Welcome to the january 10th, 2018 regular meeting of the neighborhood safety and Public Services committee. I am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. To my right is supervisor sheehy, and to my left is supervisor fewer. The clerk is john carroll, and i would like to thank nona from sfgovtv for attending. Can you please call item number one. Agenda item number is to consider the type of a type 48 general item on sale to la ciudad club, doing business as the city club will serve the necessity and convenience of the city and county. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Good morning, supervisors. You have before you a pca for city club. They have applied for a type 48 license transfer, and if approved, this would allow him to sell onsite beer, liquor and spirits. There are zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. They are located in plot 414, which is considered a high crime area. Mission station has no opposition. Aou approved with the following recommended conditions. Salesservice of alcoholic beverages shall be considered only between the hours of 12 00 p. M. To 2 00 a. M. All days of the week. No noise shall be audible at any nearby residence. Number four, petitioners shall actively monitor the area and control in an effect to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premise as depicted on abc 253. It should be noted the applicant has agreed with all the above recommended conditions. Supervisor ronen thank you so much. Any questions . No. Okay. Thank you, sergeant george. And i understand that the applicant, janice belen, is here. Good morning, and im not used to speaking in front of people like this, but thank you for the opportunity to present myself. Ive been at 2150 for 31 years, and my main concern as a mother and grandmother is always for safety, you know, and im very inconvenienced by the move because ive been displaced by big developers. And at first, i was pretty upset, but then, when i started to think about it, its a move in the right direction, simply for the fact that its going to cleanup the area more because when i was younger, i got out there, and i fought tooth and nail. I got beat up, my car was vandenbe vandalized and everything. My school was right behind there, and that was a safe haven for the children. I had a sign on the door. I dont know if youre familiar when Ethel Newland held the meetings, to let them know if they were being bullied to they could come in. My doors are always open, because sometimes you can see crime across the street from my videos. I will continue for the safety. You know, and im hoping that this gentrification. In fact im sure it will. Itll take a while for them to grasp it, but thank you for hearing. Its a business for me, its not a lifestyle. Supervisor ronen thank you. Id like to open this up for Public Comment. If any member of the public would like to speak, nows your chance. Seeing no one, Public Comment is closed. Colleagues, do you have any objection . Seeing none, this item moves forward with full recommendation to the board. Thank you. Supervisor ronen mr. Carroll, number two. We have for you a puc report for city beer store. They already have a type 42 license, and they are also transferring to another location, and if approved, this will allow them to sell on and offsale beer and wine. There are zero letters of protest, zero letters of support. They are located in plot 208, which is considered a high crime area. They are in census track 176. 01, which is considered a high saturation area. Mission station has no opposition. Lou approved with the following recommended conditions. Number one, Sales Service of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted between the hours 10 00 a. M. To 12 00 a. M. Sunday through wednesday and 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 a. M. Thursday through saturday. Number two, no noise shall be audible at any nearby residence. Number three, petitioners shall aptly monitor the area under their control in an effort to prevent the loitering of persons on any property adjacent to the licensed premises as depicted on the most recent certified abc 253. Number four, Sales Service and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted in or on the patio area only between the hours of 10 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. Each day of the week. Number five, sales and service of alcoholic beverages on said patio area shall be restricted to waiterwaitress service and only to patrons seated at tables. Number six, when the said patio area premise is being utilized for service, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages, a premise employee shall be in attendance and maintain continuous supervision at all times of the said area. It should be noted that the applicant has agreed with the above listed conditions. Supervisor ronen thank you very much. Seeing no questions, i understand that the applicant, craig leisen, is here. Hello. Supervisor ronen hi. So is my wife, as well, beth. Just briefly, i have our letter of intent to abc. Still kind of explains a little bit more of who we are, if you have any questions. We have been in south of market for ten years and operating as we intend to in the new space. Were also kind of a we were very happy to be where we were on folsom street, but our rent went up went substantially. So the great news about it is were able to stay in the city, but in the neighborhood. Were moving two blocks away. I think our track record speaks for itself. Also the space is exciting. Has been vacant for at least two years, and theres a couple restaurants, if its not too far away from here, that unfortunately didnt work out, so well be able to occupy a space that has been vacant for quite a while in south of market on mission street. We also have some support we have support of the neighbors, coworkers, and even some people in the industry. Youre more than welcome to talk if you guys have questions, at the same time, but if you just want to expedite the day, i think theyre content to show their support. I thank them for being here. If you have any specific questions for the community, theyre here, as well. Supervisor ronen thank you. Do you have any questions. I do see some people waving in the audience. I do want to open this up for Public Comment. If youd like to comment forward, anyone and speak on this item, now is your chance. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you very much. Supervisor ronen thank you very much and would you like to make a motion . Supervisor sure. I move to forward this to the board with positive recommendation. Supervisor ronen without objection, this item moves forward to the board with full recommendation. Clerk number three is an item on antilgbtq hate crimes. Supervisor ronen thank you. And i want to apologize to everyone here. We had to continue this from the last meeting that went long, so i want to thank supervisor sheehy for everyone involved in that. Supervisor sheehy . Good morning, colleagues. I have called a meeting to discuss antilgbtq hate crimes here in the city. We recently learned that hate crimes in california have jumped 11. 2 . In the bay area specifically, there were 60 more hate crimes in 2016 as compared to 2015. San francisco was among the bay area cities with the highest reported numbers. Hate crime victims include victims, businesses, government entities, and religious organizations. Although we know that hate crimes are often motivated by the victims race or religion, they are also motivated bisexu by Sexual Orientation and gender. President trump has blatantly attacked the lgbtq community. Hes attempted to ban Transgender Military Service members. Remove all mention of the lgbtq people from their website and include august lgbtq people from bathrooms. Building a wall between us and mexico and the elimination of gender identity from the census. His administration does not value inclusiveness or diversity. Sadly this has allowed people to commit acts of violence against members of our community, especially or lgbtq community. I want to thank the departments that are here on this item, especially cheryl davis the executor director of the Human Rights Commission, Claire Farley who the mayor has just appointed mayor lee had just appointed Senior Advisor on transit issue, and District Attorney gascons chief of staff, christine dubarry. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for. Thank you for the opportunity, thank you, supervisor sheehy for calling for this hearing. Its one of the things that weve been discussing a lot is the idea of underreporting, right . So the other thing that really concerns us is this idea that people arent aware that they can make a report or theyre afraid to, and so this for us, one of the big things will be after its all said and done, the idea, and hopefully, the possibility to think about the outreach and awareness campaigns that we can do and know your rights. So ill just quickly go through some things. Im not going to take up much of your time because i do adjust want to say again, the report we have is from 2015, and one of the things we should also think about is Data Collection and analysis and how we can be intentional about funding that, and again, the idea that we know that a lot of people dont feel comfortable coming forward. That report was something that people spent time to go out and meet directly with folks and get feedback and not wait for them to come in and report. So for us to be a little bit more vigilant about what were doing around the front end and what were doing about awareness and education, so i just want to make sure we highlight the work that the hrc is doing, the areas of focus and the work that happens. The Discrimination Division is where we have investigators who, when people come in and make complaints, they follow up and do the investigation and mediation if need be. But again, one of the problems that im seeing is we arent having enough people come in to actually file complaints, so we want to be much more proactive to make sure that people know that that is something they can do. Another is around policy. We have different ordinances that have been done in the past. We have some things with dph, but we want to make sure that were working on policy and making sure that its relevant to Community Needs. And then, the advisory committees that we have, the lgbt advisory committee, and just our Community Empowerment work that weve been doing. So the discrimination complaints, as i mentioned, thats happening, and were very happy to have join our policy unit, but also will be helping us with some of the Discrimination Division, aria sayeel, whos going to be working with know your rights opportunities, to make sure that people know that they can come in and well help them through that process. Were doing professional developments and workshops. We have some of the against hate campaign, and some of the partnerships around funding, and in that respect and love toolkit, highlights some of the work that weve had in that regard. And i will be saying weve been doing many for School Visits and presentations in different places. You actually have before you one of the curriculum guides that we worked on with university of San Francisco and other places, and i highlighted the princess boy book that weve been using. And were also working with our Family Coalition to do more intentional curriculum that can be used in schools, as well as after school programs, and helping identify more books and resources that folks can have to do more on the front end, versus waiting for people to file complaints. So the vice Prevention Needs assessment was done, as i mentioned, in 2015, and the assessment looked at the things that are identified on the slides that you have. I wont read through them. But again, that was done in 2015. We would really like to see us being more consistent with that and to be able to do more that more often, so thats just something to think about, so that were not, again, waiting for people to come in and file complaints to decide what the needs are, but that we can be more intentional and do this, if not annually, at least biannual to get feedback from folks and get a better understanding thats not just based on the reports that were getting, but thats based on Real Community feedback. And it will give us something to measure and look at. If we can do something in this next year, itll allow us to look at whether theres been an increase or a decrease in some of the complaints. Supervisor ronen and is there anything preventing you from doing that automatically or is it a resource issue . Funding. Resource issue robe rope is that something youre looking for in your budget this up coming here. So we will seek to probably do that, but one of the issues is weve all been given charges to decrease our budget, and so its just something that well have to think about in terms of the scope of everything and hopefully during the budget process, we can find a way to identify funds from that. Supervisor sheehy yeah. We should look at that. Given the environment that were in, the trend isnt downward. Right. Supervisor ronen and this project, i remember, came out of an ad back, my former boss, supervisor campos, and so we need to make sure that thats baselined, and we keep it going. I think the actual should be kept going, and i think its very helpful because it lets us see that its not in any one neighborhood, but that its in every neighborhood, and it definitely goes underreported, or we seem to think its only happening in one community. But thisll give us a better snapshot of where its happening and we can do better preventative work. Supervisor fewer do you have any data from sfusc. We have a hearing coming up on the 25th, and the school district, the Fire Department and the das office have all been invited to come. One of the things is how do we collect data in a better way. Ive been working to try to get a better handle on data. We have a better anecdote wial. Were going to do some work with the counselors next week. Theres a twoday retreat, and well do a workshop with them. Supervisor fewer theres a Risk Assessment that they do every other year. It really talks about lgbtq students and what they are experiencing in our schools, around violence, also. And i know the numbers are pretty high. While i was there, i wrote a resolution, actually. We are recommitting to our commitment to our lgbt students lgbtq students, and so there is a now one fte person who deals with just lgbtqq students, so i think he or she could be a good source of information because they are the ones who hear stuff right on the ground thats happening. Theyre connected on the ground with our wellness centers, too. Well, i will definitely follow up, because weve been working how do we expand some of the curriculum and introduce audrey lord and other folks to try and think about how we talk about this work and linking it to some of the modern day artists, so thats very helpful to know. Supervisor fewer thank you. And so the next one is just the key findings. And again, for us, it would be really great to look at where we are now, compared to in 2015, and to think about how we can also evaluate the tools and strategies that weve been using to measure whether those have had any impact. That is going to be a big the equity measuring social impact is something that our office is really pushing across the board to have all the departments report out. The Controllers Office just did a survey to all the different departments for us to get a better understanding of how theyre measuring their impact on equity, and this is something wed like to be able to look at in the future, as well. And then, the key recommendations, and we have been grateful through the different supervisors offices and the different ad back processes. I will say the one thing that we fell prey to, which we are actually pushing all the departments to think about is when we talk about culturally competent, and we fund agencies, we dont always get to the folks who are actually doing the work or are on the ground, and we need to think about how we invest in Capacity Building for those organizations so that we dont continue to give money to the Larger Organizations that have the infrastructure to write great grants and that have the infrastructure to do really awesome reports, and then, we forget about the people on the ground that are actually doing the work and arent being compensated in a way that allows them to live in the city. So that is one of the big ways that as we think about the funding and as we think about moving this forward, what does it look like to do Capacity Building and what does it look like to invest that. Not just say that our Community Needs to be stronger, but to actually put money towards that. I think thats something we struggled with this year and we need to definitely do a better job. Supervisor sheehy can you talk a little bit deeper level. I kind of hear what youre saying, and i kind of have a sense of what youre saying. Theres traditionally well funded, well organized institutions, and ive seen that in my work. And a lot of time, people are doing the very innovative work, traditionally where people dont have access. They shouldnt have to ask those Larger Organizations to subcontract with them or to respect their ideas, and i think you alluded to it in your opening remarks, is that we see that its happening statewide, but when we mix the intersectionality of people of color with their Sexual Orientation or preference, then we see that they are even further marginalized, and they are not being supported to actually move the work. And that for me is a tragedy, and thats something that we really we made we made a hard decision this year, and we funded a Larger Organization at the expense of a smaller organization that was doing the work. And that organization now has to ask other enter at this times to recognize them as leaders in that work. Its almost like we took their credibility and their validation way by taking their funding. So we dont have the money right now to invest in building their capacity, to either get a grant writer or to hire someone whos focused on the optics, because theyre so focused in dealing with the daytoday work of struggling i think we feel San Francisco is a mecca, and the people that do that work are not being supported to support those folks, and that concerns me. And so as we continue to get more and more funding, it doesnt mean that the funding is getting to the people who need it. Supervisor sheehy yeah. Lets continue. I want to continue this discussion, because i especially where intersectionality is concerned, i always feel that thats been a weakness in the community and really recognizing and supporting work that actually stresses that. Right. I think if we look at the numbers of whos experiencing the hate crimes, i think that well see that its a group of folks that have whether its their immigration status, whether its there socioeconomic status, whether its where they live that theyre experiencing it at higher volumes, and they may not feel comfortable going into some of the higher functioning organizations that have the resources to support them. So its just something for us to think about. And we will continue to do some of the work around the citywide Public Education campaigns. I shared with you some of the curriculum that weve developed. I also wanted to share some of the this is from one of the schools that we were working with, roof ttop, so again, not maybe a school that we would immediately identify, but they asked for support to deal with equity in these issues largely, so this is a toolkit that students developed for those workshops, to talk about school community. We have the after, the possibility of the Patriot Prayer event, we started doing weekly conversations. And i know weve been talking about supervisor sheehys office about hosting one in his district. We have a lunch group thatll happen today with jana barkin, and were doing more of those workshops, in terms of Public Education and awareness. And then, really trying to focus on the most vulnerable. Sney has been working with aria, and so there is some work going, and we want to be able to continue to do that, but we want to make sure that the most vulnerable populations do not feel that were overlooking for them for the organizations that have the funding. So just highlighting some of the partnerships, which is also listed in the books that you have, and then, the policy. I did want to be mindful, because i said i was going to go quickly, and i have not done that. So just thank you again for the opportunity to kind of elevate and share the work. And ultimately, we are hoping to see more funding and more support specifically for Data Collection and analysis for building the capacity of organizations who are on the ground that are doing the work, but how they tell their stories, so that they can be recognized and accepted and validated in that work. And then, just to continue thinking about how we do more of this Public Awareness and Public Education for folks to know, not just what their rights are, but where to go if those rights have been violated, but where to go if its a hate crime. I think thats the largest challenge for our office, if they know that somebody is not treating them nicely, and its based on their orientation, but its not necessarily a hate crime, how do we continue to offer support and space for that, and what that looks like. Thank you again for this opportunity, and we look forward to working with each of you. Supervisor sheehy thank you, and please keep in touch as we go into the budget season. I think these needs are not going to decrease. Supervisor fewer miss davis, how much is allocated to you for the Needs Assessment . So currently, do you remember what that amount was, initially . 50,000, so its not a large amount. Supervisor fewer no, right, absolutely. Thank you. Supervisor sheehy and to the extent we can have discussions that will improve the relationship with the school district, as someone who has a 12yearold, almost middle school, with boots on the ground, that is a particular place, and a particular time when and its not just around certainly orientation or gender identity. A lot of its about how people learn to respect women and girls, and i think that you see some broader culturation. The culture seems to influence our kids in a way that sometimes is a lot of times isnt consistent with San Francisco values. Right. I will say that after the election last year, all of the schools experienced an up2id ck in not just necessarily hate crimes, but light weight bullying, and people saying things that they shouldnt, and so beginning to have those conversations and those dialogues is really important, and so that young people can feel comfortable saying, you know what, i think theres a culture or a shift that needs to be addressed, and i think thats the biggest thing that weve been working on, is how to go into schools and talk about that culture shift. Even just people saying oh, you know whether somebody is acting like a girl or if theyre too sensitive or things like that and just be able to start to address that earlier on before it escalates into something larger. And weve seen and schools have been great about asking for support and resources in that way. Supervisor fewer you know, after having been on the board and work odd this issue primarily, i was the lead on the board on it, is what we are also looking for is an interruption with adults, that when they hear it, when they see it, that there needs to be interruption, and they dont just let it go. Teachers need to say, we dont say that here, or we dont do that, or that is very harmful or hurtful. My frustration is they ask for resources, and they get them, but then, they dont pass it onto the students. Sometimes role models for students, coaches in particular, that theyre the ones that really have to speak up and say something, and i think that is the reluctantance of many staff members. Adults also cant perpetuate this type of behavior. You know, having had a child in the Public School system thats lgbt makes some experiences, i think are really harmful and hurtful, and i think it this is happening every day in the classrooms, and i think its something that we should really be addressing. So its not just sometimes the students, support for students. Its support for students, but i think its also an interruption by adults in the building, also, that they have to be able to speak out. Well, i will say that the one challenge i have is also with some of the curriculum around African Americans is that people will be like oh, i dont have i dont have someone that looks like that or that is experienced like that in my classroom or my school, and i think we have to have people understand, that doesnt have to exist in your school for us to talk about it and gibb begin to have those conversations because at some point in time, that will exist in your world, and that you need to be prepared for that to not be unusual, but you need to accept that as every day occurrences and not waiting for that one person to make that relevant. Supervisor fewer yeah, and actually, especially in our schools, is that we are creating a whole generation of students and a culture around a whole generation of san franciscans, so even more important. But im also worrying about parochial and private schools, because they also educate a large section of San Francisco children. I dont know if you know, supervisor fewer, my experience is working in Public Schools, so working on that, we have been doing quite a bit with independent and parochial schools. I think it was a couple of years ago, like, one of the private high schools had an issue where one of the young ladies wanted to wear a tuxedo in the graduation picture, and they wouldnt let her picture be in the yearbook, so we are trying to work with them. Has the arch diocese been supportive . I dont know. I havent reached out to them yet. Supervisor sheehy okay. That was very helpful. Now, i would like to introduce Claire Farley from the Mayors Office. Thank you. Thank you all so much, and i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you and thank you, jeff, for inviting me to speak on this important hearing. I have notes, and i recognize that im speaking to the choir, so i recognize all of your alliship. If we look at every 90 minutes, a reported hate crime occurs in america, and theres, you know, thousands of ones that are unreported. Across the country, trans rights are being stripped away for marginalized communities across america, so were seeing that this larger systemic vials is really a moment where we need to look at and reflect on both the lives, the safety, and the wellbeing of all diverse communities, so i really think its important that we look at how were building those bridges. 2017 was one of the moment deadliest years for transgender people. We had over 27 transgender people murdered in the u. S. Due to fatal violence, gun violence, or other violent means. Across the world, over 325 murders of transgender people have occurred last year, and so these numbers continue to grow despite the Public Awareness of transgender people across the country. So with visiblity also comes vulnerablity, and so looking that theres programs, as hrc mentioned, that can track these trends, but also making sure that were addressing them as a community. You know, as cheryl mentioned, violence occurs in the home, on the street, in the workplace, in public transit, within our schools, so we really do need to look at Strong Strategies and partnerships with Victim Services to make sure that communities feel supported and that services are tailored for their needs. You know, furthermore, in San Francisco, we are a leading city. Were a beacon. People are flooding here from across the country as rights are being stripped away, and so people are looking at us to continue to push the needle on this issue, and i think its important that we do more. I wont go into all the specific data, but i think in my work with the lgbt center prior to this role, i was the director of Economic Development, and we were able to partner with hrc and sney on the Needs Assessment, and there were some really great quotes. And i think sometimes bringing the voices of the community that we serve into the room is really helpful. One person says, its sometimes really sad because this is supposed to be the town and the city where we are free to be ourselves, and sometimes it isnt. Another person said, i stay home a lot since i dont feel safe in my neighborhood. And then, in terms of the call to action, someone said what a person who experiences violence really needs is practical help, an advocate when talking to the police, an assistant to find an attorney or legal help, support while in court. These are the practical tasks to interact with providers who are often not lgbt sensitive, or really critical in healing and supporting trauma. And then, you know, i think just to bring it even closer to the community, last year, we lost bubbles in september in the tenderloin. Theres been a string of other hate crime and antilgbt violence that we often forget about in our city that i think is important to bring up. We saw violence in the pacific center, the lgbtq latino memorial in 2015, trans women have been attacked on muni. We lost taja dejesus in the bayview, which led to a Great Program that the hrc funded that advocated for transwomen. So in closing, i feel like we need to continue to look at how hate and violence is systemic across the country, but how thats also impacting our community and neighbors. And furthermore, as cheryl mentioned, i feel like we need to continue to get more data so that we can advocate for more collaboration with more funded organizations, whether thats antiviolence campaigns throughout the city and other departments, but really looking at how we can support and mobilize future change. Thank you so much for your time. Supervisor fewer i have one question. So are we in any way tracking organizations that are trying to infiltrate into San Francisco into communities in San Francisco with an antilgbt agenda with the goal of suppressing lgbtq rights . Are we seeing are we tracking that at all and are there influence. And also, who are these groups and who are what are they what are they doing and are they having an impact . Yeah, i can definitely get some more detail on that. I mean, there has been several hate watch groups that have been tracking specifically legislation around antibathroom bills that support transgender students across schools. Theres been a huge mobilization of organizations that have been trying to stop and create policies across the country. Luckily, San Francisco, we were able to mobilize on those issues a few years ago and kind of stop some of that push back, but i think as we see these laws being won across the country. I think there was over 100 pieces of legislation, antilgbt legislation last year, so as we see those trends again in this new legislative cycle, i think its important that we stay watchful because you know as laws change across the country, we need to be diligent that that doesnt impact our policy here. And then, you know, on our team, in my role, im really doing a broader Strategic Plan to really look at the assessment and needs of what programs are currently funded by the Mayors Office to support trans and lgbt folks and were also doing an analysis to see where theres broader missing pieces, and so tracking hate groups is part of that process. And then well be building out a Trans Advisory Group committee. That will not only advise us but the Mayors Office so that we can really speak to you directly about the information thats coming out of the community. Supervisor fewer so this information that youre gathering around these groups, is there any way that the public can know or be warned because sometimes their antilgbt agenda isnt the face of the organization; that they are representing something else, and then their main agenda is to suppress the rights of the lgbtq folks. So im wondering, is the public can the public with aware of this so if they get involved with groups, they know that these groups that when their overall agenda is . Yeah. And you know im not clear yet how our office will be involved with that, but i think definitely partnering with mobile organizations to support that. Were also building out a communication component from my office so that we can make sure to keep people updated on issues that are impacting communities and other issues in the Lgbt Community, so im really hoping the city can continue to have a voice on these issues. Supervisor fewer and a lot of the services i know are english of course, were english dominant here, but actually, i think that happen when ive done a language assessment sort of hearing, im seeing that theres great need for in these communities were talking about underreporting, trust of the bureaucracy, that is this multilink well, are we offering it in different languages, and is it culturally competent . Because sometimes in other communities, lgbt folks are viewed in a very different way, you know, so are we doing these in different languages, and are they culturally sensitive, the information that we give to the public . Yeah. I think thats a really great comment, and i work to train all of hsa in my previous position, so we developed a train the trainer model which i know is in the process of being translated, but i agree, most of the Service Providers that are funded through the city, we have to look at kind of noncity funded dollars or grant money to cover translation. Ive been a cochair on the transgender day of remembrance for several years, and we have to raise money just to cover translation in asl to bring allies together to honor those who have been lost due to violence over the years, so i do think if we want to continue to make services accessible, we have to identify ways to have translation and services in folks languages of origin. And then also through education, we need to make sure that were reaching Community Groups and departments across the city, so well also be having a training arm that will work in partnership with hrc and other orgs that are doing training to kind of get folks at a baseline understanding of lgbt communities. Supervisor sheehy just a question on and i think i talked to teresa sparks about this a bit. So we are seeing more lgbtq kids coming here and frequently ending up on the streets, yes . Yes, yeah. Working with your office, jeff, to support the lgbt youth provider network, and so our office has kind of been acting as an advisor to the consultant on that project and also wanting to work with you closely to see how we can really address this influx of lgbt youth on the streets. The last Homeless Count had lgbt youth at 49 of the youth who are on the streets. The broader homeless population, 20 are lgbt, so we continue to see kind of a lack of balance around the funding that are going to these services and the amount of lgbt folks that are able to access these these shelters and housing resources. So i definitely feel like theres a lot of ask from the Community Partners and working with your office to continue to make sure that were advocating across city departments to mistake sure that those needs are in the fold. Supervisor sheehy thank you, yeah, because i do think we have to acknowledge that economic disparities are a form of violence itself. And i think my work around Economic Development and workforce development, its been more focused, and so now broadening that, i really feel i can use those learnings across the Public Sector and across the city as well. Supervisor sheehy thank you. Thank you. Supervisor sheehy so next, we will hear from Sergeant Mcdonald from the San FranciscoPolice Department. Good morning, supervisors. Im lieutenant david oconor. Im the officer in charge of the special Investigations Division of the San FranciscoPolice Department. The pd handles many issues, but one of our Main Missions is investigating hate crimes. There are six San FranciscoPolice Department sergeants that are assigned to the main office in sid. The those sergeants are seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Theres on call if anything happens after hours, im notified, and then an sfpd sergeant would be notified regarding any investigations that arise. Sergeant Monica Mcdonald is the Police Department hate crimes liaison sergeant, and with that, ill turn it over to Sergeant Mcdonald to provide the information that was requested. Good morning. Thank you. We just wanted to give you a quick snapshot of hate crimes and specific lgbtq hate crimes for the last two years here in San Francisco. So in 2016, there were 18 antilgbtq hate crimes reported in San Francisco out of a total of 36 hate crimes here in the city. This year, in 2017, we had 13 specifically antilgbtq hate crimes out of a total of 40 hate crimes that were reported here in San Francisco. Supervisor ronen im sorry, are these crimes that were charged, arrested, or our crime comes reported to the Police Department. Supervisor ronen reported to the Police Department . Yeah, exactly. So i think we had so for 2017, we had 40 total incidents. Out of those 40 total, we were able to make 20 arrests for last year. And that is just a comparison between 2016 and 2017 for lgbtq hate crimes and then total citywide. That is all we have for you. If you have any questions, im certainly available. Supervisor fewer are these misdemeanors, felonies, and what kind of crimes are we talking about . It depends. So the hate crime is an additional charge. Its so there has to be an initial crime, so theres a threat, theres a vandalism, an assault, a battery thats committed, and then, the hate crime is added onto that. So generally, the Police Department will charge the felony if possible, but its based on the initial crime thats committed. Supervisor fewer and so what is your criteria in your the measure that you use that is a hate crime, what is the criteria . So we look at basically, its the penal code. Its the motivation. So was this the extent of the crime, and then, we look at what what the penal code will allow us to charge based on that. And then, we work very closely with the District Attorneys office to make sure that we can get obviously the stiffest punishment and the most the strictest charge we can based on the incident that occurs. So i given that youre the only representative from the Police Department, i was, you know, very sad and not surprised, but sad to see the data from the Human Rights Commission that over a third of the lgbtqi people do not trust the police, and im just wondering how the Police Department is addressing these really dismal statistics . Absolutely. We do train every person that comes through the academy. In the last two years, weve trained over 500 recruits that come through the academy. We have participated in the it gets better project. We have created a video that was is available for the public to view. We attend community meetings. The my predecessor, i took over in november , and my predecessor participated in a statewide training video, in the development of a training video thats available for Police Agencies throughout the state to view to train their officers to deal with victims, to better investigate these crimes, so we can have, you know, good outcomes of people getting punished, and obviously the victims getting the services and support they need, as well. Supervisor ronen and have you seen that these trainings and these outreach sort of tools have made a difference . How do you how do you track progress in this area . I scan say just from our office, we do get a lot more calls from out in the field, where officers are at an incident and things are happening, theyre not quite sure what steps to take, is this a hate crime, is it not a hate crime. I dont have a number i can give you, but i can say theres definitely an increase in the number of officers say, hey, is this a hate crime . How do i get there . What questions do i need to ask . Supervisor ronen but if its if this community is not trusting if such a large portion of the community is not trusting the police, have you done an analysis of why that is and to my knowledge, we have not, no. Supervisor ronen i know this is not exactly your department. Thats all right. Supervisor ronen but thats something we might want to look at further in this committee and bring the chief here because thats an alarming statistic and there needs to be measure on that and improvements in that. I just think we should have a follow up meeting on that topic, but i understand thats not your role in the Police Department. Supervisor fewer its absolutely right. Its what is the culture within the Police Department, and sort of what is the culture of Police Officers on the street when dealing with lgbt folks, too, so i think interestheres thing about reporting the hate crime and classifying it as such, and theres another thing about going to the police. Im remembering theres a lot of underreporting also, and so i think that in order for us to really combat this issue, that we really need to have real statistics on what is really happening out there, and i think that this snapshot of it is a really small percentage. Which i actually dont really believe these numbers so much. I mean, i understand that the penal code section, it has to meet that criteria, but even when i know whats happening in our schools, i think that this is a very low number for maybe some of it is maybe around the relations, which we know is not under your jurisdiction. Supervisor sheehy so i just want to say how incredibly disappointed i am that no one from the command staff showed up today, and how disrespectful that is to our community. We have increased the number of deputy chiefs and commanders, and the fact that not one of them could attend today is a disgrace and a total disrespect to my colleagues. So second, i think the narrowness of the focus on hate crimes doesnt really capture the enormity of the problem. I appreciate the incident when an officer was actually rounded. But when they show up in the castro on halloween specifically to target the Lgbt Community as they finish their celebration, when we see violence, you know that started at that happens at pride, that happens at lgbtq events, when we see violence against sex workers who are trans, those dont count as hate crimes, i understand, specifically, but our community is being preyed upon, and because of the you know, really, as my colleague noted, the lack of trust . Sfpd, which is validated by the lack of respect shown today by the command staff not having the the courtesy to send someone today. You know, i used to do trainings with advanced officers when i was in the District Attorneys office on same sex Domestic Violence and more generally on lgbt issues. And its disappointing to feel like that we havent made more progress in the 20 years since i was doing those trainings. To have just the minimum degree of respect to send someone from the command staff to a hearing on violence against my community, so i really dont have anything else to add, but thank you. Supervisor fewer i actually would suggest continuing this hearing and sharing that when the command staff is here so we can ask them questions around culture. I understand that isnt your purview. I also want to say i remember, during pride. It must have been about 2012 or 2011, that my husband made an arrest of a group of kids, young men, that were there with they had knives and made an arrest. And at that time, Kamala Harris actually tried it as a hate crime and was very successful, and he was somewhat shocked that actually it met the threshold, and they were really following through of it, because a lot of times, theyre suspecting it was a hate crime. But it was right on pride, right on the fringes on vanness. So im wondering how many are investigating as height crimes, but then how many dont meet the threshold. So even those crimes, i think that we may suspect are really important actually to collect data on because it just looks like this problem is not a big problem here, you know, and we know just anecdotally is. So i think even keeping the data on the ones you suspect but dont charge as a hate crime is important. Supervisor ronen i just want to chime in with my colleague, supervisor sheehy. I agree with you. I feel like the presentation, just a couple of numbers on a piece of paper, we know that this community is being targeted in ways that have increased since the trump presidency. We hear that anecdotally, and just to come here with some vague numbers on a piece of paper that actually showed a decrease in these crimes without really an analysis of whats happening on the streets and even just looking at which i dont know if this is the first time that youve seen this data, but that a third of the community doesnt trust the police . We know where that comes from, and theres a very long history where the police targeted this community specifically with violence and malice and, you know disdain, and thats not that long ago. When i started off by saying im not impressed with those statistics, it goes deep. At supervisor sheehy mentioned, targeting of sex workers, immigrant, translatinas who dont feel safe talking to the police because of immigration status. This is a major issue and problem in our city, and i just completely agree with supervisor sheehy that it just doesnt feel like the department is taking this seriously with the way that youve come here today and addressed that, so i just want to back you up, supervisor sheehy. I completely agree with you. Supervisor fewer yeah. I just want to say i support supervisor