clapping. in San Francisco the medical examiner performs the function of investigating medical and legal that occurs with the city and county of San Francisco from a variety of circumstances in San Francisco there is approximately 5 thousand deaths annually im christopher director for the chief mr. Chairman the chief my best testimony a at the hall of justice on 870 drooint street that is dramatically updated and not sufficient for the medical chairman facility ive Charles Program manager public works should a earthquake of a major are proportion occurs well not continue to perform the services or otherwise inhabit the building before the earthquake. Were in a facility that was designs for a department that functions and in the mid 60s and friends scientific has significantly changed weve had significant problems with Storage Capacity for evidence items of property and also personal protective if youre doing a job on a daily basis current little storage for prirjs are frirnlsz were in an aging facility the total project cost forever ever commercial is 65 million the funding was brought by a vote of go bond approved by the voters and the locations is in the neighborhood the awarded contract in 2013 and the im the executive director we broke ground in november 2015 and that started with the demolition of existing facility we moved into the foundation and january so Pile Foundation and then with second construction of the new facility. One of the ways that we keep our project on time on budget and were having quality to have regular meeting and the variety of meetings with construction process meeting as well as cost of control meeting and im a project manager for public works the office of chief commercial we want walk the project site when we sign up and also with a contractor insinuates for a change over we need to verify what or what was instead of. The building is 42 feet tall so it is two stories and 46 thousand square feet roughly were thats a great question to be on time and budget have the roof complete a the exterior moving with the site work. And as you can see weve got a lot of the interior finishes installed. In an effort of an differentiate the facility that designed to work for 72 hours. Not taking into account there was a lot of structural updates made into this building not seen in other construction throughout San Francisco or other barriers we have friday morning examiners from 8 to one Public Comment monday to friday because of air circulation we literally have to shut the doors and so the autopsy is done without staffing being able to come and go or exit the space and literally lock down the autopsy in the new facility we have bio build one door opens and closed behind you you can gown up and go through a second seizures of doors that has its own independent air supply and now in the exterior opt space having that middle space have greater flexibility of staff as they move in and out of the area. In the current facility Investigative Unit has small tiny, tiny place in the area of the new facility is almost doubled in all divisions from the current facility and the new facility. The planning we have here gives them the opportunity to have the pool needs to complete theirs jobs in a much more streamlined fashion. Were looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. We have a new visitors area were building that is a little bit more friendly to families. One thing you may notice in the room no windows there is no Natural Light not good for most autopsy but in the new facility at new hall we made that an objective they want to insure we were able to look up in the middle of exam and see the sky and see Natural Lights. Thats one of the things the architect did to draw in as much light as possible. We have staff here onsite we insure the design of the new design enables the investigators and other investigators skiefksz to consider to house on site this meant we needed to design and plan for locker room facilities and shower rooms the ability to sleep. Third of the construction going into the building has been by contributions of small businesses. Part of the project is also inclusive to the sidewalk have all new sidewalks and new curve cuts and landscaping around the building well have a syrup in front of the building and rain guardian. The medical Examiners Office has been a several if in their contributions of the understanding the exception and needs. Its a building that the chief medical examiner has been looking forward to quite a few of the. It is extremely valuable contribution to the, neighborhood address San Francisco as a whole. The building will allow is to have greater very much and serve the city and county of San Francisco and the neighboring 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 Community Neighborhood 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]. Neighborhood in San Francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them were in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the San Francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district Fishermans Wharf exhibit no. North beach Telegraph Hill and part of union square. All of San Francisco districts are remarkable im honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach Fishermans Wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in San Francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tightknit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, im one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the United States been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. It is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbucks exists and it created a really welcoming pot. It is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the Jefferson Starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet Lawrence William getty and jack herb man go hung out. They work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it theres a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and youd get so, actually i think its officially good afternoon, ive been saying good morning all day, but its afternoon. Welcome. Im the director of the department of children, youth and their families. [applause] the only time i get applause is for saying that. At press conferences [laughter] it is so exciting for me to be here with you all. This is a labor of love that has taken over two years to come to. And i am so happy to be here with young people, in community, and with our key partners. We have the police department, the chief of police is here, adult probation, we have rec and Park Partners and School District partners. So im so proud to be here with everyone and with our mayor. First, want to thank our host, our School District, james denman middle school. Particularly principal lisa, thank you so much. [applause] we had an opportunity just a few minutes ago to tour one of the classrooms that i have to say, it is amazing. Its wonderful to see people curious and excited about what theyre learning. It makes me want to go back to school. Maybe, maybe. I want to recognize and thank century i thought i saw him around here. Yay applause been helping to make really helpful for us. San francisco has made this very powerful commitment over the many, many years within the city, but more importantly in the last two years, to ensure equitable access to opportunities and services for all of our children. So that they can lead lives full of opportunity and happiness. Dcyf is one of those departments trying to envision that dream and goal set out by mayor ed lee. Were not the only department that can move toward the goal of having access for all. Were one of many departments. Were a city of community and city of leaders who want to Work Together. And with that, i would like to bring up to the podium, a person who needs no introduction. Our mayor, mayor mark farrell. [applause] mayor farrell first of all, any deacons in the house . Come on, we can cheer all right. Listen, i want to thank maria for all of your hard work on behalf of the citys families and children. I want to acknowledge a number of people here today. First of all, supervisor safai is here. District attorney gascon next to him and our school board members. We have our president. As well as commissioner walton. And as well as our Vice President of our school, please give him a hand as well. And i know commissioner haney was coming as well. Today is a chance to celebrate the Bright Future of our citys children here in San Francisco. While we do honor the legacy of our late mayor, edwin lee. Mayor lee was a longtime champion of children here in San Francisco and today, we also will celebrate that. You know, it is our responsibility as a city to uphold the values of San Francisco. Of inclusiveness and hope that we ensure San Francisco remains affordable for families. And that we invest in the health and success of all of San Franciscos children. As a father of three young children, i understand that, mayor lee was a devoted father of his two daughters and there are so many fathers and mothers today with us. With that, we need to make sure our children receive quality education, they live in safe homes in communities and with that, they can achieve Amazing Things in life. As city, we are committed and will always be committed to serving those most vulnerable and most needy here in San Francisco. We know that our families are face ago crisis of affordability. Of childcare. After school programs. And we need to make sure that parents know that their children are safe at school, after school, and on the weekends. And we want a city that provides programs to support our families and our children. Whether its the transitional aged youth here in the city, families with single mothers or working class families. That is who we are going to support as a city of San Francisco. That is who we are as a city of San Francisco. And today, its so amazing. I am most excited about the fact that the Beacon School Community Strategy that is currently in nine middle schools is now available on all 27 middle schools across the entire city of San Francisco. [applause] its going to mean such an amazing change for cities and families. Its going to allow us to serve over 8,000 more children than were serving today. Were investing through High School Partnership programs and 16 million for the youth here in San Francisco. When we fund these programs, were not only investing in our residents, were investing in the future of San Francisco. And we know that those are investments that i am proud of as a mayor of San Francisco and that i know mayor lee was proud of when he was mayor as well. Its something that we all should be proud of together and something we should all celebrate. Today is a day of celebration. I want to say a special thanks to our principal here. We got to know each other last year when we opened the middle school as a shared schoolyard projects. For the weekends here that our children can play here. If were not doing everything we can in our City Government to support our families and children, i dont know what our government is all about. So i am so proud to be here today, so proud to stand with the people behind me who do all the hard work to make this happen and so proud to support our families. Thank you, everybody. [applause] thank you, mayor farrell. So in order to deliver the best result for San Franciscos children, youth and families, we have to work in deep collaboration with our citys partners and stakeholders to ensure the most effective and efficient use of resources. One of our proud and key partnerships is with the San Francisco unified School District. With that, we have dr. Vincent matthews. [applause] thank you. One of the things im most proud of is when the partnerships come together to make things happen for our children. It is said that you can judge the true character of a community by how they treat their children. And so when we come together like this, this is exactly what its all about and this is what makes me most proud to be a san franciscan. In order for us to do our work, were guided by the work of our board. Im going to introduce him one more time, the president , Vice President cook and commissioner walton and one of the supervisors in the audience, shes shy now, but you should hear her in meetings. We thank you for your hard work. We are fortunate to live in a city that is so deeply committed to the health, wellness, Emotional Development and academic success of our students and families. I want to thank the mayor for supporting the commitment of mayor lee and to maria for her efforts in continuing to strengthen our partnership. Lets give them a big round of applause. [applause] we at the School District benefit from the generous support of the city through the rfp process. The School District works with over 150 Community Based programs that provide a wide range of support for our students. And the majority of the funding from dcyf. This allows us to work with partners to enrich and enhance our after school programs, Student Leadership programs, social Emotional Development and much more, which directly contribute to building prosocial, positive learning environments in all of our schools. I want to take just a couple of minutes to mention two areas in particular that we are especially thankful for. For many families providing after School Programming is essential, especially for working families, who without them, would have to pay for childcare. Over 20,000 San Francisco unified School District students are enrolled in afterschool programs and they not only provide a safe place for students to be, but through the partnership with dcyf, we have collaborated to provide to assess and strengthen the quality of the programs. Another area we are particularly excited about is the beacon expansion. They and the School District have partnered to provide beacon programs at nine of our schools. Its helped the district to better understand the Community School strategy we see as a successful model in our own city and is showing success in cities all across the country. The district has been wanting to expand on this model and we wanted to for some time now and dcyf heard our call and will increase funding and support from 9 schools to 27 schools. [applause] tripling the number of schools will begin in july 2018. These 27 schools represent all of our comprehensive middle schools and identified highneed elementary schools. Were very excited to see the beacon programs soar by aligning the needs of the School Communities with the rich resources offered by our Community Partners and we welcome them into our schools. I want to thank dcyf and the San Francisco community for all that you do. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. So before i continue, i want to acknowledge that we have a lot of the dcyf staff in the audience here. Without our staff, we would not be able to do this work. So, staff, could you just raise your hands so people here know who you are . Thank you, thank you. [applause] having amazing staff really makes my life much easier and makes all of us look amazing and good. Right . Mr. Mayor . I know, i know. On top of that, were also guided by an oversight and advisory body and today, were fortunate to have the chair, eddie zhang here with us, the vice chair, linda jordan martin. And one of our oversight members, dr. Gibson. [applause] so in 2014, the voters of San Francisco overwhelmingly passed proposition c, the children and youth initiative. Which increased the children and youth fund from three cents to four cents for every 100 of property tax revenue. Adjusted the age limit to allow us to serve transitional age youth. Extended the fund up to 25 years. And then most importantly created a coordinating council, called the our children, our families council. As the official steward of the children and youth fund, we administer the funds to Community Based organizations and public partners, public agencies to provide services for children, youth, transitional age youth and their families. Today, dcyf is extremely proud and honored to share that we will be funding 294 programs throughout the city administered by 151 different nonprofit agencies, for a total get ready for a total of 377 million over the next five years. [applause] [cheers and applause] that is a true demonstration of deep commitment that the people of San Francisco is making for our children, youth and families here. Over the next five years, nonprofit agencies will be receiving 75 million to provide services for our children, youth and families in over 300 schools and communitybased agencies and sites throughout the entire city. In every single district, in all 11 districts. In this commitment, in strategic funding, powered by equity, quality services, Community Engagement and collaborative partnerships, this investment, by the city of San Francisco and its residents, is more than just money. It is a demonstration of love and dedication for our future. We are committed to ensuring equitable access to the services and opportunities that all of our children, youth and families need to lead lives full of opportunity and happiness, with a deep focus ensuring access for San Franciscos children who need it the most. We have reached the culmination of this exciting multiyear planning cycle. And i am extremely proud of the new grant portfolio resulting from this process. We welcome all 151 agencies into the dcyf family. Our funding decisions were guided by the population level data that we track regularly. And by intentionally listening to our community, to our young people, to stakeholders, about what our children and families need to live in San Francisco and to thrive. Dcyf new investments and programs ranging from academic support to emotional wellbeing, from arts and music to literacy. And everything in between. This includes a commitment in our im sorry this includes an investment in our commitment to building the capacity of our agencies that we fund. The programs were funding will support and strengthen San Franciscos children, youth, transitional aged youth and families with greatest needs and people who serve them. We believe that the continuum of services that our grantees will provide, will make San Francisco an even greater place to grow up. The power of San Francisco to be committed in our youth and families, this is what makes San Francisco strong. It is now my pleasure to introdu introduce dante callaway. A San Francisco native. Youre not from denman, are you . I am from denman. A denman alumni, a Beacon Center alumni, who came back and worked at the Beacon Center. And now is a School District employee. Yes. [cheers and applause] lets hear his story. Thank you, i appreciate that. Raise this up a little bit. First, i give glory and honor to god for this opportunity and everybody else in their rightful places. Much like what she was saying, i was a former participant here, i am a native san franciscan and worked for the beacon program. I am here and proud of it. I did receive my diploma, but i am still here. Now, i never would have thought i would return to this place or be back in the positions the opportunities that i was given. While working for the beacon, i climbed the ladder. I started off as support and ended as site coordinator. And it was a wonderful opportunity. The beacon has given me so many opportunities and i want to give them thanks for where i am in my life. I grew into the young man i am today. And james denman middle school,ive to give them credit. Its wonderful to hear they opened up the school during the weekend, because as a young person, i used to jump the fence to play basketball here with siblings and by myself. Thank you, i appreciate that. No students have to jump over the fences anymore. Growing up here in San Francisco, its not always the easiest place to grow up. Especially, you know, when youre growing up with a struggling family, struggling mother here to take care of 48 children. And everything shes instilled in me, i give her credit for had who i am. I am grateful for the many opportunities i have here and that im even able to give back. I truly believe what you sow, you shall reap. The times i was mean, rude torques the majority of the staff here, im reaping that sometimes. But again, i have an investment to give the kids, what was given to me. As a former beacon student, i had many, many different Staff Members continue to invest their time in me, treat me like a little brother and even like a cousin. However they wanted to do me, but though, sometimes i was being rude, sometimes i was an obnoxious student, they still loved on me. And i decided that, ok, i have to go ahead and give back. I never thought i would be in this position im in now, but im honored to give them what was given to me. To hear were going to be receiving 377 million over the next five years, to invest in our children, the youth and their families . It literally touches my heart. Because now i know for a fact that San Francisco is definitely invested in our young people. And want to see them grow. Its a beautiful into beautiful young adult. So again, i would love to give honor to everyone else in the rightful places and i thank you guys. Me, myself, having two children, a son and daughter, i know that their futures are going to be very successful if they have a place like San Francisco that cares for their children and families. Thank you, guys. [applause] thank you dante. I want to acknowledge that our public defender just arrived. Thank you. So that concludes our very exciting announcement. For our Nonprofit Agency ins agencies in the crowd and some behind me, well be releasing the reward announcement later, 1 00 today. So check your emails. And youll be pleasantly surprised. Thank you so much
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