00:00:11 AND GOOD MORNING THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
00:00:16 WELCOME TO THE JUNIOR 11 2026 MEETING OF THE BUDGET
00:00:19 AND APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE. >> I AM SUPERVISOR CONNIE CHAN,
00:00:22 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND I'M JOINED BY VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR
00:00:26 MATT DORSEY AND MEMBERS SUPERVISORS DANNY SAUDER
00:00:30 SHARMAN WALTON AND SHYANNE CHEN OUR CLERK.
00:00:34 IT'S BRANT HALEY BAR. >> AND I WANT TO THANK OUR
00:00:41 KALEENA MENDOZA FROM SVP GOV TV FOR BROADCASTING THIS MEETING.
00:00:46 >> MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT?
00:00:47 THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO
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00:00:54 PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO PREVENT INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR
00:00:55 PROCEEDINGS AND SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS
00:00:58 PART OF THE FILE THEY SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MYSELF.
00:01:01 THE CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN FOR TODAY'S MEETING
00:01:04 AND WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT IS CALLED PLEASE LINE UP TO SPEAK
00:01:06 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER TO YOUR RIGHT MY LEFT ALONG
00:01:09 THOSE CURTAINS AND WHILE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
00:01:12 COMMENT WE DO INVITE YOU TO FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD
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00:01:36 PUBLIC COMMENT VIA EMAIL IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE
00:01:39 SUPERVISORS AND ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL FILES.
00:01:43 YOU MAY ALSO SEND YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS BY THE U.S. POSTAL
00:01:45 SERVICE TO OUR OFFICE IN CITY HALL AT ONE DR. CARLTON BEGA
00:01:48 THE PLACE ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA NINE FOR
00:01:54 1 OR 2. >> AND MADAM CHAIR, THAT
00:01:55 CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.
00:01:58 AND BEFORE WE START WE WILL NEED TO EXCUSE PRESIDENT RAFAEL
00:02:01 MENDOZA AND FOR TODAY'S MEETING I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION
00:02:03 TO EXCUSE HIM SECOND BY VICE VICE-CHAIR DORSEY AND A ROLL
00:02:06 CALL PLEASE. AND ON THAT MOTION BY CHAIR
00:02:09 CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY DO WE EXCUSE SUPERVISOR
00:02:13 GENTLEMEN FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING?
00:02:16 VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SENATOR SOUDER.
00:02:19 I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON I REMEMBER CHEN CHEN I CHAIR CHAN
00:02:24 I CHAIR AND I WE HAVE FIVE EYES.
00:02:27 >> THE MOTION PASSES AND SO WITH THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
00:02:32 ANNOUNCE THAT FOR TODAY PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE
00:02:35 MINUTE. AND NOW, MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL
00:02:38 ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE TOGETHER ITEMS 133 ARE ITEMS AS
00:02:44 IT RELATES TO THIS COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S
00:02:46 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY
00:02:49 AND COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEARS 22 6 TO 2027 AND 2027 TO 2028.
00:02:54 ITEM ONE IS OUR HEARING TO CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
00:02:57 BUDGET ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET
00:02:59 AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ALL ESTIMATED
00:03:02 RECEIPTS AND ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR DEPARTMENTS OF
00:03:05 THE CITY AND COUNTY AS OF AS OF MAY 30TH 20 26 AND ITEM NUMBER
00:03:11 THREE IS THE PROPOSED ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE ENUMERATING
00:03:15 POSITIONS IN THE FIELD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH
00:03:19 2027 AND JUNE 30TH 2028 CONTINUING CREATING OR
00:03:23 ESTABLISHING THESE POSITIONS AND ENUMERATING AND INCLUDING
00:03:27 THEIR IN ALL POSITIONS CREATED BY THE CHARTER OF STATE LAW FOR
00:03:30 WHICH COMPENSATIONS ARE PAID FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS
00:03:34 AND APPROPRIATED IN THE ANNUAL AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS OR
00:03:35 CONTINUATION OF APPOINTMENTS THERE ARE TWO SPECIFYING
00:03:38 AND FIXING THE COMPENSATIONS AND WORK SCHEDULES THEREOF
00:03:41 AND AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS TO TEMPORARY POSITIONS AND FIXING
00:03:45 COMPENSATIONS. >> MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU MR.
00:03:49 CLERK FOR THAT. AND THEN BEFORE WE START I
00:03:56 WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY GO ON THE RECORD FOR THE ENTERPRISE
00:04:03 DEPARTMENTS OF HOW WE HAVE REACHED THE FOLLOWING
00:04:06 CONCLUSION FOR THE RECORD FOR THE AIRPORT THEY WILL BE
00:04:14 ACCEPTING BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
00:04:15 RECOMMENDATIONS ONE THROUGH 1417 THROUGH 20 AND REJECTING
00:04:23 15 1621 THROUGH 32 FOR THE LIBRARY THEY WILL BE ACCEPTING
00:04:30 BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS ONE THROUGH SIX
00:04:34 AND REJECTING SEVEN FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
00:04:38 THEY WILL BE ACCEPTING BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
00:04:44 RECOMMENDATIONS 135579 THAT IS FOR THE HATCH HATCHET FOR THE
00:04:49 WATER ENTERPRISE CASE. THEY ARE ACCEPTING THE
00:04:54 RECOMMENDATIONS 1457 EIGHT AND THEN FOR ALSO FOR WWE I
00:05:08 GUESS I FORGOT WHAT THAT STANDS FOR IS FOR ONE THROUGH SIX
00:05:14 AND THEN 40 PUBLIC UTILITIES IS ONE THROUGH FIVE, SEVEN, NINE
00:05:20 AND TEN. THERE IS PARTIAL ACCEPTANCE FOR
00:05:24 WATER ENTERPRISE NINE AND REJECTING HATCH SACHI TWO
00:05:27 FOR SIX EIGHT AND THEN FOR WATER AND FOR PRICE TWO THREE,
00:05:33 SIX AND PUBLIC UTILITY SIX AND EIGHT WE COUNTEROFFERS SO
00:05:38 BALANCE THE REJECTIONS MY APOLOGIES COLLEAGUES AND TO THE
00:05:41 PUBLIC THAT IS THE TECHNICAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE NEED TO
00:05:46 MAKE FOR THE ENTERPRISE AGENCIES AND SO WITH THAT WE'RE
00:05:52 GOING TO START AND I DO ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL
00:05:59 TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES LUNCH BREAK AROUND NOON AND SO THAT
00:06:07 IS BOTH FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR THIS BODY AND FOR ALSO THE CITY
00:06:11 DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO COME AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO START
00:06:15 WITH ROCK AND RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT.
00:06:24 GOOD MORNING CHAIR JAN SUPERVISORS AND SARA MADELINE,
00:06:29 THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE RECREATION PARKS DEPARTMENT
00:06:33 VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET AND SPECIAL
00:06:36 THANK YOU TO CHAIR CHAN FOR ACCOMMODATING A NICE SCHEDULE
00:06:40 AS YOU CAN SEE OUR MISSION HERE ON THE SCREEN IS TO PROVIDE
00:06:48 ENRICHING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, MAINTAIN BEAUTIFUL
00:06:49 PARKS AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE WELL-BEING
00:06:52 OF EVERYONE IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
00:06:55 >> AND WE BELIEVE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS THAT MISSION
00:06:59 WHILE ADDRESSING THE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHALLENGES
00:07:03 FACING BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY.
00:07:07 >> QUICKLY OUR PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET THIS YEAR IS
00:07:10 284 MILLION DOLLARS AND NEXT YEAR WE ARE TARGETING A $282.6
00:07:17 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN AND I'M
00:07:21 SURE YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE OUR SOURCES ARE REALLY COMPOSED OF
00:07:27 THREE MAIN SOURCES THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM
00:07:32 THE CITY WHICH IS HELD AT THE BASELINE THE OPEN SPACE
00:07:35 PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION AND OUR EARNED INCOME SUPPORTS ABOUT A
00:07:39 THIRD OF OUR BUDGET AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THIS
00:07:43 BOARD AND THE TOUGH DECISIONS THEY MADE LAST YEAR YOU ALL
00:07:44 MADE LAST YEAR TO ENABLE US TO MAINTAIN THAT EARNED INCOME
00:07:50 AND THAT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR OUR SERVICES NOW OUR
00:07:54 EXPENDITURES ARE ALMOST PRIMARILY EXCUSE ME ALMOST ALL
00:08:02 IN THE FIELD 95% OF OUR STAFF WORK IN THE FIELD DELIVERING
00:08:07 SERVICES DIRECTLY TO TO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WITH
00:08:13 PARKS AND OPEN SPACE MAKING UP THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF OUR
00:08:18 BUDGET AND RECREATION SHORTLY BEHIND THAT WE HAVE A LEAN
00:08:25 DEPARTMENT. >> AS A GENERAL MANAGER I HAVE
00:08:28 SIX DIRECT REPORTS SOME A DIRECTOR RUNNING OPERATIONS, A
00:08:32 DIRECTOR RUNNING PARTNERSHIPS WHICH DOES ALL OUR PUBLIC
00:08:36 PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS SOME EVENTS OUR PERMITS
00:08:39 AND PROPERTY DIVISION RUNNING ALL OF OUR LEASES
00:08:43 AND CONCESSIONS OUR CAPITAL AND PLANNING DIVISION WHICH
00:08:48 DOES ALL OF OUR MAJOR RENOVATIONS POLICY AND PUBLIC
00:08:49 AFFAIRS WHO I KNOW YOU ALL WORK WITH DAILY AND OUR DIRECTOR OF
00:08:55 ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE ANTONIO GUERRA WHO IS HERE WITH
00:08:57 ME TODAY AND WHO I WILL BE HANDING THE PRESENTATION OFF TO
00:09:00 AT THIS POINT. >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:09:07 >> THANK YOU. ANTONIO GARRICK PARK I THINK
00:09:10 THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT VACANCIES BECAUSE
00:09:11 THERE'S SO MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT THEM IS IF YOU LOOK AT
00:09:14 OUR BUDGET IN THE ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE YOU WOULD SEE THAT
00:09:18 EXCLUDING OFF BUDGET PROJECT POSITIONS WE HAVE 1019
00:09:22 PERMANENT POSITIONS BUT WE'VE ONLY FILLED 182 AT THE MOMENT
00:09:26 SO WHY IS THAT AND WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?
00:09:30 WE HAVE A 10.5% ATTRITION RATE LOADED INTO OUR BUDGET AND IF
00:09:36 YOU LOOK AT THAT CALCULATION IN THE BUDGET SYSTEM THAT
00:09:37 EXCLUDES 107 POSITIONS SO ALREADY WE'RE ONLY FUNDED AT
00:09:42 912 PERMANENT POSITIONS AND THEN ONCE YOU ALSO INCLUDE
00:09:46 POSITIONS IN THE VACANT AND HIRING THAT ARE VACANT
00:09:47 THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS ANOTHER 30 THAT'S WHY 882 ARE
00:09:53 ONLY FILLED AT THE MOMENT. >> BUT IF YOU INCLUDE OUR
00:09:54 TEMPORARY STAFF WHICH DELIVERS PROGRAMING THROUGHOUT THE CITY
00:09:57 SPECIFICALLY IN RECREATION WE ACTUALLY HAVE 166 FTE.
00:10:04 THE BUDGETED FTE COUNT CALCULATES BASED OFF OF A
00:10:07 LARGER CITY COST AND THEN THE HEADCOUNT IN AND OF ITSELF OF
00:10:12 THAT TEMPORARY STAFF WE HAVE 1088 HEAD COUNT TEMPORARY STAFF
00:10:15 COMPARED TO THE PERMANENT POSITIONS SO THAT'S 1000
00:10:21 901,969 PEOPLE TOTAL AT REC PARK AT THIS MOMENT WHICH IF
00:10:28 YOU LOOK AT OUR MANAGER RATIOS WE HAVE IN THE ASO ONE MANAGER
00:10:33 FOR EVERY 20 STAFF AND IT'S SPLIT WITHIN OPERATIONS THE
00:10:36 DIVISIONS THERE ONE MANAGER 226 IN OUR NON OPERATIONS GROUPS
00:10:43 THAT'S ONE MANAGER TO EVERY EIGHT MEMBERS OF STAFF IT'S
00:10:46 ABOUT 5% OF OUR TOTAL ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE AND WHEN YOU
00:10:50 DOUBLE THAT AND LOOK AT OUR NEARLY 2000 HEADCOUNT, IT'S
00:10:55 ABOUT 2.5% MANAGERS COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE DEPARTMENT
00:10:58 . THE EXERCISE THAT EVERYONE
00:11:02 IN THE CITY DID EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY IDENTIFYING
00:11:06 CORE SERVICES, DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC PROGRAMS
00:11:10 REC PARK WAS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING OUR FRONTLINE PARK
00:11:14 OPERATIONS AND RECREATIONS SO WE LOOKED FOR COST REDUCTIONS
00:11:17 THAT MINIMIZED IMPACTS TO COURSE SERVICES.
00:11:23 ALL OF THESE CUTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE ON AN ONGOING BASIS
00:11:27 TOTALING 4.6 MILLION. BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:11:31 AND SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE DID IN THE CITY WE DELETED 12
00:11:34 POSITIONS INCLUDING ONE MANAGER A BIG KEY TAKEAWAY AND ONE OF
00:11:41 THE REASONS WHY THE DEPARTMENT IS HAS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT
00:11:44 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TWO OF THE THREE MAIN PILLARS OF
00:11:48 REVENUE THAT GENERAL MANAGER MADLYN DISCUSSED GENERAL FUND
00:11:52 SUPPORT AND OPEN SPACE TOGETHER THOSE COMBINED WILL BE REDUCED
00:11:55 BY $3.5 MILLION AND AT THE SAME TIME OUR WORK ORDERS ARE GOING
00:12:00 UP BY $5 MILLION WHICH INCLUDES A $4.2 MILLION INCREASE FROM
00:12:05 THE SFP OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WHICH INCLUDES OUR WATER,
00:12:08 WASTEWATER AND POWER COSTS. FINALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
00:12:12 HAS HAPPENED TO US SINCE THE PANDEMIC WHERE OUR CITYWIDE
00:12:16 WORK ORDERS HAVE INCREASED BY $18 MILLION AND YET OUR OPEN
00:12:19 SPACE AND GENERAL FUND HAS ONLY INCREASED BY 20 MILLION.
00:12:23 SO SARA, OUR GENERAL MANAGER MADLYN MENTIONED HOW THANKFUL
00:12:26 WE ARE FOR SOME OF THE DECISIONS MADE LAST YEAR DURING
00:12:30 THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE HAVE TRAILING LEGISLATION
00:12:32 FOR THE GOLDEN GATE PARK POLO FIELDS CONCERTS AND THAT EARNED
00:12:35 INCOME SUPPORT IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT
00:12:39 WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP OUR STAFF DELIVERING PROGRAMING
00:12:42 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FINALLY OVER THE NEXT FISCAL
00:12:46 YEAR WE HAVE A NEW OPENING AT JEAN FRIEND RECREATION CENTER
00:12:52 SHOULD BE COMING OPEN IN AUGUST AS WELL AS JULY 1ST WE WILL BE
00:12:56 BEGINNING MAINTENANCE AT TREASURE ISLAND.
00:12:57 WE HAVE ADDED 15 FTE IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS AND THOSE
00:13:01 POSITIONS ARE COVERED WITH TREASURE ISLAND COMMUNITY
00:13:05 FACILITY DISTRICT FUNDING ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
00:13:07 WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR MOU WITH TIGER.
00:13:10 WITH THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
00:13:14 >> THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE QUICK QUESTIONS
00:13:15 ABOUT THE DYNAMIC PRICING FOR GOLF COURSES AND HOW IS THAT
00:13:18 WORKING OUT FROM LAST YEAR'S AGREEMENT?
00:13:25 YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
00:13:26 OUR OVERALL REVENUE IN GOLF LET ME FIND THE EXACT NUMBERS FOR
00:13:29 YOU. IT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION HIGHER AT
00:13:33 THE MOMENT AND WE HAVE SEEN THE OVERALL REVENUE WITHIN GOLF
00:13:40 INCREASE BY 9%. THE GREENS FEES ARE HIGHER SO
00:13:44 IT HAS BEEN ASSISTING US ENSURING THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE
00:13:50 GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY AND THAT GENERAL FUND CAN GO AND SUPPORT
00:13:54 PROGRAMING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. >> RIGHT AND THEN WHEN ARE YOU
00:13:58 IMPLEMENTING THE I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT BUT I JUST
00:14:02 WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN ARE YOU IMPLEMENTING THE METER PARKING
00:14:06 AND GOING TO GATE PARK PAID PARKING IN GOLDEN GATE PARK
00:14:09 WOULD BEGIN IN JANUARY OF 2020 SEVEN.
00:14:13 >> THANK YOU. AND THEN I IF I UNDERSTAND
00:14:17 CORRECTLY YOUR YOU HAVE A BASELINE FOR CAPITAL
00:14:21 IMPROVEMENT. CORRECT.
00:14:22 WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE EXPIRED? >> WELL, THE BASELINE
00:14:27 ESSENTIALLY IT I BELIEVE OUR CHARTER MANDATE ENDS IN THE
00:14:32 2014 2046 TO BE EXACT. WE DO HAVE $15 MILLION BUDGET
00:14:35 THIS YEAR FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES. WE HAD PLANNED ON HAVING 15.5
00:14:39 BUT THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS SO WE REDUCED IT.
00:14:43 >> SORRY YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE THE BASELINE MANDATE THAT WAS
00:14:47 PASSED AND IT'S GONE IT ACTUALLY DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL
00:14:51 2040, 2046 I BELIEVE. UNDERSTOOD.
00:14:58 AND THEN THAT IS GOING TO BE CONSISTENTLY A $15 MILLION
00:15:00 BASELINE UNTIL 2046. >> THAT'S THE CURRENT AGREEMENT
00:15:03 . >> WE HAVE A CITY LEADERSHIP.
00:15:05 YES. THANK YOU VICE CHAIR DORSEY
00:15:07 THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
00:15:09 >> I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE JUST I APPRECIATE BRINGING UP
00:15:12 JEAN FRIEND AND TREASURE ISLAND.
00:15:16 WHAT IS THE WHAT WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION FOR OPENING JEAN
00:15:19 FRIEND AUGUST OF THIS YEAR OKAY AND IT'S DID I HEAR CORRECTLY
00:15:27 THAT WE'RE THIS THAT THE VACANCIES AREN'T GOING TO
00:15:31 AFFECT THE STAFFING CORRECT WE WILL OPEN FULLY STAFFED AND HIT
00:15:35 THE GROUND RUNNING. OKAY GREAT.
00:15:38 I'M EXCITED TO HEAR YOU TWO SEPARATE ISSUE AND I KNOW THAT
00:15:41 THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP LAST YEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE
00:15:45 ESCALATING COSTS THAT YOU'RE FACING ARE FROM OUR OWN
00:15:49 DEPARTMENT AND WITH WATER IS THAT STILL CAN I JUST ASK YOU
00:15:55 TO ELABORATE ON THAT? >> IS THAT STILL A CHALLENGE
00:15:57 THAT WE'RE FACING? SURE.
00:15:59 AND I MAY ASK ANTONIO TO REMIND ME OF THE NUMBERS BUT WE ARE
00:16:03 SEEING GROWTH IN ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE GET RECEIVE
00:16:07 FROM THE PUC FROM WATER WASTEWATER, STORMWATER
00:16:11 AND POWER WELL ABOVE INFLATION .
00:16:14 >> ANTONIO CAN PROBABLY TELL ME THE EXACT GROWTH RATE BUT THIS
00:16:18 IS A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER FOR US BECAUSE AS THOSE RATES GO UP AS
00:16:27 ANTONIO SHOWED YOU WE'RE NOT GETTING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SO
00:16:28 THAT THE PEAK OUR WORK ORDER TO THE PUC IS EATING UP MORE
00:16:31 AND MORE OF OUR EXISTING BUDGET.
00:16:34 >> WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PUC WHERE WE MANAGE LAND FOR THEM
00:16:39 IN AREAS LIKE LAKE MOORSIDE, CAMP MATHER CROCKER, AMAZON TO
00:16:46 ENTER INTO MOU WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO COVER SOME OF THE COSTS
00:16:50 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WORK BECAUSE IT IS ON THEIR LAND.
00:16:54 BUT THIS IS A AN ONGOING AND SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR
00:16:58 THIS DEPARTMENT AND FRANKLY CITYWIDE.
00:16:59 >> ANTONIO DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING THAT I MAY HAVE?
00:17:02 >> THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS THAT WE HAD ONE PROJECTION AT
00:17:08 ONE TIME OUR BUDGET IN 2022 WAS ROUGHLY $12 MILLION FOR ALL OF
00:17:14 THESE UTILITIES AND THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT BY 2030 31
00:17:17 IT'D BE WELL OVER $30 MILLION. >> SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT
00:17:20 INCREASE FOR US. OKAY.
00:17:21 OKAY. THANKS.
00:17:25 >> THANK YOU. AND I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME
00:17:27 ON THE ROSTER. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION
00:17:30 TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
00:17:33 >> AND THE NEXT WE WILL HAVE ASIAN ART MUSEUM AND MEETS OVER
00:18:05 HERE. >> OKAY YEAH GOOD MORNING MADAM
00:18:13 CHAIR CHEN AND SUPERVISORS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
00:18:14 TO PRESENT THE ASIAN ART MUSEUMS BUDGET OF 27 TO YOU
00:18:20 THIS MORNING. I AM SO YOUNG LEE THE BARBARA
00:18:21 BASS BAKER DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE BELOVED INSTITUTION ACROSS
00:18:28 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA. I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE
00:18:29 NUMBERS 13.1 MILLION AND OUR IS OUR FY 27 PROPOSED CITY BUDGET
00:18:35 WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET OF 34
00:18:41 MILLION. >> WE'LL RETURN TO THIS AT THE
00:18:42 END. >> AS I THINK YOU MAY KNOW, I'M
00:18:45 ABOUT A YEAR INTO MY ROLE HERE OF A HAPPY CAMPER HONORED TO BE
00:18:51 LEADING THIS INSTITUTION THAT SHAPES THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
00:18:55 OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> OUR VISION IS TO BE BAY
00:18:59 AREA'S CULTURAL ANCHOR AND ASIA'S GLOBAL VOICE.
00:19:03 >> SO ELEVATING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND LEADING
00:19:04 CONVERSATION IS ABOUT WHAT DEFINES ASIAN ART AND CULTURE
00:19:08 INTERNATIONALLY AND TO HIGHLIGHT ASIAN CULTURE NOT AS
00:19:11 PERIPHERAL BUT AS CORE AS FOUNDATIONAL TO GLOBAL
00:19:15 AND AMERICAN LIFE WHICH IS REALLY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE
00:19:19 THE FUTURE IS AND TO PRESENT TIMELESS ENCOUNTERS.
00:19:22 >> AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A COLLECTION OF APPROXIMATELY
00:19:26 20,000 WORKS SPANNING ALL HISTORY AND ALL OF THE REGION
00:19:31 OF ASIA BUT AT THE SAME TIME CUTTING EDGE EXPERIMENTATION WE
00:19:35 ARE AFTER ALL IN THE CENTER IN THE CITY THAT IS THE CENTER
00:19:38 OF INNOVATION. >> THE CORE OF OUR WORK OF
00:19:43 COURSE IS ARTISTIC SO EXHIBITIONS AND ARTISTIC
00:19:46 LEADERSHIP WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN EXHIBITION PRESENTING A LIVING
00:19:50 ARTIST HASHIMOTO WHOSE THEMES OF WAR MEMORY LOSS, HUMANITY
00:19:57 HAS REALLY RESONATED AND IF YOU HAVE NOT YET COME VISITED
00:20:01 EVERYONE HERE I INVITE YOU TO WALK ACROSS THE CIVIC CENTER
00:20:03 PLAZA AND COME VISIT BEFORE IT CLOSES ON JUNE 27TH THIS FALL
00:20:09 AGAIN WE'RE PRESENTING BOTH LIVING ARTIST WHO SPEAK TO
00:20:13 TOPICS THAT RESONATE WITH BOTH SAN FRANCISCO AND BAY AREA
00:20:18 CITIZENS AND GLOBAL CITIZENS IN AS WELL AS ANCIENT
00:20:22 MASTERPIECE THAT IS TRAVELING I WILL NEVER BE SEEN OUTSIDE OF
00:20:25 ASIA AGAIN AFTER THE THE END OF THIS YEAR CONNECTING
00:20:30 COMMUNITIES TO PROGRAMS THAT IS AGAIN THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO
00:20:34 AND REALLY BE SO IMPORTANT TO THE WORK THAT WE DO FOR
00:20:39 CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> WE ARE OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAM
00:20:42 TO CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS SPANNING THE THE DIVERSITY
00:20:46 AND VARIETY OF ASIAN COMMUNITIES ASIAN-AMERICAN
00:20:50 PACIFIC ISLANDER ISLANDER COMMUNITIES HERE FIRST SUNDAY
00:20:54 OF EVERY MONTH IS OUR FREE SUNDAY GENERAL ADMISSION IS
00:20:58 FREE AND WE DO SEE AN UPTICK IN ATTENDANCE ON THOSE SUNDAYS
00:21:05 AND WE TARGET ESPECIALLY SUNDAYS FOR FAMILY PROGRAMING
00:21:09 AND OVER THE PAST YEAR BUT ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR IN THE
00:21:12 LAST FIVE SIX MONTHS WE HAVE SEEN GREAT ENTHUSIASM
00:21:16 AND RISING ATTENDANCE PARTNERS LOCALLY GLOBALLY WITH OUR
00:21:20 INSTITUTIONS CITY INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS AS APL, KQED, THE OPERA
00:21:28 CENTER FOR ASIAN-AMERICAN MEDIA AND ALSO INTERNATIONAL
00:21:32 PARTNERSHIPS MOST RECENTLY ALONG WITH THE MAYOR DURING HIS
00:21:36 FIRST ASIA TRIP A STOP IN SEOUL TO SIGN AN MOU WITH THE
00:21:40 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LEADING
00:21:44 INSTITUTIONS NOT ONLY IN ASIA BUT GLOBALLY.
00:21:45 THEY'RE ATTENDANCE IN 2025 THEY RANKED NUMBER THREE IN THE
00:21:50 WORLD INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND YOUTH.
00:21:54 AS WITH ALL MUSEUMS, THIS IS THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART
00:21:57 OF OUR MISSION IN PARTICULAR THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM IS THIS
00:22:01 THE CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP WITH SFI USD STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
00:22:05 AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND THAT.
00:22:06 WE WELCOME 13,000 STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS THIS PAST YEAR
00:22:09 AND WE'RE CREATING NEW INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS AGAIN TO
00:22:13 SERVE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS NATIONALLY.
00:22:16 I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE THE MUSEUM UNLIKE MANY
00:22:20 MUSEUMS IN THIS CITY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY IS OPEN FIVE DAYS A
00:22:24 WEEK. WE'RE CLOSED TWO DAYS AND AND
00:22:27 BUT RATHER THAN BEING OPEN SIX DAYS AND THAT IS IN LARGE PART
00:22:30 BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS, CITY BUDGET CUTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
00:22:33 OVER THE MANY YEARS AND YET WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
00:22:38 INCREASING STUDENT AND SCHOOL GROUP TOURS BECAUSE THAT IS
00:22:42 AGAIN CORE TO OUR MISSION IMPACT.
00:22:44 SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO MEASURE BUT IN OUR INCREASINGLY DIGITAL
00:22:48 WORLD THE DIGITAL IMPACT IS ONE OF THE SUREST WAYS TO MEASURE
00:22:52 HOW PEOPLE ARE ENGAGING WITH US AND AS WELL AS FOOT TRAFFIC
00:22:59 THROUGH THE DOORS SINCE APRIL 1ST WHEN WE WHEN WE OPENED OUR
00:23:02 CURRENT SPECIAL EXHIBITION. WEEKLY ATTENDANCE SHOT UP TWICE
00:23:06 AT DOUBLE AND WE HAVE MASSIVE GROWTH IN SOCIAL MEDIA
00:23:10 AND ESPECIALLY IN ENGAGEMENT WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE
00:23:14 SEEING OUR FEEDS OPENING AND RESPONDING AND MANY OF THEM
00:23:18 ARE ACTUALLY MAKING THE TRIP TO THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM 51%
00:23:21 INCREASE IN SCHOOL PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND OF COURSE
00:23:24 FEATURES IN VARIOUS MEDIA. WE ARE STRATEGIC AND TARGETING
00:23:28 BOTH LOCAL MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS PRINT, RADIO, TV, SOCIAL
00:23:35 MEDIA BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE'RE REACHING OUT TO LOCAL
00:23:39 COMMUNITIES AND THAT IS HOW WE INCREASE FOOT TRAFFIC.
00:23:40 >> BUT WE'RE ALSO STRATEGIC ABOUT OUR NATIONAL
00:23:43 AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW
00:23:47 WE INCREASE VISIBILITY NOT ONLY FOR THE MUSEUM BUT FOR THE CITY
00:23:51 OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> SO SO THE NUMBERS 13 POINT 1
00:23:57 MILLION IS OUR WAY 27 PROPOSED CITY BUDGET.
00:23:59 WE THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS
00:24:02 AGAIN A THIRD OF 34 MILLION OUR TOTAL BUDGET THE FOUNDATION OF
00:24:09 COURSE PAYS FOR TWO THIRDS AND EVERY PENNY GOES TOWARDS
00:24:15 OUR SECURITY OFFICERS THAT KEEP OUR COLLECTION AND PEOPLE SAFE
00:24:19 AND STAFF THAT DIRECTLY OVERSEE OUR COLLECTION ADS AND PROGRAMS
00:24:24 THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE CITY AND AND COUNTY OF SAN
00:24:28 FRANCISCO. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
00:24:31 SUPPORT. ANY QUESTIONS?
00:24:32 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> THANK YOU.
00:24:35 AND JUST I THINK THAT WE HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
00:24:39 THE RENOVATION AND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PHYSICAL
00:24:44 SPACE OF THE MUSEUM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WENT
00:24:48 WELL FOR THE REPAIR OF THE ROOF .
00:24:52 AND SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
00:24:53 I THINK THAT ACTUALLY THE REPAIR CAME RATHER TIMELY.
00:24:56 SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR AND JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HAVE
00:25:00 A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT OVERALL YOUR APPROACH TO THE
00:25:04 FISCAL MAINTENANCE AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF THE
00:25:07 MUSEUM AND THE FUTURE. >> YES, WE ARE OF COURSE
00:25:11 VIGILANT AND STRATEGIC ABOUT IT.
00:25:12 >> I WILL ACTUALLY ASK MY CFO AS SHE HAS BEEN OVERSEEING THAT
00:25:15 BUT BIG PICTURE WITH THE CITY WE CONTINUALLY EVERY YEAR
00:25:19 PRESENT AND PLAN OUT TEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AS I
00:25:23 THINK YOU ARE WELL AWARE I WILL SAY THAT EACH YEAR THE
00:25:29 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT THAT THE CITY PROVIDES IS MINIMAL
00:25:34 IN TERMS OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OF STRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
00:25:38 AND OF COURSE AS A REMINDER WITH YOUR VERY FAMILIAR THE
00:25:43 ASIAN ART MUSEUMS BUILDING AND COLLECTIONS BELONG TO THE
00:25:46 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:25:47 >> WE'RE NOT FALLING APART BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE VERY VIGILANT
00:25:51 AND THAT IS WHERE WE KEEP PUSHING EVERY YEAR FOR EXTRA
00:25:55 FUNDING IF THERE IS ANY NOT TO IT ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T EVEN GO
00:25:59 TO PROGRAMS MUCH OF WHICH IS ACTUALLY PAID ON THE FOUNDATION
00:26:03 SIDE IT IS ON PHYSICAL MAINTENANCE AND COLLECTION
00:26:06 CARE. AND SO THEN HERE'S MY
00:26:07 RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT APPROACH.
00:26:10 I THINK IT IS PROBABLY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH SAYS CITY
00:26:14 AND THE MUSEUM IS TO KIND OF APPROACH THIS IN A WAY VERY
00:26:18 SIMILAR TO SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL WHERE YOU
00:26:21 ACTUALLY HAVE A FOUNDATION AND THE BOARD AND UNDERSTANDING
00:26:25 IN PARTNERSHIP THAT THERE IS AN APPROACH THAT YOU COULD HAVE
00:26:29 PUBLIC BOND DOLLARS FOR YOUR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE BUT AT
00:26:33 THE SAME TIME YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE A MATCHING
00:26:36 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ALSO FROM THE MUSEUM SIDE AND IT'S TO
00:26:41 RECOGNIZE THAT LIKE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT OFTEN TIME
00:26:44 FUNDERS ONCE A FUND EXHIBITS AND THINGS ARE THAT ARE MORE
00:26:48 VISUAL AND IMMEDIATE. BUT I THINK THAT WHAT I'M
00:26:53 ASKING TODAY IS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP TO START TO EMBARK
00:26:56 ON A VISION THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO
00:27:00 SEE THAT THE MAIN MAINTENANCE OF THE SPACE IS CRITICAL FOR TO
00:27:07 SUSTAIN, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE IN A HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE
00:27:11 POLITY OF THE MUSEUM AND THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP
00:27:12 TO HAVE BOTH A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
00:27:15 IN APPROACHING THAT AND LEVERAGING THE PUBLIC
00:27:19 DOLLARS TO FOR DO SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE WORK.
00:27:22 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
00:27:24 I DEFINITELY THINK YOU BRING A DIFFERENT ENERGY TO THE MUSEUM
00:27:27 AND WHICH WE APPRECIATE. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR
00:27:31 RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.
00:27:31 THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT I DON'T SEE
00:27:35 ANY OTHER NAME ON THE ROSTER. LET'S GO TO THE FINE ARTS
00:27:36 MUSEUM. ALL RIGHT.
00:28:00 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M TOM CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR
00:28:04 AND CEO OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND IS
00:28:09 SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
00:28:13 MUSEUM'S IMPACT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
00:28:16 FORWARD TO IN THE YEAR AHEAD. I'LL SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR
00:28:20 PROGRAM AND MISSION BEFORE TURNING THE MIC OVER TO OUR
00:28:24 CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTER
00:28:27 OF OFFICER JASON CIPHER AS THE CITY'S ART MUSEUMS WE TAKE
00:28:32 GREAT PRIDE IN CONTRIBUTING TO SAN FRANCISCO'S ECONOMIC
00:28:35 VITALITY AND TO THE CITY'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE THROUGH OUR
00:28:39 COURSE SERVICES, OUR EDUCATION COLLECTION AND EXHIBITION
00:28:46 PROGRAMS WITH THE CITY'S GENEROUS SUPPORT, THE MUSEUMS
00:28:51 EXPERIENCED A TRULY BANNER YEAR BANNER YEAR WITH A WIDE RANGING
00:28:55 EXHIBITIONS ON MANGA IMPRESSIONISM AND THE ANCIENT
00:28:59 ETRUSCANS AND OUR NEW ARTS OF INDIGENOUS AMERICA GALLERIES
00:29:06 ALL CONTRIBUTED TO A VISITATION OF 1.5 MILLION VISITORS TO THE
00:29:11 JOHN AND LEGION OF HONOR. 125 OF THESE VISITORS WERE BAY
00:29:18 AREA RESIDENTS WHO VISITED FOR FREE OF CHARGE AS PART OF OUR
00:29:23 FREE SATURDAYS PROGRAM. >> ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO
00:29:27 HIGHLIGHT THE 225,000 OF THOSE VISITORS WHO PURCHASED
00:29:33 SUPPORTED AND OUR WIDE RANGING EXHIBITION PROGRAMS INCLUDING
00:29:39 35,000 STUDENTS AND YOUTH FUELED BY ALL OF THIS DYNAMIC
00:29:43 PROGRAMING, I'M THRILLED TO SHARE THAT THE FINE ART MUSEUMS
00:29:48 RANKED AS THE 77TH MOST VISITED ART MUSEUM IN THE COUNTRY
00:29:54 IN 2025, UP THREE SPOTS FROM 2024 OUTRANKING VISITATION AT
00:30:00 MUSE MUSEUMS IN SOME OF OUR COUNTRY'S MUCH LARGER CITIES.
00:30:04 THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOP TEMPERAMENT TO SAN
00:30:11 FRANCISCO'S COMMITMENT TO CULTURE.
00:30:14 >> IT IS THIS CONTEMPORARY CONTENT CONTEMPLATION TO
00:30:19 CONTEMPORARY VIRTUES OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH PARTNERS
00:30:26 AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THIS WORK AND THROUGH THE PUBLICITY
00:30:30 THAT OUR PROGRAM GENERATES, WE PROUDLY PROCLAIM SANTA SAN
00:30:37 FRANCISCO AS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MOST DYNAMIC ART CENTERS
00:30:45 . I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE
00:30:46 DIANE AND LEGION OF HONOR OFTEN IN THE YEAR AHEAD AS WE OFFER
00:30:50 SAN FRANCISCO AND VISITORS ANOTHER VIBRANT YEAR OF ART
00:30:56 AND CULTURE. >> WE'RE KICKING OFF THE NEW
00:30:57 SEASON IN AUGUST WITH TREASURES OF THE FAROES AT THE JOHN WHICH
00:31:02 WILL FEATURE 130 EGYPTIAN LOANS REPRESENTING 3000 YEARS OF
00:31:09 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE. AZZEDINE ALAIA SCULPTURE OF
00:31:16 FASHION IS THE NEXT OPENING AND ALL POPULAR FASHION PROGRAM
00:31:21 AND WILL OPEN AT THE LEGION OF HONOR IN NOVEMBER JUST IN TIME
00:31:25 FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON WILL PRESENT A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION
00:31:29 OF PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLORS BY THE AMERICAN REALIST ARTIST
00:31:33 ANDREW WYETH BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY AND NEXT APRIL.
00:31:36 MAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO WILL ROUND OUT OUR YEAR BY EXPLORING
00:31:41 THE PIVOTAL ROLE PLAYED BY THE CALIFORNIAN SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
00:31:47 RENAMING RENAMING THE SAN FRANCISCO ART AND RENAMED THE
00:31:51 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE IN 1961.
00:31:54 IN CATALYZING MANY OF THE BAY AREA'S MOST SIGNIFICANT PORT UP
00:31:59 POP UP POSTWAR ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS OUR PROGRAM REMAINS
00:32:05 CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS AND AS OUR FINANCE MAN MR.
00:32:10 JASON WILL SHARE. AFTER SOME ADJUSTMENTS LAST
00:32:14 YEAR WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE FURTHER PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES
00:32:18 IN THE YEAR AHEAD. BEFORE I TURN OVER TO JASON, I
00:32:22 WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MUSEUM'S STAFF TRUSTEES
00:32:28 AND THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC FOR THE CITY'S CONTINUOUS
00:32:29 SUPPORT OF THE FINE ART MUSEUMS.
00:32:33 SO NOW WITH THAT OVER TO JASON .
00:32:35 >> THANK YOU, TOM. GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISOR SO WE
00:32:40 HAVE THREE BRIEF FINANCIAL SLIDES TO REVIEW TOGETHER
00:32:43 TODAY. >> SO IN FRONT OF YOU WE HAVE
00:32:44 THE OVERALL FINE ARTS MUSEUM'S TOTAL BUDGET AND $90 MILLION OF
00:32:48 THAT WE HAVE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT OF ABOUT 28% $25
00:32:54 MILLION. SO IT'S REALLY THE TWO
00:32:57 NONPROFITS WHO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO
00:32:58 WELCOME 1.5 MILLION VISITORS THIS YEAR PLUS OUR VERY DYNAMIC
00:33:02 AND BROAD BASED OVERALL PROGRAMING AS A AS YOU ALL
00:33:06 KNOW, THE CITY SUPPORT IS REALLY FOUNDATIONAL FOR US
00:33:09 SUPPORT SECURITY SERVICES FACILITY MAINTENANCE
00:33:13 AND CAPITAL RESILIENCE. NEXT SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU IS
00:33:17 ACTUALLY THE DETAILED DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
00:33:21 OUR TOTAL BUDGET THIS YEAR IS ABOUT $26.6 MILLION.
00:33:23 >> THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE
00:33:28 PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. MOST OF THIS IS REALLY TIED TO
00:33:31 ADDITIONAL CAPITAL SUPPORT WHICH HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL
00:33:35 FOR THE MUSEUMS OVERALL. YOU KNOW BOTH OF OUR FACILITIES
00:33:39 ARE GOING ON 20 AND 30 YEARS OLD AND SO THERE'S INCREASINGLY
00:33:42 DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING YOU
00:33:46 SEE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE NONPROFIT FUNDS ANOTHER
00:33:49 MILLION AND A HALF TO $2 MILLION ANNUALLY IN ADDITIONAL
00:33:51 CAPITAL SUPPORT TO SORT OF ROUND OUT THE NEEDS OF THE
00:33:54 INSTITUTIONS. NEXT SLIDE.
00:33:58 AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND IN
00:34:02 IN FRONT OF YOU WE HAVE ABOUT 100 AND TWO FTE AND THAT'S
00:34:04 ACTUALLY DOWN TWO FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
00:34:08 >> WE HAD WE HAD A COUPLE OF OPEN POSITIONS WHICH THE CITY
00:34:11 DID TAKE BACK IN TERMS OF TO HELP SUPPORT THE CHALLENGES
00:34:15 IN THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET. AND YOU KNOW WE ARE CONTINUING
00:34:19 TO MAKE CHANGES TO SCHEDULING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
00:34:23 EFFICIENTLY RUN THE INSTITUTION.
00:34:27 WE ACTUALLY ARE DOWN SEVEN FTE FROM PRE-PANDEMIC MAC AND SO
00:34:31 WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE
00:34:32 CHALLENGES. OUR ATTRITION RATE IS QUITE
00:34:35 LOW. IT'S ONLY TWO A YEAR.
00:34:36 IT'S REALLY THROUGH RETIREMENTS AND THEN FINALLY OUR MANAGEMENT
00:34:39 TO NON-MANAGEMENT RATIO IS ABOUT 5%.
00:34:42 WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER I CAN ANSWER
00:34:47 OR TOM THANK YOU. >> WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
00:34:51 AND THANK YOU DR. CAMPBELL AND OF COURSE YOUR LEADERSHIP
00:34:55 TEAM FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY.
00:34:56 WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. YOU TRULY BRING A LOT OF
00:34:59 EXCITEMENTS TO ALL YOUR EXHIBITS.
00:35:02 I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST EXCITED ABOUT IT OF COURSE
00:35:06 WE AS A WEST SIDE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR BUT THAT WE'RE
00:35:10 ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THE DEMONSTRA DE TRULY IS AN
00:35:14 EXCITEMENT FOR A LOT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FAMILIES AND KIDS REALLY
00:35:17 BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THAT SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
00:35:21 WORK THAT YOU DO. IT DOES PAINS ME IF I MAY SAY
00:35:25 THIS AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY EXHIBITS
00:35:26 THAT I ALWAYS LOVE TO ATTEND AND JOIN AND THAT WHILE I LIKE
00:35:32 A TIME I THINK THERE I WANT TO CONTINUE TO STRONG URGE YOU FOR
00:35:36 LABOR HARMONY SITES AND TO ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:35:40 SOMEONE LIKE US WOULDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO CROSS ANY
00:35:44 PICKET LINES AND ANY RALLIES TO GO TO THE EXHIBIT.
00:35:47 SO THAT'S JUST I AM NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
00:35:49 COMMITTEE IS JUST SIMPLY MY EXPRESSION OF WISHING THAT WE
00:35:55 HAVE MORE LABOR HARMONY IN YOUR DAY TO DAY OPERATION AND I JUST
00:35:59 WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU THAT BECAUSE I MY FEELING IS
00:36:03 THAT I MAY NOT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THAT WAY AMONG SAN
00:36:04 FRANCISCANS AND YOUR VISITORS AND YOUR MEMBERSHIP SO AND JUST
00:36:10 WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN PUT THAT ON RECORD BUT STILL VERY
00:36:13 APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
00:36:15 >> THANK YOU. >> WE APPRECIATE IT.
00:36:18 AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
00:36:31 GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF
00:36:35 THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
00:36:37 MY NAME IS AMBER MACE. I'M INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:36:39 OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND IT'S AN HONOR TO
00:36:43 BE WITH YOU TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE
00:36:45 ACADEMY CITY BUDGET BUT BEFORE WE DIVE IN I WILL ADDRESS THE
00:36:48 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OCCURRING ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION.
00:36:52 AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A RECENT CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND WE'VE
00:36:55 IMPLEMENTED PROPOSED STAFFING REDUCTIONS TO ADDRESS OUR
00:36:59 FINANCIAL SHORTFALL. WHILE THESE REDUCTIONS DID NOT
00:37:03 IMPACT OUR CITY FUNDED OPERATIONS OR PERSONNEL, I WANT
00:37:06 TO CONFIRM THESE REDUCTIONS WERE A LAST RESORT TAKEN
00:37:09 DELIBERATELY TO ADDRESS AN IMMEDIATE $8 MILLION CASH
00:37:12 OPERATING OPERATING SHORTFALL. OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IS
00:37:16 DRIVEN BY EXPENSES THAT CONSISTENT WE EXCEED OUR
00:37:21 REVENUES. SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE THE
00:37:24 SINGLE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET REPRESENTING
00:37:28 APPROXIMATELY 70%. AT THE SAME TIME, OUR BASELINE
00:37:33 REVENUE GROWTH HAS BEEN PRESSURED BY BROADER ECONOMIC
00:37:36 SHIFTS 29% DROP IN DAYTIME TICKET SALES COMPARED TO
00:37:40 PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. CHANGING AUDIENCE BEHAVIORS
00:37:44 AND FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS I WILL NOT SUGARCOAT THIS.
00:37:48 THIS IS A HARD MOMENT FOR THE ACADEMY WE ARE NAVIGATING A
00:37:52 TIME OF TRANSITION AS SO MANY OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ARE
00:37:56 . HOWEVER, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU
00:37:57 THAT WE TOOK THESE ACTIONS TO STABILIZE THIS HISTORIC
00:38:00 INSTITUTION AND ACTIVELY SECURE OUR PATH TO A BREAK EVEN
00:38:04 BUDGET. AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
00:38:07 MY MANDATE IS TO STEER US THROUGH THIS TRANSITION.
00:38:11 WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ENSURING EVERY DECISION WE MAKE IS
00:38:15 TIGHTLY ALIGNED WITH OUR PURPOSE AND OUR FISCAL
00:38:16 RESPONSIBILITIES. OUR PATH FORWARD REQUIRES
00:38:20 BALANCING THE BUDGET THROUGH DISCIPLINED EXPENSE REDUCTIONS
00:38:24 WHILE GROWING REVENUE THROUGH OUR CORE PURPOSE.
00:38:27 SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1853 THE ACADEMY HAS EVOLVED.
00:38:31 IT IS WOVEN DIRECTLY INTO THE FABRIC OF THE CITY'S HISTORY.
00:38:37 WHEN OUR HOME COMPLETELY BURNED DOWN IN THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE
00:38:40 AND FIRE WE REBUILT, WE ADAPTED AND WE EMERGED STRONGER.
00:38:45 WE ARE A FUNDAMENTALLY RESILIENT INSTITUTION.
00:38:48 AND JUST AS WE DID OVER A CENTURY AGO, WE WILL EVOLVE
00:38:52 AND EMERGE STRONGER FROM OUR CURRENT CHALLENGES TOO.
00:38:56 AND TO DO THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR VISITOR
00:38:57 EXPERIENCE, EDUCATE OCEAN AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO
00:39:01 DRIVE NEW RECURRING REVENUE. WE ARE EXECUTING THREE
00:39:05 STRATEGIC PILLARS ALL FOCUSED ON CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH
00:39:09 NATURE. WE ARE INNOVATING THE VISITOR
00:39:12 EXPERIENCE UNLOCKING THE KNOWLEDGE IN OUR COLLECTIONS
00:39:16 AND REGENERATING ECOSYSTEMS. THE ACADEMY IS A NONPROFIT
00:39:20 INSTITUTION MADE UP OF SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL
00:39:23 EXPERTS AND ASSETS. AND WE RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH
00:39:28 THE CITY CHARTER FOR THE STEINHART AQUARIUM.
00:39:29 THIS FUNDING ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHLY 10% OF THE ACADEMY'S
00:39:32 OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET. IT SERVES AS THE BEDROCK OF OUR
00:39:35 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCOUNTS FOR OUR BUILDING
00:39:39 ENGINEERS UTILITIES, AQUARIUM EXPENSES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
00:39:42 WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN OUR FACILITIES
00:39:47 INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THIS VITAL CAPITAL FUNDING.
00:39:51 >> OUR PROPOSED FY 27 BUDGET IS 9.04 MILLION WITH A SLIGHT
00:39:57 INCREASE IN FUNDING FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS A RESULT OF
00:40:01 CAPITAL FUNDING. LOOKING AHEAD TO FY 28 WE WE
00:40:04 PROJECT A MODEST INCREASE BASED PRIMARILY ON RISING PERSONNEL
00:40:08 COSTS. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME I'LL JUST
00:40:11 DIVE INTO OUR FY 27 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
00:40:15 31% OF THE BUDGET GOES TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR OUR
00:40:18 12 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 38% TO UTILITIES, 13% TO OPERATING
00:40:22 EXPENSES FOR THE AQUARIUM AND 18% TO CAPITAL PROJECTS.
00:40:28 THE CITY'S BUDGET PROVIDES FOR THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF
00:40:32 13.2 ENGINEERS INCLUDING 11.2 STATIONARY ENGINEERS, ONE
00:40:37 SENIOR STATIONARY ENGINEER AND ONE CHIEF STATIONARY
00:40:41 ENGINEER. THESE ARE ALL PERMANENT ROLES
00:40:44 THAT HAVE MAINTAINED THESE POSITIONS WITHIN THE WITH CITY
00:40:45 SUPPORT FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND THE SLIGHT BUDGET INCREASE
00:40:51 IS PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTED TO INCREASES IN FRINGE BENEFIT
00:40:53 COSTS DUE TO THE INTERMITTENT HIRING FREEZES THE ACADEMY HAS
00:40:56 OPERATED WITH ONE VACANT SENIOR ENGINEER FTE SINCE FY 2024.
00:41:02 >> OUR ORG CHART HERE REPRESENTS THAT OUR ENGINEERS
00:41:06 REPORT UP TO OUR CHIEF SALES AND OPERATIONS OFFICER.
00:41:09 AND I'LL CLOSE WITH SAYING THAT I AM SO PROUD OF OUR
00:41:14 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WE ARE SO COMMITTED TO
00:41:21 PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY'S CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC
00:41:26 REVITALIZATION. WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL ABOUT
00:41:29 OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND BUILD OUR ESSENTIAL
00:41:33 MISSION INTO THE FABRIC OF THE CITY AND MAINTAIN OUR
00:41:36 REPUTATION AS A BELOVED AND HISTORIC INSTITUTION.
00:41:40 AND I AM ALSO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR STAFF WHO BRING SCIENCE
00:41:44 TO LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY. MANY OF THEM ARE HERE
00:41:45 AND THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ACADEMY AS YOU SEE.
00:41:49 >> AND I KNOW THAT TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO STEWARD THIS
00:41:53 INCREDIBLE INSTITUTION. SO MYSELF AND OUR CHIEF
00:41:56 FINANCIAL OFFICER MATTHEW LAO ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
00:41:58 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
00:42:00 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WALTON.
00:42:01 THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAN AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR MASON.
00:42:04 I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. HOW MANY TOTAL EMPLOYEES WERE
00:42:08 LAID OFF? >> WE HAD IDENTIFIED 53 MEMBERS
00:42:12 OF OUR TEAM. THERE WERE AFFECTED BY OUR
00:42:15 PROPOSED STAFF REDUCTIONS. >> AND THESE ARE ACTUAL PEOPLE
00:42:19 IN ACTUAL JOBS, NOT VACANCIES. >> CORRECT.
00:42:23 AND IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT POSSIBLE RESTORING ANY OF
00:42:27 THESE POSITIONS? >> AH YEAH WE ARE.
00:42:31 OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM IS MEETING AND CONFERRING WITH OUR
00:42:33 CALIFORNIA WORKERS UNITED A REPRESENTED STAFF AND RIGHT NOW
00:42:39 THEY'RE IN NEGOTIATION TO BRING 12 UNION MEMBERS BACK BY
00:42:43 PLACING THEM INTO OTHER JOBS IN THE ACADEMY.
00:42:44 >> AND WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA FOR LAYOFFS?
00:42:48 >> LIKE HOW DID YOU DECIDE? >> THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY DRIVEN
00:42:51 BY OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AND THE FACT THAT OUR
00:42:55 EMPLOYMENT COSTS ARE 70% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
00:42:58 >> THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR'S ORDER.
00:43:05 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTION. YOU'RE AN INTERIM ROLE, IS THAT
00:43:10 RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
00:43:11 AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE ACADEMY?
00:43:14 >> A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
00:43:16 >> I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE FOR THIS
00:43:21 FOR MORE DETAILED CONVERSATION .
00:43:24 BUT CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY SHARE YOUR VISION FOR THE ACADEMY?
00:43:28 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE
00:43:29 THE CONVERSATION JUST BUILDING ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS A
00:43:32 HISTORIC INSTITUTION THAT'S BEEN CREATED TO TAP INTO
00:43:36 BIODIVERSITY AND NATURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A CITY
00:43:40 AS THE BAY AREA, AS CALIFORNIA HAVE A DEEP CONNECTION TO
00:43:44 NATURE. WE UNDERSTAND IT.
00:43:47 WE ARE EXPLORING IT. WE'RE TRANSLATING THAT
00:43:48 KNOWLEDGE TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO VISIT OVER A MILLION
00:43:52 PEOPLE A YEAR. AND MY VISION IS THAT WE CAN
00:43:56 CONTINUE TO PRESENT AN INSTITUTION THAT CAN LIVE INTO
00:44:00 THE FUTURE AS A NEW TYPE OF VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
00:44:03 IT'S THIS RECOGNITION THAT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF DEMANDS ON
00:44:11 THEIR ATTENTION SO HOW DO WE EARN THEIR ATTENTION?
00:44:14 HOW DO WE IN A DAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE STAYING HOME MORE OR DOING
00:44:18 OTHER THINGS NOT GOING TO MUSEUMS AS MUCH AS THEY USED
00:44:22 TO, HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME TO THE ACADEMY?
00:44:23 AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL IDEAS. I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE
00:44:26 WITH YOU. IT'S REALLY EXCITING WHAT WE'RE
00:44:29 INNOVATING. >> THANK YOU.
00:44:30 AND REMIND ME THE FINANCIAL SHORTFALL.
00:44:33 >> WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? ABOUT $8 MILLION FOR A
00:44:36 STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THIS YEAR. >> IS IT ACCURATE THAT THE
00:44:40 ACADEMY OWNS A MANSION IN PACIFIC HEIGHTS?
00:44:44 YES. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THAT
00:44:47 MANSION? >> THE VALUE I DON'T HAVE.
00:44:51 I THINK IT HAS TO BE A THERE'S MATTHEW I DON'T KNOW THE I'M
00:44:58 GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS WE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF
00:45:01 DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE OF THAT SPECIFIC ASSET IS
00:45:05 THAT I MEAN I'VE READ $8 MILLION SO $8 MILLION SHORTFALL
00:45:10 $8 MILLION MANSION THAT IS NOT BEING USED.
00:45:12 UH, THAT'S CURIOUS. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THIS
00:45:15 MANSION? HOW ARE YOU CONTEMPLATE DOING
00:45:19 THAT? >> YEAH, WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH
00:45:20 OUR BOARD ABOUT THAT AND IF WE HAD A MANSION EVERY YEAR TO
00:45:24 SELL WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER OUR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.
00:45:29 >> TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DECISION TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE
00:45:34 MUSEUM'S FOR ALL PROGRAM. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL
00:45:38 LOOKING AT OUR MUSEUMS FOR ALL PROGRAM AND WE'RE EXPLORING HOW
00:45:41 WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT
00:45:45 TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY. WE HAVE AN ACADEMY DAY THAT
00:45:48 ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COME AND PAY WHAT YOU CAN.
00:45:52 WE PARTICIPATE IN LIBRARY DISCOVERY AND GO AND WE WILL
00:45:54 CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO
00:45:57 ATTEND THE ACADEMY WHO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.
00:46:06 >> I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES YOU'RE
00:46:07 LOOKING FOR SAVINGS UM BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE UNIQUE
00:46:14 IN THAT WITH MANY OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS AND YET THE ASIAN
00:46:18 ART MUSEUM, THE DE YOUNG LEGION OF HONOR, WALT DISNEY MUSEUM,
00:46:22 YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ,CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY MUSEUM
00:46:26 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM.
00:46:29 AND YOU KNOW, I THINK BEING PART OF THAT PROGRAM FITS
00:46:36 IN WELL WITH THE VISION YOU ARTICULATED.
00:46:37 SO I HOPE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO REJOIN THAT PROGRAM.
00:46:40 I THINK IT IS SHORTSIGHTED AND FOOLISH TO REMOVE YOURSELF
00:46:44 FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHICH YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAK ABOUT
00:46:48 ACCESSIBILITY AND GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO THE MUSEUMS.
00:46:52 THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT. I THINK THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO
00:46:54 FIND THOSE SAVINGS RATHER THAN MAKING IT HARDER FOR FAMILIES,
00:46:58 LOW INCOME FAMILIES TO ACCESS YOUR MUSEUM.
00:47:02 >> SO I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT.
00:47:04 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
00:47:06 >> THANK YOU. WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET?
00:47:09 >> ABOUT $80 MILLION FOR OUR OPERATING FUND.
00:47:14 >> UNDERSTOOD. AND THEN SO YOU HAVE $80
00:47:16 MILLION ROUGHLY OF AS TOTAL AND THEN YOU THAT'S ABOUT 10%
00:47:20 COMING FROM THE CITY. >> CORRECT.
00:47:23 AND HOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT EQUIVALENCY OF THAT 53
00:47:28 EMPLOYEES LAY OFF THE EQUIVALENCY OF THE DOLLAR
00:47:32 AMOUNT. >> I YOU'VE GOT TO SAY YOUR
00:47:36 FIRST NAME MY LAST NAME BEFORE YOU COME TO THE MIC.
00:47:37 MATTHEW PLOW 5.9 MILLION INCLUDING FRINGE BENEFITS 5.9
00:47:42 MILLION. SO YOU HAVE A OPERATION OF
00:47:45 $80,000,080 MILLION. YOU'RE LAYING OFF 5.9 MILLION.
00:47:48 AND YOU'RE COMING TO CITY FOR THE ADDITIONAL OR PART OF.
00:47:52 >> SO IS THE CITY ROUGHLY $9 MILLION ON TOP OF YOUR 80
00:48:01 MILLION? OR IS INCLUSIVE OF YOUR 80
00:48:04 MILLION INCLUSIVE INCLUSIVE. >> SO I SEE.
00:48:08 AND AND HERE'S DO YOU HAVE RESERVE?
00:48:12 >> WE DO NOT HAVE A CAPITAL RESERVE.
00:48:16 >> DO YOU HAVE A RESERVE OPTION OTHER THAN WE DO NOT OTHER THAN
00:48:20 AN ENDOWMENT OTHER THAN ENDOWMENT AND HOW MUCH IS YOUR
00:48:23 ENDOWMENT? OUR ENDOWMENT IS ROUGHLY $200
00:48:27 MILLION. OF WHICH 150 MILLION IT'S
00:48:30 RESTRICTED AND 50 MILLION IT'S UNRESTRICTED.
00:48:33 >> UNDERSTOOD. SO YOU HAVE $50 MILLION
00:48:34 UNRESTRICTED RIGHT NOW AND THEN 150 THAT IS ACTUALLY
00:48:37 RESTRICTED. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS
00:48:41 THE RESTRICTED FOR RESTRICTED BY THE GIFT INSTRUMENT?
00:48:44 FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE TO SCIENCE THAT THE
00:48:46 GIFT AND THE SPENDING IT'S LIMITED TO SPENDING ON SCIENCE?
00:48:49 >> OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND WE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
00:48:52 YOUR RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SPENDING
00:48:56 AND IF I MAY HEAR ME OUT WHY I'M KIND OF IT'S I'M KIND OF
00:49:00 GOING ALONG WITH WHAT SUPERVISOR WALTON KIND OF A
00:49:04 LINE LIKE THE LINE OF QUESTIONING IS ABOUT THE
00:49:05 DECISION THAT YOU MADE FOR THE LAY OFF.
00:49:08 AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY IT'S LIKE IF YOU ACTUALLY FOR EXAMPLE IF
00:49:11 YOU ARE RIGHT NOW LIKE HOW MANY TOTAL EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE AGAIN
00:49:18 HAVE OVER 500 EMPLOYEES, YOU HAVE 500.
00:49:19 >> THAT'S A GOOD PORTION LIKE AGAIN THAT'S LIKE 10% OF YOUR
00:49:23 WORKFORCE THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LAY OFF.
00:49:27 I CANNOT IMAGINE THE CITY DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THAT
00:49:30 WOULD IMPACT IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF SERVICE.
00:49:34 AND SO LIKE I WONDER IF THERE WHY WEREN'T THERE ANY
00:49:38 DISCUSSION ABOUT TAPPING INTO BE THAT RESTRICTED OR
00:49:41 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS THAT YOU ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF
00:49:45 FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU BRIDGE THAT TOO UNTIL YOU YOU SORT OUT
00:49:49 YOUR FINANCIAL FORECAST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY A
00:49:54 CONSISTENT VISION FOR BRINGING IN VISITOR SHIP AND INCREASED
00:49:58 VISITOR SHIP AND AND SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.
00:50:02 >> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION .
00:50:05 I APPRECIATE IT. AND WHEN WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL
00:50:07 DEFICIT AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CASH
00:50:10 TO COVER IT, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE AN
00:50:11 EXTRAORDINARY DRAW FROM THE ENDOWMENT.
00:50:13 BUT AS AN ONGOING PRACTICE OUR ENDOWMENT SERVES LIKE A
00:50:18 RETIREMENT ACCOUNT FOR US AT IT GENERATES REVENUE THAT WE DON'T
00:50:21 WANT TO CONTINUE. WE TAKE MONEY OUT OF.
00:50:24 SURE. SO IF WE DO THAT WE EAT INTO
00:50:25 THE FUTURE PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE
00:50:29 ACADEMY. >> BUT AS YOU INDICATED THOUGH,
00:50:32 YOU SAY 70% OF YOUR BUDGET REALLY GOES TO WORKFORCE WHICH
00:50:36 IS UNDERSTANDABLE. AND SO YOU'RE ENDOWMENTS WHICH
00:50:40 IS BY $150 MILLION, $150 MILLION ARE RESTRICTIVE.
00:50:44 SAY FOR EXAMPLE, I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP SO PLEASE JUST
00:50:47 UNDERSTAND MY LAY PERSON UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOU
00:50:51 OPERATE. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, SAY SOMEONE IS
00:50:54 CARING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE SECTION OR THE ROCKS.
00:50:59 >> HOW ABOUT THIS? GEOLOGY IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
00:51:03 THINGS TO VISIT IN IN ACTUALLY MINE TWO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
00:51:06 >> SO I'M GOING TO USE THAT ABOUT THE GEOLOGY AND MY SON
00:51:10 LOVE IT TOO BECAUSE WHEN HE WENT THERE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER
00:51:14 AND HE STILL WANTED TO HANG OUT WITH ME WHEN WE WENT THERE IS
00:51:17 THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE SOME AND THERE WAS ALWAYS GREAT YOU
00:51:21 ACTUALLY HAVE A PERSON THERE EXPLAINING AND DEMONSTRATING
00:51:22 ALL THE ROCKS AND WHAT THEY ARE IS WONDERFUL.
00:51:26 >> WE LOVE IT. IT WOULD NOT BE THE SAME FOR US
00:51:29 JUST TO WALK UP AND STARING AT ROCKS.
00:51:30 IT WOULD IT JUST SO MUCH BETTER TO HAVE SOMEONE TO DEMONSTRATE
00:51:34 ALLOWING THEM TO TOUCH IT AND SHOW THEM AND REFLECTION
00:51:38 AND NOW JUST HAVING THAT HUMAN TOUCH AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
00:51:42 SO MY IMAGINATION IS OR I'M ASSUMPTION IS THAT WHEN YOU
00:51:47 $150 MILLION OF ENDOWMENT SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED FOR
00:51:48 EXAMPLE FOR GEOLOGY I WOULD ASSUME THEN THAT THE DONORS
00:51:55 WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE IN PRESENTATION BY A STAFF FOR
00:52:00 THAT SPECIFIC AND I'M SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS LIKE HAVE
00:52:01 THAT BEEN THAT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT $150 MILLION ENDOWMENT
00:52:04 DEDICATED TO SPECIFIC TO THOSE KIND OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OR
00:52:09 DIFFERENT DIFFERENT INTERESTS OR A DIFFERENT EXHIBIT AND TO
00:52:13 KIND OF SEE YOUR STAFFING AT THAT LEVEL TO SAY THIS IS THE
00:52:17 WORTHWHILE TO MAINTAIN STAFF. >> YEAH, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL
00:52:20 FOR EVERYONE WHO'S CONTRIBUTED TO BUILDING THIS ENDOWMENT OVER
00:52:24 TIME AND IT REALLY DOES SECURE THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
00:52:27 IT PROVIDES 10% OF OUR ANNUAL FUNDING AND THE ENDOWMENT
00:52:32 IN ADDITION TO WHAT MATTHEW SHARED THAT CONTAINS SCIENCE
00:52:35 AND RESEARCH FUNDING THAT HELPS US EXPLORE THE 46 MILLION
00:52:41 OBJECTS IN OUR COLLECTIONS AND TO EXPLORE NATURE AROUND
00:52:45 THE WORLD. IT ALSO FUNDS OUR ROCK PROGRAM
00:52:46 WHICH ALLOWS ALL THE CITY CHILDREN TO COME TO THE ACADEMY
00:52:49 SO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT DOLLARS
00:52:52 THAT SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE AS WELL.
00:52:57 >> YEAH. SO IT KIND OF LEADS ME TO MY
00:52:58 QUESTIONS AND TODAY AND AND I'M GOING TO EXPLORE THIS AND I'M
00:53:01 GOING TO LAY IT OUT FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
00:53:05 MY EXPECTATION IS ALSO THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS
00:53:07 WILL BE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS AND TYPICALLY WE DON'T
00:53:09 QUITE GO THROUGH THIS AS IN DETAIL.
00:53:13 REGRETTABLY, I THINK THAT GIVEN THE CONDITIONS YOU'RE IN, GIVEN
00:53:16 THE NEWS REPORTING AS INDICATED BY SURVEYS, SADR HAS INDICATED
00:53:21 REALLY ABOUT YOUR ASSET THAT 10% OF THE CITY FUNDING IT'S
00:53:28 IT'S YOUR FUNDING SOURCE. IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO
00:53:32 UNDERSTAND YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
00:53:35 IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU CAN
00:53:37 CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH LABOR HARMONY ON CITY PROPERTY.
00:53:43 AND SO YOU KNOW AS A PARTNER ARE WE AND OF CLEARLY WE'RE
00:53:48 GOING TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS BUT
00:53:51 COLLEAGUES THIS IS AS SIMILARLY REGRETTABLY THAT WE HAVE
00:53:55 SIMILAR SITUATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO ZOO AND OTHER
00:53:59 INSTITUTION AND WHAT WE HOW CAME LIKE COME TO A CONCLUSION
00:54:02 IS THAT YOU KNOW WE WE WANT TO SEE AN AUDIT YOU KNOW
00:54:07 POTENTIALLY WITH OUR BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS
00:54:11 AND AND YOU CAN ASK SAN FRANCISCO ZOO THEY HAVE FOUND
00:54:15 OUR AUDIT TO BE VERY VERY HELPFUL AND WHAT YOU'VE
00:54:19 ACTUALLY COMES IS A THAT A WHOLE IS A RECOMMENDATION
00:54:22 BECOMES SORT OF THIS BLUEPRINT OF HOW THE ZOO CAN GET BACK ON
00:54:26 THEIR FEET AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IS AN OFFER THAT THAT I
00:54:30 WANT TO MAKE BUT IT'S ALSO A REQUEST THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS
00:54:35 THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET LEGISLATIVE ANALYST TO START
00:54:38 EMBARK ON THIS AUDIT WITH THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND THAT WE
00:54:45 WITHHOLD AND PUT THE FUNDING ON RESERVE.
00:54:49 I THINK THAT WE CAN DECIDE WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
00:54:53 THAT DOES NOT IMPACT YOUR OPERATION SIGNIFICANTLY BUT I
00:55:00 THINK ENOUGH TO PUT THE FUNDING FROM THE CITY SIDE SIMILARLY AS
00:55:04 WE HAVE DONE WITH SAN FRANCISCO ZOO ON RESERVE UNTIL THE AUDIT
00:55:09 IS COMPLETED, WE'RE NOT MAKING THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW I AM
00:55:12 ARTICULATING THIS I SEE A LOT OF WORRY FACES AND AND I SO I'M
00:55:19 PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD AS A CONVERSATION AND I JUST WANT
00:55:24 YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND OF COURSE WE CAN TALK MORE
00:55:27 POTENTIALLY YOU COULD COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND WE CAN HAVE MORE
00:55:31 CONVERSATION TOO. SO THANK YOU.
00:55:35 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHAN.
00:55:39 WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO ARTS COMMISSION.
00:55:46 MADAM CHAIR, AS THE DEPARTMENT IS SETTING UP I WILL JUST LIKE
00:55:50 TO SAY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE CHAMBER HOW
00:55:54 PURSUANT TO OUR BOARD RULE 1.3.1 HANDHELD SIGNS ARE
00:55:57 PROHIBITED IN THESE CHAMBERS BUT I'M WILLING TO COMPROMISE
00:56:01 AND THAT YOU HOLD THEM NO HIGHER THAN EYE LEVEL AS ANYONE
00:56:05 IN THE CHAMBERS BEHIND YOU ARE ENTITLED TO AN UNOBSTRUCTED
00:56:09 VIEW OF OUR PROCEEDINGS AND I THANK YOU MUCH.
00:56:12 >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN
00:56:16 SUPERVISORS. I'M MATTHEW GATTO AND I'M
00:56:17 HONORED TO BE THE CITY'S FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ARTS
00:56:20 AND CULTURE. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE ARTS
00:56:24 COMMISSION HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW,
00:56:27 A UNIFIED ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT BRINGING TOGETHER
00:56:31 GRANTS FOR THE ARTS, THE FILM COMMISSION AND THE ARTS
00:56:32 COMMISSION TO BETTER SERVE ARTISTS, CULTURAL
00:56:35 ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR AUDIENCES AND THE PEOPLE OF SAN
00:56:39 FRANCISCO. I'M EXCITED BY THE VISION
00:56:40 REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
00:56:43 OPPORTUNITY TO HELP LEAD THIS EXPANDED NEW DEPARTMENT.
00:56:46 IN SOME WAYS I ALSO WANT TO DEDICATE I RECOGNIZE THE
00:56:50 DEDICATED STAFF OF THESE THREE AGENCIES WHO ARE COMING
00:56:53 TOGETHER TO BETTER SERVE THE CITY.
00:56:56 THEIR COMMITMENT AND THEIR EXPERTISE ARE GOING TO MAKE
00:56:57 THIS TRANSITION I'M POSITIVE A SUCCESS.
00:57:00 I'M JOINED TODAY BY THE ARTS COMMISSION CFO SARA HOLLENBECK
00:57:04 WHO WILL WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET DETAILS WHICH WERE
00:57:08 DEVELOPED PRIOR TO MY RECENT APPOINTMENT.
00:57:11 BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
00:57:12 DEPARTMENT'S FUTURE THE PRIORITIES AHEAD.
00:57:15 >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT.
00:57:18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD MORNING.
00:57:22 I'M ALSO PLEASED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU CHAIR CHEN
00:57:27 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, IT IS EXCITING TO HAVE THE
00:57:31 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS MORNING FOR THE FIRST TIME
00:57:34 A BUDGET REFLECTING THE MERGER OF GRANTS FOR THE ARTS, THE
00:57:38 FILM COMMISSION AND THE ARTS COMMISSION.
00:57:41 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
00:57:45 AND COLLABORATION OF THE FINANCE STAFF AT ADAM AND AT
00:57:49 IWD THE JFK AND FILM TEAMS AS WELL AS THE TIRELESS WORK OF
00:57:56 OUR OWN FINANCE MANAGER KEVIN KWAN AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:58:01 MBIA AND THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS
00:58:05 . >> BEFORE YOU ON THIS SLIDE ARE
00:58:09 THE MISSIONS OF THE THREE ENTITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE
00:58:13 COMING TOGETHER. WE ANTICIPATE IN THIS COMING
00:58:14 YEAR THAT WE'LL BE LAUNCHING A PROCESS TO CREATE A UNIFIED
00:58:20 VISION AND MISSION FOR OUR COLLECTIVE WORK.
00:58:24 >> ON SLIDE FOUR WE HAVE A SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMATIC
00:58:28 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART JUST SHARING FOR YOU.
00:58:34 >> IT'S VERY EXCITING INDEED AS WE'RE IN A TIME OF LEADERSHIP
00:58:38 TRANSITION ALONG WITH THIS MERGER, THE STRUCTURE OF THE
00:58:41 PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND A DETAILED POSITION LEVEL
00:58:45 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ARE NOT QUITE READY YET.
00:58:49 THEY'RE A WORK IN PROGRESS. HOWEVER, I WOULD PROVIDE TO YOU
00:58:53 AND I APOLOGIZE I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE
00:58:56 BUT IN THE MONITOR WE HAVE ADDED TO THIS INFORMATION THE
00:59:00 FTE ACCOUNTS FOR THE COMPONENT PARTS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
00:59:04 SO FILM HAS FOUR FTE IS TFT HAS FIVE.
00:59:08 THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION WHICH WE'VE FOLDED IN SOME
00:59:12 OPERATIONS AND COME COMMUNICATIONS AND SO FORTH
00:59:15 AND THAT IS A TEAM OF 14 AND 22.5 FTE COME ALONG WITH
00:59:22 THE S.F. AC HISTORIC PROGRAMS. THE TOTAL IS 48.5 OF WHICH
00:59:28 LOOKING AT THE POSITIONS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED OVER IN THE
00:59:33 BUDGET IT EQUATES TO A MANAGEMENT RATIO OF APPROXIMATE
00:59:40 16%. AS I SAID, WE'LL BE WORKING
00:59:42 THROUGH THE PARTICULARS OF THE POSITION DETAIL AS WE COME
00:59:45 TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE
00:59:50 FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING GROUP IS REFLECTIVE OF THE TRANSFER OF
00:59:56 ONE ACCOUNTANT FROM ADAM AND A CONVERSION OF ONE EXISTING
01:00:01 UNFILLED POSITION IN TO TO HELP SUPPORT WHAT WILL POTENTIALLY
01:00:04 BE OVER 600 EVEN SOMETIMES UP TO 700 CONTRACTS FOR THIS SMALL
01:00:08 BUT MIGHTY DEPARTMENT. SO THAT IS A CHANGE THAT IS
01:00:15 IN REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM TERMS
01:00:19 WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A LISTING OF THE PROGRAMS OF THAT
01:00:23 HISTORICALLY HAVE LIVED WITHIN SFA C AS WELL AS GRANTS FOR THE
01:00:28 ARTS AND FILM S.F. AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHICH OF THESE
01:00:32 ARE CORE OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC
01:00:35 AND DISCRETIONARY, THE MAJORITY OF SFX PROGRAMS AND DFT ARE
01:00:39 LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED WHETHER IN THE CHARTER OR IN VOTER
01:00:43 APPROVED INITIATIVES INCLUDING PROP PROP E FROM 2018.
01:00:49 WE VIEW OUR GALLERY'S PROGRAM AS A STRATEGIC PROGRAM AS IT IS
01:00:53 PUBLIC FACING AND SUPPORTS OUR ROLE IN SUPPORTING EMERGING
01:01:01 ARTISTS AND FILMS. >> SF HAS ALSO STRATEGIC
01:01:05 PROGRAMS IN THE FORM OF AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM AS WELL AS
01:01:09 THE CORE OPERATIONS OF FACILITATING PERMITTING FOR
01:01:12 FILMING IN S.F. MOVING ON TO OUR BUDGETED REVENUES THIS
01:01:17 SLIDE SUMMARIZES OUR REVENUES PRESENTED BY FUNDING SOURCE.
01:01:21 I WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE'VE PRESENTED THIS DOESN'T LOOK
01:01:25 EXACTLY LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SHOW BECAUSE FOR SORT OF
01:01:28 FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COMPARISON PURPOSES WE HAVE FOLDED IN FOR
01:01:32 THE FISCAL 26 COLUMN THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGETS FOR JFK AND FILM
01:01:36 BOTH ON OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE SLIDES.
01:01:39 SO JUST FOR EASE OF TRACKING CHANGES OVER TIME AS YOU'LL SEE
01:01:43 OUR LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE BY FAR IS HOTEL TAX AND AGAIN FOR
01:01:48 THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ADVOCACY COMMUNITY
01:01:52 AND TRANSPARENCY WE BROKE OUT ART NGF TO BECAUSE WE WANT IT
01:01:56 TO BE CLEAR TO FOLKS THAT THOSE ALLOCATIONS IS PROVIDED TO
01:02:00 THOSE PROGRAMS THAT LIVE WITHIN OUR NGF TO THAT ARE PROVIDED
01:02:04 FOR IN PROPERTY CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO BE TRACKED AND BUDGETED
01:02:08 SEPARATELY SO WE CAN SEE THE HOTEL TAXES PROJECTED TO GROW
01:02:15 BY ABOUT 9% IN FISCAL 27 AND THEN MORE OR LESS FLAT JUST
01:02:19 A LITTLE BIT UNDER 1% GROWTH IN FISCAL 28.
01:02:20 I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE THAT OF THE $6.6 MILLION OF
01:02:26 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT YOU SEE HERE 4.6 ISH MILLION OF THAT
01:02:30 GOES THROUGH PASSES ESSENTIALLY THROUGH THE ARTS COMMISSION TO
01:02:34 THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 16
01:02:37 106 I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS ON A FURTHER SLIDE
01:02:44 MOVING ON TO BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, LET'S SEE AGAIN
01:02:47 WE'VE BROKEN OUT AND ADDED TO OUR WE'VE BROKEN OUT FILM
01:02:52 AND GRANTS FOR THE ARTS AND ADDED THEM IN THE 26 COLUMN
01:02:55 SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES FROM YEAR OVER YEAR FOR ALL OF THE
01:02:58 COMPONENT PARTS THE JFK INCREASE AND THE COMMUNITY
01:03:02 INVESTMENT INCREASE THOSE ARE TO THE OUR TWO GRANT
01:03:06 GRANTMAKING PROGRAM. THOSE ARE GROWING IN ACCORDANCE
01:03:10 WITH HOTEL TAX INCREASES AND AS YOU CAN SEE ADMINISTRATION IS
01:03:16 DROPPING THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF ATTRITION SAVINGS AND THE
01:03:24 REDUCTION OF SOME STAFFING. SIMILARLY, UNFORTUNATELY ONE
01:03:29 FIELD POSITION IN ART WAS ELIMINATED IN THE YEAR OR TWO
01:03:32 OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND SO THAT HAS RESULTED IN A LAYOFF
01:03:36 OF ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE RECENT ROUND THREE FURTHER
01:03:38 POSITIONS NOW PROPOSED TO BE ELIMINATED IN FISCAL 27 ARE
01:03:42 VACANT OR WILL BE AS OF JULY 1ST.
01:03:45 IN ADDITION TO THESE REDUCTIONS OUR PROPOSED SALARY BUDGET FOR
01:03:49 FISCAL 27 REFLECTS OVER THREE FTE ATTRITION SAVINGS
01:03:52 AND ANOTHER 2.2 POSITIONS WORTH OF ATTRITION ARE ADDED TO OUR
01:04:00 FISCAL 28 BUDGET. SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK HARD ON
01:04:03 HOW TO MEET THOSE ATTRITION SAVINGS.
01:04:06 FINALLY, WITH RESPECT TO OUR CAPITAL BUDGET WE REALLY WANT
01:04:10 TO APPRECIATE AND RECOGNIZE THE SUPPORT THAT CPC AND THE
01:04:14 MAYOR'S OFFICE REFLECTED FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT THE ARTS
01:04:18 COMMISSION MANAGES ON BEHALF OF OUR CULTURAL CENTERS AND THE
01:04:23 CIVIC ART COLLECTION AND OUR GALLERY IN THE ALLOCATIONS THAT
01:04:27 ARE REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR OUR CAPITAL.
01:04:30 THIS REFLECTS ONGOING INVESTMENT IN OUR CULTURAL
01:04:31 CENTERS FOR KEY ONETIME PROJECTS AS WELL AS ONGOING
01:04:35 MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT OF DOORS AND WINDOWS AND YOU KNOW
01:04:42 ALL THE OTHER JUST THINGS THAT NEED ADDRESSED TO BE ADDRESSED
01:04:46 OVER TIME YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT AS WELL AS THE CONTINUED
01:04:49 INVESTMENT IN CONSERVATION RESTORATION AND STRUCTURAL
01:04:51 ASSESSMENT OF THE CIVIC ART COLLECTION TO ENHANCE THE
01:04:55 PUBLIC REALM AND ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY.
01:04:58 SO WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
01:05:02 HAVE. THANK YOU.
01:05:04 >> THANK YOU. I MEAN I THINK THIS IS ONE OF
01:05:09 THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE BEGINNING TO EMERGE SO JUST
01:05:13 WANTED TO ASK AND SAY WELCOME BACK TO DIRECTOR KODO AND JUST
01:05:17 WANTED TO SEE WHAT IS THE VISION OF SEEING THAT THESE TWO
01:05:23 OR MORE ACTUALLY YOU HAVE MULTIPLE UNITS I SHOULD SAY OR
01:05:28 DIVISION ONE UNDER THE CITY NOW IS COMING TOGETHER.
01:05:31 >> I, I, I ACTUALLY KIND OF THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE BUT
01:05:36 JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND TO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT
01:05:42 UNIQUELY EACH ARE VERY STRONG IN THEIR PURPOSE AND IN THEIR
01:05:46 APPROACH AROUND FILM OR AROUND ARTS AND THEN PUBLIC ARTS
01:05:53 AND THEN ALSO IN THEIR MISSION OF VISUAL ART JUST A LOT OF
01:05:58 THAT THEY'RE VERY DIVERSE, VERY STRONG AND INDEPENDENTLY HAVING
01:06:01 THEIR APPROACH TO TO THE INDUSTRY OR TO TO TO THE TO THE
01:06:06 MEDIUM. AND SO HOW DO YOU BRING THEM
01:06:10 ALL TOGETHER AND STILL ONE ONE WATCH YEAH WELL I MEAN THIS HAS
01:06:13 BEEN SOMETHING MAYBE NOT SO MUCH WITH THE FILM COMMISSION
01:06:17 BUT GRANTS FOR THE ARTS AND THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS LONG BEEN
01:06:18 TALKED ABOUT AS STREAMLINING AND MERGING TO BETTER SERVE THE
01:06:21 ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY WORK WITH.
01:06:24 I'M APPROACHING THIS SORT OF SORT OF A THREE PRONGED KIND OF
01:06:27 IDEA OF WHAT WHEN WE WOULD BE NEED TO BE DOING AND THEN THE
01:06:31 MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD. NUMBER ONE IS KIND OF A REBUILD
01:06:34 APPROACH OF REBUILD THE TRUST WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION WORKING
01:06:36 WITH THE STAFF TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE AND KIND
01:06:40 OF THE MECHANISMS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS
01:06:42 MERGER REBUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE WOULD LIKE
01:06:45 A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENCY INTO WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT OF WHAT'S
01:06:48 AHEAD AND THAT ALSO PROBABLY A FACE TO AND IS LIKE THE THE
01:06:52 UNITE OF LOOKING AT THIS HOW DO WE MERGE THESE THREE AGENCIES
01:06:57 IN THE ONE WE'VE RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HOPE TO
01:07:00 LOOK AT AND TO ANSWER WORKING BOTH WITH THE STAFF OF THE
01:07:03 THREE AGENCIES THAT ARE NOW COMING TOGETHER AS ONE AND WITH
01:07:05 A VERY DEEP PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
01:07:07 AS PART OF THAT WE WILL LAUNCH A STRATEGIC PLAN BOTH
01:07:10 ADDRESSING KIND OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO INTERNALLY BUT EXTERNALLY
01:07:12 AS PART OF THAT A CITYWIDE ARTS PLAN, A CREATIVE ECONOMY PLAN
01:07:18 WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
01:07:20 DEVELOPMENT TO ALSO INCORPORATE INTO THAT.
01:07:21 SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T HAVE
01:07:23 A LOT OF ANSWERS TO BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BE
01:07:26 ASKING THEM AND WE ASK THEM PUBLICLY AND WITH COMMUNITY.
01:07:30 AND THEN THE THIRD APPROACH THAT I LOOK AT IS WE HAVE A LOT
01:07:31 THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND ONCE WE KIND OF GET THESE
01:07:35 BASICS DOWN HOW DO WE GROW AND HOW DO WE PROVIDE EVEN
01:07:36 BETTER SERVICES TO ARTISTS, TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, TO
01:07:39 AUDIENCES AND TOURISTS SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
01:07:43 >> YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT. >> I THINK I AM DEFINITELY A
01:07:47 SUPPORTER AND FORWARD OF OUR CITY'S FILM REBATE PROGRAM
01:07:53 AND I DO ALSO SEE THAT THE FILM INDUSTRY SHOULD KNOW THAT
01:07:57 THEY'RE WELCOME HERE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TO
01:07:59 BE MORE ACTIVELY BE ABLE TO INVOLVE AND GET ALSO THE STATE
01:08:04 FILM REBATE CREDIT THAT COMING TO THIS TOWN AND I SEE ALSO
01:08:08 OVERLAPPING OF HAVING HOMEGROWN ARTISTS PERFORMING ARTS ARTISTS
01:08:12 TO BE ABLE TO EMERGE LIKE INTO WITH THE FILM INDUSTRY.
01:08:19 >> YEAH THAT IS TYPICALLY PROBABLY COME OUT OF TOWN THAT
01:08:23 THEY CAN ACTUALLY END UP UTILIZING OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.
01:08:27 SO I DO SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
01:08:31 I DO WANT TO TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
01:08:34 HOW DO YOU MERGE ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AS A AS A VISION?
01:08:38 I KNOW THAT'S NOT TODAY BUT I THINK THAT FOR THE UPCOMING
01:08:43 BUDGET I HOPE THAT THAT YOU WILL YOUR BUDGET WILL REFLECT
01:08:46 THAT YOUR BUDGET WILL REFLECT THE VISION.
01:08:49 I ALSO WANT TO TO ARTICULATE THAT MAYOR BREE HAD A VISION
01:08:53 AND I THINK THAT I SUPPORT OF THAT VISION BUT I THINK AT SOME
01:08:55 POINT THAT IT WAS IN A BALANCE APPROACH THAT IT WAS A HOW DO
01:09:01 WE SUPPORT STREET ARTIST, HOW DO WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY ARTISTS
01:09:05 ,HOW DO WE SUPPORT SORT OF THE LOCAL ARTIST BUT AT THE SAME
01:09:08 TIME NOT TURN OUR BACKS FROM THE INSTITUTIONS THAT WE HAVE
01:09:12 IN SAN FRANCISCO TO LIKE HOW DO WE MERGE THEM TOGETHER IN A
01:09:16 MORE SUCCESSFUL MANNER BUT ALSO EQUITABLE MANNER AND THAT IS
01:09:22 MORE HARMONIOUS MANNER. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
01:09:23 BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER. IT'S A TOUGH JOB BUT I'M GLAD
01:09:26 THAT YOU'RE HERE TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
01:09:29 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
01:09:31 I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME ON THE ROSTER FOR THOSE QUESTIONS
01:09:34 SO WE WILL GO TO WARM WAR MEMORIAL
01:10:07 TO SHARE ANYTHING I HAVE TO DO TO GET THIS YOU NEED I THINK
01:10:29 IT'S UP TO WE NEED TO TO TOGGLE TO THE PRESENTATION TO YOU IS
01:10:33 THERE A WAY TO GET THIS ON? OH THERE WE GO.
01:10:36 HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
01:10:37 HI. GOOD MORNING, KATE SOPHOS,
01:10:40 MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE WAR MEMORIAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
01:10:43 AND EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE
01:10:47 EVERYONE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND TO REMIND EVERYONE
01:10:51 LET'S GO TO THE VISION SIDE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY THE SECOND
01:10:55 LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT'S
01:10:56 SOMETHING THAT STILL IT'S AMAZING TO ME AS I WALK AROUND
01:11:00 COMMUNITY AND TALK TO PEOPLE BOTH HERE AND BEYOND THAT
01:11:03 PEOPLE DON'T YET UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE AS THE COLLECTIVE
01:11:07 WHOLE WHICH IS FAR MORE THAN OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR VENUES
01:11:11 WHICH THEMSELVES ARE IMPRESSIVE FROM DAVIS SYMPHONY HALL TO THE
01:11:15 WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE TO OUR SUPER COOL VENUES INSIDE THE
01:11:19 VETERANS BUILDING THE HERBST THEATER, THE NEW WELLESLEY
01:11:22 CENTER AND THE GREEN ROOM. SO A LOT OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN
01:11:24 DOING IS TO REALLY TRY TO EXPRESS EVEN MORE THROUGH
01:11:27 SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS, THROUGH OUR
01:11:31 PARTNERSHIPS, THE VALUES OF WHO WE ARE, WHICH IS VERY MUCH SAN
01:11:35 FRANCISCO. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF
01:11:38 YOU IS ACTUALLY A RECENTLY MINTED VISIONS STATEMENT TO
01:11:43 COMPLEMENT OUR MISSION THAT REALLY I THINK IS STATING WHAT
01:11:47 WE ARE ALL ASPIRING TO BE WHICH IS FAR MORE THAN THE COLLECTION
01:11:51 OF THE VENUES IN THE AUDITORIUMS WE HAVE.
01:11:52 BUT WE REALLY WANT TO REPRESENT SAN FRANCISCO TO BOTH OUR LOCAL
01:11:56 COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD TO REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF THE
01:11:59 ART FORMS, TO WELCOME VISITORS LOCALLY, NATIONALLY TO BE MORE
01:12:06 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE CROSS-SECTION OF ARTISTS
01:12:10 AND ART FORMS THAT SEE THEMSELVES IN OUR VENUES AT
01:12:11 HOME. SO A LOT OF OUR WORK IN THE
01:12:14 LAST YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN TO EXPAND AND BUILD AROUND AND GO
01:12:18 BEYOND OUR THREE RESIDENT COMPANIES WHICH ARE THE OPERA
01:12:22 SYMPHONY AND BALLET NEXT SIDE. SO IN THIS LAST YEAR WE'VE
01:12:26 ACTUALLY BEEN STEADILY INCREASING OUR ATTENDANCE
01:12:30 AND INCREASING NUMBERS OF PERFORMANCES ACROSS ALL THE
01:12:34 VENUES. IT'S BEEN A NICE UPWARD
01:12:35 TRAJECTORY SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND THESE ARE SOME BUT NOT ALL
01:12:41 OF OUR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE NOW HAVE AND PUBLISH
01:12:45 SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THESE NEW KINDS OF
01:12:46 COLLABORATIONS AND PRESENTERS WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR
01:12:50 INCLUDE S.F. JAZZ WHO OF COURSE HAS THEIR OWN HOME NEXT SIDE.
01:12:56 BUT WHEN THEY'RE SEEKING TO USE LARGER VENUES THAT EXCEED THE
01:13:00 CAPACITY OF MINOR AND THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE WITH ADC
01:13:04 HERE AT A SOLD OUT SHOW AT DAVIS SYMPHONY HALL WE WORK
01:13:08 WITH OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE S.F. JAZZ AND COMMUNITY TO
01:13:12 BRING THEM INTO OUR CAMPUS NEXT TIME.
01:13:15 >> WE'VE ALSO REALLY BEEN LEANING INTO BUILDING ON
01:13:19 DIVERSITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE HOPES THEATER WHICH IS OUR 900
01:13:23 SEAT AUDITORIUM AND SOME REAL SWEET SPOTS IN THE LAST YEAR
01:13:27 HAVE INCLUDED ALL SORTS OF COMEDIANS AND NOW PODCASTS.
01:13:31 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOWS SO FAR
01:13:35 THIS YEAR. IT WAS HELD DURING THE NFL'S
01:13:38 SUPER BOWL. THIS IS SHANNON SHARPE
01:13:42 AND FRIENDS SOLD OUT AND AGAIN, I THINK IT REPRESENTS AN
01:13:46 EMERGING ART FORM THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IN OUR VENUES
01:13:50 AND THAT BRINGS IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT CROSS-SECTION OF
01:13:53 COMMUNITY WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
01:13:55 >> NEXT SLIDE WE'RE ALSO REALLY STRETCHING TO REACH NEW
01:14:00 AUDIENCES ACROSS ALL OF OUR VENUES AND JUST SOME EXAMPLES
01:14:04 HERE SO WE HAVE HERB ALPERT COMING TO DAVIS.
01:14:10 WE HAVE SAINT VINCENT WHO IS AN INDIE ARTIST AND DEEJAY WHO'S
01:14:15 PLAYED OUTSIDE LANDS BEFORE COMING HERE AND THEN WE HAVE
01:14:21 FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE STARTING TO WORK WITH THE OPERA
01:14:22 AND THE BALLET TO FIND GAPS IN THEIR SCHEDULE TO WELCOME
01:14:26 OUTSIDE SHOWS INTO THE OPERA HOUSE AND THE ROCK ORCHESTRA BY
01:14:32 CANDLELIGHT WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE IS ONE OF THE
01:14:35 FIRST MANIFESTATIONS OF TRYING TO GET NEW FOLKS INTO THE OPERA
01:14:39 HOUSE. NEXT SLIDE.
01:14:42 >> AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR
01:14:44 RESIDENT COMPANIES, WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE NEW
01:14:47 FORMS OF ART AND COLLABORATION'S BEING
01:14:51 BROUGHT TO OUR STAGE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS SOLD
01:14:55 OUT RUN OF MONKEY KING WHICH WAS THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
01:14:58 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SHANGHAI OPERA AND THAT RUN NOT
01:15:02 ONLY I THINK EXPOSED A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DON'T SEE THEMSELVES
01:15:06 AS BEING OPERA PEOPLE TO THE OPERA HOUSE AND TO THE ART FORM
01:15:10 OF OPERA BUT WE ALSO HAD FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NIGHT
01:15:14 MARKETS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND PART OF THAT IS ABOUT
01:15:18 TRYING TO TAKE WHAT'S INSIDE OF WHAT CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING
01:15:21 BUILDINGS AND REALLY PUSH IT OUT INTO COMMUNITY AND AND SORT
01:15:25 OF BREAK DOWN THOSE MARBLE WALLS THAT MIGHT FEEL
01:15:29 INTIMIDATING TO TO FAMILIES AND YOUTH SO SO OUR CORE
01:15:32 PROGRAMS ARE REALLY FOUR MAIN AREAS SO OUR BIGGEST TEAM IS
01:15:40 PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU'VE HEARD THIS FROM THE
01:15:41 MUSEUMS AS WELL BUT THEY ARE THEY ARE THE FIRST FACES THAT
01:15:44 PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY SET FOOT ON CAMPUS.
01:15:47 THEY KEEP US SAFE. THEY MAKE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME
01:15:50 AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT TEAM.
01:15:54 THE SECOND LARGEST IS ACTUALLY OUR ENGINEERING BUILDING
01:15:55 AND GROUNDS IT VERY SIMILARLY BUT THEY'RE WORKING TO KEEP OUR
01:16:02 100 YEAR OLD BUILDINGS. TWO OF THEM ARE ALMOST 100
01:16:04 YEARS OLD AND OUR ALMOST 50 YEAR OLD NAVY SYMPHONY HALL
01:16:08 IN GOOD WORKING SHAPE STRUCTURALLY BUT ALSO
01:16:11 THEATRICALLY AND THEN PROBABLY A UNIQUE GROUP TO TWO OTHER
01:16:16 DEPARTMENTS IS OUR BOOKING AND THEATRICAL OPERATION
01:16:20 AND TEAM. SO THIS IS A SMALL BUT MIGHTY
01:16:21 TEAM THAT WORK TO BOOK ALL OF OUR OUTSIDE SHOWS TO MAKE SURE
01:16:25 WE HAVE THE RIGHT LIGHTING AND SOUND AND OTHER FOLKS STAFF
01:16:29 TO RUN THESE EVENTS AND THAT'S REALLY CORE TO NOT ONLY
01:16:36 PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE RESIDENT COMPANIES BUT IT IS
01:16:40 ALSO SORT OF THE KEY REVENUE GENERATOR AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
01:16:42 REVENUE IN JUST A MINUTE. AND THEN LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT
01:16:45 LEAST IS OUR SMALL, VERY EFFICIENT FINANCE CONTRACTS
01:16:52 COMPLIANCE AND I.T TEAM AND WE ACTUALLY WORK IN PARTNERSHIP
01:16:58 IN TWO OF THE AREAS WITH DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY NOW TO
01:16:59 DELIVER OUR I.T SERVICES AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:17:03 HUMAN RESOURCES TO DELIVER OUR H.R SERVICES.
01:17:07 THOSE ARE RELATIVELY NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND THEY ARE VERY
01:17:10 EFFECTIVE AND HAVE HELPED US KEEP OUR CORE TEAM SMALL
01:17:13 AND EFFICIENT. >> NEXT SLIDE.
01:17:17 SO OUR OVERALL ORGANIZATION AND AGAIN THIS IS SORT OF
01:17:21 REFLECTING THE THE FOUR CORE AREAS WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING
01:17:29 FROM 67 FULL TIME FOLKS TO 64 AND AND THESE ARE VERY KIND OF
01:17:36 STRATEGICALLY THOUGHT THROUGH PLACES WHERE WE THOUGHT WE
01:17:39 COULD EITHER CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS OR JUST DO A LITTLE
01:17:44 BIT MORE WITH LESS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD ONE
01:17:47 RETIREMENT FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM AND WE ARE NOT
01:17:51 GOING TO FILL THAT VACANCY AT THIS TIME.
01:17:52 SO WE'VE BEEN VERY DECISIVE IN HOW WE CONTINUE TO DO
01:17:58 EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL TEAM.
01:17:59 >> OUR ATTRITION RATE IS ABOUT FOUR VERY SIMILAR TO I THINK
01:18:06 COMMENTS WE HEARD FROM I THINK FINE ARTS PEOPLE TEND TO LEAVE
01:18:10 BECAUSE THEY RETIRE OR OCCASIONALLY THEY MOVE OUT OF
01:18:14 THE CITY. BUT WAR MEMORIAL ENJOYS VERY
01:18:15 COMMITTED LONG TERM EMPLOYEES AND I THINK THAT REALLY SPEAKS
01:18:19 TO BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE AND IT ALSO ABSOLUTELY
01:18:23 LEADS TO THE EXCELLENCE IN DELIVERY OF ALL OF OUR
01:18:27 PROGRAMS AND PRESENTATION IS NEXT SIDE.
01:18:34 SO IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
01:18:35 SO ON THE EARNED INCOME SIDE OF THINGS WE GET I WOULD SAY SORT
01:18:42 OF AROUND 2,025% DEPENDING UPON THE YEAR OF OUR REVENUE COMING
01:18:48 FROM EARNED INCOME AND THAT BASICALLY IS INCOME FROM
01:18:52 RENTING OUR VENUES SO WE GET RENT FROM THE THREE RESIDENT
01:18:55 COMPANIES, WE GET RENT AS WELL WHEN WE HAVE OUTSIDE
01:18:59 PRESENTATIONS IN ANY OF OUR THEATERS AND THEN WE HAVE SOME
01:19:03 OFFICE TENANT INCOME AS WELL AND SOME OF OUR OFFICE SPACES
01:19:07 OUR GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT.
01:19:11 I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE MANAGED IN THIS YEAR'S
01:19:15 BUDGET TO REDUCE BY ALMOST BY 1.2 MILLION AND THOSE
01:19:21 REDUCTIONS ARE LARGELY COMING FROM REALLY HARD WORK WE DID
01:19:26 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE.
01:19:29 HE SUPPORTS OUR CUSTODIAL LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN OPTIMIZE
01:19:32 CUSTODIAL DELIVERY WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE VISITOR
01:19:34 EXPERIENCE AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TO LOOK AT
01:19:38 THAT TOGETHER. CUSTODIAL SERVICES STILL
01:19:42 REMAINS ONE OF OUR LARGEST SEGMENTS OF OUR BUDGET AND WE
01:19:45 VERY MUCH VALUE THE PROFESSIONALS WHO KEEP OUR
01:19:48 BUILDINGS CLEAN AND HYGIENIC AND WELCOMING.
01:19:54 >> NEXT SLIDE. >> SO JUST ANOTHER WAY OF
01:19:59 SLICING THE APPLE HERE IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE
01:20:03 SAVINGS THAT I DISCUSSED, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE
01:20:08 WAS ONE INCREASE IN NON-PERSONAL SERVICES
01:20:10 AND THAT INCREASE IS SOLELY DUE TO INCREASES IN THE COST OF OUR
01:20:15 RAFI ESSAM WASTE MANAGEMENT. WE ARE ONE OF THE WE ARE TOLD
01:20:23 ONE OF THE TOP RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED
01:20:26 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY.
01:20:31 >> WE WORK VERY HARD. WE HAVE A WHOLE THREE STEAM
01:20:34 STREAM RECYCLING PROGRAM ACROSS ALL OF THE BUILDINGS BUT WITH
01:20:37 THE NEW CONTRACT AT THE CITY WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT
01:20:42 IN JANUARY, WE'VE SEEN OUR COST FOR THE SAME SERVICE DOUBLE
01:20:49 AND SO WE HAVE NECESSARILY NEEDED TO INCLUDE SOME EXTRA
01:20:51 FUNDS TO MAKE UP FOR THAT OVERAGE.
01:20:55 SO THIS IS EXACTLY HOW MUCH MORE WE'RE ANTICIPATING ON
01:20:58 SPENDING. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING NOW WITH
01:21:01 THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO SEE WHAT OTHER IDEAS WE CAN
01:21:03 PROBABLY THINK ABOUT TO COME UP WITH.
01:21:06 BUT AT THIS TIME AGAIN WE'RE VERY COMMITTED.
01:21:09 BUT THE REALITY IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW CITYWIDE
01:21:12 CONTRACT HAS LED TO SOME MORE EXPENSE THERE.
01:21:16 I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SIMILAR TO OUR SISTER
01:21:20 DEPARTMENTS AT MUSEUMS WE DO HAVE ANNUAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.
01:21:24 WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE ARE ENDEAVORING TO TAKE CARE OF
01:21:28 THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OFF FOR A WHILE INCLUDING SUCH EXCITING
01:21:31 THINGS AS RESEALING OUR GUTTERS AND REPLACING OUR MAIN FIRE
01:21:36 PUMP CONTROLLER AND THERE'S A SEWAGE PUMP REPLACEMENT IN OUR
01:21:40 FUTURE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
01:21:43 OUR BIG BIG CAPITAL SUPPORT PROJECTS.
01:21:46 IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED UP WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL
01:21:50 UP UP LOOK UP AT THE ROOF OF THE OPERA HOUSE AND THAT IS A
01:21:52 LONG PLAN FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MANSARD
01:21:58 ROOFING OF THE OPERA HOUSE AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR
01:21:59 SUPPORT FOR THAT. >> NEXT SLIDE IN ADDITION TO
01:22:06 THE ROOF, WE HAVE AN ONGOING SERIES OF ELEVATOR
01:22:10 MODERNIZATION PROJECTS THAT AGAIN GETS MAJOR CAPITAL
01:22:13 PROJECT FUNDING OUTSIDE OF OUR REGULAR OPERATING BUDGET AND IN
01:22:17 THE OPERA HOUSE WHICH IS OUR OLDEST BUILDING, WE ARE IN THE
01:22:23 PROCESS OF WORKING ON TWO ELEVATORS AS WE SPEAK AND THEN
01:22:25 GETTING TO THE THE BIG ONES WHICH ARE OUR LOADING DOCK
01:22:28 ELEVATORS IN THE NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT.
01:22:34 AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
01:22:35 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
01:22:38 I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER BUT JUST OUT OF
01:22:43 CURIOSITY AS YOU WERE JUST GOING THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION
01:22:47 I WAS JUST GOING THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE AND JUST KIND OF ONLY
01:22:50 BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY OPENED UP THE SPACE TO A
01:22:55 LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE OF LIKE NONPROFITS OR
01:22:58 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THEY'VE BEEN IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING TO
01:23:05 THAT'S INCLUDING API HERITAGE MONTH GET TO CELEBRATE IN SOME
01:23:06 OF THESE SPACES OR EVEN LIKE GAPPAH IT'S JUST REALLY
01:23:10 WONDERFUL TO SEE AND SO MY I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WILL THERE
01:23:14 BE OR COULD THERE BE ON YOUR WEBSITE A MASTER CALENDAR THAT
01:23:20 I KNOW THAT YOU'RE OF COURSE IS YOUR OFFICIAL LIKE THERE'S THE
01:23:22 OPERA THE DAVEY SYMPHONY WOULD THERE BE COULD IT BE POSSIBLE
01:23:26 TO NOT JUST FOR CONSIDERATION NOT OH IT'S IT'S YES MASTER
01:23:32 CALENDAR OF LIKE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GO ON TO IN KNOWING
01:23:36 THAT YOUR SPACE WHILE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY OPEN TO PUBLIC BUT
01:23:40 ACTUALLY HELP PROMOTE SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS
01:23:41 THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT AS OFFICIAL BUT ACTUALLY STILL
01:23:44 LEASING THE SPACE FROM YOU. SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION
01:23:48 AND IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT IT IS A HUGE THING WE'VE BEEN WORKING
01:23:52 ON THE LAST THREE YEARS SO THE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAS TWO
01:23:55 WEBSITES SO WE HAVE OUR CITY WEBSITE WHICH IS SORT OF MORE
01:23:59 FOCUSED ON OUR BOARD MINUTES AND AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES
01:24:03 AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MAIN TO THE PUBLIC S.F. WAR
01:24:07 MEMORIAL.ORG WEBSITE WHICH YOU'RE ON.
01:24:08 SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION WHAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN THE
01:24:12 LAST YEAR HAS BEEN TO MAKE THAT MASTER CALENDAR REALLY EASY TO
01:24:16 NAVIGATE IT FOR THE HERBST FOR THE THE OPERA HOUSE AND FOR
01:24:23 DAVIES AND ALSO THE ATRIUM THEATER IF WHAT I AND SO THAT'S
01:24:27 ALREADY A HUGE IMPROVEMENT. HOWEVER WHAT I THINK YOU'RE
01:24:29 ALSO ASKING IS THE GREEN ROOM AND SOME OF THESE OTHER EVENTS
01:24:32 THAT MIGHT NOT BE TICKETED EVENTS BUT COULD WE DO
01:24:38 SOMETHING TO ADD THAT INTO THE MASTER CALENDAR SO PEOPLE CAN
01:24:40 SEE THEM AND THAT'S A THAT'S A YES, ABSOLUTELY.
01:24:44 I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK IT BUILDS ON WHAT WE'RE
01:24:47 ALREADY DOING AND YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL AGAIN IS TO I USE THIS
01:24:51 WORD EARLIER THIS WEEK WORKING ON A DIFFERENT ISSUE AROUND
01:24:54 LOOKING AT ADA ACCESSIBILITY. I WANT TO BE THE MOST RADICALLY
01:24:59 INCLUSIVE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN THE COUNTRY AND I
01:25:01 THINK THE MORE WE CAN USE EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL STARTING
01:25:06 WITH THAT WEBSITE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND WE'LL FOLLOW
01:25:07 UP. THANK YOU.
01:25:10 I MEAN I THINK SIMILARLY WHAT WE'RE I CAN PARK HAS DONE
01:25:11 IN THE PAST IS SOMEONE WHO LEASE THEIR SPACE FOR CERTAIN
01:25:13 EVENTS THEY INCLUSIVE OF THEIR USE E-NEWSLETTER OR CALENDAR SO
01:25:18 THAT THEY SEE THAT WHILE IT'S NOT THAT YOU WERE CLOSED FOR
01:25:21 THE DAY OR NOT HAVE ANY EVENTS, IT IS JUST THAT IT'S FOR EVENTS
01:25:25 THAT IS NOT SPONSORED BY YOU OR BY THE CITY OR BY BY OR THAT
01:25:31 IT'S NOT TICKETED EXCEPT IF YOU GO TO THE ORGANIZATION.
01:25:35 BUT I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING THE WORK AND THAT
01:25:36 WE REALLY HAVE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON BUILDING OUTSIDE OF THE
01:25:42 THREE RESIDENT COMPANIES AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AT IT.
01:25:43 THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
01:25:45 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
01:25:46 AND SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY
01:25:50 CHILDHOOD AND THIS COLLEAGUES MAY VERY WELL BE THE LAST
01:25:54 BEFORE WE GO ON BREAK EVEN IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEFORE NOON
01:26:01 BUT THEN WE'LL RETURN AT 1230 NONETHELESS.
01:26:07 SO GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. I'M INGRID MESQUITA, THE
01:26:16 DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
01:26:20 >> AND WHILE WE SET UP OUR PRESENTATION TODAY'S
01:26:21 PRESENTATION TO YOU WILL BE BROUGHT BY MYSELF.
01:26:24 WELL AS TRACY FONG AND BRENDA TAYLOR WHO ARE PART OF OUR
01:26:30 FISCAL TEAM, THIS BUDGET FOCUSES ON ONE OF THE MOST
01:26:46 IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN THEIR
01:26:50 EARLIEST YEARS FOR 20 FISCAL YEAR 26, 27 AND 2728.
01:26:55 THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON ENSURING YOUNG CHILDREN ARE
01:26:59 READY TO THRIVE. FAMILIES CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD
01:27:02 CARE AND EDUCATORS GET THE SUPPORT TO DO THEIR JOBS WELL
01:27:06 I'LL START WITH OUR VISION, OUR MISSION AND OUR OUTCOMES AT THE
01:27:11 DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE
01:27:15 EVERY CHILD IN SAN FRANCISCO GETS THE BEST POSSIBLE START.
01:27:18 >> OUR MISSION IS TO BRING TOGETHER FAMILY COMMUNITY
01:27:21 AND SYSTEM SUPPORTS SO CHILDREN HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR
01:27:23 HEALTH LEARNING AND GROWTH. WE DON'T FUND PROGRAMS
01:27:30 IN ISOLATION. WE'RE WORKING TO BUILD A
01:27:31 CONNECTED EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM THAT REACHES FAMILIES
01:27:35 EARLY BEFORE GAPS GET WIDER. >> AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE PUTTING
01:27:39 THAT INTO PRACTICE. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE RESULTS
01:27:49 IN EVERY AREA THAT WE FUND, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN'S SCHOOL
01:27:53 READINESS OR IT'S ALSO CALLED SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN READINESS.
01:27:57 IT'S THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN EVER IN THIS CITY.
01:28:01 69% OF KINDERGARTNERS ARE MEETING STANDARDS AND THIS IS
01:28:04 OUR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR OF GROWTH.
01:28:08 >> MORE THAN 9000 CHILDREN HAVE ENROLLED IN OUR EARLY, EARLY,
01:28:12 EARLY LEARNING FOR ALL PROGRAM WHICH IS OUR MAJOR TUITION
01:28:16 SUPPORT IN ALMOST 7500 CHILDREN HAVE RECEIVED DEVELOPMENTAL
01:28:20 SCREENINGS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE ALSO SHOWING
01:28:23 RECORD SCHOOL READINESS RESULTS.
01:28:26 >> OVER 3000 EDUCATORS HAVE SEEN THEIR PAY GO UP WITH WAGES
01:28:33 FOR TEACHERS NEARLY 50% INCREASES IN REALLY HIGH
01:28:36 VULNERABLE SETTINGS. >> THESE ARE BIG STEPS FORWARD
01:28:40 AND THEY'RE STILL SO MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO BEGIN CLOSING
01:28:44 OUR EQUITY GRANTS AS YOU CAN SEE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
01:28:51 WE SHOW EVERY YEAR THAT ALL OF OUR FUNDING SUPPORTS ARE
01:28:55 CORRELATES TO SCHOOL READINESS AND THIS IS A WAY OF HOW WE CAN
01:29:00 MEASURE WHETHER OUR INVESTMENTS ARE ACTUALLY MAKING A
01:29:04 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. >> THIS IS OUR ONLY POPULATION
01:29:10 LEVEL DATA THAT WE GET FOR CHILDREN AT THE AGE OF FIVE
01:29:13 AND THIS IS WHY WE TRACK IT AND EVEN WITH THESE
01:29:16 IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE DOING EVEN AS WE'RE DOING MUCH MORE
01:29:20 AND INVESTING MORE THERE'S WE CAN ALSO DO BETTER.
01:29:24 EQUITY REMAINS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE THE KINDERGARTEN
01:29:27 READINESS INVENTORY WHICH IS DONE EVERY BEGINNING OF EVERY
01:29:31 SCHOOL YEAR SCREENS EVERY INCOMING KINDERGARTEN YEAR AT
01:29:36 THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON EARLY LITERACY MATH, SOCIAL
01:29:39 EMOTIONAL AND MOTOR SKILLS. ALTHOUGH WE'VE STARTED TO CLOSE
01:29:43 THE GAP THERE IS STILL A GAP THAT REMAINS ESPECIALLY WITH
01:29:47 CHILDREN WHO ARE LATINO OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ASIAN.
01:29:51 BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT THOSE TWO POPULATIONS
01:29:55 AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THAT GAP IS BEGINNING TO CLOSE.
01:29:59 BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE BASICS
01:30:03 WHERE RESEARCH SHOWS WHAT MAKES REAL DIFFERENCE IN CHILDREN'S
01:30:06 LIVES. SO THESE ARE OUR BUILDING
01:30:10 BLOCKS AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THESE ARE ALL HIGHLY
01:30:14 CORRELATED WITH CHILDREN'S SCHOOL READINESS.
01:30:17 GETTING CHILDREN READY FOR KINDERGARTEN DOESN'T JUST
01:30:19 HAPPEN IT IS NOT BY ACCIDENT. IT TAKES A COORDINATED EFFORT
01:30:24 AND SUPPORT VERY EARLY ON THE PROGRAMS IN THE GRANT MAKING WE
01:30:28 DO ARE BUILT AROUND WHAT RESEARCH SAYS MATTERS MOST
01:30:32 QUALITY EARLY LEARNING, FAMILY SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT HELP FOR
01:30:36 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND FINANCIAL STABILITY
01:30:40 PROGRAMS LIKE EARLY LEARNING FOR ALL EARLY CONNECTIONS OUR
01:30:44 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS SPARKLER WHICH IS A MOBILE APP
01:30:48 THAT MAKES DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING ACCESSIBLE NOT ONLY
01:30:49 TO PARENTS AND PROVIDERS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC
01:30:52 LIBRARY AND IMAGINATION LIBRARY WHERE EVERY CHILD UNDER FIVE
01:30:56 GETS A FREE BOOK MAILED TO THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND OUR
01:31:00 NEWEST ONE LITTLE LIFT ARE ALL WORKING IN SYNC AS PART OF ONE
01:31:07 COHERENT SYSTEM. THIS BUDGET IS ABOUT MAKING
01:31:08 THOSE CONNECTIONS EVEN STRONGER AND MORE INTENTIONAL.
01:31:15 >> THIS BUDGET MARKS A SHIFT FOR D.C. FROM LAYING THE
01:31:19 GROUNDWORK TO REALLY STRENGTHENING THE WHOLE EARLY
01:31:21 CHILDHOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM. SINCE WE STARTED JUST A FEW
01:31:24 YEARS AGO WE BUILT PROGRAMS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE
01:31:28 NECESSARY THAT BRINGS US CLOSER TO OUR CITIES VISION WHERE
01:31:32 EVERY CHILD IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS THE BEST START IN LIFE
01:31:35 AND OUR CITY IS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.
01:31:36 >> OUR PROPOSED BUDGET TAKES EACH CORE PIECE THAT DRIVES OUR
01:31:40 MISSION WHICH IS EDUCATOR PAY FAMILY AFFORDABLE TUITION HELP
01:31:46 QUALITY SPACES, CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING
01:31:50 AND SYSTEMS THAT HELP FAMILIES ACCESS RESOURCES AND STRENGTHEN
01:31:54 AND CONNECTS THEM FOR TEACHER WAGES.
01:31:55 >> WE WE ROSE TEACHER COMPENSATION BACK IN 2020 TO
01:32:01 CREATING A BASELINE WHICH IS LIVING WAY ALIGNED TO THE
01:32:05 LIVING WAGE. THIS YEAR WE'RE RAISING THAT
01:32:09 BASE WAGE AGAIN AS A REQUIREMENT BY 16% TO ENSURE
01:32:12 EDUCATORS EARNED THE CURRENT LIVING WAGE AND ALL EDUCATORS
01:32:15 EARNING ABOVE THE BASE WAGE WILL RECEIVE A 10% INCREASE.
01:32:20 THIS ENSURES THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE
01:32:24 BUILDING ACROSS THE CITY NOT ONLY RETAINS THESE HIGH QUALITY
01:32:27 TEACHERS BUT ALSO ATTRACTS THEM TO THE FIELD AND WITH FAMILY
01:32:31 AFFORDABILITY THIS BUDGET EXPANDS ACCESS TO TUITION
01:32:35 ASSISTANCE, MAKING CARE MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE.
01:32:38 >> ANY FAMILY IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH A CHILD UNDER FIVE EARNING
01:32:42 UNDER 200% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME NOW QUALIFIES AND THAT'S
01:32:48 APPROXIMATELY 312,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
01:32:52 AND AS THEY ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAMS AND IN OUR NETWORK,
01:32:55 FAMILIES WILL GET AT LEAST 50% TUITION CREDIT FAMILIES UNDER
01:33:02 150 PERCENT OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME QUALIFY FOR THE FULL
01:33:06 TUITION CREDIT. AND SO AS WE'RE MAKING THESE
01:33:07 INVESTMENTS, WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO EXPAND NOT ONLY
01:33:11 THESE PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, WE
01:33:16 ALSO MUST EXPAND THE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES RIGHT FROM THE
01:33:20 START THROUGH OUR LITTLE LIFT PROGRAM PREGNANT PEOPLE WILL
01:33:23 RECEIVE FINANCIAL HELP AS SUPPORT CONNECTING TO KEY CITY
01:33:26 RESOURCES DURING PREGNANCY AND A CHILD EARLIEST MONTHS.
01:33:31 THIS IS PART OF THE MAYOR'S STRONG STARTS INITIATIVE WHICH
01:33:32 BRINGS SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER TO REDUCE PRETERM
01:33:35 BIRTH AND CONNECT FAMILIES EARLY TO RESOURCES THAT IMPROVE
01:33:41 CHILD AND CAREGIVER RELATIONSHIPS AND OUTCOMES.
01:33:45 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SAN FRANCISCO IS LEADING THE NATION
01:33:52 IN NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMITMENT THAT BEGINS BEFORE BIRTH BUT
01:33:56 ALSO SUPPORTING PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUR LITTLE
01:33:57 LIFT PROGRAM AND MOST RECENTLY ENSURING THAT CHILD CARE
01:34:00 AFFORDABILITY IS CENTER TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BY MAKING
01:34:05 SURE THAT FAMILIES ALL ACROSS OUR CITY ARE ACCESSING PROGRAMS
01:34:10 AND THAT QUALIFY FOR FREE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
01:34:13 TUITION. >> OUR MODEL INVESTS
01:34:17 IN EDUCATORS PROGRAM QUALITY, INCLUSIVE AND INFANT TODDLER
01:34:24 SPACES AND OUR LITTLE LIFT PROGRAM WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE
01:34:28 FOR FAMILIES EXPECTING A NEW BABY TO KEEP THIS GOING WE NEED
01:34:32 A STABLE AND DISCIPLINED BUDGET AND FOR THAT I AM GOING TO ASK
01:34:36 BRENDA TAYLOR TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF OUR BUDGET.
01:34:39 >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.
01:34:46 >> COMMITTEE CHAIR JAN SO OVERALL OUR BUDGET OUTLOOK IS
01:34:50 STILL STABLE EVEN THOUGH REVENUES ARE A BIT SOFTER.
01:34:54 >> MOST OF DC'S BUDGET COMES FROM SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS PLUS
01:34:59 STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES. MOST THOSE STATE AND FEDERAL
01:35:02 SOURCES MOSTLY SUPPORT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS.
01:35:05 THE PROPOSED AOE BUDGET IS FOR $343.6 MILLION FOR FY 2627
01:35:14 AND $337.5 MILLION FOR FY 2728. THE DROP IN THE SECOND YEAR IS
01:35:19 MOSTLY BECAUSE WE EXPECT LESS FROM PROP C AND SLIGHTLY LESS
01:35:25 FROM PIF. DO THE ADJUSTMENT THAT'S
01:35:26 RELATED TO THE CITY'S CHANGE IN FUNDING WE DON'T EXPECT
01:35:30 THESE CHANGES TO CUT PROGRAMING .
01:35:33 AS WE SPOKE WITH THE COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ARE
01:35:37 IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC USE OF OUR FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO
01:35:41 SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PRIORITIES AND TO AUGMENT AUGMENT OUR OUR
01:35:42 PROGRAMS. HERE'S HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO
01:35:45 USE THESE RESOURCES. SO AS ALWAYS OUR BUDGET PUTS
01:35:52 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FIRST, NOT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
01:35:56 SO ABOUT 85% OF OUR BUDGET GOES OUT TO NONPROFIT GRANTS.
01:36:00 >> THE SECOND LARGEST CHUNK YOU'LL SEE IN BLUE HERE THAT 8%
01:36:03 IS THE 15% OF PROP C THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND.
01:36:07 SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY A PASS THROUGH AGENCY FOR THOSE FUNDS.
01:36:09 WE DON'T CONTROL THEM ONLY ABOUT SIX EXCUSE ME ONLY ABOUT
01:36:14 6% OF OUR BUDGET IS FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ABOUT HALF
01:36:18 OF THAT SERVICES OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE FUNDING
01:36:20 PROGRAMS THROUGH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE HERE'S HOW OUR
01:36:25 SPENDING BREAKS DOWN BY MAJOR PROGRAM AREA AS DIRECTOR
01:36:29 MOSQUITO DISCUSSED OUR SPENDING SHOWS THAT EARLY LEARNING IS
01:36:33 STILL AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO.
01:36:36 THE BIGGEST SHARE OF THE BUDGET GOES TO EARLY LEARNING WHICH
01:36:38 INCLUDES ACCESS AND ENROLLMENT WORKFORCE INITIATIVES, PROGRAM
01:36:44 QUALITY AND OUR QUALITY SPACES .
01:36:48 CHILD AND FAMILY WELL-BEING IS OUR NEXT BIG AREA WHICH COVERS
01:36:52 OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, CHILD HEALTH AND OUR
01:36:55 CROSS-SECTOR WORK WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO
01:36:57 SUPPORT THE SYSTEM IS ATION OF BOTH OUR CBOS OR OUR GRANTEES
01:37:00 AS WELL AS CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN THE SERVICES THAT WE
01:37:04 PROVIDE. >> THE BUDGET ALSO FUNDS DATA
01:37:07 EVALUATION AND POLICY COMMUNICATIONS FINANCE
01:37:11 OPERATIONS AND COMPLIANCE TO KEEP THE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE.
01:37:16 THIS IS HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER THE IMPACT DATA THAT
01:37:19 YOU SEE TODAY AND ALSO HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THE
01:37:23 ALMOST 100 CONTRACTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT PUTS OUT EVERY YEAR.
01:37:26 >> NEXT I'LL BREAK DOWN THESE ALLOCATIONS BY PROGRAM.
01:37:32 SO THIS SLIDE HAS A LOT OF SMALL NUMBERS ON IT.
01:37:37 I JUST WANT TO ORIENT YOU TO IT FIRST.
01:37:39 SO ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THE BUDGET WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE
01:37:41 DISCUSSED THUS FAR. ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE
01:37:44 TOTAL BUDGET WHICH INCLUDES THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE ARE
01:37:47 ANTICIPATING USING FOR EACH PROGRAM.
01:37:51 AS YOU'LL SEE ACCESS AND ENROLLMENT IS THE LARGEST
01:37:52 AREA AT ROUGHLY 179,000,026 27 AND 180,000,027 28 WORKFORCE
01:38:00 INVESTMENTS INCLUDING OUR COMPENSATION INITIATIVES, OUR
01:38:04 WORK FOR WORKFORCE PATHWAYS WHICH AUGMENT EDUCATION
01:38:11 AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ATTAINING HIGHER EDUCATION TO
01:38:12 OUR TEACHERS AND WORKING CONDITIONS SUPPORT IS OUR NEXT
01:38:16 LARGEST INVESTMENT AT 86 AND 87 MILLION.
01:38:20 FINALLY, QUALITY SPACES THE PROGRAM AND NETWORK QUALITY OUR
01:38:24 FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS AND CHILD HEALTH CONTINUE AS
01:38:28 CORE INVESTMENTS. THE SLIDE ALSO SHOWS THE
01:38:31 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXCUSE ME DELIVERING THE SCALE OF WORK
01:38:35 REQUIRES THE RIGHT STAFF CAPACITY.
01:38:42 >> SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR SPENDING OVER TIME AS WELL AS
01:38:43 THE FTE IS THAT WE'VE RELIED ON OR THE STAFF WE'VE RELIED ON
01:38:46 IN ORDER TO DELIVER THOSE FUNDS.
01:38:49 AS YOU LOOK DOWN WE WENT FROM BEING A NEW DEPARTMENT TO
01:38:53 DEPARTMENTS RATHER TO A NEW DEPARTMENT AND NOW TO A
01:38:56 DEPARTMENT THAT REALLY IS ENHANCING RATHER THAN BUILDING
01:39:00 AS WE DEPLOY OUR BUDGET AS WELL AS OUR BALANCE THAT WE'RE
01:39:04 ANTICIPATING USING THIS YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT
01:39:12 WE HAVE THE STAFF TO CONTINUE OUR HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMING NOW
01:39:19 WE'RE SET UP TO DO THIS WORK CONSISTENT WITH OUR PRIMARY
01:39:26 PROGRAMING. SO OUR EARLY LEARNING DIVISION
01:39:27 HOUSES ALL OF OUR ACCESS AND ENROLLMENT, OUR WORKFORCE
01:39:31 DEVELOPMENT, OUR PROGRAM QUALITY AND OUR QUALITY SPACES,
01:39:34 OUR CHILD AND FAMILY WELLBEING DEPARTMENT OVER ON THE RIGHT
01:39:38 INCLUDES ALL OF OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, OUR CHILD
01:39:43 HEALTH AND THEN OUR CROSS-SECTOR WORK.
01:39:45 AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE WE HAVE OUR TWO DIVISIONS THAT ARE
01:39:47 RELATED ARE OUR BACKBONE DIVISIONS WHO ARE SUPPORT
01:39:52 YOU'LL SEE IN YELLOW WHERE WE'VE ASKED FOR NEW POSITIONS
01:39:57 AND THOSE ARE REALLY FIVE OF THEM ARE AROUND PROGRAM
01:40:00 QUALITY. THIS IS DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF
01:40:02 OUR NETWORK AND LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN
01:40:04 HIGH QUALITY SERVICES BUT ALSO ENHANCE OUR NETWORK THROUGH OUR
01:40:08 STANDARD ASSESSMENT PROCESSES. >> THE NEXT SLIDE PUTS THE
01:40:12 STAFFING REQUEST IN CONTEXT. WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE CHANGES
01:40:20 TO MAKE SURE OUR OVERSIGHT MATCHES THE SIZE OF OUR PUBLIC
01:40:21 INVESTMENT. DO YOU SEE MANAGERS BIG GRANT
01:40:24 MAKING AND SYSTEMS PORTFOLIO WITH A PRETTY LEAN TEAM BUDGET
01:40:28 FOR STAFF IS REMAINING RELATIVELY CONSISTENT ACROSS
01:40:33 THE YEARS IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE OUR TEAM INCLUDES LEADERSHIP
01:40:37 MANAGERS ANALYSTS PROGRAM STAFF, ADMIN AND SUPPORT ROLES
01:40:41 ALL NEEDED TO MANAGE THE HUNDREDS OF MILLION MILLIONS OF
01:40:44 DOLLARS RESPONSIBLY. >> NEXT I'LL TALK ABOUT THE
01:40:48 RESERVE REQUESTING FOR BOARD SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS.
01:40:54 SO AS WE GO INTO THE PROCESS OF SPENDING OUR FUND BALANCE OF
01:40:58 COURSE A BIG SHARE OF THE FUND BALANCE IS ON RESERVE BOTH WITH
01:41:02 THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THIS
01:41:06 RESERVE REQUEST IS TARGETED. IT PROTECTS THE COMMITMENTS
01:41:09 ALREADY IDENTIFIED BY THE BOARD .
01:41:12 DC IS REQUESTING 31.25 MILLION RESERVE TIED TO FOUR ITEMS 1.25
01:41:19 MILLION IS FOR THE FINAL YEAR OF THE THREE YEAR FAMILY
01:41:20 RESOURCE CENTER COMMITMENT. $10 MILLION IS FOR THE
01:41:26 CHILDCARE SITE AT ZUCKERBERG SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL
01:41:30 AND THEY HAVE ALREADY SECURED A SITE SO THAT IS WELL UNDERWAY.
01:41:34 $10 MILLION IS FOR A CHILD CARE SITE AT LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL
01:41:40 AND FINALLY 10 MILLION IS IN FY 2728 FOR A CHILD CARE SITE AT
01:41:44 THE OMA PUBLIC LIBRARY. TAKE IN TOGETHER THIS BUDGET
01:41:48 MAINTAINS OUR CORE SERVICES, EXPANDS AFFORDABILITY TO INVEST
01:41:52 IN EDUCATORS AND STRENGTHENS THE SYSTEM OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
01:41:55 YOUNGEST CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS THEY
01:41:59 RELY ON. AND WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT
01:42:00 BACK TO DIRECTOR MOSQUITO FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
01:42:10 THANK YOU. >> IS THE ZUCKERBERG SITES THE
01:42:15 WALGREENS THE FORMER WALGREENS SITES?
01:42:18 YES ON 24TH AND PETROU AND THEN HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT
01:42:22 ABOUT THE PROCESS LIKE WHERE IS IT AT RIGHT NOW?
01:42:23 IS IT THAT WE HAVE MADE AN OFFER OR IS THIS YES.
01:42:27 >> SO IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF SITE CONTROL.
01:42:30 THE LEASE IS BEING NEGOTIATED WITH THROUGH THE REAL ESTATE
01:42:34 DEPARTMENT BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAVE THE DRAWN UP PLANS FOR THE
01:42:41 SITE. IT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE
01:42:44 UP TO 60 CHILDREN, MOSTLY INFANT AND TODDLER CLASSROOMS
01:42:48 WITH THE ONE SMALLER PRESCHOOL SINCE THERE IS A PRESCHOOL
01:42:52 PROGRAM DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
01:42:55 BUT THE REALLY THE THE EMPHASIS IS INFANT AND TODDLER SINCE
01:42:59 THAT'S WHERE THE GREATEST NEED IS AND HOW WE UNDERSTAND IT.
01:43:03 IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY. SO THIS $10 MILLION IS COMING
01:43:08 FROM BBC FUNDING FOR THE CAPITAL ACQUISITION AND I
01:43:14 BELIEVE THAT THOUGH THERE'S ABOUT $14 MILLION ALSO COMING
01:43:17 DIRECTLY FROM THAT SETTLEMENT OR FROM FROM ACTUALLY THE
01:43:21 CONTRACT AGREEMENT FROM SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL OR
01:43:25 IS IT OR FROM OR IS IT NOT? >> YEAH THAT THAT'S THAT'S
01:43:28 SEPARATE THAT'S FOR OPERATIONAL SO THIS IS STRICTLY FOR CAPITAL
01:43:32 WRITE CONGRATULATIONS THAT'S HUGE AND YOU HAVE HELPED SETTLE
01:43:36 DECADES LONG OF DISPUTE. HOW ABOUT THAT?
01:43:40 I WAS LIKE WHAT IS THE BEST WORD TO PUTS IT SO AND THANK
01:43:42 YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT THAT WAS A COMMITMENT THAT YOU
01:43:45 SUPPORT IT ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR MAUGER AND MAYOR
01:43:48 BREE AND JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HELP WORKERS
01:43:52 AT OUR SITES AT THE HOSPITAL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHILD CARE
01:43:57 FACILITY. YOU KNOW, NURSES AND MEDICAL
01:44:00 STAFF THAT LIVE AND WORK NEARBY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CHILD CARE
01:44:04 SITE NEARBY OF THEIR WORK. SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.
01:44:08 I AM GOING TO NOT AT THIS MOMENT BUT DOWN THE ROAD
01:44:15 AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION AND WANT
01:44:16 TO UNDERSTAND MORE SORT OF THIS HOW DO WE HELP FIRST RESPONDER
01:44:20 TO HAVE MAYBE THE AUDACITY OF HAVING A 24 HOUR DROP OFF SITES
01:44:26 AN OPERATION MAYBE NOT A 24 BUT ALLOWING AGAIN FIRST RESPONDER
01:44:32 THAT HAVE REALLY SHORT SCHEDULES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
01:44:36 THE OPTION TO SITES AS AN OPTION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO
01:44:37 HAVE CHILD CARE. >> YES.
01:44:40 WE WELCOME THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.
01:44:41 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND I WANTED TO ASK TOO BECAUSE
01:44:47 WE HAVE NOW REALLY SEPARATE THE CONVERSATION IS THE I BELIEVE
01:44:54 YOU WILL OR SOMEONE FROM YOUR TEAM WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK
01:44:58 WEDNESDAY FOR ITEM THAT I THINK TENTATIVELY RIGHT NOW ON THE
01:45:00 AGENDA FOR THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WE'RE TAKING THE
01:45:07 INTEREST OR I SHOULD SAY WE I THINK THE MAYOR IS ONCE AGAIN
01:45:11 TAKING THEIR INTEREST. COULD YOU JUST QUICKLY TELL ME
01:45:12 HOW MUCH DEBT IS THE SUBVENTION 16 POINT 9 MILLION.
01:45:17 16.9 MILLION UNDER. UNDERSTOOD.
01:45:18 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
01:45:21 WE'LL HAVE CONTINUING DISCUSSION.
01:45:24 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:45:25 AND NEXT WE WILL HAVE COLLEAGUES WE WILL HAVE THE
01:45:28 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT FOR HOUSING NOW
01:45:31 AND THEN WE'LL GO ON THE BREAK
01:46:07 . >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN
01:46:08 COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SEEING US BEFORE THE
01:46:13 BREAK. >> WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
01:46:18 >> SO TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS
01:46:23 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL
01:46:26 YEARS 26, 27 AND 2728. IN OUR PRESENTATION TODAY I'LL
01:46:32 FOCUS ON THE MAJOR BUDGET CHANGES HOW WE RESPONDED TO THE
01:46:34 MAYOR'S INSTRUCTION AS HOW WE IDENTIFIED CORE OPERATIONAL
01:46:38 SERVICES AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND WHAT REDUCTIONS
01:46:41 ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL. BEFORE I START I WANT TO THANK
01:46:45 OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR BUDGET TEAMS FOR THEIR HARD
01:46:49 WORK, CREATIVITY AND PASSION FOR OUR MISSION.
01:46:52 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE AND THE
01:46:53 BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE FOR THEIR
01:46:57 COLLABORATION. >> HSA APPROACHED THIS BUDGET
01:47:03 BY FIRST IDENTIFYING THE SERVICES THAT ARE CORE TO THE
01:47:04 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. THOSE INCLUDE SHELTER, HOUSING
01:47:07 PREVENTION, COORDINATED ENTRY AND THE OPERATIONAL
01:47:12 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED AND CONNECTED TO
01:47:15 SERVICES. WE ALSO PRIORITIZE STRATEGIC
01:47:19 PROGRAMS THAT ARE DATA INFORMED ALIGNED WITH THE MAYOR'S
01:47:20 BREAKING THE CYCLE INITIATIVE AND HHS HOME BY THE BAY
01:47:23 STRATEGIC PLAN AND ESPECIALLY THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND YOUNG
01:47:27 ADULTS. FINALLY WE REVIEWED AREAS WHERE
01:47:30 COSTS COULD BE SHIFTED PROGRAMS COULD BE BETTER ALIGNED WITH
01:47:34 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS OR VACANCIES COULD BE REDUCED
01:47:37 WITHOUT CUTTING DIRECT SERVICES .
01:47:40 SO I'LL START WITH THE OVERALL BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL WALK
01:47:42 THROUGH SPECIFICS THROUGHOUT. I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT HOW THIS
01:47:45 PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO THE BUDGET CHAIR'S QUESTIONS.
01:47:49 WHAT WE PROTECTED IS CORE SERVICES AS WHAT WE TREATED AS
01:47:53 STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND WHAT REDUCTIONS OR REALLOCATIONS
01:47:57 WERE INCLUDED. >> THE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED
01:48:01 BUDGET IS $835.3 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2627 AND $781.8
01:48:09 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2728. THE YEAR ONE INCREASE IS
01:48:13 LARGELY DRIVEN BY OUR NEW BUY NEW OUR CITY OUR HOME
01:48:17 INVESTMENTS IN PREVENTION AND INTERIM HOUSING
01:48:20 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THE YEAR TWO DECREASES
01:48:23 PRIMARILY DUE TO ONE TIME REVENUES AND GRANTS DROPPING
01:48:26 OFF. IT IS NOT A PROPORTIONAL
01:48:28 REDUCTION IN SERVICES. IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYOR'S
01:48:31 INSTRUCTIONS THE DEPARTMENT MET ITS GENERAL FUND REDUCTION
01:48:35 TARGET WHILE MAINTAINING CORE SERVICES.
01:48:38 WE DID THIS BY SHIFTING SHELTER COSTS TO OTHER ELIGIBLE
01:48:40 REVENUES SOURCES DELETING VACANT POSITIONS AND USING NEW
01:48:43 REVENUE TO OFFSET GENERAL FUND COSTS.
01:48:47 >> MOST DEPARTMENTAL SPENDING CONTINUES TO BE IN GRANTS
01:48:50 AND PROGRAMS WHICH REFLECTS THE STRUCTURE OF OUR DEPARTMENT
01:48:54 AND THE FACT THAT MOST SERVICES ARE DELIVERED THROUGH COMMUNITY
01:48:57 BASED PROVIDERS. THE INCREASE IN GRANTS
01:49:00 AND PROGRAMS IN YEAR ONE REFLECTS STRATEGIC NEW
01:49:01 INVESTMENTS ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR CITY, OUR HOME.
01:49:05 THE YEAR TWO DECREASE REFLECTS ONE TIME FUNDING ENDING
01:49:08 INCREASE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LARGELY REFLECTS GRANT
01:49:11 AGREEMENTS FOR CITY OWNED OR LEASE PROGRAMING MOVING TO
01:49:15 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS .
01:49:18 AND THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A COST OF DOING BUSINESS INCREASE
01:49:20 FOR PROVIDERS. 1.1. 4% IN YEAR ONE AND 3%
01:49:26 IN YEAR TWO. >> SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE MAIN
01:49:30 GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS. FIRST THE DEPARTMENT MET THE
01:49:34 MAYOR'S $4 MILLION ONGOING GENERAL FUND REDUCTION TARGET
01:49:37 BY REALLOCATING SOME SHELTER COSTS TO NON GENERAL FUND
01:49:40 SOURCES. THIS WAS A FUNDING SHIFT NOT A
01:49:44 SERVICE CUT. SECOND, THE BUDGET DELETES
01:49:46 EIGHT VACANT POSITIONS WHICH GENERATES ABOUT $1.5 MILLION
01:49:49 IN ONGOING SAVINGS. >> THIRD, THE BUDGET TRANSFERS
01:49:53 11 POSITIONS AND TWO CONTRACTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
01:49:57 HEALTH AS PART OF THE CITY'S OUTREACH CONSOLIDATION.
01:50:00 AND THESE ARE THE PRIMARY REDUCTIONS INCLUDED IN THE
01:50:03 PROPOSAL. AGAIN, THERE ARE NO PROPOSED
01:50:04 LAYOFFS AND NO DIRECT SERVICE REDUCTIONS TIED TO THE GENERAL
01:50:08 FUND TARGET. THE NEXT SECTION FOCUSES ON NEW
01:50:12 INVESTMENTS AND INITIATIVES LARGELY FUNDED THROUGH OUR
01:50:15 CITY, OUR HOME. THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS WE
01:50:19 IDENTIFIED AS STRATEGIC BECAUSE THEY ADDRESS CLEAR SYSTEM NEEDS
01:50:23 . THEY ALIGN WITH THE HOME BY THE
01:50:24 BASE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEY SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S BREAKING
01:50:26 THE CYCLE INITIATIVE. >> THE PROPOSED BUDGET
01:50:30 MAINTAINS CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS WHILE MAKING MAJOR NEW
01:50:34 INVESTMENTS THAT EXPAND, ENHANCE AND STRENGTHEN CORE
01:50:38 COMPONENTS OF THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
01:50:39 THESE INCLUDE $37.3 MILLION IN PREVENTION $54.7 MILLION
01:50:44 IN INTERIM HOUSING AND $140 MILLION IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:50:51 THEY ALSO CREATE AND WE ALSO CREATE IN THIS A $98 MILLION
01:50:56 RESERVE TO ABSORB POTENTIAL FEDERAL CUTS RELATED TO HOUSING
01:51:00 AND HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS A PRUDENT STEP GIVEN
01:51:01 UNCERTAINTY IN FEDERAL FUNDING. OVERALL, THIS PROPOSAL USES
01:51:05 STRONGER THAN EXPECTED OUR CITY OUR HOME REVENUE TO MAKE
01:51:09 TARGETED INVESTMENTS WHILE PRESERVING FLEXIBILITY FOR
01:51:13 FUTURE RISK. >> SO THE PREVENTION PACKAGE
01:51:19 INCLUDES $37.3 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
01:51:20 PREVENTION IS A CORE AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
01:51:23 BECAUSE IT REDUCES INFLOW INTO HOMELESSNESS.
01:51:26 IT STABILIZES VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS AND IS A MORE COST
01:51:27 EFFECTIVE AND LESS TRAUMATIC THAN RESPONDING AFTER A
01:51:31 HOUSEHOLD BECOMES HOMELESS. THE PACKAGE INCLUDES ENHANCED
01:51:35 PREVENTION FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG ADULTS.
01:51:39 WORKFORCE STRATEGIES MOVING COSTS.
01:51:40 HOUSING NAVIGATION FOR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS.
01:51:43 LEGAL SERVICES AND EVICTION PREVENTION.
01:51:46 AND OPERATING SUBSIDIES FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
01:51:50 . THE INVESTMENT REFLECTS STRONG
01:51:51 COORDINATION WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
01:51:54 DEVELOPMENT AND HELPS CONNECT HOUSING STABILITY, LEGAL
01:51:57 SUPPORT, WORKFORCE SUPPORT AND FAMILY SERVICES.
01:52:01 THE INTERIM HOUSING PACKAGE INCLUDES $37.5 MILLION IN NEW
01:52:07 INVESTMENTS AND $17.1 MILLION TO SUSTAIN MULTI-YEAR
01:52:10 INVESTMENTS. INTERIM HOUSING IS A CORE
01:52:13 OPERATIONAL SERVICE BECAUSE IT BRINGS PEOPLE INSIDE
01:52:17 AND CREATES PATHWAYS TO STABILITY.
01:52:18 THE STRATEGIC FOCUS HERE IS NOT JUST MORE BEDS BUT THE RIGHT
01:52:22 TYPES OF BEDS FOR THE NEEDS WE'RE SEEING IN OUR SYSTEM.
01:52:25 THE BUDGET ADDS 70 NEW EMERGENCY HOTEL VOUCHERS FOR
01:52:29 FAMILIES AND YOUNG ADULTS. SUPPORTS A NEW SAN FRANCISCO
01:52:32 UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILY STAY OVER PROGRAM FUNDS INTERIM
01:52:36 HOUSING EXPANSION PILOTS PROGRAM SUPPORTING 24 SEVEN
01:52:41 ACCESS TO SHELTER AND SERVICES AND CREATES A STABILIZATION
01:52:45 FUND FOR AT RISK SHELTER PROVIDERS.
01:52:46 IT ALSO CONTINUES 175 EMERGENCY HOTEL VOUCHERS THAT WOULD
01:52:53 OTHERWISE SUNSET SO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS THE LARGEST AREA OF
01:52:58 NEW INVESTMENT WITH $140 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
01:53:00 THIS INCLUDES $81.7 MILLION FOR 800 NEW HOUSING SUBSIDIES FOR
01:53:06 FAMILIES AND YOUNG FOR ADULTS, FAMILIES AND YOUNG ADULTS.
01:53:10 THESE INCLUDE RAPID REHOUSING, SHALLOW SUBSIDIES, SUPPORT FOR
01:53:11 FAMILIES EXITING SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOTELS AND A NEW
01:53:15 INITIATIVE MOVING ON 2.0. THESE INVESTMENTS BUILD OFF THE
01:53:19 SUCCESSFUL MODEL OF OUR EXISTING EXISTING RAPID
01:53:23 REHOUSING AND SHALLOW SUBSIDY PROGRAMS.
01:53:26 OUR PROPERLY FUNDED RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM HAS A 92%
01:53:31 SUCCESS RATE AND 100% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR CURRENT
01:53:34 SHALLOW SUBSIDY PROGRAM HAVE REMAINED HOUSED.
01:53:37 THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM FLOW WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE
01:53:41 STABILIZED CAN MOVE TO A MORE INDEPENDENT HOUSING SETTING.
01:53:44 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAN BECOME AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE
01:53:48 WITH HIGHER NEEDS. THE BUDGET ALSO INVESTS
01:53:49 IN PROVIDERS STABILIZATION SITE REPOSITIONING LANDLORD
01:53:53 ENGAGEMENT, MONEY MANAGEMENT, WORKFORCE SAFETY
01:53:57 AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
01:54:00 >> THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES $64.6 MILLION IN NEW
01:54:04 INVESTMENTS FOR FAMILIES AND NINE POINT $2,000,000
01:54:08 MILLION TO SUSTAIN MULTI-YEAR FAMILY INVESTMENTS.
01:54:11 THESE INVESTMENTS RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE FAMILY ADDENDUM
01:54:15 IN THE HOME BY THE BASE STRATEGIC PLAN AND BUILD ON
01:54:19 RECENT WORK LIKE THE SAFER FAMILIES PLAN AND PHILANTHROPIC
01:54:20 INVESTMENTS IN FAMILY PREVENTION.
01:54:23 THIS INCLUDES A NEW PREVENTION STRATEGY TO FUND HOUSING
01:54:27 NAVIGATION AT LOCAL FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, A PARTNERSHIP
01:54:31 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
01:54:32 NEW INVESTMENTS INCLUDE 50 EMERGENCY HOTEL VOUCHERS, 350
01:54:37 NEW HOUSING SUBSIDIES, AN ENHANCED PREVENTION SERVICES.
01:54:41 THE BUDGET ALSO CONTINUES EMERGENCY HOTEL VOUCHERS FOR
01:54:45 FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS FLEEING VIOLENCE THAT WOULD HAVE
01:54:48 OTHERWISE BEEN SUNSETTED. THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
01:54:55 $36.3 MILLION IN NEW INVESTMENTS FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
01:54:56 THESE INVESTMENTS LARGELY RESPOND TO THE TAE ADDENDUM
01:55:00 IN THE HOME BY THE BASE STRATEGIC PLAN.
01:55:02 NEW INVESTMENTS INCLUDE 200 200 NEW HOUSING SUBSIDIES,
01:55:07 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, 20 NEW EMERGENCY HOTEL VOUCHERS
01:55:10 AND ENHANCED PREVENTION SERVICES FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
01:55:14 >> AND I'LL NOW TURN TO STAFFING AND DEPARTMENT
01:55:15 INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. THIS SECTION RESPONDS DIRECTLY
01:55:19 TO THE COMMITTEE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT POSITIONS, VACANCIES
01:55:23 AND HOW BUDGET REDUCTIONS AFFECT THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY
01:55:24 TO DELIVER SERVICES. HHS THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THE
01:55:28 VAST MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET FLOWS OUT THROUGH CONTRACTS
01:55:32 AND PROGRAMS OPERATED BY COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDERS.
01:55:35 BUT THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL STAFFING IS WHAT ALLOWS THESE
01:55:39 PROGRAMS TO FUNCTION. >> WE PROCURE CONTRACTS,
01:55:42 MONITOR PERFORMANCE SUPPORT PROVIDERS, MANAGE PLACEMENTS,
01:55:46 OVERSEE BUDGETS, TRACK DATA, RESPOND TO AUDITS
01:55:49 AND COORDINATE ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS.
01:55:51 SO WHILE THE BUDGET PRESERVES CORE SERVICES AND AVOIDS
01:55:54 LAYOFFS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR THAT STAFFING REDUCTIONS
01:55:58 AND HIGHER ATTRITION TARGETS DO CREATE OPERATIONAL PRESSURE.
01:56:02 THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE MOST TO WORK
01:56:06 PRIORITIZE THE WORK MOST DIRECTLY TIED TO SHELTER,
01:56:09 HOUSING PREVENTION, COORDINATED ENTRY, FISCAL OVERSIGHT
01:56:11 AND PROVIDER SUPPORT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED
01:56:15 CHANGES TO HHS STAFFING OVER THE TWO YEAR BUDGET.
01:56:18 THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT THERE ARE NO PROPOSED
01:56:22 LAYOFFS. THE REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL IS
01:56:23 DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY THE DELETION OF VACANT POSITIONS
01:56:26 AND THE TRANSFER OF OUTREACH STAFF TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:56:29 PUBLIC HEALTH IN FISCAL YEAR 2627.
01:56:32 HHS STAFFING DECREASES BY ABOUT 18.4 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT
01:56:37 POSITIONS IN THE SECOND YEAR. STAFFING DECREASES BY ANOTHER
01:56:42 10.5 POSITIONS DUE TO THE INCREASED ATTRITION TARGET
01:56:45 ACROSS THE TWO YEAR BUDGET THAT IS A REDUCTION OF NEARLY 29
01:56:50 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS. AND WHILE THE BUDGET PROTECTS
01:56:53 CORE PROGRAMS AND LAYOFFS, THE STAFF REDUCTIONS ARE NOT IMPACT
01:56:58 FREE. >> THEY WILL REQUIRE AGENCIES
01:56:59 TO PRIORITIZE CORE OPERATIONS AND BE VERY JUDICIOUS ABOUT HOW
01:57:02 THE WORK GETS DONE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
01:57:08 THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE LONG TERM STAFFING CHALLENGE FOR EACH.
01:57:12 SINCE THE DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY
01:57:16 OF THE BUDGET HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY BUT STAFFING HAS
01:57:17 NOT GROWN AT THE SAME PACE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
01:57:20 THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 INCREASES BY ABOUT 6% COMPARED TO THE
01:57:25 PRIOR YEAR WHILE STAFFING DECREASES BY ABOUT 7% IN THIS
01:57:29 BUDGET. ON TOP OF THE 4% CUTS FROM LAST
01:57:30 YEAR A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 27.6 FTE OVER TWO YEARS OR AN 11%
01:57:38 DECREASE. THAT MEANS THE DEPARTMENT IS
01:57:39 BEING ASKED TO MANAGE MORE FUNDING, MORE CONTRACTS, MORE
01:57:43 INITIATIVES AND MORE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITH FEWER STAFF.
01:57:46 WE ARE VERY WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL IN DEVELOPING THE
01:57:48 BUDGET AND AND ARE FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING CORE SERVICES,
01:57:51 ADVANCING OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS WHERE THERE'S A
01:57:55 CLEAR NEED AND FUNDING AVAILABLE AND LIMITING
01:57:58 REDUCTIONS THAT WOULD AFFECT DIRECT SERVICES.
01:57:59 >> THIS ALSO MEANS THOUGH THAT IMPLEMENTATION WILL REQUIRE
01:58:05 CAREFUL SEQUENCING. WE WANT TO BE AMBITIOUS BUT WE
01:58:06 ALSO WANT TO BE HONEST ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AND THE
01:58:10 TIME IT TAKES TO RESPOND SIMPLY PROCURE LAUNCH, MONITOR
01:58:14 AND EVALUATE PROGRAMS. >> SO THIS PROPOSED BUDGET
01:58:21 MEETS THE MAYOR'S GENERAL FUND REDUCTION TARGET WHILE
01:58:24 MAINTAINING CORE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SERVICES.
01:58:26 IT AVOIDS LAYOFFS, PROTECT SHELTER AND HOUSING CAPACITY
01:58:29 AND MAKES STRATEGIC NEW INVESTMENTS.
01:58:33 WE APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE HAPPY TO
01:58:37 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
01:58:37 THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON.
01:58:41 THANK YOU CHAIR CHAN AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
01:58:44 DIRECTOR MISSPEND JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I KNOW WE
01:58:48 DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS BUT COULD YOU AGGREGATE HOW MUCH MONEY
01:58:52 WE'RE SPENDING ON RV STRATEGY? AND IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ME THAT
01:58:56 NOW JUST KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT.
01:59:02 >> SURE. SUPERVISOR WALTON WE CAN GET
01:59:06 THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THE
01:59:07 MONEY ISN'T JUST COMING FROM HSA.
01:59:10 >> SO WE'LL WORK TO GET THAT FOR YOUR OFFICE.
01:59:11 AND DO YOU THINK IT'S WORKING LIKE AS A LEAD IN THE HOUSING?
01:59:15 I'M SORRY IS IT WORKING? >> IS IT LEADING TO MORE PEOPLE
01:59:18 GETTING HOUSING? YES.
01:59:21 YES. AND THEN I GUESS I KNOW THERE'S
01:59:25 A SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN RVS
01:59:32 AND GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH PROVIDERS.
01:59:36 WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FAMILIES OR THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT IN THE
01:59:41 SYSTEM AND ARE LIVING IN AN RV AND DON'T?
01:59:45 >> SO I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT PIECE OF IT.
01:59:48 WE DEFINITELY MADE A BIG PUSH TO GET TO HELP PEOPLE GET
01:59:51 PERMITTED. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
01:59:53 WERE IN RVS AT THE DATE THAT WE DID OUR COUNT AND AND STARTED
01:59:57 FOCUSING ON THOSE FOLKS FIRST AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
02:00:01 I THINK WE'VE HOUSED 150 WHAT'S THAT 180?
02:00:11 >> I THINK WE'VE HOUSED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND 80 HOUSEHOLDS.
02:00:14 >> IS THAT CORRECT? 120 HOUSEHOLDS IN HOUSING 37 OR
02:00:17 SHELTER? >> OKAY.
02:00:19 120 HOUSEHOLDS AND THEY'RE IN HOUSING AND 37 IN SHELTER.
02:00:25 SO THAT HAS BEEN WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK.
02:00:29 WE STILL HAVE TO WORK ON THE RVS THAT ARE UNPERMITTED.
02:00:32 THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON AND WE'VE
02:00:36 REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE PERMITTED
02:00:37 AND ARE WORKING WITH US IN THE HOUSING SEARCH.
02:00:40 AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN PRIORITIZING THIS PROGRAM.
02:00:44 >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT IS
02:00:47 HAPPENING TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT PERMITTED AND WHAT STEPS ARE
02:00:52 GOING TO BE TAKEN. >> OKAY.
02:00:52 WE CAN WORK WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COME BACK IN THE
02:00:56 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO COME BACK WITH AN ANSWER ON THAT.
02:00:58 AGAIN, THAT'S NOT SOLELY OUR DEPARTMENT.
02:01:00 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
02:01:03 I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFTING THE CAP AGAIN.
02:01:08 HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
02:01:11 >> WHERE WHERE ARE WE SPENDING ?
02:01:14 >> DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? I KNOW IT'S NEXT WEEK BUT I
02:01:19 JUST WANT TO QUICKLY LIKE GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE
02:01:23 LOOKING AT. I AND I APPRECIATE YOU SENDING
02:01:24 THE SPENDING PLAN. GOOD MORNING.
02:01:36 HONORABLE COMMITTEE MEMBERS DYLAN SCHNEIDER, INTERIM DEPUTY
02:01:37 DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
02:01:43 APOLOGIES. I'M TRYING TO FIND MY NOTES
02:01:45 BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
02:01:46 TODAY. BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TRAILING
02:01:49 LEGISLATION TO LIFT THE 12% CAP ON SHORT TERM RENTAL SUBSIDIES
02:01:52 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2728. THIS 12% CAP WAS ALREADY LIFTED
02:01:59 IN THE FIRST YEAR OR 2627 AS WELL AS PRIOR FISCAL YEARS
02:02:05 DATING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 23. >> AND SO BY LIFTING THIS CAP
02:02:11 AND I DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME BUT THIS
02:02:13 WOULD SUPPORT BOTH OUR ONGOING SHORT TERM SUBSIDIES WHICH
02:02:16 INCLUDE RAPID REHOUSING SHALLOW SUBSIDIES FOR FAMILIES AS WELL
02:02:20 AS THE PROPOSED 800 NEW TIME LIMITED HOUSING SUBSIDIES THAT
02:02:24 WE ARE ADDING IN THIS BUDGET. >> NO PROBLEM.
02:02:28 I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR SPENDING PLAN AND IS IT SHOULD
02:02:32 I ASSUME THAT IT'S THE SAME AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY
02:02:35 THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN A SHELTER AND HYGIENE CATEGORY?
02:02:36 >> I SEE EMILY AS SORRY. MS. COHEN IS NODDING SO THAT'S
02:02:43 GOOD. AND I DON'T NEED DETAILS LIKE
02:02:46 ANY TIME SOON BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO FIRST LIKE TO DISCUSS
02:02:50 IN GREATER DETAIL ON WEDNESDAY. I JUST WANTED TO START GETTING
02:02:54 MY MY MY BRING RIGHT UNDERSTAND YOUR SPENDING PLAN IN A WAY
02:02:58 THAT I WILL BE COHERENT ON WEDNESDAY WHEN WE DISCUSS BUT
02:03:02 PROBABLY FROM THIS POINT AND ON TO WEDNESDAY WE'LL WE'LL HAVE
02:03:05 SOME CONVERSATION AND HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 12%
02:03:09 CAP THAT WE'RE LIFTING WHICH IS I IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A
02:03:13 LOT DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS RIGHT NOW I'M LOOKING
02:03:16 AT IS $68.7 MILLION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AGREED UPON FOR
02:03:20 THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND THAT
02:03:23 YEAR. AND THEN YOU'RE CONTINUING FOR
02:03:27 2728 AS $67 MILLION. >> BUT I DON'T HAVE THE
02:03:30 SPENDING PLAN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME.
02:03:33 I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS I BELIEVE CAPTURED IN THE RAPID
02:03:35 REHOUSING CATEGORIES AND NOT IN THE SHELTERING HYGIENE
02:03:38 BUCKET. SO IT'S LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS A
02:03:41 GENERAL HOUSING FAMILY AND HOUSING CATEGORIES.
02:03:42 BUT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN BREAKING THAT DOWN AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING
02:03:46 WITH THE BLR GETTING READY FOR NEXT WEEK SO WE'RE HAPPY TO
02:03:47 PROVIDE A FULLER BREAKDOWN TO YOUR OFFICE AS WELL.
02:03:50 >> WONDERFUL. I JUST WANT TO FLAG FOR
02:03:51 COLLEAGUES AND SO WITH THAT I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE
02:03:54 ROSTER AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I REALLY HAVE
02:04:00 AT THE MOMENT AND I'M SURE WE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
02:04:04 SO WITH THAT COLLEAGUES I THINK I WILL GO ON RECESS AND WE WILL
02:04:08 RETURN AT 1235
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02:35:44 WE ARE RETURNING TO THE JUNIOR 11 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION
02:35:49 COMMITTEE HEARING FOR CITY BUDGET AND OUR NOW OUR NEXT
02:35:56 CITY DEPARTMENT IS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH GREAT SUNDAY
02:36:03 AFTERNOON TO THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT I WILL TRY TO HIT A
02:36:11 FEW A SUBSET OF THE SLIDES TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AMPLE TIME
02:36:15 FOR WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
02:36:16 THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. >> I'M DAN I'M THE HEALTH
02:36:19 DIRECTOR AND WE'LL JUST JUMP INTO IT SO ROGER, LET'S OKAY,
02:36:27 SO REALLY BRIEFLY HERE I JUST WANT TO KEEP RECOUNTING EVEN AS
02:36:30 WE'RE IN A CHALLENGING BUDGET PIECE, THE EXCITING DIRECTION
02:36:34 FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS HOW TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO THE
02:36:35 HEALTHIEST PLACE ON EARTH FOR ALL PEOPLE.
02:36:37 YOU'LL SEE THREE MAJOR PRONGS HERE AND HOW WE REALLY GET AT
02:36:41 HEALTH DISPARITIES, HOW WE ARE THE BEST, HOW WE CAN BE THE
02:36:44 BEST HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE WORLD, ACCESS TO
02:36:48 CARE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE CARE ABOUT AND TACKLE THE
02:36:50 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND I
02:36:52 WILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS TOUGH TO BOTH CHART DIRECTION ON THIS
02:36:58 AND SPEND TIME ON MANAGING THE BUDGET CUTS TO THE LEAST AMOUNT
02:37:03 OF HARM POSSIBLE. BUT THAT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE
02:37:04 IN FOR GIVEN THE FISCAL SITUATION WE'RE ALL IN AND THE
02:37:08 MESSAGE NUMBER ONE ON THE BUDGET PIECE WHICH I SAID TO
02:37:12 MANY OF YOU IS A COMPLICATED PIECE IS THE LET ME START WITH
02:37:16 THE BAD NEWS GOOD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS IS AS EVERYONE
02:37:20 KNOWS, WE HAVE GIANT CUTS TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM MEDI-CAL
02:37:24 BASED ON WHAT CONGRESS PASSED AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNED
02:37:30 AND SOME STATE BUDGET CUTS THEY WILL LEAD TO HUGE AMOUNTS OF
02:37:32 FUNDING FROM THE SAFETY NET ESPECIALLY FOR HEALTH.
02:37:36 AND YOU'VE ALSO HEARD FROM HCA ,I THINK AROUND SOME OF THE
02:37:39 SNAP AND FOOD PIECES. >> IF WE WERE TO HAVE BEEN
02:37:43 ASKED AS IN DISCUSSION WITH SOME OTHER PUBLIC SYSTEMS, THEY
02:37:47 ARE BEING ASKED WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE A SAN FRANCISCO KIND
02:37:51 OF THING TO LEAN ON. THEY'RE LOOKING AT HUGE CUTS.
02:37:55 WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO LOOK AT HUGE CUTS TO BRING YOU ANY SORT
02:37:57 OF BUDGET IN BALANCE AFTER MANY, MANY MONTHS OF DISCUSSION
02:37:59 WITH THE MAYOR SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR WE SAID OKAY, DPS WILL
02:38:03 NOT HAVE TO ABSORB ALL OF THOSE FEDERAL CUTS BY OURSELVES
02:38:07 AND STATE CUTS. THE CITY BUDGET IS GOING TO
02:38:11 HELP SOLVE THAT EVEN WHILE EVERYONE INCLUDING THE DPJ WILL
02:38:14 HAVE DIFFICULT BELT TIGHTENING TO DO.
02:38:17 AND SO RATHER FAST FORWARD THIS PAGE PUTS IT I THINK IN A
02:38:21 NUTSHELL WHERE YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM ROW OUR TOTAL BUDGET
02:38:26 IF THE BUDGET WILL GROW FROM 3.3 BILLION TO 3.7 BILLION
02:38:31 OVERALL. THE BIGGEST PIECE TO NOTE AS A
02:38:35 RESULT OF WHAT I JUST MENTIONED IS THAT TOP LINE IS HOW MUCH OF
02:38:39 OUR BUDGET IS FUNDED THROUGH LOCAL GENERAL FUND TAX REVENUE.
02:38:42 TODAY IT IS 779 MILLION IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS BUDGET
02:38:46 CYCLE IT WILL BE $1.03 BILLION. THAT IS A $251 MILLION INCREASE
02:38:52 OR A 32% INCREASE. THAT IS A REALLY REALLY THAT IS
02:39:00 A HUGE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS PUTTING IN TO
02:39:04 THE SAFETY NET AND PUBLIC HEALTH WITHOUT WHICH WE WOULD
02:39:08 BE TANKING WE WOULD BE PRESENTING UNTHINKABLE CUTS.
02:39:14 THE CHALLENGE IS OF COURSE THOUGH THAT OUR MOST OF THAT
02:39:16 WON'T BE FELT BECAUSE THAT EXTRA $251 MILLION IS LARGELY
02:39:22 TO BACKFILL AND OFFSET THE FEDERAL CUTS COMING AND ALSO
02:39:26 THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FOR FOLKS THAT WILL LOSE THEIR
02:39:30 MEDICAL COVERAGE BECAUSE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
02:39:33 THAT IS A STATE BUDGET CHANGE. WE ARE GOING TO WELCOME
02:39:34 AND COVER THEM IN HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO AS HAD PREVIOUSLY
02:39:37 BEEN AND WE WILL MAKE SURE OUR THOSE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS THERE
02:39:43 HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
02:39:45 ALL OF THAT IS BUILT IN TO THIS UNDERLYING BUDGET.
02:39:48 SO THAT IS I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY OR SYSTEM
02:39:52 IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT WITH THESE
02:39:55 CUTS GOING ON AND IT'S STILL A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR.
02:39:59 SO LET'S SWITCH TO THOSE PIECES NOW I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE
02:40:03 BEFORE I GET INTO THE SUMMARY OF THE CUTS WE ARE YOU SEE OUR
02:40:07 BUDGET IS OVER $3 BILLION. WE ARE RUN SAN FRANCISCO
02:40:11 GENERAL PRIMARY CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, A WHOLE
02:40:12 BUNCH OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM. OUR BUDGET ALSO CONTINUES TO
02:40:15 MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THINGS THAT WE ALL YOU ALL CARE DEEPLY
02:40:19 ABOUT. SAN FRANCISCO CARES ABOUT.
02:40:22 LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIV TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
02:40:23 PIECES CORE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS MAINTAINING OUR
02:40:26 INVESTMENTS IN MATERNAL CHILD ADOLESCENT HEALTH.
02:40:30 THERE ARE NO CUTS TO ANY BLACK INFANT HEALTH OR ANY OF THOSE
02:40:34 CBO CONTRACTS ANYWHERE IN THE H AND NEXT PAGE ROCK THAT MANY OF
02:40:37 THE CULTURALLY CONGRUENT AND ALSO VERY SPECIFIC SERVICES
02:40:41 AND ACCESS WITH A RANGE OF INCREDIBLE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE
02:40:45 CITY AND THE AGE FOR OUR FOR VARIOUS MARGINALIZED
02:40:49 POPULATIONS AND FOR TRANSGENDER AND OTHER POPULATIONS WE
02:40:53 MAINTAIN MANY OF THOSE HUGE INVESTMENTS.
02:40:57 THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW FOR SAN FRANCISCO
02:41:01 VALUES. OKAY, SO TWO PIECES OF THE
02:41:02 BUDGET. ONE IS FTE IS IN HEADCOUNT
02:41:07 AND TWO IS CBOS ARE CONTRACTED PROVIDER SPENDING.
02:41:08 SO LET ME SPEND A MINUTE ON THE FTE SIDE.
02:41:14 THE BIGGEST DIRECTION I GAVE TO MY TEAM WAS AS WE IDENTIFIED
02:41:19 YOU KNOW, THE BELT TIGHTENING AND THE FTE REDUCTIONS THAT WE
02:41:22 WE DO SO WITH AN EYE ON MINIMIZING LAYOFFS.
02:41:26 IT MEANT BOTH FINDING WAYS TO RUN THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY BUT
02:41:30 ALSO MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY,
02:41:32 EXTREMELY CHALLENGING AND SLEEP DEPRIVING ACROSS THE WHOLE TEAM
02:41:37 TO THINK ABOUT AND WRESTLE WITH BUT HAVE BEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF
02:41:39 SAVING JOBS AND MAINTAINING FOLKS WITHIN THE DPC AND BEING
02:41:44 MORE EFFICIENT. >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT
02:41:45 PAGE AROUND THAT WE ELIMINATED 130 FTE POSITIONS, BUDGETED FTE
02:41:50 POSITIONS IN THE D H THAT IS A NON-TRIVIAL PORTION OF SAVINGS
02:41:57 IN THE BUDGET THAT HAD A LOT OF RESTRUCTURE RING AND ELEMENTS
02:42:01 TO IT A BIT OVER 100 103 OF THE 3130 FTE IS 103 OF THOSE FTE IS
02:42:08 WE'RE ELIMINATING VACANCIES WHICH IS OUR NUMBER ONE CHOICE
02:42:12 AND THESE ARE REAL VACANCIES MEANING OUR VACANCIES ARE
02:42:16 SITTING AROUND THAT WERE NEVER BUDGETED.
02:42:17 THESE ARE VACANCIES MANY OF THEM HAD A PERSON, A STAFF, A
02:42:20 COLLEAGUE DOING THAT JOB A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO SOMEONE
02:42:24 RETIRED LEFT. THERE'S ACTIVE WORK HAPPENING.
02:42:27 WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF HIRING. WE HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS TO
02:42:29 RESTRUCTURE FOR WHAT WE DO TO NOT FILL THOSE AND COMBINE
02:42:32 TEAMS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT BUT THAT HELPED TO BE MORE
02:42:37 EFFICIENT WHILE ALSO BEING ABLE TO PRESERVE STAFF.
02:42:40 THE SECOND ROW THERE WE DID 23 STAFF REASSIGNMENTS WHERE WE
02:42:46 FOUND PLACES WHERE AGAIN VERY DIFFICULT PIECES AND I 100%
02:42:50 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TO ALL OF THE STAFF THAT ARE IMPACTED AND I
02:42:55 DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH ANY OF THOSE PIECES BUT THERE WERE
02:42:58 AREAS WHERE WHETHER CLINICAL OR NON-CLINICAL WE COULD FIND
02:43:02 PLACES WHERE OUR CURRENT STAFF COULD BE UTILIZED EVEN MORE
02:43:05 INSTEAD OF FILLING ANOTHER VACANCY WE WOULD MAKE SOME
02:43:06 CHANGES AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT INCLUDING ON SOME OF OUR
02:43:09 CLINIC CONSOLIDATIONS THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT
02:43:13 AND HAVE ASKED ABOUT. BUT THAT'S 23 POSITIONS THAT DO
02:43:14 NOT LEAD TO LAYOFFS OF EXISTING STAFF BUT RESTRUCTURE HOW WE DO
02:43:18 CERTAIN PIECES AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAD FOUR LAYOFFS
02:43:24 ON 8000 STAFF AND I BELIEVE TWO OF THOSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
02:43:29 FIND THINGS FOR AND THERE'S STILL ONGOING DISCUSSION
02:43:32 DISCUSSIONS FOR THE REMAINING TWO.
02:43:33 SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE APPROACHED THE BUDGET.
02:43:36 WE HAVEN'T SOLVED EVERY PERFECT POLICY BUT I HAVE TRIED TO DO
02:43:40 EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN OUR STAFF'S ABILITY TO STAY
02:43:43 WITHIN THE FAMILY IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
02:43:46 SUPERVISOR CHAN I THINK YOU ASKED FOR THIS SLIDE TOO AND I
02:43:48 DO WE DISPROPORTIONATELY AND I SAID THIS WITH GREAT RESPECT TO
02:43:51 OUR MANAGERS WERE IMPORTANT BUT AND WE DID DISPROPORTIONATELY
02:43:55 FIND OUR FTE REDUCTIONS IN OUR MANAGER CLASSES SO OUR
02:44:02 REDUCTIONS WERE AT EIGHT X THE RATE PROPORTIONATELY SPEAKING
02:44:03 OF OUR MANAGERS, OUR NINE SERIES VERSUS NON MANAGERS
02:44:06 AND WE DID DELETE 40% OF OUR MANAGER VACANCIES AND A LOT OF
02:44:14 THE WORK HAS BEEN AROUND SOME OF THE MANAGERIAL PIECES.
02:44:17 SO I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THANK YOU FOR ASKING US TO GO THROUGH
02:44:19 THAT ON THE STAFF REASSIGNMENTS THE MOST CHALLENGING ONE SOME
02:44:28 OF THE MOST CHALLENGING HAVE BEEN AROUND WHAT MANY OF YOU
02:44:32 HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT THE CLINIC CONSOLIDATION ONES AND TWO SETS
02:44:39 I WANT TO NOTE IN PARTICULAR WE AT TWO OF OUR CHIP OUR KIDS
02:44:44 CLINICS AT LARKIN STREET AND COLE STREET WE HAVE PLANNED
02:44:50 TO HAVE THOSE CLINICIANS TRANSITION TO OTHER CLINICAL
02:44:54 SETTINGS IN THE H THOSE CLINICS I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO
02:44:58 ACKNOWLEDGE SERVE VERY VULNERABLE TRANSITION AGE YOUTH
02:45:01 MANY OF WHOM DO NOT TRUST OTHER PARTS OF THE DELIVERY SYSTEM OR
02:45:06 PROVIDERS TO GO GET CARE AND WE MADE THE VERY DIFFICULT
02:45:10 DECISION IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS BUDGET GIVEN THE RELATIVELY LOW
02:45:14 NUMBER OF CLIENTS SEEN PER DAY AND MY STAFF WILL SAY THERE ARE
02:45:18 MANY REASONS FOR THAT THEY ARE ALL ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT
02:45:22 THOSE THINGS AND OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO
02:45:25 EXTEND THAT TIMING AND SEE IF THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE WAYS
02:45:27 IN WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DROP IN SERVICES FOR A
02:45:30 VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION. AND SO THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT
02:45:34 PIECE. ALSO SOUTHEAST MISSION
02:45:37 GERIATRICS WHICH WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS
02:45:38 WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND LABOR ON BUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:45:42 ALL THAT CARE CAN BE TRANSITIONED WITHIN OUR CIVIL
02:45:45 SERVICE CLINICS AND STAFF AND PATIENTS CAN GET TO
02:45:49 SUITABLE PLACES WITHIN THE CLINIC NETWORK.
02:45:52 SO I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY JUST FOR TIME NOW.
02:45:56 OKAY, SO THAT'S THE FTE SIDE. THERE'S A LOT MORE WE COULD GO
02:45:57 THROUGH ON THAT BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE
02:46:00 GOTTEN THAT I HIGHLIGHTED ON THE CBO OR A CONTRACTED BUDGET
02:46:04 SIDE. IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
02:46:07 EQUATION FOR THE BELT TIGHTENING.
02:46:08 WE DID DO $20 MILLION OF CBO REDUCTIONS.
02:46:11 YOU'LL SEE IT HERE IT IS THE 19.9 YOU SEE IN THE REDUCTIONS
02:46:14 AND I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THE REDUCTION IS A
02:46:19 REDUCTION OF A OFF A GROWTH NUMBER.
02:46:22 SO WE ARE CBO BUDGET WOULD HAVE GROWN BY $100 MILLION.
02:46:27 IT WILL NOW GROW AT $80 MILLION.
02:46:29 THAT'S THE $20 MILLION REDUCTION.
02:46:31 SO IT'S STILL AN $80 MILLION GROWTH NUMBER BUT OUR CBO'S
02:46:35 WILL NOTE MANY PRACTICAL PIECES INFLATION, ALL THOSE THINGS
02:46:38 THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE TOUGH
02:46:40 THINGS FOR HOW WE MANAGE THAT NEXT PAGE I'M GOING TO TRY TO
02:46:42 MOVE QUICKLY NEXT PAGE BEYOND THAT I DID GET A BUNCH OF
02:46:46 QUESTIONS AROUND HIV AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THE HIV SIDE
02:46:50 AND DID WE'D MAKE A BUNCH OF CUTS AND I THINK HIV IS SO CORE
02:46:54 TO THE HISTORY OF THE H AND HEALTH IN SAN FRANCISCO
02:46:58 AND WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT AND I'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF
02:47:02 THE DECISIONS WE MADE AND WHERE WE ARE OVERALL HISTORICALLY
02:47:06 AND ACTUALLY ROBERT, IF YOU CAN FLIP FOR ONE PAGE AS MANY FOLKS
02:47:10 KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RYAN WHITE PARTICULARLY PART A
02:47:13 FUNDING HAS DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY $23 MILLION
02:47:21 BETWEEN 2020 AND 2025 SIX ISH AND THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE
02:47:22 PORTION OF FUNDING AND THE CITY IF YOU GO BACKWARDS NOW RAGNA
02:47:25 HAS MADE A COMMITMENT WHICH WE MAINTAIN WITH THE MAYOR'S VERY
02:47:29 CLEAR DIRECTION AND SUPPORT WHAT WE CALL THE GENERAL FUND
02:47:33 BACKFILL HISTORICALLY FOR HIV. SO IF YOU LOOK HERE THE HIV
02:47:38 HEALTH SERVICES IS SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV.
02:47:41 THE RYAN WHITE AND FEDERAL GRANTS ARE $20 MILLION NOW THEY
02:47:45 USED TO BE OVER 30 SOME ODD MILLION DOLLARS AND THE
02:47:49 BACKFILL OF HIV HEALTH SERVICE THAT THE GENERAL FUND BACKFILL
02:47:53 IS NOW AT $28 MILLION AND IT WILL GROW ACTUALLY WE WILL
02:47:56 CONTINUE INVESTING AND BE AT $30 MILLION.
02:47:59 SO OUR TOTAL HIV HEALTH SERVICES WILL GROW A LITTLE BIT
02:48:05 FROM $49.6 MILLION TO 50.4. WE THEN HAVE A SET OF
02:48:10 PREVENTION SERVICES WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT.
02:48:12 WE HAVE ONE MAIN CUT OF A 6.6% $750,000 REDUCTION FOR CERTAIN
02:48:16 OF OUR HEALTH ACCESS POINTS BUT OUR OVERALL SPENDING ON
02:48:20 PREVENTION WILL WILL BE DOWN BY ABOUT 500,034.5 GROWING TO 34.
02:48:27 SO OUR TOTAL HIV COMMITMENT HERE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
02:48:31 REMAINS STILL ROUGHLY AT 84.8 A LITTLE OVER $84 MILLION.
02:48:37 AND SO THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE EVEN AS I FULLY
02:48:41 ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS WE'VE HAD
02:48:42 TO MAKE AROUND TRAINING CAPACITY BUILDING AND SUCH BUT
02:48:45 WE ARE PRIORITIZING IN A DIFFICULT BUDGET MAINTAINING
02:48:49 ROUGHLY FLAT SLIGHTLY INCREASED LEVELS FOR HIV BOTH TREATMENT
02:48:54 AND PREVENTION. OKAY.
02:48:57 I'M GOING TO FINISH UP HERE SOON.
02:48:58 LASTLY ON THE SET OF CBO CUTS, JUST EXPLAIN THE 19.9 MILLION
02:49:03 IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST COLUMN THAT IS THE ANNUALIZED AMOUNT
02:49:08 FOR YOUR TWO OF THE BUDGET MOST OF THE 19.9 WE ARE ABLE TO DO
02:49:12 WITH THINGS THAT DO NOT IMPACT SERVICES.
02:49:15 SO WE HAD 7.1 MILLION WHERE WE WENT REALLY HARD
02:49:18 IN RENEGOTIATING CERTAIN CONTRACTS AND OTHER PIECES.
02:49:23 SO I HAVE TO THANK UCSF OUR PARTNERS FOR EXAMPLE WHERE WE
02:49:26 HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO FIND EFFICIENCIES.
02:49:27 THERE'S ANOTHER IF YOU LOOK AT TWO ROWS HERE 2.75 $2.7 MILLION
02:49:33 OF EFFICIENCIES AND WE WENT IN AND WE SAID WE EXPECT YOU TO
02:49:37 FIND THESE EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT IMPACT ON DIRECT CARE
02:49:40 AND SERVICES AND I HAVE TO THANK THEM FOR LEANING IN.
02:49:44 THEY ARE DOING THE SAME DIFFICULT WORK WE ARE DOING IT
02:49:45 AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS
02:49:48 AROUND. >> THERE IS $9 MILLION OF WHAT
02:49:49 WE CALL FUNDING SWAPS WHERE WE COULD PUT THINGS ON THE GENERAL
02:49:53 FUND OVER TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
02:49:56 I CAN GET INTO SOME OF THE NUANCES ABOUT STATE
02:49:58 REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE BEHAVIOR HEALTH SERVICES ACT
02:50:01 AND HOW THAT INTERSECTS HERE. AND THEN FINALLY ON THE LAST
02:50:04 PAGE HERE ON THINGS THAT HAVE A MIX OF SERVICE PIECES, THERE IS
02:50:08 A HARM REDUCTION SUPPLY POLICY WHERE WE TRIED TO BALANCE MANY
02:50:11 DIFFERENT COMPLICATED POLICY PIECES BUT YOU'LL SEE A RANGE
02:50:15 OF THINGS HERE. I CAN TALK THROUGH AROUND THAT
02:50:18 AND SOME OTHER LOWER VOLUME LOWER UTILIZED SERVICES THAT
02:50:23 THERE ARE A RANGE OF SMALLER CUTS FROM.
02:50:26 I DON'T DISCOUNT ANY OF THOSE PIECES BUT YOU ALSO OUTLINED
02:50:30 HERE WE CAN GO THROUGH ANY OF THOSE DETAILS NEEDED.
02:50:31 OKAY. I THINK JUST FOR TIME I TRIED
02:50:35 TO TALK QUICKLY AND I THINK I PROBABLY PASSED FIVE MINUTES
02:50:38 NOW SO MAYBE I'LL JUST PAUSE AND I JUST THANK THE BOARD FOR
02:50:41 THEIR TIME TODAY. >> VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU.
02:50:49 >> CHAIR THANK YOU, CHAIR. CHAIR AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR
02:50:51 STEIN. >> I, I ACTUALLY REALLY DO
02:50:53 APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE GIVE IT GIVEN
02:50:57 WHAT WE'RE FACING FROM THE CUTS FROM H.R. ONE.
02:51:01 I KNOW THAT AND ACTUALLY I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE
02:51:05 I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS BECAUSE THE EARLY INDICATION
02:51:08 FROM H.R. ONE WAS THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE ON IN DRUG TREATMENT I
02:51:11 THINK THE STUDIES THAT I HAVE SEEN ESTIMATE THAT AS MANY AS
02:51:15 HALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DRUG TREATMENT ARE ON
02:51:21 MEDICAL OR IN CALIF OR MEDICAID NATIONWIDE MEDI-CAL HERE
02:51:25 IN CALIFORNIA. >> DO YOU HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF
02:51:30 CONFIDENCE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BACKFILL THOSE AND KEEP
02:51:31 FOLKS IN TREATMENT WHO ARE THERE?
02:51:33 >> SO PART OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS COMMITTED TO AS
02:51:37 PART OF THIS BUDGET IS I MEAN I SAY GENERALLY SPEAKING BECAUSE
02:51:41 THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY FLYING US FROM FROM THE
02:51:44 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE.
02:51:45 >> WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE THIS BUDGET
02:51:48 TO MAINTAIN CARE AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EVEN AS THE FEDERAL
02:51:52 GOVERNMENT AND TO SOME EXTENT THE STATE PULL BACK.
02:51:55 AND SO IF WE HAVE FOLKS THAT REQUIRE AND ARE IN RESIDENTIAL
02:51:59 OR OTHER OUTPATIENT TREATMENT AROUND THAT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE
02:52:03 SURE EVEN IF THEY LOSE THEIR MEDICAID COVERAGE WE ARE ABLE
02:52:07 TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THEM. THAT'S THE SAME AS HOW WE KIND
02:52:11 OF WORK THROUGH THINGS ON HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO FOR
02:52:14 CERTAIN FAMILIES WITH CERTAIN IMMIGRATION STATUS IF THEY LOSE
02:52:15 THEIR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO SEE THEM
02:52:19 AND OUR CLINICS SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH SOME
02:52:22 OTHER CLINICS WE CONTRACT WITH WE END UP EATING AND ABSORBING
02:52:26 ALL OF THAT COST OURSELVES SO THAT BIG INVESTMENT THAT 200
02:52:30 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS OF EXTRA GENERAL FUND IS TO HELP MAKE
02:52:34 SURE WE CAN OFFSET THOSE CUTS. SO WE WILL BE PRIORITIZING
02:52:38 MAKING SURE FOLKS IN DRUG TREATMENT WERE NEEDING ACCESS
02:52:42 TO CARE AND SERVICES AND PRIMARY CARE CONTINUE TO
02:52:45 GET THAT IS AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT UNDOCUMENTED
02:52:49 IMMIGRANTS ARE ALSO FACING ISSUES WITH THE RETREAT OF THE
02:52:52 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM HIV SERVICES?
02:52:59 I THINK BROADLY SPEAKING, YES. I MEAN THERE'S AN ATTACK ON
02:53:00 THAT SO AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH A BUNCH OF
02:53:04 PIECES, ACCESS TO CARE WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT AND ALSO AT THE
02:53:07 STATE LEVEL WHERE THERE'S BEEN STATE POLICY AROUND HOW THOSE
02:53:11 INDIVIDUALS ARE COVERED, THEY'RE CURRENTLY COVERED
02:53:12 IN MEDICAL THEY USED TO BE IN HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO.
02:53:16 THE STATE BUDGET HAS CHANGED MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WILL LEAD
02:53:20 TO THOSE FOLKS LOSING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE
02:53:23 COVERAGE. >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
02:53:27 EVERYBODY IN THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
02:53:28 AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES.
02:53:31 SO SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE DOING
02:53:34 THEN? WELL, WE'RE WE'RE BACKFILLING
02:53:35 THAT FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WHO NEED IT FOR IT'S
02:53:39 ACTUALLY THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF DIFFERENT IMMIGRATION STATUS
02:53:42 PIECES THAT THE STATE WILL ESSENTIALLY KICK SOME OF THOSE
02:53:43 FOLKS OFF OF MEDI-CAL. >> OUR BUDGET ASSUMES AND THE
02:53:49 CITY CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WE WILL PROVIDE HEALTH CARE
02:53:54 COVERAGE TO THOSE PEOPLE AND THAT'S BUILT INTO THE
02:53:55 BUDGET. >> OKAY.
02:53:56 THANKS. THANK YOU.
02:54:01 >> I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK,
02:54:05 TUESDAY WHEN WE HAVE THE BALANCE OF HEARING AT THE FULL
02:54:09 BORE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE CUTS.
02:54:13 WHAT WOULD A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION WITH MORE DETAILS
02:54:16 FOCUSING ON THE CUTS I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK.
02:54:20 >> I DO UNDERSTAND IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME.
02:54:21 I ALSO DO APPRECIATE MAYOR LURIE WATT UNDERSTANDING
02:54:24 HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO THEN TO ACTUALLY TAP INTO BOTH RESERVE
02:54:32 AND GENERAL FUND TO AUGMENT SOME OF THESE CUTS SO THAT IT'S
02:54:35 LESS DETRIMENTAL FOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
02:54:36 SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAME ON
02:54:40 THE ROSTER. I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL
02:54:43 QUESTION AT THE MOMENT AT THE MOMENT CURRENT I KNOW
02:54:48 EVERYBODY'S LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GOING THROUGH A FAST I
02:54:51 TRUST THAT WE HAVE QUESTIONS IT'S JUST THAT WE WILL HAVE
02:54:55 MORE QUESTIONS NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:54:56 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. TAKE CARE.
02:54:59 >> THANK YOU. BYE.
02:55:00 AND WITH THAT WE WILL HAVE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
02:55:03 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. OKAY.
02:55:16 GOOD AFTERNOON. >> COMMITTEE MEMBERS VERY HAPPY
02:55:21 TO BE HERE. APPRECIATE YOUR EXPEDITIOUS
02:55:24 REVIEW. I THOUGHT WE'D BE HERE MUCH
02:55:25 LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BUT GLAD TO BE HERE AS EARLY AS WE ARE.
02:55:32 I'M MOSTLY HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR SENIOR LEADERS WHO ARE
02:55:36 IN THE ROOM AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTION BENJAMIN
02:55:40 MCCLOSKEY WHO IS OUR DEPUTY FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
02:55:41 HE'LL BE WALKING THROUGH THE BUDGET PACKAGE THAT THE
02:55:44 PRESENTATION TODAY BUT WE ALSO HAVE JULIA SABRI, OUR DEPUTY
02:55:48 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MARIA BENJAMIN OUR DEPUTY FOR
02:55:52 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND BELOW MARKET RATE PROGRAMS AND LYDIA EASLEY,
02:55:56 OUR DEPUTY FOR HOUSING IN THE ROOM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
02:56:00 AS YOU KNOW IT'S A TOUGH ANOTHER TOUGH BUDGET YEAR.
02:56:03 WE HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT ESCAPED UNSCATHED SO WE'VE WE'VE HAD TO
02:56:07 ELIMINATE POSITIONS AND REDUCE OUR PROGRAM PROGRAMATIC
02:56:11 FOOTPRINT. BUT I DO WANT TO ASSERT FULLY
02:56:14 THAT WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT SAN
02:56:18 FRANCISCANS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
02:56:20 AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES EVEN IN TOUGH BUDGET TIMES WE DO NOT
02:56:24 RETREAT FROM THAT GOAL IN THAT MISSION AND SO IN THE
02:56:27 PRESENTATION TO FOLLOW YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE ENDEAVORED TO
02:56:31 MAINTAIN OUR CORE FUNCTIONS AND OUR CORE SERVICES
02:56:35 AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CITY THAT WE LOVE.
02:56:38 >> WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OVER TO BENJAMIN.
02:56:42 GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
02:56:44 BENJAMIN MCCLOSKEY. DAN JUST TOUCHED ON OUR MISSION
02:56:50 THAT WE ARE NOT RETREATING FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE
02:56:54 FIRST YEAR 2627 IS APPROXIMATELY $218 MILLION
02:57:00 AND WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORITY FOR 115 POSITIONS AND AN
02:57:06 ADDITIONAL FOUR AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK
02:57:13 AND ONLY ONE OF THE MOST KEY POSITIONS IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
02:57:17 >> WE'RE ORGANIZED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS TO DO THIS
02:57:21 WORK HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HOMEOWNERSHIP
02:57:24 AND BELOW MARKET RATE AND FINANCE AND ADMIN.
02:57:28 I'M GOING TO START BY LOOKING BACK ONE YEAR TO 2425 JUST TO
02:57:31 GIVE YOU CONTEXT FOR OUR BUDGET OVERALL.
02:57:37 ABOUT 45% OF WHAT WE SPEND IN A GIVEN YEAR DOES NOT GO THROUGH
02:57:42 THE AOH PROCESS AND IS APPROPRIATED IN OTHER WAYS.
02:57:45 THE TWO MAIN AREAS OF THAT ARE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
02:57:50 AND CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION AND THEN FEDERAL
02:57:51 AND STATE GRANTS THAT COME TO YOU THROUGH AND ACCEPT
02:57:54 AND EXPEND PROCESS. SO FOR THE REST OF THE SLIDES
02:57:58 WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE 55% THAT DOES GO
02:58:01 THROUGH THE IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
02:58:04 THAT BUDGET IS $177 MILLION ABOUT $55 MILLION OF GENERAL
02:58:11 FUND GRANTS TO NONPROFIT EFFORTS OF WHICH TWO AND A HALF
02:58:16 WAS ONE TIME $49 MILLION IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, $43 MILLION
02:58:23 IN THE LOCAL OPERATING SUBSIDY PROGRAM OR LOST WHICH IS AN
02:58:27 OPERATING SUBSIDY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUILDINGS
02:58:30 THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 8 OR $9 MILLION OF REVENUE FROM HOUSING
02:58:36 IMPACT FEES AND FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HOUSING
02:58:40 ASSETS THAT WE DEPLOY TO HOUSING USES.
02:58:43 WE HAVE A $8.5 MILLION OF DEBT SERVICE.
02:58:47 THERE'S $3.1 MILLION OF HOTEL TAX REVENUE THAT'S DEDICATED TO
02:58:51 CULTURAL DISTRICTS. WE PAY $2.5 MILLION TO OTHER
02:58:56 CITY DEPARTMENTS PRIMARILY CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR OUR RENT
02:58:59 AND IT NEEDS. AND THEN THERE'S ABOUT $2
02:59:03 MILLION OF ONE TIME REVENUE AND SPENDING RELATED TO MARKET
02:59:07 RATE HOUSING DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS.
02:59:09 THAT'S TURNED AROUND TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
02:59:13 . >> LOOKING INTO THE PROPOSED
02:59:16 BUDGET FOR THE FIRST YEAR. WE'RE AT APPROXIMATELY $218
02:59:19 MILLION WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG INCREASE PROPORTIONATELY OF $41
02:59:23 MILLION FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. >> SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH
02:59:28 THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THOSE INCREASES FIRST $8.25 MILLION
02:59:34 FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FUND WE'RE CALLING
02:59:37 IT A HALF IN OFFICE. THIS WAS THE NOVEMBER 2024
02:59:41 PROPOSITION G AND THIS REVENUE IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING
02:59:46 EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR EXISTING AND NEW
02:59:53 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES AT.
02:59:56 AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE ON TREASURE ISLAND WE HAVE A
03:00:01 MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS FUNDING AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT
03:00:04 THAT IS INCREASING IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE BUDGET BY ABOUT $8
03:00:08 MILLION. WE'RE DOING A ONE TIME
03:00:11 APPROPRIATION OF LOAN REPAYMENTS OF AFFORDABLE
03:00:15 HOUSING LOANS THAT WE PREVIOUS WE MADE USING 2015 GIO BOND
03:00:19 PROCEEDS. WE'VE RECEIVED SOME REPAYMENT
03:00:23 SO WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO REDEPLOY THAT FOR SIMILAR
03:00:27 USES. >> OUR DEBT SERVICE IS GOING UP
03:00:31 LIKE IT IS CITYWIDE JUST BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATES
03:00:35 AND BORROWING COSTS. THE DEBT SERVICE WILL COVER THE
03:00:38 HOPE S.F. COPS AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
03:00:40 AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES COPS. WE HAVE ABOUT $5 MILLION
03:00:45 INCREASE IN WORK ORDERS PRIMARILY THIS IS REVENUE
03:00:49 COMING FROM EACH WORK ORDERS THAT WE ACTUALLY ALREADY
03:00:54 RECEIVE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUT WE RECEIVE IT OUTSIDE OF THE
03:00:57 BUDGET PROCESS AND WE'RE JUST MOVING THEM ON TO THE BUDGET
03:00:59 PROCESS. THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS
03:01:03 INCREASING ABOUT $5 MILLION AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS
03:01:05 WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL
03:01:09 BALLOT MEASURES. THIS IS JUST UNDER THE EXISTING
03:01:13 HOUSING TRUST FUND RULES A $4 MILLION OR SO INCREASE IN LAST
03:01:19 YEAR DUE TO NEW BUILDINGS COMING ONLINE AND INCREASED
03:01:23 OPERATING COSTS PRIMARILY DUE TO INCREASES IN INSURANCE
03:01:26 AND THEN $2 MILLION OF ONE TIME INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE
03:01:32 PLAYGROUND AT HOPE S.F. SITE. >> SO ALL OF THOSE INCREASES
03:01:37 ARE OFFSET BY A FEW DECREASES TO GET US TO THE $41 MILLION
03:01:41 THAT I MENTIONED ALREADY THERE'S $2.6 MILLION OF
03:01:44 NONPROFIT GRANTS THAT WERE ALREADY BUDGETED AS ONE TIME SO
03:01:48 THOSE GO AWAY. WE ADDITIONALLY HAVE A NET
03:01:52 DECREASE OF $3.7 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
03:01:56 GRANTS TO NONPROFITS AND WE'RE RECOGNIZING A LITTLE OVER $1
03:02:00 MILLION OF SAVING ON BUDGET POSITION SAVINGS THAT'S RELATED
03:02:04 TO DELETING THREE VACANT POSITIONS, THREE LAYOFFS THAT
03:02:07 HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND REDUCING SERVICES PROVIDED
03:02:11 TO OCI. AND I'LL ADD THAT'S IN ADDITION
03:02:15 TO 13 VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE DELETED LAST BUDGET CYCLE
03:02:20 IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE DECREASE
03:02:24 OF $20 MILLION FROM THE YEAR BEFORE THE MAJOR DECREASES ARE
03:02:30 MAINLY RELATED TO ONE TIME THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY
03:02:31 ADDRESSED THOSE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND LOAN REPAYMENTS
03:02:37 A CHANGE IN THE TREASURE ISLAND DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS THERE
03:02:41 IS A DECREASE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BUDGET ON COMMUNITY
03:02:45 BASED SERVICES GRANTS THAT ARE PHASING OUT THE ONE TIME $2
03:02:49 MILLION FOR HOPE SAFE PLAYGROUND ENHANCEMENT.
03:02:54 >> AND THEN THERE'S ALSO $1.2 MILLION OF PRIOR YEAR AD BACKS
03:02:58 THAT ARE EXPIRING. IT DOESN'T APPEAR IN MOST CD'S
03:03:02 BUDGET ANYMORE BUT THOSE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE
03:03:05 FUNDED VIA A WORK ORDER FROM HHS H.
03:03:06 >> SO THOSE DECREASES ARE OFFSET BY AGAIN INCREASE TO THE
03:03:12 LAST PROGRAM DUE TO NEW BUILDINGS AND UNITS COMING
03:03:14 ONLINE. AS DAN ALLUDED TO WE ARE
03:03:20 FOCUSED ON CONTINUING INVESTMENT IN OUR CORE SAFETY
03:03:25 NET PROGRAMS. THIS INCLUDES WITHIN THE
03:03:26 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
03:03:33 IN EVICTION PREVENTION AND HOUSING STABILIZATION
03:03:34 PROGRAMS, IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICES AND GENDER BASED
03:03:37 VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THESE ARE JUST THREE OF OUR
03:03:41 BIGGEST AREAS BUT AND WE HAVE MORE THAT BUT THESE ARE THREE
03:03:44 THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT
03:03:46 THEM FREQUENTLY. >> CHAIR CHAN ASKED US TO
03:03:51 DESCRIBE HOW WE APPROACHED THE MAYOR'S EXERCISE DURING
03:03:54 DEPARTMENT PHASE ABOUT DESCRIBING WHAT'S OPERATIONAL
03:03:58 BACKBONE VERSUS KIND OF EVERYTHING ELSE AND IN OUR
03:04:02 DEPARTMENT WE DESCRIBED OPERATIONAL BACKBONE AS
03:04:06 EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
03:04:10 ALREADY IN MOTION. SO WE HAVE TO SERVICE OUR
03:04:11 EXISTING DEBT. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE DOLLAR
03:04:15 HOUSING PORTAL FOR OUR ALL OF OUR EXISTING PORTFOLIO.
03:04:18 WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF STATE, FEDERAL AND CITY REPORTING.
03:04:24 WE HAVE 35,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
03:04:26 ASSET MANAGE AND MONITOR AND WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
03:04:29 OPERATING SUBSIDIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN CONTRACT.
03:04:33 SO THOSE WERE OUR OPERATIONAL BACKBONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE
03:04:37 THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES. WE PLAN TOGETHER UNDER THIS
03:04:41 STRATEGIC DISCRETIONARY OR LEGALLY MANDATED THAT INCLUDES
03:04:45 ALL OF OUR NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, OUR SMALL SIZE
03:04:46 PROGRAM, HOMEOWNER LOANS AND ALL OF OUR GRANTS TO CBOS.
03:04:52 SO THAT'S HOW WE SORTED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DURING
03:04:56 DEPARTMENT PHASE WE DID LIKE MANY OR MOST DEPARTMENTS NEED
03:05:01 TO MAKE REDUCTIONS IN ORDER TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET AS I
03:05:04 THINK YOU'RE ALL AWARE IN MOST CD THAT INVOLVES PREPARING TO
03:05:08 STOP WORK IN THREE PROGRAM AREAS COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES
03:05:15 GRANT MAKING WHICH IS ONE AREA ADMINISTERED BY THE CD TEAM
03:05:19 DIGITAL EQUITY AND COMMUNITY FACILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
03:05:23 THAT DID RESULT IN SAVINGS MOSTLY FROM REDUCED GRANT
03:05:27 MAKING TO CBOS. BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
03:05:31 ALSO REALIZED A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION OF ON BUDGET SAVINGS
03:05:34 DUE TO STAFFING CHANGES. AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT
03:05:38 OVER TO MS. KETTLER FOR THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION SLIDES.
03:05:45 THANK YOU, BENJAMIN THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR
03:05:46 JAN SOPHIA KETTLER FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
03:05:50 WE'LL BE VERY BRIEF. OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS $12.2
03:05:53 MILLION. THIS IS AROUND $300,000 HIGHER
03:05:56 THAN LAST YEAR DRIVEN ENTIRELY BY SALARIES.
03:05:59 WE HAVE 47 POSITIONS. OUR DIVISIONS GENERALLY ARE THE
03:06:04 MAYOR HIMSELF, OUR CHIEF STRUCTURE WHICH IS OUR POLICY
03:06:08 REALM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE, A COMMUNICATIONS
03:06:09 AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
03:06:12 AND OPERATIONS. >> HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR YEAR
03:06:16 OVER YEAR BUDGET SALARIES ARE GOING UP BY AROUND $400,000
03:06:21 VERSUS LAST YEAR. THAT IS ENTIRELY THE MOU
03:06:25 CHANGES AND SOME MINIMAL CITY WIDE WORK ORDERS ALSO INCREASE
03:06:28 BY ABOUT $50,000. SO THAT DOESN'T EVEN SHOW UP ON
03:06:33 THIS LINE. WE ARE KEEPING OUR NON
03:06:36 PERSONNEL PROJECTS AND MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FLAT
03:06:40 EVER AFTER HAVING CUT THEM LAST YEAR AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY
03:06:44 QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.
03:06:51 >> SUPERVISOR'S ORDER. THANK YOU FOR THE IN TERMS OF
03:06:55 THE I KNOW THERE'S SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO DIGITAL
03:06:58 EQUITY HERE. >> CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHERE THOSE
03:07:02 SERVICES GO IN THE ABSENCE OF FUNDING THEM?
03:07:07 >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
03:07:10 THE DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR PARTNER
03:07:14 IN THE DIGITAL EQUITY PROGRAMS .
03:07:17 AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, A LOT OF THIS WORK IS FOCUSED ON THE
03:07:21 FIBER TO HOUSING PROGRAM WHICH IS PROVIDING INTERNET SERVICE
03:07:25 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC HOUSING SITES
03:07:32 AND THAT WORK IS GOING TO CONTINUE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF
03:07:35 TECHNOLOGY. AND IN FACT ONE OF THE
03:07:40 POSITIONS THAT WAS LAID OFF AT MOST CD HAS BEEN HIRED AT
03:07:43 DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY. SO THEY'RE BRINGING ON BOARD
03:07:47 KIND OF KEY AND CORE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS DIGITAL
03:07:51 EQUITY FRAMEWORK TO CONTINUE THE WORK.
03:07:53 >> THANK YOU. >> SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
03:07:58 CHAIR CHEN. COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I KNOW THAT
03:08:05 THERE WAS A LOT OF REDUCTIONS MADE TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
03:08:08 PORTFOLIO AND JUST WONDERING WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO TRY TO
03:08:16 RESTORE SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY?
03:08:19 FOR INSTANCE, ARE YOU AWARE THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH
03:08:23 SOME OF THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS LIKE OUR NATIVE AMERICAN OR
03:08:27 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE NO SERVICES?
03:08:33 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION THERE BETWEEN I DO WANT TO
03:08:38 BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE JULIA TO ANSWER MORE
03:08:41 SPECIFICALLY WITH THAT COMMUNITY, I DO WANT TO BE SURE
03:08:45 EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IS AWARE THAT BETWEEN DEPARTMENT
03:08:49 PHASE AND MAY OR PHASE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DID RESTORE FOR
03:08:54 APPROXIMATELY HALF OF OUR COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES GRANT
03:08:55 PORTFOLIO A REDUCTION A CHUNK OF THAT MOVED OVER TO DSE TO
03:09:03 ADMINISTER SOME OF IT'S CURRENTLY BUDGETED IN MOST CD
03:09:06 AND WHERE WE'RE CONTEMPLATING WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE RUN
03:09:10 THROUGH MOST CD OR WORK ORDER TO ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT.
03:09:13 BUT AS FAR AS SERVICES TO SPECIFIC POPULATIONS, I'M GOING
03:09:17 TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE JULIA.
03:09:21 I'D. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
03:09:26 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION AND INQUIRY IN TERMS OF THE
03:09:30 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY THE AMERICAN
03:09:34 INDIAN WE CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT TO THE AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL
03:09:38 DISTRICT. RECENTLY THERE WAS A $13
03:09:41 MILLION GRANT AWARDED TO THE FRIENDSHIP HOUSE FOR THEIR
03:09:45 VILLAGE PROJECT WHICH IS COMING OUT OF THE HOUSING SIDE AND THE
03:09:49 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS CONTINUING OUR GRANT FOR THE
03:09:50 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DIRECTLY TO THE NATIVE
03:09:53 AMERICAN HEALTH CENTER SO OUR DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE STILL
03:09:57 CONTINUES INVESTMENTS WITH THAT COMMUNITY.
03:10:00 UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE ELIMINATION OF COMMUNITY BASED
03:10:04 SERVICES IT DOES ELIMINATE THE COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES GRANTS
03:10:08 TO THE HEALTH CENTER OR FRIENDSHIP HOUSE
03:10:11 AND ASSOCIATION MAP. SO WE ARE OPEN TO WORKING WITH
03:10:15 THE COMMUNITY AND FINDING OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS
03:10:16 OR BEING CONTINUED DIALOG AND IT WAS JUST MENTIONED THAT
03:10:20 THERE WERE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING ABOUT ABOUT WHAT TO
03:10:25 DO WITH SOME RESOURCES WHEN WE HAVE A TIMELINE OR ONE OF THEM
03:10:31 WAS THAT DECISION BE MADE IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY BASED
03:10:35 SERVICES MAYORAL RESTORATIONS OR WHICH PART PREVIOUS
03:10:38 PRESENTERS JUST SIT THERE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW
03:10:42 ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH RESOURCES SO THAT THE RESOURCE THANK YOU
03:10:45 FOR THE QUESTION SUPERVISOR THE RESOURCES ARE ALREADY IN MOST
03:10:50 CD'S BUDGET THE CONVERSATION IS THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE ONLY
03:10:54 ABOUT WHICH CITY DEPARTMENT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO ADMINISTER
03:10:58 THOSE GRANTS AS PART OF THIS WIND DOWN OF COMMUNITY BASED
03:11:02 SERVICES WITHIN MOST CD ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED IS
03:11:05 A LOT OF THESE GRANT PORTFOLIO AREAS ARE SERVICED BY OTHER
03:11:10 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PARTICULAR DC WITH DC AND ALONG WITH A
03:11:17 LITTLE BIT OF HSA AND HSA. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LOOK
03:11:21 ACROSS THAT PORTFOLIO OF THOSE GRANTS AND DETERMINE WHICH IS
03:11:25 THE BEST CITY DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER THEM BOTH FOR
03:11:29 ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE CITY BUT ALSO TO
03:11:33 MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN
03:11:36 DEAL WITH FEWER TOUCHPOINTS HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE CITY.
03:11:41 SO I EXPECT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT
03:11:45 MORE CLARITY AROUND WHICH CITY DEPARTMENTS MAY BE
03:11:48 ADMINISTERING WHICH GRANTS. BUT IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WILL
03:11:52 THAT MONEY NEED TO BE DEPLOYED OR NOT.
03:11:53 IT'S JUST WHICH DEPARTMENT WILL DO IT.
03:11:56 >> AND I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE REASONS WHY
03:11:58 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS FUND DIFFERENT SERVICES TO THE SAME
03:12:01 COMMUNITY. I KNOW THERE'S A GOAL TO BECOME
03:12:06 EFFICIENT. I KNOW THERE'S A GOAL TO LESSEN
03:12:09 BUREAUCRACY BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL
03:12:13 DIFFERENT WAYS EVEN CITY DEPARTMENTS RECEIVE FUNDING
03:12:17 AND SO THERE ARE REASONS WHY FUNDING FROM ONE DEPARTMENT
03:12:20 DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET WORK ORDER TO ANOTHER BECAUSE OF HOW
03:12:28 YOU MONITOR AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR FUNDING.
03:12:29 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS KNOWN TO THE
03:12:32 PUBLIC AND THAT THAT IS KNOWN TO OUR CBOS AND THAT IS KNOWN
03:12:36 TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY SOME OF
03:12:39 THESE FUNDING SOURCES PROBABLY ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO
03:12:43 REMAIN IN THESE CITY DEPARTMENTS EVEN IN THE NAME OF
03:12:46 TRYING TO BECOME EFFICIENT. THANK YOU.
03:12:49 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
03:12:53 I DON'T SEE ANY NAME ON THE ROSTER.
03:12:57 I THINK THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT WAS REDUCE WILL REQUIRE
03:13:04 FURTHER DISCUSSION SO THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS FOR
03:13:12 NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
03:13:13 WORK. THANK YOU SUPERVISORS AND WE
03:13:16 WILL GO TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RIGHT.
03:13:45 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR CHAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
03:13:49 MY NAME IS MOLLY TO BENIOFF, DIRECTOR OF THE AGENCY FOR
03:13:52 HUMAN RIGHTS. I AM JOINED TODAY BY DR. DIANA
03:13:56 OROCHI, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT ON STATUS OF WOMEN.
03:14:00 WE ARE HERE TOGETHER TO CO-PRESENT THANK YOU FOR THE
03:14:04 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE AGENCY
03:14:08 FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 TO 28.
03:14:11 THE AGENCY INCLUDES BOTH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE
03:14:14 DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN.
03:14:16 THIS IS THE FIRST FULL YEAR FIRST TWO YEAR BUDGET FOR H.R.
03:14:21 FOR OPERATING UNDER A UNIFIED STRUCTURE.
03:14:25 >> WE HAVE CREATED A NEW VISION AND PURPOSE STATEMENT FOR THE
03:14:30 AGENCY HRC AND DSW MAINTAIN DISTINCT PURPOSES AND EXPERTISE
03:14:34 BUT OUR WORK IS DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED.
03:14:38 TOGETHER WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL OF ENSURING
03:14:41 EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCANS.
03:14:45 >> EACH HOURS WORK FALLS INTO FOUR CONNECTED AREAS WHICH
03:14:49 INCLUDES ENFORCING THE CITY'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS
03:14:52 AND SUPPORTING INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH THE FAIR CHANCE
03:14:56 AND SANCTUARY CITY ORDINANCES. IN ADDITION TO OUR GRANTMAKING
03:15:00 EFFORTS AND OTHER SPECIAL OFFICES SUCH AS THE OFFICE OF
03:15:01 TRANSGENDER INITIATIVES AND OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY,
03:15:05 I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO DR. HIROSHI TO FOR AN
03:15:09 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WOMEN'S AGENDA.
03:15:15 THANK YOU DIRECTOR. GOOD AFTERNOON.
03:15:16 BUDGET CHAIR CHAN AND SUPERVISORS.
03:15:19 MY NAME IS DR. GENERAL CHAN. I'M PROUD HERE TO STAND
03:15:22 IN FRONT OF YOU AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT ON THE STATUS
03:15:24 OF WOMEN. I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT
03:15:27 ACROSS THE COUNTRY CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE
03:15:30 RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS FOR WOMEN, GIRLS AND NONBINARY
03:15:33 COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO FACE GROWING CHALLENGES UNDERSCORING
03:15:35 THE NEED FOR STRONG LOCAL LEADERSHIP, SUSTAINED
03:15:39 INVESTMENT IN SERVICES AND LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS
03:15:42 DIVERSE COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THE WOMEN'S AGENDA WOMEN,
03:15:45 GIRLS AND NON-BINARY COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
03:15:49 CONTINUE TO FACE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH, SAFETY, ECONOMIC
03:15:50 MOBILITY, SECURITY AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP.
03:15:54 BLACK NATIVE INDIGENOUS AND PACIFIC ISLANDER SAMOAN
03:15:58 MOTHERS REMAIN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
03:16:02 MATERNAL HEALTH INEQUITIES AND ADVERSE BIRTH OUTCOMES.
03:16:05 WOMEN AND GIRLS ALSO REMAIN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
03:16:07 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
03:16:10 ECONOMIC PRESSURES, RISING HOUSING COSTS AND PERSISTENT
03:16:14 INCOME DISPARITIES CONTINUE TO PLACE MANY WOMEN HEADED
03:16:17 HOUSEHOLDS AT GREATER RISK FOR HOUSING STABILITY
03:16:21 AND HOMELESSNESS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT MANY MOTHERS
03:16:22 AND FAMILIES ARE IMPACTED BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
03:16:25 AND THAT WOMEN ARE OFTEN AFFECTED BY THE
03:16:29 INTERGENERATIONAL IMPACTS AND FAMILY DISRUPTIONS
03:16:30 ASSOCIATED WITH INCARCERATION. THESE REALITIES REINFORCE THE
03:16:34 IMPORTANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED INVESTMENTS THAT
03:16:37 ADVANCE CIVIL HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE SAFETY, HEALTH
03:16:41 AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF SAN FRANCISCANS.
03:16:44 >> THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS IN FRONT OF YOU THE CORE POINT
03:16:49 OF WHY WE WANT TO DRIVE HOME THAT THE DEMAND ON OUR WORK
03:16:52 CONTINUES TO GROW AND THE FACT IS THAT IT ONLY INCREASES BY
03:16:55 WHAT I JUST SHARED. ONE EXAMPLE THAT IS IMPACTING
03:16:58 OUR WORK IS IS UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION AN AREA THAT
03:17:02 WE'RE INCREASINGLY SEEING COMPLEMENTARY WORK AND A
03:17:06 COLLABORATION WITH HRC IF I CAN HAND IT OVER TO THE DIRECTOR
03:17:10 YES, THANK YOU. DR. ROACH YES.
03:17:13 OUR CIVIL RIGHTS CASES HAVE INCREASED BY 84% AND WE PROJECT
03:17:20 MORE THAN 900 DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION CASES BY THE END
03:17:24 OF FISCAL YEAR 26. ALSO OF COURSE AS YOU KNOW, THE
03:17:27 LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS FACING A MORE HOSTILE NATIONAL
03:17:31 ENVIRONMENT AND REQUIREMENTS FOR SITE MONITORING COMPLIANCE
03:17:35 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE HAVE ALL INCREASED FOR A GRANT
03:17:37 MAKING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2620 SEVEN HOURS BUDGET IS $29.5
03:17:48 MILLION OF WHICH $11.1 MILLION IS GOING TO COMMUNITY BASED
03:17:51 GRANT MAKING. WE ARE ALSO NOW THE PRIMARY
03:17:54 STEWARDS OF THE REMAINING GREEN KEEPER INITIATIVE FUNDS.
03:17:57 >> NEXT SLIDE OUR TOTAL PROPOSED 29.5 APPROPRIATION
03:18:01 BROKEN DOWN ANNUALLY INCLUDES $22.2 MILLION FOR THE HUMAN
03:18:07 RESOURCE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN GENERAL FUND
03:18:13 SOURCES $1.3 MILLION FOR DSW $3.9 MILLION IN A STATE GRANT
03:18:17 THAT SUPPORTS OVER A $1.8 MILLION CHILDREN'S BASELINE WE
03:18:20 APPROPRIATION. NEXT SLIDE THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE
03:18:27 CUMULATIVE BUDGET PRESSURE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT H.R.
03:18:34 ABSORB $7.5 MILLION REDUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2520 SIX AND THE
03:18:37 PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2627 BUDGET INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL
03:18:43 $5.2 MILLION REDUCTION 2728 INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL $900,000
03:18:48 REDUCTION TOGETHER THAT IS A $13.6 MILLION NET GENERAL FUND
03:18:52 REDUCTION SINCE 2420 FIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627.
03:19:01 THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES FIVE AS I JUST STATED 5.2
03:19:06 MILLION AND PROGRAMMATIC REDUCTIONS.
03:19:07 THESE REDUCTIONS INCLUDE SIDE IMPACTS TO OFFER YOUTH WORKS,
03:19:14 COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT GRANTS AND JUNETEENTH EVENTS.
03:19:18 SEPARATELY, THIS SLIDE ALSO NOTES THE SUNSET OF TWO GRANTS
03:19:21 THE CDC COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN PILOT
03:19:25 AND THE DSW GUARANTEED INCOME SUPPORTS GRANTS H.R MADE
03:19:32 SPECIFIC DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO PRESERVE WITH THE GOAL OF
03:19:37 FOCUSING OUR AVAILABLE FUNDING ON THE MOST VULNERABLE
03:19:41 COMMUNITIES. OUR FEE 102 YEAR COMMITMENTS
03:19:44 ARE FULLY FUNDED. THERE SHOULD BE NO MID-YEAR OR
03:19:47 MID GRANT DISRUPTIONS TO THOSE CONTRACTS.
03:19:51 THIS ALSO INCLUDES BOLD AND VISIBLE GRANT FUNDING WHICH
03:19:55 LARGELY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SERVES OUR LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS
03:19:59 HELD AT APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY.
03:20:02 CORE OF PROGRAMING WILL CONTINUE AND WE ARE INVESTING
03:20:06 IN ADDRESSING MATERNAL HEALTH DISPARITIES THROUGH MIDWIFERY
03:20:09 TRAINING AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS.
03:20:10 >> THIS SLIDE SHOWS STAFFING CAPACITY INCLUDING PERMANENT
03:20:17 AND OFF BUDGET POSITIONS AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET H.R.
03:20:20 STAFFING WILL BE AT 48 FTE IS DOWN FROM 66 IN THE CURRENT
03:20:28 YEAR H.R HAS INCLUDING H.R. AS REDUCED STAFFING
03:20:32 AND PROGRAMING. HOWEVER WE HAVE MADE GREAT
03:20:36 STRIDES AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AGENCY OVER THE PAST YEAR
03:20:39 AND CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO SUPPORT AND SERVE SAN
03:20:43 FRANCISCO'S MOST DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES.
03:20:44 WE ARE SAFEGUARDING CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT PROTECTIONS
03:20:51 AND INITIATIVES FOR WOMEN THROUGH DSW AND SERVICES TO THE
03:20:54 LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND OTHER CORE PROGRAMING AS WELL AS
03:20:56 PARTNERING WITH ALL OF YOU ON DEVELOPING IMPACTFUL POLICIES
03:21:02 AND JUST ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
03:21:03 ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE CRITICAL WORK THAT OUR
03:21:07 DEPARTMENT DOES TO SERVE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITIES.
03:21:10 AND WITH THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
03:21:14 >> THANK YOU AND SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU.
03:21:18 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON
03:21:20 THE IMPACT YOUTH WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES.
03:21:25 I BELIEVE THERE'S A CUT TO YOUTH WORKS BUT THEN THERE'S
03:21:27 ALSO SOME FUNDING PRESERVED FOR OTHER COMPONENTS OF YOUTH
03:21:33 INTERNSHIPS AND EMPLOYMENT. SO CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THAT
03:21:34 LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD? YES.
03:21:37 AND ONE OF THE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE WE
03:21:41 HAVE REDUCED THE OVERALL FUNDING TO THE RFA CONTRACT BY
03:21:48 $2 MILLION AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO THE YOUTH WORKS
03:21:51 PROGRAM. WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE
03:21:54 APPROXIMATELY 2000 YOUTH ANNUALLY THROUGH RFA AND LITTLE
03:21:59 LESS THAN 400 FOR YOUTH WORKS AND THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF
03:22:03 YOUTH YOUTH WORKS AND RFA WAS YOUTH WORKS WAS A PLACE YOUTH
03:22:11 AND CITY DEPARTMENTS WHEREAS RFA DIDN'T.
03:22:12 BUT WE ARE NOW PLACING YOUTH IN CITY DEPARTMENTS THROUGH RFA
03:22:18 SO WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE YOUTH HAVE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT
03:22:23 EXPERIENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. >> SO IN TERMS OF THE BIG
03:22:26 PICTURE YOU THINK IT STILL RETAINS THE SAME KIND OF
03:22:30 MISSION OF CONNECTING YOUTH TO EMPLOYMENT AND PARTICULARLY
03:22:34 WITHIN GOVERNMENT SERVICES. IT'S JUST THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE
03:22:38 WINDING DOWN THE ONE PROVIDER OF IT AND YOU'RE CONSOLIDATING
03:22:41 IT IN ONE PROGRAMS. >> ARE IT MORE OR LESS?
03:22:45 I THINK WE WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOUTH WORK DOES.
03:22:49 IT HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS.
03:22:52 WITH THE REDUCTION WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH ARE
03:22:57 PLACED INTO LESS THAN 100 SPOTS INTO THE SORT OF MORE
03:23:04 TRADITIONAL YOUTH WORKS PROGRAM.
03:23:05 SO THERE WILL BE LESS SLOTS AVAILABLE THAN THERE USUALLY
03:23:08 ARE. >> YEAH.
03:23:09 THANK YOU. >> VICE CHAIR DORSEY THANK YOU
03:23:12 CHAIR CHAN. I WAS INTERESTED IN GETTING A
03:23:15 LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE WORK YOU'RE DOING BY THE
03:23:19 WAY. YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK ON SO
03:23:22 MANY FRONTS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE BUT ESPECIALLY RIGHT
03:23:25 NOW SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE COUNTRY
03:23:29 TARGETING THE LGBTQ PLUS AND PARTICULARLY THE
03:23:30 TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING COMMUNITIES.
03:23:34 I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY THAT WE ARE WE MAY BE EXPERIENCING OR
03:23:40 SHOULD EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING FROM
03:23:45 ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. I THINK MANY OF US FROM THE
03:23:48 LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY CAN PROBABLY SPEAK PERSONALLY TO
03:23:52 FEELING MORE WELCOMED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAN ELSEWHERE
03:23:56 AND SEEING THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS
03:23:57 REALLY UNDER SIEGE NATIONWIDE. I THINK YOUR STATISTICS ARE
03:24:03 YOUR 778 ANTI-TRANS BILLS AND LEGISLATURES AROUND THE
03:24:07 COUNTRY. DO WE HAVE ANY DATA TO TO OR DO
03:24:11 YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION TO SUGGEST THAT THAT THE NEED IS
03:24:15 GOING TO INCREASE FOR YOUR SERVICES IN THAT POPULATION?
03:24:21 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION SUPERVISOR.
03:24:22 I THINK WE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE SHOWS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
03:24:25 AT LEAST 400,000 JUST TRANS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LEAVING
03:24:33 MORE CONSERVATIVE STATES AND GOING TO OTHER STATES WHERE
03:24:37 THEY FEEL MORE WELCOMED. WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC DATA ON
03:24:43 THE INFLUX TO SAN FRANCISCO EXACTLY.
03:24:45 BUT I THINK IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT A LOT OF THOSE
03:24:49 FOLKS ARE COMING HERE. SO I THINK WE ARE SEEING A
03:24:55 SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED INCREASE NEED BY THE COMMUNITY
03:24:59 GIVEN ALL OF THE CHANGES AND IMPACTS THAT THE FEDERAL
03:25:03 GOVERNMENT HAS HAD AND OUR OFFICE OF TRANSGENDER
03:25:07 INITIATIVES WHICH IS UNDER HRC HAS BEEN WORKING OVERTIME TO
03:25:13 ENSURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS AS BEST WE CAN.
03:25:15 >> OKAY. THANKS.
03:25:20 >> THANK YOU. AND I WANTED TO GO BACK TO A
03:25:24 LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU WORKS YOU FOR X.
03:25:28 HOW IS IT DIFFERENT THAN MY EAP ?
03:25:34 WELL HRC DOES NOT FUND MY EAP. DCF DOES.
03:25:38 SO I MIGHT TURN TO MY COLLEAGUE AT T SO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE
03:25:45 SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUTH WORKS AND MY EAP BUT
03:25:48 YOUTH WORKS THEY SPECIFICALLY PLACE YOUTH IN CITY GOVERNMENT
03:25:53 POSITIONS AND BY THEIR OWN DESCRIPTION IS A HIGHER TOUCH
03:26:01 PROGRAM AS COMPARED TO OFFER MY YOUTH.
03:26:02 >> IT'S LIKE CITYWIDE REALLY DIRECTLY WORKING.
03:26:05 IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY MY EAP IT'S LIKE DIRECTLY WORKING
03:26:09 WITH DC WALK DCF PROGRAM DIRECTLY WORKING WITH UNIFIED
03:26:13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PLACING YOUTH CITYWIDE FOR ALL SORTS OF
03:26:17 DIFFERENT KIND OF EMPLOYMENT NOT JUST CITY HALL BUT YOU'VE
03:26:21 WORKED SPECIFICALLY NOT QUITE A HIGH SCHOOL WHILE IT IS SORT OF
03:26:26 LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR CITY HALL FELLOWSHIP.
03:26:29 >> YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S THE AGE
03:26:30 DIFFERENCE IS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE?
03:26:33 YES. >> OKAY.
03:26:37 I THINK YOU DON'T SEE ANYBODY WANT TO DISPUTE THAT.
03:26:38 OKAY, GREAT. BUT TO BE RIGHT YOU'RE RIGHT.
03:26:44 >> YEAH. THANK YOU.
03:26:47 ONLY BECAUSE I AM ACTUALLY A BENEFACTOR FOR MY EAP LIKE LONG
03:26:51 AGO. IT'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING
03:26:52 PROGRAM. IT'S BEEN GREAT.
03:26:55 BUT I DO ALSO APPRECIATE THE ADDED COMPONENT TO YOU WORK
03:26:59 THAT IS MORE SPECIFIC TO CITY GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE
03:27:03 DRIVEN. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
03:27:04 THOSE CLARIFICATION AND I DO REALLY AGAIN APPRECIATE YOUR
03:27:08 WORK AND JUST YOU ALSO REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING ON
03:27:14 AND REALLY USHERING US THROUGH THIS ENTIRE TO THE BOTH OF YOU
03:27:17 TO TO USHER US THROUGH THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS FOR THE FOR
03:27:22 THE TRANSITIONS FOR BOTH AGENCIES.
03:27:23 IT'S CRITICAL TIME. >> IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU
03:27:26 ARE THINKING WELL AND TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
03:27:30 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE STILL CARE VERY MUCH CARRYING OUT THE
03:27:34 MISSION FOR CAUSES FOR WOMEN, THE STATUS STATUS OF WOMEN
03:27:40 AND AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OVERALL AND ALSO OF
03:27:44 COURSE THANK YOU. BUT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE
03:27:45 QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW UP AND SO THANK YOU.
03:27:48 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> BUT THIS WE'RE GOING TO THE
03:27:56 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES.
03:28:24 OH MY GOODNESS. IT'S NOT MY MY BIRTH.
03:28:29 >> I WANT TO STAY WELL, I JUST WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
03:28:40 CHAN VICE CHAIR DOROTHY SUPERVISOR SAUDER, WATSON
03:28:44 AND CHANG. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
03:28:48 CHRISTOPHER C SMITH. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE
03:28:49 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND I JUST
03:28:52 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON THE
03:28:55 DCF BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2728.
03:28:56 AWESOME TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY STAFF I HAVE MINDY MA HERE WHO IS OUR
03:29:03 BUDGET AND CONTRACTS DIRECTOR AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
03:29:05 HEIDI BURBAGE. >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE
03:29:11 PLEASE. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN,
03:29:12 YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
03:29:15 OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS POLICIES AND PLANNING
03:29:18 STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE SERVICES OF CHILDREN YOUTH
03:29:20 IN THEIR FAMILIES TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE
03:29:23 YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD FULL LIVES OF OPPORTUNITY.
03:29:26 AND WE BRING TOGETHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CITY DEPARTMENTS
03:29:29 AND SCHOOLS. TOGETHER WE COLLECTIVELY HELP
03:29:33 MAKE SAN FRANCISCO A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP.
03:29:37 AS YOU ALL KNOW, DCF IS A GRANT MAKING DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE
03:29:41 COMMITTED TO WORK TOWARDS SAN FRANCISCO WHERE ALL OUR YOUNG
03:29:43 PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTED BY NURTURING FAMILIES AND IT IS
03:29:46 ABOUT ORDER. >> IT'S TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
03:29:50 OH, SORRY. IT KEEPS GOING BACK.
03:29:51 OH, I'LL JUST CONTINUE TO GO. >> WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORK
03:29:57 TOWARD SAN FRANCISCO WHERE ALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTED
03:29:59 BY NURTURING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
03:30:01 THEY ARE PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY.
03:30:02 THEY ARE READY TO LEARN TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND READY FOR
03:30:05 COLLEGE WORK AND PRODUCTIVE ADULTHOOD AT THE TIME WHEN THE
03:30:09 CITY IS FACING ANOTHER YEAR OF SIGNIFICANT DEFICITS, DCF
03:30:12 CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE OUR CBO FUNDING AS THE CORE SERVICES OF
03:30:16 OUR DEPARTMENT. AS WE ENTER INTO A SET I KEEP
03:30:22 THE THIRD YEAR OF A FIVE YEAR FUNDING CYCLE IS FINE.
03:30:29 OKAY. WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO
03:30:30 KEEPING OUR CBO FUNDING HOLE JUST AS WE PROMISED AT THE
03:30:34 BEGINNING OF THIS FUNDING CYCLE IN FISCAL YEAR 27 THE
03:30:37 DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FUND 144 AGENCIES AND 258
03:30:43 PROGRAMS. WE BELIEVE THESE PROGRAMS
03:30:44 PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS, RESOURCES AND PROGRAMING NECESSARY TO
03:30:48 MOVE THE NEEDLE AND HAVE THE DESIRED IMPACTS THAT WE WANT TO
03:30:51 SEE AS A CITY. WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT DCF
03:30:54 DID NOT CUT ANY OF OUR CBO PROGRAMS IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
03:30:58 WE ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY DEPARTMENT.
03:30:59 THERE ARE NO DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORT
03:31:03 FUNCTION TEAMS HAVE BEEN LEAN AND CORE TO OUR GRANTMAKING
03:31:06 MISSION. THERE ARE SOME REDUCTIONS THAT
03:31:10 WE MADE IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE THE MAJORITY WHICH ARE
03:31:12 ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR RESPONSE TO OUR PROJECTED NEEDS AND THERE'S
03:31:15 A SUPPLEMENTARY LIST LINE BY LINE FOR THAT REDUCTION.
03:31:18 I WON'T GO THROUGH RIGHT NOW BUT YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET
03:31:25 AND I'LL MOVE ON TO THIS NEXT SLIDE WHICH SHOWS OUR
03:31:26 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IN SUPPORT OF OUR CORE SERVICES.
03:31:29 THE DEPARTMENT DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL
03:31:33 CHART TO STREAMLINE OUR OPERATIONS WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED
03:31:36 IN THE LIGHT BLUE AND WE MERGED OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY
03:31:40 PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PROGRAMS PLANNING AND GRANTS AND RENAMED
03:31:43 THE THE UNIT THE PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP AND GRANTS UNIT.
03:31:47 SO WE STREAMLINED THEIR OUR NUTRITION TEAM WHICH MONITORS
03:31:48 THE NUTRITION GRANTS WILL BE MOVED UNDER OUR FINANCE TEAM
03:31:55 AND IN PREPARATION TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES
03:31:56 INITIATIVE WE WILL EXPAND THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL
03:32:01 ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING TEAM TO INCLUDE
03:32:03 CITYWIDE WORK. WE'VE ALREADY LAUNCHED SEVERAL
03:32:06 DIFFERENT PROGRAMING ON THAT FRONT.
03:32:10 >> OVERALL IN FISCAL YEAR 27 THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETED 67 FULL
03:32:16 TIME PERMANENT POSITIONS AND SEVEN FULL TIME TEMPORARY
03:32:19 FTE TEMPORARY POSITIONS. THE BUDGETED ATTRITION RATE IS
03:32:25 ABOUT 12% AND AS OF MAY WE HAVE 15 VACANT POSITIONS TWO OF
03:32:29 WHICH WILL BE DELETED IN FISCAL YEAR 27.
03:32:32 SO THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS ORG CHART.
03:32:33 THIS SLIDE ONLY SHOWS A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY.
03:32:36 SO ONCE AGAIN PLEASE SEE THE SIDES IN THE AT THE END OF THIS
03:32:40 DECK AND DETAILS I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE BUT ASK
03:32:44 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TOWARDS THE END.
03:32:46 >> ALL RIGHT. THIS TABLE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF
03:32:50 MANAGEMENT VERSUS NON MANAGEMENT POSITIONS THAT DO
03:32:52 SEE Y F BY DIVISION THE OVERALL RATIO OF MANAGEMENT VERSUS
03:32:57 NON-MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IS ABOUT 1 TO 5.
03:32:58 THE NUMBERS SHOWN INCLUDE BOTH PERMANENT AND REOCCURRING
03:33:02 TEMPORARY POSITION. THIS IS ALSO IN THE APPENDICES
03:33:09 THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY
03:33:13 380 MILLION A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THE TOTAL BUDGET GOES TO DC
03:33:17 Y US OPERATING OPERATING BUDGET 47% GOES TO SFI USD FOR THEIR
03:33:21 PIF STUDENT SUCCESS FUND AND OTHER SPECIAL FUNDING
03:33:26 AND 2% GOES TO CITY COLLEGE FOR FREE CITY COLLEGE IN FISCAL
03:33:30 YEAR 27 OUT OF THE 51% DC OF DC WAS OPERATING BUDGET OVER 70%
03:33:38 COMES FROM CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND WHICH IS A CHARTER SET
03:33:42 ASIDE OF 4% OF THE PROPERTY TAX FOR DC.
03:33:43 WHY US AND GENERAL FUND ACCOUNTS FOR 24% AND THE REST
03:33:49 ARE FROM OTHER DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WE GET FEDERAL STATE
03:33:53 IN THE DEPARTMENT'S TARGETED LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE CHILDREN
03:33:58 IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUND ALMOST 60% OF THE FUNDING GOES
03:34:02 TO CBO GRANTS ANOTHER 20% FUNDS WORK ORDERS TO OTHER
03:34:05 DEPARTMENTS ALMOST 83% OF WHICH IS ALSO DEFINED.
03:34:10 >> CBO GRANTS 7.7 MILLION IS A CHARTER REQUIRED FUNDING FOR
03:34:16 THE PIF BASELINE. SO YOU SEE THAT IN THERE AS
03:34:17 WELL. AND THEN THE REMAINING 20
03:34:20 MILLION FUNDS, THE STAFFING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OUR
03:34:24 RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DATA ANALYSIS AND OTHER SUPPORTING
03:34:25 FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. >> I BELIEVE DCF HAS MET THE
03:34:28 MAYOR'S BUDGET DIRECTIVES AND WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS
03:34:32 AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR WORK.
03:34:36 THIS BUDGET INCLUDES ONCE AGAIN NO CUTS TO KBOS AND NO CUTS TO
03:34:40 OUR STAFF. WE ARE ACTUALLY UNDERSTAFFED
03:34:41 AND NEED TO FILL SOME OF OUR CORE POSITIONS AND SO I
03:34:44 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND THIS
03:34:47 CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
03:34:51 AND I THINK I THINK THAT THE SORT OF VISION OF HAVING AN RFP
03:34:58 OF FIVE YEARS TO CHIEF RFP PROCESS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
03:35:02 PROCESS AND DISTRIBUTING THE GRANT IS PENDING OUT LIKE IT'S
03:35:06 SHOWING THE FACT THAT HAVING A VISION AND HAVING STRATEGIC
03:35:10 PLANNING WHILE IN ADVANCE AND SORT OF TACKLE INSTEAD OF
03:35:14 YEAR BY YEAR OR EVERY TWO EVEN EVERY TWO YEARS HAVING A VISION
03:35:17 HAVING THAT PLAN OUT AND HAVING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IS IS
03:35:22 WORKING FOR DCF. YES IT IS.
03:35:25 IF IF WE ARE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO SPENDING FOR
03:35:28 HAVING A CHILDREN'S SPENDING AND DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE,
03:35:32 THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT. SO I APPRECIATE I KNOW THAT IT
03:35:36 WAS YOU AND ALONG WITH NOW SUPERINTENDENT MARIA SU HAVING
03:35:40 THAT VISION AND HAVING THAT PLAN OUT.
03:35:44 SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW
03:35:47 I DO HAVE TWO A QUESTION ONE IS TO STUDENTS ASSESS FUND I NOTED
03:35:51 THAT YESTERDAY DURING THE CONTROLLERS PRESENTATION FOR
03:35:58 JUST A REVENUE LETTER THERE IS ACTUALLY A SET A RESERVE
03:36:02 SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS ASSESS FUND.
03:36:03 COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT RESERVE
03:36:07 SO THAT RESERVE INCLUDES FUNDING DOLLARS THAT WEREN'T
03:36:11 SPENT IN OUR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING FIRST SO FROM 2023,
03:36:15 24, 24, 25 BECAUSE WE ARE IN 2526 AND SO THOSE ARE
03:36:21 UNSPENT DOLLARS FROM THE SCHOOL SITES NOT BEING ABLE TO DRAW
03:36:26 DOWN BECAUSE AT ONE POINT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID HAVE A
03:36:27 HIRING FREEZE AND THERE WERE A LOT OF POSITIONS IN THE
03:36:30 IN THEIR BUDGETS AND SO THERE'S ROUGHLY I WANT TO SAY 18
03:36:33 MILLION IN THE RESERVE RIGHT NOW.
03:36:37 THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WITH
03:36:39 THOSE DOLLARS. HOW CAN ONE TIME PROJECTS OR
03:36:43 ONE TIME PROGRAMING THAT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS
03:36:47 INTERESTED IN BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN ONCE THOSE DOLLARS ARE
03:36:50 GONE THEY'RE GONE. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO BE
03:36:54 ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO EXTEND THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER SO
03:36:58 WHAT CAN HAPPEN OVER SEVERAL YEARS THAT CAN DRAW THOSE DOWN?
03:36:59 THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING CURRENTLY AS YOU
03:37:03 MAY RECALL, PART OF THE STUDENTS ASSESSED PLAN FOR AN
03:37:07 EXPENDITURE IS TO HIRE SPECIFIC COORDINATOR AT EACH SITE
03:37:10 AND THAT AT EACH SITE AND THEY WILL COME UP WITH A SPECIFIC
03:37:14 SPENDING PLAN FOR THOSE SITES. >> HOW'S THAT COMING ALONG?
03:37:16 SO EVERY SITE HAS A COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR ALL OF OUR
03:37:21 THE READINESS GRANT. SO THERE WAS A PORTION OF
03:37:22 SCHOOLS THAT WERE READINESS SCHOOLS AND THEN A PORTION THAT
03:37:26 WERE IMPLEMENTATION CURRENTLY GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 2627 ALL
03:37:30 SCHOOLS WILL BE IMPLEMENTATION SITES.
03:37:33 THAT MEANS ALL SCHOOLS HAVE HIRED THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
03:37:37 COORDINATOR. >> CONGRATULATIONS.
03:37:37 AND THEN DOES THAT MEAN THAT WITH THIS $18 MILLION RESERVE
03:37:41 THAT WILL BE SPENT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM ALL THESE
03:37:45 COORDINATORS? >> SO ONCE WE NOT NECESSARILY
03:37:48 THE FEEDBACK FROM OTHER COORDINATORS THAT WILL BE ONE
03:37:52 OF THE VARIABLES THAT WE LISTEN TO BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THERE'S
03:37:58 THREE OTHER BUCKETS SO YOU HAVE INNOVATIONS TO SCHOOL SO THAT'S
03:37:59 A COLLABORATIVE WITH CORE CENTRAL SFP OR CITY STAFF
03:38:03 AND SEVERAL SCHOOLS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
03:38:06 WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT SCHOOLS NEEDS INDEPENDENTLY AND THEN
03:38:09 WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEND DOWN THAT 18 MILLION.
03:38:13 >> I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BUT I
03:38:17 THINK THAT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS FOR THIS BODY TO HAVE
03:38:18 MORE INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY OF HOW THOSE
03:38:21 DECISIONS ARE MADE AND HOW THEN EVENTUALLY WHEN YOU'RE READY TO
03:38:25 SPEND ON THAT RESERVE AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY SPENDING PLAN
03:38:29 LOOKS LIKE. >> YES, WE WILL DO THAT.
03:38:30 THANK YOU. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS
03:38:33 REALLY FREE CITY COLLEGE BUT I THINK IT'S MORE AS A STATEMENTS
03:38:36 AND COMMENTS FROM ME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER ON THE
03:38:40 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. IT IS MY COMMITMENT AND I THINK
03:38:41 THAT THROUGH THE HEARING THAT WE HAVE BOTH SUPERVISOR SHANE
03:38:47 CHEN WHO'S NOW AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE AND OF COURSE VICE
03:38:49 CHAIR DORSEY, WE HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO SEE THREE CITY
03:38:54 COLLEGE FULLY FUNDED AND IN THIS CASE WE KNOW IT IS NOT AS
03:38:58 INDICATED IN YOUR BUDGET PRESENTATION AS $6.7 MILLION.
03:39:01 WE KNOW IT'S ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT OVER $2 MILLION SHORT.
03:39:05 WHAT IS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERED AS FULLY FUNDED?
03:39:10 IT IS OUR GOAL IS MY GOAL IS MY COMMITMENT.
03:39:13 I THINK WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE FULLY FUND
03:39:17 FREE COLLEGE IN THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEAR.
03:39:20 >> SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
03:39:23 SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO OUR COLLEAGUES I THINK SURPRISINGLY
03:39:32 BUT IS AT 1:40 P.M. TODAY IS OUR LAST CITY DEPARTMENTS ON
03:39:36 THERE'S AGENDA IS THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE
03:39:43 DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMON AND AND THEN
03:39:46 AS INDICATED AT THE EARLY OF THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
03:39:50 MEETING THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.
03:39:51 SO LET'S HAVE OUR LAST BUT NOT LEAST CITY DEPARTMENT O D.
03:40:00 >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHAN VICE CHAIR DORSEY AND MEMBERS
03:40:04 OF THE COMMITTEE AND TOPIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
03:40:05 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT I AM
03:40:08 JOINED BY UAW LEADERSHIP WHO ARE ALSO HERE TO ANSWER
03:40:12 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
03:40:15 >> I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE
03:40:17 STAFF AT IWD WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
03:40:20 >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
03:40:24 ANALYST CHRISTINE MARTIN AND OUR MAYOR'S BUDGET OFFICE
03:40:25 ANALYSTS LUIS MCCOY AND THANK YOU TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR THE
03:40:29 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ITS PROPOSED BUDGET.
03:40:35 OUR VISION IS SIMPLE WE ARE DRIVING TOWARD A THRIVING,
03:40:39 RESILIENT ECONOMY THAT BENEFITS ALL SAN FRANCISCANS.
03:40:42 OUR MISSION IS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY AND SHARED
03:40:44 PROSPERITY BY GROWING SUSTAINABLE JOBS, SUPPORTING
03:40:47 BUSINESSES OF EVERY SIZE, STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS
03:40:51 AND HELPING RESIDENTS ACHIEVE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
03:40:54 OUR DEPARTMENT DRIVES IMPACT ACROSS THE CITY, DELIVERING
03:40:58 REAL OUTCOMES FOR THE JOB SEEKERS, BUSINESSES
03:40:59 AND NEIGHBORHOODS WE SERVE. >> OUR BUSINESS SUCCESS
03:41:02 INITIATIVES PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO BOTH
03:41:05 REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN AND ENSURE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
03:41:09 CORRIDORS ACROSS THE CITY REMAIN VIBRANT AND STRONG THIS
03:41:12 FISCAL YEAR THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS LED BY DIRECTOR KATIE
03:41:17 TANG PROVIDED FREE COUNSELING TO MORE THAN 3000 BUSINESSES,
03:41:21 ASSISTED MORE THAN 200 BUSINESSES WITH LEASING
03:41:24 RESULTING IN OVER 70 LEASES SIGNED INCLUDING DOZENS OF
03:41:27 LEASE EXTENSIONS STABILIZED 55 LEGACY BUSINESSES THROUGH
03:41:30 THROUGH GRANT INCENTIVES LONG TERM LEASES AND HELPED MORE
03:41:34 THAN 1000 BUSINESSES NAVIGATE THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
03:41:37 >> AS WE WORK TOWARD A DOWNTOWN THAT TRULY FEELS LIKE A
03:41:39 NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM LED BY LAUREL
03:41:42 ARVANITIS IS DIVERSIFYING OUR HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL
03:41:45 OFFERINGS WITH HOMEGROWN SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH VACANT TO
03:41:49 VIBRANT WHICH HAS ACTIVATED 34 STOREFRONTS WITH A DOZEN OF
03:41:52 THOSE NOW SECURING LONG TERM LEASES.
03:41:55 >> OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM LED BY ACTING
03:41:59 DIRECTOR KRIS CAUCUS WORKS ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
03:42:00 ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND FILL VACANCIES IN NEIGHBORHOODS
03:42:03 WHERE RECOVERY DISPARITIES STILL PERSIST SUCH AS THE
03:42:07 BAYVIEW, LOWER FILLMORE, THE TENDERLOIN AND CHINATOWN.
03:42:11 >> IN FEBRUARY WE ANNOUNCED A $6.3 MILLION IN SMALL BUSINESS
03:42:14 GRANTS AND HAVE SINCE AWARDED FUNDING TO MORE THAN 200
03:42:18 BUSINESSES CITYWIDE. TOGETHER WE WD AND OSP
03:42:21 INVESTMENTS ARE DRIVING AN AVERAGE OF 1066 NEW BUSINESS
03:42:25 REGISTRATIONS EACH MONTH BY PARTNERING WITH NEARLY 600
03:42:28 EMPLOYERS HIRING IN SAN FRANCISCO, OUR WORKFORCE
03:42:32 EMPLOYER SERVICES UNIT HAS CONNECTED ALMOST 1800 RESIDENTS
03:42:36 TO JOBS SUCCESSFULLY FILLING 57% OF 3000 OPEN POSITIONS O W
03:42:43 D'S WORK IS ALSO BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.
03:42:44 >> OUR JOINT DEVELOPMENT TEAM LED BY LILA TESKEY CONTINUES TO
03:42:47 LEAD MAJOR INITIATIVES TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT
03:42:50 AND HOUSING PRODUCTION INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING THE
03:42:52 DOWNTOWN REVITALIZED ATION FINANCING DISTRICT WHICH
03:42:56 PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL CONVERSIONS
03:43:00 AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE 4400 NEW HOMES.
03:43:03 >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE VIBRANCY OF OUR CITY, OUR
03:43:04 INITIATIVES BOLSTER ARTS, CULTURE, NIGHTLIFE AND TOURISM.
03:43:07 WE CONTINUE TO REINVIGORATE UNION SQUARE IN PARTNERSHIP
03:43:11 WITH BIEDERMAN REDEVELOPMENT, WHO HAS DELIVERED MORE THAN 400
03:43:15 FREE PROGRAMS FOR OVER 800,000 PARTICIPANTS REPORTING IN 99%
03:43:20 SATISFACTION RATE AND DRIVING A 25% YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE
03:43:23 IN PLAZA USAGE. OUR ENTERTAINMENT ZONES ARE
03:43:27 ABSOLUTELY BOOMING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE STRETCHING WAY
03:43:30 BEYOND DOWNTOWN INTO NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE
03:43:32 CITY. OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM
03:43:34 HAS ADVANCED 31 DIFFERENT ZONES BRINGING CREDIBLE ENERGY TO THE
03:43:38 CASTRO COAL VALLEY FISHERMAN'S WHARF WITH GLEN PARK
03:43:42 AND FILLMORE COMING ONLINE NEXT.
03:43:43 THESE ACTIVATIONS HAVE SHOWN REAL IMPACT WITH SOME
03:43:47 PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES REPORTING A 1,500% BUMP
03:43:49 IN BUSINESS DURING THE EVENT'S .
03:43:53 AND IN OTHER GOOD NEWS THE RECENT REFORMS TO IMPROVE
03:43:54 SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING ARE MAKING IT EASIER FOR
03:43:57 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES TO ACTIVATE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
03:44:01 SUPPORTS BELOVED COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS LIKE THE SUNSET
03:44:04 NIGHT MARKET COMMERCIAL BREAK AND CHINATOWN CARNIVAL IN THE
03:44:08 MISSION AND FILLMORE AFTER DARK EVENTS AT STRENGTHEN
03:44:11 NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND ENLIVEN LOCAL COMMERCIAL
03:44:13 DISTRICTS WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING OUR ARTS AND CULTURE
03:44:16 ECONOMY WE HOSTED ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL S.F. MUSIC WEEK
03:44:19 IN SPRING AND LAST FALL LAUNCHED S.F. LIVE A NEW ONLINE
03:44:23 EVENTS CALENDAR THAT AIMS TO DRIVE FOOT TRAFFIC AND SALES TO
03:44:26 NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES OF ALL SIZES UNDER THE
03:44:30 NOW UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DIANA PONCE DE LEON, OUR
03:44:34 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM PROVIDES ESSENTIAL TRAINING JOB
03:44:38 PLACEMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT THAT HELPS RESIDENTS ACCESS
03:44:39 STABLE EMPLOYMENT AND MOVE TOWARD LONG TERM ECONOMIC
03:44:43 MOBILITY WHILE CONNECTING BUSINESSES WITH THE TALENT THEY
03:44:46 NEED. THIS YEAR THE TEAM SUCCESSFULLY
03:44:47 ENROLLED 4700 JOBSEEKERS IN EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
03:44:51 AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EXPECTS TO ACHIEVE A 60%
03:44:55 PLACEMENT RATE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
03:44:58 UNDER DONNA'S LEADERSHIP THE TEAM IS UNDERTAKING THE LARGEST
03:45:02 PROCUREMENT EFFORT IN MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OVER $21 MILLION
03:45:07 OVERSEEING 59 AWARDS ACROSS 20 PROGRAM AREAS.
03:45:08 THESE GRANTS SUPPORT COMMUNITY BASED TRAINING, CENTRALIZED JOB
03:45:12 CENTERS AND INDUSTRY FOCUSED JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAMS ACROSS
03:45:15 THE CITY. >> OUR CORE PROGRAMS
03:45:20 AND SERVICES WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER ON MAYOR LARRY'S BUDGET
03:45:23 PRIORITIES TO ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR ALL SAN
03:45:25 FRANCISCANS AND BUILD A THRIVING, INCLUSIVE CITY.
03:45:27 THESE PRIORITIES ANCHORED OUR DISCUSSIONS AT TWO COMMUNITY
03:45:32 BUDGET TOWN HALLS WE HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WE
03:45:35 CARRIED THE INPUT FROM THOSE TOWN HALLS FORWARD AS WE WERE
03:45:36 DIRECTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY $10 MILLION
03:45:39 IN GENERAL FUND CUTS. OUR FINAL DECISION MAXIMIZES
03:45:43 EFFICIENCY AND DIRECTORY AND DIRECTS RESOURCES WHERE
03:45:47 THEY MATTER MOST STRENGTHENING OUTCOMES FOR THE PUBLIC
03:45:50 AND SUPPORTING THE CITY'S LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR
03:45:53 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE IDENTIFIED 3.79 MILLION
03:45:57 IN GENERAL FUND CUTS WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL FEEL THESE CUTS THE
03:46:01 MOST IS IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANT
03:46:04 PROGRAMS. OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT NEW
03:46:08 BUSINESSES THROUGH FIRST YEAR FREE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
03:46:09 ENTERTAINMENT ZONES WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED DUE TO FEWER
03:46:12 RESOURCES NEXT YEAR FOR THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS, THE
03:46:16 MOST SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM IMPACT IS A 50% REDUCTION TO THE
03:46:19 LEGACY BUSINESS STABILIZATION FUND EVEN WITH REDUCED FUNDING
03:46:22 GRANTS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE BUT AT LOWER AMOUNTS AND LEGACY
03:46:26 BUSINESSES WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT WITH NO
03:46:30 DISRUPTION IN SERVICES. WE CUT 3.53 MILLION FROM
03:46:33 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS BY STRATEGICALLY CONSOLIDATING
03:46:37 OUR JOB CENTERS AND ELIMINATING ADMINISTRATIVE REDUNDANCIES, WE
03:46:40 REDUCED THIS PROGRAM BUDGET BY 1.5 MILLION.
03:46:43 THE NEW CENTRALIZED JOB CENTER MODEL MAINTAINS BROAD
03:46:47 GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE INCLUDING THE FILLMORE MISSION,
03:46:51 TENDERLOIN, BAYVIEW AND CHINATOWN SO CLIENTS CAN
03:46:52 CONTINUE TO ACCESS SERVICES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
03:46:55 WE MADE REDUCTIONS TO PROGRAMS THAT SERVE EMERGING SECTORS
03:46:59 AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUT WE PROTECTED CORE SERVICES LIKE
03:47:03 OUR SECTOR BASED TRAINING PROGRAMS SUCH AS CITY BUILD
03:47:04 THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH LABOR MARKET DEMAND IN CONSTRUCTION
03:47:07 TECH, HOSPITALITY AND HEALTH CARE.
03:47:10 >> DESPITE THESE REDUCTIONS ARE EWG IS INCREASING ITS OVERALL
03:47:14 INVESTMENT IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS BY 2.6
03:47:18 MILLION THANKS TO HIGHER ALLOCATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL WE
03:47:21 O DOLLARS AND THE REPLENISHMENT REPLENISHMENT OF PRIOR ONE TIME
03:47:24 REDUCTIONS TO GRANTS FOR CBOS SERVICES THROUGH THIS PROCESS
03:47:28 OR IWD WAS DIRECTED TO MAKE 22 PERSONNEL ELIMINATIONS
03:47:32 AND ULTIMATELY WE ELIMINATED 19 POSITIONS.
03:47:35 >> FOUR OF THESE POSITIONS WERE TEMPORARY AND 15 WERE
03:47:37 PERMANENT. OF THE 15 PERMANENT POSITIONS
03:47:40 NINE POSITIONS WERE FILLED. >> THESE LAYOFFS WERE THE MOST
03:47:44 DIFFICULT DECISION I HAVE FACED IN MY 27 YEARS IN MY 27 YEAR
03:47:48 CAREER WITH THE CITY EACH PERSON AFFECTED WAS A VALUED
03:47:52 AND RESPECTED MEMBER OF OUR TEAM BUT THE PERSONNEL CUTS
03:47:55 AFFECTED AND THE PERSONNEL EFFORTS SORRY AFFECTED EVERY
03:47:59 DIVISION WITHIN OUR AWG BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TOOK THE
03:48:03 HIGHEST PROPORTIONAL HIT AT 22% WORKFORCE OUR LARGEST TEAM
03:48:06 EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POSITIONAL LIMITATIONS WITH
03:48:09 A SIX IN TOTAL AT 16%. WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE
03:48:12 STAFFING CHANGES FOUND IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE JUST PROVIDED
03:48:19 AS REQUESTED BY THIS COMMITTEE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR CURRENT
03:48:20 ORG CHART. OUR PROPOSED FTE COUNT FOR THE
03:48:23 FISCAL YEAR 27 IS 132 POSITIONS ALSO PER YOUR REQUEST WE HAVE
03:48:29 NOTED THAT OUR ATTRITION RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 IS 6.9%.
03:48:32 >> AGAIN, THESE BUDGET THIS BUDGET PROCESS HAS BEEN FILLED
03:48:36 WITH DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND WE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT
03:48:40 CORE SERVICES WHILE HELPING TO CLOSE THIS BUDGET DEFICIT.
03:48:43 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
03:48:45 MY TEAM AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
03:48:48 HAVE. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR WALTON
03:48:49 THANK YOU CHAIR JAN THANK YOU. AT THE TOP HERE A COUPLE OF
03:48:53 QUESTIONS. HOW MANY TOTAL LAYOFFS ARE WE
03:48:56 ELIMINATED 19 POSITIONS, FOUR OF WHICH WERE TEMPORARY AND 15
03:49:03 OF WHICH WERE PERMANENT. NINE OF THOSE WERE FILLED
03:49:06 POSITIONS. >> AND THEN HOW MUCH MONEY WAS
03:49:09 SAVED FOR I BELIEVE WAS 2.2 MILLION.
03:49:12 >> AND I KNOW YOU STATED THE CITY BILL WAS PROTECTED.
03:49:17 I KNOW SOME OF THESE POSITIONS THAT WERE LET GO WERE
03:49:21 RESPONSIBLE LIKE FOR THERE WAS ONE POSITION IN THE CITY BUILD
03:49:24 DIVISION THAT WAS CUT JUST ONE YES, SURE.
03:49:30 >> SO ONLY ONE POSITION CONNECTED TO CITY BILL WAS CUT.
03:49:34 >> THAT'S YES THE THE MOST OF THE CUTS IN OUR WORKFORCE
03:49:38 DEPARTMENT WERE IN OUR STRATEGIC ARE OUR WORKFORCE
03:49:41 STRATEGIES PROGRAM. >> GOT IT.
03:49:42 AND THEN I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE YOU WERE ASKED
03:49:46 ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS OF LAYOFFS. DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOW
03:49:53 ? >> YES.
03:49:53 AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WILL SAY IS I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE
03:49:57 DIVERSITY OF OUR DEPARTMENT. WE ARE A DEPARTMENT WHERE 75%
03:50:00 OF OUR STAFF IDENTIFIES AS PEOPLE OF COLOR.
03:50:03 I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE FILLED POSITIONS THAT WERE CUT TWO OF
03:50:11 THOSE POSITIONS IDENTIFIED AS ASIAN-AMERICAN FOR INCLUDING A
03:50:15 FILL NSF POSITION IDENTIFIED AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND TWO AS
03:50:19 HISPANIC AND TWO ARE WHITE. >> THANK YOU.
03:50:25 >> THANK YOU. >> I, I THINK TRADITIONAL HAS
03:50:33 ALWAYS BEEN QUESTIONING SORT OF THE IMPACT OF IWD NOT JUST
03:50:37 BECAUSE IT'S UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
03:50:38 I THINK TRADITIONALLY WHAT I MEAN TRADITIONALLY HAS ALWAYS
03:50:41 BEEN THE CASE SINCE I WAS A LEGISLATOR AIDE WHO SUPPLIES
03:50:46 FOR SOPHIE MAXWELL THEN SO THAT'S MORE THAN 20 SOMETHING
03:50:49 YEARS NOW TO SORT OF JUST BE ABLE TO HAVE A MORE CONCRETE
03:50:56 UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE WORK THAT IS CARRIED OUT
03:51:00 BY BY ALL EWG AT TIMES IT SEEMS THAT NOT NOT ALL YOUR DIVISIONS
03:51:07 I THINK THERE ARE PROGRAM LIKE CITY BELL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
03:51:11 ARE VERY TANGIBLE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GETTING
03:51:16 JOBS AND TRAININGS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVE.
03:51:19 BUT EVEN THEN I THINK THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY
03:51:23 WHO ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THE JOB TRAININGS AND HOW ARE THEY
03:51:27 BENEFITS, ARE THEY ACTUALLY EQUITABLE?
03:51:28 WE SERVE AND HAVE THAT EQUAL ACCESS TO OUR ENTIRE CITY
03:51:33 AND AMONG ALL COMMUNITIES INCLUDING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
03:51:35 AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. AND SO THAT'S THAT ONE'S ONE
03:51:38 ASPECT OF IT AND IN ANOTHER ASPECT IT'S MORE TOWARDS YOUR
03:51:42 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF
03:51:45 THE WORK THAT IS WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND THOSE ARE THE WORK
03:51:52 THAT BE IT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR ANY TYPE OF
03:51:56 PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMING THAT IS PROMOTING THE CITY WHICH IS
03:52:03 FORMALLY WE ALSO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH NOW KNOWN AS
03:52:07 AS OUR TRAVEL BUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS THE CITY'S TOURISM THE
03:52:11 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND TRAVEL YOU KNOW THAT THAT
03:52:16 THEN EVENTUALLY MOVED TO SFO ANYWAYS WHICH IS TO SAY THEN
03:52:20 YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE HOW DO WE HAVE SORT OF THIS MORE IN-DEPTH
03:52:23 AND CONCRETE STUDY ABOUT HOW IMPACTFUL THESE PROGRAMING
03:52:31 TRULY THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE INVESTMENTS FROM
03:52:35 PUBLIC DOLLARS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
03:52:37 ACTUALLY YIELDING NOT ONLY RETURN BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
03:52:43 METRIC OF MEASURING THE RATE OF RETURN IF WE'RE INVESTING FOR
03:52:48 EXAMPLE IF WE'RE INVESTING SO IN YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF
03:52:52 MILLION DOLLARS ON A CERTAIN EVENTS OR CERTAIN TYPE LIKE
03:52:55 MART NIGHT MARKET OR DOWNTOWN CLOSING UP BLOCK PARTIES WHERE
03:53:00 WAIVING THESE TYPE OF FEES AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
03:53:04 HOW BENEFICIAL IT IS TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY HOW MUCH SALES
03:53:09 TAX ARE WE CAPTURING? WHAT IS YOUR VISION UNDER YOUR
03:53:12 LEADERSHIP? HOW WE ACTUALLY CAN ARTICULATE
03:53:16 THIS TO BOTH SAN FRANCISCANS, TO TAXPAYERS AND TO THIS BODY?
03:53:20 >> AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS SUPERVISOR AND I
03:53:24 THINK YOU KNOW, WE IN THIS PRESENTATION I CERTAINLY
03:53:27 IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE
03:53:31 AND WE AND THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO CAPTURE.
03:53:32 I THINK THAT JUST THE AMOUNT OF NEW BUSINESS STARTS COMING
03:53:36 THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS AND I THINK WE ARE WE
03:53:39 ARE ALSO LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS AT DUKE
03:53:43 THAT CAPTURES EXACTLY THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE
03:53:47 LOOKING AT. WE HAVE RELIED ON OUTSIDE
03:53:48 SOURCES LIKE US HAVE TRAVEL TO TO HELP US CAPTURE TAX REVENUE
03:53:54 OR OR BUSINESS YOU KNOW BUSINESS REVENUE THAT THAT
03:53:58 HAPPENS DURING EVENTS. WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING AT
03:54:02 IMPLEMENTING NEW PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT TO REALLY
03:54:05 BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE IMPACTS IN A WAY THAT WE CAN
03:54:09 THEN ARTICULATE BACK TO THIS BOARD RIGHT.
03:54:13 >> I THINK THE EXPECTATION IS THAT NOT TODAY BUT FOR THIS
03:54:20 BODY AND FOR THE FUTURE BUDGET I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT TO BE
03:54:28 ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO
03:54:29 HAVE DURING YOUR PRESENTATION AND HOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT
03:54:33 IN ONE OF YOUR SLIDES THOUGH I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED
03:54:40 AND ABOUT THE DISCREPANCY OF ON THIS SLIDE SIX AND THEN AGAIN
03:54:42 ON SLIDE SEVEN YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S NINE PHIL POSITION
03:54:47 THAT WAS ELIMINATED HERE ON SLIDE SIX IT'S INDICATED 13.
03:54:53 >> I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT IS THAT DISCREPANCY AND THEN ALSO
03:54:57 THEN FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION CHART ON PAGE 11 ON THE SLIDE
03:55:01 THERE ARE TWO EXACT OF DIRECTOR SO I'M JUST TRYING TO
03:55:08 UNDERSTAND SORT OF SOME OF THESE DISCREPANCY IF YOU CAN
03:55:10 WALK US THROUGH OR MAYBE THIS IS JUST A TYPO.
03:55:16 >> SO ON SLIDE SHOW TWO FTE UNDER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR YEAH.
03:55:21 >> ONE IS IT IS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
03:55:25 >> I UNDERSTOOD OKAY. AND THEN HOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT
03:55:29 PAGE SIX OR SLIDE SIX WHERE THERE'S A INDICATED THE
03:55:33 ELIMINATION IS 13 FILL POSITIONS BUT I KNOW YOU YOU
03:55:35 MENTIONED OF THE NINE YEAH SORRY 13 I THINK WHAT WHAT I
03:55:50 WAS IDENTIFYING WAS GENERAL FUND POSITIONS.
03:55:53 >> YEAH I SEE I SEE BUT TECHNICALLY THE INDIVIDUALS
03:55:57 LAID OFF IT IT'S FOUR NINE INDIVIDUALS LIKE NINE HUMANS
03:56:03 ARE YES THAT'S RIGHT SORRY THREE OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE
03:56:07 NOT LAYOFFS THEY WERE REASSIGNMENTS.
03:56:10 TWO OF THOSE REASSIGNMENTS HAPPENED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
03:56:11 AND THE THIRD HAS BEEN OFFERED A POSITION IN ANOTHER CITY
03:56:13 DEPARTMENT. >> I'M SORRY.
03:56:14 THANK YOU FOR OH, NO, IT'S OKAY.
03:56:15 I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF IF I'M IF I'M
03:56:19 UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. >> THANK YOU.
03:56:22 I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER NAMES ON THE ROSTER.
03:56:26 >> I AM A AS AS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THE BUDGET
03:56:29 AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST WILL WILL COME THROUGH THE BUDGET
03:56:33 AND HELP US HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND REALLY ALONG
03:56:36 SOME OF THESE IS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND STUDIES THAT WE
03:56:40 HAVE ABOUT ECONOMIC IMPACT AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMING THAT
03:56:44 YOU OFFER THAT OH OFFERS AND AND WE'LL WE'LL HAVE MORE
03:56:49 CONVERSATIONS BUT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
03:56:54 >> SO WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ALL THREE
03:56:58 ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. >> YES.
03:56:59 RIGHT NOW OPENING PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ONE, TWO
03:57:06 AND THREE ON TODAY'S AGENDA HOW WE ARE TAKING PARTICULAR FOCUS
03:57:10 ON COMMENTARY ON THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS OF RECREATION AND PARKS
03:57:14 ASIAN ARTS MUSEUM, FINE ARTS MUSEUM, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
03:57:18 ARTS COMMISSION. HOW WERE MEMORIAL DEPARTMENT OF
03:57:22 EARLY CHILDHOOD HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PUBLIC
03:57:25 HEALTH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
03:57:30 DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HOW CHILDREN, YOUTH
03:57:32 AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
03:57:36 AND THE CHAIR DID DECLARE THAT WE ARE HOLDING PUBLIC COMMENT
03:57:40 TO ONE MINUTE TODAY AND TO THE SPEAKERS IN LINE.
03:57:41 I DO ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD IF YOU WISH
03:57:45 FOR YOUR NAME TO BE ACCURATELY RECORDED FOR THE MINUTES BUT
03:57:48 OTHERWISE FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE .
03:57:55 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS LUCY OREGON.
03:57:58 I REPRESENT THE I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE LATINO PARITY
03:58:02 AND EQUITY COALITION AS WE PREPARE TO WELCOME THE WORLD TO
03:58:07 SAN FRANCISCO TO THE WORLD CUP INITIATING TODAY WE CELEBRATE
03:58:10 THEIR DIVERSITY RESILIENCE AND THE SPIRIT THAT MAKE THIS
03:58:14 CITY EXTRAORDINARY. BUT AS WE OPEN OUR ARMS TO
03:58:18 VISITORS, WE CANNOT FORGET THE WORKERS FAMILIES, IMMIGRANTS
03:58:21 AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO REMAIN HERE.
03:58:25 >> MANY OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
03:58:26 STABILITY, OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE ARE NOW FACING LAYOFFS, SERVICE
03:58:30 REDUCTIONS AND PROGRAM CLOSURES.
03:58:33 LATINO SERVING ORGANIZATIONS ALONE ARE FACING NEARLY $1
03:58:36 MILLION IN CUTS THROUGH MOWING CITY MAKING A CASE MANAGEMENT
03:58:40 INACCESSIBLE ALONG WITH $4.4 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS TO
03:58:43 WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
03:58:47 IN JUST A YEAR AND A HALF WE HAVE UNDONE DECADES OF RESEARCH
03:58:51 AND ANALYSIS AROUND EQUITY INVESTMENT, ECONOMIC MOBILITY
03:58:55 AND COMMUNITY TRUST. THESE PROGRAMS ARE THE
03:58:56 LIFELINES FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR OUR WORKERS.
03:58:59 WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP TO RESTORE AS MUCH
03:59:03 FUNDING AS POSSIBLE AND PROTECT THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE FOR
03:59:04 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
03:59:10 >> I'M GOING TO TRANSLATE CAN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE
03:59:16 ALONE ESTABLISHED ATLAS CINEMA IS REALLY THE CANDY LAND CHARM
03:59:22 DIRECTOR I WITH THE OTHER LET'S ASSUME A YEAR.
03:59:26 >> HELLO SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS MY AUSTRALIA CHEN AND I AM THE
03:59:31 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ASSOCIATION MY LOVE I AM HERE
03:59:37 SO YOU HAVE FOR AROUND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR ORGANIZATION
03:59:58 ASSOCIATION MAY HAVE I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT OUR
04:00:13 POPULATION WHICH WE SERVE THE INDIGENOUS IS MAYAN POPULATION
04:00:17 OF YUCATAN AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS YOU KNOW WE
04:00:51 WE PROVIDE MANY SERVICES IN THE CASE MANAGEMENT TO OUR
04:00:55 COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE SPORTS TEAMS.
04:00:58 >> WE HAVE EIGHT BASEBALL TEAMS AND THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE
04:01:02 PROVIDED FOR THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.
04:01:05 70% OF ALL THE COOKS AND CHEFS THAT ARE EMPLOYED IN SAN
04:01:09 FRANCISCO COME FROM THE MAYA, INDIANA POPULATION.
04:01:12 SEE AND BUT I DO WANT TO PLEASE I HOPE THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER
04:01:27 RESTORING THESE SERVICES BECAUSE THESE ARE SERVICES TO
04:01:30 HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS EVERY
04:01:34 DAY. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
04:01:35 MUCH. THANK YOU GRASSES NEXT SPEAKER
04:01:37 PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS
04:01:45 MARNI REGAN LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES AND CHAIR OF
04:01:48 HEZBOLLAH. WE URGE YOU NOT TO ACCEPT THESE
04:01:50 WORKFORCE CUTS AT THE VERY MOMENT OUR POOREST RESIDENTS
04:01:53 MUST MEET NEW FEDERAL WORK OR REQUIREMENTS 80 HOURS A MONTH
04:01:56 TO KEEP FOOD AND HEALTH CARE EXEMPTIONS FOR HOMELESS FOLKS,
04:02:00 VETERANS AND FOSTER CARE YOUTH HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.
04:02:03 THESE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS CUTTING WORKFORCE
04:02:07 WILL PUSH PEOPLE BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS.
04:02:08 THIS IS PREVENTABLE. TO HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF
04:02:11 UNEMPLOYMENT THAN ANY OTHER AGE GROUP PLEASE BACKFILL THESE
04:02:12 CUTS SO PEOPLE CAN WORK, STAY HOUSE AND REMAIN STABLE.
04:02:16 >> I ALSO URGE YOU TO PROTECT THE LARKINS ST MICHAEL BAXTER
04:02:19 YOUTH CLINIC. IT IS A COST EFFECTIVE
04:02:22 PARTNERSHIP WITH LARKIN STREET COVERING ALL OVERHEAD
04:02:24 AND PHYSICALLY HOSTING THE CLINIC AND PROVIDING STAFFING
04:02:27 CLOSING IT WOULD HARM VULNERABLE YOUTH AND DISMANTLED
04:02:31 A TRUSTED RESOURCE. LOW UTILIZATION REFLECTS
04:02:34 INCONSISTENT STAFFING NOT LACK OF NEED.
04:02:37 >> WITH STABILITY IT WILL GROW. THIS IS A CHOICE PLEASE CHOOSE
04:02:41 TO PROTECT IT. >> THANKS AND THANK YOU MONEY
04:02:42 REGAN. NEXT SPEAKER HELLO MY NAME IS
04:02:48 JACKIE M AND I HAVE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 11 YEARS
04:02:53 AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF GALLERIES
04:02:55 AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS AT THE ARTS COMMISSION.
04:02:56 BUT I AM HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
04:03:00 >> IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THE GALLERY STAFF WILL BE CUT
04:03:03 IN HALF WITH TWO POSITIONS ELIMINATING LEAVING JUST TWO
04:03:04 FULL TIME STAFF DEVASTATING ONE OF THE SMALLEST PROGRAMS IN THE
04:03:07 ARTS COMMISSION. >> EACH STAFF MEMBER HOLDS
04:03:11 RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY ARTISTS LOCAL VENDORS, CITY AGENCIES
04:03:15 AND ORGANIZATIONS. LOSING ONE PERSON HAS A
04:03:16 DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON THE PROGRAM AS A STRATEGIC PROGRAM
04:03:20 OF THE ARTS COMMISSION, THE GALLERY IS THE PUBLIC FACING
04:03:23 PROGRAM AND THE ONLY PART OF THE AGENCY THAT THE PUBLIC CAN
04:03:27 VISIT WITHOUT MAKING AN APPOINTMENT.
04:03:28 THE GALLERY IS THE ENTRY POINT FOR ARTISTS AND THE COMMUNITY
04:03:31 TO GAIN ACCESS TO WHAT SFA C CAN'T PROVIDE.
04:03:35 WITHOUT THESE POSITIONS THE WORK OF THE GALLERY WILL HAVE
04:03:36 TO BE REDUCED WHICH MEANS WORKING WITH FEWER ARTISTS,
04:03:39 FEWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FEWER ORGANIZATIONS.
04:03:43 I URGE THE COMMITTEE TO RESTORE THESE POSITIONS RECOMMITTING TO
04:03:44 SUPPORTING ARTISTS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:03:47 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH JACKIE AND NEXT SPEAKER PELOSI
04:03:55 OF SUPERVISORS AND CHAIR CHEN MY NAME IS MAYSOON LAU AS WELL
04:03:58 AS I'M A LONG TIME SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
04:04:00 NINE AND I'M SPEAKING HERE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
04:04:02 I HAVE WORKED AT THE SAN FRISCO ARTS COMMISSION FOR NEARLY A
04:04:04 DECADE IN MY CAPACITY AS A MANAGER OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC
04:04:07 PROGRAMS WITH S.F. I SEE GALLERIES PROGRAM A NOW 56 YEAR
04:04:10 OLD PROGRAM ON JULY 1ST MY POSITION WILL HAVE BEEN
04:04:13 ELIMINATED ALONG WITH THE VACANT DIRECTOR OF GALLERIES
04:04:16 AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS POSITION LEAVING THE PROGRAM CUT IN HALF
04:04:19 WITH ONLY TWO FULL TIME STAFF POSITIONS REMAINING IN MY
04:04:20 POSITION AS THE MANAGER OF EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS I'M
04:04:24 RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE GALLERY'S PUBLIC FACING
04:04:27 PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. I ORGANIZE AROUND 30 UNIQUE
04:04:28 PROGRAMS PER YEAR ACROSS THREE EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITION SPACES
04:04:32 INCLUDING HERE AT CITY HALL. THIS IS COMPARABLE TO DOUBLE
04:04:35 THE OUTPUT UP HERE INSTITUTIONS WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAMING STAFF
04:04:36 I WORK WITH UPWARDS OF 100 ARTISTS AND PARTICIPANTS ANNUAL
04:04:39 AND WELCOME THOUSANDS OF CITY RESIDENTS TO THESE EVENTS WHICH
04:04:42 ARE ALWAYS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE ELIMINATION OF
04:04:44 MY POSITION THERE WILL BE A VISIBLE REDUCTION IN PUBLIC
04:04:47 PROGRAMS AND OUR ACCLAIMED ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
04:04:50 AND OUR NEW PROGRAM BRINGING ART TO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
04:04:51 WILL NEED TO BE CUT DUE TO LESS OF CAPACITY.
04:04:54 I ASK YOU TO PLEASE DO ALL YOU CAN IN YOUR POSITIONS OF POWER
04:04:57 TO REVERSE THESE CUTS. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH
04:04:58 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER HELLO, MY NAME IS
04:05:04 THEOLA. I'M A LIFELONG BAY AREA
04:05:05 RESIDENT AND I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF IN MY PRIVATE CAPACITY.
04:05:09 I'VE WORKED IN THE BAY AREA ART SCENE SINCE 2017.
04:05:12 THIS IS A YEAR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF TIME MY COLLEAGUE
04:05:14 MASON WAS WAS HAS WORKED IN THE GALLERIES PROGRAM AT SFA
04:05:16 WORKING WITH THOUSANDS OF ARTISTS.
04:05:17 I TOOK MY JOB AS PROGRAM ASSOCIATE IN THE GALLERIES
04:05:21 PROGRAM BECAUSE I GET TO WORK WITH MAYSOON WHILE I WAS
04:05:24 IN JACKIE M THEY'RE HIGHLY RESPECTED IN THE ARTS COMMUNITY
04:05:27 . WHEN WE CUT MASON'S POSITION WE
04:05:28 ARE NOT CUTTING FAT. WE ARE CHOPPING LITERAL
04:05:31 SERVICES POUNDS OF FLESH FROM A PERPETUALLY UNDERSTAFFED
04:05:32 DEPARTMENT THAT HAS OVERPERFORMED ITS MEAGER MEAGER
04:05:38 0.16% OF S.F. CITY BUDGET. HER POSITION COSTS LESS THAN A
04:05:42 THIRD OF THE OVERTIME OF ONE S.F. PD OFFICER FURTHER, THE
04:05:46 GALLERY'S PROGRAM ONLY COSTS 800,000.
04:05:47 THESE CUTS ARE NOT PROPORTIONAL AND EVERY JOB COUNTS WHEN THERE
04:05:50 ARE THREE OF US DOING THE WORK OF 5 TO 7 PEOPLE AT OUR PURE
04:05:53 INSTITUTIONS WE ARE TINY. >> WE HAVE DONE MORE WITH LESS.
04:05:57 >> PLEASE CONSIDER A ROLLBACK OF THESE CUTS OR RISK LOSING
04:06:01 SIGNIFICANT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALIENATING THEM
04:06:05 FURTHER IN THE PROCESS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
04:06:06 AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON.
04:06:09 >> KIM RATAJCZAK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT BRAVO FOR WOMEN
04:06:13 IN THE ARTS SINCE 1970 THE SFE C GALLERY HAS SHOWN MORE THAN
04:06:18 4000 ARTISTS WHEN AN ARTIST IS COMMISSIONED FOR EXHIBITIONS
04:06:19 IT'S ALSO PAYS FOR STUDIO ASSISTANTS, FABRICATORS,
04:06:23 PREPARERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS MULTIPLYING THE NUMBER OF
04:06:26 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS
04:06:27 INITIATIVE. WITH EACH EXHIBITION THE SOCIAL
04:06:29 AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF EACH CURATORIAL THEME IS AMPLIFIED
04:06:32 THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMING MULTIPLYING THE NUMBER OF
04:06:34 ARTISTS COMMISSIONS THROUGH PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS
04:06:37 AND DIALOGS. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF
04:06:38 MANAGER OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS.
04:06:41 MASON WAS WAS ONE OF THE MAYORS BUDGET PRIORITIES INCLUDES
04:06:44 MAKING THE CITY MORE AFFORDABLE AND LIVABLE FOR FAMILIES.
04:06:47 YET THE BUDGET HAS PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE HER POSITION IF THIS
04:06:51 GOES THROUGH THE GALLERY WILL BE STAFFED AT A 50% CAPACITY
04:06:52 WHICH WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS THAT THEY
04:06:55 ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH. A CUT TO STAFFING IS A CUT TO
04:06:59 BOTH THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CIVIC INSTITUTION
04:07:00 HAS AS AN ARTIST WHO HAS BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE
04:07:04 COMMITMENT OF MASON WAS WAS I ASK THAT YOU RESTORE HER
04:07:07 ELIMINATED POSITION THANK YOU AND THANK YOU MUCH THE NEXT
04:07:10 SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MY NAME IS ALYSSA MESSER.
04:07:15 I AM A 25 YEAR ENGLISH COMPOSITION TEACHER AT CITY
04:07:17 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND I WORK ON THE FREE CITY OVERSIGHT
04:07:22 COMMITTEE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HERE TO SAY THAT I
04:07:25 REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S INTEREST AND CARE
04:07:29 FOR FREE CITY AND FOR WHAT FREE CITY COLLEGE DOES FOR SAN
04:07:33 FRANCISCO. IT TOUCHES US AND ALL SAN
04:07:36 FRANCISCANS IN SO VERY MANY WAYS.
04:07:39 THE CURRENT BUDGET AS IT'S PROPOSED WOULD EXCLUDE ABOUT
04:07:43 6000 STUDENTS MANY OF THEM OUR LOWEST INCOME STUDENTS AT CITY
04:07:48 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO FROM THE FREE CITY PROGRAM DENYING
04:07:51 HOPE AND DENYING THAT INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY SET OF
04:07:55 OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEAD IN SO MANY GATEWAYS AND SO MANY
04:07:59 DIFFERENT CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN
04:08:02 FRANCISCO STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AT
04:08:04 LEAST MESSER. >> NEXT SPEAKER ALL RIGHT.
04:08:07 GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS AND CHAIR CHAN MY NAME IS
04:08:11 ANGELICA. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF
04:08:14 DISTRICT FOUR AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE FREE CITY
04:08:16 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
04:08:19 FOR EXPRESSING SUPPORT AGAIN FOR PRIORITIZING FOR YOUR CITY.
04:08:22 YOU KNOW WHAT WAS AT RISK WITH THE CUTS THAT WERE PROPOSED
04:08:27 WERE THE GRANTS THAT PROVIDE SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE
04:08:31 STUDENTS ACCESS TO FUNDS THAT HELP THEM GET THROUGH.
04:08:34 SO REDUCING FUNDING, YOU KNOW, WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD REDUCE
04:08:38 ACCESS AND IT MEANS FEWER OPPORTUNITIES AND IT MEANS
04:08:39 SHUTTING DOORS ON STUDENTS WHO ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN
04:08:42 TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND CONTRIBUTE BACK TO THE CITY
04:08:46 THAT THEY LOVE. SO AGAIN, I JUST URGE ALL OF
04:08:47 YOU TO CONTINUE THAT SUPPORT FOR CITY COLLEGE IN SAN
04:08:50 FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU.
04:08:51 THANK YOU MUCH ANGELICA. NEXT SPEAKER HELLO.
04:08:56 >> MY NAME IS LINDSEY WHITE AND SINCE 2005 I'VE BEEN A
04:09:01 WORKING ARTIST IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WAS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
04:09:04 AT SFI. I ALSO LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
04:09:08 TODAY I SHOW UP IN SUPPORT OF THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT IS THE
04:09:11 FACE GALLERY AND ITS STAFF BRING TO OUR SMALL ARTS
04:09:12 COMMUNITY. IN FACT SFI GALLERIES AN
04:09:16 ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR STRUGGLING COMMUNITY SAN
04:09:19 FRANCISCO'S ARTS ECOSYSTEM IS COLLAPSING AND WE NEED CIVIC
04:09:24 PUBLIC LOCAL GALLERIES LIKE SFA SEE NOW MORE THAN EVER THIS IS
04:09:28 THE CITY'S GALLERY. OUR GALLERY.
04:09:31 >> WHEN YOU LAY OFF GALLERY STAFF AND CUT BUDGETS YOU'RE
04:09:36 SHOWING LOCAL ARTISTS THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT SERVING YOUR
04:09:37 ARTS COMMUNITY. SINCE 1970 SFA C GALLERIES HAS
04:09:42 SHOWN MORE THAN 4400 LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
04:09:46 ARTISTS AND OVER 650 EXHIBITIONS.
04:09:47 CLEARLY SFA C GALLERIES IS A LIFELINE FOR CULTURAL WORKERS
04:09:51 AND ARTISTS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN FACT OVER THE YEARS I'VE
04:09:54 BEEN LUCKY TO TAKE PART AND COLLABORATE WITH SFA C
04:09:58 GALLERIES ON MANY EXHIBITIONS. NOW IS THE TIME IS NOT THE TIME
04:10:02 TO CUT STAFFING AND REQUEST. >> THANK YOU BUT THANK YOU MUCH
04:10:06 LINDSAY PLATE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
04:10:09 >> HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SUN PARK.
04:10:13 I'M HERE AS A VISUAL ARTIST LIVING IN THE MISSION.
04:10:14 I'M AN EMERGING ARTIST. I FINISH MY MFA FROM SAN
04:10:17 FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2023.
04:10:21 I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH SFA C MAIN GALLERY
04:10:25 MULTIPLE TIMES INCLUDING A YEAR LONG FELLOWSHIP WITH THE
04:10:26 GALLERY IN 2024. IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY,
04:10:29 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO MY CAREER AS AN ARTIST AND HAS
04:10:33 KEPT ME LIVING IN THE CITY AND BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN MY
04:10:34 PRACTICE. I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED TO
04:10:37 LEARN ABOUT THE CUTS PARTICULARLY A REDUCTION
04:10:39 IN STAFFING AT THE MAIN GALLERY.
04:10:40 I CANNOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
04:10:43 IS WITHIN THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND THE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES
04:10:47 THEY PROVIDE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS LIKE MYSELF.
04:10:48 I'VE WORKED IN GALLERY SPACES BEFORE I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY
04:10:52 NEED ALL THEIR STAFF. THEY ARE ALREADY RUNNING A
04:10:55 TIGHT SHIP. THEY ARE RUNNING A MASSIVE
04:10:56 GALLERY SPACE WITH COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMING THAT
04:10:59 REACHES NOT JUST THE ARTS COMMUNITY BUT ALSO WORKS WITH
04:11:03 OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES.
04:11:04 THE ELIMINATION OF THESE POSITION IS STRETCHING THESE
04:11:07 DEPARTMENTS. THEN I URGE YOU TO REVERSE
04:11:10 THESE CUTS AS THEY ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE VITAL TO THE
04:11:11 GALLERY SPACE TO THE ARTS COMMISSION.
04:11:15 >> PRESERVING OUR LOCAL ARTS. THANK YOU.
04:11:16 THANK YOU MUCH SUN PARK. NEXT SPEAKER I AM ARTIST SHAPE
04:11:22 OR HEAD I LIVE IN THE TENDERLOIN BUT I WORK ACROSS
04:11:24 ALL DISTRICTS OF SAN FRANCISCO. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT
04:11:27 YEARS. I'M AN IMMIGRANT.
04:11:29 I WORK FIVE JOBS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THE
04:11:31 CITY CUTTING THE ARTS COMMISSION STAFF AND GALLERIES
04:11:34 AT THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN THEIR WORKLOAD IS BEING TRIPLED BY
04:11:39 MERGING THEM WITH TWO OTHER ORGANIZATION ASIANS WITHOUT
04:11:42 ADDING THE PEOPLE NEEDING TO RUN IT IS NOT AN EFFICIENCY.
04:11:45 >> IT'S A COLLAPSE WAITING TO HAPPEN.
04:11:48 I NEED YOU TO HEAR THIS. A BELOVED LEGACY ARTIST MICHAEL
04:11:52 JANG IS PLANNING TO REJECT THE ARTS COMMISSION GRANT BECAUSE
04:11:55 IT CREATES SO MUCH BURDEN AND THEY CANNOT ACCEPT IT.
04:11:57 WHILE DOING THE WORK THAT THEY NEED TO.
04:12:00 I HAVE BEEN APPLYING TO ARTS COMMISSION GRANTS FOR THE LAST
04:12:03 FIVE YEARS. >> THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR
04:12:05 GETTING IT. THE MONEY IS BADLY NEEDED BY ME
04:12:08 AND ALL OF THE ARTISTS. THE WAYS THAT THE CITY EXPECTS
04:12:11 ARTISTS MAKING LESS THAN $40,000 TO FRONT THE MONEY TO
04:12:14 BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT IS NOT GENEROUS AND DOES NOT
04:12:21 CREATE ART GENEROSITY THAT WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING.
04:12:22 >> THERE IS IN COVERAGE IN THE PAPERS TIME HAS EXPIRED.
04:12:26 >> THANK YOU BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
04:12:28 NEXT SPEAKER WHEN I START DOES IT JUST START WHEN I START
04:12:36 TALKING? OKAY.
04:12:37 SORRY. OKAY.
04:12:37 MY NAME IS KATE RHODES AND I'M AN ARTIST, EDUCATOR
04:12:40 AND CULTURAL WORKER IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:12:41 I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO RESTORE FUNDING TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
04:12:44 ARTS COMMISSION AND REVERSE THE ELIMINATION OF POSITIONS THAT
04:12:48 HAVE LEFT THIS VITAL DEPARTMENT STRETCHED DANGEROUSLY THIN.
04:12:51 I WAS FIRST CONNECTED TO THEIR SPACE SEE THROUGH THE THROUGH
04:12:55 THE SFA C GALLERY IN 2017 WHEN I WAS A GUEST ON A TALK SHOW
04:12:58 ABOUT FAMILY MIGRATION HISTORIES HOSTED BY ARTIST
04:13:02 JULIO SALGADO. THAT VIBRANT PROGRAM ORGANIZED
04:13:05 BY MANAGER OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS MASON WEISS
04:13:09 WAS WHOSE POSITION IS BEING ELIMINATED WAS THE BEGINNING OF
04:13:13 MY LONG AND IMPACTFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SABC.
04:13:14 WITHOUT THAT INITIAL PROGRAM I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT SABC
04:13:18 EXISTED. >> OKAY.
04:13:21 SINCE THEN I HAVE EXHIBITED MY WORK IN THE SABC GALLERY, WON A
04:13:25 COMMISSION FOR THE MARK STORY POSTER SERIES, SERVED ON A
04:13:29 SELECTION PANEL FOR THE SABC, BROUGHT MY STUDENTS TO THE
04:13:33 GALLERY ON FIELD TRIPS AND ATTENDED MANY PROGRAMS AT
04:13:34 THE GALLERY INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, TALKS, OPENINGS,
04:13:36 PERFORMANCE AND MYRIAD OTHER PROGRAMS ALL THANKS TO MAYSOON
04:13:40 WADSWORTH'S. PLEASE RESTORE HER POSITION.
04:13:41 THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH KATIE ROBSON.
04:13:43 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
04:13:48 MY NAME IS KATIA. I'M THE CEO OF LATINO TASK
04:13:50 FORCE. >> AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, THE
04:13:51 LATINO COMMUNITY IS 50% OF THE SAN FRANCISCO'S POPULATION.
04:13:56 >> YET WE ARE WE REPRESENT 31% OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC
04:13:59 AND WORKFORCE ENGINE. >> OUR ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION IS
04:14:03 3.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL PURCHASING POWER AND OVER 1
04:14:07 BILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL TAXES IN SAN FRANCISCO ALONE, FOUR
04:14:10 THOUSAND LATINO OWNED BUSINESSES BRING IN ABOUT $250
04:14:13 MILLION ANNUALLY TO THE CITY. HOWEVER, 34% OF LATINOS ARE
04:14:17 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:14:20 AND DESPITE THAT, WE'RE BEING ESSENTIAL TO SAN FRANCISCO'S
04:14:22 ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT. >> OUR FUNDING HAS DROPPED 73%
04:14:25 IN JUST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE CUTS ABOUT 600,000 FOR
04:14:29 MOST 4.5 MILLION FROM OH THAT EQUALS ABOUT 5.1 MILLION.
04:14:34 WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR YOU GUYS TO RESTORE THOSE CUTS.
04:14:36 IT'S A VERY UNFORTUNATE TO HAVE US HERE AGAIN YEAR AFTER YEAR
04:14:39 ASKING US FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE DESERVE.
04:14:42 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING
04:14:43 THIS COMMITTEE. NEXT SPEAKER.
04:14:49 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KATHERINE O'CONNOR.
04:14:54 I AM THE JOB THE DIRECTOR OF JOB PLACEMENT AT MISSION
04:14:57 LANGUAGE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL LATINO TASK FORCE.
04:14:59 AS A FIRST GENERATION LATINA I UNDERSTAND HOW LIFE CHALLENGE
04:15:00 CHANGES ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CAREER
04:15:04 OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE. I WORK DIRECTLY WITH EMPLOYERS
04:15:08 ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO AND I CAN SINCERELY HEAR THAT THEY NEED
04:15:11 QUALIFIED WORKERS. AT THE SAME TIME I MEET
04:15:12 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND IMMIGRANTS FAMILIES WHO ARE
04:15:15 EAGER TO WORK BUT NEED ACCESS TO TRAINING, CERTIFICATION
04:15:18 AND PATHWAYS INTO GOOD PAYING CAREERS.
04:15:21 LATINOS MAKE UP NEARLY 31% OF SAN FRANCISCO WORKFORCE
04:15:22 AND IMMIGRANT ARE A VITAL PART OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY WHEN WE
04:15:26 INVEST IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
04:15:28 AND THAT'S COMING PROGRESS WE'RE INVESTING IN PEOPLE WHO
04:15:30 KEEP ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESS STRONG PROGRAMS
04:15:33 IN HEALTH CARE, HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY PROGRAMS TO
04:15:35 PROVIDE PRESIDENTS DENSE WITH INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED SKILLS THAT
04:15:38 LEAD DIRECTLY TO EMPLOYMENT WHILE HELPING EMPLOYERS FILL
04:15:41 CRITICAL WORKFORCE NEEDS. THESE PROGRAMS CREATE PATHWAYS
04:15:45 TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR FAMILIES AND STRENGTHEN THE
04:15:46 INDUSTRIES THEY KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING.
04:15:49 I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING AND FUNDING
04:15:51 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES THAT EXPAND
04:15:53 OPPORTUNITY STRENGTH IN THE ECONOMY.
04:15:54 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE.
04:15:58 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> ALL RIGHT.
04:16:04 GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JENNY ROBLES.
04:16:08 I WORK FOR THE LATINO TASK FORCE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
04:16:09 THE PANDEMIC. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT
04:16:14 OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE HAVE FOR OUR SAN FRANCISCO
04:16:17 RESIDENTS. I DON'T JUST SAY LATINO BECAUSE
04:16:18 WE SERVE EVERYBODY. THE PROGRAM PROVIDERS IN THIS
04:16:21 ROOM SERVE EVERYBODY. THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
04:16:25 SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD BE SUPPORTING ITS PEOPLE.
04:16:28 >> OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM HAS SERVED OVER 300 INDIVIDUALS
04:16:29 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE WITH ACCESS
04:16:33 TO TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRAININGS ,ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND JUST
04:16:36 A SIMPLE SAFE HAVEN TO EVEN BEGIN TO ASK FOR THIS HELP.
04:16:40 ALLOWING THESE BUDGET CUTS NOT ONLY DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE
04:16:44 QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MANY PEOPLE BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THAT YOU
04:16:45 TRULY DON'T CARE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR PEOPLE.
04:16:48 I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER RECONSIDER THESE PROPOSED CUTS
04:16:52 AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
04:16:53 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MUCH JENNY ROBLES.
04:16:56 NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
04:17:03 >> MY NAME IS JEREMIAH BARBER. I'M AN ARTIST AND I TEACH
04:17:04 SCULPTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS.
04:17:07 I'VE ALSO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2008
04:17:09 IN DISTRICT SIX. I RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE
04:17:10 ARTS COMMISSION IN 2013 FRESH OUT OF GRADUATE SCHOOL.
04:17:13 I EXHIBITED IN THE ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY IN 2016.
04:17:17 I WAS ALSO COMMISSIONED TO MAKE A PERFORMANCE IN THE GALLERY
04:17:18 IN THAT SAME YEAR. I WALKED HERE TODAY AS I
04:17:21 FREQUENTLY DO TO GO SEE PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS IN THE
04:17:25 GALLERY. IT'S NOT AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY
04:17:28 THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY THE ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY
04:17:30 ALLOWED ME TO BUILD A LIFE AS AN ARTIST HERE IN THE BAY AREA.
04:17:33 >> AND THESE UNNECESSARY CUTS THAT ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
04:17:37 DIRECTED TO THE ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY CUTTING THE STAFF BY
04:17:40 HALF ARE GOING TO MAKE IT SO THAT YOUNG ARTISTS ARE NOT ABLE
04:17:41 TO STAY AND BUILD A LIFE AS ARTISTS HERE IN THE CITY.
04:17:45 I'M HERE TO URGE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO TO REVERSE THE
04:17:49 FUNDING CUTS TO FUND THE ARTS COMMISSION DIRECTLY FROM THE
04:17:53 GENERAL FUND AND TO RESTORE THE STAFF POSITIONS OF MASON WAS
04:17:54 WAS INJURED OUTWARD WHERE CRITICAL STAFF THAT HAVE
04:17:58 SUPPORTED HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS IN THE CITY.
04:18:00 THE ARTS COMMISSION DOES FAR MORE THAN PUT ART ON THE WALLS.
04:18:02 IT ACTUALLY BUILDS THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR CITY.
04:18:05 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING MY
04:18:07 BARBER NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO SUPERVISORS.
04:18:11 I'M TONY. I'M A SENIOR AT WASHINGTON HIGH
04:18:16 SCHOOL. I'M PART OF CHINATOWN.
04:18:17 ALLEYWAY TOWARDS AUSTIN AS CATS WHICH IS A YOUTH PROGRAM THAT'S
04:18:20 PART OF CHINATOWN CDC AND I'M HERE TO ASK TO NOT CUT OUR
04:18:23 FUNDING. AS A TEENAGER THAT GREW UP
04:18:24 IN CHINATOWN FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY.
04:18:27 THIS PROGRAM MEANS A LOT TO ME. CAT HAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
04:18:31 IT'S A DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM FOR TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS
04:18:34 FOR JOB READINESS. MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM
04:18:39 CATS HAS ALLOWED ME TO IMPROVE ON MANY SKILLS ESPECIALLY
04:18:40 INTERVIEWS AS I WAS INTERVIEWING FOR THIS PROGRAM
04:18:43 TWICE. AND I WAS AN INTERVIEWER FOR
04:18:46 OUR NEXT COHORT. THOSE AND THESE INTERVIEWS
04:18:47 TAUGHT ME THE PREPAREDNESS AND ESSENTIAL SKILLS NEEDED FOR
04:18:51 THE PROCESS. BUT BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE
04:18:55 SHOWS ME HOW PREPARED INTERVIEWEES ARE AND THE TIME
04:18:58 PEOPLE PUT TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THIS OPPORTUNITY.
04:18:59 AND LATER ON SEE HOW THEY DEVELOP AND LEARN FROM THIS
04:19:02 PROGRAM AS I DID. NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S A PROGRAM
04:19:06 THAT HELPS YOUTH TO IMPROVE THEIR PUBLIC SPEAKING LEARNING
04:19:09 SKILLS LIKE COMMUNICATION AND I'M ABLE TO REACH OUT TO
04:19:13 ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND MENTORS WITHOUT HESITATION TO PLAN OUT
04:19:17 OUR SPEAKING PART. >> BUT THANK YOU MUCH TONY.
04:19:19 NEXT SPEAKER HI, MY NAME IS MAGGIE AND I'M A FRESHMAN AT UC
04:19:28 SANTA CRUZ. I GREW UP IN CHINATOWN LIVING
04:19:32 IN SRO. IN HIGH SCHOOL I WOULD COME TO
04:19:35 AN HOUR EACH WAY JUST TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND SERVICE EVENTS FOR
04:19:38 OUR SISTER PROGRAM A DROP IN ALLEYWAY.
04:19:39 EVEN AFTER MOVING AWAY TO COLLEGE I MADE THE DECISION TO
04:19:43 STAY INVOLVED. I TRAVEL ALMOST FOUR HOURS BACK
04:19:46 TO SAN FRANCISCO TWICE A MONTH FROM SIERRA SANTA CRUZ TO COME
04:19:50 BACK FOR A CHINATOWN ALLEYWAY TOYS.
04:19:51 THAT IS HOW MUCH THIS PROGRAM MEANS TO ME GROWING UP LIVING
04:19:55 IN AN SRO. IT WAS EASY TO OVERLOOK THE
04:19:58 RESILIENCE OF MY COMMUNITY SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS MY
04:19:59 EVERYDAY LIFE. CHINATOWN TOYS DIDN'T JUST
04:20:02 TEACH ME ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CHINATOWN BUT ALSO HELPED ME
04:20:06 BETTER UNDERSTAND MY OWN STORY AND HOW MY EXPERIENCES GROWING
04:20:10 UP IN CHINATOWN ARE CONNECTED TO THE HISTORY, STRUGGLES
04:20:12 AND STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPED SHAPED WHO I AM
04:20:15 TODAY. NOW I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
04:20:18 HELP SHARE THESE STORIES WITH OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNGER
04:20:20 GENERATIONS SO THEY CAN FEEL PROUD OF WHERE THEY COME FROM
04:20:23 AND STAY CONNECTED TO THEIR ROOTS.
04:20:25 I WANT TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE FULLY RESTORE M.O. MHC CUTS
04:20:30 INCLUDING TO TOURISTS. >> THANK YOU.
04:20:31 THANK YOU MUCH MAGGIE. THANKS SPEAKER.
04:20:36 >> >> HELLO EVERYONE. I JUST GRADUATED FROM LAW HIGH
04:20:40 SCHOOL. MY NAME IS SUZANNA.
04:20:41 THE YOUTH PROGRAM FUNDING HELPED ME FIRSTHAND BY GIVING
04:20:44 ME OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP OUT THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY BY
04:20:48 HOSTING MULTIPLE EVENTS EACH MONTH WHICH HELPED ME GAIN
04:20:49 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE. IT ALSO HELPED ME BUILD
04:20:52 RELATIONSHIPS OF LONG TERM FRIENDS.
04:20:56 THIS BUDGET THAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE CUT IS AFFECTING
04:20:57 MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND CUTS HEARING THEIR EXPERIENCE
04:21:00 AND CUTS. THEY MENTIONED HOW MUCH THEY
04:21:01 GAIN MORE CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES.
04:21:03 THEY WOULD BE THE PERSON I LOOK UP TO.
04:21:05 I'D ASK THEM FOR ADVICE FOR HOW I CAN BE MORE CONFIDENT
04:21:08 IN MYSELF. I'VE BEEN PART OF KDKA'S YOUTH
04:21:11 PROGRAM FOR FOUR YEARS NOW AND I'M AN UPCOMING FRESHMAN
04:21:15 IN COLLEGE. >> AS A FRESHMAN I WAS TOO
04:21:18 SCARED TO TALK TO ANYONE. I'LL BE A FOLLOWER.
04:21:19 NOW AS AN UPCOMING COLLEGE STUDENT I HAVE THE SELF-ESTEEM
04:21:23 IN MYSELF AND AM ABLE TO TAKE THAT INITIATIVE TO MAKE THAT
04:21:26 CHANGE. WHAT DO YOUR PROGRAMS I WHEN I
04:21:30 HAVE ANYONE TO SUPPORT ME IN MY GROWTH AS A STUDENT.
04:21:32 THESE FOUR YEARS IN THE YOUTH PROGRAMS GAVE ME SO MUCH
04:21:34 GRATITUDE. THE FUNDS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP
04:21:37 OTHER YOUTH OTHER YOUTH IN THEIR JOURNEY TO HELP THEIR
04:21:38 COMMUNITY AND GIVE THEM A VOICE.
04:21:41 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, SUZANNE.
04:21:42 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, MY NAME IS GRACE LEE
04:21:49 AND I'M A RISING SENIOR AT LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL.
04:21:52 >> BEFORE JOINING ADOPT AN ALLEYWAY, THE SISTER PROGRAM OF
04:21:55 CATS I WOULD HAVE NEVER VOLUNTEER TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF
04:21:57 A ROOM LIKE THIS. TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE
04:21:59 CONFIDENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS I'VE DEVELOPED THROUGH
04:22:01 THIS PROGRAM, I'M STANDING HERE TODAY ADVOCATING FOR A PROGRAM
04:22:04 WHERE I'VE NOT ONLY MADE SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE
04:22:07 CONNECTIONS AND FRIENDSHIPS BUT I'VE GAINED REAL WORLD
04:22:08 EXPERIENCE THAT HELPED ME SUCCEED IN LIFE BEYOND THE
04:22:11 CLASSROOM. >> OVER THE YEARS I'VE
04:22:12 WITNESSED THE IMPACT THAT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ON ITS YOUTH ME
04:22:15 INCLUDED. >> I'VE SEEN MY PEERS GO FROM
04:22:18 TIMID INDIVIDUALS SCARED TO COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL TO
04:22:20 BEING CONFIDENT LEADERS, ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ROLE
04:22:23 MODELS FOR OTHERS. >> WITHOUT PROGRAMS LIKE THESE,
04:22:26 STUDENTS LIKE ME WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE
04:22:27 ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
04:22:30 >> THE FUNDING BEING DISCUSSED IS SUPPORTING FUTURE LEADERS,
04:22:34 FUTURE PROFESSIONALS AND FUTURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING
04:22:36 TO LOOK FOR A PLACE TO LEARN TO GROW AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
04:22:40 BELONG. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESTORE
04:22:43 ALL EMOJI CD CUTS INCLUDING CHINATOWN ALLEYWAY TOURS SO
04:22:46 THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY IS
04:22:50 THAT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE.
04:22:52 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU GRACIOUSLY.
04:22:53 >> NEXT SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON. >> MY NAME IS KELVIN LIM
04:23:00 AND I'M AN INCOMING FIRST YEAR AT CAL POLY AND A TALL GUY
04:23:04 INTERN FOR KDKA'S CHINATOWN ALLIGATORS OR CATS?
04:23:07 HAS HELPED ME FIND MY VOICE AND GROW INTO A MORE CONFIDENT
04:23:09 LEADER. BEFORE JOINING CATS I STRUGGLE
04:23:13 WITH CONFIDENCE AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I
04:23:17 WAS AFRAID OF BEING JUDGED THROUGH LEADING TOURS
04:23:19 AND SHARING THE STORIES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
04:23:20 I LEARNED HOW TO SPEAK COHERENTLY IN FRONT OF A LARGE
04:23:24 GROUP AND TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES AND EVEN FACILITATING THE
04:23:28 RECENT UNVEILING OF THE MOSAIC MURAL IN CHINATOWN.
04:23:31 >> I NOW USE THESE SKILLS FOR THE MEETINGS AND EVENTS
04:23:32 AND OTHER YOUTH PROGRAMS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HELP
04:23:36 ME IN MY COLLEGE AND MY FUTURE CAREER.
04:23:39 CASS IS A PLACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TRUSTED TO LEAD
04:23:42 AND WHERE OUR VOICES ACTUALLY MATTER.
04:23:43 CUTTING FAST WOULD TAKE AWAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEAD YOU
04:23:46 LIKE ME INTO CONFIDENT AND CAPABLE ADULTS.
04:23:50 SO PLEASE FULLY RESTORE ALL MY CITY CUTS INCLUDING CHINATOWN
04:23:54 ALLEYWAY TOWARDS SO OUR FUTURE LEADERS CAN HAVE THE SAME
04:23:55 OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
04:23:58 FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER.
04:24:01 GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS SUPERVISORS MY NAME IS JEFFREY
04:24:06 AND I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
04:24:10 I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE RESTORE THE FUNDS THAT
04:24:13 WERE CUT FROM AMERICA'S CITIES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
04:24:17 FOR THE CHINATOWN ELEVATOR'S OR KATZ YOUTH PROGRAM.
04:24:21 BEING PART OF A ADOPT AN ALLEYWAY AND CAMPAIGN ACADEMY
04:24:22 SISTERS PROGRAM TO CUTS HAVE ALLOWED ME TO DEVELOP IMPORTANT
04:24:26 LEADERSHIP AND JOB READINESS SKILLS SUCH AS PUBLIC SPEAKING,
04:24:29 TEAMWORK AND CONFIDENCE. HAVING BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR
04:24:32 TWO YEARS, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON
04:24:36 PARTICIPANTS AND THE COMMUNITY. AND THESE PROGRAMS I'VE NOT
04:24:40 ONLY GAINED SKILLS AND SUPPORT BUT ALSO FOUND A STRONG SENSE
04:24:41 OF COMMUNITY. I'VE FOUND AN IDENTITY AMONG
04:24:45 THE WONDERFUL CULTURE AND HISTORY OF CHINATOWN AND I
04:24:48 CANNOT IMAGINE WHERE I'D BE TODAY WITHOUT IT.
04:24:52 BY CUTTING CUTS FUNDING THE CITY WOULD REDUCE OPPORTUNITIES
04:24:53 FOR FUTURE YOUTH TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCES AND MENTORSHIP
04:24:56 THAT HELPED ME SUCCEED. I'M PLEASE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE
04:24:59 RESTORE FUNDING FOR CUTS SO THAT OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE CAN
04:25:04 HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE HAD.
04:25:07 >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, JEFFREY AND GO
04:25:10 MUSTANGS. >> NEXT SPEAKER HELLO?
04:25:11 SUPERVISOR. MY NAME IS MARBELLA.
04:25:15 I'M A RISING SENIOR AT LOWELL AND I'M IN THE PROGRAM ADOPT AN
04:25:19 ALLEYWAY UNDER DC WHICH IS ALSO THE SISTER PROGRAM OF CHINATOWN
04:25:22 ALLEYWAYS HAUS. I NEVER BELIEVED THAT I COULD
04:25:26 BE A CAPABLE LEADER IN SCHOOL I OFTEN FELL BEHIND AND ALWAYS
04:25:27 HAD TROUBLE MAKING FRIENDS. WHEN I JOINED ADOPT AN ALLEYWAY
04:25:30 LAST YEAR I WAS SCARED OF BEING ALONE.
04:25:33 I WAS SCARED OF NOT BEING WELCOMED BUT IT HAS BEEN
04:25:36 AND CHANGED ME FOR THE BETTER. I'VE BEEN WELCOMED WITH OPEN
04:25:40 ARMS AND I'VE ALSO MET SOME OF THE CLOSEST FRIENDS THROUGH
04:25:41 THIS PROGRAM. THROUGH BEING IN CHARGE OF
04:25:44 MEETINGS, EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOUTH
04:25:45 AND ELDERS, I'VE ALSO LEARNED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER
04:25:49 AND MENTOR. IN MANY JOB INTERVIEWS TODAY.
04:25:50 I STILL MENTION TRIPLE A. I ALSO HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO
04:25:53 ARE IN CHINATOWN ALLEYWAY TOYS AND THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW
04:25:57 CATS HAS MADE THEM INTO A BETTER PERSON AND SPEAKER.
04:26:01 >> WE ARE ALL IMO CREW CUTS INCLUDING CHINATOWN ALLEYWAY
04:26:04 TOWARDS OUR RESTORED. >> THIS BUDGET IS VITAL
04:26:07 IN UPLIFTING YOUTH AND THE FUTURE GENERATION AS PROGRAMS
04:26:11 ARE THE PATH FOR YOUTH TO CREATE CHANGE.
04:26:12 SO MANY YOUTH ARE LOST AND FEEL ISOLATED TODAY.
04:26:15 >> THESE PROGRAMS CHANGE ME FOR THE BETTER.
04:26:16 I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO. >> THANK YOU.
04:26:19 THANK YOU MUCH FROM BELOW. NEXT SPEAKER.
04:26:24 >> HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PHOEBE AND I HAVE
04:26:29 BEEN PART OF ALL THE WAITERS FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW.
04:26:32 I'VE SEEN A GROWN A LOT SINCE THE BEGINNING.
04:26:35 WHAT STARTED OFF AS ONLY SIX MEMBERS HAS NOW GROWN TO 12.
04:26:38 THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT CHANGE IN NUMBERS AND HAVING TO
04:26:40 RETAIN MEMBERS. WELL WHO'S PART OF THIS IS
04:26:43 THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR HELPING US KEEP THE PROGRAM RUNNING.
04:26:47 I FEEL THAT THERE AREN'T MANY PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT HELP
04:26:51 SUPPORT TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH AND GIVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO
04:26:52 THEM. I AM THANKFUL TO HAVE STAYED
04:26:55 HERE FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE TO NOW BE ABLE TO MENTOR NEW
04:26:59 PEERS. >> GIVEN ITS IMPORTANCE TO OUR
04:27:02 GOALS, I'M CONCERNED THAT REDUCING THE FUNDING HAS SET
04:27:03 BACK OUR PROGRESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
04:27:06 THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
04:27:10 CONTINUE HAVING FUN LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND BONDING
04:27:13 EVENTS TO MAKE IT ENJOYABLE. I HOPE THAT WITH YOUR CONTINUED
04:27:14 SUPPORT I'LL BE ABLE TO INSPIRE FUTURE LEADERS TO JOIN IN ON
04:27:18 THE FUN AND HAVE THEM BUILD THE COMMUNITY THAT I ENJOY BEING
04:27:22 PART OF EVERY DAY. SO PLEASE I ASK TO FULLY
04:27:25 RESTORE ALL OF OUR MORTGAGE CD'S CUTS INCLUDING THE PROGRAM
04:27:29 TRANSLATORS. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
04:27:32 PHOEBE. NEXT SPEAKER AND TRICKY HERE
04:27:39 IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY. IN THE WORDS OF THE IMMORTAL
04:27:40 DEMI. >> I ASK THAT YOU STOP THE CUTS
04:27:44 TO THE ARTS COMMISSION GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
04:27:48 DROP THE PRETENSE THAT THEY ARE NEEDED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
04:27:51 SHUT DOWN THIS UNINFORMED AND HARMFUL PROCESS AND LET
04:27:55 MATTHEW GET HIRED BY THE MAYOR TO OVERSEE THE MERGER OF
04:27:57 THE ARTS AGENCIES. OPEN UP SHOP.
04:27:59 THESE CUTS ARE PREMATURE. A TRANSFER OF FUNCTION TO MERGE
04:28:03 THE AGENCIES HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED AND THE UNIONS HAVE NOT
04:28:06 BARGAINED OVER THE MERGER OF THE ARTS COMMISSION.
04:28:10 GRANTS FOR THE ARTS AND FILM ASSETS.
04:28:11 MATTHEW WAS HIRED TO DO THIS WORK BECAUSE OF HIS COMMUNITY
04:28:14 BACKGROUND AND EXPERTISE IN THE ARTS.
04:28:17 IT'S CLEAR THESE CUTS WERE MADE WITH NO WONDER STANDING OF
04:28:21 THESE ROLES. >> STOP THE CUTS.
04:28:22 DROP THE PRETENSE. >> SHUT DOWN THE FALSE
04:28:26 NARRATIVE AND LET MATTHEW DO HIS JOB.
04:28:27 AND I WILL SAY WITH MY LAST 10S THAT THE ADVOCACY WORK THAT THE
04:28:30 STAFF AND COMMUNITY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE
04:28:33 RIGHT LEADERSHIP. THEY HAVE NOT DONE IT AND WE
04:28:36 SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED FOR ABSENT INCOMPETENT LEADERS.
04:28:39 >> THANK YOU MUCH AND TRICKY. NEXT SPEAKER.
04:28:43 >> HI MY NAME'S ANDY AND I'M AN ACADEMY JUNIOR AT GALILEO HIGH
04:28:48 SCHOOL. I'M PART OF CHARTER KIDS'S
04:28:50 PROGRAM WHICH I DON'T AGREE WITH DOORS WHICH IS OH NO, I'M
04:28:52 OKAY. THESE PROGRAMS HAD HAD A MAJOR
04:28:56 IMPACT ON MY LIFE BOTH SOCIALLY AND PERSONALLY.
04:29:00 DO VOLUNTEERING WITH SENIORS AND YOUTH IN A SHADOW
04:29:01 COMMUNITY. I'VE IN A VALUE OF BEING BI
04:29:04 LITERATE AND HOW IMPORTANT IS TO BRIDGE GENERATIONS DO
04:29:08 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL
04:29:11 BECAUSE THEY ENSURE THAT TOURS OF CHURCH DON'T INCLUDE THE
04:29:12 STORIES OF THE YOUTH IN A COMMUNITY NOT JUST POPULAR
04:29:16 STORIES AND FACADE THAT EVERYONE EVERYBODY KNOWS.
04:29:19 >> KATZ AND HIS TRAINING PROGRAM FAST-TRACK HAVE TAUGHT
04:29:22 ME INVALUABLE HISTORY OF MY COMMUNITY CHINATOWN.
04:29:24 IF OVER 100,000 IS CUT FROM OUR BUDGET DAY HISTORY MAY BE LOST
04:29:30 AND NEVER PASS ON TO A NEXT GENERATION.
04:29:31 HAVING THIS PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL TO YOUTH LIKE ME
04:29:34 BECAUSE IT TEACHES US THAT OUR STORIES INCLUDE MY EXPERIENCE
04:29:38 AS AN IMMIGRANT ARE VALUABLE AND WORTH SHARING.
04:29:41 THESE PROGRAMS DO MORE THAN FOR OUR SERVICES TO PRESERVE
04:29:45 HISTORY, AMPLIFY YOU VOICES AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO NEED THE
04:29:49 MOST. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
04:29:50 ANDY. NEXT SPEAKER.
04:29:57 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. SUPERVISOR MY NAME IS QUINN
04:29:58 CHUNG. I'M A PARENT LEADER WITH
04:30:01 HEARING VOICES. I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY DAUGHTER
04:30:04 . >> WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOU FOR
04:30:05 CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN FAMILY ,FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR CARE.
04:30:09 MANY FAMILIES RELY ON GRANDPARENTS RELATIVE FRIENDS
04:30:12 AND NEIGHBORS TO CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
04:30:14 >> THESE CAREGIVER ARE OFTEN THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES
04:30:17 PROVIDING TRUSTED, FLEXIBLE CARE THAT MEETS FAMILY NEEDS
04:30:21 FROM FAMILY. FOR MANY PARENTS LIKE MYSELF,
04:30:24 EVEN CARE IS NOT A BACKUP OPTION.
04:30:25 >> IS THIS WHAT WORK BEST FOR OUR FAMILY?
04:30:29 >> INVESTING IN EVENT CARE HELP ENSURE THAT CHILDREN RECEIVE
04:30:32 QUALITY CARE AND EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITY IS WHILE REMAINING
04:30:36 WITH PEOPLE THEY KNOW AND TRUST.
04:30:37 >> I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND FUNDING
04:30:41 THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR CARE SO THAT MORE
04:30:45 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CAN THRIVE.
04:30:47 PLEASE HONOR THE FUNDING COMMITMENTS UP ABC AS APPROVED
04:30:49 BY THE VOTERS AND PLEASE STOP USING IT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
04:30:52 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
04:30:58 >> THANK YOU SUPERVISORS. WE JUST POINTED OUT THE FLOOR
04:31:03 TO BILL. >> IT'S FALLING APART.
04:31:04 NO THANK. >> THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING
04:31:06 COMMITMENT TO EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION AND WE ALSO THANK
04:31:11 THE MAYOR FOR EARLIER ON EXPANDING COVERAGE TO FAMILIES
04:31:14 AS MANDATED AND MAYBE SEE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL MANY
04:31:22 UNFUNDED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN CERTIFIED OVER 100 CHILDREN ARE
04:31:25 ON THE WAITING LIST UNDER FIVE AND OVER A THOUSAND MORE UNDER
04:31:31 FIVE CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE. SO WHAT OUTREACH ARE WE DOING
04:31:34 TO LET THESE FAMILIES KNOW THEY ARE QUALIFIED?
04:31:38 AND DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLY IN THE ALPHA NETWORK, THE ALPHA
04:31:40 NETWORK TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MANY FAMILIES LIKE QUINN, LIKE
04:31:46 BETSEY? >> BETSY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
04:31:47 HERE BUT SHE'S THINKING OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER.
04:31:50 >> BETSY WAS GIVEN A LIST OF PROVIDERS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO
04:31:51 DO EVENING CARE AND WEEKEND CARE BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER WAS
04:31:54 STARTING WORK THAT COVERS ONE STATE'S SUNDAY.
04:31:57 BUT NONE OF THESE PROVIDERS ACTUALLY DO THOSE KIND OF CARE.
04:32:01 >> SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT NEED.
04:32:05 WE WANT TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND ACCESS AND WE CANNOT FORGET
04:32:06 THE CHILDREN'S PARENTS WORK AND SERVICE INDUSTRY THE
04:32:09 CURRENT SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THAT NEEDS SO BUT THANK YOU MUCH FOR
04:32:14 ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE. >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
04:32:19 >> GOOD AFTERNOON JOHN OZAKI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF C Y C WE
04:32:24 HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE SAN
04:32:28 FRANCISCO YOUTH WORKS PROGRAM AND I CAME HERE TO ADDRESS SOME
04:32:31 OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE HERE EARLIER TODAY.
04:32:35 I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THESE POSITIONS AND THESE
04:32:38 OPPORTUNITIES HAVE COME ABOUT BECAUSE OF DECADES OF CAREFULLY
04:32:42 CRAFTED OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATIONSHIP GAPS THAT HAVE
04:32:47 BEEN BUILT. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT IF
04:32:49 THIS CUT HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE 300 YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT
04:32:52 WILL BE ELIMINATED. AND I WANT YOU ALL TO JUST
04:32:55 CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT A $2 MILLION REDUCTION TO A SINGLE
04:33:00 PROGRAM AND A SINGLE ORGANIZATION SEEMS REASONABLE
04:33:03 WHEN THE ENTIRE WHEN IT'S ALMOST HALF OF WHAT THE ENTIRE
04:33:07 DEPARTMENT IS ELIMINATING. YOU KNOW THE SAN FRANCISCO I
04:33:10 KNOW PRIORITIZE KIDS AS YOUNG PEOPLE AND I DO THINK THAT THE
04:33:15 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT AND NEED THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO SIMPLY
04:33:19 PURSUE A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE WHERE THEY MIGHT BE
04:33:22 ABLE TO AFFORD IN SAN FRANCISCO DESERVE IT.
04:33:26 >> THANK YOU MUCH JANOS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
04:33:29 >> HELLO. MY NAME IS AARON BOJACK.
04:33:33 I'M A HOMEOWNER AND A RESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
04:33:36 ARTS COMMUNITY. >> I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
04:33:40 SFA GALLERIES AND TO URGE YOU ALL TO DO YOUR BEST TO
04:33:45 REINSTATE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY REMOVED.
04:33:48 WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE CLAIMING THAT THE S.F. ARTS AND CULTURE
04:33:52 WILL BE THE ENGINE OF OUR RECOVERY, IT'S RIDICULOUS TO
04:33:56 EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN WHILE REDUCING THE RESOURCES
04:34:00 AVAILABLE TO US. >> WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF LOSS
04:34:06 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. ALL OF THE MAJOR ART SCHOOLS
04:34:08 ARE GONE AND THE SFA C GALLERY IS A DIRECT LINE TO THAT
04:34:15 COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
04:34:18 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH AERONAUTIC.
04:34:19 NEXT SPEAKER. >> AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
04:34:26 MY NAME IS ROCHELLE AXEL. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ARTS FOR A
04:34:27 BETTER BAY AREA. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT
04:34:30 THE FOLKS ADVOCATING FOR THE GALLERY SAID.
04:34:31 I'D LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE BROADLY TO THE ARTS
04:34:34 COMMISSION AND ITS BUDGET THIS YEAR THE ARTS COMMISSION
04:34:37 ALLOCATED FROM ITS PROPERTY 2018 HOTEL TAX ARTS FUNDS.
04:34:42 22% OF THOSE FUNDS WERE FOR ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ARTS
04:34:46 COMMISSION. NOT ALL WENT TO ADMINISTRATION
04:34:48 TO COVER THE GRANTS PROGRAM WHICH IS WHAT THE VOTERS 75% OF
04:34:50 THEM WANTED THE MONEY TO GO FOR .
04:34:53 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS TO POACH
04:34:54 FUNDS IN ORDER TO COVER STAFF AND AVOID LAYOFFS AS THEY DO
04:34:58 FOR MANY DEPARTMENTS. IT'S NOT WHAT THE VOTERS WANTED
04:35:04 AND WITHOUT THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF ARTS COMMISSION
04:35:05 LEADERSHIP, THE AND THE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T REALLY
04:35:07 NEGOTIATE TO FIGHT FOR THE CORRECT SPENDING OF THE FUNDS
04:35:10 THAT THEY WERE ALLOCATED OR ADVOCATE FOR DROP IN THE BUCKET
04:35:13 GRANT GENERAL FUNDS THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED THE ARTS COMMISSION
04:35:16 TO CONTINUE IN FUNCTION. SO MY QUESTION IS WHERE IS THE
04:35:18 SUSTAINABLE REVENUE STRATEGIES ON THE CITY'S STAFF?
04:35:20 IT'S REALLY TROUBLING THAT THE MAYOR CAN HANDILY RAISE $60
04:35:24 MILLION FOR ONE OFF EVENTS DOWNTOWN THAT HAVE NO LASTING
04:35:28 IMPACT ON COMMUNITY ACCESS EXPECTED.
04:35:31 >> THANK YOU BUT THANK YOU ROCHELLE AXEL.
04:35:32 NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI I'M ON YOUR ZIGMUND WITH
04:35:38 THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET COALITION HERE TO SAY ONCE AGAIN THAT WE
04:35:39 STAND WITH EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS SPEAKING HERE
04:35:43 TODAY AND WE URGE YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT THEY SAY IN THE
04:35:46 COMING WEEKS AS WE CONSIDER THE BLA AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
04:35:51 RECOMMEND TO CUT EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL COME BEFORE YOU
04:35:54 BEGGING FOR A NEW POSITION BEGGING FOR SOMETHING ELSE
04:35:57 AND SOMETHING HERE AND SOMETHING THERE AND WE WANT
04:35:59 YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING CLASS
04:36:02 PEOPLE AND EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE FROM HERE ON OUT THESE
04:36:05 ARE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT DECISIONS BUT WHEN YOU MAKE THE
04:36:09 HARD DECISIONS TO PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY WE CAN STAND WITH YOU
04:36:12 AND WE CAN STAND FOR YOU FOR A BUDGET THAT INVESTS IN ALL OF
04:36:16 OUR PEOPLE AND GETS OUT OF THIS DEFICIT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT
04:36:20 IS SUSTAINABLE AND IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T GUT OUR SOCIAL
04:36:24 SAFETY NET OR GUT OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR THE SAKE OF
04:36:27 OVERINVESTMENT IN POLICING, INCARCERATION AND WE REALLY
04:36:32 CAN'T PROTECT OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NET HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:36:36 >> BUT IT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US.
04:36:37 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ON YOUR THE SECRET NEXT SPEAKER.
04:36:43 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS CHAO.
04:36:47 I'M THE CHINATOWN CBC STAFF OF THE CHINATOWN ALLEYWAY TOWARDS
04:36:49 PROGRAM AND I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD A LOT FROM MY YOUTH
04:36:52 ALREADY. >> CHINATOWN IS I MEAN SAN
04:36:54 FRANCISCO HAS LONG PRIDED ITSELF IN ITS COMMITMENT TO
04:36:56 EQUITY, ENSURING THAT EVERY RESIDENT AND REGARDLESS OF
04:36:59 LANGUAGE AND BACKGROUND OR IMMIGRATION STATUS CAN ACCESS
04:37:02 TO SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.
04:37:06 BUT THE BUDGET CUTS THAT MY CITY BASED FUNDING PROGRAMS
04:37:07 DIRECTLY UNDERMINE THAT COMMITMENT AND THEY FALL
04:37:10 HARDEST ON COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT.
04:37:11 THE MOST IN CHINATOWN. >> THAT MEANS THAT LOW INCOME
04:37:14 YOUTH AND RESIDENTS LOSING ACCESS TO A PROGRAM THAT GIVES
04:37:18 THEM SOMETHING RARE LEADERSHIP TRAINING, WORKFORCE SKILLS,
04:37:22 CULTURE, IDENTITY AND DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE ECONOMIC LIFE
04:37:25 OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL PROGRAMS AND ABILITY TO OPERATE
04:37:26 ITS POTENTIAL ARE ALL CUTTING THIS FUNDING DOESN'T JUST
04:37:32 HINDER THE PROGRAM'S GROWTH AND ABILITY TO OPERATE IT
04:37:34 POTENTIALLY CLOSES A DOOR TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
04:37:37 ALREADY FACING BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY.
04:37:39 I URGE THIS BODY TO PROTECT THIS FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
04:37:42 BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN GENERAL AND RESTORE ALMOST CITY
04:37:46 FUNDINGS TO ALL PROGRAMS AND CONTENT ALL THE WAY
04:37:51 TOWARDS. THANK YOU MUCH, JOE.
04:37:52 THE NEXT SPEAKER I AM A MEMBER OF THE UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN
04:38:04 FRANCISCO AND A PARA EDUCATOR IN MISSION HIGH SCHOOL AND A
04:38:05 MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
04:38:08 I STAND WITH MY UNION SIBLINGS IN SEIU AS THEY STOOD WITH US
04:38:12 WHEN WE WENT ON STRIKE IN FEBRUARY.
04:38:15 I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SINCE I
04:38:17 MOVED FROM CONNECTICUT SINCE FRANCISCO IN 2005.
04:38:20 I WAS MISSING MY HOMETOWN IN THE MYSTIC MARINE LIFE
04:38:23 AQUARIUM WHERE WHEN I STUMBLED ON THE TEMPORARY LOCATION OF
04:38:24 THE CAL ACADEMY ON HOWARD STREET EVEN THEN WITH THE SPACE
04:38:30 AND RESOURCES LIMITED I COULD FEEL THE LOVE AND CARE THE
04:38:31 EXHIBITS TEAM PUT INTO THEIR CRAFT.
04:38:34 I JOINED AS A MEMBER ON THE SPOT.
04:38:38 THE ACADEMY IS MY FAVORITE PLACE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I AM
04:38:39 ANGRY THAT MANAGEMENT WOULD DARE TO LAY OFF THOSE WHO WOULD
04:38:42 MAKE THIS PLACE SO SPECIAL RATHER THAN ENTERTAIN
04:38:45 ALTERNATIVES LIKE TAKING A PAY CUT THEMSELVES.
04:38:49 RENTED EXHIBITS ARE NOT WHY I GO TO THE ACADEMY.
04:38:53 TIME AND PLACE RELEVANCE IS WHY I GO TO THE ACADEMY.
04:38:56 I SLOP CANNOT REPLACE THE CARE AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AND SAN
04:39:00 FRANCISCO FLAIR THAT THE ACADEMY WORKERS PUT INTO THEIR
04:39:01 ART. ACCOUNTABLE ACCOUNTABILITY IS
04:39:05 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THE ACADEMY ACCOUNTABLE.
04:39:08 >> THANK YOU MUCH FOR ADDRESSING THIS COMMITTEE NEXT
04:39:10 SPEAKER. >> HELLO MY NAME IS CELESTE
04:39:15 CHAN. I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I
04:39:16 SERVE THE TENDERLOIN MISSION AND CIVIC CENTER.
04:39:19 AS A RECENT ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO ARTS
04:39:22 COMMISSION, I BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY FROM CITY STAFF
04:39:24 SUPPORT. I MAY SOON WADSWORTH'S
04:39:28 INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE FACT THAT SHE SERVED HUNDREDS
04:39:31 OF ARTISTS HELPED ME IMMENSELY TO BUILD OUT MY PROGRAM THAT
04:39:35 SHARED ORAL HISTORIES DIRECTLY FROM THE ACTIVIST RIGHT HERE
04:39:38 IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO CREATED THE FIELD OF ETHNIC STUDIES
04:39:42 IN THE 60S. >> I FIRST APPLIED FOR A SAN
04:39:43 FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION GRANT IN 2009 AND IT'S ITS
04:39:50 PACIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THAT FUNDING THAT I WAS ABLE TO
04:39:51 SUPPORT HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES ACROSS THE I
04:39:54 FRANCISCO. >> SO I AM URGING YOU TO
04:40:03 INCREASE THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION TO SAN FRANCISCO
04:40:07 ARTS COMMISSION. I'M URGING YOU TO RESTORE THE
04:40:10 SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION STAFF POSITIONS BOTH MAYSOON
04:40:14 OSWALDS AND JAN ATWOOD WITH THE UPCOMING MERGER HAS EXPIRED BUT
04:40:19 THANK YOU MUCH LESS JAN NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
04:40:24 >> HI MY NAME IS MICHELLE AND I WORK CLOSELY WITH A YOUTH FROM
04:40:28 CHINATOWN ALLEYWAY TOURS OR KATZ.
04:40:32 BEFORE MY CURRENT ROLE I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER
04:40:33 IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WHILE TEACHERS DO INCREDIBLE
04:40:36 WORK. CLASS SIZES ARE TOO LARGE TO
04:40:39 FULLY SUPPORT EVERY YOUNG PERSON IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS
04:40:41 THEY NEED TO THRIVE BEYOND SCHOOL.
04:40:43 THROUGH MY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY I HAVE WITNESSED THE
04:40:44 FIRSTHAND THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT OF KATZ.
04:40:48 KATZ IS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE BECAUSE STUDENTS LEARN THE
04:40:51 HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CHINATOWN'S LEGACY WHICH
04:40:52 CLOSELY TIES TO THEIR OWN IMMIGRATION STORIES.
04:40:55 WHILE MANY STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS CHINESE-AMERICAN, THEY MAY NOT
04:40:58 FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RESILIENCE AND SACRIFICE THAT SHAPED BOTH
04:41:00 THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES.
04:41:02 BY EXPLORING THESE SHARED STORIES YOU DEVELOP A STRONGER
04:41:05 SENSE OF IDENTITY, BELONGING AND CULTURAL PRIDE AND GAINS
04:41:07 EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP IN THEIR PLACE IN THE
04:41:10 LARGER S.F. COMMUNITY. IF WE LOSE THIS SOURCE OF
04:41:14 FUNDING, THESE STUDENTS LOSE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW NOT
04:41:17 ONLY IN CONFIDENCE AND PUBLIC SPEAKING BUT ALSO
04:41:18 IN ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP, LIFE SKILLS, JOB READINESS
04:41:21 AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR OWN IDENTITIES.
04:41:24 I URGE YOU TO PRESERVE THE FUNDING FOR KATZ AND TO
04:41:26 RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS VALUE THIS PROGRAM BRINGS TO OUR
04:41:29 YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
04:41:30 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
04:41:32 >> NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
04:41:36 MY NAME'S MOLINA, MY PROJECT COORDINATOR TRYING TO ELEVATE
04:41:40 THE CENTER. AND I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF
04:41:41 OF WHEN YOU SEE A TOUR GUIDE. I WAS TRYING TO HOLLYWOOD
04:41:44 TOWARDS THOSE CATS. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU PLEASE DO
04:41:45 NOT CUT THE FUNDING FOR OR TRY TO ELEVATE WORSE UNDER IMAGE
04:41:49 THEORY AS CHINESE IMMIGRANT WHEN I FIRST JOINED I WAS A
04:41:53 TEEN AND SURE MY VOICE HURT AND WHERE I BELONG CASCADED
04:41:55 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP AND COMMUNITY THAT BLEEP ME
04:41:59 BEFORE I BELIEVE IN MYSELF TODAY TO SOME PERSON WHO ONCE
04:42:01 COULDN'T TALK TO STRANGERS HAS HAS LED HUNDREDS OF TOURS
04:42:04 SHARING HIS RESILIENCE STORIES OF CHINATOWN IN TAIWAN ASIAN
04:42:07 AMERICAN STORY HIS STORIES OFTEN OVERLOOK CASTING.
04:42:11 >> SURE, THOSE STORIES ARE PRESERVED AND TOLD BY THE YOUTH
04:42:12 WHO LIFT THEM, WHO BELIEVE FAMILY TO SHARE THE SAME VALUES
04:42:15 AND HAS EACH OTHER'S BACK. HE HAS NOT ONLY A TOUR PROGRAM
04:42:18 IT'S LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL EMPOWERMENT.
04:42:21 WE CAME PUBLIC SPEAKING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS
04:42:22 AND PREPARES FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS.
04:42:25 BUT BEYOND THAT WE CAN PRAY WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM.
04:42:29 PLEASE CONTINUE TO FUND CASH SO THE NEXT TEENAGERS LIKE ME CAN
04:42:33 ALSO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
04:42:34 >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. THANKS SPEAKER GOOD AFTERNOON
04:42:40 SUPERVISORS. >> I'LL BE READING ON BEHALF OF
04:42:42 A YOUTH THAT CANNOT ATTEND TODAY SO HELLO EVERYONE.
04:42:45 MY NAME IS JOYCE, AN UPCOMING FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE AND I'M A
04:42:49 MEMBER OF CHINATOWN. >> CHLOE TOURS A PROGRAM PART
04:42:50 OF C CHINATOWN. >> OUR TOURS HAS ALLOWED ME TO
04:42:53 SEE SO MUCH PACKED INTO A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AMAZING
04:42:56 AND SUPPORTIVE COORDINATORS AND PEERS I HAVE GAINED
04:42:59 SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS THAT
04:43:01 HAVE HELPED ME BE ON TOUR GUIDING.
04:43:04 I COME FROM A LOW INCOME FAMILY WITH MY PARENTS WHO CONSTANTLY
04:43:06 WORK OVERTIME TO SUPPORT MY SIBLING AND I AND I'VE BEEN
04:43:10 ABLE TO LESSEN THE BURDEN THROUGH WORKING AT CHINATOWN
04:43:12 AWAY TOWARDS PART TIME BY SUPPORTING MY FAMILY
04:43:15 FINANCIALLY I'M ABLE TO HELP BUY GROCERIES, PAY FOR SCHOOL
04:43:19 EXPENSES INCLUDING EXAM FEES AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AS WELL AS
04:43:22 SAVE FOR COLLEGE. PLEASE CONSIDER CONTINUING
04:43:24 FUNDING PROGRAMS LIKE CHINATOWN TOURS.
04:43:26 MANY OF OUR TOUR GUIDES INCLUDING MYSELF BENEFIT DEEPLY
04:43:30 FROM THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE.
04:43:31 >> THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T JUST TEACH HISTORY BUT ALSO KEEP OUR
04:43:35 COMMUNITY STORIES ALIVE THROUGH YOUTH VOICES.
04:43:38 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH.
04:43:38 CHOICE BY PROXY NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO DISTRICT SUPERVISORS.
04:43:44 MY NAME IS KITCHEN AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING KDKA'S CHINATOWN
04:43:52 ALLEYWAY TOWARDS PROGRAM OR KATZ FOR SHORT TO ME KATZ HAS
04:43:54 PROVIDED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO EXPRESS MYSELF
04:43:57 AND BECOME A MORE CONFIDENT PERSON IN AN ACADEMIC
04:44:00 AND PERSONAL STANDPOINT FROM WORKING WITH YOUTH AND SENIORS
04:44:04 TO PRACTICING MY PUBLIC SPEAKING ON TOURS AND MEETING
04:44:05 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, KATZ HAS UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED ME
04:44:09 GROW INTO SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO STAND UP FOR MY
04:44:12 COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE MY VOICE HEARD.
04:44:13 THESE BUDGET CUTS WILL TAKE AWAY THESE AMAZING
04:44:16 OPPORTUNITIES THAT NOT ONLY DOES KATZ PROVIDE BUT ALSO THE
04:44:19 HUNDREDS OF OTHER YOUTH PROGRAMS IN THE CITY THAT HELP
04:44:20 US INSPIRE NEW LEADERS EVERY DAY THAT STRENGTHEN OUR
04:44:24 COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITIES, WE ARE
04:44:27 PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OUR CITY. >> I HOPE THE CITY OF SAN
04:44:29 FRANCISCO WILL DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR
04:44:32 YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR ME AND EVERYONE ELSE AT THIS
04:44:35 PODIUM TODAY AND FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS THOUGH UNDOUBTEDLY
04:44:38 BRING GREAT CHANGE TO OUR CITY BUT ONLY WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
04:44:40 PLEASE RESTORE ALL AND MOST HD CUTS ALONGSIDE CHINATOWN
04:44:43 ALLEYWAY TOWARDS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU KATE
04:44:46 CHEN. >> NEXT SPEAKER FOR GOOD
04:44:50 AFTERNOON SURVIVORS. MY NAME IS GABRIEL MEDINA.
04:44:54 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LANDSCAPING RESOURCE CENTER
04:44:57 RESOURCE CENTER OR A MULTISERVICE AGENCY SINCE 1970.
04:45:01 AND WE WE DO LEGAL LEGAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES.
04:45:05 WE DO BASIC NEEDS LIKE FOOD PANTRY AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE
04:45:09 AND DIAPERS AS WELL AS OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS AS
04:45:10 PARENTING CLASSES AND SUPPORT GROUPS.
04:45:13 I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE YES FOR ALMOST EVERY CUTS THAT WERE
04:45:18 MADE. THESE ARE THE MOST SERVING THE
04:45:21 MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WE'VE HAD THREE OF OUR PROGRAMS
04:45:25 CUT, SOME RESTORED BUT THE SERVICE CONNECTION MERCY FUND
04:45:29 WAS CUT FOR $339,000 SINCE 2017 HAS OFFERED FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL
04:45:32 ASSISTANCE TO NEW FAMILIES AND FOLKS THAT ARE AT THREAT OF
04:45:36 HOMELESSNESS AND A BETTER CASE MANAGER HERE MARITZA HERE WHO'S
04:45:40 YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS AGO HAD A WAY NINE YEARS AT LA RAZA,
04:45:43 TRAINED THE CASE MANAGERS ALL OF THE CITY AND THIS IS THAT
04:45:46 THESE ARE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND FLEXERIL FINANCIAL
04:45:49 ASSISTANCE THAT REALLY HELPS FAMILIES YOU KNOW MEET THEIR
04:45:50 NEEDS AND WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT CONTINUE
04:45:53 WITHOUT IT OR WE'LL HAVE MORE HOMELESS AND WE'LL SPEAK WITH
04:45:58 THE EXPIRING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK
04:45:59 YOU GABRIEL MEDINA AND MADAM CHAIR SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS
04:46:04 IN LINE THAT COMPLETES HER. >> Q THANK YOU.
04:46:08 SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSE
04:46:12 COLLEAGUES AND THEIR LOOKS LOOKS LOOKS LIKE COLLEAGUES.
04:46:16 IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONTINUE THESE THREE
04:46:22 ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION
04:46:23 TO CONTINUE THESE THREE ITEMS TO TOMORROW.
04:46:27 SECOND BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY A ROLL CALL PLACE ON THEIR MOTION
04:46:32 BY CHAIR CHAN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR DORSEY DO WE CONTINUE THE
04:46:36 HEARING AND BOTH ORDINANCES TO TOMORROW'S JUNE 12TH MEETING OF
04:46:40 THIS COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR DORSEY DORSEY I REMEMBER SAUTER
04:46:44 SAUTER I REMEMBER WALTON WALTON ABSENT MEMBER CHEN CHENNAI
04:46:55 CHURCH AND I CHENNAI WE HAVE FOUR EYES WITH MEMBER WALTON
04:46:59 ABSENT THE MOTION PASSES AND MR. CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY
04:47:02 OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY? >> MADAM CHAIR THAT CONCLUDES
04:47:05 OUR BUSINESS. >> THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED