00:00:02 OH HEY GOOD AFTERNOON. THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:11 WELCOME TO THE APRIL 29TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE BUDGET
00:00:15 AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. I'M SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN,
00:00:18 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR
00:00:22 SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY AND MEMBERS SUPERVISOR DANNY
00:00:26 SOUDER. >> SUPERVISOR SHERMAN WALTON
00:00:30 ANGELA WEISER SHINE CHIN AND I WANT TO THANK JEANETTE AGAIN
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00:02:12 AND WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY
00:02:15 ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
00:02:19 AND AND WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP
00:02:24 DECORUM THROUGHOUT TODAY AND JUST IN CASE FOR THE PUBLIC
00:02:30 COMMENTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP TO ONE MINUTE.
00:02:34 OKAY. AND SO WITH THAT, MR. CLERK,
00:02:40 PLEASE GO ITEM NUMBER ONE. >> YES.
00:02:43 >> ITEM NUMBER ONE IS OUR HEARING ON SECOND I'M SORRY.
00:02:54 >> NO PROBLEM. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ARE HEARING
00:02:57 A PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BUDGET IMPACTING HOMELESSNESS
00:03:00 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SYSTEMS TO EXAMINE THE FOLLOWING THE
00:03:01 IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING FIRST. OUTLINES FOR ANY HOUSING OR FOR
00:03:09 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE PLANS TO DECOMMISSION PERMANENT
00:03:12 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE IMPACT ON SYSTEMS LOSS OF BEDS
00:03:16 OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AND IMPACT ON PLANE CLOSURES
00:03:20 LOOMING AND DETERMINED THREATS TO STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
00:03:21 HOUSING COMING UP IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND OUTLINES OF ANY
00:03:25 CUTS TO HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND HOUSING IN FISCAL YEAR
00:03:30 2026, 2027 AND 2027 TO 28 BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO BUDGETS
00:03:34 THAT IMPACT ON THOSE PEOPLE. AND THE OUTLINE FOR AN
00:03:37 INVESTMENT PLAN FOR A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT BUDGET
00:03:42 PROPOSAL AND PROPOSED 2018 PROPOSITION SEE HOW OUR CITY
00:03:45 OUR HOME INVESTMENTS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.
00:03:48 AND WITH THAT I AM GOING TO TURN THIS HEARING OVER TO
00:03:53 SUPERVISOR CHEYENNE CHEN AS SHE IS THE LEAD SPONSOR OF THIS
00:04:01 HEARING AND SUPERVISOR CHEN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:04:02 >> THANK YOU CHILDREN. COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR
00:04:05 ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
00:04:08 HOMELESSNESS. IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR MANY
00:04:11 JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD IN THE
00:04:15 UNITED STATES ALONE. MORE THAN 1 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
00:04:18 EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN 2022.
00:04:21 AND THIS EXCLUDES THOSE LIVING ON THE STREET WHO WERE NEVER
00:04:25 ABLE TO ACCESS SHELTER. IN SAN FRANCISCO WE EXPERIENCED
00:04:29 THIS CRISIS ACUTELY. WE ALSO HAVE A LONG TRACK
00:04:33 RECORD OF PROVEN SOLUTIONS AND EXPERTISE AND PUBLIC INTO
00:04:37 PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO BUILD FROM A COST TO ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE
00:04:44 HOUSING AND A RISING COST OF LIVING HAVE BEEN PERMANENT
00:04:48 CHALLENGES IN OUR CITY FOR YEARS.
00:04:51 AT THE SAME TIME THAT RENTS HAVE RISEN, WE HAVE SEEN A
00:04:55 RAMPANT JOB LOSS ACROSS MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES.
00:04:59 AND THE CITY HAS TO MAKE POLICY AND BUDGET DECISIONS THAT HAVE
00:05:02 STARTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
00:05:03 DEPRIORITIZED THE FUNDING OF HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION DOLLARS
00:05:08 AND HAS POLITICIZED AN ISSUE THAT IS BOTH COMPLEX
00:05:12 AND EXPERIENCES NATIONWIDE THE COST OF HOMELESSNESS IS HIGH.
00:05:18 >> BETWEEN HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS, POLICE
00:05:22 INTERVENTION AND INCARCERATIONS AND THE COST OF EMERGENCY
00:05:27 SHELTER HOMELESSNESS IT'S AN EXPENSE AND COMPLICATED PROBLEM
00:05:31 TO SOLVE. A STUDY FROM THE NATIONAL
00:05:34 CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AT THE NATIONAL
00:05:39 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH INDICATE THAT HOUSING FIRST PROGRAMS
00:05:42 DECREASE HOMELESSNESS BY 88% AND IMPROVE HOUSING STABILITY
00:05:48 BY 41% COMPARED TO TREATMENT FIRST PROGRAMS.
00:05:52 CLIENTS IN STABLE HOUSING EXPERIENCED BETTER QUALITY OF
00:05:57 LIFE AND AND REDUCTIONS IN HOSPITALIZATION
00:06:01 AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT USE. AND YET WE STILL NEED TO WORK
00:06:05 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETE MENU OF HOUSING
00:06:08 OPTIONS FOR THOSE IN NEED. IN SAN FRANCISCO LAST YEAR.
00:06:12 A POSSIBLE 8000 MEMBERS OF INTACT FAMILIES WITH MINOR
00:06:18 CHILDREN EXPERIENCED IT. HOMELESSNESS ALMOST AS MANY
00:06:22 PEOPLE IDENTIFY IN THE PAST POINT IN TIME TO COME IN 2020
00:06:27 FOR OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM HAD A POSSIBLE 17,000
00:06:34 AND HOUSE DECLINES SEEKING FOR HOUSING.
00:06:35 >> THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE
00:06:38 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY AND I'M GRATEFUL
00:06:42 THAT WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY SOME OF OUR LOCAL PROVIDERS THE
00:06:45 MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
00:06:49 AND SUPPORT AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:06:52 WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR MR. RYAN'S FINNEGAN DEPUTY
00:06:57 DIRECTOR AFTER RESEARCH FROM THAT TURNAROUND CENTER FOR
00:07:00 HOUSING INNOVATION AT UC BERKELEY TO START US OFF.
00:07:04 >> MR. FINNEGAN'S. >> HI.
00:07:12 THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS RYAN FINNEGAN
00:07:16 AND I'M THE DEPUTY RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE TURNER CENTER
00:07:17 FOR HOUSING INNOVATION AT UC BERKELEY.
00:07:20 AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY SHARE
00:07:21 SOME OF OUR RESEARCH ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR
00:07:24 PCH WITH YOU TODAY. >> SO OUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
00:07:27 PCH HELPS PEOPLE SUCCESSFULLY LEAVE LONG EPISODES OF
00:07:31 HOMELESSNESS, BUILD STABILITY AND GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY
00:07:32 NEED TO THRIVE WHEN ADEQUATELY STAFFED AND RESOURCED.
00:07:36 PCH IS RESPONSIVE TO RESIDENTS NEEDS AND PROVIDES
00:07:39 OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND CULTIVATE A
00:07:43 SENSE OF BELONGING. MANY PCH PROPERTIES FACE A
00:07:46 SHORTAGE OF OPERATING FUNDING. HOWEVER, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO
00:07:50 POOR OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTS, STAFF AND FOR PROPERTIES
00:07:54 AND PROPERTIES WITH RENT OPERATIONS FUNDING CONSTRAINTS.
00:07:55 RESIDENTS WERE LESS LIKELY OR LESS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
00:07:59 IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AVOID RENT ARREARS AND STAY HOUSED
00:08:03 PAST THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF MOVING IN.
00:08:05 OPERATIONS FUNDING CONSTRAINTS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO STAFF
00:08:09 SHORTAGES AND BURNOUT AS WELL AS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WHICH
00:08:11 UNDERMINES THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
00:08:14 >> OUR CURRENT RESEARCH ESTIMATES THAT AMONG PERMANENT
00:08:17 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROPERTIES THAT ARE AT LEAST TEN YEARS OLD
00:08:20 AND LOCATED IN MAJOR CALIFORNIA CITIES, APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 60%
00:08:24 OF THE PROPERTIES ARE EXPERIENCING A NEGATIVE CASH
00:08:28 FLOW EACH YEAR. >> THIS INCLUDES PROPERTIES
00:08:32 IN SAN FRANCISCO BUT SAN FRANCISCO IS NOT ALONE.
00:08:33 PCH PROPERTIES IN MANY PLACES FACE COMMON CHALLENGES LIKE A
00:08:37 SCARCITY OF SECURE OPERATING SUBSIDIES, A DIFFICULTY OF
00:08:40 MATCHING PEOPLE AND PROPERTIES EFFECTIVELY THROUGH COORDINATED
00:08:44 ENTRY SYSTEMS AND DECREASES IN RENTAL OCCUPANCY IN SOME
00:08:47 PROPERTIES. >> FINALLY WE ARE FINDING THAT
00:08:52 CUTS TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS COULD HAPPEN THROUGH
00:08:54 POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE FEDERAL CONTINUUM OF CARE
00:08:56 PROGRAM HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS THROUGHOUT LOCAL HOMELESSNESS
00:08:59 SYSTEMS AS PEOPLE ARE FROZEN FROM ENTERING PERMANENT
00:09:03 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DUE TO THE FEAR OF FUNDING CUTS.
00:09:06 THERE ARE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM SHELTER
00:09:10 AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND INTO PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
00:09:13 >> AS A RESULT, UNDERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERMANENT
00:09:15 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THROUGH DECREASED FUNDING OR DECREASED
00:09:18 CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM LEADS TO LOWERED EFFECTIVENESS FOR OTHER
00:09:22 ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS IN LOCAL HOMELESSNESS SYSTEMS INCLUDING
00:09:25 INTERIM SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
00:09:28 AND I'LL PAUSE THERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S MY TIME.
00:09:30 BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
00:09:36 >> IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
00:09:38 THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR MR. FLYNN.
00:09:41 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:09:44 NEXT MAY I ASK THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION FROM THE
00:09:48 COALITION FROM THE COALITION OF HOMELESSNESS JENNIFER FREEDOM
00:09:52 AND ALSO FROM TEN DC TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
00:09:57 CORPORATION COLLEEN REBECCA TO BE READY.
00:09:59 >> THANK YOU. >> HI.
00:10:07 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JENNIFER FREEDOM
00:10:11 PARK. I'M HERE REPRESENTING PEOPLE'S
00:10:12 BUDGET COLLABORATIVE AND ALSO WORK AT THE COALITION ON
00:10:15 HOMELESSNESS. I'M KIND OF PINCH HITTING FOR
00:10:17 KAKUMA STRIKER WHO IS SICK TODAY.
00:10:21 >> SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST WALK YOU THROUGH SOME
00:10:25 BASIC CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE U.S. AND HERE IN S.F.
00:10:29 THE MAJOR THREATS HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE FACING AND THEN
00:10:30 SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND WE'RE JUST TRYING
00:10:36 TO GET OUR SLIDES UP HERE. SO FOR THE SECOND SLIDE, ONCE
00:10:47 YOU GET IT UP YOU CAN THINK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AS THE
00:10:53 TAYLOR TWO ACTS THAT FOLLOWS THE TWO MASS EPISODES OF
00:10:56 HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:10:58 THE FIRST OF COURSE BEING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHICH WAS THEN
00:11:02 ADDRESSED BY INVESTING IN HOUSING AND PASSING A
00:11:03 HOUSING ACT THAT GUARANTEED HOUSING FOR POOR PEOPLE IN THE
00:11:07 UNITED STATES NOT JUST HOUSING BUT DECENT HOUSING.
00:11:10 >> AND YOU FAST FORWARD TO 1983 AND HOUSING FUNDING IS
00:11:14 SLAUGHTERED FEDERAL HOUSING DOLLARS ARE CUT BY ABOUT 76%
00:11:18 BETWEEN THAT PERIOD OF 78 TO 83 AND BY 1988 THE UNITED STATES
00:11:24 FULLY WITHDREW FROM ITS COMMITMENT BY ELIMINATING THE
00:11:28 HOUSING ACT ALTOGETHER WITHIN YEARS AND YEARS OF BEING FOUGHT
00:11:32 WITH YEARS AND YEARS OF BEING FORCED TO LIVE ON THE STREETS
00:11:33 WITHOUT A HOME HOMELESS PEOPLE'S HEALTH DETERIORATES
00:11:36 MEDICALLY THE TRAUMA OF HOMELESSNESS ITSELF DRIVES UP
00:11:40 ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS RATES AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES
00:11:43 TURN TO POLICE AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO MANAGE THE STREET
00:11:47 CRISES REALLY FRANKLY WASTING MILLIONS THAT COULD HAVE COULD
00:11:51 BE SPENT ON HOUSING. >> BY 2024 1.4 MILLION
00:11:57 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE UNITED STATES HAD EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS
00:12:00 OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR 1.4 MILLION THE FEDERAL
00:12:04 DISINVESTMENT IN HOUSING OVER THE PAST 45 YEARS HAS DRIVEN
00:12:08 HOMELESS RATES STEADILY UP AS RENTS HAVE RISEN.
00:12:11 >> SO HERE IN S.F. SO GO TO SLIDE THREE ONE BACK THERE WE
00:12:22 GO. YEAH.
00:12:25 >> SO HERE IN S.F. SADLY MANY OF THOSE SAME BAD POLICY
00:12:30 DECISIONS ARE BEING REPLICATED WELL NOT JUST IN S.F. BUT
00:12:33 IN THE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL.
00:12:34 >> SO WHAT ABOUT S.F.? WE DID A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT
00:12:38 HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HOMELESSNESS HERE AND REALLY
00:12:40 CONTRIBUTED TO DISPARITIES AMONG WHO EXPERIENCES
00:12:44 HOMELESSNESS. >> ACTUALLY THE SAME YEAR THE
00:12:47 FEDERAL HOUSING ACT PASSED IN 1937, SAN FRANCISCO STARTED
00:12:51 TO RAISE THE FILLMORE AND EVENTUALLY TEARING DOWN
00:12:54 2500 VICTORIANS PRIMARILY OCCUPIED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS,
00:12:58 CLOSING 800 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES UNDER THE GUISE OF
00:12:59 URBAN RENEWAL. WE ALSO TORE DOWN HUNDREDS OF
00:13:03 SORROWS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE MOSCONI CENTER.
00:13:05 IN 1980 OUR ONCE FLOURISHING MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WAS
00:13:10 DEVASTATED WITH CHANGES TO DISABILITY INSURANCE
00:13:11 REALIGNMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE LOSS OF
00:13:14 BOARDING CARES. BY MODERN DAY WE'VE LOST ABOUT
00:13:17 4000 BEDS AND BOARDING CARE FACILITIES WHILE REDLINING
00:13:18 BECAME ILLEGAL IN 1968, ITS LEGACY MEANT MANY
00:13:22 AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCUMULATE WEALTH.
00:13:25 AND TODAY LANDLORDS CONTINUE TO DISCRIMINATE
00:13:28 AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS FACE HIGHER RATES OF EVICTION.
00:13:32 PUBLIC HOUSING WAS REBUILT UNDER HOPE SIX BUT MANY OF
00:13:35 THOSE UNITS WERE LOST OVER 120 AND MANY OF THE TENANTS WERE
00:13:39 UNABLE TO MOVE BACK IN. >> ALL OF THIS CONTRIBUTED NOT
00:13:42 ONLY TO OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION PLUMMETING BUT
00:13:45 DRIVING MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS INTO HOMELESSNESS.
00:13:49 >> WAS EXCUSE ME WELL, WHILE THEY MAKE UP 3.5% OF OUR
00:14:11 POPULATION, AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO
00:14:15 EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS TODAY WE ARE SEEING MODERN DAY
00:14:18 ATTEMPTS TO RED LINE ONCE AGAIN IN EXAMPLES LIKE THE WESTERN
00:14:22 SOMA NEIGHBORS SUING TO BAN BOTH RENTING TO SECTION EIGHT
00:14:26 TENANTS IN ADDITIONAL PCH. WE'RE ALSO SEEING CUTS SIMILAR
00:14:30 TO THE RECESSION OF 20 12 WHERE WE LOST HALF OF OUR DROP INS
00:14:35 IN TWO THIRDS OF OUR SHELTER BEDS ALONG WITH 40 MILLION
00:14:36 IN CUTS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.
00:14:38 >> NEXT SLIDE. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:14:43 SO HERE WE HAVE AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE BED LOSS AT THE START OF
00:14:47 THE LOURY ADMINISTRATION WE HAD 1019 SEMI AND NON CONGREGATE
00:14:51 SHELTER BEDS FOR SINGLE ADULTS BEDS THAT SERVE FOLKS WHO DON'T
00:14:55 DO WELL IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS. >> NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE HERE
00:15:01 IN RED THAT BEDS ARE BEING LOST.
00:15:02 A NEW LOSS OF NEARLY 50% EVEN WHEN YOU ACCOUNT FOR BEDS BEING
00:15:06 ADDED OUT OF A 1019 SEMI CONGREGATE AND NON CONGREGATE
00:15:10 BEDS ONLY 527 WILL BE REMAINING NEXT YEAR.
00:15:16 >> NEXT SLIDE THE LOCAL CONTEXT OF WHAT HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE
00:15:21 FACING IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THREATS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
00:15:22 IS PUTTING FORWARD. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
00:15:25 BEEN ATTACKING EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES LIKE HARM REDUCTION
00:15:28 AND HOUSING FIRST THE 920 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER
00:15:32 HOUSEHOLDS IN SAN FRANCISCO WERE NOTIFIED THEIR SUBSIDY
00:15:36 WILL BE ENDED IN OCTOBER. CONGRESS ADDED FUNDING TO COVER
00:15:39 ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM OR SO.
00:15:43 MEANWHILE, HUD MCKINNEY IS EXPECTED TO CUT ABOUT 25
00:15:46 MILLION IN EXISTING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPERATIONS.
00:15:49 LURIE IS PLANNING ON DECOMMISSIONING IN ABOUT 4PH
00:15:52 SITES AND ABOUT 12,000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE WAITING FOR
00:15:56 HOUSING. >> IT COORDINATED ENTRY SO
00:15:59 AFTER PAINTING THE PICTURE I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
00:16:04 COLLEEN REBECCA OF NRDC. >> HELLO, I'M COLLEEN.
00:16:11 I WORK AT TDC. >> I'M THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY
00:16:15 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND I'M ALSO ON THE
00:16:18 STEERING COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION.
00:16:21 >> AND SO I WANT TO START OFF WITH SOME DEFINITIONS JUST TO
00:16:26 SORT OF GROUND US IN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK
00:16:27 ABOUT HOUSING FIRST AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:16:29 HOUSING WITH HOUSING FIRST, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
00:16:32 HOMELESSNESS ARE CONNECTED TO A STABLE HOME AS QUICKLY AS
00:16:35 POSSIBLE AND WITH THAT STABILITY OF A HOME THE
00:16:39 SERVICES THAT THEY NEED SERVICES THAT CAN REDUCE
00:16:42 NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS, INCREASE INCREASE HEALTH STABILITY,
00:16:45 INCREASE INCOME OR CONNECT TO BENEFITS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL
00:16:49 WITHOUT THE STABILITY OF A HOME.
00:16:50 >> THOSE SERVICES DON'T HAVE A CHANCE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL BUT
00:16:54 WITHIN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THEY DO AND THAT'S PART
00:16:58 OF WHAT HOUSING FIRST MEANS. >> IT'S AN EVIDENCE BASED
00:17:02 PRACTICE THAT IS SUPPORTED ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
00:17:09 AND ALSO ALSO AFFECTS A FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT CAN BE
00:17:13 TAILORED TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF TENANTS WITHIN
00:17:16 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. >> FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
00:17:21 GOVERNMENTS ALL RECOGNIZE THAT HOUSING FIRST IS AN EVIDENCE
00:17:24 BASED PRACTICE AND THERE'S A LARGE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC
00:17:28 AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SPANNING DECADES THAT SHOW
00:17:29 EVIDENCE THAT HOUSING FIRST EFFECTIVELY ENDS HOMELESSNESS.
00:17:32 >> NEXT SLIDE IT'S ALSO HELPFUL TO DO TO DEFINE WHAT PERMANENT
00:17:40 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE
00:17:43 PERMANENT SIDE PERMANENT HOUSING MEANS THAT HOUSING IS
00:17:46 NOT TEMPORARY OR TIME LIMITED. >> IT'S A CORE COMPONENT OF THE
00:17:51 STABILITY NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT TENANTS SERVICES NEEDS CAN BE
00:17:54 MET IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:17:58 TENANTS HAVE LEASES AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS
00:17:59 AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT GO ALONG WITH THOSE LEASES.
00:18:02 >> SUPPORT SERVICES ARE OFFERED ,THEY'RE FLEXIBLE, THEY'RE
00:18:06 TAILORED TO WHAT THE TENANTS NEED AND THEY INCLUDE HEALTH
00:18:09 CARE, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT,
00:18:10 OVERDOSE PREVENTION, CONNECTION TO BENEFITS AND SOCIAL SUPPORTS
00:18:17 AND COMMUNITY BUILDING BETWEEN TENANTS SERVICES ARE VOLUNTEER
00:18:21 AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:18:22 THAT MEANS THAT TENANTS WON'T BE EVICTED FOR REFUSING TO
00:18:25 PARTICIPATE IN SERVICES AND THEY WON'T BE FORCED TO
00:18:29 LEAVE THEIR HOUSING JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
00:18:30 TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN TREATMENT GOALS.
00:18:33 >> PERMANENT PART OF HOUSING WORKS FOR EVEN THE HIGHEST NEED
00:18:38 POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
00:18:41 IT REDUCES EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, HOSPITALIZATIONS,
00:18:42 PSYCHOLOGICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PREVENTS RETURNS
00:18:46 TO HOMELESSNESS FOR TENANTS NEXT IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:18:52 AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA WE'RE SEEING THAT PERMIT SUPPORTIVE
00:18:57 HOUSING OPERATING COSTS SOMETIMES ARE EITHER INCREASING
00:19:00 OR THEY DON'T MEET NEED PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TENANTS ARE
00:19:07 PRIORITIZED BASED ON ACUITY OF HEALTH NEEDS LENGTH OF TIME
00:19:11 HOMELESSNESS AND LEVELS OF TRAUMA.
00:19:17 THE IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT IN OLDER BUILDINGS THE FUNDING
00:19:22 STRUCTURES THAT WORKED DECADES AGO TO FUND SERVICES
00:19:25 AND OPERATIONS HAVEN'T BEEN ADJUSTED FOR CURRENT REALITIES.
00:19:29 >> IT IS OUR MISSION AS PROVIDERS TO SERVE TENANTS WITH
00:19:33 LOW INCOMES AND WITH EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS
00:19:37 AND BARRIERS TO HOUSING STABILITY.
00:19:38 IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE HOUSING FOR THOSE TENANTS WITH
00:19:41 HISTORIES OF TRAUMA AND COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS.
00:19:44 >> THERE COULD BE INCREASED COSTS FOR HIRING AND ESPECIALLY
00:19:48 TRAINED STAFF ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX SERVICE
00:19:49 NEEDS THAT TENANTS HAVE. SOMETIMES THERE'S PROPERTY
00:19:52 DAMAGE AND MAINTENANCE THAT CAN INCREASE INSURANCE COSTS
00:19:57 AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE HIGHER COSTS TO PAY RECRUIT, RETAIN
00:20:00 TRAIN STAFF WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR
00:20:04 TENANTS THAT HAVE COMPLEX NEEDS .
00:20:07 >> IT COSTS MORE TO OPERATE PCH WHEN TENANTS HAVE EXPERIENCED
00:20:11 REALLY COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS AND THE TRAUMA OF BEING ON THE
00:20:12 STREETS LIKE THE RESULTS OF THE UNDERFUNDING OF PERMANENT
00:20:23 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPERATIONS ARE FELT BY TENANTS, THEY'RE
00:20:31 FELT BY COMMUNITIES AND THEY'RE FELT BY HOUSING PROVIDERS
00:20:34 IN SOME PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
00:20:35 >> THE COST TO OPERATE A UNIT ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THE OPERATING
00:20:39 SUBSIDY AND SERVICE SUBSIDIES THAT ARE PROVIDED.
00:20:42 >> DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS
00:20:46 A HOMELESS INTERVENTION STRATEGY IS WIDELY, WIDELY
00:20:50 SUCCESSFUL BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON THE REALITY THAT
00:20:51 THE IMPACTS OF UNDERFUNDING ARE VERY SERIOUS AND THESE IMPACTS
00:20:58 CAN BE PREVENTED WITH ADEQUATE INVESTMENT BUT PERMANENT
00:21:02 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEFICITS CAN LEAD TO NEGATIVE OUTCOMES FOR
00:21:03 TENANTS LIKE MOVE OUTS, RENTAL ARREARS AND RETURNS TO
00:21:06 HOMELESSNESS. >> OPERATING DEFICITS CAN ALSO
00:21:10 LEAD TO CHALLENGES FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:21:13 STAFF IN THE FORM OF TURNOVER BURNOUT, INADEQUATE PAY THEY
00:21:16 LEAD TO FINANCIAL INSTABILITY FOR HOUSING PROVIDERS WITH THE
00:21:22 NEED TO SELF-FUND DEFICITS FROM ORGANIZATIONAL RESERVES
00:21:25 AND THEY CAN LEAD TO THE EROSION OF PUBLIC TRUST
00:21:29 IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NOT BECAUSE THE MODEL DOESN'T
00:21:30 WORK BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ADEQUATE RESOURCE TO BE
00:21:33 SUCCESSFUL AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO JENNY BY BUT I
00:21:40 WILL BE BACK. ALL RIGHT.
00:21:48 >> SO WE WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT MODELING
00:21:52 AND BASICALLY THESE ARE THIS IS SCIENCE THAT IS HAPPENING
00:21:56 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF DO EXAMPLES OF
00:22:00 HOW A GOOD A GOOD SYSTEM WILL WORK OR NOT WORK.
00:22:04 >> AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE OUR CURRENT
00:22:07 PREVENTION INVESTMENTS ARE STILL FALLING SHORT.
00:22:10 BUT IF WE WERE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WAS FOCUSING ON INFLOW,
00:22:15 WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS WE WOULD HAVE LESS HOMELESSNESS,
00:22:16 WE'D HAVE A SMALLER SHELTER POPULATION, WE'D HAVE A SMALLER
00:22:19 STREET POPULATION AND FEWER UNITS WOULD BE NEEDED TO SOLVE
00:22:22 HOMELESSNESS. BUT TODAY FOR EVERY ONE
00:22:26 HOMELESS PERSON HOUSED THREE BECOME HOMELESS ACCORDING TO
00:22:27 THE LAST POINT IN TIME COUNT NEXT SLIDE THIS NEXT PIECE IS
00:22:34 JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A SHELTER FOCUS.
00:22:34 SO WITH THE SHELTER FOCUS IF WE YOU KNOW WE PUT ALL OUR EGGS
00:22:38 IN THE BASKET IN SHELTERS LET'S SAY THE BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS
00:22:45 THE FIRST YEAR IS YOU SEE A REALLY SHARP DECLINE IN THE
00:22:49 NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
00:22:50 SO YOU SEE THIS SHORT TERM SUCCESS.
00:22:52 BUT THEN THE SECOND YEAR WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO THE
00:22:53 MODELING IS THE HOMELESS POPULATION ON THE STREET
00:22:56 BALLOONS, SHELTERS BECOME LESS EFFICIENT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
00:23:00 TURNING OVER. AND SO YOU WANT A SYSTEM WHERE
00:23:01 THE SHELTERS ARE TURNING OVER RAPIDLY.
00:23:04 WHY? BECAUSE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF
00:23:05 SHELTER ARE STILL BAD AND ALSO BECAUSE SHELTERS IN SAN
00:23:08 FRANCISCO IF YOU COMPARE IT TO A SCATTER SITE SUBSIDY FOR
00:23:12 EXAMPLE COST THE SAME. >> AND SO NEXT SLIDE.
00:23:18 SO THIS NEXT PIECE IS WHEN YOU DO A DEEP INVESTMENT IN HOUSING
00:23:20 AND AGAIN THIS CONCEPT OF ALL YOUR EGGS IN A BASKET IN THAT
00:23:24 SITUATION YOU HAVE A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM.
00:23:27 WHY? BECAUSE THE SHELTER BEDS TURN
00:23:28 OVER YOU KNOW, YOU START SEEING THOSE TURNOVERS UP OVER SEVEN
00:23:33 TIMES A YEAR AND YOU BASICALLY HAVE A STREET POPULATION THAT
00:23:38 STAYS SMALL OR YOU HAVE A SHELTER POPULATION WHERE YOU'RE
00:23:43 VERY BRIEFLY IN SHELTER AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE
00:23:45 OVER INTO HOUSING AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY CONSIDER SO THE MOST
00:23:46 EFFICIENT SYSTEMS PAY FOR A DEEP INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION
00:23:51 WITH A DEEP INVESTMENT IN HOUSING.
00:23:54 >> NEXT SLIDE. >> SO YOU KNOW, WE TALKED
00:23:58 EARLIER ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTTING HOUSING,
00:24:01 DRIVING HOMELESSNESS UP IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:24:02 WE GOT KIND OF TIRED OF IT, RIGHT?
00:24:06 WE WERE LIKE HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS INTO OUR OWN
00:24:07 HANDS. SO WE PASSED AN INITIATIVE
00:24:10 IN 2018 CALLED OUR CITY OUR HOME.
00:24:13 IT FAR SURPASSED WHAT WE PROMISED VOTERS THERE HAS BEEN
00:24:17 HICCUPS THOUGH THE MEASURE WAS HELD UP IN COURT FOR TWO YEARS.
00:24:18 THE WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC HIT, REVENUE FELL BUT NOW IT'S BACK
00:24:21 UP AND IT CREATES THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
00:24:25 >> NEXT SLIDE. SO WHILE WE PROMISED VOTERS
00:24:28 4000 UNITS, WE'VE ADDED 5620 UNITS OVER 8000 420 PEOPLE HAVE
00:24:34 BEEN HOUSED IN OVER. >> THIS IS THE REALLY EXCITING
00:24:40 PART 2800 CHILDREN SO REALLY IMPORTANT OVER 31,000
00:24:44 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED PREVENTION SERVICES 82%
00:24:47 POSITIVE OUTCOMES 33,000 CLIENTS RECEIVE BEHAVIORAL
00:24:50 HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND I
00:24:54 THINK SUPERVISOR DORSEY WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS 444 TREATMENT
00:24:57 BEDS ADDED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
00:25:01 PROPERTY FUNDING IS MEN OVER 4000 PEOPLE BEEN ABLE TO GET BE
00:25:04 SHELTERED AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO NEW INNOVATIVE STUFF LIKE TINY
00:25:07 HOMES AND NON CONGREGATE. NEXT SLIDE HAS HOMELESSNESS
00:25:11 BEEN SOLVED? NO.
00:25:12 WE WERE CAREFUL NOT TO PROMISE THAT SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE
00:25:15 DONE SIMILAR LOCAL REVENUE INITIATIVES LIKE LA SANTA CLARA
00:25:16 COUNTY BUT IF YOU COMPARE TO OTHER WEST COAST CITIES
00:25:22 AND REMEMBER HOMELESSNESS IS UP ON THE WEST COAST.
00:25:24 WHY? BECAUSE OF RISING RENTS WRITE
00:25:26 DIRECT CORRELATION. >> SO IF YOU COMPARE TO OTHER
00:25:30 WEST COAST CITIES WHO HAVE ALSO SUFFERED FROM RISING RENTS WHO
00:25:33 HAVE NOT DONE A LOCAL REVENUE MEASURE, YOU SEE A WILD
00:25:37 DIFFERENCE. SO IN 2022 COMING OUT OF THE
00:25:38 PANDEMIC, PORTLAND SAW A 20% INCREASE IN THEIR HOMELESS
00:25:42 POPULATION SAN DIEGO SAW 22% AND THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:25:45 POPULATION DECREASED IN 20 24. >> IN THE PANDEMIC PANDEMIC
00:25:49 RECOVERY, S.F. SAW A MODEST 7% INCREASE FROM 2022 WHILE
00:25:56 PORTLAND SAW A 67% INCREASE. SAN DIEGO A 26% INCREASE.
00:26:00 NEXT SLIDE. SO HOMELESSNESS IS SOLVABLE.
00:26:04 >> YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE SMART.
00:26:05 YOU GOT TO EXPAND WHAT'S WORKING AND YOU HAVE TO HEAR
00:26:08 FROM HOMELESS PEOPLE FIRST AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU
00:26:09 KNOW WHAT WORKS FOR THEM. AND SO FIRST WE WANT TO
00:26:14 MAXIMIZE THE POLICY REVENUE. WE ALSO NEED TO PROTECT AGAINST
00:26:18 TRUMP CUTS EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS WERE A HUGE SUCCESS.
00:26:21 BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING CUT.
00:26:24 >> PCH HAS A 97% SUCCESS RATE BUT IT'S UNDERFUNDED.
00:26:28 WE NEED TO ADDRESS CHRONIC PCH UNDERFUNDING.
00:26:31 >> NEXT SLIDE SO WE COULD USE PROP C REVENUE TODAY WITH OUR
00:26:35 REVENUE TO EXPAND 500 NEW OUTCOME DRIVEN HOUSING
00:26:39 SUBSIDIES FOR FAMILIES, FAMILIES AND SRO YOUTH SENIORS,
00:26:42 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND ADULTS.
00:26:43 >> NEXT SLIDE WE CAN USE A SMALL PORTION OF THE $400
00:26:48 MILLION FEDERAL RESERVE YOU GUYS VERY INTELLIGENTLY PUT
00:26:50 ASIDE LAST YEAR IN ANTICIPATION AND KEEP SAN FRANCISCANS WHO
00:26:53 ARE LOSING THEIR HOUSING SUBSIDIES IN THEIR HOMES.
00:26:57 THESE ARE ALL REALLY SMART RESULTS ORIENTED SOLUTIONS FOR
00:26:58 SAN FRANCISCO AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUT I'M GOING TO
00:27:02 TURN IT BACK TO COLLEEN. >> SO ONE OF OUR
00:27:11 RECOMMENDATIONS ACTIONS IS ADDRESSING THE CHRONIC
00:27:13 UNDERFUNDING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND WE CAN
00:27:16 DO THAT THIS YEAR. THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS
00:27:19 FULLY FUNDING THE ANNUAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS INCREASES
00:27:23 THAT ARE EQUIVALENT TO ACTUAL COST INCREASES SO THAT WE
00:27:27 AREN'T SEEING ANY MORE THE OPERATING DEFICITS WE CAN
00:27:34 ELIMINATE THE WE CAN ELIMINATE OPERATING DEFICITS FOR OUR
00:27:38 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS BY RIGHTSIZING SUBSIDY
00:27:39 LEVELS FOR ALL UNITS WITH OPERATING DEFICITS AND THAT CAN
00:27:42 CREATE SOME OF THOSE BETTER OUTCOMES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
00:27:46 EARLIER. >> THE THIRD THING IS UTILIZING
00:27:49 HEALTH CARE FUNDING FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THROUGH A
00:27:53 COORDINATED STRATEGIC APPROACH THAT INCLUDES HOUSING PROVIDERS
00:27:56 ,ALLOW MEDICAID BILLING FOR TENANCY SUSTAINING SERVICES FOR
00:27:59 ALL TENANTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID WHETHER THEY WERE
00:28:01 REFERRED INTO THEIR UNIT THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY OR
00:28:04 ANOTHER REFERRAL SOURCE. >> WE MUST LEVERAGE ALL SYSTEMS
00:28:07 THAT EXIST TO EXPAND SERVICES FOR THIS AGE TENANTS AND FOR
00:28:11 TENANTS WHO ARE VULNERABLE BUT DIDN'T ENTER THROUGH HOUSING
00:28:14 THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY AND THERE WAS NOT IN OTHER
00:28:19 SLIDE BUT JUST HAVE A CONCLUSORY CONCLUDING STATEMENT
00:28:22 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND RESPONDING WITH SOLUTIONS
00:28:24 THAT CREATE LONG TERM STABILITY IS A KEY POLICY PRIORITY FOR
00:28:27 SAN FRANCISCO. >> WE FACE DIFFICULT CHOICES
00:28:31 THIS YEAR BUT THESE CHOICES REPRESENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
00:28:34 POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS TO COME.
00:28:38 INVESTMENTS IN SOLUTIONS ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN USING
00:28:42 OUR JAILS, EMERGENCY ROOMS AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS AS OUR
00:28:45 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. >> PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:28:47 CAN PROVIDE THE STABILITY AND COST SAVINGS IN THE LONG
00:28:50 RUN BUT ONLY IF IT'S SUFFICIENTLY RESOURCED.
00:28:53 WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS THIS YEAR THAT SUFFICIENTLY RESOURCED
00:28:57 THESE VITAL SYSTEMS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK TO MAKE THEM
00:28:58 SUCCESSFUL. >> THANK YOU.
00:29:03 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JENNIFER.
00:29:08 THANK YOU, COLLEEN. NOW MAY I HAVE THE HIS BUDGET
00:29:09 OFFICE DIRECTOR SOPHIA KELLER. >> THANK YOU.
00:29:18 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
00:29:19 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN FOR HAVING
00:29:22 ME. MY NAME IS SOPHIA HITLER.
00:29:23 I AM THE MAYOR'S DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET.
00:29:30 I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY.
00:29:31 I THINK MY ROLE IS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR
00:29:35 BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO HOMELESSNESS WRIT
00:29:37 LARGE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN PARTICULAR.
00:29:41 >> SO IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL WE ASKED FOR THE
00:29:45 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT A
00:29:48 FINANCIAL LEVEL TO HELP US FIND $4 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND
00:29:51 SAVINGS IN THEIR PROPOSAL. THEY DID SO BY MOVING BY BY
00:29:58 KIND OF DOING A SOURCE SWAP TO FREE UP A GENERAL FUND FOR US
00:30:02 WITHOUT ANY SERVICE IMPACTS. >> THE OTHER THING WE HAD KIND
00:30:06 OF ASKED ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO DO WAS TO COMB THROUGH A
00:30:10 NUMBER OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND FIND THINGS THAT ARE NOT
00:30:13 CORE TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAVE BEEN AN ONGOING
00:30:14 DIALOG WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS TO WHICH OF THOSE THINGS MIGHT
00:30:21 FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY AND I THINK THAT THEY WILL TALK ABOUT
00:30:22 THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. THINGS THAT THEY HAD SAID THIS
00:30:25 MIGHT NOT BE CORE TO OUR SERVICES AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT
00:30:28 DISAGREE AND MAY ADD THOSE THINGS BACK.
00:30:29 THOSE ARE ACTUALLY NOT BUDGET IMPACTS SO MUCH AS CONTRACT
00:30:33 REALIGNMENTS IN GENERAL TRYING TO ANTICIPATE SOME QUESTIONS.
00:30:39 >> SO FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN ANY TIME WE ARE NOT AT THIS POINT
00:30:43 ASSUMING THAT WE WILL NEED AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEEK
00:30:45 OUT AN ADDITIONAL REARRANGEMENT OF PROP C BUCKETS FOR LACK OF A
00:30:50 MORE TECHNICAL TERM. >> WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE
00:30:54 AND VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THIS BODY GRANTED US IN THIS
00:30:57 UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR THE ABILITY TO MOVE $19 MILLION
00:31:00 ACROSS DIFFERENT FUNDS. WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE TAKING
00:31:04 ADVANTAGE OF THAT BUT WE DO NOT BELIEVE WE WILL BE SEEKING
00:31:05 ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. AND THEN A FEW THINGS ON JUST
00:31:08 KIND OF LIKE PRINCIPLES OF HOW WE ARE APPROACHING THE
00:31:12 HOMELESSNESS BUDGET AND AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND REALLY WALK A
00:31:16 LINE IN LIKE BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS VERSUS LIKE POLICY
00:31:19 BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE THE EXPERTS ON ON THE POLICY AND I
00:31:23 WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
00:31:24 >> ONE THING THAT I THINK WE ACTUALLY THAT RESONATE A LOT
00:31:27 FROM THE PRESENTATIONS FROM BOTH THE TURNER CENTER AND THE
00:31:30 PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PERMANENT
00:31:33 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PORTFOLIO THE EFFECTS OF THAT LONG TERM
00:31:37 UNDERFUNDING I THINK THE CITY CAN BE REALLY PROUD OF THE
00:31:38 CAPACITY THAT IT HAS BUILT AND BROUGHT ONLINE OVER THE
00:31:42 LAST TEN YEARS. >> BUT THAT EMPHASIS ON
00:31:45 CAPACITY INCREASE HAS KIND OF STRETCHED OUR PROVIDERS REALLY,
00:31:49 REALLY THIN AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS WE LOOK THROUGH
00:31:50 THAT IS IN A MOMENT WHERE WE WILL HAVE INCREASED PROP C
00:31:57 REVENUE. >> HOW DO WE NOT CONTINUE
00:32:00 DOUBLING DOWN ON CAPACITY BUT RATHER STARTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW
00:32:02 TO STABILIZE OUR PROVIDERS, HOW TO STABILIZE THE NETWORK
00:32:05 AND HOW TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS INTO PLACES WHERE THEY THE
00:32:10 BUILDING ITSELF HAS THE APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS AND HAS
00:32:13 THE APPROPRIATE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE THE
00:32:14 PEOPLE IT NEEDS. >> SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
00:32:17 POLICY ISSUES WE ARE WORKING THROUGH.
00:32:20 >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
00:32:21 WE ARE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE SEEN MY MY FLOW CHARTS OF WHERE WE
00:32:25 ARE IN THE BUDGET. WE ARE WE ARE KIND OF WORKING
00:32:29 THROUGH WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WE WE
00:32:31 LOOK FORWARD TO BRING YOU A FINAL BUDGET ON JUNE 1ST BUT
00:32:33 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
00:32:35 >> THANK YOU. THERE ARE KILLER I DO HAVE A
00:32:37 FEW QUESTIONS WHAT IS YOUR PLAN AND AS PAY RECOMMENDATIONS AS
00:32:44 FOR OUR CITY, OUR HOME FUNDS INCLUDING THE 500 ADDITIONAL
00:32:46 HOUSING SUBSIDY FOR SENIORS AND ADULT WE ARE STILL
00:32:50 EVALUATING THOSE PROPOSALS IN GENERAL I THINK A SUBSIDY
00:32:55 LIKE SUBSIDY BASED HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IS
00:32:59 REALLY USEFUL FOR AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF SHRINKING BY BRINGING
00:33:03 ON AN ADDITIONAL ASSETS. I THINK LOOKING AT THE FULL
00:33:07 SPECTRUM OF OF FLEX POOL THINKING ABOUT HOW WE BACKFILL
00:33:12 YOU KNOW, ANY THREATS TO EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS OR
00:33:17 ANY OTHER CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING IS SOMETHING THAT'S
00:33:18 REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
00:33:22 AGAIN WITHOUT BRINGING ON A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS
00:33:25 THAT WE CANNOT MAINTAIN TO ADD TO THAT AND AGAIN ALL OF FOR
00:33:29 DELIBERATION RIGHT NOW I THINK THE EMPHASIS ON T AND FAMILY
00:33:36 IN PARTICULAR IS SOMETHING THAT HAS THAT REALLY FAMILIES
00:33:39 IN PARTICULAR HAS REALLY KIND OF ALIGNED WITH OUR PUSH ON
00:33:41 LARGE VEHICLES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE FAMILIES
00:33:44 OUT OF OUT OF LARGE VEHICLES WHERE THEY WE HAVE HEARD YOU
00:33:48 KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE
00:33:52 IN SHELTERS. >> THEY DO NOT FIND SHELTERS TO
00:33:53 BE SAFE. SO IT IS A RATIONAL DECISION TO
00:33:55 TRY AND STAY IN A PLACE LIKE A LARGE VEHICLE AND WE WANT TO
00:33:59 MOVE THEM OUT OF THOSE SPACES AND INTO A SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
00:34:03 GREAT. >> YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE
00:34:07 ARE NOT SEEKING ADDITIONAL POP C MONEY AT THIS TIME AT THE
00:34:11 TIMES. >> SO IS THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE
00:34:14 PLANNING TO HONOR THE SPENDING CATEGORY AND POP IN PEPSI AT
00:34:18 THIS POINT WE DO NOT THAT THAT IS OUR MY CURRENT PLAN IF
00:34:22 NOTHING IS DONE UNTIL I INTRODUCE THE BUDGET.
00:34:24 >> GREAT. THANK.
00:34:26 >> I'M ALSO AWARE OF A BUDGET REQUEST TO BACK ALL THE
00:34:29 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS AND HOW IS THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
00:34:31 OFFICE THINKING ABOUT THIS REQUEST?
00:34:34 >> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
00:34:37 >> WE HAD STARTED TO THINK ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR ACTUALLY
00:34:38 WHEN WHEN THE FIRST KIND OF HIT CAME THROUGH AND THE DEPARTMENT
00:34:41 WAS INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE AND WORKED VERY QUICKLY TO COME
00:34:44 UP WITH A POOL FOR WHEN I BELIEVE WE EXPECT A NUMBER OF
00:34:49 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS TO FALL OFF IN DECEMBER OF 20 26,
00:34:52 I CANDIDLY HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE
00:34:56 MYSELF IN A FEW WEEKS SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE STAND RIGHT
00:35:00 NOW BUT IT IS A PRIORITY TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED I WOULD SAY
00:35:04 FROM A BUDGET PRINCIPLES PERSPECTIVE MAKING SURE THAT
00:35:07 THAT PEOPLE MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING PARTICULARLY PEOPLE
00:35:08 WITHIN OUR SYSTEM IS A PRIORITY FOR US.
00:35:12 >> THANK YOU. AND I ALSO HEARD I IN TERMS OF
00:35:15 MY LONG TERM INVESTMENT OUR PLAN IS TO STABILIZE THE
00:35:19 CURRENT PROVIDERS NOT TO EXPAND CAPACITY BESIDES THIS TO YOU
00:35:23 KNOW IS THERE OTHER CREATIVE WAY ANY NEW INITIATIVE, NEW
00:35:27 INITIATIVE THAT YOU ARE IN THE WAY OF PLANNING THINKING FOR
00:35:31 THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND IF THERE ARE ANY NEW INITIATIVE,
00:35:34 HOW MUCH WOULD THAT COST AND HOW WOULD THEY YOU KNOW,
00:35:38 HOW WOULD YOU FOR FUNDED WE LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THAT
00:35:41 WHEN WE INTRODUCE A FINAL BUDGET.
00:35:42 THANK YOU FOR AND I SEE SUPERVISOR WALTON I ALSO HAVE A
00:35:49 QUESTION FOR YOU A DOCTOR KILLER THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:35:50 SUPERVISOR PARDON ME DIRECTOR KILLER JUST WORKED WITH THE
00:35:56 AVAILABILITY OF PRIVACY DOLLARS.
00:35:57 >> I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE ASKING OR THE DEPARTMENT
00:36:04 IS HAVING TO INCLUDE A $10 MILLION DECREASE.
00:36:08 SO I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THEM IS NOT A DECREASE
00:36:12 IN THEIR OVERALL BUDGET. >> IT WAS A DECREASE IN THEIR
00:36:13 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT AND SO WHAT THAT IS IS AN INCREASE
00:36:16 IN PROP C AND A DECREASE IN THE RELIANCE ON THE GENERAL FUND
00:36:20 WHICH FREES UP GENERAL FUND MONEY FOR OUR OTHER PRIORITIES
00:36:22 . RIGHT.
00:36:23 SO WHY DO THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP $2 MILLION?
00:36:26 >> I THINK THAT THEY ARE IT IS A COLOR OF MONEY QUESTION.
00:36:30 I DON'T THINK THEY COULD NOT GIVE UP DOLLARS BUT THEN WE
00:36:34 WOULD NEED TO FIND THAT $10 MILLION ELSEWHERE.
00:36:35 >> AND ONE THING THAT PROP C AND THE LARGE INCREASE
00:36:38 IN REVENUES THAT WE ARE SEEING PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR AFFORDS
00:36:42 US IS THE ABILITY TO SHIFT SOURCES FOR PROGRAMING IN THE
00:36:45 DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT HAVING A SERVICE PROBLEM AND SO THAT
00:36:49 ALLOWS US TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE SO
00:36:53 THAT WE DON'T NEED TO CUT AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION IN A
00:36:54 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. BUT WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE
00:36:58 IN PROPERTY. WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE
00:36:59 IN PERHAPS A YES. >> OKAY.
00:37:01 I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT I HAVE TO GIVE UP TO SO
00:37:04 IT'S LIKE I'M GOING TO DO A SHODDY JOB.
00:37:08 BUT IF YOU SAY THAT LIKE THIS IS WHAT THEIR BUDGET WAS LAST
00:37:09 YEAR AND THIS IS PROPERTY AND THIS IS GENERAL FUND RIGHT
00:37:12 AND EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH
00:37:16 MORE PROP C THAT WE CAN BRING DOWN THE GENERAL FUND WITHOUT
00:37:20 THE TOTAL AMOUNT GOING DOWN AND SO THAT BASICALLY THEY ARE
00:37:23 REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND FUNDING BY USING A SMALL
00:37:27 PORTION OF THE ADDITIONAL PROP C REVENUE SO THAT WE MAINTAIN
00:37:31 ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAD BEFORE BUT FREE UP ADDITIONAL
00:37:35 MONEY FOR OH JUDY'S WORKFORCE FOR AGENCIES FOOD PROGRAMING SO
00:37:39 THAT WE CAN KIND OF NOT HAVE TO CUT THAT SAME MONEY ELSEWHERE
00:37:43 WHEN WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN HHS.
00:37:47 >> SO IT'S A POLICY CHOICE. IT IS A POLICY CHOICE AND THE
00:37:50 IDEA IS TO PRESERVE SERVICES AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE AND THAT
00:37:54 WOULD ALLOW US TO PRESERVE ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN OTHER
00:37:55 DEPARTMENTS. >> THANK YOU.
00:37:57 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KILLER.
00:38:01 MAY I NOW HAVE DIRECTOR SHEREEN MCSPADDEN FROM DEPARTMENT OF
00:38:06 HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
00:38:14 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
00:38:18 SHEREEN MCSPADDEN THE EXEC I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
00:38:23 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
00:38:24 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU
00:38:27 TODAY AND UPDATE YOU ON THE H. S H BUDGET PROPOSAL AND OUR
00:38:30 WORK. SO THIS BUDGET IS ORGANIZED
00:38:35 AROUND A SIMPLE BUT URGENT GOAL BREAKING THE CYCLE OF
00:38:39 HOMELESSNESS BY MOVING PEOPLE MORE QUICKLY FROM THE STREETS
00:38:43 INTO EFFECTIVE CARE AND THEN INTO STABLE EXITS THAT CAN BE
00:38:46 SUSTAINED OVER TIME. THAT MEANS WE ARE FOCUSED ON
00:38:50 CORE STRATEGIES FIRST REDUCING SYSTEM INFLOW BY STRENGTHENING
00:38:54 PREVENTION, PROBLEM SOLVING AND EARLY INTERVENTIONS SO
00:38:57 FEWER PEOPLE ENTER HOMELESSNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:38:59 SECOND, ACCELERATING STREET TO CARE BY IMPROVING OUTREACH,
00:39:02 SHELTER ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS TO HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:39:06 AND RECOVERY SUPPORTS AND THIRD, ACCELERATING CARE TO
00:39:10 EXIT BY MAKING SURE SHELTER AND HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE NOT
00:39:13 JUST PLACES PEOPLE STAY BUT PATHWAYS TO STABILITY
00:39:18 UNDERNEATH. >> ALL OF THIS IS A FOURTH
00:39:21 PRIORITY STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEM AND OUR FINANCES.
00:39:24 SO GIVEN THE CITY'S BUDGET CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO BE
00:39:25 DISCIPLINED ABOUT INVESTING IN WHAT WORKS, IMPROVING WHAT
00:39:29 IS UNDERPERFORMING AND ENSURING EVERY DOLLAR IS TIED TO BETTER
00:39:32 OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS AND FOR THE
00:39:37 CITY AS A WHOLE. THIS SLIDE HERE HIGHLIGHTS
00:39:40 SEVERAL PLACES WHERE THE PROPOSED BUDGET PROTECTS CORE
00:39:44 SERVICES AND CONTINUES TARGETED INVESTMENT EVEN IN A VERY
00:39:48 CONSTRAINED FISCAL ENVIRONMENT .
00:39:52 FIRST WE ARE MAINTAINING KEY INVESTMENTS FOR FAMILIES
00:39:53 AND YOUNG ADULTS INCLUDING THE MULTIYEAR EXPANSION OF
00:39:56 SCATTERED SITE HOUSING THROUGH OUR CITY, OUR HOME.
00:39:59 THE BUDGET ALSO PRESERVES PREVENTION AND HOUSING
00:40:03 INVESTMENTS INCLUDING RAPID REHOUSING, SHALLOW SUBSIDIES
00:40:07 AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TIED TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:40:10 COMING ONLINE THROUGH THE MOST NEED PIPELINE.
00:40:12 SECOND, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE CLAIM REVENUE FOR
00:40:15 HOUSING NAVIGATION TENANCY SUPPORT AND HOUSING DEPOSITS
00:40:19 AND WE'RE ADDING TARGETED INVESTMENTS LIKE TRANSITIONAL
00:40:23 RENT TO HELP CLIENTS BRIDGE INTO HOUSING AS WELL AS MEDICAL
00:40:27 RESPITE RESOURCES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
00:40:28 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIRD, THE BUDGET FUNDS KNOWN
00:40:31 COST INCREASES FOR LOSS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
00:40:35 AND PROVIDES A MODEST COST OF DOING BUSINESS INCREASE FOR
00:40:39 COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDERS 1.4% IN YEAR ONE AND 3% IN YEAR TWO.
00:40:45 FINALLY WE ARE SUSTAINING SHELTER CAPACITY BY FINDING
00:40:49 OTHER CONTRACTOR REDUCTIONS AND IN AND INTERNAL
00:40:50 EFFICIENCIES. THIS BUDGET DOES NOT DO
00:40:53 EVERYTHING WE WOULD WANT BUT IT PROTECTS THE BACKBONE OF THE
00:40:56 SYSTEM WHILE ADVANCING INVESTMENTS THAT HELP PEOPLE
00:40:58 MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS TO STABILITY.
00:41:03 THIS SLIDE PROVIDES HIGH LEVEL THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF
00:41:07 SAGE'S PROPOSED 26 TO 28 BUDGET OVERALL, THE DEPARTMENT IS
00:41:13 PROJECTING A DECREASE OF ABOUT 7% IN THE FIRST YEAR FROM 785.6
00:41:21 MILLION TO 728 MILLION AND IN ADDITIONAL DECREASE OF ABOUT
00:41:24 2.5% IN THE SECOND YEAR. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
00:41:25 MAJORITY OF THIS CHANGE IS DRIVEN BY REVENUE SHIFTS
00:41:30 PARTICULARLY THE PLANNED SPEND DOWN OR LOSS OF ONE TIME
00:41:33 SOURCES LIKE PROP C FUND BALANCE AND STATE GRANTS NOT A
00:41:37 PROPORTIONAL REDUCTION IN SERVICES ON THE GENERAL FUND
00:41:41 SIDE WE WERE DECREASING BY ABOUT $9.1 MILLION IN YEAR ONE
00:41:47 LARGELY BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO OFFSET GENERAL FUND COSTS WITH
00:41:51 NEW REVENUE INCLUDING KALLUM KELLY RELATED FUNDING AND IN
00:41:55 YEAR TWO THE GENERAL FUND INCREASES BACK TOWARD A MORE
00:41:58 LEVEL BASE AS THOSE ONE TIME OFFSETS ROLL OFF.
00:42:02 WE WERE PROUD THAT THIS PROPOSAL MEETS THE MAYOR'S
00:42:03 BUDGET TARGETS WHILE MAINTAINING CRITICAL SERVICES
00:42:07 ACROSS THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
00:42:10 TO DO THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING REVENUE AGGRESSIVELY
00:42:11 REALLOCATING COSTS WHERE APPROPRIATE AND IDENTIFYING
00:42:15 EFFICIENCIES SO WE CAN PROTECT SHELTER, HOUSING PREVENTION
00:42:18 AND CORE OPERATIONS IN A VERY CHALLENGING BUDGET ENVIRONMENT
00:42:23 . THIS SLIDE SHOWS HHS PROPOSED
00:42:28 BUDGET BY EXPENDITURE CATEGORY INCLUDING GRANTS, PROGRAMMATIC
00:42:32 PROJECTS, SALARIES AND BENEFITS, PROFESSIONAL
00:42:35 SERVICES, INTERDEPARTMENTAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS
00:42:36 AND SUPPLIES. A FEW IMPORTANT POINTS TO
00:42:40 HIGHLIGHT. FIRST, THE DECREASE SHOWN
00:42:43 IN GRANTS DOES NOT REPRESENT A STRAIGHT REDUCTION TO SERVICES
00:42:46 AT ABOUT ABOUT $14 MILLION OF THE YEAR.
00:42:50 ONE CHANGE IS A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT SHIFTING CERTAIN
00:42:53 CITY OWNED AND LEASED SIDE AGREEMENTS FROM GRANTS TO
00:42:54 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BASED ON GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY
00:42:58 ATTORNEY. THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A
00:43:01 CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
00:43:02 >> SECOND, THE REMAINING CHANGES IN GRANTS
00:43:05 AND PROGRAMMATIC PROJECTS ARE LARGELY TIED TO REVENUE CHANGES
00:43:09 INCLUDING THE PLANNED SPEND DOWN OF ONE TIME STATE FUNDING
00:43:12 AND TECHNICAL TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS RELATED TO CALLING
00:43:15 EXPENDITURES SALARIES AND BENEFITS INCREASE MODESTLY
00:43:19 DUE TO MANDATORY SALARY AND FRINGE COST INCREASES.
00:43:23 INTERDEPARTMENTAL SERVICES ALSO INCREASE SLIGHTLY DRIVEN BY
00:43:27 CITYWIDE WORK ORDER COSTS FOR SERVICES LIKE TECHNOLOGY
00:43:31 AND HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS WITH DISPATCH.
00:43:32 OVERALL, THIS SLIDE REFLECTS A BUDGET SHAPED BY REVENUE SHIFTS
00:43:35 TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND FIXED COST INCREASES NOT A
00:43:39 WHOLESALE REDUCTION IN THE CORE SERVICE SYSTEM.
00:43:45 AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW HHS PROPOSED BUDGET IS PROGRAM BY
00:43:49 SERVICE AREA ACROSS THE TWO BUDGET YEARS.
00:43:50 THE OVERALL PICTURE IS STEADY. THE MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING
00:43:53 CONTINUES TO BE INVESTED IN HOUSING WITH THE NEXT
00:43:56 LARGEST SHARE SUPPORTING SHELTER IN CRISIS INTERVENTIONS
00:43:59 THAT REFLECTS THE CORE STRUCTURE OF THE HOMELESSNESS
00:44:03 RESPONSE SYSTEM HELPING PEOPLE MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO
00:44:05 SAFE STABLE HOUSING WHILE MAINTAINING THE EMERGENCY
00:44:08 SHELTER AND CRISIS RESPONSE CAPACITY NEEDED TO MEET
00:44:12 IMMEDIATE NEEDS. >> YOU WILL SEE SOME SLIGHT
00:44:16 SHIFTS BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS. THOSE ARE LARGELY DUE TO ONE
00:44:19 TIME BREAKING THE CYCLE INTERIM SHELTER FUNDS THAT ARE INCLUDED
00:44:23 IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND THEN FALL OFF IN 2728.
00:44:26 AT THIS POINT THOSE SHIFTS DO NOT REFLECT A PLANNED SERVICE
00:44:30 CHANGE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE
00:44:32 IT IS NOT SHOWN DIRECTLY ON THIS SLIDE, ROUGHLY 12% OF OUR
00:44:35 PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS SUPPORT YOUNG ADULTS
00:44:39 AND ROUGHLY 12% SUPPORT FAMILIES.
00:44:42 WHEN EACH SAGE WAS CREATED THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE CLOSER
00:44:45 TO 6% FOR EACH POPULATION. >> THAT GROWTH REFLECTS THE
00:44:49 IMPACT OF OUR CITY, OUR HOME FUNDING AND OUR CONTINUED FOCUS
00:44:51 ON PREVENTING AND ENDING FAMILY AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
00:44:54 FINALLY, THESE NUMBERS DO NOT YET REFLECT THE TRANSITION OF
00:44:58 OUTREACH FUNCTIONS TO WHICH I WILL DISCUSS LATER IN THE
00:45:01 PRESENTATION. >> UNLIKE IN PREVIOUS YEARS OUR
00:45:09 DEPARTMENTS SUBMISSION DOES INCLUDE OUR PROPOSAL FOR USING
00:45:13 ACO FUNDS. THIS SLIDE GIVES A REMINDER OF
00:45:16 WHEN THIS PASSED AND POSED HOMELESSNESS GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
00:45:20 WITH REVENUE DEDICATED TO INCREASING HOUSING PREVENTION
00:45:21 AND SERVICES FOR FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND I
00:45:25 KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THAT YOU CAN SEE TAX CODE
00:45:29 REQUIRES REVENUE TO BE ALLOCATED IN CERTAIN FORMULA
00:45:32 WITH AT LEAST 50% TOWARD PERMANENT HOUSING, 25% TOWARD
00:45:37 MENTAL HEALTH AND A FEW CAPS 15% FOR PREVENTION AND 10% FOR
00:45:42 SHELTER AND HYGIENE. >> AND THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES H
00:45:46 PROPOSED OUR CITY OUR HOME BUDGET.
00:45:50 THE MAIN POINT IS THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAINTAINS
00:45:53 AND SUSTAINS PRIOR YEAR INVESTMENTS SO WE CAN CONTINUE
00:45:54 CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS. THAT INCLUDES UPDATING
00:45:58 OPERATING BUDGETS AT CITY OWNED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:46:01 SITES AS ONE TIME HOMEKEY GRANT FUNDING WINDS DOWN AS WELL AS
00:46:06 ONE TIME REHABILITATION INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO PRESERVE
00:46:07 THOSE PROJECTS. WE ARE ALSO IN A STRONGER
00:46:10 POSITION THAN IN IN PRIOR YEARS BECAUSE OC REVENUE HAS COME UP
00:46:14 IN HIGHER THAN BUDGETED OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS.
00:46:18 >> THAT MEANS THE GAP BETWEEN THE SPENDING PLAN AND AVAILABLE
00:46:21 REVENUE IS SMALLER THAN WE PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED.
00:46:25 WE HAVE BEEN USING ONE TIME FUND BALANCE AND INTEREST
00:46:29 EARNINGS TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS AND IT IS ENCOURAGING TO
00:46:32 SEE REVENUE BEGINNING TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE SYSTEM'S ONGOING
00:46:35 NEEDS. >> THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO
00:46:37 INCLUDES ONE TIME FUNDING PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED BY THE
00:46:39 BOARD FOR THE MAYOR'S BREAKING THE CYCLE INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON
00:46:43 INTERIM HOUSING AND RECOVERY ORIENTED SHELTER PROGRAM.
00:46:49 >> FUNDING FOR THAT INITIATIVE ENDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2728.
00:46:52 AND FINALLY THE ONE NEW COCO ENHANCEMENT IN THIS PROPOSAL IS
00:46:56 FUNDING FOR 100 ADULT RAPID REHOUSING SUBSIDIES INTENDED TO
00:46:59 SUPPORT CLIENTS CONNECTED TO THE CITY'S LARGE VEHICLE
00:47:02 RESPONSE. >> THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE
00:47:09 DEPARTMENT'S TOTAL PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN AS OF FEBRUARY
00:47:10 WHEN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WAS SUBMITTED REFLECTING THAT
00:47:16 APPROXIMATELY $369 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND ABOUT
00:47:22 $330 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 28. THE SPENDING PLAN FOR BOTH
00:47:25 FISCAL YEARS IS SUPPORTED BY BUDGETED REVENUE WHICH INCLUDES
00:47:26 GROSS RECEIPTS, TAX REVENUE INTERESTS AND BUDGETED FUND
00:47:30 BALANCE. >> THE SPENDING PLANS IN BOTH
00:47:33 YEARS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY PRIOR YEAR FUND BALANCE WHICH
00:47:37 FUND THE RAPID REHOUSING EXPANSION PROGRAMS FUNDED
00:47:41 IN THE LAST TWO BUDGET CYCLES AND THE ONE TIME REHAB COSTS AT
00:47:43 CITY OWNED PCH SITES. THE YEAR OVER YEAR REDUCTION
00:47:46 IN THE SPENDING PLAN IS DUE TO THE DROP OFF OF BREAKING THE
00:47:50 CYCLE FUNDING AND SHELTER IN FISCAL YEAR $2,827 MILLION
00:47:54 RESERVE FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS IN FISCAL YEAR 27
00:47:57 INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING CATEGORIES AND ONE TIME REHAB
00:48:01 COSTS FOR CITY OWNED SITES PCH INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27
00:48:08 SPENDING PLAN AS REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO COME IN HIGHER
00:48:12 SINCE THIS WAS SUBMITTED. WE EXPECT ADDITIONAL
00:48:13 INVESTMENTS IN THE MAYORS PHASE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
00:48:16 >> DEREK TISHMAN CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE IF I CAN
00:48:20 MOVE ON? SURE.
00:48:22 SO I DO SEE THAT. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE
00:48:24 PREVIOUS SLIDE? I DO SEE THAT HOMELESSNESS
00:48:27 PREVENTION IT'S ACTUALLY AN INCREASE FROM 70.5 TO 771.
00:48:33 SO THERE ARE SOME MONEY INCREASE AND AND WHAT KIND OF
00:48:37 PREVENTION PROGRAM WE ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TO?
00:48:44 IT'S JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS ADJUSTMENT AND JUST
00:48:49 THE COST. >> OKAY GREAT.
00:48:50 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:48:51 >> OKAY. SO HCA HAS FTE COUNT OF 247
00:49:01 STAFF IN THE FISCAL YEAR 26 ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDES
00:49:04 HOMELESS OVERSIGHT COMMISSIONER POSITIONS AND 15 FTE GRANT
00:49:07 FUNDED POSITIONS. >> THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27
00:49:11 BUDGET INCLUDES ADDITIONAL SALARY SAVINGS TO BALANCE
00:49:14 TECHNICAL POSITION ADJUSTMENTS WITH ATTRITION SET AT 5.37 FTE.
00:49:18 AT THE TIME OF OUR BUDGET SUBMISSION HSA PROJECTED $2.1
00:49:24 MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526 BASED ON THE
00:49:28 IMPACTS OF THE HIRING FREEZE. POSITION CHANGES REFLECTED
00:49:31 IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE ADJUSTMENTS TO CONVERTING A
00:49:34 PUBLIC SERVICE AIDE TO A RECEPTIONIST POSITION TO MEET
00:49:36 THE MAYOR'S RETURN TO OFFICE REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE OUR
00:49:42 HEADQUARTERS AT 440 TURC ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
00:49:44 AND THREE COST NEUTRAL CHANGES TO JOB CLASSIFICATIONS TO
00:49:46 CREATE BETTER EFFICIENCY WITH AN HSA DIVISIONS AT NO COST TO
00:49:49 THE BUDGET. >> SINCE THE SUBMISSION OF OUR
00:49:52 PROPOSED BUDGET IN FEBRUARY 2026 THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW
00:49:56 CHANGES TO STAFFING THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THIS SLIDE
00:49:59 AND THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT. >> SO IN ORDER TO DELIVER A
00:50:06 CITYWIDE BALANCED BUDGET, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DIRECTED ALL
00:50:08 DEPARTMENTS TO FUND TO FIND REDUCTIONS BY REDUCING
00:50:11 POSITIONS CITYWIDE FOR EACH S.H. THIS RESULTED IN A
00:50:15 REDUCTION OF EIGHT VACANT GENERAL FUND POSITIONS.
00:50:17 WHILE LOSING ANY POSITIONS IS A CHALLENGE.
00:50:19 WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THESE REDUCTION
00:50:22 TARGETS WITHOUT ANY LAYOFFS. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS
00:50:26 CITYWIDE A HIRING FREEZE WENT INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 27TH.
00:50:29 LAST WEEK MAYOR LAURIE ANNOUNCED THE CONSOLIDATION OF
00:50:33 STREET OUTREACH UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
00:50:34 AND THIS WILL RESULT RESULT IN A TRANSITION OF POSITIONS
00:50:37 BOTH FILLED AND VACANT FROM HSA TO THIS SLIDE REFLECTS THE
00:50:44 DIRECTION WE ARE TAKING WITH SHELTER AND CRISIS INTERVENTION
00:50:49 ACROSS HHS H BLOCK. THE GOAL IS NOT TO REDUCE
00:50:52 SHELTER ACCESS. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE EVERY
00:50:55 BED WE FUND IS SAFE, EFFECTIVE AND CONNECTED TO A PATHWAY OUT
00:50:59 OF HOMELESSNESS. THAT MEANS WE ARE EXPANDING
00:51:00 MORE SPECIALIZED AND HIGHER QUALITY OPTIONS INCLUDING
00:51:04 FAMILY SHELTER, INTERIM HOUSING WITH STRONGER CASE MANAGEMENT
00:51:08 AND RECOVERY AND TREATMENT ORIENTED SETTINGS FOR PEOPLE
00:51:11 WHO NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUPPORT.
00:51:14 IT ALSO MEANS PRIORITIZING ENVIRONMENTS THAT HELP PEOPLE
00:51:16 STABILIZE AND MOVE FORWARD. SHELTER SHOULD NOT BE JUST A
00:51:19 PLACE TO SLEEP. IT SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE
00:51:22 PEOPLE CAN CONNECT TO CARE. ADDRESS BARRIERS AND MOVE
00:51:25 TOWARD HOUSING OR OTHER APPROPRIATE EXITS AND AT THE
00:51:29 SAME TIME WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR EYED ABOUT SITES THAT ARE NOT
00:51:31 DELIVERING STRUNG OUTCOMES. WHETHER DUE TO LOW ENGAGEMENT
00:51:34 AND SERVICES SAFETY CONCERNS OR A MISMATCH WITH CLIENT NEEDS
00:51:39 IN THOSE CASES WE WILL WORK TO IMPROVE, REPURPOSE OR WIND DOWN
00:51:43 PROGRAMS AS NEEDED. >> THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE
00:51:47 CITY'S NET INCREASE IN SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TREATMENT
00:51:51 AND RESIDENTIAL CARE CAPACITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CALENDAR
00:51:54 YEAR 2025 THROUGH APRIL 1ST, 2026.
00:51:57 OVERALL THE CITY HAS ADDED A NET 2221 TREATMENT
00:52:01 AND RESIDENTIAL CARE BEDS INCLUDING CRISIS STABILIZATION
00:52:05 TREATMENT, INITIATION RECOVERY AND STEP DOWN SETTINGS.
00:52:08 THESE ARE CRITICAL ADDITIONS BECAUSE THEY CREATE MORE
00:52:12 APPROPRIATE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH ACUTE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:52:14 SUBSTANCE USE OR MEDICAL NEEDS. AT THE SAME TIME THE CITY HAS
00:52:17 ADDED A NET 187 SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS
00:52:21 FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
00:52:24 THAT INCLUDES EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
00:52:28 WITH NOTABLE ADDITIONS LIKE URGENT ACCOMMODATIONS VOUCHERS,
00:52:31 GERALD COMMONS, HOPE HOUSE AND JAMES BALDWIN PLACE.
00:52:35 IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE NET
00:52:37 FIGURES. THEY ACCOUNT FOR BOTH OPENINGS
00:52:40 AND CLOSURES AND WE RECONCILE THE DATA ACROSS SAGE AND TO
00:52:43 AVOID DOUBLE COUNTING BEDS THAT SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
00:52:48 HOMELESSNESS. THE LARGER POINT IS THAT WE ARE
00:52:52 NOT SIMPLY ADDING CAPACITY. WE ARE ALSO RESHAPING CAPACITY
00:52:55 SO THAT THE SYSTEM BETTER MATCHES CLIENT NEEDS INCLUDING
00:52:59 CONVERTING SOME SHELTER BEDS INTO HIGHER ACUITY
00:53:00 AND TREATMENT ORIENTED MODELS. >> THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW
00:53:13 SIGNIFICANTLY SAN FRANCISCO'S SHELTER INVENTORY HAS GROWN
00:53:17 OVER TIME. SINCE 2021 THE CITY HAS NEARLY
00:53:18 DOUBLED ITS YEAR ROUND SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL TRANSITIONAL
00:53:21 HOUSING CAPACITY DEDICATED TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
00:53:25 HOMELESSNESS GROWING FROM ABOUT 2600 BEDS IN TO NEARLY 5000
00:53:31 BEDS IN 2026. THESE FIGURES REFLECT APRIL
00:53:34 INVENTORY EACH YEAR AND EXCLUDE SEASONAL AND OVERFLOW BEDS.
00:53:38 SO THIS IS THE CORE ONGOING CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM.
00:53:41 THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT EVEN AS WE EVALUATE AND RESHAPE
00:53:43 PARTS OF THE SHELTER SYSTEM, SAN FRANCISCO HAS SUBSTANTIALLY
00:53:46 EXPANDED ITS OVERALL EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL
00:53:50 HOUSING FOOTPRINT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
00:53:57 AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED SHELTER BUDGET ACROSS
00:53:58 THE TWO BUDGET YEARS THE DECREASE FROM 2627 TO 2728 IS
00:54:04 LARGELY BECAUSE THE F Y 2627 INCLUDES ONE TIME BREAKING THE
00:54:09 CYCLE FUNDING THROUGH OUR CITY, OUR HOME THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE
00:54:13 IN 2728 AT THE TIME HSA SUBMITTED ITS PROPOSED BUDGET
00:54:16 IN FEBRUARY. SO THE YEAR OVER YEAR
00:54:17 DIFFERENCE SHOULD NOT BE READ AS A PLANNED REDUCTION
00:54:21 IN SHELTER ACCESS. >> IT REFLECTS THE TIMING OF
00:54:24 ONETIME FUNDING AND HOW IT WAS BUDGETED.
00:54:25 WE DO EXPECT THE SHELTER SHELTER ALLOCATION TO BE
00:54:29 UPDATED AS PART OF THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED
00:54:32 AS YOU KNOW ON JUNE 1ST AND ACROSS OUR SYSTEM OF CARE.
00:54:36 >> SAN FRANCISCO DOES NOT RELY ON A SINGLE INTERVENTION TO
00:54:40 ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. >> THERE IS A PLACE FOR A
00:54:43 VARIETY OF INTERVENTIONS AND DIVERSITY ACROSS OUR
00:54:44 PORTFOLIO AND IT'S ESSENTIAL TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR
00:54:48 COMMUNITY. >> WE OPERATE A FULL CONTINUUM
00:54:51 OF CARE PREVENTION OUTREACH, SHELTER, INTERIM HOUSING,
00:54:55 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RECOVERY AND TREATMENT
00:54:58 ORIENTED SETTINGS. EACH PART OF THAT CONTINUUM
00:55:00 PLAYS A DISTINCT ROLE FOR SOME PEOPLE.
00:55:04 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS THE RIGHT LONG TERM SOLUTION.
00:55:07 FOR OTHERS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION MAY BE PREVENTION
00:55:11 AND RAPID REHOUSING TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TREATMENT
00:55:12 ORDER OR SHORTER TERM STABILIZATION.
00:55:16 THE KEY IS MATCHING PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SUPPORT AT
00:55:19 THE RIGHT TIME. SHELTER AND OUTREACH ARE
00:55:20 CRITICAL ENTRY POINTS BUT THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO CONNECT
00:55:24 PEOPLE TO THE NEXT STEP TOWARDS STABILITY, HEALTH AND HOUSING.
00:55:29 AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SAN FRANCISCO CONTINUED TO EXPAND
00:55:33 ITS HOUSING INVENTORY OVER TIME.
00:55:34 SINCE 2021, THE CITY'S HOUSING PORTFOLIO DEDICATED TO PEOPLE
00:55:38 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAS GROWN FROM ABOUT 11,700 UNITS
00:55:41 OR SLOTS TO NEARLY 15,800 IN 2026.
00:55:47 THAT INCLUDES SITE BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
00:55:51 SCATTERED SITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER
00:55:54 HOUSING INTERVENTIONS LIKE RAPID REHOUSING AND HOUSING
00:55:55 LADDER. >> THE SHELTER AND CRISIS
00:55:58 RESPONSE OUTLINED EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION ARE ONLY ONE PART
00:56:02 OF OUR SYSTEM. SAN FRANCISCO HAS ALSO MADE
00:56:03 SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS IN PERMANENT AND FLEXIBLE
00:56:06 HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE EXIT HOMELESSNESS
00:56:09 AND REMAIN STABLE OVER TIME. >> THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE
00:56:14 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PIPELINE THAT MOST IS ADVANCING
00:56:18 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HSC H. >> IN TOTAL THERE ARE ABOUT
00:56:21 1500 NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THE PIPELINE FOR
00:56:25 PEOPLE EXITING HOMELESSNESS INCLUDING ADULTS FAMILIES,
00:56:28 TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS AND VETERANS.
00:56:30 THAT INCLUDES 746 UNITS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE
00:56:33 PORTFOLIO. 182 UNITS CURRENTLY UNDER
00:56:36 CONSTRUCTION AND ANOTHER 626 UNITS IN ACTIVE PREDEVELOPMENT
00:56:42 . SAN FRANCISCO CONTINUES TO
00:56:43 INVEST IN LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS WHILE ALSO ENSURING
00:56:47 THOSE UNITS ARE CONNECTED TO THE SERVICES PEOPLE NEED TO
00:56:50 STAY HOUSED. >> SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW HSA
00:56:54 FUNDS THE HOUSING PORTFOLIO ACROSS MULTIPLE SOURCES
00:56:58 INCLUDING GENERAL FUND. OUR CITY, OUR HOME AND STATE
00:57:02 AND FEDERAL FUNDS. H S H CONTINUES TO BRAID THESE
00:57:06 FUNDING SOURCES TOGETHER TO SUSTAIN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
00:57:09 HOUSING. SCATTERED SITE HOUSING, RAPID
00:57:10 REHOUSING AND OTHER HOUSING INTERVENTIONS.
00:57:13 YOU'LL SEE THE HOUSING BUDGET IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN FISCAL
00:57:17 YEAR 2728 THAN IN 2627. THAT INCREASE IS DRIVEN BY THE
00:57:21 3% COST OF DOING BUSINESS ADJUSTMENT FOR COMMUNITY BASED
00:57:25 PROVIDERS. MASTER LEASE COSTS INCREASES AT
00:57:26 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITES AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
00:57:29 FOR NEW SITES COMING ONLINE THROUGH THE MOST USED HOUSING
00:57:33 PIPELINE. THIS REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED
00:57:36 COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING HOUSING STABILITY
00:57:37 FOR PEOPLE EXITING HOMELESSNESS .
00:57:43 >> AND THEN THIS SLIDE IS AN IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE IT
00:57:44 REFLECTS BOTH OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PERMANENT
00:57:47 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OUR RECOGNITION THAT THIS CANNOT BE
00:57:50 BUSINESS AS USUAL. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
00:57:53 REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS WE HAVE TO END
00:57:54 HOMELESSNESS AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO FUND NEW HOUSING
00:57:57 AND SERVICES THROUGH MOST THROUGH THE MOST NEEDY
00:58:00 PIPELINE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
00:58:04 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM CANNOT SOLVE THE AFFORDABLE
00:58:05 HOUSING SHORTAGE OR THE LONG TERM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS ON
00:58:08 ITS OWN. >> SO OUR FOCUS IS ON
00:58:11 STRENGTHENING AND RIGHT SIZING THE HOUSING PORTFOLIO TO
00:58:13 IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR TENANTS AND THAT MEANS TARGETING PCH TO
00:58:16 THE POPULATIONS IT SERVES BEST. IMPROVING SERVICE MODELS
00:58:19 SUPPORTING TENANTS MOBILITY AND CREATING MORE VOLUNTARY
00:58:23 PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE ON WHEN THEY'RE READY.
00:58:26 THROUGH MOVING ON 2.0 WE WANT TO CREATE MORE FLOW IN THE
00:58:30 SYSTEM WHILE EXPANDING OTHER INTERVENTIONS LIKE PREVENTION,
00:58:34 RAPID REHOUSING, TREATMENT RECOVERY AND INTERIM HOUSING.
00:58:37 THE GOAL IS NOT TO STEP BACK FROM HOUSING.
00:58:39 THE GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR HOUSING INVESTMENT STRONGER, MORE
00:58:42 EFFECTIVE AND BETTER MATCHED TO CLIENT NEEDS.
00:58:45 >> AND THEN JUST MOVING ON TO PREVENTION.
00:58:50 THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE PREVENTION PLAYS IN REDUCING
00:58:51 HOMELESSNESS BEFORE IT STARTS. THROUGH MARCH 31ST, HSA FUNDED
00:58:54 PREVENTION PROVIDERS HAVE SUPPORTED ALMOST 1200 UNIQUE
00:58:58 HOUSEHOLDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2526 WITH MORE THAN $6 MILLION
00:59:05 IN FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING RELATED
00:59:06 EXPENSES. WE ARE SEEING FEWER HOUSEHOLDS
00:59:10 SERVED THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WHICH APPEARS
00:59:12 CONNECTED TO THE BROADER AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES
00:59:14 HOUSEHOLDS ARE FACING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:59:16 IN RESPONSE, THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MADE
00:59:20 SEVERAL CHANGES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 2026 TO IMPROVE REACH
00:59:26 INCLUDING EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR HELP FAMILIES RETURNING TO
00:59:30 ERAP HIGHER INCOME LIMITS, LOWER DOCUMENTATION THRESHOLDS
00:59:34 AND ADJUSTED RENT BURDEN STANDARDS.
00:59:35 THE GOAL IS TO MAKE PREVENTION MORE ACCESSIBLE AND FLEXIBLE SO
00:59:39 WE CAN HELP MORE HOUSEHOLDS REMAIN SAFELY HOUSED.
00:59:45 >> AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS HSA AS PROPOSED PROPOSED PREVENTION
00:59:50 BUDGET ACROSS THE TWO BUDGET YEARS.
00:59:53 PREVENTION CONTINUES TO BE FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH OUR
00:59:55 CITY, OUR HOME WHICH REFLECTS THE ROLE LOCAL PLAYS IN HELPING
00:59:58 PEOPLE STAY HOUSED AND PRODUCED AND REDUCING PRESSURE ON THE
01:00:02 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. THE GENERAL FUND SHARE REMAINS
01:00:05 RELATIVELY CONSISTENT AT ABOUT 12% IN BOTH YEARS.
01:00:08 OVERALL THE PROPOSED PREVENTION BUDGET IS STABLE $76.9 MILLION
01:00:15 IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND $77.4 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2728.
01:00:21 THIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE PREVENTION INVESTMENTS
01:00:25 INCLUDING FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND TARGETED
01:00:26 SUPPORTS FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
01:00:32 AND THEN THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS TWO MAJOR AREAS OF UNCERTAINTY
01:00:36 IN OUR BUDGET FEDERAL CONTINUUM OF CARE OR S.O.S. FUNDING
01:00:40 AND FUTURE STATE HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE
01:00:43 AND PREVENTION OR HAP FUNDING. >> FOR THE TWO YEAR BUDGET WE
01:00:47 ARE ASSUMING RELATIVELY FLAT FEDERAL FUNDING BUT THAT IS
01:00:50 STILL TO BE DETERMINED. CONGRESS NOW REQUIRES HUD TO
01:00:54 RELEASE THE 2026 S.O.S. NO PHO IN JUNE AND WE WILL BE WATCHING
01:00:58 CLOSELY. SAN FRANCISCO RELIES ON S.O.S.
01:01:01 FUNDING PRIMARILY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RAPID
01:01:03 REHOUSING. >> IF HUD SHIFTS MORE FUNDING
01:01:06 AWAY FROM EXISTING HOUSING RENEWALS, THAT COULD CREATE A
01:01:09 SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR ROUGHLY 1000 UNITS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE
01:01:12 OR PERMANENT HOUSING. ON THE STATE SIDE WE ARE NOT
01:01:16 PROGRAMING ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THIS TIME.
01:01:19 THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY PROPOSAL DOES INCLUDE ANOTHER ROUND BUT
01:01:21 AT ABOUT $500 MILLION STATEWIDE WHICH IS ROUGHLY HALF OF PRIOR
01:01:25 LEVELS. WE DO NOT YET KNOW SAN
01:01:28 FRANCISCO'S ALLOCATION SO WHILE SOME LATER CHANGES MAY APPEAR
01:01:32 LARGE, THEY ARE NOT SERVICE CUTS IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
01:01:35 THEY REFLECT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT ASSUMING FUTURE STATE
01:01:39 REVENUE UNTIL IT IS CONFIRMED WHILE CONTINUING TO PLAN FOR
01:01:40 THE POTENTIAL FUNDING GAPS AHEAD.
01:01:45 >> SWARM ALMOST DONE. AS YOU LIKELY HEARD, THE CITY
01:01:50 PLANS TO TRANSITION ALL CITY FUNDED STREET TEAMS UNDER THE
01:01:54 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE CITY ORIGINALLY USED THE
01:01:57 DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO QUICKLY STAND UP
01:01:59 A MORE INTEGRATED STREET TEAM STRUCTURE AND IMPROVE
01:02:02 COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
01:02:03 THAT MODEL HAS NOW REACHED A STEADY STATE AND THIS IS THE
01:02:06 RIGHT TIME TO PLACE OPERATIONS IN A PERMANENT HOME THAT
01:02:09 REFLECTS THE LONG TERM NATURE OF THE WORK.
01:02:10 >> STREET CRISIS IS OFTEN A HEALTH CRISIS INVOLVING
01:02:14 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND CHRONIC MEDICAL NEEDS
01:02:17 AS BEST POSITIONS TO POSITION TO CONNECT OUTREACH DIRECTLY TO
01:02:22 TREATMENT STABILIZATION MEDICATION SUPPORT AND ONGOING
01:02:26 CARE COORDINATION. THIS TRANSITION IS A SIGN OF
01:02:27 PROGRESS, NOT FAILURE. IT REDUCES FRAGMENTATION,
01:02:30 CLARIFIES ACCOUNTABILITY AND CREATES MORE FLEXIBLE
01:02:34 DEPLOYMENT OF STREET TEAMS BASED ON CURRENT NEED HOTSPOTS
01:02:38 AND EMERGING TRENDS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT SHOULD
01:02:39 IMPROVE OUTCOMES BY HELPING PEOPLE MOVE MORE CONSISTENTLY
01:02:43 FROM STREET OUTREACH INTO SHELTER HEALTH CARE BEHAVIOR,
01:02:46 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND LONG TERM STABILITY.
01:02:52 EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST HSA OUTREACH STAFF AND CONTRACTORS THAT
01:02:56 SUPPORT STREET TEAM FUNCTIONS WOULD MOVE INTO THIS
01:02:59 OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 11 STAFF
01:03:03 POSITIONS AND THREE OUTREACH CONTRACTS.
01:03:06 THE INTENT IS TO STREAMLINE OVERSIGHT AND STRENGTHEN
01:03:08 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE OUTREACH AND HEALTH CARE WHILE
01:03:11 PRESERVING SERVICE CONTINUITY FOR PEOPLE BEING SERVED.
01:03:14 EXISTING CONTRACTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE WITH
01:03:18 AMENDMENTS USED TO COMPLETE THE DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFER.
01:03:19 WHAT STAYS THE SAME IS ALSO IMPORTANT HHS REMAINS THE LEAD
01:03:23 DEPARTMENT FOR SHELTER AND HOUSING SO WHILE OUTREACH
01:03:27 BECOMES MORE HEALTH ANCHORED UNDER D H H.
01:03:30 S H WILL CONTINUE LEADING THE SHELTER AND HOUSING CONNECTION
01:03:33 AND HOUSING CONNECTIONS PEOPLE NEED TO MOVE OFF THE STREET
01:03:35 AND TOWARDS STABILITY. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
01:03:41 YOUR TIME AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
01:03:43 HAVE. >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR STANTON.
01:03:46 CAN YOU GO BACK TO SITE NUMBER FIVE?
01:03:48 >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE NUMBERS.
01:03:52 >> SLIDE FIVE. THE POPE POSTED FISCAL YEAR 26
01:03:56 TO 28 HHS A BUDGET. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
01:04:00 SO I SEE THAT ON 25 TO 26 COMPARED TO THE MAIN REQUEST.
01:04:03 >> THE SECOND COLUMN 26 TO 27 I SEE THAT PROGRAM ATTIC PROJECTS
01:04:10 IT HAS A 51% OVER 51% REDUCTION AND I ALSO SEE THAT ON
01:04:17 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THERE'S A ABOUT 14.3% INCREASES.
01:04:20 >> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REDUCTION
01:04:24 WOULD THE SERVICES INCREASE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES?
01:04:28 >> HOW IS THAT CONTINUE TO CREATE IMPACTS FOR THE
01:04:31 DEPARTMENT AND THE SERVICES THAT WE OR THE GOAL THAT WE'RE
01:04:35 TRYING TO ACHIEVE FOR THE DEPARTMENT?
01:04:36 >> SURE. >> I'M GOING TO ASK OUR INTERIM
01:04:42 DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
01:04:43 >> THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:04:46 HONORABLE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DILLON SCHNEIDER I'M INTERIM
01:04:47 DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE.
01:04:50 SO AS WE NOTED, THE CHANGE THAT YOU'RE REALLY SEEING BETWEEN
01:04:54 THE PROGRAMMATIC PROJECTS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS
01:05:00 ABOUT $14 MILLION THAT ARE FOR CITY OWNED OR LEASED SITES
01:05:04 AND WE NEEDED TO PUT THOSE UNDER CONTRACT.
01:05:08 SO THAT'S WHY THEY MOVED FROM PROGRAMMATIC PROGRAMS INTO THE
01:05:12 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. NONE OF THAT REDUCTION REFLECTS
01:05:13 ANY REDUCTION IN SERVICES. IT'S SIMPLY JUST A SWAP OF THE
01:05:19 AGREEMENT TYPE AND HOW THAT'S SHOWING UP IN OUR BUDGET.
01:05:21 GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT
01:05:24 CLARIFICATION AND CAN YOU BOTH ONE OF YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
01:05:28 MORE ABOUT HOW HOUSING FIRST STRATEGY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
01:05:31 IN ADJUSTING TO HOUSING NEEDS OF UNHOUSED IT IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:05:37 ? SURE.
01:05:38 SO AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE HAD A STRATEGY OF REALLY ACQUIRING
01:05:42 AND BUILDING A LOT OF NEW HOUSING OVER THE PAST FEW
01:05:45 YEARS. THAT'S BEEN WE'VE HOW WE ARE
01:05:49 NOW HOUSING MORE PEOPLE IN HOUSING AND SHELTER AND SOME
01:05:50 OF OUR NEW MODELS THAN WE EVER HAVE.
01:05:53 >> AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW, AS I'VE SAID REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT
01:05:57 MY PRESENTATION, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS REALLY
01:06:01 IMPORTANT. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY
01:06:04 IMPORTANT IN THE WHOLE PORTFOLIO OF THE SERVICES THAT
01:06:05 WE HAVE AND WE ARE ALSO ADDING IN SOME NEW MODELS TO REALLY
01:06:09 RESPOND TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE ADDED
01:06:16 VERY RECENTLY RECOVERY SHELTER. >> WE HAVE ADDED RECOVERY
01:06:20 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND THOSE ARE REALLY POPULAR MODELS
01:06:24 AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED
01:06:28 IN THE PORTFOLIO TO BEST SERVE PEOPLE SO WE'RE NOT MOVING AWAY
01:06:32 FROM REALLY IMPORTANT TOOLS LIKE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:06:35 HOUSING. WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO GET
01:06:36 PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND INTO SHELTER AND HOUSING THAT WILL
01:06:40 NOT CHANGE. >> GREAT.
01:06:40 THANK YOU. AND THIS IS RELATED TO SLIDE
01:06:44 NUMBER 13 REGARDING THOSE SHELTER AND CRISIS INTERVENTION
01:06:47 CAPACITY ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO. NUMBER CAN YOU CLARIFY THE
01:06:50 TIMELINE? ARE THESE NET BETS ADDED SINCE
01:06:54 THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR ARE SINCE LAST YEAR JANUARY
01:06:58 2020 FIVE? >> YEAH, GO AHEAD.
01:07:04 THE TIMELINE FOR WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON SLIDE 13 IS THE
01:07:08 BEGINNING OF CALENDAR YEAR 2025 THROUGH APRIL 1ST OF 2026.
01:07:14 DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY NEW BETS ADDED FOR
01:07:17 DISTRICT FOUR 2026? I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF
01:07:21 ME BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
01:07:25 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.
01:07:28 AND THEN REGARDING THE SHELTER INVENTORY OVER TIME, CAN YOU
01:07:29 ALSO CLARIFY WHEN THIS NUMBER WHEN THIS NUMBERS ARE FROM JUST
01:07:39 4099 4986 NUMBER INCLUDE THE LOSS OF THE SHELTER INVENTORY
01:07:43 FROM THE DONTE AND THE MARCH HOTEL CLOSURES.
01:07:47 >> THAT WOULD BE A HIGH 17. >> OH NO.
01:07:59 OH 4014. >> AND THE THIS INVENTORY
01:08:14 REFLECTS APRIL INVENTORY OF EVERY YEAR.
01:08:18 I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE IN APRIL BUT FOR 2026 THAT
01:08:21 NUMBER WOULD REFLECT YOU KNOW THE CURRENT INVENTORY AS OF
01:08:25 THAT MONTH. AND SO THAT SHOULD REFLECT, YOU
01:08:28 KNOW, ANY SITES THAT HAD EITHER CLOSED OR OPENED BEFORE APRIL
01:08:32 2026 AND THAT WE YES AND SO SUPERVISOR THAT WOULD INCLUDE
01:08:37 THE MONARCH AND THE DANTE CLOSURES.
01:08:39 >> OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
01:08:44 THAT SUPERVISOR WALTON AND DORSEY ARE YOUR I YOUR
01:08:48 QUESTION RELATED TO SHELTER AND HOUSING INVENTORY OTHERWISE
01:08:51 I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. >> NO CAN'T GO.
01:08:55 OKAY. OKAY.
01:08:59 THANK YOU. HOW MANY SITE BASED PICTURE PCH
01:09:02 PROJECTS HAVE OPENED THIS YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR THE 400 UNIT
01:09:06 INCREASE IN 2026? >> THE 400 INCREASE THAT IT'S
01:09:14 IN SLIDE 17. >> SORRY, SUPERVISOR.
01:09:19 WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.
01:09:23 OKAY. ARE ANY OF THE UNITS REFLECTED
01:09:26 IN 2026 PROJECTED OR ARE THOSE ARE OPEN AND FUNCTIONAL UNITS
01:09:31 AS CURRENTLY I BELIEVE THESE SHOULD ALL BE OPEN
01:09:38 AND FUNCTIONAL UNITS AS THIS IS NOT REFLECTING THE FUTURE
01:09:41 PIPELINE. OKAY.
01:09:42 WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE PIPELINE AND OVER HOW MANY
01:09:47 YEARS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE SITE BASED PERMANENT
01:09:53 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PIPELINE? >> WE CAN GET THE EXACT NUMBER
01:09:57 OF YEARS FOR YOU. IT'S DEFINITELY OVER A FEW
01:10:01 YEARS. OKAY.
01:10:02 IT'S MORE THAN THREE AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE
01:10:06 NUMBER IS BUT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY GET THAT FOR YOU.
01:10:07 OKAY. AND ON THE GRAPH WE ALSO SEE
01:10:10 THAT UNDER CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY IT'S QUITE LOW.
01:10:14 AND DO WE KNOW WHY IT'S PAGE 18 SLIDE 18.
01:10:23 YEAH, I MEAN I THINK IT'S A LACK OF FUNDING.
01:10:24 SO WE REALLY HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS AS YOU KNOW OVER AFTER
01:10:28 COVID WE HAD A LOT OF RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL.
01:10:31 >> WE YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE
01:10:37 IN BRINGING ON NEW THINGS AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE
01:10:39 SAME RESOURCES THAT WE HAD THEN THEN DO WE HAVE PLANS TO HAVE
01:10:43 ADDITIONAL UNITS TO COME ONLINE IF WE DO HAVE PLANS?
01:10:47 AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS? >> SO THE ADDITIONAL UNITS WE
01:10:50 HAVE ONLINE ARE THE ONES THAT I TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE IN OUR
01:10:54 PIPELINE. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE ALL IN THE
01:10:58 WORKS. >> OKAY.
01:10:58 WHAT ABOUT FOR OTL CONTRACTS? >> NOW WE THERE ARE THERE IS A
01:11:06 CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SERVICES THAT HAS BECOME CONTROVERSIAL.
01:11:10 CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THE CONTRACT AND EXPLAIN HOW THE
01:11:13 PROVIDER WAS CHOSEN? >> SURE.
01:11:16 SO WE HAVE GENERALLY H S H DOES NOT FUND LEGAL SERVICES.
01:11:21 WE DO HOWEVER FUND PREVENTION SERVICES AND WE ARE REALLY
01:11:24 EXCITED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW TO USE LEGAL SERVICES AS
01:11:28 PREVENTION. >> WE ARE ABOUT AS I THINK
01:11:32 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS THE
01:11:35 DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO GO OUT WITH A NEW MULTIYEAR
01:11:39 PROCUREMENT PLAN AND WE WILL BE PROCURING ALL OF OUR SERVICES
01:11:43 PREVENTION INCLUDED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
01:11:46 YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE PROMISED THE BOARD.
01:11:48 WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THAT DONE BY 2029 AND SO WE WILL BE
01:11:51 GOING OUT FULL ON FOR PREVENTION SERVICES.
01:11:54 YOU KNOW, STARTING FROM SCRATCH NEXT YEAR WE DID REALLY WANT TO
01:11:59 GET SOME PREVENTION DOLLARS INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SO WE
01:12:06 ASKED ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF PROVIDING
01:12:10 PREVENTION SERVICES THAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING ON
01:12:18 WORKING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:12:19 THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN ACROSS THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE
01:12:23 KNOW WE'VE GOT PROVIDERS WHO ARE REALLY GOOD IN CERTAIN
01:12:26 COMMUNITIES AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
01:12:29 YOU KNOW SIMULTANEOUSLY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
01:12:33 DEVELOPMENT HAD CUT CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES AND SO IT BECAME IT
01:12:37 FELT LIKE A CRISIS TO OUR PROVIDERS.
01:12:40 WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
01:12:41 AND MOST TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THESE PROVIDERS AS
01:12:47 BEST WE CAN. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
01:12:48 OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING WE MET
01:12:51 WITH THE FULL GROUP LAST WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH
01:12:53 THEM IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS.
01:12:56 >> SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. >> GREAT.
01:13:00 THANK YOU. AND I.
01:13:03 I THINK I HELPED YOU OUT OF HEARING I REALLY WANT TO
01:13:04 OBSERVE THE BUDGET BUT IT'S REALLY THE VALUE OF SAN
01:13:07 FRANCISCO AND I THINK EQUITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
01:13:11 DID THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCT ANY EQUITY STUDY IN THE SERVICES
01:13:14 AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EXISTING
01:13:18 SERVICES AND ALSO WE'RE NOT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING
01:13:22 NEIGHBORHOODS? >> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT
01:13:26 QUESTION? >> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD
01:13:27 IT. DID WE DO ANY EQUITY STUDY?
01:13:30 >> WE HAVE DONE WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF EQUITY WORK.
01:13:31 WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STUDYING ABOUT WHO GETS INTO HOUSING,
01:13:34 WHO GETS INTO SHELTER. WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT YOU
01:13:39 WITH ONE OF THE STUDIES THAT WE RECENTLY DID.
01:13:41 ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID FOR THE COMMISSION IF
01:13:45 THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT YES, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF
01:13:47 TIME LOOKING AT THAT AND ADJUSTING OUR PRACTICES
01:13:51 AND AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE FOUND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
01:13:53 YOU MENTIONED HOUSING. >> WHAT ABOUT THE GENERAL LEGAL
01:13:56 SERVICES THAT THE GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES WE KNOW BECAUSE
01:14:00 GENERALLY WE DO NOT WE DON'T SERVE WE DON'T DO GENERAL LEGAL
01:14:03 SERVICES. WE DO PREVENTION SERVICES
01:14:07 AND SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING AND WE ARE LOOKING AT EQUITY
01:14:11 IN THE SERVICES THAT WE FUND. GREAT.
01:14:15 AND THEN WHAT PERFORMANCE METRICS DO WE USE SO THAT THE
01:14:19 PROVIDER MEASURE WILL BE MEASURE AGAINST?
01:14:20 >> SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU.
01:14:23 I CAN'T NAME THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE
01:14:27 AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THEM. THANK YOU.
01:14:28 THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:14:30 THANK YOU. AND SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK
01:14:34 YOU, CHAIR CHEN. >> WHEN DOES THE EMERGENCY
01:14:38 HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM END OR WHEN DO WE LOSE THE FUNDING
01:14:41 IN 27 I BELIEVE IT'S 2027. SUPERVISOR.
01:14:49 >> SO WE'RE GOOD. THE REST OF THIS FISCAL THE
01:14:50 REST OF THIS YEAR AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE A DISPROPORTION
01:14:57 AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT ARE LIVE IN DISTRICT TEN ON VOUCHERS.
01:15:03 >> WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN IF ETHNICALLY IT'S VERY HIGH.
01:15:07 I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE PERCENTAGES BUT OUR FOCUS
01:15:11 REALLY WAS ON FOLKS FROM DISTRICT TEN AND SO CAN YOU GET
01:15:18 IT? >> OKAY.
01:15:18 THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN I MEAN YOU DON'T
01:15:19 HAVE TO HAVE THAT EXACTLY RIGHT NOW BUT YEAH BUT IT'S BUT IT'S
01:15:23 HIGH. >> SO AND HAVE YOU SPENT ALL OF
01:15:26 YOUR PROPERTY MONEY? >> NO.
01:15:29 I MEAN FOR YOU MEAN FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS
01:15:33 SPECIFICALLY JUST PERIOD? NO.
01:15:39 >> AND WOULD YOU SAY WE HAVE A SURPLUS AND PERHAPS EVEN MONEY
01:15:45 ? >> YEAH.
01:15:46 OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:15:50 SOPHIA KETTLER FROM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE.
01:15:52 SO ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR, PARTICULARLY WITH
01:15:53 THE MARCH UPDATES WAS THAT BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS REVENUE
01:15:57 PROJECTIONS WE HAD BEEN USING A LOT OF LEFTOVER FUND BALANCE TO
01:16:00 KIND OF COVER FISCAL CLIFFS THAT HAPPENED BOTH IN THE
01:16:04 BUDGET AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THAT IN THE
01:16:05 MARCH UPDATE WE SAW SUCH A HUGE INCREASE IN PARTICULARLY IN THE
01:16:11 FIRST YEAR OF WITH KIND OF LIKE THE SPIKE OF BUSINESS TAX GROSS
01:16:16 RECEIPTS THAT WE HAD SEEN. WE SEE A BIG PUSH IN REVENUES
01:16:19 IN IN THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND IN THE PROPERTY TAX THAT
01:16:23 BASICALLY LIKE PUSHES OUT ALL OF THE ONE TIME RESERVES WE HAD
01:16:28 BEEN PREVIOUSLY ASSUMING. AND SO FROM A REVENUE
01:16:32 PERSPECTIVE LIKE WE ARE NOW MUCH MORE STABLE IN THE
01:16:35 DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE KIND OF COVERING ALL OF THE USES WE
01:16:37 HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A HUGE FUND
01:16:40 BALANCE THAT WE USED TO BE PLANNING TO SPEND DOWN BUT NOW
01:16:44 ARE NOT LIKE NOW WILL NOT BE NEEDING TO SPEND DOWN AS FAST.
01:16:48 >> SO WE DO HAVE A PROCESS. WE HAVE A BUNCH WE HAVE A ONE
01:16:50 TIME SURPLUS. WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF ROOM ON
01:16:52 THE ACTUAL LIKE ONGOING REVENUE .
01:16:54 >> HOW MUCH IS THE SURPLUS? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO
01:16:56 YOU. IS IT MORE THAN 68 IS MORE THAN
01:17:00 $10 MILLION IS MORE THAN $10 MILLION.
01:17:01 >> SO GOING BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION WHY IS THE DEPARTMENT
01:17:05 CUTTING ANYTHING? >> SO I THINK THIS IS WHAT I'M
01:17:08 SAYING THE DEPARTMENT ISN'T CUTTING ANYTHING.
01:17:10 >> THEY'RE REDUCING OR ELSE I CAN'T READ I'M SORRY.
01:17:13 I WANT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN READ.
01:17:16 >> I'M SURE YOU CAN READ. I AM CLEARLY NOT EXPLAINING
01:17:20 MYSELF CORRECTLY. >> YEAH, BECAUSE BECAUSE IN MY
01:17:21 OPINION WITH THE PROPERTY SURPLUS AND I KNOW WE SET ASIDE
01:17:27 $400 MILLION WHY ARE THEY CUTTING ANYWHERE AND THEY ARE
01:17:31 CUTTING BECAUSE I SEE THE BUDGET GOING DOWN FROM LAST
01:17:32 YEAR. >> ABSOLUTELY.
01:17:33 SO THERE'S A COUPLE THAT'S THANK YOU.
01:17:35 I HAVE NOT EXPLAINED THIS PROPERLY SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF
01:17:36 THINGS. FIRST THERE WAS A BUNCH OF
01:17:38 MONEY THAT WE PROGRAMED FROM GENERAL FUND LAST YEAR THAT WE
01:17:41 DID NOT USE AND SO THEY ARE GIVING BACK I THINK AROUND $9
01:17:44 MILLION ONE TIME OF GENERAL FUND FUNDING THAT WE HAD
01:17:48 EXPECTED TO USE AND WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A PLAN FOR
01:17:49 BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH PROPERTY REVENUE.
01:17:52 SO AGAIN THE GENERAL FUND MONEY IS COMING DOWN.
01:17:53 THE OTHER THING THAT IS KIND OF TRICKY ABOUT THE HSA BUDGET IS
01:17:56 HOW WE HAVE BUDGETED BECAUSE OF THIS LIKE HUGE FUND BALANCE
01:18:00 THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME PARTICULARLY LIKE FROM THE
01:18:03 LAWSUIT WE HAVE CERTAIN ONGOING PROGRAMS OR KIND OF MEDIUM TERM
01:18:08 PROGRAMS LIKE RAPID REHOUSING WHERE IT IS A FIVE YEAR FOR
01:18:12 EXAMPLE FIVE THREE YEAR SUBSIDY WE HAVE HISTORICALLY ASSUMED
01:18:18 ALL OF THAT IN A SINGLE YEAR AND SAID LIKE WE HAVE $100
01:18:21 MILLION OF SPEND AND WE'RE GOING TO APPROPRIATE IT ALL
01:18:24 IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BUDGET AND THEN SPEND IT DOWN OVER
01:18:26 TIME. SO WE STILL HAVE ALL FIVE YEARS
01:18:28 OF THAT PLANNED FOR BUT THE FROM A BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE IT
01:18:32 FALLS OFF LIKE A CLIFF AFTER THE FIRST YEAR AND SO IT LOOKS
01:18:36 LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS A DECREASE IN THE BUDGET BUT IT
01:18:40 IS NOT A DECREASE IN SERVICES AND IT IS NOT A CUT IT IS IT A
01:18:43 ONE TIME REVENUE THAT IS GOING AWAY AND IT IS IT IS A IT IS AN
01:18:48 INCREDIBLY NONTRANSPARENT WAY OF BUDGETING AND IT IS
01:18:51 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT BUT IT REALLY
01:18:54 DRIVEN BY THE LONG TERM BALANCE THAT WE HAD INSTEAD OF KIND OF
01:18:58 LIKE THE ONGOING REVENUES. >> YEAH BUT AND THE NUMBERS ARE
01:19:01 IN FRONT OF ME. I MEAN THE TABLES ARE IN FRONT
01:19:03 OF ME. WE ARE SHOWING REDUCTIONS
01:19:05 IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES SO THE MONEY IS GOING DOWN BUT THE
01:19:09 SERVICES ARE NOT BEING CUT. >> I'M SORRY IT'S STARTING TO
01:19:13 UP. I JUST WANT TO SAY COULD
01:19:14 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS IS A POOR HOUSING SHOW YOUR SLIDE 28
01:19:19 ON SCREEN RIGHT NOW SO SORRY SUPERVISOR WALTON, PLEASE
01:19:27 CONTINUE. AS YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE
01:19:31 FORECASTS SO YEAH I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE
01:19:35 LESS DOLLARS LEAD TO LESS SERVICES AND THAT'S PROBLEMATIC
01:19:39 WHEN THERE IS A SURPLUS AND RESOURCES FROM PROPERTY.
01:19:43 I MEAN I KNOW WE'LL BE COMING BACK AND HAVING MORE
01:19:46 CONVERSATIONS BUT IT'S JUST NOT MAKING SENSE TO ME.
01:19:50 I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND I, I REALIZE I AM NOT EXPLAINING IT
01:19:54 AS CLEARLY AS I CAN. I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW
01:19:57 TO DO THAT BETTER. BUT I BELIEVE WHAT WE ARE
01:19:59 SEEING IN THE REDUCTION OF A BUDGET FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER
01:20:01 IS ONE TIME THINGS COMING OUT OF THE BUDGET.
01:20:06 SO FOR EXAMPLE IF WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN THE AGENCY
01:20:09 BUDGET ACQUIRING A BUILDING THAT WOULD BE HAVE BEEN
01:20:10 APPROPRIATED IN A SINGLE YEAR, IT WOULD NOT SHOW UP IN THE
01:20:14 BUDGET IN THE SECOND YEAR THAT WOULD NOT BE A SERVICE
01:20:17 REDUCTION. THAT WOULD JUST BE WE ARE
01:20:18 SPENDING LESS MONEY. AND SO I THINK SINCE WE DO THAT
01:20:21 A COUPLE ACROSS A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF
01:20:24 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL THINGS AND SO
01:20:27 IT IS IT IS LESS MONEY BUT I DO NOT AGREE THAT IT IS A SERVICE
01:20:31 REDUCTION. >> IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO
01:20:32 REDUCE SERVICES. SO BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THEN
01:20:36 IF IT'S NOT A SERVICE REDUCTION WE COULD BE DOING MORE BECAUSE
01:20:39 WE HAVE MONEY SOURCES. >> WE'RE NOT LOSING SERVICES
01:20:43 BUT WE HAVE SURPLUS. >> WE COULD ACTUALLY BE DOING
01:20:47 MORE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO
01:20:50 LEAVE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE BOTH LIKE CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH
01:20:51 WAYS WHEN WE HAVE HAD ONE TIME MONEY WE HAVE SPENT IT BUT WE
01:20:58 GOT MORE THAN ONE TIME MONEY IN THIS CASE AT THIS POINT WHAT
01:20:59 WE HAVE IS A LOT OF ONE TIME MONEY.
01:21:02 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY LEFT OVER BECAUSE WE HAD A LAWSUIT
01:21:05 AND WE NEVER SPENT MONEY AND RESOURCES ARE STILL
01:21:06 AVAILABLE. >> WE HAD A BUILD UP OF MONEY
01:21:09 FROM THE LAWSUIT AND THEN AS THE FORECASTS FROM THE
01:21:13 CONTROLLERS PROJECTION WE HAVE ALL WE HAVE PLANS TO USE ONE
01:21:17 TIME MONEY AND THEN NOT NEEDED TO USE AS MUCH OF IT AS WE ARE
01:21:20 AND I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSES AS DIRECTOR KETTLER, BUT I
01:21:24 DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU KEEP SAYING ONE TIME MONEY BUT I
01:21:27 KNOW WE'LL BE HAVING MORE CONVERSATION.
01:21:31 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:21:32 SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN I WANT TO TALK A
01:21:39 LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOUSING FIRST AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT THE
01:21:46 PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION NOTED THAT HOUSING FIRST IS A
01:21:50 FLEXIBLE APPROACH THAT CAN BE TAILORED TO MEET UNIQUE NEEDS
01:21:54 OF INDIVIDUALS. >> I AGREE AND I THINK MY WORK
01:21:58 WITH HSA SHOWS THAT I THINK WE ALL DO.
01:22:02 WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK FOR THE
01:22:06 PEOPLE IT SERVES. I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS BOARD OF
01:22:10 SUPERVISORS TWICE SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF STATE
01:22:14 LEGISLATION THAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATT HANEY AUTHORED THAT
01:22:17 WOULD HAVE UNRESTRICTED 20 UP TO 25% OF HOUSING FIRST DOLLARS
01:22:23 AT THE STATE LEVEL TO SUPPORT RECOVERY, HOUSING AND DRUG FREE
01:22:27 HOUSING OPTIONS WITHIN A HOUSING FIRST FRAMEWORK.
01:22:33 AND ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO BE I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING
01:22:36 NOW I WILL PROBABLY INTRODUCE NEXT WEEK A RESOLUTION A THIRD
01:22:40 RESOLUTION FOR HIS NEW TRY AT THAT I BELIEVE THAT IS AB 2893
01:22:46 UNFORTUNATELY LAST YEAR I KNOW THAT EVEN DESPITE GOING THROUGH
01:22:50 THE LEGISLATURE UNANIMOUSLY, GOVERNOR NEWSOM UNEXPECTEDLY
01:22:54 VETOED THAT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
01:22:58 THEY'RE IN GOOD CONVERSATION HAVING SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS
01:23:01 ON THE POLICY NOW AND WE SHOULD HAVE HOPEFULLY GOOD NEWS THIS
01:23:05 YEAR THAT WILL UNLOCK SOME FUNDING UNDER HOUSING FIRST THE
01:23:09 POSITION OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER HANEY AND ME AND BARACK OBAMA'S
01:23:16 HUD AND JOE BIDEN'S SAMHSA IS THAT HOUSING FIRST IS NOT
01:23:21 INCONSISTENT WITH DRUG FREE OR RECOVERY HOUSING OPTIONS AND I
01:23:25 WOULD JUST READ FROM THE OBAMA ERA GUIDANCE IN 2015 HUD
01:23:31 STRONGLY ENCOURAGES COX CONTINUUMS OF CARE TO ADOPT A
01:23:35 SYSTEM WIDE HOUSING FIRST ORIENTATION THAT REMOVES
01:23:38 BARRIERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND THAT ADDRESSES THE HOUSING
01:23:41 NEEDS OF PEOPLE AT ALL STAGES OF RECOVERY WHEN OPERATED IN A
01:23:44 MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THIS GUIDANCE RECOVERY HOUSING MAY
01:23:46 NOT BE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS APPROACH SO LONG AS ENTRY INTO
01:23:50 THE PROGRAM IS BASED ON THE CHOICE OF THE PROGRAM.
01:23:53 PARTICIPANT AND I HOPE THIS IS TRUE OF THE STATE OF OREGON
01:23:56 WHICH IS ALSO HAS A HOUSING FIRST MODEL THAT ALLOWS FOR
01:23:58 THESE OPTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE I DON'T
01:24:03 KNOW IF IT'S A PILOT OR SORT OF A TEST CASE AT 1174 FOLSOM
01:24:08 STREET THAT IN THAT WE DID I KNOW THERE WAS YOU KNOW WE HAD
01:24:12 SOME NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THIS THAT REFLECTS A DRUG FREE
01:24:15 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPTION THAT IS WITHIN THE HOUSING FIRST
01:24:20 FRAMEWORK. IMPORTANTLY THIS IS NOT
01:24:22 RECOVERY. THIS IS JUST DRUG FREE
01:24:23 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MEANING LEGAL INTOXICANTS ARE FINE.
01:24:27 BUT THERE IS AN ADDENDUM AND AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS AN
01:24:34 ILLICIT DRUG FREE RESIDENCE. >> I WANTED TO ASK AND I KNOW
01:24:38 THAT I KNOW THAT THERE'S REGULAR REPORTING THAT'S ON A
01:24:39 CERTAIN CALENDAR BUT I WANTED TO ASK MAYBE AHEAD OF TIME IF
01:24:43 YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS ON HOW 1174 IS DOING BECAUSE I'M
01:24:46 GETTING GOOD YOU KNOW THE ANECDOTALLY I'M HEARING GOOD
01:24:50 THINGS FROM NEIGHBORS WHO ARE YOU KNOW, QUITE HAVE HAD A LOT
01:24:54 OF OBJECTIONS ABOUT STUFF COMING BUT IF IF YOU HAVE A
01:24:57 PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THAT SITE IS DOING YOU'D BE INTERESTED.
01:25:01 >> I'D BE YEAH I MEAN I THINK GENERALLY IT IS DOING WELL I
01:25:04 WOULD AGREE. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE IF TO GET
01:25:08 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
01:25:12 REPORTS REPORTS ON EVICTIONS OVERDOSES I THINK 911 CALLS FOR
01:25:16 SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE
01:25:17 POSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE THAT OR GET SORT OF A MID-YEAR CHECK
01:25:20 IN ON WHERE WE ARE WITH 1174. I WILL SAY FOR YOU KNOW,
01:25:24 THERE'S SOMETIMES I REPRESENT THIS IS A PART OF MY DISTRICT
01:25:31 THAT HAS REALLY BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY THE SHELTER
01:25:32 IN PLACE HOTELS AND I THINK WE AS WE AS WE RECALL THAT WAS
01:25:35 PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES ON THIS. BUT I THINK WE GOT TO A BETTER
01:25:39 PLACE. BUT I WILL SAY I'M VERY
01:25:40 IMPRESSED WITH THE WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE
01:25:43 PROVIDER ABOUT I I'M HEARING GOOD THINGS AND I'M HOPING THAT
01:25:49 THAT WILL BEAR IT OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A SUCCESSFUL TEST
01:25:51 CASE. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED
01:25:57 TO ASK AND WE YOU KNOW, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD A HEARING ON
01:26:00 ON SAFETY ISSUES THAT WERE SOMETIMES PLAYING OUT WITHIN
01:26:05 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE WERE OBJECTIONS.
01:26:06 ONE THING THAT I REALLY AM IN AGREEMENT WITH WITH THE
01:26:09 PROVIDERS IS I THINK WE ARE ASKING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
01:26:14 HOUSING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT IT WASN'T INTENDED TO SOLVE.
01:26:17 I THINK SOMETIMES AS WE AS A CITY WE AS A BOARD MAYORS YOU
01:26:22 KNOW I THINK THIS ISN'T UNIQUE TO THIS DEPARTMENT OR THE
01:26:25 NONPROFIT PROVIDERS WHO WORK IN THIS SPACE.
01:26:28 >> SOMETIMES WE CAN SET OUR PARTNERS UP AND DEPARTMENTS UP
01:26:32 FOR FAILURE AND THEN BLAME THEM FOR FAILING AND IT'S REALLY NOT
01:26:37 FAIR. >> IT IN YOUR JUDGMENT, IS
01:26:40 THERE A WAY THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE FUNDING
01:26:44 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE
01:26:48 ACCOUNTING FOR SOME OF THE SECURITY ISSUES THAT MAY PLAY
01:26:52 OUT AND I WILL SAY JUST FOR FOR EXAMPLE AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY
01:26:57 THIS BEFORE I HEAR FROM PROVIDERS AND I'M SENSITIVE TO
01:27:00 IT THAT WE'RE NOT FUNDING THEM TO PROVIDE SECURITY SERVICES OR
01:27:03 AMBASSADOR SERVICES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
01:27:07 BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BEING ON THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE, IF
01:27:11 WE'RE SENDING POLICE OFFICERS THERE TWICE, TWICE A DAY WE'RE
01:27:14 SPENDING MONEY ON SECURITY, WE'RE JUST SPENDING IT BADLY.
01:27:17 WE'RE SPENDING IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE SORT OF AN OUNCE OF
01:27:19 PREVENTION WOULD BE I THINK WORTH A POUND OF CURE AND I
01:27:22 THINK WE WOULD ALL BE RATHER HAVING THIS MONEY GO TO THE
01:27:26 PROVIDER SO THAT WE'RE BETTER ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
01:27:29 THAN YOU KNOW IN THAT THEY'RE SERVING TO AVOID HAVING SORT OF
01:27:36 THESE 911 CALLS PLAY OUT. SO I'M JUST THINK THINKING WHAT
01:27:40 WHAT COULD WE DO TO SET PROVIDERS UP BETTER AND SHOULD
01:27:43 WE BE CHANGING THE MATH ON THIS THAT LISTEN WE NEED TO ALLOCATE
01:27:48 A CERTAIN MORE MONEY BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE THAN
01:27:52 WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE'RE DOING IT BETTER
01:27:55 AND SETTING OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS UP FOR SUCCESS.
01:27:56 AND YOUR DEPARTMENT OF YOUR SUCCESS TO ALL GOOD QUESTIONS.
01:27:59 >> I SO I JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER
01:28:03 THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON OUR MULTI-YEAR PROCUREMENT PLAN
01:28:07 PART OF THE WHOLE I MEAN SEVERAL REASONS.
01:28:10 ONE OF THEM IS WE SHOULD BE PROCURING THESE SERVICES ON A
01:28:14 REGULAR CADENCE. I MEAN THAT REALLY HASN'T
01:28:17 HAPPENED WITH A LOT OF THESE CONTRACTS.
01:28:18 A LOT OF THE LEGACY CONTRACTS THAT CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT
01:28:22 WHEN IT WAS FORMED AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY IT
01:28:25 HASN'T HAPPENED YET. BUT PART OF THE REASON FOR
01:28:29 DOING THAT IN ADDITION IS TO RIGHT SIZE SOME OF THE RATE
01:28:34 SETTING RIGHT. SO PAYING RATES THAT MORE MEET
01:28:37 THE NEEDS OF THE PROVIDER COMMUNITIES AND THE SERVICES
01:28:41 THAT THEY ARE JUST DESPERATELY TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR FOLKS WHO
01:28:45 NEED THEM. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I
01:28:46 THINK WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND IT DOES CHANGE THE MATH.
01:28:49 I MEAN I THINK YOU KNOW, EITHER WE'LL END UP WITH A SMALLER
01:28:53 PORTFOLIO OR THE BOARD IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL DECIDE TO
01:28:57 FUND HIGHER LEVELS. YOU KNOW, THAT'LL HAPPEN IN THE
01:28:58 NEXT FEW YEARS. >> THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE
01:29:02 ALSO DOING IS WORKING MUCH MORE CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:29:05 PUBLIC HEALTH SO HCA AND ARE WORKING ON REALLY UNDERSTANDING
01:29:12 THE ACUITY THAT WE'RE SEEING IN PCH AND AND WORKING TOGETHER
01:29:16 TO DECIDE WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR FOLKS WHO REALLY
01:29:20 AREN'T THRIVING IN PCH. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
01:29:23 REASONS. I MEAN IT'S NOT JUST DRUG USE.
01:29:24 IT'S LIKE DEMENTIA LIKE PEOPLE ARE AGING IN PLACE.
01:29:27 THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND SO HOW DO WE
01:29:31 SEGMENT THOSE THINGS AND LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY NEED
01:29:32 AND PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORTS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED?
01:29:36 YES, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COST MORE MONEY ALTHOUGH IT
01:29:40 ALSO MEANS THAT MAYBE WE HAVE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE
01:29:41 DIFFERENT USED DIFFERENTLY FOR THE POPULATIONS THAT WE'RE
01:29:44 SEEING. AND I THINK THAT'S I MEAN I
01:29:48 THINK THAT'S REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS NEW
01:29:51 AND VERY STRONG COLLABORATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY
01:29:55 LOOK AT THE NEEDS H S H IS GOOD AT SETTING UP SHELTER
01:29:59 AND HOUSING. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
01:30:03 WE WORK, WE DO CONTRACTS, WE WORK WITH ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS.
01:30:04 WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE EXPERTISE THAT HAS WHEN IT
01:30:08 COMES TO SOME OF THESE OTHER ISSUES.
01:30:10 AND SO THAT PARTNERSHIP AND STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP
01:30:15 HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT
01:30:16 WE'RE DOING. >> THE OTHER IS THAT WE'RE
01:30:19 REALLY LOOKING AT THE SECURITY NEEDS ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO
01:30:22 WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR PROVIDERS JUST TO SAY
01:30:26 OKAY LIKE WHAT IS THE WHAT DO WE NEED GENERALLY?
01:30:27 I MEAN WE'VE KIND OF BEEN DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHERE WE'VE
01:30:30 BEEN LIKE OKAY, THIS IS A HOTSPOT, LET'S PUT SOMETHING
01:30:32 THERE. BUT REALLY WHAT DO WE NEED TO
01:30:35 STABILIZE THE BUILDINGS AND MAKE THE PROVIDERS FEEL
01:30:38 LIKE THEY'RE SAFE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES?
01:30:42 >> SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
01:30:45 THANK YOU. >> COULD I HAVE THE
01:30:50 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE OR MAYBE OR DIRECTOR CUTLER TO CONFIRM
01:30:53 FOR ME FOR THE SLIDE 28 THAT PRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT ON
01:30:57 SPECIFICALLY THE ORACLE FUND REVENUE FORECAST?
01:31:08 AND SO THE FORECAST HERE IS INDICATING THAT FOR JUST THIS
01:31:12 CURRENT YEAR THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE SEEING YOUR PROJECTED AT
01:31:17 MORE THAN $68 MILLION THAN WHAT YOU HAVE BUDGET.
01:31:21 >> IS THAT CORRECT? SO YES, THE WAY I READ THIS IS
01:31:29 THAT PROP C REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO COME IN AT $68
01:31:35 MILLION MORE IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND $93 MILLION MORE
01:31:38 IN THE BUDGET YEAR. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE PREVIOUS
01:31:46 FUND BALANCE THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT DOWN.
01:31:49 >> YEAH. SO I MEAN I THINK THAT THE
01:31:50 QUESTION'S KIND OF I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT SUPERVISOR
01:31:53 WALTON KIND OF INDICATED. I MEAN IF KNOWING THAT THERE IS
01:31:58 ACTUALLY A REVENUE FORECAST THAT IN MY OPINION JUST LOOKING
01:32:02 AT IT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THEN WHAT IS THEN WHY
01:32:08 WHY WHY DO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S REALLY A SERVICE REDUCTION BUT
01:32:13 MAYBE IT IS I SO I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS.
01:32:20 >> FIRST THERE'S A TIMING QUESTION.
01:32:21 THE MARCH UPDATES CAME IN WELL AFTER THE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED
01:32:25 THEIR BUDGET RIGHT AND AND SO THERE'S A THERE'S A TIMING
01:32:28 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ASSUMING
01:32:32 AND THAT IS WHAT MAYOR FACE IS IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS
01:32:33 REVISED REVENUES LOOKING AT THEIR PROPOSALS, DECIDING
01:32:36 WHETHER OR NOT WE LIKE THEIR PROPOSAL, WHETHER OR NOT WE DO
01:32:39 IN FACT WANTS TO REDUCE WHAT THEIR REDUCTIONS ARE.
01:32:43 >> BUT THEN ALSO I, I, I DO THINK WE DON'T WANT TO AND ON
01:32:50 THE PROPERTY MONEY I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR I DO THINK
01:32:53 LIKE I AM A BELIEVER IN SPEAKING FOR MYSELF IS AS A
01:32:58 AS THE BUDGET DIRECTOR NOT HAVING CONFERRED WITH ANY OF MY
01:33:02 COLLEAGUES I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL LIKE A BIG
01:33:05 PUSH THEORY OF ECONOMICS ISSUE, RIGHT?
01:33:06 LIKE THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
01:33:09 SUSTAINED ONGOING AND THEN THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OF
01:33:10 POLICY WHERE LIKE THE MORE MONEY YOU SPEND SOONER IF YOU
01:33:14 SPEND IT WELL IT IT HELPS MAKE THE PROBLEM GO AWAY SO YOU
01:33:18 DON'T NEED TO SPEND SO MUCH IN THE FUTURE IS THE HOPE.
01:33:21 RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE
01:33:22 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS IS WHAT ARE THE INTERVENTIONS THAT
01:33:26 COULD REALLY HELP KIND OF CREATE THAT STEP CHANGE IN WHAT
01:33:29 THE LONG TERM OPERATING NEEDS ARE AND HOW DO WE HOW DO WE
01:33:35 SPEND ONE TIME ONE TIME MONEY NOT WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE
01:33:37 CAN ONLY SPEND IT IN ONE YEAR BUT BUT THAT IS NOT RECURRING
01:33:40 REVENUE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE ONCE AND THEN IT GOES AWAY.
01:33:47 >> HOW DO YOU SPEND THAT IN A WAY THAT YOU BRING DOWN LONG
01:33:48 TERM COSTS OR BRING DOWN BRING DOWN THE ACUITY OR KIND OF
01:33:51 FIGURE OUT ALL OF THOSE PIECES ?
01:33:54 AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
01:33:56 AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO
01:33:58 EMPHASIZE ABOUT MAYOR PHASES LIKE WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAN WE
01:34:01 KNEW WE DID IN PROP C WE WILL PROBABLY SPEND MORE MONEY THAN
01:34:05 THE THEN THE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF
01:34:09 THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY. WE STILL HAVE A GENERAL FUND
01:34:13 CRISIS AND SO WE ARE STILL HOPING THAT WE WILL REDUCE THE
01:34:17 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT IN THE DEPARTMENT AND MORE THAN OFFSET
01:34:21 THAT WITH PROP C DOLLARS THERE IS A GENERAL FUND BASELINE.
01:34:22 WE WILL OF COURSE RESPECT THE GENERAL FUND BASELINE BUT I
01:34:25 THINK THAT THE DEGREE TO WHICH THERE IS WIGGLE ROOM THERE THAT
01:34:28 IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE BUCKETS OF PROPERTY AND KIND OF FITS
01:34:32 NEATLY INTO ONE OF THOSE BOXES LIKE WE WE WANT TO SOLVE THE
01:34:36 PROBLEM DOES I DON'T KNOW IF I'M KIND OF SPEAKING AT TOO
01:34:40 HIGH OF AN ALTITUDE. >> WELL, I MEAN I THINK I CAN
01:34:41 ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I'M HERE TO ARTICULATE MY
01:34:44 APPROACH AND PHILOSOPHY IN THIS IS THAT I DO BELIEVE THE BEST
01:34:49 WAY TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS IS ACTUALLY TO PREVENT IT FROM
01:34:53 HAPPENING A FIRST PLACE. >> AND SO IT MEANS THAT IN MY
01:34:57 OPINION IS ALSO TO INCREASE SUBSIDIES PARTICULARLY A RENTAL
01:35:01 SUBSIDIES AND OF COURSE AT THAT RAPID REHOUSING PORTION OF
01:35:04 THINGS YOU KNOW WE HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER IS
01:35:11 THE INITIAL TWO YEARS OR EXPANDED TO FIVE YEARS FOR SOME
01:35:12 OF THESE FAMILIES IS JUST SEEING HOW THE FEDERAL CUTS
01:35:16 IT'S COMING IN MY OPINION I THINK THAT IT IS IT WOULD BE
01:35:20 GOOD TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION ABOUT INVESTING IN HOUSING.
01:35:27 I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT TO HOUSING FIRST POLICY AND BE
01:35:31 ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION.
01:35:32 BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WOULD I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR.
01:35:35 SHE SHE AS YOU WILL COME BEFORE THIS BODY AGAIN FOR BUDGET
01:35:42 AND RECOGNIZING AS SUPERVISOR AND AS WELL AS JOHN HAS
01:35:43 INDICATED NOT ONLY THAT WE'RE SEEING THE PROJECTION OF THE
01:35:47 REVENUE INCREASE FOR PROPOSITION C WE WE ALSO KNOW
01:35:54 THAT THE ONE TIME SAVING THAT WE NOW HAVE FROM R&B AND B
01:36:00 LAWSUITS WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $100 MILLION WHICH WE PUT ON
01:36:02 RESERVE FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR ANTICIPATING THE POTENTIAL
01:36:05 PAYOUT NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WE JUST APPROVED THAT
01:36:09 SETTLEMENT LITERALLY LAST TUESDAY.
01:36:13 SO I THINK THERE'S SOME THERE'S A MORE THAN I MEAN NOW WE'RE
01:36:16 ALREADY TALKING ABOUT $168 MILLION A WIGGLE ROOM.
01:36:20 I WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD ABOUT THAT SO I DON'T HAVE ANY
01:36:23 MORE QUESTION. I KNOW THAT SUPERVISOR CHIN IS
01:36:27 ACTUALLY WEARING TWO HATS AT THE SAME TIME AS LAF CO CHAIR
01:36:32 WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR TRUST AND SO SHE WILL BE
01:36:35 RETURNED SHORTLY BUT I THINK THAT SHE CAN PROBABLY ASK MORE
01:36:39 QUESTIONS WHEN SHE RETURNS IF I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE
01:36:43 ROSTER AT THIS MOMENT I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP TO A
01:36:45 PUBLIC COMMENT AND AS A REMINDER WE HAVE SET RIGHT AT
01:36:47 THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AS I
01:36:51 WANT TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THE QUORUM AND THAT WE WILL LIMIT
01:36:55 PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ONE MINUTE. >> YES, WE'RE NOW OPENING
01:37:00 PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH
01:37:02 TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE REGARDING THIS ITEM NUMBER ONE
01:37:07 ,THE CHAIR DID ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT
01:37:09 TO ONE MINUTE AND AS ANNOUNCED EARLIER ON WE DO HAVE
01:37:14 INTERPRETIVE SERVICE FOR THE SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT
01:37:20 AND AS WE SETTLE IN IF WE COULD HAVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER POLICE
01:37:28 JORDAN VOLESKY SHE THEY TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE IS
01:37:31 TRUE THERE IS TO DECOMMISSION NO TEN SHOULD END UP IN THE
01:37:34 STREETS OR SHELTERS AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RIGHT TO
01:37:39 REMAIN COUPLED WITH JUST TRANSITIONS OUT THE BIT SIMILAR
01:37:41 BETTER HOUSING BUT ALSO SOME OF THESE PSA CESARO'S ARE SUCH
01:37:45 SPARTAN THAT NO TENANT WOULD MISS IT IF THEY HAD A CHANCE TO
01:37:47 MOVE SOMEWHERE BETTER WHEN SELECT TENANTS FROM THE SQUALOR
01:37:50 IN BALDWIN WERE TRANSITIONED TO THE WELL MANY GARLAND MANATEE
01:37:53 GARLAND IT WAS A 35 TO 40% COST SAVINGS PER CAPITA PER YEAR
01:38:01 WHEN IT COMES TO JAMMING US IN SMALL BATHROOM ROOMS WITHOUT
01:38:05 BATHROOMS THE MATH AIN'T MATH ANYMORE.
01:38:06 I SAY THIS IS A COMMISSIONER EMERITUS OF THE SRO TASK FORCE.
01:38:09 I'D LOVE TO SEE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF SORROWS BEING THE
01:38:13 NORM FOR PASSAGE AND THE WHOLESALE EXPANSION OF
01:38:16 SCATTERED SITE PSA WOULD DO MORE TO ADDRESS DRUG ISSUES
01:38:17 THAN DAWSON SOUDERS POST TODAY AS DRUG FREE HOUSING ACT TO ALL
01:38:22 THOSE WHO HATE HOUSING FIRST AND HARM REDUCTION I YIELD MY
01:38:24 TIME BACK. >> YOU THANK YOU JORDAN LEFT
01:38:27 OKAY NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE I SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS LUCAS
01:38:31 ALIGN WITH THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
01:38:34 I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY IN REGARDS TO THE SHELTER
01:38:35 NUMBERS. I YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE
01:38:39 DEPARTMENT FIGURES AND WE DIDN'T GET DOWN INTO THE
01:38:42 SPECIFICS OF WHICH SHELTERS THEY CLOSED AND WITH THEY WERE
01:38:46 HOW MANY WAVES THEY WERE COUNTING THOSE HOTEL VOUCHERS.
01:38:49 BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE SHEER NUMBER OF CLOSURES.
01:38:53 >> SO WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT IT IS THE OPEN SHELTERS WHICH WERE
01:38:57 NAMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMONS, JAMES BALDWIN PLACE
01:39:01 AND HOPE HOUSE ONLY ACCOUNT FOR 181 BEDS.
01:39:03 >> WE HAVE CLOSED THE COVA HOTEL THE BAYVIEW VEHICLE
01:39:07 TRIAGE CENTER, THE MISSION CABINS, THE MONARCH HOTEL
01:39:08 AND THE DANTE ALL WITHIN JANUARY 1ST, 2025 AND APRIL 1ST
01:39:14 2026 WHICH WAS THE PERIOD THAT THEY WERE QUOTING FROM.
01:39:16 THAT'S A TOTAL OF 373 BEDS LOST.
01:39:18 SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE WITHOUT THESE NON CONGREGATE
01:39:24 SHELTER BEDS WHICH ARE SOME OF THE BEST SORTS OF SHELTER BEDS
01:39:26 THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR HOMELESS FOLKS, THAT MEANS LESS FOLKS
01:39:29 ARE COMING IN OFF THE STREETS IF WE HAVE AN RV BAN AND OTHER
01:39:33 CRIMINALIZATION EFFORTS PRIORITIZING THOSE SHELTER BEDS
01:39:37 THAT'S WHERE THOSE SHELTER THE THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING
01:39:40 THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE GO SEE
01:39:48 SOMEBODY DIG A HOLE WHILE YOU'RE LIVING.
01:39:49 WELL, I THINK I'LL SEE VOTE ON SO YEAH I CHIP COME ALONG PUT
01:39:53 SOME TIME GOVERNMENT MAIN HIGHWAY LOAN IN BOTTLE LOCK
01:39:57 BACK USED UP GO GIVE PHONE KING COULD HOW WELL HERE GOES SOME
01:40:01 LESBIAN YOGA MAMA GO YOU GOT MORE HOW EDGY EACHFOR TO ALLOCAS
01:40:57 FROM THE 400 MILLION WE SERVE TO BACKFILL SIX 200 OF THESE
01:41:02 VOUCHERS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS I'M A MOTHER OF THREE
01:41:05 CHILDREN'S WE ARE A FAMILY OF FIVE AND WE ARE A FAMILY
01:41:08 RECEIVING EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS
01:41:12 OUR FAMILY LIVE IN AN SRO. MY YOUNGER SINCE MY YOUNGEST
01:41:15 SON HE HAS DEVELOP ALL OUR PROBLEMS AND IS A STUDENT
01:41:19 IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. >> IT WAS ONLY AFTER WE
01:41:22 RECEIVED THAT VICTORY VOUCHER THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE INTO
01:41:26 THEIR HOME. SINCE THEN MY CHILDREN'S HEALTH
01:41:27 AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE IMPROVED A LOT AND MY YOUNGEST SON'S
01:41:31 LANGUAGE SKILLS HAVE CLEARLY GOTTEN BETTER.
01:41:35 >> HOWEVER MY FAMILY STILL FACE MANY CHALLENGES AND MY HUSBAND
01:41:38 HAS SURGERY ON HIS NOSE AND THROAT IN THE PAST YEAR
01:41:42 AND THEN HIS HEALTH HAS BEEN POOR FOR A LONG TIME.
01:41:46 HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK FOR OVER FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS
01:41:50 HECK MEDICATION REGULARLY AND HE HAS NO INCOME AND I ALSO
01:41:53 HAVE HEART PROBLEMS AND RECENTLY BECAUSE OF STRESS
01:41:57 I HAVE FAINTED AND FALLEN SEVERAL TIMES RIGHT NOW OUR
01:42:01 INCOME AND EXPENSES ARE JUST BARELY BALANCE IF WE DON'T HAVE
01:42:05 THIS EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER ANY MORE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
01:42:09 AFFORD OUR CURRENT RENT HOUSING OUTSIDE IS SIMPLY TOO
01:42:12 EXPENSIVE. >> THAT PROGRAM HAS TRULY
01:42:16 CHANGED MY FAMILY'S LIFE. IT HAS GIVING MY CHILDREN A
01:42:17 BETTER ENVIRONMENT TO GROW UP IN AND HAS GIVING US BASIC
01:42:23 STABILITY AND DIGNITY. IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS
01:42:24 ASSISTANCE ANYMORE WE MAY LOSE EVERYTHING WE HAVE NOW.
01:42:28 I SINCERELY ASK SUPERVISORS TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE
01:42:35 EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM AND HELP FAMILIES LIKE
01:42:40 OURS. >> THANK YOU.
01:42:40 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:42:41 BY TELLING YOU THE NEXT SPEAKER BETWEEN JEN I AM.
01:43:59 >> I HOPE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT TO ALLOCATE 39 MILLION FROM THE
01:44:04 400 MILLION RESERVE TO BACK FILL SIX 200 OF THESE VOUCHERS
01:44:06 FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. I'M A SINGLE MOM.
01:44:10 I LIVE IN AN WITH MY TWO KIDS FOR SIX YEARS LIFE WAS REALLY
01:44:13 HARD FOR ME. I HAD DEPRESSION.
01:44:16 I LIVE IN MY I LIVE MY LIFE IN ANXIETY AND STRESS.
01:44:22 IN 2022 I RECEIVE AN EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER.
01:44:23 WE FINALLY HAD A MORE STABLE AND SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.
01:44:27 I FELT A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER I COULD START LEARNING ENGLISH
01:44:30 AND WORK ON IMPROVING MYSELF. I ALSO WANT TO BUILD A BETTER
01:44:34 FUTURE FOR MY CHILDREN. >> BUT LAST YEAR WE WERE TOLD
01:44:38 THAT YEAR TWO WILL END THIS OCTOBER.
01:44:39 SINCE THEN I FEEL WORRY AND SCARED EVERY DAY.
01:44:42 >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE THREE OF US WILL GO WHEN THE TIME
01:44:45 COMES. >> I TAKE CARE OF MY TWO
01:44:48 CHILDREN AND MY ELDERLY PARENTS SO I CAN ONLY WORK PART TIME.
01:44:52 I EARN ABOUT ONE POINT 2KA MONTH WITH THIS INCOME I CANNOT
01:44:55 AFFORD RENT IN TODAY'S MARKET. I'M NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR
01:44:59 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> THE PLACE WHERE I USED TO
01:45:03 LIVE HAS RAISED THE RENT AND I CANNOT AFFORD IT ANYMORE.
01:45:06 >> THE TRUTH IS WAIT I'LL HELP LOW INCOME IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
01:45:10 LIKE OURS MAY BECOME HOMELESS AGAIN.
01:45:11 SO TODAY I SINCERELY ASK THE CITY AND ALL OF YOU FOR HELP WE
01:45:17 REALLY NEED THIS HELP. A STABLE HOME IS NOT JUST A
01:45:18 PLACE TO LIVE. IT HELPS CHILDREN GROW SAFELY
01:45:22 AND GIVES FAMILY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.
01:45:25 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:45:26 THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
01:45:27 THANK SPEAKER HI SUPERVISORS.
01:46:42 MY NAME IS YANJING SCHELL. I HOPE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT TO
01:46:45 ALLOCATE 39 MILLIONS FROM THE 400 MILLION RESERVE TO BACKFILL
01:46:49 SIX 200 OF THESE VOUCHERS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
01:46:52 I LIVE IN A SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
01:46:55 >> THAT TIME WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME.
01:46:56 IT WASN'T UNTIL 2022 BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES THAT I HAD THE
01:47:00 CHANCE TO MOVE OUT WITH AN EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER.
01:47:04 THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I FELL ILL.
01:47:06 BIT OF HOPE IN MY LIFE BUT NOW THAT HOPE IS BEING TAKEN AWAY.
01:47:10 >> MY HUSBAND IS VERY SICK. HE HAS SERIOUS MOBILITY PROBLEM
01:47:13 AND HAS HAD THREE MAJOR SURGERIES.
01:47:14 HE DEPENDS ON A LOT OF MEDICATION EVERY DAY JUST TO
01:47:18 STAY ALIVE. HE CAN BARELY MOVE ON HIS OWN
01:47:21 EVERY DAY I TAKE CARE OF HIM AND ALSO WORK A LOT OF PART
01:47:25 TIME JOBS TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILY.
01:47:26 >> WE RELY ON FOOD STAMPS, MEDICAL AND ACTUALLY JUST TO
01:47:30 SURVIVE WITHOUT THIS HOUSING SUPPORT WE TRULY HAVE NO OTHER
01:47:33 WAY TO CONTINUE GOING BACK TO AN SRO IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR
01:47:37 US. THE BRUNT OF IT ALL HAS
01:47:40 INCREASED TO AN AMOUNT THAT WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD AND MORE
01:47:41 IMPORTANTLY MY HUSBAND'S HEALTH CANNOT HANDLE THAT LIVING
01:47:45 CONDITION OR ANOTHER MOVE. >> LATELY I LIVE UNDER A LOT OF
01:47:48 STRESS EVERY DAY BUT THE HARDEST PART IS THAT I DON'T
01:47:52 EVEN DARE TO TELL MY HUSBAND HE IS ALREADY SUFFERING SO MUCH
01:47:55 AND DEPENDS ON MEDICATION TO STAY ALIVE.
01:47:56 I CANNOT BEAR TO TELL HIM THAT WE MAY SOON LOSE OUR HOME.
01:47:59 >> I'M AFRAID HE CANNOT HANDLE IT SO ALL THESE FEAR, ANXIETY
01:48:03 AND HOPELESSNESS I CARRY BY MYSELF SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW
01:48:08 HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN HOLD ON. I SINCERELY ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
01:48:11 US. PLEASE HELP FAMILIES LIKE OURS
01:48:14 THE MOST VULNERABLE SO WE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO KEEP LIVING.
01:48:18 >> THANK YOU. NEXT PICTURE
01:49:38 . >> OKAY.
01:49:38 HI SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS PALING WHO?
01:49:43 I HOPE TO GET YOUR SUPPORT TO ALLOCATE 39 MILLIONS FROM THE
01:49:46 400 MILLION RESERVE TO BACKFILL TWO SIX 200 OF THESE VOUCHERS
01:49:49 FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. >> I AM 68 YEARS OLD.
01:49:52 I LIVE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND MY 14 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER.
01:49:55 MY HEALTH HAS NOT BEEN GOOD. I HAD HAD KIDNEY SURGERY
01:49:59 AND HAVE NOT FULLY RECOVER AND THE ONGOING CARE OF MY
01:50:03 FAMILY DEPENDS ON MY DAUGHTER TO SUPPORT US.
01:50:06 BUT MY DAUGHTER IS ALSO NOT HEALTHY.
01:50:07 SHE HAS A THYROID CONDITION AND NEEDS TO TAKE MEDICATION
01:50:10 LONG TERM BECAUSE SHE ALSO TAKES CARE OF ME AND MY
01:50:14 GRANDDAUGHTER. SHE CAN ONLY WORK PART TIME
01:50:15 AND EARNS ABOUT ONE POINT 5KA MONTH WITH THIS INCOME WE HAVE
01:50:18 TO PAY FOR DAILY LIVING EXPENSES AND MEDICAL COSTS.
01:50:21 EVERY EXPENSE IS VERY HEAVY FOR US.
01:50:24 >> WE WERE REALLY LUCKY TO RECEIVE HOUSING THROUGH THE
01:50:27 PROGRAM IT GAVE US IT GAVE OUR VULNERABLE FAMILY A STABLE
01:50:31 PLACE TO LIVE. BUT NOW WE HAVE LEARNED THAT
01:50:32 THIS SUPPORT WILL END SOON. SINCE THAT MOMENT WE HAVE BEEN
01:50:36 LIVING WITH WORRY AND FEAR EVERY DAY.
01:50:40 IF WE LOSE THIS HELP WE TRULY DO NOT KNOW WHERE WE CAN GO
01:50:44 WITH MY DAUGHTER'S INCOME IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AFFORD RENT
01:50:47 IN TODAY'S MARKET WITHOUT HOUSING SUPPORT WE MAY FACE
01:50:48 HOMELESSNESS. I AM OLDER AND IN POOR HEALTH.
01:50:52 MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS STILL GROWING.
01:50:54 WE CANNOT HANDLE THIS KIND OF HARDSHIP TODAY I STAND HERE TO
01:50:58 SINCERELY ASK THAT YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT FAMILY LIKE OURS
01:51:02 AND PROVIDE THE HELP WE NEED. >> THANK YOU.
01:51:05 >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR HELPING HER NEXT SPEAKER
01:52:18 THANK YOU. HI SUPERVISORS.
01:52:19 MY NAME IS SHIPPING JEW. I URGE THE CITY TO ALLOCATE 39
01:52:25 MILLION FROM THE 400 MILLION RESERVE TO COVER THE GAP FOR
01:52:28 SIX 200 HOUSING VOUCHERS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
01:52:31 >> MY MOTHER IN THE FAMILY OF SIX I'M SPEAKING TODAY BECAUSE
01:52:35 LOW INCOME IMMIGRANT FAMILIES LIKE MY TRULY DEPEND ON FREE
01:52:39 HOUSING ASSISTANCE SINCE WE WERE TOLD LAST OCTOBER THAT
01:52:42 THIS SUPPORT ME AND IN 2026 I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH CONSTANT
01:52:46 ANXIETY. I CAN'T SLEEP OR EAT WELL IS
01:52:49 NOT THAT WE DON'T WORK HARD. I WAKE UP AT 4 A.M. AND START
01:52:52 WORK AT 5AI PUSH MY BODY TO THE LIMIT EVERY DAY JUST TO SUPPORT
01:52:56 MY FAMILY. WE LIVE IN AND SO FOR EIGHT
01:52:59 YEARS MY CHILDREN EIGHT AND DID HOMEWORK ON THE BED DURING THE
01:53:03 PANDEMIC THEY HAD TO ATTEND ONLINE CLASSES IN THAT TINY
01:53:06 SPACE. WE ALSO SUFFER FROM SEVERE
01:53:07 BEDBUG INFESTATION SO WAKING UP NIGHT AFTER NIGHT IT WAS A
01:53:12 PAINFUL WAY TO LIVE. MY CHILDREN USED TO ASK ME MOM,
01:53:16 WHEN CAN WE MOVE OUT? I NEVER HAD AN ANSWER.
01:53:17 NOW THAT WE HAVE FINALLY MOVED OUT AND THOUGHT LIFE WAS STABLE
01:53:22 I SPOKE. >> WE ARE AGAIN AT RISK OF
01:53:23 LOSING OUR HOUSING SUPPORT. I'M CARING FOR MY TWO CHILDREN
01:53:27 AND MY SICK ELDERLY PARENTS BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS I
01:53:30 CAN ONLY DO MANUAL LABOR AND CANNOT AFFORD MARKET RATE
01:53:34 RENT IF WE LOSE THIS ASSISTANCE I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WILL GO.
01:53:39 >> WE FEAR BECOMING HOMELESS AGAIN.
01:53:42 WE FEAR OUR CHILDREN RETURNING TO THAT LIFE.
01:53:43 I SINCERELY ASK SUPERVISORS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND PROVIDE
01:53:50 STABLE LONG TERM HOUSING SO THAT OUR CHILDREN CAN GROW UP
01:53:54 WITH SECURITY AND HOPE. >> THANK YOU.
01:53:57 >> THANK YOU MUCH. THE NEXT SPEAKER HELLO
01:54:05 SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS YESENIA.
01:54:06 LOOK, I. I AM A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT
01:54:09 MOTHER, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND MEMBER OF SUPERVISOR
01:54:12 RONAN'S DISTRICT AND SPEAKING FROM LIVE EXPERIENCE I HAVE
01:54:14 LIVED AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:54:16 I HAVE NEEDED HARM REDUCTION. I HAVE NEEDED COMMUNITY SPACES
01:54:20 THAT DID NOT SHAME ME, JUDGE ME OR REQUIRE ME TO BE PERFECT
01:54:24 BEFORE I DESERVE SUPPORT. >> I STRONGLY OPPOSE ANY
01:54:25 PROPOSALS THAT CUT AT EACH STAGE FUNDING DECOMMISSIONED
01:54:29 DECOMMISSIONED PCH BEDS WEAKENED HOUSING FIRST
01:54:33 RESTRICTS HARM REDUCTION CREATES DRUG FREE REQUIREMENTS
01:54:36 THAT PUSH PEOPLE OUT LIKE ME OR USE PROPERTY MONEY FUNDS TO
01:54:40 BACKFILL CUTS INSTEAD OF EXPANDING HOUSING AND SERVICES
01:54:41 EXCLUSIONARY HOUSING IS DANGEROUS WHEN HOUSING IS ONLY
01:54:44 FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SOBER, COMPLIANT OR EASY TO SERVE.
01:54:47 THE PEOPLE WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS ARE THE FIRST TO BE
01:54:49 PUSHED OUT DOES NOT CREATE SAFETY.
01:54:52 >> IT CREATES MORE HOMELESSNESS, MORE OVERDOSES,
01:54:53 MORE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, MORE INCARCERATION AND MORE
01:54:56 DEATH. >> MORE DEATH EQUALS LESS
01:54:57 PEOPLE TO CARE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HARM
01:55:00 REDUCTION DID NOT ENABLE ME TO FAIL.
01:55:03 >> THEY HELPED ME TO SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME WHO I AM
01:55:05 TODAY AS THE MOTHER WORK PROFESSIONAL, A COMMUNITY
01:55:08 ADVOCATE AND SOMEONE WHO GIVES BACK TO THE CITY EVERY DAY.
01:55:12 THANK YOU MUCH. I CERTAINLY LIKE ALL OF YOU FOR
01:55:13 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE I
01:55:17 SUPERVISOR IS MY NAME IS ALEX LUDLUM.
01:55:22 I'M HERE TO APPLAUD SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR PROPOSING THIS NEW
01:55:28 PROGRAM. I THINK YOU KNOW THE CURRENT
01:55:33 CULTURE WE HAVE IS A HANDS OFF ONE AND AS A RESULT THERE'S
01:55:40 TREMENDOUS VARIANCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS CERTAIN ONES
01:55:44 ARE PERFORMED WELL FOR THEIR COMMUNITY INSIDE AND THE
01:55:49 NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE OTHERS DO NOT.
01:55:53 AND I TO STATE THAT WE CANNOT HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR
01:56:00 PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NEEDS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
01:56:04 >> I'D ALSO LIKE TO APPLAUD THE DEPARTMENT FOR CLOSING SOME
01:56:07 AND OPENING SOME. I THINK IF YOU SEE BOTH THAT
01:56:11 DEMONSTRATES INTELLIGENCE, IF YOU SEE ONLY CLOSING OR ONLY
01:56:15 OPENING THAT THAT INDICATES THAT AN IDEOLOGY IS AT PLAY
01:56:19 AND PEOPLE ARE NOT ENGAGED WITH THE REALITY OF HOW THESE
01:56:23 PROGRAMS OPERATE ON THE GROUND .
01:56:26 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH ALEX.
01:56:27 LET THEM NEXT SPEAKER HI SUPERVISORS MARNI REGAN LARKIN
01:56:35 STREET YOUTH SERVICES CHAIR OF RESPA D1 RESIDENT I URGE THE
01:56:38 FULL FUNDING OF HEZBOLLAH'S F Y 2627 PLAN TO KEEP SAN
01:56:42 FRANCISCANS HOUSED AND HOUSED OUR NEIGHBORS WITHOUT HOMES.
01:56:45 OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL STABILIZES MORE THAN 400 HOUSEHOLDS
01:56:48 THROUGH FLEX POOL AND HOUSING LETTERS SUBSIDIES WE ENDORSE
01:56:51 USING THE BOARD'S RESERVE TO PREVENT A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS
01:56:54 FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES AND BECOMING HOMELESS.
01:56:57 WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO BACKFILL 144 CRITICAL SHELTER
01:56:59 BEDS AND RESTORE CUTS TO SPECIALIZED JOB CENTERS FOR 800
01:57:04 HOUSEHOLDS SUPPORTING JOB READINESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH
01:57:05 NEW SNAP WORK REQUIREMENTS BEGINNING JUNE 1ST SO PEOPLE
01:57:09 DON'T GO HUNGRY. >> THANKS.
01:57:12 THANK YOU MUCH MARNI REAGAN. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
01:57:19 >> MY NAME IS ALEX BEAR AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY.
01:57:25 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF BASIC RIGHTS THAT ARE CURRENT STATUS
01:57:27 QUO. DENIES EFFECTIVELY DENIES POOR
01:57:31 PEOPLE LIKE ME. LET ME PUT THAT ANOTHER WAY
01:57:36 THERE'S A DE FACTO DENIAL OF THE BASIC RIGHT TO HOUSING FOR
01:57:40 MORE AND MORE WORKING FOLKS AND POOR FOLKS LIKE ME.
01:57:47 AND THIS ISN'T A NEW IDEA THAT HOUSING IS A RIGHT.
01:57:51 >> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED PRESIDENTS MR. MORSI BECAUSE
01:57:55 NONE OTHER THAN FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT AND FOR MOST OF THE
01:57:59 LAST 100 YEARS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS EXPLICITLY DESIGNATED
01:58:03 HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE YOU
01:58:10 SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BENEFIT FROM HOUSING
01:58:13 FIRST. SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU WELL ENOUGH
01:58:17 OFF YOU GET HOUSING FIRST. IF YOU'RE WELL ENOUGH OFF YOU
01:58:21 GET HARM REDUCTION, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
01:58:25 I THANK YOU MUCH COLLEAGUES BEN CARSON DRESSINGS COMMITTEE.
01:58:30 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE SUPERVISORS HIGH SUPERVISORS.
01:58:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MIGUEL CABRERA SO I
01:58:41 WANT TO TRY TO SPEAK FIRST ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE'RE FACING
01:58:47 IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> SO WE HAVE OUR 900 FAMILIES
01:58:48 PEOPLE WHO IS GOING TO EVICT IN AND IN OCTOBER 3RD WE HAVE
01:58:53 TO WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE IS NOT A VICTIM
01:58:56 AND DON'T ON THEIR OWN MAKING MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SAN
01:58:59 FRANCISCO WE ALREADY HAVE EIGHT HOMELESS PEOPLE SICK AND THEN
01:59:02 WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 HOMELESS CHILDREN IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:59:04 SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAD YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER SO WE NEED TO WE
01:59:09 NEED TO FINDING MONEY TO FIND HOUSING FOR THESE CHILDREN.
01:59:13 WHO IS IN THIS SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL DISTRICT?
01:59:16 SO WE HAVE A BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 500 SUBSIDIES THIS YEAR IS
01:59:20 A SOLUTION. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.
01:59:23 WE NEED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO WORKING TOGETHER
01:59:26 TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. >> SO PLEASE SUPPORT ALL BUDGET
01:59:30 THIS YEAR. SO IT'S 500 SUBSIDIES FOR
01:59:31 FAMILIES FOR YOUTH, FOR SENIORS IN PREVENTION.
01:59:35 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU, MIGUEL CABRERA.
01:59:38 >> NEXT SPEAKER HI, ERICA WANG DISTRICT 11 RESIDENT AND LEADER
01:59:43 WAS SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE SAN FRANCISCO I'M HERE
01:59:46 IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO SUPERVISOR DORSEY SOBRIETY FOR
01:59:50 HOUSING PROPOSAL BECAUSE THAT IS A CRUEL BACKWARDS AND DEEPLY
01:59:54 IRRESPONSIBLE ATTACK ON HOUSING FIRST AND HARM REDUCTION LET'S
01:59:57 CALL IT WHAT IT IS A PUNISHMENT POLICY DRESSED UP AS PUBLIC
02:00:01 SAFETY. >> IT WOULD TELL SAN FRANCISCO
02:00:02 THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION DO NOT DESERVE
02:00:05 HOUSING. THAT IS THE SAME FAILED LOGIC
02:00:06 THAT HAS PUSHED PEOPLE DEEPER INTO CRISIS FOR DECADES.
02:00:09 ADDICTION IS NOT A MORAL FAILING.
02:00:12 IT IS A HEALTH ISSUE SHAPED BY BIOLOGY, STRESS, TRAUMA, RACISM
02:00:16 AND ENVIRONMENT. PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH
02:00:18 SUBSTANCE ABUSE DESERVE HOUSING CARE AND TREATMENT NOT STIGMA.
02:00:21 PUNISHMENT OR EVICTION. PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:00:25 EXISTS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE, STABILIZE THEM AND GIVE THEM A
02:00:29 REAL PATH FORWARD. THIS MEASURE WOULD GET THE VERY
02:00:33 MODEL THAT FOR MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE
02:00:34 PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE SUPPORTED BECAUSE IT
02:00:36 WORKS. AND WE NEED TO BE HONEST THAT
02:00:40 THIS IS NOT A RADICAL SOLUTION. >> IT WOULD RETREAT US INTO
02:00:44 STIGMA, SHAME AND COERCION. >> TIME HAS EXPIRED.
02:00:45 THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:00:47 >> NEXT SPEAKER. JENNIFER AVIV I'M A MIDDLE
02:00:52 CLASS RESIDENT OF D EIGHT AND I'M ALSO PART OF THE
02:00:54 LEADERSHIP OF SURGE SAN FRANCISCO SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL
02:00:57 JUSTICE. I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY
02:00:58 AND STRONG OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED CUTS TO SURVIVAL
02:01:02 SERVICES INCLUDING THOSE PROVIDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
02:01:06 HOUSING OR HOPEFULLY LOTS OF NUMBERS HAVE BEEN THROWN AROUND
02:01:07 TODAY. I WANT TO ZOOM OUT JUST A TEENY
02:01:09 BIT. WE HAVE 58 BILLIONAIRES LIVING
02:01:11 IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> TOGETHER THESE BILLIONAIRES
02:01:14 ARE HOARDING 217 BILLION DOLLARS.
02:01:17 >> THAT'S IN 2025 POINT 1%. THAT'S ONE TENTH OF 1% OF THAT
02:01:21 HOARDED WEALTH IS $217 MILLION MORE THAN ENOUGH TO FUND
02:01:24 CRITICAL PEOPLE SERVING PROGRAMS.
02:01:28 IT'S RIDICULOUS TO PROPOSE CUTS TO SURVIVAL PROGRAMS WITHIN
02:01:31 THESE CONDITIONS. PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE WE
02:01:33 DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. IT'S CLEAR THAT MANY CITY
02:01:36 LEADERS HAVE MADE THE CHOICE TO CATER TO THE WHIMS OF
02:01:37 BILLIONAIRE CLASS OVER THE SURVIVAL NEEDS OF OUR MOST
02:01:40 VULNERABLE PEOPLE. IT'S HEARTBREAKING THAT I HAVE
02:01:43 TO REMIND THEM THAT THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS FRIENDS, MOMS,
02:01:47 DADS, CHILDREN. AUNTS, UNCLES.
02:01:48 REAL PEOPLE WILL BE HARMED. SOME HAVE SPOKEN DIRECTLY TODAY
02:01:52 TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPACT THESE CUTS WILL HAVE ON THEIR LIVES.
02:01:55 >> THESE CUTS ARE MALICIOUS MURDER.
02:01:58 >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:02:00 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> CAN I USE THE WOLF VISION AS
02:02:08 A POWER NOTES ON? >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:02:34 MY NAME IS SHAWN AUCKLAND, A RESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER WITH
02:02:38 THE SUMMER WEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
02:02:39 I AM HEARTENED TO SEE A FUTURE PIPELINE OF THESE IMPORTANT
02:02:41 SERVICES BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO REMIND YOU OF THOSE REMIND YOU
02:02:45 AND THE CITY OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS HERE AS IS ON THE
02:02:48 SCREEN. AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR
02:02:49 HOUSING REQUIRES THE CITY TO OVERCOME PATTERNS OF
02:02:53 SEGREGATION AND DISPARATE LIVING.
02:02:55 >> THIS LAW APPLIES EQUALLY TO HOUSING PCH AND HOMELESS
02:02:59 SHELTERS AND SERVICES. WE ALREADY HAVE AN ACT OF CIVIL
02:03:04 RIGHTS COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE OVER THIS.
02:03:07 MORE THAN 60% OF H.S. BEDS ARE LOCATED IN JUST TWO
02:03:10 NEIGHBORHOODS THE TENDERLOIN AND SOMA.
02:03:13 THIS IS STATE FUNDED SEGREGATION CONTINUING TO RENEW
02:03:17 SITES IN HYPER CONCENTRATED AREAS.
02:03:18 IS MATERIAL INCONSISTENT WITH YOUR FAIR HOUSING OBLIGATIONS
02:03:21 AND CAN TRIGGER THE REVOCATION OF YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT?
02:03:25 THIS IS NOT ONLY FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
02:03:26 IT IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE CLAIM TO HELP.
02:03:28 THEY EXPERIENCE BETTER OUTCOMES WHEN PLACED IN WELL-RESOURCED
02:03:30 NEIGHBORHOODS. SOME OF YOU HERE ON THIS
02:03:33 COMMITTEE DO NOT HOST ANY BEDS. I INVITE YOU TO BE PART OF THE
02:03:37 SOLUTION IF YOU FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT.
02:03:38 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:03:40 >> NEXT SPEAKER HELLO. SUPERVISOR CHEN YOU'VE CALLED
02:03:44 THIS HEARING UNDER THE BANNER OF SUPPORTING HOUSING FIRST BUT
02:03:48 YOUR OWN DISTRICT TELLS A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.
02:03:51 SO LOOKING AT YOUR DISTRICT IN THE OUTER MISSION OCEAN
02:03:55 VIEW. MAYOR SAID INGLESIDE
02:03:56 AND EXCELSIOR YOU HAVE SUPERVISOR CHEN OVER HERE YOU
02:03:59 HAVE ZERO ZERO AGE BEDS AND LESS THAN 5% OF AFFORDABLE
02:04:04 HOUSING. NOW LET'S COMPARE THAT TO SOMA
02:04:08 WHERE I LIVE AND SUMMER HAS OVER 1000 BEDS AND 24% OF ITS
02:04:11 HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE. >> THIS IMBALANCE IS EXACTLY
02:04:15 WHY THE HDD COMPLAINT WAS FILED AGAINST THE CITY BY THE SOMA
02:04:19 WEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. >> IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT YOUR
02:04:22 HOUSING FIRST WHEN IT'S NOT IN YOUR DISTRICT AND NOT YOUR
02:04:24 LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THIS HEARING IF THIS HEARING IS
02:04:26 TRULY ABOUT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SYSTEMS OF CARE THEN EQUITY
02:04:33 MUST BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION STARTING WITH
02:04:35 RELOCATING US HOUSING AND SERVICES FROM SOMA TO YOUR
02:04:38 DISTRICT. ANYTHING SHORT OF THIS OF THIS
02:04:41 SCREAM OF INEQUITY AND SUPERVISOR CHEN HYPOCRISY
02:04:48 SPEAKS TIME HAS EXPIRED AND BEFORE I CALL THE NEXT
02:04:52 SPEAKER FRIENDLY REMINDER TO THOSE ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE
02:04:56 IN PUBLIC COMMENT YOU ARE TO DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE
02:05:00 COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE AND NOT TOWARDS A SPECIFIC MEMBER
02:05:02 AND WITH THAT NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:05:07 >> HELLO I'M A RESIDENT OF THE THC HOUSING CLINIC AND THE
02:05:11 LIBRARY IS PRETTY CLEAR WITH OLMSTEAD AND GREEN VERSUS
02:05:18 SUPERIOR COURT 1974 WE ALREADY HAVE RIGHTS THAT HAVE
02:05:21 ESTABLISHED THAT ALLOW FOR A LAWFUL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US
02:05:25 TO EXIST AND NOT BE HOMELESS. SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S
02:05:28 REALLY IN QUESTION. TO ME WHAT'S STRANGE IS IS I
02:05:29 DIDN'T REALLY HEAR A CLEAR ANSWER IS TO WHAT?
02:05:32 THREAT TO OUR HOUSING HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ESTABLISHED BUT
02:05:34 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE
02:05:37 DID SOME HOMEWORK SO WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT
02:05:40 . SO I DON'T WANT TO ASK AND I
02:05:41 BUT I CAN'T GET A HUMAN BEING TO GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER.
02:05:45 I LOVE THIS CITY AND I'VE NEVER SPOKEN IN FRONT OF ONE BEFORE
02:05:48 BUT I'M DOING IT OUT OF RESPECT AND I LOVE YOU GUYS.
02:05:52 MY DAD DIED IN 22 AND I HAVE HAD NO ONE EVER MY WHOLE LIFE
02:05:56 IS STRANGERS SO I'M NOT ENTITLED TO THE HELP BUT I'M
02:06:00 ABOUT TO GET ON MY FEET RIGHT NOW.
02:06:03 >> I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU SO THANK YOU MUCH.
02:06:07 >> THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS REBECCA DAN WU
02:06:21 AND WE LOVE THE JEFFERSON AND I AM AT THE JEFFERSON S.R.O.
02:06:28 AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN LOOKING INTO THIS
02:06:32 RESEARCHING THIS AND FINDING OUT CLEAR ANSWERS.
02:06:36 I DO NOT BELIEVE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE CLEAR ANSWERS BY
02:06:40 THE. THE DIRECTOR BUDGET THERE ARE
02:06:44 THE ROWS GOING TO BE CLOSED DOWN OR NOT?
02:06:47 >> SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING?
02:06:49 THERE NEEDS TO BE CLEAR STATEMENT ON THE THE MAYOR'S
02:06:52 WEBSITE AND CLEAR STATEMENTS HERE SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND
02:06:57 THAT CLEARLY PERHAPS WE NEED TO DO RECORDS REQUESTS.
02:07:04 I KNOW THAT I WILL BE FILING A WRIT OF MANDATE WHICH I CAN DO
02:07:08 AND. TO DETERMINE WHAT'S HAPPENING
02:07:11 AND AND REVIEWING THIS THE BUDGET DEFICIT HAS GONE DOWN SO
02:07:16 SO IT'S A LOT OF THIS IS VERY CONFUSING AS WELL.
02:07:20 >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
02:07:21 THANK YOU MUCH REBECCA DOWN THE NEXT SPEAKER SEVERAL YEARS AGO
02:07:34 I LOST MY JOB DUE TO SYMPTOMS OF MY DISABILITY AND EVENTUALLY
02:07:38 I LOST MY HOUSING TO. I WAS COUCH SURFING FOR ABOUT
02:07:42 SIX MONTHS BEFORE I FINALLY GOT ACCEPTED TO AN SRO.
02:07:43 IT IS FAR FROM IDEAL BUT IT WAS FINALLY A PLACE OF MY OWN
02:07:47 AND WITH STABLE HOUSING IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR ME TO FINALLY
02:07:51 GET BACK ON MY FEET BUT HAVING THAT STABLE PERMANENT HOUSING
02:07:54 WAS CRUCIAL IN MY MENTAL RECOVERY AND NOW I HAVE A FULL
02:07:58 TIME JOB THAT I LOVE AND I DO A REALLY GREAT JOB THERE
02:08:01 AND ANOTHER WEIGHT OF HAS BEEN LIFTED OFF OF ME LIKE I FINALLY
02:08:02 HAVE SOME KIND OF INCOME AND I CAN START TO PAY BACK THE DEBT
02:08:08 FROM WHEN I WAS HOMELESS AND UNEMPLOYED.
02:08:11 EVENTUALLY I'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO EVEN AFFORD MY OWN
02:08:13 HOUSING BUT NOW I'M SCARED OF LOSING MY HOUSING AGAIN
02:08:16 AND THIS WOULD DESTROY MY STABILITY AND MY HOPES FOR THE
02:08:20 FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'D PAY OFF MY
02:08:21 DEBT IF I LIKE GOING BACK TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN BARELY AFFORD
02:08:24 RENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
02:08:27 TO MY MENTAL HEALTH AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'D POSSIBLY KEEP MY
02:08:28 JOB THAT I LOVE RIGHT NOW SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THAT.
02:08:31 IT WAS AND THANK YOU FOR VISITING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:08:35 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE LOOK IT IDENTIFIES IS MY NAME IS KYLE.
02:08:43 I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY'S
02:08:46 LEGISLATION TO EXPAND DRUG FREE HOUSING OPTIONS.
02:08:50 THESE PROGRAMS ARE MEANT TO BE A PATHWAY TO STABILITY
02:08:54 AND IMPROVED HEALTH BUT RIGHT NOW THE OUTCOMES SHOW THAT WE
02:08:58 STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. RESIDENTS DESERVE REAL CHOICES
02:09:02 INCLUDING THE OPTION TO LIVE IN DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENTS.
02:09:05 THIS MEANS INVESTING IN MODELS THAT BETTER INTEGRATE HOUSING
02:09:09 WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES,
02:09:12 RECOVERY SUPPORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
02:09:14 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU MUCH KYLE.
02:09:17 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JACK.
02:09:24 SAN FRANCISCO SPENDS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ON PERMANENT
02:09:25 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING YET ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF OVER DEATHS ARE
02:09:31 HAPPENING INSIDE THE VERY FACILITIES MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE
02:09:32 RECOVER. THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A
02:09:36 SYSTEM WORKING AND WE CAN'T REMAIN WITH THE STATUS QUO.
02:09:39 I SUPPORT SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S PUSH TO EXPAND DRUG FREE
02:09:43 HOUSING OF THE 9000 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THIS CITY,
02:09:47 ONLY 42 ARE DRUG FREE. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS PERSONALLY
02:09:48 WITNESSED THE PAIN OF LOVED ONES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE
02:09:52 ABUSE, PEOPLE AREN'T JUST FIGHTING FOR HOUSING ON OUR
02:09:56 STREETS. THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR
02:09:57 SOBRIETY. ARE PEOPLE GETTING HEALTHIER?
02:09:59 ARE CONDITIONS IMPROVING? IF NOT, WE MUST DO BETTER.
02:10:03 WE MUST RETHINK OUR PLAN AND WE MUST SEE WHO THE PLAN IS
02:10:06 BENEFITING. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
02:10:09 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:10:17 MY NAME IS ROBBIE AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I ALSO SUPPORT
02:10:20 SUPERVISOR DORSEY'S PUSH TO EXPAND DRUG FREE HOUSING.
02:10:24 >> PEOPLE IN RECOVERY DESERVE A REAL CHANCE TO REBUILD THEIR
02:10:25 LIVES AND QUITE FRANKLY RIGHT NOW OUR SYSTEM SIMPLY ISN'T
02:10:28 GIVING THAT CHANCE TO ALL IN NEED.
02:10:32 >> IF SOMEONE IS FIGHTING TO STAY SOBER BUT LIVES IN AN
02:10:33 ENVIRONMENT WHERE DRUG USE IS HAPPENING AROUND THEM, WE ARE
02:10:37 NOT SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS WITH BARELY ANY DRUG FREE UNITS
02:10:40 IN THE ENTIRE CITY. WE ARE NOT OFFERING MEANINGFUL
02:10:43 CHOICE. >> EXPANDING DRUG FREE
02:10:44 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ISN'T ABOUT PUNISHMENT.
02:10:47 IT'S ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE THE SUPPORTIVE AND BYRON THEY NEED
02:10:51 TO SUCCEED IN RECOVERY AND STAY HOUSE.
02:10:52 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBBIE.
02:10:54 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMITTEE GRIFFIN LEE HERE
02:11:01 REPRESENTING CONNECTED S.F.. >> LET'S START WITH THE BUDGET.
02:11:05 >> SAN FRANCISCO PER RESIDENT PAYS ROUGHLY $20,000 PER YEAR
02:11:10 COMPARED TO CITIES IN CALIFORNIA SUCH AS LOS
02:11:14 ANGELES, SAN DIEGO AND SAN JOSE.
02:11:17 >> PER RESIDENT PAYING ROUGHLY 5 TO $7000 PER YEAR.
02:11:25 >> OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE SEEN LITTLE PROGRESS, SOME
02:11:28 PROGRESS. >> BUT WHAT'S WORKED IN THE
02:11:32 PAST OR WHAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST HAS NOT WORKED.
02:11:36 >> WE NEED THE RIGHT SIZE, THE BUDGET SUPPORT THE MAYOR AND
02:11:40 CUTS. THAT'S WHY WE TURNED OVER A LOT
02:11:43 OF THE BOARD IN 2024 AND WE NEED TO EXPAND AS AS THE LAST
02:11:48 THREE SAID DRUG FREE HOUSING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:11:51 >> THANK YOU, GRIFFIN LANE. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:11:55 >> HI, I'M ZACK. I'M AN RV RESIDENT
02:11:59 AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. IF WE ACTUALLY WANT TO SOLVE
02:12:02 HOMELESSNESS WE EXPROPRIATE THE LANDLORDS AND ESTABLISH
02:12:04 UNIVERSAL PUBLIC HOUSING AND SUPPORT SO SOCIAL HOUSING
02:12:07 AND GUARANTEE JOBS TO EVERYBODY .
02:12:11 >> BUT AS TO THE ITEMS TODAY WE NEED TO ADD MORE HOUSING
02:12:15 AVAILABILITY TO THE FAMILIES AND SINGLE ADULTS AND RVS.
02:12:22 RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT 50% OF PEOPLE BEING PLACED OUTSIDE OF
02:12:24 COUNTY. SO SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY, OUR
02:12:27 HOME. AND THEY ALSO ONLY GET ONE
02:12:30 OPTION AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE ON COORDINATED ENTRY WHO GET
02:12:33 THREE. >> AND WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF
02:12:34 PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:12:37 WHO ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED. SO WE NEED TO EXPAND THOSE TOO.
02:12:40 >> PLEASE ITEMIZE THOSE IN THE BUDGET.
02:12:43 THANK YOU MUCH ZACK. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:12:45 GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I AM VIRGINIA CHANG WITH
02:12:49 OPEN DOOR LEGAL C CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES HAVE TOO OFTEN BEEN
02:12:53 OVERLOOKED AS A FIRST LINE UP PREVENTION FOR BOTH
02:12:55 HOMELESSNESS AND THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER OF HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS
02:12:59 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT ACCESS TO JUSTICE IS EXACTLY THAT A FIRST
02:13:06 LINE OF DEFENSE AND EARLY INTERVENTION AND A STABILIZING
02:13:10 FORCE THAT KEEPS FAMILIES HOUSE SAFE AND TOGETHER LEGAL AID
02:13:14 MUST BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF INCOME BECAUSE IT
02:13:18 PREVENTS CRISIS AND FURTHER INSTABILITY.
02:13:22 >> TODAY OUR BABY OFFICE HAS A THREE MONTH WAITLIST.
02:13:23 CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE NEED ALREADY EXCEEDS CAPACITY
02:13:26 AND THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME. MY OWN NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING
02:13:30 PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAGE THEFT AND EVICTION AND THEY DIDN'T
02:13:34 HAVE THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEEDED.
02:13:37 >> SAN FRANCISCO HAS A CHANCE TO ENSURE JUSTICE FOR ALL BY
02:13:41 INVESTING IN PREVENTION. I URGE YOU TO PROTECT
02:13:44 AND PRESERVE FUNDING FOR CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES AS A SMART COST
02:13:48 EFFECTIVE INVESTMENT IN STABLE COMMUNITIES.
02:13:49 >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING
02:13:53 THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:13:56 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS SIERRA SPARKS.
02:13:57 I'M ALSO WITH OPENDOOR LEGAL. I WANTED TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE
02:14:01 QUESTIONS AROUND OPEN OR ILLEGAL HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
02:14:04 GRANT. WE'VE BECOME UNFORTUNATELY
02:14:05 AWARE THAT THIS AWARD HAS RAISED SOME CONCERNS AND AT THE
02:14:09 TIME WHEN WE SEE THESE INVESTMENT IN CIVIL LEGAL
02:14:12 SERVICES IS UNDER PRESSURE AND UNDERFUNDED, IT'S
02:14:15 UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE FIELD
02:14:17 ARE FEELING THE STRAIN. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
02:14:19 DON'T LET THAT PRESSURE TURN INTO COMPETITION IN A WAY THAT
02:14:23 LIMITS WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE
02:14:25 ARE ADDITIONAL PROP C RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
02:14:27 >> OPEN OPENER LEGAL HAS NOT BEEN INVITED TO THE MEETINGS
02:14:31 WITH OUR PEER ORGS BUT WE WOULD GENUINELY WELCOME THE
02:14:32 OPPORTUNITY TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE OTHER EPISODES.
02:14:36 WE BELIEVE STRONGLY IN WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS
02:14:39 AND GROWING IN THE OVERALL POOLED RESOURCES RATHER THAN
02:14:40 COMPETING OVER WHAT EXISTS TODAY.
02:14:44 >> WE THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUES TO RISE
02:14:45 AND EXPANDING HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES IS NOT IS
02:14:48 MEANT TO MEET THAT NEED NOT TAKE AWAY FROM OTHERS.
02:14:51 AND ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU APPROACH THIS COLLABORATIVELY
02:14:52 IT'S YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO BENEFIT THE MOST AND AS
02:14:56 IN QUESTION IF THERE'S ANY NEED FOR DATA IF YOU KNOW OUR
02:14:59 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADRIAN, HE WILL PROVIDE IT.
02:15:02 >> THANK YOU MUCH SARAH SPARKS. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
02:15:06 SUPERVISORS. DR. MEGAN ROY FROM COMPASS
02:15:09 FAMILY SERVICES AND CO-CHAIR OF THE LOCAL HOMELESS COORDINATING
02:15:11 BOARD STAND HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE CASPER RECOMMENDATIONS.
02:15:14 ALSO VERY GRATEFUL OF ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN ABLE
02:15:18 TO HAVE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WITH H.
02:15:20 S H AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A BUDGET THAT MAXIMIZES EVERY
02:15:24 SINGLE DIME THAT CAN BE PUT INTO HOMELESS SERVICES
02:15:25 PARTICULARLY INTO PREVENTION, RIGHT SIZING CONTRACTS
02:15:29 AND HAVING SECURITY THAT PROVIDERS NEED AT THIS TIME I
02:15:33 REALLY WANT TO BRING SOME ATTENTION TO FAMILIES WHO ARE
02:15:37 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT THIS POPULATION FOR EVERY ONE
02:15:41 FAMILY THAT EXITS A FAMILY SHELTER FOR MORE ADD TO THE
02:15:45 FAMILY SHELTER WAITING LIST RIGHT NOW MORE PEOPLE ARE
02:15:48 IN NEED OF SERVICES. IT'S ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF 379
02:15:54 FAMILIES WHICH IS 990 INDIVIDUALS FOR EVERY FAMILY
02:15:55 SHELTER SPACE YOU HAVE YOU'RE ALSO HOUSING ABOUT 3.5
02:16:01 CHILDREN. OF COURSE THERE'S NOT A POINT
02:16:04 FIVE CHILD BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
02:16:05 >> THINK OF THEM NOT JUST AS HOUSEHOLDS AS YOU'LL GET
02:16:09 IN SOME OF THE NUMBERS YOU'LL GET FOR ALL H BUT THINK OF THEM
02:16:13 AS FOOD. >> THANK YOU DR. MCNAIR.
02:16:14 OUR NEXT SPEAKER PLACE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.
02:16:19 >> MY NAME IS CODY KEENAN. I'M WITH THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:16:23 PROVIDER NETWORK. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
02:16:26 TO SPEAK TODAY. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING
02:16:28 THAT WE KNOW FROM BOTH DATA AND LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THAT
02:16:31 IS WHEN ADEQUATELY RESOURCED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
02:16:38 WORKS IT STABILIZES PEOPLE, REDUCES STRAIN ON EMERGENCY
02:16:42 SYSTEMS AND PROVIDES A REAL PATHWAY OUT OF CHRONIC
02:16:43 HOMELESSNESS IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS WE HAVE
02:16:47 AND CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN PCH IS ESSENTIAL TO THAT END I WANT
02:16:51 TO SPEAK TO HOW WE THINK ABOUT BUDGET STRATEGY.
02:16:55 IN PREVIOUS YEARS THE CITY HAS USED SURPLUSES AND PARTS OF THE
02:16:58 BUDGET IN THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC WAYS.
02:17:01 THAT APPROACH HAS ALLOWED PROGRAMS TO REMAIN STABLE EVEN
02:17:05 IN UNCERTAIN FISCAL ENVIRONMENTS AS YOU CONSIDER
02:17:08 CURRENT AND FUTURE BUDGETS, I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE USING
02:17:13 SURPLUS FUNDS IN STRATEGIC WAYS LIGHT TO OFFSET COST OF DOING
02:17:16 BUSINESS DECREASES MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS AND INVEST
02:17:20 IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEPS PROGRAMS LIKE PCH SUCCESS
02:17:24 FINGERS TIME EXPIRED BUT THANK YOU MUCH.
02:17:25 >> THANKS SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
02:17:28 MY NAME IS JESSICA HERNANDEZ. I AM A POLICY ASSOCIATE AT
02:17:33 COMPOSITE FAMILY SERVICES. I'M HERE I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF
02:17:36 JASPER FAMILY THE FAMILY COMMITTEE AND I'M HERE TO
02:17:39 SUPPORT HAS RECOMMENDATIONS AND I ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK ON
02:17:43 BEHALF OF THE BLACK FAMILIES WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
02:17:44 REPRESENTED 33% OVER REGULAR REGULAR CLIENTS ARE BLACK BUT
02:17:51 THERE'S 56% OF BLACK FAMILIES LIVING IN VEHICLES.
02:17:55 PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS TO SERVICES TO FAMILIES IS CRUCIAL
02:17:56 TO GUARANTEE A SAFE EXIT FROM VEHICLE TO HOUSING INSTABILITY
02:17:59 ESPECIALLY SINCE MANY OF THESE FAMILIES ALREADY FACE A LOT OF
02:18:03 BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES IN THEIR DAILY LIFE WHILE
02:18:06 LIVING IN A SMALL VEHICLE, MANY MIGHT NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY
02:18:09 RESOURCES OR SERVICES LEAVING AND THEN LEAVING THEM WITHOUT
02:18:11 AN OPTION. AND THERE'S A LOT OF FEARS IF
02:18:14 YOU'RE CEO OF ENFORCEMENT FOR YOURSELF CPS INVOLVEMENT FOR
02:18:18 EXAMPLE WE KNOW OF A MOM WHAT THE FIVE YEAR ONE MONTH OLD
02:18:21 THAT USES THE SAME VEHICLE THEY SLIP INTO RIDESHARE TO EARN A
02:18:25 LITTLE BIT OF INCOME FOR THE FAMILY AT COMPASS FAMILY
02:18:29 SERVICES WE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF FOCUS GROUPS AND GIVE YOU
02:18:33 ONE MORE INFORMATION WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE THAT.
02:18:35 THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU.
02:18:36 THANK YOU. JESSICA HERNANDEZ NEXT SPEAKER
02:18:39 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. >> MY NAME IS HEALTHIER CORTEZ.
02:18:44 I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER BECAUSE ESPERANZA A PASSAGE SITE HERE
02:18:47 IN SAN FRANCISCO. SO EVERYONE HAS A STORY HERE
02:18:52 WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF JUST CHAMPIONING OUR LEVELS
02:18:55 OF POVERTY AND I ASK YOU AND I'M I'M ASKING YOU TO HEAR
02:19:03 THEM BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THESE ACTIONS ARE PRESSING
02:19:07 AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHAT IT
02:19:10 DESERVES AND IT DESERVES JUSTICE.
02:19:15 >> THAT'S ALL. AND THANK YOU MUCH.
02:19:17 >> NEXT SPEAKER HI, MY NAME IS LEO.
02:19:21 I'M A TEN YEAR RESIDENT OF SOMA WEST.
02:19:23 FIRST I WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT DIFFERENT HOUSING OFFERINGS
02:19:25 INCLUDING DRUG FREE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET SOBER DESERVE TO
02:19:28 HAVE ACCESS TO A SOBER ENVIRONMENT.
02:19:32 >> SECOND, IF SUPERVISORS ARE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE LOW
02:19:33 BARRIER HOUSING, THEY SHOULD BE READY TO WELCOME IT INTO THEIR
02:19:37 NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING IT IN POOR
02:19:40 COMMUNITIES LIKE SOMA LAST AND TENDERLOIN 60% OF THE
02:19:43 CITY'S SERVICES ARE IN SOMA AND TENDERLOIN WHILE THE WEST
02:19:47 SIDE AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE ALMOST NO SUPPORTIVE
02:19:48 SERVICES. >> THIRD, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES
02:19:52 IN CENTRAL WEST, I CAN CONFIRM THE CONDITIONS AROUND
02:19:56 AND INSIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE OFTEN VERY BAD.
02:19:59 THE CITY AND NONPROFITS NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OPERATE ITS
02:20:00 CURRENT FACILITIES WELL CONSISTENTLY SO THEY CAN
02:20:03 INTEGRATE INTO THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
02:20:06 RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE CLEAR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR
02:20:08 SERVICE AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
02:20:11 UNDERPERFORMING FACILITIES NEED TO BE REFORMED.
02:20:14 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, LIANE.
02:20:15 NEXT SPEAKER HELLO. I JUST LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE WHY
02:20:22 ARE WE HERE? WHY ARE WE ASKING THESE PEOPLE
02:20:26 PERMISSION TO SURVIVE AND GET HOUSING AND FOOD ETC.?
02:20:29 >> IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH OUR
02:20:33 GOVERNMENT THAT LIFE IS BETTER WITH THEM IN PLACE THAN WITHOUT
02:20:37 IT. THEY WILL PROVIDE AID AND MAKE
02:20:40 SURE WE SURVIVE WITH THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF HOUSING
02:20:42 AND FOOD AND OTHER CARE AND SERVICES WE NEED.
02:20:45 >> HOWEVER, AS OUR GOVERNMENT AS I BELIEVE WE ARE WITNESSING
02:20:49 IS BREAKING THIS SOCIAL CONTRACT MORE AND MORE AND MORE
02:20:56 . >> THEY NEED THE POLICE TO
02:20:57 INCREASE THEIR AGGRESSIVENESS HYPER POLICING AGAINST US MORE
02:21:03 AND MORE AND MORE TO KEEP US IN PLACE SO THAT WE DON'T TAKE
02:21:10 THE SITUATION INTO OUR OWN HANDS FOR OUR OWN SURVIVAL.
02:21:17 >> WHATEVER THE SOLUTION IS, IT MEANS TO GET THE WEALTHY
02:21:22 AND BILLIONAIRES OUT OF GOVERNMENTS PERIOD.
02:21:24 >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
02:21:26 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
02:21:32 MY NAME SULLIVAN RENEWING YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER WITH MISSION
02:21:33 ACTION REDUCING AND ELIMINATING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
02:21:37 UNHOUSED BROTHERS AND SISTERS WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THEIR
02:21:41 HEALTH AWAY. IT WILL TAKE THEIR OPPORTUNITY
02:21:44 TO THRIVE IN THIS GREAT CITY. WE WILL SEE MORE SHATTER
02:21:48 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. WE WILL SEE MORE LIVES LOST.
02:21:52 >> IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
02:21:56 TO COME TOGETHER AND CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS FOR
02:21:59 THEIR NEEDS AND FOR THEIR ACCESS TO THE MUCH NEEDED
02:22:03 SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. SO THE DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE
02:22:07 INSTEAD OF REDUCING AND ELIMINATING.
02:22:10 >> IT'S ABOUT EXPANDING SERVICES THAT WILL HELP THEIR
02:22:14 LIVES STABILIZE AND FOR MANY OF THEM TO SURVIVE.
02:22:18 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:22:19 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
02:22:28 MY NAME IS L.A. GUERRA. I WORK WITH COALITION ON
02:22:31 HOMELESSNESS AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT A
02:22:35 HISPANIC ASKS. AND ALSO I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK
02:22:36 ABOUT THE FAMILIES LIVE IN AN SRO STARK OVERLOOK MOST OF THE
02:22:40 TIME AND I DON'T HAVE LIKE THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE
02:22:46 THEY'RE BUT THEY'RE FACING A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES.
02:22:50 >> THEY DON'T HAVE A KITCHEN. THEY DON'T HAVE A BATHROOM.
02:22:52 THEY HAVE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN INSIDE IN REALLY BAD CONDITIONS
02:22:57 AND POOR ENVIRONMENTS. THIS AFFECTS FAMILIES THRIVE.
02:23:01 I'VE SEEN THE SOLUTION. I'VE SEEN HOW PEOPLE CAN THRIVE
02:23:05 WITH THE SUBSIDY GOING OUT OF THESE PLACES IN I ASK YOU TODAY
02:23:10 TO ALLOCATE 2.7 MILLION TO MOVE 50 FAMILIES FROM OTHER AREAS
02:23:14 THAT ARE STILL LIVING THERE AND THEY STILL NEED TO BE HELP.
02:23:17 AND UNFORTUNATELY THESE FAMILIES ARE NOT ABLE TO GET
02:23:20 ACCESS TO RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE LEAST FOR
02:23:25 HOMELESSNESS FAMILIES. SO THEY CANNOT ACCESS TO
02:23:28 COORDINATED ENTRY SERVICES. SO JUST FOR THAT THANK YOU
02:23:32 AND THANK YOU. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
02:23:35 >> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR CREATING THE
02:23:39 SPACE I AM JOHN STIEFEL. I'M A HUMANITARIAN
02:23:44 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKER.
02:23:47 I WORKED FULL TIME FOR 13 YEARS OVERSEAS DURING PUBLIC HEALTH
02:23:51 INTERVENTIONS TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND THEN I MOVED TO
02:23:52 SAN FRANCISCO NINE YEARS AGO TO SUPPORT OUR VULNERABLE
02:23:55 COMMUNITIES HERE MOSTLY ARE AND I WAS NEIGHBORS AND THE
02:23:57 QUESTION I HAVE IS DO WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION THAT WE
02:24:02 WANT TO BUILD A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL OF OUR SAN FRANCISCAN
02:24:05 COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN BE HOUSED?
02:24:09 1% OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIVE OUTSIDE.
02:24:10 IT'S NOT A MATTER OF FUNDING. >> WELL, THERE'S A RESTRICTION
02:24:13 OF FUNDING BUT ARE WE WILLING TO PUT AND PRIORITIZE OUR CITY
02:24:20 FUNDING INTO A CORE HUMAN RIGHT OF HOUSING?
02:24:23 DO WE HAVE THE IMAGINATION FOR THAT?
02:24:24 IF SO, PLEASE SUPPORT ESPER'S BUDGET ASK THANK YOU.
02:24:28 >> THANK YOU MOST TRANS PEOPLE NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
02:24:33 SUPERVISORS. MY NAME'S CARA WARNER.
02:24:34 I'M A SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU
02:24:38 AGAINST ANY BUDGET CUTS REGARDING THE HOMELESS
02:24:42 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. >> I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
02:24:46 IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS IN CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH A LOT
02:24:49 OF PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT AND I JUST SEE THAT
02:24:53 HOUSING IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT THAT SHOULD NOT BE DENIED TO
02:24:56 ANYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF
02:25:00 THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPASSION AND LOVE AND REMEMBERING THAT
02:25:04 THESE PEOPLE ARE HUMANS WHO DESERVE TO BE SHELTERED WHETHER
02:25:05 OR NOT THEY'RE SOBER. >> THANK YOU.
02:25:08 THANK YOU MUCH CARRIE WARNER. NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:25:22 MY NAME IS JOHN MARX. I'M THE FOUNDER OF A FIVE WOMAN
02:25:29 THREE CALLED HOMELESS INC. IN THE BAY AREA.
02:25:33 I'M A DISABLED LAW STUDENT AND CURRENTLY HOMELESS.
02:25:37 THIS BUDGET IS NOT FISCAL NECESSITY.
02:25:40 IT IS A POLITICAL CHOICE THAT PRIORITIZES THE COMFORT OF THE
02:25:42 BILLIONAIRE CLASS OVER THE SURVIVAL OF ME AND MY NEIGHBORS
02:25:48 . THE DEPARTMENT'S OWN DATA
02:25:49 REVEALS THE CATASTROPHIC 50% NET LOSS AND SHELTER CAPACITY
02:25:52 FOR SINGLE ADULTS SLASHING BEDS FROM 2019 DOWN TO JUST 4 IN 92.
02:25:58 THIS JUSTIFICATION FOR THESE CUTS IS NONEXISTENT.
02:26:01 THE MARCH UPDATE SHOWS THAT PERHAPS REVENUE IS $93 MILLION
02:26:08 HIGHER THAN INITIALLY BUDGETED. WE ARE SITTING ON THE SURPLUS
02:26:12 WE'RE PLANNING TO DECOMMISSION FOR TWO BUILDINGS.
02:26:16 THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS BETRAYAL IS STARK ACROSS THE BRIDGE
02:26:20 IN OAKLAND TODAY. ELON MUSK IS PURSUING $150
02:26:23 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST OPEN AIR.
02:26:26 TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, MUSK'S COMPANIES AVOID EMISSION
02:26:28 APPROXIMATELY ONE POINTS BECAUSE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
02:26:32 >> THAT'S THAT. >> SO THIS IS THE LAST CALL.
02:26:36 IF WE HAVE YET TO ADDRESS THIS COMMITTEE AND YOU WISH TO DO
02:26:39 SO, KINDLY LINE UP NOW. >> BUT WITH THAT NEXT SPEAKER
02:26:43 PLEASE BE QUIET. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER.
02:26:53 I AM ON YOUR LEASE AGAIN WITH THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION
02:26:57 APPRECIATIVE OF SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING
02:27:00 AND FOR ASKING A LOT OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
02:27:02 AND SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR POINTING OUT THAT THIS IS
02:27:05 SUPPLANTING THIS IS THAT IS HAPPENING.
02:27:08 THEY ARE TAKING AN INCREASE IN DOLLARS THAT WE'VE RAISED
02:27:12 IN OPPOSITION TO MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOW ALLOCATING
02:27:13 THE DOLLARS OF PROP C AND USING THAT TO NOT INCREASE SERVICES
02:27:19 IN HOMELESSNESS BUT TO ALLOCATE GENERAL FUND MONEY ELSEWHERE
02:27:23 NAMELY FOR THE 14%, 10% AND 15% INCREASES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
02:27:30 >> WE ARE BUDGETS ARE CHOICES AND WE ARE DIRECTLY DIVERTING
02:27:34 FUNDING AWAY FROM HOMELESS SERVICES AWAY FROM PERMANENT
02:27:38 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND AWAY FROM SHELTER AND INTO MASS
02:27:41 ARRESTS AND INTO POLICING AND OUR SYSTEM IS BREAKING DOWN
02:27:45 AND THINGS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE ON THE STREETS,
02:27:49 IN JAILS AND IN OUR COURT SYSTEMS AS A RESULT OF THIS
02:27:54 OVERCROWDING. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
02:27:55 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE AND SEEING NOBODY OR SEEING NO
02:28:01 OTHER SPEAKERS. >> MADAM CHAIR COMPLETES HER
02:28:02 QUEUE SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS PUBLIC COMMENTS I'LL
02:28:05 CLOSE. >> WHAT IS YOUR WELL SUPERVISOR
02:28:09 CHEN I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE BUDGET COALITION,
02:28:16 THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND ALSO EXPRESS FOR COMING TO
02:28:19 PRESENT. >> I DON'T HAVE PHOTOCOPIES WE
02:28:23 CAN JUST FILE THE HEARING ACTUALLY AHEAD OF THAT MOTION.
02:28:32 I DON'T BELIEVE WE EXCUSE MEMBER BATTLEMENT FROM THIS
02:28:34 MEETING IT IF WE GET MY APOLOGIES A MOTION TO EXCUSE
02:28:40 PRESENT AMENDMENT SECOND SO SECOND BY VICE-CHAIR DORSEY A
02:28:44 ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
02:28:48 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY THAT MEMBER GENTLEMEN BE
02:28:51 EXCUSED FROM ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING LESTER DORSEY
02:28:54 AND DORSEY I MEMBER SLAUGHTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON
02:28:59 I REMEMBER CHEN CHEN CHAIR CHAN I CHAN I WE HAVE FIVE VOTES THE
02:29:03 MOTION PASSES AND WITH THE MOTION PROPOSED BY SUPERVISOR
02:29:07 CHIN THAT THIS HEARING BE HEARD AND FILE AND SECOND BY
02:29:11 SUPERVISOR WALTON AND A ROLL CALL PLEASE AND ON THAT MOTION
02:29:15 BY MEMBER CHEN SECONDED BY MEMBER WALTON THAT THIS HEARING
02:29:19 BE HEARD AND FILED. VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I
02:29:23 REMEMBER SAUTER SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I
02:29:26 REMEMBER CHEN CHEN I CHURCH CAN I CAN I WE HAVE FIVE EYES THE
02:29:33 MOTION PASSES AND STRICKLER CLERK TO HAVE ANY OTHER
02:29:38 BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY MADAM CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES OUR
02:29:40 BUSINESS. THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED