00:00:08 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY
00:00:13 AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 22ND 2026 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS
00:00:16 COMMITTEE MEETING. >> I AM YOUR CHAIR FOR THIS
00:00:20 AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON.
00:00:23 I'M JOINED BY SUPERVISOR ALAN WONG, SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHAN
00:00:27 AND SOON TO BE JOINED BY SUPERVISOR DANNY SOUDER.
00:00:30 WE ALSO HAVE BRANT HALPER WHO WILL BE OUR CLERK THIS
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00:02:07 AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS HOW WE DO HAVE INTERPRETED INTERPRETIVE
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00:02:18 430 THIS AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE PUBLIC TURN PRESENT
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00:02:24 EMPOWERED TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM THAT IS
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00:02:36 AND DURING OUR HEARING ON WORKFORCE PROGRAMING IF ONLY TO
00:02:40 ENSURE INTERPRETIVE ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO NEED
00:02:44 IT FOR THE SECOND HEARING. >> IF I CAN PLEASE HAVE OUR
00:02:47 COLLEAGUES AT NACA GIVE THOSE INSTRUCTIONS IN LANGUAGE IT
00:02:51 WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. OOP.
00:02:57 >> WHEN I MAKE A HOLIDAY INCOME I GIVE
00:04:03 THANK YOU MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
00:04:04 ARTURO COSENZA AND RAYMOND BURRUS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
00:04:07 TODAY. AND MR. CHAIR PRO-TEM THANK YOU
00:04:11 SO MUCH CLARK CLIPPER. >> AND BEFORE WE CALL ITEM
00:04:15 NUMBER ONE WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE CHAIR CONNIE
00:04:19 CHEN, VICE CHAIR MATT DORSEY AND PRESIDENT MENEM AND SO I
00:04:23 MAKE THAT MOTION NOW PLEASE. AND I NEED A SECOND.
00:04:29 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR PRO TEM WALTON SECONDED BY
00:04:37 MEMBER SAUDER THAT WE EXCUSE CHAIR CHEN MEMBERS MADELINE
00:04:41 AND DORSEY FROM ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING.
00:04:47 MEMBER SUTTER SAUTER I MEMBER CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER WONG WONG
00:04:55 I OH SORRY YOU SAID WONG MY YES.
00:04:58 WONG I. AND CHAIR PRO-TEM WALTON I
00:05:02 WALTON I WE HAVE FOR US THANK YOU MOTION CARRIES AND MR.
00:05:06 CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ITEM NUMBER ONE?
00:05:10 >> YES ITEM NUMBER ONE. >> PARDON PARDON.
00:05:14 HIS OUR HEARING TO EXAMINE WORKFORCE PROGRAMING ACROSS
00:05:17 CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING ANY POTENTIAL CUTS TO WORKFORCE
00:05:21 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS THAT HELP SAN
00:05:24 FRANCISCO RESIDENTS GET TO WORK INCLUDING PROGRAMING FOR YOUTH
00:05:28 THROUGH ADULTS AS WELL AS AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS.
00:05:29 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON
00:05:32 AS YOU KNOW TO HEAR ABOUT OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS IN THE CITY
00:05:37 AND SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT MAY BE TAKING PLACE AS WE MOVE
00:05:40 FORWARD. >> I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:05:43 ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS ARE AWARE THAT WE DID SEND OVER A SET OF
00:05:48 QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO BE ANSWERED WITH IN YOUR
00:05:52 PRESENTATIONS. THEY ALSO MAKE THE PROCESS OF
00:05:54 THIS HEARING GO SMOOTHER IF THEY ARE ADDRESSED SOMEWHERE
00:05:58 AROUND BUDGETING AND FUNDING SPECIAL POPULATIONS, STAFFING
00:06:02 AND LAYOFFS, LABOR MARKET ALIGNMENT PARTICIPANTS SUCCESS
00:06:06 AND OUTCOMES BARRIER REMOVAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES
00:06:10 AND SYSTEMS COORDINATION AND EQUITY IN FINAL IMPACT.
00:06:15 SO I HOPE THESE ARE ADDRESSED WITHIN YOUR PRESENTATIONS AS WE
00:06:18 DID SEND THIS INFORMATION OVER AHEAD OF TIME.
00:06:22 BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS BEING HERE AS
00:06:24 WELL AS THE PUBLIC BEING HERE FOR THIS HEARING.
00:06:27 WORKFORCE IS IMPORTANT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND MAKING SURE THAT
00:06:31 WE HAVE THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES WE NEED TO GET
00:06:35 PEOPLE TO WORK ARE A MAJOR PRIORITY.
00:06:38 SO WITH THAT SAID, I AM GOING TO CALL UP CITY DEPARTMENTS
00:06:42 AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE ORDER IS GOING TO BE LIKE.
00:06:45 I WILL BE CALLING UP DCF THEN HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY MAYOR'S
00:06:50 OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE OFFICE OF
00:06:54 ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ,THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
00:06:57 AND THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION.
00:06:58 AND WE WILL DO THAT IN THAT ORDER.
00:07:01 SO FIRST WE ARE GOING TO CALL UP THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN,
00:07:04 YOUTH AND FAMILIES AND WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR CHERISE DORSEY
00:07:08 HERE WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU.
00:07:22 SUPERVISOR WALTON. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR CHEN
00:07:27 SAUTER AND WONG. I'M SHRI STACY SMITH, DIRECTOR
00:07:31 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILY.
00:07:34 >> AND ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY.
00:07:38 SO DCI FUNDING IS ORGANIZED AROUND RESULTS AND OUTCOMES
00:07:46 THAT WE SEEK FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
00:07:49 THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY NURTURING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
00:07:50 PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY, READY TO LEARN
00:07:54 AND SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND READY FOR COLLEGE WORK AND PRODUCTIVE
00:07:57 ADULTHOOD. WITHIN EACH OF THESE RESULTS
00:08:00 DCF SERVICE AREAS PROVIDE A RANGE OF FUNDING AND STRATEGIES
00:08:04 . >> AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
00:08:05 HEARING I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
00:08:08 THE WIDER SERVICE AREA FOR US INCLUDES SERVICES THAT ARE
00:08:13 IMPLEMENTED BY CBOS AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
00:08:17 SO THE GRANTS THAT ARE DIRECT TO CBOS THE FUNDING AMOUNT IS
00:08:21 AROUND 29 20.9 MILLION. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE WORK
00:08:24 ORDERS THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE AROUND 2.4 MILLION.
00:08:28 SO THE TOTAL IS 23.3 MILLION. >> THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
00:08:35 AND INITIATIVES THAT FALL UNDER OUR CBOS ARE OUR HIGH SCHOOL
00:08:36 PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ARE BASED ON SCHOOL SCHOOL SITES, THE
00:08:39 MAYOR'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.
00:08:43 OUR WHY ARE YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GENERAL AND THEN
00:08:46 OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRANSITION OF AGE YOUTH YOUNG
00:08:50 ADULTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THE WORK ORDERS THAT GO TO CITY
00:08:54 DEPARTMENTS WE PROVIDE FUNDS TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
00:08:58 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
00:09:01 AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS AND RECREATION AND PARK.
00:09:03 >> WE HAVE NO CUTS IN ANY OF OUR AGENCIES AND FUNDING TO
00:09:08 THOSE SERVICES. >> WE PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF
00:09:13 CAREER OF TIERED CAREER EXPOSURE AND WORK BASED
00:09:17 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. SO LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY OUR
00:09:18 HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP S ARE BASED IN EMBEDDED IN SFI USD
00:09:22 SCHOOLS. OUR TARGETS SCHOOLS ARE
00:09:26 DOWNTOWN HIGH O'CONNELL'S IN JORDAN BURTON AND S.F.
00:09:29 INTERNATIONAL. WE THEN HAVE MY EAP WHICH THE
00:09:30 TARGET POPULATION IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE
00:09:34 THROUGH 12. AND THAT IS WORK BASED LEARNING
00:09:37 OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH WITH NO WORK EXPERIENCE.
00:09:39 THEN WE HAVE OUR Y THE VERY GENERAL WHICH OUR JOB READINESS
00:09:42 TRAINING, CAREER EXPOSURE AND WORK BASED LEARNING FOR THE
00:09:44 TARGET POPULATION OF YOUTH AGES TO 14 S.F. JUSTICE INVOLVE
00:09:50 YOUTH 14 TO 17 AND HIGH SCHOOL AT RISK OR SYSTEM INVOLVED
00:09:52 YOUTH AGES 14 TO 17. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR
00:09:55 WIDER RETAIL STRATEGY WHICH FOCUSES ON JOB READINESS, JOB
00:10:02 PLACEMENTS, CAREER EXPOSURE AND TRANSITION PLANNING.
00:10:05 THE TARGET POPULATIONS ARE 18 TO 24 AND 18 TO 24 YOUTH WHO
00:10:10 ARE JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVED. THE WORK ORDER FUNDING THAT WE
00:10:16 PROVIDE TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
00:10:19 SO FOR EACH WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THEIR SYSTEM OF CARE
00:10:21 WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. IN THAT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
00:10:24 GAIN SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:10:28 AND RECEIVE CERTIFICATION, EMPLOYMENT AND PLACEMENT FOR
00:10:31 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. WE FUND THE URBAN FORESTRY
00:10:35 PROGRAM WHICH PARTICIPANTS LEARN PLANT CARE WHILE HELPING
00:10:39 IN MAINTAINING TREES AND GREEN SPACES.
00:10:40 WE PROVIDE FUNDING TO OCA FOR THE DREAMERS FELLOWS PROGRAM
00:10:43 FELLOWS GAIN JOB SKILLS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE THROUGH
00:10:47 PAID FELLOWSHIPS AND THEN FOR RECREATION PARKS DEPARTMENT.
00:10:50 WE SUPPORT THE GREEN AGERS AND RECREATION WHERE
00:10:54 PARTICIPANTS GAIN JOB SKILLS AND PLACEMENTS AT OUR PD SITES.
00:10:57 WE ALSO DID NOT DO ANY CUTS TO CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THESE
00:10:59 AREAS OF OF SUPPORT. >> JUST TO GIVE YOU A HIGH
00:11:05 LEVEL OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN WHICH WE WERE
00:11:10 ABLE TO SERVE. SO IN 2425 WE SERVED 3764
00:11:13 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS. WE PROBABLY WE SERVED MORE THAN
00:11:17 THAT. BUT ONCE AGAIN THESE WERE
00:11:18 UNIQUE AND NOT DUPLICATIVE. YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THE AGE
00:11:21 GROUP PRIMARILY 14 TO 17 ARE IS OUR HIGHEST POPULATION SERVED
00:11:27 AT 30 73.5% THEN GOES TO 18 TO 24 RACE AND ETHNICITY.
00:11:33 THE HIGHEST POPULATION SERVED OUR LATINO LATIN LEATHERNECKS
00:11:39 AT 33.5%, THEN ASIAN AT 29.9 AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND AT
00:11:43 18.5. >> GENDER BREAKDOWN YOU CAN SEE
00:11:47 AND I WON'T GO THROUGH. YOU CAN SEE OTHER DISTRICTS THE
00:11:50 HIGHEST DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE SERVING YOUNG PEOPLE FALL
00:11:53 IN TEN, 11 AND NINE FOLLOWED BY D FIVE.
00:11:56 THE BREAKDOWN PREDOMINANTLY 49 POINT IT'S ALMOST EQUAL 49.3%
00:12:03 MALE 46.7% FEMALE. AND THEN THE OTHER POPULATIONS
00:12:10 JOB PLACEMENTS. >> SO WE PROVIDE FIVE DIFFERENT
00:12:13 FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES. SO IN HOUSE PLACEMENTS WE HAD
00:12:17 104 INTERNSHIPS AROUND 12 JOB SHADOWS AND 115 THIS IS THROUGH
00:12:21 THE AGENCIES PRIVATE FOR PROFIT 84 WERE PLACED IN INTERNSHIPS
00:12:24 TWO JOBS OUT OF 312 WORK EXPERIENCE PRIVATE NONPROFIT
00:12:31 THERE WERE 978 INTERNSHIPS SEVEN JOB SHADOWS, 339
00:12:36 PLACEMENTS IN THAT IN PUBLIC GOVERNMENT 41 INTERNSHIPS 11
00:12:40 JOB SHADOW AND 18 WORK EXPERIENCE.
00:12:43 >> WE SURVEY ALL OF OUR STUDENTS OR THE PROGRAM SURVEY
00:12:47 ALL THE STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS.
00:12:50 >> AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE RESULTS
00:12:51 THAT CAME BACK FROM THAT 80% OF THE RESPONDENTS REPORTED
00:12:57 DEVELOPING EDUCATION OUR CAREER GOALS AND UNDERSTANDING THE
00:12:58 STEPS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS AS A RESULT OF THE
00:13:02 PROGRAMS THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN.
00:13:05 79% REPORTED DEVELOPING JOB SEARCH SKILLS.
00:13:09 69% REPORTED DEVELOPING FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS SUCH
00:13:13 AS OPENING BANK ACCOUNTS AND BUDGETS.
00:13:14 I HOPE TO INCREASE THAT MOVING FORWARD.
00:13:17 >> WE HAVE SEVERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO
00:13:21 EACH OF OUR STRATEGIES. THIS IS JUST A SYNOPSIS BASED
00:13:25 ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP. MY GENERAL AND YWCA TIA.
00:13:29 THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE OUTCOMES THAT WE LOOK AT ARE
00:13:32 THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS SERVED VERSUS THOSE PROJECTED.
00:13:36 WE HAVE A TARGET OF 90%. YOU CAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
00:13:38 CHART YOU'LL SEE FOR EACH STRATEGY HOW THOSE HOW THE
00:13:41 AGENCIES THAT MAKE UP THOSE STRATEGIES DID AS A WHOLE WORK
00:13:45 BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE. WE WANT 85% TO HAVE ACHIEVED
00:13:49 THAT FOR TRANSITION PLAN COMPLETION.
00:13:52 90% OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATED IN THESE PROGRAMS
00:13:55 COMPLETE A TRANSITION PLAN OF THEIR AS THEY'RE EXITING THESE
00:13:59 WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES. WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO
00:14:02 IN THEIR NEXT PHASE. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COMPLETION
00:14:06 WE DO A PROGRAMMATIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR
00:14:07 PROGRAMS 100 PERCENT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.
00:14:14 YOU FEEL SUPPORTED BY ADULTS 75% OF THE YOUTH NEED TO FEEL
00:14:17 AS IF THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY ADULTS AND HAVE SOMEONE TO BE
00:14:21 ABLE TO TAP TO EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
00:14:25 75% WOULD HAVE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT THEIR EDUCATION AND CAREER
00:14:31 GOALS ARE AFTER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM JOB READINESS
00:14:35 SKILLS GAINED, FINANCIAL LITERACY GAINED SKILLS GAINED
00:14:39 AND EMPLOYMENT AT PROGRAM COMPLETION.
00:14:40 AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN LOOKING AT THE CHART FROM THE MOST PART
00:14:44 A LOT OF OUR STRATEGIES A LOT OF THE AGENCIES WITHIN THIS ARE
00:14:48 FIRING AT ALL CYLINDERS AND HAVE OVERSHOT OVERSHOT THE
00:14:52 TARGET PERCENTAGE NEEDED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
00:14:57 THERE'S A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE WE NEED SOME WORK WHICH WE'RE
00:15:00 WORKING ON THAT THIS YEAR AND I AM COMPLETE.
00:15:04 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:15:07 DIRECTOR DORSEY I DO HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION IN TERMS OF YOUR
00:15:10 PUBLIC HOUSING YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FAMILIES MAY BE ON
00:15:15 BENEFITS, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE YOU PROVIDING FOR THEM?
00:15:18 >> THEY'RE ABLE TO GO INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT WORKFORCE
00:15:20 OPPORTUNITIES. SO OUR YWCA GENERAL OUR MY IB
00:15:23 THE HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP THEY'RE THE WE HAVE A PRIORITY
00:15:26 POPULATION OUTREACH SO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PROGRAMS ARE
00:15:34 OUTREACH INTO OUR AFRICAN LATIN NEXT PACIFIC ISLANDER ASIAN LOW
00:15:38 INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT YOUTH SO EVERY PROGRAM IS
00:15:45 ACTUALLY FOR THAT POPULATION. >> IF YOU'RE ASKING IF THERE'S
00:15:47 SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT JUST FOCUSES ON YOUTH AND HOUSING
00:15:50 DEVELOPMENT. >> NO.
00:15:54 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK THE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
00:15:57 OR COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES? THANK YOU DIRECTOR DORSEY THANK
00:16:00 YOU. >> AND NOW WE WILL BRING UP THE
00:16:04 REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY.
00:16:14 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SUSIE SMITH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
00:16:20 FOR POLICY PLANNING AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN
00:16:23 SERVICES AGENCY. THANKS FOR GIVING YOU THE
00:16:27 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE PROGRAMING.
00:16:30 >> THIS IS AN OVERVIEW HERE WE OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF
00:16:33 WORKFORCE STRATEGIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE
00:16:34 SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE ON PUBLIC BENEFITS.
00:16:38 >> OUR FOCUS IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IS ENSURING THAT OUR CAL
00:16:42 FRESH AND MEDI-CAL CLIENTS HAVE WORK AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
00:16:48 OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEW WORK
00:16:52 REQUIREMENTS BEING IMPOSED UPON OUR CLIENTS AS A RESULT OF H.R.
00:16:56 ONE. >> GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE
00:17:00 IMPACT OF H.R. ONE, WE ARE CENTERING OUR WORKFORCE
00:17:01 PROGRAMS ON PROGRAMS THAT CAN SCALE AND WE HAVE NO CUTS TO
00:17:05 OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTS STAFF AT HSA.
00:17:08 >> WHILE OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SUPPORT CLIENTS ON THEIR
00:17:12 PATH TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUALS
00:17:16 IN OUR SYSTEM ARE AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR
00:17:20 EMPLOYMENT JOURNEY. >> SO TO MEET THOSE VARIED
00:17:21 NEEDS WE GROUP OUR SERVICES INTO SEVERAL CORE CATEGORIES
00:17:25 THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE RANGING FROM HELPING CLIENTS TO BUILD
00:17:29 FOUNDATIONAL WORK HABITS WHILE MAINTAINING WORK REQUIREMENTS
00:17:33 TO SUPPORT IN SECURING AND MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT.
00:17:36 >> AH BUT THE BUDGET HERE IS OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS 43 MILLION.
00:17:42 THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE IS SPECIFICALLY
00:17:46 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF BENEFITS AND FAMILY SERVICES.
00:17:47 WE ALREADY HAD THE DOS AND SO THE FUNDING HERE IS THAT 34
00:17:53 POINT 6 MILLION REFLECTED AND WE THE ONLY CUTS THAT WE
00:18:00 HAVE ARE IN ARE 2.1 MILLION AND THAT IS IN SUBSPECIALTY
00:18:04 POPULATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING SERVED OR CAN BE SERVED
00:18:08 BY OUR BROADER PROGRAMS THAT CAN SCALE.
00:18:11 >> SO I'M GOING TO DO HERE IS JUST GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE
00:18:16 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT WE OFFER.
00:18:19 >> BUT FIRST GIVE A PROFILE OF OUR CLIENTS.
00:18:22 AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF OUR CLIENTS ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF
00:18:27 25 AND 54 AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE BREAK DOWN WHO WE SERVE BY
00:18:32 ZIP CODE. THE TOP ZIP CODES THAT WE SERVE
00:18:37 ARE (941) 029-4123 AND 94124 AND THAT'S NEXT SLIDE.
00:18:54 >> AND OF THOSE WHO REPORT RACE NET NECESSITY IT'S NOT A
00:18:58 REQUIRED FIELD WITHIN OUR PUBLIC BENEFITS ADMINISTRATIVE
00:19:01 SYSTEM. BUT OF THOSE THAT REPORT ABOUT
00:19:04 20% OF WHO RECEIVE WORKFORCE SERVICES ARE BLACK
00:19:08 AFRICAN-AMERICAN 18% LATIN X 10% WHITE AND 6% API THIS
00:19:14 CATEGORY EMPLOYMENT BARRIERS REMOVAL REALLY FOCUSES ON
00:19:19 HELPING CLIENTS STABILIZE THOSE BARRIERS SO THEY CAN
00:19:23 MEANINGFULLY MOVE INTO A VARIETY OF TRAINING OR
00:19:27 EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. >> MANY OF OUR CLIENTS AS YOU
00:19:28 KNOW, THEY WANT TO WORK. THEY FACE LANGUAGE BARRIERS.
00:19:32 THEY FACE EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS AND SO THIS IS REALLY TO HELP
00:19:35 REMOVE SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS AND PUT THEM ON A PATHWAY
00:19:39 TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY. >> SIMILARLY, THE NEXT SET OF
00:19:46 SERVICES AROUND JOB READINESS AND SUPPORT AND FOR THESE
00:19:49 CLIENTS THIS IS FOCUSING ON AGAIN FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
00:19:56 IN THE EARLIEST STAGES OF JOB READINESS.
00:19:58 >> SO WHILE SOME JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS INCLUDE JOB SEARCH
00:20:01 AND SUPPORT AND CONNECTION, A LOT OF THIS IS REALLY HELPING
00:20:05 TO PREPARE FOR MORE INTENSE TRAINING.
00:20:09 IT FOCUSES ON PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY VERY LITTLE WORK
00:20:11 EXPERIENCE AND IN PARTICULAR A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS SPEAK
00:20:19 LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH SO THAT VOCATIONAL ED IS REALLY
00:20:21 IMPORTANT AND THAT EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:20:30 >> ON THIS NEXT SLIDE WE TALK ABOUT VOCATION, EDUCATION
00:20:34 AND TRAINING. THIS IS REALLY TO UPSKILL
00:20:38 CLIENTS TRANSITION TO NEW CAREERS THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO
00:20:39 HAVE COMPLETED THE BASIC JOB READINESS AND THEY'RE READY FOR
00:20:43 MORE HANDS ON TRAINING AND AREAS LIKE CLERICAL HEALTH
00:20:47 CARE CONSTRUCTION, COMMERCIAL DRIVING, HOSPITALITY
00:20:50 AND CULINARY THEN MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF OUR JOBS
00:20:57 NOW PROGRAM. THIS IS WHERE WE FOCUS ON
00:20:58 SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS SO ENABLING PEOPLE TO GET A
00:21:02 FOOT IN THE DOOR BY BY SUBSIDIZING THEIR WAGES
00:21:06 AND PROVIDING STRUCTURE AND ON SITE TRAINING AND SUPPORT.
00:21:11 SO THIS IS REALLY AN EARN AND LEARN MODEL.
00:21:13 IT ENABLES PEOPLE TO GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE
00:21:17 NOT BE ABLE TO. WE PARTNER WITH A VARIETY OF
00:21:18 PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS AS WELL AS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYERS TO
00:21:22 SUPPORT CLIENTS WHO ARE REALLY READY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT.
00:21:26 AND AGAIN I'M NOT I DON'T GO OVER EACH OF THE DATA POINTS
00:21:29 IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS OF PLACEMENTS BUT PRESENTED HERE
00:21:32 FOR EACH OF THESE MORE DETAILS ON THE PAST PROGRAM IT'S REALLY
00:21:38 ONE OF OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM. IT'S A SIX MONTH WORK BASED
00:21:40 PAID LEARNING OPPORTUNITY DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE BUILD
00:21:44 TECHNICAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO ENTER THE PUBLIC
00:21:47 SECTOR. >> MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE
00:21:51 PARTNERS IN THIS AND THEY RECEIVE OUR CLIENTS
00:21:54 IN PLACEMENTS AND THEY GET THAT REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE WHILE
00:21:58 ALSO BEING SUPPORTED THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT AND JOB SEARCH
00:22:04 . >> AND THEN FINALLY OUR ONSITE
00:22:05 TRAINING PROGRAM. THIS IS A SIX MONTH WAGE
00:22:09 SUBSIDY PROGRAM WHERE PARTICIPANTS CAN EARN A
00:22:12 PAYCHECK WHILE GAINING EXPERIENCE IN THE PRIVATE
00:22:16 SECTOR AND WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED THIS PROGRAM TO HAVE VERY
00:22:17 SPECIFIC TRAINING GOALS AND OVERSIGHT WITH THE
00:22:21 EMPLOYERS SO WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF
00:22:24 SUBSIDIZED LABOR BUT WE'RE REALLY GIVING THEM THESE
00:22:27 CLIENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON SITE TRAINING AND WORKING
00:22:32 WITH THE EMPLOYERS TO HAVE A VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP OF WHAT
00:22:35 THOSE TRAINING GOALS ARE. AND WE EXPECT THAT OUR CLIENTS
00:22:37 WILL BE HIRED. >> THAT'S PART OF THE MOU
00:22:40 AND WE HAVE A HIGH PLACEMENT RATE IN THIS PROGRAM SO IT'S
00:22:43 JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW WE HAVE A LOT OF ROBUST PROGRAMING.
00:22:47 IT DEPENDS ON YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CLIENT'S NEEDS ARE AND WE
00:22:50 TAILOR THEIR SERVICES ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT
00:22:54 THEY HAVE. >> HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
00:22:55 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:22:58 DIRECTOR SMITH I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
00:23:02 WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 2.1 MILLION REDUCTION WAS AN
00:23:05 EXAMPLE OF US AS A POPULATION. >> YEAH, SURE.
00:23:10 SO WE HAD WE HAD A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR LGBTQ PLUS
00:23:14 POPULATION. WE HAD A EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
00:23:18 SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
00:23:21 MANY OF THESE FOLKS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR EXISTING
00:23:22 PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE REFERRING THEM INTO OUR
00:23:25 LARGER SCALE PROGRAMS. I THINK WE'RE JUST AT A MOMENT
00:23:28 WHERE WE CAN'T HAVE SORT OF CUSTOM DESIGNED PROGRAMS
00:23:32 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NINE 19,000 PEOPLE ON
00:23:36 COVERAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLACE IN OPPORTUNITY.
00:23:39 >> SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:23:40 WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN SERVE PEOPLE AT SCALE IN THIS
00:23:43 PARTICULAR MOMENT AND DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE TO
00:23:45 ANSWER THIS NOW. BUT I WOULD LOVE JUST A FOLLOW
00:23:48 UP AS WE LOOK AT JOBS NOW, THE PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WHO ARE
00:23:52 WORKING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PERCENTAGE WORKING
00:23:56 IN NONPROFIT. >> SURE.
00:23:56 SURE. >> I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU
00:24:00 AND ALSO HERE IN CONVERSATION ABOUT POSSIBLE MERGERS WITH
00:24:04 WORKFORCE FROM OLDER WE COME TO HSA.
00:24:07 IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT? HAVE YOU HEARD RUMORS?
00:24:10 >> AND THEN LASTLY WAS THE WORKING FAMILIES CREDIT
00:24:18 ELIMINATED THAT WAS ELIMINATED AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT
00:24:22 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE WORKING FAMILIES TAX CREDIT
00:24:23 PROGRAM, IT WAS REALLY IT WAS BEFORE THE STATE HAD AN EITC
00:24:27 PROGRAM AND PART OF THE DRAW WAS TO GET PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR
00:24:30 THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND THEN LATER NOW TO THE STATE PROGRAM.
00:24:34 OUR AMOUNT WAS MUCH SMALLER AND SO THE IDEA WAS IT WAS PRE
00:24:38 A BIGGER PROGRAM BY THE STATE AND IT WAS AN INCENTIVE TO GET
00:24:42 THE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT. >> NOW THAT WE HAVE A STATE
00:24:46 AND FEDERAL TAX CREDIT WE WENT IN LOOKING AT A MOMENT NOT THAT
00:24:50 ANY TAX CREDIT IS IMPORTANT FOR LOW INCOME WORKING FAMILIES WE
00:24:53 SUPPORT BUT AT THIS MOMENT WHEN WE HAD SO MANY BUDGET CUTS TO
00:24:57 CONTEND WITH, IT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY HAD
00:25:00 TO LET GO. >> BUT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
00:25:01 THE FEDERAL. EXACTLY.
00:25:04 >> AND THEY'RE STILL VITAL SITES THAT ARE HELPING PEOPLE
00:25:06 GET BOTH THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL TAX CREDIT.
00:25:08 OURS WAS MUCH SMALLER AND IT WAS KIND OF AN INCENTIVE
00:25:12 INITIALLY AGAIN TO DRAW DOWN THE FEDERAL FUNDS SO THEY CAN
00:25:13 STILL ARE STILL ELIGIBLE THE STATE AND FEDERAL WHICH IS
00:25:16 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AS OPPOSED TO LIKE A COUPLE HUNDRED
00:25:19 DOLLARS. >> GOT IT.
00:25:20 I DO SEE WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM SUPERVISOR SOUDER.
00:25:23 THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
00:25:27 I KNOW WE'RE NOT IN THE CLIMATE WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:25:31 EXPANSION AND MORE FUNDING BUT IF WE WERE I JUST I WONDER YOU
00:25:37 KIND OF HAVE THIS WEB OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT REACH
00:25:39 DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AND NEEDS.
00:25:42 WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE LEAVING PEOPLE BEHIND?
00:25:46 WHERE WHERE ARE WE MISSING TARGETED OUTREACH OR TARGETED
00:25:49 ON RAMPS RIGHT NOW IF YOU COULD EXPAND IN ONE DIRECTION OR IF
00:25:54 YOU HAD THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THAT
00:25:57 ? >> YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
00:25:58 AND I THINK AS AS WE LOOK AT H.R. ONE AND THOSE
00:26:01 REQUIREMENTS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE INTERESTED IN DOING IS
00:26:05 EXPANDING COMMUNITY SITES FOR PEOPLE TO BE PLACED IN IN PART
00:26:11 BECAUSE IF SOMEONE ON CAL FRESH IS PLACED IN A COMMUNITY BASED
00:26:15 ORGANIZATION, THE NUMBER OF HOURS THEY HAVE TO WORK IS LESS
00:26:19 THAN IF THEY WERE IN OTHER SETTINGS.
00:26:22 AND THE SORT OF TECHNICAL REASON AROUND WELL WE LOOK AT
00:26:24 THE CAL FRESH DOLLAR AMOUNT AND YOU DIVIDE BY MINIMUM WAGE
00:26:27 AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF HOURS THEY'D HAVE TO BE THAT HAVE TO
00:26:30 WORK AND SO EXPANDING OUR COMMUNITY SITE TO RECEIVE CAL
00:26:34 FRESH RECIPIENTS AND MEDI-CAL RECIPIENTS LATER WOULD BE ONE
00:26:37 AREA ANOTHER AREA WOULD BE EXPANDING OUR ONSITE TRAINING
00:26:41 PROGRAM, OUR SORT OF PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
00:26:46 THAT HELPS NOT ONLY THE CLIENTS BUT ALSO IT'S AN ECONOMIC
00:26:47 STIMULUS FOR THE YOU KNOW, FOR LOCAL EMPLOYERS.
00:26:51 >> SO THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO.
00:26:53 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:26:57 SUPERVISOR SUTTER. SUPERVISOR CHIN THANK YOU,
00:27:00 CHAIR. >> I KNOW YOU MAY NOT MAY NOT
00:27:04 HAVE SOME OF THE DATA BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN LOOK AT THE
00:27:08 WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAM THAT YOU MENTION LIKE EVEN WITH A CI MOU
00:27:13 THAT THE INTENTION IS TO AFTER TRAINING THAT DOES INDIVIDUAL
00:27:20 GETTING AN MOU ACTUALLY GETTING A JOB PLACEMENT AT VARIOUS
00:27:24 PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT SECTOR. >> SO I WONDER IF YOU HAVE ANY
00:27:29 NUMBERS ON LIKE THE AGE GROUP, THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND WHO ARE
00:27:32 THEY SERVING BECAUSE IT'S PROVEN IS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL
00:27:36 WITH THAT. >> YEAH SO I DO HAVE THE
00:27:39 OVERALL NUMBERS IN TERMS OF OUR PLACEMENT RATE FOR THE FOR OUR
00:27:41 SUBSIDIZED PROGRAM. SO AND IN THE LAST FULL FISCAL
00:27:45 YEAR 2425 AT LEAST 72% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETED
00:27:50 THEIR SUBSIDIZED PLACEMENTS PLACEMENTS WERE LATER HIRED
00:27:54 INTO UNSUBSIDIZED JOBS AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
00:27:58 IN DEMOGRAPHICS OF HOW THAT BREAKS OUT, I CAN CERTAINLY GET
00:28:01 GET THAT FOR YOU AFTER THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
00:28:03 >> SO IT'S A HIGH AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE MATCH WE
00:28:05 LOOK AT LONGER TERM OUTCOMES BY MATCHING OUR CLIENT DATA TO
00:28:09 EARNINGS OVER TIME AND WE FIND WHEN WE DO THIS LONGER
00:28:13 LONGITUDINAL KIND OF LOOKING A COUPLE OF YEARS OUT HOW ARE
00:28:17 THEY DOING? ABOUT 58% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE
00:28:19 IN OUR EARNING WITHOUT ANY OF OUR SUBSIDIES AND AND FULLY
00:28:23 EMPLOYED SO WE DO SUBSIDIZE EMPLOYMENT IS A REALLY GREAT
00:28:27 STRATEGY TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO
00:28:31 INVEST IN IT. >> BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT'S NOT
00:28:32 APPROPRIATE FOR EVERYBODY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND,
00:28:34 YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY SITES THAT CAN BE APPROPRIATE FOR ONE SET
00:28:38 OF CLIENTS AND THEN MORE SUBSIDIZED PLACEMENTS FOR FOLKS
00:28:42 THAT ARE REALLY READY. >> YEAH.
00:28:43 IF I CAN ALSO GET SOME DATA ON LIKE THE JOB CATEGORY, THAT'D
00:28:50 BE GREAT. >> LIKE WHAT KIND OF OH
00:28:51 ABSOLUTELY WE COLLECT THAT PLACEMENT RATE THAT BIG GREAT
00:28:54 YEAH HOSPITAL YEAH WE COLLECT THAT AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH
00:28:57 YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:28:58 GREAT QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHEN.
00:29:02 AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR SMITH. >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON
00:29:06 THE ROSTER FOR QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:29:09 WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
00:29:12 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW DIRECTOR TOBY IS HERE
00:29:14 AND I BELIEVE OUR INFORMATION OR CONVERSATIONS AROUND MOSTLY
00:29:18 WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
00:29:21 >> CORRECT. OKAY.
00:29:22 THANK. >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR WALTON
00:29:28 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
00:29:32 TO PRESENT OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THIS
00:29:33 AFTERNOON SUPPORTING PATHWAYS FOR SAN FRANCISCANS TO THRIVE
00:29:39 IS NOT ONLY CENTRAL TO OUR WORK, IT IS A DEEPLY HELD
00:29:41 PERSONAL VALUE THAT HAS GUIDED ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER MY 27
00:29:44 YEAR LONG CAREER IN SAN FRANCISCO NOW AS A DEPARTMENT
00:29:48 HEAD MY PRIORITY FOR IWD IS TO BUILD UPON THE LEGACY WORK OF
00:29:54 THIS DEPARTMENT AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES
00:29:56 FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCANS. >> THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
00:29:59 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAS HISTORICALLY HELD THE LARGEST
00:30:02 SHARE OF CITY WORKFORCE FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2324 WE SERVED
00:30:06 THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
00:30:10 >> I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TO BED THIS
00:30:14 RUMOR WE WILL NOT BE MERGING OUR WORKFORCE TEAM WITH HSA.
00:30:20 I TAKE TREMENDOUS PRIDE IN THE PORTFOLIO THAT OUR WORKFORCE
00:30:25 TEAM DELIVERS TO JOB SEEKERS IN SAN FRANCISCO EVERY SINGLE
00:30:29 DAY. >> I BELIEVE THAT LONG TERM
00:30:30 ECONOMIC VITALITY IS CRITICALLY DEPENDENT ON A ROBUST,
00:30:33 COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.
00:30:37 WE ARE THE CITY'S LEAD DEPARTMENT FOR WORKFORCE
00:30:38 DEVELOPMENT PROVIDING STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION FOR
00:30:41 SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA REGION.
00:30:44 WE WORK WITH OUR 24 SISTER AGENCIES TO COORDINATE
00:30:49 WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS AND EVALUATE PROGRAMS WHICH
00:30:50 INCLUDE COLLABORATION AROUND FUNDING SO THAT DEPARTMENTS
00:30:53 THAT ARE BEST POSITIONED TO DELIVER SERVICES HAVE THE
00:30:56 RESOURCES TO DO SO. FOR EXAMPLE, MOST WORK ORDERS
00:31:00 APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION OF FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
00:31:04 BLOCK GRANT FUNDING TO OUR IWD TO WORKFORCE SERVICES EVERY
00:31:08 YEAR. OUR WORKFORCE DIVISION IS THE
00:31:12 LARGEST DEPARTMENTAL TEAM AND HAS THE LARGEST BUDGET
00:31:16 ALLOCATION UNDERSCORING THE CRITICAL AND CENTRAL ROLE IT
00:31:19 PLAYS IN ADVANCING OUR MISSION. FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 WE WERE
00:31:23 DIRECTED TO FIND $10 MILLION IN CUTS ON FEBRUARY 23RD WE
00:31:29 SUBMITTED A BUDGET WITH $3.8 MILLION IN PROGRAM CUTS ACROSS
00:31:32 THE DEPARTMENT BY REDESIGNING JOB CENTERS TO FOLD
00:31:36 IN WRAPAROUND SERVICES THROUGH CENTRALIZED JOB CENTER MODELS,
00:31:40 WE ARE ELIMINATING ADMINISTRATE OF REDUNDANCIES AND ENSURING A
00:31:44 MORE STREAMLINED EXPERIENCE FOR JOB SEEKERS.
00:31:47 WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY $1.5 MILLION IN OPERATIONAL
00:31:51 EFFICIENCIES WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE PORTFOLIO WHICH IS
00:31:54 WHAT WE SUBMITTED DURING THE DEPARTMENT PHASE FOUR WORKFORCE
00:31:55 CUTS. >> SUBSEQUENTLY WE WERE ALSO
00:31:58 ASKED TO IDENTIFY 22 PERSONNEL CUTS AND IN RESPONSE OR IWD HAS
00:32:02 ELIMINATED A TOTAL OF 19 FILLED AND VACANT POSITIONS.
00:32:09 PROGRAM AND STAFF REDUCTIONS WERE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC
00:32:13 AND DESIGNED TO PROTECT CLIENT FACING SERVICES AND AND PROGRAM
00:32:16 CONTINUITY. OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WILL
00:32:21 CONTINUE TO DELIVER CRITICAL WORKFORCE PROGRAMS.
00:32:25 WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS NOT A DISPARATE LIST OF PROGRAMS.
00:32:28 >> THIS IS A HIGHLY INTEGRATED CITYWIDE ECONOMIC
00:32:30 INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR PORTFOLIO IS DELIBERATELY
00:32:33 ENGINEERED TO MOVE RESIDENTS FROM INITIAL OUTREACH ALL THE
00:32:35 WAY TO SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT WHILE SUPPLYING LOCAL
00:32:39 BUSINESSES WITH THE EXACT TALENT THEY NEED TO GROW.
00:32:42 WE HAVE FIVE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AT THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM
00:32:46 IS OUR SECTOR TRAINING THROUGH ACADEMIES LIKE CITY BUILD TECH,
00:32:50 S.F. HEALTH CARE AND HOSPITALITY WE ARE ALIGNING
00:32:54 OUR TALENT PIPELINE DIRECTLY WITH SAN FRANCISCO'S HIGHEST
00:32:55 GROWTH INDUSTRIES DELIVERING THE FIELD READY CERTIFIED
00:32:58 PROFESSIONALS OUR ECONOMY REQUIRES WITH AN 89% COMPLETION
00:33:05 RATE. GRADUATES ARE GRADUATES OF OUR
00:33:06 CITY BUILD ACADEMY ARE SECURING AVERAGE STARTING WAGES OF $31
00:33:11 PER HOUR ARE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM
00:33:15 FUNCTIONS AS A LAUNCHPAD FOR EMERGING TALENT BY PROVIDING
00:33:18 EARLY ACCESS TO PAID PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WE ARE
00:33:19 BUILDING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY THAT KEEPS FAMILIES ROOTED
00:33:23 IN SAN FRANCISCO TO GUARANTEE THIS SYSTEM IS EQUITABLE.
00:33:27 >> OUR JOB CENTER NETWORK OPERATED BY TRUSTED CULTURALLY
00:33:30 COMPETENT PROVIDERS ANCHORS THESE RESOURCES ACROSS THE CITY
00:33:34 IN THE HEART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING THE
00:33:36 MISSION BAYVIEW AND CHINATOWN. >> WE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS
00:33:39 GROWTH BY PROMOTING PROVIDING NO COST CUSTOMERS CUSTOMIZED
00:33:43 RECRUITMENT SERVICES AND ACCESS TO PRE VETTED SAN FRANCISCO
00:33:47 CANDIDATES. >> WE'VE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS
00:33:50 WITH MORE THAN 600 EMPLOYERS AND SUPPORTED NEARLY 1800
00:33:53 HIRES. >> FINALLY, WHAT MAKES THIS
00:33:57 ENTIRE ARCHITECTURE WORK IS OUR SYSTEM STRATEGY WHICH IS THE
00:34:00 STRATEGIC BACKBONE FOR THESE INVESTMENTS.
00:34:01 PART OF THIS WORK IS CONVENING COMMITTEES SUCH AS WORKFORCE
00:34:04 INVESTMENT S.F. OR WISHES AND THE COMMITTEE ON CITY
00:34:08 WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT WHICH HELPS ALL OF OUR CITY STAKEHOLDERS
00:34:11 WORK TOGETHER TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.
00:34:14 WITH EVERY DOLLAR WE DEPLOY IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, OUR
00:34:18 TEAM ENSURES THAT WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS ARE TIED TO CLEAR
00:34:19 METRICS ENROLLMENT COMPLETION PLACEMENT PLACEMENT, WAGE
00:34:26 AND RETENTION, SUPPORTING DEPARTMENT WIDE PERFORMANCE
00:34:27 GOALS AND CITYWIDE GOALS TO EVALUATE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS
00:34:31 AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE
00:34:34 FOCUSING ON GOING FORWARD IS HOW WE CAN INCREASE CONNECTIONS
00:34:37 TO AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYER PARTNERS.
00:34:41 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR WORKFORCE INFRASTRUCTURE DOES
00:34:45 NOT OPERATE IN A VACUUM. WE EXECUTE CITYWIDE PRIORITIES
00:34:49 . >> AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
00:34:50 TANGIBLE OUTCOMES BEHIND THESE PILLARS.
00:34:52 >> LAST YEAR WE SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTED 3600 RESIDENTS TO
00:34:56 JOBS AND CAREERS ACTIVELY SUPPLYING LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH
00:34:59 THE TALENT THEY NEED TO STAY AND GROW IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:35:00 WHEN THE CITY MANDATES SAFER STREETS WE DEPLOY THE
00:35:04 PERSONNEL. LAST YEAR PROGRAMS THAT ARE
00:35:07 PART OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ACADEMY PLACED 265 RESIDENTS
00:35:10 DIRECTLY INTO FRONTLINE ROLES INCLUDING EMTS, STREET
00:35:14 AMBASSADORS AND SECURITY STAFF. >> WE'RE TACKLING PUBLIC HEALTH
00:35:18 AND HOUSING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ADDITION TO TRAINING OVER
00:35:20 250 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, WE DEPLOYED EMPLOYMENT
00:35:22 SPECIALIST DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITES
00:35:26 HELPING VULNERABLE RESIDENTS SECURE BOTH JOBS AND HOUSING.
00:35:29 >> WE ADVANCED SAN FRANCISCO'S HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
00:35:33 GOALS BY ENSURING THE CITY IS BUILT BY ITS OWN RESIDENTS
00:35:36 THROUGH CITY BUILD A PROGRAM THAT HAS TRAINED THOUSANDS OF
00:35:40 SAN FRANCISCANS OVER ITS 20 YEAR HISTORY.
00:35:41 WE PROVIDE THE FIELD READY WORKFORCE NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT
00:35:45 ESSENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:35:48 AND TRUE EQUITY MEANS WORKFORCE STABILITY REMOVING THE
00:35:52 STRUCTURAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT TALENTED RESIDENTS FROM
00:35:55 PARTICIPATING IN OUR ECONOMY IN OUR ECONOMY IS CRITICAL.
00:35:59 >> THAT IS WHY WE INVEST IN CHILD CARE, TRANSPORTATION,
00:36:03 JUSTICE SYSTEM NAVIGATION AND MORE.
00:36:04 SO IF THESE BARRIERS DO NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF ECONOMIC
00:36:06 OPPORTUNITY, THE FAMILY OPPORTUNITY AGENDA ANNOUNCED
00:36:11 IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR SETS A CLEAR GOAL MAKE SAN
00:36:14 FRANCISCO A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN STAY, AFFORD TO
00:36:18 LIVE AND GROW. EXECUTING THAT REQUIRES A
00:36:19 SPECIALIZED WORKFORCE AND WE ARE DELIVERING IT ACROSS TWO
00:36:23 CRITICAL FRONTS. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE
00:36:26 HAVE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
00:36:30 REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY STAFF THOSE CENTERS.
00:36:33 AND WE ARE WORKING ON EXPANDING OUR PROGRAM.
00:36:34 SO OUR PROGRAM REACH TO YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP
00:36:38 WITH DCF S.F. USD AND UCSF. >> SECONDLY, TO SECURE THE
00:36:45 FUTURE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT
00:36:46 PROGRAMS PROVIDE PAID INTERNSHIP, MENTORSHIP
00:36:49 AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS THAT COMPLEMENT THE CITY'S NEW
00:36:53 HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATION INITIATIVES TO MAINTAIN SAN
00:36:54 FRANCISCO'S REPUTATION AS A WORLD CLASS DESTINATION.
00:36:57 WE NEED A WORLD CLASS WORKFORCE .
00:37:00 OUR HOSPITALITY GRADUATES WORK AT THE FINEST HOTELS,
00:37:02 RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN THE CITY.
00:37:05 WE ADVANCED GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY BY LEADING CITYWIDE
00:37:09 WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT EFFORTS. THIS YEAR WE STREAMLINED
00:37:13 WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY BY EVALUATING NEARLY
00:37:15 300 PROGRAMS IN 24 DEPARTMENTS AND PUBLISHING THE CITYWIDE
00:37:19 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH GUIDES MORE THAN $200
00:37:23 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BASED AND INTERNAL WORKFORCE
00:37:24 INITIATIVES. >> SAN FRANCISCO CONTINUE TO
00:37:31 HAVE THE SECOND LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALIFORNIA AT
00:37:32 3.9%. THIS IS BELOW BOTH THE STATE AT
00:37:36 5.5 AND FEDERAL AT 4.3%. >> WE HAVE ALIGNED OUR CURRENT
00:37:38 AND FUTURE SECTOR TRAINING PROGRAMS WITH LABOR MARKET
00:37:43 NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES. CONSTRUCTION IN TECH,
00:37:46 HOSPITALITY AND HEALTH CARE CONTINUE TO GROW AND ARE
00:37:50 ALIGNED WITH OUR EXISTING SECTOR STRATEGY.
00:37:51 AND WE HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THE GROWING PROFESSIONAL
00:37:54 AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIALLY
00:37:55 EXPAND OUR PROGRAMING. RFP TO 35 IS VALUED AT $23.8
00:38:06 MILLION AND IS LIVE AND IS STRUCTURED TO PROTECT EXISTING
00:38:09 PROGRAMS AND MAINTAIN CONTINUITY FOR CLIENTS.
00:38:14 WE INTEND TO INVEST IN THESE SIX KEY PROGRAM AREAS SEEN ON
00:38:17 THE SCREEN. >> IF WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE
00:38:21 ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMATIC CUTS WE WILL LOOK TO LIMIT THOSE
00:38:24 REDUCTIONS TO SPECIALIZED PILOT AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.
00:38:28 AGAIN TO PRESERVE THESE CORE PROGRAMS RFP 235 COVERS A FOUR
00:38:31 YEAR PERIOD AND IS FLEXIBLE ENABLING US TO PAUSE OR PACE
00:38:35 INVESTMENTS WHILE ALSO LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN SHOULD FUTURE
00:38:39 RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING
00:38:42 SUBMISSIONS AND ANTICIPATES ANTICIPATES SENDING AWARD
00:38:46 NOTIFICATIONS IN EARLY MAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:38:50 TIME TODAY. IN CLOSING I WANT TO REITERATE
00:38:51 THAT DESPITE THE CITY'S CHALLENGING BUDGET SITUATION WE
00:38:54 HAVE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE
00:38:58 LEVEL OF SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:38:59 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR TOPIA
00:39:02 AND I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
00:39:05 THE FIRST ONE IS JUST IN TERMS OF LAYOFFS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
00:39:09 DEPARTMENTAL LAYOFFS ARE ON THE ECON SIDE VERSUS THE WORKFORCE
00:39:13 DEVELOPMENT SIDE? THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE TO THE
00:39:17 WORKFORCE SIDE I THINK WAS A 13% YEAR I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST
00:39:34 I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I HADN'T BROKEN IT DOWN VERSUS BECAUSE
00:39:36 IT'S DIFFERENT. >> EVERY SINGLE DIVISION IN THE
00:39:39 OFFICE TOOK CUTS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT.
00:39:42 SO YEAH, I SEE LAYOFFS STANDPOINT.
00:39:43 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING LAID OFF FROM THE ECON SIDE AND HOW
00:39:47 MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING LAID OFF FROM THE WORKFORCE SIDE?
00:39:51 >> SO WE LAID OFF EIGHT POSITIONS ON THE WORKFORCE TEAM
00:40:00 AND 11 POSITIONS ON THE ECON SIDE.
00:40:01 >> AND THEN HOW MANY ARE ACTUAL PEOPLE?
00:40:05 >> 1313 PEOPLE AND WHAT WAS THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING
00:40:12 LAYOFFS? >> WE REALLY TRIED TO FOCUS ON
00:40:16 HOW TO MAINTAIN EXISTING PROGRAMS AND FIND EFFICIENCIES
00:40:23 . I MEAN I CAN TELL YOU THAT
00:40:24 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE LAYOFFS IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
00:40:27 . THESE ARE NOT EASY DECISIONS TO
00:40:28 MAKE AND IT REALLY WAS FOCUSED ON TRYING TO FIND WHERE WE HAD
00:40:32 RESOURCES THAT WE COULD DEPLOY TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING
00:40:35 PROGRAM. >> AND WHAT'S THE RACIAL
00:40:36 BREAKDOWN OF LAYOFFS? I DON'T HAVE THAT.
00:40:40 THERE'S SOMEBODY ADVISOR I CAN I CAN WORK WITH H.R.
00:40:43 >> TO GET THAT TO YOU. IT'S WHAT DID YOU SAY?
00:40:46 IT'S 13 PEOPLE. YOU GOT A ROUGH IDEA OF HOW
00:40:50 MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR VERSUS HOW MANY PEOPLE IN A MAJORITY.
00:40:54 >> I DO NOT HAVE THAT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU KNOW WE
00:40:58 ARE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY AND WE
00:40:59 TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE IN OUR DIVERSITY AND DECISIONS
00:41:02 WERE NOT MADE ON THE RACIAL BACKGROUND.
00:41:06 BUT I CAN I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
00:41:09 >> I CAN CERTAINLY ASK H.R. TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO
00:41:10 YOU. DO YOU THINK EVERYBODY LAID OFF
00:41:14 WAS A PERSON OF COLOR? >> NO.
00:41:17 AND THEN WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE ULTIMATE GOAL
00:41:19 OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS? >> I BELIEVE WORKFORCE
00:41:22 DEVELOPMENT IS CRITICAL TO SAN FRANCISCO'S ONGOING ECONOMIC
00:41:25 ECONOMIC STABILITY AND YOU KNOW OUR WORKFORCE TEAM PROVIDES
00:41:35 BOTH ACCESS TO JOBS JOB SEEKERS, TRAINING FOR JOB
00:41:39 SEEKERS AND EMPLOYER SERVICES. AND I THINK IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL
00:41:43 COMPONENT OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
00:41:44 >> NO 100% AGREE WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE DEPARTMENT
00:41:48 BEING VITAL. AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
00:41:52 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ACHIEVE GOALS AND ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT
00:41:55 RATES AND MAKE SURE SAN FRANCISCANS ARE WORKING WHEN
00:42:00 YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT?
00:42:03 >> AGAIN SUPERVISOR WHAT WE ARE WHAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON IS
00:42:07 REALLY TRYING TO FIND THE WAY TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES IN THE
00:42:11 DEPARTMENT IF IT MEANS LOOKING AT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
00:42:14 AND FINDING OUT WAYS TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT.
00:42:16 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT .
00:42:21 YOU MENTIONED HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATION INITIATIVE.
00:42:22 WHAT DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT IS?
00:42:26 >> THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING
00:42:29 AT WITH DCF AND SFI USD TO AGAIN TO TO PROVIDE A DUAL
00:42:40 CERTIFICATION JOB TRAINING CERTIFICATION ALONG WITH THE
00:42:44 HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE. >> SO IT'S IT'S IT'S IN A IT'S
00:42:49 IN THE SORT OF CONVERSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE RIGHT NOW.
00:42:52 I'M JUST GOING TO SAY AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN AROUND
00:42:53 WORKFORCE FOR A FEW DECADES AT THIS POINT THIS IS VERY
00:42:59 DISHEARTENING IN TERMS OF NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF LAYOFFS BUT
00:43:03 ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE A PART OF YOUR PORTFOLIO
00:43:07 IN TERMS OF WHO IN COMMUNITY GET SERVED THE DIVERSITY OF WHO
00:43:11 GET SERVED AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE DEPARTMENT IT LOOKS LIKE
00:43:19 AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FOR ME SO I CAN ONLY GO FOR THE FROM
00:43:20 WHAT I SEE THAT MAINLY FOLKS OF COLOR ARE BEING LAID OFF
00:43:23 AND MAINLY FOLKS OF COLOR ARE WHO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES ARE
00:43:27 MAINLY FOLKS OF COLOR. THE POPULATION THAT YOU SERVE
00:43:31 AS AN OFFICE. THAT'S DISHEARTENING WHETHER
00:43:34 IT'S INTENTIONAL OR NOT IT'S A FACT AND THAT IS VERY
00:43:38 PROBLEMATIC FOR THIS SUPERVISOR THAT MOSTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE
00:43:42 BEING LAID OFF FROM ANY CITY DEPARTMENT.
00:43:46 AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTED AND I HOPE
00:43:49 THAT WE CAN WORK TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE
00:43:54 THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CITY THAT LOOKS AFTER DIVERSITY
00:43:58 AND TAKES CARE OF ITS PEOPLE AND I HOPE NO ONE WILL WANT TO
00:44:01 BE ASSOCIATED WITH JUST LAYING OFF PEOPLE OF COLOR.
00:44:04 I MEAN THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING WE ALL WOULD WOULD
00:44:08 WANT TO BE AGAINST. BUT WITH THAT SAID, I WILL CALL
00:44:15 SUPERVISOR SOUDER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
00:44:19 I WANT TO APPRECIATE SLIDE NUMBER TWO.
00:44:23 I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD
00:44:27 DEBATE ALL DAY IF THE AGENCY THAT HAS WORKFORCE IN THEIR
00:44:32 NAME AND MOST PEOPLE THINK OF AS WORKFORCE IF 25% IS THE
00:44:35 RIGHT NUMBER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WORK OF
00:44:39 WORKFORCE IS EMBEDDED IN A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS BUT 25%
00:44:43 FEELS LOW TO ME AND THAT'S A I THINK A WHOLE NOTHER
00:44:47 CONVERSATION. BUT I JUST WANTED TO YOU KNOW,
00:44:48 THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR US TO SEE AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE
00:44:51 GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO
00:44:55 UNDERSTAND WHATEVER TOPIC AT HAND IS TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE
00:44:58 HOW IT'S BROKEN UP RIGHT THAT THIS VISUALS IS REALLY HELPFUL.
00:45:02 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION
00:45:05 WHICH MAYBE YOU KNOW I THINK COULD BE ASKED OR SHOULD BE
00:45:09 ASKED OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS PRESENTING TODAY WHICH IS ABOUT
00:45:12 THE IMPACT OF AI ON YOUR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND MAYBE OUR
00:45:20 LABOR MARKET AT LARGE AND I KNOW IT'S A HUGE CONVERSATION
00:45:24 AND IT DESERVES HIS OWN TIME BUT AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT
00:45:28 HOW YOU SEGMENT ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT TRAININGS HERE, HOW
00:45:35 ARE YOU EMBEDDING AI IN HERE AND WHERE IS IT HELPING YOU
00:45:38 AND YOUR WORKFORCE TRAINING AND WHERE IS IT MAYBE A THREAT
00:45:40 TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR OUR WORKFORCE IN SAN FRANCISCO?
00:45:46 >> I MEAN THAT IS CERTAINLY A MUCH LARGER DEBATE.
00:45:53 >> YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I AM SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY BULLISH
00:45:56 ON THE SAN FRANCISCO ECONOMY. I THINK THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
00:46:00 TO GROW. I THINK THAT AI IS SOMETHING
00:46:01 THAT WE NEED CERTAINLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND I THINK FOR FOR
00:46:04 FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
00:46:10 THAT WE'RE PREPARING FUTURE WORKERS FOR THE JOBS THAT ARE
00:46:14 GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
00:46:18 WANT TO ALWAYS LOOK AT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
00:46:19 CERTAINLY IN CONSIDERATION OF AS WE LOOK AT EXPANDING
00:46:23 DIFFERENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, DIFFERENT SECTOR
00:46:26 OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WE
00:46:27 HAVE A TECH ACADEMY SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO
00:46:30 BASICALLY ALWAYS BE LOOKING TOWARD PREPARING SAN
00:46:33 FRANCISCANS FOR THE JOBS THAT ARE GOING TO EXIST IN THE
00:46:37 FUTURE. I'M NOT SURE I CAN I DON'T
00:46:41 THINK I CAN IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC AI PROGRAM THAT WE'RE USING
00:46:46 IN OUR TRAINING BUT IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I AM
00:46:49 HAPPY TO LOOK INTO TO SEE IF ANY OF OUR PROVIDERS ARE
00:46:50 EMPLOYING SPECIFIC AI TOOLS. >> THANK YOU.
00:46:57 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SOUDER.
00:46:57 SUPERVISOR CHAIR. THANK YOU.
00:47:00 SUPERVISOR WALTON. GREAT TO TALK TO YOU.
00:47:05 I KNOW THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE INITIATIVE AND DCF
00:47:09 WOULD ALL IWD AND WOULD SAVE US .
00:47:12 IT'S JUST IN CONVERSATION IN PROCESS BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
00:47:15 VERY EXCITING TO ME AS US YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO IS BENEFITING
00:47:19 FROM ALL THESE PROGRAMS. >> MY QUESTION NOW IS REALLY
00:47:24 RELATED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY WHERE OUR CITY ALIGNMENT
00:47:27 IN DISTRICT 11 AND PARTICULARLY WE HAVE YOU KNOW, A VERY MAYBE
00:47:31 ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN THE CITY LOTS OF
00:47:35 ASIAN, BLACK AND ALSO LATINOS. >> AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:47:38 HOW THE ALIGNMENT GOAL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY IS CONTINUE
00:47:42 TO SERVE THE GOAL THAT IT'S INTENDED TO.
00:47:46 CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR
00:47:50 STRATEGY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY?
00:47:51 >> SO I CERTAINLY THINK THAT THE COMBINED JOB CENTERS
00:47:55 AND LOOKING AT FINDING CONSOLIDATING SERVICES IN EACH
00:48:02 OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS AGAIN AND WILL BE AN ONGOING
00:48:05 INITIATIVE OF OURS WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING THE THE JOB CENTER,
00:48:09 THE CONSOLIDATED JOB CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY AND DEPLOYING
00:48:12 THOSE SO THAT WE MAKE WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING
00:48:14 PEOPLE DIRECTLY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE.
00:48:16 >> YEAH. THANK YOU.
00:48:17 I THINK YOU KNOW FROM DISTRICT 11 PERSPECTIVE AND I REALLY
00:48:21 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SEE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY
00:48:24 IN DISTRICT 11. >> THANK YOU.
00:48:25 THANKS. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CHAN.
00:48:28 JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, DIRECTOR.
00:48:32 I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW AS WE'RE
00:48:36 MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS HOW MANY
00:48:38 CONTRACTS ARE STILL PENDING OR ORGANIZATIONS NOT IN CONTRACT?
00:48:42 >> SORRY. HOW MANY CONTRACTS ARE STILL
00:48:46 PENDING OR ORGANIZATIONS NOT IN CONTRACT BUT RECEIVE FUNDING
00:48:52 ? >> HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS DON'T
00:48:56 HAVE A WORK PLAN AND CONTRACT IN PLACE?
00:48:57 >> WELL SO WE I MEAN WE'RE CONSTANTLY AMENDING CONTRACTS
00:49:04 AND UPDATING CONTRACTS. I'M I'M NOT I DON'T I DON'T
00:49:09 KNOW IF I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
00:49:10 I AGAIN I CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH IF WE'VE GOT OUTSTANDING
00:49:13 CONTRACTS IT IS SOMETHING I MEAN I YOU KNOW THESE ARE
00:49:16 THINGS THAT ARE COME ACROSS MY DESK EVERY SINGLE DAY WHERE
00:49:19 WE'RE PROVIDING WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT ABOUT 300 EXISTING
00:49:24 CONTRACTS OR 200 I'M SORRY 200 EXISTING CONTRACTS AND ABOUT
00:49:27 350 AMENDED CONTRACTS CURRENTLY UP UP AND RUNNING.
00:49:31 WE ALSO EXPECT WITH 2 OR 3 GIVE AGAIN YOU KNOW ONCE ONCE WE
00:49:39 CLOSE TO 35 WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF ENTERING INTO
00:49:42 CONTRACTS. SO I CAN I WILL FIND OUT FOR
00:49:47 YOU IF WE HAVE OUTSTANDING CONTRACTS THAT HAVE NOT YET
00:49:48 BEEN MORE SO ALIGNS WITH MY NEXT QUESTION JUST ABOUT HOW
00:49:54 WE'RE DOING ON INVOICING AND REIMBURSEMENT AND YEAH,
00:49:58 THIS IS SOMETHING YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT REPEATEDLY
00:50:01 AND THE ANSWER IS USUALLY RELATED TO STAFFING.
00:50:06 >> YEAH. YOU KNOW WE'RE LAYING OFF
00:50:07 PEOPLE AND WE HAVE INCREASED THE STAFF ON THE CONTRACTING
00:50:13 TEAM SINCE SINCE LAST YEAR AND WE ARE NOW EXECUTING ON OUR
00:50:17 CONTRACTS MUCH MORE RAPIDLY AND AND ALSO WORKING MORE
00:50:21 CLOSELY ON WITH A LOT MORE CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT ON
00:50:25 EXECUTING ON OUR CLOSING INVOICES AND PAYING NOT PAYING
00:50:30 OUT THE THANK YOU. OKAY.
00:50:36 I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR SO WE WILL NOW
00:50:40 CALL UP REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND I
00:50:44 SEE DIRECTOR TALBINGO IS HERE. >> THANK YOU.
00:51:01 SUPERVISORS CHAIR AND SUPERVISOR WALTON AS WE GET
00:51:06 UP THE SLIDE PRESENTATION WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME
00:51:11 INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING.
00:51:14 HRC CURRENTLY DEPLOYS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING THROUGH
00:51:18 THREE PRIMARY CHANNELS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR ALL
00:51:22 AND YOUTH WORKS RFP 100 AND OUR SOME INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK
00:51:30 ORDERS OFAC AND YOUTH WORKS ARE HELD UNDER A SINGLE FIVE YEAR
00:51:34 CONTRACT THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2028 WITH NONPROFIT PARTNER
00:51:37 JAPANESE COMMUNITY YOUTH COUNCIL AS OUR EMPLOYER OF
00:51:41 RECORD HRC ALSO PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION
00:51:46 AND DIRECT STAFF SUPPORT TO TO THE OFA INITIATIVE HRC IS ALSO
00:51:54 ISSUING A TOTAL OF $2.8 MILLION IN GRANTS TO COMMUNITY BASED
00:51:57 ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT YOUTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EACH
00:52:01 YEAR FOR THE TOTAL OF $5.6 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
00:52:07 >> WE ALSO MAINTAIN A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER CITY
00:52:11 DEPARTMENTS THROUGH WORK ORDERS TO AUGMENT YOUTH WORKFORCE
00:52:12 DEVELOPMENT. >> EXAMPLES OF THIS INCLUDE
00:52:17 WORK ORDERS TO DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT THE CITY EMT PROGRAM OR
00:52:21 TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
00:52:25 TO SUPPORT YOUTH INTERNSHIPS OR ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
00:52:29 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> AS I MENTIONED THROUGH OUR
00:52:35 MOST RECENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS RFP 100 WE ARE FUNDING PROGRAMS
00:52:39 THAT ARE STRUCTURED TO DELIVER MEASURABLE WORKFORCE READINESS
00:52:42 OUTCOMES INCLUDING COLLEGE ACCESS AND AND PIPELINES
00:52:48 LITERACY AND ACADEMIC SKILL BUILDING TIED TO EMPLOYMENT
00:52:53 READINESS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND JOB READINESS
00:52:57 TRAINING, CAREER EXPOSURE AND SECTOR SPECIFIC PATHWAYS.
00:53:01 THESE INVESTMENTS ARE INTENTIONALLY DISTRIBUTED
00:53:04 ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS WITH DEEP COMMUNITY REACH ENABLING ACCESS
00:53:08 FOR POPULATIONS NOT SERVED THROUGH TRADITIONAL WORKFORCE
00:53:12 SYSTEMS. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:53:13 HRC IS ALSO PROUD TO DELIVER MEANINGFUL AND SUBSTANTIVE
00:53:17 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE
00:53:20 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PROGRAM AS THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE
00:53:24 SINCE 2018 AND BY DESIGN RFA IS MEANT TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE
00:53:29 FROM ALL CORNERS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND ALL DIVERSE
00:53:32 COMMUNITIES OF THE CITY AND FOCUSES ON YOUTH THAT ARE
00:53:36 LESS RESOURCED AND COULD USE ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE TO CAREER
00:53:40 EXPLORATION WITH OUR NONPROFIT PROFIT PARTNER PROVIDES A
00:53:47 QUALITY PAY PATHWAY TO ENGAGE IN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL
00:53:49 EXPERIENCES. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
00:53:55 OKAY. PARTICIPANTS ARE PLACED WITHIN
00:53:56 A VARIETY OF CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS NONPROFIT
00:53:59 AND PRIVATE PARTNERS. WE ARE ALSO SHIFTING OUR
00:54:03 STRATEGY TO CREATE PIPELINES AND PATHWAYS TO CITY EMPLOYMENT
00:54:06 AND PATHWAYS TO OTHER PROFESSIONAL CAREERS.
00:54:08 TO THAT END, HRC IS CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS
00:54:11 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, CITY COLLEGE OF SAN
00:54:14 FRANCISCO AND MANY OTHERS. YOU'LL SEE HERE A SAMPLING OF
00:54:18 SOME OF THE SPECIAL COHORTS WE ARE RUNNING THIS YEAR.
00:54:22 B TO US F IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH HBCU'S AND THIS YEAR WE ARE
00:54:29 FOCUSING ON PLACEMENTS IN THREE KEY AREAS PUBLIC SAFETY,
00:54:32 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
00:54:34 CHANGE S F IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH UCSF.
00:54:37 IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH CAREER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
00:54:41 FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO LAUNCH A
00:54:45 NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH SFPD AND OUR NEXT GEN PUBLIC SAFETY
00:54:51 PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL EXPOSE YOUTH TO POTENTIAL CAREER
00:54:54 CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU.
00:55:02 >> I THINK CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK .
00:55:06 >> YEAH. YEAH.
00:55:07 YOU'LL SEE HERE OUR ACTUALS FROM 2526 COMPARED TO OUR
00:55:11 PROJECTIONS IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTED BUDGET REDUCTIONS WE
00:55:18 HAVE PROPOSED A $2 MILLION REDUCTION TO THE YOUTH
00:55:19 WORKFORCE PROGRAM BUT WE DON'T YET KNOW EXACTLY WHAT.
00:55:23 TO WHAT EXTENT THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE AS THEY ALWAYS
00:55:27 CHANGE BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM.
00:55:33 AND WE ARE IN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR
00:55:35 NONPROFIT PARTNER TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS THIS LITTLE
00:55:38 DISRUPTION AS POSSIBLE AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAXIMIZE THE
00:55:42 IMPACT OF OUR SERVICES TO YOUTH.
00:55:43 NEXT SLIDE. >> AND FINALLY AS I NOTED
00:55:49 PREVIOUSLY, OSA IS BUILT TO REACH AND SERVE YOUTH FROM ALL
00:55:53 CORNERS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND FOCUS ON THE MOST
00:55:58 UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. HERE WE SHOW DEMOGRAPHICS FROM
00:56:01 LAST YEAR'S PROGRAMING. SOME OF OUR HIGHEST
00:56:03 PARTICIPATION PATIENT NUMBERS ARE FROM THE BAYVIEW VISITATION
00:56:06 VALLEY EXCELSIOR INGLESIDE AND MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
00:56:09 ACROSS THE CITY OF INTERNS AND FELLOWS ALSO DEMONSTRATE A
00:56:14 GREAT DIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE, ETHNICITIES AND RACIAL
00:56:17 BACKGROUNDS. AND ALL OF THAT CREATES A
00:56:20 CHANCE FOR YOUNGER INTERNS TO LEARN ALONGSIDE OLDER PEER
00:56:27 YOUTH. >> THANK YOU.
00:56:28 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
00:56:31 >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CHUCK BRUNO.
00:56:35 MY FIRST QUESTION IS DO YOU HAVE ANY LAYOFFS THAT YOU HAVE
00:56:36 PROPOSED? >> WE WERE ASKED TO LAYOFF 5 TO
00:56:42 6 POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ONE POSITION THAT IS
00:56:47 RELATED TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
00:56:52 AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME REDUCTION OR PROPOSED REDUCTION
00:56:57 TO YOUTH WORKS. >> WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT NUMBER
00:57:01 $2 MILLION. AND WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE
00:57:04 BEHIND THIS? >> WE OF COURSE IS NOT A
00:57:09 DECISION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE TO MAKE BUT IN RESPONSE TO THE
00:57:12 DIRECTION TO TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR
00:57:20 EFFORTS. AS I SAID MANY TIMES IN MY
00:57:21 PRESENTATION ON OUR MOST UNDERSERVED YOUTH AND THE
00:57:25 PARTICIPANTS OF YOUTH WORKS ARE PLACED IN CITY DEPARTMENTS
00:57:30 AND SO WE FEEL THAT WE CAN MAKE UP SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS
00:57:37 THROUGH THE THE BROADER OF A PROGRAM SO WE DON'T LOSE WE
00:57:45 DON'T LOSE YOUTH THROUGH THESE CUTS.
00:57:49 >> DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY SLOTS MAY BE LOST WITH THE
00:57:53 REDUCTION? >> WELL I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDES
00:57:59 BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO YEAH. >> I SO YEAH LAST YEAR WE HAD A
00:58:10 TOTAL OF 1500 PARTICIPANTS IN THE BROADER MFA PROGRAM
00:58:16 AND WE'RE SEEING HERE A TOTAL OF 1330.
00:58:20 BUT IF YOU GO DOWN FURTHER IN THE CHART YOU'LL SEE THAT WE
00:58:27 ALSO HAVE NEW PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULD ADD ON TO THAT 1330
00:58:34 NUMBER. >> AND IS THAT 2.2 MILLION A
00:58:38 COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF YOUTH WORKS?
00:58:41 >> AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR YOUTH WORKS
00:58:46 IS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION. AND OUR PROPOSED CUT IS $2
00:58:50 MILLION. >> AND ANY ROOM FOR
00:58:51 CONVERSATION AND OR OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE CONTINUING
00:58:55 TO DISCUSS WITH. I SEE WE HAVE A MEETING COMING
00:58:59 UP WITH THEM LATER THIS WEEK. AGAIN, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO
00:59:03 MAKE SURE THERE'S AS LITTLE DISRUPTION AS POSSIBLE.
00:59:06 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. SUPERVISOR SOUDER THANK YOU.
00:59:10 CONTINUING WITH THOSE QUESTIONS ON YOUTH WORKS.
00:59:14 SO IT LOOKS LIKE AROUND 200 PLACEMENTS IN THAT PROGRAM ARE
00:59:18 IF THESE IF THE FULL ELIMINATION OF THE PROGRAM WERE
00:59:21 TO GO THROUGH I MEAN ARE THE DO YOU HAVE AS YOU KNOW 200 YOUTH
00:59:26 THAT ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT
00:59:30 WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING THE RUG UNDER THEM OR IS THIS YOU
00:59:33 KNOW, ARE THESE ACTIVE INTERNSHIPS IN PLACEMENTS THAT
00:59:36 WOULD BE REVOKED? WHERE ARE WE IN THAT CYCLE
00:59:38 WHERE IN THE RECRUITMENT PHASE OF OUR FE ARE OF THE SUMMER
00:59:44 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM? SO WE ARE WE'VE ALREADY
00:59:48 NOTIFIED JCI Y.S. THAT THIS CUT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
00:59:55 SO WE HOPE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A GREAT DISRUPTION WITH ANY
01:00:00 YOUTH THAT WERE THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE
01:00:03 YOUTH WORKS PROGRAM. BUT WE ARE ALSO AT THE SAME
01:00:07 TIME MAKING TRYING TO MAKE ROOM IN THE BROADER OF A PROGRAM FOR
01:00:11 ANY YOUTH WORKS PART PARTICIPANTS.
01:00:15 >> BUT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS WHO ARE YOUTH WHO HAVE
01:00:19 BEEN ACCEPTED FOR SOMETHING THIS SUMMER YOU KNOW IN A FEW
01:00:23 MONTHS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NEXT SUMMER?
01:00:24 WE'RE TALKING OF THIS SUMMER. THIS SUMMER.
01:00:26 >> THAT'S THAT'S QUITE QUICK AND I MEAN I THINK YOU KNOW
01:00:31 FROM FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, THERE'S A LOT OF
01:00:35 DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AROUND AROUND FROM DIFFERENT
01:00:41 DEPARTMENTS FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.
01:00:42 BUT BUT GETTING GETTING YOU KNOW 200 PEOPLE POTENTIALLY
01:00:48 MOVED AROUND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS IS A LOT OF WORK.
01:00:52 OKAY. THANKS.
01:00:52 THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.
01:00:53 DIRECTOR SOUDER. >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON
01:00:57 THE AGENDA FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:01:00 AND WE WILL NOW BRING UP THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION.
01:01:07 >> AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE UNTIL LABOR INTRO WOULD RACE
01:01:12 IN EQUITY AS WELL AS ELAINE THE LAST FOR FILIPINO COMMUNITY
01:01:19 CENTER AND SRO FAMILIES. WE HAVE SECOND AND LIVE
01:01:26 AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GIVEN. BUT IF THAT IS NOT WHO IS
01:01:28 PRESENTING PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORDS THAT WILL
01:01:31 BE FOR THE NEXT HEARING. >> I GOT IT.
01:01:36 THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:01:46 READY WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> I CAN'T SEE WITHOUT MY
01:02:01 GLASSES. I CAN'T SEE WITH ME.
01:02:02 ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOOD NOW.
01:02:03 THERE SHOULD BE A TRICKY OH OH ,THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING.
01:02:17 GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. IT'S CHAIR WALTON.
01:02:20 APPRECIATE YOU. AND SO MANY WAYS WHO ARE
01:02:24 CALLING THIS HEARING JOE WILSON WITH HOSPITALITY HOUSE AND ALSO
01:02:28 REPRESENTING THE HOMELESS WORKFORCE COLLABORATIVE WANT TO
01:02:32 SPEAK TO AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THINGS REGARDING MAUI SO THE
01:02:43 YOU KNOW WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IWD HAS AN OUTSIZED ROLE IN THE
01:02:47 CITY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND THE FOUNDATION OF
01:02:51 MUCH OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
01:02:55 CITY. SO THE PROPOSED CUTS
01:02:59 PARTICULARLY TO THE JOB CENTER PORTFOLIO, YOU KNOW, HAVE
01:03:07 EXPONENTIAL EFFECTS ACROSS THE THE CITY AND AS YOU'VE
01:03:14 IDENTIFIED PROBABLY CONCENTRATED IN COMMUNITIES OF
01:03:18 COLOR. THE EARLY ESTIMATED CUT OF
01:03:24 $200,000 POTENTIALLY PER JOBCENTRE COULD HAVE
01:03:28 SIGNIFICANT FAR REACHING EFFECTS ON THE FOUNDATION OF
01:03:32 THE CITY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND RESULT
01:03:36 IN FEWER PEOPLE SERVE HUGE JOB SEEKERS BEING SERVED AND THE
01:03:44 ADDITIONAL EFFECTS ON POTENTIALLY COMPROMISING THE
01:03:47 PARALLEL INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY MAKES IN HOUSING
01:03:48 AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND AT THE SAME TIME
01:03:54 UNEMPLOYMENT IS RISING AND I HAVE TO PUSH BACK GENTLY WITH
01:03:58 THE RECTOR'S COMMENT ABOUT THE CITYWIDE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ONE
01:04:02 WE KNOW FULL WELL THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS
01:04:06 HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERESTIMATE IT NOT COUNTING THOSE WHO HAVE
01:04:11 EXHAUSTED THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ARE NO LONGER
01:04:15 LOOKING FOR WORK PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLY WORKING ONE HOUR PER WEEK
01:04:18 ARE COUNTED IN THE EMPLOYED CATEGORY AND THOSE WHO ARE
01:04:22 AVAILABLE FOR FULL TIME WORK BUT CAN ONLY FIND PART TIME
01:04:25 WORK ARE ALSO INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED FROM THAT COUNT AND SO
01:04:32 CLOSER LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM
01:04:37 THE TRADITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE GIVES US A FIGURE OF
01:04:40 CLOSER TO 12% UNEMPLOYMENT IN COMMUNITIES LIKE THE
01:04:44 TENDERLOIN AND SO WE CANNOT AFFORD TO COMPROMISE OR
01:04:51 DECREASE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES LIKE THAT
01:04:52 AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE ALSO OVERREPRESENTED IN MANY OF
01:04:59 THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, HOMELESSNESS,
01:05:03 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASELOAD ARE IN THE SAME HANDFUL OF ZIP
01:05:07 CODES ACROSS THE CITY. AND SO WE HAVE THE DUAL REALITY
01:05:11 FRANKLY OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR GRAPPLING WITH THE REALITIES OF
01:05:18 RACE AND THE REALITIES OF PLACE MEANING THAT THEIR LIFE CHANCES
01:05:23 ARE DICTATED NOT ONLY BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN BUT THEIR
01:05:26 ZIP CODE. AND SO IF WE WANT TO INCREASE
01:05:31 OUR EFFORTS TO SOLVE THOSE INTERGENERATIONAL PROBLEMS, WE
01:05:35 HAVE TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO INVEST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES SO
01:05:44 YES, IT'S TRUE THAT THE RECOVERY HAS NOT REACHED
01:05:49 EVERYONE. AND I WOULD GO DOWN TO THE LAST
01:05:50 BULLET POINT HERE LIKE YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO WORKFORCE
01:05:53 SERVICES IS AN INTRINSIC PART OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
01:05:57 RECOVERY FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS
01:06:00 THE CITY. AND SO I SOME FIVE YEAH SO THE
01:06:07 CITY'S WORKFORCE SYSTEM DEPENDS ON DEEPER PARTNERSHIPS WITH
01:06:13 EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND JOBCENTRES
01:06:17 JOBSEEKERS SUPPORT RESOURCES AND JOB OPTIONS.
01:06:21 THE WORKFORCE CUTS NOT ONLY WEAKEN STABILITY BUT AGAIN THEY
01:06:25 COMPROMISE THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND OTHER SYSTEMS
01:06:29 THAT ARE ALSO NECESSARY. AND I'LL JUST STATE THE OBVIOUS
01:06:33 YOU KNOW, TO MAINTAIN ONE'S HOUSING IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE A
01:06:37 JOB AND A SOURCE OF INCOME TO KEEP A ROOF OVER ONE'S HEAD
01:06:41 THAT'S FAIRLY OBVIOUS AND WE KNOW THAT.
01:06:44 >> AND SO THE CUTS THAT ARE OFTEN PROPOSED PARTICULARLY TO
01:06:48 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAVE AN EXCELLENT JOB EFFECT ON
01:06:52 PARALLEL INVESTMENTS BUT ALSO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE
01:06:56 ABOUT PREVIOUS SPEAKERS THE THE ABANDONING OF THE ABANDONMENT
01:07:00 OF THE CITY'S WORKING FAMILIES CREDIT IS A PERSONAL THING WITH
01:07:07 ME 20 PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS WORKING AT COLEMAN ADVOCATES I
01:07:11 HELPED LEAD THE CAMPAIGN FOR TO CREATE THAT LOCAL VERSION OF
01:07:15 THE EARNED INCOME CREDIT AND I WOULD PUSH BACK GENTLY AGAINST
01:07:19 DIRECTOR SMITH IN THAT NEW YORK CITY WHICH AT THE TIME WERE
01:07:23 THERE ARE THREE EXAMPLES OF A LOCAL VERSION OF THE EARNED
01:07:26 INCOME CREDIT DENVER, COLORADO ,NEW YORK CITY AND SAN
01:07:30 FRANCISCO. NEW YORK CITY STILL HAS ITS
01:07:34 LOCAL VERSION OF THE EARNED INCOME CREDIT.
01:07:35 THEY ALSO HAVE A STATE LEVEL EARNED INCOME CREDIT.
01:07:38 SO THAT ARGUMENT IS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY,
01:07:45 YOU KNOW, RETREATING ON THAT INVESTMENT AND I WOULD PUSH THE
01:07:48 DEPARTMENT TO STRONGLY CONSIDER THAT DECISION THAT TOOK PLACE
01:07:53 LAST YEAR WHEN THE GENERAL FUND PORTION WAS ELIMINATED AND NOW
01:07:57 ELIMINATING THE PROGRAM ENTIRELY ENTIRELY REALLY
01:08:00 RESTRICTS A VIABLE OPTION TO DRAW DOWN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
01:08:04 FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE WHO ARE CASH STRAPPED AND ALSO SAY THAT
01:08:10 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO LOOK TOWARD NOT ONLY THE FUTURE
01:08:15 BUT THE PRESENT IN TERMS OF THOSE OPTIONS THAT ARE
01:08:19 INCREASINGLY LIMITED FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND I ECHO
01:08:22 YOUR SENTIMENT SUPERVISOR IN THAT MOST OF THE BURDEN
01:08:26 CONTINUES TO BE BORNE BY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, PEOPLE OF
01:08:30 COLOR, PLACES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL SHOULDERING THE MAJOR
01:08:34 BURDEN OF REBUILDING AFTER FRANKLY THE GREAT RECESSION
01:08:41 WHICH RESULTED IN THE YOU KNOW, THE LARGEST TRANSFER OF WEALTH
01:08:45 OUT OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN MULTIPLE GENERATIONS
01:08:49 AND REBUILDING FROM THE COVID CRISIS WHERE THOSE COMMUNITIES
01:08:53 THAT WERE ALREADY UNDERSERVED ALREADY UNDERWATER EXPERIENCED
01:08:57 THE HIGHER RATES OF DEATH, HOSPITALIZATION AND AND POVERTY
01:09:04 IN TERMS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS TRADITIONAL MODES OF
01:09:08 HEALTH CARE. AND SO WE HAVE ENOUGH PROOF TO
01:09:12 SHOW US THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO
01:09:16 THAT. THANK YOU.
01:09:19 THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO AS
01:09:24 YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING AND DOING THE WORK, HAVE YOU
01:09:28 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS?
01:09:32 IT'S WITH THE MAYOR'S TEAM DURING THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT
01:09:36 NOW TO SOME DEGREE, YES. NOT NOT TOTALLY SATISFACTORY.
01:09:43 AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I THINK THAT DEPARTMENTS
01:09:46 LIKE IWD THAT HAVE SUCH AN OUTSIZED ROLE IN THE CITY'S
01:09:51 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WE SHOULD BE INVESTING MORE
01:09:54 IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, NOT FORCING THEM TO MAKE THESE
01:09:58 PAINFUL AND LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE TARGETED LAYOFFS HERE.
01:10:02 I'M NOT ACCUSING ANYBODY OF ANYTHING BUT IF THE GENERAL
01:10:06 POPULATION SERVED OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WE NEED
01:10:11 PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THE PEOPLE WE SERVING.
01:10:17 WE HAVE KATYA UP NEXT AS WELL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
01:10:25 SOMETIMES IT GETS NERVE WRACKING COMING UP HERE BUT I
01:10:28 FORGET WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR MONEY.
01:10:29 >> SO GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KAPADIA WITH LATINO
01:10:32 TASK FORCE ON MY SLIDE IT'LL BE SLIDE NUMBER FIVE.
01:10:37 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND WE'RE
01:10:38 TALKING ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED WORKFORCE
01:10:44 AND I'M GOING TO SHOW A COUPLE OF LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF DATA
01:10:45 THERE BECAUSE I'M BASING IT OFF OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT LATINO
01:10:48 MOST OF THE WORK THAT LATINO TASK FORCE DOES BUT ALSO S.F.
01:10:50 LP IN COLLABORATION WITH US AND NEARLY 1 IN 4 OF OUR
01:10:54 IMMIGRANT WORKFORCE IS NAVIGATING BARRIERS TO FORMAL
01:10:58 EMPLOYMENT WHICH IS OVERWHELMINGLY 94% OF THAT
01:11:02 LATINO AND OFTEN AND MOST MONOLINGUAL SPANISH SPEAKERS
01:11:06 WHICH ARE STILL EXPECTED TO SURVIVE WITHOUT ACTION SORRY
01:11:09 ACCESS PROTECTION AND STABILITY.
01:11:10 AND LET ME GET MY NOTES OUT. >> SO LATINO TASK FORCE DOES
01:11:16 REPRESENT A HUGE PORTION OF THE MISSION DISTRICT SO IT'S DEAL
01:11:20 1990 TEN D11 BUT WE ALSO SERVE ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THAT THAT'S
01:11:25 WORKING OR GOING TO SCHOOL WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
01:11:28 >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WE HAVE
01:11:31 TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT'S WHY I
01:11:33 MENTION THAT THROUGH OUR WORK WE HAVE SERVED OVER 1200
01:11:36 WORKERS IN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. SO OF THOSE 94% BEING LATINO,
01:11:40 THESE ARE WORKING AGE ADULTS, MANY SUPPORTING FAMILIES, MANY
01:11:44 NAVIGATING LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND MANY DOING ESSENTIAL WORK
01:11:48 THAT KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND YET
01:11:51 DESPITE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THEY ARE STILL FACING SYSTEMIC
01:11:53 BARRIERS TO STABLE EMPLOYMENT, LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND ECONOMIC
01:11:56 MOBILITY. WE SEE A POPULATION THAT ARE
01:12:00 BEING LEFT OUT OF FORMAL SYSTEMS WORKERS WHO RELY ON
01:12:03 ITUNES OR WITHOUT WORK AUTHORIZATION AND WORKERS WHO
01:12:06 CANNOT ACCESS TRADITIONAL JOB PIPELINE BENEFITS
01:12:07 AND PROTECTIONS. >> AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE
01:12:11 SEEING CUTS TO WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, CUTS TO JOB CENTERS
01:12:14 WHICH ARE A LIFELINE AND SHRINKING ACCESS TO VERY
01:12:18 SERVICES THAT ARE MEANT TO CREATE PATHWAYS TO STABILITY.
01:12:21 >> WE ARE ALSO SEEING A GROWING DIVIDE AND RECOVERY WHILE SOME
01:12:25 SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY HAVE REBOUNDED, LOW INCOME
01:12:26 AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO ACCESS
01:12:29 BASIC OPPORTUNITIES. >> IN MANY CASES PEOPLE ARE
01:12:33 BEING ASKED TO MEET HIGHER WORK REQUIREMENTS JUST TO ACCESS
01:12:37 BASIC NEEDS WHILE THE PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT ARE BECOMING MORE
01:12:41 LIMITED. >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING ISN'T
01:12:42 ISOLATED. THIS IS SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:12:45 WORKFORCE. >> PEOPLE ARE WORKING
01:12:46 CONTRIBUTING, SUSTAINING THE CITY BUT THEY'RE DOING IT
01:12:50 WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE VERY SYSTEMS MEANT TO SUPPORT THEM.
01:12:53 AND THAT SHOULD CONCERN ALL OF US BECAUSE WHEN WE FAIL TO
01:12:56 INVEST IN THIS WORKFORCE, WE'RE NOT JUST FAILING INDIVIDUALS.
01:13:00 WE ARE WEAKENING THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF OUR ENTIRE CITY.
01:13:04 >> WE KNOW WHAT WORKS. WE KNOW THAT WORKFORCE
01:13:05 DEVELOPMENT WHEN DONE RIGHT CREATES REAL PATHWAYS TO STABLE
01:13:08 CAREERS. >> WE KNOW THAT CULTURALLY
01:13:11 COMPETENT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE ONES BEST
01:13:13 POSITIONED TO REACH THESE WORKERS TO BUILD TRUST AND TO
01:13:17 CONNECT THEM TO THE OPPORTUNITIES CREATED.
01:13:20 >> BUT THAT WORKS. THAT WORK DOES REQUIRE
01:13:22 INVESTMENT. IT REQUIRES PROTECTING
01:13:24 AND EXPANDING WORKFORCE TRAINING FUNDING NOT CUTTING
01:13:28 IT. >> IT REQUIRES RECOGNIZING THAT
01:13:29 CBOS ARE NOT SUPPLEMENT OR THEY ARE THE ESSENTIAL
01:13:33 INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY AND IT REQUIRES A COMMITMENT TO
01:13:37 EQUITY THAT GOES BEYOND WORDS AND INTO REAL SUSTAINED ACTION
01:13:41 BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS SIMPLE YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT SAN
01:13:44 FRANCISCO'S WORKFORCE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRANT WORKERS
01:13:48 AND YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY IF THE PEOPLE
01:13:49 HOLDING UP THE CITY ARE STILL BEING LEFT BEHIND.
01:13:52 >> THANK YOU ALL. >> TO CLOSE US OFF HERE, WE
01:14:00 WANT TO ECHO ONCE AGAIN THAT WE STAND AND ALSO IN COMPLETE
01:14:06 AND UTTER SOLIDARITY WITH Y C AND THE S.F. YOUTH WORKS CUTS.
01:14:10 THESE ARE COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO BE ABANDONING
01:14:14 OUR YOUTH. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE CHALLENGING
01:14:15 TO HEAR THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO SERVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE
01:14:19 WITH A PROGRAM THAT'S GETTING CUT MORE THAN 80% THAT THAT'S
01:14:22 NOT AN ACCURATE FIGURE. WE ARE GOING TO SEE MASSIVE
01:14:26 REDUCTIONS IN THIS INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.
01:14:29 ADDITIONALLY, THE RUMORS AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NOT BEING
01:14:33 A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST UNTIL WE
01:14:37 HAVE THE NUMBERS AND THE FUNDING TO PROVE THAT IT IS
01:14:40 IN FACT A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY YEAR AFTER YEAR.
01:14:45 THE BUDGET HAS BEEN BALANCED ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
01:14:46 IN PARTICULAR AND WE WOULD WE WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH THE
01:14:50 CITY TO SHOW THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY.
01:14:53 ON JUNE 1ST THE WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS FOR BENEFITS ARE
01:14:56 GOING TO COME INTO PLACE. >> THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A
01:15:00 PLAN. THEY ARE NOT READY FOR THIS.
01:15:04 THEY ARE LAYING OFF WORKERS IN THE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE
01:15:07 GOING TO NEED TO DO THIS WORK. THEY ARE DOWNSIZING WORKFORCE
01:15:11 DEVELOPMENT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING
01:15:12 TO BE HUNGRY AND IT IS GOING TO BE ON SAN FRANCISCO'S HANDS.
01:15:15 WE ARE ALLOWING TRUMP TO COME INTO OUR CITY AND MAKE OUR
01:15:19 PEOPLE HUNGRY AND WE ARE NOT STOPPING HIM.
01:15:23 WE ARE LETTING THIS THROUGH. WE ARE LETTING THIS HAPPEN.
01:15:26 WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO CORRECT THE MISTAKES ON DISPLAY
01:15:30 HERE TODAY. >> WE THANK YOU A LOT.
01:15:31 THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR TOPI, I DO JUST
01:15:38 HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
01:15:44 SO JUST FAR AS SOME OF THE DATA PRESENTED IN TERMS OF THE
01:15:49 FIGURE BEING 2000 PER JOB CENTER IS DOES THAT MATCH YOUR
01:15:57 DATA? >> I KNOW THAT THE I DON'T KNOW
01:15:58 WHERE THAT FIGURE CAME IN. I THINK THEY JUST TOOK AN
01:16:00 AVERAGE OF 201.5 DIVIDED BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE SEVEN AND A
01:16:07 HALF JOB CENTERS WOULD BE 200,000 PER JOB CENTER.
01:16:10 THAT IS NOT HOW THESE CUTS ARE BEING PROPOSED.
01:16:12 WE HAVE UP TO 16 JOB CENTERS. WE HAVE NINE COMPREHENSIVE JOB
01:16:18 CENTERS AND AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING AT CUTTING OPERATIONAL
01:16:22 COSTS. >> SO IT IS IT IS WHILE
01:16:26 RETAINING THE SERVICES BUT I DON'T SO THE I'M NOT I DON'T
01:16:31 KNOW WHERE THE $200,000 COMES FROM.
01:16:32 WE ALSO ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RFP PROCESS SO WE WILL HAVE
01:16:36 BETTER INFORMATION ONCE ERP IS CLOSED OUT AND WE'RE ABLE TO
01:16:40 MAKE THOSE AWARDS. WE'LL FOLLOW UP OBVIOUSLY ABOUT
01:16:44 THIS LATER THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS WELL.
01:16:48 AND THEN AS YOU LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE WERE GIVEN
01:16:54 DIRECTIONS TO MAKE REDUCTIONS AS YOU LOOKED AT ALL THE
01:16:58 OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO IWD FOR WHERE TO
01:17:02 MAKE REDUCTIONS, WHAT OTHER AREAS DID YOU LOOK AT BESIDES
01:17:05 LAYOFFS AND REDUCTIONS TO WORKFORCE SERVICES?
01:17:13 >> SURE. MAYBE WE.
01:17:14 WE HAVE LOOKED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE IWD PORTFOLIO AND OUR
01:17:20 PARTICULARLY AROUND PROGRAMS THAT WERE SUNSETTING AND SO I'M
01:17:27 NOT SURE I MEAN AGAIN LIKE WE LOOKED AT WHERE THE THE CUTS
01:17:31 THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE ACROSS EVERY SINGLE DIVISION IN THE
01:17:35 DEPARTMENT INCLUDING JUST REDUCTIONS OF CERTAIN SMALL
01:17:42 BUSINESS PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PRODUCING THE
01:17:49 OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR BUT WHERE IT REALLY IS JUST
01:17:53 ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WE LOOK WE MADE THAT THE
01:17:56 PROPOSAL TO CUT THE $4 MILLION IN PROGRAMS 1.5 OF WHICH WERE A
01:18:00 CONSOLIDATION OF JOB CENTERS AND AGAIN IT'S A CONSOLIDATION
01:18:04 OF OPERATIONAL COSTS AT JOB CENTERS.
01:18:07 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. WE MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT
01:18:10 NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:18:14 >> YES, WE ARE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM
01:18:16 NUMBER ONE, IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
01:18:19 TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE AND AGAIN WE DO HAVE
01:18:22 INTERPRETIVE SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE WHO NEED IT AND WOULD
01:18:29 THAT FOR FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI SUPERVISORS.
01:18:37 MY NAME IS MARTY REGAN. I'M WITH LARKIN STREET YOUTH
01:18:38 SERVICES CHAIR OF THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY SERVICES PROVIDER
01:18:41 ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK
01:18:45 REQUIREMENTS THAT START JUNE 1ST ABOUT SIX WEEKS FROM NOW
01:18:48 AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST VULNERABLE
01:18:51 RESIDENTS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
01:18:54 WORK REQUIREMENTS ARE OFTEN FRAMED AS PROMOTING
01:18:55 SELF-SUFFICIENCY BUT WITHOUT ACCESS TO JOB TRAINING, STABLE
01:19:01 WAGES OR WORK FIRST CASE MANAGEMENT THESE REQUIREMENTS
01:19:02 DON'T CREATE OPPORTUNITY. THEY CREATE BARRIERS UNHOUSED
01:19:06 AND STABLY HOUSE PEOPLE NEED WORKFORCE PROGRAMS NOT BECAUSE
01:19:09 THEY'RE UNWILLING TO WORK BUT BECAUSE HOMELESSNESS CREATES
01:19:13 STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT THAT MOST
01:19:16 TRADITIONAL JOB MARKETS AND TRAINING SYSTEMS ARE NOT
01:19:18 DESIGNED TO ADDRESS. AS OF JUNE 1ST SNAP
01:19:20 AND MEDICAID RECIPIENTS WILL HAVE TO PROVE THEY'RE WORKING
01:19:24 OR IN TRAINING PROGRAMS AT LEAST 80 HOURS PER MONTH
01:19:27 IN ORDER TO RETAIN FOOD AND HEALTH CARE, PEOPLE WILL
01:19:31 LOSE FOOD AND HEALTH CARE PERIOD.
01:19:31 >> THIS IS INHUMANE. IN SAN FRANCISCO WE ALREADY
01:19:36 KNOW THE DATA MOST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WANT TO WORK
01:19:39 AND MANY HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST.
01:19:40 WHAT THEY LACK IS NOT MOTIVATION, IT'S SUPPORT.
01:19:43 AND FOR TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE
01:19:46 HIGHEST RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH WHICH
01:19:50 ACTUALLY MISSED TOPIA ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE BUDGET
01:19:51 TOWNHALLS THEY LACK EXPERIENCE IN ENTRY LEVEL OPPORTUNITIES
01:19:57 WHEN BENEFITS ARE CONDITIONED ON WORK BUT WORKFORCE PATHWAYS
01:19:58 ARE UNDER-RESOURCED THAT RESULTS IN DEEPER POVERTY,
01:20:03 WORSENING HEALTH OUTCOMES AND MORE PEOPLE CYCLING THROUGH
01:20:06 EMERGENCY ROOMS, JAILS AND SHELTERS.
01:20:07 THIS ISN'T TIREDLY PREVENTABLE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE URGING THE
01:20:11 CITY TO ACT PROACTIVELY. >> IF THESE WORK REQUIREMENTS
01:20:15 OF THE REALITY THEN IT'S THE CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO
01:20:18 INVEST IN PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE COMPLIANCE
01:20:21 POSSIBLE. THAT MEANS LOW BARRIER PAY, JOB
01:20:22 TRAINING, SUSTAINABLE WAGES AND SUPPORTED WORK PROGRAMS,
01:20:25 STRONG COORDINATION BETWEEN HCA ,EGIS H AND IWD.
01:20:29 >> WE CAN CHOOSE A PUNITIVE APPROACH THAT PUSHES PEOPLE OFF
01:20:34 LIFE SAVING BENEFITS OR WE CAN CHOOSE A SMART HUMANE RESPONSE
01:20:37 AND INVEST IN PATHWAYS AND STABILITY.
01:20:38 SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALWAYS LED WITH INNOVATION AND COMPASSION
01:20:42 AND NOW IT'S THE TIME TO DO DO THAT NOW.
01:20:45 >> PAIR WORK REQUIREMENTS WITH REAL WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES
01:20:48 ESPECIALLY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
01:20:49 I JUST HAVE TO MENTION IN RFP 235 OE WD CONSIDERS IT A
01:20:57 CONSIDERS IT A PREFERRED QUALIFICATION TO FIND ANOTHER
01:21:01 FUNDING DOCUMENT AND REAGEN FOR ADDRESSING HIS COMMITTEE.
01:21:03 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. I APOLOGIZE IF I CUT ANYBODY
01:21:09 OFF BUT I AM TIMING AND. SPEAKER TWO MINUTES.
01:21:10 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> VISOR.
01:21:13 MY NAME IS JUDY SORRELL WORKFORCE CITY BUILD.
01:21:16 IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME QUITE FROM QUITE A FEW PEOPLE RIDING
01:21:20 THE BUS TO WORK THIS MORNING THERE WAS A SIGN SAID DON'T
01:21:24 DON'T HIRE HUMANS. AND IT WAS A SIGN FOR AA AND I
01:21:28 MEAN THEY WERE DISGUSTED AND THEY WERE KIND OF TERRIFIED
01:21:31 . IF ANYTHING THERE SHOULD BE
01:21:32 ABSOLUTELY NO MORE CUTS. WE SHOULD BE BUILDING UP
01:21:36 WORKFORCE AND TO KEEP THE CITY HEALTHY AND KEEP THE HEART
01:21:39 BEATING. >> THANK YOU.
01:21:42 AND THANK YOU JUDY SOROS. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:21:47 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS
01:21:48 HEARING. >> MY NAME IS GLENN EAGLESON.
01:21:51 I WORK FOR SUCCESS CENTERS. ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT HAS
01:21:54 BEEN TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THE VAST
01:21:56 MAJORITY OF IT IS ACTUALLY DONE THROUGH NONPROFIT ANCIES.
01:21:59 THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM IN SAN
01:22:01 FRANCISCO. >> UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY'S
01:22:05 CONTRACTING AND INVOICING PROCESS WITH THE CITY HAS BEEN
01:22:09 A CHRONIC STRAIN FOR DECADES. I SPENT TEN YEARS WORKING WITH
01:22:10 IWD AND TEN YEARS WITH DCF. THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE BUT WE
01:22:16 MUST WAIT 3 TO 6 MONTHS TO GET INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE
01:22:21 CITY AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS FOR AN INVOICING TO BE
01:22:24 ADDRESSED. AND THEN EVERY JULY 1ST IT'S
01:22:25 GROUNDHOG DAY AGAIN AND THE WHOLE PROCESS STARTS AGAIN.
01:22:29 EVEN IF WE HAVE MULTI-YEAR FUNDING AWARDED TO US, I ASK
01:22:32 THAT AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET SEASON WILL YOU PLEASE ASK CITY
01:22:36 DEPARTMENTS WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS IN THE
01:22:40 COMING YEAR AND WHAT HELP THEY MIGHT NEED AGAIN PROVIDING MORE
01:22:44 SUPPORT FOR THEIR CONTRACTING AND GRANT MAKING PROCESS.
01:22:45 WE LOVE THE WORK THAT WE DO BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP IN ORDER TO
01:22:49 DO IT. WE'RE THE FACE OF THE PUBLIC
01:22:51 WORKFORCE SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITHOUT US THE
01:22:55 CITY DOESN'T HAVE A WORKFORCE SYSTEM.
01:22:56 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE ADDITION
01:22:58 . >> NEXT WEEK THE POLICE.
01:23:02 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ALICIA FLORES
01:23:06 AND I'M A STAFF REPRESENTATIVE WITH I HAVE PTA LOCAL 21.
01:23:08 >> I REPRESENT THE EMPLOYEES AT IWD THAT HAVE BEEN NOTICED FOR
01:23:13 LAYOFF AND I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE
01:23:14 DEPARTMENT'S DECISION TO ELIMINATE OUR MEMBERS POSITIONS
01:23:17 AND PROGRAMS THAT CLEARLY MEAN SO MUCH TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:23:21 COMMUNITY. >> BUDGETS ARE A REFLECTION OF
01:23:22 PRIORITIES AND THESE CUTS SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE
01:23:27 OF EMPLOYEES OR PROGRAMS WHICH WE KNOW WILL HAVE A LONG
01:23:30 LASTING IMPACT ON THE CITY WORKFORCE AND RESIDENTS.
01:23:33 THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO MAKE THESE CUTS AND LAYOFFS NOW IS A
01:23:35 CHOICE, NOT A NECESSITY. THE CITY HAS $1 BILLION
01:23:41 IN RESERVES AND $120 MILLION SET ASIDE FROM THE AIRBNB
01:23:44 LAWSUIT THAT WAS DROPPED AND SHOULD BE USED.
01:23:45 >> AT THE SAME TIME HE HAS PUBLICLY COME OUT AGAINST PROP
01:23:49 D WHICH WOULD GENERATE $300 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
01:23:52 >> SO THERE IS REALLY NO REASON FOR LAYOFFS TO HAPPEN NOW
01:23:55 AND WE URGE THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE LAYOFFS
01:23:59 AND SAVE THESE PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU.
01:24:01 THANK YOU. BUT PLEASE PAUSE BEFORE I
01:24:03 CALLED NEXT SPEAKER WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN LINE
01:24:07 AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO EACH SPEAKER MUCH FASTER IF WE
01:24:11 DIDN'T HAVE TO KEEP PAUSING FOR APPLAUSE.
01:24:13 SO IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR. HANDS UP IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT
01:24:15 YOU HEAR. THUMBS DOWN.
01:24:18 BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE SPEAKERS AS QUICKLY
01:24:20 AS POSSIBLE AND WITH THAT NEXT SPEAKER.
01:24:25 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS BUTTERBALL AND I'M
01:24:26 HERE WITH IRAQ. THE ARAB RESOURCE
01:24:28 AND ORGANIZING CENTER AS THE PRIMARY CASE MANAGEMENT SOCIAL
01:24:30 SERVICES OFFER FOR IRAQ IS ONE OF THE ONLY SERVICE PROVIDING
01:24:34 ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AS A
01:24:37 WHOLE THAT DOES OUR WORK IN ARABIC AND CATERS TO THE
01:24:41 NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE BROADER ONE A COMMUNITY.
01:24:44 PEOPLE DEPEND ON OUR SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ARE AT RISK OF
01:24:48 FACING FUNDING CUTS. WITH THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL THE
01:24:49 MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTS ARE OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED PEOPLE
01:24:53 THEIR LOW INCOME WORKING CLASS, MONOLINGUAL UNDOCUMENTED
01:24:56 IMMIGRANTS. MANY OF WHO ARE HERE ALONE WITH
01:24:59 NO SUPPORT SYSTEM TO LEAN ON THE WORK THAT IRAQ DOES TO
01:25:03 SUPPORT THESE INDIVIDUALS AND RECEIVING CRITICAL SERVICES
01:25:06 . SERVICES ARE A FUNDAMENTAL
01:25:07 HUMAN RIGHT SUCH AS ACCESS TO FOOD AND HOUSING WOULD NOT BE
01:25:11 ABLE TO CONTINUE WHERE THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL TO GO THROUGH
01:25:15 AS IT IS SAN FRANCISCO CANNOT CONTINUE TO LABEL ITSELF AS A
01:25:18 PROGRESSIVE CITY THAT CARES ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF
01:25:21 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CUT THAT VERY
01:25:22 COMMUNITIES SOCIAL SAFETY NET. >> MYSELF AND THE PEOPLE HERE
01:25:26 URGE YOU TO REVISIT THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL AND SAVE THE FUNDING
01:25:30 FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AT RISK.
01:25:33 STAND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND DO WHAT YOU ARE
01:25:34 MEANT TO DO AND PROTECT THOSE WHO NEED PROTECTING WITH DIRECT
01:25:38 ACTION AND DO NOT ALLOW THIS BUDGET TO GO THROUGH.
01:25:41 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.
01:25:47 >> HI SUPERVISORS. I'M HERE WITH SAN FRANCISCO
01:25:49 YOUTH WORKS. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY I WANTED TO
01:25:52 CLARIFY THE PREVIOUSLY STATED NUMBERS.
01:25:55 WE CURRENTLY HIRE 250 INTERNS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND 100
01:26:01 SORRY 150 IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND 250 IN THE SUMMER.
01:26:04 THIS BUDGET CUT WOULD ELIMINATE 80% OF THOSE INTERNSHIPS.
01:26:10 IT WOULD MEAN LOSING 200 INTERNSHIPS 200 YOUTH JOBS OUT
01:26:15 OF 250 IN THE SUMMER AND 120 OUT OF 150 IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
01:26:19 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THESE POSITIONS FOR
01:26:22 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE WAY
01:26:26 THAT THEIR CITY WORKS. WE PLACE YOUTH IN CITY
01:26:30 DEPARTMENTS AND IT IS REALLY SHAMEFUL THAT WE HAVE YOUTH
01:26:33 HERE TO FIGHT THE BATTLES THAT ADULTS HAVE CREATED.
01:26:37 >> SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR INTERNS.
01:26:40 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH.
01:26:41 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, I'M ONE OF THE YOUTH
01:26:48 LEADERS AND FOR S.F. YOUTH WORKS AND I'M HERE FOR MY
01:26:52 TESTIMONY AND FOR ME. >> I GREW UP WITH A SINGLE
01:26:57 MOTHER. I STARTED WORKING AT A YOUNG
01:26:58 AGE AND IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT MONEY FOR ME WHEN IT COMES TO
01:27:00 JOBS UNTIL I CAME TO S.F. YOUTH WORKS BECAUSE IT GAVE ME AN
01:27:04 OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY MAKE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH MY
01:27:08 MENTORS AND ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE I BELONG SOMEWHERE.
01:27:12 AND THIS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IS NOT JUST ABOUT LIKE THE
01:27:15 EXPERIENCE IT'S ABOUT LIKE THE PATHWAY THAT IS LIKE HAVING
01:27:19 INTERNS AND YOUNG PEOPLE GO INTO CITY JOBS THAT IS ACTUALLY
01:27:23 MAKING MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY DEPARTMENTS
01:27:26 ESPECIALLY WITHIN A FEW WEEKS AND FOR THIS BUDGET CUT I
01:27:31 REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE
01:27:35 CUTTING. IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
01:27:37 THAT YOU'RE CUTTING FOR THE FUTURE YOUTH AND THE FUTURE
01:27:41 INFLUENCES THAT YOUR TEENAGERS NOW WOULD HOLD IN THE FUTURE
01:27:46 AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THIS BUDGET CUT GETTING
01:27:50 IN ACTION BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY OWN INTERNS GOING
01:27:54 THROUGH THE SAME TRANSITIONS THAT I WENT THROUGH THAT HELPED
01:27:58 ME BECOME A LEADER WITHIN MY ORGANIZATION THAT I WANT TO SEE
01:28:02 MY INTERNS BECOME A LEADER ONE DAY AND TAKE OVER MY POSITION
01:28:05 AND GO THROUGH THE SAME PATHWAY THAT I WENT THROUGH
01:28:09 AND ACTUALLY MAKE SOMEONE OF THEMSELVES.
01:28:12 AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS BUDGET AND THAT
01:28:16 IS MY ASK AND I ALSO HAVE A PACKET FOR THE BOARD OF
01:28:20 SUPERVISORS IF I COULD HAND THIS OUT IN GENERAL.
01:28:27 >> ACTUALLY IF I COULD LEAVE IT ON THE YOU BY THE TELEVISION
01:28:29 I'LL BE SURE TO PICK IT UP. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:28:34 >> HARM CHARITY AND I GO TO RB WAS HIGH SCHOOL IN DISTRICT
01:28:40 FIVE BUT I'M ALSO AS IF YOU PLUGGED INTO THE JESSE Y C
01:28:46 PROGRAM THAT SERVES OVER 500 STUDENTS IS GETTING CUT CUTTING
01:28:50 2 MILLION FROM OUR TWO POINT 4 MILLION BUDGET WILL COMPLETELY
01:28:54 DECIMATE THE PROGRAM CUTTING OUR NUMBER OF PAID INTERNSHIPS
01:28:57 BY 80%. >> THESE INITIATIVES PROVIDE
01:28:58 SHORT TERM BENEFITS LIKE HELPING FAMILIES FINANCIALLY,
01:29:04 OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT AND LONG TERM BENEFITS LIKE RESUME
01:29:08 BUILDING EXPOSURE TO PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS IN A GROUP
01:29:12 OPERATION. IT'S THE SAN FRANCISCO TEENS
01:29:13 A.K.A. THE FUTURE OF OUR WORKFORCE.
01:29:16 >> THIS PROGRAM HAS SUCCESSIVELY SERVED 7000 SAN
01:29:20 FRANCISCO TEENS SINCE 99 1990 SEVEN.
01:29:23 >> THIS PROGRAM HAS PERSONALLY HELPED ME GROW IN WAYS I DIDN'T
01:29:27 EXPECT. >> IT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY
01:29:30 TO GAIN REAL WORK EXPERIENCE, LEARN RESPONSIBILITY AND BUILD
01:29:34 CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF. >> BEFORE THIS IT WAS HARD TO
01:29:38 FIND A JOB OPPORTUNITIES AS A TEEN ESPECIALLY IN SAN
01:29:40 FRANCISCO. BUT THIS PROGRAM GAVE ME A
01:29:43 CHANCE TO EARN MONEY AND SUPPORT MYSELF WHILE ALSO
01:29:46 LEARNING IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS. >> I'VE IMPROVED MY
01:29:49 COMMUNICATION. I LEARN HOW TO WORK
01:29:50 IN PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND STARTED THINKING MORE
01:29:53 SERIOUSLY ABOUT MY FUTURE. IT ALSO GAVE ME A SAFE
01:29:57 AND POSITIVE SPACE TO BE PRODUCTIVE AFTER SCHOOL INSTEAD
01:30:01 OF BEING IN UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS.
01:30:04 >> PROGRAMS LIKE THIS DON'T JUST HELP FINANCIALLY, THEY
01:30:08 HELP SHAPE WHO WE BECOME AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO
01:30:09 IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM FUNDED AND BACK TO THE VIOLENCE
01:30:12 PREVENTION PLAN. >> THIS PROGRAM IS THE PERFECT
01:30:16 WAY TO CUT DOWN ON THAT. C Y C GIVES YOUTH A SAFE PLACE
01:30:19 TO GO AT THEIR SCHOOL THAT THEY CAN GET PAID FOR INSTEAD OF
01:30:23 BEING OUTSIDE IN THE STREETS ARE FINDING ILLEGAL WAYS TO GET
01:30:26 MONEY AND I WANT THIS PROGRAM TO PACK ANOTHER 500 KIDS NEXT
01:30:31 YEAR AND FOR ALL THE YEARS TO COME.
01:30:32 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CHARITY.
01:30:35 NEXT SPEAKER I ALSO HAVE A PACKET FOR YOU GUYS.
01:30:41 HI, I'M JULIA. >> I'M FROM ADOBE LAWS HIGH
01:30:47 SCHOOL IN DISTRICT 5JCYC HAS BEEN MORE THAN AN ACTIVITY
01:30:49 IN MY LIFE HAS BEEN A FOUNDATION FOR WHO I'M BECOMING
01:30:53 AS A YOUNG ADULT. IT GAVE ME A PLACE TO LEARN TO
01:30:54 GROW AND TO BE CHALLENGED IN WAYS THAT SCHOOL ALONE COULD
01:30:57 NEVER. THIS PROGRAM HAS BUILT
01:31:00 CONFIDENCE, DEVELOPED REAL WORLD SKILLS AND FOUND MENTORS
01:31:03 WHO GENUINELY CARE ABOUT MY FUTURE.
01:31:04 FOR MANY OF YOU FOR MANY OF US THIS PROGRAM IS ISN'T OPTIONAL.
01:31:08 IT'S ESSENTIAL. THIS CREATES OPPORTUNITIES THAT
01:31:11 MIGHT NOT EXIST OTHERWISE ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
01:31:13 NEED GUIDANCE STRUCTURED SUPPORT CUTTING THIS BUDGET
01:31:16 WOULDN'T JUST REDUCE SERVICES IT WOULD TAKE AWAY SPACE WHERE
01:31:20 GROWTH HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY .
01:31:24 WHEN YOU INVEST IN A PROGRAM YOU'RE INVESTING IN PEOPLE LIKE
01:31:25 ME OUR FUTURES, OUR POTENTIAL ABILITY TO COULD CONTRIBUTE
01:31:31 BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES. ENDING OUR WEAKENING IT DOESN'T
01:31:35 SAY SOMETHING VALUABLE. IT COSTS SOMETHING
01:31:36 IRREPLACEABLE. >> I'M STANDING HERE TODAY
01:31:40 BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM EXISTS. I HOPE FUTURE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL
01:31:42 BE ABLE TO SAY THE SAME THING TO ME AND FROM OUR 2.4 MILLION
01:31:46 BUDGET WILL COMPLETELY DESTROY THE PROGRAM.
01:31:48 CUTTING OUR NUMBER OF PAID INTERNS BY 80% SINCE 1997 THIS
01:31:53 PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED 7000 TEENS IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:31:56 PROVIDING A SAFE AFTERSCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND HELPING
01:32:00 VIOLENCE IN HELPING PREVENT VIOLENCE COMING FROM BAYVIEW
01:32:04 NEIGHBORHOOD JAYCEE Y Z HAS GIVEN ME A CHANCE TO EARN MONEY
01:32:08 AS A POOR MYSELF. WHAT'S HELPED TAKES PRESSURE
01:32:12 OFF MY FAMILY SO IT'S ALSO A SAFE PLACE WHERE I'VE BEEN ABLE
01:32:16 TO WORK AS AN INTERN AND STAYING FOCUSED ON SCHOOL.
01:32:19 IT'S HARD TO GET A JOB WITHOUT ANY EXPERIENCE AS A TEENAGER,
01:32:23 SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR JESSE Y C HELPED ME BUILD A RESUME ME
01:32:27 GAIN JOB TRAINING AND RECEIVE RECOMMENDATION LETTERS.
01:32:30 I'VE LEARNED PLANNING SKILLS LIKE TEAMWORK, TIME MANAGEMENT
01:32:32 RESPONSIBILITY AND HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
01:32:36 OVER THE SUMMER I ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOUNGER KIDS
01:32:38 AND DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR I WORKED WHAT THEY CALL AN AIRY
01:32:40 NONPROFIT. MY SCHOOL THEY EXPERIENCE
01:32:43 INSPIRED ME. THAT EXPERIENCE INSPIRING ME TO
01:32:47 PURSUE CULINARY ARTS IN COLLEGE.
01:32:47 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
01:32:51 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS EVELYN
01:32:57 RAMIREZ. I STAND AS A SOON TO BE
01:32:58 GRADUATE FROM UC BERKELEY'S HIGHER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
01:33:02 BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING AND SO FEW
01:33:06 THOUGHTS IS THE FOUNDATION OF MY CAREER AND MY FIRST
01:33:09 INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF BUSINESS BEFORE S.F. YOUTH
01:33:12 WORKS. I WAS JUST A HOPELESS TEENAGER
01:33:13 SEARCHING FOR HER FIRST JOB AMID A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
01:33:16 DISCOURAGED EVERY TIME SOMEONE TOLD ME YOU ARE TOO YOUNG YOU
01:33:20 HAVE NO EXPERIENCE. NO ONE GAVE ME A CHANCE UNTIL
01:33:23 S.F. YOUTH WORK SAID S.F. YOUTH WORKS DIDN'T JUST GIVE ME A JOB
01:33:28 IT GAVE ME ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE, TO MENTORSHIP AND TO
01:33:31 OPPORTUNITY. I LEARNED FINANCIAL LITERACY,
01:33:34 SOFT SKILLS AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THE PROFESSIONAL SPACES THINGS
01:33:38 I WAS NEVER TAUGHT AT HOME LET ALONE BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
01:33:42 HIGH SCHOOL I CAME BACK AS A YOUTH LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBER
01:33:45 WHERE I FACILITATED WORKSHOPS, HELPED DESIGN CURRICULUM,
01:33:50 ONBOARDED NEW HIRES AND SUPPORTED ESL YOUTH SO THEY
01:33:53 CAN FEEL SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD. >> THIS PROGRAM BECAME MY
01:33:57 SECOND HOME A PLACE WHERE RACE ,INCOME, LANGUAGE OR
01:34:01 BACKGROUND DIDN'T DEFINE YOUR WORTH A PLACE WHERE EVERY YOUNG
01:34:05 PERSON HAS A CHANCE TO GROW, TO FAIL AND TO TRY AGAIN.
01:34:09 MOST IMPORTANTLY S.F. YOUTH WORDS CONNECTS LEARNING TO REAL
01:34:13 WORLD EXPERIENCE. YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T JUST SIT
01:34:16 IN WORKSHOPS THEY APPLY THOSE SKILLS AT REAL JOB SITES ALONG
01:34:19 REAL EMPLOYERS. NOW IMAGINE STRIPPING ALL OF
01:34:21 THIS AWAY. IMAGINE TELLING A YOUNG PERSON
01:34:24 YOU ARE NOT WORTH THE INVESTMENT YOUR POTENTIAL
01:34:27 DOESN'T MATTER. >> GO AHEAD AND FIGURE IT OUT
01:34:28 ON YOUR OWN. CUTTING S.F. YOUTH LOOKS JUST
01:34:32 DOESN'T JUST ELIMINATE A PROGRAM IT IS MENTORS PATHWAYS
01:34:35 ACROSS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
01:34:36 IT DESTABILIZES FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS SAN
01:34:40 FRANCISCO. IT SILENCES FUTURES.
01:34:43 >> BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT INVESTING
01:34:47 IN OUR CITY THEN WE MUST INVEST IN OUR YOUTH AND IN S.F. YOUTH
01:34:51 WORKS. >> I STAND HERE AS PROOF OF AS
01:34:52 A FEW THOUGHTS WHAT MAKES POSSIBLE.
01:34:55 IT WOULD BE A SHAME AND ABSOLUTE SHAME TO TAKE THAT
01:34:58 OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM THE NEXT GENERATION.
01:34:59 >> WE'RE MORE THAN CAPABLE AND READY FOR THIS JAVELIN
01:35:03 RAMIREZ FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE
01:35:06 EXCUSE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS LISETTE
01:35:10 GRAY AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH WORKS.
01:35:14 WHERE DO I START? I AM 20 PLUS YEARS AND WITH J
01:35:21 CIC I KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKS.
01:35:24 THERE IS A PIPELINE AT JESSE WIKI WHERE WE START AND THEN
01:35:26 WHERE THE KIDS IN THAT OC THIS IS 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS SO
01:35:33 WE'RE GIVING THEM THE FOUNDATION, WE'RE STARTING THE
01:35:34 FOUNDATION HERE AND THEN WE'RE SENDING THEM ON TO ADULTHOOD.
01:35:37 >> AND THEN HERE I HEAR THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO MORE
01:35:41 SERVICES, NO YOUTH WORK AND IT'S LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
01:35:44 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD TODAY LIKE ELIMINATING THIS
01:35:48 PROGRAM IS LIKE IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
01:35:49 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. ALMOST 30 YEARS WE HAVE I COULD
01:35:52 HAVE BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF KIDS HERE.
01:35:53 >> I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME. HUNDREDS OF KIDS WHO DEPEND ON
01:35:56 THIS PROGRAM SOME OF THEM IF THEY DON'T WORK THEY DON'T EAT.
01:35:59 I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DETRIMENTAL IT WOULD BE TO
01:36:03 TAKE THIS PROGRAM AWAY FROM THEM.
01:36:07 DON'T WORK, DON'T EAT. NOT ONLY DO WE PROVIDE WORK,
01:36:10 IT'S MENTORSHIPS. JESSE WHITE SEES AS A FUTURE
01:36:13 THAT'S A HOME TO A LOT OF THE KIDS AND HE DID UNDERSTAND THAT
01:36:17 I'M ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY I WORK WITH THESE KIDS.
01:36:19 I SEE THEM EVERY DAY. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
01:36:22 REVITALIZING SAN FRANCISCO RIGHT?
01:36:25 >> THAT'S WHAT THEY RAN ON, RIGHT?
01:36:26 YEAH. HOW OFF THE BACKS ARE THE
01:36:30 BABIES REALLY? >> THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD GO.
01:36:33 >> AND YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT. SO YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT?
01:36:37 YOU NEED TO DO IT. THIS IS NOT OKAY.
01:36:41 SO S.F. YOUTH WORKS ALL OF THE MONEY, NOT JUST A FRACTION.
01:36:45 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MUCH.
01:36:47 NEXT SPEAKER WHEN I STARTED THIS SUPER WE SORT OF
01:36:56 MATERIALIZES SUPER WE SORT OF WELL TEMPER COMBO CAR IS THE
01:37:05 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON AND ALL SUPERVISORS PRESENT.
01:37:15 >> MY NAME IS FRANCISCO MORA FROM RIVER SOUL AND THEY LIVE
01:37:19 FOR A WORK CENTER. OUR MEMBERS OF LATINO TASK
01:37:34 FORCE AND THE COMMITTEE THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE AND THE
01:37:38 COMMITTEE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE. >> WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE
01:38:02 BUDGET CUTS SINCE THAT WERE MENTIONED FOR US.
01:38:06 IT'S LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING
01:38:10 DOWN TO HOUSING. >> YEAH.
01:38:21 AND WE WANT TO ASK YOU SUPERVISORS TO POLICE INVENTS
01:38:25 INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR CITY.
01:38:36 >> WE DON'T WANT BUDGET CUTS. WE WANT INVESTMENTS INTO OUR
01:38:41 COMMUNITY INTO THE PROGRAMS SO MORE MONEY.
01:38:51 >> THIS IS A MATTER OF EQUITY. >> 60 9% OF WORKERS
01:39:02 IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE WOMEN.
01:39:05 >> THIS ISN'T 64% OF THEM LIVE HERE IN THE CITY WHERE THEY
01:39:17 SERVE THE COMMUNITY. >> 40 PERCENT OF US HAVE TO
01:39:34 HAVE 2 OR 3 JOBS IN ORDER TO MAKE A LIVING HERE TO SERVE THE
01:39:38 CITY THAT WE LOVE OUR MEMBERS AND ALL OUR TAXPAYERS AND WE
01:39:58 WANT THE RICHEST IN THE CITY TO PAY WHAT THEY SHOULD PAY IT AS.
01:40:03 YES, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH, FRANCISCO
01:40:06 RIVERA. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:40:13 >> WHEN I SEE BUT I SEE. HI EVERYBODY.
01:40:17 WHEN I STARTED THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS OMAR DEL
01:40:21 THE REAL CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT MISSION HIRING HALL
01:40:25 CO-CHAIR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO LATINO TASK FORCE EMPLOYMENT
01:40:28 ECONOMIC COMMITTEE. >> I'VE BEEN A SAN FRANCISCO
01:40:32 RESIDENT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS DURING MY FIRST TEN YEARS OF
01:40:35 LOW WAGE ENTRY JOBS DEAD END JOBS.
01:40:38 IN THE LAST TEN YEARS I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE
01:40:40 NONPROFIT SECTOR. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
01:40:43 AND HONOR TO SUPPORT, COORDINATE, OPERATE AND MANAGE
01:40:46 MANY OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE IWD PORTFOLIO AT MISSION HIRING
01:40:51 HALL AND THE SAN FRANCISCO LATINO TASK FORCE AND THE SAN
01:40:54 FRANCISCO LATINO PARITY EQUITY COALITION.
01:40:55 WE SUPPORT ALL PEOPLE WITH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
01:40:59 RECENT ARRIVALS ARE SAN FRANCISCO NATIVES.
01:41:02 TODAY I'M LOOKING AROUND THIS ROOM.
01:41:03 I SEE MY FORMER COWORKERS. I SEE MY FORMER COLLEAGUES, MY
01:41:06 MENTORS, MY INSPIRATIONS. THESE LAST TEN YEARS I WORK
01:41:10 WITH LONG UNPAID HOURS TO ENSURE THAT MANY OF THESE
01:41:13 WORKFORCE PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
01:41:14 >> I'VE KNOCKED DOOR TO DOOR WITH MY WORKFORCE BRETHREN
01:41:19 WHERE COMMUNITY JOB FAIRS AND TRAININGS AND LATE NIGHT
01:41:22 TOWNHALLS WITH THIS WORKFORCE CONNECTED WITH SAN FRANCISCANS
01:41:26 WITH EACH OF THEM TO VOCATIONAL HOPE THE WORKFORCE PROFESSIONAL
01:41:29 EXPERIENCE OF ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS IS WHAT THE CITY IS
01:41:33 AT RISK OF LOSING. THEY SHOULD HAVE THE
01:41:37 OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE SAN FRANCISCO TO BE ABLE
01:41:40 TO GUIDE, TO MENTOR, TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SAN
01:41:44 FRANCISCANS AS THEY INSPIRED ME.
01:41:45 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS
01:41:48 COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:41:51 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ALEX FINALLY BUT I'M
01:41:57 A WE ALL POLICY AND DATA SPECIALIST AT IWD.
01:41:59 I'M ALSO A PROUD SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE AND IMMIGRANT, A MEMBER
01:42:03 OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND PART OF THE SOBER COMMUNITY HERE
01:42:07 IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS WORK IS DEEPLY PERSONAL TO
01:42:10 ME. >> I SUPPORT WORKFORCE PROGRAMS
01:42:11 BECAUSE I'VE LIVED THROUGH THE KINDS OF BARRIERS THESE
01:42:15 PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS INCLUDING NOT GETTING
01:42:18 HOMELESSNESS HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, BEING ABLE TO HELP
01:42:19 OTHERS ACCESS EMPLOYMENT AND STABILITY IS NOT JUST MY
01:42:23 JOB. >> IT IS SOMETHING I CARE
01:42:24 DEEPLY ABOUT. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY
01:42:27 POSITION HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR LAYOFF IN TWO WEEKS AND I WANT
01:42:30 TO SHARE A FEW KEY FACTS. FIRST, MY ROLE IS 100%
01:42:35 FEDERALLY AND STATE FUNDED THROUGH VOA ELIMINATING MY
01:42:39 POSITION DOES NOT REDUCE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND DEFICIT.
01:42:43 >> SECOND, I'M THE ONLY STAFF MEMBER IN MY OFFICE WHO REVIEWS
01:42:44 AND APPROVES RIO APPLICATIONS ON A DAILY BASIS.
01:42:48 THESE APPLICATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR FEDERAL AND STATE
01:42:51 COMPLIANCE AND ARE HIGHLY TIME SENSITIVE.
01:42:54 IN ADDITION, I SERVE AS THE PRIMARY TECHNICAL POINT OF
01:42:56 CONTACT FOR OVER A DOZEN WORKFORCE PROVIDERS AND I
01:43:01 PROCESS MORE THAN A THOUSAND PARTICIPANT APPLICATIONS EACH
01:43:02 YEAR ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPLEX FEDERAL AND STATE
01:43:06 REQUIREMENTS. >> WITHOUT THIS FUNCTION THE
01:43:09 CITY RISKS DELAYS IN SERVICE DELIVERY DISRUPTION TO
01:43:13 WORKFORCE PROGRAMS AND NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL
01:43:16 AND STATE REQUIREMENTS. >> THIRD, THE IMPACT OF THESE
01:43:20 CUTS IS HIGHLY CONCENTRATED IN IWG THE WORKFORCE DIVISION
01:43:25 EXPERIENCED THE MAJORITY OF LAYOFFS AND WITHIN THAT OVER
01:43:26 HALF OF THESE LAYOFFS OCCURRED ON MY SMALL EIGHT PERSON TEAM.
01:43:29 THESE ARE CORE OPERATIONAL ROLES.
01:43:33 ADDITIONALLY, IT IS DISHEARTENING THAT EVERY
01:43:34 INDIVIDUAL ON THE WORKFORCE SIDE THAT HAS BEEN LAID OFF WAS
01:43:38 EITHER BLACK BROWN OR. >> I UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS
01:43:41 FACING DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS BUT I RESPECTFULLY
01:43:45 ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER CUTS THAT DO NOT ACHIEVE FISCAL
01:43:48 SAVINGS WHILE CREATING OPERATIONAL AND COMPLIANCE RISK
01:43:52 . >> THIS WORK MATTERS.
01:43:53 IT MATTERS TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND IT MATTERS TO
01:43:55 PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE BUILT OUR LIVES HERE AND ARE
01:43:57 COMMITTED TO GIVING BACK. >> THANK YOU.
01:43:58 THANK ALEX. FINALLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE
01:44:00 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:44:07 MY NAME IS MIRIAM PALMA TRUJILLO AND I'M A WORKFORCE
01:44:08 IMPACT SPECIALIST WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
01:44:11 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. >> AND ON APRIL 6TH IN LESS
01:44:15 THAN 15 MINUTES I WAS TOLD MY POSITION WAS BEING ELIMINATED
01:44:18 DUE TO BUDGET CUTS. MAY 6TH WILL BE MY LAST DAY
01:44:20 WITH THE DEPARTMENT. >> I WAS HANDED A SINGLE SHEET
01:44:23 OF PAPER WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RESOURCES THE SAME RESOURCES
01:44:26 OUR DEPARTMENT PROVIDES THE PEOPLE LAID OFF IN THE PRIVATE
01:44:30 SECTOR. >> BUT WE ARE NOT THE PRIVATE
01:44:33 SECTOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AS AN EMPLOYER IS
01:44:36 SUPPOSED TO SET THE STANDARD FOR WHAT RESPONSIBLE EQUITABLE
01:44:38 EMPLOYMENT LOOKS LIKE. NOT REPLICATE THE SAME LAYOFFS
01:44:42 WE SEE IN TECH. >> AND I WANT TO GROUND THAT
01:44:45 IN THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING UNDER THE CITY'S
01:44:49 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATION 24 DEPARTMENTS FUND
01:44:50 AND ADMINISTER WORKFORCE SERVICES.
01:44:53 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FUNCTION AS ONE COORDINATED SYSTEM BUT THAT
01:44:56 DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN. >> OH ADD IS TASKED WITH
01:44:59 COORDINATING THAT ALIGNMENT AND TRACKING THOSE INVESTMENTS
01:45:02 AND THAT RESPONSIBILITY FALLS WITHIN MY ONE SINGULAR ROLE.
01:45:06 >> MY JOB BRINGS VISIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE
01:45:10 WORKFORCE SYSTEM. I'VE WORKED IN THIS DEPARTMENT
01:45:13 FOR OVER TWO YEARS. >> TWO MONTHS INTO MY ROLE I
01:45:15 CO-WROTE THE CITY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FIVE YEAR
01:45:18 PLAN AS WELL AS THE ONE YEAR UPDATE OF COORDINATED OVER 45
01:45:25 WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO BRING THIS PLAN
01:45:29 INTO REAL WORK EVER IN THREE ANNUAL WORKFORCE SERVICES
01:45:32 INVENTORY REPORTS AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM WIDE ANALYSIS THAT TRACK
01:45:36 HOW INVESTMENTS ACROSS THESE 24 DEPARTMENTS SUPPORT UNEMPLOYED
01:45:38 AND UNDEREMPLOYED WORKERS. >> I AM A WEAVER.
01:45:41 I AM A STORYTELLER OF THIS SYSTEM.
01:45:45 >> I TAKE WHAT THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING WHAT THE
01:45:48 COMMITTEE IS PLANNING AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR
01:45:50 AND I TURN IT INTO A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHETHER THE SYSTEM
01:45:53 IS WORKING AND WHERE OUR GAPS LIE.
01:45:56 AND LET ME BE CLEAR THAT IN MY WORK WHEN I ENCOUNTER
01:46:00 REDUNDANCIES I DO NOT CUT THEM. >> I FIND WAYS TO MAP THEM
01:46:04 AND TO STREAMLINE THEM AND STRENGTHEN THEM BECAUSE
01:46:05 THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CREATING AN EQUITABLE WORKFORCE
01:46:09 SYSTEM AND DISMANTLING EACH PART.
01:46:10 >> BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
01:46:13 AND BEFORE I CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER UNLESS YOU ARE IN LINE
01:46:17 TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT I DO ASK THAT YOU FIND A SEAT.
01:46:21 SO THOSE STANDING IN THE BACK IF YOU CAN FIND SOME WORDS THAT
01:46:24 OTHERWISE KINDLY LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:46:27 >> THANK YOU MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER.
01:46:31 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES PLEASE LORD.
01:46:32 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISOR AND TO OUR OWN DELIGHTFUL
01:46:38 SUPERVISOR DISTRICT TEN. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
01:46:43 WHO I AM. MY NAME IS GWENDOLYN JACKSON
01:46:46 FAGAN. >> MY MOTHER WAS DR. ESPANOLA
01:46:49 JACKSON A MAN AND SHE WAS A PIONEER AND BABE BEHIND THIS
01:46:58 PLANT ADVOCATING AND CHAMPIONED FOR LOW CUT HIGHER AND SECURE
01:47:01 AND MANDATORY ENFORCEMENT A LOCAL HIRING POLICY FOR THE SAN
01:47:06 FRANCISCO. HER FCC LED THE CITY WIDE
01:47:11 STANDARD TO ENSURING UNIONS JOBS FOR RESIDENTS AND BENEFIT
01:47:18 IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR THROUGH CITY BILL
01:47:25 TRAINING. >> YOU KNOW, WHEN I WHEN I
01:47:27 HEARD ABOUT THE LAY OFF AND ALL THE WORK MY MOTHER PUT IN AND
01:47:34 SHE'S NO LONGER HERE SHE PASSED AWAY TEN YEARS AGO.
01:47:37 NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE COMING INTO A CONSTRUCT WHICH SHE LAID
01:47:44 AND SHE LABORED. >> BUT THIS COMMUNITY IT HURTS
01:47:47 MY HEART TO KNOW THAT HER LABOR NOW IS GOING TO BE IN VAIN
01:47:54 AND IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT SHE LABOR.
01:47:55 IF YOU DON'T KNOW MY MOTHER HER NAME IS DR. ESPANOLA JACKSON
01:48:00 YOU CAN LOOK UP HER UP AND YOUTUBE AND YOU WILL SEE
01:48:03 WHO SHE'LL SHE IS AND WHAT SHE WORTH.
01:48:07 >> DON'T DO THAT. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.
01:48:11 I'M HERE TO REPRESENT HER BECAUSE THAT'S THE LIFE SHE
01:48:15 LIVED. FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCO'S MAKING
01:48:18 SURE EVERYBODY HAVE BENEFITS TO WORK AND WORK HARD.
01:48:23 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR
01:48:27 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT WEEK THE POLICE.
01:48:30 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS TYSON JACKSON.
01:48:34 I AM A SENIOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WITH IWD
01:48:41 UNDER THE WORKFORCE STRATEGIES TEAM WHO ALSO RECEIVED A NOTICE
01:48:45 OF LAYOFF. >> HERE BEFORE YOU TO MAKE
01:48:49 COMMENTS ON THE IMPACTS THAT THESE REDUCTIONS OF PROGRAMS AS
01:48:57 WELL AS THE LAYOFFS ARE MAKING. I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR OR
01:49:05 HOW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OUT BECAUSE SHE WAS ASKED HOW MANY
01:49:09 WHAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF LAYOFFS OH IWD.
01:49:13 SO IT WAS NINE IN THE WORKFORCE, TWO IN ECON AND ONE
01:49:20 FOR FILM S.F.. >> SO WORKFORCE IS THE
01:49:27 DEPARTMENT WHO WAS IMPACTED THE MOST AS WELL AS BLACK, BROWN
01:49:31 AND LGBT CU. AND I DO LIKE THE LITTLE
01:49:36 PRESENTATION THAT SHE PRESENTED BEFORE THIS BOARD AND HOW SHE
01:49:43 OUTLINED THE WORK ON THE WORKFORCE ALIGNMENT BOARD AS
01:49:47 WELL AS OUR WITH THE BOARD. SO THAT BOARD BOTH BOARDS WAS
01:49:55 STAFFED BY THE WORKFORCE STRATEGIES TEAM WHO RECEIVED
01:49:59 THE LAYOFF NOTICE THE MAJORITY OF THE STAFF WHO WERE RECEIVED
01:50:04 NOTICES. >> AND WHEN THEY SAY THAT THE
01:50:07 LAYOFFS WERE BASED ON EFFICIENCIES THAT IS THE MOST
01:50:13 EFFICIENT UNIT IN WORKFORCE. >> SO IF YOU SAY EFFICIENCY
01:50:17 THEN WE SHALL LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKES THE CALLS ON
01:50:22 WHO TO CUT, WHO TARGETED THE WORKFORCE TEAM WHICH IS THE CEO
01:50:29 GRAZIA WHO WAS BROUGHT ON TO WORKFORCE TO BE THE PERSON TO
01:50:33 ALIGN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER W D BUT THANK YOU MUCH TY SEALS
01:50:40 JACKSON FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:50:43 >> NEXT SPEAKER IN THAT NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:50:51 >> YOU'LL SEE A JUST MOVE LATER AND TRY TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
01:50:55 PLEASE GO. >> YOU'RE NOW PREVENTING OTHER
01:50:59 PUBLIC SPEAKERS FROM ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
01:51:02 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:51:06 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT THE
01:51:10 LEGACY PROGRAM WE ARE ALL BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES IN.
01:51:17 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE ARE READY FOR ME.
01:51:22 >> THANK YOU MS. SEALES NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE R D IS THAT TO
01:51:31 BE FAIR TO THE OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS IN LINE WE MUST ASK
01:51:35 THAT THE NEXT SPEAKER ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE MORE CALL BY THE
01:51:42 PEOPLE BEHIND ME KIND. >> LONG TIME STAFF.
01:51:47 MRS. JACKSON YOU ARE NOW PRESENT.
01:51:48 YOU'RE NOT PREVENTING OTHER SPEAKERS FROM ADDRESSING THIS
01:51:51 COMMITTEE REQUIRED WORK OR WORK .
01:51:58 THANK YOU. REMOVING ANY PROPOSAL FOR A FEW
01:52:02 MINUTES AND THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES SO
01:52:07 FAR BACKING UP IN A VOICE SO IN THIS SITUATION ARE QUESTIONS
01:52:16 ABOUT HOW WELL THIS INFORMATION AND WHAT THAT WOULD BE FOR.
01:52:25 >> THANK YOU MRS. FOR OUR PROGRAM FOR SPEAKING.
01:52:29 I THINK THAT THE DECISION FOR CONSISTENCY P FAIRNESS SO THERE
01:52:36 IS A AT PARITY SO WHY SHOULD WE DO IT OR IS IT NOT A.
01:52:43 >> A PROMISE A PROMISE YOU THIS IS NOT HELPFUL ANYMORE A
01:52:50 PROMISE YOU YOUR PAST HELPFUL I PROMISE YOU YOUR PAST HELPFUL
01:52:55 THANK YOU. FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING I THINK
01:53:02 GO OH MY WAS PROTECTING ME AND THEN THE BOTTOM LINE SHOW
01:53:10 ME THE BIG PRIORITY OF EVERYTHING I'VE ARE ASKING FOR
01:53:17 FOR ME TO REPRESENT. AND WHAT'S YOUR POSITION FOR
01:53:23 THE SAME TWO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE ACCEPT OUR
01:53:35 APOLOGIES FOR BEING PREVENTED FROM SPEAKING AT AN EFFICIENT
01:53:39 MATTER. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:53:42 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS DAVID BOGUS YOU
01:53:47 BECAUSE THIS IS UKRAINIAN SERVICE AND CULTURAL CENTER
01:53:50 AND I BELIEVE THAT DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT HAS
01:53:54 LEGAL LEGAL NAME LIKE DISPARATE IMPACT AND BASED ON THE DATA
01:54:03 PRESENTED THAT'S A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON OUR
01:54:07 PROTECTED CLASSES LIKE PEOPLE OF COLOR, IMMIGRANTS, LGBTQ
01:54:11 PEOPLE. >> SO I WONDER IS ANY ANY ONE
01:54:18 OF YOU TRIED TO CHECK WITH A CITY ATTORNEY FOR EXAMPLE
01:54:22 OFFICE TO CHECK ON COMPLIANCE WITH SAN FRANCISCO'S SANCTUARY
01:54:27 ORDINANCE THAT MANDATES NOT ONLY PROTECTION FROM FEDERAL
01:54:34 AGENCIES BUT ALSO EQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICES REGARDLESS OF
01:54:38 IMMIGRATION STATUS AND GOVERNMENT CODE 11 135 THAT
01:54:45 MANDATES EQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICES AND WHETHER LIKE WE
01:54:51 DON'T HAVE LIKE MORE DON'T. >> WHETHER WE DON'T CREATE MORE
01:54:56 PROBLEMS WITH THIS CITY DISPROPORTIONATELY CUTTING THE
01:54:59 SERVICES WAS LIKE OKAY AND I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT YET WITH
01:55:10 OR E W D BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT FOR UKRAINIAN WAR REFUGEES THIS
01:55:14 IS LIKE TO FIND JOBS. THIS IS DISASTER AND I CALL.
01:55:18 MORE INVESTMENT IN SPECIALIZED JOBS SERVICES THAT WOULD HELP
01:55:26 TO GET JOBS FOR GROUPS WITH SPECIFIC NEEDS LIKE RECENT
01:55:31 IMMIGRANTS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
01:55:35 AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
01:55:37 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:55:42 JOHN OSAKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF J C Y C 30 YEARS AGO WE WERE
01:55:48 APPROACHED BY MEMBERS OF WILLIE BROWN'S MAYORAL AND MINISTRY
01:55:52 SSION TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD EXPOSE YOUNG PEOPLE TO
01:55:56 CAREERS IN CITY GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND ARE
01:56:00 INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
01:56:05 THAT VISION. FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS WE ARE
01:56:08 BEING TARGETED WITH A $2 MILLION REDUCTION IN A SAN
01:56:11 FRANCISCO YOUTH WORKS AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF POINTS
01:56:15 I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE ARE MADE THAT WASN'T MENTIONED
01:56:19 EARLIER TODAY AND ONE IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FACING THE
01:56:21 HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. DISPROPORTIONATELY SINCE THE
01:56:23 PANDEMIC YOUNG PEOPLE IT'S ALSO BEEN PROVEN BY RESEARCH THAT
01:56:31 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ARE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE
01:56:35 PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS. AND RECENTLY I WANT TO SHARE
01:56:39 SOME ENCOUNTERS WE'VE HAD WITH SOME ALUMNI OF THIS PROGRAM
01:56:43 BECAUSE WE'VE COME ACROSS A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS HOMELESS
01:56:46 IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS PROGRAM HELPED HER GET BACK ON HER
01:56:50 FEET, GET BACK IN SCHOOL AND LAST YEAR SHE WAS
01:56:52 COMPLETING A PH.D. IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
01:56:55 AND WE'VE COME ACROSS A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS LEADING COMMUNITY
01:57:02 ENGAGEMENT AND PHILANTHROPY. FOR A TECH CORPORATION
01:57:06 AND RECENTLY WE'VE COME ACROSS A YOUNG LADY WHO IS CURRENTLY
01:57:09 SERVING AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF CALIF
01:57:14 FORNIA AND WHAT ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON IS THEY
01:57:16 HAVE SPOKEN OUT WITH PASSION ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS
01:57:19 PROGRAM HAS HAD ON ITS ON THEIR LIVES.
01:57:23 >> AND WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO TODAY IS SEND A
01:57:27 CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE TODAY.
01:57:30 TO ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE THAT THEY ARE
01:57:34 A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND I WANT TO MAKE
01:57:38 SURE WE REJECT THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS TO THIS PROGRAM
01:57:41 AND LET YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY ARE A VALUE AND A PRIORITY
01:57:48 FOR THIS CITY. >> THANK YOU MUCH.
01:57:50 THANK YOU. OKAY.
01:57:50 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:57:57 BACK AGAIN DRESS BETTER PROFESSIONAL FOR LAST BUT I AM
01:58:00 HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE YOUTH WORKS PROGRAM.
01:58:04 >> OKAY. BEING A PART OF THE MY MAYOR'S
01:58:08 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM ONE OF THE UFC'S SISTER
01:58:09 PROGRAMS I'VE LEARNED VALUABLE SKILLS SUCH AS COMMUNICATION,
01:58:13 MONEY MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL LITERACY.
01:58:16 BUT THE MOST VALUABLE THING I FOUND WITH THIS PROGRAM WAS
01:58:18 COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY THAT HELPS ME BUILD THAT HELPS BUILD
01:58:21 YOU UP INTO A PERSON THAT YOU CAN ONLY DREAM OF BECOMING.
01:58:24 GIVING NOT ONLY PERSONAL ONE ON ONE SUPPORT WITH THE YOUTH BUT
01:58:27 ALSO EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO SPEAK
01:58:30 OUT GIVING VOLUME TO THEIR VOICE THAT CAN MOST OF THE TIME
01:58:33 BE DIMINISHED IN SOCIETY IN A WORLD FULL OF POVERTY, WAR
01:58:35 AND HARDSHIP WE ARE GIVEN A VOICE TO SPEAK FOR NOT ONLY THE
01:58:39 NEEDS OF OURSELVES BUT ALSO HAVING THE EYES TO CARE FOR
01:58:42 OTHERS AROUND US IN THE WORLD AS WELL.
01:58:45 AND I CAN SAY THIS WITH FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WITHOUT THESE
01:58:49 PROGRAMS I WOULD NOT BE HERE MOST LIKELY BECOMING ANOTHER
01:58:52 STATISTIC AS A PRODUCT OF MY ENVIRONMENT JOBS GIVE YOUTH
01:58:54 LIKE ME THE EXPERIENCE TO GROW IN A WAY THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO
01:58:58 OUR FUTURE AND WITH LIMITING AND WITH THE LIMITING OF
01:59:01 FUNDING TO OUR ORGANIZATION. YOU ARE SINGLE HANDEDLY
01:59:08 LIMITING THE GROWTH OF WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS WORLD CAN BE BY
01:59:10 CUTTING THE OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN TO US.
01:59:13 >> I HOPE THAT YOU SEE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT
01:59:16 ONLY I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AS THERE ARE OTHER YOUTH HERE
01:59:20 BACKING ME UP ALONG WITH THIS BUT I WANTED TO SAY THIS WE WE
01:59:27 ARE HERE IN OUR VOICES WILL NOT GO SILENT.
01:59:28 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING
01:59:31 THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
01:59:38 >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MEGAN WHALEN ESCOBAR
01:59:41 . I'M WITH THE CALIFORNIA
01:59:42 DOMESTIC WORKERS COALITION. I'M HERE BECAUSE JUST TO TALK A
01:59:46 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DOMESTIC WORK INDUSTRY AND AS A CRITICAL
01:59:50 WORKFORCE FOR THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ABOUT 60,000
01:59:56 HOUSEHOLDS IN SAN FRANCISCO RELY ON THE LABOR OF DOMESTIC
02:00:00 WORKERS. >> THE MAJORITY OF DOMESTIC
02:00:01 WORKERS ARE IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR.
02:00:05 AND IN THE CITY THEY'RE PRIMARILY PRIMARILY LATINO,
02:00:09 FILIPINO AND CHINESE WORKERS. >> I THINK ALL OF US HAVE A
02:00:13 CONNECTION TO CARE WHETHER IT BE BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS
02:00:17 ARE A DOMESTIC WORKER OR PROVIDE CARE FOR YOUR FAMILY OR
02:00:20 YOU HIRE A HOUSECLEANER OR A HOME CARE WORKER OR A NANNY
02:00:23 IN YOUR OWN HOME TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
02:00:27 >> AND UNFORTUNATELY HISTORICALLY DOMESTIC WORKERS
02:00:30 HAVE LONG BEEN EXCLUDED BECAUSE OF A HISTORY OF THE LEGACY OF
02:00:35 SLAVERY IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY'VE LONG BEEN EXCLUDED FROM
02:00:39 BASIC LABOR PROTECTIONS AND TODAY HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE
02:00:42 OF MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS OUT OF ANY OTHER INDUSTRY IN SAN
02:00:46 FRANCISCO THAT'S MORE THAN 5000 MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS PER
02:00:51 EVERY 10,000 WORKERS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:00:53 AND DOMESTIC WORKERS LACK BASIC WORKPLACE PROTECTIONS INCLUDING
02:00:56 BENEFITS, RETIREMENT SAVINGS AND PAID LEAVE.
02:01:00 >> IN A RECENT STUDY, 60% OF DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE CITY
02:01:04 REPORTED THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO MEET THEIR BASIC
02:01:07 LIVING EXPENSES. >> THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SET TO
02:01:08 BE CUT BY THIS BUDGET SUPPORT ARE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
02:01:17 PROVIDE CRITICAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATIONS
02:01:19 THAT PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES IN LANGUAGE AND WITH CULTURAL
02:01:22 COMPETENCY TO BOTH WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE
02:01:26 RESULTED IN WAGE RECOVERY AND IMPROVED EMPLOYER
02:01:29 COMPLIANCE AND HAVE SUPPORTED HOUSING STABILITY AND FOOD
02:01:30 SECURITY FOR WORKERS WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS CITY.
02:01:33 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:01:37 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO I'M TERESA DE LA LA
02:01:41 WITH SOME CAN AND I'M HERE FOR OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
02:01:45 COUNCILOR P.J. YOU HERE AND YOU.
02:01:48 GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS P.J. EUGENIO AND I'M
02:01:51 THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNSELOR FOR SAM.
02:01:53 CAN SOME CAN IS PART OF THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION.
02:01:56 I SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO NEED HELP WITH
02:02:01 RESUMÉ BUILDING, APPLYING JOBS AND ALSO WORKER'S RIGHTS
02:02:04 EDUCATION. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF OUR
02:02:08 WORKERS FACING REDUCTION OF HOURS WITH LOW AND WITH LOW
02:02:12 HOURS. THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
02:02:15 HEALTH INSURANCE WHEN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION HAPPENS, COMMUNITY
02:02:19 BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE THERE TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT OUR
02:02:23 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE KNOW THAT REDUCTION OF HOURS
02:02:27 DOESN'T MEAN DOESN'T JUST MEAN LESS MONEY TO US IT MEANS
02:02:31 EVICTIONS, HOMELESSNESS AND STRUGGLE TO STAY HERE
02:02:38 IN SAN FRANCISCO. CBOS MAKE SURE THAT OUR
02:02:39 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE THRIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO MARAMING
02:02:42 SALAMAT AND THANK YOU TERESA LAWLESS NEXT SPEAKER GOOD
02:02:49 AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ZACHARY FRIO.
02:02:53 >> IT'S ON KINION THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION BASED ON THE
02:02:57 AGENDA TODAY WE ARE HERE TO ASK WHY THE WOOD AND WOOD IN THE
02:03:01 CITY IN CITY ARE BEING CUT. >> IT SEEMS FROM THE POINT OF
02:03:05 VIEW OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
02:03:08 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT IMPORTANT TO THE CITY'S
02:03:09 ECONOMIC RECOVERY THAT THE MAYOR LIKES TO TOUT.
02:03:12 >> I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION WHO ARE WE DEVELOPING
02:03:17 FOR? >> ARE WE DEVELOPING THE
02:03:19 CAPACITY OF BLACK AND BROWN SAN FRANCISCANS AND TRANS PEOPLE,
02:03:23 IMMIGRANTS, TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH AND HOUSE PEOPLE TO HAVE
02:03:26 A WELL-PAYING DIGNIFIED JOB EARN THE INCOME TO HAVE A ROOF
02:03:31 OVER THEIR HEADS. CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY
02:03:34 BECAUSE BASED ON THE PROPOSED CUTS IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE NOT
02:03:35 PRIORITIZING THESE WORKERS AS A CITY.
02:03:39 >> WE ALSO SEEM TO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT IN CITY
02:03:42 WORKERS THAT CARRY OUT WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY
02:03:46 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. >> EVERY NONPROFIT GRANT
02:03:50 SLASHED IS A JOB LOST AND THE MAYOR SAYS HE WILL ELIMINATE
02:03:54 500 CITY JOBS ALL THIS WHILE THE POLICE GET A 14% PAY
02:03:57 INCREASE. I'D LIKE TO ASK AGAIN WHO ARE
02:04:01 WE DEVELOPING FOR DOES ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ONLY EXTEND TO
02:04:06 THE COMPANIES IN DOWNTOWN? ACCORDING TO TED EGAN, THE BOOM
02:04:10 IS NOT PRODUCING A JOB BOOM FOR TECH WORKERS.
02:04:11 IN FACT, TECH CONTINUES TO SHED MORE AND MORE JOBS.
02:04:14 >> SO WHERE IS THE JOB CREATION HAPPENING?
02:04:18 ACCORDING TO THE CHRONICLE, IT'S IN HEALTH CARE AND YET D H
02:04:22 IS CUTTING ITS TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
02:04:25 PROGRAMS CREATED TO GET BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND TRANS
02:04:27 PEOPLE INTO HEALTH CARE JOBS. >> I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ONE MORE
02:04:31 TIME WHO ARE WE DEVELOPING FOR? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE
02:04:37 IT'S FOR US. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
02:04:38 EXACTLY FOR YOUR NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO.
02:04:41 MY NAME IS JASON WYMAN. I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
02:04:45 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
02:04:48 PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION. >> IN A PREVIOUS LIFE I WAS A
02:04:53 SITE SUPERVISOR FOR MY EAP. I ALSO WORKED FREQUENTLY WITH
02:04:56 DIFFERENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS EITHER DOING TRAINING
02:05:00 OR ACTUALLY BEING ONE OF THE SITES.
02:05:04 I RAN A CAFE FOR A WHILE AND WE WORKED A LOT WITH FOLKS THAT
02:05:07 WERE ON PROBATION AND PAROLE AND GETTING THEM TRAINED
02:05:09 AND WORKING IN CAFES. >> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
02:05:12 THESE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY THESE WORKFORCE
02:05:15 PROGRAMS THAT PLACE WORKERS WITHIN NONPROFITS AND WITHIN
02:05:19 SMALL BUSINESSES ARE NOT JUST BENEFITING THE WORKERS AND THE
02:05:24 ORGANIZATIONS. THEY ARE ALSO BENEFITING THE
02:05:25 NONPROFIT ARTS AND THE SMALL BUSINESSES.
02:05:29 IT WAS CRUCIAL FOR THE CAFE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND WE
02:05:33 GOT SUPPORT THANKS TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
02:05:35 OF SAN FRANCISCO. IT HELPED US ENSURE THAT AS A
02:05:36 SMALL BUSINESS WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP EVERYTHING AFFORDABLE FOR
02:05:40 OUR CUSTOMERS. IT ALSO GOES A LONG WAY
02:05:44 IN CULTURAL EXCHANGE. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
02:05:47 ISN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUT THE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS ARE
02:05:50 ACTUAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT
02:05:51 GROUPS OF PEOPLE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT ACTUALLY
02:05:54 STRENGTHEN THE CITY. AS A RESIDENT HERE I'VE SEEN
02:06:00 THE JOY COME FROM PEOPLE BEING HAVING VALUABLE WORK, PEOPLE
02:06:05 BEING ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
02:06:09 >> WE'RE IN A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT OUR
02:06:13 PRIORITIES ARE AS A CITY AND I'D RATHER HAVE PRIDE THAT
02:06:17 WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLE AND KEEP THEIR
02:06:21 FAMILIES HOUSED THAN GIVING MORE MONEY TO ANOTHER LINE ITEM
02:06:25 THAT KEEPS TERRORIZING US. >> THANK YOU.
02:06:29 THANK YOU MUCH JASON LYMAN. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:06:32 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON
02:06:36 FOR CALLING THIS HEARING. MY NAME IS GABY LASORDA AND I
02:06:40 AM THE CHAIR AND DISTRICT SIX YOUTH COMMISSIONER ON THE SAN
02:06:41 FRANCISCO YOUTH COMMISSION. >> THIS PAST MONDAY THE YOUTH
02:06:44 COMMISSION PASSED A RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF
02:06:47 SUPERVISORS TO REJECT THE $2 MILLION BUDGET CUT TO S.F.
02:06:50 YOUTH WORKS WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE 83% OF THEIR BUDGET.
02:06:53 THIS WOULD RESULT IN OVER 80% OF INTERNSHIP POSITIONS FOR
02:06:57 YOUTH BEING CUT OVER BOTH THEIR SUMMER AND SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS
02:07:00 ALONG WITH STAFFING CUTS TO HELP KEEP THIS PROGRAM RUNNING.
02:07:04 I PARTICIPATED IN YOUTH WORK THE PAST TWO SUMMERS IN MY
02:07:07 YOUTH PASTOR SUMMERS BEFORE THAT AND THESE PROGRAMS HAVE
02:07:10 HAD A GREAT IMPACT ON ME AS A LOW INCOME PERSON.
02:07:11 NOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO EARN MONEY BUT I'VE ALSO GOTTEN
02:07:14 SUPPORT AND CAREER PREPARATION. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPLORE A
02:07:17 CAREER IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE SECTOR BECAUSE OF THE
02:07:21 EXPERIENCES I HAD IN THIS PROGRAM IN THE FALL I'M GOING
02:07:23 TO COLLEGE FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HOPE TO WORK
02:07:26 IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE FUTURE.
02:07:28 MY EXPERIENCES ARE NOT SINGLE AS OVER 90% OF YOUTH WORKS
02:07:30 INTERNS COME FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS.
02:07:34 >> ULTIMATELY YOUTH WORKS IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB.
02:07:37 >> IT PROVIDES STABILITY AND SUPPORT FOR THE FUTURE
02:07:38 GENERATION OF LEADERS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY
02:07:42 OTHERWISE LACK EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT.
02:07:44 >> THE YOUTH COMMISSION HAS HOSTED NUMEROUS PUBLIC FORUMS
02:07:46 ACROSS THE CITY WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED THE NEED
02:07:49 FOR MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY AS UNEMPLOYMENT
02:07:52 RISES TO CREATE A STRONG FUTURE FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
02:07:56 >> WE MUST SUPPORT THE YOUTH THAT WILL INHERIT OUR CITY.
02:07:59 THAT IS WHY THE YOUTH COMMISSION URGES THE BOARD TO
02:08:01 HELP US PROTECT S.F. YOUTH WORKS AND ENSURE MORE YOUTH
02:08:04 LIKE ME CAN HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNSHIP POSITIONS AND CAREER
02:08:08 PREPARATION. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
02:08:09 AND THANK YOU GABBY THIS TIME NEXT SPEAKER.
02:08:14 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR
02:08:18 CALLING THIS HEARING. MY NAME IS CHOSEN AND I HAVE
02:08:19 THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN
02:08:23 FRANCISCO YOUTH COMMISSION. THE YOUTH COMMISSION IS A
02:08:27 CHARTERED COMMISSION OF 17 YOUNG YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ADVISES
02:08:30 THE BOARD AND THE MAYOR ON ALL ISSUES RELATING TO YOUTH.
02:08:33 AND AS CHAIR LOZANO SAID, THE YOUTH COMMISSION PASSED A
02:08:35 RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD TO REJECT THE 2
02:08:40 MILLION BUDGET PROPOSALS. PROPOSAL TWO AS A FEW WORKS I
02:08:41 HAVE THE RESOLUTIONS OVER HERE COPIES.
02:08:44 >> THIS IS A 2 MILLION OUT OF THERE 2.4 MILLION WHICH IS 83%
02:08:50 OF THEIR BUDGET. THIS WILL RESULT IN 80% OF
02:08:53 THEIR INTERNSHIP POSITIONS ELIMINATED A YEAR ROUND AND IT
02:08:57 WILL ALSO RESULT IN STAFFING CUTS TO THE PROGRAM.
02:09:00 >> AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH
02:09:02 THE SKILLS, THE CONFIDENCE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM TO BE
02:09:05 PREPARED FOR OUR WORKFORCE. WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE
02:09:09 THE STATS FOR US OF YOUTH WORKS BUT 90% OF US OF YOUTH WORKS
02:09:12 INTERNS COME FROM LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
02:09:16 AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT AS WELL, THERE ARE OVER A
02:09:20 THOUSAND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO APPLIED FOR A SUMMER
02:09:24 INTERNSHIPS TO ASK IF YOU'VE WORKED ALONE AND IF THESE CUTS
02:09:28 GO THROUGH WE WILL NOT HAVE THOSE INTERNSHIPS POSITIONS.
02:09:32 SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE NEVER HAD SOMEONE WHO BELIEVED
02:09:36 IN THEM AND IT WAS AS IF YOUTH WORKS WHO BELIEVED IN THEM
02:09:40 AND BELIEVED THAT THEY CAN BE SOMEBODY MORE.
02:09:43 >> THE YOUTH COMMISSION HAS BEEN HOSTING YOU FORUMS
02:09:44 THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALMOST EVERY YOUNG PERSON WE'VE TALKED
02:09:47 TO HAS ASKED FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT EASE.
02:09:51 >> WE NEED STABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
02:09:52 SO THAT YOUTH COMMISSION ASKS THE BOARD TO HELP US PROTECT US
02:09:56 A FEW WORKS THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH JUSTIN.
02:09:59 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MICHAEL
02:10:06 SILER. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
02:10:07 SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. I RUN AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS
02:10:10 FOCUSED ON SOLVING SAN FRANCISCO'S BIGGEST CHALLENGES
02:10:14 AND BRINGING FORWARD THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF OUR CITY.
02:10:15 A LOT OF MY WORK HAS TO DO WITH REINVENTION OF DOWNTOWN
02:10:18 AND STOREFRONTS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SAVE THE JOB
02:10:22 OF SAN FRANCISCO'S SUPER CONNECTOR.
02:10:22 MARY ANNE THOMPSON, WHO LEADS THE OFFICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS I
02:10:28 WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH HER AND HER TEAM AND THEY ARE VERY
02:10:30 SMALL BOOTSTRAP TEAM THAT'S HELPING PRIMARILY
02:10:33 UNDERREPRESENTED BUSINESS OWNERS GETTING STOREFRONTS
02:10:36 IN SAN FRANCISCO. OFTENTIMES THE FIRST STOREFRONT
02:10:40 TO HELP THESE BUSINESSES GET OFF OF THE GROUND.
02:10:43 MARIANNE HAS OPENED UP A LOT OF DOORS FOR ME AND SHE MAKES
02:10:47 CONNECTIONS ACROSS BUSINESS LEADERS, BROKERS AND THE
02:10:51 BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND SHE'S CRITICAL IN THE ROLE
02:10:55 IF ANYTHING, WE NEED TO BE UP STAFFING HER TEAM AND HONESTLY
02:10:59 CLONING HER. THE SYSTEM SHOULDN'T RELY ON A
02:11:03 SUPER CONNECTOR LIKE HER FOR IT TO OPERATE.
02:11:05 I HAVE A COMMUNITY SIGN ON LETTER WITH OVER 50 SMALL
02:11:08 BUSINESS OWNERS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER
02:11:10 ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF MARIANNE KEEPING
02:11:14 HER JOB. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANKS
02:11:16 SO MUCH. MICHAEL SILER.
02:11:17 NEXT SPEAKER I. >> HI.
02:11:32 MY NAME IS REBECCA DON WU AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON A FEW
02:11:36 FEW DIFFERENT THINGS. WHEN I WAS IN THE SHELTER AT
02:11:40 SANCTUARY IN THE FALL AND I WAS I GOT INTO AN SRO IN THE
02:11:48 TENDERLOIN JEFFERSON WHICH I'LL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO
02:11:52 ABOUT THAT AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY CLOSURES
02:12:00 AND BUT HEARING A LOT OF THIS TODAY IT'S IT'S REALLY BRINGS
02:12:06 UP A LOT OF POINTS. FIRST OF ALL WHEN I WAS IN THE
02:12:07 SHELTER THERE WERE A SEVERAL WOMEN THAT I BECAME FRIENDS
02:12:11 WITH THAT WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE CHEF
02:12:15 PROGRAM AND THEY SUCCESSFULLY WENT THROUGH IT AND THEN GOT
02:12:19 JOBS AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
02:12:24 PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL FROM THESE PROGRAMS.
02:12:25 SO I'M I'M HOPING THERE'S NO CUTS TO THESE AND I DO I, I, I
02:12:31 WOULD LIKE A REQUEST THAT IN THE REVIEW OF DETERMINING
02:12:35 YOUR BUDGETS AND DETERMINING WHAT PROGRAMS ARE WHAT THINGS
02:12:39 NEED TO BE DONE OR REQUESTING REVIEW FROM THE CITY FOR THAT
02:12:45 THAT REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE THE FUTURE COSTS IN TERMS OF IF
02:12:50 PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS ARE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET
02:12:53 THE HELP THAT THEY NEED THAT WHAT KIND OF HOW DOES THAT
02:12:57 AFFECT IN TERMS OF WHEN CRIMES THINGS LIKE THAT SO FOR EXAMPLE
02:13:01 ALSO WHEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED THERE AND THERE WAS THE THE YOU
02:13:08 KNOW A LOT OF SHUTDOWNS FOR BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT
02:13:12 IS THERE'S A LOT OF FUTURE COSTS THAT REALLY HAVE TO BE
02:13:13 TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ANALYZED
02:13:17 BY THE MAY BY THE MAYOR, BY THE DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TO REALLY
02:13:24 DETERMINE NOT JUST WHAT'S GOING TO BE SAVED FROM COSTS BUT
02:13:28 FUTURE COSTS THAT HAPPEN FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR
02:13:31 JOBS AND SUICIDES, THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
02:13:35 >> THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A THANK YOU MUCH FOR
02:13:39 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:13:46 >> AND BEFORE I START THE TIME ON THIS NEXT SPEAKER THIS IS
02:13:47 LAST CALL FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
02:13:50 THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS HEARING AND WITH THAT NEXT
02:13:53 SPEAKER. >> HELLO MY NAME IS LAVONDA
02:13:56 GRAY AND I AM AN EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR WITH SAN FRANCISCO
02:13:58 YOUTH WORKS. >> I JUST WANTED TO COME UP
02:14:01 HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM SO
02:14:05 ESSENTIAL AS A PROGRAM. >> THE SUPPORT THAT WE ARE ABLE
02:14:09 TO OFFER NOT ONLY OUR YOUTH BUT THE MENTORS THAT WORK WITH US
02:14:13 IS SUCH A BIG PART OF WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL.
02:14:17 >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NOT JUST ONE FIT FOR EVERY
02:14:20 YOUTH AND MAKE IT OUR BUSINESS TO ADJUST AS NEEDED.
02:14:24 SO BEFORE EVERY SESSION, EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY SUMMER
02:14:28 SESSION WE MEET AS A TEAM. WE TALK TO WE TALK ABOUT WHAT
02:14:31 WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, HOW CAN WE BETTER SUPPORT THE
02:14:34 YOUTH? SHOULD WE CHANGE THIS WORKSHOP?
02:14:35 WHAT DO WE THINK? >> HOW DO WE THINK WE CAN
02:14:39 BETTER BETTER SUPPORT THE YOUTH AND GET THEM PREPARED FOR THE
02:14:42 ADULT WORKFORCE? >> WE PUT SO MUCH OF OUR TIME
02:14:46 AND EFFORT INTO BUILDING THE YOUTH BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW
02:14:49 IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO FEEL SUPPORTED FOR YOUTH THAT
02:14:50 LOOK LIKE ME AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM TO BE ABLE TO STEP
02:14:57 INTO CITY DEPARTMENTS WHEN THEY OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS
02:15:02 TO THEM. IT'S SO ESSENTIAL THAT WE MAKE
02:15:05 SURE THAT OUR PROGRAM STAYS. I MYSELF AM A PRODUCT OF JCC
02:15:10 PROGRAMING. I AM AN EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR
02:15:13 BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE THE SUPPORT NOT THE WAY I WANTED TO
02:15:17 BE THE SUPPORT THAT I GOT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I WANTED
02:15:21 SOMEONE TO TELL ME THAT I CAN DO IT.
02:15:24 >> I'M CAPABLE. YOUTH WORKS ISN'T JUST A
02:15:28 PROGRAM IT'S A COMMUNITY AND CUTTING THE PROGRAM WOULD
02:15:32 BE A DISSERVICE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY.
02:15:35 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. LIVE ON THE TRAIN AND SEE NO
02:15:39 OTHER CITY NO OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE Q MR. CHAIR PRO TEM THAT
02:15:43 COMPLETES OUR Q THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED.
02:15:49 >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ON THE ROSTER SO I JUST WANT TO START
02:15:54 OFF BY ONE THANKING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FOR COMING IN AND
02:15:57 PRESENTING TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC FOR
02:15:59 COMING OUT AND SPEAKING. I DO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT
02:16:05 THIS THIS IS A TOUGH POSITION FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WE
02:16:10 GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS ,PARTICULARLY THE ONES WHO ARE
02:16:16 ASKED TO MAKE MORE CUTS THAN OTHERS.
02:16:17 BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE POPULATIONS THAT WORKFORCE
02:16:21 DEVELOPMENT SERVES AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE.
02:16:25 >> I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH EVERYONE THAT IN MY OPINION
02:16:31 LAYOFFS ARE DEFINITELY NOT NECESSARY IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE
02:16:35 . WELL NUMBER ONE THE DEFICIT HAS
02:16:36 DECREASED FROM LAST YEAR AND TO THIS YEAR AND DESPITE WHAT
02:16:43 WE'RE GETTING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO CONTINUES TO TALK
02:16:47 ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR DEFICIT WHICH IS $1 BILLION, WE DO NOT
02:16:50 HAVE $1 BILLION DEFICIT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:16:54 I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THAT IS NOT THE DEFICIT WE'RE
02:16:55 WORKING WITH FOR 2627 NOR 2728. AND SO I DO THINK THAT THERE
02:17:04 ARE OTHER WAYS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOVER
02:17:08 AND ADDRESS THE DEFICIT WITHOUT HAVING TO UNDERGO LAYOFFS.
02:17:12 >> I DO ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF WE ARE SAYING WE'RE
02:17:18 MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN WORKFORCE AND WE'RE SERIOUS
02:17:20 ABOUT THE WORK, THEN WE HAVE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING SURE
02:17:26 THAT THAT INVESTMENT CONTINUES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
02:17:30 BUT I THINK THE MOST VITAL POINT AND REALITY IS A HEALTHY
02:17:34 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM ISN'T INTEGRAL TO FIGHTING
02:17:38 HOMELESSNESS, TO FIGHTING CRIME ,TO FIGHTING POVERTY
02:17:42 AND WITHOUT IT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE EVERY BAD
02:17:49 STATISTIC SPIKE UP IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:17:50 WE ALREADY SEEING VIOLENCE INCREASING IN SAN FRANCISCO AS
02:17:56 WE LOOK AT LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR, UNEMPLOYMENT THOSE
02:18:00 ARE THE THINGS THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO COMMIT CRIMES.
02:18:04 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO BE HOMELESS.
02:18:05 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT PROMOTE POVERTY.
02:18:08 AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE A TRUE INVESTMENT IN WORKFORCE
02:18:11 AND ALSO JUST IN WITH I AM ALWAYS OF THE OPINION THAT ANY
02:18:18 CUTS TO YOUTH PROGRAMS ARE DRACONIAN PARTICULARLY IN A
02:18:22 CITY LIKE SAN FRANCISCO WHERE WEALTH IS TREMENDOUS AND SO WE
02:18:26 HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
02:18:30 MAKING SURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND OUR
02:18:33 YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECTED DURING THIS BUDGET
02:18:37 PROCESS. AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK
02:18:40 EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND I WILL MOVE THAT WE NOW FILE THIS
02:18:44 HEARING SO I NEED A SECOND. OKAY, THANK YOU.
02:18:51 >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY MEMBER WALTON SECONDED BY MEMBER CHEN
02:18:58 THAT THIS HEARING BE HEARD AND FILED.
02:18:59 MEMBERS ARE SAUTER I REMEMBER CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER WANG WANG
02:19:08 AND CHAIR PRO-TEM WALTON WALTON I WE HAVE FOR US MOTION CARRIES
02:19:16 . THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING
02:19:17 HERE. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL
02:19:18 ITEM NUMBER TWO? >> YES.
02:19:20 ITEM NUMBER TWO IS OUR HEARING ON FAMILY AFFORDABILITY IN SAN
02:19:24 FRANCISCO AND THE IMPACTS OF PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS ON
02:19:26 VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS
02:19:29 AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BASED
02:19:33 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN MAINTAINING HOUSING
02:19:36 STABILITY, WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION AND ACCESS TO
02:19:40 ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND THE MISALIGNMENT OF CURRENT BUDGET
02:19:43 DECISIONS WITH THOSE COMMITMENTS AND AS STATED
02:19:44 IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WE DO HAVE INTERPRETIVE
02:19:48 SERVICES AVAILABLE UNTIL 430. HOWEVER, IF WE DO OPEN PUBLIC
02:19:53 COMMENT AFTER THAT AND TIME WE HAVE ARRANGED FOR OCA TO
02:19:55 PROVIDE A TRANSLATED TRANSCRIPT TO OUR OFFICE AND IT WILL BE
02:19:59 INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY FILE FOR ARCHIVAL.
02:20:02 AND WITH THAT MR. CHAIR PRO TEM THANK YOU SO MUCH AND AT THIS
02:20:07 TIME I WILL BE PASSING THE HEARING OVER TO SUPERVISOR
02:20:13 CHIN. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN WALTON
02:20:17 COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME JOIN YOUR COMMITTEE TODAY.
02:20:21 I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITIONS AND THE
02:20:22 MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR BEING HERE TO DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT
02:20:26 TOPICS AND IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
02:20:30 CONSIDERING ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET
02:20:33 AND THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT IT SERVES THE
02:20:37 BUDGET THAT WE ALL AGREE TO IT. IT'S OUR STATEMENT OF OUR SAN
02:20:41 FRANCISCO VALUE FOR ME FOR MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD
02:20:48 AND ALSO FOR MY CONSTITUENTS IN SHOWING THAT WORKING
02:20:49 FAMILIES AREN'T DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
02:20:53 IT'S NON-NEGOTIABLE REPRESENTED IN THE PAST IN THE PROPOSED
02:20:57 CUTS AT THE AD IS PROPORTIONALLY IMPACTED TO
02:21:02 DISTRICT NINE, TEN AND 11 AND DISPROPORTIONATE CUTS TO
02:21:07 BLACK, BROWN AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULARLY
02:21:10 IN TO OUR FILIPINO COMMUNITY FOR MANY OF US, COMMUNITY BASED
02:21:14 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN A LIFELINE.
02:21:18 ME AS A SUPERVISOR I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW THIS ORGANIZATION
02:21:22 CAN WORK TO STABILIZE WORKING FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT THEY
02:21:24 PROVIDE LOW OR NO BARRIER ACCESS POINT TO AND CASE
02:21:30 MANAGEMENT OR TRIGGER TO THOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THROUGH
02:21:35 CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE MEANS
02:21:36 WITHOUT THEM I FEAR THAT WE WILL SEE INCREASED HOMELESSNESS
02:21:43 ,JOB LOSS AND DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
02:21:44 HISTORICALLY ONLY MAKE SAN FRANCISCO WHAT IT IT.
02:21:48 AND IT'S ALSO RAISES A QUESTION OF WHAT OUR CITY'S LONG TERM
02:21:52 COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOP TO A COMMUNITY
02:21:56 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. I HOLD THAT TODAY'S HEARING
02:21:59 HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY THIS DECISIONS WERE MADE WHAT
02:22:03 WE CAN DO TO OFFSET ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE
02:22:07 TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE POPULATION IN OUR CITY THROUGH
02:22:11 BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLANNING FOR TODAY'S HEARING
02:22:15 WE'LL BE HAVING PRESENTATION FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET
02:22:19 COALITIONS MAYORS, BUDGET OFFICE AND MAYOR'S OFFICE OF
02:22:23 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
02:22:24 WITH THAT I'LL ASK THAT THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION COME
02:22:27 TO THE PODIUM TO BEGIN THEIR PRESENTATION.
02:22:28 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO
02:22:40 GET STARTED WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTER HERE FOR OUR FAMILY
02:22:44 AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
02:22:45 TODAY. >> GREAT.
02:22:47 GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISOR JOHN TO LABOR INTO WITH THE RECENT
02:22:52 EQUITY IN ALL PLANNING COALITION TO PROVIDE A BIT OF
02:22:54 CONTEXT THAT WILL GIVE THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE
02:22:58 OTHER SPEAKERS AFTER ME. >> WE KNOW THIS ABOUT HOUSING
02:23:02 AFFORDABILITY IS CRITICAL FOR FAMILIES TO NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO
02:23:06 STAY IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT TO THRIVE.
02:23:07 UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A CITY CONTINUING TO
02:23:10 DIMINISH AFFORDABILITY AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE
02:23:11 BUDGET AND IN RECENT POLICY DECISIONS.
02:23:14 >> AS A CITY WE NEED TO MEANINGFULLY MATERIALLY FUND
02:23:17 AND INVEST IN SOLUTIONS THAT WILL KEEP OUR FAMILIES ROOTED
02:23:20 IN SAN FRANCISCO AFFORDABLY. PEOPLE POWER MEDIAS REPORT WHO
02:23:24 IS SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING FOUR PROVIDES EXTENSIVE INSIGHT INTO
02:23:28 HOW POLICY DECISIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE HOUSING
02:23:29 UNAFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:23:32 >> THE REPORT'S KEY FINDINGS REVEAL THAT THE CITY IS
02:23:36 OVERBUILDING HOUSING THAT MOST SAN FRANCISCANS CANNOT AFFORD
02:23:40 AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ESPECIALLY IN MINIMUM
02:23:41 WAGE AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD THE NEW MARKET
02:23:44 HOUSING BEING BUILT. >> THE REPORT DETAILS COST GAPS
02:23:49 FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT A HOUSEHOLD CAN
02:23:52 AFFORD COMPARED TO THE COST OF NEW HOUSING.
02:23:55 >> SOME OF THE MOST ALARMING COST GAPS EXIST
02:23:57 IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE TENDERLOIN AND CHINATOWN WITH
02:24:00 COST GAPS OF 38,030 2000 RESPECTIVE LEE WHICH MEANS THAT
02:24:04 RESIDENTS WOULD NEED TO SPEND MORE THAN THEIR ENTIRE INCOME
02:24:07 TO PAY FOR RENT IN A NEWLY BUILT APARTMENT.
02:24:08 >> NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S A COMPLETE MISMATCH
02:24:11 BETWEEN THE NEEDS OF WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS AND WHAT THE
02:24:15 MARKET WILL DELIVER FOR A ONE BEDROOM ONE BATHROOM UNIT
02:24:19 IN MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. MINIMUM WAGE AND ESSENTIAL
02:24:22 WORKERS MUST CONTRIBUTE AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF THEIR
02:24:26 INCOME OFTEN BEYOND WHAT THEY MAKE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT
02:24:27 HOUSING. A HOTEL HOUSEKEEPER MAKING
02:24:32 37,000 A YEAR, A TRANSIT OPERATOR MAKING 54,000, A
02:24:36 TEACHER MAKING 72,000 EVEN A NURSE MAKING 87,000 A YEAR.
02:24:39 ALL STRUGGLE TO SUSTAINABLY AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY
02:24:43 WHERE THEY WORK. IN ADDITION TO RAISING THEIR
02:24:46 FAMILIES HERE, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM AND CAN
02:24:47 ONLY BE ALLEVIATED BY INVESTING IN TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
02:24:51 NEXT LINE. >> DESPITE BEING TOUTED AS A
02:24:56 MAIN SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING NEEDS OF FAMILIES, THE RECENTLY
02:24:59 PASSED FAMILY ZONING PLAN UNDER OUR CURRENT HOUSING ELEMENT IS
02:25:03 NOT GOING TO DELIVER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUR FAMILIES
02:25:04 NEED. THE PLAN WILL DELIVER ONLY 10
02:25:07 TO 15% OF THE UNITS AS AFFORDABLE.
02:25:11 >> OUR FAMILIES NEED HOUSING THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THEM.
02:25:12 HOWEVER, THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN ALSO ENCOURAGES DEVELOPERS TO
02:25:15 BUILD SMALL UNITS AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LARGER UNITS
02:25:19 ARE INSUFFICIENT. ONE CLEAR EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
02:25:22 PLAN IS FAILING FAMILIES IS THE ONE OAK DEVELOPMENT WHICH NOW
02:25:25 HAS A NEW DEVELOPER AND A NEW PROJECT PROPOSAL.
02:25:28 >> THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER HAD THREE BEDROOM UNITS AND ON SITE
02:25:30 AFFORDABLE UNITS. THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS
02:25:33 NOW UTILIZING THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN HAS NO THREE BEDROOM UNITS
02:25:36 AND NO ONSITE AFFORDABLE UNITS. THE DEVELOPER WILL PAY A SMALL
02:25:40 FEE TO THE CITY. THEY'LL BE USED TO HELP BUILD
02:25:41 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
02:25:44 >> THIS PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE SOLUTIONS AND IS ONLY MAKING IT
02:25:49 CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT PRIORITIZING FAMILIES OR
02:25:50 AFFORDABILITY IN OUR HOUSING POLICIES.
02:25:53 >> NEXT SLIDE INSTEAD WHAT WE NEED IS SIGNIFICANT SUSTAINED
02:25:57 INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
02:26:00 JUST LAST WEEK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALL SEVEN
02:26:03 COMMISSIONERS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS FACT DURING A HEARING ON OUR
02:26:05 CITY'S PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND AFFORDABLE
02:26:08 HOUSING GOALS. >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER
02:26:11 17,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES CURRENTLY IN OUR DEVELOPMENT
02:26:12 PIPELINE THAT ARE WAITING FOR FUNDING.
02:26:15 >> WE NEED A COMMITMENT FROM OUR CITY LEADERS TO MOVE THAT
02:26:18 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FORWARD. >> IT'S ALSO NOT ALWAYS ABOUT
02:26:22 BUILDING SOMETHING NEW. WE MUST ALSO INVEST IN HOUSING
02:26:24 PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITIES WHICH WOULD PREVENT
02:26:27 DISPLACEMENT AND KEEP FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES MORE COST
02:26:29 EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT INTERVENING UPSTREAM OF DISPLACEMENT.
02:26:32 WE'LL BE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR MORE COSTLY INTERVENTIONS
02:26:36 LATER. >> WE ALSO NEED TO INVEST
02:26:39 IN PRICE RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO OUR FAMILIES CAN
02:26:42 AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY. THIS REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT
02:26:43 INVESTMENT. SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TAKES
02:26:46 MONEY. BUT THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED TO
02:26:50 RELINQUISH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE THAT
02:26:53 VOTERS SUPPORTED GIVING UP ANY MONEY THAT COULD GO INTO REAL
02:26:57 SOLUTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WORKING AGAINST THE
02:26:59 GOAL OF MAKING THE CITY AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES.
02:27:02 >> NEXT SLIDE LIKE THE CURRENT EFFORT TO REPEAL THE PROP EIGHT
02:27:05 TRANSFER TAX IS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING AND WILL HAVE HUGE
02:27:09 IMPACTS ON OUR BUDGET. SINCE VOTERS PASSED PROP EIGHT
02:27:13 IN 2020 IT HAS DELIVERED 200 MILLION MORE AFFORDABLE
02:27:16 HOUSING, RENT RELIEF AND BUILDING PRESERVATION ALL
02:27:19 IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF KEEPING TENANTS AND FAMILIES HOUSED.
02:27:23 WE KNOW THESE INTERVENTIONS WORK.
02:27:24 YET OUR CITY IS ACTIVELY RETREATING FROM THESE
02:27:28 SOLUTIONS. >> THE CITY CONTROLLER'S RECENT
02:27:31 BUDGET UPDATE SHOWS THAT IF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSE ORDINANCE TO
02:27:32 REPEAL PROP II PASSES, THE CITY IS ON TRACK TO LOSE 390 MILLION
02:27:37 OVER THE NEXT FOUR FISCAL YEARS.
02:27:38 >> TO MAKE THIS MORE TANGIBLE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME HIGH
02:27:42 PROFILE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS HAVE BEEN IN THE
02:27:46 NEWS RECENTLY LIKE THE TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID WHICH SOLD
02:27:49 FOR 691 MILLION FOR THIS SINGLE TRANSACTION.
02:27:52 >> THE TOTAL TRANSFER TAX PAID WAS $41.5 MILLION WITH PROP
02:27:55 ACCOUNTING FOR HALF OF THAT REVENUE AT 20.7 MILLION.
02:27:59 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL WOULD MEAN THAT THE CITY WOULD LOSE THAT
02:28:02 20.7 MILLION AND THAT MONEY WOULD INSTEAD GO TO THE
02:28:06 INVESTMENT GROUP THAT SOLD THE BUILDING.
02:28:07 >> THERE'S ALSO THE RUSSIAN HILL MANSION THAT WAS JUST SOLD
02:28:10 FOR 56 MILLION. THE CITY WOULD BE LOSING $1.6
02:28:13 MILLION IF PROP EIGHT IS REPEALED.
02:28:15 NEXT SLIDE. DIMINISHING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:28:18 NOT ONLY THROUGH THE POTENTIAL REPEAL OF PROP I.
02:28:22 THE LOOMING POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING INCLUSIONARY HOUSING
02:28:26 REQUIREMENTS DOWN TO 5% AND PRIORITIZING POLICIES THAT
02:28:30 DON'T MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES ONLY ENRICHES REAL
02:28:31 ESTATE INVESTORS CONTINUES TO PUT OUR COMMUNITIES
02:28:35 AND FAMILIES IN FURTHER PRECARITY AND DIRECTLY WORKS
02:28:38 AGAINST WHAT THE CITY ITSELF HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO THROUGH
02:28:42 THE HOUSING ELEMENT. WE NEED HOUSING THAT MEETS THE
02:28:43 NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO
02:28:46 CONTINUE TO FUND THE CRITICAL BUCKETS THAT WILL ENSURE THEIR
02:28:49 STABILITY. I'M GOING TO PASS IT NOW TO
02:28:50 ANDY WITH FARMING HOPE. >> WE HAD A CHANGE IN SPEAKER.
02:29:03 I'M STEPPING IN FOR ANDY. I'M JADE KEYS ON WITH THE FOOD
02:29:05 AND AGRICULTURE ACTION COALITION.
02:29:08 >> SOVEREIGNTY OR FACTS? >> FOOD SECURITY IS
02:29:12 FOUNDATIONAL TO FAMILY AFFORDABILITY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:29:15 >> PROGRAMS LIKE CAL FRESH DON'T JUST HELP PEOPLE BUY
02:29:18 FOOD. >> THEY ALLOW FAMILIES TO
02:29:19 AFFORD RENT, UTILITIES, OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES.
02:29:22 >> THE PROPOSED H.R. ONE CUTS OR THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL
02:29:26 ONE BIG UGLY BILL HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT WE ARE LOOKING
02:29:29 AT AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF INCOME FOR THOUSANDS OF SAN
02:29:30 FRANCISCANS AND AN INCREASE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN TO
02:29:34 QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS. HRC ESTIMATES THAT AROUND
02:29:37 20,000 CAL FRESH CLIENTS WILL LOSE EXEMPTION STATUS AND WILL
02:29:41 BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH WORK REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP
02:29:45 THEIR BENEFITS. EXPANDED WORK REQUIREMENTS MAY
02:29:46 ALSO IMPACT CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO OTHER NUTRITION PROGRAMS
02:29:50 LIKE SCHOOL MEALS WHICH AND SUMMER IN TEEN.
02:29:54 THIS MEANS MORE FAMILIES WILL BE FORCED TO MAKE THOSE
02:29:57 IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES BETWEEN FOOD, DIAPERS, FORMULA HOUSING
02:30:01 . >> YOU GET THE IDEA.
02:30:02 AND WE ALL KNOW WHO WILL BE HIT THE HARDEST.
02:30:03 LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND WORKERS
02:30:06 LIKE THE ONES MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THIS HEARING WHO ARE
02:30:09 ALREADY STRUGGLING TO STAY IN THIS CITY IN A PLACE AS
02:30:12 EXPENSIVE AS SAN FRANCISCO. >> THE SLIGHTEST REDUCTIONS
02:30:14 IN FOOD ASSISTANCE CAN PUT A FAMILY INTO CRISIS.
02:30:19 >> BUT THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT FOOD SECURITY.
02:30:20 IT'S ABOUT THE STABILITY OF OUR ENTIRE CITY.
02:30:23 >> FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
02:30:24 EVERY DOLLAR OF CAL FRESH GENERATES AT LEAST $1.54
02:30:28 IN LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. >> WHEN THAT DISAPPEARS IT WILL
02:30:31 DROP DIRECTLY AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES,
02:30:35 GROCERS AND LOCAL JOBS. >> SECOND IS HOUSING.
02:30:39 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT FOOD INSECURITY IS ONE OF THE
02:30:43 STRONGEST INDICATORS OF HOUSING INSTABILITY.
02:30:46 CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT LOWER TEST SCORES
02:30:47 AND HOMELESSNESS. >> AND THIRD, WE WILL SEE
02:30:51 INCREASED PRESSURE ON CITYWIDE SERVICES SUCH AS EMERGENCY
02:30:54 ROOMS, PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AND ALREADY OVERBURDENED HUMAN
02:30:58 SERVICES LIKE SLIDES. SO WHAT MUST SAN FRANCISCO DO?
02:31:03 THE BIGGEST THREAT TO FAMILY AFFORDABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO
02:31:07 FOOD RIGHT NOW IS THE SET OF FEDERAL CHANGES BEING
02:31:11 IMPLEMENTED THROUGH H.R. ONE. BUT THERE ARE ACTIONS WE CAN
02:31:12 TAKE TODAY TO MITIGATE THAT HARM.
02:31:15 WE CAN STABILIZE HOUSEHOLDS BY PROTECTING EXPANDING FOOD
02:31:18 ACCESS FUNDING AND INVESTING IN EMERGENCY SUPPORTS THAT KEEP
02:31:19 PEOPLE HOUSED AND FED, PROTECT OUR LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY BY
02:31:23 SUPPORTING SMALL GROCERS AND STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD
02:31:26 BASED FOOD ACCESS POINTS THAT PEOPLE RELY ON EVERY DAY
02:31:30 AND THE BIG CORPORATIONS THAT KEEP SHUTTING DOWN
02:31:33 AND ABANDONING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:31:34 >> FINALLY, I ALSO. COORDINATION IS CRITICAL.
02:31:37 THE CITY SHOULD ALIGN WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
02:31:41 AND PHILANTHROPY TO ENSURE RESOURCES ARE REACHING THOSE
02:31:42 IN MOST NEED. I KNOW WE'VE STARTED THIS BUT
02:31:45 WE CAN BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE. >> FINALLY WE NEED A LONG TERM
02:31:50 FOOD SYSTEM PLAN. SAN FRANCISCO HAS BEEN AN
02:31:51 EMERGENCY FOOD SITUATION BEFORE.
02:31:53 IT'S TIME WE FINALLY LEARN FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES AND BUILD A
02:31:55 FOOD SYSTEM THAT PUTS US IN A STRONGER POSITION TO RESPOND TO
02:31:58 THE NEXT CRISIS NOT JUST REACT TO IT.
02:32:01 >> BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ACT NOW, THESE FEDERAL CUTS WILL DEEPEN
02:32:03 THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS OF OUR FAMILIES THAT THEY'RE ALREADY
02:32:06 FACING. >> NOW I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OVER
02:32:10 TO ILENE. DIASPORA FROM THE FILIPINO
02:32:13 COMMUNITY CENTER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.
02:32:20 >> I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO TYPES OF WORKERS IN SAN
02:32:24 FRANCISCO. >> I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH
02:32:28 NONPROFIT WORKERS. YOU KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
02:32:32 BUDGET CUTS AND ULTIMATELY WHAT THAT MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT
02:32:36 WE'RE FIGHTING FOR IS TO KEEP SAN FRANCISCANS HERE IN SAN
02:32:37 FRANCISCO. THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, THOSE
02:32:41 WHO ARE AT RISK, THOSE WHO ARE FACING TRAUMA AND CHALLENGES
02:32:44 IN LIFE AND THE POPULATIONS THAT THEY COME FROM.
02:32:48 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NONPROFIT WORKERS TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE
02:32:54 WHO ARE WE? >> WHAT DO WE DO?
02:32:55 THE NONPROFIT WORKERS SERVE AS THE WORKFORCE THAT PROVIDES THE
02:32:59 SAFETY NET TO SAN FRANCISCANS THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
02:33:04 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, IMMIGRANTS,
02:33:07 FAMILIES, LOW WAGE WORKERS, ELDERLY CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
02:33:12 WHEN WE'RE FACING BUDGET CUTS. WE'RE SEEING THAT THESE
02:33:15 NONPROFIT WORKERS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THAT THEY'RE DOING
02:33:19 CASE MANAGEMENT. THEY ARE SOCIAL WORKERS, THEIR
02:33:22 INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS. THEY ARE SERVICE NAVIGATORS.
02:33:26 THEY PROVIDE CHILD CARE. THEY ARE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.
02:33:30 THEY RUN CAMPAIGNS. THEY ARE YOU KNOW, JACK OF ALL
02:33:33 TRADES. >> AND THEY'RE DOING THIS TO
02:33:34 SUPPORT LOW WAGE WORKERS, LOW WAGE FAMILIES, LOW INCOME
02:33:38 FAMILIES, FAMILIES AT RISK TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT AND GET
02:33:45 SERVICES AND INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO
02:33:49 OVERCOME DIFFICULT LIFE CHALLENGES, OVERCOME SYSTEMIC
02:33:54 BARRIERS THAT ARE PLACED AGAINST THEM OR OVERCOME
02:33:58 TRAUMATIC OFTEN VIOLENT SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE TRYING
02:34:02 TO FACE OR FLEE FROM. >> AND ONE WORD WHEN WE TALK
02:34:05 ABOUT THE NONPROFIT WORKERS THESE ARE WORKERS THAT ARE FROM
02:34:12 THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY SERVE.
02:34:13 RIGHT. THAT THAT THEY THEY GROW UP
02:34:16 IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THESE WORKERS ARE NOT YOU
02:34:20 KNOW, IN A GOVERNMENT BUILDING WE LITERALLY LIVE AND WORK
02:34:24 IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE COME FROM.
02:34:27 WE WENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT THE THAT THE YOUTH ARE
02:34:28 COMING ARE COMING FROM. WE SPEAK THE LANGUAGES AND WE
02:34:32 COME FROM THE CULTURES THAT WE REPRESENT TO OUR TO OUR CLIENT
02:34:38 BASE OR TO OUR COMMUNITY BASED PROSPERITY INITIATIVE TO HAD A
02:34:42 SURVEY IN 2024 OF 500 NONPROFIT WORKERS.
02:34:46 80% THEY FOUND OF THAT WORKFORCE IS ARE PEOPLE OF
02:34:49 COLOR. 69% OF THOSE NONPROFIT WORKERS
02:34:52 ARE WOMEN. 64% OF THOSE WORKERS LIVE
02:34:55 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND 52% DON'T MAKE A LIVING WAGE.
02:35:02 40% HAVE TO HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS .
02:35:06 SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:35:07 THE NONPROFIT WORKERS THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS
02:35:10 ROOM. THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO
02:35:11 REPRESENT THE CLIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CANNOT
02:35:15 MAKE IT HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING OR HAVE FAMILIES BUT
02:35:21 THEY ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO CAN WHO COULD BARELY AFFORD TO LIVE
02:35:25 HERE. >> BUT WE CHOOSE TO LIVE LIKE
02:35:26 THAT, RIGHT? WE BECAUSE WE ARE PRIORITIZING
02:35:29 OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MIGHT BE IN EVEN MORE NEED THAN
02:35:33 WE ARE. >> SO I WANT TO YOU KNOW, I
02:35:34 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF EQUITY, IN TERMS
02:35:38 OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE MONEY THAT OUR NONPROFITS
02:35:42 ACTUALLY GO TO IT GOES TO PRIMARILY THE SERVICES
02:35:45 AND BARELY SECONDARILY THE ABILITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO
02:35:50 LIVE AND WORK AND SERVE SAN FRANCISCO.
02:35:52 >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> AND THEN WHO ARE THE PEOPLE
02:35:56 THAT WE'RE SERVING? AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF THE
02:36:00 OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE ARE HAVE JOBS AND ECONOMIC
02:36:03 PROVIDERS THAT ARE PART OF THE SERVICE WORKERS WORKFORCE.
02:36:08 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SERVICE SERVICE WORKERS, WE'RE TALKING
02:36:12 ABOUT YOU KNOW, AN INDUSTRY THAT IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR
02:36:18 BACKBONE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO ECONOMY.
02:36:22 >> MANY OF THESE WORKERS WERE HERALDED YOU KNOW WHERE WERE
02:36:25 CHAMPIONED AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
02:36:29 AND THAT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. MAJORITY OF THESE WORKERS ARE
02:36:32 IMMIGRANTS. THEY'RE MONOLINGUAL OR
02:36:33 NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING AND HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE ALSO
02:36:36 GOING TO SCHOOL, ARE GROWING UP IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO ARE AGE 0
02:36:43 TO 17 AND MANY OF THEM ARE SENSITIVE STATUS IMMIGRANTS.
02:36:46 THEY WORK AT INDUSTRIES THAT ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR
02:36:51 EXPLOITATION AND LABOR VIOLATIONS WHILE THEY ALSO
02:36:55 RECEIVE THE LOWEST WAGES IN OUR CITY.
02:36:56 IF THEY ARE RECEIVING WAGES AT ALL.
02:36:59 MANY OF THEM FACE WAGE THEFT OR NONPAYMENT OF WAGES BECAUSE
02:37:02 THEY ARE DOMESTIC WORKERS OR RESTAURANT WORKERS OR LABOR DAY
02:37:06 LABORERS WHO ARE OFTEN THE VICTIM.
02:37:10 THE VICTIMS OF THESE UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES.
02:37:13 AND SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THESE SERVICE WORKERS ARE
02:37:17 STRUGGLING TRYING THEIR BEST TO MAKE IT SURVIVE IN THIS CITY.
02:37:21 THERE IS A WORKFORCE THAT IS TRYING TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW,
02:37:26 SUCCEED IN THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR FOR BOTH OF
02:37:29 THESE WORKERS, NONPROFIT WORKERS AND THESE SERVICE
02:37:33 WORKERS ARE NEEDING TWO OR MORE JOBS TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE
02:37:37 AND TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR LIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO IS THE
02:37:40 NORM. THESE SERVICE WORKERS NEED
02:37:44 SUPPORT SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE AND STAY
02:37:48 HOUSED IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND PROGRAMS LIKE THE ONES THAT
02:37:52 ARE PROVIDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WORKERS COALITION LIKE
02:37:56 PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE WORKERS RIGHTS COMMUNITY
02:37:59 COLLABORATIVE AND MANY SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE THE ONE I COME
02:38:03 FROM FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER PROVIDE INFORMATION
02:38:07 AND EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY WHEN THEY ARE EXPLOITED, WHEN
02:38:11 THEY'RE UNHOUSED AND WHEN THEY NEED SUPPORT FROM THE
02:38:12 GOVERNMENT. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO
02:38:15 REACH THE GOVERNMENT. >> AND SO I THINK THE THE LAST
02:38:19 THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I THINK THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART
02:38:23 OF THESE TWO TYPES OF WORKERS THE SERVICE WORKERS AND THE
02:38:29 NONPROFIT WORKERS IS THAT IT IS A COMMUNITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
02:38:33 IT'S TAKING CARE OF OTHER SAN FRANCISCANS AND THAT'S WHAT WE
02:38:35 WANT TO CONTINUE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR.
02:38:38 NEXT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP SANDY WHO IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCING
02:38:42 FAMILIES FROM THE SRO COLLABORATIVE WHICH SHE SAYS
02:39:04 HAS THE NAME AND HOW WAS THIS HAPPEN?
02:39:05 DAD IN HER HOME WAS THE WAY SHE ME OR MY ITALIAN COLETTE OH
02:39:07 HABOOB HYPOTONIA
02:40:41 HIGH SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS SITCOM TWAN I AM AN ESCORT
02:40:50 WHAT'S WHAT THEY MY NEEDS OKAY I'M A SMALL FAMILY AND A NEW
02:40:53 IMMIGRANT. >> MY FAMILY OF SIX HAS BEEN
02:40:57 IN CHINATOWN FOR LESS THAN A YEAR.
02:40:57 I DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND THE FIRST I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW
02:41:01 TO ADAPT TO THE LIFE HERE I RECEIVE A LOT OF HELP FROM
02:41:05 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE OF THEM I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY
02:41:09 ADAPT TO LIFE IN AMERICA. WITHOUT THEM I WOULDN'T KNOW
02:41:13 HOW TO MANAGE WITH MY LANGUAGE BARRIER.
02:41:16 >> I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN SIX MONTHS OLD.
02:41:20 THIS IS WHEN THIS SO HERE IT'S FOUR YEARS OLD, NINE YEARS OLD
02:41:23 AND 11 YEARS OLD. >> THEY ARE ALL VERY ACTIVE
02:41:27 BOTH WE LIVE IN A ROOM THAT IS ONLY ABOUT 100FT2 AFTER PLACING
02:41:30 TWO BEDS THERE'S NO ROOM FOR A DINING TABLE.
02:41:35 SO OFTEN TWO OF MY CHILDREN THEY WOULD HAVE TO EAT ON THE
02:41:38 BED WHEN THEY COME HOME FROM SCHOOL THEY CAN ONLY DO
02:41:42 HOMEWORK AND PLAY ON THE BED TOO.
02:41:43 THIS LIVING ENVIRONMENT MAKES ME FEEL VERY ANXIOUS AND WORRY.
02:41:47 WE RELY ON MY HUSBAND'S INCOME TO KEEP A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS
02:41:51 BUT IT IS VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF
02:41:55 THE CHILDREN. I'M UNABLE TO WORK IN THESE
02:41:59 DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HAVE
02:42:00 GIVING US A LOT OF SUPPORT. FOR EXAMPLE SEE CDC HELPS US
02:42:06 ADDRESS BUILDING ISSUES, PROVIDES HOUSING COUNSELING
02:42:09 AND ASSISTS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICATIONS.
02:42:11 >> KIDS CIC, CPA, NICHOLS AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
02:42:18 ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES LIKE MINE.
02:42:19 I'M HERE TO SINCERELY URGE THE SUPERVISORS PLEASE DO NOT CUT
02:42:25 FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AT THE SAME TIME
02:42:29 ,WE HOPE THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MORE
02:42:30 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES SO FAMILIES
02:42:34 LIKE MINE CAN HAVE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
02:42:37 >> THANK YOU. I CAN REPLAY THE VIDEO SO I
02:42:43 WILL PLAY A VIDEO OF TWO FOR YOU TO SEE THE LIVING
02:42:47 CONDITIONS IN AN ALL GOING I MEAN LIKE DON'T MAKE OR EAT
02:42:57 YOUR PARKA YOU
02:44:06 BUILT FOR YOU TO SEE MORE OF THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF A ALL
02:45:23 SO THE FAMILY IS UNABLE TO BE HERE BUT SHE REALLY HOPE THAT
02:45:27 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN PROTECT THE FUNDING FOR
02:45:31 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE
02:45:33 ESSENTIALS SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN THE CITY.
02:45:36 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:45:43 THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
02:45:44 AND THEN I WANTED TO BRING TOGETHER FOR THE REASON WHY WE
02:45:48 ARE DOING THIS PRESENTATION HERE TODAY IN CONNECTION WITH
02:45:51 THESE CD CUTS WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY OF THE SUPERVISORS
02:45:55 AND WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU THAT YOU WILL FIGHT FOR
02:45:57 YOUR COMMUNITIES AND FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND WE ARE HERE
02:45:59 ALTOGETHER FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS REPRESENTED HERE FROM
02:46:03 OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE MISSION TO THE
02:46:06 TENDERLOIN TO CHINATOWN TO SAY IT TAKES ALL OF US IT TAKES A
02:46:10 NETWORK OF CBOS AND A NETWORK OF SERVICES TO WRAP AROUND OUR
02:46:14 FAMILIES AND TRULY MAKE IT AFFORDABLE HERE IN ST FRANCISCO
02:46:18 THESE SERVICES EACH ONE LAYER ON TOP OF EACH OTHER TO FILL AN
02:46:22 ESSENTIAL GAP IN THE ECOSYSTEM OF CITY SERVICES.
02:46:26 EACH OF THESE CITY SERVICES TOUCHES A FAMILY WHO IS
02:46:29 REPRESENTED HERE WHO IS AT HOME TODAY, WHO IS AT WORK TODAY
02:46:33 WITH THEIR KIDS AT SCHOOL. ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE
02:46:35 REQUIRED AND SO WE STAND HERE TO ASK YOU TO FIGHT NOT JUST
02:46:38 FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR DISTRICT BUT TO FIGHT FOR THIS
02:46:42 CITY AS A WHOLE, FIGHT FOR FAMILY AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL OF
02:46:46 US. WE ALL DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO
02:46:49 LIVE IN THE CITY. YOU MUST PRIORITIZE THE MOST
02:46:50 VULNERABLE. WE MUST SEE THESE M0 CD CUTS
02:46:54 RESTORED IN FULL AND REMAIN IN CD.
02:46:57 THESE ARE NOT OUTREACH SERVICES .
02:47:01 THESE ARE TRIAGE. THEY ARE CASE MANAGEMENT.
02:47:03 THEY REFER PEOPLE TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
02:47:06 THEY ARE THE SAFETY NET FOR MANY IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, FOR
02:47:09 MANY LOW INCOME FAMILIES. WE ALL DESERVE TO STAY IN THE
02:47:14 CITY AND WE THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR US IN THE MONTHS
02:47:15 TO COME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:47:20 THANK YOU. AND THE PRESENTATION FROM
02:47:24 PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION. NOW CAN I HAVE OUR OFFICE OF
02:47:28 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF BUDGET DIRECTOR SOPHIA KEELER
02:48:10 . >> ALL RIGHT.
02:48:11 THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
02:48:12 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHAN FOR
02:48:14 CALLING THIS HEARING. I WILL BE BRIEF.
02:48:18 >> I'M KIND OF TRYING TO OFFER SOME TABLE SETTING FOR THIS
02:48:20 HEARING AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENTS WHO CAN
02:48:22 SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR.
02:48:29 >> IN JANUARY MAYOR LURIE ANNOUNCED THE FAMILY
02:48:32 AFFORDABILITY AGENDA AND THIS KIND OF FRAMES UP HOW WE ARE
02:48:36 THINKING ABOUT FAMILY AFFORDABILITY IN THE BUDGET
02:48:40 AND JUST KIND OF IN GENERAL IN THE ADMINISTRATION THERE ARE
02:48:43 SIX PILLARS HOUSING, CHILD CARE, FOOD, HEALTH CARE,
02:48:46 EDUCATION AND TRANSPORTATION. >> AND WE ARE FUNDING THESE
02:48:51 PILLARS ACROSS IT SAYS EIGHT PLUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS NINE
02:48:55 THAT I COUNT AND THERE MAY BE MORE AND IT RANGES ON
02:48:58 EVERYTHING FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OUR FAMILY VOUCHERS,
02:49:01 THE EXPANSION OF CHILD CARE VOUCHERS AND TRYING TO FIGURE
02:49:05 OUT HOW WE HELP FAMILIES SAVE ON CHILD CARE THROUGH THE
02:49:10 EXPANSION OF ABC ONE OF OUR AS AND WE'VE MENTIONED ONE OF OUR
02:49:14 PRIMARY FOCUSES THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET IS FIGURING OUT
02:49:18 HOW WE KEEP PEOPLE ELIGIBLE THROUGH H.R. ONE OR MAKE SURE
02:49:21 THAT THEY DO NOT LOSE SERVICE EITHER FOR HEALTH CARE OR FOR
02:49:24 FOOD ACCESS IF THEY DO FALL OFF OF MEDI-CAL OR CAL FRESH
02:49:28 ELIGIBILITY. >> WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE
02:49:32 DELIVER ACCESS TO CLINICS, HOW WE DELIVER PRENATAL
02:49:33 AND MATERNAL HEALTH. >> WE CONTINUE TO FULLY FUND
02:49:37 D.C. CYF AND THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S BASELINE AND WE WILL
02:49:41 SEE IN IT CONTINUED EXPANSION OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
02:49:44 THROUGH THE GROWTH IN THE CHILDREN'S BASELINE THIS YEAR
02:49:47 AND OF COURSE WE CONTINUE TO FUND FREE MUNI FOR YOUTH
02:49:48 AND EXPAND UPON THAT WITH THE PARCEL TAX THAT HAS BEEN
02:49:52 PROPOSED FOR MUNI TO TRY AND KEEP THAT AFFORDABLE
02:49:56 AND ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY.
02:50:00 >> SO THIS IS WE THINK OF IT REALLY IS AS A PORTFOLIO
02:50:01 APPROACH AS WE HAVE MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS BEFORE
02:50:09 THE BUDGET PROCESS IS IS A YEAR LONG PROCESS NOT TO USE THE
02:50:13 WORD AGAIN IN FALL WE SET UP OUR JOINT REPORT TRACKING.
02:50:20 THAT'S WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE STATUS QUO OF WHAT OUR
02:50:22 CURRENT SERVICES COST AND WHAT THAT COST ESCALATION LOOKS LIKE
02:50:25 OVER TIME AND THAT'S WHEN WE ISSUE MAYOR'S BUDGET
02:50:29 INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT SORTS OF CUTS AND REVENUE SOLUTIONS WE
02:50:32 WILL NEED TO CLOSE THAT GAP IN WINTER.
02:50:36 >> WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT PHASE WHERE THE DEPARTMENTS PROPOSE
02:50:39 THEIR BUDGETS WHAT THEY WOULD DO ON EITHER A REVENUE OR A CUT
02:50:43 SIDE IN ORDER TO MEET THAT TARGET AND REDUCE GENERAL FUND
02:50:45 DEPENDANCE AND CLOSE START TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
02:50:48 >> AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE MARE PHASE WHERE WE LOOK AT THE
02:50:51 PROPOSALS FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT WHO NECESSARILY
02:50:56 OPERATE IN A SILO AND BALANCE THOSE PROPOSALS BOTH FROM A
02:51:00 BUDGET BALANCING PERSPECTIVE, MAKING SURE THAT THE REVENUES
02:51:01 MATCH THE EXPENDITURES BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE
02:51:05 MADE SENSE IN AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT, HOW THAT BALANCES
02:51:08 ACROSS THE CITY, HOW WE THINK ABOUT WE HOW WE AFFECT
02:51:11 PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES, PARTICULAR COMMUNITY BENEFIT
02:51:15 ORGANIZATIONS, HOW WE AFFECT PARTICULAR POPULATIONS ACROSS
02:51:19 THE CITY. >> AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE
02:51:22 RIGHT NOW AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO REALLY UPLIFT THAT.
02:51:24 THAT IS WHAT IS SO HELPFUL ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
02:51:28 I IT FEELS DRACONIAN BUT I AM A BIG ADVOCATE OF TRYING TO GET
02:51:32 ALL OF THE PROPOSED CUTS INTO THE DEPARTMENT PHASE SO THAT WE
02:51:36 CAN REALLY KIND OF HAVE A ROBUST PUBLIC CONVERSATION
02:51:39 ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS AND NOT JUST KIND OF RELY ON ON BUDGET
02:51:43 OFFICE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS BUT KIND OF INVITE THE BOARD OF
02:51:47 SUPERVISORS AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY IN TO UNDERSCORE
02:51:50 BANDING THE IMPACTS OF CUTS PROPOSED AND WHAT THE
02:51:52 ALTERNATIVES MIGHT BE AND BALANCING A BUDGET.
02:51:55 SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THESE HEARINGS.
02:51:56 I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION FOR
02:51:59 CONTINUING TO PUSH AS IS THEIR ROLE AND WE WILL BE PROPOSING A
02:52:05 BALANCED BUDGET IN JUNE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
02:52:07 QUESTIONS BUT I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE GO TO THE DEPARTMENTS
02:52:11 FIRST. >> THANK YOU, DR. CUTLER.
02:52:14 LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU NOW.
02:52:17 MAY I HAVE MORE AMMO? I COULD DEPUTY DIRECTOR SEABURY
02:52:21 TO SHARE YOUR PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU.
02:52:28 I'M MAKING A SURPRISE APPEARANCE.
02:52:29 I'M DAN ADAMS OF THE DIRECTOR OF MOST CD.
02:52:32 >> THANK YOU. OH, NO, NO.
02:52:35 >> OF COURSE. HAPPY TO BE HERE THOUGH I WISH
02:52:36 IT WAS UNDER BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES.
02:52:39 IT'S ALWAYS MORE EXCITING TO TALK ABOUT GROWING OUR PROGRAMS
02:52:42 ,INCREASING OUR IMPACT RATHER THAN PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS.
02:52:46 >> BUT I DID BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR JULIA
02:52:50 SEVERI I DID WANT TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE CONVERSATION
02:52:51 AROUND CUTS WITHIN A COMMITMENT THAT OUR OFFICE HAS TO
02:52:58 CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE TO PUSH FORWARD FAMILY AFFORDABILITY
02:53:02 AFFORDABILITY ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO FOR ALL OF OUR
02:53:06 RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW WE OVERSEE A PORTFOLIO
02:53:09 OF NEARLY 30,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ACROSS THE CITY,
02:53:11 MANY OF WHICH SERVE FAMILIES. >> WE HAVE 2700 UNITS OF
02:53:16 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW WHICH
02:53:20 IS A MAJORITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING
02:53:21 AROUND THE CITY IN TERMS OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGAIN,
02:53:24 MANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE UNITS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES.
02:53:28 >> WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY ON THEIR
02:53:34 ADMINISTRATION OF 16,000 VOUCHERS, HOUSING CHOICE
02:53:35 VOUCHER HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES AGAIN
02:53:38 WITH A VERY WIDE GEOGRAPHIC BREADTH TO IT AND WE REMAIN
02:53:43 COMMITTED ALTHOUGH WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT PROPOSED
02:53:47 BUDGET CUTS TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK.
02:53:49 WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THAT WORK TO OUR COMMUNITY
02:53:50 DEVELOPMENT GRANT MAKING ACROSS A BROAD SCOPE OF SERVICES
02:53:54 AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES INCLUDING EVICTION,
02:53:58 DEFENSE, LEGAL COUNSEL, HOUSING STABILIZATION AND OTHER FORMS
02:54:02 OF SERVICES. SO AGAIN A DIFFICULT
02:54:05 CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT DIMINISHING BUDGETS BUT I DID
02:54:09 WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO
02:54:10 AFFORDABILITY AND ADVANCING THAT AS A GOAL FOR THE CITY.
02:54:14 AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUPPORT.
02:54:17 >> THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY
02:54:24 JULIA SABERI, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT MOST
02:54:26 CD I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT
02:54:29 AND THEN FOCUS ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING THE FISCAL
02:54:35 YEAR 2627 REDUCTIONS AND PROGRAM IMPACTS MOST OF IT
02:54:40 SUPPORTS SAN FRANCISCANS ACROSS THREE PRIMARY AREAS HOUSING,
02:54:46 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND THE BELOW MARKET RATE PROGRAMS
02:54:50 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHICH INCLUDES GRANT MAKING
02:54:54 AND SERVICE COORDINATION. TODAY I'LL BE FOCUSING ON
02:54:55 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE ASSOCIATED REDUCTIONS COMMUNITY
02:55:01 DEVELOPMENT FUNDS COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION ACTIONS THAT
02:55:06 PROVIDE HOUSING STABILIZATION AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
02:55:10 THESE INCLUDE A RANGE OF STRATEGIES AND EVICTION
02:55:14 PREVENTION, LEGAL SERVICES SERVICE CONNECTION
02:55:15 AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED SUPPORTS
02:55:18 IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 APPROXIMATELY $1.9 MILLION
02:55:25 IN FUNDING WILL REMAIN ACROSS 11 GRANT PORTFOLIOS.
02:55:33 THE FULL SCOPE OF SERVICES SUPPORT IT THROUGH MOST CDW'S
02:55:37 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION INCLUDES BOTH HOUSING STABILITY
02:55:41 AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY STABILIZATION ACTION FOR
02:55:45 HOUSING STABILITY. IMPORTANT TOOLS ARE DEPLOYED TO
02:55:50 PREVENT DISPLACEMENT SUCH AS EVICTION DEFENSE, RENTAL
02:55:53 ASSISTANCE AND SUBSIDIES. THIS ALSO INCLUDES TARGETED
02:55:57 SUPPORTS LIKE HIV, HOUSING SERVICES AND SUBSIDIES AS WELL
02:56:01 AS HOUSING SERVICES WITHIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES THAT
02:56:05 KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED ON THE COMMUNITY STABILIZATION SIDE.
02:56:09 THESE INVESTMENTS ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING DRIVERS OF
02:56:13 INSTABILITY BY FUNDING LEGAL SERVICES, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
02:56:17 PREVENTION AND CULTURALLY ROOTED COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE
02:56:20 LIKE THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. THESE EFFORTS PREVENT
02:56:25 DISPLACEMENT, STABILIZE HOUSEHOLD AIDS AND SUPPORT
02:56:30 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. >> THESE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS
02:56:37 ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH A MIX OF FUNDING SOURCES WHICH I WILL
02:56:41 OUTLINE NEXT. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
02:56:44 INCLUDES BOTH RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SOURCES,
02:56:48 RESTRICTED SOURCES INCLUDE FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND DEDICATED
02:56:52 FUNDS LIKE THE HOTEL TAX AND THE SOMA STABILIZATION FUND
02:56:58 . THE GENERAL FUND IS WHERE
02:56:59 REDUCTIONS ARE REQUIRED. TOTAL FUNDING HAS FLUCTUATED
02:57:07 OVER TIME LARGELY DUE TO ONE TIME SOURCES LIKE FEDERAL COVID
02:57:12 RELIEF AS THOSE FUNDS EXPIRED. OVERALL FUNDING DECLINED.
02:57:18 THE UNDERLYING TREND REFLECTS REDUCED FLEXIBLE FUNDING OVER
02:57:22 TIME. >> THE GENERAL FUND SOURCE HAS
02:57:29 DECLINED FROM RECENT PEAK LEVELS BECAUSE OTHER SOURCES
02:57:34 ARE RESTRICTED REQUIRED REDUCTIONS MUST COME FROM THIS
02:57:38 PORTION OF FUNDING. THE GENERAL FUND MAKES UP
02:57:44 APPROXIMATELY 37% OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUDGET.
02:57:45 SO REDUCTIONS TO IT HAS A GREATER IMPACT.
02:57:52 >> THIS CHART ILLUSTRATES THE SAME POINT VISUALLY OF THE
02:57:59 APPROXIMATELY $100.9 MILLION TOTAL BUDGET FOR DIRECT
02:58:04 SERVICES GRANTS ONLY ABOUT 37% COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
02:58:11 THAT LIMITED PORTION IS WHERE REDUCTIONS MUST BE MADE.
02:58:14 ALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING SUPPORTS SERVICES
02:58:19 IN COMMUNITIES WITH THE GREATEST NEED.
02:58:20 SO UNFORTUNATELY REDUCTIONS TO THIS PORTION HAS DIRECT IMPACTS
02:58:24 ON THOSE COMMUNITIES. >> I'LL NOW TURN TO THE FISCAL
02:58:32 YEAR 2627 BUDGET REDUCTIONS. >> THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROCESS
02:58:37 ESTABLISHED A CITYWIDE TWO YEAR GENERAL FUND REDUCTION TARGET
02:58:43 OF $400 MILLION. MOST OF IT WAS ASSIGNED AN 8.5
02:58:47 MILLION ONGOING REDUCTION BECAUSE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES
02:58:51 ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
02:58:55 >> THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS ARE CONCENTRATED THERE WITHIN
02:59:02 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS ARE
02:59:07 CONCENTRATED IN THREE PROGRAM AREAS COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
02:59:13 ,DIGITAL EQUITY AND CAPITAL COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
02:59:18 INCLUDING 69 GRANTS SUPPORTING NONPROFIT PARTNERS DELIVERING
02:59:23 STABILIZED SERVICES SUCH AS CASE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE
02:59:27 CONNECTION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING IS
02:59:34 DISTRIBUTED ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE GREATEST
02:59:38 NEEDS. AS A RESULT, SERVICES AND THE
02:59:41 CLIENTS SERVED ARE CONCENTRATED IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
02:59:45 THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CLIENTS SERVED
02:59:50 ACROSS ALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIOS.
02:59:53 ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT IT SHOWS ALL CLIENTS SERVED BY THE
02:59:57 COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES PORTFOLIO OF THIS SLIDE
03:00:04 HIGHLIGHTS WHO WE ARE SERVING ACROSS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
03:00:08 IT SHOWS THE SHARE OF LARGE FAMILIES SERVED ACROSS ALL
03:00:11 PORTFOLIOS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
03:00:15 PORTFOLIO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. >> ACROSS ALL COMMUNITY
03:00:19 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ABOUT 18% OF CLIENTS ARE LARGE FAMILIES.
03:00:26 IT ALSO SHOWS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF CLIENTS WE SERVE
03:00:30 ARE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME. APPROXIMATELY 80% ACROSS ALL
03:00:33 PORTFOLIOS. >> DIGITAL EQUITY PROGRAMS WILL
03:00:41 ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THESE PROGRAM ELIMINATIONS.
03:00:44 DIGITAL EQUITY PROVIDES FREE AND UNIT INTERNET ACROSS MORE
03:00:48 THAN 210 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES COVERING
03:00:52 APPROXIMATELY 20,000 UNITS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES
03:00:56 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS ALONG WITH
03:00:57 SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMS PROVIDING DEVICES AND DIGITAL SKILLS
03:01:01 TRAINING. >> >> IN SUMMARY, MOST CD IS
03:01:09 REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT $8.5 MILLION IN ONGOING GENERAL FUND
03:01:12 REDUCTIONS AS PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS.
03:01:16 BECAUSE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES ARE CONCENTRATED IN COMMUNITY
03:01:20 DEVELOPMENT REDUCTIONS ARE FOCUSED IN THAT PORTFOLIO.
03:01:26 >> PROPOSED ELIMINATIONS INCLUDE COMMUNITY BASED
03:01:28 SERVICES, DIGITAL EQUITY AND CAPITAL PROGRAMS WHICH
03:01:32 CURRENTLY PROVIDE STABILIZATION DIGITAL ACCESS SUPPORTS TO LOW
03:01:38 INCOME RESIDENTS REMAINING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
03:01:43 AND GRANTMAKING WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HOUSING STABILITY
03:01:44 AND TENANT PROTECTION PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY
03:01:50 STABILIZATION EFFORTS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
03:01:54 THANK YOU AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
03:01:58 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SEABURY I DO
03:02:02 HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. >> DID THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDER
03:02:03 EQUITY AT ALL WHEN DETERMINING THIS CUT THIS BUDGET THIS
03:02:10 BUDGET PROCESS WAS NOT ABOUT PERFORMANCE OR DETERMINING
03:02:19 RACIAL IMPACT OR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.
03:02:20 IT WAS ABOUT MEETING A FINANCIAL TARGET AND IT WAS
03:02:25 AROUND ELIMINATING ELIMINATING THAT PARTICULAR PORTFOLIO TO
03:02:29 MEET THAT $8.5 MILLION. >> OKAY.
03:02:32 SO THAT MEANS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION SO DID THE DEPARTMENT
03:02:36 CONDUCTED ANY EQUITY STUDY AT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO YOU KNOW I
03:02:43 KNOW WE'RE MEETING FINANCIAL NUMBERS NOW ALL THIS SERVICES
03:02:47 IMPACTING HUMAN LIFE SO YOU KNOW HAS ANY EQUITY STUDY OR
03:02:51 ANY ACTUAL IMPACT BESIDES A NUMBER FIGURE LIKE ACTUAL
03:02:55 SERVICES IMPACTING PEOPLE'S CONDITIONS?
03:02:59 YOU KNOW OUR FAMILY'S CONDITION HAVE THE DEPARTMENT TOOK INTO
03:03:03 CONSIDERATION AND IF ANY ANY OF THOSE STUDY FROM PREVIOUS YEAR
03:03:10 ALL OF THESE CUTS WILL IMPACT EXTREMELY LOW INCOME FAMILIES
03:03:11 AND FAMILIES OF COLOR GIVE AND ALSO GIVEN THE FACT THAT
03:03:18 ALL OF OUR GRANTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIMARILY FOCUS ON
03:03:21 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, ANY CUT
03:03:25 WILL IMPACT THOSE CLIENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT KNOWS THAT.
03:03:29 >> CORRECT? OKAY.
03:03:32 >> AND WERE PERFORMANCE MONITORING REPORT USED TO
03:03:33 EVALUATE GRANTS AHEAD OF THE CUTS?
03:03:37 >> NO PERFORMANCE MONITORING IS USED FOR GRANT MAKING.
03:03:40 WE DID NOT USE IT TO MAKE CUTS .
03:03:44 OKAY AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE CUTTING A THAT THE INSTRUCTION
03:03:47 WAS A NUMBER LIKE WE HAVE TO COLOR NUMBER BUT WAS THE
03:03:51 DECISION MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT ALSO INSTRUCT IT LIKE YOU KNOW
03:03:55 WHAT SERVICES TO BE CUT ALSO INSTRUCTED TO BY THE MAYOR'S
03:03:59 BUDGET OFFICE SURE THANK YOU SOPHIA KETTLER FROM THE MAYOR'S
03:04:10 BUDGET OFFICE. >> SO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS
03:04:11 WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENTS DURING DEPARTMENT
03:04:14 PHASES AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS WERE NOT
03:04:17 IN THERE THAT KIND OF THE CORE FUNCTION OF THEIR SERVICE
03:04:22 DELIVERY. AND SO ONE THING THAT WE SAW
03:04:25 WITH MOST LOOKING ACROSS THEIR GENERAL FUND PORTFOLIO
03:04:28 AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY DO DO FOR
03:04:29 EXAMPLE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SUPPORT AND AND AID LOOKING AT
03:04:32 THEIR HOUSING SUPPORTS I THINK WE WERE REALLY KIND OF TRYING
03:04:36 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT IS THEIR CORE FUNCTION AND WHAT
03:04:39 WAS KIND OF SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR CORE FUNCTION BUT MORE OF A
03:04:43 STRATEGIC INITIATIVE AND RATHER THAN KIND OF LIKE THE SINGLE
03:04:47 CORE FUNCTION THAT THEY DO, I REALIZE I'M JUST REPEATING THE
03:04:51 SAME WORDS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT IS
03:04:54 THE REASON FOR THIS DEPARTMENT'S EXISTENCE?
03:04:55 WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO CONTINUE
03:04:59 DELIVERING THAT ARE STRATEGIC IN NATURE AND THEN LOOKING AT
03:05:02 THE OTHER STRATEGIC ITEMS AND SAYING ALL RIGHT, IF WE
03:05:03 NEEDED TO CUT SOMETHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
03:05:06 AND SO THAT IS I THINK WHERE WE WORKED PRIMARILY IN PARTNERSHIP
03:05:09 BUT REALLY PUSHING THE DEPARTMENT FROM OUR OFFICES
03:05:11 PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THE WHAT THE LEAST CORE TO THEIR TO
03:05:20 THEIR MISSION WAS RATHER THAN IN EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE OTHER
03:05:25 THINGS IS THE WAY I WOULD FRAME IT.
03:05:28 BUT YES IT WAS IT WAS MORE US THAN THEM AND WE DON'T LIKE ANY
03:05:32 OF THE CUTS DON'T HOLD ON I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON
03:05:37 THAT SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU MENTIONED CORE FUNCTIONS.
03:05:40 SO FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE, ARE WE ARE WE
03:05:45 COORDINATING BETWEEN DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
03:05:47 CUTTING THEM SAME WORK FROM DIFFERENT GRANT PORTFOLIOS
03:05:51 BECAUSE AS A CORE FUNCTIONS OF MOST CITY SERVING THE LOW
03:05:56 INCOME FAMILIES MAYBE ALSO A CORE FUNCTION AND THAT WE JUST
03:06:00 HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS HEARING.
03:06:01 NOW WE ARE ALSO CUTTING YOUTH SERVICES, CUTTING YOU KNOW,
03:06:04 JOBS INVESTMENT OUR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY
03:06:11 THAT IS ALSO INDIRECTLY AND DIRECTLY IMPACTING WORKING
03:06:14 FAMILIES. >> YES.
03:06:15 SO WHAT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE DOES THIS KIND OF TRY
03:06:20 AND LOOK ACROSS THE PORTFOLIOS OF THE ENTIRE CITY
03:06:23 AND UNDERSTAND HOW EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL CUTS OR
03:06:27 CHANGES OR STRATEGIC REDIRECTIONS HAVE RIPPLE
03:06:31 EFFECTS AND THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR PHASE OF THE BUDGET IS.
03:06:35 WE KIND OF TRY AND DO IT WITH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS DURING
03:06:36 DEPARTMENT PHASE AND THEN WE KIND OF TRY AND FIX AND SMOOTH
03:06:41 AND BALANCE DURING THE MAYOR PHASE.
03:06:45 I WANT TO POINT OUT THE THE MARCH UPDATE REFLECTED A $640
03:06:51 MILLION DEFICIT TO SUPERVISOR WALLS THAT POINTS DOWN FROM OUR
03:06:55 PREVIOUS PROJECTIONS BUT STILL A QUITE A LARGE NUMBER AND WE
03:06:59 NEED TO THAT THAT IS FOR CONTEXT SOMETHING IT IS MORE
03:07:03 THAN 10% OF THE GENERAL FUND AND IT IS AROUND 20% OF
03:07:09 DISCRETIONARY FUNDING WHICH MEANS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE
03:07:11 REALLY A REALLY HARD LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.
03:07:15 >> AND THEN I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE
03:07:17 OUT IS WHAT ARE WE DELIVERING IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PLACES?
03:07:21 NOT TO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANY FAT IN OUR
03:07:23 BUDGET RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE
03:07:25 CAN'T AFFORD. >> AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN
03:07:26 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHAT WOULD HAVE LIKE IF WE IF WE ARE
03:07:29 LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS OVER HERE, WHAT ARE WE SAVING OVER
03:07:33 HERE? NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE THING
03:07:34 THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR REDUCTIONS WAS WITHOUT MERIT.
03:07:37 IT IS NOT WITHOUT MERIT. IT IS IMPORTANT WORK SERVING
03:07:41 IMPORTANT COMMUNITIES AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
03:07:44 LOOK AT IS WHAT WE ARE SAVING BY BY PROPOSING THOSE
03:07:45 REDUCTIONS. THANK YOU.
03:07:48 AND AGAIN I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION.
03:07:51 >> I KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY DOES A NUMBER YOU WRITE 640 MILLION
03:07:58 A BILLION A NUMBER OF CUTS BUT AT THE SAME TIME ARE WE
03:08:02 COORDINATING WITH DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE ARE NOT CUTTING THE
03:08:06 SAME SERVICES THAT IT'S ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS?
03:08:10 >> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ARE WE SILOING?
03:08:11 ARE WE COORDINATING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DOUBLE
03:08:14 TRIPLE DIPPING INTO LIGHT SERVICES THAT IT'S IMPACTING
03:08:18 OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO?
03:08:21 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ANSWER IT
03:08:23 MORE SUCCINCTLY. YES, THAT IS WHAT WE TRYING TO
03:08:25 DO IN MAYOR'S PHASE IS UNDERSTAND WHAT COMMUNITIES WE
03:08:28 ARE AFFECTING, WHAT CBOS WE ARE AFFECTING.
03:08:29 WE HAVE NEW DATA THIS YEAR THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF SEE DOWN
03:08:33 TO THE CBO LEVEL RATHER THAN JUST AT KIND OF THE BUDGET
03:08:35 PROGRAM LEVEL AND THAT IS WHAT WE WORK THROUGH IN MAYOR OFFICE
03:08:39 AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU DIRECTOR KILLER IT'S IS AN
03:08:43 OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THIS CUTS ARE NOT BEING
03:08:44 DEPRECATED. OUR COSTS LIKE CBO AND PROGRAMS
03:08:51 THAT CURRENTLY ARE RECEIVING FUNDING FROM DIFFERENT
03:08:52 DEPARTMENTS IS THERE OVERSIGHT IS AN OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE
03:08:59 THAT WE'RE NOT DOING TO MAKE TROUBLE.
03:09:00 >> YES. SO THAT IS I THINK THAT IS WE
03:09:02 HAVE ADDITIONAL TOOLS THIS YEAR THAT HELP US DO IT WITHIN THE
03:09:07 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE. >> WE'VE ALSO CONVENED A NUMBER
03:09:10 OF GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE CITY TO KIND OF HAVE
03:09:14 ROUTINE CHECK INS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING THE
03:09:18 SAME CBO CUTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I THINK THAT THAT IS
03:09:21 PART OF THE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO RUN ITS COURSE THROUGH JUNE
03:09:25 1ST. >> THANK YOU.
03:09:26 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
03:09:29 CHAIR CHANGES QUICK QUESTION FOR OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR BECAUSE
03:09:33 I'M HAVING A HARD TIME TRUSTING THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING
03:09:39 ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY AFFECTING THE SAME POPULATION
03:09:44 AS WHEN I KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CUTS WE JUST
03:09:45 SAW FROM THE HEARING FOR WORKFORCE ARE GOING TO AFFECT
03:09:48 PEOPLE OF COLOR PEOPLE IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND THE CUTS
03:09:55 WE JUST HEARD FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MOZILLA ARE GOING
03:09:59 TO AFFECT MOSTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES,
03:10:02 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. >> HOW CAN WE SAY WE'RE TAKING
03:10:06 INTO ACCOUNT THAT THIS IS NOT BURDENING THOSE POPULATIONS
03:10:11 ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO TALK
03:10:15 ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS YET?
03:10:18 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SUPERVISOR I DON'T MEAN TO
03:10:25 PROPOSE THAT COMMUNITIES WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY REDUCTIONS.
03:10:29 WE KNOW THAT THAT IS TRUE AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
03:10:33 FIGURE OUT IS IS HOW ARE WE I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE
03:10:44 INTENTIONAL ABOUT REDUCTIONS PER SE BUT I THINK HOW DO WE
03:10:49 HOW DO WE BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF
03:10:52 WHAT WE ARE DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS NOT BLIND
03:10:56 AND SILOED AND THAT WE ARE SPENDING AS MUCH TIME WITH
03:10:57 IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE ARE SPENDING AS MUCH TIME
03:11:01 IN THESE HEARINGS AS KIND OF SEEING LIKE IS THERE SOMETHING
03:11:04 THAT WE MISSED SHOULD WE BE PROTECTING A DIFFERENT SHOULD
03:11:08 WE BE PROTECTING WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED CUT INSTEAD OF
03:11:11 SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING?
03:11:12 AND SO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS REMAINING IN THE BUDGET
03:11:16 AT THE END OF THE REDUCTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS
03:11:19 MEETING THE SERVICE LEVEL NEEDS FOR OUR VULNERABLE POPULATION
03:11:23 AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK THE UNFORTUNATE SET UP OF
03:11:26 OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS THAT APPROPRIATELY IN GOOD TIMES WE
03:11:34 HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY TO FRONTLINE SERVICES, TO
03:11:37 COMMUNITIES TO LAST MILE ACCESS PROGRAMS AND THE SERVICES
03:11:41 AND THAT IS WHERE OUR GENERAL FUND DISPROPORTIONATELY IS
03:11:44 AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR IT IS WE CAN ONLY CUT WITHIN THE GENERAL
03:11:48 FUND SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS MANY THREE WAY REVENUE SWAPS AS
03:11:50 POSSIBLE TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT.
03:11:53 BUT THAT IS WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY AND SO THAT IS
03:11:56 UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE SPEND LESS MONEY WHERE IT IS, WHERE
03:11:59 REDUCTIONS NEED TO COME FROM. >> WELL I HOPE AS WE MOVE
03:12:01 FORWARD TO THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO A POINT WHERE
03:12:05 WE ARE WORKING TO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY NO TO SOME OF THESE
03:12:11 PROPOSED REDUCTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
03:12:15 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
03:12:16 SUPERVISOR CHIN THANK YOU. CHAIR WALTON MY NEXT QUESTION
03:12:22 IS ARE THERE ANY REMAINING GRANTS IN COMMUNITY
03:12:26 DEVELOPMENT? >> YES, THERE'S $100 MILLION
03:12:29 REMAINING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR DIRECT SERVICE GRANTS IN 11
03:12:34 SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS. >> OKAY.
03:12:39 AND WHAT IS THE LONG TERM THINKING AROUND COMMUNITY
03:12:41 DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIOS AND THAT DEPARTMENT CONTINUE PARTNERING
03:12:45 WITH NONPROFITS AND SERVICE THE COMMUNITIES THOSE THOSE WHO ARE
03:12:49 MOST IN NEED. OKAY.
03:12:53 SO DOES THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GRANT MAKING
03:12:57 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? >> YES, $100 MILLION NEXT
03:12:59 FISCAL YEAR IN 11 SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS.
03:13:03 >> OKAY. HOW DOES THE FAMILY SUPPORT
03:13:04 AND STABILIZE STATION FITS WITHIN THE MISSION OF MOST CITY
03:13:11 OUR HOUSING SIDE OUR BMR PROGRAM HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM
03:13:16 AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS FULLY COMMITTED
03:13:19 IN SUPPORTING FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES OF
03:13:22 COLOR WHO ARE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME LOW INCOME.
03:13:27 SO FROM THAT DEPARTMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, DO ANY OF THIS
03:13:31 PROPOSAL CUT FURTHER OR HINDER THE MISSION OF A MORE CITY,
03:13:35 LESS MONEY MAKES US LESS EFFECTIVE BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE
03:13:39 OUR MISSION. AND HOW DOES MOST PLAN TO MEET
03:13:43 LANGUAGE ACCESS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY OBJECTIVES WITHOUT
03:13:46 DISCUSSIONS? OUR COMMITMENT IS UNWAVERING
03:13:53 AND WE'LL STAY COMMITTED TO THE LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICIES
03:13:57 AND COMMITTED TO OUR CULTURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SAN
03:13:58 FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU.
03:14:01 I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:14:05 CHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
03:14:09 IS OR DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DEPARTMENTS REPORTING?
03:14:12 ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
03:14:13 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
03:14:14 YEAH WE ARE NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER
03:14:19 TWO IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS
03:14:20 US JUST REAL QUICK A CLERICAL LEAVE BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
03:14:26 A MOTION TO EXCUSE SUPERVISOR SUTTER.
03:14:30 I NEED A SECOND SECOND AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR PRO TEM
03:14:36 WALTON SECONDED BY MEMBER CHEN THAT WE EXCUSE AMBASSADOR FOR
03:14:39 TWO FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS MEETING MEMBERS ORDER SAUTER I
03:14:43 OH YOU'RE BEING EXCUSE MEMBER CHEN CHEN I MEMBER WANG I OH
03:14:51 SORRY LONG I SUPPOSE I'M WALTON I WALTON I WE HAVE THREE EYES
03:14:55 TO EXCUSE MEMBER THANK YOU MOTION CARRIES AND YES WE ARE
03:15:02 NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER TWO
03:15:05 AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DID HAVE TO DISMISS OUR COLLEAGUES AT
03:15:09 OKAY HAS IT AS WELL AFTER 430 IN THE AFTERNOON BUT WE WILL
03:15:12 TAKE ANY OTHER INTERPRETED COMMENT HERE IN THIS CHAMBER
03:15:15 IN LANGUAGE AND WE WILL BE PROVIDED A TRANSLATED DOCUMENT
03:15:19 FOR INCLUSION INTO THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY FILE FOR
03:15:20 THIS HEARING AND WITH THAT FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE AGAIN
03:15:30 DAVID BOGAERTS UKRAINIAN SERVICE AND CULTURAL CENTER.
03:15:34 >> AND SO WHAT THEY HEARD HERE IS THAT MAYOR BUDGET OFFICE
03:15:38 DECIDES WHICH SERVICES ARE CORE AND DRUG DEPARTMENTS TO
03:15:39 ELIMINATE ELIMINATE OTHERS IN DOING SO IT DOES NOT ABUSE
03:15:46 HIS DISCRETION BECAUSE THERE IS NO DISCRETION TO ABUSE AS
03:15:47 JUSTICE MOSQUE IN SUPREME COURT CASE SAID BUDGET SHORTFALLS MAY
03:15:53 NOT JUSTIFY A MEANS A ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS THAT
03:15:58 DEPRIVE PEOPLE FROM SERVICES TO WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED BY LAW.
03:16:02 >> SO WHAT WE ARE HEARING HERE IS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITY
03:16:06 DECIDES WHAT PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED WHICH SERVICES ARE
03:16:10 LIKE CORE WHICH ARE FLAWED. >> THIS IS CONTRARY TO THE LAW
03:16:16 AND ALSO ABOUT LIKE NONDISCRIMINATION WHAT I
03:16:17 MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH SANCTUARY
03:16:21 ORDINANCE AND GOVERNMENT COURT 11 135 BECAUSE SERVICES
03:16:28 PROVIDED BY NYC COMMUNITY COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
03:16:32 ACTUALLY IT IS REQUIREMENTS OF THE CASE LAW OF LIKE FOR
03:16:39 NONDISCRIMINATION FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS THEY
03:16:43 ACCOMMODATE GROUPS WHO OTHERWISE HAVE NO ACCESS TO
03:16:44 SERVICES DUE TO MULTIPLE BARRIERS AND IF WE CAN'T DO
03:16:47 THIS SERVICES SO WE CAN'T ACTUALLY LIKE SAFETY NETS FOR
03:16:54 THESE COMMUNITIES AND REMARKABLE REASON SAN
03:16:58 FRANCISCO CURRENTLY FIGHTS LEGAL BATTLES LIKE VIETNAM TO
03:17:02 PROTECT US THAT'S SAFE TENETS WHICH BY WHICH BUDGET CUTS
03:17:06 ELIMINATE SO PROBLEM SO I AGAIN CALL TO CHECK ON COMPLIANCE
03:17:13 WITH ALL THESE BUDGET CUTS AND THIS BROUGHT US AND THANK
03:17:17 YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER.
03:17:20 >> HI MY NAME IS ATHENA CALL THIS I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SAN
03:17:24 FRANCISCO. I LIVE AND WORK IN D9.
03:17:28 I GREW UP IN TEN AND 11. I'M HERE AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF
03:17:31 OF LA RAZA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AND I'M HERE TO TALK
03:17:35 ABOUT FAMILY AFFORDABILITY. SAN FRANCISCO, AS WE KNOW, HAS
03:17:40 INCREASINGLY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES TO LIVE
03:17:41 IN CONSISTENTLY RANKED TOP TEN IN THE US.
03:17:44 AND AS I'VE GROWN UP IN MY LIFETIME FOR SURE I'VE
03:17:48 WITNESSED MY COMMUNITY THE LATINO LOW INCOME AND HARD
03:17:51 WORKING COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO BE PUSHED OUT AND DISPLACED
03:17:54 FROM THEIR CITY. RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE FACING
03:17:57 LIFE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND STATE LEVEL FACING CUTS
03:18:01 THAT ARE TARGETING IMMIGRANT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
03:18:06 AND PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP AND MEDICAID AND ELIGIBILITY
03:18:07 LAWS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND MEDI-CAL.
03:18:10 SAN FRANCISCO IS MARRYING MIRRORING THESE TRUMP TYPE CUTS
03:18:13 WHICH WILL DEVASTATE THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THE CITY.
03:18:17 AND RIGHT NOW ESSENTIAL CASE MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICE
03:18:21 CUTS STAND TO WORK AGAINST IMMIGRANTS SINGLE PARENT
03:18:22 HOUSEHOLDS, WORKING FAMILIES, MOTHERS, PREGNANT WOMEN, LOW
03:18:25 INCOME, DEEPLY POOR HOUSEHOLDS, LGBTQ PLUS BIPOC AND MANY MORE
03:18:32 VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THIS CITY.
03:18:33 >> BUT AS THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER SUPPORTS THESE
03:18:37 HOUSEHOLDS EVERY DAY WITH IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
03:18:40 AND VITAL CASE MANAGEMENT AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT IN A
03:18:44 CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE WAY. OUR WORK AND THAT OF ALL THE
03:18:48 OTHER ORGS HERE THAT WILL SPEAK BRIDGE A CRUCIAL GAP WE HELP
03:18:52 SUSTAIN THESE FAMILIES WITH FOOD, DIAPERS, FINANCIAL
03:18:53 ASSISTANCE, HOUSING STABILIZATION AND ENROLLMENT
03:18:57 IN SERVICES THAT WILL SUSTAIN THEM IN THE LONG TERM.
03:18:59 I'M GOING TO MOVE AHEAD AND TO SAY THAT THESE CUTS VIOLATE
03:19:04 SANCTUARY CITY ORDINANCES AND SAN FRANCISCO'S MORAL
03:19:07 VALUES AND RESPONSIBILITY. SO WE NEED YOU, OUR ELECTED
03:19:11 OFFICIALS TO RESTORE THESE MOST CUTS AND ANY CUTS THAT TAKE
03:19:16 AWAY THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND ESSENTIAL JOBS THAT KEEP
03:19:18 OUR FAMILIES SUSTAINED. >> AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING
03:19:22 THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER I'M GOING TO
03:19:25 INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR FAMILIES WHO WE SERVE AT OUR BOARD.
03:19:30 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MOHAMED HIJAB HAVE
03:19:33 BEEN LIVING IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR MORE THAN TEN
03:19:37 YEARS. >> I'M A FATHER OF THREE.
03:19:41 I'M A FATHER OF THREE KIDS, SINGLE INCOME FAMILY.
03:19:47 >> REALLY? I HOPE THE CITY OF SAN
03:19:51 FRANCISCO HELP LIKE COMMUNITIES LIKE LA RAZA'S.
03:19:55 IT HELPS MY FAMILY A LOT HELPS THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN SAN
03:19:57 FRANCISCO. FOOD HELPING FOR RENT.
03:20:05 YOU KNOW THE COST OF LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO IS SO HIGH FOR
03:20:09 OUR WORKERS A SECURITY OFFICER IN A DOWNTOWN FOR LIKE SEVEN
03:20:14 YEARS AND THEN THE COST OF LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO IS
03:20:18 REALLY HIGH AND PEOPLE LIKE LA RAZA COMMUNITY, THEY HELP LIKE
03:20:22 THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
03:20:27 I HOPE THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT
03:20:31 AND HELP THEM MORE THAN CURRENT FUND BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED
03:20:35 PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
03:20:39 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:20:43 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER WHAT I SEE IS
03:20:51 HAMZA HOANG OR HIS SON
03:22:20 FOR LET ME TELL YOU AS I SAID HI SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS SHAWN
03:22:32 JANG AND I AM A SOL RESIDENT. I AM HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU NOT
03:22:36 TO CUT FUNDINGS FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
03:22:39 MY DAUGHTER AND I LIVE IN A SMALL SCHOOL.
03:22:43 >> WE CAN ONLY STORE OUR CLOTHES UNDER THE BED AND THERE
03:22:44 ISN'T EVEN SPACE FOR IT. >> THIS LAST WEEK MY NEIGHBOR
03:22:48 WHO WAS DRUNK CAME INTO OUR ROOM.
03:22:51 WE WERE REALLY SCARED. THIS KIND OF LIVING ENVIRONMENT
03:22:55 DOES NOT MAKE US FEEL SECURE OR SAFE.
03:22:56 >> WE HOPE TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE AND A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR
03:22:59 OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN. WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING HELP
03:23:03 FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE OUR CONDITIONS.
03:23:07 >> THEY HAVE HELP US APPLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING EVEN THOUGH
03:23:11 WE HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED IN THE LOTTERY THEY CONTINUE TO
03:23:14 SUPPORT US. FOR ME COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
03:23:18 ARE VERY IMPORTANT. WITHOUT THEIR HELP I WOULD NOT
03:23:22 BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH, APPLY FOR RESOURCES
03:23:23 OR KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR HELP. >> I'M HERE TO URGE SUPERVISORS
03:23:30 PLEASE PROTECT FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
03:23:33 SO FAMILIES LIKE MINE CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT.
03:23:35 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:23:38 >> ON JOHN. NEXT SPEAKER HELLO SUPERVISORS
03:23:51 . MY NAME IS ERIN AND MY FAMILY
03:23:53 OF FOUR LIVES AND IS R O IN CHINATOWN.
03:23:59 MY SON IS 18 AND MY DAUGHTER IS EIGHT.
03:24:03 MY WIFE IS THE BREADWINNER WHILE I CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
03:24:08 WE WORK HARD BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO RAISE A FAMILY
03:24:14 WITH HIGH COST OF LIVING FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE.
03:24:19 >> NON PROFIT ARE MORE THAN SERVICES.
03:24:23 >> THEY ARE 70 NET ALLY A LIFELINE HELPING LOW INCOME
03:24:30 FAMILY FAMILIES TO GET ACCESS TO THE BASIC ESSENTIAL SERVICES
03:24:37 FOR EXAMPLE. MY FAMILY RELIES ON COMMUNITY
03:24:44 ORGANIZATIONS FOR ESSENTIAL SUPPORT FROM ADDRESSING
03:24:48 BUILDING ISSUES TO ACCESSING FOOD JOB TRAINING
03:24:56 AND EMPLOYMENT OF PART APART OPPORTUNITIES AND UNDERSTANDING
03:25:00 OUR TENANTS RIGHTS. >> I'M HERE TO URGE
03:25:07 SYMPATHIZERS TO PLEASE PROTECT AND CONTINUE FUNDING THE
03:25:12 ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT SUPPORT LOW INCOME FAMILIES LIKE MINE.
03:25:19 >> TAKING AWAY FUNDING FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
03:25:23 PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND RESOURCE TO FAMILIES IS
03:25:30 TAKING AWAY THE CRITICAL SUPPORT MANY OF US WILL OWE TO
03:25:35 KEEP GOING. WE ARE NOT NUMBERS.
03:25:38 WE ARE REAL PEOPLE. WE ARE REAL FAMILIES.
03:25:42 >> WE RELY ON NON PROFIT SUPPORT TO GET BY.
03:25:46 >> PLEASE HELP US END PROTECT THESE SERVICES.
03:25:50 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
03:25:55 >> SPEAKER PLEASE
03:27:10 . >> FIVE LIVES IN AN SRO
03:27:14 IN CHINATOWN. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE CITY
03:27:15 NOT TO CUT ANY FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
03:27:19 THE MOST IMPORTANT HELP I RECEIVED WAS LANGUAGE SUPPORT.
03:27:23 FOR MANY OF US LANGUAGE IS A HUGE BARRIER.
03:27:26 WHEN I WAS APPLYING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING I HAD TO
03:27:29 FILL OUT MANY FORMS IN ENGLISH. BUT I DON'T KNOW ENGLISH SO I
03:27:33 WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION.
03:27:37 >> IT WAS ONLY WITH THE HELP OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT I
03:27:41 WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND APPLY.
03:27:45 I WANT TO SAY THAT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE VERY
03:27:46 IMPORTANT TO US. WITHOUT THEM MANY RESIDENTS
03:27:50 LIKE US WOULD NOT KNOW WHERE TO ASK FOR HELP.
03:27:53 WHEN WE FACE CHALLENGES FOR EXAMPLE APPLYING FOR LOW INCOME
03:27:57 INTERNET READING GOVERNMENT LETTERS AND ACCESSING DIFFERENT
03:28:01 RESOURCES WE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE ANY OF THIS WITHOUT
03:28:05 NON-PROFITS. I SINCERELY ASK THE SUPERVISORS
03:28:08 TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
03:28:12 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:28:16 >> NEXT SPEAKER I'LL
03:29:28 BE RISERS AND MY NAME IS B SENSHI.
03:29:34 MY FAMILY OF THREE LIVES IN A SMALL SRO IN CHINATOWN TODAY I
03:29:38 AM HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR A NONPROFIT COMMUNIT D
03:29:43 ORGANIZATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT CUT THEIR
03:29:44 FUNDING. MY SON IS TWO AND A HALF YEARS
03:29:47 OLD. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE
03:29:50 VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY SON BECAUSE THEY SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE
03:29:52 AND TRULY UNDERSTAND OUR NEEDS. THE SRO FAMILIES UNITED
03:29:56 COLLABORATIVE HAS HELPED IMPROVE OUR LIVING ENVIRONMENT
03:29:59 CHINATOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER HAS SUPPORT US WITH
03:30:06 HOUSING APPLICATIONS. >> CHINESE PROGRESSIVE
03:30:07 ASSOCIATION HAS HELPED US UNDERSTAND OUR WORKERS RIGHTS.
03:30:11 WU YI PROVIDES CHILDCARE SUPPORT AND OTHER RESOURCES.
03:30:14 THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
03:30:19 HAVE BEEN THERE FOR US WHEN WE NEEDED HELP.
03:30:22 BECAUSE OF THIS SUPPORT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FEEL MORE STABLE
03:30:26 IN MY COMMUNITY AND MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT THE FUTURE.
03:30:30 >> WITHOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS WE WOULD FACE MORE CHALLENGES
03:30:34 AND NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR HELP.
03:30:37 I'M HERE TO URGE SUPERVISORS AGAIN PLEASE SUPPORT FUNDING
03:30:41 FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:30:45 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER.
03:30:48 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS. I'M FROM K C AND I'M ACTUALLY
03:30:53 GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ONE OF OUR HOUSING
03:30:56 COUNSELING CLIENTS THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY.
03:30:59 >> SO I'LL BEGIN. MY NAME IS ELIAS GARCIA.
03:31:00 I'M THE CHAIR OF 618 BUSH TENANTS ASSOCIATION HERE IN SAN
03:31:04 FRANCISCO. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO THE
03:31:08 IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING FUNDING FOR HOUSING COUNSELING
03:31:11 AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES AND MANY HOUSING SITUATIONS.
03:31:14 THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT TENANTS FACE ISN'T JUST ISSUES
03:31:18 ITSELF IS NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITY THAT COMES WITH IT.
03:31:22 RESIDENTS ARE OFTEN DEALING WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS
03:31:23 OWNERSHIP GROUPS AND IN OTHER CASES LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES.
03:31:27 ALL WHILE TRYING TO UNDERSTANDING THEIR RIGHTS
03:31:30 AND ALSO OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
03:31:34 WITHOUT GUIDANCE IT CAN FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING UP AGAINST
03:31:35 SYSTEMS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS AND EVEN HARDER TO
03:31:39 CHALLENGE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHINATOWN.
03:31:42 CDC PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN BRIDGING THE GAP.
03:31:46 >> THEY HELP TENANTS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, ORGANIZE
03:31:47 EFFICIENTLY AND NAVIGATE SITUATIONS THAT WILL UNDERWRITE
03:31:50 OTHERWISE BE OVERWHELMING. >> THESE SERVICES ARE
03:31:53 ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS WHO FACE ADDITIONAL
03:31:57 BARRIERS SUCH AS SENIORS, IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND LOW
03:31:58 INCOME TENANTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE TIME, LANGUAGE ACCESS OR
03:32:02 RESOURCES TO NAVIGATE THESE SYSTEMS ON THEIR OWN.
03:32:06 >> MORE BROADLY, HOUSING COUNSELING CLIENTS AND ALSO OUR
03:32:09 COMMUNITY BASE SUPPORTS HELPS TO CREATE MORE BALANCED
03:32:13 AND ACCESSIBLE PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT TENANTS ARE NOT
03:32:17 LEFT TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX AND HIGH STAKES SITUATIONS
03:32:21 ALONE. REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THESE
03:32:24 SERVICES WILL LEAVE MANY RESIDENTS WITHOUT THE TOOLS
03:32:25 NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.
03:32:28 >> I STRONGLY URGE CONTINUES SUPPORT AND FUNDING FOR THESE
03:32:32 SOCIAL PROGRAMS. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:32:36 FOR PROVIDING ALEX GARCIA'S COMMENTARY BY PROXY.
03:32:37 NEXT SPEAKER DEVICES HAMZA DAIGO
03:44:00 WHO ARE YOU BALANCING IT ON AND SOMETIMES BALANCING HURTS
03:44:05 SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE BALANCING IT ON THE BACKS OF
03:44:09 PEOPLE THOSE BACKS CAN BREAK AND SO WHEN THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
03:44:16 FROM OCD TALKED ABOUT SHE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS GOING
03:44:20 TO BE HURTING, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT SHE AND MY STAFF
03:44:23 WROTE ME A VERY NICE SPEECH THAT I'M NOT GIVING RIGHT NOW.
03:44:25 SHE SAID IT WAS 80% LOW INCOME, 18% LARGE FAMILIES 43 PERCENT I
03:44:30 THINK OF LATINO FAMILIES, FAMILY SERVING ORGANIZATIONS
03:44:35 BEING CUT, SHE SAID. >> WE'RE MEANT TO MEET A
03:44:38 FINANCIAL TARGET BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE AND THESE ARE PEOPLE'S
03:44:41 LIVES AND I KNOW IT'S AFTER FIVE BUT THEY STILL SHOULD HAVE
03:44:43 BEEN HERE TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.
03:44:47 >> SO SOPHIA KETTLER SAID THAT IT IS NOT IN THEIR CORE
03:44:50 FUNCTIONS. >> SO IF IT IS NOT IN THE CORE
03:44:53 FUNCTIONS OF MOST THEN WHOSE CORE FUNCTION IS IT AND ARE YOU
03:44:57 GOING TO RESTORE THAT MONEY TO WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS THE
03:44:58 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES, THE DSE
03:45:01 WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? >> WHOSE CORE FUNCTION IS IT
03:45:04 THEN? >> THAT IS A QUESTION THAT I
03:45:05 ASK RIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE BALANCED INC BUT WE ARE
03:45:09 BREAKING THE BACKS OF PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU.
03:45:13 THANK YOU MUCH COLOR CODING NEXT SPEAKER GOOD EVENING
03:45:19 IMPROVISERS THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING TODAY ON
03:45:23 FAMILY AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU DEBBIE GREAT DIRECTOR
03:45:24 SAVORY ALSO REPRESENTATION TODAY MY NAME IS GABRIEL
03:45:28 MEDINA. I'M THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR FOR
03:45:29 THE NASSAU COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER.
03:45:32 WE'RE A MULTI-SERVICE WRAPAROUND CENTER SINCE 1970.
03:45:35 WE DO BASIC NEEDS LIKE FOOD PANTRY FOR 900 FAMILIES A WEEK.
03:45:39 WE DO DIAPERS 50 50,000 DIAPERS A YEAR.
03:45:42 WE DO YOU KNOW, IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FOR OVER 100
03:45:46 ASYLUM CASES PER YEAR AND BUT THE HEART BLOOD OF OUR SERVICES
03:45:50 IS OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND OUR CASE MANAGEMENT.
03:45:53 YOU COULD ASK ANYONE WHO'S GOTTEN RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM
03:45:57 US OR ANYONE WHO'S GOTTEN FOOD FROM US, ANYONE WHO'S GOTTEN
03:45:58 ANY TYPE OF SERVICE OR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES THEY
03:46:01 WOULD ALL TELL YOU THAT THEY RELIED ON THE LIFELINE I'VE
03:46:05 HEARD FOR CASE MANAGEMENT. CASE MANAGEMENT WAS REALLY OUR
03:46:08 FIRST SERVICE AS WE STARTED IN 1970 OUR PROGRAMS ARE YOU
03:46:13 KNOW, THE PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAM IS THAT ARE BEING CUT
03:46:14 THE PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAM, THE RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM WHICH IS
03:46:20 CASE MANAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE IMMIGRATION CASES IS
03:46:23 BEING CUT. THE SERVICE CONNECTION
03:46:24 EMERGENCY FUND WHICH IS BASICALLY PROVIDING FLEXIBLE
03:46:28 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS BEING CUT.
03:46:32 >> THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN REPLICATED CALLED THE
03:46:35 STAND TOGETHER FUND WHEN WHEN IT CAME FOR THE IMMIGRANT NEED
03:46:39 IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT'S BEEN YOU KNOW $10 MILLION BE RAISED
03:46:42 FOR WE'VE HAD ALL THREE OF THESE PROGRAMS FOR TEN YEARS SO
03:46:46 WE HAVE TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE AT RISK THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE
03:46:47 IF WE CUT THESE PROGRAMS. SO SAN FRANCISCO IS A BIG
03:46:51 CHALLENGE TO YOU KNOW, INCREASE FAMILY AFFORDABILITY.
03:46:54 SAN FRANCISCO'S FAILED SINCE 2020 WE'VE HAD A 15% REDUCTION
03:47:01 IN THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
03:47:02 SO WE ARE FAILING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL IF WE MAKE
03:47:05 THESE CUTS. CASE MANAGEMENT IS THE
03:47:09 LIFEBLOOD SUSTAINABILITY OF ALL OF THESE SERVICES AND MOST YOU
03:47:13 KNOW THESE ARE AFFECTING TWO THIRDS OF IMMIGRANT POPULATION
03:47:14 ARE THESE CUTS AND YOU KNOW IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS ALONE
03:47:17 WE'VE SEEN SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR OVER $8 MILLION
03:47:21 GO OUT OUT OF NOWHERE THAT WOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE MOST
03:47:24 CITY BUDGETS BEING CUT. WHERE'S THIS MONEY COMING FROM?
03:47:28 THANK YOU MUCH, GABRIEL MEDINA NEXT SPEAKER HELLO, I'M TERESA
03:47:35 DE LA LA WITH SAM CAN YOU KNOW THESE BUDGET CUTS ACROSS THE
03:47:39 BOARD ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AT SOME CAN OUR
03:47:43 SERVICES TENANTS WORKERS UP BY PROGRAM COMMUNITY SUPPORT ARE
03:47:48 WRAPAROUND THEY WORK TOGETHER AS ONE SYSTEM TO KEEP FAMILIES
03:47:52 LIVING AFFORDABLY, SAFELY AND WITH DIGNITY IN THIS CITY
03:47:58 WHEN ONE IS CUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS WEAKENED AND THIS IS
03:48:02 NOT JUST ABOUT PROGRAMS IT IS ABOUT WORKERS.
03:48:05 THE PEOPLE DELIVERING THESE SERVICES ARE NOW FACING
03:48:07 UNCERTAINTY IF THEIR JOBS ARE CUT.
03:48:11 SO WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO?
03:48:14 WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO FIND WORK?
03:48:17 >> YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT REPLACEABLE ROLES.
03:48:19 THESE ARE PEOPLE HOLDING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
03:48:22 >> AND LET'S BE CLEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE NUMBER
03:48:26 ONE ESSENTIAL NECESSITY IS NOT BEING BUILT AT THE PACE WE NEED
03:48:30 PLANNING AND THIS CITY MUST MOVE WITH URGENCY AT THE SAME
03:48:34 LEVEL OF URGENCY GIVEN TO LUXURY AND MARKET RATE HOUSING
03:48:38 WE HAVE ZONING THE POTENTIAL TO LOSE EXISTING AFFORDABLE
03:48:42 HOUSING STOCK IS DANGEROUS. >> SO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
03:48:46 MAYOR'S OFFICE? WHAT DOES THIS ADMINISTRATION
03:48:50 BELIEVE? BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE SAN
03:48:53 FRANCISCO IS BEING TREATED AS A BUSINESS.
03:48:57 BUT PLEASE YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THIS CITY IS NOT A
03:49:01 BUSINESS CONGLOMERATE. IT IS PEOPLE ARE LIVING,
03:49:05 BREATHING, INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITY ALL OF THESE
03:49:09 ORGANIZATIONS ALL BEING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY.
03:49:13 WE ARE ALSO HEARING THAT PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS ARE BEING CUT
03:49:16 AND SHIFTED TOWARD PRIVATE INTERESTS AND WE ARE CONCERNED
03:49:20 THAT THIS SAME PATTERN MAY EXTEND TO COMMUNITY
03:49:23 ORGANIZATIONS. WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE
03:49:27 MAYOR. >> HE MUST SEE US AND HEAR US
03:49:28 FACE TO FACE. >> MARAMING SALAM APO THANK YOU
03:49:34 THERESA GALAS NEXT SPEAKER OH GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS MY
03:49:39 NAME IS ZACHARY FRIEL WITH SAM KANE AND THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
03:49:42 COALITION. I AM A NONPROFIT WORKER WHO
03:49:43 ADVOCATES EVERY DAY FOR GENUINE AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE IT
03:49:47 DIRECTLY IMPACTS ME. >> I LOST MY HOUSING LAST YEAR
03:49:50 AND I'M IN A LOW INCOME TENANT WHO BARELY MAKES 30% AMI
03:49:53 BECAUSE OF MY LOW INCOME MOST LANDLORDS WOULDN'T EVEN
03:49:57 CONSIDER MY APPLICATION. I WAS ABLE TO FIND HOUSING BUT
03:49:58 I CURRENTLY PAY AROUND 60% OF MY INCOME ON RENTS.
03:50:04 >> THE ACTIONS THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY TAKING ARE ACTUALLY
03:50:05 HARMFUL TO LOW INCOME AND NO INCOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
03:50:08 >> MAYOR LEARY AND SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD'S LEGISLATION TO REPEAL
03:50:12 THE PROP EIGHT TRANSFER TAX WILL, ACCORDING TO THE
03:50:16 COMPTROLLER, CAUSE US TO LOSE AT LEAST $390 MILLION FOR
03:50:19 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVER FOUR YEARS.
03:50:20 >> THE TACTIC AMENDED TO REDUCE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING
03:50:23 REQUIREMENTS FROM 15% TO JUST 5% ON TOP OF ALL THAT FOR
03:50:29 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITES WILL BE DECOMMISSIONED
03:50:32 AND MORE THAN 450 SHELTER BEDS ARE BEING ELIMINATED.
03:50:33 AND AS WE'VE HEARD HERE TODAY, COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAMS
03:50:36 THAT KEEP IMMIGRANTS AND TRANS PEOPLE HOUSED, EMPLOYED AND FED
03:50:39 ARE ALL BEING CUTS. >> I'VE LOOKED THROUGH OUR CITY
03:50:44 BUDGETS FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. WE CAN CUT PLENTY WITHIN THE
03:50:47 GENERAL FUND IN A WAY THAT'S EQUITABLE AND RACIALLY JUST
03:50:50 OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR THE
03:50:54 PUBLIC PROTECTION BUDGET HAS GROWN 28%.
03:50:56 THAT'S THE POLICE, THE SHERIFF, THE DIA DURING THESE SAME FIVE
03:51:02 YEARS GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH HAS ACTUALLY
03:51:03 DECREASED BY 7%. GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR HUMAN
03:51:06 WELFARE AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT HAS ALSO DECREASED
03:51:10 BY 3%. >> THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT
03:51:14 WILL BE FURTHER DECIMATED IN THIS BUDGET WHILE THE POLICE
03:51:17 WILL GET A 14% PAY RAISE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CAN MAKE CUTS
03:51:20 IN WAYS THAT DON'T TWIST THE KNIFE AND FURTHER HARM OUR
03:51:24 COMMUNITIES. THEY CAN AND THEY MUST DO
03:51:27 BETTER. >> NO EXCUSES.
03:51:28 THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH ZACHARY FOR OUR
03:51:31 NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
03:51:35 MY NAME'S WINKELMAN. I'M A STUDENT AS AS A MATTER OF
03:51:39 COURSE STATE UNIVERSITY LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO AS A STUDENT
03:51:42 THERE SOME AS THIS STATE UNIVERSITY IS HONESTLY REALLY
03:51:44 CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS WHEN PEOPLE
03:51:47 THINK ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL IN SAN CISCO THEY IMAGINE THIS
03:51:50 IDEAL LIFESTYLE LIKE LIVING IN THE CITY, STUDYING THE CAFE
03:51:54 BUT THE REALITY IS VERY DIFFERENT ONCE YOU ACTUALLY
03:51:57 LOOK AT THE HOUSING PRICES. RENT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR
03:52:01 THE CLASSMATE WHO REALLY WANTED TO LIVE IN CISCO AT FIRST THEY
03:52:04 WILL LOOK AT A FAMILY CAMPUS BUT EVEN THE CHEAPEST OPTION
03:52:08 WAY OUT OF THEIR BUDGET EVEN A SMALL STUDIO APARTMENT CAN COST
03:52:11 LIKE 2500 A MONTH WHICH IS UNREALISTIC FOR MOST STUDENTS
03:52:15 EVEN SURE HOUSING IS ISN'T THAT AFFORDABLE?
03:52:17 YOU MIGHT BE PAYING 1200 OR MORE JUST TO SHARE A ROOM.
03:52:19 SO FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS INCLUDING MYSELF IN THIS STORY
03:52:23 LIVING IN SOME CISCO JUST ISN'T FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF
03:52:26 THAT. A LOT OF MY CLASSMATES END UP
03:52:29 LIVING IN THE EAST BAY INSTEAD IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR
03:52:32 MANAGEABLE. THE DOWNSIDE WAS TO BECOME A
03:52:34 COMMUTE. THEY WOULD TAKE PART INTO SAN
03:52:37 FRANCISCO EVERY DAY WHICH COULD TAKE 30 TO 45 MINUTE AND THEN
03:52:40 SOMETIMES IN OTHER PARTS OF MUNI RIDE TO GET TO CAMPUS.
03:52:43 I REMEMBER ONE CLASSMATE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEIR WHOLE
03:52:46 SCHEDULE REVOLVED AROUND TRANSPORTATION.
03:52:49 THEY HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY IN THE MORNING TO MAKE IT TO CLASS ON
03:52:53 TIME AND HAVE SOME TIME TO ADJUST AND OTHER STUDENTS WHO
03:52:57 LIVE IN THE SAME AS CISCO AND HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
03:52:58 EXPERIENCE THEY COULD WALK HOME AND DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
03:53:02 COMMUTING SO EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE IS GOING TO THE SAME
03:53:05 SCHOOL TO CROSS OFF DURING THE SUMMER, CISCO REALLY CREATE
03:53:08 DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS.
03:53:11 FOUR OF THEM LIVING IN THE EAST BAY ISN'T JUST A PREFERENCE IS
03:53:15 SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CANNOT
03:53:16 AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:53:19 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
03:53:23 SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS DAN AND I'M A
03:53:27 STUDENT AS WELL AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE.
03:53:28 I WANT TO SHARE WHAT I'M SEEING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE MY AGE.
03:53:31 I'VE WATCHED MY PEERS AND MY FRIENDS HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY
03:53:35 BECAUSE THEIR FAMILIES ARE GETTING PRICED OUT.
03:53:39 THEY'RE MOVING FARTHER OUT TO PLACES LIKE LIVERMORE
03:53:42 AND TAKING ON LONG COMMUTES EVERY DAY JUST TO KEEP COMING
03:53:44 TO US STATE THEY LOVE THIS CITY BUT FOR WORKING FAMILIES
03:53:47 SUPPORT CAN FEEL HARD TO SEE OR ACCESS.
03:53:51 SO AS WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY I HOPE YOU KEEP
03:53:55 IN MIND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE AND WORKING FAMILIES WHO WANT
03:53:56 TO BUILD THEIR LIVES HERE AND HELP REVITALIZE THIS CITY.
03:53:59 THE QUESTION IS WHAT ACTUALLY HELPS KEEP THEM HERE?
03:54:03 THERE'S A REAL GAP RIGHT NOW BETWEEN MY HOUSING COSTS
03:54:06 AND WHAT FAMILIES CAN AFFORD AND IN THAT GAP CBOS ARE OFTEN
03:54:10 WHAT HELP PEOPLE FROM SPIRALING .
03:54:14 AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN THE WORK OF CBOS LIKE SOME CAN UP
03:54:15 CLOSE CBOS CONNECT PEOPLE TO HOUSING AND JOBS SUPPORT THAT
03:54:21 MANY WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW EXIST. I UNDERSTAND THAT BUDGETS ARE
03:54:25 HARD AND CHOICES HAVE TO BE MADE BUT I HOPE YOU LOOK
03:54:26 CLOSELY AT WHICH CBOS AND PROGRAMS ARE MAKING REAL
03:54:29 MEASURABLE DIFFERENCES ON THE GROUND AND MAKE SURE THOSE CBOS
03:54:34 ARE THE ONES WE CONTINUE TO SMARTLY INVESTED NOT JUST CUT
03:54:38 FOR THE SAKE OF CUTTING. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
03:54:41 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
03:54:44 >> HI SUPERVISOR MY NAME IS KELLY.
03:54:49 I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH DID YOU CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC
03:54:52 WORKER COALITION. I'M CALLING ON THE CITY TO
03:54:54 FULLY RESTORE FUNDING FOR CWC AND OTHER ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY
03:54:57 SERVICES. >> I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE THE
03:55:00 STORY OF ME A CHINESE IHS WORKER AND THIS IS HER PHOTO.
03:55:04 SHE WORKED MANY 24 SEVEN CARING FOR TWO ELDERS COOKING,
03:55:10 CLEANING AND PROVIDING CONSTANT CARE.
03:55:11 YET SHE SHE GOT ONLY FOUR HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT AND WAS NEVER
03:55:15 PAID OVERTIME. THROUGH CWC PROVIDED FREE
03:55:18 CONSULTATION IN MANDARIN AND HELPED HER FILED A WAGE
03:55:21 CLAIM. HER SITUATION IS URGENT.
03:55:25 >> AFTER LEAVING HER JOB SHE SUFFERED SOME WORKPLACE
03:55:26 INJURIES AND RELIES ON SHELTER SUPPORT IN CHINATOWN THE SAME
03:55:31 SUPPORT THAT IS ALSO FACING SIGNIFICANT CUTS FROM AMERICA.
03:55:34 >> IF THESE REDUCTION PUT FORWARD, DOMESTIC WORKERS LIKE
03:55:38 ME WILL LOSE POWER TO RECOVERED STOLEN WAGES AND WOULD BE
03:55:41 PUSHED CLOSER TO HOMELESSNESS DIRECTLY UNDERMINING THE
03:55:45 MAYOR'S PRIORITIES. >> MAY ASKED ME TO SHARE HER
03:55:49 WORDS. I HOPE MY STORIES SHOW THAT THE
03:55:52 GOVERNMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT DOMESTIC WORKERS.
03:55:56 >> THOSE OF US WHO QUIETLY AND TIRELESSLY SUSTAIN OUR
03:55:59 COMMUNITIES BY CARING FOR ELDERS AND CHILDREN.
03:56:00 >> I WISH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COULD STAY AND LISTEN TO THESE
03:56:04 IMPACTFUL TESTIMONIES. >> THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WHOSE
03:56:07 LIVES ARE AT RISK AND IMPACTED SUPERVISOR AND CITY OFFICIALS.
03:56:10 I URGE YOU TO CENTER DOMESTIC WORKERS LIKE ME IN YOUR
03:56:15 DECISION. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU,
03:56:19 KELLY THANKS SPEAKER, FOR SORRY.
03:56:23 ACTUALLY I WAS YEAH, I'M SORRY I GOT HOPE
03:58:36 . >> HI EVERYONE.
03:58:41 MY NAME IS HOW SUIT. I'M A DOMESTIC WORKER FROM
03:58:42 TAIWAN, CHINA. MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE IN A
03:58:45 SMALL UNIT IN CHINATOWN. IN 2022 WHEN I WAS WORKING AT A
03:58:50 HOTEL MY EMPLOYER WITHHELD MY WAGES AND EVEN MADE ME PAY FOR
03:58:53 MY FOR MY LAUNDRY EXPENSES OUT OF MY OWN POCKET.
03:58:56 AT THE TIME I FELT LOST AND HELPLESS.
03:59:00 IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST YEAR THROUGH A FRIEND'S INTRODUCTION
03:59:04 THAT I CONNECTED WITH THE CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
03:59:06 . >> THEY PROVIDED FREE
03:59:07 CONSULTATION SERVICES, HELP CALCULATE THE WAGES I WAS OWNED
03:59:11 AND ASSIST ME IN FILING A COMPLAINT WITH THE OFFICE OF
03:59:15 LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT, OSCE.
03:59:19 EVENTUALLY OSCE DIRECTLY CONTACTED MY EMPLOYER
03:59:22 AND SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED MY UNPAID WAGES ALLOWING ME TO
03:59:27 RESTART. I RECEIVED A COMPENSATION I
03:59:28 RIGHTFULLY EARNED. WITHOUT THESE FREE CONSULTATION
03:59:31 SERVICES. IMMIGRANT WORKERS LIKE AS WOULD
03:59:34 NOT KNOW HOW TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH OSCE.
03:59:35 WE CANNOT AFFORD EXPENSIVE LEGAL STAFF FEES MAKING IT
03:59:38 EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RECOVER UNPAID WAGES.
03:59:41 MANY OF US WOULD HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE TO BE EXPLOITED
03:59:45 BY EMPLOYERS. IT IS BECAUSE OF ORGANIZATION
03:59:48 LIKE CPA AND CWC WHO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT LOW
03:59:53 WAGE WORKERS ARE ABLE TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES.
03:59:54 >> I WISH THIS PROVIDES A SOLDER COULD STAY AND HEAR MY
03:59:57 STORY. AND LASTLY WE ARE CALLING ON
04:00:00 THE CITY TO FULLY RESTORE AND MARKET FUNDING FOR THE CWC
04:00:04 AND OTHER ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY SERVICES.
04:00:05 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WE WANT TO START
04:00:11 THIS BIT OF RESOURCES TO IMPORT MINIMUM
04:00:50 DOMESTIC WORKER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I'M A MEMBER OF
04:00:55 MORE AND THE CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WORKERS COALITION.
04:00:59 WITH INCREASED ATTACKS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST
04:01:02 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ORGANIZATIONS AND THE DOMESTIC
04:01:04 WORKER PROGRAM UNDER M.O. H KD SUPPORT WORKERS TO OVERCOME
04:01:07 FEAR SEEK CRITICAL SUPPORT AND ACCESS SERVICES THAT ALLOW
04:01:10 THEM TO LIVE AND SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:01:13 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
04:01:17 >> NEXT SPEAKER WHEN AFTER THIS GRAPH RAQUEL MONTEGO AND I HAVE
04:01:41 BEEN DOMESTIC WORKER FOR 30 YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:01:45 I AM A MEMBER OF MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WORKERS
04:01:49 COALITION. >> YEAH, THAT'S IT.
04:02:21 >> SO THANKS TO THIS THESE PROGRAMS WE FEEL PROTECTED
04:02:26 AND WE HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT KIND OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN
04:02:29 IN THE WORKPLACE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 30,000
04:02:35 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY THAT RECEIVE HAVE EMPLOYED DOMESTIC
04:02:40 WORKERS. AND THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS WE
04:02:44 LEARN HOW TO MAKE OUR RIGHTS BE HONORED IN OUR WORKPLACE
04:03:34 . >> SO WE CARE FOR THE MOST
04:03:38 PRECIOUS THINGS IN THE CITY YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILIES, OUR
04:03:42 CHILDREN, OUR ELDERS. AND THANKS TO THESE SERVICES I
04:03:47 CAN ALSO FEEL PROTECTED AND CAN LIVE AND PROSPER IN SAN
04:03:55 FRANCISCO ALONG WITH MY OTHER DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE CITY.
04:04:01 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
04:04:08 >> AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARITZA SALINAS.
04:04:12 I AM HERE WITH MY KIDS TODAY. I AM A RESIDENT OF HAMILTON
04:04:16 EMERGENCY SHELTER. OUR COMMUNITY RECEIVE SOFT I'M
04:04:23 IN THE COMMUNITY. I WAS NOMINATED WHEN I SAW CITY
04:04:24 WHICH IS FROM CAMPUS. I WAS TOLD BY THE WORKERS OUR
04:04:34 CAMPUS THAT THE SUBSIDY IS FOR $8,400 MONTHLY WHICH I GOT TO
04:04:42 COME UP WITH THE REST OF THE RENT WHICH IS GOING TO BE $548
04:04:45 MONTHLY. THAT TOTAL TOGETHER IS $2,000
04:04:52 FOR OUR FAMILY OF FOUR CHILDREN.
04:04:54 >> IT IS VERY SAD THAT THE APARTMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN
04:05:02 LOOKING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO A HOUSING SEARCH IS ONLY
04:05:07 AFFORDABLE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY.
04:05:11 SO TECHNICALLY ME AND MY FAMILY ARE FORCED TO MOVE OUT OF THE
04:05:14 CITY AND AND IN ORDER TO STAY IN THE CITY WE BEEN DOING
04:05:19 HOUSING SEARCH FOR APARTMENT WITH ONE BEDROOM FOUR A FAMILY
04:05:25 OF FOUR. >> SO IT IS IT IS YOU KNOW I'M
04:05:28 GRATEFUL AND HAPPY TO RECEIVE A SUBSIDY BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO
04:05:33 BRING THAT ATTENTION TO YOU GUYS TO SEE THEM.
04:05:36 YOU KNOW, THEN AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE GETTING IN THROUGH THOSE
04:05:40 SUBSIDIES AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY MY FAMILY.
04:05:44 THIS IS A LOT OF THE FILLMORE FAMILIES AND I WAS TOLD THAT IS
04:05:48 DIFFERENT BUT DIFFERENT MONEY FROM DIFFERENT KIDS
04:05:51 AND RECEIVING THROUGH A SUBSIDY THROUGH THE BE SURVIVOR.
04:05:55 SO AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I ALSO WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO
04:06:00 YOU GUYS THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO.
04:06:04 I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THE MY CITY.
04:06:08 I BELIEVE THAT MY CITY IS PARADISE AND I THINK ABOUT SAN
04:06:15 FRANCISCO 30 YEAR CYCLE EXPIRED AND THAT'S WHAT I REPRESENT.
04:06:16 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MARISSA SILLINESS NEXT SPEAKER WHEN I
04:06:24 START THIS
04:07:29 THIS IS MY NAME IS THIS IS MY NAME IS VERONICA NIETO.
04:07:34 I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I HAVE BEEN A DOMESTIC WORKER FOR
04:07:38 15 YEARS. I AM NOW AN ORGANIZER AT MOORE
04:07:42 AND THE CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WORKERS COALITION.
04:07:43 >> EVERY DAY MY WORK SUPPORTS THOUSANDS OF WORKERS IN SAN
04:07:50 FRANCISCO TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND ENFORCE THEM.
04:07:54 AND WITH INCREASED ATTACKS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGAINST
04:07:58 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DOMESTIC
04:07:59 WORKER PROGRAM UNDER M.O. KD SUPPORT WORKERS TO OVERCOME
04:08:05 FEAR SEEK CRITICAL SUPPORT AND ACCESS SERVICES THAT ALLOW
04:08:07 THEM TO LIVE AND SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:08:10 THIS PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL
04:08:14 THOUSANDS OF WORKERS THAT WE HAVEN'T ACCESS YET AND WHO
04:08:17 HAVEN'T LEARNED ABOUT OTHER RIGHTS THAT THEY ARE THAT ARE
04:08:21 SUPPOSED TO BE HONORED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:08:25 AND SO PLEASE DO NOT CUT THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ENABLE
04:08:29 OUR COMMUNITIES TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE HERE IN SAN
04:08:30 FRANCISCO. THANK YOU.
04:08:33 >> AND THANK YOU, VERONICA AND YOUR NEXT SPEAKER.
04:08:37 >> I RETURN GOOD AFTERNOON THIS MORNING AND MIGUEL CABRERA
04:08:42 AND I WORKING FOR THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
04:08:45 SO TODAY I COME TO ASKING SUPERVISORS TO DON'T MAKE ANY
04:08:49 CUTS AND ANY BUDGET CUTS FOR THEM ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO MY
04:08:56 FIRST THING I WANT TO ASK IN AS WE HAVE A BUDGET PROPOSAL THIS
04:09:00 YEAR IS ABOUT 500 SUBSIDIES 200 SUBSIDIES GOING TO TO FAMILIES
04:09:07 AND AND 100 IS GOING TO FAMILIES WHO SUFFER DOMESTIC
04:09:11 VIOLENCE. SO THE SUBSIDIES IS GOING TO
04:09:16 MISS OUT ON FAMILIES AND OUR THIS IT IS FOR TIGHT SO GOOD
04:09:19 AND AND AND AND WE NEED TO PREVENT 100 SENIORS WHO IS
04:09:23 GOING TO BE IN LOSING THEIR THEIR THEIR THEIR HOUSING SO
04:09:29 THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE IN TODAY.
04:09:30 SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO CUT IN 920 MANY
04:09:35 HOUSEHOLDS OR FAMILIES. >> SO BASICALLY WE ARE GOING TO
04:09:42 FUNDING ONLY ONE THIRD OF THIS 900 2020 FOLKS.
04:09:45 SO WE REALLY NEED TO INVEST AND BRING MORE MONEY TO
04:09:49 PREVENTING ALL THESE NINE THESE 20 PEOPLE TO GOING TO LOSING
04:09:54 HOUSING AND OCTOBER THIS YEAR OCTOBER 30TH THIS YEAR.
04:09:59 >> SO THE SECOND THING I WANT TO ASK IN IT'S ABOUT IT'S ABOUT
04:10:06 THE THE 154 BEDS THAT WE LOSE FROM DANTE AND WANAQUE.
04:10:10 >> SO FROM THIS 154 UNITS THAT WE LOSE AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE
04:10:17 WE WON WE WANT TO REINSTALL THEM FAMILIES OR TEN WOMAN'S
04:10:25 PREGNANT WITH DISABILITIES SO THESE ARE THESE WOMEN'S LIVES
04:10:31 THE MORE THAN AND PERMANENT AND STABLE HOUSING.
04:10:33 AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE THEY MAY ALREADY
04:10:36 DISPLACE THESE FAMILIES OR THESE WOMEN'S SO WE NEED TO DO
04:10:40 SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. >> SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT 150
04:10:44 100 50 SUBSIDIES BUT THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GET AHEAD OF HER
04:10:47 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER.
04:10:53 GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS ROBERT ARE FAT ON
04:10:55 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF I AM HERE JUST TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET
04:11:01 CUTS FOR MY AGENCY. LAST YEAR WE WERE CUT $1.5
04:11:05 MILLION FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
04:11:06 THAT'S 65% OF OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.
04:11:09 WE'RE ALSO FACING CUTS. AND I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE A
04:11:13 STORY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CUT PROGRAMS.
04:11:19 TWO WEEKS AGO OUR YOUNG MAN TWO OF OUR YOUNG MEN WERE HUNGRY
04:11:22 IN OUR PROGRAM AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TO BUY
04:11:25 SNACKS FOR THEM AND SO THEY DECIDED TO GO OUTSIDE TO GO GET
04:11:29 FOOD. AND WHEN THEY WENT OUTSIDE ONE
04:11:30 OF THE YOUNG MEN WAS SHOT AND THAT YOUNG MAN CAME BACK
04:11:36 INTO OUR INTO OUR AGENCY AND WE HAD TO PROVIDE A LIFE SAVING
04:11:43 FIRST AID TO THAT YOUNG MAN. IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR
04:11:45 PROGRAM PARTICIPANT THAT PROGRAM PARTICIPANT WENT TO THE
04:11:49 LEAST THOSE PROGRAM THAT WAS DONE UP THERE.
04:11:52 THEY HAD A FIRST AID PROGRAM THERE AND THAT LEAST THOSE
04:11:55 PROGRAM WAS DONE BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THERE TO OUR
04:11:59 TO OUR YOUNG MAN AND HE WAS ABLE TO SAVE A LIFE BECAUSE OF
04:12:04 THE PROGRAM AND THE SERVICES AND THE SERVICE CONNECTION THAT
04:12:07 HAPPENED THERE. NOW THAT YOUNG MAN IS NOW GOING
04:12:08 TO BE A WAR. HE'S GOING TO GET AN AWARD BY
04:12:12 THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR HIS WORK.
04:12:15 I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT OUR SERVICES ARE NOT THESE ARE
04:12:19 VITAL SERVICES THAT IF YOU CONTINUE TO CUT AND CUT AND CUT
04:12:23 AND CUT, HOMELESSNESS WILL INCREASE, VIOLENCE WILL
04:12:27 INCREASE AND YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE INCREASED PROBLEMS IN THE
04:12:30 COMMUNITY. YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING A 200%
04:12:34 INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY FROM THE CUTS
04:12:38 FROM LAST YEAR. >> SO I URGE YOU I URGE YOU TO
04:12:42 PLEASE RETHINK THESE CUTS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
04:12:49 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THESE ARE VITAL PROGRAMS.
04:12:50 YOU'RE CUTTING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS YOU'RE CUTTING
04:12:52 1100 JOBS IS OUR ESTIMATE AT THE PUBLIC AT THE PEOPLE'S
04:12:54 BUDGET COALITION 1100 JOBS. >> SPEAKER THANK YOU.
04:12:57 THAT'S EXPECTED BY BUT THINK YOU'RE BETTER OFF OUR NEXT
04:13:01 SPEAKER GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.
04:13:04 SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR YOUR
04:13:08 QUESTIONS. I THINK A LOT HAS BEEN SAID
04:13:12 TODAY AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO SAY BUT THIS PODIUM IS NOT
04:13:15 THE PLACE I WILL FOCUS ON TWO THINGS THERE WAS A COMMITMENT
04:13:18 ON THE SIDE OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
04:13:22 DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS.
04:13:26 BUT AS YOU HEARD OUR ANALYSIS THAT THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
04:13:29 COALITION IS THAT SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO DIE
04:13:31 AT THE HANDS OF THESE CUTS. AND SO WHO WILL YOU LEAN ON THE
04:13:34 NEXT TIME THERE'S AN EMERGENCY? AND THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE OF
04:13:38 THAT IS THE TEACHERS STRIKE. HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS MY OWN
04:13:41 WHO DOESN'T RECEIVE ANY DO I HAVE FUNDING PIVOTED TO SUPPORT
04:13:45 THOSE FAMILIES BECAUSE TRULY HONESTLY WE ARE A NETWORK
04:13:51 AND IF ONE GETS CUT THE REST HAVE TO PICK UP THE SLACK
04:13:52 AND THAT MEANS A WHOLE LOT MORE WORK WITH A LOT LESS FUNDING, A
04:13:55 LOT LESS STAFF. >> THAT EXAMPLE WITH THE
04:13:59 SHOOTING IS A GREAT EXAMPLE, RIGHT?
04:14:00 WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
04:14:03 CITY WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES SO WE
04:14:06 PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. >> THE SECOND POINT AND I'M I
04:14:10 FEEL DISRESPECTED THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS LEFT THE
04:14:14 BUILDING OR AT LEAST THESE CHAMBERS BECAUSE ALL OF THESE
04:14:17 PEOPLE ARE STILL HERE, ALL OF THEM PREPARED WELL IN ADVANCE
04:14:21 TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY IS AND THE
04:14:25 LEAST THEY CAN DO IS LISTEN BECAUSE AN APPROACH OF LIKE
04:14:29 PROPOSING CUTS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THE IMPACT WILL BE
04:14:32 IS NOT A WAY THAT THE MAYOR SHOULD BE APPROACHING OUR
04:14:33 BUDGET. WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT SINCE
04:14:36 BEFORE JANUARY TO BE ABLE TO START TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
04:14:40 AND WE NOW WE ARE IN APRIL. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE
04:14:44 APPROACH THAT IS BEING TAKEN CAN REALLY GIVE THEM A SENSE
04:14:48 BEFORE THE BUDGET IS DUE. AND SO I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO
04:14:51 APPLY PRESSURE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
04:14:55 AND HAVE A REAL LIKE SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND THE PAPER.
04:14:58 THEY REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FABRIC OF SAN
04:15:00 FRANCISCO IS AND WHAT THE SAFETY NET IS AND WHY IT NEEDS
04:15:03 TO BE PRESERVED. >> SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
04:15:06 QUESTIONS AND I WOULD SAY SPIRIT TIME HAS EXPIRED.
04:15:10 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO.
04:15:13 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS HEARING.
04:15:18 MY NAME IS MEGAN. >> I'M WITH THE CALIFORNIA
04:15:22 DOMESTIC WORKERS COALITION AND I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR
04:15:23 THERE WE ARE THE LEADING VOICE FOR OVER 300,000 DOMESTIC
04:15:27 WORKERS IN THE STATE AND IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE MADE UP OF FIVE
04:15:31 DOMESTIC WORKER LED ORGANIZATION ONES AND TWO
04:15:36 DOMESTIC EMPLOYER LED ORGANIZATIONS.
04:15:37 AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE FOR THE PAST
04:15:40 TEN YEARS IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHTS OF DOMESTIC WORKERS
04:15:44 IN THE CITY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND TOOLS
04:15:47 AND CONNECTIONS TO LEGAL SERVICES FOR WORKERS
04:15:51 AND EMPLOYERS TO CHANGE WORKPLACE CONDITIONS WHICH IS
04:15:52 INCREDIBLY NECESSARY IN THIS INDUSTRY.
04:15:56 >> AND IT'S ACTUALLY A PROGRAM THAT AS A FAMILY CITY PROGRAM
04:16:00 IS WHAT ARE STATE WIDE PROGRAM WAS BASED ON.
04:16:04 >> SO SAN FRANCISCO USED TO BE A LEADER FOR INNOVATIVE WORKER
04:16:07 SOLUTIONS AND WORKER JUSTICE AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE
04:16:11 DISINVESTMENT IN THOSE PROGRAMS ACROSS AMERICA AND ACROSS
04:16:15 ACROSS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS
04:16:21 AND FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS BECAUSE THEY WORK IN ISOLATION
04:16:23 AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OF PRIVATE HOMES, MANY ARE UNAWARE
04:16:26 OF THEIR RIGHTS AND DOMESTIC EMPLOYERS ALSO DON'T KNOW THAT
04:16:30 INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH LABOR LAWS AND TO
04:16:34 BE FAIR EMPLOYERS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS AND AT THE
04:16:37 SAME TIME BOTH STATEWIDE AND LOCALLY HOME CARE
04:16:41 ATTENDANCE ARE PROJECTED TO SEE MORE JOB GROWTH THAN ANY OTHER
04:16:45 OCCUPATION BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR CARE, CARE FOR OUR
04:16:48 FAMILIES, CARE FOR OUR SENIORS, CARE FOR OUR LOVED ONES AND IN
04:16:50 SAN FRANCISCO AND IN SAN MATEO, MORE THAN 6000 HOME ATTENDANTS
04:16:56 ARE LEAVING THE LABOR FORCE OR CHANGING JOB OCCUPATIONS MORE
04:17:00 EXITS THAN ANY OTHER OCCUPATION BECAUSE OF THAT THE LOW WAGES,
04:17:03 THE RAMPANT WAGE THEFT AND THE POOR WORKING CONDITIONS.
04:17:07 >> AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK IN SAN
04:17:11 FRANCISCO, THE FUTURE OF THIS ECONOMY AND WHO REALLY BEARS
04:17:15 THE BRUNT OF THE ECONOMY AND IS THE BACKBONE WE'RE NOT
04:17:19 SUPPORTING THE WORKFORCE'S BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
04:17:23 THAT ARE HOLDING THIS CITY UP. >> THANK YOU.
04:17:24 THANK YOU MUCH MEGHAN. >> NEXT SPEAKER HI, I'M REBECCA
04:17:37 DON WOO AND I RECOMMEND THAT YOU REQUEST THE REVIEW FOR THE
04:17:45 BUDGET FOR FOR THE CUTS AS AND IF IT'S FOLLOWING WITH THE
04:17:52 WITH THE CITY'S INTENTION AND AND CITIES PRACTICE
04:17:59 AND PRACTICES I ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME TYPE
04:18:04 OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS REALLY SOUND
04:18:10 BUSINESS ECONOMIC DECISIONS AND THAT IT IS GEARED TOWARDS
04:18:15 MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S EQUITY MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS IT
04:18:19 LOOKING AT THE COST OF THE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE LOSS OR MOVING
04:18:27 OF OF PEOPLE FROM TENDERLOIN AND OR THE WORKERS THAT LOSE
04:18:30 THEIR JOBS SO WHAT ARE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT MORE
04:18:35 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING ASSISTANCE AND HELP BECAUSE
04:18:38 THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOBS SO WE HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT IN THE
04:18:42 BUDGET IN THE FISCAL BUDGET HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL BE
04:18:49 ALLOWED. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I
04:18:50 HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE CITY THE MAYOR AND AND YOU AS WELL
04:18:53 BECAUSE OF THESE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE.
04:18:57 >> AND SO I DO HAVE COMPASSION FOR THAT AND THAT WILL
04:19:01 HOPEFULLY THE THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE COMPASSION FOR THAT
04:19:03 BECAUSE THERE ARE CUTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
04:19:05 >> SO WHETHER SOMETHING I AGREE OR NOT, IT'S I UNDERSTAND.
04:19:09 >> THE OTHER THING IS THAT I DO ALSO WANT TO SAY IS THAT AGAIN
04:19:16 PLEASE HAVE SOME SORT OF SECONDARY INDEPENDENT REVIEW
04:19:20 BECAUSE APPEARS THERE'S SOME INCONSISTENCIES HERE AND THE
04:19:24 VERY LASTLY WHEN I WAS IN THE SHELTER I HAD A CASE MANAGER
04:19:27 TAYLOR AMAZING. >> I MEAN MAKES ME WANT TO CRY
04:19:29 JUST SHE WORKED WITH ME WHEN I CRIED PROCRASTINATE, DEPRESSED,
04:19:36 DIDN'T WANT TO DO THINGS SHE SAT WITH ME APPLICATIONS
04:19:39 BECAUSE TIME HAS EXPIRED IN SORROW BUT THANKS SO MUCH
04:19:40 INTERESTING AS COMMITTEE NEXT SPEAKER THANK YOU SUPERVISORS
04:19:47 AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING.
04:19:51 IT MAKES A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
04:19:54 BE HEARD AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND AM ALWAYS CLEAR IS
04:19:58 SAYING THAT THEY HAVE TO CUT 8.5 MILLION BUT TO BE CLEAR
04:20:01 13.5 MILLION OF CBOS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
04:20:05 >> WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THOSE FUNKY
04:20:07 NUMBERS SO WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US.
04:20:10 >> BUT THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY OR EVEN GOING ON HERE WHICH IS
04:20:13 THAT THEY'VE SHOWED IN THEIR PRESENTATION THAT MHC, THE CD
04:20:18 IS RETURNING TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
04:20:21 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND LOOK AT
04:20:23 THOSE NUMBERS SO WE'RE REVERSING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE
04:20:28 ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO EVEN CONSIDERING INFLATION WHEN AT
04:20:29 THE SAME TIME AS I SHARED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET HAS
04:20:35 INCREASED BY 30% OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
04:20:38 IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD MHC CDW'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAS
04:20:43 DECREASED BY 10%. >> THIS IS ABOMINABLE.
04:20:46 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
04:20:49 >> THIS IS NOT THE CUTS NEED TO BE MADE.
04:20:50 THEY ABSOLUTELY MUST BE. >> I HAVE IN OUR IT FEELS THAT
04:20:54 OUR COMPASSION IS RUNNING LOW FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE MAKING
04:21:01 THESE CHOICES BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY ARE
04:21:02 MISLEADING THE PUBLIC THAT THESE CUTS HAVE TO BE MADE.
04:21:06 >> THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. THE S.F. PD AND THE LAW
04:21:10 ENFORCEMENT BUDGETS MAKE UP 36% OF THAT GENERAL FUND THAT THEY
04:21:15 WERE TALKING ABOUT. THEY ARE NOT ASKING THEM TO
04:21:17 BEAR EVEN A PERCENTAGE OF THE CUTS THAT ARE COMING.
04:21:20 >> THAT IS ABHORRENT. THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO
04:21:24 DESERVE TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR
04:21:27 SAY ON HOW WE BALANCE THIS BUDGET.
04:21:30 I WOULD BET THAT THEY WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD BE RAISING
04:21:34 REVENUE IN A CITY LIKE THIS AS WEALTHY AS WE ARE, WE NEED TO
04:21:36 RAISE REVENUE. THE WAYS TO SOLVE A DEFICIT AS
04:21:39 YOU RAISE REVENUE OR YOU MAKE THE CUTS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
04:21:43 DECEIVING US AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THESE CUTS AND PEOPLE
04:21:46 ARE GOING TO DIE AS A RESULT OF THAT.
04:21:49 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH.
04:21:53 AND SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS, MR. CHAIR PRO TEM THAT
04:21:54 COMPLETES OUR CUE. >> PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED
04:22:03 . >> SUPERVISOR CHIN THANK YOU
04:22:04 CHAIR WALTON I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTER
04:22:08 TAKING YOUR VALUABLE AFTERNOON AND COME AND SHARE YOUR
04:22:11 EXPERIENCE IS AND AND ALSO YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US TO CUTS SHARE
04:22:19 AND THERE'S TWO HEARINGS IN THIS AFTERNOON.
04:22:23 TO ME IS NOT ONLY VERY CONCERNING BUT IT'S ALSO VERY
04:22:27 DISHEARTENING BECAUSE FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME AS AN IMMIGRANT
04:22:31 AND AS ALSO A YOU'VE AND A MOM THAT ACTUALLY IS A BENEFICIARY
04:22:36 OF ALL THE CITY INVESTMENT YOU'VE PROGRAM FAMILY SERVICES.
04:22:39 >> SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT I AM
04:22:44 COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
04:22:47 >> OUR FAMILY WOULD ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY AND I'M
04:22:51 COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO PROTECT
04:22:55 THE CITY'S SAFETY NET. >> THANK YOU.
04:22:58 THANK YOU TO ROSA CHAN AND THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC
04:23:02 AND FOR ALL PRESENTERS THAT CAME OUT AND STAY WITH THIS
04:23:04 DAY. THIS IS IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS
04:23:06 THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE IN THIS HEARING.
04:23:10 >> SO I HOPE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE AS SOME
04:23:13 PEOPLE HAVE STATED, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO DETERMINE WHERE
04:23:17 OUR VALUES ARE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:23:18 SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING OUT.
04:23:21 WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO FILE THIS YEAR
04:23:24 AS OKAY, IT'S A BIG ONE. YES.
04:23:32 AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIRPERSON WALTON SECONDED BY
04:23:36 MEMBER CHEN THAT THIS HEARING BE HEARD AND FILED.
04:23:40 MEMBER CHEN CHEN I REMEMBER WANG WANG I CHAIR PRO TEM
04:23:47 WALTON WALTON I HAVE THREE EYES THANK YOU.
04:23:49 >> MOTION CARRIES MR. CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS BEFORE
04:23:53 US? >> WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
04:23:58 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
04:23:59 THANK