City and County of San Francisco Tuesday, June 19, 2007

President Peskin:   GOOD

AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2007. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

The Clerk:   YES, MR. PRESIDENT. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, HERE. SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, PRESENT.

SUPERVISOR DALY, ABSENT.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, PRESENT.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, PRESENT.

YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

(RECITING PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE.) President Peskin: COLLEAGUES, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 15, AND SPECIAL

BOARD MEETING AND BUDGET AND

FINANCE COMMITTEE OF MAY 16, 2007. MADE BY SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, WITHOUT OBJECTION IT IS APPROVED. PLEASE READ OUR 2.

SPECIAL ORDER.

The Clerk: THE FOLLOWING IS A TIME DEDICATED FOR THE MAYOR TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE GOVERNANCE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OFFERS THIS TIME FOR DIALOGUE ON THE THIRD REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARTT TO THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AS EXPRESSED IN PROPOSITION I IN NOVEMBER OF 2006. SHOULD THE MAYOR FAIL TO APPEAR AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF THE ITEM

BEING CALLED, THE CLERK SHALL REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE BOARDS AGENDA, AND THE ITEM SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD. SHOULD THE MAYOR APPEAR AND THE BOARD THEREFORE CONSIDER T

President Peskin:   IVE BEEN INFORMED BY STAFF FOR THE MAYOR THAT HE DOES NOT INTEND TO APPEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO

ACKNOWLEDGE THE JACK AND JILL CLUB OF AMERICA THAT IS HERE TODAY, IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP. WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE IN

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS.

[APPLAUSE.] AND COMMISSIONER COVINGTON, IT

IS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN OUR CHAMBERS. [APPLAUSE.]

President Peskin:   MADAM

CLERK, PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA.

The Clerk:   ALL MATTERS LISTED HEREUNDER ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WILL BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE ROLL CALL VOTE OF THE BOARD. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE

DISCUSSIONS OF THESE ITEMS

UNLESS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SUGGESTS AND THEN IT WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A SEPARATE ITEM.

President Peskin:   WOULD ANY

MEMBER LIKE AN ITEM SEVERED

SEEING NONE, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE. SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR ELSBER.

SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   THERE ARE 11 AYES.

President Peskin:   THOSE ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 7 7. ORDINANCE ADOPTING A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND REVENUE BOND ACTION PLAN AND DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ESTABLISHING KEY ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM, AND ADOPTING FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES.

President Peskin:   AND ON THAT ITEM, ANY COMMENTS

SEEING NONE SUPERVISOR

ALIOTOPIER. Supervisor AliotoPier: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PESKIN. I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD SPLIT IT, THE WAY WE DID LAST WEEK,

AND PARAGRAPHS THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD

President Peskin:   RIGHT. AND THAT WAS A MOTION TO DIVIDE

THE FILE, AND THE FIRST PART OF

THE DIVIDED FILE WAS THE SECTION THAT RELATING TO THE PUC

SHOULD ISSUE AN RFI TO SOLICIT INPUT FROM PARTIES REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DAYS OF THIS ORDINANCE. IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY IN OKAY. ON THE DIVIDED QUESTION, AS I

HAVE JUST READ IT ON FILE 070501, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, ABSENT.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE.

The Clerk:   11 AYES.

President Peskin:   THAT

PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.

AND ON THE BALANCE OF 070501, A

ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISO AMMIANO, AYE. SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, NO.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   NINE AYES, TWO NOS.

President Peskin:   THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 8 8. ORDINANCE ADOPTING A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.

President Peskin:   ROLL CALL CALL.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE. SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   11 AYES.

President Peskin:   THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 9

1:   AMENDING CHAPTER 38 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE

A:   AMENDING SECTIONS 38.1 AND 38.3, AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 38.31 TO LIMIT THE EXEMPTION FROM THE CURRENT TRANSIT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FEE

TIDF:   FOR PROJECTS FOR WHICH AN APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OR A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION WAS SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE APRIL 1, 2004, TO INSTANCES IN WHICH A BUILDING OR SITE PERMIT IS ISSUED ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 AND REQUIRING THAT SUCH EXEMPT PROJECTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THE FORMER TIDF PAY A FEE ON NEW OFFICE

SPACE ONLY EQUIVALENT TO THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE UNDER THE FORMER TIDF ORDINANCE

President Peskin:   ROLL CALL.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. AMMIANO, AYE. SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE. SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE.

SUPERVISOR JEW, NO.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   10 AYES, ONE NO.

President Peskin:   THE

ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 10 10. ORDINANCE FIXING COMPENSATION FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHOSE COMPENSATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION A8.409 OF THE CHARTER, IN JOB CODES NOT REPRESENTED BY AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, AND ESTABLISHING WORKING SCHEDULES AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND, METHODS OF PAYMENT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007.

President Peskin:   COULD YOU READ ITEM 11.

The Clerk:   ITEM 11 11. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING AMENDMENT 1, THE AGREEMENT THAT AMENDS THE 20062009 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION, AFLCIO, RELATING TO MANAGEMENT TRAINING FUND

President Peskin:   THANK

YOU. COLLEAGUES, SUPERVISOR ELSBERND WAS RECUSED IN COMMITTEE ON THESE TWO ITEMS. THERE IS A MOTION TO RECUSE HIM

AT THE FULL BOARD, MADE BY SUPERVISOR DUFTY, SECONDED BY

SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, WITHOUT OBJECTION. ON THE ITEMS, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE. SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE. SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND EXCUSED. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

. The Clerk:   10 AYES.

President Peskin:   THOSE ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ

ITEMS 12 THROUGH 15.

The Clerk:   ITEM 12 12. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING AMENDMENT 1, THE AGREEMENT THAT AMENDS THE 20062009 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCALS 535, 790 AND UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS WEST, RELATING TO CERTAIN WAGES, HOURS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS. ITEM 13 13. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING AMENDMENT 1, THE AGREEMENT THAT AMENDS THE 20062009 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 6, AFLCIO, BY AMENDING THE PARTIES AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN WAGES, HOURS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS. ITEM 14 14. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FREIGHT CHECKERS, CLERICAL EMPLOYEES HELPERS, LOCAL 856 (SUPERVISING REGISTERED NURSES, UNIT 11.B.), TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30,

2011. ITEM 15 15. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING AMENDMENT 1, THE AGREEMENT THAT AMENDS THE 20062009 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL NO. 261, BY AMENDING THE PARTIES AGREEMENT TO ALLOCATE FUNDS RELATED TO PROGRAMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE WORKERS. President Peskin: COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS SEEING NONE, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE. SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE.

SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

. The Clerk:   11 AYES.

President Peskin:   THOSE

ORDINANCES ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 16 16. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE

SFPOA:  , TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2011.

President Peskin:   ANY COMMENTS SUPERVISOR DALY.

Supervisor Daly:   THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

COLLEAGUES, I RISE IN OPPOSITION

TO THE ITEM IN FRONT OF US.

I THINK THAT THIS ITEM, IN PART,

ESPECIALLY IF YOU CONSIDER A

3:30 SPECIAL ORDER HEARING ON

HEALTH REDUCTION LATER ON, ON

TODAYS CALENDAR, ITS INDICATIVE OF THE PRIORITIES

THAT WE SEE IN THE MAYORS BUDGET SUBMISSION, WHICH

OBVIOUSLY A LARGE PART OF IT IS

CONSIDERATION HEARING THIS ITEM. IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, ITS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT POLICE

OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE ABOUT 9 MILLION WORTH OF INCREASES OVER

THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, CLOSER

TO CLOSER TO 100 MILLION.

I BELIEVE 80 SOME ODD MILLION IN INCREASES FOR POLICE OFFICERS. THAT IS NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

IN TERMS OF A FOUR YEAR

AGREEMENT, I THINK THAT THIS SHOWED POLITICAL MOTIVATION,

BOTH ON THE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION NEGOTIATING THIS CONTRACT, AS WELL AS FROM THE

POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING THEIR MEMBERS.

A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WOULD COMPLETELY HAMSTRING THE NEXT

MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO TO TAKE

OFFICE NEXT JANUARY, WHO WOULD

NOT BE IN A POSITION TO RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT UNTIL

THE LAST YEAR OF THEIR NEXT

TERM, WHICH PUTS THE POA IN A SIGNIFICANT POSITION TO

RENEGOTIATE WITHIN AN ELECTION YEAR.

AND SO, COLLEAGUES, WHEN WERE LOOKING AT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

IN HEALTH REDUCTIONS, YOU CAN

FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT MONEY IS

SLATED TO GO, INSTEAD GOING

INTO THE POCKETS OF COPS. THATS WHAT THIS ITEM IS ABOUT, AND THATS WHAT THE BUDGET THAT

WAS INTRODUCED ON JUNE 1 WAS ABOUT.

I ASK FOR YOUR NAY VOTE ON EACH. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   THANK

YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

I QUITE AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR DALY, IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WERE

TALKING ABOUT NEARLY 24 INCREASE.

I KNOW THAT MOUs AUTOMATICALLY

GO TO THE GOVERNMENT AUDITS COMMITTEE, BUT CONSIDERING THE FACT OF ALL OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AND THE IMPACT I THINK

THAT IS BEFORE US, OF THE CITYS CHALLENGE IN TRYING TO RECONCILE

A MORE EFFECTIVE RECOURSE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THIS MOU BE HEARD IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE PUT THIS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY

COMMITTEE SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF NOT JUST OF THIS PARTICULAR MOU, BUT HOW

IT TIES IN ALSO TO THE WHAT

IS CONSIDERED TO BE A VERY SUBSTANTIVE BUDGET INCREASE THAT IS NOW BEING DELIBERATBY

THE BY OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE.

President Peskin:   IS THAT A MOTION, SUPERVISOR

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   IT IS.

President Peskin:   MOTION TO

REFER THIS ITEM TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, MADE BY

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT

SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR DUFTY.

TO THE MOTION TO REREFER,

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO.

Supervisor Ammiano:   I WOULD

STAND IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

IT IS A DICEY ISSUE.

I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT

SUPERVISOR DALY MENTIONED HAVE MERIT.

WE, ALL OF US, PARTICULARLY

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, MYSELF,

DALY, AND MIRKARIMI, HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING WHAT MANY OTHER CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING, AND

THAT IS A RISE IN CRIME, BUT

MOSTLY IN MURDERS.

THIS PAST WEEKEND, I HAD THE SAD

DUTY OF TALKING TO A FAMILY OF A 15YEAROLD WHO WAS THE FATAL

VICTIM OF A DRIVEBY ON THE 24th STREET. THESE ARE NOT EASY TASKS.

AND ALL OF US FEEL SOME RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE ON OUR

STREETS, PARTICULARLY TO OUR YOUTH. AND SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI OF

COURSE HAS BEEN VERY HANDSON,

AND EXTREMELY ELOQUENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

SO THIS MOU TAKES ON A VERY,

VERY SPECIAL CACHE, WHICH MAKES

IT STAND OUT, ACTUALLY, AMONGST ALL THE OTHER MOUs.

I KNOW THIS MOU PROBABLY TOOK

HOURS TO FASHION, AND PROBABLY LOOKS GOOD, COMPARED TO WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THE TABLE.

YOU KNOW, OO MY I ALWAYS TOOK

A PAGE FROM HARVEY MILK. WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE, YOU

WORK FOR REFORM, YOU WORK FOR

CITIZEN ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU WORK

FOR OVERSIGHT, PARTICULARLY WITH THE OCC. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE

FOR PUTTING THINGS ON THE BALLOT THAT CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO

HAVE SUPPORTED, THE LATEST BEING REFORM OF THE POLICE COMMISSION.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR

ISSUES, YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL

PICTURE. YOU LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO RECRUIT, WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE PEOPLE STAY IN THE CITY, AND YOU

ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, IN

CONTEXT, THAT THE ANSWER TO

CRIME AND THE RISING MURDER RATE, DEFINITELY THAT POLICE ARE PART OF THE EQUATION. BUT THERES ALSO OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE PART OF THE EQUATION

THAT CAN HELP, EITHER LONG TERM,

OR SOMETIMES IN CRISIS MODE HELP

REDUCE THAT MURDER RATE, AND

SOME OF THE MORE EGREGIOUS CRIMES THAT ARE HAPPENING. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE BEFORE US FOR CUTS.

AND I THINK THAT A SECOND LOOK

AT THIS MOU, WITH SOME

NEGOTIATION IN MIND, I THINK IS

THE CORRECT WAY TO GO. SO OBVIOUSLY I DO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THAT MOTION. President Peskin:

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND.

Supervisor Elsbernd:   I

STAND IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION, LARGELY BECAUSE, PROCEDURALLY, IM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE NONFISCAL COMMITTEE HAVING PROCEDURAL

CONTROL OVER AN MOU THAT WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT OVER OUR A COMPROMISE

IS THAT IF THERE ARE SINCERELY GENUINE QUESTIONS THAT WERENT ABLE TO BE ASKED BECAUSE

SUPERVISORS COULDNT ATTEND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM OR COULDNT SUBMIT THEM TO MEMBERS

OF THE COMMITTEE WHO COULD HAVE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THEM

OR DIDNT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS DURING THE THREE OR FOUR CLOSED SESSIONS WE HAD DISCUSSING IT, IF THERE ARE TRULY QUESTIONS

THAT NEED TO BE ASKED, WHY DONT

WE CONTINUE THE ITEM SO IT STAYS WITHIN THE FULL JURISDICTION OF THE SUPERVISORS AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO CALL FOR A HEARING ON THE ITEM, AND

THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE CAN SCHEDULE IT AT THE COMMITTEES PLEASURE AND IT CAN BE DONE BEFORE THE BUDGET IS COMPLETE AT

THE BOARD, AND THAT MOU STAYS WITH THE 11 OF US, RATHER THAN GOING TO A COMMITTEE THAT HAS

FRANKLY NO JURISDICTION OVER THE CITYS FINANCES.

President Peskin:   WELL,

THATS NOT EXACTLY A MOTION YET.

BUT THERE IS A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION ON THE FLOOR TO THE

MAKER, AND SECONDER.

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   THE APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF SUPERVISOR ELSBERNDS MOTION, BUT I RESPECTFULLY REJECT IT.

I WOULD LIKE US TO STILL MOVE FORWARD AND PUT IT IN PUBLIC SAFETY. EVEN THOUGH OUR JURISDICTION MAY

SEEM TO BE MORE POLICY SANS, THE FISCAL EQUATION OF THIS, WE HAVE WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY DELIBERATED

ON FISCAL BUDGETARY RELATED

ITEMS AND HAVE ADVANCED THOSE BACK TO THE FULL BOARD, WHETHER

IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SFPDS BUDGET.

IN THIS CASE IT IS ONE MORE

ASPECT OF THAT BUDGET, IT IS COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE ISSUES THAT WERENT COVERED.

IM SORRY WE WERENT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNMENT

AUDITS HEARING BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE SIZE OF THE BUDGET

BEFORE US, OF THE SFPD BUDGET

AND THE MOU, THAT IS A HELL OF A

PIECE OF PIE WERE DELIBERATING

ON AND DESERVES THE SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE THAT IT DID NOT GET.

President Peskin:   WHY DONT

WE ASK ONE LEGAL PROCEDURAL

QUESTION OF COUNSEL.

COUNSELOR, MS. ADAMS, THE CY BELIEVE THE BOARD RULES IN THE

CHARTERED SET OUT MOUs NEED TO

BE HEARD OF A FISCAL COMMITTEE, OF WHICH THERE ARE TWO ON THE

BOARD OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, AND GOVERNMENT AUDITS, PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES. COULD THIS LEGALLY BE REFERRED TO SAID COMMITTEE

MR. CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL ADAMS. AN ITEM THAT HAS FISCAL IMPACT

CAN BE HEARD BY A NONFISCAL COMMITTEE, BUT IT MUST ALSO BE HEARD BY A FISCAL COMMITTEE

BEFORE IT CAN BE REPORTED TO THE FULL BOARD.

President Peskin:   WELL,

THEN, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IF NOT, WHY DONT WE

Supervisor Ammiano:   A JOINT MEETING OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

President Peskin:   JOINT MEETING OF GOVERNMENT AUDITS

WE ALSO HAVE TIMING ISSUES,

WHICH IS GOVERNMENT AUDITS WILL NOT MEET AGAIN UNTIL AFTER

BUDGET BECAUSE SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT AUDITS SITS ON BUDGET

SO IT WILL NOT MEET UNTIL JULY 9. WHY DONT WE JUST CALL THE ROLL AND IF THE ITEM DOES NOT MAKE IT, WE CAN TAKE UP SUPERVISOR ELSBERNDS SUGGESTION. HOW IS THAT

ON THE MOTION TO REREFER THE SF

POA MOU TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, A ROLL CALL.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, NO.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE. SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, NO. SUPERVISOR JEW, NO.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, NO. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   SEVEN AYES, FOUR NOS.

President Peskin:   THE ITEM IS REREFERRED.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   THANK YOU.

The Clerk:   ITEM 17 17. ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 790 STAFF PER DIEM NURSES, TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010.

President Peskin: SUPERVISOR AMMIANO. Supervisor Ammiano: [INAUDIBLE]

President Peskin:   ON THE

ITEM, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   ITEM 17, SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE. SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   11 AYES.

President Peskin:   THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 18 18. RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NONPROFIT OWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR ADMINISTRATIONMANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTYBASED BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL MARKET COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 36651 OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE.

President Peskin:   AND COULD YOU READ ALL OF THE ITEMS THROUGH ITEM 25.

The Clerk:   ITEM 19 19. RESOLUTION REGARDING 2500 BLOCK OF MISSION STREET BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL

REPORTS TO THE CITY:   MODIFYING THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT (RESOLUTION NO. 53905) TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WHO PROVIDES A STATEMENT OF NEGATIVE ASSURANCE, TO CHANGE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT TO INSTEAD REQUIRE A CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT UPON REQUEST OF THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO CONFORM AND RECEIVING AND APPROVING THE DISTRICTS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 20052006 AS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.4 OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. 20. RESOLUTION REGARDING CASTROUPPER MARKET COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CITY, AND MAKING ASSESSMENT FORMULAS THE SAME FOR ALL DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTY:   MODIFYING THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT (RESOLUTION NO. 58205) TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WHO PROVIDES A STATEMENT OF NEGATIVE ASSURANCE, TO CHANGE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT TO INSTEAD REQUIRE A CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT UPON REQUEST OF THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO CONFORM PROVIDING THAT ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BE

ASSESSED BY THE SAME LOT SIZE AND LINEAR FRONTAGE FORMULA, RECEIVING AND APPROVING THE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT ENGINEERS REPORT IN SUPPORT, AND AUTHORIZING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLARIFICATIONS TO THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AND RECEIVING AND APPROVING THE DISTRICTS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 20052006 AS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.4 OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. 21. RESOLUTION REGARDING FISHERMANS WHARF COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORTS

TO THE CITY:   MODIFYING THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT (RESOLUTION NO. 54005) TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WHO PROVIDES A STATEMENT OF NEGATIVE ASSURANCE, TO CHANGE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT TO INSTEAD REQUIRE A CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT UPON REQUEST OF THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE DISTRICTS

MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO CONFORM AND RECEIVING AND APPROVING THE DISTRICTS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 20052006 AS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.4 OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. 22. RESOLUTION REGARDING NOE VALLEY COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE

CITY:   MODIFYING THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT (RESOLUTION NO. 58305) TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WHO PROVIDES A STATEMENT OF NEGATIVE ASSURANCE, TO CHANGE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT TO INSTEAD REQUIRE A CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT UPON REQUEST OF THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO CONFORM AND RECEIVING AND APPROVING THE DISTRICTS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 20052006 AS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.4 OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. 23. RESOLUTION REGARDING NORTH OF MARKETTENDERLOIN COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORTS

TO THE CITY:   MODIFYING THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT (RESOLUTION NO. 58405) TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WHO PROVIDES A STATEMENT OF

NEGATIVE ASSURANCE, TO CHANGE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT TO INSTEAD REQUIRE A CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT UPON REQUEST OF THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE DISTRICTS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 20052006 AS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.4 OF THE DISTRICTS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. 24. RESOLUTION REGARDING UNION SQUARE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE

CITY:   MODIFYING THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT PROVISION OF THE RESOLUTION RENEWING THE DISTRICT (RESOLUTION NO. 79803) TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WHO PROVIDES A STATEMENT OF

NEGATIVE ASSURANCE, TO CHANGE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT TO INSTEAD REQUIRE A CPA INDEPENDENT AUDIT UPON REQUEST OF THE CITY, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE MAYORS OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE MAYORS OFFICE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS, AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE DISTRICTS

CONTRACTS:   WITH THE CITY TO CONFORM AND RECEIVING AND APPROVING THE DISTRICTS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 20052006 AS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE S36650.

President Peskin:   THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 26

26. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SAN FRANCISCO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE BY ADDING SECTION 23.28, TO REQUIRE THE CITY TO GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF A LEASE OF PROPERTY FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE CITY, WHEN THE CITY HAS USED THE PROPERTY UNDER THE LEASE IN A MANNER DIRECTLY SERVING THE PUBLIC.

President Peskin:   ANY COMMENTS SEEING NONE, SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL, THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST TIME READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 27 27. RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CHILDRENS COLLABORATIVE TASK FORCE TO 1) PROMOTE DIALOGUE AMONG PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND THE PUBLIC, 2) IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE MEANS TO ADDRESS ISSUES SHARED BY SAN FRANCISCOS PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, AND 3) ADVISE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVE EQUAL AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER. Supervisor AliotoPier: THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PESKIN. THE ISSUES FACING OUR CITYS YOUTH ARE UNIVERSAL CONCERN. YET CHILDREN REMAIN SEGREGATED FROM ONE ANOTHER BASED ON THE TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION THEY ATTEND. OUR CHILDRENS PARENTS AND EDUCATORS ARE SIMILARLY

SEGREGATED. FOR EXAMPLE EDUCATORS FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR TALK TO ONE ANOTHER BUT NOT EDUCATORS FROM PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AND VICE VERSA. THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE ANE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, HOWEVER THEY LACK FORMAL MEANS TO ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER ON THE CONCERNS FACING CHILDREN TODAY. ID LIKE TO CREATE A CHILDRENS COLLABORATIVE TASK FORCE. ID LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR AMMIANO FOR HIS COSPONSORSHIP OF IT. THE TASK FORCE WOULD BE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WITH EQUAL REPRESENTATION FROM PARENTS AND EDUCATORS. THE MISSION OF THE TASK FORCE WOULD BE TO BRING TOGETHER OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO A PROMISING FUTURE. AT THE RULES COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, WE DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR

THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND PAROCHIAL TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO MEET SEPARATELY FROM THE LARGER TASK FORCE. THEREFORE ID LIKE TO ADD THE

FOLLOWING CLAUSE TO THE RESOLUTION. FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE TASK FORCE SHALL ESTABLISH AT LEAST THREE SUBCOMMITTEES FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, EACH MADE UP OF THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS

APPOINTED FROM THAT SECTOR, WHICH SUBCOMMITTEES SHALL MEET

AT LEAST QUARTERLY AND SHALL BE

CHARGED WITHOUT REACH TO THE SCIEWLS AND COMMUNITY. THE RULES COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THE CHILDRENS COLLABORATIVE TASK FORCE.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN THE RULES

COMMITTEE IN APPROVING THE RESOLUTION.

President Peskin:   IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MAXWELL. COLLEAGUES, CAN WE TAKE THE

AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION

THE AMENDMENT IS APPROVED. TO THE ITEM AS AMENDED, SUPERVISOR DALY.

Supervisor Daly:   I HAVE TWO CONCERNS. ONE IS THAT PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY 12 MEMBERS, PUBLIC SCHOOL, JUST SIX.

I THINK THAT THAT IS THERES AN INEQUITY IN THE FRAMING OF THIS WHOLE THING. IF WERE GOING TO GET AT THE ISSUE OF SEGREGATION IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH ID LOVE TO GET TO ONE DAY, THIS DOES NOT

SEEM TO BE THE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY DO THAT. IM ALSO CONCERN BODY NO REPRESENTATION FROM THE KIDS THEMSELVES ON THIS, AS IT SEEMS

TO BE PARENTS AND EDUCATORS,

WITH THE THREE, AND THE THREE, AND I WILL BE VOTING NO. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER.

Supervisor AliotoPier:   I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO INCREASE

THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL REPRESENTATION. ONE OF THE REASONS KIDS ARENT REPRESENTED IS BECAUSE WERE

GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A LOT

OF SMALL CHILDREN, AGED

KINDERGARTEN TO EIGHTH GRADE AND ITS THEIR PARENTS WHO ARE MORE ACTIVE IN THE SCHOOLS AND THIS IS TO GET MORE PARENTAL

INVOLVEMENT IN SOME OF OUR PUBLIC AND PAROCHIAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADD TWO

MORE MEMBERS FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THAT WOULD BRING THE TASK FORCE NUMBER UP TO 18 I

MEAN UP TO 20, WHICH IS LARGE.

BUT IF IT DOESNT WORK, WE COULD

COME BACK AND AMEND IT.

President Peskin:   SO A

FURTHER MOTION TO INCREASE THE O EIGHT, MADE BYF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR AMMIANO.

CAN WE TAKE THAT MOTION WITHOUT OBJECTION, COLLEAGUES

AND ON THE ITEM AS TWICE AMENDED, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, NO. SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   10 AYES, ONE NO.

President Peskin:   THE

RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 28 28. ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 20.302, 20.303, 20.304, AND 20.312 OF THE SAN FRANCISCO

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO:   1) REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE 2) BROADEN THE PURPOSE OF THE SHELTER

MONITORING COMMITTEE BY AUTHORIZING IT TO ASSESS CITY POLICIES THAT AFFECT SHELTER CLIENTS 3) REQUIRE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO KEEP CERTAIN INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL 4) DESIGNATE DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FROM WHICH COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY BE APPOINTED 5) REQUIRE CITY

DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO REASONABLE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE WITHIN 15 DAYS, AND 6) ELIMINATE THE COMMITTEES OBLIGATION TO PREPARE ANNUAL REPORTS WITH THE LOCAL HOMELESS COORDINATING

BOARD. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   THANK YOU.

IM SIMPLY RISING TO EXPRESS MY

GRATITUDE TO TWO SEASONS, IF NOT THREE OF THE RULES COMMITTEE WHO HAS DELIBERATED ON ISSUES FOR THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AS

WELL TO THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE. I THINK THE DOCUMENT THAT IS

BEFORE US IS A BYPRODUCT OF A STRONG COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. ON THE ITEM A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE. SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   11 AYES.

President Peskin:   THE

ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 29 29. MOTION APPROVING THE MAYORS NOMINATION FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF AUDREY JOSEPH TO THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMISSION, FOR THE TERM ENDING JULY 1,

2011.

President Peskin:   SAME

HOUSE, SAME CALL, THE MOTION IS APPROVED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 37 37. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES

DPHCBHS:   TO ENTER INTO A COMBINED NET NEGOTIATED AMOUNT AND DRUG MEDICAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG

DADP:   FOR THE TERM OF JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010 IN THE AMOUNT OF 55,825,476 AND FOR THE TERM OF JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2008 IN THE AMOUNT OF 18,608,492 AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING STATE FUNDS AND DRUG MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION HOLDING DADP HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS RESULTING FROM THE AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING AND DESIGNATING THE DIRECTOR OF CBHS TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT AND TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS FOR LESS THAN TEN

10:   OF THE CONTRACTED AMOUNT.

President Peskin:   SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

The Clerk:   ITEM 38 38. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY CLAIM FILED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AIRPORT COMMISSION AGAINST US AIRWAYS, INC., FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE UNLITIGATED BANKRUPTCY CLAIM BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE EXECUTION OF FUTURE AIRPORT LEASES WITH US AIRWAYS, INC.

WITH REGARD TO IN RE:   US AIRWAYS, INC. ET AL., DEBTORS, CASE NO. 0412819 SSM, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA AND AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AIRPORT COMMISSION AGAINST US AIRWAYS, INC., FOR PAYMENT TO THE AIRPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP COSTS AND AGREEMENT OF A PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION FOR FUTURE CLEANUP COSTS WITH REGARD TO CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO V. ARCO ET AL., CASE NO. C972965 MMC (N.D. CAL)

President Peskin:   SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL, THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST REELGD.

The Clerk:   ITEM 39 39. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE LAWSUIT FILED BY TERI ROUSE AGAINST THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR 30,000 THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED ON NOVEMBER 10, 2005 IN SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT, CASE NO. 446497 ENTITLED TERI ROUSE, ET AL., V. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ET AL. 40. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AGAINST THE SPRINTNEXTEL CORPORATION FOR FUNDING THE PLANNING FOR RECONFIGURATION OF THE CITYS 800 MHZ RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.

President Peskin:   SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL, THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST TIME EVER FIRST READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 40 41. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE LAWSUIT FILED BY COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY AND COMPETENT BUILDERS, INC., AGAINST THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF 450,000 THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED ON OCTOBER 9, 2002 IN SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT, CASE NO. CGC 02413272 ENTITLED DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT V. COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND

SURETY COMPANY, ET AL OTHER MATERIAL TERMS OF SAID SETTLEMENT ARE PAYMENT BY COMPETENT BUILDERS, INC., AND OTHER PARTIES, TO COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, AND FULL RELEASES AMONG ALL PARTIES.

President Peskin:   THE ITEM IS PASSED ON FIRST TIME READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 41.

President Peskin:   SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL, THE ITEM IS PASSED ON FIRST READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 42 42. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY CLAIM FILED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AIRPORT COMMISSION AGAINST NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION, FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE LITIGATED BANKRUPTCY CLAIM BETWEEN THE

AIRPORT WITH REGARD TO IN RE NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION, ET AL., DEBTORS, CASE NO. 0517930ALG, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AIRPORT COMMISSION AGAINST NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION, FOR AGREEMENT TO PAY A PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF FUTURE CLEANUP COSTS WITH REGARD TO CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO V. ARCO ET AL., CASE NO. C972965 MMC (N.D. CAL). 43. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY CLAIM FILED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AIRPORT

COMMISSION AGAINST DELTA AIR LINES, INC., FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE LITIGATED BANKRUPTCY CLAIM BETWEEN THE AIRPORT WITH REGARD TO IN RE DELTA AIR LINES INC., ET AL., DEBTORS, CASE NO. 0517923PCB, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF THE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AIRPORT COMMISSION AGAINST DELTA AIR LINES, INC., FOR AGREEMENT TO PAY A PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION OF FUTURE CLEANUP COSTS WITH REGARD TO CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO V. ARCO ET AL., CASE NO. C972965 MMC (N.D. CAL)

President Peskin:   SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL, THE ORDINANCES I PASSED ON FIRST READING.

The Clerk:   ITEM 44 44. INTERIM ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ALL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND ALL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2008.

President Peskin:   MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ ITEMS 45 THROUGH 47 45. INTERIM ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE ENUMERATING POSITIONS IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2008, CONTINUING, CREATING OR ESTABLISHING THESE POSITIONS ENUMERATING AND INCLUDING THEREIN ALL POSITIONS CREATED BY CHARTER OR STATE LAW FOR WHICH COMPENSATIONS ARE PAID FROM CITY AND COUNTY FUNDS AND APPROPRIATED IN THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS OR CONTINUATION OF APPOINTMENTS THERETO SPECIFYING AND FIXING THE COMPENSATIONS AND WORK SCHEDULES THEREOF AND AUTHORIZING APPOINTMENTS TO TEMPORARY POSITIONS AND FIXING COMPENSATIONS THEREFOR. 46. RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERIM BUDGET OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR FISCAL YEAR 20072008. 47. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INTERIM BUDGET OF THE TREASURE ISLAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 20072008.

The Clerk:   THESE ARE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. MADAM DEPUTY CONTROLLER, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS IN ITEM 44, THE INTERIM ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, THAT YOU WILL BE PRESENTING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER AS AN AMENDMENT

TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE

PROVISIONS AND ID LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SUPERVISOR AMMIANO AND HIS

STAFF, AS WELL AS MY STAFF, FOR WORKING WITH THE CONTROLLER ON THESE. GO AHEAD. Monique Zamuda: MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MONIQUE

ZAMUDA FROM THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE. ANNUALLY, THE CONTROLLER TAKES A LOOK AT ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE ANNUAL

APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL ABILITY

TO MANAGEMENT THE CITYS FUNDS.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL

YEAR, THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR

AMMIANO AND YOUR OFFICE, SUPERVISOR PESKIN, HAD A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS. AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WALK THE

BOARD THROUGH THOSE.

ON PAGE 2, UNDER SECTION 5.1,

AGENCIES ORGANIZED UNDER ONE

DEPARTMENT, THE CHANGE IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR IS THE ADDITION OF THE WORDS, WHICH IS THE LAST

SENTENCE OF THAT SECTION, AND

TRANSFER OF MONEYS AMONG FUNDS.

HERE, THE SUGGESTION IS TO ALLOW

THE CONTROLLER, UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES, TO TRANSFER MONEY

FROM ONE FUND INTO ANOTHER,

WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF LAGUNA HONDA

WERE TO REQUIRE A BIT MORE MONEY

FOR PHARMACEUTICALS OR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, AND FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL, THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CONTROLLER TO APPROVE SUCH A TRANSFER.

RIGHT NOW, THAT AUTHORITY IS DET

OPERATE UNDER ONE FUND, BUT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENTS THAT OPERATE UNDER MORE THAN ONE FUND, SUCH AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

SO THE SUGGESTION HERE IS TO ADD THE LANGUAGE, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND

THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CONTROLLER

TO APPROVE SUCH TRANSFERS.

THE NEXT CHANGE, PROPOSED, IS ON

PAGE 4, AND THIS IS SECTION 5.8, COLLECTION AND LEGAL SERVICES.

THIS IS A NEW SECTION THAT WAS

ADDED FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR, THAT

WOULD ALLOW THE CITY ATTORNEY TO

HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR LEGAL

SERVICES, AND ALLOW THE

EXPENDITURE FOR THAT OUTSIDE

COUNSEL TO BE PAID FROM

SETTLEMENTS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS RECEIVED IN THE

FORM OF A JUDGMENT. AND THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR ADDITION WOULD BE

THE LAST SENTENCE OF THAT

SECTION, THAT BEGINS WITH

THAT WOULD REQUIRE A REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, THAT IS THE CITY

ATTORNEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO

REPORT TO THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS, ANNUALLY, ON THE COLLECTIONS AND COSTS INCURRED UNDER THIS PROVISION, INCLUDING THE CASE NAME, THE AMOUNT OF THE

JUDGMENT RECEIVED, THE FUND IN WHICH THE JUDGMENT WAS

DEPOSITED, AND THE TOTAL COST

AND FUNDING OF THE LEGAL ACTION.

SO, AGAIN, THIS WOULD ALLOW THE

CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO SUCH CONTRACTS, BUT WOULD REQUIRE THE

CITY ATTORNEY TO REPORT, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

ON PAGE 6, SECTION 10, UNDER

POSITIONS IN THE CITY SERVICE,

THERE WAS A SECTION THAT WAS

ADDED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, TO

ALLOW THE CONTROLLER TO

AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE THE USE OF

EXISTING SALARY APPROPRIATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TO FUND PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS FOR UP TO

SIX MONTHS, TO BACKFILL

ANTICIPATED VACANCIES TO ENSURE

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCCESSION

PLANS AND TO FACILITATE THE

TRANSFER OF MISSION CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE. THE REQUEST HERE IS TO ALLOW FOR

UP TO SIX MONTHS, POSITIONS TO

BE CREATED THAT WOULD BE REPLACING INDIVIDUALS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE WHO ARE LEAVING OR RETIRING. AND THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING

PROPOSED TO BE ADDED IS THAT LAST SENTENCE OF THAT SECTION, WHICH READS, THE CONTROLLER SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS EVERY SIX MONTHS, ENUMERATING PERMANENT POSITIONS CREATED UNDER THIS AUTHORITY. I DO WANT TO ADD TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT THESE POSITIONS, IF ANY ARE CREATED UNDER THIS AUTHORITY, WOULD LAST ONLY FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS, AND

WOULD BE DELETED AT THAT TIME. AND, AGAIN, WE WOULD REPORT THAT

TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

EVERY SIX MONTHS, TO THE EXTENT

THAT ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WERE CREATED. THERE IS SOME COMPANION LEGISLATION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE

ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH

THOSE CLASSES.

AND THEN, FINALLY, SECTION 27 OF

THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS,

WHICH IS LOCATED ON PAGE 21.

THIS IS AN EXISTING PROVISION

THAT ALLOWS THE CONTROLLER TO

ESTABLISH WORK ORDERS, AND THE

LANGUAGE THAT WAS ADDED HERE ADDS THE LANGUAGE PURSUANT TO BOARD APPROVED APPROPRIATION, SO THAT ITS CLEAR THAT THE WORK

ORDERS CAN ONLY BE CREATED IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROPRIATES THE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AND THEN THE NEXT CLAUSE, INCLUDING POSITIONS NEEDED TO

PERFORM THE WORK ORDER SERVICES,

WAS ADDED IN THIS BUDGET YEAR.

THE PRACTICE NOW IS FOR

DEPARTMENTS THAT RECEIVE WORK ORDER FUNDS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, THEY ARE NOW

CREATING POSITIONS FOR THE PERIOD THAT IS REQUIRED, AND THIS PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. BUT LIMITS THAT AUTHORITY ONLY FOR THOSE WORK ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE CHANGES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS,

AND IM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

ARE THE QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THESE CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS IN THE

AAO AS WELL AS THE MIRRORING

LANGUAGE IN THE ANNUAL SALARY ORDINANCE SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK. Supervisor McGoldrick: THANK YOU.

REGARDING THE CHANGE IN SECTION 5.8, AT THE TOP OF PAGE 6, ARE

THERE ANY FISCAL IMMR. I Moniqu: MR. PRESIDENT TO SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, THERE ARE NO

ADDITIONAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

BECAUSE THIS AUTHORITY WOULD EXIST. HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD NEED TO FUND ANY ADDITIONAL

POSITIONS FROM WITHIN EXISTING APPROPRIATION.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   ARE

WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PIECE WERE TALKING ABOUT COLLECTION AND LEGAL SERVICES.

Monique Zamuda:   FOR THE

CITY ATTORNEY Supervisor McGoldrick: YEAH, FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. ATTORNEY.

Monique Zamuda:   THERE WOULD

NOT BE ANY GENERAL FUND IMPLICATION. HOWEVER IF A SETTLEMENT IS

REACHED, OR IF A JUDGMENT IS

RECEIVED BY THE CITY, THEN THE

FUNDS FROM THAT JUDGMENT WILL BE

USED TO FUND THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL.

SO IT HAS NO ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND IMPLICATION, BUT IT WOULD,

TO THE EXTENT THAT A CONTRACT IS

ENTERED INTO, THAT THOSE FUNDS THE SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR THAT CONTRACT WOULD COME FROM THE JUDGMENT.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   I UNDERSTAND THAT.

MY QUESTION IS STILL THIS.

TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CITY ATTORNEY MAY RECEIVE A GREATER OR LESSER AMOUNT OF MONEY AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE

Monique Zamuda:   WHENEVER

THERE IS A JUDGMENT OR SETTLEMENT FOAS COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND IT IS

THROUGH THAT THAT THE BOARD BECOMES INFORMED.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   I UNDERSTAND THAT. THE QUESTION IS STILL GOING BACK TO THE SOURCE. IS THIS GOING TO COST THE CITY MORE MONEY NOT GENERAL FUND. WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING AN OUTSIDE SOURCE MORE MONEY THAN

WE ARE NOW, OR IS THIS JUST SORT OF YOU KNOW, PUTTING LANGUAGE

TO WHAT IS ALREADY A CURRENT PRACTICE

IS THAT OKAY

Monique Zamuda:   SUPERVISOR

MCGOLDRICK, THE EXTENT TO WHICH

THE CITY ATTORNEY ENTERS INTO A

CONTRACT COULD INCREASE THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE.

HOWEVER, WITHOUT THIS PROVISION, THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS, AND REQUEST THE AUTHORIZATION TO INCREASE HIS BUDGET IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO THAT CONTRACT.

THIS LANGUAGE MAKES IT AUTOMATIC.

Supervisor McGoldrick: OKAY. ILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR AMMIANO.

Supervisor Ammiano:   YEAH.

I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION WITH THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE AND WANTED TO THANK SUPERVISOR

PESKIN AND HIS STAFF, AND MY

STAFF, FOR WORKING ON THIS.

WE JUST LOOKED AT IT, AND FELT

THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WAS NOT AS TRANSPARENT AS WE WERE

COMFORTABLE WITH, AND ALSO

WANTED THE BOARD TO HAVE AS MUCH SAY AND CONTROL AS POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK THAT THESE AMENDMENTS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT, AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

President Peskin:   WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THESE AMENDMENTS

Supervisor Ammiano:   YES, I WOULD.

President Peskin:   IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MAXWELL. COLLEAGUES, CAN WE TAKE THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE WITHOUT OBJECTION

THE MOTION TO AMEND IS HEREBY

APPROVED. TO THE ITEMS BEFORE US, AS

AMENDED, AMENDING THE AAO AND ASO, SUPERVISOR DALY.

Supervisor Daly:   ROLL CALL

ON 26 AND 27 I MEAN 40

President Peskin:   THESE ARE

ITEMS 44 AND 45.

CAN WE TAKE 46 AND 47 OUT OF ORDER, AND DO THOSE NO.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT HOUSE. HOLD ON A SECOND. GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

VOTE ON THE INTERIM BUDGET ALL RIGHT.

ROLL CALL WHY DONT WE JUST

ACTUALLY DO ITEMS 44 AND 45 IN ORDER.

The Clerk:   ITEM 44 AND 45

AS AMENDED, SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, ABSENT.

SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, NO.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   10 AYES, ONE NO.

President Peskin:   THOSE ITEMS ARE PASSED ON FIRST READING.

ITEMS 46 AND 47, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE. SUPERVISOR DALY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE. SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   11 AYES.

President Peskin:   THE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

The Clerk:   THE NEXT ITEM ON

THE AGENDA IS ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTION. FIRST ON ROLL CALL FOR INTRODUCTION, SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL. SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL WILL SUBMIT.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   JUST

BRIEFLY, REQUEST FOR A HEARING WITH REC AND PARK, THEIR

DECISION TO CLOSE THE POOL, NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THAT BUT THE

FACT THAT THE RECENT SALE OF FAMILY PASSES FOR SUMMER

PROGRAMS OCCURRED, AND THE PLAN TO REFUND THE FAMILIES THAT

PURCHASED THE SUMMER PASSES IS CAUSING GREAT CONSTERNATION

AMONG PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THEIR CHILDREN UP. WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON THERE.

THE OTHER IS REQUEST FOR

MATCHING FUNDS, AGAIN A REC AND PARK ITEM, MATCHING FUNDS TO BE

USED TO ACTUALLY 3 DOLLARS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THE CITY WOULD

PUT UP IN TERMS OF GETTING MONEY TOGETHER, FOR THE GOLDEN GATE PARK STABLES. THE FUNDS THERE, NOW AFTER

ALMOST SIX YEARS, ARE STILL NOT OF A SUFFICIENCY TO BRING THAT FACILITY BACK ON LINE.

THATS A FACILITY THAT WE HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WOULD BE BACK ON LINE WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT IS FINALLY, THANKFULLY,

COMING TO SOME SORT OF A STAGE

WHERE WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE THAT THEY WILL BE BACK ON LINE BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF SUMMER AND I WANTED VERY MUCH

TO GET THIS BACK. THE CHILDREN OF SAN FRANCISCO IN PARTICULAR, IN PARTICULAR

ATRISK YOUTH WOULD BENEFIT FROM

HAVING THIS AS ONE OF THE MANY

VENUES WHERE SOMETHING VERY PRODUCTIVE AND SOCIAL COULD OCCUR, SOMETHING RECREATIONAL, AND I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ITEM SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR PESKIN.

President Peskin:   SUBMIT, AND I BELIEVE SUPERVISOR DUFTY HAS AN IN MEMORIAM, WHICH WE WILL MAKE FROM THE ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR

MIRKARIMI.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

COLLEAGUES, SEVERAL QUICK ITEMS. FIRST, IM SUBMITTING A RESOLUTION REGARDING AUTHORITY, HOPE SIX FUNDING.

SAN FRANCISCO IS MIGGING OUT ON

350 MILLION OF FEDERAL HOUSING FUNDING, NOT BECAUSE WE DONT QUALIFY BUT BECAUSE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND MAYORS OFFICE OF

HOUSING HAS NOT APPLIED FOR THE MONEY.

THIS STEMS FROM THE STATUS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS A

TROUBLED AND PARALYSIS OF

THE BASIC THEY HAVE REQUESTED

A QUAVER, AND WE ROUTINELY GRANT THE WAIVERS.

THIS RESOLUTION SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE MAYORS OFFICE ON

HOUSING TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS

TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER ON SOME

OF THE BASIC MOST EASILY ACCOMPLISHED TASKS.

NEXT IM SUBMITTING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE CITY SHOULD

CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE

IN POWER TECHNOLOGY TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS TO THE PUBLIC.

THE CITY SHOULD OWN AND CONTROL TIGHTER POWER TECHNOLOGY AND

DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE. THIS ORDINANCE WILL SEND CLEAR POLICY GUIDELINES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION THAT THIS BODY BELIEVES IT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE LONG TERM NEEDS OF SAN FRANCISCO THAT WE OVERSEE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VITAL PUBLIC RESOURCE IN THE MANNER THAT PROTECTS BOTH THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS ORDINANCE MAKES IT CLEAR

THAT ANY CAPITAL EXTEND EXPENDED FOR A WORKING FACILITY

BY THE CITY IN FURTHERANCE OF

THIS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY

AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. WE WILL ENSURE THAT PUBLIC

MONEYS WILL NOT BE USED TO

SUBSIDIZE A PRIVATE VENTURE OR PRIVATE RESOURCE. WE FIND OUT ABOUT THIS COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE MAYOR

AND PGE OF 1.5 MILLION, WHICH

WAS SIGNED, AND NONE OF US WERE MADE AWARE OF IT.

BY THE TIME THE PRESS CONFERENCE HAD TAKEN PLACE.

THIS IS ALARMING AND SENDS A

STRONG MESSAGE THAT MOVEMENT IS AFOOT IN WHAT SHOULD BE A CITY OWNED RESOURCE AND I HOPE THIS

ORDINANCE HELPS BALANCE THAT PERSPECTIVE.

NEXT IM SUBMITTING AN IN

MEMORIAM FOR BREEIANA WILCOX.

I WILL LET SUPERVISOR DUFTY

SPEAK TO THAT FROM ALL OF US, I HOPE. THANK YOU.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR ELSBERND.

[INAUDIBLE]

President Peskin:   THATS ENOUGH. HEY.

SIT DOWN. GREAT.

FELLA, TAKE YOUR GENERAL STRIKE

OUTSIDE. GREAT. LOVELY.

NEXT SPEAKER. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND.

Supervisor Elsbernd:   THANK

YOU, PRESIDENT PESKIN. ILL SUBMIT MOST OF MY ITEMS. ONE I WANT TO BRING TO EVERYONES ATTENTION, LOOKING FOR, IN A SENSE, A HISTORY LESSON FROM THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE. BASED ON THE INTERIM BUDGET THAT

WE JUST APPROVED, WE ARE SETTINGOURSELVES UP TO START A FISCAL YEAR WITH THE TIME.

AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, WHAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE DID

YESTERDAY, WE ARE WEVE DROPPED THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE

FROM 25 MILLION DOWN TO 21 MILLION. AS I POINTED OUT YESTERDAY, WE WERE AT A 25 MILLION GENERAL

FUND RESERVE WHEN OUR BUDGET WAS DOWN AROUND 3 BILLION.

OUR BUDGET IS NOW TWICE THAT AT

6 BILLION BUT THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE HAS STAYED AT 25 MILLION

AND NOW WEVE CUT IT BY ALMOST 20. JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, I WONDER IF THE CONTROLLER COULD FIND FOR ME WHEN THE LAST TIME WAS WE WERE AT SUCH A LOW POINT AT THE BEGINNING OF A FISCAL YEAR. ILL SUBMIT THE REST OF MY ITEMS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, I

WOULD LIKE TO ASK US TO ADJOURN TODAYS MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF

THE NINE FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IT IS THE LARGEST LOSS OF FIREFIGHTER LIVES SINCE SEPTEMBER 11.

THERE WILL BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY AT 4:00. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE

COULD DO THE SIMPLE THING OF

ADJOURNING OUR MEETING IN THEIR

COURAGEOUS MEMORIES. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   FROM THE

FULL BOARD, WITHOUT OBJECTION. SUPERVISOR AMMIANO.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK YOU.

I HAVE A FEW BRIEF ROLL CALLS, INTRODUCING AMENDMENTS TO THE MINIMUM COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, IS DESIGNED

TO HELP LOW WAGE WORKERS IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT STILL RINGS TRUE THAT ANYONE WHO WORKS FULL TIME SHOULD BE

ABLE TO SURVIVE ON WHAT THEY

EARN. SADLY, THATS NOT THE CASE FOR PEOPLE WORKING FACILITIES. THE PEOPLE WHO CLEAN OUR

BUILDINGS TAKE CARE OF ELDERLY,

SHOULD NOT HAVE TO RELY ON CHARITY OR TAXPAYERS TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE MONTH.

THEY DESERVE A LIVING WAGE. ANY FAIR MINDED PERSON WOULD

HAVE TO AGREE THIS IS A LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH

THE MAYOR AND SUPERVISOR TO PASS

THIS VITAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

A IN MEMORIAM TO THE YOUNG MAN I

MENTIONED, IN A PREVIOUS AGENDA JT. A PAIR OF GANG MEMBERS IN A

STOLEN CAR SHOT AND KILLED A 15YEAROLD BOY SATURDAY NIGHT AS HE STOOD WITH A FRIEND OUTSIDE HIS FAMILYS APARTMENT

ON A BUSY STREET IN SAN FRANCISCOS MISSION DISTRICT.

THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED BY THE

CITYS MEDICAL EXAMINER AS ED

HAVE I VALDO. HE WAS SHOT AT 8.

8p.m..

TWO YOUNG MEN DROVE UP IN A

HONDA ACCORD, THE PASSENGER FIRED AND A DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SAID WHILE HE WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE GANG THEY FEEL THE MURDER WAS GANG RELATED.

AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THIS PIECE.

THE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A

STOLEN CAR ALLEGEDLY USED IN THE

SHOOTING, A FOUR DOOR 1990 GOLD

OR COFFEECOLORED WITH LICENSE

PLATE NUMBER STOLEN IN SAN FRANCISCO EARLIER, SATURDAY, AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION

COULD PLEASE CALL THE TIP LINE 5754444.

WE ARE GREATLY DIMINISHED BY THE

ENDING OF THIS YOUNG PERSONS LIFE. SO THAT HE COULD NOT MEET HIS FULL POTENTIAL.

I HOPE THAT THE SUSPECTS ARE APPREHENDED. THATS MY ROLL CALL.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER. Supervisor AliotoPier: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. I WILL BE SUBMITTING MOST OF MY

ITEMS, BUT ONE ITEM ID LIKE TO

TALK ABOUT, THE WINNER OF 2007

WAS ONE OF THE DRYEST ON RECORD. AS A RESULT BAY AREA WATER

AGENCIES CALLED FOR CONVERSATION URGING A SYSTEMWIDE 10

REDUCTION IN WATER USE, TO AVERT MANDATORY RAGING. THIS RATIONING.

THIS WAS A CALL SINCE THE EARLY 9H1990s.

THIS EMPHASIZES THE FRAGILEITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WATER SUPPLY AND IS A CALL FOR CONVERSATION TO ALL OF US. IN ORDER FOR CONVERSATION TO BE

EFFECTIVE WE MUST WORK TOGETHER,

BUSINESSES, RESIDENCES, SINGLE

FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOMES. NO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSERVE.

ON JUNE 11, PUC PASSED A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A WORKING

GROUP TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLAN THAT INCLUDES CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOR

RATEPAYERS, COMMERCIAL USERS ANDCITY DEPARTMENTS. IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A WATER CONSERVATION PLAN FOR CITY DEPARTMENTS WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTANDS WHERE, WHEN, HOW,

AND WHY WATER IS USED IN EACH OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.

TO THIS END, IM INTRODUCING A

RESOLUTION DIRECTING

SAN FRANCISCO PUC TO CREATE A CITYWIDE PROGRAM TO TRACK WATER USAGE BY CITY DEPARTMENTS. I WILL SUBMIT THE REST.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR DALY.

Supervisor Daly:   THANK YOU,

MADAM CLERK.

COLLEAGUES, TWO RESOLUTIONS

TODAY THAT IM INTRODUCING, BOTH

DEALING WITH THE PRECAUTIONARY

PRINCIPLES THAT WE ADOPTED CITY

POLICY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO,

WHICH ASKS PUBLIC SERVANTS TO

TAKE ACTION AGAINST HARM, THOROUGHLY EXPLORE AND ANALYZE

COURSES OF ACTION THAT PRESENT

THE LEAST THREAT TO ALL THE

FIRST RESOLUTION DEALS WITH THE

ANNUAL AIR SHOW THAT INCLUDES

THE BLUE ANGELS, WHICH IS AN

ELITE NAVY EXHIBITION SQUADRON.

A COUPLE OF FACTS.

THERE HAVE BEEN 26 FATALITIES

RELATED TO THE BLUE ANGELS OVER

THE LAST 26 YEARS, THE MOST

RECENT OF WHICH CAME THIS APRIL,

APRIL 21, IN SOUTH CAROLINA,

WHEN BLUE ANGEL PILOT KEVIN DAVIS CRASHED HIS PLANE INTO SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES,

KILLING HIMSELF, INJURING EIGHT

PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

I GUESS PERHAPS THE ONLY BIT OF

GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT CRASH,

WHICH APPARENTLY DID NOT HAPPEN

WHILE THE BLUE ANGELS WERE IN TIGHT FORMATION DAREDEVIL MANEUVERS BUT HAPPEN

ODD A SINGLE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT TURN AROUND THAT HAPPENS DURING

FLEET WEEK HERE OVER HEAVILY

DENSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL

NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO,

WAS THAT PART OF BOWFORD WAS NOT

THE DENSEST RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT IN SAN FRANCISCO IS SIGNIFICANT,

AND IT IS MY BELIEF, AND ILL

ASK YOU, AS POLICYMAKERS HERE

IN SAN FRANCISCO, TO ENTERTAIN THIS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE SHOULD PUT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ON RECORD AND CALL ON OUR FEDERAL

REPRESENTATIVES TO USE THEIR

RESOURCES TO ATTEMPT A HALT OF

THE UNNECESSARY FLYOVERS BY

THESE MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN SAN FRANCISCO. THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT DEAL

WITH THIS CRISIS, AND CLIMATE

CRISIS THAT WE ARE FACING, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH WE

ARE ALL AWARE OF, OBVIOUSLY THE

INORDINATE AMOUNT OF JET FUEL

THATS USED IN THIS

ENTERTAINMENT, I BELIEVE IS OF QUESTION.

FURTHER, WITH MANY WHO LIVE IN

OUR CITY, FROM WARTORN

COUNTRIES, WHO HAVE IMMIGRATED HERE FOR REFUGE, OBVIOUSLY THERE

ARE ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED FOR

CHILDREN WHO HAVE LIVED THROUGH

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES WITH WAR IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. COLLEAGUES, I ASK YOU FOR YOUR

CONSIDERATION OF THIS RESOLUTION.

ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT IM

INTRODUCING TODAY, DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION BY LENNAR AT

HUNTERS POINT ON THE OLD NAVAL SHIPYARD. COLLEAGUES, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME HERE. LAST WEEK, I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO COMMUNITY MEETING

ADJACENT TO THE NAVAL SHIPYARD AND HEAR MORE FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE.

I THINK THEIR CALLS RIGHT NOW

FOR A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON

CONSTRUCTION THERE, TO CONDUCT

AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH EVALUATION

AND INVESTIGATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENCE IS ONE

THAT FITS WELL WITHIN OUR VERY

OWN PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLES.

AND WHILE IM NOT SURE WE HAVE THE POWER FROM THIS SIDE OF GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THAT

SORT OF THING, I AM INTRODUCING

A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT TO PROCEED IN THAT

DIRECTION, AGAIN WITH A

TEMPORARY STOPPAGE OF WORK ON A

SHIPYARD TO CONDUCT AN

INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH

IMPACTS OF THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND GO TO SCHOOL IN ADJACENT AREAS TO THE SHIPYARD. COLLEAGUES, THAT CONCLUDES MY ROLL CALL FOR THE DAY.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR DUFTY.

Supervisor Dufty:   THANK

YOU, MADAM CLERK. SEVERAL COLLEAGUES SAID WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN IN MEMORIAM

FROM THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR BREEIANA AND WEVE TALKED ABOUT

THE SAD LOSS OF THIS WOMAN, THE

DAUGHTER OF THE PUBLISHER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER.

JOHN SENT AN EMAIL WHICH SPOKE ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER AND THE FAMILY AND I THOUGHT I WOULD

READ IT AS HIS TRIBUTE. DEAR FRIENDS, THERE IS NO EASY

WAY TO SAY THIS, BREEIANA LOST

HER LONG BATTLE ON FRIDAY. AT AROUND 4p.m. ON TUESDAY

AFTERNOON SHE BEGAN BLEEDING FROM HER RIGHT LUNG.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, HER HEART STOPPED. THE DOCTORS WORKED FOR HALF AN HOUR BEFORE RESTORING HER HEART BEAT. WE SPENT THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT AT THE HOSPITAL HOPING SHE WOULD

MAKE YET ANOTHER COME BACK. SHE COULD NOT. SOMETIME OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS HER BRAIN DIED.

SHE WAS 17 AND AN AWARD WINNING

ARTIST, MATH WIZ AND A FUTURE MIT STUDENT.

SHE OVERCAME PNEUMONIA.

TUESDAY, SHE WAS CONSCIOUS AND COMMUNICATING.

THE FOLLOWING MORNING SHE WAS TO

BE PREPARED FOR LEAVING ICU. IN HER SHORT LIFE SHE WAS BLESSED WITH A MOTHER OF

UNPARALLELED DEVOTION.

SHE DEDICATED HER LAST EIGHT MONTHS TO THE STRUGGLE.

SHE STAYED WITH BREEIANA AT THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, FIRST IN

THE ROOM, AND THEN AT A NEARBY HOTEL.

SHE CAME TO KNOW THE STAFF AND

MEDICATIONS, TO UNDERSTAND THE

DATA AND ADVOCATE F KIND OF

MAN, RISING TO THE OCCASION TO TAKE CARE OF THE HOUSE AND DOG.

IVE BEEN TORN BETWEEN THE NEWSPAPER, THE HOSPITAL AND THE HOME.

NOW AT THE TIME OF THIS LOSS HE PROTECTS MY MOTHER AND ME.

I AM PROUD OF HIM. FUNERAL SERVICES ON THURSDAY,

JUNE 21 AT 11a.m. AT ST. TIMOTHYS EPISCOPAL IN DANVILLE. ALL ARE WELCOME. I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH US AND WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP

AND CONCERN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I DONT THINK THERE ARE MANY WORDS TO ADD, SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, THAN AN EMAIL

IMMEDIATELY RESPONDING. I KNOW INTERFERES MCGOLDRICK AND SUPERVISOR PESKIN HAVE TALKED TO JOHN SO I WANTED TO SHARE HIS WORDS AND SAY WE ALL SHARE IN

HIS FAMILYS MOURNING OF THIS LOSS. COLLEAGUES, IM INTRODUCING AN

IN MEMORIAM FOR TREVOR HALEY

WHOM YOU KNEW AS THE SPIRIT OF CRUISING THE CASTRO.

FOR 16 YEARS HE CREATED AND LED A TOUR OF LGBT HISTORY IN THE CASTRO. SHE RETIRED FROM THAT A COUPLE

OF YEARS AGO TO MOVE TO SAN DIEGO WITH HER PARTNER,

NORMA SUE AND UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.

A FILM WAS SHOWN AT FRAME LINE

LGBT FILM FESTIVAL IN CASTRO WITH TREVOR ON SATURDAY AND SHE

WAS EXPECTED TO BE HERE WITH US

ALL, EXTOALG THE HUMOR AND FUN OF WHAT SHES DONE TO CREATE A SENSE OF HISTORY AND A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITYS HISTORY. WITH THE SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, IM INTRODUCING A

RESOLUTION, ASKING THE MTA TO WORK WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO ART

COMMISSION AND WITH THE GLBT

HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO CREATE A PLAQUE, MEMORIALIZING HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNDERSTANDING QUEER HISTORY IN SAN FRANCISCO. SHE ALWAYS MADE SURE TO COME

DOWN TO HARVEY MILK PLAZA TO

LOOK AT THE GARDEN AND MORE

RECENTLY TO SEE THE PHOTO INSTALLATION FOR HARVEY MILK.

I THINK IT WOULD BE FITTING FOR VISITORS TO KNOW OF HER

CONTRIBUTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING OUR HISTORY. MEDIANO INTRODUCING A

ISLAND TO REENFORCE THE NO RIGHT TURN REGULATIONS FOR MARKET

STREET TO THE CENTRAL FREEWAY. YOURE PROBABLY AWARE THAT THERE

WAS ANOTHER ACCIDENT, WHERE A

DRIVERS DANGEROUS ACTIONS, MAKING AN ILLEGAL RIGHT TURN ON

TO THIS, HIT A BICYCLIST AND

MOREOVER, WHEN A GOOD SAMARITAN TRIED TO STOP THE MOTORIST TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR

ACTIONS, AN ASSAULT ENSUED.

THE GOOD SAMARITAN WAS PINNED BY THE VEHICLE.

AND WHEN IT WAS RIETD, THE RIGHTED, THE DRIVER JUMPED INTO IT AND SPED OFF.

AND ANOTHER GOOD SAMARITAN DPOLD

THIS DRIVER TO EMERYVILLE WHERE THEY WERE ARRESTED.

IT WAN AN INCREDIBLE SITUATION

WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

REALIZE HOW PERILOUS IT IS WHEN CARS MAKE ILLEGAL TURNS AND THAT

THE ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR HAS TO CHANGE. FOLLOWING THE INTERIM STEPS YOUVE SEEN AFTER THE ACCIDENT IN JANUARY 2007, THERE WERE A

NUMBER OF GUIDE SIGNS, ELECTRONIC SIGN BOARDS, SAFE

SPACES, AND BARRIERS, CREATED TO

MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS ILLEGAL RIGHT TURN,

AND AT THAT TIME,WE ASKED DPT TO

DESIGN A PERMANENT BARRIER AND A

DESIGN HAS BEEN DRAFTED FOR A

RAISED CONCRETE MEDIAN. I AM ASKING WITH THIS RESOLUTION ON THE ADOPTION WITHOUT REFERENCE COMMITTEE CALENDARS,

AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISORS

MIRKARIMI AND DALY FOR COSPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION,

THAT THEY WORK SO THIS CAN BE CONSTRUCTED IMMEDIATELY. AND THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE

SAFETY OF BICYCLISTS IN THIS AREA. LASTLY, COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO

THANK THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE. YESTERDAY, THE CONTROLLER ISSUED

A REPORT IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST THAT MANY OF US MADE TO

LOOK INTO THE SITUATION WITH

UCSF TRANS PROJECT.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, A SITUATION

AROSE WHERE UCSF WAS GOING TO RELINQUISH THIS GRANT DUE TO

REMOVAL OF A PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR WHO SECURED THIS

FUNDING FOR UCSF AND THERE WERE MANY IN THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WHO WERE CONCERNED

ABOUT THE LOSS OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS DROPINCENTER. AT THE TIME, DEALING WITH PUSH AND PULL BETWEEN UCSF AND THOSE

OF US ON THE BOARD, WE REQUESTED THIS CONTROLLER MAKE AN

EVALUATION OF THIS GRANT, OF THE

GRAP THAT COULD BE CREATED IN SERVICES TO THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, AND WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE TO CONTINUE THESE SERVICES.

I WANT TO THANK ED HARRINGTON

AND MONIQUE ZAMUDA, THE CONTROLLER AND DEPUTY

CONTROLLER, AND BETSY BALM WHO

PREPARED THE REPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE STUDY FOUND THERE WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN SERVICES TO OUR GROWING TRANSGENDER

COMMUNITY IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO DIMINISH AND THESE SERVICES WERE TO GO AWAY. THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THE

BOARD COULD DECIDE, THROUGH THE

ADDBACK PROCESS TO PROVIDE 150,000 IN BRIDGE FUNDING BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER AND THAT OUR OWN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FIFTH YEAR OF THIS FIVE YEAR GRANT AND

CONTRACT WITH A NONPROFIT

AGENCY OR COLLABORATION OF AGENCIES THAT COULD PROVIDE THAT AN EXCELLENT ARRAY OF SERVICES WERE PROVIDED HERE, AND IT IS CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTING

THAT UCSF, BY NOT REFERRING OUT TO THE REACHING OUT TO THE CITY HAS CREATED A SITUATION WHERE MANY OF THE STAFF HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT AND WE WILL BE

IN A POSITION TO RAMP THESE SERVICES BACK UP, BRING INDIVIDUALS ON STAFF, AND PROBABLY RELOCATE. ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES WAS

THAT THE LEASE COSTS WERE QUINN TULED THAN WHAT THEY WERE IN THE GRANT.

SHOWER SERVICES ARE NOT COMFORTABLE ACCESSING THOSE

SERVICES AND OTHER FACILITIES, INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE HOMELESS

AND OFTEN HAD TO RELY ON SURVIVAL IN ORDER TO LIVE AND

THE DANGERS THEY PLACE THEMSELVES IN.

AND ALSO CULTURALLY COMPETENT SERVICES,FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. I ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THIS REPORT,

AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THIS BRIDGE FUNDING.

I APPRECIATE THAT DR. KATZ AND BARBARA GARCIA, THE PUBLIC DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THATS BEEN DONE.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WORK CAN CONTINUE TO BE DONE AND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED.

THE FACILITY IS CURRENTLY IN BOARD PRESIDENT PESKINS

DISTRICT AND SUPERVISORS JOIN ME IN THIS REQUEST. I APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENT WORK OF THE CONTROLLERS OFFICE AND KNOW THAT MEMBERS OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY ARE HEARTENED THAT WE TOOK THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND TRIED TO

COME UP WITH SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. ALL OF THOSE MATTERS WILL BE REFERRED.

OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE WILCOX FAMILY.

MADAM CLERK, LETS GO TO OUR 3p.m. SPECIAL ORDER.

WHY DONT WE GET ITEMS 34 AND 35 OUT OF THE WAY AND THEN RETURN

TO OUR MIDSTREAM HEARING ON MARKET OCTAVIA.

The Clerk:   ITEM 34 34. HEARING OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN OR OBJECTING TO

PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCOS DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (THE AGREEMENT) FOR A PORTION OF ASSESSORS BLOCK 5421, LOTS 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, AND 11 COMMONLY KNOWN AS ARMSTRONG PLACE (OR 5600 THIRD STREET), TO BRIDGE TOWER, L.L.C., FOR THE PURPOSE DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE FORSALE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. ITEM 35 35. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCOS DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT

THE AGREEMENT:   FOR A PORTION OF ASSESSORS BLOCK 5421, LOTS 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, AND

OR 5600 THIRD STREET:  , TOBRIDGE TOWER, L.L.C., FOR THE PURPOSE DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE FORSALE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. MR. OL SON LEE FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A BRIEF

STATEMENT ON THIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS OLSON LEE, THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED

BY THE AGENCY, WITH TAX INCREMENT FUND. BY STATE LAW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO

HAVE A THREETHREE, OR THREETHREE HEARING, FOR THE

DISPOSITION OF SUCH PROPERTY. THE AGENCY IS VERY EXCITED TO BE

HERE ON THIS OCCASION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE DISPOSITION OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

THIS SITE AT 6600 THIRD STREET WILL CONTAIN AFFORDABLE

HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST THAT THE AGENCY IS SPONSORING ON THIRD STREET.

AS PART OF THE AGENCYS

REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA.

THE AFFORDABILITY OF THESE UNITS

WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 75 OF

MEDIAN INCOME. HALF OF THE UNITS WILL BE THREE

BEDROOMS OR LARGER, SO THEY WILL

DEFINITELY BE FAMILYSIZE UNITS.

THE UNITS WILL BE SOLD TO THE

BUYERS, BASED UPON THE AGENCYS LIMITED EQUITY HOMEOWNERSHIP

PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR

A LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY UPON

RESALE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE AGENCY IS TRANSFERRING THE

PROPERTY TO THE DEVELOPER FOR A DOLLAR, IN PART BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY TO THE PROJECT, TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

SUBJECT TO THE BOARDS ACTIONS TODAY, THE DEVELOPER AND THE

AGENCY HOPES THAT THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. SO, AGAIN, THE AGENCY AND THE DEVELOPER AND THE COMMUNITY ARE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND STAFF IS HERE, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU, MR. LEE.

ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS SUPERVISOR MAXWELL. Supervisor Maxwell: COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE NEED IN THIS AREA. WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS REALLY GETS US THERE. SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. ARE THERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY ON THE DISPOSITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC OKAY.

COME ON UP. THE SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. WHILE WERE WAITING FOR THE

FIRST SPEAKER, SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER.

Supervisor AliotoPier:   YOU KNOW WHAT, IM SORRY.

President Peskin:   OKAY. FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE. GO AHEAD, SIR.

GO AHEAD, MAAM.

I CONSIDER ALL THIS MATTER IN

THE PROCESSES President Peskin: MS. JOHNSON, THIS IS ONLY FOR

THE HEARING ON ARMSTRONG PLACE. ARE YOU COMMENTING ON THE ARMSTRONG PLACE YEAH.

President Peskin:   GO AHEAD.

THAT ARMSTRONG IS A GENIUS OF

ALL PROCESSES.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL ARMSTRONG. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

SUPERVISORS, YOUVE HEARD AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TALK ABOUT DDA, DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND EVEN AS IM SPEAKING ABOUT

IT, THE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHATS

HAPPENING IN THE BAYVIEW.

WE NEED TO KNOW THE QUALITY OF

THIS TYPE OF HOUSING.

AND WE FLEED TO KNOW, FROM THE

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WHICH I

WILL STATE HERE IS A MOST

DUBIOUS QUASI STATE AGENCY THAT

HAS ALWAYS LIED TO THE COMMUNITY IN SAN FRANCISCO.

NOW, IF YOURE BUILDING THESE UNITS OVER THERE, I WOULD LIKE

TO KNOW, EVEN BEFORE YOU BUILD IT, WHAT MEASURES FOR DUST CONTROLLER WERE TAKEN IN THE

DELL LITION OF THIS BUILDING DEMOLITION OF THIS BUILDING. AND BEHIND THIS BUILDING, THERES A SITE THATS VERY TOXIC.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED IT, IF YOUVE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE.

LETS NOT BUILD UNITS IN AREAS

THAT ADVERSELY IMPACT INNOCENT PEOPLE.

THATS ALL I HAVE GOT TO SAY TO

THE SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT

AGENCY, THE MOST DUBIOUS AGENCY IN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

President Peskin:   IS THERE

ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS

DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NEXT SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE OTHERS, LINE UP.

I AM MR. RAT CLIFF,

SAN FRANCISCO BAYVIEW NEWSPAPER.

THIS IS WHAT WE GET. YOU CAN BRING ALL KIND OF PEOPLE

OUT THERE, LAND FOR ONE DOLLAR,

JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH LENNAR. THEY CAN RUN OVER THE PEOPLE.

AND THERE IS NO MITIGATING OF DUST AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE

HAVE TO GO THROUGH, NOT COUNTING THE ECONOMICS, AND NOT ONLY

THAT, NOT COUNTING THE FACT

THEYRE NOT REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THATS THE DISRESPECT THAT WE GET. AND IM NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. THEYRE DOING THEIR JOB.

THEIR JOB IS TO THEYRE DOING THAT.

BUT YOU PEOPLE HAVE SAT ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND YOURE

THE ONES WHOS LETTING GO

THROUGH AGAINST THAT COMMUNITY. BECAUSE RIGHT OUT THERE, EVERYBODY THAT BUILD OUT THERE DOES NOT DO ANY KIND OF CONTROL IN A TOXIC AREA.

THATS A TOXIC SOUP AREA.

NOBODYS DOING ANYTHING, AND WERE CRYING ABOUT PEOPLE DYING

AND SICK OUT THERE, AND WE GET NOTHING OUT OF YOU ALL.

AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,

THEY ARE THE THATS ALL THEY ARE. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. IS THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON THIS DEVELOPMENT DISPOSITION AGREEMENT

SEEING NONE GO AHEAD, MAAM. IF YOURE GOING TO COMMENT, NOWS THE TIME.

THE CHRONICLE ABOUT TWO OR

THREE MONTHS AGO, RAN AN ARTICLE

ON THE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS OF RESIDENTS IN THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS

POINT AREA, THE TOXIC CHEMICALS THAT EXIST IN THE SOIL AND IN THE LAND, AND IN THE AIR, HAVE

NOT BEEN CLEANED, EITHER BY OUR

CITY AGENCIES, OR BY FEDERAL

MONEYS COMING INTO THE AREA.

I REALLY OPPOSE ANY NEW THIS ARE

AREA OF THE TOXINS THAT ARE IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU, MAAM. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ESPANOLA JACKSON, I LIVE IN BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT. I HAVE A GREAT CONCERN BECAUSE

THERES ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT

IS GOING ON, ON THIRD STREET.

ITS AT 5800 THIRD.

IT IS THE OLD COCACOLA COMPANY.

I PASSED BY THERE LAST THURSDAY.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE DUST.

AND ITS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET

FROM THE BAYVIEW PARK, ALSO

WHERE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SWIMMING POOL IS.

THERES NO REGARD FOR SAFETY IN BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT.

AND WHEN A CALL WAS MADE TO THE

AIR QUALITY, GUESS WHAT WAS

SAID.

CONTACT OX COMING.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN,EN CONTACTING OX

COMING WHEN THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT IS GOING ON ON THIRD STREET I WISH YOU WOULD PAY ATTENTION AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE

STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE PREVIOUSLY IS WHAT TYPE OF PRECAUTION IS GOING TO BE USED

WHEN THEY START BUILDING THERE

ON THE CORNER OF THIRD AND OAKDALE. THAT IS WHERE IT IS.

I STATED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONERS BEFORE, THAT USED

TO BE A FILLING STATION ON THAT CORNER. AND BECAUSE OF THE FACT WHEN

THEY BUILD THE I THINK IT WAS

A CHICKEN PLACE, THEY BUILT OVER

TOP, WHERE THE FILLING STATION

WERE, WHERE THOSE PUMPS WAS AT. AND A LOT OF THE AREAS ON THIRD STREET, WE HAD A LOT OF FILLING STATIONS THAT ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE CITY RECORDS TODAY, BECAUSE

THEYVE BEEN COVERED OVER.

PLEASE TAKE PRECAUTIONS IN THE

COMMUNITY WHERE OUR BABIES GO,

AND THATS ALSO A AREA AT THIRD AND CARROLL, RIGHT ACROSS THE

STREET, A HALF A BLOCK, IS THE HEALTH CENTER. AND PEOPLE IS TRAVELING THERE EVERY DAY.

AND THERES NO PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY ON THIS SPECIAL ORDER ITEM SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. THE ITEM IS IN THE HANDS OF THE BOARD. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER. Supervisor AliotoPier:

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PESKIN. I HAD JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

THESE ARE THE RENTAL UNITS, CORRECT

President Peskin:   THEYRE OWNERSHIP UNITS. Supervisor AliotoPier: THEYRE OWNERSHIP UNITS.

President Peskin:   FL LEE.

YES, THESE ARE OWNERSHIP UNITS. Supervisor AliotoPier: GREAT.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS,

HOW MANY OF THEM ARE DESIGNATED NOT DESIGNATED, BUT HOW MANY OF THEM ARE LARGER FAMILY UNITS

SUPERVISOR, 50 OF THE

UNITS THERES 124 UNITS, AND OVER 50 OF THOSE UNITS ARE

THREE BEDROOMS OR LARGER. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A

DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL TRY TO SERVE FAMILIES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

Supervisor AliotoPier:   SO

50 ARE THREE BEDROOM OR LARGER YOU MEAN YOUVE GOT FOUR BEDROOMS IN THERE

THATS CORRECT, WE HAVE FOUR

BEDROOMS.

Supervisor AliotoPier:   DO YOU HAVE FIVE BEDROOMS NO. THE SMALLEST UNIT WE HAVE IS A TWO BEDROOM. 50 OR MORE OF THE UNITS ARE THREE BEDROOMS OR MORE.

Supervisor AliotoPier:   THE

SMALLEST YUNTD YOU HAVE IS 2

BEDROOM, THE OTHER 50 IS THREE

BEDROOM AND THE OTHER IS

WE HAVE 52 TWO BEDROOM UNITS,

48 THREE BEDROOM UNITS, AND 24 FOUR BEDROOM UNITS.

AND THE FOUR BEDROOM UNITS HAVE TWO AND A HALF BATHS. Supervisor AliotoPier: GREAT.

THANK YOU. President Peskin:

SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL.

Supervisor Sandoval:   THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

I WANT TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT, NOT QUESTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT IS THAT, AS A COMMITTEE

MEMBER WHO SAT THROUGH THE LAND

USE HEARINGS, THAT HAVE CAUSED

SO MUCH CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE BAYVIEW

COMMUNITY, I CERTAINLY

UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE CITY. I THINK THAT THE LESSON HERE, IS THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE

HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY DO THINGS 100 RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO ANY PROJECT IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT IS JUST

NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT.

WE DID OURSELVES A GREAT

DISFAVOR BY COMMITTEING THE

ERRORS COMMITTING THE ERRORS AND OMISSIONS WITH REGARD TO THE

GRADING AT THE HUNTERS POINT

SHIPYARD, IN PARCEL A.

IT WILL PUT US UNDER A NEW TYPE

OF SCRUTINY THAT WE MUST ACCEPT AND FOLLOW THROUGH. I HAPPEN TO KNOW THIS PARTICULAR HOUSING DEVELOPER, BRIDGE HOUSING CORPORATION, IVE KNOWN OF THEIR WORK FOR AT LEAST 20

YEARS, AND THERE REALLY IS NO ONE BETTER.

THEY ARE IN THE TOP, IN TERMS OF PRODUCING AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOUSING FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD TURN AROUND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND FEEL THAT THEY

SHOULD HAVE THE SAME KIND OF

TRUST THAT MIGHT HAVE EXISTED BEFORE.

IN SOME I THINK SUM, I THINK THIS MESSAGE IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND TO OURSELVES, THAT IF THERE

IS ANY KIND OF SLIPUP AT ALL, ON ANY ONE OF THESE PROJECTS GOING

FORWARD, ITS GOING TO

NECESSITATE SOME VERY DRASTIC ACTION THAT I THINK IN THE END

IS GOING TO BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR THE LONG RANGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT I DO NOT SEE THAT THERE IS

GOING TO BE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, ILL LEAVE IT TO YOU, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR DALY.

Supervisor Daly:   THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

COLLEAGUES, DURING SOME OF THE

RHETORIC AROUND THE MAYORS BUDGET SUBMISSION, I BELIEVE

THAT THE MAYORS OFFICE HAVE

BECOME A WAR OF WORDS. IT SEEMS THAT AT THIS POINT, AT

LEAST IN TERMS OF BEING THE ONLY SUPERVISOR ON THE PANEL, INCLUDING SUPERVISOR JEW, WHO

DOESNT HAVE A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT, THAT IVE LOST THE WAR OF WORDS. AND IM OKAY WITH LOSING THE WAR

OF WORDS, IF I WIN THE WAR OF DEEDS.

AND LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN THIS WAR OF WORDS, WAGED BY

THE MAYORS OFFICE, THE MAYOR

TALKS ABOUT 217 MILLION FOR

AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A RECORD OF 217 MILLION. WHAT HE HASNT BEEN TALKING

ABOUT, IN HIS SPEECHES ON DOING

RIGHT BY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IS

THAT THIS 217 MILLION THIS YEAR

INCLUDES A 51.4 MILLION INCREASE

IN THE HOMEOWNERSHIP LINE ITEM.

THERE IS AN ACCOMPANYING 55

MILLION DOLLAR, GIVE OR TAKE A

FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ACCOMPANYING 55 MILLION DECREASE

IN MONEYS FOR AFFORDABLE FAMILY

RENTAL HOUSING, SENIOR RENTAL HOUSING AND HOMELESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THE REASON WHY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT, THE REASON WHY

I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT

POINT, IS BECAUSE OUR

HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS, WHILE

VALUABLE, TEND TO HOUSE, BECAUSE

OF THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND AREA

MEDIUM INCOME OR SAN FRANCISCO

MEDIUM INCOME, THEY TEND TO

HOUSE MORE MIDDLE INCOME SAN FRANCISCANS. IN OTHER WORDS OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS, WHILE THIS ONE IS A LITTLE SPECIAL WITH THE

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCYS AND

BRIDGES INVOLVEMENT, OUR

AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS ON

HOMEOWNERSHIP TENDS TO BE

HOUSEHOLDS AROUND IF YOU LOOK UP WHAT THAT MEANS, COLLEAGUES,

ON THOSE WEBSITE, YOULL FIND 100 OF MEDIAN INCOME, A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR PERSONS,

THATS EARNING ABOUT 86,500 PER YEAR. NOW OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

PROGRAMS THAT ARE RENTAL TEND TO

BE IF THEY ARE VERY

SUPPORTIVE, AROUND 30 OF THE MEDIAN.

IF THEYRE STANDARD INCLUSIONARY

OR STANDARD RENTAL, 60 OF MEDIAN, THAT WOULD BE FOR A

FAMILY OF FOUR, 51,900 IN

HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT 60 OF

MEDIAN, ALTHOUGH NOW

SAN FRANCISCO MEDIAN, WHICH IS I DONT HAVE THAT CHART

UP, BUT 30, WHICH I THINK WE ALL COULD AGREE WOULD BE

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, WITH LIMITED MEANS. FOLKS IN THE AREA THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT. SO WHEN WE HEAR THE RHETORIC,

AND WE HEAR THE ADMINISTRATION WINNING, CLEARLY WINNING THE WAR

OF WORDS ON THE BUDGET, LETS

TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER. LETS LOOK AT THE LINE ITEM

DETAIL AND FINE OUT FIND OUT WHERE OUR REAL PRIORITIES ARE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART THE

REAL PRIORITIES ARE HOUSING,

FAMILIES, WHEN WEVE PUTTING OUR

MONEY UP, AT 86,500 IN TERMS OF

ANNUAL INCOME AND NOT 25 P950. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE HERE. I ASK MR. LEE FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, DO YOU

HAVE AN OVERLAY OF WHAT THE

HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS, IN TERMS OF

AVERAGE IN THIS AREA, IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND WILL THESE

HOMES, EVEN AT THE 60 OF AREA

MEDIAN INCOME BE AFFORDABLE TO THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD

President Peskin:   MR. LEE. A COUPLE OF THINGS. AS REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY

CONSISTS OF TWO THINGS.

WE HAVE A HOMEOWNERSHIP COMPONENT WHICH IS THE SUBJECT

OF THE ACTION THIS AFTERNOON. WE ALSO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE SENIOR COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE FRONT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK THAT THE GOALS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPER

AND THE AGENCY, IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS, WAS TO TRY TO

SERVE THE BROAD RANGE OF

HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA.

WE ALSO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO SET AN AFFORDABLE PRICE THAT

IS LOWER THAN THAT 100 OF MEDIAN INCOME. IN FACT THE AVERAGE AFFORDABILITY FOR THE OWNERSHIP UNITS HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 74 OF MEDIAN INCOME

WHEN WE DID THE STUDIES, IN LOOKING AT THE REDEVELOPMENT

PLAN, THE MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS APPROXIMATELY

80 OF THAT OF WHAT WAS BEING USED FOR SAN FRANCISCO AS A WHOLE.

SO THEREFORE THIS 74 IS BELOW

WHAT THE MEDIAN INCOME WOULD BE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OVERALL.

SO WE REALLY ATTEMPTED TO TRY TO

MEET THE HOUSING GOALS, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE INCOME GOALS AS

WELL AS ALSO IN TERMS OF MEETING SOME OF THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WANTED BOTH THE

SENIOR HOUSING, AS WELL AS THE

HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU, MR. LEE. SUPERVISOR DALY.

Supervisor Daly:   IF MR. LEE

CAN DIRECT ME TO THE INCOME

LEVELS THAT HES USING.

LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT WASNT

EVEN CLOSE TO 80 OF THE CITY, IN TERMS OF THE INCOME LEVEL IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF YOU CAN, MR. LEE, DIRECT

ME TO THAT INFORMATION, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. SUPERVISOR DALY, WELL

PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

President Peskin:   SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT ON THE ITEM, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE. SUPERVISOR DALY, NO.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE.

SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, ABSENT.

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, NO.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   EIGHT AYES, TWO NOS.

President Peskin:   THE

RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. COLLEAGUES, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT WE ARE CLEARLY RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIAL ORDER ITEMS.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY

PEOPLE HERE FOR THE 3:30 SPECIAL ORDER HEARING.

WE ARE NOW HALF AN HOUR BEHIND SCHEDULE ON THE CONTINUATION OF

THE MARKET OCTAVIA EIR APPEAL.

AND WE HAVE ALSO A SPECIAL ORDER SET OF COMMENDATIONS.

SO WHY DONT WE, COLLEAGUES, UNLESS YOU OBJECT, DO THE SPECIAL ORDER COMMENDATIONS, AND

THEN GO BACK TO MARKET OCTAVIA,

AND THEN CIRCLE AROUND TO BIELENSON. IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SO EVERYBODY STRAP IN.

WITH THAT, FOR OUR SPECIAL ORDER COMMENDATIONS, SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, WHY DONT YOU BEGIN.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COLLEAGUES, AND HOPE TO MAKE THIS AS POLICE SANTD AND BRIEF AS PUBLICLY NOR ALL OF US.

AS YOU KNOW, JUNE IS LGBT PRIDE MONTH, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE ID START A TREND THIS YEAR THAT WE MAY CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT YEARS. I WANTED TO HONOR THREE

OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY, AND IM GOING TO

START WITH IM GOING TO START WITH CARLA JOHNSON.

MANY OF YOU KNOW CARLA JOHNSON.

SHES BEEN THE MAIN STAY OF DBI,

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION FOR MANY YEARS.

SHES A WOMAN WHOS EXHIBITED

GREAT LEADERSHIP, GREAT INSIGHT,

GREAT LOYALTY TO THE CITY.

MOST RECENTLY, SHE BROUGHT THE

DEPARTMENT BACK FROM A DECADE OF STYMIED PROGRESS AND UNDERLYING CORRUPTION WITH COMMITMENT TO

ISSUES FROM DISABILITY ACCESS TO CRISIS RESPONSE, MAKING THIS

CITY A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. AS INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SHE NEGOTIATED THE CITY THROUGH A

LAIRGE LANDSLIDE IN NORTH BEACH,

SUPPORTED STAFF, AND BEGAN RESTORING MORALE, EVEN THROUGH

F.B.I. INVESTIGATIONS AND AUDITS.

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU THE

HIGH REGARD SHE IS HELD IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE

CITY AS A WHOLE, AND WE REALLY EXPECT THAT THE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES THIS CONTRIBUTION,

AND TREATS MS. JOHNSON IN A WAY THAT IS EQUAL TO THE CONTRIBUTION THAT SHE HAS MADE TO THE CITY. SHES AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY.

SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF

THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

AND SHE IS AN EXTREMELY

OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THIS DEPARTMENT. SORELY IN NEED, AND SHE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE. NOT ONLY DO WE HONOR HER, WE

HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF AFFECTION FOR HER.

SO, MS. JOHNSON, IF I MAY

PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

[APPLAUSE.]

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, PRESIDENT PESKIN, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ITS A GREAT HONOR TO RECEIVE FROM YOU TODAY.

IT WAS SUCH A GENEROUS GESTURE THAT YOUVE DONE AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH EVERYTHING THAT YOUVE SAID HERE TODAY.

I AM JOINED BY MY FAMILY TODAY, BY MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND I JUST AM SO VERY THANKFUL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID AND DONE FOR ME OVER THE YEARS. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   YOU

TOTALLY DESERVE IT, CARLA.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE.]

Supervisor Ammiano:   SHE ALSO DRESSES WELL.

I WANT THAT SEAR SUCKER.

FOR ANOTHER OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN

THE LGBT COMMUNITY, JENNIE OLSON WHO WAS RECENTLY AWARDED ONE OF

THE 10 OUTSTANDING WOMEN IN THE LESBIAN COMMUNITY.

SHES MADE A MOVIE ABOUT THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, AMONGST MANY

OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT RECEIVED NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM. SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GOT AN AWARD. SHE HAS HISTORIC OVERVIEWS OF

THE TRAILER PROGRAMS. HER PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO

COLLECTING AND PRESERVING

OBSCURE LGBT FILM PRINT HAS

RESCUED FILMS FOR CONTRARY LGBT VIEWERS, AND WHEREAS SHE IS

DIRECTOR OF ECOMMERCE AND HELD

POSITIONS AS CODIRECTOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN AND GAY

FILM FESTIVAL FROM 1992 TO 1994.

WE ARE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO RECOGNIZES THE INVALUABLE

CONTRIBUTIONS OF MS. JENNIE

OLSON TO THE WELFARE OF ALL

SAN FRANCISCANS. MS. OLSON.

[APPLAUSE.] THANK YOU, TOM.

THANK YOU TO THE PW S, AND THE

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THANKS, BEVAN.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU TO

TOM FOR ALL OF HIS WORK ON THE

BRIDGE DISTRICT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WERE GOING TO GET A BARRIER.

ITS GOING TO BE A FEW YEARS,

BUT IM GLAD TO BE AT LEAST A SMALL PART OF THAT HAPPENING.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK YOU. President Peskin: CONGRATULATIONS.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK

YOU FOR THE MOVIE, TOO. [APPLAUSE.]

Supervisor Ammiano:   NOW,

YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU SEE AN AWARD CEREMONY SUCH AS THIS OR ANY KIND OF QUEER EVENT, WHETHER

IT BE THE OPENING OF AN ENVELOPE

OR CENTER OR THE SWEARING IN OF

AN OFFICIAL, OR THE COVERING A SOCIAL EVENT, YOU WILL SEE THE SAME GENTLEMAN TAKING PICTURES. I DONT THINK HES NEW TO THE TAKING PICTURES. IVE KNOWN HIM SINCE THE 70s

WHEN HE CHRONICLED SO MANY OF OUR IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT

HAPPENED, INCLUDING THE PHENOM

IN A OF HARVEY MILK AND THE DARK

DAYS AFTER THIS PROBABLY

BECOMES PART OF THE WOODWORK AT TIMES AND WE PROBABLY DONT

REALIZE HES THERE AND HAVE NEVER THANKED HIM FOR HIS

GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION OF HIS TIME.

HIS CONTRIBUTION TO LGBT HISTORY, SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE

WHO DO THE MOST COME ACROSS AS

THE MOST ORDINARY, WHEN THEY ARE

TRULY THE EXTRAORDINARY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR COMENGS TO

COMEJS TO MR. RINK OF RINK PHOTO.

[APPLAUSE.]

President Peskin:   THATS THE FIRST TIME IVE SEEN SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES RINKS PHOTO. THANKS VERY MUCH. IVE ALWAYS DEPENDED ON THE

SUPERVISORS AND THE MAYOR, SINCE

69, FOR BEING ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING.

THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR ACCESS.

President Peskin:   THANK

YOU, RINK. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE.] President Peskin: SUPERVISOR, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR SPECIAL ORDER

THEN LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE OFFICIAL THANKS, ON BEHALF

OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND

SALUTE THE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY

AND GENEROUS GIFT BESTOWED UPON THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES,

AND VISITORS TO THIS INCREDIBLE

CITY, THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE

EVELYN AND WALTER HAAS JUNIOR

FUND NOT ONCE BUT TWICE TO THE PRESIDIO TO THE CITY AND COUNTY HERE. IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY GIFT THAT

JUMP STARTED WITH A 15 MILLION

DOLLAR GIFT, THE WONDERFUL RESTORATIONS AT CHRISSY FIELD

THAT HAVE JUST BECOME ONE OF THE LANDMARKS OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND THEN AGAIN, TWO MONTHS AGO,

THE LEAD GRANT OF AN ADDITIONAL

15 MILLION TO THE GOLDEN GATE

NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY AND

ITS PUBLIC AGENCY PARTNERS, THE PRESIDEIO TRUST AND NATIONAL

PARK SERVICE ALLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE PEDESTRIAN HIKING

AND BIKING TRAIL NETWORK AT THE

PRESIDIO AND REVITALIZATION OF SAN FRANCISCOS CAMP GROUND.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS, ID LIKE TO PRESENT

EUR A HIRSCHFIELD WITH THIS

PROCLAMATION THANKING THE WALTER

APPEAR EVELYN HAAS FUND FOR YOUR

CONTRIBUTION AND SALUTE YOUR

PARTNERS, BRIAN ONEIL, LAM

BARREDY, AND THE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY.

AM I MISSING SOMEBODY NO.

IRA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR

EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP.

[APPLAUSE.]

MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU.

ILL JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES. THE HAAS JUNIOR FAMILY AND FUND IS HONORED TO RECEIVE YOUR PROCLAMATION TODAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE PRESIDIO SO IMPORTANT TO THE HAAS JUNIOR FUND IS THAT IT

PRESENTS YET ANOTHER INCREDIBLE

OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE WHAT IS

SPECIAL, AND I DARE SAY MAGICAL

ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO. CELEBRATING MAGNIFICENT CIVIC SPACES, WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN

COME TOGETHER TO RELAX, TO

REFLECT, FOR SOME TO HEAL, AND

FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE FUN.

YOUR SUPPORT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

OUR DREAM FOR THE PRESIDIO, LIKE

IT WAS FOR CHRISSY FIELD, WHEN

WE GAN OUR WORK BEGAN OUR

WORK IN 1985 IS THAT IT IS USED AND ENJOYED BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THAT IT WILL GROW INTO A PARK THAT IS WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, NOT JUST NEARBY, BUT

TO PEOPLE AND FAMILIES OF ALL AGES, ALL BACKGROUNDS, AND ALL

OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WERE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS

BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL PARK IN OUR CITY.

THE HAAS FUND HAS BEEN VERY

FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH THESE TENACIOUS, TALENTED PEOPLE, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THEY LEAD AND

WORK WITH.

THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY, PRESIDIO TRUST AND NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR TODAY.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

PERHAPS YOUR PARTNERS WANT TO

SAY A FEW WORDS, MS. PRINCE, SUPERINTENDENT ONEIL.

ON BEHALF OF THE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARK WE ARE GRATEFUL TO

THE HAAS FUND, BUT MORE THAN

ANYTHING I HOPE EVERYONE HERE, I ASSUME EVERYONE IS A LOCAL

PERSON, THAT YOU COME AND VISIT

CHRISSY FIELD AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE.] President Peskin: MR. ONEIL, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING YOU DONT HAVE TO. IF NOT, THANK YOU TO THE HAAS FUND FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

[APPLAUSE.]

President Peskin:   FINALLY, COLLEAGUES, I THINK ALL OF YOU,

ON THIS BOARD, ARE AWARE OF THE

REMARKABLE WORK THAT PRIVATE

SECURITY OFFICERS RENDER HERE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION, WHERE THERE ARE OVER A MILLION PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS. AND I THINK WEVE COME TO LEARN

IN THE LAST HALF A DOZEN YEARS,

SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, THE IMPORTANCE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS PLAY IN PROJECTING

LIVES AND PROPERTY.

PRIVATE SECURITY IS ONE OF THE

LARGEST GROWING WORK FORCES FROM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT THIS BOARD HAS STOOD WITH THEM OVER ISSUES OF WAGES AND BENEFITS, AND

ISSUES OF PARITY WITH OTHER

WORKERS DOING WORK HERE. FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE WERE

PARITY BETWEEN WHAT SECURITY

WORKERS AND JANITORS GOT, THE

BAY AREA ECONOMY WOULD GROW BY APPROXIMATELY 7 MILLION ANNUALLY.

LATER THIS MONTH ON JUNE 28, 1,000 BAY AREA SECURITY OFFICERS

ARE LAUNCHING THEIR STAND FOR

SECURITY CAMPAIGN 2007 AS THEYRE RENEGOTIATING THEIR MASTER CONTRACTS WITH A NUMBER

OF DIFFERENT OWNERS OF BUILDINGS

THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE

SECURITY INDUSTRY TO DEVELOP A CAREER LADDER WITH STANDARDS FOR

UNBIASED HIRING, CONGRESSMEN RA

COMMENSURATE WITH THE DUTIES THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE. THEREFORE IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND WITH THE PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS WHO DESERVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND

RECOGNIZE THE 28th DAY OF JUNE

AS BAY AREA PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO IN

RECOGNITION OF THE NATIONAL STAND FOR SECURITY CAMPAIGN AND

HERE TO ACCEPT THIS IS NOAH WIGENS.

ARE YOU STILL HERE YES.

[APPLAUSE.]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PESKIN, AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM MATT ROBERTS, A PROUD

MEMBER OF LOCAL 27, BAY AREA

SECURITY OFFICERS UNION THAT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 5500 MEMBERS WHO WORK IN THE COIBTS

OF SAN FRANCISCO, ALAMEDA AND

CONTRA COSTA.

THE BULK OF OUR MEMBERSHIP WORK IN SAN FRANCISCO PRIMARILY IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT.

I AM A PROUD FOURTH GENERATION SAN FRANCISCO NATIVE.

I WAS BORN IN EXCELSIOR.

I AM A COLLEGE EDUCATED.

I I WORK IN A PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRY WHERE WAGES AND

BENEFITS ARE SO WOEFULLY

INADEQUATE THAT IM FORCED TO

LIVE IN A SRO RESIDENTIAL HOTEL IN NORTH BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS.

OUR WAGES AND BENEFITS ARE NOWHERE NEAR IN TERMS OF PARITY WHAT OTHER WORKERS IN SUPPORT SERVICES HAVE THAT WE WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH EVERY

DAY IN THESE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO THAT ARE LITERALLY WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE DONT HAVE PARITY WITH PEOPLE THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE OUR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, LIKE THE ENGINEERS OR JANITORS.

WERE HOPING YOU WILL STAND IN

SOLIDARITY WITH US THIS YEAR IN 2007 TO DO NOTHING LESS THAN TO CHANGE THE INDUSTRY FOR THE BETTER, FOR THE REST OF THE 21st CENTURY.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING JUST THAT. [APPLAUSE.]

I AM NOAH WIGENS. I WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR OF BEING HERE TODAY AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE.] President Peskin:

COLLEAGUES, WE WILL NOW RETURN

TO ITEMS 30 THROUGH 33. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU READ

THOSE ITEMS.

The Clerk:   ITEM 30 30. HEARING OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN OR OBJECTING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS APRIL 5, 2007, CERTIFICATION OF A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT IDENTIFIED AS PLANNING FILE NO. 2003.0347E, THROUGH ITS MOTION NO. 17406, FOR A PROPOSED MARKET AND OCTAVIA PLAN,

AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING CODE AND ZONING MAPS, AMENDMENTS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL PLAN, ADOPTION OF URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE WESTERN ADDITION A2 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE PLAN AREA IS GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE CITYS DOWNTOWN AREA AND INCLUDES PORTIONS OF CIVIC CENTER, HAYES VALLEY, WESTERN ADDITION, SOUTH OF MARKET, INNER MISSION, THE CASTRO, DUBOCE TRIANGLE, EUREKA VALLEY, AND UPPER MARKET NEIGHBORHOODS OF SAN FRANCISCO. 32. MOTION DISAPPROVING THE CERTIFICATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR MARKET AND OCTAVIA AREA PLAN. 33. MOTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE BOARD TO PREPARE FINDINGS DISAPPROVING THE CERTIFICATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE MARKET AND OCTAVIA AREA PLAN FEIR. President Peskin: COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, YOU WILL RECALL WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARING ON THIS ITEM LAST WEEK, WHICH WE CONTINUED TO TODAY.

WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE APPELLANTS, AND WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF HEARING FROM SPEAKERS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT. IF YOU SPOKE, IF YOU TESTIFIED

AT LAST WEEKS HEARING ON BEHALF

OF THE APPELLANTS, YOU MAY NOT DO SO TODAY. IF YOU HAVE YET TO TESTIFY, YOU

MAY DO SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANTS. WE WILL GO TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL HAVE NOT

TO EXCEED 21 MINUTES, BUT I AM

HOPEFUL THAT YOU CAN DO IT IN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TIME AND

RETURN TO THE APPELLANT FOR A

THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT,

SPEAKERS, IF YOU WILL LINE UP IN

THE CENTER AISLE. FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL

SPEAKERS

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.

ARE WE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES

OKAY. CSFN SUBMITTED A STATEMENT TO

YOU LAST WEEK, ASKING THAT YOU

ACT TO ADOPT ITEM 32, TO

DISAPPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION

CERTIFICATION OF THE MARKET OCTAVIA FEIR ON THE GROUNDS THAT

IT IS INADEQUATE, INACCURATE, INSUFFICIENT, MISLEADING.

IVE BEEN DELEGATED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO COMMUNICATE

WITH TWIN PEAK CENTRAL COUNCIL

ACTION ON MAY 29, ALSO

REQUESTING SAME.

THE FEIR CONTAINS NO REVIEW OF

THE IMPACT OF THE 254 PAGE

LEGISLATION TO AMEND PLANNING

CODE TEXT, TO CREATE THREE NEW

CITYWIDE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS,

AND TO REVISE OVER 50 SUPERVISOR PESKIN

President Peskin:   I AM LISTENNINGS. I CAN DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE.

OVER 50 OF THE PLANNING

CODE THAT CONTAIN CURRENT CITYWIDE LAND USE CONTROLS.

PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION

21065, AT NOTE, 18, HOLDS THAT A REZONING ORDINANCE IS A PROJECT

WITHIN THE MEANING OF CEQA, AND

THAT AN ADEQUATE EIR MUST BE

PREPARED ON SAME BEFORE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND SO WE HAVE THIS 254 PAGE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNING

CODE THAT HAS NOT CITYWIDE,

THAT HAS NOT RECEIVED ADEQUATE

TREATMENT BY THE OFFICE OF MEA,

AS REGARDS REASONABLY

FORESEEABLE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS.

IF THIS GETS FIXED ILL SHOW A

MAP SHOWING THE TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

THIS LEGISLATION OF 254 PAGES

WAS NOT RELEASED UNTIL SEPTEMBER

28 OF 2006, WELL AFTER THE DRAFT

EIR WAS PUBLISHED, AND AFTER THE

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE

EIR DEIR WAS CLOSED.

THE SUBMISSION THAT THE CSFN

TURNED IN LAST WEEK, AS EXHIBIT

E, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND LETTERS, WHICH ACKNOWLEDGE THE

APPLICABILITY OF THESE THREE CITYWIDE TRANSIT ORIENTED HIGHLY DENSITY ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS

TO AREAS OF THE CITY, AND THE

BLACK HATCH MARK AREAS ARE THE

ALREADYMAPPED TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

THE AND SO APPLICATION BEYOND

MARKET OCTAVIA IS CURRENTLY

ACKNOWLEDGED IN PUBLISHED DRAFT

MISSION AREA PLAN AS WELL. [BUZZER SOUNDING.]

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS

JOHN BATTERIS, IVE BEEN A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BOARD SO I APPEAL TO YOU TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY TO THE CERTIFICATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION

THATS BEING RECOMMENDED TO YOU. AND WHICH, YOU KNOW A COUPLE

OF YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED WITH THE PROCESS. THE REASON WHY THE STATE LAW WAS PASSED TO REQUIRE YOU TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE PROCESS IS

BECAUSE YOURE AN ELECTED BODY, YOU WORK WITH THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, YOURE RESPONSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND YOURE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY. FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE HERE NOW

TO APPEAL TO YOU, TO NOT CERTIFY

THIS FINAL EIR BECAUSE IT IS INCOMPLETE. YOU HAVE LEGISLATION THAT THIS

EIR IS BASED ON, WHICH REALLY

DOES NOT APPLY TO THE MARKET AND OCTAVIA AREA, BUT APPLIES TO PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THROUGHOUT EACH ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE ZONING

THATS BEING SUPPORTED BY THIS

FINAL EIR THAT HAS IS BEING APPEALED BEFORE YOU.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO LOOK CAREFULLY TO THE LEGISLATION

THAT SHOULD HAVE, IF IT WAS TRULY REPRESENTED TO YOU AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT IT FITS THE OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. THE FINAL EIR WOULD ALSO HAVE

DONE THE SAME THING AND ADDRESSED THEM. ALSO THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICES TO THE PEOPLE THAT THE

FINAL EIR WOULD BE EFFECTING EFFECT IT WOULD BE AFFECTING THEIR PROPERTIES. THAT HASNT BEEN DONE.

I URGE YOU TO NOT CERTIFY THIS

FINAL EIR, ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DO THEIR PROPERTY FINAL EIR, THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE TRUE SCOPE OF THE LEGISLATION THAT IS BEING

PROPOSED TO YOU BY THAT LEGISLATION, BY THE WAY, IT AB

ROW GAITS YOUR LEGISLATIVE

RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE THE ZONING IN THOSE AREAS THAT SHOULD BE PASSED BY PROPER NOTICE AND PROPER HEARINGS. AND WHAT THEYRE DOING IS ASKING

YOU TO MAKE LEGITIMATE WHAT IS REALLY AN ILLEGAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO CERTIFY THIS FINAL EIR.

THANK YOU. ABOUT HIM.

President Peskin:   MAYBE I

CAN MAKE A PLEASE TAKE THIS

AS A CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENT. THIS IS A HEARING ON THE ADEQUACY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, AND IF YOU JUST SAY

THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT IS INADEQUATE, BUT YOU DONT

ACTUALLY TELL US WHATS INADEQUATE, ITS NOT THAT HELPFUL. IF YOU CAN TELL US WHY YOU THINK THE DOCUMENT IS INADEQUATE, THAT

IS MORE HELPFUL.

GVEN, SUPERVISORS.

I AM PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF 1800, A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION, AND ALSO THE VICE

PRESIDENT FOR THE BEAUS TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

WEVE BEEN WORKING A LONG TIME WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON

THIS ISSUE AND THE INADEQUACY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS.

WE AUTHORED A LETTER UNDER OUR ATTORNEYS SIGNATURE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR MATERIALS, THAT ADDRESSES TWO DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PREPARED BY THE

PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF, AND SUPERVISOR PESKINS OFFICE.

WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE RAISED IN REGARD TO THIS APPEAL IN THOSE DOCUMENTS, BUT WE DONT FEEL THAT THEYVE

REALLY ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED OUR

ISSUES AT THIS POINT. ONE WAS THE RESOLUTION REGARDING

THE HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY PROGRAMMING, AND THE OTHER WAS

AN ORDINANCE REGARDING HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONTROLS REGARDING THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN. IN THE LETTER, THERES A NUMBER

OF BULLETS THAT LIST OUR REMAINING CONCERNS. THERES ALSO A DEFINITION OF

WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORICRESOURCE SURVEY, SOMETHING THAT

HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED BY THE

DEPARTMENT, BUT WE AUTHORED IT

WITH THE HELP OF THE SAN FRANCISCO HERITAGE. THERES A RESOLUTION BY THE SAN FRANCISCO HERITAGE BOARD

THAT I THINK YOU WILL FIND INTERESTING AND THEY TAKE A

POSITION IN SUPPORT OF BEING A PARTY TO THIS APPEAL AND LAY OUT

THE REASONS FOR THE INADEQUACY OF THE DECISION THAT YOURE

BEING ASKED TO MAKE, TO UPHOLD THE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS ON THIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM CYNTHIA SERVETNICK. ID PREVIOUSLY LIKE TO READ THE

BULLET POINTS FROM THE LETTER

THAT MR. PIAZ MENTIONED.

WERE CONCERNED THE EIR DOES NOT PROPERLY IDENTIFY ALL OF THE HISTORIC RESOURCES WHICH IT SHOULD DO PRIOR TO

President Peskin:   THIS IS A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOURE SPEAKING ON BEHALF

OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, YOU SPOKE LAST WEEK. NO.

JOE DIDNT SPEAK.

President Peskin:   NO. BUT YOU DID. IM JUST READING A LETTER FROM JOE.

President Peskin:   I KNOW. BUT THE LAW IS THE LAW IS THE LAW. OKAY.

President Peskin:   IM SORRY. YOU HAVE THE LETTER.

President Peskin:   I HAVE

THE LETTER IN MY HAND.

ABOUT HIM.

I AM A LONG TIME

I AM JUMPING UP AT PUBLIC

HEARINGS FOR HIGH DENSITY HOUSING. TONIGHT I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS EIR.

I BELIEVE IT IS INADEQUATE

BECAUSE IT FAILS TO ANALYZE THE CAMPUS PARCEL, WHICH IS ONE OF

THE LARGEST PARCELS IN THE AREA.

NOT ONLY IS THIS THE LARGEST, IT

IS ZONED PUBLIC USE.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXAMINED.

FURTHER, PARTS OF THE PARCEL ARE PARTIALLY OWNED BY THIS CITY

BECAUSE THE CITY OWNS PARTS OF WALLER STREET. THIS SEEMS LIKE A GRAVE OVERSIGHT TO ME.

BECAUSE THIS PARCELS OMITTED

THE LAND YOOTION ISSUES OF POPULATION, OPEN SPACE, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, ET CETERA, ARE NOT

ADEQUATELY ANALYZED.

FURTHER, THE DRAFT EIR DOES NOT

INCORPORATE EXISTING AND IN

PROCESS SURVEYS, AND CONTACT STATEMENTS RELATED TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN THE AREA

SUCH AS THE LAGUNA CAMPUS AND

SUCH AS LARGE PORTIONS OF THIS AREA.

THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN IMPACTS

LARGE AREAS LARGE HISTORIC

RESOURCES IN THIS AREA. CEQA PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWING PLANS LIKE THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN.

THE GUIDELINES STRESS EVALUATING

ALL IMPACTS, INCLUDING LAND USE, HISTORIC RESOURCES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.

IN THIS CASE, I DO NOT FEEL THAT

ALL OF THE FACTORS HAVE BEEN REGRESSED UPON EACH OTHER IN A

WAY THAT INCORPORATES THE LONG TERM IMPACTS OF THIS PLAN.

I THINK THAT THERES BEEN AN ERROR HERE, AND I WANT TO

SUGGEST THAT YOU GO BACK,

INCORPORATE THE PARCEL, AND DO SOME MORE ANALYSIS. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. INCOME SPEAKER PLEASE. IF MY RECOLLECTIONS SERVES ME,

YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR TESTIMONY LAST WEEK.

YES. I HAD JUST SAID MY NAME.

President Peskin:   YES. IM SORRY FOR THAT. THATS ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS JUDITH HOYEM, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF FRIENDS

OF 1800 AND I BELONG TO THE PRESERVATION CONSORTIUM.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION TWO ASPECTS OF THE EIR THAT I

BELIEVE ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE,

AND THAT MAKES THE EIR INADEQUATE. THE FIRST HAS TO DO WITH HISTORIC RESOURCES. I THINK YOUVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT

THAT ALREADY.

THE IN THE BEGINNING, HISTORIC RESOURCES WERE IGNORED

WHEN THE PLAN WAS MADE, WHEN THE

AT MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN WAS MADE. THEN SUDDENLY, WHEN IT WAS CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE

PLANGS DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS A SCRAMBLE TO DO SOMETHING. WELL, SOMETHING WAS INPUT, IN OTHER WORDS, INTO THAT. AND WHERE WE STAND NOW IS THAT

WE FEEL, STRONGLY, THAT THE

HISTORIC RESOURCES HAVE NOT BEEN

SUFFICIENTLY SURVEYED TO DES EGG

NAIT WHICH ARE DESIGNATE WHICH ARE HISTORIC RESOURCES AND WHICH ARE NOT.

THE RESULT IS THAT YOURE GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT MANY PROPERTIES, HERE, IN THE BOARD

OF SUPERVISORS, ON A CASE BY

CASE BASIS, OVER THE COMING YEARS. THAT SHOULDNT BE HAPPENING. THESE PLANS SHOULD TAKE THAT

INTO CONSIDERATION NOW, TO

PREVENT ADDITIONAL HEARINGS AND

OBJECTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THATS GOING TO BE A

CUMULATIVE IMPACT, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO

MENTION IS SIMPLY THAT THE PLANS

FOR MARKET STREET ALL CALL FOR

HIGH RISE BUILDING, ADDITIONAL

DENSITY, IN A TRANSITRICH AREA. I DONT THINK THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY ANALYZED.

I WAS ON THE MUNI TODAY.

ITS SLOW, NOW, THE MUNI METRO.

ITS TOTALLY ITS GOING TO BE INADEQUATE.

AND THE LAST THING THAT I HEARD

ABOUT THE LAGUNA CAMPUS, IS

10,000 MORE UNITS PLANNED FOR THAT.

10,000 MORE PEOPLE GOING TO BE

USING THAT MARKET STREET CORRIDOR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED, AND IT HASNT BEEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

MR. FACTYOU HADA, I THINK YOU SPOKE LAST WEEK.

I DID SPEAK BUT NOT TO ALL THE SUPERVISORS. SUPERVISOR JEW WAS NOT HERE. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR JEW IS REQUIRED TO

HAVE LOOKED AT THE DELIBERATIONS.

IF HE WOULD LIKE TO CAST A VOTE TODAY. BUT YOU CANNOT TESTIFY AGAIN. THAT IS THE LAW. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

CAN I SPEAK TO MY I DIDNT

SPEAK IN JAPANESE LAST

President Peskin:   HIRORBI, I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS. NEXT SPEAKER. MS. MILES, I BELIEVE YOU SPOKE LAST WEEK.

I AM MARY MILES FOR COALITION FOR ADEQUATE REVIEW.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REQUIRES FULL IMPLEMENT OF THE BOARD TO

HEAR ANY APPEAL OF AN EIR.

YOU HAVENT HAD THAT LAST WEEK

OR THIS. AND YOU NEED TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

President Peskin:   THAT IS NOT TRUE.

SPEAKER. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS

ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT, PLEASE LINE UP IN THE CENTER AISLE. MS. PLATTE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

GIGI PLATTE, AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANT. I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS

SPEAKERS, ESPECIALLY STEVE

WILLIAMS, ELLEN MARTINEZ, AND MARK PIAZ. I HAVE OTHER CONCERNS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU HAVE NOT

BEEN GIVEN A COPY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION

CERTIFICATION DOCUMENT FOR THE EIR. AND THATS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WEVE POINTED OUT TO THE

DEPARTMENT, AND HAVE NOT HEARD, THAT COMMISSIONER SUE LEES

STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WHATEVER, WITH

RESPECT TO HNK RESOURCES, HAS HISTORIC RESOURCES HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT.

President Peskin:   THIS WONT COME OUT OF YOUR TIME BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPEAL. IS THAT NOT CORRECT

COUNSELOR, ISNT THAT THE THE GUIDELINES THE APPELLANT HAS TO SUBMIT IT WITH THE PACKAGE.

IF THAT IS DEFECTIVE THEN IT IS

A DEFECT OF THE APPELLANT SUBMISSION. OF THE APPELLANT SUBMISSION

President Peskin:   THE APPELLANT HAS TO INCLUDE THAT UPON APPEAL.

I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE, COUNSELOR HOLD ON.

I DONT...

President Peskin:   I MEAN IVE GOTTEN SO MANY DOCUMENTS

AROUND THIS CASE. SUPERVISOR PESKIN, I BELIEVE

IT SAYS THAT THE LETTER OF APPEAL SHALL STATE THE GROUNDS

FOR THE APPEAL, BE ACCOMPANIED BY A FEE.

IT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION

THE NEED FOR SUBMITTAL OF THE CERTIFICATION. BUT I HAVE IT IN MY PACKET THAT

I RECEIVED FROM THE CLERK.

President Peskin:   AND I HAVE IT IN MINE. IVE GOT IT. HERE IT IS.

SO MY POINT IS, AS FAR AS

WERE CONCERNED, COMMISSIONER SUE LEES ADDITION TO THE RESOLUTION IS NOT HAS NOT

BEEN INCLUDED. AND THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO

OUR APPEAL, ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.

President Peskin:   WOULD YOU LIKE TO AGAIN THIS WONT COME

OUT OF YOUR TIME ELUCIDATE WHAT WAS NOT INCLUDED

WHAT DID SHE SAY THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED

IN THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, WITH

RESPECT TO HISTORIC BUILDINGS,

SHE POSSIBLY, WITH THE HELP OF

THE CITY ATTORNEY, ADDED A PARAGRAPH.

AND IN THE DOCUMENT SAID WE HAVE

TAKEN OFF LINE AND IN OTHER

PLACES, WE DO NOT SEE HER

ADDITION TO THE RESOLUTION IN THE DOCUMENT. AND WEVE ASKED BROUGHT THIS

UP WITH MR. MOLITZER AND HE MAY HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT, I DONT KNOW.

President Peskin:   WE WILL ASK HIM THAT QUESTION. GO AHEAD. WE WILL START THE CLOCK AGAIN.

MY NEXT CONCERN IS THE EIR

TALKS ABOUT REZONING THE C3

PART OF THE PLAN AREA TO DMTCNTC AND RTO. IT IS NOT EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. AFTER THE EIR WAS COMPLETED. THEYVE NOW DECIDED TO STICK

WITH THE C3G SO THAT THEY CAN USE TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT

RIGHTS, TD Rs. THAT IS NOT COVERED IN THE EIR

OR IN ANY OTHER PLACE. THE SURVEY IS INADEQUATE. THATS BEEN SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND COMMITTEE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR HOW INADEQUATE IT WOULD BE. WE DO HAVE AND WE KNOW THAT ITS GOING TO BE INADEQUATE FOR

THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS UNLESS CORRECTED, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE

COULD POSSIBLY GET SOME FUNDING TOGETHER OUT OF THE DEPARTMENTS PRESERVATION BUDGET FOR NEXT

YEAR TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS, ALTHOUGH I DONT SEE IT IN THE DOCUMENT,

THIS IS A TIERED EIR, WHICH MEANS THAT ITS KIND OF THE

BEGINNINGS OF AN EIR, BUT CEQA

GUIDELINES 15152 SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY

GET THERE. AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE. SO ITS LETTING OUT A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT HASNT

BEEN CONSIDERED YET, AND THE

LIKE.

AND ANY TIME THERES MORE ARCHEOLOGY IN AN EIR THAN THERE

IS IN HISTORIC RESOURCE ELEMENT, IS TO BE OF CONCERN.

THE DEPARTMENTS FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN ARCHEOLOGIST ON STAFF WHO DID THAT.

AND THATS WHY ITS SO LENGTHY. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THIS PART OF THE HEARING AND GO TO

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, MR. MOLITZER. I THINK YOU KNOW THE ISSUES RAISED, THE INCLUSION OF 55 LAG

LAGUNA, HISTORIC PRESERVATION ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK. THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE ISSUE

THAT MS. PLATTE RAISED RELATIVE TO THE FINDINGS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION, WHETHER THEY

INCLUDED ADDITIONS BY PLANNING

COMMISSIONER SUE LEE. PRESIDENT PESKIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD AFTERNOON. PAUL MOLITZER OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF. YOUVE ALREADY RECEIVED A

WRITTEN PACKET FROM US WHICH RESPONDED TO THE WRITTEN APPEALS THAT WE HAD.

IM GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF AND

SUMMARIZE FROM THAT PACKET AND RESPOND TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP AT THE HEARING, AND THEN MYSELF AND OTHER DEPARTMENT STAFF ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THE

BOARD MAY HAVE.

THE FIRST ISSUE IS THE ONE THAT

YOU JUST MENTIONED, PRESIDENT

PESKIN, THE ISSUE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

IT IS TRUE, THE APPELLANTS CLAIM OR ONE OF THEIR CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE

SURVEY AS PART OF THE EIR IS TRUE. THAT IS REALLY NOT THE ISSUE THATS BEFORE YOU.

THE OBLIGATION OF THE EIR IS TO

DISCLOSE THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACT TO HISTORIC RESOURCES THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE PLAN,

AND TO COME TO APPROPRIATE

CONCLUSIONS, BASED UPON SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

AND WE BELIEVE AND MAINTAIN THAT

THE EIR HAS SATISFIED THAT

OBLIGATION WITHOUT THIS

COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY AS PART OF THE EIR.

AND THE REASONS FOR THAT ARE TWOFOLD, AT LEAST IN THE BROAD PICTURE.

ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE PLAN ITSELF AND THE OTHER HAS TO DO

WITH THE PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH

PERMIT REVIEW FOR PROJECTS IN THE MARKET OCTAVIA AREA.

IN TERMS OF THE PLAN ITSELF, THE

PLAN HAS SPECIFIC POLICIES WHICH

PROMOTE HISTORIC RESOURCE PRESERVATION.

SO THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN MAKES IT THE POLICY OF THE CITY, WITH REGARD TO THIS AREA,

TO LOOK OUT FOR HISTORIC

RESOURCE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION.

THE PLAN REQUIRES THE COMPLETION OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE

RESOURCE SURVEY AND THE INCORPORATION OF ITS FINDINGS

INTO THE PLAN ITSELF.

SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A POLICY AND AN IMPLEMENTATION ACTION OF THE

PLAN, WHICH IS TO FURTHER ENSURE THE HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE

PLAN AREA ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THE

PURPOSES OF PROTECTION OF THOSE

RESOURCES. THE PLAN, AS IT WENT THROUGH THE

PROCESS OF EVOLUTION FROM ITS

ORIGINS TO WHAT ULTIMATELY WENT

TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WAS

AMENDED IN VARIOUS WAYS.

AND SOME OF THOSE REVISIONS WERE SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THIS

ISSUE OF HISTORIC RESOURCE CONCERN, SHARED BY THE APPELLANTS AND BY THE DEPARTMENT.

THE PLAN HAS BEEN AMENDED TO

INCORPORATE THE SURVEY, AND TO ADOPT ITS FINDINGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF HISTORIC RESOURCE

PRESERVATION, AND INCLUDE THESE POLICIES.

SO IF THE PLAN IS ADOPTED, THE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT RESOURCE PROTECTION IS ADVANCED.

THE CAUSE OF HISTORIC RESOURCE

PRESERVATION IS ADVANCED BY THE ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN, AND IN FACT, IF SUBSEQUENT PROPOSALS CAME THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT,

SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS, WHICH WERE PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO RESOURCES, THEY WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT

WITH THE PLAN, IF IT WAS ADOPTED.

THATS KIND OF THE PLAN APPROACH

TO RESOURCE PRESERVATION, AND WHY WE BELIEVE THE EIR IS CORRECT ANALYSIS, EVEN WITHOUT THIS COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY UP FRONT.

BEYOND THAT THOUGH IS THE PROCESS, BOTH THE EIR PROCESS AND THE PERMS PROCESS. ITS BEEN MENTIONED THAT THIS IS

A PROGRAM EIR. THAT, JUST AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, WHEN ANY JURISDICTION

TAKES ON A LARGE REZONING AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT PROGRAM

LIKE THIS, A PROGRAM EIR IS THE TYPICAL WAY THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS DONE.

A PROGRAM EIR MEANS THAT YOU DONT LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT OF

EVERY SINGLE LOT AND IN THEORY WHAT COULD HAPPEN LOT BY LOT,

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE BROADER THEMES OF THE ZONING, WHAT THAT

WOULD ENTITLE, AND YOU LOOK AT

THOSE BIGGER PICTURE IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF LAND

USE, TRANSPORTATION, SHADOW FROM

A LARGE HEIGHT RECLASSIFICATION, HISTORIC RESOURCE PROTECTION.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THOAM IN

TERMS THEM IN TERMS OF THE BROADER THEME, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ONCE THAT

PLAN, IF ITS ADOPTED, AND THE

EIR CERTIFIED PRIOR TO THAT,

THERE WILL BE SUBSEQUENT, CASE BY CASE REVIEW, WHEN IT MAKES MORE SENSE, WHEN WE HAVE A

SPECIFIC PROPOSAL ON A SPECIFIC SITE, THATS WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SINK OUR

TEETH INTO ON THE LOT BY LOT ANALYSIS BASIS, AND IN TERMS OF

THE BIGGER CUMULATIVE OR BROADER

THEME, THE SUBSEQUENT REVIEW PIGGYBACKS ON TOP OF THE PRIOR REVIEW. SO THATS THE APPROACH THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO

AS WELL, IN THE PAST, AND AT PRESENT, ON A BROADER PROGRAM,

YOU DO PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND THEN AS SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOLLOW ON THE HEELS OF THAT, YOU TAKE THE INFORMATION

FROM THE PROGRAM EIR, YOU DO

CASE BY CASE SPECIFIC REVIEW, WHEN YOU HAVE SPECIFIC

PROPOSALS, AND THAT GOES THROUGH

THE PERMIT REVIEW AND CEQA PROCESS. THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THIS CASE, WITH SPECIFIC

PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE AN EFFECT

ON A HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE AREA. ILL BACK IT UP A STEP.

IN TERMS OF JUST THE PROGRAM LEVEL ANALYSIS, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE PROGRAM EIR DID

INCLUDE AS MUCH HISTORIC RESOURCE INFORMATION AS WE HAD AVAILABLE AT THE TIME WE WERE

GOING THROUGH THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. ALL KNOWN HISTORIC RESOURCES ARE

INCLUDED IN THE EIR. LANDMARKS IN THE AREA, CATEGORIES ONE, TWO, OR THREE

BUILDINGS, NATIONAL AND STATE

REGISTER SURVEYS AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL SURVEYS, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS IN THERE. IN TERMS OF THE SUBSEQUENT PROCESS, THIS CASE BY CASE

REVIEW PROCESS, THROUGH OUR EXISTING PROCEDURES AND THE

HEIGHT NDS SCRUTINY WITH WHICH

THIS PLAN CALLS FOR, ANY SUBSEQUENT PERMIT APPLICATION THAT WOULD COME ON THE HEELS OF

THIS PLAN WOULD GO THROUGH CEQA

REVIEW, AS WELL AS PRESERVATION

REVIEW WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN HISTORIC RESOURCE EVALUATION WHENEVER

THERES A PROPOSED DEMOLITION, ALTERATION, OR NEW CONSTRUCTION

ON A LOT IN THIS AREA, TO LOOK

AT BOTH IS THERE AN INDIVIDUAL HISTORIC RESOURCE, WHERE THERE

IS WORK BEING PROPOSED, OR IS

THE BUILDING IN QUESTION A CONTRIBUTOR TO A POTENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR ALL OF THE

PERMITS THAT WOULD FOLLOW ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD

FOLLOW FROM THIS PLAN, WOULD GO THROUGH AGAIN A HISTORIC

RESOURCE EVALUATION, AND CEQA REVIEW. IF IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS

A PROPOSED SITE WITH A PROJECT

WHERE THERE WAS AN IDENTIFIED HISTORIC RESOURCE THAT WAS GOING

TO BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED, THE

CEQA PROCESS, IF IT WOULD

REQUIRE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.

SO AND THE PLANNISTSELF

PLAN ITSELF WOULD FIND THAT PROJECT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN. SO BETWEEN THE POLICIES OF THE PLAN AND THE SUBSEQUENT REVIEW,

THE EIR CONCLUDED THAT ALL OF THE EVIDENCE TOLD US THAT THERE

WERE NO POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO HISTORIC RESOURCES THAT ARE LIKELY AND FORESEEABLE TO RESULT FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.

THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR OUR CONCLUSION.

WE FEEL THAT AGAIN, AS A PROGRAM

EIR, IT FULFILLS ALL OF ITS

OBLIGATIONS FOR LOOKING AT THESE BIGGER PICTURE ISSUES. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE

CITY HAS DONE PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN THE PAST ON LARGER PROGRAMS.

THE BAYVIEW EIR HAD A SIMILAR

PROGRAM EIR, WITHOUT A SITE BY SITE COMPREHENSIVE HISTORIC

RESOURCE SURVEY. RINCON HILL PLAN EIR, SAME THING. AND THEN SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS

NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT FURTHER PROCESS, CASE BY CASE, WHEN WE

HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ANALYZE.

SO JUST KIND OF IN SUMMARY, THE DEPARTMENT CLEARLY, THE

APPELLANTS ARE VERY CONCERNED, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I KNOW THAT

THEY DISAGREE WITH US.

THE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT THE

ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN ADVANCES

THE CAUSE OF PRESERVATION, THAT INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORIC

RESOURCE PRESERVATION ARE NOT

INHERENTLY INCONSISTENT OFFER INCOMPATIBLE AS LONG AS THE CITY

IS ATTENDIVE TO DOING ATTENTIVE TO DOING THAT ANALYSIS

AND THE PLAN CALLS OUT FOR THOSE ANALYSES. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLAN AS IT STANDS NOW

THAT HAS AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON HISTORIC RESOURCES.

THE PLAN HAS THESE POLICIES THAT

PROMOTE PRESERVATION, AND CEQA

AND PERMIT REVIEW HELP TO ENSURE THAT. AND WE BELIEVE THATS A STRONG

BASIS FOR THE CONCLUSIONS IN THE EIR.

KIND OF AS A LAST POINT, YOU KNOW, WHILE CLEARLY THE APPELLANTS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT

HISTORIC RESOURCE PRESERVATION,

AND WHILE THEY ARE ADVOCATING NOT JUST FOR THIS PLAN BUT FOR

PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN THE

FUTURE, THAT HISTORIC RESOURCE

SURVEYS BE DONE EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, AND BE INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT SHARES THAT.

THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT, IN THE FUTURE, IS PREPARED TO DO THAT. BUT, AT THIS EIR, AT THIS STAGE

OF THE GAME, THAT REQUEST AND

THAT AWARENESS CAME LATE. AND I DONT THINK THAT THE

DESIRE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE

BY THE CITY IS ANY EVIDENCE OF

THE INADEQUACY OF THIS EIR.

I BELIEVE THIS EIR IS STILL PERFECTLY VALID, EVEN IF WE CHOOSE TO DO MORE IN THE FUTURE

IN TERMS OF HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEYS UP FRONT. THATS NOT EVIDENCE THAT THIS EIR IS INADEQUATE. ITS JUST AN INDICATION THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY

AND DO MORE WORK UP FRONT IN THE FUTURE.

THE ISSUES ABOUT CHANGES TO THE

PLAN AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT REQUIRES RECIRCULATION OF THE EIR IS ALSO ONE OF THE BIGGER

KIND OF THEMES THAT WAS RAISED.

AGAIN, IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS A

PRACTICAL MATTER, HOW PROGRAMS WIPED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN

ADOPTION PROCESS AND THE CEQA PROCESS.

A LARGE PROGRAM CONSTANTLY IS IN

THE STATE OF FLUX AND CHANGE AND

TWEAKING, FROM THE TIME OF ITS ORIGIN TO THE TIME OF ITS ADOPTION, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

GROUP, HAVE THE BURDEN OF DOING

CEQA ANALYSIS, TRYING TO STAY

ABREAST OF THOSE CHANGES, AND TO CAPTURE THOSE IMPACTS THAT WE NECESSARILY HAVE TO GET STARTED, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO CHANGE.

AND THATS WHY, IN PART WE DO THIS PROGRAM LEVEL REVIEW, TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE

THEMES AND IMPACT ANALYSES, WITH

THE HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS THAT BY THE TIME THE PROGRAM IS

FINALLY TWEAKED INTO ITS FINAL

FORM, WEVE DONE ENOUGH ANALYSIS

THAT THOSE TWEAKS AND CHANGES

FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WEVE DONE,

AND FAR MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THOSE REVISIONS AND TWEAKS AND

CHANGES IN THE PROGRAM ARE MADE IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT ARE BEING DISCOVERED, AND THOSE TWEAKS AND

CHANGES ARE AN ATTEMPT TO LESSEN POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS, AND

OFTEN TIMES THEY ARE BENIGN IN THE CEQA SENSE BECAUSE THE REVISIONS WERE MADE TO MAKE THE

PROJECTS BETTER IN AN

ENVIRONMENTAL AND IN A PLANNING

SENSE. SO, AGAIN, THATS THE BIGGER PICTURE. THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE HAPPENED HERE.

IN TERMS OF THIS REQUEST FOR RECIRCULATION, JUST WITH REGARD

TO THE CEQA GUIDELINES IN

PARTICULAR, RECIRCULATION OF AN

EIR AFTER PUBLICATION OF A DRAFT

IS NOT REQUIRED UNLESS THERES SIGNIFICANT NEW INFORMATION,

WHICH COMES INTO PLAY, AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT. SIGNIFICANT NEW INFORMATION

TYPICALLY MEANS NEW SIGNIFICANT

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE SEVERITY OF THE IMPACTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, REJECTION OF

NEW MITIGATION MEASURES, OR

ADDING NEW INFORMATION TO CURE A

FUNDAMENTALLY DEFICIENT OR DEFECTIVE DRAFT EIR.

WE DONT BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE

CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED RISE

TO ANY OF THOSE SIGNIFICANT NEW

INFORMATION TRIGGERS FOR RECIRCULATION. AT THE TIME THAT THE COMMENTS

AND RESPONSES WERE PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, A

PORTION OF THAT BOOK WAS DEVOTED TO GOING THROUGH AND EXPLAINING ALL OF THE REVISIONS THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE DRAFT AND

THE COMMENTS AND RESPONSES, AND LAYING OUT KIND OF THE THREE

MAIN AREAS WHERE THOSE CHANGES

FELL, IN TERMS OF THEIR IMPACTS. ONE WAS SOME PHYSICAL IMPACT

THAT BASICALLY CEQA BENIGN,. ANOTHER CATEGORY WAS NO REAL

PHYSICAL IMPACT.

AND THE THIRD CATEGORY WAS CALLING FOR FUTURE STUDIES, ALSO

WITHOUT PHYSICAL IMPACT. SUBSEQUENT TO THE PUBLICATION OF

THE COMMENTS AND RESPONSES, AND UP TO THE PRESENT, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL REVISIONS.

AND I WANT TO SUBMIT INTO THE RECORD, THE DEPARTMENT HAS GONE

THROUGH THAT SAME ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE REVISIONS THAT OCCURRED SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMMENTS AND RESPONSES, UP TO

THE PRESENT, AND, AGAIN, CATEGORIZED THEM INTO THESE

THEMES, NO PHYSICAL IMPACT, CEQA

STUDY, CEQA FUTURE STUDY, CEQA BENIGN.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD TO MAKE SURE THE DEPARTMENT HAS LOOKED AT THAT POINT BY POINT, TO CONCLUDE THAT

IN FACT THOSE CHANGES ARE CEQA BENIGN.

THE TYPES OF CHANGES WERE

TALKING ABOUT ARE LESSENING OF

HEIGHT, AND SANING OR ENDORSING TASK FORCE STUDIES, PLANTING OF

STREET TREES, W E GOT YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THE VARIOUS POINTS,

AND I WILL PASS THAT INTO THE

RECORD. AGAIN, THIS LAYS OUT THE DEPARTMENTS EVALUATION PROCESS

TO VERIFY AND SATISFY, IN OUR

OWN MINDS, THAT THERE WERE NO

REVISIONS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT

IN THE CEQA SENSE TO TRIGGER NEED FOR FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. QUESTIONS WERE RAISED ABOUT WHY

WE DIDNT STUDY 55 LAGUNA, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SITE IN THIS EIR. WE BELIEVE THAT IS NOT THE

BURDEN OF THIS EIR TO DO THAT SITESPECIFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN DOES NOT CALL FOR THE PROGRAMMING OF THAT SITE, DOES NOT CALL FOR A REZONING OF THAT SITE, THE

APPROVAL OF MARKET OCTAVIA, EITHER THE EIR OR THE PLAN IS NOT AN APPROVAL OF ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE. IT IS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT,

GOING THROUGH ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

President Peskin:   PAUL, DONT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IT RELATIVE TO THE CUMULATIVE ABSOLUTELY. YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH. WE STILL HAVE THAT OBLIGATION TO

LOOK AT CUMULATIVE IMPACT ANALYSES.

BY THAT, CUMULATIVE IMPACT

ANALYSIS, THAT MEANS IMPACTS FOR

MARKET OCTAVIA AND POTENTIAL

IMPACTS FROM 55 LAGUNA COMBINED TO SOMETHING GREATER.

THERE IS AN OBLIGATION IN THIS EIR STUDY WHERE WE THINK THAT MAY OCCUR.

ALSO, UNDER CEQA, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CUMULATIVE IMPACTS, YOURE

LOOKING TO SEE IF IS THERE IS POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THAT IMPACT

AND IF THE SPECIFIC PROJECT MAKE

A CONTRACTOR CONTRIBUTION TO THAT IMPACT. WITHIN THE COMMENTS AND

RESPONSES, WE ADDRESS THAT.

55 LAGUNA, FOR CUMULATIVE IMPACT

ANALYSIS, THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE FELT THERE WAS IN FACT SOME

COMBINATION OF IMPACTS WAS IN WAS WITH REGARD TO

TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHERE IT WAS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THERE WOULD BE GROWTH AND NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE, THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS ON

THE BROADER AREA, INCLUDING

MARKET OCTAVIA, AND THAT ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT ON

THAT SITE WERE INCLUDED IN THE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS, AND PART OF THE IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE. THE OTHER IMPACT AREAS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE APPELLANTS, AND

THAT WE CONSIDERED, DID NOT TRIGGER THE NEED FOR THAT CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS.

THEY TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC USE,

OPEN SPACE IMPACTS, RECREATION

IMPACTS, HISTORIC RESOURCE IMPACTS. OUR OWN IMPACT ANALYSIS OF MARKET OCTAVIA DID NOT FIND ANY IMPACTS FROM THAT PROJECT. THERE WAS NOTHING TO COMBINE

WITH 55 LAGUNA AND 55 LAGUNA WILL DO THAT ANALYSIS FOR ITS

OWN EIR AND OWN APPROVAL PURPOSES, FOR CONSIDERATION BY

THE DECISIONMAKING BODY.

WE BELIEVE THAT IS PERFECTLY

APPROPRIATE FOR THIS EIR AND FOR 55 LAGUNA AS WELL. A LAST COUPLE OF POINTS, AND THEN I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT

WHETHER WE HAD LOOKED AT CITYWIDE APPLICATION OF SOME OF

THE THE NCT AND RTO, THE ZONING DISTRICTS CREATED FOR MARKET OCTAVIA.

AGAIN, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER,

WITHOUT HAVING MAPPED AREAS FOR

CHANGES IN ZONING, THERES

NOTHING FOR US TO SINK OUR TEETH

INTO, WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE

IMPACTS OF THAT SUCH A ZONING

WOULD BE IN SUCH AN AREA.

FOR MARKET OCTAVIA, WE HAD THEM

MAPPED AND ANALYZED THEM. FOR EASTERN NEIGHBORHOOD COMING

OUT SHORTLY, WE HAD THE MAP AND ARE DOING THAT ANALYSIS.

AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT AS

LOOK AT THESE EIRS, THAT GIVES THE CITY DECISIONMAKER A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE

IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A ZONING DISTRICT.

BUT WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE ITS SPECIFICALLY MAPPED THERE IS

NOTHING FURTHER THAT WE FEEL WE

CAN DO IN THESE EIRS.

IF AND WHEN THEY ARE PROPOSED TO

BE MAPPED IN A GIVEN AREA THAT WOULD GO THROUGH ITS OWN

PLANNING PROCESS, ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS AND THE PUBLIC AND DECISIONMAKERS WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT ANALYSIS WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO DO IT.

THERE IS THE QUESTION, OR THIS

POINT RAISED BY GIGI PLATTE

ABOUT SUE LEE AND THE CERTIFICATION MOTION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT, AND MS. PLATTE IS CORRECT, CORRECT

IN THE SENSE THAT THE

CERTIFICATION MOTION THAT IS IN

THE RECORD NOW DOES NEED TO BE AMENDED TO REFLECT COMMENTS THAT

WERE MADE BY SUE LEE. HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT PART OF

THE OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION

THATS KIND OF GETTING INTO THE TECHNICALITIES.

IT WAS ONE OF THE FINDINGS THAT SUE LEE WANTED TO BE ADDED TO

THE CERTIFICATION MOTION, NOT AN OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION. I CAN JUST READ THROUGH THAT QUICKLY. IT WONT TAKE LONG. THIS IS A NEW FINDING NUMBER NINE THAT COMMISSIONER LEE ASKED TO BE ADDED TO THE CERTIFICATION

MOTION, WHICH WE INTEND TO DO. WE NEED TO DO THAT, JUST TO

CORRECT THE RECORD. EYE WILL READ THIS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOGNIZES AN HISTORICAL RESOURCE SURVEY IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THE PLANNED AREA. THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THE

IMPORTANCE OF THE SURVEY. THE COMMISSION HOWEVER FINDS

THAT THE EIR, AS IT EXISTS AND

RELATES TO HISTORIC RESOURCES, IS ADEQUATE, ACCURATE, AND OBJECTIVE, WITHOUT THE INCLUSION OF THE STUDY.

THE COMMISSION WILL COMMENCES IN ITS PLANNED ADOPTION OF THE

INTERIM PROCEDURES TO GIVE THE UTMOST CONSIDERATION OF THE

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND PUBLIC INPUT ON THE SURVEY AT SUCH TIME

AS THE SURVEY IS COMPLETE AND IN SUCH A MANNER AS DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION RELATING TO THIS ISSUE.

SO THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO GET

ADDED TO THE CERTIFICATION

MOTION TO CORRECT THE RECORD. UNLESS THERE ARE

President Peskin:   I THINK

THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. [BUZZER SOUNDING.]

President Peskin:   PERFECT TIMING. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND.

Supervisor Elsbernd:   THANK YOU.

PAUL, I WONDER IF YOU COULD REITERATE ONE MORE TIME, THE POINT THAT YOU YOUR SECOND TO THE LAST POINT, THIS ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE REPEATEDLY

THAT THE EIR IS, IN A SENSE, INAHEAD BECAUSE IT DOES NOT

ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO OTHER AREAS OF THE

CITY, OUTSIDE THE MARKET OCTAVIA

AREA, AND THE QUESTION THAT, IN

A SENSE, IF THIS WERE TO PASS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT COULD

ALMOST DO A COPY AND PASTE JOB TO OTHER TRANSIT CORRIDORS,

WITHOUT ANY KIND OF REVIEW.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN ONCE AGAIN, IF PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR SOMEONE

WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT THESE NEW

ZONING AREAS WERE TO BE IMPOSED

IN SOME OTHER AREA TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WHAT STEPS COULD HAVE TO TAKE PLACE. THE STEPS THAT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PLACE, SUPERVISOR ELSBERND,

ARE BOTH RELATED TO THE PLANNING PROCESS, AND THE CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.

IN ORDER TO AMEND THE ZONING IN

ANY AREA OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY

IN A LARGER PROGRAM OF ZONING,

TWO MAJOR PROCESSES NEED TO BE HAVE BEEN ADHERED TO.

ONE IS THIS PLANNING PLOSS NEIGHBORHOOD PROCESS NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION SERIES

OF MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY,

TYPICALLY HEARINGS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ALL TO TRY

TO COME UP WITH A PLANNING PROPOSAL, TO PERHAPS AMEND THE

GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING FOR AN AREA WHICH, AT THAT POINT, IS

JUST A PROPOSAL, WHICH NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO OUR OFFICE, TO

GO THROUGH THE CEQA, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS, TO DETERMINE WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THAT PROPOSAL WOULD

BE IN THAT GEOGRAPHY, BEFORE ANY DECISIONS COULD BE MADE ON THE

ADOPTION OF THAT ZONING, IN THAT AREA. President Peskin:

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, MR. MOLITZER. I WANT TO TURN BACK TO A COUPLE OF POINTS YOU MADE, ALSO RELATED

TO THE QUESTION BY SUPERVISOR ELSBERND. IM HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO

UNDERSTAND HOW 55 LAGUNA IS

DIVORCED IN SOME WAYS FROM THE

LARGER OCTAVIA MARKET PLAN.

IT IS NEARLY SIX ACRES OF A PARCEL.

I REALIZE THAT 55 LAGUNA, THAT

IS, 5.8 TO BE EXACT, THAT THERE

IS A GREAT AMOUNT OF INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS ON THE WHOLE OCTAVIA MARKET PLAN.

BUT AS THE PARCEL SITE OF 55

LAGUNA RELATES TO THE LARGER

CONSTRUCT OF OCTAVIA MARKET, THE

TRANSIT IMPACTS, AS ITS DELINEATED THROUGH THE EIR, TO

ME JUST ISNT QUITE COMPREHENSIVELY I THINK ANTICIPATE WHAT THAT EXTRA

IMPACT WILL BE, ONCE THAT 55

LAGUNA, IF THE SPONSORS HAVE

THEIR WAY, IS FULLY IN PLACE.

IF THEN THE RESPONSE IS THAT WE

PATCHWORK ANY RECOURSE TO

ACCOMMODATE ANY EXTRA ADDED

GROWTH OR IMPACT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AT 55 LAGUNA, WHY

WOULDNT WE WANT TO ANTICIPATE THAT MORE THOROUGHLY ON THE

FRONT END INSTEAD OF AT THE BACK END

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, I CAN

ATTEMPT TO ANSWER SOME OF THAT.

I MAY NEED HELP FROM STAFF ON

OTHER ASPECTS BUT I MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT ENOUGH TO YOUR SATISFACTION.

AGAIN, THE 55 LAGUNA SITE, IN THE COURSE OF THE PLANNING

PROCESS FOR MARKET OCTAVIA, WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE MARKET

OCTAVIA PLAN IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT OR THE REZONING PROPOSAL. SO THE DEVELOPING AT THAT SITE

WAS SEPARATED FROM THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR MARKET OCTAVIA.

IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND YOU RAISED SPECIFICALLY THE TRANSIT

AND THE TRANSPORTATION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS EIR, WE

IN FACT DID NEED TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE 55

LAGUNA SITE EVEN THOUGH AT THE

TIME WE DID NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT MIGHT GET PROPOSED OR

ADOPTED THERE. THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE A PART

OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT AND THE TRANSIT IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THAT SITE, MY RECOLLECTIONS,

WERE 500 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND

A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.

THE CURRENT 55 LAGUNA PROPOSAL,

I BELIEVE IN THIS DRAFT EIR, IS

JUST ITS 480 SOME ODD RESIDENTIAL UNITS. SO IN FACT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT

WERE INCORPORATED INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS WERE VERY CLOSE TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY

BEING PROPOSED THERE, AND IF ANYTHING, MAY BE JUST A LITTLE

BIT ON THE HIGH SIDE, WHICH FOR OUR CEQA PURPOSES IS GOOD.

IT MEANS WEVE DONE CONSERVATIVE ANALYSIS.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS,

ASSUMED GROWTH ON THAT SITE FROM 500 DWELLING UNITS AND SOME COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND THAT IS PART OF THE IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT

WAS DONE, AND DISCLOSED THROUGH MARKET OCTAVIA.

SO WHILE WE DID NOT HAVE, YOU

KNOW, THE CURRENT SPECIFIC PROPOSAL, WE MADE WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY REASONABLE AND ACCURATE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THAT SITE, AND THAT IMPACTS OUR PART OF THIS EIR.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   DOES THAT INCLUDE THE SOCALLED OPEN

SPACE OR PARTS THAT WOULD BE

RETAINED PUBLIC, SHOULD THE

ACTUAL PROPOSAL AT 55 LAGUNA

RESULT INTO THE RETENTION OF A

FAIR AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE

ON TO VISIT THAT AREA, LIKE A

MINI PARK, FOR EXAMPLE

THE MARKET OCTAVIA EIR DID NOT LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES

FOR OPEN SPACE IN THE 55 LAGUNA SITE, ALTHOUGH AGAIN, I DONT BELIEVE THAT WAS AN OBLIGATION OF THIS EIR.

THIS EIR FOUND THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE

MARKET OCTAVIA AREA TO SATISFY THE DEMANDS OF THE GROWTH ANTICIPATED IN THAT AREA, SUCH

THAT THERE WERE NOT POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS, IN TERMS OF

OPEN SPACE DEMAND, SPECIFIC TO

THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN, AND THEREFORE THERE WAS NOT THE NEED

TO COMBINE THAT WITH OTHER IMPACT ANALYSIS OF WHAT OPEN

SPACE MAY BE AVAILABLE ON THE 55 LAGUNA SITE.

THE 55 LAGUNA PROJECT WILL DO OPEN SPACE ANALYSIS, BUT THAT WAS NOT DONE.

THE 55 LAGUNA OPEN SPACE WAS NOT

PART OF THE MARKET OCTAVIA EIR.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   I DONT KNOW WHERE THIS INSERT, BUT CONSIDERING THE MAJOR

TROUBLE WEVE BEEN HAVING IN TWEAKING A RESPONSE TO SORT OF

THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THE O FBGT

O FBGT OCTAVIA BOULEVARD AND

PEDESTRIANS BICYCLIST, ITS GETTING CRUNCHED ALL THE TIME

AND ADDING A NEW DEVELOPMENT,

ESPECIALLY 55 LAGUNA, IM NOT SATISFIED IN TERMS OF THE GRID, HOW THE TRANSIT IMPACTS ARE

BEING THOROUGHLY EVALUATED, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WERE STILL

TRYING TO IRON OUT THE BIRTHING OF OCTAVIA BOULEVARD. I HAVENT READ ENOUGH THAT MAKES

ME FEEL THAT WERE THERE YET ON

THE TRANSIT PORTION OF THIS. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK. Supervisor McGoldrick: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MOLITZER, I WONDER IF YOU

COULD JUST FOLLOWING UP ON SUPERVISOR THE

TRANSIT IMPACTS HERE HAVE NOT

BEEN SUFFICIENTLY EXAMINED.

AND IN THE RECORD WAS A REQUEST

FROM MY OFFICE MANY, MANY MONTHS AGO, TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. THE WAY IT WAS ADDRESSED WAS

WITH THE THREE LETTERS, TBD, TO BE DETERMINED.

I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IM SOMEWHAT PERPLEXED IN TERMS OF GETTING SOME BETTER PICTURE ABOUT HOW THE TRANSIT IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED HERE BECAUSE IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE THE

TRANSIT IMPACTS ARE OF A SUFFICIENCY OF SCOPE THAT WE

WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TOO FORESEE HOW THE ADDITIONAL

POPULATION USE OF THE ALREADY FULLY UTILIZED MARKET STREET PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM THERE

COULD IN ANY WAY HANDLE ANYMORE USAGE OR RIDERSHIP.

IT SEEMS TO BE AT FULL CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, AND PARTICULARLY

DURING THE COMMUTING HOURS,

WERE TALKING FROM PARTICULARLY LETS SAY CASTRO AND MARKET,

FROM THAT POINT ON OVER, COMING EAST IN THE MORNING, IN THE OTHER DIRECTION IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH THE COMMUTE TRAFFIC. WHAT CONSIDERATION DO WE HAVE FOR THAT, AND HOW THAT NEEDS TO

BE CONSIDERED AS SOMETHING TO MITIGATE, AND HOW IT WOULD BE MITIGATED AND HOW YOU COVERED THE SCOPE OF THAT CONCERN THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, IM

GOING TO ASK BILL WIECO, OUR SEEN TRANSPORTATION PLANNER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, IM BILL WIECO, PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF. I THINK THE TWO BEST PLACES TO

REFER YOU ARE THE EIR, PAGE 4225 AND 226.

WE LOOKED AT THE TRANSIT ISSUE IN TWO WAYS.

ONE IS WHAT MANY EIRs FOR DOWNTOWN PROJECTS DO WHICH IS A

SCREEN LINE AT THE MAXIMUM LOAD POINTS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ON

THE EASTWEST LINES, RIGHT IN

THE MIDDLE OF THIS AREA, AROUND FRANKLIN AND VAN NESS.

SO THE FIRST TABLE, 4.21, LOOKS AT IT THAT WAY, ESSENTIALLY IS

LOOKING AT, OKAY, PEOPLE ARE

GETTING TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE AFFECTING THE PLACES WHERE MUNI

IS MOST CROWDED INp.m. PEAK HOUR.

THE SECOND WAY TO LOOK AT IT WAS RECOGNIZING THE SCREENLINE ANALYSIS IS PRIMARILY SET UP AROUND OFFICE PROJECTS WITH

PEOPLE LIVING IN OUTLYING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO

HAVE A MORE REFINED, MORE PRECISE LOOK, KIND OF RIGHT WITHIN THIS AREA.

SO THE SECOND TABLE, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AS MUNI CORRIDOR

ANALYSIS, LOOKS AT FIVE

CORRIDORS, FILLMORE, VAN NESS,

MISSION, MARKET, WESTERN, ADDITION, LOOKS AT THE

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF THE PLAN,

AND ALL ITS EFFECTS IN THEIR

ENTIRETY. SO ITS ESSENTIALLY GOING BEYOND THE KIND OF CONVENTIONAL

DOWNTOWN SCREENLINE ANELS AND

LOOKING AT A FINE GRAIN OF

GROUPS OF LINES, KIND OF

AGGREGATED, KIND OF EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH ON HOW THE NEW TRANSIT TRIPS WERE SUBSTANTIAL

IN THIS AREA SHOW UP IN THOSE CORRIDORS.

SO I THINK THE INFORMATION IS VERY COMPLETE, IN TERMS OF KIND OF THIS SORT OF BIGGER PICTURE

ON THE MAIN SCREENLINE ANALYSIS

FROM DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS THE LOCALIZED EFFECTS WITHIN THIS AREA.

AND THERES FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE COMMENTS AND RESPONSES, BUT THE BASIC INFORMATION IS IN

THOSE TWO TABLES, IN THE

SUPPORTING ANALYSIS.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE CONTINUING CONCERN

ABOUT THE SURVEY FOR COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY FOR HISTORIC ANALYSIS.

I WONDER, I STILL IT IS STILL

A CONCERN, I THINK, THE ISSUE OF A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE KEY

ISSUES HERE. MR. MOLITZER, FROM LAST WEEKS

HEARING ITS MY UNDERSTANDING

THE COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY IS UNDERWAY AND WOULD IN FACT BE AVAILABLE FAIRLY SOON. IS THAT CORRECT OR INCORRECT, IN

TERMS OF WHAT SOON MEANS AND IM TALKING ABOUT SOME TIME

IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

PAUL MOLITZER, PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF. IM BEING ADVISED BY OUR PLANNING STAFF HERE THAT THE SURVEY MAY BE AVAILABLE SOONER THAN THAT, MAYBE WITHIN A FEW WEEKS EVEN.

SO IT IS THAT SURVEY IS CLOSE

TO COMPLETION.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   IN THAT REGARD, THE REASON I RAISE

THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK IF THAT ISSUE CAN BE ADDRESSED, AND THAT

SEEMS TO BE A LARGE PART OF WHAT THE APPEAL IS ABOUT HERE, I

WANTED TO BE SURE, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN TERMS OF LEGAL ACTIONS, IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER JUST LONG ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY SATISFY THAT DESIRE, WITH THAT IN WOULD

THAT IN ANY SENSE POSE A LEGAL PROBLEM FOR US IN TERMS OF HAVING TO ACT, OR BEING IN A POSITION TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE THIS FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE ITS NOT FAR AWAY.

President Peskin:   DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WARREN.

THANK YOU.

CHAPTER 31 GIVES THE BOARD TWO OPTIONS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT IT CAN DO WITH A DOCUMENT IN FRONT

OF IT WHICH INVOLVES A CERTIFIED

EIR AND THAT IS EITHER FIND IT ADEQUATE, OBJECTIVE, COMPLETE,

AND ACCEPT THE FINDINGS OF THE

PLANNING COMMISSION, OR RETURN

IT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT,

AND MAKE FINDINGS SPECIFICALLY

AS TO WHY THE DOCUMENT IS NOT COMPLETE.

SO AS FAR AS CERTAINLY THE

BOARD COULD SEND THE DOCUMENT BACK. ALTERNATIVELY, THE BOARD COULD FIND THE EIR COMPLETE.

THAT WOULD NOT PRECLUDE THE

BOARD FROM CONSIDERING THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING

A SURVEY, AT THE TIME THAT IT TAKES FURTHER ACTION RELATED TO

THE APPROVALS THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD. Supervisor McGoldrick:

THOSE APPROVALS ARE ACTUALLY PROJECT APPROVALS. YOURE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT. RIGHT. Supervisor McGoldrick: APPROVAL LET ME ASK YOU A FOLLOWUP QUESTION. IF YOU DONT WANT TO ANSWER IT, ANOTHER MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM COULD ANSWER IT. MY QUESTION IS THIS AGAIN. LAST WEEK WE STARTED TOO HEAR

THIS AND CONTINUED IT FOR A WEEK. MY QUESTION IS WHETHER WE COULD CONTINUE THIS FOR A FEW WEEKS IF THAT IS AVAILABLE IS THAT NOT AN OPTION AVAILABLE TO US AS IT WAS AVAILABLE TO US LAST WEEK, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

HEARING LAST WEEK

President Peskin:   I BELIEVE THERE IS A TIME LIMIT.

CHECKING THE TIME LIMIT.

President Peskin:   THERE IS

A TIME LIMIT, CHAPTER 31. Supervisor McGoldrick: THATS WHAT I THOUGHT BUT I WANT TO BE SURE.

President Peskin:   IF WE DONT ACT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF

TIME ITS DEEMED TO BE APPROVED. WHAT IS IT, 60 DAYS

THE LATEST DATE IN WHICH YOU

CAN MAKE A DECISION IS 90 DAYS FROM THE FILING OF THE APPEAL.

President Peskin:   AND THE

APPEAL WAS FILED ON THE APRIL 25.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   HOW MANY DAYS DID YOU SAY, 120 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE FILING OF THE APPEAL.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   THAT WOULD PUT US AT APPROXIMATELY

JULY 20 SOMETHING OR OTHER, WELL SAY. I WANT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE I DIDNT WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH IN TERMS OF THE TIME.

I SAID A COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A FEW WEEKS.

DO YOU WANT TO CORRECT THAT MS. RODGERS. EMERY RODGERS PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.

THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE IN, IN

A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

BUT SURVEY RESULTS DO NOT MEAN AN ENDORSE OR ADOPTED SURVEY BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE BOARD.

AND WE EXPECT THAT PROCESS OF

SURVEY ENDORSEMENT ADOPTION TO

ENGENDER A LOT OF COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AND TAKE MUCH LONGER THAN THE 90 DAY DISLIEN REQUIRED

FOR CERTIFICATION OF THIS EIR.

Supervisor McGoldrick:   LET ME ASK YOU ON THAT REGARD.

AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS PARTLY CONJECTURE ON YOUR PART AND YOU DONT HAVE TO RESPOND. IS IT YOUR FEELING THAT THE

CONCERNS EXPRESSED HERE, WHICH I

THINK ARE SUBSTANTIAL ON THE COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY, WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THE INFORMATION COMING IN

I KNOW ITS A CRYSTAL BALL TYPE QUESTION.

FORGIVE ME IF I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

BUT DO YOU FEEL THE SURVEY INFORMATION AND WEVE MET

ABOUT THIS IN MY OFFICE, WILL BE OF SUFFICIENCY THAT IF ALL THE INFORMATION WERE IN TODAY, WE

WOULD NOT BE RAISING THESE CONCERNS, AND THIS APPEAL MIGHT

NOT BE BEFORE I KNOW THERES VARIOUS APPEAL PARTIES TO THIS APPEAL, BUT THIS APPEAL MIGHT

NOT BE BEFORE US IF WE HAD THESE SURVEY RESULTS IN HERE AT THIS POINT

I CAN SPEAK TO REPRESENT WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT ABOUT THIS ASPECT WITH THE SURVEY THAT PERHAPS THE REST OF THE COMMISSION THE QUESTION WOULD BE BETTER PLACED TO THE APPELLANTS AND THEIR SATISFACTION WITH RESULTS. AS FAR AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY DID SAY DURING

THE ADOPTION HEARINGS THAT THEY

WANTED TO GO ON RECORD ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE SURVEY AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE RESULTS

AND THEY FELT THE EIR WAS ADEQUATE, OBJECTIVE, AND

ACCURATE WITHOUT THE RESULTS YET IN. SO THATS WHY THEY ADDED THE

MOTION THAT MS. SUZIE PLATTE RECOGNIZED. Supervisor McGoldrick: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MS. RODGERS.

President Peskin:   IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR THE DEPARTMENT, WHY DONT WE GO TO SPEAKERS ON

BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, OR IN SUPPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT.

ARE THERE ANY SUCH SPEAKERS

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SOONER, BETTER.

COME ON UP. FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE. IF THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS, IF YOU WILL LINE UP IN AISLE.

MR. STRASSNER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

[INAUDIBLE] CERTIFY THIS PLANNING [INAUDIBLE] AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I TOOK PART IN THE INITIAL PLANNING OF IT. THE TREMENDOUS OUTREACH, ALL THE

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, THE GREAT WORK OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, IS ALL IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND WE SHOULD NOT DELAY IT, WE SHOULD

MOVE IT FORWARD AS SPEEDY AS POSSIBLE. AS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT SOME OF THE SUPERVISORS ASKED, I

WOULD HELP, IF I COULD, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BY GIVING

SOME ANSWERS, MY OWN ANSWERS.

ONE, IF THERES A SHORTAGE OF

IF THE EIR SHOWS A SHORTAGE OF TRANSIT, EVEN WHETHER THAT SHORTAGE IS DEFINED ACCURATELY

OR NOT, DOESNT REALLY AFFECT MUNI.

MUNI IS GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE

BUSES TO MEET THE DEMAND.

WE MAY LAUGH BUT THEY HAVE TO DO

IT, IN PROP E, THEY MAY GET TO

IT, BUT THEYRE GOING TO GET TO IT.

AS TO ALL OF THIS THE

HERITAGE BUILDING, WHICH WE ALL WANT TO PRESERVE, AND IF THEY

LIST THEM ALL OR DONT LIST THEM ALL, THE PROBLEM IS REALLY DO WE TRUST THE PROCESS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS FOR

EVALUATING WHEN THEY COME BEFORE THEM, AND THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.

AND THE PROBLEM WITH THIS BIG

PLAN, WE CERTAINLY PREFER HAVING

A BIG PLAN TO DEALING WITH LOT

BY LOT OR BLOCK BY BLOCK PLANNING.

SO WE HAVE ALL THIS TIERED PLANNING, AND SCOPE TYPE PLANNING THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT,

OTHERWISE WE DO A MUCH WORSE JOB.

AND AS TO THE COALITIONS REPRESENTATION THAT THIS IS

GOING TO CHANGE THE ZONING ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MY

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WEST PORTAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION,

HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND SOME OF

US THOUGHT THIS IS LIKE A MENU,

IT WONT EFFECT ANYTHING SO WE

ASKED SEAN ELSBERND TO TELL US WHAT HE THOUGHT AND HE CAME UP WITH THE SAME ANSWERS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ESSENTIALLY

SAID, WHICH CONFIRMDZ THAT IT DOESNT AFFECT ANYBODY UNTIL THERES A PROJECT AND THEN WE

GET THINGS REOPENED.

AND SO WEST PORTAL DID NOT JOIN

WITH THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WERE

MEMBERS WITH COALITION, OR THE

WEST OF TWIN PEAKS IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THIS PLAN BECAUSE WE FEEL ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE PROTECTED IF THEY NEED

THE PROTECTION.

AND AS TO FURTHER CHANGES WHICH

MAY BE NECESSARY, EVEN FROM THIS POINT AFTER CERTIFICATION, I

CAME TO YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO

WITH A REQUEST, AND LOTS OF

CHANGES HAVE BEEN AND EIR CERTIFICATION, WHERE IT SAID PLEASE DO NOT CERTIFY AND YOU

DID ANYWAY. THE PROCESS IS SET UP TO TAKE CARE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS AND SOME OTHER MAJOR CONCERNS, AND

THE PROCESS TOOK CARE OF ITSELF. IF THERE ARE THESE KINDS OF CONCERNS IT WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. THERE MAY BE A SIMILAR PROCESS

HERE NOT RELATED TO THE EIR, BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT. NEXT SPEAKER.

I AM CHRISTOPHER PETERSON AND

I LIVE IN ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE PLAN AREA AND I STRONGLY URGE THE BOARD TO UPHOLD THE EIR.

THE MARKET O BGTD PLAN WOULD

ENCOURAGE GENUINELY TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL LOCATION OF THE CITY.

THATS EXACTLY THE KIND OF

PLANNING ENDEAVOR THE CITY

SHOULD BE CONDUCTING TO PLAY A

CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS INCLUDING

THE CITYS CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING.

I BELIEVE THE EIR ADEQUATELY

EVALUATES POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT UNDER

I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE

ENTIRELY INORDINATE AMOUNT OF

TIME ITS TAKEN THE CITY TO DO THE CEQA REVIEW. THE CITY TOOK MORE THAN A YEAR

TO FINE TUNE ITS TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT, COMING

UP WITH PREDICTIONS DOWN TO A

TENth OF A SECOND ABOUT WHAT

CONGESTION WILL BE LIKE AT INTERSECTIONS.

ITS OKAY THAT ITS IN THERE BUT HOW USEFUL IS THAT INFORMATION, I DONT KNOW. IT CERTAINLY WASNT WORTH DELAYING THIS PROJECT FOR A YEAR.

IF YOU ACCEPT THE APPEAL OF THE OPPONENTS TO THE PLAN, THAT WILL ADD FURTHER DELAYS TO THIS

PROJECT, SERIOUSLY JEOPARDIZING

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS WITH

THIS PLAN WILL ALLOW TO OCCUR.

AND FINALLY I THINK ITS

IMPORTANT TO BE REALISTIC WHEN EVALUATING LARGE PLANNING EFFORTS LIKE THIS ABOUT WHAT CAN

REALLY BE EVALUATED THROUGH THE

CEQA PROCESS. AND WE CAN ALWAYS DREAM UP MORE

AND MORE AND MORE ISSUES, MORE AND MORE WAYS THAT ANALYSIS CAN

BE REFINED, MORE WAYS TO EXCUSE

DELAY, BUT THAT DELAY ITSELF HAS SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES.

SO I URGE YOU TO APPLY RULE OF

REASON, BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT

KIND OF ANALYSIS CAN BE PROVIDED

IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE PLANNING

PROJECTS, AND URGE YOU TO UPHOLD THE EIR. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

I AM CHRIS FOLEY.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. IVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PLAN, GOING TO COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS NOW. I WAS AT A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN

THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IN SOME RESPECTS I FEEL LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY. I FEEL A LOT OF THE HEARINGS

THAT WE HAD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WERE HEARING AGAIN

NOW. I SUPPORT THE EIR.

I THINK IT ALLOWS FOR MORE PROTECTION FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION THAN IT DOES TODAY UNDER THE PLAN. I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THAT

WHAT I SEE IS THAT A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST THE PLAN, ITS THE SAME WE SEE IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION EVERY THURSDAY, AND

THAT IS NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

I DONT WANT THIS, I WANT THIS. THE ISSUE AT THE END OF THE DAY

IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO.

ARE WE GOING TO BUILD HOUSING ON

A TRANSIT CORRIDOR THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO DOWNTOWN, TO

GROCERY STORES, RETAIL AND SHOPS, OR ARE WE GOING TO DELAY AND PUSH THE ISSUE AGAIN BACK TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THE COMMUNITY ITSELF IS EXHAUSTED BY THIS PROCESS. THE REASON YOU DONT HAVE 150 PEOPLE HERE, LIKE WE HAD AT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR SIX YEARS, IS BECAUSE THEYRE EXHAUSTED.

WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. THE PLAN ACTUALLY I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN ON THIS PLAN

TO DATE, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AND HOPE YOU CAN CERTIFY THIS EIR TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NAME IS AND I SPEAK AS AN EXHAUSTED COMMUNITY MEMBER IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LAST SPEAKER.

ITS BEEN SIX YEARS OF COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS HAS TAKEN TO

GET US TO THIS POINT.

SO ID URGE YOU TO REJECT THE

APPEAL, AND THE EIR IS FULLY

ADEQUATE, AND ID LIKE TO THANK

MOLITZER AND RODGERS AND THE OTHER STAFF NOR THEIR WORK.

ID LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT TWO ISSUES RAISED. FIRST OF ALL HNK PRESERVATION

AND SECONDLY 55 LAGUNA, THE EXTENSION. REGARDING HISTORIC PRESERVATION,

THERES NO LESS NO MORE PROTECTION NOW FOR ANY OF THESE HISTORIC RESOURCES THAN WOULD BE PROVIDED UNDER THE PLAN.

IN FACT THE PLAN WOULD INCREASE

SUBSTANTIALLY THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY FOR ANY HISTORIC

RESOURCE IN THE PLAN. THE DEVELOPERS, WHICH ARE GOING

AHEAD NOW WITH THEIR PROJECT, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION,

WERE REVIEWING PROJECTS EVERY WEEK.

SO WE NEED THIS PLAN IN PLACE QUICKLY, TO GIVE THOSE RESOURCES

THE PROTECTION THAT WE NEED. WE SHOULDNT WAIT ANY LONGER. ITS BEEN SIX YEARS.

SECONDLY, ON 55 LAGUNA, THE CONCERNS OVER THE CURRENT

PROPOSAL FOR THAT SITE, REGARDING THE IMPACT ON TRANSIT AND PROVISION OF OPEN SPACE.

THESE ARE BEING ADDRESSED IN A SEPARATE EIR THATS GOING FORWARD RIGHT NOW. THIS ISNT A REASON TO DELAY

THIS PROCESS TO THE MARKET

OCTAVIA PLAN ANYMORE.

AND SO, IN SUMMARY, AND PLEASE REJECT THE APPEAL. AND WHEN THE PLAN ITSELF COMES BEFORE YOU, HOPEFULLY VERY SOON,

ID LIKE YOU TO APPRECIATE IT IF YOU TAKE QUICK ACTION ON THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.

I AM JASON HENDERSON, CHAIR OF THE HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR SIDE.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DID CONSCIOUSLY NOT FEEL IT NECESSARY TO STACK THE ROOM FULL

OF THE PROPONENTS FOR THE PLAN, IN OTHER WORDS PROPOA NENTSS FOR THE APPEAL.

A LOT OF US DO WORK DURING THE

DAY AS WELL. THE HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT IS ADEQUATE.

WE ADMIRE THE TENACITY OF THE PRESERVATIONISTS AND ITS GOOD AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOW THERE

IS A SURVEY UNDERWAY, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT THAT WASNT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS.

THIS IS A PLAN THAT IS SETTING

PRECEDENT, AND FOR THE REST OF THE BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING PROCESS, FOR WHATEVER NEIGHBORHOOD THESE OCCUR IN THE

CITY, THERE WILL BE HISTORIC SURVEYS IN ADVANCE AND AGAIN WE APPRECIATE THAT THAT COMES OUT OF THIS.

AGAIN, THIS PLAN DOES OFFER

STRONGER PROTECTIONS THAN ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

THIS SURVEY HAS SUFFICIENT INTERIM CONTROLS AND THERES

BEEN A LOT OF FEN AGOINGLY WITH THE BUREAUCRATIC DETAILS BUT AS

A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS PLAN SUPPORT HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THEYRE NOT INTERESTED IN RAISING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND

REPLACING IT WITH RICHMOND SPECIALS.

IF ANYTHING THE PLAN DOESNT GO

FAR ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE PUTTING

IN GARAGES UNDERNEATH VICTORIANS.

SOMETIMES I WISH THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATIONIST WOULD TAKE THAT

MORE SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THAT IS CHAIGING THE HOUSE UNASSUMEBLE

OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY.

I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT.

EARLIER I WAS AT MTA AT THE

PERFORMING ARTS GARAGE HEARING, WHERE THEYRE TALKING ABOUT

PUTTING ANOTHER LEVEL ON THE PERFORMING ARTS GARAGE. THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN, THIS IS

AN EXAMPLE OF WHY DELAY OF THIS PLAN IS SUCH A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN BASICALLY WHAT IT SAYS IS BEFORE

YOU START ADDING GARAGES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DO THESE THINGS, DO BETTER PARKING MANAGEMENT,

USE THAT CIVIC CENTER STRUCTURE BETTER, GET A MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED FEEL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ENCOURAGE MORE OF

THE SYMPHONY PATRONS TO GET

PASSES WHEN THEY BUY TICKETS. THERES A BUNCH OF IDEAS THAT THE PLAN TALKS ABOUT BUT SINCE THE PLAN ISNT IN PLACE THE FOLKS PUSHING THE GARAGE GO

AHEAD AND DO THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN A VACUUM, WITHOUT CONSIDERING THIS. THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

THERES BEEN A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR THAT HAVE TOO

MUCH PARKING THAT DONT NY FIT NECESSARILY FIT WITH THE VISION THAT THE COMMUNITY PUT OUT FOR THE PLAN.

I WANT TO ADD ONE LAST THING.

THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS WAS LOS. REFORM THAT. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. WEVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT FOR A WHILE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS,

JOSH I LIVE ON STREET. I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROCESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BE IT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS OR SEVEN OR EIGHT OR NINE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT WEVE SEEN. ITS BEEN GREAT TO SEE THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN FINALLY AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AT THE APPELLATE LEVEL AND ITS NICE TO GET TO THIS STAGE.

AFTER MANY ITERATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS I BELIEVE WE HAVE A DOCUMENT THATS WELL CONSIDERED. NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS COME FORWARD, INDIVIDUALS HAVE COME FORWARD.

THERES BEEN A NICE MESHING OF PUBLIC INPUT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THIS DOCUMENT, AND WHILE IT COULD BE BETTER, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD POINT

TO HERE AND THERE AS HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT LEFT AND RIGHT, AS SMALL POINTS. I THINK ANY DOCUMENT OF THIS SIZE, ANY REPORT OF THIS SCOPE, IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CHANGED.

IF WE KEEP DOING THIS, WE COULD

BE HERE 10 MORE YEARS, GOING THROUGH MORE CHANGES.

THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW

AS MR. MOLITZER HAS BROUGHT UP.

ITS A GENERAL FRAMEWORK, A WORK IN PROGRESS, A GOOD WORK IN PROGRESS. LETS REJECT THE APPELLANT AND MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS ON THE CALENDARS FOR ACTUAL APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK

YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.

IM TIM COLLEN, EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO

HOUSING COALITION.

ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS IM

ASKING YOU TO DENY THE APPEAL OF THE EIR MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN. WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE GUIDING VISION OF THE PLAN SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMUNITY PROCESS OVER THE YEARS THAT LED TO ITS DEVELOPMENT. WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT AFTER ALMOST EIGHT YEARS, COUNTLESS COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND THOUSANDS OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT

HOURS, IT IS TIME TO END ITS

DISCUSSION AND ADOPT THE PLAN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE GROUPS APPEALING THE MARKET OCTAVIA EIR HAS DONE SO BECAUSE OF CONCERN THAT THE HISTORIC RESOURCES WITHIN THE PLAN ARE AT RISK. THEY BELIEVE THE PLAN SHOULD NOT

BE ADOPTED UNTIL THE CITY COMPLETES A FULL HISTORIC SURVEY, SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT

BE FINISHED UNTIL 2008. WHILE WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO

THEIR INTENT THE HOUSING ACTION COALITION IS CONVINCED THAT THE

PLANNING DNTD HAS PUT IN PLACE

RIG LUS INTERIM CONTROLS THAT WOULD PRODUCT HISTORIC RESOURCES.

IN FACT, ITS IRONIC, THE

INTERIM CONTROLS OFFER FAR MORE PROTECTION TO POTENTIAL HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE SHORT TERM THAN

WOULD BE PROVIDED UNDER CURRENT PLANNING CODE CONTROLS, WERE THE

PLAN NOT ADOPTED. FURTHERMORE, WE BELIEVE THAT IT

IS CORROSIVE TO CIVIC FAITH AND THE COMMUNITY PROCESS TO CONTINUE TO DELAY THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.

THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN IS AN IMPORTANT TEST. IT IS THE FIRST BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN TO COME

BEFORE YOU FOR ADOPTION. IF OUR CITY NEEDS ALMOST A

DECADE TO COMPLETE SUCH A MODEST PLAN, ONE WONDER WHETHER RESOURCES INVESTED IN LONG TERM

PLANNING ARE JUSTIFIED. THE PLAN REPRESENTS THE CONSENSUS OF HUNDREDS OF

COMMITTED STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED FOR YEARS IN GOOD

FAITH TO ENACT THEIR VISION OF A

BALANCED NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ASK FOR YOU TO SUPPORT THEM,

END DELAYS, AND UPHOLD THE EIR. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT, SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS PAUL OLSON, PRESIDENT

OF THE HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IM SURE YOU KNOW I AM HERE TO SAY WE SUPPORT THE PLANNING

DEPARTMENT AND WOULD URGE YOU TO DENY THE APPEALS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU.

I WILL NOT GO INTO LONG DETAILS. I BELIEVE THE SEVERAL SPEAKERS

IN FRONT OF ME HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCINCT IN THEIR COMMENTS AND I WOULD APPLAUD THEIR COMMENTS. THE HARD WORK OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHICH GAVE US A VERY

LEGALLY SOUND EIR, AND WE SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH IT. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

.AND IF THERE ARE OTHER SPEAKERS AFTER THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE LINE UP.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. ROBIN LEVITT FROM HAYES VALLEY, ONE OF THE MANY HUNDREDS OF

PEOPLE WHO ARE EXHAUSTED BY THIS

PROCESS THATS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1999.

I URGE YOU TO CERTIFY, UPHOLD THE CERTIFICATION OF THIS EIR

AND REJECT THESE APPEALS, FOR

MANY OF THE REASONS THAT WERE SO FINELY ARTICULATED BEFORE I GOT

UP TO THIS PODIUM.

THIS PROCESS, AS PEOPLE SAID,

HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1999 AND

ITS JUST TIME TO FINISH IT.

THERE ARE SO MANY PROJECTS THAT

ARE IN THE PIPELINE, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SIOUX MILLS

SITE, 55 LAGUNA SITE.

WE HAVE VACANT LOTS ALONG

OCTAVIA BOULEVARD THAT ARE JUST INVITING TRASH AND GRAFFITI AND

SO FORTH. THOSE PROJECTS, MANY OF WHICH WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR AFFORDABLE

HOUSING, ARE ON HOLD, INCLUDING

A PROJECT AT OAK AND OCTAVIA FOR

PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THATS BEING THREATENED NOW BY THE DELAYS,

BECAUSE OF HUD FUNDING. ITS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH

THESE PROJECTS, AND JUST PUT CLOSURE TO THIS.

I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT MANY OF

THE APPELLANTS, THAT YOU SAW

LAST WEEK, AND WERE HERE TODAY, ARE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS

PLAN FOR A LONG TIME.

AND AS MUCH AS IM A SUPPORTER OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, I AM A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IT

HAS BEEN SAID HERE, PREVIOUSLY, BY SOME OTHER SPEAKERS, THERE

ARE MORE THAN THAN ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN THIS PLAN, AND CERTAINLY MORE THAN WHAT EXISTS TODAY.

SO ITS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFFS TIME.

THE EIR IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE.

AND, AGAIN, I WOULD URGE YOU TO CONFIRM CERTIFICATION OF THE EIR.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS. STEVE VETTEL, SPEAKING ON BEHALF

OF A.F. EVANS DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER IN CONTRACT WITH UC BERKELEY TO DEVELOP THE 55 LAGUNA SITE.

I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF WHY DOESNT THIS EIR COVER IN

DETAIL THE 55 LAGUNA SITE.

CEQA IS FAIRLY FLEXIBLE IN HOW

IT DEALS WITH PROGRAM EIR.

IT SAYS IT CAN ANALYZE AS MUCH DETAIL AVAILABLE TO IT AT THE TIME IT STARTED. THIS EIR DID THAT.

WHEN THIS EIR GOT STARTED IN 2003, THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC

PROPOSAL FOR THE 55 LAGUNA PROJECT.

AS MR. MOLITZER SAID, IT SIMPLY

ASSUMED ABOUT 500 UNITS AND SOME RETAIL SPACE.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THIS PROGRAM

EIR DOESNT COVER THE 55 LAGUNA

PROJECT IN THE SEASONS THE 55 LAGUNA PROJECT IS NOT EXEMPT

FROM DOING ITS OWN EIR LATER ON. THATS INDEED WHAT HAPPENED.

IN 2005, WE SUBMITTED AN

APPLICATION TO BEGIN OUR OWN EIR PROCESS.

IN EARLY 2007, AN EIR ON THE 55 LAGUNA PROJECT WAS PUBLISHED. THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THAT ENDED IN MAY.

SO ALL THOSE DETAILED ISSUES

REGARDING 55 LAGUNA ARE ANALYZED

IN THIS PROJECT DOCUMENT BECAUSE

THEY WERENT ANALYZED IN DETAIL WITH THE PROGRAM EIR.

WHAT THE PROGRAM EIR DID DO WAS

COVER CUMULATIVE ISSUES, TRAFFIC, ASSUMED 500 UNITS.

WERE ONLY DOING A SMALL AMOUNT OVER 400 UNITS.

SO IT WAS A CONSERVATIVE

ASSUMPTION COVERING CUMULATIVE ISSUES.

I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO REJECT THE EIR. IT ANALYZES ENOUGH FOR A PROGRAM

EIR AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS SITES SPECIFIC, ALL DETAILS ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT WHICH WILL GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROBABLY EARLY FALL AND WILL COME TO YOU HOPEFULLY

BY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THREE DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE SITES, TWO OFT CENTRAL FREEWAY, ONE A SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON HAYES STREET.

THEYRE ALL ON HOLD, WAITING FOR

THE EIR TO BE CERTIFIED AND THE PLAN TO BE ADOPTED.

THEYVE BEEN ON HOLD FOR THE

SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT AT 5850 HAYES HAS BEEN ON HOLD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. IT CANT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THE PLAN IS ADOPTED. SIMILARLY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS ON THE CENTRAL

FREEWAY SITE THAT THE CITY HAS ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS TO SELL TO DEVELOPERS.

THEY ALSO CANT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THE EIR IS CERTIFIED.

THESE ARE SITES THAT THE MONEY USED TO BUY THE SITES WILL PAY FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MARKET OCTAVIA AREA.

THOSE PURCHASES CANT HAPPEN

UNTIL THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD. JUST ONE LAST THOUGHT.

I DONT THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO

WAIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO SEE WHAT THE SURVEY SAYS. IF YOU WANT IT INCORPORATED INTO

THE EIR IT WILL TAKE A YEAR. [BUZZER SOUNDING.]

YOU CAN CONSIDER THE REZONING

BUT DONT HOLD UP THE EIR FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HI.

I AM WITH WE ARE ONE OF THE

PIPELINE PROJECTS.

WERE PROPOSING 80 UNITS IN

HAYES VALLEY, AND WEVE WAITED A LONG TIME. AND THE FEASIBILITY OF OUR PROJECT IS BEING UNDERMIND WITH

THESE DELAYS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE MORE SENIOR HOUSING, AND

WED LOVE TO DO THIS PROJECT BUT

DELAYS WILL UNDERMINE THIS PROJECT. SO WE WOULD URGE YOU TO CERTIFY THE EIR. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF

OF THE DEPARTMENT

IN SUPPORT OF THE EIR MS. JOHNSON. YEAH.

I THINK THAT THE HOUSING PROJECT

IN THE PIPELINE WAS MARRIED FOR

REVIEW AND CONSEQUENCES, AND I

THINK THAT A LOT OF THESE IN

DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE PUT ON

THE HOUSING PLAN, THAT WE SHOULD

GO ON LIKE A JOYRIDE, AND

KIND OF LIKE A DIFFERENT STORY

IS BEING, YOU KNOW, MORALLY

AFFECTED IN MY AREA OF MY ATTIC IQ.

I THINK A LOT OF EXAMPLES HAVE

BEEN SET IN DETAIL, WEVE WENT

OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON THESE

REVIEWS, THAT HAVE BEEN

EXPLAINED TO I SUBMIT, AND I

THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE

FORWARD IN MORE TECHNICAL DEAL PLANNING. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, WELL CLOSE THIS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND NOW WELL GO TO THE

APPELLANT WHO WILL HAVE A NOT TO EXCEED THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

WHOS GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE

APPELLANT

IS THAT EACH OF THE UPON APPELLANTS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES OR ARE YOU GOING TO DIVIDE UP THE TIME

President Peskin:   NORMALLY ITS 10 MINUTES. WE CONSOLIDATED YOUR APPEALS. WE GAVE YOU EACH SEVEN.

ON THE REBULGES, NORMALLY THE WAY IT WORKS IS 10 MINUTES AND THREE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.

THEN YOU GUYS HADNT COORDINATED

YOUR APPEAL SO I GAVE YOU EACH

SEVEN MINUTES FOR A TOTAL OF 21. I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT YOU AND THE OTHER APPELLANTS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS TOGETHER AND BE ABLE TO MAKE ONE THREE MINUTE

RESPONSE GIVEN THE FACT ITS

5:12 AND I HAVE 200 PEOPLE WAITING TO GIVE TESTIMONY ON

HEALTH CARE CUTS HELP HOW ABOUT

BETWEEN THE THREE OF YOU FIVE MINUTES. COLLEAGUES, CAN WE LIVE WITH THAT FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE

BOARD I APPRECIATE THE TIME CONSTRAINT.

BUT LISTEN TO WHAT YOURE BEING TOLD.

YOURE BEING TOLD THERE WONT BE

ANY PIGGYBACKING OR STREAMLINING OF FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS BUT THATS THE PURPOSE TO DO A PROGRAM EIR. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAW, THE LAW

SAYS ONCE AN EIR HAS BEEN CERTIFIED, AND THE SPECIFIC PLAN ADOPTED, ANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, INCLUDING

ANY SUBDIVISION OR ZONE CHANGE, THAT IS UNDERTAKEN TO IMPLEMENT

AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN IS EXEMPT FROM ADDITIONAL

CEQA REVIEW. SO I APPRECIATE THAT

President Peskin:   THAT WOULD NOT APPLY IF IT WAS A HISTORIC RESOURCE, MR. WILLIAMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THERES GOING TO BE IMPACTS OUTSIDE OF

THE PROJECTS ON THE HISTORIC RESOURCES. AND THE VERY REASON THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT THE

REASON TO DO A PROGRAM EIR IS

THAT IT STREAM LINES FUTURE

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

WHATS THE HURRY

IF THERE IS A SURVEY WE CAN LOOK AT IT.

IF WE HAVE TO RECONVENE TO SEE

IF THATS THOROUGHLY VETTED, WE CAN DO SO.

WE SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OUR APPEAL FROM HERITAGE, THERES A RESOLUTION

FROM COALITION FOR SAN FRANCISCO NEIGHBORHOODS.

ITS NOT A MODEST PLAN. YOU HEARD SOME OF THE SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN CALL IT THAT. ITS A TREMENDOUSLY LARGE PLAN.

ITS ALSO NOT BEEN SIX YEARS.

THIS PLAN HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY IN THAT TIME PERIOD. ITS NOT CLOSE TO WHAT IT STARTED WITH.

WE URGE YOU TO UPHOLD THIS APPEAL. WITH THAT ILL STEP AWAY FROM

THE MIC AND LET SOMEONE ELSE JUMP IN.

FIRST, I DONT BELIEVE THAT

THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN

SURVEY CYNTHIA SERVETNICK. I DONT BELIEVE THE SURVEY IS

GOING TO BE COMPLETE IN A TIMELY FASHION. JUST ONE EXAMPLE, THE MISSION

DOLORES NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT

HAS ZERO FORMS FILLED OUT. AND THERES JUST A LOT THATS NOT READY. THATS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. ON 55 LAGUNA, WHICH WAS THE NATURE OF THE APPEAL FOR NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA, THERE IS

A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION.

WE HAVE, NOW, THE SAME

CONSULTANT THAT IS THE PRESERVATION ARCHITECT FOR THE

DEVELOPER OF 55 LAGUNA IS ALSO THE CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY,

LOOKING AT HISTORIC RESOURCES WITHIN THE MARKET OCTAVIA PLAN. AND THAT CONSULTANT IS STUDYING

SOMETHING CALLED THE CAMPUS

APARTMENT DISTRICT.

IT INCLUDES 55 LAGUNA, WHICH MR. MOLITZER HAS SAID IS NOT IN

THE PLAN, AND IT INCLUDES

APARTMENT BUILDINGS AROUND THE CAMPUS, WHICH THE LANDMARKS BOARD AND OTHER NOTED EXPERTS

HAVE STATED HAVE NO HISTORICAL

BASIS OF BEING RELATED TO 55 LAGUNA.

WEVE GONE OVER AND OVER, AGAIN. IS IT IN, IS IT OUT.

AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS STUDYING A DISTRICT, ALONG WITH THIS CONSULTANT, THAT HAS A

CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THAT ENCOMPASSES RESOURCES THAT ARE CLEARLY IN THE PLAN AND RESOURCES THAT IT SAYS ARE NOT.

THIS IS A CEQA MESS.

President Peskin:   WOULD THE

THIRD APPELLANT LIKE TO INSERT

ITSELF IN THE REBUTTAL MS. MILES, ARE YOU HERE ON

BEHALF OF YOUR CLIENT ALL RIGHT. THEN THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE MATTER IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE BOARD. LET ME JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF

LARGE SCALE OBSERVATIONS.

I THINK IM CLEARLY IDENTIFIED

AS ONE OF THE HISTORIC

PRESERVATION SUPPORTERS ON THIS BOARD.

AS A MATTER OF POLICY, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT IT WOULD

HAVE BEEN PREFERABLY IF, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE

DEPARTMENT HAD EMBARKED ON A HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY WITHIN THE PLAN AREA.

AND INDEED THEY ULTIMATELY DID

THAT, AND THEY DID NOT CATCH UP WITH THE EIR.

BUT THAT DOESNT, IN AND OF

ITSELF, MAKE THE EIR DEFECTIVE.

THE EIR IS AN INFORMATIONAL TOOL

THAT EXAMINES, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT AND THE

IMPACTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT THE EIR DOES THAT.

NOW, THERE IS THIS ISSUE ABOUT

INTERIM CONTROLS, AND WHAT IM ABOUT TO SAY, IM SAYING NOT AS

A MATTER OF THE ADEQUACY OF THE

EIR, BUT I HAVE OFFERED TO THE

PRESERVATION INTEREST, TO MAKE THOSE PERMANENT CONTROLS, TO

WORK WITH THE PRESERVATION COMMUNITY THAT RIGHTFULLY WANTS TO SAFEGUARD HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE PLAN AREA TO DO THAT. THAT IS STILL ON THE TABLE.

I AGREE THAT IS A MATTER OF

POLICY, IT SHOULD BE THE CITYS

PRACTICE, ON FUTURE PLANS, TO DO COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY WORK IN ADVANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY

CERTAINLY AID IN GIVING DECISIONMAKERS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BUT AS I SAID THE LACK OF THAT INFORMATION I DO NOT THINK MAKES

THE EIR DEFECTIVE ON ITS FACE.

COLLEAGUES, THE MATTER IS IN OUR HANDS. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, I SEE YOUR NAME ON THE SCREEN.

Supervisor Elsbernd:   THANK

YOU, PRESIDENT PESKIN. WITHOUT QUESTION, IN THE SHORT TIME IVE BEEN ON THE BOARD,

THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST COMPLICATED EIR THAT IVE HAD TO

GO THROUGH ALL THE VARIOUS INPUT

FROM BOTH SIDES, AND IT HAS BEEN AN EDUCATION.

THAT BEING SAID, I DO BELIEVE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE

BEEN RAISED BY THE APPELLANTS

ARE FRANKLY NOT CONCERNS THAT REALLY HIT THE QUESTION OF

WHETHER OR NOT THE EIR IS

COMPLETE, ACCURATE, AND OBJECTIVE. I THINK A LOT OF THE CONCERNS

THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED CAN BE

AMELIORATED THROUGH OTHER VENUES AND ARENT APPROPRIATE TO BE AMEAL RATED THROUGH THIS VENUE.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE ITEM

31, AND MOVE TO TABLE ITEMS 32 AND 33.

President Peskin:   MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR ELSBERND,

SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER.

ON THE MOTION TO AFFIRM THE CERTIFICATION OF THE MARKET

OCTAVIA AREA PLAN FEIR AND TO

TABLE THE ITEMS DISAPPROVING THE CERTIFICATION THEREOF, AS WELL

AS TABLING THE ITEM RELATED TO

FINDINGS, A ROLL CALL VOTE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR

SANDOVAL

President Peskin:   THIS IS ON THE MOTION TO AFFIRM THE CERTIFICATION OF THE EIR.

Supervisor Sandoval:   AYE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY AND DUFTY

WERE PREVIOUSLY EXCUSED. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE. SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, NO. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   THERE ARE EIGHT AYES, AND ONE NO.

President Peskin:   THE MOTION IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THEIR CARE AND CONCERN AND THE TIME THAT YOUVE PUT IN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AS MR. STRASSNER SAID, TO

AMELIORATE ISSUES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING AND TO ADDRESS FUTURE HISTORIC SURVEYS ON

PROJECTS TO COME AND 55 LAGUNA I KNOW WILL BE IN FRONT OF THIS BOARD ON REPEATED OCCASIONS AND WE WILL STAY FOCUSED ON IT. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE

CALL OUR 3:30 SPECIAL ORDER.

The Clerk:   3 HEARING TO CONSIDER THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE

PUBLIC, I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS HEARING HAS STARTED MUCH LATER

THAN WE ALL DESIRED, BUT THAT IS

UNFORTUNATELY HOW IT IS.

THIS IS A STATE REQUIRED BIELENSON HEARING TO CONSIDER THE IMPACTS OF CUTS THAT HAVE

BEEN PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AS IT

RELATES TO MEDICAL SERVICES. FIRST, WHY DONT WE START WITH

ANY COMMENTS FROM SUPERVISORS.

SUPERVISOR DALY, WHY DONT YOU BEGIN, AND THEN WELL GO TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

Supervisor Daly:   THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

PERHAPS, IN THIS BUDGET SEASON,

ITS APPROPRIATE THAT THE DOZENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN HERE WAITING FOR THIS HEARING HAVE

BEEN KEPT OUT IN THE HALLWAY, WAITING FOR THIS HEARING TO HAPPEN.

I PERSONALLY QUESTION WHETHER WE

SHOULD BE HAVING THIS HEARING AT ALL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIG

PICTURE, ITS ALMOST 6.1 BILLION

DOLLAR BUDGET, SIGNIFICANT

INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, AND YET

WERE HERE ONCE AGAIN, DEBATING

SIGNIFICANT I WOULD SAY DRAI

CONEIAN CUTS IN HEALTH SERVICES,

2 MILLION IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE

PROGRAMS, POTENTIALLY 4 BILLION

IF THE COMMITTEES ACTIONS FOR

MONDAY DO KNOTTED HOLDS IN

NOT HOLD IN AIDSHIV SERVICES IN

SAN FRANCISCO, OVER A MILLION

DOLLARS IN CUTS, JUST BASIC SOCIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY NET IN SAN FRANCISCO ONCE AGAIN UNDER ATTACK.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ON JUNE

21, 2005, NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO,

TO THE DAY, I WROTE ON MY BLOG ABOUT A BIELENSON HEARING WE HELD ON THAT DAY. I WROTE TODAY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD A HEARING ON

SERVICE REDUCTIONS, ANOTHER YEAR

OF DRAI CONEIAN HEALTH CUTS, 3.3

MILLION M SUBSTANCE ABUSE CUTS,

OVER AND ABOVE THE AIDSHIV CUTS

WHICH I THINK INITIALLY WERE PROPOSED AT 6 MILLION AND ANOTHER PACKED HOUSE OF COMMUNITY FOLKS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MAKING A GOOD CASE

AGAINST THE CUTS. IN 57 CALIFORNIA COUNTIES THE HEARING MAKES SENSE.

THERE THE SUPERVISORS ARE SINGLE SINGLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

BUDGET POSITIVE.

IT WORKED BACKWARDS.

THE MAYOR PROPOSED AND THE BOARD DEALS WITH THE FALLOUT.

THE HIGHEST HANKING MEMBER

RANKING OF THE MAYOR, AARON McGRAPH, I DONT KNOW WHO IS

HERE TODAY FOR THE MAYORS

OFFICE, AS FISCAL POLICY

ANALYST, CHIEF OF STAFF, WHO

REPORTS TO NEWSOM, TO COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR.

THEN I CALL FOR CHANGE IN STATE

LAW, IN WANT COUNTY AND CITY IN

CALIFORNIA TO THAT OF THE ENTITY

PROPOSING THE CUTS, THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, ONCE AGAIN. COLLEAGUES, THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO IS DUCKING THE DIFFICULT DISCUSSION AND THE DIFFICULT DEBATE. HE IS CAUSING THIS MESS WITH

THESE PROPOSED CUTS, WHICH WAS

UNNECESSARY TO DO IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

THERE IS 6 MILLION IN OTHER

PROPOSALS THE MAYOR HAS FORWARDED NEW PROPOSALS WHERE THESE CUTS COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED IN THIS BUDGET.

COLLEAGUES, AND MEMBERS OF THE

PUBLIC, TODAY, I POSIT THE THEORY THAT THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE, THAT THIS IS AN INTENTIONAL CHARADE ON THE PART

OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO BASICALLY MAKE FOLKS COME OUT, YEAR AFTER YEAR, EVEN WHEN ITS

NOT NECESSARY, AND COME AND SIT

IN THESE CHAMBERS FOR HOURS ON END.

YOULL HEAR TODAY AT THE BIELENSON, MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR

IT AGAIN ON THURSDAY, THE

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ALLEVENING OF PUBLIC COMMENT. PEOPLE WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT RESTORING CUTS WHEN THEY SHOULDNT HAVE TO COME HERE TO

TALK ABOUT RESTORING CUTS TO

VITAL HEALTH PROGRAMS WITHIN SAN FRANCISCO. THAT SHOULD BE A GIVEN, ESPECIALLY WITHIN A BUDGET YEAR

WHERE THERES AN ACTUAL INCREASE

IN THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET, AND IN THE APPROPRIATIONS, AND IN A

BUDGET WITH SIGNIFICANT NEW SPENDING.

IN 2005, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH,

THE MAYORS BUDGET INCLUDED 52

MILLION FOR ONETIME CAPITAL ORIENTED PROJECTS, IF YOU

REMEMBER THAT DEBATE AND DISCUSSION. I THINK WE WERE DEALING WITH

RIGHT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 TO 11 MILLION OF PROPOSED

CUTS IN THE BIELENSON. UNNECESSARY. EVERY YEAR THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS RESTORES HOST IF NOT MOST IF NOT ALL CUTS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN TERMS

OF THE BASIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SAFETY NET IN SAN FRANCISCO.

I TRUST THAT THE COLLEAGUES ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE THIS YEAR WILL DO THE SAME THIS YEAR.

THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A CHARADE.

IN MY OPINION, IT IS A SIN VEER SIN VEER OR SIGNIFICANT FORM OF DISRESPECT TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHO HAVE TO

COME OUT HERE TO TESTIFY.

THE OVER 200 PEOPLE THAT I

COUNTED AT 3:30 TODAY, IN ATTENDANCE TO SPEAK AT THIS

HEARING, PERHAPS THERE ARE MORE INTERMINGLED WITH THE FOLKS IN

THE LAST HEARING AT BOARD

CHAMBERS, OUTNUMBER THE PEOPLE

AT NEWSOMS OWN RALLY FOR WHATEVER BUDGET PRIORITIES HES TALKING ABOUT, AND YET THERE WERE SCORES OF MEDIA.

I COUNTED AT LEAST EIGHT CAMERAS

AT MAYOR NEWSOMS REALLY TO TALK

ABOUT MONEY FOR STREET

RESURFACING OR POLICE ACADEMY

CLASS, A WAVE OF PRESS, WERE

THERE BECAUSE THE MAYOR WAS ABLE

TO GET 50 MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF, SOME WELL INTENTIONED FOLKS,

MOST OF WHOM WERE THERE TO TALK ABOUT STREET TREES, A PRIORITY THAT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT THAT THIS BOARD TAKES CARE OF THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. THIS YEAR, COLLEAGUES, THE MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO IS PLAYING SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL GAMES AND

I AM FINE WITH TAKING THE HITS FROM THE PRESS AND FROM MISINFORMED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAYING IM PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES BECAUSE EACH AND EVERY YEAR I STAND TO DELIVER FOR THE BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES,

THE BASIC HUMAN SERVICES, THE

BASIC HEALTH SERVICES THAT THE IMMEDIATE SAN FRANCISCANS RELY

ON YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT IN

SAN FRANCISCO.

YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU, BUT I

MAKE THIS SPEECH NOT FOR YOUR APPLAUSE. I MAKE THIS SPEECH BECAUSE I FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE SAID. AND I THINK THE REASON WHY YOURE RESPONDING POSITIVELY

BECAUSE THIS AINT THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOUVE BEEN HAULED OUT OF YOUR IMPORTANT LIVES, THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU DO, IF YOURE A SERVICE PROVIDER, PROVIDING

THOSE SERVICES, USUALLY WELL

AFTER 5:30 IN THE EVENING, A LOT

OF OUR NONPROFIT WORKERS GO BEYOND THAT.

IF YOU RELY ON THE SERVICES, YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT

BEFORE. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING TO A HEARING LIKE THIS TO

TALK ABOUT BUDGET BRIERTS, I PRIORITIES, I FEAR IT WONT BE

YOUR LAST BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE. HOPEFULLY, COLLEAGUES, WE WILL WAKE UP AND THE REST OF THE PUBLIC, WHO DOES NOT HAVE TO

COME IN HERE EVERY YEAR, WILL WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT IT IS BACKWARDS HOW WE DO OUR BUDGET IN SAN FRANCISCO.

THE NEEDS OF THE LEAST FORTUNATE

SHOULD BE PUT FIRST IN THE

PROCESS, AND WHILE IVE NOT PUBLICLY STATED THIS BEFORE, IT

IS NOT LOST ON ME, THE IRONY

WITHIN THIS BUDGET, A 2 MILLION

REDUCTION IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE

SERVICES, POSED BY GAVIN

CHRISTOPHER NEWSOM, A 2 MILLION

REDUCTION COUPLED A MULTIMILLION DOLLARS REDUCTION

LAST YEAR, A 4 MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION THE YEAR BEFORE.

WHERE DOES STKPW PB GET HIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND HOW

MUCH DO THEY COST THE CITY AND

COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

AND AT 200 THE CHICKENS ARE

COMING HOME TO ROOST.

AND A 200,000 REDUCTION TO THE

STIMULANT TREATMENT PROGRAM.

THE MOST INNOVATIVE REDUCTION

MODEL FOR STIM LABT USERS,

TALKING ABOUT COCAINE AND METHAMPHETAMINES, TWO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHILE THE MAYOR

OF SAN FRANCISCO ARTFULLY DODGES EVERY QUESTION ABOUT ALLEGATIONS

IN HIS OWN COCAINE USE.

A 200,000 DOLLAR REDUCTION, TO THE MOST INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT

WE HAVE ON THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, A HARM REDUCTION MODEL FOR OUR SISTERS AND OUR BROTHERS, WHO ARE STRUGGLING

WITH THEIR COCAINE USE, THEIR

CHEMICAL ADDICTION TO COCAINE OR METHAMPHETAMINES. WE BACKED THIS CUT LAST YEAR.

HE PROPOSED THE CUT LAST YEAR. WE PUT THE MONEY BACK IN THE

BUDGET PROCESS. HE HAS AUDACITY WITHOUT

ANSWERING THE QUESTION ABOUT HIS

OWN SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS, TO

MAKE THAT CUT PROPOSAL AGAIN.

I CALL ON MY COLLEAGUES TO

REJECT, OUTRIGHT, ALL OF GAVIN NEWSOMS PROPOSED CUTS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ALL OF THE PROPOSED

CUTS TO AID HIV PROGRAMS, ALL

PROPOSED CUTS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PROPOSED CUTS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HOMELESS SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO

BECAUSE THIS IS THE BASIC WORK OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THESE SERVICES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO COME HERE TO DEMAND

THAT THIS CITY DO WHAT ITS

SUPPOSED TO DO IN THE FIRST

PLACE. NOW, MOST OF THE PRESS IS WAITING TO COVER ANOTHER STORY, WHETHER ITS ABOUT A COLLEAGUE

OF OURS WHO HAS SOME LEGAL

ISSUES, OR WHETHER ITS ABOUT ANOTHER ITEM HERE.

MOST OF THE PRESS IS NOT GOING

TO WRITE ABOUT THE REAL FIX OF

THE BUDGET OF SAN FRANCISCO.

AND ILL TELL YOU WHAT. THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE CAN

CHOOSE NOT TO COVER IT, WHILE

SENDING TWO OR THREE REPORTERS

TO THE MAYORS TRUMPED UP RALLY,

AND THATS ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE

JUSTICE WILL REIGN IN SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE THE PEOPLE

WILL DEMAND IT AND WHEN THE PEEP

DEMAND IT, IT IS YOUR JOB TO LISTEN AND ACT BECAUSE THESE ARE

THE PEOPLES CHAMBERS, AND IT MAY COME AT A POLITICAL PRICE TO

YOU, AND IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE

TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL WIND AND ALL OF THE PRESSURE, ALL OF THOSE EMAILS

FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST.

WE MUST HAVE GOTTEN EIGHT OR 900 EMAILS ON THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE THE STREET TREES.

I LIKE THE STREET TREES TOO, COLLEAGUES.

AND WEVE DONE SOME GOOD THINGS AROUND TREES HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. IM NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDNT

FUND MONEYS FOR TREES, COLLEAGUES.

BUT I AM SAYING THAT WHEN IT

COMES TO THE BASIC NECESSITIES

OF LIFE, FOOD, CLOTHING,

SHELTER, A LITTLE IF YOURE STRUGGLING, WITH A SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE, OR A LITTLE BIT OF DIGNITY IF YOURE STRUGGLING

WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, OR BASIC MEDICAL HEALTH ISSUE, COLLEAGUES, IF YOURE HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO,

A LITTLE BIT OF DIGNITY IN THE

ONE 24 HOUR DROPIN CENTER FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO, ON THE CUT LIST, WHEN THE MAYORS POLITICAL

OPERATION IS OUT THERE, SAYING, SUPERVISOR DALYS AMENDMENT IS

GOING TO HURT OUR PLAN FOR

HOMELESS PEOPLE, BECAUSE AN

UNTESTED, UNPROVEN, UNVETTED PROPOSAL, IN THE TENDERLOIN AND

SOUTH OF MARKET FOR A COMMUNITY COURT, WHERE THEYRE GOING TO

ATTACH SERVICES IS THE PLAN,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO QUALITY

OF LIFE VIOLATIONS, THE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE SLATED FOR REDUCTION AND CUT IN THIS PROPOSAL. IT IS TWOFACED. IT IS HYPOCRITICAL. AND TO SAY YOURE GOING TO PROVIDE SERVICES ATTACHED TO A COURT, AND THATS A NEW INITIATIVE WHEN YOURE GUTTING BASIC SERVICES IN THE SAME

BUDGET, COLLEAGUES, THAT IS

HYPOCRISY, THAT IS A FRAUD THAT SHOULD BE OBJECTED. YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY SPEAK, BUT IVE

ALREADY HEARD THEM. IM GOING HOME.

BUT I LOVE YOU GUYS. Supervisor Sandoval:

SUPERVISOR DALY, MAYBE WE CAN

PROCEED WITH THE HEARING.

Supervisor Daly:   LET US DO

WHAT WE NEED TOED.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE BASIC

NECESSITY OFS YOUR LIVES WE WILL

BE THERE AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS CHAMBER WILL DO THE RIGHT THING EVEN IF ITS DIFFICULT TO DO

BECAUSE THATS WHAT THEIR JOB IS. THATS WHAT THEIR JOB IS.

SO KEEP SPEAKING TRUTH, THE POWER.

DONT BEND AND BREAK WITH THE POLITICAL WHIMS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND YOU DEMAND IT, AND YOU DESERVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Supervisor Sandoval:   THANK

YOU.

Supervisor Sandoval:   WERE GOING TO PROCEED IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

WE CAN HAVE SPEAKERS AND I

SUGGEST YOU LINE UP AND WE WILL SET A LIMIT OF TWO MINUTES.

TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND I

WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO LINE UP IN

THE MIDDLE.

AND IF YOU KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN SO WE CAN START THE HEARING.

APPRECIATE IT.

NOBODY TOLD ME UNTIL NOW. SURE. AS A COURTESY, I HAVE A REQUEST

THAT WE ALLOW THE HEALTH COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK FIRST.

SO IF I CAN PLEASE ASK FOR THAT INDULGENCE.

AND THERE ARE TWO APPARENTLY.

SO PLEASE COME ON UP, AND WE

WILL OBSERVE THE SAME TIME, TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

I AM JIMMY, ON THE HEALTH COMMISSION, CHAIR OF THE JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK.

ON PRINCIPAL 17, THE APRIL 17

THERE WAS A HEARING FOR IMAGINET CUTS. WE LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE COME TO TELL US THE EFFECTS OF THESE CUTS ON PEOPLES LIVES. THE HEALTH COMMISSION DECIDE TO DO REJECT MOST OF THE CUTS THAT WERE PROPOSED TO US. WE SENT A BUDGET TO THE MAYOR

THAT INCLUDED A LITTLE OVER 2

MILLION IN REDUCTIONS THAT WERE ACCEPTED BY THE HEALTH COMMISSION AND ALSO REQUEST FOR

ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR STRUCTURAL REGULATORY AND INFLATIONARY NEEDS, NEW INITIATIVES, ET CETERA. HOWEVER, THE MAYOR, IN ORDER TO

PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET TO

YOU, INCLUDED MORE THAN 6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL CUTS

BEYOND THE ONES THAT WE ACCEPTED

AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TODAY. WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO

MAINTAIN THE SAFETY NET AND IS

OPPOSED TO ANY CUTS IN THE CURRENT SERVICE SYSTEM.RTHERMORE RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM YOU AS DECISIONMAKERS ABOUT THE CRITICAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS THAT THESE CUTS AFFECT.

AS WE START HEALTHY

SAN FRANCISCO AND OUR UNIVERSAL HEALTH ACCESS PROGRAM, IT IS IMPERATIVE WE MAINTAIN THE SAFETY NET OF SERVICES THAT WEVE ESTABLISHED OVER THE YEARS. LET ME SPEAK TO JUST A FEW OF THE CUTS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER.

THERE ARE THREE GROUPS OF SERVICES THAT ARE ON THE CUT LIST, THAT YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

ONE GROUP IS THE BACKFILL, THE ADDBACKS THAT YOU ADDED BACK TO

THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, SOME THE YEAR BEFORE AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE GONE THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS OVER THE MANY YEARS AND WE BELIEVE, AS A GROUP, THEY NEED TO COME BACK INTO THE BUDGET. THATS 2.9 MILLION.

ANOTHER GROUP IS RYAN CARE CUTS. THE MAYOR PUT IN 4 MILLION PROPOSAL FROM THE BOARD IS ANOTHER 4 MILLION ALLOWING THE PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR AND DURING THAT TIME THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS TO EVALUATE THOSE PRIORITIES.

LAST GROUP IS SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM. WE REJECTED THOSE CUTS.

WE BELIEVE THE MAINTENANCE IS

IMPORTANT HOWEVER YOU CANNOT CUT THAT OUT OF THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM.

Supervisor Sandoval:   THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

McGUY, HEALTH COMMISSION. I DHAIR THE POPULATION AND HEALTH COMMISSION AND I WANT TO

SAY IN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ADDBACK, WHICH HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND MONITORED, WE TOOK

THIS VERY SERIOUSLY WHEN YOU

ADDED, AND ALL OF THESE

ADDBACKS, THATS WHY WE DIDNT REJECT THEM. WE SAID THEY SHOULD BE PART OF

OUR FUNDAMENTAL SERVICES. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE DID

IT LIKE THIS UNDER BARBARA GARCIAS LEADERSHIP.

SO WERE NOT DOING THIS WILLYNILLY. THIS IS TOTALLY HOW WE OPERATE NOW. THATS FOO. WE WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

SECONDLY, OFTEN TIMES IN THE CUTBACKS, EVEN THOUGH THEYRE

THE CHEAPEST, WE CUT OUT PREVENTION AND HEALTH. PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS.

AND WE REALLY NEED YOU TO PAY ATTENTION NOT ONLY TO THE BIG

TICKET ITEMS, NOT ONLY TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MEDICAL SERVICES, BUT ALSO TO WHAT IS

HEALTH PREVENTION AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL SERVICES.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR WHOLE HEALTH

ASSESSMENT FUNCTION, LESS OUR

PUBLIC HEALTH WORK, WHEN YOU,

LAST YEAR, CUT WHEN WE AS A

CITY CUT THE POPULATION HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGIST.

WITHOUT THAT CORE PUBLIC HEALTH

PHYSICIAN, WE LOST THE WHOLE UNIT. AND NOW WE CANT EVEN COLLECT

THE BASIC DATA ON HEALTH STATUS

OF THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO.

THIS IS HAVING A HIGH IMPACT ON FUNDRAISING, FOR FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS REPORTING TO YOU. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE PATTERNS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

BY THE WAY, FOLKS, AFTER YOUVE

TESTIFIED, IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO LEAVE SO WE CAN GET THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, WHO ARE

OUTSIDE THE ROOM, IN, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED AND YOU CAN

CONTINUE TO WATCH EITHER

DOWNSTAIRS OR ROOM 263 BUT THAT

WE WE CAN MAKE ROOM FOR INCOMING FOLKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, HOUR

PRESIDENT PESKIN, AND OUR SUPERVISOR.

MY NAME ABDULUM GAY.

I AM HERE TO TELL TO THE MAYOR,

GAVIN NEWSOM, STOP TO ACT LIKE CHILD.

THE BUDGET BELONGS US, AND THE

BUDGET BELONGS OUR CITY.

OUR CROOK MAYOR, GAVIN NEWSOM,

HE GIVE HIS FRIEND NEXT DOOR 30

MILLION FOR NOTHING. WHAT HE DID, I COME HERE, I

COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT THEY DO

THERE, THEY HAVE TAKEN EYES FROM

SOME HOMELESS MAN WHEN HE SLEEP.

WHEN I TALK, THEY THREW ME OUT

IN THE STREET WITH FIVE HEART ATTACK. I WAS IN THE STREET, BUT I TELL

YOU ONE THING TODAY, I AM GOING

TO SUPPORT THIS MAN, HIS NAME IS

CHRIS DALY, AND IM GOING TO

KEEP THE CHICKEN OUTSIDE ROOM 200.

BECAUSE WHO LOOKING FOR HIMSELF,

THE MAFN IS SELFISH.

HE SHAKE HANDS WITH YOU AND THE OTHER MAN STAB YOU IN THE BACK. HE DID THAT TO ME.

I LOST 30 MILLION FROM HIS OFFICE. HE TRIED TO GIVE ME MONEY FROM HIS POCKET BUT HE PAY. THE MAN SCREW HIS WIFE. THAT IS NOT GOOD, AND THAT IS

NOT THREAT US HERE TALK ABOUT

THE CHICKEN TO CONTROL OUR BUDGET.

President Peskin:   ABDULUM.

IM GOING TO SUPPORT TO YOU

WHO RUN FOR OFFICE AND I WILL

TELL HIM ASTA LA VISTA.

President Peskin:   LET ME TELL YOU TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, THE MICROPHONE

HOLD ON. HEY. I SLEEP ON THE CORNER OF THE STREET.

IM TRYING TO TALK TO YOU. LET ME SAY TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, THE MICROPHONES IN HERE WORK FINE. NUMBER TWO, THIS IS A HEARING ABOUT HEALTH CUTS, NOT ABOUT WHO IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE. I NEED HELP.

President Peskin:   WELL GET YOU HELP. NEXT SPEAKER.

I HOPE YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID.

SUPERVISOR, I AM LARRY

NELSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF

CLINICAL SERVICES AT WALL DON HOUSE.

I HAVE BEEN THERE 27 YEARS. IF THE PLAN IS TO CUT 60 RESIDENTIAL BEDS, THAT WILL MEAN

IF THEY TURN OVER EVERY 90 DAYS LIKE OURS DO ON THE AVERAGE,

THAT WILL MEAN 240 PEOPLE WILL NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT THIS YEAR.

IF THE PLAN IS TO CUT 90

OUTPATIENT SLOTS TO TURN OVER

EVERY 90 DAYS LIKE OURS DO, THAT WILL MEAN 360 PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS TREATMENT THIS YEAR.

THE CONTINGENCY CUTS AND

ADDITIONAL 1,271 OUTPATIENT

SLOTS WOULD MEAN THAT 5,084 PEOPLE WILL NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT THIS YEAR. OUTPATIENT SERVICES IS A SAFETY NET FOR THE CITY. RESIDENTIAL SERVICES IS FULL AND

HAS A WAITING LIST AT ALL TIMES.

PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN, THEY CANT

LEAVE, OR HOUSING, THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT. THE FOLKS AT THAT POINT THAT

NEED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT. OUR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR

PEOPLE TO BE IN A SAFE TREATMENT ENVIRONMENT, FOR UP TO 12 HOURS

A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK FOR ONE LOW COST.

THIS IS THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. SERVICES PROVIDED WOULD BE VOCATIONAL SERVICES, HOUSING SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, RELAPSE PREVENTION, PARENTING

FAMILY SERVICES, JUST TO NAME A FEW. IN OUR OUTPATIENT SERVICES, 38

OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE A PRIMARY

DRUG OF CRACK COCAINE, 17

METHAMPHETAMINE, 20 ALCOHOL AND 20 OPEN YATS. THIS WILL NOT ADDRESS THE 80

NOT USING OPPOSE YATS AND SOME ARE ON METHADONE. THE YORT OF CLIENTS ARE PEOPLE

ARE COLOR WHO ARE AT OUR MOST

ATRISK POPULATION FOR VIOLENCE, HEALTH CARE AND OTHER HEALTH CARE ISSUES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS

GREGORY MULLET, A GRADUATE AND A

STAFF MEMBER OF WALL DON HOUSE.

ID LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR AMMIANO FOR HIS COMMENT ABOUT

THE YOUNG MAN WHO TRAGICALLY

LOST HIS LIFE, AND BROUGHT SOME

FEELINGS UP FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY IN THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT, IN THE WESTERN ADDITION, THATS OUR REALITY ALMOST EVERY DAY. WERE DYING OUT THERE.

IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, OVER SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AND

KILLED IN THE WESTERN ADDITION. THERE ARE SO MANY SHOOTINGS, THAT GO UNREPORTED IN THE BAYVIEW, THAT IT WOULD BE A

SHAME IF WE COUNTED THEM ALL UP. WALL DON HOUSE HAS PROVIDED

SERVICES FOR MANY PEOPLE. THE OUTREACH THAT THEY PROVIDE ARE IN DIRECT LINE OF FIRE OF

ALL THE CUTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MARE GAVIN NEWSOMS OFFICE,

THE HIV, THE METHADONE, THE CRACK, AND CRYSTAL METH TREATMENT THAT WE PROVIDE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED WERE THE ADOLESCENT FACILITIES THAT WE LOST.

OUR SISTER KIN PROGRAM AND OUR 214 ADOLESCENT FACILITY THAT WE HAD TO LET GO. WE SUBSEQUENTLY LOST THE SISTERS

PROGRAM AT 850 BRYANT STREET.

WALL DON HOUSE STARTED OFF AS AN

AS LESS ENT FACILITY AND WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT. NOW RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT IS

BEING THREATENED AS WELL AS OUR OUTPATIENT SERVICES.

WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE GOING TO GO

WHO IS GOING TO HELP THEM

IF THE MONEY KEEPS GETTING CUT,

IF DOORS KEEP GETTING CLOSED, IF

YOU THINK ITS BAD NOW, IMAGINE HAVING TO WALK TO YOUR CAR ONE

NIGHT IF IT GETS ANY WORSE. I DONT WANT TO BE YOU RIGHT NOW

BUT I THANK GOD YOURE HERE. I HOPE THE REASON THE REST OF THE SUPERVISORS WERENT HERE AND

WERENT SPEAKING WHEN LARRY NELSON SPOKE IS BECAUSE YOUVE

MADE UP YOUR MIND THAT THE MAYOR

WILL NOT GET THE CUPS AND WE THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. MAAM, IVE GOT A REQUEST TO ACCOMMODATE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED.

IF I COULD ASK MARY CONNELLY TO COME FORWARD, AND THEN WELL GET

TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING

AND PATIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE

HERE AND SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE IM

GLAD TO BE HERE.

IM GLAD THAT THE NURSES THAT

COME TO MY HOUSE, I WAS SO IM SO GLAD THAT THEY CAME BECAUSE I WOULDNT BE HERE TODAY

TO SPEAK BECAUSE I SPENT 90 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.

IF YOU EVER SPEND 90 DAYS YOU

WOULD KNOW YOU NEED SOMEBODY THERE. I LIVE BY MYSELF AND THEY WERE THERE FOR ME AND THEYVE BEEN THERE ALWAYS FOR ME.

EVERYTHING I GIVE IT TO THEM.

IF THIS BUDGET GETS CUT AND THEY DONT COME TO MY HOUSE I WILL BE IN LOTS OF TROUBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK

YOU, MAAM.

MY NAME IS TRINA, AND I WAS

BORN AND RAISED IN DISTRICT 5

WITH THE HENRY OLAF WOMENS FACILITY IS LOCATED. THERE ARE WOMEN WANTING TO GET OFF DRUGS. WITHOUT THIS FACILITY WE WILL BE

GOING TO THE WOLFS.

IN THERE ARE NO PLACES SUCH AS THIS THAT IDENTIFY WOMEN WITH

HIV, WOMEN WITH MENTAL HEALTH

AND EDUCATE WOMEN FROM DRUGS, AND WE JUST REMAIN ON THE

STREETS, WE WILL BE BECOME EXTINCT, LIKE DINOSAURS.

BY THE WAY, I AM AN ADDICT.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US.

IM ANGELA CHU.

I CAME AS PART OF A CONTINGENCY FROM ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

THE SRO COLLABORATIVE, THAT

INCLUDES THE MISSION SRO COLLABORATIVE, THE

COLLABORATIVE, THE CHINATOWN SRO

COLLABORATIVE AND SRO FAMILY.

WE HAD A RALLY AT 2:30 IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES WITH US, WITH KIDS. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED TO

SEE HIM TESTIFY BEFORE YOU, HOWEVER THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE

OF THEIR FAMILIES, MOST ARE HOME AT THIS TIME.

SO I HAVE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR

SUPPORTING US OVER THE YEARS.

OUR FIRE PREVENTION WORK STARTED IN 2000.

OUR FAMILY STARTED IN 2002. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, WE HAVE

BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF

TENANTS IN SRO BUILDINGS.

AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN

HAPPENING WITH OUR FAMILIES.

THEY BECOME STRONGER BECAUSE WE

HAVE BEEN TOGETHER, AND THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITION BECAUSE WE DO EDUCATION TO THEM.

WE ARE ABLE TO PAY RENT, PEOPLE FALLING OUT OF THE EDGE OF

HOUSING, INTO HOMELESSNESS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, AND WE LOOK

FORWARD FOR YOU TO SUPPORT US TO

RESTORE THE CUTS IN OUR FUNDING,

THE 233,000 THATS CUT, AND ALSO THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

President Peskin:   THANK

YOU, MS. CHU. THAT HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THAT

THIS BOARD HAS SUPPORTED YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, AND I CANT

IMAGINE THAT THAT WILL CHANGE. NEXT SPEAKER.

SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS

LEEANN EDWARDS, A VOLUNTEER WITH

THE CENTRAL CITY SRO COLLABORATIVE.

I AM CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR

ADDRESSING WOMEN IN SROs, THE FASTEST MEMBER OF RESIDENTS. WE ARE ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SAFETY AND TRAUMA FROM LIVING ON

THE STREETS, AND HOW TO REENTER SOCIETY.

IF YOU CUT OUR FUNDING, YOU WILL END THIS VITAL CAMPAIGN TO EMPOWER WOMEN TO TAKE BACK THEIR

LIVES FROM POVERTY AND VIOLENCE. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING, I AM TENANT REP

AT THE ELK HOTEL REPRESENTING THE CENTER CITY SRO.

I MAKE SURE ITS UP TO CODE ANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL TENANTS

ARE CLEAN AND HAVE FIREPROOF SAFETY.

AND THAT THE ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE HANDICAPPED AND DISABLED AND ELDERLY.

IF YOU CUT OUR FUNDING IT PREVENTS THE TENANT REPRESENTATIVES AT THE SRO

HOAMTHSES FROM PROVIDING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN CODE VIOLATION.

THANK YOU, AND PLEASE DONT CUT OUR FUNDING.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

MEMBERS. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS ARTHUR BOS SAY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND OTHER DRUG ADDICTIONS OF THE BAY AREA.

AUGUST 12 MARKS OUR 50th YEAR OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO. TWO OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS PROVIDES

SCHOOL BASED PREVENTION AND EDUCATION IN ELEMENTARY AND

MIDDLE SCHOOLS. IT EDUCATES THE YOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT HARMFUL

EFFECTS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE

AND IS HIGHLY REGARDED BY THE TEACHERS AND CHILDREN THAT RECEIVE IT.

WE MAKE EFFORT EACH YEAR TO BRING THIS INTO THE SCHOOLS AND THEREFORE THE COMMUNITIES THAT

ARE MOST IN NEED. THIS PROGRAM IS IN SUCH DEMAND THAT EVERY YEAR WE ACTUALLY TURN

AWAY SCHOOLS DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS. IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED MORE FUNDS, NOT LESS.

ANY BUDGET CUTS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROVIDERS WOULD BE TOO SERVE VEER.

CONSIDER THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR

SPENT ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND PREVENTION, SEVEN DOLLARS ARE OTHER COSTS ARE SAVED.

IF YOU APPLY COMPLEX OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM EFFECTS OF ADDICTION WILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE

UNLESS MORE GOES INTO DEMAND SIDE, THROUGH INCREASED TREATMENT. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION ARE HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT WILL

NOT GO AWAY ON THEIR OWN.

THEY ARE TREATABLE AND PREVENTABLE.

IF LEFT UNCHECKED AND UNTREATED THEY WILL COST THE CITY MORE MONEY IN LONGER TERM THAN OTHER

HEALTH CARE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COSTS. CUTTING BACK ON SERVICES WILL ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO. MY NAME IS ROBERT GARCIA,

DIRECTOR OF YOUTH SERVICES WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON

ALCOHOLISM. OUR PROGRAM IS ON THE LIST TO BE CUT, SOME FUNDING.

WE ARE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THE ONLY POPULATION OF YOUTH IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PREVENTION EDUCATION ON ALCOHOL

TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUGS. AND IT IS A VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM

THAT WE ARE CLASSROOM SETTING,

AND I WANTED TO JUST MAYBE MAKE

SOME KINDS OF IMPACT ON HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROGRAM IS TO SOME OF THE STUDENTS.

I BROUGHT TWO VERY SHORT LETTERS

THAT WERE WRITTEN BY STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS. AND WE GET HUNDREDS OF THESE LETTERS FROM STUDENTS, AND THESE

ARE KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8 TO 11 YEARS OLD. AND THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT THE

PROGRAM IS TO THEM. THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US ABOUT ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND DRUGS. THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL COME IN HANDY IN MY LIFE.

I HOPE YOU CAN TEACH US AGAIN.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT SUMMER FROM CASEY. THE OTHER LETTER IS DEAR MR. GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR

TEACHING US ABOUT ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO, AND THAT ALL ALCOHOL IS THE SAME.

COMMON SENSE IS THE GOAL.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, LOVE JONATHAN. ITS SIMPLE LETTERS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE US REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THE IMPACT IS THAT WE

MAKE FOR THESE YOUNG KIDS. THESE LETTERS CAME FROM THE TENDERLOIN.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM HOPE THAT THEY WILL NOT BE IN THEGHT SEE E FOLKS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I JUST WANT TO PLEASE TELL

YOU TO NOT CUT PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR YOUTH. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS MICHAEL HARRINGTON.

I AM CURRENTLY REPRESENTING

BAYVIEW METHADONE AT HUNTERS POINT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

I AM HERE TO SUPPORT IVE BEEN ON THE PROGRAM FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.

TODAY IM A BETTER PERSON THAN THE ONE I WAS BEFORE. BAYVIEW OPENED THEIR DOORS TO ME

DURING MY ADDICTION. THEY SAVED MY LIFE. IVE BEEN CLEAN AND SOBER SINCE THE DAY THEY ACCEPTED ME INTO

THE PROGRAM, AND STILL TO THIS DAY. BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT METHADONE

PROGRAM SAVED AND HELPED ME CHANGE MY LIFE. THE PROGRAM WORKS SO PLEASE DONT CUT THE FUNDING. WHO KNOWS WHERE I WOULD BE TODAY

WITHOUT THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT METHADONE PROGRAM AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, TOO.

SO IF YOU CUT THE FUNDING, WHERE WOULD GAVIN NEWSOM BE GOING FOR

HIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.

President Peskin:   THERE ARE

NO CUTS TO METHADONE MAINTENANCE IN THIS BUDGET. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DANIEL WILLIAMS, A

RESIDENT OF OLAF WOMENS PROGRAM. I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST PROGRAM BUT

IT IS DEFINITELY THE BEST

PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN. THE FIRST TIME I CAME INTO

RECOVERY, I DID SO ON MY OWN

BECAUSE I WANTED TO CHANGE MY LIFE. I IMPLEMENTED THE TOOLS, I GOT OUT OF BEING IN THAT PROGRAM OF MY LIFE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. BUT BECAUSE I DIDNT RECEIVE CUSTODY OF MY CHILDREN AND THEY WERE GOING TO BE ADOPTED, I ENDED UP RELAPSING FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BEFORE BEING

ARRESTED AND GOING AND GIVEN PROP 36.

WHEN I TOOK PROP 36 I WAS

ALLOWED TO DO OUTPATIENT BUT I COULD NOT STAY AT THE SHELTER

THEREFORE I HAD TO DO INPATIENT.

SINCE IVE BEEN IN OLAF, I AM

ONCE AGAIN LEARNING TO REINITIATE THE TOOLS I LEARNED BEFORE, AND THE TOOLS IM LEARNING NOW, AND TO BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY,

AND TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE LIFE ON LIFES TERMS.

PLEASE DONT CUT THE FUNDING.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

HI, I AM A GRATEFUL

RESIDENT AT OLAF WOMENS PROGRAMS IN SAN JOSE.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT

THE HOPE THE PROGRAM HAS GIVEN ME.

MY HEALTH WAS FAILING AND MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FAMILY WAS GONE, I HAD A TWOYEAROLD SON I COULD NOT SEE. AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED THERE

WAS NO HOPE OF GETTING BETTER. BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM AND

OTHERS LIKE IT I AM FREE FROM ACTIVE ADDICTION.

I CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHO I AM.

I CAN WORK TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE. MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FAMILY IS STRONGER.

I WORK ON SKILLS FOR EVERYDAY LIVING WHILE PRACTICING TO BE A GOOD MEMBER OF SOCIETY.

I HAVE REGAINED MY SELFCONFIDENCE. THANKS TO THE PROGRAM, AND OTHERS JUST LIKE IT, I CAN BE A PROUD MOTHER, SISTER AND DAUGHTER.

I NO LONGER HAVE TO BE AFRAID

AND STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN. I PLAN TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND IN TURN HELP ANOTHER

SUFFERING ADDICT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISORS. ID LIKE TO SPRUCE MYSELF.

I AM AN ADDICT ALCOHOLIC. THIS IS DEDICATED TO OUR LOVED

ONES WHO HAVE DIED FROM THIS DISEASE AND OUR LOVED ONES

CURRENTLY LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE.

HE GIVES ME STRENGTH EACH DAY TO ACHIEVE MY RECOVERY. YOURE ALWAYS IN MY HEART.

BEFORE WE STARTED USING MOST HAD

A STEREOTYPE A MENTAL IMAGE OF

WHAT ADDICTS REPRESENT.

SOME PICTURE A DRUGGY ROBBING A LIQUOR STORE.

AS LONG AS WE DIDNT FIT THE STEREOTYPE WE THOUGHT WE COULDNT BE ADDICTS.

AS OUR ADDICTION PROGRESSED WE

CAME UP WITH AN IDEAL THAT ADDICTIONS WAS ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH DRUG USE. IT INVOLVES EVERY AREA OF OUR

LIVES WITH OR WITHOUT DRUGS. WE NEEDED A SOLUTION THAT WORKS TO REPAIR EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES.

THE 12 STEPS OF RECOVERY ARE

INCORPORATED IN OUR DAILY LIFE.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE

TREATMENT SUCH AS THE OLAF HOUSE, AND HELP PEOPLE REUNIFY WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND RETURN

TO SOCIETY LOOK AT ME.

I WAS A CHRONIC RELAPSERS AND I

WOULD STILL BE IN MY DISEASE.

TODAY I HAVE A NEW PATH IN LIFE, TO STAY CLEAN AND SOBER. I WROTE A SHORT POEM.

WHEN I CALL MAKE HASTE TO ANSWER

ME FOR MY DAYS DRIFT AWAY LIKE

SMOKE AND MY BONUS ARE HOT.

MY HEART IS SMITTEN LIKE GRASS.

I AM BUT SKIN AND BONUS. BONES.

I AM LIKE A SPARROW, LONELY ON A

HOUSE TOP.

MY DAYS PAW AWAY LIKE A SHADOW

AND I WITHER LIKE GRASS. I CALL YOUR NAME TO RELEASE FROM

THE CHAINS THAT BOUND ME.

YOU HEARD MY CALLING AND GAVE ME HOPE.

TO REGAIN MY SOBRIETY. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   PERFECT TIMING.

WELL DONE. HELLO.

MY NAME IS REBECCA SMITH, A

CLIENT AT OLAF WOMENS PROGRAM,

A SIX MONTH RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.

I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 29 DAYS.

IM A GRATEFUL RECOVERING ADDICT.

I HAVE 76 DAYS CLEAN AND SOBER.

THIS PROGRAM HAS SAVED MY LIFE. THE STAFF AT THIS PROGRAM IS HELPING ME IDENTIFY AND TACKLE PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE WHICH PUT ME

IN THE POSITION IM IN TODAY. THE PROGRAM IS HELPING ME GAIN

THE TOOLS THAT I NEED TO LIVE A PRODUCTIVE FULFILLING CLEAN AND SOBER LIFE.

IVE DONE MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE. IVE BEEN A BUSINESS

PROFESSIONAL, A STUDENT, IM A

CARPENTER, IM AN AUNT, FRIEND, AND YOUR NEIGHBOR.

IVE LOST EVERYTHING IMPORTANT

TO ME AND ENDED UP HOMELESS AND INCARCERATED.

ADDICTION CAN TAKE ANYONE AT ANY TIME. THESE PROGRAMS ARE NEEDED TO

HELP MANY TYPES OF PEOPLE.

WE ARE NOT LEFT TO DIE IN THE STREETS, BUT RECEIVE THE HELP WE NEED. WE CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS

OF SOCIETY AND RECLAIM OUR LIVES. OUR DREAMS CAN BECOME REALITY. WE CAN BE A HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT A HINDERANCE.

AT THE WOMENS PROGRAM I LIVE WITH 10 OTHER WOMEN.

WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER THE WORLD. I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF REHABILITATION PROGRAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. HI.

MY NAME IS PERRY, DIRECTOR OF THE REDWOOD CENTER AND GOLDEN GATE FOR SENIORS. THERES A BUNCH OF THINGS I WANT

TO TALK ABOUT.

I THINK YOU HEARD MY NAME ALREADY.

BUT I MEAN THEYRE WEARING US DOWN. MR. DALY SAID THERES HUNDREDS OUT HERE.

WE REASONABLE HAD TO SEND AWAY A COUPLE DOZEN OF OUR STAFF

BECAUSE THEY CANT ENDURE STANDING HERE FOR HOURS.

IVE BEEN AT THE HEALTH

COMMISSION MEETING AND I CAN TELL YOU, MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE WERE NOT HERE BECAUSE WE MAKE A

LOT OF MONEY BUT BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF TREATMENT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE HURTING.

IT CANT KEEP GOING ON LIKE THIS. AT REDWOOD CENTER WE HAVE 49

BEDS WITH 11 PEOPLE ON NO HARM CONTRACTS.

THEY RECENTLY TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND MAY TRY AGAIN.

WERE NOT A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY.

ITS GET BEING HARDER AND HARDER FOR YOU PEOPLE TO TELL US WHAT

TO DO, AND ASK US TO SAVE PEOPLE

THAT ARE ON THE STREETS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, EVERY TIME

I LOOK AT MY BUDGET, IM FACED

WITH MAYBE I HAVE TO LET MY

NEWEST COUNSELOR GO OR TELL PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST WE CANT BRING THEM IN BECAUSE THEYRE GOING TO CUT US AGAIN. LOOK AT THE STREETS. WERE NOT WINNING THE WAR ON DRUGS.

IVE BEEN AT THAT FACILITY FOR 20 YEARS AND SEEN THE SAME PEOPLE COME BACK AND BACK. WE NEED MORE MONEY. WE JUST CANT HANDLE BEING CUT ALL THE TIME. ITS NOT GOING TO HELP ANYBODY

AND WERE JUST GOING TO LOSE

LIEFSS.

THANK LIVES. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS MAX HACKET A RESIDENT

AT THE REDWOOD TREATMENT CENTER. WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE CUTS TO

THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS THAT

AFFECT PEOPLE WITH HIV, I

REALIZED I WAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED

AS I COME TO REALIZE IVE BEEN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH HIV MYSELF.

IF IT WASNT FOR THE REDWOOD CENTER AND BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE CENTER TO LEARN, I

WOULD NEVER HAVE FOUND I WAS HIV POSITIVE. I WAS JUST GIVE A RECENT BLOOD PANEL FOR MY HUV AND THEY FOUND

AN INFECTION IN MY SPINE. HAD I NOT GONE THERE I WOULD

HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE STREETS FROM COUNTY JAIL AND NOT KNOWN

ABOUT THE INFECTION.

THEY HAVE EMPOWERED ME, I AM A

PEER EDUCATOR IN SAN MATEO, IN REDWOOD CITY, AND ITS EMPOWERED ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT MYSELF AND

MY LIFE, WITH MY DRUG ADDICTION

AND EMPOWERED ME TO SEE THAT I NEED CHANGE IN MY LIFE, AND THAT

I CAN GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED WITH DRUG ADDICTION AND HIV. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

YOUR TIME AND HOPE THAT YOU HELP US OUT.

President Peskin:   THANK

YOU, SIR.

MY NAME IS DR. ALLEN FIRMAN,

A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST WORKING

AT THE CENTER FOR RECOVERY WHICH FOCUSES ON TREATING PEOPLE WITH

MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. USUALLY THEY HAVE AN ADDICTION. THEY MAY HAVE A SERIOUS HEALTH

PROBLEM SUCH AS AIDS, AND THEY

ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT EMOTIONAL DISORDERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT ACTUALLY DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO

CUT THESE PROGRAMS, THAT

ACTUALLY COSTS THE CITY MORE TO CARE FOR THESE PEOPLE, IF YOU DONT PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME

BASIC HEALTH CARE AND SOME BASIC SERVICES. THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL.

YOU NEED A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS

TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

IM NOT AT ALL OPPOSED TO HAVING

A MOBILE METHADONE PROGRAM EXPANSION.

HOWEVER IT IS A MISTAKE TO TAKE AWAY RESOURCES FROM SOME OF THE

NEEDIEST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR SOME OF THE OTHER

NEEDY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO ID LIKE TO SAY THAT I DO ENDORSE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS

HERE, BECAUSE ACTUALLY MY

CLIENTS GO TO ALL OF THEM, AT DIFFERENT TIMES, THEY USE THESE SERVICES THAT HELPS KEEP THEM

GOING, HELPS KEEP THEM TOGETHER.

BESIDES HAVING A HUMANITARIAN

VALUE, IT SAVES THE CITY MONEY.

FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE LATEST

PROGRAMS IS BUSTERS PROGRAM WHICH IS A PLACE WHERE A HOMELESS PERSON CAN GO 24 HOURS

A DAY, AND BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND

BE GIVEN A WARM WELCOME. THATS THE SAME PERSON THAT WILL BE ARRESTED, FILLING THE JAIL, BE CAUSING PROBLEMS, GETTING POLICE CALLS BECAUSE THEYRE SLEEPING IN SOMEONES DOORWAY,

ALL OF WHICH COSTS THE CITY LOTS OF MONEY. BUSTERS, IF YOU DID A CAREFUL

COST ANALYSIS, PROBABLY SAVES THE CITY SEVERAL DOLLARS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IT COSTS.

SO I JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL

THINK THINGS THROUGH CAREFULLY

AND USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND NOT SHOOT THE HEALTH PROGRAM IN THE FOOT BY CUTTING SERVICES

THAT ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ID LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS BRUCE SHARON, A BRAD

WAT AND GRADUATE AND CURRENT VOLUNTEER AT REDWOOD CENTER,

HERE ON BEHALF OF THEM. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT IF IT WAS

NOT FOR THE REDWOOD CENTER

TODAY, I WOULD NOT BE HERE.

I WOULD PROBABLY BE DEAD.

I HAD REACHED A LOW POINT IN MY

LIFE, DUE TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS,

AND I WAS SER VEERY DEPRESSED.

WHEN I WENT THERE, THEY TAUGHT

ME LIFE WAS WORTH LIVING AGAIN,

THAT I COULD GO OUT AND SOMEBODY IN MY LIFE AND THAT IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT.

I MEAN TO GIVE PEOPLE BACK THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEYVE LOST, GIVE PEOPLE BACK THE SECURITY

THAT THEYVE LOST.

IM JUST IM NOT USED TO SPEAKING LIKE THIS. SIX MONTHS AGO I WOULD NOT HAVE

BEEN UP HERE SPEAKING LIKE THIS

BECAUSE I WAS AN AGORE PHOBIC

AND REDWOOD CENTER HAS HELPED ME

WITH THAT. ALL IM HERE TO SAY IS THANK YOU

FOR THE TIME AND PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS, I AM CASPER HARRIS,

AND I SPEAK UPON THE REDWOOD

CENTERKATZ PURCHASE I AM HERE

TO JUST URGE YOU TO HAVE A

HEART, BASICALLY, WHERE WOULD I BE, WHERE WOULD MANY OF THESE

PEOPLE, STANDING, WAITING

WE ALL KNOW WHERE THIS CAN GO.

THE BAIL IS IN YOUR COURT.

WE CAN SIT HERE ALL DAY AND GO

OVER AND OVER, YOU CAN HEAR MANY TESTIMONIES.

JUST DO US RIGHT. THE BALLS IN YOUR COURT TO MAKE

A JUDGMENT UPON [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. THE BALL IS IN OUR COURT.

NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD AFTERNOON

President Peskin:   MAAM, IF YOU WOULD GRAB THAT MICROPHONE

AND PULL IT DOWN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM NETSBIGOT AT BOY VIEW HUNTERS

POINT FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE

POTENTIAL LOSS OF REDUCTION OF FUNDING OF THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS

POINT METHADONE MAINTENANCE

PROGRAM, AND POTENTIAL REDUCTION

OF FUNDING FOR OTHER SUBSTANCE

ABUSE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO.

THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT

FOUNDATION HAS BEEN PROVIDING

OUTPATIENT NARCOTIC TREATMENT TO HEROIN ADDICTED INDIVIDUALS SINCE 1971. OUR PROGRAM HAS ALSO PROVIDED

TREATMENT TO THOSE WHO ARE

INCARCERATED IN SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY JAILS.

WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO CLIENTS.

THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM IS VITAL TO THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS

POINT COMMUNITY AND ALREADY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY AND ALSO

OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO.

A LACK OF TREATMENT WILL ADD

ADDITIONAL COST TO OUR ALREADYOVERBURDENED HEALTH CARE

SYSTEM, AND INCREASE CRIME, AND INCARCERATION. THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT

FOUNDATION SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS

ENTERING OUR OUTPATIENT PROGRAM,

AND SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE OF

RESOURCE, SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

TREATMENT SERVICES IMPROVES AND STRENGTHENS FEALS, AS WELL AS

OUR COMMUNITY.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES IN THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT AND IN THE

CITY AT LARGE, SHOULD BE RESTORED.

REDUCTION IN FUNDING, OR ELIMINATION, SUPERVISORS, I URGE

YOU TO KEEP OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE

ABUSE PROGRAMS OPEN. TREATMENT WORKS. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS RONALD BOSWELL.

JUST LIKE SHE SAID, IM A CLIENT AT BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT.

A REDUCTION PLANNING, AND I JUST

WANT TO TELL YOU, KILLING THE

FUNDING WILL BE A HURTIN THING.

IM A LIVING EXAMPLE OF THE CLINIC. YOU KNOW WHAT, ITS A MIRACLE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. YOU CAN LOOK AT ME.

FIVE MONTHS AGO, I WAS DOWN AND

OUT AND THEY HAD SENT ME TO RECOVERY, YOU KNOW, REALLY

TURNED MY LIFE OVER. IF YOU KILL THE FUNDING ON THIS SITUATION, YOU WILL BE HURTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. YOU WILL BE HURTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. EVERYBODY USE THESE SERVICES. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, PLEASE LET THAT BE THE REASON.

THANK YOU.

HI.

MR. SUPERVISOR, I AM CARERA, I

WORK FOR THE DIVISION OF HOMELESSNESS, ALSO FAMILIES

UNITED AND SRO COLLABORATIVE.

I COME BACK AGAIN LIKE EVERY

TIME, TO SPEAK AND TALKING ABOUT

FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN SRO HOTELS,

LIVING IN SHELTERS.

SO MY REQUEST TODAY IS I WOULD

LIKE TO ASKING ALL THE MEMBERS

OF SUPERVISORS TO SUPPORT THE

BUDGET, AND YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE I DONT KNOW,

TO MAKE IT STOP FOR THE MAYOR DONT CUT THIS MONEY BECAUSE THE FAMILIES NEED, THE CHILDREN

NEED, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE NEED.

SO THE SECOND THING I WANT TO

ASKING IS ABOUT THE HOMELESS

FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING NEGLECT

FOR THE MAYORS BUDGET WHILE THE HOMELESS FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO, WERE ASKING FOR

THE 5 MILLION THAT FAMILIES NEED

FOR OUR LOW INCOME HOUSING.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

SO PLEASE, SUPERVISOR, TAKE

YOUR CONSCIENCE AND UNDERSTAND

ABOUT THE CHILDREN, ABOUT THE

FAMILIES, SO WE NEED THIS MONEY

President Peskin:   WE GET IT.

WE NEED THE FAMILY FOR THE

CHILDRENS HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM HILLARY

KLEIN, THIS IS CARLA MARQUEZ.

I WORK WITH SRO FAMILIES UNITED COLLABORATIVE. THERES A SERIES OF SRO COLLABORATIVES THAT ARE ALL FACING BUDGET CUTS SO WERE ASKING YOU ALL TO PLEASE RESTORE

THE CUTS THAT THE ORIGINAL

FUNDING, PLUS ANOTHER ADDITIONAL

100,000 FOR THE SRO FAMILIES AND 350,000 FOR CENTRAL CITY.

THATS WHAT WERE ASKING FOR.

CARLA IS HERE WITH HER MOTHER IN THE BACK. HER GRANDMOTHER IS AT HOME WATCHING HER KID, AND THEY ALL

LIVE IN ONE STUDIO IN AN SRO CONVERTED STUDIO APARTMENT, AND HER SISTER. HER STATEMENT IS I AM CARLA, I LIVE WITH MY MOTHER, SISTER

APPEAR DAUGHTER IN A STUDIO IN A CONVERTED SRO HOTEL. THE SPACE I VERY SMALL AND

LIVING THERE MAKES US VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. IT IS VERY DIRTY AND THERE ARE A

LOT OF DIRTY PESTS AND THE OWNER DOESNT CARE ABOUT FIXING ANYTHING. WE NEED HELP TO HAVE FAIR HOUSING FOR ALL FAMILIES. THERES A SERIES OF STATEMENTS THAT I BROUGHT THAT ARE SIMILAR BECAUSE A LOT OF FAMILIES CAME

THIS AFTERNOON, AND HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE AS I AM SURE YOU UNDERSTAND, BEING FAMILIES, THEY HAVE TO GO HOME. I WOULD LIKE TO READ ONE MORE AND LEAVE THE REST WITH YOU.

THE OTHER ONE SAYS I AM MARTINEZ, I LIVE WITH MY CHILDREN, MY HUSBAND AND MY

FATHER IN A STUDIO IN AN SRO CONVERTED HOTEL. WE HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR

BECAUSE THERES NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR BEDS. IT IS SAD THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE

TO LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS, ALL

SQUEEZED TOGETHER IN ONE ROOM

WITH BEDBUGS AND COCKROACHES.

I GET WORRIED ABOUT MY KIDS

GETTING SICK FROM THE BUG BITES

AND DIRTY CARPET.

THEY WANT TO RAISE THE RENT TO 1300. WERE ASKING YOU NOT TO CUT THE BUDGET FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AND MAKE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR

FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN SRO HOTELS. IS THERE SOMEONE I CAN LEAVE THESE WITH

President Peskin:   THERE SHE IS, LIVE IN LIVING COLOR. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. I AM BOBBY FROM TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC, ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, ON BEHALF

OF CENTRAL CITY SRO AND THE

MISSION, CHINATOWN AND SRO FAMILIES.

YOU GET A LOT OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. FOR LESS THAN A MILLION WERE

COVERING SERVICES FOR 30,000 TENANTS IN CHINATOWN, THE TENDERLOIN AND MISSION, BUT I

WORKED CASES IN THE MARINA AND CASTRO.

AS WE KNOW HOTELS HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN THE CITY AND A LOT OF

FOLKS THAT ARE LOW INCOME LIVE

THERE, FAMILIES, DISABLED FOLKS. SO WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE DONT WANT TO SEE THOSE CUTS. YOU GUYS KNOW THE KIND OF WORK

WE DO BECAUSE WE INTERACTED WITH

MOST OF YOU.

BEDBUGS, WE WORK WITH DPW TO CREATE BEDBUG LEGISLATION AND

WORKING TO ERADICATE BEDBUG PROBLEMS. CHINATOWN HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON ERADICATING RAT PROBLEMS IN FAMILY HOTELS.

WE WORKED ON THE SPRINKLER

ISSUES IN 2001 WHICH WAS

IMPORTANT, TO SAVE LIVES.

1700 UNITS HAD BEEN BURNED DOWN

BY FIRES BEFORE THE SPRINKLER LEGISLATION WAS PUT INTO EFFECT.

SO WERE OUT THERE WORKING, CASE BY CASE BASIS, INDIVIDUALLY WITH

FOLKS TO CREATE HABITABLE LIVABLE SITUATIONS AND WORKING

ON COMMUNITYWIDE ISSUES THAT AFFECT LIVING SITUATIONS IN

FOLKS WITH HOTELS. I WILL BE BRIEF.

PLEASE DONT CUT US AND SUPPORT AUGMENTING WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

HI.

I AM LIZ OLSON AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. AS THE MAYOR CONTINUES TO CUT FUNDING FOR SURFACES FOR THE POOR, ILL, AND HOMELESS, PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO COME AND REPRESENT THOSE THAT USE AND

NEED THOSE SERVICES LIKE THE

LONG LINES OF FOLKS TODAY.

IM A MEMBER OF THE SHELTER MONITORING COMMITTEE, I COME HERE NOT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE BUT ON MY OWN

BEHALF AND THE PEOPLE THAT I AM IN CONTACT WITH, THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, FOLKS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE MAYORS PROPOSED

BUDGET CUTS, SPECIFICALLY LET ME

SPEAK TO THE PROPOSED CUTS TO

BUSTERS PLACE OR WHATEVER LOCATION THE SHELTERED MIGHT BE AT. REGARDLESS OF THE CURRENT PROBLEM WITH THE LEASING AGREEMENT AT THE 13th STREET LOCATION, THERE IS A CONTINUED

NEED FOR A DROPIN FACILITY IN SAN FRANCISCO.

AS A SAN FRANCISCO SHELTER SYSTEM IS EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT

TO MANEUVER OR ACCESS, A PLACE

WHERE FOLKS WITH NO HOME CAN GO INSIDE OUT OF THE NIGHT COLD AND FIND SAFETY IS A BLESSING. THERE IS NO DECREASE IN THE

NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ACCESS THE DROPIN FACILITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND I PERSONALLY DO NOT SEE THE

TREND IN HOUSING FOLKS, PROVIDING SHELTER TO FOLKS,

IMPROVING WITH TIME DESPITE REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY. WHY MUST WE TAKE AWAY SOMETHING

AS BASIC AS A CLARE TO SIT IN,

IN THE CHAIR TO SIT IN, FROM

A PERSON WHO HAS NOTHING THAT REMAINS OF THEIR DIGNITY.

I IMBLOR YOU TO PROVIDE THE

MINIMAL BAINK HUMAN NECESSITIES

TO OUR PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY ILL AND THE POOR. THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, BEING POOR WAS NOT A CRIME, ALTHOUGH TO LOOK AT THE MAYORS BUDGET YOU MIGHT THINK IT WAS. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

HELLO, I AM BOB BOUER, A TEND REPRESENTATIVE TENANT

REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE CENTRAL

CITY SRO COLLABORATIVE.

THE SRO COLLABORATIVE WORKS TO

PREVENT THE CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF SRO HOTELS BY PROVIDING FIRE PREVENTION TRAINING, WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTORS, AND THE DEPARTMENT

OF PUBLIC HEALTH, TO ENSURE THAT

CODE VIOLATIONS ARE DEALT WITH.

THE SRO COLLABORATIVES HAVE BEEN

HELPFUL IN MY DEVELOPMENT AS A TENANT LEADER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.

THE SRO COLLABORATIVES OUTREACH

TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT NORMALLY ACCESS SERVICES.

THE COLLABORATIVES WORK WITH

SENIORS, DISABLED FOLKS, AND

PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME, AND POOR

PEOPLE IN GENERAL WHO LIVE IN SROs.

THE SRO COLLABORATIVE SAVES THE CITY MONEY BY PROVIDING FIRE PREVENTION WORKSHOPS AND MAKING

SURE BUILDINGS ARE UP TO CODE.

THE CUTS THAT WE DEMAND THE

CUTS OF THE COLLABORATIVE WE DEMAND THAT THE CUTS TO THE

COLLABORATIVES OF THE MISSION,

CHINATOWN AND CENTRAL CITY BE

AND FAMILIES BE RESTORED. WE ASK THAT AN ADDITIONAL

100,000 BE FUNDED FOR FAMILIES

IN SROs, AND AN ADDITIONAL

50,000 BE FUNDED FOR THE CENTRAL CITY SRO COLLABORATIVE TO BE

GIVEN TO THE ECONOMIC PARITY

WITH THE OTHER COLLABORATIVES. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

PRESIDENT PENN, I AM STEVE FIELDS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

THE PROGRESS FOUNDATION, HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM THAT INCLUDES

THE REDUCTION ON THE ACUTE

INPATIENT BEDS AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.

MY ISSUE ISNT SO MUCH THAT I AM AN ADVOCATE OF CLOSING ANY SERVICES TO THE MENTALLY ILL. MY ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS A

PACKAGED POLICY INITIATIVE THAT DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION.

THE KEY ISSUE HERE IS WE HAVE

TOO MANY PEOPLE ON ACUTE INPATIENT BEDS.

OVER 60 OF PEOPLE, OVER THE

LAST YEAR AT LEAST, HAVE BEEN ON

ADMINISTRATIVE DAYS OR DENIED DAYS. THEY ARE NOT GETTING FULL

REIMBURSEMENT FOR ACUTE CARE. THAT CLOGS OUR ACUTE SYSTEM FOR THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT WHETHER

THEY COME TO PSYCH EMERGENCY ENFORCES. THE PROPOSAL COUPLED WITH

CLOSURE OF A MODEST NUMBER OF

INPATIENT BEDS, 14 OF THE 18 TOTAL, INCLUDES A PROGRESS

FOUNDATION PROB TO OPEN AN

URGENT COMMUNITY CARE TRIAGE

CENTER. THIS IS A GOOD POLICY MOVE. WE CANNOT CONTINUE JUST TO USE

OUR MOST EXPENSIVE HIGH END

SYSTEM AS OUR ONLY PLACE FOR

BOTH TRIAGE AND ACUTE CARE.

WERE A WORKING PARTNER WITH

INPATIENT AND PSYCH EMERGENCY. WE CONSIDER THEM PARTNERS. THIS IS NOT A FIGHT BETWEEN INPATIENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THIS IS A CREDIBLE PROGRAMMATIC

APPROACH BY A AGENCY WITH A LONG HISTORY OF SERVING CLIENTS IN CRISIS AND ACUTE CARE, TO TRY

AND MOVE OUR SYSTEM IN A WAY

MORE ENVISIONED BY THE PROP 63 INITIATIVE, BY WHAT CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN ASKING US FOR, FOR

YEARS, WHICH IS LESS INSTITUTIONAL CARE AND MORE ALTERNATIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I URGE YOU YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF TESTIMONY ON THE CAS

ATROPHY OF INPATIENT CLOSURES.

I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER IN TERMS

OF KEEPING THE URGENT CARE DIVERSION BEDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

President Peskin:   WE

HAVENT HEARD ANY YET. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD MORNING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS JONATHAN, EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR OF BIGGER PLACES. I BEEN HERE MANY YEARS IN A ROW AND SEEN MOST OF YOU OR MANY OF

YOU MORE RECENTLY. WEVE BEEN HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR

ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROGRAM, PROGRAMS NAME IS ACCEPTANCE PLACE.

IT WOULD BE IRONIC IN THIS WEEK

OF GAY PRIDE TO CUT THE ONLY GAY

MENS RECOVERY PROGRAM IN SAN FRANCISCO.

ITS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR 30 YEARS.

IT IS AN UNUSUALLY PRODUCTIVE PROGRAM.

WE SERVE MORE CLIENTS THAN WE

WERE SLATED TO SERVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR WHICH MEANS OUR CONTRACT RATE

COMES IN 20 LOWER THAN THAN IT DOES AT THE BEGINNING. WERE WELL KNOWN AND WELL RESPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND

WE EXCEED EVERY CONTRACT INITIATIVE THATS SET BEFORE US, BY WAY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION, WHY IS THIS PROGRAM HERE, AND MANY OF THE OTHERS

THAT YOU SEE ON THE WAIT ON

THE CUT LIST FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS.

THE REASON IS THAT A SUCCESSFUL

BUDGET STRATEGY OVER THE YEARS

HAS BEEN TO REPLACE PROGRAMS ON

A BUDGET CUT LIST THAT ARE NOT

LIKELY TO BE CUT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO WE EITHER SEE ENTIRE SECTORS BEING CLOSED DOWN, AND THE BOARD THEN BEING ASKED TO MAKE A

DECISION ABOUT AN ENTIRE SECTOR,

OR WE SEE PROGRAMS BEING PLACED

ON THAT CUT LIST THAT IN FACT NO ONE REALLY INTENDS TO CUT OR WANTS TO CUT. THE REASON ITS THERE ACTUALLY

IS BECAUSE ITS NOT AS LIKELY TO BE CUT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT BUDGET STRATEGY, COMING OUT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR

IS A DEBILITATING STRATEGY

THATS NOT A DIRECT PUBLIC

POLICY APPROACH FOR DEALING WITH

OUR SERVICES, AND THE SHORT

SHORTCOMINGS OF OUR BUDGET. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   WELL SAID. NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS JOANNA CHESTNUT, A

CONTRACTING GRANTS MANAGER FOR

EPIPHANY CENTER AT MOUNT ST. JOSEPH HERE TO SPEAK ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN THROUGHOUT

THE CITY, AND IN GENERAL, BUT IN

PARTICULAR THE EPIPHANY CENTER PROVIDES OUTPATIENT AND RESIDENTIAL SURFACES FOR WOMEN

WITH OR WITHOUT CHILDREN. WOMEN CAN COME TO US WHILE

THEYRE PREGNANT, AND STAY FOR

UP TO TWO YEARS AFTER BIRTH.

AND I ALSO HAVE A CHART.

THIS IS IMPROVED BIRTH OUTCOMES,

SHOWS IMPROVED BIRTH OUTCOMES

AND CONTRASTS IT WITH WOMEN WHO ARE STILL USING SUBSTANCES. THATS THE YELLOW.

THE BLUE IS WOMEN WHO HAVE DELIVERED IN TREATMENT, AND YOU

CAN SEE THAT FOR PREMATURE

DELIVERY ITS A 27 VERSUS 7.3

WOMEN IN TREATMENT.

LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, 34.

WOMEN USING 5.8.

WOMEN IN TREATMENT, INFANT

DEATHS, 1.2.

WOMEN USING, AND 410 OF A

PERCENT OF WOMEN IN TREATMENT. I ALSO WROTE YOU A LETTER IMPLORING YOU NOT TO CUT SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

AND I SENT IT TO YOU VIA EMAIL. I DONT KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED IT

BUT ID LIKE TO ENTER THIS INTO THE RECORD.

President Peskin:   IF YOU SET IT DOWN WE WILL COLLECT IT AND DISTRIBUTE IT. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, AND SUPERVISORS.

I AM NANCY REUBEN, CEO FOR THE REDWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO RESTORE THE CUTS

THAT YOUVE BEEN LISTENING TO

AND YOUR SENTIMENTS ABOUT THE

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO. IM GOING TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO YET ANOTHER ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY OUR ITEM DIDNT EVEN MAKE IT TO THE CUT LIST.

IT GOT BURIED IN THE BUDGET LIST IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ENCOURAGED US TO MAKE SURE WE STAND UP AT EACH

HEARING TO TALK ABOUT THE STEPS THAT OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN IN SAN FRANCISCO IS

LOOKING AT A 1.7 MILLION DEFICIT

FOR NEXT YEAR.

EDGEWOOD IS THE OLDEST CHILDRENS CHARITY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, THE OLDEST NONPROFIT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OUR BOARD VOTED LAST WEEK TO GO

FORWARD WITH A 1 FOIN 7 MILLION DEFICIT BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE CHILDREN WITHOUT A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.

WE TAKE THE HIGHEST NEED KIDS OF ALL CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN

PLACED IN HUMAN SERVICES FOSTER

CARE AS WELL AS JUVENILE PROBATION AND AT THIS POINT OUR

RATES THAT WE ARE REIMBURSED BY

THE STATE VIA THE CITY COME POT

POINT WHERE WERE ALLOWED TO

AUTHORIZE OUR STAFF 7.83 AN HOUR. WE SUPPLEMENT IT THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDRAISING BUT AT THIS POINT

THE AGENCY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO RAISE THAT MONEY.

EVERY YEAR WE RAISE OVER 3 MILLION TO COVER THESE CUTS. SO WE ARE WORKING AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH

YOU LOCALLY, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OTHER PLACEMENT

AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM STAYS ALIVE. TONIGHT WEVE HAD OVER 20 FAMILIES SHOW UP.

YOU SEE SOME OF OUR GRANDPARENTS HERE THAT ARE TALKING. THEY WANT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU.

THESE ARE GRAND PARENTS TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS IN THEIR

HOMES INSTEAD OF RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SET UP

THROUGH EDGEWOODS FUNDRAISING

AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE PROGRAMS ALIVE. I HAVE SUBMITTED TO YOU OUR

INFORMATION BECAUSE OF LACK OF

CLARITY THATS COME FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

President Peskin:   WE WILL COLLECT THOSE. LADIES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

MY NAME IS MS. LOCKET, I AM 69.

THIS IS MY GREAT GRANDSON.

THATS MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. EDGEWOOD HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO MY CHILDREN. THEY HAVE TUTORING THERE, AND

THEY KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE, PLEASE,

HELP THEM KEEP EDGEWOOD GOING

FOR ME, BECAUSE I LOVE THEM. PLEASE HELP THEM.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU

SO MUCH.

AND MY NAME IS LOIS

GILLFOLLOW, I BELONG TO EDGEWOOD.

I GOT HIM WHEN I WAS 9 MONTHS

OLD AND EDGEWOOD HELPED ME. AND NOW HES 10.

I ALSO HAD ONE WHEN HE WAS 12,

AND NOW HES BEEN ACCEPTED INTO

HARVARD, BECAUSE OF EDGEWOOD.

SO, PLEASE.

President Peskin:   THANK

YOU, MAAM.

MY NAME ISELSIE. THIS IS MARY.

I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND IN MARCH.

I JUST GOT ANOTHER LITTLE BOY IN FEBRUARY.

HES 8 MONTHS OLD. AND IVE BEEN WITH EDGEWOOD

ABOUT A YEAR, AND ITS MY SUPPORT SYSTEM.

ITS WHERE I TAKE CLASSES TO

LEARN ABOUT HEALTH. IT GIVES THE KIDS A PLACE WHERE

THEY CAN GO, AND ALSO

PARTICIPATE IN THEIR PROGRAM.

AND I ENCOURAGE THAT YOU FUND

THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I AM 54

YEARS OLD, WITH MY NUMBER NINE CHILD. I HAVE NO HUSBAND.

I AM ALSO USING ST. ANTHONYS FOR MY DAUGHTERS HEALTH CARE

BECAUSE I JUST LOST MY INSURANCE THE END OF APRIL.

SO I HAVE NO MEDICAL INSURANCE

FOR MY OWN CHILDREN.

SO EDGEWOOD HELPS ME WITH A LOT

OF ISSUES, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU

TO FUND THEM AND TO FUND THE

HEALTH CARE PROGRAM BECAUSE I AM

NOW IN THE ST. ANTHONYS FOR MY GIRLS AND MY SON BECAUSE I HAVE NO MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR THEM. I HAVE IT FOR HER BECAUSE I ADOPTED HER.

I PLAN ON DOING THE SAME FOR MY 8 MONTH NEPHEW. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FUND THEM. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

I AM AMY I ALSO WORK AT EDGEWOOD, ASSISTANT TREATMENT

MANAGER IN ONE OF THE COTTAGES. UNFORTUNATELY THE KIDS I WORK WITH DONT HAVE THE FAMILIES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THEM.

BY THE TIME THEY GET TO ME,

THEYVE EITHER OUT OF THE

HOMES IN THE SENSE OF THEIR BEHAVIOR.

THE KIDS WE WORK WITH ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH BUT IT TAKES PASSION AND DEDICATION OF THE STAFF IN ORDER TO DO THAT. ITS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND STAFF THAT ARE WILLING

TO WORK AT THE WAGES THAT WE

ACTUALLY GET PAID, AND UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE NECESSARY

THINGS WE NEED FOR A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM. PLEASE STAY COMMITTED TO OUR KIDS. THATS ALL I ASK. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HI.

I AM SARAH COLLINS, TEAM LEADER.

I WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE KIDS IN OUR ADOLESCENT UNIT. I WILL TAKE ONE MINUTE TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF OUR GIRLS, ONE

OF OUR OLDER GIRLS, I WILL CALL

HER JACKIE.

JACKIE IS 17, A VICTIM OF SEXUAL

ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND HAS FAMILY

HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.

SHE WAS QUIET AND WITHDRAWN AND HAD FEW SKILLS TO COPE WITH LIFE. THE ONLY THING SHE HAD INVESTED WAS HER FAMILY.

HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART OF HER TREATMENT.

SHES ABLE TO SEE HER FAMILY REGULARLY AND THEYRE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HER THERAPY AND HER GROWTH. WITHOUT EDGEWOOD AND BEING HERE

IN SAN FRANCISCO, JACKIE WOULD

NOT WITHOUT EDGEWOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO, JACKIE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE PLACED IN A LOCKED FACILITY OR OUT OF COUNTY FAR FROM HER FAMILY. PLEASE PROVIDE THE FUNDING

REQUIRED TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE

TO SERVE THE CHILDREN. THANK YOU. HI.

GOOD EVENING, I AM VERONICA, I

COME WITH SEVERAL TITLES.

I AM A MEMBER OF TITLE 4, ON THE HIV PLANNING COUNCIL, ALSO A

CLIENT OF FERGUSON PLACE, WHICH

IS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF BAKER PLACE.

TONIGHT IM REPRESENTING MY BROTHERS.

THERE ARE A DISPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF MEN VERSUS WOMEN IN REHAB AND THERE IS ONLY ONE REHAB

SPECIFICALLY FOR HIV POSITIVE MEN.

I KNOW, WHEN I CAME HIV POSITIVE, I DIDNT THINK I WOULD

LIVE ANOTHER DAY, AND THROUGH A

SPECIALIZED PROGRAM, I AM HERE NOW, PRODUCTIVE PERSON.

PLEASE DONT CUT THE FUNDING.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. N SPEAKER PLEASE.

MY NAME IS CHRIS OLSON AND I

AM A RESIDENT AT THE BIGGER

PLACES HERE TO TALK ABOUT ACCEPTANCE PLACE.

I WENT TO WALLDON HOUSE AT THE

BEGINNING OF MARCH AND WENT

THROUGH THEIR SURFACES AND THE BAKER SYSTEM AFTER THAT.

FROM THERE I HAVE SEEN SERVICES

FL NEW LEAF, AHP, PRC AND ONE MONTH I WILL BE LEAVING THE BAKER PLACES TO GET THE JOB.

I HAVE SEEN SYSTEMS IN L.A., SAN DIEGO, ORANGE COUNTY, AND

HAVE NEVER SEEN A CITY WHICH HAS HAD SO MUCH INTERACTION JUST WITH OTHER PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT

AND MAKE A SUCCESS STORY BUT ALSO THE CLIENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH IT. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE

THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS HAVE COME

TO BE SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WITHIN SOCIETY IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF

TIME WHILE OTHER CITIES THAT

IVE SEEN, THE PEOPLE ARE DEAD OR IN JAIL OR HOSPITALS.

I WOULD HATE TO SEE A CITY LIKE THIS THAT HAS WORKED SO HARD IN

SUCH A UNIQUE WAY CUT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SYSTEM, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER BUT COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE. BY CUTTING THESE SERVICES I DONT SEE HOW A COMMUNITY CAN SUPPORT ITSELF. IVE WALKED THROUGH THE CITY, MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY, HAVE SEEN BAGS OF DOPE ON THE FLOOR,

EVERY DAY. WITHOUT THESE SERVICES, IM SURE THERE WOULD A CRACK DEALER ON EVERY CORNER AS WELL.

PLEASE DONT CUT THESE FUNDS AND

THINK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, I AM FENDERSO

GOMEZ, HIV SERVICES DIRECTOR AT MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, IVE COME TO TALK ABOUT A

PROGRAM THAT WEEVER, THE HIV TREATMENT OUTREACH AND LINKAGE

PROGRAM ORIGINALLY FUNDED BY CMS EARMARK WITH THE MEN OF COLOR

PROGRAM OF UCSF, HEALING ARTS

CENTER, POSITIVE RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH THE FOCUS WAS TO

GET PEOPLE INTO CARE, AND TO

PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS AND MEDICAL CARE.

WE, DURING THE CURRENT YEAR, WE

GOT FUNDED. IT WAS RECOMMENDATION BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THANKS TO THE

LEADERSHIP OF BOTH SUPERVISORS AMMIANO AND CHRIS DALY.

ON FEBRUARY 14, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED

FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR, AND THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A SUPPLEMENTAL ON FEBRUARY 27.

WERE NOT NAMED ON THIS LIST,

HOWEVER WERE NOT NAMED TO GET REFUNDED EITHER.

WE ARE TARGETING BASICALLY HIVPOSITIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE

OUT OF MEDICAL CARE, AND OUR

PURPOSE IS TO LEAD THEM INTO MEDICAL CARE.

OUR TARGET POPULATION ARE LOW

INCOME HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS

OR PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK FOR HIV. THE EMPHASIS IS FOR SPANISHSPEAKING PEOPLE THAT

LIVE IN SRO HOAMTHSES HOTELS

AND BASICALLY DAY LABORERS. DPH HAS RESEARCH THAT SAYS THE

LEADING CAUSE OF PREMATURE DEATH

ARE AMONG MEN IN

SAN FRANCISCO LATINO MEN IS HIV.

IF WE DONT CONTINUE TO GET

FUNDED, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT

WE HAVE THE RISK OF THESE

NUMBERS OF PEOPLE GETTING

INFECTED OR NOT GETTING TO CARE

ON TIME WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO

US IN TERMS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS CAROLYN, THE CENTER

MANAGER AT DROPIN BUSTERS PLACE.

WEVE BEEN OPEN FOR FOUR MONTHS AND IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS WE

OPENED THE DOORS MARCH 19 AND

WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SEE 50 GUESTS, NOT CLIENTS.

IT HAPPENS THAT WE DOUBLED THAT AMOUNT.

SO WE SEE OVER 100 PEOPLE EVERY

DAY. THOSE PEOPLE COME, OUR GUESTS,

THEY TAKE SHARES 24 HOURS, THEY

DO LAUNDRY, WE GIVE THEM HYGIENE KITS. SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE AWESOME

IF WE CAN STAY OPEN LONGER THAN

FOUR MONTHS BECAUSE IF WE CLOSE THE DOOR, WHERE ELSE WOULD THEY GO.

THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SPRSS. MY NAME IS KEITH, DEPUTY

DIRECTOR WITH HAIGHT ASHBURY

FREE CLINICS.

WE ARE CELEBRATING 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIGENT AND HOMELESS PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE

IN SAN FRANCISCO THIS YEAR.

ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, AS WAS ALLUDED TO, WE WERE APPROACHED

BY THE COUNTY TO FILL THE GAP

AND NEED THAT EXISTED WITH 39th STREET DROPIN CENTER CLOSING.

WE OPENED BUSTERS PLACE TO FILL THAT NEED, AND IN THE FIRST DAY,

WE REACHED THE CAPACITY, AND

FOUND VERY QUICKLY THAT WE

NEEDED TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY TO

ACCOMMODATE THE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEEDED.

SINCE WEVE OPENED, WEVE

PROVIDED 300 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS WITH SERVICES.

I CAN REMEMBER WHEN 39th

STREET DROPIN CENTER WAS OPEN

ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS

HELD AS A INNOVATIVE WAY OF DECRIMINALIZING POOR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO NEEDED SUBSTANCE

ABUSE SERVICES. ITS UNFORTUNATE THAT WEVE

REACHED THE POINT THAT WE NEED

TO CLOSE BUSTERS PLACE DROPIN,

NOT BECAUSE THERES A LACK OF

NEED, BUT BECAUSE WE NO LONGER

HAVE THE MONEY TO PROVIDE

SERVICES TO THE MOST NEEDIEST

POPULATION IN SAN FRANCISCO.

I THINK THAT THE OF THE FUNDING FOR BUSTERS PLACE AS YOU WELL KNOW AND ITS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT THESE ARE

HIGHEND USERS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT IT

WOULD BE PENNYWISE AND POUND

FOOLISH FOR US TO ELIMINATE AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO PROVIDE

SERVICES TO THE MOST DESPERATE NEEDED POPULATION IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS LEE CAMPNELA,

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

COORDINATOR AT HAIGHT ASHBURY FREE CLINIC AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUPERVISORS WHO ARE STILL HERE, WHO GIVE THE RESPECT

TO US THAT WE DO TO YOU. IM REALLY CHAGRINNED TO SEE

THAT SEVERAL ARE MISSING. I PERSONALLY CONSIDER IT VERY DISRESPECTFUL OF THOSE SUPERVISORS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD. AND I HOPE YOU WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUE. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS THAT WERE SAID

PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS TO REEMPHASIZE TO YOU. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE CHRONICLE RECENTLY STATING THAT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY BUDGET, FOR THE FIRST

TIME EVER, WILL GO OVER 6 BILLION. NOW, I DONT KNOW WHETHER THATS TRUE OR NOT. THE CHRONICLE IS, YOU KNOW WHO KNOWS.

BUT EVEN IF ITS NOT, EVEN IF

ITS 1 12 BILLION TO 5 12

BILLION, TO CUT 7 OR 8 OR 9

MILLION FROM A POPULATION WHO

SUFFERS GREATLY, WHO HAS I

WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU GUYS OUT.

I BET MOST YOU SUPERVISORS NEVER

GO OUT AND WALK AROUND THIS TOWN.

WELL, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I DO.

AND IF YOU THINK THAT THE ISSUE

IS NOT GETTING WORSE, I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU.

ITS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH,

ALL OF THOSE ISSUES ARE INCREASING IN THIS CITY.

FOR YOU TO EVEN CONSIDER CUTTING

THE BUDGET THAT DEAL WITH THOSE

ISSUES IS I THINK ITS JUST CRAZY. I REALLY, REALLY DO.

WE NEED MORE RESOURCES, ABSOLUTELY MORE RESOURCES. AND ONE OTHER THING.

THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THE FRONT

LINES IN THESE FIELDS IN

SAN FRANCISCO, HAIGHT ASHBURY

FREE CLINIC PAYS FRONT LINE

COUNSELORS, SOME OF THEM, 12 AN HOUR.

12 POINT 50 AN HOUR, MAYBE,

BECAUSE THE DPH CANNOT AFFORD TO

GIVE US THE MONEY THAT WE NEED

TO RUN THESE PROGRAMS PROPERLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

I DONT FEEL MY NAME IS IMPORTANT.

IM 51 YEARS OLD, AND THE PEOPLE

THAT ASKED YOU TO SIGN TO VOTE, I NEVER VOTED IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I FELT MY VOTE WASNT IMPORTANT

SO I HOPE MY VOICE WILL BE HEARD TODAY.

I CAME HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE

GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.

I CAME HERE FOR BUSTERS PLACE BECAUSE IM THERE.

I CAME TO THE CITY BACK TO

THE CITY 10 MONTHS AGO.

AND I CAME IN A TRUCK.

AND BECAUSE MY TRUCK GOT STOLEN, THE CITY TRIED TO TAKE IT FROM

ME, MESSENGER THEY CHARGED

MEANING THEY CHARGED ME 1800 TO GET IT BACK. AND NOW I DONT HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. YOU ALL HAVE A LAW IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT YOU CANT SLEEP IN YOUR OWN TRUCK, THAT

YOURE SUPPOSED TO SLEEP ON THE STREET.

I BE DAMNED IF I SLEEP ON THE

STREET IF I GOT A TRUCK.

IM GOING TO SLEEP IN MY TRUCK.

THEY CLOSE THE DOOR TO BUSTERS PLACE, THATS WHERE IM AT.

YOU GOT THAT BIG BUILDING ON 150

OAK STREET WITH ONE FLOOR. TAKE THAT BUILDING, AND MAKE

THAT INTO A DROPIN CENTER, AND MOVE THE BEDS UPSTAIRS.

YOU ALL GOT PLENTY OF ROOM UPSTAIRS.

YOU GOT THAT BIG BUILDING WITH

JUST ONE FLOOR OCCUPIED BUT YET BUSTERS PLACE TAKING IN

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, IT MAKES ME MAD, IT REALLY DO. BECAUSE I DONT HAVE NOTHING. I CANT EVEN GO TO WORK.

IM A PRIME EXAMPLE FROM A

DRUGGY, BUT I AM A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BUT I CANT

GO TO WORK BECAUSE I HAD TO PAY 1800 FOR MY TRUCK.

NOW I HAVE GOT 1700 IN PARKING

TICKETS THAT YOU ALL DONE

THAT I CANT AFFORD TO PAY.

BECAUSE I CANT GO TO WORK TO

DRIVE BECAUSE I GOT TO HAVE MY

LICENSE TO DRIVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

IM JOANNA, COMING FOR HEALING ARTS CENTER, THE MANAGER OVER THERE. CURRENTLY THIS YEAR, I JUST

WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT COMPARABLE COMPLEMENTARY SURFACES WE PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE 12 OFFSET THAT CLIENTS GO TO.

OUT OF THOSE 12 CENTERS OF

EXCELLENCE, 25 OF THOSE CLIENTS WERE HETEROSEXUAL FEMALES,

LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THEM. IF WE LOSE THE FUNDING WE WILL

NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE

CLIENTS, TREAT THOSE CLIENTS.

THOSE HETEROSEXUAL FEMALES HAVE KIDS. THEYRE YOUR MOTHERS, THEYRE

YOUR SISTERS, THEYRE YOUR

COUSINS. COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICE AND INPATIENT EDUCATION FOR A NUMBER OF

CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE.

IT CROSSES CULTURAL BOUNDARIES AND BARRIERS. THE DIRECT IMPACT OF WORKING TOGETHER WITH WESTERN DOCTORS

ALLOWS CLIENTS, WHO ARE POSITIVE

AND INFECTED WITH HTB, CUTS DOWN ON MEDICAL EXPENSES AND MEDICAL COVERAGE THAT THE STATE AND

COUNTY PAYS FOR, SUCH AS MEDICAL, MEDICARE SERVICES.

IF YOU CUT THE FUNDING, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE CLIENTS,

THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE

SERVICES, AND ITS DETRIMENTAL

TO THE FAMILIES, TO THE MOTHERS

OF THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS MS. BROWN, VICE

PRESIDENT ON THE BOARD OF

QUANON, ALSO 63 YEARS OLD.

16 YEARS DIAGNOSED, AND 12 YEARS CLEAN.

THE FACE OF HIV IS NOT GETTING YOUNGER.

THIS PANDEMIC IS HERE AND WILL BE HERE FOR A WHILE.

WE ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE AS WE

GET OLDER, WITH THE BODY CHEMISTRY CHANGE AND THE OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY WITH

AGING, AND WE NEED OTHER

SERVICES THAT WE CAN GET,

ESPECIALLY THE ALTERNATIVE SERVICES.

THEY HELP US TO COPE WITH THE

MEDICATIONS THAT WE TAKE.

THEY HELP US TO TAKE THE MEDICATIONS. SOMETIMES THE CASES ARE SO GREAT, WEVE GOT TO DO WHAT WEVE GOT TO DO.

WERE TRYING TO LIVE LONGER.

WERE TRYING TO BE HEALTHY FOR

AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

BUT WITH OUR SERVICES EACH YEAR,

WERE GETTING MORE AND MORE AND

MORE CUTS TO THE BUDGET.

EACH YEAR, THERES A LITTLE BIT

MORE TAKEN AWAY.

SOMETHING THAT WE NEED THE LAST

YEAR, WE CANT GET THIS YEAR,

THE EMERGENCY FUND, FOR INSTANCE.

THE THING IS THAT WHEN WERE TRYING TO SURVIVE, AND WERE

TRYING TO DO IT IN A MANNER THAT WILL BE HEALTHY FOR OURSELVES

AND FOR THE SOCIETY THAT WERE IN.

WE CANT DO THAT IF WE HAVE NO

MONEY TO LIVE ON.

WE HAVE NO PLACE TO LIVE.

IF WE CANT DO THAT, IF WERE

OUT ON THE STREET, H. I WAS TOLD PERSONALLY THAT IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET ANOTHER PLACE, A BIGGER PLACE, A MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE, I WOULD HAVE

TO GO OUT ON THE STREET

HOMELESS, ON THE STREET HOMELESS. [BUZZER SOUNDING.] THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

CAN THIS BE TURNED ON ITS ON. PLEASE.

SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS CARLA

WILSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF QUANON HEALING ARTS CENTER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE.

I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR IN

CONTINUING TO FUND US FOR COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY. THE GOOD WORK YOU DID LAST YEAR IN FUNDING US ALLOWED US TO BEGIN TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN

INTEGRATING ALTERNATIVE CARE FOR

PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. WITH THAT MONEY YOU GAVE US WE

WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP SERVICES AT API, CASTRO MISSION HEALTH

CENTER, CATHOLIC CHARITIES,

WOMENS HEALTH SERVICES, NATIVE AMERICAN AIDS PROJECT,

SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL WARD 86,

TENDERLOIN HILL, UCSF MEN OF COLOR, SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION AND WOMANS PLACE.

IT WAS A GOOD EXPENDITURE OF YOUR FUNDS. I HOPE AS YOU GO BACK INTO SESSION AND DECIDE HOW BEST TO

SPEND THOSE MONEYS FOR HIV THAT YOULL CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT

THING AND HELP US TO CONTINUE TO

HELP THE 412 CLIENTS. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

IM A CLIENT AT BAYVIEW

HUNTERS POINT METHADONE CLINIC.

ID JUST LIKE TO SAY IF I

DIDNT IF I DIDNT HAVE THAT CLINIC, I PROBABLY WOULD BE IN

AND OUT OF JAIL, LIKE I WAS BEFORE THAT.

IVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS OTHER METHADONE CLINICS.

IM ALSO IN THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC, AND

THEYRE HELPING ME WITH MY

POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, WHICH IM I DONT KNOW, WITH ALL THE COUNSELORS AND ALL THE

PEOPLE THAT WORK AT BAYVIEW

HUNTERS POINT, I FEEL LIKE IM

FEELING A LOT BETTER, MAKING PROGRESS IN MY LIFE.

THANK YOU.

I AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF ACCEPTANCE PLACE. SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME THIS YEAR

IM DOWN, TRYING TO GET THIS FUNDED. PROGRAM REFUNDED JUST AS WE HEAD INTO PRIDE WEEK.

ITS KIND OF UNUSUAL, AND ODD THAT A COMMUNITY RESOURCE THATS BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS,

FORMULATING CULTURALLY COMPETENT

TREATMENT FOR GAY, BISEXUAL MEN,

IS CONSTANTLY ON THE CUT LIST.

WERE HAVING ENORMOUS SUCCESS. WE HAVE A WAIT LIST WHERE WE HAVE TO TELL CLIENTS IT WILL

PROBABLY BE SIX OR EIGHT WEEKS UNTIL THEY CAN GET INTO THE PROGRAM. A LOT DONT MAKE IT INTO THE PROGRAM BECAUSE ITS TOO LONG

FOR THEM TO STAY ORGANIZED. I REALLY HOPE THAT YOULL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND FUND THE PROGRAM FOR THE COMING YEAR AND MAYBE NOT EVEN BE ON THE CUT

LIST NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HI.

MY NAME IS LINDA WONG. DESPITE SEEMING OTHERWISE, NOT THE ENTIRE CITY IS ACTUALLY HERE IN CITY HALL. I AM HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE

BOARD CONSIDER THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO BE HERE TO PLEAD FOR

THE HEALTH AT HOME PROGRAM. THOSE AT MOST NEED FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES ARE IN NEED OF YOUR CONSIDERATION. PLEASE REMEMBER THEM. THIS IS A POPULATION OF OUR CITY THATS ALREADY SAVING SAN FRANCISCO THE EXPENSE OF

INPATIENT CARE AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL. IVE BEEN ONE OF THEM IN THE

PAST FEW MONTHS.

WITH THE HELP, GUIDANCE AND

ADVICE OF MY PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

I NO LONGER RELY ON 247 NURSING

CARE AND ON MY WAY TO DO FOR MYSELF EVERYTHING I NEED TO DO

TO GET ON WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE.

I SURVIVED MY ACCIDENT AND LEFT

THE ER BED AND MY HOSPITAL ROOM SO THEY BECOME AVAILABLE TO THOSE IN CRITICAL NEED.

BUT WITHOUT THE HELP AT HOME PROGRAM MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL.

I HAVE TO BE HONEST, THOSE FIRST

FEW DAYS ON MY OWN WERE THE SCARIEST DAYS. PLEASE HELP THEM HELP YOU, AND

HELP THEM HELP US, THE PUBLIC

HEALTH NURSES HELP WEAN PATIENTS OFF CRITICAL CARE AND STAY OFF

OF CRITICAL CARE SUCCESSFULLY.

THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

MY NAME IS MERRIAM ALPER A

PUBLIC CARE HEALTH CARE NURSE.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE JOB FOR 14 YEARS. MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE

CONCERNED ABOUT THE FATE OF OUR CLIENTS, THE POOR AND

CHRONICALLY ILL AND RECENTLY

HOSPITALIZED SUCH AS THE CLIENT WHO JUST SPOKE. I AM GLAD YOU HAD A CHANCE TO

HEAR FROM THEM BECAUSE MOST ARE

NOT IN A POSITION TO COME TO A MEETING LIKE THIS AND WAIT AND

SIT AND STAND FOR HOURS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SERVICES WE NEED. AS NURSES WE CONCENTRATE ON

HEALTH NEEDS BUT AS YOU KNOW HEALTH IS AFFECTED BY ALL

ASPECTS OF LIFE, ECONOMIC,

HOUSING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND WE DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS. MOST OF OUR CLIENTS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL WORKERS SO WE

COVER THESE KINDS OF SERVICES AS

WELL. FURTHERMORE, EPIDEMIOLOGY HAS SHOWN OUR MAJOR CHALLENGES ARE

IN THE AREA OF CHRONIC ILLNESS,

MAJOR COMPONENTS BEING HEALTH HABITS AND LIFESTYLES. IF THIS IS NOT ADDRESSED RATES

OF DIABETES, AND OTHER ILLNESSES WILL SKYROCKET.

WE NEED MORE PERSONNEL DEVOTED

TO THESE ISSUES AND NOT JUST ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS BUT ON A POPULATION BASIS. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES ARE THE

PROFESSIONALS TRAINED AND DEDICATED TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE.

WE ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THE OTHER WORTHY PROGRAMS REPRESENTED HERE AS WE ARE ALL ADVOCATING FOR THE SERVICES IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION, HELPING AVOID THE

OVERUSE OF MORE EXPENSIVE

SERVICES SUCH AS EXCESSIVE

EMERGENCY ROOM VISITORS AND INPATIENT STAYS. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AND I AM A NURSE

MANAGER FOR THE MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH FIELD PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING UNIT. MY SOLE PURPOSE IN COMING HERE

TONIGHT IS TO THANK YOU, THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, FOR APPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH

NURSING POSITIONS LAST FALL.

President Peskin:   I REMEMBER YOU FROM LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU.

IT IS BECOMING MORE FAMILIAR.

President Peskin:   IM SORRY.

IT HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO OUR UNIT.

WE HAVE HAD A DRAMATIC DECREASE

OF 56 OF OUR WAIT LIST.

WE STARTED OFF WITH 231 HIGH RISK CLIENTS ON OUR WAIT LIST,

AND ARE DOWN NOW BELEE 101. WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE HOPE TO

CONTINUE PROVIDING THESE

SERVICES, AS OUR HIGH RISK POPULATION NEEDS TIMELY INTERVENTION. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

WORK. SIR, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, DEPUTY, THERES A BUNCH OF EMPTY SEATS

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE STANDING UP IN THE HALLWAY. IF YOU WANT TO INVITE THEM TO COME IN AND SIT DOWN, THEY CAN LINE UP. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I AM TOM WA UZ, AND I AM

JUAREZ, A FORMER DRUG ADDICT,

DEALING WITH MY SEXUAL TRAUMA

ABUSE AS A CHILD, AND MY

TRAFFICKING TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR

MY PARENTS, TO BE A PROSTITUTE.

IVE BEEN THROUGH WALDON HOUSE,

IVE BEEN THROUGH FERGUSON PLACE

AND NOW IN A BAKER COOP. THE ONE PLACE THATS HELP ME IS SAGE BECAUSE THEY LET ME BE WHO

I AM AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS HOPE AND THERE IS LIGHT

AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

FOR SO LONG FROM THE AGE OF 15 I BELIEVED ALL I WAS WORTH WAS

TAKING MY CLOTHES OFF TO GET

PAID TO HAVE SEX WITH OLDER MEN. I REALIZE TODAY I AM WORTH SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT, THAT I

AM WORTHY OF BEING CLEAN AND SOBER, AND WORTHY OF HEALING. I JUST HOPE THAT YOU ALL

UNDERSTAND THAT SAGE IS A PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH MANY,

MANY DIFFERENT CLIENTS, AND WE

ARE NOT LIKE WALDON HOUSE, OR BAKER PLACE.

WE ARE A UNIQUE PROGRAM IN ITSELF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

President Peskin:   STHANK

YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS CARLENA HANSON.

I AM HERE TO APPEAL TO YOU TO

ADD THE WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC BACK TO THE CITY BUDGET IN THE

AMOUNT OF 20 IT,700.

THESE FUNDS HELP SUPPORT

COVERAGE FOR UNINSURED WOMEN.

WE PROVIDE CARE, RESOURCE TO

WOMEN, 90 PW RS OF WHOM FALL BELOW POVERTY LEVEL.

AS OUR SERVICES HAVE INCREASED

SO HAS OUR FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY FUNDING THE CLINIC RECEIVES FROM THE CITY.

MANY OF YOU HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CREAKS OF HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO.

WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM

AND THE MONUMENTAL STEPS THE

CITY IS TAKING TO TAKE CARE OF ITS RESIDENTS. THE CITY NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO SEND A CLEAR STATEMENT TO THE

PUBLIC THAT HEALTH CARE FOR UNINSURED IS A PRIORITY. IN PREPARATION FOR THE ROLLOUT OF HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT TIMES TO STABILIZE AND SUPPORT THE PROVIDERS FOR RENDERING HEALTH CARE SERVICES

TO THE UNINSURED.

ULTIMATELY IT WILL ENSURE STABILIZATION OF COMMUNITY

HEALTH SERVICES DURING A TIME OF CHANGE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. LOSS OF THESE FUNDS WOULD FORCE

US TO CUT VISITS TO OUR CLINIC WHICH CORRELATE TO CARE THAT

WOMEN WILL NOT ATTAIN AT ALL,

INFECTIONS THAT WILL GO

UNTREATED, BREAST LUMPS UNDETECTED. I URGE YOU TO ADD THIS FUNDING BACK TO THE CITYS BUDGET AND ADVOCATE SPECIFICALLY FOR SOME

OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES,

HOMELESS YOUTH ALLIANCE AND DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND

EDUCATION PROJECT FOR PROVIDING LIFESAVING SERVICES THAT I URGE YOU NOT TO CUT. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS MARTHA, AND IVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, ILL PROBABLY BE HERE AGAIN.

IVE WORKED FOR 21 YEARS AS A

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, AND HAVE SPENT PROBABLY 20 YEARS AT

HEARINGS LIKE THIS, HEARING VERY MOVING TESTIMONY FROM PEOPLE WHO SHOULDNT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS EVERY YEAR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE IN LISTENING TO THIS BUT ITS NOT

EASY FOR US TO TAKE TIME OUT OF

OUR DAY OF TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS TO COME DOWN HERE AND

AGAIN PLEAD TO DO WHAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS, FUND ESSENTIAL SERVICES. PLEASE DONT PICK AND CHOOSE. YOU NEED TO FUND ALL THESE PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR AGAIN, PUBLIC HEALTH

NURSES ARE SLATED TO BE CUT NINE POSITIONS.

ITS CURIOUS BECAUSE, LAST YEAR, YOU SUPPORTED US AND ADDED FOUR.

IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO ADD AND THEN SUBTRACT BUT BHA DOES MAKE SENSE. I USED TO BE PART OF A TEAM THAT

WAS 75, NOW WERE LESS THAN 40.

WE USED TO SEE EVERYONE REFERRED TO US FROM SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL

AND NOW WE STILL HAVE A WAITING LIST.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE WHAT WE DO HOW DO YOU MEASURE WHEN WE HAVE

SUCCESS, WHEN THERES A BABY BORN AT TERM INSTEAD OF PREMATURE AT 24 WEEKS AND HAS TO

SPEND MONTHS IN THE ICU NURSERY.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT WHEN I SEE

A TEEN MOM, WHO HAS SUCH SEVERE POST PARTUM DEPRESSION THAT SHE

GOES INTO PSYCHOSIS.

I GIVE PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND SHOE

HE DOESNT THROW HER BABY OFF THE BRIDGE.

HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF A BABY

WITH JAUNDICE INSTEAD OF HAVING A LIFETIME OF DISABILITY. DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE SEE

IF YOU DO, WHY DO THESE CUTS

KEEP COMING UP AND WHY WOULD THE

CITY CUT PROGRAMS COMPLETELY OVERRULING THE HEALTH COMMISSION

WHO THIS YEAR VOTED NOT TO DO THESE CUTS

IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO ME. IVE GOT LETTERS ID LIKE TO SUBMIT IN OUR SUPPORT. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING, FUND ALL THE PROGRAMS.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU

VERY MUCH. AND YOUVE PROBABLY BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WE ALMOST ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING HERE.

NEXT SPEAKER. IM BARBARA ROSSBERG, AND IM

A MEMBER OF SEIU1021, A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, IVE BEEN ONE FOR 15 YEARS. IM OPPOSED TO CUTTING ANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN

TALKED ABOUT HERE. IT REALLY MAKES ME SAD TO HEAR THAT THEYRE ON THE LINE.

AND I SEE VERY HIGH RISK PEOPLE

IN THEIR HOMES. MOSTLY I PERSONALLY SEE

IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE MONOLINGUAL

IN SPANISH, BUT WE ALSO SEE

MONOLINGUAL PEOPLE IN OTHER LANGUAGES.

THEYRE OFTEN LOW LITERACY OR LOW LITERATE AND DONT KNOW HOW

TO GET HEALTH CARE AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO GET HEALTH CARE FOR. WE SEE CLIENTS FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSING FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK

FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE. IN MANY WAYS, WERE OFTEN THE

LAST STOP OF PREVENTION BEFORE HOSPITALIZATION.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY CASE

LOAD, I SAW A POST PARTUM MOM

WHO WAS DEPRESSED PRENATALLY,

WHO WASNT EATING AND PROFOUNDLY DEPRESSED. I MADE SURE HER INFANT WAS APPROPRIATELY CARED FOR UNTIL SHE RECOVERED.

IVE SEEN NUMEROUS WOMEN WITH

FEVERS AND PAIN WHO DID NOT GO

FOR EMERGENCY CARE UNTIL I INTERVENED.

LIKEWISE IVE SEEN NUMEROUS NEW

BREASTFEEDING MOM WITH SERVE

VEER PROBLEMS AND DIDNT SEEK

HELP UNTIL I ARRIVED.

WE ARE A BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL

WHO SUPPORTS BREASTFEEDING BUT

IF YOU CANT SUPPORT IT ON THE

OUTPATIENT SETTING THEN THE MOMS QUIT BREASTFEEDING.

I ALSO VISIT NEWBORNS IN BETWEEN DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS TO AISS

THEM FOR JAUNDICE AND ADEQUATEQ

WEIGHT GAIN.

AND SO OUR CLIENTS NEED US.

OUR WAIT LIST IS DOWN TO 100 BUT

WE STILL HAVE A WAIT LIST AND

NEED NEW PHYSICIANS WE RECEIVE

DESPERATELY ULTIMATELY

President Peskin:   I ASK YOU TO WRAP UP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, AND I THINK WE GET IT. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOUVE DONE. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

PRESIDENT PESKIN, I AM A MALE SURVIVORS COUNSELOR AT SAGE PROJECT, HERE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT THAT WEVE GOTTEN FROM A NUMBER OF YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO

CONTINUE THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT WEVE PROVIDED.

I WANT TO RAISE THE PROFILE AND REENFORCE THE POPULATION THAT WE

WORK WITH CONTINUES TO BE EXPENSIVE TO THE SYSTEM. THEYVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF OTHER OPERATIONS, A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES, A LOT OF OTHER

TREATMENT, AND THERES SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT OUR PROCESS THAT

AFFORDS THEM THAT STEP OVER INTO POSITIVE CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AS MUCH MONEY FOR OUR COLLEAGUES IN TREATMENT AS IS AVAILABLE. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

NAME IS GEORGE TURNER, A COUNSELOR AT BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT FOUNDATION.

IM HERE BECAUSE IM A FRONT LINE COUNSELOR AND I DEAL WITH

CLIENTS EVERY DAY.

I WITNESS THEIR SUCCESS, ALSO WITNESS THE DISTRESS THAT THEY

GO THROUGH, MAKING THAT TRANSITION.

IM HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE TEACH

OUT AT BUY VIEW BASICALLY A FAMILY CONCEPT, THAT WHAT AFFECTS ONE AFFECTS ALL.

SO OFTEN TIMES, PEOPLE HAVE

COME FROM NEGATIVE BACKGROUNDS, HAVENT HAD OPPORTUNITY TO

EXPERIENCE WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE PART OF A FAMILY. SEVERAL CLIENTS CAME HERE TODAY

TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT OUR SERVICES. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, AND SOME OF THEM,

THE MEDICATION KICKED IN AND BEGAN TO WEAR AND MAYBE THEY

WERE HUNGRY, TIRED AND THIRSTY, BUT THEY STILL STAYED ALL DAY, JUST TO COME UP TO THE MIC TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I WOULDNT BE VERY MUCH OF A COUNSELOR OR A LEADER IF I LET THEM STAND ALONE. SO IM STANDING HERE WITH THEM

IN SOLIDARITY TODAY, JUST LIKE I

DO EVERY DAY, TO SAY THAT I

BELIEVE THAT SOCIAL SERVICES WORK.

WE ALSO INTEGRATED WITH MENTAL

HEALTH. WE FIND A LOT MORE OF THAT GOING ON NOWADAYS, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND THATS WORKING A LOT BETTER TOO.

IM JUST HERE TO SAY THAT ITS WORKING IN BAYVIEW.

THANK YOU FOR THE TUNTD AND WE

PRAY FOR MUCH MORE SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JACOB MOODY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND MY

STAFF AND CLIENTS ARE MORE ELOQUENT THAN I AM BUT I WILL PRESS ON. THE MISSION AT BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT FOUNDATION IS TO CARE FOR THE PLACE THAT IS BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

WE ARE ACUTELY AWARE THOSE FOLKS USE A VARIETY OF SERVICES IN THE CITY AND MANY ARE LISTED HERE FOR NONFUNDING. THEY MAKE UP A SYSTEM OF CARE

ALONG WITH US THAT IS POPULATED BY RESOURCEFUL COMPASSIONATE AND

CARING PEOPLE, BUT IS EXTREMELY FRAGILE. WE AMIDST THE TRAGEDY IN BAYVIEW

HUNTERS POINT HAVE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS RECENTLY.

WEVE BEEN FUNDED FROM PROGRAMS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND RESPONSE NETWORK BUT THE SUCCESS

OF THOSE PROGRAMS DEPEND ON THE ROBUSTNESS OF A SYSTEM OF CARE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS SO THAT

WHAT WE DO WITH THEM HAS

LIFELONG AND LONGTERM EFFECTS ON THEIR LIVES.

WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE OUR METHADONE PROGRAM LISTED ON THE BIELENSON HEARING NOTICE AND WERE DISTRESSED TO LEARN THAT

OUR COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM WITH LARKIN STREET YOUTH CENTER WAS

ALSO IN JEOPARDY. SUPERVISORS, I ASK FOR TWO SIMPLE THINGS.

ONE, RELIEF FROM THIS PROCESS,

THAT ACCENTUATES OUR VULNERABLEITIES AND NOT OUR

STRENGTH AND PLEASE RESTORE THE

CUTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET, RESTORE HEALTH TO THE

BUDGET SO WE CAN MOVE, AND HELP BRING HEALTH TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5 IN SAN FRANCISCO, HERE TO ADVOCATE

FOR THE STIMULANT TREATMENT OUTPATIENT PROGRAM WHICH IS A EFFECTIVE PROGRAM IN SEVERAL WAYS, A FEW WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION.

STOP SPECIFICALLY TARGETS METHAMPHETAMINE AND CRACK

ADDICTION IN A CARING VIERNLT.

USES THE HARM REDUCTION RATHER

THAN FORCING CLIENTS TO TOP OVERNIGHT. THIS ALLOWS CLIENTS TO MOVE AT THEIR OWN PACE AND PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT ALTERNATIVE TO MANY

PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, FOR

WHICH THE IN YOUR FACE AND TOUGH

LOVE PROGRAMS DO NOT WORK.

THE PROVEN HARM REDUCTION MODEL

OF TREATMENT GUIDED BY

COUNSELORS HIGHLY TRAINED, PROMOTES A NONPUNITIVE

ENVIRONMENT OF RESPECT AND EMPATHY.

THIS ALLOWS CLIENTS TO BUILD BRIDGES AND TRUST TO COUNTER

ISOLATION THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH ADDICTION. THROUGH MEETING, CLIENTS DONT

JUST HEAR WAR STORIES, BUT LEARN

ABOUT LEVELS OF SELF AWARENESS,

AND ALTERATIONS CAUSED BY DRUGS.

THE WEEKLY MEETINGS ARE LEADED

BY PEOPLE TRAINED TO HELP PEOPLE

RECOGNIZE AND DEAL WITH PERSONAL ISSUES WHICH ARE THE DRIVERS OF

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION.

WITH MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC

FUNDS, THE SUPPLY OF AVAILABLE DRUGS IS HIGH.

RECENT STUDIES DONE AT UCLA

SHOWS FOR EVERY DOLLAR USED IN

PREVENTION THE SOCIETY SAVES 7.

WE WOULD HOPE THE LIMITED MONEYS AVAILABLE WOULD BE ALLOCATED AS TO PROVIDE SOCIETY WITH THE MOST

BENEFIT FOR FUNDS EXPENDED.

THE STOP PROGRAM HAS GREATLY BENEFITED THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO BY REDUCING DRUG

HARM, REBUILDING COUNTLESS LIVES

AND OFFERING ESCAPE FROM THE

STRANGLE HOLD OF ADDICTION.

PLEASE RESTORE FUNDING TO THE

STOP PROGRAM.

GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS DR. ROBIN RANDALL HERE THIS

EVENING TO TALK THANK YOU. IVE BEEN WITH YOU FOR THE LAST FOUR HOURS.

I WANT TO BRIEFLY URGE YOU TO HELP WITH THE FUNDING OF OUR

RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY.

AT EDGEWOOD WE TREAT THOUSANDS EVERY YEAR, BUT I AM HERE TO SAY

THAT OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM IS

A LAST STOP FOR MANY OF OUR KIDS.

UNFORTUNATELY, ITS IM HERE

TO URGE YOU TO HELP WITH OUR TRAUMATIZED KIDS TO KEEP THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN I CAME THERE IN 1999 WE HAD FOUR SAN FRANCISCO KIDS AND THE CITY SAID IS THERE ANY WAY TO HELP US KEEP KIDS FROM HAVING TO

GO OUT OF COUNTY AND WE SAID YES.

I SIT ON THE INTAKE COMMITTEE

AND ETRY TO PRIORITIZE KIDS.

I ASK YOU TO KEEP OUR PROGRAM OPEN FOR KIDS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

I AM ANISA WILLIAMS, HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.

I AM PROGRAM MANAGER AT EDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

I WORK WITH THE KINSHIP PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THE GRANDPARENTS GRAPPLE WITH IS WHEN CHILDREN HAVE TO BE PLACED

OUT OF HOME, HOW FAR ARE THEY

GOING TO GO, HOW CAN I GET TO THEM.

I AM VERY HAPPY YOU ARE HERE,

EAGERLY LISTENING, WITH OPEN EARS, READY TO HEAR THAT OUR

FAMILIES NEED TO BE HELPED.

THEYRE THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION. OUR FAMILIES HAVE NO OTHER WAY BUT TO BE HERE, TO LISTEN TO

YOU, AND TO HAVE YOU LISTEN TO THEM.

FOR THOSE THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TOWRP GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR

ALL 99 OF THEM. THE GRANDPARENTS THAT COULD NOT COME, THE THINGS THAT WORRY THEM ARE, ARE THEIR CHILDREN GOING TO HAVE SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO.

AND IF NOT, WHERE WILL THEY BE. SO PLEASE, TONIGHT, THINK ABOUT

THE FAMILIES, THE CHILDREN, THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS JOHN LOPEZ,

PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

PROGRAM MANAGER AT EDGEWOOD CENTER. WE WORK VERY HARD TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AT THE EARLY STAGES IN THEIR LIFE TO HELP PREVENT THEM

FROM ENDING UP IN A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM. EVEN WITH ALL PROGRAMS AND

EFFORTS WE KNOW CHILDREN END UP IN THESE PROGRAMS. NONFUNDING MEANS IT COULD

AFFECT OUR PROGRAMS COMPANYWIDE, INCLUDING COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS, SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS THAT WORK WITH

PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION.

PLEASE CONSIDER ALLOCATING THE

140,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPLEMENT FUNDS FOR THE EDGEWOOD RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM TO KEEP SAN FRANCISCO KIDS IN SAN FRANCISCO.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS SANDRA, AND I AM ALSO FROM EDGEWOOD CENTER TORE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE

THIS LATE, LISTENING TO OUR PLEAS FOR OUR CLIENTS.

MANY OF YOU HAVE GRACIOUSLY MET

WITH US, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF

WEEKS AND I AM HERE TO REITERATE THE MESSAGE THAT WE ALREADY GAVE TO YOU. EDGEWOOD PROVIDES THE LAST

SAFETY NET FOR THESE KIDS.

IF WE DONT CATCH THEM THEY GO

TO A LOCKED PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY AND AFTER THREE DAYS THEY COME BACK TO US. THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO SEND THESE KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES, OUT OF THE COUNTY.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THESE KIDS NEED.

EVERY YEAR, WE SERVE 5,000 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE BAY AREA. THE AVERAGE OF KIDS WE SERVE IN OUR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY IS 100.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PREFERRED

CHOICE FOR TREATMENT IS IN THE FAMILY, IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT SOME KIDS NEED MORE INTENSIVE SERVICES.

AND THESE CHILDREN ARE CAUGHT IN

THIS SORT OF VORTEX OF SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES, WITH RATES

THAT ARE DETERMINED BY THE STATE. EDGEWOOD HAS A CONTRACT WITH

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAT THE AGENCIES ARE HUMAN

SERVICES, PROBATION, AND EDUCATION.

SO WE NEED THE CITY TO STEP UP. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE ARE OUR KIDS. THESE ARE SAN FRANCISCO CHILDREN. SO I HOPE WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR LIST, YOU WILL REMEMBER EDGEWOOD AND THE CHILDREN IN OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HELLO.

I AM DALE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL. MOTHERS SUCH AS MYSELF ARE SICK AND TIRED OF OUR LOVED ONES

BEING USED AS PLOYS IN THE ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BUDGET.

WE KEEP BEING PROMISED COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT DO NOT MATERIALIZE.

THERE ARE WAITING LISTS FOR PSYCHIATRIC APPOINTMENTS.

ONE OF OUR MOTHERS CALLED ACCESS TODAY AND WAS TOLD HER SON WOULD

HAVE TO WAIT FOR ONE MONTH BEFORE SEEING A PSYCHIATRIST. THERE ARE WAITING LIST FOR

RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND DAY TREATMENT.

CASE MANAGER HAVE SO MANY CLIENTS THEY CAN NOT GIVE THEM ADEQUATE ATTENTION SO OUR LOVED ONES ARE ON THE STREETS AND IN

JAILS AND MY SON IS ONE OF THEM.

AN ADDITIONAL 14 ACUTE DIVERSIONARY UNIT BEDS AND A CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER ARE

SORELY NEEDED, BUT THEY WILL NOT MAKE UP FOR THE LOS OF ONE

QUARTER OF THE REMAINING INPATIENT BEDS AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE HEALTH COMMISSION CAN HONESTLY CLAIM THAT PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL BEDS ARE NOT SICK ENOUGH TO BE THERE.

THE BAR FOR ADMINISTRATION TO A HOSPITAL KEEPS BEING RAISED SO

THAT NO ONE MEETS CRITERIA UNTIL THEY ARE DETERMINED TO BE AT THE

POINTED OF SUICIDE OR HOMICIDE.

SINCE 1995 THE CITY HAS LOST

APPROXIMATELY 100 ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS. IT HAS ALSO LOST RESIDENTIAL

TREATMENT BEDS, AND BEDS IN OUR LONG TERM LOCKED FACILITY. MONEY MUST BE FOUND TO KEEP

THESE BEDS UNTIL THERE IS DIRECT EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE NOT NEEDED. BY THIS I MEAN THAT EVERY CLIENT

HAS A HOME, NOT A HOTEL ROOM WITHOUT A BATH, ACCESS TO A TREATMENT TEAM THAT DOES NOT CHANGE EVERY FEW MONTHS, AND

WHEN HAVING A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE,

ACCESS TO SOME PLACE THAT THEY CAN FEEL SAFE AND GET THE PROFESSIONAL AND INTENSIVE CARE THEY REQUIRE, AND THAT PLACE IS CALLED THE HOSPITAL.

THANK YOU. THERE WERE 20 MORE MEMBERS WHO

HAD TO GO HOME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.

Supervisor Ammiano:   WELL TAKE THEM. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HELLO.

I AM SUZANNE BREADY, SECRETARY

OF NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MENTAL ILLNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO. IM GOING TO READ A STATEMENT FROM OUR PRESIDENT. SHE WAS HERE EARLIER BUT NEEDED TO GO HOME.

PAM FISHER IS A PARENT OF AN

ADULT SON WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HER AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE A FAMILY

MEMBER DIAGNOSEWIDE A RECEIVE E MENTAL ILLNESS APPROXIMATE UPON WE DEPEND ON SAN FRANCISCO

GENERAL FOR ACUTE CRISIS CARE.

LAST AUGUST HER SON NEEDED TO BE HOSPITALIZED INVOLUNTARILY.

THERE WERE NO PSYCHIATRIC

HOSPITAL BEDS ANYWHERE IN THE

CITY, MARIN OR SAN MATEO COUNTIES SO HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL IN

BERKELEY, A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE FOR HEM AND AN

EXPENSIVE ONE FOR THE COUNTY. HERE WE ARE WITH A BUDGET THAT PROPOSES TO CUT EVEN MORE BEDS.

IT IS UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT

SOMEONE WHO IS EXPERIENCING A PSYCHOCOTTIC BREAK CAN BE CARED

FOR IN AN A DISNEY U IN THE COMMUNITY.

WOULD WE ASK SOMEONE WHERE

CHRONIC HEART DISEASE OR

DIABETES IN A CRISIS TO GO HOME IT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF CUTTING ONE QUARTER OF THE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.

THERES A NEED TO RESTORE ONE MILLION IN STAFFING CUTS. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST TEACHING HOSPITALS IN THE NATION WITH THE STAFF AND

STUDENTS COMING FROM UCSF

MEDICAL SCHOOL BUT THE PSYCHIATRISTS AT GENERAL ARE PAID LESS THAN THE PSYCHIATRISTS

WHO WORK FOR THE CITY.

HOW WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO FIND AND KEEP EXCELLENT DOCTORS

WE NEED TO ADEQUATELY FUND THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCE, NOT CUT IT.

WHEN SFGH IS IMPACTED, WE WILL SEE MORE HOMELESS IN THE STREETS

AND OUR JAIL POPULATION WILL SOAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS ROSH EL GOTTLIEB. I STAYED SO I COULD READ A LETTER FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD TO GO

HOME AND TAKE CARE OF HER MENTALLY ILL SON. MY ADOPTED DAUGHTER WENT TO

EDGEWOOD FROM THE AGE OF 12 TO 14. SHE WAS DOING WELL, ATTENDED SCHOOL, LOVED IT THERE, BUT THEN SHE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE WHEN SHE

WAS 14. AT THAT TIME YOU HAD TO LEAVE WHEN YOU WERE 14. NOW THEY HAVE FUNDING SO THERE

ARE GIRLS STAYING THERE TILL THEYRE 18.

SO I HOPE YOU CAN CONTINUE FUNDING EDGEWOOD.

THIS IS A LETTER FROM ELLIE

SHOOKARD WHO IT SAYS SHES A VOLUNTEER WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SCHOOL, BEEN DOING THAT

FOR 20 YEARS, NOW WORKS FOR THE

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS.

MY 22YEAROLD SON, JOHNNIE, HAS

PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA.

I PAY UNDER TOWPDZ A

THOUSANDS A YEAR FOR TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE. HE DOES WELL WITH TWO VISITS A

YEAR AND HIS MEDS WITHOUT THE

SIDE EFFECT OF THE OLDER MEDICATION. AS A RESULT OF PROPER CARE HE

HAS NEVER NEEDED HOSPITALIZATION, HAS HELPED HIS

COMMUNITY BY VOLUNTEERING WITH

THE PROGRAM TO FEED THE HOMELESS

AND HE ALSO TUTORS SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS LEARNING TO READ. THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL IS NOT BEING MET IN SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE OF ALL THE CUTS THAT ARE MADE EVERY YEAR AND THE INABILITY OF THE MAJORITY OF SAN FRANCISCANS TO PAY FOR SUCH CARE.

EVEN THOSE WHO CAN PAY OUT OF

THEIR OWN POCKET, IN COMBINATION

WITH INSURANCE, ARE FINDING IT

DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO HOSPITALIZE A FAMILY MEMBER IN CRISIS BECAUSE THERE ARENT ENOUGH BEDS AVAILABLE. THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY PSYCHIATRIC BETS FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18.

WHEN THE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS GO, THE PSYCHIATRISTS WILL GO WHO

WILL HELP US STAY HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE. MY FAMILY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE

QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 20.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING AN LISTENING TO US.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MY

BROTHER SPENT MANY TIMES IN THE

PSYCH UNIT AT THE GENERAL, AND EACH TIME HE WAS PLACED THERE, I

WOULD SEE HIM WITHIN 24 HOURS.

AND IT WAS ASTONISHING HOW HE

WOULD BE CALM AND HE WAS JUST REALLY BEAUTIFULLY TAKEN CARE OF THERE.

THE THOUGHT OF THAT FACILITY

CLOSING IN ONE OF THOSE UNITS IS

JUST HORRIFYING TO ME.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW

EFFECTIVE THEY ARE IN THEIR CARE

OF THE PATIENTS.

AND IVE ALWAYS OFTEN HEARD THE REMARK THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT TO

DO FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL. IF YOU COULD GO TO ONE OF THE

UNITS AT THE GENERAL, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW, AND WE NEED TO FUND THEM. SO PLEASE DO IT.

Supervisor Ammiano:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS PIERCE McKENZIE, A MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO

ALOANS FOR MENTALLY ILL AND FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF

FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION FACILITY. IVE APPEARED BEFORE YOU ABOUT

THREE YEARS AGO, PARTICULARLY

MEMBERS AMMIANO AND PESKIN, WHEN

WE ADVOCATED TO DEFEND THE

PROPOSED CLOSURE. I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT WE

HAD WON A BATTLE, AND WON THE

WAR AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTHS PROPOSALS TO CLOSE

AVAILABLE PART OF THE CITYS

MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.

I NOW THINK OTHERWISE.

MY DAUGHTER HAS ADMITTED TO THE GENERAL HOSPITAL ACUTE WARD ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

SHE STAYED THERE TWO MONTHS. SHE NEEDED TO STAY THERE THREE MONTHS.

SHE WAS OUT OF HER MIND, AND WAS

RELEASED INTO THE NEXT LEVEL OF CARE. SHES NOW VERY WELL AND WORKING IN OUR OFFICE.

WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO STAY IN

THE PSYCH WARD SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE IT AND WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HERE. I NEVER EXPECTED TO APPEAR

BEFORE YOU AGAIN, TO ARGUE AGAINST THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

PROPOSALS TO CUT SERVICES.

AND ITS ASTOUNDING TO ME TO HEAR THAT 25 OF THE BEDS IN THE

PSYCH WARDS ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED. WHEN THE ARGUMENT IS THAT THE

PSYCH WARDS ARE ONLY FOR SHORT DURATION CLIENTS BEFORE THEYRE RELEASED INTO THE COMMUNITY OR

THE NEXT LEVEL OF CARE, IN

REALITY, EVERY SINGLE BED IS NEEDED. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT

THERE WHO ARE SERVE VEERY ILL,

AND NEED TO HAVE AN EXTENDED

STAY IN GENERAL HOSPITAL. OTHERWISE, THE THEY RETURN TO THE STREETS, JAILS, ET CETERA,

THE NORMAL THING, OR AT THE KO EUPBT WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY. SO I URGE YOU NOT TO APPROVE

WHAT I THINK IS AN EXTREMELY MOVE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

I AM DR. MARK LEERY, DEPUTY

CHIEF OF PSYCHIATRY AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.

I AM HERE ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS. PLEASE MAKE NO MISTAKE ALTHOUGH

THE BUDGET MENTIONS 14 BEDS, THIS CUT WOULD RESULT IN THE

CLOSURE UPON AN ENTIRE 22 BED UNIT.

THESE BEDS ARE A SAFETY NET FOR 2500 MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS

ADMITTED EACH YEAR. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD CUT A FULL

25 OF THE SAFETY NET BEDS.

THE ACUTE AND EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE ALREADY FACING A CRISIS.

PATIENTS CURRENTLY WAIT IN THE

PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICE AT

THE GENERAL FOR UP TO TWO DAYS FOR A HOSPITAL BED.

OUR POLICE AND PARAMEDICS TURNED AWAY ONE THIRD OF THE TIME

BECAUSE THERE IS NO SPACE AND NO

HOSPITAL BED UPSTAIRS.

THESE UNVOLUNTARY 5150 PATIENTS

ARE TRANSPORTED TO PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. WE MUST USE OUR HOSPITAL BEDS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND DISCHARGE

PATIENTS WHEN THEYRE READY TO

LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. CLOSING HOSPITAL BEDS AT THIS

POINT WILL MAKE THE CRISIS WORSE. IN PARTICULAR CLOSING BEDS BEFORE PROVEN ALTERNATIVES ARE IN PLACE TO INDICATE THAT THEY

CAN BE ELIMINATED WILL BE UNSAFE

FOR THE CITY AND WILL ABANDON

INDIGENT MENTALLY ILL.

YOU RECEIVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT

URGING YOU TO KEEP THE BEDS OPEN, FROM THE NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY,

MENTAL HEALTH BOARD.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM AND RESTORE THE LOCKED PSYCHIATRIC BEDS AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. DOCTOR, WELL GET INTO THIS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK,

AND I KNOW YOURE DOING GODS WORK AND WELL GET INTO THIS AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE

BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE HERE, AND THIS IS DIFFICULT, AND

I DO NOT MEAN TO BE ARGUMENTIVE, BUT THIS IS BEING DONE ON THE BACK DROP OF THE FACT THAT IN

ORDER TO RETAIN DOCTORS AT THE

PROGRAM, THERE HAVE BEEN LARGE

RAISES, RIGHT

AND MONEY HAS LIMITED SOME GAIN. YOUVE ALL GOTTEN LARGE RAISES AND THAT IS THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER. I DONT WANT TO BE ARGUMENTIVE BUT THAT IS A FACT. CAN I RESPOND

President Peskin:   YES, YOU MAY. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT

CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR VACANT

SCRIS POSITIONS D PSYCHOEYE TRYST POSITIONS.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECRUIT

THEM AT THE FAR BELOW MARKET RATE.

EVEN OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, DR. KATZ, ADMITTED THAT

WE VASTLY UNDERPAY OUR PSYCHIATRISTS AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL. SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE OR WE WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE UNDERFOR

LACK OF DOCTORS.

THE SYSTEM OUR OWN CITY

SYSTEM HAS RESPONDED TO THE NEED

TO PAY MARKET RATE SALARIES FOR

PSYCHIATRISTS AT LAGUNA HONDA HOSPITAL WHICH WE SUPPORT.

THOSE PATIENTS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

I AM DR. RICHARD PATEL, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE EMERGENCY

SERVICES AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL.

LET ME GIVE YOU A VIEW OF WHATS HAPPENING ON THE FRONT LINES DUE TO LACK OF INPATIENT HOSPITAL BEDS IN THE COMMUNITY. A LITTLE HISTORY. LAST 10 YEARS SAN FRANCISCO HAS

CUT ITS INPATIENT HOSPITAL BEDS ABOUT A HUNDRED. IVE HEARD THAT BEFORE. MOST RECENT WAS ST. LUKES ABOUT

A YEAR, AND THEY CUT 40 BEDS.

AT THE SAME TIME, A PHENOMENON HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT SAN FRANCISCO GENE EMERGENCY

PSYCH DEPARTMENT, THE ONLY EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHO SERVICE

ABOUT 700 PEOPLE A MONTH.

OVER THE PAST ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PSYCHIATRIC

EMERGENCY SERVICES, WE HAD TO GO

ON WHATS CALLED CONDITION RED WHICH MEANS DIVERSION AWAY FROM PLACE OF CARE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, MEANING THAT POLICE WHO WERE TAKING PEOPLE OFF THE

STREET ON 5150, WHO ARE A DANGER

TO THEMSELVES, OR OTHER PEOPLE

OR UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES, THEYRE HAVING TO BE

TAKEN TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY ROOMS. WHATS HAPPENING THERE, AND LET ME GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS. WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED IT WAS A COUPLE OF PATIENTS.

ITS GROWN BECAUSE OF LACK OF BEDS. IN MARCH IT WAS 22 OF THE TIME

ON QUN RED.

IN APRIL 33, LAST MONTH 30. THAT MEANS A THIRD OF PATIENTS WHO SHOULD GO TO THE PLACE OF CARE AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL

ARE BEING DIVERTED TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY ROOMS WHERE THERE ARE NOT THE PSYCHIATRIC STAFF OR

CARE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

AS DR. LEERY SAID, THEY LANGUISH THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS ONLY TO

BE EVENTUALLY BROUGHT BACK TO

GENERAL FOR CONTINUED CARE.

CLOSURE OF 22 BEDS WOULD DEVASTATE OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CARE WITHIN THE

PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

WHATS BEING SAID IS A REPLACEMENT OR ACUTE DIVERSION

UNITS, WHICH ARE FOR SUBACUTE

CARE, I JUST FINISHED A CHAPTER ON THESE FOR THE AMERICAN

ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIST TEXTBOOKS.

NO WHERE IN THE LITERATURE DOES IT STATE

President Peskin:   I DONT THINK YOURE GOING TO HAVE A

CHANCE TO CHAIR THE ACADEMIC RESEARCH WITH US.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

I URGE YOU TO PREVENT THE

CLOSURE OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.

President Peskin:   I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PESKIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

I AM FRANCIS LUI, AND ATTENDING PSYCHIATRIST AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL WHERE I HAVE WORKED FOR

OVER 29 YEARS, WHICH IS MORE

THAN HALF OF MY LIFE.

MY ROLE IS DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL

COMPETENCE AND DIVERSITY, AND A

PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SIGH CIE TRI. I STARTED THE INPATIENT PROGRAM

C:   IN 1980 TO MEET THE

NEEDS OF UNDERSERVED ASIAN POPULATION IN SAN FRANCISCO.

IT WAS THE FIRST ASIAN FOCUSED INPATIENT PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY

APPEAR SERVED AS A MODEL FOR

ETHNIC MINORITY INPATIENT FOR

ASIAN, BLACK, LATINO, WILL BE GOT AND HIV PATIENTS.

THESE PROGRAMS ON FOUR INPATIENT UNITS SINCE 1985 HAVE WON NATIONAL AWARDS FROM THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF

PSYCHIATRISTS, AS WELL AS THE 2006 SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR

HEALTH SERVICE EXCELLENCE IN

CULTURAL COMPETENCE AWARD. CUTTING ONE OF THESE FOUR UNITS

WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE FOCUS OF PROGRAMS TO CARE FOR THESE UNDERSERVED

POPULATIONS WHO EXPERIENCE

PROFOUND MENTAL HEALTH CARE DISPARATES.

ETHNIC MINORITIES WOULD BE DISPROPORTIONATELY ADVERSELY

AFFECTED SINCE THESE SERVICES DO

NOT EXIST AT ANY OTHER SAN FRANCISCO HOSPITAL.

17 ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CHINESE DIALECTS ARE SPOKEN BY THE STAFF.

THE UNIT CHIEF IS FROM VIETNAM,

AND DID HIS RESIDENCY CHANGE AT UCSF WHERE HES BEEN WORKING ON

OUR UNIT SINCE 1990.

TWO ATTENDING PSYCHIATRISTS

SPEAK MANNED RIP.

CANTONESE IS THE MOST PREVALENT AND WE HAVE STAFF WHO CAN SPEAK THOSE LANGUAGES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HELLO. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS HEATHER HOLMES, AN ATTENDING PSYCHIATRIST AT SAN FRANCISCO

GENERAL, WHERE I WORKED SINCE 2001. MY ROLE IN THE DEPARTMENT AT

THIS TIME IS A UNIT CHIEF OF THE

B:  , AND

ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF

SIGH CIE TRI.

B:   STARTED IN 19D 85 AS

THE HOME OF THE BLACK FOCUS PROGRAM.

IT IS 22 BEDS THAT PROVIDES CARE

TO ALL PATIENTS, BUT WITH

EXPERTISE IN WORKING WITH BLACK PATIENTS. BLACK PATIENTS HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY OVERREPRESENTED IN

THE ACUTE SERVICES, WHILE

SUBJECT TO A MISDISAND INAPPROPRIATE TREATMENT.

A STUDY SHOWS THEYRE

MISDIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA.

OUR STAFF IS AWARE OF THESE

CLINICAL ISSUES AND ESTABLISHES RAPPORT.

OUR EXPERIENCED SOCIAL WORKERS

HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY

RESOURCES, AS WELL AS ABILITY TO

CONNECT FAMILIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS.

WEVE BEEN THERE SINCE 1980.

I HAVE AN AFRO CARIBBEAN BACKGROUND.

ANOTHER HAS A SUED NEEZ BACKGROUND.

A THIRD BORN AND RAISEnd

GEORGIA WHILE GETTING TRAINING IN CHICAGO.

WE CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SIGH CIE TRI.

THIS LEVEL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY

EXPERTISE FACILITATES RAPID

TREATMENT SO AS TO FACILITATE DISCHARGE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SCUTTING IT WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK PATIENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I AM MEL, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF

SIGH CIE TRI, THE PSYCH PATIENTS

BEING DUMPED AT ST. FRANCIS RIGHT NOW.

IVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR OVER 30

YEARS, AND SEEN THE CLOSURES OF MOUNT ZION.

THIS IS A CRISIS TIME AS FAR AS

PROVISION FOR MENTALLY ILL, A

CITY KNOWN FOR COMPASSION. MANY MENTAL PATIENTS COME TO THE CITY BECAUSE YOU FIND SERVICES,

PROVISION AND CARE.

ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL HAS 24 INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC BEDS.

EARLIER WE EXPANDED OUR EMERGENCY ROOM TO 18 BEDS.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCANS WITH STROKE,

HEART ATTACKS, DIABETES, OUT OF CONTROL INJURIES.

RED ALERT IS WHATS HAPPENING

PATIENTS ISSUE BEING BROUGHT

TO ST. FRANCIS, HALF OF THE BEDS

ARE BEING TAKEN BY PSYCH PATIENTS. YOU CAN WAIT 10 HOURS IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE POLICE BRING

PATIENTS IN, MOBILE CRISIS BRINGS PATIENTS IN, WE HAVE

WALKINS FROM THE TENDERLOIN.

BOTTOM LINE, WERE SWAMPED. I WAS ON CALL THIS WEEKEND, ALL BEDS WERE FULL.

I WENT DOWN TO TRIAGE THE ISSUE ABOUT AN URGENT CARE CENTER IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT.

WERE TALKING ABOUT SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS.

THATS NOT GOING TO HANDLE IT.

WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE ITS HARD TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES.

I WORRY ABOUT THE DEMISE OF OUR

PSYCHIATRIC UNIT AT ST. FRANCIS.

WE ARE GETTING SLAMMED.

ITS A CRISIS TIME FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR WAITING.

I AM A PSYCHIATRIST RESIDENT

FROM UCSF AND I WORK WITH LATINO AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

NEXT MONTH I WILL FOCUS ON THE LATINO WOMENS UNIT AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.

THESE TEAMS WERE STARTED IN 1980

AND PROVIDE SPECIALIZED CARE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WITH

LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. THEY ALLOW FOR TRANSFER OF PATIENTS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND UNDERSTANDING WORKING WITH PATIENTS IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER.

AS A RESIDENT WE IN PARTICULAR

SEE THE IMPACT OF WHAT THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE DESCRIBED OF THE

CONDITION RED AT PES, PEOPLE AT UCSF HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WEEKS

AT A TIME TO GET TRANSFERRED TO SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL, ONE OF THE FEW PLACES TAKING PEOPLE

WITH MEDICARE, MEDICAL, OR WITHOUT INSURANCE.

THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF CPMC, PREVIOUS CLOSURE OF ST. LUKES

AND OTHER INPATIENT BEDS IN THE

LAST 16 YEARS HAS CREAD A MENTAL

HEALTH CRISIS.

AN ACUTE DIVERSION UNIT WILL NOT SUFFICE OR CLOSURE OF THESE

UNITS WHEN WE HAVE OTHER UNITS

CLOSING AS WELL PUTS AT RISK THESE PATIENTS, PARTICULARLY THE

WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD SEXUAL

TRAUMA, SERVE VEER SUBSTANCE

ABUSE, AND WERE SEEING INCREASED COSTS WITH MEDICAL

CARE, WHEN YOU DONT PROPERLY

TREAT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND THE ACUTE DIVERSION UNIT WOULD BE HELPFUL BUT ITS NOT YET THERE. THE URGENT CARE UNIT WOULD HAVE

SERIOUS PROBLEMS WHEN YOU SEE

PEOPLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC AND

MEDICAL PROBLEMS AT THE EVENING

WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE SYSTEM ANYWAY. IT HASNT TAKEN PROPER INPUT FROM PEOPLE PROVIDING CARE FOR THESE PATIENTS AND WILL

ADVERSELY AFFECT THOSE WHO ARE

INDIGENT AND ESPECIALLY THE LATINO POPULATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I AM A GRADUATING RESIDENT AT UC

SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE I FRAIND OF TRAINED FOR FOUR YEARS, AND I

WILL BEGIN A CHILD SIGH CIE TRI

TRAINING PROGRAM NEXT MONTH. AS AN AFRICANAMERICAN RESIDENT

WORKING WITH UNDERSERVED

POPULATIONS I AM SPEAKING ON

KEEPING THE PSYCHIATRIC PROGRAMS. I HAVE WITNESSED IMMENSE NEED

FOR HIGHER LEVEL OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

WHILE ON CALL RESIDENTS HAVE TO

MEDICALLY ASSESS PATIENTS IN THE

EMERGENCY ROOM WHO HAVE SEVERE

AND MENTAL COMPLICATED ILLNESSES WITH NO SUPPORT, NO INSURANCE TO PAY FOR THEIR STAY AND THE ONLY

PLACE TO RECEIVE THEIR CARE IS AT PS.

AS WEVE HERD PES, PATIENTS ARE

DIVERTED TO UCSF WHERE THEY WAIT HOURS AND SOMETIMES DAYS FOR PLACEMENT.

THEY WAIT IN THE MEDICAL ER WHERE STAFF IS NOT TRAINED TO

WORK WITH MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS.

PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN SAFETY IS

POTENTIALLY PUT AT RISK.

WITH OVERCROWDED EMERGENCY

ROOMS, ITS HARD TO UNDERSTAND

HOW DOWNSIZING PES AND CLOSING

AN INPATIENT UNIT WOULD IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR OUR PATIENTS.

AS A RESIDENT I CAN ALSO SPEAK TO THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO

TRAIN AT A CULTURALLY FOCUSED UNIT. I CANT IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THOSE UNITS FOR PROVIDING TRAINING FOR OUR

RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE DIVERSE POPULATIONS. AS WEVE HEARD BEFORE OUR

TEACHERS ARE NOT PROVIDED

COMPARABLE SALARIES AND WE NEED TO KEEP THEM TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF PSYCHIATRISTS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND HOPE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL OPPOSE THE PROPOSAL AND PREVENT FURTHER BURDENING TO THE POOR

AND DISADVANTAGED ILL AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I AM MICHAEL LYON AND I AM

WITH GRAY PANTHERS HEALTH COMMITTEE.

WERE OUTRAGED BY THESE DPH CUTS

SUCH AS SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL

HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AND PHARMACY COPAYS.

AS SENIORS WERE OUTRAGED BY THE CUT IN THE SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL PSYCH BEDS. POOR AND ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE

BEING DENIED NURSING CARE AT LAGUNA HONDA.

THE CITY SAYS LAGUNA HONDA BEDS

ARE NEEDED FOR THE MENTALLY ILL.

WHY IS THE CITY CUTTING 22 PSYCH BEDS. THIS IS PLAYING US OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER. ITS A AWFUL GAME.

WE ALL NEED HEALTH CARE AND ITS TRUE THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR, MANY

OF THESE CUTS ARE RESTORED BY

THE BOARD, BUT CUMULATIVELY,

YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT HAS ITS EFFECTS AND A LOT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS A SHADOW OF WHAT IT WAS WHEN I STARTED WORKING HERE.

WE ALL NEED HEALTH CARE.

DOWNTOWN HAS GOT TO BE TAXED FOR IT.

HOW IS DPW GOING TO COVER THE UNINSURED WHEN ALL OF THE

UNINSURED, WHEN CUTS ARE BEING MADE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I AM ESPANOLA JACKSON, FROM BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT.

YOU KNOW, IT HAS SADDENED ME TO

SIT HERE ALL OF THESE HOURS, AND

SEEING THAT THIS GOES ON YEAR

AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE COMMUNITY,

BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT, PROR

TRERO HILL, SOUTH OF MARKET,

CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE OF DIANNE FEINSTEIN STEIN TO BUILD A

PORTION OF THAT HOSPITAL YOUR MOTHER WAS A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE.

IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE SET UP PROGRAMS FOR OUTPATIENT BECAUSE

THERE WAS, AT ONE TIME, NO OUTPATIENT AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL. WE SET UP A PHARMACY BECAUSE

THERE WAS NO PHARMACY AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.

WE SET UP INTERPRETERS BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE BARRIER.

AND TO SIT HERE TODAY MAKE ME

THINK IM BACK IN THE STONE AGE DAYS.

THIS IS REALLY RIDICULOUS.

IT REALLY IS, THAT WE DONT HAVE

THE COMPASSION. THE LAST 10 YEARS IVE BEEN HERE, BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT, CUTS, CUTS, CUTS, CUTS. CUTS, CUTS, CUTS, CUTS.

AND WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN

THE HEALTH OF OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CHILDREN. IT IS SAD.

YOU KNOW, I HOPE NEXT YEAR YOU ALL MEET IN FEBRUARY, AND DEAL WITH THE BUDGET.

AND I THOUGHT MR. PRESIDENT, YOU

HAD SAID THAT YOU WANTED EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU IN

FEBRUARY, AND YOU DIDNT WANT

NOTHING BEFORE YOU FOR THE LAST MONTH TO BE VOTED ON. AND HERE YOU ARE.

WE ARE IN JUNE, AND THE END OF

THE YEAR IS WHAT, JULY 31

YOU ALL SHOULD DO BETTER THAN THIS. PLEASE DO BETTER THAN THIS NEXT YEAR AND FUND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS. DONT HAVE THESE PEOPLE COMING HERE, FIGHTING OVER LITTLE

CRUMBS BECAUSE THATS ALL YOUVE GIVEN THEM. YOUVE NOT GIVEN THEM ENOUGH TO DO A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU.

SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS

FRANCISCO DeCOSTA.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS A

6.1 BILLION BUDGET.

AND IVE BEEN HEARING THE

COMMENTS OF THE DIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

I THINK YOU SUPERVISORS, THE

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, AND THE

EXECUTIVE BRANCH, HAVE AN

INFINITY TO SEE PEOPLE TORTURED.

YOU HAVE AN AFFINITY TO SEE PEOPLE SUFFER.

HOW CAN YOU, IN GODS NAME,

TARGET THOSE PEOPLE, MENTALLY

ILL, PHYSICALLY ILL, AND LOOK

THE OTHER WAY.

NOW, BEFORE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT STARTED, I WAS LISTENING TO

CHRIS DALY, AND IF THERES ONE

SUPERVISOR IN THIS CHAMBERS THAT

HAS THE PULSE FOR THE POOR AND

THOSE THAT NEED HELP, ITS CHRIS

DALY.

AND NOW, I HEARD CHRIS DALY MAKE

SOME STATEMENT ABOUT SOMEBODY

WHOS IN ROOM 200.

AND I GET OFF WHEN SOME OF

YOU ALL SOMEHOW FAVOR A GUY WHO

COULD NOT EVEN TREAT HIS BEST

FRIEND IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.

I THINK THATS A SHAME.

SO HERE WE ARE, LISTENING TO THE

PEOPLE, PUTTING THEM THROUGH

LIKE I THINK FIVE TO 8, AND IVE

BEEN HERE SINCE MORNING, AND I HOPE THANK YOU. I HOPE SUPERVISORS, IM GOING

TO COME TO A VERY NICE CONCLUSION. I HOPE WE DONT HAVE THIS TYPE OF A HEARING NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

I HAVE AN INTRERNTER HERE.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF

SAN FRANCISCO, I AM IVAN FROM BAYVIEW.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

TRANSLATOR:   HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

WE MAKE UP THE 40 OF POLYNESIANS UP THERE IN BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT.

HE ALSO WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY

KNOW THAT WERE DOING A BARBECUE CALLED SAVE THE FAMILIES UP

THERE ON THE 23rd, BETWEEN 10 AND 3.

THATS IT.

YEAH.

195 KESSLER ROAD.

ID LIKE TO SPEAK PERSONALLY ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES BEING IN BAYVIEW, I WAS BORN AND RAISED

THERE, BEEN UP THERE FOR 28 YEARS. MY GRANDMA LIVED THERE FOR 30.

RIGHT NOW, SHES BEDRIDDEN, SHE CANT TALK, SHE CANT MOVE. I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE PROBABLY

THE WILL OF GOD OF WHY SHE WENT

INTO THESE MULTIPLE STROKES AND

WHY SHES SICK.

BUT IN THE TWO MONTHS SINCE SHE

GOT SICK IN 2003, SIX OTHER

FAMILIES AROUND US, OUR

NEIGHBORS, ALSO GOT STROKES.

AND THEN WAS PARALYZED AND SO FORTH.

WITH OUR POLYNESIAN COMMUNITY UP THERE IN BAYVIEW A LOT, MANY OF

US ARE VERY SICK FROM THE TOXICS

AND EVERYTHING ELSE THATS UP THERE.

A LOT OF US ARE GOING THROUGH DIALYSIS, A BUNCH OF STUFF, AND

THEN TO SIT HERE AND YOU GUYS ARE CUTTING THE HEALTH BUDGETS,

I MEAN MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON

YOUR SOUL.

[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

TRANSLATOR:   HE WAS BASICALLY

SHOWING HIS GRATITUDE TO THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE IN BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT. THATS IT. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HI.

I AM REBECCA KING MORROW, A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, AND IVE LIVED IN WESTERN ADDITION SINCE I WAS 10. I HAVE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES, BUT I THINK MS. JACKSON WAS ACTUALLY CORRECT IN THAT WE CANNOT BE

FIGHTING OVER CRUMBS DURING THIS PROCESS.

THESE ARE ALL QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. AS A MOTHER OF AN AFRICANAMERICAN YOUNG MAN, I WORRY EVERY TIME HE GOES OUT

INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOUVE EVER HAD A CHILD DIE AT YOUR FEET, I HAVE. I WAS THERE.

I WAS A NURSE. THERE WASNT ONE THING I COULD DO, YET WERE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES. THAT DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO ME. IF YOU WERE ON THE BUS WITH ME

THIS MORNING AND SAW A PSYCHOTIC

WOMAN IN THE CHAIR THERE, AND

IM STANDING HERE, AND SHE IS GETTING MORE AGITATED AND

TALKING TO THE INVISIBLE PERSON, THEN YOU REALIZE THAT THIS IS

SCARY WHEN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS ARE OUT OF CONTROL AND WHEN THEY TRULY NEED HELP. SO I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT IT REALLY CAREFULLY. THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. I LISTENED TO THE THING ABOUT

EDGEWOOD AND IM A PEDIATRIC CASE MANAGER.

THE HARDEST SERVICES FOR ME TO OBTAIN FOR CHILDREN ARE

PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES AND

EDGEWOOD ONLY HANDLES THE MOST SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN. SO I ASK FOR YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION DURING THIS BUDGET

PROCESS 37 THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND WE

CANNOT HAVE A MAYOR PROMOTING A HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO AT THE COST OF ALL THESE OTHER SERVICES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ELAINE SHARP.

I AM A RESIDENT OF THE ALBERT HOTEL IN THE MISSION DISTRICT FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND I DO VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE MISSION SRO COLLABORATIVE. I JUST WANTED TO COME TO SAY

THAT THE CITY CANNOT AFFORD TO

CUT THE COLLABORATIVES BUDGET. THEY ALREADY OPERATE ON A SHOE STRING AND A LOT OF THE WORK

THEY DO THROUGH VOLUNTEERS INVOLVES PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS

ON THE PART OF RESIDENTS WHO GET

VICTIMIZED BY THE OWNERS OF

SROs AND ALSO WE DO

EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS, FIRE PREVENTION, OVERDOSE PREVENTION,

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS BASICALLY.

I WANT TO ASK THE ENTIRE BUDGET

RESTORED AND WE WANT PARITY FOR

THE FAMILIES IN THE SRO COLLABORATIVES.

THEY SERVE SOME OF THE MOST PROFOUNDING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN OUR CITY AND CENTRAL CITY COLLABORATIVE DESERVES TO HAVE A BUDGET EQUAL TO THE REST OF THE COLLABORATIVES. THEY SERVE A GREATER POPULATION ON A LESSER BUDGET AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. THE WORK OF THE COLLABORATIVES IS PAYING DIVIDENDS AND THIS ISNT THE TIME TO CUT THEM.

WHEN THE MOVED INTO THE ALBERT HOTEL THREE AND A HALF YEARS

AGO, THEY HAD ILLEGAL SIGNS AND THE MANAGER WOULD KNOCK ON YOUR

DOOR IF YOUR VISITOR STAYED MORE

THAN FOUR HOURS AND WOULD TELL YOU THAT YOUR VISITOR HAD TO

LEAVE OR HE WOULD CALL THE POLICE. THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMISSION COLLABORATIVE KNOCKED ON MY DOOR

AND I FOUND THAT WE HAVE RIGHTS

IN THESE SROs BUT OUR WORK IS FAR FROM DONE.

ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO SAY, WHICH IS THAT WHEN WERE HAVING TROUBLE BALANCING THE BUDGET, AND I DONT MEAN ANY DISRESPECT

BUT WHEN YOURE HAVING TROUBLE

BALANCING THE BUDGET AND ON ONE

END YOU HAVE NEEDY PEOPLE THAT

ARE WILL CAUSE HUGE AMOUNTS OF

MONEY AND ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU

HAVE CORPORATIONS LIKE THE GAP

GETTING TAX INCENTIVES [BUZZER SOUNDING.] I THINK I MADE MY POINT. WELL SAID.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

ILL AATTEMPT TO FILL IN THAT GAP.

I WORK WITH THE ESSENTIAL CITY SRO COLLABORATIVE.

I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE

MISSION SRO COLLABORATIVE AND CHINATOWN COLLABORATIVE.

THE WORK OF THE SRO COLLABORATIVES IN THOSE AREAS

PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES TO

ELDERLY, DISABLED AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE. FOR MANY TENANTS, INCLUDING FAMILIES, THE COLLABORATIVES WORK TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS

OF THE HOTELS IN WHICH THEY LIVE.

THE COLLABORATIVES HAVE SAVED

THE CITY MONEY THROUGH FIRE

PREVENTION WORKSHOPS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THEY DO OUTREACH TO A COMMUNITY, PROCURING SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT ULTIMATELY RAISE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE PROPOSED CUTS TO THE

COLLABORATIVES BUDGET IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND WILL COST

THE CITY MORE IN THE LONG RUN.

WE ASK THE CITY RESTORE ALL CUTS AND ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL

100,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE FAMILIES IN SROs PROGRAM AND

AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 IN FUNDING

FOR THE CENTRAL CITY SRO

COLLABORATIVE TO GIVE IT PARITY

WITH OTHERS IN THE MISSION AND CHINATOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS PORTILLO WORK FOR THE

MISSION SRO COLLABORATIVE HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY COLLEAGUES BEHIND ME AND THE HUNDREDS OF SRO TENANTS THAT WERE HERE EARLIER, AS WELL AS THE

THOUSANDS OF TENANTS THAT WE SERVE. I UNDERSTAND THE SUPERVISORS

HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO MAKE TODAY.

HOWEVER AMONG THESE I THINK THERE IS A COMMON SENSE PROPOSAL, ADDING BACK THE MONEY

THATS BEEN CUT, AND INCREASING

FUNDING TO THE TEAM COLLABORATIVE. THESE COLLABORATIVES PROVIDE A

VOICE TO AN OTHERWISE SILENT POPULATION.

THEYRE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING

THE DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS AND INFORM PEOPLE OF THEIR BASIC

RIGHTS AND HELP ENSURE STABILITY OF A FRAGILE COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THE CITY CANT AFFORD TO FUND EVERYTHING THATS BEFORE IT HOWEVER IF DOLLARS SEEM TO BE A CONCERN THEN I THINK THE CITY SHOULD TAKE INTO

ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THESE

COLLABORATIVES SAVE THE CITY

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN HOMELESS SERVICES AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. THESE COLLABORATIVES ARE MODEL

FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND SHOULD BE

RECOGNIZED AND PRESERVED AND NOT

PLACED IN JEOPARDY AND ROBBED OF WORK TIME. THEYVE COME TO ASK FOR FUNDING BUT HAVE COME TO STAND UP FOR

LIVES OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN

SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH THE FUNDING.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS SUSAN MARSH, AND I

WORK AT THE MISSION SRO COLLABORATIVE AND HAVE DONE OUTREACH IN THE HOTELS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I MYSELF

HAVE BEEN A HOTEL TENANT FOR SIX

YEARS AT THE ALBERT HOTEL UPON I

AM HERE IT ASK TO YOU RESTORE FULL FUNDING TO THE COLLABORATIVES INCLUDING THE 100,000 ADDBACK TO THE FAMILY COLLABORATIVE AND ALSO TO

PROVIDE THE INCREASE 150,000

FUNDING REQUESTED BY THE FAMILY

IN SRO COLLABORATIVE AND THE CENTRAL CITY COLLABORATIVE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE SROs, I HAVE SEEN OVER THE

YEARS THAT THERE ARE MANY UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS.

IM SURE YOUVE HEARD THIS FROM TENANTS AND STAFF ALREADY DURING

THIS EXTREMELY LONG BUDGET HEARING.

AND ALSO REAL AND WAY TOO

MANY SRO SHEER INTIMIDATION AND

ABUSES SUCH AS ILLEGAL EVICTIONS. THE COLLABORATIVES ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADDRESS THESE

PROBLEMS, THAT SEEK TO COMBAT

THESE PROBLEMS.

THEREBY LEADING TO DECREASED

COST TO THE CITY FROM INCREASED HO EPBS, FROM HOMELESSNESS

FROM HEALTH PROBLEMS, FROM

FIRES, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, FROM THE

POINT OF VIEW OF THE TENANT, THE

COLLABORATIVES HAVE PROVIDED, IN A UNIQUE FASHION, HAVE BROKEN

THROUGH THE ISOLATION, AND I CAN

SAY THIS FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, HAVE BROKEN THROUGH OUR ISOLATION AND GIVE US A VOICE AND EMPOWERED US AND ENCOURAGED

US TO STANDS UP AGAINST ABUSES THAT GENERATE SO MANY PROBLEMS, AND SO MANY COSTS FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.

I URGE YOU TO RESTORE THE

FUNDING AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK

THAT WE NOT BE PUT THROUGH THIS EVERY YEAR. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS. TERRY FRY, A MEMBER OF THE TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC AND

MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO

TENANTS UNION AND THE LGBT

HOUSING DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, HERE

TO OPPOSE THE CUTS TO THE SRO

COLLABORATIVES SPECIFICALLY THE

CENTRAL CITY COLLABORATIVE I

WHICH IVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING

THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THIS HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY

TO IT HAS HELPED TO RESTORE

MY FAITH IN YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE IVE OBSERVED SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DO THIS WORK WITH SUCH

PASSION AND DEDICATION, TO HELP

FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF SRO TENANTS, BASIC RIGHTS THAT YOU AND I TAKE FOR GRANTED, LIKE

HAVING A MAILBOX OR BEING ABLE TO INVITE SOMEONE OVER FOR A BEER AFTER WORK.

THEY DO TRAINING, NOT ONLY TRAINING TENANT REPS AND NOT

ONLY TRAINING TENANT ACTIVISTS BUT THEYVE TRAINED PEOPLE THAT

HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME COMMUNITY LITERS AND ALSO ARE READERS

AND SERVING ON DIFFERENT BOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THEIR WORK IS FAR FROM DONE.

THEYRE STARTING TO WORK WITH FAMILIES. IF IT WASNT FOR THEM PEOPLE IN

THE SROs WOULDNT HAVE ANYONE

TO BRING THEIR COMPLAINTS TO.

THE LANDLORDS ARE PLAYING

MUSICAL ROOMS AND NOT COMPLAIG

BECAUSE COMPLYING BECAUSE THEY DONT WANT TO. IF THESE PEOPLE WERENT THERE

THE SRO TENANTS WOULD HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.

WERE SERVING A GREATER POPULATION. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GIVE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THEM TO BRING THEM UP TO PAR WITH THE

OTHER ONES. I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU THAT YOU

RESTORE THE FUNDING FOR THE DOPE PROJECT WHICH I BECAME FAMILIAR

WITH THROUGH MY VOLUNTEER WORK BECAUSE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY HOUSED IN THE COLLABORATIVE AND

THEY SAVE COUNTLESS LIVES THROUGH THEIR TEACHING AND EDUCATION, AND THATS ALL I HAVE

TO SAY, EXCEPT MAKE DOWNTOWN PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

THANK YOU.

AND 311 ISNT GOING TO HAVE ALL OPERATORS ARE GOING TO BE

ABLE TO SAY IS IM SORRY WE DONT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE ANYMORE IF YOU CUT THE SERVICES

TO GIVE THE FUNDING TO 311. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS. I AM THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR

THE CENTRAL CITY SRO COLLABORATIVE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SRO COMMUNITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS I

WORKED WITH TENANTS AS AN

ORGANIZER FOR THE COLLABORATIVE. WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A VOICE IN THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT

THEIR LIVES, MEANING WORKING

VIGOROUSLY TO PREV THE

PRESERVE THE HOUSING STOCK SO

HOTELS CAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE.

THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO IS

TRULY DEDICATED IF TO

FIGURING OUT THE HOUSING CRISIS

THEN THEYRE SENDING A WRONG MESSAGE.

WE ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND AND

PRESERVE SPACE FOR THE ELDERLY,

DISABLED FOLKS, FAMILIES, FOLKS

ON FIXED INCOME AND POOR FOLKS IN GENERAL.

THE COLLABORATIVES ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE AND ASK YOU TO

RESTORE THE CUTS AS WELL TO FUND

THE 100,000 AND 50,000 FOR THE

CENTRAL CITY COLLABORATIVE. AS I WAS LISTENING TO EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THE CUTS BEING PROPOSED, I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT IT WILL

MAKE OUR JOBS IF THE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS ARE CUT, THESE

DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT A LOT OF

OUR THE FOLKS THAT WE WORK

WITH ACCESS ARE CUT. SPECIFICALLY, THE DOPE PROJECT WHICH WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE

RELATIONSHIP WITH, A LARGE

MAJORITY OF THE OVERDOSES IN SAN FRANCISCO TAKE PLACE IN THE SRO HOTELS AND WE HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DOPE PROJECT IN WHICH THEY PROVIDE

EDUCATION IN OVERDOSE PREVENTION WORKSHOPS FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE IN OUR HOTELS. SO I WANTED TO ADVOCATE NOT ONLY FOR THEM BUT FOR ALL THE CUTS BE

RESTORED BECAUSE THEYRE VERY NECESSARY FOR POOR FOLKS AND THE FOLKS THAT WE ALL WORK WITH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

MY NAME IS PETER MAIZE YACK,

LEAD TENANT ORGANIZER WITH THE COLLABORATIVE. I DIDNT WANT TO SPEND SIX HOURS OF MY TUESDAY AT CITY HALL. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO HAS WASTED MY TIME. I SHOULD BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY

DOING MY JOB AND NOT HERE ALL DAY, REQUESTING THAT YOU ALLOW ME THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK AND TO KEEP DOING WHAT I DO. THE QUESTION SHOULDNT BE WHETHER OR NOT OUR KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE CUT. THE QUESTION SHOULD BE COMING FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND FROM THE MAYORS OFFICE, ASKING HOW MUCH MORE MONEY WE NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THE

VIOLATES WORK THAT WE DO, AND

HOW WE CAN BETTER AFFORD TO DO OUR JOBS. CENTRAL CITY SRO COLLABORATIVE

SERVES 20,000 RESIDENTS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET IS 200,000.

THAT MEANS ONLY 10 EXISTS PER

TENANT PER YEAR AND WITH THAT

HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN WE DO CODE

ENFORCEMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD

SAFETY, FARM REDUCTION, FIRE

SAFETY, TENANT ORGANIZING, TRAINING, AND THE LIST GOES ON.

IN DOING THIS, WE SAVE THE CITY MONEY.

ITS CHEAPER TO TEACH FIRE SAFETY THAN PUT OUT A BLAZE.

ITS CHEAPER TO HOLD LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH ORGANIZING THAN THROUGH HOUSING INSPECTORS

AND ITS CHEAPER TO BUILD

COMMUNITIES THAN DEAL WITH THE REMNANTS OF A SHATTERED NEIGHBORHOODS. I AM NOT GOING TO REQUEST THAT

OUR FUNDING NOT GET CUT BECAUSE I REFUSE TO ENTERTAIN THE

CREDIBILITY OF THAT SUGGESTION.

INSTEAD I WILL ASK FOR MORE

MONEY, 100,000 FOR THE FAMILIES

AND 50,000 TO BRING CENTRAL CITY TO PARITY AND YOU KNOW THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND YOU

CANT LET US KEEP COMING HERE EVERY YEAR TO HAVE TO DEFEND

THESE SORTS OF THINGS. ITS RIDICULOUS. EVERYONE HERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR JOB TODAY, SHOULD

HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING. NOT HERE, BEGGING YOU GUYS TO LET US HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

.NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS, I

AM WENDY PHILLIPS, PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT DOLORES STREET

COMMUNITY SURFACES AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY BRIEFLY THANKING YOU FOR WHAT I UNDERSTAND ARE STRONG

EFFORTS ON YOUR PART TO RESTORE FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND

FROM THE CARE CUTS THAT WEVE SUFFERED THIS YEAR IN AIDS DOLLARS, RUN THE AIDS RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT THOSE FUNDS.

I KNOW NOTHING IS FINAL BUT I

WE FOUND THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSE FUNDING WAS CUT BACK. SO THE HELP GOT SHUT DOWN. I WAS DISPLACED. I HAD STARTED GOING TO CITY

COLLEGE, I WAS A FULL TIME 4.0 STUDENT TAKING A CRIMINAL

JUSTICE CLASS, A SINGLE PARENT.

I STRUGGLED HARD AND DID WELL.

I WAS BAMTHSING WITH BEING

HOMELESS AND WITH THE FACT I I S AN ADDICT.

I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH A 3YEAROLD CHILD AND RESORTED

BACK TO A LIFE OF CRIME AND ADDICTION.

I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET INTO THE SISTERS PROGRAM.

AND DECIDED I NEEDED TO GET BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS ONE MORE TIME.

THIS TIME IM TRYING TO MAKE IT LIFELONG.

BEING HERE FOR THE SEVERAL HOURS

IVE BEEN HERE I HAVE SEEN WOMEN

I WAS INCARCERATED AND MADE A DECISION FOR A BETTER LIFE.

IF YOU MAKE CUTS WOMEN LIKE US WILL HAVE NOWHERE TO GO SO I HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER WHATS GOING ON WITH THIS BUDGET.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED IS HOW TO BUDGET.

IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, WERE THERE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS

MICROFICHER, ALSO A CLIENT AT

JILL ANTI HOUSE.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE I CAN GET MY

LIFE TOGETHER AND BE WITH MY

KIDS, AND HAVE A STRUCTURED

ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM, WHEREAS BEFORE I WAS BASICALLY BOUNCING

AROUND FROM HOTEL TO HOTEL, AND ITS JUST A GOOD PLACE WHERE I

CAN GET MY LIFE TOGETHER, AND

MOVE ON WITH MY KIDS, AND PLEASE

CONTINUE THE FUNDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS.

I AM AARON, A CLIENT.

I AM HERE BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO COME BECAUSE THEYRE

GOING TO TRY TO DECREASE OUR

HOUSES FUNDING.

OUR HOUSE IS UNUSUAL COMPARED TO

THE OTHER USES. A BUNCH OF HOUSES SPOKE HERE TONIGHT. OUR HOUSE IS UNUSUAL FOR THAT BECAUSE THE FAMILY PROGRAM, THE

PROGRAM THAT IM IN, IS THE ONLY PROGRAM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE MEN, LIKE MY

FRIEND MIKE, CAN COME WITH HIS

CHILDREN, TO RECEIVE DRUG COUNSELING AND A PROGRAM FOR HIS DRUG HABIT. AND BE THERE WITH HIS KIDS, AND

BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE AS A RESULT OF THAT.

AND IM ALSO IM A DRUG ADDICT, RIGHT I ADMIT THAT.

AND IM ABOUT TO BE A FATHER MYSELF. THIS PROGRAM ALSO ALLOWS PREGNANT WOMEN WITH THEIR SPOUSES TO COME INTO THE PROGRAM, AND WORK THROUGH THE PROBLEMS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I JUST WANTED YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE THINGS IVE

SAID AND DONT MAKE THE CUTS. THATS IT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS

MS. JONES, AND IM HONORED TO BE

HERE REPRESENTING THEM AS A CLIENT.

I AM PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST

CHILD AND I BEGAN TO CARE ABOUT MY WEN WELLBEING.

I WAS ON CRACK COCAINE, CRYSTAL

METH AND AN ALCOHOL ABUSER. I HAD LITTLE RESPECT FOR MYSELF.

I WAS INSECURE, DEPRESSED, AND

COMPLETELY POWERLESS OVER MY ADDICTION. THE SECOND I FOUND I WAS PREGNANT I MADE DECISION TO LET

THE DRUGS GO BUT REALIZED I COULDNT DO IT ON MY OWN.

I NEEDED HELP TO STAY CLEAN AND

RAISE A CHILD AS WELL AS THE

EDUCATION NECESSARY TO BE A GOOD PARENT. I WAS BLESSED TO BE INTRODUCED

TO A SUPERVISOR AND ONE OF THE COUNSELORS.

AT THAT TIME MY LIVING SITUATION WAS NOT BENEFICIAL TO MY

RECOVERY SO THEY TOOK ME IN. SINCE IVE BEEN THERE I HAVE

RADIO GAINED CONFIDENCE IN

MYSELF AND FAITH IN MY HIGHER POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED. WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD NO FRIENDS

MY RECOVERY SISTERS FILLED THAT VOID AND BEING AROUND THEIR CHILDREN HAS TAUGHT ME WHAT IT

TAKES TO BE A GOOD PARENT. THEY ARE PREPARING ME FOR

MOTHERHOOD AND A LIFE WITHOUT DRUGS.

I PARTICIPATE IN GROUPS SUCH AS

ANGER MANAGEMENT, ADDICTION, AS

WELL AS MEETINGS IN THE COMFORT

OF OUR HOME AND HAVE LEARNED SELFDISCIPLINE. I DONT KNOW TOO MANY DRUG

REHABILITATION PROGRAMS MADE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.

AND IF PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ARE CUT WHERE WILL WE HAVE TO TURN. I AM ONLY ONE OF THE CLIENTS

HERE BUT I BELIEVE ALL OF THE CLIENTS WOULD AGREE THAT WERE HERE NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND IF THE CHILDREN ARE NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE FUNDING GOING, THEN I DONT KNOW WHAT IS. I HOPE SOME PART OF THIS STORY HAS BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH YOU IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS HOUSE AND

OTHER TREATMENT FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE SUFFERING

FROM ADDICTION WHO DESIRE TO GET WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS ED FINCHLY.

AS AFUL SOCIAL WORKER WORKING

WITH THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL FOR THE

PAST 12 YEARS I WANTED TO START BY SAYING ALTHOUGH I WONT TALK

ABOUT IT IN DETAIL BUT THE WRAP

AROUND PROJECT IS AN ESSENTIAL PROGRAM FOR THE VICTIMS AND

FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER

FROM WHAT I WOULD CALL GENOCIDAL

VIOLENCE THAT HAS PLAGUED OUR CITY. I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PSYCH PLAN, SOCALLED PLAN.

I WOULD LIKE ALL THE SUPERVISORS

TO READ TWO DOCUMENTS. IM PASSING YOU ONE EXPLAINING OUR POSITION, AND A LETTER FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF OUR LOCAL

UNION, 1021, WHICH THERES ONE

MORE, IM SORRY.

THAT REPRESENTS WORKERS AT BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY HOSPITAL, THE MAJORITY OF CITY AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES AT GENERAL HOSPITAL,

BOTH IN PSYCH AND THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL REPRESENTED BY OUR UNION AND THE EMPLOYEES AT PROGRESS FOUNDATION, SORT OF BOTH ENDS OF THIS PLAN. OUR WORKERS, AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE LETTER FROM OUR UNION

PRESIDENT, BELIEVES THAT THE INPATIENT PSYCH BEDS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE COMMUNITIES OF

OUR TOWN, AND THE 14 ADDITIONAL ADU BEDS ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

THERE IS NO REASON THERES NO LOGIC TO PIT THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER AS THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AND THE MAYOR HAS DONE.

WE LOOK FORWARD IN THE FUTURE TO

HAVING A FORUM LIKE SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI ACTUALLY HAS PROPOSED

TO US, TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC DISCUSSION, MORE PUBLIC DEBATE,

ABOUT THE PROCESS OF SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY MOVING PEOPLE FROM A FACILITY LIKE A HOSPITAL INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO DO IT WITH THIS PLAN THAT IN OUR OPINION IS NOT A PLAN. I HAVE TO SAY ITS NOT A PLAN BECAUSE FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS

WE HAVE TRIED AGGRESSIVELY TO

GET DR. KA FRTS AND OTHER KATZ AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EXPLAIN TO US THIS PLAN AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO METE WITH US. THEY WILL NOT TELL US WHAT THE PLAN IS. WE DONT THINK THERE IS A PLAN,

AND ITS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR YOU

TO CUT THE BEDS, INPATIENT BEDS, MAKE BELIEVE YOU CAN MOVE PEOPLE

INTO 14ADU BEDS. WE WILL BE TALKING TO YOU MORE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HONORABLE SUPERVISORS, I AM

RITA LAMB, A PHARMACIST AND A RESIDENT OF THE AND A TAXPAYER OF SAN FRANCISCO. I AM HERE TO ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THE MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION COPAYMENT PROPOSAL.

IT IS A PROPOSAL THATS BEEN

HERE AS A REVENUE GENERATING PROPOSAL.

CURRENTLY INDIGENT PATIENTS WITH

MONTHLY INCOMES OF 1400 A MONTH

HAVE A HARD TIME PAYING COPAYS.

SINCE MOST ARE ON MEDS TO TREAT

CHRONIC DISEASES.

WITH THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL, ALL

INDIGENT PATIENTS WHO HAVE INCOME LESS THAN THE FEDERAL

POVERTY LEVEL OR LESS THAN 850 PER MONTH WILL BE REQUIRED TO

PAY A COPAY OF 5 TO 25 PER MEDICATION.

THIS WILL FORCE PATIENTS TO FOREGO THEIR MEDICATION THAT

WILL LEAD TO MORE UNNECESSARY

EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND URGENT CARE VISITS AS WELL AS LEADING

TO HEART ATTACKS.

THIS IS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO THE HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO.

YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE

PREVENTATIVE CARE FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCANS.

BY ALLOWING THIS POB A TO BE

APPROVED YOU ARE DENYING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. THIS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE

POOREST OF POOR WHO ARE LEAST ABLE TO AFFORD HEALTH CARE.

THIS WILL MAKE SAN FRANCISCO UNHEALTHY. HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO IS TO

PROVIDE HEMENT CARE FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCANS WHO DO NOT HAVE

HEALTH COVERAGE.

IT IS CRUEL TO DIAGNOSE A

PATIENT AND DENY THEM THE ABILITY TO TREAT IT.

I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS IF YOU BELIEVE IN A HEALTHY SAN FRANCISCO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM DR. RACHELLE DICKER, ONE OF

YOUR SURGEONS AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL.

WE SHARE IN THE HORROR AND THE SADNESS.

WE ARE IN THE TRENCHES AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL. PRIOR TO THE WRAP AROUND

PROJECT, 35 OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WERE COMING BACK REINJURED AND I WAS HORRIFIED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST OF THEM.

ITS HORRIBLE TO LOOK AT YOUNG FACES A SECOND TIME WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO.

WE SET UP A PROGRAM WITH

CULTURALLY COMPETENT CASE MANAGER THAT WENT TO THE BEDSIDE AT THAT MOMENT WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A LIFE CHANGE.

AND OUR CASE MANAGERS THAT ARE

NOW FUNDED BUT IN GRAVE THREAT

FOR LACK OF FUNDING HERE, ARE NOW GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL

ROOMS AND SPEAKING TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND LINKING THEM WITH RISK REDUCTION RESOURCES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AS A RESULT, WE NOW, HAVING BEEN

HERE A YEAR, HAVE NOT HAD ONE

PERSON IN OUR PROGRAM REINJURED.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY CAVEAT TO THAT IS WERE NOT REACHING THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF OUR INJURED INDIVIDUALS.

BUT IF WE DID, THE IMPACT WOULD BE EVEN GREATER AND WE ARE LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THIS FACILITY

AS WELL, TO BE ABLE TO HIRE MORE CASE MANAGERS. OUR TWO CASE MANAGERS NOW HAVE

THE PROUD ABILITY TO GO INTO THE REST OF US HAVEE AN IMPACT

NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IN THE PAST.

SO THE AMOUNT IT TAKES TO FUNDS

IS MINUSCULE IN CONSIDERATION OF

THE LIVES, THE RESOURCES AND THE SADNESS THAT WE ALL FEEL

IMPACTED BY THIS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. THE TRAUMA SERVICE HAS BECOME A

SERVICE THAT HAS A REVOLVING DOOR.

FINALLY WITH OUR CASE MANAGERS WERE STARTING TO CLOSE IT BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS

MIKE, THE CASE MANAGER FOR THE WRAP AROUND PROJECT.

AS SHE WAS SAYING, IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE YOUNG YOUTH

AND YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE COMING

IN, GUNSHOT VICTIMS, COMINGS IN

LIKE THE SIX YOUNG MEN IN WESTERN ADDITION WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON MY CASE LOAD NOW AND THE 14YEAROLD THAT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE CHRONICLE

THAT IS ON MY CASE LOAD NOW.

IF THIS FUNDING IS CUT FROM THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. WELL SAID.

SO NOW YOUVE HEARD ABOUT THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AND I

WANT TO TELL YOU, WE ARE THE

LINK THATS HELPING A LOT OF

THESE YOUNG KIDS, THE HIGHEST AT

RISK YOUTH IN SAN FRANCISCO. THEY MAY BE GIVEN SOME INFORMATION INSIDE THE HOSPITAL

BUT WE ACTUALLY TAKE STEPS TO GET THEM TO THOSE SERVICES, TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS AND THE ARRANGER BEFORE THEY GO

ARRANGE BEFORE THEY GO ANGER

BEFORE THEY GO BACK TO THEIR

COMMUNITIES AND MANIFEST THAT ANGER IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WHETHER

ITS THROUGH CAUSING MORE CONFLICT AND GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMPLUNTS.

WERE ABLE SO CREATE THIS LINK

OF SERVICES FOR THESE YOUTH AND UNION ADULTS TO GET THROUGH THESE EMOTIONAL TIMES.

WE DEAL WITH FAMILIES AND TRY TO DEESCALATE THESE SITUATIONS. AS WAS SAID WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL, TO THE ROOM, TO

THE ICU, TO THE ER, AND WE DEAL

WITH FAMILIES AND FRIEND THAT

TRICKLE IN ON THE OUTSIDE. WE TRY TO DEESCALATE THAT SITUATION BY COORDINATING SERVICES WITH OTHER PROTOCOLS THAT THE CITY HAS.

WE HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT

COORDINATION OF COMPREHENSIVE

CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM.

WE ARE THE LIAISON THAT INTERFACE WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO GIVE THIS

POPULATION THE SERVICES THEY NEED, PERSONALIZING THE INTERVENTION WHICH WILL ALLOW THE YOUTH TO TRUST AND FOLLOW

THROUGH OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR SERVICES. THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES WORKS BECAUSE WE ARE AT BEDSIDE,

BECAUSE THERE IS THAT TEACHABLE

MOMENT WHERE THIS YOUNG KID WILL OPEN UP AND SAY I WANT TO CHANGE MY LIFE, I WANT TO HAVE SOME

CHANGE, I NEED TO CHANGE MY SCHOOL. I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

I HAVE A 16YEAROLD GIRL WHO WAS PARALYZED THREE MONTHS AGO

FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND IN MISSION.

SHE IS NOW GETTING CUT.

HER PHYSICAL THERAPY IS GETTING CUT. SHE WAS SHOT THREE MONTHS AGO.

SHE HAS NO CLUE HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MEDICAL SYSTEM.

IT IS VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE WHO

KNOW HOW TO DO IT, NOT A 17YEAROLD. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU FUND THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

I AM DR. SARAH JEWEL, HERE WITH

A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES APPEAR SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF THE WORKERS COMPENSATION CLINIC THERE FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WEVE HEARD ABOUT MANY WORTHY CAUSES HERE TONIGHT.

I THINK THEY ALL DESERVE TO BE FUNDED. THE COMMON THEME IS IF YOU DONT SPEND THE MONEY NOW YOU WILL SPEND MUCH MORE IN CONSEQUENCES LATER. AND I THINK OUR CLINIC IS NO DIFFERENT.

WE PROVIDE ACUTE AND CHRONIC OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AND ILLNESS CARE TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. AS YOU WILL HEAR FROM OTHERS WE

DO THIS IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER. WE GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND

MINIMIZE THEIR DISABILITY AND PAIN AND SUFFERING.

WE HAVE CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SAFETY OFFICERS TO WORK ON ISSUES SUCH

AS ACCOMMODATION OF DISABILITIES

AND ACTUAL PREVENTION OF INJURY AND ILLNESS.

SO I HERE WITH THE OTHERS TO ASK YOU CONTINUE TO FUND THIS CLINIC AND YOU WILL SAVE MANY DOLLARS IN THE LONG RUN.

THE CITY IS ROLLING OUT A NETWORK THIS YEAR WHICH OFFERSORY OPTIONS TO CITY WORKERS. THOSE OTHER OPTIONS CANNOT

HANDLE THE CAPACITY ANDOR ARE

DRIVEN BY A PROFIT MOTIVE SO YOU WOULD BE SPENDING MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND SENDING A POLITICAL MESSAGE THAT THE CITY

CANNOT CARE FOR ITS OWN WORKERS EFFECTIVELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HELLO.

I AM ANNETTE, ONE OF THE NURSE CASE MANAGERS AT THE WORKERS COMPENSATION CLINIC. WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN

THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR OUR CLINIC.

I DO HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM THE

HEADS OF TWO OF OUR THAT WE

PROVIDE SERVICES FOR AND THAT IS

PRISCILLA PHO ERS, DIRECTOR

FOR MORRIS AS WELL AS JEFF GEARY FOR MUNI. THESE ARE TWO BIG DEPARTMENTS

THAT WE DO SEE A LOT OF THEIR

EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL

DISTRICT, AND THE PARKING AND

TRAFFIC, PUBLIC DPW AS WELL.

AS YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEES OF SAN FRANCISCO WORK IN VARIOUS

AREAS, POLICE, FIRE, SCHOOL

DISTRICT, FIXING ROADS, PARKS.

AND WE MY MAIN FUNCTION IS TO

GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE CITY IN A TIMELY FASHION.

WE MAKE REFERRALS TO SPECIALISTS

FOR FRACTURES, LACERATIONS, IN A VERY TIMELY FASHION.

WE HAVE TWO DOCTORS DEDICATED DAILY TO SEE PATIENTS ON A DROPIN BASIS FOR NEW INJURIES

OR IF THEY HAVE INCREASED SYMPTOMS.

WE SEE PATIENTS VERY QUICKLY.

THEYRE IN AND OUT, MANY TIMES THEYRE BACK AT WORK OR IN A SPECIALIST OFFICE AND THATS

WHAT WE DEDICATE OUR WORK TO AS A CASE MANAGER.

WE ARE CONCERNED IF OUR CLINIC

IS CLOSED IT WILL RAISE COSTS

FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR THE

CITY, IT WILL BE PAID, IT MAY

NOT BE PAID BACK INTO THE CITY BUT FOR THE PROFIT CLINICS. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. HELLO.

I AM DR. SHELLEY, AND I AM ONE

OF THE RESIDENT PHYSICIANS AT

UCSF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE

PHYSICIANS NURSE AND STAFF AT THE WORKERS COMPENSATION CLINIC AND URGE YOU NOT CUT FUNDING IN THE CLINIC.

THESE PHYSICIANS AND NURSES ARE

NOT ONLY MY EXCELLENT TEACHERS BUT OUTSTANDING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO THE INJURED WORKERS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.

THEY GIVE THEM EXCELLENT OUTSTANDING CARE AND THEY DO

THIS WHILE TRYING TO CONTAIN COSTS. AND THEY ALSO DO THIS WITHOUT

MANY RESOURCES THAT MY OTHER

CLINICAL SITES HAVE SUCH AS ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO CUT FUNDING TO THIS PROGRAM.

IT REALLY OFFERS THESE INJURED WORKERS OUTSTANDING CARE AND

WILL PROVIDE EXCELLENT TRAINING FOR FUTURE RESIDENTS IN MY PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY IMNAIS DR. BONAR, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE WORKERS COMPENSATION CLINIC AT THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE AND

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO. AGAIN I STAND BEFORE YOU ONE

MORE YEAR TO URGE YOU NOT TO CUT FUNDING FOR MY CLINIC AND IM DOING THIS IN THE NAME OF SAVING THE CITY MONEY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID TONIGHT BUT I THINK WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF

ACTUALLY PROVIDING VERY COST

EFFECTIVE CARE FOR INJURED WORKERS, AND GETTING THOSE INJURED WORKERS BACK TO WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE

SUPPORT FROM OUR UNION, 1021,

BUT WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM MANAGERS IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

AND SAFETY AT ALMOST EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT THAT WE INTERFACE WITH AND WE INTERFACE WITH THOSE

DEPARTMENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS

THEY KNOW TO CALL US IF

THERESEN WITH SOMEONES WORK

STATUS, IF THERES AN ISSUE WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE THAT THEY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH.

TODAY I RECEIVED A CALL FROM

DPW, AND THEY WERE PROVIDING

THEIR SUPPORT FOR US, AND STAYED

THAT SAID I COULD MENTION HER

NAME AS ONE EXAMPLE OF AN

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY DIRECTOR. WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MUNI AND

THE SUPPORT OF PRACTICE SILLA

PRISCILLA MORRIS. I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR OUR CLINIC BECAUSE WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

I AM ANNETTE WHITE, ONE OF THE CASE MANAGERS AND ONE OF THE

CHARGE NURSES IN THE WORKERS COMPENSATION CLINIC. PRIOR TO STARTING AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL TO SET UP CASE MANAGEMENT, I MANAGED

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC CENTER

WORKERS COMPENSATION CENTER SOY I AM FAMILY WITH THAT ASPECT. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE

TO SAY IN ADDITION TO SUPPORT

THE POINTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES PUT OUT WAS THIS CLINIC IS A MODEL CLINIC AND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE PROVIDERS WE DEAL WITH, NOT ONLY CITY EMPLOYEE DEPARTMENTS BUT ALL MEDICAL PROVIDERS OUTSIDE THE CITY THAT

WE USE, WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE CITY. WE WERE RECENTLY ASKED TO BE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR A STATEWIDE CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL

BE HELD IN HUNTINGTON BEACH IN OCTOBER AND WHEREIN THEY RECOGNIZED WHAT A MODEL PROGRAM WE HAVE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE

ARE AN OPEN DOOR TO ANY AND ALL INJURED WORKER, WHETHER THEY BE TREATED IN THE CLINIC OR NOT. PERSONALLY I HAD A PERSON WHO

WALKED INTO MY OFFICE UNANNOUNCED, WAS THERE.

I THOUGHT I WAS DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS LIVING ON THE STREET. HE HAD BEEN INJURED A YEAR OR SO

BEFORE, DIDNT KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO. HE WAS STILL IN TREATMENT. HE TOLD ME HE WAS ABOUT TO LOSE HIS HOUSE. I MADE A FEW PHONE CALLS, TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HE COULD DO.

THE MAN, A YEAR LATER, CAME

BACK, DIDNT RECOGNIZE HIM. CLEANED UP, WHATEVER.

HE SAID TO ME, I MEANT TO CALL

YOU BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU TURNED MY LIFE AROUND. WE DO THAT EVERY DAY.

AND THEYRE NOT GOING TO GET

THAT SERVICE AT ANY OTHER CLINIC. SO I THANK YOU AND I WISH TO

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CLINIC AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT LAST YEAR. THANK.

YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

I AM RITA, AND IVE BEEN A NURSE AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS.

THE LAST 18 YEARS, IVE BEEN THE COORDINATOR OF THE PROGRAM THAT

PROVIDES CARE TO WORKERS WHO

HAVE POTENTIAL BLOODBORNE

PATHIN EXPOSURES, THAT MAY PUT

THEM AT RISK FOR HIV, HEPATITIS B AND C.

WE STARTED A MODEL PROGRAM FOR EXPOSURE AT SAN FRANCISCO

GENERAL IN 1989.

THE END OF ABOUT 1999, WE OPENED THAT UP TO ALL CITY WORKERS, NOT ONLY PEOPLE IN THE

HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT THE FIRE,

POLICE, TEACHERS, PARK AND REC WORKERS, ANYBODY THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY.

FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WEVE

BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WORKERS COMP CLINIC, AND IF THAT

CLINIC WERE TO CLOSE, THE CARE

FOR ALL THE CITY WORKERS WHO

HAVE POTENTIAL BLOODBORNE

PATHIN EXPOSURES IS AT RISK.

WITH THE HELP OF THE WORK COMP

CLINIC, THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORKERS AND PHYSICIANS, WE CAN PROVIDE DAILY COVERAGE TO ALL

WORKERS WHO HAVE POTENTIAL

BLOODBORNE PATHIN EXPOSURES. IF THE CLINIC WERE NOT THERE

THERE WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY

THE TIMELY CARE THAT ALL CITY WORKERS CAN NOW GET FOR BLOODBORNE PATHIN CARE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER

PROVIDERS IN THE CITY, WHO PROVIDE CARE TO INJURED WORKERS,

THEY DONT ALWAYS PROVIDE STATE

OF THE ART CARE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE KINDS OF INJURIES AND

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE TO ALL OF OUR CITY WORKERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS VALERIE, A RESIDENT

OF DISTRICT 5, AND A

PSYCHIATRIST, AS PSYCHOLOGIST.

I JUST WANT TO COVER A COUPLE OF QUICK HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE I KNOW

ITS VERY LONG INTO THE NIGHT. FIRST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FUNDING US AND OTHER PROGRAMS LAST YEAR.

IT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT TURN AROUND.

AND THERE ARE MANY GRATEFUL CLIENTS, AND WERE JUST DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

THE PROGRAM IS AS STRONG AS ITS EVER BEEN.

THE REASON WE ARE SO PASSIONATE

ABOUT THIS IS I WAS SHOCKED TO

FIND A STATISTIC FOR EXAMPLE

THAT OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS, 60

TEST POSITIVE FOR COCAINE, AND THATS NOT THE DRUG WE THINK

ABOUT WITH VIOLENCE, THERES METHAMPHETAMINE.

METHAMPHETAMINE AND COKE DEPENDENCE CAN TA EUR APART THE

LIVES OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND

THEIR FAMILIES AND THERES A MULTIGENERATIONAL PATTERN. OUR CLIENTS ARE TRYING TO EXIST THE CLUTCHES OF THAT.

EN FORTUNATELY, TRAUMA BEGETS MORE VIOLENCE AND MORE TRAUMA

AND THEY SOMETIMES NEED THE PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICE. THEY SOMETIMES HAVE MEDICAL PROBLEMS, AND I DONT KNOW,

WITHOUT AVAILABLE BEDS, HOW WOULD WE GET THE MEDICAL TESTING DONE. THATS A SIDE NOTE ABOUT THE PSYCH EMERGENCY SERVICE AND THE PSYCHIATRIC BEDS. JULY WILL BE A STRESSFUL MONTH

WHETHER WE GET OUR FUNDING OR NOT BECAUSE WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO GO.

ONE OF MY JOKES IS THERES NO BED AVAILABLE.

THATS BECOME A LITTLE RUNNING JOKE. ANYWAY, IN TERMS OF REALLY

HELPING PEOPLE STAY HEALTHY, I

REALLY HOPE THAT THIS DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM AND OTHER

PROGRAMS CAN REMAIN OPEN FOR THE DIVERSITY OF SERVICES OUR CLIENTS NEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS COLLEEN, I WORK AT ST. ANTHONY FOUNDATION AND I AM NOT HERE SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF, BUT HERE AS A RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

I SHOULD TAKE MY NAME TAG OFF.

I AM HERE BECAUSE IM VERY DISTURBED BY THE PROPOSED HEALTH CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO SPEAK, SINCE I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES,

TO THE NEED FOR THE DROPIN

CENTER, THE 24 HOUR DROPIN CENTER AT 13th AND MISSION. WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE EVERYONE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT DAY ISNT

HERE YET.

A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS AT

ST. ANTHONY FOUNDATION DO USE

THE DROPIN CENTER SERVICES, AND

I AM ITS MY FRIENDS WHO ARE THEIR CLIENTS CANT BE HERE TONIGHT, AT LEAST MAYBE MY VOICE CAN BE HERE.

I JUST WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY

THAT I FIND IT UNFORTUNATE THAT THE PERSON WHO IS ACTUALLY THE ARCHITECT OF THESE CUTS SUBJECT

HERE TODAY TO HEAR MY VOICE, BUT ILL SETTLE INSTEAD FOR HIM

HEARING YOUR VOICES IN THE FORM

OF A BUDGET THAT HAS THESE CUTS RESTORED. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HELLO.

I AM SUSAN OCONNER, HERE

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

I AM PROGRAM MANAGER OF ASIAN

RECOVERY SERVICES A TREATMENT

FACILITY FOR ADULTS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES. OUR MISSION TO DECREASE THE

IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE HAS BEEN SERVING SAN FRANCISCO

RESIDENTS SINCE 1985.

I WILL BE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT OUR

RESIDENTIAL FACILITY BUT THIS IS

A MICROCOSM IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR AGENCY WHICH PROVIDES A VARIETY

OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE HAVE PROVIDED SUPPORT AND

GUIDANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN

DEVELOPING RENEWED PRIDE WITH

THE SELFHELP APPROACH IN REGAINING MUTUAL RESPECT WITH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. IN SHORT, WE TRY TO CREATE A

SENSE OF FAMILY, MANY OF WHOM COME THROUGH OUR DOORS HAVE LOST

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES AND HAVE STOPPED CARING ABOUT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL FINDS RECOVERY AND TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR LIVES

MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL IS IMPACTED. FAMILIES ARE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO HEAL AND CHILDREN HAVE THEIR PARENTS BACK.

THIS THEN GIVES CHILDREN

OPPORTUNITY FOR A DRUGFREE BRIGHT FUTURE AND LEARN HOW TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND

BECOME POSITIVE ROLE MODELS.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN ONE CUTS FUNDING TO TREATMENT SERVICES

THE IMPACT THIS DECISION HAS IS FARREACHING. IT NOT ONLY STOPS AN INDIVIDUAL

FROM BEING GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO

POSITIVELY CHANGE THEIR LIFE BUT IMPACTS ALL PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY CONNECTED WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. THE SHORTSIGHTED ANSWER MIGHT

BE TO CUT SERVICES BUT THE LONG

TERM CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE DEVASTATING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS, I

AM LISA YAGGER, AND ASIAN CLIENT, HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A NEW CHANCE AT LIFE.

WE NEED THESE FUNDS BECAUSE HE E ARE LEARNING TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES THAT WILL NOT ONLY IMPACT US TODAY BUT BETTER

DETERMINE OUR POSITIVE FUTURE.

WE NEED THESE FUNDS BECAUSE WE

ARE LEARNING TO LIVE WITH INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION.

WE NEED THESE FUNDS BECAUSE WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. WE KNOW WE HAVE SO MUCH TO GIVE

BACK AS WE DO IN OUR VOLUNTEER WORK AS A FAMILY.

MOST OF ALL WE NEED THESE FUNDS BECAUSE WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO

BE MORE RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTABLE

AS MOTHERS, FATHERS, DAUGHTERS,

SONS, SISTERS, AND BROTHERS,

BECAUSE AT ASIANAMERICAN, THE

FOCUS IS TO STRENGTHEN FAMILY

TIES THAT WE LOST DUE TO OUR

POOR CHOICES IN THE PAST.

THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF IT WASNT FOR THIS PROGRAM.

IF YOU TAKE AWAY OUR FUNDING YOU

TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO GIVE. IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE FUNDING YOU WILL TAKE AWAY THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS WHO NEED THE TREATMENT PROVIDED. PLEASE RECONSIDER THE BUDGET CUTS. PLEASE DO NOT CUT OUT THE FUNDING FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN THE CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER TODAY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING

UP IN FRONT OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I AM SAM, I AM 23 YEARS OLD AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO TRADE PLACES WITH YOU GUYS.

YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF

THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW. IM JUST 23 YEARS OLD. I DONT HAVE ANY KIND OF EXPERIENCE. I DONT HAVE STATISTICS TO TELL

YOU HOW MUCH MONEY SOMETHING COSTS IN SOCIETY. I DONT HAVE THAT. I DONT HAVE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT

WHY WE NEED TO DO APPROXIMATE.

ALL I KNOW WHAT MY MOM TAUGHT

ME, WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS HELP, YOU HELP THEM.

YOU DONT GIVE UP ON PEOPLE. YOU HAVE FAR MORE EXPERIENCE THAN I DO. IM JUST ONE VOICE.

I KNOW IN MY LIFE, ONE CHOICE IVE MADE HAS IMPACTED EVERYBODY.

ONE MISUNDERSTOOD WORK CAN MISCONSTRUE A CONVERSATION.

THAT CAN DESTROY A RELATIONSHIP

ONE DESTROYED RELATIONSHIP CAN DESTROY FAMILIES.

I AM HERE, HOPING THAT WHAT

PEOPLE IN MY LIFE HAVENT GIVEN

UP IS THE PEOPLE OF ASIANAMERICAN.

THEY DONT GIVE UP ON ANYBODY. I GAVE UP ON MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.

THEY HELPED ME AND THEY NEED HELP. THE FUNDING IS WHAT HELPS THEM DO THEIR JOB.

THEY WORK OVERTIME, 50, 60 HOURS A WEEK.

I JUST HOPE THEY CAN BE HELPED OUT. AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE A TREMENDOUS TALL ORDER TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. AND I DONT WANT THAT. I JUST WANT MY VOICE TO BE HEARD AND I JUST HOPE THE ONE CHOICE

YOU MAKE CAN IMPACT SOMEBODYS LIFE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AND THIS IS WHAT I

LOOKED LIKE IN 1998, ALMOST 10

YEARS AGO.

THIS IS MY ARREST RECORD.

MY LAST ARREST WAS IN 1998, AND

I WAS ADDICTED TO FOR MORE

THAN 20 YEARS. THERE WAS AT THE LAST ARREST THAT I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING

ABOUT MYSELF AND GET INTO TREATMENT. I HAVE DEALT WITH AND WORKED ON

MANY ISSUES THAT I HAD GOING ON

WITH ME, MOST OF THEM STEMMING

FROM MY TRAUMATIC EVENTS THAT

OCCURRED DURING MY CHILDHOOD. I DIDNT KNOW OF ANY OTHER WAY

TO DEAL WITH THEM, BUT I WAS

LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE

ASIANAMERICAN RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM. SINCE GRADUATING FROM THAT

PROGRAM IN 2000, MY LIFE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

I AM NOW HAPPILY MARRIED, IM AN

AVID FISHERMAN, I PLAY GOLF, I

AM CAREMAN AND COCHAIRMAN OF THE

LOCAL COMMUNITY FESTIVAL HELD IN

JAPANTOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO.

I HAVE HELP ORGANIZING VENDORS

AND I SEE A LOT OF YOU ACTUALLY

PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE, IN

THE NICE CARS, WAVING AT THE CROWD AND ALL THAT. LIFE IS GOOD.

YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST FIVE

YEARS, IVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE ASIANAMERICAN RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY SERVICE.

IM NOW A CASE MANAGER AT OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.

AND IM HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST PEOPLE,

AND HELP THEM TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND, AND GET THE HELP

THAT THEY NEED, JUST LIKE I

NEEDED AT ONE TIME. [BUZZER SOUNDING.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

SUPERVISORS, MY NAME IS MARY, A NURSE AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL, IVE BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU FROM

THREE PERSPECTIVES.

THE ONE IS AS A CITY WORKER AND A NURSE, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT

THE WORKERS COMP CLINIC CLOSING, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT HAVING

A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE

WITH EXPERTISE TO NAVIGATE

THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT IS BEING DETERIORATED BY THE GOVERNOR.

TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE IM SURE YOURE THINKING CITY WORKERS, WE

HAVE GREAT HEALTH INSURANCE I HAVE TWO TREATING PHYSICIANS

WHO SAID MARY, IM SORRY, BUT IF

YOU GET A WORK RELATED INJURY, IM NOT GOING TO TREAT THE

INJURY BECAUSE I CANT HANDLE DEALING WITH THE WORKERS COMP SYSTEM AND THAT TERRIFIES ME BECAUSE I WORK ALONG SIDE

COLLEAGUES WITH HERNIATED NECKS,

BACKS, CARPAL TUNNEL, AND PEOPLE

WHO HAVE GOTTEN HIV ON THE JOB.

WE NEED SOMEONE TO HELP US GET THROUGH THAT SYSTEM.

SECOND PERSPECTIVE, NURSING.

I WORK WITH PEOPLE FROM 48 HOURS DURING AN IMPORTANT PART OF

THEIR LIVES DURING DELIVER BUT

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES HELP THEM,

WITH ISOLATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES ARE VITAL AND GO BACK AND FORTH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THE OTHER THING ABOUT BE OBSTETRIC NURSES, I CONDITION

TELL YOU ENOUGH ABOUT JILLANTI HOUSE. IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE PROGRAM AND A LOT OF OUR MOMS WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT IT. THIRD PERSPECTIVE, AND THIS IS

THE THING THAT MADE ME GET UP

OUT OF MY SEAT BECAUSE I FEEL

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MORE ARTICULATE THAN I HAVE.

IVE BEEN HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR AND I KNOW YOURE HEART SICK ABOUT WHAT YOURE HEARING.

I WANT TO APPEAL TO YOU TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WILL REQUIRE

THE MAYOR TO SIT THROUGH THESE HEARINGS AND HEAR EVERY WORD.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS EMILY, THE OUTGOING

MANAGER OF THE DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROJECT.

IT IS MY LAST DAY TODAY AND THIS

IS NOT HOW I WANTED TO SPEND IT. NO OFFENSE.

THE PROGRAM IS A PART OF THE

COALITION AND WE WANT TO REDUCE

THE NUMBER OF FATAL OVERDOSES TO ZERO.

WE ARE INCLUDED IN THE SUBSTANCE

ABUSE SERVICES IN THE PROPOSED CUTS.

HE IT WAS CREATED IN 2001 TO FILL A GAP IN SERVICES THAT THEY

IDENTIFIED AND IT REMAINS THE ONLY OVERDOSE PROJECT IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE COLLABORATE WITH THE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING AND URBAN HEALTH

DIVISION, AS WELL AS SRO COLLABORATIVE, SHELTERS, DROPIN

CENTERS, TO REACH THE 15,000 INJECTIONS DRUG USERS IN OUR CITY. WE TRAIN THOUSANDS OF PROVIDERS,

COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DRUG USERS

IN OVERDOSE PREVENTION RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE AND

WORK WITH DPW TO PROVIDE A LOCK

ZONE THAT TEMPORARILY REVERSES A HEROIN OVERDOSE. TO DATE WEVE TRAINED OVER A

THOUSAND PEOPLE AND PROVIDED THEM PRESCRIPTIONS AND HEARD

BACK FROM OVER 250 OF THEM AND THE TRAINING THEY RECEIVED TO SAVE A LIFE.

SINCE 2001, THE CITYS

PRIORITIZED HARM REDUCTION.

THE BUDGET PROCESS DESTABILIZES OUR PROGRAM AND OUR ABILITY TO DO OUR WORK. WITH ONE PERSON DYING EVERY

THREE DAYS FROM A HEROIN RELATED OVERDOSE, NOW IS THE TIME TO

SUPPORT THESE SURFACES, NOT ELIMINATE THEM. SAN FRANCISCO HAS A HARM REDUCTION MANDATE BUT THIS CITY

NEEDS TO BACK IT UP WITH DOLLARS AND THE MAYOR NEEDS TO PUT HIS

MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS. THE BUDGET NEEDS TO REFLECT THE

NEEDS OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THERES MANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT

ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE YOULL CONSIDER PUTTING THEM

BACK IN AND HEEDING THE HEALTH

COMMISSIONS DESIRE TO PRESERVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS LARA, THE NEW PROJECT

MANAGER FOR THE DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROJECT. BEFORE I SAY WHAT I CAME HERE TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE

THOSE WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME AND

AFTER ME AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE ING INCREDIBLEWORK THESE PROGRAMS

ARE DOING TO MEET THE INDIVIDUALS OF SAN FRANCISCO.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM. IN SAN FRANCISCO, EVERY THREE

DAYS, ONE PERSON DIES FROM AN OVERDOSE. PARAMEDICS RESPOND TO THESE CALLS EVERY DAY.

NO CITY FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND RECOGNITION FOR THE 200708

BUDGET.

LOCK ZONE, THIS LIFE HNG SAVING

DRUG COSTS 2.

WE HAVE GIVEN PRESCRIPTIONS. IT NEEDS 75,000 FROM THE COUNTY

OF SAN FRANCISCO TO CONTINUE ITS

LIFE SAVING OVERDOSE PREVENTION.

I URGE YOU TO UPHOLD YOUR

COMMITMENT AND CONTINUE FUNDING THE PROGRAM IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HELLO, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS TERRY MOSSERRE MORRIS.

I AM NOT 23 YEARS OLD. I WORK AT THE SAN FRANCISCO AIDS

FOUNDATION WITH THE SPEED PROJECT, I AM AN OUTREACH WORKER

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DRUG

OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROJECT.

I DO NEEDLE EXCHANGE ON MONDAY

NIGHTS AND ON THURSDAY NIGHTS.

I GET TO SEE THE DOPE PROJECT IN ACTION.

THE PROJECT GOES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR STAFF BUILDS

TRUST AND WORK WITH HEROIN USERS

AND FRIENDS TO PREVENT NEEDLESS ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

THE DOPE PROJECT INVITES DRUG

USERS TO HAVE OPEN AND DETAILED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEIR DRUG USE.

THEY HELP PEOPLE MAKE A PLAN

THAT FITS THEIR LIVES TO RESPOND TO DRUG OVERDOSES.

ITS A SIMPLE MESSAGE, YOUR LIFE MATTERS. THE LIVES OF YOUR FRIENDS MATTER.

HAVING LOST MANY FRIENDS TO DRUG OVERDOSE, I ASK YOU TO RESTORE FUNDING FOR THESE SERVICES.

HAVING HEARD ALL THE PEOPLE HERE

TODAY, PLEASE CONSIDER YOU KNOW, FUND IT ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS SARAH, AND I HAVE WORKED WITH HOMELESS YOUTH ALLIANCE FOR THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND NOW AS AN OUTREACH WORKER.

IVE SEEN PARTICIPANTS BECOME

EMPOWERED TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES. THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE,

INCLUDING HELPING PEOPLE GET

THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET, STREET

OUTREACH, COUNSELING, CRISIS INTERVENTION, REFERRAL TO A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES, RISK REDUCTION SERVICES, INCLUDING

OVERDOSE PREVENTION, HELP WITH

RESUMES, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, QUARTERLY GOLDEN GATE PARK

CLEANUPS, AND BASIC MEDICAL CARE FOR USE OF HAIGHT ASHBURY AREA. I WAS ON THE STREETS FOR OVER

TWO YEARS AS A TEENAGER.

THE STAFF HERE WAS THE ONLY CONNECTION I HAD.

THEY TAUGHT ME TO VALUE MY LIFE,

TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH AND SHOW UP WHEN I WAS IN TROUBLE.

THEY HELPED ME TRANSITION OFF THE STREET. THIS YEAR I GRADUATED FROM

COLLEGE WITH HONORS AND APPLYING

TO GRADUATE SCHOOL, DOING RESEARCH WORK.

I AM CERTAIN WITHOUT THIS HELP,

MY LIFE WOULD NOT BE SO POSITIVE. SAN FRANCISCO DOES NOT WANT TO

BE KNOWN AS A CITY THAT THROWS YOUNG PEOPLES LIVES AWAY.

YOU WILL BE SAVING THE CITY A

LOT OF MONEY THROUGH PREVENTATIVE CARE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE REST OF THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL DO INCREDIBLE WORK THAT I CAN ATTEST TO. PLEASE PUT THEM BACK INTO THE BUDGET. ITS VITAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

HELLO.

I AM ANYONEA, A CASE MANAGER AND CASEWORKER. I MET MARY DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO.

I WAS LIVING IN GERMANY,

STUDYING SIGH COMING AND

SOCIOLOGY AND VISITING HER AT WORK TO GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE

SERVICES HERE AND WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS ON LIFE OF THE KIDS LIVING IN GOLDEN GATE PARK THAT I OFFERED TO GIVE ME A CALL WHEN

SHE HAS A JOB OPENING.

WHEN SHE CALLED A YEAR LATER I MOVED HERE RIGHT AWAY.

I CANT SAY I LOVE TO COME TO

WORK EVERY DAY, BECAUSE I FEEL I

AM NEEDED AND ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

FOR MOST OF OUR CLIENTS HE

ARE WE ARE THE MOST CONSISTENT ANCHOR.

WE ARE THE ONLY CONNECTING POINT

TO OTHER SERVICES IN THE CITY BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN THAT AREA.

I AM REALLY MAD THAT OUR FUNDING GOT CUT. WE ARE SEEING ABOUT 70 PEOPLE

EVERY DAY AND OUR PROGRAM IS RUN BY THREE EMPLOYEES. WE ARE ALL WORKING FULL TIME AND NEED JOBS AT THE SITE TO MAKE OUR LIVING. WE HAVE THREE MEDICAL PROVIDERS

THAT WORK FOR US FOR FREE. THAT IS FINE WITH US BECAUSE WE

ARE DEDICATED BUT WE NEED OUR 125,000 BACK TO STAY OPEN. THANK YOU VRCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS WINTER AND IM HERE

TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE.

I AM ASTONISHED THAT FUNDING WOULD BE CUT FOR SUCH A VITAL PROGRAM THAT SERVES ITS THE

ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND THAT SERVES THE HAIGHT, HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS

KIDS IN HAIGHT AND GOLDEN GATE PARK. IVE LIVED IN GOLDEN GATE PARK FOR YEARS AND I DONT KNOW STATISTICS EITHER, AND I DONT KNOW HOW IT ALL COMES OUT ON

PAPER BUT I KNOW HOW IT AFFECTS

MY LIFE, THIS DROPIN CENTER, AND THAT OF MY FRIENDS. DOWN FROM THE SMALLEST THINGS

LIKE WAITING FOR THE DROPIN CENTER TO USE THE BATHROOM

WITHOUT HAVING TO PURCHASE SOMETHING SOMEWHERE, THATS HARD

TO DO WHEN YOU STINK AND SMELL

AND DONT LOOK UP TO PAR, OR A GLASS OF WATER, ALL THE WAY UP

TO WHEN I CAME IN, DESPERATE FROM ALCOHOLIC ABUSE, THEY

HELPED ME GET INTO A TREATMENT

CENTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY I GOT

INTO WALDON HOUSE AND IT SAVED MY LIFE.

I WOULD BE DEAD IF IT WASNT FOR THIS JOB INCENTIVE.

I CAME FOR COUNSELING, TO HELP WITH THE LITTLEST THINGS. PEOPLE COME IN, GET TO CALL

THEIR PARENTS, THEY GET SIMPLE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. THERES NOTHING LIKE IT. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF KIDS, THATS THE ONLY PLACE THEY TRUST TO GO.

THE STAFF HAS FOLLOWED THE LIVES OF EVERYONE I KNOW, EVERYONE ON THE STREETS, PEOPLE ARE IN AND

OUT OF JAIL, LOSE THEIR DOG, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, THEY

HAVE BEEN THERE TO ASSIST AND

MAKE PHONE CALLS WE WOULD NEVER

HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ON OUR OWN.

I WANT TO COMPRESSES HOW HOW EXPRESS HOW VIOLATES IT IS TO

KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THIS OPEN. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JANA CUMMINGS.

I AM HERE BECAUSE THESE CUTS AFFECT MY LIFE.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT RESPONDS TO

HOMELESS YOUTH FOR CLOTHING, A

PLACE TO STAY, HANG OUT, FOOD, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

MANY OF THESE CUTS, I AM CURRENTLY IN A PROGRAM, CURRENTLY NEEDING HEALTH CARE,

ALL SORTS OF THINGS, AND THESE BUDGET CUTS GO TO HURT THE PEOPLE THAT THE CITY SAYS SO HARD THEY WANT TO HELP. IT MAKES IT THAT ONCE YOUVE

MADE THE DECISION TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING, IT IS DIFFICULT AND

EVERY YEAR IT KEEPS GETTING CUT MORE AND MORE.

ITS LIKE THIS LITTLE TINY BIT

TO HELP YOURSELF THAT IT GETS YOU SO FAR AND THEN YOU CANT KEEP GOING. ITS FRUSTRATING BEING LIKE

SOMEBODY NEW IN YOVERY, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS CLEAN, YOU GET TO

THE POINT YOURE SO FRUSTRATED

BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU RELY IS IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

I THINK THE BUDGET CUTS ARE WRONG.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, ADDRESS

HOMELESS PROBLEM AND HEALTH CARE

PROBLEMS IS PUT THE FUNDING BACK

AND KEEP IT WHERE IT IS.

THANK YOU.

IM SORRY YOU DISGUISE HAVE TO BE HERE.

I WISH IT WAS ME AND THE MAYOR ONE ON ONE IN A ROOM AND HE HAD TO LISTEN TO ME. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I KNOW.

I AM MARY, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOMELESS YOUTH ALLIANCE, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WORKING WITH

HUNDREDS OF YOUTH THAT CALL

HAIGHT ASHBURY THEIR HOME. THIS CUT WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS MONEY PAYS OUR STAFF, RENT, OUR FOOD AND SUPPLIES.

THE MAYORS BUDGET CLEARLY REFLECTS HIS OWNING PRIORITIES AND NOT THAT OF THE COMMUNITY.

HIS BUDGET SUGGESTS CLOSING OUR

DOORS AND EXPANDING HIS SEWN HOT

TEAM TO OVER OUR DISTRICT.

THIS ANGERS ME BEYOND WORDS. WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THESE

VIEWS FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. WE COME EVERY YEAR TO FIGHT FOR FUNDING AND IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT WERE HERE AGAIN.

WE JUST GOT OUR FUNDING A MONTH

AGO THAT WE WERE PROMISED LAST YEAR. WITHOUT EACH OTHER, WITHOUT EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HERE, WE CANNOT DO OUR JOBS.

JAIL IS NOT TREATMENT, WHICH IS WHERE ALL OF THESE PLANS WILL BE IF YOU DO NOT RESTORE THESE CUTS.

I INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN AND SPEND A DAY AT OUR DLOPIN

CENTER, LISTEN TO OUR YOUTH, HEAR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HELPED BUILD AND TELL ME WE DONT NEED THIS MONEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I AM ERIC LANE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELESS YOUTH ALLIANCE.

I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, AND THE

WAY YOU KEEP CUTTING THEM, ILL KEEP COMING BACK.

IF PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ARE CUT,

AND THEY GOT ME OFF THE STREES,

I ISSUE STREETS, I GOT A JOB.

MY BROTHER WAS RECENTLY A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME.

HE WOULD BE TOTALLY HELPLESS. THEY KEEP PEOPLE LIKE ME AND MY LITTLE BROTHER ALIVE AND THEYRE VERY MUCH NEEDED. THEYRE HERE TO SAVE NOT ONLY

THE KIDS FROM THE STREETS BUT THE STREETS FROM THE KIDS.

KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANKS.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

I AM JULIE LEDBETTER FROM THE HARMS REDUCTION COMMITTEE.

ALMOST A YEAR AGO, AND WE WERE

PRETTY EXCITED AS THE HARM REDUCTION SMALL GRASS ROOTS HARM REDUCTION COMMUNITY, MOSTLY A

FRONT LINE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO

ARE DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS

AND DRUG USE IN A INTENSE WAY. WE GOT EXCITED BECAUSE WE HEARD

THE BUDGET FORECAST WAS GOOD,

THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SURPLUS

IN THIS YEARS BUDGET AND WE THOUGHT MAYBE THAT IS A YEAR TO GROW AND EXPAND. I KNOW MANY OF YOU WERE THINKING IN A SIMILAR WAY.

FOR THIS REASON, WERE REALLY UPSET THAT THE MAYOR HAS ONCE

AGAIN USED OUR PROGRAMS AS POLITICAL FODDER BECAUSE ITS NOT JUST THE SERVICES THAT ARE

CUT BUT THE HOPES AND DREAMS AND

OUR ABILITY, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE CITY,

AND THERES NO BETTER WAY RIGHT

NOW THAN BUDGET ADVOCACY TO DO THAT.

SO WE HAVE FOLKS FROM HOMELESS YOUTH ALLIANCE ADVOCATING FOR THEIR BUDGET, THEY WANT TO BE HERE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH, NOT ABOUT CUTS.

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PEOPLES

BUDGET, AS IT IS THE VOICE OF

MANY BETWEEN 70 AND 80 GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, WHO DONT

HAVE ACCESS TO THE MAYOR, WHO

DONT HAVE THE EAR OF THE MAYOR, WHO OFTEN OUR OWN DEPARTMENTS ARE TELLING US OUR PROGRAMS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU GUYS

ARE GOING TO PUSH BACK AND SAY

SORRY, MAYOR, WERE NOT GOING TO

FUND 2 MILLION OF OUR OUTREACH, MAYBE 1 MILLION SO OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS CAN HAVE A

VOICE IN THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. THANKS.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS I AM DEVELOPMENT

MANAGER AT WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC, HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU

TO RESTORE FUNDING TO THIS ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES EXCELLENT FREE HEALTH CARE TO ININSURED AND UNDER INSURED WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. I HAVE BEEN AT THE CLINIC FOR OVER TWO YEARS.

I STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER AND GRADUALLY MOVED INTO A FULL TIME POSITION

IN THIS TIME I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED AND INSPIRING WOMEN

THAT IVE MET, WOMEN WHO DONATE TIME TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES

TO WOMEN IN NEED.

OUR SMALL STAFF AND MORE THAN 100 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS GIVE WOMEN THE CARE THEY NEED.

WE ARE RESOURCEFUL AND USE EVERY DOLLAR RAISED IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE.

OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE

EXTREMELY LOW BECAUSE WE RELY ON

A VOLUNTEER STAFF OF CLINICIANS,

HEALTH EDUCATORS, OUTREACH WORKERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES.

LAST YEAR OUR VOLUNTEERS DONATED

NEARLY 10,000 HOURS, OF SERVICE.

THE CLINIC HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN FUNDRAISING FROM

PRIVATE SOURCES WHICH GIVES US

LEVERAGE FOR USING MONEY EFFECTIVELY. EVERY DOLLAR RAISED PROVIDES 10

WORTH OF SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS. WHILE THE WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN

FUNDRAISING FROM PRIVATE SOURCES, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY. WE RECEIVE NO OTHER CITY FUNDING. THE CITY SHOULD SUPPORT AGENCIES

THAT ARE EFFICIENTLY RUN AND CAN MAXIMIZE THE RETURN ON THE CITYS INVESTMENT.

WE LEE LIE ON RELY ON THESE FUNDS TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES TO WOMEN.

I URGE YOU TO ADD IT BACK TO THE CITYS BUDGET.

ON BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO

COMMUNITY CLINIC CONSORTIUM, I HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE

CONSORTIUM ON THEIR BEHALF. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LEAH, THE OUTREACH

DIRECTOR AT WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC, HERE TO ADVOCATE THAT THE FUNDS FOR THE CLINIC BE ADDED BACK INTO THE BUDGET.

THIS IS OUR ONLY CITY FUNDING.

ITS 20 OF OUR BUDGET AND TWO

REASONS WHY THATS IMPORTANT. ONE IS BECAUSE WE WOULDNT BE

ABLE TO PROVIDE THE CLINICAL

SURFACES THAT WE DO WITHOUT CITY FUNDING AND IT IS EXTREMELY

IMPORTANT TO THE UNINSURED WOMEN

OF THE CITY THAT THE CITY ENCOURAGES ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES, AND THATS REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, THEY GET THE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED.

THE CLINIC OUTREACH PROGRAM SERVES HOMELESS TO WOMEN IN THE MISSION.

WE PROVIDE SAFER SEX AND SAFER DRUG USE SUPPLIES, HARM

REDUCTION SUPPLIES, LINKAGES TO

REFERRALS, AND ALSO SUPPORT. ON THE STREET THIS WEEK IN THE

MISSION, I WATCHED WOMEN WHO I

SERVE, WALK AROUND, GETTING PEOPLE TO SIGN PETITIONS TO

ADVOCATE THAT CITY FUNDING BE

ALLOCATED TO SERVE THEIR NEEDS. IN THE JAILS THIS WEEK WHEN I

WAS LEADING HEALTH EDUCATION GROUP I TALKED TO WOMEN ABOUT THEIR NEEDS FOR WHEN ANY GET OUT

OF JAIL, THE TYPES OF SERVICES TO KEEP THEM OUT OF JAIL, TO

KEEP THEM HOOKED INTO PROGRAMS

THAT ADDRESS THEIR DRUG USE AND THEIR RECOVERY PROCESS.

AND I ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLABORATION CALLED LADIES

NIGHT WHERE A GROUP OF SERVICE PROVIDERS, ALL OF WHOM ARE HERE,

BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE GETTING CUT FROM THE CITY

BUDGET, PROVIDE A DROPIN SPACE WEEKLY FOR WOMEN IN THE MISSION, TO BUILD COMMUNITIES, TO ACCESS

THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE THROUGH

MEDICAL SERVICES, HYGIENE

SUPPLIES, NEEDLE EXCHANGE, MANY

MORE THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN BUILDING THE COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. I WATCHED THE WOMEN WHO

PARTICIPATE IN LADIES NIGHT GET

READY TO HOLD A RALLY OUTSIDE OF

CITY HALL EARLIER THIS MONTH AND SPEAK ABOUT THEIR UNMET NEEDS. THESE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY DESERVE THE SAME THINGS

THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE PRESIDIO AND HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE DESERVE WHICH IS

HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS FREDERICK, AND

I HAD A LOT OF AGENDAS, SOME OF

WHICH WOULD BE MORE TOWARD THE

CLINIC, AND TO STATE THEY OFFER HIV TESTING WHEREAS THE CITY

CLINIC, WHICH IS A CLINIC AS WELL, THEY DONT OFFER THAT IF

YOURE NOT AT HIGH RISK.

THE AT THE WOMENS COMMUNITY

CLINIC GROUP OF PHYSICIANS,

AFFILIATED WITH PROFESSIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THAT DO THIS PARTICULAR CLINIC WORTHY OF THEIR TIME.

AND ITS A CLINIC, AND [INAUDIBLE] TO WOMEN AND

TRANSGENDERS WHO ARE ININSURED

AND OTHERWISE BE SERVICED FOR

THE REASONS THEY GO THERE.

AND OTHER IS WHERE I FIT.

AND MANY HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM

AND IVE BEEN SOBER FOR THREE

MONTHS AND PUBLIC ARENA AND THE WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC HAS BEEN VERY KEY IN ASSISTING

ME IN CONNECTING WITH THE SERVICES TO KEEP ME SOBER AND

GET MY LIFE BACK WHERE A WOMAN

WITH TWO DEGREES SHOULD BE AT ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD, AND TRYING

TO FIND SOME DIGNITY, AND WAYS

TO WHEREVER THEY CAN HELP ME,

THEY CERTAINLY CAN REFER OUT OF

THEIR REALM OF GONE CA LOGICAL AND OUTREACH SERVICES.

THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, AND AISLE TELL YOU MY FAMILY IS

VERY HAPPY AND I FEEL LIKE IM STARTING TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY

COMMUNITY POSITIVELY AGAIN. THATS IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HELLO, SUPERVISORS.

MY NAME IS MARIE, AND I AM A VOLUNTEER AND FORMER CLIENT OF

THE WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC.

IM HERE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE

WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC IS A

VERY COMMUNITY EFFORT.

IT INVOLVES OVER 100 WOMEN VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, AND

INVOLVES A CORE STAFF OF WOMEN DEDICATING THEIR LIVES TO WOMEN

LIKE ME, A 27YEAROLD UNINSURED, A PLACE THAT THEY CAN

HAVE COMFORTABLE, SAFE, RELIABLE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

ITS NOT JUST PREVENTATIVE.

THERES URGENT CARE. ITS IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN LIKE ME

AND THE WOMEN WE SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS TO HAVE THIS CLINIC.

I FEEL THAT THE CITY CAN ALSO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY BY

GIVING US THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED. YOU ARE A PART OF THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN SAN FRANCISCO TO PROVIDE WOMEN

AND TO PROVIDE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WITH THE KIND OF HEALTH

CARE, THE KIND OF REHABILITATION

SERVICES THAT WE NEED IN THE CITY. BASICALLY, I AM LEER TO

ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE MAYOR NEWSOM JOIN US IN THESE TALKS BECAUSE I THINK HE SHOULD HEAR

THE VOICES OF HIS CITIZENS FIRST HAND APPEAR ENCOURAGE YOU TO

GIVE BACK THE CLINIC THE 200,000

THAT WERE LOSING THIS YEAR. THANK YOU.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS AND AT THE WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINIC, IVE BEEN A PATIENT, VOLUNTEER AND NOW

CURRENTLY PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR

NEW INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WORKING

WITH AFRICANAMERICAN WOMEN. IVE SEEN THE EXECUTION OF

GENUINE DEDICATION, OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION, AND SHARED STRENGTH

IN REGARDS TO STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND OUR CLIENTS.

LET ME TELL YOU, BEING A VOLUNTEER AND WITNESSING A

BEAUTIFUL AFRICANAMERICAN WOMAN GRAPPLING WITH THE REVELATION OF

THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING HIV

POSITIVE, LET ME TELL YOU OF THE

SUPPORT, STRENGTH AND SELFLESSNESS SHOWN TO THE WOMAN

BY HER COUNSELOR AS SHE DISBRAPLED WITH THIS LIFE CHANGING NEWS AND LET ME TELL

YOU ABOUT THE GUIDANCE AND STRENGTH SHOWN TO ME NEW

REALIZING THAT THIS DISEASE IS

REALLY, ITS AFFECTING WOMEN OF COLOR MIKE MYSELF. LET ME TELL YOU OF THE YOUNG

WOMAN WHO CAME TO THE CLINIC,

AND FOUR HOURS LATER, YES FOUR

HOURS LATER AS SHE LEFT SHE

EMPTIED THE CONTENTS OF HER

POCKET AND DONATED THE MONEY SHE

HAD ON HER WITH INTENSE GRATITUDE.

BECAUSE A HEALTH EDUCATOR, A

CLINICIAN EACH REALIZED THIS YOUNG WOMAN WAS IN A SITUATION AND A RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS A POTENTIAL THREAT TO HER HEALTH.

WITH EACH INTERACTION THEE

RECEIVED GUIDANCE, INFORMATION, NONJUDGMENT AND EMPOWERMENT THAT SHE COULD ADVOCATE FOR HER BODY AND HEALTH.

IT IS SAID THE WOMAN IS A PILLAR OF HER FAMILY. IN CARING FOR HER, WERE NOT

ONLY CARING FOR HER BUT FOR HER

FAMILY AND, BY EXTENSION, HER COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THUS FAR AND URGE YOU TO PLEASE

CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WOMENS COMMUNITY CLINICS DEDICATION TO

CARING FOR WOMEN, FAMILIES, AND OUR SHARED COMMUNITIES.

MR. PRESIDENT, DUFFERY

TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST. IN THE LAST ELECTION, MAYOR

NEWSOM SAID THE FOLLOWING THING.

FUNDING SOCIAL PROGRAMS IS NOT

ANATHEMA TO MY CORE BELIEF. WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF ENGAGING

PUBLIC POLICY TO SOLVE SOCIAL

PROBLEMS LIKE THAT, WHO AM I TO

DECIDE THAT SOMEONE IS PUSHING TOO HARD.

IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO PUSH TOO

HARD

MAYOR NEWSOM CLAIMS HES LEADING

THE FIRST CITY TO GET UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY

AND AT THE SAME TIME HE WANTS TO CUT THE HEALTH CARE BUDGET

YOU CANT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

I WOULD NOT ACCEPT THAT SORT OF

DOUBLE TALK FROM ANYONE ON THIS BOARD.

WHY WOULD I ACCEPT IT FROM MAYOR NEWSOM. BY THE WAY, EVERYBODY KNOWS IN THIS TOWN WE HAVE A THING CALLED EXPENSE INCREASES THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

SO EVEN FUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH AT

THE CURRENT LEVEL MEANS SERVICE CUTS.

WHAT WE NEED IS AT LEAST A 5 INCREASE IN PUBLIC HEALTH. THAT IS A TEST OF WHETHER YOU ARE SUPPORTING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.

IF WE HAVE BUDGET INCREASES.

UNTIL WE GET SOME SUPPORT FROM SACRAMENTO OR WASHINGTON TOWARDS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, WE EXPECT

TO SEE THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE

BUDGET INCREASED, NOT DECREASED.

IN RECENT YEARS WEVE HAD SOME

BAD BUDGET YEARS WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS.

THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO BE GAMING THE BUDGET SYSTEM IN THIS KIND OF WAY.

ITS IMMATURE, IRRESPONSIBLE, AND UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

HELLO. IM SYLVIA JOHNSON.

WE NEED A LOT OF SECURITY IN OUR

PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, AND THE

CARE THATS NOT MAYBE CUT, AND

THIS EXAMPLE OF TOTAL TORMENT,

IN TECHG TECHNOLOGY IN RESEARCH IN OUR STUDIES AND WHAT IS

REALLY GOING ON, IS THAT THEYRE

TRYING TO MAKE ALL THE FOR

THEIRSELF, NOT EVEN ADMINISTRATION FOR OUR PUBLIC

HEALTH SITUATION IN OUR TECHNOLOGY, AND OUR BIORESEARCH

OF OUR HUMAN SOCIETY.

AND THIS IS ALSO ITS THE

SAME THING, A BIG JEALOUS CULMINATION.

I KNOW THAT CONGRESS IS KNOWN SUPPOSED TO BE HEALTH

SITUATION, AND I THINK THAT

THEYRE JUST JUDGING THAT THE

REAL EXAMPLE OF REALLY SEEING SUCCESS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS

TOTAL THIS IS A ILLUSION OF

JUDGMENT THAT HAS NEVER HAD TO

COME IN THIS PROGRESS OF REPUBLICANS.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HEARD

A LOT OF MY TOPE OVER IN FISHERMANS WHARF.

IVE SEEN A LOT OF IN CLEAN

WATER OF AND I THINK THAT

THIS THEN NEEDS CHANGE, AND THIS

IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS, AND NO

BY CUTTING ANY KIND OF [BUZZER SOUNDING.] President Peskin: MS. LERMAN. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS,

IF YOU WOULD LINE UP IN THE CENTER AISLE.

OTHERWISE THIS IS THE LAST SPEAK

FOR OUR STATE MANDATED BIELENSON HEARING.

I AM DEBBY WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN SERVICES INCOME, WE HAVE ABOUT 100 AGENCIES. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK SO HARD

EVERY DAY SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.

I AM FEELING VERY MOVED BY EVERYTHING IVE HEARD TODAY AND

THE FACT THAT YOUVE BEEN RANT

WITH ATTENTION, WRAPPED WITH ATTENTION. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE

ADDBACKS THAT YOU WORKED SO

HARD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE CUTS, THE RESIDENTIAL AND OUTPATIENT

SERVICES, BUSTERS PLACE, THE

DROPIN CENTER, AND REGARDING

THE PSYCH BEDS, WE ASK THAT WHATEVER DECISIONS THIS BOARD MAKES ON THE PSYCH BEDS THAT YOU DO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY

BASED SERVICES FOR URGENT CARE AND ACUTE DIVERSION ARE FUNDED SO WE CAN TAKE THE PREJUDICIAL OFF THE HOSPITAL. WE ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. I KNOW YOUVE DONE ALREADY AROUND THE CARE CUT.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SPEAK

QUICKLY TO THE INVISIBLE CUT,

THE SLOW DEATH THAT NEVER SHOWS

UP IN THE BIELENSON HEARING IN THE INADEQUATE COST OF DOING BUSINESS INCREASE THAT WE KNOW,

OVER TIME, CAWZ CAUSES OUR

SERVICES TO BE CUT, OUR DOORS TO BE CLOSED.

WE KNOW WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO

BRING IT UP TO A FULL 5 INCREASE THIS YEAR, WE SENT

AROUND A SURVEY THAT SHOWED THAT

COSTS HAVE GONE UP ABOUT 8, HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS HAVE GONE UP 18. SERVICES HAVE BEEN CUT AND

NONPROFITS CANNOT AFFORD DECENT

RAISES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. ITS IN YOUR HANDS NOW.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

ARE THERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY IN THE

BIELENSON HEARING. SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. THE MATTER IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER.

Councilmember Greuel:   IM GOING TO MAKE

Supervisor AliotoPier:   I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. I AM NOT A MEMBER OF THE BUDGET

COMMITTEE BUT WE DO SEE THESE

CUTS OVER AND OVER AND SEEM TO DO THE SAME THING EVERY TIME

THEY COME BEFORE US AND IT WOULD BE NICE NOT TO SEE SOME OF THE SAME THINGS BACK HERE BECAUSE IT

IS FEELING A LITTLE REDUNDANT.

AND AS SOONS AS SOON AS

PUBLIC COMMENT STARTED I COULD NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE TO SIT HERE

AND LISTEN TO THE SAME CUTS YET

AGAIN AND DO THE SAME THING WE SEEM TO DO EVERY YEAR.

SO TO THE BUDGET OFFICE, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF WE DONT

HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS NEXT YEAR.

President Peskin:   LET ME

ADD TO THAT, THAT WHILE

CERTAINLY THE MAYOR PROPOSES AND

THE BOARD DISPOSES, THE REALITY

HAS BEEN, AND SHOULD BE, THAT WHEN THE BOARD ADDS BACK,

BECAUSE THE BOARD IS AN EQUAL

PARTNER IN THE BUDGET PROCESS,

THAT THOSE SHOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD.

AND THE FACT THAT NOT ALL, BUT

MANY OF THE CUTS THAT WERE ADDRESSING TODAY WERE ADDED BACK

FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS REALLY

RUBS ME THE WRONG WAY. I WANT TO SAY THAT RESPECTFULLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAT WE HAVE GREAT

RESPECT FOR, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT RESPECTFULLY TO THE MAYORS OFFICE. I UNDERSTAND THE DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC HEALTH HAD TO COMPLY WITH BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WHEN IT COMES BACK COMES OUT

OF ADDBACKS, THOSE ARE POLICY

MATTERS THAT THE BOARD HAS DISPOSED WITH AND WHEN WE DO THAT THEY SHOULD BE DISPOSED WITH FOR ALL TIME OR AT LEAST YEARS TO COME. WITH THAT, SUPERVISOR MAXWELL.

Supervisor Maxwell:   I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY I THINK WE

HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. I MEAN THE SERVICES WE GIVE, THE SERVICES WE AFFECT,

PEOPLE THAT MOST CITIES I THINK THROW AWAY AND DONT CONSIDER, WE DO. SO IM PROUD OF THAT AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK WEVE SHOWN OUR POLICY, WE HAVE SHOWN WHAT WE CARE ABOUT, AND THAT SHOULD BE

CONSIDERED, AND IT SHOULD BE RESPECTED.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI.

Supervisor Mirkarimi:   JUST REAL QUICKLY.

I MEAN I DO SIT ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

I AM ALSO AWARE THAT DPHS

BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED BY 7.

SO THE FACT THAT THEIR BUDGETS BEEN INCREASED BY 7

NOW FACED WITH THESE POTENTIAL

CUTS, I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU, SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AND SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER. IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT WE WOULD

RETURN HERE, ONCE AGAIN. QUITE FRANKLY, I LOVE THE COMMENTS BY SOME OF THE PUBLIC

THAT IF WE HAVE TO ENDURE THIS,

AS WE LOVINGLY DO, THEN I THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD JOIN US.

President Peskin:   WELL,

THIS WAS HIS DAY TO APPEAR AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SMART, I DONT BELIEVE WE HAVE

GOES DISPOSED OF THAT ITEM.

The Clerk:   IT HAS BEEN FIVE MINUTES.

President Peskin:   SO THE

MATTER HAS BEEN DISPOSED OF FIVE

HOURS LATER. MR. JEW.

Supervisor Jew:   THANK YOU.

I TOOK NOTES OF INDIVIDUAL

STATEMENTS, AND I WAS JUST APPALLED AT THE THINGS THAT WE

HAVE TO LISTEN TO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WORKING ON IT, AND

MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SOME ADDBACKS AND MAKE SURE THESE

PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET.

MADAM CLERK, CAN WE GO TO

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. PRESIDENT, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM ABDULUM GAY. AS HOMELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE

LAST 24 YEAR I FOUND MYSELF ON

MAY 18, BEING KICKED FROM NEXT

DOOR SHELTER FOR NO REASON.

QUESTION IS, DID I USE DRUGS OR

ANY KIND OF THE ANSWER, NEVER

IN MY LIFE.

NEVER IN MY LIFE. BUT WHAT HAPPENED.

BECAUSE I HAVE BIG MOUTH, AND I

COMING HERE TO OPEN YOUR EYES

ABOUT THE AND THE

LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

WERE GOING TO ASK YOU TO OPEN

INVESTIGATION, WHY THE MAYOR,

GAVIN NEWSOM, HAS HANDLED THEM,

30 MILLION, FOR THE PEOPLE, HE

SAID THEY ARE NONPROFIT. THE ANSWER BECAUSE HE USED TO BE

FRIENDS WITH THEM WHEN HE

BECOME BEFORE HE COME TO

SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL.

THIRD, THE PEOPLE THERE GET

OFF WHEN I TELL YOU THAT OUR

DICTATOR, LINDSEY COLEMAN TRIED

TO KEEP SIX FEET FOR HERSELF. WHAT TO BE COMING FROM

COMING FROM HOMELESS MAN WHO USED TO LIVE THERE AND WHEN HE

GO OUTSIDE THE SHELTER, HE

DONATED TO THE HOMELESS, NOT TO HER.

FIVE CROOK EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO HAVE AND DISCRIMINATION

AGAINST ME, BECAUSE I TRIED TO

OPEN YOUR EYES FOR THAT WHAT

THEY DO IN NEXT DOOR.

THE MAN HE LEFT HIS I THANK

THE OFFICE FOR WHO BRING

SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

President Peskin:   THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISORS.

ITS BEEN A LONG AFTERNOON. THANK FOR YOUR INTRUNS.

STOP THE CORPORATE RAPE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WHEN I ADDRESS YOU I TALK ABOUT

DANGERS OF PRIVATIZATION. IN MANY AREAS YOU CAN SEE IT. MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE

ATMOSPHERE IS NOT OAND BY ALL COMPANIES, SHORELINE IS NOT

OWNED BY SHIPPING TANKERS AND

FORESTS ARE NOT OABLD BY

OWNED BY LOGGING COMPANIES.

SOME THINGS SHOULD NOT BEEN EXPLOITED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FEW. THE CONCEPT USED TO DESCRIBE

THIS IS CALLED THE COMMONS.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ONE OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS.

IT IS OUR INTELLECTUAL COMPLONS.

IS THERE ANY OTHER INSTITUTION THIS MAY BE

HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF AND EARS PERK UP WHEN MONEY IS

MENTIONED BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT MONEY. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS

WERE DUMPED AND IT IS FORGOTTEN OVER THE PROTEST. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS

RCH PLACED IN DAMP STORAGE. IN OUR NEW MAIN LIBRARY IT TAKES

FOUR TIMES AS LONG TO LOCATE

MATERIALS AS IN TYPICAL LIBRARIES.

THE SURVEY WAS DROPPED THAT THEY

SUPPRESSED NEWS OF IT. THE PRIVATIZERS HAD A VISION.

IN ANY CASE AGAINST DANGEROUS

DISTORTIONS OF PRIVATIZATIONS OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, THE LIBRARY

OF SAN FRANCISCO WILL ALWAYS BE EXHIBIT A.

PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR RESPONSIBILITY. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS YOU ARE THE

CUSTODIANS OF THAT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

IF YOU ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO BUY RESPECTABILITY WITH MONEY THERE

IS NO HOPE FOR ANYTHING.

DONT VOTE FOR YOUR POWERLESSNESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER.

HELLO. SYLVIA JOHNSON.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE A CONGRESS

CONGREGATION OF LACK OF LACK

OF STUDY, LACK OF SAFETY AND

PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.

THE OF THE SHIPS AND A LOT OF

OTHER DISRESPECT IN OUR

COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES, AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF OUR

HEALTH ISSUES IS AND KNOWING

THAT I HAVE TROUBLE SEEING

THINGS UPSIDE DOWN, I CANNOT

READ A COMPUTER UPSIDE DOWN.

AND THIS MONEY SITUATION THAT

I HAVE AS A INVESTIGATION

IN GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C.,

GOING TO THE PARTNERSHIP OF

CONGRESS, AND TALKING TO THE

PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS DOWN THERE

IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT WE

HAVE A LOT OF PROGRESS THAT IS MENTIONED BECAUSE OF SOMEBODY

BEING ABLE TO TRY AND READ

SOMETHING UPSIDE DOWN, WHICH

IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW,

APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, SOME

THAT DOES DO SOME CODE WORKING

ON THIS PROCESS OF REEXAMINING

AND TECHNOLOGY AS FAR AS THE

NEW ADVANCE SITUATION WITH SHIPS.

AND OUR WORLD THATS BEEN TORN

APART AND OUR DUTY AS I HAVE

LOOKED INTO THE RESERVE [BUZZER SOUNDING.] THANK YOU.

President Peskin:   THAT WILL

CONCLUDE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE CALENDAR.

The Clerk:   ITEMS 50 THROUGH 60 50. MOTION APPROVING FINAL MAP 4184, A 8 LOT SUBDIVISION PROJECT, LOCATED AT 445701 WAWONA STREET BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 008 IN ASSESSORS BLOCK NO. 2540 AND ADOPTING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND CITY PLANNING CODE SECTION 101.1. 51. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF

DPH:  , TO RETROACTIVELY ACCEPT AND EXPEND A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 19,601 FROM THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA THROUGH THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO FUND THE TRIANGULATION RESOURCE GUIDE, AND TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS FOR THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 THROUGH JUNE 3, 2007. 52. RESOLUTION DIRECTING SAN FRANCISCOS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO SUBMIT A REPORT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON POTENTIAL ACTIONS THAT CAN BE ADOPTED TO ADDRESS RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH FROM EXPOSURE TO BISPHENOLA AND TO BASE THAT REPORT ON THE FINDINGS OF A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH REVIEW PANEL ALONG WITH THE CONCERNS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND CHILDRENS HEALTH COMMUNITIES. 53. RESOLUTION COMMENDING THOMAS E. MARGRO, GENERAL MANAGER OF BART. 54. RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING SECURITY CONTRACTORS AND BUILDING OWNERS TO COME TO THE BARGAINING TABLE WITH THE SINGLE PURPOSE TO IMPROVE INDUSTRY STANDARDS BY PROVIDING ADEQUATE TRAINING AND INCREASED WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS. 55. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF

DPH:   TO RETROACTIVELY ACCEPT AND EXPEND A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 8,250 FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT

CDFA:   SUPPORTING TWO PROGRAMS, THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMPLIANCE PROGRAM AND THE WEIGHMASTER ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2008. 56. RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE JOINT LABOR AND ITS OUR HEALTHCARE PRINCIPLES DEVELOPED BY A COALITION OF COMMUNITY, CLERGY, LABOR AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORTING THOSE PRINCIPLES AS A MEANS TO ACHIEVING AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR ALL WORKING CALIFORNIANS. 57. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF

DPH:   TO RETROACTIVELY ACCEPT AND EXPEND TWO GRANTS TOTALING 4,948.18, ONE FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND

CDFA:   AND ONE FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CDPR:   FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2008. 58. RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE PRESCRIBED TIME WITHIN WHICH THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY RENDER ITS DECISION ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 319.2 AND 319.3 OF THE VISITATION VALLEY COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FEE AND FUND ORDINANCE TO SET A LOWER FEE LEVEL OF 3.00 PER SQUARE FOOT

FOR PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED PROJECTS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE MATERIAL GENERAL PLAN, PLANNING CODE OR ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS. 59. RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE ASTHMA TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP TO JUNE 30, 2008. 60. RESOLUTION URGING THAT THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO REGISTERED NURSING PROGRAM PETITION THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS PURSUANT TO EDUCATION CODE S

A:  (3) TO ALLOW THE ADOPTION OF A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT GIVING PREFERENTIAL ADMISSION TO SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTS.

President Peskin:   WOULD ANY

MEMBER LIKE AN ITEM OR ITEMS SEVERED SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER.

Supervisor AliotoPier:   52.

President Peskin:   ITEM 352. ON THE BALANCE OF THE CALENDAR,

A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

The Clerk:   SUPERVISOR SANDOVAL, AYE. SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER, AYE.

SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, AYE.

SUPERVISOR DALY, ABSENT.

SUPERVISOR DUFTY, AYE. SUPERVISOR ELSBERND, AYE. SUPERVISOR JEW, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MAXWELL, AYE.

SUPERVISOR MCGOLDRICK, ABSENT.

SUPERVISOR MIRKARIMI, AYE.

SUPERVISOR PESKIN, AYE.

The Clerk:   NINE AYES.

President Peskin:   THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE DOONTSDZ AND MOTION APPROVED. ITEM 52.

The Clerk:   ITEM 52 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SUBMIT

A ON POTENTIAL ACTIONS FOR

THE PUBLIC HEALTH. President Peskin: SUPERVISOR ALIOTOPIER. Supervisor AliotoPier: THANK YOU. ID LIKE TO CONTINUE IT FOR A WEEK. WE HAVE TO WORK ON THE LANGUAGE.

President Peskin:   MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR ONE WEEK, SECONDED BY VIRTUALLY EVERY MEMBER HERE BUT WE WILL GIVE IT TO SUPERVISOR AMMIANO, WITHOUT

OBJECTION THE ITEM IS CONTINUED.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU READ THE IMPERATIVE AGENDA.

The Clerk:   ON BEHALF OF

SUPERVISOR DALY, RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUABLE

CONTRIBUTIONS OF AND HER 31 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

President Peskin:   A MOTION HIS IN ORDER FOR SUNSHINE AND

BROWN ACT, MADE BY... ALL RIGHT.

SO WITHOUT THE MOTION, THE

THE MOTION MADE BY SUPERVISOR ELSBERND. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE BROWN

ACT AND SUNSHINE MOTION

IT DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR DUFTY. WITHOUT OBJECTION. AND ON THE ITEM, SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE IN MEMORIA.

The Clerk:   YES.

ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR THE NINE FIREFIGHTERS KILLED

IN THE LINE OF DUTY, IN NORTH

CAROLINA. ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR AMMIANO

FOR THE LATE EDDIE SANCHEZ. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE BOARD

FOR THE LATE BREEIANA WILCOX.

ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR

MIRKARIMI FOR THE LATE CABASH.

President Peskin:   BY UNANIMOUS VOTE THE BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS IS ADJOURNED.