Equipment as quickly as it did, thats astounding. Although there are things to improve, it helps our department be a better department. Were recruiting a diverse force. Very important. Diversity brings perspectives that we need. Perspectives from different cultures and different religions, countries, educational background, Different Levels of experience, diversity brings perspective, perspective brings better policing. So very proud that we are moving forward in our efforts to be a diverse department. Instituting and sustaining these changes wont be easy. We know that. And we accept that challenge. The people along the wall on both sides, along with the community we understand it will be a challenge. Change is hard. Most people dont like change. Change is a very difficult thing, but were committed to doing the changes that we know we need to. And it wont be an easy task, but were committed, focused and well get it done. Out of the 16 Law Enforcement agencies that were once a part of the u. S. Department of Justice Collaborative review process, were proud to step forward today to continue this work and i think were really the First Department that has taken this on in this form. So again, San Francisco leads the way. Were proud to do that. And we really think this is going to be valueadded to get us where we need to go. The California Department of justice will provide us with the technical experience and assistance to help us stay on the right track and achieve the goals that we committed to. This agreement gives our work validation, the attorney general mentioned it, gives us credibility. It gives us transparency. And more importantly, this is about maintaining and Building Trust with the community we serve. We believe this is a means to get there. Ultimately, all we want to see is the best department that we can, we want to see less use of force, we want to see answers to some of the questions about disproportionateality i believe that San Francisco will lead the and i dont say that bragging, i say that because were proud to get to that leadership position in Law Enforcement. This is another challenge, a big one, but its just another challenge im confident and the people along the wall are confident well get there. Thank you all for being here and thank you to the folks standing with me at the podium for your leadership on this matter. Without further adieu, id like to present president of the board of supervisors, london breed. I want to thank our attorney general and our mayor ed lee for working with supervisor cohen and i on the request to partner with the city to implement the 272 recommendations proposed by the department of justice. Issues of Police Reform are very personal for me. Ive seen firsthand the consequences that stem from the lack of trust between communities of color and Law Enforcement agencies. I grew up in a community where the police were not always called when violence occurred, but that is not the future that i want for San Francisco. In the ten years i spent as the executive director of the africanamerican art and culture complex, working with young people and my five years as supervisor, ive worked with the flifrs our Community Police officers in our community, from Northern Police station and i know some of the former captains are here today. As well as our fearless leader during the time she served as Police Commission president , to work with the community on a better model for community policing. And i am so proud of the work that we did together, working with the community, working with the department, working with a lot of the folks who are here today, like sean richard from brothers against guns, and the healing circle with mattie scott. It was an incredible effort and im proud of the work we did in the western edition community. Our residents and our Police Officers all want the same thing. They want our city, our families and our communities to be safe. This is our charge as leaders. President obamas task force on 21st Century Policing recommended that the Police Departments request investigations of use of force incidents in order to increase transparency and accountability to the communities they serve and we have done that here in San Francisco. We continue to follow those recommendations. Two years ago i, along with supervisor cohen had a resolution for the department of justice to conduct a thorough independent review of our Police Department. For me, it was important that we put San Francisco on record requesting this review through a formal action of the board of supervisors, but we didnt stop there. At the same time supervisor cohen and i held regular hearings on use of force policies in order to have a public discussion to evaluate how training procedures could be improved to prevent escalation of violence and to ensure that we put the right policies in place to prevent these tragic incidents from ever happening to anyone else. No poll alone can no policy alone can account for every scenario, but the review i fought for from the department of justice shows that we clearly have work to do. It identifies several key areas where we need to improve, updating our use of force policies, addressing Inadequate Police data. It included the 272 recommendations that weve been talking about here today and as said by our chief, more than half of which, weve already begun to implement. Recently, the current federal Administration Made it clear that the Reform Efforts between the department of justice and local Police Department was not a priority. Under attorney general sessions, the department of justice will no longer issue audit reports or suggest reforms for local Police Departments. As they see it, the elimination of these Reform Efforts fulfills their commitment to respect local control and accountability. But not here in San Francisco. We wont accept that. We are not going to let this go. Were not go to stop our collaborative efforts to improve relationships between our Police Department and communities of color. That is why im so grateful that our attorney general is working in partnership with our city. Were going to continue to do everything we can to implement those 272 recommendations. These reforms, in an effective manner, and im committed along with, i know, supervisor cohen to doing all we can to do that. I am more hopeful now than ever. Our values in San Francisco are just as important. Our fight never more clear and our role to implement these reforms never more needed. I look forward to working with attorney general and the California Department of justice. Our chief, our Police Commissioners, the Police Officers association and many of our communities that many of the folks from our communities that are here today to implement these really important Reform Efforts. Thank you all so much for being here. With that, i want to introduce my colleague on the board of supervisors, supervisor cohen has been a champion on Police Reform effort, including her ballot measure on Police Accountability that was passed by voters to make sure that there are independent investigations when there is an officerinvolved shooting. With that, i would like to introduce supervisor cohen. Good morning. I know this is a heavy topic, but i wanted to affirm that we all in this room come together to stand collectively for peace and justice. Particularly paying attention to those members that we have lost in the community that no longer have a voice. That is the spirit that i bring to this body of work. That im really proud of. Its been very difficult. Today we stand before you patting ourselves on the back for work that we got over the line in 2018. But this work has been going on and quite frankly, for generations and unnoticed. There have been people in the communities that i represent, that president breed represents that have been crying out for generations, for transparency, justice. Today it feels good because its a culmination of the blood that has been spilled, the tears, that we stand before you recognizing that finally policies are stepping up and catching up. I started this work really in 2015 when mario woods was shot and killed. Through a series of conversations with mothers that were grieving, with Community Members that wanted to do more and couldnt understand why things were happening. So we introduced and got past the series of legislation that created a department of Police Accountability that is head by paul henderson, formally joyce hicks, who was part of the initial conversation. The one thing consistent through all of this, as a result of that Pivotal Moment in 2015, i had a conversation with ed lee. And ed lee listened. And he helped me and he rolled up his sleeves and we went to work. We didnt do it alone. We can never do anything alone. President of the Police Commission at the time was instrumental in helping us get through policies that had not been touched in 20 years. Use of force policies hadnt been touch since the 90s. Fortunately, we started laying the groundwork and started doing the work, which allows us to be here today. Which allows mayor farrell to step in the death of ed lee to celebrate. Which allows our attorney general to step in the very big heels that harris occupied. It was the work of women that brought us where we are today. Its the mothers that remind us we must get the murders solved. Its the mothers that remind us why we do what we do. So, im very pleased to see representatives of the community here today. Its important important announcement. See what it means is that with this memorandum of understanding, it brings us one step closer to bringing truth and transparency, to heal the rift that we have been experiencing for generations. And i know that every officer in this room, every Law Enforcement officer in the department, always wants to do what is right and what is best. I dont have any question in that. That is why you see a decrease in officerinvolved shooting because we got serious, we created policies and said were not tolerating this anymore. That is the movement that were here to celebrate, to talk about. This memorandum of understanding means that we are continuing to do the work that we set out to do years ago, when nobody was paying attention. When sometimes i felt nobody cared. So, gentlemen, thank you, chief scott has stepped in and stepped up. But it was greg that started the process, that came to the table, thank you for picking up that mantle, chief, and making sure that these 272 recommendations and a couple hundred more if you include gascon and his recommendations, all of these efforts are all to make sure that Law Enforcement are safe when theyre policing. And that there is trust when we call the police into the community, that there will be fairness. Chief mentioned some legislation that i passed also a few years ago about counting. If we dont keep track, we dont count. We must know who is getting stopped, where, for what reason theyre getting stopped. Collecting this data matters because every life counts. We must continue to pay attention. I will end on a very positive note, im exuberant, happy to be here, happy to be part of that considering i was there in the beginning. And many of you have been here from day one. And i just want to say thank you. [applause] well take a few questions. Hi, this is for the attorney general, what message do you think President Trump and Jeff Sessions are sending in not wanting to pursue these Police Reform measures . All people decide to take whatever message they take from what is going on in d. C. The Important Message is what you hear today. I think all of us understand when our mothers are watching us, we better do it right. And the only message i hope that people hear today is not one emanating from washington d. C. With all its dysfunction, i hope what people hear today is that we know how to make it work, were going to do this as a partnership and all of us, whether its city leaders, whether its everyone who wears the badge and every family that is looking for that opportunity to say we have confidence, the work starts here. Its our mothers who are watching us. Could you outline some of the work that is what broadly is still in the works of these 112 outstanding recommendations . And does that include finalizing an agreement with the District Attorneys Office to take the lead in the shooting investigations that are officerinvolved . Were in the process of meeting on that. Mou. Ive been here a year and weve been in that process the first part was negotiating language to get us to a meeting to confer. And we had to sit down with the Police Officers association, by rule, and meet and confer on this process, because it impact the membership of the Police Department. Thats in process and we have to go through that. As i said, what i think we all want is fairness. We cant there are the best recommendations in the world, but it has to be done fairly. Were doing that, following the rules, and then well see how it comes out. But its our intention to do everything we can to implement the recommendations. To the other part of your question, what remains to be done . There is a lot of work that that remains to be done. Accountability is one of the five findings we have to work on. Over half of those recommendations still need to be implemented. The finding that weve done the worst not the best in terms of implementation is use of force. Over half of those recommendations are in the process of being implemented, so we really are pleased with that. But there is, i mean, each category has significant recommendations. One of the recommendations is to what supervisor cohen mentioned, the revising of our policies. Coming up, i think in the next Police Commission meeting, there is policy to set the stage to have an actual schedule to revise our policies in a timely manner. Thats a huge recommendation and improvement in the department. So i think ill be here all day if i list out all that needs to be done, we have a lot of work to do, but the point were trying to make are the attorney general made it, the mayor, both supervisors and i made it, that were committed to this work and we wont stop until its done. Last september or october when the department of justice announced the end of their collaboration, they said they wanted to work with the Police Department on locating areas, including tactics to target drug and gun violence, you know the list better than i have they been doing that . Well, yeah, clear that was the focus. There is a process to that as well. If its funding that is involved in that, we have to apply for the funding. And so we have at this point not gotten any funding for violent crime, thats one of the areas they wanted to focus on. But were committed to addressing those issues. There is a lot going on there. There is lot going on in the question you asked, but the bottom line, were committed, were going to use every resource available that is appropriate for us to use and were going to keep pushing forward. How would you assess the department of justices interaction with since you took over . [laughter] thanks for clarifying. No, we still have a relationship with the department of justice, we have to. Theyre in the same business we are. And their goal is to have a safe country, our goal a safe city. How are they working with you . Theyre working with us just fine. I want to stay focused on the reform for this purpose, but were working with them just fine. They concluded the work and efound a way we found a way to continue it, thats what is important. [inaudible] no secret, might as well tell the truth, the Trump Administration and Jeff Sessions have all of the initiatives of mr. Barack obama. We still got miles to go and promises to keep. Before we fall asleep. Let me say finally, [inaudible] situation here, that it was on the heels of ferguson that we had a come to jesus meeting at the third baptist church. And to our former chiefs credit, he was honorable, he listened, and i presented to him that 21st century document that came from the Washington Bureau of the National Association of advancing colored people. Nd [inaudible] we owe a lot to our late mayor ed lee. Who met with naacp, who listened and was committed and he was the one who looked down to los angeles and brought the sky here. That the truth and nothing but the truth. Now weve come to this day. Naacp was the agitator, made sure we stirred up the coffee with a spoon, and be able to say [inaudible] Maxwell House slogan. It was good to the last drop. [laughter] thats the way its going to be in this department. Good to the last drop. Thank you, chief, for stirring it up on this day. [applause] thank you, the attorney general to the attorney general, is there funding here involved that you will for sure, the city of assure the San Francisco that these policies for all to build . The commitment i thank the chief as well, the Police Department has made a commitment to move forward with the reforms even in the absence of the federal cops program to oversee the reforms. The city and the Police Department never dropped the ball and continued forward. Theyre going to do these things. On my side, this is just too important not to do. And so im not going to wait until sacramento, the legislature decides to give me resources to do this. Were going to do it because the city and the chief, the mayor, the supervisors, leadership here has said they want to see this through and have the independent review continue and so, theyre committed and so were going to be in there with them. Well find the resources to make it happen on our end as they are finding on their end the resources to make it happen. Its just too important not to get it done. And it shouldnt be excuse you cant find the money to do right, so we will do right. [applause] thank you. Shop and dine the 49 promotes loophole businesses and changes residents to do thirds shopping and diane within the 49 square miles of San Francisco by supporting local services we help San Francisco remain unique and successful where will you shop and dine shop and dine the 49. My name is neil the general manager for the book shop here on west portal avenue if San Francisco this is a neighborhood bookstore and it is a wonderful neighborhood but it is an interesting community because the residents the neighborhood muni loves the neighborhood it is community and we as a book sincerely we see the same people here the shop all the time and you know to a certain degree this is part of their this is created the neighborhood a place where people come and subcontract it is in recent years we see a drop off of a lot of bookstores both National Chains and neighborhoods by the Neighborhood Stores where coming you dont want to one of the great things of San Francisco it is neighborhood neighborhood have dentist corrosive are coffeehouses but 2, 3, 4 coffeehouses in month neighborhoods that are on their own thats neighborhoods in San Francisco are as diverse and fascinating as the people who inhabit them. Today were in the sunset, where well join supervisor tang for the inspiration of this show, where we explore San Francisco, one neighborhood at a time. Hi im katy tang the district 4 supervisor in San Francisco, which is comprise of sunset and parkside neighborhoods. I think what makes district 4 unique is that we have so many different cultures here. We have so many different generations of people. Different experiences and that makes it a vibrant neighborhood. For example, which you go down urban street you can do to a japanese restaurant, chinese restaurant, american restaurant, and the Cultural Diversity is just what makes it so amazing my name is ching le, and im the owner of the kingdom of bounty. 17th San Francisco, 94116. We make the most authentic and different kinds of dumplings and dim sum. Recently more and more popular because they are vegetables and meats that we use fresh vegetables and meats in the business. Its really inspired to start discover your district series, because i wanted to find a way for neighbors to come and get to know our Small Businesses and our neighborhoods. Get to know each other, get know our office, and do so in a setting that was unintimidating and fun. So i launched this idea call the discover your district, where we go every month to one or two Small Businesss in district 4 and we have done things such as learning how to make dumplings that were learning today and there are so many different activities that we have exposed our residents to. Today is the very special day, because the city of San Francisco hosting this for San Francisco city. Learning how to make dumplings and knowledge of dumplings. They love to do it and all enjoy it. This is definitely not my first time making it, so i have definitely improved a lot. The first couple of time s i tried to make dumplelings they looks inedible. They have definitely improved. There is a special dumpling eating contest, which is amazing. Everyone those eat the dumplings that they made and see how many they can do. Im curious as to how many they going to be able to down today . Dont forget to write down what you are eating today. We make all different kinds of dumplings and enjoy what they made. So after that, well have contact how many pieces of dumplings they can eat and announce the winner today. Mayor farrell first i want to start off on this amazing San Francisco day by thanking phil tinge in securing the 10 million funding allocation for the state and overall support for the homelessness initiatives. I want to thank seniors ronen, cohen and kim. And their willingness to open these crucial centers in their districts and be part of the vote to accept and expend the 10 million of funding. I want to acknowledge david chu for his commitment to tackling californias issues up in sacramento and homeless issues as well. Were honored to have great leaders just as tinge and chu up in sacramento representing the members of San Francisco. Were all here because we understand that our city like our cities across the state of california, is undergoing a homelessness crisis. Our streets and sidewalks are filled with people who are struggling with Mental Health challenge, drug addiction and poverty. This cannot be the status quo. It cannot be the new normal and it is not something were going to accept here in San Francisco. Homelessness is a complex issue that requires a full gamut of solutions. We have to prevent people from losing their homes and were doing such great work as a city, when you think about the move assistance programs, the eviction prevention programs and the grants we have that remove barriers to housing. Were doing that work here in San Francisco. In the unfortunate circumstances where people do lose their homes, we have to pursue measures that are successful and proven here in the city of San Francisco. Such as our homeward bound and Navigation Centers, truly working to save the lives of people on the streets every day. These centers are a crucial part of the program in San Francisco, compassion. But commonsense in addressing homelessness. We cannot allow our residents, those that are living on our streets to live in unsanitary, inhumane tent encampments. Nobody is Getting Better sleeping in a tent at night. We have to do everything we can to get people off the streets and into better lives. Since our first Navigation Center opened, we have taken 2000 people off the streets. With the help of this funding, were going to open two new Navigation Centers that will provide 250 new beds, helping our goal as a city to move one thousand people off the streets this winter. These are impressive numbers, but our Navigation Centers and our efforts as city are not about numbers, theyre about individuals, about helping those individuals on the streets. As i said before, these are our mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, we need to do everything we can to help get them onto better lives. Were lucky to be joined today and im honored to have standing by me,up. I want to tell you about johns story. John was served here at the dog patch and this morning got amazing news, since moving in the bay area 19 years old, john has experienced homelessness and drug abuse challenges, but last year he was put in touch with the Navigation Center and his life has turned around. Hes been a model resident. Acquired all the documents, Social Security card, Mental Health certification, his birth certificate. Applied for every Program Including receiving his cal fresh benefits. He kept all his scheduled points with his case manager and complied with all scheduled Mental Health meetings. All that hard work and commitment has now paid off. Just this morning, john told me, he was notified that he has been given a place in the Supportive Housing unit here in San Francisco. [applause] and heres the notice. This is what were talking about. This is the benefit of our Navigation Centers. Taking individuals who are living homeless on our streets, people like john, who we need to embrace as a city and now we have the proof and now john is going to be into housing. That is what we need to do in San Francisco time and time again. Its the reason why we continue to support our Navigation Centers. Why we continue to thank all the staff that are here today that work in the Navigation Centers, that john has worked with so closely over the past few months. And these are the reasons why were so grateful to Assembly Member tinge for his hard work in sacramento to secure the funding for these two Navigation Centers in San Francisco. And to everybody here on the board of supervisors for working together on the initiatives. It is what we need to do in the city of San Francisco and its what were doing in the city of San Francisco. There is no better proof than hearing the stories and seeing the piece of paper with johns name on it and individuals getting into housing. With that, i want to introduce our great partner in San Francisco and worked to get the funding, Assembly Member, phil ting. Thank you very much, mr. Mayor. I just wanted to thank you personally. Youve been fighting on this issue during your entire time in office and during the entire time on the board, its been your number one issue. I also wanted to thank the three other supervisors, cohen, ronen and kim. They have been incredible advocates. Tireless advocates on this issue and every day having a laserlike focus. I wanted to acknowledge my partner in sacramento, a housing warrior, weve been working up there not just to fight homelessness, but tacking this housing crisis that has been affecting us. I know jeff sparks is here from senator weiners office. Thank you for being here, senator weiner couldnt be here. Theyre at a Senate Democratic caucus retreat today unfortunately. But as we know, homelessness is a crisis, not just in San Francisco, but up and down the state. We talked about 7500 people who are homeless today. A couple thousand people every single night on our streets in every single neighborhood. I live on the west side and the west side is not immune to homelessness at all. If you go take a walk through, run through golden gate park, you see a number of folks who have used that as their nightly bedroom. I had a homeless person who decided to sleep in my car for a little while because they were looking for shelter when it was parked in front of my house. This is an issue that has touched every one of us. I agree with the mayor, we cannot accept this as the new normal. L. A. Has a Homeless Population around 4050,000 people. That would be a mediumsized city here in the bay area. We know this is not just a city problem, its no a county problem, this is not a state problem, its a federal problem and we know in california we have to do our part and step up to the plate. Thats why i was so proud to work with the supervisors, the Mayors Office in making sure we got 10 million for Navigation Centers, for housing tied to services, for housing that is meant not just to be temporary shelter, but shelter that is going to move people like john onto more Permanent Solutions, so they dont have to choose where to sleep tonight. They can have a life moving forward. And thats why im so excited to work with the city that really gets it. This is something that is not just happening in San Francisco. We had a number of colleagues. We funded Navigation Centers in elk grove, in modeso county. People are popping up on their doors steps, in their streets, in their parks. Theyre looking for help. We hear that message in sacramento. Were going to be working hard this year to tackle this issue, which is a statewide and National Issue and we cannot accept we have people on the streets every single night, counting that as their bedroom. We have to do something about it. We cannot accept that as an alternative or as something that is ok to happen in San Francisco or really anywhere in california. So, with that, let me turn it offense over to my colleague, david chu, who has been a real partner in this effort. [applause] i had a San Francisco experience this morning, my first interview with my son, 2 years old, for nursery school, im sorry about that. But i know today is in part a celebration for john. And i want to congratulate you for what we just learned, but were here because there are still thousands of san franciscans, men, women, children, families. There are hundreds of thousands of californians who are suffering every day on the streets of our golden state. There is so much more that we need to do to address this. Phil referred to the fact this is not just a crisis in San Francisco, its a crisis in california. When i went to the legislature in 2014, we had the highest rates of homelessness in the country here in california. 20 of americas homeless here in our state. Today, that statistic is 25 . In 2014, one out of three, chronically homeless americans live in california. Today that statistic is 42 . The crisis that has been here in our city is now all over the state. We read about hepatitis a outbreaks in san diego, but e. Coli in the american river, near the sacramento delta. We read about the pain and suffering that were seeing everywhere, every corner of our state. I want to take a moment and thank all of the men and women behind us who have come together with this, starting with phil ting. Its been amazing Partnership Working with him, trying move forward an agenda that addresses not just our houses crisis but homelessness crisis. As well as all the supervisors, the mayor, the department heads, the leaders moving this forward. San francisco is leading the way when it comes to pioneering this model of Navigation Centers and that is incredibly important. We know the work is not going to end here. Last year, we were fortunate to move forward a Historic Housing package that creates a permanent source of funding for housing. This year, half of that money is going to address homelessness around the state of california. I want to thank Governor Brown for signing a bill, housing for california which pilots the idea that Supportive Housing after Navigation Centers is the most effective way to take care and take folks off the street. That being said, the work is not ending. I know every elected official here is continuing to strive to make sure that some day we dont have anyone who is homeless on our streets. Phil and i have more things were going to say on the topic, but i want to thank all of you for being part of the compassion that is the city of st. Francis. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is hillary ronen, im the supervisor of district 9, which includes the Mission District which has been plagued by tent encampments in many years. As in johns case, the only thing that really solves homelessness is housing. But the thing that solves street homelessness, People Living in tent encampments on our street, dangerous conditions and squalor are Navigation Centers. Im so proud of the work i did with phil ting. When i got into officer a year ago and was able to security the temporary navigation sent which allowed us to reduce the number of tents in the mission from at a high before the Navigation Center opened, of 246 tents, to today, or actually yesterday, of 40 tents in the mission. That work was only possible because we opened that temporary Navigation Center. I did that together with noou ryu and jeff cosin ski. We opened that center to solve the crisis in the mission, but we know we only have that center for a certain amount of time. I wasnt to phil ting, the chair of the Budget Committee and i said, please help us get the funds to find a replacement Navigation Center for wen this one closes. He said absolutely, we cannot only have temporary solutions, we need Permanent Solutions and he went and was able to obtain a record amount of money for San Francisco to deal with our homelessness crisis, 10 million. Which is now allowing us to open not just one Navigation Center when 1515 south closes down, but two. One will be on bay shore and the other at division circle. So i just wanted to thank the Assembly Member for really stepping up to the plate in unprecedented ways. I want to thank my two colleagues on the board, supervisor cohen who had to go to another appointment, who is the supervisor of district 10. Where we are, the dog patch navigation sent. And supervisor kim, the supervisor of district 6 who hosts the majority of Homelessness Services and other types of intervention in her district. Districts 6, 9 and 10 take the bulk of this problem and offer up the solutions in our city. We do want to see more geo graphic equity and well be looking at that as we all Work Together to achieve our former mayor ed lees dream of adding one thousand new Navigation Center beds in our city. So we can truly once and for all end the street encampment crisis that plagues San Francisco. With that, i turn it over to supervisor kim. Thank you. [applause] thank you, supervisor ronen. Many of the comments have been made, but i want to thank Assembly Member ting and chu for their leadership in sacramento. Homelessness is a statewide issue, it is not just a San Francisco issue. We will never solve homelessness if we treat it just as a regional issue. We absolutely must have a statewide solution. And as was mentioned previously, we host close to 2025 of the entire nation Homeless Count in this state. I want to thank both of them for leading the first grant ever for Navigation Centers here in San Francisco, which will get us a quarter, 25 of the way there, to mayor ed lees goal of getting one thousand people off the streets into Navigation Centers. I want to thank the residents in districts 6, 9 and 10 who have been generous, understanding, that in order to get people off the street, we need to place Navigation Centers in their neighborhoods by their home. The district where i represent, where supervisor ronen mentioned, we see 50 of the Homeless Count and the vast majority of our Homeless Services and shelter beds. I want to thank our residents for being openminded and saying yes to more Navigation Centers and shelters, instead of saying no we dont want to be part of the solution. I also want to recognize the staff that do this work on the front lines every day. This work is incredibly difficult and i know we have some of the members of the Episcopal Community services behind us here today. I was reminded by two of the Staff Members that the night that i stayed at next door shelter, they were staffing the night i was there. And i have to say that everybody treated we with dignity and respect. That i was a member of the board of supervisors. And how important it is to create an environment that creates more trust and respect and not less. Because people wont accept services if we dont do it the right way. Finally, as supervisor ronen mentioned, i want to thank my two sister colleagues in 9 and 10 who are accepting more shelters and services. Not just accepting it, but fighting for it and asking for it. We cannot solve this issue if the entire city isnt a part of that. And we have to make sure were addressing homelessness both as an economic issue, but also a Public Health issue as well. We have to continue to serve our population, providing medically appropriate services, so that we can help more folks end up in Supportive Housing like john here today. Thank you very much to everyone. This is a really major effort and this is going to go a long way toward us meeting our goals. Thank you. [applause] good morning, everyone, jeff can the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing. Thank you for being here today. And i just wanted to point how difficult it is to get these centers open and how difficult it is to operate them. And it really does take this entire city coming together to make this happen. I want to thank the neighbors of the dog patch. I dont know if anybody is here. The Dog Patch CommunityNeighborhood Association has been incredible and helpful and i want to thank the staff of ecs and providence foundation. Providence is here on site providing service, cooperating the site, along with ecs, as well as the partners from the Human Services agency, and the department of Public Health, who i believe are here today. Theyre also providing services, enrolling people in benefits and providing them with medical care. I want to thank the port. This is on porlt property and the port was gracious to work with us to make sure we were able to secure the property for the next three years to operate the Navigation Centre and the folks standing up here, the department of public works, helped identify the site, made sure it was going to work, designed it and this is a beautiful facility. Really, really well thought out and then built the site and made sure it got built fast. Probably in record time despite multiple challenges we had with utilities and other things. They did an amazing job and also their ongoing work lepping to keep the helping to keep the streets clean. Supervisor ronen has been just a fierce champion for Navigation Centers in her district and citywide and helped make this funding possible by working with assemblyman ting and to make sure it got used in the best way possible. In terms of the size of the sites. I dont know how to thank you, 250 new beds, going serve thousands of people a year. Thanks to you and your advocacy. We would not have had the funds to do this without your advocacy, thats a thousand people were going to be able to help thanks to you and your leadership and muhammad and supervisor ronen. Mayor farrell has picked up the torch from mayor lee. Normally, we serve about 7,000 people in shelter every year. Were housing 2000 people a year and now were going to assist an additional thousand above that thanks to mayor lees vision and mayor farrells support. And pushing us to move this forward. Assemblyman chu is also really doing the important work as homelessness is about housing. And he has taken incredible leadership at the state level to building Affordable Housing and housing at all levels, because tend of the day, Navigation Centers dont solve homelessness, housing solves homelessness. We have del up here, he is the head of the local coordinating board that oversees the funding that we have in the city for homelessness and director and formerly homeless himself. And supervisor kim i believe had to leave. She has been supportive and really amazing around the issue of women experiencing homelessness and have had us expand for women who are homeless. That nav center will have a special section for women, and a new program that are serving women who are homeless and pregnant. And certainly not least, supervisor cohen who is the chair of the Budget Committee and has been supportive of facility opening in her district. This one and another one opening up. Has been working with our department to ensure we have the funding we need to move forward and achieve our goals as a city. Thank you all very much for being here tonight. Today. We appreciate you all being here. I think we can, folks want to take a look at the nav center, a few at a time, we can do a walk through if you want to see the site. [applause] today. clapping. ive been working in restaurants forever as a blood alcohol Small Business you have a lot of requests for donations if someone calls you and say we want to documents for our school or nonprofit ive been in a position with my previous employment i had to say no all the time. My name is art the owner and chief at straw combinations of street food and festival food and carnival food i realize that people try to find this you dont want to wait 365 day if you make that brickandmortar it is really about making you feel special and feel like a kid again everything weve done to celebrate that. So nonprofit monday is a program that straw runs to make sure that no matter is going on with our business giving back is treated just the is that you as paying any other bill in addition to the money we impose their cause to the greater bayview it is a great way for straw to sort of build communicated and to introduce people who might not normally get to be exposed to one nonprofit or another and i know that they do a different nonprofit every most of the year. People are mroent surprised the restaurant it giving back i see some people from the nonprofit why been part of nonprofit monday sort of give back to the program as well answer. 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It is good to know the owner takes responsibility to know your money is going to good cause also. It is really nice to have a restaurant that is very Community Focused they do it all month long for nonprofits not just one day all four mondays. We have a wall of thank you letters in the office it seems like you know we were able to gas up the 10 passenger minivan we were innovate expected to do. When those people working at the nonprofits their predictive and thank what straw is giving that in and of itself it making an impact with the nonprofit through the consumers that are coming here is just as important it is important for the grill cheese kitchen the more restrictive i learn about what is going on in the community more restrictive people are doing this stuff with 4 thousand restaurant in San Francisco were doing an average of 6,000 a year in donations and multiply that by one thousand thats a lot to an welcome to members of ocii and the public. Ma