1ST IT COMES TO
00:12:47 BOARD PHASE FOR YOUR FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, FOR DELIBERATIONS
00:12:53 AND THEN RELOCATION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
00:12:57 I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S JUST A TABLE SETTING BUT
00:13:02 I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND I WILL BE HERE THROUGH THE
00:13:05 PRESENT THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
00:13:07 DEPARTMENTS. >> THANK YOU.
00:13:11 THANKS. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CUTLER JUST
00:13:15 A FEW QUESTIONS OF COURSE AND THANK YOU FOR ON ONE OF
00:13:19 YOUR EARLY SLIDES SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT
00:13:21 DO FUND WORK AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OLDER ADULTS.
00:13:27 I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TODAY IN PARTICULAR WE'RE
00:13:28 HEARING FROM TWO DEPARTMENTS FROM EMERALD CITY AND FROM
00:13:30 DALLAS. SO BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THEM
00:13:34 JUST SO WE HAVE THE CONTEXT, CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT WERE
00:13:37 YOUR BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS OR YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR
00:13:41 BUDGETS? >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:13:45 SO ARE THE MAYOR'S GENERAL BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS WERE THAT
00:13:46 WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY 400 MILLION DOLLARS IN ONGOING CUTS
00:13:52 OR SPENDING REDUCTIONS AGAINST THE DEFICIT NUMBER ANNUAL
00:13:56 ANNUALIZED RIGHT. AND SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE $400
00:14:00 MILLION ENTIRELY IN THE FIRST YEAR BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT
00:14:04 WARRANT THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR BUT KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE
00:14:07 ARE TAKING AT LEAST $400 MILLION OUT OF THAT ONGOING
00:14:08 DEFICIT NUMBER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO DO IS
00:14:11 WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENTS ON REALLY
00:14:14 UNDERSTANDING PARTICULARLY WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WHAT ALL
00:14:19 OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT IS DOING.
00:14:21 WE HAD CREATED KIND OF A VERY BUREAUCRAT FORM THAT I'M SURE
00:14:26 MY DEPARTMENTS DID NOT APPRECIATE FILLING OUT FOR US
00:14:29 THAT IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO
00:14:31 HERE RIGHT? AND HOW DO WE AND THEN WORKED
00:14:34 WITH THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND WITH OUR CHIEF STRUCTURE TO
00:14:37 UNDERSTAND LIKE WHICH OF THESE THINGS ARE A CORE GOVERNMENT
00:14:39 FUNCTION WHERE THE GOVERNMENT REALLY HAS A MONOPOLY ON
00:14:41 DELIVERY THERE AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE DOING THIS WORK AND IF
00:14:44 NOT US THEN NOBODY. AND IF NOBODY THEN LIKE WHAT
00:14:48 HAPPENS RIGHT? IF NOBODY DOES THIS WORK DO WE
00:14:54 HAVE LIKE A LOSS TO THE COMMUNITY OR IS IT LIKE
00:14:56 ABSOLUTELY LIKE THERE IS A GAP IN SERVICES AND SO TRYING TO
00:15:02 THINK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE PIECES AS DEPARTMENTS FILLED
00:15:05 OUT THAT KIND OF WORKBOOK IF YOU WILL WE WORKED WITH THEM ON
00:15:10 KIND OF TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WHICH OF THESE THINGS
00:15:11 PARTICULARLY EARLY ON THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THERE ARE
00:15:15 A NUMBER OF I WOULD ARGUE NON-CORE PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT
00:15:17 ON THE GENERAL FUND WHICH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE NICE TO
00:15:21 HAVES AND I THINK I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR WE DO NOT BELIEVE
00:15:25 THAT THERE IS A LOT OF FAT IN THE BUDGET.
00:15:29 WE MAY HAVE KIND OF SOME INEFFICIENT PROCESSES WE MIGHT
00:15:31 HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN SPEED UP AND DO BETTER AND PERHAPS
00:15:36 WITH FEWER RESOURCES BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF JUNK IN IN
00:15:40 THE CITY GOVERNMENT BUDGET BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD ALL OF THE
00:15:41 THINGS THAT WE DO RIGHT. AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO WORK
00:15:45 WITH DEPARTMENTS ON FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT IS THE CORE FUNCTION
00:15:46 OF YOUR DEPARTMENT, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED
00:15:51 YOU TO DELIVER ON AND PROTECT THOSE AND SO THEN SAY LIKE OF
00:15:55 THESE OTHER THINGS HOW DO WE GET TO $400 MILLION ELIMINATING
00:15:58 PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT THE THE CORE ESSENTIAL SERVICES OF
00:16:02 THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND I THINK THE LANGUAGE CAN BE A LITTLE
00:16:06 BIT I MEAN IT IS OBVIOUSLY SUBJECTIVE WHICH IS WHICH BUT I
00:16:10 THINK WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO TIME TO SORT OUT LIKE WHAT WE
00:16:13 WHAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED VERSUS WHAT WE LIKE AND SO THEN
00:16:20 IN PARTICULAR WITH MOZILLA AND AND THE HUMAN SERVICES
00:16:21 AGENCY WE HAVE REALLY GREAT PARTNERS THERE I THINK WE DON'T
00:16:26 AGAIN WE RELISH NONE OF THESE CUTS BUT WE WERE KIND OF SAYING
00:16:30 IT LOOKS TO US LOOKING AT YOUR PORTFOLIO THAT THESE PROGRAMS
00:16:33 WOULD PERHAPS BE SOME OF THE THE LEAST IMPACTFUL TO TAKE
00:16:37 THEM AWAY AND THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE AN
00:16:40 IMPACT. THEY LIKE ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMS
00:16:41 IN THE CITY ARE DOING GOOD WORK AND ALL OF THEM ARE AFFECTING
00:16:44 PEOPLE'S LIVES. >> BUT HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT
00:16:48 WHICH ONES HAVE AN OUTSIZED IMPACT IF WE CUT THEM
00:16:51 AND PROTECT THOSE VERSUS THE ONES THAT KIND OF FOR EXAMPLE A
00:16:55 PILOT PROGRAM THAT MIGHT BE JUST GETTING OFF THE GROUND
00:16:58 THAT HASN'T SERVED THAT MANY PEOPLE YET AND HASN'T
00:17:00 NECESSARILY DEMONSTRATED THAT IT IS LIKE THE PANACEA FOR
00:17:06 WHATEVER PROBLEM AND IS TRYING TO SOLVE AND KIND OF SORTED
00:17:10 THROUGH THOSE THINGS. >> SO WE DID GIVE SOME
00:17:11 INSTRUCTION TO DEPARTMENTS ON KIND OF LIKE HOW THE MAYOR'S
00:17:14 OFFICE WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT THEY APPROPRIATELY PUSH BACK
00:17:17 AND SAY NO, NO, NO YOU MISUNDERSTAND THIS, YOU
00:17:21 MISUNDERSTAND THIS. >> THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
00:17:22 AND IT IS KIND OF A PUSH AND PULL AND THEN WE ARE IN NOW
00:17:25 IN THE MAYOR PHASE WHERE WE ARE KIND OF SAYING LIKE HEY, WE DID
00:17:26 NOT GET $400 MILLION IN CUTS SO WE WILL NEED TO GO FIND MORE.
00:17:29 BUT LIKE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, HOW DO WE THINK
00:17:32 ABOUT THE IMPACTS ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES ACROSS ALL
00:17:37 THE DEPARTMENTS SO NOTHING IS LIKE ISN'T YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
00:17:40 OVER UNTIL WE INTRODUCE THE BUDGET AND EVEN THEN YOU KNOW
00:17:44 WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BOARD
00:17:45 OF SUPERVISORS AND THE THE CUTS THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING OF THE
00:17:50 TWO DEPARTMENTS WE'RE HEARING FROM TODAY, HOW DO THOSE
00:17:51 COMPARE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHAT YOU'VE REQUESTED FOR THEM
00:17:54 TO CUT? HOW DO THEY COMPARE LIKE ON A
00:18:01 DOLLAR FIGURE GENERALLY THE WAY WE GIVE TARGETS IS BASED ON
00:18:08 KIND OF A PROPORTION OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ASSUMING CERTAIN
00:18:17 THINGS OR LIKE NOT COUNTING CERTAIN THINGS.
00:18:20 >> SO FOR EXAMPLE IF WE LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF IF YOU LOOK
00:18:24 AT DOS THEY HAVE A BUDGET OF AROUND 500 AND HSA IS A IS $1
00:18:32 BILLION EFFECTIVELY DOS HAS IHS THAT IS A STATE PASS THROUGH.
00:18:36 IT IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM AND IT IS NOT GENERAL FUND
00:18:38 FUNDED PUT THAT TO THE SIDE WE LOOK AT THE BASELINES REQUIRED
00:18:47 FOR EXAMPLE THE DIGNITY FUND IN HSA PUT THAT TO THE SIDE
00:18:48 AND THEN SAY LIKE OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUNDS THAT IS REMAINING
00:18:51 HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS REVENUE BACKED?
00:18:54 >> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LIKE? HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE TO CUT
00:18:56 HERE TO GET, YOU KNOW, AN EQUIVALENT DOLLAR AMOUNT OF
00:18:59 GENERAL FUND SAVINGS AND WE ASSIGN TARGETS LIKE THAT
00:19:03 AND THEN WE KIND OF TRY AND HOLD THE DEPARTMENTS
00:19:07 TARGETS SOME DEPARTMENTS MEET TARGET, SOME DEPARTMENTS DO NOT
00:19:10 AND IN THE END IT IS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE JOB TO
00:19:11 KIND OF DO ALL OF THAT BALANCING AND MAYOR FACE THANK
00:19:16 YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND FOR YOUR BRIEF
00:19:17 PRESENTATION. I THINK AT THIS POINT IF
00:19:20 THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO HEAR
00:19:23 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THANK YOU
00:19:25 TO GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I'M SHEILA NICHOLAS BLISS,
00:19:47 DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR THE
00:19:49 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
00:19:56 I WANT TO START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE ALL THE
00:19:58 SERVICES WE PROVIDE THAT TOUCH ON SENIORS AND THEN GO INTO
00:20:01 SPECIFIC DISCUSSION OF THE REDUCTIONS.
00:20:04 >> SO IN ARE WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE SUPPORTS FOR SENIORS
00:20:08 IN MANY WAYS OUR HOUSING PORTFOLIO INCLUDES MORE THAN
00:20:11 6400 UNITS RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS IN IN
00:20:14 OUR TOTAL PORTFOLIO OF 34,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
00:20:18 44% OF THOSE ARE OCCUPIED BY HOUSEHOLDS THAT INCLUDE SENIORS
00:20:21 . WE'RE ADDING 1400 NEW UNITS TO
00:20:22 OUR PORTFOLIO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
00:20:26 WE RECENTLY OPENED THREE 8365 WHICH HAS 98 UNITS FOR SENIORS
00:20:29 AND ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SENIOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE
00:20:32 LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL SITE. OUR SENIOR OPERATING SUBSIDY
00:20:33 ENSURES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING UNITS FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
00:20:37 SENIORS AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE PRODUCE A NUMBER OF
00:20:41 REPORTS AND HAVE DATA AVAILABLE ON HOUSING FOR SENIORS.
00:20:46 >> THE FULL SCOPE OF SERVICES SUPPORTED THROUGH MY CITY'S
00:20:47 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION INCLUDES BOTH HOUSING STABILITY
00:20:50 AND BROADER COMMUNITY STABILIZATION FOR HOUSING
00:20:54 STABILITY. THESE ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS TO
00:20:55 PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, EVICTION, DEFENSE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
00:20:58 SUBSIDIES AND PLACE BASED SERVICES THAT KEEP PEOPLE
00:21:02 HOUSED. IMPORTANTLY, THIS ALSO INCLUDES
00:21:03 TARGETED SUPPORTS LIKE HIV HOUSING SERVICES WHICH ADDRESS
00:21:07 SPECIFIC POPULATIONS WITH HIGHER VULNERABLE ITY TO SENIOR
00:21:10 TO HOUSING INSTABILITY PARTICULARLY SENIORS ON THE
00:21:14 COMMUNITY STABILIZATION SIDE, THESE INVESTMENTS ADDRESS THE
00:21:15 UNDERLYING DRIVERS OF INSTABILITY BY FUNDING LEGAL
00:21:18 SERVICES GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PROTECTION AND CULTURALLY
00:21:22 ROOTED COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
00:21:25 THESE EFFORTS PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, STABILIZE
00:21:26 HOUSEHOLDS AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
00:21:32 >> THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WHICH WILL BE FOCUSING
00:21:33 ON BRINGS TOGETHER AND DEPLOYS MULTIPLE FUNDING STREAMS ITS
00:21:37 LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL TO ADDRESS HOUSING STABILITY
00:21:40 AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE DIVISION DOES NOT DELIVER
00:21:43 MOST OF THESE SERVICES DIRECTLY.
00:21:44 OUR ROLE IS TO FUND AND SUPPORT A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY BASED
00:21:47 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO RESIDENTS AND BEST
00:21:51 POSITIONED TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE.
00:21:52 IN ADDITION, THE DIVISION COORDINATES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS
00:21:55 AND INITIATIVES ENSURING THAT HOUSING STABILIZATION
00:21:58 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ARE STRATEGICALLY
00:21:59 ALIGNED ACROSS THE CITY. IN RESPONSE TO A SIGNIFICANT
00:22:05 TWO YEAR GENERAL FUND DEFICIT, THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE
00:22:07 DIRECTED DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTS TO PERMANENTLY REDUCE GENERAL
00:22:09 FUND SPENDING BY 400 MILLION CITYWIDE TO MEET THE REQUIRED
00:22:13 REDUCTION TARGET 8.5 MILLION IN ONGOING PERMANENT GENERAL
00:22:17 FUND REDUCTIONS. MDH CITY IS PREPARED TO STOP
00:22:21 WORK ON THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM AREAS BEGINNING IN OUR NEXT
00:22:24 FISCAL YEAR COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE GRANTMAKING DIGITAL
00:22:27 EQUITY PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY FACILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
00:22:29 PROGRAMS AND I'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE.
00:22:32 I WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO GENERAL FUND ALLOCATIONS TO
00:22:36 OUR HOUSING DIVISION SO GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS MUST BE BORNE
00:22:37 BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
00:22:42 SO TO GO INTO THE FIRST OF THESE THE COMMUNITY BASED
00:22:44 SERVICES PORTFOLIO IS A GRANT PORTFOLIO FOCUSED ON PREVENTION
00:22:47 AND STABILIZATION SERVICES DELIVERING A VARIETY OF SUPPORT
00:22:50 SERVICES TO HIGH NEED RESIDENTS SUCH AS CASE MANAGEMENT, SKILL
00:22:54 DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THERE THIS
00:22:56 INCLUDES 69 GRANTS AND HAS A GENERAL FUND IMPACT OF 6.9
00:23:01 MILLION AND REDUCTION. THIS SHOWS OUR MID-YEAR
00:23:05 UTILIZATION FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES PORTFOLIO SO FAR
00:23:09 THIS YEAR THESE PROGRAMS HAVE SERVED NEARLY 7900 RESIDENTS
00:23:15 3600 OF THOSE CLIENTS ALMOST HALF ARE OLDER ADULTS AND THAT
00:23:18 MEANS 46% OF ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PORTFOLIO OF COMMUNITY
00:23:22 BASED SERVICES ARE SENIORS. SAN FRANCISCO HAS MADE A
00:23:27 MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT IN DIGITAL EQUITY FOR OLDER
00:23:30 ADULTS THROUGH THE FIBER TO HOUSING PROGRAM WE DELIVER HIGH
00:23:34 SPEED INTERNET DIRECTLY TO 211 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES ACROSS
00:23:37 THE CITY SITES WHERE NEARLY 8000 SENIOR HOUSEHOLDS LIVE.
00:23:40 AND THROUGH OUR DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM WE ARE MEETING
00:23:43 RESIDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND TEACHING THEM TO USE THE
00:23:45 CONNECTIVITY WITH. WE HAVE BUILT THIS SLIDE
00:23:48 HIGHLIGHTS THE REACH OF THE HIGH FIBER TO HOUSING PROGRAM
00:23:51 WHICH PROVIDES FREE INTERNET ACCESS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:23:55 SITES ACROSS THE CITY AS OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, 211
00:23:58 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES HAVE BEEN CONNECTED REACHING NEARLY
00:24:02 20,000 UNITS. OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, NEARLY
00:24:05 8000 ARE SENIORS. >> ABOUT 40% OF ALL RESIDENTS
00:24:06 SERVED FOR OLDER ADULTS, RELIABLE INTERNET ACCESS IS NOT
00:24:10 JUST A CONVENIENCE IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR TELEHEALTH
00:24:13 ACCESSING BENEFITS, STAYING CONNECTED TO FAMILY
00:24:16 AND AVOIDING ISOLATION. THIS PROGRAM PLAYS A ROLE
00:24:18 IN HELPING SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE WITH ACCESS TO
00:24:21 SERVICES AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS .
00:24:24 >> AND THIS SITE FOCUSES ON OUR DIGITAL EQUITY INVESTMENTS
00:24:28 SPECIFICALLY TRAINING, DEVICE DISTRIBUTION AND ONGOING TECH
00:24:32 SUPPORT. MIDYEAR DATA SHOWS THAT WE'VE
00:24:33 SERVED 235 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND ABOUT HALF
00:24:36 OF THOSE ARE OLDER ADULT ADULTS WHICH SHOWS A STRONG DEMAND
00:24:40 FROM SENIORS FOR BOTH DEVICES AND HANDS ON SUPPORT FOR MANY
00:24:43 OLDER ADULTS ACCESS ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH THAT TRAINING
00:24:48 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ARE CRITICAL TO ACTUALLY BEING ABLE
00:24:49 TO USE DEVICES FOR TELEHEALTH BENEFITS.
00:24:51 ACCESS AND DAY TO DAY NEEDS. THESE PROGRAMS HELP SENIORS TO
00:24:55 BUILD SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO STAY CONNECTED AND TO MAINTAIN
00:24:57 INDEPENDENCE. >> IN CLOSING, I WANT TO
00:25:02 ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT
00:25:04 PORTFOLIOS SERVE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.
00:25:06 THERE IS NOT A SINGLE GRANT PROGRAM NOT TARGETED TOWARDS
00:25:09 HIGH NEED POPULATIONS. THE STRATEGIES HIGHLIGHT TODAY
00:25:12 DO DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT OLDER ADULTS AS REFLECTED
00:25:16 IN THE DATA AND AS A RESULT THE REDUCTIONS MAY BE FELT ACUTELY
00:25:21 BY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY SENIORS.
00:25:23 WE RECOGNIZE THAT THESE REDUCTIONS ARE DIFFICULT
00:25:24 AND WILL HAVE REAL IMPACTS ON OUR PROVIDER NETWORK AND THE
00:25:28 COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE. THANK YOU AND I THINK I JUST
00:25:38 WANT TO FIRST START BY MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND AND THE SO
00:25:43 THE THE TARGET REDUCTIONS THAT YOU'VE ARRIVED AT ARE IN HALF
00:25:47 MILLION THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
00:25:48 AND THEN WHAT YOU SPOKE TO ON THE COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
00:25:54 PORTFOLIO IS THAT ENTIRE THE THAT'S PROPOSED TO ENTIRELY GO
00:25:58 AWAY IS THAT RIGHT? >> IT WOULD BE A PROGRAM
00:26:01 ELIMINATION, YES. >> OKAY.
00:26:02 AND SO WITHIN THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ELIMINATION OF
00:26:06 69 GRANTS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT ELIMINATION
00:26:10 OF THE FIBER THE DIGITAL EQUITY PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES FIBER TO
00:26:14 HOUSING. SO ACCURATE.
00:26:15 YEAH. OKAY.
00:26:15 THAT'S THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. SO 69 GRANTS WITH CBOS DO THEY
00:26:24 ALL HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF THEM?
00:26:28 >> ARE THEY ALL AWARE OF THIS PROPOSED CUT?
00:26:29 YES, WE HAVE. >> AND CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE
00:26:32 OF THOSE 69? WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?
00:26:39 WHAT SORT OF WORK ARE THEY DOING WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED?
00:26:43 >> I'M JUST LOOKING FOR MORE DETAIL.
00:26:44 YEAH. I'M GOING TO INVITE MY
00:26:45 COLLEAGUE UP TO SPEAK A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS BUT THEY'RE
00:26:47 FAIRLY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE CITY AND THE RANGES
00:26:54 . >> THE VALUE OF THE GRANTS TO
00:26:55 THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO RANGES QUITE A BIT.
00:26:58 >> DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOME? THANK YOU.
00:26:59 GOOD AFTERNOON. JANINE HOWELL, DIRECTOR OF
00:27:02 COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH EACH CITY.
00:27:03 I DO HAVE A LIST SUPERVISOR IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE EXTENT OF
00:27:07 THE GRANTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THESE COMMUNITY
00:27:10 BASED PARTNERS ARE LOCATED IN, THESE PROVIDERS PROVIDE THE
00:27:14 FOUNDATION TIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS LIKE
00:27:18 CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRALS FOR CLIENTS FROM DIFFERENT
00:27:25 DEMOGRAPHIC AND AS SUCH THANK YOU AND AND JUST AGAIN IN TERMS
00:27:33 OF ARRIVING AT THIS DECISION, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THESE THIS
00:27:37 PORTFOLIO OF COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES VERSUS THE OTHER WORK
00:27:41 THAT YOU'RE DOING? WHY IS THIS THE TARGET AS MS..
00:27:44 >> KETTLER DESCRIBED THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE
00:27:48 MAYOR'S OR THE BUDGET OFFICE LOOKING AT OVERALL PORTFOLIO
00:27:53 AND THEN IT WAS THIS WAS A DIRECTION TO WHICH CD TO
00:27:55 ELIMINATE THESE PROGRAMS AND ARE THERE ANY I SAID THE
00:28:03 ENTIRE PORTFOLIO IS WIPED AWAY. I UNDERSTOOD THE ARE THERE ANY
00:28:10 STAFF REDUCTIONS WITHIN THIS? YES IN TOTAL IMO EACH CD WILL
00:28:17 HAVE THREE STAFF REDUCTIONS IN RELATION TO THESE BUDGET
00:28:22 IMPACTS RIGHT. WELL WHAT ELSE DID YOU CONSIDER
00:28:32 CUTTING TO TO ARRIVE AT THE COST SAVINGS?
00:28:33 RIGHT. I MEAN WHAT WAS THIS
00:28:35 IN COMPETITION WITH AND AS YOU'RE COMING UP I GUESS I'M
00:28:54 JUST STILL I'M TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE ARTICULATION OF OF WHY
00:28:59 THIS FOCUS COMPARED TO ALL YOUR ALL YOUR OTHER WORK IS
00:29:03 EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT BUT BUT WHY THIS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE
00:29:09 AND I JUST WANT TO REPEAT I DON'T I DON'T THINK IN THIS
00:29:13 YEAR LIKE IN THE BASE BUDGET THIS YEAR THERE WAS ANYTHING
00:29:15 FLUFFY LEFT RIGHT THERE IS NOTHING HERE THAT IS THAT IS
00:29:18 THE OBVIOUS PLACE TO CUT AND NONETHELESS WE HAVE WHAT
00:29:25 WAS $1,000,000,900 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT AND WE NEED TO
00:29:29 CLOSE THAT GAP SO AGAIN WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IS LOOKING AT THE
00:29:33 THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE AND HOW DO WE PRESERVE THOSE
00:29:37 AND THEN WHAT IS KIND OF LIKE LEFT OVER AT THE END AND AND
00:29:40 HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO CUT? SO SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE
00:29:44 MOST CD PORTFOLIO THAT FOR EXAMPLE WE VERY INTENTIONALLY
00:29:46 DID NOT CUT OR INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR
00:29:49 IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FOR EXAMPLE TENANT RIGHT TO COUNSEL
00:29:52 FOR EXAMPLE A NUMBER OF KIND OF LIKE OUR OTHER THE DIGITAL
00:29:59 EQUITY PROGRAM I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AND MAYBE
00:30:03 SANTA CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
00:30:04 FIBER TO HOUSING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY'S
00:30:07 BUDGET. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE
00:30:08 SUPPORT STAFF THAT KIND OF GOES WITH THAT AND THINKS ABOUT HOW
00:30:11 TO SPEND THAT WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE BUT BUT WAS
00:30:14 NOT LIKE THE CORE FUNCTION OF MOST AND SO I THINK WE WENT
00:30:16 THROUGH A LIST OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MOST IT DOES
00:30:19 AND SAID LIKE THIS PORTION HERE FEELS THE ANCILLARY IMPORTANCE
00:30:27 BUT NOT THE CORE FUNCTION SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
00:30:36 CHAIR AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION MS. KILLER WHY DO WE KEEP USING
00:30:41 THAT BILLION DOLLAR NUMBER? BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF
00:30:44 MISGUIDING FOR THE TWO YEAR NUMBER OR FOR THAT YEAR FIVE
00:30:49 NUMBER. >> SURE FOR THE TWO YEAR NUMBER
00:30:52 AND EXPLAIN WHY WE KEEP USING THAT BILLION DOLLAR NUMBER.
00:30:55 >> SURE. SO IF WE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE
00:30:56 TRUE DEFICIT RIGHT NOW THE TWO YEAR DEFICIT IS IS NO LONGER
00:30:59 PROJECTED TO BE $1 BILLION RIGHT AND IT WILL BE $0 WHEN WE
00:31:03 INTRODUCED THE BUDGET AS THAT IS THE EXERCISE AS WE CURRENTLY
00:31:06 LOOK AT THAT OUR CURRENT SPENDING PATTERNS AND THE COST
00:31:10 ESCALATIONS THAT GO WITH RISING LABOR COSTS LIKE THE RISING
00:31:16 COSTS OF HEALTH CARE INFLATION IN ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION
00:31:21 THOSE COSTS GO UP BY AROUND $1.8 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR
00:31:27 YEARS WHILE REVENUES INCREASE AROUND $800 MILLION OVER THE
00:31:31 NEXT FOUR YEARS. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 2030
00:31:33 DEFICIT THAT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE $1 BILLION SHORT OF
00:31:37 CORRECTIVE ACTION YOU ARE CORRECT SUPERVISOR THAT THE TWO
00:31:38 YEAR DEFICIT WAS IN THE NINE HUNDREDS IN DECEMBER
00:31:42 AND THROUGH A NUMBER OF GOOD SOME GOOD NEWS ON FUND BALANCE
00:31:46 SOME UNDERSPENDING SOME GOOD REVENUE NEWS THAT IS NO LONGER
00:31:49 $1 BILLION AND I YOU ARE CORRECT TO CORRECT ME THAT WE
00:31:51 SHOULD BE USING IT CLOSER TO $690 MILLION NUMBER THERE AND I
00:31:54 ONLY SAID IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE
00:31:58 ARE EVEN THOUGH I ALWAYS FEEL WE DO BUDGET FROM YEAR TO YEAR
00:32:02 BUT WE ARE IN A TWO YEAR BUDGET PROCESS, THAT BILLION DOLLAR
00:32:05 NUMBER IS VERY SCARY AND I JUST THINK IT CAN BE DECEPTIVE
00:32:09 IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEAR
00:32:12 BUDGET. >> SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT
00:32:16 THAT ON RECORD. >> I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK
00:32:17 YOU. AND I JUST HAVE ONE MORE
00:32:23 QUESTION FROM OUR CITY. >> SO IF THESE CUTS ARE TO GO
00:32:28 THROUGH IN THESE PROGRAMS, DO OR ARE ELIMINATED, CAN YOU TELL
00:32:31 ME HOW YOU'RE PREPARING TO TRANSITION BOTH THE C THE
00:32:35 PARTNERS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NONPROFITS TO CBOS
00:32:39 AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
00:32:42 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THESE SERVICES YOU KNOW, I'M
00:32:46 THINKING OF THE ALSO THE 20,000 RECEIVING THE FIBER TO HOUSING.
00:32:49 I MEAN HOW DOES HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST
00:32:53 LEAVING THEM OUT IN THE BLUE? >> I WE'RE WORKING ON A
00:32:56 TRANSITION PLAN. WE'VE HAD INITIAL CONVERSATIONS
00:32:58 WITH ALL OF OUR GRANTEES AS THESE ARE PROPOSED CUTS.
00:33:01 SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON WHAT THAT TRANSITION WILL LOOK LIKE
00:33:07 . OKAY.
00:33:08 THANK YOU. >> WE NOW ARE GOING TO HEAR
00:33:16 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AGING SERVICES
00:33:17 AND WE'LL START WITH I BELIEVE DR. DEARMAN GREAT.
00:33:39 THANK YOU FOR MAKING A BIG YEAH.
00:33:43 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS KELLY DEARMAN.
00:33:44 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY
00:33:48 AND AGING SERVICES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
00:33:51 TO BE HERE. I AM GOING TO START WITH OKAY I
00:33:58 WILL ADMIT I AM NOT TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED AND SO
00:34:02 OKAY THANK YOU. >> SLIDE GUY SORRY SORRY.
00:34:07 OKAY I'M GOING TO STAND OVER HERE.
00:34:10 >> ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A
00:34:11 QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT JUST SO WE CAN DO
00:34:14 SOME LEVEL SETTING AND THEN MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR CINDY KAUFMAN
00:34:18 WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT BUDGET.
00:34:25 OKAY. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:34:26 OKAY. >> SO FIRST UNIT OUR DEPARTMENT
00:34:30 WE ENVISION A CITY WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER
00:34:34 ADULTS CAN LIVE A DIGNIFIED, ENGAGED AND VALUED LIFE.
00:34:40 AND SO OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING SAFETY
00:34:47 AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE WITH
00:34:49 DISABILITIES, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
00:34:52 AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE DO THAT OUR VALUES ARE AROUND
00:34:55 COMPASSION, INCLUSIVITY, INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY ALL
00:35:03 THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE
00:35:07 HERE AND FEEL GOOD, HAVE DIGNITY, ETC..
00:35:10 >> OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. SO IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE
00:35:15 RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A $548 MILLION BUDGET AND THAT IS
00:35:18 FOR OUR DIRECT SERVICES AS WELL AS ALL THE GRANTS WE PROVIDE WE
00:35:24 HAVE ABOUT 450 EMPLOYEES AND WE WORK WITH OVER 65 COMMUNITY
00:35:29 BASED ORGANIZATIONS ONES WITH WHOM WE PARTNER WHO PROVIDE ALL
00:35:34 THE AMAZING SERVICES THAT YOU SEE GOING AROUND ON AROUND THE
00:35:38 CITY. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:35:41 SO THE WAY WE WORK IS IT'S ON A CONTINUUM.
00:35:45 WE RECOGNIZE WE OFFER THIS RANGE OF SERVICES DEPENDING ON
00:35:49 THE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
00:35:53 SO OUR SERVICES RANGE FROM ENGAGEMENT AND WELLNESS
00:35:56 SERVICES THAT WOULD BE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, OUR
00:36:00 COMMUNITY CENTERS EXCUSE ME OUR CONGREGATE MEALS AND ON THE
00:36:03 OTHER END IT'S TO STABILIZE. WE HAVE STABILIZING SERVICES
00:36:08 LIKE CASE MANAGEMENT, CRISIS INTERVENTION LIKE APPS AND OUR
00:36:11 GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAMS. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:36:17 >> SO ON THIS SLIDE THE ONLY THING I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU
00:36:21 IS ABOUT OUR STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT SIDE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT
00:36:26 PROGRAMS THOSE ARE OUR DIRECT SERVICES IHS APS,
00:36:29 CONSERVATORSHIP, PUBLIC GUARDIAN AND REP PAY.
00:36:33 AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SLIDE THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR
00:36:38 COMMUNITY SERVICES. SO THAT'S ALL DONE THROUGH THE
00:36:42 A LOT OF IT IS DONE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
00:36:46 PARTNERSHIPS SO AND THAT'S WHERE I WILL LEAVE IT SO THAT
00:36:49 MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR CAN TAKE OVER.
00:36:50 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, KELLY.
00:36:57 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I AM CINDY KAUFMAN.
00:37:00 I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH THE
00:37:02 DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES.
00:37:05 >> SO AS KELLY GAVE YOU THE BROADER INFORMATION ABOUT DOS,
00:37:09 I WANT TO NOW TURN TOWARD THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION,
00:37:13 SPECIFICALLY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
00:37:14 >> ALMOST ALL OF DOS DISCRETIONARY GENERAL FUND IS
00:37:17 CONCENTRATED IN OUR PORTFOLIO FOR COMMUNITY BASED
00:37:21 ORGANIZATIONS. >> AS SUCH, THE REDUCTIONS ARE
00:37:25 BY NECESSITY PROPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS AREA.
00:37:29 >> NEXT SLIDE. SO DOSS DESIGNATED AS SAN
00:37:33 FRANCISCO'S AREA AGENCY ON AGING AS PART OF THE OLDER
00:37:37 AMERICANS ACT CONNECTS OLDER ADULTS CAREGIVERS AND ADULTS
00:37:40 WITH DISABILITIES TO SERVICES THAT SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE.
00:37:43 THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHO SERVES AS THE
00:37:45 AREA AGENCY ON AGING PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY BASED
00:37:48 ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
00:37:51 RESOURCES ACROSS THE CITY THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS DOES
00:37:56 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IS ABLE TO SERVE
00:37:59 APPROXIMATELY 55,000 AND DUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS
00:38:03 AND CLOSE TO 136,000 SERVICE ENROLLMENTS.
00:38:07 WE HAVE OVER 65 SERVICE PROVIDERS OFFERING OVER 60
00:38:11 DIFFERENT SERVICES THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 245 CONTRACTS.
00:38:16 APPROXIMATELY 104 MILLION IS ALLOCATED ANNUALLY FOR
00:38:20 SERVICES. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:38:21 SO AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE SIX DISTINCT SERVICES.
00:38:25 WE BUCKET THEM INTO SEVEN SERVICE AREAS.
00:38:30 THE FIRST IS ACCESS AND EMPOWERMENT WHICH INCLUDES
00:38:32 THINGS LIKE LEGAL AND NATURALIZATION SERVICES.
00:38:35 THEN THERE'S CAREGIVER SUPPORT WHICH INCLUDES CAREGIVER
00:38:39 RESPITE AND ADULT DAY PROGRAMS, CASE MANAGEMENT AND CARE
00:38:40 NAVIGATION WHICH I THINK IS SELF-EXPLANATORY BUT ALSO
00:38:44 INCLUDES THINGS LIKE MONEY MANAGER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
00:38:48 AND CONNECTION WHICH INCLUDE COMMUNITY CENTERS ALSO KNOWN AS
00:38:52 SENIOR CENTERS AND TECH SUPPORT HOUSING SUPPORTS WHICH INCLUDE
00:38:55 HOUSING SUBSIDIES, NUTRITION AND WELLNESS PROBABLY OUR MOST
00:39:00 WELL KNOWN AND PROVIDING CONGREGATE IN-HOME DELIVERED
00:39:01 MEALS. AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT
00:39:04 LEAST SELF-CARE AND SAFETY WHICH INCLUDES OMBUDSMAN AS
00:39:07 WELL AS SUICIDE PREVENTION, PREVENTION AND EMOTIONAL
00:39:10 SUPPORT. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:39:11 SO THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
00:39:15 CONTEXT OF SAN FRANCISCO AS A WHOLE AS WELL AS WHO DOSS
00:39:19 SERVES WITH WITHIN THAT. >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS A OVER 190
00:39:25 THOUSAND OLDER ADULTS AND AS EVERYONE SAYS FASTEST GROWING
00:39:30 POPULATION. THERE ARE ALSO ALMOST 37,000
00:39:33 ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:39:37 >> AMONG BOTH GROUPS, MORE THAN HALF IDENTIFY AS BLACK,
00:39:40 INDIGENOUS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR. FOR OLDER ADULTS THE HIGHEST
00:39:45 GROUP IS AP WITH ADULTS WITH IT WHILE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
00:39:49 ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE LATIN X OR BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
00:39:53 >> NEXT SLIDE. SO THE DAAS CLIENT PROFILE WE
00:39:57 SERVE APPROXIMATELY 55,000 INDIVIDUALS AND OLDER ADULTS
00:40:03 AND ALMOST 6000 ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
00:40:07 THOSE CLIENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE BIPOC THAN THE GENERAL
00:40:11 POPULATION. >> CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES
00:40:12 ARE JUST DISPROPORTIONATELY LIKELY TO BE LATIN X OR BLACK
00:40:16 AFRICAN AMERICAN COMPARED TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
00:40:19 >> NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU A VIEW OF
00:40:25 DOS CLIENT WITH AN EQUITY FACTOR.
00:40:28 >> WE LOOK AT HOW WELL WE ARE DOING IN SERVING THE CITY'S
00:40:32 DIVERSE POPULATION ACROSS THESE FIVE EQUITY FACTORS.
00:40:35 THEY INCLUDE BIPOC LGBTQ PLUS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY,
00:40:41 LIVING ALONE AND LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.
00:40:46 >> AS FAR AS THE DOS CLIENT POPULATION WE SEE HIGHER
00:40:49 PREVALENCE OF MOST EQUITY FACTORS EXCEPT LGBTQ PLUS
00:40:53 STATUS AND A STAGGERING 80% OF CLIENTS ARE LOW TO MODERATE
00:40:57 INCOME. >> NEXT SLIDE.
00:41:00 MOVING ON TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
00:41:04 >> NEXT SLIDE. THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE THAT THE
00:41:08 LINE DOWN BELOW IS THE GROWTH IN OUR IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE
00:41:12 SERVICES PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM IS OUR LARGEST
00:41:15 DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAM. >> IT'S GROWN FROM
00:41:16 APPROXIMATELY 25,000 TO ABOUT 33,000 BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 21
00:41:22 AND 25. >> WHEREAS IF YOU LOOK AT THE
00:41:25 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THAT SAME
00:41:26 PERIOD OF TIME WE'VE GROWN FROM A LITTLE UNDER 40,000 TO 55,000
00:41:35 . >> SO THE BUDGET REDUCTION SO
00:41:39 THE HSA DIRECTIVE SO THE ENTIRE AGENCY OF WHICH DOS IS ONE
00:41:44 DEPARTMENT WAS IT WAS 8.5 MILLION IN DISCRETIONARY
00:41:48 SPENDING REDUCTIONS. DOS SUBMITTED 2.9 MILLION
00:41:54 IN PROPOSED REDUCTIONS. >> AS WE REVIEW THE CRITERIA WE
00:41:58 USE TO IDENTIFY BUDGET REDUCTIONS, I THINK IT'S
00:42:02 IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF SIGNIFICANT
00:42:05 CUTS TO DISCRETIONARY FUNDING WHICH ULTIMATELY AFFECTS
00:42:07 SERVICES. >> LAST YEAR DOS REDUCED OVER
00:42:10 2.5 MILLION IN CBO CONTRACTS AND NEARLY 800,000 THROUGH
00:42:16 CONTRACT ATTRITION. THIS WAS GUIDED BY CRITERIA
00:42:20 SUCH AS LEVERAGING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, PAUSING NEW
00:42:21 PROGRAMS, RIGHTSIZING BUDGETS BASED ON SPENDING AND REVIEWING
00:42:25 PERFORMANCE. >> THIS YEAR WE LOOK TO DO
00:42:28 SIMILAR THINGS BUT UNFORTUNATELY THOSE EFFORTS DID
00:42:31 NOT GET US TO OUR TARGET. SO WE HAD TO MAKE DEEPER
00:42:35 AND HARDER CHOICES. >> THE SLOT THIS SLIDE SHOWS
00:42:38 THE CRITERIA WE USED TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES FIRST
00:42:41 AND FOREMOST TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN CORE SERVICES.
00:42:46 THIS IS PRIMARILY DICTATED NOT ONLY BY THE CITY BUT ALSO
00:42:50 THROUGH THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT.
00:42:51 THERE ARE SERVICES LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS, CASE
00:42:55 MANAGEMENT AND MEAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF THE OLDER
00:42:58 AMERICANS ACT. >> AND SOME OF THESE SERVICES
00:42:59 THAT WERE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED IN OUR PROPOSAL ACHIEVED THE
00:43:05 SAME OR SIMILAR OUTCOMES AS THE CORE SERVICES BUT NOT AT THE
00:43:09 SAME SCALE. >> WE'RE TO CUT A CORE SERVICE
00:43:13 IMPACT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PEOPLE.
00:43:16 ALSO IT WAS HOPED THAT PEOPLE IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE
00:43:18 REDUCTIONS WE PROPOSED COULD BE REFERRED TO THE CORE SERVICES
00:43:21 THAT ARE STILL IN PLACE. >> THE NEXT WE LOOKED AT WAS
00:43:25 REVIEWING AREAS OF BUDGET GROWTH OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.
00:43:29 AGAIN THE IDEA WAS TO MAINTAIN SERVICES BUT TRIM SERVICES BACK
00:43:33 TO THEIR CORE. NEXT WAS ASSESSING PILOT
00:43:36 PROGRAMS PILOTING NEW PROGRAMS HAS ALLOWED US TO TEST
00:43:40 INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND LEARN WHAT RESONATES WITH THE POPULATIONS
00:43:44 WE SERVE DURING THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
00:43:47 >> WE LOOKED AT PILOTS THROUGH THE LENS OF FUNDING RESOURCES
00:43:51 NEEDED AND WHETHER IT WAS A CORE SERVICE OR A VALUED
00:43:55 SERVICE BUT NOT CORE. >> UNFORTUNATELY THE REALLY
00:43:58 NICE TO HAVE VALUED SERVICE WASN'T ALWAYS AN OPTION AS WE
00:44:03 LOOKED AT OUR BUDGET TARGET. >> NEXT WAS EXPIRATION OF ONE
00:44:07 TIME FUNDING. IN GOOD TIMES WE HAVE HAD THE
00:44:08 OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS THROUGH LOCAL FUNDING.
00:44:11 FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR EXTENDING FUNDING WOULD MEAN CUTTING
00:44:15 OTHER FUNDING. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST
00:44:19 LOOKING AT SIMILAR OR OVERLAPPING SERVICES BECAME A
00:44:23 KEY CRITERIA FOR US. AGAIN, IT WASN'T THAT THE
00:44:26 SERVICE BEING REDUCED DIDN'T HAVE VALUE THEY HAVE VALUE BUT
00:44:30 IT WAS MORE LOOKING TO SEE IF OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES WERE
00:44:31 AVAILABLE. HAVING SAID ALL OF THIS
00:44:34 AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS I
00:44:38 WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING THOSE SERVICES ARE VERY POPULAR
00:44:43 HERE. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUR
00:44:44 OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
00:44:47 WE HAVE STRONG DEDICATED PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH
00:44:51 I THINK IS EVIDENT HERE WHICH HAS MADE FOR VERY, VERY
00:44:55 DIFFICULT DECISIONS. >> SO THE AREAS IMPACTED.
00:44:59 NEXT SLIDE. >> FIRST IN ACCESS
00:45:02 AND EMPOWERMENT WEST SIDE LEGAL SERVICES WAS AN EXPANSION OF
00:45:06 LEGAL SERVICES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY END OF A PILOT
00:45:10 PROGRAM LAUNCHED AND FUNDED IN PART BY STATE FUNDING.
00:45:13 THE FUNDS RAN FROM JULY 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024.
00:45:17 THE STATE DID NOT RENEW THE FUNDING.
00:45:21 >> HOMECARE ADVOCACY. THIS FUNDS TO CLIENT PROVIDER
00:45:24 GOVERNMENT WORK GROUPS WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE
00:45:28 COMMUNICATION IN RESPONSE TO NEEDS ACROSS STAKEHOLDERS.
00:45:29 WHILE IT INFORMS CLIENT FACING SERVICES, IT IS NOT A DIRECT
00:45:33 SERVICE. >> LAST IN THIS AREA IS AGING
00:45:36 AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER COORDINATOR PROVIDES
00:45:40 COORDINATION AND SUPPORT TO THE NETWORK OF 14 AGING
00:45:43 AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.
00:45:44 WHILE IT SUPPORTS DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS, THIS
00:45:47 POSITION DOES NOT PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES AND DOES WILL
00:45:51 BRING COORDINATION IN-HOUSE. >> NEXT IS CASE THE NEXT AREAS
00:45:55 CASE IN CARE NAVIGATION. THE VETERANS JUSTICE COURT CASE
00:45:59 MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN IMPACTED PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT
00:46:03 MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES TO VETERANS PARTICIPATING IN THE
00:46:04 VETERANS JUSTICE COURT. IT IMPACTS APPROXIMATELY 20
00:46:08 PARTICIPANTS WHO WILL BE REDIRECTED TO A CASE MANAGEMENT
00:46:11 PROGRAM WHICH IS CONSIDERED A CORE SERVICE.
00:46:14 AND THEN LAST IN THIS AREA IS THE IHS AS TIED CASE MANAGEMENT
00:46:18 PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT FOR I IDENTIFIED IHS RECIPIENTS.
00:46:22 >> CURRENT CLIENTS SERVED BY THIS PROVIDER ARE IHS
00:46:26 RECIPIENTS AND ELIGIBLE FOR CALLING MEDI-CAL FUNDED
00:46:30 ENHANCED CASE MANAGEMENT OR ECM.
00:46:31 THE CURRENT GRANT RECIPIENT ALSO PROVIDES ECM SERVICES
00:46:34 AND WILL TRANSITION THESE THESE FOLKS TO THAT SERVICE.
00:46:39 >> NEXT AND PROBABLY THE LARGEST IS THE COMMUNITY
00:46:42 CONNECTION AND ENGAGEMENT FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER EXTENSIONS.
00:46:45 THESE ARE FUNDING REDUCTIONS. >> THESE ARE PROGRAMS PROVIDING
00:46:50 ENGAGEMENT TO CLIENTS NOT OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE
00:46:53 IN COMMUNITY CENTERS. WE REDUCED FUNDING BY HALF THUS
00:46:56 REDUCING THE FOOTPRINT TO JUST THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE
00:46:58 AREA. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORHOOD BASED
00:47:01 PROGRAMS PROVIDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN UNDERSERVED
00:47:05 DISTRICTS. EACH PROVIDER MAINTAINS A
00:47:06 COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE AREA WHICH IS NOT IMPACTED THE
00:47:09 SERVICES IN THESE UNDERSERVED AREAS WILL REMAIN HIGHER THAN
00:47:13 THE PRE 2020 LEVELS. >> THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY SERVICES
00:47:20 AND ADULT DAY HEALTH CENTER PILOT.
00:47:21 THIS IS A LICENSED COMMUNITY BASED ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAM
00:47:23 OFFERING ENHANCED PROGRAMING. 88 THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH
00:47:27 MEDI-CAL PRIMARILY VIA COMMUNITY BASED ADULT SERVICES
00:47:31 NOT TYPICALLY FUNDED BY DAAS AS ADULT DAY PROGRAMS ARE OUR CORE
00:47:35 SERVICE PROGRAM IN THIS SPACE. DIGITAL NAVIGATORS PILOT
00:47:39 PROVIDING DEDICATED STAFF OFFERING TECH SUPPORT TO
00:47:44 CLIENTS ENDS A PILOT PROGRAM STARTED IN 2023.
00:47:47 SIMILAR PROGRAMING AVAILABLE THROUGH DOST DIGITAL LITERACY
00:47:51 AND ESF CONNECTED PROGRAMS WHICH ARE CORE PROGRAMS ON THE
00:47:55 LGBTQ PLUS TELEHEALTH PILOT FOCUSED ON LGBTQ PLUS
00:47:59 POPULATIONS. PROMOTES ACCESS TO MENTAL
00:48:03 HEALTH SERVICES VIA DELIVERY OF TEMPORARY THERAPY SERVICES
00:48:07 AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR ACCESSING INSURANCE PAID MENTAL
00:48:10 HEALTH SERVICES. FUNDING REDUCTION REMOVES THE
00:48:11 TELEHEALTH PORTION OF THIS SERVICE ONLY WHICH IS
00:48:15 CONSISTENT WITH CLIENT PREFERENCES.
00:48:18 AND THEN LAST IN THIS CATEGORY IS RESEARCH.
00:48:22 THIS IS A WORKFORCE PROGRAM PLACING ALREADY SKILLED WORKERS
00:48:26 IN TEMPORARY SUBSIDIZED JOBS AND ENCOURAGING EMPLOYERS TO
00:48:30 HIRE THEM AT THE END OF THE SUBSIDY PERIOD.
00:48:31 THIS REDUCED THE GRANT BY APPROXIMATELY 50% IN THE HOPES
00:48:34 OF REFERRING THOSE IMPACTED TO WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES
00:48:38 IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THEN IN SELF CARE AND SAFETY.
00:48:42 IT IS THE VIDEO DOORBELLS WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE TO A
00:48:46 WAVE OF API FOCUSED STREET VIOLENCE.
00:48:50 IT'S NOT A CORE SERVICE AND INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM HAS
00:48:53 WANED. AND THEN LAST IS THE SENIOR
00:48:54 ESCORT PROGRAM PROVIDING ESCORT SERVICES TO MEDICAL
00:48:57 APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ERRANDS AND COMMUNITY.
00:49:00 THIS WAS LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE TO THE SAME WAVE OF API FOCUSED
00:49:04 STREET VIOLENCE. THIS IS A 12.5 REDUCTION
00:49:05 IN SERVICE WILL MONITOR TO SEE IF A SENSE OF SAFETY OF SAFETY
00:49:09 HAS IMPROVED FOR DOS POPULATION AS A RESULT OF OTHER
00:49:13 INVESTMENTS IN STREET SAFETY. >> SO THERE HAVE BEEN NO
00:49:17 PROPOSED CUTS TO CAREGIVER SUPPORT, HOUSING SUPPORT OR
00:49:21 NUTRITION AND WELLNESS ALTHOUGH THE FLAT FUNDING FOR NUTRITION
00:49:25 I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD FEELS LIKE A CUT BECAUSE OF THE
00:49:29 HIGH RATE OF INFLATION. >> THESE REDUCTIONS CAN
00:49:32 POTENTIALLY IMPACT AS MANY AS 2400 PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS IF
00:49:36 PEOPLE DO NOT ENGAGE IN OTHER AVAILABLE SERVICES.
00:49:40 AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPACTS
00:49:44 THESE REDUCTIONS MAY HAVE ON THE CBOS AND THE PEOPLE
00:49:47 RECEIVING THE SERVICES. THE HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE
00:49:51 REDIRECTED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO OTHER CORE SERVICES.
00:49:52 THANK YOU. >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
00:49:55 QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
00:49:58 SUPERVISOR GO AHEAD. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE
00:50:02 PRESENTATION AND I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL.
00:50:05 I THINK EVEN IF WE ARE NOT TO AGREE WITH THE CUTS, I THINK
00:50:09 THE TRANSPARENCY INTO YOUR MINDSET AND YOUR THINKING IS
00:50:14 WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC DESERVES TO HEAR.
00:50:17 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. FIRST QUESTION JUST SO I
00:50:21 UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, THERE WAS A DIRECTIVE FOR 8.5
00:50:28 MILLION IN CUTS FOR DOS FROM HSA OR NO TO HSA IN GENERAL
00:50:34 AND YOU ABSORBED 2.9 OF THAT, CORRECT?
00:50:36 OKAY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT
00:50:37 CORRECTLY. GOOD.
00:50:37 THANK YOU. AND SIMILAR QUESTION TO OUR
00:50:39 LAST DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IMPACT TO
00:50:43 STAFF WITHIN THESE CUTS? >> SO THE WITH THESE CUTS THIS
00:50:47 WAS PRIMARILY BEING DIRECTED FOR DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
00:50:50 WE HAD ANOTHER 2 MILLION TO ACHIEVE AT HSA THROUGH STAFFING
00:50:57 CUTS. >> OKAY.
00:50:57 AND WITHIN THAT THOSE OTHER CUTS WILL YOU BE IMPACTED
00:51:01 WITHIN DOS? >> SO WITHIN DOS WE WE ARE
00:51:02 IMPACTED. WE HAVE I WANT TO SAY AT LEAST
00:51:06 TWO POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED ACROSS DOS.
00:51:09 >> THANK YOU. AND I GUESS MY ONE GENERAL
00:51:16 QUESTION I HAVE TODAY IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUR
00:51:20 PARTNERS IN THE ROOM HERE. >> WHAT DO YOU NEED TO HEAR OR
00:51:28 WHAT COULD HELP YOU TO HEAR FROM THEM TODAY AND IN THE
00:51:31 COMING MONTHS? WHAT SORT OF FEEDBACK ARE YOU
00:51:36 LOOKING TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK
00:51:39 AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVED BY THIS WORK?
00:51:41 >> I HONESTLY I, I AM OPEN TO HEARING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
00:51:44 THEY HAVE TO SAY. I KNOW WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT
00:51:48 LENS WITH WHICH WE WE WE LOOK AT THIS FOR THEM THEY ARE
00:51:52 AND BEING IMPACTED FOR US WE KNOW WE ARE IMPACTING THEM SO I
00:51:55 DO WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM OPEN TO IT IS TRYING TO HIT TARGETS
00:52:05 KNOWING IT'S GOING TO CREATE PAIN BUT TRYING TO CREATE THE
00:52:06 LEAST AMOUNT OF PAIN TO THE FOLKS WE SERVE AS WELL AS THE
00:52:10 FOLKS PROVIDING THE SERVICES, RECOGNIZING THAT IT DOES IMPACT
00:52:17 THEM. >> CAN YOU TELL AND IT JUST TWO
00:52:18 MORE QUESTIONS. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
00:52:21 MORE ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE CUTS COMMUNITY CENTER EXTENSIONS
00:52:25 AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PROGRAMS AGAIN WHAT THOSE
00:52:28 REPRESENT AND THE THINKING THERE?
00:52:31 >> YEAH, THOSE ARE SO THOSE CAME UP IN LOOKING AT VARIOUS
00:52:36 EFFORTS IN EITHER WHERE THE PROGRAMS WERE OPERATED AND IF I
00:52:44 CAN GRAB MY NOTES REAL QUICK BEFORE IT.
00:52:55 >> GOOD MORNING SUPERVISOR OR GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
00:52:59 MY NAME IS MIKE ZOG. I'M THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR WITH
00:53:01 OFFICE OF CANDY PARTNERSHIPS. SO STARTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY
00:53:03 CENTER EXTENSIONS, THESE WERE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WERE REACHING
00:53:06 OUT INTO SUPERVISORY DISTRICTS ONE IN DISTRICT ONE ONE
00:53:10 REACHING OUT TOWARDS PALMER SAID TO ENGAGE CLIENTS THAT WE
00:53:14 KNOW ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT ARE NOT REACHING WE
00:53:17 ARE NOT THAT ARE NOT ENGAGING IN THOSE COMMUNITY CENTERS
00:53:21 THEMSELVES. THESE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL
00:53:24 PROGRAMS. WE KIND OF LOOKED AT DATA TO
00:53:26 UNDERSTAND WHO OUT OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY ALSO
00:53:32 KNOWN TO THE CENTERS AND WHO ARE NOT.
00:53:33 WE WERE ACTUALLY REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THEY ARE REACHING
00:53:36 WELL OVER HALF OF THEIR CLIENTELE ARE ACTUALLY REACHING
00:53:40 CLIENTS WHO ARE NOT OTHERWISE COMING IN.
00:53:43 THIS PUT US IN THE DIFFICULT POSITION WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE
00:53:47 THE DECISION TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS THE CORE
00:53:51 KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN EACH DISTRICT AND ATTEMPT TO TO FIND
00:53:55 SOME BUDGET REDUCTION AND SHRINKING THOSE OUTREACH
00:53:58 EFFORTS WHILE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE YOU KNOW, LET LESS
00:54:06 SERVICES WOULD BE OFFERED BUT ALSO TRYING TO INCREASE
00:54:09 ENCOURAGEMENT OF PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THESE SORT OF
00:54:13 DEDICATED SPACES THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PROGRAMS
00:54:17 WERE BASED ON JUST DATA RELATED TO ENGAGEMENT OF LOOKING TO
00:54:24 REACH UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN SPECIFIC DISTRICTS IN THE
00:54:28 CITY. THOSE HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A
00:54:32 HANDFUL OF YEARS IN THE SUB6 YEARS SINCE THEN WE HAVE SEEN
00:54:36 INCREASED INVESTMENT AGAIN IN THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE SETTING
00:54:43 COMMUNITY CENTER SPACES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER GRANTS.
00:54:46 SO WE CHOSE TO PROTECT THOSE AND ALLOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD
00:54:51 BASED PROGRAMS TO TO WIND DOWN. I THINK WE WE LOOKED AT DATA
00:54:55 AGAIN AND FOUND THAT EVEN WITH THE WIND DOWN OF THOSE
00:54:59 NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PROGRAMS, OUR DOORS INVESTMENT IN THOSE
00:55:02 COMMUNITIES REMAINS HIGHER THAN AT THE TIME OF OF THEIR INITIAL
00:55:07 THEIR INITIAL START. >> OKAY.
00:55:13 GO AHEAD PLEASE. WE HAVE TO SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:55:16 THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
00:55:20 PRESENTATION. MY FIRST QUESTION JUST ON SLIDE
00:55:23 12 WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POPULATIONS, WHAT IS OTHER
00:55:25 REFERRING TO? >> SO OTHER REFERS TO AREAS
00:55:34 THAT WERE PEOPLE DECLINED TO STATE SO WE COULDN'T PUT THEM
00:55:38 THEY DIDN'T STATE THAT THEY HAD A DISABILITY OR THEY DIDN'T
00:55:42 STATE THEIR AGE OR SO WE COULDN'T EASILY IDENTIFY THEM
00:55:46 IN EITHER IN ANY OF THE IN ANY OF THE EQUITY FACTOR SECTION.
00:55:50 >> SO THEY WE TRACKED THEM BUT THEY JUST WE HAD NO WAY OF
00:55:54 BLOCKING AND WAS THE TOTAL HIT TO AGE IS FOR THE TOTAL WHAT
00:56:01 THE TOTAL HIT TO AGES IS ON THESE PROPOSALS SO I JUST SAYS
00:56:05 BECAUSE IT IS A MANDATORY PROGRAM EACH ASSESSED DOES NOT
00:56:09 HAVE A HIT TO THIS THAT SIDE IF YOU LOOK AT WHEN KELLY WAS
00:56:14 PRESENTING ON THE LEFT SIDE THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR MANDATORY
00:56:18 PROGRAMS IT'S APPS, IT'S H ACCESS, IT'S THE
00:56:22 CONSERVATORSHIP PROGRAMS. SO THERE'S NO DISCRETION.
00:56:25 THERE'S NOT IT'S NOT DISCRETIONARY FUNDING LIKE IHS
00:56:28 HAS FEDERAL FUNDS. IT HAS THERE'S A MATCH THAT THE
00:56:30 STATE HAS TO MAKE AND THERE'S A MATCH THAT THE THE CITY COUNTY
00:56:33 HAS TO MAKE SO THOSE THOSE RECEIVED NO IMPACTS ON SLIDE 16
00:56:39 IT SAYS IHS IS TIED CASE MANAGEMENT YEAH I WAS USING
00:56:43 THAT AS A COMPARISON OF GROWTH THAT IS OUR LARGEST DIRECT
00:56:47 SERVICE PROGRAM SO YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH OF THAT COMPARED TO
00:56:51 THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WHICH IS THE
00:56:52 COMMUNITY FACING PROGRAM THAT THE GROWTH IN THAT HAS BEEN THE
00:56:58 BOTH THE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED AND THE GROWTH HAS BEEN
00:56:59 GREATER ACROSS THE YEARS. >> THANK YOU.
00:57:05 OKAY. >> THANK YOU.
00:57:10 AND JUST ONE LAST MAYBE MORE OF A COMMENT REALLY YOU KNOW, WHEN
00:57:17 YOU TALK ABOUT THE REDUCTIONS AND YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE
00:57:20 YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON THE CORE CAPACITY, I UNDERSTAND THAT
00:57:24 AND YOU GIVE THESE AMPLE OF GIVING UP THE SAFETY OR MAKING
00:57:28 THE SAFETY REDUCTIONS AROUND VIDEO DOORBELLS AND SENIOR
00:57:31 ESCORT IN THE ABSTRACT TO YOU KNOW UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MAY
00:57:36 NOT BE A CORE COMPETENCY AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT LIVES
00:57:39 BETTER WITHIN A SPEED OR OTHER AGENCIES BUT YOU KNOW THOSE ARE
00:57:43 SERVICES PARTICULARLY SENIOR ESCORT THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVILY
00:57:47 UTILIZED BY OLDER ADULTS OF COURSE.
00:57:51 AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IN A CASE LIKE THAT OR IN ANY OF THE
00:57:54 OTHER INSTANCES WHERE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT IT
00:57:58 REALLY IS SOMEONE ELSE'S CORE COMPETENCY, THAT MAY BE THE
00:58:02 TRUTH, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY THE THE
00:58:05 FOLLOW THROUGH IN THE TRANSITION AND LIKE A WARM
00:58:06 HANDOFF SO THAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS
00:58:10 THAT IT IS THEIR CORE COMPETENCY.
00:58:13 RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WE
00:58:14 HEARD THE SAME THING WITH DIGITAL EQUITY THAT WORK BEING
00:58:17 MORE MAYBE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH AGAIN I
00:58:22 UNDERSTAND IN THE ABSTRACT BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:58:25 THINGS ARE NOT THE THINGS DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
00:58:29 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WE AGREE WITH YOU
00:58:32 100%. THIS IS IT IS A REDUCTION WE
00:58:33 HAVE EVERY INTENTION IT'S IN REACTION OF SOME OF THE
00:58:37 THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
00:58:40 WITH OUR CBO WHO PROVIDES IT TO GET FEEDBACK AS TO THE IMPACT
00:58:44 ON THE POPULATION. ARE THEY GOING OUT MORE IF
00:58:48 THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE THEN WE WILL ABSOLUTELY REEVALUATE
00:58:53 THE NEED AT THAT WE ARE USED TO WITH THE POPULATIONS WE SERVE.
00:58:56 WE ARE USED TO SOMETIMES STANDING IN THAT THAT LEAD
00:59:00 ROLE. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THIS
00:59:03 PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU.
00:59:07 I THINK AT THIS TIME WE WILL CALL ON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
00:59:11 AND THAT USUALLY WHEN I SEE LARGE CROWD I WOULD LIMIT THIS
00:59:18 TO ONE MINUTE BUT I THINK TODAY WE WILL GO WITH THE STANDING
00:59:20 TWO MINUTES SEEING THAT THERE ARE ORGANIZING EFFORT TODAY YES
00:59:27 RIGHT NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
00:59:30 ONE IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
00:59:31 THIS COMMITTEE LET'S SEE WE DID RECEIVE A REQUEST FOR
00:59:34 ACCOMMODATION UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
00:59:39 FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO BEFORE WE GET TO OUR FIRST
00:59:42 LIVE SPEAKER, MR. LAMB, KINDLY MEET OUR CALLER AND I'LL START
00:59:45 THEIR TIME AS SOON AS THEY BEGIN.
00:59:49 OKAY? THANK YOU.
00:59:49 GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERVISOR AND THANK YOU
00:59:53 COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR SHARING US TODAY.
00:59:57 >> MY NAME IS FIONA HENDRIE WITH THE COALITION
01:00:00 AND COALITION OF AGENCIES SERVING THE ELDERLY.
01:00:04 >> WE HAVE TWO TEAMS BOTH OF THEM WHO CARE FROM PROVIDERS
01:00:08 AND CONSUMERS AND CLIENTS AND I SPEAK TO JUST I WANT I WANTED
01:00:17 TO OUTLINE A COUPLE OF THINGS WHY WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE
01:00:24 BUDGET CHOICES AHEAD OF YOU AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT ARE
01:00:28 DIFFICULT ONES SO I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL WE APPRECIATE
01:00:32 THE PERFORMANCE WITH REGARD TO CONSIDERING WHAT YOU'RE
01:00:35 CONSIDERING BEFORE YOU TODAY BUT TO DIRECT DEPUTY DIRECTOR
01:00:43 KAUFMAN OUTLINES FOR YOU THE SEVEN SERVICE AREAS.
01:00:50 IT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE DIGNITY FOR NEEDS ASSESSMENT
01:00:54 THAT THERE'S THAT THERE IS GROWING NEED IN ALL SEVEN OF
01:01:01 OUR VARIOUS AND YET THOUGH WE ARE AWARE MOST OF THE CUTS ARE
01:01:05 BEING PROPOSED AND SO YOU'LL HEAR SPECIFIC ACCLAIM FROM ALL
01:01:12 THOSE SO SEVERE EFFECTIVE AS I SAID BUT IT DOES AND THERE IS
01:01:20 SOME IRONY THERE IS A VERY GROWING NEED IN THOSE AREAS
01:01:24 AND YET THOSE THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE'RE BEING CUT.
01:01:28 AND THEN JUST LASTLY, I WILL REMIND FOLKS THAT THESE
01:01:35 SERVICES ARE PREVENTATIVE AND ARE A LOT LOWER COST THAN
01:01:42 IS FOR FOLKS HAD TO BE IN OTHER SETTINGS AND WE ALL WOULD
01:01:47 PREFER TO BE IN COMMUNITY AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING
01:01:54 ME TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALSO FROM DIVERSE
01:01:58 RIDERS AND CLIENTS BECAUSE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
01:02:02 BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR ON THE RNC FOR ADDRESSING THIS
01:02:03 COMMITTEE AND TO THOSE IN LINE AS DEMONSTRATED YOU SHOULD HEAR
01:02:08 TWO CHIMES. THE FIRST CHIME WILL BE YOUR
01:02:11 32ND WARNING TO WRAP UP AND THE SECOND CHIME WOULD MEAN YOUR
01:02:14 TIME IS EXPIRED. AND WITH THAT FIRST SPEAKER
01:02:17 PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:02:18 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ERIC GREEN FROST
01:02:21 GENDER ANY ALL PRONOUNS I'M A DISTRICT TEN RESIDENTS OF THE
01:02:24 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SENIOR IN DISABILITY ACTION AND A
01:02:28 MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION SCA IS HOME CARE
01:02:30 OBVIOUSLY CONTRACT ABOUT $145,000 A YEAR IS BEING CUT
01:02:35 TWO YEARS INTO A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT.
01:02:36 LIKE MANY HERE I AM ANGRY, CONCERNED, FRUSTRATED
01:02:39 AND CONFUSED ABOUT THE CUTS. THE MAYOR AND HIS OFFICE HAVE
01:02:43 SPUN A NARRATIVE THAT THESE CUTS ARE UNAVOIDABLE
01:02:44 UNAVOIDABLE, UNAVOIDABLE THAT THERE IS NO CHOICE BUT THERE IS
01:02:48 ALWAYS A CHOICE. $1 BILLION IN CUTS IS A CHOICE,
01:02:52 NOT A NECESSITY. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AS YOU
01:02:55 LISTEN TO ALL OF US TODAY. WELL, DIFFICULT DECISIONS
01:02:59 CERTAINLY HAVE TO BE MADE. >> THE CITY HAS OPTIONS
01:03:00 AND CURRENT PROPOSALS ARE MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
01:03:03 DRASTICALLY AND DRAMATICALLY RESHAPING OUR CITY.
01:03:07 >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS THE RESOURCES TO AVOID ANY CUTS TO
01:03:10 ESSENTIAL SERVICES RATHER THAN USING RESERVE FUNDS INCLUDING
01:03:14 THE SHADOWY LEGAL SETTLEMENT RESERVED TO WHETHER FEDERAL
01:03:15 AND STATE CUTS. THE MAYOR IS DEMANDING ALL
01:03:18 DEPARTMENTS MUST SHOULDER THAT BURDEN.
01:03:21 WELL ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT IS EXCEPT ONES LIKE THE POLICE
01:03:23 AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY. RATHER THAN RALLYING FOR
01:03:25 INCREASED FUNDING, THE MAYOR IS ACTIVELY FIGHTING AGAINST
01:03:28 TAXING OVERPAID CEOS AND IS TRYING TO WEAKEN THE INCREDIBLY
01:03:32 SUCCESSFUL TAX ON LUXURY REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
01:03:36 MEANWHILE, REVENUE OUTLOOKS ARE IMPROVING.
01:03:37 JUST TODAY WE HEARD THAT 400 MILLION OF THAT 1 BILLION COULD
01:03:40 BE RESTORED. >> THE MILLION IN THE MILLION
01:03:44 $3 MILLION DIGNITY FUND INCREASE IS NOW FINALLY BEING
01:03:47 FUNDED THIS YEAR. AND YET WHILE THIS FUNDING
01:03:48 COULD TOTALLY COVER ALL THE PROPOSED CONTRACT CUTS, DOSS IS
01:03:52 REFUSING TO COMMIT THESE FUNDS TOWARDS THAT REVERSAL, LEAVING
01:03:55 ESSENTIAL SERVICES AT RISK. >> TO BE CLEAR, BUDGET
01:03:59 DECISIONS ARE NOT NEUTRAL. THEY ARE NOT JUST ABOUT CLOSING
01:04:03 A DEFICIT. THEY ARE ABOUT WHAT THE CITY
01:04:04 CHOOSES TO PRIORITIZE. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE
01:04:07 CITY AND BY DEFAULT YOU ALL WILL CHOOSE TO PROTECT OUR MOST
01:04:10 VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
01:04:14 SERVE THEM OR CONTINUE MAKING CUTS THAT WIDEN GAPS AND MAKE
01:04:17 IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO REMAIN STABLE AND AGE AT HOME WITH
01:04:22 DIGNITY. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU,
01:04:22 ERIC. AND FIRST.
01:04:27 AND BEFORE I CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER JUST TO THE MEMBERS OF
01:04:31 THE AUDIENCE, WE DO HAVE A RULE AGAINST ANY AUDIBLE APPLAUSE.
01:04:35 SO IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR. THUMBS UP OR PAY RESPECT
01:04:38 FIGURES IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR.
01:04:40 >> THUMBS DOWN. BUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HEAR
01:04:43 FROM EVERYBODY HERE AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME PLEASE REFRAIN
01:04:49 FROM ANY APPLAUSE. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:04:51 YEAH. MY NAME IS KENNETH JOHNSON.
01:04:53 >> I'M A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN AND I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT
01:05:00 THE CITY LOOK AT THE WORLD'S BILLIONAIRES ONLY GOT ALL THESE
01:05:05 BILLIONAIRES HERE THAT LIVE IN THE CITY AND IT SEEMS LIKE
01:05:08 THEY SHOULD BEAR SOME OF THE WEIGHT OF SO MANY OF THEM.
01:05:12 IF THE CITY NEEDS SOME MONEY I MEAN THEY GOT THE MONEY.
01:05:16 I MEAN PEOPLE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH MONEY.
01:05:19 I MEAN IF YOU'RE A BILLIONAIRE THEN IF YOU IF YOU LIVE IN IN
01:05:21 THE CITY YOU SHOULD CARE ENOUGH TO TRY TO HELP TO HELP THE
01:05:26 CITY, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS AND HELP THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE
01:05:31 THERE WHO WHO BUILT THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO I WANT THE
01:05:35 SUPERVISOR TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO SOME OF THE
01:05:39 BILLIONAIRES, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU GOT OUR SALES FORCE AGAIN.
01:05:42 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BILLIONAIRES YOU GOT BUT YOU
01:05:44 KNOW YOU KNOW, CHECK WITH THEM AND GET SOME MONEY FROM THEM
01:05:49 NOT TO STRAIGHTEN A BUSINESS TO STRAIGHTEN A BUDGET OUT.
01:05:53 >> YEAH. SO THINK ABOUT THAT, PLEASE.
01:05:56 THANK YOU MUCH. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:06:04 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS .
01:06:08 MY NAME IS KATE COCKRELL. I'M CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
01:06:09 COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN AND A DISTRICT 11 RESIDENT.
01:06:13 THANK YOU ERIC AND OTHERS FOR REMINDING US THAT THE BUDGET IS
01:06:17 A MORAL DOCUMENT SHAPED BY OUR CHOICES AND I WANT TO SPEAK
01:06:21 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE CUTS AND WHO THEY
01:06:24 AFFECT. THESE CUTS ARE NOT HAPPENING
01:06:28 IN ISOLATION AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD TODAY.
01:06:30 WE'RE SEEING PROGRAMS REDUCED OR ELIMINATED ACROSS DALLAS
01:06:32 PUBLIC HEALTH OR TWD AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ALL ON TOP OF LAST
01:06:35 YEAR'S REDUCTIONS AND THE IMPACT IS COMPOUNDING OVER
01:06:39 TIME. >> WE HEAR THAT THERE'S SPACE
01:06:42 TO GO MOVE SOMEBODY INTO AN EXISTING PROGRAM.
01:06:43 THE REALITY IS MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED.
01:06:47 WE HAVE WAITING LISTS. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
01:06:50 ABSORB LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOLKS FROM OTHER OTHER PROGRAMS EVEN
01:06:55 THOUGH WE WOULD LOVE TO. >> WE'RE PAST CUTTING EXTRAS AS
01:06:58 YOU'VE HEARD. THESE REDUCTIONS ARE WEAKENING
01:07:02 AN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM THAT OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH
01:07:05 DISABILITIES RELY ON TO STAY HOUSED HEALTHY AND CONNECTED.
01:07:10 AND THE REALITY IS OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE NEEDS THAT ARE
01:07:11 NOT MET BY ALL AGES PROGRAMS. WHEN FOCUS PROGRAMS ARE REDUCED
01:07:15 THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE FOR FOLKS TO GO.
01:07:18 FOR INSTANCE, THAT COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN WE ARE FACING A
01:07:22 500,000 PER YEAR CUT, A 50% REDUCTION IN OUR STAFF RESERVE
01:07:26 WORKFORCE PROGRAM. >> IT EXISTS BECAUSE
01:07:29 TRADITIONAL WORKFORCE PROGRAMS DO NOT WORK FOR MANY OLDER
01:07:33 ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
01:07:34 >> WHEN PROGRAMS ARE CUT, PARTICIPANTS CAN'T JUST MOVE
01:07:37 SOMEWHERE ELSE. >> THEY LOSE THE SERVICES
01:07:40 STABILITY AND CONNECTION. >> OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH
01:07:42 DISABILITIES MAKE UP MORE THAN A QUARTER OF OUR CITY.
01:07:46 MANY LIVE ON FIXED INCOMES AND ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH
01:07:49 THE COST OF HOUSING, FOOD AND CARE.
01:07:52 THESE FOLKS ARE AMONG THE LEAST ABLE TO AFFORD THESE CUTS.
01:07:56 WE JUST DELIVERED MESSAGES FROM OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE MAYOR'S
01:07:57 OFFICE BEFORE THIS HEARING AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM MANY MORE
01:08:00 FOLKS TODAY WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY YOUR
01:08:04 BUDGET CHOICES. WE SHOULD NOT BE BALANCING THE
01:08:07 BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING.
01:08:11 >> YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED BUT THANK YOU, KATE COCHRAN.
01:08:13 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.
01:08:15 MY NAME IS CHRISTINA ERVIN. I AM CO-CHAIR OF THE DIGNITY
01:08:19 FUND COALITION. THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE
01:08:22 HEARING TODAY THAT ARE BEING CUT OUR SERVICES THAT KEEP
01:08:26 PEOPLE ACTIVE, HEALTHY, STABLE AND LIVING SAFELY IN THEIR
01:08:27 HOMES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THESE SUPPORTS DO SOMETHING
01:08:31 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. THEY PREVENT CRISES BEFORE THEY
01:08:34 HAPPEN. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE HELP
01:08:35 NAVIGATING SYSTEMS AND A SUPPORT SYSTEM WHO CAN IDENTIFY
01:08:38 PROBLEMS WHEN THEY ARISE THEY ARE FAR LESS LIKELY TO END UP
01:08:43 IN EMERGENCY ROOMS SHELTERS OR INSTITUTIONS.
01:08:47 OUTCOMES DATA SHOWS THAT 98% OF COMMUNITY SERVICE CLIENTS
01:08:50 REPORT POSITIVE HEALTH IMPACTS AND CLIENTS ARE ABLE TO
01:08:54 MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND THEIR ABILITY
01:08:57 TO LIVE AT HOME. 99% OF SENIOR ESCORT CLIENTS
01:09:00 FEEL SAFER AND 100% OF WORKFORCE CLIENTS REPORT
01:09:03 SERVICES HELP REMOVE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.
01:09:06 CUTTING OR SUSPENDING THIS FUNDING DOESN'T SAVE MONEY.
01:09:10 IT SHIFTS COSTS TO FAR MORE EXPENSIVE SYSTEMS LIKE
01:09:11 HOSPITALS, NURSING FACILITIES AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
01:09:16 WE ALREADY KNOW THAT NEARLY HALF OF SINGLE ADULTS
01:09:19 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE AGED 50 OR OVER AND MANY LOSE
01:09:23 HOUSING FOR THE FIRST TIME AS AN OLDER ADULT.
01:09:26 ALMOST HALF OF RESIDENTS 65 AND OVER IN SAN FRANCISCO LACK
01:09:30 ENOUGH INCOME TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS.
01:09:33 VOTERS CREATED THE DIGNITY FUND TO STABILIZE SERVICES, ADVANCE
01:09:37 EQUITY AND KEEP PACE WITH A GROWING POPULATION.
01:09:41 THE CITY HAS CHOSEN TO SUSPEND THAT ALLOCATION WHEN THE
01:09:45 DEFICIT IS ABOVE THAT LIMIT. THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT THE
01:09:49 BURDEN OF BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THIS COMMUNITY.
01:09:53 TIMES MAY BE TOUGH BUT THAT SHOULD NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE
01:09:55 ABANDONING THOSE WHO REALLY SHAPED AND FORMED THE CITY
01:09:57 AND WHO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VALUE AND SERVICES.
01:10:01 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.
01:10:02 EARNING NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
01:10:10 MY NAME IS JENNY BELLWAY. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
01:10:12 SAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE, A NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS OVER
01:10:14 700 OTHER OLDER ADULTS AND DISABLED RESIDENTS AGING
01:10:17 IN PLACE ACROSS THE CITY BACKED BY HUNDREDS OF TRAINED
01:10:19 VOLUNTEERS. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMITTEE
01:10:22 FOR YOUR ONGOING ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST
01:10:26 VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE CUTS
01:10:27 MATTERS ENORMOUSLY TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.
01:10:30 >> I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE CUTS WILL ACTUALLY
01:10:31 COST. SAN FRANCISCO HAS 191,000
01:10:35 RESIDENTS OVER 60 NEARLY 100,000 LIVE WITH THE
01:10:38 DISABILITY 3,035% OF THEM LIVE ALONE.
01:10:39 RIGHT NOW A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFITS IS
01:10:43 THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN THESE RESIDENTS IN YOUR MOST
01:10:46 EXPENSIVE SYSTEMS EMERGENCY ROOMS SKILLED NURSING
01:10:50 FACILITIES, THE SHELTER SYSTEM. THE SURGEON GENERAL HAS
01:10:51 DECLARED ISOLATION AS A NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
01:10:54 AND ISOLATED SENIORS COSMETIC CARE $6.7 BILLION MORE PER
01:10:59 YEAR. THEY ARE 29% MORE LIKELY TO END
01:11:01 UP IN INSTITUTIONAL CARE WHICH IS SAN FRANCISCO AT THE LOW END
01:11:05 COSTS $8,500 MORE A MONTH. EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON
01:11:09 PREVENTION RETURNS UP TO $14 IN AVOIDED COSTS.
01:11:12 >> WHEN YOU CUT THESE CONTRACTS YOU ARE NOT REDUCING THE COST.
01:11:16 YOU ARE MOVING IT TO ZUCKERBERG GENERAL TO LAGOON, TO HONDA, TO
01:11:19 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. YOU ARE PAYING MORE LATER FOR
01:11:23 THE SAME PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF
01:11:27 THE POPULATION. BY 2030 UP TO 30% OF SAN
01:11:30 FRANCISCO'S WILL BE 30 WILL BE 65 AND OLDER WITH 75 AND OLDER.
01:11:33 A HUGE PIECE OF THAT IN THE FASTEST GROWING.
01:11:36 >> THE DEMAND IS NOT GOING AWAY.
01:11:37 THIS QUESTION BEFORE THE QUESTION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
01:11:40 IS NOT WHETHER WE WILL PAY. >> IT'S WHEN AND HOW MUCH.
01:11:44 PROTECT THESE INVESTMENTS PLEASE.
01:11:45 THE FISCAL CASES UNAMBIGUOUS. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
01:11:48 JENNY BELLWAY. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:11:54 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY.
01:11:58 I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF GOLDEN GATE SENIOR
01:12:01 SERVICES. MY NAME'S CLAYTON WALLING
01:12:02 AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR .
01:12:05 WE RUN TWO SMALL SENIOR CENTERS.
01:12:08 ONE IS IN THE CASTRO. THE OTHER IS IN THE RICHMOND.
01:12:11 WE SIR WE'VE BEEN SERVING FOR OVER 50 YEARS HELPING SENIORS
01:12:15 ACCESS THE RESOURCES THE CITY HAS TO OFFER THROUGH OUR AGING
01:12:17 AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER HOSTING HOT LUNCH FOR MANY OF
01:12:24 THE FOLKS WHO COME TO OUR CENTERS THAT'S THE ONLY HOT
01:12:25 MEAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT DAY.
01:12:27 BUT IN ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES WE HAVE ONE
01:12:31 OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WAS MENTIONED BY DOSS EARLIER
01:12:33 THAT'S CALLED AN EXTENSION PROGRAM THAT EVIDENTLY IS BEING
01:12:36 CUT IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM.
01:12:39 SO I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF GOLDEN GATE VILLAGE WHICH IS A
01:12:43 PROGRAM THAT FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS HAS BEEN SERVING PEOPLE
01:12:46 LIVING IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT AND HELPING THEM REMAIN LIVING
01:12:48 INDEPENDENTLY EARLY AND STAYING CONNECTED WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.
01:12:53 WE SERVE OVER 261 PEOPLE AND WE'RE BEING CUT BY 47% SO
01:12:57 WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DECIDE WHICH OF THE 261 PEOPLE NEED TO
01:13:03 LOSE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO START PROVIDING THE EXTENSION
01:13:07 SERVICES TO. >> AND I WANT TO MAKE A POINT
01:13:10 THAT 70% OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR VILLAGE ARE NOT ALREADY
01:13:11 AFFILIATED WITH OUR SENIOR CENTERS.
01:13:15 SO THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE AN EXTENSION OF OUR SENIOR
01:13:18 CENTER. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE
01:13:19 GONE BEYOND OUR CENTERS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BEGUN TO
01:13:22 HELP AND THEY REALLY DO RELY ON US AND I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE
01:13:24 YOU A LOT OF STATISTIC BUT I'LL GIVE YOU SOME REAL, REAL FACTS.
01:13:27 WHAT OUR VILLAGE DOES DURING EMERGENCIES WHICH WE'VE HAD A
01:13:31 LOT OF LATELY DURING PERIODS OF CRISIS LIKE POOR AIR QUALITY,
01:13:36 THE PANDEMIC, EXTREME WEATHER AND MOST RECENTLY POWER
01:13:39 OUTAGES. OUR VILLAGE PROVIDES IMMEDIATE
01:13:40 DIRECT OUTREACH TO OUR MEMBERS CHECKING ON THEIR WELL-BEING
01:13:44 AND PROVIDING THEM WITH UPDATES AND INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
01:13:47 THAT CAN BE HARD TO FIND IN THESE TIMES.
01:13:50 LAST DECEMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A THREE DAY POWER OUTAGE
01:13:54 AND WE WERE ABLE TO CALL MORE THAN 350 SENIORS WHO LIVE ALONE
01:13:57 OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ALL OF THEM OVER 17, MANY OF THEM OVER
01:14:01 80 BECAUSE TIME HAS EXPIRED. >> BUT WE WERE JUST CUT ON THE
01:14:05 BACKS THE SENIORS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
01:14:12 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS GABRIELLA SCHULTZ
01:14:14 AND I BELONG I WANT YOU TO FEEL THE POWER OF THE WORD BELONG.
01:14:20 I AM PART OF THE CASTRO SENIOR CENTER.
01:14:24 >> THERE ARE 12 OF US TODAY AND MANY WHO ARE NOT BECAUSE OF
01:14:28 MOBILE MOBILITY AND SOCIAL INTERESTS.
01:14:31 >> WE ARE A CROSS SECTION OF SAN FRANCISCO OF FINANCIAL
01:14:38 DIFFICULTIES AND NOT PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES AND NOT SOCIAL
01:14:42 DIFFICULTIES AND NOT I DON'T NOT ALL OF THEM APPLY TO ME
01:14:51 TOMORROW THEY MIGHT TOMORROW THEY MIGHT APPLY TO YOU OR YOUR
01:14:54 FAMILY. >> WE ARE POTENT SUPPORTIVE
01:14:58 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO CONTACT WITH ANYBODY OTHER THAN
01:15:05 OUR CENTER. >> SO PART OF OUR CENTER IS
01:15:09 CREATING FAMILY. FAMILY ISN'T A WANT.
01:15:12 >> FAMILY IS A NEED BEING SEED BEING SEEN AND BELONGING
01:15:17 SOMEPLACE IS NOT A WANT. IT IS A NEED.
01:15:21 WE ARE POTENT, WE ARE IMPORTANT AND I AM PASSIONATELY
01:15:28 ADVOCATING THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESCIND REFUSE ANY
01:15:36 CUTS TO DISABILITY IN SENIOR SERVICES.
01:15:37 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU GABRIELLA SCHULTZ
01:15:40 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
01:15:47 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS DAN GALLAGHER.
01:15:50 I'M THE CEO OF STEPPINGSTONE HEALTH.
01:15:51 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED CUTS IN FUNDING TO
01:15:55 PROGRAMS PROVIDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR OLDER ADULTS AT
01:15:59 A TIME WHERE THE ONLY POPULATION GROWING IN SAN
01:16:03 FRANCISCO AS YOU'VE HEARD IS OLDER ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF
01:16:06 65, THERE APPEARS TO BE SENTIMENT TO TURN OUR BACKS ON
01:16:11 THAT POPULATION A POPULATION WHERE DATA SHOWS THAT 40% 46%
01:16:14 OF OLDER ADULTS IN SAN FRANCISCO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
01:16:19 INCOME TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS AND WHERE ISOLATION IS A
01:16:22 SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF ONE'S HEALTH THIS IS EVEN A GREATER
01:16:26 NEED FOR THE LGBT LGBT TO Q PLUS COMMUNITY THE NEED FOR
01:16:31 SPECIFIC SOCIALIZATION EFFORTS TO EFFECTIVELY SERVE THE LGBTQ
01:16:35 PLUS SAN FRANCISCANS IS NOTED IN THE RECENTLY RELEASED
01:16:38 DIGNITY FUND COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH REPORTED THE
01:16:45 LGBTQ PLUS POPULATION IS THE ONLY SUBGROUP WITH AN EQUITY
01:16:49 FACTOR WHOSE PARTICIPATION RATE IS LESS THAN THAT OF THE
01:16:53 OVERALL ELIGIBILITY POPULATION WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THE OVERALL
01:16:57 RATE FOR LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS MAY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
01:17:01 ACCESSING THESE SERVICES DUE TO FEELING UNWELCOME IN SOME
01:17:05 SERVICE SETTINGS. AND LASTLY THE NEED WAS
01:17:09 PARTICULARLY GREAT FOR LGBTQ PLUS ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES
01:17:15 53% OF WHOM THE REPORTS OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL CONTACT AS AN
01:17:19 UNMET NEED STEPPINGSTONE HEALTH HAS BEEN MEETING THESE
01:17:23 IDENTIFIED NEEDS BY PROVIDING INCLUSIVE HEALTH CARE
01:17:27 AND SOCIALIZATION SERVICES TO THE LGBTQ PLUS POPULATION FOR
01:17:33 DECADES AND SINCE 2017 IN A CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:17:38 DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES THAT'S A PILOT THAT'S BEEN FOR
01:17:41 THE LAST NINE YEARS IN THAT PILOT WE HAVE MET ALL
01:17:47 CONFORMANCE STANDARDS AND ALL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.
01:17:51 >> ALL RATING SPEAKERS HAVE A 6.90 9% BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR
01:17:54 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:18:01 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS EDWARD WHITMORE.
01:18:02 I LIVE IN BERNAL HEIGHTS. THANK YOU SUPERVISORS FOR
01:18:05 ALLOWING US TO COME HERE TO SPEAK.
01:18:06 AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR CUTLER. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND
01:18:10 EVERYTHING SHE SAID. IN FACT, I KNOW I DIDN'T.
01:18:12 BUT I GOT THE IDEA THAT SHE'S SAYING IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD
01:18:14 CUTS TO EVERYTHING. AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE OUR
01:18:17 HIT. I'M FINE WITH THAT.
01:18:20 IF THAT'S TRUE, IF IT'S NOT, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT
01:18:22 SOMETHING I REALLY AGREED WITH A DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES
01:18:28 GROUP OVER HERE. THEY'RE AMAZING.
01:18:29 I LOVE THEIR MISSION AND THEIR VISION AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I
01:18:32 WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHICH IS I KNOW WE'RE TALKING
01:18:35 ABOUT MONEY HERE AND IT'S A BUDGET AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
01:18:38 AND STUFF BUT I HOPE I'M NOT LOSING SIGHT OF THE INTANGIBLES
01:18:42 ,YOU KNOW, RESPECT DIGNITY. AND SO PUT THAT OUT THERE
01:18:46 AND THE TWO PROBLEMS I SEE WITH THIS THE BUDGET IS BEING CUT
01:18:50 BUT THE NEED IS GOING UP. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT THOSE SHORT
01:18:54 SO THE POPULATION IS INCREASING AND PROJECTED TO KEEP GOING UP.
01:18:57 SO WHY WOULD WE BE CUTTING THIS AREA?
01:18:59 IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT AND IN
01:19:02 ADDITION THE LITTLE TINY POINT ABOUT INFLATION AND HOW THERE'S
01:19:05 A FIXED COST FOR LUNCH AND MEALS AND STUFF WELL ALL OF
01:19:10 A SUDDEN YOU CAN BUY FEWER MEALS WITH THE SAME MONEY.
01:19:13 SO SAYING THAT IT'S CAPPED MAY NOT BE TRUE.
01:19:14 YOU KNOW THE BENEFITS ARE GOING DOWN.
01:19:19 SO I GUESS FINALLY MONEY IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO MEASURE VALUE.
01:19:23 YOU KNOW, SO WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE DIGNITY PROVIDED TO
01:19:28 DISABLED PEOPLE AND WHAT'S THE VALUE OF RESPECT FILLED BY
01:19:31 OLDER FOLKS WHO RECEIVE SERVICES?
01:19:34 >> I USE THE CASH FOR SENIORS. I'M NOT REPRESENTING THE CASTRO
01:19:38 SENIOR CENTER BUT I USE THEIR SERVICES AND THEY'RE GREAT.
01:19:42 YOU KNOW YOU TAICHI AND I DO EXERCISES.
01:19:43 IT'S AMAZING. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE VIC TANNY
01:19:46 IN HERE. IF THOSE REMEMBER VICTIM
01:19:47 EXERCISE IT'S REALLY COOL. FINALLY THERE'S A MESSAGE ABOUT
01:19:50 WHAT YOUR BUDGET SAYS. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ALLOCATE
01:19:53 MONEY YOU INDICATE WHAT YOU VALUE AND I HOPE YOU VALUE
01:19:55 SENIORS AND DISABLED PEOPLE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:19:57 >> THANK YOU MUCH HAYWOOD WHITMORE.
01:19:58 NEXT SPEAKER THANK YOU SUPERVISORS AND DEPARTMENT
01:20:06 REPRESENTATIVES. MY NAME IS JANET CRANE.
01:20:10 I'M CO-FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER OF NICK'S VILLAGE SAN
01:20:13 FRANCISCO. WE'RE HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR
01:20:14 REINSTATEMENT OF ALL THE FUNDS FOR THE DIGNITY FUND
01:20:18 AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RESTATEMENT OF $142,000 FOR
01:20:25 DEED TO YOU A PROGRAM THAT'S MANAGED BY NEXT VILLAGE NEXT
01:20:29 VILLAGE AND YOU TWO YOU ARE PART OF A NATIONAL VILLAGE
01:20:32 MOVEMENT, A MODEL MOVEMENT OF 276 ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING
01:20:36 SENIORS AGING IN PLACE. THE CANCEL PROGRAM WAS CREATED
01:20:40 BECAUSE DOES TO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY THAT SHOWED A
01:20:44 HIGH LEVEL OF ISOLATION AMONG SENIORS IN DISTRICT TWO DESPITE
01:20:50 THE FACT THERE'S A SENIOR CENTER, THERE IS A DIGNITY FUND
01:20:54 CONTRACT MANAGED BY NEXT VILLAGE PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY
01:20:58 CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OUT
01:21:02 IN THE COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT TWO THESE EVENTS ARE POPULAR
01:21:06 AND ATTRACT OLDER ADULTS FROM ALL OVER TOWN.
01:21:09 IT'S A MAJOR PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE
01:21:13 MOVEMENT DUE TO USE SUPPORTS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET IN THREE
01:21:17 WAYS IT MAINTAINS SAFE COMMUNITIES.
01:21:20 >> IT ENSURES LONG TERM HEALTH OUTCOMES BY REDUCING ISOLATION
01:21:24 AND LONELINESS. IT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO MORE
01:21:25 AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES BY KEEPING OLDER ADULTS IN THEIR
01:21:29 HOMES, THE COHORT OF OLDER ADULTS IS RAPIDLY GROWING.
01:21:33 THIS IS THE MOMENT THE CITY SHOULD SUPPORT INNOVATIVE
01:21:37 PROGRAMS THAT ARE MODELS FOR THE FUTURE.
01:21:41 >> NEXT VILLAGE AND DO YOU TOO YOU ARE KNOWN NATIONALLY IN THE
01:21:45 VILLAGE MOVEMENT AS A MODEL PROGRAM FOR OUR HIGH LEVEL OF
01:21:48 SERVICES TO OUR MEMBERS WITH 260 VOLUNTEERS AND OVER 50
01:21:55 EVENTS A MONTH MANY OF WHICH ARE CREATED BY DUE TO YOU VERY
01:21:59 FEW VILLAGES ARE SUPPORTED BY THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
01:22:02 AND THAT SUPPORT MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW
01:22:03 MUCH WE CAN DO LOSING THE DO TO YOU FUNDING SETS BACK THE
01:22:08 MOMENTUM OF THE VILLAGE MOVEMENT IN GENERAL AND NEXT TO
01:22:12 SOME IN THIS PART. >> THANK YOU BUT THANK YOU MUCH
01:22:15 JOANNA CRANE THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI MY NAME IS DONNA BORER.
01:22:22 I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND FOR
01:22:25 THE LAST SIX YEARS I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE
01:22:27 DIRECTOR OF NEXT VILLAGES DISTRICT TWO UNIVERSITY.
01:22:30 >> YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE LONG TERM COSTS OF SOCIAL
01:22:34 ISOLATION AND LONELINESS SO I WILL NOT REITERATE THOSE STATS
01:22:38 FOR YOU. >> MICHAEL ZOGG MENTIONED THAT
01:22:41 THERE IS A SENIOR CENTER IN DISTRICT TWO.
01:22:42 >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE GOTTEN MANY PEOPLE IN THE DOORWAY OF THE
01:22:46 SENIOR CENTER BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY'RE OLD
01:22:50 ENOUGH TO WALK INTO A SENIOR CENTER.
01:22:53 SO WE WORK HARD TO GET THEM INTO THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL
01:22:55 AS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE
01:22:58 AVAILABLE TO THEM. I IN ADDITION WITH WELL
01:23:05 ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO BE REALLY QUICK SO THAT OUR MEMBERS CAN
01:23:09 TALK BECAUSE THEY CAN SPEAK TO THIS MORE DIRECTLY THAN I.
01:23:12 BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE HOPE YOU WILL RESTORE FUNDING.
01:23:16 WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT SO THEY CAN
01:23:20 CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS
01:23:23 CITY THAT THEY HAVE CALLED HOME FOR DECADES.
01:23:24 >> AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND TAKING SERIOUSLY THE
01:23:29 LONG TERM EFFECTS OF CUTTING DIGNITY FUNDING WILL HAVE ON
01:23:32 ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE SERVED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS
01:23:35 FACING CUTS TO VITAL PROGRAMING .
01:23:39 >> THANK YOU FOR STANDING BY THE NEXT SPEAKER.
01:23:42 >> I'M JEAN MARSH AND I AM FROM THE NORTHEAST DISTRICT OF SAN
01:23:50 FRANCISCO WHICH IS DISTRICT THREE.
01:23:53 >> AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN A DAY TO YOU
01:23:57 ATTENDEE. I'VE ATTENDED SO MANY OF THE
01:24:04 EVENTS AND FOUND THEM SO WORTHWHILE.
01:24:05 THERE HAVE BEEN TOURS AND WALKS AND MUSICAL EVENTS AND PARTIES
01:24:12 AND LECTURES AND HEALTH RELATED EVENTS AND EVEN OUT OF OUT OF
01:24:16 THE IN THE BAY AREA BUT OUT OF TOWN VISITS I ACTUALLY HAVE
01:24:20 BEEN FEELING VERY NERVOUS AND HESITANT TO SPEAK TODAY
01:24:27 BECAUSE I HAVE A HEARING LOSS AND ACTUALLY WHEN I THOUGHT
01:24:31 ABOUT IT I THOUGHT THAT'S THE VERY REASON I SHOULD SPEAK UP
01:24:36 BECAUSE I DO HAVE A DIFFICULTY .
01:24:39 I'M A SINGLE WOMAN WHO'S LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR DECADES
01:24:43 AND I'VE ENJOYED THE MANY ACTIVITIES AND THE EVENTS
01:24:47 AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE HERE IN THE BAY AREA.
01:24:48 >> ALSO I'VE BEEN A VERY ACTIVE VOLUNTEER OVER THOSE MANY
01:24:54 YEARS. AS I SAID, I AM A SENIOR WITH A
01:24:59 SEVERE HEARING LOSS. I'M DEAF IN ONE EAR AND I HAVE
01:25:02 VERY LIMITED HEARING AND THE OTHER EAR I WEAR A COCHLEAR
01:25:06 IMPLANT IN THIS EAR AND A HEARING AID IN THIS YEAR I
01:25:10 DON'T HEAR EVERYTHING. THE THING IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT
01:25:14 I DON'T HEAR AND THIS MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IN MANY
01:25:18 SITUATIONS. EVEN THOUGH VERY COMMON
01:25:22 EVERYDAY SITUATIONS BUT ESPECIALLY IN CROWDED OR NOISY
01:25:26 ENVIRONMENTS AND I KNOW FOR MY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING I NEED TO
01:25:30 STAY ACTIVE AND STIMULATED TO BE WITH PEOPLE IN PERSON
01:25:36 AND AND BE OUT AND ABOUT ISOLATION AND SITTING ALONE AT
01:25:41 HOME DAY AFTER DAY IS VERY DETRIMENTAL.
01:25:45 >> AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT ALONE IN THIS SITUATION AND SPEAKER
01:25:50 SOUNDS INSPIRING BUT THANK YOU MUCH JEAN MARSH FOR ADDRESSING
01:25:53 THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:26:00 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. YEAH, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR
01:26:04 CUTTING ANYBODY OFF BUT I DO HAVE TO ENFORCE TWO MINUTES
01:26:07 IN THE FOR THE SAKE OF EQUITY. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK THANK
01:26:14 YOU SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS MARY ROSE HAYES.
01:26:15 I'VE LIVED IN THE BAY AREA AND MOSTLY IN DISTRICT TWO
01:26:21 SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG AND I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 65 YEARS.
01:26:27 I'M 87 YEARS OLD. LAST LAST YEAR MY HUSBAND
01:26:32 PATRICK DIED ON ST PATRICK'S DAY SO I DON'T CELEBRATE THAT
01:26:36 ANYMORE. BUT I CAN READILY UNDERSTAND
01:26:40 FROM THAT KIND OF HORRIBLE A HORRIBLE SITUATION WHICH IS
01:26:44 INEVITABLE THE YOU KNOW, THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF BEING
01:26:51 ISOLATED, STAYING HOME AND NOT TAKING PART IN THE WORLD AND I
01:26:56 THANK GOD THAT I FOUND THE NEXT VILLAGE WHICH NOT ONLY HAS
01:27:00 PROVIDED ME WITH GREAT SOCIAL OCCASIONS AND MUSICAL EVENTS
01:27:10 AND COMPANIONSHIP AND ALSO I'M TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED THEY
01:27:14 SENT A VERY NICE MAN OVER TO HELP ME WITH MY COMPUTER.
01:27:18 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT THEM AND I'M GOING TO
01:27:22 CUT IT REALLY SHORT BUT I HEAR. BUT I DO THANK THEM SO MUCH
01:27:26 FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
01:27:29 SUPERVISORS, FOR LISTENING TO ME.
01:27:33 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MARY ROSE HAYES.
01:27:34 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
01:27:39 MY NAME IS MICHELLE ANDERSON. I'M 80 YEARS OLD AND I AM
01:27:44 DISABLED AS WELL. AND I'M FROM NORWAY.
01:27:47 I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT TWO UNIVERSITY
01:27:50 AND NEXT VILLAGE AND WHAT IT HAS MEANT TO ME AND SO MANY OF
01:27:55 MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE. >> I COME FROM THE ARTS.
01:27:58 I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO ATTEND THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA BUT I
01:28:01 REALLY NEVER HAD THE FUNDS DUE TO YOU HAD SECURED FREE TICKETS
01:28:05 FOR THE LAST DRESS REHEARSAL. >> I SAW THE MONKEY KING LAST
01:28:09 YEAR. IT WAS A THRILL.
01:28:12 >> THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES.
01:28:16 IT BRINGS YOU TOGETHER. NOT ONLY WAS I AT THE OPERA BUT
01:28:20 I WAS THERE WITH ALL MY DAY TO YOU.
01:28:21 MY NEXT VILLAGE FRIENDS AND THAT MATTERS MORE THAN I
01:28:25 CAN SAY BECAUSE MANY OF US LIVE ALONE.
01:28:31 WE DO NOT HAVE FAMILY NEARBY. AND WITHOUT THIS WE WOULD
01:28:35 SIMPLY STAY AT HOME. AS YOU KNOW, THE SURGEON
01:28:39 GENERAL AND OTHERS TALKED ABOUT ISOLATION HOW DANGEROUS IT IS
01:28:42 AS MUCH AS SMOKING. >> THESE PROGRAMS ALLOW SENIORS
01:28:47 TO BE CONNECTED. >> AND THIS I WANT TO SAY SAVES
01:28:48 THIS CITY MONEY. >> IT SAVES YOU.
01:28:54 WHILE WE ARE INDEPENDENT THAT IS ONE LESS PERSON IN CRISIS
01:28:59 IN NEED OF SERVICES. >> I WANT TO SAY THAT CUTTING
01:29:07 THESE FUNDS CLOSES THE DOOR TO MANY PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME DO TO
01:29:13 YOU IS NOT A LUXURY. >> IT IS CONNECTION.
01:29:16 IT IS JOY AND IT IS PEACE OF MIND.
01:29:20 AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU IF YOU'RE ALL LUCKY, YOU'RE
01:29:24 GOING TO BE LIKE US INDEPENDENT OLDER ADULTS.
01:29:25 >> SO SAVE THIS PROGRAM. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE GIFT TO US.
01:29:31 AND IT'S ALREADY WORKING. >> SO DON'T TAKE IT AWAY.
01:29:35 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
01:29:36 THANK YOU MUCH, MICHELLE ANDERSON.
01:29:38 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:29:41 MY NAME IS JACQUELINE ZIMMER JONES.
01:29:44 I'M THE DIRECTOR AT NEXT VILLAGE SAN FRANCISCO AND TO
01:29:47 YOU IS ONE OF OUR PREMIER PROGRAMS.
01:29:48 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU
01:29:51 FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT TODAY. OUTSIDE OF THE NORMS OF A
01:29:55 TYPICAL BUDGET HEARING, IT REALLY MAKES EVERYONE FEEL
01:29:58 HEARD INCLUDING MY FRIENDS THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME TODAY FROM
01:29:59 DISTRICT TO UNIVERSITY. IT'S UNUSUAL AND IT'S REALLY
01:30:05 IMPORTANT TO US THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE ALL
01:30:06 GOING THROUGH AND WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH ON BEHALF OF OUR
01:30:10 MEMBERS. I THINK SHE SAID IT WELL IT'S
01:30:14 YOUR TURN TOMORROW SO HELP US SENIOR TODAY.
01:30:17 I THINK WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT YOU'RE GOING TO WISH
01:30:18 THESE PROGRAMS WERE HERE FOR YOU AND WE'RE DOING A
01:30:21 TREMENDOUS JOB OF OPERATING THESE PROGRAMS ON VERY LITTLE
01:30:25 MONEY. I WANT TO SAY THAT IN RESPONSE
01:30:28 TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING WHICH I
01:30:32 KNOW HAD A DIFFICULT TASK, I WANT TO SAY THAT THEY SAID THAT
01:30:35 THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES IN IN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE MAKING
01:30:39 CUTS. THERE'S OTHER RESOURCES THAT
01:30:40 CAN PICK UP THE SLACK. >> WELL, QUITE FRANKLY,
01:30:43 DISTRICT TWO UNIVERSITY WAS CREATED AS A DIGNITY FUND
01:30:47 PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO THE FACT THAT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT
01:30:51 THERE'S A WONDERFUL SENIOR CENTER IN DISTRICT TWO SENIORS
01:30:54 WERE NOT ALL SENIORS WERE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF BUT WERE
01:30:58 SHOWING SIGNS OF ISOLATION. ANOTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF
01:31:02 MISSING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS THAT WE
01:31:05 ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO REPORT IT TO THE DEPARTMENT EACH YEAR THE
01:31:10 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN DISTRICT TWO
01:31:13 UNIVERSITY WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
01:31:16 >> THE DEPARTMENT IS MISSING CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
01:31:18 HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SENIORS WHO COME TO ATTEND
01:31:21 THESE EVENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
01:31:24 >> THIS PART THIS PROGRAM IS IN HIGH DEMAND.
01:31:25 IT'S A HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM AND IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY
01:31:29 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING ALL THE
01:31:32 NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BEING SERVED.
01:31:33 >> I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT DISTRICT TWO UNIVERSITY IS A
01:31:37 PIPELINE TO DIRECT VOLUNTEER SERVICES THAT NEXT VILLAGE
01:31:40 PROVIDES. WHEN THE DIRECTOR SEES A MEMBER
01:31:43 WHO'S NOT DOING WELL, SHE CAN REFER THEM TO THE NEXT VILLAGE
01:31:45 WHERE THEY CAN GET SERVICES AND SHE'S HELPING THEM ALONG.
01:31:48 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU JACQUELINE ZIMMER JONES.
01:31:51 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:31:55 MY NAME IS CATHY MALEC. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
01:31:58 LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY WHICH WE CALL LBA FIG
01:32:02 BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE'S A MOUTHFUL.
01:32:03 >> I'M HERE REPRESENTING ALL THE NONPROFITS HERE TODAY AS
01:32:07 PART OF THE DIGNITY FUND COALITION AND CASE WHICH IS
01:32:11 COALITION OF AGENCIES SERVING THE ELDERLY.
01:32:15 >> I THINK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE PLANS TO BE
01:32:21 CUT IN THE BUDGET IS A NOT A GREAT CHOICE AND I THINK THAT
01:32:25 AS OLDER ADULTS AGE THEY ISOLATE THEMSELVES, THEY BECOME
01:32:32 LONELY AND IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT THE RISK OF ISOLATION IS
01:32:37 EQUIVALENT AS SMOKING 15 CIGARETS A DAY AND WE HAVE TO
01:32:43 BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SERVING SOMEONE IN THE
01:32:47 COMMUNITY IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN SERVING THEM IN AN INSTITUTION
01:32:51 OR A HOSPITAL. >> SO I'M BEGGING YOU TO LOOK
01:32:52 AT THESE CUTS AND NOT TO MAKE THESE CUTS AND FIND RESOURCES
01:32:59 ANYWHERE ELSE AND THIS IS MY FIRST PACKAGE CIGARETS I'VE
01:33:02 EVER PURCHASED FOR TODAY. SO THANK YOU.
01:33:06 >> THANK YOU KATE MY HEART NEXT SPEAKER MY NAME IS LESLIE
01:33:16 SCHOENBERG. I CAME WITH A BACKPACK 45 YEARS
01:33:20 AGO TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH A ONE WAY TICKET.
01:33:21 I STARTED A LIFE I RAISED TWO CHILDREN.
01:33:24 >> I MARRIED FOR 45 YEARS, WORKED MY REALLY HARD TO GET
01:33:28 THEM IN THE RIGHT SCHOOLS REC AND PARK PROGRAMS GETTING UP
01:33:32 SIX IN THE MORNING TO GET THEM IN THE RIGHT PROGRAMS DO THE
01:33:33 RIGHT THING DO IT WELL THEY'RE ALL WENT THROUGH THEY'RE ALL
01:33:36 GROWN UP. ONE LEFT ONE'S HERE AND STILL
01:33:39 MARRIED SO NOW WE'RE RETIRED. IT'S COVID, RIGHT?
01:33:42 >> I RETIRE. I WAS A SCHOOLTEACHER.
01:33:43 SPECIAL ED NOBODY WANTS A JOB. >> I LOVED IT FOR 25 YEARS FOR
01:33:46 SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NEAREST NURISTAN.
01:33:49 >> I'M LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? THEY ASKED ME WHAT GROUP ARE
01:33:54 YOU WITH RECREATION AND POOR COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN
01:33:57 ROUTES TABLE CITY COLLEGE I'M WITH EVERY GROUP BECAUSE I'M
01:34:00 RUNNING AROUND THE CITY LIKE A CRAZY PERSON.
01:34:01 >> I'M DOING ALL THESE GREAT THINGS BECAUSE I CAN'T BE IN MY
01:34:05 HOUSE ALL DAY LONG WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE THAT WE'RE BOTH
01:34:09 RETIRED. >> SO WITH THAT SAID, KEEPING
01:34:12 ENGAGED AS WELL. >> DOCTORS SAY ESPECIALLY
01:34:13 KAISER, HER PROFESSIONS CONSISTENTLY EMPHASIZE THE
01:34:17 IMPORTANCE OF STAYING ACTIVE, MENTALLY ENGAGED AND SOCIALLY
01:34:21 CONNECTED AT OUR AGE, AT YOUR AGE AND AT MY AGE THE CITY
01:34:24 SUPPORTS PROGRAMS, RIGHT? EXACTLY THAT THEY ARE NO
01:34:28 EXTRAS. >> THEY'RE ESSENTIAL.
01:34:29 THEY ALLOW ME TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT AND CONNECTED AT MY
01:34:32 AGE. >> I TOOK ONE BUS FROM MY
01:34:36 HOUSE. I GOT ON BOARD HOP THE
01:34:38 ESCALATOR WORKED CALF MART WALK THROUGH CIVIC CENTER TO GET
01:34:40 HERE, WALKED ALL AROUND THE BUILDING TO THIS ROOM.
01:34:43 >> IT'S A CHALLENGE. EVERYTHING'S A CHALLENGE BUT
01:34:46 YOU DO IT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO IT YOU SIT IN YOUR HOUSE
01:34:48 DEPRESSED. SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE
01:34:51 SERVICES ARE VITAL. THEY'RE AN INVESTMENT IN THE
01:34:55 FUTURE AND ALSO REMEMBER ALL THESE YOUNG ADULTS THAT ARE
01:34:56 WORKING IN THE CITY THAT GREW UP IN THE CITY THEY WENT TO
01:35:00 TINY PETS. I BROUGHT MY KIDS TO TOWN
01:35:03 THAT'S NOW THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE CITY.
01:35:04 >> SO REMEMBER ONE DAY THEY WILL BE ME AND I WON'T BE HERE.
01:35:07 SO I REALLY HOPE FIGURE IT OUT. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIGURE
01:35:11 IT OUT BUT PLEASE DON'T CUT MY EXCITEMENT IN LIFE OF DOING
01:35:14 WHAT I LOVE TO DO BECAUSE I BELIEVE I'VE MET THE MOST
01:35:18 INCREDIBLE PEOPLE IN ALL THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE TIME IS
01:35:19 EXPRESSED BUT THANK YOU MUCH LESS THE SCHOENBERG NEXT
01:35:22 SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO MY NAME IS JANE ARE
01:35:26 IMMERSION BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ME IS JANE OUR CITIZEN
01:35:32 ? >> I AM WITH THE COMMUNITY
01:35:33 LIVING CAMPAIGN AND IT HAS HELPED THE SENIORS AROUND MY
01:35:37 NEIGHBORHOOD IMMENSELY. I WAS JUST LUCKY ENOUGH AS A
01:35:44 MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TO TAKE A CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT UP
01:35:48 IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND I LEARNED ABOUT THE REDWOODS
01:35:51 AND HOW UNDERGROUND THEY ALL SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER THAT ONE
01:35:54 TREE ALONE WILL FALL DOWN AND UNDERNEATH THE GROUND THEY
01:35:59 ARE ALL SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
01:36:00 COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN DOES AND I'VE SEEN THEM YOU KNOW,
01:36:06 NEIGHBORS WOULD HELP EACH OTHER ANY WAY A COUPLE WILL HELP WHEN
01:36:10 SOMEBODY FALLS DOWN THE STAIRS THAT YOU KNOW WILL BRING THEM
01:36:11 FOOD. BUT THE COMMUNITY LIVING
01:36:14 CAMPAIGN HAS CONNECTED LIKE THOSE REDWOODS SO THAT YOU GET
01:36:20 FIVE EIGHT PHONE CALLS AND WE DO EXERCISE TOGETHER.
01:36:24 >> WE DO DRAMA WITH FRIENDS TOGETHER WE DO THE MYRIAD OF
01:36:28 PROGRAMS THAT I CAN'T MENTION BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES
01:36:32 AND ALL THOSE PROGRAMS WOULD TAKE LONGER AND THERE THEY ARE
01:36:35 CENTRAL I'VE HEARD THAT WORD SO JUST KNOW THAT THE BUDGET CUTS
01:36:39 FOR A COST BENEFIT RATIO SO THAT YOU WORK OUT WILL END UP
01:36:44 COSTING MORE MONEY DUE TO THE HEALTH AS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
01:36:48 THAT ONLY ALREADY SAID OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR PHYSICAL
01:36:52 HEALTH I KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK PERSONALLY ABOUT IT SO PLEASE,
01:36:59 YOU KNOW, THINK OF THE INTANGIBLES THAT YOU CAN'T SHOW
01:37:03 IN YOUR COST BENEFIT RATIO AND HOW IT'S HELPING ALL OF US
01:37:07 PREVENT ALZHEIMER'S, PREVENT FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS
01:37:11 AND KEEPING US ENGAGED AND ACTUALLY JOYFUL.
01:37:14 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:37:18 >> GENERATION NEXT SPEAKER I. HI GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:37:22 MY NAME IS DANIELLE FUENTES. I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF
01:37:26 SENIOR PROGRAMS FOR THE YMCA GREATER SAN FRANCISCO.
01:37:29 >> APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY. TODAY I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
01:37:33 THE 275 SENIORS THAT WE SERVE THROUGH OUR STONES TOWN FAMILY
01:37:37 YMCA PARK RESET PROGRAM IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
01:37:40 OUR PROGRAM IS FACING A $30,000 REDUCTION AND WHY THAT NUMBER
01:37:44 MIGHT BE SMALL IT'S 25% OF THE PROGRAM WHICH TO ME MORE
01:37:48 IMPORTANTLY IS 235 HOURS OF PROGRAM BEING CUT WHICH IS
01:37:54 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SENIORS TO CONNECT.
01:37:57 >> THE IMPACT IS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT IN DISTRICT SEVEN
01:38:00 WHERE MANY RESIDENTS ARE NOT ACCESSING PROGRAMS IN OTHER
01:38:04 PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE SERVICES ARE MORE CONCENTRATED.
01:38:05 OUR PROGRAMS SERVE AS AN IMPORTANT LOCAL POINT OF
01:38:08 CONNECTION FOR OLDER ADULTS AND OFTEN HELPS INTRODUCE THEM
01:38:12 TO RESOURCES SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES THEY MAY NOT
01:38:16 OTHERWISE KNOW ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO.
01:38:21 OOP I JUST LOST IT. >> FOR THE SENIORS WE SERVE.
01:38:30 THIS IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT CONVENIENCE.
01:38:31 IT'S ABOUT ACCESS EQUITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
01:38:35 WHEN LOCAL SERVICES ARE REDUCED MANY OLDER ADULTS ARE AT
01:38:38 GREATER RISK OF BECOMING ISOLATED AND DISCONNECTED FROM
01:38:41 THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT THEY HELP REMAIN ACTIVE THAT HELPED
01:38:43 REMAIN ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
01:38:46 >> I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT
01:38:50 MORE PROGRAMS THAT ARE THAT WE ARE SEEING OVER THESE PROPOSED
01:38:54 CUTS. OUR SENIORS DESERVE CARE
01:38:58 CONNECTION AND CONTINUED SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY THEY
01:39:01 CALL HOME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
01:39:02 AND THANK YOU DANIEL FUENTES. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:39:07 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ.
01:39:12 I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND GRANTS
01:39:16 FOR YMCA OF SAN FRANCISCO. 30 YEAR SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT
01:39:20 TWO KIDS AT HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE
01:39:24 JUVENILE PROBATION COMMISSION. >> SO WHY OF SAN FRANCISCO?
01:39:27 WE REACH ALL AGES AND LIFE STAGES.
01:39:31 >> WE WE CURRENTLY RECEIVE FUNDING AND WE SERVE CLOSE TO
01:39:37 8000 ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS AT ABOUT SEVEN SITES THROUGHOUT
01:39:39 THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY. >> AS S.F. HAS A CONTINUING
01:39:44 AGING POPULATION THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT TODAY AS WELL AS
01:39:48 A LOT OF FAMILIES LEAVING THE CITY POST-PANDEMIC CUTTING
01:39:51 DOORS AND CUTTING ANY OF THESE FUNDS TODAY IS DETRIMENTAL TO
01:39:53 OUR SENIORS AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES THAT RELY ON OUR
01:39:57 SERVICES FOR MEALS. >> WELLNESS AND SO MANY OTHER
01:40:00 ACTIVITIES THAT YOU HEARD OUR CBO NETWORK REFERRING TO TODAY
01:40:07 . >> SO FOR OUR SENIORS JUST TO
01:40:08 DRILL THE POINT HOME, IT'S THIS IS NOT ABOUT CONVENIENCE.
01:40:11 IT'S ABOUT ACCESS TO DIGNITY AND EQUITABLE SERVICES.
01:40:15 >> SO I URGE THE BOARD TO PROTECT DOST FUNDING AND SEED
01:40:22 FUNDING DIGNITY FUND FUNDING AS WELL.
01:40:25 SO OUR SENIORS IN THE CITY CAN AGE WITH DIGNITY AND COMMUNITY
01:40:29 SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU.
01:40:29 THANK YOU MUCH MINORU DRIGGERS. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:40:36 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR HOURS AND GOOD AFTERNOON
01:40:41 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JAMISON WARD.
01:40:44 I'M AN AGING SPECIALIST THAT WORKS AT FELTON INSTITUTE WITH
01:40:45 LOW INCOME OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING LONELINESS
01:40:49 AND SOCIAL ISOLATION. >> I'M HERE BECAUSE FUNDING WAS
01:40:52 CUT FOR OLDER ADULT SOCIAL CLUB.
01:40:55 >> NOW LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT
01:40:58 DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING AS THE CITY FOCUSES ON WHAT THEY DEEM
01:41:02 MORE ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS MAYBE LIKE HOUSING.
01:41:03 >> SO I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
01:41:07 CONNECTION. >> WE WANT OUR HOUSING
01:41:08 INVESTMENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO TO SUCCEED.
01:41:12 WE MUST ALSO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE STAY
01:41:15 HOUSED. >> MAYOR LARRY OFTEN SAYS YOU
01:41:16 CAN'T SOLVE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE. >> TODAY I WANT TO HELP YOU SEE
01:41:20 THE OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE OFTEN INVISIBLE SENIORS EXPERIENCING
01:41:23 LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION.
01:41:27 >> SENIORS THAT ARE HOMEBOUND. >> HOUSING ALONE DOES NOT SOLVE
01:41:30 ISOLATION BECAUSE BEING HOUSED IS NOT THE SAME AS HAVING A
01:41:34 HOME. >> THE SOCIAL CLUB THAT I WORK
01:41:38 WITH HELPS OLDER ADULTS REBUILD COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION
01:41:41 THROUGH TECH SUPPORT THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTINGS, THROUGH
01:41:45 HEALTHY AGING WORKSHOPS. >> AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE ONE
01:41:48 ONE STORY MARGARET. HER NAME CHANGED A SIX YEAR OLD
01:41:52 CANCER SURVIVOR MOVED FROM AN SRO INTO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT
01:41:56 FELT DEEPLY ALONE. AND THROUGH OUR SOCIAL CLUB SHE
01:41:59 BEGAN ATTENDING WORKSHOPS. >> SHE WAS MEETING HER
01:42:01 NEIGHBORS. SHE WAS REBUILDING CONFIDENCE.
01:42:03 AND TODAY NOW SHE'S PREPARING TO JOIN A LOCAL SENIOR CENTER.
01:42:07 >> THIS IS WHAT PREVENTION LOOKS LIKE.
01:42:10 THIS IS WHAT HOUSING STABILITY LOOKS LIKE.
01:42:11 AND IF WE WANT OUR HOUSING INVESTMENTS TO WORK, WE MUST
01:42:15 ALSO INVEST IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT KEEPS OUR SENIORS
01:42:18 HEALTHY, KEEPS THEM CONNECTED AND KEEPS THEM ENGAGED IN OUR
01:42:22 COMMUNITY. >> I'M ASKING NOT ONLY TO
01:42:23 RESTORE FUNDING FOR THE OLDER ADULT SOCIAL CLUB BUT I ALSO
01:42:27 WANT YOU TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE YOUNG ADULTS LIKE MYSELF
01:42:30 THAT WANT TO AGE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:42:34 >> PROTECT THESE PROGRAMS. PROTECT THESE PEOPLE.
01:42:35 THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, JAMESON TO OUR
01:42:37 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, EVERYONE.
01:42:45 MY NAME IS JOSEPHINA PADDOCK FROM THE BERNAL HEIGHTS
01:42:49 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. MY TIME AT THE ORGANIZATION HAS
01:42:52 INCLUDED THE EMOTIONAL WEIGHT OF WITNESSING OUR SENIORS
01:42:57 MOBILITY DETERIORATE, MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO
01:43:01 RECEIVE SERVICES AND ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AT OUR
01:43:02 CENTERS. >> BUT THAT WEIGHT IS EASED BY
01:43:05 OUR MOBILE SENIOR PROGRAMS. >> THIS PROGRAM BRINGS ALL OUR
01:43:09 SERVICES TO OUR SENIORS WHILE AGING AT HOME.
01:43:12 WE SERVE DIRECTLY AT FIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES WHERE
01:43:16 TWO SITES ARE SENIORS ONLY HOUSING AND ONE SITE IS
01:43:20 STRICTLY FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES BRINGING SERVICES
01:43:24 DIRECTLY TO THOSE SENIORS IN THEIR HOMES SERVES OUR OVER
01:43:28 80 CLIENTS ANNUALLY AND IS BEING CUT JULY FIRST.
01:43:32 >> THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ISOLATED, OFTEN HOMEBOUND DON'T
01:43:35 HAVE RESOURCES AND REQUIRE EXTRA SUPPORT AND EXERTION TO
01:43:39 GET SERVICES AT OUR CENTER LET ALONE ERRANDS TO SUSTAIN THEIR
01:43:44 DAY TO DAY LIVES. >> THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS
01:43:47 DESIGNED TO REACH A PRIORITY POPULATION AND TO DEAL DIRECTLY
01:43:51 WITH THE CRITICAL ISSUES AFFLICTING SENIORS AND PEOPLE
01:43:55 WITH DISABILITIES. >> AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THE
01:43:58 MEANS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO THEM AND MORE
01:43:59 IN THE FUTURE. >> THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HERE
01:44:03 IN SUPPORT OF THESE PROGRAMS IS NOT DUE TO POPULARITY BUT PROOF
01:44:07 OF THE NEED FOR THESE PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
01:44:10 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH.
01:44:13 AS YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
01:44:17 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BRETT MARTINEZ.
01:44:21 I AM BOTH A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT AND THE SENIOR
01:44:24 WELLNESS PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON COMMUNITY
01:44:27 SERVICE CENTER. BOOKER T HAS BEEN AN ANCHOR
01:44:28 INSTITUTION FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE FILLMORE FOR
01:44:31 107 YEARS. OUR SENIOR VICTORY CLUB IS OUR
01:44:34 LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM AND SERVES OVER 300 SENIORS
01:44:38 EACH YEAR PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL INTERGENERATIONAL
01:44:39 SPACE FOR THEM TO AGE WITH DIGNITY.
01:44:42 OVER 60% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE BLACK SENIORS AND PEOPLE
01:44:46 WITH DISABILITIES POPULATIONS THAT FACE SIGNIFICANT
01:44:49 DISPARITIES IN HOMELESSNESS, FOOD INSECURITY AND HEALTH
01:44:52 OUTCOMES. GIVEN THE RECENT CHALLENGES
01:44:56 IN OUR DISTRICT INCLUDING THE CLOSURE OF SAFEWAY AND THE
01:44:59 DISMANTLING OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, BOOKER T IS A VITAL
01:45:03 LIFELINE. >> HOWEVER, DON'S PLANS TO
01:45:07 ELIMINATE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS GRANT THIS WOULD RESULT
01:45:08 IN THE LOSS OF 147,000 ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS,
01:45:14 FORCING US TO CUT PROGRAMS AND LAY OFF STAFF BY JULY 1ST.
01:45:18 WE URGE DONORS AND THE CITY NOT TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGET ON THE
01:45:22 BACKS OF POOR PEOPLE AND OFTEN OF BLACK PEOPLE.
01:45:25 PLEASE RESTORE FULL FUNDING TO BOOKER T FOR THEIR CRITICAL
01:45:28 AND ESSENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES GRANT.
01:45:30 THESE CUTS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THE BLACK COMMUNITY
01:45:33 AND JEOPARDIZE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ARE NOT
01:45:36 DISCRETIONARY. THESE ARE NOT JUST CUTS.
01:45:40 >> THIS IS ERASURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
01:45:43 AND THANK YOU MUCH HEARD COMMENTS.
01:45:44 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:45:47 MY NAME IS ELAINE SAMUELS. I AM I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
01:45:54 I AM A SENIOR AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON AND I'M IN THE
01:45:58 WELLNESS PROGRAM. I PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THE
01:46:02 PROGRAMS WHICH IS EDUCATING ME AND HELPED ME PREVENT THE DEATH
01:46:06 OF A FAMILY MEMBER. I ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS HAD
01:46:10 CANCER FROM TWO NOT 2018. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
01:46:15 PROGNOSIS AND HE ENDANGERED THE SYSTEM.
01:46:20 NEVER FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CANCER UNTIL SEVEN WEEKS AGO.
01:46:23 HE ALSO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENLARGED PROSTATE 2018 HE
01:46:27 DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE HAD THAT PROBLEM UNTIL SEVEN WEEKS AGO.
01:46:32 BOOKER T WASHINGTON HAS PROVIDED ME THE INFORMATION
01:46:36 IN THE EDUCATION HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR MY FAMILY MEMBER.
01:46:40 I AM ALSO A SENIOR. I'M 74 YEARS OLD AND WE HE HAD
01:46:47 THIS LUNG SURGERY A WEEK AGO. CANCER BUT IT DIDN'T SPREAD
01:46:52 BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT BOOKER T WASHINGTON IN THE DA
01:46:58 AND THE DALLAS FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN ME THE EVERGY OCCASION TO
01:47:02 DO THE RESEARCH AND FIGHT FOR HIM ADVOCATE FOR HIM SO HE NO
01:47:06 LONGER HAS LUNG CANCER. NOW WE'RE WORKING ON ENLARGED
01:47:11 PROSTATE. I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ANY OF
01:47:14 THIS IF BOOKER T WASHINGTON HAD NOT PROVIDED THE SERVICES TO
01:47:17 SHOW ME HOW SUPPORT ME AND ALSO EDUCATE ME WHAT I NEEDED TO DO.
01:47:22 AND I THANK YOU ALL. PLEASE.
01:47:25 WE NEED THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE IN OUR
01:47:28 CEREMONIES AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO GO AND IT'S
01:47:30 IMPORTANT A LOT OF US WILL BE DYING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
01:47:34 INFORMATION. >> AND THANK YOU, ELAINE
01:47:37 SANDERS. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:47:40 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS KATIE ALLMAN.
01:47:45 I AM A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF
01:47:49 THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER SENIOR
01:47:53 VICTORY CLUB AND I KNOW WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD SENIOR CLUB I
01:47:57 THINK OH ISN'T THAT SWEET? BUNCH OF FOLKS SITTING AROUND
01:48:01 PLAYING GAMES AND CHATTING. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A
01:48:04 DIFFERENT THING TO THINK ABOUT. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR SENIOR
01:48:08 WELLNESS PROGRAMS WHICH MISS ELAINE JUST MENTIONED WE HAVE
01:48:12 IT'S A LIFELINE SO LIFELINE FOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY.
01:48:16 WE HAVE PROGRAMS YOGA, QIGONG, SOUND HEALING SUPPORT GROUPS,
01:48:23 PRESENTATIONS ON AGING AND BRAIN HEALTH.
01:48:27 THEY GIVE US ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT SUPPORT OUR PHYSICAL,
01:48:31 MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. THESE ARE CRITICAL SERVICES
01:48:35 THAT HELP US TO OVERCOME ISOLATION, LONELINESS
01:48:39 AND DEPRESSION. >> SO PLEASE RESTORE OUR GRANT
01:48:43 ,KEEP THE FUNDING INTACT SO THAT THESE VITAL SERVICES DON'T
01:48:47 HAVE TO BE CUT. AND ONE LAST THOUGHT VERY
01:48:48 PERSONAL. >> THE OLDER I GET THE MORE
01:48:51 INVISIBLE I FEEL ALMOST IRRELEVANT.
01:48:55 WELL, I'M NOT INVISIBLE. I'M NOT IRRELEVANT.
01:48:59 NEITHER ARE THE PEOPLE IN OUR CLUB OR ANY OF THE SENIORS HERE
01:49:02 OR ANY OF THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
01:49:03 >> SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. >> KEEP IN MIND THAT WE VOTE
01:49:09 AND WHEN ELECTIONS COME AROUND WE WILL REMEMBER WHO ADVOCATED
01:49:14 FOR US AND WHO DIDN'T. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU YOUR
01:49:18 NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:49:25 MY NAME IS JOE LA BROWN AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR
01:49:29 VICTORY CLUB AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON AND I WAS BORN
01:49:33 AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO. I LIVED IN DISTRICT 557 OUT OF
01:49:37 THE 67 YEARS I AM TODAY I RETIRED TWO YEARS AGO AND MY
01:49:44 DOCTOR ADVISED ME TO GO UP TO BOOKER T TO GET EXERCISE
01:49:50 AND YOU KNOW AND SOCIALIZE WITH PEOPLE AND JUST TO BE AROUND
01:49:54 PEOPLE SO I WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WOULDN'T BE
01:49:56 LONELY, WOULD BE ISOLATING IN THE HOUSE DOING ANYTHING.
01:49:59 >> SO NOW FIVE DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK I MET BOOKER T MOST OF THE
01:50:03 TIME DOING YOGA, TECH, YOGA, DO ONLINE DANCE AND DOING SOUND
01:50:09 HEALING ALL OF THE ABOVE. >> THEY HAVE A MARKET THAT I GO
01:50:13 TO ON FRIDAYS. >> SOME PEOPLE CAN'T GET TO THE
01:50:18 MARKET IN LIKE WHEN OUR MEMBER SAID THEY CLOSED SAFEWAY IT WAS
01:50:21 BREAD WHO SAID THEY ARE GOING IN IN SEPTEMBER THEY'RE GOING
01:50:26 TO CLOSE LUCKY'S SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
01:50:29 I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO. THEY HAVE COMFORTABLY AM
01:50:32 SUPPOSED TO STAY AT HOME AND JUST SHRIVEL UP AND NOT DO
01:50:36 ANYTHING IN THE SERVICES THERE ARE BIG LEFT.
01:50:40 I'LL BE STRANDED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD BE
01:50:41 DOING EVERY DAY RIGHT NOW I'M BUSY.
01:50:44 I'M HAPPY, I'M SOCIALIZING WITH PEOPLE.
01:50:47 >> I'M NOT ALONE AND I'M THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY BASICALLY.
01:50:51 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE
01:50:55 AND NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:50:58 THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
01:51:02 MY NAME IS KAT SWIRE. I'M THE SENIOR WELLNESS
01:51:03 COORDINATOR AT BOOKER T LOCATED IN THE FILLMORE WESTERN EDITION
01:51:08 . I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M VERY
01:51:09 CONCERNED WE SERVE OVER 300 SENIORS ANNUALLY IN ADDITION TO
01:51:14 OUR FOOD PROGRAM. >> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN
01:51:18 REGARDING THE PROPOSED CUTS. >> THESE REDUCTIONS WILL
01:51:21 DIRECTLY AFFECT MY DAILY PROGRAMING INCLUDING MENTAL
01:51:25 HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES
01:51:29 AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDING QIGONG AND YOGA.
01:51:32 >> MOST IMPORTANTLY, THESE SENIORS ARE VITAL TO OUR EXCUSE
01:51:36 ME VITAL TO I'M NERVOUS. >> THESE SENIORS ARE VITAL TO
01:51:41 OUR OVERALL WELL-BEING PROVIDING AN OFFICIAL SPACE TO
01:51:45 COMBAT ISOLATION, DEPRESSION AND LONELINESS.
01:51:48 >> PLEASE RECONSIDER THE CUTS TO OUR FUNDING SO WE CAN
01:51:52 CONTINUE TO SERVE THESE ESSENTIALS TO SERVE OUR
01:51:56 COMMUNITY. >> AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
01:52:00 THIS OFF OF MY PAPER I GO TO WORK AND I ENJOY MY JOB EVERY
01:52:04 DAY. ALL THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME
01:52:05 AND THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE IN FRONT OF ME, THEY'RE LIKE MY
01:52:08 GRANDMA. THEY'RE LIKE MY AUNTS.
01:52:11 >> I GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND I LEARN SO MUCH JUST BY SITTING
01:52:13 THERE AND LISTENING TO THEM. >> AND CUTTING THE PROGRAMS
01:52:15 WILL ESSENTIALLY I CAN LOSE MY JOB BUT I THINK ABOUT WHAT
01:52:20 THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SO PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR
01:52:23 DECISION. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU GAS
01:52:25 FIRED. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
01:52:33 COMMISSIONERS. >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
01:52:37 WE HAVE A DIFFICULT DECISION IN FRONT OF YOU AND NOT SO
01:52:41 DIFFICULT. >> I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE
01:52:45 WHEN I WAS YOUNGER HAVING TO DECIDE BETWEEN PAYING THE RENT
01:52:49 AND PAYING THE BABYSITTER. >> I CHOSE PAYING THE
01:52:56 BABYSITTER BECAUSE I HAD THAT OPTION AVAILABLE TO ME.
01:53:00 >> I AM CALLED CYNTHIA MARIE. I AM A NATIVE SAN FRANCISCAN.
01:53:07 >> I'VE LIVED IN THE WESTERN TRADITION FOR OVER 55 YEARS.
01:53:11 >> THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON CENTER HAS BEEN AROUND 100
01:53:19 AND SIX YEARS OR BETTER AND BUT I AM SERVICES TO PEOPLE THAT
01:53:24 LOOK LIKE ME AND THAT ARE OF MY HERITAGE PERSONS OF AFRICAN
01:53:31 DESCENT NOT BEEN TREATED VERY KINDLY IN SAN FRANCISCO OVER
01:53:35 THE YEARS. HMM WHAT ELSE DO I WANT TO SAY
01:53:42 ? >> WE NEED THE FUNDS TO BE
01:53:46 RESTORED IN WHATEVER WAY POSSIBLE.
01:53:50 THE BOOKER T WASHINGTON ALREADY WAS SERVING UNDERSERVED PEOPLE
01:53:53 PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME, PEOPLE OF MY HERITAGE.
01:53:58 >> AND TO SUGGEST CUTTING THOSE SERVICES EVEN FURTHER IT'S
01:54:02 BEYOND INSULT. >> AND I KNOW THAT DIFFICULT
01:54:06 CHOICES HAVE TO BE MADE HOPEFULLY NOT ON OUR BACKS.
01:54:16 WHAT ELSE DO I WANT TO SAY? DON'T CUT THE FUNDING NOT TO
01:54:21 BOOKER T WASHINGTON. I KNOW THAT CUTS NEED TO BE
01:54:24 MADE BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
01:54:26 FRANCISCO GO FOCUS ON BEING INNOVATIVE.
01:54:29 >> FOCUS ON RESTORING US BACK TO A MONEY MAKING MACHINE THAT
01:54:34 WE USED TO BE BY HAVING CONFERENCES A TOURIST TIME AS
01:54:38 WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
01:54:41 AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
01:54:42 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:54:49 MY NAME IS MAXINE JONES AND I SIT ON THE HOMELESS OVERSIGHT
01:54:52 COMMITTEE HERE AT CITY HALL. I ALSO ATTENDS BOOKER T
01:54:57 WASHINGTON ON A REGULAR I LIKE TO GO THERE AND EAT BECAUSE
01:55:00 THEY DO SERVE FOOD THERE. >> LET ME JUST SAY I WENT TO
01:55:05 SAFEWAY ONE DAY TO BUY SOME STEAKS.
01:55:08 HOWEVER THAT DAY I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD STEAKS BUT THEY HAD NO
01:55:12 STEAKS. >> YOU KNOW WHY?
01:55:13 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE STORE.
01:55:14 SELENA STEAKS. RIGHT.
01:55:17 SO WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU CUT THIS FOOD
01:55:18 FROM THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GOING TO
01:55:21 HAPPEN TO THE THE THE FOSTER CHILDREN THAT LIVES IN HOMES
01:55:25 THAT THAT NEEDS THE EXTRA FOOD? WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GOING TO
01:55:29 HAPPEN TO PEOPLE THAT CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE STORE TO GET THE
01:55:33 FOOD? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GOING TO
01:55:36 HAPPEN? I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW DO YOU
01:55:39 GIVE SOMETHING TO SOMEONE AND JUST TAKE IT BACK SO EASILY
01:55:43 AND WE HAVE TO STAND HERE AND FIGHT FOR IT.
01:55:44 I DON'T WANT TO STAND I DON'T WANT TO STAND.
01:55:47 >> AND ALL MY LIFE I'VE BEEN FIGHTING.
01:55:50 I HAVE ONE HAND I HAD A SPINAL INJURY.
01:55:52 I STOOD IN THIS LONG LINE TO STAND HERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS
01:55:55 BECAUSE ME SIT IN ON THE BOARD, THE COMMITTEES AND THE HOMELESS
01:55:59 COMMITTEE AND I HEAR PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY TALK ABOUT
01:56:01 ARVS AND THEIR HOMELESSNESS. I FEEL FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM.
01:56:05 YOU KNOW I WANT MY NAME TO MEAN SOMETHING WHEN I LEAVE THIS
01:56:09 WORLD. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AND THAT'S
01:56:10 WHY I WANT TO HELP EVERYONE EVERYONE THAT I CAN.
01:56:13 I HAVE A MENTOR HERE BELINDA RAGLAND.
01:56:16 >> SHE'S BEEN HELPING ME AND TEACHING ME ABOUT
01:56:17 HOMELESSNESS ABOUT DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS AND IT'S SAD THAT
01:56:21 WE GOT TO STAND HERE AND WORRY ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO EAT
01:56:24 TOMORROW. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO
01:56:28 WORRY ABOUT. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SHOULD
01:56:29 HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO EAT?
01:56:33 THAT'S CRAZY. YOU GUYS NEED TO DO SOMETHING
01:56:36 AND YOU DIDN'T MAKE SOME WISE DECISIONS ABOUT PEOPLE HERE
01:56:40 THAT ARE CONCERNED JUST LIKE US .
01:56:43 IT COULD BE YOU YOU USE YOUR YOUR JOB TOMORROW.
01:56:48 >> WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? THINK ABOUT IT.
01:56:52 >> THANK YOU MUCH MAXINE JONES NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:56:55 HELLO, I'M COMMISSIONER FELLOW SUPERVISORS.
01:56:59 MY NAME IS MARVELOUS LUCAS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.
01:57:03 I WORK AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER.
01:57:06 I'M A STAFFER BOOKER T WASHINGTON IN DISTRICT FIVE AS
01:57:09 YOU GUYS I KNOW BOOKER T WASHINGTON IS 107 YEARS OLD.
01:57:13 THE OLDEST BLACK LED ORGANIZATION IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:57:17 IT'S FUNNY THING I'M THINKING ABOUT I READ A STUDY AT HARVARD
01:57:21 SAYS THAT WHEN THEY DO HAVE BUDGET CUTS TO THESE TYPE OF
01:57:25 PROGRAMS IT'S SEVEN AND A HALF TIMES IMPACTFUL TO THE
01:57:28 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. SO I UNDERSTAND AND I'M WITH
01:57:32 EVERYBODY HERE FOR SURE I'M IN SOLIDARITY WITH EVERYONE
01:57:35 HERE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THE
01:57:41 $2.9 MILLION CUT $2 SOUNDS MINUSCULE TO A CITY THAT HAS
01:57:46 BILLIONS AND TALKS ABOUT 400 MILLION AND YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND
01:57:49 OF LIKE WOW, SOMEONE MADE MENTION OF SOMEONE BILLIONAIRES
01:57:54 DONATING 2.9 BILLION. COME ON.
01:57:55 I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW THOSE GUYS PERSONALLY.
01:58:01 IF YOU GUYS CUT IT FOR BOOKER T YOU GUYS ARE THE SENIORS HAVE
01:58:04 MADE THEIR WAY UP HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND WE
01:58:08 THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN WE COULD A
01:58:11 $147,000 OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS THAT'S EVEN MORE
01:58:15 MINUSCULE. THERE HAS TO BE AN INNOVATIVE
01:58:19 WAY TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT MINUSCULE AND LIKE I SAID, I'M
01:58:23 HERE WITH EVERYBODY BUT EVEN HERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
01:58:26 AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION, WE'RE REDUCING WE'RE REDUCING,
01:58:28 WE'RE REDUCING AND THAT'S A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL BUT
01:58:30 AFRICAN-AMERICAN IN PARTICULAR. SPECIFICALLY I ASK YOU TO, YOU
01:58:37 KNOW, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SOME
01:58:41 BIT OF AUTHORITY AND INFLUENCE TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR LIKE YOU
01:58:45 SAID HE WANTED TO YOU GUYS THE UPLIFTING AND THE DIFFERENT
01:58:48 DEPARTMENTS TO UPLIFT WHERE THE CUTS AND REDUCTIONS COULD BE.
01:58:50 AND I'M SAYING PLEASE DON'T DO IT TO THESE PROGRAMS THAT
01:58:53 REALLY NEED IT. YOU GUYS, WE ARE THE SAFETY
01:58:57 NET. YOU'RE CUTTING US, YOU'RE
01:58:58 CUTTING CITY DEPARTMENTS. >> SO WHERE IS THE NEXT TO
01:59:01 SAFETY? >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
01:59:04 MARVELOUS LUCAS NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:59:07 >> ALL RIGHT. I'M SALLY SEXTON AND I AM THE
01:59:11 CITY'S TAICHI INSTRUCTOR. I USED TO TEACH HERE DOWNSTAIRS
01:59:16 AND SOUTH HALL. FORTUNATELY THAT PROGRAM WAS
01:59:22 FOR THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES AND THAT WAS CUT YEARS AGO
01:59:27 AND I'VE WORKED WITH MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS I WORK FOR
01:59:31 ON LOC. I WORK FOR COMMUNITY LIVING CAN
01:59:34 PAY I'VE WORKED FOR THE YMCA FOR 13 YEARS TEACHING TAICHI
01:59:38 QIGONG TO SENIORS AND I SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
01:59:42 >> I'VE BEEN IN PROGRAM THAT STARTED WITH FIVE PEOPLE RIGHT
01:59:47 AFTER COVID 20 FIVE AT MIRA LOMA AND SUNNY SIDE.
01:59:53 I'VE SEEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR PARTNERS AND THEY COME BACK TO
01:59:58 THE CENTER THAT SUPPORTS THEM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER I TEACH
02:00:05 TAI CHI BUT TAI CHI IS COMMUNITY.
02:00:06 >> THEY SAY WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER.
02:00:10 >> OUR TAI CHI SALUTE IS STRENGTH AND THAT IS MORAL
02:00:14 STRENGTH AND IT'S MENTAL STRENGTH AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH.
02:00:18 >> THIS HAND IS FRIENDS, COMMUNITY NEIGHBOR AND THIS
02:00:26 THING IS HUMILITY. >> SO YOU PUT THE TWO TOGETHER
02:00:30 AND IT'S A MUTUAL SALUTE. >> SO I CAME FOR A SHOUT OUT
02:00:34 FOR UNLOCK COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN MISSION NEIGHBORHOODS
02:00:41 CENTER MY FRIENDS AT THE Y BUT ESPECIALLY AS A MISSION.
02:00:45 WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE LOW AND NO
02:00:46 INCOME AND THEIR FOOD PROGRAM HAS BEEN CUT AND THEY SAID GO
02:00:52 SALLY, GO SALLY, SPEAK FOR US. >> NO FOOD.
02:00:56 >> NONE. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
02:01:01 ME AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> THANK YOU MUCH.
02:01:04 SALLY SEXTON NEXT SPEAKER THANK YOU SUPERVISOR FOR HAVING US
02:01:08 I'M DAVE CAN I GO THE DIRECTOR OF CURRY SENIOR CENTER I'VE
02:01:13 WORKED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITH OLDER ADULTS
02:01:16 AND I'M HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT DIGITAL NAVIGATORS.
02:01:20 SO THE FIRST THING TO LET YOU KNOW IS A DIGITAL DIGITAL
02:01:25 DIGITALIZATION ALMOST EVERYTHING NOW THAT YOU WANT TO
02:01:30 DO ON YOUR DAILY LIFE YOU GOT TO DO IT THROUGH A COMPUTER OR
02:01:33 PHONE. SO IN THE OLDER ADULT WORLD WE
02:01:34 CALL IT ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT
02:01:38 YOU NEED TO GET TO TRANSPORTATION, BANKING,
02:01:41 GETTING YOUR FRIENDS YOU NEED TO HAVE A DEVICE AND YOU NEED
02:01:45 TO KNOW HOW TO USE IT. >> I BET YOU OR YOUR MOTHER OR
02:01:49 GRANDMA I BET YOU SPEND TIME TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF THEM
02:01:53 TRYING TO HELP THEM WORK ON HOW TO USE THAT PHONE, HOW TO USE
02:01:56 THAT COMPUTER SO THE THE DIGITAL NAVIGATORS WERE A PILOT
02:02:04 AND MY CHALLENGE TO TO DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY
02:02:08 AND AGING AND CHALLENGE TO YOU IS TO NOT MAKE DIGITAL
02:02:11 NAVIGATORS A PILOT AND MAKE IT A NEW SERVICE HERE IN THE SAN
02:02:13 FRANCISCO BECAUSE THE OLDER ADULTS CAN'T DO THEIR
02:02:16 ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING WITHOUT THAT AND I TOLD KELLY I
02:02:20 WOULDN'T PICK ON HER BUT KELLY NEEDED A NAVIGATOR.
02:02:23 WOW. >> SHE NEEDED A NAVIGATOR AND I
02:02:27 DO TOO. WHEN I HAVE A BOARD MEETING I
02:02:28 HAVE I HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY SITTING NEXT TO ME WHO'S 20
02:02:31 YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME TO HELP ME DO IT.
02:02:34 SO MY MY POINT IS DIGITAL NAVIGATORS WORK ALL DAY EVERY
02:02:38 DAY SPENDING THE TIME 20 MINUTES, 15 MINUTES HOW DO YOU
02:02:42 GET YOUR PASSWORD? >> HOW DO YOU GO TO THE BANK?
02:02:45 HOW IS THAT NOT A SCAM? SO MY CHALLENGE IS TO TAKE THE
02:02:49 PILOT AND MAKE IT A PERMANENT SERVICE.
02:02:53 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:02:54 NEXT SPEAKER HELLO SUPERVISORS. CHESTER WILLIAMS I'M WITH THE
02:03:01 COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN. I'M HERE REPRESENTING
02:03:04 TECHNOLOGY. MY BASIC JOB IS HANDLING FOOD
02:03:08 DISTRIBUTION IN D-10 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MR. WELDON IS
02:03:12 DOING A FANTASTIC JOB I SPEAKING ON THE ISSUE OF
02:03:16 TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE I TEACH A CLASS AT THE LIBRARY SO I
02:03:20 UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN PROGRAMS
02:03:27 TO PUT THOSE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR
02:03:30 TECHNOLOGY. >> BUT THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
02:03:31 THE PROBLEM IS SENIORS HAVE A SPECIAL NEED AND I DON'T SEE
02:03:39 THE CITY REALLY WORKING ON THAT NEED.
02:03:42 SO ANY TYPE OF LACK OF FUNDING IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR
02:03:46 ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED.
02:03:51 AND BELIEVE ME THE SENIORS NEED THE TRAINING IN TECHNOLOGY
02:03:55 EVERYTHING FROM PHONES TO TO COMPUTERS WHATEVER THEY HAVE
02:04:03 YOU I'VE HEARD IT 2 OR 3 TIMES IN THIS DAY THEY THEY NEED THAT
02:04:06 KIND OF TRAINING. SO HOWEVER THE CITY WANTS TO
02:04:11 REALLY WORK WITH THAT I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE SEVERE
02:04:14 FUNDING CUT FROM ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES BECAUSE THEY
02:04:18 ARE A BASIC NEED FOR THOSE SENIORS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
02:04:22 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU JUST FOR WILLIAM'S NEXT
02:04:26 SPEAKER. PLEASE.
02:04:28 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CODY FRIESEN BERG
02:04:32 AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AT BERNAL HEIGHTS
02:04:33 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. I'M ALSO A DTN RESIDENT.
02:04:37 OUR ORGANIZATION IS FACING THREE CUTS THAT IMPACT OUR
02:04:40 SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
02:04:41 OUR MOBILE SENIOR SERVICE PROGRAM THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT
02:04:44 EARLIER A CUT FROM MEMO AGE CITY THAT IMPACTS ADULT
02:04:46 EMPLOYMENT AND ALSO OUR DIGITAL NAVIGATION PROGRAM.
02:04:50 >> OUR DIGITAL NAVIGATION PROGRAM PROVIDES ESSENTIAL
02:04:52 SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS IN SAN FRANCISCO AS OUR CITY CONTINUES
02:04:55 TO MOVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES ONLINE FROM HEALTH CARE
02:04:59 AND HOUSING TO PUBLIC BENEFITS AND TRANSPORTATION.
02:05:02 DIGITAL ACCESS IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.
02:05:03 IT'S A BASIC NECESSITY. YET FOR MANY OF OUR SENIORS
02:05:07 ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE LOW INCOME MONOLINGUAL AND LIVING
02:05:09 WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS THESE SYSTEMS ARE OUT OF REACH.
02:05:14 >> WE REGULARLY WORK WITH OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO
02:05:15 SCHEDULE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, ACCESS BENEFITS OR EVEN
02:05:18 COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE THEY LACK THE TOOLS,
02:05:21 SKILLS AND SUPPORT TO NAVIGATE TECHNOLOGY.
02:05:22 THIS ISN'T AN INCONVENIENCE IT'S A BARRIER TO HEALTH,
02:05:26 STABILITY AND CONNECTION AND IT'S A PROBLEM THAT CREATES
02:05:30 MORE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS DOWN THE LINE FOR OUR CITY.
02:05:33 WITH FUNDING FOR DIGITAL NAVIGATION WE'RE ABLE TO MEET
02:05:36 WITH CLIENTS ONE ON ONE IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE
02:05:37 AND SUPPORT SKILLS LIKE HOW TO USE SMARTPHONE ACCESS
02:05:41 TELEHEALTH, APPLY FOR SERVICES AND STAY CONNECTED TO THEIR
02:05:44 LOVED ONES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT JUST
02:05:45 ABOUT TEACHING TECHNOLOGY THEY'RE ABOUT RESTORING
02:05:48 INDEPENDENCE, DIGNITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
02:05:52 OUR TWO SENIOR CENTERS ARE ON CORTLAND AVENUE IN BERNAL
02:05:56 AND ON MISSION STREET IN THE EXCELSIOR.
02:05:57 BOTH ARE RIGHT NEXT TO A LIBRARY ACROSS THE STREET OR
02:06:01 HALF A BLOCK DOWN THE LIBRARY CONTINUALLY SENDS US SENIORS TO
02:06:04 HELP THEM ACCESS THEIR TECHNOLOGY AT THE LIBRARY THERE
02:06:09 IS NO OTHER THERE'S NO OTHER PROGRAM IN THE CITY THAT'S
02:06:12 PROVIDING THIS SERVICE. NO ONE ELSE IS PICKING UP THE
02:06:13 SLACK FOR OUR SENIORS. SAN FRANCISCO NEEDS TO CONTINUE
02:06:16 TO FUND NONPROFITS WHO ARE DOING THE ACTUAL WORK TO
02:06:19 SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
02:06:23 VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. NONPROFITS ARE HOLDING THIS
02:06:24 TOGETHER. OUR SENIORS DESERVE TO AGE WITH
02:06:27 DIGNITY, CONNECTION AND FULL ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THEY
02:06:31 NEED AND I URGE YOU TO BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
02:06:34 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CODY FRIESEN PARK NEXT SPEAKER SORRY
02:06:44 MY NAME IS SHREYA AND I WORK AT CLEAN AIR AND DISABILITY ACTION
02:06:48 ON OUR HOME CARE CONTRACTOR WITH US AND THE MAYOR I'VE
02:06:52 PROPOSED CUTTING ENTIRELY. I'M ALSO A DISABLED RESIDENT OF
02:06:55 SAN FRANCISCO SO HOME CARE GIVES SENIORS AND DISABLED
02:07:00 PEOPLE A CARE WORKER WHO CAN MEET THEIR NEEDS IN THEIR HOME
02:07:04 AND LET THEM AVOID INSTITUTIONALIZATION.
02:07:07 AND WE EMPOWER SENIORS AND DISABLED PEOPLE TO PROTECT
02:07:09 IT WHO HASN'T FELT DISEMPOWERED BY THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS
02:07:14 IN OUR LIVES. >> IT IS OVERWHELMING TO GET
02:07:19 NEWS ABOUT A SERVICE THAT MAKES YOUR LIFE POSSIBLE IS ON THE
02:07:21 CHOPPING BLOCK AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE CLEAN AIR
02:07:24 AND DISABILITY ACTION AND OUR HOME CARE CONTRACT COME IN.
02:07:27 WE CREATE THE STRUCTURE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO TAKE THE
02:07:31 POWER BACK. WE HOLD TRAININGS, WE BUILD
02:07:33 COMMUNITY, WE SHARE INFORMATION.
02:07:35 WE EMPOWER SENIORS AND DISABLED PEOPLE TO TALK TO THEIR
02:07:38 LEGISLATORS AND THE PRESS. WE EMPOWER THEM TO LET EVERYONE
02:07:42 AND I MEAN EVERYONE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE SERVICES ARE
02:07:45 AND WE REDUCE THE ISOLATION PEOPLE FEEL AND ULTIMATELY WE
02:07:49 GET THE STATE TO REALLOCATE THAT FUNDING FOR HOME CARE.
02:07:53 OUR PEOPLE WITH THE VIRUS WILL BE DEVASTATED WITHOUT HOME
02:07:57 CARE. IF WE ARE NOT FUNDED TO FIGHT
02:07:58 FOR HOME CARE WE WILL LOSE HOME CARE AT THE STATE LEVEL
02:08:01 AND THAT IS DEVASTATING AND THERE IS A PATH FORWARD
02:08:04 WHERE NONE OF THE PEOPLE HERE WILL HAVE THEIR PROGRAMS CUT.
02:08:08 REVENUE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY GOOD USE THE REVENUE YOU HAVE THE
02:08:12 RESERVES SUPPORT THE HILO TAX. TAKE MONEY FROM THE DEA AND THE
02:08:16 POLICE. >> PLEASE MAKE THE MORAL CHOICE
02:08:19 . THANK YOU MUCH.
02:08:19 OUR NEXT SPEAKER SUPERVISOR SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS LIZA
02:08:30 AND I MANAGE SENIOR DISABILITY ACTIONS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.
02:08:32 I'M ALSO A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES SURVIVING AS A LOW
02:08:35 INCOME SENIOR IN THE BAY AREA IS VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE
02:08:39 AND ESPECIALLY TERRIFYING FOR MONOLINGUAL IMMIGRANTS LIKE MY
02:08:43 GRANDPARENTS. CUTTING EMPOWERMENT CONTRACTS
02:08:44 WILL WORSEN THE HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING DISPLACEMENT
02:08:47 CRISIS. PREVENTATIVE CARE IS DIRECT
02:08:50 CARE OUR DOCS FUNDED HOME CARE ADVOCACY PROGRAM AND HEALTH
02:08:53 CARE ACTION TEAM ARE CRUCIAL LIFELINES FOR SENIORS TO FIRST
02:08:56 EVEN LEARN ABOUT AND THEN ACT UPON ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY
02:09:00 IMPACT THEM LIKE INDEPENDENT LIVING MEDI-CAL AND SSI.
02:09:04 >> SENIORS AND DISABLED PEOPLE MUST BE IN THE ROOM FOR
02:09:06 DECISIONS ABOUT US IN ORDER FOR THOSE DECISIONS TO WORK FOR THE
02:09:09 LONG TERM AND THESE GROUPS NEED TO BE ENGAGED WHERE THEY ARE.
02:09:13 OUR MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS SERVE DISTRICTS ALL THROUGH THE CITY.
02:09:16 OUR NONPROFITS KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE E.R. AND HOUSED AT HOME
02:09:20 . >> I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE
02:09:21 PREVENTATIVE CARE IS DIRECT CARE CUTS WILL COST THE CITY
02:09:24 MORE THAN THE RELATIVELY SMALL MONEY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN OUR
02:09:28 GRANT FUNDING. WE CONSISTENTLY OVERDELIVER ON
02:09:29 CONSUMER HAS SERVED THE NEEDS SERVED BY THESE CONTRACTS WILL
02:09:32 NOT GO AWAY AND ONLY GROWS GREATER AS THE POPULATION OF
02:09:36 SENIORS IN SAN FRANCISCO INCREASES.
02:09:38 ALSO DOSE IS NOT OUR ENEMY. WHY SHOULD DOORS TAKE A HIT AT
02:09:42 ALL SUPERVISORS LET'S PURSUE INCREASING CITY REVENUE THROUGH
02:09:46 OTHER MEANS DO NOT INCREASE THE SHERIFF'S OVERTIME PAY SUPPORT
02:09:48 TAXING AND DEMAND MORE FROM OUR WEALTHY TECH COMPANIES AND VC
02:09:52 FIRMS DO NOT PREEMPTIVELY CUT LOCALLY TO PREPARE FOR
02:09:55 DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS OF STATE CUTS.
02:09:58 INSTEAD, EMPOWER YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO FIGHT AGAINST
02:10:00 THE CUTS. >> THE CITY ISN'T IN THIS
02:10:03 POSITION IN THE FIRST PLACE. SUPERVISORS DO NOT BALANCE THE
02:10:06 BUDGET ON FIXED INCOME PEOPLE SHOULDERS.
02:10:07 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU LIKE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
02:10:20 >> HELLO MY NAME IS MAYA MARIA SILKY SCOTT AND I'VE BEEN A BAY
02:10:25 AREA RESIDENT FOR 36 YEARS. I'M A MEMBER OF SGA AND GREATLY
02:10:32 BENEFIT FROM ASDA'S HOME CARE CONTRACT THAT IS BEING CUT.
02:10:36 I'M THE MOTHER OF A 21 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I LIVE ALONE WITH
02:10:40 MY FABULOUS CAT KIKI. I'M A VERY LOW INCOME 60 YEAR
02:10:43 OLD DISABLED CELTIC NON-BINARY SENIOR PARENT AND DOMESTIC
02:10:50 VIOLENCE SURVIVOR WHO NAVIGATED THREE YEARS OF HOUSELESS NESS
02:10:54 AND DISPLACEMENT AFTER FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A
02:10:58 WHEELCHAIR FIVE YEARS AGO. I RECEIVE OVER 150 HOURS OF
02:11:03 IN-HOME SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES EVERY MONTH AND IT
02:11:07 MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOR ME.
02:11:10 I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE CANCER AND HAD SURGERY
02:11:14 A MONTH AGO. I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE
02:11:18 DONE IT WITHOUT MY IHS CAREGIVERS PREPARING MY BODY,
02:11:21 GETTING ME TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, HAVING SOMEONE
02:11:23 HELP ME TAKE NOTES AND CLEANING AND ORGANIZING MY APARTMENT
02:11:27 WITHOUT ASDA'S HOME CARE PROGRAM WORK TO PRESERVE MY IHS
02:11:33 CARE. I BELIEVE I WOULD BE AT HIGH
02:11:34 RISK OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION ASDA'S HOMECARE CONTRACT
02:11:41 AND THE ADVICE ADVOCACY I GET TO DO WITH IT ALLOWS ME TO BE
02:11:45 AN ACTIVE, CREATIVE, ENGAGED MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY TO DO
02:11:49 WHEELCHAIR DANCING, TO SWIM IN THE BAY, TO DO THE ADVOCACY
02:11:53 WORK I LOVE. >> THIS IS NOT A LUXURY.
02:11:56 THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME HEALTHY AND ALIVE.
02:12:00 I FOLKS SAID THAT IHS HAS NOT BEING CUT WITHOUT OUR ADVOCACY.
02:12:04 WE CAN'T SAY THAT FOR SURE. SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY FROM
02:12:09 THESE PROGRAMS. PLEASE STRENGTHEN THEM AND FIND
02:12:12 WAYS TO GET BUDGET FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE MUCH, MUCH MORE MONEY
02:12:20 THAN PEOPLE LIKE ME. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR
02:12:21 HELPING TO PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN OUR HOME CARE
02:12:24 CONTRACT. >> AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR
02:12:27 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
02:12:38 >> HELLO MY NAME IS TAMARA AND I MANAGE THE PEER ADVOCATE
02:12:46 COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROGRAM AT SENIOR AND DISABILITY ACTION.
02:12:50 OUR HOME CARE CONTRACT IS CRITICAL TO EMPOWER SENIORS
02:12:54 AND DISABLED PEOPLE TO FIGHT FOR HOME CARE AT THE STATE
02:12:57 LEVEL. >> THE ADVOCACY BY OUR MEMBERS
02:12:58 SEES THE DEFENSE OF MEDI-CAL AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT FIGHT
02:13:02 BECAUSE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZERS WE KNOW THERE IS
02:13:06 NO HOME CARE FOR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT IT.
02:13:09 >> THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST YEARS POSSIBLE TO CUT OUR
02:13:13 PROGRAM. >> MEDI-CAL IS ONE OF THE MOST
02:13:16 IMPORTANT PROGRAMS IN THE LIVES OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND SENIORS
02:13:19 . IT COVERS DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS,
02:13:20 SURGERIES, CANCER TREATMENT AND HOME CARE.
02:13:24 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA RECEIVE HOME CARE
02:13:29 SERVICES AND A SMALL DEDICATE TO GROUP OF EMPOWERED SENIORS
02:13:33 AND DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE SAVED THIS SERVICE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
02:13:37 AND THIS YEAR WE SAW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE THE
02:13:41 BIGGEST CUT THAT THERE HAS EVER BEEN TO MEDI-CAL.
02:13:44 THEY CUT 25% OF THE FUNDING THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO TO
02:13:48 CALIFORNIA TO PAY FOR HOME CARE AND THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
02:13:52 IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE ON IT. WE HAVE HEARD THAT THE REASON
02:13:56 WHY OUR FUNDING IS BEING TAKEN AWAY IS BECAUSE THE CITY IS
02:13:59 FACING A DEFICIT BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF MEDI-CAL FUNDING.
02:14:03 >> OUR QUESTION TO YOU IS WHY WOULD YOU TAKE AWAY FUNDING
02:14:07 FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
02:14:11 AND WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS?
02:14:14 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:14:16 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO MY NAME IS GRACE.
02:14:22 I AM ALSO ON STAFF AT SENIOR IN DISABILITY ACTION AND I WANT
02:14:25 TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER IMPACT OF THESE BUDGET CUTS WHICH IS JOB
02:14:29 LOSS. >> RIGHT NOW OUR HOME CARE
02:14:30 ORGANIZING CONTRACT IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WHICH ACCOUNTS
02:14:34 FOR AROUND $145,000 A YEAR. >> OVER 10% OF OUR
02:14:38 ORGANIZATION'S BUDGET BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET
02:14:41 GOES TO SALARIES FOR OUR SMALL STAFF OF TEN.
02:14:46 THIS BUDGET COULD MEAN TWO LAYOFFS 20% OF OUR STAFF.
02:14:48 AS WE ALL KNOW, SAN FRANCISCO IS A VERY EXPENSIVE CITY TO
02:14:53 LIVE IN AND IT'S ONLY GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.
02:14:56 BUDGET CUTS TO PROGRAMS LIKE IDEAS HAVE HUGE IMPACTS ON OUR
02:15:00 MEMBERS BUT ALSO ON THE LIVELIHOODS OF SO MANY
02:15:01 NONPROFIT WORKERS IN THE CITY. >> OUR MEMBERS ARE VERY CLOSE
02:15:04 TO OUR STAFF. A STAFF MEMBER WAS LAID OFF
02:15:08 LAST YEAR AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY SAD.
02:15:11 THE CITY SAYS THEY VALUE SMALL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS
02:15:13 BUT WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT OUR STAFF?
02:15:16 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS
02:15:19 BECAUSE OF THESE CUTS AND IT DEEPLY SCARES ME TO THINK OF
02:15:23 WHAT SAN FRANCISCO WILL BECOME IF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING
02:15:24 TO MAKE IT BETTER KEEP GETTING FORCED OUT.
02:15:31 AND THANK YOU MUCH GRACE. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:15:38 >> HI. MY NAME IS REBECCA MULLER AND I
02:15:41 AM A PEER ADVOCATE WITH SENIOR DISABILITY ACTION.
02:15:49 I HAD A UNEXPECTED BRAIN HEMORRHAGE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AS
02:15:53 WELL AS A STROKE AFTERWARDS AND I HAVE SEVERAL INVISIBLE
02:15:57 DISABILITIES DUE TO THIS SENIOR DISABILITY ACTION HAS REALLY
02:16:05 HELPED ME OUT A LOT AS A PERSON WITH SEVERAL INVISIBLE
02:16:09 DISABILITIES. AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF
02:16:13 STRUGGLES FOR ME HAPPENED SINCE I WAS AN ADOLESCENT SCA HAS
02:16:20 REALLY HELPED ME DESPITE THE CHALLENGES TO SEE A LIGHT ON
02:16:24 THE HORIZON AND DESPITE MY LEARNING DIFFICULTIES I HAVE
02:16:32 BEEN ABLE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT NOT JUST AS CEO BUT ABOUT THE
02:16:39 MANY THINGS IN THE BAY AREA COMMUNITY, THE MANY
02:16:44 OPPORTUNITIES THAT THERE ARE AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES AT SCA.
02:16:48 FOR MYSELF AS SOMEBODY WHO IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED BLIND ON MY
02:16:52 RIGHT SIDE. THERE'S TRANSIT JUSTICE PROGRAM
02:16:56 THAT I'M ACTIVE IN AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER GOOD
02:17:00 OPPORTUNITIES AT SCA. IT'S VERY IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
02:17:06 ,GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED IN AN IMPORTANT PART
02:17:10 OF THE COMMUNITY. SO I REALLY HAVE FOR THE
02:17:15 SEVERAL YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN A PEER ADVOCATE I'VE GAINED SO
02:17:22 MUCH AND I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE NOT ONLY
02:17:26 PEER ADVOCATES BUT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
02:17:30 WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN MORE DESPITE MY MANY
02:17:36 LEARNING DIFFICULTIES INVISIBLE TO OTHERS.
02:17:40 >> SO THANK YOU MUCH REBECCA MILLER.
02:17:43 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. THANK YOU.
02:17:47 GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
02:17:50 MY NAME IS BETTY TRAYNOR. I'M THE ON THE SGA BOARD OF
02:17:55 DIRECTORS AS WELL AS A CONNECTOR WITH THE COMMUNITY
02:17:56 LIVING CAMPAIGN. >> AND I WANT TO SAY FIRST THAT
02:17:59 I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT DOSS THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:18:03 DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES WANTS TO MAKE ANY OF THESE CUTS
02:18:10 THAT 2.9 MILLION CAME FROM ABOVE.
02:18:14 YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THESE CUTS. WELL LET'S FIND THAT MONEY AS
02:18:18 SOME OTHERS HAVE SAID ELSEWHERE, WHETHER IT'S
02:18:19 IN OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET OR IN THE POCKETS OF BILLIONAIRES
02:18:23 NOT ON THE BACKS OF SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
02:18:27 >> YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKE BEFORE
02:18:30 ME AND WILL SPEAK AFTER ME. >> ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY
02:18:34 ARE REPRESENTING ARE DIRECT SERVICES THEY ARE NEEDED FOR
02:18:37 OUR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
02:18:42 WE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING OF THESE PROGRAMS.
02:18:45 >> OUR HEALTH CARE ACTION TEAM PROGRAM AS WAS JUST TALKED
02:18:49 ABOUT DOES PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICE.
02:18:53 >> WE DO HELP PEOPLE WITH MEDICARE MEDI-CAL AS WELL AS
02:18:56 EMPOWERING SENIORS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES WHICH IS SO
02:19:01 IMPORTANT. >> WE STARTED A PROGRAM
02:19:04 INITIATED I WAS THERE AT THE MEETING WHEN IT CAME UP FROM
02:19:08 ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ON WHEELED WHEELCHAIR REPAIR.
02:19:11 YOU THINK WELL WHY IN THE WORLD WOULDN'T THAT BE TAKEN CARE OF
02:19:16 ALREADY IT WAS NOT. AND WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM.
02:19:19 >> ONE OF OUR STAFF PEOPLE HAD PLACES WHERE WE MET ALMOST
02:19:24 EVERY OTHER WEEK TO HAVE WHEELCHAIR REPAIR AND NOW IT'S
02:19:27 A PERMANENT PROGRAM SUPPORT THE SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH
02:19:32 DISABILITIES NOW. >> THANK YOU.
02:19:34 THANK YOU, BETTY TRAINER. >> NEXT SPEAKER I'M GOOD
02:19:56 AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MOM.
02:20:03 >> I LIVE IN BIG BOOM AND I AM WILL YOU GOOGLE?
02:20:15 I AM. I AM AND THE WORLD WILL BE ROOM
02:20:22 AND THE GOOGLE EARTH. >> AND THEN AND THEN.
02:20:29 >> HI I'M EITHER RODRIGUEZ. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
02:20:33 THREE AND I WILL BE READING SASHA'S STATEMENT.
02:20:37 I'M ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA
02:20:38 DOMESTIC WORKER COALITION. >> SPEAKING FOR ME THE YES.
02:20:46 >> YES. I WAS JUST SUPPORTING SASHA TO
02:20:49 SHARE HER STATEMENT. MY NAME IS SASHA BITTNER AND I
02:20:53 LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND I EMPLOY HOMECARE WORKERS.
02:20:57 I AM A SUPPORTER OF THE CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WORKER
02:20:58 COALITION AND A MEMBER OF HAND IN HAND.
02:21:02 >> I AM HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO STOP THE CUTS THAT WOULD
02:21:05 ELIMINATE THE DOMESTIC WORKER AND EMPLOYER OUTREACH PROGRAM
02:21:09 UNDER EACH CDW'S COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES STRATEGY.
02:21:13 >> THIS MATTERS TO ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE
02:21:16 THAT A CITY THAT CARES ABOUT DISABLED AND AGING RESIDENTS
02:21:23 HAS TO CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE DOING THAT WORK.
02:21:25 >> DOMESTIC WORKERS, MANY OF THEM IMMIGRANTS ARE THE
02:21:29 BACKBONE OF OUR LONG TERM CARE SYSTEM.
02:21:32 IN THIS TIME OF ATTACKS ON THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, IT IS
02:21:37 VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IN PLACE THE PROGRAM WHERE BOTH
02:21:40 IMMIGRANTS LEARN ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND EMPLOYERS LEARN
02:21:44 ABOUT THEIR OBLIGATIONS. >> PLEASE SAVE THE VITAL
02:21:48 PROGRAM WE DID WITH BOWEN. I AM GOING KNOWING YOU DO WITH
02:21:55 DO OH DO WE DO NEED THE GOOD DO GO FIRM.
02:22:03 DO ODIO GENEVIEVE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
02:22:11 >> I AM CALLING ON YOU TO RESTORE THESE CRITICAL FUNDS
02:22:15 AND KEEP ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED.
02:22:19 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH SASHA BETTER NEXT SPEAKER
02:22:23 PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, SASHA.
02:22:24 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> OUR CIRCLE IS SENIOR ON THIS
02:22:31 VERY FRIENDLY CITY IS ACTIVELY DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITIES.
02:22:35 MY NAME IS LEHMAN DARNELL AND I'M WITH SENIOR
02:22:39 IN DISABILITY ACTION CASE AND THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
02:22:42 COALITION. >> AND I WANTED TO THANK KELLY,
02:22:46 CINDY AND MIKE FOR CLARIFYING THAT THESE CUTS OF OUR PROGRAMS
02:22:53 ARE NOT BECAUSE THEIR PERFORMANCE BUT BECAUSE OF
02:22:58 OTHER PEOPLE DECISION AS THE HEALTH CARE ADVOCACY PROGRAM IS
02:23:05 ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK DESPITE THE INSTRUMENTAL ROLE
02:23:08 IN PROTECTING MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, REINSTATING THE
02:23:12 7% CUT FOR HHS THAT WAS DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL PROVIDING
02:23:17 OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSISTED RECIPIENTS TO ENGAGE
02:23:21 IN SACRAMENTO TO OBTAIN COVERAGE BECAUSE THAT WAS
02:23:24 SOMETHING THAT WE DID AND ALSO WINNING FUNDS TO CREATE A FREE
02:23:32 WHEELCHAIR REPAIR PROGRAM IN THE CITY AS WAS MENTIONED BY
02:23:36 BETTY PLEASE TO STOP THESE CUTS BEFORE IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO
02:23:43 GIVE SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO
02:23:47 EMPOWER THEMSELVES AND HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES
02:23:48 AND PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH THEIR LIFE.
02:23:52 >> YOU KNOW, AS AN ANECDOTE AND BEFORE THE ELECTION SOME
02:23:59 PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME HOW EXCITED THEY WERE ABOUT THIS
02:24:02 MAYOR BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BRING TONS OF
02:24:06 RESOURCES FOR THE CITY. INSTEAD WE'VE SEEN CUTS
02:24:10 UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY HAS MUCH MORE TO
02:24:15 OFFER TO OUR COMMUNITIES. SO PLEASE DON'T DO THIS CUTS
02:24:22 AND I'M GOING TO INTERPRET FOR THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE.
02:24:32 OKAY. SO I'M ORLAND IS GETTING AT US
02:24:36 AND WE WANT THAT THIS NUMBER IS MARIA EVERYONE LA MISSION SO
02:24:43 COLLECTIVE ARE DEMOCRATS THE COALITION THE TRABAJADORES THE
02:24:47 LOGGER THE CALIFORNIA OKAY HI MY NAME IS MARIA AND I'M PART
02:24:55 OF THE WOMEN'S COLLECTIVE AND I LIVE AND THE MISSION AND I'M UM
02:25:03 YEAH I'M PART OF THE UH, COALITION THE CALIFORNIA
02:25:09 DOMESTIC WORKERS COALITION IS PROUD OF VENDOR PROGRAMS,
02:25:16 COMMUNITY IDEALS, THE PARA PERSON OF MY YARD AS THE PERSON
02:25:17 I CAN DISCAPACIDAD IS IT COMO TRABAJADORES DE LOG N I C
02:25:23 COMMON LAW SERVICES ESSENTIAL SERVICES DENTAL ECONOMIA WITH
02:25:27 ALO IN SAN FRANCISCO I'M HERE TO DEFEND THE PROGRAMS THAT
02:25:31 HELP SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND ALSO YOU KNOW
02:25:36 OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS LIKE THE ONES FOR THE DOMESTIC
02:25:43 WORKERS AND ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW HELPS OUR COMMUNITIES
02:25:50 IN SAN FRANCISCO. GREAT TO MEET THAT I CALL YOU
02:25:55 THAT LAS PERSONAS IN SAN FRANCISCO UP IN THEIR OWN IVY
02:25:58 LEAGUE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF PERSONAS YES THEY ARE
02:26:02 DISCAPACIDAD ALSO COME UP WITH THAT AS THEIR LOGO SOME GAME ME
02:26:06 TRABAJO COME ON IN YEAH IT'S THE LAST PERSON MR. SITTING UNA
02:26:10 MANO PARABLE THAT I YOU OF THAT LIST I SEE COMO LAS PERSONAS
02:26:13 I'M SORRY I'M NOT VERY EXPERIENCED IN THIS EVERY DAY
02:26:21 MY WORK HELPS PEOPLE TO LIVE A DIGNIFIED LIFE AND ALSO HELPS
02:26:28 MY COMMUNITY TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE GO AHEAD.
02:26:36 >> OKAY I SEE HOMELESS PERSON AS I GUESS AT DISCAPACIDAD AS A
02:26:41 PERSON AS SIEMPRE AND THIS IS IT AND THEY WANT A PERSON I CAN
02:26:45 TELL YOU WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS A LOBBY THAT'S ALL SEATTLE
02:26:48 DE QUALQUER PERSONA I GUESS ARE PERSONA ADULTA OR PERSONAS
02:26:52 DISCAPACIDAD HAVE BERGEN AS A STAND IN MOST OF BASES AND SO I
02:26:59 AM PLAYING THIS ROLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE LIFE OF SENIORS
02:27:06 AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND BUT ALSO I, I PROVIDE
02:27:13 SERVICES, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN ADULTS OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE
02:27:18 WITH DISABILITIES IS SO HELP THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENT
02:27:22 INDEPENDENTLY AND AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES COMMENTARY
02:27:31 MERCADO RATHER LOCAL SECOND ME SALUTING ME DIGNITY THAT IS
02:27:34 FUNDAMENTAL REGARDLESS ALAN IS ESTRADA AGAIN IS THE PENDING
02:27:38 DIMITRA AS A DOMESTIC WORKER I KNOW THAT MY WORK AND MY LIFE
02:27:48 IS TIED TO THOSE PEOPLES THAT DEPEND ON MY WORK.
02:27:56 MITROVICA COMO WITH OUR OTHER LOGAN IS A SUNNI ISLAM TRIBAL
02:28:03 ACCORD ON THE NORTH. >> NO NOT ALL MUST BE
02:28:05 IN BALLARAT US, BAROSSA AND BARRETT.
02:28:08 >> AS MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY CAN ALSO NOT IN TIME OF BALLARAT US
02:28:11 MODEL TRABAHO GAS THEM FOR CANADA'S THEN WAS DOWN SOLO
02:28:16 TOBACCO SINCE AS WAS THERE MUCH OF THE POSITIVE ABOUT ALCOHOL
02:28:19 AS IN SEATTLE PARATA PERSON SO MY WORK AS A DOMESTIC WORKER IS
02:28:25 NOT WELL VALUE BUT WE DESERVE TO BE VALUED BECAUSE WE HELP
02:28:30 MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
02:28:37 YOU KNOW US AS NANNIES AND YOU KNOW AND AND OH AND CAREGIVERS
02:28:47 . SORRY.
02:28:48 SO OKAY AND THIS IS MORE MENTAL SAN FRANCISCO NARACOORTE POLICE
02:28:55 SERVICES GET BETTER MEETING I LEFT PERSON AS MAJORIS YEAH LAS
02:28:59 PERSONAS CON THIS CAPACITY THAT BE WILL THEREFORE MY
02:29:00 INDEPENDENT COME ON WITH US COMPANY THAT IS A SYCAMORE
02:29:03 RECORDS PROGRAM AS THE APOLLO OR TRAVEL IT IS BECAUSE TIME
02:29:09 HAS EXPIRED IF WE CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETATION PLEASE FINISH OR
02:29:14 NOT I DON'T PLEASE. >> OKAY OKAY YES SO THE CITY IS
02:29:23 PROPOSING THIS CUTS AND THAT YOU KNOW TWO PROGRAMS THAT
02:29:27 SUPPORT WORKERS AND ALSO EMPLOYERS THAT IMPROVE THE
02:29:35 CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE AND I'M NOT JUST FOR THE WORKERS BUT
02:29:39 ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.
02:29:43 >> THANK YOU MUCH, MARIA. THE NEXT SPEAKER PLACE YOU WANT
02:29:45 TO OR LET ME KNOW IS MARK FERREIRA BEFORE LA MISSION HE
02:29:57 SAW ME IN BRAZIL. A COLLECTIVE DEMOCRAT IS IN A
02:29:59 LA COALITION THAT THERE WERE CABARETS ALL OVER.
02:30:01 >> HI, MY NAME IS MARTY READ I LIVE IN THE MISSION.
02:30:05 I AM A MEMBER OF THE COLLECTIVE AND A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA
02:30:08 DOMESTIC WORKER COALITION IS TO KEEP EVERYONE IN THEIR LOSS
02:30:13 PROGRAM AS COMMUNITARIAN BUT A PERSON OF MAJORITY PERSON
02:30:16 IN THIS CAPACITY THAT IS AS THE COMMUNAL SERVICES ESSENTIAL AS
02:30:20 WAS THE INTENT L'ÉCONOMIE AND CUIDADO IN SAN FRANCISCO I
02:30:23 AM HERE TO DEFEND THE FUNDING FOR FOR THE SENIOR COMMUNITIES
02:30:27 AND DISABLED COMMUNITIES AND FOR THE CAREGIVING
02:30:31 COMMUNITIES THAT SUSTAIN THE THEIR ABILITY TO TO LIVE IN THE
02:30:38 CITY AND TO THRIVE IN THE CITY. >> SORRY SAY THIS CARRY THIS I
02:30:54 AM A DOMESTIC WORKER AND EVERY DAY WHEN I WORK I MAKE IT
02:30:58 POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS TO GO TO DO THEIR WORK WHILE I TAKE CARE OF
02:31:02 THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE US ALPINIST THEIR THINKING IS A
02:31:14 PAIN THEN THE TROUBLE AS A DOMESTIC WORKER I UNDERSTAND
02:31:17 THAT MY HEALTH AND MY DIGNITY IS INTRINSICALLY TIED TO THE
02:31:21 HEALTH TIME SAN FRANCISCO IS PROPOSING CUTS THAT ALLOW
02:31:41 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR SENIORS TO LIVE
02:31:44 INDEPENDENTLY, COME APART AND RESTORE OUR COMMUNITY ADDED
02:31:49 AS A COMMON RECORD FABULOUS PROGRAMS KEPT BUOYANT
02:31:52 AND THOUGH I LOST SO MUCH BECAUSE KEMAL AND AT THE SAME
02:32:02 TIME THEY'RE PROPOSING CUTS TO THIS TO THE WORK OF DOMESTIC
02:32:06 WORKERS BEING EDUCATED AND TO EMPLOYERS BEING EDUCATED
02:32:11 AND SUPPORTING BELITTLING THEM IN THEIR IN ME HIS THIS THIS
02:32:29 AFFECTS ME GREATLY BECAUSE AS A AS AN AGING DOMESTIC AGING
02:32:42 PROCESS FOR POWER NOT RECOGNIZE THOSE SERVICES ESSENTIALS
02:32:45 PERMITTING CAN WE STRESS COMMUNITIES PROSPERING
02:33:41 LESTARI LEADER DE LA SCHOOL LEADER DE LA COMUNIDAD IN SAN
02:33:42 FRANCISCO AS A DOMESTIC WORKER I SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH
02:33:49 DISABILITIES AND SENIORS IN SAN FRANCISCO IS PROPOSING
02:34:08 COMMERCIALS TRAVEL HOLIDAYS, DOMESTICS, YELLOWS TRABAJADORES
02:34:12 THEY CAN GRAZERS BY DOING SO THEY ARE PUTTING AT RISK THE
02:34:15 LIVES AND AND AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OF
02:34:20 PEOPLE WITH SENIORS CONCERNS TOGETHER AND BY PUTTING THESE
02:34:39 FUNDS AT RISK YOU ARE AFFECTING THESE COMMUNITIES THEIR ABILITY
02:34:46 THEIR HEALTH, THEIR ABILITY TO SOCIALIZE AND FORM COMMUNITY
02:35:02 THANK INDUSTRIES COMMUNITY THAT IS PROSPERING AS A MEMBER OF
02:35:06 ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OFFENDED BY THE AFFECTED BY
02:35:09 THESE CUTS I I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THEM WHICH IS
02:35:13 IN MY SUPPORT YOU THANK YOU. I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE
02:35:17 SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION AND NOT THE CUTS.
02:35:21 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MY TOTALLY NEXT
02:35:22 SPEAKER. ALL RIGHT.
02:35:29 HI, MY NAME IS MARY ROCK. I'M WITH A BY INDIAN EQUITY
02:35:34 CENTER. WE'RE IN THE SOUTH OF MARKET.
02:35:37 YOU CAN CALL US BSE. OUR CENTER SERVE SAN FRANCISCO
02:35:40 OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND WE DO SOCIAL
02:35:44 ACTIVITIES AND ALSO CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AROUND
02:35:45 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOOD ACCESS, IMMIGRATION, ALL THAT
02:35:49 JAZZ HAPPY FOR ONE FIVE DAY WITH THAT YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK
02:35:56 ABOUT THE CULTURE, THE HERITAGE AND THE FUTURE OF SAN
02:35:59 FRANCISCO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OLDER ADULTS THE LATEST DIGNITY
02:36:03 FINE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS CLEAR AFFORDABILITY ISN'T
02:36:07 JUST A CONCERN, IT'S A CRISIS. TOO MANY OLDER ADULTS ARE BEING
02:36:11 FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HOUSING CARE AND FOOD WHILE
02:36:12 LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES THAT CAN'T KEEP UP WITH RISING COSTS
02:36:18 . CUTTING THE VERY PROGRAMS THAT
02:36:19 KEEP THEM AFLOAT IS NOT ONLY CRUEL, IT'S DANGEROUSLY SHORT
02:36:22 SIGHTED AT BTC AND ACROSS OUR NETWORK OF SERVICE PROVIDERS
02:36:26 THIS REALITY SHOWS UP IN HUMAN TERMS.
02:36:30 ONE OF OUR CLIENTS IS A 99 YEAR OLD FILIPINO WORLD WAR TWO
02:36:33 VETERAN WHO WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO AGE WITH HIS FAMILY BUT
02:36:37 HE ASSISTED THIS CLIENT IN PETITIONING HIS TWO
02:36:40 DAUGHTERS AND IN 2020 THEY WERE ABLE TO BE REUNIFIED.
02:36:43 >> BUT AS THEIR HOUSEHOLD GREW, THEIR ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT
02:36:47 BECAME UNLIVABLE. SO AFTER YEARS OF NAVIGATING
02:36:50 COMPLEX SYSTEMS TOGETHER, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP SECURE A TWO
02:36:54 BEDROOM UNIT WITH HUD VASH IN A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT JUST
02:36:57 NEAR HERE. >> SO THIS IS WHAT SERVICE
02:37:01 PROVIDERS DO. WE DON'T JUST MANAGE CASES, WE
02:37:02 SAFEGUARD DIGNITY, STABILITY AND HUMANITY FOR OUR SENIORS.
02:37:05 NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO DO LESS. IT'S TIME TO STAND FIRM,
02:37:09 PROTECT THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE PROTECTING THEM MEANS
02:37:12 PROTECTING THE SENIORS WHO DEPEND ON THEM.
02:37:13 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU.
02:37:16 >> MARRIED OKAY NEXT SPEAKER I GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:37:20 >> MY NAME IS DALI AND I WORK FOR THE BAYANIHAN EQUITY
02:37:23 CENTER. MY COLLEAGUE MARY ALREADY
02:37:27 MENTIONED WHAT WE DO BUT WHAT SHE DID NOT SAY IS THAT WE'RE
02:37:31 ONLY SEVEN WORKERS. WE'RE PROVIDING FOR SEVEN
02:37:34 SENIORS AND ADULT WITH DISABILITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:37:38 I DO NOT LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING SO IT TAKES SO MUCH FOR ME TO
02:37:42 STAND HERE WITH YOU TO TELL YOU TO LISTEN TO OUR PLEAS AND THE
02:37:46 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
02:37:50 COMMUNITIES WE SERVE WHO ARE STILL SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE
02:37:54 PANDEMIC AND BY ALL THE CHALLENGES IN THE FEDERAL
02:37:58 PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY RULES THAT CHANGE.
02:38:05 >> WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY RELY HEAVILY ON SUPPORT FROM
02:38:10 CBOS LIKE US AND THOSE WHO ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK RIGHT NOW
02:38:13 ORGANIZATIONS START ALREADY STRUGGLING TO OVERCOME
02:38:17 CHALLENGES RESULTING FROM THE PANDEMIC AND THEY ACCUMULATE ON
02:38:21 A PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET CUTS. ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY
02:38:25 STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR SERVICES
02:38:30 BROUGHT BY THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES THAT
02:38:31 YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD BY IMMIGRATION AND POLITICAL
02:38:37 ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW THAT'S FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS
02:38:41 ARE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN, OVERBURDENED AND STRAINED.
02:38:46 BUT WE DELIVER SERVICES EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO
02:38:50 ADAPT TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. I KNOW MOST OF THE ORGANIZATION
02:38:54 THAT ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WILL DO THEIR BEST TO STILL
02:38:56 PROVIDE THE SERVICES BUT WE PLEASE DO NOT ADD TO THE
02:38:59 STRUGGLES. >> DON'T CUT THE ALREADY
02:39:02 LIMITED BUDGET FURTHER, THE POPULATIONS OF SENIORS
02:39:07 AND ADULT WITH DISABILITIES ARE INCREASING WHICH MEANS THAT
02:39:10 NEEDS FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUPPORT THEM ARE ALSO GROWING
02:39:14 TOUGH TIMES SHOULDN'T MEAN CUTTING OFF AND LEAVING BEHIND
02:39:19 THE MOST VULNERABLE AND IN NEED.
02:39:20 PLEASE DO NOT LET OUR SEAT THE ELDERS AND PEOPLE WITH
02:39:23 DISABILITY BE THE LEAST PRIORITIZED AND PROSPER.
02:39:27 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING
02:39:28 THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
02:39:33 SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS JESSIE SACCO A COMMUNITY SERVICE
02:39:37 WORKER AT THE BIENNIAL BY INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
02:39:38 I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS TO THE COMMUNITY
02:39:42 BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFIT PROGRAMS.
02:39:45 THESE CUTS ARE SHORT SIGHTED AND IMPACTS THE MOST VULNERABLE
02:39:49 RESIDENTS INCLUDING SENIORS, THE DISABLED, WORKING FAMILIES
02:39:53 AND OLDER ADULTS WHO MAKE UP THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION
02:39:57 IN THE CITY. THE OLDER ADULTS WHOM I WORK
02:40:01 WITH HAVE CONTINUALLY EXPRESSED TO ME HOW MUCH OUR ORGANIZATION
02:40:04 AND SERVICES AND PROGRAMING HAVE BENEFITED NOT ONLY THEIR
02:40:05 PHYSICAL MENTAL HEALTH AND MORE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE NOT
02:40:13 LUXURIES. THERE ARE LIFELINES FOR PUBLIC
02:40:14 HEALTH AND SAFE AND SAFETY. I URGE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
02:40:17 TO PROTECT FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY LED SERVICES.
02:40:21 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH.
02:40:24 JUST TO SEEK OUR NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:40:28 MY NAME IS JOY AND I'M A BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO KID
02:40:33 I ALSO LIVE IN D6 AND I'M ALSO A HOUSING CASEWORKER AT
02:40:36 BIENNIAL EQUITY CENTER. I ASSIST OLDER ADULTS
02:40:40 AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:40:43 INCLUDING COUNSELING, EDUCATION, APPLICATION
02:40:44 ASSISTANCE, TRANSLATION AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS,
02:40:48 EVICTION PREVENTION AND OTHER TOOLS TO HELP NAVIGATE
02:40:51 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY TIME TO
02:40:52 SHARE A STORY ABOUT HOUSING WHEN THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED
02:40:56 SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF TWO SENIORS
02:40:59 WHO WILL REMAIN UNNAMED, THE SENIOR HOUSEHOLD WHO ONLY
02:41:03 RECEIVES SSI AND DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH FIRST CAME TO B C FOR
02:41:06 FOOD ASSISTANCE THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS.
02:41:09 WE SOON FIGURED OUT THAT THE HOUSEHOLD NEEDED FOOD
02:41:11 ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY WERE PAYING OVER HALF OF THEIR SSI
02:41:15 INCOME TO RENT ACCUMULATE ACCUMULATING BACK RENT AS WELL
02:41:19 THROUGH THE LAST SIX YEARS OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH THIS
02:41:21 IMMIGRANT SENIOR FAMILY UNDERSTANDING THEIR FEARS,
02:41:23 NEEDS AND GOALS, WE HELP THEM THROUGH NAVIGATING RESOURCES
02:41:26 FOR RENTAL SUBSIDIES, BACK RENT RELIEF, MAINTAINING A GOOD
02:41:30 RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LANDLORD, ESSENTIALLY KEEPING
02:41:33 THEM FROM BECOMING HOMELESS AND UPKEEP WITH SENIOR HOUSING
02:41:37 WAITLISTS AND ACCOMPANYING THEM TO HOUSING INTERVIEWS, THIS
02:41:40 FAMILY WAS FINALLY PERMANENTLY HOUSED IN A BRAND NEW LOW
02:41:44 INCOME SENIOR HOUSING THIS JANUARY 20TH, 26.
02:41:47 >> BY THE TIME IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS SENIOR
02:41:51 HOUSING OFFER THEIR TOTAL MONTHLY INCOME OF $1,500 WAS
02:41:54 EATEN UP BY A MONTHLY RENT OF 1000 NOT INCLUDING UTILITIES OR
02:41:58 OTHER COST OF LIVING WHILE STILL WAITLISTED FOR RENTAL
02:42:02 ASSISTANCE WHILE THIS FAMILY FINALLY GOT THROUGH THE LOTTERY
02:42:05 SYSTEM, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER HOUSEHOLDS IN SIMILAR
02:42:09 CIRCUMSTANCES I SHARE THEIR STORY TO EMPHASIZE THESE POINTS
02:42:10 THE OBSTACLES IN NAVIGATING DWINDLING RESOURCES FOR BASIC
02:42:13 NEEDS ARE NOW EVER EVOLVING WITH GREAT SEVERITY BUT IT IS
02:42:17 THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
02:42:20 AND CASE MANAGEMENT THAT SMALL WINS LIKE THIS ARE POSSIBLE.
02:42:22 SECONDLY, THESE CRUCIAL IN A SENSE ARE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO
02:42:25 FILL THE GAPS ON LANGUAGE ACCESS, FOOD INSECURITY
02:42:28 AND HOUSING ENSURE STABILITY FOR OLDER AND DISABLED
02:42:32 HOUSEHOLDS. >> WE IMPLORE YOU PLEASE DON'T
02:42:33 CUT THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. >> TIME IS EXPIRED.
02:42:37 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:42:40 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LAURA CHIARA.
02:42:44 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MANAGING ATTORNEY AT LEGAL
02:42:45 ASSISTANCE TO THE ELDERLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:42:48 >> WE'RE HERE I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO RESTORE THESE CUTS TO
02:42:52 COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS AND LEGAL SERVICES.
02:42:56 THESE SERVICES ARE CRITICAL TO KEEP SENIORS CONNECTED SAFE
02:43:00 AND AT HOME. >> WHILE WE APPRECIATE THAT
02:43:01 DOORS DID NOT CUT LEGAL SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS
02:43:04 AND ON OUR M.O. CD GRANT FOR HOUSING PRESERVATION SERVICES
02:43:12 FOR OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, WE'RE FACING
02:43:16 A 70% CUT. >> SHOCKING NOBODY 60% OF ALL
02:43:19 THE CALLS WE GET AT LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ELDERLY ARE
02:43:23 ABOUT THREATS TO HOUSING AND 60% OF THOSE CALLS DO NOT
02:43:26 QUALIFY FOR TENANT RIGHT TO COUNSEL SERVICES.
02:43:27 THAT'S WHO THESE THIS MLH H C D GRANT SERVES JUST ONE EXAMPLE
02:43:33 WE HAD A SENIOR SHE HAD LIVED IN HER HOME OVER 30 YEARS OVER
02:43:37 70 YEARS OLD, RECEIVED A NOTICE INCREASING HER RENT FROM $1,300
02:43:41 A MONTH TO $8,000 A MONTH. >> WELL THAT'S SHOCKING TO
02:43:45 ANYBODY BUT IF YOU'RE ON A FIXED INCOME THAT MEANS
02:43:49 HOMELESSNESS THAT IS IRREPLACEABLE HOUSING.
02:43:52 >> WE GOT FIVE SIMILAR REQUESTS WITHIN A SEVEN DAY PERIOD AT
02:43:56 LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ELDERLY DID THESE SERVICES ARE CRITICAL
02:44:00 TO KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED IF JUST IN THIS DIGNITY FUND
02:44:04 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS NEED WE FOUND OR IT FOUND THAT LEGAL
02:44:08 SERVICES IS A KEY NEED A TOP NEED FOR SENIORS AND ADULTS
02:44:12 WITH DISABILITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AT THIS TIME EVEN
02:44:15 WITH THESE BUDGET CONSTRAINT IT IS THE TIME TO EXPAND THESE
02:44:20 SERVICES TO PROTECT MORE SENIORS TO KEEP THEM AT HOME.
02:44:23 IT SAVES THE CITY MONEY ON THE OTHER HAND AND IT'S THE RIGHT
02:44:28 THING TO DO. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
02:44:29 LAURA CHIARA NEXT SPEAKER HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:44:34 SUPERVISOR SOTO SUPERVISOR CHANCE OF ALL I SAID DARCY
02:44:39 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON MY NAME IS KEEPER WHO FROM SELF-HELP
02:44:42 FOR THE ELDERLY WE SERVE ARE 55,000 ANNUALLY FOR OLDER
02:44:45 ADULTS SAN FRANCISCO IS OLDER ADULT POPULATION AGE 60 PLUS IS
02:44:50 EXPECTED TO REACH 30% BY 2030 OR MORE THAN 200,000 RESIDENTS.
02:44:56 THIS WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT IMPACT ON CITY RESOURCE.
02:45:00 WE SHOULD CONSIDER FOR AFFORDABLE FOOT AND HOUSING
02:45:04 CARE AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND TRAINING MORE
02:45:07 CAREGIVERS. IT IS MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER
02:45:10 TO AUTHORIZE CARE NOT CUTS AS THE FASTEST GROWING AGE GROUP
02:45:17 IS 60, 80, 80 PLUS WITH MORE THAN 130% GROWTH EXPECTED.
02:45:20 THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR
02:45:24 COMMENTS. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS THIS GOOD
02:45:41 GOOGLE DOCS YOU WANT TO DO A LITTLE TEST OF WHAT YOU NEED.
02:46:01 GO ON, GO UP HERE. GO ON DOWN.
02:46:14 JULIE, GET RID OF THIS THING. COME UP ONE MORE READ ALOUD.
02:46:32 OKAY. OKAY.
02:46:48 AND CONTROL SPACE. OKAY.
02:46:54 THANK. >> MY NAME IS JENNIFER WALSH.
02:46:59 INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY LEITHEAD COMMUNITY LIVING
02:47:03 CAMPAIGN I RELY ON SERVICES LIKE IHS AS EG RC FUNDED BY THE
02:47:10 STATE AND COUNTY NONPROFITS AND THE DIGNITY FUND TO SUPPORT
02:47:14 PEOPLE LIKE ME BUT ARE OFTEN AT RISK.
02:47:17 WITHOUT THESE WE ARE LEFT WITH ONLY THE BASICS.
02:47:21 PERSONAL CARE KEEPS ME OUT OF AN INSTITUTION BUT WITHOUT THE
02:47:25 CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE I AM JUST SURVIVING NOT LIVING.
02:47:29 EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED. IF TOO MANY SUPPORTS ARE
02:47:33 REMOVED THE SYSTEM COLLAPSES. I MET MAYOR LAURIE AT THE BAY
02:47:38 AREA DISABILITY ENTREPRENEUR WORSHIP AWARDS AND LATER HE
02:47:41 LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS LAST JULY HE PROMISED ONGOING
02:47:45 ENGAGEMENT HOW CAN WE NOT FEEL DEVALUED WHEN THESE SUPPORTS
02:47:50 ARE THREATENED? WE KNOW BUDGET CUTS ARE COMING
02:47:56 . MANY OF US ON FIXED INCOMES
02:47:57 FACE TOUGH DECISIONS FUNDING FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH
02:48:01 DISABILITIES MUST BE SEEN AS ESSENTIAL TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY
02:48:05 AND INCLUSION NOT JUST A TEMPORARY FOCUS EMPLOYMENT IS
02:48:12 AT RISK. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD CUT
02:48:13 THE RESERVE PROGRAM IN HALF, LIMITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
02:48:19 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER ADULTS TO WORK
02:48:21 AND STAY CONNECTED. ENDING IT WOULD BE A STEP
02:48:24 BACKWARD. FUNDING FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE
02:48:28 WITH DISABILITIES IS ESSENTIAL FOR INDEPENDENCE AND DIGNITY
02:48:31 WHEN FUNDING IS CUT OUR COMMUNITY IS OH PLEASE DON'T
02:48:38 ASK US TO GIVE UP OUR DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE TO BALANCE THE
02:48:39 BUDGET WE URGE THE MAYOR AND BOARD TO RESTORE FUNDING FOR
02:48:46 ESSENTIAL PRESERVE PROTECT WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES
02:48:50 AND INVEST IN PROGRAMS THAT BUILD STABILITY AND CONNECTION
02:48:54 . YOUR DECISION WILL DETERMINE IF
02:48:55 SAN FRANCISCO STAYS A CITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE WITH
02:48:59 DIGNITY AND PURPOSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT
02:49:02 TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU
02:49:06 MUCH FOR WALT WALSH INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY LEAD
02:49:13 AND COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN EVERY DAY I DEPEND ON SERVICES
02:49:16 LIKE THIS BY THE CITY AND COUNTY WHEN BUDGETS ARE CUT
02:49:24 SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LOSE NOT YOU CAN
02:49:28 GO. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:49:32 >> GOOD AFTERNOON BULLET SURVIVOR MY NAME IS PAUL
02:49:37 HICKMAN. I AM 77 YEARS YOUNG.
02:49:39 I WORK AT A RESERVE OVER THREE YEARS WORKFORCE.
02:49:42 I HELP WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY AND EMERGENCY
02:49:50 PREPAREDNESS WORKER A PAYING AND I FEEL PROUD SUPPORT OTHERS
02:49:54 THROUGH THE RESERVE. I HAVE MADE STRONG CONNECTIONS
02:49:57 WITH COWORKERS, MY COMMUNITY AND THEY HELP IT MAY STAY
02:50:01 ACTIVE AND WILL SUPPORT MANY OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH
02:50:06 DISABILITY PAY BARRIERS TO WORK.
02:50:09 THEY INCLUDE AGE BARRIERS DISABLED IN AGE, GAPS IN WORK
02:50:14 HISTORY, THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY, A PART TIME JOB
02:50:18 PROGRAM FULL LIKE RESERVE WORK FOR HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP TO
02:50:25 ASSESS WHAT PROGRAM IS SLATED TO LOSE HALF UP FUNDING
02:50:31 $500,000 THAT WOULD MEAN FEWER JOBS, LESS INCOME AND LESS
02:50:35 SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO WORK AGAIN, THAT GOES AGAINST A
02:50:39 CITY'S GOAL FOR AFFORDABLE AND SAFETY ACT.
02:50:43 A MAYOR AND BORDER SUPERVISOR TO STOP THE BUDGET CUTS TO STOP
02:50:50 THE CUTS NOW IT'S A CLEAR COMPANION I HAVE A SENIOR WHO
02:50:54 WANTS TO HEAR 105 YEARS OLD. DO YOU HAVE A DISABILITY?
02:50:58 SHE'S PLAYING A ROLE. YEAH.
02:51:01 SHE WOULD LOVE TO JOIN THE RESERVE ETC. WORKFORCE SHE
02:51:08 WANTS TO GIVE BACK. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US
02:51:12 AND YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU.
02:51:13 THANK YOU MUCH PAUL AIKMAN. >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
02:51:20 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
02:51:23 EXTENDING THE TIME FOR US TO SPEAK AND I WOULD SAY ALL THE
02:51:24 MOVING SPEECHES THAT CAME BEFORE ME WERE REALLY
02:51:28 EMPOWERING AND I'D LIKE TO STATE MY NAME IS MARK DUNN
02:51:31 AND I AM A RESERVIST WITH THE S.F. RESERVE PROGRAM IN THE
02:51:38 S.F. COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN. I SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY
02:51:42 CAREER IN BANKING WORKING FOR WELLS FARGO FOR MANY YEARS
02:51:46 BEFORE RETIRING IN 2023 LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THE COST
02:51:53 OF LIVING IS EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH.
02:51:54 I MADE THE DECISION TO REENTER THE WORKFORCE FOR THE FIRST
02:51:58 TIME IN MY CAREER. HOWEVER, I FOUND THAT MY AGE
02:52:02 SEEMED TO OVERSHADOW MY EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND I
02:52:05 OFTEN FELT INVISIBLE TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.
02:52:10 FORTUNATELY I DISCOVERED THE RESERVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
02:52:17 WHERE BOTH MY EXPERIENCE AND MY AGE WERE RECOGNIZED AS
02:52:21 STRENGTHS. >> THE HANDS ON SUPPORT
02:52:25 AND ENCOURAGEMENT I RECEIVED WERE NOT ONLY REFRESHING BUT
02:52:29 INSTRUMENTAL IN REBUILDING MY CONFIDENCE AND PREPARING ME FOR
02:52:33 THE NEXT CHAPTER CHAPTER EXCUSE ME OF MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
02:52:37 RESERVE TRULY BECAME MY LIFELINE THROUGH THE PROGRAM
02:52:41 AND IT'S SECURED A REWARDING POSITION IN A LAW OFFICE WHERE
02:52:45 I'M ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MY PAST EXPERIENCE WHILE ALSO
02:52:51 DEVELOPING NEW SKILLS. THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS ALLOWED ME
02:52:55 TO ONCE AGAIN ENJOY LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE PEACE
02:52:59 OF MIND THAT COMES FROM FINANCIAL STABILITY AND THE
02:53:02 ABILITY TO TRAVEL. OCCASIONALLY I TEND TO SHOW
02:53:06 AND NOT WORRY ABOUT EVERY EXPENSE BEYOND EMPLOYMENT
02:53:10 RESERVE HAS PROVIDED ONGOING SUPPORT AND A MEANINGFUL SENSE
02:53:14 OF COMMUNITY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS HELPED
02:53:18 ME REGAIN MY SELF ESTEEM WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE I MAY
02:53:22 HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THIS BELOVED CITY OR HOME.
02:53:26 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MARK THE NEXT SPEAKER.
02:53:30 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS AND EVERYONE HERE.
02:53:31 MY NAME IS JAMIE GODDARD. I'M WITH THE COMMUNITY LIVING
02:53:35 CAMPAIGN WHERE I DIRECT THE ASF RESERVE PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE
02:53:39 INITIATIVE SET TO HAVE OUR DOORS FUNDING SLASHED SLASHED
02:53:40 BY 50%. YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE
02:53:43 STRONG COLLABORATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS SERVING ADULTS
02:53:46 AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND YOU'VE
02:53:49 ALSO HEARD THE DIRECT IMPACT OF ALL OF OUR WORK.
02:53:51 S.F. RESERVES A KEY PART OF THAT ECOSYSTEM.
02:53:54 THE AGE DISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT ACT PROTECTS WORKERS
02:53:57 AGED 40 AND OLDER A THRESHOLD THAT REFLECTS WHEN AGE BIAS
02:54:02 COMMONLY BEGINS. >> AS INDIVIDUALS GROW OLDER,
02:54:05 ACCESS TO STABLE EMPLOYMENT BECOMES INCREASINGLY LIMITED.
02:54:07 >> 87% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS REPORT THAT THEIR INCOME
02:54:10 THROUGH THE PROGRAM IS CRITICAL TO THEIR FINANCIAL STABILITY,
02:54:14 ALLOWING THEM TO MEET BASIC NEEDS AND REMAIN IN SAN
02:54:17 FRANCISCO. >> OUR RESERVES CONTRIBUTE
02:54:18 THEIR SKILLS TO NONPROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE
02:54:22 CITY FROM HIGH SCHOOLS TO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
02:54:25 INSTITUTE ON AGING AND TO ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE SCALING
02:54:29 THEIR BUSINESSES. >> IT IS WISHFUL THINKING TO
02:54:33 SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE OTHER WORKFORCE PROGRAMS THAT WILL
02:54:34 ABSORB THE RESERVISTS. >> THE REALITY IS THAT THE
02:54:41 SYSTEM IS ALREADY OVERWHELMED, THE PIPELINE IS SATURATED
02:54:42 AND SUCCESS FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED WORKERS DEPENDS ON
02:54:46 JOB CREATION REQUIRING A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SKILL SET.
02:54:49 >> I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR MOST HERE TODAY THAT WE HAVE NOT
02:54:53 SEEN EVIDENCE OF THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL AND SYSTEMIC IMPACTS
02:54:56 OF THIS DECISION HAVE BEEN FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR.
02:54:59 IF THAT ANALYSIS EXISTS WE WOULD BE WE WOULD ASK THAT IT
02:55:01 BE SHARED PUBLICLY ABSENT A CLEAR MITIGATION STRATEGY.
02:55:04 THESE CUTS WILL INCREASE PRESSURE ON ALREADY STRAINED
02:55:08 SYSTEMS WHILE WE'RE MOVING ONE OF THE FEW PROGRAMS THAT
02:55:11 ACTUALLY CREATES PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC STABILITY.
02:55:14 SO I WILL ASK DIRECTLY WHAT POLICIES ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE
02:55:15 TO MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS. AND AS SAN FRANCISCO PREPARED
02:55:18 TO LEAD AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER CITIES IN CONFRONTING
02:55:23 AGEISM AND APRIL ISM OR ARE WE ACCEPTING OUTCOMES THAT PUSH
02:55:26 ALREADY MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS FURTHER TO THE MARGINS?
02:55:30 THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING
02:55:33 THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:55:37 HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CATHY SPENCELEY WITH FELTON
02:55:38 INSTITUTE AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
02:55:42 THESE PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THE
02:55:45 DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY AND ALSO THE FEARFUL TIMES WE
02:55:49 ARE IN WITH FEDERAL CUTS TO PROGRAMS THAT WE ALL NEED.
02:55:53 >> I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT
02:55:56 TODAY BUT PLEASE LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME SOLUTIONS.
02:56:00 >> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THROWING OLDER ADULTS INTO DIRE
02:56:05 POVERTY AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE
02:56:06 TO LIVE ON OUR STREETS AND THAT IS A REAL CONCERN.
02:56:09 WORKFORCE TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS.
02:56:12 TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL IS WELL FIRST OF ALL IT WAS CUT LAST
02:56:16 YEAR AND IT'S NOW BEING CUT BY SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS SO I HOPE
02:56:20 THERE IS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
02:56:23 >> AND OLDER ADULTS NEED THESE JOBS THAT THESE THIS TRAINING
02:56:27 TO GET JOBS. IT'S ESSENTIAL ALSO FOR OLDER
02:56:28 ADULTS TO HAVE JOBS AND TO LIVE IN OUR EXPENSIVE CITY SO THESE
02:56:34 THESE ADDITIONAL CUTS WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
02:56:38 THAT I BELIEVE ARE GOING TO END UP NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO
02:56:43 LIVE HERE. THEY ARE OLDER PEOPLE THAT
02:56:44 CAN'T MOVE OUT OF THE CITY TO ANOTHER PLACE WHICH PEOPLE
02:56:47 DON'T REALIZE AND NOBODY WANTS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
02:56:51 UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND AND NO ONE WANTS THEM TO BE
02:56:55 OLDER ADULTS AND MANY OF THEM ARE.
02:56:58 SO I PLEASE HELP US FIGURE OUT SOLUTIONS.
02:57:02 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH CATHY SPENCELEY.
02:57:03 NEXT SPEAKER HELLO, MY NAME IS ZIGGY BROWN.
02:57:10 >> I AM 16 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO MY
02:57:11 ENTIRE LIFE. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
02:57:13 YOUTH WALKS PROGRAM WHICH IS BEING CUT BY 80% OVER 2
02:57:17 MILLION. BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
02:57:18 RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY YOU
02:57:22 GUYS. I'M SO SORRY BUT EXPERIENCES
02:57:25 EXPERIENCES ARE BEING CUT. >> LIFE LESSONS ARE BEING CUT
02:57:29 THROUGH THROUGH THE YOUTH WORKS PROGRAM.
02:57:33 I'VE WORKED WITH MY EP OVER FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND THROUGH
02:57:36 THAT TIME I'VE LEARNED SELF-GROWTH UNDERSTANDING WHO I
02:57:40 WANT TO BECOME AND I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SOMETHING
02:57:44 GREATER THAN WHAT I WHAT SOCIETY THOUGHT I COULD BE.
02:57:48 >> AND I HOPE THAT YOU LOOK BEYOND WHAT I'M WEARING MY
02:57:49 ATTIRE AND HEAR THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH.
02:57:52 >> MY BROTHER IS IN THE STANDS RIGHT HERE.
02:57:55 >> HE HE APPLIED TO MY PROGRAM NOT EVEN HE'S BEEN HERE FOR TWO
02:58:02 YEARS TWO YEARS AND THROUGH THAT PROGRAM HE HAS BEEN ABLE
02:58:06 TO FIND A COMMUNITY ON HIS SIDE A COMMUNITY OF LOVING,
02:58:09 SUPPORTING PEOPLE. SO IT'S IT'S FAR FROM JUST
02:58:13 ABOUT THE MONEY. WHAT'S BEING LIMITED IS THE
02:58:14 EXPERIENCE THE IDEA THAT KIDS YOUTH CAN GROW.
02:58:23 I'M HOLDING BACK TEARS. >> I REALLY HOPE THAT THE
02:58:27 DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE HERE LIKE THIS HISTORY I JUST I
02:58:38 JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HOLDING NOW.
02:58:46 THANK YOU MUCH. AND BEFORE THIS NEXT SPEAKER I
02:58:50 AM CALLING LAST CALL IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN STILL IN THE
02:58:53 OVERFLOW ROOM OR IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE YET TO ADDRESS THIS
02:58:54 COMMITTEE AND WISH TO DO SO REGARDING THIS HEARING UNDER
02:59:00 PROPOSED BUDGET IMPACT ON PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE
02:59:01 CITY'S OLDER ADULTS, NOW'S THE TIME LINE UP.
02:59:05 >> AND WITH THAT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
02:59:07 >> BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF US
02:59:09 TODAY. MY NAME IS ART PERCIVAL WITH
02:59:12 THE CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS.
02:59:15 WE'RE NOW SEEING CUTS AT ALL THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO
02:59:19 HEALTH, FOOD AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN THIS CASE HERE FOR
02:59:23 SENIORS AND DISABLED PERSONS. YOU KNOW SAN FRANCISCO
02:59:27 AND CALIFORNIA WE ALL KNOW ARE VERY WEALTHY.
02:59:31 SO IS IT REALLY THE CASE THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PROVIDE
02:59:34 HEALTH FOOD AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PREVENTION OF PROBLEMS LIKE
02:59:41 ISOLATION TO BECOME MORE SERIOUS AND INTRACTABLE,
02:59:45 INTRACTABLE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES?
02:59:50 >> MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THIS BUDGET
02:59:53 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE NOW IT'S UP TO YOU THIS IS
02:59:57 HAPPENING ON YOUR WATCH AS STEWARDS OF OUR CITY'S
03:00:03 GOVERNMENT IN 2026 PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.
03:00:07 >> PLEASE DO NOT CUT THE SMALL AND COST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS
03:00:10 THAT KEEP SAN FRANCISCO SENIORS AND DISABLED PERSONS HEALTHY
03:00:14 AND HAPPY. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:00:16 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER HELLO MY NAME
03:00:22 IS ALEXIS MOORE. I AM AN EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR
03:00:26 AT S.F. YOUTH WORKS WHICH OUR INTERN SIGI HAS JUST TALKED
03:00:30 ABOUT AS IF IT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1997 AND WE PROVIDE HIGH
03:00:33 SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH PAID INTERNSHIPS AT DIFFERENT CITY
03:00:37 DEPARTMENTS. SOME DEPARTMENTS TO NAME ARE
03:00:40 THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REC
03:00:41 AND PARK PUBLIC WORKS 78 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS YOUTH COMMISSION
03:00:44 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SO MANY MORE EVERY YEAR
03:00:48 YOUTH PROVIDES THIS OPPORTUNITY IN ADDITION TO WORK READINESS
03:00:53 WORKSHOPS TO 450 YOUTH THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGETS THAT
03:00:58 ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW PUTS US IN DANGER OF LOSING 2 MILLION
03:01:02 OF OUR 2.4 MILLION BUDGET. >> THAT'S 83% OF WHAT WE HAVE.
03:01:05 THIS WOULD REDUCE OUR 450 PLACEMENTS PER YEAR DOWN TO 80
03:01:09 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR JUST FOR OUR SUMMER PROGRAM COMING UP WE
03:01:13 HAVE AROUND 1200 APPLICANTS AND WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO
03:01:16 OFFER THEM 30 PLACEMENTS. WE ASK THAT THESE BUDGETS,
03:01:23 THESE BUDGET CUTS BE RECONSIDERED SO THAT WE CAN
03:01:24 KEEP SERVING OUR CITY'S YOUTH LIKE OUR INTERN ZIGI AND HIS
03:01:28 BROTHER WHO WERE JUST HERE OF THE PLACES THAT WE HAVE
03:01:32 CURRENTLY WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE YOUTH PLACE AT THE YOUTH
03:01:35 COMMISSION'S OFFICE TWO AT THE DISTRICT 11 BOARD OF
03:01:36 SUPERVISORS OFFICE AND ONE AT THE DISTRICT THREE OFFICE
03:01:39 WITHOUT SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH WORKS.
03:01:40 THESE INTERNS WOULDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE FOR EMPLOYMENT LIKE
03:01:43 THIS. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE
03:01:46 OPPORTUNITY TO BE PAID THROUGH OUR PROGRAM.
03:01:47 THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY CONNECTIONS TO GET THEIR
03:01:50 FOOT IN THE DOOR AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SOMEONE TO
03:01:51 ADVOCATE FOR THEM AND GIVE THEM A SHOT.
03:01:54 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS
03:01:58 COMMITTEE. >> AND AGAIN FRIENDLY REMINDER
03:02:01 THIS IS A HEARING ON THE BUDGET'S IMPACT ON PROGRAMS
03:02:02 THAT SUPPORT CITIES OLDER ADULTS.
03:02:05 >> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI FOLKS.
03:02:09 >> I'M ANYA WORLEY ZIGMUND WITH THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION
03:02:12 AND I AM JUST SO HONORED AND SO PROUD OF ALL OF THE ELDERS WHO
03:02:16 CAME OUT HERE TODAY AND ALL THE FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES WHO
03:02:18 CAME OUT HERE AND TO SHARE AS WELL THAT I'M I'M PROUD OF THEM
03:02:21 FOR COMING OUT HERE AND FOR LETTING YOU HEAR THEIR MIND
03:02:24 AND IT IS DISGUSTING AND DISTURBING THAT WE HAVE TO
03:02:28 BRING OUT OUR PEOPLE TO BEG FOR SCRAPS IN THE CITY THAT THEY
03:02:32 BUILT. >> THEY BUILT THESE PROGRAMS.
03:02:36 THEY BUILT THE CITY THAT WE WORK IN AND THAT WE NOW THRIVE
03:02:40 IN. AND NOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
03:02:43 FORCING THEM WITHOUT WORD AND WITHOUT NOTICE, WITHOUT ANY
03:02:46 EXCUSES THAT MAKE ANY AMOUNT OF SENSE TO HAVE THEIR PROGRAMS
03:02:50 COMPLETELY CUT. >> THE TIME IS VERY QUICKLY
03:02:52 ENDING FOR PLATITUDES. >> THIS IS NO LONGER A TIME
03:02:56 WHEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE VERBALLY SUPPORT
03:02:59 THESE PROGRAMS, SUPPORT SENIORS ,SUPPORT ALL OF THE THESE
03:03:03 FOLKS. WE ARE VERY QUICKLY MOVING TO A
03:03:06 POINT WHERE YOUR BUDGET WILL SHOW WHERE YOUR PRIORITIES ARE
03:03:09 ,WHERE THE BUDGET WILL SHOW WHERE MAYOR DANIEL LURIE'S
03:03:11 PRIORITIES ARE AND WE THERE IS STILL TIME TO FIX THIS.
03:03:14 >> DO YOU STAND WITH OUR SENIORS?
03:03:17 DO WE HAVE TO BEG EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO NOT GET CUT?
03:03:21 THIS IS SO DISTURBING TO SEE IN A CITY LIKE THIS WHERE YOUR
03:03:25 CHOICES WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER A DEFICIT WE'VE HEARD A LOT THAT
03:03:30 WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD CHOICES. >> IT'S NOT THAT HARD IF YOU'RE
03:03:33 A LOW INCOME SAN FRANCISCAN BETWEEN TAXING THE WEALTHY
03:03:37 AND RAISING REVENUE OR CUTTING SERVICES THESE ARE THE CHOICES
03:03:41 THAT YOU FACE WHEN YOU ARE FACED WITH THE DEFICIT.
03:03:44 >> WE NEED TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS DEFICIT.
03:03:46 THAT DOES NOT MEAN GUTTING THESE PROGRAMS COMMUNITY WILL
03:03:49 LEAD ON THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF LEADERSHIP FROM WITHIN CITY
03:03:53 HALL FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO FIX THIS DEFICIT WITH REVENUE
03:03:57 WE WILL LEAD ON IT AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE EXPECT ALL OF
03:04:01 YOU TO SPEND THE MONEY WISELY TO PRESERVE THESE PROGRAMS
03:04:04 WHILE WE RAISE THE REVENUE THAT IS NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR
03:04:09 SENIORS AND GIVE THEM THE DIGNITY THAT THEY DESERVE.
03:04:10 >> THANK YOU MUCH ON YOUR EARLY SEGMENT.
03:04:13 >> NEXT SPEAKER HELLO, MY NAME IS REBECCA JOHNSON.
03:04:20 >> I WORK AS THE DIRECTOR OF H.R.
03:04:23 AND OPERATIONS FOR COMMUNITY LIVING CAMPAIGN WHICH RUNS THE
03:04:27 S.F. RESERVE PROGRAM WHICH IS SLATED FOR A 50% CUT OF
03:04:30 $500,000 IN THESE PROPOSED CUTS IN THIS BUDGET EARLIER IT WAS
03:04:34 COMMITTED BY THE MAYOR'S BUDGET STAFF THAT WHEN EXAMINING WHAT
03:04:41 TO SUGGEST TO CUT AND WHAT COULD BE CUT IT WAS LOOKED AT
03:04:45 WHAT WAS CORE AND WHAT I QUOTE FEELS AND SALARY.
03:04:50 >> THIS MORNING I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH A
03:04:53 RESERVIST IN THE KITCHEN AT HER OFFICE.
03:04:54 HE COMMITS TO FIVE DAYS A WEEK HELPING SENIORS DIRECTLY
03:05:01 HIMSELF A SENIOR OVER A YEAR AGO THIS PERSON'S LIFE HAVE
03:05:05 BECOME VERY SMALL. >> IT LOST MEANING THERE WAS A
03:05:09 SENSE OF LACK OF VALUE AS ANOTHER RESERVIST MENTIONED A
03:05:12 REALLY REAL DEFICIT IN SELF ESTEEM.
03:05:16 WHAT THE RESERVE PROGRAM DID FOR THEM WAS ACTUALLY SAVE
03:05:20 THEIR LIFE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN
03:05:23 LIFE, EVERYONE HERE MEANING BUILDING MEANING IS CORE GIVING
03:05:31 VALUE TO YOUR COMMUNITY IS CORE .
03:05:34 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOUSING AND FOOD THOUGH CUTTING THIS
03:05:36 PROGRAM WILL TAKE AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUILDING
03:05:38 MEANING AND FOR BRINGING VALUE. IT WILL PUT MANY MORE PEOPLE
03:05:43 INTO THE POSITION OF HAVING TO THINK ABOUT FOOD, HOUSING,
03:05:47 HEALTH CARE, HOW TO PAY FOR THIS.
03:05:50 >> SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE RESERVE PROGRAM BEING SLASHED
03:05:54 IN HALF AND I LOOK AT THE RISK THE PROGRAM IN PLACE AS IT
03:05:58 STANDS SAVED ONE LIFE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT A VALUE ON
03:06:02 THAT AT THIS POINT. I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF DOES THAT
03:06:09 FEEL ANCILLARY? >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:06:13 REBECCA JOHNSON. >> AND WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR,
03:06:14 THAT COMPLETES OUR QUEUE. THANK YOU.
03:06:20 SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE
03:06:23 AND SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU CHAIR.
03:06:27 YOU KNOW, I WANT TO FIRST THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO CAME OUT
03:06:30 AND JOINED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY AND ALL THOSE WHO STAYED
03:06:34 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON .
03:06:37 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL FOR THEIR ATTENTION
03:06:39 AND TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND I CALLED FOR THIS HEARING TODAY
03:06:42 NOT EXPECTING GOOD NEWS OR EASY ANSWERS BUT WITH THE WITH THE
03:06:50 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE VERY LEAST WE DESERVE AND THE VERY
03:06:54 LEAST THAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES THE PARTNERS DESERVE
03:06:58 THE THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE SERVED IS MORE TRANSPARENCY ON
03:07:02 THIS AND I THINK WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BUT I THINK
03:07:06 THERE'S A LOT MORE TO GO AND THAT IS WHAT THESE NEXT FEW
03:07:09 MONTHS ARE ALL ABOUT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
03:07:12 DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP WHO STAYED HERE THROUGHOUT AND THAT
03:07:16 DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU.
03:07:17 I KNOW THAT YOU ARE FACED WITH DIFFICULT CHOICES AND I WOULD
03:07:24 JUST ASK AND EXPECT YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL
03:07:28 THOSE TODAY THAT YOU HEARD FROM ALL THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED.
03:07:31 I THINK YOU HEARD FROM FROM FOLKS THAT THERE IS INTEREST
03:07:35 AND DESIRE TO FIND CREATIVE OUTCOMES HERE AND I HOPE THAT
03:07:39 WE CAN AND I WILL COMMIT TO DOING MY PART AGAIN.
03:07:43 I WANT TO THANK MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE.
03:07:46 I KNOW THIS TOOK QUITE AN AFTERNOON BUT IT WAS VERY, VERY
03:07:50 IMPORTANT AND THAT WE MADE THE SPACE FOR IT.
03:07:51 SO THANK YOU AND CHEERS. YOU AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION
03:07:54 TO HAVE THIS HEARING HEARD AND FILED PLEASE.
03:07:57 >> SECOND BY GREAT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SO
03:08:04 VERY SORRY FOR FOR HAVING THIS HEARING TODAY.
03:08:07 COLLEAGUES, I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES
03:08:10 AND IN FRONT OF US I DO WANT TO CONCUR A SENTIMENT THAT WE
03:08:14 ACTUALLY HEAR FROM MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY THAT
03:08:21 FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT I WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE AND I THINK
03:08:22 SIMILARLY TO SUPERVISOR WALTON BROUGHT UP THIS COMMENT WAS
03:08:29 THAT WE'RE NOT FACING $1 BILLION DEFICITS.
03:08:33 WE'RE FACING US IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS ROUGHLY ABOUT $642.8
03:08:40 MILLION OF DEFICITS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY IS NOT
03:08:41 SERIOUS. ABSOLUTELY WE MUST MANAGE THAT.
03:08:44 WHILE THAT MAY BE TRUE THAT WE OUGHT TO MANAGE THAT AND ALSO
03:08:50 TO TO FACE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL CUTS FROM H.R. ONE AND EVEN
03:08:55 WORSE THAT CLEARLY OUR CITY WILL NOT BE READY TO BE ABLE TO
03:09:02 REALLY FACE THOSE CUTS. >> BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD THAT
03:09:06 SCENARIOS BE IT WILL BE REALLY THE ENTIRE NATION.
03:09:13 IT'S NOT JUST TO SAN FRANCISCO BUT IT WILL BE THE STATE OF
03:09:15 CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS THE NATION.
03:09:18 AND WITH THAT CONTEXT, I THINK THAT I CONCUR WITH THE
03:09:20 SENTIMENTS THAT THERE ARE WAYS FOR US TO MITIGATE THOSE HARMS
03:09:26 AND CUTS WITHIN OUR CITY'S BUDGET BY REALLY THINKING ABOUT
03:09:28 OUR INCREASING TAX REVENUES AND AND CONSIDERING HALTING ANY
03:09:40 MORE FEES OR TAX REVENUE GIVE AWAY.
03:09:43 >> I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE THOSE
03:09:47 CONVERSATION AND IN THE COMING MONTHS A COUPLE OF MONTHS
03:09:52 IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND DURING DURING THOSE TIMES.
03:09:55 >> SO WITH THAT JUST A CLERK A ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION
03:09:59 PROPOSED BY SUPERVISOR SOUDER, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR WALTON
03:10:02 S AND ON THAT MOTION THAT THIS HEARING BE HEARD AND FILED
03:10:06 MOVED BY MEMBER SUTTER SECONDED BY MEMBER WALTON VICE CHAIR
03:10:10 DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SUTTER SUTTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON
03:10:14 I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FOUR EYES OF A MEMBER OF
03:10:18 GENTLEMAN EXCUSED THE MOTION PASSES AND MR. CLERK DO WE HAVE
03:10:22 ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
03:10:26 >> MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS.
03:10:27 THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED